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The markets took a beating on Friday as traders eyed gloomy data and reports on the American economy -- the world's biggest.
Today's Markets
As of 2:35 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 84.4 points, or 0.56%, to 15091, the S&P 500 slid 6.9 points, or 0.42%, to 1629 and the Nasdaq Composite declined 15.4 points, or 0.45%, to 3430.
It's been a turbulent week for Wall Street. The markets have swung sharply in both directions, but so far the bears have held a slight edge. In mid-day trading, the S&P 500 was set to post a weekly loss of about 0.75%.
The mood remained tepid after a round of mixed economic data.
The International Monetary Fund pared back its expectation for U.S. economic growth in 2014 to 2.7% from 3%. It also said the U.S. economy will only grow at 1.9% this year as a result of what it sees as "excessively rapid" fiscal cuts.
The Labor Department said prices at the producer level rose 0.5% in May from April, a slower pace than the 0.1 % economists expected. Excluding the food and energy components, prices were up 0.1%, matching forecasts.The Federal Reserve keeps a close eye on inflation amid concerns its ultra aggressive easing could stoke inflation. Thus far, economists say, that particular threat hasn't materialized.
The Federal Reserve reported industrial production, a measure of factory activity, was unchanged in May from April, weaker than estimates of a 0.2% gain. A preliminary reading on U.S. consumer sentiment from Reuters and the University of Michigan checked in at 82.7 in early June from 84.5 in May, falling short of expectations that it would hold steady.
"Despite the June drop, we still view consumer confidence as being on a broadly upward trend as the recoveries in the housing and labor markets continue to take hold," Cooper Howes, an analyst at Barclays wrote to clients.
Commodities markets generally pointed higher. The benchmark U.S. crude oil contract climbed 47 points, or 0.48%, to $97.15 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline gained 0.37% to $2.872 a gallon. In metals, gold advanced $2.50, or 0.18%, to $1,380 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.43% to 2673, the English FTSE 100 gained 0.15% to 6314 and the German DAX advanced 0.54% to 8139.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 rallied 1.9% to 12687 and the Chinese Hang Seng edged up 0.39% to 20969.


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Alternative Uses for Cake Stands
Oh, how I'm a sucker for a pretty cake stand. But gather too many in your kitchen and you find you're rarely using many of them. Here are a few ideas for using those that aren't on dessert duty:
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- On the countertop. Use a cake stand out on the counter to store those oft-used staples for quick and easy use.
- In the bathroom. Use a cake stand in the bathroom to store and display your nice-to-look-at toiletries.
- On the vanity. By placing a cake stand on a dresser or vanity and filling it with jewelry, makeup, and perfumes, you create an instant station for getting ready in the mornings.
- Candle holder. Arrange candles on a cake stand for an elevated, romantic centerpiece on the table.
Related: How To Make Your Own Cake Stands
(Images: via The Decorologist, via Poetic Home, House to Home, Real Simple)
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pre-wedding warm up round with CW & Amando!
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SAN JOSE — Robbie Lawler believes he's ready for another shot at the UFC welterweight championship he let slip through his hands four months ago.
A number of fighters in the division can make the same claim. But Lawler, 32, is the clear-cut favorite with four wins and a narrow loss in his five fights since returning to the UFC.
"Everything's clicking at the right time," Lawler said. "Before, I wasn't ready for the stage. I didn't want to do these interviews. I didn't want to be in front of the cameras. I just wanted to beat people up and get out. I've grown up now. I'm doing what it takes to be a really good fighter."
Lawler's lone loss since coming back was to Johny Hendricks at UFC 171 in March when the two fought for the vacant title left open after former champion Georges St. Pierre stepped down, saying he needed a break from the sport.
Lawler (23-10, 19 KOs) is expected to get another crack at Hendricks, provided the top-ranked contender beats knockout artist Matt Brown (21-11, 13 KOs) in Saturday's main event at the SAP Center.
It will be the Lawler's fifth fight in the past year. Included in those were knockout wins against Bobby Voelker and Jake Ellenberger, and a split-decision over Rory MacDonald.
The win over Ellenberger on May 24 put Lawler firmly back into the title hunt after his loss to Hendricks in March.
"It's good. It kept me busy, kept me working," Lawler said. "I didn't have to go into these last two camps trying to get into shape, so I could work on things. I could work on fine-tuning skills and just get better day to day."
Lawler left the UFC a decade ago after consecutive losses to Nick Diaz and Evan Turner in 2004.
Hendricks, on the mend from an arm injury, has already made it clear he expects to fight the winner of the Lawler-Brown matchup, possibly early next year.
That's fine with Lawler, who plans to take a much-needed respite after his fight against Brown.
Brown, ranked fifth in the welterweight division, is also looking to use the fight as a springboard into title contention.
ESPN.com reported that Brown missed weight by 1.5 pounds at an official weigh-in Friday, but Brown remains eligible to claim the No. 1 contender status with a win Saturday, as well as UFC Fight Night bonus money.
Brown (19-11) weighed 172.5 pounds on his first attempt. According to UFC president Dana White, in a miscommunication between Brown and the California State Athletic Commission, the fighter was informed he could not attempt to make weight a second time. Although he originally was to be fined 20 percent of his fight purse, with 10 percent awarded to Lawler, the fine was rescinded after a discussion with the commission.
ESPN.com originally reported that Brown was given two hours to cut to the allowed 171-pound limit but elected to forgo the effort.
All 24 fighters set to compete in Saturday's event made weight except Brown and female strawweight Juliana Lima. Lima (6-1) weighed in at 116.5 pounds, a half-pound over the allowed limit.
Main event: Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown
Where: SAP Center, first bout 1:15 p.m.
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Said Randolph: "I don't get a sense much will open up. … Seattle is expected to open after they hire a GM and there is a chance the Brewers will have a vacancy. I will keep an eye on managing. To go back to the field as a bench coach or third-base coach is an option to explore. Let's wait and see."
Should Tony Bernazard get the Seattle job, that's not going to work out for Willie.
I hope Randolph gets another job, but for that to happen, he'll have to admit he made some mistakes and learned something with the Mets. That's something he hasn't done.


