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Incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown says Republican challenger Josh Mandel has ignored his job as state treasurer. The 35-year-old Mandel says Brown has been on his job too long and Washington needs new blood.
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The last time we saw the Black and Gold on the gridiron, Tim Tebow was stunning the Blitzburgh Nation with a 300-plus yard passing performance and a one-play overtime playoff win.
Tebow has taken his Superman costume to the Big Apple while many veteran Steelers have retired. Gone are future Hall of Famer Hines Ward, as well as defensive rocks James Farrior and Aaron Smith. The youth movement is on in Pittsburgh.
This can play out two ways: It will be good if the inexperienced players hit the ground running. It will be bad if they have early-season jitters as the 2012 first-half schedule is daunting.
Let's take a look at both sides of the ball.
Big Ben Roethlisberger is hands-down the captain of the offense. He's entering his ninth season as well as the prime of his career. Much has been made of the relationship he will have with new offensive coordinator Todd Haley. If both can keep focus on the big picture, this marriage can work.
Ben has a plethora of excellent receivers.
Mike Wallace ended his holdout last week and will be in uniform tonight. While it may take him a game or two to get back into gear, his speed cannot be matched. Playing in a contact year should elevate his game. Third-year man Antonio Brown is coming off a Pro Bowl and the signing of a five-year $42.5 million extension. He provides the steadiness and reliability to Wallace's flare. He may be the best of the bunch. Emmanuel Sanders and Jerricho Cotchery will round out the top four.
Rashard Mendenhall looks to be well ahead of schedule with his knee rehab and may be dressed tonight. I do not feel he should be rushed. But the Steelers do need him to have better success in the run game. Isaac Redman is a dependable and good backup who could get the bulk of the load at the beginning of the season. He has been banged up throughout the preseason. With Haley's belief in using the run game more, Jonathan Dwyer could also be used in short-yardage situations. Rookie Chris Rainey looks to be an awesome third-down back and return man.
Once again, the offensive line will be the key. Rookie Guard David DeCastro looked to be moving into the starting lineup smoothly. Then disaster struck in Buffalo. The Steelers kept him available for the end of the season, which is a positive sign.
Veteran Max Starks and Marcus Gilbert will man the tackle spots. Ramon Foster and Willie Colon will handle the guard positions while the best of the bunch is center Maurkice Pouncey. Let's hope this unit can rise to the occasion and open holes while keeping Ben upright.
It will be strange not to see No. 51 manning the middle of the Blitzburgh defense. Farrior rode off into the sunset. In his place is a rising star in Lawrence Timmons. Veteran Larry Foote will provide balance beside Timmons.
A big question mark is the health of OLB James Harrison. He is recovering from preseason knee surgery. His relentlessness and obsession with getting to the quarterback is much needed in defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau's scheme. LaMarr Woodley is a beast opposite Harrison. These two together can cause damage to opposing offenses.
The front three has much youth with Ziggy Hood, Cameron Haywood and Steve McLendon. These three will be the unit of the future. Casey Hampton, now 35, will start tonight at nose tackle while proven veteran Brett Keisel gets the call at right end.
The biggest question mark this season will be the secondary.
Yes, Troy Polamalu is back and will surely be all over the field. Corner Ike Taylor will again be covering the opponent's best receiver. But are Keenan Lewis and Cortez Allen ready to step to the forefront? Can Ryan Mundy play a good centerfield in Ryan Clark's absence. This unit needs to pick up the turnovers compared to 2011.
Tonight Pittsburgh heads back to the scene of the crime - Invesco Sports Authority Field in Denver. Awaiting them will be none other than Peyton Manning. The Steelers have had past success against him and will look to get after him early and often tonight.
I think Ben outduels Manning, and the defense gets two key turnovers.
Tonight: Pittsburgh 27, Denver 20.
Season prediction: 11-5 and AFC North Division champions.
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A 23-year-old Buffalo father was sentenced Thursday to five years in state prison for injuries he inflicted on his 8-week-old son.
Mark Bridenbaker of Indian Church Road, who pleaded guilty last month to reckless assault of a child, had faced between two and seven years in prison or probation.
"These are horrible cases with more than one victim," Erie County Judge Kenneth F. Case said.
District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III said he wished the "shaken baby statute" carried tougher penalties.
While not criticizing the judge's sentence, Sedita said, "This kind of conduct should be a higher, more punitive felony."
The infant was hospitalized in May for 13 days, including eight days in a pediatric intensive care unit.
The baby suffered multiple broken ribs and had to undergo a blood transfusion.
The alert mother sought medical treatment for her infant because "his cry did not sound right," said Rosanne E. Johnson, chief of the Special Victims Bureau at the District Attorney's Office.
The infant faces an uncertain future because of a brain injury, she said.
The child's mother did not appear in court because she "could not bear to see the defendant's face," she added.
In a letter to the judge, the mother said, "He deserves to serve at least five years in prison." She also wrote that she would prefer Bridenbaker serve as many years in prison as her son is disabled.
The judge said he could not ignore the force that was required to inflict such injuries.
He also noted that Bridenbaker did not reveal to medical personnel what happened to the infant – information that would have helped them treat the infant.
"You could and should have been a voice for this little baby," Case said. "You failed to do so."
"There is no sentence I can impose today that will turn back the hands of time," he added. "I wish I could do that."
Bridenbaker said he did not mean to hurt his son.
"I feel terrible for what I have done," he said at the sentencing hearing.
He said he hopes one day to "make things better" for the child.
Defense lawyer John R. Nuchereno asked the judge to consider his client's background. He called Bridenbaker a "special needs individual" who has had "functional limitations."
Bridenbaker will not find the help he needs in a state prison, Nuchereno said.
The defense lawyer asked the judge to impose a county jail sentence and then probation.
"Clearly, Mark needs some help. He's needed help since he was born," Nuchereno said.
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"Often precompetitive research, focused on disease understanding, uses a consortium, a virtual organization," explained Anthony Rowe, Ph.D., principal research scientist, external innovation R&D IT, Janssen. "Data-collection and results-management technologies must be diffused across all of the organizations."
There are currently several hundred ongoing collaborative studies worldwide and little existing technology that can be deployed across multiple institutions to track samples. Typically, the classical LIMS biobanking software is tied to a specific enterprise and does not support consortium-based research.
The quality management of a collaborative scientific research environment is challenging enough without highly ineffective sample-tracking methods intervening. Different institutions are tackling different parts of the scientific problem, and samples can be at a variety of places. Without global visibility of the entire consortium, identification of quality problems and bottlenecks is difficult.
"Biosamples are critical elements of precompetitive research," said Dr. Rowe. "Sample management should be viewed similar to supply chain management. Consortia need infrastructure to manage samples across the virtual enterprise just like they need a research database to collate all of their scientific results. LIMS work fantastically well within a single enterprise, but you want to provide sample tracking across multiple enterprises.
"If there are systematic problems, you need to identify and rectify them, and monitor samples as they go through the study network. Up-front sample issues affect downstream data analysis. The entire project can be jeopardized by small differences in how samples are handled and processed. We use barcodes to track sample movement along with a paper trail. This gives us the capability to track even if the samples are sent to a third group," he continued.
"Transmart, an open-source translational data warehouse, developed as a Janssen in-house solution, is often deployed as the results' data warehouse. We realized early on that if we made Transmart open source we could enable better-quality science. There would be a single research database. Funding would go to the sciences, and not IT," concluded Dr. Rowe.
In Europe, the BBMRI (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure) was funded as a preparatory project to develop plans for a pan-European network of biobanks.
"A network of biobanks is just one component of a biobanking network. Future research needs require distinct networks to work together. A biobanking network is a network of networks," discussed Martin Yuille, Ph.D., joint director, Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, University of Manchester.
