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- 1972
Meeting Hip-Hop
Diddy is just 3 years old when his father, Melvin, a street hustler, is shot to death in Manhattan's Central Park. Soon after, his mother Janice moves the family from Harlem to a suburb just north of the Bronx. As an adolescent, he soaks up the rising hip-hop scene in '80s Harlem. In the fall of 1988, he attends Howard University, studying business administration, but his real education comes when he leaves in 1990 for an internship at New York record label Uptown Records.
- 1991
Tragedy on Campus
After a two-year rise from intern to vice president at Uptown Records, Diddy promotes a charity celebrity basketball game at City College of New York and more people arrive than can fit in the hall. When organizers start to close the doors, a stampede ensues; nine people are killed and 29 seriously injured. Diddy isn't criminally charged, but pays out an undisclosed amount in civil lawsuits.
- 1994
Gimme the Loot
Two weeks after being fired from Uptown Records, Diddy forms Bad Boy Records. He produces Ready to Die, the legendary debut album by 22-year-old Brooklyn rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. The record's success establishes both as emerging stars and cements their bond. Diddy makes a name for himself as a producer with more albums by Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, 112 and Mase.
- 1997
I'll Be Missing You
After leaving a Vibe magazine party in L.A., The Notorious B.I.G. is shot to death by an unknown assailant. Diddy is riding in the vehicle ahead of B.I.G.'s. Police speculate that the shooting might be retaliation for the September 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, who had been feuding with Diddy and B.I.G. "There's definitely no truth in that," Diddy tells Time. "He did not deserve to die. Our problems were some record-type s---."
Step Up to the Mic
Diddy releases No Way Out, his first solo album as a performer. The chart-topping record produces a number of hit singles like "It's All About the Benjamins" that raise Diddy's already larger-than-life reputation. "I like talking about money, fantasy and cars, but it's not like that's all I think about," he tells Ebony. "We all fantasize about money. The problem is when people scrutinize it too hard and try to make something that is supposed to be fun into a politically conscious statement."
- 1998
Puff's a Daddy, Twice
Although the two are no longer together, Diddy's ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter, gives birth to his second child, Christian. (Diddy has a son Justin, 4, with fashion stylist Misa Hylton-Brim.) Fatherhood is "one of the greatest joys of my life," he tells Ebony. "[It] has taught me about life and about how to love more."
Fly Gear
Calling it "the future of fashion," Diddy introduces his Sean John clothing line for men and boys. "I always had the idea that I would start my own apparel line," he tells DNR, the men's fashion magazine. "I wanted to make sure the timing was right." In 2004, he expands with a women's line and scent, and is named the year's best menswear designer by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Diddy spends $600,000 on his 29th birthday party at Manhattan's Cipriani restaurant, hosting Muhammad Ali, Mariah Carey, Martha Stewart and the Duchess of York, among others. The exclusive guest list and fancy surroundings are becoming trademarks of Diddy's lavish shindigs, whether in the city or at his Hamptons mansion. "Where else but at a Puffy party would Busta Rhymes get to meet the Duchess of York?" asks party planner David Watkins in PEOPLE.
- 1999
Power Couple
After months of speculation, Diddy and star Jennifer Lopez admit they are a couple. Friends for years, the pair began seeing each other romantically in 1998 and make a splash in matching white outfits at Diddy's elaborate Labor Day party. "I've never had anyone love me the way [Jennifer] loves me," Diddy says at his birthday bash in November (at which Lopez dresses as Marilyn Monroe). "Hopefully one day I'll be able to marry her."
Diddy Do It?
Diddy and Lopez are arrested after a shooting at Manhattan's Club New York results in three wounded. Driving away with their chauffeur and bodyguard in a Lincoln Navigator, the couple runs 11 red lights before police pull them over, finding a loaded 9mm by the passenger seat. Lopez is free after 14 hours at the station, while Diddy faces 15 years in prison on gun charges. He is acquitted in March 2001.
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The Mohawk High School Multi-Handicapped Unit has entered the Seeds of Change: Share the Good grant program.
The MH Unit could be eligible to win a $25,000 grant or one of 15 $10,000 grants. These grants are to support and develop sustainable community based gardening and farming programs and to aid in teaching individuals where their food comes from.
"Currently, the Mohawk Multi-Handicapped Unit serves students with the most significant disabilities," Lindsay Lewis, MH Unit intervention specialist from Mohawk said. "The classroom focuses on academic and functional, life skills. Students currently travel into the community to perform basic job skills with area businesses, go on grocery shopping trips, and also go on restaurant outings to practice reading menus, ordering food, and paying for items."
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Students are able to practice social skills through two new programs introduced this year, Lewis said.
One program is the "Lunch Bunch" program, which gives students in the MH Unit one-on-one time with typically developing students to practice needed social skills and make friends.
The second program is the greenhouse program. It is run with a Service Learning Class in which developing students are organized along side of MH students in order to learn about plant science and the running of a successful small business.
"Students have already grown and sold plants this year from seed, and have been very successful. With the introduction of the greenhouse program, there are many ways to share the good with both students with disabilities, as well as the rest of the school and community," Lewis said.
Lewis said the MH Unit plans to expand its program to include a "brown bag" program to send home produce with students on a weekly basis, as well as incorporate raised-bed school and community gardening projects.
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5 Terrible Things You Can't Stop Your Children From Doing
Almost nobody has a plan for how they're going to raise their kids. What they have, instead, is a series of promises about how they won't raise them. We see shrieking kids running around a restaurant or throwing shit-covered cats off of the neighbor's roof while Mom talks on her cell phone, and we promise ourselves we won't be that parent.
But when you actually become a parent, you realize that you were imagining a theoretical perfect child that you can grow like a plant -- just dump the right amount of water and shit on it and he'll be fine. In reality, kids have a way of making you look like an asshole. And all of those bold declarations will turn into a series of complicated compromises. Like ...
#5. "I'd never let my kid out of the house, dressed like that!"
You're driving through town on a summer day, when some chick catches your eye, wearing an outfit you once saw on a backup dancer in a 90s rap video. As you pass, you get a better look and realize, "Holy shit, she can't be 14 years old!" Then you go home and wash your eyes with acid and attend confession even though you aren't Catholic. Just in case.
Then when you get to be a little bit older, that reaction will be amended with, "Damn, she's only a year older than my kid!" followed by the declaration, "With God as my witness, my child will never leave the house looking like that! She's not wearing makeup until she's 18, low-cut tops will be strictly forbidden and if she wants a skirt, she can buy the kind that goes past her ankles from the quiet Mormon couple down the street."
There we go. Guys love this look!
But Here's the Thing ...
I asked 10 women at random what age they started wearing makeup, and the average answer was sixth grade (about age 11). None of them grew up to be skanks, and none of the mothers who raised them were skanks (though I admit this is a difficult question to get an accurate answer to).
