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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/.
Pettis County Courts met first in St. Helena (also known as Pin Hook), 1833-37, at the home of James Ramey. The county seat moved in 1837 to Georgetown, where the county built a $4,000, square courthouse with cupola. They used this courthouse until the county seat moved to Sedalia in 1865. The Georgetown courthouse was destroyed by fire June 22, 1920.
It was agreed that Sedalia should be responsible for building the next courthouse. Citizens cleared almost enough money from an elaborate Fourth of July celebration to finance the new building.
In 1865 they built a large, frame building near Ohio Street between Main and Second streets for about $900. No known photographs exist of either building.
It was common practice for attorneys' offices to be in the courthouse. This provided the court additional revenue from rent. But, in 1882 a group of disgruntled attorneys considered the facilities in the Pettis County courthouse so unsatisfactory that they removed their offices and initiated the movement for a new courthouse. After a year of arduous campaigning, which appealed to public pride, citizens of Pettis County generously and overwhelmingly voted $100,000 for their new courthouse in December 1883. This strong support inspired a tribute:
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow that Pettis County is not swayed nor likely to be by old fogey notions and antedeluvian ideas as to expenditures of public funds for the public good.
The committee responsible for selecting a plan went to Nodaway and Buchanan counties to view their recently built courthouses, then crossed over the state line to see Leavenworth County in Kansas. They stopped at the Jackson County courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri, on the way back.
Architects came to Sedalia, bringing their courthouse plans. Among them were J. Oliver Hogg, Hannibal; Lynch and Masters, Sedalia; Mr. McPherson, Omaha, Nebraska; Mr. Nichols, Atchison, Kansas; George Mann, of the firm Eckel and Mann, St. Joseph; and Parsons and Son, probably a Topeka, Kansas, firm. The court selected the proposal from J. G. Cairns and J. S. McKean of St. Louis in May 1884 (Figure 1).
Figure 1Pettis County Courthouse, 1884-1920 Architects: J. G. Cairnes and J. S. McKean (Courtesy: State Historical Society of Missouri, from Sedalia of Today )
W. B. Larkworthy, who built and was credited as architect for the courthouse in Clark County, Missouri, and who constructed the Quincy and Adams counties' courthouse in Quincy, Illinois, received the $100,000 contract. A local reporter regarded the $248,000 courthouse at Quincy, designed by architect McKean, as one of the finest public buildings in the west, and described the Pettis County version as a smaller scale counterpart. McKean, who was from Quincy, collaborated with Cairns on this project.
The dimensions were 100 by 145 feet, with a 22-foot tower. This basic form, a high tower decorated with classical motifs and topped by a lantern, rising from the center of a base featuring four corner pavilions, remained a popular design to the end of the century. Carthage stone was used for the base; the upper portion had stone veneering. Crossing halls and public offices were tiled; two courtrooms occupied the second floor. Walls of the courtrooms were frescoed, and the ceilings were painted with allegorical scenes by Italian artists. The oak furniture was hand carved. This fine courthouse of the 1880s was destroyed by fire June 16, 1920.
After rejecting three bond issues, voters authorized $350,000 in April 1923 for constructing a new courthouse. Above public protests, the court accepted plans of William E. Hulse, Hutchinson, Kansas, who was associated with a firm specializing in public buildings. Objections were raised because: the court made an arrangement with the architect before the committee or superintendent had been appointed, raising a question of legal procedure; the architect catered to the court; and the architect did not provide an appropriate plan with conveniently arranged space. Attorneys criticized the third-floor location of the Circuit Court room without elevator service; others questioned placing the most important county offices on the second floor, rather than the more convenient first floor.
Western Construction Co., of Des Moines, Iowa, received a contract in October 1923 for $285,500, which did not include heating, ventilating, plumbing or electrical work. The three-story building measures 136 feet long, 96 feet wide and 55 feet high (Figure 2). The building was completed in 1925. Open house was held in April, and the courthouse was formally dedicated in May 1925.
Figure 2Pettis County Courthouse, 1923-. Architect: W. E. Hulse (From: W.P.A., Historical Records Survey)
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Last week, the Oregon University Systemraised tuition around the state for the 2012-2013 school year. The hike hovered around six percent for most universities. Southern Oregon university was the most affected with an increase around ten percent. Every state school will see an increase in tuition:
- Eastern Oregon University: 5.6%
- Oregon Institute of Technology: 7.2%
- Oregon State University: 6.9%
- Portland State University: 3.8%
- Southern Oregon University: 9.9%
- University of Oregon: 6.1%
- Western Oregon University: 1.4%
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The hike continues a steady rise in tuition seen over the past three decades.
*Data from Oregon University System. Tuition is OUS average, unweighted for student body size.
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2) Healing Ranks does not reduce -1 penalties to Toughness resistance checks from Damage Conditions right?
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1) This means you heal -1 penalties to Toughness check in increments of time.You recover quickly from damage. Remove penalties to your Toughness checks due to damage equal to your Regeneration rank each minute. You then recover other damage conditions equal to your Regeneration rank each minute, starting from your most severe condition. Spread this recovery out evenly over a minute (10 action rounds).
So with Regeneration 5, you remove a –1 Toughness penalty every other round (every round with Regeneration 10, and up to a –2 penalty per round with Regeneration 20).
Regeneration 5, you remove a –1 Toughness penalty every other round (every round with Regeneration 10, and up to a –2 penalty per round with Regeneration 20)
2) Eventually after all Toughness check penalties are healed, you then Heal other conditions starting with the most severe. So does this mean:
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Reading 1: The National Woman's Party and Lafayette Park
In 1917, Alice Paul and her National Woman's Party (NWP) set out to use their First Amendment rights to gain the vote for all American women. They chose Lafayette Park as the stage for their protest because of its location. It was right across the street from the White House, the home of Woodrow Wilson, the president of the United States. The women thought they had to gain his support to succeed.
Paul was a young, well educated American woman from a prosperous Quaker family in New Jersey. She had recently returned from England, where she had worked with the most radical wing of the British women's suffrage movement ("suffrage" means the right to vote). She went through violent confrontations with the police, jail sentences, hunger strikes, and force feedings while she was there. When she came back to the United States, she tried to bring some of the militancy of the British suffragettes to the American suffrage campaign.1
In 1912, Paul became chairman of the Congressional Committee, part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). The committee soon moved its headquarters from New York to Washington, D.C. The nation's capital was a better place to lobby for the passage of a constitutional amendment granting all women in America the right to vote.
On March 3, 1913, the day before President Wilson's inauguration, the committee organized a massive suffrage parade. This was only two months after it moved to Washington. Bands, floats, and over 5,000 people, mostly women, marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. An unruly crowd of onlookers attacked the marchers. The police made no effort to control the violence. The parade brought the committee's cause national attention.
Parades were among the new tactics Alice Paul and her organization used in the suffrage campaign. The women also added pageants, street speaking, demonstrations, and mass meetings. They learned these techniques from many sources, including the British suffrage campaign, and the temperance and anti-slavery movements. They focused on federal office-holders in Washington. They quickly learned to turn the violence they encountered into a political advantage.
