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Last May, on a hot mid-summer day, I remember standing with some Greenpeace activists in orang-utan suits outside KFC outlets in Connaught place, Delhi. Our demand to KFC and their parent company YUM was "stop buying packaging material from Asia Pulp &Paper (APP) and clean up their supply chain to end deforestation for paper and palm oil, in Indonesia".
Indonesia's rainforests are a vital habitat for endangered species including the Sumatran tiger and home to thousands of forest communities. The Indonesian government has identified the pulp and paper sector as a lead driver of deforestation in Indonesia, along with the palm oil sector.
Last week, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the paper giants in the world committed to a "Forest Conservation Policy" to end deforestation. It wasn't an easy task, it took years of campaigning, building pressure through millions of people all over the world, Indonesian and international NGOs challenging APP's role in large-scale rainforest clearance, which includes loss of vital wildlife habitat and areas claimed local community.
The campaign saw many global brands suspending contracts with APP and adopting policies ensuring "no deforestation" from their supply chains after a wave of public pressure inspired by Greenpeace. Over 100 companies have taken action, including Adidas, Kraft, Mattel, Hasbro, Nestlé, Carrefour, Staples and Unilever.
Similar public pressure and contract cancellations by many companies moved APP's sister company and the palm oil giant Golden Agri Resources (GAR) to start implementing "strong no deforestation" commitments in early 2011. Since then they started getting back their lost customers and rebuilt their own damaged reputation.
As the demand for palm oil and paper increases, substantial tracts of tropical forests are often cleared to make room for large plantations. Emerging market nations like India and China alone constitute for 34% of global imports of palm oil.
So what are Indian corporates doing about this issue?
India is the world's largest importer of palm oil and most of this comes from Indonesia. With the opportunity to demand cleaner supplies from Indonesian suppliers and to show true leadership, Indian companies like Ruchi Soya, Adani Wilmar, Godrej Industries, Britannia, Parle and many others who are users of Indonesian palm oil in their products have so far been talking only in the air and continue their narrow pursuit of profit while risking their reputation.
Yes, If APP keeps up its commitments; it would mean a great deal in changing the course of deforestation but there is a long way to go to end deforestation in Indonesia. There are many players who are still continuing business as usual. They all need to push for zero deforestation in order to give the Sumartan tiger, the orangutans, the elephants, the rhinos and millions of communities a chance.
Nandikesh is a forest campaigner with Greenpeace India
Follow @greenpeaceindia


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Every now and then there is a game that I come across that is so addicting I just cant stop playing. Crazy Survival, by TechSoft Venture is one of those games. I was first introduced to Crazy Survival by a friend, and he assured me that I would enjoy the enjoy the game. I hesitated at first because, it been a while since I have played a good game on my BlackBerry. However, I was glad that I decided to download this game.
At first glance Crazy Survival isn't one of those games that are especially appealing to the eyes. Its strictly one dimensional and at times feels like viewing a old school flip book. So its not graphically stunning like some other games out there. The big hit with this game is the concept behind it.
Controls on BlackBerry games often get clunky and confusing. With this game its pretty easy you simply move right or left. Touch screen devices have it really easy, because all you have to do is touch the screen in the direction you want to go. Yep, its really that easy. If you have a non touch screen device you may assign keys for movement. So with this game navigation is not a problem.
So what makes this game so addicting? The game play. This like the navigation is so easy so even non gamers can quickly grasp the movement within the game. The object of the game is to avoid getting hit by the balls being dropped from the left of the screen. You start off with ten lives and every time you get hit with a ball you lose a life. Sounds easy enough with ten lives right? Wrong, after a while you get bombarded with balls, and you can quickly see how those lives go "poof", in seconds.
Simple concept, easy movement, and hours of fun make this my game of the week. The game is available in two version free and premium. The free version is ad supported, and I believe the premium has no adds. You can download it here:
Free Crazy Survival FREE - Download Crazy Survival FREE - Free Games from BlackBerry App World
Here is how I graded it based on a 5 star rating system with 5 being the best.
Fun Factor
Game Control
My highest score is 65. Can you beat that? Post your scores or screen shot of your high score below.


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Q&A: How State Farm Continues To Drive Its Game Plan With Rodgers, Paul, Sports
By Barry Janoff
February 26, 2013: Two of State Farm's best agents knew nothing about selling insurance until being hired by the Bloomington, Ill.-based firm.
Still, that hasn't prevented Aaron Rodgers, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and MVP in Super Bowl XLV, from learning the intricacies of "Discount Double-Check." Nor has it stopped Chris Paul, All-Star point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers, from becoming so fanatic about assisting people that he enlisted the services of his "twin brother" Cliff to help.
Rodgers and Paul are not about to trade throwing passes and scoring points for a job explaining deductibles, comprehensive coverage, liability and personal injury protection. But they are currently at the forefront of marketing for State Farm, appearing in multi-media campaigns — Rodgers in "Discount Double-Check" and Paul in "Born to Assist," from DDB Chicago and Translation, NY, respectively — and also making personal appearances to help bring the humdrum yet complex category of insurance to a more accessible place.
Thanks to State Farm and Rodgers, the previously nondescript term, "Discount Double-Check," became one of the catchiest phrases of 2012. In a series of ads, Rodgers is upstaged by either his Packers teammates, including Clay Matthews and B.J. Raji, or kids during a school Career Day. And in every spot, he is mocked by someone decked out in a Green Bay cheese head, who yell at him, "Hey, Rodgers! Discount Double-Check!"
"Discount Double-Check" was also used in a baseball-themed spot that broke during the 2012 MLB All-Star festivities — which included the State Farm Home Run Derby — starring Kerry Wood and Andre Dawson and filmed at Wrigley Field. Between 2007-2012, State Farm and MLB donated millions of dollars to the Boys & Girls Club of America based on Home Run Derby performances. State Farm last year ended its official alliance with MLB (although it does have on-going team alliances) and will not be back as presenting sponsor for the Home Run Derby during the 2013 All-Star Game in New York's Citi Field this July.
The Paul-led campaign has given new meaning to "separated at birth," with both Chris and Cliff ultimately "born to assist." State Farm oversaw a giveaway of Cliff Paul mustaches and glasses during a Clippers game at Los Angeles' Staples Center, and broke a spot during the recent NBA All-Star weekend — which included All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm — in which Cliff Paul assists TNT hoops analysts Reggie Miller and Kenny Smith. Perhaps not by coincidence, Chris Paul was named MVP of the 2013 All-Star Game.
The Rodgers and Paul spots are running concurrent with such other State Farm marketing themes as "Jingle" (people sing the company theme to summon their agent) and "Fan Cam" (a State Farm agent and client do synchronized dancing during a game). Paul is also following in the footsteps of NBA star LeBron James, who appeared in State Farm ads for several years.