My point is, as a male whose mind is almost entirely filth, it's easy to see a certain type of clothing (when worn on an adult) as an invitation to sex, and to get repulsed when I see those clothes on a kid.
But think about that. At that age, do you honestly think that when they're putting on eyeshadow and picking out jeans, that they're thinking of enticing a fellow sixth grader into bed? Hell no. They want to feel grown up, so they dress like the grownups. The overwhelming majority of women I've asked about this told me the same thing: "We didn't wear makeup back then to attract boys. We wore it to fit in with other girls."
"Am I doing it right? Am I pretty yet?"
And your kid is going to want to fit in.
I haven't had that argument with my daughter yet (she's only 6) but I've gotten a preview with my sons, who are on the verge of being teenagers. At some point, it's no longer like sticking a sweater on a dog -- kids are eventually going to want to dress themselves. They'll settle in with a social circle, and every circle wants to define themselves by what they wear. If I'm reading the fashion trends right, three years from now my son's friends will probably be dressing like a 1984 era David Lee Roth, and they'll want to do the same. The argument we have isn't going to be between making them dress in sensible sweaters versus spandex, but between making sure they go with the tasteful black spandex instead of the flamboyant leopard skin.
You have to have a little class, is what I'm saying.
Just to be clear, it's not about just giving in, and it's not that I'm going to be OK with letting my daughter dress like a whore. It's that my opinion of what clothes are whorish will be completely different from what teenagers think whores dress like, and that's going to be even more true in 2017. It's idiotic for me to tell my girl that dressing that way "sends the wrong signals" when, in reality, the signals are completely different than they were when I was in high school. Hell, clothes that would have gotten you called a whore in 1920 can be worn to a job interview now.
So, I'll compromise. And I'll hate every second of it.
#4. "I'll never let my kid hang around that crowd!"
Every parent of every fuckup kid says the same thing when the cops call. "I don't know what my little Johnny was doing in the car with those dopehead kids! I told him not to run with that crowd!"
We can't imagine that our kids make their own choices; we imagine that as soon as our kid is out of our sight, they're at a party surrounded by shady characters, probably in tiny leather jackets, saying, "You know what all us cool kids are doing? Injecting heroin directly into our brains. Here, you'll need a drill."
So clearly saving your kids' life means keeping them away from the shitheads.
Especially gigantic ones who like to chop down houses.
But Here's the Thing ...
First, don't let me dismiss the effect peers have on a kid. When we're teenagers, we like to think of ourselves as individuals with the mental power to resist peer pressure. We're not sheep. It's not until you're an adult that you can look back and fully realize how perfectly you conformed to your group (and now some experts say peers actually matter more than parents in a kid's development). So, keeping your kid away from the bad apple is non-negotiable, right?
Well, my boys had a friend who for the sake of privacy we'll call "Clusterfuck Condombreak." Clusterfuck was constantly in trouble at school, spending as much time in detention as he did in the classroom. Outside of school, he'd been busted several times for shoplifting. He was temperamental and prone to breaking into fight mode if he didn't get his way. My ex wife and I banned him from the house, and told our kids that they were not to be around him anymore.
But that's when you realize it's like trying to avoid the annoying co-worker who shares the same cubicle as you. These kids go to the same small-town school, they share classes, they all have recess together, they ride the same bus.
Commit arson together.
So, when Clusterfuck approaches them, what are they supposed to do? It's really goddamned easy for me to tell my kids, "Just say that you don't want to be friends any more." Sure. Have you ever done that? Looked somebody right in the eyes and said, "I can't talk to you because a third party has determined that you're a bad person."
Okay, now imagine being a ten year old boy and not only having to say that, but also having to explain to your group of mutual friends that either Clusterfuck goes, or he goes.
It's so easy to over-simplify those social situations when it's children involved. "Oh, sure, we have social drama and office politics and cliques and alliances, but these are just kids." Trust me, if you think that, you apparently don't retain any memories of your childhood. That shit gets messy. It isn't helping the kid to pretend it's not.
"Hey, do you guys want to meet up later and ignore Melanie in front of her own house?"
So, no, you don't get to cherry-pick your kids' friends the way you can decide what haircut they get. The only thing you can do is try your best to teach them right from wrong and hope they make the right decisions. You try to give them the tools to see why Clusterfuck is going down a bad road, and hope that they arrive at that decision for themselves.
But here's the scary part: They're not always going to. Especially if part of Clusterfuck's appeal is that he's a badass who shuns authority -- an authority figure telling them not to hang out with him is basically an endorsement. So all you can do is hope that if it all goes wrong, you can be there after the fact to make sure they understand it, and that it goes wrong on a level of setting off some illegal fireworks and not, say, hijacking an armored car.
#3. "I'll never let my kids around booze or drugs!"
If anyone has the right to take a "If I catch you with alcohol, I will stab you with the broken bottle" stance, it's me. My kids are not going to go through what I went through.
End of discussion.
I'll be damned if I let them get drunk and buy 1970s phones.
But Here's the Thing ...
They'll actually be happy to end the discussion, because that will give them more time to go out and sneak beers with their friends.
By around age 13 about 40 percent of kids will admit to pollsters that they've tried alcohol. Who knows what the real number is. That jumps to 66 percent by age 15. For boys, the average age when they first try alcohol is 11.
About 40 percent% of high school kids will admit to having tried marijuana, and if you expand that to any illicit drug, that number climbs to half. I'm going to go way out on a limb and say the percentage of them who are lying to this pollster is even higher than the booze one, since the law and social stigma are both harder on drugs than beer. Put it all together, and by the time your kid moves out, the odds are overwhelming they've tried at least one addictive substance. If not, don't worry -- they'll have plenty more chances in college.
These men are 47 years old.
And there isn't a goddamn thing we can do to stop them, short of chaining them to their bed and eliminating all of the social interaction that's going to help them develop into a non-asshole adult. They're going to attend parties where people are drinking and smoking. They are going to be offered that shit.
All you can do, is educate them. But here's the thing -- you can't just make shit up to scare them off of it.
They tried that with me in the 1980s, the whole "Just Say No" thing that spammed our TV shows and health classes with blatantly exaggerated and sometimes outright false information. They said that marijuana would turn you into a mindless zombie, unable to function in the real world. Drinkers were depicted as wife-beating, unemployable disasters who eventually die in a pool of their own vomit. They taught us that one hit off of a crack pipe would get you addicted.
Don't get me wrong -- crack is awful, but the sheer, honest numbers are that only 7 percent of people who try it become regular users. So what happens when a kid sees that some people try the worst of the worst drugs and come out unscathed? What happens when they see the laughable difference between the stoner at school and the ruined marijuana addict depicted in the health class videos?
All drug users live in the sewer, right?
Their trust is gone, that's what happens. "Wait, if they've been lying to us about this, what other bullshit have they been shoveling?"
