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Daniels, Josephus
Daniels, Josephus, 1862–1948, American statesman, newspaper editor, and author, b. Washington, N.C. He became editor of the Raleigh State Chronicle in 1885 (he was admitted to the bar the same year) and in 1894 consolidated three newspapers into the Raleigh News and Observer. He was in charge of the Democratic publicity bureau in the presidential campaigns of 1908 and 1912. Throughout both of Wilson's administrations, including the period of World War I, he was Secretary of the Navy. He was much criticized for pacifistic tendencies and administrative inefficiency before the U.S. entry into the war, but his record in 1917–18 quieted these charges. After leaving office, he continued to be a force in both state and national politics. When he was ambassador to Mexico (1933–41), Daniels was influential in improving U.S. relations with Mexico. His books include Life of Woodrow Wilson (1924, repr. 1971), and The Wilson Era (2 vol., 1944–46). Tar Heel Editor (1939), Editor in Politics (1941), and Shirt Sleeve Diplomat (1947) are autobiographical.
See Roosevelt and Daniels (ed. by C. Kilpatrick, 1952); biography by J. L. Morrison (1966).
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LONDON--U.K. house prices hit a fresh record high in March, as buyers continued to outnumber sellers, while an ongoing lack of supply of new homes looks set to push up prices further over the coming months.
The recovery in the U.K.'s mortgage market--which was kick started by government programs--is now in full swing and is adding to the upward pressure on house prices caused by a shortage of homes to meet a growing population.
However, while further buoyancy in house prices suggest fears of a house price bubble remain, policy makers continue to express confidence in stricter mortgage lending practices, which they say will help the country avoid a bubble.
Online estate agency Rightmove Monday said the average asking price for homes advertised for sale on its website rose 1.6%, or 4,000 pounds ($6,649) in one month to a fresh record high of GBP255,962. Compared with March 2013, prices were 6.8%, or around GBP16,000 higher.
In February, Rightmove reported a 3.3% monthly gain and an annual increase of 6.9% in average asking prices on its property portal.
The results of the survey are in line with news from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last week that said house price inflation had eased, but that prices are expected to keep on rising due to a chronic lack of new and old property for sale.
House prices are expected to keep on rising for some time, fueled by more confident would-be buyers. However, Rightmove said that an increase in home-movers rather than first-time buyers and investors, will help remedy at least some of the lack of supply of homes for sale.
"With prices on the up and set to increase more, there is a greater sense of urgency among buyers, and as an increasing number of them are existing home-owners, the supply of property for sale is starting to increase to meet growing buyer demand," said Rightmove's director and housing market analyst Miles Shipside. "The mass property market is starting to unlock after years of being handcuffed by fragile consumer confidence and a lack of low-deposit mortgages."
Bank of England governor Mark Carney along with other policy makers and economists have continued to allay fears of a fresh house price bubble with reassurances that the mortgage market is operating much stricter lending rules and that the central bank is monitoring the housing market closely.
Details of the survey show that Wales and the West Midlands region of England led the monthly price gains, as the wet weather saw activity in the South West and South East of England slow.
And, despite some signs of slower activity in the South of the country, Rightmove also reported a fresh record high average asking price for London property of GBP552,530 in March. The 2.1% monthly gain from February was mainly a result of prices rising in Greater London, while prime London suffered a slowdown.
Of London's four most expensive boroughs--Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden and Hammersmith and Fulham, where the average asking price tops GBP1 million--three registered a month-to-month drop in asking prices. The strongest gains in March from February were reported in Haringey, Barnet and Hounslow.
"The slack caused by prime London's slowdown has been taken up by London boroughs further out," Mr. Shipside said. "While the top-end locations remain sought after and highly valued, the slow-down in the pace of their rises was bound to happen after some very heady increases."
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State Submerged Resources > Oregon
One of two cannon recovered in 2008 near Nehalem Bay State Park and presumed to be from the 1846 wreck of the USS Shark. (Oregon State Parks)
Oregon's scenic coastline on the Pacific Ocean extends the length of the state, about 296 miles. The Columbia River flows along more than half of Oregon's northern border with Washington and the Snake River runs along half of its eastern border with Idaho. Other major rivers in Oregon include the Deschutes, the John Day, and the Willamette. More than 80 natural and artificial lakes are in Oregon with Crater Lake being the deepest lake in the United States. With its offshore and inland waters, a little over 2% of Oregon is covered with water (2,383 square miles).
