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"When I got the call, it was a double tug," Law says of joining the cast of The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. "I liked Heath very much as a man and admired him as an actor. To help finish his final piece of work was a tribute I felt compelled to make."
Ledger was in the midst of filming the role of Tony in the fantasy film, directed by Terry Gilliam, when he died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in his New York apartment on Jan. 22, 2008, at age 28.
Determined to finish the movie, Gilliam kept Ledger's work intact, and hired Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell to round out the role of Tony – each playing a different incarnation of the character after he steps through a magical mirror.
"To help Terry finish his film was an honor paid to a man I adore," Law says. "Though we were all there in remembrance, Heath's heart pushed us with great lightness to the finish."
Lily Cole, who plays the female lead as Tony's love interest Valentina, says it was a struggle to resume filming just a month after Ledger's death.
"We'd had a month to absorb that situation, which by no means is enough time to get over it, but it was a month to think about finishing the film," Cole tells Film Review Online.
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, which Gilliam has dedicated to Ledger, opens in limited release in the U.S. on Christmas Day and in wide release on Jan. 8.
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There is a great hypocrisy in the humane movement. While shelters decry the public's irresponsibility, shelters reject responsibility for the animals in their care. And while they tell the public not to treat the animals as disposable, they treat animals exactly that way by killing them-and literally disposing of their bodies in landfills. In fact, they will even deny that they are killing. The Humane Society of the U.S. held a workshop on "euthanasia" at their national sheltering conference in March of 2006. According to the speaker,
"We're not; we're not killing them… in that 'kill' is such a negative connotation. It's… we're not killing them. We are taking their life, we are ending their life, we are giving them a good death, we're humanely destr- whatever. But we're not killing. And that is why I cannot stand the term 'No Kill' shelters."
Animal shelter professionals from coast-to-coast applauded in agreement, but more disturbing is the nation's "euthanasia" expert professing an Orwellian logic: killing is not killing, killing is kindness. And when you deny all responsibility, the impetus to change your own behavior disappears. ~ Nathan Winograd, Irreconcilable Differences
An animal facility that kills a significant portion of the animals that come in is not a "shelter." It's not a "humane" society or an animal "protection" society, nor is it preventing cruelty to animals. It's a pound.
If your local pound's kill rate is higher than its live-release rate, then make no mistake, it's primarily in the business of pet killing. It's a pet-killing facility. North Carolina has a lot of pet-killing facilities.
When organizations like the Humane Society of the United States and the North Carolina Voters for Animal Welfare give "Shelter We Love" awards to pounds that kill more animals than they protect, they are saying: "We love pet killing facilities."
Some of these pet-killing facilities shove the animals into a metal box designed to suffocate them to death, in which, according to accounts, they "gasp for breath, their insides burning. They claw at the floor and throw themselves against the walls of the chamber in an attempt to get out." When the HSUS and NCVAW give "Shelter We Love" awards to such pet-killing facilities, they are saying "We love gas chambers."
The pet-killing facilities and their defenders try to make you to believe that they have no choice but to kill massive quantities of animals. They eagerly propagate the myths that "pet overpopulation" and the "irresponsible public" "force" them to kill pets.
Oh, except we are not supposed to call it killing. They want folks to think that what they are doing is merciful and kind, so they say they "euthanize" the pets, or "put them to sleep." Because killing animals would be bad.
Euthanasia means "the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy." Killing healthy and savable pets, i.e. at least 90 percent of the animals that enter shelters each year, is not euthanasia.
And it's completely unnecessary. Currently, at least 83 communities (and counting) in the United States have ended the killing of healthy and savable pets in their shelters. (Seven of these communities are just to the north of us in Virginia: Albemarle County, Arlington, Charlottesville, Fluvanna County, King George County, Lynchburg and Powhatan County have all achieved No Kill success.) They did it by implementing programs and partnerships that keep animals out of the shelters in the first place or get them out (alive) as soon as possible after they come in.
In the face of the growing success of life-saving shelters, how can anyone justify the killing that continues in almost all NC pounds?*
It's quite simple: they lie. They falsely claim that open-admission and animal-control shelters cannot be No Kill. An example from the FAQ on the APS of Durham (2011 kill rate: 68.23 percent) web site: "Many no-kill (or limited admission) shelters sharply limit the number and type of animals they will take. If they're near capacity, they'll refuse to take in additional animals, forcing the owners to find another place for the animal."
Open-admission No Kill shelters do have pet-retention programs designed to keep pets in their homes whenever possible. Or some, like the Lynchburg Humane Society, ask pet owners if they can wait for an open space before surrendering their pets. But open-admission No Kill shelters don't flat-out refuse to take owner surrenders. Makena Yarborough, director of Lynchburg Humane Society wrote: "No, not everyone waited and honestly not everyone could wait. There were situations where, for the sake of the pet or due to a lack of options, we couldn't ask the pet owners to wait."
The claim that open-admission shelters cannot be No Kill is just a bald-faced lie.
Another popular lie, which you can see in action at the FAQ section of the Person County pound's web site, is "There is no such thing as a No Kill shelter. We do have to humanly euthanize animals due to overpopulation, sick, injured, and unsocialized and aggressive dogs." So how exactly is it that in 2011 the Person County pound "had" to "euthanize" almost 68 percent of the pets that came in while in the Foothills Humane Society, the open-admission animal control shelter serving Polk County, only had to practice TRUE euthanasia on 3.4 percent of their pets?
Considering the population of each county, the FHS actually took in MORE animals per capita (1 for every 9 people) in 2011 than Person County did (1 for every 16 people). So there's no claiming that somehow "pet overpopulation" exists in Person County while it does not in Polk County. Is there something terribly, inherently wrong with the pets in Person County that's not a problem in Polk County? Did all of the responsible, conscientious pet owners move to Polk County, leaving places like Person County stuck with nothing but the irresponsible, neglectful ones?
The real difference is that the leadership and staff of the Foothills Humane Society decided not to blame the public and pine for some magical day when everyone would spay and neuter and no one would ever relinquish a pet. With the help of their community, they did the hard work of implementing the programs and services necessary to protect and save the lives of shelter pets.
It's time for the rest of North Carolina's so-called "shelters" and groups like HSUS and NCVAW, which pass themselves off as the vanguard of the "humane" movement, to ditch the blame and the lies and follow suit.
Even if we were to assume for the sake of argument that they are right, if we assume that not a single No Kill community exists, what difference would that make? None. Instead of fighting efforts to create one, they should be dedicating themselves to figuring out how to bring them into existence.~ Nathan Winograd, Their Own Worst Enemies
*The notable exception being the Foothills Humane Society in Polk County, which has a 2012 year-to-date save rate of almost 99 percent.)


