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You have looked into building Windows 8 Metro Style Applications. But now comes the step of building a great app that integrates with Windows 8 experiences and that has great user interaction. How do you make your app preferred by users? How do you give confidence to users?
In this session we look at the Metro style guidelines, how to adopt the Metro Design Principles and some examples of going from 'meh' to great!
This session focuses on the User Interaction and Experience, so expect little code but lots of input on how to make your app great, whether you are a designer or a developer.
Speaker: Katrien De Graeve
Katrien is an Evangelist for Microsoft Belgium, focusing on Microsoft Web and UX stack. With a web development background, working at agencies and training in the past, Katrien's focus at Microsoft is on Web, HTML5, Mobile and lately Windows 8 Metro Style apps. Katrien's main role as an evangelist is making developers shine!
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June 14, 2012 - Robert Collias
Baldwin High School product Branden Kaupe signed his contract with the New York Mets on Wednesday, he and his father Napa Kaupe confirmed with The Maui News.
Kaupe has been a busy young man since his first interview after being drafted in the fourth round, 140th overall.
Kaupe's pro career will begin Tuesday when he plays for the Kingsport, Tenn., Mets in their Applachian League opener at Princeton, W.Va.
Other websites have said that they had an "exclusive" interview with Kaupe, but that is simply not the case — we have been the first to report each of his steps along the professional path.
A lot of other websites have chimed in to catch up with what we reported first, among them scout.com. And the Mets blog at espn.com. And there is this from a Mets' fan site. And there's this from the Mets' website, although they misspelled "Branden" at least once that I noticed and also got Dwayne Eldredge's name wrong. There is also this from another fan site.
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Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani met and fell in love when their bands toured together in the '90s.
On Saturday night, the married rockers reunited on stage to sing Bush's hit "Glycerine" for a surprised holiday-concert audience.
Rossdale, 47, usually performs the song by himself until the rest of Bush joins him toward the end, but at L.A. Radio station KROQ's 23rd Annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., he was joined by an extra-special guest on the second verse: his wife.
"The place went crazy," an audience member told PEOPLE after the show. "They shared a quick kiss after the performance and Gwen exited the stage while Gavin and his band stayed to finish their set."
And the couple never looked better: Rossdale's sleeveless T-shirt exposed his biceps, and Stefani, 43, wore a black mesh top that showed off her great abs.
"Bush was playing tonight, Gwen's in town, and they haven't done it in at least a decade," says a source. "They thought it would be fun."
Fun and flashback worthy: Check out how Rossdale and Stefani looked when they first met at the same event 17 years ago when their respective bands performed at KROQ's annual holiday show in 1995.
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There was a time when American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini was on top of the world.
The 34-year-old, who came in second to Kelly Clarkson on the show's first season in 2002, remembers the days when "I couldn't walk the street without being stopped a hundred times" by fans.
But on his blog Wednesday (which had been removed but is back up), the father of two admitted that he now spends "days skipping meals in order to make sure I have enough. To make sure my children and my wife have enough."
While his costar in the 2003 film From Justin to Kelly has gone on to win Grammys and sell more than 20 million albums worldwide, Guarini is having trouble making ends meet.
"I'm unafraid to say that I am terrified," he writes. "I am struggling to make each day meet the next without breaking down and curling up."
Guarini, who welcomed second son Asher with wife Reina Capodici in February, looks back on those heady Idol days and remembers how he traveled in limos and didn't worry about how much he spent on dining out or expensive clothes, but admits that while his life now "ain't perfect," it's "filled with love."
"I have a wife whom I love and who loves me (me!) and who lifts me up. Children who give me cherubic-lipped kisses before I leave for work and who are the most delicious morsels of joy and peace and prosperity."
There's also the prospect of good work next month. Guarini is set to play on Broadway in the role of Paris in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad as the star-crossed lovers.
Though his rep has said the blog post was authentic, the singer and actor Tweeted that its message has been misinterpreted and that he's "nowhere near poverty."
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News 8 has learned that a man wanted for questioning in a York homicide and facing charges in an attempted homicide is in police custody.
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Malcolm Bull, 18, was wanted for questioning in connection with the Nov. 6 fatal shooting of Edward Green.
Green, 46, was shot in an apparent carjacking in the 400 block of West Princess Street, police said.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tim Gipe, a longtime Mount Pleasant resident and former Mount Pleasant Town Council member, has announced he will run for council again. He formerly served under Mayor Johnnie Dodds and alongside current mayor Billy Swails.
A local realtor, the Sumter native is a Citadel graduate.
"I have seen recently in politics that things are getting to be a dirty game. Good people don't want to get involved with the mess of running and good people need to be in politics," he said. "I am willing to offer to serve because I love Mount Pleasant and in this particular race I am not running against anyone. I am running for an open seat."
Gipe applauded the current council members and mayor. But said his 40 years of real estate and development experience could be beneficial.
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If elected, his goals are to keep open lines of communication with residents, to create citizen networks to keep people informed and to allow people to really be heard, he said.
Communication of the facts is essential, he explained."Often people hear something and take off in certain directions without having heard the whole story."
Having watched the growth of Mount Pleasant since 1975 both as a resident and a realtor and developer, Gipe said he understands the challenges of managing growth properly.
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Hello, I am new to this forum.
I started watching Anime since about '86. I stopped watching Anime for a number of reasons, none of them good. I just recently started up watching Anime again after watching Hyouka, wow really good Anime.
I think as I have aged my tastes and expectations in what I like in anime have changed. I am hoping that with my participation in this forum I will find anime that I will like, and people who like the same stuff as I do.
As to what I like I guess it is safe to say I like most of the Studio Ghibli stuff. When I was Younger I remember watching Anime like Appleseed, Orguss II, Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikokku, Here is Greenwood, Galaxy Express 999, Silent Möbius, Fight! Iczer-One, Project A-ko, Riding Bean, Ah! My Goddess!, and Green Legend Ran.
My friend let me watch Detroit Metal City, and Ping Pong Club which I honestly was uncomfortable watching the first time, I felt dirty and wanted to read the Bible a lot afterward, but you know those Anime turned out to be pretty funny the second time around viewing and are now in my top twenty list.
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Hi all, I am new (and old).
