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Ford Develops Foam with 40% Soy-Based Material
16 October 2006
|Comparison of 40% soy-foam properties to desired automotive properties from Ford's work in 2005. Click to enlarge.
Scientists at Ford's Research and Innovation Center have formulated the chemistry to replace 40% of the standard petroleum-based polyol—one of the many ingredients used to create the polyurethane foams used in vehicles for seat cushions, seat backs, arm rests and head restraints—with a soy-derived material.
Most auto manufacturers today use a 100% petroleum-based polyol foam. Per year, the US market for this material is 3 billion pounds; 9 billion pounds worldwide. An average of 30 pounds of petroleum-based foam is used in each vehicle produced, according to Ford.
Traditionally, the materials used to form flexible polyurethane foams for industrial applications are derived from petrochemical resources such as glycerin and ethylene oxide.
Many in the auto industry are experimenting with a 5% soy-based polyol.
Five percent is relatively easy, a nice walk-before-you-run application, but there really isn't a solid business case to do it. We're talking about only 2% biomaterial for the total foam product. At 40%, which was formulated in our lab by our researchers, we have the ability to make a significant impact on the environment, while reducing our dependency on imported petroleum.— Dr. Matthew Zaluzec, manager of Ford's Materials Research & Advanced Engineering Department
Initial projections estimate that using a soy-based foam at high volumes could represent an annual material cost savings of as much as $26 million. As for the potential environmental benefit, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, soy polyols have only one-quarter the level of total environmental impact of petroleum-based ingredients.
Ford first showcased its work with soy foams in 2003 on the Model U concept, which featured soy-based seat cushions as well as a soy-based resin composite tailgate. The Model T once contained 60 pounds of soybeans in its paint and molded plastic parts.
Ford has applied for two patents on the soy-based foam, one for high-content soy foam formulations and the other for a novel, low-odor process to synthesize polyols.
For some time, Ford researchers had been hitting a road block with the 40% soy-based foam because of its odd odor, reminiscent of vegetable oil. According to Formulation Chemist Christine Perry, that issue is now resolved thanks to a new synthesis method for soy polyol. The new process utilizes room temperature UV light instead of high heat and catalysts to make the soy polyol.
Using high temperatures for the chemical reaction can cause numerous side products, which produce the rancid odor. It also requires a metal catalyst and more energy. With our breakthrough UV process, we have a simple reaction that is readily controlled by time of exposure, is inexpensive, and reduces the odor.—Christine Perry
The actual foam is created by combining the 40/60 blend of soy- and petro-based polyol with an isocyanate cross-linking agent and nine other additives in precise combinations. Extensive testing of high and low soy percentages revealed that a 40% to 50% soy substitution produced a product with properties most similar to the 100% petroleum-based polyol foam.
The end product is a soy-based foam that exhibits the desired automotive properties for seating applications such as seat cushions, seat backs, armrests and head restraints. The foam's chemistry can also be altered as needed depending on factors such as the geometry of a part or required hardness of the foam.
Bayer MaterialScience LLC made significant contributions to the foam's formulation development, according to Ford.
For the past three years, the project has received funding from the United Soybean Board (USB), a group of farmers/leaders that oversees investments in soy-based technologies. To date, Ford is the only auto manufacturer financially supported by the USB.
"Soybean oil auto applications"; Industrial Biotechnology, Spring 2005
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considering the relatively low power consumption of the opteron, it makes a lot of sense for this type of application.
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The End, Almost
Last week I drove from San Diego to visit my father who resides in Las Vegas, at an elderly care facility. That 4-hour drive through the desert is always unmatched contemplative time for me. No radio, no i-pod, just me and the 10,000 or so other Roys in my head, hurling rocks at one-another in an attempt to work out the problems within. On this drive, the voices were in a rare harmony, all suggesting that writing this blog might be nearing an end.
I decided that I would write one final column, and let this part of my life come to a close. I have been writing about fitness, in the form of newsletters, several websites, and some occasional newspaper pieces, for nearly 10 years. In that time I have written nearly 300 columns, 83of those columns are available on this blog.
Recently it has become harder to find fresh subject material which I feel is relevant, and harder still to work that subject matter into creations with an agreeable flow. Add to that, that I'm not sure anyone is listening, and even less sure that my message even matters. The desire to invest time in writing about that which may not be heard, and might not matter, had begun to fade.
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When I was 16 years old, I sat with my father in the Holly Inn restaurant in Denver, and told him I was going to be the Beatles of exercise. When he was done laughing he began talk of law school. I am not the Beatles of exercise. I'm much more like a pretty good garage band of fitness – and that's okay; my gigs have been fun, and the tips have been meaningful, if not large.
But investing all this time in writing, as a part of being a pretty good garage band of fitness, has taken me away (some) from the teaching and practicing of what I like to call, daily action. So the writing, I had decided, was going to come to end – at least for a while.
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It should not be a surprise that when I left Las Vegas after visiting my dad, I smelled like cigarette smoke. Everything and everyone in Las Vegas smells like cigarette smoke – that smoke is the very fiber of that city. What is surprising is where I picked up some of that cigarette smoke – at the nursing home where my father lives! And no, it was not the staff who had smoked me out, it was the residents. I spent the afternoon on a patio surrounded by obese, chain smoking elderly people, in motorized scooters, lighting up and bantering to one another about the woes of aging and ill health. It was not a sight for kids.
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Fast forward 6 hours: As I was waiting for my hotel room to be prepared, I stood in the casino/lobby of the hotel wishing I was anywhere else. Leaning against a bar, trying to be invisible, I listened to a Fleetwood Mac tribute band sounding so bad I wanted to jab my ears with a salt encrusted ice-pick. A woman bumped me from behind and then softly spoke,
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Smoking obese geriatrics in motorized scooters, and a rotund prostitute with a sense of humor seeking toning and shaping advice – and I thought I had run out of fresh things to write about… Yes, I will keep writing because the world needs me, even if they don't know it yet.
I could write endlessly about the ABC's of exercise; sets, reps, protein, cardio protocols, etc. That's not my cup of meat. There are 10,000 people already doing it, and though I know I can do it better than most, that isn't the side of fitness that interests me any longer.
I will continue to seek out and find new subject matter, and fresh ways to present it. I will strive to be unique and contemplative in matters of fitness, and attempt to illuminate areas and ideals untouched. Though it may be less often, I will strive for at least 2-3 per month, and more as I am so inspired.
