description: November 7, 2011—Watch as biologist Luke Dollar uses a blowgun to subdue and study Madagascar's top predator, the fossa. The catlike creature "will eat pretty much everything in the forest," but to survive, it'll still need help from conservationists like Dollar, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer.

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VO: Fossa is the largest carnivore in Madagascar. It’s the top predator. It’s the natural king of the jungle.
VO: I’m Luke Dollar. For about 17 years, I’ve been coming to Madagascar, a country biologists like myself like to think of as a Petri dish of evolutionary history.
VO: It’s so unique that four out of five organisms you find here, you won’t find anywhere else. One of the most elusive is the fossa, which I study.
Dollar: Fossa in what?
Woman Vet:Fossa in G6, JBA-G6
Dollar: Ok, got it.
VO: I didn’t come to Madagascar to study the Fossa, I came for the reason that most people come to Madagascar, the lemurs. Lemurs are the famous icons of this island. And I was studying a particular lemur, and then this lemur ups and disappears. Turns that this lemur had been eaten by this predator I’d never heard of before, the fossa.
VO: In other parts of the world we have whole guilds of large carnivores that maintain that top predator level: in Madagascar its one animal. It’s a pretty impressive one too.
Dollar: What we’re aiming for is the fleshy part of it’s thigh.
Dollar: Got it!
Dollar: Right now we’ll wait for about 60 seconds.
VO: If I had to imagine what the common ancestor between the mongooses, the cats and the hyenas looked like, way back when, I’d imagine it look a lot like the fossa.
Dollar: She’s scratched up her face a bit, but it’s just light abrasions.
VO: We’ve come to learn that Fossa are active pretty much equally day and night: 3 hours on, 4 hours off, 4 hours on, 3 hours off throughout the 24 hour cycle. And we’ve come to learn from going through tons and tons of scats, Fossa poop, and identifying everything that was in them that they will eat pretty much everything in the forest with a heart beat. Some of that is lemur, some of that is rodent; some of that is reptile but fossa are in fact an equal opportunity predator. Those 2 things alone are just amazing in terms of not having realized this about an animal that is so important to the survival and the maintenance of the systems in Madagascar.
Throughout the island, I estimate that there’s definitely fewer than 3000 fossa left, in the wild. And so I spend half, probably more of my time, working on the conservation of the species.
Because not doing so would guarantee that by the end of my career, I going to have a whole trove of information about a recently extinct species.


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A penis pump is one of a few treatment options for the inability to get or maintain an erection sufficient for sex (erectile dysfunction). A penis pump consists of a plastic tube that fits over the penis, a hand or battery-powered pump attached to the tube, and a band that fits around the base of the penis once it is erect (constriction ring).
A penis pump is sometimes called a vacuum pump or a vacuum constriction device.
Erectile dysfunction is a common problem, especially following prostate surgery and in older men. Oral medications prescribed to treat erectile dysfunction include sildenafil (Viagra, Revatio), vardenafil (Levitra, Staxyn), tadalafil (Cialis, Adcirca) and avanafil (Stendra).
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Why does it seem like nobody knows who they are anymore?Books like Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life, Max Lucado's Cure For the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot, and the Strength's Finder series are but a few of the litany of books that line bookstore shelves, promising to help us figure ourselves out. We take personality tests to find out if we're ESTJ's or INFP's. We go to conferences to determine if we are otters or lions. We hire career or life coaches to mine our psyches fo … [Read more...]
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James Brown didn't need a choreographer to teach him his famous dance moves: He made them up himself.
"It has to do with real self-expression," said Otis Sallid, artistic director of the recent tribute show "James Brown: Get on The Good Foot – A Celebration in Dance" at New York's Apollo Theater. "James Brown was a choreographer. All those older artists did everything. They sang, danced, arranged the music."
Brown performed with such natural flash, no one could replicate what he was doing – though many have tried and come close, including Michael Jackson and Bruno Mars. Some of his moves were extrapolations of old styles, newly updated. But even so, few could come close to adding what he could.
To break down exactly what "the hardest working man in show biz" could do, here's a list of James Brown's top five essential dance moves. (Read more: James Brown and the Making of 'Get On Up')
The Camel Walk
This forward traveling slide was around for decades, but James Brown made it his own by embellishing with speed and style or adding a pop down to the floor. Michael Jackson owes plenty to this step: "The Moon Walk is the Camel Walk backward," said Mr. Sallid.
The Mashed Potato
Calling for footwork in the extreme, the Mashed Potato sends the feet all over in squiggly in-and-out moves, often with all the weight on one foot, still in constant motion. "James Brown took it to a different level," said Mr. Sallid. "His feet are twittering all around."
