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When you wake up in the morning after a long night of hard core drinking and smoking and you get up and don't brush your teeth
As an example, Giggles woke up from a crazy night of drinking and smoking at a friends house (without brushing her teeth when she woke up). When she woke up she tried talking to her friend, first thing that was said was "damn you have some serious ratchet mouth!"
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What You Missed On Instagram Last Week
It was a buzzy seven days of new releases and historical events. From Swizz Beatz being named Global Ambassador for NYC's Health and Hospitals Corporation to Jay-Z debuting his new BK crib, there was no shortage of Kodak moments.
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You know you've made it in your career when your profession allows you to work for a greater cause…and cut a ribbon alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg.


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Two accused murderers return for trial
Two men accused ofmurder have been returnedto LeFlore County to standtrial.Kevin Paul Statham,50, and Suhail MohammadShanti, 48, have both beenaccused of separate murdersin LeFlore County.They were both apprehendedin the northernUnited States and recentlytransported to the LeFloreCounty Detention Center.Statham is accused ofthe murder of his motherand father in June. Aspreviously reported byPDN, Paul Statham, 70,and Helen Statham, 69,were found dead fromapparent gunshot woundsat their home on OldBokoshe Rd. after theirother son became concernedwhen he was unableto contact them.According to informationreleased by the OSBIand Sheriff's Department,the son contacted a nephewwho lived nearby andasked him to check on thecouple. The nephew wentto their home and foundHelen Statham dead in theback yard. He dialed 911and notified the Sheriff'sDepartment of the discovery.Reportedly when deputiesarrived they locatedthe body of Paul Statham,also deceased, inside thehome.The OSBI was notifiedby the Sheriff's Departmentof the crime and an investigationensued whichsoon revealed the victims'1993 Chevy Z71 fourwheel drive pickup wasmissing from the residence.The truck wasdescribed as green on topand bottom with a tan orsilver stripe in the middledisplaying Oklahomaplates 727EMF.Authorities begansearching for KevinStatham, the couple's son,for questioning in the murderof his parents. Within24 hours the LeFloreCounty Sheriff 'sDepartment was notifiedthat Kevin Statham hadbeen arrested during atraffic stop in Lakota, ND.Statham refused to sign awaiver of extradition toreturn to Oklahoma tostand trial for his parentsmurder so the LeFloreCounty District Attorney'sOffice began proceedingsto obtain a Governor'sWarrant to bring him backwithout his consent.Shanti disappearedmore than 27 years agoafter he was a suspect inthe shooting death of afellow classmate. OnFriday, December 9, 1983,Mohamed Ayman Al-Zein,an international student atCarl Albert Junior College,was found dead in hisapartment by his roommate. Poteau PoliceOfficers responded to thecall and arrived to findAl-Zein shot twice in theback and struck once inthe front of the head witha club and once in theback of the head.Shanti was arrested onan outstanding warrant forfirst degree murder issuedby LeFlore County afterBorder Patrol Officialsdiscovered he was a fugitive. Shanti, who had possiblybeen living in the Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada,area, had applied for a Nexus pass which involved adetailed identification check. The pass is issued to travelerswho frequently cross the U.S. / Canadian border.Shanti also refused to sign extredition to return toOklahoma and a Governor's Warrant was issued.Both men are now being detained at the LeFloreCounty Detention Center awaiting trial for murder.


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Kids can make the most of their Columbus Day holiday with a visit to the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum. Get into the fall spirit with some old-fashioned fair activities. Try your hand at popular midway games like a can toss, and make some fair-themed crafts to take home, including a carrousel horse (of course) and "cotton candy."
Mark your calendar to join in on Monday, Oct. 8, between noon and 4 p.m. The program is included in regular admission ($5 adults; $4 seniors; $2.50 students ages 2 to 12).
The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum is housed in the historic Allan Herschell Company Factory building at 180 Thompson St., North Tonawanda. For directions and further information about special events, programs or group tours, visit www.carrouselmuseum.org, call 716-693-1885 or email [email protected].


