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ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SYN), a developer of synthetic biologics and innovative medicines for serious diseases and unmet medical needs, announced today the successful completion of its previously announced private placement in connection with stock purchase agreements dated October 25, 2012. The Company sold approximately 6.8 million shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.60 per share to new and existing investors for gross proceeds of approximately $10.8 million. This transaction was completed at a discount to market and no warrants were issued to the investors. Existing investors and an affiliate of R.J. Kirk constituted a majority of the participating investors in this transaction.
"We are very pleased to complete this financing and to receive such solid support from both our new and existing investors, who share our vision of the emerging field of synthetic biologics," stated Jeffrey Riley, Chief Executive Officer of Synthetic Biologics, Inc. "This new capital provides us with a strong cash position going forward. It allows us to advance our lead programs to develop monoclonal antibody therapies for certain infectious diseases and a synthetic DNA-based therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension through our Exclusive Channel Collaborations with Intrexon Corporation. We believe that we are well-positioned to achieve significant milestones related to these cutting edge development programs."
In addition to funding the Company's monoclonal antibody and synthetic DNA programs, the net proceeds are intended to be used for general corporate purposes, including the execution of its business plan as well as the expansion and advancement of its pipeline.
The common stock sold in the private placement transaction has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or applicable state securities laws and was issued and sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Accordingly, the securities issued in the private placement may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws.
The Company has also agreed to provide registration rights to the investors with respect to the shares issued to them in this private placement.
Griffin Securities, Inc. served as the Company's exclusive financial advisor and placement agent for the offering.
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Synthetic Biologics is a biotechnology company focused on the development of product candidates to address serious diseases and unmet medical needs. Synthetic Biologics is developing a series of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for the treatment of serious infectious diseases not adequately addressed by existing therapies and a synthetic DNA-based therapy for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The Company is also developing a drug candidate for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) and cognitive dysfunction in MS, and designing a clinical development pathway for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). For more information, please visit Synthetic Biologics' website at www.syntheticbiologics.com.
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You know the world's getting crazy when random emails from random blogs citing random people is crossing over until the mainstream press. Yep, you got it: The Frank Solich was drugged with GHB story has gone "legit."
The Athens News has a full report on the email and the fact that sources say Solich is considering pulling back his guilty plea because of the drugging.
Jon Dalton, of Lincoln, Neb., did not return multiple phone calls. But on Monday, another family member reached in Nebraska confirmed the GHB hair test and the reluctance of the university administration to publicize it. The family member, who asked to remain anonymous, repeated some of the points mentioned in the supposed Dalton e-mail.
Now that it looks at least a little more possible that Solich might have been drugged, the question arises: Who would do this to such a nice man? We have a potential suspect.
Coach Mum On Reports He Was Drugged [Athens News]
The Frank Solich Conspiracy Theory [Deadspin]

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Transcendental Meditation is fundamentally different from other forms of meditation. It is not mind-control or mental discipline; it is not concentration or eastern philosophy. It's not trying to be mindful. You don't have to control your breathing or muscles. You don't even have to try to relax. You are learning a technique that facilitates a completely natural process – an ability that is inscribed in the nature of the mind. This is called transcending.
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Notice how magazines print photos using dots made up of percentages of only three colors and black. Try your hand at using percentages of cyan, magenta and yellow to match the magazine color displayed.
Detect musical errors and strengthen music-reading skills. Taking on the role of a mentor, students listen to a peer perform musical phrases shown on screen, and must offer feedback to help improve the performance.
Compose and arrange scores. In the Noteflight online community, musicians and educators create, adapt, find, and share music for their musical needs and the needs of their students.
This online music creation studio enables users to create, edit, mix, and share music using functionality similar to GarageBand. It offers entry points for beginners through advanced students who may or may not read music, and can be used as a tool for group composition or for recording and sharing ensemble music.
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A few months back, comic book legend Stan Lee revealed that he would not be making a cameo appearance in James Gunn's upcoming movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but apparently things have changed in an interesting way in the time since then. The famed editor and publisher was on a panel at c2e2 in Chicago this weekend and confirmed to the crowd there that he will indeed be showing up in Marvel Studios' space epic.
According to Variety, Lee was taking fan questions when he was asked if he would be filming a special appearance for a scene in Guardians of the Galaxy and he responded,
"I did already. I can't tell you what it is, but I can tell you I do not understand what it was or why I did it. It has me with a girl — a very pretty girl — that's all I can tell you."
That certainly seems to fit into the weird aesthetic that Gunn has created for both Guardians of the Galaxy and basically his entire career. Also, it's interesting that Marvel Studios filmmakers are once again pairing Lee with an attractive woman. This will be the third time following his part as Hugh Hefner in Iron Man to his role as a beauty pageant judge.
Lee's affirmative response to the question runs contrary to the answer he gave to the same query back in January. Appearing on a video podcast, Lee answered the Guardians of the Galaxy cameo question saying,
"No, I'm afraid not. This the one group I didn't create. I didn't write Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm not even sure who they all are! I can't wait to see the movie."
For the most part, Stan Lee has only made cameo appearances in the films that are based on characters he created - from Spider-Man to The Incredible Hulk - and that rule actually stopped him from appearing in both X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine. That said, he has been known to bend the rules a bit, as he did have roles in both Captain America movies (Lee didn't create Cap, but he did revive the character and was the first to have the hero throw his shield). It's true that Stan Lee didn't create the Guardians of the Galaxy as a team, but he did create Groot, The Collector, and Ronan The Accuser, so he isn't totally without connection to the project.
In case you are totally behind on the whole "Stan Lee cameo" thing, I would highly recommend watching the montage below, which features all of the scenes up until 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man:
Guardians of the Galaxy will be in theaters on August 1st, and we can't wait to see what Lee's role is.


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DECATUR, Ga. -- DeKalb County Police say one man was injured early Thursday morning, when the vehicle he is suspected of stealing ran over him as he attempted to escape police.
DeKalb Police Lt. Dane Cunningham said officers were following two stolen vehicles when one driver jumped from his moving vehicle in the 2,000 block of Golf Valley Drive.
Cunningham said the stolen Dodge Voyager ran over the driver.
Officers continued to follow the second vehicle, a Dodge Ram truck, and found it wrecked on Glenwood Road. That driver got away on foot, but police arrested a female passenger.
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WALTHAM, Mass.- After rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit at Red Auerbach Arena, the Brandeis University women's basketball team were unable to overcome 32 points from senior guard Kaitlyn Bovee (Berlin, Conn./Berlin) and fell to the Roger Williams University Hawks, 65-53. The Judges move to 1-2 on the season while the Hawks improve to 2-0.
In the first half, poor shooting doomed Brandeis despite intense defense and hustle. The Judges forced 10 turnovers and after trailing 17-10 early, went on a quick 6-1 run to close it to a two point game with 9:42 remaining on a lay-up from senior center Angela Miller (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek). RWU responded quickly and closed the period on a 15-7 spurt as they took advantage of cold shooting by Brandeis to open up a 33-23 advantage at the half.
In the second half, the Judges mounted their comeback scoring 13 of the first 14 points of the period to snatch a 36-34 lead with 13:51 to go. After trading leads and ties for more than six minutes, Miller gave Brandeis their final advantage of the game on a traditional three point play to put them up 45-43 with 7:54 left on the clock. From there, the Hawks reeled off seven consecutive points and took a lead that they wound not relinquish. The 65-53 final score does not fully reflect how close the game was as the final few minutes were quick fouls and RWU icing the contest from the charity stripe.
The Judges were led by senior guard Kasey Dean (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) with 12 points on 6-for-10 shooting from the field, while classmate forward Nicolina Vitale (Clinton Township, Mich./Chippewa Valley) chipped in 10. Sophomore guard Samantha Mancinelli (Durham, Conn./Coginchaug Regional) had a team-high eight rebounds and Miller came off the bench to nab seven boards and eight points. Vitale recorded a game-high three blocks while Dean led the squad with two assists.
The Hawks were led by Bovee who netted 32 points on 9-for-14 shooting including four 3-pointers and a 10-for-11 performance from the free throw line. Bovee also added a game-high 12 caroms to notch a double-double. She was joined in double-digit points by sophomore guard Angelica Ariola (Prospect, Conn./Holy Cross) who finished the game with 11. Senior guard Ari Renwick (Westwood, Mass./Fontbonne Acad.) led the team with four assists.
Brandeis continues their season on Saturday November 23rd with a 1:00 p.m. game against Tufts at Red Auerbach Arena. RWU has their home opener on Thursday November 21st at 7:00 p.m. versus Connecticut College.


