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When the American Red Cross is busy, it usually means that something bad has happened.
That has been especially true the past month in Niagara County.
An unusual spike in fires has put the Red Cross chapter that serves Erie and Niagara counties into action, responding to seven fires since Feb. 1. Volunteers from the Disaster Action Team provided immediate emergency assistance to 28 people affected by these incidents.
"We say we usually respond to a fire a day, for the entire region. So to have one county [with that many fires in a month] that is high, especially for that area," Jay A. Bonafede, communications coordinator for the American Red Cross serving Erie and Niagara, said of the recent spike.
Bonafede said fires are more common this time of the year as people try to find alternate ways to warm up their homes but said it is unclear why there were more fires this month.
"There is no normal month. We need to be prepared when we are needed. That's why we have volunteers on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's why we need constant support, not just when people see a major disaster that hits the news. These are a disaster, too," Bonafede said.
The list of fire in Niagara County include:
• Feb. 1: Seven people were displaced by a fire at an apartment complex on Lafayette Avenue in Niagara Falls.
• Feb. 9: A single mother and her child needed help following a fire on Pound Street in Lockport.
• Feb. 12: Volunteers responded to an apartment fire on State Street in Middleport, assisting two adults from separate units.
• Feb. 13: Two adults and one child were given assistance after a fire on Niagara Street in Niagara Falls.
• Feb. 15: Two adults were assisted after a fire on Mapleton Road destroyed their home.
• Feb. 16: Two adults and three children were assisted after a fire destroyed their home on Ashland Avenue in Niagara Falls.
• Feb. 18: Two adults and five children were assisted after a fire in their home on Ohio Street in Lockport.
"It seems that no one was injured in these fires, so we are glad just to be able to provide humanitarian assistance to help these folks out," Bonafede said. "It is definitely a traumatic event for these people, and we respond to it like a disaster. For those families they may have no place to live, no clothes to put on to go to work or school the next day. They may have no food to eat because it was all destroyed in that blaze that took away their home. So it is absolutely a disaster and a traumatic experience for them."
The local Red Cross spends an average of just over $1,000 to assist a family of four in a single house. Assistance typically includes vouchers for temporary housing, food and clothing, as well as providing emotional support for those displaced by the fire.
The affected families then meet with caseworkers in the days following their respective disasters to work out a longer-term recovery plan.
"We have amazing support, but we need to raise money to do our job. The need is constant. We can be called at any time," Bonafede said.
To make a donation to help families, visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-REDCROSS, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to charge a $10 donation to your cell phone bill.
Donations cannot go to specific families, but can be directed specifically to the Erie and Niagara County chapter online at redcross.org/buffaloniagara.
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In 1840 the State of South Carolina stole 144,000 acres of land that had been reserved to the Catawba Indian Tribe by the British Crown in 1760. Litigation which commenced in 1980 resulted in a settlement among the state, the tribe and the federal government nearly 20 years later.
As a part of that settlement the tribe gave up the right to have casino gambling under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in exchange for the right to have two high stakes bingo operations in the state.
The state's chief negotiator, Crawford Clarkson, then head of the State Tax Commission, characterized the tribe's bingo as "the best game in the state" with the dual purpose of providing a stream of income to sustain the tribe economically and competition to force shady mock-charity bingo operators out of business.
The plan worked to the benefit of the tribe and the state initially, but then the General Assembly passed legislation to improve the competitive position of charity bingo halls. More devastating to the tribe's bingo revenue was the state becoming a gaming competitor with the lottery. Once the lottery was in place tribal bingo revenue diminished to the point that it was no longer feasible to operate a bingo hall.
Rep. John Spratt and Sen. Fritz Hollings worked with tribal leaders and political leaders in Orangeburg County and the Town of Santee to devise a plan to relocate the tribe's bingo hall in Rock Hill to an unused shopping near the intersection of I-26 and I-95. This new bingo hall would feature electronic bingo and would resemble a casino in its design. The hall would not, however, be a casino and would not offer any games but bingo.
The advantage of the electronic bingo compared to church basement bingo was that it could be linked to other electronic bingo halls on other Indian reservations increasing the size of pots players could win. A parallel can be seen in the MegaMillions and Powerball multi-state lottery games offered in South Carolina and around the country. More players equal bigger prizes.
The tribe's legislation had the support or acquiescence of all members of the South Carolina delegation in Washington. The bill was in the Senate Commerce Committee where Sen. Hollings had great sway, and the chances of passage looked good.
The Orangeburg County Council, the Clarendon County Council and the Santee Town Council all backed the proposal enthusiastically. An analysis of the project by a University of South Carolina economist concluded that the economic impact of the bingo hall and related tourism activities generated by it would be comparable in that part of the state to the impact of BMW in the upstate. Hundreds of people would be employed in the bingo operation and hundreds more in businesses trading on increased tourist traffic as Santee became a destination and not just a gas stop along I-95.
Mark Sanford was governor, but he couldn't stop the legislation within the South Carolina delegation so he called on a friend from his days in Congress, now a member of the Senate, to put a "hold" on the bill to keep it from being considered.
Mark Sanford told representatives of the tribe that he was opposed to the bingo hall on moral grounds.
The senator that Mark Sanford called on to kill the bill was John Ensign of Nevada.
Consider the morality of Sanford and Ensign working to deny the tribe and the people of the Santee area a strong economic development opportunity that would have improved the lives of many in the region and in the tribe.
Sanford's "stopper" had an extra-marital affair with the wife of a staff member. Ensign's family, owners of one of the largest casino operations in the world, paid the staff member hundreds of thousands of dollars to forgive the sins of John Ensign.
Mark Sanford, as most South Carolinians can recall spent state money to divert an economic development trip to Argentina so he could rendezvous in Buenos Aires with his paramour.
Later Sanford had his staff tell the world he was hiking the Appalachian Trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine, when he was in fact thousands of miles south of the trail committing adultery.
Clearly Mark Sanford has no geographic compass and no moral compass, but may find his way back to Washington where he can posture and obstruct with no regard for the lives of the people he damaged with his phony anti-gambling morality.
Jay Bender is a Columbia attorney who represented the Catawba Indian Tribe from 1975 to 2006.
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I was so happy heading into the dates this week on The Bachelor. With the first cocktail party and rose ceremony out of the way, it was now time to really have fun and get to know the women much better.
I wanted to pick the perfect person for my first date. Thinking about all the women who made a big impression on me the first night, there were so many that I was eager to spend more time with. Yet one woman in particular stood out above the rest. I enjoyed my time with Sarah at the cocktail party so much and I knew within minutes that she was a sweet, caring person – a quality I always look for in women.
I knew I liked Sarah but I didn't know enough about her, so I invited her to join me on a pulse-pounding date. And free falling off of a 35-story building is definitely a way to get to know someone. It was one of the biggest rushes I've ever experienced and I think Sarah can say the same thing.