In addition to being an official partner for the NBA, State Farm's sports-related sponsorships include College GameDay Covered by State Farm on ESPN; a new iPad app, "NBA Game Time presented by State Farm," which accesses stats, video, scoring and game updates; naming rights to State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, which hosts the Central Hockey League's Killer Bees and the NBA D-League's Vipers; the State Farm Neighborhood Assist with the NBA; and 26 Seconds BMore, which works with athletes and educators to help prevent kids from dropping out of high school.
NYSportsJournalism.com spoke with Tim Van Hoof, assistant vice president of marketing communications for State Farm (and self-professed fan of the Green Bay Packers), about the impact of sports marketing on the company how that translates to the customers and communities in State Farm's reach.
NYSportsJournalism.com: What are the challenges you face in conveying what insurance is all about but using sports, entertainment and humor to do it?
Tim Van Hoof: That's a great question and something that we think a lot about. Insurance is something that people needed to have, that they have to have. But it is something that people really don't want to think about. It is a complex category. Very highly regulated by the government. Not something that people want to discuss or embrace. On the other hand, when you connect it to something like entertainment and sports, and add a little more excitement to the conversation, it is something that people will want to talk about. The challenge is to have an on-going, interesting presence that balances the entertainment and sports angles without making light of the subject.
NYSJ: If you look at others in the insurance category, the use of sports and entertainment is prevalent. So how do you differentiate the State Farm message from the competition?
TVH: If you look at the insurance category as a whole, the lines of insurance vary. With a lot of the competition, their messages tend to go far, far away from the product. It becomes something unrelated, not just from a brand level but also from a product level. But when we focus on auto insurance and have Aaron Rodgers talk about our 'Discount Double-Check, it is important to bring that back to how State Farm agents work to save customers money. The sports and entertainment side of it is important, whether it's using Aaron or, in our newest ads, Chris Paul to get the message out, or if we bring the message right into stadiums or arenas with sponsorship deals. But it always has to focus on the way State Farm agents are working for you.
NYSJ: Was State Farm surprised at how 'Discount Double-Check' became a catch phrase, even among people who are not customers, and was being mimicked by athletes who are not company endorsers?
TVH: [Laughs.] Even though that was a very strategic move, it also was, in part, a very happy accident. When we spoke with our agents about important messages they wanted to convey through advertising, our "Discount Double-Check" policy was cited [most often]. Basically, it refers to the fact that we double-check all policies to look for discounts we can provide to our customers, possibly if they are safe drivers, for example, of if they have home and auto policies with us. But we needed a way to convey that message in a way that would resonate with people. When we put Aaron Rodgers in [TV commercials], we were able to play off of his 'touchdown dance,' where he mimics putting on a championship belt after his team scores a touchdown, and turn that into the 'Discount Double-Check' move.
NYSJ: How did the alliance with Rodgers come about?
TVH: It is very important to us to work with athletes who we felt truly represented the brand. We're a fairly conservative brand, so we're very careful who we partner with. [In 2011], when we were looking to develop new creative, we already were in touch with Rodgers' agent. We loved how Aaron handled himself and how he was a leader on the Green Bay Packers. But we also knew that he is a bit of a prankster who doesn't mind poking fun at himself. We are a brand that is known for quality, but there also concerns from consumers about getting competitive rates. So when the creative discussions moved toward Discount Double-Check and how State Farm works hard to save money for our customers, it was almost like catching lightning in a bottle to marry Rodgers' touchdown dance move to a Discount Double-Check move.
"Whether it's using Aaron Rodgers or Chris Paul to get the message out, it always has to focus on the way State Farm agents are working for you."
NYSJ: Have you seen the marketing campaigns with Rodgers translate to an increase in brand awareness and an increase in State Farm policy purchases?
TVH: We don't have specific metrics tying Rodgers to an increase in State Farm policies. I can say that the volume of calls and the number of people requesting Discount Double-Check [information] are up significantly. And we have seen metrics that show our brand affinity and 'likability' have risen since the Rodgers and, more recently, the Chris Paul commercials have been airing. The commercials with Rodgers have been viewed more than three millions times at our YouTube page. And the first commercial with Chris Paul has been viewed nearly 700,000 times [since December].
NYSJ: The campaign with Paul seems to have spawned its own marketing cottage industry, with people wearing the glasses and mustache from 'twin' Cliff Paul. Was that, like the 'Discount Double-Check' situation, a happy accident?
TVH: It's interesting how that has happened. For us, it was a natural progression from discount double-check with Aaron Rodgers. When we were working with our agency, Translation, on this campaign, what we said was, 'How do we best convey the attributes of our brands, which is service and assisting people?' People in generally do not understand the intricacies of deductibles or the differences between collision and comprehensive coverage. That's what our agents and their teams are there for. So then we asked, 'How can be bring this to light ?' And because we also wanted to support our partnership with the NBA. we asked, 'How can we present this in an NBA environment?' The term 'assist' almost immediately came up, because it was such a key word in the NBA and for State Farm. So they came back to us with the idea of looking at the NBA's assist leaders, which brought us to Chris Paul. And that led to the 'Born to Assist' theme, separated at birth and on and on.
NYSJ: Chris Paul seems ready, willing and able to bring the Cliff Paul to life. Are you finding that people, like Rodgers, were generally unaware of his low-key comedic side?
TVH: When you find the right talent that makes sense from the company, the creative and the athlete sides, you tend go with it. I don't know everything about Chris Paul, but what he seems to be about as a person, and what he seems to be about on the court, really speaks to the message we are trying to convey. We asked him to be part of the creative discussions, and he was all about it. He came to the table with ideas and creative energy. We recently handed out Cliff Paul glasses and mustaches at a Los Angeles Clippers game in Staples Center, and [teammate] Blake Griffin wore them and [Clippers fan and actor/director] Billy Crystal wore them. And [Chris] was really supportive of that. We even have had people in the [corporate] office wearing Cliff Paul glasses and mustaches, so we are having fun with it.
NYSJ: During the NBA's All-Star weekend in February in New Orleans, there were some Cliff Paul sightings and a new TV spot with Cliff Paul and some of the analysts from TNT? How did that come about?
TVH: Chris was voted to the All-Star team, so he asked us if he could appeared [at events] dressed like Cilff. We even set up a shoot where Chris Paul interviewd Cliff Paul. (See it here.)He was totally into it. He wanted to bring Cliff to life. I would have to tell you that he pulled it off because the people who man our call centers and our agent offices were getting people asking if they could speak with Cliff Paul. And we spoke with the folks at TNT and the NBA about filming t a new commercial to have Cliff Paul work with Reggie Miller and Kenny Smith. It was a great collaborative concept, and it really blew up on Twitter and other social media.
NYSJ: State Farm is connected to college basketball and had a long relationship with MLB, in particular with the State Farm Home Run Derby, which has since ended. How important have those assets become?
TVH: That goes back to the original question about balancing sports and entertainment with the value messages of what State Farm is all about. We do a lot of creative testing, a lot of in-market testing. We monitor social media and feedback from the business community and business media. So when we get people talking about Aaron Rodgers or Chris Paul and saying they love the concept, or talking about College GameDay presented by State Farm, that helps us to make decisions about where or where not to direct our energy and finances.