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Fuzhou OPEN | 23 - 28 April 2013
Slow start
Keizer and Van Iersel are current European Champions and have a number of Open and Grand Slam medals to their name.
"We're feeling pretty good, better than expected actually so we're happy with the progress," said Van Iersel.
"This morning was not a really good game for us, we had problems with starting but then we made up in the second game, but anyway we won this morning so it's two in a row," said Keizer.
The Dutch pair are set to face Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst on Friday, but the German pair face an uncertain future in Fuzhou after they were forced to withdraw from both today's matches due to Walkenhorst's leg injury.
Czech Republic find their rhythm
Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova from the Czech Republic have been achingly close to a World Tour medal, finishing fifth on numerous occasions. The pair started their season slowly losing to USA's Summer Ross and Brittany Hochevar in the morning (26-24, 21-18, 15-12). Kolocova and Slukova began to find their rhythm in the afternoon beating Canada's Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney (21-17, 21-18).
"We're feeling better than after the first match because we lost that one and we didn't play well. So we had a long discussion and tried to prove that we are a top team so we're happy that we made this match," said Kolocova.
"We tried to do everything differently to this morning. It was our first game of the season and you could see we were pretty nervous and we had high expectations," said Slukova.
"This game we just tried to continue how we know we can play and get into our game, get some rhythm and try not to focus too much on the outcome. We just have to pull ourselves together and show it on the court."
Kolocova and Slukova face Spain's Liliana Fernández Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo McMillan in their final Pool F match on Friday.
Fuzhou, capital of the Fujian province lies on the southeast coast of mainland China and hosts the Open event for the first time. The city held the AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup in 2012 where Taliqua Clancy was part of the winning Australian team.
The Fuzhou Open is the first of eight Open events during a bumper nine-month season, which also includes the FIVB World Tour – 10 Grand Slams and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland.
The Shanghai Grand Slam is the next tournament on the calendar running from April 30 to May 5.
Please click here for full results of the Women's Main Draw
Please click here for the Women's Pool Standings
Follow live comments throughout the tournament at #FuzhouOpen
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Spanish stars aim to build on recent success in Shanghai
Shanghai, China, May 1, 2013 – Spain's Liliana Fernandez-Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo took silver at the opening event of the season, the Fuzhou Open la... More...
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Natalie Cook impressed with "great start to new season"
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 29, 2013 – Australian beach volleyball legend Natalie Cook, a Sydney 2000 Olympic champion and the only women to have fea... More...
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Chinese spectacle as Xue and Zhang Xi win gold in Fuzhou
Fuzhou, China, April 28, 2013 – China's Chen Xue and Zhang Xi thrill the home crowd sweeping gold after defeating Spain's Liliana Fernández Steiner an... More...
27.04.2013 14:02:12
Dutch pair van Gestel and Meppelink reach Fuzhou semifinals
27.04.2013 12:06:11
Rosenthal and Dalhausser triumph with gold at Fuzhou Open
27.04.2013 11:45:38
Austria's Huber-Seidl strike again beating Brazil for bronze
26.04.2013 14:53:57
China's Wang Fan & Ding Jingjing to face Fuzhou top seeds
26.04.2013 14:11:53
Unstoppable run for Austria's Huber and Seidl in Fuzhou
26.04.2013 06:13:04
Russian women's team form new partnerships in Fuzhou
25.04.2013 12:06:18
Olympic champion Brink and new partner Fuchs progress
24.04.2013 16:15:09
Xue & Zhang Xi aim for successful season start in Fuzhou
24.04.2013 11:11:16
Dampney & Boulton defeat Brazil to make Fuzhou Main Draw
24.04.2013 10:53:25
Austrian 32nd seeds continue superb Fuzhou Open form
23.04.2013 17:03:16
Dalhausser & Rosenthal in top position at Men's Fuzhou Open
23.04.2013 17:03:16
Cès & Rowlandson beat top seeds to enter Fuzhou Main Draw
23.04.2013 12:13:45
Brazilian pair Rufino and Salgado top seeds at Fuzhou Open Women's Qualification Tournament
22.04.2013 16:07:39
Doppler and Horst top seeds in Fuzhou Open Men's Qualification Tournament
19.04.2013 18:11:04
Olympic silver medallists out of season opener
12.04.2013 15:41:55
Teams confirmed for Fuzhou Open
10.04.2013 17:24:21
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The Catholic bishops, unable to convince us of their moral arguments against contraception and their opposition to coverage in Obamnycare, encouraged parishes to wrap their position in the flag and conduct "Patriotic Rosary" to support their positon that provisions in Obamneycare impedes their religious freedom. It is truly amazing that those who have no stake in reproducing children know what is best for those who do carry the fetus and must nurture it to fruition.
Furthermore, they have no compunction in employing any effort (good old-fashioned Catholic guilt, lawsuits, demonstrations) needed to deny the exercise of freedom of conscience to those that do not adhere to their beliefs, and that includes Catholics and non-Catholics. Fortunately, Obamneycare puts the exercise of conscience and religious freedom in the individual, not an institution. Also, Obamneycare does exempt the requirement of insurance coverage for those religious institutions whose primary purpose is to teach their faith. But institutions that serve the public and in many cases receive taxpayer funding are public and should follow the law. They should not discriminate by refusing to allow insurance coverage for contraception and deny birth control where it is essential for the health and well being of women and families.
This will help ensure that children are born into a family prepared to love and nurture them.
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The term Red Shirt refers to security personnel from the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek series, sent along on Away Teams, presumably to protect the more familiar characters. Unfortunately, they usually just ended up being killed, often times off-camera, by whatever was menacing the ship and crew in that particular episode. Thus, to suffer a Red Shirt Death is to be killed quickly, pointlessly and ignonimously.
When Tasha Yar got killed by that stupid tar monster, that was a total Red Shirt Death.
by Ozzwepay May 13, 2009
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Jersey Shore Musicians Stage Benefit Concert To Raise Funds For Highlands Community Devastated By Sandy
Hope for Highlands Benefit Concert Scheduled for January 20th at the Count Basie Theatre
Jan 11, 2013, 10:11 ET
HIGHLANDS, N.J., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brian Kirk, in partnership with Hope for Highlands (www.highlandsnj.com/hope) and Helping Highlands Survivors (www.helpinghighlands.org), are pleased to announce the Hope for Highlands benefit concert, Sunday January 20th, 7:00 pm, at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ. Brian Kirk & The Jirks will be joined by The Jukebox Criminals, G-Band and Pat Guadagno.
"Badly needed relief money for the Jersey shore post-Sandy has been slow to materialize," said Mr. Kirk, whose band has entertained Jersey crowds for nearly 20 years. "I am organizing this show to raise funds for the Highlands community that will benefit families and businesses now, as they start to rebuild."
The Highlands, located at the tip of the Jersey shore, lost roughly 1,200 of its 1,500 downtown homes from Hurricane Sandy and almost all of its business sustained significant damage. The impact to this working class neighborhood was unprecedented, tearing apart buildings that have stood for 80+ years and nearly wiping out an entire mobile home community.
The musicians involved have deep ties to the Jersey shore and hope to attract local support. All proceeds from the benefit concert will be used to provide assistance to the Highlands community.
Rebecca Kane, Deputy Mayor for Highlands praised the spirit behind the event. "This concert is a great example of the local government and private citizens coming together to help out their neighbors," said Ms. Kane. "We continue to face enormous challenges in Highlands but we will rebuild and make Highlands better than ever."
Bob Small, President of Helping Highlands Survivors, organized the charity to provide residents with a direct, local channel for aid. "The needs of the Highlands community are immediate and will continue for quite some time," said Mr. Small. "The funds from our charity will assist with real life, day-to-day issues residents are facing as they wait for funds from the government and insurance." Helping Highlands Survivors is a 501(c)(3) organization formed by families born and raised in the Highlands, and dedicated to generating funds to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
Tickets are $35 and go on sale Friday January 11th at 12:00 at the Count Basie box office or www.countbasietheatre.org.
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What are some interesting sea mammal facts?
Sea lions, not to be confused with land lions, are a subfamily within the seal family, so a sea lion is a seal, but a seal is not necessarily a sea lion. Walruses live in Arctic regions and are much larger, some weighing more than 4,000 pounds. Many cartoon characters are based on the walrus, and they are often portrayed as bumbling aristocrats. Porpoises are related to whales and dolphins, but are smaller, produce more offspring, are less tamable than dolphins and for the most part lack the token beak of the dolphin. Dolphins are a common tattoo on women, but chances are that many of these tattoos are actually porpoises.
What exciting new technologies does the future hold?
In the future there will be automatons, cyborgs, flying cars, food pills and the space elevator. And maybe a robot walrus butler with expensive taste. Either way, we will all be able to experience the joy of taking an elevator to our moon colony where we will have the luxury of circumventing the toil of shoveling food into our mouths.
For now, what is the premiere TV dinner?
That's easy, it's Hungry-Man. How could any mortal resist the char lines of that salisbury steak, the iridescent glow of the mushroom gravy, a mass of deliciously waxy peas and carrots, the cloud-like fluffiness of those mashed potatoes and, to round it all out, the wonderful gooeyness of the apple crumb desert, all totaling over 1 pound of food made right in the U.S.A.?! Nay, a mortal man would have an easier time resisting a cold beer after a hard day of manual labor. Thanks, Swanson!
When it comes to Renegade, is Lorenzo Lamas still prowling the badlands, framed for murder?
Indeed, he is. Lorenzo Lamas will forever be Reno Raines, and Reno Raines will forever be an outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter, a renegade.
Who's the best singer?
Much time and money has been put into finding the answer to this question. Many have died looking for the answer. Finally, in the year 1997, there was a breakthrough and at last we knew. It was determined that Kenny Loggins is, in fact, the best singer. He's also the best kisser.
How do I come out as an atheist to my friends and family?
Realizing and accepting that you are an atheist within your own soul is the first step. The second is educating yourself. You will never be able to convince your friends and family that you are serious if you don't have a strong argument. Don't be discouraged if people get frustrated. Just think back to how you felt when someone tried to convince you of Vishnu, the Horned God or Buddha. Finally, relax, and praise be.
What would JCC do?
I'd have a drink.


