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- Bees on cocaine: The facts
"The men, for reasons that seemed good to them at the time, got some bees hooked on cocaine and then turned them out to find some sugar. According to the boffins, cocaine turns good bees – productive members of the hive – into untrustworthy scumbags…"
(tags:sci drugs wtf ignobel )
- Brain transplant bird points to origin of communication – life – 20 October 2009 – New Scientist
"Creating chimeras with the higher brain of a songbird and the hindbrain of a non-singer may one day shed light on the evolution of birdsong, and even human speech."
(tags:sci comms )
- Gallery – Where will NASA send its astronauts next? – Image 1 – New Scientist
"The panel has created a menu of five plans for the space agency. It has given each 12 scores in various categories (PDF), including science benefits, safety, benefit to the US workforce and schedule. The committee says it will not assign single overall scores to the options in its final report, so New Scientist has ranked the five plans…"
(tags:space pol )
- Humans Are Still Evolving, Study
"Researchers in the US studying two generations of contemporary women found evidence of natural selection among humans that showed we are still evolving despite advances in medical care and standards of living"
(tags:med )
- UFO alert: police officer sees aliens at crop circle – Telegraph
"A police officer contacted British UFO experts after seeing three aliens examining a freshly made crop circle near Avebury, Wiltshire."
(tags:cult weird ufo )
- Master mechanism behind regeneration of body parts discovered
"Using zebrafish as a model, researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered how the process of regeneration of body parts works."
(tags:med bodymod )
- Balloon boy's father 'wanted TV fame before world ends in 2012' – Telegraph
"Richard Heene, the man suspected of the alleged "balloon boy" hoax, was driven by a conviction that the world will come to a cataclysmic end in 2012, according to a friend."
(tags:weird crime culture )
Links for 2009-10-21
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There is currently now way to edit a comment on an activity.
There is currently now way to edit a comment on an activity.
This would be a great addition to Strava I would agree.
Yes please
+1, it would be great to have this option when spell check gets the better of you :)
Back in the days it was possible, don't know why they removed it? (Love the misspelling in the original post, perfect example why we can use an edit option)
I would welcome this feature too.
FYI - you can delete a comment, if logged in through the website, and then rewrite it.
I log into the website on my mobile and then copy the comments. Create a new comment and correct it. Then delete the comment with the error in it. Very painfull....
That's definitely a whole lot of hassle, an edit facility, (rather than as at present having to delete the original comment then rewrite it) at least on the website would definitely be one of the few improvements to make Strava that bit more user friendly.
Bizarre that you can't do this basic function.
Please add the ability to edit comments.
It's pretty easy to make errors when making comments on your iPhone after a long ride. Please give us a chance to edit comments!
I agree. Fatigued, maybe wearing gloves, any number of things. A comment is a resource, why Strava wouldn't expose basic CRUD operations on it is confusing.
Fully agree. A simple line of code to create a very useful function. Please add!
Not being able to edit a comment is especially aggravating in combination with the archaic enter-means-send "feature." The enter key on my phone is half a nano-meter from the key I use most--the delete key--which I use when I'm trying to edit a comment before I post it.
🤔 I made a typo on my comment above. I edited it. 😐
Please add the ability to edit comments in Strava please!
Please add the option to edit comments.
Please can we have the ability to edit comments.
Go into "my activities" and click edit. Then you can edit your own comments - the ones you entered right after riding with your gloves on by the side of the road hoping you don't get hit. . .
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1. Not All Yield Curve Inversions Are Created Equal
To many, an inverted yield curve is taken as gospel of economic doom and gloom, having preceded every recession over the past four decades. But some question whether shorter-term rates rising faster than longer-term rates (an inverted yield curve) carries the harrowing threat it once did.
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard certainly thinks it does. In a speech in Mississippi earlier this week, Bullard argued a "meaningful and sustained inversion of the Treasury yield curve would be a bearish signal for the U.S. economy."
An inversion would suggest that financial markets expect less inflation and less growth ahead for the U.S. economy than does the FOMC, he added.
Bullard's comments are hardly a new take on the implication of an inverted yield curve – far from it – but they are somewhat out of kilter with those of his colleagues.
In typical Fed speak, members said that the "unusually low level of term premiums in longer-term interest rates made historical relationships a less reliable basis for assessing the implications of the recent behavior of the yield curve," according to the minutes of Fed's March meeting released Wednesday.
The Fed ranks high on the list of suspects culpable for the low level of term premium, which is what investors get for holding a longer-term bond over a shorter-term one. At the height of the Financial Crisis, the Fed's main tool, its benchmark rate, ran out of road after rates were slashed to zero. So, the Fed hatched a plan to buy longer-dated bonds in an effort to jumpstart credit markets and the broader economy.
With its printing press, or QE program, in full flow, the Fed, during a five-year stint, was the only game in town at the longer end of the curve. It ramped up purchases of Treasuries, ushering in an era of unusually low yields in longer-term bonds.
The Fed's meddling in the bond market led many to believe that the Treasury curve's prophetic powers are not as strong as they were. In the face of an inverted yield curve, therefore, some are quick to say "this time it's different" and an imminent recession is unlikely.
Bullard's New York counterpart John Williams agrees with that assessment. Earlier this week, he said the flattening yield curve is not signaling a recession, as its reputation for predicting downturns may be weaker in the current era of unconventional monetary policy.
But for all the hoopla that comes with an inverted yield curve, most agree that a prolonged inversion, with or without the Fed's intervention, is something to worry about.
2. Gasoline Is Fueling Inflation
The headline for this week's retail inflation numbers was that consumer prices were well contained. That's because the market focuses on the core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes food and energy prices due to their volatility.
The core CPI rose 0.1% in March, less the than 0.2% rise economists forecast, according to compilations by Investing.com. The annual rise in core CPI came in at 2%, below expectations of 2.1%.
The core number gets all the attention no just because it smooths out the data, but because the Federal Reserve really loves core inflation. It tends to favor the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, but the core CPI is also in its sights.
But those looking at the core numbers might have missed the big reason why the full CPI rose 0.4%, more than expected: gas prices. Gas was responsible for 60% of the increase in March total prices. And there are signs this week that'll keep getting worse.
On Wednesday the Energy Information Administration said gasoline inventories plunged by more than 7 million barrels, more than expected, sending gasoline futures up more than 3% for the day. Futures are up more than 30% year to date.
Retail gasoline prices are higher, too. AAA's daily survey of retail gas prices put the U.S. national average at $2.761 a gallon, up nearly 22% for the year.
That not only means higher input costs for lots of companies and less spending power for U.S. drivers. It could have an impact on the Fed in the future, despite its dedication to the core. Trump Fed nominee Stephen Moore "has argued that the Fed should base its decisions on shifts in commodity prices," GrantThornton Chief Economist Diane Swonk wrote in a note this week.
But Swonk also said Moore looks like he's already changed his tune. "He was using a sustained drop in prices to justify a rate cut a few months ago," she said. "One would assume higher prices at the pump would change his position; it has not."
3. Will AI Discriminate?
The World Economic Forum tweeted out an article on gender inequality that featured a fascinating chart on the perceptions of C-suite diversity. The chart, which comes from Statista, shows that people across the globe vastly overestimate the proportion of CEOs who are women.
According to the chart, while just 3% of the top 500 global companies have female chief executives, those surveyed worldwide thought the percentage was much higher. Mexico overestimated the most, guessing 29% of CEOs were women, while Brazil and India both thought it was more than 20%.
At the other end of the spectrum, South Korea was closer with an estimate of 9%, while Australia and the U.K. went for 12%. This is already important for the market, as companies may not feel the need to press for diversity (which can improve results) if the consensus is that representation of women at the top is at a much higher level.
But the WEF takes it further in its article, postulating that artificial intelligence could exacerbate these mistaken assumptions and increase gender inequality.
"With the rapid deployment of AI, this biased data will influence the predictions that machines make," Bettina Buchel, professor of strategy and organization at IMD Business School, wrote. "Whenever you have a dataset of human decisions, it naturally includes bias." Any journalist who's had to find an image for a story by searching for "CEO" (the most basic of algorithms) will know what gender will dominate the results.
AI is definitely one of the buzzwords the market likes to hear companies tout in their R&D plans (often no matter what the sector). But investors may want to dig a little deeper into how the companies plan to deploy those research dollars and what datasets they are relying on.


