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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Many years ago, I largely quit following developments on the "universal service" front. It was just too damn demoralizing. After studying the system for many years, I came to the conclusion that the Universal Service Fund (USF) - - and the entire universal service regulatory process - - was one of the most unfair, illogical, counter-productive, regressive, anti-technology programs EVER created in American history, And yet, no one in government seemed to be willing to do anything to fix it. Matter of fact, they actually decided to expand it in recent years with the creation of the E-Rate (or "Gore Tax") program. And they brought cellular and VoIP into the system as well. Absolutely insane.
I was reminded of that again today when I received a new report from communications guru Thomas Hazlett, Professor of Law & Economics and Director of the Information Economy Project at George Mason University. Hazlett has just penned a devastating critique of the universal service system in which he asks: "What Does $7 Billion Buy?" Answer: not much. Let me just quote from his executive summary here and then encourage you to go read the entire study for more miserable details about this horrendously inefficient government program:
"The 'universal service' regime ostensibly extends local phone service to consumers who could not otherwise afford it. To achieve this goal, some $7 billion annually is raised - - up from less than $4 billion in 1998 - - by taxing telecommunications users. Yet, benefits are largely distributed to shareholders of rural telephone companies, not consumers, and fail -- on net -- to extend network access. Rather, the incentives created by these subsidies encourage widespread inefficiency and block adoption of advanced technologies - - such as wireless, satellite, and Internet-based services - - that could provide superior voice and data links at a fraction of the cost of traditional fixed-line networks. Ironically, subsidy payments are rising even as fixed-line phone subscribership falls, and as the emergence of competitive wireless and broadband networks make traditional universal service concepts obsolete. Unless policies are reformed to reflect current market realities, tax increases will continue to undermine the very goals 'universal service' is said to advance."
And, if you're a real glutton for punishment and want even more grim details about the system, check out this recent report by PFF's "DACA" working group on universal service reform. File all this under: "The Unintended Consequences of Misguided Government Regulation."
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Todd Duffee Back in The UFC
Heavyweight Todd Duffee's career has been a strange mixed bag of extreme highs and lows. As a 23 year-old, Duffee became a sensation by knocking out Tim Hague in just seven seconds in his UFC debut back back in 2009. A host of injuries delayed his second fight in the organization for nearly a year.
When he did make his return, against Mike Russow, Duffee fell victim to one of the most surprising come from behind KO victories in UFC history. Duffee outclassed Russow for twelve minutes before getting caught and knocked out cold.
He was then released by the UFC, took a short notice fight against fellow He-Man impersonator Alistair Overeem (because short noticed fights against over-matched opponents was just how Ubereem got down in those days before he could keep himself occupied with running from and failing drug tests) , got shellacked, and then didn't fight again for about a year and a half.
When he did, last April, Duffee stopped Neil Grove inside one round. He hasn't fought since then but evidently the fickle matchmaking overlords (Happy Thanksgiving, Joe) at the UFC have been satisfied and it was announced Wednesday that the Duff Man will be back in the Octagon at UFC 155.
"Duffee (7-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will meet Phil De Fries (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at UFC 155, this year's version of the annual New Year's Eve weekend card in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena," Case Keefer of The Las Vegas Sun reports.
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Kingdon is Raising Arizona's Roof
By Matt Park, Arizona Communication Services
Who: Arizona (10-2) at No. 16 Arizona State (11-1)
When: 8:00 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Tempe, Ariz. (Wells Fargo Arena)
Coverage: Pac-12 Networks (Live Stats)
On Tuesday, Arizona will travel to Tempe to take on instate rival and 16th-ranked Arizona State. The match marks the start of the Pac-12 season for head coach Dave Rubio and his 2013 squad, while it also kicks off the year-long Territorial Cup Series battle.
A key difference between the 2012 and 2013 Arizona volleyball teams is the level of experience among its respective players. The 2012 roster featured no seniors and four juniors. While in 2013, there are two seniors and six juniors to complement six freshmen and four sophomores. Of the 18 players, ten are returners.
The veteran squad must ensure the unity of the team, so the new arrivals will feel comfortable playing with the veterans.
One player who has played a vital role in leading the Wildcats to an overall 10-2 record in non-conference play is junior Madi Kingdon, who currently leads the Pac-12 in double-doubles (digs/kills) and was just named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career. In fact, she earned the first volleyball player of the week honor by a Wildcat since Tiffany Owens won the award in 2010.
With newcomers like freshman Penina Snuka and junior-transfer Jane Croson immediately receiving significant playing time, it is important for experienced players like Kingdon to ease the transition of recruits to their new surroundings.
"Madi's best leadership skill is to play at the high level that she is capable of, on a consistent basis," Rubio said. "That is going to help Penina because if Madi passes well when Penina is having an off day, like many players do, and we're scoring off of Madi's sets, then that is going to take less pressure off of Penina."
Kingdon's leadership also shines in her willingness to do what it takes for her team to win, even if it means for her to take a step back.
"In past years, I have been taking an enormous amount of swings," Kingdon added. "With Jane here, she has taken a lot of pressure away from me with her sharing the attacks and has helped me keep my shoulder nice."
Kingdon's ability to play at a high level stems from her love of competition and hunger to improve, and she encourages her teammates to develop the same outlook as well.
"Madi's game is really complete," Rubio said. "So for her to get better, it's the little things. When you're that good, you have to work harder to get just a little better. The nice thing about Madi is that she wants to be great, and she's willing to work hard enough to accomplish the goals in front of her."
In Kingdon's first season, she was named to the All Pac-12 Freshman Team, and in 2012, Kingdon earned Pac-12 honorable mention all-conference honors. Just this past summer, Kingdon became a member of the Pac-12 all-star team that competed in China, but the outside hitter is constantly seeking ways to improve.
"Playing in China helped me because I was playing with and against high skill-level players," Kingdon said. "It showed me what good players were doing, and I took that back here and applied it to my game."
Kingdon has especially taken her defense to the next level.
Last season, Arizona hosted the Sun Devils to start conference play, and leading up to the match, Kingdon revealed one of her favorite rituals during volleyball matches at the McKale Center.
"Our fans are loud," Kingdon said. "They're rowdy. When they do the 'Roof' cheer when someone gets a block, that's pretty exciting," said the Phoenix, Ariz. native in the interview.
Fast forward to now, Kingdon is leading Arizona fans to a lot more "Roof! Roof!" chants.
As a sophomore, Kingdon finished the season with 44 blocks. Through 12 matches this year, Kingdon has already posted 35 total blocks. Averaging almost a block per set, she is on pace to shatter her previous season totals. So, what explains this improvement?