I've been watching anime since the early 90's. Or rather I watched anime in the 90's and took a long break as life in general took over. Recently a friend at work discovered anime and can't stop talking about it. That has gotten me back into it. I am rewatching some of my favorites from back then. 3x3 eyes, DNA^2, Bubble gum crisis and all the Ghibli moves so far. I've poked around a bit in the newer releases but haven't found anything that stands out to me, yet.
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WAILUKU - A man was sentenced to a 15-year prison term for sexually assaulting a Pukalani girl four years ago when he lived in the same neighborhood.
Johnny Alba, 47, had been extradited from Texas to face charges in the case.
He had pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of second-degree sexual assault and third-degree sexual assault.
The sexual assaults occurred in October and November 2009.
Prosecuting Attorney John D. Kim said that Alba threatened the girl, saying harm would come to her family if she didn't keep what he did a secret.
"His claim of consensual sex with a 12-year-old is beyond belief," Kim said.
He said the girl has suffered emotional and psychological damage, and her family also has been harmed.
"He deserves the 15 years," Kim said.
While Kim said a report prepared for Alba's sentencing listed only aggravating factors in support of prison, defense attorney Sam MacRoberts said that the report should have included a handful of other factors that would have supported withholding jail for Alba.
Alba had stable employment on Maui and has a strong family support system in Texas, MacRoberts said. He said Alba previously led a law-abiding life and was unlikely to commit another crime. Alba had recommitted himself to his religion and was willing to enter sex offender treatment, MacRoberts said.
"There's no real explanation for how this happened, but I think he's going to take advantage of his treatment," MacRoberts said.
Alba said he was sorry.
"I made a poor decision in my life," Alba said in court Friday. "I know I'll pay for it. I want and I need rehabilitation for myself."
He said alcohol was "a big influence in what I did."
Since then, he said, he hasn't consumed liquor for three years.
Second Circuit Judge Richard Bissen said police reports included Alba's explanations that the sexual assaults occurred when he was drunk after a wild party and that the girl was the one who sexually assaulted him.
"Why did he do this? Maybe because he didn't think he'd get caught," Bissen said. "Maybe because of the threats he made to her as to what would happen to her and her family. And it worked for a little time.
"The most obvious explanation is he did this because he could. He wanted sexual gratification. He found someone who was an easy target. I don't know if he stopped and planned it, but it happened. And it happened more than once."
Even though Alba had agreed to the 15-year prison sentence, he said in a letter to the court that "10 years is enough for what I did," Bissen said.
"I don't know what remorse that is - that he wants to back out of what he agreed to," the judge said.
He said that the facts of the case warranted the 15-year prison sentence.
Alba has already spent about a year in jail.
In another sentencing, a Washington state man was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $740 in restitution after pleading no contest Thursday to two reduced charges of third-degree theft.
Richard E. Thomas, 34, of Kennewick also was ordered to pay $2,050 for extradition costs before he made a voluntary appearance in court.
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Roberto Benigni in Florence Piazza Santa Croce
The superlative poetry of the greatest Italian poet, Dante, will be interpreted in Florence, Piazza Santa Croce, by Roberto Benigni, the famous and extraordinary Italian actor. Twelve breathtaking night events from July 20th to August 6th.
After the great success of TuttoDante 2012, which attracted to Piazza Santa Croce seventy thousand spectators from all over Italy, the much loved Tuscan actor is back in Florence with the exegesis and the reading of 12 more cantos from the Divine Comedy: from canto to canto XXXIV of the Inferno (Hell).
In this new edition Roberto Benigni will conclude the first canticle (cantica), the Journey through Hell, interpreting and reading Dante's verses but adding his sharp satire and reflections on the most recent years and events in Italy's history.
Every night from July 20th to August 6th 9:15 pm in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, where six thousand people can be seated.
Tickets: from € 17,00.
Dates of this event 20/07/2013 - 06/08/2013
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WELLSVILLE - Wellsville Village Council members voted to formally adopt an increase in sewerage rates for village homeowners during a brief meeting held Tuesday evening in council chambers.
Sewerage rates are extrapolated from the amount of water used by a household. The existing charge has been $21.07 for the first 3,000 used gallons per month, with a rate of $6.19 per thousand for all usage over 3,000 gallons. Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, the charge will be $20.07 for the first 2,000 gallons used per month, with a rate of $7.50 per thousand for all usage over 2,000 gallons.
During his report to council, village administrator Thom Edgell requested a meeting with the village Property Committee to discuss meeting the costs of modifications to the village holiday lighting system, which has been requested by AEP Ohio. Edgell also reiterated a previous request for the purchase of automated external defibrillator units. He touched upon the recent death of a friend, most likely from a heart attack, and stated that in a similar scenario inside the village hall, people attending to the victim wouldn't have the equipment on hand to save the person's life.
"I'm afraid that that will happen one evening at council, or in the middle of an afternoon, someone will come in to pay a sewerage bill, and have a heart attack," Edgell said. Although knowledge of CPR is valuable in such an instance, he said the presence of an AED unit in the village hall, the fire station, village garage and in the police cruisers could provide a much greater chance for the victim of a heart attack or other cardiac arrest to survive.
During her report, councilwoman Rosie Goss read a passage about the biblical story of Zacchaeus, a formerly corrupt tax collector, who mended his ways after hearing the teachings of Jesus. She related it to the theft of a pair of gingerbread Christmas decorations from Broadway Avenue on Nov. 23 and her hopes that those
responsible for the theft would also make amends and return the decorations.
Goss admits she believes that they are now gone for good, but said that her disappointment has been salved by another story: Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Like the residents of Whoville, she said that having these items stolen shouldn't dampen the town's Christmas spirit. "We're good people, we have good hearts," she said, and added that next year's display will be better, and perhaps more theft-proof, than this year.
Wellsville Police Chief Joe Scarabino thanked village Mayor Susan Haugh for the support of her office throughout the year. He also addressed previously-voiced suggestions by council member Diane Dinch, chair of the finance committee, to curb spending whenever possible. Scarabino said that his officers had pursued numerous felony cases to the grand-jury level this year and that his department had done the best it could to balance those priorities within the budget.
Scarabino also shared holiday shopping safety tips, particularly for women, including "buddy shopping" with a friend or family member rather than alone. He said that, if a person is ever threatened in a store parking lot, they could use their car alarm to call for help, or in a worst-case scenario, use a car key as a weapon. Scarabino also urged shoppers to never leave gift items inside a car where they are visible and vulnerable to a determined thief.
