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Curriculum Vitae
|To provide the best possible, uncompromising, state-of-the-art orthopedics emphasizing care of the hand and shoulder and knee including arthroscopic surgery and microvascular surgery and clinical research.
|Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship
Including microvascular surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center
|1986 to 1987
|University of California, San Francisco
Orthopaedic Residency
|1983 to 1986
|General Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
|1981 to 1983
|Medical School (3 year graduate)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Chairman: Michael DeBakey, M.D.
|1978 to 1981
|University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Bachelor of Science Degree
|1974 to 1978
Special Training
- Microsurgical Course, Ralph K. Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (Harry Buncke's Lab)
- Microsurgical Course, Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Pressure-Specified Testing Examination Supervisor Certificate, Dellon Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Mobile-Bearing Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Certification in May 2013
- Nebraska
- California
- California X-ray Supervisor
- Canceled or dormant status: WY, KS, IN, SD
Board Certification
- Diplomate of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand (both by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS)
- American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)
- Effect of Temporary Disability (time off of work) Pre-op on Outcome and Return to Work Post-Op.
- Comparison of Results for Ipsilateral, Concomitant Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Decompressive Surgery Compared with Patients with Isolated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Isolated Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.
- Effect of Rapid Return to Work After ECTR on Outcome (accepted as an AAOS Outcome Study).
- Simultaneous Bilateral Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release.
- Genetic Tendency to Develop Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (peripheral neuropathy).
- Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Re-release for Recurrent or Unrelieved CTS.
- Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release in Rheumatoid Patients.
- Neck and Shoulder Pain as the Presenting Complaint in Carpal and cubital Tunnel Syndromes.
- Effect of an Aggressive Return to Work Program Optimizing Modern Surgical And Pharmacologic Modalities with Arthroscopic Acromioplasty with or Without Arthroscopic Lateral Clavicle Excision.
- Trapezial Resection Arthroplasty as a Lower Morbidity Alternative for Triscaphe Arthritis.
- Long Term Efficacy and Prognosis in Patients Treated with Posterior Interosseous Nerve Ablation for Keinboch's & Subtle Carpal Instability.
- Partial Wrist Denervation: Report of a New, Less Invasive, Percutaneous Technique.
- Non-Vascularized Fingertip Re-implantation as an Alternative to Amputation (begun 1990).
- Length of Hospitalization and Analgesic Needs after Knee Arthroplasty with and without Patellar Resurfacing.
- Soft Tissue Reconstruction for Rheumatoid Hand Deformity: Long Term Results, Ichtertz, D.R., Wood, V.E., Yahiku, H.
- Immediate Mobilization of Severely Fractured Ankles After Internal Fixation: A Prospective, Controlled Study (see publications).
- Assisted Daria Pardridge, M.D. in the lab of Donald Morton, M.D. at the Sepulveda, CA, VAH in tumor immunology studies using tissue culture.
- Thermography for Evaluating Low Back Pain, A Controlled Study (unpublished), Morris, J., Ichtertz, D.R., Rappaport, J., Georgis, T.
Long term follow-up results on operatively treated severe ankle fractures immediately mobilized. A prospective, controlled, randomized study. Ichtertz, D.R., Cimino, W., Slabaugh, P.: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Vol. 267, pp. 152-256, June 1991.
Metachronous osteoid osteomas in the spine. Report of a case. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Vol. 73A, No. 4, pp. 612-614, April 1991.
Soft tissue MP reconstruction for rheumatoid deformity. Wood, V.E., Ichtertz, D.R., Yahiku, H.: Journal of Hand Surgery, Vol. 14A, pp. 163-174, 1989.
Tibial artery thrombosis associated with simultaneous fractures of the femur and tibia. Ichtertz, D.R., Slabaugh, P.: Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Vol. 69A, pp. 775-777, 1987.
Metachronous osteoid osteomas in the spine. Report of a case. Abbott Society Proceedings, Vol. 20, pp. 103-113, May 1989.
The external rotation AP X-ray for the evaluation of rotator cuff tears. Abbott Society Proceedings, Vol. 20, pp. 103-113, May 1989.
A new radiographic technique for evaluation of painful knees. Ichtertz, D.R., Cannon, W.D., Jr. Abbott Society Proceedings, Vol. 16, pp. 28-40, May 1985.
Letter to the editor, re: intraneural ulnar nerve pressure in cubital tunnel decompression surgery, Journal of Hand Surgery, 1996.
Custom Patient Education Articles
(Reprints Available for a Small Fee Upon Request)
Why Complain, Solve Your Hand Pain, 2000.
The Myth of Failed Carpal Tunnel Releases, 2000.
Understanding Nerve Conduction Studies, Second Edition 2007
Ganglia of the Hand and Wrist, 2005.
An Orthopedist's Guide to Treating Back Disorders, Second Edition 1999 (English & Spanish).
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury, Second Edition 1998 (English & Spanish).
Anterior Knee Pain, 1999.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Seventh Edition 2004 (English & Spanish).
Correction of Rheumatoid Hand Deformity, 1999.
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, Fourth Edition 2005 (English & Spanish).
De Quervain's and Trigger Finger, Second Edition 1999 (English & Spanish).
Double Crush Syndrome, 1996.
Lateral Epicondylitis/Epicondylalgia & Radial Tunnel Syndrome, Second Edition 1999 (English & Spanish).
Percutaneous Tennis Elbow Relief, 2007
Meniscal Injury, Third Edition 1999 (English & Spanish).
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Fourth Edition 2004 (English & Spanish).
Trapeziometacarpal Arthritis, Third Edition 2005.