Between geriatric smokers, scooting and complaining of ill health, and a chubby hooker wanting to tone up, all I could contemplate while driving home was my next workout. Be well – and be on the lookout, because I ain't done yet. rc
A footnote of sorts: My father is not one the smokers. Though he doesn't walk anymore, he is sharp as a tack, mean as a snake, and at his core –is good as gold.


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I installed iOS 7 on my iPad last Wednesday, along with everyone else, and then went away over the weekend, which gave me plenty of time to try it out without a lot of time to read blog posts, reviews and other articles about the upgrade. This puts me in a similar position to the average person who doesn't read every article published about the new operating system. So, is it worth the upgrade? I say yes. Is it revolutionary? I'm not ready to go that far.
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"Megan Charlop, 57, director of community health at the Montefiore School Health Program, was married with four kids.
Charlop, a fitness fanatic who lived in the Bronx (and was raised in Great Neck, Long Island) for more than 30 years, rode her bike everywhere, friends said.
She regularly housed children from Africa and the Caribbean who came to the U.S. for treatment - and took neighborhood youngsters on trips to the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Garden to keep them out of trouble.
"The driver of the Toyota (who allegedly 'doored' her), Min Kyung Kwan, 66, got a summons for interfering with a bicyclist.
"He's not doing well," said Kwan's son. "It's like he closed his eyes, and when he opened them, it happened already. It's a tragedy for both families."
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Notify your doctor if you have esophageal stricture and any of the following:
- Vomiting blood
- Vomiting dark material that look like coffee grounds
- Black stool
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- Choking during eating
- Worsening abdominal pain
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Last Friday was the first Friday of Lent so we went to Eataly as is our custom during Lent to have lunch at either Verdure or Pesce (no meat on Fridays during Lent). Both were pretty much packed, so we decided to try Pranzo as the menu they are featuring this month was heavy on fish and seafood. What a delightful surprise it was. Although we are frequent shoppers and diners at Eataly, we had not yet tried Pranzo. I'm so glad we did. Since the space it occupies is used as the cooking school on weekends and evenings, the setup is unique. The kitchen is right up front and you can watch the chefs at work the whole time you are there; plus, there are two video monitors focused on the cooktop area so you can actually see what is cooking as they prepare it. Fascinating for anyone who loves to cook.
We started with a salad of braised octopus and calamari, fingerling potatoes, celery, pickled onions and chilies and a zuppa of white bean and escarole. The soup was supposed to have a drizzle of spicy soppresata oil on it, but since I was going meatless, they substituted a generous drizzle of olive oil from Calabria, the region featured this month.
For our entrees, we had scialatielli alle cozze, a housemade pasta with mussels, white wine, jalapeno and marjoram and a pesce fritto, a fried dover sole served with meyer lemon, shaved fennel, olives, capers and limoncello. For dessert we shared a baba au rhum. There was not one false note in the whole meal. All was simply prepared and absolutely delicious. Pranzo is a great find for lunch. I highly recommend it.


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- 11 Nov 2017
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- Sector
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- Hours
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Head Chef - Fresh Food Pub & Restaurant - Job Summary
Head Chef required for this stunning fresh food, pub & restaurant in Sheffield. You will be part of one of the biggest branded hospitality companies in the UK. As Head Chef of the Sheffield site you will be an integral part of the success of the business. As Head Chef for this exciting business you will be given excellent training & development with the opportunity to progress and develop your skills.
Our client is one of the biggest Pub & Restaurant companies in the UK. As Head Chef you will have the opportunity to join this company with strong values who are committed to developing their people from within. If you would love the opportunity to progress and be a part of a strong and reputable company with a passion for fresh quality food, drink and customer service then this is the job for you!
Head Chef - Fresh Food Pub & Restaurant - Role Responsibility
As a result of expansion our client has a vacancy for a Head Chef. Their role would be to ensure that the kitchen operates smoothly, to deliver profitability by developing and costing a full menu, delivering excellent food and exceeding guests expectations. If you can inspire your team to success you can expect competitive benefits, rewards, excellent training and exceptional career prospects.
The successful client will drive this through:
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- Lead by example.
- Develop a guest focused team to their full potential.
In return you will be working for an expanding company that really values their employees and is committed to career development. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Head Chef.
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- Experience of preparing fresh food, creating and costing menus and managing supplier relations
- An ambitious individual, driven by 100% customer satisfaction.
- Knowledge of the highest standards of Health & Safety, hand in hand with Hygiene, and be able to implement this into the work place.
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- A desire to excel in everything you do.
- Excellent stock and profit control.
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UPDATED 10:29 p.m.: As round after round of ballots rolled in, the crowds at the Democratic gathering at Seattle's Westin Hotel grew more lively despite the GOP tide.
King County Executive Dow Constantine joked to several hundred party faithful that he was late because he'd fielded a call from Congressman For Life Rep. Jim McDermott's opponent, who was demanding a recount.
Hearing that the most powerful man in the U.S. Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, appeared likely to hold onto his Nevada Senate seat despite a challenge from Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, the crowd roared.
Losing -- or at least not losing as big as first feared -- had become the new winning.
Around the grand ballroom at the Westin, Democrats repeatedly pointed out that losses across the country weren't anywhere near as bad as they'd first feared. They took solace where they could find it, in Reid's race or Jerry Brown's victory in the California gubernatorial contest, or in the fact that Patty Murray still seemed to be holding her own against Republican Dino Rossi.
Despite losing the U.S. House, and seeing the failure of the I-1098 income tax on high earners, there were few tears, lots of laughter, and relatively little drinking.
Given all the months of polling, "I think we've had some time to prepare for this," said Rebecca Black, a Microsoft employee who said she was disappointed, but not crushed by the Republican gains Tuesday.
She said the Obama administration didn't do enough to trumpet its successes. Quoting The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, she also said the 24-7 cable news cycle amplified the unimportant.
But Black was realistic, too. "We have 10 percent unemployment. It's hard for people to recognize that some of what Obama did just hasn't taken hold yet."
UPDATE 9:30 p.m. Despite trailing incumbent Sen. Patty Murray in early returns, Republican Dino Rossi took the stage in Bellevue Tuesday night to chants of DI-NO, DI-NO.