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I recently made a quick trip to Houston to take care of some medical appointments, which got me thinking about the idea of "health travel,†or even the vague concept of "secondary travel.†For example, even if my main reason for visiting a city is to catch up with family, see a hotshot out-of-town specialist, or to attend a work conference or other event, I do try to squeeze in some recreation. In Houston, I try to visit a museum or gallery, a favorite shop, and a restaurant or bar I've been hearing about. This time, I joined up with two longtime Houston friends to check out El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, the new (yet old-school) Tex-Mex restaurant dreamed up by food writer/historian Robb Walsh and restaurateurs Bryan Caswell and Bill Floyd. I had heard raves about the cheese enchiladas with chili gravy—that classic Tex-Mex comfort-food concoction served with orange cheese, lard-laden (and I mean that in a good way) refried beans, and Spanish rice. Well-deserved raves! Tart margaritas and a salvaged décor from the shuttered El Fenix Restaurant completed the experience. I'll look forward to future visits once I can fit into my jeans again.
When I visit the Bayou City, I often stay with friends, but this time, I tried an experiment. I had heard about travel websites like www.lastminutetravel.com and www.hotwire.com, which offer unsold hotel rooms at steeply discounted prices, and I decided to give lastminutetravel a try. Here's how it works: You go to the site, pick your city and general area, plug in your dates, and the website finds available rooms. In my case, I found a "four-star hotel†in "downtown Houston†for $95. The site provides photos of the hotel, and a list of amenities, but you don't learn the name of the hotel until you've booked the room. (This makes sense to me: While the hotels want to sell their unsold rooms, they don't want to advertise that they're willing to drastically undercut their rack rates. And be aware that after you reserve the room, you can't cancel or change your reservation.) For my one-night stay, this worked beautifully: My hotel turned out to the Hyatt Regency, where rooms normally start around $180 per night. The hotel has a great rooftop pool, and its central location proved perfect for exploring on foot. When I returned to the office, I poked around these sites to see what other hotel deals I could find in Texas: I pretended to want to book a room four days out, and I turned up a "four-star†hotel in Galveston for $96 and a "three-star†hotel in downtown Fort Worth for $68.
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Parthenogenesis in vertebrates is considered an evolutionary novelty. In snakes, all of which exhibit genetic sex determination with ZZ : ZW sex chromosomes, this rare form of asexual reproduction has failed to yield viable female WW offspring. Only through complex experimental manipulations have WW females been produced, and only in fish and amphibians. Through microsatellite DNA fingerprinting, we provide the first evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in a Boa constrictor, identifying multiple, viable, non-experimentally induced females for the first time in any vertebrate lineage. Although the elevated homozygosity of the offspring in relation to the mother suggests that the mechanism responsible may be terminal fusion automixis, no males were produced, potentially indicating maternal sex chromosome hemizygosity (WO). These findings provide the first evidence of parthenogenesis in the family Boidae (Boas), and suggest that WW females may be more common within basal reptilian lineages than previously assumed.
1. Introduction
Sex determination in reptiles is extraordinarily diverse, and can involve temperature-dependent mechanisms or genotypic sex determination with either male or female as the heterogametic sex (i.e. XX females and XY males in at least two species of turtle and some lizards, or ZZ males and ZW females in other turtles, other lizards and all snakes [1]). In organisms with females as the heterogametic sex, the chromosomal arrangement WW, resulting in females, theoretically may occur through terminal fusion automictic parthenogenesis [2]; however, studies suggest that these zygotes fail to develop [3–6]. Only through artificially induced gynogenesis [7], a procedure involving sperm deactivation prior to fertilization, followed by the inhibition of the formation of the second polar body [8], have viable WW females been produced, and only in fish [7] and amphibians [8].
Although reproduction in snakes is almost exclusively sexual (one recorded exception being the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops brahminus, a triploid, all-female species reproducing by obligate gynogenesis [9,10]), rare instances of facultative parthenogenesis in captivity have produced males (ZZ), probably through automictic terminal fusion (i.e. the fusion of the second polar body with the egg nucleus during meiosis, resulting in extensive homozygosity; [5,6,11,12]), or females (ZW) following apomixes, premeiotic doubling or automictic central fusion (i.e. fusion of the first polar body with the oocyte during meiosis, preserving maternal heterozygosity; [3,13]). Among the primitive snakes of the families Boidae (Boas) and Pythonidae (Pythons), anecdotal reports of parthenogenetic reproduction exist, but only one instance has been scientifically demonstrated [3]. Apparently fertile eggs produced by an isolated Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) were partially incubated before embryo dissection for genetic screening and sexing. In contrast to parthenogenetic offspring produced in the more derived serpent lineages [5], these parthenogenetically produced embryos were all ZW females. The long-term viability of these females is unknown, however, as no eggs were incubated to hatching.
This single parthenogenetic event recorded in the Pythonidae resulted in embryos with levels of heterozygosity comparable to that of the mother [3]. Although genic heterozygosity is retained, essentially comparable to that of the mother, habitual parthenogenetic reproduction will eventually lead to the accumulation of deleterious mutations through the lack of recombination (e.g. Muller's ratchet). Given the close evolutionary relationship between the Boidae and the Pythonidae [14,15] and the listing of a number of species within these families as endangered under the Convention for the Trade in Endangered Species act, understanding the evolutionary breadth of parthenogenesis within the basal serpent lineages will provide valuable information for consideration if conservation strategies are developed.
In 2004, a captive-born female Boa constrictor imperator produced a small litter via sexual reproduction with a male B. c. constrictor (a closely related subspecies), while both were housed in a private collection. After the male was removed and the female was housed alone, no additional litters were produced from 2005 through 2007. In the next 2 years, the female produced two litters of live offspring (2009 = 12, 2010 = 10), coincident with being housed and possibly copulating with up to four B. c. imperator males. These litters were unusual because all of the offspring were female, and all exhibited a rare phenotype known as caramel, a recessive colour trait expressed by the mother, but a gene not believed to be carried in the heterozygous state by the males present. Three alterative hypothesis could explain the litters in 2009 and 2010: (i) one or more male B. c. imperator housed with the female since 2008 were unknowingly heterozygous for the caramel trait and contributed paternal alleles to the offspring; (ii) long-term sperm storage from the 2004 mating, with the male B. c. constrictor proving heterozygous for the caramel colour trait; or (iii) the litters resulted from facultative parthenogenesis from an otherwise sexually reproducing female. Through a combination of DNA fingerprinting and sex determination by exploratory surgery, we provide the first evidence of multiple parthenogenetically produced females in the family Boidae, and confirm for the first time that WW females within this primitive lineage are viable.
2. Material and methods
(a) Microsatellite analysis
Genomic DNA was extracted from 1 × 3 cm sections of individual shed skins, collected from all offspring, the mother and all males with which she was housed since 2008, following the method described by Taggart et al. [16]. DNA was unavailable for the 2004 male and his offspring. Samples were screened and genotyped at five microsatellite loci (table 1) newly developed for B. c. imperator following the method outlined by Booth et al. [17], and at three additional loci developed by Tzika et al. [18].
(b) Identification of gender
In female B. c. imperator, the cloacal sacs can be probed to a depth of three to four subcaudal scales. This method has been demonstrated to accurately indicate the gender of snakes, unless there has been some alteration of normal development or damage to the area. All members of the 2009 and 2010 litters were sexed by cloacal probing. To confirm these results, a single randomly selected representative of the 2009 litter was subjected to exploratory coeliotomy to identify the nature of the gonad. For comparison, four age-matched individuals (two males and two females) from a sexually produced litter were surgically sexed using the same approach. Each snake was induced using teletamine and zolazepam (Telazol, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Fort Dodge, IA, USA), 30 mg kg−1 IM, intubated and maintained on sevoflurane gas (SevoFlo, Abbot Animal Health, Abbot Park, IL, USA) in oxygen. A 3 cm coelomic incision was made at approximately 80 per cent of the distance from the snout to the vent. Surgical exposure permitted visualization of both gonads. The surgical site was flushed with 0.9 per cent sterile saline, and the incision closed.
3. Results and discussion
Through DNA fingerprinting, unequivocal genetic differences between alleles present in the offspring and those of the potential B. c. imperator sires were observed at multiple loci (table 2), excluding these males as potential sires and ruling out hypothesis 1. All offspring were found to be differentially homozygous at each of the mothers' heterozygous loci, and identical at all loci for which she was homozygous (table 2). This would only be possible through sexual reproduction if the 2004 male possessed the same genotype as the female at each locus screened and contributed the same alleles as the female to each of the offspring. The probability of a zygote receiving identical alleles at a given locus from each heterozygous parent is p = 0.25. Across the four maternally heterozygous loci, the probability of an individual receiving identical alleles is p = 0.0039 (i.e. (0.25)4). The probability of all individuals within each litter receiving identical alleles across the four loci is: litter 1–p = 1.238 × 10−29 (i.e. (0.0039)12), and litter 2–p = 8.14 × 10−25 (i.e. (0.0039)10). Combined, this gives an overall probability of p = 1.008 × 10−53 (i.e. (0.0039)22). Due to this infinitesimally small probability, in the absence of DNA sample from the sire of the 2004 litter, hypothesis 2 (i.e. sexual reproduction) can be rejected. With the exclusion of hypotheses 1 and 2, these results strongly support hypothesis 3 (i.e. facultative parthenogenesis) as the mechanism responsible for the production of these offspring.
Owing to homomorphism of the sex chromosomes within the Boidae, gender cannot be determined from chromosomal morphology [19]. Sex was, therefore, determined as female through cloacal probing. Owing to the monetary and scientific value of these snakes, this was confirmed in a single specimen by exploratory surgery to visualize the gonads. Based upon the presence of two ovaries and the absence of testes, the morphological gender of the parthenogenetically produced snake was determined to be female. At this stage of development in the sexually produced males examined, both testes and ovaries were present, whereas in the sexually produced females only the ovaries were present.
The elevated level of homozygosity observed in the offspring suggests that the parthenogenetic mode may be terminal fusion automixis. Resulting from the fusion of the second polar body to the egg nucleus, homozygosity is observed across all chromosomes, including those involved in sex determination [2]. The absence of males in these litters is puzzling, as terminal fusion should result in equal ratios of ZZ to WW. Maternal hemizygosity for the W sex chromosome (i.e. WO), resulting from chromosomal non-disjuntion at conception, followed by terminal fusion automixis would explain the all-female litters. Without further investigation, however, this is purely speculation. Regardless, such genome-wide homozygosity is of concern from a conservation viewpoint, owing to the fixation of potentially deleterious gene combinations that may lead to a reduction in evolutionary adaptability. As the offspring are non-clonal, limited intra-litter variation will exist, however, owing to maternal heterozygosity at some loci. Previous studies suggest that only ZZ zygotes resulting in male offspring will develop [3,5,6,12,20]; however, their long-term viability is unknown as many fail to hatch or are stillborn (e.g. [5]). The reproductive ability of the offspring documented here is yet to be determined; however, if fertile, all offspring resulting from sexual reproduction will be female (ZW), elevating heterozygosity and permitting the subsequent production of males.
These findings describe the first evidence of multiple, viable, non-experimentally induced WW females in a vertebrate lineage, contradicting reports of inviability previously documented in domestic fowl [4]. Additionally, this is the first scientifically confirmed record of facultative parthenogenesis in a primitive serpent of the family Boidae. Uniquely, in contrast to all other reports of reptilian parthenogenesis in captivity, this female produced offspring only in years when males were present. Although courting activity with males was observed, copulation was not, making it impossible to determine the factors stimulating parthenogenetic reproduction in this species. The non-clonal nature of the offspring rules out oocyte activation following sperm inactivation [2].
The detection of facultative parthenogenesis within this primitive serpent broadens our knowledge of the occurrence of automictic parthenogenesis in vertebrates. Distinctively, it identifies viable WW females, provoking the possibility that WW females may exist in other basal reptilian lineages. The unusual context in which these were produced suggests that within the primitive constricting snakes, parthenogenesis may be more common than we previously assumed.
This work was supported by a Post Doctoral Training grant awarded to W.B. by the W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology at the North Carolina State University. We are grateful to Rob Dunn, Gordon Schuett, Elsa Youngsteadt, Ian Montgomery, Eleanor Spicer-Rice and three anonymous referees for their useful comments on the manuscript. We thank Dr Athanasia Tzika for the contribution of primer USAT-20. Surgical sexing was authorized by S. Moore (The Boastore, Sneedville, TN, USA) and performed by a North Carolina licenced veterinarian following state approved protocols.
- Received August 30, 2010.
- Accepted October 11, 2010.
- This Journal is © 2010 The Royal Society


