text: Equipment & Technologies Search Clinical Trials Find a Researcher Order a Test Equipment Agilent Microarray Scanner The Agilent microarray scanner is a versatile instrument used for all microarray applications, including gene expression profiling, high-density comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and DNA methylation. Services: Standard core services currently include gene expression profiling using the Single Color, Quick Amp and Low Input Quick Amp labeling kits on the Agilent 4x44K microarrays. Other formats available and priced upon request. Total RNA samples should contain 10 to 200 ng in a volume of 1.5 µl. A quality assessment of RNA integrity should be made on the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. Samples should have a RIN value of at least 7 before proceeding. Nimblegen Microarray Scanner The high-resolution (2 um) of the MS 200 scanner from Nimblegen combined with the 12-bay MAUI Hybridization station make this a powerful platform for Gene Expression, Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) studies, DNA Methylation, and analysis of ChIP-chip arrays. Tecan Freedom EVO 200 The Tecan Freedom EVO is an extremely powerful instrument for the automation of liquid handling operations to provide accurate, high-throughput processing with minimal hands-on requirement. The robot is equipped with 8 fixed tips, plate manipulator arm (ROMA), tube barcode reader, and Infinite 200 plate reader. It is ideal for all repetitive operations including, dilutions and plating, cherry picking (hit picking), normalizations, Pico-Green measurements, reaction setup, and sequencing reaction cleanup. Fully programmable, the Tecan Freedom EVO can be configured to meet virtually any liquid handling needs. Qiagen BioRobot Universal Automated DNA/RNA purification from a variety of sample sources is being accomplished with a Qiagen BioRobot Universal system. All Qiagen 96-well format kits (DNAEasy, RNAEasy, PAXGene blood DNA etc.) can be automated on this robot to achieve high-quality DNA/RNA extractions and consistent results. BioRobot Universal is also used to perform numerous liquid handling tasks including sample normalization , PCR reaction setup, PCR clean up. Autopure LS The Autopure LS enables automated purification of genomic DNA from large-volume samples using proven Puregene® chemistry. Manual handling of potentially-infectious samples is minimized. High-quality, purified DNA is stable for long-term storage and suitable for archiving as well as any downstream application. For increased convenience and flexibility, samples can be processed in batches of 8 or 16. Easy-to-use Autopure software provides diagnostic and troubleshooting functions that enable users to view the state of the instrument. To simplify data collection, information from each run is automatically stored in an integrated, searchable database. ABI 7900 RT PCR Considered to be the "gold standard" in real time PCR, the 7900 from Applied Biosystems combines the flexibility in PCR chemistry with 96 or 384 well capacity. ABI OpenArray System The OpenArray system provides an efficient and cost-effective platform to perform high-throughput, real-time PCR assays. On a chip the size of a standard microscope slide, 3072 individual PCR reactions may be performed simultaneously using either Taq-Man, or SYBR chemistry. The high-density format eliminates the need for multiplexing so that performance may be optimized. The Accufill loading system takes only minutes to run and assures that samples are handled without fear of contamination. The system is ideal for gene expression and genotyping studies. Numerous pre-configured panels are available from Applied Biosystems (Click here) or researchers may create panels which are completely customized. For absolute quantitation of message transcripts, the OpenArray platform is perfect for running digital PCR experiments. Illumina Bead Express The BeadXpress reader by Illumina is ideally suited for medium-throughput, targeted genotyping projects, allowing 48, 96 or 384 multiplexed SNP assays using GoldenGate chemistry on Veracode beads with samples in the 96-well plate format. The Genetics Core can assist with assay design and submission to Illumina for assay production. GoldenGate genotyping generally requires two days of laboratory processing time. DNA should be submitted at a concentration of no less than 50 ng/ul. Agilent Bioanalyzer The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer is a microfluidics-based platform for sizing, quantification and quality control of DNA and RNA on a single platform. Results are delivered within 30-40 minutes in automated, high quality digital data. The Lab-on-a-chip platform is easy to use, faster than gels, and highly reproducible. The Bioanalyzer is also invaluable for making quality assessments at critical steps in the preparation of samples for microarray analysis. 3730xl Capillary Sequencer Capillary DNA sequencing at the Genetics Core is carried out on an Applied Biosystems, 96-capillary, 3730xl DNA analyzer, which is the most advanced capillary sequencing platform available today. High quality reads in excess of 800 nt can be routinely achieved with proper sample preparation. Multiple levels of service are available to meet the needs of the National Jewish Health and University of Colorado Denver research community. Those preferring to run their own Big Dye reactions (versions 1.1 or 3.1) can submit them to the core in a dried, "instrument Ready" form. Alternatively, primer and template may be submitted in the proper volumes and concentrations. The core will perform cycle sequencing, reaction clean-up, and provide data in a timely manner. Typically BigDye Terminator v3.1 cycle sequencing chemistry is used unless other chemistries are requested. Data for instrument ready samples are available by 10:00 am the following business morning. Full service samples submitted by 10:00 am will also processed within 24 hours. 5500xl Series Genetic Analysis System The 5500xl Series Genetic Analysis System is a highly accurate, massively parallel next generation sequencing platform that supports a wide range of applications. The instrument is capable of sequencing 100Gb of mappable data, with reads length of 75bp. Reads can be multiplexed using 96 barcodes for DNA applications and 48 barcodes for sequencing RNA applications. The flexibility of independently run lanes in the microfluidic flowchip and multiplexing capability allow you to run a single lane quickly or conduct multiple experiments in a single run. Fragment, Mate-Pair and Paired-end library construction is available to facilitate characterization of the entire genome, transcriptome and epigenome, with specific applications including targeted resequencing, whole genome resequencing, small RNA analysis, gene expression analysis, chromatin immunoprecipitation and methylation analysis. Roche/454 GS-FLX Titanium The Roche GS FLX Sequencer utilizes Pyrosequencing to produce millions of long reads with exceptional accuracy in a single run. The instrument is capable of sequencing 300-560 Mb, with reads lengths of 300-450 nt. Reads can be multiplexed using 12 or more individual 'MID' tags. Shotgun or Mate pair libraries spanning insert sizes of up to 20 kb can be constructed. A GS-FLX picotiter plate can be divided into 2,4,8, or 16 regions. Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine The Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) pairs natural sequencing chemistry with semiconductor technology resulting in a revolutionary sequencing process without fluorescence, enzymatic cascades, or optics. When a polymerase incorporates a nucleotide into a strand of DNA, a hydrogen ion is released resulting in a pH change. Ion Torrent captures this process in a massively parallel way using DNA loaded Ion Spheres on a high density array of wells atop a proprietary Ion sensor. SCIREQ flexiVent The flexiVent is a computer-controlled mechanical ventilator that measures respiratory mechanics. It can be integrated with the Aeroneb ultrasonic nebulizer that directly mounts onto the unit and delivers broncho-reactive agents deep into the lungs to test AHR (airway hypertension). The flexiVent uses indirect measuring techniques that offers complete control over; timing of the challenge, the nebulization rate and the manner in which aerosolization is synchronized with ventilation. The combination of these controlled experimental conditions, the flexiVent's advanced indirect measurement techniques, and customized computer programs results in highly reproducible measurements with outstanding accuracy. Technologies Nucleic Acid Extraction The Genetics Core is equipped with several instruments to assist in the extraction of DNA and RNA from blood and tissues. The Autopure LS from Qiagen fully automates the extraction of DNA from fresh and frozen blood, buffy coat, Oragene Kits, cell lysayes and more using the proven Pure Gene chemistry. Automation reduces the handling of potentially infectious samples. For high-throughput extractions the BioRobot Universal completely automates the processing of PAXgene-96, and other 96-well kits from Qiagen. The QiaCube provides walk-away automation of Qiagen's mini-column format nucleic extraction kits. Personnel in the Genetics Core can assist you with any of these technologies. Laboratory Automation Increasing the efficiency of sample handling can significantly improve a researcher's ability to generate and analyze large volumes of data. Laboratory robotics in the Center for Genes, Environment, and Health are available to the research community at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver to assist with high-throughput sample processing. The Tecan Freedom EVO 200 is equipped with a LiHa arm and 8 fixed pipet tips, a plate manipulator arm (ROMA), Pos-ID barcode reader, and an on-deck Infinite plate reader. The instrument is fully programmable to carry out virtually all pipetting operations including reaction set-up, sample dilution and plating, hit picking, sample normalization and pcr product clean-up. The BioRobot Universal from Qiagen is also fully programmable for all pipetting operations. Equipped with a shaker and vacuum manifold, the robot is especially suited to automation of nucleic acid extraction kits. Contact the Genetics Core for assistance with these instruments. Sanger Sequencing Chain-terminator sequencing (or Sanger method after its developer Frederick Sanger) relies on the incorporation of dye-labeled, elongation terminating, dideoxynucleotides to produce a set of DNA fragments of known length and known terminal residue. Fragments are separated by capillary electrophoresis. The Genetics Core uses the 3730xl instrument from Applied Biosystems; a 96 capillary instrument which is considered to be the gold standard in capillary sequencing. Several levels of sequencing service are available at the Genetics Core to meet your needs. Contact Genetics Core personnel to learn more about our services and sample drop-off spots at National Jewish Health. Nucleic Acid QC/QA Determination of quantity and quality of both DNA and RNA are essential for subsequent analysis. The Genetics Core is equipped with the instrumentation necessary to evaluate your nucleic acid samples before proceeding to expensive, and time-consuming downstream applications. The Bioanalyzer 2100 from Agilent featuring