"Tonight is about a course correction across the nation,'' he told a crowd that had been watching Republicans roll up victories from coast to coast. "We don't know what is going to happen in this state, whether the course correction is going to hit Washington fully. You know Washington, you know how it is.
"What we need to do in this state over the next several days as we count these ballots is talk about these things: that is what this campaign was really about," he said.
"There are so many ballots yet to be counted, and the good news is the areas where we do the best have a bigger turnout.''He left without taking questions from reporters.
Before Rossi took the stage, his wife, Terry, spoke to the crowd.
"Never a dull moment in the Rossi family," she told a packed room. She credited the prayers of supporters for her family's ability to sustain yet another statewide race.
"Of course we would like to leave you on pins and needles."
Update 9:01 p.m. At the GOP election party, former US Sen. Slade Gorton predicted there would be no result tonight in the Murray-Rossi contest, but noted that Washington didn't seem to follow the same mood as the rest of the country.
"Washington is kind of a lagging political indicator," he noted. "Dissatisfaction and unhappiness with the Administration has pervaded much of the country, but not here."
Two of Rossi's siblings were all but biting their nails as the evening wore on. Dick Cogo of Graham, one of Rossi's brothers, said he was still hopeful, and so did his sister, Margie Eidson of Mukilteo. "He deserves that spot," she said of Rossi.
UPDATE 8:29 p.m.: Initial vote counts from King and Snohomish counties were encouraging for Patty Murray's re-election bid against Republican Dino Rossi. Murray held a 52-48 lead with 1.25 million votes counted out of an expected 2.4 million votes cast.
Murray held a commanding 62-38 percent lead in King County with 373,941 out of an expected 720,000 votes cast. She was also leading by a slim margin in Snohomish County.
Murray's supporter were gathering to watch returns in the Grand Ballroom of Seattle's Westin Hotel. Democratic Party Chair Dwight Pelz said he felt good about Democratic turnout statewide.
"There's no turnout deficit in Washington," Pelz said, despite a GOP surge nationwide.
Across Lake Washington at Rossi's election-night headquarters at the Hilton in Bellevue, Republicans were taking nothing for granted.
Campaign workers passed out yellow Rossi stickers, and GOP party chairman Luke Esser exhorted the crowd to not just hang around the bar, but get busy. A big box of cell phones was on hand at the sign-in tables, along with call sheets, and partygoers standing around the clusters of red, white and blue balloons in the ballroom were urged to pick up a phone, grab a call sheet, and get out the vote.
"Get a cell phone, get a call sheet, and we want to have as much as possible to celebrate later tonight,'' Esser said. " Please let me implore you to interrupt your social time to give us the maximum victory this evening."
Even the soundtrack had a take no prisoners theme to it as the GOP waited for the results at their party headquarters in Bellevue election night. "Another One Bites the Dust" was a favorite. But really, mostly everyone only had eyes for the monitors and their Blackberries, as they scrolled and watched for results. The crowd kept building, along with the noise level. But the dancing had yet to get started. It would take some Washington victories to get the crowd to cut looser.
Republicans do wear their patriotism on their sleeve, no doubt about it. Check the fashion at the Bellevue Hilton, HQ and party central for the GOP. Cowboy hats were big, as were red, white and blue just about everything, from blazers to shirts to T shirts. Don't Tread on Me buttons were big. And the heels...my oh my. Not a Birkenstock in sight.
Back at the Democratic Senate headquarters, Pelz said he was not worried by the Republican victories elsewhere in the country and remained upbeat about the Senate race here. "I've been focused on Patty Murray," he said.
Nonetheless, the scene at the Westin was subdued. Several hundred of the Democratic faithful stood in little clusters, watching returns filter in on big-screen televisions. But only in the most technical sense could this be called a party.
Mark Saporito, who volunteered for Murray and is also a precinct committee officer, held a beer wrapped in a napkin and chatted with a buddy who wore an Obama t-shirt. Asked how they were doing, Saporito said, "Meh ... not so good." His friend said simply, "Ask me another time," and wandered off.
Saporito said he still felt optimistic about Murray's race, but watching the GOP results pour in from around the country left him frustrated.
"I mean, come on ... Rand Paul?" he said. "That's what we want?"
Asked how he thought we got here, Saporito didn't hesitate: "The press didn't do its job."
He complained that too many Republican candidates were too successful at dodging the media. No one forced them to answer hard questions, Saporito said.
"It's crazy," he said. "Keeping the public informed is part of holding office."
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have a huge game this Monday Night against the San Francisco 49ers and they will be without the services of former defensive player of the year James Harrison. Harrison has been suspended one game for his helmet to helmet hit on Cleveland Browns QB Colt McCoy.
Whether you like what the NFL is doing or not, the rules are the rules. Harrison is either going to have to adapt to the rules or continue to get fined or suspended. Sounds to me like Harrison will resist change, citing the fact that he's playing the game he's always played. Well, the game has changed. Hits that used to be textbook are now fine-able…and suspend-able.
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Director Kent Butterworth (Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures) has informed us of his current project – and animated feature he created, got funded, and is currently in production on: Lord of the Beans.
Got animation back on the 1st 5 minutes of the movie, and I'll be posting it as a Promo and showing at VSDA in Las Vegas next month. I'm pretty excited about this – there needs to be more independent cartoons made – Am I the only one trying to do this?


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Jeffrey Dahmer killed Adam Walsh.
That's right. The most infamous cannibal in American history murdered one of the most publicized child abduction victims of the past half-century, the 6-year-old son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh.
Sounds crazy, right?
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Well, I think it's true. And I know it deserves a full investigation by law enforcement.
But the Hollywood Police Department, which has basically botched the investigation from the get-go, is giving the idea short shrift, and John Walsh himself has tossed the theory out the window before examining it in any detail.
The truth is that local true crime writer Arthur Jay Harris has compiled an undeniably strong case that Milwaukee's notorious drunken cannibal who was living in South Florida at the time of Adam's murder was the culprit. Harris has dug up compelling new details, including information that Dahmer likely had access at the time to the type of vehicle a blue van believed to have been used in the abduction.
A December article Harris wrote for the Daily Business Review on findings that he spent more than four years gathering has gotten national attention in the past couple of weeks. But his arguments were met more with skepticism than true interest and were swiftly bumped out of the news by the NASA love triangle and the death of Anna Nicole Smith.
Scuttling the theory, however, would be a travesty.
