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Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine
The Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine Practice provides services for acute and chronic pain diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management.
Our board-certified anesthesiologists, who have also completed a one- year fellowship exclusively devoted to interventional pain management, play a critical role for patients undergoing inpatient and outpatient surgery .
The Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine Practice offers a number of medical and interventional treatments that can help most individuals manage their pain successfully.
They offer exceptional, innovative pain management care, including the most advanced minimally invasive procedures for reducing or eliminating pain and restoring physical function. Also, we support patients receiving obstetric or emergency care, or those treated a variety of acute care medical needs, such as injuries.
Anesthesia for Surgery
Northwestern Medicine maintains the highest standards for anesthesia care. Throughout your procedure, a board-certified anesthesiologist will ensure that you are safe and comfortable. We follow national standards for sterility and monitoring and use state-of-the-art equipment and technology.
Prior to your procedure, you will meet your anesthesiologist, who will review your history and formulate a highly individualized anesthesia plan with you, being sure to answer any questions you may have. Your plan will also include the need to manage post-operative pain after your surgery.
Patients experiencing pre-operative anxiety can receive a safe sedative on arrival in the Day Surgery Unit or before going into surgery. If appropriate, you will be observed post-surgery in an area known as the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) or the Recovery Room.
Learn more about preparing for Day Surgery or Inpatient Surgery.
Anesthesia for Pain Management
The goal of interventional procedures is to provide pain management services for people who suffer from acute and chronic pain issues. We work to identify the site of pain, decrease inflammation and provide relief to help you improve your quality of life.
Pain that comes from injured or inflamed nerves can often be improved by injecting certain medications to the area of injury. These treatments also allow you to work effectively with physical therapists and start personal exercise programs to regain strength and function with less pain.
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Sacroiliac Pain
The sacroiliac joint is implicated in 18-30% of cases of chronic low back pain. Pain is typically located in the medial superior buttock but can radiate to the hip, groin or posterior thigh. With this variable presentation, it is often overlooked as a primary pain generator.
Pain is constant dull, deep and aching. Sacroiliac pain can occur after deceleration injuries and falls, as well as in scoliosis patients and those with chronic hip rotation, hip joint degeneration, or leg length discrepancy. Nearly 30% of patients experience sacroiliac pain after lumbar fusion surgery.
Analgesics and rehabilitation are essential starting points after a correct diagnosis. Image guided joint injections and denervation procedures can also improve chronic pain and improve function and quality of life.
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Cervical facet pain
Cervical facet pain is common; it is probably present in up to 50% of patients with chronic neck pain or headache. Pain is usually distributed in the neck and may radiate upwards to the occipital and frontal regions of the head, as well as down to the shoulder and the interscapular region. It is usually described as aching and deep, but may be sharp. It is usually worse with range of motion of neck. It is commonly seen in patients with an occupational history of overhead work and in those with history of a whiplashtype injury.
Analgesics and physical therapy are useful treatments. For those with recalcitrant symptoms that impair function or quality of life, fluoroscopically guided injections (medial branch blocks) are useful to confirm diagnosis. Denervation of the cervical facet joints with radiofrequency is a safe and effective procedure that can result in pain relief for up to a year.
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Lord SM, Barnsley L, Wallis BJ, McDonald GJ, Bogduk N. Percutaneous radio-frequency neurotomy for chronic cervical zygapophyseal-joint pain. N Engl J Med. 1996 Dec 5;335(23):1721-6.
What is Degenerative Disc Disease, really?
Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) is the likely nexus of multiple painful spinal conditions including spinal stenosis, disc herniation, facet arthritis and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Disc pain can originate from disruption of the annulus fibrosis and in-growth of granulation tissue and nociceptors in to the disc, essentially up-regulating pain transmission from the "sick" disc. The delicate equilibrium of the disc can be disrupted by tobacco use, repetitive trauma and genetic factors. The pain caused by DDD is typically in the low back and may radiate in a non-dermatomal, non-myotomal pattern into the buttocks, hips, and thighs. Pain is classically exacerbated by prolonged sitting, driving or riding, and by spinal range of motion maneuvers. The remainder of the physical examination is usually non-specific. Most patients respond to activity modification, postural retraining, physical therapy and anti-inflammatories. Epidural steroid injections may be indicated when these conservative modalities fail.
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Malik KM, Cohen SP, Walega DR, Benzon HT. Diagnostic criteria and treatment of discogenic pain: a systematic review of recent clinical literature. Spine J. 2013
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Midwest Pain Society
The Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Practice, co-sponsored the Midwest Pain Society Meeting, held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on October 25-26, 2013.
The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians, and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and its management, and to transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering.
The Midwest Pain Society's purpose is to further the goals and mission of the American Pain Society in the Midwestern States, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. MPS is devoted to advancing pain-related research, education, treatment, and professional practice. Physicians, psychologists, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and any other health professionals interested in pain care are welcome.
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WELLSVILLE A local man was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Thursday night after allegedly being shot in the abdomen by his brother-in-law.
Sheriff Ray Stone reported Friday afternoon that Gideon Gordon, 43592 18th Street Heights, suffered non-life-threatening injuries when shot by Gerald Greathouse, 60, same address. Reports did not indicate Gordon's age, nor did the sheriff's department have that information last night.
The department responded at 9:49 p.m. with Wellsville police officers to the home that the two men reportedly share with Gordon's wife, Vicki, who is Greathouse's sister.
Stone said they were met at the door by Greathouse, who reportedly said he had shot Mr. Gordon and "should have killed the S.O.B."
According to a statement from Mrs. Gordon, her husband had been beating on her for an hour and her brother had told him to stop, but he wouldn't, which is when Greathouse shot him in the abdomen.
The type of gun was not reported Friday by the sheriff, who indicated the matter remains under investigation.
Gordon was transported by ambulance to East Liverpool City Hospital then was flown by helicopter to Allegheny General Hospital.
Greathouse was charged with felonious assault and possession of drugs (marijuana), although reports did not indicate what prompted the drug charge.
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Preserving local cemeteries: Burial grounds not on record may be lost
March 19, 2013
MARTINSBURG — When someone dies, the phrase "losing a loved one" is often used....
I have seen similiar efforts in another county where a local religious figure took it upon himself to locate all graves. I remember one farmer had built a barn right up against two grave markers. In future years he needed more space and built a second barn on the other side of the grave markers. Thereby leaving a gap the width of grave marker between the barns. Local churches are a good source of information. But even they forget take my example of Asbury United Methodist Church in Charles Town had two sections of its property with old graves with horizontal markers. The problem was whomever kept the grounds cut grass that sat on the markers and turned to mulch/soil and over time just part of the yard. I uncovered a marker while walking my dog. The grass just wasn't the right shade in a rectangular area. Using a pocket knife I probed and found a grave marker and then another and another until something like a few dozen where exposed. Someone else found the 2nd section.
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Cemeteries should be maintained and many are not and that is a shame.
But coffins with windows? Then, there is Lenin who has been on public display since 1924. I am uncomfortable with people staring at me while I'm alive.
Compost me.
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I'm sure there are lost final resting places thro out the state, old family grave yards on farms that have grown over and families who have died out, moved out , I think it's great that they be saved and recorded.
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With less than two minutes to play in Wednesday night's Altoona-Kiski School game at the AAHS Fieldhouse, Greg Bearer banked in a 3-point shot from the top of the circle.
He instantly broke into a big smile, and with good reason.
It was that kind of night for Bearer, a Hollidaysburg product who enjoyed a happy homecoming by scoring 19 points as Kiski held on to trim the Mountain Lions, 58-52.
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Altoona's DeShae Lee drives on?Kiski School's Greg Bearer.
"It was exciting, it was fun," Bearer said. "All of my family came. It was a fun experience."
