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Two Buffalo State students were robbed in their dormitory room early Thursday, the third violent crime directed at Buff State students since the semester began, though it was the first on-campus attack.
Police are puzzled why the robbers went to the top of the building to rob the individuals.
"The robbers went all the way up to the 10th floor, and that makes it appear it wasn't random. It's clear it was purposeful," said Peter M. Carey, chief of university police at Buffalo State College.
The three masked men with a silver handgun entered the top floor of Tower 2 about 3:50 a.m. and knocked on an outer door to the common area of a suite with adjoining rooms, police said.
A student in the suite opened the door though he did not know the men, according to Carey.
"They then pushed the student into his dorm room where his roommate was sleeping and took a cellphone and a small amount of money," Carey said.
In the midst of the holdup, the sleeping roommate awoke and ordered the thieves to leave. They did, but not before they dragged the roommate from his bed and roughed him up, according to police.
Neither student suffered serious injuries and they have been offered counseling services.
"This is not the first robbery in a dorm, but they are very rare. I can't tell you when the last one happened," Carey said.
The robbers, dressed in black hoodies, gloves and masks, may have been targeting those two students, he added.
"We're trying to determine how they got in the building since you have to swipe an electronic fob to open the lobby door, and why they picked these students," the chief said.
The robbery is the third attack on Buffalo State students since the start of the fall semester.
While out walking late at night Aug. 31, Jabril Muhammad, 18, and two other students were confronted by six people who robbed them at Grant Street and Potomac Avenue.
As they fled, the robbers fired several gunshots and Muhammad was struck in the arm. He recovered from his wound and returned to school.
Hours later that same night, two female students living off campus were beaten and robbed at Richmond Avenue and Dorchester Road when returning home from the bars on nearby Elmwood Avenue.
They said four men chased and tackled them before ripping their cross-body strapped purses from them. One of the young women suffered a knife wound to the wrist and a concussion.
Are Buffalo State students safe?
Carey responded yes, but with a caveat.
"They are safe, but when anyone is in an urban environment, you have to have a different set of personal safety measures," he said, noting that two of the attacks occurred off campus. "I would advise students to take advantage of the college escort van and walking escorts. We also have 43 blue light emergency phones throughout the campus."
As for dorm students, he said they need to make sure they know who an individual is before opening the door.
"Look and see through the small glass panel in the door who it is and don't admit anyone into the dormitory unless it is another resident," he said.
In attempting to solve this latest robbery, the chief said investigators are reviewing surveillance camera videos and interviewing the students again.
With the weekend starting, Carey said campus police will have an increased patrol presence.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call University Police at 878-6333.
Buffalo State, meanwhile, is not the only location where college students have been assaulted. Last month, two assaults on University at Buffalo students occurred in University Heights.
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An Oxnard man suspected of stabbing three young men is in custody
Witnesses say it happened just after 8a.m. Tuesday beside an Oxnard liquor store on the 2800 block of South Ventura Road.
The victims were found at two other locations.
A 911 call helped police find the suspect in a home on Kalama street. The suspect has been identified as 24-year-old Steven Anthony Moyle.
Investigators say the fight may have had something to do with graffiti or a burglary at one of the victims' homes.
Police said one of the victims is in the ICU in critical condition. The others are listed in stable condition.
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Two new anime import series debut on Sci-Fi Channel's "Ani-Monday" import block this Monday: Gurren Lagann and Now and Then, Here and There. I was recently given a sneak peek of the two premieres, and while the 27-episode Lagann perhaps arrives with the greater advanced fan buzz, to my eyes, the 13-ep Now looks like it'll be the more evocative series. Both shows deliver the goods, especially if you like your s-f anime with big honking machines. While each one centers on young male heroes, Lagann comes across as the more boyish creation: filled with characters spouting bravado and Kirby-esque robots. Set in an underground village and narrated by Simon, a young boy who is part of the isolated village's brutalized child work force, the series opens on Simon and his rambunctious friend Kamina's desire to escape the oppressive community by climbing to the surface world. Kamina tries to rally his friends by creating Team Gurren - all the while shouting a series of inspirational slogans to the skeptical villagers. But it isn't until the digging Simon comes upon a glowing green "treasure" while drilling that the boys are able to find their way to the top. The glowing treasure proves to be the key to a robot creature called a "Gunman," and when another Gunman shows up to plow its way through the village, guess who gets to commandeer the first one? Even better, it turns out that Simon's found machine has drills on its hands and the top of its head: "That's your kinda weapon!" Kamina unnecessarily tells our narrator, after christening the machine the Mighty Lagann.Also showing up: an ultra-curvy redheaded warrior babe named Yoko, who hails from a nearby underground village. Though Kamina is scornful of Yoko's origins ("Jeez, you're a pit chick!" he moans. "Get moving, thunder thighs!"), you know this is just the start of some serious sexual tension. At one point during the Gunman attack, Simon lands with his face right between her breasts, eliciting happy shouts from the most of the 'tween-age boys in the audience. The presence of the Gunmen and the existence of the underground villages is somehow connected to an aboveground intergalactic conflict, though we're only given an unexplained glimpse of this in the pilot's opening. Future episodes, presumably, will provide more background, but for now, just getting our trio to the surface in the Mighty Lagann suffices. If the first episode of Gurren Lagann is loudly boisterous, Now and Then, Here and There is more comfortable with slices of scene-setting quiet. The story of a young city boy named Shu who is accidentally transported to a war-torn dimension, it's filled with small, well-chosen images, whether of a bright sunset over the city river or of our hero picking his nose as he talks. Shu gets into his predicament after climbing to the top of a factory smokestack to get away from it all. When he sees a lavender-haired girl sitting on a neighboring smokestack, watching the evening sky, his curiosity is piqued. But before he can find out anything more than her name - Lala-ru - a third party appears with a squad of giant snaky robots. They capture Lala-ru, in a wonderful sequence featuring our hero leaping for his life from collapsing smokestacks, and take both her and Shu back to their world. "It's only debris that got transported with us!" Lady Abelia, the uniformed villainess responsible for the abduction believes. You'd think, after all this time, that futuristic baddies would learn to comb through their garbage. If the heroes of Gurren Lagann are pointedly proletarian (as they digdigdigdigdigdigdig their way through the ground), our boy Shu's more middle-class. We first see him with his family, complimenting his mother for a "gourmet breakfast," then taking Kendo lessons at the Seidokkan Dojo. As a student, he's the object of ridicule by his fellow students for his "slapstick moves," though he doesn't particularly seem to be bothered by this fact. In fact, Shu comes off a fairly easy-going sort in the opening episode, but from the looks of the world in which he's landed, that good nature will be sorely tested. At heart, both shows are essentially telling the same basic story: young boy ventures into a new and dangerous world that could stand in for basic adulthood. Of the two, Now approaches this storyline in a less cartoony fashion - no pneumatic uber-babes in this 'un - but they both contain their share of crowd-pleasing action. One of the major advantages of anime: where so many live-action s-f shows load their pilots with a level of budget-busting images that they're unable to maintain over the long haul, animation has no such constraints. I'm thinking that these two imports'll find their fannish audiences on Ani-Mondays, though when it comes to future episodes, I'm personally setting the DVR for the more contemplative Now and Then. Full story at http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/27/103817.php Written by Bill Sherman # # # Bill Sherman is a mostly harmless pop culture nerd who can either be found at the Pop Culture Gadabout blog, or sorting out boxes of CDs, DVDs, comics & manga paperbacks that are still unopened from a big move across country.