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Blues pick up NHL-leading 105th point
Brian Elliott has no explanation for the record-setting roll he's on.
Elliott made 24 saves for his third straight shutout and Jamie Langenbrunner broke a scoreless tie in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.
"If I knew the answer to that one, I'd write a book," he said. "It's something to be proud of. But there's still a lot of work to do."
Elliott ran his team-record scoreless streak to 186:33, and earned his league-leading ninth shutout.
St. Louis, which improved to 30-4-4 at home, has an NHL-leading 105 points – two ahead of the New York Rangers in the battle for the President's Trophy. St. Louis leads Vancouver by four points in the Western Conference standings.
"You get out there and you work hard to get that winning feeling," Elliott said, "It's just day-by-day and a lot of hard work."
Elliott improved to 23-9-3 and eclipsed the mark of 186:15 set by Manny Legace from Dec.28, 2007 to Jan. 28, 2008. Nashville, which needs one point to earn a playoff spot, snapped a two-game winning streak.
David Perron and T.J. Oshie added third-period goals for the Blues. Perron scored his 17th of the season at 4:47 and Oshie got his 19th to make it 3-0 with 4 minutes to go.
Oshie also assisted on Perron's goal and David Backes added two assists.
Elliott and Jaroslav Halak have combined for a franchise-record 15 shutouts to tie the expansion-era mark set by Chicago's Tony Esposito in 1969-70.
The Blues have given up a league-low 147 goals this season. They have allowed two goals or less in 22 of 28 games since the All-Star break.
The success of the duo has impressed players throughout the league including Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne, who made 21 saves but fell to 41-17-8.
"They keep playing great and 15 shutouts this year as a team, that's pretty unbelievable," Rinne said. "It's a great job. He was just amazing tonight."
Langenbrunner scored his sixth goal at 6:35 off a drop pass from Jason Arnott. Langenbrunner snapped a shot past Pekka Rinne, who fell to 41-17-8. Rinne had stopped 48 of 50 shots in winning his last two starts.
Langenbrunner was appearing in his 1,100th game. The Duluth, Minn., native is the 21st American-born player to reach the 1,100-game plateau.
"We came out with a lot of focus," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "They grabbed it in the second and we took it back in the third. That's a nice feeling."
Elliott made 20 saves over the first two periods, including stopping Alexander Radulov from close range in the first. Elliott has not given up a goal since Carolina's Jeff Skinner scored with 2:38 left in the third period of a 2-0 loss March 15.
The Predators were without leading scorer Martin Erat, who missed his second game in a row with an upper-body injury. Winger Jordin Tootoo, injured in a fight with Chicago winger Brandon Bollig on Sunday, also missed the contest.
Notes: Nashville coach Barry Trotz has 499 career wins. … St. Louis has allowed two or fewer goals in 22 of 28 games since the All-Star break. … The Blues have points in nine of their last 11 games against Nashville. … Elliott and Jaroslav Halak have combined for a franchise-record 15 shutouts this season. … Nashville is 15-4-3 against Central Division foes.


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The Manchester City fan who ran on to the pitch and tried to confront Rio Ferdinand in Sunday's derby match could be banned from the club for life - despite his apology.
Matthew Stott, 21, had to be restrained by City keeper Joe Hart and was arrested following Robin van Persie's late winner at the Etihad Stadium.
Stott was subsequently charged with pitch encroachment and then issued an apology through his solicitors in which he said he was "extremely ashamed" of his actions.
But a City spokesman said: "His season card has been immediately removed for the rest of the season and he has been charged to appear at court. If he is found guilty he faces a lifetime ban."
The trouble also saw Ferdinand injured by a coin which was thrown from the crowd during the goal celebrations, causing a gash above his left eye. The perpetrator is still being hunted by police who are scouring the ground's CCTV footage.
Speaking through his solicitors, Stephen Lickrish and Associates, Stott confessed his guilt - and said sorry to the Manchester United defender.
The landscape gardener, from Knutsford, said: "I would like to apologise to all those affected by my actions yesterday, particularly Mr Ferdinand and the other players. I am extremely ashamed of my actions. I have let myself down, my family down, my fellow fans down and Manchester City Football Club. I intend to write personally to Mr Ferdinand to express my extreme regret and apologies and also apologise to Manchester United and their fans."
Earlier Greater Manchester Police charged nine people, including Stott, following the trouble. Stott, of Southfields, Knutsford, and Christopher Johnson, 52, of Ancoats Lane, Alderley Edge, were both charged with pitch encroachment.
The other seven people charged are: Peter Harrison, 30, of Springfield Road, Kearsley, Bolton, was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence. Warren Singh, 19, of Oakdale Drive, Heald Green, Stockport, was charged with a public order offence.
Sam Weatherby, 21, of Grant Street, Farnworth, Bolton, and Philip O'Leary, 24, of Heysbank Road, Disley, Stockport, were each charged with breaching football banning orders. Christopher O'Neil, 21, of Swainsthorpe Drive, Manchester, Andrew Martin, 20, of Northdale Drive, and Nicholas Morley, 21, of Chapel Lane, both Blackley, were all charged with being drunk and disorderly. All are due before Manchester City Magistrates' Court on January 4.


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Bit of Monday work fun.
I have ridden a full length scaffolding board - about 12ft in length. Went up wind really quite well and an actual Door.
I saw someone on Facebook trying to ride a sheet of ice, not sure how that went...


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The Chinese Chapter consists of the following people:
* Jianwei Zhuge, Tsinghua
* Chengyu Song, Gatech
* Zhijie Chen, Berkeley
* Xinhui Han, PKU
* Yong Tang, NUDT
* Huilin Zhang, PKU
* Zhongjie Wang, PKU
* Lingfeng Sun, HuaweiSymantec
* Jian Jiang, Tsinghua
* Youzhi Bao, PKU
* Cong Zheng, PKU
The Chapter members are interested in research projects covering the following topics:
1. Low-interaction/high-interaction client honeypots
2. Distributed honeynet deployment, operation and data analysis
3. Automated malware collection and analysis systems
4. Android malware analysis
We have recently deployed three instances of dionaea/kippo honeypot sensors.
