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The former School of the Arts student who tweeted the N-word about a black classmate hasn't written a 500-word punishment paper on racism and media, but Charleston County school officials are fighting to make her do it.
Ashley Patrick received a temporary restraining order from the Court of Common Pleas against the Charleston County School Board, meaning she didn't have to follow any of the board's discipline mandates. She was slated to present that paper to the board Monday, but the court order prevented that from happening.
A court hearing is scheduled for Thursday to consider whether that order should be continued. District officials want it lifted so she would have to fulfill the school board's mandate and write the essay, but Patrick's attorney, Dwayne Green, will argue for it to remain in place until a judge hears the case.
Craig Ascue, vice chairman of the school board, said it was important to the board that she complete that paper, and it should have been important to her.
"It's disheartening," Ascue said. "We wanted her to reflect on this whole ordeal. It's sad that she hasn't taken advantage of that opportunity do what was asked."
Green said even if the injunction isn't in place, the district doesn't have the authority to make a non-student do anything, and the date she was supposed to present it has passed. Regardless, the school board didn't have the authority to require her to write the paper, he said. Ascue disagreed, saying the board told Patrick to write the paper while still a student, and its ruling stands.
Patrick, who graduated earlier this month, tweeted from her iPhone at home that if junior Imani Herring "makes one more got damn remark in Roger's class tomorrow ... (expletive) will drop." Patrick posted a link to a picture of a young white girl squeezing her eyes shut and crossing her fingers. The text on the photo read "I wish a nigga would."
Green said Patrick apologized, and she completed her suspension and the constituent school board's requirement of 20 hours of community service. She accepted and fulfilled the constituent school board's punishment, but the county board didn't have the authority to impose additional demands, he said.
After the Tweet, Patrick was suspended for five days. The district administration wanted to remove her from the School of the Arts and send her to Twilight, a computer-based alternative program for students who misbehave.
The constituent school board disagreed with the district's recommendation and allowed Patrick to stay at School of the Arts on strict probation, which included no extracurricular activities. It also required her to perform community service.
The district administration appealed the case to the county school board, which voted to uphold the constituent school board's decision. The county board initially interpreted the constituent board's decision to mean she couldn't attend prom or graduation, but Ascue later allowed Patrick to go to both.
Patrick was granted a restraining order that reinstated the constituent school board's decision, which meant she would have been allowed to go to prom and graduation, as well as receive her diploma and transcript.
All of that happened either before or since that filing. The court granted Patrick's request to prevent "irreparable harm from being suffered" by her.
Patrick has sued the school district, asking for her records to be purged of the intimidation charge. She also wants the district to reimburse her legal fees.
In her lawsuit, Patrick argues the county school board didn't have the authority to overrule the constituent school board and that its hearing wasn't properly noticed. She also contends Associate Superintendent Lou Martin, who oversees the district's high schools, improperly categorized her offense to a more serious level to send a message to minority students, and the district's appeal was wrong because it disregarded the conflicts of interest that were present.
Green said Patrick was doing better since school ended, and she's looking forward to college.
"She's really happy to be moving forward with her life, but she knows this still needs to be resolved," he said.
The target of her tweet, Imani Herring, is the daughter of Lisa Herring, who was promoted earlier this week to chief academic officer of Charleston County Schools.
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ACCRA, 1 November 2012 – Energy ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called on the United Nations General Assembly to declare a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL).
"The Energy Ministers expressed optimism regarding future collaboration between ECOWAS and the Initiative. The Ministers of Energy called on the UN General Assembly to declare a Decade for SE4ALL," said a Communiqué issued on Wednesday at the eleventh meeting of ECOWAS energy ministers in Accra.
The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative has three objectives to be reached by 2030: to provide universal energy access; to double the rate of global energy efficiency improvement; and to double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
The ministers also congratulated Kandeh. K. Yumkella, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Chairman of UN Energy, on his recent appointment by the UN Secretary-General as Special Representative for the Sustainable Energy for All initiative and CEO of the Initiative.
The ministers noted the persistent energy crisis in the region and its effects on economic development, and expressed their commitment to the improvement of energy security, and increasing access to modern energy services through the promotion and use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in ECOWAS Member States.
The energy ministers also "expressed satisfaction" with the Governments of Austria and Spain, as well as UNIDO, for supporting the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREE) and helping it become a "unique agency for the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Sub Saharan Africa".
The World Bank President and the UN Secretary-General will co-chair the SE4ALL Initiative's newly formed Advisory Board.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the Initiative in September 2011 to mobilize action from all sectors of society to achieve sustainable energy for all. The UN General Assembly declared 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
Director-General Yumkella was in Ghana for a conference on Sustainable Energy For All in West Africa, "Paving the way through renewable energy and energy efficiency", that took place from 29 to 31 October.
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While his grandfather and uncle both died from smoking-related illnesses, Michael Cummings passion for helping smokers quit and making tobacco companies pay grew out of years of witnessing strangers struggle with nicotine addiction and associated disease and death.
In October 2011, the 59-year-old came to the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center after nearly three decades of hands-on research work at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. Here, he is tasked with helping lower South Carolinas cancer rates.
MUSC President Ray Greenberg says Cummings brings considerable strength (to Hollings and MUSC) as we work to reduce the burden of cancer in our state.
First and foremost, he is a top-notch scientist, and he has made major contributions to research on tobacco control, Greenberg says. At the same time, Dr. Cummings has a passion to put this knowledge into practical application.
We sometimes talk about the rare combination of a person being a scholar and a gentleman, but in the case of Dr. Cummings, I would say that he is truly the complete package: a scholar, a gentleman and an activist.
Lab to courtroom
Unrelated directly to his work at MUSC, Cummings continues serving as an expert on the tobacco industry in lawsuits across the country, especially in Florida.
His route to the courtroom came in the mid-1990s, when lawyers Ron Motley and Dick Scruggs and Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore pursued suing Big Tobacco, namely Brown & Williamson, on behalf of taxpayers.
They were looking for people who knew anything about tobacco, Cummings says. I was invited down to Pascagoula, Miss., in 1996. It was an interesting meeting. I was there the Friday before (whistleblower) Jeff Wigand arrived on Saturday for his deposition.
After a former staffer from Brown & Williamson and Phillip Morris talked, Cummings says, I quickly realized sitting in the room that I knew zip. ... The amount of information I learned in two days sitting in a meeting on the inside talking to these lawyers was eye-opening to say the least.
His early work with the lawyers was pro bono, and he had no obligations to be involved in litigation. But Cummings proved to be a valuable expert witness on nicotine, and his name got out. To this day, hes still actively involved in cases. Last year, he was involved in 13 trials.
It was that combination of his tobacco-cessation work with the Brown & Williamson case and the subsequent releasing of documents detailing efforts to combat threats to smoking that gave Cummings empathy for smokers.
The courtroom continues to feed Cummings drive.
Im angry, and I get angrier every time I go into the courtroom, Cummings says.