What is Oregon's maritime heritage?
Native settlements along Oregon's rivers, coastal estuaries, and lakes are at least 10,000 years old. The earliest contact with Europeans is not recorded but likely was not before 1565 when Spanish galleon traders sailing from Manila to Acapulco discovered a new route along the coast of North America. During the last quarter of the 18th century, European and American maritime expeditions began exploring the Northwest Coast and trading for furs with Native Americans. By 1805, the land-based expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark reached the mouth of the Columbia River.
The discoveries made during these expeditions brought great changes to Oregon Country beginning with the influx of fur trading companies established along rivers in places like Astoria and Fort Vancouver. By sea, supplies and trade goods were brought in, furs were directly exported to China, and timber, salted salmon, agricultural products, and manufactured goods were shipped to coastal towns in what are now Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
Although the fur trade declined by the early 1840s, waves of immigrants came via the Oregon Trail for land and new opportunities. The discovery of gold in California in 1849 was an economic boon to Oregon, which began shipping large quantities of timber, agricultural products, and seafood to San Francisco by sea. After the Oregon Territory was created in 1848, the U.S. Coastal Survey charted the coastline and the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment constructed nine lighthouses along the coast.
What sites are underwater?
The waters where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean are particularly treacherous because of strong cross currents and shifting sandbars. Mariners refer to the area as the "Graveyard of the Pacific" because about 2,000 ships have sunk, stranded, or disappeared since the first recorded maritime casualty in 1792.
Some shipwrecks are completely buried in Oregon's beaches, becoming temporarily visible after severe storms. At least five such sites reappeared in 2007 including the Acme, wrecked in 1924 near Brandon, the Bella, sunk in 1905 near Florence, the Emily Reed, sunk in 1908 near Rockaway, the George L. Olson, run aground in 1944 near Coos Bay, and an unidentified wreck near the Umpqua River.
Archeological base map of the 1830 shipwrecked Hudson's Bay Company supply ship Isabella. (NPS image)
An exciting reappearance in 2008 near Arch Cape was two cannon that probably are from the 1846 wreck of the USS Shark. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department recovered the cannon under an archeological permit for conservation, study, and public interpretation.
One largely intact hulk buried in 40 feet of water off Cape Disappointment is the Hudson's Bay Company supply ship Isabella. Built in 1825 and wrecked in 1830, the Isabella shipwreck site is the only known example in the United States of its type that once was common. In 1987, working under an archeological permit, the National Park Service assessed and mapped the site, which is located on state submerged land and the property of the State of Oregon. The site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as nationally significant.
Who takes care of Oregon's underwater archeological sites?
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has overall responsibility for the state's Heritage Programs. The Department accomplishes this work through its State Historic Preservation Office and several commissions and advisory groups.
The Historic Preservation Office manages and administers programs aimed at protecting the state's historic and cultural sites. The Office maintains an inventory of the state's historic properties including a shipwreck database of known wreck sites along the Oregon coast. The Office advises state and local government officials, property owners, and preservation groups on ways to better protect and preserve the state's cultural heritage including archeological sites on land and under water. The Office also issues permits for archeological investigations on state and local government lands and for excavations at known sites on private lands.
What permits do I need to study shipwrecks?
You need a permit from the State Parks and Recreation Department to excavate or alter an archeological site, make an exploratory excavation to determine the presence of an archeological site, or remove any material of an archeological, historical, prehistorical or anthropological nature. This includes sites on lands owned by the State of Oregon, a city, a county, a district, or a municipal or public corporation in Oregon. It also includes certain activities at sites on privately owned lands. Applications must include a research design and detailed map and provide information about the qualifications of key personnel, the identity of the landowner or land managing agency, and the curatorial facility.
What laws concern underwater archeology in Oregon?
Oregon considers its cultural heritage to be one of the state's most valuable and important assets. Several laws in the Oregon Revised Statutes provide for the protection and management of the state's archeological sites including sites underwater. This includes Chapter 97.740 et seq., about Indian graves and protected objects, Chapter 274 on submersible and submerged lands, Chapter 358.905 et seq., about archeological objects and sites, and Chapter 390.235 et seq., about archeological sites and historical material. Regulations governing archeological permitting are in Chapter 736-051 of the Oregon Administrative Rules.