Bearer grew up in Hollidaysburg and attended Bishop Guilfoyle schools from kindergarten through eighth grade.
"It was weird today, though," Bearer noted. "This was the first time Altoona wasn't like a big rivalry game, although I played a lot of games against them over the years."
Bearer said he had last night's game circled on his calendar in his dorm room and informed his teammates how much it meant to him.
"I've played against Altoona teams since 4th grade," Bearer said. "I knew everyone on the court today."
Bearer transferred to Hollidaysburg for his ninth grade year, then repeated his freshman year when he went to Kiski School in Saltsburg last year. He's now a sophomore at Kiski.
A 6-foot-5 shooting guard, Bearer nailed 6-of-14 shots from 3-point range last night. He also grabbed four rebounds and was credited with two steals and two assists.
"I've got to improve my ballhandling," said Bearer, whose goal is to play Division I basketball at Penn State. "I'm still working on my shot, too, because I know that's how I can help my team the most. Coach always says to take the open shot."
"Greg Bearer is going to be a fantastic player," Kiski coach Daryn Freedman said. "You can see he's a great shooter and he's becoming more of a complete player.
"He's as good of a shooter as we've seen," Freedman said. "He shoots the lights out. We want him to become a complete player and he's becoming that. You saw a little of that today and next year, when you see him, it'll be a whole other level."
While DeShea Lee was proving to be a one-man gang for Altoona - he scored 28 points - Bearer hit several key shots for Kiski. His trey gave the Cougars a 29-27 lead at the half, and his 3 gave the visitors a 37-28 lead midway through the third quarter.
Meanwhile, Lee contributed six points as the Lions used a 10-0 run to pull within a point, 39-38, after three periods. Brandon Lytle's conventional 3-point play brought the Lions to within 49-47 with 3:41 to play, but 7-footer Satchel Pierce's free throw and Bearer's trey gave Kiski a 53-47 lead with less than two minutes left and the Cougars held on down the stretch.
Altoona coach Paul Hasson noted that the Lions made only two 3-pointers - both by Matt Dry - while Kiski made eight - six by Bearer.
"When it was 50-47, we had some wide open 3s," Hasson said, shaking his head. "We had a third-quarter drought again the first couple minutes. Then we came on strong, but these guys are a tough team.
"I was proud of our effort, and we've got good things ahead of us," he said. "We've got to keep plugging away."
The Lions, now 7-7 and losers of three straight, host Hollidaysburg on Friday.
"Every time we play Altoona, it's a war," Freedman said. "They always come to play; they're tough and so well-coached.
"We escaped with a win," he said. "We play a lot of great teams, and those guys always give us a great game. It's always a lot of fun."
Kiski improved to 17-4 on the season.
KISKI (58): Pierce 3 4-6 10, Udezeh 3 0-3 6, Bearer 6 1-2 19, Lombardi 4 3-4 12, Poirier 2 0-0 4, Jacob 1 0-0 3, Rcehowski 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Creighton 1 0-2 2, Persaud 0 2-2 2, Luptak 0 0-1 0. Totals - 20 10-20 58.
ALTOONA (52): Lee 11 6-8 28, Dry 2 1-2 7, Lytle 1 1-1 3, Acrie 0 0-0 0, Span 1 0-1 2, Givens 4 2-4 10, Berardinelli 0 0-0 0, Hill 0 0-0 0, Hancock 0 0-0 0, Samuel 1 0-0 2, Miller 0 0-0 0, Pope 0 0-0 0. Totals - 20 10-16 52.
Kiski14 15 10 19 - 58
Altoona14 13 11 14 - 52
3-point goals: Kiski 8 (Bearer 6, Lombardi, Jacob); Altoona 2 (Dry 2).
Records: Kiski (17-4); Altoona (7-7).
Officials: Fraker, Buchanan, Fountaine.
JV: Kiski 43-35. High scorer-Samuel, A, 8.


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Mallard Recipe?
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> Mallard Recipe?
December 24, 2012, 07:58 PM
Anybody got a good recipe for mallards? I'm thinking of cranberry sauce on the side.
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December 24, 2012, 09:13 PM
Cut the breast into strips and then wrap them around a piece of jalapeno pepper stick a toothpick in it to hold it together and grill. You can also replace the pepper with cream cheese and wrap it in bacon also for the grill.
December 24, 2012, 09:33 PM
Plucked, gutted, cleaned up, We cut 'em in half and roast em till done at 400'
Eat like (of with) corn on the cob with salt and pepper, and sides of what ever you like :D
December 24, 2012, 10:20 PM
This one is not for everyone certainly.
But it's a pretty good way to deal with ducks.
1. Put duck in large zip-lock bag and seal tightly.
2. Put bag in large mixing bowl.
3. Pour one quart of Black Jack Danial's over the duck in the sealed bag in the bowl.
4. Refrigerate covered, at 33 degrees overnight.
The next day:
1. Invite some friends over.
2. Grill some K.C. Strip steaks medium-well over a wood fire.
3. Throw the duck in the zip-lock bag away.
4. Drink the marinade over ice, or mixed with Coke.
5. Eat the steaks with maybe a tossed salad.
PS: Works well for doves & snow geese too! ;)
Seriously though, I like them sliced thin and cooked like liver & onions!
Mmmm Good!
December 24, 2012, 11:26 PM
December 25, 2012, 12:40 AM
Marinate in Wishbone Italian salad dressing overnight. On the outdoor grill, try not to overcook, I like mine still pink. mmmmm
December 25, 2012, 01:18 AM
Made these last night and they were amazing!!
I soaked the breasts in saltwater for 24hrs and changed the water twice. Then brined them in a brown sugar, salt, and rub that i make for poultry.
December 25, 2012, 09:11 AM
I fixed mallard breast last weekend.
I put them in a cast iron skillet and seared them on the range then put them in the oven at 375 with a strip of bacon on top of each one unti rare to medium rare. Used raspberry jam and the pan drippings to make a sauce and drizzled it over thin sliced duck over fresh spinach. Garnished with green onion curls. It was beautiful and delicious.
December 27, 2012, 12:30 AM
Had the duck tonight with cranberry sauce, salt, pepper, and herbs! I think it tastes better than venison.
December 27, 2012, 01:14 AM
Brest them, pound( tenderize to 1/4") marinate in a few shakes of garlic salt and Italian dressing overnight, roll in flour and pan fry. For geese cut the legs out as well.:) kind of a chicken fried steak but better
December 27, 2012, 09:25 AM
Breast them out. Marinate in redwine, soy sauce, and worcestershire sauce overnight. Pull breasts, and lay in a pyrex dish, grind some fresh black pepper over them, lay bacon over each breast, pour marinade over, then slice up apples into thin sloces covering everything, cover and bake at 275 for about three hours.
December 27, 2012, 01:32 PM
Marinate in buttermilk. Wrap strips of breast with bacon and grill kabobed with veggies of your choice. My favorite way for ducks AND doves. Roasted as Caribou says, I always stuffed it with a whole onion with four cloves stuck into it, and lacy with bacon strips. Serve over wild rice or long grain and wild rice. Nice. :D I have lots of recipies, one is duck orange, made with sauce from a can of frozen concentrate. I have the recipe SOMEwhere, haven't made it in a while.
Duck can be an acquired taste, but if you like chicken liver (I always have), you'll probably like it about any old way. :D
January 1, 2013, 09:27 PM
Breast them out, cut into 1" chunks. Marinate in 1/3 c soy sauce, 1/3 c bourbon, 1/3 c sugar, one tsp fresh chopped garlic and one tsp fresh ground ginger. Bread in flour. Deep fry in 350 degree peanut oil for about a minute, maybe two. Dip in chinese sweet/sour sauce. Guaranteed mouth orgasm.