Lab-on-a-Chip technology allows for quick determination of size and quantity of DNA fragments from 25 to 12,000 bp. Several types of RNA chips are available including those to evaluate small molecules and samples as dilute as 50 pg/ul. The RNA Integrity Number (RIN), one of the key quality assessments before running micro arrays and constructing NGS libraries, is determined using the bioanalyzer. The Core is also equipped with the NanoDrop 1000 and the 8-channel NanoDrop 8000. The NanoDrop instruments are cuvette-free spectrophotometers requiring only microliter volumes to perform UV absorbance spectra. The instruments are fast and simple to operate. SNP Genotyping SNP genotyping is the process of measuring genetic variations in single nucleotide polymorphisms between members of a species by examining their DNA sequences. SNPs are single-base differences at specific loci within genome that are found in more than 1 percent of the population.SNPs are found in both coding and non-coding regions of the genome.The SNP variations in a DNA sequence can have a major impact on how humans respond to disease, environmental factors such as bacteria, viruses, toxins, and chemicals; and drugs and other therapies.There are a number of new, cutting-edge technologies used in genotyping at the National Jewish Health Genetics Core. The genotyping method best suited to your project is primarily determined by the size of your cohort and the number of SNPs you wish to interrogate. TaqMan chemistry is commonly used for SNP genotyping. For small projects which can conveniently be processed in 96 or 384 well plates, the 7900 instrument from Applied Biosystems has been the preferred workhorse for many years. The OpenArray system uses TaqMan chemistry in a very high-throughput format. Projects which involve large cohorts or many SNP assays are ideally suited to the OpenArray platform. While the content of the OpenArray chips is completely customizable, many pre-configured assay panels are available from Life Technologies. When large populations must be assayed for numerous SNPs, the Bead Express instrument using Illumina's VeraCode technology can be the most economical approach. Core personnel can help you decide which instrumentation is best suited to your experiment. Gene Expression The Genetic Core has many options and instrumentation available to answer questions about gene expression. Gene microarray technology measures the activity of many, previously-identified gene targets by hybridization to high-density array slides. We have both Agilent and Nimblegen array scanners. Gene arrays from many species are available from both manufacturers. Real time PCR can be used to make quantitative evaluations of gene expression. Depending upon the size of your project, either the 7900 or the OpenArray system, both from Applied Biosystems, are well suited to qPCR experiments. OpenArray is also ideal for absolute quantitation of transcript levels using a digital PCR approach. Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) is a method based on the use of Next Generation sequencing techniques. Genetics Core personnel can help you decide which methods are best suited for your specific project. Next Generation Sequencing This technology enables massively parallel sequencing of nucleic acid fragments. The Center for Genes, Environment and Health (CGEH) offers access to state-of-the-art resources and services to help investigators, students and the biotech community conduct and promote research in the field of genomics. Our fee-per-use services include several applications such as: Whole Genome Sequencing, Targeted Sequencing, ChIP-Seq, Whole Transcriptome, Methyl-Seq, and Exome sequencing. We provide solutions from experimental design to library-prep, sequencing, and custom data-analysis. Our system portfolio of scalable throughput enables us to provide sequencing flexibility in a cost effective manner to researchers. We have a comprehensive portfolio of Next Generation Sequencing services using the SOLiD 5500xl, 454 GS FLX Titanium and Ion Torrent Semiconductor systems. Whole Genome Sequencing The Genetics Core has an established pipeline for studying any size genome from bacteria to large, complex plants and animals using shotgun reads alone or in combination with multi-span paired end reads (3 kb, 8 kb, 20 kb). The Genetics Core can perform straightforward de novo assembly to decode previously uncharacterized genomes using long high-quality reads from either the GS FLX Titanium or the Ion Torrent Sequencer. The Genetics Core offers access to technology to obtain comprehensive genome coverage and explores the full range of genetic variation by resequencing organisms with an available reference using short reads from the SOLiD5500xl. Targeted Resequencing Resequencing experiments are fundamental in basic and clinical research as scientists look for causative mutations within populations. The identification of common and rare variants in the human genome is essential to better understanding the etiology of complex human diseases. Targeted resequencing allows researchers to efficiently and cost-effectively focus on regions of interest, for instance the protein coding portion of the genome, the exome, or custom candidate regions from 50 kb to up to 60 Mb. Whether resequencing amplicons, enriching genomic regions or RNA through target capture methods, our core personnel can help you identify the most appropriate enrichment strategy to sequence your target in a medium to high throughput scale using either our Ion Personal Genome Machine system or our SOLiD 5500xl system. ChIP-Seq Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is a technique for identifying and characterizing protein–DNA interactions involved in gene regulation or chromatin organization. Historically, ChIP reactions were analyzed by PCR or microarrays. While microarrays provide a method for "global" ChIP analysis, direct sequencing of enriched fragments has proven more effective in determining the binding sites of proteins along the genome in an unbiased manner. In collaboration with Dr. Brian O'Connor, we have established a ChIP-Seq pipeline. We have been examining the epigenetic regulation of immunity in the context of disease via ChIP-seq. We have developed methodologies to examine the genomic positioning of transcription factors, histone modifications and nucleosomes. Through this process, strategies for building libraries with small populations of cells have been identified as well as strategies for integrative analysis combining ChIP-seq with RNA-seq. Cross-platform comparisons (ex. Solid 5500xl vs. Ion Torrent) of ChIP-seq capabilities with immune cells are also performed. Whole Transcriptome Sequencing Global transcriptome analysis is of growing importance in understanding how altered expression of genetic variants contributes to complex diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Analysis of genome-wide differential RNA expression provides researchers with greater insights into biological pathways and molecular mechanisms that regulate cell fate, development, and disease progression. A sequence-based approach is a very powerful tool for studying gene expression, having the advantage of querying known as well as previously unknown RNAs in a sample in a "hypothesis-neutral" discovery. This approach requires making cDNA copies of all RNA present in the sample, including sequencing them, mapping the sequences back to a reference genome, and deducing the structure using bioinformatic tools. At the CGEH we use our SOLiD5500xl pipeline to analyze novel transcripts, novel isoforms, alternative splice sites, rare transcripts and coding SNPs. Methyl-Seq DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification to cytosines, often in CpG dinucleotides. This modification has been frequently associated with gene silencing, but the precise role of DNA methylation in development and disease remains a mystery. Whether your are interested in studying genome-wide profiling of DNA methylation or tackling methylated regions using an enrichment approach, our CGEH core personnel can assist you in using the SOLID5500xl sequencing pipeline to unveil methylation patterns of CPG islands. SCIREQ FlexiVent Our FlexiVent service is tailored to fit the customer's needs. Custom templates can be designed with the FlexiVent's software, prior to an experiment wherein specific perturbations can be added or deleted and the rate of breaths/min can be controlled. FlexiVent experimental design and data analysis support is available upon request. New drug and reagent pilots can be performed by the Core's flexiVent Service as well as new anesthesia pilot studies. The FlexiVent software automatically calculates specific parameters such as resistance, elastance, and compliance from the data collected from different types of maneuvers. Administration of anesthesia prior to FlexiVent experiments and blood sampling is available. Tissue samples can be collected upon request. Please contact The Genetics Core for more information. We are dedicated to helping researchers achieve their goals. If there is a specific application you are interested in but do not see listed here, please do not hesitate to contact us to see if we can accommodate your needs.


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GARRISON, Minn. — Mille Lacs Lake, one of Minnesota's most popular fishing destinations, is likely to see tight restrictions this summer to help its walleye population recover.
Officials from the Department of Natural Resources presented a series of options ranging from difficult to painful to a meeting packed with area residents and business owners Wednesday night.
Tom Jones, the DNR's treaties manager, told them anglers likely will only be able to keep a narrow size range of walleyes, perhaps only in a "slot" between 18 and 20 inches long. The current rules say anglers must throw back walleye between 17 and 28 inches long. The bag limit may drop to two.
But Jones said the DNR will probably liberalize regulations to promote fishing for smallmouth bass and northern pike, which prey on young walleyes.
Jones said the idea is to protect smaller walleyes, which are in short supply but key to a rebound.
"We want to put in a suite of regulations that will allow us to keep fishing," Jones said.
An alarmingly low population estimate last year prompted the DNR and the eight Ojibwe bands with treaty rights on the lake to cut in half the maximum amount of walleyes that can be harvested — from 500,000 pounds last year to 250,000 pounds this year. Sport anglers will get roughly 180,000 pounds, and it's up to the DNR to make sure anglers stay within that limit. Last year, sport anglers caught more than 300,000 pounds.
Fisheries managers aren't sure why the walleye population has fallen to a 40-year low. Theories include some combination of current regulations for sport anglers and tribal netters tilting the harvest pressure toward smaller fish, the explosion of zebra mussels in the lake, improved water clarity or an apparent shortage of prey fish.
DNR biologists estimate that a tight harvest slot still would result in around 200,000 pounds, well over the state's sport angler allotment. That figure includes hooking mortality — an estimate of the number of fish that die after being caught and released.
A possible ban on night fishing drew strong opposition from resort owners.
