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Geniverse is free, web-based software for high school biology that engages students in exploring heredity and genetics by breeding and studying virtual dragons. The world of Geniverse is now open and freely available to the public. Start with Geniversity, the official website supporting our growing community of dedicated teachers.
Watch teachers and students describe how Geniverse has changed their classrooms.
Meet Geniverse: online, interactive genetics software for high school students. Geniverse is game-like software that teachers use to engage students in simulated experimentation, critical thinking and writing about genetics. Geniverse shares a pedigree with past Concord Consortium projects reaching back to the pioneering GenScope software and is built upon the same compelling premise—students explore heredity and genetics by breeding and studying virtual dragons. A captivating narrative creates an authentic context for students to dive into genetics. They use a virtual model species to explore the fundamental mechanisms of heredity and genetic diseases and then get a taste of careers in genetics. While following a courageous protagonist on a quest to heal a beloved dragon, students generate their own experimental data as they complete Geniverse challenges. They "publish" their findings using the scientific practice of argumentation, supporting their claims with evidence and reasoning, first in writing, and then in class discussions. What are teachers saying about Geniverse? Using the program...
- "I am truly delighted by the program and the kids' reception to it."
- "The kids really liked the story. They loved being able to pick their avatar."
- "When they then went to Challenge 4 and had crossing over the smiles were spectacular!!!"
- "The collaborative nature of the work is what I find most authentic and affirming for students and teacher alike."
- "Teaching Punnett squares was such a breeze after they did all this preliminary work on cases 4 and 6. Some had already invented the upper and lower case lettering!"
Students doing science...
- "...fantastic. The struggles that students encountered are real enough to validate what scientists experience but solvable enough to make them feel accomplished."
- "The discussions that are occurring around the table as they are working through their challenges are very cool. They are talking science!"
Try Geniverse
- The world of Geniverse is now open and freely available to the public. Start with Geniversity, the official website designed to support our growing community of dedicated teachers.
- Check out the Demo Version of Geniverse. All the activities are available for you to try in the Demo, no registration required. Student work is not saved in this version.
- Or, use the Meiosis Lab Activities to focus on how chromosomes are randomly assorted into gametes (includes recombination).
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I am truly delighted by the program and the kids\' reception to it.
Research Overview
Geniverse research is being led by our research partner, BSCS, with assistance from our evaluator partner, TERC.
Our research study is examining how the Geniverse materials affect students' genetics content knowledge and abilities to engage in scientific argumentation. In addition to pre- and post-tests for content knowledge, we will measure both student motivation and the degree of fidelity of implementation of Geniverse. Student demographic variables (race/ethnicity and gender) are being collected to examine if the Geniverse materials provide equitable opportunities for students to learn. We are also examining the affects of a range of teacher characteristics (years using Geniverse, familiarity with instructional technologies, genetics background and experience with scientific argumentation pedagogies) on student outcomes.
The research study began in the fall of 2012 with 48 teachers. Twenty-four are currently using Geniverse and 24 are using their traditional genetics materials. In this quasi-experimental design, control group teachers were matched to treatment teachers based on student demographic variables. The primary matching variable was Free and Reduced Lunch Status, with secondary variables including Race/Ethnicity and Grade Level.
An added feature of our research design is the ability to avoid measuring implementation dip – that is, the effects of immature implementation often measured in randomized experiments. In Year 2 of the study six teachers piloted the Geniverse program. These teachers were then included in the field test in Year 3 of the program, along with six new teachers. These 12 teachers then continued into the Year 4 quasi-experiment, along with 12 new teachers. As such, our treatment group in Year 4 includes 12 teachers using the program for the first time, 6 who are in their second year of use, and 6 who are in the third year of use – thereby allowing us to examine the impact of this variable on student achievement and fidelity of implementation.
Student Outcome Measures
Student Content Knowledge
Our primary measure of student achievement employs two sets of test questions. One set of items are very closely aligned with the students' experiences with Geniverse (proximal items), and the other set is more generally aligned to learning goals and related standards (distal items) (Ruiz-Primo et al., 2002). Providing these two different item sets will help with the sensitivity of the test, in that even if the difference in treatment effects is very small, one may still see differences on the proximal items.
For the proximal items, we looked closely at each Geniverse learning goal and activity, and developed or identified items that aligned with each. These items not only focus on content that is closely aligned with the Geniverse activities, but also use a similar context.
For the distal items, we are using an instrument by Tsui and Treagust (2010) designed to diagnose scientific reasoning in genetics. We see this serving to both a) provide a set of distal items that align well with national standards in genetics, and b) provide a fair comparison with the control group. The items on this instrument are in pairs, with the second part of this pair asking students to explain their reasoning in the first part.
Many of the game-based aspects of Geniverse are designed to engage and motivate students. Research has consistently shown that student motivation and achievement are closely related (Hulleman, Durik & Harackiewicz, 2008; Nicholls, 1979), and so we are measuring these relationships in Geniverse, and comparing them to motivation effects in the traditional control group.
Measures of motivation being used are based around the formula: Motivation = Expectancy x Value, where expectancy is the extent to which students feel they can succeed at a task, and value represents the extent to which students are interested in and see value in a task. Importantly, this equation suggests that motivation is the product of expectancy and value, so if either component is zero, so is motivation.
A second set of learning goals focuses on students' abilities to construct and critique scientific arguments, and aligns with the argumentation goals in the Next Generation Science Standards. Geniverse is designed to engage students in activities that reflect authentic scientific practice. At various points in Geniverse students are required to make claims about the patterns they see in the data, provide appropriate sources of evidence to support those claims and provide reasoning that links the evidence to the claim.
Our measurements of students' abilities to construct and critique scientific arguments are made via a specific subset of the tasks embedded within the Geniverse materials and one open-ended item on the pre- and post-tests. Arguments are scored using rubrics modified from McNeill et al. (2007) and Wilson et al. (2010).
Other Measures
In addition to our three primary measures of student impacts, we are also administering a teacher background survey (which assesses their incoming familiarity with key program features), a teacher post-survey for control teachers (which will allow us to have a clear picture of the experience of the control group students), and a post-survey for treatment teachers (which will allow us to measure implementation fidelity). Other fidelity data will come directly from records in the Geniverse software itself, such as how far each student gets through the materials.