We requested several Honeeebox sensors, but haven't received yet.
* Zhijie Chen and Cong Zheng contributed some codes to PhoneyC.
* Chengyu Song developed hv-sebek, a prototype tool for honeypot monitoring based on hardware virtualization technology. during Google Summer of Code 2010.
* Huilin Zhang developed PDFHoneyC, a prototype tool for detect malicious PDF files, during Google Summer of Code 2010.
* Zhongjie Wang developed TraceXploit, mentored by Jianwei Zhuge, but in POC state, during Google Summer of Code 2010.
* Cong Zheng is currently designing and developing an Android static analysis GUI tool during the Google Summer of Code 2011.
* Youzhi Bao is currently designing and developing COM simulation extension module for Capture-HPC during the Google Summer of Code 2011.
* C. Song, B. Hay, J. Zhuge. Know Your Tools: Qebek – Conceal the Monitoring, Know Your Tools Whitepaper.
* Z. Chen, G. Gu, J. Zhuge, J. Nazario, X. Han, WebPatrol: Automated Collection and Replay of Web-based Malware Scenarios, In Proceedings of the 6th ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS'11) , HongKong, China, March 2011(Acceptance ratio 16%=35/217).
* J. Zhuge, An Introduction to Kippo Honeypot, Chinese Education Network, In Chinese.
1. Distributively deploy HonEeeBox Honeypots and more dionaea/kippo/glastopf sensors on CERNET, and build the threat data center for the threat monitoring and analysis, providing support for CCERT team.
2. Continue improving the tools that we have contributed during GSoC 2011 and GSoC 2010.
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River Bend in South Bank, Brisbane, is one of the last key publicly accessible riverfront sites left with uninterrupted views of the river and city. It re-imagines the public realm and creates an iconic river edge destination for the city. The Client, South Bank Corporation, sought to create a 'must see' destination which activated an under-utilised part of South Bank. The client's vision was for a built form which embodied an experience and expression unique to Queensland. It was essential that it contribute to a sense of address for the precinct, as well as engage with the river by providing active edges, improved connectivity and access to the river's edge.
The reimagining of the site at South Bank delivers significant green infrastructure for the changing demographics of Brisbane. The urban design approach for this project responds to both South Bank's role as the main tourist destination for the city of Brisbane as well as the increasing open space needs of the burgeoning inner city population.
The key urban design response to these objectives was to extend and peel away from the river's edge to create a new public River Green. The river and the River Green take centre stage with the restaurant buildings providing a relatively quiet yet complimentary backdrop. The river is given back to the public and together with the newly created city views, forms the centrepiece and focus for this precinct.
This project also explores unique models for retail dining experiences. An hierarchy and progression of abstracted vernacular roofs provide shelter and enclosure along the Promenade, from a smaller scale, respectful and low key interface with the Arbour, out toward a bolder, more sculptural built form at the river edge. A rich, layered edge with the Promenade is created by bending and stepping the building footprint, providing a variety of outdoor dining areas and courtyard retreat spaces. Whilst not uncommon in housing, the outdoor room is less commonly explored in the retail environment which favours more of a veranda or street edge approach.
In this project, legibility and identity for each restaurant is defined with a discrete outdoor room for each tenancy. Each restaurant and outdoor room has a unique focus and experience with the landscape beyond - the River Green, the Promenade, the internal frangipani garden, the new Sidon Street Plaza and the Promenade lookout, and finally the river, mangroves and city.
This approach captures uniquely subtropical lifestyle of Brisbane and a sense of place whilst promoting a varied engagement with the public realm. The materials palette has been kept deliberately simple and bold to reinforce the clarity of the landscape and built forms. The simplicity of this palette is none-the-less sophisticated. A very high standard of finish with quality materials supports the iconic aspirations of the project. River Bend has updated the benchmark of the community's expectations of the place of our River in our city. The precinct captures a uniquely subtropical lifestyle and sense of place whilst promoting a variety of activities and experiences that engage the river.


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WA Unlimited Guided Tours
The unique story of Western Australian art
11am-12pm, Wednesdays & Saturdays in February
Join the tour with one of our guides to discover the unique story of Western Australian art.
Five pathways, many journeys
With 17,500 works in the AGWA Collection, our curators have a wonderful selection from which to draw. You can be sure of surprises, new discoveries and the chance to rediscover treasured works, making it a different experience every time you visit.
A guided tour brings the Gallery to life
At AGWA, we're lucky to have passionate Voluntary Gallery Guides who are dedicated to bringing the Gallery's amazing and varied Collection to life through free guided tours.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you're a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, or Guru Guides as we like to think of them, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
Are you interested in bringing a group to the Gallery?
AGWA's Guru Guides are also available for private tours for small groups - starting at 8 people.
These can be tailored specifically to your interests and level of art knowledge.
Bookings essential. Please note, we do require more time for these tours, a minimum of three weeks' notice is required.
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Fearless Females: What happened to Dena?
Today's prompt is from March 11: Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family?
I actually have two females that fit into this category so today I will highlight the first and the second will come later.
I've written quite a bit about my 2nd great grandmother, Rebecca Steen Schwartz, and her daughter (my great grandmother), Bertha Schwartz Gunzendorfer. Rebecca had many siblings but one of them has been a mystery to me that I would love to know more about. But her life was too short and, thus, there are very few records.
Dena Steen was born in 1866 in California and was the youngest child of Joseph Steen and Hannah Plotzky. While this date does make sense, a few details confuse me. I found a reference to the birth of a daughter to Joseph and Hannah on 10 Feb 1864 in the Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 26, Number 4027, 17 Feb 1864. While this could be Dena, I'm not certain that it is because when Dena died in 1894, she was 28 years old and this date of birth would have made her 30 years old. Did Joseph and Hannah, perhaps, have a child in 1864 who died in infancy? Or at least before 1870 when the next census was enumerated? Joseph died 27 Jul 1866 so no matter when Dena was born, Hannah was left alone with some very young children.