"That's probably 75 percent of our customers," said Bill Eno, owner of Twin Pines Resort.
Other options could include restrictions on using live bait, possibly during June and July, when hooking mortality is highest. Another would be requiring the use of circle hooks, and banning regular hooks or jigs. Those ideas weren't popular with the stakeholders either.
"It's going to stink," Josh Bullivant, a guide at McQuoids Inn in Isle, said. "It's going to hurt us. But we're still going to be able to catch fish. It looks like it's going to be still good fishing."
Things could get especially tough if anglers exceed their limit and the DNR has to limit walleye fishing to catch and release, which Jones said would be a worst-case scenario.
Suzy Fisher Anderson, owner of Fisher's Resort, said switching to catch and release would be devastating. But if the DNR promotes catching other fish, like bass and northern pike, that could offset some of the business she's anticipating losing from walleye anglers.
The DNR will announce its walleye regulations for Mille Lacs before the season opens in May. Tribal and DNR biologists also plan to conduct a more detailed census of the fish populations this spring.

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In the hospital, our nurses told us that the baby was latching and feeding wonderfully.
But when it came time to leave they told us he had lost a pound and that we needed to see one of the hospital consultants. The woman was very abrupt with us, and told us he wasn't latched properly. She stuck her finger in and broke the latch repeatedly, shoved his head into my breast forcefully, and insisted we rent a pump and bottle feed immediately. She also insisted we add formula and have a weight check the next day. She then forgot to give us the tubing for our rented pump, and called my husband (a new father, panicking about his child's health) while he was at the store and insisted that though she made a mistake HE needed to buy a 400 dollar pump. Which he did.
The experience really upset us but we have been trying to pick up the pieces since. We've been reading everything we can find online, have seen two very nice consultants who gave us hope, and I have been pumping around the clock. Since the hospital he has latched once.
I have large breasts, large nipples, and huge areola. One of the consultants postulated that perhaps they are too large and we need to keep him fed in the meantime- that eventually he will be big/strong enough to latch. So he gets his milk in a bottle for now and we try to latch a few times a day. We don't push it, once he gets stressed out. I've been doing lots of skin to skin. But when he gets to the nipple he either just looks at it, without interest, or flails around. He "slurps" at it, instead of opening wide. I do try to tease him with it but he doesn't take it. We also try to relax his jaw because it is very tense. He seems to have a mouth aversion with the bottle and my nipple. Possibly from suctioning at birth. We have tried a nipple shield, and a syringe. The shield, a 24, might be too small... one of the consultants is trying to find me a 27.
We are just at a loss. It takes my husband and myself to get him to the breast, get him positioned and to try to get him interested but he just ... won't latch on.
Any help and suggestions would be really appreciated. Even just reassurance that he can eventually latch even with the bottle feeding and time lapsed would help...
By the way, at the next weigh in he had gained his pound back and then some. He is already gaining weight all due to pumped milk. So there's that little victory!


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What we've learned from the celebrity naked photo scandal
In the naked celebrity scandal, here's what we know so far:
2) The internet is forever.
As stories about big phish go, this one's a whopper.
Whether it was phishing or a big hack remains to be seen, but some kind of illicit internet activity has flooded the internet with naked pictures of famous people.
It will be interesting to hear what Apple says about this potential breach of iCloud security, if that's what it was.
Meanwhile, the list of nude famed folks — which is extensive — includes Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Kirsten Dunst, Krysten Ritter, soccer player Hope Solo, Cara Delevingne, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michelle, Hayden Panettiere and Teresa Palmer. A so-called 'master list' has dozens more names of naked celebrities whose pictures are yet to come. (Don't get your hopes up.)
Two large moral issues arise from this so-called scandal, neither of which has anything to do with getting your kit off. Naked celebrities are a dime a dozen, although it should be said that some of these stars have gone out of their way to stay fully clothed in their working life. They must be doubly miffed.
Anyway, the first issue is the theft of private material and posting of same. It's convenient that the photos were leaked on 4chan, where creepy people can post creepy photos anonymously. That should make everybody on the planet very, very nervous and keen to find out what the hell happened and how it happened.
Because, obviously, nothing is sacred and nothing is safe.
And hackers are very good at what they do.
The next issue involves the people looking and commenting and reposting pictures on social media. The slut-shaming comments were the worst, and the general attitude that people are stupid for posing naked, that they should know better, that actresses are whores and etc. etc. is kind of terrifying. It's like seeing what crawls out when you kick over a rock: unexpected and disgusting.
Internet trolls hiding behind anonymity will find this all very amusing, at least until someone posts photos of them having sex with the family pet.
Kate Upton, Jennifer Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth Winstead showed people what actual balls look like by saying at once that the pictures were authentic. For reprimanding the guilty parties, Winstead got plenty of nasty twitter comments.
The argument that all these people are fair game because they invited celebrity into their lives is wrong. This has nothing to do with naked pictures and everything to do with theft — it's just like saying that because Jennifer Lawrence welcomed the spotlight it's somehow okay to steal her wallet.
Meanwhile, we predict a surge of popularity in the near future for photos shot on old-fashioned film. You can take all the naked pictures you want to take, and all you need to keep them safe is someone you trust with a darkroom, and enough space under the bed to hide the pictures and the negatives.
Upon reflection, you might have trouble finding the 'someone you trust' part.


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A recent study published in the Scientific American offered up some interesting findings that any mothers out there who have sons should pay some attention to.
Excerpts from the study are the following:
"Women who bear sons can have slightly shorter lives than those who bear daughters, researchers have found. Their study showed that a woman's risk of death increased by 7% per year for each son born.."
"They found that if a woman in these communities was 37 years old at the time of having her last child, her life expectancy would vary depending on the sex of her children. She would live for another 33.1 years if she had no sons, another 32.7 years if she had three and another 32.4 years if she had six."
"The study, which appears in Biology Letters, builds on previous research published by the same team in the journal Science more than ten years ago, which found that for every son she had, a woman's life would be shortened by an average of 34 weeks. By contrast, daughters actually lengthened their mother's lifespan very slightly (though not statistically significantly). In both studies, the life-shortening effects were experienced only by mothers, not fathers."
Although the study fell short in showing any scientific evidence that would pinpoint to either a biological or cultural cause to this effect (of a shortened lifespan for mothers with sons), it was an interesting premise for me because I have 5 sons. Granted that my two older sons were brought up by their grandparents and their dad, and I am now raising three sons with ages ranging from an 8 year old and 4-year old twins, the anxieties and stress of worrying over one's sons transcends any distance. And having had my second set of children in my late 30′s was definitely more challenging physically/biologically. Keeping up with energetic, rambunctious, "Energizer-bunny clone" boys is far more exhausting now than when I had my first set of kids in my early 20′s.
Having to process the idea that according to this study, if I am lucky enough not to get hit by a bus while crossing the streets of Manhattan, or if I am plucky enough to survive an all-out zombie invasion in the future, I should live to the ripe old age of 69, is not easy! If I didn't have any kids I would say I'm okay with that premise. But like any parent I would want to live way past my 69th birthday and possibly live up to my 80′s or 90′s so I can still be around to see all my children have productive, meaningful lives. I'll keep in mind the adage, "there's always an exception to the rule". For my children's and future grandchildren's sake I hope to fall into the exception and not the rule.
Just sayin'.
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Testing under way on software that replaces a person's image with an avatar
The Transportation Security Agency may have found a solution to the privacy issues raised by its planned use of full-body scanners that reveal near-naked images of passengers as they go through airport sectury.
Instead of the actual bodies, screeners will see an avatar representing a generic human figure. L-3 Communications Holdings and OSI Systems' Rapiscan, providers of full-body scanners to U.S. airports, will be upgrading their software to accommodate this change, according to a report in Bloomberg.
The scanners can show concealed weapons, explosives or other contraband, but only by also showing the passenger's body under clothing. Many privacy advocates objected, and fears that screeners would be ogling -- or ridiculing -- the bodies of travelers came to dominate the debate.
A Unisys report found that a majority of travelers didn't mind a full-body scan, but privacy advocacy group The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed suit against the government on April 21 seeking to halt the program.
"TSA continues to explore additional privacy protections for imaging technology," said Greg Soule, a spokesman for the security agency, in the Bloomberg article. "Testing [of the software] is currently under way."
Use of an avatar should address most privacy concerns, Peter Kant, a Rapiscan executive vice president, said in an interview with Bloomberg. The avatar will look "like a guy wearing a baseball cap," he said. Concealed objects will still be evident.
Three Republican senators requested the technology in airports April 12 after returning from a trip to the Netherlands, where the technology was installed at Amesterdam's Schiphol International Airport.
TSA has full-body scanners at 51 airports, with an additional 28 airports getting the technology by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported. TSA has plans to install 1,000 full-body scanners at airports by the end of next year, covering more than than half the security lanes at major U.S. airports.
L-3's technology, which has one of its revised scanners in use at Schiphol Airport, is currently being reviewed in a federal laboratory, according to Bloomberg's story. Rapiscan's software will be submitted for review this month.
Months will be spent testing the technology, said Jeffrey Sural, an attorney for Alston & Bird LLP in Washington and a former assistant administrator at the security agency, the story said.
Currently, full-body scanning is voluntary, although TSA employees may frisk passengers who refuse to be scanned. Over 98 percent of passengers chose full-body scanning over alternative screening procedures, said TSA.
