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Jenny McCarthy has no qualms about posing nude for the July/August cover of Playboy, but the outspoken TV host is making it difficult for readers to see everything.
When asked recently if she plans to bare it all, McCarthy, 39, answered without hesitation.
"What's everything?" she said with a laugh during an interview on Today. "I mean I grew out a bush so nobody sees anything."
Explaining her reason behind the upcoming racy shoot, the Love in the Wild host says, "I figured [I'd do it] one more time before everything really falls apart. Why not? And [my son] Evan's tuition was really expensive this year."
The revelations didn't stop there.
When asked if she'll ever find "true love" by co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, McCarthy – who dates Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher – softly admitted, "I think I might be there – almost."
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NEW CUMBERLAND-For the second time this month, parents of New Manchester Elementary School students have expressed concerns about how teacher layoffs will affect their children's quality of education.
Scott and Shelly Allen attended Monday night's meeting of the Hancock County school board to ask for a reconsideration of the decision to lay off 21 teachers at the Feb. 11 meeting.
"When the (enrollment) numbers come in, we would like you to take another look at New Manchester," Shelly Allen said.
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Oak Glen High School business teacher Sheila Robinson shows off a new anti-bullying T-shirt before giving it to Hancock County School Board President Jerry Durante (right) at Monday night's board meeting, while board member John Manypenny looks on. The T-shirt says "Stomp Out Bullying." (Photo by Stephen Huba)
The Allens, who have a son in first grade and a daughter in fourth grade at New Manchester, said their children do better in a small classroom setting. They don't want a reduction-in-force to lead to larger classroom sizes.
"Nobody likes to see teachers cut. Nobody likes to see student-teacher ratios increase," board President Jerry Durante said. "When you lose 130 students, that is a major budgetary blow."
Durante was speaking of the fact that between the 2011-2012 school year and the current school year, Hancock County Schools lost 130 students. The drop in enrollment means a concomitant reduction in state funding-in the amount of $644,513 this year.
By law, the school district has to announce its reductions-in-force by March 1, even though kindergarten registrations won't be known until March 15. Pre-kindergarten enrollments also could affect the district's 2013-2014 census, especially since the district is adding three pre-kindergarten classrooms at New Manchester and Allison Elementary schools.
School officials are holding out hope that the enrollment numbers will stabilize or grow next year. "We've never been in a situation where our population was dwindling," Durante said. "We'd like to turn that around."
Superintendent Suzan Smith said she spoke with Shelly Allen earlier in the day and tried to allay her concerns.
"We cannot continue those kind of losses," Smith told the board. "Hopefully, the numbers will even out and we can get those people back."
In addition to the teachers, the board laid off 33 non-certified employees, including bus drivers and supervisory aides. Eleven teachers were approved for a reduction-in-force by the end of the school year, and 10 were approved for "transfer and subsequent assignment" next school year.
Also Monday, the board learned about anti-bullying efforts at Oak Glen Middle School and Oak Glen High School.
Oak Glen High School Principal Barbara Logue said the school is inculcating freshmen with an anti-bullying message in the hopes that the school will become a bully-free zone.
"On the whole, Oak Glen High School kids are very caring kids and are very tolerant of each other. They're extremely kind kids," Logue said.
Problems with bullying occur when outside issues get brought to school or are exacerbated through the pervasive use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and text messages, she said.
"One click, and 1,000 people see it," Smith said. "There is no time to cool down. It just goes back and forth."
Both Oak Glen High School and Middle School have Prevention Resource Officers supplied by the Hancock County Sheriff's Department. At the high school, sheriff's Deputy Brian Hissom recently received a grant to bolster his anti-bullying efforts. The school also has a new "Bears Against Bullying" initiative.
At the middle school, sheriff's Deputy James McGaffick's juvenile mediation program has been a "huge success," Assistant Principal David Smith told the board Monday. "It has opened kids' eyes up to what they should be doing."
Through the program, McGaffick identifies students who are being disruptive in school and meets with them once a week. If a student's behavior does not improve, he or she is placed on probation and must serve a court date with his or her parents, Smith said.
In other business Monday, the board agreed to solicit bids for the construction of a new maintenance building behind the John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center off state Route 2. The building will replace the current maintenance building adjacent to the old Jimmy Carey Stadium in Weirton.


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"The complex and critical issues the industry is currently facing will be explored in-depth," notes the ASA its meeting announcement. "Will the U.S.- Mexico sweetener market survive suffocating surpluses? Will regional and global supplies continue to outpace demand?
What is the long-term outlook for the market? "Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Will the continued pursuit of aggressive trade agendas yield new trade agreement(s), and how will world sugar policies and U.S. commodity programs be affected? What opportunities and challenges are emerging in the food manufacturing industry?"
The Symposium has sold out the last several years, ASA notes, so those planning to attend are encouraged to make their lodging reservations early to ensure their stay at the main resort.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Tahoe Players was thrilled to start our year-round guest artist program recently with performance artist and guest dance-teacher, Noah Gouldsmith.
Noah was performing in "Jersey Nights" the musical. While he danced in the show six days a week, he was beyond excited to spend his only day off at Lake Tahoe sharing his talent with local students of Tahoe Players Dance Studio.
His energy and enthusiasm was shared while teaching choreography, jazz, leaps turns and acrobatics, ballet and adult contemporary. As Noah is so talented, we are very happy to see that he has been selected to join the Broadway show, "Wicked!"
We are fortunate to have other such talented and enthusiastic teachers gracing the shores of Incline. Our newest teacher, Maureen Kelly, received her BFA in Modern Dance Performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and went on to New York to perform with the "Notes In Motion Company." She has taught and choreographed at various high schools in the Orange County area and is excited to bring her creativity to Tahoe Players.
Britnee Bramy, a Tahoe local, is a recent graduate from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Production and Stage Management. Britnee is a very talented ballet, jazz, contemporary and modern dancer as well as instructor. While at school, Britnee concentrated on Modern Floor Work, Limon and Hawkins Technique.
The teachers at Tahoe Players impart their passion for performance to us, the audience, and to our children as art educators in stage craft, dance, acting and singing. Lily Baran teaches ballet, jazz, choreography, Glee and musical theater classes; Michelle Michelson teaches tap and Latin ballroom; and Meg Cooper rocks on aerial silks and break dance.
As part of Tahoe Players' continuing arts education program, Baran will be taking students to see Alonzo King's Lines Ballet Company's opening night performance in San Francisco on Oct. 19. Tahoe Players dancers will spent the night in San Francisco and wake up early the next morning to take classes in ballet, pointe, contact improvisation, contemporary, Pilates and Latin dance from San Francisco's finest instructors at Open Dance Centers School of Rhythm and Motion.
Baran - also the executive director of the nonprofit component, Tahoe Players Association - and Karen Osborne, a dedicated Incline volunteer, are also working hard to continue the efforts started by Monica Folio to offer exceptional performance education for more than 7,000 Washoe and surrounding county school children each December.
This year's production is "Miracle on 34th St. the Musical" to be performed at John Ascuaga's Nugget in the celebrity showroom Dec. 15-16 for the public and Dec. 3-7 for school children.
Tahoe Players has the full support of new superintendent Pedro Martinez who said that he sees Tahoe Players as, "an extension of the Washoe County arts programs." With his blessing, local students are excused from school to perform in front of their peers.
Tahoe Players comes full circle from an educational aspect with our own local talent often exposing school children to their first taste of a Broadway Stage production, either as performers themselves, or as young students on a field trip, going to see a show.
