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Acarid, (subclass Acari or Acarida or Acarina), any member of the subgroup of the arthropod class Arachnida that includes the mites and ticks.
General features
Size range and diversity of structure
Some mites are as small as 0.1 mm (0.0039 inch) in length, while the largest ticks are slightly more than 30 mm (1.18 inches) long. Nymphs and adults generally have four pairs of legs, although newly hatched larvae have only three pairs. Members of some families have a dense covering of stiff hairs, or setae, while others are almost nude. Soft-bodied mites and ticks have only a few hardened plates, or shields, but others are strongly sclerotized with numerous hardened plates covering the body. Acarids range in shape from minute, soft-bodied, elongated or circular individuals to large, hard-bodied, spiderlike ones. Some are flattened, but others assume grotesque body shapes as they become engorged with food or filled with eggs.
Distribution and abundance
Mites and ticks are distributed throughout the world in almost every conceivable habitat and frequently occur in large numbers. They are recorded as high as 5,000 metres on the slopes of Mount Everest and as deep as 5,200 metres in the northern Pacific Ocean. More than 50 terrestrial species are known from the Antarctic. A few mites have been found drifting at high altitudes as atmospheric plankton.
Acarids have been found in diverse habitats that include hot springs, caves, harsh deserts, and tundras. Although many of the approximately 50,000 species described are free-living, some are parasites of animals. Some taxonomists have estimated that, if all species were known, the total number of species of mites and ticks would be more than 500,000.
The Acari are an economically important arachnid group. Ticks (order Ixodida) surpass all other arthropods, except mosquitoes, in the number of diseases they transmit to humans. Many mites also are intermediate hosts of diseases transmissible to humans, domesticated animals, and crops. Others are pests as a result of their biting or feeding habits or the damage they cause to food and related products.
Eriophyid and tetranychid mites (suborder Prostigmata) include many plant-feeding species that frequently seriously injure or kill the host plant. Eriophyids are the only phytophagous acarids known to transmit plant viruses.
In the mite order Holothyrida (superorder Parasitiformes), one species of Holothyrus is known to secrete an irritant substance that is toxic to fowl and humans. The house-mouse mite (Liponyssoides sanguineus) transmits rickettsialpox to humans. Widespread species such as the tropical fowl mite (Ornithonyssus bursa), northern fowl mite (O. sylviarum), and chicken mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) also are pests of poultry and humans.
The mange, itch, or scab mites (Astigmata) occur on many different animals including humans. House-dust allergy is caused by species of Dermatophagoides, an extremely common mite.
The beetle mites (Oribatida) are among the most numerous soil arthropods. These mites are important in the development of soil fertility. Some also act as intermediate hosts for important tapeworm parasites of domestic animals.
Lyme disease of humans and some animals is caused by a spirochete transmitted by Ixodes dammini or other related species. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a rickettsial disease that occurs in the United States, is transmitted to humans by the bite of several species of hard ticks (Ixodidae), especially the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the American dog tick (D. variabilis). Relapsing fever, an important bacterial disease throughout the world, is transmitted to humans by certain species of soft ticks (Argasidae) of the genus Ornithodoros. Texas cattle fever is a widespread protozoan disease transmitted by cattle ticks (Boophilus). This disease, no longer prevalent in the United States because the tick has been eliminated, remains important in many tropical and subtropical countries. Various other diseases transmitted to animals by ticks include anaplasmosis, tularemia, Q fever, Colorado tick fever, hemorrhagic fever, and tick-borne encephalitis.
The chiggers (Prostigmata), important pests of humans, also transmit scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease), a rickettsial disease occurring in the Asia-Pacific region.
Natural history
Reproduction and life cycle
The sexes occur separately in acarids; i.e., there are both males and females. Most species lay eggs (oviparity), but in some parasitic ones the eggs hatch within the female, and the young are born alive. Many species also can reproduce by parthenogenesis, i.e., by development of unfertilized eggs.
Sperm may be transferred either directly or in packets called spermatophores. The male spermatozoa may be introduced by the male copulatory structure (aedeagus) directly into the female genital opening or, as in some Astigmata, into a special female copulatory structure called a bursa copulatrix. The males of species that use the latter method may have special copulatory structures (e.g., suckers, spurs, or enlarged legs) for grasping the female. Some males produce a sealed packet containing spermatozoa (spermatophore) that is transferred to the female genital opening, either directly by the mouthparts of the male or indirectly by deposition on a surface, after which the female places it in her genital opening. Eggs begin to develop after fertilization. Although only a few eggs develop simultaneously in many acarids, large numbers develop at the same time in ticks and some mites. Eggs are deposited haphazardly on food material by many plant- and grain-feeding species and are hidden in the soil by predatory soil-inhabiting species. In one predatory mite, Cheyletus eruditus, females brood a small cluster of eggs and will drive other arthropods from them.
The primitive life cycle among species that lay eggs has four active immature stages: hexapod larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and tritonymph. There are many deviations from this primitive type of life cycle, which is found only in the Oribatida and some Prostigmata. The hexapod larva, characterized by three pairs of legs, is common to all families of acarids except Eriophyidae (Prostigmata), whose members have only two pairs of legs in all active stages. Among the Parasitiformes the Mesostigmata lack the tritonymphal stage. The Ixodidae may have only one nymphal stage, while the Argasidae may have as many as eight. Some Prostigmata (Podapolipidae) develop directly from egg to larviform adults, while others have from one to three nymphal stages. Many Astigmata (superorder Acariformes) have a nonfeeding (hypopal) stage between the protonymphal and tritonymphal stages, which frequently occurs during adverse environmental conditions.
The free-living acarids include species from all of the orders and suborders except Ixodida (ticks). The beetle mites (Oribatida) are largely fungal feeders that are extremely numerous in the surface layers of soil. It has been estimated that as many as six million members of one species can occur in one acre of pasture soil.
Some families of free-living mites have specialized styletlike feeding organs (chelicerae), which can pierce plant cells and are used to suck out their contents. Feeding by members of the family Eriophyidae (Prostigmata), for example, causes the formation of galls, dwarfing of shoots, and malformation of fruits and leaves (witches'-broom). The family Tetranychidae (Prostigmata) contains the spider mites, which are foliage feeders. Several species capable of producing silk can spin a light web over plant leaves.
The families Acaridae and Glycyphagidae (Astigmata), pests of stored grain and cereal products, have blunt, toothed chelicerae that enable them to scrape and gouge their food material. Some species of these two families frequently increase to tremendous numbers in foodstuffs, causing "grocers' itch" or "copra itch" in humans. There are many free-living predatory mites that live in soil, humus, other organic matter, or water, and prey on small arthropods, their eggs, and other small invertebrates.
Many free-living mites utilize insects or other arthropods to disperse themselves, a nonparasitic association known as phoresy. Adults of the genus Dinogamasus (Laelapidae), for example, live in a special mite pouch on an abdominal segment of certain carpenter bees.
Parasitic species are known in all acarid groups except Opilioacariformes, Holothyrina, and Oribatida. The majority are external parasites, including those most important to humans and domesticated animals. A few species are internal parasites of animals. One ecological group contains families found only on the skin surface or feathers of the host. Psoroptidae (Astigmata), or scab mites, for example, attack the skin surface of mammals and feed on skin scales. Their continuous abrasion of the skin causes a lesion over which a protective scab eventually forms. A second ecological group contains several families of mites that burrow into skin, hair follicles, or quills of the host and feed on fatty secretions, lymph material, or, occasionally, blood. The families Sarcoptidae (Astigmata) and Psorergatidae (Prostigmata), for example, contain species that burrow just beneath the skin of a mammalian host, causing mange or itch. A third ecological group contains species that pierce the skin and suck up tissue fluid or blood without actually invading the tissues. These species may spend either short or long intervals on the host.