Related Websites:
Center for Columbia River History
Columbia River Maritime Museum


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Before my sons were banned from the library, I always took a moment to peruse the giant poster of Newbery Award winners. Some titles fascinated me, like the 1949 winner King of the Wind. Some titles I knew and loved, like the 1972 winner Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. And then, I found some I wanted to read for myself, here in the now, like 2009's winner The Graveyard Book. The coolest achievement in this particular work by Neil Gaiman isn't in the premise of ghosts raising a living child, or the humor, or the ability to maintain taut pacing while still covering thirteen years (These are, for the record, cool achievements, just not as cool.). No, the real brilliant element comes from the villain(s). Gaiman took something old and often overlooked in current society and transformed it into pure menace.
What could it be? I'm talking about a single, mono-syllabic name:
No, not Jack Nicholson, freaky as that guy can be.
It all begins with a single phrase, one rooted in Elizabethan English (according to Wikipedia, anyway): Jack of All Trades.
We've all heard that phrase. Sometimes it's paired with "master of none." It's not a very nice phrase, depending on the connotation. Gaiman takes hold of the phrase and pulls it up by the root, tracking every dirty, worm-entwined tendril to other Jacks polite society endeavors to avoid by crossing the street, turning up its nose, rolling its eyes, anything it can do to not see these Jacks:
Gaiman gathers up these weeds of forgotten history, lore, and song. He plants them in his own story, and lets them twist, strangle, and meld with the other tender shoots finding their place in his earth. Gone is the mocking tone, the condescension. One can never look down on Jacks of all Trades such as these:
The white-haired man took another step closer to the grave. "Hush, Jack Tar. All right. An answer for an answer. We–my friends and I–are members of a fraternal organization, known as the Jacks of All Trades, or the Knaves, or by other names. We go back an extremely long way. We know…we remember things that most people have forgotten. The Old Knowledge."
Bod said, "Magic. You know a little magic."
The man nodded agreeably. "If you want to call it that. But it is a very specific sort of magic. There's a magic you take from death. Something leaves the world, something else comes into it." (270)
So are all these Jacks parading about in the entire novel, flaunting their evilness and wicked magic? After all, the first sentence of the book is:
There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. (2)
This is how readers meet "the man Jack." He has just finished killing Nobody (Bod) Owens' family, and is now on his way to killing baby Bod. I'm not sure if there is a more obvious flaunting of evil than watching a man eager to kill a baby.
But flaunting often hides a deeper motive, doesn't it? Take "the man Jack." We may read of him cleaning his knife and leaving a bedroom with a dead child in it and think monster and that there's all there is. He's just a bogey man who needs to be stopped. But Gaiman makes it very clear we are dealing with a man. Because we do not yet know of the Jacks of all Trades, the "the" is a brilliant little misdirect, too: we think this man acts alone until the chapter's ending, where we find out he is working under orders.
In the little town at the bottom of the hill the man Jack was getting increasingly angry. The night had been one that he had been looking forward to for so long, the culmination of months–of years–of work.
The man Jack was methodical, and he began to plan his next move–the calls he would need to pay on certain of the townsfolk, people who would be his eyes and ears in the town:
He did not need to tell the Convocation he had failed.
Anyway, he told himself, edging under a shopfront as the morning rain came down like tears, he had not failed. Not yet. Not for years to come. There was plenty of time. (32)
This man's a planner, and he answers to someone, someone who wanted Bod and his family dead for reasons unknown.
Who holds these reasons? At the halfway point of the novel we meet "The Convocation." Our fellow "the man Jack" is there, but we also meet some other Jacks, like Mr. Dandy.
"I still have time, Mister Dandy," the man Jack began, but the silver-haired man cut him off, stabbing a large pink finger in his direction.
"You had time. Now you just have a deadline. Now, you've got to get smart. We can't cut you any slack, not any more. Sick of waiting, we are, every man Jack of us." (169)
Once again, Gaiman takes a common phrase people would use offhandedly, in this case one that would show a sense of unity, and thrusts it into darkness. If all these men share the same name, then they share the same skills, too. The same nature. The same need: to kill Nobody Owens. It's the reader's first glimpse on just how large a scale the threat to Bod is, and how many hands move to act upon it…with knives.
Surely there can't be a way for readers to connect with villains such as these.