Baran continues to pave a way for professional performance art education in a variety of venues for our local school children. She is a singer in her own right and has a rare breadth of practical experience, knowledge and wisdom, which is a welcoming surprise when one finds out how young she is. Baran is already a class act, and when you meet her, it's as though a seasoned wise performer who is three times her age stands before you, as it is apparent immediately that Miss Lily has been on stage and around performance art with several generations of experience speaking through her.
Go to the virtual studio at www.tahoeplayers.org to register, or walk in and get a punch card to take one of many offerings from ballroom to tap, ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, aerial silks, Glee and musical theater. Classes are available from age 3 years to adult. Tahoe Players is located at 920 Incline Way, Suite D (above Goldfish properties). Call 775-831-0379.


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GalaxyZoo: Citizen Science for Classifying Galaxies
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Mike Taulty interviews Chris Lintott and Arfon Smith about the GalaxyZoo project. GalaxyZoo, hosted on GalaxyZoo.org, invites individuals to participate in Citizen Science and provides an easy to use interface for classifying galaxies.
Chris talks about the Galaxy Zoo and Citizen Science, followed by Arfon talking about the platform behind the project, and it's migration from Rails/MySQL on Amazon to Windows Azure/SQL Azure.
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TGX gels are currently available in 7.5%, 10%, 12%, 4–15%, 4–20%, and an Any kD gel formulation. Any kD gels offer resolution of proteins in the 10–250 kD range and can be used in screening experiments. These gels deliver superior resolution in the 20–100 kD range, the range most evaluated in 2-D samples, making it ideal for 2-D applications. Furthermore, all precast gels offered by Bio-Rad are manufactured without SDS and therefore, can be used for native PAGE applications.
Over the last 15 years, Aldrin V. Gomes, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of California, Davis, and his colleagues have routinely used gel electrophoresis in many of their experiments. Here are their top 10 tips that will help ensure great protein gel electrophoresis results:
1 For the best resolution, protein samples should be vortexed before and after the heating step.
2 Samples should not be boiled at 100ºC. Samples boiled at high temperatures can lead to high molecular weight aggregates. Samples should be heated at about 70ºC but less than 95ºC for 3–5 minutes for an SDS sample buffer preparation.
3 Add 10 µL of 1x sample buffer to unused well lanes to avoid gel edge effects.
4 SDS-PAGE running buffers can be reused two times without higher background signals. Reusing the buffer more than two times is possible, but running time increases.
5 Sample loading buffer is important for the final resolution of samples. The most common mistake is not adding enough bromophenol blue making it difficult to see the sample when it is being loaded into the wells. To improve reproducibility and reliability, make 100 mL of Laemmli Sample Buffer and aliquot this into 1 mL fractions. Once validated, the batch of buffer solution can be used for over 500 gels. Sample buffer aliquots are stable for 6 months at -20ºC and >1 year at -80ºC.
6 Only constant voltage gives constant protein mobility during gel electrophoresis, NOT constant power conditions.
7 Double-check wells for damage and note the maximum volume that the well can hold. Overfilling wells can lead to artifacts.
8 Remove aggregates and improve resolution by centrifuging all samples in a microfuge at >10,000 xg for two minutes prior to loading.
9 Samples boiled in sample buffer can be aliquoted and stored at -20ºC for >4 weeks or at 4ºC for at least a week. Samples should be warmed at 37ºC for 1–2 minutes before use. Repeated freeze-thawing can lead to protein degradation.
10 High salt concentrations cause gel artifacts. If the salt concentration of a sample is high, the protein can be concentrated with 10% (w/v) trichloroacetic acid (TCA) (incubate for five min. at 4ºC). The precipitated protein is collected by centrifugation and the pellet washed with cold acetone. The pellet is then resuspended in an appropriate buffer. If the sample concentration is too dilute, then TCA could also be used to concentrate these samples.
For more detailed tips, visit www.lablife.org/lab?groupid=2441 for a Protein Gel Electrophoresis Tips and Troubleshooting Guide.
Christopher Belisle, Ph.D., is marketing manager of electrophoresis and blotting, and Kate Smith ([email protected]) is senior product manager, electrophoresis, both in the laboratory separations division at Bio-Rad Laboratories.
Christopher Belisle, Ph.D., is marketing manager of electrophoresis and blotting, and Kate Smith ([email protected]) is senior product manager, electrophoresis, both in the laboratory separations division at Bio-Rad Laboratories.
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on November 18, 2012 - 12:01 AM
A few more election leftovers for your Sunday dish of politics:
*It was not long ago when the pollsters at Marist College reported that nearly a third of the state's Democrats either had no opinion of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand or never heard of her.
"She hasn't developed a political identity or connected with New York voters," Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, said back in January of 2010.
Things are different now. The senator cruised to victory over Republican Wendy Long on Nov. 6 with 72 percent of the vote. That's more than Sen. Chuck Schumer garnered (66 percent in 2010), more than Eliot Spitzer's record-setting gubernatorial election in 2006 (69 percent), and even more than President Obama's 63 percent of the statewide vote this year. In fact, Gillibrand insiders believe she set a modern-day plurality record for statewide races on Nov. 6.
Gillibrand blanketed the state with warm and fuzzy campaign ads throughout the fall, with no need to spend her $10 million campaign kitty on negative ads.
All of this is why Gillibrand's name graced a list of potential Democratic candidates for president in 2016.
Iowa anyone?
*Speaking of big numbers, Comptroller-elect Stefan Mychajliw is still reveling in the approximately 184,000 votes that sent him to the Rath County Office Building. He may be over-gloating by claiming the highest vote total of any Republican in county history, but he's right up there with former big winners like Comptroller Alfreda Slominski and County Executive Ed Rutkowski.
*Countywide turnout, by the way, will probably finish at somewhere between 76 percent and 78 percent when all outstanding votes are counted, according to Republican Elections Commissioner Ralph Mohr. That's exactly what he and Democratic Commissioner Dennis Ward predicted, and just about the level of presidential elections for the last three decades.
*Former Ambassador Tony Gioia of Buffalo was among the major donors to Mitt Romney's campaign who participated in a "thank you" conference call with the unsuccessful Republican candidate on Wednesday.
"He wasn't really blaming anyone, he said we just didn't do as well as we thought we were going to," Gioia said. "There was certainly no bitterness at all."
*The Erie County Legislature is reviewing resumes of four people as possible appointments to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. They include Dr. Wesley L. Hicks Jr., a professor at the University at Buffalo Medical School and head and neck surgeon at Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Kevin E. Cichocki, founder and president of Palladian Health; Jeffrey M. Conrad, director of the Erie County Center for Employment Opportunities and a former South District Council member; and Margaret A. Murphy, an attorney and former Buffalo city judge first appointed to the bench by the late Mayor Jim Griffin.
The Legislature appointment to the NFTA stems from the resignation of former Commissioner Jim Eagan, who was recently elected secretary of the New York State Democratic Committee.
*Quote of the Week comes from Congressman-elect Chris Collins, who while in Washington a few days ago mistakenly found himself in a caucus room with people like Nancy Pelosi � and not John Boehner.
According to one congressional source attending, Republican Collins � breakfast plate in hand � suddenly rushed over to him and asked: "Wait � what meeting is this?" � only to be told he was in the Democratic caucus.
"Oh s***, I'm in the wrong meeting," Collins was quoted as saying. "Where are the Republicans meeting?"
New Chief of Staff Chris Grant seems to be getting the hang of Washington spin.
"Congressman-elect Collins believes very strongly in reaching bipartisan solutions to fix this country's problems," Grant said. "What better way to accomplish that than introducing himself to his colleagues on the other side of the aisle?"