In other business:
* Mayor Haugh reminded attendees that the village Light-Up Night ceremony is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Thursday at the Fourth Street Gazebo, with the annual Christmas Parade set for 6 p.m. on Saturday. In addition, the Christmas for the Animals event at the Gazebo will be held at 12:30 p.m., Dec. 16.
* Councilman Don Brown renewed warnings for owners of nuisance properties to clean them up, or else face charges and be brought before the village magistrate.


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Leaving from an airport near you: Every bank ATM that doesn't say "M&T."
M&T Bank Corp. has won exclusive contracts from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to provide ATM services at both the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and the Niagara Falls International Airport.
The Buffalo-based bank will have six ATMs at BNIA, two before security – one downstairs in the baggage claim area and one upstairs in the ticketing area – and four after security in the two concourses and the food court. It has one in the Niagara Falls airport, in the food court before security.
The Buffalo contract is a three-year agreement that can be renewed annually for two years at NFTA's choice. The Niagara Falls contract is for a one-year trial. It could be renewed annually up to four times, for a total of five years, if the ATM handles more than 6,200 transactions from non-M&T customers. A second ATM could be requested and installed if the machine handles at least 16,000 non-M&T transactions.
The machines will offer multiple language options, access for visually impaired customers, touch screens and "fast-cash" options.
"Partnering with M&T Bank allows us to provide Buffalo Niagara residents and out-of-town guests with convenient access to cash on the fly," said NFTA chairman Howard A. Zemsky.
This is the first time NFTA has had an ATM contract at the airports. The Buffalo airport previously had one M&T machine and one from HSBC Bank USA, but those ATMs were under contract with the gift store, not NFTA. HSBC pulled its machine when it sold its upstate New York retail banking business, and the new contract means no other bank can have a machine there.
The two airports handle 100 flights daily, with 5.4 million travelers passing through each year, giving the bank significant visibility. M&T already has an exclusive ATM contract at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, a hub for Southwest Airlines.
"Providing ATM services at BNIA and NFIA allows us to offer additional convenience to our Buffalo customers, as well as those travelers visiting the area," said Darren King, executive vice president for retail banking at M&T.
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8 Things You Must Know if You Don't Want to Die at the Beach
The beach is a simple place where people go to relax, escape their obligations and have painful, gritty sex under the boardwalk. But bathers are often unprepared for how crowded the beach can be.
Consider the typical beachgoer, whom we'll call "Bill" because his real name is too ethnic. Bill packs his automobile full of supplies and drives to the shore, where he discovers that the lines are too long! In sight of his goal, Bill watches as government officials begin rationing off the sea. Sadly, there is not enough ocean left for him, and a chance for a wonderful memory instead becomes:
On a good day, the zombies preoccupy the sharks
Our friend Bill went home unbeachified because he hadn't planned accordingly. Don't let this happen to you. Use the easy guide below to get the most out of your trip to the shore. Whether you're a veteran beach dude or a lousy tourist, you will learn how to maximize third-quarter fun revenues and reallocate blue-chip pleasures to key happiness areas. By the time you've squeezed the last drop of joy from your experience, it will make you sick to even look at a beach!
NOTE: Bill later killed himself.
#8. Background
What IS the beach exactly? Geographers would have us believe it's any place where a body of water meets the land in an even fashion. Nice try, geographers ... or should I call you science-warlocks? Your hocus-pocus can never pin down the true spirit of the beach. It belongs to a class of undefinable mysteries like true love, the Holy Spirit and where Missouri is.
Wikipedia wants to go to there
The beach is like ... inside all of us, man
The term "beach" comes from the Swedish word "boorkeldumpf," which means "A place where fish pee and it is very cold." If you ever meet a Swedish model, you can use this trivia to impress her with your knowledge of her people, but you will probably never meet a Swedess, unless you go to the really good parties.
Beaches have been used by human beings for dozens upon dozens of years...as far back as the 3rd century, when Roman emperor Balbinus Baggum Hobbicta declared that the ocean was no longer allowed to crash into rocky cliffs. The sea rebelled, but was quickly put down by the Roman Aqua Legion, who stabbed it with sword and spear until ocean yielded to man's will. Hundreds of beaches were created by this brutal method of conquest. Ironically, Italians are no longer allowed at many of the beaches their ancestors forged because Italy's coastline is overrun with private resorts owned by Visigoths.
#7. What Kind of Beach Am I On?
There are seven kinds of beach. (One contains buried treasure! Can you guess which?)
Public beach: This is where you go to step in goose poop and see fat people wearing gold. Expect at least one sleazy teenager taking pictures of girls barely into high school. The great thing about public beaches is that every few seconds you can buy a cold drink to relax and take your mind off of the endless parade of vendors bellowing in your ear about cold drinks.
Private beach: Old people go here to enjoy the view without ever taking a swim.
Yacht club: If your beach gear includes full-length trousers, you are doing it wrong, and no advice can save you, people I grew up with in Connecticut.
But Wikipedia knows that's really New Jersey
Wheee. Look at how much fun we're having?
Yacht clubs are mostly excuses for upper-middle-class types to swig Heineken together in the evening. By day, they stay inside and chart courses or repair the boat. If you do the math, most people's yearly maintenance and storage on a boat costs them about $550 for every time they actually take it out for a sail. That said, you can have the beach to yourself here, since everyone's busy trying to figure out how a tiller works.
Wikipedia keeps changing its mind
For the complete experience, imagine one speaker wearing a Mount Gay cap and the other in a Black Dog T-shirt
Crappy beach: Instead of sand, it has stones. The water's always cold, and the glory hole in the bathroom is almost never manned.
Paradise: A tropical beach where you can drink without leaving your seat, because if you did, the equatorial sun would explode you.
The good beach: This is usually a public beach so remote that the crowds and vendors don't bother with it. The snobs don't like it because anyone can go there. So it's pretty aces.
Symbolic beach: Poets tell us the beach is a metaphor for the unremembered depths of the human journey. But have you considered that it's also a metaphor for sex? Most things are, you know. Especially if your sex life is cold and gray and contains crabs.
Mostly the sea represents the thrilling unpredictability of life itself: the limitless horizon! The chance to make your own path in any direction and die there! To seek your fortune, and watch it be swept away by an unfeeling tide! These are the thrilling dooms promised us by the bounding main! Join us, won't you?
... No? Quite sensible of you, that.