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Ottón Solís
|Ottón Solís
|Deputy Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Assumed office
5 January 2014
|Deputy Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
In office
|Economics Minister
In office
|Óscar Arias Administration
|Personal details
31 May 1954
Costa Rica
|Costa Rica
|Costa Rican
|Political party
|Citizens' Action Party
|Other political
|Formerly National Liberation Party
|Alma mater
|University of Manchester
Ottón Solís Fallas (born 31 May 1954 near Pérez Zeledón) is a Costa Rican politician. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Costa Rica in 1976 and gained a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester in 1978. He is currently serving his second term as deputy, was a founding member of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC for its Spanish initials), and ran as its three-time presidential candidate.[1] As an academic, he has taught at several universities in the United States and Costa Rica.[2]
Early political career[edit]
Solís was the National Economics Minister during the Óscar Arias administration, acting in this capacity between 1986 and 1988. He also served as Arias' director of political planning. He was elected as a law-maker to the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998, serving with the National Liberation Party, the party he would abandon shortly thereafter.[3]
Founding the Citizens' Action Party[edit]
In 2000, Solís, along with several other prominent PLN members, left the party to found PAC. They claimed that PLN's neoliberalism and corruption were reasons to break with the party.[4] Solís was the first president of PAC and a three time presidential candidate. Since then, Solís has insisted that PAC exists for the sole purpose of fiscal and economic reform.[3]
In 2006, Solís led PAC against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which became a rallying cry for the party.[4]
In addition to opposing corruption and neoliberalism, one of the founding aims of PAC was to create a more open party system. The party's primaries are open.[5] The party survived several internal ideological battles, adding prominent former Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC for its Spanish initials) members during the 2010 presidential campaign.[5] For his part, Solís said he welcomed a changing ideology and new members.[5]
Presidential Campaigns[edit]
In the 2002 Costa Rican presidential elections broke the prevailing bipartisan political model with 26% of the popular vote to occupy a strong third place in the Presidential race, behind PLN and PUSC.[4]
A virtual tie between former President Óscar Arias and Solís forced a recount in the 2006 presidential election. Ultimately, Arias won, though by only a few thousand votes over the 40 percent threshold required to avoid a runoff in an election marked by voter absenteeism.[4] The Citizens' Action party won 17 of the 57 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature, becoming the second most powerful political party in Costa Rica, ousting PUSC from their traditional position. In the general election of 2010, Solís' PAC only received approximately 25% of the total vote, while his rival, Laura Chinchilla, the PLN's candidate obtained 47% of the vote turnover. Solís' third attempt to reach the presidency of Costa Rica, and he said he would not run again.[4]
Temporary leave from politics[edit]
On 8 February 2011 Solís announced that he was abandoning politics for good, expressing his desire to create spaces for a new emerging leaders with his party.[6] Solis stated that he was not planning to become again the PAC's presidential candidate. This decision reflected, in his opinion, the commitment of his party to remain fresh.[6]
Solís returned to politics two years later after serving as an Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida and in several other academic posts.[2] Nevertheless, Solís ran with PAC and won a seat for deputy in 2014.[1]
Political and economic philosophy[edit]
Solís asserts that his party- PAC- is not guided by any ideology. In an interview he stated that "We, at PAC, have not been interested in adopting an ideology. There are proposals that can be considered as coming from the center-right, such as the efficiency of the state, sound fiscal and monetary policies, the conviction that work is what takes to get people out of poverty. But there are other views that can be perceived as socialist, such as our conviction that access to such things as health, education, electricity, telecommunications, culture, technology, and sport, cannot be left to the market forces; universal access criteria must prevail in those cases." How you can call that? I don't know, but if God commands to say something then I'd say that our ideology is human rights and citizens' action."
Solís has outspokenly criticized neoliberalism in Latin America that he associates with the policies advocated by the Washington Consensus, which in his view are wrong, and have led Latin America countries towards the wrong path.[citation needed]
Anti-CAFTA stance[edit]
Solís is a critic of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). He has called for the renegotiations of CAFTA to add protection for vulnerable farmers and industrial companies. He has said that, in its current form, "CAFTA will increase poverty in Central America because it will displace farmers and industrial workers and will increase the cost of health care."[7] He also said that "I never imagined CAFTA was going to be so one sided", and "The law of the jungle benefits the big beast. We are a very small beast."[8] Solís sees several possible detrimental aspects that could come from CAFTA. First he claims that it will cause the breakup of the public telecommunications and electricity monopolies which will have to be privatized. Additionally he argues that the lowered trade barriers will cause a flood of cheap food products from the United States and this will force small-scale farmers out of the internal market.[9]
- ^ a b Ramón, Gerardo Ruiz (25 March 2014). "Ottón Solís se 'alinea' y defiende propuestas fiscales de Luis Guillermo Solís". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose, Costa Rica. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Prominent politician joins UGA Costa Rica 2013 Summer Faculty". University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs Press Release. 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b Ruiz R., Gerardo (8 February 2014). "Ottón Solís: 'El tema fiscal es urgente, pero respeto la decisión del candidato'". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Costa Rica, Sistema de Partidos" (in Spanish). Latinoamerica Libre. January 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ a b c González, César (28 May 2012). "Líderes del PAC discrepan sobre situación del partido". Costa Rica Hoy. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ a b Mayorga, Gabriela (8 February 2008). "Ottón Solís descarta volver a aspirar a la presidencia". La Nacion (in Spanish). San Jose, Costa Rica. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Vaughan, Martin (9 June 2005). "Arias Says Region Might Lose Benefits Without CAFTA". CongressDaily AM. pp. 15–16.
- ^ James C. McKinley Jr. (21 August 2005). "U.S. Trade Pact Divides the Central Americans, With Farmers and Others Fearful". The New York Times.
- ^ Abrams, Jim (10 June 2005). "Administration moves to ease objections to trade agreement". Associated Press.
External links[edit]
- (in Spanish) PAC Official Website
- Solis Statement on CAFTA


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Sitting at breakfast this morning reading the Dispatch I noticed an article on the front page titled "Ohio's tuition rise lowest".
The article talks about the two-year tuition freeze at Ohio's public colleges – a freeze proposed and fought for by Democratic Governor Ted Strickland.
I didn't see any mention of Ted on the front page – but the second paragraph leads off with a quote from Republican Senate President Bill Harris.
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It does include another long quote from Republican House Speaker Jon Husted. And, to be fair, it does include a few words from Eric Fingerhut.
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A cloaked figure with unknown origins. (more to be added)
Haos Electron Leonial:A large, armored lion-like Bakugan with two tails shaped like bolts. Leonial has a V-Shaped crest that produces lightning and has unusually long claws along with blades across the body full of lightning.
Aquos Cyclonium: A dragon-like humanoid covered with armor. Cyclonium could combine with Electron Leonial to form Stormtropus.
Aquos/Haos Stormtropus: A Baku Fusion of Cyclonium and Electron Leonial.
Electron LeonialEdit
Mane-Trike- ElectronLeonial blasts the opponent with multiple bolts of lightning.
Flash Barracade- ElectronLeonial temporarily blinds the opponent and forms a barricade then attacks.
Electra Jolt- Electron Leonial rushes towards the opponent slashing at them and then leaps towards the sky, towads the target.
Metallic Rush- Electron Leonial dashes through the opponents multiple time, sometimes able to defeat them.
Star Lightning- Leaping into the sky, ElectronLeonial hurls towards the opponent, commonly transferring some of their G-Power, or power.
Ironic Roar Headbutt- With the crest on his forehead, Electron Leonial rams, sometimes headbutts the opponent with the iron crest that causes bolts of lightning to rapidedly hit the target once triggered with a roar.
Electra Pulse- Confusing the target, Electron Leonial Unleashes bolts of lightning from His blades.
Turrentionius- A large torrent of water is lunged towards the opponent,trapped in it for at least three turns.
Gushing Tide- Cyclonium would form a tidal wave, if the opponent is Pyrus, deals even greater damage.
Cosmi-Volt- Cyclonium bolts towards the enemy with incredible speed, commonly greater damage when used with Electra Jolt.
Precipitational Rift- With rifts open, Cyclonium attacks in multiple directions.