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I am a celebrity copycat.
Let's face it. These people have stylists and assistants and personal shoppers, who are paid to make them look their best.
I don't.
I have my husband, People, US Weekly and the Fashion Police that show me who wore what to certain events, and even sometimes, who wore it better when (gasp!) two celebrities wear the same outfit by mistake. Why shouldn't we get fashion inspiration from these people?!
One celebrity who I am obsessed with at the moment is Pippa Middleton. While I would like to dive into the formal gowns and red carpet looks that Pippa gets to wear to special events (hello, Royal wedding!), I'm much more interested in her everyday wardrobe, the attire she wears when she is going about her daily routine.
Pippa has a way of looking casual, comfortable and effortlessly cool and put together all at once. I admire that, and I want to know if it's possible to create a similar overall look, without needing to take out a second mortgage on my home!
Oh, and I want to try to do this with only the stores we have accessible to us here in Northern Colorado. Where we are deprived of a lot of major stores.
I'm on a mission.
I have to admit, I am a major fan of wearing leggings with boots in the fall and winter. Ask any one of my co-workers. As soon as the weather turns cool enough to not look ridiculously overdressed, out come my leggings and boots. It borders on overkill in the dead of winter, but I can't help it! I enjoy this look for three reasons:
1. Comfort - I am ALL about being comfortable when I am wearing something for 8 or 9 hours a day.
2. Stylish - This look is stylish, yet not too trendy. A major plus!
3. Practical - ANYONE can wear this. No matter your height or body shape, everyone can pull this off.
So, here I go to try to find something similar to Pippa, keeping in mind that the trick to being a good copycat is to never lose your own personal sense of style, making the look suitable to your own personal taste.
I start out at Marshall's in Loveland. This is my go-to place for leggings because they have the best kind! They are made of thicker material, give the best coverage, and the cost is only $5.99!
Next, I walk over to Old Navy to see what they have in the arena of coats. I've found that Old Navy is one of those all or nothing stores for me. I either find exactly what I am looking for and score great deals, or I find nothing and leave empty-handed. On this day, I scored! I found a great wool pea coat for $69.99. It is not a double breasted coat like Pippa's but it has its own flair with a ruffle that extends down the front of the zipper. I am in LOVE with this coat!
Because this coat has the ruffle detail, a scarf is really not needed, but I decided to add one anyway, in case I take the coat off and still want a bit of graphic interest. Being as I am not really a leopard print kind of girl, I found this scarf; also at Old Navy for $24.95.
(On a side note, I plan to wear a simple grey 3⁄4-sleeved tunic underneath my new red coat, which won't distract from the look we are going for, but makes it possible to still look cute if I get hot. Plus, the scarf looks great with the grey!)
Next comes the most challenging, but also the most fun part: Boots and bag.
I searched many stores before I found boots at the most unlikely of places: Charlotte Russe?! Though they are not over the knee like Pippa's, they are the perfect color, and were only $40. Score!
(Note: The actual Franco Sarto boots Pippa is wearing are available for purchase online and are reasonably priced at $59.99.)
Finally, to finish off our Pippa-inspired look, I took a few deep breaths, counted slowly to 10 and decided to brave going into Ross. They often have great deals on handbags, but you have to be in just the right kind of mood to go sort through everything. I was NOT in the mood on this day but decided to take one for team Pippa and go in anyway. Luckily, it was not for nothing. I found a Guess bag for $29.99! The purse is similar in size and structure to the one Pippa is carrying, at a fraction of the cost.
So I achieved a look similar to Pippa's but customized it to my own style and taste, which is the key to pulling off any outfit. Instead of Jackie O. inspired sunglasses, I will wear my favorite aviators that I already own. The total for everything was right around $170, (which is under the cost of Pippa's bag alone!) but for me is still an exorbitant amount for one casual outfit. The justification I have is that ALL of these items can, and will be worn separately. The coat is actually a nice and warm winter coat, so it can be worn with everything. The bag and boots are both a soft camel color that provide a neutral accent to any outfit.
Overall, for $170, I purchased three (coat, boots and bag) heavy hitting winter wardrobe staples, and when worn all together have the casual, cool and sophisticated look of Pippa Middleton!
Overall, this mission was a success!
Kendall Reck is Greeley Moms' fashion blogger. Read her Fridays on Greeley Moms.
I achieved a look similar to Pippa\'s but customized it to my own style and taste, which is the key to pulling off any outfit.


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The Day is soon approaching when this demon can walk the realms of this earth without my human guise...well here in the lands of heat and water we have a halloween but i am not certain if its the same day internationally... the customs and the traditions are more or less different... but one thing for certain it is still a lot of fun...... making halloween mischief and spreading fear into the hearts of human beings young and old..... The path to conquest leaves nothing to be desired....
3rd Holloween topic on here LOL! Is that like a poem? Its pretty cool!
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SALEM - New food service license fees for 2013 will take effect Feb. 1 after the Salem City Health Board approved the third and final reading for the fee increases Thursday.
No one showed up for a required public hearing the board hosted on the fees at 9:30 a.m., a half hour before the regular meeting began. About 100 food service operators were invited to attend the hearing concerning the higher rates.
The new 2013 fees for facilities with less than 25,000 square feet (with the 2012 fee in parentheses) are: risk level 1, $106.20 ($52.45); risk level 2, $116.19 ($55.96); risk level 3, $197.26 ($84.42); and risk level 4, $242.79 ($100.40). All fees listed include a $28 portion which has to be submitted to the state.
The fees for facilities over 25,000 feet will be: risk level 1, $141.35 ($64.79); risk level 2, $147.34 ($66.89); risk level 3, $452.88 ($174.14); and risk level 4, $478.44 ($183.12). These fees also include a $28 portion which has to be submitted to the state.
The fee for vending operations will increase from $18.61 to $18.75 and the license for mobile facilities will increase from $39.99 to $117.73 per event. The cost for temporary facilities will increase from $11.99 to $52.
A new food service category was added for mini markets, described by city Health Commissioner Richard Setty as a vending machine without a coin slot or a cafeteria-like setting with prepackaged foods and no cashier or attendant.
The setting where a mini market could be located would be a factory or office building. The perishable food, such as wrapped sandwiches, would be in a machine, but the purchaser would pay with a debit card.
The state set the fee for 2013 and 2014 for mini markets as $100, with $90 going to the local health department and $10 to the state. For 2015, the fee will be based on each local health department's cost methodology.