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Brendan Kennedy is a stand-up comedian, a member of improv groups Hate Speech Committee and The Hendersons, sketch comedy group Camp Woods, and the host of the Philly Improv Theater show Guilty Pleasures.
How and why did you get into comedy? When I was a kid my dad and uncle would always show me episodes of Monty Python's Flycing Circus, and I loved it. I would make comedy videos on my parents' S-VHS camcorder with my cousin. In high school I was one of the kids that ran the tv studio and I'd make comedy videos that I'd show during the morning show. I continued my refusal to be serious about anything by going to film school and while there I made almost nothing but comedy videos. Then eventually I got the balls to do stand-up, which to me is the purest form of comedy and expression out there.
How would you describe your style as a comedian? What influences and factors do you think contribute to that? I'd describe my style as a stand-up as selfish. If you don't like what I do, then I don't care to entertain you. And I hate comics that try to be what they think everyone wants them to be. There are billions of people on the earth, enough of them will have similar interests and sensibilities to me, and those are the people I want to speak to.
Plus, stand-up is an inherently selfish endeavor, so claiming you have some greater goal is at least 50% bullshit. And I say 50% because out of that desire for immediate self-gratification (the selfish 50%) you can reach people who otherwise might feel isolated, because they haven't found a way to express themselves or people who think and feel the same way they do. But you can't reach them by pretending to be something. You can only reach people by being honest with yourself and about yourself. That's what I love about stand-up, and that's the type of stand-up comic I try to be.
Do you have a favorite show or venue you like to perform at? What about it makes it fun or special for you? I loved performing at the Khyber because it was dirty and grimy and shitty and you had to really want to see comedy to go there. Which made the audiences there great, and I felt the most comfortable there. I enjoy doing stand-up at the Ric-Rac, the Shubin, and any place where people have come to specifically see the people who are performing. People who go to comedy shows not knowing anything about who they are going to see baffle me. And I lack the ability to relate to them. I can entertain them, but only if I do a bunch of crowd work. It's like I'm the host of some awful party that a bunch of random dopes showed up to, like the one Rick Moranis throws in the first Ghostbusters. And most times I am doing crowd work I am fantasizing about a demon dog crashing the party and making it more interesting than, "You do that job? Well you should talk to other guy I just talked to, he does a job that if combined with your job would be really funny!"
That being said, I really enjoy the open mic at noche that Jack Martin and Paul Goodman run. Those two guys are smart guys who run a good room, and are really supportive of everyone who shows up there. (If you're thinking "I don't think they are supportive." You're thinking that because you're an asshole, and you've behaved in a way that makes it impossible for someone to be supportive of you.)
For sketch and improv I like theaters.
Do you have a single favorite moment in Philly comedy or one that stands out? Anytime Roger C. Snair crushes in front of an audience that has never seen him and doesn't know who he is. I use how people interact with Roger as a bit of a litmus test, because he's so overwhelmingly and unflinchingly positive. It is my opinion that you have to be a piece of shit to not like him. Anytime a room full of strangers gets him and accepts him it makes me feel more optimistic about the world.
I'm friends with Roger, we do a monthly show together, but I'm also his number 1 fan. I'd love nothing more than to see Roger have a talk show on television, just to see some of the douchiest celebrities squirm in their seats, not knowing how to handle him. Talented, funny, decent people, if put in that same scenario will come out looking amazing. For example, I had last month's guilty pleasures be somewhat a talk show, and one of the guests was Andy Moskowitz. Roger kept asking him about his sexuality (Roger is rather immature in regards to his opinions on sex), and Andy handled everything so amazingly that he ended up becoming the hero of the show. It was so funny and genuine that I felt like I was interrupting when I had to chime in to have us read a script.
Do you have any sort of creative process that you use with your writing or your performance? Or a sort of method that you use to develop comedic material? For stand-up, I always just write about whatever I'm currently obsessing about.
For sketch, I write basically two types of sketch. Quick, one joke sketches that are bookended with title cards. And 2 character stream of consciousness sketches. The short sketches, which are basically blackout sketches, are just based around a joke I think of that I like. But I write them to be very very short, because I think sketches that are 5 minutes long but only have one joke are stupid. If you have a sketch that's just one joke, then just tell the one joke and end the sketch. It's not a college paper, there's no minimum length sketches have to be.
The longer sketches I write are always me trying to write interactions between two people that are more absurd and honest than most real life interactions, because to me the funniest parts of life are the moments in which someone is being really honest, and at the same time really odd.
What is it about stand-up / sketch / improv that draws you to it? Comedy allows you to discuss topics that are just too sad or taboo to talk about casually with people. Its not creating any solutions, it just helps people stress less and be more ok with the world they live in. That's what has always drawn me to comedy.
Do you have any favorite performers in the Philly scene? Why are they your favorites? Roger C. Snair for reasons I've already mentioned.
Steve Gerben for his willingness to be honest with himself and about himself onstage and his abilitiy to make his own personal struggles, physical and mental, hilarious.
Andy Moskowitz for the same reasons.
The people in the groups with me, (Hatespeech-CampWoods-
Do you have any bad experiences doing comedy that you can share? A particularly bad bombing or even an entire show gone haywire? Recently I ended a set at a bringer contest by saying, "That's why I think we should burn down churches." Most of my bad experiences with comedy show stem from my inability to accept people who I've decided are shitty. That, and tech problems.
What do you think the Philly comedy scene needs to continue to grow? More of what it already has. More people who are passionate about performing comedy. More people who run good rooms. More people supporting each other's shows and rooms. More original ideas.
The first three are obvious. The 4th seems like it should be obvious, but its apparent to anyone who's watched comedy before and is seeing shows in the city now that its not. You can't stop random people from showing up at open mics and doing other people's material. But you can make sure not to book them ever. You tell internet jokes, you tell Bill Hicks jokes, you tweak internet jokes and then tell them, you tweak Bill Hicks jokes and then tell them, you don't do shows. That should be the rule that everyone follows. Hacks (thieves are a type of hack) aren't going to kill the surge in popularity that comedy is experiencing in Philly right now, but eventually they will. That was one of the main killers of the comedy boom. You can listen to countless interviews with comics who were part of that and they all talk about how there were so many opportunities to get onstage in front of large paying crowds that people started taking shortcuts to take advantage of it, and comedy suffered as a result. Crowds started staying home because there was no point in going out to see a show if you were just going to see comics telling jokes that they saw on tv.
If you see someone doing stolen material, yell at them, tell them to go fuck themselves. They are insulting the art form you love, and they are being a self-serving asshole.
Do you have any personal goals for the future as you continue to perform comedy? I want to just keep getting better. That's my only real goal. That and to make Roger C. Snair famous.
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This is the best ten questions to date. Brendan is one of my favorites.
Anyone who hasn't seen Brendan perform needs to get out and see him. He's great.


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'Gipper' speech kicks off 2014 budget process
I was relieved to hear at least a few people snickering when I said that I was about to give this year's "Gipper" speech. "Gipper," to readers that weren't alive during either the Knute Rockne or Ronald Reagan eras, refers to George Gipp, a star of the Notre Dame football team about ninety years ago.
Gipp, who died of some disease during his senior year in college, was alleged to have had a deathbed conversation with his coach, Knute Rockne, imploring him to invoke his name when things looked bleak for the Fighting Irish, and "win one for the Gipper."
Reagan appropriated this line during his presidency, which always seemed fair to me, since he played the Gipper in one of my favorite sports movies, "Knute Rockne All American."
I refer to any motivational speech that I am asked to give as a Gipper speech. The occasion of the one I gave on July 12 was a meeting of department heads and finance staff to formally kick off our 2014 budget process. I mentioned that I was relieved that there were at least a few people who recognized my reference to the Gipper. This will be the thirteenth budget that I have worked on at Walworth County and each year, it seems that the faces in the room, with the exception of mine, look younger.
Things aren't as desperate for Walworth County as they were for the Irish in 1928 when Rockne invoked the Gipper's name in a game against undefeated Army. On the other hand, we can all use a few words of encouragement.
My version of the Gipper speech focused on three major themes as county managers began putting together their budget requests for next year.
Team concept. Our goal for the past 3 years has been pretty straightforward. The state has placed very strict limits on the growth of county budgets. With the exception of a small allowance that takes into account new construction that has taken place in the county during the past year, the amount of money levied by Wisconsin counties is frozen at its previous year's level. Given that new construction has been increasing at a very slow pace in recent years, our tax levy needed to support the 2014 budget will essentially be frozen at the level it's been at for the past two years.
Despite the fact that we need to freeze the overall tax levy, I've never given the direction that each departmental budget must be frozen; rather, I stress that our goal needs to be accomplished through a team effort.
