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The True Story Of Sharon Tate, Hollywood Starlet And Brutalized Charles Manson Victim
Sharon Tate was hitting her stride as an actress in 1969 when Charles Manson's "family" stabbed and hanged her in her own home.
Silver Screen Collection/Getty ImagesSharon Tate dreamt of becoming Hollywood's next big thing. For a few short years, she actually was.
Sharon Tate is most closely associated with the Charles Manson murders that brought America's optimistic, hippie-centric 1960s to a violent end. But besides being a mere footnote in the history of the Manson family, Tate was a fascinating star of her own.
Before she married world-renowned director (and, after her death, famous pedophile) Roman Polanski, the beautiful actress was slowly establishing herself as a reliable and promising young talent. From B-movies and guest spots on television to a breakthrough role in Valley of the Dolls, she was on the upswing.
Wikimedia CommonsSharon Tate starred in Roman Polanski's 1967 horror comedy The Fearless Vampire Killers, during the filming of which their love affair began.
Unfortunately, Tate found herself in the crosshairs of an event that would signal the spiritual collapse of a generation, an irrevocable shift in the nation's psyche.
With the 50th anniversary of her death coming up, as well as a Quentin Tarantino film starring Margot Robbie as Tate, it's high time to revisit that strange period of time in American history. Before the comparative starkness of the 1970s arrived, and before Manson became famous, Hollywood in the 1960s was a tantalizing place to be.
Let's take a drive up those winding Los Angeles hills to the house on 10500 Cielo Drive and revisit Sharon Tate's life before her murder.
Sharon Tate: The Miss Tiny Tot Of Texas
Born Sharon Marie Tate in Dallas, Texas on January 24, 1943, to Col. Paul Tate and Doris Tate, Tate possessed star power from a young age. At just six months old, she was crowned Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas after her grandmother submitted some of her photos to the pageant.
As an army brat, Tate bounced around the country. When she was 16, she was crowned Miss Richland, Washington, as well as the Queen of the Tri-City Autorama in Richland.
Sixteen-year-old Sharon Tate as Miss Autorama in 1959.
In 1960, the entire Tate family — including younger sisters Debra and Patricia — moved to Verona, Italy. Finally surrounded by fellow army brats at her American high school, Tate was a popular cheerleader and was crowned prom queen her senior year.
Unfortunately, Tate's teenage years weren't without tragedy. According to the 2016 biography by Ed Sanders, Sharon Tate: A Life, she told her future husband Roman Polanski that she was raped by a soldier in Italy when she was 17.
Tate revealed this to the young director on their very first date. Polanski claimed Tate told him the sexual assault "hadn't left her emotionally scarred."
As a young girl who enjoyed having an audience's attention, Tate was already in pursuit of her ambitions. Though she was still in school and far from Hollywood, Tate scoped out her surroundings for any opportunity to get in front of the camera.
In 1960, she was featured on the cover of the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes as well as in an episode of The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom that was shot in Venice.
Tate landed her first film job a year later, as an extra in the swords-and-sandals movie Barabbas starring Anthony Quinn. Only 19 at the time, Tate's mother allowed another actor working on the film — Jack Palance — to take her out on a date. She also briefly dated actor Richard Beymer after meeting him on a film set in Verona.
TwitterWhile living in Italy due to her father's career in the military, Sharon Tate scoured the country for film shoots. She managed to be an extra in the Anthony Quinn-starring film Barabbas.
The summer of 1961 was Sharon Tate's last in Verona. She seemed destined for a film career when, right after she graduated high school, her father was assigned to San Pedro, California, on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Tate was happy to move. As a matter of fact, she was so eager that she beat her parents there by several months. She wanted to be a movie star and she didn't see the point in waiting.
Sharon Tate Moves To California
"You must remember that I was shy and bashful when I reached Hollywood," Sharon Tate told interviewer Robert Musel a few years after her arrival.
"My parents were very strict with me. I didn't smoke or anything. I only had just enough money to get by and I hitchhiked a ride on a truck to the office of an agent whose name I had."
"That very first day he sent me to the cigarette commercial job. A girl showed me how it should be done, you know taking a deep, deep breath and look ecstatic."
Tumblr/MeganMonroesTate's very first gig in Los Angeles was a cigarette commercial. She was a shy, inexperienced girl back then, and passed out from excessive nicotine during the shoot.
As a first-time smoker unaccustomed to nicotine, the young actress eventually passed out.
"That ended my career in cigarette commercials," she laughed.
Tate was finding herself in early 1960s California. Hitchhiking was normal, smoking wasn't viewed as a filthy habit as it is today, and hippie movement was just getting started. The early 1960s were a time of American optimism, peace, and love.
Unfortunately, that would all come tumbling down a few years later — with Sharon Tate as the tip of the nosedive.
Sharon Tate Becomes A Star
In 1963, the 20-year-old got her first big break in showbiz. Her audition for the sitcom Petticoat Junction got her noticed by The Beverly Hillbillies producer Martin Ransohoff, head of the Filmways production studio. Stunned by her beauty, a producer brought Tate to Ransohoff's office, who did a film test on the spot.
"Baby, we're going to make you a star," Ransohoff told Tate, who had no acting experience.
He offered her a seven-year contract. Naturally, Sharon Tate accepted.
Once Tate's agent ensured a monthly $750 as part of Tate's contract, the excited actresses moved into the Hollywood Studio Club — an all-women residence that had hosted such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Rita Moreno, and Kim Novak.
Wikimedia CommonsThe Hollywood Studio Club in Los Angeles. This was a hub for stars in old Hollywood, including Marilyn Monroe, to whom Tate was often compared.
