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Most in the community know him as a coach, mentor and advocate for children. Now, Elkins native Roy Simms finds himself in an unusual position: Rather than being the one calling plays in this game we call life, he is on the sidelines. Simms has put his fate in the ultimate coach - God.
Simms, the former head coach of the Elkins High School boys' basketball team and current assistant coach of the Davis & Elkins College men's basketball squad, is facing an admittedly tough road ahead. He is in need of lifesaving surgeries for a heart and kidney transplant - an operation that will cost nearly $1.2 million. Of that, Simms must cover 20 percent, or around $240,000, to pay for the procedure.
"I don't believe God would give me this cross to bear if He didn't believe I have the wherewithal to bear it," Simms said, his usually strong, boisterous voice now slowed through labored breathing. "God always has played a major role in my life and the decisions I've made by guiding me to the right place. Letting Him lead is what faith's all about."
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A benefit dinner and auction are scheduled for local coach Roy Simms, seen here with his wife, Mary Diann. West Virginia University men's basketball head coach Bob Huggins will be on hand for the event, which is slated for Oct. 10. The benefit is designed to raise funds needed for Simms' heart and kidney transplant.
Those who know Simms recognize the core values he holds dear.
They are faith, family, service and sports. Upon his return to this region in 2006 from Denver, the coach created the Give Back Foundation to help fund scholarships and sports opportunities for young athletes. Over the years, hundreds of children have been assisted through his efforts.
Now, the community Simms has dedicated so much of his time to help is rallying to come to his aid. The Roy Simms Health Heart Fundraiser Event is set for 6 p.m. Oct. 10 at Orchard Hall in Elkins. The special guest and keynote speaker for the dinner will be Bob Huggins, West Virginia University's head men's basketball coach. Other members of the WVU basketball staff and some fellow Mountaineers, who may include Major Harris and Da'Sean Butler, will join Huggins, Simms said.
"It's going to be a Mountaineer night," Simms said Monday.
The coach is newly released from the transplant unit at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. After a multiple-week stay - his second since July - one of Simms' first stops upon coming home was Wimer Field Friday night to cheer on the Elkins High School football team at its homecoming game against Bridgeport. Like he's done so many times before, Simms was there to support the Tigers, and Friday he was joined by his wife, Mary Diann Simms, who these days never is far from his side.
However, it has been Simms himself who so many in the community and beyond have relied upon to be there to lend a helping hand. This gesture of altruism extended to Huggins and his family in November 2010. That's when Simms worked to help raise funds in memory of Huggins' mother, Norma Mae, who passed away from colon cancer in May 2003. Simms worked locally to support the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund at WVU's Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.
He said he feels blessed Huggins now wants to be there for him during his time of need. The respect is mutual between the two coaches.
"Roy's a wonderful guy, has just done great things for kids, cares about the Elkins community and the state of West Virginia. He's a great Mountaineer," Huggins said of Simms during a recent on-air interview with WDNE radio, which is among the community partners helping with the benefit. "(The fundraiser) is the right thing to do. ... Roy's meant so much to so many people, and it's just a small part of what we all really ought to try to be doing for him."
The Inter-Mountain is helping to support the upcoming charity banquet as well, as is Peter Pan Cleaners, Elkins Fordland and Innovative Investments. Event tickets, which are $50 each, will be available at all these businesses later this week. Checks may be made payable to Shiloh Baptist Church for the tax-deductible donation, with the note "Simms' health fund" in the memo line.
The task of raising nearly a quarter of a million dollars may seem insurmountable, but Huggins said he believes it will be possible. Simms has at least another year before he can be put on the transplant waiting list because of his October 2011 battle with prostate cancer. He said he has to go two years without a cancer treatment in order to be eligible.
Kevin Wilson, executive vice president of D&E, said Simms is "the toughest guy I know." He noted Simms had been working in the college's admissions office in addition to his coaching duties and called the coach an ambassador for the school.
"He's a huge connection between the community and the college, a link that brings it all together," Wilson said, recalling the Harlem Legends event Simms brought to D&E earlier this year.
"That was all him, and it shows what he can do in the community to pull off something like that, which was such a huge success," Wilson said.
He said Simms has a sense of determination that will suit him for this journey to recovery on which he must now embark.
Simms said his health woes began in 2006, when he first was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. His kidneys were impacted at the same time, he said.
"I caught a virus that attacks the heart. Everyone gets it, but my immune system couldn't fight it off," Simms said, noting his condition continued to slowly deteriorate.
Until he's eligible for the transplant list and finds a match, Simms said his health is being managed through a rigorous medication schedule designed to fix one problem.
Then another crops up, and it must be addressed, he said.
He will attack this with the same intensity he used to letter in 12 sports while a standout athlete at Elkins High School in the 1970s. Simms also earned nine Division I letters at that time.
The son of Robert and Mildred Simms, Roy is one of eight children. He started playing sports at age 6, shooting hoops at the Elkins YMCA. He said he is proud of his rich West Virginia heritage and the fact he went to college on a full athletic scholarship through the University of Detroit, where he played from 1979 until 1983. It provided him with the opportunity to represent the Mountain State on a national platform.
At the university, Simms was co-captain of both the men's basketball and baseball teams, having played point guard and center field respectively. He also ran track, participating in hurdles during his fifth year at college.
Simms graduated with a degree in education and a mission to work with children. He said he wanted to motivate young athletes in the same positive manner in which some of his early childhood coaches had inspired him.
