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I'm Steve Patterson, my primary job on the Spaceward Bound expedition is to set up and operate the satellite and wireless network communications systems that will connect the research site in the Atacama to the outside world.
My career at NASA could be blamed on this guy, who gave a talk about his work while I was in the process of deciding what to do after graduation from Georgia Tech, with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. I was interested in aircraft design and aerodynamics, and the research projects and work atmosphere at NASA-Ames seemed more appealing to me than working at a big aerospace company. When I was offered a job at Ames, it seemed like the optimal opportunity to move to the West coast, since I had lived in the southern US my entire life. So I moved across the country to California, with the expectation of working at ARC for a few years to gain some experience before I settled down and got a real job somewhere.
Now it's 24 years later, and I'm still here. Although my entire post-college career has been at the same place (NASA-Ames), I have worked on many different projects in several different fields, which entailed continually learning new things and working with new people. Ames has many aerospace test facilities, such as wind tunnels, which are used to research, develop, design, and test airplanes, rotorcraft, and spacecraft. There, I worked on more projects than I can remember (or talk about), many of which never materialized as functional flying machines. However, a few did eventually manage to get off the ground.
My next job was as a Mission Director on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, a C-141 cargo plane modified to mount a telescope, where I flew around all night at 41,000 feet with a team of astronomers, detecting the infrared radiation emanating from distant stars and galaxies. Airborne astronomy is conducted in order to fly above the water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere, which blocks most infrared light. Thus the KAO (and it's successor, SOFIA) can make observations unattainable by ground-based observatories. Also, since the aircraft is mobile, the observatory can be deployed to observe a specific region of interest, such as a supernova or a planetary impact.
After the KAO was grounded, I moved over to the ER-2 airborne science program. Flying at a very high altitude, the ER-2 (a variant of the infamous U-2 "spyplane" ) was used to acquire measurements of the atmosphere's physical and chemical properties, which are influenced by such things as pollution, global warming, and ozone depletion. The ER-2 was also used for remote sensing of the Earth's surface, and many other interesting science projects. My job was to manage the overall development of the various science instruments, integrate them aboard the aircraft, then plan and execute the missions. With a fleet of three ER-2's, and a host of scientists and their specialized instruments, that were deployed all over the world, keeping track of everything and everybody was a monumental task. But we had a great team, who worked long and hard, and managed to have a lot of fun in the process, until mindless bureaucratic ineptitude intervened, and the Ames flight operations were packed up and moved to another NASA center.
Since I wanted to stay at Ames, I had to find a new job. I joined the Space Life Science Division, flying various biology experiments aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS). Although I had worked at NASA for several years, I was an aeronautics guy (the first "A" in NASA, as they say), and working on the manned space program entailed learning a lot of new things. Some of the experiences, such as watching the Shuttle launch and land, with "my" payload on board, were momentous; some other events certainly were not. I also had the chance to conduct a test of some spaceflight hardware onboard NASA's KC-135 "Weightless Wonder" aircraft (also known by its more-popular sobriquet). The lack of gravity must be experienced firsthand in order to comprehend its effects, but the problem of coping with long periods of weightlessness is a major impediment to manned space exploration. Many things, including the human body, don't function properly without the force of gravity.
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management and technical procurements that, while they have to be done
in order to accomplish the overall mission, they're no fun at the time.
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With support from Earthwatch since the late 1990s, Dollar has focused on the ecology of the fossa (pronounced FOO-sah), an unusual and little-known predator of Madagascar's forests, found nowhere else in the world. Although not much bigger than a fox, with the stealth of a puma and tenacity of a mongoose, the fossa is Madagascar's top predator. Dollar's research and conservation efforts come in the nick of time, as deforestation and hunting for bush meat threatens fossas and other Malagasy wildlife.
Earthwatch teams are helping Dollar monitor populations of predators at Ankarafantsika National Park, in northwest Madagascar, and the very remote Kirindy Mitea National Park. The latter site, which Dollar refers to as "Earthwatch Extreme," is 100 kilometers from the nearest paved road, and 20 kilometers from standing water. It is only site in Madagascar where he has found large areas of regenerating dry forest.
Much of Dollar's work is focused on supporting local community efforts to sustain their natural heritage and livelihoods. Dollar and his colleagues have helped renovate schools in the village of Andranofasika, and sponsor the higher education of promising students. Right now, the project is supporting eight such students, between sixth grade and college.
Earthwatch Volunteers, scientists, and community members also banded together to save 6.5 hectares of forest outside of Ankarafantsika National Park. The reserve was one of the last unprotected parcels in the area with forest left in the wake of expanding Andranofasika village. In a matter of days, Dollar and his Earthwatch team saw two hectares converted from forest into charcoal, used locally for fuel.
"Within weeks, this entire parcel was going to be obliterated, turned into charcoal," said Dollar. "It was the last stretch of natural land surround by wasteland. The rest of it looks like the moon. Our vision was that it would be sort of an Andranofasika Central Park, a natural space that villagers can go to freely and legally" (villagers need to pay to visit the nearby national park).
Volunteer and HSBC fellow Andy Duffy raised most of the US$7,000 needed through a 50 kilometer sponsored walk in the UK, and co-principal investigator Dr. Julie Pomerantz, from Pfeiffer University, contributed another portion. They purchased the land under the condition that the town promised protection of the forest.
Other Earthwatch volunteers who have worked with Dollar have gone beyond the project to contribute to local sustainability. Dr. Peter Balasky, a Florida veterinarian, founded "Friends of Madagascar." Working with co-principal investigator Pierrot Rahajanirina, he has helped build and renovate several schools throughout the Malagasy countryside. Most recently, Balasky arranged the donation of more than 75,000 soccer uniforms and 5,000 balls.
"I'm so impressed with these volunteers who have made an incredible difference on their own for Madagascar," said Dollar. "I think it is a feather in the cap of Earthwatch that the organization has attracted and fledged such amazing volunteers."
Dollar and seven other 2007 Emerging Explorers each receive a $10,000 award, plus the publicity and exposure afforded by the National Geographic.
"I'm looking at the other Emerging Explorers, some that I have known and some that I know by reputation, and I'm just blown away," said Dollar, who will be speaking at the Royal Geographic Society in London on 29 March 2007. "These guys are heroes and models to the world, and it is a huge honor to be counted among them."

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If you got a wet newspaper, so the ink is running, you take out the sudoku page and slap someone in the face with it so that it leaves a mirrored print of the sudoku.
Robert was acting like a twat and bugging me with Jeroen's laserpen all the time, so he left me no choice but to sudoku-slap him.
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Coming off a sixth consecutive victory in the Hatter Classic last November, the Stetson women's golf team will travel all the way to the west coast to open the spring season.
The Hatters will play in the Cal State Fullerton Folino Invitational at Industry Hills Golf Course at Pacific Palms Resort. The women's tournament will be played on "The Babe" Course, named for women's golfing legend Babe Didrikson Zaharias. The course will play to a par 71 covering 6,067 yards.
Hatters coach Floyd Kerr said the course is what makes this tournament so challenging.
