As is my dad! Happy Father's Day to all you dads.

Lauren

Kathy, I haven't gone back far enough in this thread to really know what you are talking about. So I'm assuming from your post that you are publishing a book? How exciting! Is this your first one? Is it childrens or suspense or, what kind of book? I'm interested in hearing about it.

Lauren

Hey KR!

Congratulations on the progress of your children's book; it sounds great! Let us know when it is due for publication.

Are you self published or are you using a publisher? Either way, I know it is usually a complicated and time consuming process, but seeing the fruits of your labor in book form is a very satisfying one. What a great gift to your grandson too!

ps: KR, please alert me via pm when you post something for me on this thread; I don't always get a chance to check everything on this thread (sorry I missed your post yesterday and earlier today).

Ok EB! Yeah, it's slowly but surely working out now! They said it might be 5 to 6 months before it's ready to go, after all the corrections, and all kinds of stuff! Man, I did not know what I got myself into, but it'll be worth it in the end, I pray! Thanks, Kathy

As I said Angel, I am so sorry for your and your Mom's loss. It sounds to me that although little Mel had a struggle, she was loved, sadly, not something all souls know, and I am glad you shared that gift. Pain is the price for love, I've always believed it to be worth the great cost. I am so sorry.
Mari

wow... though i tried to come back, i've really not much to say but to share my most closest song ever (for many MANY moons)... not exactly having a fun time of life right now, i've finally figured... though nothing's actually gone WRONG, per se... tonight's wine probably isn't the best thing, though i've NOT over-indulged....

you just don't screw with MDD that way, though.... i think rowe can and would back me up on that

chameleons uk


(hi, b and peachy...)

(vurtie - are you still around? write me, girl...)

na

Hello I have sent the letter I put it in the box last night and it should have gone out this morning..

I forgot to (oops) feel bad about telling two of my seniors that they were not going to graduate with their fellow members of the Class of 2007 if they didn't pass my class. Warned each one about their low grades, the homework that wasn't getting done, the lousy test scores and missed projects until I was blue in the face. When their guidance counselors called them into the office and told them they weren't graduating, that's when the bargaining began.

How about if I do some extra credit? (How about you do the original credit?!)
How about I redo my final project? (Sounds like a plan.)
Can I retake that test I cheated on and got a zero for? (No.)

I don't bargain. I have enough experience to know that they can do it when the chips are down, win one for the gipper, fill in athletically themed metaphores until you're happy. No bargaining. But I did tell each one the minimum grade he needed on his final exam if he wanted to have a snowball's chance in Hades of passing.

Both showed up early to class.
Both had TONS of questions that were actually pertinent to their grasp of the subject.
Both passed with a comfortable margin of points.
Both told me I scared the poop (yeah, they didn't use THAT word) outta them.

I think they learned a lesson they won't forget for at least their first semester in college.

My garden is mad crazy with stuff blooming right now. I almost have the effect I'm always hoping to have, one of those three season gardens with some kind of flower at all times. I also know I'm not nearly as good at planning that kind of stuff as I would hope to be at this point in my gardening life, but, I'm coping.

I'm 5'9", not a tiny woman in any way. I constantly get asked to retrieve things from the high shelves at the grocery store by more "normal" sized women (their words, not mine) when they can't reach. The point being, I've got lilies nearly as tall as me, and I ain't short.

A couple of years ago a friend from work had her hubby redesign their patio and that meant digging up tiger lilies and she asked if I wanted some. The yard was still in the early stages of what do I want so I took a bunch and split them between the front and back of the yard around this ancient cherry tree and they were anemic the first year, but they were still getting their legs under themselves, so, you know...

Last year they were thicker, more flower stalks, more flowers and they were just about four feet tall, and I commented to my friend about how tall they were. She never had that height in her garden, but then they got full sun there.

They are fully five and a half feet tall. Higher than my sister's head. No joking. Huge flower clusters at the top too. I feel like I'm living in the rain forest with the stuff growing right now. The daisies are either already flowering or maybe a week away. My Oriental lilies are happily percolating away at the back of the yard, also over four feet in height and some with more than a dozen flowers at their tops. Coreopsis is opened and the hydrangeas are just out of this world covered in gorgeous shades of blue and purple.

