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LISBON - The trial began Wednesday in Columbiana County Municipal Court for a Canfield man accused of domestic violence after he allegedly attacked his openly gay 15-year-old son in the parking lot of a Lisbon theater in 2011.
The boy, now 17, took the stand telling a jury both of the alleged assault on the day in question and past violent encounters with the man he considers to be his father, but who he later learned is not his biological father. The teen said his father used to beat up his mother, throw him against walls, beat up his brothers and even threatened to kill him.
Early on July 30, 2011, before the alleged assault at the Trinity Playhouse, the teen claimed his father attempted to push him down a flight of steps, but he was able to grab the railing to stop the fall.
The boy was one of several teens serving as counselors for a children's camp at the Trinity Playhouse. Most of the teens involved had performed previously in Stage Left productions. On the night before the last day of camp, the teen counselors have a lock-in event, cleaning up from the camp and celebrating the end of three weeks.
The boy said his parents were not home when he left for the lock-in, getting a ride with a friend. However, he left a note telling him where he was going and called his grandmother to tell her of his plans. Sometime after dark, his father showed up requesting he come home.
Candice Cleland, director at the Trinity Playhouse, testified the father asked her to tell the boy he was not welcome to stay the night. She said she talked to the boy, not telling him he could not stay, but explaining to him she felt he should honor his parent's wishes. Cleland said she had not had any problems with the boy and had known him since the seventh grade both from her theater program in Canfield schools and at Stage Left.
The boy testified he called his mother and argued with her about staying also. He said his parents are against him being gay and he felt his father treated him different from his brothers because he was not his biological father.
"They told me (being gay) was unacceptable," said the boy, who told his parents when he was in the fifth or sixth grade. "They said I would burn in Hell or die of AIDS."
He was outside in the parking lot and a heated argument reportedly happened between the boy and his father. About that time a then 18-year-old Akron man arrived in the lot. The teen testified he had invited the man, a licensed makeup artist, to come, possibly to stay with them and do some makeup for the children the next day. He admitted he had not cleared the idea with Cleland, but had talked to some of the older teenage counselors about it. Both the boy and another witness, a 16-year-old girl, testified they were unaware of the rule against strangers staying until after that night.
The teen and the now 19-year-old man both admitted on the stand there was interest between them in a relationship, but nothing sexual happened. At that point, they did not know each other well, except by Internet and texting communications.
The accusing teen, the teenage girl and the man all testified about the sudden attack of the father. While the Akron man waited in the car talking to the girl, the father reportedly punched the boy on the left side of the face. The teen said his father then shoved him to the ground, straddled him and began to beat him. He admitted to hitting back in self-defense, but not to landing any blows. Finally, after the boy got away and ran toward the back door of the theater, the father allegedly pushed him into the back of a minivan. The back window reportedly shattered by the impact.
The boy testified he had a broken tooth and blood on both his arms and gums from the glass. The girl testified she could see the broken glass in the boy's gums.
The Akron man had followed the ambulance to the hospital, but the boy said when his mother came she called his friend "a freak" and made him leave. His mother also accused her son of ruining his family, even though he said it was not his decision to have his father charged.
Several people in the parking lot and in the theater had called the Lisbon police, who charged the father with domestic violence. The Akron man was one of them, which was questioned by defense attorney Constant Prassinos. He asked both the boy and the makeup artist why he had not come to the teen's rescue. The man, who is small in stature, said he feared for his own safety, so he drove across the street while calling police. At that point, he said he heard glass shattering, but did not see what happened.
The defense attempted to call Janice Burke, a counselor of both the boy and the family, who due to her schedule will be unable to testify when the trial resumes today. She was questioned by the attorneys without the jury present. Both Assistant Prosecutor Virginia Barborak and attorney Connie Witt, serving as an advocate for the boy, objected to Burke, who serves as program director at Daybreak Youth Crisis Center.
Judge Mark Frost ruled she would be unable to testify due to patient confidentiality.
The trial is expected to continue today.


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North Korea Plans Report on Human Rights
North Korea, unhappy with a damning, in-depth United Nations sponsored study of human rights conditions in the country, is planning its own assessment.
North Korea's state news agency said Monday it would publish an "all-inclusive" report on human rights "to let people clearly know about the human rights performance in the DPRK and help them do away with their prejudice and misunderstanding." North Korea's formal name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK.
In a report earlier this year, a United Nations commission of inquiry alleged widespread crimes against humanity in North Korea and said Kim Jong Un and other officials had criminal responsibility under international law.
The commission spent a year collecting first-hand testimony from escapees from North Korea and other evidence that was compiled into a 400-page report of widespread and systematic human rights abuses, including a network of political prison camps where some inmates are tortured and starved to death.
North Korea, which rejected requests from the commission to visit the country, has repeatedly refuted the report. Its ambassador to the U.N. told the U.N. Human Rights Council to "mind its own business" when the council voted in March for the U.N. Security Council to seek accountability for those responsible for the alleged abuses.
Sokeel Park, director of research and strategy at Liberty in North Korea, a nongovernmental organization based in Seoul, noted that the U.N. General Assembly reconvenes in September and will discuss and vote on a resolution reaffirming the commission report findings.
"This is Pyongyang's attempt to get out in front of that and influence some of the non-aligned countries that might waver on stronger condemnatory language," he said.
North Korea said its assessment would "show the true picture of the people of the DPRK dynamically advancing toward a brighter and rosy future while enjoying a free and happy life under the socialist system centered on the popular masses."
It said the report will be published by the DPRK Association for Human Rights Studies. Mr. Park said the association is a body that North Korea cites from time to time when it wants to respond to international human rights criticism or bash South Korea on a human rights issue.
"But such an association being used for anything other than propaganda value in North Korea is about as likely as Jang Song Thaek making a glorious return on a mythical North Korean unicorn," he added, referring to the executed uncle of Kim Jong Un.
North Korea's system of city-sized gulags is estimated by experts and defectors to hold 80,000-120,000 people. Citizens that resist state controls on political expression risk arbitrary arrest, detention and execution. Since coming to power in late 2011, Kim Jong Un has tightened border controls to prevent escapees, but some still manage to flee the country.
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Starting next summer, law students who want to be admitted to the New York bar will face a new requirement: completion of 50 hours of pro bono legal work. For decades, more than half of UB Law School graduates already have done such work and more. Now, plans are in place to help all UB law school students meet this new condition.
This new mandate, issued by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman on Sept. 14, has two purposes: providing future attorneys solid experience, while simultaneously giving under-resourced clients access to legal advice.
"Students are eager to apply their law school learning through pro bono work, such as working with veterans in Genesee County and assisting refugees applying for asylum," says Melinda Saran, vice dean for student affairs
Dean Makau W. Mutua was the only law school dean to serve on the statewide advisory committee convened by the chief judge to issue recommendations for practicable implementation of the mandate.
"The committee was open and receptive to the concerns and ideas of law schools in implementing the pro bono rule," says Mutua, adding that he was honored to serve on the committee. "I want to commend Judge Lippman for being forward-thinking and creating an opportunity for us to inculcate in law students the spirit and substance of public service for the underserved. I hope New York becomes the model for other states."
The requirement will affect the Class of 2014 first, and current second-year students may start accruing pro bono hours now.
"This is a requirement for bar applicants, not a mandate on the law school," notes Kim Connolly, vice dean for legal skills. "But many students enroll in our institution hoping to sit for the New York State bar exam so we have indirect responsibility for assisting in compliance. Fortunately, we have a history of supporting students in completing similar work so it was easy to roll out a plan to assist all students."