Much of Tate's personal life was only revealed in the aftermath of her death. Though the starlet seemed poised for greatness and global fame — before she did any substantial film work, European newspapers already heralded her as the next Marilyn Monroe — it was the brutal butchering on Cielo Drive that immortalized her for all time.
According to what her mother eventually told police, Tate got involved with French actor Philippe Forquet the year she signed her contract. The pair lived briefly in New York together while she studied with acting legend Lee Strasberg, and returned to Los Angeles as an engaged couple.
There were some initial doubts whether or not the pair was serious about their romantic affections, or if this was part of the studio system's strategy to drum up appeal and publicity for Tate. Regardless, Forquet put her in the hospital at one point. He claimed she cut his chest with a broken wine bottle.
Mystery, violence, and blood had already found its way into Tate's life. She would die six years later.
Sharon Tate's Hollywood Hustle
Although the 1960s saw a monumental shift in the Hollywood studio system, the old guard was still in charge in 1964. As such, Ransohoff essentially told Sharon Tate which projects she was going to do, and how to navigate her career.
He told Tate to wear a black wig and take a bit role in The Beverly Hillbillies, in order to acclimate to being on camera without being recognizable. According to Tate, learning how to act without any control over her career or day-to-day schedule was exhausting.
Wikimedia CommonsIn order to make her more comfortable in front of the camera, Sharon Tate's (right) studio head secured her a recurring role on The Beverly Hillbillies. He didn't want her to be recognizable, which explains the black wig.
"Well, it's very strenuous, I must say," she said in a 1966 interview. "For approximately three years, I've had no personal life, I guess you could call it. I've done nothing but study from 8 o'clock in the morning till about 6:30 at night. Then on three evenings out of every week I went to a night class, too."
"I had acting classes, voice, singing, body building — everything, absolutely everything. Which is necessary, you know."
Though certainly talented and beautiful, Tate only managed to land commercials, uncredited roles — "Beautiful Girl" in The Americanization of Emily), 15 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies, and a bit part in The Man From U.N.C.L.E..
CBS Photo Archive/Getty ImagesMax Baer Jr. (as Jethro Clampett) and Sharon Tate (as Janet Trego) in The Beverly Hillbillies. At this point, Tate's schedule revolved around acting, singing, and movement classes, as well as auditions. Aug. 1, 1963.
The most fulfilling experience as an actress she'd had during this time was shooting a small role with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The shoot for the film Sandpiper was in Big Sur — a meditative refuge for writers like Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe — which she adored and returned to often.
Tate was somewhat dissuaded by her options at this time, but her luck was about to change.
Hitting It Big
In 1967, Tate starred in four films: Eye of the Devil, Don't Make Waves, The Fearless Vampire Killers, and Valley of the Dolls. It was Valley of the Dolls that made the biggest splash for Tate.
The film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's 1966 bestseller was a huge hit. At last, the actress had achieved the level of adoration and artistic enrichment she dreamed of.
Aboard the Princess Italia, which sailed from Italy to California to promote the film, Tate was the belle of the ball. She was nominated for a Golden Globe the following year and booked two projects — one opposite Dean Martin, the other with Orson Welles.
Wikimedia CommonsThe Tate family tomb in Holy Cross Cemetery. Culver City, California.
Of course, none of these professional triumphs would be as consequential as her relationship with Roman Polanski, whom she met at a party hosted by Ransohoff. The Holocaust-surviving, multicultural auteur had just experienced huge success with his first English-language film, Repulsion. He had a reputation for being a playboy.
But Polanski had already been married before, but his wife dumped him. He wasn't keen on jumping into another relationship just yet.
Nonetheless, he courted Tate vigorously during the production of The Fearless Vampire Killers, which he directed and starred in, and photographed her half-nude for a Playboy shoot. Tate had been dating hairstylist Jay Sebring since 1964, and Sebring's visit to London after Vampire Killers wrapped made it official; Tate told him she had fallen in love with Polanski.
Sharon Tate And Roman Polanski Get Married
"I thought she was quite pretty, but I wasn't at that time very impressed," Polanski later told the Los Angeles Police Department. "But I then saw her again. I took her out. We talked a lot, you know. At that time I was really swinging. All I was interested in was to fuck a girl and move on."
According to Polanski, the pair was on their best behavior for the first few months of production for Vampire Killers but began an intimate relationship before wrapping.
"She was so sweet and so lovely that I didn't believe it, you know," he told police. "I'd had bad experiences and I didn't believe people like that existed….She was fantastic. She loved me."
Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty ImagesPolanski wasn't entirely faithful to his wife, who told him she wasn't trying to change him. They married in Chelsea, London, in 1968.
At the same time, Polanski was still stuck in his ways; the relationship wasn't monogamous, at least not on his behalf. Tate was aware of his dalliances but still stood by him.
"I said, 'You know how I am; I screw around.' And she said, 'I don't want to change you.' She was ready to do everything, just to be with me," he said. "She was a fucking angel. She was a unique character who I'll never meet again in my life."
Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski married in London. It was January 20, 1968, and the director's horror classic, Rosemary's Baby, was about to terrify audiences across the nation. Photographs of Tate, Polanski, and Mia Farrow at the film's premiere in Cannes depict a jovial, celebratory scene.
FlickrMia Farrow starred in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. Farrow, Polanski, and Tate became close friends.
The parallels between art and real-life regarding Rosemary's Baby and Sharon Tate's tragic demise are quite ominous. In the film, an innocent, beautiful woman gets taken advantage of by a nefarious group of elites, while her husband does nothing to help. Rather, she is his sacrifice to them.