I cut the butterfly bushes down to about eight inches on the suggestion of a radio call-in gardening show guru. Did that at the end of March and figured, they're plants. They'll either grow back or they won't and if they don't, whaddaya do? They are each well over six feet tall and have hundreds of baby bracts on them. When those boogers open that yard will be thick with butterflies. They'll be taking numbers to get at those flowers like the yard's a butterfly delicatessen and it's half priced hoagie day!

Now if only the rain would be more regular so I wouldn't have to watch the stuff wilting from day to day between storms. I hate watering!

Krodgers - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kathy

We've had a drought for the last five years here .. this last week and a half we've had rain, rain, and more rain .. the most rain in a short period of time in 30 years .. parts of my area are in flood .. the young drivers are learning not to tail-gate in the wet, the hard way. I had no power so no heater (its winter here) for two days and when my power came on ..my hot water system burst its seams .. so off to buy new .. $900 poorer .. I now have hot water ..yay.

So if you would like me to ship some of that H2O stuff, just give me a sec and I see if I can find some waterproofing to wrap it in and I will send it on over...ok

And I can't plant anything because the poor things would probably drown .. and we still have Level 4 water restrictions.

I would like to wish all the Gemini's HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Last day for gemi's!!! Have a great da all!!!

My post got lost in the previous page. Happy Birthday, Kathy!

Thanks Lauren! I'm so old!! HELP!!

Happy Birthday, KR!

Planted more vegetables this year than new flowers. Bi-colored corn, blue corn, pumpkin, cantelope, watermelon, beans, beets, eggplant, carrots, lettuce, blue potatoes. All of which are growing wonderfully, got some beans already. Oh, and tomatoes in a 'Topsy Turvy' planter.

Last Comic Standing proved a theory......Canada, and Australia have at least one thing in common with the US. Some of it's citiznes are very funny, and the rest well hopefully never quit their day jobs!! LOL!!

9 Firefighters died at a stripmall/furniture store fire in Charleston South Carolina. Their age were 24 to 56 years old. The roof collapsed on them, a real danger that you know exists everytime you pack up and go in. Please keep their friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.

When everyone else is running away, Firefighters are running in, knowing every fire could be The Big One. I don't believe there is anyone finer than The Bravest. Godspeed to them.
Mari

It doesn't hurt any less to learn about these nine brave souls being lost than it did to learn about those lost on September 11th. Firefighters and police officers should be cherished, not just because of what they do, but because they are still willing to do it knowing the danger to themselves.

I wasn't sure if this should go here or OT. We've all been talking about this off and on. This is in today's Washington Times.

Fred Dalton Thompson decides to run for president, as he has hinted(including a wink and a nod to Jay Leno last week), the "Law & Order" co-star will wreak havoc on the prime-time schedules of TNT, USA and, less seriously, NBC.

The Federal Communications Commission requires that broadcasters provide equal time to all candidates. If Mr. Thompson, who turns 65 in August, officially joins the race for the Republican nomination, networks carrying any of the actor-politician's entertainment programs will have to either fork over equal time to the 10 other Republican contenders or take Mr. Thompson's shows off the air. Democrats need not apply for equal time with Mr. Thompson, unless he wins the nomination.

The politician-turned-actor-turned-politician ended his membership in the "L&O" cast this spring. Sam Waterston's Jack McCoy is rumored to be in line for a promotion.

The former U.S. senator from Tennessee (1994-2003) joined "Law & Order" in 2002 as District Attorney Arthur Branch, a New York politician with a drawling Southern accent. He also pops up in various "L&O" spinoffs and has a string of films to his credit, including "In the Line of Fire," "Days of Thunder" and "The Hunt for Red October."

A quick survey of the TV schedule reveals about 25 hours of "Law & Order" reruns airing this week on TNT alone. That doesn't count frequent marathons on the weekends. USA carries even more hours of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," which features Mr. Thompson's character more often than not, and Bravo runs seven hours of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on Sundays.

Mr. Thompson appears in more than 100 episodes of the "L&O" series and its spinoffs, although usually in relatively brief one- to three-minute segments. However, the scenes can be pivotal, with the D.A. grousing orders to his prosecutors and tossing out sage, countrified one-liners.

