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There’s an intimacy to getting down in the dirt with someone and revealing the secrets of a lost world: hands and knees, wind kicking up dust into your eyes, pressed shoulder to hip, carefully blowing warm breath over exposed bone.

Drs. Lucien Blake and Jean Beazley revel in these revealed truths and intimate moments. They’d each be lying if they said they hadn’t considered joining the other in the shower post-dig, fingers itching to help scrub away dirt and debris.

No matter how many fossils they find in the ground, it never seems to be enough for either of them. And so, when Patrick Tyneman pops the bottle of champagne in their trailer, smugly twirling his cane and swigging their alcohol, and promises them an adventure of a lifetime, they find themselves linking fingers and nodding.

Tyneman calls his new venture Jurassic Park.

Lucien and Jean climb into a helicopter, accompanied by their favorite graduate student, Alice Harvey, and find themselves face-to-face with Matthew Lawson. Lawson is the resident mathematician and, despite his stoic demeanor, he slides over to make room for Alice. Jean hides a smile behind her hand as the two immediately strike up a conversation about Chaos Theory.

Lucien is too busy being terrified of heights, eyes shut tight, to notice a thing. Jean slips her hand into his, squeezing slightly in comfort. They’re on their way to Jurassic Park.

Lucien, for one of the first times in his life, is brought to near-tears at the sight of the brontosauruses moving in herds, plucking mouthfuls of foliage off nearby trees, their loud calls echoing across the valley.

He needs Jean to see this. Jean, who has been by his side for almost all of his life. He reaches down, scrabbling for her head, finding purchase, and turning her towards the dinosaurs.

Jean’s gasp is audible and she’s at his side in an instant, holding him tight, knowing he is overwhelmed with emotion.

His whole life had been sacrificed in pursuit of these creatures. His father disowned him, too disappointed in a son who never grew out of playing in the sandbox. Mei Lin (and every other woman in his life) had left him, unable--unwilling--to compete with his love of dinosaurs. Everyone had left him, except Jean.

And now they were here together, clinging to each other in a field of soft, pillowy grass, watching as their dreams came true, materializing before them in these gentle, living giants.

Jean, he finds out, is not his impulse control at all. She’s his enabler. In school, their friends had teased them that Jean kept him in line, stopped him from going too far in his experiments and made sure he stopped and fed himself with something other than protein bars and whiskey.

But Jean is the first one to help his push the lap bar up, freeing both of them, Alice, and Matthew from the ride walking them through the wonders of DNA and creation and evolution. They leave behind a blustering Patrick Tyneman and Jean rolls her eyes at Lucien’s conspiratorial grin.

As it turns out, Jean is the first one to usher them all through the lab and pick up and cradle a lamp-warmed egg, beckoning Lucien over. They stand together, cooing over a small, baby velociraptor like overly proud parents.

One of the lab techs, Munro something (Lucien can’t be bothered to learn his name), glares at them disapprovingly, muttering angrily about no regard for protocol and rules.

With the exception of the day Jean agreed to become his dig partner, this is the best day of his life. And he’s never been gladder to have Jean at his side.

When all hell breaks loose and he finds himself saddled with Tyneman’s nephew and niece, Charlie and Mattie, Lucien appreciates the balance and stability Jean brings to his life.

At every turn, he catches himself turning to his left, expecting to see Jean by his side, ready with a solution or a comforting squeeze of his hand. Instead, he finds two scared children, clinging to his legs and arms.

Keeping them safe is a good distraction from missing Jean--from worrying--about Jean. She and Alice are probably safe with Lawson and Tyneman and he prays for the first time in his life, sending up every promise he can think of, just as long as she’s safe.

The kids aren’t as bad as he expected. Charlie has a good head on his shoulders and Mattie is a little strange, a little awkward. But they’re good kids.

Lucien had long given up hope on a family, on children. His own upbringing--all harsh, tough love and isolation--had all but shattered any dream of a family. His one shot at the picket fence had been with Mei Lin and he had screwed that up. Lucien knew he was a ticking time bomb, doomed to destroy the relationships of the living. It was why he buried himself in dirt and the past.

It was part of the reason he would never inflict himself upon Jean. The undercurrent of crackling tension and more was always present between them, but he knew who he was, what he was. Jean deserved better.

But that was the thing about near-death experiences and coming face-to-face with a T-Rex: It made those wants--those desires--resurface.