Plan review fees will remain 100 percent of the license fee for a new establishment and 50 percent of the license fee for a remodeling.
In other business, the board was still trying to get some clarification regarding hours for a deputy registrar for vital statistics. Kathy Dugan, the health department nurse who had been deputy registrar under the previous registrar remains on medical leave, but Setty asked the board for permission to speak with her to spread her schedule out when she returns.
She had been working 20 hours per week over two-and-a-half days, but he wanted more coverage for when the current registrar is off for some reason.
Board members Steve Faber and Judy Sicilia both questioned the idea, with Sicilia noting that Dugan travels a distance to get there and it's more effective to have her there for a longer chunk of time for scheduling immunizations and doing the paperwork than having the time spread out a few hours each day.
She told Setty he needed to be making the decisions with the staff regarding coverage, not just changing someone's hours.
In another matter, Sicilia questioned whether there was any way for the department to recoup the cost of euthanizing an animal for rabies testing after a bite incident. The department had a recent case where a stray cat bit a woman and the woman's husband managed to grab the cat and put it in a cage. The department had a veterinarian euthanize the cat so it's brain could be tested for rabies.
Setty said it wouldn't really be appropriate to charge the person who was bitten, with Mayor John Berlin, president of the board, adding it's one of those services the department has to provide, especially in the case of a stray when shot records would not be known. Setty said the next step might be to talk with local veterinarians and try to negotiate a flat rate for euthanizing an animal, packaging it and shipping it to the state for testing.
Board members briefly discussed a decrease in the number of childhood immunizations given in December and talked about flu shots, with Sicilia saying she would like to see the department use the vaccine in stock. Board members also looked over a packet of information to be provided to Salem Community Hospital for new parents after the birth of a child regarding immunization services offered by the city health department.
The board will reorganize and hold its next meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 22, which is a Tuesday.
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The Wise Options program of YWCA Northcentral PA is a safe haven and source of support for the people of Lycoming County, giving help and hope to women, men and children surviving domestic violence, sexual assault and other violent crimes.
Free and confidential services are provided by Wise Options 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Trained staff and volunteers provide immediate support and information to help clients with crisis and offer follow-up assistance to cope with ongoing related issues.
Wise Options services include emergency shelter, crisis intervention, court accompaniment, hospital accompaniment and community education programs.
Lycoming County United Way believes in the mission of the YWCA and sees the impact the programs make on a daily basis.
"Aided by our community needs assessment surveys, we are continually seeking to direct the campaign funds provided us by the community to addressing the most important human service needs of Lycoming County residents," said Scott N. Lowery, LCUW executive director. "The Wise Options program provides confidential services to victims who have experienced, witnessed, or had a family member involved in domestic and sexual violence, or other violent crimes. Wise Options provides a safe haven for those facing some very stressful times in their lives."
Donors to the United Way campaign, he added, who are interested in helping these three YWCA programs can be assured that their contributions will be applied directly to assisting those in need.
"It is a simple fact of life that the human service needs being faced here in Lycoming County are increasing," Lowery said. "We are accountable to our donors and the YWCA is accountable to us in providing and maintaining these vital programs."
According to Anna Thompson, communications and development manager at the YWCA Northcentral PA, one of the main sources of support to the YWCA and Wise Options are the dedicated volunteers.
"It is through their dedication and passion for the clients and services that we provide, that we are able to reach over 3,000 men, women and children through Wise Options education and programming," Thompson said.
Two volunteers, Radecka Appiah-Padi and Brian Brooking, have become active volunteers with the local YWCA. There seems to be a common theme between Appiah-Padi, who works in the higher education field, and Brooking, who works in finance: both wish to give back to the community.
"There is more to life than earning an income," Appiah-Padi said. "What can I do to give to others? Wise Options for me is like a lifeline. Every day they are giving women and children a second chance at life, and I wanted to be a part of that. It's great getting to watch people turn their live around. Who wouldn't want to be a part of it?"
Brooking said he first learned about Wise Options through United Way after serving on review panels and volunteering in various capacities.
"I was able to learn in-depth about the program and the impact it can have on someone's life," Brooking said. "We are too busy to do things just to do them. I wanted to make a direct impact. As time's gone by, I've met people who have been affected by domestic violence and I don't know how to help them. When I became a Wise Options volunteer, it gave me the opportunity to grow and share the knowledge that I've learned."
Now, he said, when people say to him, "Did you see in the paper about this case of domestic violence," he can say, "Did you know that one in four women have been victims of abuse?"
"We have that knowledge," Brooking said. "And I think it's our responsibility to share that. It's in our back yard."
Lycoming County United Way not only provides financial support to all three YWCA programs, but also an opportunity to meet and work with new and dedicated members of the Lycoming County community, Thompson said.
"Through their educational outreach, they provide the YWCA and Wise Options the chance to reach a diverse group of people through unique channels, educating on the services we provide and volunteer opportunities available," she said.
"Our United Way funds programs, not agencies," Lowery said. "The funds we provide are used for specific human service programs and must be accounted for accordingly. In addition to Wise Options, we provide funding for two other programs housed at the YWCA. They include Liberty House, a housing shelter program for women and children and CASA, which provides specially trained volunteers to advocate in the interest of abused or neglected children. These three programs run at the YWCA are all important to the well-being of our citizens and worthy of support."
Please consider giving to Lycoming County United Way campaign this year. The affects of your donation reach neighbors in your community like those helped by YWCA Northcentral PA, who may find themselves facing a hardship. For more information, visit www.lcuw.org.


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Thursday, April 18, 2013
If you happened to be driving through the Francis Marion Forest Thursday, April 4 or the following Friday or Saturday, you may have seen something that made you doubt your eyesight: teenagers dressed in pioneer garb emerging from the forest pulling 400-pound handcarts across a paved highway.
Yes, 21st century girls were wearing cotton bonnets and floor-length cotton dresses with bloomers underneath. Boys donned straw hats, overalls, and, of course, the requisite bandanas.
If you chose to follow this anachronistic spectacle, you would have learned that the 122 teenagers and almost half that many adults walked 19 miles along the South Carolina's Jericho Trail — in the rain.
Why? To re-enact a Mormon migration, a migration that began in Nauvoo, Ill in 1846 and ended 1,300 miles later in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The first wave of 19th century Mormon pioneers started the trek west to flee persecution from hostile neighbors and politicians. But they weren't just running from danger; they were following a dream that they could find a place to flourish and practice their religion.
The journey lasted up to a year and was taken by about 70,000 men, women and children between 1847 and 1868. Violent mobs, starvation, disease, attacks from Indians, and extreme weather stole the lives of nearly one in 20.