We are collecting data through the 2012-2013 school year and hope to publish in the following year. Stay tuned!
What does Geniverse teach? Genetics! Specifically: heredity, meiosis and the pathway from DNA to trait.
- Heredity: Mendelian inheritance, incomplete dominance, x-linkage, polyallelic and polygenic traits
- Meiosis: random assortment of chromosomes into gametes, selection of gametes to create offspring
- DNA to trait: locations of genes on chromosomes, transcription, translation, mutations, functions of proteins in creating traits
How does Geniverse work? Students play through four levels of challenges using highly interactive, creative software that includes a compelling storyline and authentic genetic data. Students who use Geniverse software learn to reason their way through genetic challenges by crafting experiments that probe for information and answers, generating their own data sets and conclusions.
What exactly are students breeding? Just as the mouse is a genetic model for humans, in Geniverse the "drake" serves as a model organism for dragons. These fantastical creatures have proven to be compelling for students of all ages, and have been created for Geniverse using real-world genes and traits. The breeding is virtual!
How complex is the drake genome? The drake genome comes from real-world animals, including mouse, lizard and stickleback fish. For example, the drake's "armor" plates are encoded by a real gene involved in generating some typical properties of skin: scales in anole lizards, and hair and sweat glands in mammals, including humans. Both simple and complex traits are distributed on the three pairs of drake chromosomes. Students encounter genes following Mendelian dominant/recessive patterns, incomplete dominance and x-linkage, as well as polyallelic and polygenic traits.
Does Geniverse include scientific argumentation? Yes! Geniverse weaves argumentation into the genetics curriculum:
- Activities pose challenges that are answered with written arguments.
- Students' claims are supported with evidence from their virtual experiments.
- Students are awarded a quill for submitting their argument to an embedded, class-wide journal.
- Teachers can view all student posts, provide private, formative feedback in the journal, and are advised to choose a subset of the argumentation challenges for summative assessment purposes.
Does Geniverse support deep learning? Yes! Using writing as an approach to argumentation, followed by carefully scaffolded small group discussions, and finally classroom-wide discourse, Geniverse helps teachers and students dive deeper into exploring the mechanisms of genetics. Students are equipped to better understand the bigger picture of genetics—and the importance of scientific argumentation and discourse.
What's the story with these dragons? In Geniverse's illustrated, interactive narrative, students choose a male or female protagonist to follow throughout a quest to heal a sick dragon. They begin their Geniverse adventure as a student in the Drake Breeder's Guild, where they move through four levels of progressively more difficult genetics challenges: Training, Apprentice, Journeyman and Master. Students unlock new chapters of the narrative, pushing the storyline and student interest forward.
How are meiosis and heredity integrated in Geniverse? Early research results indicated that students needed a conceptual link between the alleles of the parents and the production of offspring. Therefore, we integrated our meiosis and fertilization model early in the Training level to help students build a mental model of chromosomal assortment into gametes. Following meiosis, students select male and female gametes to produce "target" offspring with a required set of traits. The meiosis and fertilization model also appears at other key points throughout the levels of Geniverse. Teachers report that the meiosis challenges help students make the connection between reproduction, the inheritance of traits and Punnett squares.
How is the relationship between DNA and proteins introduced? Higher game levels introduce another model, the Gene-to-Protein Genie, a combined, simplified genome browser and protein synthesis model. Students select one or more allele variants for a gene and translate them into amino acid sequences in order to compare them, connecting the phenotypes for a trait with the proteins produced by the DNA. Students can use the Genie to uncover the genetic cause of a mysterious disease affecting the protagonist's dragon in the story. The narrative also links the disease to a similar condition in humans.
Does Geniverse include assessments? Student understanding is assessed throughout Geniverse. In game-like challenges students earn up to three stars for solving puzzles efficiently. This star system is very motivating. Students often voluntarily repeat challenges multiple times in order to achieve the three-star rating that signals mastery. Teachers can download star reports to track student progress.
Do teachers like using Geniverse? Yes! Here's what they have to say:
- "The struggles that students encountered are real enough to validate what scientists experience but solvable enough to make them feel accomplished."
- "The discussions that are occurring around the table as they are working through their challenges are very cool."
- "They are talking science! They are asking transference questions about drake inheritance to human inheritance. Love it!"
- "Necessity is the mother of invention! Now that they really needed clear evidence, they were more driven to find it."
- "I was pleased at how hard the kids worked."
- "They were essentially doing Punnett squares before my eyes in their arguments. I was able to teach Punnett squares to them right after."
- "It is a joy to see the kids who really care to excel furrow their brows to get the job done in the fewest moves. It really encourages [students'] planning and real understanding of the logistics."
- "The meiosis strand seemed to both challenge students and provide a sense of reward when they 'got it'."


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Gretchen Morgenson: Wall Street Really Does Enjoy A Different Set of Rules Than The Rest of Us
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Gretchen Morgenson has earned a Pulitzer-winning career from exposing abuse and conflicts of interest on Wall Street. In this interview, she confirms that there is indeed a second set of rules that our elite financial institutions enjoy, largely unfettered by the constraints that apply to the rest of us.
Consequences for failure and fraud are very different under this second set of rules – in fact, they're practically rewarded.
Accountability, by all prudent measures, has become non-existent. The extraordinary measures the country deployed to deal with the great contraction in 2008 only served to exacerbate these imbalances.
What's sorely needed now is a national dialogue on whether we're willing to allow this to continue. What benefits are we receiving by enabling these elite to enjoy such different standards? What type of system and rules might work better for our interests?
Sadly, beyond the disorganized OWS outrage that has waned in visibility, there is no real cogent, organized public debate focused on this right now. A big reason is that Washington is actively avoiding such a dialogue. It was fundamentally complicit in creating the underlying factors resulting in the '08 collapse and it doesn't want brighter light helping the public understand that more clearly.
As a populace we have a decision to make: are we going to get more engaged and start articulating the reform we want to see? For if not, we're making a passive decision to allow the wealth gap to widen further.
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Genius in France:
This engaging book spans three centuries to provide the first full account of the long and diverse history of genius in France. Exploring a wide range of examples from literature, philosophy, and history, as well as medicine, psychology, and journalism, Ann Jefferson examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on and redefined through its uses in these different contexts. She traces its varying fortunes through the madness and imposture with which genius is often associated, and through the observations of those who determine its presence in others.