"Since the season started, I've focused a lot more on my defense," said Kingdon. "With me, hitting comes naturally since I'm a heavy hitter. So, it made sense for me to work on blocking and digging, but also playing at a high level against such good players has helped me improve on defense."
In addition to her defensive improvement, her willingness to learn from experience influences her teammates to take on the same attitude.
Against Portland State, sophomore Olivia Magill posted a career-high 10 blocks – the most by an Arizona player since 2010. Then in Arizona's thrilling win this past Saturday over UC Santa Barbara, sophomore Halli Amaro recorded 13 blocks, tying the second most in a single match in Arizona history.
"Blocking is one of those skills that experience makes a difference, along with good technique," said coach Rubio. "And the experienced players have a thorough understanding of what they are trying accomplish."
Blocks aren't the only stat in volleyball that correlates to experience. Senior Candace Nicholson became Arizona's all-time leader in digs (1,313) this past weekend and Kingdon is also on pace to surpass previous season highs in digs, averaging 3.29 digs per set compared to last season's 2.89 digs per set.
Experienced players are in a great position to offer knowledge about the game because of the lessons learned from their past. The ten returning players remember the disappointment of barely missing out in last year's NCAA tournament when one more win might have sealed a spot, but moments like these can be a blessing in disguise, as the new season offers the opportunity for redemption.
With players like Kingdon and Nicholson and the addition of new assistant coaches, the 2013 Arizona volleyball team holds a lot of experience that every player and coach can draw from.
As the Wildcats head to Tempe to begin the vigorous Pac-12 season, the knowledge learned from every member's past and present experience will play a vital role in shaping the outcome of the season.
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Labor Day Fight Video Party: Silva, Jones, Henderson & More
Here at CagePotato we don't mind doing things by the book if we can still have a good time doing it. So, we didn't mind enjoying a few modern classics when the UFC made them available through youtube.
After the jump you can too. Full fight videos of Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II, Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping: Comeuppance, and Jon Jones vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
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J.K. Rowling Reveals a Cool New Tidbit About a 'Harry Potter' Character - Watch Now!
JK Rowling has revealed a cool new tidbit about Celestina Warbeck – a character referenced only a few times in her "Harry Potter" book series.
The character is a singer who is now featured with her own show at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios.
"Although we never lay eyes on Celestina during the whole seven volumes of the Potter books, I always imagined her to resemble Shirley Bassey in both looks and style," JK wrote on Pottermore. When talking about the singer's popularity within the books, she added that "Three devoted fans were involved in a nasty three-broom pile up over Liverpool while trying to reach the last night of her Flighty Aphrodite tour, and her tickets often appear on the black market at vastly inflated prices (one reason why Molly Weasley has never yet seen her favourite singer live)."
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The current economic crisis is creating a ripple effect with a far-reaching impact and higher education is not immune. While recent headlines point to the crisis having a long-term effect on the availability of student loans, there is more to the story. "The thing about student loans is they are still available, but the criteria have changed," says Elynda Bedney, director of Student Financial Services at Andrews University.
FFELP vs. Direct
Before delving into the details the economic crisis is having on student loans, it is critical to understand the difference between a FFELP versus a Direct Loan institution. All colleges and universities participate in one of two programs to provide Federal Stafford and PLUS loans to their students. The main difference between the two programs is the source of the loan monies. Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) receives loan funding from commercial banks, credit unions and savings banks. The other program is the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan), where the U.S. Department of Education lends the money to the student or parent through the college.
Andrews University is a Direct Loan school. "There is not a problem with any of those Direct Loans you [students] can get from the government," says Bedney. "These include Stafford-subsidized, Stafford-unsubsidized, Graduate Plus loans and Parent Plus loans." All Stafford Loans are either subsidized (the government pays the interest while you're in school) or unsubsidized (you pay all the interest, although you can have the payments deferred until after graduation).
Financial Bailout for FFELP Lenders
In May 2008, President Bush signed into law a student loan bailout plan, the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. It was designed to provide new protections to ensure that families can continue to access the loans they need to pay for college. On Oct. 7, 2008, President Bush signed a one-year extension of the ECASLA. While loan monies for the current academic year are largely already in place, the U.S. Department of Education is taking immediate action under the extended ECASLA authority to ensure students and families have uninterrupted access to federal student loans for the 2009–2010 school year and beyond.
"We're fortunate that we are a Direct-lending school. It is mainly the FFELP schools that are suffering," says Vicki Thompson, associate director of Student Financial Services.
"We're happy we do not have to change to become a Direct Loan school," says Bedney. "Though economic times are not stable now from FFELP, if your loans are with the government, you're pretty assured of being secure."
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education (Monday, Nov. 10, 2008), "The Direct-lending system, which has traditionally been simpler and less costly for the government to operate, has seen a 50% gain in volume this fall semester as colleges abandon private loan companies. The Direct-lending program is now nearly half the size of the bank-based system, only a year after being about a fifth as large."
Margaret Spellings, secretary for the U.S. Department of Education, said in a statement on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, "I want to reassure students and their families that federal student aid—both grants and loans—remains available to eligible students."
The Criteria Has Changed
"There is a loan limit for freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students," says Bedney. "Additionally, they are able to get an unsubsidized loan if their Parent Plus loan is denied. They can also get an unsubsidized loan if they are an independent student. But this year, the government—because of the alternative loan industry—decided, 'We are going to make an additional $2,000 unsubsidized loan available to students and they can have it regardless of whether or not their parent is approved or denied a Parent Plus loan."
"The government passed this law to get another $2,000 for students to help bridge the gap for them. Students simply have to fill out the FAFSA, you are eligible to take out this loan unless you are up to your aggregate (loan limit)," says Bedney.
Some Loans Are No Longer Available
"We used to have CanHelp [a loan available to Canadian students studying in the United States]." CanHelp loans were discontinued in April 2008. Instead of CanHelp, Canadian students can now apply for a Canadian Student Loan, backed by their government.
For international students studying at Andrews University who rely on a U.S. cosignor: "That particular group will probably be affected the most," says Bedney, "however, there are not a tremendous amount of our students who fall into that group."
Alternative Loans: A Less Desirable Option
Although Andrews University is a Direct Loan school, there is still a portion of students' monies that come via alternative loans, income that now has an uncertain future. "While the additional $2,000 will help offset the monies we've lost because of alternative loans, we are hoping and praying the government will come up with other alternative solutions."
The downside to alternative loans is the interest rates. "While students are in school, interest is already accruing with alternative loans. That's the bad part about the alternative loans," says Bedney. "We discourage students from taking out alternative loans. If you have never applied for a federal student loan before, now is the time. Applying for an alternative loan will most likely require a co-signor."