Stormy Downfall- Stormtropus causes a phenonomonal storm that always damage an opponent.
Aura Flash- A large flash of light is summonned to temporarily blind the opponents.
Rift Shaft Flash- Stormtropus sends waves of water and lightning through rifts.
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- Haos Voltronic Leonial-''''' '''''He is heavily armored, with blades coming out along the armor covering the back that produces high voltage. He now has multiple tails shaped like bolts of lightning. Small spikes are seen on his crest.
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After seeing the early morning rainbow at home before our failed attempt to vote early, I was thinking about seeing rainbows around waterfalls. I can't think of any other juxtaposition of features that captivates the imagination as well as make your waterfall memories that much more special than the waterfalls and rainbows combination!
We've seen numerous examples of this throughout our travels. So with rainbows accentuating waterfalls like few other natural features, I wondered whether there's a way to time or position yourself for rainbows together with waterfalls. Indeed, it's one of those things you just can't get enough of, right?
Well, after looking through some old photos, I came to the conclusion that if it's early to mid-morning or mid- to late-afternoon and the sun's behind you, you have your best chance at seeing a nice rainbow in the waterfalls' mist or in the plume of the waterfall itself if you're more or less standing at the same level as the waterfalls itself. The lower the sun's angle, the higher the rainbow arcs before you.
When the sun is the most intense during the middle of the day, you get favorable angles when you're above the waterfall looking down. If you're at eye-level with the middle or base of the waterfall, the rainbow would've been behind the falls and that's why we don't have such waterfall/rainbow photos during the height of day. The higher the sun's angle, the lower the rainbow arcs below you.
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Peter Kelly | Music Production Intern
Every time Peter Kelly, C'16, hears a commercial for Intel computer processors, he is reminded of the company where he's interned the last two summers. Musikvergnuegen, or MusikV, is the Hollywood music production studio behind the Intel "bing" jingle – the most performed melody in broadcasting. In addition to audio branding, MusikV specializes in sound design and original compositions for feature films and commercials. For Kelly, a music and business double major, the internship was a dream come true. Working with head composer Walter Werzowa, Kelly expanded his experience with composing, laying audio track over video, and offering suggestions for clients' needs.
Q: What were your duties in your internship?
A: My duties ranged from entering metadata for certain tracks, to composing my own ideas for TV spots, to laying audio tracks over video, to offering suggestions of songs that would go well with a client's needs, and many, many more.
Q: Describe the project you worked on.
A: One project was for a large multinational corporation for their upcoming advertising campaign. MusikV was hired to write and record original music to accompany a new promotion the client was working on. It was a large project and is still ongoing.
Q: Describe a typical day.
A: Since we have multiple clients asking for work, the work load and process was split between different members of the office. This gave me the opportunity to do many different things. Each day was a unique challenge that mixed several tasks including composing music, mixing tracks, mastering tracks, communicating ideas and requirements with existing clients, talking to and securing contracts with new clients, data entry, brainstorming, and also general shop talk and keeping up to date with news in the music industry.
Q: How did your academic classes prepare you for the internship?
A: Dr. Flynn and Dr. Carlson, my advisors for my two majors and for the internship, were my professors in Intro to Business and Music Technology, respectively. Dr. Flynn's all-encompassing business class was extremely helpful, as it prepared me for the day to day business interactions and helped me feel like I was able to stand my own and even exceed at various aspects of the internship and how they did business. Dr. Carlson and I did an independent study which touched on several aspects of music technology and also the science of sound, a lot of which I ended up using or needing to know during my time at MusikV.
Q: What was the most valuable lesson you learned?
A: The most important thing Walter told me was I need to learn what I truly want to do. In an industry that thrives on passion, I need to find my place and to know what I will motivate me each and every day.


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Student membership in the Alberta College of Social Workers provides an opportunity for those who are not yet in the profession to participate in professional activities. It is not the same as Registration. Student members may identify themselves as student social workers, but may not use "RSW" or "Registered Social Worker".
Student members
- receive The Advocate, the provincial for social workers;
- are entitled to attend and participate in ACSW General Meetings;
- are eligible to vote in Council elections, at General Meetings, and in any referenda;
- are entitled to review all records and information of the affairs of the College that do not violate the privacy of an individual;
- get a reduced fee for attendance at the annual conference and other ACSW events;
- receive notice of all local events organized by the ACSW or its committees;
- have the opportunity to connect with social workers in the field and get socialized into the profession.
Any person who is a student in an approved social work education program (diploma or degree), or a program in candidacy status, may apply for student membership. Students in related programs who have a previous degree/diploma in social work but who are not yet practicing may also apply for student membership.
At the present time, student membership costs $75 per year.
The application form can be found at the ACSW web site www.acsw.ab.ca . Download the form, complete it, get it signed by a faculty member or staff from your education program, and mail it in with your payment.
Yes. In addition to reduced fees for conferences, workshops, etc., social workers who were student members receive a $100 fee reduction in their first full year of registration.
Yes. There are several member interest groups working on an ongoing basis and students are welcome and encouraged to get involved. Examples include conference planning committees (a new one each year), children's issues, and social workers in health. A full list can be found on the ACSW web site.
Upon completion of your program, if you intend to stay in Alberta and work within the scope of social work, you must apply for registration. The registration application form, with instructions, can be found on the same page as the student membership application form noted above.
Applications are normally processed within two to three weeks of documents being received. You must submit the completed application, supporting documentation, and your fees, before you can become registered. Once these are in, you will receive a Provisional RSW number.
If you are a current student member when you apply for registration, your fees for registration will be pro-rated for the rest of your membership year. Contact the office to see how much you need to pay when you are applying. If you are not a student member, you're thefee is currently set at $350. All applicants for registration, including those who have been student members of the ACSW, must pay the $80 registration application fee.
"Provisional" is a status on the registration. All first time registrants must complete 1500 hours of practice under the supervision of a Registered Social Worker in order to become fully registered. No single diploma or degree program provides 1500 hours of practice through practicum placements. Provisional status allows a new graduate to legally work and complete the practice hour requirement.
12. What counts as "practice hours"? Can I count summer employment while I was a student or practicum placements?
Practice hours must be in a social work position, i.e. work within the scope of social work practice following registration, or in an official student placement. Summer jobs prior to your qualification as a social worker cannot be counted toward provisional hours. Practice hours (practicum, volunteer or paid) must be supervised by a Registered Social Worker to be counted.
13. I did/am contemplating doing a non-traditional practicum and there was/is no social worker on site. Does this mean that those hours can't count?
Arrangements for practice supervision through the educational institution or another social worker in the community can be made in these circumstances. If, however, there was no practice supervision by an RSW, the hours cannot be counted.
No, you shouldn't wait. You cannot legally practice within the scope of social work if you qualify and you are not registered. Any hours worked when you are not registered will not be credited towards the 1500 hour requirement.