I first found Dena, enumerated as Dinah, in the 1870 census in San Francisco. She was 4 years old (so the 1866 date works) and was living with Hannah and her siblings – Solomon (really Samuel), Meyer, Lillie, and Julius.
I next found Dena, enumerated as Lennie, in Oakland in the 1880 census. She was living at 628 17th Street with Hannah, Samuel, and Lillie. Julius was no longer with the family due to his death in 1876.
Next we find Dena in the 1883 U.S. City Directory in San Francisco. She was living at 506 Hyde Street with Hannah and Samuel and was working as a saleslady with Martin J. Aguirre. The only reference I find to Martin Aguirre is a confectioner at 429 Kearny, about 1 mile from Dena's home on Hyde Street. This Martin was born in 1856 – could Martin and Dena have been linked romantically or was she merely working there?
The next reference I have for Dena is on 9 Sep 1894 when my great grandparents, Abraham Gunzendorfer and Bertha Schwartz, were married. This reference to the wedding was noted in the San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep 1894, page 5:
The bridal procession was headed by the small niece and nephew of the bride, the former bearing the ring upon a pillow of white satin. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Nieto of San Francisco. Following the ceremony a wedding collation was served on the lawn, which had been canopied for the occasion. The bride, a stately and handsome brunette, appeared lovely in a court gown of white faille silk and ornaments of diamonds, gifts from the groom. The bridesmaids were the Misses Dena, Bella and Jennie Steen, and the groomsmen were Charles Berg, Meyer Steen and A. Gunzendorfer of San Francisco.
What a happy occasion that must have been!
And less than a month later, Dena's life ended suddenly. This from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3 Oct 1894.
Dena Steen 1866 – Oct 2, 1894
Mis [sic] Dena Steen died suddenly in San Francisco Tuesday morning. The news of her untimely taking off was a shock to her friends in this city. She was recently here, and was one of the bridesmaids at the marriage of her niece, Miss Bertha Schwartz, to A.B. Gunzendorfer. Miss Steen was born in Santa Cruz and spent her childhood here. Her home latterly has been in San Francisco. She was a young lady of pleasant disposition, and she endeared herself to all who had the pleasure of meeting her. In consequence of her death, the reception to Mr. and Mrs. Gunzendorfer at the residence of Miss Steen's sister, Mrs. L. Schwartz, which was to have taken place this afternoon, has been indefinitely postponed.
And this from the San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Oct 1894, page 10.
STEEN – In this city, October 2, Dena, beloved daughter of Mrs. Hannah Steen and sister of Mrs. R. Schwartz of Santa Cruz, Samuel and Meyer A. Steen and Mrs. G. Samuels of Oakland, a native of San Francisco, aged 28 years.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral this day (Wednesday) at 1:30 o'clock from her late residence 407 Eddy Street. Interment, Hills of Eternity Cemetery, by 3:30 o'clock train from Third and Townsend streets.
And that's it – Dena's short life was over. What caused her sudden death? Was she in some sort of accident? Was she ill? Did she commit suicide? Of course I'd like nothing more than a copy of her death certificate but since she died in San Francisco prior to the earthquake in 1906, the record was almost certainly destroyed. So now what? If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear from you.
Dena is buried with her mother, Hannah, in Hills of Eternity in Colma, California. And next to them (to the right in the picture below) is her brother, Julius.
Dena, you have not been forgotten!
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Certainly a mystery. Is it possible that her parents' obits mention her death? I have seen that before. I'm assuming that you found no other articles in the newspaper about her which makes me think that it was health related rather than an accident. Did the cemetery have any information?ReplyDelete
All I could think of would be to inquire with Hills of Eternity Cemetery (or whoever has taken over the records for them). If you know the mortuary who took care of things or her place of worship, those could be other avenues. You might want to read newspaper articles from around her date of death for any disasters/accidents in her neighborhood (I'd search by the street names of her address and place of work). You might also want to read obituaries of others who died around the same time for signs of an epidemic of some sort. In any case, I sympathize with you as the 1906 earthquake wiped out many of my family's records as well.ReplyDelete
I hadn't even thought about contacting the cemetery directly - thanks to both of you for the suggestion!ReplyDelete


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Why spend a ridiculous amount of cash on one thing that's not as scarce as people think it is when you can get two in one stupid eBay auction?
Sent to us by reader Chris, this timely twofer combines the joy of milking a potential Christmas Wii U shortage with the chance that Hostess will close its doors forever and we'll have to wait until the company that buys Twinkies gets production up to speed.
It was funnier before the bankruptcy judge forced Hostess and the Baker's Union into mediation, but who knows — this could still be a pretty valuable combo. Just not this valuable.
TWINKIES 10pk get them while they're hot comes with free NINTENDO WII U [eBay]


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Students and teachers taken to hospital after a classroom science experiment went wrong have been discharged.
Thirteen high school students and two teachers from Moorebank High School, in Sydney's southwest, were taken to Liverpool and Bankstown Hospitals after they were exposed to a sulfuric-based solution in a science classroom about 3pm (AEST) on Thursday.
All have since been discharged, a hospital spokeswoman told AAP.
A total of 120 students and teachers were evacuated from the school and sent home after the mishap.


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Kiplin Hall
This hidden gem, situated between Richmond and Northallerton, was built in 1620 by George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I and Founder of Maryland, USA.
Since then, the Calverts, Crowes, Carpenters and Talbots, all related by blood or marriage, have left their stamp on the house.
A 'Gothic' wing was added to the original Jacobean house in the 1820s and redesigned in 1887 by W.E. Nesfield.
This intriguing house is now furnished as a comfortable Victorian home with 16 rooms, including the fascinating Travellers' Bedroom, open to the public. The Hall is crowded with an eclectic mix of previous owners' furniture, paintings, portraits and personalia, including many Arts and Crafts items.
The people who owned Kiplin Hall left behind an extensive and important collection of original paintings that date from the 16th – 19th century. These paintings hang throughout the Hall, and include works by notable artists including Joachim Beuckelaer, Luca Carlevarijs, Angelica Kauffman, George Cuit, Siegfried Bendixen and George Frederic Watts.