None of the Lowcountry re-enactors lost their lives, but their short journey was not without incident.
One girl got entangled in a briar patch and another was run over by a handcart. One adult nearly passed out from a kidney stone and another took a heroic leap into a five-foot deep "puddle" to keep a handcart from falling into the mire.
Within hours of beginning the simulation, everyone's clothes were wet and caked with mud. Food was meager: a clementine, a stick of beef jerky, and a couple of saltine crackers for lunch. The youth, divided into families of 10 children with a "Ma" and "Pa," slept in canvas tents and lean-tos atop roots, rocks, and holes.
Re-enactments of hardships and crises faced by the pioneers began in the first hour when they were driven into the forest in a cold drizzle by a mob bearing guns and clubs. Other re-enactments included an encounter with the "angel of death," the death of an infant, a ferry crossing, and a rescue by pioneers who had blazed the trail in better weather.
These South Carolina pioneers did not have their eyes on a western utopia, nor were they feeling persecution.
Pennye Hallam of Mt. Pleasant was the coordinator of the re-enactment.
"The vision from the beginning was to help kids think beyond themselves and gain a greater appreciation of their heritage, family and church," she said. "They need to understand what hardships their ancestors endured and face physical and personal challenges that build character and testimony."
One participant confessed that she often complains at home when she's asked to help out. She explained, "Now that I have an understanding of what the pioneers went through, I've asked myself why I complain."
Another said, "As I pulled the handcart, I felt cold on the outside but warm on the inside."
Many shared that the experience helped them appreciate the sacrifices that the pioneers endured and the strength of the religious beliefs that empowered them. Buoyed by the faith of their forefathers and foremothers, many of the teenagers shared that their confidence, religious convictions, commitment to teamwork, and gratitude for their families grew with each bump in the road and drop of rain.
The next trek will take place four years from now. In April 2017 if you happen upon a handcart in the Francis Marion, rest assured you're not crazy and neither are the people dressed up in sunbonnets.
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Gucci Parfums Launches Première Fragrance in China
Gucci Parfums celebrated the China launch of its new fine fragrance for women, Gucci Première.
More than 130 beauty media and retailers from all over Asia attended the red carpet event at the Waldorf Astoria on the Bund.
During her first visit to China, Hollywood actress and face of Gucci Première, Blake Lively, introduced the fragrance to the audience.
shared her first impressions of China at the event, "I am honored to be
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Reading is fun and books are cool too, I will read a book daily to learn something new.
I will learn different words and I will listen in school, When teachers read stories and share reading rules.
I will practice my skills in every way, Reading is something I will do every day.
Reading offers great adventures to me, Reading will help me be the best I can be.
Leer es divertido y los libros son lo maximo. Leere un libro todos los dias para aprender algo nuevo.
Aprendere palabras diferentes y escuchare, en la escuela, cuando los maestros lean historias y compartan las reglas de la lectura.
Practicare mis habilidades en todo sentido, leer es algo que hare todos los dias.
La lectura me ofrece muchas aventuras, la lectura me ayudara a ofrecer lo mejor de mi.
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5 Pieces of Advice Your Dad Gave You (That Are Total B.S.)
I've always been an advocate for talking with our elders because they've seen some shit and can be excellent warning devices for those of us who are willing to listen. However, there comes a point where generation gaps render certain advice useless, like "Never lend your good horse to a drunken pilgrim." But still they spout it off as if the world hasn't moved an inch since they were kids, leaving us to nod along while thinking, "What the hell are you rambling about? I wonder if he'll notice if I just get up and walk away mid-sentence. Because if not, I may have to resort to stabbing." Some of the worst offenders are ...
#5. "Slow Down Before You Burn Yourself Out"
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Why They Use It:
My peers and I work a lot of hours because we take a massive amount of pride in what we do. Because of that, there are periods where taking time off just isn't feasible. Our jobs are our lives, and there is no clocking out at 5 for us. Still, I have other friends who work two or more jobs, balancing and coordinating schedules that suck up every spare minute of every day. To a stranger looking in on us for the first time, they'd probably assume we were all cyborgs who run on diets of Red Bull and cocaine.
It's inevitable that someone is going to take notice and say, "You have to slow down and take a break. You're going to work yourself to death or into an ulcer." It's heard most frequently after we use our workload as an excuse to decline an invitation to something that they find personally important, like a birthday dinner or a family member's funeral. It's said with the best of intentions, and on some levels, they're absolutely right. Working so much that you leave little or no time for yourself can be a Hadouken crotch punch to both your body and your mind. Life isn't all about work. But ...
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Or in this case, sort of an E. Honda type of attack.
The Bullshit:
We're living in a completely different atmosphere from what our parents and grandparents experienced at the same age. The older group worked through a looser economy where we still required actual humans to make products -- before technology took over and ED-209'd the shit out of the average laborer. And with the exception of the late '80s to early '90s recession, many of your parents lived in a financially solid world where high schoolers had jobs meant for high schoolers and adults had jobs meant for adults.
That simply isn't true anymore. Cashiers, gas station attendants, servers, fast food workers ... those jobs used to be dominated by teenagers because they are no-experience-necessary positions that many adults didn't want to take. There was a stigma attached that said, "If you're over 25 and working in this position, it means you're not smart enough to get a real job." Now, with the job market being like the porn star in one of those "I fucked 500 guys" videos, adults are taking whatever they can get. Young people are being pushed out, and the older workers are having to take two or three part-time positions just to make ends meet ... let alone save up for retirement.
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"You just paid more for this than I have in my bank account. Have a great day!"
For many of us, slowing down simply isn't an option. For others, "slowing down" means working one shift at one job, rather than their usual two or three. That's not to mention the social idiocy of the people who call us lazy when we take time to relax, but then tell us to relax when we bust ass. Believe us, if we could build the life we deserve while still taking time to unwind, we would punch your dicks completely off for that opportunity.
#4. "Enjoy This Time in Your Life -- It's the Best You'll Ever Have"
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Why They Use It:
You're a teenager. It's Sunday night, and you're looking around your room in a panic because you're just now realizing that you probably left your science book in your locker, and you have a test first thing in the morning. On top of that, your boyfriend has been acting like a jealous dick lately, and you're not sure if you'll even be together by prom. Your best friend thinks she might be pregnant, so you're talking out her poor life decisions with her every other hour while trying to scrape together what's left of your sanity. And just before you grab your freshly sharpened katana and start chopping the world, your dad smiles at you and says, "Calm down. It's only high school. Enjoy it, because one day you'll look back and realize that these were the best days of your life."