Yes, I think smokers have a responsibility today. They ought to know (the consequences of smoking) and try to quit, but I think the cigarette companies have a responsibility, too. They lied to the American public, and they are lying today when they say that all youve got to do is (to) make up your mind and quit, because they have engineered a product designed to be addictive.
Targeting hospitals
At Hollings, where Cummings will serve as co-lead professor in tobacco research, he will work to develop a system for every hospital in the state to have a standardized way to identify smokers, offer cessation treatments and do follow-ups.
Cummings says hospitals, to date, have not been good at that, but with the expansion of electronic medical records, they can do better. With the system needing to reduce costs, the effort is needed even more, and he hopes to have a program in place starting at Hollings this summer.
One-third of the patients in the hospital are there because of smoking, Cummings says. If you had a vaccine that could prevent a third of all cancers, wouldnt that be a good thing? People just shouldnt use cigarettes, essentially.
Besides causing disease in the first place, Cummings says, evidence is accumulating that patient recovery is hindered by smoking, from affecting the metabolism of chemotherapy, the toxicity of radiation therapy and even simple processes, such as wound healing.
It (smoking) is not just a minor little thing, Cummings says.
We should be following patients. Were losing an opportunity to offer them therapy. These are the sickest people. You can prevent readmissions. There are a lot of initiatives waking up the fact that they have to lower health care costs, and smoking cessation is the way to do it.
Statistically, Cummings points to the numbers. MUSC discharged about 27,000 patients last year about 5,000 could be offered cessation, he says. From his experience at Roswell Park, more than 90 percent are receptive to being approached about an offer of help.
A family of smokers
Cummings experience with the deadly perils of smoking dates back to his childhood.
Growing up in New Jersey, Cummings grandfather and uncle worked in top positions for Lorillard Tobacco, the maker of popular cigarette brands Old Gold, Kent and Newport. Both were smokers, as were more than half of the American population in the 1950s.
His grandfather died from heart disease in 1953, six months after Cummings was born, and his uncle died from lung cancer when he was 48, when Cummings was an older boy in 1967. He recalls his uncle as a robust, outdoorsy guy who was left shriveled and weakened by the cancer before dying from it.
But at the time, even after the landmark surgeon generals report in 1964, few were making the connection between smoking and diseases.
Back in the day, whole TV shows were sponsored by cigarette companies, Cummings says. It was part of Americana. ... I really didnt put two and two together.
Both Cummings father and mother smoked. As a high school student, he tried smoking and even signed a petition for an outdoor smoking lounge for students, but gravitated toward playing basketball. Many sports teams forbade smoking.
The winding road
Basketball took Cummings to Florida Southern College in Lakeland, but Cummings, who had lost his father to a nonsmoking-related cancer, started missing his girlfriend and future wife, Susie Johnson, who attended Western College in Oxford, Ohio.
Cummings transferred to nearby Miami (of Ohio) University with plans to be a physical education and health teacher.
Michael and Susie got married in August 1975, and Cummings kept going to school and getting opportunities to further his education, ending up with a doctorate in public health from the University of Michigan.
Research with benefits
While at Michigan, he became acquainted with a smoking-cessation program by a graduate student, Don Powell, that came in handy when he started working at Roswell Park and responded to requests to have year-round smoking-cessation programs.
With an intern, Cummings took a part of Powells program to use and started with 15 Roswell employees. And it failed. Most of them didnt quit.
How come most of these people didnt quit? We gave people the information the surgeon generals reports. People gained weight. ... They were supposed to be breathing better, but they were crying in the corner because they were so miserable when they quit smoking.
The question of why became the focus of his research.
Cummings started running cessation programs on his own time in the evenings. Studies at Roswell looked into withdrawal symptoms, the effect of knowing the dangers of smoking and quitting aids, to mention a few issues.
There wasnt a lot of research on behavioral aspects of smoking cessation and methods for quitting. My research started focusing on that, Cummings says
Empathy for smokers
After 30 years of running smoking-cessation clinics, he knows how hard it is for people to quit. Smoking is the fastest and most addictive way of delivering nicotine to the brain: eight to 10 seconds. By comparison, delivery via gum in the mouth is five to 20 minutes and via a patch on the skin, 20 minutes.
The empathy I have for smokers is from learning that its not so easy to put an addictive product down. And the only reason that cigarettes are addictive is that they have been engineered to be addictive, starting with the blending of types of tobacco to make the smoke inhalable.
Cummings wife of 37 years, Susie Cummings, says that tackling the smoking problem became a passion for her husband.
He never worried about money. For a while, we were a one-car family, living paycheck-to-paycheck. And sometimes he even forgot to bring the paycheck home, Susie Cummings says. Hed work 80-hour work weeks and loved every minute of it. And hes still working harder than ever.
While Cummings originally had planned to move to the Charleston area, where all three of their grown sons live, after retiring from Roswell Park in their 60s, an opportunity arose to join MUSC earlier.
Ultimately, neither expect Michael to give up his work in tobacco cessation and litigation.
I just dont see him not working. He has the freedom to work or not work now, Susie Cummings says. Hes doing this because he wants to.
Michael Cummings, co-lead of tobacco research at MUSC, stands in an area that was a smoking hut until March 2012, when it was converted to a smoke-free sitting area and herb garden. The entire campus went smoke-free last year.×
Cummings helped develop this traveling exhibit, A Century of Cigarettes, currently at the Colbert Library. The exhibit traces the rise of cigarette use and lung cancer through the 20th century.×


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JOHNSTOWN - For Michael Alexander, the thought of the 6 p.m. Amtrak train whistle no longer echoing through the Johnstown train station is troubling.
Alexander, a regional council member of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, said central Pennsylvania could lose Amtrak service west of Harrisburg if funding is not allocated in the state's transportation budget.
Under the federal Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, the states are responsible for paying a chunk of rail transportation funding, Alexander said. Keeping Amtrak's passenger rail service to Altoona, Johnstown and destinations west of Harrisburg will cost the state $7 million, Alexander said.
Losing the trains, which transported 23,000 passengers to and from the Johnstown station in 2011, would be detrimental to the region, he said.
"We need to keep the trains that we have now," Alexander told a crowd of about 50 people Monday at the Johnstown Amtrak station. "It's very hard to turn it around once you've lost all of the service."
Johnstown residents Paul and Ruth Thomas said they take the train from Johnstown to Pittsburgh and then further west to visit their daughters in Kansas and Montana.
Losing the rail service would impact their ability to visit their family, the couple said.
"It is still the most important thing we have going for us in this community," state Rep. Bryan Barbin, D-Johnstown, said.
Government needs to invest in infrastructure projects such as Amtrak to allow businesses to grow, Barbin said. Expanding the rail service will increase ridership and boost ticket sales, which will in turn drive down operating costs for the railroad, he said.
"That's how you get out of a recession," Barbin said.
Central Pennsylvania towns were laid out around the train stations when rail service was the only reliable method of travel across the Alleghenies, Alexander said.
Some areas such as Huntingdon do not have bus service and continue to rely on the train service on the western corridor, he said.
"They see increased transportation for their area as very important for economic development," Alexander said.
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Plain and simple, Dexcter Mack is a guy with his heart in the right place.