Hell, in many cases, a lot of us tried those things because it was taboo. "I know it's dangerous. That's just the kind of guy I am. Fuck authority, man." Then we'd put on some Rage Against the Machine and talk about how much the cops were holding us down. So why do I think that the same shit that didn't work on me is suddenly going to work with my kids?
No, the only thing we can do is educate our kids on what substance abuse really is. And that means letting them know honestly that there's a huge difference between recreational use and chemical dependence. No, smoking a bowl with some friends isn't going to turn you into a drooling social outcast. But keeping yourself in a perpetual buzz day-in and day-out will not only cost you a fuckload of money, but if you get caught doing it, your ass will go to jail. And no, despite what the stoners tell you, that shit isn't as harmless as candy. Drinking a few beers with friends isn't going to make you beat your wife and kids. But drinking in the wrong situations is a good way to wind up becoming a parent, yourself and drinking and driving is a good way to wind up fucking dead.
If the ensuing wreck doesn't kill you, I fucking will.
In a perfect world, our kids' first introduction to alcohol would be in a controlled environment, chaperoned by responsible adults who could provide transportation home and a safe atmosphere. But the truth is, most of them will find out exactly like we did. In a friend's basement, yelling over loud music, through a thick layer of smoke.


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The Green Wave baseball team was hit hard by graduation, but the 2013 squad does have talent.
Summerville has to replace some starters who have been leaders for the team the past several years. However, most members of this year's team were on the Summerville Junior American Legion team that finished as the state runner-up this summer.
"We are a pretty young, but I really like the makeup of our team," Summerville coach Burt Bazzle said. "Everyone gets along and I can tell most of them really care about the team. We don't have as many individuals as we have had at times in the past. These guys are very coachable and them playing together all summer and doing well helped build a bond."
Juniors John Eckley and Zach Mosay return to the team after doing a lot of pitching last season. Freshman Sawyer Bridges also enters this season in the starting rotation.
Juniors Billy Peatross and Johnston McCurry will likely be the team's go-to closers. Other players vying for time on the mound include Craig Lilenthal, Charlie Fessler and southpaws Alex Hursey and Chad Mathis.
"We have several pitchers who are good at different things who we would like to get out on the hill," Bazzle said.
Miles Goodwin, last year's designated hitter, Peatross, McCurry, TJ Hopkins and Matty Powell have been strong at the plate this preseason so Bazzle is expecting big things from them. Hopkins enters the season in the leadoff spot.
"Those guys will probably have the highest batting averages but all of our guys are capable at the plate," Bazzle said. "We have hit the ball well in the preseason."
Goodwin will do most the catching this season and Matty Powell, a sophomore, will move into the DH spot. McCurry returns to second base and Peatross will hold down first. Mosay will man third and Devonte Base and Nick Rowell are competing for the shortstop position.
Senior Michael Powell brings experience to right field. Hopkins will likely start in centerfield while Lilenthal and Nick Rowell are competing for time in left. Daquan Wrighten and Reilly Hagan provide depth for the Summerville outfield.
Senior Matty Marvin will likely see some time at catcher and Fessler will likely play first when Peatross is on the hill.
Region 8-AAAA looks to be wide open this year. Ashley Ridge is the defending Class AAAA champion, but lost most of its starters. Fort Dorchester and Beaufort return some promising athletes and Colleton County defeated ranked Wando this preseason. Bluffton also joins the region this season.
"Our region is tough," Bazzle said. "You had better come to play every night because each team is capable."
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If you understood you would realize that the higher unusable max ISO rating they give will mean a higher usable ISO which means a cleaner low ISO. That is the way it works.
The max. selectable iso says absolutely nothing about usable or clean iso - take the 5d2->5d3->6d, the latter has the highest usable iso, but the older 5d2 has still the best (sharpest/dr-rich) low iso. And there's unfortunately no one stopping marketing from implementing a H4 mode @iso51200 for impressive tech specs, even though it's a noise generator unless downsizing to 320x200.
You would expect the 5DIII to perform better than the 6D being that the latter is what I consider the Rebel of full frame
Can you show me where the mk ii beats the mk iii?
Quote from: DWM on January 16, 2013, 03:47:10 PMYou would expect the 5DIII to perform better than the 6D being that the latter is what I consider the Rebel of full frame"Better" is relative here - the 6d gains a little higher iso capability (maybe about 1/3 stop) but produces less sharp images than the 5d3, so it's about what people want from a ff sensor. To me, the 6d appears like a downgraded 5d3 sensor with some readout adjustments and forced chroma noise reduction even in lower iso modes (in higher iso modes, the 5d3 also has nr in raw).Quote from: DWM on January 16, 2013, 03:47:10 PMCan you show me where the mk ii beats the mk iii? The 5d2 has a higher dynamic range (highlight recovery) and spatial resolution (i.e. sharpness) in low iso modes, even with the little less mp count than the 5d3. This fact has been known for long, Canon changed the iso/mp/dr tradeoff to gain better high iso performance and probably less banding on the 5d3 - all these ff models basically all use the same sensor tech. Since ff is about higher iso shooting it's a smart move, but I recon most 5d3/6d owners don't really want to know anyway :-pThe best proof of this I know is a recent German 6d review one on traumflieger.de - but the differences between the 3 ff bodies are not large enough to make a decisive difference for potential buyers, but it proves the point.
Do you own these cameras or are you quoting the internet?
Quote from: wickidwombat on January 16, 2013, 04:11:52 PMDo you own these cameras or are you quoting the internet?You see most of my equipment under to the left - and I already stated that the dr comparison is from the traumflieger review. Also see here, the 6d has ~1 more stop of dr at higher iso: http://www.sensorgen.info/ ... though of course I cannot verify the validity of their testing and methods.iso 100:5d2 - 11.2 dr5d3 - 11.0 dr (like 6d @iso 800)6d - 11.5 driso 6400:5d2 - 8.3 dr5d3 - 8.5 dr6d - 9.3 dr The said review is very definite on the spatial resolution test, and at least this falls in line with what the CR user mst (Canon beta tester) often wrote and what I've seen myself when looking at 5d2/5d3 sample raw shots.
Just be carefull quoting the internet categorically without actually having first hand experience
I put less than zero credability into any of these back of the lens cap naval gazing DR tests people seem obsessed about.
I only mentioned it because a user wrote that newer cameras necessarily have a better sensor across all aspects, and this simply isn't correct.
I must have missed that because I haven't seen where anybody said a newer camera necessarily have a better sensor across all aspects.


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Scientists at Sydney's Centenary Institute report that the 97% of human DNA long referred to as junk can actually play a significant role in controlling cell development.
Based in the institute's gene and stem cell therapy program, the researchers say they have unraveled a previously unknown mechanism for regulating the activity of genes, thus increasing our understanding of the way cells develop and pointing to new possibilities for therapy.