With a sigh, you put your sword back, if for no other reason than your dad just saw you with it and could pick you out of a lineup. He's just trying to reassure you that things aren't as bad as they could be. After all, you don't have any real responsibilities, right? It's not like you have to work and worry about bills. You don't have other humans depending on you for survival. Compared to what he does in life, you've got it easy, kid.
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"See, this is why daddy drinks instead of eats."
Well, that's actually kind of the problem.
The Bullshit:
I've talked before in other articles about how adults use selective memory when recalling their teenage years, so I won't rehash it here. The overall point is that a teenager's life isn't comparable to an adult's. They're two completely different elements, so holding up the kid's and the parent's responsibilities side by side and saying that one has it easier than the other is one of the dumbest, most short-sighted things an adult can do. Feel free to spin-kick him in the throat the next time you catch someone doing that.
Let me assure you that the best time of your life is probably not going to be crammed into the 18 years that you spend living by everyone else's rules. The freedom that you obtain when you move out on your own is the first step in building up to the best time of your life. That level of control alone is pure bliss, and as you start to lock down your finances and grow as an individual, it will only get better from there. Anyone who tells you otherwise can suck a dick and a half.
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Careful, grandma. You don't want to end up with dick-mouth.
But let's not forget the "enjoy it" section of that bullshit advice, because you can't make yourself enjoy something if you truly don't. If humans had that kind of emotional control, nobody would ever have a complaint again. They'd find themselves in a shitty situation and say, "Wait a minute. I know this spinal tap sucks, but what if I choose to enjoy it? Holy shit, why didn't I think of this before? I should have listened to my dad."
No, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to be positive when the world turns to shit. It doesn't mean you have to give in and accept that bad situations can't be made better. You should always try to better yourself and everyone around you. I'm just saying that, realistically, you can't just hit the "enjoy it" switch and ride the ensuing orgasm wave all the way to Dolphin Buddy Island. Life doesn't work that way, and trying to force it to will only end in frustration and katana wounds.
#3. Advice That's Followed by "You'll Understand When You're My Age"
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Why They Use It:
Let's talk about restraint and patience for a second. Not all that long ago, I had a hair trigger when it came to things like trolls and hecklers. I couldn't let them get the last word, because the thought of someone walking away from an argument and thinking that they'd bested me was too much for my testosterone-riddled mind to take. I had to win, the same way vampires have to project homoeroticism onto their late night snacks.
As this column grew and Cracked brought me a larger audience, more and more of those people showed up every week. For my own sanity, I was forced to learn patience and restraint. It wasn't something I chose to do -- it was something that I just got used to over time until it was no longer an issue. The only cure was time. Sometime later, I thought back to a conversation I had with my aunt about how to handle some of the assholes at school. She had said that the best way to deal with them was to completely ignore them, and that even though she knew I probably couldn't do that at my age, I'd understand when I was older. I immediately punched her lips off and went on with my life.
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I went on to be one smooth-ass soccer player, baby.
Even though she knew that I wouldn't and couldn't do anything with those words, she said them because ... you never know. Maybe I'd take them on blind faith and not have to live through all that horseshit. And maybe I was the one teenage boy who could turn off that urge to fight back when a conflict popped up. I wasn't, and I only realized recently that she was totally right. I'm still not apologizing for the lips thing, though.
The Bullshit:
This is one of the rare times when the accuracy of the advice isn't important, because if it's unable to be understood by the recipient, it's worthless. It's just a collection of cryptic words, a ridiculous riddle on a treasure map that only makes sense in the third act of some badly written movie. I haven't seen The Da Vinci Code, but I'm assuming it's one of those. I should probably watch it before making that comparison, but I'm not going to.
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Besides, I recently got kicked out of my movie discussion club for no reason.
Regardless, it's a cheap means of making the older person look wise by giving a warning about something you won't truly understand without another 20 years of experience. There's no way you can put any practical use behind that information because it's more for the advice giver's benefit than yours. Sadly, most of us will end up being that person, because it's a pretty cool long-haul magic trick when they finally come back to you in a couple of decades and say, "Holy shit, you were totally right about this thing!" Just make sure that, when that happens, you put on a cape and sing out, "Ta-daaaa!"


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June is turning out to be an incredibly busy month as the weeds have gotten away from me and so much seems to have landed on my plate all at once. Three gardeners and a handful of volunteers are trying to keep up with CUH grounds on a half time schedule; it's never enough and we've almost gotten used to the fact that not everything will get the attention it needs right away. It seems sad, almost pathetic, that a world class botanical institution can't operate the way it should, but we're not alone. With the recession affecting just about everybody, we're trying to absorb the hit, but it's not encouraging when we have to expect another staff reduction this year and next. It's a tense and unpredictable time right now.
The budget cuts have certainly sapped our energies during a time where we should be out and marveling at the landscape that surrounds us. Everything is in full swing and everywhere you turn, you find something that catches your eye and/or nose. Check out our June plant profile.
Being short on time, I'll let a few photographs speak for themselves. I hope they inspire you to come visit and maybe think about volunteering a little bit of your time to help us get caught up. There's always something to do and always something new to learn!
See you in the gardens,
Speaking of "Blooms"…
Adrian Bloom, from Blooms of Bressingham, will be in town and UWBG will be sponsoring a lecture and book signing at Molbak's that's A MUST for hardcore perennial gardeners. I'm looking forward to meeting him in person and, hopefully, he'll approve of our efforts. More more information about his talk, click here.


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For the first time this season, Lycoming didn't have to battle back from a deficit. It was a nice change of pace for a team which has won all four of its games this year in comeback fashion.
So nice, in fact, the Warriors seemed to relax. And all of a sudden, in the middle of the third quarter, they were in a dogfight, searching for answers on how to right a ship that had veered way off course.
Enter a defense that has been the backbone of Lycoming's football team for a year and a half. Twice in a 1-minute span they helped give the Warriors' offense less than 20 yards to travel for a touchdown, and the offense did just that both times to re-ignite the fire of the Warriors and lead them to their 33-10 win over King's College at David Person Field.
Lycoming remained one of just two unbeaten teams in MAC play as Widener beat Lebanon Valley, 40-37, in overtime yesterday after scoring 16 points in the final 3 minutes to tie the game.
Lycoming got just the tough test it was expecting from an improving King's program, but the 20 points the Warriors scored in the first 17 minutes of the game may have lulled the Warriors into a false sense of security, thinking the game was going to be a walk-over.
"It's tough to get psyched up every week, especially after we finished playing the gauntlet of the MAC," Lycoming quarterback Tyler Jenny said. "We have to learn not to (relax) and be mature. We have to get better at not relaxing if we get a lead like that."