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Thanks to our Josef the pigflag enthusiasts have applied for partnership to support https://www.take-a-stand.eu a idealistic project and non profit movement mainly in comprehension with our own directives.
So let's all Take a Stand!
Thanks to our Josef the pigflag enthusiasts have applied for partnership to support https://www.take-a-stand.eu a idealistic project and non profit movement mainly in comprehension with our own directives.
So let's all Take a Stand!
Dear Chris,
now that we're finished with our own festival
(https://www.suedwinsen-festival.de/) I would like to say a great
in behalf of all the pigflag visitors on RF2018 caravan east this year. It was such a great place you reserved for us, we were astonished an utmost pleased! Also we would like to say Thank You to all of the Roskilde Festival staff, the musicians, their roadies, the sponsors,
the helpers, the security team, the doctors and paramedics, the visitors and every one else who made this festival the best Roskilde event for years!
Keep up the good work, we surely appreciate it and already are looking forward to Roskilde Festival
2018 2019*
*Thanks Josef for the correction!
Come and play with us!
The motto for our tuesday roskilde party 2016 is
Dress up like a gambler, croupier, bookmaker, casino staff or any other person or thing you can think of at a casino. On tuesday evening around 7 p.m. grab your cards, dice, luck and drinks and come to the pink pigflag camp on caravan site.
For sure you won't win the big money. But do expect to have a great time with some cool musik and get to meet even cooler people. We're looking forward to party with you!
We are happy to announce, that the pigflag logo
is now an EU wide registered design with the Office for Hamonization In the International Market, an agency of the European Union under reference number 002802017-0001.
The sole right for this logo is held with the sponsor of this website v. Hammerstein Consult GmbH. The right for use of our logo will be admitted only for non profit, non political, non religous mattters of persons/campaigns/companies or such.
The v. Hammerstein Consult GmbH istself declares it will only use this logo in respect of the Pink Pigflag Commnity's interests. Any revenues made by use of the logo will solely be re-invested to futher support the Pink Pigflag Community and it's objectives. The company furthermore confirms it will not license the logo to others, except they declare the same.
Any other use of the Logo, especially for commercial, political or religous activities, is strictly forbidden and is protected by federal and european law.
For more information see http://oami.europa.eu
Stay tolerant, be peaceful and let a smile grow on your face!
"Funny Legs"! So do something cool to your legs, get a third or fourth and come and party with us. And if you don't have an idea. Elli will be glad to get out her Epiliergerät! We look forward to you and a wonderful evening!
pigflag party starting at Tuesday 2015-06-30 8:00pm on the Caravan site
As we had to read from the german press, a nazi terror group called "Oldschool Society" was broken up two days ago by german authoroties. We never before heard of this group and it is our utmost concern not to be related in any way to political parties, -movements or especially extremists!
We are a group of party goers coming from almost every political direction, all over the world. As we do like to discuss politics, we distance ourselves to radikal parties or movements of any kind. Our motto is "tolerate the tolerant". What we will not tolerate is racism!
As the Oldschool terror group is now going throgh the german news we think the motto we chose this year is not appropriate anymore.
A new Motto will be posted by the end of the week. Please be patient and feel free to send me a mail with suggestions.
The Roskilde Festival Comittee today anounced the full festival Line Up. Read more here.


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This is a topic that means a lot to me. For the past few months I have researched this issue from all angles and now being tasked with making a info-graphic about this information was just a matter of taking all the research I had put together over the year and making vector graphics to match. After selecting a color pallet and making vectors I believed would bring home the message of my research I formatted it all together to make an interesting yet informing PDF.
Matthew Scott Dempster(born January 29, 1998) is a New Jersey native with a story yet to be told. Equipped with a unique imagination, unparalleled work ethic, can do attitude, and a hunger to start working in the world of advertising.


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Ross & Rachel | NYC & Me…
To my bae, New York City,
you were as aggressive now, as our very first meeting.
Even back then at thirteen, I dreamed of a taste,
Knowing I did not wish to stay, you know, forever…
Still, enamored by the haste drawing the dog walkers and day traders;
And so, eleven years ago, we began our dance…
In-between stops at nail salons and coffee shops,
You challenged what I thought I wanted,
Giving what I did not know I needed…
Now, with a woman's eyes I spy, your androgyny.
A heart, home to a hustler,
Frustrating and indulgent,
We made love, to make up time, from ghosting breaks
Tears between gasps of taking my breath away…
I will cherish those fleeting moments,
As coffee dates evolved into after dinner drinks
From Harlem to Soho to Meatpacking…
And perfect nights ended with Percy's $1 slice.
Like a lover that flirts, and follows through…
More is more, if there is more; then leaves in gratitude.
Satisfying the body's need to repair from the night before,
With an egg and cheese on a roll.
Mr. Big, an uncommitted secret keeper,
Your deceptive exteriors camouflage glamorous interiors.
Relentless, still you leave space for endless opportunities,
But your impatience was beginning to wear on me.
Lessons taught by no other teacher,
Created a woman wrought, by the figurative hands of a city,
Part woman, part man.
And while your kiss is as passionate as your punch is painful
This is not so much goodbye, rather 'See you later.'
To be counted as a break, not a break-up,
Like Ross and Rachel.
xo, Facemaid
Thanks to: Percy's Pizza and Kim Anderson @howtokim


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So you all heard my last idea with the bookstore, but the unfortunate thing, is that that isn't too possible. besides everything else, small bookstores that are specialized just don't survive.
well, the other day the wife and i were heading out to a friends house for a birthday and i thought of something that I could do. here's the next idea:
If you are like me, you are in the process of building your library. Man men that are young and just getting their feet wet, they know there are a lot of books that they should really get, but there are two problems. the first is that we never have the money to get what we want or need. if we were to get the books that we should have and paid cover price for each one, we would have to have a lot more money than we do.
the other problem is not having the time to search for the deals that would make those purchases affordable. We could spend the time continuously browsing the book sellers for deals, but we just don't have that time. We haven't exactly got to the point where we're looking for specific books too often, instead we're looking for a long list and get whatever is cheap.
well, here's where my idea comes in. I would come up with a monthly email newsletter that would provide a listing of what was on sale at the different book sellers for abotu $2 a month. The email would cover the major book sellers, stores and websites, and provide the people with the best deals to better build their libraries. I would also have a part of the newsletter that would let people put a book up for sale under the E-Yard Sale section. They would email me with the book name, condition, price, and their email address, and I would put it on the next newsletter. I would not be involved in the selling process, just a place to post the ad.
people would pay for the year, and get a month free if a friend signs up on a recommendation.
so what do you think? think it could fly?