Planning Ahead
The best advice is to plan ahead and save. "If a student can work during the summer, have their parents help them as much as they can and seek out any scholarship opportunities, they will be better off," says Bedney. She suggests these tips:
• Start looking for a summer job early. Don't wait until the semester ends. Begin exploring your summer work options as soon as possible.
• Try working for a summer camp, selling Magabooks, HHES or for church outreach programs. These summer jobs are eligible for the Andrews University Summer Ministries Scholarship Program (see pg. 68 of the bulletin).
• Save. Don't spend.
• Find scholarships. Bedney says, "There's millions of dollars of scholarships out there that aren't used because students didn't apply for them. I'm not talking about loans. I'm talking about scholarships and grants that are free money."
• Apply for student loans.
• Do your financial-aid paperwork early to see what you are eligible for in federal financial aid. Knowing your overall financial picture early allows more time to plan alternative options.
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By Marc Livitz ringside in Houston: A crowd of just over seven thousand fans at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston, Texas was more than loud enough to create a great night at the fights. Nonito Donaire (31(20)-1) retained his WBO World Super Bantamweight with an impressive third round knockout over Jorge Arce. Contrary to popular trends in boxing, each man was in the ring for the fourth time in 2012. Jorge "El Travieso" Arce's (61(46)-7-2-1) entrance to the ring, as the case has been recently was considerably more tame than the wild and creative ring walks he had made in the past. Gone are the horse and lollipop. Nevertheless, the former multiple division world champion received a raucous ovation from the largely pro-Mexico fans in attendance. Donaire was somewhat booed, but an overall sense of respect was in the air.
Donaire went right to work in the opening round. He utilized a busy left jab and followed it up at times with strong rights. Arce was active as well, although he seemed to have a slight disadvantage when he tried to locate his opponent in the ring. Donaire possessed a slight uper hand in both reach and height. The first knockdown of the fight came less than a minute into round two. The two fighters collided near the center of the ring, after which Donaire landed a short right to the head his Los Mochis, Mexico opponent. Jorge Arce quickly rose to his feet and motioned with his gloves that his trip to the canvas was but a mistake on his part. Upon continuation of the bout, Nonito continued to tag Arce with short lefts.
Donaire and Arce briefly tangled up near the corner and slipped to the ring mat in unison shortly after the third commenced. Towards the end of the period, Jorge swung and missed with a left of his own, after which "The Filipino Flash" Donaire connected with a hard overhand right to the temple. Against the ropes and once again to the canvas went Arce. As before, he beat the count and rose to his feet. What may have proven to have quickened his undoing at 2:59 of round three was his ever constant taunting of his foe. Donaire attempted to land combinations of the 1-2 variety, to which Arce would wave his gloves and beckon his opponent to "bring it". This is exactly what Nonito Donaire did this evening. With just seconds left in what would ultimately be the final period of the evening, Donaire landed a crushing left hook to the head of Arce.
This time, there would be no chance to get back up. The fan favorite from Sinaloa was clearly beaten and exhausted. Referee Laurence Cole waved the bout to a close with just one second to spare. Donaire successfully defends his WBO title by 3rd round TKO over Jorge Arce.
Final punch states revealed that Arce held a slender edge overall in total punches thrown (96-93), while Donaire connected on 20 of his 50 power shots compared to 11 for 49 for Jorge.
Undercard Results
Sukhrab Shidaev KO3 Jose Trevino - Super Welterweight
Tremaine Williams UD4 Rafael Casias - Super Bantamweight
Cedric Agnew UD6 Alfredo Contreras - Light Heavyweight
Saul Rodriguez UD4 Pablo Brates - Super Featherweight
Jose Felix, Jr. KO3 Meachor Major – Lightweight
Daniel Sandoval UD6 Larry Smith – Welterweight
Victor Terrazas SD8 Juan Ruiz – Featherweight
Alex Saucedo TKO3 Eddie Cordova – Welterweight
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Glenn Howerton's world just got a little bit sunnier.
The Always Sunny in Philadelphia star and his wife Jill Latiano welcomed son Miles Robert on Monday, Sept. 12, the actor revealed during a Wednesday appearance on Conan.
Thrilled with the arrival of his baby boy, Howerton, 35, admits the couple were left playing the name game at the last minute.
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Dahms' career-high nine points (four goals, five assists) tied the program record for points in a game, which was previously set on April 23, 2011 by Cody Chassels. Dahms (senior, Calgary, Alberta) was also one assist shy of tying the single game record.
CUW tied two single game records as a team with 18 assists and five man-up scores. The Falcons finished with a 32-22 shots on goal advantage and tallied 11 goals in the fourth quarter (which also tied a record) to blow the game wide open.
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Senior Justin Krause (Hartland, Wis.) tied a career-high with six points (four goals, two assists), while junior Matt Larsen (Gurnee, Ill.) netted a career-best two man-up scores. Senior Peter Morton (Albany, Ga.) had a career day with four assists and freshman Colin Raley (Inverness, Ill.) helped the Falcons offensive attack with a career-high five points (four goals – two man-up – one assist).
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Vilcabamba, meaning Sacred Valley, is a quiet, scenic, peaceful valley near the Podocarpus National Park in southern Ecuador.
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It is a one hour bus ride from the City of Loja. There are international buses from Piura (10 hours US$10) on Peru´s Panamerican Highway 3 times daily. Transportes Loja has buses from Loja throughout Ecuador. Access is also possible from Iquitos & Chachapoyas in Peru via the frontier at Balsas & Zumba
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A camioneta cooperative is run from the main square. It is 1$ to get around pretty much everywhere in the town.
Las Palmas cloud forest reserve [6]
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Shared taxis ($1.50 per person) run from the main bus stop to Ruta 11 Mayo taxi co-op in Loja, on Calle Universitad when there are 4 people to fill a car, takes 45-60 mins. Buses ($1-1.30) run every hour, takes about 1-1.5 hrs to the bus station in Loja.


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Facultative parthenogenesis (FP)—asexual reproduction by bisexual species—has been documented in a variety of multi-cellular organisms but only recently in snakes, varanid lizards, birds and sharks. Unlike the approximately 80 taxa of unisexual reptiles, amphibians and fishes that exist in nature, FP has yet to be documented in the wild. Based on captive documentation, it appears that FP is widespread in squamate reptiles (snakes, lizards and amphisbaenians), and its occurrence in nature seems inevitable, yet the task of detecting FP in wild individuals has been deemed formidable. Here we show, using microsatellite DNA genotyping and litter characteristics, the first cases of FP in wild-collected pregnant females and their offspring of two closely related species of North American pitviper snakes—the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Our findings support the view that non-hybrid origins of parthenogenesis, such as FP, are more common in squamates than previously thought. With this confirmation, FP can no longer be viewed as a rare curiosity outside the mainstream of vertebrate evolution. Future research on FP in squamate reptiles related to proximate control of induction, reproductive competence of parthenogens and population genetics modelling is warranted.