I really liked offering support to her during the time leading up to the free fall because I could tell she was nervous and freaking out a bit. It brings me pleasure to be able to comfort the woman I'm with.
As fun as the free fall was, I actually enjoyed the evening with Sarah even more. It was then that she really opened up and showed me her vulnerable side. I could tell that she wasn't completely comfortable talking about her arm and I'm not sure she was convinced I didn't care about it. But after spending the evening together while enjoying great conversation, I think she finally understood that I was really there to get to know her and I was enjoying every minute of it.
Ending the night on the top of the building seemed fitting and, after an extraordinary day together, I had no doubt in my mind I wanted to spend more time with her so I offered her the rose. It was easily one of the most romantic endings to a date that I've ever had so it only felt right to end the night with a kiss.
My very first date of the Bachelor season was a huge success and that was all because of Sarah. I couldn't wait to send more time with her!
Group Date DynamicGoing into the first group date, I was excited to spend time with the women and get to know them better, but I was apprehensive about the dynamic. I always felt like my group dates with Emily were a bit uncomfortable because no one really acted like himself in a group setting and everyone was sharing time with the same person. Our Harlequin date was no different.
It started with the cowboy shoot and things got pretty uncomfortable pretty quickly kissing Lesley M. while the other women looked on. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the kiss, but uncomfortable nonetheless because I knew a ton of eyes were on us.
And it only became more awkward from there. Dressing up in costumes and role-playing was fun, but kissing girls in front of other girls definitely brought a lot of tension.
I was excited to hang out with the women after the Harlequin shoot because I knew I'd get a lot of individual quality time with them. A few women definitely stood out that night.
I could tell that Tierra was visibly upset and I wanted to know why because she definitely won me over on the first night and I wanted her to be happy. She told me that she was here for me and didn't want to make friends with the other women.
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Catherine also stood out in a great way. I noticed when she stepped out of the limo the first night that she was beautiful, but it wasn't until the Harlequin date that I learned how funny she was. She slipped me a note that said she's vegan but loves the beef, implying that I'm a beefcake. I definitely knew I wanted to spend more time with Catherine.
The woman who stood out more than anyone else that evening was Kacie. When she stepped out of the limo on the first night, I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to view her as anything more than a friend. After talking to her that night at the Harlequin date though, I came to realize that we had real potential as a couple.
The One?My final date of the week was with Desiree. I was excited for this date because we got along so well the first night and she was so funny. I knew she'd be the perfect person for the prank I had planned. The prank was hilarious and she was such a good sport about everything, but the best part of the date took place at my bachelor pad.
Talking to Dez by the fire was everything I hoped it would be. I was clicking on every level with her and I could feel myself really starting to fall for her. She's witty, sarcastic, intelligent, loving, caring and our morals seemed to line up. And not to mention, she's so beautiful! This girl has it all.
We ended the night with a very romantic dip in the hot tub and of course I gave Dez a rose. I left that date thinking that Dez might just be the one for me.
After a great first week of dates, I was eager to get to the cocktail party and see all of the women, especially the ones that I didn't have the opportunity to take on a date. Walking back into the house a second time, I was still blown away by all the incredible women that were there. It was so humbling to think all of these women were making an effort to be here just to give our relationship a shot.
I had to make some difficult decisions at the rose ceremony. I had a lot of great conversations that night where it just clicked with the woman, so that is what I based my decisions off of. And I was so happy with the group of women that I had at the end of the night and I couldn't have imagined the first week going any better than it did. I remember just hoping that the next week would be just as good.
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Wendy Bailey of Goose Creek brought home less money in her paycheck last week, and the result is going to be more nights spent at home.
She's one of an estimated 160 million people across the country who will have lighter pocketbooks this year due to the end of a two-year cut on payroll taxes.
"I wasn't prepared for it," said Bailey, who works in a medical office. "I didn't know it was coming, but it was big enough of a hit that I am going to have to refigure my budget."
The tax went back to 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent — cutting income by almost $1,000 for families who bring home $50,000 annually.
"It basically amounts to working a week without pay, but a part of it comes out of each paycheck," said James Mackey of Charleston, who works in construction. "It's like a slow leak."
The temporary tax cut lowered workers' tax rates in 2011 and 2012 on wages up to $110,000, but the tax holiday ended on Dec. 31.
It gave people a few extra dollars of spending money each month.
"I don't even really remember when this went into effect," said Bailey. "I feel like my income has stayed the same for several years. Even if I do get a small raise, it seems like it always gets taken away in higher expenses."
She said she will have to lower her discretionary spending.
"I guess I'll be shopping less, going out less," she said. "My bills won't go away so I'll have to find the money somewhere. I'll just have to make do with less."
Holly Beth Conway agreed.
"(That's money) I don't have to spend in the economy, put gas in my tank, feed my children or save for my future," she wrote on The Post and Courier's Facebook page.
Instead of finding its way into the pockets of consumers, the money will go to Social Security, which appears on paycheck stubs as FICA-OASDI or "Federal Insurance Contributions Act-Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance."
On top of that, income tax withholding increased slightly this year, and some workers are paying higher rates for health care. Companies have until Feb. 15 to make the tax adjustments.
Depending on the pay cycle, taxpayers may have already noticed the decrease.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare's 5,200 employees, who are on a two-week cycle, saw the Social Security cut on Jan. 4 and will get the higher withholding adjustment in the coming weeks.
To warn employees, the payroll and human resources department sent out an email on Jan. 2 and posted notices in buildings. They received about two dozen calls with questions, said spokeswoman Kim Keelor.
Some economists argue that the money — about $95 billion in 2013 alone — is better off in taxpayers' pockets, where it can help stimulate economic recovery, according to The New York Times.
The Washington-based research group Economic Policy Institute has said the cut has a stronger stimulative effect on the economy than many other tax cuts because the households that receive it tend to spend the money rather than save it.
The economy hasn't strengthened significantly in the last two years, and the hit could push the country into a recession. The Federal Reserve currently estimates that the economy will grow 2.5 to 3 percent next year and that the unemployment rate will be 7.6 to 7.9 percent. EPI estimates that the tax cut's expiration could erase 0.9 percent of economic output and put up to a million jobs at risk, according to the Times.
Last year, the White House pushed for an extension of the tax break.
"For the typical American family, it is a big deal," President Barack Obama said. "It means $40 extra in their paycheck. And that $40 helps to pay the rent, the groceries, the rising cost of gas."
Mackey said he has to agree with Obama.
"He's right in this case," he said. "That money may not seem like much to many people, but with the way the economy is, every little bit helps. Most of us are still hurting, and to lose some of it, well, it's not going to be easy."
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MILROY - Dorothy L. Reed, 88, of 41 Reed St., Milroy, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Ohesson Manor, Lewistown.
Born March 11, 1924, in Everett, she was a daughter of the late Harry "Pete" and Stella (Weyant) Hann. Her husband of 65 years, Paul R. Reed, whom she married on March 27, 1947, survives.
