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NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. -- Students' after-game plans and a fire department's attempt to get to a reported chimney fire came to a deadly collision on state Route 8 Saturday night, taking the lives of three Hancock County teenagers.
The "horrific" accident resulted in the deaths of Kristyn Butcher, 16, of Newell; Kaylin Rice, 16, of Chester; and John Emmett Snow III, 16, of New Cumberland, Hancock County Sheriff Ralph Fletcher said.
Butcher and Rice were pronounced dead at the scene, while Snow succumbed to his injuries after being transported to East Liverpool City Hospital, Fletcher said.
Butcher and Rice were juniors at Oak Glen High School in West Virgnia, and Snow was a sophomore. "It's a terrible, terrible tragedy, and our school community is just devastated by it," Hancock County Schools Superintendent Suzan Smith said.
Smith struggled to find the right words to express her feelings. "I just can't imagine how the families-it just has to be devastating for them. I just can't imagine what they're going through."
"Our young people-their lives are so full and happy, and it's just hard to understand why they're taken from us," Smith said.
"It's a very sad day for Oak Glen," Athletic Director Phil Rujak said. "We're all kind of reeling from this. You never want to have to deal with something like this."
The crash occurred at 9 p.m. Saturday near the Route 8 entrance to Tomlinson Run State Park, shortly after the New Manchester Volunteer Fire Department had received a report of a chimney fire, the sheriff's department said. The pumper truck, with six firefighters aboard, had just left the station and was northbound on Route 8 when it was struck by a southbound car driven by Butcher, Fletcher said.
Butcher reportedly pulled into the northbound lane in an attempt to pass another vehicle and then unsuccessfully tried to pull back into the southbound lane, Fletcher said, citing witness statements and crash scene evidence.
"We don't believe road conditions had anything to do with it. At that time, there wasn't any precipitation," Fletcher said.
Three of the six New Manchester volunteer firefighters were taken to Weirton Medical Center for injuries suffered in the accident. They were treated and released, Fletcher said.
Route 8 was closed for several hours as the sheriff's department conducted its investigation, with help from the West Virginia State Police, New Cumberland Police Department, Hancock County Sheriff's Reserve, New Cumberland Ambulance Service, LifeTeam EMS, and the New Manchester, New Cumberland and Newell volunteer fire departments.
Fletcher said the investigation into the accident is ongoing. Asked whether the students were wearing seat belts, Fletcher said, "That's all part of the investigation."
New Manchester fire Chief Roger Stewart declined to release the names of the injured firefighters and referred all questions to the sheriff's department.
Hancock County sheriff's Deputy Chad Lamp, who responded to the accident, described the scene as "horrific. ... It was one of the worst accidents I've seen in my 13 years with the (New Manchester) fire department and my seven years with the sheriff's department.
"Our thoughts and prayers and concerns go out to the families of the three victims ... and the members of the fire department involved," said Lamp, who also is New Manchester assistant fire chief.
Lamp said the firefighters participated in a critical incident stress debriefing at the fire station Sunday afternoon. "It's basically a counseling session for everybody to be able to talk about their feelings, and just to make sure everybody's OK," he said.
Butcher's mother, Lori Butcher, was surrounded by family and friends at her Newell home Sunday afternoon as she tried to cope with the news of her daughter's death.
Through tears, Butcher described her daughter as "always happy. She always was smiling. But she didn't take crap from anybody. She was feisty that way."
Butcher said she last saw Kristyn at about 6 or 6:30 p.m. Saturday, after they had dinner. She said her daughter was going to the Oak Glen Golden Bears girls basketball game with Rice and Snow and then had plans to stay the night at a friend's house.
Butcher said Kristyn enjoyed going hunting with her father and playing basketball and volleyball at her church, Glendale Church of the Nazarene in Newell.
Amy Snow described Emmett as "an avid hunter" who also enjoyed riding his four-wheeler. "We have a farm, and that was really important to him. He helped us on the farm all the time-with the tractors, the hay and taking care of the cattle," she said.
Snow said Emmett was looking forward to seeing his sister, Alyson, play in Saturday night's home game against the Toronto Lady Red Knights. Butcher, Snow and Rice were on their way back to Emmett's house in New Cumberland at the time of the accident, she said.
According to news accounts, Rice was a softball player at Oak Glen. Her family could not be reached for comment.
Hancock County Schools are closed today because of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but Smith said grief counselors will be available to talk to students when they return on Tuesday.
"We will do everything we can to provide support to not only our students but also our school personnel-to try to ease the terrible pain this has caused," Smith said.
News of the triple-fatality spread fast on social media sites, generating expressions of support from the St. Clair Township Police Department, St. John Central High School in Bellaire, Ohio, FirefightersWorldwide.com, and other organizations.


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When it comes to 2012, Buffalo's professional sports teams may as well throw the year into the scrap heap. On the field, it was mostly a waste of time. ¶ The Bills are simply lost, a laughingstock of the NFL wrapping up their 13th straight nonplayoff season. The Sabres missed the playoffs for the third time in five years. Even the Bandits (first losing season since 1999) and Bisons (seventh straight nonplayoff year) caught the malaise of their pro counterparts. ¶ You want winners? The good news is there were plenty to choose from in the high school and college ranks as well as some trips to the medal stand by Western New Yorkers at the London Olympics. But the biggest winners as the year drew to a close have to be Bills fans. They're now assured they will have a team for at least the next few years after last week's announcement the team has signed a memorandum of understanding for a 10-year lease extension at Ralph Wilson Stadium. ¶ There are plenty of nagging questions about the Bills' lease, especially since the team can get out of it after year seven for the relatively small sum of $28.4 million. And even if it goes to completion, the Ralph will be nearly 50 years old and far past its prime as an NFL venue. But at the very least, the extension buys the team – as well as New York State and Erie County – badly needed time to figure out a course for the future of the NFL in Buffalo.
Here's a look back at our choices for the top 10 events of 2012 in Buffalo sports. Some you'll remember fondly. Others? Well, as the old adage goes, wait till next year.
1. Bills sign lease extension
The prevailing theory was that the Bills were going to work out a one-year extension of their lease to play at the Ralph. So last week's announcement of a longer-term deal was a stunner on many levels. The state and county were able to negotiate an astonishing $400 million relocation penalty from the team after years 1-6, and again after years 8-10.
There will be $130 million spent on renovations at the stadium (with the state and county kicking in $95 million of that). That's less than the Bills originally hoped for but still a large chunk of money for a facility that opened in 1972 and is one of the oldest in the NFL. Also part of the announcement was the admission by the parties that they will start to explore the possibility of a new stadium, which would almost certainly be needed if the franchise is to remain here in the long term.
A downtown facility, perhaps combined with a new convention center, has been on the mind of fans and some local leaders for a while, but this was the first time the Bills and major political figures have publicly addressed it. The cost could be in the $600-$700 million range, perhaps even higher, and would largely be dependent on a new ownership group.
2. Bills sign Mario, lose again
The Bills were the talk of the NFL for a 44-hour period over three days in March as they were courting Houston Texans defensive end Mario Williams, a former No. 1 overall draft pick and the kind of player that basically never signs as a free agent in small-market Buffalo. But this was different, a full-court press followed wildly by fans and media who even staked out Tempo Restaurant downtown as Williams dined with Bills officials. When Williams signed on March 15, it was for a $100 million deal that made him the most expensive defensive player in NFL history and the most significant free-agent addition in franchise annals.
Williams and fellow free agent Mark Anderson were supposed to anchor a much-improved defense that would spearhead the end of the franchise's playoff drought. Williams struggled the first half of a season with a wrist injury before showing improvement after the problem was repaired. The defense on the whole, however, was a flop, giving up 50-plus points in a game twice and becoming the first NFL team since 1986 to get burned for 45-plus in four different games.
As the season draws to a close with the team 5-10 heading into Sunday's finale, the status of coach Chan Gailey and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is tenuous at best.