All that mattered was keeping himself and these kids safe, getting Jean, and getting off this island. How had this dream turned into such a nightmare?

Their reunion isn’t exactly how he pictured it.

She’s running towards him, limping and hair disheveled, blood staining her shirt and trousers, scared and desperate, reaching for him. He wastes no time in running towards her, scooping her up in his arms, holding her close as she wraps her legs around his waist, burying her face in his neck out of sheer relief.

For a moment, time itself is suspended between them. All he feels is the warm, heavy weight of her in his arms--shaking and terrified, but alive and real. Her breath condenses on his neck and he can feel her racing heart pounding through her pulse point.

His hand flattens against her back and presses her closer, closer, closer.

They’re alive. They’re together. She slides down his body and takes his hand in hers, dragging him along. He follows blindly, hand in hand, a swirling mixture of emotions all resolving itself into one mantra: with Jean, everything felt better.

In some ways, Jurassic Park has ruined all the best parts of his life: dinosaurs and digging and science have been tainted by death and fear and screaming. It’s something he will have to process and address--hopefully with a large bottle of whiskey next to him.

But at the end of it all, in a shaky helicopter ride away from the island and back to safety, Jean is by his side: whole and healthy and his. Her head is pillowed against his shoulder, her hand in his, and they are pressed together from shoulder to ankle. She seems to be as unwilling to let him go as he is of her.

That underlying tension between them is crackling once more and Lucien is finding it harder and harder to keep the boundaries between them. He closes his eyes and presses a kiss to the side of her head, breathing her in.

Across from them, he watches with a raised eyebrow as Matthew leans over and takes Alice’s hand in his, gentle and reverent, his fingers tracing equations onto the back of her hand. A spark of protectiveness wells up in Lucien’s chest at the thought of his favorite grad student being taken advantage of, but even he can see the sincerity in Lawson’s eyes.

He wonders how he missed two people falling in love in the middle of a catastrophe.

Jean shifts against him as the helicopter rocks from side to side and Lucien leans his head against hers.

Perhaps they weren’t the only ones who had fallen in love.

And so, a new dream began to take shape--away from living dinosaurs and academic conferences. Instead he saw himself and Jean, matching wedding bands, a child of their own playing in the sandbox: a life he could only imagine with Jean.

After all this time, it was time he brought his nose up from out of the past and take a chance at the future--at Jean.

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The Odd Truth, April 12, 2003