While there's no indication whatsoever that Polanski was aware of the impending Manson murders, the director's personal weaknesses have given conspiracy theorists enough room to establish that narrative as considerably plausible.
It didn't help matters much that the lead occultists in the film was named Roman, of course.
Sharon Tate's Baby
Sharon Tate became pregnant in late 1968. Whispers that she was using the baby as a means to prevent her marriage from collapsing swept the Hollywood hills. Friends of hers claimed she waited to tell her husband the news until it was too late for an abortion.
"I guess I kind of live in a fairy tale world," she said. "We have a good arrangement; Roman lies and I pretend to believe him."
Santi Visalli/Getty ImagesSharon Tate visits Polanski in New York while he works on Rosemary's Baby on August 15, 1967.
In February 1969, the couple moved into 10050 Cielo Drive. The house was situated near Benedict Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains, overlooking Beverly Hills and Bel Air. They rented it from talent manager Rudy Altobelli. William Garretson, the property's caretaker, lived in the guest house behind the main gate.
The previous tenant, Terry Melcher, had recently met none other than Charles Manson. Mutual friend Gregg Jakobson introduced Manson, an aspiring singer-songwriter, to Melcher, son of Doris Day who was in the music business himself.
Melcher was unimpressed with Manson's "rather peculiar" music.
Wikimedia CommonsManson's 1971 booking photo for San Quentin State Prison, California. He died in prison 46 years later.
While Tate and Polanski were in Europe in March 1969, Polanski's friend Wojciech Frykowski and his girlfriend Abigail Folger — heiress to the Folger coffee fortune — moved into the house. Tate returned in July, taking a cruise ship due to her advanced pregnancy.
The plan was for her two friends to live with Tate until Polanski returned for the birth of the child. Unfortunately, things turned out worse than anyone could've imagined.
Terry Oneill/Iconic Images/Getty ImagesSharon Tate was eight and a half months pregnant when she was murdered. They stabbed her 16 times and strung her over a rafter with a rope. The other end was tied around her ex-boyfriend's neck.
The three of them, along with Tate's ex Jay Sebring, went to El Coyote Cafe on Beverly Boulevard for dinner on August 8. It was the last meal they ever had. Folger planned on flying to San Francisco the following morning to visit her mother.
The Manson Murders
That night, Charles "Tex" Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian invaded the sleepy house on Cielo Drive on Charles Manson's orders. They were instructed to "totally destroy everyone in that house, as gruesome as you can. Make it a real nice murder, just as bad as you've ever seen. And get all their money."
They murdered five people — not counting Sharon Tate's unborn child.
The first person to stumble upon this bloody, murderous mess was housekeeper Winifred Chapman the following morning.
In addition to Tate and her three friends, the Manson family killed 18-year-old Steven Parent, a friend of the home's caretaker. Parent unluckily visited the house to offer Garretson a good deal on some audio equipment that night when Watson cut him with a knife and shot him four times.
Wikimedia CommonsCharles "Tex" Watson told one of his victims, "I'm the devil, and I'm here to do the devil's business."
Sebring was stabbed seven times and shot once. Folger was stabbed 28 times, while her boyfriend, Frykowski, was shot twice, bludgeoned in the head 13 times, and stabbed a stunning 51 times.
According to Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, Frykowski awoke on the living room couch when Watson whispered in his girlfriend's ear and kicked him in the head. Frykowski asked what the stranger was doing in the house, to which he received the most ominous answer imaginable.
"I'm the devil and I'm here to do the devil's business."
Sharon Tate was stabbed to death. Five of the 16 wounds were lethal enough to kill her on their own, but Manson's kill squad did more than that. With a rope around her neck, she was strung over a rafter. The other end was tied around Sebring's neck.
FlickrPolanski agreed to a Life magazine shoot in which he returned to 10050 Cielo Drive and posed in front of the faded bloodstains on the door, spelling "PIG," and on the carpet inside revealing the gruesome nature of the Tate murders.
Atkins took a cloth and used Tate's blood — possibly mixed with the blood of her unborn child — to write "PIG" on the front door.
In a baffling move, Roman Polanski agreed to a Life magazine photoshoot at the crime scene. He's seen next to the front door, still soiled with Tate's blood, in one of the photographs.
The Crime Scene Of The Sharon Tate Murders
"Roman, there's been a disaster in a house… Your house," Polanski's friend and manager William Tennant told him over the phone. "Sharon is dead, and Voytek and Gibby and Jay."
The police contacted Tennant, as Polanski was in London scouting locations for The Day of the Dolphin. Tennant was in the middle of playing tennis when he got the news. He's the one who identified Tate, Frykowski, Folger, and Sebring. He had no clue who the 18-year-old was.
Polanski wasn't sure what to make of the call. He suspected an accident — a fire, perhaps. He couldn't imagine a massacre.
Julian Wasser/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesPolanski sitting on the bloodied porch outside his home after his wife and unborn child were murdered. He came under scrutiny for agreeing to do this Life magazine shoot. The word "PIG" can still be seen scrawled on the door in his wife's blood.
The house's caretaker Garretson was initially considered a suspect. Having survived the bloodbath unscathed in the guest house, the police were suspicious in the early stages of the investigation.
A search of the house uncovered about 2.7 ounces of marijuana in a plastic bag a living room cabinet, an ounce of hashish, a gram of cocaine, and 10 pills of speed. Folger had 2.4 mg of MDA in her system, while Frykowski had .6 mg in his.
The police considered the possibility that this was a drug deal turned sour or that somebody's reaction to any of these drugs resulted in paranoia-induced violence. That theory didn't last long.
