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North Tahoe's Konrad Przybyslawski and Truckee's Ruby Wood and Ryan Murphy led their respective high school snowboard teams with top-three finishes in a CNISSF giant slalom race at Alpine Meadows on Monday.
In the boys race, Przybyslawski finished runner-up to Jacob Peek of Placer High, posting a two-run combined time of 1:11.5 to Peek's 1:09.3.
Murphy rounded out the top three in a time of 1:12.2, while Truckee teammate Quinntin Butler was sixth in 1:13.3, Casey Curtis was eighth in 1:14.5 and Colten Roderigue was 17th in 1:20.2.
Trailing Przybyslawski was Lakers teammates Nash Baehr, who placed ninth in 1:16.9.
Celine Holland of Nevada Union captured the win in the girls race with a time of 1:09.9, while Drew Bernadett of Nevada Union was second in 1:10.8 and Wood, who won the opening race the previous week, was third for the Wolverines in 1:11.2.
North Tahoe's Courtney Peters finished fourth in 1:17.6 and Roxy Schumann was fifth in 1:19.2, while Truckee's Claire Roberts was eighth in 1:24.4, Sofie Maciel was ninth in 1:24.9 and Nichole Graham was 11th in 1:27.0. Sierra Aildasani (17th, 1:31.2) and Brie Dubuc (18th, 1:31.3) also posted top-20 finishes.
Wood won the first race of the season, a slalom at Boreal on Jan 7, by six-tenths of a second over Nelly Steinhoff of Colfax, 1:05.0 to 1:05.6.
Peters finished sixth for the Laker girls, while Curtis led the Truckee boys with a third-place finish and Przybyslawski was 10th for North Tahoe.
UP NEXT: A slalom race is scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m. at Boreal.


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A 20-year-old Port Orange man is accused of trying to meet a child for sex.
Colton Ellis was arrested in Daytona Beach Thursday after police said he had been talking online to an undercover officer who he thought was a juvenile girl, and arranged to meet her at her home.
Police said Ellis even texted while on the way to tell the girl he had stopped to get condoms.
When Ellis realized he was busted, he allegedly told officers he had a 6-week-old baby at home and knew he had messed up, but wanted to have sex, officials said.
Ellis is charged with using a computer to seduce, solicit or lure a child; traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child; using a two-day device to commit a felony and possessing cannabis.

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As spring break quickly comes to an end it will be back to being a student and having to stay on top of classes. Being a college student I was unable to get away for a week and go on a 7 day drinking excursion with friends. I sat at home and browsed the Internet between breaks of watching Sports Center and college basketball.
What really caught my attention were these forums that our out there especially for college lacrosse. I guess because I am not on the forums I don't get why everyone needs to post about random topics. From why a team beat up on another team 27-0, or how players are still eligible. I guess if your 24 years old and having nothing better to do then forums are where it is at. And maybe I am being hypocritical because I am writing in a blog, who knows. I do know that these forums are what are ruining good old competition.
There seems to be many individuals that just complain about every little detail they can find, the ball wasn't right, there was too much wind on the field, there goalie had a cooler stick then ours… It gets to a point where I do not even want to read the forums anymore but they are one of the only ways to keep up on what is going on in the league. It used to be that the forums were a way to post the upcoming games for the week and have people make predictions but now it's whether or not there is going to be a cook out after every playoff game.
I don't mean to offend anyone but I just think as adults there shouldn't be all this bickering back and forth on a college lacrosse forum. Don't get me wrong competitiveness is what makes this game so great but when it comes down to complaining about certain issues, those issues should be brought to the commissioner or the president of each league not air dried on a forum.
If a topic is posted, great, go nuts, but don't bring up ideas of this team shouldn't be in this league and that team shouldn't even be allowed to play. It gets to a point where it is really just childish.
On a lighter note, through the boredom of having nothing to do this week I put together a list of players to watch this year. By no means am I a professional or connoisseur at this but I felt these players really bring their "A" game day in and day out and are really exciting to watch. These players are a great impact on their programs and will do great things in the rest of the season. For most programs, the season is half way over but look out for these players to "do it big" in Denver.
Casey Mithun #4, University of Minnesota- Duluth (Senior)
Ben Towner #7, Simon Fraser University (Junior)
Corey Noonan # 3, Florida State University (Senior)
Chris Jehling #12, Lindenwood University (Graduate Senior)
Connor Martin #99, Chapman University (Junior)
Mark Manning #2, Brigham Young University (Sophomore)
Marcus Wooden #23, Chapman University (Senior)
Dan Pitzl #9, University of Minnesota- Duluth (Junior)
Mike Clayton #9, Chapman University (Senior)
Mike Coursault #13, Lindenwood University (Senior)
Elliot Grow #32, Brigham Young University (Junior)
Steven Black #35, University of Illinois (Senior)
Peter Vasher #40, University of Michigan (Senior)
Zach Elyachar #30, University of Michigan (Senior)
Phil Keebler #24, Sonoma State University (Senior)
Long Stick Midfield:
Chris Schaible #33, University of California- Santa Barbara (Senior)
Curtis Manning #16, Simon Fraser University (Senior)
Britton Cone #10, Brigham Young University (Junior)
Face-Of Specialist:
Eric Chang #13, Claremont College (Senior)
Kevin Moriarty #13, University of Colorado (Senior)
If anyone has any other opinions or thoughts of players that should be on here feel free to comment. Like I said by no means is this going to be a perfect Top 20 to watch but I think it is relatively close.


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LeBron James has played in big games before, but nothing like the game he's going to play in tonight.
A Game 4 win against the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat will have a commanding series lead at 3-1. If the Bulls manage to find a way to punch through the suffocating Miami Heat defense, the series goes back to tied and the Heat would have to win two out of the next three games against the No. 1 seed and without home-court advantage.
LeBron knows that this game means more than just the outcome of the series. For LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, it's a step closer to silencing the critics and a step closer to grabbing that which has alluded him for years—an NBA championship belt.
LeBron has had a rebirth of sorts in the playoffs. Not only have his Heat started to play the kind of inspired hoops that many envisioned when the Heatles touched down in South Beach, but LeBron has also worked to shed the image that he, the greatest player in the NBA, is not a closer.
The Heat have remained humble and focused and they will need to remain so. Chicago will present a big challenge. Yet, Miami is up to the task.
They know what tonight means. They don't intend to blow it.
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Monday, July 7, 2014
There are more questions around BHS football than Joe Friday could ever find answers to, a Double Jeopardy cornicopea of missives awaiting to be posed.
Such as, will the Berkeley Stags football team finally rise up and establish itself as the dominant team in Region 8AAA?
Five years will have passed since the Stags 2009 Class AAAA Division II state championship when the 2014 Class AAA championship game is played on Dec. 6.
Berkeley fans are hungry for another trip to the big dance and each year they hope this will be the year the magic happens.
This years Stags have the size in the trenches of the O-and D-lines Alex Taylor and Trey Govin. They have the running backs in Jamal Bowman and Keron Reid that can carry the football. They have a quarterback lining up under center in Joseph Dress that can lay it out there, a five-tool player that is starting to catch the eye of college recruiters.
Region 8AAA is ripe for the taking this fall. Hanahan is off, as is Orangeburg-Wilkinson. James Island is gone and replaced by Beaufort. Hilton Head continues to rebuild and Stall continues to be Stall.
That leaves the Stags to slide in and grab a prime playoff seeding if they rise to the occasion.
Fourth year Coach Jeff Cruce thinks this years team can rise to the next level.
We had the best showing of a Berkeley football team in the seven-on-seven passing league that weve ever had, he said. This was the first time a Berkeley team made it to the championship game of the Fort Dorchester passing league, and while we lost to Hanahan, 31-19, we had a really good showing. Joseph Dress threw the ball well and our receivers ran their routes and caught the passes.
Granted, how a team plays in summer passing leagues will not arbitrarily guarantee success in the fall, it is a positive sign on which to build.
Berkeley opens its season at home with new Region 7AA foe Johnsonville on Aug. 22, followed by the annual tilt with Stratford on Aug. 29.
Other pre-region games include a road game with Summerville, then home with Cane Bay and Timberland before the Region 8AAA schedule commences Oct. 3 against new Region 8AAA foe Beaufort.
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One reason we are all so excited about these playoffs is because Kenney totally under sold us and the team over deliverred and that equals excitement.
He is under selling us again. Bless his heart.
Personally. as much as I love Fil, but its painfully obvious we need a score first guy.
I say we need to keep fil and play him with pav! Then we need to bring in a scorer like Horton or hossa!


