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The Elkins Police Department announced Wednesday the body found in the Tygart River Monday has been identified.
Elkins Police Chief H.R. White said Wednesday the body of Jody Coontz, 41, of Easy Street, was discovered in the river by his department.
"Our investigation is ongoing, but we do not suspect foul play," White said.
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"It appears to be accidental."
White said Coontz's mother called the police department Sunday and reported her son was missing. White said officers attempted to locate Coontz, but had no success.
"On Nov. 12 at 12:57 p.m., Patrolman M.J. Sigley was on Barron Avenue and discovered the body in the river," White said. "He contacted EMS (Randolph County Emergency Squad) and the Elkins Fire Department for assistance."
The fire department launched a small boat, owned by one of the department's members, from the Scott Ford Road boat launch, and retrieved the body from the water.
The death of Coontz has inspired an outpouring of sympathy on social networking sites. On Facebook, friends remembered him as a good and caring person.
"The day I met you I could tell you had the biggest heart in the world," Lauren Noelle Starkey wrote on Coontz's Facebook page.
"I know you touched many people and you were very loved."
"You were a great friend and person, you will be missed dearly," Jeff Paugh wrote of Coontz, a longtime musician. "Now you can play music for all in heaven."


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Students from across the state will attend the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) Summer Programs. Students attend programs based on their age and art discipline.
Summer students, selected from an application and audition process, experience the challenges and rewards of intensive arts training. The summer faculty is made up of practicing artists who are dedicated to nurturing creative potential.
Summer students have the opportunity to showcase their work in end-of-session recitals, readings and presentations. While learning discipline and craft from instructors who are practicing artists, they also form bonds with emerging artists from all the art areas in a supportive and engaging environment.
Summer Academy is a two-week program for rising 10th graders desiring intensive study in Creative Writing, Drama, Music or Visual Arts. The unique curriculum incorporates studio work, self-directed studies, performances, field trips, lectures and presentations by faculty and guest artists.
Summer Discovery is a two-week program for rising ninth graders interested in Creative Writing, Drama, Music or Visual Arts. While they work intensely in their art area, students are exposed to the other art areas with opportunities to attend performances and guest lectures.
Summer Dance is a five-week program offering intensive training in ballet and modern dance. Students may apply during their 6th-11th grade years to attend the summer before their 7th-12th grade years
For those students interested in attending programs for Summer 2014 or the residential high school 2014-15 school year, applications will be available via www.scgsah.org by September 2013.
Dorchester District Two students include Summerville High students Tristan Perryman, drama and Rina Sieber, music. Ashley Ridge High School students include Cooper Russell, creative writing and Manny Ventura, music. Francis Wylie, dance, is from Fort Dorchester High School.
Rollings Middles School of the Arts has the following students attending: Sarah Baskin, Alyssa Brunner, Alexis Davis, Auburn Fiore, Amanda LeMatty and Erin O'Malley, all visual arts; Madison Spafford and Sammie Young, both dance.
Also attending from Summerville are Gabby Cressman, music, and Erin Becwar, visual arts.
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Oral Anticancer Access Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma and Utah On February 14th both the State House and State Senate in Oklahoma passed oral anticancer access legislation out of the insurance committees. Also, compelling testimonies in Utah on Tuesday lead to unanimous passage from their Senate Business and Labor Committee and is now onto the full State Senate. Seven other states are considering similar bills, which are imperative for myeloma patients on oral anticancer treatments who are forced to pay high out-of-pocket costs in co-insurance. The IMF believes that patients should not have to worry about affording treatment critical to their survival and well-being. Visit the Action Center to see if your state is considering legislation this year and Take Action today.
Help Stop Cuts to Critical Programs On March 1, US federal government programs will face devastating, across-the-board cuts through a budget tool known as "sequestration." Many of these programs— the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention among them—are critical to the well-being of myeloma patients. The IMF is working with several coalitions in Washington, DC to stop these automatic cuts from taking effect in March, and to avoid additional cuts. We need your help!CLICK HEREto email your elected officials today.
Medicare and You: Navigating the Changing Health Insurance System Please join us on Thursday, March 21, 2013, for a webinar on the provisions of Health Reform that impact Medicare patients today and starting in 2014. Next year, with the full implementation of Health Reform, there will be many changes to the Medicare system including the continued closure of the "donut hole" for prescription drugs. These changes can often be intimidating to those participating in the Medicare system. To help clarify what these changes mean for patients, we will be joined by a panel of experts on Medicare and Health Care Reform. Together, we hope to make the transition as simple as possible for myeloma patients and their families. This will be the first in a series of teleconferences that will focus on various aspects of Health Reform implementation.Click Here to Register.
February Advocate of the Month Lyle Drier Proof that an individual can make a big difference comes from February Advocate of the Month Lyle Drier. In her home state of Wisconsin, Drier pushed lawmakers to pass a bill that makes co-pays for oral chemotherapy more affordable. More recently, she joined the IMF's Postcards for Parity program, collecting on her own and with friends 230 Wisconsin cards in two months! She got involved with myeloma advocacy for two main reasons: first, as a six-year myeloma survivor herself she has suffered the inequity of treatment coverage; and second, "It is nice to be able to help people who need it."READ MORE


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I wanted to start a thread where people can post pictures of their holiday decorations.