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Museums are boring! Oh, no they're not, at least not when they showus all sorts of wonderful objects, and tell us fascinating tales ofpeople in history. Dig a bit deeper in any museum and you will find atreasure store of weird and wonderful items, collected by some kindsoul in the past and now available for our enjoyment
Where can you see a rat curled up in a human skull? In SalisburyMuseum. William Longspee, Earl of Salisbury died in 1227. When histomb was opened in 1791, a dried Black Rat was found inside his skull.It seems the rat died of arsenic poisoning, just like Earl William.
Fascinated by witchcraft? Perhaps it's the mystery, fear of theunknown or the fairy-tale romance? The Museum of Witchcraft willconvince you that witches did exist and still do. Here is the world'slargest collection of spells, charms, curses, paintings, woodcuts and witchesworking tools.
Psst! Want to be a phrenologist? North Devon Museum is the place tofind out. Phrenologists studied shape and size of the human head,believing you could then understand somebody's character and level ofintelligence. See some heads and meet the Amsterdam Idiot and theEminent Divine.
Feel the chill as no less than three ghosts wander the corridors of800-year old Torre Abbey! There's an 18th century lady, and a "SpanishLady", seeking her lost-love amongst Armada troops imprisoned here.Oldest ghost is a headless monk from the abbey.... watch out forsevered heads!
In Gloucester Folk Museum, see part of the stake at which ProtestantBishop Hooper was supposedly burned, and the wooden cheese fromCooper's Hill cheese rolling. On the Dymock Curse read about SarahEllis, spelt backwards, the good and evil spirits of the moon,mystical number 369, and much more!