"These networks include experts in managing all the varied data types—clinical, environmental, experimental, and so on. Then there are groups of public and private funders, technology providers, and governance experts. All this expertise is essential to a biobanking network.
"It is complicated. Existing medical information classification systems, such as HL7 and SNOMED, are useful and allow flexibility, but not everyone follows them. In addition, samples are processed in varied ways using different instrumentation. Standards have to be consensual between all stakeholders, and those stakeholders need to include instrument manufacturers.
"Networking processes—sharing standards and allowing each network to focus on its strengths, and coordinating all this—will produce the biobanking network needed for future competitive research and cost efficiency."
An example is the University of Manchester hub-and-spoke pilot project. Accrual and initial sample stabilization takes place in the spokes, such as hospitals, while the final processing, storage, and retrieval is undertaken centrally in the hub. This organizational set-up provides the opportunity for large-scale sample management and allows division of labor and role differentiation. Each stakeholder does what they do best.
"Running a biobank requires high-quality, consistent sample management, cost effectiveness, and associated data management. Running a biobanking network requires a new combination of skills—lab methods research, informatics, and organizational research. There is no Big Bang solution to move from the current fragmented landscape toward a coordinated one.
"Change management is essential to remove barriers. The biomedical research community needs to reach out to experts in the humanities for help, to political scientists, sociologists, and economists, and we need to engage the public in research around their health," concluded Dr. Yuille.
Last month, Tim Sheehy, director, global genomics, Promega, presented a webinar on "Biobanking in 2012: Careful Selection of the Proper Tools to Increase Productivity."
Sheehy pointed out that every biobank has a different set of customers and downstream applications for which it must supply samples. He added that there are always multiple solutions to address needs around productivity.
"A major challenge to making any kind of improvement is to change the mindset that biobanks are just freezers, refrigerators, and file cabinets into one that highlights the translational importance of the samples being managed," he said. "Continuing to strive for quality samples is key to both productivity and building lab services."
Sheehy outlined a few first steps to consider to strengthen a biobank operation. First, carefully examine the entire existing process. To improve productivity, one needs to really know the existing process from cradle to grave. Specifically, determine how samples are:
"A thoughtful review will help you prioritize what can be done based on ease and cost," he explained.
Second, examine quality standards further upstream on sample handling and prequalification. Ensuring quality samples is challenging at best if there are little to no standards set for sample collection and submission. Consider encouraging the six sigma approach for prequalification of samples as part of the sample-handling workflow.
"Such practices can reduce costs, centralize controls for assuring quality and improving process metrics, and manage expectations of real-time sample availability and fit-for-intended-use annotations," said Sheehy.
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Careful examination of existing processes and setting expectations on how improvements will impact your lab is critical. Then, some initial steps for improving productivity should be explored:
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As a U.S. Army Veteran('87-'04), I've noticed a very disturbing trend to see most of our news outlets putting out misinformation about our rights since the Sandy Hook incident. I feel its our (my) duty to send this email with a link that I believe folks should be aware of.
I would really like to know where our county sheriff stands on this issue. I think it would at least get folks to do some thinking.
It's not gouging, it's free market
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Recently, in the gun industry things have been crazy. I'm not talking about the shootings. We've all read plenty on all of those. I'm talking about the industry itself and specifically prices. Most people have heard about the long lines at shows. What you haven't heard much about is how the prices have skyrocketed.
I'm sure it's been mentioned here and there and I'm sure it's not a shock, even to those who weren't aware. Any semi automatic rifle (so called assault weapons for the liberals) has basically doubled in price over the last three months. Inventory is down across the board. Demand is through the roof.
What's my point, right? This happens every time the government starts talking about banning anything.
Well, at gun shows, on discussion forums, on buy/sell/trade forums there is a pretty consistent sentiment around. Price gouging!
We all want change right? The Right certainly does from the current administration, and I've even encountered many who are sick of the GOP. The Left wants change, they voted for it in '08. As of 2013 they just haven't realized they haven't got it yet. But we all claim to want it in some way or another. Bottom line is, if we want to get there, we have to start thinking differently.
This isn't a new concept, but in the world we find ourselves in, it's far too rare a concept. What is happening in the gun market is not price gouging, it is free market economics. We don't understand this anymore, don't lie to yourself, even those who say they understand the free market constantly vote for politicians who despise the free market and you willingly participate in the antithesis of it. Again, a very simple and not revolutionary concept, demand goes up, inventory down, prices up.
The problem is Walmart. I'm no hater of Walmart (I hate the game, not the player, they've played it well), and I do shop there on occasion. But we've become so entitled, all of us have. We want those low prices! And we want manufacturing jobs here! We need jobs, we need industry! But we want the low prices, and a good wage, and benefits! Don't you see you can't have it all? Do you ever look around your house and see all of the useless junk you have? Remember grandma and grandpa's house not having nearly as much useless stuff?
Back in the golden age of industry in this country, people bought quality goods at a fair price from many different people. More jobs, more money flowing. Fast forward to now, we buy junk goods at low prices from a few entities. On top of it, we complain that all the jobs are gone and that the only ones available are at Walmart.
In the gun market right now, you're buying what someone is valuing their property at. What you think it is worth doesn't mean anything to the seller, what it is worth to you is what you'll pay for it, but that doesn't mean it's worth the same to him. You can't assume to know what they have invested in it. To call someone a price gouger over their own property illustrates the problem. It's what the box stores and big government has created. You think you're entitled to that low price. On a site like Gunbroker.com (e-bay for guns, again, for the liberals), if someone's price is too high no one bids on it. It's that simple. Back in the day, if your prices weren't on par with your competition, you'd go out of business. Now these box stores are "too big to fail." Don't you think Walmart would get bailed out if they got themselves in trouble? They employ a lot of voters.
So many little things stem from some bigger issues. We've lost what made this country great in our ideology. We haven't lost it in the people, we're constantly blaming people. This country is still full of great people, but we have to start thinking differently. If we don't, we're toast, we'll just talk about change forever and continue to take the same actions. And I mean about everything.
If you want to see some real change, start getting behind Rand Paul 2016. If he is going to have a real shot, it has to start now.
P.S. to the liberals, make no mistake, Rand Paul is not a Republican. He is a Libertarian, he just has to play the game. I suggest you read up on what being a Libertarian is all about, what do you have to lose? I guarantee it's not many more trillion.


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Everyone knows that having a newborn baby is a hellish, sleep-deprived ordeal that is quickly forgotten when your baby grows into a "TV newborn" who smiles and laughs and melts your heart every time he does something, also known in the real world as a 3-month-old. Many kind people attempt to offer words of consolation to the sufferers during those first difficult months but get viciously snapped at for their efforts. Part of this is because new parents are irritable folks with half their brain functions temporarily disabled, and part of it is that these words of consolation are bad. Here I will explain how some common attempts to be helpful are in no way helpful.
Note: I keep referring to a hypothetical baby as a "he" because my baby is a "he," and that's what I automatically think of. It's not because of the patriarchy or anything.
#5. "You'll Never [Something You Like to Do] for Another 18 Years!"
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Do you like to have sex, go to a nice restaurant, or sleep until 10 a.m.? It will be 18 years of hard time before you do it again, these people say.
How They're Trying to Help: Well-meaning people are trying to prepare you for what's ahead so you don't get taken by surprise and go into a week-long catatonic shock one day, I guess. I think there's also an element of "welcome to the club," where they want to let you know that there will be someone there to commiserate with during your future suffering, a fellow inmate who understands your unrequited yearnings for sleeping in or Michelin-starred dining. So they're trying to be nice in advance.
