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Be proactive and say no to ever larger problems
To the editor:
Dear Salem residents:
I would like to comment on what is proposed for the property along Cunningham, Butcher and East Pershing streets of Salem.
1. At the meeting on Dec. 18, Councilman Nestic projected on the wall a copy of the lease agreement NRP Group would be using for this project that made reference to the fact that if one of the renters has a police record they would be evicted from the development.
My problem first is anyone with a record will have someone with a good record rent the unit. Do we want to be proactive or reactive? Reactive is the fact that this will draw a larger population that can bring a higher chance of drug problems, which anyone in the police or legal professions will tell you is the root of 95 percent of our criminal problems. So after this population move in, it is too late. To be proactive is to look long and hard at this development and decide if we want these problems invited into our community. Turn to the page of court news, do we already have a drug problem, do we need more?
2. NRP representative Mary Huda stated that the company will be asking for $14 million in tax incentives for the $18 million project which is the first phase of 120 units from the state of Ohio. Mrs. Huda also stated that with the tax incentive, it would require them to accept anyone who applies. They state they have a very strict application for entrance; she also stated if they have empty units they could make a business decision to consider government subsidy renters to fill those apartments.
3. Finally, we saw a picture of what the new building would look like which was very nice, but let's be reasonable. We should be looking at what a large subsidized complex looks like after 15 or 20 years. I have seen in my travels some of these large complexes that by the end of these time periods need to be torn down or boarded up. This complex will be Phase I 120 units, Phase II 180 units and Phase III 50 small single-family lots.
Mrs. Huda stated that a Salem study showed 1,200 people in Salem could afford the $600 for a one-bedroom unit and $800 for a three-bedroom unit. In my experience, calls in this market are for one-bedroom apartments maximum of $400 per month and the government rate is $380 per month. And renters want three bedroom houses for $450 per month. If there was this big demand, one of our local developers, of which the existing property owner has been for years, would have built the units.
I assume that is why NRP needs to get tax incentives from the state to make this a good business decision which brings in the state requirements to accept all comers. And if those prospective $600 to $800 renters are out there, they must be in our existing units which means they will move to a new shiny apartment.
My business sense sees this as causing the existing landlords, with mortgage, taxes and insurance to pay, to either lose their properties (more foreclosures), lower their rents, get less desirable renters and if the units are paid for, to let them set empty to keep the units from being destroyed by bad renters. This would lead to 300 units empty if these apartments are built. Do you want 300 empty units in Salem?
4. The supporters say we need housing to draw young professionals. Do any of the colleges, universities or trade schools advertise that when you get your diploma we will help you find good housing or do they brag about the placement rate in good jobs.
Please use and support our tax incentives to get good jobs into Salem and our young people will come home to work and raise the families that will make Salem a place where you want to walk down the street, join the service clubs, know the neighbors, shop our stores, attend our churches and have safe, drug-free schools for our next generation. A smart young professional would be buying with the low interest rates and the large number of houses available in the Salem market, not paying rent.
Let's hope our officials are proactive and say no to even larger problems for the future of Salem.
Description of the Humane Society
To the editor:
Due to the ongoing confusion about the role of HSCC in your community, I offer this description of our service.
The Humane Society of Columbiana County is a 501c3 non-profit animal welfare organization. We sponsor trained humane agents that are sworn into duty by the probate judge in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.
Currently, we have two agents who investigate concerns for all 532 square miles of Columbiana County on a volunteer basis. Both agents have paid, full-time jobs outside of their humane agent duties and respond to leads on an average of 30 hours per week. All concerns that are received are reviewed by the agents and prioritized for maximum efficiency.
Our Humane Hotline (330-831-2613) should be utilized to report suspected animal abuse or neglect. All calls must go through central dispatch to maintain an accurate log of calls received. If a call is not answered live, please be sure to leave a detailed description of the complaint and the full street address and city where the concern is located; it is not uncommon for more than one city to have street names in common (i.e. Main Street, Maple Street, etc.) Should you choose to leave your number and we need additional information, you will receive a return call requesting further details. Failure to provide a full address may result in the delay or inability to respond to the concern.
Once calls are given to the agents and an investigation is opened, no details will be released. This ensures that the investigation will not be compromised. Due to confidentiality, agents will not discuss details of any case even with the party that made the report.
If the reporter receives additional information, this should be called into the hotline so that it can be dispatched to the agents for follow up. Agents spend their time investigating concerns; doing follow-up visits to help pet owners provide proper care (as define by the Ohio Revised Code); and providing resources, such as straw, food, dog boxes, and educational materials to the public.
Our goal is to try to help animals remain in their own home whenever possible. The majority of the calls we receive are able to be resolved through education and follow-up visits. If these visits do not yield improvements in care, then by law, the animals may be removed by the agents and charges may be filed against the owner.
With your help, we can work together to improve the lives of animals in Columbiana County.
Director of operations
Humane Society of Columbiana County
Here's an idea:?Bring prayer back to schools
To the editor:
This country has seen its share of senseless shootings and killings at our schools. After every event school officials, parents and political leaders get together and express their grief and sorrow over what happened. Our country mourns as it should over the lose of lives both young and old for no reason.
Most of the time the killer is not around to give us any insight why they wreaked havoc and brought such sorrow to our communities and nation. Our school leaders and others try to come up with a "plan" to ensure that it never happens again. Well it's quit clear that all the training of staff, studying of earlier shootings and trying to get tougher gun laws passed that none of these solutions has worked.
As a nation we cry out to God our creator and ask "why" would he let this happen? We always turn to Him after these senseless acts of violence happen.
Here's an idea, bring prayer back to our schools. Turn to God before these senseless acts occur. Nothing else has worked I think we can all agree on that. Maybe a child or even worse an adult who is supposed to protect our child will hear a prayer and turn back from what they are getting ready to do.
For those parents that do not want their child to hear or participate in a 60 second prayer before class starts those children can be placed in a room where the prayer cannot be heard. We have all said that in the 40s and 50s we never had this violence in our schools.
Prayer in schools ended in the early 60s and things have gone downhill from there. We took God and his protection out of our school systems. I'm not saying that bringing prayer back to our schools will end all violence or correct everything that is wrong in our school systems but how can it hurt? We have brought guns into our schools to try to stop the violence by having our school hallways monitored by armed police officers.
So we are telling our children that the way to stop violence is to create a violent atmosphere. I hope all school officials, political leaders and board of education officials see this article and give very serious thought to bringing back prayer to our schools, and maybe bring back a sense of peace to our students and parents as well.
Parent concerned about content of book
To the editor:
As most parents would be, I was excited when my eighth-grade daughter came home saying she wanted to participate in the English Festival at YSU. For this event she would need to read seven books listed.
She found out about the festival from her English teacher at school and was given the book list by the teacher. She did not have to have a signed permission slip to sign up. She was struggling to read the book "King of the Mild Frontier" by Chris Crutcher. To help, I decided to read the book. I am so glad I did. There was much content I felt was questionable. Mentioning of pornographic magazines, unsafe use of a gun, humiliating hazings, just to name a few. Until I read toward the end of the book. The most offensive event depicted involved a boy's private parts and a popcorn bag. I was appalled that this book was given to my daughter at school by a teacher without my prior consent.
Schools complain that children are exposed to much violence and sex, that parents should monitor what they watch, read and play. Yet they give this to my child. Upon looking into it further there are three books marked by YSU to be questionable. I would expect the school to know what they are giving out, as well as directly inform the parents. Until now, I would have felt a book provided by the school in any fashion should be acceptable.
In our home I do monitor what my children watch on TV, the movies they see, and video games they play or watch being played. I teach my kids what is appropriate behavior and what is not, at age appropriate levels. I normally wouldn't consider myself an overly conservative parent. Trying to teach values and morals in these times is challenging, we would expect that if our child is doing a school encouraged activity they would not be given material that would give them ideas or information above what is appropriate for their age.