Answer to Puzzler: Every beach has treasure! It was in your heart all along -- for you see, you learned that happy memories are the true wealth.
#6. Tips for a Fun Summer
To ensure a fun, safe summer, stick to the three Rs: rye whiskey, rampage, Redondo Beach jail. Yeesh, those are some lousy Rs. Let's come up with some better ones.
Wikipedia didn't even try to stop this kid from leaping into his doom
The most important thing is to avoid sunburn: With thy golden arrow, take aim and strike Helios from his chariot! Ha ha ha! Now YOU are the Sun God, Apollo!
If you miss with your arrow, or just don't feel like committing solicide, it's important to protect yourself from the sun, who will surely counterattack. Buy plenty of sunscreen, suntan lotion, sun oil, sunblock, motor oil, salad dressing, lard from a morose pig and the sweat of an Italian.
Mix ingredients in a portable blender for 34 to 57 minutes. When you're done, slather yourself with the gunk to protect yourself from the sun. It will begin to harden in minutes, and you will make lots of money as one of those living statue "performance" artists whose parents are ashamed of them.
You people are the worst. And by "you people" I mean anyone whose skin color is "precious mineral"
Now try to pick up your earnings. Surprise! You can't move! I tricked you. Yours will be a slow death, you uncreative panhandler. You can only watch, helpless, as a guy with a metal detector strolls by and swipes your money. Speaking of which -- if you're looking for a surfside hobby, a metal detector is a great way to turn a day at the beach into a day at work, while making up to $17 a day!
Anyway, for those of you with the decency to not become performance artists, make sure you apply sunscreen in hard-to-reach places, like an attractive woman. Even if you yourself are an attractive woman, find another one, and take turns running your soft, lotion-covered fingers over each other's supple skin. Film it. Now monetize that on the Internet. You just made a million bucks.
Getty knows that's hot
This was my best moneymaking idea since The "American Flag & Jesus" Snuggie
Getty doesn't respect. Getty REBELS!
Slathering a bi-curious coed in creamy sunblock is a considerate act that makes the beach a better place for everybody. Let's think of more ways we can help others enjoy the scene. For example, is your last name Brody? Move to a landlocked state, or great white sharks will attack your fellow beachgoers in a series of increasingly bad movies.
The beach belongs to us all, and we must maintain it for each other. If you're a major corporation enjoying a day on the water, remember that other megaconglomerates need to overfish this bay, too. Only take just enough too much to leave plenty barely any left for your fellow eco-plunderers.
Sadly, not all corporations or bathers will be thoughtful. Don't tolerate their inconsiderate behavior. If a bully kicks sand in your face, gamble a stamp and order Charles Atlas' FREE book! It won't take long to see results, and then you can return confidently to the beach, where the bully's making time with your girl. WHAM! Now it's HIS turn to dry up and blow away! Sucker punch the bully's teeth down his throat. You'll be the hero of the beach, and hardly get arrested at all. Bonus: your faithless girlfriend will return when your violence proves it can move mountains or brutalize a human being. We call that love on this patch of sand, baby.
Charles Atlas Ltd. Inspires us all
Mac really came off as the aggressor in the end there
Finally, a word about alcohol: Drinking at the beach is fine, but know your limits. Switch to a lighter pure grain if you've punched more than three children or police officers.
Wikipedia sheds an iron-eyed tear for the environment
Did you know that turtles often choke on plastic bags, mistaking them for jellyfish? If you see a bag blowing around, pick it up, and write "SO SORRY TURTLES NOT FOOD!!" on it. Our shelly friends will read the warning and avoid a deadly mistake. Don't fret if they ignore your words and die anyway. It is nature's way of dealing with turtle depression. Turtles are very long-lived, and must endure the cruel joke called life for sometimes hundreds of years. If you come across a turtle nest, stomp all the eggs before they hatch and spare them the agonies of existence. STOMP STOMP STOMPITY STOMP.
Good job! You care for nature enough to do the hard thing. Now if only there were some way to end our own pain!
#5. Taking It to the X-Treme!
For some people, an idle pleasure like destroying nascent turtles isn't enough. These people crave the "totally tubular" or "gnarly rad" rush of activities that can kill, or even embarrass, their daredevils. Here are some invigorating beach activities for you young people who consider yourselves "adventureteers."
Jet ski: An excellent way to get a pretty gal to wrap her arms around you, which is excitement enough for one day!
Parasailing: Most of the excitement is in that first second when you wonder if you're going to get dragged on your face across half a mile of water.
Snorkeling/Scuba diving: You know why Aquaman is lame? Because he's the only hero whose powers we can imitate. That said, this is a really fun way to enjoy the diversity of nature. Coral reefs are like the ocean's Tumblr feed: Every time you think you've seen everything, up pop another 10 beauties you never could have imagined.
Surfboard: This has a motor somewhere, right? No? Wow! To think that we live in an age when even a plank of wood can run on solar power.


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The Arkansas Myeloma Program, launched in 1989 at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center on the campus of the Uni-versity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, owes its origins to the developmental therapeutics work headed by Emil J Freireich, M.D. at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Freireich's work led to curative therapies for malignancies such as leukemia, lymphoma, and testicular cancer, and the proven feasibility of autologous transplant. This work and his mentorship motivated Dr. Bart Barlogie and colleagues Dr. Sundar Jagannath and Dr. Joshua Epstein to develop a research and treatment program focused on understanding the biology and advancing the treatment of a single disease, namely multiple myeloma. It is this close interplay between basic science research and clinical practice, known as translational research, that is the unique hallmark of the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy. The Institute is the direct result of thirteen years of the Arkansas Myeloma Program, a program that has never strayed from these roots of the 'bench-to-bedside' approach to solving the myeloma puzzle.
In 1983, Dr. Tim McElwain, and colleagues, had demonstrated that increasing doses of melphalan by a factor of 6 to 10 resulted in a much higher percentage of myeloma patients obtaining a complete remission, when compared to standard therapy. This was subsequently confirmed by other investigators. This new treatment was promising but it resulted in very long periods of decreased white blood cell and platelet counts, which resulted in treatment-related mortality of 15% to 20%. To decrease this treatment-related mortality, Dr. Barlogie introduced the concept of bone marrow support after high dose melphalan. With this concept the dose of melphalan could be doubled. Although it appeared unlikely that such an intervention would cure end stage patients, because the bone marrow contained residual myeloma cells, it was hoped that the normal bone marrow cells would grow much faster than the myeloma cells and that survival could be significantly prolonged. Early investigations pursued the hypothesis that survival could be markedly improved by increasing the incidence of true complete remission.