1. Introduction
The discovery of facultative parthenogenesis (FP) in vertebrates can be traced to the late 1800s with reports of parthenogenetic development in domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) [1]. However, it was not until reproductive studies began on commercial strains of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) that a robust research programme was developed to understand the genetic and physiological processes governing this unorthodox form of reproduction (reviewed in Olsen [2]). One major finding was poults that hatched from unfertilized eggs were always male. The resulting outcome was attributed to the sex-chromosomal system (ZW) shared with many non-avian reptiles but differing from that of most mammals, fishes and other vertebrates (XY), where males are homogametic (ZZ) and females are heterogametic (ZW) [2]. In this avian system, ZZ and ZW are the only viable conceptus outcomes [2], with the combination of WW cells postulated to result in developmental failure. However, recent analyses that FP in boid snakes has demonstrated that WW cells produce viable progeny [3,4]. With the discovery that all the parthenogenetic offspring produced by females were male, early investigators of FP surmised that the second polar body, a meiotic product that typically degenerates, essentially behaves like a spermatozoon to activate and fertilize the ovum and restore diploidy, a process known as terminal fusion automixis [5]. The resulting parthenogen is therefore not a clone of the mother, but a half clone [5]. This genome wide homozygosity may explain the variety of developmental abnormalities, including stillbirths and deformities, which have been reported in certain parthenogenetic litters [4,6–8] (see the electronic supplementary material, table S2). Despite reports of developmental abnormalities, a parthenogenetic strain of the domestic turkey was developed in which most males appeared normal and reproduced successfully [2]. These results indicate that the ability to reproduce by way of FP is heritable and, as hypothesized by Olsen et al. [9], potentially linked to a single autosomal recessive gene.
Understandably, FP held little interest to most evolutionary biologists since it was known only in domesticated birds. This view began to shift with reports of FP in snakes [3,4,6,7,10–12], lizards, including the endangered Komodo dragon [8] and sharks [13,14]. In all instances, females had long been removed from the wild or were captive bred; therefore, ovulation and gestation were restricted to captivity (see the electronic supplementary material, table S2), resulting in FP being considered as a captive syndrome. With this string of events, the study of FP is gaining momentum as a research programme rather than just being viewed as rare cases of incidental reproductive peculiarities [5,10,15,16]. Nonetheless, despite these recent advances, whether FP exists in wild vertebrates remains unknown [10,15], primarily because of the formidable effort required to address this question. According to Avise [17], many progeny for which a mother is known must be genotyped, progeny possessing only alleles that could be inherited from the mother must be identified, and the possibility that the mother mated a male who shared her alleles at the loci surveyed must be eliminated in the analysis.
Among vertebrates, squamate reptiles represent lineages seemingly predisposed to FP [17], as evidenced by the growing number of reports in captivity [3,4,6,7,10–12]. From these reports, a specific set of characteristics commonly observed within litters have been identified that appear indicative of FP. These features, however, appear to differ in relation to the phylogenetic position of the lineage in question (reviewed in Booth & Schuett [10]). In caenophidian snakes, a derived clade containing most of the extant species [18], FP results in the production of unusually small litters that are composed entirely of males with low offspring viability and large numbers of developmental failures [6,7,10]. Here, we detected these litter characteristics in two litters from wild-captured North American pitviper snakes belonging to the clade Caenophidia—the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Microsatellite DNA analysis was then used to test the hypothesis that these resulted from FP. While long-term sperm storage has been documented in females of both species [19,20], our present analysis excludes this as a competing hypothesis. Adding support to our findings, FP recently has been described in a captive-born copperhead [10] and has been suspected in captive cottonmouths [19], a suspicion we confirm here in a zoo-born individual (see the electronic supplementary material).
2. Methods summary
From a total of 22 litters from wild-collected pregnant A. contortrix, and 37 litters from wild-collected pregnant A. piscivorus, two litters were selected for molecular analysis following the identification of litter characteristics indicative of FP [10] (a single male offspring, multiple yolked ova). DNA was extracted from ethanol-preserved blood and screened at seven (A. contortrix) and eight (A. piscivorus) microsatellite loci, following protocols outlined by Booth & Schuett [10]. In order to calculate the probability that a male sired the progeny and contributed identical alleles as the mother, population allele frequencies were derived from adult A. contortrix (n = 63) and A. piscivorus (n = 45) collected within the source populations. Population inbreeding coefficient (FIS) was calculated using FSTAT [21].
3. Results and discussion
Unambiguous microsatellite genotypes were obtained at seven loci in A. contortrix and eight loci in A. piscivorus. Despite maternal heterozygosity at six and four loci, respectively (table 1), and collectively high population allelic diversity and heterozygosity (see the electronic supplementary material, table S3), homozygosity for one of the maternal alleles was observed uniformly across all loci in the progeny of both species. In the absence of unique paternal alleles in the progeny, the probability that a male contributed identical alleles as the mother and thus the progeny of these litters resulted from sexual reproduction was infinitesimally small (A. contortrix p = 7.989 × 10−16; A. piscivorus p = 2.416 × 10−8). This is supported by the rarity of multiple homozygous genotypes, as found in the progeny (table 1), within the populations from which the specimens were derived (see the electronic supplementary material, table S4). No evidence was found supporting significant inbreeding within the population of A. controtrix (FIS = −0.011), whereas FIS was positive within the population of A. piscivorus (0.120), potentially reflecting female philopatric behaviour. Despite this elevated FIS within A. piscivorus, no individuals other than the respective mother possessed genotypes compatible with the progeny, nor did any individual captured possess a composite genotype exhibiting homozygosity across all loci. Combined with the litter characteristics (male-only progeny and high numbers of developmental failures), we are confident that our findings represent the first cases of FP in wild vertebrates.
The homozygous nature of the offspring in contrast to the respective maternal heterozygosity indicates an automictic form of parthenogenesis, and probably involves terminal fusion automixis as recently inferred for long-term captive A. contortrix [10] and A. piscivorus (see the electronic supplementary material). This contrasts with obligate parthenogenetic vertebrates species (one blind snake, various lizards) recorded in nature, the majority of which use an apomictic form in which offspring develop directly from mitotic divisions of unreduced ova (reviewed in Avise [17]).