Using gene-sequencing methodologies and advanced computer analysis, John Rasko, Ph.D., and a team including Centenary's head of bioinformatics, William Ritchie, Ph.D., showed how particular white blood cells use non-coding DNA to regulate the activity of a group of genes that determines their shape and function. The work is published today in Cell.
"This discovery, involving what was previously referred to as 'junk,' opens up a new level of gene expression control that could also play a role in the development of many other tissue types," said Dr. Rasko, noting that the researchers arrived at their conclusions by studying noncoding introns. "Our observations were quite surprising, and they open entirely new avenues for potential treatments in diverse diseases including cancers and leukemias."
As part of the normal process of generating proteins from DNA, the code for constructing a particular protein is printed off as messenger RNA (mRNA). It is this strip of mRNA which carries the instructions for making the protein from the gene in the nucleus to the protein factories or ribosomes in the body of the cell.
But these mRNA strips need to be processed before they can be used as protein blueprints. Typically, any non-coding introns must be cut out to produce the final sequence for a functional protein. Many of the introns also include a stop codon which, if left in, stops protein construction altogether. Retention of the intron can also stimulate a cellular mechanism which breaks up the mRNA containing it.
Dr. Ritchie was able to develop a computer program to sort out mRNA strips retaining introns from those which did not. Using this technique, the lead molecular biologist of the team, Justin Wong, Ph.D., found that mRNA strips from many dozens of genes involved in white blood cell function were prone to intron retention and consequent breakdown. This was related to the levels of the enzymes needed to chop out the intron. Unless the intron is excised, functional protein products are never produced from these genes. The team's Jeff Holst, Ph.D., went a step farther to show how this mechanism works in living bone marrow.
So the researchers propose that intron retention is an efficient means of controlling the activity of many genes. "In fact, it takes less energy to break up strips of mRNA than to control gene activity in other ways," explained Dr. Rasko. "This may well be a previously overlooked general mechanism for gene regulation with implications for disease causation and possible therapies in the future."
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The Stetson women's soccer team will return to the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship for the first time since 2010 when the fifth seeded Hatters travel to Macon, Ga. to challenge the fourth seeded Mercer Bears at 7:00 p.m. in the first round of the tournament.
In just his first season at the helm, head coach Manoj Khettry has led Stetson to a 6-9-2 overall record and a 4-4-1 conference mark, both three full games better than the Hatters faired a season ago. Many of the players on this year's squad credit the success to a change in attitude.
"The biggest difference is the mindset of the team," senior goalkeeper Victoria Troccoli said of the 2013 version of the Hatters. "This year with the change of coaching staff it kind of changed a lot in regards to our drive as a team. We saw early in preseason that everyone was really motivated to do well."
"We've developed a great sense of unity," senior forward Alyssa Welsh said. "[Coach Khettry] has done a great job of establishing that we are a family and we work for each other. We have to go far together, because we can't do it by ourselves."
Senior midfielder Amber Grose, who was recently named All-Atlantic Sun First Team, echoed her teammate's remarks, saying "This year we've come together as a team and there's more of a family feel to the team. It makes a huge impact because half of the battle on the field is working for each other. It hasn't been forced upon us either, we've just come together. It's been a natural process."
Khettry agreed wholeheartedly that it all happened naturally.
"The off the field stuff – the camaraderie, the feeling of family – it's amazing how little work you have to put into that when you train well," he said. "When you force each other to be better consistently and you win some games, it's amazing how those other things fall into place. We've concentrated on being great every single day. It's that simple."
Stetson has certainly been great at times in 2013, winning three straight conference matches – including a dominating 3-0 victory over ETSU. Given that the Hatters were picked to finish ninth out of 10 teams prior to the season, the outcome is even more impressive.
"We used it as locker room material," Khettry said of being picked ninth out of 10 teams in the preseason. "We put it up and told them that everyone else picked us to finish ninth. I said 'if we think we can be better than that than we need to step out onto the field and go out and prove it.'"
The Hatters proved it, but they are not done yet. Stetson goes into Saturday's first round matchup aiming to enact revenge against Mercer, a team that topped the Hatters 2-1 late in the regular season.
"It's easy to feel good about making it to the A-Sun Tournament," Khettry said. "But I'm not one to pat ourselves on the back. I think we feel like we could have finished higher."
"As a senior you always want to try to prolong your season so it feels great to be given the opportunity to make the playoffs and keep playing," Welsh said. "It's something that we've earned and I'm looking to play three more games."
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Every team in the NFL has now played at least half its schedule, so before looking ahead to Week 10, it's a good time to look back at the fantasy football MVPs of the first half.
Here they are, position by position, keeping in mind their average draft spot:
Quarterback: Robert Griffin III, Washington. RGIII is trailing only Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers in fantasy scoring through the first nine weeks, with 182 points in standard-scoring ESPN leagues. He's cooled down recently with just one touchdown pass in the past two weeks, but gets an inviting matchup with the Philadelphia defense in Week 11 when the Redskins return from their bye week. On average, Griffin was drafted in the seventh round of CBS Sports leagues.
Running back: Doug Martin, Tampa Bay. Fueled by his Week Nine explosion, when he rushed for 251 yards and four touchdowns at Oakland, Martin is now the top-scoring running back. That 51-point outburst was the third most since the year 2000, following a 54-point game by Washington's Clinton Portis in 2003 and a 52-point game by the Seahawks' Shaun Alexander in 2002. Martin, who was drafted on average in the fourth round of 12-team leagues, has scored in three straight games. Next up is the San Diego Chargers, who visit Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.
Wide receiver: Randall Cobb, Green Bay. He wasn't drafted until the 13th round, on average, if at all, but Cobb has been a major find for his owners. He's got five touchdowns in the past three weeks and ranks eighth in positional scoring. He's had double-digit fantasy days in four of the past five weeks. Green Bay is on its bye in Week 10.
Tight end: Heath Miller, Pittsburgh. With 384 yards and six touchdowns on 39 catches, Miller has been Ben Roethlisberger's favorite target. Not bad for a player who for the most part was not drafted in 12-team leagues. Miller has scored touchdowns in five of eight games this year.
Kicker: Blair Walsh, Minnesota: The rookie is 19 for 20 on the season after hitting from 36 and 55 yards in Week Nine. He's third in positional scoring and has had double-digit games in five of nine weeks.
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Martin's rushing total last week was the best for a single game, but if you're looking for season-long excellence, it's hard to beat the Chicago Bears.
In eight games, the unit has eight touchdowns, amazing considering none of them have come from returner Devin Hester. The Bears' "D" last week scored 26 fantasy points, the fifth-highest total of the week. Last season's highest-scoring defense, the 49ers, scored 169 points. The Bears were second with 163.
This year, the Bears are on pace for 264, better than a 100-point improvement from last year.