"Let's look at this new information in an unbiased way," urges former FBI agent Neil Purtell, who questioned Dahmer on numerous occasions and even asked him about Adam. "I don't think you can put it in a box and put the cover on it."
Incredulity, however, is natural in such a case. Saying Dahmer killed Walsh is sort of like declaring that Hitler kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. The first reaction is, "No way." But I've seen the evidence and am nearly convinced that it was Dahmer who took Adam from a mall and left only his decapitated head to be found in a canal.
Or, I should say, I've met the evidence. Last week, I went to see Harris at the Weston condo where he lives with his mother, Harriet. With the author was a man at the center of the Adam Walsh case, one Willis Morgan.
"It's been a frustrating 26 years, let me tell you," were the first words Morgan said to me. "Now Art knows what I've been through because he's getting a taste of it himself."
Then he told me his amazing story, beginning at the Radio Shack in the Hollywood Mall on July 27, 1981, the day Adam was abducted. It was a Monday, a day off from his job as training supervisor at the Miami Herald pressroom.
Morgan was standing in the store at a red-tag sale table when a dirty, disheveled man with blond hair appeared near the doorway. Morgan says the man stared dead at him for a while before he said in a very loud voice, "Hi there. Nice day, isn't it?"
Morgan ignored the deranged-looking man, hoping he'd go away. But he kept staring at him and seemed to be getting angrier by the second.
"It was a look of rage," he told me. "It was so hard, I felt like it was laser beams staring at the back of my skull. Think of the craziest person you've ever seen in your life, then multiply it by ten."
The man walked right up to Morgan and, within a few feet of his face, repeated, "Hi there. Nice day, isn't it?"
Now Morgan was scared. Then 34, he was a muscular man who, in fact, fit the image of a typical Dahmer target (though Morgan isn't gay). But he had little chance in a fight Morgan had lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident and walked only with the help of a prosthesis. Plus, his tormentor was a couple of inches taller and obviously had the advantage of insanity on his side.
As the man hovered furiously within arm's length of Morgan, there were no other customers in the store, and the clerk was in the back. Morgan said these thoughts were racing through his mind:
"Does he have a knife? Is he going to grab my arm? Is he going to try to drag me out of the mall?"
Then the man suddenly bolted out of the store. Morgan said the great relief he felt was soon overtaken by concern.
"I just knew this guy was going to approach somebody," he says. "He was going to hurt someone."
As he slowly followed the man, he made a mental note of his face, his scraggly blond hair, his yellow T-shirt, his blue jeans, and his white athletic shoes. He followed him into the Sears store and saw the man turn toward the toy department.
The department was in the back of the store, and Morgan realized that the man might walk back out of the store and see him and the last thing he wanted was another frightening confrontation.
So he left the store.
Adam Walsh, who disappeared that same afternoon, was last seen in the Sears toy department, where his mother had let him play a videogame while she shopped.
The same day, unknown to Morgan, a TV producer named Bill Bowen saw a disheveled man with straggly blond hair throw a struggling young boy into a blue van in the mall's parking lot.
When Morgan heard about the kidnapping of Adam Walsh on the news later that night, he was certain the man he'd seen must have been responsible. After talking to neighbors and coworkers about it, he went to the police. He says an officer blew him off because he hadn't seen a vehicle tag number for the blue van they were looking for. He was told he would get a phone call. It never came.
Morgan says he followed the case during the next ten years, especially when serial killer Ottis Toole became a prime suspect. Toole is well-known for admitting to murders he never committed, and the wildly contradictory "confession" he gave police never matched up.
Yet John Walsh, after first being skeptical of Toole, came to believe he committed the crime.
Morgan says he knew they had the wrong guy because the distinctively hideous-looking Toole wasn't the guy who approached him at the mall.
Ten years after the abduction, almost to the day, Morgan was doing a "paper check" at the Herald when he saw a mug shot in the morning edition of a guy from Milwaukee who was caught with body parts in his bedroom and a severed head in his refrigerator.
It was the guy from the Radio Shack. It was Jeffrey Dahmer.
No doubt.
Morgan almost fell down. His coworkers had to keep him calm.
Bowen, another key witness from that day, saw a similar picture in a Birmingham newspaper about the same time. He says it was as if he were struck by a baseball bat. It was the same guy who threw the boy into the van. It was Jeffrey Dahmer.
No doubt.
Neither man knew about the other or had any way to know that Dahmer happened to be living in South Florida at the time, working at a sub and pizza shop a mere nine miles from the Hollywood Mall. That wasn't reported until a couple of days later.
They both contacted Hollywood police about Dahmer. Det. Jack Hoffman, who had been in charge of the case all along, took the information fairly seriously and went to interview Dahmer in prison about it.
He called Morgan upon his return.
"Dahmer looked me straight in the eye and told me he didn't do it. And you know what? I believe him. That kid doesn't fit his M.O.," Morgan remembers the since-retired detective telling him. He remembers feeling incredible disappointment.
"Someone forgot to tell Dahmer he had an M.O. to stick to," he says.
At the time, Morgan didn't know that Purtell, the FBI agent, had also spoken to Dahmer about the Walsh case on several occasions. Purtell says that Dahmer, in between denials, gave him what he considers near-confessions.
Once, for instance, the killer told him: "I didn't kill Adam. Whoever killed him couldn't live in a prison anywhere in America."
The implication: Dahmer wouldn't confess because he'd surely be killed vigilante-style in prison for the crime (which happened to be his fate anyway).
Then he told Purtell after another denial, "You know Florida is a death penalty state."
(Ironically, one of the bizarre bits of "evidence" offered by Hollywood police and others that Dahmer didn't kill Adam is that he often proclaimed he wanted to die and would have jumped at the chance to be electrocuted in Florida.)
Other than speak with Dahmer, Hollywood police did little investigation into the matter. They never so much as tracked down Dahmer's employers at Miami Sub on Collins Avenue. It was left for the writer Harris to do that more than a decade later.
Harris, who helped to debunk the Toole theory in the pages of this newspaper in 1997, began to investigate the Dahmer link in 2002. He tracked down former managers and employees of the sub shop who remembered Dahmer and told him that the pizza delivery operation included a blue van that could have easily been accessed by the serial killer.
He gave his findings to the Hollywood Police Department in late 2002. After a delayed and scattershot probe of the findings, the department called the theory bunk. Harris continued on his book project and kept adding to his manuscript until he finally broke the story in the Daily Business Review.
