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5 January 2012
Allied Gold Mining PLC ("Allied Gold" or "the Company")
December 2011 Quarter Group Production 31,181 ounces
Calendar 2011 Group Production 108,338 ounces
Allied Gold announces that it produced 31,181 oz in the three months to 31 December 2011, in line with its previous quarterly guidance, and 108,338 oz in calendar year 2011.
The Company provides the following brief overview of its December 2011 Quarter production performance, with a more detailed report presenting quarterly and annualised operating costs and margin metrics to follow later in the month.
Simberi (Papua New Guinea)- Production from the Simberi gold mine in PNG in the December Quarter was 12,387 ounces and 57,284 ounces for the year. As previously advised, the December Quarter performance also reflects three weeks of lost production in October due to a mill repair and preventative maintenance programme. Production throughput has returned to nameplate levels, and in December the mine had among its best months for 2011 with 6,377 ounces produced. Mill head grade averaged approx 1.06g/t and recoveries remained consistent at around 87%.
Gold Ridge (Solomon Islands)- Production from the mine, which poured first gold in March 2011, was 18,794 ounces in the December quarter and 51,054 ounces for the 2011 year. The quarter was marked by continued processing of some remnant low grade ore in October and November from the Valehaichichi pit. In the month of December, the improved production of 7,315 ounces reflected blending from two pits and improved head grade (1.8 g/t) and recoveries of 76%, closer to the life of mine production rates expected and an increase from below 70% for the previous quarter. The focus in the March 2012 Quarter will be to maintain grades and further improve recoveries whilst increasing mill availability through improvements to the crushing circuit.
Management Additions- Mr Johan Oelofse, formerly the Chief Operations Officer of Great Basin Gold, was appointed Allied Gold Group GM Operations to oversee the Simberi and Gold Ridge mines. Johan is a qualified mining engineer with over 30 years of experience in global mining projects. Further additions to the senior team are expected during the March 2012 Quarter as part of increasing the Company's management depth as it progresses its growth profile.
2012 Outlook- Allied Gold remains fully funded and on track to expand production during the second half of 2012 to a run rate of greater than 200,000 oz pa. The Company's production guidance for 2012 remains at approximately 180,000 oz pa, an increase of 160% from production in 2010.
For the March 2012 Quarter, production at Simberi is expected to be between 16,000 oz and 18,000 oz whilst the plant expansion activities continue. At Gold Ridge, the March 2012 quarter guidance is between 23,000 oz and 25,000 oz as recoveries continue to improve with increased tonnage, whilst the final construction to establish access to the Kupers and Dawson pits is completed.
Allied Gold Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Frank Terranova, comments: "Significant progress has been made with our producing assets in the Solomon Islands and PNG, with 2011 having been an important year for investment. The ramp up to 200,000 oz pa remains on track and we are fully financed to deliver on this strategy. Ensuring the attraction and retention of a strong core team who can drive the Company throughout 2012 and beyond remains a priority, achieving the optimal blend of operational, corporate and exploration expertise. We look forward to providing more detail on the December Quarter performance later in January 2012."
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Allied Gold Mining PLC (Investor and Media) - Simon Jemison
+61 418 853 922
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+44 (0) 207 710 7600
Buchanan (Financial PR Advisor) - Bobby Morse / James Strong / Cornelia Browne
+44 (0) 207 466 5000
Allied Gold is a Pacific Rim gold producer, developer and exploration company. It is a FTSE250 and ASX 300 constituent and listed on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market, Toronto Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange with the symbol ALD. It owns 100% of the Simberi gold project located on Simberi Island, the northern most island of the Tabar Islands Group in the New Ireland Province of eastern PNG, and has a 100% interest in the Gold Ridge gold project located on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands.
Allied Gold has resources of 8.6Moz inclusive of 3.4Moz of reserves and an extensive exploration programme is underway. The Company is ramping up production and targeting a run rate of 200,000 oz pa during 2012.
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Transcript: Fine Tuning Argument
From galaxies and stars, down to atoms and subatomic particles, the very structure of our universe is determined by these numbers:
* Speed of Light: c=299,792,458 m s-1
* Gravitational Constant: G=6.673 x 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2
* Planck's Constant: 1.05457148 x 10-34 m2 kg s-2
* Planck Mass-Energy: 1.2209 x 1022 MeV
* Mass of Electron, Proton, Neutron: 0.511; 938.3; 939.6 MeV
* Mass of Up, Down, Strange Quark: 2.4; 4.8; 104 MeV (Approx.)
* Ratio of Electron to Proton Mass: (1836.15)-1
* Gravitational Coupling Constant: 5.9 x 10-39
* Cosmological Constant: (2.3 x 10-3 eV)
* Hubble Constant: 71 km/s/Mpc (today)
* Higgs Vacuum Expectation Value: 246.2 GeV
These are the fundamental constants and quantities of the universe. Scientists have come to the shocking realization that each of these numbers have been carefully dialed to an astonishingly precise value - a value that falls within an exceedingly narrow, life-permitting range. If any one of these numbers were altered by even a hair's breadth, no physical, interactive life of any kind could exist anywhere. There'd be no stars, no life, no planets, no chemistry.
Consider gravity, for example. The force of gravity is determined by the gravitational constant. If this constant varied by just one in 1060 parts, none of us would exist. To understand how exceedingly narrow this life-permitting range is, imagine a dial divided into 1060 increments. To get a handle on how many tiny points on the dial this is, compare it to the number of cells in your body (1014) or the number of seconds that have ticked by since time began (1020). If the gravitational constant had been out of tune by just one of these infinitesimally small increments, the universe would either have expanded and thinned out so rapidly that no stars could form and life couldn't exist, or it would have collapsed back on itself with the same result: no stars, no planets, no life.
Or consider the expansion rate of the universe. This is driven by the cosmological constant. A change in its value by a mere 1 part in 10120 parts would cause the universe to expand too rapidly or too slowly. In either case, the universe would, again, be life-prohibiting.
Or, another example of fine-tuning: If the mass and energy of the early universe were not evenly distributed to an incomprehensible precision of 1 part in 1010123, the universe would be hostile to life of any kind.
The fact is our universe permits physical, interactive life only because these, and many other numbers, have been independently and exquisitely balanced on a razor's edge.
"WHEREVER PHYSICISTS LOOK, THEY SEE EXAMPLES OF FINE-TUNING." - Sir Martin Rees
"THE REMARKABLE FACT IS THAT THE VALUES OF THESE NUMBERS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN VERY FINELY ADJUSTED TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE." - Stephen Hawking
"IF ANYONE CLAIMS NOT TO BE SURPRISED BY THE SPECIAL FEATURES THE UNIVERSE HAS, HE IS HIDING HIS HEAD IN THE SAND. THESE SPECIAL FEATURES ARE SURPRISING AND UNLIKELY." - David Deutsch
What is the best explanation for this astounding phenomenon? There are three live options. The fine-tuning of the universe is due to either physical necessity, chance, or design. Which of these options is the most plausible?
According to this alternative (physical necessity), the universe must be life-permitting. The precise values of these constants and quantities could not be otherwise. But is this plausible? Is a life-prohibiting universe impossible? Far from it! It's not only possible; it's far more likely than a life-permitting universe. The constants and quantities are not determined by the laws of nature. There's no reason or evidence to suggest that fine-tuning is necessary.
How about chance? Did we just get really, really, really, really lucky? No. The probabilities involved are so ridiculously remote as to put the fine-tuning well beyond the reach of chance. So, in an effort to keep this option alive, some have gone beyond empirical science and opted for a more speculative approach known as the multiverse. They imagine a universe generator that cranks out such a vast number of universes that, odds are, life-permitting universes will eventually pop out. However, there's no scientific evidence for the existence of this multiverse. It cannot be detected, observed, measured, or proved. And the universe generator, itself, would require an enormous amount of fine-tuning!
Furthermore, small patches of order are far more probable than big ones. So the most probable, observable universe would be a small one, inhabited by a single, simple observer (Boltzmann brain). But what we actually observe is the very thing we should least expect: a vast, spectacularly complex, highly ordered universe, inhabited by billions of other observers. So even if the multiverse existed (which is a moot point), it wouldn't do anything to explain the fine-tuning.
Given the implausibility of physical necessity or chance, the best explanation for why the universe is fine-tuned for life may very well be it was designed that way.