Upon speaking with the school principal, I was told she was not aware of the content and apologized. I was told she didn't have to read the book. However if I am still to let her participate in the English festival she will still hear discussion of the book, and scene acted out about it. If eighth grade is invited to and encouraged to participate in this event, they should be given age-appropriate material.
East Palestine
A public thank you for all first responders
To the editor:
An open letter to all first responders (Fire, EMS, Police public, private, paid, volunteer):
In light of last weekend's horrific events, both in Newtown, Conn., and in Alliance, I feel compelled to say thank you to the men and women who are first responders. I have had the distinct honor and privilege of working alongside many of you for the last 11 plus years.
This has given me a very unique insight into just what you face and endure on a day to day basis. I am amazed at your courage. I am moved by your perseverance.
And I am humbled by your love for your community and fellow man. I am not sure if the average citizen really knows and appreciates the sacrifice and effort that you offer daily. I fear that too often your contribution to your community may go unnoticed. The job you willingly do is one that cannot be done by just anyone.
You embrace a tremendous responsibility each time you answer the call for help. I, for one, want you to know that I am grateful that you are where you are. I am grateful that you run in when others are running way. Because you allow God to use you on behalf of your fellow man, those that are hurting and in danger have hope.
MARK C. REICH, pastor,
Beloit Evangelical Friends Church
Chaplain, EMT-B
Beloit Fire and Rescue


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Here's a zesty skillet frittata that's fast, flavorful and easy to fix. It's sure to give your breakfast crowd a hearty, stick-to-the-ribs jump on busy holiday mornings.
- 6 green onions, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large potato, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 2 cups frozen corn, thawed
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- In a 10-in. ovenproof skillet, cook onions and garlic in oil for 2 minutes. Add potato; cook and stir over low heat for 10 minutes. Add corn; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
- In a bowl, beat eggs. Stir in cheese, salt and pepper. Pour over potato mixture. Cover and cook for 6 minutes or until eggs are nearly set. Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Uncover skillet and place 6-in. from the heat for 2-3 minutes or until eggs are completely set. Cut into wedges. Yield: 4-6 servings.
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Consider and edit the elements of a reference photograph and learn how to transfer rough outlines to your painting surface. Choose a photo of your own to work from or follow along with Vadnais' composition. A copy is included in your class materials.
Arrange your palette and lay the foundation of your painting with a light wash of colors.
Learn more about how colors work together, where they fall on the warm-to-cool spectrum and how to vary their intensity. Vadnais demonstrates some color-mixing strategies. A copy of the color wheel is included for your reference.
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9:00 pm when a girl needs to take her birth control pill
Hey Emily, guess what? Alarm!
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The alarm describes a freaky asian girl's orgasm. When she continuously wails that high pitch, the sound resembles an alarm hence the name alarm.
I was fuckin this asian chick and i thought the fire alarm went off.
por jeffr 27 de Abril de 2008
An audible alert to wake you up in the morning.
He set Alarm to wake him up for work.
Plural: He set 2 larms to wake his tired ass up.
Plural: He set 2 larms to wake his tired ass up.
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Physicians still reluctant to embrace ICD-10 implementation
I don't see a lot of physicians who are fans of ICD-10 implementation. I can understand why physicians don't see a lot of upside to ICD-10 coding - just costs.
I also understand attitude can make a big difference when it comes to making or breaking new initiatives. It helps find silver linings around clouds. They're not going to find any silver linings when a surgeon is asked about what he can gain from ICD-10 implementation and answers, "Only more work, more wasted time and less payment."
Massoud Alibakhsh, president and CEO of Nuesoft Technologies, has an interesting list of why physicians are resisting ICD-10 implementation:
- Deadline Seemed Like a Moving Target
- Added Strain on Resources
- Increased Costs
- Reimbursements Could Be Negatively Affected
- Fear of the Unknown
I would like to add stubbornness to the list.
Meanwhile, Rhonda Buckhotz lists why there's no need to fear ICD-10
- It won't cost as much as they think. The upgrades to outdates systems will do more than take ICD-10 codes.
- Productivity will suffered greatly in other countries because they moved from much older systems to electronic health records (EHRs). The learning curve incorporated more than ICD-10 coding.
- "It won't change the way you practice medicine"
- A lot of the extra codes won't be needed in medical practices. The number of extra ICD-10 codes will be less than feared.
- The superbill is going to take a hit so medical practices will need to devise new forms to capture encounter information.
Basically, ICD-10 implementation isn't going to work if physicians don't look for ways to make it work for them.
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An angry dragon of death is when a girl is giving u head and ure about to bolw, you shove her head as far down your cock as possible and make her gag, wen she gags she will vomit and and the vomit will be most likely orange representing the fire of a dragon. Once she has stopped vomitting stick ure cock back in ure mouth and u will recieve the look of the dragon of death.
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on January 19, 2013 - 11:26 PM
Jan. 10
A Niagara Falls man was arraigned in Niagara County Court on charges that he nearly struck a police car and did crash into another vehicle about 5:30 a.m. Sept. 1 on 10th Street in that city.
Lysander C. Scott, 27, of LaSalle Avenue, pleaded not guilty to felony driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, failure to keep right, running a stop sign and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
Jan. 12
A woman had just finished moving into her new apartment when someone broke in and stole more than $2,300 worth of property, Niagara Falls police said.
The victim told police she finished moving all her belongings into the 20th Street building just before 7 p.m., then locked up and left for about three hours. Upon returning, she found that someone had entered the residence. Items stolen included a 42-inch television, a pair of portable TV's, a computer tower and monitor and a pair of Air Jordan sneakers.
Jan. 13
James W. Kohl, 32, and Kimberly Ann Leonard, 51, both of Orangeport Street in Gasport, were arrested on resisting arrest and other charges after being stopped for speeding about 6:15 p.m. in the 1700 block of Niagara Street in Niagara Falls.
Kohl is charged with resisting arrest, escape, falsely reporting an incident and obstructing governmental administration.
Kohl was paroled in April 2011 from the state's Franklin Correctional Facility after serving a term for a Buffalo-area car theft and attempted burglary. He was captured because of the state Division of Parole ankle monitor he was wearing Sunday, according to a police report.
Leonard faces possible charges for a burnt marijuana "blunt" allegedly found below her front passenger seat and the 15 hydrocodone tablets found in an unmarked container in her purse. Police reported Kohl was accused of driving 40 mph in a 30 mph zone.
• The owner of a Main Street business in Newfane reported an attempted break-in overnight.
Niagara County sheriff's deputies reported someone pried open a sliding service window at Tammy Joe's Cafe at 2911 Main St. A piece of wood was inside the window, preventing it from opening, according to deputies. Damage was listed at $300.
• A woman caught on security tape snatching a wallet in a convenience store last weekend is being sought by Niagara County sheriff's deputies – and the search may be a little easier since the woman used a store loyalty card with her name on it before she left.
A clerk at a convenience store in the 2200 block of Saunders Settlement Road on the Tuscarora Reservation told deputies that she sat down at a table to have some ice cream and set her wallet down on the table at 6:30 p.m. She said when she spilled some ice cream on her arm, she left the table briefly to get a napkin and when she returned, her wallet was gone. The wallet contained $110 in cash.
Store security told deputies that the incident was captured on tape, which shows an unknown white woman wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans walk up to the table and take the wallet. Before leaving, the woman went to the register and paid for some items using a store loyalty card.
Store security officers said they would contact patrol with the name on the loyalty card.
Patrol reported that the investigation remains open.
• Someone forced their way into a closed motel and took 20 feet of copper from the hot water tank room some time overnight.
A rear door in the Niagara Falls Motel at 8710 Niagara Falls Blvd., Niagara Falls, which had been screwed closed, was found forced open, police said. Once inside, the suspects pushed their way inside another partially secured door and then entered the hot water tank room where they removed the copper pipe, valued at $250.
Jan. 14
Vandals caused hundreds of dollars in damage to a car and home, spray-painting both the home and car and puncturing a tire in the 200 block of 83rd Street, Niagara Falls.