15. I've heard that graduates of diploma programs are no longer eligible for registration. Is that true?
No. A referendum was held in 2003 to provide direction to ACSW Council for future planning. The majority who voted indicated that they would like the entry level to become a Registered Social Worker be at the BSW level. Making this change could take several years and in any case will not have an impact on any current diploma students or graduates.
No. At present, only social work diploma programs in Alberta are approved by the ACSW.
No. Only programs that have been accredited by the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work or the Council on Social Work Education are approved by the ACSW.
The ACSW web site, www.acsw.ab.ca, has information on all aspects of the organization, including how it is structured, the activities taking place, social action initiatives, details about the regulation of social work practice, links to social work organizations throughout North America, a job board, and various other things. Some parts of the web site are only available to members, but most is accessible to anyone who is interested. If you don't find what you are looking for on the web site, call or e-mail the office directly: Alberta College of Social Workers (780)421-1167 or toll free 1-800-661-3089 email@example.com


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I made my way to St. John the second day in the Virgin Islands, only a 15 minute boat ride. The vibe was totally different- the pace was much slower, I guess it equates to the suburbs in California. The scenery was beyond beautiful with its clear skies and perfectly shaped clouds, picture perfect to say the least.
I'm wearing a darling striped dress- Luckily, I am very comfortable in wearing off the shoulder everything so I take full advantage :) This dress is at a length that you can wear with wide leg denim, making it a total bohemian look. In fact the next time I wear this dress you will see me wearing denim under with a top knot bun, stay tuned. How fun are my sandals? These tie up sandals are so pretty- always putting me in a chipper mood. I'm honestly bummed out the weather is getting cold because I am unable to wear these. I'm highly anticipating Spring/Summer 2017 for many reasons and my pom pom tie up sandals are one of those reasons.
I had a beautiful dinner at Vista Mare- The space was all open with views of the different islands, it all felt so right. I was the calmest I have ever been in the clearest state of mind. My goal is to live somewhere where I can have views similar to the ones I experienced on this trip of mine.
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Female Tech Authors You Should Know (part 5)
Time for part 5 of my Female Tech Authors list, again I'll share some amazing authors with you (in alphabetical order).
Curious why I started these posts? Have a look at Part 1!
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Kathy Sierra
Kathy is the creator of the successful Head First programming book series. She wrote, among others, Head First Java. Kathy started as programmer and programming instructor and her background is in developing education games and software. She also founded the Java programmer's online community JavaRanch. You may also know her from her wonderful blog 'Serious Pony'.
Latest book: Badass: Making Users Awesome
Kristin Runyan
Kristin is Agile coach and trainer & product management professional. She is the VP of Product Management and Operations at PayLease. Together with Sondra Ashmore, she wrote 'Introduction to Agile Methods', a thorough introduction to the Agile Framework and Methodologies that are used worldwide.
Latest book: Change, Inc.: An Agile Fable of Transformation
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Lea Verou
Lea is speaker, author, web designer, front-end developer and an Invited Expert in the W3C CSS Working Group (the committee that designs the CSS language). She wrote a book on advanced CSS and conducts research in Human-Computer Interaction at MIT. She also wrote a great & must-read post called 'My positive experience as a women in tech'.
CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems
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Linda Liukas
Linda is a programmer, book author, storyteller and illustrator from Helsinki, Finland. She is the founder of Rails Girls, Digitial Champion of Finland and she's an amazing speaker! Linda inspired many girls to get into tech and she inspired me into following my dreams (thank you ;)). Want to know more about Linda and what her working day looks like? Last year, I published a wonderful interview with Linda. Her book 'Hello Ruby' is translated into many different languages.
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Linda Rising
Linda Rising is a consultant,speaker and calls herself a '74-year-old world traveler' :-). She has authored four books and a lot of articles on topics related to agile development, influence strategies, retrospectives and more. Her background includes university teaching and software development.
Latest Book: More Fearless Change: Staregies for Making Your Ideas Happen
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Did I miss someone? Please let me know and I'll add more authors to the list! As you may notice, this list covers a wide range of topics, so all the tech-related subjects are welcome. Thanks and we'll keep this posts coming :)
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Hub Labels Cyclocross Challenge
Hub Labels Challenge has moved to Hagerstown, MD, less than a mile off of I-70. It uses Washington County Technical High School grounds, groomed trails in Doubs Woods Park, and the grassy area at Antietam Academy. It has more elevation than the previous site, along with some smoother and faster sections!
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Interactive map on RideWithGPS. Preview video (2014 but very similar course). Drone!
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If you travel regularly for business (or pleasure) you may find it hard to stick to your fitness routine. Not only that, but once you have stopped your routine because of travel, it may be difficult to get back into it when you get home. The next thing you know, you have stopped working out for months, and now you have to start all over again.
It doesn't have to be that way. With a little planning you can either stick to your current routine, or create a special workout just for travel. It's totally doable. Your Amarillo personal trainer can help you create a workout that you can do right in your hotel room.
How Can I Stay Fit While I Travel?
Many hotels have gyms available for guest use. You may not always have a say in where you stay, but if possible, choose a hotel with a gym. This will allow you to keep your current routine intact. Another idea is free passes. If you know where you're going to be ahead of time, arrange for a "trial membership" of a local gym near your hotel.
If the gym just isn't possible, don't worry. You can get an effective, total body workout right in your hotel room.
How Can I Exercise Without A Gym?
One of the best ways to do this is with body weight strength training. Your Amarillo personal trainer can give you some tips and help you design a workout that is right for you. Some basic exercises that can help you stay fit are:
Push-ups. This is a basic exercise that shouldn't be overlooked. It works your upper body and your core.
Squats. Squats can be done anywhere as well, and work your lower body.
Burpees. This whole body exercise combines strength training and cardio to blast calories and get your heart rate up.
Another option is resistance bands. These are great because they are lightweight and you can pack them in your suitcase to take anywhere. There are a multitude of exercises you can do with resistance bands, and they are a good substitute for your current gym workout. You can use them to do squats, presses, rows and more.
Finally, don't overlook the great outdoors. You are in a new town, why not explore it? Leave the hotel room and go for a brisk walk or a run. Find a nearby park or other location and do your strength training outdoors.
If you've been struggling with fitness, and aren't sure where to start, contact Ralph Roberts at the Downtown Athletic Club. He's an experienced Amarillo personal trainer and has helped many people just like you reach their fitness and health goals.
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Our funeral programs standard size are four-page pieces (other pages can be added for an additional cost) created online using one of 30 different designs. With our variety of background themes, it's easy to find one to set the tone and capture the essence of your loved one. Our background themes are inspired by nature and style. You'll find beach themes, forest themes, pastel backgrounds, classic backgrounds and much more. You'll find that you can choose and alternate the font for emphasis, style and variation. There's something well-suited to most everyone's life and interests. However, our funeral programs are far from stock, one-size-fits-all pieces. Our program allows you to add as much or as little information as you see fit, to truly make a personal remembrance of your loved one.