"A COMMON SENSE INTERPRETATION OF THE FACTS SUGGESTS THAT A SUPERINTELLECT MONKEYED WITH PHYSICS . . . AND THAT THERE ARE NO BLIND FORCES WORTH SPEAKING ABOUT IN NATURE. THE NUMBERS ONE CALCULATES FROM THE FACTS SEEM TO ME SO OVERWHELMING AS TO PUT THIS CONCLUSION ALMOST BEYOND QUESTION." - Fred Hoyle
"THERE IS FOR ME POWERFUL EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON BEHIND IT ALL . . . IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOMEBODY HAS FINE-TUNED NATURE'S NUMBERS TO MAKE THE UNIVERSE. THE IMPRESSION OF DESIGN IS OVERWHELMING." - Paul Davies
"THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; THE SKIES PROCLAIM THE WORK OF HIS HANDS. DAY AFTER DAY THEY POUR FORTH SPEECH; NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THEY REVEAL KNOWLEDGE." - Psalm 19:1-2
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Texas man who used MySpace to send nude photos to girl gets prison
Published 5:05 pm, Thursday, March 6, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — A man who used MySpace as a means to coerce a 15-year-old girl into sending nude photos of herself to him — and in return sent her photos of his genitals — was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday.
Brian Nicholas Anger, 32, signed a plea deal in January in which he pleaded no contest to the second-degree felony charge. The deal assessed his punishment at 10 years for the crime that carries a range between two and 20 years in prison.
According to court files, Anger had been a good friend of the victim's stepfather.
The inappropriate messaging was discovered after the victim and her mother got into an argument about her friends and postings on MySpace. She told her mother "If you think that's bad you should see what dad's friend sends me," according to court files.
Court files indicate the messages began in 2007, and one of the earliest Anger sent read "Hey what's going on? You're looking good, have you been working out?"
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In court, before he was sentenced by Judge Maria Teresa Herr in the 186th state District Courtroom, Anger, who is also a father, turned to the family of the victim and said "I'm sorry that I seem like such a bad person."
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Australian companies have a clear choice when it comes to climate policy at this election, but little certainty that either the Coalition or Labor's approach will actually succeed in reducing emissions.
Climate change policy is one of a handful of issues on which there is still a fundamental difference between Labor and the Coalition and which has bitterly divided federal politics for the better part of four years.
How the stalemate will be resolved will very much hinge on the future make-up of the Senate and the position Labor takes in opposition to the Coalition's plan to repeal the carbon scheme.
But for companies with investment plans that hinge on the future form of climate change policy, the political stalemate has had major consequences.
For listed carbon offset companies
"The opposition has been very effective at making people uncertain, and that has made business very reluctant to invest across the board. But that is heightened with carbon: we have absolute uncertainty about the rules," says Carbon Conscious chief executive
Labor's plan to link early to the troubled European Union emissions trading scheme – resulting in a huge fall in the price of carbon – will also create problems for these companies. Whether it's carbon pricing or Direct Action, a price of lower than $10 for a tonne of carbon is unlikely to induce much investment. Only the renewable energy target (RET) is likely to see significant investment over coming years.
And while both parties are pledging to keep the RET, at least for now, that is not what both parties have promised to achieve through their climate change policies: reducing emissions at the lowest cost.
A 'non-debate about non-policy'
The question for companies is not which policy will reduce emissions at the lowest cost on paper, but rather which policy settings will actually work in practice.
Both Labor and the opposition are committed to reducing carbon emissions by at least 5 per cent by 2020, despite some in the Coalition who are sceptical of the science of climate change.
But there the agreement ends. There are fundamental differences about how the target will be achieved and who should carry the costs of cutting emissions – the government or the private sector.
Yet debate over the relative merits of the respective policies has been largely absent during the campaign, not to mention the end of the hottest winter on record.
"We almost have a non-debate going on and they are trading shadow blows," says Grattan Institute's
"That's the disappointing thing: you still have all the science saying we need to do something, and we have had all this debate around the minutiae of policy and both sides have got away with it. It's a non-debate about non-policy."
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Private sector works, says Harvard economist
The economic debate over the relative merits of putting a price on carbon through emissions trading or a flat tax over a government subsidies approach – advocated by the Coalition – is a long one.
Chairman and professor of economics at Harvard University
He believes business and consumers are far better placed to determine the best way to reduce emissions, not government.
"If the government charged a fee for each emission of carbon, that fee would be built into the prices of products and lifestyles," wrote Mankiw, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the administration of President
But in any academic field there are always dissidents, and opposition climate spokesman
They rated direct government investment in technology as far superior to a carbon tax to cut emissions. In particular, climate engineering, such as cloud whitening, "could provide a cheap, effective and rapid response to global warming".
After the Consensus report was released, some involved – albeit not the three Nobel laureates – put out statements disowning it, claiming it is not politically or economically feasible to vastly lower greenhouse gas emissions. "It's well known that depending on your assumptions . . . you construct an outcome with higher benefit-cost ratios for alternative uses of money," said
"What surprised me was how Lomborg managed to rope these eminent old economists into the 'steering committee' to give support for what is essentially a manipulated process."
Poor record of reducing emissions
In Australia, government climate change funding programs have had limited success.
In 2010, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) found programs established by the Howard government, including the greenhouse gas abatement program, had achieved "minimal results to date" – meaning only around 30 per cent of planned emissions abatement.
"The abatement achieved . . . is also very expensive, especially when compared to a possible emissions-trading scheme market carbon price closer to $20 [or] $30 per tonne [of CO2 equivalent]," the ANAO said.
"The high level of unforeseen expenditure put additional pressure on the budget, requiring a substantial increase in administered and departmental resources."
Greg Hunt has sought to distinguish the Coalition's approach from those previous programs by highlighting how subsidies will be awarded through a "reverse auction" – as exists for water buybacks – whereby companies bid for government contracts to cut emissions below business-as-usual levels.
"Abatement will be purchased via a market mechanism to achieve the lowest price," says Hunt. "It will be the market that decides, based on the lowest cost."
No hard evidence for soil carbon
Importantly, Hunt has also moved away from the focus in the Direct Action policy, released in 2010, on so-called soil carbon, which was to reduce up to 85 million tonnes of carbon.
The CSIRO has indicated that "at present too little is known" to be confident of the potential to store additional carbon in soils, but suggest that a low-range estimate of 4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year is possible.
As a result, Hunt has subtly shifted away from soil carbon to target the opportunities for reductions from energy efficiency. But more importantly, it will be the market that decides where the action occurs.
"The lowest cost abatement may be a mix of energy efficiency, cleaning up waste coal mine gas, cleaning up power stations and landfill gas," he says.
The baseline and credit mechanism advocated by Hunt through Direct Action to pay companies to reduce emissions is also not without its precedents.
The so-called "incentives" model is the basis of the United Nations' clean development mechanism. In Australia, it was used in the NSW greenhouse gas abatement scheme and also the carbon farming initiative commenced in 2011.
But all have faced major challenges in defining real abatement and have been tied up in administrative complexity.
"It is inherently counterfactual to say this particular project reduces emissions from what they otherwise would have been – how on earth do you know?" says the University of NSW's
Yet if the aim of climate change policy is to encourage investment in low-emissions technology, particularly in the energy sector, strong doubts are now emerging that an emissions trading scheme can achieve this.
Direct Action is 'well understood'
The collapse of the EU's emissions trading price, the uncertainty about future prices, and the perceived risk of future government changes in Australia is causing a rethink about the merits of carbon pricing.
"The real problem with a carbon price is it's a confected price, and the only way its going to work in the long term is if the confection is stable," says Danny Price of Frontier Economics.
"What's happened in the last couple of years is that has done significant damage to the whole policy of carbon pricing in instituting significant and rapid change with limited industry consultation. I have clients who have lost money out of this and they are the ones we need to invest."
In contrast, the government contracting model under Direct Action is well understood and accepted in business, says Price.
"They are very familiar with contracts for supply and that's an instrument that gives more certainty to investors, as opposed to the carbon price."
But support from the likes of Price also comes with a sting in the tail for the Coalition: there will need to be penalties for those companies that don't win government contracts and increase emissions, which will negate any abatement achieved by Direct Action. "You can't have an incentive-based scheme if you have no stick to back it up, otherwise you will have organisations playing around by just moving offshore," says Adrian Palmer of Exigency Management.
The Coalition has pledged that, within 30 days of the election, it will begin consulting on the detail of its Direct Action policy, such as penalties through a white paper process.
While companies are quiet in the lead up to poll day, that white paper process is likely to see a replay of the intense lobbying over the detail of the carbon pollution reduction scheme and the carbon tax. Companies are now preparing their submissions.
It is now just the quiet before the storm.
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NEW YORK (RNS) -- By tradition, the storied Al Smith Dinner has provided a few hours of comic relief from the angry volleys of the campaign trail -- a white-tie charity banquet held in the weeks before Election Day, hosted by the archbishop of New York and featuring speeches by the two presidential candidates on the condition that they lob nothing more than good-natured jibes.