"This course plays extremely hard," Kerr said. "In addition to having just one team break 900 last year, four of the teams shot over 1,000. The Babe Course is extremely tight with a lot of water."
The Hatters will be among 12 teams in the field for the women's tournament. There will also be a nine-time men's tournament played on the adjoining course, which is named for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In addition to the Hatters, the tournament will include teams from Boise State, Cal Poly, host Cal State Fullerton, Gonzaga, Hawaii, New Mexico State, Portland State, UC Riverside, Montana and Wyoming. Gonzaga is the defending tournament champion, winning the event last February by 13 shots over the host Titans with a score of 897.
The defending individual champion, Tara Green of Montana, is also back to defend her title.
After Saturday practice rounds, the tournament will include three days of competition with 18 holes each day. The Hatters will play the opening round on Sunday starting at 12:17 p.m. (ET) and will play the first day with players from Sacramento State and New Mexico State.
Kerr said his squad, which is made up of five juniors, is ready to get back into competition.
"We are excited to get the spring season started," Kerr said. "We've had some good practice and I think the team is ready to play some good golf this spring. We showed signs in the fall of playing to our ability, and I think with the confidence we gained in the fall we should lead to some much better performances this spring."
Claudia Redinger, who qualified first for the Hatters, said she and her teammates are ready to get back to competition.
"I'm really excited for this tournament and I know the rest of the team is really looking forward to it too," Redinger said. "I think this semester is going to be a lot better than our fall season, and it's a great opportunity for our team members to start stepping up to the plate."
Redinger will be joined by Sammi Smith, who finished the fall by winning the Hatter Classic, Jenna Hoecker, Ryan Ashburn and Mallory Viera.
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Someone who posses the skills to pay the bills in the sportbike world! A rider who has more control over their bike than most folks have over their own lives! Riders who have practiced and learned stunts that entertain!
Dan Jackson is among the worlds top stunta gods! Right there with Some OG's like Kyle Woods, Starboys, Darius and the likes!
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Modern sportbike rider who performes stunts in public. Frowned upon by responsible riders.
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"Driving to work I saw a stunta pull a mile long wheelie in rush hour traffic."
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A motorcycle rider who may or may not be able to do stunts on his bike, but lacks the judgement of when and where to do them.
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someone who claim they a balla but is broke
kevin is a stunta he aint got no bread
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See "Wigga", "Wigger" "Icy Hot Stuntaz" "Eminem". Suburban causasian male who attempts to mimic the language and culture of urban hip-hop. Usually spells plurals with a "z". Known to tool around in mom's tricked out "Mishishshi", "Akra" or "Hyundizzay".
Y'all stuntaz need get yo self some bakin' soda and blow, yo. Quit yo frontin', sell some doze rocks and buy yo self some bling. Flip dat bill to the back, my stunta.
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A male who likes to get his fudge packed.
Look at Justin, that fagget ass soap dropper. He likes doing bids, cause once he hits the showers, its free dick for him.
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5 Things No One Can Teach You About Being Funny
#2. How to Be Alright With Failing
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That said, it's just a given that some ideas are going to be massive failures. I've written a lot of articles for Cracked and even more still for a lot of other sites. I'd be lying if I said I was happy with all of them. To give you some recent examples, I'm not particularly fond of this article about shitty parking lot behaviors, and this thing about insane music videos that pre-date MTV was a pretty lazy effort, even if that Andy Kim video is one of the greatest pieces of unintentional comedy ever. Everything else I've ever done on the Internet is pretty great, though, and that makes those two failures sting a little bit less.
I'm not nearly as well-armed in my fight against the depression that comes with failing at stand-up. It's traditionally referred to as bombing, and it happens to every comic. It's just obviously not the kind of thing that a person whose reputation relies on him being consistently funny likes to advertise. I don't think anyone's expecting consistency from me, though, so I'll totally show you video of me being terrible at telling jokes. It's right here:
Sorry, looks like I embedded video of me being really good at jokes there on accident. That was my most recent set from the comedy show I co-host that you should totally come see sometime. You can tell me I wasn't funny in that video all you want, but I won't believe you. I feel good about that set, and none of you can stop me. I'm open to criticism about this performance, though:
That's me being bad at jokes at an otherwise wonderful show called "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" that you should also go to sometime if you're in town. At least I feel like I had a bad set there. I've done that show twice, and I felt like I did kind of awful both times. I hate that, and I hope I can go back someday and do better, but it happens. Sometimes you just fail to be as funny as you know you can be. It's happened to me a bunch and it will happen a lot more in the future and it never feels great. But it's going to happen, and it's up to you to figure out how to deal with it.
If you're curious, the way I deal with it could best be described as "terribly." Let me know if that helps.
#1. How to Be Funny (When You Don't Feel Like It)
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I'm sorry, I should have mentioned somewhere in the intro that I was trying to write the most depressing article about comedy that I possibly could. I guess I didn't actually know that at the time, but it feels like that's how it's shaking out so far. We've only got this last point to go, and it's certainly not going to help.
Anyway, one of the things that I struggle with personally is how to be funny when I don't really feel like being funny. I can't imagine I'm the only person who has to write comedy on a consistent basis who has run into this dilemma. Whether I'm delivering jokes in person, writing an article of my own, or editing something written by someone else, I have something to do damn near every day that requires me to come up with some funny. And you know what? I don't always feel like it.
Take the column I'm writing right now, for example (it's the same one you're reading, coincidentally). Yesterday, we had a fire drill at the Cracked office. It was a lighthearted affair that found the entire team all a-giggle about how silly it was that we had to gather in the street and be told how to exit a building in the event that a clear and present danger were to suddenly arise. Soren was responsible for shepherding us to safety. Here's a picture of him posing heroically in the orange vest that identified him as an authority figure, even if only for a day.
What's weird is that he wears it on non-fire-drill days also.
Pretty fun stuff, right? Right. Also fun, this video of me the very next morning (meaning this morning), after being roused from a dead sleep by the sound of fire alarms blaring in my apartment building.
The remorse you see on my face is the result of mistakenly thinking that this disruption was the result of some drunken jerk pulling a fire alarm. That lapse in judgment led to me standing outside my apartment for a solid hour this morning without my wallet, car keys, or anything else that you'd like to have in that situation while an actual fire burned in an apartment uncomfortably close to my own. How close? This close.
At least it's not a hazmat suit.
That's a firefighter overseeing the vacuuming of the carpet outside my door. The damage was close enough that I now get to spend a night with an industrial carpet drying rig playing a surprise show in my living room.
Play "Please Shut Up So I Can Sleep"!
And it's under those circumstances that I'm writing this column right now. If given a choice, I'd prefer to go sit at a bar and watch March Madness and feel sorry for myself because it's going to be sort of noisy when I try to sleep tonight. I promised people this article would be done, though, so it's getting done.
It's not like I haven't written an article under adverse conditions before. I came up with the idea for this article when I was basically living out of a motel room after a particularly messy end to a relationship. Or there's this article that's actually about living out of a terrible motel room after a particularly messy end to a relationship.