The larvae of Trombiculidae (Prostigmata), the chiggers, parasitize many vertebrates and a few invertebrates and feed on host tissues (chigger nymphs and adults, however, are free-living and predatory). Species of Dermanyssidae, Macronyssidae, and many Laelapidae (Mesostigmata) feed on blood or tissue secretions of mammals, birds, and reptiles. Some species, which spend much of their time off the host and in the nest, frequently are referred to as nest parasites, or nidicolous species. The protonymph of one species of Macronyssidae, found in the mouth of a long-nosed bat, causes destruction of tissues; and a species of Spinturnicidae (Mesostigmata) is found in the anal opening of certain species of cave-dwelling bats. Most members of the tick families Argasidae and Ixodidae (Ixodida) are obligate blood-sucking parasites of vertebrates, while most Argasidae nymphs and adults feed on the host for only a few minutes. Ixodidae in most stages in the life cycle remain attached to the host for several days.
A few families of mites are found in additional parasitic associations with vertebrates. Rhinonyssidae, Entonyssidae, and Halarchnidae (Mesostigmata), for example, are respiratory parasites of birds, snakes, and mammals, respectively. Several families of mites have established a parasitic relationship with invertebrates. Larvae of Trombidiidae and Erythraeidae (Prostigmata) and other families, for example, are parasitic on insects but are free living in later stages. In contrast, in the aquatic family Unionicolidae (Prostigmata), nymphs and adults parasitize mollusks and sponges, and larvae are free-living.
Form and function
External features
The subclass Acari is generally distinguished by the lack of body segmentation, although it is secondarily developed in a few families. This is a characteristic shared only with the spiders among the arachnids. An anterior region called the gnathosoma contains the mouth, specialized feeding appendages (chelicerae), and segmented structures called palps, or pedipalps. The mouth or buccal cavity joins the pharynx internally, and paired salivary glands may discharge into the mouth or in front of its opening. The chelicerae are basically three-segmented pincerlike appendages; however, as a result of the diverse feeding habits of some mites, chelicerae sometimes are modified as piercing organs (stylets). The pedipalps, which may be simple sensory structures or predatory organs modified for grasping or piercing, usually have five free segments: trochanter, femur, genu, tibia, tarsus, and frequently there also is a clawlike apotele (a modified sixth distal segment of the appendage).
Behind the gnathosoma is a large region (idiosoma) that bears the legs, the genital and anal openings, and an assortment of tactile and sensory structures. Respiratory pores (stigmata) and sclerotized shields of various shapes and sizes usually are present. The functions of the idiosoma parallel those of the abdomen, thorax, and portions of the head of insects. Although nymphs and adults commonly have four pairs of legs, some Prostigmata (Eriophyidae, Podapolipidae, Tenuipalpidae) and Astigmata (Evansacaridae, Teinocoptidae) have one to three pairs. Legs have the same basic segmentation as pedipalps plus a basal coxa. However, fusion or division of segments frequently occurs. The tarsus may be terminated either by several sensory hairs (setae) or by a clawlike or suckerlike apotele. The legs, which frequently bear ridges and spurs, always have tactile and sensory setae that follow a fixed pattern in position and number. These leg setae are used in establishing systematic relationships. The first pair of legs usually functions in locomotion but sometimes is modified as a sensory or predatory structure.
The genital opening, usually located on the underside between the legs, frequently is protected by one or more shields or flaps and has two or three pairs of disks. In some Prostigmata (Cloacaridae, Demodicidae, Myobiidae, Ophioptidae, Podapolipidae), however, the male genitalia (aedeagus) is located on the dorsal side. The anal opening, also generally on the underside, is surrounded by a shield in the Mesostigmata and is always closed by a pair of valves. In some Prostigmata (Penthaleidae) and Astigmata (Chirorhynchobiidae, Knemidocoptidae) the anal opening is located on the dorsal side. As in all arthropods, the cuticle of acarids is secreted by an outer cell layer called the epidermis. The cuticle of many acarids absorbs water from the air, enabling them to avoid desiccation.
There are many different types of sensory receptors, most of which are setal. The setae, of many shapes and sizes, may be hollow chemoreceptors or solid, tactile structures. Other specialized setae, known as trichobothria, pseudostigmatic organs, eupathidia, or famuli, occur only in the Acariformes. A sensory pit called Haller's organ contains sensory setae and is found on the tarsal segment of the first pair of legs of all ticks (Ixodida). One to three pairs of eyes are present on the anterior of the idiosoma in Opilioacariformes, a few Astigmata, and many Ixodida and Prostigmata. A single median eye also may be present in some Prostigmata.
Internal features
The digestive system consists of an anterior muscular pharynx, long narrow esophagus, ventriculus (stomach), short intestine, hindgut, and posterior rectal cavity. The ventriculus may have several paired gastric cecae (blind sacs), which function partly as food-storage organs and enable some acarids to go for long periods without feeding. One or two pairs of excretory organs (Malpighian tubules), which may open into the hindgut, absorb waste material from the body cavity and transform it into an organic compound called guanine, which passes into the hindgut, where it is mixed with other waste products, and eventually is excreted from the anal orifice. Some Ixodida and Prostigmata have no connection between the ventriculus and hindgut, and the latter serves as an excretory organ.
The idiosomal body cavity contains various organ systems bathed in hemolymph (arthropod blood). Circulation of blood carrying the products of digestion and excretion may be by movement of muscles or by a "heart" (or vessel), which is present in some orders and suborders. The blood of some soft ticks (Argasidae) differs from that of other acarids biochemically, although it is similar morphologically.
One to four pairs of respiratory stigmata are present in the idiosomal region of all acarid orders and suborders except Astigmata and some Prostigmata and Oribatida, which respire through the cuticle or have other types of respiratory organs. Stigmata open internally into a system of tubes (tracheae) that radiates throughout the body. Tracheae function in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide and help to control water loss in certain species.
A well-developed central nervous system surrounds the esophagus in the idiosoma. A series of nerves radiating from one part of the brain innervates the legs, digestive system, musculature, and genitalia. The mouthparts are innervated by another part of the brain.
The male and female reproductive systems vary in structure and position. The gonads may be paired (primitive condition), united, or multiple (testes in some Prostigmata). There usually are accessory glands associated with the reproductive systems, especially in males.
Four types of pheromones, alarm, assembly, attachment, and sex, have been reported in acarids, with those of ticks (Ixodida) being the best known.
Distinguishing taxonomic features
Features that distinguish the superorders, orders, and suborders of Acari include the presence or absence of stigmata—if present, the type, relative position, and structures associated with the stigmata are important—the position and form of the palpal apotele (modified distal segment of palpus) when present, the type and location of sensory organs, the type of mouthparts, and the presence or absence of eyes.
Annotated classification
The process of evolution in mites and ticks has resulted in a degree of specialization and morphological diversity not found in any other group of arachnids. Acarids, believed to be derived from two lines of descent, have a long, though meagre, fossil history dating from the Devonian Period (about 395 million years ago). The acarids may be separated into two superorders: Parasitiformes and Acariformes (in some classifications the order Opilioacarida is considered a superorder, Opilioacariformes). Representative orders and suborders are included beneath superorders.
- Subclass Acari (Acarina, Acarida; mites and ticks)
- Arachnids usually without visible segmentation; mostly minute in size; larvae usually with 3 pairs of legs, adults usually with 4 pairs; diverse habitats include plants, soil, animals, stored foods, fresh and marine water; parasitic forms may transmit diseases; worldwide distribution; about 50,000 described species.
- Superorder Parasitiformes (mites and ticks)
- Small to large in size; usually heavily sclerotized mites; 1 to 4 pairs of stigmata on posterior portion of body; peritremes, or grooves, present or absent; palpal apotele present or absent; tarsi of 1st pair of legs with sensory organs.
- Order Mesostigmata
- Generally with a number of sclerotized plates; 0.2–2 mm in size; eyes absent; pair of stigmata between coxae of 2nd, 3rd, or 4th pair of legs; usually associated with elongated peritremes; palpal apotele present; tritosternum usually well developed but reduced to absent in some parasitic families; majority free-living in soil or decaying organic matter; many parasites of vertebrates (except amphibians and fishes) and invertebrates; some economically important; cosmopolitan; about 76 families, and 5,050 species.