The NWP was established as an independent political party in 1916, with Alice Paul as its head. In that same year, the new party set up its headquarters in Cameron House on Lafayette Square. Cameron House was one of a number of private houses on the square converted to offices. The square was changing rapidly in 1916. Large office buildings had replaced some of the original houses. Fewer wealthy and ambitious men thought they had to live close to the White House. Diplomats, bankers, and philanthropists now lobbied lawmakers in lavish new houses located away from downtown. Lafayette Square was, however, a very strategic and prestigious address for organizations like the NWP.2
Streetcar lines ran along Pennsylvania Avenue and H Street, which were among the busiest streets in the city. Lafayette Park was still a garden, with shade trees, flowerbeds, and curving gravel paths. Four large statues of Revolutionary War heroes now stood at the corners of the park. In 1902, the Army Corps of Engineers reported that "Lafayette Park was the most highly improved and the most centrally situated small park in the city . . . seen and used by more people than any other."3
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As a follow-up to my previous article on Personalized Disaster Planning, in this article, the second of three on the topic, I will address four main issues of concern in building such a plan and the possible effects of not having a disaster plan in place.
Danger No. 1: Getting Down to Basics
Even before you help your clients financially, the most important concern in a disaster plan has to be as simple as the basic necessities of life: food and water. Like so many natural disasters we've seen in the last few years, it's very possible that following a disaster, many people will be stranded for days in need of food and water. So the obvious possible effects could be starvation, dehydration, extensive medical issues or even death. Therefore, the highest priority for your clients to understand is the need to create a disaster supply kit within their personalized disaster plan. The Federal Emergency Management Agency website is a great resource for disaster planning and has a great summary and detailed education for creating and maintaining a disaster supply kit.
Danger No. 2: Addressing Identity Theft
One of next issues of concern is identity theft. While most would agree that a natural disaster doesn't have to occur for identity theft to be an issue, no one can deny the increased exposure such an event creates. What if your client's driver's license, tax return, Social Security number, date of birth, credit card statement or even checkbook is blown across town by a tornado? What stops someone from picking up a Social Security number and stealing the identity of your client? While the client is trying to clean up the devastation and rebuild, a $2,000, $5,000 or larger bill is adding up on their credit card by someone pretending to be them.
What about the possibility of someone breaking into your client's online investment account if they have the account number or most recent statement? Or someone calling a major brokerage house and pretending to be your client? Who is going to keep the protection of your clients' investments from an identity theft hacker? How do we recommend our clients fix this issue, especially if they can't even prove their own identity?
Whether any of these situations happens or not, your clients surely needs to be aware of the risks that identity theft can have on their financial situation. A very informative website I highly recommend for your clients is www.identitytheft.info. As they will see, over 15 million Americans have their identity stolen each year, resulting in financial losses of some $50 billion. This website discusses varying types, prevention, protection and recovery from most all identity thefts issues.
Danger No. 3: Dealing With Insurance Claims
A third concern that will affect anyone involved in a disaster situation is the claims and rebuilding process. While insurance coverage is a necessity, I have found most clients do not understand their coverage. The differences in wind, water, flooding or hurricane coverage options in policies can be very confusing, especially when reading the legal language in policies; but please advise your clients that the cheapest option is generally not the best. The most important thing to know about insurance coverage is "Will the company pay the claim when you need them to?" Therefore, I highly recommend sending your clients to the following sites: JD Power Homeowner Insurance Company Rankings, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and The American Association for Justice "10 Worst Insurance Companies" to see if their coverage will be more about litigation than rebuilding come the next disaster.
Danger No. 4: A Death in the Family
The fourth area of concern is the death of a family member. While such an occurrence is highly emotional in and of itself, when you add in the loss of a house, car, clothes, food, job, and items such as family heirlooms and photos from the effects of a disaster, and the emotional toll can be overwhelming. For most people, just trying to clean up, determine where to live in the short-term, and then rebuilding, is enormous. Compound that with the task of probating a family member's will or just trying to find out if there is a will and it can be more than most people can handle.
Such events create more questions than answers. What assets does the family still have? Did the storm revalue those assets overnight? Do the insurance claims have to be filed after the probate process starts for those damaged assets owned by the deceased? Is the claim check paid to the estate of the deceased? Does the will cause family issues of inequality for one family member that was deemed to inherit property outright, which is now completely demolished, while the other family members inherited all cash? Do we even have the deeds, titles or a summarized listing of all the assets owned before disaster has taken its toll?
Issues of concern with the death of a family member can feel endless and are very emotionally charged. Therefore, not only does disaster planning include disaster supply kits, identity theft protection and insurance coverage prudence, but estate and wealth transfer planning with all the associated legal documents. This is a vital part of personalized disaster planning, because at the end of the day, any sudden death is a disaster to the family.
If most advisors help plan and manage clients' portfolios as it relates to a client's goals and objectives, the need for risk management shouldn't stop at the investment portfolio. A dialogue with your clients explaining that the financial planning process is a form of personalized disaster planning is a differentiator for sure. If there is never any discussion related to risk management, the question becomes this : What is the true risk exposure of your client's whole portfolio when calculated for a real disaster situation? Risk management involves not only a client's portfolio risk, but the risk of their changing life situations, such as future income or principal needs from their portfolio. Therefore, the better you as an advisor manage the risk of a personalized disaster situation for clients, the better you indirectly manage the overall risk to their financial position.
In my last article in this series, I will look at providing simple. achievable recommendations for helping your clients achieve their own personalized disaster plan.
See all three blog postings by Andrew Rice on how to build a personalized disaster plan for clients.


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Wondering what the comparative might be between these two formats in terms of quality.
So, broadcast HD quality at 20 to 25 mbps in MPEG2 is about the same as h.264 at around 12 mbps.
I have shot 720p23.98, delivered as 1080p 59.97 HDcamSR and no country has rejected it for Quality Control. Of course they couldn't tell what the original was shot with, and I couldn't either if I hadn't shot it myself:)
MPEG4 is the codec standard - AVCHD and H.264 are two different variants of MPEG4.


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Intel's New Romley Promises Beefier Mainstream Servers
After much anticipation, Intel today finally released its Xeon E5 line of server chips, known variously as "Sandy Bridge-EP" and the "Romley" platform. What's important here is that this brings up to eight cores, 16 threads, and a much faster memory system to mainstream servers and workstations.
The heart of the line is the Xeon E5-2600 series of processors. Like many of Intel's new chips, it requires a new socket, this one known as the LGA2011. In addition to more processors, the 32nm E5-2600 chips include up to 20MB of last-level cache and support up to 768GB of memory in a 2P server. But the big deal is faster connections, including faster memory with support for DDR3-1600 MHz memory (vs. DDR3-1333 used in the previous generation); PCI Express 3.0; and Data Direct I/O, which allows the transfer of data directly to and from the network interface and cache, bypassing main memory.
Other enhancements include better power management; a redesigned version of Intel's Turbo Boost technology that should allow cores to enter turbo mode more often and for longer durations; and new AVX 256-bit SIMD registers, which are designed to better process floating-point instructions.
These new chips also have several features that mirror those in the Sandy Bridge family of Core microprocessors, such as faster data encryption and decryption (through Advanced Encryption Standard-New Instructions, or AES-NI, and the company's Trusted Execution (TXT) technologies).
