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Anne Arundel County Council voted to remove the county's health officer from her leadership role despite the overwhelming objection of spectators at Tuesday's meeting.
More than 100 friends and supporters of former county health officer Angela M. Wakhweya attended the meeting on a frigid Tuesday evening—including Annapolis Alderman Kenneth Kirby (D-6th Ward).
Kirby tried to push a resolution through Annapolis City Council in support of Wakhweya at its Jan. 14 meeting, but he failed to secure the votes needed to pass the resolution on its first reading.
Council voted 4-2-1 to remove Wakhweya. Councilman Jamie Benoit (D-4th District) of Crownsville abstained, and Councilmen Chris Trumbauer (D-6th District) of Annapolis and Peter Smith (D-1st District) of Severn voted against the measure.
Two weeks earlier, the state asked council to support Wakhweya's removal at the request of Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland's Secretary of Mental Health and Hygiene. No reason was given for the request, other than that the department had lost confidence in her ability to lead.
At the time, council members complained about the lack of information on the issue. But after two weeks of investigation, some members agreed with the state's determination, with a compromise being reached that she be given 60 days of paid leave, and a chance to seek another job within the state.
Councilman John Grasso (R-2nd District) of Glen Burnie said that while Wakhweya was clearly a good person, her role as a leader within the department wasn't working out.
"We put her into the trenches, and she stumbled along, and no one helped her out, and we've got the situation we've got today," Grasso said.
Councilman Smith was Wakhweya's most vocal supporter on the council. He said the county administration and the state were at fault for not guiding Wakhweya through a treacherous leadership role within the department.
Simply removing Wakhweya from the position wouldn't fix the issue in the long run, Smith said.
"She was placed in a minefield. If we want to fix the issue, let's remove the mines," Smith said.
Smith conducted interviews with health department employees. He said Wakhweya's "strong-willed approach" to leadership drove a wedge between her and others.
"This path unfortunately created friction which ultimately tore the fabric of cohesiveness within the department," Smith said.
Though there were allegations of racial tension in the department throughout testimony from Wakhweya's supporters, Smith said he did not find evidence of that in his investigation. Council Chairman Jerry Walker (R-7th District) of Gambrills agreed, saying he did not believe discrimination was the reason the state sought her removal.
Councilman Dick Ladd (R-5th District) of Broadneck said there appeared to be a problem within the health department, and new leadership may root it out.
"I personally believe that the best way forward for the Department of Health and the county is to have new leadership to deal with the situation—whatever it is—inside the department that caused the situation to develop into what it is today," Ladd said.
Despite the county's decision, Alderman Kirby said he still intends to bring his resolution in support of Wakhweya's work for Annapolis to a vote in City Council.
"It hasn't changed anything for me," Kirby said. "I still intend to vote for the resolution."
While Kirby, a vocal supporter of Wakhweya, acknowledged that she may have "rubbed people the wrong way," he said her work during her 14-month tenure on HIV and Diabetes has been exemplary.


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Earlier today, I realized that the holidays are merely weeks away {8, to be exact}, and no matter how much I say I'm not going to go overboard, Little Man ALWAYS ends up with an insane amount of presents during the holidays. In my defense, I usually don't do too bad myself, but when you add the family members who send him things, it really adds up.
That being said, I've come to the conclusion that as much as both my son and I have issue with parting things, we're going to seriously purge his bedroom of the ridiculous amount of toys. There are so many toys that he doesn't play with and he hates having to clean up the mess left after he's dumped out an entire drawer of toys just to find the one he wanted to play with.
When's the last time you went through your children's toy collection and donated the ones they didn't play with anymore? Was it more difficult for you or your child?

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OWENSBORO, Ky. - Martine Crabtree Barnett, 87, of Sacramento, Ky passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Riverside Manor Health Care Center in Calhoun. Martine Helen Crabtree was born February 27, 1926 in Owensboro, Ky to the late Leslie and Anna Crabtree and was married to Roy Thomas Barnett. She and her husband owned and operated Barnett's IGA in Sacramento and was a member of the Towers Chapel United Methodist Church. She was a homemaker and loved planting flowers and growing gardens. Martine had a natural green thumb. She was a good woman who will be truly missed. In addition to her parents, Martine was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Barnett, who passed away June 8, 1986; and by a son, James 'Jim' Barnett.
Survivors include two sons, Danny T. Barnett and Timothy W. Barnett; 5 grandchildren; and several great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Sacramento Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery with the Rev. Jeff Hollowell officiating. There will be no public visitation. Muster Funeral Homes, Calhoun Chapel is handling the arrangements for the Barnett Family.
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As soon as you have children, the rude and presumptuous questions begin. People you never even met ask you if you plan to breastfeed, what kind of labor you plan to have, and if you and your husband are ready (code for: are you married?). But never was I as annoyed as when people would ask me if I was my child's nanny.
It happened all the time. I was in my 20s when my daughter was born, which was a fair amount younger than many other new moms in my city, and boy, did I pay for that. I hated it and felt like it negated me as a person, implied that the person speaking knew more about parenthood than me, and generally made me feel like the speaker was being condescending. And it happened again and again -- at the park, at the pool, at my child's school!