NYSJ: Given all of this, are you finding that people are associating the creative with State Farm, or are they saying, 'I love the Rodgers, Chris Paul and Andre Dawson spots, but I don't remember the name of the company'?
TVH: That is something we are always are concerned about and well-aware of. It's a challenge. Whenever you use a celebrity or talent, you run the risk of being over-shadowed by them. And especially when there are other insurance companies that also use humor and celebrities to try to get their messages across. But the metrics we have gotten regarding Aaron Rodgers and brand awareness have been very good. And even though the Chris Paul campaign has been out only since Christmas, the early numbers we have seen on that also show that brand awareness is strong. With Rodgers, the numbers actually started out okay, but then built over time. I see the same thing happening as more people get to know Cliff Paul. We had Rodgers at an event for a group of State Farm agents recently, and he told us that the No. 1 thing that people ask him about is 'Discount Double-Check.'
NYSJ: Did he seem annoyed by that?
TVH: We truly believe that his association with us has helped to elevate his status as a pitchman. And he gets that. These guys do amazing things in their sport, but you wonder if they get irritated when people are calling out 'Hey, Rodgers,' 'Discount Double-Check' or 'Hey Cliff.' But these guys have embraced it. And, from our perspective, they have become associated with State Farm for all the right reasons. Whenever Aaron Rodgers shows up at an event, there is a connection between him and State Farm. Now, the goal is to continue the energy and the conversation for both Rodgers and Paul, and to make that connection even more in the eye of consumers. A big part of that has been social media, and I think we have been doing a good job of that with Chris Paul, even more so than with Aaron Rodgers and 'Discount Double-Check.'
"If people don't engage with the brand, buy from the brand, stay longer with the brand, then it's all been a lot of fun, but we've probably been wasting our money."
NYSJ: How important will Aaron Rodgers, Chris Paul and other sports marketing alliances be in 2013?
TVH: Let me put it this way: The entertainment has been great, and the positive side of working with Aaron Rodgers and Chris Paul has been strong. But I want to make sure that we look at it from a 360-degree standpoint. We also want to support our other efforts, such as the State Farm Neighborhood Assist with the NBA, where we provide grants to help improve communities; and the 26 Seconds BMore effort, in which we are working to decrease the number of kids who drop out of high school and increase the graduation rate. So there is the entertainment aspect in which we promote the concept of assisting, but there are also are efforts in which we assist that are not as glamorous and high-profile but have a strong impact.
NYSJ: What will be key to State Farm's marketing strategies?
TVH: We will continue to be diligent about driving the conversation and having some fun, but always coming back to moving the metrics in the right direction and understanding what the brand stands for with people. And with social media, it's all about having conversations and pushing the brand forward and creating more awareness and brand recognition. Ultimately, as much fun and as entertaining as it is to work with Aaron Rodgers and Chris Paul, its about the brand. If people don't get closer to the brand, engage with the brand, buy from the brand or stay longer with the brand, then it's all been a lot of fun, but we've probably been wasting our money.
State Farm Has Double-Vision With Chris/Cliff Paul
Hey (Aaron) Rodgers Returns For State Farm


text: The Science Olympiad Team from Stephen Decatur Middle School recently competed at Salisbury University with middle schools from all over the Eastern Shore. The team competed in 15 different events for a total of 18 medals. Pictured, back from left, are Ian Waggoner, Parker Williams, Lucia Vicidomini and Annabell Midley; middle, Coach Michelle DeCicco, Camisha Justice, Sha'Tyria Thomas, Carina George, Ashley de Sampaio Ferraz, Lexie Holloway, Darrien Ross and Assistant Coach Brittany Marshall; and, front, Mary Jenkins, Kutter Aaron and Peyton Dunham.


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Marigolds are the flower used to decorate for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Latin America. The Marigold is also a popular flower in bloom in gardens in the United States during Autumn.
I decided I wanted to make some, but all crafts for making flowers involved tissue paper, which I never seem to have on hand. What I do have an abundance of is colored construction paper, so I set to work to figure it out. After a few false starts, I finally came up with this method. The result is so nice that I wanted to share it with you so you can make Marigolds with your niños.
Paper Marigolds
(caléndulas de papel)
What you need:
• construction paper (preferably orange colored)
• scissors
• a drinking glass
• a pencil
• a stapler
Use a drinking glass to draw 3 circles on a piece of orange construction paper.
Cut out all 3 circles. (It doesn't have to be perfect.)
Hold all 3 circles together and fold in half, (so it looks like a little taco.)
Fold in half again. (Now it should be more of a cone shape.)
Place one staple in the pointy end to hold it together.
Cut slits, evenly spaced, into the rounded side. (You will want to cut a little deeper than what you see in the photo.)
Pinch your flower open. Use your fingers to pull the layers apart from each other and shape the petals.


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So, today, instead of a pack-rat post, I want to write a little bit about … well, writing. Specifically, yesterday's writing, as a bit of a window into my skull. You see, somebody asked whether I just whip these verses out, or whether I have some of them tucked away somewhere, to pull out for a particular comment—so I thought I'd use yesterday as the example.
None of Yesterday's verses were planned out in advance. You may recall, I am only just recently back off a hiatus, and I am sort of stretching my writing muscles a bit, not sure of my steps just yet, not quite re-accustomed to this sort of writing. (When I first stopped, I had a bit of a withdrawal period. I could not read the news without hearing a potential verse, but I knew I had to have other priorities. I could not allow myself even to write down the ideas, because I knew myself; I knew that writing down the ideas would never be enough. Best to nip it in the bud.)
I have been looking for topics to write about. Sometimes this is easy, and sometimes it is chore. I have a few topics I really want to write about, but I need either A) a really good idea for a verse, or B) a lot of free time to crank one out the hard way. I usually (but not always) prefer the former. So yesterday (Saturday) found me reading the newspapers (at the table and online), checking out news sites, mulling over this turn of phrase or that. Then off to Pharyngula, which generally (but not always) has the densest concentration of stuff that I find versible. Ah… the first one I see is "Pinky Swear!". I would love to write something about this; the whole concept is annoying. I look to the website; not for me. I am reminded of Marx (Groucho, of course): "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." If I act that way, why sign? If I don't… why sign? But the problem is, none of it comes to me in verse. Move on.
"A novel creationist argument" is next. One of the most concentrated veins of stupidity ever mined. Even better? "Drool." What a great word—it has tons of rhymes (at this point, I am privately going through the alphabet—bool, cool, fool, ghoul, houle, jewel,…), and a good number of synonyms. Serious versical potential. The only delay on the first verse was the kind of school. I started with "graduate school", but that had a syllable too many. "Grad school" had one too few. Once I had "business", the verse was done more quickly than I could type it. Next… I knew I wanted "fitness", which really limited the rhymes; I also decided right about then that I wanted lots of references to drooling—thus, the "mouths agape". I toyed around with the "sensation" rhyme attached to the "swimming pool" rhyme—it may fit better there, but separating the two allowed two verses, so I cheated. The last verse, I don't particularly like. I wanted to get a "slobbered" rhyme in, and I was running out of "-ool" rhymes.