John Walsh reacted to news of Harris' work by first complaining about the shoddy police investigation. Then, after apparently getting more information from the Hollywood police, he issued a statement saying that he didn't believe there was any "credible" evidence linking Dahmer to the murder of his son. His spokesman, Avery Mann, didn't respond to my phone messages for comment.
The official line of the Hollywood police in regard to Dahmer has basically been a version of, "Move on, there's nothing to see here."
It's a ridiculous stance but one that is predictable from a department that has notoriously lost evidence and bungled the case to the point that it seems more intent on covering its own hide than in finding the killer.
The cannibal caught in Wisconsin is undoubtedly a viable suspect. It's easy to surmise that when Dahmer who was known to glare at his victims in an attempt to hypnotize them failed to get Morgan, he took his frustration out on the weakest link he could find in the uncrowded mall, a 6-year-old boy whom he threw into a blue van.
Of course, there are some details that don't match. For instance, Bowen remembers Dahmer wearing a green Army jacket, not a yellow T-shirt. The killer could have put on the jacket before abducting Adam, or one of the men might have just flubbed a detail.
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Yes, but what about Dahmer never killing kids? Well, during his career as a serial killer, which began well before 1981, he killed a 14-year-old boy and was convicted in sex crimes involving a 13-year-old and two 12-year-old boys. And if you want to talk about M.O., then what about the fact that Adam was decapitated and the body essentially disappeared? It fits Dahmer's style in chilling fashion.
At the very least, Arthur Jay Harris' case should be deeply investigated by trained investigators who share at least one very important qualification: That they have never, ever been employed by the Hollywood P.D.
"Let's look at the information that Harris has, unbiased," Purtell says. "Wouldn't it be nice if you could get some retired officers, detectives, who are well-respected to look into this and tell us what they find?"
Before that can happen, though, somebody is going to have to take the lid off that box.


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A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle at a checkpoint, targeting civilians and security personnel.
A suicide car bomb attack outside a gendarmerie station in southeastern Turkey left 10 soldiers and eight civilians dead and scores of others injured on Sunday.
"The attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber who detonated a van with five tonnes of explosives," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told a press conference in Istanbul.
According to Anadolu Agency, the attack was carried out at around 9:45am (06:45 GMT) at a checkpoint in front of the gendarmerie outpost around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Semdinli town centre in Hakkari Province.
The blast left a gaping hole in the road which was 10-15 metres wide (33-49 foot) and up to seven metres (22 foot) deep, Anadolu said.
Earlier, a statement from the Turkish military blamed the PKK terrorist organisation for the attack. Hakkari Province, which borders Iraq and Iran, has seen a large number of PKK attacks since the group resumed its armed campaign in July last year.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus described the incident as an "atrocious" and "heinous terrorist attack," vowing on Twitter that Turkey would never surrender to militant groups.
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Mea Culpa! Under the Mask of Cologne
Recently, the German city of Cologne made the news for a string of attacks against women that many blamed on migrants. The deepening refugee crisis is polarizing German society. Still, no social tensions can stop the sweet celebration of Cologne's famous Carnival, even if this year's also came with a bitter pill.
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Excellent all round except for one small piece of damage to the battery I ordered. One terminal screw had been knocked heavily and bent. The screws had been left proud of their sockets: sending the battery with the screws more or less in their tight position would probably have prevented any damage. I was able to cut rhe screw down and use the good part. There seems to be no other problem.


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By 2025, The NBA Will Have A Latino MVP
I'd like to make a $100 bet: By 2025 the NBA will have a Latino MVP. I'm willing to go one step further, I believe it will be a U.S.-born Latino MVP. I'll go one step further still and say that it won't be Carmelo Anthony (whose father is Puerto Rican).


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Prof. Beni Lauterbach, incumbent of the Ackerman Chair
Date: 2013-07-15 Hour: 11:35
One of the main issues of the great public protest of the summer of 2011 was the contention that "tycoons" and controlling shareholders of Israeli firms expropriate the simple public and extract from the public excessive wealth. The public protest yielded an activism movement to restrict the power and abuse of power by these controlling shareholders. Regulators amended the Corporation Law to enhance transparency and control over company owners, lawsuits were filed against these owners and the media constantly watch them. Prime Minister Netanyahu and his assistants have recently called this public movement "populism", trying to calm down the activism wave.
Next week Bar-Ilan University will host a conference focusing on activism and its proper limits, as well as how institutional investors who manage most of the public wealth can contribute to a fair distribution of corporate profits between controlling shareholders and the public. The conference is being jointly sponsored by the Raymond Ackerman Family Chair in Israeli Corporate Governance at Bar-Ilan's Graduate School of Business Administration and The Marker newspaper.
"The Ackerman Chair studies Israeli firms' specific control and business structures, with the objective of promoting higher levels of decency and credibility between the firm and its shareholders, or better corporate governance. The Chair also focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility towards its "stakeholders" which are comprised of shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, competitors, local community, and even the environment," says Prof. Beni Lauterbach, the current incumbent of the Chair. Prof. Lauterbach holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Chicago and heads the School's finance department.
The Raymond Ackerman Family Chair was established at Bar-Ilan University by prominent South African businessman Raymond Ackerman and his wife, Wendy. Ackerman is a founder and owner of the Pick n Pay chain, one of South Africa's pre-eminent fast-moving consumer goods retailers, consisting of over 450 stores, including 121 supermarkets and 14 hypermarkets. With operations in food, clothing, and general merchandise sectors, as well as financial services, the company operates throughout South Africa.
The conference will include lectures by Prof. Oded Sarig, Commissioner of Capital Markets in the Ministry of Finance; Adv. Avi Licht, Deputy Attorney General; Hagai Badash, CEO of Psagot Investment House; Adv. Ilan Flato, Chairman of the Israeli Association of Publicly Traded Companies, and others. The Ackerman Chair will present its Man of the Year in Israeli Corporate Governance Award to Hatzlaha – The Consumers' Movement for the Promotion of a Fair Economy and Society.
The conference will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Feldman International Conference Center. A full program may be found at http://www1.biu.ac.il/File/events/Invitation_Eng(1).pdf. Simultaneous translation from Hebrew to English will be provided.