How It Does Not Help at All: First of all, half of these things are, like rumors of Jackie Chan's death, grossly exaggerated. At some point between your child's birth and 18th birthday, odds are that you will, at least once, find a babysitter so the two of you can have a "date night," if you know what I mean. Also, it's pretty normal for many babies to sleep 12 hours overnight at some point, and at varying ages well before 18 your child will be able to go to a restaurant with you, then later take care of himself while you go to a restaurant, and eventually work at a restaurant so he can buy you dinner at a better restaurant.
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It only feels like this most of the time. Shit, wait, some of the time. Wow, it's pretty hard to take this advice!
Even when these deprivations do come true for you, it's much easier to cope with them one at a time as they crop up. You simply encounter the problem, you go, "Arrrrrgh, nnnngh, I didn't know I was going to have to deal with this, everything sucks, life sucks, I don't believe in God anymore," and then a week later you get used to it and you're like, "OK, I guess this is part of the routine now, whatever."
I know that, when I was a kid, if someone had told me that when I grew up there would be no more recess -- that when you take a break at work there is no playground to go play on -- I would have been miserable. I would have thought, "How can a human being endure doing work from 9 to 5 with no opportunities to hang upside down or play tetherball?" But today I am not the miserable wretch my younger self would have pictured. We have no monkey bars, but I enjoy taking a walk or talking to my co-workers just fine. I still hop on a swing every time I'm near a park, but I guess I'm not as hopelessly addicted to it as my younger self thought, and withdrawal in fact does not cause death.
Like Cloverfield, the preview stops you in your tracks, but the actual thing actually turns out to be pretty anticlimactic.
#4. "Breast-Feeding Always Works if You Try Hard Enough!"
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It's always this perfect.
How They're Trying to Help: Everyone accepts that breast milk is the best food for babies, but half of all new mothers quit breast-feeding after a few weeks. So naturally, helpful people want to encourage moms to not give up. Since breast-feeding is natural, it's always going to work if you try hard enough, they assume.
How It Does Not Help at All: Well, sometimes it just doesn't. Different sources estimate that anywhere from 2 to 5 percent of mothers physically cannot produce enough milk for their babies. Past that 2 to 5 percent, there's another subgroup that technically can produce enough milk if they push themselves, in the same sense that an average guy might technically be able to deadlift a log twice his body weight in an adrenalin-charged emergency. For example, if his best friend was trapped under the log in a burning building and he was willing to injure himself trying to lift it. (As Cracked readers are generally more ripped than the average person, you can substitute whatever weight would have that effect.)
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A typical Cracked reader at age 5.
The time the "your body will naturally make enough milk" mantra starts sounding accusatory and discouraging is after a mom has tried everything and it's taken its toll. When I came to this point, I had been trying all sorts of things: feeding 30 minutes every two hours all day and night, taping tubes onto the nipple to sneak milk into the baby's mouth, and in between that, pumping with a human milking machine and trying every stupid herb and weird food that people suggested. The baby cried every time he was put on the boob, because he's not dumb and he knew it was mostly empty. I also cried, because my nipples were raw and blistered and bleeding and it was agony whenever he latched on.
To go back to the log analogy, this is the moment where the guy is exhausted and his body is falling apart from trying to rescue his best friend. He's got a dislocated shoulder, and every attempt is torture. He is going to keep trying because this is his best friend, just like I'm going to keep trying because it's my baby. He is probably also going to be a bit discouraged if someone just shrugs and says, "Well, that's what your muscles were made to do. It should be the most natural thing in the world," because how did that person get there and why isn't he helping? But also, that's not a real encouraging thing to say.
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"Hey, man, when do you think you're going to finish up in there?"
"It's not a really big deal," that kind of talk implies. "Any jerk off the street could do it. You're probably not trying very hard."
Everybody's different, but if I was that guy, I'd be encouraged if someone shouted, "Get out of there! You're crazy!" Maybe the trapped friend goes, "Go! Save yourself! I know you did your best!" I already wanted to save my friend, but now that everyone thinks I'm nuts for doing it and it can't be done, I also feel like it would be a totally insane, heroic thing to do. I would make more endorphins and shout "PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY!" and rip that log in half.
Paradoxically, sometimes telling people it's OK to quit is exactly what they need to not quit, because you're also telling them you're impressed by what they've done already and that continuing to try would be going above and beyond. I personally started my turnaround when I accepted that it would be OK if I failed. We actually bought a Costco-size can of formula. Somehow it brought me peace. Then I went back at it with a vengeance, and I fed that damn baby nothing but breast milk until the six-month mark, exactly like the God damn books say.
A lot of people want to avoid any kind of negative talk about breast-feeding because they think it'll make people quit faster, but when you're in the midst of the horror show that is a bad breast-feeding situation, what you really need to keep going is people willing to believe you're giving it 110 percent and you've paid more than your dues, not wondering why you're being so whiny about something anyone can do.
#3. "Babies Can't Get Bored!"
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This baby is watching The English Patient.
If you've ever done an Internet search for why your baby is bored, you'll find that experts constantly insist that babies can't get bored.
How They're Trying to Help: I'm not really sure what the end goal of this "babies can't get bored" conspiracy is, unless there is a group of people determined to bore babies to death. I guess one motivation is that people are afraid you're going to put your baby in front of the TV if they admit he might be bored.
How It Does Not Help at All: If a baby cannot be bored, then whenever he gets tired of whatever he is doing, something else must be the problem. Maybe he doesn't like being left alone. Maybe he needs a nap. Maybe he is concerned about rising income inequality in this country. You try to address all these things, but none of them help because he is frickin bored.
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"I have to disagree, Mom; I feel unemployment is a far more telling indicator than the Dow's performance."
I am not demanding that I be allowed to put him in front of the TV. I could take him on a walk. I could give him another toy to play with. I could call the dog over and order him to act stupid. I could sing a song. I'm pretty sure these are good things for babies, and I'm pretty sure a lot of parents will give them a try if you allow the possibility that the baby might be bored. Not every parent is just champing at the bit to put on Dora the Explorer the moment you give them the slightest opportunity, forcing you to lie to them to keep them in line.
Not only does it not help, it can hurt. If I take my baby to someone's house and I believe he can't get bored, why shouldn't I just drop him in a cardboard box and give him a pacifier instead of taking him around to watch people and look at the different rooms? Babies can get bored, and you should help them out by interacting with them and letting them look at different real-world things. Is that so hard to say? Are we so scared of TV that we have to oversimplify this?


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on September 17, 2012 - 12:11 PM
, updated September 17, 2012 at 2:03 PM
JAMESTOWN - An overnight standoff between police and a man wanted on an outstanding warrant ended peacefully after the suspect surrendered, police said.
The situation began shortly before 1 a.m. Monday when a patrol officer with the Jamestown Police Department spotted David R. Olson, 48, of Jamestown walking on Pennsylvania Avenue and attempted to take him into custody on the outstanding warrant.
Police said Olson ran from the officer and went into a residence at 223 Pennsylvania.
Authorities learned that Olson armed himself with a shotgun and was refusing to come out of the home peacefully.
The Jamestown SWAT team was called in, along with the Critical Incident Negotiations Team.
Olson surrendered shortly after 9 a.m. Officers secured Olson shotgun and took him to the city jail where he was charged on the outstanding warrant and obstructing governmental administration.


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PARIS, 14 March 2012 - "Agribusiness for Africa's Prosperity", published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), was today awarded the annual prize for the best book dealing with the economies of French-speaking countries (Le Prix FFA-Turgot).
The prize, presented by France's Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Pierre Lellouche, honours books dealing with issues related to the economies of French-speaking countries and helping to popularize thinking on economic matters. The award-winners are selected by the Francophone Business Forum (Forum Francophone des Affaires, FFA), an organization founded in 1987 by the governments of French-speaking countries to enhance relations and cooperation between public and private sectors.
