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Salt Lake City,Ut,
Member Since:
Feb 11, 2010
Goal Type:
Running Accomplishments:
I had some success in high school and college. Winner 1985 Rod Dixon Run
Had a fair amount of success as a Masters runner for most of my 40s.
Short-Term Running Goals:
Have fun, not get fat, stay fit.
Long-Term Running Goals:
Keep running in some fashion.
I teach AP European History and other courses at Alta High School. I coached the track and cross country teams at Alta for 16 years.
Married, two kids - Abby and Andy
My Twitter @murphy_rob
AM: Walked 5.5 miles on the Jeremy Ranch Road. Ran a little.
AM: 8.25 hilly gully miles plus a little swim.
Donned the ridiculously small BOA flag shorts for the annual Sandy Classic 5k. I ran 9 seconds faster than last year and averaged 5:59/mile! Decided to just race and run by feel so I didn't wear a watch and don't know my splits. Great race.
As usual, neighborhood parade now.
Low energy day. Ran 5 miles on the treadmill at 8 minute pace followed by some lifting.
9.25 mile treadmill run with 6 X 1/2 mile at 6:30 pace.
AM: 12 miles at Jeremy Ranch. Started at 9 am and it was already hot. Averaged 8:10. A real grind today.
PM: Weights and core at the gym.


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Xandra Jane Design: Conscious Consumerism
With achievements, such as 'New Business Finalist 2017' and 'Sustainability Champion Finalist 2016' among its list of accomplishments Xandra Jane Design is ethical brand that I couldn't wait to find out more about.
Launched in 2015, Xandra Jane Design aims to reconnect us with the joy of making our own clothes and forces us to ask those important questions that help to make us conscious consumers, whilst at the same time being a sustainable designer brand that is on course to rival some of the industry's most established names.
Xandra Jane's approach to clothing stems from unusual, original concepts, often enhanced by cultural interests. All of their work revolves around sustainable design. The brands fabric sourcing and manufacturing takes place entirely within the UK, which is inspiring to hear. Through their collections they explore important subjects such as gender fluidity through zero waste processes and up-cycled luxury that celebrates reworked one-off garments.
I spoke to Alexandra, founder of Xandra Jane, to find out more about the brand and her plans for its future.
Tell me a bit about you?
I'm 25 years old having established Xandra Jane at 23. I have globophobia which is the genuine fear of balloons. I currently live with my partner on his farm, whilst we're saving to build our own house. My music taste is incredibly varied as you will see on our #studiosoundtrack tweets, with my favourite song of all time being Freedom by Anthony Hamilton and Elayna Boynton. My favourite animal is a giraffe and I have scoliosis which is a curvature of the spine. My lower spine is curved 48 degrees, I am 5'8" but should be 5'10"! I lost my Mum aged 56, when I was 19, to MS, and so you can often find me fundraising for the MS Society. My favourite book is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and my favourite film is Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.
What was your inspiration for Xandra Jane?
Xandra Jane was never my intention as a young graduate. I worked in London for a year or so, between places, trying to get my foot in the door. Initially I was hitting up to 18 hour days, 7 days a week for a streetwear company - unofficially as a studio manager yet on the imaginary pay packet of an intern. After this, and a handful of other poor opportunities and exploitations, I came home to Wales with an exhaustion breakdown, the little money I had left in my back pocket and a bad taste of the industry.
Being as stubborn as I am, and with little to no fashion design career prospects in Cardiff, I spent the last of my money on a studio space and started Xandra Jane. All without borrowing a penny; funding it myself entirely from freelance work. It snowballed from there and became a business where I could exercise my own morals and ethics which I believe so strongly in.
What are your plans for Xandra Jane and how do you plan to remain ethically conscious as you grow the brand?
I think my biggest challenge if my brand continues to grow will be maintaining the 100% translucency of the journey cards, but this is something I will never compromise and so consider that challenge accepted. For now, the supply chain is relatively small so I can oversee every aspect and stage of a garment. I want to grow the digital pattern library to maintain accessibility to designer products for the customer who can't necessarily afford the premium price tag, and ultimately, I just want to continue educating my audience and spreading the passion I have for conscious consumerism.
There are a handful of collaborations in the pipeline and exciting collection concepts to come. Refining and building consistency with the blog is also taking shape so I hope to see that develop too.
What is your take on the fast fashion industry?
The industry itself is flawed and untrustworthy, society promotes this idea of consumerism and spending more to make you happy when we all know this to be false. I am working a very difficult balancing act, of selling premium designer clothes whilst essentially backing the concept to spend less and wear more. I believe the industry excludes the customer; not enough people understand the implications a £4 top has. We are fed with what the media tell us, when we all hold our worth a little higher than that, so why not explore, find out and drive change? There are plenty of small, independent and ethical brands out there trying to shout above the noise, but we can't force a customer to listen. That journey must start with themselves.
If you could say one thing to all the CEO's of fast fashion retail brands what would it be?
You can still live an incredibly wealthy life by providing a living wage, or even making small changes to strive for better. You should treat your customers with the respect they deserve and realise what their intelligence is worth when they can see straight through your greenwashing attempts. I would like to know at what stage their greed began, have their morals changed from when they were at the start of their career? I have a lot of questions as I'm sure many of their customers do, it's a shame only honest brands would jump at the chance to answer.
Thank you so much Alex for talking to Flor & Cesta, it has been an absolute pleasure to find out more about Xandra Jane and the ethos behind your beautiful collections. With unique inititatives like the digital pattern library that not only offer responsibly and sustainably made designer garments at high street prices, but also reconnect us to our fashion roots Xandra Jane is only destined for success.
If you do nothing else today, you must check out the Xandra Jane digital pattern library. A library of downloadable patterns that start at as little as £9.99 and allow you to reconnect with the joy of making your own clothes. Except this time, the finished product will be a designer garment.
Check out Xandra Jane's full collection here and receive 10% off on orders over £50 with the code FLOR10.
You can also read my review of the CYRS rucksack from Xandra Jane here.

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Happy International Women's Day
It's International Women's Day and, in writing this post, my starting points were what we wrote last year; and the international campaign theme for this year, which is Balance for Better. Locally, the Forum has actively sustained its commitment to be more inclusive, and continues to see an increase in the number of women participating in events, as well as recruiting another woman to its Committee, meaning that two out of its ten trustees are now women.
More to do
Still, the Forum's work towards gender balance clearly remains a critical task. But why is this important for LGBT+ women and people in Kingston? There are lots of reasons. Lesbian and bisexual women experience a range of inequalities, which may be confounded further by factors such as disability, age, faith, ethnicity and class (Public Health England, 2017).
Identity and women's experiences
I was also thinking about the diversity of women's experiences and concerns, and how being a woman may not be a defining feature of identity for women at any one time. I know, for me, it has been really important in different ways and at different times in my life, to find spaces which speak to certain aspects of who I am, for example, a survivor; a bisexual woman; a parent. And increasingly, for me, it has been important to find spaces which can hold and value all the things I am.
A call for resolve
Thinking about this, I dug out a quote from something I remember reading years ago:
"The point of feminism is to say we need to change the way things are organised so that people don't feel alone"
(Lynne Segal, quoted in The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights, 2004).
In reading a little more about Lynne Segal's convictions, I came across her call for a resolve "to keep friendship, warmth and sociability alive in political work" (2007) and the idea that this is actually necessary for change.
For me personally, this is part of what becoming involved in the Forum is about. There is a lot of emphasis culturally on individual aspiration and achievement. Whilst these are important, I think now, more than ever, we need co-operation and community. To celebrate, to have fun, to learn, and to organise. And when we welcome diversity amongst women, we bring benefits to our community as a whole.
And so, to all women, however much or little that defines you and however you express it, Happy International Women's Day. We look forward to learning from you, and seeing you soon.
Trustee, Kingston LGBT Forum


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Joel Lanik
Meet Joel
About Joel
Joel Lanik, Partner at Frontier Capital, joined the team in 2000 as part of the Fund I investment team.