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Iana Salenko, principal of the Staatsballett Berlin; and Evgenia Obraztsova, principal of the Bolshoi Ballet, will perform with The Royal Ballet this autumn.
Iana Salenko will dance the role of Kitri in two performances of Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote with Steven McRae as Basilio on Saturday 5 and Tuesday 8 October. The Kiev-born dancer joined the Staatsballett Berlin in 2005 after dancing with the National Opera in Kiev.
Royal Ballet Soloist Akane Takada will make her debut as Kitri on Friday 18 October, partnered by Steven McRae.
Evgenia Obraztsova will dance the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet on Tuesday 22 October and Thursday 14 November, also partnered by Steven McRae. The Bolshoi Principal first performed with The Royal Ballet in 2009, dancing in The Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden. Evgenia joined the Bolshoi in 2012 after dancing with the Mariinsky Ballet.


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PJ Taylor (also known as Paul Taylor) is a British singer and songwriter from Central London with a passion for making music. Though not an instrumentalist, he can create the lyrics and melodies himself. He self-released his album You Aint Seen the Best Of Me in November 2012 (available on iTunes, Amazon and many other stores) which included the singles Fantasy Fulfilled and Twisted Love Song. Taylor releases his new single Easy Escape on 1st September.


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SAN DIEGO — Edwin Jackson struck out 11 in seven scoreless innings to outpitch former Padres ace Drew Pomeranz, Adam Rosales hit a two-run homer and San Diego edged the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Monday.
Jackson (4-5) gave up four hits and ended his three-start losing streak.
Pomeranz (2-4 for Boston) was an All-Star for the Padres this season and 8-7 in the NL before being traded to the Red Sox in mid-July.
Brandon Maurer worked the ninth for his eighth save in 13 chances. He gave up a one-out single to Hanley Ramirez, then struck out Jackie Bradley Jr. and got pinch hitter David Ortiz on a fly ball.
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The South China Morning Post's website is currently splashing on how the election fascinates the Chinese, who are set for their own very different power transition later on this week, while the Shanghai Daily has a general news piece on the final push for the candidates. Japan Today is running a poll that shows that both Japanese and Chinese citizens are backing Mr Obama.
Al Jazeera's website is leading on the candidates' dash through the swing states, while Israel newspaper Haaretz is leading with an article declaring that in the election, Israeli Americans are from Mars while Jewish Americans are from Venus. Al Arabiya is also running prominently a general news round-up on the final hours of the campaign.
The All Africa website's most read story is an opinion piece declaring that Mitt Romney will win the election. Australia's Daily Telegraph has a homepage piece about Mr Romney's car trouble.
Most of the major European news websites, such as El Pais, Der Spiegel, Corriere della Sera, and Le Figaro have some sort of special US election coverage on their website homepages - as do, of course, the UK news sites.
In South America, the Buenos Aires Herald has a general news piece on the closeness of the election, as does Brazil's O Globo website.
In the New York tabloids, the fallout from Hurricane Sandy continues to dominate headlines, followed closely by the election. NBC News has managed to combine the two, with its website leading on the "perfect storm" that could confound election day.
In a reminder that other things are happening in the world (or perhaps just that most Americans are only now waking up), it has been nearly two hours since any of the major international wire services - Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Associated Press - have filed a US election news story, the most recent piece being a general round-up from AFP. As morning breaks on the east coast, however, rest assured that will soon change.
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Ann Lurie isn't very good at being merely a name etched in granite.
Take the coming fundraising gala to celebrate the completion of the new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, a 1.25 million-square-foot facility in Streeterville with an $855 million price tag, to which she contributed $100 million.
Not only will Lurie and her late husband's name be visible on the 23-story building, her fingerprints will be on just about everything else.
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The Air Force chief scientist addressed members of the Air Force Association about the Global Horizons study, which looks into the near and long-term application of science and technology in the force.
Dr. Mica Endsley, who was recently appointed as the 34th Air Force chief scientist, focused her talk around the future of air, space, cyber, and command and control.
"If we presume the future is going to look like today, I think we're going to be sorely mistaken," Endsley said. "The future environment in the next decade has some really significant potential threats that we need to be aware of and thinking of."
In the space environment, Endsley emphasized, the Air Force is not going to be the only player in the future.
"In space, we're not going to be operating with impunity," Endsley said. "It's going to be a much more congested, competitive and contested environment."
Speaking about air operations, Endsley noted that though the Air Force has enjoyed air superiority in recent operations, this may not always be the case as other nations use science and technology to continually develop their air forces.
"In air operations, I think over the past few decades, we've enjoyed pretty good air superiority in a lot of the theaters we operated in — that's not necessarily going to be the case in the future," she said.
Endsley also suggested the potential for an attack on command and control capabilities.
"We believe our command and control and (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) operations are going to be targeted," she said. "That's something we're going to need to protect against very significantly."
Endsley emphasized the importance of protecting cyberspace and Air Force cyber capabilities from threats.
Cyber "is the thing that underlines everything that we're doing," Endsley said. "It's a very significant source of concern in terms of potential vulnerabilities."
As Endsley spoke, she stressed the importance of the ever-changing environment in which the Air Force operates in, and how the global horizons study identifies these future changes.
Endsley also made note that a key component of of Air Force efforts is to use science and technology to enable Airmen to carry out their duties more efficiently.
"One of our goals here is to develop technology that enhances the capability of our Airmen," she said. "My job is to enable our people to do their job effectively."
As Endsley concluded, a question from the audience brought up the impacts of sequestration, and how it is impacting in the Air Force.
In a field that is primarily comprised of civilian Airmen, Endsley said that with furloughs starting, a large part of her workforce will be out of the office, missing technical meetings that are vital to her researchers.
Furlough is "having chilling effects," she said. "If you look at who the researchers are in the Air Force, they are disproportionally civilians."