"Dexcter is a good Samaritan who provides material benefits to needy families, many times out of his own pocket," Summerville Town Councilman Aaron Brown said in his letter nominating Mack for Men to Watch. "He will give you the shirt off his back. He personally checks on the seniors in our community and even brings them gifts on their birthdays."
Mack's king-size heart developed early.
"Every since I was a child I was close with my grandfather and he taught me a lot," Mack said. "I've always modeled my life after his and tried to do the right thing and tried to make a difference. … When I was 11 I knew it was predestined for me to serve my community. I've always enjoyed being in my community so I want to make a difference in the lives of others there."
Also at a relatively early age, he entered the workforce. When he was 15 the Summerville native took a customer service job at Woodlands Resort. After eight years, he moved on to his current job as an administrative clerk for the Dorchester County Auditor's Office. There he sometimes has to deal with irate taxpayers who are upset about their bill or the taxation process, but his background helped prepare him to take them in stride.
"Customer service isn't for everyone," he said. "Not everyone can deal with people all the time but God blessed me with that gift. It's all about empathizing. In anything you do, the key is to listen to people. Once you do that then you can give them the best answer to their question or help them find a solution to their problem. … Whether I'm at work or somewhere else, I try to take myself out of the equation and make sure I'm working for others."
While he is only 33, Mack has been in on the ground floor for several philanthropic endeavors.
In November he founded the new Summerville NAACP Branch and he now serves as chapter president.
"I noticed the chapter had not been active for a while and I felt like we needed to get it back on track so I called the state headquarters and asked them what we needed to do to restart the chapter," he said. "The NAACP looks out for the welfare of all people, not just African Americans. Our chapter wants to make sure we are the voice for the voiceless and that everyone is treated fairly and that someone is being held accountable because every once in a while you will have that little devil that isn't doing the right thing."
In a short time, Mack obtained more than the needed number of members to found the branch.
"It was easy," he said. "People were happy to send their checks in because they wanted a chapter here. The organization does so much. It helps children, puts on SAT seminars and supports a wide range of other projects that make a positive impact."
For National Day of Service, the branch found 10 seniors throughout the Summerville area and helped them with whatever their greatest need was.
Recently, Mack spearheaded the founding of a local NAACP Youth Chapter.
Mack is a founder and chairman of the Councilman's Ball, an organization that honors local citizens who have made a positive impact on their community.
"Councilman's Ball is my baby," he said. "We use it to honor people who do a lot of great things, but never get recognition for it. While it started off small, I've watched it grow into something big."
The charity now has 15 members on its board of directors. The annual ball attracts 300 to 400 guests. Proceeds helped fund five scholarships for local high school students last year.
Mack is also president of the District One Civic Association. The organization holds monthly meetings to ensure sure citizens are informed about issues that may affect their community and to receive feedback regarding any needs the community faces.
"It is always good to get together and discuss how things are going whether things are good or bad," Mack said. "Senior citizens and children are the two things I'm concerned about the most. I have always loved the seniors in my community and I am a big advocate of us coming together and finding more resources for our younger people. We need a community center and extra curricular activities that all young people can participate in. We need to find things that will intrigue our younger people."
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Stacked clay pots painted in stars and stripes become patriotic candleholders thanks to this project from Heidi Borchers. These are a great addition to your July 4th centerpieces.
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- Clay pots: 2 (1-3/4" diameter), 6 (2-1/4" diameter), 3 (3-1/4" diameter)
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- Acrylic paint – red, navy blue, white
- Paintbrushes: sponge, ¼" flat shader, fine-tip
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- Pencil with eraser
- Waxed paper
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- For small candleholder: paint bottom of 1 (2-1/4") pot red and rim with navy blue. Paint rim of 1 (3-1/4") pot navy blue.
- For medium candleholder, paint 1 (1-3/4") pot and 3 (2-1/4") pots white.
- For large candleholder, paint bottom of remaining 1-3/4" pot white and rim navy blue. Paint bottom of each remaining 2-1/4" pot red. Paint bottom of each remaining 3-1/4" pot navy blue and rim of each red. Paint bottom of each saucer red, leaving rim unpainted, and inside of 1 saucer white. Let dry.
- For each candleholder, transfer patterns to pop-up craft sponge and cut 1 of each design except small star. Dip each sponge into water to expand and wring out excess water. Transfer small star pattern to Fun Foam scrap and cut out. Glue small star to pencil eraser to make stamp. Let dry.
- Pour separate small puddles of paint onto waxed paper. Dip 1 sponge into desired color of paint and "tap, tap, tap" your sponge beside paint puddle on waxed paper. This helps to distribute the paint and saturate the sponge. But don't over-saturate the sponge – it doesn't take much paint to stamp these designs! Using photo as guide, determine pattern and press sponge onto first pot where desired. Repeat to create design. Let dry. To change colors, wash sponge thoroughly and wring out excess water completely. Dip into next paint color and repeat. To stamp paint small stars, brush paint onto foam stamp and press onto pot. Repeat to create design. Let dry. To paint small dots, dip toothpick or end of paintbrush into desired color of paint and dot on pot. Let dry. Use fine-tip brush to paint wavy lines. Let dry.
- To assemble small candleholder: glue bottom of blue-rimmed 2-1/4" pot to bottom of blue-rimmed 3-1/4" pot.
- To assemble medium candleholder: glue 2 white 2-1/4" pots together around rima dn then glue bottom of remaining white 2-1/4" pot to 1 end of joined pots. Glue bottom of white 1-3/4" pot to opposite end of joined pots.
- To assemble large candleholder, glue blue and red 3-1/4" pots together arund rim. Glue bottom of 1 saucer to each end of joined pots. Glue red 2-1/4" pots together around rim. With white saucer up, center and glue 1 end of joined pots on saucer. Glue bottom of remaining 1-3/4" pot to free end of joined 2-1/4" pots. Let dry.
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- Be sure you use plenty of glue to secure these candlesticks together and let your glue dry completely. If you can't find clay pots in the exact sizes I have used, have fun mixing and matching your own sizes and shapes!
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i love to decorate outside(front porch)these are great.
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The Westminster College Honors program is rich with tradition, a function of Honors students having a shared experience in a collaborative and supportive learning environment. Some traditions are serious and some are fun; but all of them connect Honors students to each other and the Honors legacy established by previous students and faculty.
Honors Orientation
Each student begins their Honors experience in the same way: in a day-long series of events run by upperclass Honors students designed to ease the transition to college, establish bonds with each other, and have a lot of fun along the way. Before the regular college orientation begins, Honors students meet each other and learn about the program, engage in a common read discussion, sit in on a sample Honors class, do a self-portrait, participate in some group work, and watch a film. Along the way, we have lots of time to eat, get to know each other, and, like these students, run around campus like maniacs.