3. Sabres miss playoffs again
For the fifth straight season, the Sabres didn't win a playoff series. That's because for the third time in those five years they didn't even make the Stanley Cup party. The Sabres' 39-32-11 record left them with 89 points, ninth in the Eastern Conference and three shy of the final playoff spot. Ryan Miller's infamous concussion (courtesy of Boston tough guy Milan Lucic) was the most notable of numerous injuries, but the season was ultimately stained by a record 12-game losing streak on the road that was finally ended with a late-January win in New Jersey.
The Sabres were actually in eighth place, but they went just 1-3-1 in their last five games, allowing the Capitals and Ottawa Senators to finish ahead of them. There's been no chance at redemption with the NHL locked out since mid-September and the 2012-13 season in jeopardy.
4. Olympic medals for WNYers
Three Western New Yorkers climbed the steps in London, led by the gold medal-winning performance of Fredonia's Jenn Suhr in the women's pole vault. Suhr cleared 4.75 meters (15 feet, 7 inches) and then waited for a final miss by Cuba's Yarisley Silva before winning the event.
In archery, Elma's Jake Kaminski helped the U.S. team capture a silver medal largely on the heels of his three perfect 10s that wrapped up a semifinal victory over defending champion South Korea. In rowing, Buffalo native Tom Terhaar coached the women's eights to a successful defense of its gold medal as the crew eased to victory by nearly 10 seconds.
5. Bona men, women go to NCAA
St. Bonaventure pulled off a first in Big 4 basketball history – the men's and women's teams both went to the NCAA Tournament in the same season. The women were a season-long story, becoming the first Big 4 team to be ranked and the first to advance to a Sweet 16 since the 1970 Final Four men's team. The 2012 Bona men upset Xavier in the Atlantic 10 final at Atlantic City, N.J., to go to the NCAAs for the first time since 2000.
The women earned a No. 5 seed as an at-large team after their 18-game winning streak was snapped by a loss in the Atlantic 10 final. The Bonnies beat Florida Gulf Coast in overtime, the first NCAA triumph for a Big 4 women's team. They then advanced to Sweet 16 with a 66-63 win over Marist. The run ended in the regional semifinal with a 79-35 loss to top-seeded Notre Dame, leaving the Bona women with a 31-4 record that was a Big 4 mark for victories. The men were led by future NBA first-round pick Andrew Nicholson and won the first A-10 Tournament title in school history. They lost to Florida State in the NCAA tournament, ending their season at 20-12.
6. Bisons sign with Blue Jays
Four years of mostly mediocre baseball, three of which ended in losing records, prompted the Bisons to dump the New York Mets as their parent club after a 67-76 season ended on Labor Day. A couple of weeks later, the Herd did what many had expected for more than a year – sign a two-year Player Development Contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Marty Brown, who managed Buffalo's 2004 championship team that was affiliated with the Cleveland Indians, was assigned from Toronto's old Triple-A team in Las Vegas to manage the Bisons in 2013, when they will display a new logo and new uniforms. The signature moment of an otherwise drab 2012 Bisons season was a 2-0 win Aug. 18 over Pawtucket in a game played in Boston's historic Fenway Park.
7. 11-0 for Canisius football
After many years of domination by St. Francis and St. Joe's in the Msgr. Martin Association, Canisius posted its first perfect season since 1976 and piled up a huge bushel of awards. The Crusaders were No. 1 among large schools in The Buffalo News Poll for the first time, and posted marquee wins over Walsh Jesuit of Ohio and Section V Class AA champion Aquinas en route to the first perfect season by an MMA large school since 1998. Senior two-way lineman Ryan Hunter and junior running back Qadree Ollison shared The News Player of the Year award, while Rich Robbins was named the Buffalo Bills/NFL Coach of the Year.
8. Jim Baron back in the Big 4
The former St. Bonaventure coach was fired at Rhode Island after a 7-24 season and Canisius was looking for an upgrade from Tom Parrotta, who was fired after a 5-25 campaign that marked his sixth straight losing season. So the school quickly moved to make what some people thought was an unusual hire in Baron – a 58-year-old who is a former coaching hero and alum at its archrival. But Baron built NCAA teams from the ashes at St. Francis and Bona and had five 20-win seasons at Rhody too. He brought his son, Billy, along and the Griffs started a season 6-1 for the first time since 1974 and won their opening two conference games for the first time since 1997. A Dec. 19 win at Temple was the program's most significant in nonconference play since 1994 and Canisius has legitimate hopes of its first NCAA bid since 1996 and just its second since 1957.
9. UB extends Jeff Quinn's contract
Not many college football coaches get a new contract with a 9-27 record after three seasons but Quinn got an extension last month from new athletics director Danny White, largely on hope for the future. After a 1-7 start, UB won three straight games for the first time since 2008 before a season-ending loss at Bowling Green, ending up 4-8. But the Bulls will have 17 returning starters next season and are likely to have an easier schedule in the Mid-American Conference, so White opted for continuity rather than change. Next season starts with games at Ohio State and Baylor.
10.Triple-A All Star game here
In the 1988 inaugural season at then-Pilot Field, Buffalo was the site of a great experiment in minor league baseball when it hosted the first matchup of Triple-A All-Stars. The game was televised on ESPN and was an immediate success. The 25th version returned to Buffalo in July and more than 35,000 fans were on hand for what has become a two-day event: More than 17,000 saw Bisons slugger Valentino Pascucci thrill the crowd by winning the Triple-A Home Run Derby, and a sellout crowd of 18,025 two nights later saw the Pacific Coast League's 3-0 win over the International League.
Honorable mentions
Former Williamsville South star Joe Licata takes over as UB quarterback, directs three wins; Randolph wins state football title, Sweet Home and Orchard Park lose in finals; Athletics Director Warde Manuel leaves UB for UConn, Danny White hired from Mississippi; Longtime Williamsville South basketball coach Al Monaco fired amid controversy; Heartbreak for Randolph girls and OTC Middle College boys in state basketball championship games; St. Bona grad and former Pittsburgh Steeler Jack Butler inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame; Niagara men's hockey team cracks national polls with red-hot goalie Carsen Chubek; reliever Steve Geltz makes MLB debut with Los Angeles Angels, becomes first former UB player in bigs since Joe Hesketh; Bandits suffer first losing season since 1999, get eliminated in first round of National Lacrosse League playoffs; Women's hockey among sports dropped by Niagara University; WNY Flash women's soccer team wins championship of third league in three years.
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... I thought that Caithness made the Edinburgh Crystal weights to begin with, before the contract went to Murano? So there may be no such thing as Edinburgh Crystal canes...but perhaps one of the Scottish glass experts could confirm or correct this?
... But what do I know....
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Just scored tickets to see...
Morrissey at the Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis. 1/25/13
Yo La Tengo at First Ave, Minneapolis. 2/4/13
Sigur Rós at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul. 4/3/13
Starting off 2013 with some hopefully good shows.
How about you who are you seeing? Nevermind the music genre tell us what shows you are going to?


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Just for a colour test, because many different people see colours differently, what colour is on the outside of the centre ring of canes? This is a serious question. Regards Roger.
... unless of course anyone can show me an Ysart bros that is as well made.
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The 8 Stupidest Defenses Against Accusations of Sexism
I recently wrote an article on hilariously sexist costumes. The article and the resulting comments were like Bruce Banner experimenting with gamma radiation. I was only trying to prove some minor points, but the results made my arguments stronger than I could ever have imagined. These are actual comments from that column's comment section, but you could see them anywhere. Behold, the worst sexism defenses that get used every day on the Internet ...
#8. Call the Other Person GayThe Comment*:
I didn't knew Luke was gay ...
*I won't include their usernames because they'd love that, and because making them write "THAT WAS ME, I WAS THAT IDIOT" in this article's comments will be hilarious.
This is equal parts terrifying and disappointing. It's terrifying because some people genuinely think the only reason you wouldn't want women to walk around naked is because you don't want to jam your dick in them. They cannot conceive of any other reason for female clothing, because they've spent less time with women than the Eagle moon lander. It's amazing that such ridiculous sexism exists in someone who isn't stomping around killing wizards and slaying dragons.
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... and to hear the lamentation of their women! In fact, I only ever hear lamentation from women. But never for long.