UNIDO Director General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, who is one of the book's authors, expressed his thanks to the Francophone Business Forum for selecting the publication and for recognizing the authors' efforts to promote agribusiness in Africa. "Agribusiness holds great promise for Africa's development prospects, and it is in this context that our team of renowned international experts has analyzed the challenges and opportunities, as well as the potential for this economic transformation to take place," said Yumkella.
The book examines agribusiness as a dynamic source of sustainable prosperity in Africa. It adopts a value-chain approach, linking all actors in farming, agricultural input industries, agro-industry, raw material-processing equipment and agribusiness services related to finance, marketing, distribution and logistics.
"Agribusiness is Africa's way out of poverty, and, as a continent, we need to refocus our agricultural and economic growth strategies." said Patrick Kormawa, another of the authors, who is director of UNIDO's regional office in Abuja, Nigeria. "Our policymakers and development partners must target interventions along the entire agribusiness value chain and not just agriculture on a stand-alone basis".
UNIDO was represented at the award ceremony by Jean-Claude Plana, head of UNIDO's Investment and Technology Promotion Office in France.
The publication is available both in English and French and can be downloaded here
For more information, please contact:
Mikhail Evstafyev
UNIDO Advocacy and Communications Coordinator
Telephone: (+43-1) 26026-5021
Mobile: (+43-699) 1459-7329


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Several local families were painfully reminded earlier this week of the dangers of speeding and how quickly things can go wrong.
A two-car collision on Kettle Road in Tyrone Township claimed the life of 18-year-old Jordan Dodson of Altoona.
Our condolences go out to his family.
Three others in the car with Dodson, including the driver, 20-year-old Susana Jean Montero Schezzini of Altoona, were hospitalized.
Montero Schezzini had been listed in fair condition at UPMC Altoona hospital, but two other passengers - 21-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Sweeney of Altoona and 18-year-old Emily Ann Kissell of Bellwood - were hurt more seriously.
Sweeney remains in critical condition, and Kissell, who was in serious condition, has been upgraded to fair condition.
State police reported Montero Schezzini was driving south on Kettle Road at a high rate of speed.
Her vehicle, a 1998 Nissan, crashed into a 2004 Chevrolet Impala driven by Kaylee Danielle Harper, 26, of Tyrone.
Amazingly and thankfully, no one in Harper's vehicle, which included her two sons - one 2 years old, one just 2 weeks old - was seriously injured. But the harrowing trauma they witnessed and experienced is significant and unforgettable.
The stretch of road in which the accident took place is known for speeding, and we hope authorities will take further measures to raise awareness.
Two of the people involved - Dodson and Kissell - just graduated from high school, Dodson from Altoona, Kissell from Bellwood.
We extend our thoughts to all of the victims and families involved and can only hope the accident provides another reminder, however painful, to obey speed limits and drive with caution.


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2012-13 Men's Basketball Digital Guide Now Available
The digital guides, which Ball State began producing in 2009-10, are interactive, featuring videos and links to bios, statistics, etc., which are updated regularly.
Ball State was one of the first schools in the country to go completely digital with its media guides. This is the fourth year in a row the Cardinals have teamed with 180 Communications to produce them.
Click here for a library of the Ball State digital media guides for all sports.


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Heart of America Dairy Expo January 25-26, 2013
Heart of America Dairy Expo January 25-26, 2013
The statewide dairy convention in Missouri is expanding to a regional convention called the Heart of America Dairy Expo January 25-26, 2013 in Springfield, Missouri.
"We are really excited to offer dairy farmers in the Midwest an alternative for educational programming closer to home and directed to our needs," says Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) President Larry Purdom of Purdy, MO.
"We picked Springfield, for the next two years, because it is a natural trade hub and home to many dairy businesses such as Kraft, Mueller, F&S Food Equipment Company, Dairy Farmers of America and Hiland Dairy Foods.
"The Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center will be home to our first Expo and the Ramada has just completed a new convention hall which will house over 60 exhibits and equipment inside. The Ramada is conveniently located on the north side of Springfield at Glenstone and Interstate 44," says Purdom.
"Missouri's dairy organizations will also continue to conduct board meetings and annual meetings during the Expo," says Dave Drennan, MDA Executive Director and Expo Sales Manager.
"Dairy farmers and allied industry from surrounding states are welcome to attend. We also don't want travelers to forget that Branson is only 45 miles away from Springfield so we hope they plan a trip and enjoy all Missouri has to offer," concludes Drennan.
Registration is free for dairy farmers but luncheon reservations are required for Friday and Saturday and may be made by emailing email@example.com or calling 636/519-9300. Sponsor and exhibitor information is available at the same contacts.
Sleeping room reservations may be made by calling the Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center directly at 417/866-5253 and ask for the Heart of America Dairy Expo room block.


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This past summer, an amazing WG couple, Amrita and Darrel, tied the knot in Toronto.
Their Hindu ceremony took place on Saturday of the May long weekend, complete with the handsome groom arriving on horseback and the absolutely stunning bride carrying an elegant white bouquet of roses and orchids.
A Western wedding ceremony and reception followed on Sunday, with festivities set to take place at the gorgeous Toronto Botanical Gardens. Purples, whites, blacks and bling inspired this stunningly elegant celebration.
Mother Nature couldn't quite decide what she wanted to do with the weather for Amrita and Darrel. Our day went from beautifully overcast to slightly spitting… and back and forth again. We tried to make a rain call earlier in the day, but had our hearts set on pulling off an outdoor ceremony if possible. Even though we initially set up our ceremony decor outdoors in the Botanical Gardens courtyard, we also had to consider the threat the weather posed to our live musician's equipment, and ultimately opted for a chic indoor setup instead.
Following a beautifully personalized wedding ceremony, the Newlyweds and their wedding party traveled to Union Station for some downtown urban photos and rejoined their guests in the evening for dinner and dancing at Woodbine Banquet Hall.
Here are some of the Behind-The-Scenes photos I quickly snapped with my iPhone throughout the day….
* note how we opted to re-use the ceremony aisle decor in front of the head table! the extra bit of candlelight added some dimension and romantic ambiance to the head table display.
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Wedding Planning + Coordination: done by Us!
Ceremony Location: Toronto Botanical Gardens
Ceremony Musician: Grenville Pinto
Reception Location: Woodbine Banquet Hall
Floral Design: Fleurish Design Studio
Reception Decor: LK Wedding Decor
Wedding Cake: Just Temptations
A hugely heartfelt Congratulations goes out to Amrita and Darrel!
The two of you hold a special spot in my heart and I'm honoured that you chose us to be a part of your Big Day! We love you both! xo


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RIDGEWAY - Jenny Weinandy could have won No. 300 on Saturday against Lima Bath.
But the doubleheader against the winningest coach of all-time, Laura Ford (630 wins going into this season), left her still at 299.
Her team left no doubt Tuesday night.
No. 300 came in grand fashion as Mohawk clobbered Ridgemont, 18-0, thanks to big hits and strong pitching.
Kasey Adelsperger didn't give the Golden Gophers a chance to win or even get a hit as the hurler owned Ridgemont.
"She had a lot of speed tonight and she's pretty much on target," Weinandy said. "Ridgemont didn't seem like they were expecting the speed that she was throwing."
She supported her own effort with two homers, driving in six runs. Her sister Clara blasted a homer as well, driving in three with her two hits. Taylor McClain had three hits, including a double, and plated three while Brooke Weinandy doubled and scored twice.
"They were hard shots. ... It's good to see their smiles when they round third base," Weinandy said of the three home runs. "I felt the ladies waited for the ball and made good adjustments to push off their back leg. When the ball came to them, they swung through them."
The win improved Weinandy's record to 300-84 over her 15 seasons at the helm. It her moves to, at best, 35th all-time in state history at this point.