It turns out, I am not alone. Rose Arce is a senior producer at CNN and she wrote an essay on what it's like to constantly be asked if she is her child's nanny. She says:
You can't take down that solid identity with a few words of brazen stereotyping. I have heard it all before. People have called me 'senorita' and 'spic' and grabbed my arm on the way to a restaurant restroom to demand: 'Can I get some service here?' So when a lady cab driver asked me how much I get for baby sitting her, it really shouldn't have rocked my sense of self.
Ah, but it does. And mine isn't even racially motivated. Arce says one father at the park told her his daughter had never met a Latina woman who wasn't a nanny. Nice move, dad!
In this day and age, families come in so many different shapes and sizes, it almost seems presumptuous and quite ill-informed to ask such a question. Maybe I am the stepmom or maybe I adopted my daughter with my wife. You just have no idea when you see a person what their family make-up is. We aren't all married with a white picket fence, Donna Reed hair, and cookies baking in the oven. Thank goodness for that!
So, hey, if you see a person at the park hanging with a bunch of kids, don't assume anything except they're there to have fun the same as anyone else. If she volunteers more information, by all means, listen. But don't ask that which is none of your business.
Do you get annoyed with rude park questions?
A friend of mine is Hispanic and married to a white man. They have the most adorable little girl, she has the same face shape as her mother and the same big brown eyes, but that's about it. She has red curly hair, pale skin and freckles. A few months ago, she was asked if she was the nanny. And she was livid, understandably so. It just amazes me that so many people seem to have no filter between their minds and their mouths.
Wow a story that I can for ONCE agree with you. I get the "are you the nanny" comment ALL THE TIME!! Nobody believes my boys are mine and I gave birth to blonde, blue eyed, and fair skinned boys! Well the fact is I am only half African American. My mother is from Mexico but her and her family are fair skinned with green, hazel, and even blue eyes! So I also have that in my genes. Plus my husband is Norweigan and Greek so that Norweigan blood is very over powering! Him and his brother are both blonde with blue eyes! They're dad is olive skinned with brown eyes. I also get really evil looks when they find out I am the mom too.
My three kids are all Blonde haired and blue eyed. And I'm a larger woman, so I just look fat when I'm pregnant. With the first two, I always got asked, "Oh, who are you babysitting for" Noone, dammit, these are MY KIDS. Now that I've got three, and that "frazzled mommy look" no one does it, but it's still aggrivating.
I have two abnormally attractive kids..I am not attractive. I also use to baby sit four kids ..that stair stepped in age all six kids had blue eyes... well we were standing in line to get icecream and the kids were amazingly well behaved this man looks at my two and says what beautiful girls. I say thank you.. Andhe looks at all the kids and says sooooo well behaved....and gorgeous blue eyes! ' He looks at me and my hazel eyes They must have got their dads eyes...without missing a beat my daughter says " we all have different dads"
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Do we underestimate the importance of the 20-something years? Live Q&A with TED speaker Meg Jay, Wednesday at 3pm Eastern
In her talk, clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay urges twentysomethings and those who know and love them to claim this period as their "defining decade" -- to focus not on identity crises, but on building for themselves what she calls identity capital.
So, have we been sending the wrong message with language like "kidults" and "30 is the new 20"? Bring your questions and comments to the live chat on Wednesday, May 15 from 3:00-4:00pm Eastern time.
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May 15 2013: Dr. Jay, thanks so much for a thought provoking talk!
I am 22 years old and very proud of the intention I have had in every decision I've made so far in my 20's. With that said, I still do feel this overwhelming pressure from multiple avenues to be able to have it all: a great job, kids and a stable social life by the time I'm 30... Is there a way to balance my absorption of my generations career oriented goals (especially for women) and a more traditional family life? Would love to hear your thoughts here.
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In continuing my experiment to cut down on SMS messages to save money by using social networking, some things have become apparent.
Last month I set out on an experiment to cut down on my text messages to see if I could go from paying $15 to $5 a month. In order to do that with my iPhone, I would have to go from my average of 700 SMS per month to 200 or less. This is much harder than it sounds.
I looked at my last month's usage and I was able to go down to 545 SMS (sent + received). From there I set my next goal to be under 300. This current billing period, which ends on the 22nd, I have used 176. So I have a 3 weeks for no more than 124 SMS which will be hard. Still, this is a significant improvement on the previous month in which I was already at about 300+ at this point.
How am I doing it? Social Networking. As it is I only use about 45 minutes of talk time for a whole month. Most of my communication is done via Facebook, Twitter, AIM, and (soon) Skype. Most of my friends are on at least one of the mentioned social networks. The only reason I haven't been able to completely eliminate SMS is because most of these social networks don't support Push Notifications on the iPhone and I'm unable to completely rely on them.
As you may already know, AT&T recently announced that they'll allow apps on the iPhone to use voice over IP on the 3G network. What does this translate to? Use Skype (or other apps) to make your calls from anywhere, without using your minutes. The only thing that will keep me from using it all the time is the fact that Skype does not yet support Push Notifications. Imagine getting a notification for a call and it's from Skype. You can talk all day long and it doesn't affect your minutes at all.
In fact, since I'm only using about 45 minutes of talk time, why would I even need a voice or SMS plan? all I need is the data plan. In fact phone companies may begin to move towards a data plan model rather than minutes-per-month/SMS model.