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Desire2Learn, D2L, a learning management system (LMS), is one of the learning managment systems faculty are investigating as a possible alternative to Blackboard. Fraculty from all over campus are comparing functions
D2L will be on campus February 1, 2013 to make presentations to stakeholders. All meetings will be in SET-B 3rd Floor Conference Room. The schedule is below.
Read in Campus Technology about D2L's acquisition of Degree Compass™, which could potentially help UTB with greater data driven decision making while offering students a better degree path with imporved academic advising.
If you would like to participate in a class to learn about the features as a student, contact Betsy Price, 956-882-7334 or firstname.lastname@example.com. You will be entered in the class as a student, participate in online discussions, assignments (they will be easy) and other features.
If you would like to use Desire2Learn as an instructor, we will make a class for you. You can compare activities you do on Blackboard with those of Desire2Learn.
After you have completed your expereince on Desire2Learn, we would like to invite you to comlete a LMS Assessment so that we can compare Desire2Learn with Canvas and Blackboard.
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JOHNSTOWN - There were playoff jitters in both dugouts Tuesday afternoon.
And with good reason.
According to coach Art McClucas, fourth-seeded Ferndale was seeing its first postseason action in more than 20 years.
Fifth-seeded Bishop Carroll, meanwhile, was making its district tournament debut.
Ironically, it was an error that allowed the only run to score in the District 6 Class A quarterfinal as Ferndale edged the Lady Huskies, 1-0.
"We got the one across that counted," McClucas said. "[It's] a big win for us. It's been over 20 years since Ferndale has been in the softball playoffs. It's a very big win for us."
"I'm so proud of these girls - complete 180 from last year," Bishop Carroll coach Jamie Boyles said. "This was our first shot at the playoffs. Just to get here was something we wanted to accomplish and we did."
The Lady Yellow Jackets plated their run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Leah Cenko led off the frame with a hard single through the right side of the infield. Two pitches later, Kayla Thomas hit a slow grounder to third, and in an attempt to get the lead runner, third baseman Brooke Mento overthrew second base, allowing Cenko to circle the bases and touch home.
"This game could have swung either way," McClucas said. "It's a shame somebody had to lose. I'm just glad it wasn't us."
Bishop Carroll (11-7) had only two hits - Courtney Link to open the game, and Janelle Gueguen to lead off the fifth inning.
The Huskies stranded five baserunners, three in scoring position.
They threatened in the first, though, when Link and Haley Krug reached base. Each moved up a bag on Sarah Gomish's infield fly rule out, but Mento popped up to Cassandra Vivis at short, who then tagged a scrambling Krug before she got back to second.
"That was a big key because they had runners on second and third, one out," McClucas said. "That was a big play. That was a crucial play."
The Lady Yellow Jackets (13-5) scattered six hits off of freshman pitcher Abbey Simmons, who struck out six and walked one.
"We used her all year," Boyles said of Simmons. "She showed senior attitude out [in the circle] today.
"[Offensively], you've got to hit with them. When it's time to hit, you've got to hit with them. And we just didn't do that."
Sophomore Taylor Yuhas struck out 10 and walked two in the two-hit shutout for Ferndale, which travels to top-seeded Claysburg-Kimmel for Thursday's semifinals.
"She's the heart and soul of this team," McClucas said of Yuhas. "The rest of the team rallies around her like they did today. She's very consistent, very accurate. She's been solid for us all year."
Boyles, though, is already looking ahead to next season when his entire roster returns.
"We're a young team. I have no seniors, so we're all coming back next year," he said. "Any playoff experience benefits you. We're here. We battled them. I'm really looking forward to next year."
BISHOP CARROLL (0): Link cf 301, Krug 2b 300, Gomish ss 300, Mento 3b 200, Simmons p 300, Farabaugh lf 300, Gueguen c 201, Winterine cr 000, Shaffer rf 300, Spinner 1b 200. Totals - 24-0-2.
FERNDALE (1): Vivis ss 300, La. Olshewsky c 301, Li. Olshewshy cf 301, Yuhas p 301, Clites 1b 300, Cenko 3b 311, Thomas lf 200, Rager 2b 302, Cornell rf 200. Totals - 25-1-6.
Bishop Carroll000 000 0 - 0 2 2
Ferndale000 100 X - 1 6 2
E-Mento 2, Vivis, Clites. DP-Ferndale 1. LOB-Bishop Carroll 5, Ferndale 7. 2B-Yuhas. SB-Gueguen, Mento, Li. Olshewsky, Rager.
Bishop Carroll-Simmons (L), 6 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.
Ferndale-Yuhas (W), 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO.
PB-Gueguen, La. Olshewsky.
Records: Bishop Carroll (11-7), Ferndale (13-5).


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Letter to the Editor in the Tomahawk Leader:
If you didn't already know it, which could only happen if you live in a cave, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I am a two-time breast cancer survivor so you'd think I'd love this month, right? Wrong. I'm tired of the onslaught of pink everywhere. I want to see lung cancer, which kills more women than breast cancer, get equal awareness along with research dollars and efforts. My mother died of small cell lung cancer in 2000. The mortality rate hasn't changed in the 12 years since then. More lung cancer is being seen in non-smoking women. We need research to find out why so that steps can be taken to reduce the risk. That won't happen without dollars.
I want breast cancer awareness ads to let men know they too can get breast cancer. One percent of breast cancer occurs in men. They tend to develop the genetic types of breast cancer which tend to be more aggressive to begin with. Men are diagnosed later than women, in part because they don't know that men can get breast cancer. Doctors are more likely to wait and watch with a male presenting with a lump. Men have to fight with their health insurance companies to get mammograms. Put all these factors together and maybe you can understand why men with breast cancer have a significantly higher death rate than women with breast cancer.
I want to see more awareness and dollars for heart disease, which kills far more women than breast cancer does. It's the number one cause of death for women. We are seeing more awareness about heart disease but more needs to be done. I don't want breast cancer awareness to stop. I don't want research to stop. Breast cancer mortality has been reduced significantly from what it was 25 years ago. One reason is more women do seek medical attention sooner. Another reason is the advent of estrogen blocking drugs. But let's give other cancers and diseases the same awareness and dollars.
Elizabeth McBride