Here is mine:
Our christmas tree. Totally rocking the color lights this year
This is our porch. I have a few strings of lights left, I might decorate more. Not sure.
So, show me your holiday decor!


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6 Ways to Travel Abroad Without Looking Like a Tourist
#3. Start Drinking
People all over the world self-medicate their failure with alcohol, so I headed to the closest bar, and I was in luck. Located right in the museum lobby was a restaurant called Zinc, and it had a bar. And not just any bar, but one that looked almost identical to the one I use as the backdrop on my Hate by Numbers video series. Clearly, it was a sign.
OK. Close enough when you're desperate for a sign.
I considered ordering something Canadian like a Molson, but I figured that Canadians must drink Jameson, too. The bartender brought me my drink, and I left a tip, because I wasn't traveling to one of those weirdo countries where they don't tip and whose people mock tipping in the comments to Cracked columns. So I got ready to tip a buck a drink when I realized that I'd have to tip with a coin. A loonie.
Pling! went the loonie on the counter, and though the Canadians I polled in secret later confirmed that it was an appropriate tip, it still felt more like bringing milk money to my kindergarten teacher than tipping a man for a grown-up beverage.
#2. Find Familiar Destinations
My friend's wedding went off without a hitch, but it was filled with a bunch of his visiting American family, so blending in was easy. I still had to prove to myself that I could be the perfect undetected tourist blending in with the foreigners like a sophisticated man of the world. I needed to find familiar ground. But where would a dignified, cocksure, sophisticated world-traveling American be most at home? The answer seemed obvious. The mall.
Turns out the West Edmonton Mall is the largest mall in North America. So I investigated, and all was well. I bought some stuff, having recovered fully from the currency failures of the previous day. No one knew I was a first-time world traveler, and I was proud. This was a mall. No surprises. But then I saw an ice skating rink ...
... and a miniature golf course ...
... and a sea lion exhibit.
Apparently, there's an indoor water park, too, and, yes, my surprise showed. To the lovely folk of Edmonton, this was all old news, but even as a boy bred on the mall culture of Long Island, I gawked. I had failed again.
#1. Nerds Are Universal
I'd touched down in Canada, and everywhere I went, I felt like a Yank tourist, incapable of blending in smoothly with the local people. The folks at the Old Strathcona fair politely hawked their homemade pastries and organic cat furniture, but I could tell that they knew I was just a traveling noob. And even though I was delighted to visit the Edmonton Expo and give a talk on my two favorite topics -- me and freelance writing -- I couldn't shake the feeling.
I met the lovely Burt "Robin" Ward. I got to tell Julie "Catwoman" Newmar that she made me want to go through puberty before I even knew what that word meant. I took a picture with Lee "Six Million Dollar Man" Majors while he held the Maskatron toy I've had since I was 4, and still, a sense of failure remained.
One's a Montana cowboy; the other, a New York blogger. Together they fight LA crime. Taggerty and Bloom, Fridays on CBS!
None of these niceties could distract me from the truth: I had not been fully absorbed through the Canadian membrane. I was a clear first-time tourist. I stumbled out onto the showcase floor, past the Star Trek booths and Doctor Who memorabilia. Beyond the newest in gaming and trading cards. I said excuse me to Princess Leias and Catwomen, some smoking hot, some putting an unfair amount of stress on their cosplay fabrics. And somewhere between a 50-year-old steampunk and a baby in a TARDIS stroller, I realized something: Nerds are universal. In every country, there is a douchebag who will need to inform you that "His name is 'The Doctor'; he's not called 'Dr. Who.'" There is no one homeland for girls who can only achieve orgasm when believing they are Harley Quinn. There is no nationality for gamers who dress up as obscure characters you can only see on Easter egg levels. They are everywhere. They are nowhere. I was home.
Hello, old friend.
I headed over to the TELUS Star Wars booth. Apparently, there's a new exhibit where you choose from dozens of pieces of data from the Star Wars universe, get exposed to rare artifacts from the Lucasfilm archives and make choices about yourself. Then, from the choices you make, it crafts your own identity in the Star Wars universe from literally millions of permutations. The actual exhibit wasn't open yet, but it didn't matter. I didn't need an exhibit to tell me who I was or what I'd become. I already knew:
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Dirty bomb are illegal, and the last time I checked, only the bad guys have them and they are killing helpless people with them.
If ammunition and guns became illegal then only the bad guys would have them and they would kill helpless people with them.
I see your point. Make the fight fair and give them to everybody, not just the bad guys.


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In The End, The Slogan "Free Tibet" Barely Won Out Over "OH SHIIIT, I'M ON FIIIRE!"
You can call him crazy, but he did something more extreme than anything you or I (especially you) would ever even consider doing for anything, except possibly to bring about the creation of a triple-stuffed oreo.
But he did it for Tibetan independence, one of the last remaining "classic" causes. The slogan "Free Tibet" has been around so long that when you see it on someone's shirt you can't be sure whether they're a political activist or just bought it at Busted Tees as an ironic throwback.