The victim told police that sometime between midnight and 9 a.m., someone came onto his driveway and punctured the passenger side front tire and used white spray paint to damage the hood of the vehicle, the passenger side door, and the fender and then vandalized the house, by spray-painting the siding on the house, a door and a north side window. Damage was estimated at $625.
• Niagara County sheriff deputies responded to an alarm at Amphibious Outfitters in Gasport just before 12:30 a.m.
No one was found in the store at 4433 Main St., but a north side door, which had been covered with plywood, was completely ripped off, according to deputies. Deputies also found an interior door, which led into a storage room, kicked in.
Jan. 15
A Niagara Falls man, who pleaded guilty to a felony violation of Leandra's Law for driving drunk with children in his vehicle, was placed on five years' probation by State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr.
Marlowe J. Smith, 31, of 23rd Street, also must serve 60 days in the county work program and pay $605 in fees and surcharges.
His blood alcohol content was measured at 0.24 percent, three times the legal threshold for intoxication, when he was pulled over June 25 in the Falls while driving his girlfriend's car with her children, ages 1 and 6, in the back seat. Smith said the woman is now his former girlfriend.
• A Buffalo man admitted in Niagara County Court that he sold cocaine to a police informant in North Tonawanda June 21.
Eugene J. Davis, 53, of Shirley Avenue, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and was admitted to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment by County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
If Davis succeeds in the program, his charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor and he will be placed on probation. If he fails, the repeat felon faces a maximum of 12 years in prison.


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An amazing beatboxer from the UK
"Jesus, Tyte is the tightest beatboxer ever! He sounds like a damn echo chamber...."
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something exciting, happy, fun, great, good or nice
"I got the new 50 Cent CD today! It's so TYTE!"
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Another term for something really great or an expression of delight
"This food is fully TYTE yaar!"
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Something really cool
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When New York State introduced a state tournament in boys volleyball three years ago, the immediate question in Section VI was who would be the first team to qualify? Based on their history of success, Orchard Park or Eden seemed like a pretty educated guess. After being shut out the first two years of the event, Lake Shore finally broke through in 2012 and became the answer to the future trivia question.
The Eagles didn't win, falling to Bellmore of Section VIII, 25-17, 25-20, 25-16, but the Class B state title game isn't a bad place to end your season. To reach states Lake Shore won their second consecutive Section VI title by downing Kenmore East in the final. From there it was a victory over Brighton of Section V in the Far West Regionals.
"It would have been nice if we could have pulled it out, it was a good group of kids," said Lake Shore's John Coyle, who has coached 17 seasons. "We had a lot of pride going down there, not only representing the school, but the Section. Section V is tough, they have a lot of club teams, they play year round. It was a big hurdle to get past them."
Lake Shore was also well represented on the All-Western New York team landing setter Billy Pinter for the second year in a row and outside hitter Ryan Joslyn. The seniors helped lead the team to a 20-5 overall record and a 12-0 mark in ECIC II. Pinter averaged 7.8 kills per match, but delivered big time in the Regionals with 17.
"From the beginning of the season I knew we had to potential to make it that far," said Pinter. "We had talent and we had been playing club together for years. Halfway through the season we switched to a 6-2 where I got to hit as well and Ryan started setting. We just had chemistry."
The All-WNY team, which celebrates its 30th year, was chosen by a panel of area coaches.
Orchard Park's Matt Lexner and Walt Stefani were named the WNY Coaches of Year by their peers. The Quakers (22-3, 11-1) won the Section VI Class A title in a five-game thriller over two-time defending champion Frontier, and finished as the No. 1 ranked team in the WNY Coaches poll. They were eliminated in the regionals in four games by McQuaid, which went on to win its third state title and extend its winning streak to 52 straight matches.
There are three repeat first teamers: Pinter, Dave Jepson of Canisius and Trey Cimorelli of Orchard Park. Cimorelli had 587 digs this season to end his career with a school record 1,784. He also carries a 97 average. The only junior is Canisius setter Brian Costello.
Section VI also placed three on first team All-New York State: Joslyn (Class B), Pinter (Class B) and Cimorelli (Class A).
ECIC titles were won by Orchard Park (ECIC I), Lake Shore (ECIC II), Eden (ECIC III) while Grand Island (11-1) won the Niagara Frontier League. OP's only league loss was to Clarence.
Canisius (26-5) won its 13th consecutive Monsignor Martin Association title. Jepson of Canisius and Jack Heary of St. Joe's were named the league's co-MVPs.
Jepson was clearly the league's comeback player of the year. After he broke both bones in his lower leg on Memorial Day, his senior season was in jeopardy. Not only did he recover, he played well enough to make All-WNY.
"I think I'll remember it as just having the ability to play considering I wasn't expected to," said Jepson. "I was just happy to finish off the season with a championship. I did not expect to be in the place I was at the end of the year. It's pretty strong. I did a lot of training to get it to where it was. You can't think about it."
St. Joe's lost three of the four matches with rival Canisius, but the one win, coming in the first meeting, snapped the Crusaders' league and playoff winning streak that went back an impressive 12 years.
"That refocused us. It was a wake-up call, a kick in the butt so to speak," said Canisius coach Tom Weislo. "After that loss we didn't drop a set. We're always circled on their schedule. We need to be good all the time. We know we're going to get everyone's best. We learned that the hard way this year, and we took care of business the rest of the way."
All-WNY Boys Volleyball Team
Player, Pos./Yr., School Fast fact
Billy Pinter, S/12, Lake Shore: Two-time All-WNY and All-NYS, led Eagles with 58 aces, considering Nazareth and Bona.
Dave Jepson, OH/12, Canisius: Repeat first team pick, co-MVP of the MMA, made seven career all-tournament teams, 3-year starter.
Connor Krolikowski, OH/12, Hamburg: MVP of Sweet Home tourney, named to 3 other all-tourney teams, 96 average, considering NYU.
Ryan Joslyn, OH/12, Lake Shore: First team All-NYS, had 54 aces, averaged 9.5 kills per match, had 17 kills in FWR vs. Brighton.
Trey Cimorelli, L/12, Orchard Park: Repeat pick, first team All-NYS, MVP of the OP Tourney, 3-time all-tourney at Eden.
Tyler Eagleton, OH/12, Orchard Park: MVP of the Webster Tourney, 3-year starter, over 400 kills, 90 average, all-tourney at OP.
Brian Costello, S/11, Canisius: Named to 3 all-tournament teams, 780 assists, only junior to make All-WNY, 90 average, 37 aces.
Jack Heary, S/12, St. Joe's: Co-MVP of the MMA, all-tourney at Clarence, had a big match in win over Canisius, 90 average.
Boys volleyball honor roll
Yr. Player School Pos.
12 Billy Pinter Lake Shore S
12 Dave Jepson Canisius OH
12 Connor Krolikowski Hamburg OH
12 Ryan Joslyn Lake Shore OH
12 Trey Cimorelli Orchard Park L
12 Jack Heary St. Joe's S
12 Tyler Eagleton Orchard Park OH
11 Brian Costello Canisius S
12 Kevin Donahue Orchard Park OH
12 Connor Govenettio Lake Shore OH
11 Dylan Durni Frontier OH
10 Jake Gleason Frontier S
11 Anthony Podgorsak Wmsv. South OH
12 Tyler Penberthy Wmsv. North OH
11 Rick Crumlish St. Joe's OH
12 Shaun O'Brien W.S. West OH
WNY Co-Coaches of the Year
Matt Lexner, Walt Stefani (Orchard Park).
Yr. Player School
12 Devon Goeller Clarence
12 Chase Squires Clarence
11 Erik Hatten Frontier
11 Patrick Stroh Hamburg
10 Doug Horbachewski Hamburg
12 Connor Nowak Lancaster
11 Nolan McArdle Orchard Park
12 Kenny Dudkowski Orchard Park
FRONTIER: Derek Hosken, Spencer Avery. HAMBURG: Tony Guzzetta, Ben Michaels. ORCHARD PARK: Joel Ross, Graham Patterson, Brian Manley-11. WEST SENECA WEST: Gregg Hart-11.