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There are two ways to participate in MOSTRATEC:
* register the project in the Selection Process and wait for the disclosing list according to the calendar;
* obtain accreditation through an affiliated fair with MOSTRATEC.
Important: A Liberato student must participate in FEICIT (school fair of science and technology) and get accreditation to participate in MOSTRATEC.
The participant must meet the following criteria:
* be enrolled in high school or in a technical-professional education course of middle level;
* be at least 14 years old;
* be accompanied by an adult, if minor;
* register the project observing deadlines;
* participate with only one scientific or technological project.


text: SwordBreaker Report post Posted December 31, 2008 Remember the last two generations when the so-called "memory card" was the most innovative thing ever created? Just put your saves in there...and if you want to, you can go over to your friends and brag about your progression, play at his house, and even give him a copy of your save file in case he doesn't want to go through all the shit. Simple and effective.Things are haywire this generation in my opinion, and quite frankly it's been pissing me off for quite sometime. For some stupid reason, all three competitors have made it extremely hard, if not impossible, for us to continue the memory card legacy.So the first versions of the PS3 has all these shitty memory ports, not to mention the USB slots that we have now, which could've been the perfect continuation of the memory card. But no, Sony had to complicate shit up. I tried to bring my save file of Soul Calibur IV to a friend's house via USB so we can play with everything unlocked from the get-go...but the damn thing tells me that I'm not authorized to use copy this save file to his profile 'cause it's not his to begin with. Who gives a damn if it's not his? I just want to use the save file in peace. I'm assuming (big IF here) this can be fixed by tediously creating a profile that's identical to mine on his PS3...but the only way to do so is to connect the PS3 online, which is really bothersome if there's no internet connection around. Why can't I just copy my PS3 profile to my USB or something...just like Xbox Live?Speaking of Xbox Live, they're also not immune to this problem. Slightly better than the PS3, but still has some major faults 'cause of the similar structure. I can't use my save in another 360 unless I move my XBL gamertag/profile to a memory unit along with my save. Additionally, you can't "give" friends your save, either...'cause of those achievements. I mean, it would be much simpler if I get a message like "achievements won't move over to the other profile because it's not your progress"...but no, moving saves between profiles is strictly prohibited for some weird reason. Only thing that I can give props to the 360 is that you can directly access your saves from your memory unit, unlike the PS3 (that is, if you can get your save file to work in another PS3 in the first place).As for the Wii, I haven't really experimented in moving my saves to another system...but I'm assuming that there are no restrictions since there's no "profile system" to begin with. So in that regard, it's much better. However, the Wii has its own share of problems. First off, the system has one SD slot only with an extremely slow transfer progress. Also, there are a lot of game saves that cannot be backed-up or transferred to your SD card for no reason whatsoever...and some of them are the games that matter. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a major example of this fault. It takes a ton of space off your Wii, but you can't back it up on your SD slot (aside from the in-game photos and custom stages, which is nice but not good enough). So in order to enjoy a fully-unlocked Smash Bros. Brawl over at a friends, you have to bring the Wii with you! SD slot is useless. Speaking of useless, you can't even access your saves directly from the SD in most games. You gotta copy it to the Wii memory first. Also, if your Wii breaks or your save becomes corrupt (God Forbid) then it's goodbye 100+ hours of Smash Bros. playtime.I wonder if anyone here is as pissed off as me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Christmas came early — thank you family — and my LG Pocket Photo has arrived.* After one week, the picture quality beats the socks off of my Polaroid POGO. No more ridiculous streaking and I like that the photo paper is thicker – actually feels like a real picture. The wireless printing capability is awesome too.
Do I need one of these gadgets? Of course not. Cost per print seems steep (some could say stupid) too. However, as someone who loves making mini travel albums and loves the idea of her friends printing out pics to contribute to the album, the compatibility and portability of this printer is awesome.
While I was researching the Pocket Photo, I couldn't find any comparisons between the POGO and LG printer. For my review, I'm thinking some side by side comparisons — especially of the print outs — would be useful.
Below are some pictures of the device right out of the box.
* For anyone else who is interested, I got a great deal on a bundle from Adorama before Black Friday and also received an additional 5% cashback using ShopDiscover.


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Good News!
Good News!
The Park Plaza Restaurant is ready for The Brownstone Poets and . . .
Poetry Grows Again in Brooklyn Heights
The Brownstone Poets presents:
Leslie Prosterman and Nathan A. Versace
Saturday, November 3 at 2:30 p.m.
at the newly renovated
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
For more directions:
$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email:
Leslie Prosterman has recently published her first poetry book, Snapshots and Dances, with Garden District Press (New Orleans, 2011). Her poetry has appeared in several collections and publications, including The Folklore Muse (Utah State University Press) and First Literary Review-East, and will be published in From Somewhere to Nowhere: The End of the American Dream (forthcoming, Spring 2013). She has been a featured reader/performer at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, West Tisbury Library, at the George Mason University Fall for the Book Festival, and at Nora Laudani's Vaudeville Nights in Vineyard Haven. In December the Erika Thimey Dance and Theater Company will present a dance concert created around Snapshots and Dances, at which Prosterman will also perform and read. A cultural activist in the conservation of grassroots culture and civil society, she is also a sometime student of trapeze. It is probably also evident that in a former life she was an academic, but that will pass.


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A technology that prevents any loss of signal or delay in transmission by accommodating various wired and wireless access environments such as 5G, Wi-Fi and others through single network has been developed.
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI, Director Lee Sang-hoon) made an announcement that it has developed a technology that overlaps 5G and Wi-Fi access network with KT, LANBIRD Technology, and Snet ICT.
Current mobile network system is divided into various network such as 5G LTE network and Wi-Fi network. Because it takes considerable amount of time for changing network that is being used, there have been times when videos are cut off or delayed.
ETRI solved such problem by accommodating Wi-Fi wired network with 5G mobile core network. This method has Wi-Fi network as part of additional access network of 5G network. ETRI was able to effectively connect Wi-Fi network and 5G network by adding similar 'signal control system' and managed these two networks with single signal system and single physical equipment.
ETRI also secured a technology called 'access traffic steering and switching' that is important for its new technology. Access traffic steering technology is a technology that has network provide service network that is suitable for a certain user. Access traffic switching technology prevents any loss of signals and delay in transmission during a process of changing network.
ETRI explained that these technologies understand amount of network use by users and provide optimal access environment. They allow users not to manually select choices of access.
ETRI is also going to work on standardizing its technologies and it has contributed to standardization of 60 relevant technologies. ETRI started this research one year earlier than an international standardization group called 3GPP, which only out put concepts of relevant technologies.
"We have developed technologies that are absolutely needed during 5G generation." said Park No-ik, Ph.D., of ETRI Network Research Headquarters. "We have secured foundation that will allow us to lead future technologies by developing technologies faster than establishment of standards."
Staff Reporter Kim, Youngjoon | firstname.lastname@example.com
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Resources on Aboriginal Economic Development
"This paper explores the complex social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that now mediate Aboriginal community access to wildlife resources. By focusing on subsistence, with its equally important social and economic attributes, this article argues that the harvesting, processing, and distribution of wild foods and resources continues to be a central component of Canada's northern social economy.
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HPD hopes busting shopping cart crooks cuts other crime
Police hunt stolen shopping carts to curb street crime
Poor men's pickups or desperate criminals' getaway cars?
Once they escape parking lots, shopping carts become a unique and sometimes problematic part of the urban landscape.
Some carts are abandoned near their home stores.
Others end up miles away parked outside abandoned houses, flipped in ditches or jumbled near bus stops or scrap-metal recycling companies.
"There are more shopping carts than bushes out there," said Lt. Richard Zajac of the Houston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division, which this year launched a special detail to curb cart theft in hopes of stopping more serious crime.
Plainclothes officers hit the streets to see who's pushing carts. In their first 30 shifts, a milestone hit last week, officers rounded up more than 1,000 shopping carts.
Companies don't mind customers temporarily using carts, which cost about $100 apiece. Fiesta even has a crew to retrieve them.
H-E-B and Walgreens outfitted carts with wheel locks triggered by radio waves when a cart wanders too far off. H-E-B still spends almost $300,000 a year on carts for its 67 stores in the region, said Zach Yeglin, H-E-B's customer service director for the Houston division.
"The trend has really picked up in the last six to eight months," he said of cart-napping. "People are just taking the carts home and they are not reappearing. Why they're not, I don't know."
While hunting carts, police find surprises.
In March they caught a slaying suspect hiding as a homeless person. Then there was the time in broad daylight when a drug peddler asked officers sitting in an old pickup if they wanted crack cocaine.
The problem is not just that carts are an eyesore for neighborhoods and a financial loss for stores. They also provide low-profile mobility to players in the city's derelict underworld.
'This breeds crime'Thieves are known to rip bulk amounts of copper wiring from construction sites or air-conditioning units and roll away with their booty stashed in carts. Some also use the carts to collect aluminum cans.
"This breeds crime, these shopping carts," said officer Paul Thomas, who worked with fellow officer Mark Lerch on a recent morning.
The Houston natives and police veterans sign up for cart duty about once a week as a different approach to curbing crime.
"When we started doing this, people thought it was a goofball job," Thomas said. "But people can now build homes without getting ripped off."
In two hours, they picked up 17 carts.
In some areas, cart pushers have an especially bad reputation.
"They'll push everything in your yard away in those damn baskets," said Third Ward resident Eugene Archer, who recently cleared a cinderblock building of abandoned carts. "They're pushing Houston away in grocery baskets."
Police driving by a mom-and-pop recycling company struck the mother lode for carts when they saw Archer's trailer loaded with dozens of them, including some he'd cut apart with a welding torch.
Archer said he hoped to sell the carts and the building's owner told him he could keep them.
Police questioned the scrap-metal recycler, Charles Blevins, who was operating his business from his own home and has been repeatedly cited for code violations.
A way to avoid troubleBlevins said he's jumped through hoops to obey the rules, including fingerprinting customers.
"It is hard times in America ... people are trying to survive," he said. "I ain't down with stealing; I'm a Christian."
Hard times or not, police insist the carts aren't up for grabs.
In the past 12 months, police have stepped up enforcement of a law making it illegal to push a cart down the street without an owner's consent.
There were nearly 500 summonses issued for illegally possessing carts from April 2006 to April 2007, but only one ticket for a scrap-metal recycler, and that was dismissed.
Recyclers seem to be able to avoid trouble by having customers abandon their carts nearby and carry in their loads.
Word is out among the homeless that if the police catch them with a cart, they'll be hassled. There are some holdouts.
Among them is Larry Buckley, a Vietnam veteran who wears a half-dozen plastic bead necklaces. His possessions were stuffed in a cart. No copper or anything else of much value.
"This is all I got," he said.