Surviving are: children, David P. Reed and wife, Nancy, of Reedsville, and Cathy A. (Reed) Diven and husband, Robert, of Reedsville; four grandchildren, Christopher Reed and wife, Kerry, of Collegeville, Patrick Reed, of Philadelphia, Jennifer and husband, Seth Yearick, of Lewistown, and Jamie Diven and fiance, Brad Brower, of Reedsville; and six great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Abigail and Josiah Yearick, Reece Fultz, and Delaney and Charleston Reed.
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She was preceded in death by a brother, William D. Hann, and a sister, Mildred Whitesel.
She retired from Scotty's Fashions in 1988.
Dorothy was a 1944 graduate of Milroy High School. She enjoyed sewing for her family, gardening and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at Milroy CMA Church, with Pastor Tom McElrath officiating. Interment will be held in Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy.
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BBC Press Office confirms UK return date. WARNING: Possible Spoilers
Today (Aug 16th) the BBC Press Office has released a press pack for the remainder of this series. The return date will be the same as the US Aug. 27.
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Everything in business starts with planning. B2B social media is no different. Even as companies mature and incorporate (or infiltrate, depending on your point of view) social media into other parts of their business besides marketing, the planning stages are key. Below are some posts that resonated with followers this past week that are all related to planning, whether directly or indirectly.
We start with a bold call to action for B2B marketers, followed by a very tactical list of planning questions, and then we go up a notch to planning theory and how to apply it. Next is an article that questions whether a new Facebook tool is right for B2B? Yes, I'm quoted in the article, but it too is about how you plan to test a new function to determine its success. And finally we present a list of top B2B influencers on Twitter by Michael Brenner. Okay, so I'm on this list too, but if you are looking for influencers in your industry, looking for content to share with your followers or just looking for example of B2B companies and people doing a good job on Twitter, they are all here on this list.
What else have you seen recently that has helped you in your B2B social media planning. Your own posts, or even interviews with you, are okay, because clearly it didn't stop me.
B2B Marketers Need To Get Real About Social Media and Customer Engagement
from Enterprise Irregulars
B2B marketers need to get more focused on how fast their prospects and customers are changing as a result of social media. It's time to question long-held assumptions and look to social media as a means to connect with prospects and customers more effectively.
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25 Questions To Ask When Executing B2B Content Marketing Campaigns
from Search Engine Land
With the new year upon us, search engine marketers are focused on putting the foundation together for campaign execution throughout 2013. Central among the strategies meant to deliver B2B SEO results will be content marketing.
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The Planning Fallacy: Why B2B Marketers are prone to exaggeration
from Earnest Agency
As a marketer, you're now under more pressure than ever to prove your worth – and demonstrate ROI. Your budget is under scrutiny – and no doubt, you need to put forward a strong case to justify your spend. So what do you do? Be bullish about the potential return – ever optimistic about your ability to deliver the goods, but knowing it's the only way you'll get go-ahead.
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Is Facebook's new messaging feature good for b2b?
from BtoB Magazine
In recent months Facebook Inc. has been quietly testing a new revenue-raising feature: paid messaging. So far, the service is aimed at individual users, but b2b marketers have been watching the tests and wondering if paid Facebook messaging would work for them.
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Top 50 B2B Marketing Influencers On Twitter
from B2B Marketing Insider
Who are the top B2B Marketing influencers on twitter? To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included "B2B marketing," the focus of their tweets including the hashtag #B2BMarketing, as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics releases state jobs and employment data
BALTIMORE, MD (July 22, 2011) - Two weeks after the national jobs report for June 2011
showed that the national economy added a modest 18,000 jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released statewide jobs and employment data today.
According to preliminary BLS data, Maryland lost 300 jobs from May to June, down
significantly from outlier job losses in May. Marylands 7.0 percent unemployment rate
is 2.2 percentage points below the national 9.2 percent average.
June was another soft month in Marylands recovery and a reminder that we must stay
focused on the principles that will secure Marylands economic future, said Maryland
Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez. During our recovery, which will require determined
work from all Marylanders, it is more important than ever before to protect our investments
in the states human capital, strengthen partnerships with employers and labor leaders and
avoid short cuts that other states have taken.
Because of the OMalley-Brown administrations fiscal leadership before and during the
national recession, Maryland fared better than many other states. Marylands unemployment
rate held well below the national rate throughout the recession and is currently 25 percent
better than the nations. Maryland also remains one of only eight states to hold a
Triple-A bond rating. Through forward-looking reforms passed since 2008, Maryland is
one of only 20 states to maintain a solvent unemployment insurance trust fund. While
other states trust funds are in debt to the federal government and face the threat of
higher premiums on employers in future years, Marylands fiscal responsibility during
difficult economic times will help lower payroll expenses for employers more quickly
and make Maryland a more attractive state for businesses.
BLS revised Mays preliminary jobs data, cutting the number of jobs Maryland lost
in May from 13,300 to 9,600.
In June, the state added 2,800 jobs in Professional and Business Services, 800 in
Other Services and 500 in Information. Maryland also added 1,300 jobs in the
Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities subsector and created 3,500 state and
local government positions. The state lost 1,400 federal jobs likely a result
of federal budget compromises that have reduced funding for federal agencies
headquartered in Maryland. Maryland shed 2,400 private sector jobs in June,
including 2,800 in Natural Resources, Mining and Construction. The Educational,
Health Care and Social Assistance supersector lost 1,800 jobs. In all, the state
lost 300 jobs in June.
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A father is receiving both criticism and praise for the way he punished his son, 9, along a Kansas highway Friday morning.
Richard Fulton said his son stole a video game system and games from a neighbor earlier in the week, then lied to him.
As punishment, Fulton made the boy carry a sign that read, "I like to steal and lie about it."
The sign received a lot of reaction from drivers on 36 Highway near Wathena, Kan.
Some drivers approved the public punishment. Others called it child abuse and even called police.
Fulton stands by his decision and hopes the embarrassment will keep his son from stealing again.


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Internet protocol, or IP address, is a unique number (like a phone number) that is given to you by your service provider. Most users retain their IP address for the lifetime of the contract with thier isp, although some companies (AOL and it's subsidiaries) give out dynamic IP addresses. When an AOL user logs on, they are allocated a random IP from the pool of free ones. Since AOL is huge, and not all of it's customers are online at once, it saved on IP's buy getting less than it had customers. IP's can be hidden by subnet masks, proxy servers or ciphers.
The format of the IP is four numbers of 1-3 digits, separted by full stops.
The format of the IP is four numbers of 1-3 digits, separted by full stops.
127.0.0.1 is the address that your computer uses to refer to itself.
22.214.171.124, 220.127.116.11, 188.8.131.52
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ISP given identity, consisting of four 1-3 digit numbers 0-255.
All Ip's range 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255
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A dumbass thing that is used for gay ass Moderator and Admins to track your ISP down, I'm lucky I use High Anon Proxys
See proxys
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I really have to laugh at the way people are reacting to the new law. They can hardly wait to put up a sign in the window of no guns allowed. I mean really, do they think the every one is suddenly going to be walking around with a gun in their pocket looking for a chance to use it. And besides, if it is concealed, how are they going to know.