Pizza with Profs & Profs Pick the Flick
Faculty and student collaboration is at the heart of the Honors program. While there are many opportunities for Honors students to interact with faculty outside the classroom, possibly the most popular is the "Pizza with Profs" program in which faculty talk informally with Honors students about one of their areas of research or outside interests. Other chances to work with faculty outside the classroom include the "Profs Pick the Flick" film series, the Honors independent summer research grant program, and Honors-sponsored trips to regional and national academic conferences. Here, Prof. Jeff McCarthy, former chair of Environmental Studies, grabs a piece of pizza before speaking with Honors students about the changing perceptions of Nature through the years.
Dead Paper Society
Honors students blow off steam at the end of each fall semester by gathering around the fire on Nunemaker'sback porch and burning copies of research papers they'd rather not see again. Amidst the roasting papers and marshmallows, students swap academic horror stories and then retire inside Nunemaker to watch Dead Poets Society. (Faculty are definitely not invited to this event!) This year's event was a bit chilly as a cold front moved in preparation for dumping a foot of fresh powder on the slopes of the Wasatch Range.
Honors Faculty vs. Student Softball Game
On "Dead Day" every spring semester, the Honors faculty squares off against Honors students in a softball showdown at high noon. Usually the best attended event of the year, the game gives the students a chance to try to beat their Honors elders in an athletic contest that would make the Greeks proud. Because they typically lose this annual competition, Honors students have been known to pelt the Honors faculty with water balloons at the post-game lunch. Click here for scores of recent games.
Spring Banquet
Just as we begin the semester together at Honors orientation, the entire Honors program comes together each year on the last evening of the spring term for a banquet celebrating the year's Honors achievements. Various awards are given out, many of them serious and many not so serious. The highlight of the evening is when each of the graduating seniors tells a story about their Honors experience, what we call "Senior Moments." Here, the Honors director poses with some of the graduating seniors at a banquet.


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I accidentally took this photo with my phone yesterday after our big family Thanksgiving meal.
The randomness of this picture is so appropriate, such a nice thing to find I didn't know I had. A single image that like a lasso pulls every feeling from that moment into one neat pile.
Ivy on my mom's lap, my dad's feet while he naps full-bellied in the chair, the peacefulness surrounding my new daughter and the hint of promise ahead of us...
On the way home last night, just before the sunset I looked out my window and could feel the bigness of this life. In that instant I felt that if this was it, if this was all there was to it- nothing more and nothing less- I am happy. I will take this. I am content.


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MARTINSBURG -An Inwood man who allegedly robbed the Mid-Town 7-Eleven in Martinsburg at knifepoint and a second man accused of acting as a lookout were arrested Friday after they were found on railroad tracks behind the store shortly after the robbery.
Robert Matthew Johnson, 24, of Winchester Avenue, was later arraigned on felony charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The alleged lookout, David Albert Whittington, 24, of Whittington Lane, Gerrardstown, was arraigned on one felony count of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Martinsburg City Police reported that the 7-Eleven at 201 Winchester Ave. was robbed just before 4 a.m. Friday.
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According to a news release, the clerk told responding officers that a man wearing a white T-shirt, later identified as Johnson, entered the store with another shirt tied around his head. The man, who was displaying a knife, told the clerk to give him all the money and all the cartons of cigarettes "you stupid (expletive)," she told police.
The clerk said that when she saw the knife, she ran around to the opposite side of the coffee bar and told Johnson to take what he wanted before running into the cooler and calling 911, according to court records.
Dispatchers were told that the suspect ran behind the 7-Eleven to the railroad tracks and that a second man, later identified as Whittington, was also involved in the robbery.
A customer followed the suspects and also called police, records show.
He told police that he was traveling down Winchester Avenue and, as he was passing the 7-Eleven, he saw a man behind the counter with his face covered. The witness pulled into the parking lot to check out the situation when Johnson came running out of the store with his face still covered, records show.
The witness called 911 and began following Johnson until police arrived at the scene.
Officers reviewed video footage of the incident and gave the description of the robber to other officers in the area.
Police were able to locate Johnson, who matched the physical description of the robber, walking on the railroad tracks behind the store. Johnson was not wearing a shirt and couldn't provide a clear reason for walking on the tracks.
A K-9 track was also conducted to attempt to locate further evidence of the crime. As the K-9 got closer to other officers on the railroad tracks near West John Street, Whittington stepped out of the bushes and began walking in the officers' direction.
After Whittington, whose clothes were covered in grass, was detained, several packs of cigarettes were located in the bushes, along with three shirts. Two of them matched the shirts worn by the robber.
Both Johnson and Whittington provided statements to police, and Whittington told officers he wanted to show them where the knife used in the robbery was. He led officers back to the area where the three shirts and the cigarettes were found. He told police he changed out of one of the shirts found along the train tracks. Police also located a knife on the tracks in the same area as the other items, records show.
Both Johnson and Whittington were placed under arrest and taken to the Martinsburg Police Department for processing. As of Friday, Johnson was being held at Eastern Regional Jail on $70,000 bail. Whittington remained in custody on $30,000 bail.
-Staff writer Edward Marshall can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 182.


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Four men were robbed at gunpoint Saturday night near Orleans Street and Shirley Avenue, police reported Sunday.
The victims were in a car, authorities said, when a man yelled "Stop!" and approached the vehicle on the passenger's side.
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Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and one of the world's most unique destinations. Bordered by the Port Hills and the Pacific Ocean, it is situated on the Canterbury Plains with the Southern Alps as a majestic backdrop, allowing for a huge array of experiences all within just a few hours' drive.
Known traditionally as "The Garden City", the serene Avon River flows through the centre of the city (its banks now largely forming an urban park), and through the award winning Christchurch Botanic Gardens. The gardens feature one of the finest collections of exotic and native plants found in New Zealand, and are home to one of Christchurch's most iconic activities, Punting on the Avon.
More recently however, Christchurch has been rebuilding and revitalizing itself following the Canterbury Earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 and making way for some of the most innovative and creative projects in the world. With a huge emphasis on sustainable and environmental issues, Christchurch is embracing its new future, and is excited about the possibilities of having a chance to reinvent itself with modern buildings and bright urban events. This is a chance to visit a city on the brink of reimagining itself with world class technology and innovation alongside history and heritage.
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We're still on the road to being better society
As part of Dr. Martin Luther King's civil rights work, he stood up for the garbage collectors of Memphis, Tenn., who were working in very poor conditions at low pay. This was where he was when assassinated, helping those who had little power or recognition, and emphasizing peaceful nonviolent protest.
It is a great counterbalance against prejudice, inequality and greed to have a day to honor someone who advocated for a better society. We are still on the road to becoming that better society.
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to iconoclastic investigative journalist I.F. Stone, born on this date in 1907, "The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer."
Hello Santa
Go back, Easter Bunny! You, too, Tooth Fairy!
We love what you do when you do what you do.
But now's not your scene.
We must keep the stage clear for that red-suited man
With his sleigh and his deer.
He knows who he is: gift giver deluxe.
See how he smirks,
See how he struts.
We will allow him to brag.
Wow! How heavy his bag.
So heavy he drags it.
It's too heavy to lift.
So heavy each one will get a gift.
Will you get what you want?
Perhaps you will, perhaps not.
But whatever it is, a gift is a form
Of love which you've already got.