Jefferson considers the modern beginnings of genius in eighteenth-century aesthetics and the works of philosophes such as Diderot. She then investigates the nineteenth-century notion of national and collective genius, the self-appointed role of Romantic poets as misunderstood geniuses, the recurrent obsession with failed genius in the realist novels of writers like Balzac and Zola, the contested category of female genius, and the medical literature that viewed genius as a form of pathology. She shows how twentieth-century views of genius narrowed through its association with IQ and child prodigies, and she discusses the different ways major theorists—including Sartre, Barthes, Derrida, and Kristeva—have repudiated and subsequently revived the concept.
Rich in narrative detail, Genius in France brings a fresh approach to French intellectual and cultural history, and to the burgeoning field of genius studies.
Ann Jefferson is professor of French literature at the University of Oxford and fellow and tutor in French at New College, Oxford. Her books include Reading Realism in Stendhal and Biography and the Question of Literature in France.
"[Ann Jefferson] outlines for the first time a body of writings on genius in France that have tended to be overlooked until now."--Celine Surprenant, Times Literary Supplement
"The precise linguistic, literary, and sociocultural analysis with which she supports this wide-ranging exploration of intellectual history provides compelling evidence for her contention that there is value in taking into account the particular language and cultural tradition within which ideas are expressed."--Jessica Goodman, French Studies
"Ann Jefferson in Genius in France offers a génial and genial meditation on the question, focusing on a country that probably uses the word more than any other."--Andrew Martin, Literary Review
"In the mid-twentieth century the concept of 'genius' was often dismissed as a mystification, an invitation to adore what we couldn't understand. Yet, Ann Jefferson's rich and astute history of the uses of the term in France shows that, from the eighteenth century to the present day, much of what matters in our thinking about the mind, and about the arts and sciences, could not have been thought without it."--Michael Wood, Princeton University
"A marvelous topic brilliantly handled. Ann Jefferson's superb literary and cultural analysis makes a series of probes into the fascinating history of the idea of genius, carrying us, after a look back at antiquity, from Diderot and Mme de Staël to Cixous and Derrida. The sparkling account of child prodigies, fakes, and frauds is a tour de force. This is a book that will engross and delight readers with a wide range of interests."--Michael Sheringham, All Souls College, University of Oxford
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Look good and feel good in sunglasses designed to meet the demands of the fashionable, active and sports-minded. Eyelevel products are comfortable and durable at a price you can afford
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Emma Spiegler grew up with an alcoholic mum, so she understands how lonely life with an alcoholic parent can be.
She wanted to share her experiences to help others feel less alone in what, for some, can be a living nightmare, so she set up a website called Children of Addicted Parents and People (COAP).
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Emma was 10 years old when her mum started having problems with alcohol and says she found it really difficult to cope with. Watch the clip to hear Emma's story.


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The CWC Culinary Arts program in Jackson provides students with hands-on experience and instruction from some of Jackson Hole's finest chefs and culinary professionals. These highly respected instructors are classically trained and have over 15 years of experience in the hospitality and tourism industry.
Culinary courses take place at the Elks Lodge; Restaurant Management courses take place at the Historic Four Diamond Wort Hotel, Center for the Arts and other downtown locations. Curriculum is provided by the American Hotel Lodging Association. CWC Jackson partners with a number of Jackson Hole resorts and businesses to help students find internship, employment and housing opportunities.
The Associates of Applied Science degree is designed to prepare students to develop basic and advanced culinary arts skills attainable from the techniques of classical cuisine and to develop practical skills in hospitality management, marketing, and food and beverage management that are essential for a successful career in the culinary arts industry. Upon graduation, students are trained for entry to mid-level food services management positions in the restaurant, hotel and hospitality industry.
The unique condensed curriculum is offered in the off- season months of: Oct/Nov and Apr/May in Jackson Hole, WY and is intended to provide practical skills that are essential for a successful career in the culinary industry. The extensive seasonal internships, provided by local resorts in the Winter and Summer months are designed to offer training in resorts to provide career paths for graduates.
The general education prerequisites are designed to encourage students to develop critical and creative thinking, computation, communication skills, and basic technical skills utilized in the culinary industry.
The college has articulation agreements with the University of Wyoming, University of Houston, and Johnson & Wales University. These agreements allow CWC culinary students to transfer credits toward bachelor degrees.
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Police say the man frequents stores in Galveston, Pear land, Webster, League City and Dickinson. He appears with a white woman with blonde hair as his accomplice in several of the businesses, investigators say.
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Sandstone Ridge Charitable Trust
The Sandstone Ridge Trust has recently been approved for charitable status by the Charity Commission. The new charitable organisation has been set up to protect and enhance the wildlife habitats and historic heritage on and around Cheshire's Sandstone Ridge.
The Ridge stretches from Frodsham and Helsby in the north part of Cheshire West and Chester right down to Bickerton Village in the south of the Borough.
A group of six voluntary Trustees have worked together with the support of officers from Cheshire West and Chester Council over the last 18 months to build on the work of the Heritage Lottery Funded Habitats and Hillforts Programme.
Cheshire Landscape Partnership
The landscape partnership scheme delivered by a number of organisations enabled a wide range of activities to take place over the last three years.
There have been archaeological digs on the six iron age hillforts of the Ridge, a replica iron age round house built in Burwardsley, educational workshops with schools about nature conservation and archaeology, community events, 'high-tech' analyses of the landscape using airborne laser scanning (LiDAR), theatre productions about the history of the Sandstone Ridge, practical training in dry stone walling and other heritage skills, story telling walks with groups of school children and art exhibitions on private views of the ridge.
The Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to extend the project for another year but are very keen for it to leave a legacy which has led to the development of The Sandstone Ridge Trust that is dedicated to continuing some of the work of the Habitats and Hillforts project but also looking for new opportunities and funding sources to deliver activities that will protect and enhance the natural habitats and historical heritage of the Ridge.
Volunteer for the Sandstone Ridge Trust!