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FORT SMITH A judge in western Arkansas is considering whether a vote that legalized alcohol sales in Barling should be thrown out.
City voters approved the measure 1,081 to 544 on Nov. 6 but opponents are challenging it, saying that some Sebastian County voters should have been allowed to cast ballots.
In the lawsuit, attorney Erik Danielson argued that because the entire southern district of the county voted to go "dry" in 1944, state law requires the entire district to vote on whether a single city can allow liquor sales. Danielson represents 21 Barling residents who filed suit Nov. 20.
The lawsuit cites a 1947 Supreme Court decision in its argument that the county, which includes Fort Smith, should have voted on the issue.
Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue, who represents the county election commission, said the lawsuit should be dismissed because it didn't name the county clerk or the city of Barling as defendants — only the election commission.
The Southwest Times Record reported that Circuit Court Judge Steve Tabor asked both sides Monday to submit legal briefs within a week before he will issue a ruling. He denied Shue's request to dismiss the lawsuit, saying Danielson's complaint is contesting the election but seeking to void the result, so the commission is the appropriate defendant.
Both sides agreed at Monday's hearing that the liquor-sale question was submitted to the entire southern district in 1944, but only to Barling voters on Nov. 6.
Danielson told Tabor that the commission disenfranchised all voters in the southern district of Sebastian County outside of Barling when it placed the item on the ballot, which constitutes a fraud, and resulted in an "improper and illegal" election.
Tabor said he hopes to rule soon on whether the election results should stand.


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Electric City Corp. recently received a contract from the Chicago Public School system to complete a $4 million EnergySaver project. The project aims to cut energy costs through the use of EnergySaver products at all schools that meet specific investment return requirements set by the school board. These products will control the energy sent to the school's lighting fixtures, therefore reducing the energy consumed when the lights are turned on and off or retrofitted.
Schools will be selected by Electric City Corp. and approved by the Chicago Public School system through a detailed engineering process. The project is expected to take 18 months to complete.
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Registration is open for BrickCon 2013, and it's time to start all that planning goodness. I'm sure a thread will pop up soon for the collaborative display planning, which I fully expect to be awesome.
With that said, I'm looking to change up (just slightly) the meetup. In the past, we've met for Dinner Friday night. I'd like to propose Lunch on Saturday at the Rock.
I figure this works swimmingly for a number of reasons: lunch allows respite from public hours, and I actually won't be around Friday night (gasp!).
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Kroger's Book Award Win
February 05, 2010
John Kroger didn't have a speech prepared, because he thought there was no way he would win, but win he did during the 2009 Oregon Book Awards ceremony in October.
Kroger, Oregon's attorney general and an adjunct faculty member at Lewis & Clark Law School, received the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction for his book, Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves. The book steers readers through the complexities of life as a federal prosecutor, where the battle in the courtroom is the culmination of long, intricate investigative work.
After his career as a federal prosecutor, Kroger joined the law school, where he specializes in criminal law and jurisprudence. In 2008, he was elected Oregon's attorney general.
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The story of the night at the United Center on Halloween was--of course--Derrick Rose's return to action in front of the home fans and his game-winning shot with less than 10 seconds to play.
The morning after, however, another person is emerging as a star of the night: Mikey Gendell.
He is one of the fans dressed in Victorian garb that got some screen time during TNT's national broadcast, but it is Scott Strazzante's picture of the fan after the game that has people talking.
Strazzante, a Chicago Tribune photographer, caught this soon-to-be legendary photo of Gendell congratulating Rose as the Bulls star makes his way to the locker room.
Truly a once-in-a-lifetime--or at least a WTF--photo.
Strazzante also is the photographer who snapped the viral photo of Derrick Rose peeking around a corner in Miami in January.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker men's soccer team lost a close 1-0 match to Catawba College on Saturday (Oct. 5) in a SAC competition at the Coker Soccer Field.
It was a game that was much dominated by the Cobras possession style offense, however Catawba took advantage of a rare miscue by the Coker defense and scored the games lone goal in the 70th minute of the second half.
As the clock continued to tick closer to zero, the Cobras fired off several shots on frame but could not connect for the game-tying goal.
The Cobras had seven different players who put a shot on goal, while Kyndle Cobb tallied four saves on the day.
Coker will look to rebound this Wednesday (Oct. 9) as they host Wingate in a SAC contest. The game is slated for a 7:00 PM start time.


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We had dirt cups, dirt cake, and mud milk (chocolate milk). There were also some appetizers. I got the 2'X3' banner of him as an engineering print from Staples for $2.99 and did the ModPodge text myself.
We invited my husband's family and my family. After eating and gifts, we had both grandpas plant a tree - one for Markus and one of his brother - in honor of the dirt theme, the birthday and Earth Day. Oh yeah, I put real garden soil on the tables as decoration and someone took a big bite of it thinking it was chocolate )
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Why so puzzled?
I'm really surprised that many Perl people are still puzzled at why Perl web apps aren't as popular, and there isn't as many of them as PHP's.
Guys, in order for a Perl app to build up userbase it...
* Must run on low cost shared hosting
There are ALOT of non-programmer people who are trying to run their own web projects and are starting up with ready, free solutions, that they want to minor-customize themselfs or are willing to pay a little to get small customizations. They most often not doing it for money, or are hoping to get some in the future, but don't have a clear idea on how to at the beginning. And most of them never will make any money, but more people try - more succeed, And those who don't succeed, pass on their accumulated knowledge. Anyways, so, they just get cheap/affordable hosting -- THESE are WordPress, phpBB, etc. users.
To Perl project to compete for these people, this means no mod_perl, no Catalist, no shell access to install modules that need compiling, etc.
Also, keep in mind that most shared hostings still have Perl 5.8.8 installed.
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Because many hostings don't have interface to let you install modules from CPAN, or have strict restrictions on memory/cpu time usage and some modules won't complete the install even if there's an interface for CAPN installs (as in latest CPannel versions). Some hosting providers won't install additional modules for you in large numbers (1-2-3 ok, but more -- too much support, besides, some providers don't have Perl gurus in support).
* Should be Free
Obviously. Why pay if there are free alternatives? People are willing to live with less features and no support if they don't have to pay. Make money on support (once it gets popular), hosting, ads, etc... maybe on something specific to your app. But as far as I can tell, most popular web apps were not started to make money.
* Must be eazy to install
Absolutely. Upload, maybe set some permissions. Thats it.
* Must be eazy to configure
Stuff like simple looking URIs. PHP can really go without it, but for Perl.... most hosting providers won't let you run Perl scripts outside cgi-bin, and people don't understand the need for having "cgi-bin" in URI. Mod_rewrite is enabled on virtually every shared hosting account these days, so make it so that user installing the app doesn't need to manually edit the config files.
* Code must be maintainable
Because people will want to customize it, whether you like it or not (and you better like it, if you want your app to be popular).
So, can a Perl project become popular among masses? I belive it can. But it may require more effort from developer(s): less dependencies on CPAN (or include needed modules in our destribution), don't assume user is competent in Perl (in fact assume he doesn't know anything about it), add eazy to understand installation/config instructions, help others customize it by providing answers to their questions (oh, and, I think, people don't like mailing lists and irc that much these days. setup a forum, where knowledge will be accumulated and be always available to pass-by-ers).
Popularity among regular users brings interest from developers looking to make extra buck or gain some personal fame via customizations/plugins/themes/etc. Also, successful small tools end up in corporate world too one way or another. And the tools are written in specific languages, and thats how they become popular. I always thought all of theis was obvious....
So, keep these items on mind when you think up a great web app idea.
Or don't.
Continue writing code for enterprises, get your bi-weekly paycheck, and stop worrying about why Perl lost to PHP.