To ensure adequate opportunities for all its students to meet the pro bono requirement, UB Law School has:
Multiple options in the regulations will support various pro bono options. For example, Connolly explains that a student working at a law firm over the summer can get pro bono credit for assigned work if the firm is not billing for the time. Students' work for judges and the district attorney also counts toward the requirement. The basic overall understanding, she says, is that the work must be both legal in nature—building houses for Habitat for Humanity wouldn't count, but drafting a legal document for that non-profit would—and supervised by licensed attorneys or law faculty.
Saran points out that the mandate also opens up for practicing lawyers, including Law School alumni, opportunities to get support for their pro bono efforts by working with students. The Law School stands ready to connect practitioners with students eager to meet the requirement.


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Racers --and walkers - will hit Camp Richardson Resort's groomed track next weekend for the 14th annual Tahoe Mountain Milers Running Club snowshoe event.
No prior snowshoe experience is needed for the five-kilometer race set to take place Sunday, Feb. 24. Event organizers welcome "first-time walkers" as well as dedicated snowshoe racers who want to help support a South Shore cause.
"Just come out and have fun," race director Carol Nageotte said.
For the past eight years, all proceeds from the Fresh Tracks walk and race have gone to the Eric Nageotte-Lowe Scholarship Fund that benefits Heavenly Mountain Resort's freestyle team. Nageotte and her husband, Ron, began organizing the event after Eric's death in 2004 as a way to honor the memory of Ron's son and support his former teammates.
The South Tahoe High School alumnus was practicing his mogul skiing at a New Zealand ski resort when he died after crashing into a ravine September 2004, the Tribune reported that year.
Carol Nageotte said her 18-year-old stepson had asked to train in New Zealand at the Treble Cone summer mogul camp as a high school graduation present. He was aiming for a berth on the U.S. Ski Team, she said.
"He wanted to train with the best coaches. He had his sights set on the Olympics," Nageotte remembers.
Eric Nageotte cut his teeth competing with top freestyle skiers like Sho Kashima. The two athletes would often nab podium spots at regional and national competitions, and Kashima is now a member of the U.S. Ski Team and a two-time national champion.
Ron Nageotte estimates that Fresh Tracks and the Far West mogul competition have raised thousands of dollars since 2004 for the Heavenly Freestyle Team and skiers like Kashima.
The money covers gym and travel fees for the athletes. Every dollar helps, Nageotte said Friday.
South Shore residents are the ones who usually swell the snowshoeing ranks, but Carol Nageotte said anyone is welcome to the event, which offers food, prizes and snowshoe rentals in addition to use of Camp Richardson's trail system.
The Tahoe Mountain Milers Running Club first started "Fresh Tracks" as a way to keep fit when the roads were covered with ice and snow.
"As runners, we're trying to find ways to train in the winter. In Tahoe, we put our Yaktrax on and try to run on the forest service roads," Carol Nageotte said.
Entry forms for the upcoming event are available at Kahle Community Center, South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center and the Douglas County Public Library Zephyr Cove Branch. Online registration is available at www.race360.com.


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Congratulations and THANK YOU to Lisa Paulun, patient from the Detroit Support Group for being named our Advocate of the Month for July! Lisa was appointed as an advocacy team leader in late-May and tasked with building a team of patient advocates to collect postcards from friends and family to support SB 540/541. This bill will make oral chemotherapies more affordable for patients that need them by eliminating patient out-of-pocket disparities in health insurance coverage between oral and intravenous chemotherapy.
She and her team have collected over 200 postcards in just over a month! Lisa sat down with IMF Grassroots Liaison Aimee Martin for a personal interview to give advocates a first-hand look at what it's like to be a team leader.
A: Why is it important for you to be part of the Advocacy team at IMF?
L: I have been in health care since the mid-80's, and feel our community often lacks the knowledge of what is going on around them, and how such little changes can make a huge difference in one's life. Since I am no longer able to practice as a nurse practitioner because of my myeloma and immune system problems, I feel the IMF has given me the perfect outlet to still be a part of impacting my community in a positive way. I love what the IMF is doing for us- it is so impressive that this organization is targeting what is essentially a small audience (in the scope of all cancers) and advancing the education and more importantly, drug research for us with myeloma.
A: What is your favorite part about being an advocate?
L: It gives my life some meaning again and I am helping people. I had to give up my nursing and practitioner licenses earlier this year, and it has helped me fill a void. I can still contribute in some way, even though I am fighting this awful disease. It actually gives me more energy as I can focus on the cause and do my part, however small, to help.
A: How have you been able to collect more than 200 postcards?
L: It was not as difficult as I thought it would be - I had a lot of help. I also keep them in my car and whether I am getting my hair cut, or waiting in a doctor's office, I usually can solicit a few cards. The majority of the cards came from our Detroit Multiple Myeloma Group. We are a group of 40+ individuals in various stages of myeloma who get together once a month. Once I put forth this great cause, they also took charge and had folks sign them at work, went door to door, etc. I was very geeked to see their enthusiasm when they returned to the most recent meeting with all the cards they had gotten filled out.
A: Any tips for folks just starting to collect cards?
L: This is an easy question! Just carry some around with you wherever you go. If you ask someone to support you in cancer efforts, most people are more than willing. Waitresses, nurses, people in waiting rooms-places we go each day have these people who are willing to help by filling out a card- just ask- I haven't had a NO yet!
A: Anything else you would like the advocates reading this to know?
L: I have been very contemplative this last year as I am just about to celebrate my 5 year anniversary for my ASCT. Remembering my early days of diagnosis and all the setbacks I had, I am so elated to be able to get up each day, enjoy my four children and their endeavors in college and new careers, and to be able to enjoy life. Even though I am still in my forties, I like to call my disability an early "retirement." I am trying to enjoy retirement just as any person would- spending time with my family, reading, and seeking out any beaches in which I can dig my toes into, and contemplate the wonderful gift of life I have been given. In a way, I have been blessed to have myeloma when I look past the havoc it has done to my body, and focus on how it has opened my eyes to a world that is here to enjoy by my awesome creator.
Thank you again, to Lisa Paulun, a true inspiration to everyone!
The Postcards for Parity Program is not just for Michigan folks. We are on a roll with over 800 postcards collected nationwide for HR 2476, the Cancer Coverage Parity Act. Email Aimee to learn more and join the team!
If you live in Michigan and haven't sent an email to your state representative regarding SB 540/541, take action today. Also, if you haven't yet joined our Action Network, click here to find out how you can use your voice today.


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Oregonians love Italian wine. While we specialize in Oregon and Washington wines, we have a deep enthusiasm for Italian wines in our store and our home cellars, and travel to Italy for wine and food whenever possible.
We have access to one of the best selections of small, artisan made Italian wines in the country, many at killer prices. We seek out the gems in the rural countryside of Italy, finding stellar wines from Italian "Indies" missed by the big boys. Just like Avalon finds the best of the Oregon and Washington "Indie" wines and delivers them to you!
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The Piedmonte region of Italy, where Barbaresco is located, is almost as well known for its truffles as for its wines. The parallels of the Piemonte to Oregon (Nebbiolo and truffles, Pinot noir and Oregon's growing fame for its truffles) are intriguing. Add both regions' obsession with fine, locally produced cuisine, and the Piemonte deserves to be called Oregon's "Sister Gastronomic Region"!
Barolo and Barbaresco, the king and queen of wines from Italy's Piedmonte, have a similar allure to that of Oregon Pinot noir. They have complexity and intrigue - certain qualities that are simply hard to put into words. Perfect partners for food.
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One of our favorite wineries in the Piedmonte region is Ca del Baio. Ca del Baio's wines are called "Barbaresco", referring to the village where the winery is located. The wines are made from Nebbiolo, the star grape of the region. Nebbiolo is the diva of Italian grapes- temperamental, low yielding and late ripening, it is often compared to Pinot noir in its variability and for the quality of its best wines.