- Order Holothyrida
- Heavily sclerotized; 2–7 mm in size; eyes absent; pair of coxal glands opening at base of coxae of 1st pair of legs; pair of stigmata behind coxae of 3rd and 4th pair of legs, peritremes present; palpal apotele present; tritosternum absent; terrestrial, under stones and decaying vegetation; recorded from Indo-Pacific region, southeastern United States; carnivorous; of minor economic importance; 3 families and about 13 species.
- Order Ixodida (ticks)
- Largest Acari; adults 2–30 mm in size, eyes present or absent; pair of lateral stigmata enclosed in stigmatal plate (modified peritreme) anterior or behind coxae of 4th pair of legs; palpal apotele and tritosternum absent; sensory organ on tarsus of 1st pair of legs a pit (Haller's organ); mouthparts modified to form hypostome (holdfast organ) with teeth turned backward; active stages mostly external parasites (some nonfeeders), feeding primarily on blood of vertebrates (except fishes); many members economically important as disease carriers; cosmopolitan; 3 families and about 825 species.
- Order Opilioacarida (mites)
- Weakly sclerotized mites superficially resembling members of arachnid subclass Opiliones; 1–2.5 mm in size; body divided into hairy anterior portion bearing 2 or 3 pairs of simple eyes and nude posterior portion with over 200 pores, 4 pairs of stigmata, and 12 secondarily developed segments; terminal palpal apotele a pair of claws; rutellae (hypertrophied setae) present; all coxae of legs movable; 1st 2 pairs of legs with 6 segments, last 2 with divided trochanter, 7 segments; tritosternum paired base divided; terrestrial, under stones and other debris in semiarid habitats; recorded from southwestern United States, Puerto Rico, South America, Central Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean region; carnivorous and possibly omnivorous; of no economic importance; 1 family.
- Superorder Acariformes (mites)
- Small to large in size; generally weakly sclerotized mites (except most Oribatida); palpal apotele and posterior body stigmata absent; anterior portion of body with or without sensory organs that are specialized setae.
- Order Sarcoptiformes
- Globular mites; 0.3–1.5 mm in size; chelicerae frequently pincerlike; without stigmata; legs sometimes terminate in suckers, claws, or some modification thereof; some with hypopus (resting stage) between first and second nymphal stages; about 230 families and more than 15,000 species.
- Suborder Oribatida (oribatid or beetle mites)
- Usually strongly sclerotized and slow moving, 0.2–1.5 mm in size; eyes and stigmata absent; pseudostigmata generally present, palps without claws, 3–5 segments; chelicerae usually chelate; rutella present; tarsi with 1–3 claws; ventrally with various shields; majority terrestrial in forest humus and soil, a few aquatic; feed on algae, fungi, or decaying material; of some economic importance; cosmopolitan; about 145 families and 8,500 species.
- Suborder Astigmata
- Homogeneous group includes mange, itch, or scab mites; weakly sclerotized and slow moving; 0.2–1.5 mm in size; eyes rarely present, stigmata absent; palps single segmented (sometimes with 2 false segments); chelicerae chelate; true claws absent; rodlike sensory setae on tarsus of 1st pair of legs; wide range of terrestrial habitats; parasitic, predatory, or feed on decaying material; some species economically important; cosmopolitan; about 65 families and 6,500 species.
- Order Trombidiformes
- Large group of diverse mites having features that preclude their inclusion in Sarcoptiformes; about 125 families and more than 22,000 species.
- Suborder Prostigmata
- Heterogeneous suborder includes chiggers; 0.1–16 mm in size; weakly sclerotized with few plates; eyes present or absent; stigmata, when present, at or between bases of chelicerae or on anterior portion of body; chelicerae styletlike, chelate (pincerlike), or reduced; diverse in habitat and habits—terrestrial, aquatic, marine, parasitic, predatory, phytophagous; many species economically important; cosmopolitan; about 135 families and 14,100 species.
- Suborder Sphaerolichina
- Globular mites with soft bodies; 1 to 4 pairs of setae; rutella absent; brown, yellow, pinkish red, or white in colour; economic importance unknown.
Critical appraisal
Acarologists are not in total agreement as to the classification of mites and ticks. Much of the disagreement concerns the levels at which taxonomic divisions should be made and the use of ordinal names; consequently, seemingly different classifications are actually more alike than they may initially appear to be. Knowledge of Acari systematics is so incomplete that any classification proposed below the ordinal level is difficult and may quickly become obsolete.
Multiple classifications, including that used above, have been proposed since 1978 for the mites and ticks. The suborders listed above are treated as orders in other classifications, with the choice of ordinal names differing in some cases.Nixon A. Wilson
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Ianev '03 Uses Math Degree for Fast Track to Actuary Statusby Howard W. Hewitt • January 11, 2006 Share:
Bogdan Ianev '03 spends a lot of time explaining what he does. The Wabash College math major and Bulgarian native is an Associate Actuary for Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey.
"I actually do that a lot," he acknowledged, with a laugh. "Nobody knows what the hell an actuary is."
Ianev attended Wabash with an eye on a computer science career but outstanding math skills and a few economics' classes moved him toward business.
"I had a couple of internships in computer science and eventually took a few classes in economics," Ianev said. "I really liked the business aspects of using math on a daily basis as part of the world around us. I decided I wanted to apply it in that context."
But, Bogdan, what do you do?
"You look at probabilities (as an actuary)," Ianev explained. "You look at past experiences. You study how many times before certain events have happened. You see how many people have died within a certain time period or how many people have filed for an x-ray claim. Then based on prior experience, you try to estimate what future costs will be and how much the company can charge its customers. You want to charge them a fair amount and enough so the company is profitable."
Or to simplify even more, Ianev said he tracks probabilities and evaluates risk.
Ianev is not new to taking risks. He left Sofia, Bulgaria to come to America as a high school exchange student. A family in Indianapolis' historic Irvington district would become his host family.
He attended inner-city Tech High School. "The people were friendly, and it was a good experience," he said. "There were some things I took part in at Tech that allowed me to meet some good people."
The tall and personable Ianev made friends quickly, joined the track team, and started to consider staying in the United States for college. Initially, he and his family had planned just the one-year exchange stay.
"My parents really liked the idea of me getting an American education but at the same time they really missed me," he said. "But the college was good; I got a good scholarship and at that point I was really interested in staying over here."
He was well-prepared for his Wabash success despite the fact neither of his parents had ever visited the states. He comes from a family that obviously valued education. Bogdan's father is a gynecologist and his mother and stepfather are cardiologists. He had nine years of English in Bulgaria before stepping foot inside the USA.
Ianev had applied to MIT and was accepted at Rose Hulman. But he attended Honor Scholarship Weekend at Wabash, won a scholarship, and decided he really liked the campus after his visit.
He embraced the Wabash experience and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and earned distinction on his comprehensive exams.
"Bogdan was an outstanding mathematics student, earning the Carscallen Prize in Mathematics," said Associate Professor of Mathematics Peter Thompson. "He was very active in the department. He was not only a tutor but competed in several competitions for us and regularly submitted solutions to the Problem of the Fortnight.
"He was modest, fun, and friendly. He and the other math majors formed a close group."
Thompson's assessment of modesty was proven when Ianev started the series of actuary examinations he recently completed. Ianev took the first exam in November of his junior year and passed the second exam just after graduation. The tests are graded on a 10-point scale. Ianev scored a perfect 10 on the first test, a rarity.
"The exams are difficult," said Thompson, who Ianev gives credit for helping him pass the tests. "The first few exams have tended to have pass rates in the 30-40 percent range."
Ianev started his career with CIGNA in Hartford, Conn., and then moved to Hoboken in the summer of 2005. Prudential bought CIGNA's retirement division giving Ianev the chance to stay in Hartford or move to Hoboken. The Lambda Chi Alpha and Sphinx Club member chose to make the move and loves being just across the Hudson River from New York City.
"It's a blast," he said. "It's so much fun. It's hard to manage your time so you can meet all the people you want to meet and go all the places you want to go."
And he is a young man who knows where he wants to go. Ianev said it's a long career path but he'd love to become a major company's chief financial officer.