Currently Joel is responsible for Frontier Fund financial reporting, firm strategy, and general portfolio monitoring. He also remains on the Board of Directors of Intelisecure. Previously, Joel was Vice President of Finance and Strategy at LURHQ.
Joel is an enthusiastic Carolina Panthers fan and enjoys cooking over a live fire.
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Duke University, BA
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4 Bedroom House Plans Indian Style 3d. When selecting the plan, consider choices available with some of the newer or maybe more modern home plans like break up bedroom floor plan. This type of plan offers a grasp bedroom and bath apart from the smaller bedrooms and bathrooms, usually positioned on the opposite ends of the house through the other person. Some of the best plans are one stage split bedroom plans together with the master bedroom and bathroom on the exact same aspect as the car port and kitchen as compared to a plan with the master bedroom and bathroom opposite the garage and also kitchen.
A two level split bedroom plan with all the master located on the particular first degree and the actual other bedrooms found on degree two is a a lot more desirable two level house plan. Again, in a two level plan, when the learn bedroom as well as master bathtub are located near the garage and kitchen then the floor plan is more customer friendly.
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Leonard, MI, 48367
Revolution Student Ministries' fourth annual Revolution Retreat is taking place from Friday, April 20 to Sunday, April 22. Students in Grades 6-12 are welcome to join us at Echo Grove Camp in Leonard, MI. The retreat costs $100, which includes all meals, camp fees, games, prizes, and more! Please just bring a snack to share.
You can print the retreat packet below and turn it in to the youth leaders on any Sunday or Monday (Youth Night) in the Revolution Room. You can also pick up a packet in person.
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Dear Igbinoba,
Thanks for the question.
This is a common question; it's even in our searchable knowledge base.
There are a lot of quick answers there, so give it a try.
I searched the knowledge base for you and found these web postings that should answer most, if not, all of your question:
If you are interested in the history of each faith check out:
and my favorites page for good reasons to become a Catholic along with some video testimonies.
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News Article
KYMCO Presents E-Bike Brand
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – In spring 2013 Taiwan based scooter and motorcycle manufacturer KYMCO will enter the e-bike market. This was announced exclusively to Bike Europe at last week's Eurobike. The e-bikes will not be KYMCO branded but named Klever.
Unfortunately images of the KYMCO made Klever e-bikes are not yet available as they are still secret. However, some one hundred Klever e-bikes have been produced and are currently on the road in Germany and the Netherlands for intensive test rides.
Full range
The introduction of the Klever e-bikes next spring will not come with a full scale marketing campaign. According to Jeffrey Ho, President of Klever Mobility Inc. (a subsidiary of the Taiwanese scooter manufacturer) KYMCO wants their Klever e-bike sales to grow step by step. "We are going for the long term strategy and with a complete product range", said Ho. "Next spring we will start our market introduction with a 25 km/h e-bike and 45 km/h speed pedelec."


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"Teenage Monster Love" copyright 2009
Here is a new monster piece that I painted in acrylics on wood for Psycho Donuts special Halloween art show. The painting is 9" x 12". Come to Psycho Donuts on Saturday, October 3rd for a special Halloween show from 10AM to 2PM! There will be all new Halloween art for sale, special guest: Nicolas Caesar (Scary Art) drwaing portraits of people as werewolves, give aways, live band: Please Do Not Fight, DJs from KSJS and of course donuts! Everybody that is somebody will be there! Psycho Donuts is located in Campbell on 2006 S. Winchester Blvd. next to Subway!


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It's simple, and It's Effective
There is nothing too flashy about this combination here… just hard boiled eggs topped with hot sauce and some berries. I like berries because they are low glycemic, so they do not spike my blood sugar. I love eggs because of the healthy fats and proteins, which help keep me full. Lastly, I am a big fan of hot sauce because it naturally boosts metabolism. Give this combination a try for a quick and easy breakfast/snack on-the-go.
- 2 hard boiled eggs
- Franks Red Hot Sauce
- Berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries.. whichever you prefer)
Directions for Hard Boiled Eggs:
- Place eggs in saucepan.
- Add water to cover eggs by about 1 inch and heat over high heat until boiling.
- When eggs come to boil, remove pan from stove and cover the pan.
- Let eggs sit in hot water for about 12-15 minutes.
- Drain water and peel eggs. Enjoy!


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Missing from Twitter
When Union ministers virtually competed with each other on Twitter to credit the Narendra Modi government for the GST council's decision last Friday, there were some ministers who seemed oblivious to the rush among their colleagues. The Twitter timelines of Union ministers Anant Geete from Shiv Sena and P A Gajapathi Raju from the TDP did not betray any sense of euphoria to credit the central government for the tax revision. But these ministers can draw solace from the fact that such euphoria was also missing from the Twitter timelines of senior BJP ministers such as Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari. Among the allies, Harsimrat Kaur Badal was quick to praise but Ram Vilas Paswan joined the bandwagon a day late.
Poll dates & Cong
Even when the party leadership is quite confident about the prospects of the BJP in Gujarat, some see an uncanny link between the Gandhi family and the important dates of elections in Gujarat. The process in the state is to start with the issue of the gazette notification for the first phase on November 14, the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. The first polling day is on December 9, the birthday of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Polling for the second phase in on December 14, which happens to be Sanjay Gandhi's birth anniversary.
Outsider's view
Trinamool Congress is battling salvos from Mukul Roy, who has left the party and joined the BJP. The man who took over Mukul's role in Delhi for the TMC — Derek O'Brien — has an additional thing on his mind. O'Brien, who is into his second Rajya Sabha term, is all set to unveil his book, Inside Parliament – Views from the front row. Though an outsider, his role as a front-ranking leader of the TMC in Parliament has got him opportunities for close interaction with Delhi's political class, for holding the government accountable as well as legislative work. One hopes his outsider's view of the inside of Delhi's political corridors will be a gripping read.


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LearnBoost welcomes Alexandria High School
Alexandria High School is a public high school located in Alexandria, Alabama, USA. Alexandria High School is part of the Calhoun County School System. They educate students in grades 6-12.[2]
The school's mascot is the Valley Cub. The school colors are orange and black.
The school is home to a Science Club, Seniors High Scholars Bowl,Junior High Scholars Bowl, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student Government Association, Spanish Club, Mu Alpha Theta(Math Club), a school newspaper production ("Bear Facts"), Future Farmers of America, FCCLA, the "SADD" program, Honor society, Junior Honor Society, Senior Honor Society, Builders Club, Key Club, State-level choir, and a superior, award-winning marching band and concert band (the "Sound of the Valley"), which has met the requirements and passed in the state contest among concert bands in Alabama for 4 years as of April 2007. The School sends students to the Calhoun County Spelling Bee, and has produced several county champions. Students of grades 7 through 12 from Alexandria have competed in math tournaments, including the annual Calhoun County (AL) Schools Math Tournament. The official student-produced annual yearbook is called, "The Alexandrian." The "Frank Little Memorial Botanical Garden" is found adjacent to the new basketball gymnasium.
The school offers the following athletic programs: Varsity Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Golf, Baseball, Softball, and Cheerleading. Although the track and field program is non-existent, athletes from Alexandria informally compete in local track and field meets. The school competes in Class 4A of the Alabama High School Athletic Association.
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- Calhoun Co Alternative School
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hayden foldover crossbody clutch in signature canvas with wave patchwork
Easy, compact and practical—the perfect grab-and-go bag and a Coach staple. This Hayden Foldover Crossbody Clutch is crafted in our Signature canvas finished with a mix of luxe leathers in an elegant wavy patchwork. A detachable strap allows you to wear it three ways: on the shoulder, crossbody or carried as a clutch.