Yr. Player School
12 Dane Cala Lake Shore
12 Tyler Freeman Lake Shore
12 Clark Bruecki Lake Shore
11 Steve Zaprowski Williamsville South
9 Joe Zanelotti Williamsville South
12 James Purkiss Williamsville East
12 Chris Stonish Sweet Home
11 Brett Kane Starpoint
LAKE SHORE: Brad Owens-11, Cody Pudlewski. STARPOINT: Calvin Crosby. SWEET HOME: Taylor Sutherland-11.
WILLIAMSVILLE EAST: Mike Wisniewski-11, Dylan Cicero-10, Tom Wisniewski.
WILLIAMSVILLE SOUTH: Christian Graziano-10.
Yr. Player School
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9 Declan Pierce Eden
10 Brad Meyer Eden
11 Kevin Kelly Maryvale
12 Ed Kerber Cheektowaga
12 Alex Turecki Amherst
11 Ryan Robida Maryvale
12 Gabe Radoccia-Feuerstein Amherst
AMHERST: Evan Hall-11. CHEEKTOWAGA: Noah McGhee, Chris Kiripolsky. EDEN: Cole Overhof-10, Hadyn Herc-10, Dakota Sheffield. MARYVALE: Tyler Nosal-11, Jordan Teed-11.
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Yr. Player School Pos.
11 Brock Tetreault Grand Island OH
12 Adam Heftka Grand Island S
12 Kyle Patterson Kenmore East OH
12 Drake DeJesus Kenmore East MH
12 Collin McMahon Grand Island OH
11 Jack Whalen Lockport S
11 Joe Piotrowski North Tonawanda S
GRAND ISLAND: Mike Podgorny-10. KENMORE EAST: Mike Crawford. LOCKPORT: Shawn Moore-11, Eamon Yates-11. NIAGARA FALLS: Steffon Baldwin. NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD: Joe Kelly-11. NORTH TONAWANDA: Ryan Fritz-11.
KENMORE WEST: Niko Mancuso-11. LOCKPORT: Bryce Perry-11, Brad Schneider-11, Josh Donorovich-10. NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD: Austin Hayes-11, Sam Mattheus-11. NORTH TONAWANDA: Donovan Book-10.
Players of the Year
David Jepson (Canisius), Jack Heary (St. Joe's).
Yr. Player School Pos.
12 Jake Canavan St. Joe's MB
12 Alec Cowe Canisius OH
12 Taylor Johnson Canisius L
12 Mike Taboni Canisius MB
11 Tyler English St. Mary's/Lanc. MB
11 Peter Laux St. Joe's OH
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CANISIUS: Zach Schurr. CARDINAL O'HARA: Tyler Re. ST. FRANCIS: Tom Duszkiewicz-11. ST. JOE'S: Neil Conway-11, Brad Kreppel-11. ST. MARY'S/LANCASTER: Marc Gonzalez-11. TIMON-ST. JUDE: Mike George.
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5 Thanksgiving Disasters You're Probably Not Prepared For
#2. If You Mix the Wrong People, Somebody Will Fucking Die
Let's rewind, back to the stage when you were deciding who to invite. Sure, there are the people you love who you'll automatically invite. But then there are the people at the fringes, the friends or family of those people who don't have anywhere to go on Thanksgiving, and who you feel sorry for. And then you have the people who would perceive the lack of an invitation as a slight against them. So you could have a complicated mix of people is what I'm saying. And you need to make sure that none of those people want to stab any of the others.
For instance, I'm not attending my family's dinner this year. It's because I have a brother who is, uh, troubled, and this is one of the years in a lifelong cycle where he isn't behind bars. Things are pretty volatile between us, and it's beyond the point of "just gritting your teeth and sticking it out." Putting us together in the same room is guaranteed to start some shit*, and I don't need my kids around that -- as an adult I have that choice.
*Shit = knife fight.
This is me at Thanksgiving 2004.
But that's an extreme example. I have never attended a Thanksgiving dinner that didn't have at least one disastrous combination of people. Two mutual friends who used to date and had a messy breakup. An aunt and uncle who are secretly preparing a divorce. The friend who starts screaming about politics when he gets drunk. An ex-alcoholic who's being tortured around all of the merry beer drinking.
Two years ago, I skipped Thanksgiving with my family, and I was honest with them about why. I had just quit drinking and couldn't be around the booze. Christmas of that year, they all decided to have a dry get-together for my benefit, but the entire night, I could just feel their resentment. I was the reason they couldn't drink. My hangup was ruining their fun. So now when I look back on that party, I don't think about the gifts or the jokes or the family I hadn't seen in a year. What I remember is the weight of that negativity looming about. Them just waiting for me to leave so they could bust out the booze and start the real party.
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Are you setting up a situation like that for someone else? It's important that you consider not only who you're inviting, but what sort of atmosphere you're setting up. Is it appropriate for every guest? There's no shame in talking to someone in private before the party and telling them straight up, "Hey, I know you've had problems with heroin in the past, so I wanted to give you a heads up before you accepted the invitation -- we're all going to be freebasing that night. I completely understand if you don't want to be around it." Or letting them know about another guest that they may not get along with. "Susan has already said she'll be there. Just wanted you to know because I remember she never really forgave you for fucking her grandma on her roof." And if there are going to be a lot of kids, it's probably best to just not invite her grandma at all, considering her inability to remain clothed after a few margaritas.
"Can someone please hide the tequila?"
Oh, and speaking of that ...
#1. The Children Will Destroy Everything You Love
Even if you don't have kids yourself, there's a good chance that someone you've invited does. And that means you're going to have to come up with shit for them to do. Depending on what part of the country you live, the weather, the size of your yard -- playing outside may not be an option. And even if it is, there's only so much you can do before they get bored and want to come in where all the other people are.
If you have multiple TVs, that's a quick fix. You can set up a video game system in another room. Or put on some cartoons or a movie. But even that can be tricky because at my house, I let my kids play games that contain more graphic violence and hardcore fucking than a porno written by Quentin Tarantino. They've got that John Cheese gene that won't let them have fun until somebody bleeds. Not every kid has that gene, though, and other parents tend to be more restrictive. I guess they don't care about hardening up their children for the post-apocalypse.
"OK, we're playin' cops and robbers. All you bitches get on the fucking floor!"
That means you'll need to talk to their parents before the holiday and tell them to bring along something to keep the kids occupied. The last thing kids want to do is sit around in a room full of old people and watch football or a documentary on World War II fighter planes. Do they even make any other TV shows on that day?
If everything is cleared through mom and dad, and you do go the video game route, make sure to set up a couple of guest accounts on your console. Or if you're letting them use a computer, back up your game's save files. A few years ago, I let a couple of kids get on my computer -- the one I used to play my 60+ hours of Fallout: New Vegas. When I brought up the game the next day, they had used my character to slaughter every person in every faction I was trying to gain favor with. Their bodies neatly placed in the desert to spell out, "YOU ARE AN ENTERTAINMENT ABORTION -- A MALIGNANT TUMOR FESTERING DEEP WITHIN THE LUNGS OF OUR COMPLACENT GENERATION!"
"Is there a way we can get him arrested for gang rape?"
If you have the ability, another thing to consider is putting your console or tower as close to the ceiling as humanly possible. Because kids = spills. It doesn't matter how old they are, something is getting spilled in your house, and the law of nature guarantees that it'll be directly onto your most expensive piece of electronics.
Barring electronics, your floor is next on their list of "things to fuck up in someone else's house." If you can avoid putting them in a room with light colored carpet, it would be a good idea. Actually, it would probably be easier to just remove all of the carpet in your house before they get there. And maybe lay down some plastic-
Know what? You got this. I'm probably just making a big deal out of nothing. It's just dinner, after all. What could possibly go wrong?