The saddest part is how some people still use "gay" as an insult. I don't normally assume that obsessive comics fans are lonely virgins, but when someone's calling me homosexual through an Internet comment about Power Girl's tit-window, they leave me no choice. The person who left that comment clearly has to plastic bag his own genitals in order to avoid dog-earing from relentless pawing.
#7. Claim the Other Person Is Just Trying to Get LaidThe Comments:
... But then I see its[sic] written by a guy and it just loses me. In my experience, most men who go out of their way to express their "dislike" in media's portrayal of women are just doing it to get tail ...
Luke, you sound like you're trying to get laid in a Woman's Studies class.
These are both the most and least sexist comments ever made: They assume everything anyone does is for sex, but it's something they will never have. I tried to imagine how sexless your life would have to be to think an Internet comedy article about comics could get you laid, but stopped because my testicles were retracting into my body. Because when you think that, your testicles migrate to your stomach for digestion. I think the guys who wrote these comments say things like that because they're trying to get kicked in the balls, which they'll then claim as third base.
It's the closest he's gotten.
Virginity is the one subject where 40 years of experience doesn't make you an expert for other people. Of course, most of us don't need special tactics to get laid. It turns out "not being an asshole" and "meeting other people" both work pretty well.
#6. Misandry-Man vs. The Feminazi!The Comment:
Cracked isn't doing a good job of keeping up with the times by failing to treat men's issues with any degree of legitimacy.
Also any comment using "feminazi" or "misandry."
"Misandry" may be the most efficient word in the English language. In just one word it condenses the self-denying assholery of "I'm not a racist, but ..." with the misogyny of "All women are bitches," throwing in a free persecution-complex bonus, because it's not like the user was going anywhere. Our previous codeword for "biggest asshole on the planet" took two words because Donald Trump has a first name.
For once Trump isn't the most hated guy in the article, and goddamn these assholes for making that possible.
If you think hot women have it easy because everyone wants to have sex at them, you're both wrong and also the reason you're wrong. Most people don't base their quality of life around how hard it is to get laid, because they actually do get laid, and it isn't that hard to do. Being a straight male is tremendous fun and sexuality's lowest difficulty setting: You know what you want and everyone else in your demographic will praise you for being able to do it. No one else on the spectrum of sexual orientation can say that. If women hate you for cursing about how stupid "bitches" are, it's not because you're the victim of an anti-male conspiracy: It's because you're you.
#5. Dictionaries
If you're having a difficult time imagining how dictionaries could be made relevant to sexuality, well done on knowing more about sexuality than some real people.
The Comments:
Definition of SEXISM
1: prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially: discrimination against women
2: behavior, conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex
With the exception of sue being useless, I don't see how any of these costumes fit this criteria (looking slutty isn't a social role). In my experience the scantily clad girls kick just as much ass and are just as useful as everyone else. These costumes may be ridiculous, impractical, insulting and objectifying, but they aren't sexist.
So uh ... yeah ... calling a piece of clothing sexist is like calling my baseball cap a liberal.
There's a certain species of idiot who tries to semantically argue their way out of idiocy, and to this day they're confused about why their dictionaries haven't gotten them laid. But not as confused as their DNA, which can't understand why evolution created a species that prevents itself from reproducing.
"We don't care what your figures say, we are not taking our shirts off."
It saves time when someone opens their argument by copy-pasting a dictionary. You immediately know they 1) think length counts over quality (which is why they bought that penis pump), 2) are incapable of stating their own thoughts and 3) are stupid. He also admits his only experience with girls is from comics, which might be why he thinks "looking slutty isn't a social role." This guy would stand up at his first Wrestlemania to elucidate how elevating your person onto the uppermost turnbuckle is tactically unsound. He has no experience of two people writhing together, or why anyone would dress and act a certain way in public, but believes his knowledge of words makes him the expert.
#4. Pedantry
Another breed of comics fans have an obsessive knowledge of every issue ever printed, and just like any group of lunatics who believe that anyone deviating from their chosen text can burn in hell, their text is full of madness and contradiction. Also, "breed" is the wrong word to use with people who genuinely hate you for not agreeing with them. When writing about the Star Sapphires and Wonder Woman, I used images of the Star Sapphires and Wonder Woman, and people screamed at me because not all Star Sapphires are Wonder Woman. DC has so many identical body-painted lingerie models that it's hard to tell them apart. Apparently, this was supposed to weaken the point I was making about sexism.
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I was enjoying this article until I saw that first image of that Star Sapphire member with epic cleavage. Too bad it wasn't Wonder Woman as stated, but Carol Ferris. So, seriously, can you at least do your f*****g research before writing an article next time? I don't care how poignant/relevant the entire message/moral/yada-yada is, it's those kinds of little details (or more precisely, the lack thereof) that makes (sic) me question your credibility as a journalist.
I also question my credibility as a journalist, and the question is "Really?" followed by mocking laughter. Simply using the phrase "epic cleavage" means that that comment is the closest he's gotten to any in a situation involving another person. When he clicks on porn clips, the girls say they have to go be naked in shampoo commercials that night.
"It's not you, it's me. Me and the way I wish you didn't exist."
I'm not saying this kind of lunatic "You referred to a character from Showcase No. 22 as well as one from All Star Comics No. 8, RETARD!" continuity obsession is what's killing the market by scaring off new readers, but DC just ended all their continuities and blew up their entire universe to attract new readers. Because when a six-issue series has to spend five pages per issue on characters reminding each other about bullshit that happened in other comics, that's not fun. That's what fictional characters get instead of arthritis when they're forced to do the same thing for 60 years.
#3. "One Example Isn't Sexist, So Your Argument Is Invalid"
A few idiots confuse social trends for scientific rules, claiming that a single counterexample disproves the entire statement. Which is insane, because the laws of physics have nothing to do with comics breasts.
According to gravity, each should have its own orbital satellites.
And I am delighted that, on a site that copy-pasted the entire article (thanks, assholes!), their example was Amanda Waller. I cut her from the original article because she's too obscure for most people. But since we're already talking about an angry article-stealing comics fan's penis' preferences, this column is already about obscure sex things no one has ever seen. So, for the first time ever, a bonus entry for a previous article!
Amanda Waller kicked all the ass. One of the only people in the DC universe to think "Maybe we shouldn't just keep murderers who can fire atomic blasts behind non-atomic-blast-proof walls," as master of the Suicide Squad she used implanted bombs to force villains to fight other villains and then make sure that Suicide Squad wasn't just a snappy name. She was a person of color and size, both disadvantages as far as mainstream comics are concerned, and still permanently kicked more villainous ass than the entire Justice League. I would rather piss off Batman than Waller, because you know the Bat-wimp is going to leave you alive, but Waller simply does not give that guarantee.
And here's how she looked after the 2011 DC reboot.
She was one of the only nonattractive women in their entire universe, and they rewrote their entire reality to "fix" that. They considered including even one person a reader wouldn't want to fuck an error worth rebooting space-time itself to undo. That's not a cherry-picked shot, that's the very first shot of the new Waller, how they presented her to a brand new audience: leaning over for bra-display purposes while ordering the mass murder of 60,000 people by convicted felons. That is literally psychotic sexism, and it's worth pointing out that while her team is armed with impact harnesses, thermal imaging helmets, wrist-mounted cannons and tattoos made of infernal flame, her special equipment is a frilly edged peephole bra.
#2. "It's OK for Sexist Things to Be Sexist"The Comments:
Yes, surprise, surprise a medium almost exclusively made for, marketed, and sold to adolescent boys and men heavily plays off idealized male fantasies including o_0gasp0_o sexual ones perish the thought.
Why is the idea of sex so abhorrent to you?
You wouldn't complain about women dressing like this in pornography, so why complain here?
Multiple commenters gave me shit for not just admitting that comics were porn, and that's the only multiple anything these idiots will give anything. They admit that they only view comics as a sexual fantasy (two directly equate them to sex itself) and then challenge me to respond. I don't want to say it's hard in case they get the wrong idea.
I can't believe I have to explain this to people who clearly read dictionaries ("Abhorrent (adj): like hate but you're trying to sound smart") but sexy doesn't have to be sexist. In fact, it's even sexier and funner when it isn't, although that's difficult to understand when you only see real women in browser windows. This "sexy-ist" bullshit is why we still have judges telling women to try not to get sexually assaulted next time, and why people who sell vuvuzelas are better protected from violence than those who sell sex, despite the latter making sure the buyer doesn't bother other people for a while.