Whether he returns to Europe or Bulgaria remains an uncertainty.
"With globalization and companies spreading all over the world, business and industry in Europe is growing," he said. "So whether I'm physically here or not, I most likely will get involved with business back home one way or the other. But, in the short term I see myself staying here."
The decision to come to the USA, and more specifically Wabash College, has given him a great career. "Wabash taught me how to think and be critical," he said. "People argue with each other there all the time and it's a good learning experience. For me college wasn't so much about what I learned, but I learned how to learn so fast. I faced all kinds of subjects I'd never taken before like theatre and psychology. And yet people engage you in class and make it interesting and you learn. Even if you're not interested in the subject you learn how to approach it and become interested and learn about it — that's what makes Wabash special."
Hewitt is Wabash College's Director of New Media/Web Editor.
In photo: At top, Ianev spent a lot of time with Tech High School friends at Ellenberger Park in historic Irvington.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Richfield man is accused of fatally shooting an acquaintance who was allegedly bullying him.
Twenty-one-year-old Jonathan Tadeo Bello-Sanchez was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder. He's accused in the Saturday shooting death of 20-year-old Fernando Leon-Celis inside Bello-Sanchez's home.
The Hennepin County medical examiner says the victim was shot nine times.
Bello-Sanchez maintains he was defending himself from a bully. But the evidence shows the victim appeared to have been repeatedly pistol-whipped before he was shot at close range, including four times from behind.
According to charges, Bello-Sanchez said the two were arguing about money when the shooting occurred.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says the shooting may be gang-related, though he wouldn't specify what gang or who was a member.


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They say all actors want to be rock stars and vice versa. There are a select few who are able to do both, but for the most part, we don't want musicians in our movies and we don't want our movie stars on our stages. That's why the rock star cameo is a fun and harmless little way for our favorite rockers to appear for a short time (sometimes as themselves) and disappear before they can do any real harm to the movie. Many times, the rock star cameo sounds way cooler on paper (Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow's daddy "Pirate,†for example) or just plain fizzles out (Neil Diamond in "Saving Silvermanâ€).
This list is proof that there is a way, however, to have rock star cameos that actually … well … rock. I know I missed some, so please leave comments below! If you have an idea for a Top 10, email me at email@example.com. Click here to see the Top 10 Rock Star Movie Cameos.
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Here are 3 different strategies that I use, choose one based on your risk appetite. This strategy is for those who are new to this game and want to build up their capital slow and steady. The point of this strategy is to minimize risk and wait for the perfect setup on the chart.
Draw your fibo from point 1 to point 2 for a down trend, and vice versa for an uptrend. Your target is In order for the signal to be fully valid, there has to be a retracement to between 50 — Higher the retracement goes, stronger the signal.
In the example above, the retracement happens next to the number 2 in the up left corner. And money management suggestion for this strategy is to take 2 equal bids per day for 20 days. If you lose, start with the last set of bids:.
You should reach around 5k in profits within 20 days, and next month just start over or carry on from where you left. The semi conservative strategy involves trades per day. The rules are the same as for the conservative strategy, only with one exception: We take the trade at Fibonacci projection level as well as Now, for level trades, I would advise not to take the trade with more than 6 minutes to the expiry. Use the same money management as with conservative strategy, but your earnings will increase faster.
Now, the below strategy is a very aggressive one that defines the means of sane trading. This strategy represents the use of price cycles and Fibonacci sequence in fast trading. Trades are not only taken at levels and And Fibonacci levels are drawn for every cycle. This strategy also exploit the full potential of value charts.
Above you learnt what you are hunting, where to find your prey, and how to bag some prey steady and safe. Now, we will go after the BIG 5. Now, change your zigzag indicator parameters to 2,1,1. How many short-term price cycles do you see now? Each of these cycles is a Fibonacci sequence with a high-low-retracement-projection-reverse.
Look at the chart below:. Within each price cycle between 3 points there are on average 3 ITM trade setups during normal volatility trading conditions. This strategy will produce around setups per currency pair per day, so use it wisely, and be very sure to learn it by heart before you jump in full steam. The 3 strategies explained here work for all currency pairs, commodities, stocks and indices.
However, even with the conservative strategy, a trader can produce excellent results if they trade assets, and take 2 high probability trades per asset per day. Click here to read my next and last post in this mini series.
Conservative Long-term Strategy This strategy is for those who are new to this game and want to build up their capital slow and steady. They key here is to be patient until all 3 factors line up. The entry rule is: And your target is trades per day. If you lose, start with the last set of bids: The rules for entry are the same as with the conservative strategy: And remember, You have to stick with the entry rules.
Aggressive Strategy Look at the chart below, how many price cycles do you see? Look at the chart below: Now it gets complicated and wonderful: The Fibonacci is drawn between points 1 and 2 in light blue and marked on value charts the last high and low, 1 and 2 respectively. Now we have the levels and wait for the retracement which can be a wick, or a full candle. Above the retracement area is the white box marked by 3, and the green candle underneath touches that box. The setup is ready when the retracement candle is followed by a red candle in the direction of the trend.
This is marked by the light blue rectangle. So this is our first breakout candle of this specific sequence. This is marked by 3 PUT on the chart above. We enter PUT 10 seconds before the close of this candle because it will be followed by a bearish candle, or bearish candles which will reach level Fibonacci level This trade is represented on the chart by 1 PUT.
The last bearish candle hits Fibonacci level As usual leave comment below if you have any questions. Click here to read my next and last post in this mini series Further reading: Trading Binaries with the Fibonacci Tool.


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Stargate, Doctor Who and the Briggs Family (December 2012 #2)
12 December 2012
Categories: Doctor Who - Main Range, Stargate, Doctor Who - Bonus Releases, Podcast
Nick Briggs attempts to juggle family and work life with mixed success as he introduces Stargate and Doctor Who.Listen
Doctor Who and Stargate in December (November 2012 #3)
20 November 2012
Nick Briggs and Paul Spragg take a few moments prior to their trip to Chicago TARDIS to preview the December releases! And watch trains.Listen
July 2012 #2: Stargate Podcast
13 July 2012
For this week's podcast, we present an opportunity to have a listen to part of the recently released Stargate SG-1 box set!Listen
April 2012 #1: This Month's Releases
6 April 2012
Categories: Stargate, Dark Shadows - Audiobooks, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who - Main Range, Podcast
Happy Easter everyone! While you're unwrapping all the chocolatey goodness you can prise into your face, why not have a listen to the latest Big Finish podcast?Listen
January 2012 #3
26 January 2012
Categories: Stargate, Doctor Who - Main Range, Sherlock Holmes, Podcast
It's the end of January and Nick Briggs returns accompanied for the first time this year by Paul Spragg - with an update on the new Stargate audios.Listen
December 2011 #4: 2012 Preview!
21 December 2011
Categories: Doctor Who - Main Range, Jago & Litefoot, Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles, Iris Wildthyme, Sherlock Holmes, Stargate, Blake's 7 - Audiobooks, General Big Finish News, Podcast
'Jolly Old Saint' Nick Briggs, David Richardson & Paul Spragg are joined for the final podcast of 2011 by John Dorney.Listen
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Gallery: Former Pasadena Mortician Sentenced to Life at Pasadena Superior Court Monday
A former Pasadena mortician was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for plotting to kill a funeral business rival in a decades-old case that initially resulted in an unusual sentence of lifetime probation.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dorothy Shubin imposed the sentence against David Wayne Sconce, 56, finding he had violated his lifetime probation with a federal conviction late last year for having a stolen firearm in Montana.
"It was made clear he could not have a gun for any purpose," said Shubin, who added later, "This is something Mr. Sconce willingly chose to do. "
His convoluted legal saga dates from macabre crimes at his family's Pasadena funeral home that included stealing gold dental fillings from the dead in the 1980s to his sentencing last year for stealing a neighbor's rifle.
Sconce, wearing a blue, jail-issued jumpsuit, showed no reaction when Shubin issued the sentence, but he later shook his head and sat stonefaced. He said a neighbor gave him the rifle and he kept it for a short time because he wanted to protect his pets from wolves.