i haven't seen gurren lagann. i'll have to see it when it repeats on ani-monday
sounds cool lookin forward to it
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...but no, no NO - to loo seats down, pleeeeeeeese!"Loo seats down" indicates that the previous occupant has left something very nasty there that they couldn't shift.I get the heebie jeebies when I see a lid down, I start to feel queasy, it's often enough to make me decide to try to find somewhere else to go, but if I can't, the lid is lifted with extreme trepidation and control of my gagging reflex is already activated.....shudder.
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Driving home yesterday, a squirrel ran out in front of me. He was almost to the other side of the street when he realized my car was coming. He scurried around and ran back the other way. I thought, little squirrel- you were almost there! Why did you turn around?
It was farther to go backward than to just hurry on up to the way he was planning to go.
How often do we do that? We're almost "there" and we see the big enemy a comin' or something bad happens, we freak out or just get into fear, and then we turn back the other way...
...when we were almost to the other side. Almost there!
Of course I could see the big picture as I watched the little squirrel from higher up and could see his course, and that he could have made it if he tried.
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It sounds odd hearing the first black president of the United States accused of discrimination, but that is what's making traction in some media circles. Not only is he accused of discrimination; his appointment of a mostly white male cabinet is raising many an eyebrow.
It seems as if our president may have to borrow Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" to help him diversify, for he has conveniently forgotten who helped him get back into office. Or forgotten the "inclusiveness" preached by his own Democratic Party.
An overwhelming amount of minorities, including women, worked hard to get him re-elected, but one would never guess it looking at his newly selected inner circle.
According to the New York Times, there is Jack Lew to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, John Brennan nominated to head the Central Intelligence Agency, John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary.
UN Ambassador Susan Rice's chances at one of those top security positions was torpedoed before it even entered the nomination door. Republicans, led by John McCain, went on the rabid offensive, calling Rice everything from "incompetent" to "unqualified" and practically dumping the entire Benghazi tragedy on her head. The secretary of state position was gone before it was offered, and Rice made it easy on President Barack Obama and gracefully bowed out. (Read about it here.)
Critics said then that Obama should have fought harder for Rice and that he played right into the hands of the Republicans, who maybe wanted Kerry from the start. Kerry's Senate seat for Massachusetts is now up for grabs, and the Good Ole Boys of the Grand Ole Party just may have their eyes on it for Scott Brown, who was whipped by Elizabeth Warren in the last election.
When a picture taken on Dec. 29 of Obama in the Oval Office with his senior advisors got a pounding for it showing an all-male and mostly white cast, the White House issued another photo-op with some women included. But by then it appeared so staged that the damage was already done. (To be fair, there was one woman among the 10 men, Valerie Jarrett, whose legs were the only thing barely visible. You will have to play "find it" to make out that hidden body part in the pic.)
However, the Obama administration is defending its record, reportedly saying they are better than most before him.
"The president puts a premium on making his team representative of the American people," added Nancy D. Hogan, assistant to the president and director of presidential personnel.
During his first term, Obama was very inclusive of women. But this time around it feels like a minority freeze out. Maybe he's collaborating with Romney—going through those binders full of women to make his next selections?
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Canisius' Harold Washington scored a team-high 16 points, while Billy Baron scored 13 points with eight coming in the second half as the Golden Griffins defeated Saint Peter's, 68-59, Saturday at the Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, N.J.
Canisius (17-10, 10-6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) is the team's seventh win in its last 10 games, while the Peacocks fell to 8-18 overall and 3-13 in conference play.
Washington went 5 for 10 from the field, including 3 for 5 from three-point range and 3 for 5 from the free-throw line.
Baron added six rebounds and two assists, while senior Isaac Sosa scored 10 points and picked up three steals. Canisius got significant contributions from their reserves, as seniors Alshwan Hymes and Freddy Asprilla and sophomore Josiah Heath combined for 20 points and 13 rebounds.
"This was a good team effort here today and we really got some great minutes from guys off the bench," Canisius coach Jim Baron said. "I thought the effort we got from Alshwan, Josiah and Freddy was key, especially after Chris Manhertz got in foul trouble."
In Oxford, Ohio, Tony Watson scored a career-high 31 points and Javon McCrea had 20 points to lead the University at Buffalo past Miami (Ohio) 79-71 in a Mid-American Conference game before 1,067 at Millett Hall.
Watson has been on fire of late. The senior guard, who had six assists, went 10 for 14 from the field and has hit 26 three-pointers over the last seven games. McCrea had six rebounds and made 9-of-14 shots, while freshman point guard Jarryn Skeete had a career-high six assists.
UB (11-15, 6-6 Mid-American Conference) trailed 35-31 with 2:58 left in the first half, but used a 8-0 run before halftime to pull ahead 39-35. Miami (8-16, 3-9) cut the deficit to 48-47 with 13:40 left in the second half, but didn't pull closer after Watson made back-to-back treys.
In Richmond, Va., St. Bonaventure (11-13, 4-7 Atlantic 10) erased a late double-digit deficit to force overtime, but for the second straight game fell short in losing to Richmond, 83-80, at the Robins Center. The Bonnies also lost on Wednesday in overtime to La Salle at home.
Bona's Eric Mosley scored 30 points but also committed a key turnover with 13 seconds left and the Bonnies trailing 79-77. Richmond made four consecutive free throws in the final 13 seconds to win the game.
Today, first-place Niagara, who are a MAAC-best 6-2 in conference road games, wrap up their conference road schedule against streaking Manhattan at 2 p.m.
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The Purple Eagles, who have a one-game lead over Loyola (Md.) heading into Saturday, edged Manhattan, 64-60, in the first meeting of the season. The Jaspers (10-15, 8-7) have the conference's longest winning streak at four games.


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ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is raising the possibility that Seneca casinos could close in three years if the Indian nation cannot reach an agreement to start paying nearly $600 million in stalled slot machine revenue-sharing payments to Albany.
"Under these current circumstances, I don't see how any state official could support extending the compact when the other side hasn't paid," Cuomo said Thursday of the compact with the Senecas, which expires in 2016.