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As we all know by now, Tommy Hunter's groin is a real thorn in the side of the Texas Rangers.
After injuring his groin in his final spring start and being put on the disabled list, Hunter was on his second rehab start Monday night in Triple-A Round Rock and had great stuff through six innings.
Then, bam! It happened again. On his final pitch of the night, he felt a familiar, unwelcomed pain and walked off the field to the trainer before returning to Arlington.
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But he seems to be in pretty good spirits about returning sooner rather than later and helping out the Rangers pitching staff, whether it be in the rotation or in the bullpen.
"I just think it's one of those freak deals, it just happened again somehow," Hunter said. "Maybe I went a little too much too early, you never know. This training staff is unbelievable. They help you out as much as they can. You know, players try to push them, you know, it's their job to keep us back. You know, maybe I pushed too much, but we're gonna take a couple of days off and get back after it."
A return for Hunter would be great for the Rangers, but I wouldn't expect it any time soon. I think the Rangers will be happy to get Hunter back before the All-Star break. His return will help the Rangers, no matter where he goes, but Hunter is more of a rotation guy than a bullpen guy. It's hard to convince me that the best thing for this year's Rangers team, unfortunately, isn't to move Alexi Ogando back to the 8th inning and have a healthy, 13-win (last season) Tommy Hunter in the rotation. Time will tell.


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One Novel Coronavirus, Two Afflictions
Published Date: 2020-07-01
As I write this article, the summer is just beginning. From my current vantage point, whatever knowledge we may have gleaned from the summer is still unknown to me. Whatever the various state opening plans currently are, I have no idea how they may impact new cases of COVID-19, or the hospitalizations and deaths related to it. In other words, I don't know what shape "the curve" will be in by September 2020. I don't know how things will go for the camps that did decide to open, in whatever fashion that may have been.Read More
A Time to Grieve: Dealing with Loss and Change This Summer and Beyond
Published Date: 2020-07-01
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed life for many of us, and nearly everyone is experiencing some form of loss this summer — loss that may continue into the foreseeable future. We recently sat down for a frank discussion about kids and grieving and how camps can offer support and compassion during this difficult time.
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Are Apps a Game Changer for Camps?
Published Date: 2020-07-01
Running a summer camp is no easy feat. Demands on camp administrators are unrelenting. Attention gets divided among children, staff, budgets, supplies, transportation, and other operational logistics. Factor in parents' insatiable appetite for photos, videos, and updates (but lack of attention to emails), and you surely know firsthand why camps are struggling to keep everyone in sync.
In fact, an American Camp Association survey identified "parent communication" as one of the top issues facing camps.Read More
Innovating for Better Outcomes: The 2020 Eleanor Eells Award Winners
Published Date: 2020-07-01
Each year, ACA's Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence recognizes camps that epitomize the spirit of the award's namesake through their efforts to provide sterling programming that effectively and innovatively addresses the needs of people and society through the camp experience. We applaud the 2020 recipients. They are all definitive proof of the right camp program's capacity to equip campers of all abilities and backgrounds with the resiliency and conviction to build better futures for themselves and their communities.
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Weak Board vs. Strong Board: Why Care?
Published Date: 2020-07-01
What happens when the purpose, focus, talent, and emotional strength of a board of directors goes haywire? Chaos, confusion, frustration, heartache, and spiraling negativity are just some of the side effects that can accompany this avoidable situation. Most importantly, the agency itself suffers and relationships are stretched to the point where they often irreparably break. This is the story of a weak board versus a strong one. Does this sound familiar? If not, based on working with and for many nonprofits and for-profit camps, chances are it will at some point.Read More
Armed and Dangerous: Fugitive Situations Near Camp
Published Date: 2020-07-01
In the summers of 2017 and 2018, the West Virginia 4-H camp program experienced multiple incidents where camps were locked down due to armed suspects in the area. In one incident, a man stole a truck and shot at a family's home within a mile of a 4-H camp in session. In another incident, an armed suspect resurfaced near the camp facility area where he was ultimately captured.Read More
The American Camp Association: Advocating for Camps in Good Times and Bad
Published Date: 2020-07-01
Dear friends,
Our world has changed in unimaginable ways. This pandemic has presented incredible challenges to all of us. Those camps that have opened this season have faced tremendous obstacles, with capacity limits and operational hardships never experienced before. You have become frontline workers, putting yourselves on the line to care for your campers, your staff, and their families.Read More
Moving Forward Together: July 2020
Published Date: 2020-07-01
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I wish to express deep gratitude to all of ACA's volunteers, leaders, donors, sponsors, partners, and members for your generous leadership and support over the past year and especially during this cataclysmic pandemic. Your generosity of wealth, time, and talent has helped ACA provide leadership and support in many ways to camps across the country facing precarious and unprecedented challenges.Read More
Buying a Camp Is a Complex Process
Published Date: 2020-07-01
Camp properties and operations are bought and sold every year. For the aspiring camp professional, the allure of owning and operating "the whole show" can be almost irresistible. However, the breadth and depth of knowledge, experience, and insight necessary to launch and sustain a camp business are considerable. A thorough, well-prepared plan is the most likely to succeed. In addition to all the staffing, programs, supplies, and logistics, there's the camp property itself.Read More
The 10 Commandments of Communicable Disease Protective Behaviors at Camp: A Refresher
Published Date: 2020-07-01
In addition to the current COVID-19 pandemic, you may also recall norovirus and SARS (also a coronavirus) outbreaks, Ebola, or even 2009's H1N1 "Swine Flu." There are lots of communicable diseases out there — and they won't go away. Indeed, the threat of communicable disease will remain as long as humans are social beings.Read More