Mr. Thompson formed an exploratory committee to advise him on a run for the White House. He has not yet formally declared his candidacy, however. NBC/Universal Television, which owns the syndication rights to the "L&O" franchise, finds itself in an awkward holding pattern with more questions than answers.

Read the rest of the article at this link.

Amen. Their families, friends, co-workers are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Lauren

Stefanl,

I have been following the Spector trial and as my go to
forensics expert I have a question for you.

Dr. Henry Lee, an expert for the defense, is expected to testify that blood can travel six to seven feet, making it possible for Spector to have been standing across the room when Clarkson was shot.

Can that be true? Lynne Herold, the LA sheriffs Dept. criminalist
testified 2-3 ft for the mist-like drops on the Sleeves and Lapels,
of Spectors jacket

I realize Dr Lee is being paid to testify, but would he stretch the
truth? I have admired him for many years and now am getting a bad feeling about this.

Do you have any insight as a teacher on how far blood can travel?

Thanks,
Dev

Good question, Dev, and the answer depends on the size of the drops that are being described.

The high speed impact, mist-like drops that Lynne Herold is describing do not fly nearly as far as larger sized blood droplets. If Spector has droplets of blood on him that are larger in size, they would have survived the trip through the air for the longer distance of six to seven feet. A gun shot would result in mostly mist-like drops with some larger sized droplets as well.

Wound type, directionality and angle, type of trauma responsible for producing the spatter are all factors that need to be taken into account when answering that question. And yes, Dr. Henry Lee is the go to guy for blood spatter analysis. He practically invented the concept and has written several books on the subject.

How much blood was found on Spector's clothing, how large those droplets were and where on his clothing they landed are all factors to consider. Were there only a few larger sized droplets (2-3 mm), those would carry away from a gunshot wound. Were they found on the clothing of his torso or his legs? As the blood explodes away from the body the angle of trajectory would increase in size and they would probably hit farther down the body, rather than at 90 degree angles away from the site of the wound.

Why was he hit at all? I would imagine that the largest component of the spatter would be carried away from him, assuming he's shooting across a space of six to seven feet, toward the victim. If he's getting hit by back spatter, it may be either respiratory spray (larger in size than gun shot misting and coming from a severed trachea or bronchi) or it was arterial spurt, which can travel several feet.

There is an interesting tutorial on the IABPA website concerning blood spatter analysis that explains how to determine the position of a victim when spatter was produced. I haven't found anything that discusses exactly how far each of the different sized droplets is capable of moving through the air, although physics says the larger the drop the farther the distance because of momentum.

Linda

Never thought I would be interested in this stuff, but that's quite interesting. Ever consider being a consultant or something on CI dealing with blood splatters, etc.? (the stuff that Bobby likes to point out to the others)

They've already got professional police officers as technical advisors to do that for them. I just teach the stuff.

Did anyone recieve an email from the nbc forum ?

Yes, I did, apologizing for this morning porn Spam.


PeachyBC

It was supposed to be boardwide about the stuff that was posted this morning. It was pretty vile stuff.

UH I'm glad I didn't see it then .

Aye Caramba

No need for you to apologize peachy .
Something tells me it was hard for ya all to keep up with .

I sympathize with what you had gone through last night.

Yeah, I received an nbc notice too and had no idea what they were referring to and apologetic for; I'm glad I missed the vile stuff then. I guess they cleaned everything up by the time I logged in.

I was busy, busy first thing this morning deleting all those vile threads and posts! What a horrible way to wake up!

PeachyBC

Wow! I didn't know you had to personally delete them. I can't imagine what it was but glad I missed it anyway. Hope that doesn't happen again.

Yep exactly .

Glad who ever did it is gone .

Thank you very much for all your hard work Mod Peachy, that was really a bad way to start the day for you. We really appreciate you and Mod Rowe and all the hard work you do for us. Thanks also to Supreme Mod NBCSkampy and the IT dept. for their hard work too. I had no idea what had happened until I saw a thread devoted to the drama on another board (listed in the main page here) when I signed in. A few people are always trying to ruin things for everybody, it is such a sad part of human nature.
Mari

Amen sista

EB, may I ask what happened? I did notice an e-mail this morning from NBC, but I deleted it. I just didn't think anything about it.