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The Stetson infield will not be an Abbott and Costello routine in 2013 but fans will certainly need a scorecard handy to learn who all the new faces are around the diamond.
Robert Crews and Mark Jones, who started a combined 440 games in their Stetson careers, will not be back in the lineup. Both graduated and moved on following the 2012 season and, along with the loss of two-year starter Ben Carhart at third base, the Hatters will be starting over in the infield.
"We are going to have a lot of new faces," Hatters coach Pete Dunn said. "We should probably put names on the back of all our uniforms, not just the road uniforms. We lost all of our infield to graduation. We will have freshmen at the corners and a pair of junior college players up the middle."
Even with that knowledge in hand, less than two weeks before the start of the season, none of the infield spots is set in stone. The only known fact is that either sophomore Tyler Bocock or junior K'shawn Smith will be the starter at shortstop and the other will be the starter at second base.
"Those two guys are battling it out for those two positions," Dunn said. "Both of them are shortstops by trade. We're going to have to make a decision. It's probably not going to come down to who is better at shortstop, but to who is better at second base. There is no doubt that both of them are Division I shortstops."
With stiff competition between the two, both will have to understand that they will have to do what is best for the team in the long run.
"I'm sure they both care because they both want to play shortstop, but they'll do whatever is best for the team," Dunn said. "I think they'll accept whatever comes forward and run with it. They work well together and they like each other."
In terms of a depth chart, Smith or Bocock, whoever winds up at second base, will be the backup at shortstop. The backup at second base will depend on who winds up as the starter at third base.
Freshmen Carlos Garmendia from Miami and Kevin Fagan from Boca Raton are the prime candidates at third. The plan is for Garmendia to be the primary starter there, but Fagan is pushing for playing time and is almost to the point as an offensive player where he is going to have to be in the lineup on a daily basis.
"We got spoiled over the last two years having Ben Carhart down there at third every game," Dunn said. "Garmendia is another guy who has been a shortstop and is having to learn a new position. He's got the tools and the ability, but we're putting him in a position where he's having to learn on the fly."
Both Garmendia (shortstop) and Fagan (second base) will serve as the backups at other infield positions, as will sophomore Kyle Pitts. Fagan could also end up in the outfield, in either left or center.
"We just don't know yet where Fagan is going to fit best," Dunn said. "He's going to hit and he runs the bases real well."
Plus Fagan gives the Hatters something extra. He is also a pitcher who might end up being the solution at the back end of the bullpen.
First base has more options available, including three returning players who have played the position in the past. Freshman Patrick Mazeika is the guy the Hatters' coaches expect to play the position every day, with another freshman, Konner Lutz, possibly seeing playing time.
Two returnees could also see playing time at first. Senior outfielder Mitchel Brennan saw some action there last year and handled it well, and sophomore Darby McCormick is a utility type of player who could play some at first, second or in the outfield, as well as at DH.
The wildcard at first is senior pitcher Kurt Schluter. In addition to being the best defensive player among the first base candidates, he is also the most experienced at the position. He played a considerable amount there as a freshman in 2010 and made 13 start there last year.
"I think Mazeika is the guy from an offensive standpoint because he could be a special offensive player," Dunn said. "He has a good feel for the game and he's pretty athletic, but he has never played first base before. We moved him there in the fall and he showed he has a good feel for it."
If Mazeika can handle things defensively, that will allow the Hatters to protect Schluter, who will again be the Friday night starter.
"We have committed to Kurt that, unless something really funky were to occur with injuries, we want to keep him out of harm's way as much as possible," Dunn said. "Last year we put him out there and he wound up getting hurt. Even though he is our best defensive player at first, we need to resist putting him out there."
Having Brennan and McCormick available should help alleviate the need for Schluter to grab his first base mitt.
Season tickets for Stetson baseball are still available for as little as $75, which includes all of the games in the Bright House Tournament as well as 35 more home games through the regular season. Call 386-738-HATS or visit GoHatters.com for more information on season or single game tickets for all Stetson University Athletics events.
(Editor's Note: This is part three of a preseason preview of the 2013 Stetson baseball team. Tomorrow gohatters.com will preview the Hatters' outfield.)


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A boil advisory was put into effect at 4 p.m. Monday for parts of Brookfield and Hubbard townships due to a water main break.
A boil alert means that until further notice, water for consumption should be boiled for three to five minutes before being cooled for use.
All Trumbull County water customers southeast of U.S. Route 62 should take caution, according to county officials. This includes Stiver, North Price, Vanness, Hubbard-Masury, Hubbard Thomas (between U.S. Route 62 and Hubbard Masury Road), Chestnut Ridge (between U.S. Route 62 and Hubbard Masury Road), Richardson, Connelly, Catherine and Madeline.
Falls council to meet
about police chief
NEWTON FALLS - Newton Falls City Council has scheduled an emergency meeting for 4:30 p.m. today in council chambers for an executive session on the employment or dismissal of the police chief.
The village council last week took the first step toward removing police Chief John Kuivila after investigations were made into statements accusing him of sexually harassing a female police employee.
Council members have discussed steps for disciplining Kuivila, up to and including termination.
Kuivila has referred all comment to his attorney, Kim Kendall, who says she is confident that an arbitrator would ''put him back to work immediately."
Minerva man killed
in single-car crash
WEST TOWNSHIP - A Minerva man was killed Monday morning after losing control of his vehicle on state Route 172.
James A. Shorb, 32, of Minerva, was westbound about 6:31 a.m. on state Route 172 near Knox School Road, north of Minerva, when he traveled left of center and off the left side of the road, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Once off the road, the 2002 Pontiac Grand AM overturned, partially ejecting Shorb, who was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by a county coroner's investigator.


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Charleston County
COCHRAN, Patrick Michael, 45, of North Charleston, a carpenter, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services.
HAERTEL, Richard F., 66, of Charleston, former owner of Buffalo South Restaurant and husband of Barbara Coyle Haertel, died March 24. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith's Mount Pleasant Chapel.
HEYWARD, Herbert, 76, of Johns Island, widower of Ruth M. Heyward, died Monday. Arrangements by Walker's Mortuary.
KEITT, Nathaniel, 86, of North Charleston, widower of Albertha Gates Keitt, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Palmetto Mortuary.
LEASURE, Clinton Roy, 74, of James Island, an Air Force veteran, Charleston Naval Shipyard and NAVELEX employee, first married to the late Jean Leasure and husband of Betty West Leasure, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Stuhr's Downtown Chapel of Charleston.
LIKES, Harriet Ann, 85, of Charleston, a retired teacher, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Stuhr's Downtown Chapel.
MOULTRIE, Charlotte, of North Charleston died Thursday. Arrangements by Milligan's Funeral Home of Moncks Corner.
Berkeley County
McMILLAN, Lester Ann Jarrell, 59, of Cross died Thursday. Arrangements by Herndon's Varnville Chapel.
MIDDLETON, John Thomas, 59, of Bonneau died Thursday. Arrangements by Henryhand's St. Stephen Chapel.
TORIBIO, Ramon, 89, of Goose Creek, husband of Gloria Toribio, died Tuesday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith's Goose Creek Chapel.
Dorchester County
BESON, Mary Lillian, 78, of Summerville, a retired registered nurse, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home of Summerville.
COLSON, Lonveste, 80, of St. George, owner of Colson's Garage and Wrecker Service and husband of Betty Hill Colson, died Thursday. Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home.
FISCHER, Adele Ruffner, 96, of Summerville, widow of Louis Fischer, died Wednesday. Arrangements by James A. McAlister Funerals and Cremation.
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HOUGHTON, Billie Fisher Carr, 81, of Pawleys Island, a retired owner of a private counseling practice, first married to the late Oscar C. Carr Jr. and wife of Alanson B. Houghton, died Sunday. Arrangements by Mayer's Georgetown Chapel.