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After a pause of a few months, rollout of the new website design for Cartoon Network feeds in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region has continued. Over the last couple of weeks, Cartoon Network Russia has new the website design as well as Cartoon Network France, Cartoon Network Poland and the website for Cartoon Network Spain. This now leaves Cartoon Network Germany, Cartoon Network Italy, Cartoon Network Arabia and Cartoon Network UK & Ireland to change to the new website design.
The website design originated from DMT Latin America, a division of Turner Broadcasting System responsible for developing websites for the company in the Latin American market and is also used on the Latin American Cartoon Network websites. The website design was rolled out to smaller markets first, starting with Portugal and several Nordic and Eastern Europe countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.


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The Hunting Grounds is a multi-part series on the predators who made Fort Worth a dangerous place to be a woman in the early to mid 1980s. I strongly recommend you read the first two parts of the narrative, Preview which sets the scene, and Stranger in the Dark which discusses how Brown was first caught.
If you don't know who the Bass brothers are, then you ain't from around here. Sundance Square, the thirty-five blocks of restaurants and shopping at the heart of downtown Fort Worth, is their creation. They oversee the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, pumping millions of dollars into the economy, but individually, the brothers have their own interests. Ed Bass is the odd, quirky brother, dedicated to the arts. In the early 80s, he had dreams of a downtown apartment in the heart of an arts district. Such a place didn't exist, so he created one.
In 1983, Ed Bass founded Caravan of Dreams with Kathelin Hoffman. Named from 1001 Arabian Nights, it was part nightclub, part recording studio, part bar, with living quarters for Ed, staff and artists and a roof top desert garden–but the bread and butter, the life in Caravan of Dreams, was the live jazz nightclub. Terece Gregory, 29, had a love/hate relationship with the place. She worked there periodically as a waitress. She was fired. She was rehired. She was let go again. The club had a reputation as place where sex and drugs could be easily had. The early 80s were a time of excess and Terece enjoyed what life offered. Even after she had been let go by the club, she remained friendly with the staff and often hung out there. She was no wild party girl, though. Friends remember her as tidy and quiet. She was reserved but also social, preferring company to being alone. She liked reading and sewing.
Just before the afternoon rush hour on May 29, 1985 a Fort Worth officer responded to an abandoned car call. The car was slightly blocking traffic at 5550 Bridge Street which runs parallel to I-30. He found a white and maroon Pontiac with both right side tires blown and a dent in the front. The car appeared to have struck a curb and come to a stop. He ran the registration, noted that it returned to a Patricia Gregory, and arranged for a tow.
Meanwhile, Patricia Gregory was at the Fort Worth police department filing a missing persons report. She told police that she lived with her daughter who had gone out with her boyfriend, but didn't come home. This wasn't like her daughter at all. Terece would have called or come home by now. Shortly after moving to the Metroplex, Terece had become the victim of a sexual assault in Dallas. The man was only given probation and Terece was extremely vigilant when out after dark.
Terece had taken Patricia's Pontiac in order to have a reliable car. Her own car was aging and she was always very nervous driving alone. Patricia gave police a photo and a description. Terece was 5 foot 10 with green eyes and curly brown hair. A grown woman who didn't come home after a night partying with her boyfriend didn't sound like much of a crime. Still, a detective dutifully began calling jails, hospitals, morgue, looking for Terece. Then someone ran the license plate and discovered the tow. The mild concern became real alarm. To the detective's trained eye, it looked like Terece had been "curbed", that is, run off the road until her tires blew out and then kidnapped. She was only six blocks from home.
Sadly, the detective's instinct would prove correct. May 30th, a young man went to his favorite fishing spot during his lunch hour. He often fished the Trinity at lunch, especially near the Rockwood Golf Course, but today, as he readied his equipment, he noticed something floating about 15 feet from shore. It appeared to be the body of a woman face down wearing a dark skirt and blouse with spaghetti straps. He hoped it was a mannequin, of course it wasn't. It's never a mannequin. He hooked the skirt with a line and pulled it close enough to determine it really was the body of a woman. Then he called the police.
This case was originally assigned to Detective J.D. Roberts. The case would remain his until the day he retired. Roberts, who just passed at the age of 89 on February 14, 2018, had a colorful career, but this was one case that frustrated him. Robbery was quickly ruled out. The woman had been dumped still wearing her watch and jewelry. Her cause of death was obvious, a gunshot wound to the face. Roberts was fairly certain he was looking at the corpse of Terece Gregory.
He reached out to the two people he most needed to speak with, her mother Patricia and boyfriend, J.D. Bartlett. Roberts showed Patricia the rings and watch and she began to cry. Bartlett agreed to do the identification so Patricia would be spared.
The autopsy confirmed that Terece had been sexually assaulted due to vaginal bruising and the presence of semen. The biological evidence was collected and stored, an act that would later mean everything to the case. Cause of death was a single gunshot wound from a .38 caliber weapon from intermediate range, not point blank, but not far. Her blood alcohol concentration showed her to be moderately intoxicated.
Roberts quickly determined that the last person to see Terece alive had been her boyfriend. Did he own a .38? Bartlett confirmed that he did. Terece and Bartlett met than night around six at Caravan of Dreams. They drank and visited with friends. One of Terece's friends, bartender Michael McCreary, took a photo of her, her last photo. Her earrings and sandals were the only things missing from the night, but they were hook earrings, easily lost in the currents of the Trinity.
Terece and Bartlett left the nightclub and went to Sammy's for dinner with friends. One of the people they went with was a piano tuner. At Sammy's, he spotted someone he knew, famed pianist Van Cliburn. Van Cliburn was interviewed by police and he remembered Terece as quiet an introspective.
It was approximately 2 am when Bartlett took Terece back to the parking lot at Caravan of Dreams where she had left her car. He said he walked her to her car, saw her get into it and pull out from 312 Houston Street. She turned left and he got in his car to drive the other way. Police were deeply suspicious of Bartlett. His criminal history wasn't spotless and they were certain this case wasn't related to all the other murders of young women. They even said so to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram repeatedly. Bartlett was asked to submit to a polygraph which he failed. To police, this solidified him as their primary suspect, but when they compared his weapons to the bullet from Terece's body, it wasn't a match.
Roberts exhausted every lead he had, but nothing moved the case. The case went dormant, but the one key to solving it was there all along, just waiting for science to catch up with nature. In 2005, CODIS spurred Fort Worth to finally create a cold case unit. The unit was actually a team of one, Detective Manny Reyes who worked out of a glorified closet, patiently sorting through jumbled boxes of cases and notes for cases with possible biological evidence.
The news came in an envelope. The DNA taken from Terece Gregory's sexual assault kit had a match, a "cold hit." Reading Curtis Don Brown's file, several things jumped out. Terece's car had been found on Bridge Street, just one block from the apartments where Brown's last victim Jewell Woods lived. Like Jewell, Terece had encountered Brown in one location, but was taken and killed at another place and her body somewhat concealed. The cold hit had come just in time. Brown had been in prison for life, but after 19 years, he had just become eligible for parole. Thankfully, they had new charges filed before he was released.
Flush with the success, Det Reyes reached out to other departments. Based upon the similarities between Terece Gregory's murder and other unsolved crimes from the same time period, he believed he had just identified a serial predator. He was correct.
One of the detectives he reached out to was Arlington Detective Jim Ford. When it came to submitting cold case profiles, there was one case at the top of Ford's list, a case that had always haunted him: the murder of 18 year-old Sharyn Kills Back.
Sharyn Kills Back grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, she was the youngest girl of 9 siblings. Life on the reservation wasn't easy and Sharyn wanted a chance to experience the world. At the age of sixteen, she had a chance to attend the Clearfield Job Corp Center in Utah where minority students could participate in a vocational education program.
At the completion, students were allowed to choose a location: California, Georgia, or Texas. Sharyn's sister Blanche wanted her to choose California, but Sharyn chose Arlington, Texas. Her family couldn't understand that choice, but Sharyn had met someone in the program. Barbara Bouknight was coming to Texas, so Sharyn would as well.
Portrayals in the media all describe the women as "roommates" and an episode of Swamp Murders goes so far as to suggest an upstairs neighbor might have been romantically involved with Sharyn. But reading the original reports and statements, everyone was very clear that Barbara and Sharyn were a couple. They were in love and lived openly as lesbians. Barbara and Sharyn were especially good friends with another couple in the same Meadowbrook Apartment complex, Josie and Richard. The two couples socialized frequently and soon Josie and Richard's friends were also Sharyn and Barbara's friends.