"If there is no compact, they have no authority to operate," Cuomo said.
The governor commented during an event at the State Capitol announcing he had struck a deal with the leader of the Oneidas to give that Indian nation an exclusive gambling franchise for a large portion of Central New York in return for settling a long-standing land claim and also paying the state 25 percent of slot revenues at its Turning Stone casino resort.
Cuomo suggested that the Senecas appear more concerned with the expiration of their compact, signed a decade ago by Seneca leaders and then-Gov. George E. Pataki, than with the plan being worked on by Cuomo and lawmakers to permit up to seven new, non-Indian casinos in the state.
"The real question with the Senecas is: Their compact expires," he said.
The agreement between the state and Senecas for three casinos in Western New York was approved in 2002; it called for a 14-year term with a seven-year renewal option.
Two weeks ago, Cuomo floated an upstate casino-expansion plan that identified three areas that would not be eligible for commercial gambling if the Indian casinos in those regions come to terms on disagreements with the state.
The deal with the Oneidas means that a large section of Central New York will now not be eligible for any new casino expansion.
If the Senecas do not come to terms with the Cuomo administration, the governor said, Western New York will be eligible for a new casino. He has floated the idea of putting one in Niagara Falls near the existing Seneca facility.
Cuomo said that there has been "no progress to speak of" in talks with the Senecas since he floated that idea two weeks ago. The state and the Senecas are in arbitration over the revenue-sharing dispute, which Cuomo said has caused "significant hardship" for localities in Western New York that relied on the casino funds.
The state, under the compact, gets 25 percent a year from Seneca slot machine revenues; Albany, in turn, shares a portion of that money with Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Salamanca, homes to Seneca casinos.
"For the Senecas, it's more just a question of the basic standing of the relationship and their ability to honor a contract, and does the state want to do business with that type of experience, which will be very relevant when that compact expires in 2016," Cuomo said.
The Senecas did not have an immediate comment, and they have said little or nothing since Cuomo has sought to raise public pressure.
The Oneida deal, according to the tribe's representative, Ray Halbritter, would provide the state about $50 million in slot machine revenue-sharing funds. New York would then share the proceeds with local counties.
Halbritter said the Oneidas also would impose a new tax on cigarette and gasoline sales – the proceeds of which they would keep – to bring those products closer to parity with nearby non-Indian retail outlets. Details on that provision were vague, but Halbritter said cigarette and gasoline products sold on Oneida lands would be "very close" to those of off-reservation retailers.
The Oneidas' wealth has soared since the casino, along with hotels, golf courses, restaurants and entertainment space, was approved by then-Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, father of the current governor, in 1994.
Unlike the Senecas, the Oneidas never had to make revenue-sharing payments to the state.
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Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! Record setting warm temperatures have pushed east and the focus now shifts to the much advertised 'active' period of weather for the Midwest and Great Lakes. In today's blog we discuss rain and snow chances, along with cooler temperatures.
Let's start with a quick recap of the first few days of December in Milwaukee.
- Average Monthly Temperature December 1-3 50.8F (+19.5)
- December Precipitation Total 0.30" (November total was 0.35")
- Record High December 3 65
A return to reality arrives on Wednesday with high temperatures dipping to seasonal averages in the upper 30s close to home. The RPM temperature forecast map below is valid at 1pm Wednesday.
After spring-like temperatures, you may need a heavier coat again for a day. After we cross over Wednesday, a more active period of weather is possible with systems impacting the nation's mid-section about every 24-48 hours. This 'noisy' flow will lead to rain and snow chances for southeastern Wisconsin.
The difficult part of pinning down rain or snow is determining the exact placement of the low pressure area or disturbance as it moves into the Midwest or Great Lakes. For now our forecast is primarily a chance of rain or snow showers. Right now it appears that light rain showers will be possible later Thursday or Friday in southeastern Wisconsin. Again temperatures need to be monitored closely.
Let's take a look at the latest GFS computer model forecast for the weekend. This is one of many models we use to make a medium range forecast 3+ days in advance. The green colors represent precipitation, and the dotted red/blue lines are thickness values.
In the case of the map below valid at 6am Saturday, the blue line cutting across our viewing area is probably the most important thickness value, the '540 line'. This line is often associated with the rain/snow line. That is why at this initial stage with temperatures somewhere in the 30 to 38 degree range the going forecast of rain or snow showers looks good. Remember, this forecast will be pinned down in the coming days as the track and temperature profile become clearer.
If any snow sticks(0.1" or more) in Milwaukee, the snowless streak would end. Snow free through Saturday ties the record, and no snow through Sunday breaks it!
With several disturbances pushing into the Midwest another chance of precipitation may arrive late in the weekend. Again keep in mind the maps we are looking at are ONE forecast from ONE model run. Without question this will change some.
Another disturbance is possible late Sunday. The GFS computer model forecast map below is valid at 12am Monday. If this scenario plays out close to the forecast, snow showers would be possible across southeastern Wisconsin with slightly colder air in place.
Another piece of energy will move into the Midwest, Great Lakes, or Ohio Valley early next week(~Dec 11-12) and could provide our area with additional precipitation chances, or at the very least a healthy dose of cold!
The second half of December should bring colder temperatures to Wisconsin, something we highlighted in the December forecast along with the active period.
If you have questions about the weather pattern ahead please feel free to tweet me @jnelsonweather
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Blanche DuBois doesn't want realism. She wants magic.
And that makes her the ideal protagonist for Torn Space Theatre, the adventurous company whose raw production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened Thursday night in the Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle and Library on Fillmore Avenue.
Much of the company's work, especially that of its co-founder and "Streetcar" director Dan Shanahan, lives in an uncomfortable space between dreaming and consciousness.
It's a space where confusion reigns, where images and bits of dialogue that might seem innocuous by the light of day can take on a sinister aspect. It is the place where nightmares are born.
No character in American drama inhabits that mental and emotional purgatory more fully than Blanche DuBois (Tilke Hill). She is the fragile and flawed figure at the center of Tennessee Williams' lyrical 1947 masterpiece, which tells the sordid tale of a disgraced former school teacher whose every interaction with reality only forces her to retreat deeper into her own tortured soul.
With help from gifted video designer Brian Milbrand, graphic designer Tim Stegner and set designer Kristina Siegel, Shanahan has attempted to open a wider door into DuBois' headspace than we're accustomed to.
The show lacks the often searing images of his non-narrative work. Instead, it employs its sophisticated design elements somewhat more traditionally, as supplements to the words themselves. And Hill's performance on opening night, though certainly more than competent, did not delve deep enough or reach high enough to fully expose
Blanche's tortured soul to the audience. (My impression, given Hill's undeniable talent, is that it will improve markedly as the run progresses.)