Analyzing the Bills
Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick did throw for 350 yards and four touchdowns against the Patriots in Week Four – along with four picks. Garbage time points count just the same, though, so Fitzpatrick could be considered as a bye week replacement. His top target, Stevie Johnson, has been limited in practice because of a thigh injury, but should play. He's a No. 2 receiver.
C.J. Spiller remains my preference among the Bills' running backs. It's a tough matchup this week against New England, which has allowed just one run of 20-plus yards this season. One concern with Spiller, though, is the red zone. He's got just two carries for one touchdown inside the 5-yard line, while Fred Jackson has three carries and two touchdowns near the goal line.
On the New England side, quarterback Tom Brady, tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Wes Welker are elite fantasy players. Here's a telling number from Matthew Berry's fantasy column on ESPN.com: The Bills are averaging a 78.7 completion percentage on passes targeting receivers lined up in the slot, where Welker does most of his work.
Tight end Aaron Hernandez, who also works out of the slot at times, will play Sunday after missing the first game against the Bills, and is a low-end starter at his position.
Patriots rookie running back Brandon Bolden, who had his only career 100-yard game in the first meeting with the Bills, is questionable with a knee injury.
He should sit. Stevan Ridley is a solid No. 2 running back for New England. Ridley has seven carries inside the 5-yard line for three touchdowns. The Patriots, though, divide their goal-line work pretty evenly.
Bye weeks: Arizona, Cleveland, Green Bay, Washington.
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Still a teenager when she first appeared on Dancing with the Stars, Bristol Palin acquitted herself well – and raced to a third-place finish back in 2010. Now she's back for the all-star season, and feels even more prepared for the spotlight.
"I've grown up a lot since last time," she tells PEOPLE. "I was 19 when I started Dancing with the Stars the first time. And this time I'm 21, going on 22. I've matured a lot in those few years."
Not that it will be easy. Palin, who is reuniting with professional partner Mark Ballas, admits she'll have butterflies when she enters the ballroom.
"You still get nervous," she says. "But I like being out of my comfort zone. I like challenging myself and this is the perfect place to do that."
She also admits to being a little rusty. "I haven't danced at all," she says. "I still refuse to dance at a wedding or anything like that, just because I'm pretty shy ... People are expecting you to whip out the quick-step or something and that's just not me."
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The U.S. Supreme Court made winners out of both sides in the closely watched case over the patenting of isolated human genetic sequences—including diagnostics developers and the broader biotech industry, which had feared the worst.
True, the high court gave 20 medical associations and individual doctors led by the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) a key victory in overturning Myriad Genetics' seven patents related to its discovery of the precise location and sequence of breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA 1 and 2.
But in their unanimous decision, the justices also held that companies can patent composite DNA (cDNA) and other synthetic genetic material not meeting the "product of nature" exemption from patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
"cDNA is the commercially most important form of DNA used in biotechnology. [Thursday's] decision offers urgently needed certainty for research-driven companies that rely on cDNA patents for investment in innovation," declared the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in a statement that also criticized the court for upending Myriad's BRCA 1 and 2 patents.
Four lawyers who represent diagnostic and biotech clients said test developers will still be able to protect their inventions through increased use of method patents and patents for new applications of gene knowledge.
"The implications for this decision may not be as far reaching in the biopharma industry as some have speculated," Lisa A. Haile Ph.D., J.D., a partner with DLA Piper U.S. and co-chair of its global life sciences practice, said in a statement.
For one thing, Dr. Haile noted, most patentees with gene patents have claims that include cDNA, claims that will remain valid. And science has come a long way from when Myriad patented the BRCA genes, given the rise of synthetic biology.
"Most diseases, and therefore therapies, are based on much more than just gene sequences," she said. "So while the decision will impact certain gene-based diagnostics directly, the biotech industry will not likely be significantly altered."
Agreeing is Paul M. Rivard, J.D., an attorney with Banner & Witcoff: "With the shift in research away from the use of whole genes, I don't expect the decision will be too detrimental to the biotech industry."
"It will be interesting to see whether and how the decision is applied to other inventions involving purification of naturally occurring materials where the isolation imparts new properties to the material," Rivard told GEN.
Tim Worrall, a partner in Dorsey & Whitney, told GEN the decision will prompt many test developers to rethink how they make patent claims. They should strive, he said, to protect their IP without keeping their technologies to themselves.
"You'll have to be much more nuanced in your patent strategy," Worrall said. "You will need very specific claims that are directed to specific nuanced aspects of the technology, and methods. Some companies are deciding that they want to keep everything proprietary and not tell anyone. Whether or not you can have a diagnostic test that does that, I think is questionable."
AMP and co-plaintiffs—assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Public Patent Foundation—successfully argued that Myriad's patents were invalid because human genes are unpatentable "products of nature, laws of nature and/or natural phenomena, and abstract ideas or basic human knowledge or thought" under Section 101.
BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 are among some 4,000 genes protected by patents. "The ruling will certainly impact a large number of issued patents—in particular, claims that encompass both cDNA and naturally occurring DNA are most vulnerable," Michael J. Belliveau, Ph.D., J.D., a partner in Clark & Elbing, told GEN.
With the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) unlikely to overturn existing claims, challenges to existing patents will likely arise case-by-case—for example, if competitors seek access to a rival company's patented diagnostic technique using isolated DNA.
"I don't know if this is going to trigger a large number of lawsuits," Dr. Belliveau said. "If you're the patent owner and you know that you have a patent that likely isn't going to withstand scrutiny, you would just give permission to the competitor to use the technology."
With more companies set to offer genetic tests as a result, the price of existing genetic diagnostic tests can be expected to fall short-term. Myriad's BRACAnalysis test costs $3,340. Pathway Genomics said in August will launch its own BRCA test "at a substantially lower cost than the competition" as part of its Hereditary Cancer DNA Insight(SM) test, which will also be competitively priced, spokesperson Terri Somers told GEN. Pathway is but one firm making such claims related to BRCA1/2 testing.
Two key co-plaintiffs see no need for new litigation over the remaining gene patents.
"I don't think that an affirmative lawsuit needs to be brought of the type that we brought in light of this ruling," Susan Park, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Women's Rights Project and co-counsel on the case, said during a conference call by the co-plaintiffs with reporters. "In light of this ruling, a lot of scientists in the field will feel comfortable moving forward with activities, even if technically they may infringe on patents that are out there, because this ruling makes such a strong statement about the invalidity about patent claims on isolated DNA."
Agreeing with Park was Roger Klein, chair of AMP's professional relations committee: "Given this opinion and having reviewed a number of these types of patents, our members have a strong basis for believing that many of those patents are in fact invalid, and I suspect then that they'll be willing to go ahead and proceed in testing patients," he said.
Another co-plaintiff added he'll do just that. "We're planning to work with the presumption that we're going to be able to go ahead with offering our full panel of breast cancer risk genes to provide more accurate risk assessment for women, and for that matter men who come from high-risk breast and ovarian cancer families," said Harry Ostrer, M.D., director of genetic and genomic testing at Montefiore Medical Center.