Ca del Baio is owned by the Grasso family (father and son winemakers in photo at right,) grapegrowers and winemakers since 1680. Their farm is in Treiso, a village near Barbaresco. Ca del Baio's vineyards are both at the winery (45 acres) and in nearly Asili, a village near Treiso. Asili is respected as one of the best grape growing areas in the region. While best known for their Nebbiolo based wines, Ca del Baio also grow Dolcetto and Barbera and make Docg status wines from the grapes.
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A group is asking the Arkansas attorney general's office to approve language for a ballot measure next year that would repeal the state's ban on gay marriage.
Arkansans for Equality on Thursday submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to the attorney general's office. The group's proposal would repeal an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that voters approved in 2004 to ban same-sex marriage.
The AG must certify the language of the proposal before the group can begin collecting the 78,133 signatures from registered voters needed to place it on the 2014 ballot.
The group submitted the measure the day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples. Justices also cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California.


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What does UL mean?Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent product safety certification organization that controls and monitors lighting rules and safety regulations. A "UL-approved" designation means a product has been approved by this agency.
"UL has developed more than 1000 Standards for Safety. Our Standards for Safety are essential to helping ensure public safety and confidence, reduce costs, improve quality and market products and services. Millions of products and their components are tested to UL's rigorous safety standards with the result that consumers live in a safer environment than they would have otherwise."
What does CSA mean?CSA stands for Canadian Standards Association. CSA certifications are used and accepted across North America and around the world, on over 1 billion products. And that number continues to grow.
In the United States, CSA International is accredited by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). Generally speaking, all OSHA accredited laboratories conduct their tests against the same sets of U.S. standards and codes, regardless of who authors or publishes them. CSA International tests are applicable to U.S. standards, which include ANSI, UL, CSA, NSF, and others. In Canada, CSA International is accredited as a Certification Organization (CO) and as a Testing Organization (TO) by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).
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Hey True Belivers!
Today I have something a little different for you! It's a collaboration I've been working on for the past few months with fashion designer Leila Marlene, the creator of Phantomlovely! She decided she had a need to expand her line into plus sizes and asked me to be her test model, which I jumped on immediately! I first discovered her work about a year and a half ago from my friend Ashley's blog and totally fell in love with the clothes! So of course I was thrilled that she asked me to help her provide her amazing clothes to plus sizes! You can read her side of the story here!
I also had a desire to do a new Siryn themed makeup since she's recently become the new Morrigan in the Marvel Universe, which was crazy to have happened when it did because at the time I was working on my own version of The Morrigan for Myth Masque last year. I took that as a sign for sure! I also wanted (was super excited!) to shoot with my friend Grace Morgan as well so I did ALL THE THINGS!🙂
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the looks!
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Forty shy of 1,000 career points, Tommy Campion pulled off the unexpected Saturday.
The Jamestown senior scored exactly 40 points, helped by seven three-pointers, as the Red Raiders beat visiting Lancaster, 79-54, in ECIC I.
Campion was 14 of 26 from the floor, 7 of 14 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free throw line. He becomes the eighth 1,000-point scorer for Jamestown and the first since Carlos Rivera in 2010. Campion had 17 points in the first half, went off for 21 in the third quarter and played the first minute of the fourth to get the scoring milestone.
Jamestown plays its next two on the road, so coach Ben Drake was happy his shooting guard got the record at home.
"I'm really proud of Tommy," said Drake. "He's not a big kid [5-foot-9], not overly quick or athletic. He just works really, really hard on his game. He's a gym rat. He's been our team manager since fourth grade and he's a great role model for other kids."
WRESTLING: Clarence flexed its muscles as a team and senior Steven Michel of Lancaster picked up top individual honors at the Class AA Championship in Lockport.
Michel was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler after he pinned two-time state place finisher Anthony Orefice of Lockport in 2:48. Clarence won four weight classes to capture its third straight Class AA title. Brendan Arena (113), Nate Schwab (152), Jake Weber (160) and Nate Ward (285) brought titles home to Clarence. The top five in each weight class advanced to next week's Section VI Championships at UB.
In Class A, Freddy Eckles (120) and Luke Catalano (285) won their weight classes to lead Lake Shore to the team title.
In Class C, Fredonia won the team title and Steven Warthling of Tonawanda was named Most Outstanding. The Hillbillies' 236.5 points outdistanced runner up Eden's 154.5.
Dakota Gardner (126), Tyler Cassidy (132), Zack Buckley (170) and Nick Nocek (182) earned titles for Fredonia. Warthling decisioned Christian Saden of Fredonia, 9-6, to win the 220 final.
In Class D, Gunner Van Curen of Portville earned Most Outstanding after winning at 160 in a meet hosted by Portville. Van Curen (27-2) won two bouts by pin and a third by major decision. Falconer took four weight classes on its way to the team title.
SWIMMING: Cameron MacDonald won two individual events and was on a winning relay to earn Large school Swimmer of the Meet honors at the ECIC Championships hosted by Sweet Home. The Williamsville North senior teamed with Josh Blumberg, Jerry Daigler and Conner Mergler to win the 200 medley relay in 1:40.59, which qualified them for states. MacDonald then came back to win the 50 free in 22.04 and the 100 free in a state-qualifying 48.24. Daigler won the backstroke in 55.33.
Jack Zagrobelny earned Small school Swimmer of the Meet as he led a dominating performance by small school champion East Aurora. Zagrobelny won the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.70, the 200 free in 1:55.48 and was on the winning 200 and 400 free relays.
Orchard Park won the large school title with 308.33 points followed closely by Clarence with 293.83. East Aurora rolled to the small school title. Orchard Park's Liam Hoover won the 100 butterfly in 55.52 and was on the winning 200 free relay along with Nolan McArdle, Brian Manley and Zachary Healy. Lancaster's Brent Carbone won the diving followed by Gordon Holder of the Quakers and Matt Dixon of Clarence.
Junior Jack Boyd led Canisius to an 88-72 win over Cathedral Prep at City Honors, winning the 200 free in an All-American time 1:40.25 and the 100 free in 46.36, in the fastest time in New York State and a Canisius school record.
Canisius won two of three relays and qualified its 200 medley relay for states. Boyd, Luke Otto, Mic Cauley, Christian Westermeier and Andre Wojtowicz were each on two relays.
COED SWIMMING: City Honors won the All-High Championship, breaking four City records. The Lady Centaurs' 200 medley relay of Sara Rosenblatt, Selin Kazbay, MaryEllen Crawley and Alize Allen went a record 2:04.05. In the 100 butterfly, Allen touched in a record 1:01.07.
In the boys 200 freestyle relay, the Centaurs' John Ghosen, Ted Randell, Henry Keane, and Gavin Harris went a record 1:42.56. In the 400 free relay, Crawley, Anna Hobler, Carolyn Rider and Allen setting a new mark in 4:22.97.
BOWLING: The Maryvale girls and St. Joe's won team titles at the 35th Roy Sommer Invitational at Thruway.
Maryvale's team of Megan Koscinski, Madison Rogacski, Kayli Christ, Jamie Michalewski and Melanie Hannon rolled a 4,236 total to best a field of 23 teams. Hannon and Koscinski were named all-tournament.
St. Joe's Kevin Bienko, Nick Panepinto, Connor Schepperly, Ryan Pietrozyk, Kevin Zitzka and John Dref rolled a 4,584 to edged runner-up Grand Island by 34 pins. The event drew 36 teams. Representing St. Joe's on the all-tournament team was Kevin Bienko.
