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By Larry Shaughnessy
Dakota Meyer, one of America's most-recent Medal of Honor recipients, was the victim in an altercation that left him with minor injuries, Kentucky authorities said Thursday.
Meyer was taken to Westlake Hospital early Sunday morning after a scuffle at the Red Barn Event Center near his home in Columbia, according to Trooper 1st Class Billy Gregory of Kentucky State Police.
Meyer, 24, was treated and released. There was no word on what instigated the incident.
State police Thursday arrested 18-year-old Kanissa'a Thompson of Columbia and charged him with second-degree assault.
The Event Center, located in a dry county in south-central Kentucky, was hosting a party celebrating nearby Lindsey Wilson College women's soccer national championship.
In September 2011, President Barack Obama awarded Meyer the nation's highest military decoration for risking his life to save 36 U.S. and Afghan troops caught in a blistering firefight.
Meyer was promoted to sergeant before he left the Marines.
CNN attempted to contact Meyer through his book publisher, but had not received a response late Thursday afternoon.
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Why is this not being reported as a hate crime? Black on white crime.
Amazing to see some of the uneducated comments on this board. It appears that every story turns into a right versus left thing. This is why we need to do away with the two party system because people need to select leaders on qualifications, not party. This is why the county is heading towards destruction. Drop party politicis and come back to the center if we want to improve this country.
I hope the Sgt. is doing fine. Speaking as a veteran, I am a bit appauld by the altercation toward an MOH winner, but I have no idea what the altercation was about. To fellow vets and current brothers and sisters at arms on here, bickering about who is better, stronger, whatever, we all fought the same fight. Show some respect for those who you served with and those you served for and just belong to the band of brothers and sisters who do an did what we chose to do for our country. God bless America and her citizens.
Uh, Jeremy, how would anyone know that he's a MOH winner? I doubt he goes around in public wearing it around his neck.
Sgt. Meyer, why are you not stomping Mr. Thompson's guts out?!?!?
Very funny
Medal of Honor and this altercation are two different stories as the fight was not about medals or military but from the event it was in,the fight was most likely over a woman.Shame on the media for exploiting this story into something it's not,just like the Martin/Zimmerman case.
First of all, the guy ought to be happy to be alive. He attacked a combat experienced Marine. I think that there's a lot to be said for Sgt.Meyer not handing this idiot his guts on a silver platter! I'm pretty sure that Sgt. Meyer held back so as to not bring a negative light on himself,the MOH and the Corps!
Seen alot of ex military get their buts handed to them in Chicago bars , the streets turn out some pretty tough hombres
So does the Helmand Province. I'll put any one of my squads of Marines against your "hombres" any day or night of the week.
Go back to XBox. Leave the real fighting to us.
@duc749-so you need a squad to overcome just one guy,huh?
to Duc 749: I would take myself and all my buddies that got kicked out of AF for being over weight against your Marine squad. Marines are bad ass at war but you put them in a bar room fight situation and they don't know how to act. Especially when they are alone talking all the trash how bad ass they are. I respect the marines for what they do and what they have to go through but what marines think they are when they are at a bar is a whole different thing. You dont have your guns, kevlar and 12 inch knives to get you going. Again I respect you but dont start trash talking about bar fights because you are a marine
Amazing how stories like this bring out the wannabe "men" from under their rocks. As if anyone gives a flying intercourse what the street of Chicago produces.
Ha ha ha!! lucas, don't get mad just because the Marine Corps wouldn't take you. Not everyone can be a Marine man.
You know this how? Just because someone is a combat veteran, doesn't make them some sort of super soldier who can kick butt and chew bubble gum all day long. They're normal people just like everyone else. When I was in the Army and still in basic training, one of the drill sergeants in the neighboring company had been present during the Battle of Mogadishu. He was actually portrayed in the movie Blackhawk Down by Ewan McGregor. Granted they changed his name as the real person was named Stebbins, and not Grimes. You can look up why his name was changed if you want. In any event, he won the Silver Star for his actions there, and while he was a fair sized person, he wasn't anything special.
Wonder how he feels about risking his neck for a multicultural dunghole of a country?
It used to be a nice place.
From the tone of your post, it certainly sounds like you contribute the problems of this country. Quit whining so much and do something if it bothers you!
He'd probably tell you your welcome for the right to call this country a dunghole. He did after all defend that right. He'd probably also tell you that if you truly want to see a dunghole of a country then go to the ones he has been to.
I love it when these left wingers get on here and blame everything on Pres Bush!! It cracks me up! Obama is not responsible for anything at all! Certainly not for completely ignoring our Americans cries for help in Syria huh?! Gosh no! Couldn't be! Oh right, it wasn't his fault he was on vacation or was he at one of his weekly regular million dollar parties! Oh no that's right he was on vacation so it wasn't his responsibility to send help to our embassy in Syria while they were begging for help which was near by and they were under attack and being murdered! Please shut up already with your whining and playing the blame game. Remember this is an article about a Marine who was attacked!
Syria? lol. retard. it was Libya. you're just like Romney, you have no idea what you are talking about.
Is it really necessary for you to use the word retard? It only serves to make you look ignorant and stupid.
You are a retard tcp. Go back to your Glee re-runs.