Eddie Waters/Mirrorpix/Getty ImagesSharon Tate at 22 in London, October 15, 1965.
Polanski told the police that Share Tate had used LSD more than a dozen times, but that more recently she stuck to marijuana.
"And during her pregnancy there was no question," he said. "She was so in love with her pregnancy she would do nothing. I'd pour a glass of wine and she wouldn't touch it."
Tate's Funeral And The Manson Family's Convictions
Charles Manson was adamant to his cult of devoted "family" members that Helter Skelter — a race war that would serve as a rebirth to society — was nigh. By December, police caught those responsible for the Tate murders. The killers had murdered Leno and Rosemary LaBianca as well, one day after murdering Tate and her friends.
Polanski was harassed with countless questions about his marital trouble, being distant from his pregnant wife, and if the satanic themes in his films had any connection to the events of August 8 and Sharon Tate's murder. The Life magazine photoshoot made some question his character.
Footage of Sharon Tate's funeral. Bruce Lee lived nearby, and knew the couple.
The funeral for Sharon Tate and her son, Paul Richard Polanski, was held on Aug. 13 at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. It was a star-studded event with more than 150 guests, including Warren Beatty, Kirk Douglas, Peter Sellers, Steve McQueen, and Mamas and the Papas singer Michelle Phillips.
Mia Farrow, who portrayed the victim in Polanski's Rosemary's Baby a few years earlier, was too upset to attend.
On August 19, Polanski held a press conference. He wanted to state the facts, say what he needed, and be done with the public nature of this matter. He called his late wife "beautiful" and a "good person."
"The last few years I spent with her were the only time of true happiness in my life," he said.
A 1976 interview with Manson family member and Tate murder accomplice Susan Atkins.
Tate's mother, Doris, spent the rest of her years as a public advocate for victims' rights, while Sharon's sister Debra made sure the killers stayed imprisoned by representing the Tate family at parole hearings.
While Manson, Atkins, Watson, Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten — who was involved in the LaBianca murders — were initially all sentenced to death, California's laws were in flux. A moratorium on the death penalty in 1972 saw all of their sentences converted to life in prison instead for their roles in the Tate murders.
Atkins died in prison of natural causes in 2009. Van Houten, Watson, and Krenwinkel are still alive and behind bars. When Van Houten was recommended for parole in 2016 and 2017, then-Governor Jerry Brown rejected the motion. Governor Gavin Newsom denied her parole again in June 2019.
Charles Manson died behind bars in November 2017.
Los Angeles born and bred, Quentin Tarantino is a bit of savant when it comes to cinema, Hollywood legends, and spiking the historical punch with his own brand of hooch. His latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, aims to explore the town — and the Tate murders — through a subjective lens, à la Inglourious Basterds.
Of course, not everyone is as delighted at the notion of Tarantino using Hollywood in 1969 as the backdrop for a star-studded love letter to Old Hollywood. Debra Tate was hesitant to give the auteur her blessing but felt reassured after meeting with him.
"This movie is not what people would expect it to be when you combine the Tarantino and Manson names," she said.
The official teaser trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
While it's been half a century since the horrific events on Cielo Drive, the Sharon Tate murders still linger on the tips of everyone's tongues. This wasn't merely the death of five individuals, but an undeniable curtain call on a period of innocent Americana that would never happen again.
After learning about Sharon Tate's life from Hollywood starlet to Charles Manson murder victim, read about the teen killer who was caught because he took a Facebook selfie with the victim. Then, learn about William Desmond Taylor and the "crime of passion" that shocked early Hollywood.
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Auburn and Owasco water plants consider blue-green algae toxin treatments
Gwendolyn Craig
The city of Auburn's water treatment plant.
Blue-green algae floats into the slow sand filter at the city of Auburn's water treatment plant.
AUBURN — An engineering firm working with the city of Auburn's water treatment plant has proposed a list of nine options to help it rid the water of blue-green algae toxins.
The city is seriously considering three of those, including the extension of the plant's intake pipe, utilizing powder activated carbon and utilizing ozone. Plant operators in both Auburn and the town of Owasco are hoping to upgrade their facilities with one or more of these options in time for next year's blue-green algae season, sometime in the late summer.
Cyanotoxins called microcystin from this summer's blue-green algae blooms made it past Owasco and Auburn's treatment processes and into the drinking water. The toxins can cause liver and kidney failure, but levels found in the drinking water were below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's health advisory guidelines. The Cayuga County Health Department and city and county officials have said they do not want any detectable levels of toxins in the treated water.
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GHD, an environmental engineering firm with a location in Buffalo, proposed the latest ideas to Auburn and is currently working with water samples from the treatment plants to test the various methods.
Seth Jensen, director of the city's Municipal Utilities, said the plant has already begun using powder activated carbon, which had cut down on the amount of microcystin found in the treated water. Now, the plant is considering it more closely, Jensen said, trying to decide at what stage in the treatment process it should be applied to make it most effective.
In a summary chart of the proposed treatments, powder activated carbon is listed as a low relative cost. Jensen said there are no specific numbers tied to the low, medium, high and very high designations at this time.
"We didn't really want to dive into the cost aspect of things during our high level overview, so we'd look at every option and weigh every option as equally as possible," Jensen said. "It's good to understand high level costs, but as far as $2 million versus $500,000, I think we'd want to choose the most effective treatment process."
According to the summary chart from GHD, the carbon has removed more than 95 percent of microcystin toxins, but it does not remove intact cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae. It is also shown to remove other kinds of cyanotoxins and contaminants.