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Prep Time 10 minutes |
Cook Time 10 minutes
8 ounces any Eden Soba or Udon
1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Toasted Sesame Oil
1 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce, or to taste
1/4 cup scallions, chopped fine
1/4 cup Eden Toasted Nori Krinkles
1/4 cup carrots, julienned, blanched 1 minute
1/2 cup small broccoli florets, blanched 2 minutes
Cook pasta as package directs, rinse and drain. Toss with vegetables, oil and shoyu. Serve garnished with scallions and nori.
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good one. when describing something that is/ was a good one, you put the two words together and you get goone.
"Great joke, that was a really goone."
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Go inside Vogue Patterns headquarters to gain designer insight before you achieve the chic lines and high-end finish of a Badgley Mischka dress with couture sewing expert Lynda Maynard. First, use a ponte knit to sew the included Badgley Mischka V1399 pattern right out of the envelope for a dress with a soft rolled collar, delicate cap sleeves, beautiful princess seams, flattering peplum, full Bemberg lining, invisible zipper and more. Then, discover how to underline and interface a silk dupioni version of the dress. You'll remove the collar, lower the neckline, add a softly rounded cap sleeve, shape the peplum with horsehair braid, sculpt the princess seams with horsehair boning and finish the dress with a padded hem. Keep your wardrobe in style and your sewing skills sharp as you make designer garments using advanced dressmaking techniques.
Take a peek inside Vogue Patterns HQ and learn more about the Badgley Mischka dress. Then meet your instructor, Lynda Maynard, and get started! Lynda discusses the importance of making a fitting muslin and goes over how to prep your pattern pieces, then sews the skirt pieces.
Learn how to sew the flirty peplum by adding lining, topstitching, clipping the curves and attaching it to the skirt. Then you'll attach the skirt to bodice and the side panels to the front, grading and topstitching seams as you go.
Now it's time to sew and attach the lining, reinforcing it at the back slit. Lynda demonstrates how to pin the lining to the dress, then sew the armholes and shoulder seams. Once the collar is attached, your dress is nearly finished!
Finish up your ponte dress along with Lynda. She walks you through installing the invisible zipper, completing the collar and hem and tacking down the lining. Just add pretty shoes and a dinner reservation and you're ready to go out on the town!
A lustrous silk dupioni version of the Badgley Mischka dress includes a softened shoulder, padded hem and lowered neckline. Horsehair braid gives the peplum sass and the princess seams a smooth structure. Lynda explains how to alter your pattern pieces, add underlining and apply the horsehair braid.
Lynda demonstrates how to prepare and attach the lining, understitch the neckline and insert the hand-picked zipper. For added pizzazz, consider adding tiny beads next to the zipper and princess seams. Finish with a padded hem that helps the dress drape and flow beautifully when you wear it at your next special occasion.
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Sunset Winemaker Dinner at Mandalay Beach Resort
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I was fortunate enough to attend the Sunset Winemaker Dinner at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel to close out California Wine Month in September.
When I say sunset, I mean that we were supposed to dine al fresco on the picturesque patio overlooking the calm Pacific Ocean at about 6 p.m. When we arrived to the Embassy Suites expecting to enjoy said romantic sunset and patio dining, the intrusive, intense wind had other plans. Umbrellas were quickly removed and fashionable hats flew off the heads of eager diners as the Coastal Grill staff rushed to move the entire five-course dinner to the inside private dining area. We enjoyed drinks at the bar until the transition was complete; and when the dining room was set up, I must say, it looked stunning. Clean and elegant white tablecloths were topped with classy dinnerware and crystal-clear wine glasses. I was hoping for the romance that the sunset would have brought because I'm a softy like that, but I quickly forgot about it when I polished off my gin and tonic and we took our seats.
There was a bit of awkward tension at the beginning of the evening. I soon came to realize that there was a miscommunication between the winemakers and the chef as to which wines were to be paired with the menu. The ambience felt as though we were at a wedding, but no one knew the bride or the groom. In true wedding form, however, once the drinks started getting tossed back, we all felt like close friends; and by the end of the night, we even exchanged contact information with the people sitting next to us.
Determined to bring the party to the next level, winemakers George Gilpatrick (and owner) and Faye of Rancho Ventavo Cellars in Oxnard kept the wine and the stories flowing. They have such an infectious passion for the wine they are producing. They continuously invited everyone to their winery, located at 741 S. A St. in Oxnard, to see firsthand the extensive list of wines they're offering. It was refreshing to see such a raw love and enthusiasm for wine, while not taking themselves or the process too seriously. Faye and Gilpatrick had as much fun as anyone at the party and simply wanted all of the diners to drink up and have a blast.
"Enough blabbing. How were the food and wine?" you say. Well I'd prefer you framed the question in a nicer way, but here it goes: The first course, prepared by Coastal Grill Chef Tim Hulbert was the creamy wild mushroom risotto with roasted corn and sundried tomatoes paired with the 2007 zinfandel. The white corn offered a nice sweetness and the arborio rice was cooked well. The acid coming from the sundried tomatoes and the earthiness of the unexpected mushrooms were what made the pairing with the two-year barrel-aged zin a big success.
The second course was the braised Kobe short ribs with Yukon gold garlic blue cheese mashed potatoes. I loved this dish in concept and presentation. The potatoes were salty and rich, complementing the garlic mirepoix and merlot reduction served alongside the short ribs. The tenderness of the Kobe was where the dish fell a bit short for me. I found myself thinking, if the short ribs had been braised longer and maybe braised with the wine, this dish could have been a homerun. The pairing was a 2007 petite szyrah and I thought it was a great choice for that particular dish.
Thirdly, we enjoyed pan seared diver scallops with an "island chimichurri" served alongside angel hair pasta. This was hands-down the best dish of the evening. The scallops were seared and seasoned beautifully. Chef Tim's chimichurri wasn't a traditional one, but it had some good citrus and jalapeños that were bursting with flavor. When eaten with a bite of scallop and buttery, perfectly cooked angel hair pasta, it was a trifecta of awesome flavor. The only asterisk on this dish was that it was paired with a 2006 cabernet sauvignon, which almost worked because the tannins were extremely mild, but ultimately, the pairing was a miss.
Next up was the stuffed Mediterranean chicken breast, paired with the '07 "Majecc" blend from Rancho Ventavo. The chicken was fine and the wine was interesting. If it had been served as the second course, it might have had more success, but following the scallops, the table and I thought it was good, but not great.
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Assuming the PositionKeep your spine straight, shoulders down and relaxed, the back of the neck in line with your spine. Rest the tongue lightly on the roof of the mouth. The eyes are open but cast slightly down. Hands rest against the body, two or three inches below the navel.
Meditation Mudra
Rest your left hand inside the right hand, palms facing upward, thumbs lightly touching. This is called the Cosmic Mudra, or Meditation Mudra.Cross-Legged PostureHere is another meditation posture. The legs are simply crossed. Hands rest on the lower thigh. Most important is keeping the back and neck straight.
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on March 21, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Last month, the pop-punk band Fall Out Boy was resurrected.
More than three years ago, the band went on an indefinite hiatus. While the members – Patrick Stump (lead vocalist, rhythm guitar), Pete Wentz (bass, backing vocals, lyricist), Andy Hurley (percussionist) and Joe Trohman (lead guitarist) – went on separate musical ventures, most fans held on to the slogan "believers never die" and hoped for a reunion. However, Fall Out Boy's return is anything but a "reunion."
"The future of fall out boy starts now #saverockandroll," the band tweeted. Their message is reiterated on the band's website, "When we were kids the only thing that got us through most days was music. It's why we started Fall Out Boy in the first place. This isn't a reunion because we never broke up. We needed to plug back in and make some music that matters to us. The future of fall out boy starts now. Save rock and roll."