The Odd Truth is a collection of strange but factual news stories from around the world compiled by CBSNews.com's Brian Bernbaum. A new collection of stories is published each weekday. On weekends, you can read a week's worth of The Odd Truth. Pub Rage LONDON - A British businessman who attacked his own pub with a bulldozer has been sentenced to 200 hours community service. Robert Tyrrell had pleaded guilty to demolishing part of the 16th century North Star Inn, about 60 miles northwest of London, on New Year's Day. Prosecutors said Tyrrell, who owns the pub, attacked the building after staff refused to serve him a drink after hours. Students Sue School Over Restroom Peepholes BOULDER, Colo. - Nine female students at the University of Colorado are looking to give the school a legal poke in the eye -- over peepholes in dorm bathrooms. Attorneys for the women filed a lawsuit yesterday naming the school and two construction companies as defendants. The legal action charges the school failed to warn female students about peepholes discovered in a women's dormitory restroom. A construction worker has admitted he used the holes to watch coeds in the shower. The suit asks for unspecified monetary damages and an official apology from CU. Missing Girl Reappears During Murder Trial CANBERRA, Australia - Whodunnit? Nobody. Australian teenager Natasha Ryan, who disappeared four years ago and was presumed dead, has resurfaced -- midway through the trial of her alleged murderer. Ryan, 18, was found Thursday, living with her boyfriend in a house just half a mile from her mother's home in the coastal town of Rockhampton in Queensland state. She was being questioned by police Friday, after being found hiding in a cupboard. Ryan's reappearance coincided with the trial in a Queensland court of Leonard John Fraser, 51, who was charged with the murder of her and three other women. Prosecutors immediately dropped the charge against Fraser for Ryan's murder. Ryan disappeared when she was 14. Her family had been so sure she was dead, they held a memorial service for her a year ago. Ryan's father confirmed his daughter's identity over the phone by asking her to tell him his pet name for her. She answered correctly. It was not immediately clear if the boyfriend, Scott Black, would be charged with any offense. The family's lawyer Ross Lo Monaco said that when police phoned the mother, Jenny Ryan, on Thursday to tell her they had found Natasha, she at first assumed they were talking about a body. "Mrs. Ryan was in shock, she didn't know if she could believe it and she was concerned it may have been a false alarm," Lo Monaco told reporters. Justice With A Flush TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state Supreme Court reprimanded a judge Thursday and ordered him to write letters of apology to 12 people he offended with belittling courtroom remarks. The court said it would have taken even stronger action for the ethics violations, but Circuit Judge Sheldon Schapiro had admitted fault and was undergoing behavioral therapy. The court's opinion cited 13 examples of the judge's misconduct. Once, addressing a defense attorney, Schapiro allegedly said: "Do you know what I think of your argument?" and then pushed a button on a device that simulated the sound of a toilet flushing. 83-Year-Old Jailed Over Land Feud ENFIELD, Conn. - Augustus J. Simmons would rather go back to prison than give up his land. The 83-year-old man has been battling for four decades with the state over land at Bradley International Airport. Simmons was sentenced to a year in prison for his latest legal skirmish. He claims the state illegally took 14 acres of land from him in 1962. "I have no different penal code for people who are seniors but who want to act like children," Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa R. Cofield said before sentencing Simmons this week. Simmons was last arrested on March 14 when officials said he roped off a parking lot at the airport and allegedly cursed two Army National Guard members patrolling the grounds. He was convicted of breach of peace, interfering with an officer, disorderly conduct and violating probation. In 2001, Simmons began serving a sentence for pulling down fencing at the airport. He was released on probation last year. The state Supreme Court in 1980 had upheld a ruling that Simmons be paid $365,000 by the state for the land, but he refused to accept the check or to cash it. The $365,000 eventually was returned to the state treasury as unclaimed property. Kid Car Thief READING, Penn. - Police say a 12-year-old boy who is barely tall enough to see over the steering wheel tried to steal a car this week. And they say it's the second time he's tried to do it. A police sergeant says the boy "looks like he should be playing with Hot Wheels cars, not stolen cars." They say he used a homemade key to unlock the car while another boy acted as a lookout. The car's owner saw the child inside the car and chased him. The boy is scheduled to appear in juvenile court. Police say he's already on probation for trying to steal a car last July. KGB Jokes Crack-Up Latvia RIGA, Latvia - What has four legs and 40 teeth? A crocodile. What has four teeth and 40 legs? The Central Committee of the Communist Party. That joke drew laughs and applause among nearly 70 Latvians gathered amid poster-size portraits of Josef Stalin and grainy photographs of KGB death squads in Riga's Occupation Museum. Poking fun at elderly Soviet leaders could have landed a joke-teller in jail before this small Baltic Sea state of 2.4 million residents declared independence during the Soviet collapse in 1991. "In the old days, you only whispered these jokes among your most trusted friends and family," said Heinrihs Strods, host of Wednesday's first-ever Soviet joke night at the museum, which houses artifacts documenting 50 years of iron-fisted Soviet rule. One of the night's favorite targets was Leonid Brezhnev, the bushy browed Soviet leader from 1964 to 1982 who was famous for his public gaffes. "Upon hearing the Americans had put a man on the moon in 1969, Brezhnev summoned his cosmonauts," one elderly woman said quietly. "'Comrades,' he told them. 