Lycoming went from outgaining the Monarchs 191-25 in the first quarter to being outgained 180-20 in the second quarter. King's found success underneath, dragging running backs across the middle of the field, or sneaking them out of the backfield into the flat.
King's already knew by that point its running game was going to be a fruitless effort against a Lycoming defense which allowed just 40 yards a week ago to Albright. Even with the MAC's second-leading rusher, Kyle McGrath, the Monarchs averaged just 1.2 yards per carry Saturday afternoon.
So in the second quarter, they exposed a Lycoming man-to-man defense by running pick routes that opened up running space just over the line of scrimmage. Quickly King's began to move the ball. First it was a 54-yard drive which got as deep as the Lycoming 26 before a turnover on downs. Then it was a 10-play, 79-yard drive capped with a 7-yard touchdown run by McGrath, before a 42-yard drive following an interception ended with a field goal to cut Lycoming's lead to 20-10.
It was a precision attack, dinking and dunking passes short allowing the Monarchs' playmakers to run after the catch. A team averaging just 133 passing yards a game, had 175 alone in the second quarter.
"We started to play. We didn't take that punch in the gut (in the first quarter) too well and we stumbled a bit," King's head coach Jeff Knarr said. "But they woke up. The second quarter we started to make those plays and make something happen."
"We knew we came out flat," Lycoming middle linebacker Kabongo Bukasa said. "We were up 20-0 and we weren't playing our game in the second quarter. We weren't doing our assignments and we weren't doing our job. We just had to calm down and play our game."
Lycoming started the turnaround on the Monarchs' second scoring drive of the quarter after Billy Beinke made a great play to intercept a screen pass at midfield. King's opened the drive with a 40-yard pass from Tyler Hartranft to Kudlacik setting up the Monarchs with first-and-goal at the Lycoming 4-yard line.
But the Warriors settled in, holding a pair of rushing plays to just 1 yard apiece and eventually forcing Kevin Mulvihill to kick a 20-yard field goal, cutting the Warriors lead to 20-10. The field goal seemed deflating though, as Lycoming still held a two-score lead.
"We knew that was gut-check time," Lycoming defensive tackle Dwight Hentz said. "They tried to slam the ball right up the middle and we played it well. The D-line held up, the linebackers filled the holes and the secondary kept with their coverage. That was a real big victory for the defense, especially going into halftime."
"The three helped with the momentum and we kept our momentum, but yeah, they don't feel as panicked," Knarr said of the field goal. "As a young team we've had problems finishing drives and we need to correct that."
The Warriors picked up a pair of momentum-changing stops in the third quarter when it found some answers for those underneath routes. When a 41-yard Zack Czap punt pinned King's at the 4 midway through the third quarter, the Lycoming defense dug in and drove the Monarchs back to the 1.
Mulvilhill punted just 26 yards from the back of the end zone and Jarrin Campman returned the punt to the 9. Two plays later, Jenny hit John Sibel with a perfect throw on a wheel route for a 9-yard touchdown catch.
Bukasa then intercepted Hartranft on the Monarchs' ensuing possession, returning the interception to the 1. A personal foul penalty on the Lycoming sideline moved the ball back to the 16, but it took the Warriors just three plays to get a Parker Showers 3-yard touchdown run to push the Lycoming lead to 33-10.
"The defense really came out and stepped up on those series," Jenny said. "They gave us a short field and the punt return by Jarrin really set one up. It helped get back the momentum our way."
"When they're deep in their own territory, we're always looking to get a safety, a turnover or even a defensive touchdown," Hentz said. "That's the goal of everyone. Pinning them deep and then shutting them down twice was big for the whole team."
Lycoming got off to its fast start just 17 seconds into the game when Jenny hit Campman on a play-action pass for a 78-yard touchdown. It was the second time this year the two have connected on a big pass play for a touchdown.
And it was just the fast start head coach Mike Clark was looking for earlier in the week.
"There's some things there, that, on film, we thought we could take advantage of, so why wait," Clark said. "We felt we could score and that's a way to set the tone for the game. It set the tone en route to a 20-point lead."


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While there is no official word on whether HSBC will abandon Buffalo's tallest building, all signs are there and therefore the warnings must be heeded.
As reported by The News' Jonathan D. Epstein, HSBC Bank USA President and CEO Irene Dorner held a routine conference call with her senior managers last week and indicated that all employees will be leaving One HSBC Center by next October. The bank announced just this week it is laying off about 60 workers, most from the tower.
Calling it a mass exodus if the bank does vacate the building is an understatement. The bank leases about 78 percent of the 38-story, 850,000-square-foot structure.
The building is already losing its next two biggest tenants. The Phillips Lytle law firm, which currently occupies four floors, will move by late 2013 into the former Donovan State Office Building, which is being renamed One Canalside. And the Canadian Consulate, which took up two floors of the tower, has said it will reduce staff here to two full-time employees.
Those two moves alone are enough to raise concern about what to do with a potentially vacant white elephant sitting in Buffalo's downtown.
Let's just say it's good to see the owners seeking input from a well-respected source as to how to repurpose One HSBC Center.
The New York City-based partnership known as Seneca One Realty LLC is looking to the team of experts from the national Urban Land Institute. As reported, there will be a panel discussion and a study of best possible uses. The study will be partly funded by Buffalo Urban Development Corp., an economic development agency.
The ULI, based in Washington, D.C., has already earned impressive grades here for its work in helping devise a creative reuse for the former Millard Fillmore Hospital at Gates Circle. And earlier this year, institute consultants unveiled a plan to repurpose vacant parts of the Rainbow Centre in downtown Niagara Falls. The old shopping mall would be dramatically transformed into a public square with streetside shops, a farmers' market, a bowling alley and a movie theater.
The institute's planning experts are gathered from all over the country and have demonstrable skills in Rust Belt revitalization. Their input will be eagerly awaited, whether the result includes offices, condominiums, apartments or hotel rooms. A residential conversion would reportedly cost four to five times as much as refurbishing the space for another office user, but the question then becomes where to find another office user for the enormous space.
Again, there has been no official word on bank officials' plans for its 3,000 local workers, but it's hard to ignore the fact that it has sold its upstate branch network, credit card business and mortgage operations, and then a couple of years ago began saying it might not stay in its namesake tower.
Allowing One HSBC Center to sit empty and idle would be a disaster for downtown and the city as a whole. Finding meaningful reuse for Buffalo's tallest building is mission critical, and fortunately the owners are reaching out for help.