Dr. Ostrer, who is also a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, said during the case that Myriad blocked his lab from conducting BRCA testing due to a license agreement signed by the company and previous employer New York University in 1998. Myriad unsuccessfully challenged his standing to sue when he changed jobs.
Gerry J. Elman, editor of Biotechnology Law Review (a journal published by GEN publisher Mary Ann Liebert Inc.), correctly notes that the long litigation over the BRCA gene patents presented an opportunity missed by both sides to achieve their stated goals: establishing ownership—Myriad—and expanding access to lower-cost testing for more people—AMP and co-plaintiffs.
As he noted in a 2011 article and again Friday, the Supreme Court in eBay Inc. v. MercExchange (2006) allowed eBay and customers to use the "Buy it Now" feature covered by a MercExchange patent. The court reasoned that the same four-factor test used for deciding an injunction instead of money damages should apply to U.S. patent infringement—a test that includes "public interest." Ellman says public interest could similarly justify licensing use of the molecular tests.
"There should be second opinion testing. There should be a way that the test can be offered at different prices or for testing different things. All of those are very valuable dialogues to have. But the solution isn't to say, 'This shouldn't be patentable subject matter,'" Ellman told GEN.
But as GEN noted last year, a licensing system like the one that lets radio stations play Beyoncé is less likely to work in patent-reliant industries like molecular diagnostics, where test developers long ago concluded they can make much more money through patents. With courts unwilling to force compulsory licensing, the opportunity still exists for USPTO or another entity to expand access to genetic testing—especially to underserved patients—through voluntary licenses that offer incentives attractive for industry, such as extended patent exclusivity periods or faster reviews of claims, as well as attractive to hospitals or universities.
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Arlington came out strong with four first inning runs, and pitcher Rachel Helms made it hold up as the Red Devils topped Calvert, 8-1.
Erica O'Rear had a pair of RBIs for Arlington. Dani Heaster and Brittney Johnson also drove in runs.
Calvert picked up just three hits on the afternoon as Kate Brickner, Nicole Bickley and Gabby Bennett all had hits. Bennett drove in Bickley for the team's only run.
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Brandon Berry and Hunter Stark landed on the second team at No. 1 doubles after falling 6-0, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4 in the finals to Shelby's Evan Head and Sam Coleman.
The TC duo opened with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Willard's Chandler Gibson and Connor Robinson, then dropped Bellevue's Cody Henderson and Tony Harper 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the title match.
Braden Kuhn added an honorable mention award at No. 2 singles.
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Newell cleared 5-2 to take the high jump, leading the Blue Devils to eighth in the team standings with 28 points.
The host Eagles beat Van Buren 138-100 for the title in the 15-team field. Old Fort ended 15th (9 1/2).
Old Fort's boys finished seventh in their meet with 35 points, with Carey taking 10th (23). Liberty-Benton defeated Columbus Grove 152-127 for the championship.
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Feds seek Fairview fraud convict's guns, vehicles, cash
Shawn Vaught stands to lose his freedom when he is sentenced in federal court for defrauding victims of more than $1.5 million in a power-generator sales scheme.
The Fairview Township resident might also have to surrender seven guns, an ammo cache, a Ford Edge, a Dodge Ram, a cargo trailer and $108,481.81.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has filed a motion asking a judge to file an order directing the forfeiture of Vaught's property in connection with his convictions on felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and being a felon in possession of firearms.
If U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone enters what is known as a preliminary forfeiture order as a part of Vaught's sentence, the government will then issue notice to any of those who might have an interest in the property. It will also advertise forfeiture proceedings on a government website, according to the motion filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lee J. Karl. The court will then decide whether any third parties have claim to the property.
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The Collected Poems of Ai, introduction by Yusef Komunyakaa; Norton, 464 pages, $35. Her real name was Florence Ogawa Anthony. She famously described herself in a 1978 essay as "1/2 Japanese, 1/8 Choctaw, 1/4 Black, and 1/16 Irish." (Which you'll carefully notice doesn't add up to a whole. Even if you add in a little Comanche – also there – you might have to fill the rest up with unspecified Caucasian and stir.) When she died of cancer in 2010, she was only 63. She'd won some of the requisite poetry prizes, to be sure, and been the recipient of prominent praise.
In retrospect, she can probably be seen as one of the two most dedicated practitioners of the dramatic monologue in post-war American poetry, along with her stylistic and social opposite Richard Howard. So devoted, in fact, was Ai to the dramatic monologue (think of Browning's "My Last Duchess" as the classic illustrative example) that she was also an openly declared enemy of "the tyranny of confessional poetry – the notion that everything everyone writes has to be taken from the self."
She substitutes instead, a remarkable portrait gallery of selves, including many taken from American pop culture, front pages and magazine covers along with history books – Alfred Hitchcock, Lenny Bruce, Jimmy Hoffa, Lyndon Johnson, James Dean, Elvis Presley, J. Edgar Hoover (two poems, no less), Jack Ruby, Mike Tyson, Imelda Marcos, Chet Baker, John Wilkes Booth, John F. Kennedy and Gen. Custer, among others.
To say that some of this poetry is "raw" is understatement. "Savage" is more like it, even if still deficient. It is both sexually blunt and violent. It is, by no means, poetry for those who presume the art to have anything at all to do with high-toned rhythmic euphemism. To say that it's awkward – and even strained – in its "psychic investigations" of its subjects, is also more than a bit of an understatement.
But for all that there's truly enormous power to it, especially read in quantity as is possible here with her six collections printed together – "Cruelty," "Killing Floor," "Sin," "Fate," "Greed," "Vice," "Dread" and "No Surrender." If you doubt the ability of poetry to actually frighten, Ai is a poet who can disabuse you of your skepticism in a hurry. An exceptional book.
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The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has released its newest edition of "A Traveler's Guide to America's Dairyland." The new map encourages visitors to enjoy spots throughout America's Dairyland that celebrate Wisconsin's signature industry, featuring 161 dairy farms, cheese plants and creameries that welcome visitors.
The number of highlighted stops has increased 30 percent over those in the previous edition. The map, a vital tool for Wisconsin's tourism and dairy industries, attracts visitors from across the country. To date, more than 1 million copies of "A Traveler's Guide to America's Dairyland" have been distributed.
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This leaves one spot open to one of the above mentioned names (or Glendening but I dont think so;) If you guys could keep one of MIller, Cleary, Sammy or Eaves who would it be?
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Literally meant the lookout basket in the top mast of a Spanish galeon ship. Sailors would get very sea sick when assigned to this post, so when they would think of becoming mutinous, the captain would send them up to the carajo as punishment. Hence the Spanish interjection meaning anything from get out of here, go fly a kite, go fuck yourself, etc...