It's been decades since then, and a couple thousand hippie love-ins, a few roasted monks and one The Golden Child later, Tibet is still under imperial rule.
Well, it must be the full moon or something, because shit is getting serious again. I'll recap:
It's kind of hard to sound sincere harping on something so obvious but for fuck's sake already: FREE TIBET. China, unless you've got some desperate need for a supply of cheap yellow robes, you have no reasonable excuse for what you are doing.
Now they're fighting back, and you take it as an excuse to call them "insurgents?" What the fuck were they for the last thirty years of totally peaceful protest? You suck, your coal mines suck, and your quality control guys need to get a serious talking to before they just start sending us crates of poison gas.
Remember that monk. He fucking DID that. Our founding fathers did a lot of shit for our independence, but they sure as hell didn't light themselves on goddamned fire. This guy knows what he wants, in a way and to a degree that should get your attention, if not your respect.
And China can call him an "arsonist" all they want; he's still way more badass than John McClane walking over the shards of glass at the end of Die Hard.
Although McClane would probably still win in a fight. Unless the flaming monk managed a good pin early on, but then it'd just be sort of a tie.
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A Greeley man was arrested Saturday after he pulled a gun on the furnace repairman who had come to his west Greeley apartment to work on his furnace.
About 8 p.m., a the repair man went to the an apartment in the 1900 block of 68th Avenue. When he was inside the apartment, the occupant pulled a gun and pointed it at the repair man, Greeley police Lt. Adam Turk said.
The repairman fled the apartment and called police. When officers arrived, they surrounded the apartment and convinced the occupant, William Spohn, 65, to come outside. Spohn was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and false imprisonment, which is a misdemeanor, Turk said.
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It's a myth that Penn State couldn't run the ball against Indiana, and Bill O'Brien should be kicking himself for completely abandoning one element of his offense that was working fairly well with the outcome still hanging in the balance Saturday.
Zach Zwinak ran 17 times for 72 yards, an average of 4.2 yards per carry. So why didn't he get the ball more? And why didn't he touch the ball at all in the final 22 minutes?
The answer is because of O'Brien's running back rotation between Zwinak, Bill Belton and Akeel Lynch, which at times has helped Penn State but Saturday served as a hindrance to the offense.
Zwinak deserved at least 10-12 more carries, but instead he had none in the final seven minutes of the third quarter and none in the fourth. That falls on O'Brien, who failed to make the adjustment of sticking with his power back and foregoing the others in the rotation.
Here are some of the key elements, as they pertain to Zwinak:
He had a 12-yard run the first time he touched the ball and a 13-yard run in the second quarter.
He gained at least 4 yards on eight of his 17 carries. He was stuffed a few times just like all running backs, but
In the third quarter, with PSU trailing 13-7, Zwinak had a string of four carries in nine plays on which he gained 5, 4, 9 and 4 yards to sustain a drive that resulted in a touchdown and 14-13 lead.
Despite his success on that drive, which gave PSU its only lead of the day, Zwinak only carried the ball once more the rest of the game - for 1 yard on the next series after the Lions had fallen behind, 21-14.
When he ran for 1,000 yards last year, Zwinak did a lot of damage in the second half as he continued to churn and power forward for yardage against a tiring defense. He never got that chance Saturday because the rotation called for Belton to get his turn and because PSU self-destructed.
Two false-start penalties hurt the Lions on a drive when they were down 28-17, and they went for it on fourth-and-2 from their own 33 with 11:24 left. Rather than trying to power Zwinak there or coming up with a creative play like a shovel pass or another end-around, O'Brien called for a pass play, and struggling Christian Hackenberg threw incomplete to receiver Matt Zanellato.
Penn State's defense gave up a quick touchdown to fall behind 35-17, and at that point it was panic time, so the Lions had to keep throwing.
But why didn't O'Brien commit to the run - with the powerful Zwinak, not Belton or Lynch - a lot more and much earlier? Penn State threw 16 passes in the first quarter alone against a team that hadn't stopped the run all year, so in essence, O'Brien already had made up his mind beforehand that he was going to throw the ball a lot no matter what.
Being dead set on one philosophy is not ideal for a coach. Yes, O'Brien wants to throw it a ton - and no one loves the pass-happy approach more than an offense lover like me -- but he's got to be willing to put some of that go-for-broke attitude aside from time to time and play to the situation, especially when his quarterback is struggling.
Penn State finished with an abysmal 70 yards net rushing, but that doesn't fall on Zwinak, Belton (10 carries for 31 yards) and Lynch (three for 7). The lowly total was a result of losing 31 yards on a botched punt snap and Hackenberg losing 19 yards on the ground.
The running backs and receiver Allen Robinson (one carry for 10 yards) combined for 120 yards on 31 carries (3.9 average) -- not great but at least respectable - and Zwinak in particular proved to be a challenge for the Hoosier defenders.
The running back rotation has worked well at times this season, bringing in fresh guys against tired defenses, and it will continue to work well in some situations in the future.
But this much is clear: Zwinak is Penn State's best running back.