You are so right ... It was Lebanon where our president left those people helpless to die. Showed him!
Yo mama doesn't know what she's talking about.
You know the guy that attacked this hero was a pavement ape.
Of which are you most proud? Your ignorance, your racism, or the brother-son you made with your mother-wife?
only punks and idiotic cowards think that INFORMING is called snitching.....each and every one of the people who call it "snitching" are they themselves degenerate worthless human beings who will likely never amount to anything.
You know the punk would look like obongo's son.
Not true! Not true AT all!!!!!
I love the irony of someone wearing a "Don't snitch" tee shirt complaining that the police don't solve crimes.
I am willing to bet that this thompson character is a street tough.funny thing is,he dosent have the parts to go and serve overseas like the MOH soldier he assaulted, thompson has a long hard life ahead of him,but he will never be a contender.
Is Obongo sporting wood in that photo?
All the wood you imagine is between your ears.
BILLY FOOL..18 year older? Really Billy Fool... looks like your key board kicked your ass.
Hey Billy Poole... got any naked pictures of your mum?
Hey Billy Poole... ässwïpë, takes a real man to mouth off about Marines from behind a keyboard, eh? Why don't you try that in front of a real Marine, boi? LMAO! Get your sorry behind behind mama's dress, where it belongs.
Is that what the Marines teach now? To become a Snitch and a coward??
You sound like a man with a grudge who has never accomplished anything significant in his life. I pity you.
Don't feed the troll. He just wants attention
Calling a Medal of Honor recipient a coward.
That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever read in my entire life.
Billy, a SNITCH is a criminal who is caught by police and tries to get a lesser punishment by agreeing to give testimony about other criminals activities. Also known as a criminal informant.
An ordinary person or victim who reports information to police for the purpose of assisting them in apprehending a criminal is just a concerned citizen doing their jobs, which is commendable. The term snitch certainly does not apply.
Why there are so many silly people who misuse the word snitch and have no idea what it means is a mystery, but I have to attribute it to mass ignorance spread by the hip-hop culture, as that seems to be where the word is used most often.
Ever wear the uniform Billy? Ever been to combat Billy? Ever seen a friend die in combat Billy? Ever done ANYTHING of import Billy?
Billy aint the one who got smacked around now,is he ?
They need to teach yo mama.
Yeah, ran into a firefight in the desert to save 36 men. Sounds like a coward to me.
medal of Honor and then snitches like a true coward would!!
The guy who caled you FOOL is bang on. Hey punk...you use the word...COWARD. Ummmm...I don't recall your COWARDLY name on any manifests coming in country. What's that? Oh right...you were and ARE too COWARDLY to serve. Just stick to hiding behind mommy's skirt, like the little COWARD that your are. The military is not for everyone, because if I had ever seen you come thru Recruiting...I would have literally kicked your COWARDLY ass to the curb. You are the worst kind of waste of flesh in the nation. A**sholes like you need to be taken out. And I don't mean for dinner. Because you COWARDLY CHOSE not to enlist when you could have, you have no right to breathe on my planet.
the marine got his Butt kicked!!! lmfao!!
Probably lucky for the kid the Marine had already killed his life quota of air thieves.
That Marine is more man than you could ever dream of being
Wow, A Marine got into a fight. That's new!
this marine is gay!! and a coward for snitching!!
a SNITCH is a criminal who is caught by police and tries to get a lesser punishment by agreeing to give testimony about other criminals activities. Also known as a criminal informant.
An ordinary person or victim who reports information to police for the purpose of assisting them in apprehending a criminal is just a concerned citizen doing their jobs, which is commendable. Marines are trained to help protect American lives, and helping get a violent criminal off the street is in the same spirit of service.
Why there are so many silly people who misuse the word snitch and have no idea what it means is a mystery, but I have to attribute it to mass ignorance spread by the hip-hop culture, as that seems to be where the word is used most often.
Snitch has evolved into "anyone co-operating with police".
Yo mama is a snitch.
Billy Fool! You are helpless. Feel sorry for you.
this marine is a coward for telling on someone
this marine is a girl for getting his but kicked by a 18 year older, lol!!
18 year older? Really Billy Fool... looks like your key board kicked your ass.
There are a few things in this life that should get you an autmated trip to hell and a long prison sentence!.... cheating on your spouse while they are deployed.treason. and knowingly assaulting a CMOH reciepient without provocation!
It's MOH, not CMOH.
Africans have 1.5x the human growth hormone levels as those of Europeans. This is why they are better in sports and more dangerous in fights. However, having these levels of growth hormones lowers their survival rates when they develop cancer.
What are you talking about? You are an absolute idiot.
There are differences between blacks and whites in this regard. For example, blacks have naturally higher testosterone levels, which has all manner of behavioral and developmental implications. Don't take my word for it. Google it. You say this, people shriek and howl and scream and chant "racist" until they take a break and realize it's a fact.
May God bless Dakota Meyer, a true hero. God help Kanissa'a Thompson.
ZERO - Oh what an uninformed liberal tool you are. More Military and Civilians have been killed and maimed under Obozo that in all the preceding years combined. If he is such a dove and opposed to the conflict in the middle east he would have ended our involvement during his first two years when he had total control of the government. Now to the Marine MOH recipient, Marines are given the tools to bring decisive fight to the enemy and discipline to exercise discretion and restraint. My salute to the man for exercising both and allowing the proper authorities to handle the issue of a street punk looking for "cred". Hope he likes bubba in jail.