I knew a girl, in business school,
Of perfect constitution;
Her looks made all the fellas drool–
Refuting Evolution!
Her outfit at the swimming pool
As everyone could witness,
Left mouths agape, and made a fool
Of reproductive fitness!
She gave to every slavering tool
A ticklish, warm sensation
Which they relieved, cos nature's cruel,
In furtive masturbation.
It's God's design, not nature's rule,
When life has left you clobbered;
We know that Darwin wasn't cool–
In fact, I'll bet he slobbered.
Then I go out and weed part of the garden. In the rain. Have some lunch. Plant some herbs (three varieties of basil, and some cilantro—too wet to plant much else). Come back inside, and check Pharyngula.
Damn. I wanted to write about that. It's the New Hampshire Same-Sex Marriage bill. I wrote "Oh Noes! Teh Sanctity!" about New Hampshire's civil union law, and it needs updating. Unfortunately, I am experiencing serious writer's block on this one. Maybe it is too important; I don't know. I will keep trying.
Oh… damn, again. Cool video. And I missed out on the Friday Cephalopod, which was a cuttlefish, too!
Truth in labeling? Ok, this one is a four-inch putt. See, there are very few words that rhyme with "selves", and one is "shelves". ("Elves" did not come into play.) I knew the first and last lines, and the whole thing took not much more time than it took to type it out. (Confession—the vast majority of the things I have written as Cuttlefish are what I would ordinarily consider initial rough drafts. The blog format does not really lend itself to coming back and editing.)
If God helps those who help themselves
We might find God on self-help shelves;
We'd take a book, and look inside,
But God's the sort who likes to hide.
In time, one hopes that when we look
We'd find a different sort of book,
Like these we see upon the shelf:
"There is no God, so help yourself."
Go talk with neighbors. Walk the dog. Go to the greenhouse and buy tomato plants (22 plants, 12 varieties). Have supper. Note that entire family is away doing separate things. Get ready to watch some basketball. Watch basketball/drink beer. Somewhere around 9:30, check Pharyngula again.
"Another edition of stupid creationist questions." Bingo. I think maybe three or four comments were up already. So, I start my process somewhere around 9:35, more or less. First verse zips by, but the last line is "since babies are delicious!", which I intended to rhyme with "nutritious" in V2. "Means-genes" was a natural rhyme for V1, and as soon as I hit on "teens", the form was decided. I knew I wanted something with "fitness" or "fit" or something like that, so "baby on a spit" suggested itself. I could not use the word "baby" in both verses, so I re-examined L4—I could have used "since toddlers are delicious!", but "taste like veal" was such a sweet phrase that I had to use it. About now is when I realized that the final line of the poem had to somehow bring in the idea that "fitness" was defined by having healthy babies… or perhaps, by having babies who themselves have babies. So, "babies" as a last word sounded good, which left me with very few options to end V3. The "need-breed" rhyme showed up quickly, and the alphabet search quickly came up with "creed" to finish that verse. I was a bit stumped for a bit, trying to figure out L1-3 for V4, since my structure called for three consecutive rhymes. I know I tried out a few different phrases, none of which panned out, before hitting on "eat". I think I actually hit on "complete" first, and tracked back to "eat-sweet". Even then, I was stuck on "babies taste so sweet", which lacks syllables; "barbecue" was tried and initially rejected, in a different form, because "barbecue" is a noun in the American West, and a verb in the American
Northeast, and the first structure did not work in both. (No, I don't recall what it was.) When I came back to it, I had the structure right, and it stuck. The whole process took just over 15 minutes. Longer than it took to type it, but hey.
"Survival of the fittest" means
Regardless of related genes
My kids should never reach their teens
Since toddlers taste like veal.
And I can make myself more fit
(As Darwinists should all admit)
By roasting baby on a spit
For one delicious meal!
Nutritionists all know I need
My protein, if I'm going to breed
It's Evolution's sacred creed–
No ifs, no buts, no maybes!
A healthy mom has got to eat,
And barbecue is oh, so sweet;
Well-fueled, I'm ready to complete
My task of having babies.
I then spent some time ego-surfing, to see if anyone had noted my previous verses. Yeah, I admit it. Shut up. Noticed, to my great surprise and delight, that two more people bought my book. Very cool. Looked at Pharyngula… Saw the Bill Donohue post very early, and thought "no". Too serious, and too horrendous. The man is beyond contemptible. Thought some more. Tossed around the "mote/beam" bit for a while with no success. I knew I wanted to juxtapose his concern for the true victims, the priests, with the "victims" anointed by the press—the greedy, money-grubbing raped kids. I hit on the notion of BD focusing on the one kid who was not in desperate trouble… and this is what showed up.
If just one boy somehow escaped
While all his friends were being raped
Bill Donohue would soon be there
To give the lad his tender care
He'd cater to his every need…
While all around, his playmates bleed.
In truth, it is not an accurate portrayal of BD's views. But that fits—nothing BD has ever said has been accurate.
All said, I have spent much more time writing this analysis than I spent writing all four verses. I think I've touched on all the major points. If anyone is interested, and I did not answer something, just ask. Oh, yeah, and buy my book.


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Madness Monday is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites. To participate in Madness Monday we simply create a post with the main focus being an ancestor who either suffered some form of mental illness or an ancestor who might be hard to locate and drives you mad.
Green Hill Reese and Tabitha Freeman were married and had a son named...
...Moses Reese who married Martha Cordelia Jane Strickland and they had a daughter named Bertha A. Reese.
Green Hill Reese and Tabitha Freeman are my direct ancestors through Moses' brother, William Hanes Reese so Bertha would have been William Hanes Reese's niece.
This story is about Bertha A. Reese who was born in the spring of 1900 in Madison County, NC to Moses Reese (DOB: 11/9/1857 in Madison County, NC; DOD: 4/8/1929 in Madison County, NC) and Martha Cordelia Jane Strickland (DOB: 5/10/1870 in Rutherford County, NC; DOD: 7/7/1940 in Madison County, NC). She was the 5th of the 9-10 children of Moses and Martha Cordelia Jane.