He's best-equipped to grind out the tough yards in Big Ten play, so he needs to be able to get in a rhythm and get more than 17 carries a game to be most effective.


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Looking for any skarmory, pm me for offers
Looking for any skarmory, pm me for offers
Pokemon Black
1593 0386 3050
Use for trading
Looking for
Can Breed
If you would like one send me an pm with an offer
I still have a ton of Skarmorys to trade if anyone needs any.
3ds friend code 4124-5320-7923 Feel free to add me! Have a few X pokemon to trade.
Pokemon Black FC 5029 0275 1967 I have to trade: Zorua, Eevee, Marril, Vulpix, Ghastly, Growlithe, Panpour, Houndour, Sandshrew, Riolu, Smeargle, Duskull, Shinx, Pansear, Pansage, Dratini, Horsea, Skarmory, Skitty, Murkrow, Glameow, Meowth, Pichu, and Sudwoodo. and all starters. PM for trades. (can't trade in black at the moment game is missing)
I am looking for a shiny Lillipup.
My 3DS has problems trading sometimes so it may take a few tries in black. Others seem to work fine.
Looking for Flawless(or Near) Impish Skarmory with Roost, Whirlwind, & Bravebird. PM for an offer~
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1st. - Flawless HpIce70 - Premier Ball<3
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My Dream World Females:
I am looking for X shadow pokemon from Coloseum skarmory preferably UT and uncloned if it is both of these I can offer ANYTHING in my shop except for the NFT in my trophy case, I am also looking ANY shiny X-Coloseum pokemon for if you have one VM me or post in my shop and tell me what you want and if you have one
*Please note I only accept LEGIT pokemon and I only offer LEGIT pokemon also if you offer me a hack or trade me a hack then I will blacklist you if you are 100% sure its a hack and offer it!*
I'm also offering a Coloseum relaxed very good (subway guy said that)speed lv47 T skarmory swords dance, rock slide, s scissor, and aerial ace looking for offers for this skarmory
3DS XL FC for Pokemon Y 2595-0724-5772 IGN SmeargleRocks
Shiny Number 1268
Self caught shinies on Y 24
Omega Ruby First Dexnav Shiny Sealeo Lv44 in Shoal Cave
first successfull (and accidental) MM Shelmet timid 31/1/19/31/31/31 4:25 pm EST 4/14/14
Shiny XD Gale of Darkness Zubat caught September 17th 2012 @ 4:24 pm EST cave PokeSpot
ALL Gen6 6IV Event pokemon are hacked
I play Destiny on PS4, hit me up if you want to do strikes or mayhem when its up
PM if you have a Skarmory up for trade! Need one urgent!! (don't care level/nature/eggmoves!)
Fc: 3695-0172-1881
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Thanks to PopPrincess_Lyra for the Roxie lickie icon
looking for any Skarmory. PM me with what you want for it
have drill peck roost assurance prusuit skars, can get some extra bravebird whirlwind ones, and if yo got time i can make some drill peck whirlwind roost pursuit ones. pm me for details
I have tons of Wishmaker Jirachis
Collecting UT Shokotan Pichus
After all my over 10 years of pokemon got stolen I have a new team xD
Want to play around with a shiny eevee, not dream world and not hacked, careful nature ideally flawless, but not picky will trade an arm and a leg for it...maybe 2
My Friend Safari is grass : Quiladin and
Offering Skarmorys with Roost/WhirlWind/DrillPeck/SkyAttack up for trade. Impish natures with multi 31 IVs. looking for DW female Eevees or other eggmove pokes. or maybe any thing else, just ask
If you are like me, and think that Typhlosion is too epic to be in UU, paste this in your sig. Started by Epicpip
If you believe in Jesus Christ put this in your profile and don't just ignore this, because in the Bible it says, If you deny me, I will deny you in front of my Father in the gates of Heaven.
SoulSilver FC: 2967-9498-1854
Black 2 FC: 2881-7423-9763
Looking for any Skarmony. PM with with what you would want. Thanks.
FC White: 1893 6509 3199.
Looking for:
Can Offer: Anything I'm not looking for.
Can infect with Pokerus.
impish drill peck whirlwind skarmorys gen 5 xD offer xD
I have tons of Wishmaker Jirachis
Collecting UT Shokotan Pichus
After all my over 10 years of pokemon got stolen I have a new team xD
Want to play around with a shiny eevee, not dream world and not hacked, careful nature ideally flawless, but not picky will trade an arm and a leg for it...maybe 2
My Friend Safari is grass : Quiladin and
Looking for a Skarmory with sturdy and whirlwind egg hatched at level 1. PM me. Have shinies I'll trade for it.
3ds Friend Code: 2938 7567 4467
PM me for battles! (Smogon)
Looking for lv1 UT Skarmory. Iv's don't matter. Pm me for details on what i can offer.
X & Y Friend Code: 5000-3454-3923
Friend Safari: Flying with Pidgey, Hoothoot, and Tropius
Looking for more friend codes for friend safaris.
Hey, I'm new to these forums... Looking to grab any Kanto starter but preferably squirtle. All I can really offer is a lvl 36 skarmory, serious nature with keen eye ability.