To say you are uninformed would be an understatement. How many people – Americans and Iraqis – died in George Bush's war? And who was it that ordered the invasion of Afghanistan? (Answer for you Conservatives who seem to have a short memory: George W. Bush.) And while he was playing the role of commander-in-chief, he was also driving the country into bankruptcy. (In case you have forgotten, Bush never included the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan in his budget and that is the source of most of the federal deficit today.) Obama has ordered the withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014 and he has resisted calls for interfering in Syria.
So why hasn't your lord and savior obongo got all the troops out if it ain't his war????
September 11, 2001. After that, the president sent troops to Afghanistan to drive out the terrorists. If he didn't, bin Laden would have attacked more, more innocent Americans would have died, and he would still be alive today. Don't talk about something until you know why we did what we did.
I hate it when I have to feel ashamed of a self-identified vet, but I am ashamed of you. First, let's just look at one aspect of Bush's war 'plan' (sic) – sending in troops WITHOUT a plan and with inadequate resources and PPE, allowing time for the Taliban to regroup and build. The wars in the Middle East are Bush's wars, he lied to the American people in order to justify invading Iraq, he was responsible for the big 2007 surge in troops while the improvised war methodology was low, Obama led a surge with the increased IED attacks and need for more US personnel self-protection, the enemy increased sophistication and fighting escalation has nothing to do with the current President, but the withdrawals do, What is it about extreme right wingers that has them insisting on a self-inflicted ignorance?
And you are a conservative tool?..(fool,it should be).All other wars combined?..Are you really that stupid?
Welcome back to the planet. You might review the years 2001 – 2009 briefly. Some folks call them the "Vacuum Years" because folks like you wish to pretend they didn't exist.
When you read these half-a$$ comments about an article without any real detail; it is no wonder why the people in Washington can't get anything accompished. Look at the people who elected them !
We'll never know what actually happened, because we all know the cops would cover for the MOH winner even if it was 100% his fault. The whiteness alone would be enough in south central KY, but add military service on there and we might here about how the "assailant" mysteriously died in police custody.
oops... hear.
Bro, why you have to bring in the race card? Wait for the facts man – you never know, you don't know, you weren't there, so stop trying to light up a race debate with inflammatory comments like that. If people just stopped making that distinction between races we wouldnt have a problem – but no, everyone has to label themselves either as "brothas" or "cornball brothas". What's up with that?
No race card–just making the point that the cops will cover for the guy no matter what, so we'll never know the real story.
How the Heii do you even come up with Kanissa'a ? How the Heii do you pronounce it? A' assinak backwards? So he is an donkey in Alaska? Sounds like he is also an a$$ in Kentucky.
The punishment for him should be to serve in the marines for 4 year see what a bad ass he is or see if hes a B!#<#. Im a army infantry veteran of operation iraqi freedom 2003-2004. He should be pressured to join the armed forces if hes so tough.
Yeah, because 11B's never, ever pick fights. It's always someone else trying to be the tough guy.
The assailant was arrested,taken into custody to be booked and tried later.Where in the story does it say he was lynched,stupid?..Maybe Kanissa'a(what a stupid name) will be given the Medal of Dishonor for his criminal actions.
you dont WIN the MOH or any other medal or ribbon in the armed forces. You are a recipient.
Are you REALLY a 61W or do you just play one on the Interweb?
Thanks God (or whatever) that the MOH recipient wasn't black and the attacker wasn't white. One can only assume by the name that it is the other way around, but that could be wrong.
However, if it were as mentioned, I think the country would self destruct. We all know that racism is only one way, right?
If president Obama had a son he'd look like Kanissa'a Thompson.
Your racism is really pathetic, like your life.
......and THAT ^^^^^^^^ is why you Ttards will NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER win a national election. NEVER EVER.........
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to jump to conclusions based on the scant evidence presented in this article and my own personal prejudices. Oh wait, I see that many of you have already done that. Never mind.
Kanissa'a? They're not even trying anymore.
You want good editing? Read a newspaper.
After the smoke clears, the punk that assaulted the Hero will probably sue!
Yeah, because guys who come back from war never start fights at bars... infantrymen are all a bunch of well-behaved choir boys when they go out, and they're always minding their own business when fights start... This story could go either way.
lol!! spoken like a true victim.
Meyer, like all humans, has faults. Since his opponent was charged, not Meyer, we have to assume the police believe he is not to blame. That Medal of Honor will definitely get some attention in the courtroom. Meyer deserves better than to be attacked in his own country.
This week on CNN "Black in America" young obama voter attacks MOH recipient.
Hey Dude, why don't you keep your ridiculous racist comments to yourself.
........ee you CHANGED YOUR NAME....................by simply ADDING AN "E" to the end, huh, DUD................
You Mad Bro?
I'd say let the attacker off with one single punishment...2 minutes locked in a room with 6 Marines.
Excellent idea!
So what are the other 5 Marines going to do for two minutes?
Each other
Amen to that.
Shouldn't this be filed under CNNs Black in America?