I didn't feel like being funny in either of those situations, but that's one of the "hazards" of the job. Sometimes you have to come up with comedy under less than ideal conditions.
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8 Tiny Things That Stopped Suicides
There are stories every day about some rescuer heroically stopping a suicide attempt -- breaking down a door, scooping someone off a ledge or cutting a noose down with a ninja star. But sometimes there's no strapping fireman or hero cop or friendly ninja, just one little silly thing between life and death.
Something like ...
A Kiss
The 16-year-old Chinese boy in this story was having a pretty shitty time. His mother was dead and he was convinced his stepmother hated him, probably because she stole all his dad's money and left the two of them homeless and scrambling to stay alive.
So he decided to jump off a bridge. The police came, and hundreds of onlookers gathered to watch the show and not try to help at all. Then Liu Wenxiu, a 19-year-old waitress passing by, saw what was going on.
She was a quick thinker and got past the cops by making up a story on the spot about how she was his girlfriend and this suicide was over her. She didn't try to talk the boy out of it, but just listened to his story and then showed him her scarred right wrist, which got his attention. Then she told him her story about her equally shitty home life, and her own suicide attempts. "He had to be saved," she said later, "because I've been there before and I knew exactly how it was."
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"Look at me," she told him. "I've been there and I'm now here." Then, knowing every 16-year-old boy's kryptonite, she gave him a hug and kissed him.
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In this state, he was more than willing to let the cops take away the knife he was wielding and haul him to safety.
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Later, they exchanged phone numbers and she promised to call him and check on how he was doing. Though they probably didn't hook up due to their age difference, he may have realized that killing himself would have taken away his future, which very possibly might contain sex. Oh yeah, and probably he also realized how he wasn't alone and other people knew what it was like. But also sex.
Now if your take-away from this story is that you can threaten suicide in the hopes of getting a girl to kiss you, that's clearly one possibility. But for every Liu Wenxiu, there's one of these impatient assholes that will actually help push you off the bridge.
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A Sarah McLachlan Song
So D.M.C., or Darryl McDaniels, of Run-D.M.C., was at the top of his game in 1997, on tour in Europe, when he fell into an "Is this all there is?" funk. You people who have sold multi-platinum albums or purchased Greek islands know what I'm talking about. It wasn't just a mild feeling of something missing either -- he'd actually decided to commit suicide when he got home.
You young kids do not even START asking who Run-D.M.C. was. Look it up.
As he was being driven home from the airport, Sarah McLachlan's song "Angel" started playing on the radio. Yes, the song that manipulates you into helping abused kittens and puppies. Anyway, they didn't have that commercial in 1997, so D.M.C. wasn't thinking about how he should adopt a dog, but how life was worth living after all.
Although the two concepts aren't completely unrelated, as you'll see in entry #1.
He put away his suicide plans and just started listening to a whole lot of Sarah McLachlan. A while later, he found out he himself was adopted, and finally life made sense for him. His adoption had put him in the right place at the right time to meet Run and Jam Master Jay and form Run-D.M.C. and resurrect Aerosmith by recording "Walk This Way" with them and all that business. And the point of this remarkable destiny, D.M.C. decided (other than helping Aerosmith), was for him to use his street cred to promote adoption and help foster kids.
As part of that mission, he asked Sarah McLachlan to record a "Cat's In The Cradle" cover with him, telling her the whole story of how her music changed his life. Turned out she was also adopted. Hell, maybe that's why she wants people to adopt cats and dogs.
So instead of killing himself, now D.M.C. is helping foster kids and listening to a lot of Sarah McLachlan music.
Anyway, something to think about next time you make fun of a friend for listening to music "for pussies."
A Firing Pin
Now I don't know a lot about guns, and gun parts, but I gather that the "firing pin" is a part of the gun that makes the gun fire. This is important, because when Joe Sanders, a soldier worn down from the stress of fighting in Iraq and the recent news that his wife was leaving him, put his M-4 carbine to his chin and pulled the trigger, the firing pin was missing.
I couldn't pick it out. Also I'm pretty sure this is the wrong gun.
His roommate, Albert Godding, walked in and found Sanders panicking, asking where his firing pin was. Godding asked him exactly how he happened to discover it was missing, at which point Sanders put two and two together and broke down. Godding had heard his roommate talk about killing himself earlier that day and quietly removed the pin.
I'm not sure what Godding's plan was for if Sanders didn't try to kill himself before he went back on patrol or whatever, but the point is that instead of dying, Sanders went to see the army counselor, got a lot better and is engaged again.
Apparently it's a big problem for a lot of soldiers to ask for help, since as manly men, they should just be able to rip a truck in half whenever they're down, and feel better. That's probably why Godding felt like he had to do the pin trick, since just asking his friend to open up about his feelings probably wouldn't have worked.
"What's wrong, buddy? I just want us to share about feelings. That's your favorite thing, right?"
But not everybody knows where a firing pin on a gun is, so I think it's a good idea for manly men to try to ask for help. At the very least, it will save your family from breaking your gun when they are trying to find the firing pin.
A Massive Pile of Garbage
Apparently, last winter there was a huge snowstorm in New York, leaving conditions so shitty that nobody could pick up garbage. Bags of garbage started to pile up on the curbs and all the Febreze in the world couldn't do a thing about it. Serves them right for living in a place where it snows, is what I say. Sensible people prefer to take the risk of half their state falling into the ocean.
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Anyway, hard-luck story Vangelis Kapatos, dealing with a nervous breakdown and facing eviction, jumped from his ninth story apartment and happened to land right in one of those massive piles of garbage, saving his life. Keep in mind this was still a nine-story fall. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition -- but still, he was alive.
It's nice to know that after hearing the story, the city's papers were able to find just the tone needed for such a bleak, tragic story of human suffering.
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People may be clamoring for a Saved by the Bell reunion, but it appears alum Tiffani Thiessen is not among them.
During an appearance on Tuesday morning's Today, the White Collar star partook in a TV-themed trivia challenge. But just as the games were beginning, Dennis Haskins, aka Mr. Belding, took the stage. Thiessen was clearly not impressed.
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Just last month, Haskins told TMZ he's always supported a reunion.
"Honestly, the fans still love us and our show so much ... they deserve it!" he said.
In 2009, Jimmy Fallon attempted to reunite the cast, but instead got Mark-Paul Gosselaar to appear in Zack Morris mode. (Watch that hilarious appearance here.)
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Cup ratings down again and dont tell me its par as it isnt, ratings ARE infact dropping more then normal. Nascar Cup Is losing ratings maybe because of a boring race and lousy coverage by ESPN not showing hardly any drivers other then the leaders fighting it out or a car wrecking, it was terrible coverage and not a great race either. We couldnt tell who was doing what, where Tony was running or anyone else for that matter as lots of big names were running top 20 untill near the end but you wouldnt know it by the lousy coverage, other then the ticker tape across the top letting us know where they were and when they were advancing or not. I turned it off for hrs out of boredom, but friends told me I didnt miss anything, as i did see the battle at the end, but a long race needs to have more excitment then that for sure. Nascar acts like everything is fine but I think they know better but will anything change or have they made too many changes already as some believe they have ruined the racing--Oh well?