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The recent political flap about contraception being an important issue for women is completely contrived by Democrats and the media to divert attention from abortion and other important issues, said conservative political activist Phyllis Schlafly.
Contraception is not controversial, she said. The issue is not access. Its whos going to pay for it.
Schlafly, who led a grass-roots fight to prevent ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, spoke Wednesday at The Citadel as part of the military colleges new course, Conservative Intellectual Tradition in America.
Most women are concerned about issues such as jobs and religious liberty, Schlafly said, not issues being drummed up by feminists to foster support for President Barack Obama.
And feminists are working through the media and other channels because the American public no longer seems to strongly support their agenda, Schlafly said. Feminists are having a hard time being elected because they essentially are unlikable, she said.
Schlafly talked to a group of Citadel students about the culture of conservatism and the history of the religious right. She told the all-male group that feminist is a bad word and everything they stand for is bad.
And she warned them about having personal relationships with feminists. Find out if your girlfriend is a feminist before you get too far into it, she said. Some of them are pretty. They dont all look like Bella Abzug.
Schlafly, who Mallory Factor called the godmother of the conservative movement, has been a leader in the conservative movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book A Choice Not an Echo.
Factor, the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government, leads the class, which brings in national conservative leaders each week, including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese.
Schlafly told students that the Equal Rights Amendment had a great deal of support when it was first rolled out. But her small group largely was responsible for it not being ratified. The amendment wouldnt have offered any benefit to women, she said. And it would have made women eligible for the draft, and would have paved the way for same-sex marriage, which she strongly opposes.
She thinks it was clear as early as 1979 that the Equal Rights Amendment was not going to be ratified. That conservative victory was followed by the election of President Ronald Reagan in 1980, she said. Those two victories brought momentum to the conservative movement, she said.
Before that, conservatives would say to themselves, Were going to pass out our literature and do our thing, but were not going to win, she said.
Citadel senior Matt Ford, in a question-and-answer session, asked Schlafly if its possible that the pro-family movement could lead in the future to a more centralized government with more control over peoples personal lives.
Schlafly said that wasnt going to happen.
Ford said he thinks such things should be considered anytime a movement is launched. Its important to look at what might happen in 100 years, he said.
Schlafly said she thinks pro-family, pro-life GOP candidates have a chance of winning if they concentrate on bringing good jobs to this county and putting a stop to Obama, who she thinks is doing whatever he wants to do. Hes ruling like a petty dictator, she said.
And she wants students to know that they can make a difference. It takes ordinary people to make a difference in politics, she said, to get back to We the People instead of some little group.
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The fairytale of Dwarf Bartli is set in the car-free village of Braunwald. Seperate scenes give children and their parents, godparents or grandparents an opportunity to explore Bartli's stories. Whether at "Tante Tidis Hüsli" (Aunt Tidi"s house) in the gem crevice or with the king at the Dwarf Castle.
Dwarf Bartli Hiking Tour:
Dwarf Bartli Hiking Tour:
Gumen to Grotzenüel (1 hour)
Dwarf Bartli Path for the smallest (suitable for baby carriages) :
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Romney concedes, calls for unity
BOSTON - Mitt Romney has conceded defeat to President Barack Obama.
A subdued Romney spoke to supporters in Boston. He said he "left everything on the field." Romney offered thanks to running mate Paul Ryan, who he called the best choice he ever made beside his wife Ann.
Romney asked for unity. He said the nation is at a critical point and can't risk "partisan bickering and political posturing." He urged supporters and Republicans to reach across the aisle.
The former Massachusetts governor, who lost nearly all the battleground states, called on all Americans to work to rebuild the nation.
Romney called on job creators to invest and to hire workers. He said Democrats should put the "people above politics."


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quote: some children stay in school through age 26 or maybe longer
quote: The stipend is $24,000 for the 2007-08 academic year. In addition, tuition costs are remitted, an individual health insurance program is provided and paid by the center, and matriculating students receive a one-time educational allowance of $2,000.
quote: Your darn right its an example at the extreme. Your subjective distinction as to the beginning of adulthood is rediculous, and should acknowledge the role of education in our society.
quote: However, there are plenty of undergrads paying their own way, working at night etc.
quote: I will be about this age when I get my PhD in neuroscience.
quote: Perhaps you should reconsider what it means to be an adult, by contemporary standards, instead of comparing to the middle ages.


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Saturday, February 3, 2001
By SCHUYLER KROPF
Of The Post and Courier staff
It might have been a bizarre clue: a rib-like bone found in the
rear of the Hunley.
Turns out it was a rib, but it belonged to an animal.
The Hunley excavation team says it found a hog or cow bone wedged
in the sub's aft compartment during its recent excavation.
It was washed into the sub's 3-foot-long stern gash long after
the Hunley sank in 1864, they believe.
An animal bone in the ocean is not considered an oddity, and it
could have been thrown over the side of a passing boat at any time in history either as
garbage or after being a sailor's meal that simply meandered its way into the Hunley.
The fact it was found in a good state of preservation gives the
recovery team hope the remains of the Hunley's nine sailors will be found when they open
the crew compartment later this month.
"The presence of a bulkhead and the good condition of the
animal bone increased the probabilities that the human skeletal remains are in (a) very
good state of preservation," Hunley Commission Chairman Glenn McConnell said Friday.
Scientists are also getting a better picture of the sub's
mechanics. They have found a series of internal frames that run inside the sub that gave
it lateral strength.
Also, the rivets that seal the sub's hull were driven from the
inside out. They were then pounded down and sanded over flat, to reduce excess drag.
And instead of being built by overlapping its iron plates like
fish scales, the hull plates have been riveted to backing plates that were in turn riveted
"These new structural findings ... seem to defy all
recollections," said Warren Lasch, chairman of Friends of the Hunley.
Other discoveries are that the steering cables and propeller
shaft run inside hollow tubes that gave them protection, and two rectangular iron ballast
blocks in the rear.
Scientist believe the blocks indicate "that the builders of
this submarine gave great thought to balance and design."
The excavation timetable is ahead of schedule although
archaeologists are still continuing to X-ray the sub to expose more of its design
features. But how the rear gash got there is also a mystery, although one theory points to
an anchor getting caught on the sub.
"It will take further study of the interior and removal of
the exterior concretion to see whether or not there are bends inward or outward,"
officials said.
Work continues next week.
The Hunley was recovered 4 miles off Charleston Harbor in August
after being lost for more than 130 years. It was discovered in May 1995 by a dive team
funded by adventure novelist Clive Cussler.
It became the world's first successful attack submarine in
February 1864 when it sank the blockade ship USS Housatonic by ramming an explosive charge
into its side.
The sub is being housed in a cold-water tank at the Warren Lasch
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A local beer is making a big move on Monday, debuting in a neighboring state for the first time.
Yuengling, brewed in Pottsville, will start being distributed in Columbus, Ohio and the northeast part of the state Monday.
The beer is expected to be shipped to other parts of the state by next month.
Ohio is the 14th state that Yuengling is distributed in.
Yuengling is the oldest beer brewer in the U.S.


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household names or guys that have dropped off their projected potential. You know the reclaim type of player.
guys that could fill a role we need that maybe they are not being used for on their current team.
any suggestions?
not suggesting that my choice isnt doing a job for his current team but
a player i think could do a job for us on the top 6 is Colin Wilson of the Preds. Im not sure if he is a UFA
or RFA at seasons end thou.
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5 Great Songs to Immediately Ruin a Party
#2. "Losing My Mind" by Liza Minnelli and Pet Shop Boys
Sounds Like: DARPA weaponizing your aunt's record collection.
I hate to be that guy, but musicians today just don't do flamboyance right anymore. Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj generally confuse being interesting with wigs. More importantly, R. Kelly hasn't compared his dick to Jurassic Park since 2007. It's the worst.
Back in 1989, this was simply not the case. No, because this was the year that the U.K. synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys produced Results, a Euro-disco album by cabaret starlet/Judy Garland offspring Liza Minnelli. In other words, this was the closest our civilization has ever gotten to building a human Voltron out of gay icons.
The lead single was "Losing My Mind," a cover of a song from a Stephen Sondheim musical maybe nine of you would recognize. AND IT WAS THE MOST DRAMATIC SONG EVER SUNG.
Holy shit, is that one dreadnought of a torch song. It combines DEFCON 1 diva vamping with a jackhammer beat you can build a bridge to. Also, it's so muscularly unsubtle that your guests will have no choice but to shut up when it's on, lest they be spontaneously mowed down by a runaway Mardi Gras float.
#1. Shooby Taylor's Entire Discography
Sounds Like: An Appalachian snake handler channeling Cthulhu, who has assumed the form of David Lee Roth.
Shooby "The Human Horn" Taylor (1929-2003) was a scat singer who fancied his vocal improvisation a reasonable imitation of jazz brass. In reality, his scatting sounded less like a trumpet and more like an Ewok applying for a homeowner's loan. But don't take our word for it -- here's his cover of a number from the 1940s Broadway musical The New Moon:
Someone transcribed this for your next karaoke night.
If only Shooby were still around to participate in the inevitable revival of Cats. ( "The m-a-a-agical Mr. Mistoffele-e-es, SHRAW SHRAW, POPPY POPPY POPPY POPPY.") The defining trait of Shooby's music isn't listenability, but inimitableness. There are thousands of performers out there in the world, all concocting tunes of varying degrees of aural elegance. Now, I don't know all of these musicians by name, but I can 100 percent guarantee you that not a single one's going out of his or her way to emulate Shooby here.
Your eardrums may initially resist the Human Horn's siren shraw, but you'll succumb once you realize that here is a man who devoted his entire life to literally shouting nonsense. That's equal parts tragic and amazing and joyous and maniac. Mind you, Shooby wasn't a once-respected scatman whose salad days were left out of the history books. No, he was kicked out of jazz clubs, ignored by his peers, and booed offstage of Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater (where he lasted less than 30 seconds).
Note that the MC refers to him as "Scooby."
Nowadays, Shooby's musical legacy is mostly confined to his website, which hasn't been updated since 2007. There, you can find the remnants of his discography on MP3. Consider Shooby a litmus test -- if his loopy cover of "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz doesn't make you grin, you're a fucking android. And if your significant other can't warm up to Shooby, you're fucking an android. And if your friends resist the clarion call of the Human Horn, you're their token meatbag.
You can find Cyriaque Lamar on Twitter, listening to Skatt Bros.