1900 U.S. Census of Meder Fork (sic, should be Meadow Fork), Spring Creek Township, Madison County, NC, Roll T623_1205, Pg 8B and 9A, ED 86, Ancestry.com, Lines 96-100 and Lines 1-2, Dwelling 144, Family 144, "Reese, Moses"
Reese, Moses, Head, W(hite), M(ale), Born Sept, 1868, 41 yrs old, Married 18 yrs, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC, Can read & write, Farmer, rents farm
Reese, Caroline J., Wife, W, F, Born Aug, 1870, 30 yrs old, Married 18 yrs, 7 children with 5 still living, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
Reese, Sonia, Daughter, W, F, Born Jan, 1888, 12 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
Reese, Walter, Son, W, M, born May, 1891, 9 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
Reese, Hardy H., Son, W, M, Born June, 1894, 5 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
Reese, Ona V., Daughter, W, F, Born May, 1897, 3 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
Reese, Bertha A., Daughter, W, F, Born April 1900, 1/12 mos old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
1910 U.S. Census of Meadow Fork, Spring Creek, Madison County, NC, Roll T624_1107, Pg 1A, ED 86, Image 426, Ancestry.com, Lines 29-37, Dwelling 8, Family 8, "Reese, Mases" (sic, should be Moses Reese)
Reese, Mases, Head, M(ale), W(hite), 52 yrs old, 1st marriage, Married 23 yrs, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC, Speaks English, Farmer of general farm, Can read & write, owns farm free of mortgage
Reese, Cordela J. (sic, should be Cordelia), F, W, 39 yrs old, 1st marriage, Married 23 yrs, 10 children with 7 still living, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC, Can read & write
Reese, Hardy H., Son, M, W, 15 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC, Farm Labor on home farm, attended school this year
Reese, Olive V., Daughter, F, W, 12 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC, Farm Laborer, Can read & write, attended school this year
Reese, Bertha A., Daughter, F, W, 9 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC,
Reese, Roy C., Son, M, W, 6 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC,
Reese, Bernie E., Son, M, W, 3 yrs old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC,
Reese, Verline E., Son, M, W, 1 7/12 mos old, Born in NC, Father born in NC, Mother born in NC
1920 U.S. Census of Broughton Hospital for the Insane, Shelby Rd, Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1287; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 202; Image: 872, Line 12, "Bertha Reese"
Bertha Reese, Inpatient, F(emale), W(hite), 19 yrs old (DOB 1901), Single, Can read & write, Born in NC, Both parents born in U.S., No occupation
Death Certificate #296 , Registration District # 125147, Bertha A. Reese, DOD 3/6/1924 at State Hospital, Morganton, Burke County, NC
Bertha A. Reese
Residence: Madison County, NC
Length of Residence in city or town where death occurred: 6 yrs, 4 mos, 10 days
Female, White, Single
Born in 1900 in Madison County, NC, 24 yrs old
Occupation: Housekeeper
Father: Moses Reese born unknown
Mother: unknown born unknown
Informant: State Hospital records in Morganton, NC
DOD 3/6/1924 at 9:45am
Physician attended deceased from 9/17/1918 to 3/6/1924 and last saw her alive on 3/6/1924
Cause of death: Pellagra, duration 14 days
No autopsy, diagnosis based on chiricae (sic, ?) Symptoms
Dr. R.H. Long of Morganton, NC
Burial: State Hospital Cemetery, Morganton, NC on 3/8/1924
Undertaker: W.K. Houch of Morganton, NC
Poor Bertha resided in the Broughton Hospital for the Insane in Morganton, Burke County, NC from 9/17/1918 until she died at the young age of 24 on 3/6/1924. She resided in the Insane Assylum for over 6 years! What would send a young woman insane and cause her death at such a young age? It says she died of Pellagra.
Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency disease most commonly caused by a chronic lack of niacin (vitamin B3) in the diet. Native New World cultivators who had domesticated corn that required treatment of the grain with lime, an alkali. It has now been shown that the lime treatment makes niacin nutritionally available and reduces the chance of developing pellagra. Pellagra became common only when corn became a staple that was eaten without the traditional treatment. In the early 1900s, pellagra reached epidemic proportions in the American South. There were 1,306 reported pellagra deaths in South Carolina during the first ten months of 1915; 100,000 Southerners were affected in 1916. At this time, the scientific community held that pellagra was probably caused by a germ or some unknown toxin in corn. The Spartanburg Pellagra Hospital in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was the nation's first facility dedicated to discovering the cause of pellagra. It was established in 1914 with a special congressional appropriation to the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) and set up primarily for research. In 1915, Joseph Goldberger, assigned to study pellagra by the Surgeon General of the United States, showed that pellagra was linked to diet by inducing the disease in prisoners, using the Spartanburg Pellagra Hospital as his clinic. By 1926, Goldberger established that a balanced diet or a small amount of brewer's yeast prevented Pellagra. In the research conducted between 1900–1950, it was found that the number of cases of women with pellagra was consistently double the number of cases of afflicted men. This is thought to be due to the inhibitory effect of estrogen on the conversion of the amino acid tryptophan to niacin. As primary wage earners, men were given consideration and preference at the dinner table. They also had pocket money to buy food outside the household. Women gave protein quality foods to their children first. Women also would eat after everyone else had a chance to eat. Women also continued to serve maize, molasses and fat back pork which combine to contribute to cause pellagra. Pellagra is classically described by "the four D's": diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia and death. Untreated, the disease can kill within four or five years.
Causes today are:
Poor nutrition
Chronic alcoholism
Neglect and abuse, resulting in malnutrition
Anorexia nervosa
Fad diets
Some medications
Dermatitis, alopecia, oedema
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High sensitivity to sunlight
Mental confusion - Neurological manifestations include anxiety, depression, delusions, hallucinations.
Eventual dementia - Psycho-sensory disturbances (impressions as being painful, annoying bright lights, odours intolerance causing nausea and vomiting, dizziness after sudden movements); Psycho-motor disturbances (restlessness, tense and a desire to quarrel, increased preparedness for motor action); Emotional disturbances
Treatment is with nicotinamide, a chemical related to niacin. In order to prevent and/or treat pellagra, provide a diet high in protein and adequate in calories. The addition of meats, milk, peanuts, green leafy vegetables, whole or enriched grains, and brewers' dry yeast can enhance the niacin intake.
So, evidently Bertha had suffered from the dementia, mental confusion and who knows what else. She was put in the insane assylum in 1919 and didn't die until 1924. If this had only occurred in the late 1930's or early 1940's she might have been able to be treated with the simple vitamin and a good diet. It's so sad that something that basic and simple could have saved her from such suffering and such an early death. She never married or had children.
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Madness Monday - Bertha A. Reese
Posted by Sharon at Monday, December 06, 2010
Labels: genealogy, Reese Genealogy
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How sad...it's always sad to me when I run across information that makes me think what you said - just a few years later, and that would not have happened.
I'm glad you were able to get the information to tell Bertha's story.
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Joan Shettig October 17th, 2009 | 1:33pm
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I live in Nairobi, Kenya and have been an art quilter for 8 years. My ideas come from Africa, her people, the magnificent scenery and the wonderful fabrics, beads and embellishments available in the colourful markets. My husband and I own a tented camp in the Masai Mara called 'Mara Eden Safari Camp'. The camp is teeming with wild life- what a wealth of inspiration!
I am an active member of The Kenya Quilt Guild, Quilt Artists of Kenya and Voyage Art Textiles. I have exhibited in Kenya, Canada and The Netherlands.