The hard part about trying out this experiment is getting all your friends and family to contact you using these Social Networks. If all else fails I usually recommend emailing me, since I've always got my iPhone on me it's as good as SMS.
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Computer May Hang on Restart After LUNs are Increased to 160+
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When you restart your computer with an Emulex LP8000 Fibre Channel Host Adapter and Clarion 5 installed after you enable a large number of logical unit numbers (160+), your computer may stop responding (hang).
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4-6 skinless, boneless chicken breast
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease a 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle the chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and paprika. Melt butter in a large skillet and brown the chicken breasts well on both sides, about 5 minutes per side. Lay the chicken breasts into the bottom of the prepared casserole dish. In a saucepan over medium-low heat, mix together the celery soup, milk, onion, cheese, Worcestershire sauce, and onions (large cuts and minced) . Allow the mixture to heat until the cheese melts, but do not boil. Stir to thoroughly combine; mix in the cream cheese and half and half until smooth. Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts in the dish and cover with foil. Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is tender and the juices run clear, about 45 minutes. Uncover, baste with sauce, and bake 30 more minutes, basting occasionally.
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More Questions Than Answers For Vikings Thursday vs Denver
When the Minnesota Vikings wrap-up their preseason on Thursday night (Sept. 2), the club that narrowly missed out on the Super Bowl last year will still have plenty of questions to answer.
First and foremost, will QB Brett Favre be able to make it through his 20th NFL season? Favre recently had an injection of lubricant into his surgically repaired ankle. Number 4 has also looked shaky through preseason, so fans are also worried that his play could diminish significantly.
Secondly, how will the offensive line protect Favre. Center John Sullivan is still questionable for the opener seven days from now against the Saints, and the line as a whole has looked suspect during the entire month of August. Expect both reserve C Jon Cooper and RG Chris DeGeare to see extensive action against Denver as the team prepares for a Sulli-less week one.
Thirdly, the defensive secondary has real issues. Vikes fans were likely so upset at the end of the NFC Championship game that they failed to realize top corner Cedric Griffin had torn his ACL late in the loss. Antoine Winfield is still a great tackler, but is becoming a liability in coverage. Impressive rookie Chris Cook looked strong before tearing his meniscus, and he's out for three to four weeks. Benny Sapp was traded to address the WR problem, so we are left to hope that castoff Lito Sheppard and understudy Asher Allen can play meaningful minutes… and that's not even addressing the safety spot, which has chronically underachieved.
Finally, throw in the Percy Harvin migraines, Sidney Rice on the PUP list, Adrian Peterson's blocking issues, and a possible rift (some say schism) between the head coach and the quarterback, and it's clear to see that the Purple have some issues.
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FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (UPI) — A mobile home, 16-feet by 70-feet, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and central air parked in New York was last seen moving toward Vermont, police say.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office in upstate New York is investigating the theft of a mobile home from the parking lot of the Big Apple Diner located on State Route 4 in the Town of Hampton.
The trailer was parked at the lot in mid-August and was taken by an unknown subject on or about Sept. 23 at around 5:00 p.m. by a white tractor.
Senior Investigator Bruce Hamilton said the owner is offering a $2,500 reward for the recovery of the trailer.
"The trailer is a Pine Grove series GH016-496 mobile home. It is tan in color and had some furniture," Hamilton told UPI. "It was built in 2009 but did not appear to have been used. It's valued at about $50,000."
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In Stephanie McAfee's first novel, "Diary of a Mad Fat Girl," her outrageous protagonist Ace Jones takes on pinheaded school administrators, deals with hurtful gossip and endures heartbreak. In the follow up, "Happily Ever Madder," Jones is ready for a new battle: with the ladies of the homeowners' association.
"I try to make my characters highly relatable," said McAfee. She appears at 11 a.m. Saturday to sign books and meet fans at the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta's Mistletoe Market as part of an author event coordinated by the Book Exchange.
Market hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The event is being held at the Cobb County Civic Center, 548 South Marietta Parkway. Admission is $8 at the door and parking is free.
Saturday's author event lineup starts at 10 a.m. with Echo Garrett, author of "My Orange Duffle Bag: A Journey to Radical Change." Mary Kay Andrews follows at 11 a.m., along with McAfee; followed by Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of "Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen," and Lisa Patton, author of "Yankee Doodle Dixie" at noon; and Anne Hite, author of "Ghost On Black Mountain," and Linda Sands, author of "Not Waving, Drowning," at 1 p.m.
McAfee said she does much of her writing in the library where there is no internet access, and always loves meeting fans.
"I still kind of can't believe it when people come up and say, 'I read your book,'" she said. "It's been an adventure – a big, stressful adventure but it's been fun."
A Booneville, Miss., native who lives with her husband and son in the Florida Panhandle, McAfee began writing as an escape from her former job teaching math. (She liked her colleagues and loved the kids; the math, not so much). After a slew of rejection letters from agents, she posted the work online. After it became an e-book hit McAfee suddenly was fielding calls from the publishing industry. She's just finished her third book in the "Mad" series. "Down and out in Bugtussle" comes out next year.
"It's kind of therapeutic," she said of writing. Friends often ask if her sometimes crazy, always hilarious characters are modeled after people she knows.