Clearly the boys are serious about creating brand new music. Their new single,"My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark," off of their new album titled "Save Rock and Roll," was released Feb. 4, along with all of the announcements.
To the surprise (and, for some, dismay) of fans, the music video for "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" featured rapper 2 Chainz. Although Fall Out Boy has a history of working with emcees, no one quite expected this.
Wentz, commenting on the fans' reaction in an interview with MTV, said, "The stuff we were doing was so crazy, it was like disbelief. It was like, 'Nah. Definitely they're gonna be playing on a TV show, but not [working with] rappers.' " Wentz added that there will definitely be "further creative collaborations," some with 2 Chainz as well.
So how much longer will fans have to wait to hear their beloved band again? Not as long as originally planned. "Save Rock And Roll" was scheduled to release May 6/7. The date has since been moved to April 15/16. Fans can rejoice over a closer release date of new music for now, but starting May 14, those lucky enough to get tickets will be screaming the lyrics to Fall Out Boy's old hits as well as the new ones on their Save Rock and Roll tour.
The band will be at the Rapids Theater in Niagara Falls on May 28. Unfortunately, if you haven't already scooped up tickets, they are sold out. It is rumored all tickets were gone within three minutes.
Fans have high expectations for Fall Out Boy, and there is no doubt that the band will supply the demand. Believers never die.
Hannah Gordon is a senior at Immaculata Academy.


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Like some other men who have run for president and some who have won the office, Sen. George McGovern did an enormous amount of good outside the presidency.
He will be remembered for that and for the staunch liberal principles he defended throughout his life.
McGovern, 90, died Sunday in his home state, South Dakota.
He ran for president three times, winning the Democrat Party's nomination in 1972 and losing in a landslide to Richard Nixon. About two years later, Nixon would become the only president ever to resign from office in disgrace.
McGovern represented South Dakota for two terms in the House of Representatives and three in the U.S. Senate.
His liberal domestic policies and his anti-war stance, along with miscues in his campaign, cost him the presidency in 1972.
McGovern's opposition to the Vietnam War was based in part on his own experience in combat. He was a decorated pilot in World War II, flying 35 missions in a B-24 bomber.
Again, however, McGovern did enormous good in programs to feed the needy throughout the world. He and former Republican Sen. Bob Dole worked together on such projects and in 2008 were honored with the World Food Prize.
Though McGovern's ideas were opposed by many conservatives, he won the respect of many of them for a career in which he served both his fellow Americans and millions of others. He will be missed.


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on May 4, 2013 - 10:56 PM
LOCKPORT – The prosecution is trying to get rid of the defense attorneys.
The defense is trying to get rid of the judge.
And Robie J. Drake remains in his cell in the Niagara County Jail, awaiting a third attempt to convince a jury he didn't mean to kill two of his fellow North Tonawanda High School students in 1981.
Drake, now 48, was 17 when he killed Amy Smith, 16, and her boyfriend, Steven Rosenthal, 18, as they kissed in Rosenthal's rusty 1969 Chevrolet Nova in a dark factory parking lot off River Road in North Tonawanda on the night of Dec. 5, 1981.
Drake testified that, armed with a rifle, he went out looking for abandoned cars to vandalize, and he didn't realize the Nova was occupied until it was too late.
However, juries in 1982 and 2010 rejected that version of events, concluding that Drake was close enough to see the victims and convicting him of two counts of second-degree murder.
As the third trial, ordered by an appellate court, is awaited, Assistant Public Defenders Christopher A. Privateer and Joseph G. Frazier are trying to get State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. to recuse himself from the case, which he presided over in 2010.
They raised many objections to Kloch's continuing to handle the case, ranging from negative statements he made about Drake's conduct at sentencing in 2010 to Kloch's past employment as North Tonawanda city attorney. Also, the defense notes, Kloch's law clerk, Ronald J. Winter, was an assistant district attorney. However, he was hired after the first trial and left before the second trial, said Assistant District Attorney Thomas H. Brandt.
Brandt argued that nothing Kloch or Winter has ever said or done constitutes a reason for them to leave the case.
Brandt, who prosecuted Drake in the 2010 trial, said the Public Defender's Office should be taken off the case because two prosecution witnesses were represented by public defenders in their own criminal cases more than 20 years after the killings.
This creates a conflict of interest for the whole public defender staff, he argues. The matter didn't come up before because Drake had private attorneys in his previous trials.
All of these issues are scheduled to be argued in person before Kloch on May 23. No date for the third trial has been set.
Stunning deaths
The killings of the two teens in 1981 shocked the region.
Amy Smith was shot twice in the back of the head. Steven Rosenthal was shot 14 times and also was stabbed in the chest by Drake after the shooting.
Drake was arrested after driving the Nova to a nearby landfill, where police said they caught him trying to stuff Smith's nude body into the trunk of the car.
Investigators noticed that every bullet Drake fired went through the passenger side window; not one struck a door or fender. And a forensic report concluded that the angle of impact of the bullets changed slightly during the attack, indicating Drake was walking toward the car as he fired.
The two juries that have heard the case had the option of convicting Drake of reckless manslaughter instead of murder, and they declined to do so.
A second-degree manslaughter conviction now would be a ticket home for Drake, who has long since served enough time to cover the 30-year maximum sentence for two counts of that crime.
After his 1982 conviction, Drake was sentenced by Niagara County Judge Aldo L. DiFlorio to 40 years to life. When that conviction was set aside by a federal court in 2009, Drake received a second trial, held in March 2010 before State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.
The result was the same as in 1982 except for the sentence. Kloch gave Drake 50 years to life in prison.
The first conviction was thrown out because of prosecutorial misconduct. Then-Niagara County District Attorney Peter L. Broderick Sr. used a bogus expert witness who exaggerated his credentials and sought to show Drake suffered from "picquerism," a purported mental disorder that gives a person sexual pleasure from shooting or stabbing someone.
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City called that "quackery" and concluded that the purported expert committed perjury with Broderick's knowledge.
The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court threw out Drake's second conviction in April 2012 because of Kloch's decision to allow the prosecution to introduce evidence of a bite mark on Smith's breast, allegedly inflicted after her death. Drake was never charged with any sex crime, so the evidence was both irrelevant and prejudicial, the Rochester-based court found.
Another point raised by the Appellate Division pertained to a note from the jury, asking what would happen if they reached a verdict on one victim's death but were divided regarding the other victim.
The appellate panel said that note never was shared with the attorneys, but its contents were known well enough that The Buffalo News reported them the next morning. However, a report of the note is absent from the stenographic record.
Brandt cited that article in his written argument to the court, submitted April 26. He also said that he and the defense attorney in the 2010 trial, Andrew C. LoTempio, were personally told by Kloch what was in the note.
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These youths have the assets to build a better future
December 4, 2013 - Rob Weaver
Four weeks from now, people will be wishing others "happy new year" and perhaps looking optimistically for a better future.
But I have found a better event than New Year's Eve for improving one's outlook. The Youth Asset Builder Awards, given Wednesday at Community Civic Center, again gave those who attended reason to think positively.
"This is one of my favorite days of the year," Juvenile Court Judge Jay Meyer said before helping to hand out the awards. "This is a victory lap for our honored youth, and adults here today who do so much for the kids in our community."
The annual luncheon, sponsored by Family and Children First Council, Tiffin Optimist Club and Tiffin Rotary Club, honors youths for exhibiting 40 developmental youth assets, including integrity, honesty, responsibility, a sense of purpose and a positive view of their future. Adults also are honored for helping youths develop the assets.
Some 40 students and adults received the awards Wednesday, and, as usual, it was an uplifting experience to learn about the students who are developing into the kind of people who will be cornerstones of society. In sometimes different ways, these youngsters demonstrate they will be responsible adults, because they are responsible students.