Overall, Intel says the new chips can provide up to 80 percent more performance than the previous generation Xeon 5600 family and will provide a better, more secure environment for running virtual machines.
Intel has been talking about these chips for some time, and initially they were promised for last fall. Indeed, Intel said at the Supercomputing 11 show last fall that 10 supercomputers were already running versions of these chips.
In the broader enterprise market, they will face off against AMD's "Bulldozer-based" Opteron 6000 chips, known as "Interlagos," which have dual-die versions with 16 integer cores (two dies, each with four modules that have two integer cores but share a floating point unit and some other features).
Intel also has a higher-end set of processors in the Xeon E7 series, with up to 10 cores, but the memory system in particular may give the E5-2600 series a leg up. (In many cases, it also has a broader price range) I haven't seen any reviews of the new E5 yet (standard practice for servers), but I expect there will be many situations where this may be the highest-performing x86 server yet.
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It can almost seem concerning at first. Your baby suddenly seems hungry and discontented at all hours. What is going on! There is like a growth spurt going on.
How do I know if it is a growth spurt or a napping problem?
It is hard to say for sure, but there are a few signs. One, if your baby has previously been sleeping fine and is suddenly waking early, chances are it is a growth spurt and not a sleeping issue. Two is if your baby is around the age of a growth spurt. Most babies will have a growth spurt at 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 or 4 months, 6 months…but don't rely on those ages as hard and fast rules for a growth spurt. Third, I have noticed that Kaitlyn poops a lot less when she is in a growth spurt. It makes sense because less of the food would be waste–she would be using it to grow.
If your baby is waking early from naps, it is best to treat it as a hunger problem first, as BW suggests. Feed the baby and see what happens. After a couple of weeks, if the baby still isn't sleeping well, you can move on to try other solutions.
What do I do when my child has a growth spurt?
Feed the baby! BW is parent directed. That means you decide what happens. If your child is hungry, feed him. If you try to fight it, your baby will continue to wake early from naps and will become irritable out of hunger and fatigue, and if you are BF, you risk compromising your supply. Feed your baby. Once the spurt is over, your baby will go back to the 3 hour (or whatever) schedule.
How long with a growth spurt last?
I don't know. I asked my doctor that once and he said you couldn't give a timeline to it. I have found that after a day or two, the milk supply catches up and the baby settles down. If you are bottle feeding and the baby can take more in the tummy, you can increase that and the baby may settle down. But maybe baby can't take more in at a time and needs to eat more often. Do it. Baby will eventually go back to sleeping well. My daughter's six week growth spurt seemed to last forever.
Something I did at the 2 week growth spurt was to let my daughter eat twice as long when she nursed, and she still made it the 3 hours that way. I wanted to do that because I wanted to stay on schedule with my not-quite two year old. He was still getting used to her being around. It seemed to work fine and my lactation consultant friend said that would work because your nipples are getting more stimulation. I would wonder how well that would work at an older age, though, because they tend to pull off when the milk is too slow.
Remember that babies have growth spurts throughout their first year, then toddlers do after that, etc. until they are done growing. Once you start solids and have them down, it will be more difficult to spot a growth spurt, but they will happen. Remain aware of them and offer your child more food if you suspect a growth spurt. Mine wouldn't nurse longer–they nursed the minimal amount of time to get the milk they wanted, then they were ready to play.
See also: Baby Whisperer: Growth Spurts
Reader Questions:
- David said…
Hi, I think my 6 week old is in a growth spurt. We just moved from a pretty regular 2.5 hour schedule to a 3 hour schedule, but had barely started getting used to the new schedule, when now she suddenly is sometimes wanting to eat only 1.5 hours after her last feeding. And she has gone from napping constantly to waking early from her nap, or wanting to eat before her next nap. So, my question is, how do you handle it as far as the schedule goes. For instance, she ate at 10am, but then was hungry again at 11:30 but not due to eat again until 1. I fed her (and she took a full feeding, so it was obviously a hunger thing), and then she went down for a nap soon after. So, now do I try to feed her again at 1 to keep to the original schedule, or just wait and see when she wants to eat again and try to go as long as possible between feedings?Thanks!
January 12, 2008 11:11 AM
Plowmanators said…
When my babies have growth spurts, I just feed them when they are hungry and let the normal routine fly out the window. I still feed, play, sleep, but I let baby decide when to eat. The catch is to keep them eating at least as often, so in your case every 2.5-5 hours. She might keep herself on the 1.5 eating and eat at one anyway! I wouldn't wake her if she is sleeping until 2 or 2:30. Good luck with the growth spurt! It can be tiring. By the way, good job feeding your baby when she was hungry 🙂
January 12, 2008 11:19 AM
Plowmanators said…
I meant 2.5-3 hours, not 2.5-5.
January 12, 2008 11:19 AM
David said…
Hi, thanks for the response. She did end up waking up to eat again at 1 that day and kept to the schedule, and the rest of the day was more or less on schedule. We are doing great on the 3 hour schedule now, except for some colicky evenings–sometimes the schedule and napping go completely out the window those nights, but I'm hoping to get past all of that in another month or so!
January 22, 2008 1:26 PM
Plowmanators said…
I am glad things have calmed down for you! I find those first three months to be the most challenging part of baby's life. I have heard it referred to as the 4th trimester–it is just hard. Something magical happens around three months and baby just gets a lot easier.
January 22, 2008 2:12 PM
- Meredith said…
My child is doing this now and today I picked him up and fed him and he took a full feeding. What do I do after this re: the schedule? For example, he eats at 7:00, then ate again at 9:00, but it is usually 10:00. He didn't go back down after the nine feeding b/c it took him 30 minutes to eat and then he was a wake. What do I do at 10:00? feed him again and continue with the regular schedule? I don't know if he will eat.If they won't go back to sleep after a 45 minute intruder feeding, then do you just adjust the schedule until it can be ironed out again? What are your thoughts on this?
January 30, 2008 9:31 AM
Plowmanators said…
Good question. If I experience the 45 minute intruder and baby is hungry, I just continue on the day more on a "pattern" than a "schedule." So baby ate at 9. I would then shoot for the next feeding to be 2.5-3 hours from 9, but perhaps sooner. If this is a growth spurt, then it will be sooner. Feeding baby as often as necessary for a few days will get him with the extra food he needs and he will then go back to normal schedule. So I would feed at 9, do the normal waketime, then put down for a nap. If it turns out he was just hungry for that one feeding, he might sleep a little longer for the next nap and get back on schedule at some point in the afternoon. If not, don't worry. Tomorrow is a new day 🙂
January 30, 2008 9:45 AM
- Tanya said…
How can you tell that a baby is getting a full feeding in? Mine nurses for about 10 minutes on one side and then might take the other side for a few sucks but won't take it for longer – usually pulls off and just won't go back on when I offer it. Also, this afternoon, he was waking up and wanting to eat every two hours. We ran errands tonight so he was in the car seat and is still sleeping after the 2 hour mark. When he wakes up after 2 hours, he eats for 10 minutes and then has wake time and then sleeps for about an hour. He's very awake when he gets up and is acting hungry?? He's 6 weeks old this weekend, by the way.