Not all departments are able to freeze their budgets each year. The loss of state or federal revenue or an increased demand for services may require the need for additional tax dollars in one department. Rather than automatically cutting an important service in that department, we look to see whether another department may be able to fill the budget gap by cutting spending in a way that would be less disruptive to County residents. While managers are passionate about the services they provide, they understand the big picture and have always stepped up to reach our goal of a zero-levy growth budget.
Spend money that will save money. Innovation is one of the first casualties when an edict is given to freeze departmental budgets. As is the case with our own household budgets, there are often purchases that can be made now that will save money in the future. Replacing an energy-inefficient appliance or a car that spends more time in the shop than on the road are two examples that come to mind.
County departments are no different. I would happily spend three dollars on a one-time purchase today that will save one dollar each and every year in the future. Energy efficiency and automation projects are two examples of such purchases in the governmental setting.
While we may not have tax dollars to implement all of them, particularly since we don't plan on borrowing in the foreseeable future, I always like to see what our options are. When projected savings are high enough, it would be counterproductive not take a serious look at these types of purchases.
Find out what employees think. Employees, who work on the front line, are often in the best position to see what works and what doesn't. I encourage managers to solicit ideas from workers in their departments. Each year employees come up with ways that stretch tax dollars further.
Our budget kick-off meeting was a bit of a misnomer. A number of staff members have been working on the 2014 budget for months. For the next few weeks, department heads will be busy finalizing their plans. I meet with each of them in late August to put the first draft of the budget together.
If you are interested in how your tax dollars will be spent next year, put a few dates on your calendar now. The first draft of the 2014 budget will be released on Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. at a board workshop that is open to the public. A public hearing on the preliminary budget will be held on Oct. 29 at 6 p.m., and final adoption is set for Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. All meetings will be held in room 114 at the County Government Center in Elkhorn.
The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Walworth County Board of Supervisors, this newspaper or Southern Lakes Newspapers LLC.
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Former Outstanding Citizens of the year and community philanthropists Charles and Jean Dukes will be honored by friends Friday, April 11 from 5-7 p.m. at the Depot.
They are moving to Suwanee from their home at 530 Thomaston Street to be closer to two of their chlldren.
In the 30 years here, they have generously opened their home to countless organizations for fundraisers and events. This past weekend, it was used for as a site for junior-senior prom pictures.
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Gordon, who recently retired from the University after 34 years, is one of the most successful coaches in NCAA soccer history, winning 432 games. The first coach in men's soccer and men's tennis history at the University, he was an eight-time CAC Coach of the Year in soccer, won the NSCAA regional coach of the year award five times, and led UMW to nine NCAA Division III Tournaments during his tenure. He also led the men's tennis team to five CAC Championships and led the team to its first NCAA Tournament, in 1997.


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WASHINGTON (AP) ― Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive "God particle." They need to eliminate one last remote possibility that it's something else.
The long theorized subatomic particle would explain why matter has mass and has been called a missing cornerstone of physics.
With new analyses, scientists are closer to being certain they found the crucial Higgs boson. But they want to be 99.9 percent positive, said Pauline Gagnon, a physicist with the European Center for Nuclear Research.
Last July scientists with the world's largest atom smasher, the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss-French border, announced finding a particle they described as Higgs-like, but wouldn't say it was conclusively the particle. Now thousands of checks show them even closer.
"It looks more and more like a Higgs boson," said Gagnon after an update presented Wednesday at a conference in the Italian Alps.
Gagnon compared finding the Higgs to identifying a specific person. This looks, talks, and sings like a Higgs, but scientists want to make sure it dances like the Higgs before they shout "Eureka."
She said there is only one last thing the particle they found could also be: a graviton. That's another subatomic particle associated with gravitational fields, not mass.
By checking the spin of the particle, scientists will be able to tell if it is a Higgs boson, which is far more likely, or a graviton. If it has no internal spin, it's the Higgs boson; if it has a lot of spin it's a graviton.
Wednesday's presentation was by one team of researchers and another team will present more findings next week.
Physicist Sean Carroll of the California Institute of Technology, who isn't involved in the research, said scientists are just being careful, covering all bases.
Without the Higgs boson to explain why electrons and matter have mass, Carroll said, "there would be no atoms, there would be no chemistry, there would be no life, so that's kind of important."


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Once A Component of Agent Orange, 2,4-D Herbicide Could Spark A Surge in Enlist Crops
The use of Agent Orange, one of the nine Rainbow Herbicides used to destroy forests and farmland during the Vietnam War, is one of the darkest chapters in American history. It wasn't the first time herbicidal warfare had been conducted, but it was the first time such tactics were carried out on an industrial scale. The chemical, supplied by Monsanto and Dow Chemical , was a mixture of two herbicides: 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D. The former was phased-out of field use more than 30 years ago due to toxicity concerns, while the latter has become the most widely used herbicide on the planet.
The fact that 2,4-D is an important tool in modern agricultural may be a surprise to some, especially given the contentious history of Agent Orange. That may also make a recent recommendation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow Enlist corn and soybean varieties created by Dow AgroSciences, that are resistant to the herbicide, to be marketed in the United States. Considering that 60%-70% of processed foods contain ingredients produced from genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, should you be concerned?
Time to panic?
Not so fast. As stated above, the herbicide 2,4-D is not Agent Orange. Nor was it the component that made the most widely used Rainbow Herbicide highly toxic to humans. It was later discovered that the industrial process used to produce 2,4,5-T -- the other half of Agent Orange -- also produced highly carcinogenic compounds called dioxins.
So, to be clear, there is no link between 2,4-D and cancer. In fact, a 2007 review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that "the weight of the evidence does not support a conclusion that (2,4-D compounds) are likely human carcinogens." The chemical has been reviewed numerous times by the EPA, top-ranked environmental academic institutions such as Oregon State University, and other third-party organizations. What's the consensus opinion? The relatively mild herbicide poses no cause for concern.
Consumers should also consider that 2,4-D is already widely used not just in industrial agriculture, but also by everyday households. In fact, you've probably held a container of the herbicide by your side and may have even spilled some on your own hands. That's because the herbicide is the active ingredient in weed killers such as Scotts TurfBuilder. That's hardly a product that merits protests and widespread opposition.
Given the facts, consumers should know that the safety of food ingredients will not change if and when Enlist crop varieties are approved in the United States (they will be planted in Canada this year).
Is there good news to the recommendation?
Actually, yes (sort of). The USDA believes that approving Enlist crops would lead to the adoption of less "aggressive tillage strategies", which release quite a bit of greenhouse gases and can cause water pollution and topsoil erosion, as food writer and author Nathanael Johnson of Grist pointed out.
While the agency admitted that approval would result in "another two fold to six fold increase" in 2,4-D use by 2020, the eventual approval of Enlist crops will give American farmers another tool in managing the spread of resistant weeds -- a responsibility that, similar to managing pests, falls largely on their shoulders. Simply put, the ability to alternate between herbicides, such as 2,4-D from Dow and glyphosate from Monsanto, from one harvest to another will more effectively mitigate the emergence of resistant weeds when compared to a mono-herbicide approach.
The need for products such as Enlist corn and soybean varieties is also good news for shareholders, as they are expected to be a big product for Dow AgroSciences. The company has also developed a new formulation of herbicide called Enlist Duo that compliments the crop varieties and is under review by the EPA. Both products need approval before Enlist can be sold commercially. However, considering how well the Roundup Ready crops and Roundup herbicide pair performed for Monsanto and coupled with the widespread use of 2,4-D already, Enlist has the potential to be a tremendous growth catalyst for Dow. Investors may want to taper their expectations, since Dow AgroSciences is just a piece of The Dow Chemical Company, but considering that the company is one of three that produces 2,4-D globally, there's certainly reason for optimism.
Foolish bottom line
Dow AgroSciences isn't out of the woods yet. The USDA and EPA both need to green-light Enlist products after evaluating the risks under the regulatory eye of each respective agency. Nonetheless, years of safe use of the herbicide 2,4-D in industrial agriculture and households should alleviate fears of consumers worried about the chemical's historic (and unfortunate) association with Agent Orange. While there will undoubtedly be -- and has already been -- fierce opposition to the new biotech crops by anti-GMO groups, investors should expect approval to be followed by a blockbuster launch of Enlist products.
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The young girl, her face framed in golden ringlets, approached the man seated at a nearby table in the quiet restaurant and smiled, holding the Barbie doll she'd recently received for Christmas. When he asked her age, she proudly held up four fingers.
"You're even prettier than Barbie," he told her. Her smile grew, then she was off, skipping away in a crowd of parents and grandparents.