Hey, dumbass, can you think of a reason why about half of anything would be female? (In fairness, he's probably never met one.)
#1. "You Don't Even Like This!"The Comment:
Luke McKinney, YOU, and all the people who run around spouting off about inequality in comics without ever actually looking at what the stories being printed are about, are the root of the very problem you are decrying.
This happens when someone believes himself the final authority on anything. If you don't agree with him, you just don't get it! The idea is that you can't enjoy comics if you don't enjoy primary-colored lingerie catalogs, and depressingly that's what most modern superhero-comic writers think, too. Which is why I wrote the article in the first place: I love comics. I've spent more on comics than I have on cars and consider them more useful. I not only have controversial opinions on Tony Stark versus Bruce Wayne, I'm geeky enough to know they're controversial (and which back issues to claim "don't count" because that writer clearly didn't understand the character he was writing, in my nonhumble opinion). I'm still annoyed that Stormwatch Achilles got cut off by an unrelated reboot.
I'm flattered that people think I'd research an entire industry for a few quick gags, but I don't work quite that hard. I didn't include Emma Frost in the first article because her character really is about overt sexuality. I didn't include Witchblade or Tarot because they don't have characters at all, just structurally improbable lines of clothing to (sometimes) to hold their blatant pork-spheres in place.
Broadsword Comics
The two Death Stars were more structurally probable and had better-developed personalities.
Loving comics is why I'm annoyed at major publishers deciding "We'll only target half the population, then much less than that" by turning it into expensive fake softcore: ridiculously stupid characters and more camera angle than character development. It's also why I'm excited by new characters who exist in their own universes, and so are allowed to actually do things that won't be erased in the next story arc. Atomic Robo features women who kick ass and wear clothes at the same time, as if not being naked were some kind of combat advantage. Empowered proves that joyously, blatant fan service doesn't preclude a personality or character development. It turns out you don't need a Y chromosome to have a lead role or protection against chilly breezes.
Atomic Robo, Red 5 Comics
Warning: This may be the first time in all of comics you've seen non-breast-molded body armor.
Empowered, Dark Horse Comics
The goddamned Maidman, who throws doilyrangs, with a little something for idiots who say "It's a distraction tactic!" and "Men are equally objectified."
Comics are fun. Sexiness is even funner. But if you can't get through 30 pages without naked ladies, you might as well claim you're reading it for the articles.
Luke doesn't just understand comics sexuality, he's also an expert in video game romance. And yes, of course such a seductive genius has a Tumblr and website.
For more responses to idiots, check out the 10 Species of Angry Commenter You Encounter on the Web and The 8 Most Obnoxious Internet Commenters.


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October 19, 2013
By Tony Viola Ogden Newspapers MORGANTOWN — A bye week couldn't have come at a better time for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Though WVU sits at .500, it's been a seesaw season thus far....
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We enjoyed our stay in Amsterdam. Har's apartment is well located in the centre of the city. Everything was as described and expected. On arrival we were well received. The studio apartment isn't perfectly clean but comfortable- thats ok.:)
We had 4 very nice days in Amsterdam and Har's apartment was a great pleasure to stay at. Unfortunatly the weather was cold and wet so we couldn't enjoy the balcony so much. To stay in Amsterdam so near the Leidseplein (just 5 minutes with the tram No.1) it's easy to explore all the fancy places. It was a pleasure to stay at this apartment, we highly recommend it! And Har is such a kind guy! Thank you again for your hospitality!
Lovely place! Har is very welcoming, and also very helpful! We had an amazing 3 nights! The place was very warming! The bed was super comfortable! I'd definitely rate 10/10! Would most definitely come back to Har's humble abode! Xx
We arrived early evening and Har was at the apartment upon our arrival.
He helped us up the stairs and to our room and kindly gave us a tour and some advice for the duration of our stay.
The place itself was really clean and cosy and the balcony was perfect for the evenings. Also, just opposite the front door to the building is a tram stop which takes you directly to the centre of Amsterdam and Centraal Station.
Perfect location, clean and comfortable and more than reasonable for the price!
Would definitely recommend this property and possibly stay again!
We had a wonderful stay at Har's apartment. He was welcoming, kind and helpful, and the apartment was situated close to the centre of town and next to the beautiful Vondelpark. The apartment itself was clean and very nicely decorated with plenty of information books and leaflets there to browse through. We would really recommend staying here and we would certainly love to come back!
WOW!!! What a lovely property!
We stayed for a long weekend and could not have been happier. House was easy to find, Har was there to greet us and carried our luggage up the steep stairway. a welcome bottle of wine and a very inviting room was waiting for us.
A lovely, confy bed, tv with English channels and Wi-fi all included.
Who needs a hotel, this was a perfect place for a couples break, perfect access to the main sights, Vondelpark, museums and all the cities delights - 20 minute walk to the middle of all the action. the balcony and kitchen were a god send and culd not have been made feel more at home. Although it's on a main road, the balcony overlooked some gardens at the back and could hear parrots from the park more than any traffic. Har is on hand to offer advice about the city and offers bike hire and discount vouchers for all main attractions. We will definitely be visiting Har again and would highly recommend this Studio apartment to anyone looking for a relaxed, independent break.
Thank you Har
We stayed with Har from Thursday to Tuesday, and had a fantastic time. The location is close enough to walk anywhere in 25/30 minutes, and there are lots of bike rental places very close. the balcony is nice for smoking, and the kitchen is functional.
Vondelpark right behind the apartment is beautiful.
The only negative we could mention is that the shower doesn't drain very quickly and if you're a long-showerer, you would flood the place.
Apartment was fine; well located near a tram stop and close to major museums; Har was very helpful
What a lovely place! We particularly loved the balcony, and it was extremely well located - we walked everywhere. Har was a brilliant host and overall we had a great mini-break. Thanks Har!
The apartment is comfortable and well positioned. On a quite busy road but situated at the back of the building, it was very quiet. For our stay we were able to make use of the balcony overlooking the interior gardens which was very nice.
Tranvia takes you straight into the heart of old Amsterdam, and Har will rent you a bicycle too.
Very steep stairs to the first floor which is typical of Amsterdam but could be challenging for anyone with accessibility problems.
Both our hosts were very friendly and helpfull on our stay.
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BELLEVILLE - The fear of public speaking is reputed to trump anxiety about death, snakes and many other things that make people shake in their shoes.
And preaching a sermon is no exception.
So, what happens when a pastor goes on vacation and no one is available to fill his shoes in the pulpit?
Enter the Preaching Institute 2.0, which is designed to help lay ministers and young pastors gain confidence and become more effective in their preaching.
The course, organized through the Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will be offered for the first time in the Juniata Valley this fall.
Herb Zook, associate pastor at Maple Grove, said he took the class two years ago in Lancaster as he prepared to fill in for senior pastor Allan Kauffman, who was going on sabbatical.
Zook, who never attended seminary, said the class was the "perfect" opportunity to study, develop and learn about preaching.
"It helped me think about different ways of putting together a sermon and how people respond to different ways the message is delivered," Zook said.
The nine-month training requires every person to create their own listener group to hear and critique their sermons based on perception of the message, expression and flow, the pastor said.
Participants also videotape their sermons to critique themselves, and the class professor also offers feedback, he said.
"There is a lot of value in the whole process," because the training affects more than just the person taking the class, Zook said. The listening group, participant's pastor and mentor also learn through the experience, he said.
"Once a person preaches, they don't ever hear a sermon the same again," Zook said, recalling a conversation with his pastor. "You learn to listen differently."
As Zook and others from the congregation took turns preaching, he said he learned about other leaders' interests in taking a preaching class. That is when he decided to request that the Preaching Institute 2.0 offer a training locally.
From September to May, participants will attend five half-day workshops; prepare, deliver and videotape four sermons for feedback; read two textbooks, articles and other resource material; meet four times with a selected listener group; and meet three times with a mentor to reflect on the experience.