We need to put him in with a few of us veterans. Well utem where he belongs
18 year old blacks like 18 year old whites can be incredibly stupid at times. This should have nothing to do with race.
haha. look at the numbers dummy.
I have only had my car hit once and was promised he would pay if I didn't call the cops- and didn't...black guy. I have only been in a fight once..black guy. I have only had my office broken into once...black guy. I have only had one vehicle stolen...black guy. I have only once seen a guy jumped by 6 guys...black guys. I think there is a pattern.
Found a picture of the 18 yr old. Looks like a black muslim...could be wrong..but he definatly has the muslim beard. American muslim attacking a soldier?
The picture I saw did not.
Gee, I have a beard. Must mean I'm a Muslim. STFU
Instead,you're just a bum.
He is a hero and there are so many others like him, most of which will never receive a medal, but should. However I must say Marines like to start fights, seen it and read it a hundred times.
The police didn't arrest or charge Meyer, they arrested and charged his opponent. So we need to wait until actual facts are released. Right now, we only have a great media-grabbing knee-jerk going on – MOH winner attacked! Oh noes!
Unless we can find a way to glue a MOH to his forehead, most people will not know they're dealing with a national treasure. I agree that Marines like to start fights, that why they make great servicemembers, but so do young punks. I've seen that a hundred times too. And young punks have zero respect except for those more violent then themselves, and have no clue what a MOH is and what it takes to win one. I think Thompson will be getting schooled on that very very soon, likely by THE JUDGE.
Don't start them but certainty finish them.
This kid is a coward doing this to an american hero. Something needs to be done about this the government needs to step deport this little B!#<#. More respect is needed for our armed forces.
So little respect for America in Kentucky. No matter what color you are.
You are right, look at Senator Mitch McCONNELL. The folks in Kentucky keep sending this Vietnam draft dodger back to Congress term after tern. How dumb is that.
Uh. He is stupid. But not a coward. Not if he attacked a MOH winner.
Now that is just sad. Hopefully the fight had nothing to do with him receiving the Medal of Honor.
Anyone can get sucker-punched. But in a life and death fight, put your money on the Marine. Semper Fi........
The Medal of Honor is awarded for extraordinary courage in the face of the enemy. It has nothing to do with physical prowess or fighting abilities, but with whether or not you have the guts to do what others won't. I had the distinct honor of serving under one, and I am still in awe of what this very (physically) small man did when the chips were down.
There are punks out there that go after pro-athletes to try to earn a reputation. I'm thinking this is like that.
Tinykhan- Dakota is a marine. He has discipline and definitely held back because he would probably have killed the punk if he didnt
Bet Dakota has seen more fighting than he really wanted in his life already and has the common sense to know what is worth fighting for. Thanks to Dakota and many other true, good American's for their service.
Catch a black belt off guard and you can get them down too.
Put the Fort Hood shooter on trial already.
What does that have to do with this article?
An 18 year old kicked a Marines ass?
You ever think that maybe he hit him with a bottle or sucker punched him from behind or some other tactic so that he could catch him off guard. Or where you come from everyone fights fair?
It can certainly happen when they hit you from behind.
What kind of a name is Kanissa'a?
It sounds like an ignorant name given to him by an ignorant parent.What was it again?..Kaniggra'a?
A Marine Medal of Honor recipient got his @ss kicked by an 18 yr old? Embarassing....
No your post is embarrasing. You can always sucker punch the best of them.
well said.
No, the embarrassing part is having a name like Kanissa'a... Just because someone receives the Medal of Honor doesn't mean they're MMA fighters who can kick anyone's ass. It means they did something "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty at great risk to one's life".
I don't think you quite understand how the real world is, so I will make a futile attempt to explain it to you anyway. The Marine you are embarrassed about served gallantly above and beyond the call of duty to save lives of his fellow Marines and Afghan troops while engaged in a heavy firefight.That my friend is courage.That does not mean he is invincible, nor is he superhuman in strength. What it makes him is a man of character and courage. My question to you is...do you think the punk he was assaulted by will have the courage to sign up in the Marines and put his boots in the sand? Would you? I doubt it.
"My question to you is...do you think the punk he was assaulted by will have the courage to sign up in the Marines and put his boots in the sand? Would you? I doubt it." -midnitejax
Do you really believe that all it takes is courage? It also takes ignorance. Going across the globe to fight people they don't even know on behalf of special interest is very ignorant. So when short sighted and ignorant people say that our soldiers are fighting for their country it is insulting to those in our country who don't want out youth or tax dollars to be invested in propping up dictators and butalizing other people across the globe. Besides he is a marine after all he should be tough enough to take an ass whipping. No shame in getting whipped, happens to us all. This kid should get a slap on the wrist for an assault which is what assaults warrant.
Zero...good name. It fits.
This is America, he should not have to be prepared to fight at every moment. Unfortunately we have a lot of stupid young men who want to "prove" something. Sgt. Meyer has nothing to prove, he proved what kind of man he is.