"The Trustees of the Sandstone Ridge Trust are keen to build on the work that the Habitats and Hillforts programme has delivered so successfully", says Councillor Eleanor Johnson, one of the trustees, "by protecting and enhancing the natural and historic environment; improving public understanding and knowledge of the area and improving access to the beautiful Sandstone Ridge landscape."
"The Trustees are also keen to encourage volunteers from the local area who are interested in nature conservation and / or heritage in Cheshire to come forward with ideas for activities, to get involved with what's on or to be kept informed of future opportunities."
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The smartphone revolution is spilling over into kitchen appliances with Samsung's new T9000 refrigerator, which runs apps that can provide recipes, shopping lists and even keep tabs on your food's expiration dates.
The new product, which runs on the Android operating system, allows owners to use apps such as Epicurious and Evernote to create shopping lists and manage their kitchen needs, according to a report.
In addition, the fridge features a touchscreen that will show your Google Calendar, news updates and your Twitter feed.
The T9000 will be available worldwide in the spring for an estimated price of $3,999.
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I like how Blavatsky uses the word 'wish' when she describes the opportunity that awaits each of us at the start of a new year. A wish is different from a desire, or an idea in the mind about what we think we want. The word wish connotes a blending — not exactly a desire, not exactly a prayer — but something in-between. A silent ceremony that occurs between one's soul (the personal experience of presence) and one's Being (one's existence and presence as the divine).
The fascinating fact about Being is that Being is not intrinsically involved with wanting, desiring or wishing. It's much more immediate, beyond the confines of time and space. It is simply Being. As presence that is fully present, Being is simply being. Although our soul can register Being as being involved in the process of thinking about the past, registering the present and looking towards the future — objectively, Being is only about being. All the beauty, fulfillment and freedom that the ego dreams about 'someday achieving' is all contained, now, within the present-time experience of Being. So there's nowhere to venture, nothing to get. This is very disturbing to the usual, conventional, ego-based sense of self.
The start of a new year is often a trap for us, because there are such high expectations for experiencing opportunities to do or be something new and different. Resolutions are made, lists are written. The habits we want to lose are noted, the skills we want to develop are highlighted. But within all of that resolving and planning we miss the most important part of what the new year symbolizes — what it is really about. Namely, the opportunity to partake of another cycle of the earth moving around the sun, from solstice to solstice. Another year to experience the mystery of Being. Read more
I'm back from a long, extremely hot, nine-day Ridhwan retreat on Maui. Believe it or not, I had a hard time uprooting myself from Vashon to head to the Valley Isle. Summer was just beginning to bloom in Washington, and folks who live here know that when summer starts displaying the goods, you gotta savor each golden day. Still, I made it to Hawai'i.
The retreat's theme, the material presented, was incredibly challenging to articulate, and once again I'm in awe of the teachers' focus and presence. Guidance on the subject of absence can easily devolve into acid trip-like meanderings (ask anyone that's ever attended a bad Buddhist retreat on the subject). But our teachers' transmission was crystalline, palpable and impacted me in a profoundly deep way.
This is all part and parcel of the process of the attempts to understand absence. The mind can't absorb and hold on to the concept of emptiness because the observed and the perception of what is observed (in absence) are one and the same — there is no mind present, weighing and touching and parceling reality into familiar boxes. In fact 'you' aren't even there to 'have' the experience — and yet there is the moment. So you can see the mindfuck of the whole subject.
But rather than ramble any further I'll shift gears and go to a segment of one of Mary Oliver's poems, What Is There Beyond Knowing? — one of my favorites. Poetry being a fine way to trace the mind's finger against the outline of emptiness (which is the best the mind can do — poor thing). Read more
"The core of ego is a feeling of deficiency, of poverty, of emptiness, of saying: "I am no good, I am worthless, I am empty. Give me, give me, more, more, more, more." In this state of deficiency I don't love myself, I don't accept myself. I reject myself. I want to run away, distract myself; maybe go to a movie, see a friend, have sex, eat, fill myself with knowledge, or pretend I am O.K. I am always wanting to fill this emptiness, always rejecting it, always afraid of it. In fact, we are all terrified by it. Most of the time people don't know that this emptiness, this deficiency is what is driving most of their actions. It's such a desperation, such a race to fill this bottomless pit.
But how sweet it is to say "yes" to this emptiness. How courageous it is to say: "I feel empty, I feel deficient, and I won't attempt to fill it. I want to see the truth. I want to experience the reality of me. I refuse to manipulate. I want to wake up regardless of how painful it is." Only the hero will take this attitude, for it is a heroic act to see your deficiency, your neediness, your emptiness, and yet not try to manipulate your life to fill it. We are so compulsive, so driven to manipulate, to avoid feeling this basic deficiency of our personal ego. But believe me, my friend, there's no other way towards fullness. God will not pour His grace if you don't accept your deficiency and stop manipulating. Manipulation, striving to fill this emptiness, is only the devil doing its efficient work. It is constantly working to hide its weakness."
I'm back on Vashon after visiting the island of Kauai for a ten day Diamond Approach retreat. Having lived in Hawaii for twenty years, I feel slightly immune to the tropical wonders most folks find so beguiling. I do appreciate Hawaii's beauty, but the rigors, schedule and excitement of 'retreating' leans my attention to the material we're working with — not the beach. And holds it there.
Of the archipelago, Kauai is the oldest, the wettest and the furthest removed, the most northern. In a word its geography is eerie. Approaching the craggy coastline and tremendous, towering sea cliffs, from air, I'm always hit with a distinct sense of the otherworldly, or you could say the other-timely. Landing in Lihue I almost expect to see dinosaurs roaming around the airport's parking lot, gnawing the tops off of palm trees.
The teaching centered around time, change and the now. This was the first time a retreat coincided with A. H. Almaas' (the school's founder) latest publishing project The Unfolding Now. A book that outlines an understanding very different from Eckhart Tolle's teaching in The Power of Now.
Tolle's view, based more on the shock of revelation rather than an empirical experience of a specific process, as is Almaas', resurrects erstwhile New Thought concepts regarding the nature of the mind, an incomplete understanding that pits the ego against the desired experience of 'living in the now'. The equation is simplistic. Ego/mind/emotions not good. Being in the now very good.