As a probation officer who attended the event confided to me afterward, "I come here to be recharged."
A master of ceremonies for the event, Keith Hodkinson, drew laughter when he noted one student, in giving an unscripted acceptance speech, sounded like a presidential nominee. But Keith's point was insightful; many of the recipients did sound like leaders of tomorrow.
The location for next year's program still is undecided. With the Civic Center slated to close this month, a new venue will be needed. If it's large enough to hold more people, you might consider attending. It will lift your spirits. No confetti, horns or midnight toasts needed.
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The bottom line is we need to reeducate politicians in Lansing about the value of education.
Like babies learning their first suckle, these so-called lawmakers are fidgeting about embracing the idea of the Michigan Promise Scholarship that holds the promise of empowering young people in the state through college scholarships.
So in the budget rush they gutted the Michigan Promise that at first was going to secure the educational future of 96,000 students in the state. Three thousand of those students attend Wayne State University, right in our backyard.
How many times has it been emphasized that education is the best legacy any community or nation can bequeath on its people?
To buttress this fact, show me an educated nation, and I will show you a community that is thriving on all levels because its people have a consciousness.
Despite the downturn of the economy and its biting effects in the state, the promise of real transformation came with the arrival of the Michigan Promise created by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
But now that good educational news is being greeted with Lansing lawmakers double-talking, and like Squealer in George Orwell's "Animal Farm," they are engaging in propaganda, misinformation and outright lies with the aid of the tea party protesters.
"Blame it all on Granholm" they want you to believe and none on those who are also elected to represent their constituents in dire need of educational support.
They brag about defending what Michiganders want, including young people, but will eliminate resources that will put meaning to their claims.
Let's face it.
The Republicans can dislike Gov. Granholm's approach to critical issues in the state, and perhaps not utilizing the bully pulpit to the extent we'd prefer, but don't make students pay for it or become the victims of the vitriolic attack on the Granholm administration.
So on the morning of Nov. 23, Wayne State University students took to the streets to send a message to lawmakers who are pretending not to hear.
The students made it clear that Lansing can add more money to the prison system, paying as much as $30,000 to incarcerate each inmate while students of public universities are only receiving $5,700 each.


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Herbie Hancock
will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz -- just as his employer/mentor
Miles Davis
was when he was alive. Unlike
, who pressed ahead relentlessly and never looked back until near the very end,
has cut a zigzagging forward path, shuttling between almost every development in electronic and acoustic jazz and R&B over the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st. Though grounded in
Bill Evans
and able to absorb blues, funk, gospel, and even modern classical influences,
's piano and keyboard voices are entirely his own, with their own urbane harmonic and complex, earthy rhythmic signatures -- and young pianists cop his licks constantly. Having studied engineering and professing to love gadgets and buttons,
was perfectly suited for the electronic age; he was one of the earliest champions of the Rhodes electric piano and Hohner clavinet, and would field an ever-growing collection of synthesizers and computers on his electric dates. Yet his love for the grand piano never waned, and despite his peripatetic activities all around the musical map, his piano style continued to evolve into tougher, ever more complex forms. He is as much at home trading riffs with a smoking funk band as he is communing with a world-class post-bop rhythm section -- and that drives purists on both sides of the fence up the wall.
Having taken up the piano at age seven,
quickly became known as a prodigy, soloing in the first movement of a
piano concerto with
the Chicago Symphony
at the age of 11. After studies at Grinnell College,
was invited by
Donald Byrd
in 1961 to join his group in New York City, and before long, Blue Note offered him a solo contract. His debut album,
Takin' Off
, took off indeed after
Mongo Santamaria
covered one of the album's songs, "Watermelon Man." In May 1963,
Miles Davis
asked him to join his band in time for the
Seven Steps to Heaven
sessions, and he remained there for five years, greatly influencing
' evolving direction, loosening up his own style, and, upon
' suggestion, converting to the Rhodes electric piano. In that time span,
's solo career also blossomed on Blue Note, pouring forth increasingly sophisticated compositions like "Maiden Voyage," "Cantaloupe Island," "Goodbye to Childhood," and the exquisite "Speak Like a Child." He also played on many East Coast recording sessions for producer
Creed Taylor
and provided a groundbreaking score to Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow Up, which gradually led to further movie assignments.
Having left the
band in 1968,
recorded an elegant funk album,
Fat Albert Rotunda
, and in 1969 formed a sextet that evolved into one of the most exciting, forward-looking jazz-rock groups of the era. Now deeply immersed in electronics,
added the synthesizer of
Patrick Gleeson
to his Echoplexed, fuzz-wah-pedaled electric piano and clavinet, and the recordings became spacier and more complex rhythmically and structurally, creating its own corner of the avant-garde. By 1970, all of the musicians used both English and African names (
's was
). Alas,
had to break up the band in 1973 when it ran out of money, and having studied Buddhism, he concluded that his ultimate goal should be to make his audiences happy.
The next step, then, was a terrific funk group whose first album,
Head Hunters
, with its
Sly Stone
-influenced hit single, "Chameleon," became the biggest-selling jazz LP up to that time. Now handling all of the synthesizers himself,
's heavily rhythmic comping often became part of the rhythm section, leavened by interludes of the old urbane harmonies.
recorded several electric albums of mostly superior quality in the '70s, followed by a wrong turn into disco around the decade's end. In the meantime,
refused to abandon acoustic jazz. After a one-shot reunion of the 1965
Miles Davis Quintet
Ron Carter
Tony Williams
Wayne Shorter
, with
Freddie Hubbard
sitting in for
) at New York's 1976 Newport Jazz Festival, they went on tour the following year as
The near-universal acclaim of the reunions proved that
was still a whale of a pianist; that
' loose mid-'60s post-bop direction was far from spent; and that the time for a neo-traditional revival was near, finally bearing fruit in the '80s with
Wynton Marsalis
and his ilk.
continued to hold sporadic reunions through 1992, though the death of the indispensable
in 1997 cast much doubt as to whether these gatherings would continue.
continued his chameleonic ways in the '80s: scoring an MTV hit in 1983 with the scratch-driven, proto-industrial single "Rockit" (accompanied by a striking video); launching an exciting partnership with Gambian kora virtuoso
Foday Musa Suso
that culminated in the swinging 1986 live album
Jazz Africa
; doing film scores; and playing festivals and tours with the Marsalis brothers,
George Benson
Michael Brecker
, and many others. After his 1988 techno-pop album,
Perfect Machine
left Columbia (his label since 1973), signed a contract with Qwest that came to virtually nothing (save for
A Tribute to Miles
in 1992), and finally made a deal with Polygram in 1994 to record jazz for Verve and release pop albums on Mercury. Well into a youthful middle age,
's curiosity, versatility, and capacity for growth showed no signs of fading, and in 1998 he issued
Gershwin's World
. His curiosity with the fusion of electronic music and jazz continued with 2001's
Future 2 Future
, but he also continued to explore the future of straight-ahead contemporary jazz with 2005's
. An intriguing album of jazz treatments of
Joni Mitchell
compositions called
River: The Joni Letters
was released in 2007. In 2010
released his The Imagine Project album, which was recorded in seven countries and featured a host of collaborators, including Dave Matthews, Anoushka Shankar, Jeff Beck, the Chieftains, John Legend, India.Arie, Seal, P!nk, Juanes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, K'NAAN,
Wayne Shorter
, James Morrison, and Lisa Hannigan. He was also named Creative Chair for the New Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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CALCUTTA - The death of a Birch Road man from a gunshot wound in his home early Saturday is under investigation by the St. Clair Township Police Department.