The evolutionary and ecological significance of FP in wild-living squamates and other vertebrates hinges on whether parthenogens show reproductive competency [6,10]. This is an assumption we will test with the copperhead and cottonmouth (Zoo Atlanta) parthenogens in this study if they attain adulthood. Hedrick [22] hypothesized that the production of viable parthenogens would be extremely rare in outbred individuals because of the likelihood that individuals resulting from such a genome-wide reduction in heterozyosity would suffer an elevated frequency of homozygosity at deleterious genes. Kearney et al. [23] reviewed potential examples of this, which include the reduction of immune function associated gene diversity and the altered ability to contend with increased parasite load. While we cannot comment as to the current health of the wild-produced cottonmouth parthenogen (released shortly after birth with no apparent health issues), the copperhead parthenogen has remained healthy (normal size, growth and feeding; figure 1). Likewise, the captive cottonmouth parthenogen at Zoo Atlanta (see the electronic supplementary material) remains healthy.
The conditions under which we report these natural instances of FP questions the role of FP in nature and the conditions under which it may be considered adaptive. A long-standing hypothesis—a reproductive advantage under conditions of isolation from potential mates [5,15]—is not supported in these instances given the population demography and significant male-biased sex ratios often observed in these species [24]. It may, however, be envisioned that under circumstances where a female becomes isolated from a suitable mate, FP may permit the establishment of a population prior to the introduction of genetically diverse conspecifics. In the light of the growing evidence of widespread FP in captive squamates, confirmation under natural conditions removes the prevailing dogma that FP is strictly a captive syndrome, thus warranting future research into the proximate control of induction, reproductive competence and population genetics modelling.
Field collection of specimens and sample collection was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees at Wofford College, SC (#801), and San Diego State University (APF 09-03-010C & APF 09-08-029C).
The research was supported by a Post-Doctoral Training Grant awarded to W.B., from the Wofford College Summer Research Fund and The Copperhead Institute to C.F.S. and P.H.E., and a San Diego State University Doctoral Research Grant to S.K.H. We thank Ed Vargo for access to molecular facilities at NCSU.
- Received July 16, 2012.
- Accepted August 16, 2012.
- This journal is © 2012 The Royal Society


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Taylor Armstrong, star of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," is looking out for her daughter Kennedy nearly a year after the suicide of her abusive husband, Russell. "I've worked closely with psychologists with her, and I'm keeping tabs on her," Armstrong tells us. "She's more open and joyful since his death. She's more outgoing than she was during his lifetime." Adding, "She was feeling my anxiety." Armstrong's written a tell-all, "Hiding From Reality," and is working with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. "I will say, 'Don't you miss daddy?' " Armstrong says. "And explain and remind her about positive things. I hope she'll be proud of me."
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HOUSTON — Mario Williams got to see in person just how well the Houston Texans are playing without him.
Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes, Arian Foster ran for 111 yards against Buffalo's NFL-worst rush defense and the Texans beat the Bills and their former No. 1 draft pick 21-9 on Sunday.
Andre Johnson caught eight passes for 118 yards and Foster scored in his fifth straight game. The Texans (7-1) clamped down on defense in the second half to put the game away.
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Williams said this week he was upset that Houston general manager Rick Smith never even made him an offer to stay. He was showered with boos every time he made a play on Sunday. After the game, though, he exchanged handshakes and hugs with several Texans and coach Gary Kubiak.
"It was great," Williams said. "I think the biggest thing for me is if you go out and make a play and you get booed, I know I'm in your heart. That's the most important thing. If it had been quiet, then I would have felt something different. But I know you're thinking about me."
Schaub won for the 10th time in 11 starts. He completed 19 of 27 passes for 268 yards. He threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Owen Daniels late in the first quarter, but Williams sacked him the second quarter and wagged his finger at his former team.
"I have to look at the film," Kubiak said, "but it looked like Mario played pretty darn good."
The Texans led only 7-6 at the break, mustering only 174 yards and nine first downs in the first half. They committed six penalties in the half, some of them holding calls.
"We need to take a hard look at that and be critical of ourselves, because we hurt ourselves the whole first half," Schaub said.
Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 14 of 17 passes in the first half, then began the third quarter with three straight incompletions. Rookie Keshawn Martin returned the ensuing punt 26 yards to the Buffalo 43 and the Texans started to seize the momentum.
Schaub completed a 34-yard pass to Johnson to the Bills 4, and cornerback Aaron Williams hurt his right knee making the tackle and left the game. Foster scored two plays later, his 11th touchdown of the season.
"We played very good in the second half," Kubiak said. "Offensively, we did away with the things that were hurting us."
After the game, Aaron Williams left the Bills' locker room on crutches.
Rian Lindell kicked a 39-yard field goal with 7:41 left in the third quarter. The Bills went 2 for 11 on third down and went 0 for 3 in the red zone.
"If you can hold your opponents to field goals or nothing at all once they get in the red zone, your chances of winning go up," Houston cornerback Johnathan Joseph said.
The Texans were geared toward stopping Buffalo's running game, and the Bills mustered only 119 yards and six first downs in the second half. Buffalo rushed for a season-low 78 yards. Fred Jackson had only 21 yards and C.J. Spiller had 39 — 22 on one run late in the first half.
"We didn't want to let them run the football," Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said. "We had to stop the running game and I thought we did that."
The Texans put the game away with a 68-yard TD drive spanning 6½ minutes. Johnson caught two passes to go over 100 yards for the 40th time, and Schaub rolled right and found tight end Garret Graham for a touchdown with 11:25 remaining.
Houston first-round pick Whitney Mercilus stripped the ball from Fitzpatrick in the fourth quarter and safety Quintin Demps recovered at the Texans' 32.
"We did a lot of things that are not good enough for us to win consistently," Kubiak said. "But yet we found a way to survive."
NOTES: Fitzpatrick completed 25 of 38 passes for 239 yards. … The Bills allowed three sacks after giving up a total of eight in their first seven games. … Jackson went over 4,000 yards rushing in his career. … Foster went over 100 yards rushing the 20th time in his career and fourth time this year. … Texans RB Ben Tate sat out with a hamstring injury. … Texans improved to 39-5 under Kubiak when rushing at least 30 times.


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The Walton County Sheriff�s Office, in coordination with the Walton County Board of County Commissioners, has issued a local state of emergency for Walton County as of Tuesday, Feb. 26. This issuance of a local state of emergency is in response to local areas of flooding in the southeastern part of the county in and around the Choctawhatchee River. The current flood waters are expected to crest by Friday, March 1 at 20.5 ft.
As part of the issuance of this local state of emergency, the following actions are being taken by the Sheriff�s Office in order to protect the safety of the citizens and visitors of Walton County:
1. The Sheriff�s Office has issued a voluntary evacuation of all affected and surrounding areas. The order will be in effect beginning at3 p.m. today for all low-lying areas south of County Road 181-C to the mouth of Choctawhatchee Bay, including the Bunker and Steel field Areas.