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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
The Citadel men's basketball coach Chuck Driesell has hired Justin Argenal as an assistant coach and Zavier Anderson as director of basketball operations.
The school announced the additions Monday.
Argenal spent the last two seasons on the Louisiana Tech staff. He takes over for Quinton Ferrell, who accepted an assistant's job at Army. Argenal was also with The Citadel as director of basketball operations during the 2011 season. Before that, he was a graduate assistant at Mississippi.
Anderson played basketball at Clemson and worked for the past two years as a graduate assistant at Virginia Commonwealth. He replaces Pat Rogers, who went to Notre Dame as video coordinator.
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Now, Apple has managed to
gain an upper hand over the persistent hackers according to iClarified, thanks to the release
of a new
bootrom, iBoot-359.3.2. The phone firmware, which shipped
on new iPhone 3GSs starting this week, closes previously used doors
to exploits.
A user named "Mathieulh" first noticed
the new bootrom and took a screenshot. It was subsequently
confirmed by Muscle Nerd of the iPhone Dev Team that the loss of the 24kpwn exploit would render the
iPhone unjailbreakable for the time being. This means that the unlocking fixes, such as the utility released by George Hotz, also won't work anymore as they rely on jailbreaking as a preliminary step.
For users wishing
to jailbreak, iPhone jailbreakers are hard at work trying to find
alternative exploits that could be used to unlock the phone.
They suggest, in the meantime, that users purchase older stock of
iPhones or buy refurbished units.
The iPhone 3GS was unlocked
as soon as it was released, thanks to unlockers with iPhone Developer
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along with his own methods, to publish a
route to jailbreaking the phone just weeks later.
quote: An update process does not in and of itself make a device unsecure. Only if there is a hole in that process. My computer has windows update on. Please take full control of it without me taking any action. Your logic says if I have auto updates on I can be hacked at any time right?
quote: PS3 hasn't been hacked and it looks less likely that it'll ever be hacked
quote: history suggests
quote: Look at video games consoles
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A dumpster diving technique where at least two dumpster divers drive around with one person sticking out of an SUV sunroof. This allows for easier viewing down into large dumpsters, easier lifting of dumpster lids, and increases overall efficiency.
Hey guys, trash day is this Wednesday. Who's up for a trash safari?
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November 21, 2012, 02:40 PM
Has the price of 42's gone down? Last I remember they were bouncing between 400-475, but I just saw a couple threads from early 2012 where they were only asking like 350. Were these fakes? Desperate sellers? Or has the price gone down on these things?


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A generous donation will make Christmas a lot brighter for some area children.
Hundreds of presents were dropped off at Milwaukee's Penfield Children's Center on Friday.
The gifts were donated by Kohl's employees and will be distributed at a holiday party Saturday.
"These presents mean the world to these families, and they are so grateful when they come through here and see huge bags of presents, not individual presents, but bags full," Penfield Children's Center President Chris Holmes said.
Kohl's is also giving the center $25,000 to fund other programs.


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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Real Estate Studio is pleased to host a show by sisters Sue and Nance Lee Sneddon, with an artists reception on Thursday, April 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. The show will remain at the studio from April 10 – May 20.
Sue Sneddon and Nance Lee Sneddon return to The Real Estate Studio, 214 King St., with an exhibition of new works, showcasing their different-but-complimentary painting styles. Both artists have a striking command of color and composition, deriving from a deeply-held respect for and examination of the natural world. Nance Lee works primarily with acrylics and mixed medium, while Sue employs mainly oils and pastels.
Nancy Lee Sneddon's work has an exuberant, celebratory tone, weaving images together in a tapestry-like fashion. Sue Sneddon's work includes land and seascapes that capture fleeting moments of beauty, both realistic and meditative.
The Sneddon sisters have shown together in North and South Carolina, and have had numerous solo shows nationally.
Wine and light hors d'oeuvres will be served at the artists reception. All are welcome. For more information, contact The Real Estate Studio at 722-5618.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Stetson women's tennis team continued fall competition on Thursday by opening play at the Bedford Cup in Gainesville. The Hatters won seven matches in both singles and doubles action.
The day opened with double play, and Stetson won three of its four contests. Senior Diana Bukajeva and sophomore Eveline Lepinay defeated Sablina/Kajiwara of Bethune-Cookman by a score of 8-3 the first round.
Senior Lindsey Cable and freshman Marta Gonzalez won 8-5 over Miller/Clayton of Florida Atlantic, while sophomore Andrea Crespo and senior MayaBlue Stauffer-MacDowell defeated Weymar/Cunningham of UNF 8-7 (8-6).
The three doubles pairs will play in the round of 16 on Friday.
Cable, Crespo, and Bukajeva all won first round matches in singles play, and Lepinay received a bye to the round of 32 on Friday.
Cable topped Clare Mendell of UCF 6-1, 6-4 and will challenge Maria Sablina of Bethune-Cookman in the next round. Crespo won 6-3, 6-0 against FGCU's Bettina Botha and moves on to play Kerrie Cartwright of Florida State. Bukajeva also advanced, beating Majlena Pederson of Florida State by a score of 6-3, 6-2. She will play Belinda Woolcock of Florida in the next round.
After dropping her first round match, Gonzalez won her singles consolation contest by a score of 6-4, 6-0 over Elysia Ortiz of Florida A&M.
"We had a solid first day of competition," Stetson Director of Tennis Pierre Pilote said. "Winning three of four doubles matches, with the only lost coming on a tie-breaker, shows how much our doubles have improved this fall. We had some good singles results as well."


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Before the legend of King Arthur and Camelot, there was Avalon, a beautiful island of golden vales and silver mists. A land where the lives of three powerful priestesses shape the destiny of Roman Britian as they fight to regain the magic and traditions of a once gallant past…
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The 5 Worst Error Messages in the History of Technology
#2. Check Engine Light
The Check Engine Light is kind of the Red Ring of Death for automobiles.
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"Why did we buy a car from Microsoft again?"
Well, that's maybe a bit much; when the Check Engine Light comes on, that doesn't mean your car has died. It just means it's time to put some tape over the Check Engine Light.
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Lifehacking with Cracked.
But, if you don't want your car to soon sound like someone feeding an aluminum ladder into a lawnmower, the Check Engine Light is an excellent clue that you should probably check your engine.
If only it were so easy.
Why It's So Frustrating:
It's Going to Cost You Hella Dolla Dolla Bills
The Check Engine Light might as well be a little glowing dollar sign, because cars are not known for being cheap to fix. First, there's no online forum that tells you what your Check Engine Light (illuminated, kind of yellowish) means. If you have a code scanner, you could connect it to your car and find the problem, but that's already costing you money. And that's just to find the problem, not fix it. Because there sure as fuck isn't a free program you can download that will replace your head gasket for you.
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"I would pay up to $2.99 for an app that would buy and replace an O2 sensor for a '98 Jetta. Your move, free market."
The Check Engine Light is essentially the herald of big, cash money hardware problems. And because it doesn't say much, it gets really unsettling staring at it as the miles tick by. Will it only be a couple hundred bucks to fix? Or 50 hundred bucks? Can you make it to work? Can you make it home after? That's what the Check Engine Light signifies. A world of unknown financial hurt and the possibility of getting stranded miles from your loved ones. Nothing's more worrying and frustrating than that.
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Unless you have a really unhappy home life, in which case maybe it's welcome news.
#1. Abort, Retry, Fail
For those of you that never experienced the joy of working with a DOS prompt, I'll summarize it thusly: Colons were extremely important, things disappeared off the top of the screen all the time, and if a friend suggested you try typing in "FORMAT C:" he wasn't really your friend. It combined all the excitement of making typos with the fun of eye strain, and there's a reason no one uses it any more.
Windows 98 was vastly better than this, and it was just awful.
DOS was also notable for having an error message that it would barf up essentially every time something happened, good or bad. "Abort, Retry, Fail?" was its name, and if you used DOS for more than about five minutes you were guaranteed to see it.
It'd most commonly show up if your computer was missing a disk, had too many disks, or had exactly the right number of disks.
Why It's So Frustrating:
It Became an Unsolvable Riddle
The most sinister thing about Abort, Retry, Fail? was that it gave you options. Not just an error message, but a command prompt. The situation was still under your control! Sure, two of the options seemed to be identical -- is "abort" different from "fail"? How? Also, all of the options did the exact same thing, which was this:
"Wait. Let's try "abort" again. I ... oh damnit."
There were supposedly ways around it, but not even experienced computer nerds could remember what they were. So every appearance of Abort Retry, Fail? became a new, unsolvable mystery.
Wait. A puzzle that defeated the greatest minds of an age? That sounds familiar. Abort Retry, Fail? was the Gordian Knot of computer errors.
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And putting a sword through your computer was far from the least popular way to handle it.
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So I was on my Xbox and opened up the Manga app for some good ol' Gurren Lagann. But to my dismay, it was gone! I also noticed it was gone from the YouTube channel, and iTunes as well. What the heck happened to my favorite show?! :(
Yeah, What happen to ''Gurren Lagann'', its not even on hulu
Yea me as well, was very disappointed it isn't here!
The Solution is simple enough. Try Hastings either in the store or www.gohastings.com.
My local store has a nice selection of Anime and the site is even better.
I haven't checked Barns and Noble or Books-A-Mllion but there are other stores and websites to check.
Best part is you only have to pay for it once.