Once benefit had been demonstrated in end-stage patients with a low treatment-related mortality, this approach was offered to newly diagnosed or relatively minimally-treated myeloma patients. Most autologous transplants at that time were administered to younger patients and incorporated very intensive chemotherapy schedules; it was thought that older myeloma patients would not be able to tolerate such high doses of therapy. Therefore, it was decided to give less intensive chemotherapy with melphalan alone, but to repeat this treatment 3 to 6 months later, when patients had completely recovered from the toxicities of the first transplant. It was hoped that the two transplants with less intensive high dose chemo-therapy would be equally effective as one transplant with very intensive chemotherapy, and that the mortality associated with transplantation would be considerably lower. Thus, the concept of tandem transplants was born.
Based on the principals of St. Jude investigators led by Dr. Donald Pinkel, the Arkansas investigators developed "Total Therapy I" for newly diagnosed myeloma patients. This was based on the observation that high dose chemotherapy requiring hematopoietic stem cell support resulted in higher complete response rates and extended disease control, when compared to standard therapy. Total Therapy I incorporated induction therapy, double (tandem) autotransplant, and maintenance therapy, using a combination of agents likely in doses high enough to be effective while still preserving positive recovery.
Moving forward from Total Therapy I to its successor trial, Total Therapy II, certain phase II regimens such as DCEP and DT PACE were developed. Remission induction was intensified by treatment principles that were successful with therapies applied to post-transplant relapse. In this way, the dexamethasone-resistant tumor subpopulation, presumed to be critical to disease recurrence, could be targeted. To target angiogenesis (growth of blood vessels that feed tumors)the Arkansas program pioneered the use of thalidomide, which, among other effects, also curtails angiogenesis activity. After establishing its activity in refractory myeloma, thalidomide is now being tested up-front in Total Therapy II. Discovery of thalidomide for use in myeloma was a major milestone in that it represented an independently active agent in addition to melphalan and glucocorticoids, e.g. dexamethasone, prednisone, for the management of myeloma.
Major grant support from the National Cancer Institute has enabled the Arkansas program to continue with its extensive translational research. Research and diagnostic techniques applied to all new patients with myeloma include baseline FISH, traditional cytogenetics, gene expression profiling, analysis of telomere length and telomerase activity of myeloma cells and bone marrow cells, serum and bone marrow banking for future research, and, very important to the mix, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Even within the boundaries of stringently defined complete remission, focal lesions can be detected on MRI. When these lesions are subjected to CT-guided fine needle aspiration, active tumor cells, often with abnormal cytogenetics, are frequently revealed. Part of the current research at Arkansas includes determination as to whether patients whose MRIs confirm complete remission have superior event-free and overall survival.
Analysis of the first 231 patients enrolled in the Total Therapy II protocol indicates that complete and near complete remission rate has increased to >60%, that despite the more intensive therapies the treatment-related mortality is not higher than with the predecessor Total Therapy I protocol. This is especially true in the older population. In addition, event-free and overall survival curves are superior to those of Total Therapy I. Despite the use of intensive cytotoxic therapy during induction and following tandem transplants, careful scrutiny for secondary myelodysplasia, cytogenetically and by other means, has not yet revealed any case of myelodysplasia-associated karyotype (chromosomal) abnormalities.
It should be noted that the success of phase II efforts leading up to the Total Therapy II protocol was instrumental in convincing the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) that age, per se, was not an adverse feature for autologous transplant, neither from a safety or a disease point of view. This led to HCFA approval for autologous transplantation for Medicare patients (one autologous transplant is covered by Medicare; a second transplant, which the Arkansas clinicians considers critical for long-term disease control, is not covered by Medicare). This was a major milestone, similar to earlier efforts to demonstrate that high dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplant was safe also in patients with renal failure.
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In vitro cell culture has been a powerful model for in vivo biological processes. However, the majority of studies have been conducted using 2-D culture systems in which cells grow as flat monolayers. Two recent symposia—CHI's "Bioprocessing Summit" and the "BioMethods Boston" conference—discussed a raft of studies on cellular behavior in 3-D platforms, and how this model may offer a more realistic view of how cells behave in their natural environments.
"Deregulated cell movement is a hallmark of pathological events, including pulmonary disease and cancer metastasis," said Shuichi Takayama, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan. To investigate this phenomenon, Dr. Takayama and his team developed a high-throughput platform for cell-migration studies.
Traditionally, cell migration could be measured by the wound-healing assay, in which a cell monolayer is scraped with a tool. This leaves a vacant area, which in subsequent days is repaired as cells move to fill in the empty zone.
This approach is not entirely satisfactory, as there is a need for specialized tools to scrape the cell monolayer in high-throughput settings, and the scratching tool may disrupt both cells and the underlying substrate. Moreover, since the cell removal may be initiated by hand, the "wound" size (or width) may be variable, yielding inconsistent results in duplicate assays.
To meet these challenges, Dr. Takayama and his colleagues took advantage of an aqueous two-phase system consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and dextran (DEX) as the phase-forming polymers.
A submicroliter droplet of the dextran phase is spotted and dried in a conventional microwell. Addition of the polyethylene glycol to the well results in the rehydration of the dextran spot to form an immiscible droplet.
The PEG-DEX biphasic system generates an interfacial tension, which prevents cells from adhering to the part of the substrate covered by the rehydrating drop. The result is a consistent, repeatable, clearly defined circular area from which the cells are cleared away, Dr. Takayama claimed.
He and his team have investigated another model for cell culture evaluation: spheroid formation. Using custom-designed 384-array plates, a pipette is used to introduce the cells into holes where the droplets are suspended. The pipette tip is first inserted through the access hole to the bottom surface of the plate, and the cell suspension is dispensed.
The cell suspension is attracted to the hydrophilic plate surface and a hanging drop is quickly formed and confined within the plateau. Within hours, individual cells will begin to aggregate and form into a single spheroid. The hanging drops can be fed and manipulated on a periodic basis. Dr. Takayama is developing this project in collaboration with 3D Biomatrix.