Sharyn was petite, but feisty. She was extremely outgoing and made friends everywhere. She was also enjoying life in a city, far different from her upbringing. Like many 18 year olds away from home for the first time, she drinking and going out almost every night. Sharyn and Barbara had been working at the Arlington location of Miracle Paint and Body Shop, but Sharyn had some sort of problem there and changed to a different location for the same business.
Sharyn's mother worried. She enjoyed the letters she got from her daughter, but Sharyn had no car and walked everywhere, including at night. She repeatedly warned her daughter that the city wasn't safe, this wasn't South Dakota. Sharyn dismissed her mother's concerns. She was perfectly safe. Sure, the news was full of stories about women in Fort Worth going missing, but this was Arlington.
Arlington is halfway between Fort Worth and Dallas. It had always been part of a greenbelt between the D and the FW, but in the 80s, the urban sprawl had encroached from both sides and Arlington was rapidly transforming into a formidable city of its own.
March 15, 1985, Sharyn wanted to go out, while Barbara was tired after working all day. Sharyn, always persistent, initially convinced Barbara to go with her. They set off on foot after dark to meet friends while carrying a "boombox" or portable stereo. Think John Cuisack from "Say Anything." Along the way, they began to quarrel. Barbara decided she'd had enough and announced she was going back to their apartment. Sharyn said she was still going to meet friends. They parted and Barbara went down about a block along East Park Row. When she turned back, Sharyn was gone. She would never see her girlfriend alive again.
When Sharyn didn't come home that night, Barbara first thought she was still angry from the argument and must be staying with friends, but a few phone calls on the 16th showed her this wasn't the case. Police protocol at that time didn't consider a person missing until 48 hours, so Sharyn wasn't officially a missing person until the 17th. On the 17th, Barbara filed the missing persons report.
Sharyn's family was also concerned. They'd just had a letter from her on the 14th that she was coming home for a visit in two weeks, however her uncle had a heart attack. Her sisters had been calling for her repeatedly to let her know and see if she could come home right away. Sharyn had always called right back, but now they only had silence.
March 23rd, Barbara saw a story on the news that chilled her to the core and she immediately called the police. A plumber working on new residence construction on Bandera drive stopped to throw some cardboard boxes into a storm drain, when he saw what looked like a shoulder and arm. He drew close enough to confirm there was a body and backed away to call the police.
The body of a young woman had been wedged down into the drain, rolled onto her side as if she were sleeping. It was necessary to remove the nearby manhole cover to retrieve her. Around her neck, a hemp rope had been tightly knotted. There was significant trauma to one side of her head as if she had been beaten and blood had pooled underneath her in the drain. While it was muddy and damp in there, she wasn't lying in water. She was fully dressed which at first led investigators to believe she hadn't been sexually assaulted. There was no ID on the woman, but she had several tattoos including the initials SKB on her hand.
Barbara went to the police and identified the body of her girlfriend. She blamed herself. "Maybe she would still be alive today if only I had gone with her that day. I don't think this guy would have gotten both of us if I were there."
The injuries to Sharyn's neck told a grim story. Her killer had knotted the ligature around her neck, yanked her around, leading her like an animal before strangling her with the two foot rope. Although 1985 technology wasn't able to detect the presence of sperm, samples of everything, including cuttings from Sharyn's underwear, were taken and preserved in a refrigerated setting.
Immediate suspicion was focused on the men who knew Sharyn, especially her friend Richard and an upstairs neighbor who went by the name Patrick at that time. Patrick was from Africa and had a wife who lived in another city. He was friendly with Sharyn according to Barbara. When police interviewed him, he claimed they had a few sexual encounters, but that was the extent of it. Other friends disputed his claim to have had a sexual relationship with Sharyn, saying she was only interested in lesbian relationships and was not bisexual. Regardless of the truth, that was his story. Police administered several polygraphs, and like Terece Gregory's boyfriend, JD Bartlett, Patrick failed multiple polygraph exams. Police were extremely suspicious of him, but there was no actual evidence he was related to Sharyn's murder.
Her family wanted to come to Texas, but were financially unable to afford it. They were forced to watch from South Dakota as the trail gradually went cold. Three years later, Sharyn's mother passed away due to complications from diabetes. She would never see justice for her daughter. Sharyn's father would all pass away, leaving her sisters and Barbara to wait and watch. For 19 years they held onto that hope.
In 2005, emboldened by the success in other cities, Arlington set to work on their old cases. Using vastly improved testing techniques, they identified biological material from Sharyn's vaginal swabs and underwear and soon had a profile of the offender to submit to CODIS. Like Reyes, Jim Ford received an envelop with confirmation of the cold hit. Charges had already been filed on Brown for the murder of Terece Gregory. Ford was eager to add another murder charge for Sharyn, but there was one more step.
CODIS hits aren't proof that can be used in court. Because they are remote matches, they can only be used as probable cause in order to take DNA. That means police needed to get a search warrant and swab Brown's cheek for a DNA comparison to confirm the match.
Fort Worth detectives Johnson and Carroll went to see Brown in prison. First they spoke to several inmates familiar with him. Everyone they spoke to indicated Brown wasn't a popular guy. He masturbated daily while others were around and was always focused on "perverted things." He was prone to starting fights. One inmate said Brown talked about killing women. He said Brown told him he was in prison because he met a woman at a bar, raped her and bashed her head in with a rock before dumping her body in the Trinity. He told of other claims Brown had made of killing a nurse with two children and beating a woman to death in Cleburne with a baseball bat. He also claimed to have killed a woman in River Oaks. The details sound like Brown was adding in bits and pieces from crimes he committed but confusing them.
Brown agreed to speak with them. He especially focused on Johnson, a female detective, staring at her breasts in a predatory manner. The detectives asked him about Jewell Woods. Brown said he was with some guys and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He wouldn't admit to killing her, but just kept saying that he pled guilty and they shouldn't ask him about it. They moved onto Terece Gregory. Brown said that he didn't know her, but "his memory wasn't good."
When police mentioned they had evidence linking him to her murder, he didn't seem surprised at all. They told him they wanted to speak with him about all the unsolved murders of women in the area from that time. Again, he didn't seem upset or surprised. They managed to get him talking about Jewell Woods by showing him offense reports. He pointed out how he gone in through the window and for the first time admitted killing her.
He refused to speak about other cases. "You're going to kill me," he explained and added that he wanted to die a "natural death." He was afraid of the death penalty. He shrugged off mentions about his DNA being found at crime scenes and remarked "DNA isn't wrong." He did indicate that he might be willing to cooperate if he was brought back to Fort Worth and taken to the various crime scenes and if the death penalty was off the table. Police probed more to see if he would give him a number of murders, telling him that they thought he was responsible for many more than the three, but he danced around their questions. As the detectives were leaving, he called out to them "What you're thinking" about their being more murders, "you're not wrong," he said.
Brown pled guilty to the murders of Terece Gregory and Sharyn Kills Back. He received two more life sentences stacked on top of the one he was already serving, guaranteeing he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Terece's brother was angry at prosecutors for not seeking the death penalty, but Sharyn's family was relieved not to have to live through a trial. "I wanted to shout out loud" her sister said on hearing the news. "I'm only sad our parents aren't here to share it."
Offender Profile: Curtis Don Brown, B/M DOB 8/2/58
Known victims: white and Native American, ages 18, 28, and 51; Survivors: white and Hispanic, ages 29 and 30
MO: blunt force trauma, ligature strangulation, .38 gun, burglary through window, transporting victim to another location, sexual assault, disposing of body in or near water
Locations: Fort Worth/Houston Street, Pearl St., Bridge Street, Trinity River, Rockwood Golf Course; Arlington/East Park Row, Bandera
Timeline: Paroled 1983. Arrested May 29, 1986.
In two weeks, the Hunting Grounds will continue with another possible suspect for the unsolved Fort Worth homicides, Juan Mesa Segundo. The murder of Vanessa Villa, 11 shocked and horrified the community. Who would rape and murder a child in her own bedroom. It was the first murder case Detective Reyes worked and one he wouldn't solve for decades.
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Additional information can be obtained from Star-Telegram archives at the Fort Worth Public Library and through Open Records requests for primary sources.
SWAMP MURDERS: I almost didn't include this in my sources because there are so many errors. First, Sharyn wasn't found anywhere near a swamp. She wasn't in water. It was a street and a storm drain. Second, I have an issue with the way they "scrub" her identity. The portrayal of her and of Barbara and of their relationship is extremely inaccurate and unfair to the women. Ultimately, I did include it because of the footage of Sharyn's sisters talking about their memories of her. It's a PPV on YouTube.