If anyone's willing to trade please let me know. FC: 472858364550
looking for a skarmory with steel wing. i don't have much, but you can PM me
Paradise never lasts...
RebirthCurrent Chapter: That Magic Mountain
I have plenty of skarmory's sturdy ability with at least 2 and mostly 3 perfect IV's impish natured with egg moves Brave Bird and Whirlwind. PM me if your interested. Right now I am looking for Deino's with at least a perfect IV in SpA and a female gligar with Poison heal. PM me if interested, if you want the best skarmory I have put up something with 2-3 perfect IV's please!
I have a japanese skarmory I got off the gts...bashful. Rare candy?
My ingame pokemon Y name is Child and my safari is ice with Piloswine, Sneasel, Snorunt Shiny value - 3223 Y - 2328 Sapphire - 0181 Ruby
Shiny pokemon I've successfully chained to date: Platinum 92 Pokemon Y 3 Alpha Sapphire 6 Grand total 101 MM Pokemon 4 Soft reset shinies 13 My 100th chained shiny is plusle with wish!
Mouse lady's new tradethread Video of my shiny minun poor quality Shiny furfrou video
i have a shiny skarmory to trade for a shiny i dont have, i prefer green ones
[Face Haver X & Ω]X POKEDEX: 719 ΩR POKEDEX: 260{Dragon Safari-Sliggoo, Noibat and fraxure}
off site links are against serebii rules and i will ignore pms with them
i work mon-thur so i can only trade/clone on weekends
Caught My first ever shiny, a psyduck ,Found em in a horde right outside the daycare caught at 10:06 on 10/21/13
Hatched my first shiny via masuda method, a chikorita , docile 31/XX/31/31/31/31 16 eggs 2/11/14 4:37 PM
i bred dis swampert
Hey guys, I need a Skarmory that is UT i.e. lv 1 and is impish or careful in nature and knows Brave Bird and Roost (which can be learned through move tutor. Sturdy would be preferred but Keen Eye is fine too so don't stress out over it. However, Weak Armor is NOT ok!
Offered in exchange:
Larvitar, Beldum, Squirtle (modest, lv 3), zorua, bulbasaur, riolu, eevee, bagon, scyther, spiritomb, trapinch, N's Darmartian and Zorua, dratini, female Lucario w/ Justified (Lv 51),
DW: Sigilyph (F/F/M), munna (F), shuckle (F), drifblim (F), riolu (F)
In case your Skarmory is shiny I'm also offering an Uxie or an Azelf or a Cresselia
I'm going to be using it ingame so perfect IVs are not necessary, and I don't really care about the gender/ shininess. But the nature & moves listed above are a must.
All pokemon offered are UT except for the Lv 3 Squirtle
I also have a bunch of Piplups with Ice beam as an egg move that I need to get rid of along with Scythers that have the egg moves: night slash, swords dance and aerial ace. I'm also offering magnemites with the egg moves: Metal sound and flash cannon.
PM me if you want to trade!
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Pokemon Black FC: 3440 0217 8589
Pokemon Black Team:
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looking for any Skarmory that you people might have.
can offer almost every breedable pokemon, PM me if you can help me
Pokemon Black FC: 1807-9939-5115
Nintendo 3DS FC: 0602-6381-7839
Looking for a Female Impish or Careful Skarmory Pm for details
I can breed Skarmory if anyone is looking for one. I'm currently using my excellent IV/EV Skarmory in the 2013 June International competition, but happy to breed when it finishes next week.
PM me if you're interested.
Black 2 Team:
Currently Seeking:
Female or UT
- Togepi (Modest)
- Feebas (Calm)
- Torchic (Adamant)
- Trapinch (Adamant)
- Chansey (Gentle)
- Snorunt (Modest)
And A Variety of Pokemon - All Generations
Looking for a shiny Skarmory
PM me
EDIT: They are all gone.....
I have some lvl 1 Skarmorys with Whrilwind and Brave Bird Egg moves, PM me any offer if you are interested.
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Dragon Dancing Lobster
Y IGN: Sidoco
AS IGN: Sidoco
I am looking for a Skarmory! Please PM me with the offer when you get a chance!
Skarmory-Real Steel
Effort Ribbon
Effort Ribbon/Legend Ribbon
Make me an offer. I DARE YA!!!
If you are like me, and think that Typhlosion is too epic to be in UU, paste this in your sig. Started by Epicpip
If you believe in Jesus Christ put this in your profile and don't just ignore this, because in the Bible it says, If you deny me, I will deny you in front of my Father in the gates of Heaven.
SoulSilver FC: 2967-9498-1854
Black 2 FC: 2881-7423-9763


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Bad news for those of you who want to rip or root for the Miami trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh—they probably won't play together until the start of the regular season.
But the good news here is that their regular season game against the Boston Celtics begins on October 26—only 10 days away.
No that long at all, right?
To make the time go by that much faster for you hungry for basketball, we're touching on the NBA today.
It's rumor time.
Will there be any preseason deals? Last-second signings?
And other moves, to change the balance of your favorite team's roster?