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I also feel sorry for those families who got duped and swindled into signing those creative loans. I hope they find some kind of resolve. As for the speculators and flippers, shame on them for trying to make a quick buck. The greedy are going to get their comeuppance, just you wait and see.
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Find Massachusetts Corn Mazes
Find the state's most popular Massachusetts corn mazes with plenty of options near Boston. Visitors this fall can get lost in a daytime corn maze, the daylights scared out of them in haunted mazes with bloodied actors and actresses wielding weapons, as well as more difficult options such as flashlight and moonlight mazes. You'll find options with small mazes designed for kids and large, challenging ones to keep adults occupied for a long time. And don't forget about the other fall activities that occur on these farms including pumpkin patches, hayrides, farm animals and children's activities. It's one of the best parts of September and October!
Don't forget to check out their websites for additional information, hours and prices. Most are open from the middle of September through October. They provide some great fall fun for families in Massachusetts.
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Boston Corn Mazes
Connors Farm – Danvers, MA – 10 Acres,
Fall fun starts September 5, 2015 !!
This farm became famous when a woman called 911 from it in 2011. At night, the haunted corn maze opens with five haunted attractions. There are also non-haunted flashlight nights. Other activities include pick your own apples, hayrides, and other fall farm fun. Past themes have included America the Beautiful (2014) Welcome to the Jungle (2013), The Witches of Salem (2012) and Salem Village – Headless Horseman (2011).
Marini Farm – Ispwich, MA.
Opens September 12, 2015 !!
They feature an educational and interactive 8 acre corn maze. Enjoy their pumpkin patch, flashlight nights, doggie maze days, birthday parties, apple cannons, bounce houses, hayrides, duck races, and kids mini mazes. Their address is 259 Linebrook Road, Ipswich, MA 01938. It is about 33 miles north of Boston. Past maze themes include (2014) Spookley the Square Pumpkin, (2013) Dinosaurs – T-Rex on The Loose, (2012) Space Exploration, and (2011) Let Freedom Ring. The Marini farm is a 50 acre, third generation family farm on the North Shore. There's a large maze as well as a children's maze. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for kids. Flashlight nights are $11. Marini Farm has over 7,768 Facebook likes.
Crescent Farm – Haverhill, MA. A 350 acre working farm with pumpkin picking located thirty minutes north of Boston. Catch a hayride out to the patch and enjoy the four acre corn maze as well. A good place for birthday parties, ice cream, live animals, cider, and donuts. In early November they have the New England Championship Tractor Pull. They are located at 140 Willow Avenue, Haverhill, MA 01835. It is about 34 miles north of Boston.
Smolak Farms – N. Andover, MA.
Opens September 5, 2015 !!
They hold family festivals starting with the first weekends in September and running through October 31st with apple picking, pumpkin picking and hayrides. Their farm stand is open every day. They also have a playground, wee wagons, duck races, face painting and games. Now open Saturday and Sunday with their corn maze. Their address is 315 South Bradford Street, North Andover, MA. It is located about 28 miles north of downtown Boston. A popular place, Smolak Farms has over 11,770 Facebook likes.
Goss Farm – Dunstable, MA – 5 Acres
Opened September 13, 2014. Past themes have featured Travis Roy Foundation (2012) and Childrens Hospital Boston (2011).
Kimball Farm – Haverhill, MA – 4 Acres
2014 Theme: 4 in 1
Opened August 29, 2014. A working family farm that spent more than 150 years as a dairy farm. They started the corn maze in 2007. They also have select moonlight or flashlight maze nights. Hayrides, pony rides and slide. There is also a haunted corn maze at night. Past themes have included Boston Strong (2013), Tractor (2012) and Champions (2011).
Krochmal Farms – Tewksbury, MA. Annual pumpkin festival with hayrides and corn maze runs weekends starting around the middle of September and running through October. Free parking and free admission. They are very family friendly and only charge reasonable prices for each activity. An example is the corn maze for only $4. Their address is 81 Jennie's Way, Tewksbury, MA 01876. It is about 21 miles north of Boston. A family farm since the turn of the 20th Century that is owned and operated by the Cave family
Chris' Farm Stand – Haverhill, MA. Chris' Farm Stand at Silsby Farm hosts an October Pumpkin Festival with pumpkins, corn maze, hay rides, pony rides, farm animals, face painting and kids games. They are open every weekend in October. Silsby Farm is located at 436 Salem Street, Haverhill, MA 01835. It is about 36 miles north of Boston.
Davis Farmland – Sterling, MA.
Maze opened August 13, 2015 !!
A good place for u-pick apples and pumpkins starting in the middle of September. They also operate the Davis Mega Maze corn maze, and Fright Nights haunt on weekends in October. Their address is 145 Redstone Hill, Sterling, MA 01564. It is about 18 miles north of Worcester. Davis Farmland is extremely popular with over 51,629 Facebook likes. Past maze themes include (2013) National Treasure, Conspiracy Theory, (2012) Clue, and (2011) Blackbeard's Revenge. Larry Davis began his first maze here in 1995 with a small children's maze. It is their 18th maze. They are designed by famous English maze designer Adrian Fisher.
West End Creamery and Family Farm – Whitinsville, MA – 5 Acres, Multiple Mazes
Opens September 12, 2015!!
5 acre maze, mini golf, barnyard jump, adventure farm activities and ice cream in the Blackstone River Valley. They also have a full moon flashlight maze at night. Past themes have featured In God We Trust (2013), USA Elected Democracy (2012) and Celebrate the New England Ice Cream and Restaurant Association (2011).
Schartner Farm – Bolton, MA – 5 Acres
Opens September 6, 2014. A fourth generation farm started in 1902. Originally a dairy farm, it is now a fruit and vegetable farm which also offers hayrides and farm animals.
Wojcik's Farm – Blackstone, MA. Open weekends only, Labor Day weekend thru the end of October. Enjoy a tractor drawn wagon ride when visiting the pumpkin patch. Pumpkins are available starting in the middle of September. There is also a 5 acre corn maze. Cost is $8.00 per person for ages 6 and up. Apple picking also starts on Labor Day weekend. Concession stand and farm store, bakery also on site. About the farm: A family owned and operated fruit and vegetable farm started in 1953. The address is 65 Milk Street, Blackstone, MA 01504. It is about 25 miles south of Worcester. Wojcik's Farm has over 2,966 Facebook likes.