"Increased stiffness is a hallmark of solid tumors, due to the altered physiochemical properties of the extracellular matrix," stated Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell University. "This is thought to be largely due to crosslinking of collagen, which occurs with greater incidence than in normal breast tissue."
Other elements may participate in this process including fibronectin, whose stretching leads to unfolding and increased stiffness of the molecules. Furthermore, these modifications of the fibronectin matrix may contribute to the enhanced rigidity of mammary tumors, which is associated with tumorigenesis and metastasis.
Dr. Fischbach-Teschl, in collaboration with Delphine Gourdon, Ph.D., a researcher in the department of material science and engineering at Cornell University, have evaluated paracrine signaling between breast cancer cells and adipose progenitor cells in order to assess whether such signaling might promote tumor progression via changes in fibronectin matrix assembly.
They constructed in vitro and in vivo model systems combining adipose cells with a human breast cancer cell line. In order to measure, quantitatively, the changes in the fibronectin molecule, they employed FRET analysis.
Results demonstrated that the paracrine signaling between the tumor cells and the adipose cells contributes to fibronectin matrix stiffening in tumors. Furthermore, they showed that this stiffening is leading to phenotypic changes of adipose stem cells that lead to enhanced tumor progression.
"Our observations suggest that these changes promote tumor vascularization and growth by upregulating the pro-angiogenic capability of both the adipose stem cells and the endothelial cells," Dr. Fischbach-Teschl explained. "In summary, these studies suggest that adipose stem cells stimulate tumor vascularization in a stiffness-dependent manner and represent a promising target for improved anti-angiogenic therapies."
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Martin Marietta Materials, the nation's number two provider of construction aggregates, wants to expand the operations of its Jamestown quarry.
Local residents are concerned, and many think with good reason.
"It's a safety issue for sure," said Donna Rodin, Jamestown resident and Berkeley Independent community columnist. "We have legitimate safety concerns regarding the traffic this will produce and the way these trucks are driven. They fly around that bend."
The bend in question is the stretch of French Santee Road off Highway 45/17A in Jamestown where the Martin Marietta quarry is located.
"They don't stop or even slow down sometimes and you take your life in your own hands when you get in your car," Rodin said.
More than 50 property owners and town residents packed the tiny Martin Marietta meeting room on the site of its Jamestown quarry on July 18 to meet with company officials and voice their concerns about the planned expansion.
Corporate officials from Martin Marietta's home office in Raleigh were on hand to address concerns and answer questions.
Vice President of Natural Resources and Environmental Services Paxton Badham gave a presentation about the company's planned quarry expansion and tried to assuage concerns about damage caused by dynamiting.
"We have very strict covenants and restrictions when it comes to dynamiting here," he said. "We are only required to have one seismograph onsite to monitor blasting, but we use two."
Badham explained that the company has instituted a 300-foot blasting buffer that no charges will be set or limestone mined within 300 feet of the nearest structure not on Martin Marietta property.
"We are vigilant in monitoring the effects of blasting rock, both in air movement created by the explosion and ground vibrations," Badham said. "The change in outside temperature of 27 degrees has 80 times more impact on a structure in expansion and contraction as the vibrations created when we set charges."
This did little to assuage residents whose homes are adjacent to the quarry.
Tanya Helton, whose property fronts the quarry, said she's seen the effect of explosions at her mother's home firsthand. "Don't stand there and tell me this has no effect on our homes and pictures don't fall off the walls when I stood right there and watched it happen," she said.
Helton added that she has lived next to the quarry "since I was five years old," she said. "I know what dynamiting does to a person's home. I've seen it first hand and I dare anybody here to tell me I'm wrong."
Martin Marietta Plant Manager Handsome Major promised to work with residents to ensure the safekeeping of their possessions and to help minimize any inconveniences his company's expansion would have on their lives.
"You call me if you are having problems when we blast and we will come out to your home and set up a seismograph and monitor seismic activity and if it's something that's a direct result of our mining operations we'll take steps to fix it," he said.
The proposed expansion will satisfy Martin Marietta business needs for the next 20 to 30 years, according to the company.
"What we want to tell residents is that we're committed to this community," Badham said. "We are here and we're here for the long run."
Martin Marietta Materials is the second largest producer of construction aggregates in U.S. used primarily for construction of highways and other infrastructure projects. Locally their largest customers include the South Carolina Department of Transportation and Santee Cooper.
The Berkeley County Planning Commission was poised to again take up the matter of the request for rezoning for the quarry property at its next meeting on Tuesday, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Assembly Room in Moncks Corner. A final decision for the rezoning request will be made by Berkeley County Council.
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A meeting of Upshur County women interested in forming a service organization has been rescheduled.
The meeting invitations were previously extended to women in the county for Sept. 19, but the meeting is now set to take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the upstairs room of First United Methodist Church.
An open invitation is extended to all women of Upshur County to participate in a meeting to decide whether or not to form a new organization of Upshur County women for service and social interaction.
Service would mean involvement in fundraising and active participation in worthwhile community activties such as the libraries, literacy center, Crosslines, etc., as well as socializing with other women who have similar interests. Actual projects would be decided by the membership. Social activities also would be selected by the membership.
Anyone interested in such an organization is asked to attend the meeting. For more information, call Christine Helmick at 304-472-0909 or Pat Simons at 304-472-5057.