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Nick Folk got a second chance and kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime as the surprising New York Jets ended a six-game losing streak to the New England Patriots with a 30-27 victory on Sunday.
The game-winner, with 5:07 left in the extra period, came moments after Folk had missed a 56-yarder.
He received a chance to make amends when an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called on New England's Chris Jones.
Jones was penalized for apparently pushing a teammate forward to try to block the kick, breaking a new NFL rule that was introduced in an effort to make the game safer.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had been unable to pull off another late miracle win in regulation as New England settled for a game-tying 44-yard Stephen Gostkowski field goal with 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Brady last week threw a brilliant last-second touchdown pass to beat the New Orleans Saints, and Jets fans must have feared a repeat performance when the Patriots won the toss to start overtime.
But after a 16-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski, Brady threw three incomplete passes and the Patriots punted.
The New England quarterback completed 22 of 46 passes for 228 yards, but was only one-for-12 on third-down passes. He was sacked four times and did not throw for a touchdown, while his New York rookie counterpart Geno Smith passed for one touchdown and ran for another.
Injuries and trades have left Brady without several of his leading receivers this season.
But on Sunday, tight end Gronkowski returned for the first time this season, and had eight catches for 114 yards, but he could not hold a pass late in regulation that might have won the game for New England.
The Patriots (5-2) still lead the AFC East, while the Jets (4-3) are in second place.
The other AFC East showdown was also a thriller, with the Buffalo Bills pulling off a 23-21 road win over the Miami Dolphins as Dan Carpenter kicked the winning field goal from 31 yards with 33 seconds left.
The Dolphins fall to 3-3 for the season, while the Bills improve to 3-4 in what has suddenly become a tightly-bunched division.
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With applicants for the round one deadlines putting the finishing touches on their applications, the question of how strictly applicants need to adhere to word limits is perhaps more popular than ever. MBA candidates naturally have a good deal of information they want – and need – to convey in their materials, and getting the important ideas down under restrictive word counts is a difficult task. While it might be tempting to run a bit beyond the guidelines to slip in that one extra thought, it's important to keep the reasons for word limits in mind.
In addition to being a forum for explaining your goals and sharing your story, the essays also serve as a test of the applicant's ability to communicate clearly and concisely, not to mention follow directions and answer a question. Because business schools and post-MBA employers place a premium on all of these elements, adhering to word counts ultimately works to the candidate's advantage.
The other consideration is the reader's time. Because of high application volume and the need to give every applicant fair and thorough consideration, schools are forced to limit the amount of information in each file. If you consistently extend your answers beyond the suggested limits, you are essentially asking the reader to give you more time than they are devoting to the other applicants. In other words, if you were to ignore the word limits and overshoot by 30% throughout, this might imply that you consider yourself to be 25% more interesting than everyone else who applied.
That being said, there is some leeway. For the vast majority of programs, it's generally acceptable to exceed the word limit by 5%. There are, of course, a few exceptions:
Caveat #1: If a school gives you a range (e.g., 250-750 words), you should ideally stay within that range.
Caveat #2: If a school gives you a page limit (e.g., 2 pages), you should stay within that limit – without excessive margin manipulation or font size reduction.
In terms of the other end of the length issue, it is likely unwise to consistently fall more than 5% below the word limits, as this is valuable room in which to share further information about your candidacy (and might signal a lack of effort, experience, or accomplishments).
Best of luck to all those working on their application essays!
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The absence of near-field communication (NFC) in iPhone 5 has surprised NAB and other banks, according to NAB's technology head of strategy and innovation, Denis Curran. It's an example of why banks must be agile with their IT strategy in an age of increasing digitisation, he said this morning at the Information & Data World Symposium in Sydney.
"We all thought that the Apple iPhone 5 would come out with NFC," Curran said. NFC is the technology used in many Android phones to support Google Wallet and other mobile payment applications. "What will that do to adoption of NFC in Australia for mobile? How do we adapt our strategies to them?"
NAB previously had to adapt its digital strategy when the Global Financial Crisis hit, Curran said. The Ubank platform for deposits was originally supposed to be targeted at the lending market, he said. "But the GFC intervened in that. Lending was going to be completely unsuccessful and we switched proposition ... very quickly. It's [that] sort of responsiveness you have to build into the DNA of the business."
Change is difficult, especially for a 150-year old institution like the NAB and in an industry like banking that dates back to the 1400s, Curran said. However, banks must adapt to today's "information industry" to reduce the "risk of substitutes, new entrants" and competition from rival financial institutions, he said. Consumers and businesses are forcing the change -— money, transactions and shopping are increasingly becoming more digital, and more and more people are moving online for social networks and knowledge, he said.
Curran highlighted competition in the payments area, with NAB watching "the PayPals of the world," he said. Also, the Apple App Store "transacts more payments than just about anybody in the world", and Curran is paying attention to what the company does with its Passbook app, he said.
NAB hopes to adapt by becoming an information-led business and a leader in managing data and information quality, Curran said. "We really need to put the 'I' back into CIO," he said. "CIOs have become technology officers much more than information officers. We have to transition the IT organisation [and] make that far more about how we direct and support the strategy."
NAB is "implementing new core systems, but it's a multi-year journey," Curran said. NAB will roll out a new voice infrastructure, "which would seem to be counter-intuitive, but we see a rebirth of voice," he said. Also, NAB is "getting rid of a lot of the old application sets because of the inbuilt complexity they have," and replacing them with "a more cogent set of more integrated applications".
Security and privacy are critical to building trust, an essential element of banking, Curran said. "In a time where there is elevated concern" about security among the government, consumers and businesses, "we have to be great at security and privacy".
Banks must also adapt to social media, he said. "Banks traditionally have been part of the social fabric. I think over the last 10 years we've lost a lot of that."
NAB seeks to provide information anywhere, anytime and anyhow for its customers. That means supporting multiple types of devices running a variety of operating systems, Curran said. On mobile, it means supporting multiple information channels, including NFC, SMS and voice, he said.
Curran said the bank seeks to simply process and do things in real-time with strong resilience. "Over the years in banking, we've not really been that good at designing our manual processes. Often at times we put in new systems that get put in place in parallel to ... existing policies that are steeped in a lot of history and are extraordinarily hard to change, and so you make too many trade-offs through all of that."
The bank seeks to speed up business decisions through accurate and timely data, and better manage end-to-end processes across internal resources and external partners, Curran said. The latter acknowledges that banks do not "live in a world of isolation; we are intermediaries," he said.
ANZ Bank last week announced a trial of NFC technology.
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Last time we spoke
the silence still hadn't been broken
we talked to each other with words unspoken
simply looked you in the eyes
still wondering why??
gave you back your hood
the one i just loved to wear
you gave me back the picture frame
that held that memory from our first date
to this day i sit alone in my room
wishing you'd call me boo
walking in the halls
or even down the street
i hear our song and makes me feel weak
the internal connection
that cause my heart to become inflicted
the emotional detachment that i have to make
and that one fatal memory
i have stored in my mind forever
all i can say is
I Remember…….