But Gaiman knows what he's doing (because of course he does). These Jacks have been blending in with society for centuries. It's part of their power: to be overlooked and unassuming (save for Jack Nicholson). Since Gaiman has been writing with third person omniscient, he takes advantage of a second-string character from early in Bod's life and has her return in Chapter 7. Her ignorance is the perfect tool for Gaiman to bring blind eyes to the graveyard. Her point of view couldn't possibly see anything more than an older man making rubbings of gravestones…
His hair was thinning, and he smiled hesitantly and blinked at her through small, round glasses which made him look a little like a friendly owl.
Mr. Um said his name was Frost, but she should call him Jay… (221, 225)
This man, Mr. Frost (AHEM), is extremely kind to the girl. He takes her out to eat, assists her with work, and even helps her open up about her parents' divorce. He's fatherly and kind, something Scarlett has been missing dearly. What reader can't sympathize with a young girl who just wants a father back in her life? His goodness inspires much talk with Scarlett's mother, too…
"You know, Scarlett actually used to play in the graveyard when she was little. This is, oh, ten years ago. She had an imaginary friend, too. A little boy called Nobody."
A smile twitched at the corner of Mr. Frost's lips. "A ghostie?" (226)
Mr. Frost knows exactly who Scarlett found in the graveyard. But not once does he betray his true intent, not even when Scarlett gets Bod out of the graveyard to meet Mr. Frost:
Scarlett had worried that Mr. Frost would ask Bod lots of questions, but he didn't. He just seemed excited, as if he had identified the gravestone of someone famous and desperately wanted to tell the world. He kept moving impatiently in his chair, as if he had something enormous to impart to them and not blurting it out immediately was a physical strain. (252)
As far as Scarlett and Bod are concerned, this man is a mentor, a helper. His demeanor and his actions all relay as such. Only when Bod and Mr. Frost are alone does Mr. Frost thaw…or freeze. Whatever, the guy changes.
"We know he has dark hair," said Bod, in the room that had once been his bedroom. "And we know that his name is Jack."
Mr. Frost put his hand down into the empty space where the floorboard had been. "It's been almost thirteen years," he said. "And hair gets thin and goes gray, in thirteen years. But yes, that's right. It's Jack."
He straightened up. The hand that had been in the hole in the floor was holding a large, sharp knife.
"Now," said the man Jack. "Now, boy. Time to finish this."
Bod stared at him. It was as if Mr Frost had been a coat or a hat the man had been wearing, that he had now discarded. The affable exterior had gone. (255)
What a transformation! I love how Gaiman describes it as a piece of clothing easily removed. On the one hand, we'd consider a coat or hat a rather ridiculous disguise, wouldn't we? But that's because such disguises are strictly external. There's no hiding what's beneath the coat.
With Jack Frost, the disguise is internal. By transforming his manners and personality, his entire exterior develops that "friendly owl" look that disarms Scarlett so completely.
Bod threw himself down the stairs…in his rush to reach Scarlett….
"Him! Frost. He's Jack. He tried to kill me!"
A bang! from above as the man Jack kicked at the door.
"But." Scarlett tried to make sense of what she was hearing, "But he's nice." (256)
Readers met "the man Jack" when he was in control; when his target toddled away from him, he maintained that control. Yet there's something about this final face-off between Jack Frost and Bod that gets me thinking.
What Scarlett saw was not what Bod saw. She did not see the Sleer, and that was a mercy. She saw the man Jack, though. She saw the fear on his face, which made him look like Mr. Frost had once looked. In his terror he was once more the nice man who had driven her home. (284-5)
"The man Jack" is running out of time. He needs to find Bod, and he is in that graveyard trying to figure out how he lost the boy's trail so many years ago. He, this killer, is afraid of failure, and uses that internal fear to penetrate his exterior and become a disguise that fools the common individual. When the Sleer takes him, fear takes him, too.
Villains are more than silent feet and knives. They want. They need. They fear. But all of this, the feeling and motivation and all the rest, must stem from somewhere. Perhaps you plant the seed in a favorite urban legend of the community, or in a beloved song of your church. Or perhaps you walk further back, off to those forgotten corners of your world, where the childish things have grown wiry and wild with time. There's no telling what knowledge their roots sip in the dark.


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Portman Switches Chained CPI Stance: "I just found out my parents are old!"