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Boyz II MenThe Pittsburgh Symphony joins with one of the most iconic R&B groups in music history to present some of the greatest hits of their 20-year history. This concert also features "tweet seats" for audience members wishing to share their experience in real time.07/23/2014Time: 7:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Wednesday Showcase Series - Nathalie Shaw, violinPNME violinist Nathalie Shaw performs Alain Celo: Ame Errante (Wandering Soul); David Stock: Chameleon; Sebastien Beranger: E(c)roulement; Roger Zahab: Summer Phrases; Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 9; and Kevin Puts: Arches.07/23/2014Time: 7:30 pmCity Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
C Street Brass w/DJ Jakeisrain "No Limits""No Limits", the newest recital program of C Street Brass, challenges the listener to find something this group cannot do. "No Limits" takes the audience on an amazing adventure through different time periods and music styles - classical, gospel, jazz, tango, and modern electronic dance music will be on display. Add a little bit of humor and a lot of fun, and the audience wins.07/24/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, website
Music of AmericaThe Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh play works for wind quintet by Copland, Sousa, Ewazen, Bernstein, and others.07/24/2014Time: 7:00 pmLocation: Cranberry Township Community Park, 20727 Route 19, Cranberry Twp, PAwebsite
Alan Lewis, organAlan Lewis, organist of Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA.07/24/2014Time: 5:00 pmWestminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Rd., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
A Symphonic CelebrationResident Conductor Lawrence Loh and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra throw a summer symphonic celebration featuring Dvorak's Carnival Overture, Brahms Symphony No. 3 and a breathtaking performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Russian pianist Olga Kern.07/25/2014Time: 7:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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BLUE! Performance Series: Border RideBorder Ride, the Western Pennslyvania and Eastern Ohio bluegrass group, combines various musical backgrounds into traditional bluegrass and progressive, non-traditional Newgrass music.07/26/2014Time: 1:00 pmLocation: Carnegie Science Center, 1 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
The Amadeus TrioEnjoy a free concert on the lawn at Mellon Park. Food is available on site from The Bagel Factory or bring your own -- you might win the weekly Best Brunch Contest.07/27/2014Time: 10:30 amMellon Park, Fifth & Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Monty Python's SpamalotMonty Python's Spamalot is the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." This hilarious retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table features the show-stopping musical numbers "The Song That Goes Like This" and "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!"07/29/2014 - 08/03/2014Benedum Center, 230 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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I remained a part of the group well after he was seizure-free, but after a while the emails weighed down my inbox (and to be truthful, my heart) and so I stopped participating regularly. Yesterday I clicked on over and wrote this message, words that I always longed to write. And for those not familiar with our story, it will be a real quick long-story-short version. (And I also include some personal facts about Noah that I haven't shared here before and so I will probably delete in a couple days.)
I am just checking in today, too, and oh how I miss this group. My Noah is 8 now, but when he was 2 yrs 9 months he had a tonic-clonic seizure- went to the ER, told it probably wouldn't happen again, it's normal, etc.
About a week later he began an odd behavior that looked like he was going to have another seizure. Here's where it all seemed to begin (and I know his story is in the files somewhere) and it gets kinda blurry, but we went on meds then and the hundreds of seizures a day started... we searched for answers, found this group, got a helmet, found a new doctor (Dr. Linda Laux at Children's Memorial Hospital Epilepsy Center in Chicago), and got on the ketogenic diet fairly quick. He was seizure-free by day 4 on the diet and had only one seizure since then (a t/c believed to be a fluke, possible ear infection)...
it's now been almost 5 years seizure-free? Could that be right? I used to count the hours, then the days. And now years have passed.
I want to give you all a hug and an extra breath of hope today. Our 1st doctor said Noah could end up in an institution. At this very moment he is outside playing basketball with the neighbor kids.
He is going into third grade right on time with the other kids, but did recently get an IEP at school and start special education classes for part of the day. It has so far showed very positive benefits.
I only dreamed of being on this side of things. I wish you here, too.
Much much love,
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PITTSBURGH - There are a lot of odd things about the National Hockey League. This is just one of them.
The Penguins played the Toronto Maple Leafs the other night, and winger Chris Kunitz was called twice for boarding. The Penguins thought the calls were marginal, and Kunitz was baffled by getting penalties for what he thought were good hits.
It's too early to tell whether this represents a league-wide crackdown or was just the interpretation of one pair of referees.
Like the NFL, the NHL has been addressing player safety. They reconfigured rinks to round off glass that was a hazard to players. They put in a detailed system for assessing possible concussions.
Those are certainly positive steps. But this is also a league that allows players to clinch and throw punches at each other's heads. It happened twice in the Penguins' first three games. Tanner Glass vs. Arron Asham started two seconds into the game against the New York Rangers, and a Deryk Engelland-Colton Orr rematch came in the first period of the home opener against Toronto.
Both fights were prolonged and intense. Engelland came away with a nasty welt under his right eye.
Engelland and Orr went for more than a minute, which is an eternity in hockey fights. The crowd roared. The other players stood and tapped their sticks against the boards in appreciation.
Fighting will never completely go away because the NHL knows its fans love it. So remember, player safety is a priority in the NHL - with the exception of crowd-pleasing bare-knuckled punches thrown at players' faces.
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Stan Musial had a .340 career average in 1,806 plate appearances against the Pirates. OK, a Hall of Fame hitter feasted on some of those bad Pirates teams in the 1950s.
But Musial hit at least .317 against every opponent in his career, so it's not like he picked his spots.
Beyond what he did on the field, there was the exemplary way Musial conducted himself. A story posted on an autograph collecting website is typical.
The poster recalled a childhood visit to the Hall of Fame a few days before the induction ceremony. His family bought several new baseballs, and the young boy was carrying a baseball through the hotel lobby.
An employee approached and said guests weren't allowed to solicit autographs on hotel property. An older man then approached the family and asked the boy, "Can I sign your baseball?"
The man talked to the boy, asking if he played Little League and what position he played. The boy had no idea who the friendly man was, but his father was smiling because he recognized Stan Musial.
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on January 15, 2013 - 1:00 AM
It seems you cannot turn on the television or read the newspaper without some aspect of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., being retold, memorialized or debated. And yet, despite all of the discussion and story-telling, there are hardly adequate words to describe the scope and depth of this tragedy: heartbreaking, unbelievable, devastating, senseless. Sorrow and outrage seem to be the most commonly described feelings. The pain is unlimited.
Such a horrifying event sparks an enormous amount of debate about the state of our society. Violence is given an abundance of press. Personally, it leads me to reflect on the day-to-day tragedies we experience in our cities on a regular basis. That does not diminish the devastation in Connecticut. It simply compels me to acknowledge that we have smaller, daily heartbreaks in our own cities.
The last time I wrote a My View column was shortly after eight people were shot outside a downtown Buffalo restaurant. It was another horrible event, where violence prevailed. And again, another time where I was forced to wonder how we can make a difference to change the culture of violence and despair in our world.
The legacy left to all of us from this slow, day-to-day violence is painful. It wears us down and can create an attitude of helplessness and hopelessness. Have we given up on each other and our community? Or do we think that through changes in our hearts, minds and actions, we can create a new future with less violence?
When I take a good look inside myself, I realize I have a lot of work to do in 2013. Many aspects of my own character – how I look at the world and treat others – are things I should try to improve upon. For me, I must look within to make changes and then outwardly live my life in a way that contributes positively to my family, neighbors, friends and community.