The class covers the basics and encourages experimentation with emerging trends of preaching: narrative, media, dialogue, special features and collaboration.
The first workshop will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Maple Grove Mennonite Church, Belleville.
The cost for the class is $495 for non-credit, or $1,242 for three credits of seminary study. For more information, contact instructor Mark Wenger at (717) 397-5190 or at email@example.com, or visit www.emu.edu/lancaster/seminary/preaching-institute/.


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5 Real Ways to Get High Straight Out of Science Fiction
Eventually technological advancement comes to every profession– even if that profession is just burn-out, hippy, or full-time junkie. It's been a long time coming, but apparently science has finally gotten the message and realized that even drug abuse can be made better, faster, and stronger. With that in mind, here are some new, readily available drugs that seem more like science fiction than pharmaceutical fact.
Disclaimer: Now, we want to be clear here; we're not condoning illegal drug use in any way. That would be incredibly irresponsible, even for a website that sends death letters to pre-teens, actively tries to fuck the vice presidential candidate, and vandalizes Mexican newspapers with cocks employs DOB. We're not saying you should do drugs, we're just saying: Drugs. Like, totally drugs.
#5. Intelligence Boosters
Modafinil is a drug commonly prescribed for Narcoleptics, and it helps maintain wakefulness over long periods of time without adversely affecting your mental state. It lets you stay up for about 48 hours at a stretch with none of the feelings of tiredness or mental decline that are typically associated with sleep deprivation, and no "sleep debt" to pay off. After two days awake, you get your eight hours and you're good to go again. There are no amphetamine-like feelings, jitteriness or agitation. You just don't get tired. It works entirely differently from stimulants like caffeine, the computer nerd's drug of choice, or cocaine, the pornstar/Cracked Head Editor's drug of choice.
It's known as a 'Eugeroic,' which translates to 'good arousal' in Greek, probably because it stimulates an entirely healthy state of wakefulness, and not because it gives you a mental boner. But it gets better; Modafinil has other, unintended effects too. It reduces impulsiveness, increases mental focus, and boosts the ability to recall numbers as well. All of these combine to generally improve your problem solving abilities, and because of this fact it's quickly becoming the drug of choice for professors, academics, and chess-players alike. It makes you more intelligent, more alert, and more calculating. It's like the mindset of a supervillain in pill form.
The Pros
The alertness isn't described as unavoidable or stimulated; it's just alert. If you want to go to sleep on Modafinil, it's just as easy as ever. There are supposedly no side effects for coming down off of it, it just stops working. Also, the brand name for Modafinil is Provigil, which probably is not short for Professional Vigilante, but you can tell people that if you like.
The Cons
I don't have any of it, and if you don't fall asleep in front of subway trains – you're probably don't, either.
#4. Brain-altering Sounds
Binaural Beats are illusory sounds created when two tones of differing frequencies are played simultaneously, one in each of your ears, through stereo headphones. Your mind then perceives a low beating sound, when in fact there is no such thing. This is most likely caused by your brain being tricked into trying to pinpoint sounds in 3-D, which is great fun for anybody interested in new and novel sensations, or just people that love to be total dicks to brains.
Neurologists are interested in Binaural Beats in order to further study human hearing, experimental musicians are interested in them for creating new and experimental music, and hippies are interested in them because they could get you some kind of high off of music, which is pretty much all that they've been yammering about since the Grateful Dead popularized the six hour shitty jam session.
Depending on the frequency range, Binaural Beats are purported to do everything from increasing your alertness and problem solving capabilities, to putting you to sleep, to invoking euphoric feelings and out of body experiences. There are any number of sound files being distributed throughout the internet that are meant to cause these specific effects, and you can google them your damn selves because this untested 'miracle drug' of questionable validity that you have to download onto your computer is like an internet scammer's wet dream; most of them are probably spam or viruses that pop-up gaping anuses on your screen.
The Pros
They're free, widely available and, if you believe the hype, they basically fix everything in your life by punking your mindgrapes. What's not to love?
The Cons
All of the 'miracle effects' are probably bullshit. Sorry, hippies, your reputability went out the window somewhere around the time you stopped bathing and started advocating white-guy dreads.
#3. Non-chemical Hallucinogens
The Ganzfeld Experiments were initially developed as Parapsychological tests meant to prove the existence of ESP, and have been proven to induce vivid, detailed hallucinations. The subject places halved ping pong balls over the eyes which diffuse light, but not block it, and then noise-cancelling headphones playing white noise are placed over their ears. After a few minutes of 'active sensory deprivation,' many report incredibly life-like, often symbolic, meaning-filled visions. Essentially, it's akin to going on a quick vision quest - like the stereotypical Native Americans do in Hollywood movies. The chief differences here being that you can do it from the comfort of home in the time it takes to not watch Two and a Half men, rather than ten hours inside a sweat lodge, and you don't have to be robbed of your land and have genocide performed on your people. Bonus!
"Psh, what am I supposed to be, impressed? I can do that with a ping-pong ball and an iPod."
Because of shady research practices, skewed results and questionable subjects, the Ganzfeld Experiments did nothing to advance the theory of ESP, but if you really feel like tripping balls, and not so much like eating fungus picked out of cow-shit and then staying up for five hours past the point when it stops being fun, Ganzfeld might do a little something for you.
The Pros
It doesn't alter your blood chemistry, it can be stopped at any point, it's practically free, and it seems like something out of a Buck Rogers episode.
The Cons
You look like a total and complete tool.
#2. Confidence Drugs
Propanolol is a form of beta blocker, which have long been used for their calming effects by pretty much anybody with nerves. Musicians, athletes, lawyers and teachers all swear by them for maintaining your cool when a shit ton of people are looking at you for extended periods of time and you think your fly might be down. It's most often prescribed for circulatory disorders like hypertension, because it affects blood flow. However, it's most often abused for it's suppression of the physical effects of your fight or flight reflex. If, say, a horse-mounted lion leapt out at you, roaring and neighing it's terrifying battle cry, your body would shoot adrenalin throughout your system, allowing you to react faster and hopefully get away.
This is a handy instinct for actual fight or flight scenarios, but these signals frequently get crossed, and come in quite a bit less handy when you're trying to tell a girl how beautiful her eyes are and your body is essentially still screaming "HOLY SHIT! LION! RUN!"
In short, it's artificial confidence in pill form. It does not muddle your thoughts or change your personality in any noticeable way, it just suppresses nerves. Finally allowing you to deliver lines like "do you have colon cancer? 'Cause that ass is killer!" without your voice shaking like a pubescent Parkinson's patient.
The Pros
Sure, other drugs like alcohol inspire a sort of artificial confidence – but that's really more like reduced judgment that comes along with mental impairment. So while liquor may give you the confidence to use your best lines on pretty girls, you're also more likely to screw them up and end up saying something more along the lines of "do you have colon cancer? 'Cause it looks like a tumor. YOU'RE NOT BETTER THAN ME!" Propanolol gives you booze-nerves without the retardation.
The Cons
Among the side-effects are nightmares, confusion, and hallucinations. So to further elaborate on this example, you may well have the mental acuity and confidence to pick up on a pretty girl, but she may only exist slightly between this plane of light and the next and have tits made out of snakes and fire.
#1. Consequence-Free Drugs
There are two ways to progress technologically, you can invent entirely new and innovative products, or you can just improve on existing ones. They're both valid approaches; somebody invents cold fusion reactors, for example, and somebody else puts a clock in them and makes them syncable with your iPod. Acomplia is more along the lines of the latter approach. Initially used to treat marijuana and heroin addiction (although, come on, marijuana addiction? You ever sucked dick for weed?)
Acomplia was later found to have other effects when the heroin addicts ordered to detox on Acomplia (surprise!) still took a shit-ton of heroin anyway. They found that, when taken with certain other drugs (pot and smack, mostly, but limited effects have also been observed with nicotine, hence its common prescription to quitting smokers,) Acomplia, rather than neutralizing the intoxicant effects of other drugs, instead drastically reduces their side-effects. In other words, instead of preventing heroin addicts from enjoying heroin, it just removed all of the unpleasant consequences. Now, its uses for heroin are clear enough – coming down off the Old Tijuana Waterslide (Editor's note: That's not actually a nickname for heroin) is a hellish experience full of delirium, cold sweats and nausea. But it also reportedly eliminates side-effects for weed as well. Which begs the question: What side effects? Does it rid you of the desperate need for convenience store nachos and the sudden desire to converse in-depth about religion?