NNs ratings were up a little but better then Cup is doing losing ratings.
onerockindoc wrote:Annalee, honey I listened but it was a struggle as those 2 couldn't make any changes to significantly improve the car. I ended up listening to the 2 and 48 but when I saw Tony moving up I started listening but not too much was said but thankfully by that time it came to life and that top 5 was in the bag!
I'll tell you all something..while Chad and JJ are interesting to listen to at times, Brad and Paul are such a great combination that listening to them takes it up another notch. And all the spotters are great as well.
I hope you had a wonderful time in Houston as I did in Fort Worth. The weather was gorgeous and I got some great pictures with some notables. Got a lug nut from the winning car and talked my way in to victory lane!
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This evening's baseball game between Stetson (21-23) and No. 20 South Florida (29-15) has been cancelled due to incoming inclement weather. The Hatters will return to action this weekend, hosting North Florida in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m.
The young Stetson squad has been playing well of late, winning four straight Atlantic Sun Conference series. The Hatters topped Jacksonville, USC Upstate, ETSU, and most recently Lipscomb to improve to 10-8 in league play. Stetson stands in fifth place in the conference with three weekends to play.
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TUSCARORA RESERVATION – A 35-year-old Lewiston man was killed just before 6 a.m. today when his 1997 Ford four-door sedan went off the road and hit two trees in a front yard at a home on Mount Hope Road.
The man who has not been identified pending notification of family. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Kenneth Lederhouse.
According to Lewiston Police, speed was a factor in the crash, but alcohol has not been ruled out and still remains under investigation.
Investigators from Lewiston and the Niagara County Sheriff's Department determined that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when he left Mount Hope Road near Green Road, veered across Mount Hope then went off of the road, hitting a tree and then a second tree in the yard.
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The College Success Center at Bennett High School officially opened Friday.
The center will provide various services in an effort to assist the college application process for Bennett students. It will focus on three initiatives: student advising, parent engagement and community partnerships.
A collaborative effort by the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood, the University at Buffalo and Buffalo Public Schools, the center will be working under the BPN umbrella.


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My friend Hans put me onto this smashing new German brand called Bellaciao. With their classic, hand-built frames, Bellaciao strides firmly onto the market in style.
Here's one of their Corva Citta' models for ladies. The way the top bar curves upwards to meet the rest of the frame is oh so Italian and Bellaciao makes no secret of their romantic love affair with Italian bicycle design and aesthetics.
Here's another Corva Citta' for ladies, looking lovely in the sunlight. (I see spring everywhere I look at the moment...) The name Bellaciao is undoubtably inspired by the Italian partisan song popular during the Second World War, which makes us even fonder of them. A friend of our Jason McNiff sings a version of the song which we used on our Cycle Chic Goes to Paris video.
And their gentleman's models are also quite smashing. Here's the Corvo Citta' Uomo. Sleek and gorgeous. If there was one parked outside my flat with my name on it, I'd raise the handlebars to sit up a bit straighter (like my mother taught me) but otherwise I'd thoroughly enjoy this sweet ride.
Prices start at €649 and Bellaciao is launching this spring. Keep your eyes peeled. Until then, the bicycles get a nod of approval from Cycle Chic.


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Deneba Software (an ACD America company) announced today the availability of the newest version of Canvas. Canvas 15 allows engineers and technical graphics professionals to illustrate and communicate with confidence, utilizing a limitless combination of documents, images, and data, and improves productivity, and technical illustration workflow. Canvas is the preferred solution in precision industries, such as aerospace and automotive, biotechnology and healthcare, education, government, manufacturing, oil, gas and energy, and technology.
"For 20 years, Canvas has been removing workflow obstacles, providing smooth transition between existing workflows. What used to take a day, now takes an hour with Canvas," said Dallas Vandekerkhove, General Manager of Deneba Software. "It has a unique feature set combining raster and vector functions in a single editing and publishing environment. Nothing is too small or too large for Canvas."
New features in Canvas 15 include:
- Effortless Precision. Use the Smart Mouse and Guides to precisely snap lines to objects and manage complex angles and distances. Take the guesswork out of centering, dividing, and snapping to corners of geometric shapes and aligning lines at sensitive angles with these sophisticated guidance tools.
- Carefree Copying. Quickly unify the elements of your project by using the Attribute Dropper tool to copy the attributes of one vector object to another. This feature makes it easy to maintain the consistency of aspects like stroke, pen, fill ink, text style, transform, dimensions, transparency, and more.
- Tightened Text Workflow. Diversify your projects with quick, hassle-free access to special characters. Speed up your editing process with the ability to merge multiple text boxes, including merging all the boxes on the page, or simply a selection.
- An Expanded Library. Canvas 15 comes packed with additional symbol and clip art libraries perfect for a diverse range of tasks, from crime scene labeling and furniture layout, to circuit board design and energy exploration.
- Enhanced Work Environment. Side-by-side important documents, work with multiple instances of Canvas at once. Modify, save, and load toolbox and window layouts for specific users and tasks to streamline workflow.
Pricing and Availability
Canvas 15 will be available online for $599.00 (msrp) and Canvas +GIS for $799.00 (msrp). Canvas 14 or earlier users can upgrade starting at $299. A free 15-day trial, full system requirements, and more information about Canvas 15 can be found at acdsee.com/Canvas-15.
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Since Deneba's first release of Canvas in 1991, there has been just one focus: to work with companies like yours to build a top-tier technical illustration, presentation, and publishing tool for scientists, engineers, and manufacturing teams. To this end, we joined forces with ACD Systems in 2004 — one of the largest and most respected independent digital image editing and management companies in the world. Together, we are proud to continue our 24 year-long commitment to bringing powerful and relevant technical illustration publishing solutions to important aerospace, heavy manufacturing, research, and energy development organizations.
The company's products include Canvas 15 and Canvas 15 +GIS, which helps Fortune 500 companies enhance, manage, and disseminate their valuable digital assets. Customers include General Motors, Caterpillar, Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, British Petroleum, Exxon Mobil, The New York City Fire Department, NASA, CNN, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


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1. A large metal container in which garbage is disposed.
2. A slang term for an ugly woman who dresses provocatively to desperately attract men.
2. A slang term for an ugly woman who dresses provocatively to desperately attract men.
" That girl's not pretty, she's a dumpster!"
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the slang term for the term "cum dumpster," describing a loose woman; a woman who frequently pleasures men in the art of sex with out thinking of consequences or disease. synonyms - slut, whore, ho, skank, skeevatz, fucktoy.
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(v) to reclaim items that others wish to dispose of
It is extremely easy to dumpster bagels. However, the best find I've had while dumpstering is a ton of candy (Zours!) from a Blockbuster.
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someone that asks out your ex right after you break up with them
What a dumpster
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A large metal container used to collect 'trash' and also used as a food source and even a residence by some worthless, brainless, smelly homeless Bums, like Leroy Knevil. Knevil made the term 'dumpster' more widely known in his 2003 book titled, "My Dumpster...My Home!"