"I did something I shouldn't have done," Sconce said in court. "I have to take responsibility for what I've done. "
Outside of court, Sconce's lawyer Roger Diamond said his client has more than 10 years that can be credited to his sentence for previous time served for various court dates and believes Sconce could be released within several years.
"He's being practical right now," Diamond said. "He really had no defense. We were basically throwing ourselves on the mercy of the court. The judge chose not to exercise her discretion. "
Deputy District Attorney Thomas Krag said he thinks Sconce won't serve more than 10 years in prison.
Sconce was sentenced in 1989 to a five-year prison term for mutilating corpses, conducting mass cremations at a ceramics kiln and hiring thugs to rough up three competing morticians.
He was later charged with conspiring to hire a hit man to murder a potential buyer of a rival crematory. A judge who dismissed the case said that if prosecutors successfully appealed, Sconce could plead guilty and be placed on lifetime probation.
After a couple rounds of appeals, Sconce ended up pleading guilty to murder conspiracy in 1997 and was placed on lifetime probation, an unusual sentence in California.
When Sconce was hauled back into court in 2002 for an unspecified probation violation, Judge Joseph De Vanon told him, "If you come back before me on a violation of probation, I will sentence you to life in prison. "
Then last year, Sconce was sentenced to five years of probation after trying to sell the stolen rifle at a Montana pawn shop.
Shubin made good on the previous judge's promise after listening to nearly a daylong worth of arguments by both attorneys.
In arguing for the stiffest sentence, Krag said Sconce has received numerous breaks from the judicial system and reinstating probation for Sconce would be like having "Christmas in May. "
"This could not be a more egregious violation of his probation," Krag said of the weapons conviction.


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Top questions you should ask a cloud service provider when you are considering the cloud for your IT services, and how Microsoft Office 365 answers these questions
1. Who owns the data we store in your service? Will you use our data to build advertising products?As a customer of Office 365, you own and control your data. We do not use your data for anything other than providing you with the service that you have subscribed for. As a service provider, we do not scan your email or documents for advertising purposes. For more information, please visit How we use your data in the Office 365 Trust Center.
2. Do you offer privacy controls in your service?Privacy controls are enabled by default for all customers of the service and we allow you to turn off and on privacy impacting features to meet the needs of your organization. We contractually commit to robust privacy and security measures in the data processing terms of your agreement.
3. Do we have visibility into where you store our data in the service?We are transparent about where your data is located. For more information, please visit Where is my data in the Office 365 Trust Center.
4. What is your approach to security and which security features do you offer to protect your service from external attacks?Security is one of the most important design principles and features of Office 365. Our focus on security spans hardware, software, the physical security of our datacenters, policies and controls, and verification by independent auditors.
When it comes to security features, there are broadly two types of categories: 1) built-in security and 2) customer controls. Built-in security represents all the measures that Microsoft takes on behalf of all Office 365 customers to protect your information and run a highly available service. Customer controls are features that enable you to customize Office 365 to meet the specific needs of your organization. You can get details about both types of security features in the Security section of the Office 365 Trust Center.
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8. What kind of commitments do you have with respect to security and privacy?On behalf of Office 365 we are willing to sign with each customer data processing terms, a HIPAA business associate agreement, and EU model clauses. We also comply with standards like ISO 27001, ISO 27018, FISMA, and FedRAMP. For more information, please visit the Independently verified section of the Office 365 Trust Center.
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3. We don't mine or access your data for advertising purposes.
4. We use customer data only to provide the service; we don't otherwise look in your mailbox without your permission.
5. We regularly back up your data.
6. We won't delete all the data in your account at the end of your service term until you have had time to take advantage of the data portability that we offer.
7. We host your customer data in-region.
8. We enforce "hard" passwords to increase security of your data.
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Top 10 compliance areas of Office 365
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2. Data processing terms:We provide customers with additional contractual assurances through our data processing terms regarding Microsoft handling and safeguarding of customer data. By agreeing to these terms, we commit to over 40 specific security commitments collected from regulations worldwide. The robust commitments in our data processing terms are available to customers by default.
3. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)requires U.S. federal agencies to develop, document, and implement controls to secure their information and information systems. Federal Risk and Authorization Program (FedRAMP) is a federal risk management program that provides a standardized approach for assessing and monitoring the security of cloud products and services. The FedRAMP/FISMA FAQ describes how the Office 365 service follows security and privacy processes relating to FedRAMP/FISMA.
4. ISO 27001:ISO 27001 is one of the best security benchmarks available in the world. Many products in Office 365 have been verified to meet the rigorous set of physical, logical, process and management controls defined by ISO 27001:2013. This also includes ISO 27018 Privacy controls in the most recent audit. Inclusion of these new ISO 27018 controls in the ISO assessment will further help Office 365 validate to customers the level of protection Office 365 provides to protect the privacy of customer data.
5. European Union (EU) Model Clauses:The EU Data Protection Directive, a key instrument of EU privacy and human rights law, requires our customers in the EU to legitimize the transfer of personal data outside of the EU. The EU model clauses are recognized as a preferred method for legitimizing the transfer of personal data outside the EU for cloud computing environments. Offering the EU model clauses involves investing and building the operational controls and processes required to meet the exacting requirements of the EU model clauses. Unless a cloud service provider is willing to agree to the EU model clauses, a customer might lack confidence that it can comply with the EU Data Protection Directive's requirements for the transfer of personal data from the EU to jurisdictions that do not provide "adequate protection" for personal data. The EU model clauses FAQ describes the Microsoft regulator-endorsed approach for the EU model clauses.
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Crikey! That's Some Croc!!!
If the size of this crocodile is any indication, these tourists are going to need a bigger boat. An 18-foot, 2-ton monster crocodile was photographed leaping from the water near a tour boat in Australia.
The croc is known locally as Brutus and was enticed by a tour guide offering kangaroo meat on a pole. The reptile is a star attraction among river tours that run through the Adelaide River.
The amazing photo was taken by Katrina Bridgeford, who on a cruise with her family. Look closely, and you'll notice that Brutus is missing a front leg, which was allegedly lost during a shark encounter.


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Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Super Dad Catches Trout With Bare Hands!
If America was Russia this gent would be the new Putin
You sir are a LEGEND
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4 comments:
- Guy Fisher said...
Holy Super Dad! haha, this is great, I need this guy around the next time I'm lost wandering the wilderness.
- 16 July 2013 at 05:56
- Will said...
This guy seems like a really serious guy! Let's see him trap a bear with his hands next! Survivalism Site
- 20 July 2013 at 06:53
- Hippo said...
I reckon he had it stuffed down his shorts before he went in. As in my case, it seemed pretty limp when it came out...
- 25 July 2013 at 12:04
- Skin Lightening Blog said...
What the!!!!
This guy is amazing. Love to see more videos of him if availableAlex
- 27 July 2013 at 00:02
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Hyundai Staging Aggressive Product Launch, Focus on CUVs
Hyundai is on the offensive. The Korean automaker is reportedly planning an aggressive product launch that consists of 12 all-new or redesigned vehicles over the next three years, and although specific product launches haven't been discussed, the automaker appears to have its eye on the crossover segment.
"[The] new products are going to drive good growth, and half of that growth is going to come from an increased presence in the CUV segments," Hyundai CEO David Zuchowski told Automotive News. The Santa Fe and Tucson are currently the only CUVs offered in the lineup, and Hyundai plans on increasing their availability. When Hyundai introduces the next-gen Tucson next year, it plans on ramping up the crossover's production in an effort to reach a sales goal of 90,000 units in the U.S. The Santa Fe will also see an increase in production.
As for new products, Zuchowski recognizes the booming subcompact crossover segment. "Everybody's looking at this B-segment CUV," he said. The upcoming Chevrolet Trax and Honda HR-V are just a couple of the newest entrants, which will compete with the likes of the Nissan Juke when they arrive later this year. That means the Korean automaker could introduce something below the Tucson, which currently starts at $22,325.