Considered a "medium" cost, ozone is another treatment method Jensen said they are considering. It's a kind of disinfectant that is also said to remove more than 95 percent of microcystin in addition to intact cyanobacteria. One concern about using ozone is that its disinfection byproduct, depending on the chemistry of the water, could form a carcinogen. GHD is using water directly from Auburn's plant to see how ozone, and the other methods, will work.
"They're using our water as their baseline," Jensen said, "which is good because it's got the PH and any other chemical uniqueness."
Eileen O'Connor, director of the county's Environmental Health Division, said no water treatment plants in the county use ozone, and she is not aware of any in central New York that utilize it either. Jensen said there's a lot to be learned still about the process. He's excited, though, because Doug Selby, who is the former Auburn city manager, has worked with ozone in another former position as city manager of Las Vegas. There the water is ozonated, and Jensen said he's hoping to capture some of Selby's knowledge while he is still the interim director of the county's Water and Sewer Authority.
There is also the possibility that the plants will extend their intake pipes. O'Connor said by extending the intake pipe beneath the lake's thermocline, which is where the water becomes cold, the plant may be able to bypass the cyanobacteria altogether. Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, thrives in warm temperatures.
"The thermocline that is created in the summertime really does create two distinct water bodies," O'Connor said. "The upper level, warmer water, and the lower level, colder water. It will be interesting to see what kind of cost is associated with that."
Listed as a medium cost, the only problem GHD listed would be that additional treatment should be planned for as a backup.
GHD surveyed Owasco's plant on Dec. 21, too. Ed Wagner, town supervisor of Owasco, said they have been working primarily with the environmental engineering firm Barton and Loguidice. Wagner said they have provided Owasco's plant with similar proposals, but GHD will give a second opinion.
So far Wagner said the town is considering extending the intake pipe, using ultra violet light, ozone and powder activated carbon.
"All of those options are on the table, and we're costing it out and looking at if one or a combination of two might be the best approach for us not only for short-term but from a long-term solution," Wagner said. "If we can prevent it from getting into the water plant to begin with, that's the best."
Staff writer Gwendolyn Craig can be reached at (315) 282-2237 or gwendolyn.craig@lee.net. Follow her on Twitter @gwendolynnn1.
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Sorry you don't like it. I'm based in the UK and most of the Euroean stuff is too company based to interest me and most of the things that happen in Australia are swamped by the volume that there is in the US. You can't please all of the people all of the time. But thanks for taking the time to let me know.
I do find it intereting, mainly from the perspective of what is being said in the media, as I generally cant be bothered lisening through the "paris hiltons latest....blah blah blah" to get the odd snippet of biofuels information.


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Apple iPhone 8 Plus review
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Apple has been consistent with the bundle for over 5 years, and the box of the iPhone 8 Plus hides no surprises. Inside you'll find a somewhat dated 5V/1A plug, a Lightning cable, a pair of EarPods and a Lighting-to-Analog jack adapter.
To take advantage of the fast charging support, you'll need to spend on a more powerful MacBook charger. However, the latter is available only with a USB Type-C plug so that a USB-C-to-Lightning adapter will be in order too. That's an extra 100 bucks or so to make use of a feature, which supposedly came built-in. Not to mention that the MacBook charger is way too big compared to a normal phone charger.
Apple iPhone 8 Plus retail package
Apple iPhone 8 Plus 360-degree spin
The iPhone 8 Plus measures 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5mm which is a hair (0.2mm, to be precise) larger than the 7 Plus in each direction. This means most of the old cases won't be a perfect fit (mostly in depth though as our experiments confirmed).
Apple iPhone 8 Plus next to the iPhone 7 Plus
The new 8 Plus model has gained 14g of weight and is a pretty heavy set at 202g.
Compared to the bezel-less iPhone X and the Galaxy S8 boasting 5.8" screens, the iPhone 8 Plus is noticeably bigger. The iPhone X is 15mm shorter and 7mm narrower, while the Galaxy S8 shaves off 10mm in both directions.
Finally, the size gap between the regular iPhone 8 and 8 Plus is significant - 20mm in height and 10mm in width. But that's not exactly breaking news.
Apple was the first maker to push the glass-sandwich design with the iconic iPhone 4. The unthinkable became possible (using glass on a phone), and it has since become mainstream. It was somewhat short-lived though, replaced in just two years by the all-metal iPhone 5.
Fast-forward five years to find Apple pretty much the last company revisiting all-glass builds to catch with the likes of Samsung and many others who adopted glass and wireless charging years ago. Better late than never we guess.
So, what's up with the iPhone 8 Plus? Not much, at least over at the front side. Everything else is as we left it on the iPhone 7 Plus: the footprint, screen size, sizeable bezels, physical Home key, sensors, and the selfie camera placement. The oleophobic coating against fingerprint smudges is a given, and that's something we wish to see on every flagship out there. Oh, and the 8 Plus is still IP67-grade water resistant.
The front glass ends on a subtle curve - a departure from the once popular 2.5D finish. This would make applying screen protectors on the iPhone 8 Plus easier and let them last longer.
The rear glass is the highlight of the refined design. It's flat for the most part but also ends on a subtle curve where it meets the aluminum frame. There are no antenna bands you can notice, as these are now well hidden beneath the glass.