In her career, she's won two state titles, two regional crowns, seven district championships and eight Midland Athletic League titles.
Weinandy said she never expected to coach this long.
"No I never expected that to coach that many years or get that many wins. I've been very fortunate to have the talent that Mohawk has in ladies' sports," Weinandy said. "It's not just in softball. They've been successful in volleyball and basketball. There have been some really talented players, and when a coach can put that all together, it spells out success."
She said the two state title games would probably be her favorite two wins of the 300.
"I've had other favorite teams that may not gone as far but I've enjoyed every year," Weinandy said. "Being a head coach the first year is always the toughest. It's a passion that I wanted to fulfill. I just enjoy teaching the girls and developing the chemistry of the team. The chemistry of the team is what keeps me going. If you can put something together and be successful, that makes the season well worth it."
Weinandy has coached against a number of the coaches above her on the all-time wins list. She said it's humbling to be included amongst the best all-time.
"It's an honor. I feel like an honor to reach a milestone but it's more of an honor being part of a great group of girls, year after year after year," Weinandy said. "To me, I had to learn a lot. It's a lot different now than when I played. I wanted the girls to be the best they could be. I was fortunate to be a part of four years of their lives. So I worked myself. I wanted to know every position. I wanted to know how to pitch and how to play catcher so I could teach them."
The teaching is not over yet. Mohawk is still atop the Midland Athletic League all alone with a 6-0 mark.


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Superb laptop stand
I bought a Lapreader as an adjunct to my newly purchased Apple, 13-inch laptop computer. I was impressed with your stand's design in your catalogue; I am even more impressed with using...Read complete review
I bought a Lapreader as an adjunct to my newly purchased Apple, 13-inch laptop computer. I was impressed with your stand's design in your catalogue; I am even more impressed with using it in-person!.The stand keeps the laptop at a very comfortable angle. The curled bottom rail works well as a wrist-rest. An added benefit is its function as a dolly. My laptop normally resides inside a drop leaf type desk. The Lapreader acts like an aircraft towing tractor ; I "wheel" the laptop in and out of its "hangar" minimizing disruption of power cords, USB cables, etc...My only less than positive criticism concerns the pen and notepad slots in the back vertical member of the stand. The vertical is perpendicular to the desk flat surface. And the pen holes and paper slot are centered and parallel within the vertical. The problem? When fully opened at 135 degrees, the top cover of the laptop PRECLUDES my putting pens in that vertical! By sliding the laptop flush with the left edge of the stand, I can position ONE pen in the right-most pen slot..Constructive suggestion: you could increase the utility of the stand by changing the ANGLE of the pen holes and paper slot. Now they are perpendicular to the desk surface. Is there a way to bore them PARALLEL to the maximum opened angle of a laptop top cover? Or change the angle of the vertical from perpendicular to acute?.My uses for a laptop require pen and paper. The stand would be much more helpful to me if I could store several pens or pencils and paper in the vertical. Note: the typical ballpoint pen is 5-3/16 inches in length. I like using ballpoints [like your Tru-Grip, one of my favorite pens and the one I keep in the vertical of the Lapreader! Can your designers review the specs, please?
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NOT for reading!
This item may be fine for computer use -- which is what most reviews cover -- but is not good for reading. Especially for long, heavy hardback books -- the kind you...Read complete review
This item may be fine for computer use -- which is what most reviews cover -- but is not good for reading. Especially for long, heavy hardback books -- the kind you need a lap desk for -- this product is totally insufficient. The book lies almost flat in your lap, not tilted up to be read. When I tried to return it I find I must pay about 25% of the purchase price for return shipping. This is the only company I deal with that does not provide some sort of low cost return label. This is the last time I will buy from Levenger.
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Greatest table for my lap top
By RHINO
from plantsville, c.t.
Best table for my iPad-also use it for reading-keep it on my lap or table-love that I had my name put on it
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By EbiK
from Toronto, On
One of the best laptop stands I have ever purchased.
I love it!
By dick13
from Gray Court, SC
I bought the Lapreader for my wife, but I use it myself at least 5 hours a day!!! It is great, and I can see I'll need to buy another one for my wife.
By Shel1959
from somewhere in Wisconsin
I am using it as I type this review. My hubby grabbed it the other night and would not give it back to me. So it is a win win for us! Nicely made comfortable a A+++ from us!
What an awesome lap desk!
By Southerner
from Mid-Atlantic, USA
I LOVE this lapreader/lap desk. I use it for my laptop or tablet, as well as reading, and love the removable round cushion to be able to hold a book or my planner in the curved edge, or have it above the curved edge with the cushion. Genius!It is very comfortable on my lap, too! Too soft cushions often get bunchy in your lap after awhile or have a material that can make you hot, but not this one! Even with my touchiness at times with Fibromyalgia, I can still use this lapreader. The pen/pencil and notepad holders make keeping those readily available and I am not having to find them on the floor. Totally awesome overall! I bought THREE of these for all of us in the house. Even OCD/discerning hubby liked it and said it was very well constructed. If we have guests and can spare one of these for the guest room, our guest(s) will be able to use it also. If you think this is too expensive, sign up for the sales and wait for one of them - you won't be disappointed!
I use this Lapreader everyday with my laptop. Laptop fits...
By rebnj
from Marlton, NJ
I use this Lapreader everyday with my laptop. Laptop fits perfectly. Love that the laptop sits on a slant to better access the keyboard. This Lapreader is well-designed and well-built.
Great product!
By JLinCA
from Fort Bragg, CA
I use this mostly when sitting or in bed with my laptop. It provides a stable work surface and keeps my laptop at the correct angle. It keeps my lap cool and is made of a nice quality bamboo. It is well-designed and well-built.
Perfect Size and feel for 15 in Laptop
By sandrarose
from Pennsylvania
After thoroughly researching lap desks, I am so pleased that I purchased this one. It is lightweight and sits very comfortably on my lap. It adds a sturdiness to my typing and sits just right, so I don't need to cross my legs to lift it to the right height anymore. I love the pen and paper slot. Perfect for those little notes and always have a pen handy. My cord nestles easily into the pen slot, when not plugged in. The laptop and desk sit nicely on a side table when not in use. So easy to pick up together as a unit after I sit down. Well worth the money!
great quality
By Sista
from Salisbury, NC
I was so pleasantly surprised when I received this lapreader. I use a large Kindle and it fits perfectly and still allows plenty of room on the side to take notes. The foam holder for my pen makes it perfect. It's so much more comfortable than propping my book on pillows and having pad and pen on the sofa. It's very well made with quality products and details. I loved mine so much I got one for my real estate friend who has held her iPad for years. She loves it too!
Great Reading Aid
By SoManyBooks
from Leesburg, FL
The Nantucket Lapreader is beautifully made and a pleasure to use. It is comfortable on my lap and holds my book in the perfect position.
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An adjective used to describe a person, place or object that has an offensive odor of booty, dick, and feet. Hence Bdeet.
"What the fuck happened in here? It smells like straight up bdeet!" or "You need to go wash your ass, you smell like straight up bdeet!"
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
October 17, 2012
Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center will be offering an educational seminar, 2012 Year-End Tax Saving Strategies for Business, on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at Saint Vincent College. To help businesses start planning their tax strategies for the end of the year, this program covers 2012 tax changes for businesses and individuals, year-end tax-saving strategies for businesses and individuals, using cost segregation studies and like-kind exchanges for tax deferral and choosing the best entity structure for tax purposes. The fee to attend is $40 or $35 per person when two or more attend together. Included with the registration fee is a one-year subscription (12 issues) to Inc. magazine, valued at $10. 3 CPE Tax Credits are available on request. This workshop is presented by Dennis Piper and Associates, a firm that specializes in working closely with small to mid-size companies to develop, train and enhance accounting processes through this software. Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center is part of a state-wide system of university-based economic development organizations, whose mission is to provide high quality education and consulting to entrepreneurs, to help them start and grow their businesses in the competitive global economy. Early registration is recommended, as space is limited. To register or to obtain additional information, contact the Saint Vincent College SBDC at 724-537-4572 or stvincent.edu/sbdc.