Simms recognized local residents Mike Ross, Max Armentrout and Ralph Hess as having helped to shape him into the athlete and coach he has become.
Simms remains close with Ross, who will introduce Huggins at the upcoming fundraiser. Ross said Simms is an "inspiration for all."
"Roy is an asset to Randolph County and West Virginia," Ross said, noting he goes above and beyond when working with student athletes.
"He calls them by name and pays a lot of attention to them. Kids like that. They like to be recognized, and Roy gave them that honor," Ross said.
Many in the community are counting on generations of families returning the gesture and honoring Simms by attending the Oct. 10 dinner. In addition to the meal itself, an auction will take place in conjunction with the event. Donations are being collected and can be dropped off at any ticket sales location.
"I'm humbled by all this," Simms said.
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Between the news, the Internet, health magazines and health features in papers as well as our day-to-day contact with family and friends, there is a good chance that the majority of South Carolinians have at least heard of thyroid gland issues. Thyroid gland issues vary from person to person and knowing about how the thyroid gland affects your health is important.
The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland that sits in the front of the neck. There are variations on its position and overall shape between individuals. The gland is responsible for producing, storing and releasing thyroid hormones T4 and T3 for the entire body. Another hormone, Calcitonin is also produced by specific cells in the thyroid gland.
With the thyroid gland being small and unassuming, hidden away there in the neck, it is not surprising that most people never give it a second thought until something goes wrong with it. This small gland plays major roles in metabolic rates and influences practically every organ system in the body. Thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) are necessary for human life and without any thyroid hormone an individual would eventually die from causes directly related to a hormone deficiency.
What happens when there is something wrong with the gland, you wonder? Well, that depends on what is actually wrong. You can think of problems with the gland as either related to hormone production or related to the structure of the gland itself.
One of the thyroid problems most likely to grab a person's attention is called a goiter, which is an enlarged thyroid gland that can easily be seen in a person's neck. Sometimes you may not see it as much as feel it, for instance when swallowing. A thyroid nodule is a specific lump that is felt on the gland, and can be benign or cancerous. Goiters and thyroid nodules should always be evaluated thoroughly by a health professional to ensure they are not cause for concern, especially in regard to the possibility of cancer.
Thyroid hormone problems can happen with or without the actual gland becoming large or changing shape. Hypothyroidism, a low level of thyroid hormone, is one of the most common hormonal conditions diagnosed in the United States. It is more common in women than men but affects both genders, all age groups and all ethnicities to varying degrees.
Hyperthyroidism, a high level of thyroid hormone, is also relatively common. Both conditions can cause a wide variety of symptoms, from mild to severe, and despite common patterns for either disorder vary from person to person.
One of the most difficult aspects of diagnosing and treating a thyroid hormone condition of either type is that the symptoms are not very specific to thyroid disease: you can have symptoms that seem consistent with thyroid hormone disorder but not have it, and vice versa you can have symptoms of other health issues but instead have an underlying thyroid hormone disorder. The only way to know is to have your thyroid hormone level checked and interpreted by a health provider who is well versed in thyroid disease and treatments.
Thyroid hormone disorders are diagnosed through blood testing, and there are several treatments available for both low thyroid hormone and high thyroid hormone levels. The exact treatment chosen will depend on a review not only of your hormone levels but other health factors and your individual preferences, which will be taken into consideration by your healthcare provider.
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It's all such a crapshoot that it's appropriate that they are holding the meeting in Las Vegas
CSG doesn't have a good grasp of how the fields for any given GP event are chosen. No host has complete control over the skaters for an event unless that host magically gets first draw in every round, which is statistically unlikely to happen.
never mind -- someone answered my question above!
Josh can threaten Kovtun all right, but if I was Kovtun, I'd be looking over my shoulder for another young Russian man...if the improvement we've seen already from Artur continues and his head gets into gear, he'll trounce Kovtun.
In my experience, the ISU FB page for figure skating does not even attempt to offer news in a timely fashion.
Only yesterday did the ISU FS FB page make its first and only mention of the Jun 27 announcement of GP assignments.
And (not surprisingly) the ISU general FB page has not mentioned the GP assignments at all.
Not blaming ShellyC, of course. I just wish that the ISU would make a bigger effort with its FB pages.
I found a few relevant threads, but they are all archived, however, worth linking in a new thread:
Attn: Sam-SkwantchOriginally Posted by Sam-Skwantch
It's easier for me to follow the goings on in Russian figure skating than what's going on in my home country. VK ,the Russian FB, has multiple fan pages for the top skaters and a few general Russian Figure Skaters fan pages. I follow one that loves Adelina and Yulia but keep tabs and post photos and story's for I/Z, V/T, Kovtun,and B/S. I was searching recently for online US figure skating pages and only found a few personal FB pages but no real active fan clubs like the one I found for Yulia. She participates in group chats occasionally... Posts there regularly herself.....and every news story that comes out gets posted to the wall. While I their efforts I have to wonder.....either it's not happening here in the US on the same level or I am just not searching correctly
Re: Fan pages
If you are still interested in fan pages for U.S. skaters, I just noticed this directory on the recently upgraded GS site . (Don't know whether the directory is something new or whether I had overlooked it on the old GS site.)
The listings are for both fan pages and the skater's official websites.