But the Catholic hierarchy's fierce feud with President Obama, abetted by the increasingly sharp tone of the 2012 elections, is threatening to invade this demilitarized zone and give New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan a case of pre-dinner agita.
Dolan has reportedly extended an offer to Obama (as well as his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney) to attend this year's dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, scheduled for Oct. 18, and reports say the president has accepted. That has mobilized abortion opponents, who view Obama as the worst thing since Roe v. Wade and an enemy of religious liberty because of his administration's controversial birth control mandate.
The Rev. Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life, a leading abortion opponent based in Staten Island, said Monday (Aug. 6) that "the polite putting aside of differences for a while amounts to scandal."
"There comes a time when enough is enough and we can no longer afford to give people a reason to doubt our position as a Church," Pavone wrote in an email. "So no, I don't think the invitation is appropriate at this time."
"Better to cancel the event than have it become another cause for scandal in the Catholic Church," Randy Engel, head of the U.S. Coalition for Life, told LifeNews.com, an anti-abortion website.
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The New York Archdiocese has not formally announced that Obama and Romney have been invited, or have accepted. But Meghan McGuinness Myers, executive director of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, which organizes the annual fundraiser on behalf of various children's charities, told LifeSiteNews that Obama had been invited and had accepted.
The dinner's website also lists Obama and Romney as keynote speakers.
Myers did not respond to requests for comment, and Dolan's spokesman, Joseph Zwilling, said in an email that an announcement would be made "when the speaker or speakers have been confirmed and finalized." He did not elaborate.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
Obama's acceptance of the cardinal's invitation was first reported on July 26 by a National Catholic Reporter blogger, Tom Gallagher, who also reported that Romney would attend. (See also: What's in store for the 2012 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner?)
But conservative anxiety about the possibility that Dolan would invite Obama has been building for months, and the invitation could herald a difficult stretch for Dolan.
The cardinal wears several hats -- he heads the Archdiocese of New York, which launched the charity gala in 1945 in memory of Al Smith, who in 1928 became the first Catholic to head a presidential ticket.
But Dolan is also president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and a leader in the hierarchy's ongoing battle with the administration over new regulations that will require all employer health insurance policies to provide free contraception coverage and sterilization along with a range of women's health services.
Dolan has issued sharp denunciations of Obama over the handling of the mandate, and as news of the Al Smith invitation was spreading last week, he wrote a blog post blasting the birth control policy.
The U.S. bishops as a body have become increasingly conservative and increasingly committed to opposing Obama because of his views on abortion and gay rights, as well as the contraception mandate.
There was some criticism in 2008 when Dolan's predecessor in New York, Cardinal Edward Egan, invited Obama to the dinner along with GOP candidate John McCain.
After Obama was elected, however, the hierarchy's unease with the White House grew, especially when the University of Notre Dame awarded the president an honorary degree in 2009. Critics cited the USCCB's own statement that Catholic institutions should not confer "awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support" for those "who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles."
Critics also point out that in 2004, Egan did not invite either candidate because the Democratic nominee, John Kerry, was a Catholic who supports abortion rights. In 1996, the late Cardinal John O'Connor made the same decision because he did not want to give President Clinton, also an abortion rights supporter, a church-sponsored platform that tends to show the candidates in a flattering light.
On the other hand, associates say the Al Smith Dinner would normally be a showcase for Dolan's personality and approach to ministry. His natural inclination is to maintain an open-door policy and to find common ground with opponents whenever possible. He is reflexively outgoing, and in fact will be appearing next month with Comedy Central funnyman Stephen Colbert on a panel about faith and humor and evangelization.
None of that, however, is likely to cut any ice with abortion opponents.
"Regardless of what they've done in the past, it is unthinkable for a Catholic charity to invite the man" -- President Obama -- "seeking the destruction of religious freedom in America to a fundraising event," Michael Hichborn of the American Life League told LifeSiteNews, another anti-abortion website.
"This sends the wrong message to pew-sitting Catholics, who are anxiously looking to our bishops to stand up and fight against this clear enemy of the Church who will be joining them for dinner."
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A Letter from AD John Currie - March 22
A Letter from AD John Currie - March 22
Welcome (back) to the Sweet 16! Congratulations to Coach Martin and the team and staff for their terrific performances in both Oklahoma City and Kansas City. Coach Martin and the team, President Schulz and I are all so grateful for the tremendous support of the K-State Nation which turned both cities purple!
March Madness is an appropriate term for many reasons! In addition to the excitement of the games on the court, our staff is working hard with the details of the team's trip, making sure that our fan needs are handled, as well as supporting all of the other "regular" activities and competitions taking place in the department. Let me highlight a couple items that you make have seen recently on www.kstatesports.com.
- Today's Pep Rally: Thanks to initiative of the Big 12's best alumni association and KMAN/KROCK, we are having a free pep rally live from Bramlage tonight from 6:00-6:30 p.m. The west side doors will open at 5:45 p.m.
- Sweet 16 Tickets: We still have a few tickets available for Salt Lake City. The absolute cut-off to order is 5 p.m. today and orders must be done online at www.kstatesports.com.
- Final Four Contingencies: If you are an Ahearn Fund member and have not placed a contingent order for Final Four tickets through www.kstatesports.com the deadline has been extended to Friday March 26 at noon. If we are fortunate enough to advance to the Final Four we will partner with the K-State Alumni Association to provide hotel and travel options at the official NCAA properties. Please pay close attention to www.kstatesports.com for more information as it becomes available.
- All-Americans: Congratulations are due to Beverly Ramos and Erik Kynard who earned All-America recognition in the recent NCAA indoor track meet in the 5,000m and high jump events respectively!
- Baseball is Back: Coach Hill's team recently entered the top 25 and now has a record of 15-3. The Big 12 season starts this weekend with Oklahoma State visiting beautiful Tointon Family Stadium- game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
- Tennis at Home: Coach Bietau and our women's tennis team will also be in action at home on Sunday as they take on Iowa State at 1 p.m.
- Spring football is also upon us. Coach Snyder and the squad begin practice on March 31 and will conclude workouts with the annual spring game at 6:10 p.m. on April 24.
We want to also remind you that 2010 football renewals and ticket packages are now available. We have provided several terrific options for all fans with incentives to order early, including a $599 four-pack season ticket if ordered before April 30 and a free gift if season tickets are renewed by April 9.
Be sure to check www.k-statesports.com for all prices, options and packages it's going to be an exciting 2010 season and we want you to be a part of it!
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Always tune in to www.k-statesports.com for the most up-to-date information regarding our athletics programs and check back later this spring as we continue to announce new features and improvements that will enhance our overall fan experience!
This is such an exciting time for all K-Staters. Thank you for your continued support and we will see you in Salt Lake City.
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High school roundup: Kiski Area boys win fourth straight
Kiski Area's boys basketball team continued its recent surge as the first half of Section 1-AAAA play came to an end.
The Cavaliers made it four straight victories — and a win in six of their last seven — as they rallied to defeat Hempfield, 39-35, on Friday night.
Hempfield (8-4, 3-2) took a 28-27 lead into the fourth quarter, but Kiski Area (9-4, 4-2) held the Spartans to seven points to post the victory.
With 15 points, Kiski Area's Nick Stone matched a game-high with Hempfield guard Kason Harrell.
West Shamokin 74, Burrell 69 (OT) — Anthony Rocco broke West Shamokin's single-game scoring record with 40 points, and Matt Marsh hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds to go in overtime to seal the Section 1-AA upset for West Shamokin (6-6, 2-3) over Burrell (9-3, 3-1). Rocco scored 11 of the Wolves' 13 points in overtime.
Teammate Zane Clowser added 21 points and nine rebounds.
Alex White scored 18, and Matt Hess chipped in 16 for the Bucs, who had a three-game winning streak stopped.
South Allegheny 37, Springdale 28 — South Allegheny (5-8, 2-3) rallied to down Springdale (2-10, 0-5) in a Section 3-AA game. Kordell Thompson recorded 13 points for the Gladiators, while Charlie Guy scored 15 for the Dynamos.
Summit Academy 83, Ford City 67 — Summit Academy (3-9, 2-3) erupted for 56 second-half points to run past Ford City (3-10, 0-4) in a Section 1-AA game.
Dashaan Smith scored a game-high 29, and Lorenzo Abner added 19 for the Knights. David Lattanzio scored 23 points for the Sabers, and Jesse Sequeira added 15. Ford City has dropped eight of nine.