"Hey Mom....there goes that bum named Leroy!! He's the one that lives in a dumpster!!"
Por Dumpster Boy Leroy 14 de septiembre de 2004
A dumpster is a crucial bottle-neck in a fight. It's the point during a battle in which things can either go incredibly well or horribly wrong. Tank smacking, boomer spewing, hunter pouncing, jockey riding wrong.
"Oh great, a dumpster. This changes everything."
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The School of Arts and Sciences is the largest and most diverse of the four schools at Westminster.
Programs range from the traditional arts and sciences to professional offerings such as communication and computer science. Most of the college's liberal education courses are offered through the School of Arts and Sciences.
The School of Arts and Sciences encompasses the instructional offerings listed below:
|Film Studies
|Art and Fine Arts
|Arts Administration
|Gender Studies
|Political Studies
|Honors Program
|Computer Information Systems
|Justice Studies
|Religious Studies
|Computer Science
|Engineering 3–2
|Theatre Arts
|Environmental Studies
See individual programs in Arts and Sciences to determine whether a B.A., B.S., or B.F.A. degree isconferred.
(See Graduate Academic Catalog for detailed information on graduate programs.)
The Westminster Master of Professional Communication (MPC) program is designed to help individuals enhance their communication skills and develop expertise in a specialized communication field.
The Master of Professional Communication (MPC) program and the related Communication Certificates are designed to prepare writers and communication experts for positions in business, industry, government, or any other organization where communication skills are essential. MPC classes are held during evenings and on weekends, and students may enroll in as many or as few courses as scheduling allows.
The Master of Strategic Communication (MSC) program is a low-residency, project-based program in which students complete a series of applied communication projects in order to build and demonstrate mastery of the essential knowledge and abilities required to lead in the area of strategic communication. Students attend two-day residencies in Salt Lake City, Utah at the beginning of each semester and then work directly and individually with faculty members and with each other to build and demonstrate expertise. The highly personalized approach to education is a hallmark of Westminster College and is an important part of building leaders in the communication field.
The program design is specifically built to accommodate the learning styles and life commitments of employed professionals: program learning resources are available to students anytime, anywhere, to ensure the the program fits into the busy lives of today's communication professionals.
The Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling is a graduate program that prepares students for clinical practice and potential licensure as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (L.C.M.H.C). This 3 year program requires 60 hours of graduate work, following guidelines established by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs and the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing. Broad in scope, its focus and course work support a range of theoretical perspectives and potential practice with diverse treatment populations.
The Master of Strategic Communication (MSC) degree is a five-semester, low-residency graduate degree program designed to build and refine leaders in the communications industry. The program focuses on developing a thorough understanding of the creative process along with a keen strategic sense. Students develop messaging across a variety of communication platforms, direct research related to audiences and organizations, manage and inspire creative resources, interface with clients at all levels, and orchestrate all these functions to maximize effectiveness.
Deyanira Ariza-Velasco, Associate Professor (Spanish)
Brian Avery, Associate Professor (Biology/Neuroscience)
David Baddley, Associate Professor (Art)
Richard Badenhausen, Kim Adamson Chair; Professor (Honors)
Bonnie Baxter, Professor (Biology)
Laura Bennett Murphy, Professor (Psychology)
Frank Black, Assistant Professor (Chemistry)
Karlyn Bond, Associate Professor (Music)
Bradford (Bill) Bynum, Associate Professor (Mathematics)
Dan Byrne, Associate Professor (Computer Science)
Mary Jane Chase, Associate Professor (History)
Michael Chipman, Assistant Professor (Music)
Seong-In Choi, Assistant Professor (Psychology)
Christine Clay, Associate Professor (Environmental Biology)
Christopher Cline, Associate Professor (Physics)
Carolyn Connell, Professor (Mathematics)
Peter Conwell, Associate Professor, (Physics)
Russell Costa, Assistant Professor (Honors/Neuroscience)
Jonas D'Andrea, Assistant Professor (Mathematics)
Alan Davison, Professor (Spanish)
Sean Desilets, Assistant Professor (English, Film Studies)
William Deutschman, Associate Professor (Chemistry)
Georgiana Donavin, Professor (English)
David Dynak, Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Professor (Arts Education)
Lesa Ellis, Associate Professor (Psychology/Neuroscience)
Katherine Evans, Assistant Professor (English)
Gregory Gagne, Associate Professor (Computer Science)
Peter Goldman, Professor (English)
David Goldsmith, Professor (Geology)
Scott Gust, Associate Professor (Speech)
Elree Harris, Professor (English)
Stephen Haslam, Assistant Professor (French)
James Hedges, Assistant Professor (Speech/Communication)
Leonardo Figueroa Helland, Assistant Professor (Political Science)
Elizabeth Herrick, Assistant Professor (Mathematics)
Angela Hicks, Associate Professor (Psychology)
Helen Hodgson, Professor (Communication)
Paul Hooker, Professor (Chemistry)
Helen Hu, Associate Professor, (Computer Science)
Robyn Hyde, Associate Professor (Chemistry)
Betsy Kleba, Assistant Professor (Biology)
Matthew Kruback, Assistant Professor (Art)
Jared Larkin, Assistant Professor (Theatre)
Christopher LeCluyse, Associate Professor (English)
Gary Marquardt, Associate Professor (History)
Jeffrey McCarthy, Professor (English)
Nicholas More, Professor (Philosophy)
Fatima Mujcinovic, Professor (English)
Curtis Newbold, Assistant Professor (Communication)
Lance Newman, Professor (English)
Jeffrey Nichols, Professor (History)
Kristjane Nordmeyer, Assistant Professor (Sociology)
Brent Olson, Assistant Professor (Environmental Studies)
Giancarlo Panagia, Assistant Professor (Justice Studies)
Kristen Phillipi, Visiting Professor (Physics)
Michael Popich, Professor (Philosophy)
Luis Ignacio Prádanos-Garcia (Iñaki), Assistant Professor (Spanish)
Paul Presson, Associate Provost; Associate Professor (Psychology)
Christopher Quinn, Professor (Music)
Sean Raleigh, Assistant Professor (Mathematics)
Jennifer Ritter, Associate Professor (English as a Second Language)
Judith Rogers, Professor (Biology)
Mark Rubinfeld, Professor (Sociology)
Natasha Sajé, Director Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Poetry Series; Professor (English)
Colleen Sandor, Associate Professor (Psychology)
Christine Seifert, Associate Professor (Communication)
Tricia Shepherd, Associate Professor (Physics/Chemistry)
Gretchen Siegler, Professor (Anthropology/Sociology)
Jennifer Simonds, Associate Professor (Psychology)
Barbara Smith, Director of Learning Communities; Professor (Psychology)
Tamara Stevenson, Assistant Professor (Speech)
Christine Stracey, Assistant Professor (Biology)
Eileen Chanza Torres, Visiting Professor
Michael Vought, Professor (Theatre)
Nina Vought, Assistant Professor (Theatre)
Janine Wanlass, Professor (Psychology)
Richard Wellman, Associate Professor (Mathematics)
Janine Wittwer, Associate Professor (Mathematics)
Rulon Wood, Assistant Professor (Communication)
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Documentary Features Maine Based MOOMilk, Unity College First To Offer in Dining Hall
Documentary Features Maine Based MOOMilk, Unity College First To Offer in Dining Hall
Organic milk has some new markets in Maine. Augusta based Maine's Own Organic Milk (MOOMilk), an organic dairy cooperative, has received widespread attention through a new documentary. It has also closed the deal on its first institutional account.