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LEWISTOWN - The Lewistown community will have the chance to experience the walk Christ took to the cross on Good Friday.
The Lewistown Ministerium's annual Cross Walk will expand this year to include a longer walk through the streets of Lewistown, following a tradition that dates back to the fourth century in Jerusalem.
The community Stations of the Cross service will begin at noon Friday inside the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 106 N. Dorcas St., Lewistown.
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Participants in the Lewistown Minsterium's annual Stations of the Cross service walk through the streets of Lewistown during Good Friday 2011. This year during the walk, people will stop to pray at various locations through town.
During the half-hour service, town clergy will lead prayers for 14 different stations or stops that Christ made along the Via Dolorosa, or Way of the Cross.
At about 12:30 p.m., people will gather outside Sacred Heart School to begin the Cross Walk, an outdoor experience of the indoor church service.
In this phase, the crowd will carry a wooden cross through town, stopping at various sites, buildings and offices along the way. Leaders will take turns saying prayers for the service or ministry offered by the agencies.
"The crosses or sufferings people bear can be represented in the various struggles of life, attended to by various helping agencies or government offices in town," according to a press release from the ministerium. "Our Lord said 'Whoever does not bear His own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple,' Luke. 14:27."
Individuals may take turns carrying the large cross at the head of the line. The route will travel west along Third Street to North Wayne Street and end near First United Methodist Church at Third and Dorcas streets.
The walk will be similar to the original stations of the cross first recorded by pilgrims in the fourth century in Jerusalem.
Originally, the Christian pilgrims followed an estimated route of Jesus' journey to the cross and stopped to pray and meditate at significant points.
In medieval Europe, when the crusades prevented pilgrims from returning to Jerusalem, churches began to host their own stations of the cross services.
They commissioned artists to draw scenes of Christ's journey to Calvary and installed them at different places along a procession route or inside a church. During the service, people walked to each place and prayed.
The 14 traditional stations are:
1. Christ is condemned to death
2. The cross is laid upon him
3. Jesus falls for the first time
4. He meets his mother Mary
5. Simon of Cyrene bears the cross
6. Veronica wipes Christ's face
7. Jesus falls a second time
8. He meets the women of Jerusalem
9. He falls a third time
10. Jesus is stripped of his garments
11. He is nailed to the cross
12. Christ dies on the cross
13. His body is taken down from the cross
14. Jesus is laid in the tomb
In this year's modern version, the Lewistown community service will stop at the following locations to pray: Sacred Heart School, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Lumina Center, United Way, Clear Concepts, United Fire Company, the Mifflin County Courthouse and Jail, Monument Square, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, the police station, ComPASS building and Mann Edge Apartments, Rec Park, Shelter Services, Salvation Army, Skills and First United Methodist Church.


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Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Goose Creek Gators baseball team staked a claim to second place in the region with an extra innings victory over Wando in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday.
The Gators took advantage of three Warriors errors in the top of the ninth inning to score a pair of runs that were the difference in a 4-2 victory.
Goose Creek (10-5, 6-2 Region 7-AAAA) won the first region game in Goose Creek on Monday, 8-4.
Bryce Jonason earned the win on the bump, getting the final eight outs in relief of Goose Creek starter Tyler Rio.
Jonason allowed no hits in two-plus innings, striking out three and walking one.
Rio allowed three hits and two runs over 6.1 innings. He walked five and struck out three.
Cody Smith and Jonason had two hits each. The Gators had seven hits.
Smiths RBI single in the third inning gave Goose Creek a 1-0 lead and Zach Owens made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
Wando evened the score in the bottom of the sixth on a sac fly and wild pitch.
The Gators went in order in the seventh and eighth innings before Wando began to boot the ball around.
In the top ninth, Dalton Lash and Zach Owens both reached on fielding errors by the left side of Wandos infield and later scored.
Wando managed just a walk in the bottom of the inning as Jonason improved to 2-1.
The Gators begin the Class AAAA playoffs in the District V bracket. Lexington, the Region 5 champion is the top seed.
Goose Creek will square off against Region 8s third place team on Thursday, May 1. Beaufort seemed likely to finish in that spot.
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The Buffalo and Rochester areas had the state's worst job markets in December, as Western New York lost more jobs from a year ago than any other part of the state, according to the latest federal numbers.
The latest government data show that the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area lost 2,300 private-sector jobs, a decline of 0.5 percent, compared with last December. The region also saw a drop of 2,100 nonfarm jobs – which includes both private sector and government – which equates to a 0.4 percent decline.
The job count fell in both the goods-producing and service sectors, with fewer jobs in trade, information and financial activities. Only education and health services and leisure and hospitality saw gains.
But some experts are suspicious of the numbers. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics took over responsibility for monthly employment estimates from the state in March 2011, and even slight changes in methodology could mean big swings in data in a market that doesn't usually change much from month to month. Revised data will be released in March.
"I think the labor market is not as weak as the numbers are currently stating," said John Slenker, regional economist for the state Labor Department. He projected that the local economy should be showing slightly positive changes, not negative. "I think we're going to see a little more strength when the revisions come out."
In particular, Slenker cited the decline of 2,400 jobs in professional and business services locally. That includes a gain of 1,500 jobs in professional, scientific and technical services – law and engineering firms, for example – but a drop of 4,000 jobs or 13.4 percent in administrative and support jobs.
That sector includes temporary staffing firms that normally see upticks coming out of a recession as companies prefer to use temporary labor initially before staffing up. A reversal in this area would also reverse the overall job decline in the local market.
In Rochester, private-sector jobs fell 2,200, or 0.5 percent, while nonfarm jobs declined 1,500, or 0.3 percent. Only Elmira had a worse decline compared to its overall size. The Southern Tier community lost 900 private sector and nonfarm jobs, but that represented declines of 2.8 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively.
Binghamton also lost 200 private-sector jobs, down 0.2 percent and 600 nonfarm jobs, down 0.5 percent, while Kingston in the Hudson Valley lost 200 private-sector jobs for a 0.4 percent loss and 400 nonfarm jobs, for a 0.6 percent loss.
By contrast, jobs grew the fastest over the past year in Glens Falls, at 3.6 percent; Ithaca, at 3.5 percent; and New York City, at 2.4 percent.
The picture in Buffalo and Rochester contrasted sharply with the rest of the state, where all other markets added both private-sector and nonfarm jobs. Overall, New York added 119,800 private-sector jobs since December 2011, up 1.6 percent, and 118,300 nonfarm jobs, up 1.3 percent. That includes gains of 92,700, or 1.9 percent, in the 10-county downstate region, and 6,100, or 0.2 percent, in the 52-county upstate area, with increases in both urban and rural areas.
The nation as a whole posted a 1.4 percent gain in nonfarm jobs, with 1.9 million, and a 1.7 percent gain in the private-sector, with 1.92 million new jobs.
Meanwhile, the entire state added 34,300 private-sector jobs from November to December, reaching an all-time high job count outside of government. The 0.5 percent seasonally adjusted statewide job gain for the month drove the total private-sector job count to an all-time high of 7,353,000. For the full year, the Labor Department said, the state economy added 123,200 jobs in the private sector.
As a result, the state's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 8.2 percent from 8.3 percent in November, as 786,800 New Yorkers were out of work, down from 793,600 in November. Geographically, the rate in New York City remained unchanged at 8.8 percent, while the rest of the state declined to 7.8 percent from 7.9 percent in November.
The U.S. unemployment rate for December was flat with November, at 7.8 percent, but was down significantly from 8.5 percent a year ago. The statewide rate was unchanged from a year ago, while New York City's rate was down from 9.1 percent and the rest of the state was up from 7.5 percent.
"The New York State economy closed out the year with 34,300 private-sector jobs added in December and 123,200 added to the state's economy in 2012," said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, deputy director of the state Division of Research and Statistics. "In addition, the state's unemployment rate continued its downward trend in December."