Many of the owners of Kiplin, family members and local communities have been touched by wars since the Hall was built, from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Second World War when an RAF Maintenance Unit requisitioned the estate, supplying bombs to local airfields.
Duty Call, an exhibition, trails and events recount 300 years of Kiplin's owners, family members and local communities in times of war.
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Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site
Gardens, Grounds and Tea Room
Open Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from Sunday 1 February - Wednesday 28 October, 2015, 10am - 5pm (4pm February and March)
Hall and Archaeology Exhibition - Charting Chipeling: One Thousand and One Finds
Open Good Friday and Easter Saturday 3 and 4 April and then Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 5 April until 28 October, 2015, 2pm - 5pm
Last admissions - 45 minutes before closing
Hall, Gardens, & Grounds
Adult £8.30 Concession £7.30 Student £7.30 Child £4.30 Family (2 plus 3) £24.50
Gardens and Grounds
Adult £5.30 Concession £4.30 Student £4.30 Child £2.30 Family (2 plus 3) £14.50
Kiplin Hall (DL10 6AT) is midway between Richmond and Northallerton
on the B6271, about 5 miles east of the A1.
Nearest Train Station: Northallerton
Bus Route – Number 55, Richmond - Northallerton service
Coast-to-Coast – Richmond to Danby Wiske section
Additional info
Access: The ground floor, including the Shop and Tea Room, is accessible to visitors in wheelchairs. An album of photographs of the first and second floors is available at the Reception Desk.
A large print version of the 'Kiplin Hall Brief Tour' (self-guided) is available.
In the late 19th century, Admiral Carpenter owned Kiplin Hall near Scorton. He and his wife, Beatrice, were interested in the current, national Arts and Crafts movement. This is reflected in the blue and white tiles in the Drawing Room fireplace, designed by the architect Philip Webb and sold by William Morris's firm, Morris & Co., in London. The Library fireplace has richly glazed tiles by William de Morgan, with wonderful ships and sea monsters. Beatrice probably embroidered the fire screen in the Lady Waterford Room, worked from a kit which was sold by Morris & Co.
Beatrice taught classes in woodcarving and inlay, where local men made the furniture she designed. Many pieces are still at Kiplin Hall. Albert Hurwood (1875-1962) of Scorton attended Mrs Carpenter's classes and made many carved items of furniture for his home. His most remarkable piece was a magnificent, oak fireplace with over mantel, carved with vines, which his grandsons have kindly donated to Kiplin Hall.
Collection details
Architecture, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art
Key artists and exhibits
- Arts and Crafts furniture
- William de Morgan tiles
- William Morris
- Philip Webb
Art - KS1 'Portrait Detectives' and KS2 'You and Me '
Kiplin Hall has a unique collection of portraits covering four hundred years of history. In KS1 'Portrait Detectives'children disuss portraits and use the Art Activity Station in the Clore Education Room to enhance what they have seen. They also sketch portraits of self and partner.
KS2 'You and Me'provides an opportunity to discuss the portraits, what the children observe, and what can be 'read' from the paintings - what the sitters might be feeling, what they are holding and what other features have been included in the painting. Children will also draw their own portrait.
- Dawn Webster (Curator)
- Amanda Moore (Education Consultant)
Buildings - Material - Patterns KS1 'The House is Talking' KS2 'Hall Detectives'
KS1 'The House is Talking'! - Patterns are everywhere around us. Children look for patterns in and outside the buildings, use the Clore Education Room, draw and make patterned/picture clay tile.
KS2 'Hall Detectives' - Using the Buildings Activity Station in the Education Room, using resource materials to plan a guidebook, following a trail in the grounds using teamnwork to solve clues.
- Dawn Webster (Curator)
- Amanda Moore (Education Consultant)
Life in Victorian Britain Key Stages 1 and 2
Children are greeted at the front door and slip into the feel of Victorian times, as they put on pinafores and collars, prior to an introduction to life in the Hall.
Taking part in activities around the house, they also make use of the Education Room where dressing up clothes, objects from everyday Victorian life and storyboards help children to understand life in the Victorian era.
KS1 - 'A Child from the Past' gives an insight into how children lived and played in Queen Victoria's reign.
KS2 'A Victorian Child' - Children take part in Victorian leisure activities.
- Dawn Webster (Curator)
- Amanda Moore(Education Consultant)
World War II - How Children Lived
During the Second World War, Kiplin Hall was requistioned by the army. Later it was converted to flats for RAF officers. Two rooms have been left as they were during this period and there is a collection of objects from the Home Front. A programme of activties related to the time has been designed to show children what life was like on the 'home front'.
- Dawn Wenster (Curator)
Getting there
Kiplin Hall (DL10 6AT) is midway between Richmond and Northallerton
on the B6271, about 5 miles east of the A1.
Nearest Train Station: Northallerton
Bus Route – Number 55, Richmond - Northallerton service
Coast-to-Coast – Richmond to Danby Wiske section
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If you're a completist, or live in an area that's particularly hard to collect in, I can easily see giving it up. Not finding what you want kind of kills the desire to be active in it I think. Things are to be fun, not frustrating. I can see people throwing in the towel over that. Actually I have seen people throwing in the towel over that, haha.
I can't really see getting rid of my collection even if I did quit collecting new figures. That said, when I don't have new stuff coming into it, the whole notion of "collecting" gets deprioritized, so I can totally relate to some people getting out entirely.
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Festival of the Fly, a growing Gorge tradition, returns Thursday for its fifth year, with a new film documenting some of the most scenic fly fishing locales on the planet.
The 86-minute "Waypoints" is the latest feature from Confluence Films, which produced past Festival of the Fly offerings including "Connect," "Rise" and "Drift."
There are two showings of "Waypoints," at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Festival of the Fly, at Skylight Theatre, is a benefit for stream restoration projects on the White Salmon and Hood rivers in honor of the late Glen Haack, a Hood River businessman who knew fly fishing and was an angling mentor to others.