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Scientists have developed a fusion protein-based system for effectively delivering small interfering RNAs to cancer. The technology developed by researchers at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital's Breast Tumor Center in China hinges on a fusion protein comprising single-chain fragmented antibodies (ScFvs) linked to peptides as a carrier for delivering Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) siRNAs into Her2+ tumors. Tests showed that the delivery approach led to the suppression of Her2+ breast cancer cell lines in vitro. In vivo studies showed that intravenous administration of the siRNA-carrier constructs slowed cancer growth, reduced metastasis, and prolonged survival in experimental mice carrying primary human tumors.
Erwei Song, M.D., and colleagues describe their technology and experimental results in Science Translational Medicine in a paper titled "Targeted Delivery of PLK1-siRNA by ScFv Suppresses Her2+ Breast Cancer Growth and Metastasis."
PLK1 is a promising target for a range of cancers including Her2+ breast tumors, and its inhibition has been shown to lead to cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and mitotic catastrophe in cancer cells. Prior studies have also indicated that suppressing PLK1 expression using siRNAS may be a promising therapeutic strategy, but problems associated with efficient and targeted delivery of siRNAs remains a major hurdle, the investigators note.
The Chinese team has previously demonstrated that a fusion protein comprising anti-Her2 ScFv and a protamine peptide (FP-5) was capable of knocking down gene expression specifically in Her2+ cells. Their latest work was designed to evaluate use of Her2-ScFv-mediated intravenous delivery of a PLK1-siRNA for inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis of Her2+ breast cancer both in vitro and in vivo.
The F5-P fusion protein comprises an anti-Her2 single-chain antibody fragment linked at its C terminus to a protamine peptide followed by a His6 tag, which bound in solution to the siRNA cargo. Initial tests using fluorescently labelled constructs confirmed that F5-P could efficiently deliver siRNA into Her2+ cells but not Her2- cells, including those isolated from surgically removed breast tumors. Importantly, while naked siRNAs were rapidly excreted, siRNA stabilized and protected by the protamine peptide were delivered directly to the cancer cells and were still detectable 72 hours later.
Encouragingly, analyses of Her2+ cell lines and Her2+ primary breast cancer cells in vitro showed that treatment using the fusion protein-siRNA complex led to reductions in levels of both PLK1 mRNA and protein levels. This was accompanied by significantly lower levels of cell proliferation and colony formation, and increased apoptosis after 72 hours. Equivalent results were obtained using a different PLK1 siRNA complexed with F5-P, "suggesting that the antitumor effect was due to PLK1 knockdown," the authors note. The correlation between tumor repression and PLK1 knockdown was confirmed through studies in cells expressing an siRNA-insenstiive PLK1, which were resistant to the active siRNA.
The investigators then tested intravenous injections of the F5-P fusion protein-delivered PLK1 siRNA in mice bearing mammary xenografts of breast cancer cell lines or primary breast cancer. PCR analyses confirmed that the treatment led to significant reductions in human PLK1 mRNA in Her2+ tumors, but not Her2- tumors, without altering Her2 expression. Notably, treatment led to a marked reduction in the growth of Her2+ human cell line-derived tumors and primary breast cancer tumors, accompanied by reduced cell proliferation and increased apoptosis.
Similarly, in a separate set of trials in an experimental model of breast cancer metastasis, F5-P/PLK1 therapy reduced the development of lung and liver metastases, and increased survival. And while siRNAs can potentially activate nonspecific inflammatory responses by binding to innate immune RNA sensors, this wasn't evident with the F5-P/PLK1 siRNA therapy either in vitro or in experimental mice. And in a final set of experiments, the researchers showed that using the carrier construct to deliver a cocktail of siRNAs targeting PLK1, CCND1, and AKT, demonstrated even greater tumor-blocking effects than PLK1 inhibition alone.
"Our findings provide preclinical support for the therapeutic potential of F5-P–delivered PLK1-siRNA for the treatment of Her2+ breast cancers," Dr. Song et al conclude. "Because of the specificity of delivery, we were able to target a gene that is essential to dividing cells, without any obvious toxicity."
The researchers suggest their method could also be adapted for the delivery of other siRNAs into cancer cells, either singly or as a mixture, providing new opportunities for personalized cancer therapy targeting an individual tumor type. Alternatively, the fusion protein's tumor targeting antibody could be switched to target delivery of siRNAs to other cancer cell types.
Moreover, they point out, "The strong antitumor effects obtained here used a first-generation preparation that has not been optimized as to the choice of targeting antibody, siRNA, or dosing regimen. It is likely that optimization could lead to even better primary tumor and metastasis inhibition."
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A pubic Toupee
A family guy reference in two episodes
A family guy reference in two episodes
Man: "Hey kid, wanna buy a merkin?"
Chris: "What's a merkin?"
Man: "Why it's a pubic toupee"
Chris: "What's a merkin?"
Man: "Why it's a pubic toupee"
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something george bush is constantly saying he is proud to be
"ah am proud, to be a merkin citezin"
作者 your ugly, i cannot tell a lie 2007年1月31日
A pubic hair piece. A toupee for the pubic area/genitals. In the 1700's when mercury was used to treat sexually transmitted diseases (Gonorrhea or Syphilis) one of the side effects was the loss of pubic hair. To disguise this condition, that was not cured by mercury, a Merkin was employed.
17th Century setting: Due to his treatment of the "French Pox" (syphilis) with mercury a merkin Gwendolyn used a Merkin to used to hide the side effects of hair loss and not alarm her husband.
作者 David W. Tuthill 2005年12月30日
imitation pubic hair. A pubic wig.
Geoffrey wore his merkin unashamedly
作者 tim 2003年5月22日
Pubic wig
He wore his merkin with pride
作者 Kal Dahl 2003年4月11日
Translated from olde english, merkin mean a pubic hair wig. Which today are very rare aliek the term itself.
Shopkeeper (1643):A mirkin for your quim, me lady?
Feminist (2005): RAPE!
Feminist (2005): RAPE!
作者 jackal8 2005年7月12日
a) A pubic wig
b) A citizen of the United States of America, particularly of the 'flyover states'
b) A citizen of the United States of America, particularly of the 'flyover states'
Ah'm prahd ter be a Merkin.
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Friday, August 9, 2013
There are so many things you think you know about being an adult before you are one: how to discipline kids, how to have a successful marriage, how you'll never turn into your own mother, get into debt, or let yourself go or drive a minivan. Life seems so easy before you've lived it.
The prospect of aging and losing your identity as a 20-something can be terrifying. I suppose that's why we make these ridiculous vows to stay the same.
As a 20-something myself I personally vowed to never, ever, ever "let myself go" or drive a minivan. (Cue the scary music.)
Well, three pregnancies in a four year span took care of "letting" myself go. I didn't "let" myself do anything. My body was taken in a hostile takeover by three small beings whose needs were greater than my own. But I held firm to my minivan stance. I was way too cool for a vehicle that could actually comfortably hold three carseats.
For the last eight years the backseat of my car has been a warzone — hostile territory. All three girls crammed so tightly together that closing the doors made the middle carseat swell up a little bit from the pressure. Whoever was in the dreaded middle seat was ground zero, touched by both sisters constantly, in charge of passing sippy cups and snacks from me to the passengers.
Road trips have been nightmares so epic, that other women have read about them and cried. (Tears of laughter at my expense, but nevertheless, tears have been shed.)
Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to test drive a minivan for 10 days and I've never been so happy to eat my own words. There was literally a button for everything: opening and closing doors, cupholders everywhere and gloriously — room for all of my children to sit comfortably without touching each other.
I realized quickly that I feel the same way about driving a minivan as I do about wearing yoga pants. (Am I about to make a yoga pants/life/ minivan analogy?? Yes. Yes, I am.)
I want to wear my yoga pants all of the time. They are comfortable, versatile and get the job done. If I run into somebody at school or the grocery store and they are dressed up all cute, I'll notice. I may even say, "Hey, lookin' good, Momma."