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Once again, RuPaul will be joined by the hottest celebrities in pop culture today to help judge every second of the face primping, wig snatching and tuck tightening action. This season's celeb guest judges include Neil Patrick Harris, Adam Lambert, Khloe Kardashian, Lena Headey, Linda Blair, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Heather McDonald, Eve, Trina, Leah Remini, Jaime Pressly, Paula Abdul, Mike Ruiz, David Burtka and Bob Mackie alongside show regulars Michelle Visage and Santino Rice. Together they will decide who will stay, lip-sync for their life or "Sashay Away." Additional guest appearances this season include: Lucian Piane, Gillian Jacobs, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Chaz Bono, Georgia Holt and US Weekly Entertainment Director, Ian Drew.


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A Look at Three Post-Earning Decliners: Are Any Presenting Value?
By Brian Nichols - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, CRUS, KEG
After a big post-earnings decline, our natural reaction is to 'sell". However, these losses often present value, and in this piece I am looking at three stocks that saw declines on Friday to determine any potential upside.
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The Case for Buying Stock in Oilfield Services
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If you are bullish on natural gas, it makes sense to buy the industry suppliers… especially at today's multiples. Oilfield service companies are trading at a historical low for such promising growth ahead. While the US pressure pumping business is, fittingly, under pressure and margins are narrow from excess capacity in oil basins, this headwind has been overblown. Below, I review three stocks and my outlook on their futures more »
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Wilbur Ross, the manager of WL Ross & Co., is one of the financial world's most renowned experts on the subjects of bankruptcy and restructuring, and was dubbed the 'King of Bankruptcy' by Forbes more than a decade ago. Though he has the characteristics of a value investor, Ross specializes in distressed asset scenarios. In the height of the financial crisis, Ross teamed up with Invesco Ltd. (IVZ) to buy more »
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According to a filing with the SEC, Board member Thomas Moore Jr. bought 12,000 shares of Basic Energy Services (NYSE: BAS) on Nov. 8 at an average price of $9.35. This brought Moore's direct holdings of the stock to a total of 104,000 shares; a trust in his family's name owns an additional 17,000 shares. Moore has been a frequent buyer of the stock more »
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The North American drilling cycle is an important determinant to earnings in the energy sector and the level and trend of this cycle should be monitored by investors that are active in this sector. One method of keeping current is through a review of earnings releases and conference calls as oil service operators typically make extensive commentary on business trends in their respective service areas.
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Keeper Notes
Tuesday, September 9
Do animals know "how much?" In everyday life, people seem to associate abstract numerical thinking with complex thought, math and science, and something that makes us unique among all the animals of the world. Yet the last decade of research has found that many animals – from mosquito fish to elephants – understand some things about numbers. For example, if a zookeeper let an elephant choose between two cups of food, one cup that contained two peanuts and a second cup that contained eight peanuts, the elephant would likely choose the cup with the larger number! This is because elephants do understand that some amounts are larger than others. However, most animals are not very precise when it comes to thinking about numbers. If you asked the same elephant to choose between a cup with five peanuts and a cup with six peanuts, she wouldn't be very good at choosing the larger number. This is because five and six are close together, and just by looking at the two numbers of peanuts, it's hard to tell which cup has more food. Researchers think that humans can solve this task because we have invented a number system, which includes words for discrete number amounts (like five and six) and ordered counting (one, two, three, etc.), which allows us to count the number of peanuts in a cup and always be able to find out that six is more than five.
Thursday, September 4
Things are moving forward quickly for Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. One of the major exhibits in the new building will be for Cuban crocodiles. Last week, keeper David Brothers and I went to see the Cuban crocodiles that are currently at the National Zoo and will be making the move to Atlanta. It is going to be a challenging time for these animals; they have been living at the National Zoo for quite a long time. In order to facilitate the move and keep the stress to a minimum, we scheduled a visit where we observed the protocols that they have in place for working with these large animals. These animals are extremely intelligent, can jump well, and move quickly over land while lifting their entire bodies off of the ground. Together with their power and size, these make safety a concern, which training can facilitate. Currently these animals are trained to go into crates, and shift though doors that keepers can operate from the outside of the enclosure. This allows keepers to move animals from one area to another and then enter an empty area safely. It has been some time since Zoo Atlanta had any large crocodilians in the collection, and we are very excited about bringing Cuban crocodiles to our city.
Tuesday, September 2
Don't get me wrong; I love flamingo chicks, but ours are getting to that stage in life when they are starting to wean themselves. They are not yet eating enough to be self-supporting, so we continue to have to hand-feed our five chicks. They remind me of some human teens, heavily dependent still on Mom and Dad, but those childhood good manners have been replaced by eyeball rolls and "what-EVER!" Their names are Red, White, Yellow, Green and Black, those being the colors of the bands on their legs. Their personalities have become more obvious with age. Yes, flamingos have personalities!
Thursday, August 28
The Program Animals Department has seen many staff-related changes over the past several months. Before the summer season began, we lost Caroline Ledbetter (Keeper III) as she decided to further her experience at another Zoo. In view of her departure, Tommy Hutchinson was hired on as a Seasonal Keeper I and has since then accepted a full-time position as a swing keeper with both the exhibit birds and the animal ambassadors. He has been an excellent addition to our team. Not only has he taken on an enormous amount of responsibility and knowledge within a short period of time, but he has also utilized his construction experience to help complete some much-needed projects within the department. Tommy previously wrote a blog about a handful of his projects.