Funky Chicken
Only James Brown could make this look cool. Moving the knees quickly in and out produces a bird-like, flapping motion with the lower body. No one should try this at home.
With the feet out wide, the hips rolling and some judicious weight-shifts, this bouncy, bent-knees move is still used by contemporary pop-and-lock dancers. "It's very important because it was a cool guy dance," said Mr. Sallid.
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The multi-syllabled pomposity and obscurity of much academic writing, particularly in the social sciences, often attracts derision and damnation. The contempt has generally come from outside the campus. But here's a surprise: Michael Billig, professor of social sciences at Loughborough University no less, has written an insider's demolition of his colleagues' writing. His Learn how to write badly: how to succeed in the social sciences rounds up the usual suspects: jargon, acronyms, passives, and using five pound words when five pence ones would do (but, strangely, neglects the long sentences and page long paragraphs). In particular, he condemns the constant turning of verbs into nouns: 'beware of long words ending in –ization and –ification' and 'write about people not things' Billig wisely advises. He quotes some of the worst academic writing and, sometimes, names the perpetrators. Billig tears apart the arguments put forward in defence of the 'academic style' and exposes the inhumanity and subconscious elitism that often underlies it.
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I've been working at a small company for the past 5 years. This company uses a software that someone created a long time ago using Microsoft access. Though it gets the job done it is extremely clunky and slow.With that said, I've been interested in learning to code for a while but never really had a reason to learn.
Well I now have my reason.
The owner of the company said they have no intentions of upgrading software themselves but if I could build something better they would gladly use it and possibly pay me for the final product. So basically, I want to build a web application for my company. I know that it may take me years to build it but I don't care.
If anyone would like to guide me in the right direction I would be extremely thankful. This is a sales company and even though I do ok I'm usually near the bottom of the pecking order in that regard. If I could build this app I would be the office hero as the current system we have now is universally hated.
Thanks in advance!
It does sound like an opportunity. I am presuming its a database application.
Have you any idea of the number of tables in the database? Also how many forms?
Warning: Many like PHP but my bias for database web development is Python/Django. I think Python is a better first programming language for absolute beginners.
That out of the way I think you need to try and work out how much work you need to do. The number of database tables and forms may give some fairly crude measure for that.
Then perhaps assess what is most onerous about your present system. (I am thinking you may be able to come up with a partially working system initially, that is incomplete but useful, so that your boss can readily see the merits of the direction you are going in.)
Sounds like an interesting project and if you do decide on python/Django I can help you with that but first we would need to assess what is needed.
Would you happen to have skype?
I'm in New Zealand so my time zone will be different to yours. I will reply more fully in pm
I have never used Python, but I think I do remember hearing about its ease of use/learning. That being said PHP and MySQL is excellent and easy to learn as well. I've dabbled in programming since I was 10, but never got serious until the last 4 or 5 years. I was a novice programmer (if that) before getting into PHP, but with the write book (I am partial to a particular author) you can pick it up and achieve what you want in no time. It didn't take me long to be able to write usable real world web apps and now I consider myself on the advanced side of intermediate or the early side of advanced (might just be patting myself on the back, but that's how I feel).
As I don't want to make anyone think I am spamming I won't post these books or authors here, but if you want I will PM you with the info. After reading one book AND doing all the examples you should have the tools you need to accomplish your stated goal, however, continued learning makes things faster and simpler to understand.
It obviously depends on the sophistication required by your company's needs, but I have faith you can get something up and running in much less than a year if you are dedicated.
Feel free to do so. It's always nice to get good recommendations.
In that case my favorite author of PHP and any other programming language is Larry Ullman. His book PHP For the web - Visual Quickstart Guide (I have the third edition) is excellent - as are all his others, I have three and have a fourth on the way.
With little to no experience this book will get you up and running. I had a decent understanding of HTML before reading this book and a slight knowledge of CSS that was it. This book gives you enough knowledge on HTML and CSS to create websites using PHP and MySQL though I do recommend getting some documentation on CSS if you want to expand your layout versatility.
The way he teaches you is how all programming books should be written. He explains the concepts he will be using, then you type up all the code, and then he breaks each section of the code down to explain each part - what it does - and how it all works together. Not to mention that there is no wasted code here. Every script you write has an application in the real world. That is one of my biggest frustrations with tech books, learning code that is conceptually accurate, but not understanding how or for what purpose it might be implemented in real world projects.
His books not only teach you PHP & MySQL, but also leave you with functional scripts that you will use and adapt for use in your own projects. PHP For the web will give you all the concepts and knowledge you need to begin your own projects. Continued learning is always recommended, but I was amazed at how after one book I understood what I was doing and what I needed to do in order to solve my own problems and create my own projects as well as having usable scripts and websites I could adapt for my needs. Thank you Larry!