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4 Things Politicians Will Never Understand About Poor People
#2. Poor People Aren't Rampant Drug Addicts
"If you have enough money to be able to buy drugs, then you don't need the public assistance. I don't want tax dollars spent on drugs." -Jerry Sonnenberg
Amen, brother! Now, that's something I can get behind. And it looks like Kasha Kelley of Kansas agrees with us. So what do you propose we do about it? Oooh, poopydoodles, I just remembered that you're both huge advocates for mandatory drug testing for all welfare recipients.
"Yep, looks good. Here's your poor people money."
This is another hot debate in political circles because quite a few states have already adopted it, and several more are considering it. Why not? Yes, it was declared unconstitutional on grounds that it violates the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches, but other than that, it seems like a good idea. Drugs are a huge problem with the poor, and I most definitely don't want to be handing my tax dollars to someone who's just going to blow it on ... well, blow.
That's what all of these states thought, and some of them still think that. Then they did the testing and found out that, actually, the poor are pretty much as clean as the rest of us. In Arizona, out of 87,000 people they subjected to the test, exactly one monster-forkin' person tested positive. One. And Florida had just as embarrassing results: 21 people tested positive out of 51,000. That was right before a federal judge showed up and put a boot in their ... leg-hat, by blocking the law. Of course, that didn't hurt their feelings much since the program not only didn't save the state any money, but it actually put them almost $46,000 in the hole (must ... resist), even when you factor in the money they saved by denying applicants.
What really troubles me with this one isn't the occasional crackhead being booted from the system. It's the 6 year old that isn't being provided for, regardless of what illegal horsepoop their parents are putting into their bodies. As in all of these points, yes, those people do exist -- I'll never deny that. And yes, I think it's a dagnabbit falootin' shame that some of our money is going to crack instead of ... well, literally anything else. But that child is along for the ride, regardless, and pushing him deeper into poverty is unacceptable on pretty much every level.
Except that kid. That one's a piece of crap.
It's a total lack of sympathy on the parts of the people who are supposed to have the best interests of- oh, "sympathy." That's a good one. Let's remind politicians of that real quick before we forget.
#1. You Don't Have Real Sympathy for the Poor if You've Never Lived It
OK, let's be calm here. Let's just take a deep breath and talk about this like the rational, well mannered, non-cursing people that we are. Here is an infographic that ran in the Wall Street Journal talking about how the new tax code would be "highly painful" for Americans. The graphic covers every possible scenario the Wall Street Journal can conceive of, from the single mom only making $260,000 a year to the retired couple trying to get by on a fixed income of $180,000:
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Reading that dumb fucking mind turd of an image is like wiping my ass with my eyes. If you can look at that steaming pile of shit and not see what's wrong with it, you live in a different goddamn universe than the rest of us.
No, that didn't come from a politician, but this sure as hell does. That's Linda Sanchez, who is desperately trying to tug at our heartstrings by saying that she lives paycheck to paycheck. On her $174,000 salary. To pay for her multiple homes. Now, I understand that if you live a certain lifestyle and you're a limp dick at finances, it would be pretty easy to burn through that much in a year, but does that make us any more sympathetic? Fuck no, it doesn't. Even as one of the least wealthy members of Congress, she still earns three-and-a-half times more money than the average American household. And 16 times more than those at the very top of the poverty line.
So the question is, how can she possibly think of herself as poor? Because $174,000 a year is poor -- for a member of congress. They have no concept whatsoever of what life is like for someone getting by on what most working people make, let alone somebody subsisting on government aid. Although they can comprehend our income as a number, they cannot comprehend the lifestyle because they haven't lived it and they likely never will. You're not going to find these politicians hanging out in the poor section of town, scrounging change for weed (well, maybe Bill Clinton) -- they spend most of their time around other wealthy people -- other members of Congress (about half of which are millionaires), rich donors, high-powered business types, celebrities, etc. So their idea of "poor" or even "brokeass" is the pitiful bastard at the bottom of the chain who is living off of that measly $174,000 base salary because he or she doesn't have any other income on the side. Linda Sanchez is their version of poverty.
It's not even their fault -- you and I can be told about the horrors of living in the impoverished parts of Africa, where, for instance, any able-bodied person has to be pulled from work and school so that they can spend several hours of their day hauling a 70-pound jug of muddy, parasite-infested water several miles back to their home. But no matter how good the narrative and no matter how persistent the activist, we in no way have any idea what their lives are actually like. We can't know it because we will never live it. At best, we can feel sympathy for them and even donate some money to a charity to help them out.
"Just wanted to show you how much you would have gotten this week if not for me putting it back in my pocket right now."
But we hopefully wouldn't be stupid enough to think we can know what it was like to grow up there and to live under a completely different set of rules and expectations. And for the love of fuck, we shouldn't be so goddamned shit-ignorant as to somehow think they're putting one over on us when they get food aid ("Oh, please, I wish I could have afforded an AK-47 when I was 8.") But then I turn around and hear dumb fucking cockholes like John Fleming claim that after investing back into his businesses, his $6.3 million earnings only leaves him with $600,000. And when he continues flapping his stupid richlips and says that by the time he's fed his family, he only has $400k left, my eyes roll so hard up into my head I can visually inspect my own soul. And then I set all of my possessions on fire to prevent myself from doing it to his.
Though it still doesn't change the fact that he could replace everything I own with two hours of work.
And I realize that shoving all of the numbers we've cited right into their faces would do nothing -- all of this data is available to them, at any time. All of it would bounce right off their skulls because of that one time they heard about a guy on welfare who had an iPhone and a big-screen TV, and one time they read an email forward about a guy who gave money to a beggar only to see that beggar later driving a Cadillac. And dammit, they think, that has to be the way it is, because otherwise it means that well-meaning people can bust their fucking asses every day and still fall through the cracks. And that can't be possible, can it? "Quick! Find me a picture of a poor person buying lobster with food stamps so I can reassure myself the system works!" Oh, fuck you.
Well, I got through most of it without cursing. So lick my asshole.
John has a Twitter where he never, ever stops cursing. And a Facebook fan page where he once set up a curse jar that broke the Internet.
For more Cheese, check out 5 Reasons Today Isn't Going to Suck and 5 Dismissive Arguments That You Only Use When You're Wrong.


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ATTICA - From the looks of things, the Mohawk girls are going to like life in the Northern 10 Athletic Conference.
The league doesn't begin until 2014, but the Warriors sent a message that they will be among the elite teams, taking the top three sports in Tuesday's N10 Invitational in Attica and winning the meet 21-78 over Bucyrus.