Vete para el carajo.
No me importa un carajo, I don't care a shit!
No me importa un carajo, I don't care a shit!
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It is unfortunate that most people do not search for original sources. All you have to do is check with the final authority on the Spanish Language, the Royal Academy and you will get this word as originally meaning the male reproductive member or penis. It may have been later applied by sailors to describe the top mast lookout point in reference to an undesirable place to be in or thing to have but more than likely initiating with the negative connotation which applies when referring to said member in undesirable situations.
In most Spanish speaking countries the original connotation has been lost and that of "Go to hell is" the most appropriate translation for "vete para el carajo"
by Sr. correcto January 07, 2010
Rarely used by itself- used to mean "hell" or hellish place.
vete para carajo
"go to hell"
"go to hell"
by h0mi May 03, 2004
1, an individual, a guy, a person (vulgar)
2, someplace far remote and unknown
2, someplace far remote and unknown
1, some carajo just nicked my bike
2, go to el carajo (in the same context as 'go to hell')
2, go to el carajo (in the same context as 'go to hell')
by juan Roderick August 08, 2007
Pretty much means shit in spanish slang...
Ay carajo wey!
Aw shit man!
Aw shit man!
by Chicano87 August 10, 2005
Spanish informal term for penis as coño is to vagina
It is also in the same way as coño as an explitive, although less frequently (often when referring to hell or a hellish place)
It is also in the same way as coño as an explitive, although less frequently (often when referring to hell or a hellish place)
carajo is used so infrequently compared to it's counterpart: coño
by farged November 21, 2007
undetermined residence in the Cuban vocabulary.
Vete para el casa de carajo, chico!
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Addictive behaviour conducted in demeaning and surreptitious circumstances.
(On finding a dieting woman wolfing ice cream right out of the bucket while standing in front of the freezer at 2 am): "Are you whacking off in the tool shed again?"
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A concert featuring
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Music Basti' began in 2008 to work with and empower street children through music. The program is currently working with 200 children in Delhi with organization Aman Bidarari and The YP Foundation. It is working to develop a music program that teaches basic music education, coupled with human rights education and life skills. It focuses on helping the children to develop self- identity, value orientation and attitudes. Alongside this, it endeavors to join together community needs of children at risk, particularly street children, with the efforts of the music community.
Music Basti is run by IDEA (Integrated Development Education Association), and supported by The YP Foundation. It works with Aman Biradari, and Bridge Music Academy. Music Basti was selected for the Change Looms development and assessment program in July 2009 (Pravah and Ashoka) and Vikalp: Searching for Alternates (UNESCO, UNFPA and The YP Foundation.). The project combines professionals and student volunteers and musicians. It aims to develop a collaborative and positive relationship between the music community, individuals and institutions, and through them raise awareness about the issue of child rights, and the use of the arts, particularly music to create this awareness.


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HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania voters who go to the polls without photo identification will be able to vote in next month's presidential election after all.
They won't even have to fill out provisional ballots.
So ruled a Commonwealth Court judge Tuesday in the closely-watched legal battle over Pennsylvania's controversial voter ID law. Judge Robert E. Simpson Jr. upheld the law - but blocked it from taking full effect until after the Nov. 6 election.
In essence, the rules remain as they were during the law's so-called "soft roll-out" in the April primary: voters will be asked for the photo ID required by the new law, but if they don't have it, they can still vote.


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A 32-year-old former Altoona police officer who helped beat up a bar patron nearly three years ago and then participated in a cover-up said Wednesday during his sentencing hearing, "I should have come forward and said what happened."
Eric R. Kriner chronicled for Blair County Judge Timothy M. Sullivan his descent into a "dark place," suggesting suicide was on his mind for a time, thanking God for helping him get through the lengthy ordeal and pleading with the judge not to disrupt his attempts at new life with his wife, Sue, and his children by sending him to prison for a long period of time.
Sullivan placed Kriner, now of Brockport, on probation for four years for simple assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice, saying to him, "Nobody - not judges, lawyers, police officers or government officials - are above the law."
The judge denounced the idea of taking the law into "your own hands," and he said, "It's important the community has trust in police departments and in law enforcement."
Kriner is the first of two officers to be sentenced in the controversial case that shook the Altoona Police Department from top to bottom and wasn't resolved until state police took over the investigation and a statewide grand jury recommended charges be brought against Kriner, his friend and colleague Duane "D.J." Eichenlaub and the patron, Herman "Bo" Lardieri, 40, who allegedly started the brawl by lifting the dress of Eichenlaub's wife.
Lardieri was acquitted of indecent assault but was found guilty of lying to the grand jury.
The ruckus at Pellegrine's Lounge in May 2010 resulted in convictions of Kriner and Eichenlaub. Two other officers linked to the cover-up also are no longer on the force.
While Kriner entered guilty pleas to two misdemeanor charges, Eichenlaub took his case before a jury and was convicted Jan. 24 of seven offenses that included the aggravated assault of 60-year-old Earl Eshelman of East Freedom, another patron who tried to break up the fight between the officers and Lardieri.
The investigation determined Eichenlaub punched Eshelman several times in the face, injuring him severely but found that Kriner was not involved in the violence toward Eshelman.
Eichenlaub will be sentenced on April 29, according to Sullivan.
Eshelman did not speak during the Kriner hearing, but he submitted a victim impact statement that said, "My life has dramatically changed as a result of crimes committed by Eric Kriner and Duane D.J. Eichenlaub on May 30-31."
He said he used to go to the gym and would contribute blood to help children who are suffering with cancer. He said he enjoyed attending community events and socializing with his friends.
"This life I once had has been viciously taken from me," Eshelman wrote.
He said he suffered significant injuries to his brain, head, face, nose and eyes and continues to have dizziness, lack of balance and short-term memory loss.
He concluded, "I am very frustrated, and angry and depressed over what my life has become due to the irresponsible actions of these two men."
After the hearing, a family member who was comforting Eshelman said he was unable to speak about Kriner's sentence of probation, but then he said, "Very angry."
Deputy Attorney General Christopher Jones did not recommend a sentence to the judge, but after hearing the presentations of Kriner and his attorney, Roger Laguna Jr. of Harrisburg, Jones said, there's no doubt in his mind Kriner's family has suffered, but he said it was "no one's fault but Mr. Kriner" that he was involved in the fight.
"Other people suffered because of this," he said.
Laguna said the fight was "an aberration in Mr. Kriner's life."
He said Kriner and Eichenlaub were two young men attending an after-wedding event at an Altoona lounge, saying, "It was a big party is what it was."
He said Kriner knows he was not justified in becoming involved in the fight and the subsequent cover-up.
"He gets it," Laguna said.
Kriner, in speaking to the judge, said, "I wish I had a time machine and [could] go back and change this."