HOCKEY: St. Joe's defeated host McQuaid, 5-1, for its 18th win. The Marauders (18-2-1) trailed 1-0 and then took a major penalty for head contact. Zach Klapp gave his team a big boost when he scored a shorthanded goal on a breakaway to tie it. St. Joe's later added three consecutive power play goals by Dimitrios Gogos, Mitch Spring and Eric Paradowski. Goalkeeper Nick George had 16 saves as St. Joe's outshot their opponents, 32-17.
Mike O'Rouke had two goals and an assist and Nick Ortiz added two goals as Frontier improved to 14-5 with a 7-2 win over crosstown rival Hamburg in a game played at the Nike base. The Falcons led 2-0 after the first period and 5-1 after two.
INDOOR TRACK: Jenn Thill of Lancaster equalled her season best in the pole vault, clearing 12 feet, and the Redskins' McKenzie Kuehlewind won the shot put and weight throw in a meet held in the Lancaster field house. Carolyn Hopkins of Williamsville South was a double winner in the 1,000, and1,500.
Carlos Garcia of Lancaster won the triple jump and ran on the winning 4x200 relay along with Mitch Fuller, Stephen George and Cal Hoag.
St. Joe's and Williamsville South won two events each. Anthony Belfatto (3,200) and the 4x400 won races for the Marauders while Matt Shatan (50 meters) and Devon Paterson (shot put) won events for the Billies.


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Your impression of the deal avoiding the nation's fiscal cliff is. . .
I'm confused, if there is a debt limit how can one operate so far above it? How too can the Gov fail to provide a budget required by law and perform against it? By failing to operate against a budget there are absolutely no fiscal constraints. Sadly, because of this, votes are purchased with financial resources of future generations. Shame on our polititions.
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The more practical solution is to cut pensions and life time benefits from new fed and state employees. They don't exist in the private sector because doing so would bankrupt them all. Those companies cannot raise their debt ceiling so they can over spend. We will never see real senior or healthcare reform until politicians live in the same world as the rest of us.
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The debt limit is something that absolutely has to be raised because the alternative is not paying our bills. It is not so we can incur new debt. The full faith and credit of the US Government is at stake and shame on any political philosophy which plays silly hostage spending games with the issue.
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The conservative economic agenda has been successful in nearly eliminating private sector pensions and benefits, so now they go after the "outrage" that public sector employees enjoy such lavish perks. Shame on the vampire capitalists of the right. You have destroyed the American middle class. Every time you lash out and attack unions, you are destroying the backbone of the middle class. You may never admit it, but that is the truth.
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It has been estimated that to feed the planets starving it would cost 30 billion dollars per year. Meanwhile, the US and other nations around the world combined spend that amount every 8 days on military budgets.
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46&2 What world are you living in? Unions are not the backbone of the middle class. The Democrates are noted for their spending what they don't have; and then barrowing or raising taxes to spend more. Maybe you live above your means, and that is why you think the government should, but debt is what has put individuals and this country into bankrupcy. Provide a budget and stick to it. Stop spending what we don't have. Stop taking from those who do work to give to those who REFUSE to work. Start living according to our constitution and laws that are on the books, instead of making up new ones to suit ones self. Eventually you will see the destruction cause with such an attitude. People, including the government should live withing their means. If all that the politicians require of the tax payers and hard workers applied to them, they wouldn't be so quick to spend what they don't have. Ask yourself, who will they barrow from? China? check to see who really owns the USA?
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Print the trillion dollar coin!
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Just a foot note: Prov.22:7 says; "The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender." The poor are the majority of the American people, and the lender is mostly China. Also something to think about: As the politicians ride in their choffer driven limos to make laws about how they can take more of our hard earned money, we can bearly afford to pay our bills; and they want to take more and go deeper in debt. Do you know that the politicians are getting a raise this year? Did you? Is your pay check the same, larger, or smaller than the last one of 2012? And why would people on Soc. Security and the military be threatened with a hold up on their checks if an agreement wasn't reach concerning the CLIFF; when there was no mention of those on welfare?
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D. Let the tax cuts expire.
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Just want to say, Thank you to the TEA PARTY for destroying the Republican party! Keep up the good work and remember to keep saying what Nancy Reagan said, "JUST SAY NO"!
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Fiscal Cliff....
To better understand the term Fiscal Cliff", whenever you see it, replace those words with "Financial Irresponsibility".
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sgk2211 - 7:38 AM "The poor are the majority of the American people, and the lender is mostly China."
It would be nice if people would quit spreading that crap.
China holds only 8% of the debt, little more than that held by Japan. If fact, it is expected that Japan will over take China in their holdings very soon.
Of the $14.3 trillion in debt, $9.8 trillion is held by the American people and the government.
United Kingdom, owns $347 billion; Brazil holds $211 billion; Taiwan, holds $153 billion; and Hong Kong, owns $122 billion.
There are actually more countries, i.e., Saudi Arabia, and other eastern countries.
Why don't you first LEARN THE TRUTH before you make such broad statements.
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quote: This doesn't "grow" the Government.
quote: By your logic we shouldn't have anti discriminatory employment laws either. Because if an employer says you're black, so you can't work here, you can always say "No thanks, I'm not comfortable with that"???
quote: Please, stop confusing Conservatives with Anarchists. It gets VERY old.
quote: But to claim it doesn't grow the CA government is foolish.
quote: I'm not advocating anarchy, and to suggest I was is disingenuous.
quote: What do I care? I don't live there. That's the beauty of states rights.
quote: But how does this grow the Government?
quote: This actually PREVENTS Government waste
quote: Let's not pretend that handing over your passwords to a complete stranger has NEVER lead to abuses before. Get real.
quote: My point was that I get accused of being a "right wing" radical, but the second I support ANY action by a Government someone like you flips out and says "I thought you were a Conservative, you betrayed us bla bla".
quote: But when you support legislation like this, it makes me believe my assessment of your principles aren't what I suspected they were.
quote: It's that you'd support this, unnecessary government action.
quote: This is what I'm talking about. What exactly is that supposed to mean? Why can't I just articulate the issue without it being personal?
quote: I personally do not believe that it's appropriate for employers to make such requests. In my opinion, it's crossing a line.
quote: almost certain that someone else will come in and gladly consent
quote: This notion you have in your head that anyone can land a job anywhere at any time
quote: and are never in a position where they feel they have to compromise rights they normally wouldn't
quote: that these agencies are going to have to grow substantially just to handle them
quote: Telling someone to do what I say or be punished is not giving them a choice.
quote: People often simply are not in a position to refuse a job because they don't like the company's hiring process. Even if said applicant refuses the request and moves on, it's almost certain that someone else will come in and gladly consent in order to land the job because they *NEED* the job.
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05 May 2009
by Elisabete Vilar
Varela is one of the country's favorite areas for young people's gatherings and beach partying, but all the fun and the crowds also tend to leave a trail of garbage and waste that lies untreated and forgotten – and the mountains of beer bottles and cans are growing each year.
This time, however, with the aim of training and sensitizing the youngsters towards the importance of cleaning the beach and protecting the environment, the team mobilized by UNV adapted and put along the seashore 56 metal containers for the collection of garbage – an initiative supported by Lenox and Engen fuel stations.
The waste was carried by volunteers in wheelbarrows, given by the project. The event also involved talks and conversations with young people and group leaders, and attracted passers-by through megaphones and flags and distributing T-shirts.
The activity culminated with the temporary dedication by the village leaders of a small area destined for the treatment of the collected rubbish. A commitment arose among the participating girls and boys to later on build and isolate a space on that terrain in which to put the garbage – a result that, although incipient, left the UNV Programme Officer, Judith Mayer, full of enthusiasm!