I don't agree with earlier statements in this thread that PHP makes a good first language. I don't see it as ideal for a beginner at all. If the project itself has no need to interface with other PHP modules or applications I would not use PHP. We know that the original application is written in Microsoft Access and if anything Python is closer to that.
I would definitely not say PHP is easier to learn than Python and PHP offers no clear advantage in this case. Don't use a language just because its popular. One should only use a language if its the right tool for the job!!
Sounds like a good book, @fishCode. Thanks for the write up. Sounds like the kind of book I'd appreciate.
Well I don't think anyone said PHP is easier to learn or that Python would be a bad choice. I do believe that PHP is easy to learn (as I have heard Python is, but I do not program in Python so I don't know). Now, I understand where you're coming from about Python being closer to Access, BUT not everyone has the time to learn a new language for each task. PHP & SQL is a great tool for many things so I think it would be a good choice for anyone trying to accomplish a goal quickly. As a plus the skills can be taken further into web design if desired.
When I worked as a computer tech someone wrote a "time card" script with PHP & SQL for our server which worked great and that guy also used his PHP SQL skills for web design - he was able to do many things with this skill set. Now it could certainly be argued that Python or another language would have been better suited for said time card script/program, but he had the skill set and made it happen. It worked well and he did not need to learn another language in order to do that one purpose. PHP is quite versatile in it's applied uses which is a plus. Python I'm sure is wonderful - I'm just thinking he could take his PHP knowledge and accomplish his goal plus be able to expand into different realms with the same knowledge. Depending on the size of his small company he could possible take his skill set and create or modify their company web site (even include a direct inventory system online adjusting for sales of products immediately) without paying hundreds or thousands of dollars to an outside web designer OR having to learn multiple languages etc...
I do not know the scope of the gentleman's project goals, but I think PHP is a great language for anyone to learn - whether it be first or last. It is easy to learn and can be applied in many different ways with the right imagination. I did not mean to say that Python was a bad choice, just that I do not know it and that I have had experience with PHP being used for small business needs - and it worked great. Just offering my opinion and experience.
Analogy: there are many different types of hammers that are better for different types of jobs, but one can be used for most jobs with the right creativity. A standard claw hammer will accomplish most of your goals and is much cheaper than buying 10 different hammers for each purpose and less cumbersome than running to your toolbox every time you change hammering tasks if you don't really need to.
To get things back on topic
I want to build a web application for my company. I know that it may take me years to build it but I don't care.
Without getting in to the pros and cons of various languages, because of
.... using Microsoft access ....I'm thinking maybe .NET is the logical choice here?
@jthall502; Are your employers commited to MicroSoft software?
To be perfectly honest, you should hire someone to do it for you and sell the product to your own company. One can go so far who just started learning. Of course, you CAN do it but good chance that you'll screw up something. In programming, if you take 1 wrong approach in the beginning could cost you many many hours to fix. For example, this is my tools to make web
JavaTomcatSpring MVCAngular.js / ExtJs
There are literally thousands way of making an app. Whoever tells you just because you are using specific language magically makes the app better is an idiot. You can still learn from the guy you hired. Make him write what technology and why. You can even request for code review and even teach you if you pay him enough. Just my 2 cents.
Yes, it depends very much on the type of system. If its an accounting system, for example, then its more risky because of the accounting laws that need to be complied with. It very much depends on the type of system as to whether its a suitable project for a new programmer to tackle.
I think you are not understanding my point. The type of system does not dictate to use compiled language or not. With a GREAT programmer, you can do it using PHP. I guess it depends on how CRITICAL the application is to business use case. For example, he said this app will increase performance. So, depending on how much time being saved could be in hundreds of thousand dollars. In this case, he better hire a professional to do this..since system downtime also have a cost.
I think its too early to state what language it SHOULD be done in as the OP hasn't given us enough details about the nature of the problem.
[Also my earlier brief comment about what I think of a certain language was censored by the forum administrators. An administrator then suggested .NET languages, probably because of its ability to interface directly to Microsoft Access. Therefore I wont comment further on the language choice. ]
However I will say this. I see no reason why he shouldn't practice on writing a CRITICAL application as long as he is not interfacing to that application in any way so I disagree on that point. (However there could be legal considerations that might make it undesirable for a learning project.) I would suggest that it should be relatively easy to make a copy of the database and work with that rather than risk contaminating a live database. This is just good practice to seperate development environments into development, testing and live environments.
Depending on the particulars of what the application does or needs to do I would take a look at FileMaker. Since you original app was in a database program this will be worth taking a look at. It can also be easily used across the web with FileMaker Server once built in FileMaker.


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Fresh from announcing the release of her big comeback single with Rihanna, a tousled Shakira serves as Glamour mag's February cover girl.