The Pros
Acomplia is also prescribed and has been proven rather effective as an anti-obesity drug. So to recap, it reduces the negative side-effects of recreational drugs, helps you quit smoking, and gives you kickin' abs. It's the kickin' abs that really sends this one over the believability edge, and straight into sci-fi territory. That's just slightly too good to be real. It's like an infomercial promising that their device slices, dices, reunites you with your estranged father, makes julienne fries, and brings you to earth-shattering orgasm with every use.
The Cons
It works by messing with the Endocannabiniod system, which is a pretty scary thing to fuck with. It controls pleasure, pain tolerance, and relaxation. So, considering one side effect seen was crippling depression, and another was the resurgence of dominant Multiple Sclerosis in one patient, maybe you should just deal with the beer gut, hangovers, Funyuns cravings and lengthy arguments about whether or not god is really like, this green and pink ball of light that you saw one time in the parking lot of the Circle K.
Read more from Robert at his own site, I Fight Robots, where you can be assured that there will never, ever be a discussion about spirituality versus religion or the importance of vegan shoes.


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Convicted Okla. killer found hanged in prison cell
Published 9:36 PM CDT Apr 11, 2013
Oklahoma prison officials say a convicted killer has been found hanged in his cell at the state penitentiary in McAlester.
A prison spokeswoman told the McAlester News-Capital that 47-year-old Elvin Gerard was found hanging Tuesday afternoon in his single-person cell and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Spokeswoman Regina VanBlaricom says it appears Gerard hanged himself - but the body is being sent to the state medical examiner's officer to determine the cause of death.
Gerard was serving life in prison for a 1986 murder and kidnapping conviction. He had been in the prison since 1987.
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The loan amount will vary based on a student's level of need and available funding. The loan will be applied directly to the student's account after the student has completed Perkins Loan Entrance Counseling and signed a Master Promissory Note with the Student Account Services Office. Questions on the Federal Perkins Loan may be directed to 801.832.2129.
Borrowers in repayment may make payments directly to the Westminster College cashier 801.832.2135 or mailed to Westminster College Attention Perkins Loan.
Payments, automatic payments, deferments, and other requests can be handled by the servicer ACS 800.826.4470 ex. 2826 or online at the Borrower Services center on their website and logging in.


text: Hatters Stumble Down the Stretch in Charleston March 05, 2013 HOLLYWOOD, SC – After jumping out to an early lead on Monday with their lowest team round of the year, the Stetson Hatters men's golf team was unable to maintain momentum and finished eighth at the Charleston Shootout. The event was co-hosted by the College of Charleston and Charleston Southern at the Links at Stono Ferry, which played to a par of 72 at 6,756 yards for the tournament. The Hatters opened the tournament with a sparkling round of 290, but finished the second round, which was completed on Tuesday after being called for darkness Monday afternoon, with a score of 306. The struggles continued in the final round on Tuesday, as the Hatters finished with a 310. Atlantic Sun Conference member USC Upstate was just one shot behind Stetson after the first round, and continued to play well, winning the tournament by five shots over Sam Houston State. The Spartans followed their opening round score of 291 with a 288 in the second round. The sealed their victory with a 302 on Tuesday for a final score of 881. Sam Houston State (886) edged Bethune-Cookman (890) for second with Charleston Southern (894) and Fairleigh Dickinson (898) rounding out the top five. Easton Renwick of Coastal Carolina was a three-way playoff for top individual honors, topping John Duke Hudson of the College of Charleston and Hayden Garrett of Clemson on the third playoff hole. All three players finished the event at even par 216. Stetson freshman Dustin Dingus went into the final round in the hunt for individual honors, but his final round score of 80 dropped him from a tie for third to a tie for 13th in the final standings. Dingus was three under par going into the final round, but finished at 221. Dingus ran into trouble at the end of his first nine holes on Tuesday, posting double bogeys on both 16 and 18. Freshman Michael Primavera had his best round of the event on Tuesday, a two-over par 74, to finish tied for 26th with an overall nine over par score of 225. Like Dingus, he had trouble at the end of his first nine holes on Tuesday, posting double bogeys on both 16 and 17. Sophomore Matt Taylor got off to a strong start in the tournament with an opening 71, but struggled in the next two round to finish at 12 over par 228 in a tie for 39th. Stetson's other two freshmen finished one shot a part. Jose Rosales Cruz finished tied for 62nd with a 23 over par score of 239 and Brian Kehoe tied for 64th with a 24 over par score of 240. The Hatters will be back in action on March 16-17 at the Mission Inn Spectacular at the Los Colinas Course in Howie-in-the-Hills.Print Friendly Version More Headlines


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Hunter Hayes, whose second album Storyline just landed at No. 1, has been in the spotlight since he first took the stage at age 4 – but the 22-year-old Louisianan has stayed notably quiet about his private life. Naturally, then, inquiring minds are wondering if there is something to tell.
"Essentially, I'm just a boring dude," Hayes tells PEOPLE Country. "The only thing I really like to talk about is my music."
He does share a lot of himself in those tunes, though. "One of my favorite songs on the album is 'Secret Love,' " he says. "Lyrically there's all kinds of sides to it which I like because it makes me sound a little more interesting. It's kind of mysterious."
In fact, Hayes says Storyline is an open book about his feelings. "In some shape or form, I have gone through all the moods, all the emotions of these songs. There are pockets of emotion, there's love, there's too much love, there's maybe not love."
Speaking of love, Hayes has never walked the red carpet with a significant other, though sources close to him say one does exist.
He's no Taylor Swift though: you won't find any hidden clues in his lyrics.
"I have bared my soul in these songs," says Hayes. "That's my choice. But anyone connected to me deserves their choice to stay private. They don't ask to be written about and don't ask to be talked about in interviews. I respect that and until otherwise noted, it will be that way. I see it as a matter of respect for that other person."
Hayes will be letting his music do the talking on his We're Not Invisible tour – his first headlining arenas – with opening acts Danielle Bradbery and Dan + Shay. Says Hayes, "We all come on the bus after every show and say, 'Yup, playing arenas is every bit as much fun as we thought it would be!'"
Hunter Hayes's New Album Is About Love – But Who Is He in Love With?
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Lest you wonder, the background/context for the post that you quoted:
When the OP started this thread on Dec 17, the original title was: "NBCSN to show COMPLETE Olympic Figure Skating LIVE on TV."
The post of mine that you quoted above also was from Dec 17 -- and one of its purposes was to politely correct the misperception (re "complete" skating) in the original thread title.
Unfortunately, the misperception has persisted. Tonight (Feb 1), someone started a thread in Olympics subforum asking why NBCSN had no Thursday listing.
To other NBCSN viewers:
I guess this is unprecedented having ALL skating programs covered on-air?! Luckily DISH has Universal Sports and NBCSN - but yes, it costs dearly.
This may seem an ignorant question, and I'm not even completely sure how to word it, but I am wondering how you plan to watch? Do you plan to watch all the programs on NBCSN? Or watch some on NBCSN and then switch to the NBC pre-packaged telecast?
I assume you could watch it all on NBCSN and know who wins SP, LP and the medals. I'm just wondering if doing so might not be as exciting as watching the NBC show with all the bells and whistles? Naturally prime time will likely air only the final flight (or final two at most). As of now, I'm going to watch Saturday on NBCSN then also watch the prime time telecast and see what I like better. Maybe a mix of both?
Again, I know this may be a bizarre question, but I'm wondering if anyone else has thought about it??
I'm gonna watch it live and on prime time. I don't think that will be enough so I'll probably have to watch all the performances on YouTube in between and for days following. I've already put in at work for the 19th and 20th off so I'll have more than enough time! Feel free to judge me.
Long time member & lurker. I'm shy I guess. For anyone with DirectTV, it's channel 220. So excited to know I have this channel and can watch in HD, unlike Universal Sports. And I plan to watch both, live & prime time!