For these reasons, this production of "Streetcar" seems to be stuck in its own middle space. Shanahan shines when he eschews the narrative in pursuit of indelible stage pictures or images, but his attempt to bring Williams' play to life sometimes falls flat in places where it ought to soar.
He was influenced by Herbert Selby Jr.'s cult classic novel "Last Exit to Brooklyn," from which he lifted bits of street language ("GOWAY STUPID" was one). These were periodically projected onto a screen at the back of the stage. But it never becomes clear how Williams' play, which happily inhabits the thoroughly depraved Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans in the '50s, might benefit from being refracted through Selby's striking work.
Even so, the design of the production and a number of fine performances make the evening well worth the curious theatergoer's time. The use of live video in some scenes and the sophisticated sound design smartly extends Blanche's inner turmoil into the surrounding space. And Siegel's stark and simple set design, featuring a raw steel framework," is just right.
As Stanley Kowalski, Williams' testosterone-driven jack-in-the-box, Stan Klimecko turns in an alternately spine-chilling and sensitive performance that points up the emotional volatility of the character.
Christian Brandjes shines as Blanche's disenchanted suitor, Mitch, and Bentley's Stella contains the right balance of tenderness and naivet�.
In the end, the production is a valiant effort to transport audiences into the mind of one of the most perplexing and fascinating characters in drama.
The streetcar stops just short of the station, but the journey has its rewards.
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2 1/2 Stars (Out of four)
Through Oct. 7 in Torn Space Theater, 612 Fillmore Ave. Tickets are $25. Call 812-5733 or visit www.tornspacetheater.com.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that involves muscle weakness, which quickly gets worse.
Alternative Names
Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; Muscular dystrophy - Duchenne type
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a form of muscular dystrophy. It worsens quickly. Other muscular dystrophies (including Becker's muscular dystrophy) get worse much more slowly.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by a defective gene for dystrophin (a protein in the muscles). However, it often occurs in people without a known family history of the condition.
Because of the way the disease is inherited, it usually affects boys. The sons of females who are carriers of the disease (women with a defective gene, but no symptoms themselves) each have a 50% chance of having the disease. The daughters each have a 50% chance of being carriers. Very rarely, a girl can be affected by the disease.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs in about 1 out of every 3,600 male infants. Because this is an inherited disorder, risks include a family history of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Symptoms usually appear before age 6 and may appear as early as infancy.
They may include:
- Fatigue
- Learning difficulties (the IQ can be below 75)
- Intellectual disability (possible, but does not get worse over time)
Muscle weakness:
- Begins in the legs and pelvis, but also occurs less severely in the arms, neck, and other areas of the body
- Problems with motor skills (running, hopping, jumping)
- Frequent falls
- Trouble getting up from a lying position or climbing stairs
- Weakness quickly gets worse
Progressive difficulty walking:
- Ability to walk may be lost by age 12, and the child will have to use a wheelchair
- Breathing difficulties and heart disease usually start by age 20
Exams and Tests
A complete nervous system (neurological), heart, lung, and muscle exam may show:
- Abnormal heart muscle (cardiomyopathy)
- Congestive heart failure or irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
- Deformities of the chest and back (scoliosis)
- Enlarged muscles of the calves, buttocks, and shoulders (around age 4 or 5). These muscles are eventually replaced by fat and connective tissue (pseudohypertrophy).
- Loss of muscle mass (wasting)
- Muscle contractures in the heels, legs
- Muscle deformities
- Respiratory disorders, including pneumonia and swallowing with food or fluid passing into the lungs (in late stages of the disease)
Tests may include:
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Genetic tests
- Muscle biopsy
- Serum CPK
There is no known cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Treatment aims to control symptoms to improve quality of life.
Steroid drugs can slow the loss of muscle strength. They may be started when the child is diagnosed or when muscle strength begins to decline.
Other treatments may include:
- Albuterol--a drug used for people with asthma
- Amino acids
- Carnitine
- Coenzyme Q10
- Creatine
- Fish oil
- Green tea extracts
- Vitamin E
However, the effects of these treatments have not been proven. Stem cells and gene therapy may be used in the future.
Activity is encouraged. Inactivity (such as bedrest) can make the muscle disease worse. Physical therapy may help to maintain muscle strength and function. Speech therapy is often needed.
Other treatments may include:
- Assisted ventilation (used during the day or night)
- Drugs to help heart function, such as angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers, and diuretics
- Orthopedic appliances (such as braces and wheelchairs) to improve mobility
- Proton pump inhibitors (for people with gastroesophageal reflux)
Several new treatments are being studied in trials.
Support Groups
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a support group where members share common experiences and problems. The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an excellent source of information on this disease.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy leads to progressively worsening disability. Death usually occurs by age 25, typically from lung disorders.
Possible Complications
- Cardiomyopathy (can also occur in female carriers, who should also be screened)
- Congestive heart failure (rare)
- Deformities
- Heart arrhythmias (rare)
- Mental impairment (varies, usually minimal)
- Permanent, progressive disability, including decreased mobility and decreased ability to care for self
- Pneumonia or other respiratory infections
- Respiratory failure
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if:
- Your child has symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Symptoms worsen, or new symptoms develop, particularly fever with cough or breathing difficulties
People with a family history of the disorder may want to seek genetic counseling. Genetic studies done during pregnancy are very accurate in detecting Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Sarnat HB. Muscular dystrophies. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme J, Schor N, Behrman RE. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 601.


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Always popular hair style that screams party in the front, business in the back.
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A person who's credit is so terrible, that they couldn't even buy candy with cash.
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Recession have you down -- and not spending so much? There's always living vicariously through Isla Fisher in 'Confessions of a Shopaholic,' a "heartfelt tribute to consumerism and materialism." Also new: the latest Brendan Fraser family adventure, 'Inkheart,' and the acclaimed animated doc 'Waltz With Bashir.' a href="http://movies.aol.com/movie/confessions-of-a-shopaholic/33070/main">'Confessions of a Shopaholic'
What It's About: An unemployed, uneconomical, chain-shopping party girl (Isla Fisher) somehow gets hired as a columnist for a financial magazine, becomes their superstar writer in no time, and, of course, falls in love in the process.
What We Say: With a plot as believable as 'Lord of the Rings,' this heartfelt tribute to consumerism and materialism is the kind of chick flick that will only appeal to audiences that really love chick flicks (and, well, shopping). For the rest of us, it'd be borderline unwatchable if not for the bubbly magnetism of Fisher.
Special Features? The bloopers, deleted scenes and Akon video are nice and all, but wouldn't the most fitting bonus feature be a shopping gift card? Yep, they thought of that. The disc comes with a $10 "fashion cash" card. New socks on 'Shopaholic'!
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What It's About: Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart (Brendan Fraser) not only has a genuinely awesome name, he's also got the ability bring books to life, taking his kids along for a romp through a fantasyland of unicorns, flying monkeys and a villain named Capricorn.