May 16, 2011 Monday 5:28 P.m.
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DOUGLAS DIEKER and THOMAS DIEKER,
1. For a witness to testify as an expert on a given subject, he or she must have skill or experience in the area to which the subject relates.
2. The mere fact damage occurs is not sufficient to establish liability.
3. An expert opinion cannot be based on mere speculation and conjecture.
4. When the erroneous admission of expert opinion testimony has a substantial influence on the outcome of litigation, a judgment as a matter of law should be granted.
Appeal from Anderson District Court; THOMAS H. SACHSE, judge. Opinion filed June 14, 2002. Reversed and remanded with directions.
Heather S. Woodson, of Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C., of Leawood, and Mark M. Iba, of the same firm, of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant.
Blake Hudson, of Hudson & Mullies, L.L.C., of Fort Scott, for appellees.
Before ELLIOTT, P.J., GREEN, J., and PADDOCK, S.J.
ELLIOTT, J.: In this "battle of experts" revolving around the cause of a combine fire, defendant Case Corporation (Case) appeals the judgment, following a jury trial, in favor of Douglas and Thomas Dieker, plaintiffs, on their claim Case breached the implied warranty of merchantability.
We reverse.
Plaintiffs purchased a Case combine from an independent dealer of Case products in the fall of 1998; a month later, the combine caught fire and burned while plaintiffs were harvesting soybeans. After the fire, plaintiffs found a trail of oil about a quarter of a mile long from where the combine stopped.
Farm Bureau Insurance reimbursed plaintiffs for the loss of the combine except for plaintiff's $100 deductible obligation, and Farm Bureau was subrogated to plaintiffs' claims. Plaintiffs sued Case on numerous theories, but at trial only the breach of implied warranty claim was submitted to the jury, which awarded plaintiffs some $96,000 in damages. The trial court denied Case's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, new trial.
Case contends the trial court erred in allowing plaintiffs' expert witness, Jay Pfeiffer, to testify concerning the cause of the fire because, Case claims, Pfeiffer was not qualified to testify as to the opinions stated. Our review is for abuse of discretion. Hurlbut v. Conoco, Inc., 253 Kan. 515, 527, 856 P.2d 1313 (1993).
For a witness to testify as an expert on a given subject, he or she must have skill or experience in the area to which the subject relates. Choo-E-Flakes, Inc. v. Good, 224 Kan. 417, 419, 580 P.2d 888 (1978). The test of an expert's competency is whether he or she discloses sufficient knowledge to entitle his or her opinion to go to the jury. Hurlbut, 253 Kan. at 527. In deciding whether to admit the expert's opinion testimony, the trial court is to consider the education, training, experience, and knowledge of the witness. K.S.A. 60- 456(b); Nunez v. Wilson, 211 Kan. 443, 445, 507 P.2d 329 (1973).
Pfeiffer testified the cause of the fire was due to a small leak of hydraulic fluid, which caused field debris to stick and accumulate in the area of the combine's transmission system. In turn, as the field debris continued to accumulate, heat from nearby components was unable to properly dissipate and, in fact, built up until the heat reached a level sufficient to cause the oil-soaked field debris to ignite. Pfeiffer further testified that although he did not know the temperature at which hydraulic fluid soaked field debris would ignite and did not know the operating temperatures of the nearby components, such was irrelevant because the fire did, in fact, occur.
Case does not seem to question Pfeiffer's basic credentials as a licensed mechanical engineer and seems not to question his experience in giving opinions as to the cause of mechanically caused fires. What Case does argue is that the trial court erred in allowing Pfeiffer to further testify the accumulation of hydraulic fluid soaked field debris caused a heat build-up to the point of ignition. Case contends Pfeiffer was simply not qualified to go that far. We agree.
We can find no testimony in the record whatsoever that Pfeiffer possessed the education, training, knowledge, and experience required to express an opinion the conditions he described could cause the fire here involved. On this crucial point, Pfeiffer merely opined that is what must have happened because there was a leak of hydraulic fluid and the fire started in that area.
It is unquestioned that Pfeiffer was well qualified to express an opinion that a mechanical problem led to a hydraulic fluid leak. But it is entirely outside his expertise to opine that hydraulic fluid soaked field debris could ignite from built-up heat from that debris. Pfeiffer's testimony disclosed no specialized knowledge, training, or experience that would lend itself to giving the opinion he gave.
Pfeiffer's conclusion the conditions he described must have caused the fire because a fire did, in fact, occur is based on a logical fallacy and demonstrates his lack of proper credentials to give the opinion: There is still no showing the hydraulic fluid soaked debris caused a heat build-up sufficient to cause ignition. Pfeiffer admitted he did not know the temperature at which hydraulic fluid soaked field debris would ignite and did not know the operating temperatures of the nearby mechanical components of the combine.
The fact certain conditions existed and the fact a fire occurred is not evidence the conditions caused the fire. Such is no more than a post hoc, ergo, propter hoc opinion--after this, therefore, on account of it; fallacious reasoning. See State v. Fisher, 140 Kan. 511, 518, 38 P.2d 115 (1934); Black's Law Dictionary 1186 (7th ed. 1999).
The present case is somewhat similar to Trimble, Administrator v. Coleman Co., 200 Kan. 350, 437 P.2d 219 (1968). There, the trial court refused to admit the opinion testimony of plaintiff's expert, even though defendant raised no questions as to the expert's general expertise. Having examined a photograph of the gas heating stove and a pamphlet of general operating instructions, the expert was familiar with the stove in question and with similar types of stoves.
The expert opined that a gas heating stove, if properly manufactured, properly assembled, properly installed, and properly adjusted, should not generate carbon monoxide gas. And assuming the stove in question did produce carbon monoxide gas after being carefully installed and adjusted, the expert was of the opinion the manufacture of the gas stove "was defective somewhere." 200 Kan. at 354.
The trial court rejected the testimony because the opinions stated were based on speculation and conjecture, and the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling. 200 Kan. at 357. It is not enough for the expert to assert opinions based on facts not known or presented. See 200 Kan. at 357. The mere fact an injury occurs is not sufficient to establish liability. 200 Kan. at 359. So, too, in the instant case, since Pfeiffer was unaware of the temperature at which hydraulic fluid soaked debris would ignite and was unaware of the operating temperatures of the nearby components he stated was the source of the heat build-up, his opinion was based on speculation and conjecture lacking probative value and should have been rejected. See State v. Duncan, 221 Kan. 714, Syl. ¶ 6, 562 P.2d 84 (1977). Neither courts nor juries--nor expert witnesses--are permitted to roam unfenced fields of speculation and conjecture. See Casement v. Gearhart, 189 Kan. 442, 445, 370 P.2d 95 (1962); State v. Ameen, 27 Kan. App. 2d 181, 184, 1 P.3d 330 (2000).