Total over reaction ! !
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on December 3, 2012 - 9:35 PM
A Buffalo man and a Jamestown man are being held in the Chautauqua County Jail as the latest suspects arrested in a continuing probe of Jamestown area crack cocaine trafficking, Jamestown police reported Monday.
Tyshon L. Sims, 22, of Buffalo, and Alex Oliveras, also 22, of Jamestown, were in a vehicle stopped on North Main Street at Jamestown the city line about 5:31 p.m. Saturday by city police and the State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team. Both men were found with crack cocaine packaged for sale.
Oliveres was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and felony evidence tampering, after agents said they found he had concealed a portion of the crack haul in his body in an attempted to avoid its discovery. Oliveras also was charged with criminal possession of a weapon after a switch blade was taken from him.
Sims was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Jamestown detectives said anyone with information on the illegal sales of narcotics is asked to call the department's anonymous tip line at 483-TIPS (8477).


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This weekend there are two games that should be exciting to watch. UNC/MD and UVA/Hopkins.
Saturday March 21 2:00pm UNC at Maryland
UNC is 7-2 with a win over #15 Navy, and losses to NotreDame and Duke
Maryland is 5-2 with a win over #8 Duke, and losses to Georgetown and UMBC.
UNC's scoring leaders are Billy Bitter (17G,14A), Bart Wagner (20,8), and Gavin Petracca (14,12).
Goalie Grant Zimmerman has a solid save percentage of 57%.
In both losses, UNC faced hot goalies. Duke stopped 10 of 18 shots, and NotreDame stopped 16 of 23 shots). Also in both losses, UNC totaled 0 goals and 11 shots in two games during the third quarter. Over all 9 games, the 3rd quarter has been the worst statistically speaking for the Heels. Coach Breschi better make sure no players are twittering during halftime. Maybe replace their Gatorade bottles with Red Bull or something to get rid of their third quarter lulls.
The attack unit of Maryland has all three top spots on the scoring list. Catalino has 16G, 14A, Yeatman 8G, 10A, and Ryan Young rounds it out with 12G, 5A. Both goalies have a save percentage above 53%.
The Maryland midfield needs to step it up. In their first loss to Georgetown, while the whole team had turnover issues, the middies (and goalie) did the most damage. A few of these TOs happened at key points giving the momentum (if not goal) to Georgetown. In MDs second loss to UMBC, not 1 goal was scored by a midfielder. 4 great attackman can't win every game themselves.
I think UNC's defense and goalie have what it takes to hold the attack unit of MD to under 6 goals. The deciding factors will be if MD's midfielders show up, and if they can seize the momentum when UNC comes out flat in the 3rd quarter (they will). I am going with UNC only by a couple.
Saturday March 21 8:00pm Virginia at Johns Hopkins
Virginia is 9-0 with wins over #2 Syracuse and #3Cornell.
Hopkins is 3-2 with wins over #7 UMBC and #6Hofstra, and losses to Princeton and Syracuse.
I have been accused of being a Hop Hater. Not true. After this game I believe they could run the table. They are a good team. Just not championship caliber this year…and they won't win this one either. Haha.
FYI…Yes, I tend to hate on players or teams that the rest of the media hoists on a pedestal. For example, when Mikey P was at Cuse I rooted against the Orange. Last year I picked on Gvozden until he started playing better (even Hop fans have to admit he started last year SLOW). I digress…back to the game at hand…
Hopkins scoring is led by Kyle Wharton (13G, 6A), Steve Boyle (11,5), and Mike Kimmel (9,6). Hopkins has a lot of contributors on offense but no one really stands out as THE go to guy (nothing like the freak of nature Rabil…I admit I like his skills). Gvozden's save percentage is at 52% and looked better against Syracuse last week than he did against Hofstra. Hopefully he is shaking off his slow start again and heating up for the rest of the season.
Matt Dolente was a bright spot at the Face Off X going 15 of 24. Most of these wins came later in the game as Syracuse dominated everything in the first half. Hopkins got off to a very slow start not even shooting 10 shots on goal in the first half. They will need to come out firing or they will be buried by a similar offensive machine in UVA.
UVA scoring is led by Garrett Billings (22,10), Steele Stanwick (18,11), and Danny Gladding (12,15).
UVA has the complete team at every position. Their offense always gets praised, but their defense is making a name for themselves this year.
Adam Ghitelman is always solid in net (60% save%), and leads a unit that held Towson to 2 goals…both of which came when UVA was man-down. Even strength, they held a shutout. Clausen, Kelly, Nizolek, and LSM Timms can all strip the ball away from the most gifted players.
I have to go with UVA by about 4 in this one. Their defense is on a hot streak, and their offense just keeps on rolling. Hop will get a moral victory. I think the whole team will play better, and can win outright…after they lose to UVA.


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on December 22, 2012 - 1:20 PM
A West Side man is accused of menacing his family with a machete and punching his mother and sister Friday afternoon in a frightening attack before fleeing their home, according to Buffalo police.
The reported attack took place at 5:15 p.m. after the assailant got into an argument with members of his family at their home on Sandrock Road, near the intersection of Tonawanda and Ontario streets.
The family members told police the man punched his sister in the body before hitting his mother in the face, dislodging a tooth. He threatened them with a machete before leaving the home, only to return a short time later and grab another knife from the residence.
The accused attacker then kicked down the locked door to his mother's bedroom, breaking the door frame, and told his mother's boyfriend he would kill him before fleeing for good, according to an account provided to Northwest district officers. Police early this afternoon still were searching for the man accused in the attack and have not yet charged him.


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This is the 25th year that the non-profit Historic Hollidaysburg, Inc., has sponsored holiday tours of old homes and other notable places in the borough.
But this year, visitors will get an extra gift, with a stop on the annual Candlelight Christmas Tour at a former bed and breakfast once owned by a well-known local resident who passed away several years ago. The house stood empty for years before a husband and wife, one of whom is from the area, bought it and completely remodeled the home.
The tour will also feature another historic building on the property, owned by Dan and Toni Kroko.
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The living room of Dan and Toni Kroko of Hollidaysburg sports Christmas decorations. The couple's house will be featured on the upcoming Candlelight Christmas Tour.
The Krokos bought the property at 414 and 418 Montgomery St. in 2005 because Toni Kroko's parents needed an apartment to live in, she said. The bed and breakfast, that was once operated at 418 Montgomery St. by former owner Barbara Hoenstine, had been there for many years and hosted a variety of travelers in its three bedrooms, the couple said. In the third-floor apartment, visiting judges hearing cases at the nearby courthouse often stayed, they were told.
But after Hoenstine's death, the house, which was built in 1839, stood vacant and fell into disrepair. The once-grand home was in very poor shape, according to the couple, with gaping holes in the ceilings, falling plaster on the walls and other major structural problems.