It's Kind of Like: 'Bedtime Stories' meets 'The Neverending Story'
Critical Consensus: The latest from Fraser, Hollywood's go-to family adventurer, scored mostly lukewarm reviews, registering a 39 percent approval rating from RottenTomatoes. But that's still 25 percent higher than 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.'
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What It's About: Having strange memory blockage surrounding his experience in the 1982 Lebanon War, an Israeli Army vet-turned-documentarian (Ari Folman) tracks down several men he served with to fill in the pieces, and then animates the results.
It's Kind of Like: 'Persepolis' meets 'Jacob's Ladder' minus the humor and horned creatures
What We Say: Somber and admittedly slow-paced, the film -- an Oscar favorite that lost Best Foreign Film to 'Departures' in one of the 2009 ceremony's only upsets -- is a thought-provoking examination of war and the human psyche's response to it.
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LISBON - The Columbiana County Port Authority is considering relocating due to problems with its current building in East Liverpool's East End.
With the north wall of the possibly 100-year-old building showing signs of deterioration, the port board has asked for information on what it will take to repair the building. Estimates have come back at between $80,000 and $300,000.
The building was the former Patterson Industries Building, which port CEO Tracy Drake said was built sometime between 1910 and 1920. The port authority has called the building home for more than 30 years, utilizing 22,000 square feet of office space along with seven other tenants.
Board member Tim Weigle still had several questions about making the repairs. First was his concern about the possibility of asbestos in the building, noting if there was asbestos the cost of making structural repairs could increase dramatically.
Additionally, Weigle questioned the safety of having employees working in the building while a wall is being torn down.
"Let's not subject any employees or yourself to that kind of danger," Weigle said to Drake.
He suggested the port authority could find another place for its offices, especially during the winter if work is going to happen at their current location. Drake said there is empty space in the building in Leetonia where Consol is located, however, he thought that business may also have need to expand into that space at some point.
Weigle said the high end estimate is $320,000 and for that amount the building could be torn down and a parking lot created.
The current office of the port authority was not the only location the board discussed during its recent meeting. Other areas of concern was a building on the other end of the East End, the former Ferro Building or Loutham Building. Concerns about the roof leaking and deterioration, especially in the middle of the building, were brought up.
After the meeting, Drake said there is always the possibility of tearing the middle out of the building and creating trucking docks for the two ends, which are still in good condition. The building has been used as an incubator in the past, but currently is being used by several tenants for storage.
Additionally, the board discussed a small amount of damage to the sprayed-on stucco at the Consol building in Leetonia. One possibility is putting metal siding over the area, which would prevent further problems.


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2011: Appeared in three contests, making one start...Recorded two shots in 88 minutes.
2010: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...appeared in 13 matches off the bench...scored on the only shot he took all season (his first career shot) in 4-0 win at Lipscomb (Oct. 3).
2009: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...played in four matches as a freshman averaging just under 20 minutes per match.
High School: Graduated from Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida...also attended Berren County High School in Nashville, Georgia...in his high school career he earned varsity letters in soccer, cross country, football, and track...was an honor roll student who won various athletic honors...helped team achieve two state championships and one runner up finish.
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But with Kim Kardashian's decision to add a Choupette look-alike, a teacup Persian named Mercy, to her family over the weekend, it looks like Hollywood has a catfight on its hands.
But which of these two pampered pets is the fairest feline in town? Let's break it down:
LooksWhile both cats are small in size and white in color, Choupette's "stunning beauty" landed her a spread in Harper's Bazaar. "Her eyes are blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. And also her movement is so beautiful," Lagerfeld said. Meanwhile, Mercy's first photo shoot came via Kardashian's Twitter account, where the star has been posting photos since her debut.
Winner: Choupette
LifestyleLagerfeld makes no attempt to hide Choupette's spoiled existence, having admitted she has two maids in her employ and shared a photo of her shrimp birthday "cake". Kardashian, on the other hand, has not yet shared any of Mercy's special accommodations, though there's little doubt she's living the high life.
Winner: Choupette
Famous FriendsThough it was the editor-in-chief of V Magazine, Stephen Gan, who snapped the world's first photo of Choupette, Mercy already has a slew of celebrity pals, with Kardashian's sister Khloé and nephew Mason (through dad Scott Disick) expressing their love for the furball on Twitter. Not to mention, the star's beau Kanye West must surely be a fan – Mercy is named for a track off of his album Cruel Summer.
Winner: Mercy
Too early to call? Never! In a best-of-three, the newest Kardashian came up strong in the final round, but with the fashion world at her beck-and-call, Choupette remains the cat to beat.


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I must say that in general I don't like graphical interfaces for system administration, especially when it comes to servers.
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West Point Military Academy has made history by hosting the institution's first same-sex marriages.
The 210-year-old Academy hosted the nuptials of Brenda "Sue" Fulton, a 53-year-old West Point graduate, and Penelope Gnesin, 52, at the Academy's Cadet Chapel on Dec. 1. "It was such a sacred, joyous day," Fulton told CNN.
The chapel was the first place Fulton heard the Cadet Prayer – which includes the line, "make us to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong" – and it resonated with her.
"As both Penny and I worked to support LGBT military people, those principles were always in front of us," Fulton said. "To be able to celebrate this with so many of our straight and gay military folks, bi and trans, was really overwhelming."
Prior to Fulton and Gnesin's ceremony, Army 1st Lt Ellen Schick and Shannon Simpson wed in West Point's original Old Cadet Chapel on Nov. 24.
"Ellen is very proud to serve her country and wanted a military wedding," Simpson told OutServe Magazine. "We felt that we should be allowed the same opportunity to marry on a military post as any heterosexual military couple."
The marriages come after two major victories for the LGBT community. In 2011, New York legalized same-sex marriage and the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was repealed.
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Have you given blood within the last year?
Yeah, the calls get crazy and they never seem to have the updated info. I once got 3 calls in a week, the week after I had just donated blood!
I don't think Red Cross does it, but there are many charities that pay companies to do their fundraising for them; I don't have a problem with that per se, providing the overhead stays low. The problem I have is when these companies have multiple "drives" per year and often hit up the same folks three or four, or ever more times, per year. My wife accidentally donated to the same charity twice thinking it was a different one that we regularly gave to. Upon checking our records though, we found they had called 3 months before and we had given then. Another that we regularly supported even went so far as to "bend the truth" when we said we had already donated; he stated that we had given since the last "drive", trying to downplay that it had only been 4 months. It might not be illegal, but poor treatment of donors cost those charities
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Used to up until the time I found out that I could no longer participate because I was stationed in Italy. More info, go to the Red Cross eligibility criteria, view under "Travel outside of US, vCJD "Mad Cow Disease".