Further, Pfeiffer's testimony was the only evidence offered with respect to hydraulic soaked field debris causing a heat build-up and ignition of that debris. Simply put, without Pfeiffer's testimony, plaintiffs did not have a submissible case. We must conclude, therefore, the erroneous admission of Pfeiffer's opinion testimony had a substantial influence on the outcome of this litigation. See 1 Gard & Casad, Kansas C. Civ. Pro. 3d Annot. § 60-261 (1997).
Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand with directions to enter judgment as a matter of law in favor of Case.
We need not address Case's real-party-in-interest argument, although we note the exception sought by Case is not supported by current case law. See Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Shawnee State Bank, 13 Kan. App. 2d 182, Syl. ¶¶ 1-3, 766 P.2d 191 (1988).
Reversed and remanded with directions to enter judgment as a matter of law in favor of Case.


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GENEVA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday his country's troops would stay in Mali to support military operations against al Qaeda-linked rebels until the crisis there was resolved.
Nigeria plans to deploy up to 1,200 troops as part of a West African intervention force to support French troops battling Islamist militants in the Sahara.
Allied French and West African forces are seeking to drive the rebels out of northern Mali, which they seized from government forces after a coup last year left a power vacuum.
"We cannot pull out until we have solved the problem. I cannot tell you when we will solve the problem, but Nigeria is totally committed and we remain committed until the crisis is resolved," he told Reuters in an interview in Geneva.
As well as deploying troops, Nigeria also has warplanes in neighboring Niger ready for missions in Mali.
(Reporting by Emma Farge; Additional reporting by Tim Cocks; Editing by Tim Cocks)


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copyright, Howard Schatz.
This stunning, hyper-dramatic image from Howard's 2009 "boxer study" has won quite a few awards and garnered slabs of recognition. Though much of the effect was created in-camera using 6 lights, there is a good deal of retouching happening here, too.
Camera: Hasselblad H2 with Leaf Aptus 75 digital back and 80mm lens, set on tripod six feet back. Shot at 1/125, f11, ISO 50.
Lighting: The key light is a medium strip bank at f22 (+2 stops) boomed slightly in front of, and above, the boxer, angled down. Another medium strip bank at f22 (+2 stops) is positioned low and directly in front of him, angled up. This gives the glow on his lower forearms, shorts and gloves. A small strip bank at f22 (+2 stops) is set low, four feet to camera left and behind him, angled up. Another small strip at f22 (+2 stops) is set similarly to camera right. A standard reflector at f22 (+2 stops) is up high four feet to camera left and four feet behind the boxer. Another standard reflector at f22 (+2 stops) is placed identically to camera right.
This setup created a good base of dramatic, powerful lighting, but was tweaked heavily in post production – blowing out the highlights, sharpening, darkening and adding a blueish cast to the shadows.
Comments: Howard ate a breakfast of Wheaties and raw eggs, warmed up with some plyometric circuit training and jumped rope while he fired his camera with a remote trigger. When a medium roller toppled over and caught him above the eye, his producer wanted to call the shoot. Howard told the groomer to cut him and lasted 3 additional setups.


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Renowned Christian recording artist Paul Saik of New Bern will be featured in a Christmas concert fundraiser for the RiverTowne Players on Sunday.
Renowned Christian recording artist Paul Saik of New Bern will be featured in a Christmas concert fundraiser for the RiverTowne Players on Sunday.
The 3 p.m. concert is in the Centenary United Methodist Church sanctuary.
Admission is $15. Tickets are available at the Bank of the Arts on Middle Street in New Bern or by calling 638-2577.
On the web: RiverTownePlayers.com
Saik, the director of Music Ministries at Centenary, has enjoyed the limelight throughout his career, performing on the Broadway stage and in the great opera houses around the world, along with a successful touring and recording career.
He and his wife, Katie, made New Bern their home during a whirlwind turnabout in the spring and early summer of 2012, just in time for the birth of their daughter, Blakely Ann.
He said a major step in his life journey came in the summer of 2003 when he left Broadway and the opera stage and retreated to Lake Junaluska, a Methodist retreat center near Asheville.
He was off to Nashville, Tenn., and created his own record label for what would become a successful recording and touring career as a solo artist. During the next eight years, he was on the road about 200 days a year.
He and Katie married in 2010 after they met at his brother�s wedding. He was the best man and she was the maid of honor. They married and Saik left Nashville for Katie�s home in Boise, Idaho. He continued touring. She was managing a law firm.
But, with the impending arrival of Blakely, he realized he didn�t need to be away from home more than half the days each year. He is a Mississippi native and she had family in Raleigh, so he narrowed his search for church jobs to the Southern states and discovered New Bern and Centenary.


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Police: Mother turns in restaurant robbery suspect
Manager foils robbery at Church's Chicken
A woman who said her son is a suspect in Sunday's attempted robbery at a Kansas City Church's Chicken restaurant brought him to police Monday evening, investigators said.
The woman called police saying she had her son in the back of her car and he couldn't get out because of the child safety locks.
Police have not released the name of the person.
Sunday's attempted robbery at 55th Street and Prospect Avenue was foiled when the manager disarmed one of three men.
Kansas City police released surveillance video of the robbery attempt, showing the three men walking into the restaurant at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday. One of the men pulled a gun on the manager, demanding money.
The manager was able to get the gun away from the man. All three men ran out after that. No one was hurt.
The manager, Edward Turner, told KMBC's Peggy Breit that God led him to grab the gun out of the robber's hand. He said he is glad that particular gun is now off the streets and can't be used to steal from anyone else.
"I'm not claiming to be badder than anybody. I'm certainly not claiming to be that, but there was a moment of opportunity and when that window opened, you know, I took it.," he said.
Turner added that he hopes the robbers get caught and learn a lesson from this. He said they need to redirect their thinking.
"It could have been a different story had shots been fired or someone got hurt or someone got assaulted," he said. "Fortunately, that was not the case, and I just thank Christ Jesus that it turned out the way it did."
The robbery attempt was the third time this year that thieves have targeted this specific Church's location. In October, someone came into the restaurant and used a samurai sword to rob it.
Turner said he was grateful that his employees were unharmed.
"I got a good crew here. I really appreciate all of my workers and I want to do what's best for them, too," Turner said.Police said there have been 14 armed robberies within a mile of the Church's location within the past two months. A nearby convenience store has responded with heavy security, including a complex camera system inside and outside and bullet-proof glass surrounding the workers. Transactions are made through sliding trays.
The owner of that store said he hadn't had to sound his alarm once in the past six months.
But other businesses in the area have been forced to give up.
Turner said that robbery attempts, and the people who carry them out, threaten his restaurant's existence.
"You know, they have a urge, they have a thought, they have a need, they have a want and they don't take into consideration what they've got to go through or what other people have to go through to get it," he said. "It gets old and it gets to the point where you don't want to tolerate it anymore."
Police asked anyone with additional information about the case to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.