We understand that you have many options when it comes to planning the funeral and final arrangements for your loved one. At Cremation Solutions, we make handling all of these last details as easy and stress-free as possible. Our funeral program option is part of that mind set. We feel that offering these programs as an optional part of our funeral package gives those who use our services a little more for their money. It's a service that you can't find at every funeral home.
The funeral or memorial service is a last chance to say goodbye, to gather all of the people who knew and cared about your loved one. Our professional, easy and fast funeral programs help to mark that occasion. We also offer life story videos and a funeral.
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A Saudi journalist in a recent column called on the Palestinians to negotiate in earnest with Israel because their reliance on so-called armed resistance constitutes "political suicide" and the Arab world is losing interest in their cause.
According to a translation of his column published by MEMRI, an NGO that monitors Middle Eastern media outlets, Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh called on all Palestinian factions to recognize that a two-state solution with Israel is the only way forward.
Sheikh cited the new White House and Congress, which he said are favorable toward Israel, and the fact that much of the Arab world is mired in its own problems and is not as committed to the Palestinian cause as it used to be.
According to MEMRI, Sheikh's column sparked a lively debate in the Arabic-speaking Twittersphere, with reactions both supporting and opposing his opinion.
The column was published in January in the official Saudi paper Al-Jazirah.
Titled "The Palestinians Have No Chance But Peace," the article criticizes all Palestinian factions that call for "armed resistance" – largely a euphemism for terrorist attacks – and maintains that insisting on violence will end up hurting the Palestinians more than anyone else.
"Seven out of the ten biggest [donors] supporting the [candidates] in US congressional elections are Jews; moreover, the Jewish organization AIPAC is the most influential and important lobby in the US. These two facts together transform the US Congress into a parliament that protects Israel and helps it [even] more than the Israeli Knesset itself does," Sheikh claimed without citing proof.
"I think that many Arabs, especially the Palestinians in Gaza who purport to be devout Muslims [i.e., Hamas], do not understand this reality and its implications: it means that Israel derives its power and its global status from the US, which is practically the most powerful country on earth. Russia – which some Arabs have begun betting on as the [potential solution] to their problems – likewise sees Israel as a red line due to the power and influence of the Jews there," he continued with his conspiracy theory.
He then went on to say that Israel enjoys much support among EU countries, "as well as Britain, Canada and Australia."
"In light of this, it can be said that relying on armed resistance to confront all of these global powers, while making the option of peace, especially the two-state solution, a more remote possibility – as implied by the statements of radical Palestinians nationalists and of those purporting to be devout – constitutes a kind of political suicide that only political ignoramuses [can] condone," wrote Sheikh.
"I know the Israelis oppose the proposal of the two-state solution and attempt to evade it. [Moreover,] this position of theirs was recently endorsed by the U.S. Congress, when it denounced the forceful resolution [recently passed] by the Security Council against the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank … without so much as mentioning the two-state solution. But I believe that the two-state solution is the only available solution that can be demanded and which enjoys the support of most of the international community," he added.
"The insistence of the left-wing nationalists and the politically biased people who purport to be devout, whether Sunni or Shi'ite, on calling for resistance ultimately serves the interests of the Israeli right," he continued. "[This insistence] provides [the Israeli right] with excuses that strengthen its position, which [seeks to] prove that the Palestinians do not want peace or a solution [to the conflict], but rather war."
Sheikh wrote that another thing the Palestinians "need to understand is that the Arabs of today are not the Arabs of yesterday, and that the Palestinian cause has lost ground among Arabs."
The Palestinian cause, he wrote, "is no longer a top priority for them, because civil wars are literally pulverizing four Arab countries, and because fighting the 'Islamic' terrorism is the foremost concern that causes all Arabs, without exception, to lose sleep. It is folly to ask someone to sacrifice [tending to] his own problems and national interests in order to help [you solve] your own problems…"
"All I can say to my Palestinian brethren is that stubbornness, contrariness and betting on the [support of] the Arab masses are a hopeless effort, and that ultimately you are the only ones who will pay the price of this stubbornness and contrariness," Sheikh concluded.
The article, shared by the author on his Twitter account, received praise and agreement from several readers, but others, especially Palestinians, accused Sheikh of colluding with the "occupier."
"Go to hell, you depraved supporter of the Zionists. Palestine belongs to the Palestinians, the Arabs and the Muslims alone. There can be no peace with an occupier, and what was taken by force will only be taken back by force," one user lashed out at Sheikh, MEMRI documented.
A user from Riyadh noted that Palestinian violence is a societal ill that may outlast a resolution of the Palestinians' conflict with Israel.
"[Even] if Israel withdrew from all the occupied territories, we would still see the Palestinians fighting each other, because Fatah wants to rule and Hamas thinks it is worthier [of that role]," he wrote.


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Matthew Mills is a Fashion Photography graduate from Columbia College Chicago. He was born in Dallas, TX and lived in Atlanta, GA until 2009. He's been interested in photography since the days of film photography but it wasn't until the last couple of years that he decided to pursue photography seriously. He loves shooting fashion, portrait, landscape, cityscape and abstract images. His skills are quickly expanding as he experiments and grows as an artist.
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As a Fashion Photographer, I aim to reveal the true beauty in models and clothing in their environment. Through constant learning and a quest for inspiration, I will consistently create a highly desired product.
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Missing: One Frumpy Dumpy Mom
My son walked down and saw me in the kitchen making omelets and looking all supermodel-ish and he said to me...
"Who are you pretending to be for Halloween mom?"
Your worst nightmare kid... your worst nightmare~!
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When I showed up at church this morning, this lady with a Halloween sweatshirt, asked me, "Where is your Halloween costume?" Me in my business attire said, "Can't you see it? I'm dressed as a christian" Now I ask you, wouldn't I look cute in a Halloween costume at the funeral home!! I don't think it would be a very good idea to wear a costume to my work place. However, King Tut at Bagels n' Beans did look handsome!
Happy Halloween everyone!
Aunt Barbara
- October 31, 2007 at 4:54 PM
- chestertonian said...
...but I dried my hair...with an actual hair dryer.
What is it with women and hair dryers? Why is a towel not good enough? A towel works great for me. They use no electricity. When you're done with one, you toss it on the floor and two or three days later, it magically re-appears in the linen closet, all clean and folded.
- October 31, 2007 at 10:50 PM
- Cris said...
Sean-yes, we use hair dryers... and soap-another thing that I know men will sometimes think "Do I really need soap, I mean, I used soap yesterday, do I NEED to use soap today?" Men are a mystery to me-you crazy fellows.
Oh, and in case you were wondering... a dip in the chlorinated pool is NOT the same as taking a bath. Some men get that confused.
I'm just sayin'
- November 1, 2007 at 6:13 AM
- Kathryn said...