"Environmental protection awareness and mobilization towards garbage recollection must be paired with a mentality change," said Ms. Mayer. Though this is a process that cannot be achieved in a few days, she remarked, "a big step forward was already taken, given that it was the first time an activity of this type was held in Varela, making people think about this subject."
Although there have been previous cleaning initiatives, this was the first time that the local population, especially young people, was involved in such a deep and committed way. The youth also appears to have internalized that it is necessary to keep up the work that was initiated then.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - The 2013 IVGID board kick-started the process of searching for a new general manager by discussing its options - and at times disagreeing with some - during the trustees' first meeting of the year last Wednesday.
Joe Wolfe, entering his third year as trustee, suggested the board look into seeking bids for an executive search firm to look for candidates to replace current GM Bill Horn, who retires Dec. 31, 2013.
"We need to get started on this project, because it's going to take a long time. It could ... be at least a six-month process," Wolfe said.
New trustee Jim Hammerel suggested a committee be formed to create a new job description for the position, and "then go from there."
"I don't know if farming this out is the right move ... spending money on a search firm," he said.
The current 2012-13 budget does not include funds to spend on a search firm. During the meeting, trustees said a headhunting firm typically makes a commission if one of its candidates gets the job, and in this case it could be as much as 15 percent of the new GM's salary.
According to previous reports, Horn - who has held the position of Incline Village General Improvement District general manager since 2002 - has made upward of $150,000 annually over the past several years, a figure that doesn't include a potential $25,000 yearly bonus.
Hammerel also suggested the position be advertised first in an effort to attract locals who may be qualified for the position, something to which third-year trustee Bruce Simonian agreed.
Wolfe, however, did not.
"I disagree," he said while pointing to the audience. "Those people elected us to do a job, and this is the most important job we will ever do. We don't want to limit ourselves here; we want this to be a long-term situation."
During public comment, resident Bea Epstein, who lost her bid for re-election to the board last year, shared a similar view.
"When searching for talent, to limit yourselves to just the core community, it will tie your hands," she said.
Offering a different idea, resident and former trustee candidate Aaron Katz said the district could save a lot of money if the board didn't hire a general manager and instead made do with the staff currently in place.
The board eventually voted 5-0 to create a two-person committee of trustees, Simonian and Jim Smith, to draft a new job description to be brought back to a future board meeting for approval.
Earlier in the meeting, the board voted 5-0 to draft a letter of support of the eLearning Cafe and its controversial proposal to the Washoe County Library Board of Trustees to consider housing its learning center within the Incline Village Library.
According to previous reports, the cafe's founder, Kathryn Kelly, said the effort would keep the local library open much longer each week - up from its current 30 hours to as many as 70 - without increasing operating costs by using eLearning staff as unpaid volunteers.
Library staff has been hesitant to come out in favor of the plan, according to previous reports, considering the Washoe County District Attorney's Office has to determine what authority the county has under Nevada state law to enter into this sort of agreement.
Last Wednesday, Kelly said she's been discouraged about an apparent attempt by library staff to not allow the idea to be discussed by the board, which meets monthly in Reno. As of last Wednesday, Kelly had garnered more than 150 signatures on a petition in support of the idea.
"The community is behind this ... it deserves a collaborative effort," she said.
Prior to the board's unanimous vote to draft a letter, Horn spoke about the library board, saying it's struggled over the years "to think outside of the box" and work with Incline Village, and that "this isn't the first time (they've said), 'I'm not willing to cooperate.'"
The issue has drawn controversy over the past week, with several letters to the editor raising concern about what legal authority the public library board has to enter into a private agreement, and what precedent the idea may set for multiple nonprofit requests of agencies to gain free access to public buildings in exchange for volunteer work.
The Washoe County Library Board was scheduled to discuss the idea and its legal ramifications at its meeting Wednesday in Reno, the results of which were unknown as of press time.


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on November 7, 2012 - 5:50 PM
A Buffalo man who bought liquor and theater tickets and booked hotel rooms using other people's credit card numbers was sentenced Wednesday to up to six years in prison on fraud and bail jumping convictions.
Leland Burks, 51, of Viola Park, also owes $15,113 in restitution, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.
Among the items he ordered were two bottles of Dom Perignon valued at $1,016.
Burks called a downtown steakhouse and used another person's credit card to order the two bottles, saying they were for a City Court judge. Burks then picked up the bottles.
In September, Burks pleaded guilty as charged to felony first-degree scheme to defraud and second-degree bail jumping.
State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia sentenced Burks to 1½ to three years for each of the convictions, with the sentences to run consecutively.
Buscaglia sentenced him to the same prison term for an earlier scheme to defraud conviction but allowed that term to be served at the same time as the other sentences.
Burks had faced 12 years in prison.
Burks initially pleaded guilty in November 2011 but absconded before he could be sentenced, the District Attorney's Office said.
After a manhunt, the Violent Felony Warrant Squad arrested him in August.
"I never meant to blow off my sentence," Burks told Buscaglia.
He said he left the area to be with his ill mother.
Defense lawyer John M. Dudziak sought a drug treatment prison for Burks, citing his client's history of abusing drugs.
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LOCKPORT – Romel L. Brundidge, an admitted drug dealer who washed out of the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in state prison Tuesday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
Brundidge, 26, of Forest Avenue, Niagara Falls, had pleaded guilty July 19, 2011, to fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and was admitted by Murphy to the court-supervised treatment program, whose rules he failed to obey.
Brundidge, who also faces 2 years of post-release supervision, sold hydrocodone in the Falls on July 2 and July 9, 2010.


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Shortly before midnight Monday, New York's Republican controlled state senate passed what is already being termed the toughest gun control in the nation. The Democratic-controlled assembly overwhelmingly passed the NY Safe Act Tuesday afternoon.
In a statement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted: "Tonight, the senators that voted for the NY SAFE Act of 2013 made a bold statement, coming together in a bipartisan, collaborative manner to meet the challenges that face our state and our nation, as we have seen far too many senseless acts of gun violence."
Cuomo said in his State of the State Address delivered less than a week ago:
"There have been far too many lives claimed as a result of gun violence in recent years, from Columbine to Virginia Tech, Aurora, Newtown, and Webster. New York once led the way: Sullivan's Law of 1911 was the nation's first gun control law — a model law that required a permit for possession of a hand gun. The time has come to make New York safer and once again lead the way for other states to follow."
On the Senate floor, Republican state Sen. Greg Ball lamented: "We haven't saved any lives tonight, except one: the political life of a governor who wants to be president."
Speculation is growing that the popular New York governor will run for the nation's highest office in 2016. Ball later issued a more restrained and diplomatic statement observing:
"We needed solid provisions to keep the violently, mentally ill from harming our communities, our kids and our families. That didn't happen tonight. While much in this bill, as far as stiffer penalties for real criminals and help on the mental health front, is good, the last minute push, in the middle of the night without critical public input from sportsmen and taxpayers, was outrageous and forced members to vote on a bill they had not read."
Ball added: "While I'm glad we won on many fronts, including my permit privacy legislation against the Journal News, I simply cannot support a bill that turns law abiding citizens into criminals by creating an entire new category of illegal firearms out of currently legal rifles and shotguns."
The proposed law imposes new requirements on mental health professionals to report patients who may cause harm to themselves or others. The definition of assault weapons is expanded to include semi-automatic pistols and rifles with detachable magazines. Ammunition will be restricted to seven rounds, down from 10, giving New York the toughest law on high capacity magazines in the nation. Purchases of ammunition also will be tracked in real time.