Now, I just give money whenever I can.
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To "sc2wvu", I've had a similar experience. I requested that they remove my telephone # from their lists, and the calls stopped. They were relentless! But I still donate when I can.
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I used to semi-regularly until a particular drive put my name/# on about 10 different call lists to where I was getting harrassed by automated and personal request calls 4 days/week. Got fed up with that.
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Canada-Israel Relations
Canada recognized the State of Israel upon its founding in 1948, and the two countries established formal diplomatic relations on May 11, 1949.
In Israel, Canada is represented by the Embassy of Canada in Tel Aviv.
Israel is represented in Canada by an embassy in Ottawa. Israel also has consulates in Montreal and Toronto.
Canada and Israel have strong, multidimensional bilateral relations, marked by close political, economic, social and cultural ties. Support for Israel, especially its right to live in peace and security with its neighbours, has been at the core of Canada's Middle East policy since 1948. The relationship has been strengthened in recent years as evidenced by increased cooperation in several areas, including public security, defence, trade and investment, and the increased frequency of ministerial visits. Canada and Israel marked 60 years of diplomatic relations on May 11, 2009. On this occasion, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated: "At the heart of relations between Canada and Israel is the dynamism of our shared communities. We look forward to the next 60 years and beyond."
One of the underlying strengths of the Canada-Israel bilateral relationship lies in the extensive people-to-people ties. There are approximately 20,000 Canadian citizens living in Israel and many Canadians have family in Israel. The Canadian Jewish community, which stands at around 350,000, acts as an important bridge between Canada and Israel. These informal ties give rise to significant cooperation between our two countries in business, philanthropy and tourism.
There is a strong relationship between the Canadian and Israeli legal communities, which has resulted in regular visits by jurists and judges, as well as frequent use of Canadian legal precedents in Israeli court decisions. Canada and Israel have an active program of professional and academic exchanges, with many Canadian artists visiting Israel. A cultural and education Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in 1999.
Frequent ministerial visits in both directions are a feature of Canada-Israel relations. Most recently, Canada's Minister of National Defence, Peter MacKay visited in January 2011 to sign an MOU on defence relations with his Israeli counterpart. International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan visited Israel in October 2010. Former Transportation Minister John Baird visited Israel in March 2010. Former Treasury Board Secretariat Minister Vic Toews visited Israel in January 2010. Industry Minister Tony Clement went to Israel in November 2009. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon visited in March and again in October 2009 (when he attended the second Israel Presidential Conference, Facing Tomorrow 2009). In addition, Chief Justice McLachlin visited Israel in September 2009. In May 2009, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney visited Israel to mark the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. From Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Ottawa in May 2010. Minister of Defence Ehud Barak attended the annual Halifax International Security Forum in November 2010. Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz visited Canada in February 2010. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visited Canada in June 2009.
Canada and Israel have a number of bilateral agreements in place, including one on Film and Videotape Production and on Mutual Legal Assistance. There are also a number of sub-national agreements between Israel and certain provinces, including Manitoba and Ontario.
Various bilateral agreements support Canada's commercial relations with Israel. These include the Double Taxation Agreement (1977), the Canadian Space Agency – Israeli Space Agency MOU for Space Cooperation (March 2005), and the Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF – based on a MOU and renewed in March 2006, with a $1 million annual contribution each from Canada and Israel).
The Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF) is a binational organization established in 1994 that promotes industrial collaborative research and development projects in innovative technologies that have the potential for commercialization. It provides partnership facilitation services as well as the opportunity of potential funding support for joint industrial R&D collaborations. It has also developed close linkages between a large number of technology-based firms in Canada and Israel and encourages the participation of the academic and government research communities. The experience gained and the successes achieved under CIIRDF provided a useful model for DFAIT's International Science and Technology Partnerships Program (ISTPP).
Canada's diversified bilateral trade with Israel reflects the sophistication of both economies. Israel is Canada's fourth largest merchandise export market in the Middle East and North Africa. 2011 marks the 14th Anniversary of the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA), a goods-only agreement. Bilateral merchandise trade has more than tripled since the CIFTA's implementation in 1997 from $507.3 million in 1996, to a record high of $1.8 billion in 2008.
Canada's top exports to Israel are machinery, electrical machinery, paper and newsprint, plastics, wood, and aluminium. Canada's top imports from Israel are pharmaceutical products, electrical machinery, precious stones and metals, machinery, optical equipment, and organic chemicals.
Export Development Canada (EDC) offers all of its products and services (insurance, financing and bonding) in Israel. Israel is rated as investment grade by three international rating agencies.
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6 Great Ways to Remind Yourself That You're Poor
I've spoken before about the many ways that the lack of money can fuck you, and how even the slightest setback is a full-blown catastrophe to a poor person. Regular readers know that for the last three years, I have slowly wormed my way out of the perpetually clinched asshole of poverty, only to discover that "financial security" is kind of a myth -- that life is full of extremely common situations that sneak up behind you, put a hand over your mouth and whisper, "You thought you were set. That's cute. Bend over." And I'm not talking about your car breaking down or the babysitter calling in sick. Most people are prepared for those. It's more like ...
#6. The First Time You Have to Go to the Hospital on Your Own
You're finally out on your own. You have all the basics covered, and life is settling into a pretty comfortable rhythm. You have an apartment, a car, a job and all the privacy you could ever need to masturbate anytime you want to as much porn as your computer can process at one time. Then one day, you wake up to find that you've chafed your genitals from the constant friction, and it actually burns to touch them. So you head out to the doctor, who sends you for a few minor tests, hands you some cream and sends you on your way. Two weeks later, you get a bill for two thousand dollars. That's when you realize that any building with the word "medical" attached to it is like a foreign country with an exchange rate that turns your nice paycheck into motherfucking Monopoly money.
When you were a kid, unless your parents were sadistic, soulless assholes, you never knew how much a trip to the emergency room cost. You just went in, got patched up and jumped right back onto your homemade jet pack that sent you there in the first place. But once you reach the age and security of breaking off of your parents' insurance (for those of you lucky enough to have parents with insurance), everything changes.
"OK, while she's distracted, I'll just take this for a down payment."
I'm a contracted writer, which means I don't get benefits because I'm not technically an employee of anyone. There are millions of people out there like me, and if we wanted to get health insurance for ourselves and our families, it would cost us $15,000 a year. I live in an area where the average income is right around $20,000. So pretty much their entire year would be spent working for just health insurance and nothing else. And if they don't have to go to the hospital that year? "Wow, that sucks. But thanks for the money, you gullible fuck socket."
But what if you're a single person? In 2009 and 2010, the average cost of a single person's insurance was about $5,000 a year. The average price of an ER visit? $1,300. It takes just a bit of third grade math to figure out that when you factor in the out of pocket deductible that you have to pay each time you use the insurance, it would take five or more trips to the ER in order for you to just break even. And if you're in the emergency room five times a year, you need to be placed in a padded room because you are a danger to yourself and society.