CHANDLER, Samuel, 75, of Kingstree died Sunday. Arrangements by Redmond-Richardson Funeral Home.
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SMU has known about misconduct accusations against Bill McNutt for more than 30 years
When news started trickling out last month about Southern Methodist University's arrest of Bill McNutt (right), you could guess that the back story was long and messy. No school wants to get nasty with a rich alum.
All SMU would say at the time was that it had ordered McNutt to stay off campus late last year; that young women had complained about him; that he'd served alcohol to minors; and that he'd gotten caught back on campus.
Now DMN reporter Lori Stahl is learning that McNutt, 54, was kicked out of an SMU foreign study program in the late 1970s after female students complained about "inappropriate" sexual behavior.
McNutt, part of the family behind the well-known Collin Street Bakery fruitcake operation in Corsicana, said the old allegations were "completely false." He described himself as "embarrassed" by his recent trespassing arrest, which led to his resignation as chairman of the Texas Commission on the Arts just weeks after Gov. Rick Perry appointed him.
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It's been a fast paced start to the year for Apple. The electronics superpower has rolled out a new laptop, new desktops, and even a new iPod Shuffle -- priced for the recession at $79. However, what would normally make for another record setting start of the year for Apple is fast turning south as fears of the recession has sent customers fleeing from Apple's pricey luxury lineup.
After seeing its sales growth surpassed by PCs for the first time in months in January, the latest figures show that February was far worse for Apple. The NPD Group has released its sales figures for the month and they are worse than even Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster's pessimistic forecast.
Both iPod and Mac sales were down 16 percent year-to-year. The worst predicted by analysts was around a 4 percent drop. Analysts were somewhat predicting the drop as last February was a particularly good month for Apple, and Apple only released its new desktops and iPod in March.
Munster's new predictions place total iPod sales for the quarter ending in March at around 9 to 10 million units. He predicts that 2 to 2.2 million Mac computers will ship in the same period. The Street is predicting 9.5 million iPods. These figures are not significantly worse than last year, and represent analyst optimism that Apple's new products will lead to a strong March.
Thus, the real test for Apple will be how its sales have fared at the end of March. While January was a letdown and February was undeniably downward trending for Apple, a strong March could salvage an otherwise rocky quarter.
One potential ace in Apple's sleeve is the announcement of the iPhone OS version 3.0 later today. No one knows quite when Apple will release the new OS, but many are speculating wildly, including guessing at new hardware (every past x.0 release has been accompanied by new hardware). Big news could stave off the Wall Street wolves for a little while, even if Apple's sales disappoint.
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Leodis McKelvin has new life as a starting-caliber cornerback, and the Buffalo Bills gained some security in the defensive secondary Saturday.
McKelvin agreed to terms on a four-year contract worth just over $20 million, according to league sources. McKelvin was due to become an unrestricted free agent Tuesday.
The 28-year-old McKelvin has had an up-and-down tenure as a coverage man over the last five seasons for the Bills but also been a sensational kick returner. He led the NFL in punt returns last year with an 18.7-yard average. He took two punt returns back for touchdowns, giving him four kick-return TDs for his career.
His new $5 million-a-year contract, which includes $7.5 million in guaranteed money, signals the Bills' regard for him as a worthy starter in the secondary opposite cornerback Stephon Gilmore.
Bills General Manager Buddy Nix said as much last month.
"Leodis has got to have some help, but he's a big-time returner," said Nix. "I think Leodis will be a candidate for that spot."
McKelvin had a pretty good year as a first-time starter at cornerback in 2010. The next season he had two poor games early in the year (against Oakland and Cincinnati) and the Bills pulled him from the starting lineup after five games.
He entered the 2012 season working mostly as a slot cornerback. Former defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt thought the inside defensive position would allow McKelvin to be more instinctive without worrying so much about deep sideline balls. However, the Bills' No. 2 corner, Aaron Williams, struggled early, allowing five TD passes in the Bills' first five games.
McKelvin took over for Williams midway through the eighth game of the season and then started four more games before going out with a groin injury. McKelvin didn't allow any significant completions in those starts.
Whether Williams will get a chance to compete at corner is uncertain. Nix raised the prospect of shifting him to safety.
McKelvin was the 11th overall pick in the 2008 draft. He has 33 starts in 64 career games.
McKelvin set a Bills single-season record with 1,468 kickoff-return yards as a rookie, and he ranked third in the league with a 28.3-yard average. He averaged 19.5 yards on eight punt returns in 2011 before taking over full-time duty on punt returns last season.
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Parkland hospital disputes our report on birth unit staffing
Parkland Memorial Hospital is taking issue with my recent blog post on staffing shortages in its childbirth unit.
The 25 doctor vacancies listed on the hospital's employment website add up to only about two full-time positions, spokeswoman April Foran said in an email. The doctors, she explained, will work only on an occasional, as-needed basis.
Foran — who didn't answer my staffing questions initially — also disputed this recent statement by Parkland board member Cobie Russell: "We're running with about 50 percent of [the nurses] we should have in labor and delivery."
The number of nurse vacancies is "closer to one third than one half," Foran's email said.
Parkland's ads for birth-unit doctors said applicants must have passed medical-specialty board exams or be eligible to take them. Foran acknowledged that "this is an error" — because the positions are expected to be filled by doctors in residency training, who are not yet eligible to seek board certification.
The spokeswoman also provided a detailed breakdown (click here to read it) of the more than 1,300 job openings at Parkland. That's a vacancy rate of about 16 percent. It has put the hospital, by its own description, in "crisis mode" as it struggles to meet the federal government's April 2013 deadline for fixing its systemic patient safety problems.
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SALEM - Economic data for the third week of November shows a three-week streak of "job growth" in Ohio new unemployment claims started and ended.
Thirteen weeks ago the state broke a long period of 25 consecutive weeks with a "job destruction" with an elevated level of new unemployment claims, according to George Zeller, a Cleveland economic researcher.
The week's data provides a very clear "job destruction" reading that shows the earlier apparent improvement in the Ohio data during early August 2012 has been impacted by the same seasonal distortion that Ohio saw last year in 2011 from the model changeover period in the automobile industry, Zeller, a 1967 Salem High School graduate, noted.
"This of course is a discouraging development," he said, adding, "the national data were still largely negative this week, while the Ohio data were also sharply negative with a definite return to nearly statewide "job destruction" levels of current new unemployment claims.
"In early August, Ohio broke a previous streak of twenty-five consecutive weeks with elevated 'job destruction' levels of new unemployment claims. But, Ohio today returned to a 'job destruction' level of new unemployment claims for the thirteenth consecutive week. This is unquestionably a discouraging development," he said.
Zeller's reports are designed to measure the point at which Ohio's lengthy 2000s recessionary contraction in its labor market finally comes to an end as a result of the end of job destruction within the state.
In the recent quarters, metro Columbus has "astonishingly" had the highest elevated levels of new unemployment claims among Ohio's seven large urban region, Zeller said, adding that in "a major development eight weeks ago," first Toledo and then Cleveland-Akron-Lorain-Elyria replaced Columbus in this unfortunate distinction.
The end of high levels of layoffs in Lorain County five weeks ago moved Columbus back to its unwanted and unfortunate distinction as the Ohio urban region with the currently highest elevated level of new unemployment claims.
Columbus this week once again has by far the most elevated level of new unemployment claims among Ohio's seven large urban regions for the third consecutive week, Zeller said.
He explained there had been speculation that Hurricane Sandy might have distorted declines in new unemployment claims two weeks ago.
"That was far from the case, as Ohio suffered a substantial relapse last week as new unemployment claims increased sharply throughout Ohio in the data for the first week in November.