Senator Rob Portman has announced that he no longer supports chained CPI as a means of saving Social Security. Ohio's junior senator said that his change of heart came from a personal discovery.
"I found out over the weekend," Portman explained, "that my parents are old. I did not realize that they were on Social Security."
Portman recently changed his stance on gay marriage about a year after his son came out. "I would have changed my stance sooner, but I had been hoping that Mitt Romney would tap me for his VP running mate. Fat chance–that asshole suggested we send my son to Tuvalu until the election was over. Tuvalu? That place is under 2 feet of water these days!"
"I always believed that all old people had socked it away and were taken endless Royal Caribbean cruises in their twilight years. And then when they couldn't get on the boats anymore without vomiting, it was the fiscally responsible thing for their children to loot their bank accounts and put them into a home so they'd be covered 100% by Medicare and Medicaid."
"But the parent-child relationship doesn't exist for most Republicans. After mating, the female lays 1000 eggs and after spawning, the young eat each other to ensure survival of the greediest. They never know their mother, let alone who their father is. What happens to the mating pair with no children to put them into the nursing home? They're left to fend for themselves. And I've seen a recently made study that shows that at the present rate of inflation, the price of filet mignon today will be the price of Companion cat food in five years time."
Senator Portman added, "If this passes, I'd invest in Mars, Nestle and Colgate-Palmolive. Pet food stocks are sure to go through the roof."
Too late to do anything with: Run on the banks in Cyprus over the weekend? Only seeing news about it now that the European stocks have been affected? Tut-tut, America, that's a little country–it'll never happen here…


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You don't have to be a whorehouse Henry Miller or Dylan Thomas souse to know that literature and debauched penury often coincide.
Tony's Tavern and Joe's Cellar—a pair of the diviest of Portland's
blue-collar dives, cheap of beer and low of light—each kept this
tradition alive in Portland with an ongoing poetry series amid the drunk
and fallen, behind the juke or in front of the pool table. Each of
these series, sadly, is either defunct or on hiatus as of this year, but
do not despair: The sodden and the storied will ever mix. Here are a
few places where they still do so regularly.
Stumptown Stories at the Jack London Bar
In the basement of the down-and-out Rialto pool hall downtown, an off-track betting parlor has been reborn as the Jack London Bar, a dance hall of the speakeasy variety, where abandon is ground into burnished wood. Though named for the hotel above it and not for the author, this bar in the shadow of hustlers and handicappers nonetheless does the hotel's namesake justice. Along with hosting occasional Chinese literary prizes, poetry by fishermen or queer writers groups, the London hosts a free weekly Stumptown Stories series every Tuesday night offering lectures on Oregon arts and letters and history and philosophy. Stumptown Stories runs every Tuesday at the Jack London Bar, 529 SW 4th Ave., 228-7605, rialtopoolroom.com. 7:30 pm. Free.
Smalldoggies at the Blue Monk
Likewise hidden in a dim basement bar, in a blue-painted concrete space lit by candles, jukeboxes and strings of Christmas lights and home to occasional jazz, the Smalldoggies reading series has quietly become one of the most vibrant literary nights in Portland, with standing-room-only crowds packed into a subway tunnel of a bar as if they were all actually on a train. The series generally opens with cerebrally inclined music before launching into three writers' worth of poetry and prose, behind hosts Matty Byloos and Carrie Seitzinger. Smalldoggies runs every Tuesday at the Blue Monk, 3341 SE Belmont, 595-0575. 8 pm. $5 suggested donation. Details at smalldoggiesmagazine.com.
Naked Girls Reading at the Star Theater
And in a turn where the mixture of lowbrow and highbrow becomes monobrow, there is the Naked Girls Reading series. Essentially an offshoot of burlesque, the Naked Girls Reading series offers precisely what it describes: Naked women reading Carl Sagan or Shel Silverstein or local authors until—I suppose—the body loses its surprise and becomes a vessel for the words themselves. Because nothing reminds men of being poor like naked women, and nothing fuels literature like desire. Or something. Naked Girls Reading runs monthly-ish at Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave. See facebook.com/NGRpdx for details. $10-$30.
Matthew Korfhage co-hosts the Literary Mixtape reading series at Valentines.
WWeek 2015


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State will have 4 (acting) governors in 4 days
All four are Democrats
California will have four governors in four days next week as top officials take turns temporarily leaving the state.