Before reaching the door, she turned and waved goodbye. She was too far away to see the sadness that spread across Russell (Rusty) Yates' face. She had no idea who he was.
Until a mind-numbing tragedy in June 2001, few had ever heard of the lanky 38-year-old, whose adult life had revolved around his large family and his $80,000-a-year job as a computer engineer in NASA's space program.
Maybe, he says, he'd had his name in the paper a time or two back when he was playing high school football in Tennessee. But he never imagined a time would come when Rusty Yates would be part of the national consciousness, his life's story suddenly important to strangers. Nor was it conceivable that the day might arrive when, in the minds of many, he would be the justifiable target of bilious anger and ongoing criticism for the way he reacted to his horrific ordeal. Not until that morning when, shortly after he'd arrived at his Johnson Space Center office, his wife, more mentally ill than he realized, phoned to say that he needed to come home right away.
Just an hour earlier he'd watched as she gently applied medication to the chapped lips of one of their five children, then began preparing breakfast. He'd kissed her goodbye and reminded her that his mother, temporarily living nearby, would soon be arriving to help her care for the kids.
Shortly after he left, however, Andrea Pia Yates, 36 and dangerously psychotic, began methodically drowning each of their children, ages 6 months to 7 years, in the bathtub of their home in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake. First to die in the cold water his mother had drawn was 2-year-old Luke, then 3-year-old Paul and 5-year-old John. Next was the baby, Mary. Finally, 7-year-old Noah. Then, Andrea Yates telephoned police and, moments later, her husband.
By the time Rusty Yates arrived, investigators had already made the gruesome discovery: Four of the dead children had been carried to the master bedroom, their wet bodies placed on the bed and covered with a sheet. Noah, who had happened on his mother as she was drowning the infant, remained facedown in the bathtub.
Andrea, later described by law enforcement officials as being in a "zombie-like state" upon their arrival, readily admitted that she had murdered her children. Why? "Because," she said, "I'm a bad mother."
Quickly, the media swarmed. First the local reporters, then those from around the nation, the networks and news magazines, wire services and authors hurrying to the scene to determine if a book on the shocking horror was merited. What, they all hoped to learn, had turned a former high school swim star and retired nurse, a once-loving and friendly mom, into a mass murderer? What triggered such an incomprehensibly evil act? In this search for answers and blame, Rusty Yates' life, beliefs and personality came under intense scrutiny as well.
In Andrea Yates, they began piecing together a disturbing profile of a woman who had given up her career to care for and homeschool her children; a mother who had suffered bouts of depression that had led to hospitalizations, medication and two suicide attempts, but whose diagnosis had always suggested postpartum or acute depression, never indicating she would commit such violent acts; a tired and overwhelmed caretaker whose spiritual inclination had steadily edged toward fanatacism. Friends and neighbors told of watching her evolve from outgoing and cheerful to withdrawn and reclusive, healthy and vivacious to worn and unkempt. The Andrea Yates introduced to the American public was a sad, submissive, Scripture-quoting wife.
And what of her husband, the self-proclaimed adoring father and husband who, only a day after the bodies of his children were removed from his house, stood before members of the press to announce his love and support for the woman who had killed his children? He had shed tears that day, but the media focused on the generally controlled manner in which he had spoken of what he repeatedly referred to as "the tragedy." Whatever degree of shock and grief he was suffering clearly wasn't satisfactory.
By the time his wife went on trial, there was a steadily growing number who had reached the conclusion that he should also bear equal responsibility for the destruction of his family. Even before he attended the funeral services for his children and delivered a eulogy to each, one network talk-show host blamed him for the children's deaths. Some pundits suggested that it should be Rusty being tried, not Andrea.
A nationwide perception, fueled by 24-hour media coverage and sound bite psychologists, quickly formed: He was a loner with few close friends, a self-absorbed man who involved himself little in such mundane chores as diaper changing and meal preparation; saw nothing wrong with his wife giving birth with no pain-control measures; had, for a brief time, convinced her that the simple and untethered life of making their home in a cramped Greyhound bus was preferable to their four-bedroom house. It was reported that he baby-sat the kids one night a week only so Andrea could grocery shop alone and at her leisure; that he had dismissed the mental difficulties his wife was dealing with and continued to impregnate her, ignoring the building pressures while offering only marginal support. Other contentions, he says, were completely untrue: One published story stated that Andrea had again been pregnant at the time she killed her children. Another said lice had been found in her hair when she was booked into jail. Still another described the interior of the Yates home as "unkempt and filthy."
Yates acknowledges only that he desired the once-traditional domestic arrangement. By his own admission, he and his wife had always embraced the notion that "the man is the breadwinner, the woman the caretaker of the home."
This attitude did not set well with commentators. "[Yates'] bizarre, dominating actions played a role in the children's death," wrote Las Vegas Review-Journal lawyer-turned-columnist Barbara Robinson. "...The demeanor of Russell (Rusty) Yates--all-American, Eagle Scout--didn't persuade me. I couldn't understand how a man could repeatedly impregnate a mentally ill wife and force or allow her to home-school their children." She went on to lash out at his "sense of arrogance."
On a Web site he constructed in memory of his children (www.yateskids.org), electronic visitors often e-mail similar accusations and questions: Why had he left her alone with the children that day? How could he continue to support a woman who had committed such an evil deed? What was he thinking, having such a large family when his wife was so obviously ill?
Now, almost a year after a Harris County jury found his wife guilty of capital murder and she was sentenced to life in prison, after the cover stories in Time and Newsweek, the segments on 60 Minutes, the harsh criticism of women's rights advocates, Rusty Yates carries on. He reports to work daily, jogs three times a week, tinkers with a new Web site he's planning, visits his wife at the Skyview Psychiatric Unit in Rusk on alternate Saturdays, travels to participate in a Dallas support group once a month and continues to ponder a question of his own: "I keep looking around," he says, "and asking myself: Where do I go now?"
"He's still struggling," says Debbie Wayne, a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth-based Families of Murder Victims. Wayne--one of several in the support group best known for its Garden of Angels on the southern edge of Fort Worth, where crosses are erected in memory of young homicide victims--talks with Yates regularly. "Quite honestly," she says, "there were those in our group who had reservations at first about contacting him. But what we've learned is that he's not at all like he's been portrayed by the media.
"Frankly, there are a lot of people who could benefit from knowing him."
That, she adds, isn't likely to occur soon. "Since what happened to his family," Wayne says, "he is automatically defensive when he meets someone." During the past year, Rusty Yates admits, he has adopted a low profile, wary of the media and prying questions of strangers. Still, little he does goes unreported--in many instances erroneously, he says. "I've read that I'm planning to divorce Andrea. That's not something I've thought through," he says. When members of a singles group at the Clear Lake Church of Christ, which he now attends, invited him along for a night of bowling several months ago, a news report that he'd "joined a singles group" quickly appeared. "Our people know how lonely he is," says minister Byron Fike, "and did what any caring people would--they invited him to go with them. Nothing more, nothing less."
When, after living in the house where his children died for a year, he finally moved into a nearby apartment last August, reporters were quick to describe his new residence as "luxurious." Seated on a couch in his living room, unpacked boxes still stacked in the hallway and few photos or personal mementos adorning the walls or shelves, he briefly smiles and waves an arm at his surroundings. "Does this look like luxury to you?"
Nice and comfortable, yes. But, no, MTV's Cribs isn't likely to visit.
On this dreary, rainy day, the enigmatic Yates is, in a sense, striking back, not in an angry tone but in the measured, analytical way he's viewed life since his days as an honored science student at Auburn University. "The comments don't hurt as much anymore," he says, "because I think I've come to better understand what motivates them. People look at what happened to my family and it frightens them to think such a tragedy could occur. They look for simple answers, something they can deal with. He must not have been a caring father or a loving husband.
"Behind all anger," he suggests, "there is fear."
And with that he retreats to a time before the world knew his name, when he and the woman he's been married to for nine years were happy to watch their family grow; before the wife with "a good heart" fell victim to a "sick mind." He remembers those days when he coached his older sons' T-ball teams and Andrea read to their children, of family trips to museums and the park; of the normal parental concerns over things like Paul not beginning to talk as quickly as his older brothers had. "She was a great mother," he says, "and the children were healthy and happy."
There was never any form of abuse in their home, no money problems, no infidelity. "On the whole," he says, "we had an outstanding relationship. Some day, when Andrea is able to speak for herself, I'm sure she'll say the same thing.
"Even before we married, we talked a great deal about how many children we wanted to have. We agreed that we'd like to have a large family, as many kids as possible. On the other hand, if we had no children, we'd made up our minds to just enjoy life with each other." It was, they had agreed, up to God.