But when the Krokos, who were living in Charleston, S.C., at the time, first saw it on a visit back to the area, they were far from dismayed.
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When: 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 2.
Tickets are $10 each, available now through the day of the tour at The Antique Depot in Duncansville, Stuff Unique Antiques in Gaysport, Kevin Charles in Hollidaysburg and the Mad Lion Gallery in Altoona.
For more information, call Historic Hollidaysburg at 696-0313.
"We could see what we were would be dealing with, but we could also see the potential,'' Dan Kroko said.
The property includes a Federal-style home that included two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. Dr. Joseph Landis, who was one of the home's six owners, expanded the home by including an addition with stained glass windows throughout the house.
Dan Kroko did almost all of the renovation work himself - pulling up carpet and sanding the pine floors. He also stripped wallpaper in some rooms and uncovered brick walls, which the couple has chosen to leave uncovered in some areas. Kroko also installed bathrooms in the three bedrooms.
Prior to that, guests in the three rooms had to share one bathroom.
Dan Kroko is an artist. He ran his own graphic design business in South?Carolina. A native of Sharon, his unique art pieces are scattered throughout the house.
They're most visible across an enclosed courtyard by what is called the library, another stop on the tour. Once home to the Blair County Genealogical Society, the building is now serving as the Krokos' home. Dan Kroko has renovated it with recycled items he finds. An old bookcase is now part of a staircase, a 10-speed bike is upside down, serving as a ceiling fan, and nearby, he has made lava lamps out of seltzer bottles.
"I just come up with crazy stuff,'' joked Dan Kroko about his artwork.
He would like to open a shop to sell his creations in the livery stable, also part of the property the couple owns. Currently, the stable is rented for parking spaces.
The Krokos plan to open their home as a bed and breakfast in January and call it the Mimosa Courtyard Inn, to honor the mimosa tree that stands in the courtyard. They also want to host special events.
All through the house are signs of former owners, from marks where the original walls ended to long beams in the bricks in the library walls that show where Dr. Landis took out his carriage to start his rounds to see patients. The Krokos wanted to pay homage to Hoenstine, who loved unicorns, by placing a statue of a unicorn in the front parlor.
It's their way of saying thank you, the couple said.
"This house was sort of a gift to us from Barbara," Toni Kroko said.


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Who could possibly tell which shots belong in the 1989 folder and which are from last week's lunch date? This is a burden that the 49-year-old Lowe and his beaming blue eyes accept as fate.
We don't know how Lowe does it. Sorcery? Expensive creams? Yearly hibernation? Yet, somehow, the actor has remained ageless. This astounding power has allowed Lowe to continually land the parts of younger men, including his recent portrayal of President John F. Kennedy in National Geographic's Killing Kennedy.
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Parise alone maybe, but that would leave you with only 9 Million to sign 6 players. Do-able I suppose, but it kind of screws with your overall depth.
They'd have to "make room," no doubt.
I'm guessing he goes to Carolina. *shrug*
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Cruising the net for some Macgregor 26m mods I came across these posts,of course I've got to add my two cents. The 26m is absolutely great.... For us.
We had never sailed a boat before as we live in land locked Alberta. We got the sailing bug after a trip in Australia on a 80 ft boat heeled at 30 degrees and plowing thru the biggest waves we had ever seen. Sitting close to the bow as it lifted and dropped 15 ft on each wave . With 28 people sitting along the rail I gotta say I've never seen so much puke in my life.
Anyhow after a ton of research we bought the mac 26m . It's large interior with marine head,fridge and sink (our is modded) made for what is a comfortable living space for a couple weeks at a time. We put it on the water but never knew how to put up the sails. A couple Aussie freinds of ours stopped by and showed us the basics then took us for a sail. At first in light winds the boat cruised along just fine and I was worried cause after two hours I was getting bored already. Then the wind got ALOT stronger and within another 20 mins the boat was heeled over at 45 degrees , my wife and I were white knuckled holding on. To us THIS was fun sailing ! and the Aussies who refused to reef the sails we're giggling like school girls.
We cruised along at 12 kmph . Since then we have learned how to sail ourselves , we have sailed also in the BVI'S on a 36ft and 45ft . So here's my point of view on our little macgregor... It is tender until about 50 degrees or till the sails touch the water ! Learn how to properly reef the sails and watch the weather so if your scared to heel then u don't have to. It is not as fast as the other "pure" sailing vessels on our lake when sailing in wind.
Different story when I fire up the 90 horse power outboard. We don't pay slip fees. We trailer to any lake we want to go to in Canada or the USA. The boat trailers very well (we have dual axle trailer and consider this a must , don't buy one without unless you trailer close to home) it takes about 45 mins to have boat In the water and sailing. We only need 2.5 feet of water to launch. This boat is great for recreational sailors who are not interested in racing. Is safe for the ocean for coastal or bay cruising but does not have the safety a non trailerable boat does, just to light.
We come from a extreme sports back ground (ice/rock climbing/white water rafting) so for us we like how we need to be on our toes when sailing in higher winds , it's a thrill. We didn't want a boat that would be so rock solid under us that we didn't notice a 10kmhr wind speed change , that's just boring. We like it even more when a purist sailor comes aboard and starts screaming in fear when the boat hits the 45 degree mark in decent amounts of wind. We like pulling our freinds kids on knee boards or wake boards behind the boat as well.
Over all this boat was never built to be a great open water sailor with speed, for that buy the Macgregor Anthem 70. It was built to have fun and enjoy life.As for quality of build I say it's OK. Nothing's broke yet and we have put it thru some serious abuse. Hitting 4 foot waves at 30km an hour for a hour straight I see no issues after. Main thing is buy a gauge and tighten the rigging properly so it doesn't shock load. The Mac's see far more abuse than most other boats because they do have a large outboard . Lots of haters out there will bash the Macgregors but I don't care because I think I enjoy my boat as much or more than they do. Cheers and happy sailing.
Re: Why all the fuss about mcgregor 26's
Originally Posted by XSrcing View Post
I ended up getting a Mac 25 at a price I couldn't pass up. Close enough for me!
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You'll be happy with the D.
It's a really great and quick sailor without any of the compromises of the hybrids.
Thanks for your input! I got into the McGregor forum and someone posted a pic for me. It looks way cleaner than the one we're looking at but another guy explained his and it sounds the same. We have a San Juan 23 in Washington but it's got a swing keel.we never get up there to sail her, either, so we'll be selling in the next season.
Thanks again, guys!
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Great thread. After a couple weeks researching and then reading this it sounds like there is a D or S model in my future to explore the San Juan Islands.
It's a really great and quick sailor without any of the compromises of the hybrids.
Re: Why all the fuss about mcgregor 26's
Wow this thread just won't die.