Gov. Jerry Brown's office informed other state leaders on Friday that he will be leaving the state Sunday and returning Wednesday as he leads a trade mission to Mexico.
While he's gone, executive powers will first roll to Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, until Newsom leaves for New York and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for Special Olympics-related events.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg will then be acting governor until he leaves for Chicago on Wednesday on personal business.
Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins will then be acting governor for about nine hours, until Brown returns from Mexico later that day.
All four are Democrats.
The succession is outlined in the state Constitution.


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OAKLAND — A cellphone number, a recorded telephone call from jail and a conversation Evan Meisner had with a friend just hours before he was shot dead are the clues detectives used to find the 22-year-old's alleged killer, a prosecutor said this week.
The clues led police to Gregory Gadlin, a 45-year-old ex-convict who allegedly shot Meisner once in the face with a Taurus 9-mm Luger semiautomatic handgun and stole a quarter pound of marijuana that Meisner was attempting to sell him, Deputy District Attorney Greg Dolge said.
As the murder case against Gadlin began this week, Dolge told a jury of seven women and five men that every fact uncovered in the case points to Gadlin as the killer, even though no one witnessed the shooting and Gadlin and his family say he was asleep in bed when it occurred.
Meisner was found by his landlord in the house he rented at 4082 Lyon Ave. on the morning of March 31, 2011, lying face down in a pool of blood. He had been shot at close range, once in the head just below his left ear.
When police arrived, there were very few clues. Meisner's wallet, cellphone, keys and marijuana were missing. The only immediate clue was a neighbor's statement saying he heard a gunshot ring from the house about 1:30 a.m.
Once Meisner was identified, police questioned his friends and family and soon the clues started pouring in, Dolge said.
The first came from Meisner's friend who had dinner with the victim hours before he was killed. During dinner, Meisner revealed his plan to generate rent money by selling a quarter pound of marijuana to "a big black guy, a neighbor who recently got out of jail." The friend said that Meisner told him he was going to make the sale later that evening. Meisner, who Dolge said was marijuana smoker, received the quarter pound of pot from a friend he was helping with some work.
Homicide Detective Mike Gantt also got Meisner's cellphone number and immediately retrieved records from the provider. That information showed that Meisner's last calls were made to the same number numerous times just after midnight.
The number that Meisner called was linked to a cellphone owned and used by Gadlin's wife.
Police questioned the Gadlin family and faced nothing but denials. Gadlin and his wife said he had been sleeping in their apartment next door to Meisner's house and that he never left the apartment.
Soon after he was questioned, Gadlin was arrested for a domestic violence incident and police then got their biggest break in the case, Dolge said.
From jail, Gadlin called a friend and told him he needed to immediately go to Gadlin's car and retrieve something from under a white box in the trunk. Since Gadlin was a suspect in Meisner's killing, Gantt had all his jail calls recorded and sent police officers to Gadlin's car before his friend could arrive.
Inside the trunk, under the white box, police found the alleged murder weapon.
Gadlin, who was paroled from prison a year before the killing after serving time for a robbery conviction, has denied involvement in the killing. Gadlin, however, has admitted that he knew Meisner and helped him move some furniture from his house.
His attorney, Assistant Public Defender William Keep, said the prosecution does not have enough evidence to convict Gadlin.
"The DA has not proven the case," Keep said. "There is no DNA, there are no fingerprints."
Gadlin faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder, as the case is being pursued as a Gadlin's third strike under the state's Three Strikes Law. The Oakland resident had been convicted three times in the past for robbery.


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Pets and Vets: UC-Davis opens $58.5 million veterinary research facility
Large research enterprise to focus on animal and human health.
The University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine recently opened a new four-story, $58.5 million research building. Part of the school's $63.7 million research enterprise, the Veterinary Medicine Research Facility 3B will be dedicated to making discoveries in basic science as well as human, animal and environmental health. A UC-Davis release says the research facilities are the largest in the nation among veterinary colleges, with 76,000 square feet of assignable space in the new building designated for 40 biomedical research teams. Their studies will focus on diseases that affect animals and humans, autism, nutrition, reproduction, respiratory disease, neurobiology, food safety, toxicology and aquatic toxicology. The building is also home to the 100K Genome Project, which aims to sequence the genomes of 100,000 infectious microorganisms and speed diagnosis of foodborne illnesses.