2. A shelter will be open at 3:00 PM on Feb. 26 for evacuees at the Bruce United Methodist Church located at 269 Church Rd. in Bruce, Fla.
Those who decide to take advantage of the shelter should bring the following items with them as needed:
1. Identification
2. Important medications
3. Special medical devices such wheelchairs, walkers, oxygen, etc.
4. Diapers, infant formula, baby foods if needed
5. Bedding, pillows, blankets, etc.
6. Puzzles, books, small games for children
7. Food and water for 72 hours.
3. The Sheriff�s Office will be working with the utility providers in the area in the case that services may be delayed.
At this time, it is anticipated that flood waters in the southeastern part of the County in the area of the Choctawhatchee River may reach levels equivalent to those in 2009. The public is reminded to be vigilant and cautious when dealing with local flood warnings.
Updates or further information will be provided to the public through the Walton County Sheriff�s Office website, facebook account, Walton Alert (Facebook account), twitter and other local media outlets. All questions can be answered by calling the Walton County Sheriff�s Office at 892-8186.
Here's the Daily News' version of this story, courtesy of reporter Angel McCurdy:
The Walton County Sheriff�s Office today announced a local state of emergency due to area flooding.
The issuance is for residents living in southeastern Walton County and around the Chactawhatchee River, according to a release from Walton County. Officials will continue to update information as it becomes avaliable.
Okaloosa County Emergency Management spent Tuesday morning monitoring areas around the Shoal River, but Ken Wolfe with Emergency Management said the river likely would not reach the point of needing to evacuate residents.
Original story:
The Emerald Coast is expected to have a chilly week as it dries out from four days of heavy rain.
A cold front that moved into the area Monday night could bring temperatures as low as the mid- to upper-30s.
�We�ve got cold temperatures through the rest of the week,� said Cody Lindsey, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile. �But the severe weather we�ve been having is expected to subside.�
Okaloosa, Walton and Santa Rosa counties saw significant rainfall throughout the weekend. The National Weather Service on Monday issued an alert warning of severe weather including widespread rain and periodic thunderstorms.
�There�s been a powerful storm front from the west and thunderstorms across the western Panhandle in association with a warm front from the Gulf,� Lindsey said. �The two systems combined produced large storms with the main impacts being heavy rainfall amounts and flooding.�
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Some areas of Okaloosa County received 3 to 5 inches by Monday morning. Those totals increased with evening rain, but no record rainfalls were reported.
Localized rainfall was predicted to be as high as 7 inches in some areas by Monday evening.
�It�s been a pretty wet period,� Lindsey said. �No records have been broken as of this year, though.�
Officials in Okaloosa County spent Monday monitoring areas prone to flooding and sent out warnings to residents living along Yellow, Shoal and Blackwater rivers.
Some roads near all of the rivers were closed early Monday due to flooding, said Ken Wolfe with Okaloosa County Emergency Management.
By late Monday, the Shoal River had reached 9.5 feet, surpassing its 8-foot flood stage.
�It has to get up to 12 fee to really start impacting homes,� said Randy McDaniel, emergency management director for Okaloosa County. �If it is still climbing at the same pace (Tuesday) ... we have a shelter that we can open.�
In Walton County, flooding was reported in multiple areas including around several bridges, Walton County Sheriff�s Office Spokeswoman Wendy Ammons said.
Santa Rosa County�s Deaton Bridge also was closed due to flooding.
The heavy rain left about 1,000 people in Okaloosa and Walton counties without power from Sunday night to early Monday, said Natalie Smith, spokeswoman with Gulf Power.
No power outages were reported in Santa Rosa County, she said.
�The outages we have had we�ve been able to take care of them really quickly,� Smith said. �We're always prepared with weather like this. Right now, we're just waiting and watching.�
Lindsey said the cold front will bring cooler temperatures that last through Sunday as well as the potential for a light freeze with temperatures in the middle and upper 20s by later in the week.
Closures by County:
Okaloosa County
Hwy. 393 at Shoal River
Hwy. 393 at Relief Bridge
Hwy. 393 at Pond Creek
Lake Ella Road at Pond Creek
Old Dorcas Road at Shoal River
County Line Road (Hwy. 393 and152-CLR)
Ellis Road
Horsecreek at Big Horse Creek
West Kelley at Big Horse Creek
Woodland Street
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Several hundred Kenyan women who accused British soldiers of sexual assault and gang rape won legal backing to take the British Army to court. According to the New York Times, the women's lawyer said that these rapes have taken place over the last 26 years and have been premeditated and planned by British soldiers in remote parts of the country.
Many of the women raped by British soldiers have said that they were gang raped. Twenty-seven rapes were reported to have occurred near the Lekiji Village between November 1999 and March 2000. In addition, "the women and children born allegedly as a result of these attacks have been suffering in silence for over 30 years stigmatized, discriminated and outcast within their community," said Irene Kahn, the Secretary General of Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has received information that UK Army officials in Kenya had been aware of some of the rape allegations since 1977. "The fact that so many rape claims over such a long period of time were neither investigated nor prosecuted shows a systemic failure of the UK army and may amount to institutional acquiescence which encouraged a pattern of grave human rights violations by members of the UK army," Kahn said in an AI report.
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GOP stops governor poll
ST. PAUL - Minnesota Republicans stopped a straw poll for governor half-way through the annual Farmfest event.
"A straw poll was started but stopped because the state chair had not authorized it," state Republican spokesman Mark Drake said. "We didn't want to take attention away from our sanctioned state convention poll in October."
Governor candidate state Rep. Marty Seifert of Marshall, who grew up near the Farmfest grounds, said he was told the poll was halted "apparently because it favored me. ... They felt there was too much bias in favor of me."
The straw poll was being conducted in the GOP's Farmfest booth. The event was Tuesday through Thursday.
Republicans plan a rare non-election year convention on Oct. 3, with one of the main draws being a governor's race straw poll. About a dozen Republicans are running or expected to run and the poll is expected to thin the field.
Pawlenty travels
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty continues his countrywide tour with stops in Ohio and Florida.
The potential 2012 presidential candidate is to speak in Orlando Aug. 22 at the Florida Republican Party's Statesman's Dinner.
"I cannot think of a Republican statesman more appropriate to join Florida Republicans for this exciting celebration of our great party," state GOP Chairman Jim Greer said.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Pawlenty "is going to make his pitch to the swing state of Ohio next month."
The newspaper says he will headline the Buckeye state's first GOP statewide dinner in a decade on Sept. 19.
"He's one of the smartest, most pragmatic conservative leaders in our party today, and he believes as I do that our party needs to modernize its message without moderating its principles," state party Chairman Kevin DeWine told the Plain Dealer.