Knoch 36, Valley 34 — Marc Vaughan put Knoch (8-4, 3-2) ahead late in the fourth with a free throw to seal a tight win over Valley (3-8, 1-5) in Section 1-AAA.
Vaughan finished with 15 points, and Austin Miller added 11, including nine in the fourth quarter, for Knoch.
Chaz Cheatham and Tyler Gardlock both had eight points for Valley.
Indiana 72, Freeport 62 — Freeport (4-6, 1-4) couldn't close a 10-point halftime deficit in a Section 1-AAA loss to Indiana (10-3, 4-1). Robbie Miller scored a game-high 23 points, and Brendan Lynch added 20 for Freeport.
St. Joseph 75, Trinity Christian 62 — John Arcuri scored 36 points, including a 10-for-10 effort at the foul line, to lead St. Joseph (6-8, 2-1) past Trinity Christian (2-9, 0-3) in Section 4-A. Chris Gamble added 13 points for St. Joseph.
John Wallace scored a team-high 22 for Trinity Christian.
Deer Lakes 56, Riverview 44 — Deer Lakes' 21-7 first quarter helped build a cushion as the Lancers (8-5) held off Riverview (4-9) in non-section play.
J.J. Kowalkowski scored a game-high 15 points, Cody Keenan added 13, and Tim Jaczesko had 12 for the Lancers.
Jason Anthony and Nick DiBucci led the Raiders with 12 points.
Girls basketball
Mars 73, Valley 44 — Mars (8-5, 4-1) took a 35-16 halftime lead and cruised to defeat Valley (1-8, 1-5) in a Section 1-AAA game. Ali Goetz scored 20 points for Mars, while Kristea Smith had 19 for Valley.
Ford City 46, Kittanning 41 — Allyson Cujas scored 21 of her game-high 25 points in the second half for Ford City (6-5) in a nonsection win over rival Kittanning (6-7).
Emily Knepshield led Kittanning (6-7) with 24 points, 22 of which came in the second half.
Three Foxes move on —Fox Chapel's Jared Rice (106 pounds), 152-pounder Tyler Heasley and 285-pounder Tyler Lever advanced to the semifinals of the Allegheny County tournament at Fox Chapel. Heasley pinned Hampton's Zach Kocak in 1:14 in the quarterfinals.


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Fulham 0-3 Southampton – Premier League – 1st February 2014
Despite bringing in a number of players during the transfer window and having a backroom staff which includes Ray Wilkins and Alan Curbishley, Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen is facing one hell of a challenge to keep his side in the Premier League this season. On Saturday, he watched he side go down courtesy of three second half goals against Southampton. The Saints' English forward line of Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Jay Rodriguez all scored, with Rodriguez's curling strike quite superb. The Cottagers did show glimpses of quality throughout the game but overall they were well beaten by Mauricio Pochettino's side, who stay ninth. Fulham, on the other hand, find themselves bottom of the Premier League for only the second time in their history (and the first time was after only two games of a season).
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The State of Idaho's motto is Esto perpetua, and it means let it be perpetual, it is forever. It seems like a fitting motto for a state that was pretty much established by the Jesuits in the early 1840s, and gives pause for one to wonder what its motto might have been had it been founded by another group. Nowadays Idaho's family and religious values are heavily influenced by the Mormons, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nonetheless, Idaho is as unusual in its diversity as it is in its natural beauty, with a topography that consists of many mountains that reach elevations of eight thousand feet and areas, like that of Hells Canyon, where the terrain plummets to fifteen hundred feet. Idaho's scenery is often breathtaking, and recreational opportunities such as world-class skiing, kayaking, hiking, backpacking, fishing, whitewater rafting, snowmobiling and snowboarding, to name a few, abound.
Liberty and freedom are very important to the citizens of Idaho, resulting in part in the state's lawmakers being historically known for writing laws that rarely infringe on individual or property rights. It is also common for residents to own firearms. When all is said and done, it doesn't make much sense that a convicted child molester would make a conscious decision to travel hundreds of miles from the Midwest to a state where his past deeds were not likely to be readily accepted, a region whose conservative residents were not likely to throw out the welcome mat and allow him to assimilate into their society. But that is exactly what sex criminal Joseph Edward Duncan III had done, and in the process his alleged criminal actions would literally shock and horrify the state, stun the nation, and ultimately destroy a family.
On the Move
Joseph Edward Duncan III
As best as police have been able to determine, Joseph Edward Duncan III, 42-years-old, fled Becker County, Minnesota almost immediately after someone posted his $15,000 bond following an April 5, 2005 court hearing where he had been charged with sexually molesting a 6-year-old boy and for attempting to molest the boy's friend. After being released from custody, he apparently began making his travel plans. He stopped by a Wal-Mart and purchased night vision goggle and a video camcorder. At some point he also obtained a shotgun, shells, and a claw hammer.
A claw hammer
Ten days later, on April 15, 2005 he rented a 2005 red Jeep Grand Cherokee in St. Paul, Minnesota. However, he never returned the vehicle at the termination of the rental agreement, and the Jeep was eventually reported to police as a stolen vehicle on May 4, 2005. Police would later learn that between the time the Jeep was rented and reported stolen, Duncan had traveled through parts of Missouri and had gone as far south as Newton County, located in the far southwestern corner of the state in an area that borders Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. It was there, on April 27, 2005, a little more than a week before the vehicle would be reported stolen to police in Minnesota, that he allegedly stole a set of license plates off of a vehicle and placed them on the Jeep that he was driving. It would later become clear to the police that he was fully capable of carefully planning his every move, as most sexual predators are, and had done so in this instance by disguising the vehicle that he was driving even before it had become necessary to do so. It must have been shortly after he had stolen the license plates in Missouri that he had made the decision to go to Idaho.
A red Jeep Cherokee
Satisfied that he had given the authorities the slip, it is believed that Duncan headed north again, the exact route of which he had taken being unknown, until he connected up with Interstate 90 at some point, most likely either in South Dakota or Wyoming, and headed west toward Idaho. While it is not precisely known when Duncan arrived in Idaho, it was while he was en route to that state that an arrest warrant was issued for him in Fargo, North Dakota for failing to properly follow the conditions of his April 5 release and for missing a subsequent court date. No one apparently paid any mind to the sex offender driving the stolen Jeep with the stolen Missouri plates as he made his way west. But then, why would anyone? He was being careful in his cold and calculated planning, and had given little reason for anyone to pay any attention to him.
Watching Children
Map of Idaho with Coeur d'Alene locator
Duncan arrived in Kootenai County, Idaho sometime during the second week in May. Precisely why he stopped in the Wolf Lodge area, located about 8 miles east of Coeur d'Alene and just off Interstate 90, is not known. Perhaps he had stopped there to grab a bite to eat, or merely to rest for awhile. At some point, however, he ended up on Frontage Road and drove past the small white cinderblock and frame house with green trim, the lower portion of which appeared to have been coated with stucco giving it a smooth appearance, where the Groene and McKenzie family lived.
The house, somewhat secluded and surrounded by trees, brush and low-lying hills, made an easy target for someone bent on wrongdoing. Duncan likely saw his next victims, Shasta Groene, 8, and her brother, Dylan, 9, playing outside the house in the unseasonably warm May weather as he drove past. Shasta and Dylan's mother, Brenda Kay Groene, 40, came and went, as did Brenda's boyfriend, Mark McKenzie, 37, and Shasta and Dylan's older brother, Slade, 13, throughout the weekend of May 13-15. Before Duncan's arrival there, it was the type of community where parents were not afraid to leave their children alone. It was the type of seemingly safe community where children played outside without parental supervision all the time, rode their bikes wherever they wanted, and built forts in the woods—generally, kids there simply did all of the things that kids would normally do where they felt safe. But that was all about to change.
House where Groenes lived
The Groene-McKenzie home was sometimes visited by strangers whose vehicles broke down on the freeway—their home was the first house anyone looking for help would see after getting off the freeway and onto Frontage Road. And, according to later witness reports, the family was always happy to help a stranger in need.
After having his interest heightened by the sight of the young children frolicking outside in the yard in what had been their safe surroundings, or walking or riding their bikes along Frontage Road and occasionally motioning to passing truckers to honk the air horns of their semis, it is believed that Duncan reconnoitered the area for at least a day or two until he found the perfect vantage point where he could watch the kids and their family from a distance without being easily seen, using his night vision apparatus during the nighttime. While the exact time frame isn't known for certain, police believed that Duncan may have stalked the family for a few days after becoming comfortable with his surroundings, and had perhaps even followed them to town to watch them when they shopped, before getting up the courage to make his move.