Active Duty Retired USAF NCO here. You are sorely mistaken my ignorant friend. Torture is sometimes justified in getting information. Just not wholesale the way it has been used the last few years and definitely not the way it was employed or publicized at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. Any idiot should know that you don't take pictures in a prison and you don't publicize the ways or from whom you get information, legally or illegally. It's called Operational Security. And I am never happy when a war is started–it means diplomacy has failed and hotter heads have prevailed. Personally, I'm just happy this nation got these B**S**T*RD(s)!!. There's still a lot more work to do in the defense of our freedoms and there always will be!! My Dad's funeral was on September 11, 2001 in Los Angeles California at 10:AM Pacific time. This was the time all hell was breaking loose in New York, Washington DC, & Pennsylvania. LA/California (my home area of my home state) was the destination city and/or state of all of 4 aircraft hijacked as populated missiles and destroyed on that disastrous day 11 years ago. For me and my family the day was already a sh**ty day. I feel for all of those who lost loved ones that day: Whether In the aircraft, In the towers, or On the ground no matter where it happened. BTW I'm a retired USAF NCO who finished his career with a USAF Special Operations Squadron overseas in NorthEast Asia. My units went to war a few times between 1978-1998 and I'm always sorry when it happens because it means diplomacy has failed and sometimes rash decisions have brought us to the brink again. In my 20 years plus of active duty I attended memorial services for around 30 USAF Airmen: Some pilots & Some ground crew, Some related to combat & Some related to training, & Some just dead because they were in the wrong place at the right time & it was their time. I never want to see someone dead, no matter their religious beliefs, but the world is better off without some people in it. People like Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, & Moammar Khaddafy. God Bless all of our troops past, present and future. Hurrah and Aim High!!
No highly decorated marine would lose in a fair fight moron
Hmmmm I'm pretty sure that going above and beyond the call of duty does not make him a super marine nor does it mean he can't get his @ss beat! Plain and simple I am friends with marines and alot of Spec ops, know what I can beat some and some I can't. I happen to be trained in more fighting "skills" then the marines I know. They know this and choose not to spar or fight with me because I have more hand to hand skill then they do. I still have the highest amount of respect for them, but they are by no means a super hero.

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Australia's Angus Houston has become voice of calm in hunt for missing Malaysian plane
PERTH, Australia – He speaks with a calm, steady voice as he tackles question after question in an attempt to explain one of the biggest mysteries the modern world has ever known: What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
Angus Houston has become the global face of the massive monthlong search operation off Australia's west coast to find the missing Boeing 777, which is believed to be resting on the silt-covered bottom of the southern Indian Ocean, somewhere in a patch of sea the size of Los Angeles.
The lanky former head of Australia's defense force has been praised for restoring credibility and confidence that was missing early on when Malaysian officials were tasked with providing answers about how and why the jet carrying 239 people could have flown so far off course and vanished.
Once satellite data revealed that the plane was last detected off Australia's coast, the search — along with the responsibility of updating the world — fell on Houston.
As head of the joint agency coordinating the search, Houston has said from the get-go that he has nothing to hide, and has promised to release every detail of the slow-moving hunt to the passengers' families, who are desperate for any pinch of new information that could explain why their loved ones took off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 8 but never landed in Beijing.
Houston, 66, has a history of taking care of grieving families, including writing letters to air force pilots' widows. Australians know him as a military man with a heart.
"He's accepted to be an exceptionally professional officer and a very personable one, and a deeply caring person," said Neil James, executive director of the Australian Defense Association security think tank, who's known Houston for years. "A lot of senior military officers have a much colder exterior. They're not always known to be deeply caring, but Houston actually was."
Houston is now a well-known face among Australians, but he didn't start out here. Born in Scotland, he moved Down Under when he was just a young man, working for a stint as a jackaroo, or farm hand, at a cattle station. He later joined the Royal Australian Air Force — where his given name, Allan, was replaced by the nickname Angus because of his strong Scottish accent, which has long since disappeared. He went on to become a decorated helicopter pilot, after being initially told that at nearly 2 meters (6-foot-5), he was too tall to fly fighter jets.
He worked his way up through the ranks, first serving as the air force chief before becoming head of the defense force, where he oversaw military operations in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Houston retired from that position in 2011 after six years on the job, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised many when she gushed about him to his wife at a farewell event. "Every woman I know is a little bit in love with your husband," she said. "I'm a little bit in love with your husband."
His high-level military experience means Houston is no stranger to leaders in China and Malaysia, who are following every step of the search for the missing aircraft just as closely as he is. He refuses to speculate or put too much weight on the potential that any new lead could bring. Instead, he repeatedly warns that the search for an airplane in a vast, largely unexplored area about 4,500 meters (15,000 feet) down on the ocean floor is a major undertaking, and has stressed that there are no guarantees the jet will be found.
"I've watched him on the news ... and he definitely has more credibility than Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government," said Wang Chunjiang, whose younger brother was aboard the plane. "The Chinese families really appreciate Australia for their efforts in the search. It isn't their flight, and yet they're really trying their best to do it."
Despite the exhaustive search for Flight 370, not one sliver of debris has been found to indicate where the plane, which was carrying mainly Chinese passengers, might have ended up. Wrong information and misleading messages from Malaysian authorities have lifted the hopes of the passengers' relatives, left them confused or made them downright angry. Some Chinese families, waiting to hear news about their loved ones, have accused authorities of bungling the investigation, lying about information or even possibly participating in a cover-up involving the plane's disappearance.