I even got Saturday morning off from work so i can see all the competition. Now i just need to figure out how to get off work early Sunday morning.
I got my lovely dad to give me access to his DirecTV account.....so I can watch the internet streaming on my iPad and on my computer. YAY!
That said, I still love watching prime time coverage....there's always something interesting. And it's a chance to watch sports I might not be interested in watching in real time.
The timing couldn't be better for some events. I can actually catch some of it before work and during lunch..


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A high-profile housing group has been helping to revive a West Side neighborhood. PUSH – People United for Sustainable Housing – continues to launch projects that create affordable dwellings for West Side residents.
Jen Mecozzi, PUSH's director of community organizing, took The Buffalo News' Brian Meyer on a tour of the 25-block target area. Here is a summary of some of the issues that were discussed in an interview that is part of the weekly "In Focus" series. Watch the full five-minute video at BuffaloNews.com/video.
Meyer: There are some very interesting things going on in this 25-block radius of the West Side. Tell us what you're doing with PUSH.
Mecozzi: Our main mission is to … figure out a way for people in the neighborhood to stay in the neighborhood, yet be able to live in affordable, energy-efficient housing.
Meyer: PUSH for years has been working hard on rehabbing some of these dwellings.
Mecozzi: We early on took on a project and did some community work around revitalizing two different structures. … It was a learning process. But what we did realize is that due to the fact that the housing stock is so old in this area, weatherization is so necessary. … When you're heating bill is a little larger than your rent, then it tends to become a [problem].
Meyer: Some interesting trends are occurring here. We're actually seeing, according to realtors, an increase in property values in pockets of the West Side.
Mecozzi: We are doing our best to land-bank, so to speak. … We're noticing that there have been some renovations going on where the cost of living and the rents are almost double what we would charge.
Meyer: Some of that has to be the [result] of what PUSH is doing. Do you sometimes feel like you're actually in a self-defeating kind of mode in some ways?
Mecozzi: I don't want to call it self-defeating. I've been quoted as saying that we may be stepping on our own toes. But I step on my own toes every day and [by] accident. It's OK. We know what we have to do. … I myself live right in this neighborhood.
Meyer: You were born and raised on the West Side, You moved away for a while, but then came back as very young adult. Tell us, how has it changed?
Mecozzi: How it's changed is that we are probably … one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the entire state. The West Side has a refugee population. We have Somalians, we have Burmese, we have so many cultures that live in this area.
Meyer: When you talk about reviving a neighborhood, there's often a philosophical tug of war between demolitions – particularly if there's a lot of older housing – and rehab.
Mecozzi: Nobody wants to demolish a building or any type of structure that's worth rehabbing. … Just the fact that vacant space is going to be all that's left is kind of depressing. … You want to be able to rehab structures. They're beautiful structures. I mean you can say we have the oldest housing stock. But if we weatherize it and we rehabilitate it, we also have some of the most beauitful architecture.


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But now the two-year romance is over – leaving even royal watchers surprised.
"Nobody had any idea that this was coming," Ingrid Seward, editor in chief of Majesty magazine, tells PEOPLE. "She was moving into her new flat and getting on with her life. I thought they were very happy together."
So what went wrong?
"Cressida had a hard time dealing with the focus of attention being on her all of the time just because she was Prince Harry's girlfriend – not because she was herself," Seward tells PEOPLE.
Indeed, the 25-year-old Bonas, who stepped out looking fresh and fashionable the day after the news came out, is "very private" and had always struggled with the public nature of her relationship with Harry, 29, friends say.
"She's really low-key, sweet and down-to-earth," a friend who studied with Bonas at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance told PEOPLE. "She didn't talk about Harry at all. She wasn't like that."
Bonas's half-brother Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe acknowledged how hard she found the intrusion. "It's not something that is easy for anyone – dating a royal or marrying into the family," he said in an interview with the Evening Standard last November. "She's not a tough cookie at all. She's a sensitive, sweet girl."
And of course, sources say, the young blue blood harbors ambitions to be on the stage, having completed a dance degree at Leeds University and then her postgraduate diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire.
While Bonas is now reportedly working in marketing, Prince Harry has told friends that the split will allow her to "concentrate on her career."
As Harry and big brother Prince William prepare to head to Memphis, Tenn., for their friend Guy Pelly's wedding on Saturday, Bonas is lying low in London.
A source close to the ex-couple notes that the pair are still "very much the best of friends." Some reports even suggest the separation might be a temporary one – much like the breakup Will and Kate went through in 2007 before getting back together and announcing their engagement in November 2010.
The Daily Telegraph quotes a source saying, "The relationship has certainly at least paused for a breather."
Adds Bonas's college pal, "It takes time for everyone, no matter who they are, and she will be the same."
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The manufacturers of on demand hot water systems claim that their devices can save $200 per year in hot water heating costs. If true, this would be a substantial savings. We were not able to locate any independent research studies that evaluated the energy savings of these devices.
Even without purchasing an on demand hot water system, lowering your water heater temperature between 10ºF and 25ºF, will save 5% to 15% of energy for water heating (U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2001).
Reducing hot water use and temperature is an excellent way to save energy. On demand hot water systems may be a good choice for reducing hot water demand, but there needs to be additional research to validate manufacturers claims of savings.


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Someone you can hug and cuddle with, with no more expectations. Also, Squeeze Buddies are allowed access to the breasts. Similar to the Teddy Person.
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Voters in Geneseo indicated their support for video gambling in the city.
During the Nov. 6 election, a narrow majority — just 17 votes difference — voted in favor of video gambling.
The State of Illinois allows video gaming unless a municipality specifically prohibits it.
City councils are allowed to approve video gaming, vote against gaming or allow the public to express their opinion with a ballot question. Geneseo aldermen opted to put the question on the ballot as an advisory issue.
A total of 1,730 voted to allow video gambling, while 1,713 voted against the measure.
It will be up to members of the Geneseo City Council to make the final decision on video gambling.
"We went into this really wanting to hear the voice of the community," said Geneseo mayor Linda Van Der Leest. "All along, we said we wanted to hear what the people had to say."
Although, Van Der Leest noted, the 17-vote difference "certainly doesn't give us a decisive indication."
At the Aug. 14 city council meeting where aldermen voted to place the question on the ballot, the elected officials indicated a belief that local residents would vote against video gaming.
"I think I know which way our community will vote, but I could be surprised," said alderman Derek Betcher in August.
"If we take this to referendum, we have to be prepared for the fact that we may eventually vote against the decision of the community (should the community approve video gaming)," said alderman Howard Beck during that meeting. "We'd still have to vote and make our own decision."
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The University at Buffalo men's basketball team tried to make a game of it Monday night at 25th-ranked Florida State in Tallahassee, but the defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions just had too much in the cupboard for the Bulls during a 95-68 victory in the NABC Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament.
Before 6,510 at the Donald L. Tucker Center, UB trailed by 17 at halftime (47-30) but managed to pull within eight on two occasions — the last on a pair of Will Regan (Nichols) free throws to make it 66-58 with 10:08 left.
That's when the Seminoles, who opened Friday with a 76-71 loss to South Alabama to start the Coaches vs. Cancer event, ended upset thoughts with a 12-3 run highlighted by Montay Brandon's jam early in the blitz and capped by Terrance Shannon's steal and dunk with 7:07 left to make it 78-61.
Michael Snaer had 19 points to lead Florida State, which shot 59.6 percent from the floor (34 for 57) and turned 25 UB (0-2) turnovers into 34 points.
Javon McCrea and Tony Watson each scored 17 points for the Bulls, who resume play in the Coaches vs. Cancer at 8 p.m. Thursday at Evansville.
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Trevor Twose, Ph.D., is CEO of Mithridion, which is developing M1/M4 subtype-selective muscarinic receptor agonists that result in decreased levels of Aß and restoration of cognitive deficits.
The M1 subtype, in particular, acts on cognition and memory and has disease-modifying potential, explained Dr. Twose. While proof of concept has been achieved for the ability of M1/M4 agonists to improve cognition, their ability to modify the course of AD has not yet been demonstrated.