On Sunday, May 15, 2005, the family drove into Coeur d'Alene to run errands, and then returned home where they enjoyed a barbecue together with others. The gathering went into the early evening hours before it broke up and everyone went home. It was the last time that anyone would remember seeing Brenda and Slade Groene and Mark McKenzie alive.
Barking Dog
Earlier on Sunday, May 15, according to a report that appeared in The Spokesman-Review, before the family had left for Coeur d'Alene to go to the barbecue, a neighbor who lived nearby hired 13-year-old Slade Groene to mow the grass by his driveway. However, he didn't have the correct change to pay Slade the agreed-upon $10 for his work when he was finished but assured the teenager that he would stop by his house and pay him the following day.
Slade Groene
When the neighbor showed up with the money on Monday, the house appeared eerily quiet. The neighbor honked his horn, but nobody came outside as they normally would have done when someone pulled into their driveway. Similarly, there was no response when he knocked on the door, and there were no lights visible inside the house. Only a dog barked from inside. The neighbor noticed that both of the family's cars were parked in their usual places, but the car doors had been left open. Suspicious, the neighbor rushed home and called 911. It was the second time in roughly twenty-four hours that the neighbor had felt compelled to call the sheriff's department. The first call had been made to report a suspicious white pickup truck that had been parked near his barn and had apparently been abandoned.
When deputies from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department arrived at the small Frontage Road home at 6:15 p.m., everything appeared just as the neighbor had reported. After easily gaining entry to the home through a rear door to check on the residents' welfare, the deputies were aghast at the carnage they found inside.
The perpetrator's point of entry appeared to have been a rear door that led into the kitchen which had been left unlocked. There was blood everywhere, much of which was in puddles around two bodies that were sprawled on the floor. Both victims had been bound with duct tape and zip ties. The injuries appeared to have been centered around the head and face of each of the victims, obviously a young man or teenage boy and a middle-aged woman. It was difficult to determine upon initial examination whether the injuries were the result of blunt trauma or gunshot wounds. Blood spatters, the telltale signs of either mode of death, were everywhere and it would take a careful crime scene analysis to conclusively determine whether they had been beaten or shot, or both. The acrid smell of the congealed blood had become strong, and the sight and smell brought on a nauseous feeling to some of the less seasoned deputies.
As the deputies made their way through the house they encountered a third victim, also bound with duct tape and zip ties, in the living room. There was also a significant amount of blood connected with the third victim and it appeared that he, too, had died as a result of either a gunshot wound or blunt trauma to the head. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that each of the victims died horribly.
As they reported their findings, the deputies believed that the victims in the kitchen were Brenda Groene and her 13-year-old son, Slade, and that the victim in the living room was Brenda's boyfriend, Mark McKenzie.
There was no sign of 8-year-old Shasta Groene and her 9-year-old brother Dylan.
The deputies sealed off the house without removing or making positive identification of the bodies, and they closed off Frontage Road in the vicinity of the house and designated it as a crime scene. They posted sentries to stand guard throughout the night, and would return at first light with crime scene technicians and homicide investigators.
Search for Shasta and Dylan Begins
Deputies removing bodies of the Groene victims
Investigators, along with crime lab personnel, returned to the Frontage Road home at daybreak on Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Positive identification of the bodies soon confirmed the initial suspicions of the Kootenai County deputies: three homicides of a most violent nature had occurred, and the dead were indeed those who had been tentatively identified by the deputies who had initially found the bodies. Following lengthy examinations at the scene by sheriff's department detectives and crime lab technicians, the bodies of Brenda Kay Groene, Slade Groene, and Mark McKenzie were systematically removed from the house and taken to the county morgue. They believed that the victims had been killed sometime between Sunday night and the time their bodies were found on Monday.
Serchers cover a trail
Dylan Groene, victim
Meanwhile, volunteers with the Kootenai County Search and Rescue fanned out in all directions throughout the wooded areas that surrounded the Groene-McKenzie home and Lake Coeur d'Alene in their search for Shasta and Dylan. Some searched on foot, others on horseback or all-terrain vehicles, and some used tracking dogs as well as dogs that had been specifically trained to sniff out corpses as they traversed the woods and back roads throughout the area. A helicopter also searched from the air, and Idaho State Police (ISP) as well as the Coeur d'Alene office of the FBI joined the search effort and canvassed the area, showing Shasta and Dylan's photos to area residents in the hope that someone had seen them.
An Amber Alert was also issued nationwide for the two children. The Amber Alert described Dylan as 4-feet tall, 60 pounds, blue eyes and blond crew cut hair. Shasta was described as 3-feet 10-inches tall, 40 pounds, with hazel eyes and long brown hair.
Shasta Groene, victim
"Our main concern right now are the two children we cannot find," Sheriff Rocky Watson told a gathering of reporters at a planned news conference.
Looking into the victims' backgrounds, investigators learned that Brenda had married Steven Groene at Big Bear Lake, California, in 1986, and had five children together before divorcing in 2001. Following the divorce, she moved her family to Wolf Lodge, Idaho and had lived there with Mark McKenzie ever since. Additional background information on Brenda showed that she had operated a business called Maid to Order in which she cleaned houses on a work-for-hire basis. According to those who knew her, she would drop her children at a daycare and typically work all day cleaning other peoples' homes. However, she eventually got out of the housecleaning business so that she could spend more time with her children. Those who knew her described her as a good mother.
Brenda Kay Groene, victim
Brenda wasn't a person without problems, however. She was on probation for possession of drug paraphernalia at the time of her death, and she had served jail time for the conviction on the aforementioned offense. She had also been ordered by the court to attend drug and alcohol counseling, but financial difficulties had prevented her from completing the programs.
Another son, 18-years-old, was in jail awaiting sentencing on burglary charges at the time of the murders. One can only wonder if the same horrible fate that took the lives of the other members of his family would have befallen him, too, had he not been in jail.
Mark McKenzie, victim
Mark McKenzie was described as an outdoors enthusiast who liked to spend some of his spare time hunting and fishing. He worked full-time at a job as a supervisor at a stainless steel sink manufacturing company in Spokane, Washington, located just across Idaho's western border. Both Brenda and Mark associated with bikers whose visits to their home sometimes gave way to partying. They appeared to be well-liked throughout the community and no one that the police interviewed could understand how they could meet such a vicious end.
"Concrete Bob"
Robert Roy Lutner
According to information released by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday, May 18, a "person of interest" surfaced in the case following interviews with relatives and friends of the victims. Robert Roy Lutner, 33, also known as "Concrete Bob," a moniker he had been given because of his work in the concrete and construction industry, was a friend of the victims and had visited them twice in recent days—once on the Friday afternoon preceding the murders and again on Sunday evening, which was believed to have been the day of the slayings. A relative of the Groene's told detectives that Lutner owed Brenda Groene and Mark McKenzie $2,000. However, the relative told the investigators that no one in the family had indicated that there might have been any trouble between them and Lutner, and there was no indication that he was being pressured to repay the money even though the family needed it.
"I never saw him hostile toward my family at all," the relative said, according to a news report in the Spokesman-Review.
Further investigation revealed that Lutner had been in trouble before, and in fact his criminal record in the county was somewhat lengthy. He had been in trouble on drug possession charges in 1992, and had been arrested for domestic battery in 2004 in an incident outside a bar that involved a fight with a girlfriend. That charge had been eventually reduced to disturbing the peace. He was convicted twice for fraud for improperly representing unemployment claims and was currently on probation for those convictions.
Lutner, at 6-foot-3-inches and weighing in at 230 pounds, was someone the cops definitely wanted to talk with. However, they first had to find him.
He was seen at a bar in the area on Sunday afternoon, which would have been prior to being seen at Groene and McKenzie's home. Two days later, on Tuesday, he talked to his probation officer on the telephone and said that he was making a trip to Boise. By that time, he had heard about the murders and was crying while talking to a family friend of the victims, but the authorities were not yet looking for him as a person of interest in the case. That all changed, however, in a matter of hours after investigators pieced together the sequence of events that had placed Lutner at the Groene-McKenzie residence prior to the murders.
The next day, Wednesday, May 18, Lutner learned that the investigators were looking for him and he turned himself in to sheriff's deputies in Coeur d'Alene. He was interviewed over the next several hours and denied having anything to do with the murders. He took a polygraph and passed it with flying colors, and was subsequently dropped as a person of interest in the case, leaving investigators back at square one.