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HAMMONDSVILLE - The Edison Local Board of Education Tuesday discussed what its next step would be after the failure of its operating levy Nov. 6.
It's back to the drawing board for the district after the failure of its levy proposal, according to Superintendent Bill Beattie.
"We did talk about the levy results (during the meeting)," said Beattie. "We are going to have a work session at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 11."
The session would be before the board's next meeting begins at 7 p.m., he added. Beattie added district officials haven't yet decided the district's next move beyond putting the measure before voters again during a special election on Feb. 5.
"We're going to go back (before district voters) again in February," Beattie said "It will be the same proposal with the same millage."
Beattie said any district recovery plan would have to include deeper cuts than in the past.
"There are going to have to be some drastic cuts made," he said.
According to unofficial results from the Jefferson County Board of Elections, the levy Nov. 6 was defeated with 3,171 votes in favor of the proposal, 3,961 votes against the proposal.
Also, in Harrison County, 23 voters in the district for the proposal, while 23 voted against it, according to unofficial results from the Harrison County Board of Elections.
The 9.45-mill levy proposal would have funded basic operating expenses for the district, which includes 1,965 students and pupils from Hammondsville, Richmond, Knoxville, Irondale, Pleasant Hill, Amsterdam, Bergholz, Empire, Stratton and other areas in the northern edge of Jefferson County. The levy would fund district operations, including buses, building maintenance, food services, salaries, wages, benefits of employees and utilities.
Beattie had previously said the district has lost significant funds recently, including a loss of $700,000 in property taxes garnered from FirstEnergy Corp.; a $470,000 loss due to changes in the way state tax is reimbursed to school districts; and $949,813 loss in funds from federal stimulus funds.
In other matters:
The board accepted the resignations of Mike McKenzie, head football coach, and Roberta Rowan, bus driver.
The board accepted maternity leave for teacher Candy Miller from Feb. 11 to May 13; and approved a medical leave of absence for Kim Jolly, night building custodian, through March 31.


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Your evaporative cooler will need to be installed outside of your home. It can be installed in various locations, depending upon the type of cooler chosen. The three types of coolers are:
Roof mounted are the most common, although they are more difficult to maintain.
Figure 1: A typical down-draft evaporative cooler (Reprinted from Journal AWWA, Vol. 90, No. 4 (April 1998), by permission. Copyright © 1998, American Water Works Association.)
Figure 2: A typical side-draft cooler. Photo Source: Aquacraft, Inc., by permission.
Mounted coolers are connected to ducts that bring the cooled air into the rooms of your home. In some cases, existing ductwork is used to move the air to the various rooms. Roof mounted systems are often the easiest to connect to existing duct systems. Alternatively, ductwork can be designed specifically for an evaporative cooler to channel the air into the rooms of your the home. This will depend on what type of system that you are installing. The three systems are:
The only problem associated with the combination system is that refrigeration ducts are often too small to move the amount of air required by evaporative coolers. This causes less airflow and more noise. Also, combined systems require that a damper be installed to separate the units. Otherwise the refrigerated air will escape through the evaporative cooler and the moist air will corrode the refrigeration system. In smaller, open homes, cooled air can be blown into a central location without ductwork.
How evaporative coolers work
Evaporative coolers work by cooling fresh air from outside that replaces the warm air in the house. Thus, you need to open windows or doors to let the warm air escape. If this presents a security concern for you, you may want to think about installing ceiling vents.
Figure 3: Mounted coolers are connected to ducts that bring cooled air into your home. Warm air escapes through open windows or ceiling vents. Photo Source: Aquacraft, Inc., by permission.
Your evaporative cooler will also need to be plugged into a nearby 120 volt wall outlet. Be sure that there is an electrical disconnect for your safety during maintenance. There is no special wiring required (unlike air conditioners that often require a high amperage power circuit). You should also install a low voltage thermostat that will turn the cooler on and off automatically. Finally, be sure that there is an accessible cooler water shutoff valve.
Coolers should be installed at least 10 feet away from or 3 feet below plumbing vents, combustion appliance flues, clothes dryer vents, or exhaust fan vents. Keep animals, yard chemicals, and fuels and solvents away from the cooler vicinity. Provide a minimum of 3 ft of clearance to any side of the cooler that requires access for maintenance.
When you install your cooler, check the float valve setting after one pump cycle. This way you can make sure that the float isn't set too high, which would cause the reservoir of water to overflow.
"Evaporative cooler water use" by Martin Karpiscak of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Accessed April 11, 2003.
"Installing and Maintaining Evaporative Coolers" Home Energy Magazine Online May/June 1996. Accessed May 1, 2003.


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Vice Provost, Health Programs - Jan Harris
Phone: 907.786.4595 Fax: 907.786.6511
Health Programs
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Jan Harris is an experienced health care executive and quality improvement professional who lived and worked in rural Alaska throughout much of her career. She was employed by the tribal health and social services organization in the northwest arctic region of the state for more than thirteen years. Harris managed a system that spanned all aspects of outpatient (including medical, dental, optometry, and remote village clinics), inpatient, emergency, and community health for a geographic area the size of Maine encompassing twelve communities with no road connections. For a decade, in addition to her other duties, she led a project to program, design and construct a modern 80,000 square foot hospital, clinic and public health facility located in the region's hub community.