Speaking of Riri, she's apparently a utopian model of physical perfection– at least, that's what Shakira says.
"Working with her was utopia. She's the sexiest woman on the planet. And at the end of the day, we're both just basically Caribbean girls. The chemistry was so good and so real. She taught me dance moves. She was a sweet teacher."
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Besides plugging her new single, Shakira's also promoting her return to The Voice. The Colombian beauty opened up to Glamour on what it's like to work on the show, and the challenges she faces being the only female mentor.
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For those of us using Macs we seem to relatively often run up against certificates (such as login-dev or olt-dev) not being in our cacerts certificate store even after we are sure that we've added them.
A comment I found on another site (http://mediakey.dk/~cc/java-default-keystore-password-cacerts/) suggests why.
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JavaServer Faces technology simplifies building user interfaces for JavaServer applications. Developers of various skill levels can quickly build web applications by: assembling reusable UI components in a page; connecting these components to an application data source; and wiring client-generated events to server-side event handlers.
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Aortic valve regurgitation — or aortic regurgitation — is a condition that occurs when your heart's aortic valve doesn't close tightly. Aortic valve regurgitation allows some of the blood that was just pumped out of your heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle) to leak back into it.
The leakage may prevent your heart from efficiently pumping blood to the rest of your body. As a result, you may feel fatigued and short of breath.
Aortic valve regurgitation can develop suddenly or over decades. Once aortic valve regurgitation becomes severe, surgery is often required to repair or replace the aortic valve.
Most often, aortic valve regurgitation develops gradually, and your heart compensates for the problem. You may have no signs or symptoms for years, and you may even be unaware that you have the condition.
However, as aortic valve regurgitation worsens, signs and symptoms may include:
Contact your doctor right away if signs and symptoms of aortic valve regurgitation develop. Sometimes the first indications of aortic valve regurgitation are those of its major complication, congestive heart failure. See your doctor if you have fatigue, shortness of breath, and swollen ankles and feet.
Any condition that damages a valve can cause regurgitation. Causes of aortic valve regurgitation include:
Heart valves open like a one-way gate. The flaps (cusps) of the aortic valve are forced open as the left ventricle contracts and blood flows into the aorta. When the blood has gone through the valve and the left ventricle has relaxed, the cusps close to prevent the blood that has just passed into the aorta from flowing back into the left ventricle.
A defective heart valve is one that fails to either open or close fully. When a valve doesn't close tightly, blood can leak backward. This backward flow through a valve is called regurgitation.
In aortic valve regurgitation, some blood leaks back into the left ventricle instead of flowing onward to the rest of your body after being pumped into the aorta. This forces the left ventricle to hold more blood, possibly causing it to enlarge and thicken.
At first, left ventricle enlargement helps because it maintains adequate blood flow with more force. But eventually these changes weaken the left ventricle — and your heart overall.
Your risk of aortic valve regurgitation is greater if you've been affected by any of the following:
Any heart valve problem puts you at risk of an infection of the heart's inner lining (endocarditis). If the aortic valve is leaky, it's more prone to infection than is a healthy valve.
When it's mild, aortic valve regurgitation may never cause a serious threat to your health. But when it's severe, aortic valve regurgitation may lead to heart failure. Heart failure is a serious condition in which your heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet your body's needs.
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor. After your initial appointment, your doctor may refer you to a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions (cardiologist).
Here's some information to help you prepare for your appointment.
For aortic valve regurgitation, questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions, as well.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
Your doctor will ask about your and your family's medical history and give you a physical exam that includes listening to your heart with a stethoscope. Aortic valve regurgitation usually produces a heart murmur, the sound of blood leaking backward through the aortic valve.
Your doctor will then decide what tests are needed to make a diagnosis. For testing, you may be referred to a cardiologist.
Other heart problems can cause signs and symptoms similar to those of aortic valve regurgitation, and it's possible to have more than one disorder at once. Common tests doctors use to diagnose aortic valve regurgitation include:
These tests help your doctors diagnose aortic valve regurgitation, determine how serious the problem is, and decide whether your aortic valve needs repair or replacement.
Treatment of aortic valve regurgitation depends on how severe your regurgitation is, your signs and symptoms, and whether the regurgitation is affecting your heart function.
Some people, especially those with mild regurgitation, may not need treatment. However, the condition may require monitoring by your doctor. You may need regular evaluations, with the frequency depending on how severe your condition is.
Your aortic valve may need surgical repair or replacement, even if it's not causing symptoms. While the heart is generally good at counteracting problems caused by a leaky aortic valve, if the valve isn't fixed or replaced in time, your heart may weaken permanently.
Heart valve surgery should be done at a high-volume heart valve surgery center with a reputation of excellence, and cardiologists, imaging specialists and cardiac surgeons with experience in treating heart valve conditions.