First welcome to the club. You'll hear a lot of nay sayers...and you'll repeatedly hear them as you're leaving the dock and coming back while they haven't moved in weeks if not years. :-)
No one would argue it's the best sailing boat (not by a long shot) but it does a little of everything making it a great first boat or all around family boat. It's also easy to sail and you can get to the cruising grounds quick making short afternoon trips really easily. (I'm logged a lot of hours under sail in 1-2 hours sails after work during the summer)
Enjoy the heck out of it, and then if you're ready step up to something else. I'll probably go for a cruising in a few more years.
As to your question.
I have a 26x but hangout with a owners of 26m's. I've not seen the "sealant" you're referring to in the trunk. It doesn't need it.
In the M's the Fiberglass dagger drops down the hole (trunk) through the boat and out the bottom.
It's a really simple design.
If you're seeing that I would be more concerned the trunk was damaged and badly patched.
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They should have you approved within 24 hours of sign up. Usually faster. I know the topic has been discussed on those forums before so you may be able to do a search and get the answer your looking for. If you're in a true pinch for time you could always assume there is some trunk damage and make an offer accordingly. That way if you get the boat and no damage exists you have extra boat bucks for new toys!!
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on January 15, 2013 - 12:06 AM
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By Garaud MacTaggart
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Drummer Bobby Previte left Niagara Falls decades ago to live in New York City, but he always seems to find his way back to Western New York, bringing with him the pieces for his latest project. This time, Previte brought along guitarist Mike Gamble and baritone saxophonist Fabian Rucker to help him perform an impressive batch of works specifically created for this lineup.
It was an evening of music that demanded attention and an audience that was ready to pay it. The concert space at Hallwalls was small but packed with people committed to the venue and the varied artistic opportunities it offers. Most of the patrons greeted each other like old friends, an audience familiar with itself and comfortable with each other.
Much of the material played at Monday night's gig appeared on an album from 2012 ("Plutino") that Previte created with Italian musicians Francesco Diodati and Beppe Scardino. The lineup change didn't affect the quality of the music and, truth be told, the excitement generated by the current ensemble was such that the end results were impressive in their own right and well worth revisiting.
All musicians play with sound, it just depends on how they organize the results. For this event, easels were on the stage stacked with scores that seemed to act as guides for the evening instead of hard and fast rules, suggestions for the music to follow instead of a straitjacket to constrain the contours of the sound.
In the end, this wasn't music that caressed the ear; rather it commanded the feet to follow the rhythms while challenging the mind to chase the changes.
There were two extremes running alongside each other in this mix. First, there was Previte's funk-drenched drum patterns driving time into a frenzy as Rucker's punched up bari roared and Gamble's guitar sliced and diced space into little cells of rhythm. Then there were passages carved out for solo spots and others featuring delicately unhinged washes of sound as the pace slowed to a near stand still before jump-starting the cycle all over again.
While the sounds played may have seemed random to the uninitiated, there was ample proof that there were points spread amongst the improvisations where agreement was mandated. When that happened, these guys were able to stop on a dime, pick it up, and carry on with the proceedings.
It was difficult to pick out a highlight for the evening, but the first set performances of "Austerity" and "Default," tunes that Previte implied were related, would be high on the list. They embodied much of what the program was about.
Previte played around with his sticks and mallets, creating sounds ranging from thumping toms to whispered cymbal work. Rucker's baritone had a gut bucket quality to it that lent itself to being an alternative rhythm source to the drum kit while Gamble's riffing and note bending soared between lead and pulse. It was an impressive performance that deserved to be heard by a wider audience.
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Police in Lancaster County were called to some unfriendly competition between two car dealerships Thursday.
Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said a fight broke out about 6 p.m. Thursday between Top Notch Auto Sales and Melvin G. Rhoades Auto Sales in Penn Township. The fight happened at Top Notch.
Someone showed a gun, but the only injury was when one person slipped on some grease and fell, police said.
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Breast pumps, breastfeeding supplies and lactation support covered in Affordable Care Act (IF purchased from a licensed provider)
An interesting and cost-saving development for new mothers — health insurance providers are required to cover breast pumps, breastfeeding supplies and lactation support under the Affordable Care Act as of Jan. 1. The catch? You have to purchase from a licensed provider and so far, there are only six national Aetna breast pump providers.
One of those providers, New York-based Yummy Mummy, has been moving quickly to adapt itself to the new rules so that the large majority of moms with Aetna can get a breast pump or supplies from them at no out-of-pocket cost – no co-pay, coinsurance or deductible, including shipping (which takes 1-3 days). In fact they've set up a page to show you what you can get for free if you are insured by Aetna. They say they expect Yummy Mummy to be added to BlueCross, Emblem (covers GHI and HIP) and Cigna this month as well.
You can find the other five providers on the aetna.com list, which is worth checking out for providers for other insurance covered items, including insulin pumps, wheelchairs and speech generating devices.


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MIFFLINTOWN - On Tuesday, the Juniata County Commissioners approved and adopted a resolution to abolish the Juniata County Office of Jury Commissioners.
The resolution is the result of a meeting held March 22 with the president judge and court administrator of the 41st Judicial District of Pennsylvania to review county procedures for selecting jurors.
Resolution 2012-4 states that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted Act 108, authorizing the Boards of Commissioners to abolish the office of Jury Commissioners under certain provisions. After reviewing procedures presently used for the selection of jurors in Juniata County, the board determined that lists of potential jurors are a representative cross section of the community and therefore comply with the provisions of the act, the resolution states.
During the public board meeting Tuesday, the commissioners adopted Resolution 2012-4 to abolish the office.
Also at the meeting, Commissioner Jeffrey Zimmerman, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners, commended community members who contributed to the recent bicentenntial celebration.
"Congratulations to Perrysville/Port Royal on their bicentennial celebration," he said.
Zimmerman said he fondly remembers former businesses in the area and called the weekend celebration "remarkable."
In other business, the commissioners:
Approved the Purchase of Service agreement between Juniata County Children and Youth Services, the Juniata County Probation Department and Children's Choice Inc., as submitted by Helen Henry, Children and Youth director. The agreement will be in effect from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013.
Approved requests for liquid fuel funds for Delaware Township in the amount of $3,990.61 and Spruce Hill Township in the amount of $2,485.87.
Approved the board appointment request from the Juniata County Human Services Delivery Fund Advisory Board of Mike Hannon, executive director of the Tri-County Drug and Alcohol Commission, to the board, as submitted by Allison L. Fisher, human services director.
Approved the purchase of JuryTRAC software from CourtView Justice Solutions at a cost of $9,000. The project cost covers installation, implementation and on-site training.
Approved the Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Emergency Management Performance grant agreement between Juniata County and the Pennsylvania Emergency Mananagement Agency, as submitted by Allen Weaver, emergency services director.
Reviewed September 2012 field assessment totals submitted by Jeff Haines, chief assessor.
Approved the submission of the Megan's Law Registration/Verification support grand funds application as submitted by Michelle A. Beaver, chief probation officer.
Approved checks Nos. 35,960 through 35,991 in the amount of $88,974.36.