Her educational background includes a B.S. in Nursing from Cornell University, M.A. in Liberal Studies (sociology) from Dartmouth College, and M.S. in Healthcare Administration from the University of Colorado. Harris is currently a candidate for a doctorate in Health Administration from Central Michigan University.
Arriving at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2001, Harris serves as the Vice Provost for Health Programs and directs the Office of Health Programs Development. Previously she was Associate Dean for the College of Health and Social Welfare. She has worked on a number of projects during her tenure at the University, including a comprehensive statewide academic plan for health programs, expansion of the University's nursing, behavioral and allied health programs, and the development of university/industry partnerships to address workforce shortages. Harris has facilitated the work of internal alliances of deans and directors, formed to develop, improve and distribute health professions offerings across the University of Alaska statewide system, and has promoted collaborative approaches to health professions education and research.


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Gov. Hickenlooper commends dairy farmers for contributions to consumers, communities
Governor John Hickenlooper issues proclamation, commends dairy farmers for contributions to consumers, communities
— Business leaders laud tri-state dairy farmers for economic growth, success—
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper honored dairy farm families with a proclamation celebrating their 75th anniversary of working together through unified dairy promotion to educate consumers and nurture America's people and planet with world-class care.
The proclamation – which kicked off the 75th anniversary of dairy farmers and their promotional organization, Denver-based Western Dairy Association (WDA) – recognized 180 dairy farms and 220 dairy farm families in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana for working together to promote their products and provide consumers each year with more than 3.2 billion pounds of milk. More than 420 dairy farm families and business leaders gathered June 13 at INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium to benchmark the milestone and farmer contributions to food supply, economic growth, and nutrition, health and wellness education.
"Dairy farm families celebrate 75 years of working together to supply our state's consumers and communities with an abundant supply of fresh, locally produced milk and dairy products," he said, referencing the proclamation. "Their innovative dairy farming practices ensure that they maintain an environmentally and socially sustainable way of life for this and future generations."
Dairy production is one of Colorado's top 10 agricultural sectors with approximately 115,000 dairy cows in the state. Dairy farmers in the tri-state area, which fund and direct WDA's promotional efforts, contribute over $1.5 billion to the economies of Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. By providing an abundant supply of fresh milk, farmers contribute to the vitality of fluid milk and dairy food processors including Sinton's, Robinson's, Meadow Gold, Royal Crest, Diamond D, Graves, Longmont Dairy, and Leprino Foods. These companies, many which are decades-old and some of which are farmer-owned, provide consumers with hundreds of brand choices, create thousands of jobs, and contribute billions of dollars to Colorado's economy.
Noting that dairy farmers are an "important part of the West," the Governor added a personal note of appreciation: "Thank you so much for your stewardship of our agricultural lands and for putting nutrition on our tables."
Three Colorado business leaders joined the Governor and WDA's dairy farmer board of directors in saluting dairy farm families with a milk toast.
John Salazar, Colorado commissioner of agriculture, tributed farmers for their tireless dedication. "I am truly honored to be among a group people whom I really cherish -- people who work the land, toil the soil, and live the dream. And every one of you works sun up to sun set. To you, today I lift my glass," he said.
Joe Ellis, president of the Denver Broncos, thanked dairy farmers and WDA for their partnership. "We participate in a really great program, Fuel Up to Play 60," he said. "It is geared toward health, wellness and physical fitness for kids. It is a national program and this is one piece of it. Not only is it called fuel up, you (as dairy farmers) really do 'fuel' Fuel Up to Play 60 with your participation with us. It is has been great with our elementary and middle schools."
Larry Jensen, president of Leprino Foods based in Denver, Colo., and with operations across the U.S. and Europe, honored dairy farmers for their pioneering spirit and world-class milk production.
Reflecting on the Leprino Food's humble beginnings 60 years ago, Jensen said that the global cheese company grew from processing 48 milk cans a day at their first plant on 38th Avenue in Denver. Today, the company has nine plants in the U.S. which includes their signature plant in Fort Morgan. Their 10th plant is scheduled to open later this year in Greeley, Colo.
"This is a great place to make milk. It's a marvelous place to be from," he commented. "The dairy business has been very good to us, but we've always maintained our roots here in the West. When we had the opportunity to think about where we would put our 10th plant, Greeley was the location of choice. We are proud to be from Colorado. We are proud to be associated with WDA, the Western spirit and western entrepreneurship. The dairy farmers in this part of the country are among the best in the world."
In addition to contributing to the fresh food supply and state and local economies, since 1936 dairy farmers have collaborated through WDA and its predecessor organizations to advance nutrition education and teach consumers about the nutrient-rich values of milk and dairy products in a healthy, fit lifestyle.
"This is a major milestone of achievement," said Cindy Haren, WDA's chief executive officer. "Beyond the milk they produce, this honors dairy farm families for 75 years of investing in their local promotion organization, supporting their communities, and driving nutrition education, science and research that directly benefits local consumers. We honor who they are and what they have done in this region for nearly a century."