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Missy Elliot has DSL.
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1. Person: "I finally have dsl now...fuck dial-up!"
2. Guy: "Damn Angelina Jolie sure has a nice set of dsl."
2. Guy: "Damn Angelina Jolie sure has a nice set of dsl."
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DSL's are full, luscious lips that engulf your weiner with little to no trouble at all.
When I first saw those DSL's, the first thing that came to my mind was "Can I stick my dick in your mouth?"
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dick sucking lips, oh yeah
BRatZ dolls... perfect example of DSL
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Keisha had me cumming fast with her DSL
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Thread: Vaccination Options
9th June 2012 12:15 PM #1
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Vaccination Options
My husband and I have been toying with the idea of no-vaccinations. The reason being is because I wasn't vaccinated as a child and he was. When I was 17 I received about 7 vaccinations at once because I was at a doctor's office who insisted I needed them. I became very sick for about a week afterwards and I thought, "why did I do this!?" I never came down with anything before getting my vaccinations but I also know that there is a possibility that my daughter may come in contact with diseases such as Polio.
My parents never gave me a reason for not allowing vaccinations and so I feel that I am not educated enough to make a good decision for my daughter.
So my questions are:
What vaccinations are OK to skip?
What are the positives and negatives to vaccinations?
What age should we vaccinate our daughter, if we chose to do so?
13th June 2012 04:54 AM #2
Hi ellesmommy,
I believe that each parent needs to consider every vaccine which is offered to their child and weigh up the potential side effects of the vaccine against the potential benefits. Whether you choose to have the vaccination carried out may depend on how likely it is that your child will come into contact with the disease in question and the severity and likelihood of the possible side effects.
The Australian Vaccination Network has lots of information on this topic and reading through this can help you to make this decision. The excellent book The Parents Concise Guide to Childhood Vaccinations also discusses the reasons for and against the different childhood vaccines.
I feel that, as a parent, I should gather as much reliable information as possible on this topic and then make the decision case-by-case on each offered vaccine.
Best wishes with your decision,
13th June 2012 06:00 AM #3
I agree with LJ. My husband and I reviewed the pros/cons and side effects for each vaccine. In the end, we decided to get some and not others. We also decided to have them administered on a delayed schedule.
This is a very personal decision. I encourage you to do the research and come to a conclusion that works best for your individual situation, one that you will feel good about. LJ has provided you with some good resources.
Best of luck,
29th July 2012 12:38 PM #4
MMR (Measles, Mumps and Ruebella) is one of the vaccines that carries the highest risk of complications/reactions but I agree with Angela and LJ - you need to review the pros and cons of each vaccine and then make a decision that works best for you and your family.
Here's a post which talks about when you should vaccinate your child and here's another that shares how you can make an informed decision on vaccination.
Both threads will give you some excellent information.
Please post back with any questions as we all know that navigating the vaccination decision making process can be a challenge at times.
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Peter is a name for a lovely, lovely boy.
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machine, sexy, hot and makes girls go crazy
peter sure knows how to drive me insane
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A very sweet and thoughtful guy who is the ideal boyfriend. He can read others like a book and everyone looks to him for advice. He is dependable and looks out for those who are good friends to him. Peter's, however, think too much and this gets them in trouble. Peter's are the go to guys that anyone would be lucky to find as a friend or lover!
1) Where are we supposed to meet up with the old gang? I don't know but call Peter, he'll know.
de galaxyX 05 Februarie 2010
the penis (see also cock,pecker)
He won't keep his peter in his pants when he's alone.
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sweetest man, "absobloodylutely amazing", perfect...no other words that describe you better
peter has been exactly what i needed this year.
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sexy white man
Peter is so sexy and his body is hot!
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A name for a courageous boy.
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SFP-Kenya mobilized young volunteers (age 4-20 yrs) to participate in the IVD celebrations. The home benefited from items purchased for the home. These were 30 plants, five mango trees, gardening tools – rake, slashes for cutting grass, house cleaning items - mopping buckets and the mops, and also food: 50 kgs of rice.
The youthful orphans and other visiting volunteers from the village got engaged in taking care of the environment by carrying out a cleaning exercise in the orphans' home and planting trees. The orphans planted 35 trees around their home compound.
It was a great occasion for the children as during the exercise the children discussed the benefits of trees such as: trees attract rainfall, help to maintain our rivers as water catchments, purify the air we need to breath, provide timber, provide material for the manufacturing of their school pencils and paper for their school books, firewood for the cooking of their meals etc. The benefits were endless!
As the day went on women volunteers prepared a wonderful meal, well spiced and served in the African buffet way. The orphans felt loved and appreciated in the company of the visiting children and adults.
As the day came to a close, the programme continued into the evening with song and dance. Finally, the day ended with a word of prayer for thanks.
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EBENSBURG - Northern Cambria looked like a different team in the third quarter of Saturday night's PIAA Class AA playoff game against Apollo-Ridge.
The Colts were outscored 16-8 in opening quarter, and trailed 28-24 at the half.
However, the Colts came out of the locker room and took control of the game. They outscored the Vikings, 19-6, in the third quarter and kept Apollo-Ridge at bay in the final frame to advance with a 58-53 win at Central Cambria High School.
"We came out of the half and just said that we need to get back to doing what we do," Northern Cambria coach Dan Weber said. "In the third quarter we held them under 10 points, and a lot of that was our defensive pressure. I felt like we had to be able to be the superior team, and by playing solid defense we were able to do that."
The Colts opened the decisive quarter on a 4-0 run to tie the game, but was not able to grab the lead. Twice the Vikings scored to regain the lead, and twice Northern Cambria answered to tie the game.
The Colts finally grabbed their first lead since the midway point of the third quarter, 33-32, on a layup and free throw by Adam Polites. Josh Bonatesta scored to push the lead to three points, but a basket by Connor Billingsley trimmed the lead to 35-34 with 1:49 left in the frame. However, the Colts closed the third quarter on an 8-0 run to take a nine-point lead with eight minutes to play. Hogan scored five points during the run, with Polites chipping in the other three points as the Colts four-point halftime deficit turned into a 43-34 lead after the third quarter.
During that quarter, Apollo-Ridge had almost as many turnovers (five) as points (six), and were also called for a technical foul. The Colts, on the other hand, stayed composed and took control of the game.
"I think our experience helps us," Hogan said. "In the last four years we have been in the state playoffs, so we know what it's like to be here. I don't think any of us really got nervous at all during the game, and I think that helped us tremendously."
The Colts used a 7-0 run early in the final quarter to push the lead to 52-38 with 4:35 to play. From there they took the air out of the ball and used the clock to their advantage.
The Vikings took advantage of the change in tempo and made a run to cut the Northern Cambria lead to 53-48 with about two minutes left in the game. However, Bonatesta made two key baskets to secure the victory.
"They won their 80th game tonight," said Weber of his senior-laden squad. "Here is a group that is used to this. We were down three points going into the fourth quarter versus Richland in the first round of districts.
"We're not here in this game, or the last five games, if we don't have composure. I think it's been a mainstay. We're not perfect. We lost to a much better Penn Cambria team, but when we get in games when we are as competitive as we are against teams of our caliber we know how to play. It's a testament to these kids because they have played so many games together."
The Colts advanced to play Conemaugh Township (24-3), the District 5 champion, on Wednesday evening at a location to be determined. The Indians beat Brentwood, the No. 5 team from District 7, on Saturday.