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If "perk" is what you find in bulldozers on construction sites and tanks on the battlefield, then, yeah, Sarah Palin was right to call Katie Couric perky.
Otherwise, Katie Couric, on her new daytime talk show Monday afternoon (Ch. 7, 4 p.m.) was a woman on a mission, and Lord help anything that got in her way.
She is daytime TV's newest Archbishop of Oprahism. And, no, she doesn't have a chance of being American culture's newest Oprah, but it was obvious from her first hour of afternoon talk that the former "Today" show queen and "CBS Evening News" anchor has the best chance of bringing America something of what it lost when Oprah Winfrey decided to retire from the syndicated TV grind.
Let the journalistas smugly gloat about how the mighty have fallen, about how yawning is the distance between interviewing heads of state and Jessica Simpson on "Katie." When you're in the running for New Oprah, you've actually got a shot at influencing American culture in a way that no newsman - not even Uncle Walter (Cronkite) - ever did.
Let's get real. Without Oprah, there'd have been no Obama. Without Oprah's Book Club, American culture is very different.
Oprah's show is like the phantom limb that isn't there anymore - still felt, long after its amputation. On her OWN network, Oprah may float the occasional paper airplane through the transom with an info tidbit on it - you know, Rihanna still talks to Chris Brown and thinks about him, despite his once pummeling her in the front seat of a car. But Oprah, the pontiff of Oprahism, just isn't there to help America lead its best life.
Enter Katie Couric, along with Ricki Lake and - Are you ready? - Jeff Probst to the afternoon talk wars. After watching two hours of uplift and inspiration as well as credos and invocations in the religion of "Leading Your Best Life" on "Katie" and "The Jeff Probst Show," I was ready to watch people hurl chairs at each other on Jerry Springer. and howl in fury when the blood test came back on "Maury" and they discovered the building super to be the real father of little Jimmy.
"Katie" began with a nice little joke about Matt Lauer, in a sleep mask, as her professional "Husband," reassuring her that the last few years weren't all a dream. Then came a quick audience shot of Couric's two kids and the show's first "meat" -a half-hour infomercial for Weight Watchers in the form of an interview with Jessica Simpson.
Not that it wasn't personal, mind you. Katie confessed to daytime America that Liz Josefsberg, Simpson's Weight Watchers guru in changing her relationship to the "Culture of Food," has also been Couric's own Weight Watchers adviser in worrisome days of avoirdupois past.
So now, on Simpson's "journey to lose weight," she repeated, in her own words, the Credo of Oprahism: "I just want to be a better version of myself."
Which, of course, will get you to "live your best life."
And, in Couric's case, of course, that helped her land Target as one of her show's sponsors.
What's your biggest lesson? Couric asked Simpson. "Be kind to yourself," she replied.
Then she gave Couric a present - a pair of sequined black pumps.
Couric gave Simpson a T-shirt for her daughter, Baby Maxwell and a "you go, girl" video bit of encouragement from Simpson's idol Dolly Parton.
Then it was Couric's pal Sheryl Crow's turn to open up to her buddy Katie for the first time about her benign brain tumor, to mourn the summertime juicy revelations for her ex-boyfriend Lance Armstrong and react revealingly to a sexy film clip of her in duet performance with Michael Jackson.Onstage, Jackson was virtually into heavy petting. Offstage, said Crow, "he was like a kid. He didn't grow up entirely past 8 or 10."
One local plastic surgery commercial later for those audience members in search for a physical better self, Couric engagingly introduced some old buddies from junior high in Virginia, all of whom seemed to have entirely untouched faces that didn't compare to the gleaming youthfulness of their 55-year old classmate.
Give Couric credit. She admitted her age on the show. And her nerves. She was scared, but she'd shaved her legs for the occasion and made sure, as any good mother ought to, that she'd "peed" right before the show.
After all those years on "Today," she knows how to be a human being on camera.Today, her show will delve into the story of a woman who suffered grievously from flesh-eating bacteria. On Wednesday, she'll ask Heidi Klum if she was indeed "fornicating with the help" as her soon-to-be ex Seal has charged. And then later in the week she'll have Jennifer Lopez, the author of "50 Shades of Grey" and Amanda Knox.
Look up high and you can see the white smoke. Oprahism has a new pope.
Meanwhile, a couple of hours earlier on Buffalo TV (Ch. 23, 2 p.m.) "Survivor" host Probst became the newest convert to Oprahism in the afternoon by telling us about three people who said "I'm in" to life: a beautiful woman - a former teacher/gymnast/trapeze performer - with shaved head who began with cervical cancer and has been told her cancer is now incurable; an 8-year old who began with a lemonade stand and has raised $50,000 to end slavery in Nepal and around the world; and a couple in their 90s who, two weeks after meeting in a retirement home, got engaged to be married.
To cancer survivor Kelly Pozzoli, who will return to the show often "to let us be in on her journey," according to Probst, he asked, "Is it weird to get applause for saying how you want to live your life?" ("I'm gonna go out in style.")
Considering that Probst, on "Survivor" is more known for offering people a choice between worm salad or a dried beetle taco, you can't deny the power of TV's afternoon religion of inspiration and uplift.
Let's admit that you'd have to be inhuman and more than a little monstrous not to be impressed with the array of exceptional human beings that were presented to us Monday on the premieres of "Katie" and "The Jeff Probst Show." The trouble is that very real human beings are one thing and afternoon TV's religion of uplift, inspiration and "Living your best self" is quite another.
It seems like bullying if the life you're leading is just barely good enough on some days, even with your best efforts.
It isn't that Probst doesn't have a Couric-like nose for the dark side. Even he probably knows that the best part of his interview with the cancer survivor was her admission that with such an uncertain future, she's had to rethink her marriage to her military husband, now in Germany after serving in Afghanistan.
There's nothing heartwarming about divorce, that's for sure, even if she became convinced it was her best life.
"Katie" may not be Couric's best life. And "The Jeff Probst Show" may not be Probst's. But if you think I'm going to say they'll never be, you're crazy.
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Blood clots can affect anyone — yes, even fit & healthy people
Medical students, I've heard, tend to develop symptoms of the diseases they study. As a health and fitness writer, I can certainly relate.
Today's case in point: Blood clots.
Like everyone else, I read about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton having one last December. "Oh," thought I, "hers seems to have started with the flu, which led to dehydration, which led to her passing out, which led to her hitting her head, which led to her getting a concussion, which probably led to a blood clot."
And then my oh-whew thought: "I had a flu shot and I drink lots of water."
Or I've heard of people having them after surgery. Again, I excuse myself.
But then I did some preliminary little research on blood clots — Mike Merschel, my esteemed editor, and I knew we wanted to do something based on Mrs. Clinton's experience — and I found out that normal, everyday, fitness buffs get them, too.
In a word, yikes.
I talked to two very helpful doctors: Dr. Robin Novakovic, assistant professor in radiology, neurology and neurotherapeutics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and Dr. James Kohn, a vascular surgeon on the medical staff at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake.