Images from the scanners are reviewed by TSA employees in a separate room to address privacy concerns – such as passengers being able to see pictures of fellow passengers naked. With an avatar, the need for a separate room with additional employees would be eliminated, reducing personnel costs.
TSA had increased the number of full-body scanners to be deployed at airports, as well as the timeline for installing them, in response to a December 2009 attempted terrorist attack.
However, the software upgrade does not resolve privacy issues, as these images may someday be recorded or linked to traveler names, said Marc Rotenberg, president of EPIC, in the Bloomberg report.
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Why are we wasting money on this? The scanners work the way they are. In the long run this costs the traveler money, stop putting a dress on a duck and move on.
It's funny. All these people that complain about the scanners are the same people that scream and yell that the government is not doing enough to keep the skies safe. I travel every week and yes it slows the process down but unfortunately since 9/11 that's the world we live in. The people complaining are also the people that says we should not be at war against the terrorist.
I am far more concerned with the dose of radiation these devices deliver. The TSA goons are trained to minimize our concerns about ionizing radiation but who's kidding whom: this is a nice bath of radiation to every square inch of your skin, every time you fly.
The entire TSA security program is a farce and an insult to every citizen of the USA - violating many of the liberties guaranteed by our constitution. I wish government would get out of the way and allow the airline and their customers to decide what is an acceptable level of risk for air travel. For example, I would much rather fly an airline that allows all passengers licensed to carry a concealed firearm to do so. If you look at the history, fellow passengers have been most effective at stopping in-flight terrorist attempts NOT the TSA. I believe armed citizens licensed and trained in the use of firearms for personal protection would be a greater deterrent and I for one trust them more than the team of "welfare workers in blue" I must endure each time I choose to travel by air.
"Over 98 percent of passengers chose full-body scanning over alternative screening procedures, said TSA."
Do people really know they have a choice? From my experience in travel, people go where ever the cattle prod pushes them. The TSA needs to let people know they have a choice otherwise people will only do what the uniformed authority tells them to do. There would also be a fear that opting for alternate screening will get one put on the blacklist as a troublemaker.
Besides, with the number of baggage handlers arrested this year for smuggling drugs onto airplanes, it makes you wonder about the quality of scanning on the backend.
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Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 16 higher at 143'18 and the 10-Year Notes 8.5 higher at 131'14.5. Yesterday: GDP contracted 0.1% in the fourth quarter amid expectations of an increase of 0.1%. ADP Private Sector Jobs Report showed an increase of 192,000 jobs vs. expectations of 165,000. FOMC announced no change in interest rates keeping Fed Funds at 0.25%. Inflation expected over the medium term to run at or below the Fed's 2.0% objective. The Fed will continue to purchase $40 billion worth of agency mortgage backed securities and $45 billion worth of long term treasuries on a monthly basis in order to maintain downward pressure on long term interest rates. It is expected that the Fed will continue this policy as long as unemployment remains under 6.5% and inflation below 2.5%. This morning: Personal Income rose in Dec. 2.6% vs. expectations of a rise of 1.0%. Weekly Jobless Claims were up 38,000 to 368,000 vs. expectations of an increase of 35,000 to 365,000. The result of all this information, the Bonds have rallied in the last 24 hours from an inter-day low of 142'19 establishing a level of support that can be used for short term trading from the long side on breaks with protective sell stops just below this recent low. Medium-term resistance is now the 145'24 level and longer-term resistance the 146'20 area. My bias remains long-term negative, however, for the short-term I do not want to "fade the Fed" on breaks and caution against selling support. Should the market have a sharp rally into the 145'15-146'15 area I will once again be looking to position myself on the short side of the market preferring to use a strategy of a combination of futures and options 1) sell futures and buy out-of-the-money calls. 2) sell futures and sell out-of-the-money puts. If you are risk adverse, consider either buying puts or put spreads. Monthly Unemployment Report tomorrow.
Grains: Mar. Corn is currently 2'2 lower at 738'0, Mar. Beans 12'2 lower at 1466'4, Mar. Wheat 4'6 lower at 782'2 and Dec. Wheat 5'2 lower at 814'6. Tightening supplies pushed Corn to medium-term resistance in the 740'0 area and exports just below expectations have set the market back a bit this morning. Technically if the market closes above the 742'0 level it should signal a rally to the 754'0-760'0 level where I feel the market will start running into heavy resistance and will be willing to go short should the market rally to the 764'0-770'0 area. I still like out of the money call spreads in Dec. Wheat.
Cattle: Apr. Lc are currently 27 higher at 133.20 and Mar. FC 25 higher at 149.35. Technically near term trends have turned up as the market has left a chart gap from 131.35 to 132.05 as a result of last Friday's Cattle on Feed Report in spite of sluggish demand for beef because of consumer resistance to current high prices. Mar. FC on the other hand has broken back and filled the gap left after the Report as the market reacted to high feed grain prices. I will be a buyer in Apr. LC on a break below the 132.60 level with an initial protective sell stop at 130.90.
Silver: Mar. Silver is currently $0.27 lower at $31.91 and Apr. Gold $10.00 lower at $1,670. If you remain long Apr. Gold from the mid $1,650's either take profits or raise your protective sell stop from your breakeven level to $1,663.00. Yesterday's high of $1,683.00 has set resistance for the moment. As I mentioned earlier in the week the 200-day moving average is $1,668.00, a level the market needs to consistently close above in order to turn the trend up. We remain long Silver.
S&Ps: Mar. S&Ps are currently 1.00 lower at 1494.25. Support is currently the 1483.00-1486.00 level and resistance the 1502.00-1507.00 area. We continue to hold a small short position. Monthly Unemployment Report tomorrow morning.
Currencies: As of this writing the Mar. Euro is currently unchanged at 135.70, the Swiss unchanged at 1.0982, the Yen 17 higher at 1.0985 and the Pound 24 higher at 1.5811. I am on the sidelines until after the Unemployment number Friday morning.


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When Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell announced in Northaven a week ago a $600,000 effort to fight blight in three parts of unincorporated Shelby, he got a lot of questions about the exact terms for home improvements – half of the funding.
Shelby County government begins taking applications Monday for $300,000 of home improvement grants in Northaven, nearby Waverly Farms and southeast Shelby County.
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And he ran out of applications at the gathering of about 100 outside the Northaven Community Center. More forms were quickly made available.
The Shelby County Housing Department begins taking the grant applications for $5,000 to $8,000 each from homeowners Monday, Oct. 15, through Oct. 29. The first of those grants could be awarded in November.
The response is the clearest indication of the momentum within Northaven over the last year to tackle a blight problem in what is unincorporated Shelby County's most urban area.
"We're on the edge of a transformation and revitalization of Northaven," said the Rev. Michael Ellis, pastor of Impact Baptist Church. "We're on the brink of creating a community that is real close to Downtown that people are going to have a desire, I believe, to want to live in."
The small community between Shelby Forest and U.S. 51 on North Watkins Road consists mainly of a suburban subdivision where homes are much closer together than they are normally in a rural area. The streets reflect the layout of residential areas in the late 1960s and early 1970s suburbs of most major cities.
The $600,000 in county funding is part of a much larger amount from Wells Fargo bank in a settlement of the city and county governments' lawsuit against Wells Fargo over the bank's mortgage refinancing methods and their impact on the county's foreclosure crisis. The installment of the $7.5 million settlement will be used by the county in Northaven and neighboring Waverly Farms, as well as a section of unincorporated southeast Shelby County.
"It's still not enough money to do everything that needs to be done," Luttrell said later.
That's not the intent. And there are rules. Homeowners applying for the rehab money cannot be in foreclosure and must be current on taxes. However, some private agencies might be available to work with homeowners on meeting the requirements.
"We certainly want to be a shepherding agency in the sense of providing them ongoing assistance … and advising them on how to utilize those funds in the most appropriate way," Luttrell said. "We can't continue to do this as a government. We've got to catch the attention of the homeowners and hold them responsible and go through that process."
The housing improvements grants are enough for improvements on 37 to 60 houses depending on the amounts of them individually.
Most of the other $300,000 will be used to fund county government cleanups of illegal dump sites in the communities as well as cutting overgrown lots and demolishing some structures.
Later Luttrell received some addresses of properties Northaven residents would like to see demolished. He and other county leaders were quick to remind the residents that the condemnation process requires patience because of the legal requirements for demolition and might not move as quickly as they would like it to.
The county will contract with firms to do the work, but they cannot complete tree and debris removal on private property.
Another $50,000 of the $600,000 for the three areas will be grants that community development corporations can apply for to help in areas like financial counseling that the county cannot.
"We're going to try to set the standard, provide the guidance, continue to really emphasize the importance," Luttrell said. "But understanding that it is ultimately the homeowners who are responsible for maintaining the properties."
Ellis's church will likely be applying for some of that grant money for what he calls "continual care."
"Once you start continual care then the community will start to get involved with continual care of their own properties," he said.
Impact is located in Frayser, the next community east of Northaven by just a few miles. Impact's ministry operates programs in both areas and has plans to build a church in Northaven. The church operates the community center, housed in what was the Northaven Fire Station until earlier this year when the county completed and opened a new fire station nearby.