February 21, 2008 7:02 PM
Plowmanators said…
6 weeks is a growth spurt time. Also it is a time prolactin levels drop in the woman, which means the body needs to figure out some other way to make the milk. At least that is the way I understood it. The prolactin drop is significant in some way. So you definitely want to feed him as often as he wants it.As far as know if he got a full feeding…it is hard to know when you are breastfeeding. You sound like you are doing it correctly. You always want to let him finish one side completely before switching to the other so he gets the hind-milk. Then you offer the second side for as much as he wants. As time goes one, you will get to know it better. It will become more natural for you. Just watch the diaper output. If they are on track, then you know he is eating well!
February 21, 2008 9:15 PM
- Meghan said…
I was so glad to find this post!! My daughter (7 weeks today) has been on a 3 1/2 hour schedule for about 2-3 weeks and doing great. I had to go back to work this week so she was with a sitter. To make a long story short, this week, she began wanting to eat sooner and fussing until she was fed. We had to move her to a 3 hour schedule. Before, she was only waking about 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. for her MON feeding but now she is waking at 12:30 or 1:00 and then again at 3:00 or 4:00. It has been tiring especially it being my first week back. Do you suggest that I just add another feeding for now? Last night I did not feed her when she awoke at midnight but then she woke at 1:20 a.m. and I fed her then. Also, I probably should have fed her when she woke at 4:00 too?? At 4:00 she just got really restless but never extremely fussy. She actually dozed off to sleep several times and made it to her regular feeding time of 6:30. Thanks for any input you can give!!
March 28, 2008 6:30 AM
Plowmanators said…
Yes, I would cut back down to a 3 hour schedule. BW recommends not extending your schedule until night feedings are dropping. As I understand it, Baby needs X number of calories in a day and need so many feedings to get those calories in. As they grow, they can take in more at a time and have fewer feedings. You want that dropped feeding to come at night, not in the day.Whether you do that or not, adding a feeding during a growth spurt is always a good idea. 🙂
March 28, 2008 10:27 PM
- Catherine said…
I have been feeding him every time he wakes up- he's just having a big issue with one feeding per night- the last 3 nights he has been eating voraciously one feeding for about 45-50 minutes, afterward he is so worked up he just can't seem to get himself back to sleep. I even tried feeding him longer 2 nights ago but that just made it worse. It takes him 1-2 hrs. crying off and on even in his swing to fall back asleep. (Meaning I hear him crying every few minutes off and on) So I feed him as often as he wakes up, but he's having such a tough time when he wakes up so much from that feeding, poor guy. The other feedings he goes right back to sleep if he's in his swing. I feel like 3 issues are coming up at once! The growth spurt, him not being able to self soothe if he is woken up after almost falling asleep, and his days being in transition! Ahhh!
March 6, 2008 12:32 PM
Plowmanators said…
Hang in there! It will get better. Have you looked into any medical issues or milk supply yet?
March 6, 2008 3:50 PM
- Catherine said…
Thanks- I am hanging in and just trying to get some sleep in the process. 🙂 I did look extensively into both- gas, colic, etc, and my milk supply. I have more than enough milk. I pumped for a while and let my husband feed him the bottles. I also read a whole lot on gas, colic, reflux, etc… and even though he does fit the symptoms of it starting after eating, he doesn't fit the symptoms of fussiness with crying constantly, arching his back, seeming like he's in pain, etc… I have tried shortening his naps the last two days. He has taken 3 2.5 hour naps very happily and easily yesterday and today. His 4th nap yesterday was almost 2 hours. We were not having this issue at night until I stopped feeding him whenever he seemed that he had woken up when I put him in the crib. Meaning if I put him down, and he started jostling and waking up, I would pick him up and feed him again until he was really calm and would fall asleep easily when I put him in the crib. As soon as I stopped doing that, he has been up crying. I feel like I was soothing him back to sleep. Also for him to eat like he has been with that super long voracious feeding in the middle of the night is very out of character for him, only has happened the last 3 nights. He has also been eating consistently longer at each feeding the last few days.
March 6, 2008 6:51 PM
Plowmanators said…
It sounds like he is improving! Remember that improvements come slowly, and the progress isn't in a straight line. They get better, then go back, then better, then back, etc. It is all a normal part of the process. The voracious eating is likely due to the growth spurt. Keep working on it–he is definitely making progress!
March 7, 2008 10:38 AM
- swanny said…
My DD (14 weeks) had been consistantly sleeping through the night (7:30 bedtime, 10pm dream feed to 6:30 wake time)since 8wks old. Starting about 1 week ago she hit a growth spurt- but instead of waking up from her day time naps, she adopted the habbit of eating at night. I know that she needed the night feedings because she was eating very well for them (abt 12-15 /side and during the day she usually does 10 and 10). I tried yesterday and the day before to put her on a 2.5 hr schedule in the evenings (3:30, 6, 8:30, 11 pm dreamfeed) instead of the 3hr she has been on since birth (only one 2.5 hr feeding if she wakes early), in hope that she would not wake for a MON feed. She wasnt eating well for those feedings, and then was cranky because I woke her up early and she was not feed well. So I decided that was not the way to go. This morning she did not eat well. Do you think that it is time to start to wean her from her MON feeding that she just recently adopted? (I can't do CIO in the MON b/c I live w/ my inlaws and my husband is away at school). I dont want to under feed her if she is still going through a growth spurt. I am at a loss of what to try next.
April 4, 2008 9:49 AM
Plowmanators said…
Swanny, Sorry, I didn't get a notification about your post! I don't know if you are still having that issue by this point, but yes, I would start to wean from that MON feeding. Let me know if you are still having difficulty, and if so, what questions you have.
April 14, 2008 10:56 AM
- Elise'smum said…
Hi, my LO is 11 weeks old and we are just now starting CIO. We have suscribed to BW pattern since her birth tho. We started CIO because she went from falling asleep by herself to falling asleep being rocked and she kept waking herself up after busting out of her swaddle. SO, I guess we're starting less swaddle (one arm out)and CIO. Plus she is now over some major reflux/colic issues. ANYWAY, day 2 naps are going OK she cries anywhere from 10-30min and then falls asleep with an arm out! Horray. But nights are tough she has never gone more than 6 hours without nursing. YUCK. I thought she was in a pattern recently so I tried CIO last night for the first time but I feel terrible because I went to check on her after 1 hour of fuss (at a patterned time) quiet fuss quiet CRY and she was hungry (when offered) that was on this evening schedule (eat 5PM)(nap 6PM) (nurse730PM&to bed)(1030PM nightfeed)*130AM CIO to 230AM nurse 630AM nurse. AKKKK. I'm sure she's eating enough during the day 2.5-3 hour schedule plus I have MORE than enough milk I always offer the second side too. SO, the question is…is she in a growth spurt or just eating because I offer at 4 hours since last nursing? Or just still needs a middle of the night nursing (but it seems to be in a pattern!) Does this make sense? Thanks!Elise's mom
May 13, 2008 10:26 AM
Plowmanators said…
It is a hard call. I would be inclined to think as you do that she should need at most 1 night feeding. If she usually goes 6 hours, that isn't too bad. It isn't ideal for you, but 15% of BW babies don't sleep 7-8 consistent hours until 12 weeks. For that reason, I personally always wait until 12 weeks before considering CIO at night. BUT I do have friends that have done it at 9 weeks with success. You have to be the one to evaluate her need for food in the night and then go from there. 3 months is a growth spurt time, so I would also wait until you have seen that come and go before CIO at night. See this post on other ideas for dropping night feedings:Early Morning Feedings Before Waketime: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/early-morning-feedings-before-waketime.html
May 14, 2008 11:22 AM
- LEM said…
Is there such as thing as an opposite of a growth spurt? My 10-week old doesn't seem to be very interested in any of his feedings lately. In fact today he has flat out refused 2 in a row! He's seems normal otherwise. At his last appt about a week ago he was at the 50th percentile for both weight and height but it concerns me when he doesn't want to eat. My mother (not knowledgeable in BW) says I should feed him every 4 hours but I told her I needed to get rid of the dreamfeed first. Is it normal for them to not be hungry like this?