Search for Shasta and Dylan Continues
After the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department established two phone lines for citizen tips about the brutal slayings and child disappearances, more than 150 calls were logged within the first 12 hours. Volunteers had come forward to answer the phones in the department's emergency operations center, located in the basement of the sheriff's department headquarters building. Six volunteers were on the phones around the clock, taking calls from concerned citizens, friends of the family, and an occasional psychic trying to help with a thoughtful lead about where Shasta and Dylan might be found. Some of the tips came from parents whose children had known Shasta and Dylan, and they provided outdoor locations where they had sometimes gone to play. However, none of the tips led anywhere immediately or provided any information that might shed some light on why such a terrible thing had occurred in their peaceful county.
Missing poster for Shasta and Dylan
Search dogs occasionally picked up Shasta's and Dylan's scent at various locations over a wide area of hills and lakefront acreage, and near area ponds and streams which were searched with the aid of diving teams, to no avail. There simply was no sign of the children.
Captain Ben Wolfinger
"We don't know if they're injured," Captain Ben Wolfinger told a reporter for the Spokesman-Review. "We don't know if they're hiding out, if they're so scared that they're afraid to come out. We want to search every nook and cranny."
Although the most viable leads were continually passed on to the makeshift command post, consisting of a white trailer stationed near the crime scene, none of them panned out.
As one day followed another, additional investigators from the FBI as well as from other local agencies joined in the murder investigation and the search for the missing children. The FBI also offered $100,000 in reward money for information leading to the safe return of the children and the capture of the person who abducted them. The case had quickly become the largest criminal investigation in Kootenai County's history.
Steve Groene, Shasta's and
Dylan's biological father
Dylan's biological father
Even though he was looked at initially as a possible suspect, as husbands always are in any homicide investigation where a spouse or ex-spouse has met a violent end, Steve Groene, Brenda's ex-husband and Shasta's and Dylan's biological father, was quickly ruled out as a suspect in both the murder investigation as well as the missing children investigation.
"Is he emotional already?" Wolfinger asked, as reported by the Spokesman-Review. "Yeah. Is he stressed? Yeah. Is he beside himself with grief? Yeah. However, there is no evidence to substantiate Steve Groene as a suspect or a person of interest."
Steve Groene, accompanied by relatives and friends, made an emotional plea for the safe return of his children on national television on Thursday, May 19.
"Please, please release my children safely," Groene said quietly, his voice hoarse from a lot of crying. "They had nothing to do with any of this. Release them in a safe area where law enforcement can find them. Call the help line. Let them know where they can be found."
Two days later America's Most Wanted ran a segment on its Saturday night, May 21, telecast which resulted in 19 tips being called in to the sheriff's department shortly after the program aired. However, none of the tips provided much hope to the investigators that they would find the children anytime soon.
The same day that Steve Groene had made his televised plea for the safe return of his children, sheriff's department investigators and the Kootenai County Coroner's Office released details of the official cause of death of the murder victims. According to the coroner's report, all three victims died from blunt trauma to the head. Each victim suffered skull fractures and contusions of the brain, and investigators believed that a claw hammer may have been the blunt instrument used on each of the bound victims. Following a toxicology analysis, tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, was found in the blood of Brenda Groene and Mark McKenzie. Traces of methamphetamine were also found in their blood. Investigators claimed that they still did not know whether the victims had been killed by one person acting alone or by more than one perpetrator. However, due to the fact that each victim had been bound, they theorized that it may have taken more than one person to subdue the victims and carry out the crimes.
Meanwhile, later that day a tip was phoned in by a sporting goods store owner in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, located about 70 miles north of Coeur d'Alene. The store owner said that a man and two children, a young boy and a young girl, came into his store. The man had asked for directions to Libby, Montana, after which the three left in a white van with Washington license plates. The store owner said that the children fit the descriptions of Shasta and Dylan.
Deputies from Boundary County as well as officers from the Idaho State Police searched the main roads as well as the less-traveled roads that led from Bonners Ferry to Libby, Montana, but there was no sign of the van, the man, or the two children.
As the investigation continued, the cops were still no closer to determining a motive for the crime than they were to finding the children. Drugs, or a drug deal gone bad, had been discussed as one possible motive—except that the house on Frontage Road didn't contain evidence of drugs or of a methamphetamine lab, which were scattered here and there throughout the Pacific Northwest, despite the fact that marijuana and methamphetamine were found in Brenda and Mark's blood during their autopsies. To the cops it looked more like they had just been recreational users and had likely used the drugs during the Sunday barbecue. There was even some talk among the investigators that the killings may have been gang-related, prompting them to bring in a gang unit from Spokane to go over and study the crime scene. But after all was said and done, there was no indication that the crime was gang-related.
So who killed Brenda and Slade Groene, and Mark McKenzie, and kidnapped Shasta and Dylan Groene? And why? Were the children even still alive? At this point it appeared that there would be no easy answers to those questions and many others, and it seemed that any semblance of answers would not be forthcoming anytime soon.
Investigators, as well as family members, held out hope that Shasta and Dylan were still alive. DNA tests on blood taken from the crime scene showed that the blood belonged to the three murder victims and that Shasta's and Dylan's blood appeared to be absent from the crime scene.
Meanwhile, as time slipped forward, investigators hoping to find clues that would help unravel the mystery of what happened not only with regard to the murders on Frontage Road but to what had happened to Shasta and Dylan began sifting through tons of garbage from the area's public landfills and from Dumpsters in and around Wolf Lodge. They hoped to find clues such as bloody clothing that the killer may have discarded, or even the murder weapon itself. But after sorting through tons of refuse, clues to what happened and why remained elusive.
As the days turned into weeks it began to seem as if Shasta and Dylan had simply disappeared from the face of the earth, never to be seen again. Then, on Saturday, July 2, at about 1:30 a.m. and 48 days after the case had begun, the unexpected happened. A middle-aged man driving a red Jeep Cherokee with Missouri license plates turned into the parking lot of the Coeur d'Alene Denny's restaurant, located north of Interstate 90, and parked.
Shasta & Duncan getting in the Jeep
He exited the vehicle, along with a little girl. They walked into the 24-hour establishment, passing by two young men who were standing outside smoking cigarettes. In almost a state of shock, one of the young men recognized the little girl as Shasta Groene. He had no doubt that it was Shasta—he had passed a billboard with a photo of her and her brother, Dylan, earlier that evening.
Shasta & Duncan enter store
But where was Dylan? There was no sign of him.
Nonetheless, the young man alerted his girlfriend inside via his cellular phone about what he had just seen. Afterwards he alerted Denny's employees as well, but a waitress had already recognized Shasta by that time and had told her shift manager. The manager subsequently called 911 at 1:51 a.m. and approximately ten minutes later three police cars arrived at the restaurant, their lights turned off.
Shasta & Duncan in the store
The man with the girl believed to be Shasta apparently saw the police cruisers as they turned into the Denny's parking lot because he immediately got up from his table, told a waitress that he needed his check, and headed toward the restrooms with the little girl. When the man returned a few minutes later, several officers surrounded him and escorted him outside. Another officer spoke to the little girl, and she told him that her name was Shasta Groene. Shasta said that she wanted her "daddy" and that she wanted to go home.
Outside, shining their flashlights into the windows of the red Jeep, the police officers saw no sign of Dylan, dashing their hopes that he was still alive.
Shasta, who appeared to be in good physical health, was taken to a local hospital for examination and observation where she remained for the next couple of days. She was eventually reunited with her father after he traveled from Seattle to Coeur d'Alene to be with her.
Partial Duncan Timeline
Duncan's Fargo, ND mugshot
from sex the offender database.
from sex the offender database.
The man with Shasta was identified shortly after his arrest as Joseph Edward Duncan III, a 42-year-old fugitive sex offender from Fargo, North Dakota. He would initially be charged with two counts of first-degree kidnapping, for which the maximum penalty in Idaho is death or life in prison. Additional charges would come later as the evidence warranted including, initially, three counts of first-degree murder.
In building their background on Duncan, investigators learned that he was born on February 25, 1963 in Tacoma, Washington, where he was also raised. His first run-in with the law occurred in 1978 when he was 15-years-old. In that incident he raped a 9-year-old boy at gunpoint, and the following year he was arrested driving a stolen car.
He was sentenced as a juvenile and sent to Dyslin's Boys' ranch in Tacoma, where he told a therapist who was assigned to his case that he had bound and sexually assaulted six boys, according to a report by the Associated Press. He also told the therapist that he estimated that he had raped 13 younger boys by the time he was 16.
In 1980 Duncan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old boy at gunpoint. Fourteen years later he was paroled on the condition that he have no contact with minor children and was sent to a halfway house in Seattle so that he could eventually, hopefully, return to society as a productive citizen. It didn't appear that he was capable of going straight, however, and any hope of him returning to society as a normal citizen quickly vanished. He violated his parole in 1996 by using marijuana and getting caught, and for possession of a firearm. He was sent to jail for 30 days, and then released.