Nationwide, the country added 155,000 nonfarm jobs – which includes both the private sector and the government – and 168,000 private-sector jobs, for gains of 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively, from November to December. The state added 35,100 nonfarm jobs, up 0.4 percent.
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The 5 Most Common Errors of First Time Job Applicants
Remember when you were a teenager and your parents finally got tired of you borrowing money from them every week to support your stupid reading habit? So they made you get off of your dead ass and get a job so you could pay for your own books to smoke. Or whatever it is that kids do with books -- I'm not much on reading. And regardless of how scary the first day of that job turned out, it paled in comparison to the horror you felt filling out that first application.
For almost 15 years, I worked in a business that hired mostly high school kids because it was a bullshit job where the workers' output far exceeded their pay scale, and right-minded adults knew to stay away. In that time, I've seen thousands of applications, but only dozens of accepted workers ... mostly because it turns out that many teens really suck at filling them out. So if you're a teenager hunting for a job, try to remember that your jobless peers are probably in that predicament because ...
#5. They Make Up Bullshit
When we needed to fill a position at my old job, one of our greatest joys was rooting through the applications and finding the most ridiculous, exaggerated job titles from their previous employment. We've all done it -- we've doctored up our last position to make it sound more important and impressive than it really was. The difference between adults doing it and teens doing it, though, is that adults generally have more work experience, so they've had positions that supply a better foundation for stacking on the piles of bullshit. For instance, "Social Networking Strategist" is a pretty cool-sounding way to title the job of "posted shit on Twitter and Facebook." They had a job with computers, trying to promote a website. That's pretty easy to decorate because it's already tech-related.
But bring in a teenager whose only job has been changing oil at the local auto dealership, and there's virtually nothing to work with. I've seen "oil technician" used more than I'd like to admit. Actually, no, it brings me great joy to admit it: I've seen it about 50 times on peoples' work histories. "But John, that kind of fits, because mechanics are also called 'techs,' and the guy changed oil." Fine, I also used to work at a car dealership as the cleanup guy, washing mud off of the lot cars. The 19-year-old who worked with me referred to himself as an "automotive appearance specialist." He had a bucket and a sponge.
Shhhhh ... he needs his full concentration to pull off this tricky, highly specialized task.
What I found over the years is that the younger the applicant, the more retarded their titles would become. I'm not joking at all when I tell you that I've seen "Dishes Technician" to describe the highly technical task of washing dishes. "But John, if he's washing-" No. No buts. There is nothing wrong with washing dishes for a living -- it's a paycheck. But if you do that job, you fucking own it. You don't try to flower it up with some bullshit-sounding title. You hold your head up high and say, "I'm a dishwasher. I wash dishes. Fuck you, it paid my goddamn rent this month."
The heart of the matter is this: It isn't so much that you're trying to make a mundane job sound important and techy. It's that when the potential employers read these titles, they think, "Do they think I'm fucking stupid? Like I'm going to read that title and decide 'Holy shit, we have to snatch this one up right now before someone else does!'"
"I specialized in the removal and disposal of potentially biohazardous materials."
But slightly worse is the education section, where they ask where you went to school and what subjects you studied. I've seriously seen guys list off every single class they took, right down to fucking PE. If the furthest you've gone in education is high school, you can skip the latter question. They know what you studied because it's the same goddamn thing that everyone in high school studies. All they want to know is if you have some special knowledge or skill set that would make it easier for them to train you. However, almost every teenager's application I've read has padding, like "Fluent in Microsoft Word" or "two semesters of Latin." All you're doing at that point is creating a "one-up" story for some asshole manager later in life: "Oh, you think that one was bad? One time, I had an application from this high school kid ..."
"So I said, 'I see you took Sex Ed? You're definitely going to need that here! Bend over!'"
#4. They Get Obvious Help in the Wrong Way
We were in kind of a bind after one guy went to lunch and never came back, followed by the firing of another worker who had access to a fake doctor's prescription pad and used it frequently. So the timing couldn't have been more perfect when a 17-year-old kid showed up with his dad, looking for an application. Bringing someone with you when you're looking for a job isn't the smartest idea in the first place, but at that age, it's excusable. Some of them are looking for a job to buy their first car, so how else are they going to get there?
While the kid silently filled out the application, his dad got chatty with me and the hiring manager, telling us that it was high time his son got a job because "all he does is sit around the house and play goddamn video games." And "I can't even get him to get off of his ass to do basic chores without hearing him whine about how much it sucks, so he's getting a job whether he likes it or not and learning a little about real life."
"And don't even get me started on his stealing problem. Isn't that right, you little thieving bastard?"
The second he left, we pulled out the Post-it notepad and wrote a big red "NO" to decorate the cover of his application. Then we took a moment to appreciate the dad's honest, unintentional warning that his kid was a whiny piece of shit who had to be forced to do the most menial work. Sorry, Dad, but we're not his fucking babysitter.
Now, given, this was help that the kid didn't ask for, but we got plenty of the opposite, like applications written in two different colors of ink and two distinctly different handwriting styles. If that wasn't enough to tip us off that some of these kids were having Mommy fill out everything but the signatures, we actually watched more than one guy have her do it right in front of us.
"Oh, trust me, he'll fuck it up. He's Mommy's little dumbass."
But our business-wide favorite was the question "How will you get to work?" Since some of our employees were young enough to not have their first car yet, that's a pretty important question. The most common answer we got was "My girlfriend will drive me." Teens, I won't totally lay this one on you, though. This was the most common answer from age 16 right up through age 30. There were fully grown men who couldn't get themselves to work because they can't go one fucking year without getting a DUI.
Our thinking, though, was that if the girlfriend was responsible enough to have her own car and an actual driver's license, could you just send her in for an interview? Because she's the one we want to hire. She's demonstrated that, where life is concerned, she's the one who knows what the fuck she's doing. But on the extremely rare occasion when we did hire one of the "my girlfriend will drive me" guys, the same thing always happened: He started showing up late to work and blaming it on the girlfriend. "I told that bitch we needed to leave 15 minutes earlier, but she wouldn't listen!"
"She just had to keep stopping for Facebook pictures."
#3. They Don't Answer the Questions
Nothing made me happier than getting an application from a teen with a criminal record. And there were many. When most adults got to the "Criminal History" section, they were pretty straightforward with their answers. "Assault, resisting arrest, production of methamphetamine." But when a teen did something wrong, it always had a story behind it. Instead of answering the question "Have you ever been convicted of a crime besides traffic violations?" they put "Ask in person."
Nope, you're never making it to that stage, champ. We just asked you on the application -- there is no option that asks for your story that is guaranteed to start with "OK, so here's what happened: I was just minding my own business, when all of a sudden ..." We don't want to hear about how you were the victim in all of this. Or how you were set up. Or how you were wrongly accused. Unless you're Arlo Guthrie, just write the fucking crime in the fucking box.
"And I also shot a guy. I haven't been arrested for that one, but they're pretty close to catching me."
But even if they weren't victims of The Man's ruthless attempts at destroying their lives with false accusations, we never walked away from an application disappointed, because the "Previous Work" section was still there as a fallback to stupidity. "Why did you leave your last job?" "Boss made me choose between work and family."
Yeah, you read that right, and it wasn't a one-time thing. We got this response quite often. This super passive-aggressive non-answer usually meant that the worker was habitually late in the first place, and then decided to not show up at all for a few days, blaming it on "sick kids." So the boss told him to fix his obvious attendance problems or he'd be fired. I suppose it's possible that there is some dirty boss out there somewhere who gets off on destroying families in the name of work, but I've yet to run into one. "Chad, we're sick of this whole 'family' thing you have going on, and we're about to put an end to it. You either show your loyalty to us by neglecting your wife and children, or you find yourself another job. Choice is yours."
"And don't come back until you murder your uncle."