Tuesday, August 26
It's hard to believe that summer has gone by so quickly! It has been a busy time for the Primate Department. If you have been by the orangutan exhibits, you may have noticed that we have switched around which groups of our orangutans are in the yards. Since each of our three yards is different, we like to let all the orangutans take turns in each of them throughout the year. With 13 orangutans in five groups, it takes a bit of thinking and planning to accomplish yard changes. Right now, Chantek our hybrid adult male, and Dumadi, our Sumatran juvenile male, are visible in Yard One. Adult female Bornean Miri is in Yard Three along with her two sons, Baby Pelari and sub-adult Satu. Adult Sumatran female Biji and adult Sumatran male Alan take turns in Yard Two with Sumatran family group Benny, Blaze and Pongo.
Thursday, August 21
Greetings from the carnivore area! Summer for us has been otterly crazy! If you've been to the Zoo recently, you may have seen our newest residents, the giant otters. These two animals, male Bakairi and female Yzma, are the first giant otters here at Zoo Atlanta, and they are quite a bit larger than our resident Asian small-clawed otters. None of the current keepers have ever worked with giant otters, so we have been busy this summer learning about the species and working out our daily routine.
Tuesday, August 19
Many of the primates in our collection at Zoo Atlanta are involved in various research projects. These range from behavioral observation, where researchers simply observe the day-to-day activities of our primate groups in their natural settings, to more in-depth cognitive research where individuals actively and voluntarily participate in learning behavior studies.
Thursday, August 14
As the summer begins to wind down, the work in the World of Reptiles certainly doesn't! Summer is hatching season, and we've had a pretty successful one so far this year with dozens of scaly babies.
Thursday, August 7
Many of you have already returned to school for the new school year. Can you believe the summer is already practically gone? We keepers are still in full keeper mode to ensure everything runs smoothly here at Zoo Atlanta. No summer break for us! In fact, this summer has been quite an adventure.
Tuesday, August 5
Zookeepers take vacations too. As much as we miss our animals at the Zoo, we too need these much-needed breaks. This past month gave me a good 11 days off and when I came back, boy did I have a lot to catch up on! Working every day (with the normal two days off during the week), you see the animals and sometimes cannot notice the subtle changes that occur … like Anaka, the almost 1-year-old gorilla, sprouting up like a weed! I cannot believe that when I came back she was leaving her mom, Sukari, more than I had seen her do just before I left, and she was joining in the play sessions with the other younger ones. She is more independent (as much as Sukari will allow) and has just grown bigger than what she was 11 days ago (to me anyway).
Thursday, July 31
Summertime in the elephant barn is all about keeping your trunks up. The elephant care professionals at Zoo Atlanta spend hours every day working closely with the elephants, Kelly and Tara. One of the most important aspects of elephant training is establishing manners, or more specifically, keeping trunks up and sometimes down when the situation calls for it. Kelly, a 31-year-old African elephant, and her companion of almost 30 years, Tara, also 31, need to be able to keep their trunks in a safe position when elephant care staff are working closely with them. Daily tasks such as foot care, baths, exercise and Wild Encounters all require that the elephants not only are able to voluntarily comply with what the keepers ask of them, but that they also do it a well-mannered way.
Tuesday, July 29
Hatching day for flamingos: it's going on right now!
Thursday, July 24
I'm sure you've all noticed our little construction project happening on the backlot of the Zoo—our exciting new reptile and amphibian complex! With opening still scheduled for spring 2015, you can be sure that the Herpetology Department is scrambling getting everything "just right" for this great opportunity.
Thursday, July 17
This past Wednesday here at the Wieland Wildlife Home was a day of grief, and at the same time, a day of celebration. One of our beloved education animal ambassadors, Opus the Virginia opossum, passed away. Opus arrived at Wieland three years ago and spent his life as an educational ambassador teaching thousands of visitors about Virginia opossums.
Tuesday, July 15
Outback Station has been a busy place this summer! After the arrival of our newest red kangaroo, Rory, we welcomed three new Saanen goats to the barn. Now approaching 4 months old, Wembley, Bogart and Tobias are weaned off of milk and ready to begin meeting the rest of the goat herd in the petting zoo! They have had introductions with several of our goat girls, who are the most important herd members for the boys to win over, but not for the reason you may think.
Thursday, July 10
Right now is my favorite and most exciting time to be a reptile keeper, as most of our turtle species are laying eggs or have eggs in the incubators. The year's time, energy, and thought is surrounded around producing these little white pearls. As Wade mentioned in a previous update, our Burmese mountain tortoises were the first to go, with both females building nests and producing over 100 eggs. Our flowerback box turtle, one of my focus species, was next laying one enormous egg that is already showing signs of development. Two of our McCord's box turtles have laid a clutch so far, and the other should lay any day now. We also have a gravid Pan's box turtle who should be laying any day now, as she has been digging for a week or so. Lastly, we have a fingers crossed for impressed tortoise eggs coming in the next few weeks.