At the time of the incident he was faced with a choice to do his duty or stick by a friend. He said he also remained quiet about what happened that night because of the fear of being ostracized by fellow officers throughout the rest of his career by coming forward.
The incident cost him his career in law enforcement, his Altoona home, and for a while, he was without a job and couldn't pay the bills.
"I was in a very dark place when this happened. ... Thank God for giving me the strength to go forward," he said.
Kriner is now working with machinery at a plant and is taking courses at Penn State, where in two years he will obtain a degree in mechanical engineering.
"I've done so much to rebuild my life, to be a productive member of the community, to rebuild my dignity. You don't know what it is like to feel like dirt," he said to the judge.
Mirror Staff Writer Phil Ray is at 946-7468.


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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Pas' Folly in Kedah: A Lesson in Leadership Selection
This is not the first time Kedah Chief Minister Azizan Abdul Razak has courted controversy. The embattled CM had courted controversy in the past over his decision to set up a high Malay quota for housing projects in the state which had caused uproar from developers in the state.
He was embroiled in several spats with PKR assemblymen over his old school politics and overzealous tendency to flex his Islamic credentials through some very odd measures. This time, he has caught the irk of his own Pas colleagues and exco members. Two of them, led by Phahrolrazi Mohd Nawawi, refused to accept reappointment as state excos and threw his administration into jeopardy.
Pas central committee had to intervene before the full meltdown. Their leadership has installed a PAS steering committee to monitor and assist the Kedah government (or to clip Azizan's wings). This move has been deemed as controversial and odd.
Their BN Opponents had criticized the move as unconstitutional and disrespectful to the office of Chief Minister who was appointed at the consent of the Sultan of Kedah (and current King). It was seen as a direct interference of the state administration by the Pas central leadership.
Azizan was appointed the CM because of his loyalty and seniority rather than his ability to govern and lead the Kedah government.
The move by Pas central leadership is as good as telling us that Azizan does not measure up as a leader. If this is the case, they should have replaced him with another capable leader and not risk being accused as trying to make a mockery of the state constitution.
Pakatan leadership should take heed of this development seriously. Their leaders are often quick to accuse the BN for flouting rule of law. They should be mindful not to commit the same. Public discourse is becoming meaningless if Pakatan leaders and supporters can only accept criticism being hurled at BN but not at their own coalition and leaders. I hope they will use the same yardstick to measure their own action if we are going to succeed in creating a first world governance and political system.
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- Leithaisor said...
It is not comforatbale for me to criticise an elder such as Azizan, but to be frank, he is a misfit as an MB for this day and age.
One of his earliest boo-boos which still sticks on my mind was his 50 percent Bumiputra quota for new housing schemes in Kedah. Just how can he justify that?
But from then till now, the controversies have not stopped. Like his autocratic use of the UUCA equivalent on the KUIN stidents, even when it was pointed oput to him that The Pakatan's own Buku Jingga stated an anti-UUCA stance. To which his response was: "The Buku Jingga is not the Koran", so he is not obligated to follow it.
Hello.... MB PAS ke, MB Pakatan Rakyat? And PAS was one of the authors of the Buku Jingga!
Perhaps it is not easy for Azizan to keep up with the times. But a sign of a true leader is someone who knows when it is time to step aside.
And Azizan's time to stepo aside is long past.
If the PAS thinks that the present Kedah MB is a kerbau that he should be set loose in the padi fields.And the two good for nothing excos should follow suit.So close to the GE and they still want to fight among themselves.With such nimcompoops who need Umno for enemies.
Why would PAS choose such an important post to an interlect defiency person like Azizan.He is not even fit to be a leader in the first place,more like a kampung bumpkin.
The unfortunate part of Malaysian politics is we are so divided a country by all forms, economics, language, religion etc.
The simple fact remains it is difficult to satisfy everyone of us. No policy given our differences and divisions and economic racial gap can solve all the inequities.Total laissie fair will just not work. DAP can claim whatever it is as to how strong a Malaysian they are. But the moment they are in power they will address that issues that help the already economically strong chinese population. Perhaps they are smarter like disguising it in some form that seem to cater for all but the main beneficiary are the Chinese.
what i m getting at is at least Kedah CM is rather forthright in some of his policies trying to address the economic discrepancies even though it may effect overrall economic development. But it is just that some
Pas members are too hungry and impatient for power now that they even willing to sacrifice religion and race for power.
As a result the stability and understanding created by Tun Razak via his various policies are now being undermined. Add to that the behaviour of Barisan and UMNO particularly has also created more cleavages and unhappiness among the Bumi society itself.
All we have todate is a situation that if not properly understood and articulated can destroy this basic fabric of society.
If we want 1Malaysia, then we must start with one national school (be it Bahasa, English , Chinese etc) where we can educate our children being a Malaysian in a context of a multi racial society. I guess there will be hue and cry from many sectors of the society. But why Spore can do it , why not us.
The politics of racial nationalism has reached a level whereby political patronisation of good policies for sake of political support is now the in thing.
So what happen to MB Kedah is just a reflection of the political patronisation exercise and what more being accentuated by gung ho style of the ne so call ERDOGAN faction in PAS!!
If PAS cannot accept criticism; if PAS is not willing to rectify an error..then what is the difference? Act now and move on.
Azizan should be advised to resign gracefully. This one man will bring untold misery to Pakatan's hopes in the next general elections.
I won't be surprised this Azizan is a trojan horse otherwise, why would UMNO sides him. Also the allegation that he wants to give a project worth 600 million to a former Kedah UMNO leader is not beyond suspicion. Just like Hassan Ali was exposed by RPK that he harboured the ambition to be the MB of Selangor and wanted to sabotage Selangor and is doing the bidding of UMNO.
So I won't be surpised that Azizan has an ulterior motive. Why is he on the side of UMNO and talking like UMNO members in regard to the students. He even refused to cooperate with the Pakatan coalitions and refused to abide by the buku jingga although agreed by the three parties. So he is a man who does not honour the agreement.
Good post! This will be the downfall of PR in Kedah. Personally I would want PR to retain Kedah but with these attributes of leadership and PAS's ineffectiveness, PR does not deserve to the state government of Kedah.
Anytime is a good time to speak up against stupidity.
We all must remember that this struggle is next to impossible yet we must continue for the sake of our offsprings.
You think thing is bad now? The worst has yet to come.
Soldier on my fellow malaysians.


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A York County man has been identified as the worker killed in a fall in an empty suburban Philadelphia water tower.
Fire officials blame an equipment malfunction for the fall that killed Jason Schmidt, 31, of Jacobus, on Wednesday. A second worker was left hanging inside the empty tower for three hours in a safety harness until he could be rescued.
Officials said the men were part of a crew hired by Audubon Water Co. to clean the inside of the tank in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County.
Lower Providence police said a third worker from New Jersey-based Corrosion Control Corp. who was at the bottom of the 80-foot tank was unhurt.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.


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