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Doug Marrone had a reputation for being thin-skinned during his time at Syracuse. That hardly makes him unique in the coaching fraternity. Marrone laughed it off on the day he was hired to coach the Bills.
But it took Marrone just three days to lose his cool in training camp. Mario Williams had missed the first three practices with a mysterious foot injury. Marrone had no answers. He didn't even know which foot it was.
When reporters pressed Marrone for details last Tuesday, he assumed an aggrieved, defensive posture. Marrone said he was frustrated with the line of questioning. He said he was waiting to hear from the doctors.
The AP's John Wawrow persisted. He asked Marrone if Williams, who had left camp to seek a second opinion, had been excused from camp by the team.
"That's not a legitimate question," Marrone snapped.
Sorry, Coach, but when we're talking about the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, a franchise player with a history of nagging injuries and bizarre off-field drama, there are no illegitimate questions. Everything is fair game.
It was astonishing to think that an NFL head coach would be in the dark about a star player – or any player, really – two days after the guy had missed the opening of training camp with a curious injury.
Marrone thought the media was "coming at him" in Pittsford? Seriously? They would have been coming at him like vultures in New York or Philadelphia, where the media are much less willing to take "duh" for an answer.
Legitimate questions?
We're not talking about some undrafted free agent here. Not so long ago, remember, Williams was answering questions about a $785,000 engagement ring and whether he had contemplated suicide or abused painkillers.
It's always something with Williams. Last week, a Houston TV station reported that Williams received special treatment from Lone Star State College, where he received a law enforcement degree earlier this year. The academy has been suspended while state regulators investigate.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement received a complaint about a cadet who did not meet the usual standards for completing a peace officer course, according to the TV report. The name of the cadet involved is blacked out in the report, but it's Mario.
Then there was the flap in minicamp, when Williams said defensive coordinator Mike Pettine always told his defensive players to "kill 'em or hurt 'em." Mario walked it back the next day, saying Pettine "never" said such things. Really, was he oblivious to Gregg Williams and the bounty scandal?
Oh, and the gun thing. Williams posted a photo on his Instagram page making fun of Aaron Hernandez after the former Patriot was accused of murder.
He depicts Hernandez as a character from "Grand Theft Auto New England." Williams has also posted photos of himself holding automatic weapons.
As Tim Graham pointed out, Williams is well within his rights to own guns and be proud of them. But in the current NFL climate, where league officials and former players are urging players not to own weapons, it's weak and childish behavior from one of the NFL's most prominent athletes.
Have I left anything out? I feel sorry for Marrone, in a way. He's a first-time NFL head coach. Toto, we're not in Syracuse any more. Marrone better to get used to answering questions about Mario.
He'll get grilled every time his defense gets shredded and Williams has an average game. He'll be asked about the foot, of course. Mario has marked his foot in the dirt, providing him a convenient excuse when he plays below expectations – same as he did with the wrist a year ago.
Marrone isn't stupid. He has to see the latest Williams injury in a larger context. A year ago at this time, Mario had a bad wrist. He said it was a big deal. Chan Gailey called it one of those "little things." The Bills didn't even list it on the injury report early in the year. The NFL wound up fining them for withholding injury information.
It was an embarrassment to the Bills organization. It made Gailey appear weak and out of touch. Ultimately, losing did Chan in. But the Williams injury added to the sense that Gailey was out of his depth as the leader of an entire NFL operation.
Marrone looked that way last Tuesday, like a man without total grasp of an important situation.
I'm sure Gailey is amused. But the common denominator is the $100 million man. This makes two years in a row that Williams has made his head coach look clueless about his health.
A day after his media dustup, Marrone was conciliatory. He could have handled things better, but coaches don't like it when they lose command of a situation. No doubt, he would rather have the attention focused on his team's progress in training camp.
I'm sure the Williams talk gets tiresome. It's a new era, after all, with a new, exciting quarterback in EJ Manuel, and all those speedy receivers. I'm intrigued, too. I can't wait to see them in the opening exhibition a week from today, against players who aren't wearing the same jerseys.
But you can't dismiss Williams as yesterday's news. When you make a guy the highest-paid defensive player in history, the story doesn't go away. You can't pretend he's just another player, a passenger in the rosy transition.
The Bills paid for a superstar and got a drama king. Williams came here with a reputation for little injuries. He's done nothing to change that. Two training camps, two injuries that required a second opinion. Again Saturday, he did not take part in team work.
I'll stick with my initial opinion: He's physically and emotionally fragile.
That doesn't mean Williams can't have a decent year and get double-digit sacks again. He might even have a big game against a team with an elite offense. But I could see another uneven season that has people asking, again, if he was worth that staggering investment.
Amazing as it sounds, people are already wondering if Williams will ever see the end of his six-year deal. If the Bills lose and the embarrassments keep piling up, they could decide to cut their losses and move on, as they did with Ryan Fitzpatrick.
It is, at the very least, a legitimate question.
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Stetson's Mallory Viera is just 36 holes away from claiming the title at the 84th Florida Women's Amateur Championship In Vero Beach after a dominating performance on Tuesday.
On a day marked with close matches and weather delays, Viera won twice by scores of 4&3 to advance to Wednesday's 36-hole showdown with Yuanru Yin.
Viera defeated Katie Mitchell, of Fernandina Beach, in Tuesday morning's quarterfinals. She continued her great play from the morning into her afternoon match with Kristine Odaiyar. Viera was three up on the green of the 8th hole when the weather sirens went off, delaying the round.