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This GLEP was approved on 14-Jun-2004.
To keep inactive GLEPs from lingering in a limbo state, Draft GLEPs that have been inactive for more than 60 days and Accepted GLEPs that have been inactive for over six months should be marked "deferred" due to inactivity (and, presumably, lack of interest).
Right now a number of GLEPs have been in "Draft" status for as much as 11 months, with no obvious activity occurring to either submit the GLEP for approval or to withdraw it as a bad idea. Similarly, although it has not yet really been a problem, Accepted GLEPs also have the potential to linger without any indication that they are moving forward toward being finalized. Having a "timeout" period for GLEPs should spur GLEP authors to remain active in either getting support for or finalizing GLEPs.
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On Monday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NBC will unveil to advertisers its prime-time schedule for the 2013-14 television season. Among the new shows to be announced will be an action thriller set in Washington starring Dermot Mulroney (not to be confused with Dylan McDermott) and Gillian Anderson.
The premise of the show, titled "Crisis," goes like this: There's this bus on a field trip. It's filled with District of Columbia students.
But not just any Washington students -- they're students from Ballard High School, institution of higher learning for the children of "Washington, D.C.'s elite."
And by "Washington, D.C.'s elite," the network means "top-of-their-industry CEOs, international diplomats, political power players and even the president's son."
Yet despite Secret Service protection for POTUS' son, the bus driver decides to take a cruise down a rural road. But not just any rural road. A secluded rural road. Which is just asking for it. And sure enough, the teens of top-of-their-industry CEOs, international diplomats, political power players and POTUS are taken hostage, as are their chaperones.
That, NBC says, ignites a national crisis, with "some of the country's most powerful parents at the mercy of one vengeful mastermind."
What will the country's Most Powerful Parents do to ensure the safe return of their children?
How many factual mistakes will CNN make as it covers this national crisis?
How many Washington Ladies Who Lunch will pester poor NBC and the show creator in hopes of getting characters named for them, and of getting children cast as the elite offspring?
We pity poor Rand Ravich ("Life," "The Astronaut's Wife"), the guy behind this new drama series and whose life is about to become a living hell.
Anyway, NBC assures us that, with nowhere to turn and no one to trust -- really? -- this "unthinkable scenario" grows until it places "an entire nation at risk."
If that one doesn't keep you up at night, NBC has also ordered "Believe," a drama about a little orphan girl named Bo. Since Bo turned 2, she has mastered levitation, telekinesis and the ability to control nature and even predict the future. She's been raised by a small group known as True Believers, who safeguarded her from "harmful outsiders who would use her forces for personal gain."
You know, like the producers of "America's Got Talent."
Anyway, little Bo is now 10, which is old enough that it's not creepy that the True Believers have decided to spring from death row a wrongfully convicted felon (Tate) because he's the only person they see fit to be Bo's full-time protector.
Initially, Tate is reluctant to leave death row, NBC insists. We'd like to learn more about that, but it's going to air on NBC, so there probably won't be enough episodes before it's canceled.
So we're just going to have to take it for granted that Tate witnesses Bo in action, levitating or telekinesis-ing or whatever, and decides he will leave death row and take Bo on the road, traveling from city to city, because it's the only way to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces who are after Bo's power.
Tate and Bo try to fly under the radar, changing forever the lives of everyone they meet in every city they stop. No wonder NBC assures us that it will take a miracle to keep them safe forever.
Did you guess that J.J. Abrams is involved with this one? You're right! Ditto Alfonso Cuaron ("Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban").
Also joining NBC's prime-time slate: "About a Boy," a remake of the 2002 Hugh Grant flick of the same name, which, in turn, was adapted from the 1998 Nick Hornby novel of the same name.
This time, Jon Favreau (of "Iron Man" and "Revolution" fame) is directing, which may or may not be a good thing.
And in this version, the man-child -- played by David Walton -- isn't living work-free, thanks to royalties from a tacky Christmas tune his dad wrote a long time ago. This time, Man-Child has himself written a hit tune and is living off the royalties.
Minnie Driver's got the Toni Collette role from the film, as the wacky and sometimes suicidal vegetarian mom of 11-year-old chick magnet Marcus, played here by Benjamin Stockham, whom you loved in NBC's short-lived sitcom "1600 Penn."
In other news, NBC has renewed its Thursday comedy "Parks and Recreation," because it can't cancel them all. "30 Rock," "The Office" and "Up All Night" have already bit the dust.
Also, "Whitney" has been canceled because, duh.
On the lighter side, having failed to hit a home run last fall with a comedy starring an adorable monkey, NBC will take another stab at ratings hitdom this fall with a comedy featuring an adorable yellow Lab guide dog who is stage-named Elvis.
"The Family Guide" is about a blind, divorced guy who nonetheless chops down trees and teaches his daughter how to drive, which you or I might think unwise but NBC assures us is evidence of his indomitable spirit. Mel, played by J.K. Simmons, used to be married to Joyce, played by Parker Posey, but eventually they grew apart, due to her pipe smoking and mall hopping.
As a divorcee, Joyce is experiencing a second coming of age, which makes her a contemporary of her teenage daughter, Katie, whose clothes Joyce is forever borrowing.
In the center of this maelstrom is 11-year-old Henry, who learns about his parents' pending divorce when Dad shows up with Elvis. No doubt there's some deeper message about wives as guide dogs in there, but we'll think about that tomorrow. Anyway, the show is narrated by an adult Henry, played by Jason Bateman, who is one of the show's exec producers, as is DJ Nash, whose credits include NBC's short-lived "Up All Night" and "Guys With Kids."
Sean Hayes is back as a comedy series star on NBC -- this time playing a divorced gay dad who has a pushy mom, played by Linda Lavin.
In "Sean Saves the World," Sean has a teenage daughter who moves in with him full time, at the same time that his company's new management thinks Sean should put in longer hours at work, putting a damper on his Pinterest-worthy family dinners.
CW won't unveil its 2013-14 prime-time plans to advertisers until Thursday, but it nonetheless has already plowed through its pilots and picked the survivors. They include:
"The 100," the number of juvenile delinquents who are sent back to Earth -- like canaries in a coal mine -- to determine whether the planet can be recolonized 97 years after it was rendered uninhabitable by nuclear war. Cast includes the controversial Isaiah Washington.
"Oxygen," about an alien high-schooler (redundant?) who falls in love with a human girl at school.
"The Tomorrow People," who have solved the world's traffic-congestion crisis and our insane mobile-device bills; they possess the ability to teleport and communicate telepathically. Take that, Verizon!
"Reign," which looks at the sexy side of Mary, Queen of Scots, when she arrived in France as a teen, with her three BFFs in tow as ladies in waiting.
Of course, we already knew about the "Vampire Diaries's" back-door pilot, "The Originals." And, with the pickups of "Nikita" and "The Carrie Diaries," CW has renewed all its current dramas for another season, although it's unclear how many episodes each show will produce.


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For CHCA, lack of numbers shows a lack of respect
The front page of the last issue of the Chestnut Hill Local headlined a report that the Chestnut Hill Community Association is concerned about declining membership, and plans to address the issue.
When organizations start trying to increase membership it is virtually always a sign that the organizations are in trouble. People eagerly and voluntarily join organizations they respect, that they believe are useful and that support them.
Who now respects the CHCA? I and many others resigned because of a concern about being associated with it. Of what use is the CHCA? – the Greene Countrie Towne nature of Chestnut Hill is being lost as residential areas are turned into businesses. The small specialty shops are closed and left vacant, and a massive, unneeded building is planned and approved by the CHCA.
Residents are ill advised to join the CHCA because they would lend support to an organization that has clearly indicated it considers the residents a nuisance. Yes, declining membership is not the concern but rather the CHCA itself.
George Spaeth
Chestnut Hill
Watch those facts
Fortunately, Chestnut Hill had "only" ten homicides in 23 years in comparison to the 9,000 City total. The tragedies for the individuals, families and friends involved though are immense.