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In a recent article on the website, Readwrite, the initiative to turn Singapore into a smart nation by 2025, is discussed. With the merging of two government agencies, Singapore has created IMDA to oversee the evolution of the country into a smart, connected nation. IMDA hopes to use IoT, drone technology, virtual reality, connected grids and other new technologies to bring Singapore to the forefront of the globally connected world. Singapore hopes to leverage its flexible economy, non-bureaucratic business environment, and experience with innovation and technology to accomplish these ambitious goals.
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In a recent article on the website, The Cattle site, the impact of the U.S. waiting to approve the TPP deal on trade, is discussed. The only country to approve the TPP to date is Malaysia. Since there is no deal in place, tariffs on U.S. exports are extremely high. This is particularly crippling on the agricultural sector, as almost one third of gross agricultural income is through exports. The Japanese and other countries are concerned with what the U.S. will do with regard to the approving the TPP deal and are in a nervous "wait and see" mode. How can U.S. agriculture come out without too much loss? What will the U.S. ultimately do with respect to the proposed TPP deal? How will other countries respond to the U.S.' actions?
Deal or No Deal?
In a recent article in, The Wall Street Journal, the ratification of the TPP by the involved countries is discussed. Japan is making a strong push to have their parliament ratify the TPP deal to help gain momentum for the deal in the US. Without the support of the US, the deal dies, and President Obama's support is crucial to the deals ratification before he leaves office in January. The deal would help to open up free trade in the Asia-pacific region and eliminate costly tariffs for all parties, especially Japan. Will the deal get done in time? Will the US government ratify the deal if Japan does? What will be the implications if the deal doesn't get approved by the 12 members?
Hurting or Helping?
In a recent article on the website, wcsh6.com, the newly passed FAA regulations regarding drones is discussed. These new laws are considered to be very strict and address issues of operation over private property and people, line of sight, altitude, and airspeed. With more and more users joining the airspace it has become necessary in recent years for the FAA to regulate this space for the use of drones. How may these new regulations affect the drone industry? Will these laws discourage people from using drones? It what ways will these regulations positively impact the drone industry/community?
The GoPro Karma
In a recent article on the website, The Verge, the announcement of GoPro's new drone is discussed. GoPro has just released its first ever drone (The Karma) to accompany to of its newest cameras. The Karma allows for the user to have a more connected experience with its camera and the footage that is recorded. With GoPro having its own drone, the user will be able to "stay" on GoPro's own ecosystem.
Large Grant Awarded to VeHICaL
In a recent article on the website, Berkeley News, the announcement of a $4.6 million grant was discussed. With companies wanting to integrate driver less cars and delivery drones into our society, the need for the safe operation of these machines is paramount. The National Science Foundation has awarded UC Berkeley $4.6 million over five to a group of researchers called VeHICaL, towards researching and improving the human/machine interface. With this grant VeHICaL hopes to find new and improved ways to the manner in which humans and machines interact. How may humans benefit from the interaction with robots? How can drones hurt/help society? How may people be hesitant to adopt this technology?
Rise of The Cattle
In a recent article on the website, Beef Magazine, the idea of managing cattle through the use of drones is discussed. As the use of UAVs becomes more prevalent in our society, developers of this technology are finding more and more applications for its use. Pete Cunningham, with Ag Eagle and Cunningham Ag Services, envisions the use of drones for cattle management. Through the use of ear tags embedded with sensors, a rancher can monitor the health of all his cattle and receive updates on those that most need his attention. The possible benefits include, a huge reduction in time, curbing sickness among the animals, and being able to do more during adverse weather. How easy will this technology be for cattle ranchers to adopt? Will this have any downsides to managing cattle?


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A few days before the Oscars, Vanity Fair magazine asked Academy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris to name his most treasured possession. Was it his Tony award statuette for best leading actor in a musical? His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? The stethoscope he wore while playing teenaged doctor Doogie Howser on TV? No, as it turns out, the 41-year-old actor's most treasured possession is… his wisdom teeth. Yes, you read that correctly. "Oddly, I still have my four wisdom teeth," Harris said. "I refuse to let them go or I'll lose my wise parts."
How odd is it for a 41-year-old to have wisdom teeth? Actually, not that odd at all. While it is true that wisdom teeth are often removed, there's no one-size-fits-all approach to this. It all depends on whether they are causing problems now, or are likely to cause problems in the future.
The trouble wisdom teeth cause is related to the fact that they are the last molars to come in, and that molars are large in size. By the time wisdom teeth appear between the ages of 17 and 21, there often is not enough room for them in the jaw. Sometimes it's because you may have inherited a jaw size that's too small for your tooth size; and generally speaking, the size of the human jaw has evolved to become smaller over time.
If room is lacking, the adjacent molar (that came in earlier) can interfere with the path of eruption — causing the wisdom tooth to come in at an odd angle. The wisdom tooth can hit up against that other tooth, possibly causing pain or damaging the adjacent tooth. This is known as "impaction." Sometimes the wisdom tooth breaks only partway through the gum tissue, leaving a space beneath the gum line that's almost impossible to clean, causing infection. A serious oral infection can jeopardize the survival of teeth, and even spread to other parts of the body.
If a wisdom tooth is impacted, will you know it? Not necessarily. A tooth can be impacted without causing pain. But we can see the position of your wisdom teeth on a dental x-ray and help you make an informed decision as to whether they should stay or go. If removal is the best course of action, rest assured that this procedure is completely routine and that your comfort and safety is our highest priority. If there is no great risk to keeping them, as Neil Patrick Harris has done, we can simply continue to monitor their condition at your regular dental checkups. It will be particularly important to make sure you are reaching those teeth with your brush and floss, and that you keep to your schedule of regular professional cleanings at the dental office. All healthy teeth are indeed worth treasuring.
If you would like more information about wisdom teeth, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can learn more by reading the Dear Doctor magazine articles "Wisdom Teeth" and "Removing Wisdom Teeth."
Making sure children are comfortable when visiting the dentist is an essential part of creating a lifetime habit of dental care. We recommend children start dental visits around their first birthday.
But for some children this may not be enough — despite parents' and dentists' best efforts they may still develop an inordinate fear of dental visits and even routine procedures. This kind of anxiety could inhibit them now and later in life from receiving needed dental care.
To relieve this anxiety, dentists have developed sedation therapy for children. Not to be confused with anesthesia, which numbs pain, sedation uses drugs to place a patient in a relaxed state. Depending on the drugs and dosage used, we're able to achieve anywhere from a light state of relaxation to a deep suppression of consciousness. The approach is similar to one used with adults, although drug dosages and applications will differ with children.
 If we're planning to use sedation with your child we recommend you feed them a low-fat dinner the night before and then refrain from any other foods or liquids until after treatment the next day. Just before the procedure (and after we've evaluated them physically to be sure they're healthy enough for the sedation medication), we'll administer the sedative, usually Midazolam and Hydroxyzine. Taken by mouth in a syrup form, this places them in a mildly relaxed state.
During the procedure a designated staff member will continually monitor their pulse, breathing, blood pressure and other vital signs. We may also take other protective measures like special chair positioning or immobilization to keep movement to a minimum.
After the procedure, your child will remain in the office until their vital signs return to pre-sedation levels. Once at home, you should keep an eye on them for the rest of the day. They should not return to school or regular activities until the next day.
As sedation medication and techniques continue to advance, they're becoming a routine part of dental care. If your child experiences anxiety, this can help make dental visits more pleasant and more likely to become part of their life from now on.
If you would like more information on taking the anxiety out of children's dental care, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Sedation Dentistry for Kids."
What you need to know about summer foods and your teeth from your Lumberton dentist
Summer is a great time of the year; it's warm outside, which means foods and drinks are plentiful at outdoor barbeques. How do you know which foods and drinks are bad for your teeth? That's a good question and the answer may surprise you. We all know how important it is to avoid foods with a high sugar content to keep your teeth healthy, but you also need to know which foods are high in acid, because acid can destroy your teeth. Dr. Colin Osborne III, in Lumberton, North Carolina, wants to help you discover what NOT to eat or drink this summer.