I'm not doubting Tolle's personal experience, I'm just saying it's extraordinary and not the norm. Given that his awakening was discontinuous — following a condition of near-suicidal hopelessness, I consider it a freak happening, akin to winning the lottery. Read more


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|Real name
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| Wonder Woman v1 #237
(November 1977)
|Created by
|Gerry Conway, Jose Delbo
Born in the USA, Thomas Morita blamed the death of his Japanese immigrant parents and his other troubles on the alleged racial prejudice they encountered during the Great Depression. Hating America, Morita went to Japan and trained to be a Samurai. He also underwent a mystical experience that enabled him to transform into animals.
Now known as Kung, the Assassin of a Thousand Claws, he was sent by the Japanese government during World War II on various missions in America. There, he clashed with the All Star Squadron. Kung was killed when he returned to Japan to convince Hirohito to surrender at the behest of the U.S. Army. Unfortunately, the deadline ran out, and the bombs were dropped on Japan. He was killed on August 6, 1945 when the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Kung's soul was damned to the Outer Darkness because of his anger. When Jay Garrick and the ghost of Billy Batson's father brushed past the membrane of the Outer Darkness, causing a breach. The other souls of the atomic bombing victims agreed to merge with Kung, and they found a portal to the Rock of Eternity. From there, they were able to find a way to the JSA's headquarters.Nevertheless, it seems that Kung was able to fight Wonder Woman again Post-Crisis, as he is among the myriad of Wonder Woman villains seen when Diana returns to take back her title as Wonder Woman. Kung was next seen as a member of the Blood Soldiers, super powered assassins in pay to the Yakuza, when they attacked Judomaster daughter at the Statue of Liberty at the behest of Avatar.Some time later, Kung attacked the JSA's elder members Jay Garrick, Alan Scott and Wildcat, along with ancillary victims Hourman and Liberty Belle, Kung demanded that the JSA pay for the sins of America allowing the bomb to drop. He was assisted by the angry ghosts of those that had died in the bombings. The five are transported back to the date that the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The nanosecond before the bomb detonates, Alan Scott is able to use his ring again, protecting them- it was at this moment Japan's protection from the Holy Grail ran out. The Spectre arrived after the bombing, with Damage,Atom Smasher, the second Judomaster andPower Girl. Taking the form of the dragon god Ryujin, Kung grapples with the Spectre. Ultimately, the Spectre is able to tear the Ryujin asunder, and separates Kung from the other souls, as Alan encapsulates the souls in a Green Lantern energy coffin. As Kung explains that the deaths of the five heroes would have restored him to life, the Spectre asks him if he accepts his authority. He does not, and is banished for it. A piece of him resided in Stargirl, whom he had possessed earlier. The Spectre exorcises it and destroys it.


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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Mental Health
Identifying Drug-Induced Schizophrenia
Is there any proof of social/street drug induced Schizophrenia? I have a family member that tried a street drug called "dipper" and it caused his face to get stuck, kind of contorted for several days. This "dipper" is Embalming fluid, yeap!!! Embalming fluid used for dead people, the kids dip cigarettes & marijuana in this stuff. He was drug tested in the ER and tested positive for PCP & Embalming fluid in his system via laced marijuana. Prior to this, he was fine, but continued to use this stuff because of the "high". Now he has been diagnosed as a Paranoid-Schizophrenic. He is a very different person now and I find it very odd to diagnois him with such a illness based upon his mental state when he is not using the drug of his choice or taking prescribed medicines to keep him from getting whacked out. I am curious if the street drugs really played a major role in changing his life & mental state. Thank you
Marijuana alone has been shown to significantly worsen symptoms in certain individuals with schizophrenia. (maybe bipolar disorder) Wet/dip is when marijuana has been treated with formaldehyde/embalming fluid with at times PCP. Psychotic symptoms are not uncommon with this formulation. Differentiating the symptoms from schizophrenia is extremely difficult.
Long periods of being drug-free are required to clarify the symptoms along with a detailed history. An evaluation of the prodromal period before drug use can sometimes help.
It is not likely this "caused schizophrenia" but it can cause symptoms indistinguishable at times.
Nicholas A Votolato, RPh BCPP
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Gas Drops Pennies; Still Dimes Behind
So gas prices in the High Country finally dropped a few centsjust after the grads graduated and the moms were celebrated over the weekendand just as predicted by some of GoBlueRidge.net readers. Some reported having that conversation with employees of places where they get gas, with the predictions given that prices would drop after the celebration weekend in the High Country. Meanwhile, prices are still 13 to 15 cents per gallon lower off the mountain, with Morganton the lowest in a quick check of Foothills stations, regular gas at $3.56 on the signs. Hickory, Granite Falls, and Lenoir mostly in the $3.59 range, the same in Wilkesboro. The area winners, though, are Mountain City area residents, with a reader sending a pix of gas at $3.44 at a station there. You keep sending the reports and camera phone shots, well keep reporting the gas gouging in the High Country. Send your shots through the GoBlueRidge.net portal.


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Resentment still felt beneath calm in Port Said
A few days ago, Mohammad Othman, a driver from Port Said, received an invitation to meet the Egyptian president in Cairo.
Mr Othman voted for President Mohammed Morsi in the elections and had been a supporter of his Muslim Brotherhood party, but he refused to go to the presidential palace.
"I'm a civilised person," he says. "But if you put the president in front of me now I would abuse him and insult him and that is something I wanted to avoid."
Six weeks ago, Mr Othman's son, Adel, 22, a fruit and vegetable vendor, was shot dead by police in Port Said.
In May, Adel's widow is due to give birth to their first child.
"Everything that is beautiful in my life has died," says Mr Othman, crying, and looking across at a large framed photograph of his son.
"The government said they did not use live ammunition, they said they used the simplest ways to protect themselves, but they shot my son, a passer-by."
'A bitter seed'
For many in Port Said, Adel's death, and the killing of dozens of other people in clashes with the police in recent weeks have been further evidence that they are treated like second-class Egyptians.
Banners appeared declaring it "The Republic of Port Said" and the city has become the focus of discontent with Egypt's post-revolution leadership.
Clearly aware of the importance the issue has assumed, President Morsi has been attempting to ease the tensions in Port Said.
The president invited some of the city's aggrieved, and grieving, including Mohamed Othman, to meet him.