Admission is $20, and includes entry to the film and 10 $1 raffle tickets. Prizes this year include Sage switch rods and Sage reels, a Tom Lamier guided fly fishing tip, Redington fly rod and reel combo, a special package from Full Sail, Willamette valley wine tour for two, and assorted fishing gear.
"This event is for more than fly fishers. It's for everyone who hikes along a river, or rafts or kayaks and likes having no trash," said Chris Ellison, festival coordinator.
"This is a film that can be enjoyed by just about anyone," he said, "because they can know that some of the funds from this festival are going to go to helping take care of the rivers. It's about more than just fly fishing."
"Waypoints" goes from the jungles of Venezuela in quest of the saber-toothed payara, to the fishing Himalayan rivers of India for the golden mahseer. "Waypoints" also visits Chile, St. Brandon's Atoll in the south Pacific, and Alaska.
The film is a travelogue that showcases not only the fly fishing lifestyle by the journey itself as seen through the eyes of anglers Oliver Shite, Jeff Currier, Greg Bricker, Gerhard Laubscher, Dan Leavens and others.
Festival sponsors are Andrew's Pizza and Skylight Theatre, Full Sail, Gorge Fly Shop, Food Service of America, Naked Winery, Lemma Wine Company and Tom Larimer Guide Service.
Skylight Theatre and Pub is located at 107 Oak St.; movie line 541-386-4888.
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HAVANA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is trying to make positive changes in the United States, but is being fought at every turn by right-wingers who hate him because he is black, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday.
In an unusually conciliatory column in the state-run media, Castro said Obama had inherited many problems from his predecessor, George W. Bush, and was trying to resolve them. But the "powerful extreme right won't be happy with anything that diminishes their prerogatives in the slightest way."
Obama does not want to change the U.S. political and economic system, but "in spite of that, the extreme right hates him for being African-American and fights what the president does to improve the deteriorated image of that country," Castro wrote.
"I don't have the slightest doubt that the racist right will do everything possible to wear him down, blocking his program to get him out of the game one way or another, at the least political cost," he said.
Castro, who writes regular commentaries for Cuba's state-run media, has criticized Obama, complimented him occasionally and said that he is watching him closely to see if he means what he says about changing U.S. policy toward Cuba.
His latest column comes during a visit to Cuba by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson that has stirred speculation that he may try to push U.S.-Cuba relations forward.
Richardson has been a diplomatic trouble-shooter in nations with which the United States has poor relations. In 1996 he negotiated with Castro for the release of three Cuban political prisoners.
Obama has said he wants to end 50 years of hostilities between the United States and Cuba and has eased the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against the communist-led island.
But he has said the embargo will be lifted only if Cuba shows progress on political prisoners and human rights. Cuban President Raul Castro has said he is happy to discuss these issues but will make no unilateral concessions.
Obama has been criticized by anti-embargo groups for moving too slowly on Cuban policy.
Castro, 83, ran Cuba for 49 years after taking power in a 1959 revolution, but stepped down last year so Raul Castro, his younger brother, could succeed him.
He has not been seen in public since undergoing intestinal surgery in July 2006, but still plays a behind-the-scenes role in government and maintains a high profile through his writings.
He appeared on Cuban television on Sunday for the first time in 14 months meeting with Venezuelan students.
He seemed in good health as he smiled and talked with the students in an appearance some experts believe was aimed at shoring up support for his brother and the government at a time when Cuba is in deep economic crisis.
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Every Critic a Racist
john Stossel's Take
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama's supporters promised that his election would allow America to "transcend race." Among the headlines:
The Boston Globe: "Obama shows an ability to transcend race"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Obama's success suggests we can transcend race"
But of course that hasn't happened. Jonah Goldberg writes:
It was Obama's supporters who hinted, teased, promised, and prophesied that Obama would help America "transcend race." But now, it is they who shrink from their own promised land…
From Day 1, Obama's supporters have tirelessly cultivated the idea that anything inconvenient for the first black president just might be terribly, terribly racist.
Goldberg has plenty of examples:
For instance, actress Janeane Garofalo summed up the tea parties thusly: "This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up." an ABC News story about how racist white militias are somehow connected to town-hall protests, Mark Potok of the dismayingly left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center insists Obama has "triggered fears among fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country."
Come on. Every president eventually is criticized by the media – even one as "transcendent" as Obama. The President's supporters should engage his critics with facts, not charges of racism.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Gordon College's Mollie Sweeney scored what proved to be the game-winning goal 36 seconds into the game as the Fighting Scots defeated MIT, 2-0, in non-conference field hockey action on Tuesday. The loss brings the Engineers' ledger to 4-5 on the year.
Just after the opening whistle, Gordon (3-4) gained possession in its zone where Sarah Orlando sent the ball to Sweeney for the opening tally. Both sides were evenly matched the remainder of the half as the Engineers posted three shots while the Fighting Scots totaled seven.
Gordon controlled the ball in the second stanza as it out-shot Tech, 12-5. With 28:18 on the clock, Nichole Hunt sent a strike into the circle which was redirected by Abigail Walker for the second goal of the night.
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In our eagerness to get BlackBerry® 10 Beta 2 Native SDK out the door on schedule, we ended up releasing it with two issues that we feel warrant a new patch. We didn't want developers to have to wait until the next release to get these fixes – especially if work was dependent on this functionality.
The first fix addresses an issue with the Invocation API. The invocation framework does not launch the target on the simulator. For all practical purposes, this means that if you create an invocation target application and install it on the simulator, no app will be able to invoke it. This functionality does already works on the device, so if you are developing your BlackBerry 10 app on the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha testing device, you should be fine. But for all those developers who are using the simulator for development, we felt it was necessary to provide a fix to this as soon as we could.
The other noteworthy fix is with regards to the Notifications API. When you develop an app with the capability of posting notifications, it gets vibrate set to ON and Badge set to OFF by default in the Notification Settings. It should actually be the other way around – vibrate should be set to OFF and Badge should be set to ON by default. Oops, reminds me of something Dr. Nick would do.