The Minnesota Zoo announced the successful hatching of its first endangered African penguin chick March 2. The chick is currently being raised behind the scenes by foster parents, as the biological parents were not incubating the egg consistently.
The chick, whose sex is not yet known, is currently healthy and thriving. It will grow to approximately 26 to 28 inches tall and weigh between 6 and 9 pounds when fully developed. Now more than a pound, it weighed 2.4 ounces when hatched.
African penguins, like most other penguin species, are endangered in the wild. "Oil spills, historical hunting and destruction of their habitat have killed 80 percent of the population in the last 50 years," a release from the Minnesota Zoo states. "They are currently in a crisis situation due to catastrophic food shortages."
The zoo says an African penguin's life expectancy in the wild is between 10 and 15 years while birds in the care of humans can live up to 30 years. The zoo is home to the Penguins of the African Coast exhibit, which opened in 2011.
New Jersey
A Jersey show cow recently brought a record-high price at auction in Syracuse, N.J. Karlie, a 3-year-old whose full name is Page-Crest Excitation Karlie, sold for $170,000 to Arethusa Farm of Bantam, Conn. Reports say Karlie's attributes include a physique that's skinny and tall, meaning her body is efficient at making milk. Her udders are well-attached and don't sag, allowing her years of milking. She also has perfectly placed hip bones, making it easier for her to birth calves. Karlie will be used for breeding, both traditionally and through the use of surrogates. Her fertilized embryos are worth about $6,000. It's estimated that a calf born to Karlie will be worth about $20,000.
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Senate has voted unanimously to stop landlords from requiring tenants to declaw or remove the vocal cords of dogs. "Individuals with rental properties have a right to a 'no pets' policy, but they should not be allowed to require renters to force pets to undergo potentially dangerous and totally unnecessary procedures," said Senate Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio in a release. "There are other ways to protect property without putting pets at risk, forcing them to undergo harmful, dangerous and expensive procedures."
If enacted, violators could face fines of up to $1,000, be barred from owning or possessing any animals or required to take humane education, pet ownership or dog training classes. The bill is similar to legislation passed in California last year.
A calf born March 9 on a ranch 12 miles west of Brenham, Texas, arrived with a fifth leg attached just behind her shoulder near the spine. Mixed animal veterinarian Lee Panko, DVM, owner of Brenham Veterinary Hospital, removed the rare extra limb for the calf's owner Charles Harmel. "I didn't believe him at first," Panko says. "I haven't seen this before." After consulting with the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M, Panko performed the surgery on the 16-day-old calf.
Panko's biggest concern was that the extra limb was somehow attached to the calf's spine. Once surgery commenced, he was relieved to find it was actually attached to the rib cage. "The good thing was the limb wasn't attached to the spine or the vertebrae so she has good mobility," Panko says.
Post-surgery the calf was up within 15 minutes and Panko was able to send her home the same day. A month later, the calf was doing fine. "She's out with her mother getting along great—doing well."


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This post provides information on creating Linux VMs in Azure and using tools like Chef, Puppet and Docker for managing Linux VMs. Microsoft Virtual Academy hosted the Azure IaaS for IT Pros web streaming event from Dec 1st – 4th , geared towards IT professionals working with Azure. The topics covered in this event were intended to provide detailed information on various Azure Infrastructure as a Service components. In this blog post I would to highlight the Linux and OSS topics covered in day 3 of the event. These hour long sessions focus on providing information on what's available in Azure for Linux and the tools to deploy them, including supporting large scale Linux deployments, containers in Azure and managing VM deployments Azure using Chef, Puppet and other standard tools.


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(CNN) - Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat who has represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate since 1984, will not seek re-election in 2014.
"I have the privilege to be able to make this decision on my own terms, which not everyone can, and I'm deeply grateful to the people of Iowa that I do have that opportunity. I've been extremely fortunate," he said in a written statement, adding he does not "by any means plan to retire completely from public life at the end of this Congress."
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Before serving five terms in the Senate, Harkin represented the state in the U.S. House and served in the Navy. The 73-year old would be 81 years old at the end of a sixth term.
He told the Des Moines Register he has "mixed feelings" about this decision, but said in his statement, "After 40 years, I just feel it's somebody else's turn."