Mr Morsi also gave a televised address to the people of Port Said, calling those killed in the recent clashes "martyrs," with all the symbolism, and indeed the compensation, that brings.
But evidently, for many, his efforts have not been enough.
"Dr Mohammed Morsi has planted a bitter seed inside me," says Mr Othman. "Even if he brought me all the honey in the world, it will not remove the bitterness I experienced."
Economic decline
So how did the Egyptian government appear to lose control of Port Said?
The people of Port Said, gateway to the Suez Canal, have long felt that the historic sacrifices they made for their country in the wars of 1956 and 1973 have been under-appreciated.
They will also tell you that their considerable input into the Egyptian economy has not been rewarded.
"Hosni Mubarak showed his disregard for us through his economic policies," says Nasr al-Zahra, one of Port Said's leading businessmen.
"We have such a strategic location that if Mubarak had made the right decisions we could have prospered like Dubai," Mr al-Zahra says.
Instead, as more money was channelled from the city into Cairo's coffers, Port Said slipped into economic decline.
Nasr al-Zahra, who has been importing goods to Port Said for more than 30 years, says the change in living standards and in the spirit of the people of Port Said during that time has been startling.
"Things got even worse after the revolution," he says. "Business is bad because of the political instability, joblessness increased, inflation went up."
"Then, on top of everything, there was the huge disaster at the football game."
Threat of anarchy
This is the event that ignited the recent violence in Port Said.
The clashes followed convictions handed out over a terrible outbreak of football violence in Port Said last year.
In February 2012, during a match between the local club, al-Masry and the Cairo-based club, Al-Ahly, home and away fans had traded insults and taunts.
As the final whistle was blown, local fans attacked the visiting al-Ahly fans. Over 70 were stabbed, beaten, kicked and crushed to death.
Naturally, there was outrage. Scores of people from Port Said were arrested in the aftermath of the riot and trials soon began.
As verdicts were expected, the Al-Ahly supporters group, the Ultras - nothing less than a political force in Cairo - took to the streets of the capital threatening violence and anarchy if the sentences were not harsh.
They got what they asked for. In late January, 21 people from Port Said were sentenced to be hanged for their involvement in the riot.
Al-Ahly fans celebrated. It was people in Port Said who rampaged through the streets, attacked the prison in which the defendants were being held, and fought street battles with the police.
That was when Mohamed Othman's son, Adel, was killed.
Piercing scream
The deaths fanned the flames of discontent in the city. President Morsi imposed a state of emergency in Port Said but it was widely flouted and the turmoil continued.
Earlier this month, there were more verdicts in the football case.
When they were announced, we were with the mother and sister of the youngest defendant, Ahmed Adel, who was 15 at the time of the riot.
"I know 100% that he had left the game when the violence was going on," said Ahmed's mother. "He had no part in it, and it is the same with so many of them. They rounded up anybody just to please people in Cairo."
"But he is completely innocent and God willing he will be home soon," she said.
Ahmed's mother let out a prolonged piercing scream as, on the television, the judge announced that Ahmed had been found guilty, and was given a prison term.
More protests ensued across Port Said, including one beside the Suez Canal, where demonstrators considered blocking the path of ships.
"Of course what happened at the match was bad," one protester there told us. "But these verdicts are because they are scared of the al-Ahly Ultras and it is at our expense and it's wrong."
Army brought in
The sense of injustice, at the trial verdicts and at the perceived heavy-handedness of the police in Port Said, remains acute.
But the rioting suddenly stopped. The violence came to an end almost overnight as the decision was made to move out the police and move in the army.
While the government security forces were treated with contempt, the soldiers were greeted with celebratory fireworks in Port Said.
"Yes, some mistakes were made by the police which did not help the situation," says Major General Ahmad Ibrahim who served with the police department in Port Said for many years.
"But nobody wanted to see deaths, and of course the police will have to come back, without them there will be chaos," he says.
In fact, in Port Said, where soldiers are now even directing the traffic, some semblance of order is returning.
But an island of military control in his country undoubtedly causes problems for President Morsi, and the army has other duties to perform on the country's borders and in the increasingly tense Sinai Peninsula.
There are unique historic, economic and political factors, together with the recent stadium disaster, that combined to cause Port Said to pull away from the authorities in this dramatic fashion.
But could it catch on?
"The army have certainly had success in Port Said," acknowledges Maj Gen Ibrahim. "Now there are other places, like Ismailiya, Alexandria and Mansura calling for the military to take control."
How President Morsi wins back the people of Port Said could be critical.


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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bfmhfx/software_defined) has announced the addition of the "Software Defined Networks (SDN): Challenges, Opportunities, and Outlook for Carrier Networks" report to their offering.
Software-defined networking (SDN) is an approach to computer networking that allows network administrators to manage network services through abstraction of lower level functionality. However, it is much more to telecom as SDN has the potential to transform the carriers by improving the ability of network operators to provide applications, services, feature/functionality and bandwidth in an on-demand basis.
Furthermore, SDN it can help virtualize carrier networks and connect the subscriber base with functions, mobility, content, analytics, security, flow-control, optimization, etc. This research evaluates SDN technology, companies, solutions, and market outlook. It also provides insights into SDN in carrier networks and the prospects and advantages of deployment models uniquely suited to their needs and anticipated business models.
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The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is the standard choice for audio output under Linux these days. Thus, that is the audio API we will be coding to for Flash Player 9.
My question is: Is there a compelling reason to support Open Sound System (OSS) from here on out? There are other areas we'd like to work on and if we can avoid having to invest resources maintaining the legacy OSS module, that's one less item on our list of things to validate.
Some have suggested that we use one of the multimedia framework solutions available for Linux. Recommended candidates include GStreamer and xine. I know xine quite intimately and I seriously don't believe that this approach makes sense. GStreamer might be more plausible, based on my reading of their literature. However, this approach seems to add more layers than is really necessary. I know I tend towards oversimplification, but audio programming is generally a matter of opening and configuring the audio interface and then either writing a buffer of samples (audio playback) or reading a buffer of samples (audio recording). That's not especially complicated.


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CLEVELAND — Nuggets coach George Karl is so disinterested in the gossip leading up to the NBA trade deadline that he has mostly sworn off keeping up with the rumors, even if they involve his team.