Beware, of the StepfordCris!
- November 1, 2007 at 6:41 AM
- Becky said...
LMAO! That is funny!!
- November 1, 2007 at 9:52 AM
- chestertonian said...
Thanks for the tips, Chris. ;-)
- November 1, 2007 at 11:02 AM
- Kasia said...
Did you kick Aaron's a** for asking you that?
- November 1, 2007 at 4:38 PM
- Cris said...
No Kasia... we don't promote violence in our house.
No seriously... we don't.
I promise
- November 1, 2007 at 8:41 PM


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Brett Ray, '13
This edition of Sequel provides a glimpse into the minds of college students unlike any other. What we find are stories and imagery that capture so much more than homework and dorm rooms. Flowing through these pages are the large-scale concerns of students—social concerns, worries about their future, commentaries on old age, and images of the lesser-seen parts of their communities. I found myself in awe of the depth of some of these pieces, laughing along with others, and with some, even flashing back into memories of my past. This collaborative book is at once intimate and challenging, hilarious and quite serious. With the broad range of artistic ability in this book, you are bound to find at least one piece that strikes you and just won't let you go.
Brett Ray is the author of My Name is Brett: Truths from a Trans Christian. He is a Simpson College alumni, class of 2013. Brett graduated from Simpson with a BA in Religion and has since graduated with his MTS from Duke Divinity School. His book is available for purchase on Amazon. Visit his website: mynameisbrettray.com, and email him at email@example.com to book him for speaking engagements.


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This ignition system wiring diagram applies to the 1997 and 1998 2.0L Honda CR-V.
The ignition coil, the ignition control module (igniter), the CKP sensor, the CYL sensor, and the TDC sensor are located inside the distributor.
Testing the ignition coil and the ignition control module can easily be done with a few simple tools. The following tutorials will help you test these two components:
- How To Test The Ignition Coil (1997-1998 2.0L Honda CR-V).
- How To Test The Ignition Control Module (1997-1998 2.0L Honda CR-V).
Ignition System Operation Basics
What'll help you test the ignition control module (also known as the igniter) is knowing how it functions within the ignition system.
In a nutshell, when you turn the key to crank and start your 1997-1998 2.0L Honda CR-V:
- 12 Volts flow into the distributor across the black with yellow stripe (BLK/YEL) wire of the engine wiring harness distributor connector. These 12 Volts feed power to the igniter (ignition control module) and the ignition coil.
- The distributor shaft starts to turn (as the engine cranks and starts) which gets the CKP, TDC, and CYL sensors to produce their signals. These signals are fed directly to your Honda CR-V's fuel injection computer.
- Upon receiving the CKP, TDC, and CYL signals, the fuel injection sends a triggering signal to activate the igniter across the yellow with green stripe (YEL/GRN) wire of the engine wiring harness distributor connector.
- The igniter upon receiving this triggering signal in turn activates the ignition coil.
- The ignition coil now starts to spark away!
- The fuel injection computer controls the igniter at start up and at all engine speeds after start up.
More 2.0L Honda CR-V Tutorials
You can find a complete list of tutorials here: Honda 2.0L Index of Articles.
Here's a sample of the tutorials you'll find there:
- How To Test The Ignition Coil (1999-2001 2.0L Honda CR-V).
- How To Test The TPS (1997-2001 2.0L Honda CR-V).
- How To Test The MAP Sensor (1997-2001 2.0L Honda CR-V).
- How To Test Engine Compression (1997-2001 2.0L Honda).
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- MELISSA said...
i tried to RSVP but they want an affiliation. i'm going to give my blog HAHA
- August 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM
- Amanda said...
shit- i didn't hear anything back but i think i'll try to go. can't hurt!
- August 5, 2008 at 1:01 AM
- MELISSA said...
did you go? i had a cooking fiasco and by the time it was handled it was too late!
- August 6, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- Amanda said...
yup i was there..that's how i took pictures! you didn't miss much..typical soho opening. people that take themselves way too seriously and such. i was going mainly in hopes of getting a copy but they weren't giving them out.
- August 7, 2008 at 3:19 PM
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Decided to make my QGCon 2018 application public because conference apps always stress me out and I'm always curious about how other people put theirs together so I figured I should be demonstrative of the Academia I Wanna See.
Brieal is a fourth-year undergraduate honours student in the department of anthropology at Macewan University in Edmonton, Alberta. They're interested in far too many things. Primarily, however, they're interested in linguistic anthropology and language revitalization, archaeogaming and the people who do it, literary theory and its applications in things that aren't English papers, and how these disparate ideas actually all make sense together (but only if you squint a bit, tilt your head to the side, and whisper "digital humanities" over and over). When they aren't yelling their way through their degree they spending time with their shiba inu named Sushi and naps.
Website: mxmoireabh.com
Twitter: twitter.com/mxmoireabh
Session Title:
Ontologies of Practice: A Proto-Ontology of Queer Archaeogaming
Session Abstract:
To track the flow of information within archaeogaming I have created a proto-ontology of archaeogaming as it may be perceived through a queer interdisciplinary lens. This project works to identify potential sticking points and holes within the current practice of archaeogaming by placing practices and methodologies within the context of the potentials within queer archaeogaming. To facilitate this, I have taken terms from the bibliographies of several texts and created a series of connections between these terms and an edited Canadian Archaeological Association ethics statement. Additionally, I have taken terms from the instructional manual of an early Pokemon game to demonstrate one of the ways in which this ontology may be put into practice. The method for this project was originally designed as a mind-mapping exercise, however as it progressed it slowly became closer to an ontology in-practice. This is to be considered as a positive change, as in the form of a [proto-]ontology it may be better understood not only by people working within the archaeogaming community, but also potentially in the future by archaeogaming AIs.
This panel will consist of a short (approximately 15-20 minutes) explanation of what archaeogaming is and where this research fits into present archaeogaming practice, and is to be followed by a demonstration of archaeogaming-as-method by using the ontology to map how different resources may be labeled as queer archaeogaming (3 examples, approximately 10 minutes each).
The map described in the above abstract may be found at: https://twitter.com/mxmoireabh/status/951213232416411649


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Winter Anime Reviews - フラクタル1:25 PM
The series that was quite hyped up. Does it live up to the claims? Jump the jump to find out.
Why couldn't they use this design in the anime? The current design is far too reminiscent of K-ON!! and ソラノヲト. My griping aside, we'll get into the details of the series now.
Aside from the character design, I think the rest of the art is really quite good. I've learned over the years that coming into an anime with high expectations because of promo art isn't a good idea, as the final product usually tends to be different from the promotion.