Religion played a major role in his family's life, but Yates insists they were not the "fanatics" the media would ultimately make them out to be. "We wanted to raise our children in a spiritual environment, so we had a simple little Bible study every third night of the week. We'd read stories to the children, say a prayer, and that was about it. Was it a positive influence on the kids? I'd say yes."
In time, however, Andrea's focus on her family's spiritual well-being consumed her. And, for that, Rusty now blames himself.
He was still in college, he recalls, when he first encountered a fire-and-brimstone preacher named Michael Peter Woroniecki. With his family in tow, the Florida-based, street-preaching fundamentalist traveled the country, visiting college campuses and distributing pamphlets that twisted Old Testament values into a jumble of doomsday prophecy. On several occasions he was arrested, charged with disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace, following shouting matches with disbelievers. In Woroniecki's view, the world was racked with evil, the curse of Satan in all to whom he spoke. The fate of women, he preached, was derived from the sin of Eve, and he believed they should serve a subservient role to man. Any mother who worked outside the home was, according to the Woroniecki doctrine, wicked. And one bad seed, he preached, led to generations of contamination; sinful parents could only spawn sinful and evil children.
Rusty says when he first met the evangelist on the Auburn campus in 1980, he viewed him as a "simple preacher who was doing nothing more than challenging the 'fat cat preachers' about their watered-down beliefs." Even as he and Andrea planned marriage, he told her of Woroniecki and his wife, Rachael, and urged her to join him on a trip to Florida to meet them.
It was one of several visits the Yateses would eventually make to counsel with the controversial couple. In time, they began making modest donations to the traveling ministry. It was, in fact, from Woroniecki that Rusty purchased the used Greyhound bus he and his family would, for a time, call home. Andrea regularly corresponded with Rachael Woroniecki.
"If I had it all to do over again," Yates says, "I would never have introduced Andrea to the Woronieckis."
Even before his wife killed their children, he says, he had become concerned over her growing obsession with the Woroniecki style of religion. At one point she had even written the evangelist, asking that he help convert her Catholic parents to his thinking. Rusty says he had begun to distance himself from the zealous preacher whom he'd decided was far too judgmental and hoped to convince Andrea to do the same. "But it's hard," he says, "to criticize your wife for reading the Bible too much."
Yet when Andrea Yates insisted to jail doctors that she was "possessed by the devil and had the sign of Satan marked on her scalp," that her children had been "damaged," it was clear that her faith and psychosis had morphed into a dark and disastrous mixture.
Austin author Suzy Spencer, who wrote a book (Breaking Point) on the case, suggests that because of Andrea's deteriorating mental condition she began taking the Woroniecki message too literally, that she viewed her increasing depression as a sign that she had been taken over by the devil. "From what I understand," she says, "the Woronieckis had a great ability to brainwash people. I also learned that when a person is psychotic, the last thing you talk with them about is religion."
"For a mother to concern herself over whether she is doing the right things for her children, to worry about the influence of the devil or if your kids are somehow damaged are, I think, the concerns of a lot of well-meaning people," Rusty says. "But when Andrea became delusional, living in her nightmare, hearing voices she never told me about, in her mind all these fears had already taken place."
Today, Rusty says, he is no longer in contact with the Woronieckis. Last March, Woroniecki suggested to NBC Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison that the Yateses had simply missed the substance of his teachings and that they should share accountability for the deaths of their children. "What was Rusty thinking in having another child when she'd already tried to commit suicide?" he asked Morrison. Then, reflecting on Andrea's crime, the evangelist said, "She's not the only person in history who has used the Bible to do outrageous things...the Bible says [in Isaiah 5:20], 'Woe to those who call good evil and evil good.'" In a letter to The Dallas Morning News, Woroniecki was even more blunt: "We enjoyed our relationship with Rusty and Andrea for many years as they tried to learn from our ways of following Jesus," he wrote, "but they obviously fell short of salvation."
In retrospect, all had seemed well with the Yateses until four months after the birth of Luke, the fourth of their children. It was then that Andrea began suffering from what doctors diagnosed only as postpartum depression, a condition suffered by 15 to 20 percent of new mothers. While the problem lingered, eventually making hospitalization necessary on several occasions, Rusty says that none of her physicians ever suggested that any form of psychosis might be involved. Finally, after experimenting with several anti-depressant medications and dosages, Andrea began to improve.
"If I'd known she was psychotic, we'd never have even considered having more kids," her husband insists. "But all the doctors ever told us was that there was a 50 percent chance that she might become depressed again after having another baby, that she might even require some treatment. But by then we knew that the medicine--a drug called Haldol--had worked." A high-potency neuroleptic/tranquilizer, Haldol is often prescribed for those suffering a variety of mental problems, from acute depression to schizophrenia, mood swings and aggressive behavior to dementia and psychotic thinking.
"Postpartum depression," he says, "we understood, was the worst-case scenario, and we thought we'd learned how to treat it if it occurred again. Andrea and I discussed it at length and felt everything would be OK if she got pregnant again. We loved kids."
It was four months after Mary's birth that her mother sank into a mental state from which she still has not recovered. Despite Rusty's insistence to doctors that she be given the same medication that had previously cured her, another anti-depressant was prescribed. "If she'd been given what I asked them to give her," he says, "I don't think the tragedy would have happened."
If she had been diagnosed as psychotic, he would have known she was a danger to their children and he'd have handled the problems of her illness differently, would have better understood the danger. "That day," he says, "I didn't sense that leaving her alone with the kids until my mother arrived was a problem. In retrospect, was it wrong for me to have left that morning? Probably so. But was it reasonable at the time to think it was OK to go on to work? She seemed functional, and I saw no reason that day to think she might harm the children.
"Should I blame myself for what happened to my children?" He pauses before answering his own question, then says, "No."
Is, then, Rusty Yates a still-grieving father-husband locked in a monumental defense of denial or a man unfairly demonized by an unsympathetic society determined to find sinister motives in every corner of his life? That people must even ask such questions, he says, is hurtful. "They don't know me. They don't know how we lived our life," he argues. "All I ever wanted from life was a beautiful family. And in one day it was all lost, and people began to point accusing fingers." Finally weary of what he refers to as the press' misrepresentations and half-truths, he says he has decided to be more defensive.
"I realize what a strong force the media can be," he says, "and for that reason I've talked to reporters. Early on, I did so in hopes that they could provide a positive force in Andrea's defense, that they could help explain that it was her illness that caused the tragedy. I hoped by talking with them I could help them see the difference between Andrea, the mother with a good heart, and the Andrea with a sick mind." Rarely, he says, did it work. One reporter, he recalls, pored through his wife's medical records and ignored written proof that he and Andrea had carefully followed doctor's orders. "We'd done everything right," Yates insists, "yet the reporter picked out a phrase here and there to make the case we were irresponsible parents. I know for a fact that friends and neighbors were interviewed and said positive things about our lifestyle, but none of that ever appeared in print."
When a recent Newsweek article quoted him as saying, "I've given all I want to give," Yates was certain that most readers would assume he was addressing his support of his imprisoned wife and angrily phoned the reporter. "I had made that comment," he says, "about payment for court documents to be used in her appeal, not about any personal feelings I have for Andrea."
Those feelings, he admits, remain tangled and unresolved.
A cursory glance at Rusty Yates' life today gives the impression that it is returning to some degree of normalcy. He works and attends church with people who are aware of his shattered past but are friendly and accepting. His in-laws, openly critical of him in several interviews immediately following Andrea's arrest, now hear from Rusty only if there are prison-visit schedules to be worked out or he learns news about his wife's physical and mental condition. "I've minimized my contact with them," he says. "When we do talk, it is only about how Andrea's doing." He admits that some of the things they've said publicly about him have been hurtful. "Not only to me," he says, "but Andrea as well." That said, he is quick to note that he did recently receive a birthday card from his mother-in-law.
Andrea's mother, Karin Kennedy, declined an interview when contacted by the Dallas Observer.
Still, he says, the feelings directed toward him remain polarized. "One of the things that now seems to most bother people is my continued support of Andrea," he says. "They somehow equate it with my not caring about what happened to my children." He notes that an estimated 20 percent of those who send e-mails to the children's Web site continue to blame him for a laundry list of parental shortcomings. "I've reached a point where I pay less attention to what I call the 'go grab a rope' crowd and focus on those who are more inclined to take a constructive approach."
Not long ago he made a weekend drive to Austin to join a couple of hundred others in a public demonstration for a moratorium on the death penalty, which he adamantly opposed even before threats that his wife might face it. While visiting family in Tennessee during the Christmas holidays, he received a late-night call alerting him that a Dallas family he'd met was having difficulties coping with a loss. Yates left immediately, driving straight through from Nashville to lend whatever moral support he could.