Tuesday, July 8
Once you walk into The Living Treehouse, you will notice a huge mound of leaves, sticks, twigs and maybe even a map or two. That "thing" is a nest! It belongs to the male and female hammerkop, and they have been diligently working on it since they moved out into the aviary two months ago.
Hammerkops are small, brown wading birds thought to be closely related to the storks (in the Order Ciconiiformes), although recent DNA evidence places them closer to the herons and flamingos (in the Order Charadriiformes). You can often find them shuffling through shallow water raking up aquatic insects, small fish and frogs with their feet.
Lifespan of individuals in the wild is not well known. Hammerkops can live at least into their 20s in zoological settings, but this species was not common in zoos until recently, so their true longevity is not yet known.
One of the coolest aspects of the hammerkop's behavior is the extremely large nest that these relatively small birds build. This nest of sticks, mud and grass can weigh more than 100 times the weight of the bird and may be one of the largest nests of any bird. Hammerkops are compulsive nest builders, although we don't know exactly why they build such a big nest. One theory is that protection within the large cavity formed in the middle may be a factor. A pair of hammerkops may build multiple nests each year on their territory. This is good news for many other animals such as Egyptian geese, speckled pigeons, barn owls and honeybees, all of which been known to use abandoned hammerkop nests.
Hammerkops appear to breed year-round in east Africa and breed primarily during the dry season in other locations. After building their large nest, a pair will lay three to six eggs inside the central chamber. The eggs will hatch in 28 to 32 days, and the chicks will fledge from the nest about 50 days later.
Come to The Living Treehouse and check out these awesome birds building their huge nest. Just don't let go of your map, or your hat, or your wallet, or your stroller, or your loved one. They may end up in the hammerkop nest!
Shelley Raynor
Keeper III, Birds and Program Animals
Thursday, July 3
Rats, rats, rats! Rats are very important animal ambassadors for the Program Animals Team. Our older group has been named the Royal Rats: Liz, Kate, Mary and Diana, all named after British royalty. They are the rats you will see running across the stage backdrop at the Wildlife Theater shows. This behavior required a lot of training and repetitions.
Tuesday, July 1
Recently we decided to "spruce up" one of our gorilla habitats that is not on public view. What goes into redoing an animal habitat? Number one, we look into things such as human and animal safety. Next, we start looking at what the animals need for comfort, such as hiding spots, sleeping areas and access to water and food. Then, we can think about promoting natural behaviors and encouraging exercise and play to keep the animals mentally and physically fit.
Thursday, June 26
Tuesday at the otter exhibit, I overheard a young boy ask one of the keepers if the animals that he was looking at were the same otters that he had seen before. The boy was asking because the otters that he was looking at were very large. Some might even say that they were giants. Yes, our giant river otters were introduced to not only each other yesterday, but to the exhibit as well. Yzma, the female, and Bakairi, the male, have been living in adjacent dens inside the otter building during the past 30 days while they completed their quarantine period. During this time, we saw lots of positive behaviors between the two, including rubbing on the mesh that separates the two dens. Tuesday we gave Yzma access to the exhibit and after a few minutes, she ventured out to do a bit of exploring. When we gave Bakairi the opportunity to join her, Yzma went back inside, where the two otters officially met for the first time. We left them together for the morning, during which they played most of the time and took periodic breaks to check out the yard. After a few hours of this, they curled up together in their nest box for a nap. We'll continue to increase the amount of time that the giant otters spend together, and on exhibit. If you'd like to be one of the first people to catch a glimpse of them, your best bet is to stop by in the mornings. I can guarantee that you'll be entertained!
Megan Wilson, PhD
Curator of Mammals
Tuesday, June 24
Summer is here, and breeding seasons in the Bird Department are well underway! It seems that almost every exhibit has birds displaying and nesting. If you find yourself down near the Canopy Climber in the next few weeks, take a good close look at the birds nearby!
Thursday, June 19
This summer we have been working on a lot of projects to improve the habitats in the Program Animal Department. We are very proud and excited about some additions to our birds of prey "lookouts" at the Wildlife Theater. These are basically raised sections of their roofs with some creative perches that allow the birds to get a 360-degree view of their surroundings. In the wild, these birds would normally spend a large portion of their day perched in trees watching for prey to pursue, and our aim with these additions is to enrich the lives of our theater birds by simulating that natural behavior. Currently, our red-tailed hawk, Nate, spends most of his days watching Zoo guests and keepers from his lookout overlooking the spine, and we have also added this feature to the area where our hooded vultures, Baobab and Acacia, currently live. We have plans to add these lookouts to several more areas as the summer goes on, and we are excited to see how it enhances the birds' lives.
Tuesday, June 18
Zoo Atlanta hosted approximately 180 veterinarians, gorilla caregivers, managers, researchers and field biologists from all over the world at the 2014 International Gorilla Workshop last week to share the most current information on husbandry, conservation and emerging issues pertaining to zoo-housed and wild populations of gorillas.
This conference played an important role in advancing the well-being of captive gorillas through lectures, panels and roundtable discussions on innovative husbandry techniques. So much knowledge was shared during the workshop, and we continue to receive great feedback about the success of it. We're excited that so many attendees left with many ideas to implement at their facilities and are eager to start. The attendees (nine countries were represented!) are some of the most amazing and talented people that I know, and it was such an honor to host them!