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By Kim McFarland
"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
-- Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Oracle dreamed.
He gazed into the fire he had built in the shelter of a cave at the peak of Mount Imperium. The dancing flames helped him enter a trance. He hoped to catch a glimpse of the future beyond those events he had already foreseen.
Visions always came during his trances. He could not dictate what they would be; often they were only memories of the past, returning with the startling clarity of lucid dreams. That was the case more often than not these days. He could sense that his role as a foreteller was coming to an end.
In his dream he saw, as if watching from a distance, his own arrival in this world. He had been sent here by a powerful spell, one meant for another target. He had intercepted it, taken the attack meant for another. He hadn't expected to survive. But instead of destroying him, it had sent him here.
For the second time in his life he had been displaced by magic, and as before it had taken him years to understand that there was a purpose for it. His fate had been tied to He-Man in a minor way. Maybe not so minor - a single stone, insignificant by itself, in a stream could alter its current, eventually changing the course of a river.
He had found this world both familiar and eerily different. The city of Eternos was no more than a large village. Castle Grayskull was there - but it was bright and new, and was in the middle of lush, green land rather than being surrounded by an abyss. Then, when he had seen this era's ruler - King Grayskull - it had all fallen into place. He had been sent away not in space, but in time.
The spell he had intercepted must have been meant to send He-Man somewhere so far away he would no longer be able to defend Eternia from its enemies. Then, he hoped, he might somehow return. He had read of the Oracle in Castle Grayskull's library. On those shelves he had even found a journal written by the Oracle - in Trollan. He had been from Orko's home world! If anyone could help a temporally lost Trollan, he could!
But there had been no Oracle.
Nobody had heard of the Oracle, and the floating temple he had inhabited was empty. It was as if he had never existed. He had realized that he must have come here before the Oracle's arrival. The only thing he could do was wait. When the Oracle turned up, he would ask him for help.
He had waited for years, then decades, wondering when the Oracle would appear, and in the meantime he had passed the time studying and absorbing the magic lore of this era. And, in time, it had changed him. He had begun seeing bits of the future, but as dreams and memories, as if his memory was starting to work forward, remembering things that had not happened yet. Could that be because he came from the future? He didn't know. By now it had ceased to matter to him.
Then the Horde had come. With a frightening sense of deja vu he had watched violence erupt in a formerly-peaceful land. He knew from history that someone had to nudge King Grayskull in the right direction, be a stone in the stream of events. But the Oracle was nowhere to be found! By then he had become used to seeing glimpses of events to come. He decided to fill in until the real Oracle turned up. He would be better than nothing, he had told himself.
The flames reflected off the eyes of the Oracle as, hidden in the shadow of his cowl, he smiled to himself. On retrospect, it was funny. He had been blind to what should have been obvious. Time had passed, and he had become accustomed to the role, had learned disciplines that helped harness his forward memories. Without realizing it, he had become the Oracle. Maybe he had been all along.
Now he had nothing to do but to wait. He had several hours more, he judged. He set a metal flask of water in the edge of the fire to heat. Then he took out a small leatherbound book and, sitting on the floor of the cave, opened it in his lap. He had been keeping a journal for years. He had needed some place to put the thoughts that he couldn't tell anyone else about. Talking to himself on paper, he supposed.
He skimmed through the pages. He remembered each entry word for word; he had reread them often enough that the first few words were enough to recall each to mind with complete clarity. Now that he had decided what to do with his journal, he needed to prune it a bit. Regretfully, starting from the beginning, he removed those pages in which he had mentioned his former life. Those must not make it to the future, he knew, because they had not.
A neat pile of pages formed by his side. All the reminisces of He-Man, the other Masters... his family. That had been the hardest part of accepting his role as the Oracle - knowing he could never return to his family. He couldn't tell Dree Elle and their children what had happened to him, that he hadn't died in battle that day. He had thought of trying to send a message forward that only she would recognize. He could write in Trollan; only another Trollan could read it then. But if he himself found it... the risk was too great. Even the smallest interference could knock the stone out of its place in the stream. If he learned of his fate too early, he might try to avoid it.
Might have tried in the future? This language was not designed to deal with time travel, he mused.
When he finished he held a thinner book, identical to the one he had found in Castle Grayskull's library. He had not even recognized his own handwriting - but, to be fair, it had shifted over the years. He would give it to Veena, this era's Sorceress, to place in the castle's library. Looking at the pile of loose pages he had removed, he considered feeding them to the fire. They must never be read by anyone else. But... no, not just yet. Carefully he rolled them up into a small tube, tied it, and hid it in a magical pocket in his sleeve. They would be safe there.
The water must be hot by now. He gestured at the metal flask. It lifted and poured water into the goblet he had set by the fire. He dropped several leaves into it and waited for the tea to steep.


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Insight Cuba, (800) 450-2822, http://insightcuba.com/cuba-tours. I was on the Classic Cuba trip, with prices starting at $3,595 a person for seven nights and eight days. Airfare is not included.
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Kellogg's sophisticated product development center facilitates innovation and experimentation and keeps the new product pipeline full.
This is one of three segments of Food Processing's December 2006 cover story on its "Processor of the Year," Kellogg Co. Read an overview of the processor; access the article on Kellogg's manufacturing operations.
"Innovative environment" describes the William Keith Kellogg Institute (WKKI) for Food and Nutrition Research. Opened in 1997 in downtown Battle Creek, Mich., the facility is Kellogg Co.'s think tank for food innovations.
For those who have been with the company for years, and there are many, WKKI reinforces that the company is a trendsetter. After all, it was Mr. Kellogg who developed the corn flake some 112 years ago and thereby created the category of dry breakfast cereal. For newcomers in R&D, it is often WKKI and the company's ongoing commitment to innovation that convinces them to join Kellogg.
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Kellogg's diversified R&D staff works together, building on each other's knowledge base. The staff is organized by either business unit (frozen foods, morning foods, snacks and specialty), or by geographic unit (Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America). "The key purpose for WKKI is to create cross-cultural teams to identify global growth opportunities and develop products that can be marketed in multiple regions instead of just one country," Bath says. "Trends develop at different paces around the world, and we want to be sure we are on track everywhere."
WKKI has five restaurant-quality kitchens, extensive research facilities and a large, flexible experimental production area. Its pilot plant for manufacturing test batches of new snacks and cereals is one-tenth the size of an actual manufacturing plant.
"In order to keep projects on track and ensure that we commercialize on time, at design and at costs, we have gatekeepers who work across all functions," says Bath. "Speed to market is important, but will never be the sole driver of innovation. We always build in time to do our homework - from the science to the consumer's voice. We won't compromise quality, and we always deliver against our and the consumer's expectations. We never forget that it is about delighting our customers with variety, convenience and great taste."
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Symmetry wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Symmetry wrote:stahrgazer wrote:But, signs, "gun free zone" really do make places like that targets for maniacal cowards who want to be violent and make the news.
I'm not sure that's the case. A person who enters a situation like this with the intent to die isn't going to be deterred by a sign, let alone one that says that it's not a place he'll be shot.
How do you know that?
I speculate it's highly likely the evil-doer will pick another location, possibly even just save us all the trouble and turn their weapon on themselves.
I've actually given you an article or two in the past about what constitutes a deterrent to suicide, suicidal thinkers tend to be very driven toward a single method. Especially those who chose something with a degree of spectacle. It's easily applied to a shooting spree where the shooter expects to die, and in many cases either is killed, or commits suicide.
Do you still have the NYTimes article I sent you about suicide? The findings it mentioned surprised me to be fair, as I said when I sent it to you, but the idea that a fixated individual will simply turn to something else doesn't pan out in the majority of cases.
I think I remember that...makes sense to me. It just so happens to make sense to me that the reality you describe is not going to be prevented by having a "gun free zone" or any gun-control regulations.
Whatever we need to do about crazy people, let's do it. Neither the crazies nor is Progressive politicking going to dictate to the other 99.999% of us on how we live our lives, or what rights are going to be taken away from Americans.