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For 60 years the Aspen Institute has been the nation's premier place for leaders from around the globe to explore timeless ideas and address the toughest challenges of the day. Since 1857, The Atlantic magazine has shaped national debate on the defining issues of our times. Together, we're working to touch as many people as we can to create a "public commons" for the 21st century, where a diverse group of intellectually curious people can gather to talk, listen, debate, question, and learn what they can do to make our world — and our children's world — a better place.
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Construction Site Paralysis
Construction sites are inherently dangerous workplaces. The combination of heavy and powerful machinery with high heights and sharp objects creates an environment with many possibilities for accidents. Because of these extreme conditions, the accidents that occur on construction sites tend to be serious and leave workers with devastating and sometimes life-threatening injuries. One of the most serious injuries that can happen because of these accidents is paralysis. Paralysis refers to the loss of the ability to move a part of the body, and occurs following damage to the spinal cord. When the nerves within the spinal cord are severed or traumatically crushed, the communication pathway between the brain and certain parts of the body will no longer function properly. The brain will not be able to send messages to the muscles and therefore will be unable to control or move the affected body part.
Some of the most common construction site accidents that can result in paralysis include:
- Slip and fall accidents
- Crane collapse
- Scaffolding collapse
- Electric shock accidents
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Falling objects
Any accident that results in a direct blow to the back or neck could result in paralysis. If you witness a fellow construction worker's trauma to the back, it is important not to move the person at all, unless they are in immediate danger of sustaining any further injuries. Moving the injured person may worsen their condition and even cause paralysis.
In the event of a construction site injury, it is possible that the construction company is liable. If the employer and equipment could have prevented the accident and resulting injuries through proper safety training, the court is likely to find them negligent. In the case of paralysis, the injured workers may be in the position to fight for compensation for medical expenses, loss of wages, emotional trauma, and more. If you are paralyzed in a construction site accident, it is important to find a strong lawyer to fight for your deserved compensation.
Contact a Construction Accident Lawyer
The attorneys at Hach & Rose, LLP have years of experience protecting the rights of workers injured on construction site accidents. Our legal team will do everything possible to ensure you receive the compensation you deserve for your injuries. We will take on the legal burden of your case so you can focus on recovery. To speak with one of our experienced lawyers, contact our offices today by calling 866-LAWS-USA.


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The community is invited to Rachel's Challenge. What is Rachel's Challenge? It is a powerful assembly and training program for schools. Rachel Scott was the first victim of the Columbine shootings in 1999. Rachel's Challenge exists to equip and inspire individuals to replace acts of violence, bullying and negativity with acts of respect, kindness and compassion.
Adults and children 12 and up are invited to these FREE presentations in the community. Rachel envisioned a world of kindness, free of violence. As part of Safer Tomorrows, they invite community members to experience the same message Rachel's Challenge is delivering to our local youth to inspire them to set the example of a safer tomorrow. Due to content, it is suggested that only children 12 and over attend these adult sessions.
Tuesday, Oct. 9, Thompson High School Gymnasium, 7-8pm
Wednesday, Oct. 10, Red River High School, Grand Forks, 6:30-7:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 11, UND Chester Fritz Auditorium, 6:30-7:30pm
Related information http://nierocks.areavoices.com/2012/09/19/choose-kindness/


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Labor leaders are putting on a full court press to persuade Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein and his five-member caucus of renegade Democrats to sever their governing alliance with the GOP.
The pressure on Klein and the Independent Democratic Caucus to unify with their party brethren comes just days after Gov. Cuomo vowed to help Democrats win outright control of the state Senate as part of a deal to secure the leftist Working Families Party endorsement.
Among the labor groups in talks with Klein is the powerful health care Local 1199-SEIU. the city's largest union.
1199 political director Kevin Finnegan confirmed he's in talks with Klein about having a unified Democratic conference run the Senate.
"Are we trying to unify the Democrats? Of course. Absolutely," Finnegan said.
Another labor insider, who requested anonymity said both Mayor de Blasio and Cuomo back the effort.
"A lot of the labor leaders, the mayor, the governor, would like to see a path created for the IDC to have rapprochement with the Democrats, " the source said.
Republicans currently run the Senate, but only in the partnership with the five Democratic IDC members and another Democrat who caucuses with them, Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.
For his part, Klein's office brushed off attempts to prod him to switch sides.
"Senator Klein is focused on governing and getting things done for New Yorkers during the final two weeks of session, not on cutting political deals. The senator is proud of his mounting union support," said the senator's spokeswoman, Candice Giove.
Klein is facing a Democratic primary in September from former City Councilman and state Attorney General Oliver Koppell, who is backed by the Working Families Party.
But Klein is favored to win and has key support from labor, including the Transport Worker Union, Uniformed Firefighters Association, Hotel Trades Council and Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, among others.