But don't you think, not for one, flipping second, that I wish I was wearing underwire and makeup – 'cuz that took some work and I know you aren't as comfortable as I am.
In fact, I know that as soon as you get home, the first thing you are going to do is slide your bra out the sleeve of your shirt then go put on your yoga pants – but here's the thing: I'm already wearing mine.
I want to wear my yoga pants all the time. Physically and metaphysically.
After my test drive, I spent months fantasizing about my very own minivan — with cupholders and a third row, doors that opened and closed with the press of a button and room for all of my children to be out of arms reach of each other.
A few weeks ago my dream came true and it's all that I thought it would be and more. On our most recent trip to the beach there wasn't a single squabble between my kids in the van. Everyone had their own space and their own headphones. They watched a movie (silently - The marvels of technology) while I caught up with my husband on the phone and listened to the radio in the front seat.
I am no longer ashamed to admit it. I am in a minivan mom. I'll say it loud and say it proud —if you need me, I'll be sitting in my minivan, wearing yoga pants — obviously.
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5 Reasons Legalized Marijuana Might Be Bad for Pot Smokers
It's a good time to be a marijuana smoker. Colorado and Washington have already enacted laws making weed legal for recreational use, and another 20 or so states allow it for medicinal use. With such a huge swath of the nation no longer harshing the mellow of their resident smokers, it appears the domino effect that marijuana proponents hope will lead to legalization at the federal level is finally gaining momentum.
Translation: It's just a matter of time before you're able to walk into your local 7-Eleven and buy a fat sack of Marlboro Marijuana 100's.
If you're a smoker, it's the dream you've always dreamed of, but is it really going to be the stoner utopia some people are expecting? Probably not. Here are five reasons weed smokers shouldn't be looking forward to federally legalized marijuana.
#5. Medical Marijuana Is "Legal" Enough
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Right off the bat, let me make it clear that the point of this article is not that we should go back to the days of full-on marijuana prohibition. If you knew me personally, you'd know I wouldn't make that point. That said, provided Obama cools it with kicking in dispensary doors, I'd be completely content if marijuana reform never goes beyond making it legal at the state level for medicinal use only.
The last part of the preceding sentence probably has a lot of people howling, especially weed smokers in states that don't currently have medical marijuana laws in place. If that's you, please, hear me out. Or read me out, I guess. Whatever the case, you have no reason to be upset.
For one thing, your state will almost certainly legalize medical marijuana well before it becomes "alcohol" legal at the federal level, which is what I'm arguing against in this article. I hope every state legalizes marijuana for medical use immediately. Your state will eventually.
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And then this will be you.
I'm definitely not saying that shouldn't happen, I'm just saying I want it to happen in every state and then that's as legal as marijuana ever gets.
If you're a casual user with no health conditions to speak of, though, that plan might still sound like a downer. After all, there's nothing medical about just wanting to party. Well, speaking as someone who has extensively researched the subject, let me assure you, if you don't have at least one of the "conditions" that qualify a person for a weed card, you're probably built from man-made materials and wouldn't benefit from weed's healing properties anyway.
As for everyone else, if you live in a state that allows medical marijuana, you can find a doctor willing to recommend that you smoke it to alleviate the symptoms of some bullshit malady you don't actually have.
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"Ha! I just wrote that you're not into Floyd that much."
Don't let the words "medicinal use" lead you to believe otherwise. If you can't get a weed card in a medical marijuana state, you just plain don't want to get high.
Still, getting that card is a hassle. Recreational marijuana doesn't have any such hoops to jump through, what's the point of keeping that "medicinal use only" requirement in place? Simple, if we don't ...
#4. It Won't Be "Medicine" Anymore
Well, duh, of course it won't be medicine anymore, that's the point, right? Making it easier to buy and all that good stuff? While that's true, what will it mean for people who do actually reap some benefits from using marijuana regularly? If you're the type who smokes several times a day because it "helps your depression," is labeling marijuana the "new beer" really an initiative you want to get behind? That's definitely where things are headed, as evidenced by this marijuana ad that premiered at a NASCAR event recently:
Once that happens, you're no longer that person who treats their depression with medical marijuana, you're that person who treats their depression with beer. Lots of people do that now -- we call them alcoholics. Do you think the label society will place on the habitual weed smokers of the world once Blue Dream becomes the new Coors Light will be any more flattering?
Of course it won't. People barely buy into claims of marijuana's health benefits as it is right now. Putting it on store shelves next to the Colt 45 and implying it's the same thing is definitely not going to alleviate any of those people's concerns. Even worse, that "New Beer" ad isn't the work of some misguided lone wolf marijuana activist with too much production money on his hands; it comes directly from the Marijuana Policy Project, which, according to its Wikipedia page (the only source I trust), is the "largest organization working solely on marijuana policy reform in the United States in terms of its budget, number of members, and staff."
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This is all of them!
With more and more states inching closer to allowing marijuana for medical use, the biggest pot lobby in all the land is pushing a slogan that most people will assume means there's essentially no difference between smoking weed and getting drunk. Smart!
Despite all this, one question remains. How damn great will it be when weed really is the new beer? Won't it be the best when you can just stand around at a bar or sporting event with a lit joint in your hand, just as so many others do now with an open beer?
Sure, but you're out of your damn mind if you think it will ever come to that, because ...
#3. Weed Will Be the New Cigarettes
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Whether it gives you lung cancer or not, smoking marijuana is still smoking. How many places can you smoke cigarettes right now? If you live in an apartment, you probably can't even smoke at home anymore. There are plenty of cities and towns in this country where smoking in open air places like beaches or parks is forbidden.
Simply put, people hate the smell of cigarette smoke. If you think they'll take more of a liking to weed smoke, you're dreaming. It didn't even take one year for Seattle lawmakers to start pushing for bans on public pot smoking. Residents have taken to complaining about weed smoke the same way they do cigarette smoke. Check out this quote from a concerned Seattle bus driver who complained about passengers blowing pot smoke directly in his face:
"Once that takes place, I feel inebriated, I feel lightheaded, I'm no longer safe as a bus driver to operate that bus, and I then have to notify the county to send another driver out."
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Kids these days, man.
OK, so obviously that guy either has a drug test coming up that he knows he's not going to pass or is awful at making up excuses to leave work early. Either way, that was a bad example. If you're looking for a more relevant quote from Seattle's push to ban blazing up in public, try this one:
"I'm not a tobacco smoker, I don't like walking through tobacco smoke. I would imagine non-pot smokers would feel the same way."
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Also people who hate magicians.
Is that a quote from some stuffy politician who just wants to rain on everyone's pot party? Nope, those are the words of marijuana advocate and Washington Hempfest organizer Vivian McPeak, commenting on the public pot ban.
Again, I'm definitely not saying that decriminalizing marijuana is a bad thing, but those who think it will lead to beer drinkers and weed smokers partaking in their favorite poisons side by side at the bar while watching Sunday Night Football are probably getting their hopes up a bit too ... much.
The smoke won't be the only annoying thing about legalized weed, though.