Western Massachusetts
Mike's Maze at Warner Farm – Sunderland, MA – 6 Acres
Opens September 12, 2015!!
Warner Farm is a tenth generation family farm started in the 1720s. The cornfield maze was started by Mike Wissemann and Will Sillin in 2000. For a few nights in October, it is open as a haunted maze. Other fall fun activities include the horse drawn wagon ride and pick your own pumpkins, among other things. Previous themes have featured Animal Intelligence (2014), Salvador Dali (2013), The Sower's Banquet (2012), and Noah Webster – Dictionary (2011).
Hicks Family Farm – Charlemont, MA – 7 Acres
Opens September 5, 2015 !!
A 5th generation farm with corn maze open on weekends and holidays in September and October. Haunted maze on Friday and Saturday nights in October. The 2013 theme was Oz.
Rolling Acres – Southampton, MA – 7-10 Acres
Opened September 12, 2015!!
Cornfield maze, mini golf, jumping pillow and water tag.
Southeast Massachusetts
Flint Farm – Mansfield, MA – 3 Acres
Austin Brothers Valley Farm – Belchertown, MA.
Open to the public September 12, 2015 !!
Pick your own pumpkins with hayrides and a corn maze in the fall. About the farm: The 130 acre farm was founded more than 130 years ago. Operated by fourth and fifth generation farmers, it was a dairy farm until 2006. They are now raising beef and pork instead. They operate for the public on Saturday and Sundays. their address is 270 West Street, Belchertown, MA 01007. It is about 17 miles east of Springfield.
Four Town Farm – Seekonk, MA. A family owned 150 acre vegetable farm east of Providence, Rhode Island offering hayrides, small corn maze and PYO pumpkins. Learn more about what's happening on the farm this Fall on their Facebook page. The address is 90 George St., Seekonk, MA 02771. It is about 12 miles northwest of Fall River.
R & C Farms- Simons – Scituate, MA. They have their fall festival from around September 19th through the last weekend in October. It features their pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, moonwalk, and live music. Their address is 253 Country Way, Scituate, MA 02066. It is about 20 miles north of Plymouth.
Nessralla Farm – Halifax, MA. An interest place with pumpkins, fresh vegetables in the field, and a Corn Maze Columbus Day Celebration. They even have mud races in November. Their address is 139 Hemlock Lane, Halifax, MA. It is about 12 miles west of Plymouth. Nessralla Farm has over 1532 Facebook likes. A working agricultural farm with more than 400 acres with cornfield open in September and October. Night maze and hayrides on select evenings. Past themes involved Transformers Optimus Prime (2014), Ship (2013), Cars (2012) and Tribute to our Troops (2011).
Silverbrook Farm – Acushnet, MA.
Harvest festival opens September 26, 2015 !!
Silverbrook has pumpkins, a bakery, tree farm, and ice cream. They feature a Fall Harvest Festival starting the last weekend in September which runs through Halloween. It features a horse drawn hayride, pony rides, kids corn maze, adult corn maze, live animals, pumpkin painting and more family fun. Their address is 934 Main Street, Acushnet, MA 02743. It is about 8 miles north of New Bedford. Silverbrook Farm is a popular place with over 5,993 Facebook likes.
Sauchuk Farm – Plympton, MA.
Opens September 19, 2015 !!
This farm has a popular corn maze, pumpkin patch, with lots of farm activities like hayrides, cow train rides, duck races, jumping pillow, and more. Their address is 53 Palmer Rd., Plympton, MA. It is about 9 miles west of Plymouth. Sauchuk Farm has over 3373 Facebook likes.
Back Acre Farms – Middleboro, MA. Pick your own pumpkins from the ten acre patch at this family owned and operated Middleboro farm. Also enjoy a hayride and their two acre corn maze. Activities start around September 19th. They are open Saturday and Sunday in the fall. The address is 194 South Main Street, Middleboro, MA. It is about 16 miles west of Plymouth.
Billingsgate Farm – Plympton, MA.
Opens September 15, 2015 !! Theme: Dinosaurs
A 75 acre farm south of Boston offering pumpkin picking from their patch, a corn maze, wagon rides, hay bale maze, live music, concessions and other fall farm fun. The address is Rte. 106, 6 County Road, Plympton, MA 02367. It is about 9 miles west of Plymouth. Past themes included Pirate Adventure (2014), Rainforest and Cancer Awareness (2013) and Buy Fresh, Buy Local (2012).
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Freshman goaltender Cassie Seguin made 20 saves to earn her first career win and shutout and help lead the Princeton women's hockey team to a 4-0 shutout over Yale on Friday night at Ingalls Rink.
The Tigers took control of the game from the opening faceoff as senior Melanie Wallace pushed a rebound into the Yale goal to open the scoring just 2:15 into the game with her second goal of the season from sophomore Julie Johnson and senior Julie Flynn.
The trio all had two points in the win, as Johnson would score Princeton's fourth goal in the third period from Wallace and Flynn.
Freshman Corey Stearns made the score 2-0 at 8:56 of the first period as classmates Kelly Cooke and Alex Kinney added assists on the goal. Cooke fed Stearns and she scored from the left circle.
Sophomore Heather Landry scored her third goal of the season at 16:30 of the second period with assists from sophomores Danielle DiCesare and Paula Romanchuk.
Princeton outshot Yale 26-20. Seguin stopped all 20 shots she faced for the win, while Yale's Jackee Snikeris made 22 saves.
Princeton is now 3-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the ECAC. The Tigers visit Brown on Saturday at 4 p.m.


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Friday, June 18, 2010
A Step Backward: the Valles Caldera National Park
I wonder what Stewart Udall would have thought. On May 27th, his son Tom, along with Jeff Bingaman, both Democratic Senators from New Mexico, introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that transfers title to the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera National Preserve, located near Los Alamos National Laboratory, from the U.S. Forest Service to the National Park Service. This is big news because the intention of the original bill creating the Preserve, passed by Congress in 2000 and signed by President Clinton, was to maintain the formerly private property as a "working ranch." Congress also created a nine-member Trust to manage the Preserve and charged it with the unprecedented mission of combining ecological stewardship with financial self-sufficiency. It was an audacious and visionary experiment in public lands management – and quite controversial. To many, myself included, it looked like an intriguing step forward in the effort to confront the fiscal, bureaucratic and procedural gridlock engulfing the federal estate. To others, however, it was a dangerous step in the wrong direction. Now, it looks like an experiment in danger of expiring prematurely...more
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The CW Making a 'Hunger Games' Reality Series?