The documentary, entitled Betting the Farm, chronicles the development of the company and conveys the struggles of small dairy farmers.
"The documentary has been a perfect teaching tool for our agriculture students," noted Sara Trunzo, Unity College Food and Farm Projects Coordinator. "Students have gained some more understanding of the hard work and risk involved with a career in agriculture. It's easy to romanticize farming."
Unity College President Stephen Mulkey is both a strong supporter of MOOMilk and fan of the documentary. Trunzo says that the documentary was pivotal in building institutional buy-in for working to bring MOOMilk to Unity College.
On February 22, special events will he held on the Unity College campus to celebrate MOOMilk being offered on a daily basis in the Wyman Commons. The dining staff will be launching the new initiative with celebration from 11 a.m. to Noontime. The second event of the day, a milk and cookie reception sponsored by the Unity College Sustainability Office, will be held in the Student Center at 7 p.m. with a screening of Betting the Farm following.
"They're not a traditional model, they are a low-profit limited liability company, so they're a hybrid between a non-profit and a for profit corporation," explained Sara Trunzo, Unity College Food and Farm Projects Coordinator.
When Unity's cafeteria opens for the spring semester on January 22, MOOMilk will be available to enjoy.
Trunzo says that initially Unity saw potential to have sustainable agriculture students work with MOOMilk's unique business model. Through the educational collaboration with the company it became clear that the Unity, Maine based environmental college could be pilot institution to serve the product.
Over the past several semesters Unity College has been using MOOMilk as an example of sustainable enterprise, and students have pursued a variety of projects with the company, including visiting family farms and pursuing marketing projects.
Students who visited Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds, owned and operated by Aaron Bell and Carly DelSignore, came back infused with a sense of enthusiasm for supporting these and other organic dairies by having the College be a customer.
"Our sustainable agriculture students have been able to talk to growers about different business models and community collaborations," said Trunzo. "Because change and growth has been so rapid with MOOMilk, students have had the opportunity to witness and understand the complexities of getting a product to market."
Over the two years of the association between MOOMilk and Unity College, members of the college community have become strong advocates.
"Unity students are the best barometer of whether we are walking the talk (of being an environmental college), and they have really asked us to lead on the issue of local and sustainable foods in our dining services," Trunzo noted. "Our dining services has a longstanding tradition of buying local and initiatives like this one are a significant step in that direction."
For Trunzo and many others on the Unity campus, working with MOOMilk to make it available has been both challenging and rewarding. "Because we're the first institution to offer MOOMilk, all parties needed to be flexible. Our dining services team, MOOMilk staff, and Oakhurst dairy have all been willing to think creatively to make this effort a success."
Trunzo hopes that other institutions will follow Unity's lead. "Before our collaboration with MOOMilk, there really wasn't a pathway for MOOMilk's farmers to get their product into an institutional setting."
Unity College is a private college in rural Maine that provides dedicated, engaged students with a liberal arts education which emphasizes the environment and natural resources. Unity College graduates are prepared to be environmental stewards, effective leaders, and responsible citizens through active learning experiences within a supportive community.


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Feb. 10, 1935 – Jan. 29, 2013
Harold F. Miller of Williamsville, a longtime history teacher in the Buffalo school system, died Tuesday in McAuley Residence, Town of Tonawanda, after a long illness. He was 77.
Born in Buffalo, Mr. Miller was a 1952 graduate of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute before receiving bachelor's and master's degrees from Canisius College.
Mr. Miller was a history teacher in the city system from 1960 until retiring in 1990. He then taught part time at St. Francis and Cardinal O'Hara high schools.
Fond of vacationing at Chautauqua Lake, Mr. Miller was also an avid swimmer, enjoyed photography, writing poems and had an acute interest in American history. He was an active member of the St. Gregory's Bible Study group at the Amherst parish.
He is survived by his wife, the former Judy Ann Occhipinti; four sons, Hal Jr., Joe and Stephen Miller, and John Occhipinti; three daughters, Mary Duke, Cherylann Campbell and Karen Occhipinti; and a sister, Judy Reifsteck.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9 a.m. today in St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 200 St. Gregory Court, Amherst.


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Hot Links: FW baby dies in recalled bassinet
Parents of little ones, take heed of today's Hot Links:
1. The bassinet pictured at right looks like a place where a baby would enjoy sweet dreams. But it's really a death trap, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says. The latest apparent victim is a 6-month-old girl in Fort Worth. Four baby deaths have now been linked to convertible "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. Two have died since the federal commission issued a recall and safety alert a year ago.
2. The Fort Worth victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, died in January. So why is the safety commission only now sounding the alarm again? New commission chair Inez Tenenbaum said she could not discuss the death because it remains under investigation, according to the Associated Press.
3. What has become of Simplicity? Here's what the commission says: "SFCA Inc., the Reading, Pa.-based company that purchased the assets of juvenile product manufacturer Simplicity Inc. after foreclosure, no longer appears to be conducting day to day operations. SFCA Inc. is no longer answering phone calls or responding to e-mails from consumers."
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Kate Gosselin has survived one Jon-less year. As for how she and their eight kids are coping, she says, "We're getting there." And, in anticipation of their return to TLC this Sunday in their new special, Kate Plus 8, Gosselin credits all the "good" that has come their way.
"There's been so much change, there's been so much unexpected things, obviously, that came our way, there's been so much good," she says. "I think the kids and I have had a chance, really, by this point to step back and really learn about ourselves and pull together as a unit."
Speaking to Meredith Vieira on Friday's Today show about her recent spate of drama, divorce and a little dancing (with stars), Gosselin, 35, says she is moving forward after 2009 left her life "in shambles." By contrast, she insists, 2010 is a "year of positivity."
And while Kate says that Jon has "rescinded" and "dropped" the custody battle that was looming over her and their children – twins Cara and Mady and sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Leah, Aaden, Collin and Joel – her ex's "peaceful … amicable" current behavior may be subject to change, she notes.
"Jon's decisions remain Jon's decisions," she says, with a tinge of exasperation after Vieria posed a question about Jon's new girlfriend. "It's just for me to help the kids deal with it … They ask me questions where his girlfriends are concerned, and it's just a situation that I have to deal with with them."
Which begged the question – now that Jon's dating, what about Kate?
"No," she says. "I don't feel like it's time. I feel my kids need so much of me that I need to be there for them. Personally, I don't feel ready to move forward."
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BURBANK, CA -- 07/29/10 -- After wrapping up a sold-out stadium tour of Europe, multi-platinum rock band Green Day will hit the road next week for a series of North American tour dates, including an August 7th stopover at this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. This is the second leg of the band's U.S. tour in support of their Grammy Award winning album 21st Century Breakdown. Please see below for all tour dates.