Malaysia initially said it couldn't release all of the details it had about the flight, prompting suspicion. Then it took about a week to reveal why search crews were sent far west of where the last contact with the plane was made, explaining that radar had detected it there. Even the last words spoken from the cockpit were revised more than two weeks after being released.
Since taking over as head of the search, Houston has managed to create a sense of order.
"He exudes more confidence," said Lim Kit Siang, a veteran Malaysian opposition leader. "People trust him because he is seen as authoritative and he hasn't been plagued by contradictions, confusions or retractions of statements."
But the Australian-led search operation hasn't come without criticism. Media access has been greatly curtailed, compared to more openness in Malaysia, and the message is carefully managed, frustrating hordes of journalists who have camped out for weeks in Perth, on Australia's southwest coast.
Analysis of satellite data led officials to believe the plane veered off course — for reasons that remain a mystery — and flew until it ran out of fuel over a largely unmapped, giant swath of unruly sea.
Throughout the six-week search, hope has soared and sputtered repeatedly, with possible leads ranging from oil slicks to debris floating in the water. Nothing has panned out, but the best shot came when underwater electronic signals were picked up by an Australian ship towing a listening device that can detect pings from the plane's all-important black boxes.
Four transmissions were picked up on April 5 and 8, and Houston has expressed cautious optimism that the sounds had indeed come from the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders' beacons just before their batteries died.
A robotic submarine has now assumed the arduous task of scouring a vast patch of ocean floor that is still largely a mystery itself. The sub is using sonar to map out a potential debris field, but after five dives this week covering more than 110 square kilometers (42 square miles), it has come up empty.
This "is one of the largest search and rescue, search and recovery operations that I've seen in my lifetime," Houston told reporters this week. "We've got to be realistic about this. It may be very difficult to find something, and you don't know how good any lead is until you get your eyes on the wreckage."
Associated Press writer Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and news assistant Fu Ting in Shanghai contributed to this report.
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L.A. Unified unveiled a state-of-the-art science facility in Glassell Park Monday that bears the name of the late astronaut Sally Ride, in hopes of inspiring a new generation of students to pursue careers in math and science.
The Sally Ride Center for Environmental Science is a $4.8 million LEED-certified facility that sits behind the Sonia M. Sotomayor Learning Academies. The 6,000 square foot facility, less than a mile from the L.A. River, includes three state-of-the-art labs that will focus on areas such as hydrology and energy. The labs have high-tech, professional grade equipment, including a photovoltaic demonstration system, a PH water lab, a centrifuge, and field spectrometers.
The site will be used not only as a hands-on science lab for students who will conduct water and soil testing and energy conservation research, but also to train teachers.
Sally Ride's mother and sister were at Monday's ceremony.
"This is the sort of thing that Sally would have been absolutely delighted about," said her sister, Bear Ride. Sally Ride was an L.A. Unified alum who attended Encino Elementary School and Portola Junior High School.
Bear Ride said her sister had been deeply influenced by her math and science teachers.
"In fact, all the astronauts I know tell stories about their teachers pushing in the old black and white TV sets to watch John Glenn being launched into space, and it was those teachers who really caught the imagination of kids," Ride said.
They "learned, if you're curious about how stuff works or why things happen, science is the way to go. There are different ways to get at that, but I think curiosity is the way to do it, hands on stuff. And this is what this center's all about," said Ride.
The facility was built and equipped primarily by a state grant to support career technical education, said L.A. Unified Board member Bennett Kayser. The facility will likely not open to all students until next fall, as the district needs more time to hire a director, sort out scheduling issues, and seek out partners for long-term funding.
In the meantime, the center is being used to train teachers, and for some experiments with students from the L.A. River School, a new pilot school. Kayser said students will be doing research that complements work done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
L.A. Unified has two other similar outdoor classroom programs, including Clear Creek near Mt. Wilson, which is located near the headwaters of the L.A. River, and Point Fermin in the San Pedro area, located at the mouth of the river, Kayser said. "Here we are, right in the center of those two sites. We should be able to do some very interesting research."
Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space and youngest U.S. astronaut in 1983. The then-32-year-old physicist and science writer was an inspiration to many women who considered pursuing careers in science and engineering. Ride, who died earlier this year, passionately championed efforts to involve young people, and especially girls, in the sciences.
L.A. Unified officials hope the center will serve as a hub for students at many schools in the area. The district has about 100 campuses that are less than a mile from the L.A. River, Kayser said.
Christopher Bibelheimer, 14, and his mom Becky showed up at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Mt. Gleason Middle School eighth-grader, who has cerebral palsy, hopes he'll be able to make use of the facility. He says the center sounds "cool" because "you're not in a book, having someone lecture at you...The fact that I get to go out and do something, that's what I like."
Democratic Assemblyman Gil Cedillo of Los Angeles urged dozens of students present at Monday's ceremony to embrace their inner nerd.
"Science is cool. It's hip. It's what's happening," Cedillo said. "Be a nerd. Own it. Be proud of it. There you go" — he said to titters in the crowd — "OK, if you're a nerd, raise your hand. If you like science and homework."
A few raised their hands.
"If you like your computer, you like your smart phone, if you like all those things."
More hands went up.