When play resumed, Odaiyar had a long putt for birdie to halve the hole, as Viera was already made her short birdie putt. Odaiyar eventually dropped to 5 down, but was able to battle back, narrowing the deficit to only two, but it was too little too late. Odaiyar's adrenaline got the best of her on hole 15 as she blocked her drive out of bounds, and then, on 16, hit her drive into a fairway bunker. Viera won the match 4&3.
The morning's other quarterfinal match was the closest of the day. Ashley Holder of Orlando, faced 14 year-old Claire Hodges, of Sorrento. In what originally seemed like a strong day for Hodges all changed in a three hole stretch. Being down by two going into hole 13 did not stop Holder from playing aggressive, allowing her to win three straight holes to get the lead back by one.
Hodges, of course, had a rebuttal, sticking it to within a foot on the 16th hole to bring the match back to all square. With pars down the stretch on 17 and 18, Holder and Hodges were faced with the dog-leg right, par four hole 1 to determine who would make it to the afternoon. Holder stuck with her routine and was able to pull off a win with a par over Hodges' bogey.
Ashley went on to face Yin, of Orlando, in the afternoon semi-final.
Yin's consistency and lack of mistakes let her glide to a 5&4 morning victory over Ormond Beach's Emma Albrecht . Albrecht played great golf all week, but Yin's game was unbeatable. Like in the morning, Yin brought her consistency and determination in her afternoon match against Holder. Interrupted mid-match by a two hour weather delay, Yin's nerves were still calm.
Holder held a one up lead going into hole 10 when they started after the delay, but Yin quickly got on fire when she stuck her iron to two feet on hole 11 to get the match back to all square. Yin then again birdied hole 13 to gain a one up lead. Holder tried to battle back, but Yin claimed the semi-final match 2&1.
Incoming freshman at the University of Central Florida, Kristine Odaiyar of Ocala, had a teeter totter quarter final match against Dylan Kim of Winter Garden. Missing a short putt early on to lose a hole, Odaiyar stuck with it making a couple birdies on the front nine. Kim answered by draining a long birdie putt on 8 to only be one down. However, Odaiyar did not let up as she defeated Kim 2&1.
Odaiyar later faced Stetson's Mallory Viera, of Howey-in-the-Hills, but did not continue the momentum.
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First Serve: Ball State will face No. 12 Illinois for the second time this season Friday at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Urbana, Ill., at 5 p.m. (EST) in the first round of the NCAA Tennis Championships. The Cardinals will take a 14-10 overall mark to Champaign, while Illinois enters the match with a 23-7 record. The Fighting Illini made it to the round of 16 at the 2013 NCAA Tournament, losing to No. 1 USC, 4-0.
The Series: Ball State and Illinois have never met in the postseason, despite a 28-year history between the two schools' with the Fighting Illini leading the series record, 19-8. The Cardinals lost their lone meeting against Illinois this season by a score of 4-0 in Indianapolis, Ind., March 23. Illinois has won the last 18 straight meetings over the Cardinals.
Second Serve: If the Cardinals win Friday Ball State will then advance to the second round of the NCAA's and will face either Drake or Memphis Saturday at 3 p.m. Drake is 22-5 overall on the year while Memphis enters the contest with a 14-5 campaign and a No. 22 overall ranking. Ball State did not face either of their schools this season.
Mid-American Conference Tournament Recap: Freshman Lucas Andersen's three-set singles win on court three clinched a 4-3 victory for the third-seeded Ball State men's tennis team over fourth-seed Buffalo April 26 in the championship match of the 2014 Mid-American Conference Tournament at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. It was the first time the Cardinals had been to the final match of the MAC Tournament since the 2011 season when Ball State won the title at Western Michigan's Sorenson Courts. At the conclusion of the match, Andersen and senior Austin Smith were named to the MAC Tournament team. Smith was awarded the 2014 Men's Tennis MAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player award.
Postseason Awards: Juniors Ray Leonard and Patrick Elliott, along with freshman Lucas Andersen, of the Ball State men's tennis team earned All-Mid-American Conference First and Second Team accolades, respectively. Leonard was named All-MAC First Team for the third straight season. Elliott and Leonard both garnered All-MAC second team honors for the first time in their careers.
Ball State Head Coach Bill Richards: Richards is in his 42nd season at the helm of the Cardinals, having led the program to 22 MAC titles, including 17 undefeated MAC seasons. Ball State has participated in the MAC for the last 33 years, claiming 38 regular season and or tournament championships. Since the MAC tournament format started in 1997, the Cardinals have won it seven times (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2014).
About Illinois: The Orange and Blue have won nine of their last 10 matches and have outscored their opponents 43-13 during that stretch. Illinois was awarded the No. 12 overall seed of the NCAA Tournament. The Illini started the year ranked No. 22 before peaking at No. 6 on March 4.