Dr. Osborne wants you to avoid these foods and drinks because they can be disastrous for your teeth:
It's hard to stay away from the foods and drinks you love, but you can limit the damage on your teeth by at least rinsing your mouth out with water after consuming a harmful food. It's ideal if you can brush with fluoride toothpaste and floss afterwards. You can also carry a package of sugar-free gum and chew a piece to rid your teeth of food particles.
It's important to do what you can to avoid foods and drinks which are bad for your teeth, but most people can't abstain all the time. Dr. Osborne wants you to remember to carry the tools you need to clean your teeth, a toothbrush with or without toothpaste, and floss. If you effectively and thoroughly clean your teeth, you can indulge in your summer foods and drinks occasionally without worrying so much. For more information on how to take care of your teeth in summer and throughout the year, call Dr. Colin Osborne III in Lumberton, North Carolina. Call today and enjoy your summer!


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Started the Relaxation/Stress Reduction section. Here's a peak into "The Zone". 5 tracks down! You would think I would be exhausted after creating 5- 30min sound healing tracks, but quite the opposite! I had so much energy I put it to work catching up on things. Lately, I've been feeling like I just can't catch up. It's all good though! I'm having so much fun learning, creating, and researching it doesn't feel like work! And there is so much to look forward to. OK! Check out the happenings tomorrow!
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The committee bidding to bring soccer's 2026 World Cup to the United States, Mexico and Canada shuffled its leadership on Tuesday, announcing in a letter to FIFA's 211 member associations that the bid's chairman, Sunil Gulati, would relinquish that role to the federation presidents of the three countries in a change that they hope will stress the joint nature of the bid.
Gulati, the former U.S. Soccer president, will remain on the bid's board and continue to be a conduit to global soccer's top leadership through his position on FIFA's leadership council. But he will be replaced as the public face of the bid by three co-presidents — Carlos Cordeiro of the United States, Decio De María of Mexico and Steven Reed of Canada — in the new structure.
The move appears to be political and tactical. Gulati's presence as chairman, and his success in claiming 75 percent of the potential 2026 World Cup matches for stadiums in the United States, had given the bid a distinctly American flavor. But three years after a Department of Justice investigation revealed widespread corruption at the highest levels of FIFA, leading to the ouster of most of its senior leadership, and as President Trump has stoked fear about immigrants and insulted entire countries, the prospect that the vote could descend into a referendum on the United States or its government's policies was not an insignificant bit of political calculus.
Gulati praised the move, calling it "appropriate" as the countries shifted to campaign mode.
As we move from bid to campaign mode, appropriate for @CanadaSoccerEN, @ussoccer and @miseleccionmx Presidents to take lead. Looking forward to working with the 3 co-chairs and supporting the process. We are as unified as ever to bring 2026 FIFA World Cup to North America.— Sunil Gulati (@sunilgulati) March 6, 2018
The letter, posted on the United Bid 2026 website and released by Cordeiro on Twitter, nods at politics as it strikes a hopeful message of diversity and inclusion.
"We are determined to show that in challenging times when forces around the globe too often pull people apart, football can remind us of the common values and ideals — humanity, friendship and mutual respect — that unite us as fellow human beings," it reads.
But the change in leadership also has a strategic component. For the first time, each of FIFA's member federations has a vote on the World Cup host. So the decision to promote Cordeiro, De María and Reed to co-chairmen means each can spend the next three months soliciting the support of other countries — federation president to federation president — as a leader of a now actively North American bid.
It also means the North American bid can cover three times as much territory, more, even, than the famously mobile Gulati ever could. (As part of reforms instituted after previous World Cup voting scandals, bid committee members will have to inform FIFA of every contact with potential voters during the process.)
There are risks to the strategy: Cordeiro, though well-known in FIFA circles because of his former role as a U.S. Soccer vice president under Gulati, has been in his post for less than a year, as has Canada's Reed, so there is a chance they remain unfamiliar to some voters in the notoriously clubby world of FIFA politics.
The 2026 World Cup will be the first with a field of 48 teams instead of the current 32, a significant expansion that will test any bidder. Cordeiro, Gulati and their Mexican and Canadian counterparts have long argued that an abundance of stadiums, training sites, hotels and transportation networks in North America make their bid an obvious choice.
Morocco's bid has revealed few specifics about its plans for hosting, a daunting challenge that could require billions of dollars of investment in stadium projects. Morocco has said it wants to use 14 stadiums for the tournament; at the moment, the country has only six that are even theoretically up to the task, and several of those would need improvements to meet minimum standards set by FIFA for the World Cup.
The North American bid has 31 such stadiums available from the N.F.L. alone, not to mention dozens of others at American colleges and in cities in Mexico and Canada. In October, the North American bid cut its list of possible sites in the three countries to 32.
The North American and Morocco bids are due by March 16. FIFA will conduct technical evaluations of each bid and present those findings to FIFA members.
The vote on the 2026 hosting rights will take place at a FIFA congress in Moscow on June 13, one day before the opening game of this summer's World Cup in Russia.


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Understanding "SHIELD THE JOYOUS" from the Book of JOB…
Keep Watch, dear LORD, with those
who Work, or Watch , or Weep this night,
and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick, LORD CHRIST; give rest to the Weary
bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted,
Shield the Joyous
and all for Your love's sake.
( Book of Common Prayer )
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. .
1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 1:3 His substance also was … and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 1:4 And his sons … feasted … and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said,
It may be that my sons have sinned, and CURSED GOD in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 1:7 And the LORD said unto the satan, Whence comest thou? Then the satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
1:8 And the LORD said unto the satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth GOD, and eschews evil?
1:9 Then the satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear GOD for nought?
.1:10 Hast not THOU made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? THOU hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will CURSE THEE to Thy Face.
1:12 And the LORD said unto the satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So the satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
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The Accuser of GOD and Job…
The accuser begins by accusing the LORD !
The satan says the only reason Job fears and worships GOD is because GOD protects him, his household, and his many possessions.
In other words, the satan accuses The LORD of bribing Job to worship HIM.
If GOD allows the satan to hurt JOB'S family, friends, possessions, and great reputation ( the satan boldly asserts ), then JOB would no longer worship GOD , the giver of all these blessings. The accuser said that Job would instead cease to worship GOD and "CURSE" HIM to His Face.
Next, the accuser moves from GOD to Job. The accuser implies that Job only woships GOD due to his great and bountiful blessings… not because JOB loves GOD… not because Job obeys GOD… not because Job honors GOD for being WHO HE is .
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A Very Big Textual Problem…
After this, we encounter a BIG problem in the verses, twice written. This problem is found with the translation of the word for "CURSE."
There are 10 Hebrew words used throughout the Old Covenant for either "a curse" ( noun ) — or else a form similar to one of the nouns — made into a verb " to curse." Ten such Hebrew words are scattered throughout the Old Covenant.
The four times "CURSE " is used in Job, however, it does NOT involve ANY of those 10 Hebrew words … and does not even remotely resemble any one of them .
.The Job verses with "curse" in them include: Job 1:5, 1:11 ( both quoted above,) and verses 2:5 and 2:9.
An Easy Bit of Hebrew…
All four Job verses have the familiar Hebrew word "BARAK" (or its form) in them… which means "BLESS" as in …
Baruch Ha Shem ADONAI +
Blessed (be) the Name of The LORD.
BARAK , in either noun form or verb, is listed in approximately 3 and 1/2 columns of reference verses in Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible … roughly 350 verses in the Old Covenant … and it always has to do with BLESSING.
BARAK, in these four Job verses ,
is translated as CURSE.
Why ? To unfathom the reason for this, we will have to look at the usage of BARAK as it was originally intended.
The origin or root of BARAK is "to kneel." One would customarily kneel to receive a patristic blessing.
Customarily, a blessing would also be pronounced when one was departing from a visit to someone's house or tent. Thus, it was used when SENDING SOMEONE AWAY from your presence or on a journey. It was a DISMISSAL, if you will.