"Those increases took a further turn for the worse in the data last week for the second week in November, and in the new data today for the third week in November.
"The odd patterns in the data for all weeks of November have suffered some abnormal patters that are storm-related, but the increases in layoffs during November have been very large and alarming in both the United States and in Ohio.
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on March 22, 2013 - 1:10 AM
By Jim Howe
Water sustains life. Yet as we saw with Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, water can sometimes be dangerous and even life-threatening.
As we celebrate World Water Day today and think about the many benefits we derive from fresh water here in Buffalo, it's time to develop perspective on natural events driven by extreme weather and a changing climate. How do we assure that nature's way of collecting, storing and delivering the water we need also protects our communities, homes, businesses and food system from the devastating impacts of major storms and floods? How do we strike the right balance with nature?
Clearly, we have and will rely upon engineering and technology to provide some of the answers. But as we seek solutions, a good place to start is with nature itself.
Consider the Great Lakes, which contain 20 percent of the world's surface fresh water. Our "natural infrastructure," including wetlands, floodplains, forests and other native habitats, can serve as a first line of defense to protect people and property from the damages of water while holding it in storage. Nature designed them that way: An acre of healthy wetland can store up to 1.5 million gallons of floodwater, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Yet in too many places we have eliminated those valuable services.
Protecting and restoring our natural infrastructure will not stop rivers from flooding or fully protect us from every severe storm. Such actions will, however, help reduce the risks to the people living along rivers, lakes, flood-prone lowlands and coasts.
And protection from storms and floods is just one of many benefits we get from investing in natural infrastructure. Healthy lands and waters are also the backbone of agriculture, commercial fishing, forestry and outdoor recreation industries. They support millions of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity in the Buffalo area, throughout the region and nationwide.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds dozens of projects in New York that are helping restore natural infrastructure. My organization, the Nature Conservancy, is using these funds to prevent the spread of hydrilla and other aquatic invasive plants in Lake Erie and throughout the Great Lakes basin that can cost millions of dollars in removal and management expenses. We're also using initiative funds to figure out how to best sustain our lake shores' natural bodyguards – our wetlands, dunes and natural shorelines.
Investing in natural infrastructure through the federal initiative and New York's Environmental Protection Fund is an investment in people – in our safety, our health and our livelihoods. Keeping these programs strong protects the lands and waters we need for life.
Jim Howe is director of the Nature Conservancy's Central & Western New York Chapter.


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We, the Rockford Chapter of Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays applaud the passage of SB10 that will permit same-sex marriage in Illinois, and we thank those who worked tirelessly for its passage. The new law is about fairness for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. When the new law becomes effective on June 1, it will provide many rights and benefits to LGBT people that have been denied even with civil unions because the federal government does not recognize civil unions as a form of marriage. A partial list includes:
- To freely practice one's religion (as expressly permitted by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution) by marrying in a church of temple that performs same-sex marriage.
- To file joint federal income-tax forms.
- To inherit from one's spouse without paying an exorbitant federal inheritance tax, which some have called "The Death Tax." This is the issue that led the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the federal "Defense of Marriage Act" unconstitutional.
- To receive spousal social security benefits.
- To receive various spousal military and veteran's benefits.
None of these rights and benefits take away from the rights and benefits of opposite-sex couples. Equal rights in marriage is all that LGBT couples ask for and receive under the new law.
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MARTINSBURG - Police and fire crews closed down the Chick-fil-A on Foxcroft Avenue in Martinsburg for nearly three hours following a bomb threat that was called in just before 1 p.m. today.
The caller mentioned that a "device" had been placed within the restaurant. The building was evacuated, but was deemed safe at about 3:45 p.m. after no bomb or any other type of device was discovered.
Martinsburg City Police and the Martinsburg Fire Department personnel investigated the scene, along with Berkeley County Sheriff Kenny Lemaster. A National Park Ranger with a canine unit arrived at the scene at approximately 2:45 p.m. to assist, and a second from the West Virginia State Police arrived later as well.
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Police and fire vehicles block the entrance to Chick-fil-A on Foxcroft Avenue on Martinsburg while customers are evacuated after a bomb threat Wednesday afternoon.
According to a release from police, the location of the call was traced and the investigation is following up on leads about the male caller.
"We prosecute to the fullest extent that the law allows for anyone making these types of threats," the release states.
The fast-food chain has come under fire recently for comments made by its president, Dan Cathy, to the Baptist Press. According to an Associated Press report, today has been declared "National Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" by supporters of traditional marriage. However, it is unknown at this time if the threat against the local restaurant is related.


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What Is High Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is necessary for good health, but high cholesterol levels can increase your risk for heart disease.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that's naturally produced in your body, primarily by your liver.
It's in all the cells in your body and is essential to the production of hormones, vitamin D, and bile, which helps you digest your food.
Cholesterol is packaged inside an envelope of lipids (fat), with specific proteins on the inside to make up particles called lipoproteins.
Cholesterol is also found in foods, such as meat, dairy products, and eggs. When you eat too much of these foods, your liver produces more cholesterol.
Good Cholesterol vs. Bad Cholesterol
There are two type of cholesterol: "good" cholesterol, aka high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and "bad" cholesterol, known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL).
A high level of HDL may lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. HDL cholesterol helps your body remove LDL by carrying it from the bloodstream and artery walls to your liver, where it is broken down and excreted from the body.
LDL cholesterol, on the other hand, can cause more plaque to form in your arteries.
This thick, hard deposit can clog arteries and makes them harder in a condition called atherosclerosis, which can lead to a greater risk of heart attack or stroke.
What Are Triglycerides?
Triglycerides are stored in your fat cells and, along with carbohydrates and protein, are an important energy source for your body.
Too many triglycerides, however, increases your risk for coronary artery disease.
Those who have heart disease, diabetes, a high cholesterol level, or are overweight are more likely to have higher levels of triglycerides.
Your Cholesterol Score
The amount of cholesterol you have in your body can be measured through a simple blood test, called a lipid profile or a lipid profile.
It's recommended everyone have his or her cholesterol checked starting at age 20 and at least every five years after.
Your total cholesterol score is made up of your LDL and HDL numbers, plus 20 percent of the amount of triglycerides in your blood.
What Causes High Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is measured in milligrams (mg) of cholesterol per deciliter (dL) of blood.
Your cholesterol level is considered high if you have total cholesterol levels of 240 mg/dL or higher. It's considered borderline when it's between 200-239 mg/dL.
When your cholesterol is too high, plaque can develop on the walls of your arteries. This can make it difficult for your heart and brain to get all the blood they need.
When your heart is deprived of blood, you may have a heart attack, and when your brain doesn't get enough, you may have a stroke.
High cholesterol (also called hypercholesterolemia) can be hereditary, but it's also affected by your lifestyle choices.
Those with an unhealthy diet, who are overweight, and don't exercise are more likely to have high cholesterol.
You're also more likely to have high cholesterol if you smoke or drink heavily.
How Diet Affects Cholesterol
What you eat is linked to how high or low your cholesterol levels are. To lower your cholesterol levels, it's important to:
- Eat more fiber. Whole grains, fruits, and vegetables can help lower your cholesterol levels.
- Trade unhealthy fats for healthier ones. Limit the amount of trans fats and saturated fats in your diet. These are most often found in packaged foods, fast foods, butter, palm and coconut oils, and full-fat dairy (e.g., whole milk). Instead, opt for monounsaturated fats found in olive, peanut, and canola oils and nuts.
- About Cholesterol (American Heart Association).
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- What is Cholesterol? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute).
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The decals were donated by the taxidermist in town who made ends meet by expanding his business into a print shop and archery range. S&S Taxidermy Archery Pro Shop is what happens when family-owned businesses survive in tiny towns that refused to believe bigger was better.