– Daniel A. Stewart
NICK OF TIME – In a rush and need that last-minute gift wrapped? Meals on Wheels for WNY is operating a gift-wrap station at Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga on the first level of the mall between the escalators in front of Macy's.
Gift-wrap prices range from $2 for a small package to $6-plus for a jumbo. Bows and ribbons for packages and boxes also are available. Proceeds benefit the 21 Meals on Wheels delivery sites in Western New York. For info, visit www.mealsonwheelswny.org.
O HOLY NIGHT – Pulling out all the stops for Christmas Eve is Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Ave. A Christmas concert, featuring the Westminster Choir, the Westminster Handbell Choir and a 23-piece chamber orchestra will begin at 10 p.m., followed by a service of Lessons and Carols at 10:45. All are invited to attend. A family service, featuring youth readers and participants, will be held at 5:15 p.m.
WELCOME MAT – The Charles E. Burchfield Nature & Art Center, 2001 Union Road, West Seneca, will celebrate the season with a Holiday Open House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free, and visitors are invited to take a walk in the park, play in the snow, enjoy cocoa and cookies, play a game, feed the birds and send a card to a veteran. For info, call 677-4843 or visit www.BurchfieldNAC.org.
REUNION ALERT – The Class of 1963 from Tonawanda High School will hold its 50th reunion with three days of events on the weekend of July 12 to 14. It begins with a Friday evening get-together in the Eldredge Club, 17 Broad St., City of Tonawanda. Tickets are $10. Saturday will see a dinner at Banchetti's Banquet Facility, 550 North French Road, Amherst. Tickets are $50. It concludes with a Golden Warriors picnic Sunday in Volunteer Firemen's Park, Two Mile Creek Road, City of Tonawanda. Tickets are $20.
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Photos: See $5 million home for sale of ex-Dallas high school, NBA star Kenyon Martin
Kenyon Martin, The Dallas Bryan Adams High alum, has put his mansion in Dalworthington Gardens on the market. The asking price: $5 million. The 15,000-square-foot "Mediterranean estate" (five beds, six baths) sits on 8.4 acres along Rush Creek, not far from Martin High (no relation). It features four bowling lanes, a 10-car garage, seven fireplaces, an immense pool (complete with spurting dolphin statues, pictured at right) and, of course, a full basketball court. The property's assessed valued is $2.5 million (K-Mart reportedly bought it for $3 million in 2008), making the property taxes a whopping $63,000 a year. Martin was most recently a Los Angeles Clipper (after playing in China during the lockout) but is currently a free agent. (Photo via Trulia.com)
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Stetson returns to the road this weekend for a crucial Atlantic Sun Conference series at Kennesaw State, beginning 6 p.m., Friday. Stetson will be playing its third road series since conference play began four weeks ago.
The Hatters and Owls enter the weekend separated by 1.5 games in the A-Sun standings. Stetson is alone in eighth while Kennesaw is ninth.
Stetson is expected to be bolstered by the return of right-handers Josh Powers and Kurt Schluter to the pitching staff this weekend. Schluter made his first appearance since Feb. 21 on Tuesday against Bethune-Cookman after missing more than six weeks with a groin injury. Powers, who returned to hitting last weekend, hasn't pitched since suffering an oblique injury while warming up for a start on March 29.
Stetson vs. Kennesaw State
Stetson and Kennesaw State have met 22 times since the series began in 2006 when KSU joined the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Hatters hold a 12-10 lead in the series.
The Hatters are 5-4 against the Owls in games played in Kennesaw.
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Stetson's up-and-down season continued last week, as the Hatters went 3-2. Stetson swept a midweek series from USF (6-3, 2-1), then dropped two of three games at Northern Kentucky.
Freshman pitcher Taylor Cockrell was Stetson's lone bright spot last weekend, as he tossed a complete game with eight strikeouts and no walks in the Hatters' 6-2 victory in Sunday's finale. It was the second complete game of the season for Cockrell, and lowered his season ERA to 3.76.
Sophomore 1B/C Patrick Mazeika continues to lead the team offensively. His .392 batting average ranks second in the A-Sun. He leads the conference in on-base percentage (.513), ranks second in doubles (12), fourth in walks (19), fourth in hits (47), and is tied for the league lead in hit-by-pitch (9).
Junior C Garrett Russini continued his fine recent play last week, going 9-for-19 with four RBI. He is now batting .285-2-20.
Stetson's offense was bolstered by the return of junior DH Josh Powers. After missing the previous five games with an oblique injury, Powers started all three games at NKU and knocked in three runs in the opener, including blasting his first career home run.
Sophomore Tyler Warmoth is currently tied for third in the A-Sun with a career-high seven saves.
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After failing to homer in any of his previous 61 career games at Stetson, OF Mike Fernland has now homered in consecutive games after he went deep Tuesday against Bethune-Cookman ... LHP Adam Schaly has quietly developed into one of Stetson's more reliable pitchers. Over his last five appearances Schaly is 2-0 with a 1.76 ERA ...1B/C Patrick Mazeika is hitting .476 (30-63) over his last 17 games ... Mazeika leads the A-Sun with a .503 on-base percentage, and ranks second with a .392 batting average ... C Garrett Russini has seen steady improvement in his offense in the last 17 games, raising his batting average from .203 to .285 by hitting .372 (22-59) in that span. He also has two homers and 18 RBI in those 15 games ... OF Mike Fernland and DH Josh Powers each connected for their first career home runs in the first game of last Saturday's doubleheader at Northern Kentucky ... both homers came in the seventh inning, the first time the Hatters have hit multiple home runs in the same inning since May13, 2012 at ETSU ... when SS Tyler Bocock and Russini each homered in the first game of Stetson's doubleheader at ETSU it marked the first time the Hatters had more than one home run in a game since also hitting a pair at ETSU on May 13, 2012, a span of 88 games.
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Several videos showing Kissimmee Middle School students brawling near their campus have parents and police investigators unnerved.
Watch: 'Fight club' videos posted online
Kissimmee police officers are keeping extra eyes on the school after the disturbing "fight club" videos were posted to YouTube and Facebook.
No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the fights, but officials are working to put a stop to them.
Officers said most of the brawls have happened along a bike path that runs behind the school. They've put a patrol in place to prevent further fighting.
Police officers are handling the investigation, instead of school administrators, because the fights have not been held on school property.
WESH 2 News will not show the faces of the students involved because of their age.


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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said today it ended a nearly seven-year collaboration with CureTech on the humanized monoclonal antibody CT-011 being for blood malignancies and solid tumors, after announcing plans to invest up to $108.5 million in the company and its R&D.
The collaboration cutoff appears to be Teva President and CEO Jeremy Levin, Ph.D.'s latest move in repositioning the generics giant into more of a branded-drug company with expanded over-the-counter offerings and more presence in emerging markets, especially China. The company faces 2015 loss of patent protection for its flagship branded drug, Copaxone for multiple sclerosis.