My real-life examples were runners Mary Campise and Mike Magnardi, whose experiences, thank God, turned out fine. Both are especially cautious now; Mike says he still looks in the mirror at his legs, double- and triple-checking they're the same size.
To read about blood clots as well as ways to do all you can to prevent them, click here.
And yes, I'm saving you the awful (but, admittedly, pretty good) puns that Mike and I came up with during the back-and-forth emails we sent each other about the story.


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on July 6, 2013 - 8:00 PM
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Putt-putt on steroids.
That's how some people describe park golf, the region's newest sport.
Thirty years after its inaugural game in Japan, park golf has made its United States debut in Akron, where two nine-hole courses sit on nine acres next to the home of Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer, the man whose idea it was to bring the game here.
A retired professional wrestler whose international celebrity grew so large that he also became a television star in Japan, Beyer first admired the condensed version of golf while in Asahikawa, Japan, for an appearance in 1995.
"It was more of a fun game than regular golf," said Beyer, who will celebrate his 83rd birthday Wednesday.
With a nine-hole course limited to 500 meters or less, a single club and a hard plastic ball, park golf is a cross between mini golf and America's traditional game of golf. The maximum length for each of the nine holes on the course is 100 meters.
"I would hit the regular golf ball or slice it or hook it and swear a little bit," Beyer said. "But a good shot in park golf is down the fairway 30, 40, 50 yards. I liked it."
Beyer liked it so much that for years he had two holes set up in his own backyard.
His daughter Kris Jones and her husband took The Destroyer's idea and ran with it, pitching the idea of a full park golf course to Akron-Newstead town officials in 2011.
"I took it to the township and to my surprise they said OK," said Kris Beyer. "I grabbed the bull by the horns, and my husband thought it was a great idea."
After two years of construction and maintenance, the course opened June 22 as the first park golf course in North America to be certified by the NIPON Park Golf Association. The grand opening is today at 7065 Sandhill Road in Akron.
Players – or parkers, as they are referred to – use a club that looks similar to a driver, but with a thicker, shorter shaft and a putter face. With a flat face, the brightly colored ball usually has zero to minimum loft.
The 8-inch diameter hole on the green is almost double the size of a traditional golf hole. Where a golf green is usually cut to one-quarter inch or lower, the park green at Destroyer Park Golf is kept at one inch.
"Japan's park golf association is very official," she said. "The NPGA is like the PGA here. Honest to goodness, they take it that serious."
NIPON Park Golf Association representatives will be on site today during the grand opening to do the ribbon cutting and be available for game demonstrations and lessons.
The rules are the same as regular golf, and one game typically takes between one-and-a-half to two hours to complete. With shorter playing time and a less strenuous swing (usually) the game puts less physical strain on the body than traditional golf.
"All ages can play and elderly who may not be able to swing a full golf swing," said Jones.
At $8 per game, it's usually cheaper than catching a movie, and the celebrity is included.
Every morning at 7 a.m., Jones said you can find her father sitting in his chair outside the clubhouse, which doubles as The Destroyer Museum with wrestling memorabilia covering the inside walls.
"It's been a couple days when it was raining," she said. "I told him the night before, 'Dad, if it's raining, I won't be there right at 7 a.m. because nobody is going to play.'
"He called me at 7:05 a.m. and said, 'I'm waiting here for somebody to pick me up.' I got up and went downstairs and made coffee and picked him up."
"I open the place up at 7 a.m.," Beyer said. "It's my name on it, and I sit there in my chair and I wave to people who go by and hopefully I'll attract somebody. I wear my mask sometimes. Sometimes I don't wear my mask."
Beyer isn't always in the chair though. Despite being diagnosed with neuropathy, which causes numbness in his hands and feet, if challenged, The Destroyer will likely trade his seat for a club.
"I don't have the balance that I used to have," said Beyer. "I'm healthy. I get around with a walker alright. I've had two hips replaced, a knee replaced, a shoulder replaced. So I've been chewed up in wrestling but I'd do it all over again. I can still play park golf. And you can play it too. You might be able to beat me."
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"He manhandled me in rehearsals from the start, pushing me, whacking my stomach, bending my arms roughly," the Olympian, 31, writes in Solo: A Memoir of Hope.
"I thought that was just how it went – how dancers worked with each other," she continues. "But it kept getting worse. ... One day, Maks was trying to put me in a certain position and hit my stomach so hard with his open palm that I had a red handprint there for the rest of the day."
Solo, goalie for the gold medal-winning U.S. women's soccer team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, says that ABC offered her a new pro partner after Chmerkovskiy slapped her during rehearsal for the show's 2011 Halloween episode.
"He wanted my head in a specific position. To achieve that, he slapped me across the face. Hard," she writes, according to USA Today.
She declined a new partner, she says, because "she didn't want to end [his] career."
Chmerkovskiy, 32, hasn't commented on the book but did post this message on Twitter Thursday: "Always hated hypocrites and liars ... but when someone is both AND an opportunist, I just feel bad for them. Can't win at someone's expense ..."
ABC has not yet commented on Solo's allegations, and Chmerkovskiy's rep had no comment.


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The US and NATO are talking about 8-12K troops in Afghanistan, likely for years to come. Think the US?will still be there in 20 years?
In reference to the video...Now that is some impressive stuff!
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I thought it was common knowledge that if you want your country rebuilt, get the US to invade it. Welfare dept. with a rifle.
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Now I remember! All the troops in Afghanistan were going to be out it 2014. Joe Biden said so! It has to be true, right? Obama was going to end the war there just like he did in Iraq.
It's a good thing those other guys didn't get into office. We might be looking at years and years of military action in the middle east and everyday working people would be paying up on taxes.
It's all good now, isn't it?
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No, it wasn't that. I think it had something to do with a very strong assurance made by Joe Biden during a VP debate a few months ago.
But come to think of it, yes, you are right about the health insurance tax. That takes effect in 2014 also but I make less than $250K so no new Obama taxes won't affect me, right?
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We never leave. Look at Japan, ect. The countries never want the money to stop.
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What was it again that was supposed to happen in 2014?
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After being closed for nearly two months for a sewer repair project, Spring Street in Buckhannon reopened to traffic Monday. A sewer pipe had eroded beneath the concrete, requiring repair....
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Two injured in Millcreek three-vehicle crash
Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Millcreek Township at 3:35 p.m. on Thursday.
A 2007 Honda Pilot was driving south near the 800 block of Potomac Avenue turned into a 1998 Ford Contour that was heading northbound, said police. The impact of the crash sent the Contour into a parked unoccupied vehicle, said police.
A passenger in the Contour suffered minor injuries and was transported to UPMC Hamot, and the driver of the Pilot sustained minor injuries, said police.


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As though looking at an empty grocery cart.
As though looking at an empty grocery cart.
My fat ass boss gave me the empty grocery cart stare today when I told him I couldn't work weekends, he's such a dumb piece of shit.
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