Thus, DISMISSAL — a sending away — is the more accurate translation into English of the Hebrew BARAK, which fits the context of those 4 verses in JOB. [ This also is true of the Greek word used in those Job verses in the LXX , a "eulogy."]
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Why is the correct concept of "DISMISSAL" So Important in these Job Verses ?
Serious Christians who run into HARD TIMES would NOT "curse" GOD. That does not seem to be the danger addressed by Job.
1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and CURSED GOD in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
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Conscientious Job most likely raised his sons and daughters to fear The LORD. But, after days of feasting and merry-making at the family get-togethers,
…Job was concerned that GOD ( for all intents and purposes ) would be forgotten by his sons and daughters.
For, when do we THINK on JESUS most intensely … during our times of ease and merry-making… or during our times of hurt and pain, stress and distress ?
A Christian facing death thinks more constantly about The LORD than one who is healthy, active, and going about his daily temporal duties.
When are we MOST in danger ? It is when we forget GOD, when we "set" JESUS on the back shelf so we can "play" or relax.
Our shield is down.
The Ancient, Pre-Nicene Christians refused to attend the games and the theaters and the baths for this very reason. They considered it DANGEROUS , spiritually dangerous, to be in the devil's playing field. Hence, the admonition for sobriety.
Be sober, as the Apostle Peter tells us:
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
When do we forget GOD ? It is when things are going well, relatively speaking. When we are happy, relaxed, and contented. That is when we do not monitor ourselves as closely and joking and foolish jesting bubble up to the surface. That is when we are not on guard against the evil one and his wiles.
We "set" JESUS aside when we are feeling good and want to play. We simply do not want to be bothered with sobriety and seriousness of heart.
We IGNORE our LORD… and the nudgings of the HOLY SPIRIT … when we are merry-making.
In all 4 verses of Job where CURSE is found, the concept really ought to be "dismissing GOD from our thoughts." We want to go our separate way, just for a bit perhaps, but we want to do our own thing, free from the constraints of holiness.
THAT is the danger addressed in those four verses.
Furthermore, that tendency "to dismiss GOD" from our doings is dangerous in our own lives. This is why we are to be a separate people from the culture that we live in and the reason we cultivate our LORD'S value system at all times.
That danger — to "dismiss" GOD — from our thinking is GREATEST when things are going well.
Keep watch, dear LORD,
with those who work, or watch, or weep this night,
and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick, LORD CHRIST; give rest to the weary,
bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted,
and all for your love's sake.
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1. When Tina leaves behind eight letters for her daughter, one for each birthday, till she turns eight, expecting her daughter to start reading from the age of one.
2. When Rahul reacts to the news of Tina's imminent death due to childbirth by repeatedly telling her "tum bahut buri ho". Dude, she's dying. Give her a damn break.
3. When 8-year-old Anjali plans to meet her dad but he makes her wait for two hours ALL BY HERSELF, while no adult is accompanying her. Why isn't a single fuck given about this kid's safety?
4. When Rahul has this creepy conversation with his daughter.
5. When Anjali has a total of 10 watches and clocks in her room. Exactly how tardy is this child?
6. When Anjali's deceased mother tells Anjali that she's a "big girl" who'll understand her mom and dad's college love triangle. BUT SHE'S ONLY EIGHT.
7. When Rahul and Anjali play a game of basketball for just one minute and Rahul generates this amount of sweat.
8. When Rahul physically attacks Anjali during the game. Take him to the goddamn cops, Anjali.
9. When the two BFFs tear down one entire gender just to feel mildly better about their own personalities.
10. When the whole damn college is alarmingly involved in Rahul and Anjali's friendship.
11. When Principal Malhotra acts like a sexist asshole.
12. Seriously, this guy goes around the college, policing every woman in sight...
And goes on to exhibit this model behaviour at the college festival:
13. When Rahul interrupts a class by whistling at the teacher. Why won't they expel this man?
14. When every scene in the first half has Kajol wearing this ridic wig that makes her hairline look like it's emerging from the centre of her forehead.
15. When Principal Malhotra wears a sleep mask on his feet. WHO MADE HIM THE PRINCIPAL?
16. When Tina plays the guitar.
17. When Anjali completely sheds her tough and independent personality to please her crush.
18. When Rahul, kinda unlawfully enters Tina's bedroom, AND spoils the novel she's been reading.
19. When Rahul loses it laughing at Anjali's outfit, thus acting like a dipshit friend who deserves no woman.
20. When dead Tina orders Anjali to reunite Rahul and his college homie. That's wayyyy too much pressure to put on an 8-year-old.
21. When this airbrushed af photo of Tina appears on screen.
22. When Rahul and Anjali accidentally talk to each other on the phone and don't recognise each other's voices AT ALL.
Their friendship is obviously a farce.
23. When Aman bumps into Rahul, a complete stranger, and immediately starts bragging about his fiancée.
24. When Rahul's ~realisation~ about having feelings for Anjali is perfectly timed with her pallu being blown away by the wind.
Ohoho look at him fall in "love".
25. When Rahul, the man who reiterates several times during the course of the movie that he will never love again or remarry, does this seductive dance routine with Anjali.
26. When Aman point-blank asks Anjali's mother if her daughter loves him and she dodges the question.
27. When Rahul pretends like everything is A-OK after finding out about Anjali and Aman's engagement, thus letting Anjali believe that he doesn't love her. Grow a fucken spine, Rahul.
28. When Rahul shows up at Anjali's house on her wedding day to confess his feelings.
Great timing, pal.👏👏👏


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China back to trade surplus (Lead)April 10th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) China swung back to trade surplus in March from February's deficit of $31.48 billion, posting a $670 million trade surplus in the first quarter, authorities said Tuesday.
The country's foreign trade in March rose 7.1 percent year-on-year to reach $325.97 billion, with a trade surplus of $5.35 billion, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said.
Exports amounted to $165.66 billion in March, up 8.9 percent year-on-year, while imports reached $160.31 billion, reported Xinhua citing GAC data.
For the first quarter, China's imports and exports expanded 7.3 percent from a year ago to reach $859.37 billion, with its foreign trade with major trading partners growing in single-digits, according to the GAC.
Despite the lingering debt crisis, the European Union remained China's largest trading partner in the first quarter, but China-EU bilateral trade growth slowed to 2.6 percent year-on-year to reach $126.87 billion.
In the first three months, China's trade with the US — its second-largest trade partner — increased 9.3 percent year-on-year to $106.77 billion, according to the customs data.
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held its position as China's third-largest trade partner, with China-ASEAN bilateral trade amounting to $86.78 billion, up 9.2 percent year-on-year.
Japan, which is still struggling to recover from last year's devastating tsunami and massive earthquake, posted a year-on-year decline of 1.6 percent in bilateral trade with China in the first quarter, or $79.44 billion.
However, China's trade with Russia, which joined the World Trade Organization this year, showed a rapid growth of 33 percent year-on-year to hit $21.49 billion.
Meanwhile, China's trade with Brazil, a major exporter of iron ore and other raw materials, gained 11.5 percent from the previous year to hit $18 billion in the first quarter.
During the January-March period of 2011, China reported its first quarterly trade deficit in seven years.
- China swings back to trade surplus - Apr 10, 2012
- China's September trade surplus drops - Oct 13, 2011
- China foreign trade growth slows, surplus widens (Lead) - May 10, 2012
- China's foreign trade growth slows in November - Dec 11, 2011
- China sees first quarterly trade deficit in six years - Apr 10, 2011
- China's exports rise to $173 bn in August - Sep 10, 2011
- China July exports slow down - Aug 10, 2012
- China's June export growth slows - Jul 10, 2012
- China's trade surplus surges to $31 bn - Aug 11, 2011
- China foreign trade growth slows - May 10, 2012
- 'China's foreign trade outlook grim' (Lead) - May 15, 2012
- China's July exports slow sharply (Lead) - Aug 10, 2012
- China's exports up 15 percent - Jun 11, 2012
- China is now world's second-largest economy - Feb 14, 2011
- China warns of grim foreign trade situation - Oct 19, 2011
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LeRoy Carter Jr.