Ticket and Parking Information: Ticket prices for the first and second rounds will be $5 for adults and $3 for students and can be purchased at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex starting one hour prior to the first match each day. One ticket is valid for one admission to all matches on the day the ticket is purchased. Spectator parking is available east of the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex off of Goodwin Ave where fans can then enter the complex from this lot.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - In 2012, the multi-community Shop Local program had its most successful season of enticing holiday shoppers into North Lake Tahoe businesses, more than doubling the sales it generated the year prior.The program, formed six years ago to draw attention to Tahoe's crafted gifts, generated $192,225 in local spending, compared with $80,000 in 2011, said Joy Doyle, executive director of the North Tahoe Business Association. The 2012 sales totals are also more than four times what the program drew in 2010."It's easy for people to get in the habit of going down to Reno or Carson City to shop, but here we have many more unique gifts," Doyle said. "Who wouldn't want a gift from Tahoe? Everyone wants that Tahoe touch."The North Lake Tahoe economy depends on its businesses doing well, especially during the holidays, Doyle said. But for years, businesses were being left in the cold with holiday shoppers buying gifts online or from big box stores in flat-land cities.By offering raffle prize incentives with local purchases, Shop Local is bringing holiday shoppers back to North Tahoe, Doyle said, and keeping resulting profits within the local communities.From Thanksgiving to Christmas, participating businesses in Incline Village, Kings Beach, Tahoe City, the Village at Squaw Valley and the Village at Northstar offered prize cards to shoppers. For every $25 spent, a sticker for the card was given to the purchaser. Three stickers or more qualify for raffle prizes; 13 or more stickers qualify for 12 grand prizes. The drawing was held in January.Incline returnsMike Young, president of the Incline Community Business Association, said Incline Village had $22,750 in sales connected with Shop Local in 2012, with 76 people turning in raffle cards, compared with 28 raffle cards in 2011.He said 58 of those cards were completely filled out, qualifying entrants for grand prizes such as a season pass at Diamond Peak, a foursome at the Mountain Golf Course or a "couple of months" pass at the Incline Village Recreation Center."Word is getting out that this is a good thing to do. Everybody's getting behind it," Young said. "Consumers are saying, 'hey, this is pretty good.'"Despite the program's success, there still are draws to the cities down the hill. In an interview this week, thirty-year Kings Beach resident Ann McLaughlin said she wasn't aware of the Shop Local program. During the holidays, she said she shops locally when she can afford it, but finds better values and prices in Reno and Carson City, which she said is worth the drive.On Wednesday, Pauletta Erickson, part owner/manager of The Tahoe Store Emporium in Incline Village, said she thought the Shop Local program could have gone better. She said she wasn't approached about the program until halfway through the holiday season, adding that some customers participating in Shop Local did not know which stores were involved."I shop locally, but wasn't aware of Shop Local," Incline Village resident Mona Khashoggi said on Wednesday, adding that she feels Incline Village and its various boutiques have a lot to offer to holiday shoppers.In the Village Center, Alyssa Aninos, manager at Dress the Part(y), said the costume and party supply store had better results, but said Shop Local could be improved with more exposure and window signs for participating stores.Still, Aninos said she wants to continue with the program and sees it improving each year.A bright futureDoyle attributed this year's higher spending to bringing Northstar and Squaw Valley businesses on board, and to Shop Local businesses offering more grand prizes with values up to $500.Incline Village resident Susan Goldenberg was one of those who won a grand prize - a $500 gift certificate at Tahoe Dave's Skis & Boards. Goldenberg and her husband, Blake, own Village Toys and Susie Scoops Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt in Incline Village, both of which were participating businesses in Shop Local this year."(Shop Local) helps the community, it helps all of us," Susan said. "It helps some small businesses stay in business."Steve Hoch, executive director of the Tahoe City Downtown Association, said Shop Local "increases the velocity of spending" on the North Shore while also introducing shoppers to participating merchants."I personally went into three or four participant's businesses for the first time, to do my holiday shopping," he said.As for the future, Hoch said his association may consider including other holidays throughout the year in order to build on the success at the end of 2012.The program is part of the 3/50 Project and coordinated by the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association, the North Tahoe Business Association, Tahoe City Downtown Association, Incline Community Business Association, the Squaw Valley Business Association and the Village at Northstar coordinated the program.The 3/50 project's message is to "Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy." According to its mantra, for every $100 spent at locally owned businesses, $68 returns to the local community. Learn more at www.the350project.net.- Frank Fisher is a freelance reporter for the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza. He can be reached for comment at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Note: In May of 2013, three AFSC staff including Aarati Kasturirangan, Program Officer for Integration and Impact, went to the Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC) workshop held at Stony Run Friends Meeting in Baltimore. Aarati attended the workshop to understand firsthand the HROC work she had heard of from AFSC program staff in Burundi. She went to find out if she thought HROC could be useful for other AFSC programs around the world. - Lucy
I attended the workshop because HROC sounded miraculous to me. I went because it sounded impossible. I went to see with my own eyes and hear with my own ears. I didn't realize I also went to heal with my own heart.
On day two of this workshop, we all sat in a circle (Read Lucy Duncan's blog post here for a beautiful description of a lesson from day one). Amy Rakusin, one of our facilitators, said, "I want you to think of someone who loves you or someone who has loved you. If you are lucky enough to have more than one person, think of whoever is most present for you right now."
An image of my little sister leapt to mind. "Now think about why that person loves you."
Think about why that person loves you. Not why you love them, or why you are so close. Why does she love me? It was a simple assignment that, for me, produced immediate, unexpected feeling. Why - does she - love me?
Amy continues, "Now I want you to stand behind your chair. Imagine you are that loved one. Be that person telling you why they love you." When it was my turn, I stood already choked with tears I could not quite understand:
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I spoke these words to myself and felt a flood of love from my sister, pain in remembering those hard times she would have spoken of, anger that love is so often forged in the crucible of shared hardships, and a longing to see her because she now lives thousands of miles away.