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SALISBURY, N.C. – The Coker women's golf team is in 12th place (of 18) after day one at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational with a combined team score of 333.
Mallory Thompkins and Krista Thorpe led the way for Coker, both scoring the team low 81 for the day. Both Thompkins and Thorpe are tied for 28th place on the individual scoring list.
Tensley Clowser came in next for the Cobras with a score of 85, followed by Taylor Demby who finished the day with an 86. Amber Harman completed the field for Coker with a 92.
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BRADENTON, Fla. – In what has been a custom trait for the Colorado Rapids Women this season, their hard work and commitment has enabled them to be crowned U-20 North American Champions. The Colorado Rapids Ladies Under 20's team competed this last week in the USL North American Championships in Bradenton Florida at the world renowned IMG Soccer Facilities.
The Rapids ladies joined several fierce opponents such as Ottawa Fury, DC United and last years defending champions Triangle FC from North Carolina as well as other conference champions. The best had gathered to see who would be the best of the best.
Coming in as relative under dogs as a first year program the Rapids Ladies were pooled against Reading United who topped the Mid Atlantic division, Force Football Academy who dominated the Midwest Division and Triangle FC last year's 2011 North American reigning champions. It was considered the tournament group of death.
In their first game against Reading United, the Rapids ladies took the charge right from the start and dominated the game from start to finish coming up eventual winners 3-1, with Karisa Price of Metro State University, Denver firing in a double. This proved to be a relative upset as no-one had expected such a great performance from a first year program. This was then followed by a remarkable game in which 6 goals were scored and the Rapids came from behind every time to tie the game in the final minutes. The game was highlighted by Colorado Rapids striker and University of Alabama standout Abby Phillips scoring a hattrick and leading the Rapids offense. This proved to be what Rapids Head Coach Clitnovici said was the game that gave the team the belief to be champions. "The Ladies never quit, we had spoken prior to the tournament that every little thing they did in the 90minutes mattered and that no matter what never say die, today we believed".
The Rapids Ladies found themselves sitting atop of pool A and needing a win in their final game against defending champions Triangle FC to advance to the championship game. This game ended in a trouncing victory for the Rapids ladies winning 3-0 and proving to the entire tournament that they were set out on being the best. The victory over Triangle FC threw the Rapids ladies into the Championship game against DC United who had won all three games in Pool B and were red hot favorites to take the championship.
The Championship game started and finished with the Colorado Rapids ladies believing they could go all the way. In the 26th minute, Colorado School of Mines Striker Anna Evans put them in the box seat with a goal that gave them the belief to win. The game ended 1-0 in favor of the Rapids ladies and history was made. The first ever side from Colorado to win the North American Championship but also the first time ever a first year program turned up out of no-where and took the trophy home.
At the end of the game tournament officials crowned Rapids pacey striker Karisa Price as the tournament MVP and also Rapids goal keeper Hannah Clark as the Goal Keeper of the tournament after several great performances throughout the tournament.
Colorado Rapids U-20's and W-League Head Coach Daniel Clitnovici was very pleased with how things turned out for his hard working side. "From day one in early May I knew we had something special here. The whole squad of players including W-League and Super 20's pushed eachother to the limits and helped eachother through thick and thin, this is a fantastic achievement for everyone involved with the Colorado Rapids. All our girls worked hard and supported each other through this tournament; we have a happy group of girls that believed in themselves individually but also in each other".


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The S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) arrested a third suspect in an Elgin hit-and-run case from earlier this year.
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) charged two men and a woman, all of Camden, with drug possession after placing their home under surveillance for several months.
S.C. Secretary of State Mark Hammond gave North Central Middle School (NCMS) students an overview of his position within the state of South Carolina.
Third generation Camden Military Academy (CMA) student Tripp Osteen III graduated this weekend with nods from a former headmaster.
A second arrest was made in the case of a fatal hit-and-run in Elgin on March 1. 26-year-old Jesus Corona Cabal, of Columbia, was charged with accessory after the fact for helping the driver involved in the hit and run "destroy" the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse that hit and killed Derk Lawrence Maricle of Lugoff, S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Brent Kelly said.
A 605,000 pound piece of equipment traveling to V.C. Summer Nuclear plant in Fairfield County made an appearance in Camden on Wednesday.
A Cassatt woman died after she was hit by a train four miles north of Camden near Sanders Creek Road.
The body of a man killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday was discovered Monday.
An Elgin woman's daughter-in-law allegedly approached her with a knife because she was angry that the Elgin woman's son was on the brink of losing his job.
By MICIAH BENNETT
Kershaw County's Family Resource Center (FRC) has teamed up with Camden First United Methodist Church to raise awareness and money for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Awareness Month.
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews wants to pay his deputies more money in an effort to keep them on staff instead of losing them to other agencies. Matthews told Kershaw County Council members during a work session Thursday that the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is becoming a training ground, and that the level of staff experience is decreasing as he loses valuable personnel.
Camden High School's (CHS) Palmetto Leaf newspaper staff won a total of eight awards from the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association (SCSPA) in April. For the first time since 1999, the Leaf won the Palmetto Award for its class level, Class 1, according to newspaper advisor Amy Goodwin. This is Goodwin's first year back at CHS; she is a CHS graduate and previously taught at the school. Goodwin has been a newspaper advisor for about 19 years.
A decision to hire a corporate staffing agency to provide substitute teachers in the Kershaw County School District (KCSD) will wait a little longer. The Kershaw County Board of School Trustees decided to put off a vote to hire Kelly Services at its meeting Tuesday night.
The decision to sell the Plan B morning after pills without a prescription has caused a debate among women's rights advocates, government officials and religious groups.
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