Discuss the risks and benefits of surgery with your doctor. Your surgery options include:
Valve replacement. In many cases, the aortic valve has to be replaced with a mechanical valve or a tissue valve. Mechanical valves, made from metal, are durable, but carry the risk of blood clots forming. If you receive a mechanical aortic valve, you'll need to take an anticoagulant medication, such as warfarin (Coumadin), for life to prevent blood clots.
Tissue valves — which may come from a pig, cow or human cadaver donor — often eventually need replacement. Another type of tissue valve replacement that uses your own pulmonary valve (autograft) is sometimes possible.
Aortic valve replacement generally requires open-heart surgery under general anesthesia and with the use of a heart-lung bypass machine. Less invasive surgical techniques, such as using a small, lighted tube through a small incision to see the surgical area (laparoscopy), are being explored for aortic valve surgery.
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is associated with less pain, a shorter hospital stay and fewer complications. However, the surgery is more complex than open-heart surgery, partly because the surgeon can't see the valve as well. Talk to your surgeon to see if this type of surgery might be right for you.
To improve your quality of life, your doctor may recommend that you:
If you're a woman of childbearing age with aortic valve regurgitation, discuss pregnancy with your doctor before you become pregnant. Pregnancy causes your heart to work harder. How a heart with aortic valve regurgitation tolerates this extra work depends on the degree of leakage and how well your heart pumps. Throughout your pregnancy and after delivery, your cardiologist and obstetrician should monitor you.
For any heart condition, see your doctor regularly so he or she can monitor you and possibly catch aortic valve regurgitation before it develops or in the early stages, when it's more easily treatable. Also, be aware of conditions that contribute to developing aortic valve regurgitation, including:
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Dig for Iowa's state rock and mine for a little civil war history in southeast Iowa; take a bite of an award-winning burger in Dexter; test your nerves at an authentic haunted house; and relax at a historic Quad Cities hotel that received national attention.
Kaercher: Let's go dig for Iowa's State Rock and Mine for a little Civil War history in Southeast Iowa. Take bite of an award winning burger in Dexter. Test your nerves at an authentic haunted house and relax at a historic Quad Cities hotel that has received national attention. Join me Dan Kaercher as I travel the state to bring you these stories next on Iowa's Simple Pleasure.
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If you are a rock hound or a Civil War buff Southeast Iowa is the place for adventure. Plus there is a great stop for a sweet treat. Keokuk is about as far southeast as you can go in Iowa. It has a diverse range of outdoor activities and attractions. Like most of the east coast of the state there are great views of the Mississippi River and a Main Street with local flavor. Speaking of local flavor, Stan's Pastry Shop has been here since 1967. Their specialty crème horns have traveled all around the globe.
Now Madonna, I understand the thing to get here is crème horns. What makes them so special?
Madonna: Because they are good and everything from here comes scratch.
Kaercher: I understand your crème horns have a way of showing up in all sorts of places all over the country and the world. Tell me about that.
Madonna: Yes, there was a gentleman that came in once and he took them to Egypt and then he brought his picture in, gave it to us, and we put it on the wall. We have a wall over here that has all kinds of crème horns all over. Wherever you go we will put your crème horn picture up if you send it back.
Kaercher: Ok, well I am going to put it to the test here. I would like to try one.
Madonna: All right.
Kaercher: So good both the crust and the filling.
Kaercher: Well, I would love to continue my conversation with Madonna and P.S. try more pastries; this was just a quick stop. I am headed to a rock hunt. The annual Geode Fest where - descend upon the tri-state Iowa, Illinois, Missouri area near Keokuk. Keokuk geodes are world famous because of the variety which we have about 17 general different types.
Kaercher: T.J. Ramsey of North Liberty is a geologist and co-founder of Geode Fest which started in 2004.
Ramsey: Right now we are standing on the geode beds. This is called the Warsaw Shale. There is alternating layers of geodes. So what we are going to do is unearth one layer and then we are going to show you how - they go horizontally. That's their beds they form in and then the different beds that are here.
Kaercher: Why is this area generally so great for geodes?
Ramsey: It used to be a shallow sea many thousands of years ago where shallow plants live that the geode forming process starts is when it became fossil plants.
Kaercher: T.J. says the Keokuk Geodes are found within a fifty mile radius of Keokuk mostly on private property. The site we're at with permission of the land owner is just across the border in Missouri.
Ramsey: Right there. You're going to hit behind it.
Kaercher: Right about there?
Ramsey: Yes. There you go good job. That one feels pretty nice. That is a nice light hollow one. This is definitely a keeper.
Kaercher: Light weight indicates hollow which means there is a chance for a dazzling mineral display within. The landowner here has had some gorgeous finds of his own over the years.