Inadvertently, the article, "Chestnut HIll had only 10 homicides in 23 years," Feb. 2, also points out how careful we have to be with statistics potentially related to public policy decision making. The article says the 10 deaths represent 0.0011 percent of the 9,000 total. The actual percentage is one hundred times greater, namely 0.11 percent.
Likely this was just a typo while working with all those pesky zeros and decimal points, but it does point out how important it is to be careful even when working with small numbers.
Bob McAuliffe
Chestnut Hill
'Coping' article lacked perspective
I found the Feb. 2 article, "Coping with separation anxiety while your child is at camp" to be lacking perspective.
Many parents send their children to camp while they go to work. Even so, there can be anxieties about sending a child to camp. In new places, or even familiar ones that change for them as they get older, we have questions: Will they like it? Did we make the right choice? How is it meshing with our family summer schedule?
By not acknowledging the connection between working parents and camps, the article failed to recognize that anxiety over camp is something that all parents can experience no matter what they are doing during the camp day.
I, along with many adults today, had childhood summers that included no camps and lots of playing around the neighborhood with friends. When I did go to camp, it was camp in the woods, not typicalsummer camps my daughter attends now. All that free summer time was important in our childhood development.
The importance of choosing a camp that values free play and promotes child decision making and social skills development should not be underestimated.The author mentions "required" camps for school curriculums. I'm curious to know the author's meaning of "required." Required to pass a grade or to keep up in school the following year? To get ahead, do well on exams, for college applications? I'd like to read an article that addresses perspectives behind parents' and childrens' camp choices.
Though it's a challenging part of parenting, letting go in a healthy way is important for our children. The article made suggestions for what parents can do to feel better about separation anxiety, but didn't expound on why they should.
The article proposes some good ideas for coping with separation while children are at camp, like enrolling in a class, learning a hobby, reading. Helping others is often an excellent cure for feeling down that is not mentioned. I'm not sure about shopping.
If I had a day or week to myself, my first priority would be a household project like cleaning out my closets, basement, maybe redecorating a room. Parents should be encouraged to balance their "free" time between productive work and time to recharge.
A backlog of household projects does not appear to be a concern for the article's author. For parents who don't have a backlog, maybe they could spend the time helping a friend who does.
Carrie Lohrmann
Chestnut Hill


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Author Notes: This recipe came about somewhat by happy accident - a few years ago I had a hankering for a grilled green salsa so I got as far as the tomatillos and chilis and such and good GRAVY it was HOT even for me ... so I had a look around for some cooling agents. In went an avocado - still hot - in went some sour cream, adjusted the seasoning and Viola! Salsa Asada that is now oft requested and good as a dip, on burgers, on other grilled meaty things, you name it - also OK served warm or cold. A note on the chilis - I usually use poblanos but right now it's Hatch chili time down here so this version uses them - but use the chilis you prefer and that meet your Scoville needs! - aargersi —aargersi
Food52 Review: This seriously yummy, simple to prepare salsa reminded me of guacamole (witness the avocado and lime) and salsa verde (thanks to the tomatillos and the chili peppers). But aargersi puts her own spin on it by adding an unusual ingredient—sour cream. Not only does the sour cream tame the chili flavor, but it adds a lovely creamy texture to the dish. Lime and cilantro deliver brightness and a pinch of cumin contributes a deep, earthy flavor. We ate this salsa with chips and topped black bean tostadas with it. It also would be delicious with grilled fish or as a hollandaise substitute for a Mexican eggs Benedict. I also couldn't resist sampling spoonfuls straight from the mixing bowl. The only change I made to this recipe was I used four big chiles instead of six and it still had plenty of mouth-tingling heat. Highly recommended for EP honors. —cookinginvictoria
Serves: one to many depending on sharing abilities and hunger level
hatch chilis (or poblanos, jalapenos, whatever kind you like really)
pound tomatillos
large ripe avocado
cup sour cream
teaspoon cumin
juice from a big juicy lime (or 2 smaller ones)
cup rough chopped cilantro
salt to taste
- Grill (or broil or char over your gas flame) the chilis and the tomatillos on HIGH heat. The chilis should be blackened all over and the tomatillos should have some char but it's not necessary to blacken them completely.
- When the chilis are black wrap them in a tea towel or a paper bag to cool and steam the skins off. The tomatillos need to cool a bit too or you will burn your fingers and say bad words.
- Peel the chilis - the great peeling debate is WATER or NO WATER - I hate to rinse off all of the good charred flavor so I try to peel without water then just rinse the insides to remove the seeds. Rough chop them and toss them in the food processor. Cut the tomatillos into quarters and remove the hard stem / core bit. Into the processor.
- Peel the avocado and chop - into the processor along with a pinch of salt. Lime, cumin, sour cream and cilantro too. Whiz. Taste. Adjust salt. Dig in! Beer is good at this point too ...
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Avocados
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Avocados
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chili Pepper Recipe
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- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dip
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The Warwick West Side 12-year-old all-star softball team has made a habit of falling behind late in games this summer.
But it's also made a habit of coming back.
West Side followed its familiar script again on Sunday night in the first game of the state tournament. Playing host team Elmwood – the District 1 champion – West Side rallied to tie the score in the bottom of the sixth, then walked-off in the seventh when Ashley Ferreira came home on a single by Kristiana Altieri for a 2-1 victory.
It was the second straight extra-inning, walk-off win for West Side, which captured the District 3 title last week by coming from five runs down in the bottom of the sixth before winning in the seventh.
West Side is now 4-0 on the summer, and has trailed in the sixth inning in three of those wins.
On Sunday, it was just business as usual.
"It's unbelievable," West Side manager Billy King said. "The girls never give up. They believe. We told them in the third or fourth inning and we were down 1-0, 'Girls, down 1-0 for us is like winning.' We're used to coming back, so it wasn't a big deal."
West Side got a dominant effort from pitcher Gabby Scalzo, who struck out 12 Elmwood hitters and surrendered just two hits. Her only blemish of the night came in the fourth, when Geicy Pena hit a line drive off of Scalzo's glove, scoring Cameille Keith.
That gave Elmwood a 1-0 lead, and with its pitcher Khadijah Antoine putting up zeros, that one run looked like it might be enough.
Antoine stranded a runner in the first and third, and she got out of a two-on, two-out jam in the fifth. Up until the sixth inning, she had not allowed a hit.
"We made a lot of contact today, but we hit a lot of balls right at them," King said. "We call them 'atta-balls.' Everything we hit, we hit right at them."
In that sixth, though, West Side found a way. With one out, Jerriann Evans singled up the middle for West Side's first hit of the afternoon.
With Katrina Kazen at the plate, Evans stole second outright on the first pitch, then took off for third on the second pitch. The throw from Elmwood catcher Joangely Mata was wide of the base and it got away on the infield, allowing Evans to come home with the tying run.
"We've practiced that since we started – be very aggressive on the basepaths," King said. "If we're aggressive on the basepaths, it puts a lot of pressure on the defense. They have to execute perfectly."
That sent the game to extras, and Elmwood got the top half started with an infield single from Destiny DeJesus. Antoine stepped in and hit a looping pop up over third base that looked like it was going to fall in, but Evans, the shortstop, made a lunging play ranging to her right for a crucial out.
Scalzo then retired the next two batters in order, sending the game to the bottom of the seventh still tied at one.
"They had a runner on first, and if that ball drops, that runner is on second if not third with the way that ball was spinning," King said of Evans' play. "That could have been big trouble for us. Jeriann made an unbelievable play. That's why she's our shortstop, because she's the only one who can make that play."
Antoine retired the first two West Side batters in the seventh before Ferreira worked a walk. She stole second on the first pitch to Altieri to get in scoring position, and Altieri made it count.
She laced an 0-1 pitch into right center. Elmwood fielded it well and had a shot at Ferreira at the plate, but the throw was off line and Ferreira came home with the winning run.
"In the seventh inning we had two outs and no one on and we were able to scratch together a run to win the game," King said. "That's just the way they feel. Anyone in this order can get on base and hit the ball. It makes it really fun to coach them."
The win put West Side two wins away from a state title. It was scheduled to be back in action on Monday night against the winner of Sunday's game between Portsmouth and Cumberland National, with the results unavailable at press time.