This was the empty chair exercise. And one by one, each person embodied the one who loved them, and spoke of why they themselves were loved. Each of us reached into our own pasts to see with someone else's eyes how our words, our acts, our mere presence had eased another's sorrows, brought laughter into dark spaces, created safety in strange times.
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Your second comment, I believe was just meant so that people would not say WTF about your fist statement ...
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Same case for Khan. If Khan doesn't fight at 147 first, it's not as good a fight as it could be. I'd rather see him fight a Top WW first, whether that's Berto, Ortiz, Alexander, or even Guerrero (if he beats Aydin and looks good).
I'd rather see Floyd, of the possible and realistic options for December, fight Andre Berto if he beats Ortiz. He will have wins over Urango-Collazo-Hernandez-Zaveck-Ortiz, and would be the next best WW after Floyd and Manny.
Khan, I'd like it better after a fight against a Top WW. But, if it did happen in December after Khan were to beat Garcia, Khan would still have some solid wins against Top 10 JWW's. Kotelnyk, Malingaggi, Maidana, McCloskey, Judah, and Garcia, all Top 10 JWW's. It just makes more sense if Khan fights at 147 first, which is what GBP said it wants him to do.
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Hold up, so the TS is saying that Golden Boy paid Lamont to cheat for the first fight... so he can test positive right before the second fight?
And Golden Boy/Lamont Peterson are doing all this because....Floyd needs a fight in December.
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This is some of the dumbest shit ive heard in my life
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Khan has some boxing skills that he needs to work on first plus Khan needs to fight WWs in order for us to say, Floyd vs Khan is good. Fighting Garcia would not answer any of those questions. Period!
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Khan has beaten 6 Top 10 JWW's if he does fight Garcia, and is in his prime, one of the Top 1-2 JWW's in the world. It'd be a legit/B-/B fight, but it would be far better if Khan fights a Top WW at 147 first to make it a better fight.
Going by your logic, Bradley, who's beaten 4 Top 10 JWW's and fought one fight against a decent Abregu at 147, is not a good fight for Manny right???
That's ridiculous though, because Bradley has seperated himself, next to Khan, as the Top 2 JWW's in the world and has a list of solid wins.
But if you want to keep talking s**t and starting crap for no reason, go ahead.
Like I said, Khan with what he's done at 140 would be a decent fight already, but he has to fight at 147 and beat a Top fighter there first to make a Floyd-Khan fight real good.
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Can Khan do good at WW? Possibly he can do very well but the problem here is that we having NOTHING to go on.
I agree with some things that you said but not that point (ie. ready to fight Floyd - with certainty) nor can we honestly know how Khan would do against a true WW ... So to fight Floyd as his first WW would leave way to many question marks.
Now just because Khan did good at 140lbs cannot translate to us concluding that Khan can do as good at WW .... and fighting Garcia will definitely not answer that nor let us know that he improved his boxing skills where he is presently lacking ....... that is part of my point ....
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And Bradley fighting Abregu at 147 can't mean we know that he'll do well at 147 against Manny, but it's better that he did fight there first.
If Khan fights a 147 and beats a Top WW or two first, it makes it a real good fight. As of right now, on Khan being one of the Top 1-2 JWW's in the world, it's a good/decent fight, but not what it could be if Khan fights a Top WW first.
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Floyd has fought way too many fighters who have had very little experience at WW and you are ready to feed him another one?
Please let me know in total how many fights these boxers had before facing Floyd:
- Marquez at WW?
- Sharmba at WW?
- Ortiz at WW?
- Hatton at WW?
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Now you want to add Khan's name to that?
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lol make it happen so Mayweather can embarrass him and the Khan hype can fukin go away
I think Mayweather knocks Khan Out!
Sorry but Speed alone is not going to beat Mayweather and Speed is all Khan has at this time in his career
Again like I posted in another Thread, WTF has Khan down that makes him worthy of a fight with Mayweather? Ortiz was at least in a Fight Of The Year Bout with Berto and because people was Buzzing about that fight it made Ortiz vs Mayweather SOMEWHAT interesting
If Mayweather dismantle the guy then the excuse will be "HE FOUGHT MAYWEATHER TOO SOON" "Mayweather fought a 140lbs fighter" blah blah blah and so many excuses will follow
He needs a extremely tough test at 147 and he needs to look good against at TOP 147 fighter...let him fight the winner of Berto vs Ortiz then the winner of that gets Mayweather!
Have no interest in this fight RIGHT NOW because I think it would be disappointing and Khan would look completely out of his League In and Outside The Ring!
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So many wonderful books received awards from the American Library Association earlier this week. You can view the complete list of ALA's Youth Media Awards online. But I wanted to give a big HURRAH! to one of my favorite author/illustrators who received special recognition from ALA for his body of work: Tomie dePaola. DePaola received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, "honoring an author or illustrator, published in the United States, whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."
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A quote from former President Bill Clinton sums up what the Clinton Global Initiative University embodies, Penn State University Park student Arianna De Reus said.
De Reus attended the event held at Washington University in St. Louis in April that connected more than 1,000 college students from all 50 states of the United States and six continents who are on the path to making a humanitarian difference in the world, according to a CGI U press release.
De Reus, 20, of Hollidaysburg, a community environment and development major at Penn State, said Clinton, who worked on the Human Genome Project, had said: "We are 99.5 percent the same. We spend our entire lives focusing on that .5 percent, fighting wars and discriminating against others. We need to start focusing on that 99.5 percent."