Regardless of the governor's political ambitions and whether the legislation will better protect New Yorkers, the speed the legislation was introduced and passed showed a rare efficiency for Albany. Although Cuomo has immodestly said talk of his future political plans distracts from his agenda for New York, the speed and bipartisanship regarding this bill will no doubt draw national attention and fuel discussion about a future presidential bid.
Paul Jesep is an attorney, policy analyst, and author of "Lost Sense of Self & the Ethics Crisis: Learn to Live and Work Ethically"; "Credit Card Usury and the Christian Failure to Stop It"; and "Crucifying Jesus and Secularizing America – the Republic of Faith without Wisdom."


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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is releasing new information about the Wauwatosa priest ordered to stay away from St. Pius Church and Wauwatosa Catholic School.
A spokesperson told 12 News a teacher reported the Rev. Bob Marsicek to authorities after seeing what she thought was inappropriate contact between Marsicek and a student.
The archdiocese said their policy is to remove a priest immediately following any allegation while the investigation is under way.
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I have some apologies to make.
A few years ago, I was charged with administering Colorado�s standardized test, C/TCAP, to a group of six students in Special Education. After three days of testing sessions, we came to the first math section. One student, a sophomore, �finished� his test in less than 10 minutes. Teachers are trained to actively proctor the test and to earnestly encourage our students to try their hardest, so I immediately asked him if he wanted to check his answers; to use the rest of the allotted time to revisit things he might have rushed through. I smiled my most sweetest, most caring, most teacher-y-est smile at him. He smiled back just as earnestly and said: �Do you really think I need to take an f�ing test to tell me how f�ing stupid I am?�
There is no way to answer that.
And by the end of the nine days of testing � that�s two school weeks � the students in this group were so frustrated and so exhausted that two of them got in a fist fight about who got to sit at a particular desk by the window.
If any of those kids or any kid that I�ve subjected to this particular humiliation happen to be reading this, please accept my sincere apology. I let some irrational attachment to earning a livelihood override my moral compass, and I am really, truly sorry.
And to Colorado taxpayers: I�d like to apologize to you, too. I have willingly and knowingly participated in a scheme of standardized testing that has cost you many, many millions of dollars for no tangible benefits to you, the state or the kids.
It�s not that all tests are bad; it�s that those tests are bad, and really expensive, too. I know which kids can�t read and write well. I can spend 30 minutes on the first day of class and figure that out with a very simple reading and writing task that costs taxpayers almost nothing and gives me immediate feedback. C/TCAP results take four months to process and millions of dollars to grade, millions more to record and assemble, and at the local district level, at least a million or so more to monitor.
But there�s more to it, Colorado taxpayers. The federal government has mandated C/TCAP or similar state tests since the Bush administration passed No Child Left Behind. The ostensible purpose of this legislation was to close the achievement gap between poor and wealthy students. That is a worthy and important goal, and our nation should invest serious time and money to this end. Unfortunately, the law invested almost no federal money; it simply mandated that states make it happen. It also resulted in a massive taxpayer-funded giveaway to testing corporations and high-priced educational consultants who repeat a tired, illogical and utterly false mantra that somehow it is teachers who make the ultimate difference in student outcomes.
If that sounds crazy, it�s because it is. The socio-economic status of a child�s parents is the single most accurate and independent predictor of a child�s scholastic and personal economic achievement, and everyone knows it. If teachers could magically change that, don�t you think we would have by now? If we, as a state and a nation, wanted to close the achievement gap, we should work toward ending poverty and not spend another penny on consultants or tests.
So this brings me to the last constituency to whom I owe an apology: my colleagues, principals and fellow teachers. Somehow, a state law commonly known as Senate Bill 191 was passed in 2010. This law requires that 50 percent of teachers� and principals� evaluations to be based on these bad, expensive tests.
Never mind that the tests don�t cover 60 percent of the teachers in Colorado, or that it�s very difficult to assign growth on these tests to any particular teacher. Never mind that C/TCAP tests old standards we don�t even teach anymore because we are required not to teach them by law and district mandate.
Never mind that Colorado changes standards like most of us change underwear or that educational trends promulgated by pricey �experts� change even more often than that. Never mind that the tests really just assess the kids� willingness to comply and deal with boredom. They�ll still be 50 percent of an evaluation.
If by the end of 2014, teachers� pretty randomly assigned test scores don�t show adequate growth � which hasn�t been defined thus far � teachers could loose tenure. Tenure, for the record, protects educators from random firing the way the Constitution protects citizens from random jailing: by ensuring due-process rights. Workers who don�t get due-process rights, like almost everyone in the private sector, should not begrudge workers who get job protections; they should fight to get those rights, too.
I promise, fellow educators, that I made calls and wrote to state legislators to stop this law. I even co-wrote an op-ed like this one and got a very stern talking-to by my former superintendent as a result. But I couldn�t stop 191 from passage. Sorry. I�m just not that important, and I�m only one person.
So here�s my humble offering to those I�ve wronged: Stick together. If lots of kids and parents dislike the culture of testing and refuse to participate, it will end. If taxpayers from the right and the left say no to this bonfire of money and energy, it will end.
If educators join together and say enough, it will end. It�s really up to us.
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Savannah is a gorgeous city that sits on the East Coast of Georgia. Known as Georgia's "First City", the Savannah River seperates Savannah and South Carolina.
Savannah is a great city to visit and live in.
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City in Georgia south of Atlanta. Hometown of Big Boi from Outkast.
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The hometown of Stuy The One. A great skateboarder known for his appearence on "The Fabulous Life". Stuy changed his name from Mark on his own accord for no apparent reason in elementry school and is mostly known only under that name.
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A man with long hair, especially a hippie.
That crazy, old longhair smokes a lot of pot.
লিখেছেন- Lindsay 27 de অক্টোবার de 2004
What men who serve in the US Military call attractive civilian women. Civilian women typical possess more longer, an faddish style hair dos compared to female military personnel.
While on liberty, me and my battle buddies would frequent bars to scope out any long hairs to pull.
লিখেছেন- Rick Rock and Ya Don't Stop 10 de জুন de 2007
a male hippie with at least shoulder legth hair. that possibly hasent showered in days, is bent out on acid and some dank ass herb. long hairs are gennerally found in clusters at music festivals and concerts: ranging in the gernres of classic rock, bluegrass, psychedelic rock, and reggae. there unpredictable frantic behavior can cause unrest in " normal communities"!
Jim: i am the lizard king! ( runs acroos street)
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1. a hippy(hippies were long haired, drug using youths of the 1960s)
2. an intelectual(from the stereotype of intelectuals as having long hair and wearing glasses)
2. an intelectual(from the stereotype of intelectuals as having long hair and wearing glasses)
It looks like long hair has will never be using drugs again.
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TAHOE VISTA, Calif. — A longtime Tahoe Vista mainstay is expected to disappear from the community landscape.
The Spindleshanks building, which was built in 1927 as the Sandy Beach Resort, is scheduled to be torn down and replaced by 39 timeshare units.
"We wish to stay, but it's not to be," said Steve Marks, co-owner of Spindleshanks restaurant, located at 6873 North Lake Blvd. "We have to move on."
Opening in March 2000, the American bistro and wine bar was originally scheduled to cease operation in the wood-shingled building by Oct. 19, but has since been granted two extensions by the developer.
The restaurant will remain open until Jan. 13, 2014, but Marks is hopeful for another extension so Spindleshanks can stay in business through the winter.
Still, he doesn't anticipate the restaurant operating in the building beyond March 31.
"The developers have been very nice and agreeable," Marks said. "… There's no hard feelings."
In August, Marks learned the timeshare project would move forward without the building. Originally, the building was going to be kept as part of the project, with a plan to remodel it with a new kitchen in the rear.