I feel that the story is the strongest part of the series. It's highly intruiging, but is not without it's problems. The futuristic story is similar some of the more prolific dystopian novel, like Nineteen-Eighty Four (Orwell) and Brave New World (Huxley), where life is seemingly a paradise. They've made the Priests look like the bad guys, but I believe that the writer was aiming for something less polar and more gray. It does however feel a wee bit staccato at times. Those who don't know what means, staccato is an italian musical term meaning 'separated' notes, and is the opposite of legato, or smoothly. I know it's in bad taste to drag something on, and most people realize that we're not going to say the every day life of the crew. This isn't Dickens' David Copperfield after all. But having a funeral and having your base/ town attacked and then going to happy happy fun times the next episode without reference is a bit jarring.
Character wise, I'm finding it hard to really get attached to any of the characters. I can sympathize with Clain (main character), as he's only ever interacted with doppels, but his naïvety sometimes gets the better of me. Nessa really is the sunlight in the series. Always at her own tempo, she really is the brightest (not intelligence wise) character in the series. It's always fun watching her prance around, even if she does sound like Yui (K-ON!!).
The character development is really quite good in the series. Clain has grown, albeit rather slowly, through the episodes. From despising the Granitz family to almost coming to terms with how they deal with things. His naïvety is still a glaringly obvious flaw of his, but he's young, and comes from an upbringing in which he didn't develop any street sense. Not too many of the other characters have been developed too much, however. Phyrne has had a wee bit, but we still don't know too much about her, and we know even less about Nessa. We learn a tad bit about Lost Millenium and the Ganitz family in episode 6, along with the Granitz elder warming up to Clain.
The one problem I do have with Clain, aside from his character flaws, is his voice. I've more or less become used to it, but it still really does bug me. I know he's supposed to be a young boy, but Kobayashi Yuu's voicing of him is a bit off-setting. I realize that having a voice like that is part of his character, but it takes a bit of getting used to. If you don't think that female voice actors can do male characters, I suggest you take a look at Kuroshitsuji. Mizuki Nana plays Ciel Phantomhive.
I know it sounds like I'm really just complaining about this series and that it's pretty bad, but please, don't walk away from reading this like that. The series really does have it's good points. Like I've said, the story is really one of the best parts of the series. It does occasionally have problems with reeling viewers into the story, but all in all I think that it's a pretty good series.
For those of you in America, the series is streamed on Funimation's site. Why they limit it only to Ameria baffles me though. They're practically shooting themselves in the foot. Sure, they're based in the U.S. and that's their target market, but they're essentially limiting the availability of legitimate means to watch the series outside of Japan. And they wonder why the series is pirated so. That doesn't mean I'm condoning piracy, it is illegal after all. Just a whimsical musing by Kenn.


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Catherine "Cat" Ferry is a forensic odontologist, a specialist in bite marks and the clues they provide. But while Cat's colleagues know her as a world-class scientist, she secretly attempts to manage her fragile psyche with alcohol, delving into the minds of rapists and murderers yet never allowing her own frightening past to creep into the foreground.
Cat's latest case involves a disturbing murder in New Orleans. Banishing her personal demons, she focuses on the potential killer, until one morning she's paralyzed by a panic attack at a grisly murder scene. Praying the attack is a onetime event, she continues her job as a consultant to the New Orleans Police Department, but when another victim dies in the same shocking way—raising fears that a serial killer is at large—Cat blacks out over the victim's mutilated corpse.
Suspended from the FBI task force, plagued by nightmares, and at odds with her married lover—a homicide detective—Cat finally reaches her breaking point. In a desperate effort to regain control over a life spiraling out of control, Cat retreats to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi. But her family's secluded antebellum estate provides no sanctuary.
When some of Cat's forensic chemicals are spilled in her childhood bedroom, two bloody footprints are revealed. This sight shocks her more than any corpse she has seen in her career. Cat's father was murdered when she was eight years old, but she always believed the crime occurred in the garden outside their home. The bloody footprints suggest otherwise.
Driven by this fragment of her past, Cat attempts a forensic reconstruction of the decades-old crime, even as developments with the New Orleans task force pull her back into the case she left behind. Plagued by troubling nightmares, Cat pieces together the horrifying events she has been shielded from all her life. Soon, both she and the FBI realize that the murders occurring now in New Orleans are intimately bound up with Cat's family and her past.
Can Cat trust her own memories? Or has the truth been so distorted that she can never know her family's real history? Finding a solution to these intertwined murders means more than stopping a remorseless killer—it may be the only way to save Cat Ferry's sanity...and her life.
Greg Iles is a masterful storyteller. In this dramatic novel of suspense he deftly probes the relationship between good and evil, and the unique power of human memory to reconstruct—or completely reinvent—the past.
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Greg Iles was born in 1960 in Germany. He founded the band Frankly Scarlet, plays guitar for the Rock Bottom Remainders, and is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Blood Memory and 24 Hours. He lives in Natchez, Mississippi.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
Chapter One
When does murder begin?
With the pull of a trigger? With the formation of a motive? Or does it begin long before, when a child swallows more pain than love and is forever changed?
Perhaps it doesn't matter.
Or perhaps it matters more than everything else.
We judge and punish based on facts, but facts are not truth. Facts are like a buried skeleton uncovered long after death. Truth is fluid. Truth is alive. To know the truth requires understanding, the most difficult human art. It requires seeing all things at once, forward and backward, the way God sees.
Forward and backward...
So we begin in the middle, with a telephone ringing in a dark bedroom on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana. There's a woman lying on the bed, mouth open in the mindless gape of sleep. She seems not to hear the phone. Then suddenly the harsh ring breaks through, like defibrillator paddles shocking a comatose patient. The woman's hand shoots from beneath the covers, groping for the phone, not finding it. She gasps and rises onto one elbow. Then she groans and picks up the receiver from the bedside table.
The woman is me.
"Dr. Ferry," I croak.
"Are you sleeping?" The voice is male, taut with anger.
"No." My denial is automatic, but my mouth is dry as a cotton ball, and my alarm clock reads 8:20 P.M. I've been out for nine hours. The first decent sleep I've had in days.
"He hit another one."
Something sparks in my drowsy brain. "What?"
"This is the fourth time I've called in the past half hour, Cat."
The voice brings up a well of anger, longing, and guilt. It belongs to the detective I've been sleeping with for the past eighteen months. Sean Regan. An insightful, fascinating man with a wife and three kids.
"What did you say before?" I ask, ready to bite off Sean's head if he asks me to meet him somewhere.
"I said, he hit another one."
I blink and try to orient myself in the darkness. It's early August, and the purple glow of dusk filters through my curtains. God, my mouth is dry. "Where?"
"The Garden District. Owner of a printing company. Male Caucasian."
"Bite marks?"
"Worse than the others."
"How old was he?"
"Jesus. It is him." I'm already getting out of bed. "This makes no sense at all."
"Sexual predators kill women, Sean. Or children. Not old men."
"We've had this conversation. How fast can you get here? Piazza's hovering over me, and the chief himself may be coming down for a look."