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Arianna De Reus of Hollidaysburg is shown with a local child in Kenya in May 2013. The Penn State student was chosen for Clinton Global Initiative University after she proposed Affordable Greenhouses for West Africa. She was one of 1,000 college students who attended the Global Initiative University in St. Louis in April.
"To me, this quote explains why all of us were there at CGI U," De Reus said. "To work on initiatives that improve the livelihood of others who have lives completely different from our own. But that through our work we find common ground."
Participants had to apply to attend the initiative, which stemmed from the Clinton Global Initiative the 42nd president established in 2005 to bring together global leaders to work on world challenges, according to the CGI U website.
Students who applied had to propose their own initiatives and how they would measure its progress, De Reus said.
The five focus areas for initiatives at CGI U are education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation and public health. An initiative doesn't have to be a perfect match to those areas, though.
De Reus applied as a representative of the award-winning Affordable Greenhouse Venture at Penn State in the Humanitarian, Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program, and proposed a new initiative of Affordable Greenhouses for West Africa, she said.
Initiatives from other students included ending the blood donor ban on gay and bi-sexual men and putting an end to human trafficking.
CGI U participants included Clinton; his daughter, Chelsea; humanitarian leader Zainab Salbi, founder of Women for Women International; and Stephen Colbert, host and executive producer of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
CGI U tries to keep the mood exciting and inspiring for the young crowd, and fun considering the heavy subjects the college students are facing, De Reus said.
Networking events among the students were also held, allowing for possible collaborations, she said.
De Reus attended sessions on the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and how they can be applied to address global problems, which is in line with what HESE does, she said.
De Reus and the other students were paired with mentors at the event.
She was paired with Esther Ngumbi, a postdoctoral fellow and Ph.D. graduate of Auburn University's Department of Entomology.
Ngumbi, who is originally from Kenya, was excited to hear about the greenhouses, De Reus said. Ngumbi even wanted to buy some for her home village with a grant.
Doing so is a dream realized with the help of Auburn University - which started Universities Fighting World Hunger after an invitation from the United Nations World Food Programme in 2004 - Penn State, CGI U and De Reus, Ngumbi said in an email that also praised De Reus, who she "connected instantly" with.
"It is an amazing initiative," Ngumbi said. "It is catered toward small-scale farmers who may not have a huge amount of capital that is needed to purchase most of the other greenhouses in the markets. Take for instance, me and my family. We could never ever have afforded one. However, through [De Reus'] 2013 Clinton Global University Initiative Commitment to Action, we now have a greenhouse in my community. The journey has just begun. I cannot thank her, Professor. Khanjan [Mehta] and Penn State enough."
De Reus just got back from Kenya a few weeks ago where she was working on the Greenhouse Venture. She also then spent time with her mom, Lee Ann, in the Democratic Republic of Congo teaching kids. She is now back at school, doing an internship and taking classes.
De Reus said at CGI U she found validation for what she and others have worked on through HESE and inspiration from other motivated students.
Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, spoke at the event. He and other speakers relayed a similar message, she said.
"He had such a wild idea at the time that no one was doing this, and so he said some times people will think you're crazy when you're working on these things, but if it's your dream, you just have to keep working at it and eventually you'll get there and then people who thought you were crazy will be like, 'Oh wow! This guy's a genius,'" De Reus said.
Speakers such as Salbi also shared similar stories of working tirelessly toward their passion.
The founder of Women for Women International, a refugee from the Middle East, came to the United States and wanted to start a program to help women. She had no money and holes in her shoes, De Reus said.
Her hard work eventually prompted a letter from the White House during the Clinton years, launching her career, she said.
She sent the message that "you just have to keep doing it and eventually you'll get there," De Reus said.
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My husband is the best father I know. Together we have five children: four sons, ages 22, 16, 10 and one daughter, age 9. My husband has schizophrenia.
Our children have watched him struggle; they know everything they want to about the illness he lives with. In our family, this is not a shameful secret to be kept hidden and denied but a fact. To our children it's a fact that doesn't matter as much as far more important facts. What matters to our kids is that their father is never too busy to spend time with them. If he's running an errand his first question is, "Who wants to come with me?" He has the patience to teach them anything they want to learn: how to pound a nail; how to garden; how to draw. Last week he spent hours helping our 10-year-old son learn to say the alphabet backwards just because he wanted to be able to do it.
In their father, my kids have unconditional love, and unconditional acceptance. When he sees them, his eyes light up—what a gift he's giving them! I love that they are growing up with a father who shows them how happy they make him every single time he looks at them. Not because of something they've done, but just because of who they are.
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My husband is the best father I know and I never doubt it. I live with the proof every day. But since you don't have the privilege of knowing him I have two last things to add. First, I know that he counts all the battles and pain of living with his illness a small price to pay compared with having his children and being the best father he can be. Second, if our kids could change one thing about their father I don't think schizophrenia is what would come to mind; I'm sure they would demand that he stop his horrible dancing.


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"You mean like bats in some belfry?"
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Bats are the only mammals that can fly. They gorge themselves on thousands of night-time insects during six-hour feeding flight frenzies since lucky for them, (but not so much for the insects being consumed) both are nocturnal. To accomplish this feat they use echolocation; an ability to emit and detect high-pitched sound waves, to target their prey.