Sammiejo White, victim and Carmen Cubias
During that same timeframe, in July 1996, Sammiejo White, 11, and Carmen Cubias, 9, half-sisters from Seattle, were last seen leaving a motel room near downtown where they had been staying. Their bodies were found nearly two years later, in February 1998. Although Duncan wasn't viewed as a suspect in their disappearances and deaths at that time, given the circumstances surrounding the Shasta and Dylan Groene case his background and movements would be carefully scrutinized in that case and others.
Deborah Palmer, 7-years-old, was last seen walking to school in Oak Harbor, Washington on March 26, 1997. Her body washed up on a beach five days later. Duncan would also be looked at in that case to determine whether he could be linked to Deborah's disappearance and death. Duncan, on March 31, 1997, the date that Deborah's body was found, stole his girlfriend's car and disappeared.
Anthony Martinez, victim
While sitting in jail in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho following his arrest in connection with the Wolf Lodge murders and child abductions, Duncan was quickly connected with the unsolved disappearance, rape and death of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez of Beaumont, California during an interview with FBI agents, according to Globe magazine. Agents were questioning him about his possible involvement in other cases that were similar to the Groene case, and he purportedly told them about the Martinez boy in Riverside County in Southern California where he had apparently fled to after stealing his girlfriend's car in Washington. He reportedly was visiting his father in Highland, California, only 22 miles from Beaumont, at the time Martinez disappeared.
Anthony Martinez disappeared on April 4, 1997 while playing with his younger brother and several friends in an alley behind their home. A man apparently approached the boys and offered them money to help him find his lost cat.
"He first went after Anthony's brother, but that boy got away," Beaumont Police Lt. Mitch White told Globe magazine. "He got Anthony."
According to Anthony's brother as related by Lt. White, the man threatened Anthony with a knife and forced him into a white 1986 Chrysler New Yorker sedan and drove away. Anthony's bound naked body was found fifteen days later, on April 19, in a shallow grave. Recently and in conjunction with the Groene investigation, Duncan's partial right thumbprint found on duct tape from Anthony's body nearly nine years later was determined to be Duncan's. A wanted poster that was circulated in Southern California at the time of Anthony's death depicted a suspect that bore a striking resemblance to Duncan.
By August 27, 1997, Duncan had made his way to his half-sister's house in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was arrested for parole violations. He was returned to Washington and sent back to prison, but was released less than three years later. On July 21, 2000, Duncan moved to Fargo, North Dakota.
Realizing that they were dealing with a probable serial killer, the cops found themselves wondering why Duncan had ever been released from prison. He was clearly an example of a habitual offender who had managed to slip through the cracks of the system.
Shasta's Statement
According to the details that Shasta recounted to Kootenai County Detective Dan Mattos, contained in court records from a probable cause hearing held on Tuesday, July 5, 2005, Shasta was asleep in her bedroom the night that her family was killed. Her mother came into her room, woke her up, and led her into the living room where she first saw Duncan. According to court records, Duncan carried Shasta and her brother outside and placed them inside a pickup truck and drove them to a location where he had parked the red Jeep Cherokee. He then placed the children inside the Jeep and drove them to a campsite deep in the forests of western Montana. Over the next several weeks, according to Shasta, he repeatedly raped and sexually abused both of the children. She told Mattos that Duncan had acted alone. She also said that she had called Duncan "Jet," a nickname of his own device, Joseph Edward the Third.
According to a report in USA Today, Shasta recalled vividly the smallest details of the night that her family was killed and she and her brother abducted. Shasta told the investigators that Duncan wore dark gloves inside the house, and carried a shoulder-style weapon, such as a shotgun. During a search of the stolen Jeep, investigators found dark gloves, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a red shotgun shell. She even recalled the brand name of the claw hammer that Duncan allegedly used to kill her family, a FatMax. Although Shasta said that she and her brother had not witnessed the actual murders, she explained how Duncan had showed her and her brother the FatMax hammer and how he told them that he had used it to kill her family.
According to Kootenai County Sheriff's Detective Brad Maskell, investigators purchased a FatMax brand hammer and were able to match the tool markings on it to the wounds on victims' skulls.
Shasta also explained to the investigators how Duncan had said that he used the night vision goggles to watch the Groene-McKenzie home for two or three nights prior to the murders and abductions. Police also found night vision goggles in the stolen Jeep.
Shasta also stated that Duncan had told her sordid details of how he had sexually molested her brother. He had even tortured him, burning him with cigarettes.
Based on Shasta's statements, investigators were able to locate the remote Montana campsite where Duncan had allegedly held Shasta and her brother captive. A short time later, authorities sadly announced that they believed they had found Dylan's remains off of a remote Forest Service road in Montana's Bitterroot Mountains. A week later, forensic DNA testing confirmed that the remains were indeed Dylan's. The authorities announced that he had been shot to death and that his body had been burned.
It was also revealed by the Pacific Northwest Inlander, a free weekly newspaper published in Spokane, Washington, that a video camcorder was recovered from the stolen Jeep. The camcorder contained video of Duncan abusing Shasta and Dylan, as well as threatening to kill them. Shasta told investigators that Duncan had showed her some of the digital pictures. Prosecutors successfully argued that the videos should not be copied for the defense out of fear that during the process they could fall into the wrong hands and get leaked to the public and make their way onto the Internet. Prosecutors indicated that Duncan may also be charged with production of child pornography, but it was not clear whether those charges, if they materialize, would be the result of the digital videos taken of himself, Shasta and Dylan, or if those charges would be unrelated to the Groene case.
Duncan's Blog
Joseph Duncan, arrested
Following Duncan's arrest, it was discovered that he had been keeping an Internet diary of sorts, a web log, commonly referred to as a blog, in which he disturbingly implied that he had left a string of bodies following his release from prison.
"I got out and I got even," wrote Duncan in his blog. "But I did not get caught. So I got even again, and again did not get caught. I got even twice (actually more)."
Duncan also wrote of keeping a second diary, a secret diary written in code that provided more details of his horrible crimes.
"…the world will know who I really was, and what I really did…" he wrote. "…I am scared, alone, and confused, and my reaction is to strike out toward the perceived source of my misery, society. My intent is to harm society as much as I can, then die."
Duncan's writings were voluminous, and could easily fill a book. He also had an affinity for dressing in drag, and at one point in his life he posted as series of such photos of himself on the Internet and labeled them, "Jazzi Jet," and is an example of how he apparently views himself.
At the time of this writing, the FBI as well as investigators in at least five states are continuing in their efforts to determine where Duncan might have been at any given time where any unsolved murders or rapes of children were committed. The investigation, while no longer in its infancy, is still continuing and new details will likely emerge as Duncan's case moves toward trial.
Duncan's trial date was originally slated to begin on January 17, 2006. However, according to the November 23, 2005 edition of The Seattle Times, First District Judge Fred Gibler vacated the January date and pushed his trial date back to April 4, 2006, in response to defense attorneys' requests for more time to prepare for trial.


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Top Casino Cheats of All Time
Some shady gamblers have been trying to cheat in casinos for hundreds of years.
The lure of easy money will always encourage some people to try to cheat and scam casinos, especially when it's easy to view casinos as "greedy" villains with plenty of money to spare.
Below you'll find some of the most notorious and successful casino cheats of all time; don't be tempted to follow in their footsteps, as casino security is almost always one step ahead of would-be cheaters.
Dennis Nikrasch and slot machine scams:
Slot machines have always been a target for cheaters but few managed the success that Dennis Nikrasch did. Nikrasch began hitting up slot machines in Vegas in the late 1970s-early 1980s, working with a crew that would distract employees while another made an imprint of slot machine keys.
Armed with a key to open slot machines, the team would open various slots and manipulate the reels to produce a winning jackpot. Nikrasch was eventually caught using this crude method and sent to prison, but he returned with more sophisticated scams. He was rumored to have netted more than $15 million from his various schemes but it came with a price as he served mutliple prison terms.
Cheating teams have been finding ways to tilt their odds their way at the roulette table for decades. Simple cheats involve teams working to distracting the croupier and other employees to slide out bets after bets are closed -- using the position of the ball to correctly estimate a very small rnage of numbers it will land in -- while more complicated scams involve using portable computers to use the ball position and speed to predict where it will land.
Blackjack switching:
No, this isn't about the blackjack variant Blackjack Switch that lets players legally swap cards between two hands, but instead when a team of cheaters works so that two members at a blackjack table switch their cards.
The goal is to improve one of the two hands to a nearly certain winner, with other team members not at the table working to distract employees and keep security from seeing the switch take place.