In addition to the acquaintances he's made during his visits to the support group, there are a few friends he occasionally meets for lunch, and a buddy he plays a round of golf with now and then.
"It's unfortunate that so many people have formed their opinion of Rusty without ever knowing him," says Carolyn Barker, whose granddaughter, Amy Robinson, was abducted and murdered in 1998. She recalls the day when the five wooden crosses, memorializing the slain Yates children, were erected in the Garden of Angels. "I've been out there hundreds of times," Barker says, "but that was the first time I ever cried. I watched as he sat by each of those crosses, and saw a gentle man who dearly loved his children."
The Rusty Yates she's come to know, she says, is far different from what she expected. And, despite a lengthy list of philosophical differences ("I'm for the death penalty, and he's against it," Barker says), a mutual respect has developed. Outspoken, she continues to believe Yates is in denial. "I keep telling him he's not going to be able to really move ahead with his life until he accepts some responsibility for what happened to his family," she explains. "But we don't really argue; we debate."
Rusty grins when asked about his relationship with the 60-year-old grandmother. "There's not much we agree on," he acknowledges, "but she's been a great friend." So, he adds, have many in the support group. It was among them, miles removed from Houston, that he first encountered the genuine kindness of strangers.
Today, he says, when he makes his monthly visit to the Garden it is rare not to find flowers and toys left by people he's never met at the base of his children's crosses.
Still, when all the talk and debate are over, the somber visits done, there remains that inevitable return home, first to the house where insanity and death forever changed his life, now to the apartment just a mile and a half away. "I stayed in the house for a year," he explains, "to better come to grips with the loss of my family." Methodically, he went through the children's possession--toys, clothing, drawings--sorting those he wished to keep and those he would eventually donate anonymously to charitable organizations. During long, solitary hours of poring over photographs, home videos and notes scrawled in childlike penmanship, he also set aside those things that he believes Andrea might one day want.
Now, with the cleaning-out process almost completed, he plans to soon place the house on the market. That even that decision made the local news causes him to shake his head. "First, I was the bad guy for staying in the house where my children died," he says. "Then there were those who questioned how I could move out and into this 'high-dollar' apartment." He shrugs. "Either way, I lose."
He knows it's unlikely he'll be seen any other way. "I guess," he says, "that I'd like for the view of others to be the same perception I have of myself. I was a really good father to my kids. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. And I was a very good husband."
He knows, however, that even if his critics grant him amnesty for his past behavior, they are baffled by his continued support of the woman who murdered his children.
That, he says, is the primary purpose of the new Web site he spends much of his time working on. "What I hope to accomplish with it is to help people come to some understanding of her illness. First, I want to help others to detect the warning signs and seek proper treatment; second, I want to try and set the record about our life straight." It will, he says, also afford him an opportunity to speak out against a judicial system that, he believes, chose to try his wife to appease a "lynch mob-minded constituency" rather than acknowledge the mental condition that led to her horrendous act.
Every other Saturday, as he makes the three-hour drive to visit his wife, Rusty Yates is never certain who he will see. "She's not stable yet," he admits. "They [prison physicians] are still in the process of adjusting her medication." Each visit, he says, is bittersweet.
As his two-hour stay begins, he is allowed to briefly hug and kiss his wife. They then sit and talk, sometimes of their lost children, sometimes of the slow-moving process of preparing her appeal, at other times of nothing more personal than her occasional work in the prison laundry.
"She's sad," Rusty says, "and I'm sad for her."
There have been times, he says, when Andrea was not very coherent and suffered from blurred vision brought on by high doses of medication. Occasionally, he says, the Andrea who has greeted him in the visiting room is much like the woman he once knew. At such times she's confided things of which he was never aware.
"Andrea was always one of those people who seemed happy to just go with the flow of things. I now know that wasn't always what she wanted to do, what would have really made her happy. Looking back, I should have recognized that and been more sensitive to it," he says.
Often, their sensitivities seem to have reversed. "There have been visits when I've cried--like one day when we were talking about Luke--but she didn't. She just couldn't. The medication she was on made it impossible for her to cry."
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Recently, the receipt of a rambling 20-page letter from his wife concerned Rusty so much that he phoned the prison physician to make certain she was taking her medication.
It is on the long, lonely drives home that he often finds himself pondering his uncertain future. What if Andrea should one day win her appeal and be released from the prison where she is now sentenced to stay until she is at least 77 years old? What if she was, instead, removed to a mental hospital and one day judged well enough to return home?
"We've talked a little about that," he admits, but with no resolution. He ponders the matter for several silent seconds, then it is the "logical" Rusty Yates who continues: "It's impossible to conceive of a more horrible thing than what Andrea did. She's hurt me more than I thought it possible for anyone to," he says, "and that's a tough thing to deal with. It's like the old adage of putting your finger to the flame. If you do, you aren't likely ever to again. It's that instinct that causes me to feel that I never want to go through what's happened again."
It's apparently as far as he wants to go with the subject. But in a whisper, he adds, "When you're dealing with your heart, there is rarely an easy answer."


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Here are links to six articles that I've found to be interesting and helpful reading:
Affirming, communication, freedom, respect, tolerance, welcoming & words: Slippery Words— Tolerance, Respect, Welcoming, Affirming, Freedom
"What of course has happened in our American society is that as the culture has changed, the semantic range of a whole series of words has changed as well."
American Sniper, cinema, discernment, film, movies, military service, perspective & war: I Was An American Sniper, and Chris Kyle's War Was Not My War
"Don't make the mistake of thinking the hit movie captures the truth of the Iraq conflict. I should know. I lived it. … If you really want to be a patriotic American, keep both eyes open and maintain 360 degrees of awareness. Don't simply watch American Sniper. Read other sources, watch other films about the conflict. Talk to as many veterans as you can, get a full perspective on the war experience and the consequences. Ensure the perceived enemy in your vision is what it seems."
Bible interpretation, misappropriation, misunderstanding & promises: 2 Ways We Misinterpret God's Promises [essential reading]
"Over my years of ministry, I've discerned a tendency among conservative Christians to assume that anything in Scripture that looks like a promise is in fact something that God promises them."
Church decline, culture & religion, history, perceptions, time & United States: Religious Decline in America? The Answer Depends on Your Timeframe
"Did the twentieth century see a rise and fall of religiosity within a larger pattern of stability? Or does the late 20th-century religious decline shrink to insignificance when compared with the religious rise since the founding of the nation?"
Church life, generation & peace: 3 Ways to Encourage Peace Between Generations in Denominations
"The fact is, each member within a family has a tendency to find their own style and way in life. But as each individual develops their own unique identity, they should not develop a spirit of pride over the others in the family."
Choices, consequences, corporate worship & legacy: 15 Worship Decisions We'll Regret
"Dividing congregations along age and affinity lines. … Eliminating choral expressions in worship. … Worship leader ageism. … Elevating music above Scripture, Prayer and the Lord's Supper. … Making worship and music exclusively synonymous. … Trying to recreate worship with each new generation. … Ignoring the Christian Calendar and adopting the Hallmark Calendar. … Worshiping like inspiration stopped with the hymnal. … Worshiping like inspiration started with modern worship songs. … Not providing a venue for creatives to express their art as worship. … Allowing songs about God to supersede the Word of God. … Elevating gathered worship above dispersed worship. … Setting aside traditionalism around the world but not across the aisle. … Worshiping out of Nostalgia or Novelty. … Worship services at the expense of worship service."


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Johnny V. Miller
Johnny Miller
B.A., Arizona State University; Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary; Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary
Dr. Johnny V. Miller served as president of Columbia International University from 1991 to 1999. His tenure as president was a time of growth for CIU, both in programs, and in buildings. It was during his administration that the school changed its name from Columbia Bible College to Columbia International University. During that time the CIU European campus in Korntal, Germany was also accredited by SACS and by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).
Miller also oversaw the addition of CIU's Muslim studies program, the Distance Learning Program, the Graduate School Education Program, and the Communication Program in the Undergraduate School. Buildings that were constructed on campus during Miller's presidency include The Schuster Building, the Alumni Center, and improvements to student residences, including the installation of air conditioning.
Miller was also involved in the expansion of satellite locations for Ben Lippen School, and the expansion of CIU's broadcasting division when radio station New Life 91.9 WRCM in Charlotte, N.C. went on the air.
Miller has also served as a missionary to Sweden and has been involved in church planting. He has ministered in several foreign countries, including Eastern Europe, India and Egypt.
In high school and college Miller worked as a sports reporter and columnist for the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette. He and his wife, Jeanne, have two married children: Joan and John.