Ultimately, he leaves all of this up to Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri. But with his team rising in the Western Conference standings and young players appearing to turn the corner in their development, Karl is just fine if a trade isn't made.
"Masai and I have had one conversation about what's going on in the trade world," Karl said. "I'm really very happy with the team. Masai, it's his job to figure out what makes us better and bring that to us. Right now, I don't think there's a lot of urgency for me to think about it very much."
The trade deadline is Feb. 21.
There aren't many expiring Denver contracts to take advantage of, though center Timofey Mozgov and forward Corey Brewer are in the final year of their deals.
Brewer, one of Denver's top reserves, has expressed his desire to stay. Mozgov, who doesn't play much, has expressed his desire to play more — anywhere.
There are huge question marks about whether the Nuggets will trade anyone. Karl emphasized that after Saturday's shootaround before the Nuggets played the Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena.
"It would be different if you knew there was a contract, but we're happy with our salary structure, we're happy with our contracts, we're happy with our players," Karl said. "And we're happy with our record."
Then he joked about what's going on throughout the NBA this time of the year.
"I think we're reporting fibs and lies. I know we are, because I used to give out the lies," Karl said, chuckling. "I used to have bets with guys in the league to see who could get something in the paper fastest. We'd make up some trade that was never presented in a hundred years and all of a sudden it's on ESPN."
Faried's focus. The NBA dunk contest in Houston is less than a week away. But with three more road games coming in the next four days, Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried said he's not preparing for the dunk contest just yet.
"It's not really a big issue right now," Faried said. "I'm more worried about games than I am about dunks. That's all I'm focused on. We've got these road games. That's more important than my dunk contest."
But there has been talk that Faried is planning a "bowling ball dunk" of some sort. Faried acknowledged it.
"I really don't know if I'm going to do it or not," he said. "I don't want to end up injured from a dunk contest."
Christopher Dempsey: 303-954-1279, cdempsey@ denverpost.com or twitter.com/ dempseypost


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Kicking off celebrations for the 400-year anniversary of Dirk Hartog's landing, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will visit Perth from the Netherlands in November.
The orchestra's Perth visit on November 21 and 22 is the first state government-funded event to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of Dirk Hartog's landing at Cape Inscription in Western Australia.
"This tour will further highlight our extraordinary historical relationship with the Netherlands and promote awareness of the Dirk Hartog anniversary - which has world and Australian significance," said Premier Colin Barnett.
While the Duyfken was the first recorded European ship to reach our shores (at Cape York), Hartog's landing is significant because he left behind physical evidence of his visit - in the form of an inscribed plate - which is the oldest evidence of European contact with Australia. World cartography changed as a result of his voyage.
The Royal Concertgebouw, with conductor Mariss Jansons, will be performing a repertoire by Beethoven, Wagenaar, Stravinsky, Strauss and Tchaikovsky.
The orchestra, which was founded in 1888 and is based in Amsterdam, will also visit Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney as part of its world tour during its anniversary year.
For more information head to Perth Concert Hall.
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Schools in 49 states have banned sunscreen! Oh, mommies, WE NEED TO FIX THIS!
Two elementary school girls in Tacoma, Washington have reportedly suffered severe sunburns after their school banned sunscreen, MSNBC.com is reporting. The girls are sisters, and one of them has a skin condition that makes her especially sensitive to the sun. According to MSNBC, the girls' mother is challenging the ban:
Their mother said seeing her girls walk through the door was a moment she'll never forget. "It was horrifying to see (Violet's) bright red face. There were welts, she was swollen and then I saw Zoe's shoulders. It was absolutely painful and gut-wrenching to look at. I was horrified." The burns were so severe, [Jesse] Michener whisked her daughters to the local hospital for examinations.
When Michener pressed school officials on the ban, they told her that there is a state-wide policy that does not allow staff to apply sunscreen to students, and students can only apply it themselves if they have a doctor's note. The law exists because the additives in lotions and sunscreens can cause an allergic reaction in children, and sunscreens are regulated by the FDA as an over-the-counter drug. Michener discovered that the policy exists in 49 states nationwide; California is the only state to allow sunscreen in school without a doctor's note.
"I did share with the principal that any policy that didn't allow her to use common sense was something that I had to do something about," Michener said. "She nodded and shook her head."
The school is trying to cover their own ass, if this is your schools policy, get a Dr's note!
Quoting beadingmom17:
I see nothing wrong with the policy...be a parent and put sunscreen on your kid before school and if they're old enough to apply it themselves, get a doctor's note so they can do so. End of story.
Quoting i_lovedyoufirst:
Considering the problems the mother says her daughters have,it wouldn't have been that hard to get a doctors note.
It was her own bad judgement not the schools fault.
Exactly. And if your child has a condition that causes her to burn easily,why would you send her out with bare shoulders? I wonder if the children wore hats.
.... and what if a teacher HAD put sunscreen on the children and then they had an allergic reaction? Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Quoting cherrywaves21:
Derp. Sunscreen doesn't last all damn day sweetie. Had she applied by the time they got to school and made it outside it would've lasted an hour. When the sun isn't as strong. So you have 23 people who think your right. Please educate yourself on proper sunscreen use and the 23 who like this response.
Quoting mjande4:
This has NOTHING to do with a sunscreen ban and EVERYTHING to do with an incompetent mother! Mom didn't bother putting sunscreen on her daughters when she KNEW that they would be outside for field day. The mother is an idiot! End of story.
Right, but kids in school typically spend some portion of the day outside. If the condition is serious enough for a 504, she should have ensured sunscreen was at the school.
Quoting gypsy_rose:
the articles say the kids had NEVER been on a trip before (few pages back) so she had NO IDEA about the sunscreen law.
Quoting lwalker270:
It has nothing to do with knowing about proper sunscreen use. At least one of the girls had a 504 plan in place for albinism. Why wasn't there sunscreen at the school with the appropriate note so the girls could have gotten sunscreen? And while it wouldn't have been effective all day if it had been applied at home, it would have been better than no initial protection -- which is what they had.
My son has asthma that doesn't require a 504 plan and we keep medication at the school just in case he needs it. If the class goes on a field trip, the nurse packs up his medication and it goes too along with detailed instructions for the teacher should they need to give it to him. The mother should have ensured sunscreen was at the school with the appropriate doctors note.