Speaking with Reuters in December, Levin and Michael Hayden, M.D., Ph.D., the company's president and CEO of R&D and chief R&D officer, discussed plans to shift drug development away from developing new molecules, toward "new therapeutic entities" or NTEs that could be new uses, formulations, delivery methods, or combinations of existing products. Dr. Hayden said at the time that NTEs would provide higher returns on investment and much lower risks than developing new molecules. Teva has set a goal of approving development of 10–15 NTEs in 2013 and getting them to market starting in 2016.
Teva and CureTech first hooked up in 2006, when Teva invested an initial $6 million and received an option to invest up to an additional $23 million in CureTech tied to undisclosed milestones, and thus increase its stake in the company. CT-011 is designed to interact with PD-1, a B7 receptor-family-associated protein, to show anticancer immune response against a wide variety of mouse and human tumors.
Two years later, Teva agreed to spend another $10.5 million on an expanded collaboration that entailed supporting an ongoing Phase II study in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) as well as a new Phase II study in previously untreated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
In 2011 following promising Phase II results for CT-011 in 2011, it agreed to invest another $19 million in CureTech and fund up to $50 million of its R&D program. Teva's spending raised its Curetech ownership to 75%, with an option for full ownership.
At the time, Teva said it was looking to expand its branded-drug business as well as expand into specialty therapeutic indications such as cancer. To that end, it announced plans to launch a Phase III trial in DLBCL—the indication for which it saw the encouraging Phase II results—as well as continue the ongoing Phase II study for colorectal cancer, and launch a third Phase II study in metastatic melanoma.
A terse statement from Teva suggests that the trials never reached Phase III: "CT-011 was assessed in several Phase I and II clinical studies in various cancer indications including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), colon cancer, metastatic melanoma, and additional investigator initiated studies."
Teva also quoted Dr. Hayden as saying the decision to end work with CureTech stemmed from "the process of conducting a disciplined review of our pipeline."
"As we looked closely at CT-011 and the most recent clinical and biochemical data, we have made the strategic decision to invest our resources elsewhere where we can have the most impact for patients," Dr. Hayden added.
Teva did say, however, that it would take a $109 million noncash charge against earnings stemming from what it called the impairment of its investment in CureTech.
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Source: The Detroit News
quote: Ha! He's working a deal with many of them for his kingship.
quote: America's political system is a lot like China's except its politicians are clever enough to at least given citizens the illusion of freedom and choice. It's kind of like being stuck in the Matrix.
quote: If voting could change the system it would be outlawed.
quote: Stupid people write stupid things while damaging others' property.
quote: Our politicians spend almost all their time paying lip service to small business.
quote: Big gov't and big business get along quite well with one another.
quote: "Government run by organized money is the same as government run by the organized mob"


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It means basically the same thing as lame, but with more emphasis. The suffix "saur" can be used at the end of any word if it is needed to express something either bad or good. Also used as chicksaur.
I can't believe it, this is so lamesaur.
Dude, that was coolsaur.
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A tube that you put to your nostril to aid snorting a powder drug such as K or Chang. could be a note or a roll of paper. Also known as snortytube
katty, pass the snorty, i'v racked up...again
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(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed; shirty
Have you found that girl wearin' blue shirt is a bit snorty?
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An insuffulated combination of snuff (snortable smokeless tobacco) and Oxycontin. Derived from SN (snuff) + OC (oxycontin) + snort = snorties. Associated with the same pleasurable feeling of smoking a cigarette while using Opioids. Originally popularized in the Philadelphia medical college underground scene.
I'm going to stretch out my orange county supply by mixing up some snorties
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cars are all the rage today, and are being pumped out by auto manufacturers
from all around the world. Electric vehicles get their motivation from
batteries that can be charged by a power outlet. The catch is that pure EVs of
today have limited driving range and can take a long time to recharge making
them impractical for many.
Some drivers of the Nissan Leaf, one of the few true EVs on the market today,
have previously complained that the vehicle driving distance estimation is
often very off leaving some drivers stranded on the side of the road. The Leaf
also has a confusing EPA rating of 99mpg despite the
fact that it uses no gasoline.
Nisan has announced that it is aware of a new issue in which the Leaf will
not start. According to Nissan, the complaint has surfaced in both Japan and
the U.S.
Nissan is investigating the cause of the start failures right now and at this
time there is no intention of a recall since the issue isn't affecting safety
of the vehicle. Reuters reports that
Nissan has tracked the problem back to the Leaf air conditioning system.
At this point Nissan isn't sure if the issue is with a component in the AC
system or with the software. Nissan spokesman Toshitake Inoshita said,
"When we know the exact cause, we will decide whether to issue a service
bulletin, or take other steps."
So far, the Leaf has sold 452 units in the U.S. and 3,300 units in Japan.
Exactly how widespread the issue is at this point is unknown.
quote: For many people it's a lot more than $.08, and in some places it's tiered, so you pay even more as you use more.
quote: exaggeration and hyperbole do not help you in this case
quote: The argument about Tier pricing doesn't work when you're dealing specifically with EV's when many utilities in California encourage those vehicles.
quote: What you're probably thinking of is the EVSE equipment (which IMO should not cost more than $500 otherwise they are ripping you off) which is basically a fancy surge protector. I would not pay more than 2-3 grand extra at most to convert residence to handle EV charging.
quote: The point remains, TCO is not just initial purchase price.
quote: With all of those extra potential/actual costs, how the hell is owning an EV cheaper than a cheap gas car considering TCO
quote: Most two-car households would probably get along just fine with one vehicle only having an 80 mile range.
quote: $30k for just a commuter is ridiculous though
quote: All valid reason to dislike the Leaf. Cost? No, cost is not an issue thanks to those Federal Rebates.
quote: Do they just hand you that cash at the time of purchase and take it off the bill, or is it a rebate that is applied to your total taxable income as a deduction?
quote: All valid reason to dislike the Leaf. Cost? No, cost is not an issue thanks to those Federal Rebates.


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Mortgage Fraud Schemer Sentenced
Getlan sentenced to 35 years for defrauding Maryland homeowners
BALTIMORE, MD (December 3, 2012) Rodney Getlan, age 45, of Owings Mills, was sentenced today by Judge Ballou-Watts to 35 years of incarceration with 10 years suspended, followed by 5 years of probation for nine counts of mortgage fraud. As of today, he agreed to $121,876 in restitution.
Getlan pleaded guilty earlier this year to nine counts of mortgage fraud. An investigation by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulations (DLLR) Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and the Baltimore County Police Department lead to Getlans arrest in March for defrauding homeowners of considerable upfront fees for mortgage modifications and stealing their monthly mortgage payments.
The 35 year sentence is a victory for Maryland consumers, said Maryland Labor, Licensing & Regulation Secretary Leonard Howie. Commissioner Mark Kaufman and the entire Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation work tirelessly to protect our most vulnerable neighbors from predatory practices. I am proud of the efforts of the Office of Financial Regulation in this case and want to thank the Baltimore County States Attorneys Office and the Baltimore County Police Department for their partnership in this successful criminal prosecution.