It's unclear when the Spindleshanks building will be torn down or when timeshare unit construction will start. Developer Tim Wilkens, of Lake Tahoe Partners, LLC, could not be reached for comment.
Ellie Waller, of the Friends of Tahoe Vista, said she was surprised when she learned the building wouldn't be kept.
In 2008, the Friends of Tahoe Vista and the League to Save Lake Tahoe sued Placer County and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency over project approval, stating the original proposal of 45 timeshare units was too much for the 6-acre parcel.
In 2010, a settlement was reached that reduced planned units to 39 and land coverage by 50,000 square feet.
During the settlement, Waller said it was believed the Spindleshanks building would be kept. Otherwise, that would have been put into the agreement.
"It's just a sense of history being taken away," she said. "When it's gone, it's gone."
Over the building's 86-year existence, it has housed the Tahoe Vista Post Office, Colonel Clair's Restaurant, Sweetwater, Crawdaddy's and, lastly, Spindleshanks.
Marks said the restaurant plans on relocating in the area, but where exactly hasn't been determined.
"There's no place like this, with the old Tahoe feel to it," he said. "... You can duplicate the food, the wine, but the ambience and the feel is hard to take with you."
Learn more about the restaurant and its history at spindleshankstahoe.com.
"There's no place like this, with the old Tahoe feel to it."
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Bishop England won its ninth straight game of the season and ninth consecutive playoff game in three years with a 30-0 victory over Andrews on Friday night at Jack Cantey Stadium.
Bishop England (9-2), the two-time defending state champion in Division II-AA, led 10-0 at halftime, but exploded for 20 points in the final 12 minutes.
Coach John Cantey said his team was rusty after having last week off. The Bishops had a first-round bye.
"Offensively, our rhythm was off," Cantey said. "That week off, we paid the price tonight. We finally established the running game late, and pulled away. But basically, they played with us for most of the game."
Nick Shiver had only 42 yards rushing on 12 carries, but scored two touchdowns. He also caught two passes for 43 yards and another TD.
Quarterback Reed Fosberry rushed for 35 yards on nine carries, and completed 7 of 17 passes for 106 yards.
The Bishops tallied 242 yards in total offense, with 136 on the ground.
Carlos Smalls led Andrews with 89 yards rushing 10 carries. The visitors tallied 200 yards in total offense as Bishop England recorded its fourth shutout of the season.
Cantey was pleased with the defensive play of Hudson Little and the Fosberry brothers — Reed and Lawton.
Bishop England plays at home next Friday against Bamberg-Ehrhardt, a 43-0 winner over Garrett.
"I'll have to start watching the film," Cantey said. "They look like they are very good and can run the football. We have a lot to learn about them."
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MARTINSBURG - Beginning Friday, community members will have the opportunity to recognize local seniors who make a difference in the community through volunteer work.
The second annual Salute to Senior Service program, through Home Instead Senior Care, recognizes seniors throughout the nation who have dedicated their time to helping others through service.
"We want to honor seniors who volunteer their time. I don't know if people realize how much seniors do for their community," said Angel Wells, community service representative for Home Instead Senior Care in Martinsburg.
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Whether raising funds for an organization, helping organize a community garden or being a mentor, any senior who volunteers more than 15 hours a week is eligible to be entered in the Salute to Senior competition that chooses a top state and national volunteer.
Friday is the first day Home Instead Senior Care will begin accepting nominations for local seniors 65 and older who dedicate at least 15 hours a month at a nonprofit charity or organization.
Nominations will be accepted through March 31. State winners will be chosen by June 9, and the national winner will be announced by June 30.
Each state winner will receive $500 toward the winner's charity of choice, and the national winner will receive $5,000.
"We just think our seniors give us so much, it's important to recognize all that they do. Seniors are in their golden years and are supposed to be taking time for themselves, but instead are dedicating their time through service," Wells said.
All state winners will be selected by popular online vote. Nominees can receive one vote per person per day. Each nominee will be listed on the website with a picture and biography. Online voting will take place between April 15 and April 30.
In addition to voting, friends and community members can write encouraging notes and stories on a nominee's online profile, which can have a positive impact on receiving votes and the judging.
Last year's state winner was Shepherdstown resident Gary Tucker. Tucker volunteered more than 40 hours a month with the Good Shepherd Caregivers, and has been volunteering for at least 13 years.
Nomination applications can be found and submitted at the Salute to Senior Service contest website at www.salutetoseniorservices.com or at the Home Instead Senior Care facility in Martinsburg. Physical applications should be be mailed to Salute to Senior Services, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005.
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Internet pirates were in for a brief surprise Wednesday: art students from the Netherlands launched "Pirates of the Amazon," a Firefox extension that linked Amazon.com product pages to their equivalent listing at The Pirate Bay. The following day, however, the website hosting the project took it offline after it received threats from Amazon.com lawyers.
The add-on's authors are thus far anonymous, identifying themselves only as students of a Media Design M.A. course at a Netherlands-based university. Their website currently describes the project as a "practical experiment on interface design, information access and currently debated issues in media culture."
"We were surprised by the attentions and the strong reactions this project received," reads the site. "Ultimately, the value of the project lies in these reactions."
A description of the add-on before it was taken down said its authors wanted it to be a "counterpart to the current models of media distribution," and to "redistribute the wealth."
Indeed, within a day of the add-on's launch, its authors received a takedown request from Amazon.com's legal department.
WHOIS records and what appears to be an artzilla.org posting indicate that the domain is held by artist Timo Klok, and that the add-on is to be publicly exhibited at an art festival at the end of next week.
Dslreports.com user "funchords" notes that the add-on retreives the "download 4 free" image from it's home site, allowing administrators to monitor the extension's spread through web server logs. It is unknown as to whether or not the add-on was designed with this in mind.
According to TorrentFreak, the add-on's authors are not affiliated with The Pirate Bay – despite evidence that the add-on's code transmits its queries to The Pirate Bay under the user-agent string "Pirates-of-the-Amazon". The DSLreports posting describing this behavior posits that it was simply a "cute thing to do."
Amazon.com did not respond to repeated request for comment from Wired's Threat Level.
While the add-on is no longer available from its original page, a working mirror is available from TorrentFreak.
quote: There are way more burger flippers than McDonalds in the US. And I know of some local franchisee companies that do routinely $39 background checks pre-hire. Have you filled out an application lately? It usually includes a release from you to do this kind of thing. Why?
quote: Just hop one step further, and realize that if colleges (universally) punish their students by refusing to educate them because the failed to follow some sort of ethics, it has the same effect as a criminal conviction, and that w/o the jury of your peers. Now you got my point.
quote: This is normal. For McDs, I'm guessing they are looking for things such as theft, fraud, abuse/assault. would you want to hire someone who's been convicted of theft from his employer? I think not.
quote: 1. That is for the civil courts to decide. 2. Post-secondary education is a privilege, not a right. You follow the rules or they can kick you out.
quote: If you punish every crime with a life sentence, whether in prison or in the restricted life you allow an ex convict to have, it certainly violates the idea that punishment should fit the crime. It also produces people (neighbors) that have little to loose, because the difference between a life with little future and a life in prison is not that great anymore. This just makes any future punishment so much less of a deterrent.
quote: If you punish a young person for life for something that is a one time failure, and certainly not always black and white (How is an ethics code to be interpreted? How a statement of suicidal thoughts?). What you get is a person that has a life long grudge, that can't fulfill his or her potential and is likely at some point to retaliate. I simply think a teaching institution like a university does fail its mission if it acts like this.
quote: Besides, its not the fact that you're in debt that they're interested in with your credit report -- it's whether or not you're in an excessive amount of it and whether or not you are good for repaying them.