I absolutely think the staff should have sent the girls inside when they noticed they were getting sunburned; however, I don't believe the fault is entirely on the school. The mother does hold some culpability as well.Quoting cherrywaves21:
Derp. Sunscreen doesn't last all damn day sweetie. Had she applied by the time they got to school and made it outside it would've lasted an hour. When the sun isn't as strong. So you have 23 people who think your right. Please educate yourself on proper sunscreen use and the 23 who like this response.
Quoting mjande4:
This has NOTHING to do with a sunscreen ban and EVERYTHING to do with an incompetent mother! Mom didn't bother putting sunscreen on her daughters when she KNEW that they would be outside for field day. The mother is an idiot! End of story.
Our daughters pre-k, sent out letters and forms to parents to sign for this... we didn't need doctors notes, but needed to fill out a medical form allowing them to apply it to the child, as well as provide the sunscreen..
I saw nothing wrong with that.
However a policy like this should be made known to the parents so that they CAN take the proper steps to ensure that their children are protected from the sun.... at that, I'd fault the school for their failing to properly notify parents of these policies.
On that note... it is also the parents job to be informed themselves, at times something like this may be in fine print in some packets we get for our children... we need to make ourselves aware of such things, so that WE can take proper steps in this.
On the state "ban".. I don't agree that a doctor should have to prescribe something like sunscreen, however I can see having the parents bring a note, and providing sunscreen for their own child...
I cant say.. well, oh just apply before the child goes to school.. dermatologist recommend reapplying after every 2 hours.. or after the person sweats or swims.. most children go out at the end of the day, and those 2 hours have well been over, and reapplication is a definite must. To those that are saying as much... need to realize sunscreen is not going to protect the child for as long as they seem to assume it will... it's not an option.


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The push to get more zero emission vehicles on U.S. roads just got a significant boost as eight governors pledged to get 3.3 million more non-polluting cars on the roads by 2025.
The agreement by the leaders from California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Maryland, Rhode Island, New York and Vermont isn't binding, but includes what many observers consider a key component to getting more of those vehicles on the road: a commitment to build charging stations and other infrastructure components.
While the agreement requires no specific financial commitment, the deal has the states working together to change building codes and other regulations to allow a quick rollout of new charging stations. (more…)


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An Oakdale man was arrested on first-degree burglary and fifth-degree assault charges in connection with an incident Monday at a Stillwater real estate company.
A Stillwater Police Department report said the suspect, wearing no shoes or socks and twitching, entered the victim's office about 2 p.m. Monday and asked about properties for sale on the east side of St. Paul. The report added that the victim recognized the suspect, who had come to the office a month earlier asking the same thing. In both cases, the victim said he told the man his company does not sell properties in St. Paul, according to the report.
The victim told officers the suspect left the office, then came back, pushed the door open, began yelling and screaming and punched the victim in the face and back, the report said. The victim told officers he tried to block the punches and eventually escaped into a hallway yelling for help.
The man drove away but a witness got his vehicle license plate number. Further investigation led officers to the suspect, who was identified by the victim in a photo line-up.
The suspect told police he struck the victim because he claimed the man was rude and disrespectful to him, the report said. When officers asked the suspect why he didn't report the victim to his superior, the man said he didn't believe it would have done any good. The suspect also admitted leaving the building, then going back and fighting with the victim. He also admitted to throwing the first punch, according to the report.
Motorcyclist dies in Wisconsin crash
HUDSON, Wis. — A Baldwin, Wis., man died Tuesday evening from injuries he suffered when the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer on a county road outside the town of Emerald.
The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 59-year-old Robert F. Cripe. Cripe was flown from the accident scene by helicopter to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he later died, according to a sheriff's office news release.
SCCSO deputies said Cripe was driving a 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycle westbound on County Road G just east of 250th Street in Emerald when a deer walked into the westbound lane and was hit by Cripe's motorcycle.
Deputies said Cripe was ejected from the motorcycle after hitting the deer. Investigators added that it is not known if Cripe was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Tuesday's accident, which remains under investigation, was the sixth traffic fatality in St. Croix County this year. Assisting at the scene were the Glenwood City Fire Department and EMS and Baldwin EMS.
Woman cited for disorderly conduct
A 24-year-old Mora woman from was cited for disorderly conduct following a Saturday morning incident involving Stillwater Police officers in the 300 block of Water Street.
The woman told officers that several men were harassing her as a group of women were leading her away from another friend the woman had been arguing with, according to a police report. A man who appeared to be part of the group that the woman's friend was with made a comment to the 24-year-old, who then slapped him, the report said.
The 24-year-old told officers to do something, saying the men were very rude and her friend was going to leave with them, the report said. But when officers told the woman that they couldn't do anything about the situation and they believed she was the problem, the woman insulted the officer and pushed them with an open hand, the report added.
The woman was cited for disorderly conduct, booked at the Washington County Jail and was released to a responsible adult.
Man, woman cited for various offenses
Two White Bear Lake residents were cited for theft-related charges in connection with an incident Saturday afternoon.
The victim told Stillwater Police officers he saw a 38-year-old man in his car without the victim's permission, according to a police report. Evidence indicated the suspect removed a stereo from the victim's vehicle and put it in his car, the report said.
The victim and a friend blocked in the 38-year-old man's vehicle, though the suspect willingly waited for officers to arrive. The suspect told officers he had permission from someone named Dan T. to enter the vehicle because Dan T. was selling it to them, the report said. The suspect's 26-year-old girlfriend corroborated his story.
When officers contacted Dan T., the man said he knew the suspect, but denied giving him permission to enter the car or any knowledge of selling the vehicle. The suspect was cited for misdemeanor theft from a motor vehicle and motor vehicle tampering and his girlfriend was cited for aiding and abetting theft.
Wallet stolen from woman in store
A woman reported her wallet stolen from her purse recently while she was shopping at a local grocery store, according to a Stillwater Police Department report.
Within two hours of the report, the thief had charged $1,000 on the victim's TCF debit card and TJ Maxx card, the report said. The victim reported losing other credit cards, her drivers license, $20 cash and vehicle insurance and health insurance cards.


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