Apollo-Ridge (53): Tipton 9 1-1 19, Burrell 1 1-2 4, Smith 0 4-4 4, Davis 1 0-0 3, Reynolds 3 2-6 8, Con. Billingsley 6 3-4 15, Schrecengost 0 0-0 0, Johnston 0 0-0 0, Cod. Billingsley 0 0-0 0, Wingard 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 11-17 53.
NORTHERN CAMBRIA (58): Polites 4 4-5 13, D. Bearer 0 5-8 5, Hogan 6 4-9 16, Bonatesta 7 0-0 16, N. Lee 1 4-4 6, Atkins 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 17-26 58.
Apollo-Ridge16 12 6 19 - 53
Northern Cambria8 16 19 15 - 58
3-point field goals: Apollo-Ridge 2 (Burrell, Davis); Northern Cambria 3 (Bonatesta 2, Polites).
Records: Apollo-Ridge (18-9); Northern Cambria (22-5).


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No matter how many departments your organization has, to your customers, it's all the same business. They expect a cohesive experience across all touch-points with your company, regardless of whether it's related to advertising, customer service, social presence, or the actual product or service you provide. The satisfaction of your customers, and thereby the success of your organization, depends in no small part on your ability to create a cohesive and consistently high-quality cross-channel experience. In this presentation, you will gain a better understanding of the different ways your customers might interact with your business. We will show how you can map out these touchpoints and help drive the creation of a cohesive experience across the various channels. We will show you how to navigate the political waters within your business to implement a true cross-channel design, which will build great experiences for your customers, regardless of how they are engaging with your business.
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6 Sensible Things You Should Never Do in a Zombie Outbreak
If you have any kind of active fantasy life, you've got at least a vague idea of what you're going to do when society turns into zombies. Maybe you've picked a favorite weapon or a defendable location. People argue about the best zombie survival plans like it's a religion, and it sort of is, because unless something extremely unlikely happens, we will have wasted billions of hours on pointless speculation and planning.
This is not an article to debunk survival methods. I've read The Zombie Survival Guide, and if you like your chances of looting a karate shop and cutting down a horde of corpses with a 15-pound monk's spade, I'm happy that your stupidity will finally yield a spectacular death. After all, we're talking about a make-believe world, so you might as well be Jackie Chan in it. And Jackie, this article is here to make sure you have the greatest post-apocalypse you can have. That doesn't necessarily mean survival. We're not here to simply scrape by the zombie apocalypse -- we're here to kick it in the ass. It's why the American language contains the word "awesomest" and not the word "alivest."
When it's you against a world of undead, you should probably get some help, right? You'll need a few partners to kill the zombies behind you or to guard the entrances while you scrounge for canned stew. You need a rotating watch so the rest can sleep, and someone has to watch over suppl- holy shit, look what just happened. I started talking about group survival, and one sentence later I'm already fussing about food rations and scheduling. Do you really want to spend the apocalypse checking your day planner?
Nothing screws up a wasteland of shambling monsters like a group of human survivors. Every person who joins your rabble takes your exciting tale of action horror one step closer to psychological melodrama. The Walking Dead is almost entirely about human men flossing their teeth with one another's tongues. What happens is that when people form fruit loop society microcosms, they start to realize that they have to hang on to the only thing they have left: their humanity. You know why? Because when someone sits around thinking about crap like this too long, their thoughts fold in on themselves until their entire brain becomes a vagina.
Let's see if that's true by dealing with a common zombie situation. Say a female survivor is bitten. Of course, you can't shoot your friend in the head, no matter how psychopathic you think you'll be once civilization ends. So soon you're in a heated argument with your own soul and the other survivors about how to get rid of this zombie time bomb. And if I know zombie fiction, she's about to interrupt to say she's pregnant, just so you all know you're about to execute the very concept of hope itself. This kind of drama will repeat every single time someone steals a box of cookies or gets overtaken by a horde and left for dead. A few well-intentioned survivors can turn even the nicest apocalypse into a Dove Body Mist commercial.
You know who doesn't have to deal with that shit? The feral maniac living in the sewer and becoming one with the night. Basically, when the end of the world arrives, you have two choices: Spend it as Tarzan or spend it as Meryl Streep.
Society is collapsing, so you'd better get a gun quickly, right? Let's assume for a second you know how to use one well enough to aim at a reeking flood of corpses and shoot the parts that are faces. Now you're stuck with a couple of problems: Your noisy gun is calling more things than you kill, and given the nature of this zombie-horde problem, you will always have more enemies than bullets. But maybe you should stop fussing over all these tiny details. You're planning a zombie apocalypse, not the perfect wedding. Let's go get a gun.
Let's not assume you get to the gun store before everyone else -- that's impossible. The main reason a person opens a gun store is because they've been waiting their whole life for exactly this event. They've had a shotgun pointed at the entryway since the first report of flesh-eating maniacs. You're not going to catch them sleeping. According to recent illegal-immigration statistics, the vigilance of American gun owners is second only to the craftiness of any Mexican of any age ever.
If you can convince the gun store owner to let you in, congratulations: You're now white and in a well-fortified building with a massive stock of weapons and ammunition. That reminds me, I should call my parents. Back to what I was saying, you now have two choices: let more people in (see entry #6), or watch strangers pound on the locked door and curse you as zombies tear their legs off. And since no one has the luxury of personal moral codes anymore, it occurs to you that you're going to have to start shooting these noisy, panicked visitors before they figure out how to break in. Speaking of shooting, can you name all the ways a Beretta is less reliable than a Glock? Because a gun store owner can and will, from now until the end of time. I hope you're happy, because while everyone else is out bashing the skulls of the undead, discussing the availability of .445 ammo is how you're spending the end of times.
Even if you're in an unfair apocalypse starring fast zombies, the one advantage you'll always have over the undead is your cleverness. Don't be tempted to use it, though. Don't launch fireworks to distract them. Don't train a dog to deliver your groceries. And if you form an elaborate plan to cover yourself in corpse juice to disguise yourself as a zombie, your last words are probably going to be "It's working! It's worAARRRGGHHHHH!!! Always remember that I died a stupid, smelly dipshit!"
Zombies are an unyielding force of nature, so you don't fight them with cute. You fight them with balls. And even if you discover that the undead can't see the color pink or that rock 'n' roll makes them dance, do you really want to get through Armageddon by exploiting a zombie manufacturing error? There's a reason that in a time when boats existed, Noah was the only one who survived the flood. It's because no one makes it to the end of a story by outsmarting the narrator. If you ever see that happening, you're watching an M. Night Shyamalan movie, and that sucks, because if I'd known you were a little bitch, I wouldn't have started talking about zombies with you.


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TAHOE CITY, Calif. — Regional emergency crews on Tuesday rescued a man who had been floating for nearly two hours in Lake Tahoe after his friend dropped him off in the water to swim and eventually lost sight of him, an official said.
Two men in their early 20s rented a personal watercraft from a local business and took it out for a joyride Tuesday afternoon on the lake, heading from Tahoe City toward Emerald Bay, said Placer County Sheriff's Office Sgt. John Giovannini.
One of the men allowed the other to swim in the lake while he continued to ride around; soon after, the man lost sight of his friend, who was wearing a life jacket. After searching for him, the man returned to shore at the Grove Street pier in Tahoe City at about 2:25 p.m., and he informed officials his friend had been in the water for about 45 minutes, Giovannini said.
A PCSO deputy near the area commandeered a personal boat to go out and search for the man. Because of this swift action, Giovannini said the man was found and pulled from the water at 3:31 p.m.
The man, though shaken, was unhurt in the incident.