The sentencing in this case underscores our commitment to protecting Maryland homeowners and sends a message that these types of scams, which prey on our most vulnerable citizens, will not be tolerated, said Mark Kaufman, Commissioner of the Office of Financial Regulation.
The investigation into Getlans activities involved Investigator A. Thomas Koehler of the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and Detective Dave Donnelly of the Baltimore County Police Departments Financial Crimes Unit. In addition, Erin McCarthy Naylor, Director of Mortgage Fraud for the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, and Assistant States Attorney Adam Lippe, Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit, have partnered in the investigation and prosecution of this complex case. Ms. Naylor was sworn in as a Special Assistant States Attorney to assist in the prosecution. She joined the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation in 2011 through a Department of Justice Grant and is responsible for creating and implementing a mortgage fraud outreach program as well as leading efforts to enhance criminal prosecution statewide.
The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation protects and empowers Marylanders by safeguarding workers, protecting consumers, providing a safety net and cultivating a thriving workforce that can meet the demands of Marylands dynamic economy. Follow DLLR on Twitter (@MD_DLLR) and Facebook.


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Brought to you by Merck. Watch its U.S. Dairy Farmers Care video.
"Five keys for reproductive success" was the topic of the August webinar presented by Paul Fricke, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fricke shares strategies on how to improve pregnancy rates with new breeding strategies, methods to identify open cows, more aggressive rebreeding and correctly timing A.I.


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After Eight Year Legal Fight, Teamsters Finally Agree to Pay $51,500 Judgment to Victim of Illegal Union Discrimination
Teamster union bosses sought to punish worker for refraining from union membership
Tulsa, OK (July 8, 2014) – After years of stonewalling and legal wrangling, a local Teamster union has finally agreed to pay a former Interstate Bakeries Wonder Bread/Hostess delivery driver $51,500 in damages and interest for discriminating against the worker.
Oklahoma worker Kirk Rammage has received free assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys during his eight year legal battle challenging the local Teamster union's discriminatory policy.
Rammage was the single nonunion sales representative with a Dolly Madison facility in Ponca City for over 15 years before his division was merged in 2005 with Wonder Bread/Hostess. Although the company initially wanted to protect Rammage's seniority during the merger, Teamster Local 523 union officials insisted that Rammage be put at the bottom of the seniority roster despite his longer workplace tenure. The company later complied with the union bosses' demand.


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It's officially summer now. Gentlemen, start your Foursquaring.
Finally, Ohioans reap the reward of putting up with all manner of ninth-circle weather the rest of the year. Summer is upon us, and is yours to enjoy.
But! Summer comes with its own set of rules. Too much of one thing and not enough of another can render your summer imperfect, a sin against all sins. A day without sunscreen can put a painful hiccup in your summer that no paper bag can rectify. Wearing socks with sandals may leave you an exile from the world of hot dogs and plastic seat sweat.
The perfect summer is a divine thing, attained only a few years in a lifetime. Will this summer be one of yours? Just follow some simple guidelines to achieve a fulfilling, enjoyable summer that doesn't feel like a thousand knives of fire stabbing your skin with evil sun daggers.
Sunscreen. If you haven't noticed, I know from experience that a bad sunburn can ruin your summer. Unless you want to achieve the Jack Palance look in your golden years, sunblock and / or screen is suggested. Music fests especially - when you're found passed out in a burning red ball of pain by the merch booths, you'll wish you heeded my word.
Scheduling. Fitting the right amount of sun and / or fun into your summer is important. But jam-packing to the point of exhaustion isn't the way to go. Instead of trying to run a gauntlet of Italian sausage sandwiches and pool parties, make sure you know which vital summer events are when, and adopt a "we'll see" approach. If you can't pry yourself from poolside to make it there, don't beat yourself up.
Fashion. Summer is the time to have fun with your look, but don't shoot yourself in the foot - or give them blisters. Have fun with T-shirts, dresses, hats, shoes. But beware new sandals - an uncomfy pair can leave you hobbled for days. Days! Practical, colorful and fun is the way to go. And boys, if you go sleeveless, monitor your B.O. levels. Pits are a privilege, not a right.
Social media. Instagraming a beautiful sunset is one thing, but there's no need to Facebook check-in from the Canfield Fairgrounds bathroom. Moderate social media over the summer; you don't want to live it through a screen.
Music. Summer is a great time to find some new music. There's always one awesome summer song everyone loves. Listen for new sounds wafting from car windows. Make mixes with new songs to play at porch parties or barbecues. Check out new bands at big fests or local shows. And remember, a summer night of romance with a musician passing through town will rarely end with them penning a song about you. That only happened in the '70s.
Do take advantage of patios. Watching a perfect day evolve into a vibrant night from a table full of food, drinks and friends is just the bee's knees.
Don't wear neon. That whole thing is over. Again.
Do travel; don't spend the whole trip on your phone.
Don't forget - only six more months until Christmas.
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Girls just wanna have fun!
Zoë Saldana's pal Gabrielle Union says the newly single actress is doing "great" after her recent split from Bradley Cooper.
"She's awesome," Union, 40, told PEOPLE on the red carpet before hosting the 2013 BET Honors – airing Feb. 11 at 9 p.m – at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Union – who rang in the New Year with the Words actress in Miami – calls Saldana, 34, "dope" and says the duo has a blast whenever they're together.
"Our girl time is usually spent singing, drinking and dancing, and that's exactly what we did [on New Year's Eve]," said Union, who affectionately calls Saldana "Cha-Cha."
But while Saldana is back on the market, Union seems ready to take her relationship with Miami Heat basketball player Dwayne Wade to the next level – though she did joke during the show's opening monologue that he'd yet to put a ring on it.
"I cannot do a thing about Charles Barkley talking bad about you. He is just jealous that you have two rings and he and I have none," she said onstage after answering her cellphone, which rang to the tune of Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)."
Gabrielle Union: Zoë Saldana's Doing 'Great' After Split with Bradley Cooper
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Check out tim's pants and jacket
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nah dude, thats a joutfit
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-noun. an outfit created of multiple pieces of denim clothing; pieces of clothing in the joutfit may include a jirt, jhorts, jhoes, or a juit.
I totally saw a lady wearing a joutfit on the Metro this morning, complete with a jirt and japris.
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a jean outfit; an outfit with multiple pieces of denim clothing
"hey check out that girl in the joutfit!!"
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Summer Classic Movies with popcorn – Jackson
This is occurring Thursdays at 3:00 pm located at Eastern Branch 3125 E. Michigan Ave. Jackson, MI 49203.
Summer Classic Movies will be shown on the widescreen TV. Refreshments will be served!
Aug. 1: The Great Outdoors (PG, 1988) starring Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and Stephanie Faracy
A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.
Aug. 8: Splash (PG, 1984) starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and Eugene Levy
A man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.
Aug. 15: Jaws (PG, 1975) starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
Aug. 22: Summer Rental (PG-13, 1985) starring John Candy, Karen Austin, and Richard Crenna
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse.
Aug. 29: American Graffiti (PG, 1973) starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and Paul Le Mat
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
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"It's been the most incredible day of my life," said Pennsylvania Rep. Mike E. Fleck of Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, who on Saturday announced that he is gay.