He is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, with a broad swath of jurisdiction. He played an important role in support of President Barack Obama's health reform law.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Michael Bennet issued a statement saying he has "seen firsthand Tom Harkin's strong commitment to the people of Iowa" and appreciated "that Senator Harkin has made this decision so early in the cycle, giving us ample time to recruit a strong Democratic candidate for this seat."
President Barack Obama wrote in a statement, "By the time Senator Harkin finishes his fifth term, he will have represented the people of Iowa in the United States Congress for an incredible 40 years. He has served in the U.S. Senate longer than any Democrat in Iowa's history. During his tenure, he has fought passionately to improve quality of life for Americans with disabilities and their families, to reform our education system and ensure that every American has access to affordable health care. Senator Harkin will be missed, and Michelle and I join Iowans in thanking him for his long-standing service and wish him and his wife, Ruth, all the best in the future."
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid released a statement describing his retiring colleague as "a pillar of the Senate."
"Senator Harkin has been a champion for improving Americans' access to affordable health care throughout his entire career, and Americans will continue to benefit from his commitment to preventive care," Reid said. "Senator Harkin's work on behalf of people with disabilities has changed millions of lives and advanced the cause of equality for which he has fought tirelessly for decades. And his work combating child labor and human rights abuses will endure for years to come."
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz posted to Twitter that Harkin's "decision not to seek re-election is a loss for us all."
Republicans see the retirement as an opportunity to pick up a new seat in the Senate.
"Today's announcement by Senator Harkin immediately vaults Iowa into the top tier of competitive Senate races next year," said Rob Collins, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "With Democrats already on defense in a number of key states such as West Virginia, Louisiana, South Dakota and others, there is no question that this is very troubling news for Harry Reid and his liberal friends in Washington."
At this point, Democrats will be defending 21 of the 35 Senate seats up for election in 2014. They currently have an advantage with 55 seats in the Senate (including two independents who caucus with them) to Republicans' 45 seats.
Harkin's announcement comes after Sens. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-West Virginia, and Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia, each announced this month they will not seek re-election in 2014.
Harkin won his 2008 election with 63% of the vote.
Iowa's other senator is Republican Chuck Grassley, whose sixth term expires in 2016. Grassley is 79 years old. A prolific user of Twitter, he posted on Saturday afternoon, "Thank you to Senator Tom Harkin for his service. I wish him well."
In his second bid for the U.S. House – in 1974, his first successful run - Harkin worked a variety of jobs as part of his campaign to communicate he understood people's concerns.
- CNN's Mark Preston, Dana Bash, Paul Steinhauser, Peter Hamby, Kevin Bohn, Kevin Liptak and Gregory Wallace contributed to this report
Seriously this makes me almost want to cry that Senator Harkin is going to abandon us in our greatest time of need. I just feel like democrats are weak right now especially with the fallling of union participation, cuts to public services and being a pivotal period of time that this is too much. Being a disabled person who other than Tom and Teddy cares like really cares for us.
Not even one" tip of the hat" to Sen. Harkin from Rob Collins. Typical narrowminded reaction that is part and parcel of everything that is wrong with the GOP mindset. Atta boy Rob.way to continue your downward spiral.
Not even the slightest "tip of the hat" to Sen.Harkin from Rob Collins. So typical of the GOP mindset. Way to go Rob.Just continue the downward spiral. We're all pulling for you.
I wish Senator Hawkin and his wife best wishes on his retirement. Senator and Mrs. Clinton both were a big help in John obtaining his Disability. W/o their help I'm sure John would have died waiting to receive his benefit. Iowans are losing a good hard working Senator. Thanks again for all your help in the past.
Good riddance.
Just a thought....he would make a great Governor of our great state of Iowa.
Yep! Retire on a healthy government annuity with 73% paid health coverage for life. What a deal for 24 years of service.
Too bad it wasn't his loud mouth counterpart Chuck Grassely resigning, there is a man out of touch with his own people and a spotlight seeking hound dog.
Let's hope the good is not replaced with the bad!
no doubt a black guy or woman will take his place
sigh. well i guess it had to happen sooner or later. Now I'm afraid we may have to look forward to a GOP takeover of that seat.


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Becky G's newest video cover is giving us a major musical flashback—and we totally love it! The track, appropriately titled "Becky From the Block" samples J. Lo's 2002 hit of the same name, with Becky adding in her own signature (and completely killer!) rhymes. J. Lo even makes a cameo in the video, looking as fab as ever!
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