That's how insurance companies survive. Perfectly healthy people who will most likely not see a hospital more than once every 10 years pay premiums that they'll never touch in order to fund the companies who are paying for the hospital visits of other people. The companies have to take in more money than they're paying out for that to work. And they are taking in a goddamn fuckload of extra.
"... So I just removed the good foot anyway, and boom: My guest room remodeling is now paid for."
On the part of the customer, it's a very, very risky gamble. You're betting on the idea that you will end up getting hurt or sick enough to spend the money you're investing. And until you actually do have to get medical care and pick up that bill for the first time, you don't realize how bad it's gotten. That's when you start comparing the amount of money you've paid for the insurance to how much of your bill they actually covered. And for this reason, many, many people have opted out of getting insurance altogether. We've started to see it as a waste of money, and unless we need something expensive like cancer treatment or surgeries, we're just firing money out of a cannon for no reason.
What's even scarier is when you have to go in for something that seems bad and requires testing. For instance, you threw out your back in the town's annual free-for-all UFC battle. To make sure it's not something serious, you need an MRI. And even though it turns out to be nothing, and your diagnosis and treatment end up being "Just get some rest -- here are some pain pills," you walk away owing a couple thousand dollars. If it turns out to actually be a surgery-requiring problem, you just jumped into "You owe us everything you make for the next five years" territory.
Should have thought about that before you complained about your knee, asshole.
#5. Any Time You Buy Jewelry for Any Reason
Some of you are already laughing because "Buying jewelry is a rich person's problem, asshole! You'll have to pardon me if I don't cry you a river because you can't afford diamonds." But the thing is, you're going to have to buy some at some point in your life because society and the jewelry industry have trained us to believe that shiny metal and "precious" stones are a symbolic representation of your love for another human. Mother's Day, anniversaries, engagements, and so on. So, there's that the first time you walk up to that counter thinking, "Well, I'll get her something nice, not extravagant or anything, but something she'll be proud to wear. Surely such a piece is available on a working man's gift budget!" And then you see the prices and get splashed in face with a bucket full of iced dicks. You're just staring in a daze while the salesman says, "Now this ring over here is only $800, but as you can see, the diamonds were ones we scraped off of a drill bit."
And there's a certain point where you just can't avoid it. Wedding rings are so expected that we've made them a part of the actual ceremony. Imagine a wedding where the preacher says, "The rings, please," and the bride and groom just kind of stare dumbfounded at him. "Rings? Nobody told us we had to bring gifts." Retailers know this, and it's why when you start shopping for wedding rings, you'll notice that anything with the word "wedding" or "marriage" attached to the description is about five times more expensive than everything else.
"There. Now when I ask for the new PlayStation, I don't want to hear shit."
"But wait! I just walked by a jewelry store, and wouldn't you know it -- right on the day that I need to buy a ring, they're having a 75 percent off sale!" Holy crap, how lucky is that? What an amazing coincidence that fate has thrown together for you! Wait, hold up. Now that I look around, pretty much every jewelry store is running a sale. Virtually all the time. Holy shit, look at this: They're cutting $10,000 off of a $13,000 ring! How can they afford to do that?
Because markups on jewelry are ridiculous to begin with. They price a ring like that (which, by the way, has never been worth $13,000 in the history of mankind) before it's available to the public. It's a false price tag, put there on purpose, knowing it will never sell for that amount. That way, when they do make it available to the public, they can reprice it for three grand and tell people that it's been marked as 75 percent off. And they still make a huge profit because jewelry isn't sold in terms of craftsmanship -- it's sold by weight. It's why when you catch the love of your life chain-fucking homeless people at a public orgy, the pawn shop gives your ring a scratch test and throws it on a scale instead of discussing the beauty of the cut and the care taken in the intricate design.
"Six bucks. If it's been in your ass, subtract a dollar."
And that's where they get you. Because the average person doesn't get much practice in buying luxury items, they don't know what to look for. They have no means of comparison, so a ring for tens of thousands of dollars looks more appealing, simply because it's sporting a price tag on par with a brand new, zero-mile car. Since most employees work on commission, they will use that tactic like a goddamn biological weapon. "Our cheap rings are down in this case, and they start at $2,000. But since it's a wedding and you'll only be doing it once, you'll obviously want to go up to the mid-range rings over here. They're more expensive, yes, but this is a once in a lifetime thing, and you'll be wearing these for the rest of your life."
"Yep. Could've been a car."
You're made to feel like if you don't get the expensive stuff, you don't really care all that much about your bride/groom. It's how they've convinced us to buy a promise ring early in the relationship to show that you plan to propose one day. Then an engagement ring for the actual question. Then the wedding bands for the ceremony. Then an anniversary list that looks like a fucking World of Warcraft level reward system. And since we're on the subject of gifts ...
#4. The First Christmas You Have to Buy for Other People
I'm using "Christmas" here because it's the most publicized, most celebrated gift-giving holiday I can think of. If you don't celebrate it, just substitute whatever holiday that involves gift exchanging. Like No Panty Day or something. Though if you do use that one as your holiday, the rest of this point is going to read extremely creepy and weird.
When you're a kid, it's all about you. You're the one with the giant pile of gifts, while the adults have a few scattered boxes of things they most likely actually needed but couldn't normally afford because of all the money they just spent on toys and video games. That all changes roughly around the time you graduate high school and/or enter college.
The only time in your life that milk crates are considered legitimate furniture.
When you're on your own and making your own money, you're now expected to buy for everyone else. And until you actually make your list and find yourself in the store, you have no idea how much you're about to be elf-fucked into ramen-eating territory for the next three months. Which is doubly bad for college students because they were already in that position to begin with. But that first year isn't as bad as it gets. You budget and make it work, and nobody expects to get anything useful or awesome because they know your ass is as broke as it will ever be. So you pick up one gift each for your mom, dad, grandparents, brothers and sisters. If you don't have enough money (you won't), you start trimming off relatives from the list until you end up with just mom and dad.
"This is for all of you to share. I hope you like Stetson."
But then you get married or engaged, and suddenly, your list doubles. Not only does it double, but you find yourself overspending for the in-laws because you don't want them to think you're a cheap, penniless waste. And every couple has one person who wants to buy for every goddamn aunt, uncle and cousin in their entire family. But, wait, it gets so much worse.
When you have kids of your own, you finally feel that shit full force. You're forming Christmas memories your kids will carry the rest of their lives, you want them to have a Christmas as awesome as you had (if you had a good childhood) or to make sure they don't repeat your shitty experiences (if you didn't). Once again you think, "We work, we saved for this, there's no reason our kids can't have a nice, average Christmas like the kids on TV have."