Alvis: And I took it home and crack it. And I have been offered 250 dollars for it.
Kaercher: I am sure many of us today hope for just as great of find. But no matter what folks drop in their buckets all appear to be having a rocking good time.
Boehm: I read an article about this place about four years ago describing what was found in the Keokuk area and it was really interesting. So, I have always wanted to come here. Finally made plans and did it.
Borman: I liked rocks when I was a kid and when I started having kids that fueled my desire to have rocks -
Kid: Because you get to dig in dirt and I like getting dirty.
Kaercher: Once people at this particular site fill their buckets.
Unknown: What do we weigh?
Unknown: That is 27 pounds right there.
Kaercher: They're weighed and they pay the land owner on a per pound basis and then it is back to the main gathering spot in Hamilton, Illinois to see what gems we really collected. Oh, oh, oh. Look at that. Now what do you call?
Unknown: This is the quartz and this is the calcite that was growing on it. This is a secondary mineral.
Woman: Oh, look at there. Very nice.
Hillyer: I am going to put it downstairs in my basement. I have shelves of like my rocks that I have collected over the years and I am going to put it on my rock shelf.
Heltsley: They might be 300 pounds. And it was underneath the water and I felt it and I went ah, it is round.
Kaercher: Few geode hunters get this big of catch. But I heard no complaints form anyone about their finds. Digging for geodes is fun but if that is not your cup of tea Keokuk is also the place to dig for a little Civil War History. The town has the only designated national cemetery in Iowa. And one interesting tidbit is that soldiers from both the North and the South are buried here.
George: Keokuk is actually in a very convenient location to travel up and down the Mississippi River. They would have the barges bring the soldiers up and down. There were five hospitals here where the injured soldiers would be brought here to heal their wounds and some of them of course didn't make it.
Kaercher: I understand that you can tell from the headstones who is on what side.
George: You can. What is the distinction?
George: Right and there is several right in here but you will see that the headstone comes to a point at the top.
Kaercher: Of which one?
George: Of the Confederate Soldiers.
Kaercher: Oh Confederate.
George: Rumor had it so the Union Soldiers wouldn't sit on them. But I don't know how you verify that.
Kaercher: When Civil War buffs come here what do they want to see and experience at the national cemetery in Keokuk.
George: You know generally they have a connection with something whether it be an ancestor or something that they study in school but they always have some sort of connection maybe with a unit. We have the eight Confederate Soldiers that are here. It is always neat to visit those. Thomas Lurch right here behind me was our very first burial. We also have a Medal of Honor recipient here that is buried over on the other side. We have one of Roosevelt's Rough Riders is buried here. We have the first woman that was buried as a soldier west of the Mississippi. A nurse, Sarah Thompson was her name.
Kaercher: This national cemetery offers a solemn serene stroll through a chapter in American History none of us should ever forget. There are lots of eateries to get a good burger but for a great burger one that has earned the title best of we traveled to Dexter in Dallas County. White poles, dark chocolates and big burgers. They are all part of a community that has been called the original one horse town.
Kaercher: You know over the years I heard my father-in-law, the late Bob Wilcox, mention so many times stopping in the 1930s on his way from Council Bluffs and Des Moines at Drew's Chocolates in Dexter. For close to 90s years since 1927 these scrumptious sweets have been concocted in the same location using original recipes and equipment. Each treat is lovingly and individually fork dipped in chocolate. The result is a reputation for delicious and gorgeous candy. Drew's chocolates is just one of the many well worth your time stops along what is known as the White Pole Road, an important part of Iowa's History, running right through Dexter and marked by symbolic white poles. In the early 1900s Iowa's roads were getting a bad rap as some of the worst in the Midwest. Mud and snow often made them impassible. The solution a 380 mile river to river route built out of existing dirt roads. The White Pole Road was a predecessor to the U.S. Highway System and allowed travelers a shorter straighter pathway across Iowa.
Even though state and federally funded highways exist now, those old white poles can still be spotted roadside. They continue to lead to interesting destinations such as this historic market just outside Dexter. In July of 1933, Blanche and Buck Barrow were involved in a shoot out at Dexfield Park. An abandoned amusement area that once existed here. Buck was killed while Blanche was captured. This picture show Blanche being pulled away from her dying husband. Their infamous companions Bonnie and Clyde however escaped. I have just scraped the surface of sites to see along Iowa's White Pole Road. Hit the road yourself and let this route lead you to adventures in small town Iowa. My main stop in Dexter is at the Rusty Duck to sample the winner of the Iowa's Best Burger Award. Over 200 restaurants vied for the honor but Brad Waldron's Rusty Duck established in 2004 took the prize for one impressive looking burger.