Police Chief Donald Hyatt confirmed Jeffrey Price died from a gunshot. Police were called to the home regarding a shooting victim at 8:45 a.m. Saturday.
Hyatt said other members of the family were in the home at the time of the shooting. Investigators are in the early stages of speaking to each of those family members and putting together the details of how Price died. A handgun was among evidence recovered from the home.
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St. Clair police officer Troy Walker talks with Sgt. Joseph Brophey as Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification special agent Larry Hootman carries equipment into the house.
"We believe it is the weapon the shot came from," Hyatt said, cautioning that the investigation is still in the early stages.
An autopsy has been ordered by Hyatt. The body has been sent to Summit County Coroner's Office. The details from the autopsy will provide further forensic evidence, he said.
Additionally, Hyatt called for crime scene technicians from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to assist at the scene.


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NEW ENTERPRISE - Brooke Slick loves a project. Her latest one just happens to hold her life in its balance.
Hanging on the living room wall inside the New Enterprise home she shares with her husband, Doug, is a prayer reading, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference."
In 2006, Slick was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Others might take such a diagnosis as a reason to call on serenity and acceptance. Slick is calling on courage.
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Mirror photo by Patrick?Waksmunski
Brooke Slick sits at her computer. She checks a website daily at the Moscow facility where she will undergo a stem cell transplant. She writes a blog about multiple sclerosis and her journey at www.msslick.com.
With the support of family and friends, including her daughter, Carson, 19, of Roaring Spring, Slick, 48, a study coordinator at 611 MRI in Altoona, and her mom, Connie Taylor, 71, of Hollidaysburg, are heading to Moscow, Russia, for an April 28 admission to the A.A. Maximov Department of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, National Pirogov Medical Surgical Center.
They will be there six weeks as Slick undergoes a hematopoietic stem cell transplant meant to halt the progression of her MS.
They leave April 24 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on a non-stop, nine-hour flight and check into the hospital April 28.
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What a doctor says
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Chief Research Officer Dr. Timothy Coetzee weighs in:
"MS involves immune attacks against the brain and spinal cord. This procedure, called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, has been used experimentally in attempts to 'reboot' the immune system so that it will stop attacking a person's nervous system.
"This involves taking some stem cells from a person's bone marrow or blood, and storing them, and then the rest of the individual's immune cells are destroyed by chemotherapy or radiation or both, depending on where it is performed. Then the stored stem cells are reintroduced by injection. Eventually they grow and repopulate the body with immune cells. The jury is still out whether this procedure can stop immune attacks. There are potential side effects along the way, as described in [Slick's] blog, but the main risk is death from the possibility of infection during the time before the immune system has recovered itself. There have also been reports that during the so-called mobilization treatment, which is given before stem cells are taken from the patient, a person can experience MS relapse.
"This approach has been investigated for at least 15 years. Since then, we now have nine approved MS therapies that can turn down immune attacks, so when I hear about someone going overseas to get this unproven treatment, the first thing I wonder is whether they have tried the therapies that have already proven to be fairly safe and significantly effective for reducing MS immune attacks. I don't know this individual person, so I can't speak to her particular situation.
"There are ongoing trials, and right now, it is considered experimental. It is a very costly procedure, and carries risks including the possibility of death. So studies are determining who are likely to be best helped by this procedure."
Investigations into the approach are taking place in Canada, the United States, Europe and elsewhere, he said. Information on trials in the U.S. and Canada can be read on www.clincialtrials.gov.
"There is great interest in this, but much more work needs to be done."
- Amanda Gabeletto
Helping to make it happen
Brooke Slick is amazed at the support she has received.
Her goal was to raise $40,000 to help pay for her expenses, according to her blog, www.msslick.com. They have raised $17,000 so far.
Slick wanted to share her story through a blog to help inform the public about MS and her medical journey to stop it from consuming her life.
She wants to "share the good and the bad," her mother, Connie Taylor, said. "She wants to pay it forward, because of the kindness and response she has gotten."
A dinner and silent live auction being held Saturday at the Replogle Building, New Enterprise, is sold out. To donate an item to the auction, email email@example.com.
T-shirts are available for $10 for all sizes, and can be ordered at the email address above.
Donations can also be made on Slick's blog or at any M&T Bank location under the "Benefit for Brooke Slick" account.
"I am the same way about this as I am with life. I'm a positive person about everything. It's a project. It just so happens I'm the project, so I really have to do well on this one. I always plan for the best and am prepared for the worst."
"I don't care where we have to go," Taylor said. "If it makes her life better, that's where I'm going."
Losing sight, finding a way
On her way to a job interview in 2001, Slick, a 1982 Tussey Mountain graduate who went on to school and land a job in New York and travel throughout the world, lost the sight in her right eye, she wrote in her blog, www.msslick.com' (www.msslick.com).
"It was like somebody put a piece of wax paper over it," she said.
Test results came up inconclusive. She would experience more bouts of vision problems and a four-year stretch with no new symptoms. In 2005, she had trouble forming words, puckering her lips.
MRIs showed evidence of lesions on her brain.
Later that year, the left side of her body went numb. In 2006, she was officially diagnosed with MS.
Today, Slick deals with foot drop, a common MS symptom, for which she wears a brace on her right leg to compensate for the damaged nerves running from her brain to her foot that stop the reflex from functioning, she said.
Because Slick does not have the flexibility in her hand to hold a cane, she began using a hiker's trekking pole for balance. She calls the pole her personal assistant who she has named, "Tiff."
Her daughter does not complain even though she is in pain every day, Taylor said.
Shopping at the mall is an example of the challenge's Slick faces. The cavernous space messes with her body's sense of where it is in a particular space, she said.
"It's just that your brain cannot quickly adjust to your body within the space," she said. "You have to slow your body down to match the speed of your brain. You have to reel it in. It's become a way of life. Only a few times has it become overwhelming."
Slick used to take two injectable drugs, an oral drug and an infusible drug, Tysabri, which has stabilized her brain and spinal lesions, but symptoms including imbalance, loss of dexterity, hearing loss and numbness in her fingers, feet and mid-section continue to get worse.
Tysabri is the best drug offered for the treatment of MS and costs $40,000 a year, she said. Other drugs cost about $36,000 to $40,000 a year.
She said she is not taking any drugs now because they didn't work, and they must be out of her system before the transplant.
The transplant in Russia costs $40,000. Other expenses including hotel, plane tickets, visas and passports will cost about $10,000.
In July 2012, Slick's neurologist recommended she take a leave from work and concentrate on physical therapy and watch how she progresses on Tysabri.
Slick's MS is considered "relapsing, remitting," meaning she has "symptoms that come and go with some periods of recovery, but all along the disease continues to progress," she said.
Slick said physical therapy, which helped her core become stronger, has also helped her ability to react to her body's limitations, but it did not lessen them.
While off from work, Slick discovered an online blog written by Amy Peterson of Round Rock, Texas. Peterson was about to get the same transplant.
The two women began corresponding and Slick is now going to Peterson's doctor in Russia, Dr. Denis Fedorenko.
Slick cried when she got the news saying she was accepted to get the transplant, she said. She had her "heart set" on going.
Peterson, 35, said she has been home four months, does not use a cane anymore and her scooter is "collecting dust."
"While I do still feel the effects of MS symptoms, I finally feel hope that they are actually improving to some degree, instead of my former world of no hope and continued disability," she said.
It takes 12 to 18 months to see benefits of the procedure, but patients may notice improvements for up to five years.
"Getting an international bone marrow transplant is no small thing," Peterson said. "Travel to a foreign country can be terrifying, let alone traveling under such incredibly vulnerable conditions. Having come through it as I have, I can honestly say that MS is scarier than anything I endured while in Russia. May God bless Brooke with an incredible journey."