Critics raved about the first leg of the 21st Century Breakdown tour, which launched in North America in July of 2009, before continuing on to Europe in the fall.


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The fine, which closely mirrors the outcome of a similar antitrust investigation in Japan in 2005, makes Intel the second major global technology company to be disciplined by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, after Microsoft in December 2005.
Intel said it was displeased with the outcome of the order, and is considering appeal.
"We're disappointed and we completely disagree with the findings," said Intel's senior VP and general counsel Bruce Sewell.
South Korean officials hit Intel with antitrust charges last year, working from findings of a two-year investigation wrapped up last September.
Forbes called the rebates a "time-honored practice in the personal computer industry;" identical practices in Europe, the United States, and Japan have since landed the company in considerable hot water. Both European and American investigations are still pending.
In Europe, rumors of a "provisional decision" at the end of last month proved to be false, after European Commission officials dismissed a report that it had gathered sufficient evidence to enter a ruling. Despite that, the Commission promised an antitrust ruling against Intel "as soon as possible," but refused to provide a specific timeline.
If antitrust rulings against Microsoft are any indication, Korea's ruling against Intel will be a pittance against the kind of money that European investigators might fine. Antitrust investigations against Microsoft hit the company with a whopping $1.4 billion fine last February – compared to $32 million in South Korea – and EU antitrust rules allow for fines of up to 10 percent of annual sales.
Intel will wait for the dust to settle before it acts, it said, as the official outcome could take between 30 and 60 days and may change significantly during that time. The company can also opt to request reconsideration from the KFTC, or choose to seek a court ruling.
Regardless, Intel denied any wrongdoing with respect to its rebate practices.
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The 5 Biggest Benefits of Growing Up Fat
I need to lose weight, and I don't mean I just need to lose a few pounds. I should probably drop 50, if we're making a conservative estimate. My doctor would likely put the actual number a bit higher, but he also thinks I should quit drinking. I pretty much tuned out everything he ever told me after that, although I am curious as to how he replied when I asked why my skin is turning yellow and I wake up shaking every morning. I'm probably just getting too much potassium in my diet. Who knows?
Whatever the case, I'm not here to talk about losing weight or bettering myself in any way. A lot of people need to lose weight. My bulging waistline doesn't make me special and hearing me complain about it won't do anything for your desire to be entertained through the magic of Internet comedy. But that doesn't mean I can't do some good here.
School bullying is big news these days, but most of the attention goes to gay teens and girls who get called sluts. Meanwhile, the most teased and bullied segment of the school population -- fat kids -- gets completely ignored. Today that all changes. Chubby kids of the world, consider this article your very own "It Gets Better" campaign. It's my message to you to let you know that, no matter how plump you may be, it doesn't mean your life is always going to be horrible. In fact, being fat could turn out to be the best thing for you. It certainly worked out for me.
Here are five reasons why I'm glad I grew up fat ...
#5. Nobody Looks at My Facebook Pictures and Marvels at How Much Weight I've Gained
How many times have you friended an old classmate on Facebook and, upon seeing what they look like now, found yourself wondering exactly what happened? That cheerleader you always wanted to bang now looks like the haggard barfly your mom eventually turned into. The star athlete is now bald and overweight and, even sadder, still tries to squeeze into his varsity letterman jacket as if he doesn't realize Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" is about him.
It's such a common thing that I doubt there's a single person reading this who hasn't spent hours on Facebook taking smug satisfaction in just how far the mighty (meaning the "popular kids") have fallen. But you know who doesn't have that problem? Me.
For all intents and purposes, I look a lot like I did in high school. Those two pictures up there are (on the left) me when I was in high school and obviously going through a phase in which that hat seemed like a good idea and (on the right) me a few months ago with the very same cat who stars in the header image for this column. Obviously, I've aged somewhat and have lost all desire to shave on a regular basis. And yes, my hair is a whole lot thinner up top (there's probably a mullet underneath that stupid hat), but that's probably for the best. At one point, I had this ridiculous Nick Carter-esque penis hair sort of look during my formative years.
I clearly can't be trusted with the responsibility that comes with having a full head of hair. But I do still have some hair. And I've always looked a bit younger than I actually am (I'll be 74 in March), so my pretty face is still basically intact. That just leaves one thing, my weight. And guess what? I was fat in high school, too, just like I am now. So nobody is surprised when they see that, all these years later, I'm still pretty damn hefty. Being overweight when I was young just means that I got to where damn near everyone else was headed a bit earlier.
#4. I Wasn't Expected to Be Athletic
I'm actually selling this point short by saying I wasn't expected to be athletic. The truth is, when you're overweight, people just don't expect much of anything from you, because everyone assumes you're lazy. If that sounds like a bad thing, rest assured, it's not. Nothing drives a hormone-riddled kid over the edge like the crushing weight of high expectations. I had no expectations of that sort placed on me. Maybe people expected me to always be the person willing to finish off that last slice of pizza or suggest that we take the bus instead of walking somewhere, but I definitely wasn't expected to do anything that would require actual work or effort.
One place the lowered expectations placed on fat people helped me was in gym class. Maybe it's just because I went to public school and not one of the private schools everyone now pretends they attended in order to make themselves seem fancy, but I was never surrounded by teachers who would be described as dedicated to their jobs. Even at a young age, I kind of sensed that everyone was just there to get a paycheck, and that was doubly true in gym class. Nobody even cared if the kids who came out of the womb with washboard abs exerted any effort during PE, so what do you think they were looking for out of me? That's right, nothing.
Except maybe this.
Surely you've seen a movie or television show where some jelly belly struggles with the rope climb or chin-ups while everyone else in the room giggles hurtfully. Well, in real life, at least for me, that didn't happen. Why? Because one look at me was all the information a person needed to assume I probably wasn't capable of scaling ropes like some kind of jungle beast or doing sit-ups like some kind of asshole who wasn't raised with Twinkie filling in his baby bottles. Sure, I'd halfheartedly give it a shot, just to make sure my laziness wasn't mistaken for outright disdain for both authority and physical exertion, but if there's one thing you never really have to try hard to accomplish, it's making people think you can't do something. So a quick tug on the rope combined with my signature 2-inch vertical leap would usually be enough of a performance to get me out of having to do anything else.
Don't get me wrong, I did play some sports as a kid, but mostly just baseball. If you think baseball requires physical conditioning, you've clearly never seen Prince Fielder in action.
He gets paid to hit, not make healthy lifestyle choices.
That said, my lack of athletic prowess meant I missed out on all of the cheerleader banging and such that I assume the all-state quarterback types got to partake in. But even that turned out for the best, because ...
#3. Being Fat Meant I Had to Learn How to Talk to Women
Don't mistake my childhood desire to never live in a world where meatball subs weren't considered a reasonable breakfast as a desire to never have a girlfriend. Fat people get boners just like anyone else, and dammit, I wanted to do something with mine. But there was a problem I was going to have to overcome to make that happen. Specifically, I had to overcome the fact that chicks just don't instinctively like doing it with fat dudes. Coasting by on my looks wasn't going to cut it, and I knew that. Fortunately for me, at some point during my formative years, I heard this quote ...