Thanks to this change of heart Apple is finally bringing wireless charging - a feature rumored to be coming with quite a few iPhones already. The team over at Cupertino chose the Qi standard, so the iPhone 8 Plus is compatible with all existing Qi chargers - the most common standard for the technology. You bet Apple will be pushing some fancier units later this year. In 2018 Apple hopes to, we will likely also see a proprietary Apple wireless charger that will replenish a Watch, an iPhone, and the AirPods all at once all while showing the charging progress indicator of all three on the iPhone's screen. This won't be easy as allegedly, the Qi charging standard would have to be adjusted to accommodate that feature so that it remains universally compatible. Only time would tell if that will really happen.
The dual-camera on the iPhone 8 Plus uses new sensors though it keeps the same specs for both - 12MP with f/1.8 lens for the wide-angle and 12MP with f/2.8 lens for the telephoto cam. There are some new cool portrait effects and a slow-sync flash though. As far as the hump is concerned - it's still there, bulging over everything, but protected behind sapphire glass (which is not that hard to scratch mind you).
Apple likes to tout its new reinforced glass panels used on the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X as the toughest glass on the planet. If drop tests all over YouTube are anything to go by, the new Apple phones somehow fail to live up to the hype, though. Even worse, our own 8 Plus got its screen scratched by the smaller iPhone 8 we stacked on top of it for a quick comparison picture.
The final piece of the Apple iPhone 8 Plus is the Series 7000 aluminum frame running along the sides. This is the only place you can see the beginning and the end of the antennas. The frame has a sandblasted-like finish and improves the otherwise slippery grip.
The iPhone 8 Plus with its prominent screen bezels is one of the largest 5.5-inchers on the market. It's not huge by any means, it just feels oversized, and it is heavy. But handling the 8 Plus is as premium experience as ever, the build is solid, and the profile thin enough. The aluminum frame boosts the grip, while the glass panels are sweet on the eyes. Even though the 8 Plus is not comfortable to work with just one hand, the added one-hand-friendly gestures will surely help in improving the overall usability.
Handling the iPhone 8 Plus
A quick look over the iPhone 8 Plus reveals no surprises. Most of the front is taken by the 5.5" IPS LCD screen and its bezels. Above the display is the earpiece, which also serves as a speaker, the FaceTime camera, and a couple of sensors.
Below the screen is the Home Key, force-press enabled just like on the iPhone 7 series. The ultra-fast fingerprint sensor, also known as Touch ID, is embedded within that key.
The iPhone 8 Plus • the earpiece and the FaceTime cam • the Home key
The left side of the iPhone 8 Plus has the silencer toggle and the volume keys. The power/lock button and the nanoSIM tray are on the right.
The left side • the volume controls • the right side • the SIM tray
The top is completely bare. The Lightning port is at the bottom flanked by two grilles - one for the mouthpiece, and the other one for the second speaker.
The top • the bottom • the Lightning port
Finally, the dual-camera is seen on the back, accompanied by a quad-LED dual-tone flash.
The back of the iPhone 8 Plus • the dual-camera setup • the camera hump
There is nothing out of the ordinary so far and no wonder. Apple is now using this design for the fourth year in a row after it was first introduced on the iPhone 6. Sure, the back is all glass now, but you would never guess you are holding the latest iPhone just by looking at the front.
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It was a normal day for middle school students in the small town of Milton, Washington as they rode the school bus, until their driver suddenly lost consciousness and started flailing uncontrollably. Suffering from a heart attack, driver Ryan Callis let go of the steering wheel, and the bus careened out of control. Almost immediately, 13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick ran to the front of the bus, grabbed the wheel, and steered to the side of the road, while taking the keys out of the ignition. Fellow seventh grader Johnny Wood, who had recently learned CPR, ran to the incapacitated driver and began chest compressions, while another student called 911.
It was a lazy Saturday morning when fire erupted from a duplex in a small neighborhood in Fresno, California. Robert Wells, 73 years old, who was hooked up to an oxygen tank, could not get himself out. He had difficulty breathing and walking by himself and was desperately trapped. The people who crowded around the scene were in a state of panic and didn't know what to do, especially after a propane tank explosion accelerated the fire that continued to ravage the home. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a man braved the fire and pulled Wells out to safety, carrying him on his shoulders.
Then just as quickly as he entered the scene, the man disappeared; and the neighborhood couldn't find him for days after the incident despite his heroic act being recorded.
Wesley Autrey, now dubbed the "Subway Superman," was waiting on the platform with his two little girls when he noticed a man suffering from a seizure, causing him to fall onto the tracks. Knowing there wouldn't be time for the train to stop, Autrey jumped on top of the man, praying he could keep him from flailing long enough to allow the train to pass on over them both—a clearance of 21inches high. Wesley and the man topped out at 20.5 inches.
The term deep sea creature refers to organisms that live below the photic zone of the ocean. These creatures must survive in extremely harsh conditions, such as hundreds of bars of pressure, small amounts of oxygen, very little food, no sunlight, and constant, extreme cold.
These creatures live in very harsh environments, such as the abyssal or hadal zones, which, being thousands of meters below the surface, are almost completely devoid of light. The water is between 3 and 10 degrees Celsius and has low oxygen levels. Due to the depth, the pressure is between 20 and 1,000 bars. Creatures that live hundreds or even thousands of meters deep in the ocean have adapted to the high pressure, lack of light, and other factors.
Flowers at weddings are beautiful—but their beauty doesn't have to end there. People donate to Repeat Roses, who picks up the flowers, re-purposes them, and drops them off at hospices, hospitals and nursing homes, where they conjure needed smiles on patients' faces.
And then Repeat Roses takes it one step further–a week later, they pick up the flowers and compost them, saving them from the garbage.
Spread smiles to those in need. On your behalf, we deliver beautifully refreshed flower bouquets and arrangements to residents and patients in hospitals, cancer treatment centers, nursing homes, hospice care and shelter facilities.