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The community will come together Wednesday night to show support for the Griego family after five members were fatally shot over the weekend.
Nehemiah Griego, 15, is charged with killing his parents and three young siblings.
Calvary of Albuquerque will hold a prayer service Wednesday at 7 a.m. The father who was slain in the shooting, Greg Griego, was once a popular pastor there.
There's a lot of support for now for both the surviving family and the suspected shooter. Tuesday night, Action 7 News received a letter from the family, showing their support for him and saying there is much more to him than you've heard so far.
A memorial fund for the family has also been set up at New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union.


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Editor: President Barack Obama and legislators on the hill are staking out positions on highway funding. President Obama is calling for immediate repairs funded in part by private investment....
There's money NOW to fix roads. Democrat governors HOARDING it as an EXCUSE to lie to you so they can RAISE MORE TAXES.
Democrats agenda is an agenda of deceit and lies. And massive taxation.
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Democrats--NEVER saw a tax they didn't like!
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Get ready for POVERTY. Manchin is right on board as Obama is for an INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. A BANK run by politicians? And democrat ones at that? Bwahahahaha......... Dems ready to give it to you once again; get ready for more TAXATION!
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Monday, November 11, 2013
The United States Postal Service invites members of the media for two Veterans Day events which will feature unveiling ceremonies for the new Congressional Medal of Honor-World War II stamps.
WHO: The U.S. Postal Service, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum and the City of North Charleston. Patriots Point is the location of the National Congressional of Honor Museum. Charleston Officer-In-Charge, Kevin Young will deliver remarks at the Patriots Point event, Veterans Day Celebration. Moncks Corner Postmaster, Kim Williams will address the North Charleston event, A Tribute To Our Veterans.
WHAT: First-Day–of-Sale event for the new Medal of Honor WWII stamps honoring the surviving recipients. The first stamps issued for living honorees. The stamp folio will be available for sale, and a special commemorative pictorial cancellation will be available at both events.
WHEN: Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11; Patriots Point, 9:30 a.m. to noon; North Charleston, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Road; North Charleston, Park Circle, 1156 E Montague Ave.
WHY: The Postal Service is issuing the stamps depicting the Medals of Honor and including photographs of the living recipients on the stamp sheet as an appropriate way to recognize the living while still paying respect to all 464 recipients whose names are included in the Medal of Honor World War II Forever stamp prestige folio. The official First-Day-of-Issue event will take place in Washington, DC on the National Mall on Veterans Day.
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"Man, look at that topless old man climbing that lamp-post. I think he's got anti-war slogans on his back"
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Wisconsin honors Hoard
Sunday, October 10, 2010, marked the first official observance of W. D. Hoard Day in the State of Wisconsin. Although this is the first official recognition of W.D. Hoard Day, in reality, Wisconsin residents have been observing this holiday for many decades as dairy continues to be a major economic driver in the Badger state's economy. Agriculture accounts for 12.5 percent of the state's economy, representing $59.16 billion and dairy accounts for $26.5 billion of that total or nearly 45 percent of agriculture's economic activity.
"Governor Hoard was a great champion of our dairy industry, and his hard work helped make Wisconsin the dairy leader it is today," said Governor Jim Doyle. "I am proud to sign this bill into law to establish Governor Hoard's birthday as a holiday," Doyle said at the bill signing earlier this year.
William Dempster Hoard was born in Stockbridge, N.Y., October 10, 1836, and he migrated to Wisconsin in 1857. An admirer of Lincoln, he traveled far to hear him debate and was among the first in his community to respond to Lincoln's call for troops in 1861. After joining the 4th Wisconsin Infantry (later cavalry), he was stricken with break-bone fever in 1862 and was forced to leave the service but re-enlisted in 1864 and served through to the end of the Civil War.
After several minor business ventures, he launched a weekly newspaper, the Jefferson County Union, at Lake Mills, in 1870. Three years later, he moved to Fort Atkinson where the newspaper has since been published. One year later, in order to combat the depletion and erosion of soil resources brought about by a one-crop system of agriculture, W. D. Hoard founded the first dairymen's association in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. One year later, he led the "seven wise men" in founding the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association. Through it the dairy industry became the backbone of a permanent, soil-building and conserving type of agriculture.
In 1873, W.D. Hoard secured a reduction in freight rates and obtained the first refrigerator car ever to ship Wisconsin cheese to eastern markets. And Wisconsin has been shipping cheese out of state ever since with 90 percent of Wisconsin's milk being turned into cheese to this very day.
In 1885, his crusading for a prosperous, soil-building agriculture prompted the founding of Hoard's Dairyman, the national dairy farm magazine. His qualities of leadership were quickly recognized by his state and the nation.
Upon being elected Governor of Wisconsin in 1888, he pioneered in the fight against food adulteration which was commonplace throughout the nation. The nation's first Dairy and Food Commission, which he created, became a defender in the public interest against the rapidly spreading malignancy of misbranding and adulteration of human food.
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, is the major legislative source for programs and initiatives administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).
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Other legislative sources for RSA programs and initiatives are:
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- The Helen Keller National Center Act of 1984, as amended by P.L. 99-506; 29 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.
RSA issues regulations to clarify, build upon or otherwise implement statutory requirements pertaining to certain programs under the Rehabilitation Act. These "program regulations" establish requirements that grantees (e.g., state agency grantees under the state VR services program) must follow, in addition to following applicable requirements in the Rehabilitation Act.
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Abbreviation of Sweet Mary Jane- Weed/ Cannabis/ marujuana/ Ganja/ Pot.
1) Dude, pass us the SMJ.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Last weeks review of top sports news for 2012 began with stories six through 10 and concludes this week with The Berkeley Independents Top 5 Sports Stories of 2012
The BIs most attention-getting and important stories represent a cross section of the best in upper Berkeley County sports from track and cross country to girls volleyball, baseball and of course, football.
5: Berkeley inducts inaugural Hall of Fame Class.
The inaugural class of the Berkeley Athletics Hall of Fame was inducted during halftime of the Berkeley-Stratford football game on Aug. 24.
The inaugural class of 15 charter members is a cross section of the 100-year tradition that is Berkeley Stags sports representing athletes, coaches, administrators and volunteers reaching back in time to before World War II. It is an unprecedented assembling of the best that have suited up in the blue and gold, a moment worthy of the tag, historic.
I am humbled to be standing before you to talk about the people youre about to meet, said athletic director Jeff Cruce to a crowd of more than 150 guests. There is sense of family here. There is such a rich tradition here.
To be called a Hall of Famer every member here represents the community, the history of Berkeley High School and the history of Moncks Corner.
Starting this Hall of Fame was Cruces idea, and next to keeping the winning tradition going it was his top priority when he came to the school last year.
We had one chance to get it right and I think with this first Hall of Fame class, I think we got it right, he said. Were playing the game against Stratford tomorrow for the people who laid the foundation of Berkeley Stags sports.
Members include longtime coach Gerald Moody, principal and coach Jim Bradley, school superintendent Henry Bonner, founder of youth football Harold Staley and 1950 Stags quarterback David Anderson, the only athlete in Stags history to have died from injuries sustained on the field of play.
Other Hall of Fame inductees include Usha Gilmore and Ryan Stewart from the 1990s, Benji Motte and Mike Dingle from the 1980s, Clarence Williams and Ronald Aiken from the 1970s, Butch Watson and Francis Wilson from the 1960s, and Bobby Dellinger and Watson Mims from the 1950s.
4 Stags capture District 7 championship
The Berkeley Stags baseball team defeated Cane Bay twice to capture the 3A District 7 Championship. The back-to-back wins came on Cane Bay's home field before a capacity crowd.
With bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Berkeley reliever Sterling Fiddie delivered the crippling knockout punches, striking out the side to preserve the Stags 2-1 win and bringing the teams first-ever district championship home to Moncks Corner.
You can have your region championships, said Coach Landy Cox of Cane Bays second Region 7AAA championship, claimed at the expense of his Stags. Ill take a district championship over 10 region titles anytime.
The Stags improbable run through the Class AAA playoffs that culminated in the District 7 championship came to an end as BHS fell 12-0 to the Chapin Eagles in the elimination game of the Class AAA Lower State Final Four.