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An alternate participant is any public or private agency (other than a participating State VR agency described in §§ 404.2104 and 416.2204 of this chapter), organization, institution, or individual with whom the Commissioner has entered into an agreement or contract to provide VR services to disabled beneficiaries under the programs described in subpart V of part 404 and subpart V of part 416 of this chapter. In this subpart J, we refer to these programs as the programs for payments for VR services.


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Show Bits brings you the 86th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Show Bits brings you the 86th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
After a hard night's work at the Oscars, stars are ready to party. In a parking lot converted temporarily by Vanity Fair magazine into a swank and invitation- only West Hollywood club, celebrities mostly skipped the In N Out burgers and booze to schmooze.
Ellen DeGeneres, looking as relaxed as she did hosting, chatted intently with Sacha Baron Cohen. Her wife, Portia Di Rossi, was by her side, talking to Ryan Seacrest. Spike Lee and Edward Norton attempted to catch up, shouting at each other over music that included the appropriate "Celebration."
In one corner, three veteran stars created a memorable photo op that had several partygoers pulling out their cameras. Nominee Bruce Dern ("Nebraska") was joined by Mickey Rooney on one side and 1995 Oscar winner Martin Landau ("Ed Wood") on the other.
Jared Leto, who passed his supporting actor Oscar among reporters earlier Sunday, was as generous at the party. The "Dallas Buyers Club" star invited two statuesque blondes to appreciate the trophy's heft, and they appeared duly impressed - with one inviting her boyfriend over to share the experience.
Pink's performance of "Over the Rainbow" during a 75th anniversary salute to "The Wizard of Oz" drew compliments. "It was an honor," she replied to one well-wisher.
In the crowd of some 1,000 partygoers, one nominee who didn't claim a trophy still looked like a winner: "American Hustle" star Jennifer Lawrence, who lost in the supporting actress category to Lupita Nyong'o of "Twelve Years a Slave."
Lawrence had changed from the elegant red Dior dress she wore for the ceremony into a sexy sheath that sparkled with what appeared to be tiny mirrors. She couldn't be overlooked, trophy or not.
- Lynn Elber - www.twitter.com/lynnelber .
Winning acting honors at other major awards shows didn't make the Oscars ceremony any easier for Cate Blanchett.
The night figured to be a coronation for the actress, who'd won best actress honors at the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe Awards and other shows for her role in "Blue Jasmine." Instead, the prospect of waiting until nearly the end of Sunday's ceremony proved stressful for the two-time Oscar winner.
"It was an intense, unbearable pressure which I'm so glad is over," Blanchett said after her win. "It has been every year."
Blanchett, who has been nominated for acting Oscars five times, took a hiatus from films in recent years to focus on theater work. She won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2005 for "The Aviator."
"Every year I watch this thing remotely and every year there are five, six, 10, 12 or 20 performances by women that I'm gob smacked by and inspired by," she said. "And it gets whittled down to five. To be in conversation with those women by proxy ... that's the privilege and the rest is just chocolate."
- Anthony McCartney - http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP .
Jared Leto made sure he captured every aspect of his Oscar moment, going so far as to film the one-minute process it took to engrave his name on his best supporting actor trophy after the show.
Matthew McConaughey also dropped by the Oscar engraving station at the Governor's Ball to have his name placed on his best actor trophy. He commemorated the moment with pictures of himself and his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey
Spike Jonze arrived at the engraving table just moments ahead of fellow Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron.
"Hey, no cutting!" Jonze, the best original screenplay winner, joked before posing for photos with Cuaron, the best director winner.
The engraving station has been going for five years, and nearly every winner stops by.
- Sandy Cohen - http:// www.twitter.com/APSandy .
"My morning began with being pummeled like Kobe beef. And it's just gotten better and better." - Best actress winner Cate Blanchett on having the choice of three Armani dresses to choose from for the awards ceremony.
- Anthony McCartney - http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP .
The night was going so well for "Gravity" director Alfonso Cuaron that he didn't bother making a speech during his first trip to the Oscars stage on Sunday.
He let his co-winner for best film editing take the limelight, only thanking his family backstage after he was prompted to do so by a reporter.
Fortunately for family relations, he got a second chance when he won the best director Oscar. By that point, the film had also won for cinematography, score, sound editing and mixing, and visual effects.
In addition to thanking his family, Cuaron offered special praise to Sandra Bullock ("the soul and heart of the film").
He also made one of the best slips of the night when he thanked "the wise guys at Warner Brothers" for making the film before quickly correcting himself and calling them "the wise people."
The wise guys in the Twitterverse still weren't satisfied.
They complained that he never thanked Sir Isaac Newton.
- Hannah Dreier - Twitter: www.twitter.com/HannahDreier.
McCONAUGHEY'S 'TRUE DETECTIVE:' MUM'S THE WORD
Sure he just won the Oscar for best actor for "Dallas Buyers Club," but when it came time to talk after the show, Matthew McConaughey was just as interested in what reporters thought about his new HBO series "True Detective."
The program has quickly become a hit, and McConaughey realized he was doing Oscar interviews about the same time a new episode was airing in some markets. He asked if anyone had seen it and what they thought.
Suddenly there were shouts of "No spoilers." Many in the press corps hadn't had time to tune in.
"I don't know what happens," McConaughey said, throwing up his arms.
"Aww, maybe I do and I'm not telling," he added with a knowing grin.
- Anthony McCartney - http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP.
"I think everything is going to happen. At this point in history, we're 13 billion years into this universe, and there are many more years after this." - Oscar winner Spike Jonze, asked whether he thinks an artificial intelligence computer girlfriend like the one depicted in "Her" will one day be reality.
- Hannah Dreier - Twitter www.twitter.com/HannahDreier
McCONAUGHEY'S INSPIRATIONS: GOD, FAMILY, SELF
It turns out Matthew McConaughey's hero is himself, a few years down the line.
In accepting the Oscar for best actor, McConaughey said he needs three things in his life to survive: God, family and someone to look up to as a hero.
When he was 15, the actor said, he decided that hero would be himself in 10 years. Ten years later, he pushed the deadline back another decade. Then another decade.
"My hero's always 10 years away," the 44-year-old actor said in a gracious acceptance speech. "I'm never going to attain that. That keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing."
After thanking God, his wife and children, his mother and his late father, he offered up something else long-time fans have been waiting to hear this Oscar season: "All right, all right, all right."
The signature line, from the character McConaughey played in his first film, "Dazed and Confused," brought the house down.
- Anthony McCartney - http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP .
Seconds after their film "12 Years a Slave" captured the award for best picture, producer Brad Pitt and director Steve McQueen were toasting the victory from a silver flask by the side of the Oscar stage.
Then Pitt shocked the director by grabbing his face and kissing him on the lips.
"I think I just made every man and some women jealous," the flustered director said.
"Just so you know," Pitt told him, "you were my first."
- Sandy Cohen - http:// www.twitter.com/APSandy .
What interrupted Jennifer Lawrence's presentation of the best actor trophy?
That would be Ellen DeGeneres and the cast of "Dallas Buyers Club."
As the "American Hustle" actress waltzed on stage, DeGeneres cautiously exited, making sure last year's best actress winner didn't take another tumble before DeGeneres, who had earlier teased Lawrence about falling, got off stage.
While most of the crowd didn't catch the joke, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and their cohorts laughed loudly, causing Lawrence to go off script.
McConaughey had the last laugh.
He won the best actor prize seconds later.
- Derrik J. Lang - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang
When Zac Efron found himself behind Daniel Day-Lewis in the backstage bathroom line, he used the opportunity to express his admiration.
"I'm such a huge fan. Your work inspires us all," Efron said, shaking the Oscar winner's hand. "It's great to have someone like you to watch and be inspired by."
Although gracious, Day-Lewis didn't want to spend too much time collecting accolades.
"I'm just going to sneak in there before someone else does," he said as he made a beeline for the bathroom.
- Sandy Cohen - www.twitter.com/APSandy .
"I have to remember to breathe" - Penelope Cruz to Robert DeNiro before taking the Oscar stage to present the screenplay awards.
- Sandy Cohen - www.twitter.com/APSandy .
Hey TV watchers: Bet you wondered how they pulled off that "Wizard of Oz" tribute that showed Pink in Kansas and later in the Land of Oz as she sang "Over the Rainbow" during the Oscar telecast.
It took more than five projectors beaming images onto a translucent screen masking the singer to pull it off.
While the effect may have appeared magical on television, those in the Dolby Theatre audience couldn't really make out Pink for most of the song.
Still, they were impressed.
Jamie Foxx was the first on his feet after she finished.
It was Matthew McConaughey who was the loudest, shouting "WOO HOO!" multiple times.
He's her neighbor, after all.
- Derrik J. Lang - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang
"I think it belongs to me." - Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, who was born in Mexico and grew up in Kenya, when asked how much of her supporting actress award belongs to Mexico.
- Hannah Dreier - Twitter www.twitter.com/HannahDreier
That was a real pizza delivery guy, not an actor, who helped Ellen DeGeneres pass out those pies to the Oscar audience.
The show host met him in a backstage hallway to check out the goods.
"Is it hot?" she asked him. He assured her it was.
"What kind we got here?" she asked. Cheese and veggie with no cheese, he told her.
"OK. Let's go!" She said, leading the delivery guy onto the Oscar stage.
- Sandy Cohen - www.twitter.com/APSandy .