Springville's elegance is invisible when looking out the window at 35 mph while driving through the old section of Route 219 toward prettier, trendier Ellicottville. It cannot be found in aging buildings that have stood for generations. The charm of the village in Concord comes from the mentality of its people.
They would be the first to say Springville isn't the best place, but it's their place. It's their slice of small-town America, their little secret, in a way that Norman Rockwell would illustrate if he took a bus to Mayberry.
Brian Steadman, the second "S" in S&S, figured donating the decals was the least he could do. He knew Patti Willibey since they were kids. She lived across the street from his mother, and they rode the bus together as schoolchildren. Everyone knew Jim Oatman from the funeral home. Anna Conklin was one of his closest friends.
All three died of cancer within five months.
All three had sons playing football for Springville Griffith Institute.
"You know how people say only the good die young?" Steadman said. "They were three perfect examples."
Using the letters in their last names to form a "G," Steadman printed up the decals and gave them to the football team to place on their helmets. "One Team" is written across the top of the sticker. "One Mission" is written across the bottom. The Griffins' journey to hell and back continues Saturday afternoon in Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Springville (5-4), with a village behind it, will play Alden (9-0) at 4 p.m. for the Section VI championship in Class B.
For senior tackle Justin Willibey, junior lineman J.P. Oatman and junior running back Tyler Conklin, the number of people filing into the stadium for Springville's biggest game in years means little when standing alongside three who will not.
"It's amazing that the team has gotten this far," Willibey said. "We're on a roll. We're playing together. We're playing as one team. We're playing as a fist. It's a brotherhood, but the fact there's people in the team's family that can't be there makes it bittersweet. We all want them there. We know they're watching us."
Their mission goes beyond the three parents who passed away since last season and includes two others on the team who lost grandparents and two more who lost aunts. In a small way, Springville's football team has conducted a clinic that shows what can happen when a team comes together, keeps working, keeps plugging, keeps believing.
The matchup should not be minimized as a high school championship game. Years from now, the kids from Springville will realize it was something far greater. The season has been a life lesson in courage and overcoming personal grief, how joining hands for a common cause can unite a team and arouse its community.
Springville players figured out that working with one another wasn't enough. The trick was working for one another. Not until everyone understood the difference did they proceed toward their goal. See, that's when a team, any group on any level, becomes dangerous. And that's what Springville did after starting 0-4.
No matter the score against Alden this afternoon, the Griffins can't lose.
Why? Because they've already won.
"Someone said, 'Boy, your kids have been through a lot,' " Springville coach John Sopko said. "It was a football game. It's not losing a parent. It wasn't said, but the kids understand there were greater challenges and far-bigger issues. They had role models right there. It wasn't a lesson you get out of a textbook."
Funny, but parents are expected to teach kids the most important lessons in life. Often, particularly in difficult times, kids end up teaching their parents more about their remarkable resiliency. It has come to define Springville this season. Sopko improved the culture of the program, but his players changed the results.
Really, when you hear about the parents who passed away, it's no surprise.
Patti Willibey was all about kids. She worked in pediatrics and was a substitute teacher when she wasn't talking about her sons. She knew little about football but poured herself into the sport when her boys started playing. Their teammates were extensions of her family, and the entire community mourned her death.
She was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer April 6, her 41st birthday. She died May 31, the day before she and her husband, Jim, would have celebrated their 20th anniversary. Jim stayed at her side until she died. Justin and his older brother, Brandon, visited her in the hospital every day. He will never forget his last words to his mother.
"I love you," he told her before she died. "I'm proud of you."
Justin dedicated the season to his mother, who never missed a game. He thought about her during every workout over the summer and every practice during the season. He ended up starting at left tackle, an ideal fit for a kid who felt his calling in life was protecting others. He plans to become a state trooper.
Patti would be proud of him, too.
And he didn't forget when J.P. Oatman's father passed away on Sept. 6 after a long battle with cancer. Jim Oatman owned a funeral home. He was the man offering his shoulder and handing out tissues when others were hurting the most. Justin was there for J.P., the way his father and the rest of Springville were there for his mother.
Anna Conklin battled a brain tumor for more than a decade before the treatment took its toll on her lungs. She was a quiet woman who for years attended her son's sports events with an oxygen tank in tow. By the time she died last month, Springville had plenty of practice in attending wakes and funerals.
The football players wore their usual attire — shirt, tie and jerseys — while attending services for her. Three boys who had the support of their teammates were part of a fraternity whose members quietly leaned on one another. After all, they were the only players who truly understood the profound sadness that comes with the death of a parent.
"I wanted to be there and support them as much as they supported me," Willibey said. "If they needed anyone to talk to, or any advice, I would be there for them in a heartbeat. They're my teammates. I tried my best, and I still do, to make sure they know I'm here for them and take their mind off of it, like they do for me.
"It's an unspoken way of feeling closer. We're definitely connected through it, but most of the time we'd rather not talk about it. We know when to talk about it. We know when it's one of those days that we just want to take our minds off of it."
And that's what football provided. On the field, they kept playing.
Springville lost its first four games, but the players never lost hope. It lost one game on a Hail Mary pass, another in overtime. Sopko, in his third season at Springville after 28 years coaching at all levels, saw signs of a turnaround. Their chemistry was right. Rather than pack up another difficult season, they started playing for one another.
"You're 0-4, in many instances, your season is over because your team has already started to point fingers and disintegrate," Sopko said. "It was something I didn't even have to address because our kids never did it. ... The hatchling didn't hatch yet. We needed to sit on the egg for another week."
The Griffins knocked off Pioneer, their unbeaten rival, in Week Five. They rolled over Dunkirk and Olean and avenged an earlier loss to Eden. Last week, they beat Cheektowaga in the Class B semifinals and now have Alden in their way. In a separate story line, Sopko left Alden four years ago to restore Springville's program.
The team's success has energized the region the way high school football does in small, proud towns. It was the norm years ago, when Springville seemed like a distant cousin of Nebraska with its team of strong farm boys and quiet, unbreakable work ethic. The football program lost its way for a while, as many inevitably do. Now, it's back.
Indeed, it has been a special season.
Everybody in the village is pulling for the Griffins because everybody in the village knows the story. That's how small towns operate, for better or worse, but they stand together through the most difficult times. Springville rallied around its players. The players rallied for its people. And with them came a lesson.
It takes a village to raise a child.
It takes a family to raise a trophy.
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Who is Ben Carson?
Ever heard of him? Well, I hadn't either until February of this year, when he made a splash at the National Prayer Breakfast and philosophically challenged the White House on taxes and health care in a way that garnered mass exposure. The speech seemed to attract particular attention because Carson's views were generally interpreted to be conservative. President Barack Obama happened to be in attendance and, according to a report in The Christian Science Monitor that appeared March 20, sat stone-faced nearby, caught completely off-guard.
Meanwhile The Washington Times speculated that it might never have occurred if Carson had honored multiple requests by the Obama administration to turn over the full text of the remarks beforehand.
"I told them I don't have an advance copy because I don't write out my speeches (!) and I don't use teleprompters (!!)," Carson said. The White House hadn't expected anything particularly conservative, although it was aware that there might be philosophical ideas presented with religious overtones.
"They asked more than once," Carson is quoted as saying by The Hill publication. "I gave them (biblical) texts around which the remarks would be framed ... I said, 'Read those texts. The remarks will be framed around those.' ... That should have told them something."
Carson held nothing back, criticizing Obamacare, fiscal irresponsibility, political correctness and problems with education and taxation. He then offered thoughtful, reasonable solutions. When later asked how he could be so direct under the circumstances, Carson basically suggested that someone needs to be courageous enough to stand up and say these things.