Jodi Carrigan
Senior Keeper, Primates
Thursday, June 12
The World of Reptiles is busy as usual. Both Burmese black mountain tortoises have laid their eggs (located on exhibit in front of the World of Reptiles), and we now have over 100 eggs in the incubator … good thing we only have two females of this large tortoise species. Several other turtles and tortoises are getting ready to lay eggs. Two of our McCord's box turtles are gravid and will be laying soon.
Thursday, June 5
Summer's upon us! That means, as the Zoo gets a lot busier, so do the animals. As the weather changes in the Zoo world, a lot of animals you didn't see in the winter are more likely to be on exhibit. At the same time, if we see temperatures reach closer to 90-100 degrees, the animals may have the option of choosing to be outdoors or inside. Each animal area has guidelines to follow when it comes to extreme temperatures, rain, and, of course, inclement weather.
Tuesday, June 3
If you walk down the main spine of the Zoo, you might see our brand-new birds, the crested couas, or you might not! Why? While they are mostly grey with a white breast and bright blue skin around their eyes, you might think that they could be easily spotted. However, these characteristics actually help them blend into the shadows of the trees and bushes of their native habitat in Madagascar.


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Super 8 El Cerrito/Berkeley
Super 8 El Cerrito/Berkeley in El Cerrito
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Hotel Guest Rating: 6.9/10
6009 Potrero Avenue
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Welcome to the Super 8 El Cerrito/Berkeley
Freebies like Wi-Fi and continental breakfast, plus a convenient location near University of California-Berkeley, make the Super 8 El Cerrito/Berkeley a winner for guests on a budget.
Hotel Features
The 48 rooms of this low-rise hotel were renovated in 2011, bringing a fresh look of merlot-colored drapes and chardonnay carpet, with a blend of the two featured on bedspreads. The rooms offer microwaves, refrigerators and work desks. Complimentary amenities include local calls, continental breakfast, Wi-Fi and a coffeemaker. Parking is available.
Hotel Location
Just off I-80 in the East Bay community of El Cerrito north of Berkeley, the Super 8 is near plenty of popular ethnic restaurants and large chain stores. The hotel is six miles from the U.C.-Berkeley campus, Tilden Park and the Lawrence Hall of Sciences. Downtown San Francisco's Union Square is less than 16 miles away. Oakland International Airport is 19.5 miles from the hotel and San Francisco International Airport is 27 miles.
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Priceline guests "liked that the room had cable and nice bedding." They also praise the freebies like Wi-Fi and parking as well as the friendly staff.
Super 8 El Cerrito/Berkeley Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
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Upon check-in photo identification and credit card are required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
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MU to remain neutral over issue of Scottish independence
The decision follows the MU's forum on 'The Future of Music in Scotland,' which was held on 11 April 2014 at Glasgow City Halls.
The decision follows the MU's forum on 'The Future of Music in Scotland,' which was held on 11 April 2014 at Glasgow City Halls.
Beyond Borders - a co-commissioning and touring programme run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Colwinston Trust.
The Musicians' Hearing Service (MHS) is offering a set of ERs at £138, with a free hearing test for anyone who has ERs that were purchased in 2008 or before.
The MU is launching a campaign for fair pay for musicians which can be found at www.worknotplay.co.uk. The campaign comes in response to the growing number of examples of musicians being expected to work for free whilst other workers involved in the event are being paid. Share your comments on Twitter using #WorkNotPlayMU.
The Scotland on Sunday newspaper has launched a campaign to scrap fees for instrumental music lessons in Scottish schools.
STUC has launched a discussion on Scotland's future via a series of events and an online consultation.
For everyone involved in jazz education in Scotland – teachers, instrumental instructors, bandleaders, jazz musicians or organisers – the Scottish Jazz Federation (SJF) is running two one-day events.
Affiliated trade unions are able to submit motions for debate and send a delegation of LGBT members to the conference to discuss issues affecting them as workers and issues relevant to the LGBT community.
The MU's 'Fair Play' guide contains practical advice about co-promotion shows and other live issues, such as showcase events and competitions.
Creative Scotland, Scotland's national cultural agency, is currently undertaking a review of the music sector in Scotland.


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"You're cured."
Well, five years after being cleared by the PET scan, I went to the oncologist. He looked at the blood work, looked at me, and said, "You don't need to be here. You're cured." I'm sure he was saying other things, but that's all I really focused on. Cured. I need to go back one more time, but I'm done with lab work. The only lab I have now is my Chocolate Lab, Chase. The only Cat scans will be when my cat, Murray , checks out my lap as a place to sit. And, the most painful thing will likely be errant knees from small children while wrestling. Of course, a good side effect of the TC is now the chance of my kids making contact dropped by 50%.
I know that other folks will read this on occasion. I go back and re-read it occasionally. The last thing I have to say is, God is good, even in this sort of situation, and, while it isn't fun during the whole thing, this too shall pass.
Of course, I ought to throw the big thank you out there to all who kept an eye on me, and walked through this with me. Most of all, thanks to my dear wife, Melissa, for whom this was probably worse than it was for me. After the two bouts of cancer, then my appendectomy a couple years ago, she just looked at me one evening, and said, "I've enough of the "In Sickness" thing for a while, how about we try the "In Health" for a bit?