By the time he was pulled from the water, Placer had launched its Marine 6 patrol boat and alerted a helicopter, Giovannini said. An El Dorado County Sheriff's Office patrol boat also had launched, and vessels with U.S. Goast Guard, Washoe County Sheriff's Office and South Lake Tahoe Police all were on standby.
"It was a full water search and rescue mission," Giovannini said. "Whenever it's a water rescue, we pretty much call the whole world to respond."
Giovannini said the man was lucky to not be seriously hurt or killed.
"It wasn't a smart decision," he said. "He could have been hit by a boat, there's hypothermia, there's the danger of getting lost. These boats, if someone is in the water, they can't see ... that's what the orange flags are for."
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Lake Tahoe's water temperature at the time of the incident was about 71 degrees off the coast at Tahoe Vista and 68 degrees at Tahoe City.


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Jerry Saltz is a rarity. He's an art critic who is known outside the art world.
Besides being the Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine, Saltz also was a judge on Bravo's "Work of Art" reality series that ran from 2010 to 2011.
The show propelled the critic from art world star to celebrity, a transition encouraged by his dedication to social media. Saltz is an avid Facebook user, often engaging in discussions about art with his friends and fans on the site.
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From left, Converge Gallery co-owner John Yogodzinski, Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine Jerry Saltz, and Converge Gallery co-owner Casey Gleghorn are seen at Kostabi World in New York City.
Artgoers pack the lobby of Kostabi World in New York City to see the art of Williamsport artist Jeremiah Johnson. Johnson's work was on display as a part of Converge Gallery's 'Never Enough' exhibition.
And now the world-famous critic, who's been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism three times, has "liked" the efforts of an art gallery in Williamsport.
In endorsing Converge Gallery, 140 W. Fourth St., he also extended an invitation to local artists by saying, "Casey Gleghorn's pop-up gallery should pop up more often around New York. So should other Williamsport galleries. Come on down. We need your energy, Pennsylvania artists and gallerists. We've got a lot of extra uniforms."
Saltz's comment was made in response to the gallery's "pop-up" exhibition, "Never Enough" featuring city artist Jeremiah Johnson, which was on display at Kostabi World, 14 W. 24th St., New York, N.Y.
A pop-up art exhibition is when artists or galleries organize a temporary art show in an unusual or unexpected spot. Converge did its first pop-up in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn in August. The idea of Converge organizing a second pop-up exhibition in New York City has been floating around for a while.
"We have been toying with the notion of expanding into the New York art market for about a year now," gallery co-owner John Yogodzinski said. "We travel up there frequently to visit artists, see the latest shows and even participated in our first art fair at 'Fountain' last March. It is just the next logical step in helping to promote our artists and bring new collectors for their work."
The opportunity to take over another space in New York City came through the gallery's connection to artists and musicians Mark and Paul Kostabi, who run Kostabi World. Mark rose to art fame in the '80s and Paul was a founding member of White Zombie.
"We have been working with Paul and Mark Kostabi for about a year now and they have been great," Yogodzinski said. "After our pop-up in Bushwick in August, Paul came up with the idea of having us do a pop-up show in the front lobby of Kostabi World."
Converge chose to highlight Johnson's artwork because his work is "representative of the caliber of work you might see at a Chelsea gallery," Yogodzinski said.
"Not only is his work very good, but he has a large body of work, a variety of sizes and mediums and his paintings are very colorful," gallery co-owner Casey Gleghorn added. "His work also touches on art history in many ways."
Johnson said that he was really excited for the show, but was able to stay calm about it until the opening reception was flooded by people.
"(It) was great," he said. "There were lots of people there from 5:30 right up until 9:30 p.m. So many that I got trapped in the corner sometimes. And I only heard positive feedback from everyone. They liked the work a lot."
Johnson also was very thankful that Saltz stopped by to see his art.
"That was really nice," he said. "I heard that he liked the work and he especially appreciated that a small gallery in a town in Central Pennsylvania was taking such bold risks to make New York pay attention to them."
Gleghorn couldn't believe that an art critic as famous as Saltz paid their show a visit.
"So here is a writer and art critic who I follow daily on the Internet visiting our exhibition, looking at Jeremiah's work and enjoying himself," he said. "The reason I curated a solo show instead of a group show is because I read somewhere that Jerry did not like group shows ... one of our goals in coming to Chelsea was to have Jerry Saltz, the world's biggest art critic, come visit our exhibition. So, this was a big deal for all of us."
Yogodzinski viewed Saltz's visit as a validation of the gallery's efforts.
"I think it helps to solidify what we are doing here at Converge Gallery," he said. "We may come from Williamsport, but that doesn't mean that the art we show and artists we represent can't fit in well with the New York art scene."


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Hmmm...so if that is the case why haven't you already started doing just that? In other words, before you take insult Mr. Cahill, why don't you start it now and after you proven that success theory in few of those ideas you have been floating, you then can come back to the table and show your worth and success in your project. Maybe, just maybe the entire City of Salem will be more willing to jump on board.
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It's only a 15 minute drive to Boardman.
Don't waste your time Scott.
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TAC neglected to credit Audrey Null and the group that did the 2008 Salem Area Comprehensive Plan for putting things into motion that resulted in getting the grant for the structural review of downtown buildings. The chamber's Partners of Progress, the Preservation Society and especially Salem city's Design and Review Board all get kudos for having been working on this.
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If we could ever get past the "atta boy" "pat me on the back" competition, Salem might actually see progress!
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The space shuttle Endeavor flew past Berkeley Lab and the ALS on Friday, September 21, as it was moved from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert to the Los Angeles International Airport. Hundreds gathered outside the ALS to watch as a NASA 747 carried the space shuttle at low altitude on its historic farewell journey. See more photos on the ALS Flickr photostream. (Photo by Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab.)
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Using Infrared Beamline 1.4.3, Berkeley Lab and University of California researchers have developed a new technique for monitoring protein phosphorylation inside single living cells, enabling them to follow live cellular chemical changes without bias and without harming the cells. Read more...
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Hematite is a promising electrode material for solar-powered water splitting - an important reqirement for producing hydrogen fuel with zero emissions. At Beamline 7.0.1, researchers have gained an in-depth understanding of hematite's electronic structure through soft x-ray spectroscopy performed in situ and operando. Read more...
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There are currently many possibilities for users to connect with the ALS: email, ALSNews, the website, facebook, twitter. There are also options for users to provide the ALS with feedback: the "End of Run" survey is an example.
My question to users is: Are these modes of communication working for you? The Users' Executive Committee (UEC) and the ALS want to improve communication with ALS users. Get involved by using your favorite (currently available) mode of communication to let UEC members know how you prefer to receive information about the ALS or the beamlines you use.
The other side of the conversation comes from the user. Please share with us your ideas for improving how user perspectives are included in ALS decision making. If you prefer to discuss options in real time, consider attending the Town Hall Meeting with the UEC and ALS management at the User Meeting. To encourage open and lively discussion, this year's Town Hall Meeting will play host to several concurrent small group discussions with users, the UEC, and ALS management. I hope to see you there!
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Officers seek 2 people seen fleeing area
Police said one person was shot in the leg outside a Walgreens store in southeast Kansas City Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the shooting happened at the Walgreens store in the 9400 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard during a robbery attempt.
Two people were seen running from the scene. Police were searching a nearby apartment complex at 93rd Street and Newton Avenue to see if they could find them.
Police said the victim was shot in the leg and was expected to survive.
Investigators on Tuesday evening released surveillance photos of two people suspected in the shooting.
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Seventh-day Adventists in Nicosia, Cyprus celebrate the centenary of the arrival of Adventism to the island. A Turkish refugee and his family first shared the Adventist message in Cyprus in 1913 through their comb-making business. It wasn't until 1932 that the first official Adventist missionaries arrived in Cyprus. [photo: tedNEWS]