Lupita Nyong'o's best supporting actress win wasn't just a major moment for the newcomer - it touched everyone in the Dolby Theatre - both in the audience and backstage.
Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth, who'd presented the previous award, stayed backstage to watch the category on a monitor. When the clip of Nyong'o's performance was shown, Hemsworth clapped and Theron said, "So good."
When Nyong'o's name was called, the stars cheered, as did the other backstage workers.
When a teary-eyed Nyong'o walked off stage and into the theater hallway, Ellen DeGeneres was waiting to greet her.
"Yay, yay, yay!" DeGeneres said. "You won an Oscar! And it was such a beautiful speech. Such composure!"
She made the actress smile by adding: "And we crashed Twitter with that photo!"
- Sandy Cohen - www.twitter.com/APSandy .
"Thank your to the Academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is due to so much pain in someone else's." - Best supporting actress winner Lupita Nyong'o, referring to Patsy, the tortured slave she played in "12 Years a Slave."
- Anthony McCartney - Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mccartneyAP
One of Oscar night's best-received musical performances was wholly unexpected.
Darlene Love belted out that "I sing because I'm happy" when appearing onstage with the winners of the best documentary feature, "20 Feet From Stardom."
Love, best known for her work with producer Phil Spector in the 1960s, was one of the featured artists in the film about some of the music industry's best backup singers.
From the audience, Pharrell Williams smiled as she finished her song. Bill Murray pumped his fist and rose, and other spectators joined him in a standing ovation.
When it was time for U2 to perform their Oscar-nominated song, "Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," Bono ended it with a shoutout: "Darlene Love!"
- David Bauder - Twitter http://www.twitter.com/@dbauder
Best supporting actor winner Jared Leto was a hit backstage with reporters, especially after he shared his moment - and his award - with everyone.
"The first person to give their Oscar away for an orgy in the pressroom," a smiling Leto said as he passed the trophy around to everyone who wanted to have a moment with it.
"Who's your favorite Oscar winner tonight?" he asked.
When Leto invited reporters to take selfies, he was cautioned by an Academy representative that no photography was allowed in that particular room.
"If you want to get media, let the media do what they do," he replied, drawing cheers and applause.
- Lynn Elber - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lynnelber
There were big screens aplenty at the Elton John AIDS Foundation viewing party.
But Neil Patrick Harris, Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal, Sharon Osbourne and other attendees didn't see much of anything when the screens all went blank.
The picture came back on - for a bit. Then there was just sound. Then there was a blank screen again.
The crowd let out a big moan when it happened for a third time.
- Nekesa Mumbi Moody - http://www.com/nekesamumbi
By the halfway point of Pharrell Williams' colorful performance of his Oscar-nominated song "Happy" from "Despicable Me 2," all the celebs were on their feet dancing and clapping.
All except for one lone holdout: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Eventually, "The Wolf of Wall Street" came around, joining front-row mates Sandra Bullock, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Meryl Streep.
Immediately afterward, Pharrell and his backup dancers froze in position until a stage manager gave them the all clear. Several of the dancers let out a yelp of excitement once they realized it was indeed over.
- Derrik J. Lang - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang
"If Pharrell Williams doesn't win best song, then I'm (expletive) going home early." - Elton John at his Elton John Aids Foundation viewing party, after Pharrell's performance.
-- Nekesa Mumbi Moody - http://www.com/nekesamumbi
"To all the dreamers out there watching this tonight in places like the Ukraine and Venezuela: We are here and as you struggle to make your dreams happen, to live the impossible, we're thinking of you tonight." - Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Jared Leto, sending a message to two countries in turmoil, places where at least some broadcasts of the Academy Awards were blocked Sunday evening.
- Anthony McCartney - Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Of course status-obsessed Hollywood would have an exclusive red carpet, and then an even more exclusive red carpet.
A red velvet rope separated the A-list Oscar red carpet from the B-list one, which was parallel but closer to the fan bleachers. The social rules were as byzantine and strictly enforced as on any studio set. Or in any high school cafeteria.
- Taking cellphone pictures from the B-list red carpet of the megastars a few feet away: allowed.
- Shaking hands across the velvet rope and telling a star how much you admire them: allowed, but only as long as the tuxedoed security guards don't see.
- Walking down the lower-ranking red carpet at a leisurely pace: Not allowed, as evidenced by the guards continually muttering, "Please keep moving."
An A-lister masquerading as a B-lister to get down the carpet quickly: Allowed (and taken advantage of by "Hunger Games" actor Stanley Tucci).
- Hannah Dreier - Twitter: www.twitter.com/HannahDreier.
Pharrell Williams came to the Oscars minus the tall leather hat that made such a splash at the Grammys and won him Twitter comparisons to the Arby's logo.
This time he made his mark below the waist. Williams, nominated for the song "Happy" from "Despicable Me 2," wore a formal black tux on top with formal black shorts, and no socks, on the bottom.
It allowed him to look normal in the black-tie crowd until nearby viewers caught a glimpse of his tattooed calves.
Asked how he was feeling, he paused a moment to consider the question.
"I'm ... happy!" he finally said.
He also told AP Live that he was thrilled at how his song - and the video - have become so popular.
"I know it's the people, man," he said. "It's just done so much for me."
- Jocelyn Noveck - Twitter http://www.twitter.com/JocelynNoveckAP
Cellphone-clutching celebrities are turning the Oscar red carpet into Selfie Central.
For the first time in memory, the photographers walking this year's red carpet were clearly outnumbered by Oscar nominees, presenters and other attendees stopping to snap photos of themselves with their phones.
So many selfie shooters crowded the carpet that Oscar organizers had to remind them to keep moving to avoid a traffic jam. Or, worse yet, having someone bump into them and ruin their photo.
- Andrew Dalton - Twitter http://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton


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The snow gave way to rain overnight that froze on many roadways and caused treacherous driving conditions.
There were numerous accidents, including a massive pileup involving 24 cars late Sunday night on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers. At least 35 people were hurt and taken to three area hospitals, but none of the injuries were life-threatening. The parkway was closed southbound for several hours, but reopened at 5:30 a.m.
"There was a lot of black ice, so if you're going down the street and you squeeze on the brakes, and another person squeezes their brakes, they're going to hit one another. It's like a hockey rink right now," said Philip Seacord of the Yonkers Department of Public Works.
"Never want anyone to experience anything like this, I saw my life flashing before my eyes," said Veronica Maldonado, a driver.
That's because Maldonado lost control of her car on The Bronx River parkway Sunday night.
They had all unknowingly hit a patch of black ice, brakes were not an option.
"I starting pumping it, nothing happened so once I started pumping it, I slammed on the emergency brake, tried emergency brake, started skidding, did 360," Maldonado said.
Her friend even reached over and tried forcing the car into park, it ended up slamming into close to 30 cars.
Some of the cars are at A.P.O.W. towing, where Maldonado got a close look at hers.
"I left everything inside because there were still oncoming cars coming and still crashing into each other. Everyone was screaming, running across the bridge, it was terrifying," Maldonado said.
And officials warn, could happen to anybody and so crews are closely watching the roads right now.
Crews have been out spreading salt on the roads to help alleviate the icy conditions.
Speed restrictions are in place on some roads. Three lanes are flooded on the Garden State Parkway just south of the Toms River toll plaza.
State police said two people died in a car crash on an icy Interstate 78 in Hunterdon County.
Some schools in Westchester, Putnam and Orange counties reported 2-hour delayed openings due to the wintry weather.
Heavy snow in the Philadelphia area led to a number of accidents, including a fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that spawned fender-benders involving 50 cars, stranding some motorists for up to seven hours. More than two dozen vehicles were involved in another series of crashes on nearby Interstate 78.
Sunday's storm will be followed by more snowfall Tuesday morning. Accumulations of about three inches are expected, but areas just south of New York City could see up to six inches.
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Visitors are warmly welcomed in Central and with a wide open countryside there are ample areas to stay. Have a great holiday and we look forward to seeing you again.
The Holiday Park category includes camping grounds and motor camps usually with built or fixed accommodation such as cabins and tourist flats. All properties provide communal kitchens, toilets, showers and laundries as well as a variety of additional on-site facilities and services. Powered and non-powered sites are provided for tents and campervans.
The Department of Conservation (DoC) provides campsites in many locations throughout New Zealand. The campsites are usually quite basic, offering 'back to nature' style accommodation and facilities. A full list of camp sites in the Otago Area can be found on the DoC website.
You can find a dump station in most campsites throughout Central Otago. If you are not staying at the campsite there may be a small charge for the use of their dump station. However for your convenience some petrol stations and other free public access locations provide dump station facilities as well. See below for a list of Central Otago Dump Station locations


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Access published datasets from the ETE program by contacting the first authors from the publications below or by clicking on the link:
PUBLISHED DATASET #1: Behrensmeyer, A.K., N. E. Todd, R. Potts and G. McBrinn, 1977. Late Pliocene Faunal Turnover in the Turkana Basin of Kenya and Ethiopia. Science 278:1589-1594.
PUBLISHED DATASET #2: Bobe, R., G.G. Eck, 2001. Responses of African Bovids to Pliocene Climatic Change. Paleobiology Memoirs Vol. 27, Supp. No. 2, 1-47.