Carey also finished with 78 points, but lost out on a tiebreaker to Bucyrus for second place. Buckeye Central (137) took sixth and Seneca East did not field a full team.
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Shauna Leeth won the event, finishing in 21:28.88. McKenzie Richardson was second in 22:05.85.
Both are freshmen.
Finishing third was the Warriors' Kayla Risner, who crossed the line in 22:22.05. Mohawk had two other top 10 finishers. Beth Dundore took seventh in 23:03.21, while Haley Leeth finished right after her in 23:12.21.
The Blue Devils were led by Jaclyn Troiano, who took fourth in 22:32.09.
Buckeye Central's Lizbeth Figeuroa ran 11th in 23:53.42.
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Maybe it was wanting to get ready for the tournament. Maybe it was the desire to send the seniors off on a high note. Maybe it was junior Olivia Smith rapping the huddle.
Maybe it was all of the above.
Whatever the reason, the Calvert Senecas came out inspired.
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Calvert led all but nine seconds Thursday against Lakota. That was the time it took for Nicole Bickley to score the game's first points after the tipoff. Not much changed over the next 31:51 as the Senecas rolled past the Raiders 71-31 in the regular season finale.
It was a night where Calvert honored its three seniors - Megan Funkhouser, Alanna Widman and Marisa Horn. But, it was a junior stealing the show.
Kate Brickner set a school record knocking down eight 3-pointers, on her way to a 28-point night.
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Calvert 71, Lakota 31
Lakota (1-9, 3-18): Alyssa Talbert 0-0-0; Stephanie Miller 3-0-7; Rachel Feick 0-0-0; Jessica Walter 0-3-3; Aspen Ray 0-2-2; Morgan Mowry 2-0-4; Katie Park 4-3-11; Paige Alloway 0-0-0; Destiny Long Meyer 0-0-0; Morgan Gangwer 1-0-3; Ally Hovis 0-0-0. Totals: 10-8-31.
Calvert (16-6, 8-2): Emma Sullivan 0-0-0; Taylor Ritzler 0-0-0; Danielle Kontak 0-0-0; Ashley Perry 2-0-4; Marisa Horn 2-1-5; Samantha Beckley 0-0-0; Kate Brickner 9-2-28; Margaret Bowers 1-0-2; Alanna Widman 4-2-10; Megan Funkhouser 0-0-0; Lindsay Bickley 0-0-0; Olivia Smith 4-0-8; Nicole Bickley 4-6-14. Totals: 26-11-71
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Field goals: Lakota 10-50; Calvert 26-51
3-point goals: Lakota 3-7 (Park, Miller, Gangwer); Calvert 8-16 (Brickner 8)
Foul shots: Lakota 8-21; Calvert 11-15
Rebounds: Lakota 32 (Park 5); Calvert 45 (N. Bickley 9, Bowes 6, Widman 6)
Turnovers: Lakota 19; Calvert 20
"I was so excited the whole night," Brickner said. "I wanted to play my best for our seniors. I wanted them to have a good win, a night to remember. I just wanted to play my hardest. If I was making them I was going to keep shooting."
Calvert coach Tim Ritzler said he knew Brickner was having a good night, just not how good. Although, judging from the roar of the crowd when he sunk her eighth trifecta with 15 seconds left in the third quarter, he figured something special just happened.
"She just shot the ball extremely well. We had her down 8 of 10 on 3s," Ritzler said. "Throughout the game I knew she was shooting well. I wasn't sure how many she was at. By the eruption I kinda figured that was probably the one that broke it, but I wasn't sure. But she's somebody that's been able to shoot the ball well for us all year and tonight she was just on fire."
Brickner's performance helped make it a special night for the departing seniors.
"It was fun, it was exciting," Widman said after scoring 10 points and grabbing six rebounds in her final home game. "I'm going to miss it. I love playing here. It's always fun, and there's never a dull moment on the court. I love my team because we never ever are selfish or anything like that."
Brickner echoed the sentiments about the team wanting to make it a fun night.
"We just wanted to have fun," Brickner added. "That's what we said when we came up; that's we said in our huddle. We all had fun. It was just a good game for us. We just executed, everyone played hard. It was a good game for everybody."
It may have been a jovial atmosphere in the huddles, but once Calvert took the court, it was all business. The Senecas came out hot on both ends of the floor, racing out to a 21-4 lead after one quarter.
"It was just a team effort," Widman said. "We passed the ball really well and we just so happened to put the ball in the basket right away instead of coming out flat like we normally do."
According to Widman, it was the same team effort that allowed Calvert to excel on the defensive end.
"We play really good help defense and we talk really well on defense which is really helpful," she said. "When anyone needs help, someone's always there to help out. It's just a team effort right there."
Widman and Horn, usually playing in a reserve roll, were moved into the starting lineup Thursday and Ritzler said the team never missed a beat.
"Even though we changed out starting lineup a little bit, starting all the seniors, it was good to see us come out and get off to a good start and keep playing the way we have the last couple games, keep playing well, keep playing our best basketball getting ready for the tournament," he said. "It was good to see no matter what lineup we went with, we seemed to execute well. We were finding the open person, just doing the things we're supposed to do."
Ritzler praised the efforts of his seniors.
Horn chipped in five points and Funkhouser, while being held scoreless, grabbed five rebounds and was instrumental in a defensive effort that held Lakota to a 20 percent (10 of 50) shooting night.
"It's an emotional night for the seniors their last game on their home floor," Ritzler said. "(Funkhouser) probably let her emotions get the best of her a little bit. ... Tonight it was good night for Alanna to get her points. I thought Marisa did an excellent job running the point, finding the open people. It was good to see all three seniors play well in their last game."
Things weren't all bleak for Lakota coach Mike Miller. After the game, Miller said he was pleased with how his team kept battling in the second half.
"We played a lot more aggressive in the second half offensively (and) moved the ball good," he said. "I took a lot of positives out of it. We're towards the bottom of the league, they're right up at the top, second in the league, and we played them very tough in the second half. I was proud of the way they kept fighting.
"The difference between the first and second half is the way they played together as a group. Defensively they helped each other out when someone got beat. They were there for each other."
Katie Park led Lakota (3-18, 1-9 Midland Athletic League) with 11 points.
In addition to Brickner's big night Calvert (16-6, 8-2) got 14 points and nine rebounds from Bickley.
Ritzler said after he feels his team is peaking at the right time.
"I think we're playing out best basketball of the season," he said. "We've beaten a couple of tough opponents. We got a good win tonight (and) we played well. We're shooting the ball really well right now. I think we're right where we want to be and hopefully we keep it up."


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