You might want to start stocking up on canned goods and elaborate wigs, because the dystopian future of 'The Hunger Games' might be here sooner than we thought. We've just learned that The CW has greenlit a new reality survival series entitled 'The Hunt,' whose premise should seem awfully familiar to fans of the worldwide novel phenomenon. Will the odds be ever in its favor? Find out who will face 'The Hunt' inside!
It's no surprise to see TV and film attempt to emulate the blockbuster success of 'The Hunger Games,' what with its youth appeal and plausible production values. Last season we heard The CW was looking to develop drama pilot 'The Selection,' which steered close to 'The Hunger Games' dystopian future premise, and now we're seeing a second attempt. Rather than another drama however, the network has chosen to focus on the reality side to create 'The Hunt,' according to Deadline.
From the official description of 'The Hunt,' currently being targeted for a summer 2013 release:
THE HUNT is an intense wilderness competition taking place over one month, as 12 teams of two are provided no food, water, or shelter, but must compete in a game where they'll rely on their physicality, survival skills, and hunting skills to endure their conditions, capture one another, and ultimately win a huge cash prize.
Additionally, the network has also approved production of a new dating series to be titled 'Perfect Score,' awarding both dates and prizes to contestants who select their perfect compatibility matches. Fellow CW reality efforts 'Breaking Pointe' and 'Oh, Sit!' have also been renewed for second seasons.
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Attorneys for an ex-Navy SEAL could not persuade a judge to reduce their client's $1 million bail as he awaits trial on allegations of stealing from his military comrades.
Jason Mullaney, 42, was described by supporters as "a standup guy" after his court hearing in downtown San Diego Monday.
Prosecutors say Mullaney convinced 11 active and retired Navy SEALS and a family friend to invest in his money-lending business Trident Financial Holdings and Acquisitions.
A former friend says he invested $50,000 but received nothing in return.
At a pretrial hearing, an FBI investigator claimed Mullaney also transferred money from his business account to his personal account.
However, the ex-Navy SEAL denies the allegations and entered a not guilty plea Monday to the 29 felony allegations against him.
The defendant's friend, Nick Hawks, said the case is all just a misunderstanding.
"He's always been a super hard charger. He's always been a really good guy, always been the guy who can do everything and people look to as 'Hey, can this guy help me out,'" Hawks said. "I think guys just got caught up in that and it went south".
Mullaney's attorney argued the military veteran was not a flight risk and served honorably in the U.S. Navy but the judge denied a bail reduction request.
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"Art of the Devil 2", the sequel to an obscure occult thriller which nobody appears to have seen, made quite a stir when its incredibly gory posters and trailer appeared on the internet a while back. These featured all kinds of surreal tortures, with eyes being sewn into foreheads and lizards clawing their way out of screaming victims' bodies, and seemed to suggest that the film was a Thai answer to the "Guinea Pig" series. Unfortunately, though perhaps inevitably, since nothing could ever match the unpleasant images drummed up by its shocking adverts, the film itself turns out to be a let down, with a few inspired moments of sadistic splatter smothered by confused plotting and the bizarre belief of the directing 'Team Ronin' as they like to call themselves, that the viewer wants to see anything but death, death, death.
The plot is centred upon Miss Panor, a beautiful young teacher who attracts the attention of all the local men. Unfortunately, a number of them cast lust spells on her, and when a group of her students catch her in the act with their video camera, the poor woman turns to revenge. After acting on the sage advice that by consuming the flesh of those who have cursed her she can take their power for herself, she goes quite insane, which proves to be bad news for her former students, who go to visit her at her village home and end up being tortured and killed in a number of gruesome ways.
Simply put, the problem with "Art of the Devil 2" is that, aside from a great opening sequence featuring fishhooks, almost nothing of note happens for the first hour, and the viewer is subjected to endless scenes of teens talking or wandering through the jungle. The fact that half of these take place in sepia tinted flashbacks serves only to confuse matters, and the plot itself is actually quite hard to follow in places, not that anyone is likely to be interested enough to try. Although there is something to be said for attempting to present more than a simple gore film, the characters here are dull and uninteresting, and as a result the first act feels torturously long and almost ruins things entirely.
Matters are not helped by the usual Thai censorship issues which leave the lust spell aspect of the film painfully redundant. Whilst some directors have managed to tiptoe around the need for nudity, Team Ronin simply cut away before anything even vaguely sexual is seen, which all too often leaves the viewer with no idea what is supposed to have happened and further muddies the waters of the already confusing narrative.
Thankfully, around the hour mark, the directors suddenly seem to realise that they are actually making a horror film, and start to deliver the gore groceries. At this point it becomes quite easy to believe that "Art of the Devil 2" was directed by more than one person, as it undergoes a complete change in almost every aspect of style. The last half hour, as the teens are trapped and stalked by the crazed teacher sees the jungle transformed into a shadowy half-world, which makes for an atmospheric and surreal backdrop for the bloody nightmare which ensure. The death scenes are suitably horrible, with some startlingly grotesque effects which if not quite as foul as suggested by the posters, are certainly among the nastiest in recent years, with a hideous blowtorch scene which outdoes the finale of Miike's "Audition".
However, since the ad campaign has basically shown everything that happens, there are few surprises, and the gore scenes do lose some of their impact as a result. This does make the film somewhat of a disappointment, especially for those who have resisted the temptation to simply skip through the first hour, and unfortunately, although "Art of the Devil 2" does feature a few eye opening splatter scenes, these are very much a case of 'too little, too late'.
Team Ronin (director) / Kongkiat Khomsiri, Yosapong Polsap, Art Thamtrakul (screenplay)
CAST: Napakpapha Nakprasitte …. Aajaan Panor
Akarin Siwapornpitak …. Paw
Chanida Suriyakompon …. Nut
Namo Tongkumnerd …. Ta
Pavarit Wongpanitch …. Go
Korakot Woramusik …. Tae


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Wondering about the kernel compiling
I have heard about the kernel compiling for a long time. I also did some, but I still can not totally understand why I should do that? Just for making the adjustment of the system for yourself (even with the FC5 and coming FC6)?
someone got enough experience may give me a clear answer. Thanks!
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You can check out this thread on the same subject :
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...ernel-how.html"To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
-Bruce Lee