At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 16, he won several standing ovations while speaking about his upbringing by his single mother in Detroit, the importance of education, the need for a flat tax and the "war on God."
And now, all of a sudden, he has become a darling of the right and possibly the intellectual standardbearer for the modern-day Republican Party, which is currently struggling with a dearth of ideas, absence of cohesion of thought and a lack of forward-thinking vision. John Stuart Mill would have a grand ole time criticizing the Grand Old Party (as stupid) as it desperately searches for new leadership. Solution: Carson? Who knows? At any rate, he's exploded out of nowhere like the huge meteor that recently blew up over Russia. And he's not fading away.
I say out of nowhere because it's quite remarkable how he has the time to sit around and ruminate over conservative ideology since he's busy enough during his day job (and many nights as well, of course) as full professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. After graduating from Yale and later the University of Michigan Medical School, he would, by age 33, become the youngest major division director in John Hopkins history as director of pediatric neurosurgery, his ongoing specialty.
He is credited with several surgical innovations and, in 1987, made history by being the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins who had been joined at the back of the head. Carson is a member of the American Academy of Achievement and the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and, in 2008, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation's highest civilian honor. Completely unbeknownst to me, he is an internationally known physician, has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed neurosurgical publications, written three best-selling books (with Christian and secular themes) and received 38 honorary doctorate degrees and dozens of national merit citations.
Along the way, he started developing rational conservative ideologies that would blend with his highly individualized success story and start promulgating them in a variety of public forums. Fast forward to the National Prayer Breakfast, where it all came together in a catalyst of articulation, media attention and a confrontation with the Obama administration. Although the president's name wasn't explicitly used per se, there was no mistaking to whom or what Carson was referring.
The Wall Street Journal was so impressed that the editorial page suggested Carson could well be a serious contender for a run at the presidency in 2016. Carson responded by saying, "If the Lord grabbed me by the collar and made me do it, I would." Interestingly, at the CPAC conference, Carson, 61, announced that he would be retiring in about three months. "I'd rather quit at the top of my game," he said. "And there are so many more things that can be done."
Well, isn't that a coincidence? But what's the big deal about a physician with rightward leanings entering the rough and tumble world of politics? Hasn't former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist already done that? And isn't Sen. Rand Paul doing it now?
There's something about Carson that none of the others can lay claim to: He's African-American.
Of course, liberals hate that, particularly when it concerns someone like Carson who is essentially self-made. And, predictably, there have been the usual attacks. MSNBC's "Toure" (a fellow African-American with single name chic) delivered particularly nasty criticism toward Carson the evening of March 26, inferring that the latter is an Uncle Tom and a token "black friend" to Republicans who embrace him only to assuage their own white "guilt.
"Really? Perhaps former congressman and now Sen. Tim Scott of the great state of South Carolina will help redirect his thinking on that concept. And accordingly, Dr. Carson may well get out his mortar and pestle and derive a concoction that shocks a lot people."
Who is Ben Carson?
Stay tuned. You're about to find out.
Edward M. Gilbreth is a Charleston physician. Reach him at edwardgilbreth@ comcast.net.


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It's a simple car ride, but every trip makes a difference. The passenger is someone fighting cancer. The driver is a stranger who just wants to help. It's part of a program known as the Road to Recovery. At the moment, there are plenty of patients, but what they really could use are more drivers.
When 62-year-old Linda White was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last August, her life was turned upside down. She has no family here, and her daughter was in college in Columbia. She was scared and confused, not only of the diagnosis but of the treatment.
There was no way she could afford taxi or bus rides from her home in Mount Pleasant to her treatments in West Ashley. It wasn't her nature to ask for help from her neighbors. She didn't want to bother anybody. What would she do? How would she get there?
Some folks at the American Cancer Society started answering all of those questions. They would arrange that transportation at no charge. It was their Road to Recovery program.
At the moment, there are only 11 volunteers who have committed their time and their cars. These volunteers must clear a background check, have a good driving record, own a car and carry insurance. There also is no reimbursement for gas. They carry cancer patients to their treatment sessions and take them home when they're finished. Last year, 100 patients in the tri-county area needed this assistance. To receive help, the patient must only be able to come to the car.
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White admits that she might lapse into a "chemo fog" after some of her treatments. But it was knowing that someone would be there to take her home that made her feel safe and gave her one less thing to worry about.
Chris Schiable, 69, a retired book keeper from Ohio, is one of the volunteer drivers. She initially did it just "to do something." Now, she admits that it gives her a good feeling. She says it's rewarding, even though it's just a car ride.
Dean Fitzgerald, 66, is one of the other volunteers. He knows he's not there to offer advice, just a kind ear. Why does he help? His father died of cancer and his brother is a cancer survivor.
White admits to dealing with anger in the beginning. Fitzgerald often was her driver. She couldn't believe how patient and responsive he was. It's one thing to ask family members, but a total stranger? White admits that on some rides home, she probably filled Fitzgerald's ears with more than he bargained for with conversation on hair loss and why this was happening.
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Volunteers receive a training session that takes about an hour. Beyond the volunteer's time and car, they'd like a commitment that you'll take two assignments a month. Ideally, the cancer society would like 25-30 such people in the system.
Some patients have half-hour treatments, while others might stay more than five hours. The driver is not required to stay that whole time. He or she can run errands, even go home and wait for a call indicating the patient is finished. If you'd like to volunteer, the number to call is 744-1922.
Life is a highway. Who knows what's ahead around the next bend or at the end of this nearing exit ramp. A simple car ride can make a big difference if you're on the road to recovery. Maybe even more so when the driver is a total stranger who is willing to listen.
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Thursday, June 5, 2014
A surprise visitor came to say hi to band students at Gregg Middle School on May 28.
The visitors name was Smokey, a tall brown horse of the breed known as the Carolina Marsh Tacky and his breed just happens to be South Carolinas state Heritage Horse.
On May 16 the advanced seventh and eighth grade band students performed The Tacky from Snow Island for their spring concert. The band piece was on the subject of the state Heritage Horse.
Gregg Band Director Barry Montoya said the spring concert went really well. In order to show his students what the pieces focal point really looks like, he had Smokey come to Gregg Middle School for a brief meet and greet. Students got to line up to take turns stroking Smokeys neck and feed him treats though he spent a lot of time grazing on mouthfuls of grass.
Its fun to do a commission because it bring a new music piece into the band world, Montoya said.
There was also a big learning aspect to the performance piece. Smokeys breeder Rickey Warren, with the Marsh Tacky Association in Hollywood, S.C., said Smokey is a 10-year-old gelding, and tacky means like a common horse. His breed comes from the barrier islands along South Carolina particularly Hilton Head Island. The breed is a member of the Colonial Spanish group of horse breeds, and the Gullah used them for working farms.
The horse was also used during the American Revolution by Francis Marion. Warren said there are fewer than 300 Carolina Marsh Tackies in the world, so the breed is considered endangered. There are only about seven breeders in South Carolina, Warren said. D.P. Lowther is president of the Marsh Tacky Association and has over 100 horses and is considered the primary breeder.
Warren said he grew up around horses.
Ive been around horses all my life, he said. Im trying to bring the breed back up.
The band students performance piece was composed by Josh Hinkle, outgoing band director at Ashley Ridge High School, who also came to check out the horse.
Montoya said the composition of the song was done with Francis Marion in mind they wanted to incorporate the idea of Marion riding his horses into an attack and then back into the swamps to disappear.
The music sounds like a horse wood pieces were used to resemble a horse trotting and then more mysterious music would be played to reflect the horse venturing through the swamps only to pick up more energy as the horse went running out into he fields again.
They (the students) learned a lot, he said. I was always discussing it as we were learning it.