"Give me 10 minutes to talk away my ugly face, and I'll bed the Queen of France."
... and everything changed. I went from thinking "I'm too fat to have a girlfriend" to "Holy shit, you can just talk them into it?!?!" almost immediately. The quote is most commonly attributed to Voltaire, but I couldn't have cared less about who it came from. It was the greatest line I had ever heard, and seeing as how I had heard it in an actual classroom (which still strikes me as a bit odd), it had to be true. Everybody knows school never lies.
And with that, I set about learning something during my school years that would actually benefit me in adulthood ... how to talk to women.
Here's a heads up that should horrify any parents out there. Even as a wee pup of just 12 years old, I was able to gain access to stacks of books on how to quickly and effectively bone the ladies, and all I needed was a library card. There was no Internet for me to use back then, so I imagine it's much easier now. Granted, nothing I read in those books helped, but all of those bullshit tips and tricks and pickup lines gave me enough confidence to at least try it out. And there's not much that the old adage "practice makes perfect" doesn't apply to. Laugh it up all you want at the visual of a fat kid sitting in the corner of a dusty library reading whatever the late-'80s equivalent of The Game might have been, but that shit worked. I might have been (and still am) fat, but I sure as shit wasn't (and still am not) lonely.
And for the record, ladies, if you sleep with someone who views himself as less attractive than you, chances are he's going to be super appreciative and go out of his way to make sure it's not an awful experience. What I'm saying is, maybe consider sleeping with a fat dude this weekend. You'll be glad you did.


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The process of having ones virginity "grow back" after not engaging in sexual activity in so long.
I think im going through reginity. Its been 6 months!
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This attitude of hope has spread to the City of Buffalo, where Say Yes has targeted its latest efforts. It is a start of a turnaround that is desperately needed here.
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I don't know..hard to tell competition is stiff.
Now, I have been deliberately avoiding this thread as I know from past experience (re. the Russian Ladies team) that threads like this rapidly descend into slanging matches. So, I haven't read ANY of the posts so far.
And anyway, I decided a long time ago who, in an ideal world, I wanted in the team - Asada, Suzuki and Ando.
However, I have been watching the coverage of the Ladies SP at the Ondrej Nepela trophy, and have just seen the 2 girls Japan has sent to Slovakia - Haruka Imai and Yuki Nishino.
Both of them put in really beautiful performances. Haruka was even doing wonderful things in the warm-up:
As for Yuki, she had a fall not long into the routine, but otherwise it wasn't bad.
I have to be honest - I thought it was going to be Asada and Suzuki as definites for the Olympic team, with a straight fight between Murakami and Ando for the third spot. I never even took the younger girls as serious contenders. (Sorry, but, based on last season, I still feel Miyahara and Sakamoto are not ready yet).
But, if Imai can polish off her routines by the time Japanese Nationals come along, she could become a dark horse.
Things have suddenly got a lot more complicated than I initially thought!
Oh, I wouldn't want to be the ones making the final decision on who goes to Sochi!
I hope it isn't Suzuki's heart that is broken.
Miki will have to fight for her spot and even if she goes clean (unless she has superb content), she isn't guaranteed to get it over Murakami/Suzuki.
Based on what Miki did at Nebelhorn, I don't think she's up to the level she'll need to be to get by Akiko or Kanako right now. Kanako isn't a beginning of the season skater but she always gets stronger as the season goes on. Akiko skates strongly at the beginning of the season and sometimes fizzles out late so she'll have to pace herself. Judging from the practice video I saw of her from Finlandia, she's looking strong. Most of her jumps were easy and secure. Akiko's challenge will be maintaining that through the 2nd half of the season.
Miki didn't look very good at Nebelhorn. What she did was good considering it was her first competition back but judging her next to everyone else in the field, she wouldn't crack top 10 at worlds with that. She was slow and labored, her spins were bad, she's developed a more pronounced leg wrap and her programs are very generic/uninteresting.
I will never count Miki out b/c she knows how to compete but I'm not sure if her best will be better than Akiko and Kanako's best. Miki has no GP invites which puts her at a disadvantage in terms of building her reputation back up. Yes she's a 2-time world champ and that will help her but not much, especially if she doesn't improve her skating.
For now Akiko and Kanako are safe IMO. We'll have to see what the landscape looks like in the next few months...
^^^The most accurate and non-biased assessment I have read in any of these "who should be on such-and-such team" thread!
Well written, kwanatic!!!
Miki's performance was good at the Nebelhorn considering how long she's been away. But, as you have pointed out, as it is, it is not good enough for the high placing that somebody of her talent deserves at the Olympics.
She will improve with more practice. But, I'm just concerned about her lack of competition practice between now and the new year.
She's not doing GP's, so will she be able to get the chance to compete at other Senior B's before then?
If she is entered in some, she might just improve enough to get on the Olympic team. If she isn't entered in any, I think she'll have trouble getting in the team.
Incidentally, Haruka Imai just put in another beautiful performance in the FS at the Ondrej Nepela there now.
Thing is though, Miki's level at Nebelhorn is comparable to or even better than what we've seen from US ladies who are considered to be contenders for the US Olympic team at this point in the season. The US ladies field at this point is pretty comparable to that in Japan, though with even more ladies in contention for the 3rd spot. Gold scored in the mid 160s at SLC, Zawadzki only like 150, Gao 153 at Nepala. So, if those are the kinds of scores American lady Olympic contenders are putting up at this point in the season, it sort of puts things into perspective, if they are going to make the team, those marks are going to need to be quite a bit higher, but it's expected that they will be quite a bit higher come Nationals and even the GP. If Miki's at a 162 now and needs to get to a 180-190 score to make the Olympic team, yeah that's a big ask, but the American ladies contenders don't seem to be in any better form at this point, and most of them even worse, and most fully expect that by Nationals that 20 to 40 point jump will be made. If they can do it, why can't Miki?
I mean, I get Miki just had a baby, but if she got all her triples back in 5 months time, you would think that she could get better spins and footwork and add in more combinations in the 3 months until Nationals. I mean, Miki has the experience, and she's gotten level 3s and 4s on her spins and footwork in the past so I feel like there's a chance she could get them back in time. Not saying she's likely to make the team but she definitely has a shot.
Not to mention that Murakami did far better at Japanese Nationals.
Akiko is great, there's still a chance she could be in the mix for an Olympic medal, but she probably peaked in 2012. Her jumps became less stable last season and I don't see them returning to the level they used to be at.
awful new FS for Murakami!!! 5th in japan open!! miki goes sochi!!
Two things about Murakami's second 3Lo:
a) it was iffy, and could have actually been UR'ed when the tech specialist slow-mo'ed it on replay.
b) even if was called as rotated, it wouldn't have made a difference in the final results.
Kostner's 3T not being called as UR was pretty ridiculous though as it was much more obvious than some of Kanako's URs.


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