What if we all looked within before finding fault or laying blame outside of ourselves? What if we all committed to take an extra step toward kindness, compassion, forgiveness and respect? What if we all reflected before we reacted and made decisions based upon what is the right thing to do for the common good, rather than just ourselves?
I cannot help but wonder what could happen if we all made a conscious effort to change one thing within ourselves: would that have a domino effect of positive change?
Make no mistake; such a challenge is not easy. Change never is. I have to constantly make an effort to choose the higher road, make a better choice, act in a kinder, less judgmental way. Many times I do not succeed. The attempts at personal change and the complexities of community problems are great and can be intimidating.
I am not naive enough to think that difficult challenges will ever go away completely. And yet, just like heroes and heartwarming stories bring some hope and sense to Newtown's experience, I believe that making conscious choices to improve our small sphere of influence can collectively make a huge impact in the larger community.
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LISBON - Columbiana County's 911 committee is recommending an estimated $150,000 be spent for new aerial photographs that would allow dispatchers and safety personnel to view properties from every angle instead of just from the sky.
The expenditure must be approved by county commissioners and is being recommended by 911 Director Bob Emmons, who believes the additional images will benefit dispatchers when sending first responders to a 911 call.
The current aerial photographs of the county are approaching 10 years old and need updated, he said. The state provided aerial photographs in the past but has ceased doing so to cut costs.
Emmons said a company by the name of Picometry provides high-resolution aerial photographs but also from side angles in all four directions. Once incorporated into the 911 mapping system, dispatchers would be able to view properties from all sides instead of just from the sky when pinpointing a call's location.
The cost is currently $147,647 but could change by the time they contract with Picometry. The cost is likely to be shared with the county auditor's office and engineer's office since they are also interested in using Picometry's final product. The auditor, engineer and 911 committee are already splitting the cost of the 911 overall mapping system.
Emmons said they might be able to send the photographs to fire departments if they have the required software program. He said there is also the chance the photographs could be placed online, which would make them available to anyone.
The committee also intends to ask commissioners to approve installing new flooring at four of the five 911 dispatching centers. A rubber floor was installed in February at the dispatching center in the county sheriff's office for $4,622, and Emmons is recommending they do the same with the other four dispatching centers based on how that has worked out.
The other dispatching centers are located in the police departments in Columbiana, East Liverpool, East Palestine and Salem.
Also during the meeting, Commissioner Mike Halleck asked if the firefighters in attendance had any comment, and Jeremiah Coles from the Highlandtown Fire Department said they are still having problems with the dispatchers handling their calls, but not the 911 system itself. The sheriff's department provides dispatching services for the fire department.
Coles also said the volunteer fire departments would also prefer to have one central dispatch center handling all calls instead of five, but Halleck said that is unlikely to occur because of the cost.


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Matthew McConaughey
- 1988
Most Handsome Matthew
The future University of Texas frat boy is voted Most Handsome at Longview (Texas) High School. According to his mom, the popular golf and tennis player has no shortage of female admirers. "I'm telling you, those girls liked his butt," she tells PEOPLE.
- 1993
All Right, All Right, All Right
Along with a cast of future stars, including Ben Affleck and Milla Jovovich, McConaughey makes a memorable film debut as stoner icon David Wooderson in the high school flick Dazed and Confused. He later names his production company Just Keep Livin', a line his character improvises in the movie.
- 1994
You Had Me at Vrrrrrrr...
McConaughey terrorizes Renée Zellweger (left) in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a limited-theater release that becomes a kitschy collector's item after both find stardom. Despite the film's obscurity, the Dallas Observer writes, "McConaughey's Nicholson-level deranged performance as the lead bad guy – a rompin', stompin', hootin', hollerin', homicidal, cannibal cowpoke – makes it truly special."
- 1996
On the Verge
Based on his casting in the upcoming film A Time to Kill, McConaughey shares the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue with fellow up-and-comers Leonardo DiCaprio and Tim Roth. Four months later, he again makes the cover, this time solo.
Killer Performance
With his role as Southern lawyer Jake Brigance in the adaptation of John Grisham's A Time to Kill, McConaughey establishes himself as a bona fide rising star. He proves to be an adept leading man offscreen as well, briefly romancing costar Ashley Judd during filming and striking up a close friendship with fellow lead Sandra Bullock as well.
- 1997
Are They or Aren't They?
"He's become a powerful force in my life," Bullock tells London's Express on Sunday about her relationship with McConaughey. "We have fabulous chemistry together." Despite being seen frequently in public for more than three months, including a New Year's Eve celebration at Commander's Palace in New Orleans and several joint vacations, McConaughey and fellow Texan Bullock refuse to acknowledge a romantic connection. Friends and publicists continue to insist they are just friends. Regardless of the nature of their relationship, the pair will stay close over the years.
Star in Orbit
The premiere of Robert Zemeckis's outer-space epic Contact, also starring Jodie Foster (left), marks the first of two films McConaughey makes with a high-profile director this year. In December, he stars as a mid-19th-century lawyer in Steven Spielberg's slave drama Amistad.
- 1999
All McConaughey in Edtv
As a video store clerk turned 24-hour reality show subject in Edtv, McConaughey appears in his first leading comedy role. While most critics agree that McConaughey shines as the star, the Ron Howard film is a commercial disappointment, earning $22 million in the U.S.
Total Buzzkill
Responding to a noise complaint, police arrest McConaughey on suspicion of marijuana possession and resisting arrest in Austin, Texas. Police say they arrived at his house and found the actor dancing naked while playing the bongos. After spending nine hours in jail, McConaughey says, "I don't want to rent a place there, but it was a nice stay for a night." He pays a $50 fine and is released.
- 2001
Chick-Flick Master
With his good looks and down-home charm, it makes sense for McConaughey to take on romantic comedies. He stars alongside Jennifer Lopez as the handsome doctor she falls for in The Wedding Planner. He continues breaking hearts in 2003's How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days opposite Kate Hudson and 2006's Failure to Launch with Sarah Jessica Parker. He's often seen flaunting his fab abs both on and off the screen.
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- November 04, 1969
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- Uvalde, Texas
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Camila Alves, wife (2007 to present)
Penélope Cruz, ex-girlfriend (2004 to May 2006)
Ashley Judd, ex-girlfriend (1995)
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Levi Alves McConaughey, son (7/7/08)
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Livingston Alves McConaughey, son (12/28/12)