'You will be the first men on the sun.' "'But comrade Brezhnev, it's too hot on the sun -- surely we will die,' they answered," she said. "'Don't worry,' Brezhnev replied. 'We have decided you will go at night."' From 'French' To 'Freedom,' Then Back Again WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - There will be no name change at the French Cleaners. A bit of patriotic fervor had prompted the owners of the 92-year-old dry cleaning business to change its name from French Cleaners to Freedom Cleaners. Owner L. Philip Cote had said last month that some of his customers had become uncomfortable with his company's name since France began opposing U.S. military action in Iraq. Cote went to Town Hall to get a permit to operate as Freedom Cleaners and had begun changing the signs on his trucks and parking spaces, but held off changing the big sign on the store. After taking a poll of his customers, Cote said Wednesday the decision was made to keep the name that has been on the door since 1911. No Blossoming Bosoms At This Blossom Festival WENATCHEE, Wash. - City business leaders and police want to keep this year's Apple Blossom Festival under wraps. They're asking stores not to sell beaded necklaces during the festival, to avoid a repeat of last year when young men offered beaded necklaces to young women, hoping to entice them to bare their breasts, Mardi Gras-style. "I don't think women exposing themselves is part of family fun," said Craig Larsen, a Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce executive and a city councilman. In its newsletter this month, the chamber and police urged businesses not to sell the necklaces during the April 24-May 4 event, which attracts about 100,000 visitors to this north-central Washington city each year. Last year, 21 people were cited for lewd conduct and three for indecent exposure, said police Sgt. Ken Manke. Gary Cockerham, owner of the Your Dollar Store With More, considers the necklaces harmless. The store sells a pack of four bead necklaces for $2. "Someone is trying to legislate morality," he said. "I think that's weird." Salon Clipped For $6,000 In Bad Hair Suit ST. LOUIS - A jury awarded $6,000 to a woman who sued a hair salon, claiming that bad hair treatment left her depressed and led her to seek early retirement. Geremie Hoff, 56, of suburban Creve Coeur, sued the Elizabeth Arden Salon for emotional distress, depression, counseling and lost income. According to testimony, Hoff went to the salon Aug. 9, 2001, seeking to have her curly hair straightened. Stylist Reye Hudson, who is still with the salon but was not named in the suit, applied a hair relaxer, then washed and styled Hoff's hair. Hoff testified that clumps of her hair came loose that night, and her resulting bald spots and brittle hair made her depressed and reclusive. Her daughter testified about Hoff's emotions, as did a psychiatrist and counselor. Hoff's attorney, Paul Devine, said she was so distressed she retired early from teaching at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and stopped working as a tour guide for trips to Italy. Defense attorney Lawrence Hartstein said Hudson didn't test Hoff's hair before applying the product, but that the stylist could judge who needed one based on her 30 years of experience. Jurors found the stylist negligent. They did not describe how they arrived at the $6,000 figure. Burning Down The House ELMA, Wash. - Police Chief Greg Adams was planning to fix up a vacant two-story house for his ailing parents. Apparently, no one told the fire department. Firefighters burned the building to the ground believing it had permission to do so for training purposes. "We're just totally sick at the whole thing," Adams said. "Seriously, the other night we couldn't sleep when we found out about it. It's just devastating." The chief and his wife were away for the weekend when the volunteer fire department burned the structure as part of a weekend exercise. "Initially, we had made plans to have a controlled burn and have it brought down to the ground," Adams said. But he said he notified the fire department that his plans had changed. Fire Chief Dave Osgood said he was not told of any change. "He knew we were going to burn the house down," Osgood said. "He knew it was coming. I don't see what the problem is. It's down on the ground, and the lot is ready for a new house." Naked Bus Thief Detained CHESTER, West Virginia - Charges of indecent exposure are the least of Mohammed Jwad Salem's problems. Authorities in Chester, West Virginia, accuse Salem of being the streaker who stole a shuttle