Playing by the rules
While doing her research, Slick learned of a woman who lost several toes and fingers and developed a toxic condition, known as sepsis, after having the procedure done.
Different facilities follow different protocol, and in this woman's case she was not isolated during her chemotherapy treatments, which were used to kill her immune system, Slick said.
All credible facilities follow an international medical protocol, she said.
Slick also will receive the chemotherapy, but will be put in isolation to reduce any chance of infection.
What stage of MS someone is in plays a factor in the amount of symptom reversal they will see, she said.
Slick will see the best results immediately following the transplant because of the steroids and antibiotics pumped into her body, she said. Slowly, her body will come down from the high, though.
Forty-five to 80 percent of patients will see a reverse in MS symptoms, she said.
"It is very important to note it is not a cure," she said of the transplant. "It puts the MS in a permanent remission causing no new activity and no progression. It stops it."
MS drugs currently available only slow the progression, she said.
The stem cells come from her own body, she said, adding they are not from an embryo.
Slick said her doctors and others like them "want to play by the rules and I respect that tremendously. They want to stick with the FDA-approved treatments. They don't want to draw outside of the lines. There's too much at stake," meaning money or reputation, she said.
Plenty of American doctors out there would love to do the transplant, but lack the funding, she said.
"I played by the rules. I'm not a rule breaker at all. I never missed a dose of anything. I reported everything," she said.
The next step
It is said, but not proven, that after the transplant, symptoms go away in the reverse in which they developed, she said.
The last symptom for Slick was losing the dexterity in her hand. Before that, it was foot drop. Before that, numbness in her feet.
"If I get any of those back it would be a blessing," she said. If she could pick any to go away, she would eliminate those that slow her down the most - foot drop and imbalance, she said.
"Just to be able to race around like a maniac like I used to," she said.
Although she has some concerns, without the transplant Slick predicts a devastating future for herself.
"I am heading straight to a wheelchair. It's just a fact," she said. "That's what makes this not scary for me. The alternative for me is way scarier than to get the transplant done."
She will have to learn to walk again, if her foot drop goes away, and will undergo physical therapy when she comes home, she said.
"I know she won't sit still until she finds an answer to this MS thing," said Taylor, who believes her daughter has thoroughly researched the decision. "My goal is to see her get this thing halted, reversed, whatever improvement she can get."
Her daughter is prepared, and knows it will not be easy.
"If attitude and mindset have anything to do with it, we're good to go, we're halfway there," Taylor said. "She's amazing. I'm proud of her."
Friend Cindy Baker of New Enterprise, who works with Slick, has done Slick's MRIs for the last seven years and is her "biggest supporter," Slick said.
Baker said she and Slick consider it a "travesty more research is not done for MS compared to other chronic illnesses" such as "cancer and heart disease," Baker said.
Slick said the medical community in the United States has come far, but they just slightly keep missing the mark.
She predicts that in 10 to 15 years, the game will have changed.
Baker said it seems she is seeing more cases of MS and at a younger age than the average age of in the 30s.
Although she has concerns, Baker sees her friend's alternative is to wait for the next best thing in the United States.
"My way of thinking is how do you know if you don't try. ... ?It's a very brave decision and I think it's the right decision," she said.
One of Slick's dreams was to walk across a parking lot to sit in the bleachers to see her daughter receive her high school diploma, Baker said. And Slick did it.
"When people start talking like that, it really puts into perspective for you what we take for granted," Baker said. "She will find a way. Some way, some how she will find a way to get it done. Sometimes you've got to accept things the way they are [but] that's not her attitude."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Cella Pippin hadn't been on stage in 20 years, so when she found out she'd been cast in the Flowertown Players performance of "Chicago," she almost cried. Although performing had been a part of her youth, the last two decades had been consumed with raising three children, returning to school and now working as a case manager at Crisis Ministries.
It wasn't easy juggling rehearsals for "Chicago" plus an 18-year-old son and two daughters, 14 and 4. Pippin brought the kids along to practices, and soon they began to see their mom outside her role of "mom."
"They know how much I've had to sacrifice to be a single mom," Pippin said. "My kids know how much I've had to put off because I want to see them succeed. They respect me and love me for that. And they know how happy I am when I can be on the stage in front of people."
Whether on stage or behind a canvas, more moms are giving themselves permission to be creative and take some time to explore their own inner artist. And a growing number of businesses in the Lowcountry are helping moms express their creativity.
The benefits of creativity
West Ashley mom Allison Merrick opened SpaceCraft Studios a year ago in the Avondale community. Offering both classes and a workspace for individual projects, SpaceCraft has attracted quite a following of moms looking to get creative.
"For the moms, what I generally see is a desire to have time and space that's structured and that's out of their house," Merrick said. "They're not as distracted as they are at home. They can have a glass of wine or a beer and do something creative in an atmosphere dedicated to that."
As a small-business owner and mom to a 3-year-old daughter, Merrick knows first-hand how tough it can be to carve out that coveted "me" time. But she also knows how important having a creative outlet can be.
"Nurturing ourselves and our own creativity allows us to become better moms, wives and employees," Merrick said. "Practicing our creativity has a powerful outcome. Using our brains in different ways and buildings things with our hands produces a quieter, creative mind."
Summerville mom Sara Armistead began acting and directing with the Flowertown Players in 2008. She admits she sometimes feels guilty about leaving her two daughters while she goes to rehearsals but she recognizes the need to nurture her own interests.
"It's important to have your own life and hobbies, so you're not just a slave to (the kids) and the house," Armistead said.
Moms are people too
Moms also find their kids aren't resentful or complaining, but rather proud of their efforts and encouraged in their own artistic endeavors.
Armistead has brought her girls to theater rehearsals and "they dig that experience," she said. "I get some pretty good 'cool' points with them because their mom's on stage."
Heather Speizman, owner of Wine & Design in Mount Pleasant, sees lots of moms who come in for a girls' night out to enjoy wine, friends and painting. But what she loves hearing are the kids who brag on their moms, referring to them as "famous artists."
Speizman opened the studio five years ago and about 70 percent of her clients are moms. A mother herself, Speizman knows how tough it can be for moms to commit to a series of classes. That's why moms enjoy coming out for one night, having a glass of wine with friends and going home with a painting.
"There's a huge thirst for women to do a couple things for themselves but they don't feel guilty because this is not a long commitment," she said. "It's a very fast way to get a self-esteem boost. You laugh, escape and walk out with a painting."
Failure is an option – and a good one
The pressure that moms heap on themselves can be daunting. They are juggling careers, families, social calendars, household chores and more — often with a self-imposed expectation of perfection. That's where engaging in a creative outlet gives women a chance to simply try something and see how it goes.
A no-pressure, judgment-free zone is what Daniel island mom Angel Roberts has worked to create since she started teaching women hip hop seven years ago. Women are often nervous about trying a class with Peace Love Hip Hop, but Roberts stresses that her classes are suitable for everyone. "Don't be intimidated," she said. "Who doesn't love a dance party?"
At SpaceCraft, Merrick makes it her personal mission to work with women who claim they aren't crafty or creative. She's created a non-threatening space where people can simply try a project or craft.
"We talk a lot about failure and how it's an important part of the creative process and the scientific process," she said. "Don't be afraid of it – learn from that and move on. It's OK to take a risk."
When it comes to painting, Speizman's motto is very similar. "We're all so computer strapped and type A. Art requires you to take it down a notch. When you're using a paint brush, you can't 'undo' like you can on a computer," she said.
"Now I've learned to go with the flow. It's OK if it doesn't end up on your mantle."