Dale Smart of the Organization for Bat Conservation at Cranbrook Institute of Science (otherwise known as the Michigan Batman) visited the Eastwood Branch Library on April 4th. He is a bat specialist and the main "go-to" guy who promotes the bat cause through the educational programs he delivers to groups around the state. And he did a fantastic job at Eastwood explaining bats, their lives and behavior, the need for their conservation, as well as dispelling some of the misleading, negative myths surrounding the species.
To illustrate his points, he brought along four of his best, very webby friends; a shy, dog-faced bat named Kisser from the Philippine Islands, Gandolph the fruit bat from Egypt who can discern colors, (and who by the way also looks exactly like Stellaluna, from that book by Janell Cannon), Luciana, a Michigan brown bat, and of course, little Bob, a diminutive Jamaican native who weighs a mere 1½ lbs.
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Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Chamber OrchestraGuest Conductor Ian Hobson leads the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra in Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Mozart's Piano Concerto #23 in A Major, K 488, featuring Mr. Hobson, and Beethoven's Symphony #1 in C Major.01/26/2014Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Fields of PraiseThe Pittsburgh Camerata pays tribute to former Artistic Director Gayle Kirkwood (1985-1995) with this concert of works by the Gabrielis (both Andrea and Giovanni), Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, and "Fern Hill" by Richard Corigliano.01/26/2014 - 02/01/201401/26 - 3:00 pm02/02 - 8:00 pmLocation: variouswebsite
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This was a huge win for myeloma patients! Many patients have had to decline participation in trials due to plans refusing to pay for the same costs they would reimburse for a patient that is going through non-clinical trial treatment. Moving forward, all health insurance plans will be required to provide coverage for routine costs associated with participation in clinical trials.
Next up was a meeting with Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), where Jerry focused the discussion on the 21st Century Cancer ALERT (Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment) Act (S. 717). Since Senator Warner was already a co sponsor of this bill, we hoped to get Senator Webb to sign on as well. S. 717 was introduced by the late Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and it amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions related to the National Cancer Program, including the establishment of an entity within the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to augment ongoing efforts to advance new technologies in cancer research, support the national collection of tissues for cancer research purposes, and ensure the quality of tissue collection. This bill also sets forth provisions governing clinical trials, including ethical and privacy standards, and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for research on cancers with a low five-year survival rate and rare cancers, which includes myeloma.
We concluded the day on the House side, with Representative Glenn Nye (D-VA-2). Lucky for us, Representative Nye was available to sit in on this meeting and hear the concerns that Jerry has as a myeloma patient and a constituent. One concern was access to treatment for patients and a disparity in insurance coverage for oral vs IV treatments. HR 2366 introduced by Representative Brian Higgins (D-NY-27) would end this disparity in coverage and allow patients to make treatment decisions with their doctors based on therapeutic benefit, not insurance coverage.
Jerry explained to Representative Nye, "This is a critical piece of legislation for myeloma patients since there is a very good chance at some point in treatment patients will have to use both IV and oral therapies."
It was a very full and productive day for all of us as we left Washington with the sense that every discussion mattered and the only way to make a difference is to get involved and speak up!
When I asked Jerry what advice he would give to other advocates doing this for the first time, he said, "Keep it simple and focused. Time can be very limited. Identify the few key points you intend to make, and get your best real-life example(s) stated in support of them. It's almost like writing a few good commercials and delivering them. My experience was that the real examples got their attention, stimulated follow up questions and discussion."
I want to thank Jerry for helping us to fight for this legislation and make a difference in the lives of all myeloma patients!
On October 5th, the President signed the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act into law.


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The George Zimmerman trial will start June 10.
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MIFFLINTOWN - Terry L. Burkett, 65, of Arch Rock, passed away on Jan. 17, 2013, at his home.
He was a son of Mildred Burkett, of South Fork, and the late Ronald Burkett.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, Dennis Burkett, of Kentucky.
He graduated from the former Triangle Area High School, now known as the Forest Hills High School. He received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and retired as a science teacher in the Juniata County School district with 35 years of service.
Terry was a member of JCEA and a lifetime member of PSEA and NEA. He was also a charter member of JCEA's Relay For Life team. In addition to teaching for the Juniata County School District, Terry taught computer courses for Penn State's Elderhostel program.
He was a member of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, of Licking Creek, and was an active member of their church choir. Terry also enjoyed singing with The Boyz, a Juniata County teachers' singing group.
Terry was a social member of the Crawford- Brubaker Post of the VFW, the Tuscarora Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, where he was a long-time committee member and sponsor, a member of the Mifflin County Dog Training Club and an avid Penn State and Steelers football fan.
Throughout his lifetime, he enjoyed all of nature's beauty and the outdoor world. From an early age, he enjoyed fishing with his father and hunting. Later in life, he pursued hobbies including: beekeeping, orchid growing, ornithology (he was especially interested in eagle-watching), and anything involving dogs. He was devoted to his friends and will always be remembered as a generous person.
A plaque in memory of Terry will be installed at St. Stephens Lutheran Church.
Memorial donations may be made to the Lutheran Ministries Comfort Dog Fund, 333 W. Lake St., Addison, IL 60101, or call the LCC offices at (866) 455-6455.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Mifflintown, with Pastor Chris Mathiason officiating.
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As some nitpickers may find, there may be 1 or 2 minor mistakes but the creator has done an amazing job with both of these!
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