July 26, 2008 6:35 PM
wrknprogres said…
My baby eats noticeably less during his growth spurts. I was concerned at first, too, but have discovered that as the cause…
July 27, 2008 10:34 AM
Plowmanators said…
LEM, Since he refused 2 in a row, I would say it is not a need for a four hour schedule. I would guess it is a sickness issue. Teething, ear infection…Also, they are often really tired right after a growth spurt and might eat less.
July 28, 2008 2:08 PM
Plowmanators said…
wrknprogres, thanks for your thoughts!
July 28, 2008 2:08 PM
- bradysmom said…
I wonder if my LO is going through a growth spurt. He hasn't been pooping as much – every 2 days; and I can't get him to take a full 2 hour nap to save my life. He has consistently (for the past 5 days) been waking after 1.5 to 1 hr 45 minutes for naps (he's on a 4 hour schedule). He isn't crying when he wakes, so I just figured he was done eating.I did try to increase his solid intake, but he's not really interested in taking all of it. Maybe I should increase the bottle amount (he's bottle fed now). Also, I give him his bottle, then his solids. I tried it the other way around when we first started solids, but then he wouldn't finish all his bottle. Now he doesn't finish all his solids, unless it's somethign he loves!i just wonder if it's a growth spurt and that's why he's waking a little early, not pooping as much.
August 19, 2008 6:34 AM
Plowmanators said…
It is possible 🙂
August 19, 2008 9:24 PM
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|Kingston, Tenn.
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TEE TALK: Mason owns a consistent swing and a
good short game...has plenty of tournament experience and a calm
demeanor on the course which will help him to produce low
scores...as his game matures with more and more college-level
competition, he will be a consistent performer for the Golden
Eagles throughout his career.
2011-12: Mason competed in all five tournaments during the fall season, totaling 14 rounds of golf...finished tied for 10th out of 92 golfers with a 68-72-72=212 at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate in October...shot a career-low round of 68 in the first round at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate...finished with a fall-season average of 74.1, lowering his 2010-11 average by a half-stroke.
2010-11: Mason played in nine tournaments and
posted a 74.7 stroke average...scored his low round of 70 in the
first round of the APSU F&M Bank Intercollegiate Tournament on
October 18, where he finished two-under par, recording a
70-73-71=214...his top finish was a tie for 4th place at the Big
Blue Classic on April 3-5, where he shot a 73-74=147...played 24
total rounds
HIGH SCHOOL: Mason comes to Tech from Oak Ridge High School where he was a fixture on the golf team for coach Jody Wadell...as a junior, he finished second in the district and region tournaments for Oak Ridge, and went on to capture second place in the TSSAA state tournament...named the 2009 Player of the Year...has been selected to play in the Wiley Cup the past two years for the Roane/Anderson County team in competition against Knox County.
PERSONAL: The son of Chris and Suzanne Griffin...birthdate is May 20, 1992...full name is Mason Maxwell Griffin...majoring in engineering.


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COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- "It was killing people, and I wanted to do something about it."
Bambi Gaddist's nonprofit has provided free HIV tests to more than 8,600 people since 2000.
That realization about the AIDS crisis propelled Bambi Gaddist into activism in South Carolina more than 20 years ago, and she's been relentless in her fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS there ever since.
One of the most effective tools in her arsenal? A large white RV.
With "GET TESTED" written in bold letters on its side, the camper van is the mobile unit of the South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council, a nonprofit that Gaddist helped start and has headed since 1995.
The only unit of its kind in South Carolina, the van brings confidential HIV testing and information to communities across the state. Since 2000, Gaddist's organization has provided HIV tests to more than 8,600 people, free of charge.
Gaddist says the face of AIDS has changed since the mid-1980s, when she helped run one of the first grass-roots AIDS awareness campaigns in Columbia, South Carolina, while pursuing her doctorate in public health.
"In the '80s, HIV was seen as a gay, white male disease," Gaddist said. "Here in South Carolina, it became an African-American disease."
In 2006, African-Americans accounted for 76 percent of the new AIDS cases diagnosed in South Carolina, and the state ranked ninth in the nation for those living with the disease, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. iReport.com: Share stories of being black in America
Statistics like these are what drives Gaddist and her staff. The mobile unit hits the road at least two to three times a week, and Gaddist says it goes just about anywhere -- gay and straight nightclubs, housing projects, health fairs or churches.
"We refuse to be quiet. That's what's going to save the lives of our children: talking about it and not hiding it," Gaddist said.
At outreach events, staffers distribute free condoms and information while trying to recruit people to be tested. Eight to 15 people usually take the 10-minute test at every event. Someday, Gaddist hopes, HIV tests will be as common as breast cancer exams or skin cancer screenings. Watch Gaddist and her team in action outside a nightclub »
"We're trying to normalize this," Gaddist said. "[We want] anyone, regardless of who they are, to say, 'I need to know my status.' "
Gaddist believes that the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS has contributed to people's ignorance about the virus and to its alarming spread throughout the state.
"After 27 years of AIDS, we are still combating a mentality of fear and shame," she said.
In response, Gaddist has recruited powerful allies to her cause: South Carolina's churches. Since 2006, Gaddist's group has run a program that educates local pastors about the disease and teaches them how to do outreach in their communities.
Gaddist has gotten 30 churches on board. She believes that this isn't just spreading much-needed awareness; it's helping reshape public attitudes. Watch Gaddist describe how churches have gotten involved with her cause »
"People still believe that you get [HIV/AIDS] from touching someone, from hugging someone," Gaddist said. "The first arm of defense against this disease is to educate them."
In the past, Gaddist says, some churches helped perpetuate the stigma about the disease. "[But] now more than ever before, the church holds a solution to the HIV/AIDS epidemic," she said.
Gaddist has helped her organization grow from a two-person operation to a 23-member staff. In addition to testing and counseling, the South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council provides case management for people living with HIV and runs several programs targeting at-risk populations.
Still, for all she's done, Gaddist can't imagine a time when she'll ever stop doing this work. Watch Gaddist explain how the mobile outreach unit works with the community »
"I joke about being a 70-year-old woman giving out condoms," she said.
Knowing how many people are at risk is what keeps Gaddist motivated.
"When it's my time, I want my obituary to say that I have made a difference for someone and that I saved somebody's life."
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Do you know how much space your keepsakes take up? If you had to leave your home quickly, could you locate your most treasured (nonliving) possessions within a few minutes? And what about the family members who will one day inherit all of this stuff: Will it feel like a blessing to them or a burden?