On February 8th, 1981, the beheaded body of a homeless man was found in San Francisco's scenic Golden Gate Park. The man, later identified as a Vietnam veteran with a track record of petty crimes, had fallen on hard times. How did he become a victim of - what appeared to be - human sacrifice?
Heading into March of 1989, Mark Kilroy was a pretty average 21-year old college student at the University of Texas.
Every March, as Spring Break approaches, college students around the country begin to make their plans for the time off. Some choose to stick close to home, while others - like Mark and his friends - decided to make an adventure out of it. This year, they decided to go big, and vacation along the Texas-Mexico border in an area called South Padre Island - roughly 185 miles south of Corpus Christi.
For the first couple of nights, they decided to stick close to the place they were staying, enjoying themselves along the beach and at nearby bars. But that Sunday, they decided to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, and visit some foreign soil for an evening. They had such a good time, in fact, that they decided to do the same thing the following night - March 13th, 1989.
Several hours later, as everyone began stumbling back home - intoxicated, no doubt - Mark's friends realized that he wasn't anywhere to be found. In the parade of college students crossing the border, heading back to flophouses and rental homes, he had gotten separated from his friends. They had to assume that he'd find his way back home, because - in that day and age - there were no cell phones to call.
Unfortunately, the friends of Mark Kilroy assumed wrong. The following morning, Mark failed to show up or call any of them, and he was reported missing to local police.
Mark Kilroy seemed to have disappeared straight into thin air. His case struggled to gain any headway, especially when the tourists and Spring Breakers began leaving, taking away any information that they could share with law enforcement. Even Mark's friends began to return to their everyday lives; now just absent a friend.
Mark's case was featured on "America's Most Wanted," where it gained international recognition, but his case would remain rudderless... until the following month.
On April 1st, 1989, south of the Mexican border, a vehicle blew through a routine traffic checkpoint. Police followed the vehicle to its destination: a ranch house out in Santa Elena. Police detained the driver, and conducted a compulsory search of the home. There, they found a large amount of narcotics... as well as items which, they believed, were occult in-nature.
About a week later, police returned to the ranch house, and conducted a more thorough scan. They believed the home might have been used for drug dealing, and arrested everyone that was present: not only the people living on the property, but farm workers as well.
While questioning everyone involved, a farmhand confessed that he had seen the missing college student on the ranch - a young man he later identified as Mark Kilroy. Obviously, this intrigued investigators, who had grown perplexed over the disappearance of the American college student.
Further interrogations yielded even more answers. Albeit, terrifying answers.
One of the other people that law enforcement had detained told investigators that they were part of a drug-dealing cult, which had sacrificed Mark Kilroy during one of their rituals. He was one of their most recent victims, but he most definitely wasn't their first.
The cult, this detainee claimed, was led by a young man named Adolfo Constanzo.
Constanzo was just 26 years old: a charismatic young man that his followers had nicknamed "The Godfather." He had grown up in a mixed religious household, with one parent practicing Catholicism and the other, voodoo. Because of this, he had grown up with a warped sense of religion, which continued to evolve during his adolescence.
When he began dealing drugs, Constanzo began to incorporate his skewed religious beliefs, which derived heavily from Palo Mayombe - a religion that utilizes sacrificial offerings. Constanzo and his followers began making animal sacrifices to increase their luck... but as time went on, and their business dealings got bigger and bigger, they decided that bigger risks were necessary.
About a year before the death of Mark Kilroy, this group had purchased a home out in Santa Elena, and began sacrificing humans. At first, they targeted victims who wouldn't be missed -primarily, the homeless and nameless - but then the decision was made to go after someone with a "good" brain, as some followers would later describe.
An American; in particular, a good-looking, educated American.
Mark Kilroy.
Mark had been singled out by Constanzo and his followers as he walked towards the border. They pulled up in a truck and asked him if he wanted a ride home; and when he got close enough, two men jumped out and threw him into the vehicle.
Kilroy, because of his size and athleticism, was actually able to break free and escape... but another vehicle was waiting to stop him and complete the kidnapping.
Taking 21-year old Mark Kilroy back to the ranch house, Constanzo and his followers proceeded to torture and dismember the young man for several hours. You can look up the details online, but... to save you the misery, let me just say that it was rough. Approximately twelve hours after being detained, Mark Kilroy was killed by Constanzo via machete; and several of his body parts were then harvested to complete the ritual.
After his death, Mark Kilroy's remains were disposed of, and buried along the fifteen or so other victims that Constanzo and his followers had sacrificed in the preceding months.
Adolfo Constanzo and a handful of his followers managed to elude capture for several weeks, having been betrayed by some of their own following the drug bust at their ranch home. But the next month - May of 1989 - found the rest of the group cornered in a Mexico City apartment. Constanzo prepared to go out shooting, but quickly ran out of ammunition and cowardly asked one of his followers to shoot him. His follower obliged, ending Adolfo Constanzo's life before he could face justice.
The remaining members of Constanzo's group were arrested, charged, and eventually convicted for the murder of Mark Kilroy (among others). Some have since passed away, while others remain behind bars.
The death of Mark Kilroy remains a tragic example of religion-gone-awry: spiritual beliefs distorted by eager psychopaths. And, for many that bought into the Satanic Panic scare of the 1980's, it might have even felt like vindication: proof that their worst fears were becoming a reality.
Despite the family and loved ones of Mark Kilroy receiving answers, they had to learn the horrible truth about Mark's final hours... hours marked by pain and misery. However, at least they were able to give the young man's story some closure, and were able to rest easy knowing that the offenders would not hurt anyone else's son, brother, and friend.
For other victims, those answers - and that closure - simply don't exist.
This is the story of LeRoy Carter Jr.
Alvord Lake is a small body of water, right on the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park; smack-dab in the middle of San Francisco.
This area, which is near the iconic Haight-Ashbury district, had once been known as a hotbed of the hippie movement. However, as the 1960's melted into the 1970's, the drug-of-choice for park regulars had switched from the psychedelics... to heroin. What had once been a beautiful tourist trap, which was considered a haven to free-thinkers and free-lovers, was full-up on destitute's of all shapes and sizes.
The homeless population in Golden Gate Park continued to surge as the 1970s raged on and veterans returned from Vietnam with a multitude of untreated mental conditions. It was estimated that anywhere between 40 and 200 homeless were living in the park at any given moment, a revolving population derived from the area's thousands. The area around Golden Gate Park became known less-and-less for its beautiful scenery and its attractions, and more so for petty crimes and muggings.
It even got to a point, in the late 1970's, that police even began advising tourists to stay away from the scenic park.
It was this burgeoning chaos that invited in LeRoy Carter Jr., an Vietnam vet that returned from the war without any real direction guiding his life.
LeRoy Carter Jr. was born on September 17th, 1951, in the state of Louisiana.
His early life isn't documented nearly at-all, but in the 1970s, Carter found himself embroiled in the overseas conflict. He served in the United States Marine Corps. as a Private First Class, before returning home a wayward son.
Upon his return to the states, Carter began living on the streets as a transient. He soon fell upon the area of San Francisco, which was very homeless-friendly... relatively. There, he became engulfed in some small-time trouble, engaging in petty crimes that earned him a healthy-looking rap-sheet. Because of the nature of the crimes - stuff like stealing, thievery, loitering, etc. - it seems apparent that Carter wasn't a criminal by-choice... his crimes make him look more like a desperate man struggling to stay afloat.
Despite his struggles living as a tramp, nothing seemed overtly wrong or conspicuous in Carter's life leading up to February of 1981. LeRoy Carter Jr. had fallen on hard times, but there was nothing that made him stand out from the thousands of other Vietnam veterans that were struggling to adapt to the new world order: where mental illness remained untreated, and the recession of the 1970's sucked away many of the prewar resources.