Fleck, a 39-year-old divorced Republican, who is about to begin his fourth term in the Pennsylvania House representing Huntingdon County and parts of Blair and Mifflin Counties, said the announcement "was about being honest with my constituents."
He explained, however, "It was a big step coming out. It is something I have been working toward for months."
The reaction has been overwhelming, Fleck explained in an interview late Saturday night.
He said he decided to tell the residents of the 81st District he was gay through an article in the Huntingdon Daily News, his home county newspaper. That article appeared Saturday.
He told his very personal life story in what turned out to be one of the longest articles that paper has ever run, and the reaction has been overwhelming.
"My family has been awesome," he said.
He was bombarded with emails, and all but nine or 10 were supportive of what he has done. He noted some of those emails were from liberals who argued he should now become a Democrat. He will stay a Republican, he said.
He said even in his conservative district he has found support.
Fleck said he has known since he was very young that he was gay and he hopes that his story may help others, because, as he explained, there are 3 million couples out there that deal with this situation.
And even in his conservative district, it would be difficult to find a family that doesn't have a gay member.
He said most people don't know an openly gay person.
Fleck is a religious man, a man of faith, and that won't change either. The Bible has a few verses about homosexuality but there is more in the Bible about other subjects like love, he said.
"As a man of God and a man of faith, I've had these feelings my entire life," Fleck said.
Fleck's announcement surprised and even shocked his colleagues and local Republicans.
"I was completely caught off guard," said Fleck's friend, Rep. Jerry Stern of Martinsburg, R-80th District, when Fleck called him to relate that there would be an article in the Huntingdon Daily News Saturday about his sexual orientation.
Stern said he has worked with Fleck for the past six years and stated, "He seems like a nice bright, young legislator, a very intelligent man."
He and Fleck have worked together on education, agriculture and tourism issues, all important in the south central part of Pennsylvania, a heavily Republican area.
And both are very religious individuals.
According to the newspaper article, Fleck said he wanted to live a "normal" life and in 2002 he was married.
He was quoted as saying, "I also believed that by marrying, I was fulfilling God's will and I thought my same-sex attraction would simply go away."
But it didn't, and Fleck related that he was too caught up being a perfect Christian rather than being authentic and honest.
He said in the article he has met many gay Christians who tried hard to suppress their God-given sexual orientation, but at the end of the day, "I know of none who've been successful. They've only succeeded at repressing their identity, only to have it reappear time and again and always wreaking havoc not only on themselves, but especially on their family."
Stern said he believes Fleck has endured what he called "an immense personal struggle" over the years and he said that Fleck will still be his colleague and friend.
But he and Fleck disagree, he said, when it comes to living a gay lifestyle.
Stern said he believes it is wrong. The Bible teaches, he said, "We all need to be repentant for the sins we commit," and he said he himself is not without sin.
"It's not up to me ... I'm not the judge," Stern said.
Fleck included in his remarks Saturday that "coming out is hard enough, but in doing it in the public eye is definitely something I never anticipated."
Blair County Republican Chairman A.C. Stickel made the same point, saying, "I am disappointed he would find it necessary to make a public announcement."
Stickel was not critical of Fleck. He said he respected Fleck's service and respected him as a person. He called him hardworking and creative in representing his district.
But while Stickel supported Fleck's decision to come out, he wondered if such a public announcement might mean that Fleck might be supporting an agenda - such as gay marriage.
"I wouldn't support this type of an agenda," the chairman said.
State Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr., R-30th District, said he, too, has worked with Fleck on many issues and in fact just Thursday attended an event with him at the Smithfield Fire hall.
"He didn't say anything about what he was going to do," Eichelberger explained, noting his surprise when he was informed of the story.
"I have a lot of sympathy for him. I know he is going through a difficult time," the senator said.
Eichelberger said he will be interested in seeing how the people in Fleck's legislative district will react.
"I think it will be a very significant event for the people he represents," he said. He said the people in the 81st District are conservative. He also believes the Fleck story will go national.
At the moment, Fleck is the only legislator in Harrisburg who is openly gay, although attorney Brian Sims of Philadelphia, a Democrat, is considered the first openly gay candidate to run and win in Pennsylvania. Sims will take office in January, according to PoliticsPa.
Eichelberger said he had heard from people that Fleck was gay "for quite a while," and he said he wasn't caught off guard by Fleck's announcement, but he summed up by saying, "I was very surprised it was handled this way."
The State Representative from Altoona, John McGinnis, a Republican who won't take office until January, said he has not yet met Fleck, but he said Saturday, "I don't think a person's sexual preferences are a hot-button issue."
He added, however, that gay marriage for instance is an issue, one he rejects.
C. Arnold McClure, who once ran for the state Senate and was for 32 years the owner of the Valley Log, a newspaper in Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, has a unique perspective on the announcement because he has known Fleck since he was a child.
McClure is the Huntingdon County Republican Party Chairman and he said he was friend of Fleck and his family.
He said, "I don't know what it will mean for him politically. ... Ultimately, it will be in the hands of the voters, not the county chairman."
As for Fleck's decision to reveal he is gay, "It is between him, his God and his family. I wish him the best," said McClure.
He said the Libertarian wing of the Republican Party probably won't be bothered by Fleck's announcement, but he said he doesn't know how the majority of Republicans will feel.
At least one member of the Mifflin County Republican Committee continues to have faith in Fleck.
"I know Mike and I don't think it will impact his performance or ability to act as Mifflin County's representative in the state House," said Nelson E. Reiffannacht, the committee's chairman. "He is a good man, he has done a good job so far. He will tomorrow and he will the next day."
Fleck has an extensive educational background, having graduated from Liberty University and completed graduate work at Shippensburg University.
He is an Eagle Scout and at one point served as district executive of the Boy Scouts.
He and his wife separated a year ago and they are now divorced.
The Associated Press and Sentinel reporter Dan Pietropaolo contributed to this story.


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Dan Fernandez is a Director in the Developer and Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft. Dan has been with Microsoft since July 2001, working in multiple roles including the Lead Product Manager for Visual Studio Express and Microsoft Popfly, the Visual C# Product Manager, and as a Developer Evangelist in the Mid-Atlantic district. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as a developer at several consulting firms including IBM Global Services specializing in web-based and mobile application development. You can read more about Dan on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/
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When's the next volume of Coding for Fun due out Dan? Really enjoyed the first.
Thanks for the feedback!
We don't have any plans right now for a sequel, but I'm sure we'll over-promote it when we do
Dan ( and Brian ) are probably doing more to sell Microsoft to programmers than anyone else in their company. I don't think I have missed one of their shows, ever.
Contrast the simplicity of VB6 and the first version of .NET that Dan talks about with things like WPF, binding, LINQ, dependency properties, expression trees, and functional programming today. I think a strong case can be made for the need of a .Simple framework and C-Simple programming language.
Whoa, Dan is a really good speaker, I was gonna skim through it - but I was hooked from beginning to end!
Was even convinced to play around with some codes!
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