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September 19, 2012
Registrations are still being accepted for Ewe Are Special, a benefit dinner hosted by the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at the Jamison Farm on Saturday, Sept. 29. For the third year, John and Sukey Jamison will open their picturesque 210-acre farm for the dinner which features locally grown and raised natural food prepared by noted chefs Greg Andrews of The Supper Club; Donato Coluccio of Donato's; Anne Hutchinson of Hank's Oyster Bar; Rick Laskie of Saint Vincent College; Anne Quatrano of Bacchanalia; and Douglas Singer of Singer's Mostly Jewish Delicatessen. The six-course menu will feature grilled, butterflied leg of lamb and lamb chops and Dreadnought wines. Entertainment will be provided by Rick Struzzi and Justin Bendel. Guests will have an opportunity to participate in a silent auction featuring golf packages, overnight hotel stays and autographed sports memorabilia. Tickets are $250 per person and reservations for the limited seating can be made by calling 724-805-2750. The mission of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College is to advance the fields of early learning and children's media by acting as a catalyst for communication, collaboration and creative change. The Center houses the Fred Rogers Archive including materials from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The national signature programs of the Center are the Early Career Fellows program, the Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment™, and the Fred Forward Conference Series.
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'Cats are not small dogs." I (Dr. Perry Jameson) still can hear my anatomy professor in veterinary school saying this on our first day of class. Little did I realize 26 years ago how important that lesson was.
Over the past two decades, I have seen how we as veterinarians have made the mistake of treating them like little dogs in how we address everything from dietary needs to medical therapies.
As we have adapted these therapies to address their specific needs, we have seen an improvement in how they respond.
What cats need out of their environment to have a happy, stress free life differs from dogs, too. In the March issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, the American Association of Feline Practitioners and the International Society of Feline Medicine released guidelines on feline environmental needs.
According to these recommendations, addressing them will result in fewer unwanted behaviors, improve recognition of disease, ease handling of cats at home and at veterinary clinics, strengthen the bond between owner and pet, reduce the stress in multicat households and, most importantly, create happier cats.
The committee of veterinarians divided the recommendations into five pillars. By applying these pillars, a healthy environment will be created regardless of the cat's lifestyle.
Pillar 1: Provide a safe place. Cats need a quiet, private, secure place to escape to. Often, this is in a raised location. As a general rule, cats prefer flight over fight, and this safe place gives them that option. A cardboard box, perch and open cat carrier are examples. There should be a safe location for every cat in the home, and they should be separated from each other to reduce any unwanted interactions.
Pillar 2: Provide multiple and separate key environmental resources. These resources are associated with feeding, drinking, litter use, claw scratching, playing and resting/sleeping. Since cats generally are solitary animals, they need to be able to meet these needs without feeling challenged. Each cat should have its own food bowl, and there should be one litter box per cat. These resources should be spread throughout the environment so that the cats can separate themselves if desired.
Pillar 3: Provide opportunity for play and predatory behavior. Cats have a strong predatory instinct, which consists of locating, capturing, killing, preparing and eating its prey. My big male cat Ollie manifests this behavior by attacking and then carrying our socks out of the dirty laundry.
He then vocalizes until I come and inspect his "kill." Pseudo-predatory behavior, or what we call playing, will meet this instinctive need. You can do this with food by hiding kibble or using puzzle feeders. Any object that moves and promotes them to chase can be used. Allow them to occasionally catch and mouth it. Be sure to put away anything with a string or that could easily be eaten and cause an obstruction after use. The importance of this behavior can be seen in outdoor cats that naturally will spend a large portion of their physical and mental activities on hunting.
Pillar 4: Provide positive, consistent, and predictable human-cat social interaction. This need will vary from cat to cat based on genetics and early rearing experiences with people. It is important to not force this interaction but to allow your cat to initiate it. Once it ends the interaction, allow it to go and do not force further contact. Remember that each cat's need is different. My cat, Polly, loves to be picked up and carried, but Inky will hide for hours if I try to hold her. The key here is like any relationship: Give them the time each day to interact with you on their own terms.
Pillar 5: Provide an environment that supports the cat's sense of smell. Felines use their strong sense of smell to evaluate their surroundings, and this promotes a feeling of comfort and security. Facial and body rubbing are used to mark the areas and objects (such as your pants leg) where they feel safe.
It is important to maintain olfactory continuity where their scent is never completely eradicated. This can be done by not using detergents in areas they have marked with facial rubbing and not washing all of their bedding at the same time. Cats returning from a veterinary visit often will pick up odors from the hospital that the other cats will notice. A slow introduction back into the group may help alleviate this stress.
The guidelines state that, "Understanding these principles and the unique environmental needs of the cat will help veterinarians, cat owners and care-givers to reduce stress, the incidence of stress-related disorders, and unwanted behavior in their feline patients and pets."
Dr. Henri Bianucci and Dr. Perry Jameson are with Veterinary Specialty Care LLC. Send questions to email@example.com.


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BOWLING GREEN - It's safe to say that Seth Williams had a good time at last year's state wrestling meet. As the lone Columbian representative, Williams went in as a district runner-up, and wrestled his way to a third-place finish.
So far, this year's trip has the makings of being even better.
Williams will be heading to Columbus as a district champion, and two teammates are making the trip with him.
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Williams claimed the 152-pound title at the Division II district tournament at BGSU's Stroh Center. Derik Kopp finished second at 132-pounds and Mason Correll took third at 138-pounds.
"Its going to be a whole lot better," Williams said. "I'm not going to be the only one down there, warming up by myself. I'm going to have two other kids down there sharing the experience. We're going to push each other."
Williams opened his day with a 13-3 major decision in his semifinal match against Oak Harbor's Jared Chambers, then scored a 5-1 decision over Clyde's Blake Miller to take the title.
"I'm starting to get into that peak shape I wanted to," Williams said. "I'm wrestling smart. I'm feeling confident going into state."
Kopp made it to the finals after a 14-2 decision over Nate Boggs of Sandusky Perkins. After edging out a 7-5 decision in Friday's quarterfinal match, Kopp said he felt the day was starting off on an easier note.
"Honestly, today wasn't as hard of a day as I thought yesterday was," he said. "I had a really tough quarterfinal match. I knew my semifinal match wasn't going to be as tough, but I still went out with the same mentality, get it over with and win."
Kopp fell short of a district title, falling to Nick Pauff of Elida by a 5-1 decision. The result was a repeat of last week's sectional championship.
Kopp though said he's excited to have three Tornadoes representing the school at Columbus.
"I think its awesome," he said. "I thought for sure we were definitely going to get two. I think it's awesome Mason Correll made it out. He pulled out a lot of big wins. That's great for him."
Correll called Saturday the best day of his wrestling career. Looking at his day, it's hard to argue. After falling in Friday's first round match, Correll had to come back up through the consolation round. He won five matches on the day, including a 3-1 decision over Tippecanoe's Jake Peura to qualify for state, then scored a revenge win over Sandusky's Gene Porter, who he lost to Friday.
"I had my coaches behind me and my teammates as well," he said. "They backed me up. I wouldn't be this far without them and my family as well. They support me every match. They come out here and just watch me and it's great."
Correll said making it to state completes a childhood dream.
"Ever since I was a kid I had imagined being on the red and green mat and it's just an amazing sight. I can't wait," he said.
Columbian isn't the only school sending representation to state. The Stroh Center also housed the Division III district, which saw a number of area athletes punch their tickets to Columbus.
Fostoria's Tony Reynolds dropped a 170-pound quarterfinal match to eventual champion Jimmy Spieth of Liberty Center Friday. His response: come out and take care of business Saturday.
"Excellent day. He wrestled really, really well today," Fostoria coach Nick Davis said. "He came out on fire after his loss yesterday. That was a tough loss, 4-2 to Speith. I think that's a winnable match; I'm kinda hoping we might see him down in Columbus. I think we could give him a match. ... But Tony did wrestle back and wrestled really, really well today."
Reynolds began his day with two technical fall victories, then almost picked up a third. In the go-to-state match, he blanked Ryan Green of Margaretta, 13-0. Reynolds then picked up a 13-6 victory over Tate Oswalt of Ayersville to win third place.