Collusion at the poker tables:
Poker has always been plagued by collusion -- especially at high stakes games -- where two or more players team up and use various signals to let one another know the strength of their hands. Colluding players can bet and raise in a certain fashion to either drive other players out and split the profits or to gain more information about an opponent's hand.
Tommy Carmichael's light wand:
This was another slot machine scam that netted Carmichael millions. He invented a 7 inch long light wand that could be inserted into slot machines that would trick it into paying out midsized payouts of hundreds of dollars at a time.
Like Nikrasch, while Carmichael's light wand definitely worked and earned him millions in ill-gotten gains he also spent time in federal prison for his cheating ways.
Card counting at blackjack:
Including card counting on a list of cheats and scams isn't fair as there's nothing illegal about counting cards at blackjack. Many casinos do have the right to bar players for any reason, which is why card counters are often shown the door and prevented from returning via the threat of being arrested for trespassing.
Teams of card counters have successfully taken casinos for millions over the years, including resorting to elaborate costumes and rehearsed skits and actions in order to trick casinos into allowing them to continue to play at the tables.
Dice sliding:
This is a craps cheating technique that will likely always be around. Players practice throwing the dice so that one slides down the table (not moving from the number it is set on) while the other tumbles as normal.
The fact that one die slides and doesn't change cuts down dramtically on the possible number combinations, giving the cheater an edge as they only have to cover a greatly reduced combination of numbers. This scam often involves casino employees on the take who intentionally ignore the fact the cheater is using the sliding technique but can also be used with new and inexperienced croupiers who aren't savvy enough to catch it.
The Tran Organization:
Cheating at baccarat is difficult but the Tran Organization found a way, scooping up more than $15 million in the early 2000s. They employed a variety of methods but mostly relied on bribing baccarat dealers to perform false shuffles, with players in on the cheat thus knowing that the results would duplicate hands seen in the previous shuffle and deal.
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Bonnie Trebesch, age 76 of Norwood and formerly of Belle Plaine, died at The Harbor on Nov. 2, 2012. A memorial service was held at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine; Rev. David John Rohde will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Bonnie was born in her grandparent's house in Clements, Minn. on July 31, 1936 to Alvin and Berniece (Volk) Kopischke. She attended Clements grade school and graduated from Springfield High School in 1954. She married Delmar Trebesch at the First Lutheran Church in Brookings, S.D. on April 26, 1954. They lived in Clements, Minn. for many years before moving to Arlington, Minn. in 1973. She was a homemaker her entire life. They moved to Belle Plaine in 2000 and retired there. Bonnie enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was an avid reader, loved crocheting, needlepoint, and making afghans.
She is preceded in death by her parents and husband Delmar in 2011.
Bonnie is survived by her children: Michael (Debbie) Trebesch of Winthrop, Steven (Tammy) Trebesch of Hamburg, James Trebesch of Delvan, Bill (Janell) Trebesch of Granada, Joy (Robert) Schwanke of Glencoe, Jill (Curt) Vorlicek of Biscay, John (Monica) Trebesch of Hamburg, Robert Trebesch of Hamburg, Kipp (Deb) Trebesch of Green Isle, Joel Trebesch of Winsted, Precious Stier of Belle Plaine, Mark Trebesch (special friend, Jen Zurn) of Henderson; 17 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; sister, Joann Steinhouse of Ramsey.
Arrangements were with Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine.


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Rachel Ranis, professor emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences at Quinnipiac University, was quoted in a Record-Journal article about how Independence Day fireworks can bring people together.
"People love fireworks," she said. "It gives them a sense of nation. They're sharing an experience together."
Old people and young people alike enjoy firework shows, she said. Fireworks can bring together an entire community, she told the daily newspaper.
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Robot Hand Towel
Dance, ROBOT, DANCE! These cotton towels feature embroidered dancing robots perfect for the bathroom or kitchen. Show off your geeky side with these robot hand towels.
A unique little accessory for the home. This mason jar stores sunlight, and casts a subtle glow later in the night.Added 8 Years Ago from Amazon.com
It's easy to serve up your meals with a smile when you use these super kawaii spatulas from Japan! Choose from three great styles: Smiley Face, Frog, and Pig.
Remind yourself exactly why you need to wash your hands with this cute microbe soap dispenser.
Finger food isn't just the picnicker's passion. Nobody can resist crisps, dips and sundry other snacks when they're served up picnic style.
This cute corkscrew is ready for action. Rendered from sturdy stainless steel, this is the perfect bar accessory. It kinda looks like a happy little robot!Tags: humor, wine, kitchen, accessories, gifts, drinks, corkscrews, silver, corkAdded 8 Years Ago from Pylones-usa
Fight crumbs and spills with hearty bristles, a heavy-duty pan, and lots of color! A built-in magnet makes for easy storage and quick access for cleanups. Makes a cute face when you put them together!
You just can't help smiling when drinking from this adorable cup! Imported from Japan and available in pink, yellow or orange.
Give your chopsticks a rest on these adorable (!) earthenware creatures. Cuteness.
Make washing up fun with this adorable penguin sponge! So cute on the kitchen sink, perched on a soap bar iceberg.
Yummy cute happy fun!!!! I probably will buy this one, this is just too much awesome!
Recycling makes the world a happier place! It can either be hung by the loops or by suction cups on back. Made from felt in China.Tags: shopping, humor, kitchen, accessories, gifts, unusual, bags, fridge, organizationAdded 9 Years Ago from Uncommon Goods
A happy mixing spoon! I love it! Strain, taste, and be merry!


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|Polar Manzardill
|General Information
|Sapience Level
|Behind the Scenes
|Ben 10 Universe
Polar Manzardills is a species from the multi-terrained planet "X'Nelli".
Polar Manzardills are one of many types of Manzardill. They are large, blue,lizard/fish-like creatures. Their arms are fairly long with 3-fingered hands, with short legs ending in stumped feet. They have 3 shark-like fins and sharp teeth. They have small, squinted eyes and a black stripe around their eyes and face. Behind their eyes are pronounced scales and what appear to be gills. They usually sport suits that cover their legs, arms, "feet", waist and back. The Polar Manzardill can breath freezing vapor, capable of freezing enemies, or water. This vapor is puffed out as they talk. They can also swim very fast.
Ultimate EvolutionEditUsing the Ultimatrix evolution feature, a Polar Manzardill can artificially evolve.
Ultimate Polar Manzardills are much larger then normal Polar Manzardills, and have what appears to be red armor. They have three growths dangling from their chin, and their teeth are now sticking out of the bottom jaw. They have ice covering sections of their back and shoulders, with large red cannons sticking out. The black markings on their face have changed.


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Anxiety and Stress Disorders (Children)
General Anxiety Disorder and Divorce
A 15 year old boy with GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) lives with his mother. The boy makes all of his own decisions. The parents were told not to force him to go anywhere or do anything for fear that this might increase his anxiety. Even though a child has GAD, doesn`t that child need guidelines and schedules?
Part of a good behavioral treatment program is to challenge the patient to move out of and to extend his/her comfort zone. The issue is to collaborate with the patient to allow this to happen. Doesn't sound like this patient is currently receiving behavioral treatment.
Floyd R Sallee, MD
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STUART Lewis says Stuart Beavon is the best striker he's ever played with - but says Wanderers need to accept he's moved on.
Beavon made an instant impact after joining League One Preston North End minutes before Friday's transfer deadline, scoring once and setting up another as the Lilywhites hammered promotion favourites Swindon Town 4-1 on Sunday.
But Lewis - who said Beavon is better than former team mates who are now plying their trade in the top flight - said Blues can't keep talking about him now he's gone.
The midfielder said: "I played with Simeon Jackson at Gillingham and Steve Morison at Stevenage and he's a better striker than them, hands down, and they are in the Premiership now.
"He deserves his move. He was excellent last year for us with his all round game. He's a good friend and I wish him all the best but now we've got to draw a line under that and get on with our season. We can't keep talking about one player.
"Bevs is a great lad and deserves his move, deserves the financial rewards. He's going to be a miss, it's stupid for us to even say he's not going to be.
"We've got to collect ourselves as a group and say, 'Come on, let's have a go at this', roll our sleeves up and have a right go."


text: (excerpt) Death of the Liberal Class, presented on October 15, 2010 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY. Christopher Hedges, whose book "Death of the Liberal Class" (Perseus) came out the day gave of this presentation, is also the best-selling author of "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" (2003), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. A quote from the book was used as the opening title quotation in the critically-acclaimed and Academy Award-winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker. The quote reads: "The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug." ;Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years.