If you have a basement, a garage or an attic (and perhaps a storage unit, too) filled with boxes of stuff, you are not alone. It's easier to hold on to something than let it go. But the reality is, things have to go sometime — why not start making those decisions now, before a fire, a flood or future relatives make them for you? You can take control of your stuff, and your life story.
Here you'll learn how to confidently decide what is worth keeping for all time and what is not.
Begin box by box. It's emotionally draining work sorting through keepsakes, so don't push yourself to take on more than you can handle. This is not the same thing as going on a clutter-busting spree – some of the items you will be looking at may call up memories of people and experiences you haven't thought about for many years. You may cry, get angry or get the urge to call up an old friend. In other words, don't march down to your storage unit bright and early on Saturday morning and expect to go through the entire thing by the end of the weekend. Pick up one box and go through it piece by piece, at your leisure. When it's done (and only then), go get another.
I find it helps to pick several categories of stuff that you can commit to completely doing away with. This saves a lot of painful, piece-by-piece decision making that can really bog you down. Following are a few categories to consider tossing.
What to Let Go
Other people's memories
. The program from your sister's high school graduation, favors from your friend's wedding, a pressed flower from your niece's baptism. Release yourself from the burden of keeping others' memories.
Short-term saves. Some things, like birthday cards, event programs and invitations, are nice to keep around for a while. Looking at your cards lined up on the mantel or pinned to your bulletin board after a birthday dinner can be a pleasant reminder of the people who love you, and a friend's pretty wedding invite can look lovely on your bulletin board. But you don't need to keep them all forever.
Freebies. Swag from conferences, wedding favors and workplace giveaways have no business taking up valuable space alongside true keepsakes. Make a mental note to kindly turn down freebies the next time they are offered to you, unless you really want them. So often we take something just because it is free!
Once you move beyond these first categories of stuff (other people's memories, short-term saves, freebies), it gets a little more complicated. At any point in the process, if you are really having a hard time letting go of something that you want to let go of, put it in a separate bin or pile.
Don't worry too much about how big this pile gets; these are tough decisions to make, and you can't get something back once it's gone. The goal is not just to get rid of stuff but to feel good about your decisions. You will be dealing with this pile, so it's not a cop-out; it's just buying you some time.
What to Consider Letting Go Next
Oversize mementos
. Sports trophies and giant school projects come to mind, but perhaps you have some other bulky items taking up space in your storage area. If something is too big to fit in a file box, give some serious thought as to whether it is worth keeping. A photograph of the sports event, awards ceremony or science fair will take up far less room, and will probably feel more meaningful down the road anyway.
Negative keepsakes. Some journal writing is really just venting – it's the process of doing it that's important; you don't need to keep the work itself for posterity. As the author and editor of your life story, you get to make the call on what is included. This goes for photos as well as diaries: If looking at pictures of that old boyfriend who dumped you makes you feel crummy all over again, toss it out, for goodness' sake!
Inherited stuff. Oh, this one is tough. I think it can help to think of the loved one whose belongings you now have as they were — in other words, as a person struggling with editing their own possessions, just as you are right now.
Grams certainly wouldn't want you feeling weighed down by her china set, would she? Be honest about your feelings about the stuff you have inherited. Are you ever going to use it? Do you love it for what it is, or do you love it (and hold on to it) only because you loved the person who gave it to you?
My advice is to honor your feelings but respect your space. This might mean keeping a single soup tureen (the one you remember from all those Sunday dinners) and passing the rest along to another relative who really wants it, or selling it on eBay. If you can't come to a decision quite yet, put it in the "later" pile.
Things that have not, or will not, age well. Some objects are just not meant to last. Give crumbling flowers, ancient pasta sculptures and badly damaged photos the heave-ho, and be aware of an item's potential longevity before you save it the next time.
For instance, consider taking a photo of your son holding that Thanksgiving centerpiece — you can still save the piece itself for a few years, and enjoy bringing it out as a table decoration, but when it begins to fall apart you can let it go without feeling bad.
Remember, the fewer things you keep, the more special they will become to you — and to those you love. Begin to think of yourself as the editor of your life story. When someone peeks into your boxes of treasures, what story will the photos, papers and objects tell? It is up to you to define the arc of your life's tale. To highlight the best times, the things that have been most meaningful to you, and to let the less important details fall out of focus.
What to Keep
Reminders of triumph over adversity
. Remember how I said to toss photos of your no-good ex-boyfriend? Well, do that if you haven't yet. But if you have a photo of you on that awesome postbreakup road trip with your best friend, put that puppy in a frame! The most compelling stories include hardship; the key is to focus on how you have grown because of your challenging experiences.
Reminders of positive experiences. Your wedding day, a fabulous birthday party, a special trip with your mom – one of the main reasons we keep mementos is for their ability to bring up memories we enjoy reliving. But we are talking really positive, here. Not neutral. Not, "Oh, that was a pretty nice day." The things you choose to keep forever should remind you of the shining gems in your life: the most important people, places and experiences you have ever had. Don't settle for humdrum.
The best representative example. You may cherish the memory of your wedding day, but you do not need to keep all 50 extra programs, every outtake the photographer sent you and an uneaten favor bag of Jordan almonds. Your favorite photographs and a few key mementos will hold more emotional power over the years than a giant boxful of wedding stuff. If you took 50 photos at a single birthday party, whittle them down to a handful that best capture the crowd and a few key moments.
The most loved. The teddy bear that went with your child everywhere, the little corduroy overalls that turned velvety from being worn and washed so many times, the toy with the most teeth marks – these are the sorts of things worth saving.
And this applies to grown-up stuff, too! If there is a special piece of clothing that instantly brings to mind a delicious time in your life, go ahead and keep it, even if you know you will never wear it again.
Finishing up and moving forward. As you get further into the process of editing your keepsakes, choose a special container to house the keepers. This container should be small enough for you to carry easily and sturdy enough to protect its treasured contents from mildew and critters. Keep your special box in the main part of your house, somewhere it can be quickly and easily located if you ever needed to evacuate.
As you work your way through all of your stuff, ask yourself of each item, Does this deserve a spot in The Box?
I urge you not to wiggle on this point. Don't make it two or three boxes. Just one box. Go ahead and keep a larger bunch of not-quite-so-important keepsakes in a different location, if you must, but when it comes to The Box, be ruthless. Over time you may come to realize that the stuff not in the box doesn't really need to be taking up all of that valuable real estate, and when you are ready, you can move on from it.
But having a single box of most treasured belongings is something wonderful in itself. If the rest of it disappeared, you would know it would be OK – that if this one box were left, it would be enough to be your legacy.


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If any of the persons students selected in Activity 2 was someone prominent in the community's history, have students determine whether or not there is already a local memorial to that individual. If not, students could lobby their local representative(s) to begin the planning process for one. Students should consider their answers to the questions they asked of existing memorials in preparing their arguments for a new one honoring the local hero they identified. They might even submit a drawing of the memorial they designed as part of their petition.


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August 18: Everybody Run From the Godzilla Attack Day
- 644 - A prodigous comet appears in the sky, in the shape of a rock. The rock magically flies through the sky, before it lands in ancient Greece and kills a busload of time-travelling nuns.