Th.D., 1980, Dallas Theological Seminary; reporter, 1962-65, Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette; teacher, 1965-66, Manual High School, Peoria, IL; teaching fellow, 1970-72, Dallas Theological Seminary; missionary, 1972-74, Sweden; pastor, 1974-79, 1983-90, Cypress Bible Church, Cypress, TX; faculty, 1979-83, Columbia Bible College, president 1991-99, Columbia International University/ 1999-2009, Pastor of Calvary Church, Lancaster, PA.


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A survey of 900 information technology professionals found almost half of enterprise help desks have gaps in security controls and training that could help ward off attacks like social-engineering assaults.
The SANS 2013 Help Desk Security and Privacy Survey published this week indicated the main jobs of help desk agents were to field requests from employees and others related to computer incidents, password-reset requests or personal information. Helpdesk agents "are trained to be friendly and get as many calls completed, resolved or transferred as possible," the survey notes. But a third of the IT professionals responding in the survey acknowledged they had "weak" risk management and security awareness training for their help desk staff, while 5% had "none" and 6.0 "didn't know."
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Seventy percent of the survey respondents acknowledged "social engineering" attacks in which someone tries to get sensitive information or passwords from helpdesk agents as a significant risk. Helpdesk agents, who may have access to sensitive corporate resources, tend to be rated on productivity and speed metrics, the survey said, often meaning help desk agents are under pressure to work quickly. And help desks are often understaffed.
"As a result, an agent may ignore or work around compliance or quality requirements by trying too hard to meet the goals for quantity and timeliness," the SANS report states. The report also notes that entry-level-position helpdesk agents aren't particularly well-paid and there's a lot of "churn" in job changes, with annual turnover rates of 30% to 40% being common.
The SANS report said IT professionals related several types of problems they see in their help desk operations, such as personal health information inadvertently ending up in help desk system databases because a customer and help desk agents were e-mailing it back and forth.
In terms of budgeting for security, help desk operations are simply often overlooked, the SANS report said. Almost half did have some kind of training provided directly by managers and supervisors and much less often, automated help desk staff training, whether via internal tools or service providers.
Automation of help desk operations in general remains fairly low. Less than half also said they use some kind of automated user-authentication tools and authorization tools. The help desk remains "far from the most critical line item on the corporate budget," the SANS report notes. About a quarter of the IT professionals responding to the SANS survey said they took into consideration what it might cost to have a security incident occurring -- such as a user password being compromised -- when establishing the help desk budget, but the majority did not.
"Effective help desks operations are as much a security problem as they are anything else, but it's a problem that falls through many cracks because the risks are hard to quantify and resolve," the SANS survey report concludes.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security. Twitter: MessmerE. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Read more about wide area network in Network World's Wide Area Network section.
This story, "Is the help desk the forgotten part of enterprise security defense?" was originally published by Network World.


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- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
- Aldo Leopold, phenology and climate change
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Speaker: Stan Temple, Nelson Institute
- Abstract: Aldo Leopold, best known as the author of A Sand County Almanac, was a keen observer of the natural world. Throughout his life he kept daily journals recording observations of seasonal events, especially those occurring at his beloved "shack" on the Leopold farm which was the setting for many essays in A Sand County Almanac. Leopold's meticulous phenological observations have provided us with an unparalleled record of when plants bloomed, birds migrated and other natural events. Analyzing his historical observations of hundreds of natural events as well as recent records helps us understand how climate change is affecting the ecological community.
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Prowling swamps in search of alligators in the dead of the night might sound like a nightmare to some.
Prowling swamps in search of alligators in the dead of the night might sound like a nightmare to some.
For Lindsey Garner, it�s a bit of a dream come true.
�It kind of depends on the kind of person you are. I love this stuff,� said Garner, a graduate student in N.C. State University�s fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology program. �I�ve worked in the Everglades, the swamps on the Roanoke � the swampier, the better. There�s really nothing to be scared of. I know what�s out there.�
To a point, anyway.
Researchers and residents have long been aware that American alligators dwell en masse in the brackish, swampy waters along the North Carolina coast. What�s less clear is how many of the reptiles reside here, a question Garner aims to answer by completing a census count to determine alligator population density. It�s the first such study in 30 years.
The original population research, conducted in the 1980s, was part of a larger effort to learn about the development and behavior of alligators in North Carolina as compared to locations farther south. The report was commissioned after alligators landed on the endangered species list following years of habitat destruction and being overharvested for their skin, meat and eggs.
�Since then, they�ve made a remarkable recovery in the more southern populations, such as Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina,� Garner said. �We don�t know what the population looks like here in North Carolina.�
To shed light on the answer, Garner and a rotating team of researchers have for the past two years toured the state�s swamps, shining lights over the water in hopes of spotting gators hovering near the surface.
�We go out by boat about 30 minutes after sunset, and we use spotlights to observe alligator eye-shine in the water,� Garner said. �Then we count the eye-shine. It�s hands-off. Usually once we spot the light on them, they don�t ever do anything interesting. They just go underwater.�
Researchers work under strict time constraints, searching the swamps only in June to capitalize on the alligator breeding season when the reptiles come out of dormancy to mate. Survey locations were selected randomly, but swamps in each of the state�s 20 coastal counties were tapped, Garner said.
�We�re looking at the abundance data right now,� she said. �There aren�t a lot of alligators in North Carolina as compared to other places down south. But there are those few pockets of higher density.�
The low numbers were somewhat expected, as North Carolina encompasses the northern reach of alligators� habitat. Typically, the farther southeast you travel, the more alligators you�ll find, Garner said. Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover counties have relatively large populations, with an especially high concentration in the Wilmington area.
�There�s quite a few alligators in Wilmington,� Garner said.
Those results are consistent with the original survey, which reported the highest alligator density in a segment of coastline encompassing New Hanover and Brunswick counties. In 1979, researchers spotted 25 alligators there; in 1980, they saw 30.
Garner hopes the updated density data, once analyzed, will give state biologists a baseline population number, making it easier to monitor and manage the reptiles in the future.
�In 10 years, 20 years, 50 years down the road, we can do all these surveys again. We can see what the population looks like,� she said. �It�s a great monitoring strategy so we can see if their distribution has changed and why. Are they moving farther north? Only time will tell, and we have that baseline now.�


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This may be the most excited I've ever been about ushering in a new year. The past two years have been somewhat of a trial for me. Not in the worst way, as I believe there are others who have faced more dire circumstances and I thank God daily for watching over me. However, a challenge to me is any change in life that gives you pause or confuses you on what to do or what direction to take. And it's a great feeling when you emerge from that place of confusion feeling lighter, feeling like you can fly.
2011 and Before
During the same time I was dealing with fibroids and the surgery, my body triggered an autoimmune reaction to gluten, only I didn't realize it until about six months ago in June 2011. Before surgery, I remembered trying to lose ten pounds through a low-carb, high protein, diet and 5-6 day a week workout program. And instead, I started gaining weight. No, not muscle....weight. I got so frustrated that I just stopped. The next time I got on the scale at the doctors office, that extra ten turned into an extra 20 with no overeating. And I kept gaining. That's when it got scary. Because I was steadily gaining weight with no understanding of how or how not to gain. Once more, the less calories I ate, the more I gained by throwing off my metabolism. It was a miserable two years.
In addition to the weight gain was all the symptoms that came along with hypothyroidism, except the abnormal lab results. My condition was like Hashimoto's, except I couldn't even get that diagnosis--although there was agreement that something was going on. With no help from Endocrinologists, I researched and connected with others with this issue and discovered the gluten connection. I went gluten free in June 2011. Since then, I've never felt better. Lost about 20 pounds so far, gained my energy back and the pain has greatly reduced. In October, I joined a running group, Black Girls Run. Went from walking to running my first 5K on Thanksgiving Day and my first 10K on December 17th. After dealing with the fibroids and the autoimmune thyroditis issue, this is the best that I've felt in a long time.
2011 also brought me the purchase of my first stand alone house. I purchased a condo when I was in Cincinnati and felt like it was my biggest regret. I didn't like the city and said I would never purchase a home again unless I was sure I loved the area. Well now, I do. And now, I'm excited about filling my new home and adding my own personal touches, even though that's a new challenge because I'm design-challenged.
2011 also took me in a new direction with writing, by combining writing and business together. I became a certified professional resume writer and I'm working on resume writing for my new business. Later, I plan to add other business and technical writing. I still will do ghostwriting and will get back to my own personal creative writing, but for now, I'm building.
2012 and Beyond
As we all ushered in 2012, I sat back and reflected on all of this and more. Always thank God for the things he has done in your life, no matter where you are or what you have. Gratitude will open the way for God to bless you even more. I feel great and I'm looking forward to God's blessings in 2012 and beyond.