Pawlenty has been in Washington and San Diego in recent days, as well as making stops in California, Colorado, Arkansas and elsewhere, not to mention a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan.
The governor's office says that sponsors of the events at which he speaks as governor pay for most of his expenses. On political trips, the office says, the state pays no more than if he were at home in Minnesota.
While he says he has not decided on his future, most observers say his traveling show he is planning a run for the presidency.
Franken in charge
The newest U.S. senator presided over final debate Thursday as the Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court justice.
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, in office just over a month, presided due to the luck of the draw. It is tradition for rookie senators to preside over routine business, although high-ranking ones often sit in the elevated seat during important votes.
Those presiding always have Senate staff members close at hand who walk them through whatever they need to do and say. Franken produced a smile at one point, when calling for the vote, as he stumbled over the exact wording.
Franken read the 68-31 vote total, ensuring that video and audio recordings of the historic event over the years will include Minnesota's senator.
During last month's Judiciary Committee hearings on the Sotomayor nomination, Franken lightened the mood at one point, asking the judge about a "Perry Mason" television show case. Both are fans of the long-ago canceled show.
Peterson opts out
Doug Peterson will not run for Minnesota governor.
Peterson, a former state representative from southwest Minnesota and current Minnesota Farmers Union president, had been looking into entering the crowded Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party contest, but announced that will not happen.
"I do believe that my background and experience as a legislator, teacher, farmer, auctioneer, artist and rural leader gives me a unique perspective of this state," Peterson said in a statement. "However, I have decided personally at this time that it does not work for me to run for statewide office."
He said that he will seek a fifth term as farmers union president.
"It is my hope that the many candidates running for governor take the necessary time to listen to rural Minnesota," Peterson said.
Pawlenty's story
Washington Post reporters Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson finally reveal how a year ago Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won the Republican vice presidential nod over Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The reporters wrote that, as a headline declared, "John McCain was looking for a way to shake up his campaign."
They said the GOP presidential nominee thought Palin was worth the gamble, even though she was a high-risk choice.
"Pawlenty was young and vigorous, a conservative who had grown up in a blue-collar family -- his father was a truck driver -- and he was anti-abortion," Balz and Johnson wrote. "He had won re-election in the Democratic year of 2006 and was seen as a future leader of the GOP, an advocate of modernizing the party without abandoning its conservative principles. Though not particularly flashy, he was seen as a more than credible choice, a running mate who might keep the Upper Midwest competitive. He was the safe choice if Palin faltered."
The reporters outline the entire vice presidential pick drama in the Post story, as well as in their book, "The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election."


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15w, 6d. Yesterday was the third anniversary of my mom's death. She fought breast cancer for almost 23 years before finally succumbing to its ravages less than two months after the birth of my second son.
When my first son was born, we had a plan in place: She thought she'd be too anxious to sit in a hospital waiting room for hours while I was in labor, and she'd be way too anxious to actually be in the room with me—and I thought her being anxious would make me feel more anxious, so we agreed that we'd alert her when labor started and call her as soon as our son was born. She walked out the door just minutes after receiving that call and was by our side in less than an hour, before we'd even been moved to a recovery room. Ben was her first grandchild, and she loved him just as every grandmother should—unconditionally and joyfully, enjoying even his toughest hours when I was brought to tears by the challenges of new motherhood. She wasn't taking pleasure in my suffering—just fully enjoying watching her grandson grow, without all of the responsibility single motherhood had brought upon her.
Even then, though, she was too sick from battling cancer to ever really care for him on her own, but we visited with each other regularly and she was the one who helped keep me going during those first few weeks as I got the hang of caring for my son, bringing dish after dish of home-cooked meals.
When I became pregnant with our second son just over a year later, my husband and I faced a number of hurdles just a few months into the pregnancy. He lost his job and we had to move a couple of hours away, just as I had moved to a homebirth midwifery practice. With our move away from NYC, our plans for a homebirth were put in jeopardy, but my mom stepped in and offered to let me give birth at her house. This time, we planned for her to be there, albeit in another room and with her sister there for moral support (she seemed really uneasy about the thought of hearing her only daughter in pain). But that wasn't to be. Weeks after going into the hospital for what was thought to be a one-day routine procedure, we learned that her cancer had spread far and wide, necessitating a colostomy. She had moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility by the time I went into labor, but she hadn't yet made it home. He was born in her bed—the same one where my great-grandmother birthed my grandmother. I brought her second grandson to see her there two days after he was born, but she was so weak that she was afraid to hold him without help.
After she made it back home, we hoped that she would recover. Despite being exhausted from caring for a newborn and toddler, I made the two-hour trip regularly to spend time with her, help prepare meals, and show her her new grandson. But she never got better, and her oncologist finally paid us a house call to suggest that we begin hospice care. She fell into a coma the night of July 15, 2009, with her eight-week-old grandson and me by her side, and she passed away peacefully the following evening, with family all around her.
Of everything that has changed in my life since I became pregnant with my first son in 2006, losing my mom has been by far the greatest loss and biggest change. She was the one I would call after every midwife visit and at every pregnancy milestone—the first time we heard the baby's heartbeat, the first time we saw him on the ultrasound monitor, the first time I felt him kick, the moment when we learned he was indeed a boy… She's the one whom I could call in tears when I felt like I was losing my sh*t in those terrifying, exhausting days of early motherhood and who would somehow magically make me believe that things would get better when I just couldn't hold that to be true from anyone else's mouth. She's the one I called after each and every pediatrician appointment in astonishment that I was in fact helping my kids to reach their milestones, sharing their new weights, lengths and percentiles with her. In fact, I called her everyday without fail, just because. It's my mom who's missing this time around, and it's devastating that she'll never get to meet this baby (the one I not-so-secretly hope is a girl so that I'll have a chance at having a relationship with my daughter similar to the one my mom and I had).
Who was your biggest support during pregnancy and early motherhood?


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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (December 7, 2011)—Briecat was ready off the bench, edging 11-10 favorite Givine by a nose to win the $66,640 Cool Air Stakes Wednesday at Hollywood Park.
Away since finishing fourth in the restricted Santa Lucia Stakes March 27 at Santa Anita, the 6-year-old daughter of Adcat and the Marlin mare Silk Briefcase angled inside the eventual runner-up when rallying in the stretch and was up in the final strides.
Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Briecat earned her 10th win in 29 starts and lifted her earnings to $627,567. She completed the six furlongs on turf in 1:09.44.
Owned by David and Holly Wilson and trained by Vladimir Cerin, the Florida bred paid $15.40, $4.20 and $3.20. It was the first time the two-time Grade II winner had run a distance less than one mile since she finished fourth in the Mesa Handicap March 14, 2009 at Turf Paradise.