Hinkle said when Montoya told him the story of the Marsh Tacky the horse sounded very similar to Gregg Middle Schools own mascot the mustang. Hinkle has composed close to 10 band pieces and this was his first one with Gregg Middle. Most of the compositions have an educational aspect, he said. I felt like I learned a lot of parts of South Carolina history I didnt know about. It was a very interesting project and fun-filled as well.
Gregg Middle School Principal Lori Estep also came to observe the horse and praise Montoya on commissioning an educational band piece.
I really appreciate Mr. Montoyas giving the students this opportunity, she said. They are excited.
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CHAMPAIGN -- Illinois coach John Groce says he went too far in a series of outbursts during a loss Saturday to Michigan State.
Groce argued several times with officials during the 78-62 loss to the No. 4 Spartans. He was given a technical foul after throwing his suit jacket.
Groce says Wednesday that he crossed the line between having emotion and being too emotional.
The second-year coach said he spoke with his wife and his father before acknowledging that the exchanges with officials were out of line.
But he said he didn't think his outbursts hurt his team.
Illinois (13-6, 2-4 Big Ten) has lost four games in a row. Groce has engaged in extended, angry exchanges with officials in the past two games, against Michigan State and Purdue.
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A Weekly Email Newsletter on Issues & Events Surrounding the CPA Profession
November 5, 2010 - Volume 13 No. 47
Seven CPAs were elected to the House of Representatives on November 2, including five incumbents and two challengers. CPAs John Campbell, a California Republican; Michael Conaway, a Texas Republican; Lynn Jenkins, a Kansas Republican; Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat; and Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, will each return for new terms. Additionally, Steven Palazzo, a Mississippi Republican, and Jim Renacci, an Ohio Republican, defeated incumbents in their races. For more information, read this JournalofAccountancy.com article.
In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the AICPA said it heard from CPAs in business and industry that an "adequate transition period will be the most important consideration in mitigating concerns" outlined in the SEC's request for comment. The AICPA comment letter responds to topics in the SEC's International Financial Reporting Standards work plan affecting issuers, such as the potential impact on contractual agreements. Read the AICPA's comment letter for more information and this JournalofAccountancy.com article. Additionally, on October 29, the SEC released a progress report on its work plan covered in this JournalofAccountancy.com article.
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Final Minor League Records
The minor league season ended over the weekend and here's how the lil' Cubbies fared.
(WHOOPS! - I guess Boise still has 2 games left. Close enough... )
AAA: Iowa Cubs (Pacific Coast League)
Overall: 83-59 (PCL American North Division Winner)
AA: Tennessee Smokies (Southern League)
Overall: 62-77
2nd Half: 35-34
1st Half: 27-43
Hi-A: Daytona Cubs (Florida State League)
Overall: 73-59
2nd Half: 38-24 (FSL East Division Winner)
1st Half: 35-35
A: Peoria Chiefs (Midwest League)
Overall: 60-78
2nd Half: 30-40
1st Half: 30-38
Short Season A: Boise Hawks (Northwest League)
Overall: 43-31
Rookie League: AZL Cubs
Overall: 31-24
2nd Half: 13-14
1st Half: 18-10
Cubs Overall Minor League Record: 352-328 (.517 %)
The Iowa Cubs playoff series begins tomorrow versus the Oklahoma Red Hawks (Texas affiliate). Randy Wells will start game one. The Daytona Cubs start tonight versus the Palm Beach Cardinals (St. Louis affiliate). 2008 draftee phenom Jay Jackson gets the start for Daytona.
Re: Final Minor League Records
Isn't the California League a notorious hitter's league?
Re: Final Minor League Records
It's also High A league, compared to the Midwest league, which is Low A, which of course is different from the northwest league, which is Short Season A. I am sure it made sense at one point.
Re: Some player notes on our big prospects
Our farm system is atrocious.
Re: Some player notes on our big prospects
Yup. Even with the constant disappointments that Colvin and Veal have brought us, Ceda and Vitters are easily top-25 NL prospects for 2009. Vitters could probably crack the top 10; however, of course, John "East Coast Bias" Sickels would tab them both as B- prospects.
Also, I'm really glad I was wrong about Flaherty. He's looking more and more like a legit hitter, not in the Barney mold -- if he can stay at SS, we've got a major prospect for 2010 and beyond. Problem is, no one --and I mean it, no one-- thinks he can handle SS/2B. Maybe a Eric Patterson redux/clone?
Re: Ceda and Vitters are easily top-25 NL prospects for 2009
Are you forgetting that Vitters started with Peoria and wound up with Boise?
Re: Ceda and Vitters are easily top-25 NL prospects for 2009
I wasn't asking you. And it obviously is relevant.
Re: Ceda and Vitters are easily top-25 NL prospects for 2009
vitters is 18/19...he's lucky to be in A ball rather than rookie ball. if he started the year in peoria that's a bit over his head whether he succeeded or not.
hell, he's a bit young for boise, though not unusually young.
he is the youngest guy on the boise roster.
Re: Ceda and Vitters are easily top-25 NL prospects for 2009
That obviously isn't relevant.
Re: Greg Maddux Live Chat
I would have liked to ask him about the discussion the Padres announcers had after Maddux beat them last night.
In short, Maddux's streak of 14 starts in a row without a win bothered them so much they wouldn't want him back.
Re: Final Minor League Records
Rob G., Boise's season isn't over. They still have two more games and tomorrow is their season finale!
Re: Final Minor League Records
"O Soto!
Geovany Soto an Oriole and other notes from around the web."
I was not amused by this little headline when I visited TCR tonight. Perhaps some better wording might prevent more heart attacks.
Re: Daytona down
You're not just born knowing how to do that shit. It takes years and years of practice to make sure you have the least productive at-bats in crucial moments as possible.
Re: Final Minor League Records
Rob G., Jericho Jones (OF) and John Contreras (DH) made the AZL postseason all-star team from Mesa.
No clue how Micah Hoffpauir didn't make the PCL one.
Recent comments
Guess which one is Vogelberg
Bear fans are so impatient! They signed that great All-American QB out of Columbia--Luckman--just a little while ago, didn't they? Now it's the Eagles' turn. After all, it's been almost ten years since McNabb.
" . . . when he signed Edwin Jackson?"
He makes a lot of moves, people remember the ones that pan out. Kind of like MJ's approach to shooting. When it all shakes out, you get a formidable 25-man roster.
For the rookie hazing "dress up" day, the Mariners made him dress like the Farley Chippendales dancer.
Steven Matz to undergo "imminent" elbow surgery.
Just scroll by.
John Arguello at Cubs Den with observations & photos from Monday's intrasquad game:
Pitchers are golfers
Getting tired of the caddy catcher excuse
Dan Vogelbach is working on his firstbase defense in Seattle. Seems to say the Cubs didn't teach him properly.
Oh my! Cards down 2-1 to Reds in the bottom of the 9th -- get a leadoff triple -- and don't score!
Gameday has stopped at the top of the 8th inning. Google tells me it ended up 8-4 Pirates but I can't get further detail. Guess I'll have to wait until the Cubs' website updates...
Phil, thanks for posting. Where do find the schedule? I have a condo in Surprise, yet I drove to Mesa and Tempe looking for a game today! Thanks!
Dear Baseball Gods--
My trip to Chicago has nothing whatsoever to do with the Cubs. In actuality, I am a Red Sox fan.
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'The entire time, I wasn't even thinking,' super-fan tells MTV News of performing 'Longview' with the band.
It's been a fixture at recent Green Day shows for the band to pick a hyperventilating fan out of the crowd and have them sing "Longview," but rarely — if ever — do they perform the song as mightily as 17-year-old Dan Michie, who wowed fans with his rendition (and boundless enthusiasm) during the band's Saturday night set at Lollapalooza.
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