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NFL owners on Monday voted to approve the new lease agreement between the Buffalo Bills, New York State and Erie County.
The Bills, the state and the county reached a memorandum of understanding on a 10-year lease extension in December that will provide for $130 million in renovations to Ralph Wilson Stadium. The owners formally reviewed the deal during the NFL's annual meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.
"On behalf of Ralph Wilson and the entire Bills organization, we are pleased to announce that NFL ownership today approved the financial terms and conditions of our new lease for, and the renovation of, Ralph Wilson Stadium," said Russ Brandon, Bills president and chief executive officer, in a statement. "This is another important step in the process toward finalizing the related definitive agreements and remaining on schedule to begin the improvements this year. We anticipate the final approval by the Erie County Legislature and the New York State Legislature in the next couple weeks."
The Bills' old lease with the state and county was to expire on July 31. Under the terms of the new agreement, Erie County will pay $41 million for upgrades at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The state will pay for $54 million in renovations. The Bills will contribute $35 million.
Among the proposed Ralph Wilson Stadium upgrades outlined in the memorandum of understanding are a $8.76 million high-definition scoreboard, an $8.33 million expansion and renovation of the east end-zone concourse and $7.1 million on entry plazas with wrought-iron security fences. Other planned improvements include a $7.68 million expansion to the training facility and $3.7 million for an operations and storage complex.
The deal, which was hammered out in negotiations throughout the summer and late fall, will run through 2023.
There is a penalty of $400 million if the team were to leave Western New York in the first seven years of the agreement. However, after the seventh year, the Bills have a one-time option to buy out the remaining three years of the deal for $28.4 million.
Just as in the lease deal that was signed in 1997, the contract calls for government funding to be provided to the team for stadium operating costs. Those total about $11 million a year.
When all the pots are added up, the total deal is $271.52 million, according to county officials. Of that total, the Bills will pay $44.6 million (16.5 percent), the state will pay $123.5 million (45.5 percent), and the county will pay $103.3 million (38 percent).
Fitzpatrick to Titans
Former Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick agreed to a two-year contract with the Tennessee Titans, according to several media outlets. The Titans moved to sign Fitzpatrick just hours after releasing 37-year-old veteran Matt Hasselbeck.
Tennessee's prospective starting quarterback is 24-year-old Jake Locker, a two-year veteran who went 4-7 as a starter last season. Fitzpatrick, 30, posted a 20-33 record as a starter for the Bills over the past four seasons. The other quarterbacks on the Titans' roster are third-stringer Rusty Smith and second-year man Nathan Enderle.
The release of Hasselbeck was due to financial considerations. He was scheduled to make $5.5 million, and he would have counted $7.5 million against the salary cap.
NFL, ex-players settle
MINNEAPOLIS — The NFL has agreed to pay $42 million as part of a settlement with a group of retired players who challenged the league over using their names and images without their consent.
The league will use the money to fund a "common good" trust over the next eight years that will help retired players with an array of issues including medical expenses, housing and career transition. The settlement also establishes a licensing agency for retired players to ensure they are compensated for the use of their identities in promotional materials.
"We look forward to building an unprecedented new relationship with retired players that will benefit everybody, especially those who need extra medical or financial assistance," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday in a statement issued by the league.
The settlement could improve the frosty relationship between the NFL and many of its retired players who have felt left behind as the league has exploded in popularity over the last decade. Former stars like Mike Ditka, Jim Brown and others have lobbied hard for more help dealing with retired players' mounting financial difficulties and medical expenses.
Brown called the settlement a "landmark for those who really need it."
"We were able to finalize this agreement and for the first time in history retired players will be represented at the table," Brown said.


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City goes after grant — again
Martinsburg applies for funds to fix East Martin Street for the third time
April 3, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Martinsburg City Council members approved during their meeting last week an application for a Transportation Alternatives Program grant to fund the city's Train Station Corridor......
heres an idea, lets just rope off all of martinsburg. noone goes there anyway. its a dead town with parking meters.
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wonder what would happen if board paid for this out of their own private funds and or worked and rallied for monies to put in to this interest and it proved poor quality etc.. Think they'd do it again or move on to something more umm economical vs practical for modern day antagonist factors. I love history and artifact but seriously this just feels like a groups hobby. Invest in the area surrounding it for a few yrs and just maybe u won't ha e to sugar the pill of historic preservation the community would find value in sacrificing that. these numbers make me spit up in my mouth a little...feels wrong looks wrong sounds wrong must be a duck.
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So thats where the bullets that missed went.
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Give me, Give me, Give me! Everyone has their hands out these days.
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I'm assuming people just want to get there, park, and be transported.
Other than that, most people do not want to hang out around the RR.
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Why don't you raise the funds privately. Then you will see what is truly important to the people.
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If it weren't for handouts WV could never survive.
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Why don't they just spend the money and get stamped concrete? You can dye the concrete to look just like bricks
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What a total waste of our hard earned money. Unemployment, run down roads,infrastructure falling apart and this is a good idea? Really? What has happen to working for the people who pay the taxes? Compare this repair to paving, what is the savings? THe bricks mean nothing to anyone but a few who spend our money like its their own bank account. Stupid is as Stupid does, are you trying to top the town square mess you made? Your so sure this will help who? How will it help? What return will we get? The answer is none at all. Waste our money on your own personal projects to brag to your friends how your a great council person. What JOKE this council is, explain to the starving children in this area how wasting this money will feed them? Get a clue, check yourselves and STOP this wasteful spending of our tax dollars.
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did you repub.forget the gov.has no money.thats called spending which all of you are against , so you preach
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Police in Daytona Beach are looking for two women with children who they said stole $1,100 worth of glasses by concealing some in a baby's pants.
Watch: Woman stole glasses, concealed them in baby's pants
One of the women is shown on surveillance video in the Lenscrafters store on International Speedway Boulevard last month. She has a baby with her and police said another woman, not seen, is with a child distracting the clerk.
Police said the woman picked out six pairs of glasses, hiding them in her sweatpants and in the baby's pants.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Daytona Beach Police Department at 386-671-5247.


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Old family Bibles returned to descendents
April 11, 2013
DARKESVILLE — The most important thing for Mike Wiltshire was to get the two Bibles into the hands of their rightful owners, no strings attache....
I am with you Maj (that made me feel funny) what this man is doing is wonderful and I also find it sad when I see soldiers memorabilia discarded. Yes I am a believer in "hyper grace" and not judging others sins. And my greater point is that all men sin, even great leaders like Roosevelt. And I have said numerous times that I forgive you for your racists views SME, and I pity you for going through life with such hate.
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John McCain received little treatment for his injuries and was tortured. After 5 years he issued a statement under threat of further torture. He admits he broke. I wonder how long any of us would last? As far as his marriages, that is of little concern to me. We are all flawed humans. Bill Clinton, John Kennedy and FDR all had affairs. And if I have not said it lately, your mockery of people of faith sickens me even more than SME's racism.
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Dang it. I was totally winging it. Not Merle Haggard. But Ricky Logan.
I guess now Ricky Logan has his answer.
Has anyone else seen Step Brothers? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before?
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Spiper, please elaborate how Sen McCain is a "nutjob"? This man is an American hero and has served in public service nearly his entire life. I do not agree with many of his politics but calling him a "nutjob" is despicable. The man was nearly burned to death in Forestall fire, shot down, a tortured POW for 5 years. He is remarkably mentally competent considering his age and what he has been through!
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I found this story very touching. I like to start off my day reading a passage from my bible and spending some time in reflection.
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I guess Merle Haggard finally has his answer.
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I loved the story--right up to the point where that nutjob John McCain was mentioned. A great patriot was McCain but somewhere along the way in his 82 years, he veered off course.
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