But that's when you realize that the things your parents were buying you when you were a kid required retarded amounts of sacrifice on their behalf. For instance, you walk past the Lego aisle and think, "Hey, kids love this stuff." You skip past all the crappy ones that only have a hundred or so pieces, and set your eyes on the big box. "Oh, shit, it's a fucking Death Star! I have to get them th- HOLY CHRIST, MY HEART JUST SHOT RIGHT OUT OF MY ASSHOLE!"
Yes, that's an extreme case, but even when you go down to normal human toys, you realize that a hundred bucks buys either five shitty toys that they'll hardly (if ever) play with, or one cool thing that they'll get a lot of use out of. But buying one awesome thing makes for a really quick, anticlimactic Christmas morning, because the act of opening the gifts is a ritual in and of itself, and you want them to have a few at least. So, you budget "one really good gift" and maybe five or six cheaper ones, just to pad the bulk under the tree. By the time you finish shopping, you've just bitch-slapped your bank account, 1940s movie style, as it lets out a soft, feminine "Ugh!" And that's when you realize that unless you start saving up for next year's Christmas immediately after this one finishes, you're completely fucked.


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adj. Something which is tentative, iffy, uncertain, unresolved, or otherwise not definitive. An unsettled matter.
After George had that cold, the trip to the opera was completely up in the air.
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A Airplane pilot. Quote from TV show "The Munsters", where Grandpa Munster while snooping through his new tennent's belongings, finds a badge and asks Herman Munster what kind of a job would require wearing a badge.
Could he be a pilot? No, He's not the "up in the air" type.
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A former Attica Correctional Facility inmate being held at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, and a former inmate at the Wyoming Correctional Facility now being house at the Orleans Correctional Facility in Albion, were both charged Monday with smuggling drugs into their former prison homes.
State Police in Warsaw charged Lional Valenzuela, 46, with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and promoting prison. Valenzuela, who is serving a life term for a Bronx murder, is accused of smuggling Oxycodone through the U.S. Mail into Attica months ago, troopers said.
Dane Brannigan, 26, was charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal possession of a weapon. He is accused of having an edged metal weapon and a bag of synthetic marijuana while in the yard at Wyoming Correctional several months ago, troopers said. Brannigan is serving a sentence selling drugs in New York City.
Both inmates were arraigned before Wyoming County Judge Mark Dadd and will return to County Court in several weeks.
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A Lockport child molester caught a break from the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court Friday, as it reduced his prison sentence from seven years to four years.
Timothy R. Sisler, 47, complained after Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas sentenced him in July 2009. The judge had said when Sisler pleaded guilty in May 2009 that she would probably sentence him to six months in jail and 10 years' probation.
Sisler pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse for fondling a 9-year-old girl over her clothing in the fall of 2006. At the time, Farkas said probation "seemed like a reasonable sentence for that conduct." But two months later, she hit Sisler with the maximum sentence without explaining why. The unanimous appellate panel said Farkas should have given Sisler a chance to withdraw his guilty plea and that seven years was "unduly harsh and severe under the circumstances of this case."
Thus, Sisler, who would not have been eligible for parole until July 2015, could be released in early 2013.


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Stratton Honored for Leadership in Criminal Justice Reform
On Sept 9, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton received NAMI's Distinguished Service Award, NAMI's highest honor, at the 25th Anniversary for leadership in promoting alternatives to incarceration for individuals with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system and serving as an advocate for humane treatment and better services.
Diversion of non-violent offenders with mental illnesses who run afoul of the criminal justice system from incarceration to treatment is a major topic of discussion at this week's NAMI convention, including a focus on mental health courts and the potential costs to communities of the current system of criminalization.
Raised in Asia, the daughter of missionaries, Justice Stratton was profiled and interviewed in the NAMI Advocate. To the delight of many NAMI members, she has nonetheless noted that one her most cherished awards is one from the Stampede Girls Goat-Tying Contest in college.
In related news, on September 8, 2004, Salt Lake City KSL-TV Channel 5 began broadcasting a series about Matheson County, Utah's mental health court.


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I would like to take this opportunity to comment on the Bellwood-Antis football team's great season.
I've had the chance to follow this group of seniors since they first put them together in an all-star game when they were 12 year olds and watched them slap a 12-year-old all-star team from State College around.
I knew at that point that this could be a special group of kids. They never lost a game together through junior high and varsity until they lost to Richland in the last regular season game this year.
They all learned how to deal with the fact that they were small in size and numbers and overcame that with heart and determination. They were a fun group to watch and fun to be around.
They did a lot of neat things together to keep the unity alive. I remember listening to my son, Keith, in the back seat of the car, arranging for the team to get manicures before one of the games.
It was hilarious to hear the reactions about it, not because of the manicures, but because of the time they had to meet at the school - 7 a.m.
They once all went shopping together and each one bought thongs to wear. This is just a couple of the examples of the unity that this group of seniors had together. They were all great kids and very polite to be around.
I know coach John Hayes is very proud of this group, and all the other coaches as well. I, as a parent, and the entire community am very proud of them for the terrific year they had and the fine young men they have turned out to be - despite the thongs and manicures.
Great job, guys.
Richard Shawley Jr.
O'Brien taught lessons to remember
I am an avid Penn State fan and loved this past season.
I believe Bill O'Brien did a wonderful job with coaching, setting an example and dealing with adversity. Those are lessons that the team will remember many years from now when faced with decisions of their own.
I recently moved to North Carolina; the AD at North Carolina State fired an honorable man, Tom O'Brien, who coached the team well but not well enough. She wanted someone who could recruit better and inspire better. The man she hired could be a twin to Bill O'Brien. His age, his team, etc.
They are similar except for their salary. Perhaps Penn State should review O'Brien's salary as compared to this new coach.
Money isn't everything, but it counts.
Nancy Seecs
Morrisville, N.C.
PSU needs to tone down music
Neil Rudel might want to mention the loud music they play at Beaver Stadium all the time.
It's a big turnoff; they have ruined the game-day atmosphere.
It is supposed to be college football. Don't we have a band anymore? I was a season-ticket holder, but I am not going to sit through that anymore.
Eric C. Demyanovich
Rockville, VA
Volleyball team lacked chemistry
The No. 1 ranked Penn State women's volleyball team went into the Final Four with the goal of winning the national title. They were going for their sixth, which would have tied them with Stanford University.
The opposition was provided by No. 5 seeded Oregon, which was in the Final Four for the first time in its history. They were the underdogs, but they came out and really put it to Penn State.
Russ Rose is the finest coach in his sport over anybody else. He recruits the best high school players throughout the U.S. each year. What happened? When you bring in the finest talent every year, the chemistry has to be there.
There was no chemistry in the match between Penn State and Oregon. Penn State was outmatched.
Les Hart