- 1868 - French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium. Initially, he had a difficult time explaining the gas producing process without evoking gales of laughter.
- 1969 - Godzilla tries to attack France, but has to stop in Tokyo to ask for directions.
- 1989 - The Who, working in conjunction with Godzilla, trash several hotel rooms in Wales and Scotland. The Isle of Man is never seen again.
- 1990 - Godzilla attacks Paris, humping the Eiffel Tower twice before being driven back into the sea.
- 1991 - Godzilla attacks Paris again, this time bringing flowers. The Parisians surrender to his radioactive charm, and an evening of bliss is had by all.
- 1992 - Godzilla once again attacks Paris, leaving fifty-three successive messages on the answering machine of the Ile de Cite, each one more angry and irrational than the last. Paris gets a restraining order. In a blind, drunken confusion, Godzilla attacks a department store in Rome. Mothra and Mechagodzilla are called to drive the heartbroken beast home.
- 1993 - Princess Diana pre-died.
- 1999 - Cape Breton declares an open nuclear war on the Y2K bug subsequently pounding it into oblivion. Eminent scientists have confirmed this fact as the reason why much speculation about the threat of Y2K was ultimately unfounded.
- 2006 - Way more people die than usual.
- 2007 - The Canso Causeway, forever asserting the will of mainland Nova Scotia against Cape Breton, is melted in my microwave.
- 2010 - Godzilla sends a passive-aggressive text message to Paris, asking if it wants its copy of High Fidelity back or if he should just throw it away.
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SEATTLE — The Coast Guard said Sunday it rescued a severely hypothermic man clinging to his partially submerged life raft off Washington state's northwestern tip after his boat caught fire and he abandoned it.
The man had been on the raft for nearly an hour when an agency helicopter hoisted him up around noon and transported him to a hospital. Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer says she didn't know his condition, but he was able to walk into the facility.
The agency released a photo showing the 25-foot vessel engulfed in flames after its engine caught fire 3 miles north of Neah Bay. It was not yet known what caused the fire on the boat, which split in half and sank.
The boat's operator sent a distress call around 11 a.m., saying he was abandoning ship.
Crews in the helicopter and a 25-foot boat responded, arriving in the area of the call around 11:50 a.m. The search was complicated by heavy fog, a malfunctioning GPS on the life raft and the man's flares that fired incorrectly.
The signal from the man's handheld radio helped rescuers find him. The radio and raft "likely saved his life," officials said.
"The extensive search area and difficult conditions we encountered would have made locating him nearly impossible had we not been able to hone in on his radio transmission," Lt. Cmdr. Edward Geraghty said.
The Coast Guard says the sunken boat was not expected to be a risk to navigation and likely was not a great environmental threat, though the agency will monitor it. Crews also recovered the life raft.


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October 13, 2011
Bangalore to bovine: How pathogens and playoffs bind two lifelong friends, researchers
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Veterinary school in India brought them together, research and teaching brought them to Kansas, and a passion for football brings them even closer.
M.M. Chengappa and T.G. Nagaraja are best friends who met more than 40 years ago in India. They're both diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists and university distinguished professors of microbiology in the department of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
They work together to develop patents and collaborate on research projects, and they attend Kansas State football games together on weekends. Their most prominent collaboration includes development of a vaccine that could save cattle producers millions of dollars every year.
"I would say our friendship comes first, and our professional relationship as collaborators and researchers comes second," Nagaraja said.
As researchers, the two together, with the help of graduate students, developed a vaccine that could save Kansas beef producers millions of dollars every year. The vaccine, for which they received a patent, prevents liver abscesses in cattle -- a problem that affects 20 percent to 40 percent of high grain-fed feedlot cattle in the United States.
In cattle that are fed grain, microorganisms in the rumen -- the first compartment of the complex stomach of cattle -- digest the grain and produce acid. Excessive acidity damages the lining of the stomach wall, and bacteria from the stomach pass through the wall, end up in the bloodstream, and eventually get trapped in the liver to cause abscesses.
Animals that have abscessed livers don't perform as well as cattle with healthy livers because they eat less and gain less weight.
The patent would save up to $65 dollars per head by eliminating liver condemnation and alleviating the negative impact on productivity of cattle that have this disease. It would only be given once instead of the current daily doses of antibiotics that are mixed in feed, which can lead to bacterial resistance.
Chengappa and Nagaraja hope their vaccine will become commercially successful. More than 20 years of collaborative research at the College of Veterinary Medicine made the vaccine possible. Together, they have five U.S. patents on this subject.
"Research is like a puzzle that you try to solve," Nagaraja said. "When you try to find an answer to one question, you actually raise more questions that lead to more experiments and testing."
The studies on microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of cattle led K-State researchers to further study food-borne pathogens in cattle like E. coli O157:H7.
"Some of our primary research interests are to study and understand the pathogenesis of important infectious diseases of animals, particularly cattle, and to develop strategies to protect animals from these diseases," Chengappa said.
A small minority of cattle carries E. coli O157:H7 in the gastrointestinal tract by the time they go to slaughter. The organism causes no problems in the cattle, but it does get on their hides, the major source of E. coli in beef carcasses at the time of slaughter.
"To me, E. coli O157 is an important food-borne pathogen because it affects thousands of people every year, sometime fatally," Nagaraja said. "Children are particularly vulnerable. Many children who are exposed to it develop kidney failure and complications, forcing them to be on dialysis for the rest of their lives."
Nagaraja contributed to a finding that cattle fed a diet that includes the by-product distiller's grain have higher levels of E. coli O157. After starch from corn is removed to make ethanol, distiller's grain is left, which is a valuable feed commodity for cattle.
Chengappa and Nagaraja first met in veterinary school in Bangalore, India, in 1965. They both attended veterinary school after deciding not to become medical doctors. Their friendship blossomed five years later when they began their graduate programs in veterinary microbiology.
"If I had gone to medical school, I would be practicing in India and would have never bothered to come to the United States," Chengappa said. "Coming here opened up so many opportunities for me."
After earning degrees in India, their professors encouraged them to continue their research in America. Nagaraja earned a doctorate in microbiology from Kansas State University, where he stayed after graduation as a faculty member.
"My original plan was to go back to India after earning my doctorate, but that soon changed," he said. "Once I adapted and discovered the facilities, opportunities and support here at Kansas State, I knew this would be the ideal place to continue my research."
Chengappa, meanwhile, earned a doctorate from Michigan State University and became an associate professor and head of the department of microbiology at Murray State University in Kentucky.
The friends kept in touch and saw each other at conferences and scientific meetings. They finally reunited for good in 1988 when Chengappa accepted a position at K-State.


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June 20, 2013, ROME (ISN) – Jamie Broder of Victoria and Kristina Valjas of Toronto won their final round robin match Thursday but were just edged out for a berth in the knockout round at the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball competition.
Broder and Valjas defeated Emilia Nystrom and Erika Nystrom of Finland 21-18, 21-19. The two teams were tied for third spot in Group G with a 1-2 record and also tied in sets won and loss but the Finns got the nod for the playoff berth with a better points for and against percentage.
Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., and Heather Bansley of Toronto lost their last round robin match to finish fourth in their pool.