My new year's resolution was to create more images of a non-commercial, personal nature. Shooting whatever I see while walking my dog Nunzi around our Venice neighborhood. Seems I'm actually doing it and enjoying it and here's what I've shot so far.
Gazing out from under the pier, enjoying two kids playing tag with the surf.
I've been using a few of the selections here and have indeed found them quite useful. The app selections cover four categories: For random life stuff, For getting around, For staying organized, For computer and email ease.
At our small, fast-moving nonprofit company, everyone does a couple of jobs — and productivity apps help us manage roles that shift between coding, writing/designing and running a full-scale conference twice a year. We asked the TED staff what apps they can't live without. And beyond the classics—Instagram, Google Maps, Spotify, Uber, Seamless—we found some great apps that might help you too.
This app downloads offline, zoomable, searchable maps of major cities, so that even if you are roaming around Tokyo and can't read any of the signs, you can still find your way around. "It's good for people like me who travel internationally but don't like to get data plans," says Thu-Huong Ha, of our editorial team.
From time to time we can find ourselves out of gas, in a rut or even knocked to the ground, and can use a little inspiration to get going again. These sites could lend a hand.
Sometimes I get blown away with the awesomeness of the regular things in life. The other day I was in the shower (best place to meditate) and was thinking about the Internet.
I rarely think about the Internet in deep ways, yet I use it more in a day that another other object besides my own body. It is SO vast, full of information, and such a great resource for connecting us to others across the globe. I'm thankful for the Internet and its infinite possibilities.
And I'm thankful for the dynamic people whom fill the webisphere with their knowledge, creativity, and inspirational words to help us live a little better each day. I get asked all of the time what websites I go to for inspiration and so I've decided to roundup my top 10 fave sites for you (in no particular order).
Hang Up and Listen is a weekly sports discussion from the online magazine Slate. It features Slate sports editor Josh Levin, writer Stefan Fatsis (author of A Few Seconds of Panic), and NPR sports reporter Mike Pesca.
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Here are excellent apps to assist you in traveling around the world without busting your budget.
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With the rise in the number of travel apps in Google Play and App Store, first time, and frequent travelers are provided with convenient ways to plan their upcoming vacation. Some of these applications are not only time savers but also efficient tools for cutting your trip's cost. If you're searching for money saving apps you can use on your next trip, here are ten of them that we highly recommend.
Italian student filmmaker Giacomo Sardelli used thousands of photographs taken by astronauts in space and made an exquisite time-lapse video called Further Up Yonder.
There have been a lot of these kinds of videos, but Sardelli wanted to do more, to tell a story. I won't steal his thunder; you can read an excerpt about it below and on his blog. It's a fun idea.
One thing he did that I appreciate is take care to sync the timing of the video with the music. There's an added kick when the scene changes in time with the music; it ties together the two senses of sight and sound and adds depth to the experience.
The Big Oven app is a great demonstration of why recipe apps can be better than recipe books. It lists over 250,000 recipes, with a powerful search engine that offers many options for finding a recipe you'd like.
BigOven has a "leftovers" search trick, excellent for using up spare food in your refrigerator. And if you just want to be surprised by a new recipe, you can see recipes that Big Oven users nearby are cooking, or dive straight into a random one.
The app also comes with a suite of tools to make cooking a meal easier — like its virtual grocery list, based on your chosen recipes. If you're a keen menu planner, then you may also love its calendar-based planning feature. The recipes are clearly arranged. The app looks just like a traditional glossy book — right down to its photos and clearly marked sections telling you how many people each recipe serves, its calorie content and its reviews.
When your dear smartphone is lost, Plan B, Find My iPhone and other apps can reunite you. They find iPhones & Androids so check them out now before it's too late!
Last week, I lost my iPhone on a train. I used Apple's Find My iPhone feature to track it to a house in suburban Maryland, and the local police were able to return it to me. Because I'd tweeted about these developments, the quest for the phone became, much to my surprise, an Internet-wide, minute-by-minute real-life thriller.
William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a dissecting microscope to untangle this longstanding arachnological mystery.
The age-old mystery is finally solved. The secret to not getting stuck? Watch.
Video comes from those smart geeks at Science Friday.
There's artistry to creating the world and Rob Simmon, art director of NASA Earth Observatory, shows us how.
NASA's collection of Earth-from-space imagery dates back to the Apollo 8 mission, when astronauts snapped a picture of Earth rising over the moon. Simmon and NASA scientist Gene Feldman explain how the modern "Blue Marble" images are made and how they relate to scientific study of the Earth. Video comes from those smart geeks at Science Friday.
I've found RedLaser is the best app for comparing product prices. It also delivers food nutrition and allergen info, finds library books and more.
RedLaser uses your smart phone's camera to scan the barcode of products that you might buy. It then hits the Internet to pull down a list of prices so you can see if you're getting a good deal. Better price online?
Then, with a few taps, RedLaser lets you jump to a merchant's online site to close the deal or e-mail yourself the details if you prefer to do your online shopping from a desktop.
A marine biologist captures nature's finest underwater camouflage artists performing their almost magical transformations in this intriguing video.
When marine biologist Roger Hanlon captured the first scene in this video he started screaming. Hanlon, senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, studies camouflage in cephalopods–squid, cuttlefish and octopus. They are masters of optical illusion.
These are some of Hanlon's top video picks of sea creatures going in and out of hiding. Cephalopods have several impressive tricks for blending in with their undersea surroundings: they can change color, pattern and even the shape of their skin.


Do you suffer from heel pain? Five tips to get you pain free from your local podiatry clinic.