PUBLISHED DATASET #3: The Turkana Database


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DeGraff Adult Day Care will celebrate National Adult Day Services week by hosting a "Harvest Good Health" open house at 3780 Commerce Court, North Tonawanda, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 1-4 p.m. Special activities are scheduled as follows:
A variety of health screens, including blood pressure, BMI and carbon monoxide testing, will be available throughout the afternoon. The Niagara County Falls Prevention Coalition will also conduct falls risk assessments. There will be prizes, music, snacks and a special opportunity to receive a free month of VNA Lifeline personal emergency response services.
Family caregivers and their loved ones are encouraged to come to this event to join in the fun, take advantage of health screens, and experience the benefits of attending a social adult day program.
DeGraff Adult Day Care is an affiliate of the Visiting Nurses Association of WNY. Adult day services offer caregivers a "break" from their responsibilities, giving them precious hours to work, run errands, or just relax. Adult day services also give families peace of mind, providing professional, compassionate, supervised care for adults in a community-based safe place outside the home.
DeGraff Adult Day Care operates during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Call 716-243-7888 for more information.


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Jeff Miles spends every day selling the North Carolina Ports Authority.
Jeff Miles spends every day selling the North Carolina Ports Authority.
Tuesday, though, his day started in New Jersey and wrapped up at WHQR studios where the Cape Fear Economic Development Council hosted a conversation called "The Future of NC Ports."
Miles outlined an organization that is on the rise, saying the ports were in the red at the end of 2010, rebounded to post a small gain in the 2012 fiscal year and are on track to post about $3 million net income this year.
"I'm very proud of the team that I work with," Miles said, "and what this team has accomplished over the last three fiscal years is to me nothing short of an economic miracle."
One thing that was supposed to contribute to the ports' ongoing recovery was the shipment of wood pellets, an effort that is likely to take a little longer to get online than originally anticipated.
Initially, the ports were supposed to be ready to ship wood pellets from a facility at the Port of Morehead City by the late 2014, but now the first shipment is more likely to come sometime in the first quarter of 2015.
"We're looking at it with a little more pragmatism. It'll probably come out as a two-dome or a three-dome (facility) day 1 with a design component to that that would let us extend that to four domes," Miles said, adding that each dome would have 37.5 metric tons of capacity.
The domes would each be built to withstand 300 mile per hour winds and in the event a fire began at one of the facilities, oxygen could be closed off, giving crews an opportunity to inject a nitrogen blanket and extinguish the blaze.
Miles also touched on the ports authority's competitors to the north and south, including major container ports in Norfolk, Va.; Charleston, S.C.; and Savannah, Ga.
"Our competitors to the north and the south have been tearing down warehouses as fast as they can to make room for containers and that's not necessarily a flawed strategy, but It's an opportunity for us," Miles said. "…There's a whole segment of industries out there that don't use those ubiquitous boxes to ship things."
Some of those industries include wood products such as fiber and paper, as well as agricultural products.
Miles said he hopes USA InvestCo starts construction on Project Penguin – a 75,000-square-foot cold storage facility meant to store fruit, vegetables and meat – within three to six months. The facility eventually could expand to 300,000 square feet.
Not everything is rosy for the Ports Authority, though.
Container carriers pose one challenge to the future of the organization, as they are aggressively building large ships and targeting bulk industries that wouldn't necessarily be associated with container shipping.
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Selecting Effective Treatments: A Comprehensive, Systematic Guide to Treating Mental Disorders, 4th Edition
DescriptionA systematic, research-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the major mental disorders found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Linda Seligman's classic book, Selecting Effective Treatments combines the latest research on evidence-based practices with practical, how-to information on implementation.
Filled with numerous illustrative case studies and helpful examples, this Fourth Edition features expanded coverage of:
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With a new discussion of treatment strategies for dual diagnosis, Selecting Effective Treatments, Fourth Edition provides a pathway for treatment of mental disorders based on the most recent evidence-based research, while at the same time recognizing that the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders are part of a dynamic and evolving field that embraces individuality and personalization.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Effective Treatment Planning 1
Chapter 2 Mental Disorders in Infants, Children, and Adolescents 41
Chapter 3 Situationally Precipitated Disorders and Conditions 125
Chapter 4 Mood Disorders 149
Chapter 5 Anxiety Disorders 191
Chapter 6 Disorders of Behavior and Impulse Control 239
Chapter 7 Disorders in Which Physical and Psychological Factors Combine 319
Chapter 8 Personality Disorders 347
Chapter 9 Disorders Involving Impairment in Awareness of Reality: Psychotic and Dissociative Disorders 403
Chapter 10 The Future of Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 439
Appendix 453
References 461
About the Authors 517
Author Index 519
Subject Index 547


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Andre Miller's agent, Andy Miller, has confirmed that within 24 hours Andre Miller will be a Portland Trailblazer.
Andy Miller said the two parties are "finalizing" the deal today and it should become official within 24 hours. His client, who has been the 76ers starting point guard for the last 2-1/2 seasons, will receive a deal that one source said was "an improvement" over the deal the Sixers were offering, which was reportedly in the 1-year/$6 million range.
Yesterday, Sixers General Manager Ed Stefanski removed the team's offer to Miller, essentially ending any chance of Miller returning to the Sixers. Last season, Miller started all 88 games (82 regular season, 6 playoff) at point guard, averaging 16.3 points and 6.5 assists a game.
A call to Stefanski went unanswered.
Stefanski has said (since free agency's official opening in early July) that he was worried about re-signing Miller to a longer contract because of his age (33) and the team's young nucleus. Stefanski said it might not been in the best interest of the organization to tether itself to an aging point guard. Now, with Miller all but signed and delivered to the West Coast, that leaves combo guard Lou Williams and rookie Jrue Holiday as the team's current options at PG.
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No Right Answer: Best Fast Food
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In and Out or Arctic Circle. Discussion over.
Sweden has Max Burgers... Fast food cooked to order.
And they have julmust.
For me it would have to be BurgerKing
Heh, my thanks for the appetite suppressant... but yeah, the Australian versions of those franchises are a great deal different. Personally I like Grill'd, Subway as a second option.
Subway tastes better and is generally much healthier. Win/Win
lol, anyone else notice "be honost" at the end there?
For me, Burger King was once my favourite. Now I say McDonalds. I'm not a big fan of fast food in general and for a long while the only kind I could stomach was Burger King. I don't know when it happened but at some point I stopped being able to stomach it. At McDonalds now though the food feels a lot healthier. And nobody gives a shit about Taco Bell.
So from a fast food haters perspective McDonalds is the best... which surely means that Burger King won?
That said Subway is infinitely superior to any of those.
The Dutch McDonalds branches have the McKroket.
McKroket >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every other fast food.
My point is made.
Actually, there is a Taco Bell in the UK. It's in the food court in the Manchester Arndale xD It's okay but I still prefer the McDonald's and Burger King to it. Still, I agree with you that KFC is the best.
Burger King
on a side note, you should do a which country has the best Mc Donalds, in australia the meat quality is way higher, i think they use local beef or something and are essentially Starbucks with their gourmet coffee bars, apparently Japan Mc donalds is totally different as well.
You thief! Fine... my band will be Taco Shatner and we will duel Star Trek style.
OT: Tacobell... because it has the most exciting flavors.
Poutine. Cheese. Gravy. Fries. Cheese. Sometimes in that order. Chili can be a substitute for gravy.
As a drunken and beloved australian. There is only one fastfood that comes to mind at 3am.
I'm glad that someone came up with them. I'm glad that I can enjoy them.
End of Story
That remind me, as far as I know there isn't a Wendy's over here in the UK too unless someone in the UK can correct me with that statement.
Really? I do go to Manchester every now and then so I gonna check it out to see what's the big deal is from Kyle part.
That's a shame, cause(at least in my area) the quality of Wendy's food is better than other fast food places.
As a kid I was rather bias because I just didn't like change as much, "we have to go to McDonald's", but when I got older the pull of McD's disappeared. Now I only go to McD's if I only have a small amount of money for breakfast.
I did a search and found that there were Wendy's restaurants in the UK around ten years go, but not now.
I looked on the Wendy's site and the store locator only list's the US and Canada.
I did find a list of a rough number of stores in each state, so if you ever are in the US you know which one is the best to find a Wendy's...lol.
Ohio or Florida would be the best, consider they have over 500 stores. I'm glad that my state, Indiana, has at least 201, so it won't be too hard for me to find one in my area. Hmm, I do know there are at least two in the one city I live in, well, there is at least two or three of most major fast food chains in my city. I guess that's because there is roughly a little over 80,000 people in my city.
Okay that's enough, I'm rambling now. I better stop now, or I'll probably start listing my life's history. Back in my day.......
as a mexican I can asure you that the abominations they sale at Taco Bell are NOT tacos, our fast food are actual tacos or quesadillas
If I had to pick between McD, BK, or TB (tuberculosis), I'd pick McD.
But the answer is Subway. Honorable mention to Arbys.
Wendy's, Del Taco, Subway, Carl's, Panda Express.
That's what it's all about.
Baconator + spicy chicken filet under the hamburger patty revalidates his argument.
This debate is like saying "which of the three kills people faster; Xenomorphs, Predators, or Terminators." Wait a minute...that's a great topic for a future episode!
Toss up between Burger Fuel and Pita-pit. Do they have those in America?
Just ask Bill Paxton :P.