Winner of the Great Lady M. Stakes May 29 at the Cool Air distance, Givine moved up to join leaders Rare Sunset and Home Sweet Aspen with about a quarter of a mile to run, gained a clear advantage, but couldn't hold off the winner. Givine returned $2.60 and $2.40. The show price on A Jealous Woman, who finished 1 ¼ lengths behind Givine, was $3.60.
Rare Sunset, an Arizona shipper seeking her third consecutive victory, was fourth, then came Bella Diamante, Elle Special and Home Sweet Aspen, the 19-10 second choice who was making her initial start on grass for owner-breeder Jenny Craig and trainer John Sadler.
A former regular on the Southern California circuit, jockey Aaron Gryder gained his first win at Hollywood Park in well over two years when directing favored Bruno's Wager to a 1 ¾ length victory in the fourth race Wednesday.
Currently third in the rider standings at Golden Gate Fields behind Russell Baze and Kevin Krigger, Gryder won the $8,000 claimer for Northern California based trainer Andy Mathis.
A winner for the sixth time in 19 starts, Bruno's Wager was claimed out of the win as the 8-5 choice by co-owner and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
The most recent win at Hollywood Park before Wednesday for Gryder, 41, was with Bob Benoit in the 10th race July 12, 2009.
Racing resumes Thursday. Post time is 12:30 p.m.
The feature on the eight race program is the restricted $60,000 Spearfish Stakes. The one mile turf event attracted six 3-year-old fillies – Long Lake Krista, Whisper Louise, Celestial Kitten, Anniversary Girl, True Way of Grace and Don'tbeshy I'll Buy.
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Jerry in the sky
Erica Murphy 3/26/2006 11:56:12 AMAwesome shot and super FUN!
Erica #415632
Mitch Spence 3/26/2006 1:04:57 PMJust wonderful. What a terrific shot. #2577327
Mitch Spence 3/26/2006 7:20:34 PMFantastic capture Thomas! This is AWESOME!! :} #2578082
Crystal M. Gove 3/28/2006 1:08:54 PMAWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME action shot, Thomas!!! Wow, this dog must have been a frog in another life :o)~. VERY CUTE!!! #2584850
Kate Jackson 3/31/2006 12:54:50 PMI love all the Jerry jumps Thomas. This one is the best. What a fantastic outline he has made. I like all the snowflakes in the corner. An absolutely brilliant shot! #2595083
Thomas Lindgren 3/31/2006 10:19:41 PMThanks everyone, this was a fun capture to make. I was lying down in the snow, and Jerry was jumping over me trying to catch a snowball. Jerry is "powerful" and intense. He is very nice and great looking
Kate Jackson 4/26/2006 1:33:26 PMI am so pleased Thomas! This is so well deserved! A brilliant shot! Congratulations! #2694400
Crystal M. Gove 4/26/2006 2:53:17 PMCongrats, Thomas :o)!! I LOVE this picture! #2694696
Piotr M. Organa 4/27/2006 8:51:21 PMBeautiful photo! Congrats, Thomas and good luck! #2699940
Christina C. Moore 4/28/2006 8:33:54 AMYou gotta love dogs! Neat image, and congratulations on being a finalist. #2701673
Kay E. Mahoney 4/28/2006 2:27:46 PMCongratulations on your second place winner. #2702621
Kate Jackson 4/28/2006 3:13:21 PMWhoooo brilliant!! How wonderful! Congratulations again Thomas!!! Happy happy happy!!! #2702848
Evy Johansen 4/28/2006 6:33:05 PMWow... Awesome capture, Thomas! Big congratulations on your well deserved win!!! #2703606
Larry Lawhead 4/28/2006 7:14:53 PMCongratulations on this great winner!
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 4/28/2006 10:59:27 PMVery funny!! Congratulations on your win! #2704131
Thomas Lindgren 4/29/2006 12:01:20 AMThanks everyone,, I'm so glad that you like it,, #2704189
Roxanne M. Bubar 4/29/2006 9:23:16 AMA big congratulations on this fantastic image and capture. #2705521
Crystal M. Gove 5/1/2006 9:53:07 AMCONGRATULATIONS, Thomas :o)!!! I knew that one of your AWESOME, dog action shots would win!!!! #2712285
Cathy M. Gromball 5/2/2006 9:34:00 AMCongratulations on your Second Place win, Thomas! Awesome!
Cathy :) #2716502
Sherrye Nozaki 5/8/2006 12:25:35 AMVery cool shot...very cool dog:) #2736235
Sherrye Nozaki 5/10/2006 4:36:14 PMDitto what the previous response said! Very cool shot and very cool dog! #2748645
Ruth Robbins 5/11/2006 6:28:23 PMI love this picture. #2753496
Barbara Helgason 5/20/2006 9:55:22 PMOh wow, just came across this one on the home page and I had to comment! Incredible, this one should have been first place!!! #2791126
Mary N C. Taitt 5/26/2006 10:39:42 AMCool capture, congratulations!!!!! Mary :-) #2818752
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Jennifer Lawrence reunites with David O. Russell
- Bang Showbiz
- 20 February 2013
Jennifer Lawrence will reunite with her 'Silver Linings Playbook' director David O. Russell for a new drama about an oil tycoon who loses everything following an affair
Jennifer Lawrence will star in David O. Russell's 'The Ends of the Earth'.
The 'Silver Linings Playbook' actress - who earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as bipolar widow Tiffany Maxwell - will reunite with the film's director for an ambitious new drama from The Weinstein Company, reports Deadline.
The film, which is about an oil tycoon who loses everything after becoming embroiled in an affair, will be written by Oscar nominated 'Argo' scribe Chris Terrio and produced by Escape Artists' Todd Black, Steve Tisch and Jason Blumenthal.
They said: "Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most versatile actresses we have ever seen. Her performance in 'Silver Linings' was transcendent and was truly the heart and soul of the film. Jennifer was basically asked to play 4 personalities -- depressed, sexy, romantic and a wild dancer -- and did them all brilliantly. After seeing that performance we knew we had our anchor for 'Ends of the Earth'. Her dedication to the craft and all those who work with her is inspiring and if she is the future of our business we are certainly in good hands."
David added: "She is the most dedicated person I know. She is devoted to her family and they have been the true inspiration for her character and integrity. Her acting is effortless and she always makes it look easy."
The film marks the third collaboration between the actress and director, as following the success of 'Silver Linings Playbook', David, Jennifer and co-star Bradley Cooper are also set to reunite for a crime drama - which is due for release next year - that also features Christian Bale and Amy Adams.
'Silver Linings Playbook' is up for a string of awards at the Academy Awards on Sunday (24.02.13), including Best Picture, a Best Actress nod for Jennifer, Best Actor for Bradley and Best Director for David.