Reynolds said the loss Friday gave him motivation to come back strong.
"That just gave me more motivation to push myself all the way through to prove that OK, I got beat in the quarters, but to prove that I still deserve to be at the state level," he said.
To make the day even more special, his victory over Green was his 100th career victory.
"That's really exciting, my 100th win," he said. "I honestly didn't know until last week that I was almost to 100. I knew that the second win in the (consolations) would've been my 100th so I had to push not just for the 100th win but for making it to state as well."
Carey's Brayden Leist took third place at 132-pounds. Leist started the day with a loss in the championship semifinal match, but responded with a pinfall victory over Max Reeder of Genoa, then a 6-4 decision over Kenny Price of Archbold to win third. Leist scored the winning points with a takedown with under 30 seconds to go in the match.
"At the beginning of the year I really wanted to start training hard because this is what my end goal was, to make it to state. So far its paid off," Leist said.
"Reeder's a pretty good kid, but it was really emotional. I'm a senior, so this was my last chance and I made it."
For Carey coach Ryan Pratt, the day was emotional not only because he saw Leist make it to state, but also because of the closing of the career of Lincoln Stansberry, who finished sixth. Stansberry, though, picked up his 100th win on the day. Trailing Devon Bergeon of Ayersville with 15 seconds left, Stansberry scored five quick points for the win.
"Both those kids they've been the program for a long time," Pratt said. "I would've loved to see both of them make it, but as far as Brayden goes, he's my little buzzsaw; definitely well deserving."
Grant Price of Mohawk finished second at 170-pounds. Price is making a return trip to state, and is anxious to keep moving up the podium.
"It's a good feeling to get back down to Columbus," he said. "Obviously there's some more stuff to improve on before next week. Just got to keep working hard."
Buckeye Central's Shawn Kissell was runner-up at 285-pounds. Kissell topped Hopewell-Loudon's Coltan Hossler by a 9-5 decision in his semifinal.
BC coach Chris Smith said Kissell surprised a lot of people with his performance.
"I think we surprised a lot," he said. "I know a lot of people didn't have him getting out, so getting second is pretty impressive. Last match didn't go the way we wanted, but I think we're ready for Columbus and I think he's going to do pretty well down there."
Hossler was the top finisher for Hopewell-Loudon finishing sixth.
The Chieftains brought five kids to the tournament with Hossler being the only senior. Coach Travis Traxler said he thinks the program's future is bright.
"We came here with four underclassmen and a senior, and of our five guys, everybody won a match," he said. "Everybody was competitive. Certainly not the results we wanted but there's nothing to be upset about. We have kids that are winning matches because their in better shape, they're working hard and the future is looking bright."


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Chosing Components: The right way.
Power Supplies:
-use This to find out your wattage requirements.
-buy from a company that uses very high quality components, SeaSonic, Corsair, Antec.
-If considering a power supply from a company not mentioned above, Research before buying, some companies sell very high quality power supplies, most of those are re-branded SeaSonic power supplies. XFX for example.
-buy a psu with atleast 80+ Bronze certification
-buy cheap power supplies, ever, they have the potential to explode.
-buy a case with high airflow
-buy a case with the best airflow you can afford
-buy a case with nice cable management options
-buy a case that is aesthetically pleasing to you.
-sacrifice airflow for fancy LEDs, you can always replace the regular fans with LED fans later.
-buy from reputable brands, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock
-buy a motherboard with all of the features you require
-buy a motherboard with the right CPU socket type
-if overclocking, buy a motherboard with proper VRM heatsinks
-pay for features you will never use
-buy an SLI/xFire board if you aren't going to use dual GPUs
-buy a board witth overclocking enabled if your CPU cannot be overclocked and vice versa.
-cheap out on your motherboard, like the power supply, these have the potential to explode.
-buy at least 8gb, 4gb is enough but ram is cheap.
-buy ram with 9 Cas latency or lower
-buy ram with speeds at least DDR3-1333
-buy ram with timings of 9-9-9-24 or lower
-install your ram to run in dual/quad channel mode as indicated in your motherboard's manual
-buy whatever ram meets the above criteria and is cheapest at the time
-buy ram with overly tall heat spreaders
-buy ram that runs at more than 1.5v if paired with an intel CPU
Hard Drives:
-buy hard drives with low failure rates, Seagate Barracuda, Western Digital green/red/blue/black, Samsung Spinoint.
-buy a 7200rpm drive if you plan to use the drive for more than just media storage
-buy a drive with enough storage space for your needs
-Buy a single platter drive
-buy 5400rpm drives to use as a main drive
-buy cheap high capacity (3tb+) drives, higher capacity drives have higher failure rates
Solid State Drives:
-consider an SSD if you already have a hard drive with enough storage capacity for your needs
-buy atleast a 128gb drive
-only buy SSDs from Samsung, Intel, Kingston, Crucial or SanDisk
-buy the SSD with better 4KB Random Reads/Writes, this is the performance numbers that make the real difference
-bother with a 64gb or smaller SSD
-buy low quality drives
-buy the Samsung 840 non-pro
-sacrifice any other components for an SSD
Optical Drives:
-buy the cheapest one you can find
-buy one just to install an operating system, use a USB Flash Drive instead.
When choosing a keyboard for gaming, in my opinion there are 3 options you want to look at:
1. The cheapest possible keyboard you can find
2. A keyboard with the option to plug in with PS/2 (it's faster), anti-ghosting functionality and optionally programmable keys, all at a maximum price of $50
3. Mechanical keyboards, Black and Red switches are are best for gaming, Browns are fine and quiet, Blues are loud. Browns and Blues are more typing oriented. However doing some research on your own to figure out which switch you prefer is a must. This is a must read for anyone interested in Mechanical keyboards.
Very tricky to make a do/don't list for. When looking at a mouse there's quite a bit of personal preference involved. Do your research and be sure to avoid something with angle snapping. Angle snapping is a function of some mice that "corrects" your mouse movement if it's within a certain threshold. Essentially, moving your cursor in ways you did not intend to. You can test this easily by attempting to draw a straight line in paint. if it's perfectly straight, your current mouse has angle snapping. Not a big deal for the average Joe but really detrimental to accuracy in games where your mouse moves a cross-hair. Blade and soul as an example.
Aside from that, pick a mouse that's comfortable. You're going to be using it for hours on end. I personally use the Logitech G400 and it's served me great.
Sound card:
If you hear static noise when you plug in speakers or headphones then you're going to need a sound card to get rid if it. The Xonar DG is nice and pretty cheap.
If you do not hear any static noise you don't need to bother with a sound card.
If you're looking for a new monitor, there's 2 options worth spending more than $150:
1. A nice IPS display
2. A nice 120Hz monitor
Everything else is bad.
CPU/Video Card:
Ideally, you want your video card, not your CPU to be the bottleneck in your system
Easy way to avoid this is to spend atleast as much on your video card as you did on your cpu
Example Builds:
The Hobo Station: Under $400 Low settings @50fps avg.
The Modest Station: Under $550 Medium settings @ 60FPS avg.
The Modestly Faster Station: Under $750 High settings @ 60FPS avg.
The Game Station: Under $1000 Max settings @ 60FPS avg.
The Game Station+: Under $1500 Max settings @ 80FPS avg.
The Enthusuast: No budget. Max settings @ 120fps avg.
Recommended Peripherals:
Spend the rest of your money here
Logitech G400
Zowie AM
Logitech G500
CoolerMaster Storm Spawn
Razer DeathAdder
Razer Naga
Logitech G600
Corsair k90
Steelseries 7G
Zowie Celeritas
CM Storm QuickFire Rapid
Noppoo Choc Mini
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate
Microsoft Sidewinder x4
i-rocks KR-6260
Dell Ultrasharps
BenQ XL2420T
AOC i2353Ph
I'm too lazy to put together a PC on my own:
Stop being lazy.
Avoid Alienware anything like a plague.
Configure a desktop with similar specs to the examples above on iBuyPower or CyberPowerPC
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