The correct answer is, of course, KFC. It's the only fast food that actually tastes like food. It's just as unhealthy as all the disgusting burgers and tacos at other fast food joints, but it actually tastes good. That's the clear difference.
Honorable mention to Arby's for their delicious curly fries.
has anyone mentioned Sonics or Canes chicken
Leave it to these guys to debate which is the best of the entirety of the choices out there in fast food... and choose the three worst ones.
Due to the different nature of the three most common fast foods out there, I would make three choices among the "best". Also, I can only choose from the fast food I have actually eaten, so chains like In-&-Out Burger, Chipotle and Taco Time aren't included here as there are no locations in my area. With that said, here are my choices:
Burgers: Wendy's, by far; my dad managed a Wendy's, and "fresh, never frozen" is no lie, and it shows in the taste
Tacos: Taco John's; MUCH fresher tacos and ingredients than Taco Bell, and potato oles > mexi-fries. And before I get chewed out for my choice, pretty much only Taco Bell and Taco John's exist up here, so those are the only two I could really choose from
Pizza: I'm going with Godfather's here, they keep it simple and don't skimp on the toppings when you ask for them
EDIT: How did I forget Subway? Subway > all of the above, except maybe Wendy's
Captcha: It's Super Delicious
There's a fast food place, not a chain, but just one store, near my school. Anyone in my area will know it instantly. Golden Star burgers. Fantastic food. Greasy, disgusting looking, amazing taste though. Really tender chicken strips, great fries.
I got no Burger King or Taco Bell around... only McDonalds and you know? When you are like me and dont eat some stuff for like half a year, a year and then you get around to eat it again you immediatly taste the friggin poison outta stuff.
So yeah, i went to McDonalds after more than a year and while i was eating it, i only tasted garbage and i could feel the unhealthy goo that they call food circulating through my body.
So in all honesty... i dont think there is a best Fast Food Chain, only a least awful Fast Food Chain.
for me - Arbys
Does Five Guys count? Because they'll kick Burger King or McDonald's balls up into their throat when it comes to a damn fine burger. Honorable mention goes to Zaxbys chicken. They're like Chik-fil-a without the baggage.
Carl's for burgers. Cost more, but are a lot bigger and tastier. Over here anyway. Also unlimited drink fountain. Which BK used to have but not anymore. Wendy's second, BK third, McDs is the pits.
For fried chicken, we only have KFC and Popeyes. And Popeyes is just a more expensive Hot & Spicy only KFC with smaller portions. KFC wins.
I feel bad for all the people who don't have Whataburger. It's not like it has the best burgers anywhere, but there really isn't any place that beats it in the 11pm-11am category. Dominating 12 hours a day in its region has to count for something.
Eh, I'll chime in.
Tier 1: McDonalds and Burger King
In the second bracket:
Tier 3: Culvers & Dairy Queen
Blacklist: Bottom Tier
Er...OK. This was way longer than I was expecting.
Gonna have to go with White Castle on this one, partially for the taste and the half-reasonable portions, but mostly because, well...
Burger King comes in at a close second, though. I agree that their fries just taste better, and my extremely Jewish hair appreciates the kosherness.
Hey Everyone! Starting today and up until the 20th McDonalds is offering Big Macs and, Quarter Pounders with Cheese for sale: buy one get one for a penny. This is in the United States, definitely on the east coast (I'm in the DC area so if it's not happening in New England or, Florida I apologize for bad regional info)
Anyway OT: I recently had a few orders from both BK and McDonalds recently and while McDonalds is always mostly hit or miss, Burger King is now serving Sweet-Potato fries. Burger King automatically wins.
BK wins, hands down. Why?
-Taco Bell shouldn't even be called TACO Bell. They're not serving tacos! Tacos are made with soft tortillas and there's lime involved and salsa and the works. Those are...not it! It's like a US version of what a taco should look like so it should be called something like "US Mexican-like Snack Bell". I don't need to go any further than that.
-Mickey Ds: Is there anyone who still goes there because they enjoy the hamburgers being served? Seriously, grab your burger and give it a good whiff and then tell me it smells tasty. I'll admit I liked Mickey Ds' food a lot about a decade ago. but now, the food's smells drives me off immediately. And it's true; I'm the kind of person who gets small meals because I'm always in a rush. A Kids Meal comes with a burger that has 2 onion cubes, 1 pickle slice and two drops of mustard. And it still smells and tastes like ass. I'm not talking about value, I'm talking about quality.
Now, BK:
Carl's and Whataburger are good too but...eh, I like BK better.
sonic, taco bueno, Whataburger.Hooray for regional fast food joints.
Also surprised Wendy's didn't make it in there...
As a man who has worked in fast food I'd like to weigh in on this.
McDonalds burgers are terrible. They are poorly made, most in the morning, and thy will be served to you at night. They do make the best chips granted, but that's it. Burger king, the oldest hot product you can buy was made 20 minutes AT THE LATEST ago (10 minute holding time in the heat, 10 minutes in the chute after it was made). More than that, I ate McDonalds all my life and could still eat burger king. I work at burger king for 3 months and I can never go to McDonalds again it is so poor in comparison.
Taco bell isn't even in this country, but KFC is and they do make the best chicken, if chicken is you thing.
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Mark Hayward's City Matters: Lost dog leads activist to a brush with the lawBY MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 13. 2013 8:52PM
If anyone embodies the spirit of community policing that Police Chief David Mara advocates for Manchester, Cheryl Mitchell does.
She was one of the first Queen City residents to start a neighborhood watch group in 2006, in response to the shooting of Police Officer Michael Briggs (who incidentally was shot just outside her back door). Each year on Oct. 16, Mitchell erects a memorial for Briggs beside her Lake Avenue house.
She's gone through the nine-week Citizen's Police Academy. She's worked for years to clean up the Adam Curtis skateboard park. And murals grace a couple of dozen garage doors in the center city, thanks to her effort to channel the artistic impulses of graffiti taggers into a more acceptable endeavor.
But last week, Mitchell stood eyeball to eyeball with the city police and an animal control officer and was threatened with arrest.
In her arms was a lost, pint-sized dog that she wanted to lodge until its owner showed up and claimed it.
No, insisted the animal control officer, it was his job to take the dog across town to the Manchester Animal Shelter.
Surrender the trembling dog, Neal Vogler told Mitchell, or she would be arrested, Mitchell recalled. Arrested and charged with theft of lost or mislaid property.
"He said 'I can charge you with this, and you can go to jail.' I said 'Really? Are you serious? This is bull----.' I was so mad," Mitchell said.
Police acknowledge the confrontation took place. Vogler's job is to take care of strays and lost dogs. That means bringing them to the animal shelter.
"I get where she's coming from, honestly," said police spokesman Lt. Maureen Tessier. "But you have to appreciate that the city employs these animal control officers for a reason."
The police don't know if a volunteer dogsitter will neglect or abuse an animal. And police can't be sending owners of lost dogs to houses of strangers they aren't sure of.
"A dog is almost like property," Tessier said. "We can't let somebody else hold onto someone's property."
Mitchell, who turned 58 this week, works the photo machine at a Bedford pharmacy. She lives in a two-family at the corner of Lake Avenue and Lincoln Street. Her son lives upstairs. She owns five dogs - two Chihuahua types, a pitbull, a pitbull mix and a boxer.
Mitchell said she often comes across lost dogs. If she knows where they live, she'll deliver them to their owner. In the past, she has used the neighborhood approach toward finding lost dog owners. Hold the dog. Call the cops and describe the dog. Give them your name and address. Have the cops send the worried owner to Mitchell.
That's what she thought would happen last Wednesday. She also told the dispatcher, she said, that she would drive the dog to the shelter if no one picked it up in 24 hours. Within 15 minutes, Vogler was knocking at her door. When Mitchell said she didn't want to give up the dog, three police officers joined him.
Mitchell said she didn't want the dog to undergo the stress of a ride to the animal shelter in a crate, and then being caged at the shelter while other animals are barking, howling and hissing.
She also can't believe police would charge her with theft. "If I was going to steal a dog, why would I call the police station and give them my phone number?" If she hadn't been scheduled to work, Mitchell said, she would have made police arrest her.
Mitchell said the police who came were courteous and sympathetic, but they told her she would either have to give up the dog or get arrested.
"I don't have anything really bad to say about the Police Department," Mitchell said. "It's sad the dog catcher had to waste their time coming up here."
The owner picked up the dog later that day at the shelter, avoiding a $25 overnight charge. Tessier said the animal control office checks to see if a dog's license is current and whether there have been previous infractions before it decides whether to issue a citation.
Tessier acknowledged Mitchell's participation in Crimewatch and advocacy role in her neighborhood. "We appreciate Cheryl's support," Tessier said.
In the past, police have allowed city residents to hold onto lost dogs until an owner is located, Tessier said. Then, the animal control office was understaffed. Now, it has two full-time officers, and their job is to take care of lost animals, Tessier said.
"If you have a loose dog, you call the animal control; you don't call Cheryl Mitchell," Tessier said.
Perhaps not so. Mitchell, who insists she wants no more dogs, said she's not going to ignore a lost dog.
Next time she finds a wayward pooch, she said, she just won't let Manchester police know about it.
Mark Hayward's City Matters appears in Thursday editions of the New Hampshire Union Leader and UnionLeader.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.