Moms can paint their own masterpiece at Mount Pleasant's Wine and Design social painting classes.×
Instructor Angel Roberts (left) teaches no-pressure hip hop fitness classes at Peace Love Hip Hop.×
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Spike in flood insurance rates
November 1, 2013
Tom Rishel is a small business owner in Muncy with several properties he had hoped to one day sell....
I am appalled!!..Why didn't Me Marino research this??!! We are senior citizens and are in the process of looking for a smaller one level home..But scratch that now since we live on the fringe of the flood plain in Muncy..who will buy our house if they know they will have to pay over $9,000 a year for flood insurance?!..these houses will eventually just sit here vacant and the city will have to tear them down...or is that the goal?..so much for moving to a one level home that we both need due to some health issues...
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bsquared, I'm sure they had no idea 20 years ago that their property taxes and homeowners insurance would raise so much either, but they did. Sorry, but I don't feel it necessary for the rest of us to subsidize the premiums of flood insurance for those who chose/choose to live in a flood plain. It's the gamble they took. There was never any guarantee that flood insurance rates would never go up or that there wouldn't be a rate spike.
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mr kerstetter, if property owners would have known that their insurance rates were going to be what they are now I am sure that they would chosen to buy elsewhere.
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Seems like Big Government is trying to turn everyone into the poverty economic group...when will it all stop!
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What!... Mr Marino!....now you say a do over?
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bsquared, lending institutions that are federally insured or loans that are federally regulated (like FHA) are required to have flood insurance if they are in 'high risk' flood areas. The purpose of requiring flood insurance is the same as the requirement to carry homeowners insurance; to protect the bank (and the FDIC/NCUA/any other agency who backs them) from loss in case something happens to the home because the lending institutions carry most of the risk when a property is mortgaged.
Yes, the federal government may have been subsidizing the flood insurance. If that is the case, why are we, the taxpayers, paying the insurance premium for those who choose to live in the flood zone?
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I know Tom, and know of one of his houses that had water AROUND it in 72. For floodwater to go above Water St in Muncy, as happened in 72, was a shock to residents.
I was born and raised in Muncy and lived through MANY floods. In 72, my mother had water on her second floor, something that had not happened previously......even in 1936.
I know senior citizens who have lived in their homes for 40-50 years. This is going to hit them especially hard.
My big question is, how about the wild fires and mud slides in California? Billions is spent on them year after year after year. And they just keep rebuilding on the same land.
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I disagree with the comment equating subsidized insurance to welfare. If you own a home you are contributing to your local community by paying real estate and school taxes. The government makes the banks make you carry insurance and was just giving a discount on it.
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You mean the legislatures passed a bill without input from the people who voted for them no way this could've ever happened and ps excuse me Justin but I don't believe the welfare people are at least bit for any republicans as they the republicans are the ones the welfarians always blame for axing their free ticket
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Mikekerstetter, 35 years ago I purchased my home in Muncy before all this flood zone s... was in place. About 8 years ago my loan was sold to some of the other gangsters and all the sudden I needed flood insurance, so I complied costing me about 400 a year since my mortgage was almost paid for. Recently I did a reverse mortgage, yep they wanted flood insurance for 90000, ok how much, now we are talking 980, still no problem, a year later my bill comes for flood insurance for 1100.00 seems they have the authority to raise it each year up to 20% according to the letter I got. So I go online for a FEMA LOMA (letter of map admendment) of course I need an elevation certificate, cost $500 for the surveyor! Last week I get a call from the bank saying my flood insurance only covers the loan and should be the replacement value which IMHO is bull as is my homeowners policy. Yesterday I got my LOMA and my property is 1% flood plan and has been removed from the hazard zone.
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Justin1, best comment ever, thank you.
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The National Flood Insurance Program is a revenue stream. They need the premiums coming in. Just as in Obamacare, those paying the higher premiums are footing the bill for those homeowners (such as those buying under HUD)that can't afford the Flood Insurance and qualify for subsidies. My suggestion is to shop with Insurance carriers and see who has a more affordable rate. You may be pleasantly surprised.
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You are right dannygirl about the mortgage requirements. I will amend my comment to those who don't have a mortgage will consider dropping the insurance.
However, flood insurance does cover contents.
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Dannygirl- flood insurance does not cover contents in basement, but it does cover contents in living areas.
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Johnny the problem is that if you have a morgage on a house the bank requires you to carry flood insurance if your property is located in a flood plain. I recently talked to a insurance agent and he told me that the banks previously only requried you to carry insurance to cover the amount of the loan but many now are requiring you to carry the replacement value of the home. So you may only owe $70,000 on the home but to rebuild that home may cost $200,000 so that is what the banks are requiring in flood insurance. Also the flood insurance only covers the structure and you have to buy an additional policy to insure your contants as home owners does not cover flood damage and flood insurance does not cover contents. This is even for homes that have never had a flood claim.
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If the price goes up to $10K per year like the guy from Muncy, a lot of people, not all, will consider the odds. How likely is it they will be hit with an Agnes or a Lee? I think most will drop their insurance. Think about it, if they go 10 years without damage, that's $100K they didn't spend on a $70K house that due to the flood insurance may drop in value to $40K.
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So let me get this straight. According to Marino, "The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, while not ideal, was the only option for making the National Flood Insurance Program viable for the future,". I would tend to disagree for a number of reasons. 1. The FED prints money by the billions each month to give as a kickback to the TBTF Banks on Wall Street, which we the taxpayers pay the interest on. 2. We could bail out the major Banks of Wall Street, who not only caused the problems for why they were initially bailed out and have been the major source as to why we are in such economic straights today. 3. But we do not have the funds to help the little guy with his flood insurance. "Why should the Government be in the business of subsidizing someone's flood insurance?" Why not, we subsidze everything else including big business constantly. So why not subsidize the little guy for a change.
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Let me guess, these folks complaining about losing their government subsidized insurance are the same people who hate welfare programs and obamacare. Tea partiers love to hate the government until they realize that the government gave them benefits too! I guess you could just raise everyone's taxes to pay for your subsidy to live in a river plain. Problem solved.
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Some things never change...
The Mob/Mafia 3 most profitable sources of income....
Protection aka Insurance.
Alcohol & Drugs.
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Another issue of concern is how is the determination made as to where is the flood plan elevation is. Even after Agnes in 72, there were a lot of guesses and interpolations made by agencies as to how high the water actually went. Some of the maps were wrong.
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Why should the Government be in the business of subsidizing someone's flood insurance? It isn't like any of these people didn't know they were buying a home in a flood zone and needed flood insurance for their mortgages.
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Just like Dumbamacare.....another bill passed without the necessary research on consequences.
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The line for tickets to buy full beers instead of the sample size brews at the Canned Festival, featuring local independent music and craft beer that comes in a can, Saturday, October 5, 2013, at in Denton, TX.
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The singer and The Voice coach, 33, announced on the most romantic day of the year that she and film producer Matthew Rutler, her beau since the end of 2010, are engaged.
"He asked and I said……," the recently slimmed down songstress Tweeted on Friday to accompany a shot of her and Rutler holding hands – with a gigantic sparkler on her ring finger.
"They're very much in love and are really excited to take this next step!" a source close to the pair tells PEOPLE.
Rutler has been a consistent figure in Aguilera's son Max's life – her child from her first marriage to Jordan Bratman.
He asked and I said…… pic.twitter.com/XWZVZOjDX1— Christina Aguilera (@xtina) February 15, 2014


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December 8, 2012, 11:41 PM
Hi! :) I'm curious to know what nations issue pistols using .45 ACP outside the States. Obviously this is a popular round in America, but I can't seem to find much about it's use anywhere else. Do any foreign militaries or police agencies issue it? Thanks for your wisdom!