Waldron: The particular burger that one it this year was the bacon cheeseburger. We grind our own meat. We use top sirloin ribeye trimmings for my steaks and we grind it ourselves, patty it. There is really nothing that we do any different. It is just that you know it is the same burger I have been serving for years. After we make the cheeseburger we put about 10/12 pieces of bacon on it and it is stacked pretty good. You know it is definitely a dinner. If you can't eat it you can definitely take it home and eat it the next day.
Kaercher: 10 to 12 pieces of bacon? I mean wouldn't two be enough?
Waldron: No, two wouldn't be enough.
Kaercher: This small town eatery has a nice warm atmosphere and packs in customers that are regulars and some who just stop in to try the award winning burger. In fact when the Rusty Duck first won the award, burger fans packed the place. We were selling probably, oh gee about six or seven hundred pounds of ground beef a week and it was just - it was crazy. I mean, I have never sold so many burgers in my life. I waited in eager anticipation for the arrival of my award winning bacon cheese burger. Now wait a minute - how am I suppose to bite into something that big?
Waitress: Smash it.
Kaercher: Smash it? Ok. Thanks for the tip. Ok, so here is what I was told to do. Oh my goodness, the juices are just tumbling out of there. Oh dear. For as much praise as Brad has received for his burger the Rusty Duck menu is actually quite extensive including an award winning tenderloin and lots of other dishes. The customers here order a variety of menu choices.
Customer: There is nothing on the menu that we have tried that we really haven't liked.
Kaercher: And I think it is pretty safe to say that no one walks out the door hungry.
Waldron: We have pretty good sized portions on everything. Like our hamburgers are 14 ounce, pork tenderloin is 10/12 ounces. We go through quite a few to-go boxes.
Kaercher: I know my meal left little room for anything else which seems to be a common customer feeling.
Customer: We have never tried dessert.
Customer: There's definitely never room for dessert.
Waldron: We don't serve a dessert because we tried that in the past because when they are finished, you know they're pretty full.
Kaercher: To-go boxes stream out the door at a healthy pace. Carry-outs are common here at the Rusty Duck. If you are hungry and looking for an outstanding big burger or another delicious selection stop in Dexter. The original one horse town with more than one unique attraction. If you like eerie experiences, you don't have to wait for October and Halloween. Just visit a certain house in the Southwest Iowa town of Villisca. Anybody home?
Houser: Yeah. Come on in.
Kaercher: Hello.
Houser: Hi how are you doing?
Kaercher: Dan Kaercher.
Houser: John Houser. Nice to meet you.
Kaercher: I'm here for the tour today.
Houser: Ok.
Kaercher: So this is the front parlor.
Houser: Yes. This would have been their main living area. Probably singing songs at the piano, church hymns, things like that.
Kaercher: The furnishings that you see here were they the Moore's?
Houser: These are all mostly period pieces. Placed pretty much exactly where they were according to the coroner report. For instance where the piano sits, that is where the piano sat. They said there were two bird nests on top of it. So it has been pretty painstakingly recreated.
Kaercher: So John, this blue room is where the two little girls who just happened to be spending the night were murdered?
Houser: Yes. This was Sarah Moore's sewing room, Katherine, her daughter's spare bedroom. This is where Ida and Lena Stillinger were found. Of course the mirrors were all covered. Upstairs is where the six members of the Moore family and most likely where the killer hid.
Kaercher: Can we go up and take a look now?
Houser: Absolutely. Let's go.
Kaercher: Wow. Now what happened in this room?
Houser: Again with this room the mirrors were covered. The oil lamp was placed at the edge of the bed, top removed. This is where Jamie and Sarah were found. And actually right at the foot of the steps there was a big pool of blood and that almost indicated that the killer had stood there for quite some time almost basking in what he had done.
Kaercher: Now let's see the room the children were in.
Houser: This is the children's room where Herman, Boyd, and Katherine were all found. This by far would have been the worst room to come to for the scene. The ceiling was pretty much chopped up with the axe. He was chopping into the ceiling and all over the place.
Kaercher: What was the age range of these children?
Houser: Between nine and eleven. I think this guy came here, found the house randomly, seen the axe outside and thought here is my weapon of choice. Came, hid in the attic, waited for them to come home, fall asleep, came out and got the parents of these four kids, downstairs Ida and Lena, and gone.
Linn: It is a human story. It is not something that is made-up. It is not a ghost story. It was human beings that were murdered in there. You can't dwell on something like that and get on with your every day life.
Kaercher: Have you ever had any eerie experiences? Paranormal experiences yourself in the house?