"Own it. I'm proud of you. If you're a nerd, like it. Own it."
Watch a small part of the ceremony as Luther Burbank Middle School students present the flag:
Tami Abdollah can be reached via email and on Twitter (@latams).


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Budget cuts could slash Water Patrol
A recommendation from Gov. Jay Nixon to curb state spending could spur debate around the lake if it means a reduction in the number of Missouri Water Patrol officers.
Among the $250 million Gov. Nixon is proposing to withhold from this year's budget is a $5 million cut for the Missouri Department of Public Safety. That could include cutting 22 Water Patrol officers from the department's payroll, significantly reducing the manpower available statewide.
The Water Patrol currently has 96 officers. Just last year, the state legislature passed a measure that lifted a cap that prevented the Water Patrol from having more than 99 officers.
The Water Patrol currently has 97 officers with 22 assigned to Lake of the Ozarks. If Nixon's proposal is successful, that number could be reduced by nine if the cuts are made based on seniority.
The cuts would come on July 1, 2009, the beginning of the 2010 fiscal year, just as the Water Patrol heads into the busiest weeks of the summer season.
The budget process gets under way next week. Work on the budget will continue for the next three months. By state law, the budget has to be completed by the first Friday in May, according to Sen. Chuck Purgason, R-Caulfield, who represents a large portion of the lake area.
Purgason said he has not had a chance to address the issue with the governor but does intend to as the budget process progresses.
"Hopefully we can get this restored," he said. "We have been working the last several years on increasing the Water Patrol's funding and we don't want to lose anything through the budget process."
In the last three years, several key pieces of legislation have been approved in an effort to improve boater safety, Purgason said. It would be a step backwards to cut officers when there has been progress made by increasing boater education, getting more officers on the water, giving competitive pay increases and tightening the boating while intoxicated law.
"We don't want to lose any progress we've made," Purgason said.
Purgason is expected to play a key role in the budget talks. He is on Senate Appropriations Committee and chairs the Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
State Representatives Wayne Cooper and Rodney Schad are expected to be outspoken advocates for the Water Patrol. Both have sponsored key legislation for the agency.
On the House side, Cooper serves on the State Parks and Waterways Committee.
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Home Help: Songbirds can liven up your landscape
Backyard Buddies: Attract colorful birds with feeders
The backyard can seem barren and bleak when the leaves fall off the trees and the last blooming plant retires until spring. But there's an easy way to brighten your backyard and fill it with color and song -- charm songbirds looking for an easy, reliable food source.
Don't wait until the snow flies to get feeders in place. Fall is a good time to choose a location visible from your favorite window, to secure feeders with sturdy brackets, poles or hangers and to arrange convenient storage for your seed and supplies.
To attract the greatest number of birds, choose feeders and foods that suit a variety of wild bird species.
Tube feeders
Tube feeders can be made of clear plastic or wire mesh. They're sized to hold peanut kernels, sunflower or nyger seed for finches. Experts recommend filling tubes with just one type of seed so birds don't rummage through the contents in search of their favorite treats.
Suet feeders
Suet is a high-energy fuel that helps birds survive cold winters. They attract the larger red-bellied and red-headed woodpeckers with support for their stiff tails, as well as the smaller and more common downy woodpeckers and nuthatches.
Pre-formed suet cakes sized to fit feeders can include seeds, fruit or nuts for extra energy and appeal.
Cool accessories
An accessory like a seed hoop is a mesh tray that attaches below feeders and catches 90 percent of spilled seed, keeping it off the ground and away from rodents. The hoop also serves as a platform feeder for cardinals, buntings and juncos.
Spiral feeders feature a continuous spiral perch that allows more birds to feed at once, a locking lid to foil squirrels and a twist-off bottom for easy cleaning. A squirrel-proof wire mesh model is ideal for shelled sunflower or peanut hearts.
Or check out feeders made for "clingers only." Smaller birds like chickadees, small woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches, goldfinches and others will be attracted to these feeders.
Decorating Tip: Unique seasonal accents
- Use a gourd that will stand upright as a vase. Slice off the stem of the gourd, widen the opening if necessary, and add colorful fall flowers like mums.
- For a seasonal spin on a centerpiece, arrange gourds and flower blossoms symmetrically in a shallow bowl or tray.
- Use pumpkins as a flowerpot. Hollow out a pumpkin and slip small pots of fall flowers inside.
- Go glam with an arrangement of small gourds spray-painted shimmery gold. Use a glass cake plate for an elegant display.
-- BHG.com 100 Days of Holidays, www.bhg.com/holidays
Home-Selling Tip: Ensure smooth negotiations
Here are some things to keep in mind when you're negotiating the sale of your home: Start with a fair price, respect the buyer's important issues, be prepared to compromise, and put minor issues aside.
-- www.forsalebyowner.com
How To: Safely use a portable generator
Portable generators are useful when temporary or remote electric power is needed, but they also can be hazardous. Here are some tips for staying safe:
- Generators can produce high levels of carbon monoxide within minutes. Never use a generator inside a closed space, even when using fans or opening doors and windows for ventilation.
- Follow the instructions that come with your generator. Make it sure it is correctly sized for the purpose you have in mind.