bus. Police say Salem was naked when he ran around a parking lot at the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort. He allegedly took a bus and drove about a mile before getting stuck in a muddy field. Deputies busted Salem and took him to a place where he could get something to wear - the Hancock County Jail. Salem now faces a number of charges including indecent exposure, grand larceny and resisting arrest. Lawmakers Oppose 'Real Beverly Hillbillies' BATON ROUGE, La. - State Sen. Mike Smith's resolution urging CBS to forget about making "The Real Beverly Hillbillies" was approved 23-1 Wednesday by the state Senate. Smith, D-Winnfield, has joined critics of the proposed program around the country, saying it will hold the rural poor up to ridicule. "The Real Beverly Hillbillies" purportedly would chronicle the experiences of a rural, lower-middle-class family that moves into a luxurious Beverly Hills mansion. Smith's resolution still needs passage by the House. Meanwhile, CBS says the program is still in the development stages and may never air. 1840 Poe Letter Scares Up $20,000 MILWAUKEE - An 1840 letter by Edgar Allan Poe that was found in a Milwaukee church's safe has been auctioned off for $20,000. The rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Reverend Amy Richter, says she's thrilled at the discovery and its benefit to the church. An official at Christie's auction house says the American author's letter was purchased by a New York firm that deals in rare books. The church volunteer who discovered Poe's letter last year estimates that St. Paul's will get more than $18,000 after paying a commission and other fees to Christie's. The church plans to use the money for its music program. Playboy Sues Over 'Sex Court' NEW YORK - Judge Judy, it's not. But Playboy Enterprises is so serious about its "Sex Court" television show, it has gone to real court to get an adult Web site to stop using the name. In a counter-suit, the Web site has claimed it had the name first and should get a piece of the $8.9 million the show has made. "I feel if I create something, I should have a right to the name," the founder of the site, Mario Cavalluzzo, told jurors Wednesday at the trademark infringement trial in federal court. The case was expected to go to the jury later this week. Cavalluzzo testified that he launched his Web site in May 1998 because "it looked like there was money to be made." He described registering the Sex Court domain name, unaware Playboy was developing a show with the same name. Playboy debuted "Sex Court" on its cable television channel the same year, billing it as a show "brimming with erotic crimes and misdemeanors." It features a scantily clad judge presiding over sexual disputes between couples. The lawsuit brought by Playboy in 2000 alleges the Web site has tarnished its name by giving consumers the false impression it was "sponsored or endorsed by or originates from Playboy." U.S. Department Of Peace Proposed WASHINGTON - There's a Department of Defense, so why not a Department of Peace? That's the thinking of some anti-war Democrats. Four dozen Democrats have introduced a bill to create a Cabinet-level Department of Peace. California Congresswoman Barbara Lee says there's no department in the government that looks at alternatives to war. But the sponsors know they have tough fight to get their Peace Department bill passed. Lee says it's more of a symbolic gesture. Police Dogs, Yes, Mail Dogs, No ASPEN, Colorado - There are police dogs, fire dogs and Army dogs -- but there won't be any mail dogs. Mailman Terry Trish has been ordered to leave his canine partner at home. Trish's golden retriever Sydney has been pulling a letter cart through the streets of downtown Aspen, Colorado. Trish says Sydney is a hit with people on his mail route. Postal customers give the canine letter carrier doggie treats and tourists want to take snapshots. But the Postal Service says having a mail dog violates safety regulations. One post office official notes that dogs bit 3,000 postal carriers last year. Dolly The Sheep Doll LONDON - The preserved body of Dolly the sheep, who gained worldwide fame as the world's first mammal cloned from an adult, went on display Wednesday at a Scottish museum. Dolly, whose birth in 1996 was heralded as a scientific landmark but triggered heated debate about the ethics of cloning, was put to death Feb. 14 after a veterinarian confirmed she had a fatal lung disease. She was 6. The Roslin Institute donated Dolly's remains to the National Museums of Scotland, where her skin was pickled and tanned to preserve it before being stretched over a fiberglass mold of her body and mounted on a straw-covered plinth. Ian Wilmut, who led the team that cloned Dolly, said Wednesday that his pride at seeing her on display at Edinburgh's Royal Museum was tinged with sadness at her death from the lung tumor. "It's not so many weeks ago since she was alive and in the barn, but we're very proud that's she in here," he said. "She will go on reminding people of the fact that scientific progress was made in Edinburgh which is making people think very differently about this aspect of biology." Money Down The Drain TUSCALOOSA - A Tuscaloosa man took the term flushing your cash down the drain literally. Well, almost. Police say 21-year-old Travis Leon Jackson flooded three hotel rooms when he tried to flush counterfeit bills down a toilet as police officers raided his room Monday. Jackson was charged with first-degree criminal mischief after allegedly causing more than $1,000 damage to his third-floor room and the ones below while trying to flush the fake cash. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating and Jackson could also face federal charges. The money was printed in $20, $50 and $100 denominations. Officers seized a color printer, currency and other items relating to counterfeiting when they arrested Jackson. Police also say they found large quantities of marijuana at Jackson's home. Cop Pleads Guilty In Forced Strippings CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A former police officer pleaded guilty to charges that he forced four women to strip after he pulled them over for traffic violations. Prosecutors said Frank Wright, 36, forced one woman to walk home wearing only her underwear. He pleaded guilty to civil rights violations carrying up to five years and three months in prison. No sentencing date was set, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sanford Cohen said. A telephone call to Wright's attorney for comment Tuesday was not returned. Court documents filed by federal prosecutors in February accused Wright of mistreating more than a dozen women, while on patrol on Long Island between 1998 and 2000. Several women said they were driven to isolated locations, sometimes in handcuffs, after they were stopped by Wright. Some were released without being forced to disrobe. Bad Hair Years ST. LOUIS - A woman is suing a suburban St. Louis hair salon, claiming failed work on her hair caused her depression and the loss of her job. Geremie Hoff is suing the Elizabeth Arden Salon, where she went in August 2001 to get her hair straightened or relaxed. Hoff's attorney, Paul Devine, said Monday that the work on Hoff's hair was so bad that Hoff "shut down. She spiraled into a depression because, right or wrong, looks were important to her." The salon's attorney, Lawrence Hartstein, told the jury in his opening statement that the stylist, Raye Hudson, had performed "hundreds if not thousands of these procedures" and did nothing wrong in treating Hoff's hair. Devine alleged that Hudson failed to do a test strand before applying a hair product. Hoff, now 56, was a teacher at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a tour guide for trips to Italy. Devine alleged some of Hoff's hair fell out after the treatment, and weeks later she had a bald spot in back, "and her hair stuck out like a bird's nest." Hoff took early retirement from teaching and stopped taking tour groups to Italy, Devine said. He added that a psychiatrist and a counselor will testify about her depression. Bird Smokes In Bed, Burns Down Home HARRISBURG, Pa. - Take one nest-building bird, add a smoldering cigarette butt and officials say they know what caused a house fire. Fire Chief Donald Konkle said investigators found a large nest in the ceiling of the house damaged in the March 28 blaze. They determined a bird picked up a smoldering cigarette butt to use in building the nest. Konkle said there were no other possible sources of fire in the area. "The nest was 60 percent consumed and we weren't able to interview the bird," he said. "I believe he's homeless." Mayor Stephen R. Reed cautioned residents against flicking lit cigarettes. "This is at least littering, and if there are nearby birds building a nest, which they do in the spring months because of egg laying, there is a chance the cigarette winds up in the nest," Reed said. Beethoven's Ninth Up For Auction LONDON - A piece of music history is up for sale at Sotheby's in London. The last manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony could sell for $4.6 million at an auction next month. Almost all of the 575 pages of sheet music are noted with Beethoven's revisions. Some are minor tempo changes. But Beethoven's insults at the person who copied the work are also scrawled on the music. At one point, Beethoven calls the copyist a "damned fool." Sotheby's head of manuscripts describes the Ninth as "one of the greatest works every written by man." And he adds that this may be the last time a full Beethoven manuscript goes on the market. Sotheby's says the current owner of the manuscript is a private foundation. Wipe That Smile Off Your Face! PALO ALTO, Calif. - The city council is wrestling with a code of conduct that urges elected officials to control facial gestures. Experts say the council's plan to discourage nonverbal forms of disagreement or disgust is odd, unenforceable and almost an infringement on free speech. "You'd be thinking all the time, 'What expression do I have on my face?'," said University of Kansas Professor Burdett Loomis, who specializes in political civility. "When is someone frowning? Maybe that's their ordinary look." Palo Alto is the only city in Santa Clara County without a conduct handbook, according to Mayor Dena Mossar. The council began drafting one almost a year ago. Council member Judy Kleinberg, who led the committee that drafted the guidelines, believes members should show each other more respect. The eight-pages of proposed protocols will be reviewed by the City Council May 5. Easter Bunny Busted In Prison Smuggling Scheme PORT MANATEE, Fla. - An effort at playing Easter Bunny Beds for Sale in Port Elizabeth has put a Manatee County jail employee behind the bars he used to guard. Authorities say Jesse Penaloza is charged with smuggling Easter candy, Mountain Dew and cigarettes into the jail to sell to an inmate. He's charged with bringing contraband to a correctional facility and other crimes. Penaloza, who had worked on the jail's farm since 1996, was fired after his arrest. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation last week after receiving a tip. Investigators say Penaloza twice was seen accepting $100 from an inmate's family member in exchange for soda, tobacco, rolling papers, and Rockin' Rabbit candy. The jail is a no-smoking facility but does sell soda and candy at its commissary. Laughed Out Of The Bank PINE BLUFF, Ark. - Police say they aren't sure what charge is appropriate for a man arrested after tellers laughed him out of a bank he apparently tried to rob. The man entered a branch of the Bank of America about 10 a.m. Monday, with a trash bag in one hand and the other in a pocket, authorities said. "Put the money in the bag," he demanded. Instead, one of the two tellers told him the bank was out of money, and the other teller laughed and offered the man deposit slips. She told police that made the intruder angry, and he left without any money in his bag. Minutes after tellers alerted authorities, a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy picked up Julius Kearney, 23, of Little Rock, as he walked nearby. No weapon was found, and the man at the bank never threatened anybody, so police are unsure how the case will be handled. "Technically, it could be robbery, and since it is in a bank, the FBI might also have some regulations about what we can charge him with," said police spokesman Robert Rawlinson. "Either he'll be (in jail) or we will put him in for mental evaluation," Rawlinson said. "He's not just going to be released." One Dead, 80 Million Bees Loose, After Truck Crash TITUSVILLE - A Spacecoast truck driver is dead after his vehicle rolled, spilling its cargo of 80 million live bees on the Interstate 95 median. Authorities say Conrad Cramer of Cocoa died at the scene of the midday wreck yesterday. But a swarm of bees that circled frantically around the overturned truck made recovery of the body impossible for a few hours. Cramer had owned Cramer's Honey in Cocoa for more than 50 years. Family members say he was most likely heading to Orlando with a cargo of bees he'd recently collected from hives in Fort Pierce. Beekeepers from Cramer's business worked to safely remove the bees by nightfall. The northbound lanes of I-95 were closed, and traffic was rerouted around the accident scene for about five hours. What A Load Of Crap CHEBOYGAN, Mich. - Police said two people used dog poop to settle a grudge. Cheboygan County prosecutors authorized littering charges against Frank Scott, 51, and Sharyn Ostroske, 55. State police from the Cheboygan post say they threw 40 plastic bags filled with dog feces and toilet paper on the roadway in front of another person's house. Troopers said the campaign began last November and extended through January. The suspects each face a $150 fine. Wrongway Highway TOKYO - An elderly Japanese man taking the freeway for the first time made it a trip to remember when he drove his pickup into oncoming traffic for 15 miles, ignoring patrol cars in pursuit and sideswiping a vehicle, police said Tuesday. The incident Monday was first reported by a motorist who said he saw the pickup truck heading the wrong way down the three-lane Kanetsu Expressway north of Tokyo. The driver, 76, didn't respond to patrol cars signaling him to pull over and brushed the corner of one oncoming vehicle as he drove at about 60 miles per hour, said a spokesman for the Gunma prefectural (state) highway police on condition of anonymity. The driver told police he had been driving for 40 years but was taking the freeway for the first time, to visit relatives. He said he made a u-turn after missing his turnoff and didn't initially realize his mistake or notice the police cars following him. He was fined $75. Stolen Pompeii Frescoes Recovered POMPEII, Italy - Police have recovered two Roman frescoes stolen from the ancient city of Pompeii last week, officials said Tuesday. There were no immediate arrests. The frescoes were located Monday night in an abandoned building less than half a mile from the ruins. They were reportedly lightly damaged. Police said the frescoes were found covered in protective packaging, perhaps destined for shipment out of the country. One of the frescoes is a round depiction of Cupid, the winged god of love, with a diameter of 13 inches. The second is a 17-inch-by-19-inch depiction of a rooster pecking at a pomegranate. "Even if they are not too damaged, the thieves destroyed the murals around them to get what they wanted," said Raffaella Leveque, spokeswoman for Pompeii's archaeological authority. The pieces of art had been stolen from the ground floor of an "insula," a Roman apartment building, and were made just a few decades before the city was buried under layers of ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. A Little Taste Of Prison BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's Cabinet ministers got a taste of prison life Tuesday when they sat down for a lunch prepared by convicts being trained with new job skills. 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2nd Samuel 21