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The field of competitors for the sole Western Massachusetts casino license will soon expand with the addition of Hard Rock International, which is expected to announce a deal Friday to pursue development rights at the Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds in West Springfield, home of The Big E agricultural fair.
Eastern States Exposition, a nonprofit institution, has scheduled a "red carpet" luncheon Friday for a casino-related announcement. It did not release any details, though several sources said the organization has reached a deal to move forward with Hard Rock on a casino resort. Hard Rock representatives have visited the site many times, after exploring bids in Holyoke and Springfield in 2012.


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The night a family of three was killed at their Pinyon Pines home, the teenage daughter was supposed to go hiking with her ex-boyfriend and one of his friends to work out "harassment" issues, an investigator testified.
Instead, the men told investigators, they stayed home and played video games, then went to a nearby high school to play paintball.
But no one besides Cristin Smith and Robert Pape could corroborate their alibi, a prosecutor told a Riverside County Superior Court judge Wednesday, March 26, during a preliminary hearing in Indio.
âWhen you first look at this crime, it points to two people carrying it out. These were the two men who were supposed to be there,â Deputy District Attorney Mike Carney said.
Judge James Hawkins ordered Smith â" who is now 25 but was 17 at the time â" to stand trial as an adult in the deaths of Becky Friedli, 18; her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53; and her motherâs longtime boyfriend, Jon Hayward, 55.
Pape â" who is now 25 and was 18 at the time â" did not have to go through a preliminary hearing because he was indicted by a grand jury this month.
Smith also was indicted, but that had to be dismissed and prosecutors had to file new charges because he was a juvenile.
The Friedli house was set on fire the night of Sept. 17, 2006, in the remote Pinyon Pines area off Highway 74 between Palm Desert and Idyllwild. A neighbor who called 911 ran over to the house and saw Becky Friedliâs charred body in a wheelbarrow outside.
Firefighters found two more badly burned bodies inside. Vicki Friedli, who was in the kitchen area, had a single gunshot wound to the head, while Hayward suffered a shotgun blast to the chest in the laundry room.
A cousin of Beckyâs told detectives in September 2013 that Becky had been planning to go hiking with Pape and Smith in the hills behind her house to work out unspecified "harassment," Riverside County sheriff's cold case Investigator Edward Vargas testified Wednesday.
Pape and Becky Friedli had broken up about eight months earlier, after Friedli cheated on him, he told investigators.
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Shaoying Liu, A. Jeff Offutt, Chris Ho-Stuart, Yong Sun, Mitsuru Ohba, "SOFL: A Formal Engineering Methodology for Industrial Applications," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 24-45, January, 1998.
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Abstract—Formal methods have yet to achieve wide industrial acceptance for several reasons. They are not well integrated into established industrial software processes, their application requires significant abstraction and mathematical skills, and existing tools do not satisfactorily support the entire formal software development process. We have proposed a language called SOFL (Structured-Object-based-Formal Language) and a SOFL methodology for system development that attempts to address these problems using an integration of formal methods, structured methods and object-oriented methodology. Construction of a system uses structured methods in requirements analysis and specifications, and an object-based methodology during design and implementation stages, with formal methods applied throughout the development in a manner that best suits their capabilities. This paper describes the SOFL methodology, which introduces some substantial changes from current formal methods practice. A comprehensive, practical case study of an actual industrial Residential Suites Management System illustrates how SOFL is used.
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Excellent muffins! Made exactly as directed except used lemon rind in lieu of orange (personal preference). Next time I will add a bit more berries and leave my puree a little more chunky to get nice bits of berry distributed within the batter. Don't bother with the sugar on top (no need) and whip up these fantastic muffins the next time you have some extra strawberries lying around. A great harbinger in these dull dreary months of spring around the bend. Enjoy!
Strawberry-Orange Muffins
Serve warm with Brandied Strawberry Jam.
Yield: 1 dozen (serving size: 1 muffin)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 184
- Calories from fat: 20%
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated fat: 2.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
- Protein: 2.8g
- Carbohydrate: 34.8g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
- Iron: 1mg
- Sodium: 179mg
- Calcium: 33mg
- 1 1/4 cups halved strawberries
- 3 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, melted
- 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Cooking spray
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a blender, and process just until blended. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove from pan immediately.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fruits
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Blender, Bake
- OCCASION: Spring, Summer, Mother's Day
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Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
i love you with all my heart you are the very thing that has made me who i am. i never wanna lose you. i love the way you love, the way you smell of past memory's and one that aren't even in existence. i love the way your voice sounds in the morning when you a wake from a long nights rest. i love you way you can love me no matter what i say or do. and i honestly don't know how you could love my flaw. how can someone as perfect as you. you with your short curly brown hair that shines in the…Continue
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The night is cold and the air is damp she walks alone in the dark. she hears a sound behind her as she walk. she turns with such sudden movements she stumbles to the hard wet ground. a shadow appears and fear begins to show on her face. she does not know who or what it may be. she drags herself away. when she can see the mass more clearly she stares up in awe. for what stands in front of her is what looks like an angel.
"who are you?" she asked the women standing before her.
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