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I think your questions in the OP are misconceived. It sounds like you're seeking out personal growth, and that's not something "must see or do" experiences others have is going to cause. You can try to emulate what other people do, but ultimately you'll need to seek out your own experiences.PinkCoder wrote:Even though I guess I'm sort of a veteran now, I know there is a lot to Burning Man I haven't experienced yet. Almost each year I've attended, I've brought a virgin with me and I continually look for ways to guide them towards a maximal experience, as well as try to help myself grow and grok more Burning Man in general.
Try checking out the tips for shy people thread in Preparation if you want some help with not being a wall-flower -- if that is something you desire.


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Carrie Underwood: Engagement Ring Details!
Carrie Underwood shows off her flashy new engagement ring as she watches her fiance, Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators, take on the Boston Bruins during the an NHL hockey game in Canada on Monday (December 21).
A spokesperson from the Diamond Information Center says the 26 year-old country crooner's ring is estimated to be a five-plus carat brilliant round diamond with diamond sidestones, worth over $150,000.
"I love you so much!" Carrie has told Mike in the liner notes of her latest album, Play On.
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Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich visited Moberly last night (Tuesday, April 23).
Schweich was the dinner speaker for the Randolph County Pachyderms Club, who met for dining and fellowship at Nelly's Restaurant. Schweich had been schedule to speak at an RCPC function twice prior, it was noted; however, both times, weather had prevented him from doing so. Tuesday night, light rain began to form into sleet over Moberly as Schweich started his speech.
"I think they're going to have to start calling me 'Frosty Schweich,'" he joked to the crowd.
Schweich's speech consisted of him pointing out the changes he had made since taking office in 2011, noting several revealing audits he had done on different entities, answering questions from the crowd, and asking for support in the 2014 election (where, for the first time since 1990, he said, there will only be one state office on the ballot).
"Our job is to make sure taxpayer dollars are not mis-spent," he said. "People stealing your money are not wanting to leave a trail."
Because of this, Schweich said, he formed a "rapid response" team, which can, with immediacy, go out and check records and get to the bottom of called-in complaints. The program has been used twice in his tenure, Schweich said: once to uncover a St. Louis school district's attendance fraud, and another time to discover a clerk in Pineville stealing over $20,000.
"We don't use it a lot," he said. "But when we do, it is very effective."
Schweich also noted that his auditorial department created the "citizen summary" sheet that goes along with each audit now, for "non-accounting persons" to be able to quickly read through the results of any audit in a simple, concise manner. Schweich also implemented a grading system that accompanies his audits, from "poor" to "excellent."
"We very rarely give out an 'excellent,'" he said. His office also does follow-up audits on entities who receive a "fair" or "poor" rating on initial audits, to see whether steps are being taken to improve the way in which business is being conducted.
"Most of my public service career has been spent on the law enforcement side," Schweich said. "I want to find the people who steal first."
Embezzlement, massive waste, and lying or over-inflating performance statistics are all key areas that Schweich said he is focussed upon. He has also together his system so that the public can get the most accurate information possible.
"I've [also] put a large priority on auditing school districts," Schweich said. He noted locally that the Mexico, Mo. school district was "one of the best-run school district [he has] ever audited."
"I think the wealthy [school districts] should be [audited] too," Schweich said. He promised to audit one large, fund-abundant school each year that he is auditor.
During the question-answer portion of the meeting, Schweich responded to questioning about Governor Jay Nixon's airplane use by saying that a more "thorough analysis" of such would be coming out in the near future.
"We audited the Department of Revenue," he said, when asked about the recent happenings with said state office, pertaining to the giving of conceal and carry information to the federal government.
"All that scanning equipment was installed right after we left," Schweich said. However, the department's grade on his most recent audit is cause for a follow-up audit coming soon.
"I go in with no preconceptions," Schweich said, in regards to doing his job. "All I want to do is put out what's happening. There's plenty of smoke. I'll tell you if there's fire.
"I love coming to Moberly," he said. "My mother's from Brunswick."
Schweich took pictures with members of the club, as well as several Juniors from Moberly High School who will be attending Missouri Girls and Boys State this summer prior to his speech. Follow the Q&A portion of the meeting, he informed the crowd gathered that he would be leaving, in an attempt to avoid the harsh weather.
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Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich visited Moberly last night (Tuesday, April 23).


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Mindy Kelley — Babe of the Day
A stunning brunette with hazel eyes, Mindy Kelley is a 26-year-old model from Seattle, Wash. She could be the best export from the Pacific Northwest since the SuperSonics left to become the Thunder. Seriously, if Kevin Durant had met Mindy Kelley, he might have refused to move to Oklahoma City.
You know how you spend hours looking through a modeling portfolio and every picture gets better than the last? No? Well, now you do. We're pretty sure Kelley may have been invented in some sort of lab designed to produce beautiful women with perfect bodies. We'd also like a tour of that lab, please.
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He mysteriously disappeared on October 12, 2012 from downtown Indianapolis, Indiana where he'd spent the evening entertaining himself at a few popular watering holes.
Peppers Bar, Applebee's Restaurant, Mindshaft, Landsharks...the 23-year-old friendly, fearless, and athletic Walton Matthew Ward spent an hour or two at all of these crowded establishments, socializing, dancing, and drinking at each one before moving on to the next.
At 10:30 p.m. when his mother buzzed his cell phone just to touch base with him again and chat for a few minutes, Ward assured her everything was okay and that, as might be expected, he was having a blast.
But shortly thereafter, at approximately two in the morning, there was a drastic change in that happy status. Ward was dragged from Landsharks by security staff into the parking lot, and during this event he placed an emergency 911 call which was terminated after only one second.
After that, the outgoing young man wouldn't be seen again until October 23rd when construction workers downtown discovered his body floating in the White River.
It all seemed suspicious, of course—a classic "Smiley Face" abduction and murder—but, notwithstanding signs of foul play, investigators informed the victim's mother and father that he went down to the riverbank on his own free will and, because he was overly intoxicated, fell into the water and "accidentally drowned." His 911 call, they said, was "just a misdial."