On February 7th, 1981 - a Saturday - Carter was just another homeless vagabond looking for a place to sleep. He ended up walking through his normal haunts of Golden Gate Park, before settling upon a nice spot near Alvord lake - along the eastern edge of the park, near Stanyan Street. This spot was not only secluded, but quiet, and would allow LeRoy to get a good night's sleep close to the water. He decided to camp there for the evening, and began unfurling his sleeping bag.
As he lay down to rest, LeRoy Carter Jr. had no idea what his grisly future had in-store.
Several hours later - in the morning hours of Sunday, February 8th, 1981 - San Francisco Police Officer James Dougherty was called out to Golden Gate Park.
A young woman had turned in a backpack she found at the park - a tan bag, which was described as being "spattered with blood." Inside, police could find nothing conspicuous - just a black coat and two shirts - but wanted an officer to check out the area anyhow.
Officer Dougherty arrived at Golden Gate Park around noon, as rain poured all around him. Hoisting an umbrella above his head, Officer Dougherty began combing through the park, venturing towards the area that the backpack had been found. He was looking for any sign of trouble at all; any disturbance, no matter how big or small, to simply wrap up this call and get back inside his warm patrol vehicle.
There, in Golden Gate Park, Officer Dougherty found the remains of LeRoy Carter Jr.
The young man - or rather, what was left of him - was found inside his sleeping bag, where had gone to sleep some time before. The area around his body was surrounded by a large pool of blood, but that was just the beginning of what police would quickly learn was an incredibly gruesome crime scene.
LeRoy Carter Jr. had been brutally murdered, with his head severed from his body. In fact, his head was missing from the scene altogether, and would not be found in the ensuing search, which was quite extensive, combing through every inch of Golden Gate Park.
It would later be revealed that the severing of Carter's head had been "expertly" done, with the wound being described as precise. It is believed that - whoever the killer was - they had sliced clean through Carter's neck, with a weapon believed to either be a very sharp ax or machete. In fact, a deputy coroner later remarked that:
"The cut was very clean, like an expert did it."
In lieu of a head, two kernels of corn and a chicken wing had been jammed into the opening provided by Carter's severed head. Some articles describe the corn as being "two corncobs" instead of kernels, but I believe that is just a misprint. Nonetheless, this was an odd detail that would inform much of the later investigation.
Police would later admit to finding the remains of a mutilated chicken roughly fifty yards away from the body; which explained where the chicken wing had come from, but very little else.
Police would later float the idea that they believed this to be a sacrificial murder - perhaps committed by a cult or rogue religious faction - but it was through that the death was recent. Carter's remains had not been at that scene for any more than twenty-four hours, putting his estimated time-of-death in the late night to early morning range of the preceding day.
A thorough search of the region around Golden Gate Park failed to turn up any sign of the victim's head, nor any murder weapons. The only way that police were able to identify LeRoy Carter Jr. as this murder victim was due to fingerprints... which police had on-file because of Carter's criminal record.
Very few details were ever released to the press in this case, but Sergeant Mike Pera told eager reporters:
"It appears the victim was sleeping in the bushes... when person or persons unknown to us at this time came along and decapitated him."
Sandi Gallant was an investigator with the San Francisco Police Department, who was called in to begin investigating the murder of 29-year old LeRoy Carter Jr.
Gallant had recently worked on cases related to Jonestown founder Jim Jones, whose followers had just committed mass suicide down in Guyano a little over a year prior. Jones had extensive ties to the region surrounding San Francisco, and there were multiple loose ends that Gallant had been working on: acquaintances of the church, possible survivors, financiers, and much more.
Because of her work on the Jonestown-related cases, Sandi Gallant had become known as the closest thing to a cult expert within the San Francisco Police Department. She had become their go-to for any cases that involved the occult; due, primarily to her interest in the field. At this point in 1981, she had already embraced her nickname as the "cult cop."
The emergence of cults in the region had not started with Jonestown, and would not end there. Gallant had been trying to figure out how known religious and spiritual movements, which had cropped up around the Bay Area in the mid-1960's and early 1970's, were affecting change in the region. Primarily, changes in criminal behaviors and patterns.
After looking at the case file of the recent decapitation in Golden Gate Park, Detective Gallant noted similarities between this case and some sacrificial rituals performed in the religion Santeria. In particular, she began focusing in on offshoots that were tied to black magic rituals; known examples being Palo Mayombe, which mix Santeria with other beliefs, such as Aztec blood rites, Haitian-style voodoo, Catholicism, and sometimes even devil worship.
Unfortunately, as she perused the case file, Sandi Gallant realized that she knew very little about Santeria. She would need to consult an expert before she could float any theories to her superiors about what might have happened to LeRoy Carter, and who might be responsible.
Santeria was a religion that evolved out of central Nigeria, over five-hundred years ago. The Yoruba tribe is known for originating the belief system that eventually became Santeria, which was then brought over to the New World via slave ships.
Over the next several hundred years, Santeria continued to evolve in the Caribbean and in small pockets along the southern coast of the U.S. As the religion evolved, it began to include more aspects of the region, incorporating not only certain Christian beliefs, but also voodoo.
Sacrifice played - and plays - a major role within Santeria. This is mostly limited to small animals, like chickens and goats... but on the rare occasion, alarm bells go off when a decapitated or dismembered animal is found in a public place.
Rarely, if ever, do believers of Santeria dabble in human sacrifice. When those streams do cross, it is usually believed that the practitioners use Santeria as an excuse to indulge in homicidal urges.
To this day, approximately 20,000 United States residents practice Santeria, but it remains a relatively obscure religion, veiled in a kind of obscure secrecy usually reserved for cults. Perhaps that is why it there is so much innuendo and rumor surrounding it, such as black magic and human sacrifice.
Detective Sandi Gallant was well-aware of the reputation that Santeria had, especially in the early 1980's - as the "Satanic Panic" craze really began to kick off. So, she decided to consult Charles Wetli, a man believed to be one of the leading experts on Santeria in the U.S. Wetli worked on the other side of the country, as the coroner of Dade County, Florida.
Wetli was consulted on the unsolved murder case from Golden Gate Park, and noted that it bore all of the hallmarks of human sacrifice. Together, the two began to formulate a theory, based on the death of LeRoy Carter Jr. being a Santeria-esque ritual. If it was, they postulated, the ritual was likely not yet complete.
Following her consultation with Charles Wetli, Sandi Gallant returned to her superiors with multiple theories about the unsolved murder from Golden Gate Park.
The murdered young man whose body they found - minus the head - had been killed in a sacrificial ritual, performed by practitioners of Santeria or some zealous offshoot. At least, that is what Gallant told her bosses, before going into some more detail.
Gallant claimed that the killers had likely decapitated the victim, LeRoy Carter Jr., in order to obtain his head. Then, they had used the head to create some kind of ritualistic brew, using parts of his brain and - possibly - even his eyes and ears, which would also be consumed.
Sandi Gallant claimed that this process took three weeks - approximately 21 days - a period of time which would then be doubled, before the head was returned to the scene of the crime. As she later told the LA Times:
"At the end of those 21 days, if the priest deemed it appropriate, he would actually sleep in an area with this head and with this cauldron for another 21-day period. Then on the 42nd day he discards the head... in close proximity to where he took it from. To him, that was a sacred way of returning the head."
Gallant believed that, in total, this ritualistic process took six weeks - 42 days - before the skull would be returned to the place that the victim was killed. In this case, that would be in Golden Gate Park, along Alvord Lake.
Unfortunately, this theory seemed to fall on deaf ears. Gallant - who herself wasn't even a huge believer in this theory - says that her caution was virtually ignored.
"We literally were laughed at by our homicide investigators, and our chief of detectives. It was like, 'Give me a break. This stuff doesn't happen.'"
Unfortunately, that stuff did happen.
On March 22nd, 1981 - 42 days after the murder of LeRoy Carter Jr. - Sandi Gallant and her partner returned to the scene of the crime: Golden Gate Park.