I lift yesterday's jeans off the chair and slip them over my panties. Victoria's Secret, Sean's favorite pair, but he won't be seeing them tonight. Maybe not for a long time. Maybe never again. "Any gay angle on this victim? Did he use male prostitutes, anything like that?"
"Not even a tickle," Sean replies. "Looks as clean as the others."
"If he's got a home computer, confiscate it. He might -- "
"I know my job, Cat."
"I know, but -- "
"Cat." The single syllable is a probing finger. "Are you sober?"
A column of heat rises up my spine. I haven't had a sip of vodka for nearly forty-eight hours, but I'm not going to give Sean the satisfaction of answering his interrogation. "What's the victim's name?"
"Arthur LeGendre." His voice drops. "Are you sober, darlin'?"
The craving is already awake in my blood, like little teeth gnawing at the walls of my veins. I need the anesthetic burn of a shot of Grey Goose. Only I can't have that anymore. I've been using Valium to fight the physical withdrawal symptoms, but nothing can truly replace the alcohol that has kept me together for so long.
I shift the phone from shoulder to shoulder and pull a silk blouse from my closet. "Where are the bite marks?"
"Torso, nipples, face, penis."
I freeze. "Face? Are they deep?"
"Deep enough for you to take impressions, I think."
Excitement blunts the edge of my craving. "I'm on my way."
"Have you taken your meds?"
Sean knows me too well. No one else in New Orleans is even aware that I take anything. Lexapro for depression, Depakote for impulse control. I stopped taking both drugs three days ago, but I don't want to get into that with Sean.
"Stop worrying about me. Is the FBI there?"
"Half the task force is here, and they want to know what you think about these bite marks. The Bureau guy is photographing them, but you have that ultraviolet rig...and when it comes to teeth, you're the man."
Sean's admiring misstatement of my gender is typical cop talk, and it tells me he's speaking for the benefit of others. "What's the address?"
"Twenty-seven twenty-seven Prytania."
"Sounds like an address with a security system."
"Switched off."
"Just like the first one. Moreland." Our first victim -- one month ago -- was a retired army colonel, highly decorated in Vietnam.
"Just like that." Sean's voice drops to a whisper. "Get your lovely ass down here, okay?"
Today his Irish intimacy makes me want to jab him. "No 'I love you'?" I ask with feigned sweetness.
His reply is barely audible. "You know I'm surrounded."
As usual. "Yeah. I'll see you in fifteen minutes."
Night falls fast as I drive my Audi from my house on Lake Pontchartrain to the Garden District, the fragrant heart of New Orleans. I spent two minutes in the bathroom trying to make myself presentable, but my face is still swollen from sleep. I need caffeine. In five minutes I'll be surrounded by cops, FBI agents, forensic techs, the chief of robbery homicide, and possibly the chief of the NOPD. I'm accustomed to that kind of attention, but seven days ago -- the last time this predator hit -- I had a problem at the crime scene. Nothing too bad. A garden-variety panic attack, according to the EMT who checked me out. But panic attacks don't exactly inspire confidence in the hard men and women who work serial murder cases. The last thing they want is a consulting expert who can't hold her mud.
The word got around about my little episode, too. Sean told me that. Nobody could really believe it. Why did the woman that some homicide detectives call "the ice queen" suddenly lose her composure at the scene of a not-very-grisly murder? I'd like to know that myself. I have a theory, but analyzing one's own mental condition is a notoriously unreliable business. As for the sobriquet, I'm no ice queen, but in the macho world of law enforcement, playing that role is the only thing that keeps me safe -- from men and from my own rogue impulses. Of course, Sean gives the lie to that little strategy.
Four victims now, I remind myself, focusing on the case. Four men between the ages of forty-two and sixty-nine, all murdered within weeks of each other. In a single thirty-day period, to be exact. The pace of the killings is virtually unprecedented, and if the victims were women, the city would be gripped by terror. But because the victims are middle-aged or older men, a sort of fascinated curiosity has taken hold of New Orleans. Each victim has been shot in or near the spine, mutilated with human bites, then finished off with a coup de grÂce shot to the head. The bites have increased in savagery from victim to victim, and they've also provided the strongest evidence against any future suspect -- mitochondrial DNA from the killer's saliva.
The bite marks are the reason for my involvement with the case. I'm a forensic odontologist, an expert on human teeth and the damage they can do. I acquired this knowledge in four boring years of dental school and five fascinating years of fieldwork. If people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I'm a dentist, which is true enough and all they need to know. Odontologist doesn't mean anything to anybody, but in post-CSI America, forensic prompts questions I'd just as soon not answer in a grocery store. So, while most acquaintances know me as a dentist who's too busy to accept new patients, an assortment of government agencies -- including the FBI and the United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes -- knows me as one of the leading forensic odontologists in the world. Which is nice. I take my identity where I can find it.
The task force wants my expertise on bite marks tonight, but Sean Regan wants more. When he sought my help on a murder case two years ago, he soon learned that I knew about a lot more than teeth. I completed two years of medical school before I withdrew, and that gave me a strong foundation for self-education in forensics. Anatomy, hematology, histology, biochemistry, whatever a case requires. I can glean twice as much information from an autopsy report as any detective, and twice as fast. After Sean and I became closer than the rules allowed, he began using me unofficially to help with difficult cases. And used is the proper word; Sean Regan lives to catch killers, and he'll exploit anything and anyone to help him do it.
But Sean isn't simply a user. He's my comrade-in-arms, my rabbi, and my enabler. He doesn't judge me. He knows me for what I am, and he gives me what I need. Like Sean, I'm a born hunter. Not of animals. I've hunted animals, and I hate it. Animals are innocent; men are not. I am a hunter of men. But unlike Sean, I have no license to do this. Not really. Forensic odontology brings only tangential involvement with murder cases; it's my involvement with Sean that puts me into the bloody thick of things. By allowing me access -- unethical and probably illegal access -- to crime scenes, witnesses, and evidence, he has put me in a position to solve four major murder cases, one of them a serial. Sean took the credit every time, of course -- plus the attendant promotions -- and I let him do it. Why? Maybe because telling the truth would have exposed our love affair, gotten Sean fired, and freed the killers. But the truth is simpler than that. The truth is that I didn't care about the credit. I'd tasted the pulse-pounding rush of hunting predators, and I was addicted to it as surely as I am to the vodka I need so terribly at t...
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Archive Mondays: March 19, 2003
March 19, 2003 (This post was kind of hard to digest, I always thought I was so happy before he died...guess that wasn't so):
I'm crying for many reasons. I cry because R. has cancer and has been really sick lately and won't go to treatments, I cry because I feel my body is defective, I cry because I don't know what to do with my life, I cry because my grandma died (5 years ago), I cry because I'm afraid of war. I'm such a sensitive person that all these things upset me.
Hello..this is my blog. I bought this fancy theme and I don't know what to write here just yet. Maybe one day remind me I have to write something inspiring here?