If West Side were to win that game, it would be in the title game this Thursday at 6 p.m. A loss would send West Side into the loser's bracket, where it would play Wednesday at 6 p.m. All the games are at Elmwood Little League's J.T. Owens Field.
West Side will just try to keep winning.
"That's the way they feel. In the dugout, in between innings, whether we're down 1-0 or 5-0 they just say, 'It's no big deal, we've done this before,'" King said. "That's the way it was today."


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MARION COUNTY, Fla. - Two men were arrested on Tuesday after Marion County deputies say they were illegally operating a radio station.
Deputies arrested Juan Nieves and Luis Galindo after discovering a radio tower mounted behind a single-wide mobile home in Summerfield.
Nieves admitted to authorities that he was the owner of the station, which had been in operation for the past year. He also admitted that he had no license but he was aware it was required to run a radio station, according to the report.
Galindo told authorities he worked as a broadcaster for the station and that he took in the money for advertising.
Both men were arrested and placed in jail.
Federal Communication Commission authorities were alerted to the unlicensed station by a Clear Channel Inc. engineer. Clear Channel Inc. owns 700 radio stations across the nation.
According to the report, the station was operating on 97.7 FM with DJs talking, playing Mexican music and advertising Hispanic businesses in the Marion County area.
Unlicensed stations are illegal because they can interfere with other stations, as well as with any aircraft flying in the area of the tower said Kimberly Silva, a FCC agent.
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It was quite a Friday night for Lindsay Lohan. TMZ cameras caught the actress partying it up 'til the wee hours of the morning (3:30 AM to be exact) at hotspot Les Deux. A source inside the club tells TMZ that she was there "pretty late" after closing (ya think?) and stayed in the exclusive back room. Lohan then left with her ever-trusted buddy Jaz at the wheel.
Cops say they arrested her at Century City Hospital where she had been taken by friends after the accident. They're waiting for results of blood tests to determine just what substances she had in her system. One thing the cops do know ... more charges could be filed in this case.
Poor Linds. She's in a heap of trouble. Fleeing the scene of an accident, coke allegedly found in her car and a possible DUI -- and she's under 21 to boot.
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Airmail Flies Into Sparrow's Email Space
Jun 18, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Airmail by Bloop S.R.L. is available in the Mac App Store for US$1.99.
Two schools of thought have begun to emerge about email. One says the technology has passed its prime and needs to be replaced by some kind of social networking technology along the lines of Facebook. The other maintains that email can be saved by better software, like Airmail.
Airmail is being compared to Sparrow, a popular email client that became too popular for its own survival. Google bought it and absorbed it into Searchzilla's digestive system.
Airmail is being compared to Sparrow because it has a clean and simple interface that belies the power of the program.
True, the software is a work in progress, but the work that's been done so far is laudable.
Client Without POP
One immediate problem with Airmail is its lack of support for POP3 email services and Microsoft ActiveSync. If your primary email account is Gmail or Yahoo Mail, or an IMAP service like Google Apps, you'll love Airmail. If you're using Outlook.com or Verizon FiOS, you'll find the program wanting.
There are workarounds for that deficiency. For instance, you can forward all your email from a POP3 service to a Gmail account. Workarounds, though, aren't what a program that's promising simplicity should be forcing on some of its users.
However, Airmail's developers at Bloop recognize that the absence of POP3 and ActiveSync support may be giving some prospective users pause, and they are working on adding those services to it.
While I eventually warmed up to Airmail, I almost threw in the towel when I tried to get it up and running, but that was no fault of the software, as I came to realize.
When I tried to set up my Gmail account in Airmail, I kept getting login errors. After going through the exercise of manually configuring the account and still meeting with failure, it occurred to me that Google's two-factor authentication might be interfering with the connection.
Google 2FA -- which sends a code to your cellphone when your Google account is accessed from an unfamiliar source -- blocks apps from accessing your account with your Google password. For those apps, you have to create an app-specific password to tap into your Google account.
The process is a pain in the cheeks. What's worse, there are no error messages telling you that you need to create a password for an app. It's a classic case of forcing users to choose between security and convenience and when that happens, convenience usually wins.
Once that hurdle was vaulted, all of Airmail's installation pieces fell into place nicely. Gmail configured itself, as did Yahoo Mail and my ECT Google Apps account.
4 Column Design
Airwave is organized on a four-column layout. If that's too unwieldy for you, you can hide any column you'd prefer not to look at.
All your accounts are identified in a thin column at the left edge of the interface. Each account is assigned a picture, and a badge appears on each telling you how many unread messages you have in the account.
At the top of the account strip is the Airmail logo. Clicking it will show you all the mail in all the in-boxes in all your accounts.
Folders and labels for your accounts are displayed in the second column. They're color-coded and can be customized.
One problem with lists of folders and labels is that you tend to keep adding to them. As you do, it becomes more difficult to display what you want when you want it.
Airmail addresses that hassle by placing a search field above your accounts. As you type a search term, the software will dynamically display folders and labels that match it.
Quick Header Search
Below the accounts section in the column, there are some default filters that the developers thought would be useful. For example, they let you view all the messages you received today or all the mail in all your accounts.
They also permit you to view "muted" conversations. Muting can be useful for tightening up on which conversations you want to appear in your in-box. It will hide a conversation from sight. Once it's out of sight, though, it can also end up being out of mind, so a filter that lets you view muted conversations can be very useful.
In the third column, you can see headers for the messages in your accounts.
You can filter what appears in the header column by choosing a folder or label in the accounts column or by searching the column with the search tool at the top of it.
As with folder and label search, items will appear dynamically in the header column as you type your search term.
In addition, there are buttons below the search tool that let you quickly refine your query. The buttons will darken depending on where the messages that match your search term can be found.
Click on "subject" and all the messages containing your search term in the subject line will appear. The same can be done for "body," "name" and "attachments."
Almost an Alternative to Apple Mail
The final and largest column in the layout shows the content of a message.
There are also some tools for acting on the message. There's a "quick reply" tool, as well as reply, forward and trash tools.
What's more, there's a pull-down menu for performing tasks like marking up messages as unread, spam, important and starred; archiving messages; and moving them to other folders or accounts.
Airmail supports some features you'd expect from an OS X app -- integration with the notification center and address book (it will import your Gmail contacts into your Mac), support of full-screen display and dictation.
It also allows you to drag and drop attachments into messages, display images inline in your emails, and stash attachments in DropBox.
Organizing email workflow in AirMail is much easier than in Apple's native email app. Its interface and design is smoother to use, too. If only it supported all email account types, it would be a viable alternative to the Apple app.
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LOS ANGELES — The Latest on Omarosa Manigault Newman on "Celebrity Big Brother" (all times local):
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Former reality TV star and White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman says she would never again vote for President Donald Trump.
Manigault Newman made the remark Thursday on "Celebrity Big Brother."
Manigault Newman was an assistant to the president until she left in December. She is now one of 11 cast members for the reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother."
The actress met Trump as a contestant on his TV show "The Apprentice," which aired in 2004.
Her support of Trump was challenged by another Big Brother contestant, Keshia Knight Pulliam.
Manigault Newman compared her loyalty to the president to that of Knight Pulliam for Bill Cosby.
Previously, Knight Pulliam has said accusations of sexual abuse against Cosby don't reflect the man she worked with as a child actress on "The Cosby Show."
Knight Pulliam rejected the parallel.
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Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman says the country is not going to be OK.
A tearful Manigault Newman makes the whispered prediction on "Celebrity Big Brother."
The show shared a clip on Twitter. It premieres at 8 p.m. Eastern Thursday on CBS.
Manigault Newman says she was "haunted by tweets" every day and wondered what President Donald Trump was going to tweet next. She says people around Trump "attacked" her when she tried to stop him.
Fellow contestant Ross Mathews says he wants her to say it's going to be OK. She says tearfully "it's going to not be OK."
Manigault Newman was an assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison until she left in December.
This story has been changed to correct the spelling of Ross Mathews' last name in the first item.
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