MONDAY 2-20-17

https://youtu.be/ahBwNwiQ1s0 2nd Samuel 21

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ON VIDEO [past teaching- verses below]

.NYC view

.The talk with my Dad

.Why the famine?

.You broke the promise!

.How do we fix it? [Atonement needed]

.7 sons- die on a hill- at harvest time [see?]

.New Lake needed? [yes- had to do some local issues]

.Why did David pick Michal’s sons?

.The family feud lingered [Goliath’s boys]

.David was taking too many risks

.Chance meeting at the end

NEW- Walked from the park to a spot where you can see New York City again. I guess I’ll try and do most of the videos on this trip with that type of background. I taught on David and tried to add some insights to the teaching I did on it years ago [Below]. We see a beautiful picture of Christ in this chapter- the atonement and redemption. 7 sons die on a hill- before the Lord- in the time of harvest. Hope you bible students get it. That’s it for now- might do some more before the day is over.

PAST TEACHING-

I commented on these bible books on the video- below are my studies-

https://ccoutreach87.com/samuel-links/

https://ccoutreach87.com/hebrews-updated-2015/

https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/18/acts-1/

https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/26/acts-2/

https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/02/acts-3/

https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/09/acts-4/

(938)2ND SAMUEL 21- After David gains back his kingdom, there is a 3 year famine in the land. David seeks the Lord about it. God tells him it is a result of the violence that Saul committed against the innocent blood of the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites were the people who tricked Joshua [Joshua 9] into staying in the Promised Land. After Joshua gave his word, they later found out that they were tricked. Well Saul obviously went back on this promise of protection and came against them. When ever there is a nation wide judgment, we need to see what the possible causes might be. We just elected a new president of the U.S. [11-08]. While there are obviously great historic realities to our new president being the first Black man to attain this honor, yet we also need to seek God over the way we treat the ‘innocent blood’ in our land. Barack Obama has already floated the idea that he will overturn the executive decision of President Bush on our foreign aid being used for abortions in other countries. To be honest it surprised me that he even floated this idea so soon. This is a direct contradiction to the statement he made at the forum at Rick Warrens church earlier in the year. He said he would work to reduce abortion and that the goal of reducing them would be part of his governing philosophy. He simply mislead us on this issue. Also the Gibeonites were ‘illegal aliens’ in the sense that they were the only people group allowed to remain in the Promised Land along with Israel. Our country has had open borders for many years. True, we do have procedures to go by if you want to come to our country. But we have previously promised ‘protection and safety’ to those who wanted to come. Much like the Gibeonites we began to resent the aliens in our midst. We now treat them with less respect and honor than was originally promised. We told the tired masses at one time ‘to come’ but now we want to build fences to keep them out. On both of these issues our country needs to seek God, we are just beginning a few years of very bad national economic times. For those who think this president [or any other!] has the ability to turn this economic disaster around, you are only kidding yourself. The next 4 years will not be good. We need to pray for our president and honor him, but in reality our economy is very bad. Also in this chapter we see David and his men fight the sons of Goliath, the giant who David defeated earlier in his life. Old enemies are resurfacing. David is in a battle with one of them and is almost killed. To the rescue comes Abishai, the brother of Joab. These were the brothers who gave David ‘hell’ all thru out his reign. Self willed, violent. This time David was grateful for the violent ability of these brothers. Sometimes we have to put up with people in our cities, areas. We might not always agree with their style. But when things get rough, we can count on them to get the job done. David and his men wipe out the rest of the giants sons and they tell David ‘you can’t war with us any more, it’s too dangerous’. David recognizes it’s time for a personal transition, he likes being in the battle front, but he is risking too much to think that time has not affected his ability. God leads us thru various stages of growth and development thru out our lives, the bible says ‘there is a time and season for everything’. We need to be able to follow the course as God directs. David was a true warrior, he did not want to adjust his procedure. Wisdom allows us to do what’s best for the overall community and not to please ourselves.

VERSES-

2Samuel 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

2Samuel 21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

2Samuel 21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

2Samuel 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

2Samuel 21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

2Samuel 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

2Samuel 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2Samuel 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

2Samuel 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

2Samuel 21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

2Samuel 21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

2Samuel 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2Samuel 21:13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

2Samuel 21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

2Samuel 21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

2Samuel 21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

2Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

2Samuel 21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

2Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

2Samuel 21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

2Samuel 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

2Samuel 21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Joshua 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

Joshua 9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

Joshua 9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

Joshua 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

Joshua 9:5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Joshua 9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

Joshua 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

Joshua 9:8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

Joshua 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Joshua 9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

Joshua 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

Joshua 9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

Joshua 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

Joshua 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

Joshua 9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Joshua 9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.

Joshua 9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

Joshua 9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Joshua 9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

Joshua 9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Joshua 9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

Joshua 9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

Joshua 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Joshua 9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Joshua 9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Joshua 9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

Joshua 9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

Psalm 50:13

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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Hebrews 9:13

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

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Hebrews 10:4

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

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Hebrews 10King James Version (KJV)

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

Matthew 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

Matthew 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Matthew 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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