Some newspaper reports state that the pair staked out the area throughout the day, but by Gallant's own admission, they were skeptical of the belief that the killer - or killers - would return to the scene. They weren't actively monitoring the area - because, after all, if they and their own superiors doubted the beliefs, why should anyone else?
It was by happenstance that the two were out there on that day, patrolling the park to see if anything was afoot. They began walking through the park, eventually coming upon the area along Alvord Lake, where LeRoy Carter Jr. had been murdered six weeks prior.
There, placed in the weeds next to the water... was the decomposing head of LeRoy Carter Jr.
Somehow - and someway - the person(s) responsible for this grisly murder had managed to not only elude any police suspicion, but had managed to return the victim's lost body part to the scene of the crime without raising any alarms.
Police would never release many details about the state of the head, and whether or not Gallant's theories had come true, but it appeared on its surface... that she had been correct.
With the return of the head to the crime scene, the ritual that Sandi Gallant had predicted was completed.
In the investigation to find out what had happened to LeRoy Carter, Sandi Gallant had predicated a very peculiar series of events involving human sacrifice, weird spiritual rituals, and a near-suspension of disbelief.
Now, she had been proven correct. But in the process of being proven right, the killer - or killers - had slipped right through the grasp of law enforcement.
No one had been staking out the crime scene on the 42nd day, much to everyone's chagrin. And, unfortunately, there was no evidence left behind for investigators to sift through. Even the return of the victims' head provided very little.
Sandi Gallant would later tell the LA Times that she very much regrets not following up on her own theory more urgently:
"Our problem was, even though our homicide detectives didn't buy it, my partner and I weren't out there doing surveillance on the 42nd day either. I think looking back on it, we had a real difficult time, too, believing that something like this could happen. Even though it was our theory."
Following the discovery of the victims' head in Golden Gate Park, an emphasis was placed on investigating the human sacrifice angle - which Gallant had proposed the month prior. However, it was too little and too late - whoever the killers were, they had left behind no trace of themselves.
The case had gone cold, and more homicide cases began to demand attention. The case of the murdered 29-year old homeless man became an afterthought to more pressing concerns. Ultimately, no suspects or even any persons-of-interest were identified by police, and the case faded from the public eye.
Sandi Gallant, who had already been gaining a reputation in the Bay Area for being the "cult cop," continued to increase her renown in the following years.
She would appear on nationally-syndicated broadcasts like ABC's "20/20," which focused in on the emergence of Satanic cults throughout America - a phenomenon that you and I may know as "Satanic Panic." In 1985 - just four years after the murder of LeRoy Carter Jr. - she appeared on the program to discuss the evolution of these cults, and their appeal to the youth of the nation.
Those of you that are familiar with the West Memphis Three case may recognize the other so-called "expert" that spoke alongside Gallant - Dale Griffis, who was called upon by the prosecution to testify against Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. Just a fun fact for you true crime junkies.
When Mark Kilroy, the 21-year old University of Texas college student, was killed in 1989, Sandi Gallant was one of the experts consulted by law enforcement and the media as they prepared for trial... and she found herself in the spotlight once again, speaking to a variety of outlets, including the LA Times, where she addressed the still-unsolved murder of LeRoy Carter Jr.
During this interview, Sandi Gallant stated that she no longer believed that practitioners of Santeria were responsible for the death of Carter; but, rather, believers of the more obscure and black magic-obsessed cult Palo Mayombe were behind the murder. This would liken the murder of Carter to that of Mark Kilroy, whose skull had been harvested for a ritual similar to the one Gallant had predicted nearly a decade ago.
However, despite all of this - and over a decade spent investigating cults and odd spiritual beliefs - Sandi Gallant didn't believe that she had all the answers. Quite the contrary, in fact.
"For most of us, and I can give myself as an example, what we tended to do in the beginning was we started to hear these things and first of all, we disbelieved it. Then we felt guilty about disbelieving it when it appeared that there might be something there. And then from there perhaps we got a little hysterical in the way we responded, too.
"And then, hopefully, we get to a point where we go 'Ah ha. I've seen both sides of the issue, and now let me sit back and be very objective and weigh each side and come to a conclusion as to what the reality is.'
"I think that's where I've been for about the last 3 1/2 years, where I'm not out trying to prove anything. And I'm not necessarily out to dis-prove anything. I'm just trying to find out the truth about what's going on."
Unfortunately, there's very little else that can be said about this case.
Whenever I try to put together an episode, I try to provide some kind of possibility to end on: whether it be a theory, an advancement in DNA technology... something. Anything.
However, in this case, it's unfortunately very one-sided. There was a murder - a gruesome, horrifying murder - and then, nothing.
I scoured the internet and newspaper archives looking for similar stories. I found numerous cases of murder victims, some identified and others not, having been decapitated before their deaths. But, more often than not, they were remarkably different from this case, separated by time, distance, victim profile, or some other dis-qualifier.
There was one case I found from the area, which took place just a few years later, but... like this one, has very little public information surrounding it. I may end up releasing that as a separate episode - or even a bonus episode - but it just would not work in this episode. That's how loose of a connection it is. It's a story worth telling, just not right now.
The brutal killing of LeRoy Carter Jr. remains a cold case, with no active line of investigation. Because of Carter's transient lifestyle, and the lifetime that has passed since the crime unfolded, there remains very little hope of a happy ending for his story.
Carter's remains were transferred to Alexandria National Cemetery - near his birthplace, in Pineville, Louisiana. He remains there to this day; the unfortunate victim of a crime we will likely never understand.
The story of LeRoy Carter Jr. remains unresolved.
Episode Information
Episode Information
Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan
Published on October 27th, 2018
Music Credits
OKAM vs ps - "Slit View of the Rapture"
How the Night Came - "III - H3PO4"
Rest You Sleeping Giant - "Themes From Frost"
Other original music created and composed by Ailsa Traves
Sources and further reading
Wikipedia - Murder of Mark Kilroy
Find A Grave - Leroy Carter, Jr.
13th Floor - "San Francisco's Unsolved Santeria Murder of 1981"
Los Angeles Times - "Satan Sleuths: Once Scoffed at by Peers, Police Experts in Occult Crime Now Are Frighteningly in Demand"
SF Weekly - "Yesterday's Crimes: Chicken Wings and Blood Stumps in Golden Gate Park"
CrimeFeed - "Creepy Crime History: The Unsolved 1981 Witchcraft Beheading In Golden Gate Park"
Daily Herald - February 09, 1981 (Monday, page 7)
Yuma Sun - February 09, 1981 (Monday, page 2)
Franklin News Herald - February 09, 1981 (Monday, page 14)
Eureka Times Standards - February 09, 1981 (Monday, page 1)
Indiana Gazette - February 09, 1981 (Monday, page 3)


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Star Books Tutorial Ya-hoo! Thanks for all the compliments and requests for a tutorial. YOU ALL ROCK! This is my first tutorial, so advance apologies for the wordiness and any confusion! Origami is amazing - the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers. Origami is An Amazing Art now "origamoney"... koi carp
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Hot saucePosted: October 8, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 10 Comments
This was supposed to be "Hot Sauce Two Ways" but I ended up ruining the second version. I drew my hot peppers with ink and coloured them with water-soluble pencils, scanned them, and then wet the pencil areas, intending to do a "before and after" type of post. But my cast shadows went too dark and the whole thing looked awful. I will repeat this exercise at another time, hopefully with more success.
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When I saw the title "Hot Sauce" I thought you had finally done the long-awaited self-portrait, complete with sequins and high-heels. What disappointment to find it was just a half-finished sketch of peppers! : )
When Edward Hopper lived in Union Square Park in the heart of Manhattan, he and his wife were so poor he used go to the park and sell his paintings for as little as $20 USD. I am willing to pay you $20 USD for that ruined piece, and you will be able to find it on eBay later that day for a whole lot more. Thanks Ed for the great idea! I love how you find the time to constantly look for new things to paint and new ways to do it. Send that piece to Naples, now!


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