- Operate the generator under an open, canopy-like structure on a dry surface where water cannot reach it or puddle or drain under it. Dry your hands, if wet, before touching the generator.
- Never try to power the house wiring by plugging the generator into a wall outlet, known as "backfeeding." This presents an electrocution risk.
-- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Did You Know …
About 9,000 foreclosed or abandoned properties recently went up for auction in Detroit, but less than one-fifth sold despite a minimum bid of $500.
Home Improvements: Outfit your exercise room
A home gym doesn't have to be fancy, just appropriate for your needs. Here are some tips:
- Stick with what you like: Hate taking the stairs? Then a stair-stepper probably isn't the smartest buy. Choose equipment based on activities you like or it will become the next great drying rack.
- Keep it simple: Unless you can afford a personal trainer at home, stick with equipment and exercises you already know how to do.
- Start small: Instead of purchasing a big-ticket item at first, start with the basics like balls, bands and exercise mats.
- Take it for a test drive: When buying major equipment, spend time trying it out in your exercise clothes and shoes.
-- Life Fitness, www.lifefitness.com
Garden Guide: How to stake a tree
If you have a tree in a windy site, it's top-heavy, it's a large evergreen or it's bareroot, you need to stake it.
- Don't put anything against a young tree's tender bark that would rub or otherwise damage it, inviting disease. Remove stakes after one or two years.
- Tight, hard materials constrict growth. Use 3-inch webbing or polyethylene strips twisted loosely at their midpoint once around the tree and then attached to the stake with staples.
- A tree with a trunk 3 inches or less in diameter needs just one stake, placed on the windward side. Larger trees should be staked in two or three directions.
- Drive the stakes deeply enough into the ground so that they will hold even in a high wind -- about 18 inches. Position their tops high enough so that no one will trip over the webbing and fall onto a stake.
-- www.homedepot.com
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A few weeks ago, I helped a coworker do a training workshop for the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project. She's been doing MLMP for multiple years, so she knows more about it than I do, but I've really enjoyed being a part of the project since my arrival in North Carolina. It was a lot of fun teaching the workshop too! The attendees seemed really happy to be identifying monarch caterpillars in the classroom, then doing it some more outside. I think everyone went home feeling a sense of accomplishment, so I considered it a success!
The day following the workshop was a Saturday and, since my coworkers and I have to take turns doing weekend shifts, it was my turn to work the weekend. When it came time to take a break, I did what I never had a chance to do during the workshop: I took my camera down to the milkweed where the attendees had found so many of their monarch larvae and shot some of them. It was raining a little, but that didn't deter me! And I'm glad it didn't because I saw a ton of great stuff on that milkweed, including several predatory species that were presumably eating the excessively abundant oleander aphids:
These predators included…
This is THE classic eater o' aphids, and here you can indeed see one happily munching on an aphid. It certainly had a lot to choose from! It's fun to remember that although so many people think of ladybugs as cute and adorable little beetles, they're also predators that mercilessly chow down on other insects. Nom nom nom!
Hover Fly Larva
There were several of these syrphid larvae on the milkweed:
According to our milkweed insect field guide (because what do I know about terrestrial fly larvae?), these flies are predators of aphids. Go little fly, go! Eat those aphids! The more you eat, the more milkweed there is available for hungry little monarchs. That fly will, as I understand, metamorphose into one of those great little yellow and black flies that hover a few feet above the ground. I love everything about this larva, including the fact that you can see its digestive tract right through the exoskeleton. Super cool!
Lacewing Larva No. 1
This lacewing wasn't shy about its role as a predator and went scurrying about the leaves in search of aphids to eat. I saw it catch and eat one, though I was so fascinated that I forgot to take a photo. Oops! Just imagine that lacewing with a nice, fat aphid in its mouth as it sucked down the aphid juice. They're fantastic little predators! If you're a gardener, these insects should become your best friends.
Lacewing Larva No. 2
Unlike the lacewing No. 1, lacewing No. 2 apparently felt the need for a disguise. If you look carefully you'll notice that all that junk up on its back is discarded aphid exoskeletons, aphid husks! I wasn't able to find one of them, but some of these lacewings were positively covered in aphid husks so that you would never even expect an insect to be tucked away in the pile. I am not sure whether these eat the aphids and then throw the husks on their backs (a sort of less permanent prison tattoo indicating the number of inmates this lacewing has killed) or scoop them up off the leaves and chuck them up there. Either way, this lacewing was meandering more slowly around the leaf as it sought an aphid to eat than the lacewing above. It was really fun finding two lacewing species with two totally different personalities!
And finally…
Itsy, Bitsy Spider
This was one of the smallest spiders I've ever seen! It's smaller than the aphids, and MUCH smaller than my fingers (which look positively enormous in this shot!), but it seemed to be going after the aphids nonetheless. I can't tell you anything more about this spider except that it was darling. Look how tiny it is! Adorable.
Milkweed is positively crawling with insects! Apart from the aphids and their predators, I also saw ants herding aphids, a variety of wasps that seemed to be attempting to parasitize the aphids, some predatory flies, and a bunch of true bugs that were eating the milkweed. Who knew that milkweed was such a battleground where every insect is in a life and death struggle for survival? If you have milkweed in your area, I encourage you to visit it. You're likely to see some really cool things!