Muscarinic receptors work through G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) to trigger the inositol phosphate (IP) pathway. Mithridion used xanomeline, a known muscarinic agonist, as the basis for a primary in vivo nonisotopic, time-resolved FRET assay designed to measure selective muscarinic M1 activity.
Subsequent lead optimization has led to the development of MI-10-022, a fourth-generation lead candidate that is selective for M1/M4 activity, is about seven times more potent than xanomeline, according to Mithridion data, efficiently crosses the blood-brain barrier, and is resistant to metabolism.
MI-10-022 is also a potential first-in-class monotherapy for schizophrenia, according to Dr. Twose. The compound has completed preclinical development and is ready to enter IND-enabling studies, including toxicology, analytical methods development, and optimization of production and large-scale manufacturing.
Biomarkers have been critical to the development of MI-10-022. "They let us answer the question of how well our experimental compounds engage the muscarinic M1 receptor in the hippocampus," said Dr. Twose. They have also allowed the company to perform studies in the salivary glands of animals to measure simultaneously in the same animal the compound's activity against the M1 and M3 subtypes to assess its comparative selectivity.
"Research is exploding in this area," concluded Dr. Twose, with the emergence of AD-focused consortia including the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) based at the University of California, San Francisco, and the more recently formed Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) consortium out of Wash.ington University in St. Louis.
By following individuals with the inherited form of AD who carry dominant mutations in the presenilin-1 gene, which are 100% penetrant for early-onset AD, it is possible to correlate CSF and imaging biomarkers with the onset of preclinical disease.
Professor Masters is a member of the core research team of AIBL, the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing. Launched in 2006, AIBL is a prospective longitudinal study that includes patients with AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI, a precursor to AD), and healthy volunteers.
At the Singapore conference, Professor Masters described several goals for AIBL: to develop and confirm diagnostic biomarkers and psychometrics for objective monitoring of disease progression; to understand the role of lifestyle factors; and to inform the development of preventive and therapeutic strategies. For biomarker research overall, Professor Masters concluded that "PET scans are proving enormously valuable, and we are getting close to being able to see registration at the FDA level for ligands to detect amyloid."
When that occurs, "testing for preclinical disease will be a reality." In the future, PET scanning might be used more broadly as a screening tool downstream of a suspicious CSF or blood test.
The aim of AIBL is "to get a handle on the natural history of AD, including preclinical progression and [variability in the] rates of progression. The single major problem we have is confounding diseases—mainly vascular disease and small strokes in the brain," with the effects of ischemia caused by stroke being difficult to distinguish from preclinical AD.
The wide dynamic range and complexity of biological samples and bodily fluids has hampered biomarker studies aimed at identifying disease-specific proteins and their post-translationally modified (PTM) variants. Even when highly sensitive mass spectrometers are used, the presence of high-abundance proteins obscures the detection of lower-abundance proteins and PTMs often associated with a disease or physiological state.
To address this problem, immunodepletion columns targeting the most abundant proteins within plasma or serum have been used. However, owing to differences in the most abundant proteins among various samples, their applicability to other samples is limited
An ideal solution would be universally applicable across samples: it would boost differential analyses (i.e., identify changes inherent to a specific disease or biological states) and protein/PTM detection studies. The commercially available hexapeptide libraries, including ProteoMiner from Bio-Rad, partially deplete high-abundance proteins and simultaneously concentrate low-abundance proteins in a variety of samples.
In two recent publications, researchers at the University of Minnesota have investigated if hexapeptide libraries would boost differential analyses and PTM detection in human saliva. Saliva promises a noninvasive alternative to serum, long the gold standard, for biomarker discovery.
Sri Bandhakavi et al. applied hexapeptide libraries to successfully identify differences in low-abundance proteins in human saliva putatively associated with breast cancer. They demonstrated a novel workflow that enables delineation of low-abundance proteins and retains quantitative information subsequent to treatment with hexapeptide libraries. Importantly, the workflow is readily transferable to other samples/studies and offers a new approach for boosting sensitivity of biomarker investigations by researchers.
For analysis of PTMs, Bandhakavi et al. and Matthew Stone et al. coupled hexapeptide library treatment of saliva with N-glycopeptide and phosphopeptide enrichment followed by mass spec. Samples treated with hexapeptide libraries identified twice as many N-glycoproteins (and their sites of modification) and phosphoproteins (and their sites of modification).
Although these studies were restricted to human saliva, hexapeptide libraries have been applied to boost overall protein detection in a variety of biological samples and bodily fluids.
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A Deschutes County sheriff's deputy's fatal shooting of a Redmond-area woman outside her apartment was lawful and justified because she was raising a shotgun toward them, having fired five shots since officers arrived and brought eight guns out of the home during the confrontation, District Attorney Patrick Flaherty said Friday.
Concluding a five-page report on the multi-agency investigation of the July 2nd shooting, Flaherty said, "Over the course of approximately 40 minutes, Ms. Shepard repeatedly threatened the use of deadly physical force and persistently rejected all efforts officers made to avoid using deadly physical force."
"I find that Deputy (Mike) Sundberg reasonably believed he had no choice but to use deadly physical force to defend the lives of his fellow officers and himself, and therefore his use of deadly physical force was lawful and justified," Flaherty wrote.
The DA's report notes that the state medical examiner confirmed Shepard, 54, died of a single gunshot wound to the torso, fired by Sundberg.
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While the situation was tragic for Shepard, Flaherty said, "It would have been terrible for the officers in that position as well. But they felt they had no choice but to maintain safe cover. They didn't want anyone else to be shot. It was a sad situation, but they didn't have a choice."
"When someone is presenting a firearm and is menacing and in a rage, as she was, and no doubt high on a central nervous system stimulant they believe to be methamphetamine … they did wait until the gun was leveled on them" to act, Flaherty noted.
"In fact," he added, "under the law (governing justified use of deadly force), they would have been justified in shooting her on several occasions much earlier – each time she came out (of the house) with a firearm, screaming, yelling and aiming them in their direction, as she appeared to be about to use deadly force, and that's what the law states."
Deputies first went to the home on SW 67th Street about five hours earlier, around 5:15 p.m., after a 911 call regarding a suspicious package delivered to the home. A woman said her elderly father-in-law, who owned the home, opened a box delivered there and found "a plastic bag containing a white, powdery substance" that officers believed was meth.
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Around 10 p.m., Lt. Chad Davis made contact with Shepard at the apartment, Flaherty wrote, and he said she appeared to be under the influence of a drug, with rapid speech, twitchy movements and reluctant to make eye contact.
At one point, Davis moved two knives from a coffee table and put them in the kitchen, which apparently made her angry. Davis also said that, despite his uniform, she didn't appear to know he was a police officer and threatened "to go get my gun," or words to that effect, and told him to leave.
He went outside, but she came out, screaming and holding a revolver with what Davis called a "rage look on her face," and urged him to "shoot me," pointing the gun in the air and firing a round. Davis said he drew his pistol, got behind his patrol car and yelled repeatedly for her to drop the gun.
Two other deputies had arrived, also urging her to drop the gun, and she kept screaming and fired a second round in the air before going back into the house, Flaherty said in his findings.
As heard on the scanner that night, investigators confirmed Shepard went into and out of her apartment several times, "each time coming out with a different firearm" and appearing to be in a "rage," according to Sundberg.
After coming out with a handgun, Sundberg said he heard her say: "I'm not going with you. You will have to kill me," then putting the gun to her temple and yelling "I'm going to get more ammo."
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List of teams whose owners are putting pressure on Bettman to STOP the lockout:
#Sabres #RedWings #Habs #Flyers #NYRangersand maybe more!
Interesting tweet, even if he usually is full of you-know-what. I think even before the lockout most knew the owners who weren't really in it for a work shortage, mainly the people who don't mind spending money on their teams...
He then went on to say...
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The 5 teams against the lockout have been
#CONFIRMED to me by various NHL and NHLPA sources. There are a lot more, but unconfirmed yet.
...which I take as being the aforementioned 'you-know-what' as NHL sources would never release a list of owners against the lockout... you know... the whole, making them look bad thing? But hey, interesting points nonetheless.