KR,

All of the NBC message boards were attacked late last night and this morning by some posters who posted vile pornographic images. Our board was hit. There were at least 6 new threads started by two/three Spam posters, some of the disgusting images were also posted in one of our established threads.

I've never been so happy to have and use a delete button in my life. I couldn't get rid of the vile stuff fast enough. Thankfully, the majority of our members never even knew it was on our board. And I thank the members who alerted/reported the problem to me. The spam attack happened while I was sound asleep.

PeachyBC

Why in the world would someone do that? Again, I'm not good with the words, but learning, what is a spam? Thanks for the quick reply!

Spam is virtually a loosely based version of a troll.


with the exception in emails were they either could bombard you with these porno images
or viruses.



So in essences someone looking for trouble .

KR.

Here are some definitions from our own Board rules posted at the top of page one.


SPAM
It's not just weird meat in a can...it's also annoying online behavior that creates a lot of static in message boards. Spam, for those of you who don't know, can be described as this: the posting of advertisements, abusive, or unneeded messages on forums. You may think it only applies to junk mail or ads, but it also applies to the unnecessary posts that don't contribute any useful information to a topic. Simple rule: don't do it. Ever. Moderators can (and do) delete any topics or posts that are considered spam.


TROLLS
A troll is a person who enters an established forum and intentionally tries to cause disruption, most often in the form of posting inflammatory, off-topic, or otherwise inappropriate messages.

PeachyBC

Okeeeee me bad at explaining .


But to me looks like those both fit this hooligan .

Thanks Peachy, I do know what a Troll is, and I will stay away from that kind of nonsense. Appreciate the heads up info!

Thanks to everyone who rid us of the Troll droppings! Those people really need to get a life!

Is anyone doing anything special for the 4th of July weekend?

Some of the things on my list....
Quickly and efficently put out any fires that some numbn*uts accidently starts.

Apply pressure to any gaping wounds that some numbn*ts create on their hands and arms while playing around with fireworks.

Eat some good stuff off the grill!!

Sit in my hammock chair and just chill!

Hey all! What's the deal with the new sreen that pops up when you try to get on the board? It took me forever to finally geton, and I still don't know how I did it! Anyone with a clue?

It's happening to me too. Instead of the CI 'home page', i'm getting the Law and Order home page instead. I just clicked on the 'boards' link and navigated from there. Annoying i know but i'm sure it's just temporary

We don't celebrate Fourth of July here though my daughter is going on a school trip that day

Right now i'm sitting watching the rain pouring down, we've had a lot of torrential rain and flooding here this week. Still waiting for some actual summer weather I hope its nicer where you are

The fourth of July is my mom's birthday! We just barbecue and in our subdivision, people go crazy with the fireworks! We just sit out on the deck and watch!

Will there be fireworks bans with the drought in the south, Kathy? I thought I had seen something on the Weather Channel about that.

You never know about the weather around here! It just came a good thunderstorm about an hour ago. I just looked at the weather channel, and it's goning to be in the 90's next week and high humidity. When it's like that, there's usually a storm blow thru in the evening. Who knows?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. People are stupid. Why would anyone want to do that?
Geez, at work we deal with enough idiots and this just adds to the idea that the world is full of stupid people. Someone the other day was on the phone with a colleague (who was doing Inbound calling about the guy's credit card) and the guy threatened to find her and bury her alive. Yeah...thankfully he had no idea what her name was or where we're located.

Luckily though this board has tons of great people on here who restore my faith in humanity.

Thank you, PeachyBC for deleting them. I saw them early Friday morning and wondered what was up. Since no one has even viewed them I just stayed away figuring they were spam. Didn't have a clue there were pornography. I was away for the weekend and noticed they were gone when I came back. Thank you, again.



I'm getting the new screen, too. The other day I couldn't get on the NBC board at all. It said it was temporarily down. The first I got on with the new one it took me a little to get back to where I could get on LOCI. It is a little irritating, only because it takes just a little longer.



We haven't made any plans yet for the 4th of July. Probably will have our in-town daugher and family over for a BBQ. Will also take mom out of assisted living facility and bring her over. Just a nice day to relax and have the day off work. Not sure yet what the weather is going to be like.