Like most, I do reflect on ways I want to improve for the new year. Whether you choose to call it resolutions is up to you. I believe that throughout life, we should always look for ways to improve ourselves, no matter what month it is. So for this month, this year, these are my goals and things that I would like to focus on:
- Get back to volunteering more, at least once a month;
- Contribute financially to charity, because God has blessed me;
- Be a blessing to someone else; help/encourage someone else to reach their dreams;
- Take health and fitness to the next level; understand my body and food and solidify my fitness lifestyle;
- Daily meditations and scripture readings;
- Learn more and expand my business;
- Write more; business, personal stories, blogs, etc.
- Increase in financial stability.
Whether you call them resolutions or not, I hope that that new year allows you to sit and gather your thoughts and set your focus for the year.
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Career Highs
Goals: 7 vs. NYAC (2/10/13)
Assists: 4 vs. CAMO (2/3/13)
Steals: 6 vs. Mercyhurst (3/2/13)
2014 (Sophomore)
Scored 24 goals, dished out 21 assists and recorded 21 steals ... Netted two goals at Villanova and had one goal and three assists versus Iona (Feb. 1) … Recorded a goal and a steal versus VMI and recorded a goal, an assist and a steal versus Iona (Feb. 8) … Chipped in an assist and a steal against Wagner (Feb. 9) … Had a goal and an assist versus Wagner and added two goals, an assist and two steals versus Siena (Feb. 22) … Netted two goals and had an assist and two steals at Villanova (Feb. 23) … Recorded first season hat trick and added an assist and a steal against Iona (Feb. 23) … Had a goal and an assist at Princeton on EPSNU (March 2) … Dished out an assist against Marist and contributed a steal versus Santa Clara (March 9) … Netted three goals and had three thefts versus Cal Lutheran (March 15) … Had a goal against UC San Diego and had a steal versus San Jose State (March 16) … Buried two goals and a steal at Whittier and had a steal against Pomono (March 19) … Had a goal at Cal State Northridge and netted two goals and an assist versus Cal Lutheran (March 20) … Chipped in a steal at UCLA (March 21) … Contributed an assist at UC Santa Barbara (March 22) ... Netted two goals against George Washington on day one of the CWPA Southern Division Championships (April 12) ... Recorded a goal, an assist and a steal against Bucknell in the third place game at the CWPA Southerns (April 13).
2013 (Freshman)
Totaled 71 goals, 42 assists and 57 steals ... Began her career with a three-goal, two-assist performance against Iona (Feb. 2) ... Chipped in four goals and two assists against Villanova (Feb. 2) ... Recorded one goal, four assists and one steal in a win over CAMO (Feb. 2) ... Had one goal and had one assist against California (Feb. 9) ... Notched one assist and one steal against rival Princeton (Feb. 9) ... Scored a career-high seven goals and dished out three assists versus NYAC (Feb. 10) ... Tallied three goals, three assists, and three steals during Harvard's second win of the Princeton Invitational against Villanova (Feb. 10) ... Against Wagner, scored two goals and registered one assist (Feb. 23) ... Recorded two goals, two assists and one steal in a game versus Wagner (Feb. 23) ... Put in six goals, one assist and had three steals at Villanova (Feb. 24) ... In a win over Siena, contributed four goals, an assist and three steals (Feb. 24) ... Had a career-high six steals and one goal against Mercyhurst (March 2) ... Scored twice and stole the ball twice against Bucknell (March 2) ... Found the back of the net four times, handed out one helper and recorded two steals against Gannon (March 3) ... Stole the ball four times and scored against Santa Clara (March 17) ... Netted two goals and two steals against Occidental (March 17) ... Contributed four goals, one assist and three steals versus Fresno Pacific (March 18) ... Had a goal, an assist and a steal at UC Davis (March 18) ... Scored once at Pacific (March 19) and San Jose State (March 21) ... Recorded an assist March 22 at Stanford and March 23 at California ... Credited with two goals, one assist and two steals in a contest against Brown (April 3) ... Tallied three goals, one assist and three steals in a victory over George Washington (April 6) ... Recorded one goal and three assists versus Princeton (April 6) ... Delivered a career-high seven assists, three goals and a steal in a matchup with Cal State Bakersfield (April 7) ... Posted one assist and two steals in a contest against Arizona State (April 7) ... Earned CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Week (April 8) ... Scored two goals and handed out one assist in a winning effort over Mercyhurst (April 13) … Notched one goal and one steal versus Brown (April 13) … Tallied three goals, one assist and swiped the ball three times in a victory over George Washington (April 14) ... Tallied four goals, one assist and three steals topping Notre Dame (Ohio) (April 26) … Notched one goal, one assist and one steal versus Hartwick (April 26) … Credited with one goal, one assist and two steals in a victory over George Washington (April 27) … Snagged two steals against Brown (April 28).
Before Harvard
Played water polo and swam for four years at Santa Barbara High School ... Captained the water polo team in 2011-12 ... Named an All-American in 2006 and 2010 ... Picked to the USCC all-tournament team in 2010 and 2011 ... Earned a USA Water Polo Youth National Team selection in 2010 and 2011 ... Part of the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Team in 2009-11 ... Second team All-CIF pick in 2009 and 2012 and a third team honoree in 2011 ... First team All-Channel League as a junior and senior after being picked to the second team during her first two seasons ... Ranks second in drawn ejections, fifth in assists and fifth in goals in her career at Santa Barbara High School ... Member of the all-tournament team at the 2012 Tournament of Champions ... Helped Santa Barbara to second-place finishes in the Channel League in 2009, 2010 and 2011, before winning the title in 2012 ... Played on the Santa Barbara Water Polo Club that won the Junior Olympic championships in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010 ... Club team also won the United States Club championships in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... Academic All-American honoree in 2010 ... Member of the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation ... Volunteered at AYSO, Transition House, Santa Barbara Water Polo Club, Santa Barbara Jr. Lifeguards ... Founding member and president of the Santa Barbara Robotics Club.


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News and Information
33rd Degree and KCCH Recipients
Congratulations to the following Brothers for receiving either KCCH or the 33rd Degree for the...MORE
2018 KSA International Gathering
A big thank you to all the Chapters that attended the 2018 Knights of Saint Andrew International...MORE
Announcements for the 3rd week in Oct
Brethren, We have a few announcements this week. -First off thank you to everyone who...MORE
3rd Week of November Update
Waco Scottish Rite Bodies Invite you to attend the December Stated Meeting Monday, December 3...MORE
Monday 11/26/18 Announcements
Brethren, I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and that those who traveled made it...MORE
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James H. Lockwood Lodge #1343 Stated Meetinghttp://wacoscottishrite.org/event/james-h-lockwood-lodge-1343-stated-meeting/
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
61 Year old Lodge
(Chartered December 02, 1954)
Lodge Address: 2801 W. Waco Dr. Waco, TX 76702
Mailing Address: PO Box 20052 Waco, TX 76702
Meetings: First Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
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Stated Meetinghttp://wacoscottishrite.org/event/stated-meeting/
Stated Meetings:
First Mondays of every month (except July and August)
Dinner at 6:30, program and/or Lodge meeting at 7:30
RSVPs for meal head-count appreciated.
Physical Address:
The Lee Lockwood Library and Museum
2801 W. Waco Dr.
Waco, TX 76707
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Fidelis Lodge #1127 Stated Meetinghttp://wacoscottishrite.org/event/fidelis-lodge-1127-stated-meeting/
Lodge Address: 2801 W. Waco Dr. Waco, TX 76702-1923
Mailing Address: PO Box 21923 Waco, TX 76702-1923
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Lodge Phone: 254-717-4396
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KOSA Stated Meetinghttp://wacoscottishrite.org/knights-of-st-andrew/
The Waco Knights of St. Andrew, Order of the Thistle, holds its stated meeting on fourth Monday of the month in the Lodge Room of the Lee Lockwood Library and Museum in Waco, Texas. The brethren will gather at 6:30 for a light meal and open Lodge at 7:00 for regular stated business. All Scottish Rite Masons are invited to attend and observe.
At the meeting in December we will be holding officer elections for 2017.
The Knights of St. Andrew is an auxiliary Lodge within the Scottish Rite that exists as a service organization. All 32° "Black Hat" members of the Waco Scottish Rite are invited to join. For more information please see the following link:
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J.H. Gurley Lodge #337 Stated Meetingwww.jhgurley.com
J. H. Gurley Lodge #337
Email: email@example.com
Lodge Phone: 254-304-9337
Masonic District 61-C
Located in McLennan County
Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
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