Winter is nearly here. You have good intentions of exercising regularly, to maintain your fitness and perhaps prevent gaining weight over the winter months.
These great intentions can be stopped in their tracks by heel pain. It is an all too common scenario. After a few weeks of activity a twinge sets in on the heel. You ignore it at first and keep exercising, before you know it you are laid up on the couch with an ice pack on your heel.
Heel pain is the most common foot complaint in the community. It affects the young and the old, the athletic and non athletic. The most common form of heel pain is plantar fasciitis. A common term for this problem is 'heel Spurs'. Often heel pain is associated with low arches or high arches. Other contributing factors include non-supportive footwear, activity levels, reduced ankle joint motion and muscle tightness.
Here are five tips to help manage your heel pain from your local podiatry clinic.
Wear footwear that is appropriate for your foot type. Your local podiatrist can assess your foot type and advise which shoes would complement your foot shape. Go by comfort, if your shoe does not feel right, it probably means they are not suitable for your feet.
Strengthen the muscles in your feet and calf. Strong muscles, tendons and ligaments are better able to adapt and cope with exercise.
Avoid aggravating activities- particularly activities which involve being on the balls of your feet such as running and dancing.
Stretch the small muscles in your feet and calf.
The SA Podiatry clinic are experts and experienced in treating heel pain. Solutions to lower limb and foot problems are available.
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Who takes care of children when their biological parents cannot? Usually, extended family members step up to care for children. And in some cases—especially cases involving substance abuse in the family—that person might become the full-time caregiver of that child.
There is a legal term for such a person. A de facto custodian may not be a child's biological parent, but they do act as a parent in every other sense of the word.
A closer look at de facto custodianship
A de facto custodian is also commonly called a de facto parent. That is because these individuals serve as the primary caregiver in the child's life and complete the duties usually assigned to the biological parents.
There are a few factors that qualify someone as a de facto custodian, such as:
They have served as the primary caregiver for a significant period
Six months for children under 3
One year for children older than 3
They are the sole provider of financial support
They provide the child with shelter and security
They have an established bond and relationship with the child
A de facto custodian is usually a family member, such as a grandparent, but they do not necessarily need to be a family relation.
It is not the same as custody
While a de facto custodian sounds similar to a legal guardian, they are not the same. De facto custodianship does not automatically give someone custodial rights over the child.
However, Kentucky law does give de facto custodians the same legal standing as a biological parent. This allows a de facto custodian to attend and participate in custody proceedings and apply for legal custody.
A new case could impact de facto custodians' rights
In the past, only one person could be a de facto custodian, unless they were married. Then the married couple together could act as the de facto custodians of a child.
However, the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear a new case that challenges this. The Courier-Journal reports that it is increasingly common for couples of all ages to live together, but not marry. This new story involves the complex case of a grandfather and his long-time girlfriend vying for shared de facto custodianship for the granddaughter they have cared for most of her life.
The grandfather is the current de facto custodian. He wishes to extend that custodianship to his significant other if anything should happen to him since the biological mother has a history of substance abuse. The main issue revolves around the idea that two caregivers who share responsibilities can better meet a child's needs.
Most likely, the child's best interest will play a significant role in this case. But this case, regardless of the outcome, could have a significant impact on the future of caregivers and de facto custodians.
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Ronald Johnson, 61, of Chicago's South Side, went home to be with our Lord March 23, 2022. He is survived by his loving brother George Johnson, sister-in-law Rita Johnson and a host of nieces and nephews. Ronald was preceded in passing by his beloved brothers Fred Stanton and Gary Stanton, sisters Doris Johnson-Owens and Gloria Stanton-Seabrooks and cherished parents George and Ruth Johnson. Devoted member of Trinity United Church of Christ. Ronald was beloved by all he touched. Memorial service will be held Friday, May 27th at 2pm at Trinity United Church 400 W. 95th St., Chicago, IL 60628.
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Psalm 145:8-9 is a beautiful selection for my first cousin Ronald Johnson.
I will always remember his compassionate spirit from childhood and throughout his adult years!
I am so thankful that Ronald, George, Maggie and myself had moments of phone conversations prior to his passing.
Prayers and Sympathy for the many family, extended family, friends, and coworkers for the loss of our loved one Ronald Johnson, may he rest in peace.⚘⚘
Deborah A Elder-Minaird May 23 2022 10:00 AM
A candle was lit in memory of Ronald Johnson
Deborah Elder-Minaird May 22 2022 7:49 PM
2016 was when my Momma, Noris Elena Johnson passed. I never new loneliness till after her being gone. Then other friends and not to long ago cousin Angela was overtaken by Covid as well and now Ronald,who is told to be my family.
For one reason or another we find ourselves estranged from our so called "blood family", and for me going on 61, I thought it would get easier but it only hurts the more. I pray for all families to stop showing favoritism. Stop thinking that what you have to say is of no importance and so you leave others who have had more practice at speaking to have the last word. Christ said, "Be still, and know that I am God". (I'm encouraging myself is all.)With new ways to communicate -let's do just that! I don't want another message that some family has passed and I didn't even get the pleasure.
So many kind faces gone before me and if you have received Christ-then we are brothers and sisters.and we will be reunited one fine day. But, I get it...I don't hear from my " blood family" either.
Forgive me to those who may be offended. That is not mySister intent at all.
Sister May 7 2022 8:56 PM
Unfortunately Covid prevented an opportunity to visit within the past two years. However, I am grateful for having the opportunity fairly recently, to see Ronald at one of our family cookouts. May our fond memories give us comfort.
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