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Function Templates
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- 2017
When getting down to the brass tacks of good software engineering practices and design, "Function Templates" play a key role in effectively working with code in an object oriented environment. Function templates are special functions that work with any type of object to perform a common action. This allows the software engineer to create a function […]read more


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As Hot As It Gets
Out of Uniform, Book 6
Sea, air, land, the bedroom…this SEAL is always in command.
After watching his teammates settle down one by one, Navy SEAL Jackson Ramsey is ready to say goodbye to the single life. He's met a woman who intrigues him, challenges him, and turns him right on—Mia Weldrick, the funny, beautiful gardener he can't wait to get to know better. Problem is, Mia isn't interested in dating him, which means it's time for Jackson to unleash his Texas charm and do some serious wooing.
With a teenage brother to raise, two jobs, and, frankly, a complete disinterest in sex, Mia has no room in her busy life for a six-foot-five SEAL with a naughty streak a mile wide. But one hot kiss from Jackson has her imagining all the dirty ways she could fit him in.
It isn't long before their no-strings fling transforms into something more. As desire unearths emotions and deeply buried secrets, Mia has to decide whether to give love a chance to grow, or let it slip it away.
Warning: This Southern gentleman is wickedly ungentlemanly in the bedroom. Spanking, voyeurism, and other surprises await you in this last and dirtiest Out of Uniform installment.
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"I really, really enjoyed this story…Kennedy is a talented writer who can invent characters I care about." —Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
"As Hot as It Gets lives up to its erotic romance categorization. This "sex into love" romance includes hot, kinky sex but doesn't neglect the romance. Recommended for those who like their romances on the "extra-steamy" side." —Library Journal Reviews
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I wrote my first email fan letter to Gretchen Phillips – a lesbian singer – and for years, kept her email reply.
computer crash, so I lost a couple more – but only 2 more.
in any event, since so many celebs are online – remember the infamous Lucy Lawless getting in a flame war in a Xena chat room when she asked the semi innocent question. You don't take it that seriously do you?
so, consider when you are posting – how you present yourself and what kind of excitement or impression you create.
after all, I started sharing items for Crys Matthews and Vicki Wagner – a singer and comedian – working professionals
and it always thrills me when they stop by my facebook timeline to thank me for my efforts on their behalf.
and to continue the routine:


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Gubernatorial candidate proposes surcharge on opioids
5 cents per dose would fund local efforts to fight opioid addiction
5 cents per dose would fund local efforts to fight opioid addiction
A Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio says she would force drug manufacturers to pay a nickel-per-dose surcharge on prescription opioids sold in the state in an effort to help solve the opioid problem.
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley is seeking her party's nomination for the 2018 gubernatorial race. She says her proposal on prescription opioids announced Wednesday seeks to "clean up the mess" of the opioid crisis.
Whaley says the plan would raise more than $30 million a year for local emergency responders, substance abuse centers and psychiatric hospitals.
Whaley has previously said that taking on drug companies for their role in the opioid crisis would be her highest priority as governor.


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|Russian SU-25s on the way to hammering somebody
Russia's air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held (Isis) ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry has said, as Moscow continued its bombing campaign in Syria. "Su-25 jets hit a fortified Isis position in the Tadmur area of Homs province," Moscow's defence ministry said, using the Arabic name for Palmyra. "As a result of a direct strike, a fortification, an underground bunker and anti-aircraft artillery were destroyed." Russia's air force bombs Isis base near ancient city of PalmyraSeveral strikes are reported to have hit the city's historic citadel. Russia did not reveal when the strikes took place, but said its jets had struck more than 237 targets in Syria over the past two days.
Agence France-Presse, "Russia's air force bombs Isis base near ancient city of Palmyra" The Guardian Monday 2 November 201


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This Program will serves as the foundation for the new research & innovations in fields of engineering around the world. International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering (IJIRAE) welcomes expressions of interest in joining our Representative Association Program; we are presently seeking new representative around the world.
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Common People (Southampton) news : Announcing the final heat of I Want to Play at Common People! Get down to The Jo…
Latest Festival Flyer update from Common People (Southampton)
Announcing the final heat of I Want to Play at Common People! Get down to The Joiners on Wednesday 2nd May to support your fave local band, and you could win a pair of Common People tickets!
Common People Southampton
🙌🙌🙌Thank you Southampton! That was very special and we loved every second of it! Much love ❤❤❤ ... See MoreSee Less
Common People Southampton added 14 new photos.
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Thank you Southampton! That was very special and we loved every second of it! Much love ❤❤❤ ... See MoreSee Less
Great day. But where WAS the giant disco ball? 🤔
Emily Gunter scroll through 😊
In the interests of public safety, we would like to reiterate that Common People has always strongly advised all festivalgoers to avoid taking any illegal substances.
Anyone found in possession of drugs will be refused entry to the festival and reported to the authorities.
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I can't understand how our bags were searched and I had a deodorant and a biro taken off me but there was no search of the person not just for drugs but knives etc these days and no sniffer dogs at all even on Sunday after the tragic events in Portsmouth. The staff on the gates had no idea what they were doing. We were sent all round the houses and to various people for our VIP wristbands no one knew what we needed to do. It was a nice atmosphere but was as a bit unorganised and staff needed to be better trained.
I saw a small bottle of foundation makeup confiscated and then I walked in and forgot I had a rucksack on my back..also totally missed by security
It does say on the website that you're not allowed to take food in and I'm pretty sure the people with drugs went to greater lengths to conceal the drugs than your son did with his food.
So there were people selling pills, people smoking weed and my 14 year old son got his crisps and snack bar taken off him at security. Something not quite right here.
Common People Southampton added 13 new photos.
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Wow, yesterday was the perfect first day! Thank you Southampton, can't wait for amazing disco vibes today! ❤❤❤ ... See MoreSee Less
Fantastic day Sunday main stage set list perfect for such a hot sunny day well done common people 😁
Fantastic festival!
Enjoyed Sunday. Thank you Common People 😀
We all had the best weekend 😊😊😊💯❤xxx
Doors are open and we're so ready for the second day of Common People!
Tickets are still available - book online to save money & time!
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Hello my friends parents have tickets for today, my friend wanted to purchase a teen ticket but she can't buy without having to buy an adult one... is there any way she can still get a teen ticket? As her parents are coming they just already have ticket
How much are the tickets on the door?
On our way 😊
Adam Green
What time is holy goof???
Adam Green
Any mud?
Adam Green
Anyone know if you need to print off the e tickets???
Where was the disco ball?
Louise xx
How much does it cost on the gate
Saints of Sin check them out today www.saintsofsin.band
Lauren Wilde!!!
Alexandra Richardson have a great day, Bert will love it x
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If you have been following, you may have noticed February photo-a-day……. pretty much gave up and totally slacked off! Whoopsies. But its time to get creative & stick to it! Above is the list for March Photo-A-Day Challenge! Take a photograph that related to the day. Share the photo on your blog, facebook, instagram or wherever. I would love to see your images so comment with a link to yours! Tag your instagram with #ALPphotoaday so I can see them all! Mine will be posted on a facebook album weekly and on instagram daily @AmyLorrainePhoto
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Fertilizer Use
This is a problem biofuel crops share with food crops, gardens and lawns worldwide. All of these plants grow better when given fertilizer. But those fertilizers can have harmful effects on the surrounding environment, and expanded biofuel production could mean a major pollution threat to sources of fresh water.
Many fertilizers contain nitrogen and phosphorus. While both of these additives promote rapid and hearty growth in many crops, they have a downside. Overuse or inappropriate application can leave excess fertilizer in the soil, which then washes through regional watersheds and into streams, rivers, lakes and underground aquifers. And once the chemicals are in the water supply, bad things can happen.
Phosphorus has been implicated as a trigger of localized algae blooms: The tiny aquatic plants feed off it and rapidly reproduce, often killing other plants and aquatic animals by reducing the amount of oxygen in water or by releasing toxic chemicals. Nitrogen in drinking water can lead to a host of health problems, including methemoglobinemia, a condition that prevents infants from utilizing the oxygen in their blood [source: Rosen and Horgan]. Careful fertilizer application can help prevent widespread pollution problems, but expanding biofuel production to meet the world's demand opens the door for more mistakes in this realm.


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