If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that this team would be playing in the Lower State Final Four after winning a district championship, I wouldnt have believed you, said Cox.
3: St. Johns Cavaliers advance to SCISA 8-Man state championship game.
Their season may have ended with a loss to Wardlaw Academy 58-42 in the championship game, but 2012 was a great year for the St. Johns football team.
The Cavaliers, hoping to claim their first state championship in three tries, kept pace with the Patriots before eventually falling.
SJCA made it to the 8-man finals in 2004 and 2005. The Cavaliers played 11-man football from 2008 to 2011.
It was a long road, said Coach Bill McCall. We worked really hard to get here and we played our hearts out. We just came up a little short.
2: Gators disqualified from playoffs
The Goose Creek Gators disqualification from the Class AAAA Div. II playoffs and subsequent court battle was the most unlikely story appearing in The Independents sports pages this year.
When the team that everyone assumed would be state champions was kicked out of the playoffs, it was a shock to the county and state.
The unbeaten Gators ranked No. 1 in the state and as high as No. 11 in the country, were removed from the playoffs for the second time in a week for using an ineligible player, a former BHS student. The South Carolina High School League Executive Committee voted 14-0 to uphold the leagues original ruling, and a mercy vote also went against the Gators, 12-2.
The decision ended a week-long effort by GCHS Principal Jimmy Huskey, football coach Chuck Reedy and the school district to give the Gators a chance to defend their Class AAAA Div. II championship.
The ordeal began Nov. 12 when Huskey was checking winter sports eligibility and discovered that a student transcript used at the beginning of football season was incomplete. It showed different information from what was originally available in August, and Huskey self reported the potential violation.
An extra year was added to the transcript, meaning the student-athlete in question, a special needs student on a non-diploma track, would have used up his eight semesters of athletic eligibility at the end of the 2011-12 school year.
A day later, Goose Creek was forced to forfeit its 48-7 playoff victory over Conway by SCHSL Commissioner Jerome Singleton.
1: Cross Trojans win state title
The Cross Trojans ran the football all the way to the Class A Div. II state championship in 2012.
Buoyed by three touchdowns each by Devontae Shepherd and Dionte Evans, the Trojans dispatched the McCormick Chiefs 38-26 with clinical precision to win their first championship in school history. The game was played at Benedict College in Columbia.
This is a great day for Cross and a great day for the Cross community, said CHS Head Coach Shaun Wright. We were resilient. We battled all year. We never gave up.
The Trojans fielded a lethal running game, led by Shepherd and the twins Dionte and Diamonte Evans, all juniors. Shepherd and the Evans brothers lined up behind senior quarterback Branford Halls, the field general that drove this juggernaut offense.
Devontae Shepherd and Dionte Evans have emerged as two of the premier running backs in the state, Wright said. They are both legitimate prospects.
Against McCormick the Trojans ran for 354 yards on 36 carries, a 9.3 yard average, nearly a first down every time a Trojan running back touched the football.
Branford Halls made the statement prior to this season that he would not graduate without bringing home the State Championship, Wright said. These guys were freshman we I got here and we have all grown together.
Wright added that success is a community effort.
I am smart enough to know that no one person gets the credit, but it's the effort of these kids, coaches and parents, he said. I know the expectation will be greater but we have to remember we are a small school and a few bad apples can hurt the program. Pride has been established back here and we just look to compete in all sports with the notion that we can win a state championship.
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Jize Layo screwed the pooch for his new film, "Jize Layo does a dachsund IV"
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Past tense of making a major mistake
"Man, I really screwed the pooch when I talked to my boss while I was druck last night."
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Another way of saying "blew it" or "messed up".
"You really screwed the pooch on that one dude".
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The act of really messing things up.
Damn, i really screwed the pooch on that one.
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A way in which to describe a mistake or blunder.
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To commit a blatant heinously humiliating error.
When he got drunk and took on the ninja, he really screwed the pooch.
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to screw up
Boy who ever approved the new Big Tex design really screwed the pooch!
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There's something about the end of one year and beginning of another that begs the question: What's changing?
When it comes to home furnishings, it's no different.
Most people have more than a passing interest in how much their personal spaces reflect broader home furnishing trends, something that reflects society's mood.
Bold and optimistic
So, what's in and what's out for 2014?
"Americans seem ready to infuse their surroundings with optimistic, bold, mood-changing color," says Jackie Hirschhaut, vice president of the American Home Furnishings Alliance.
Intense blues dominated among furnishing colors introduced at the fall High Point Market for furniture in North Carolina, she says.
While Hirschhaut acknowledged global color authority Pantone's recent prediction of Radiant Orchid as its pick for 2014 color of the year, she also called it a cousin to blue. And she noted Benjamin Moore Paints' choice of a lighter shade of blue, called Breath of Fresh Air, for its 2014 color of the year.
When it comes to neutrals, gray continues to get top billing, Hirschhaut says.
In addition, all the gold and bronzes being seen suggest they will pass silver as the decorating metal of choice. That's true whether its an iridescent finish on fabric and leather, bronzed hardware, metallic wood or something else.
At Morris Sokol on King Street, design consultant Christ Fulp is seeing gray, too.
"The color gray is huge in fabrics, paint and wood stains," he says. If an items comes in two colors, gray and another color, the gray sells first.
Sectionals is something else that is popular, and they sell as fast as sofas, Fulp says.
Matched sets of furniture also are out.
For example, mixing dining chairs from one furniture group, with a dining table from another, is in, he says. That holds true even when their finishes are different.
Television armoires are out as homeowners place their sets on walls, over fireplaces and on consoles. Many manufacturers no longer make armoires, Fulp says.
Comfort and luxury
Leigh McAlpin, co-owner of Dwelling on King Street, says the perfect combination of comfort and luxury is on the minds of many who are selecting home furnishings. Homeowners are focusing on linen for upholstery and bedding, mohair and silk fleece for blankets and throws, and plush wool and silk rugs.
In addition, her clients also are interested in knowing who makes a piece and what their working conditions are, McAlpin says. They want to know what materials are used and if they were acquired and processed in an environmentally friendly manner. They also ask how versatile and timeless pieces are.
"Consumers are immensely interested in where goods are made and are focused on both locally made, and on a broader scale, American-made products," McAlpin says.
Duval Acker at Kitchens by Design in Mount Pleasant says one major kitchen trend is colored appliances.
Acker, a certified master kitchen and bath designer, says unlike times past, when one popular color, such as avocado or harvest gold would be widely available, there is an array of colors.
Some homeowners and designers are starting to feel that stainless steel appliances have had their day, she says.
When it comes to cabinets, the movement across the country is toward darker, richer colors, says Acker, also a member of American Society of Interior Designers. But in Charleston, white is still preferred.
"Countertops are kind of up in the air," Acker says. "Around here, we've seen enough granite to last a life time. And new quartz designs are being introduced by companies all the time. While those have the design properties of granite, they don't require the special care that it does."
At Celadon Home in Mount Pleasant, assistant buyer Grace Toland is spotting a number of growing trends, including bone inlay, brass finishes and textures such as shagreen, an untanned skin from a shark, seal or horse that has small round granulations.
She's also seeing a lot more Lucite pieces and tassels and pom pom accents.
On the way out, are cowhide and patchwork rugs and chevron patterns.
Texture may not be everything, but it's just about everywhere, says Trudy Mercy Brown, owner of bluecopper Interiors in Mount Pleasant.
At the High Point market, Brown saw everything from textured fabrics to distressed and peeling painted finishes.
The worn look will be prevalent during 2014, says Brown. It's a look that suggests the pieces were collected over time. Many of the pieces also have metal accents
The reuse and recycle trend continues to grow, Brown says. Furniture manufacturers are using reclaimed wood. Consignment shops are busy selling to homeowners who repurpose home furnishings. More kitchens and baths are featuring recycled glass or oyster shell counters.
Reach Wevonneda Minis at 937-5705.
Hues similar to Pantones 2014 Color of the Year, Radiant Orchid, include Persuasive Plum, seen on the chair from Vanguard Furniture.×
Matched sets are fading out as homeowners combine pieces from different collections such as the chairs and table by Four Hands shown here.×
Blues such as the lapis on this tall chest from Century Furniture can energize an environment.×
The tufted velvet headboard, silk bedding, alpaca pillows and silver-leafing on tables shown here provide the luxurious comfort some are seeking.×