Linn: I was in the house one night with a paranormal team. When they came they set up a monitor inn the kitchen. So, I decided I was going to go back in the blue room and see if anything would happen to me. And I was standing there and I was talking to them and I told them who I was and I told them who my mother was and it just all of the sudden, I just got this really, really cold spot on my arm. And somebody who had been watching out in the kitchen on the monitor said it looked just like a bright light had come and lit on my arm. And I got goose flushed; my hair stood up on end, I think probably that was a pretty impressive thing that happened to me.
Houser: That's kind of what really drew me to the house was the paranormal end. I would come in with my digital recorder, just set quietly, if a dog barked or somebody walked outside, I would mark it. I have caught doors opening/shutting. I have heard footsteps. I have seen people get scratched. I have seen objects move. I have caught shadow figures in the house when nobody is in the house. I mean you name it this house produces and within the paranormal community it is revered as one of the top most notorious haunted houses in America. You can't even imagine what happened in this room a hundred years ago. The scene that these were real people and it was a brutal crime. A guy came in with an axe with one thing on his mind to just destroy this whole family. From that moment on this house would never be a home again. So Dan, you are staying the night tonight, right?
Kaercher: After seeing the tour, I think I would rather spend the night at a motel but thank you John. It was a great tour. I appreciate it.
Houser: Anytime come back and we will be waiting for you.
Kaercher: I hope so. In the fall of 2011 The New York Times named this hotel one of its 150 weekend destinations. It is the restored Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport.
Employee: There you go Mr. Kaercher.
Kaercher: Thank you.
Employee: You are welcome. Have a great stay.
Kaercher: Oh wow. Look at that stained glass.
Heim: You know a lot of people do. They look up when they come in and they notice the skylight because that was original that was covered for decades. So that has all been redone.
Kaercher: The Hotel Blackhawk opened in 1915 and by the mid to late 90s had seen better days. But thanks to more than 35 million dollar two year renovation by a St. Louis company, the hotel has been restored to its glory days.
Heim: Pretty much on the first and the second floor here in the lobby this has all been restored back. This is a historical significance of the property. For example the marble flooring here in the lobby is all original. The arches have been restored. The lighting, in particular, was actually replicated from original 19 circa photos. We also have the Gold Room which is our main ballroom. That room features over 5000 square feet of meeting space and that room went through a 3.8 million dollar restoration just to put that one back.
Kaercher: For smaller groups there are smaller rooms. Each just as classy in its own way. On the eleventh floor is Club Davenport with views of downtown and the Mississippi River. In the hotel's lower level is a fun and quirky looking bowling alley and bar with food service? There is also a first floor restaurant where the pork chop has become a signature dish.
Fredenburg: The pork chop, you know has become a signature dish definitely since the president came and ate that as an entree. They ordered three more up to the room for him and the secret service guys to enjoy all together. And it is sweet barbeque demi-glace on there.
Kaercher: The White House actually requested the recipe for its menu. The Hotel Blackhawk isn't a new find for The White House. We were told six presidents have stayed here dating back to at least the 1930s. Another bit of history lies adjacent to the bar in the lobby. It is a restored piano that I am told was played by jazz musician and Davenport native Bix Beiderbecke.
Heim: The piano actually was in the Hotel Blackhawk and it was a piano that was used by many celebrities and Bix himself that played on it. A couple actually had it here in the Quad City area and they were getting ready to move. So they gifted it to us in October.
Kaercher: Well, I have explored the hotel's history, its architecture, and its food. I wonder what the rooms are like.
Heim: This is one of ten extended stay rooms that we have here in the hotel. These rooms are very, very unique. They feature full kitchens with dishwashers, refrigerators, stoves, microwaves. We also have stackable washer and dryers. This is actually a two bedroom unit and then we have some that are one bedroom units too as well. All of our guest bathrooms in all of our rooms have flat screen LCD TVs built into the guest bathroom mirrors. So you are able to watch your sports, your soaps. If you want to watch the news you can take a bath. But this is one of the nice amenities features that we have here at the Hotel Blackhawk. This is a premium room. It is a premium king actually. We call it premium because it is up on a higher floor. It has got great river views of the downtown area. This room features obviously flat screen LCDs TVs. We have mini-bars in every guest room too as well. It has two bathrobes. It has got a nice little workout area off to the right. Lights for your desk. All of these rooms feature the chase lounges that you see here.
Kaercher: The rooms are very inviting. But so is the third floor pool with access to an outdoor area. I love all the modern amenities with this bit of Davenport history. It is no wonder the Hotel Blackhawk has become a top Quad Cities destination in its own right.
Heim: We just want people to know that it is a beautiful place. It is very friendly. We just want them to come experience and just have a great feeling when they leave.
Kaercher: Want to learn more about what you just saw on Iowa's Simple Pleasures? Visit our website at iptv.org/simplepleasures. Here you will discover more about the locations I visited and details on how you can create your own adventure.
Dan, welcome to the lodge.
Kaercher: Oh.
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