On the men's side, Ben Saxton of Calgary and Chaim Schalk of Red Deer, Alta., fell to 0-2 losing to Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst of Austria 24-22, 19-21, 15-13. They are in a must win situation to advance on Friday.
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Unidentified members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew from Prescott, Ariz., pose together in this undated photo provided by the City of Prescott. Some of the men in this photograph were among the 19 firefighters killed while battling an out-of-control wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday, June 30, 2013, according to Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo. It was the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. (AP Photo/City of Prescott)
Unidentified members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew from Prescott, Ariz., pose together in this undated photo provided by the City of Prescott. Some of the men in this photograph were among the 19 firefighters killed while battling an out-of-control wildfire near Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday, June 30, 2013, according to Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo. It was the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. (AP Photo/City of Prescott)
This undated photo courtesy of the the Woyjeck family shows firefighter, Kevin Woyjeck, right, and his father, Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Joe Woyjeck. Kevin Woyjeck of Seal Beach, Calif., was one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew, who was killed Sunday evening above the town of Yarnell, northwest of Phoenix in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. (AP Photo/Woyjeck Family)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) ? Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, Ariz., were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. It was the deadliest single day for U.S. firefighters since Sept. 11. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. Here are the stories of some of those who died:
For 21-year-old Kevin Woyjeck, the fire station was always a second home. His father, Capt. Joe Woyjeck, is a nearly 30-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Keith Mora, an inspector with that agency, said Kevin often accompanied his dad to the station and on ride-alongs, and always intended to follow in his footsteps.
"He wanted to become a firefighter like his dad and hopefully work hand-in-hand," Mora said Monday outside of the fire station in Seal Beach, Calif., where the Woyjeck family lives.
Mora remembered the younger Woyjeck as a "joy to be around," a man who always had a smile on his face. He had been trained as an EMT and worked as an Explorer, which is a mentorship training program to become a professional firefighter.
"He was a great kid. Unbelievable sense of humor, work ethic that was not parallel to many kids I've seen at that age. He wanted to work very hard."
As he spoke, Mora stood before an American flag that had been lowered to half-staff. His own fire badge was covered with a black elastic band, a show of respect and mourning for those lost in the line of duty.
An avid snowboarder, 30-year-old Chris MacKenzie grew up in California's San Jacinto Valley, where he was a 2001 graduate of Hemet High School and a former member of the town's fire department. He joined the U.S. Forest Service in 2004, then transferred two years ago to the Prescott Fire Department, longtime friend Dav Fulford-Brown told The Riverside Press-Enterprise.
MacKenzie, like at least one other member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, had followed his father into firefighting. Michael MacKenzie, a former Moreno Valley Fire Department captain, confirmed that he had been informed of his son's death.
"I can't talk about it," he said.
Fulford-Brown, also a former firefighter, feared for the worst as soon as he heard the news of the Arizona firefighters. "I said, 'Oh my God, that's Chris' crew.' I started calling him and calling him and got no answer," he told The Press-Enterprise. MacKenzie, he said, "lived life to the fullest ... and was fighting fire just like his dad."
"He was finishing his credentials to get promoted and loved the people. It's an insane tragedy.
Billy Warneke, 25, and his wife, Roxanne, were expecting their first child in December, his grandmother, Nancy Warneke, told The Press-Enterprise newspaper in Riverside, Calif. Warneke grew up in Hemet, Calif., along with his fellow Granite Mountain hotshot, Chris MacKenzie. He was a four-year Marine Corps veteran who served a tour in Iraq and had joined the hotshot crew in April, buying a property in Prescott, near where his sister lived, the newspaper reported.
Nancy Warneke said she called Billy's sister after seeing the fire on the news.
"She said, 'He's gone. They're all gone,'" Nancy Warneke told The Press-Enterprise. "Even though it's a tragedy for the whole family, he was doing what he loved to do. He loved nature and was helping preserve nature."
Scott Norris, 28, was known around Prescott through his part-time job at Bucky O'Neill Guns.
"Here in Arizona the gun shops are a lot like barbershops. Sometimes you don't go in there to buy anything at all, you just go to talk," said resident William O'Hara. "I never heard a dirty word out of the guy. He was the kind of guy who if he dated your daughter, you'd be OK with it.
"He was just a model of a young, ideal American gentleman."
O'Hara's son Ryan, 19, said Norris' life and tragic death had inspired him to live a more meaningful life.
"He was a loving guy. He loved life. And I've been guilty of not looking as happy as I should, and letting things get to me, and Scott wasn't like that at all."
Prescott High School physical education teacher and coach Lou Beneitone taught many of the Hotshots, and remembered 29-year-old Andrew Ashcraft as a fitness-oriented student.
"He had some athletic ability in him and he was a go-getter, too. You could pretty much see, from young freshman all the way, he was going to be physically active."
Beneitone said athletic prowess was a must for the Hotshots. "That's what it takes. You gotta be very physically fit, and you gotta like it, gotta like the hard work."
Full of heart and determination, Clayton Whitted, 28, might not have been the biggest guy around, but he was among the hardest-working. His former Prescott High School coach, Lou Beneitone, said Whitted was a "wonderful kid" who always had a big smile on his face. Whitted played for the football team as an offensive and defensive lineman.
"He was a smart young man with a great personality, just a wonderful personality," said Beneitone. "When he walked into a room, he could really light it up."
Beneitone said Whitted loved being a firefighter and was well-respected among his crew. He says he ran into Whitted about two months ago and they shook hands and hugged, and talked about the upcoming fire season.
"I told him to be careful," Beneitone said.
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Associated Press reporters Raquel Maria Dillon in Seal Beach, Calif., Sue Manning in Los Angeles and Hannah Dreier in Prescott contributed to this story.Associated Press
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Each weekday at noon, elevator doors open and hundreds of men and women pour out of Oklahoma City's downtown buildings into the maze-like tunnel they call the Metro Concourse. There, safe from the scorching heat of summer and the cold and damp of winter, they dash through the blue and yellow corridors to lunch.
When Jack Conn walks through
the Concourse each noon, however, he seldom rushes. Puffing leisurely on a cigarette, greeting friends as they hurry by, he walks slowly, like a man enjoying the scenery. And when he approaches the wall bearing the plaque which honors
the man responsible for the Concourse, he slows his pace still more.
"I really do try not to stop," smiles the Fidelity Bank chairman and CEO, his eyes twinkling.
But he admits somewhat sheepishly that it's often a losing battle, not only because it is lack Conn the plaque honors as the "Father of the Metro Concourse," but also because that plaque seems to symbolize for him the new role of the banker in today's society.
Relaxing that day in his office above Fidelity Plaza, Conn points out that the past 50 years have witnessed a 180 degree turnabout in the way bankers view both themselves and their banks in relation to the communities they serve.
"The old days of the 'no-no' banker with the high collar and the cold eyes is completely passe," he says, settling back in his large leather chair. "Instead, bankers today think of their banks as quasi-public institutions with a strong obligation to provide all types of service to the public. And they see themselves as having certain obligations to the community as well."
Why the change? Perhaps, Conn believes, because businessmen in general have come to regard their own success as dependent upon the economic well being of the communities they serve. And perhaps, he suggests, because the public has become more demanding.
"People are more economically independent than ever before, so they are looking for more and better