It's a story police in America's northland have told to hundreds of heartbroken parents of missing young males many times throughout these past 15 years: Their sons were drinking too much, completely lost their wits from inebriation, decided to go for a wintery swim in a nearby body of water to wear it off, and perished in the process.
There's just one problem, though. Matthew Ward wasn't drunk.
Blood/Alcohol content
At work or on the road, toxicology tests, particularly those for detecting blood/alcohol, have become a major feature of modern society. And their frequent use these days by employers and law enforcement has brought about significant scientific improvements in them which, by now, ensure almost 100 percent reliability.
When test subjects are alive, that is.
Ascertaining accurate blood/alcohol levels in cadavers though is a whole different matter, with the same testing methods often generating figures so askew that the data is typically regarded as undependable without a painstaking, educated analysis.
That's because alcohol is a natural byproduct of decomposition, and, when the various internal systems of a corpse begin to putrefy, all these fluids, microbes and contaminants start to seep from organ to organ.
This will produce results that perplex inexperienced or shoddy medical examiners, such as prominent spikes in BAC readings. Truly skilled toxicologists on the other hand recognize that anywhere from a third to ALL of the alcohol in a decomposing corpse can be attributed solely to putrefaction, with very elevated BAC rates commonly found in the bodies of diabetics, as well as those submerged in water for a period of time.
In short, whether retrieved on land or at sea, healthy or diseased, the problem posed for technicians is essentially identical. The blood of any corpse is undergoing such rapid alterations in consistency and chemistry that, unless it's obtained by vein shortly after a victim expired and promptly scrutinized, BACs from the blood of the dead have very little diagnostic value.
For this reason postmortem BAC tests on a decomposing body, if conducted at all, will usually be performed on other areas which in the living could not normally be probed. The bladder, the eyeball and the heart, for instance, are commonly analyzed for alcohol content, although findings in these organs tend to show a relatively wide variance.
Most experienced pathologists in fact are inclined to discount alcohol concentrations found in the heart muscle of a cadaver as well as those in the urine, because, at this point, these too have been corrupted and are no longer indicative of the true blood content at the time of death. Moreover, because heart and urine readings often sharply conflict, they are rarely used for legal purposes.
Of those iffy two, however, a UAC (urine alcohol concentration) is viewed by examining physicians to be the more accurate. But nevertheless, warns Dr. Nachman Brautbar, an expert witness and author of Principals and Pitfalls of Alcohol Toxicity, "the use of urine alcohol collected postmortem is not practical for forensic purposes."
In such cases it is the Vitreous, the gelatinous mass that fills the space between the lens and the retina, that will provide the clearest, unadulterated picture of what amount of alcoholic liquids, if any, was actually consumed by an individual antemortem.
The eyes have it
The eyes are said to be the windows of the soul, and, even when dead, even when that soul is long gone, eyes can still act like portals to whatever else remains nestled within the dearly departed.
If there are spirits of the alcoholic variety, chemical traces of those toxins will be safely stored for quite some time within the eyes. Enough, in fact, that when adjusting for a reasonable rate of putrefaction, they can give a pretty good idea of how drunk a person was or wasn't at the very moment when death occurred.
Although the eye is obviously subject to decaying processes too, it is basically an enclosed organ system and, as a result, less susceptible to rotted contaminants diffusing or leeching from other parts of the body.
It's also easy to access without requiring a full autopsy; you just take a sample of the Vitreous Humor.
Everything before and after "but" is a lie
When a young man like Matthew Ward uncharacteristically goes missing, anxious parents are first advised by law enforcement that the disappearance is "intentional" and their son "doesn't want to be found yet."
When the term of his absence extends beyond what might be deemed normal or voluntary, then parents are frequently told that the police are "too busy" with cases of greater importance.
When the missing man's body is finally spotted in the nearby waterway days, weeks, or months later, then authorities quietly close the case with a final determination that the deceased had gotten so sloppy drunk on the night he vanished he decided to go for a dip and stupidly drowned as a consequence.
Nevermind if it was too cold for swimming and the water itself frozen or not deep enough, or that the guy wasn't heading there anyway and had even called for help. Cops know their version is still going to seem logical on paper because usually the "drown" victim had been out partying when last observed.
And remember, whether he'd gotten himself intoxicated to the point of staggering really won't matter in the end because, since all corpses decompose eventually, it's virtually guaranteed that a good deal of alcohol will be detectable in his system.
The alcohol concentration level in Walton Matthew Ward's heart was 0.280, and the level in his urine 0.400. High readings in either event, to be sure. But, as investigators fully know, it's only what was in his eyes that counts in this case, and that was a mere 0.132 before adjusting downward for postmortem putrefaction.
A detective from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department begrudgingly furnished the above forensic data to Ward's loved ones, disingenuously adding, "but I don't know what it means."
Well, seriously, it isn't that complex. Simply put, it means that Matthew Ward's BAC at the hour of his death was only slightly over the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle. It means that the tale of him entering the water on his own volition is false. It means the chances he "accidentally drowned" while in an alcoholic stupor are tiny to nil. It means his 911 call was not a mistake and should have been followed up immediately by the dispatcher, as is customary police procedure. It means his parents were right—their son was in danger.
So, there is now only one question left for the IMPD to honestly answer: Since Ward clearly wasn't falling down drunk, and there was indeed "no blunt force trauma" to suggest he'd lost his footing and knocked himself unconscious either, then how on earth did he end up dead in the rocky shallows of the White River?
Eponymous Rox is the author of THE CASE OF THE DROWNING: Investigating the Smiley Face Serial Murder Theory
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NOTE: Matthew Ward's disappearance and 'drowning' in October 2012 was first covered on Crime Magazine in the article Drowning In Neglect. That piece can be found at http://www.crimemagazine.com/drowning-neglect. You can also read an in depth interview with Ward's family which contains all the facts and evidence in his death as well as related photographs at the Killing Killers weblog in the VOICES FOR THE DEAD section. (It's labeled Interview #1)


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I moved to New York in 1981 to get married, and shortly after that I became the editor of Fantasy Empire. My first book came as a result of that, and then I started to write fiction. My first original novel was Uptime, Downtime in 1992, and I've been writing novels ever since.
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