Celebrating ingenuity during trying times
In his key note address, Tom Gallagher, chief executive officer for Dairy Management Inc. and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, commended dairy farmers – on regional and national levels – for surviving an incredibly tough economic climate. "Looking at 75 years, the first 72 went pretty well then you got into a world economic meltdown. Overnight, nearly 500 million pounds of product per month stopped being exported. And it went on for several months...That's a lot to overcome," he said.
Gallagher noted that even though milk and cheese prices are up, high farm input costs still prevent many dairy farmers from breaking even.
"We (national dairy checkoff) are doing everything we can to help move product and alleviate that situation. For example, over the last 12 months over seven billion pounds of incremental milk sales were made worldwide. That's a record," he reported.
Over two billion pounds of those dairy sales resulted from a successful project to turn around a five-year slump in the pizza category, which began in WDA's region with a partnership including processors, pizza companies, and regional and national dairy checkoff. The partnership brought together $12 million of dairy farmer investment and $50 million of outside funding. That process of leveraging shared interests and costs to promote product innovation shows why partnerships are such an important component of dairy farmers' checkoff program strategy.
He also credited U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), a non-profit organization founded by farmers in 1995 and jointly financed by farmers and 100 member organizations with export trade interests, for advancing milk sales through global channels. Since its inception, total dairy product exports have increased from 2 percent to 14 percent of total U.S. milk production.
"Imagine where we would be, if those 7 million pounds that went to export, to pizza, to our work with McDonald's and all of the other groups we work with didn't happen," said Gallagher.
All of these efforts, which farmers have put into place, are a cause for optimism.
"And, because of the checkoff's work in childhood obesity and your work in sustainability, I believe you (dairy farmers) have the answer to two of the most important issues facing America today – food security and energy security," said Gallagher. "It's the checkoff's role – WDA's and DMI's – to help farmers capitalize on those opportunities."
About Western Dairy Association
Western Dairy Association is a three state, farmer funded non-profit organization focused on encouraging consumption of milk and milk products within the context of a complete diet in accordance with scientific recommendations. It is centered on educating communities about the local value and contributions of dairy farms and about the health, nutrition and wellness benefits of dairy products for youth and adults.
In 1936, dairy farm families formed and invested in the activities of the Denver Dairy Council. Its mission was to educate consumers about milk's value in a balanced diet. Over the years, the organization has expanded its reach to include Montana and Wyoming dairy farmers and has modified its structure, names and programs to meet the needs of the marketplace.
Today, the regional checkoff known as WDA is funded directed and represents the interests of more than 180 dairy farms of varying size and scope. The research, programs and partnerships are carried out locally by WDA, and nationally by Dairy Management Inc.


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BEAVER SPRINGS - Faith Baptist Church will be the location of an upcoming missions conference focusing on church planters. Among the groups speaking is a Burnham couple that has their own missions group and is out to encourage other nationals and engage those back home.
The conference is set for 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 6, as well as 7 p.m. Oct. 7-9 at the church, 85 Snyder Avenue, Beaver Springs.
Brian and Janice Hampton will be speaking at the Snyder County church about their ministry organization, "Fellowship in the Gospel Ministries."
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Brian and Janice Hampton, of Burnham, are set to speak at a conference scheduled for Oct. 6-9 at Faith Baptist Church in Beaver Springs. The Hamptons' ministry organization, Fellowship in the Gospel Ministries, provides Bible study materials, songbooks, commentaries and other educational tools to churches in other nations. The ministry also aids in construction and land purchases.
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The group partners with churches in other nations such as Haiti. They do this in several ways. Their website fitgm.org explains the group's purposes.
The group provides tools that are difficult for new churches in these countries to afford, such as Bible study material, songbooks, commentaries and more. FITGM also aids in construction and land purchases as well as develops youth ministry.
The ministry is about preparing people in these countries with what they need in order to function on their own as a body of believers.
"People don't often think about partnering with nationals who are already there in the (mission) field. Who are better suited to reach people in say, the Ivory Coast? Who knows the language? Who knows the culture?" Brian Hampton said, adding that the same may be true here at home.
"Who is better suited to reach people in Mifflin County? That is what it is all about," he explained of the ministry.
FITGM became an official ministry organization in April. Brian and Janice were previously missionary field coordinators since 2001 with another organization in Haiti.
This organization is supported by the couple's home church, Strodes Mills Baptist Church in McVeytown.
Two steps exist in the mission of FITGM: encourage and engage.
The name Fellowship in the Gospel Missions comes from a section of Philippians Chapter 4 in which Paul recognizes the people who helped support him. Verse 16 says, "for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need."
"It's about the relationship between the local church and the missionary. They were working with him from the beginning - even while he was in prison," Hampton said, "They were still praying for him."
FITGRM encourages in all of these ways and also helps them find any necessary items the church may need.
Engaging takes part when the Hamptons help people back in the United States understand how they can become involved.
Hampton said FITGM is like a "matchmaker" who helps bridge together local churches and churches in these poor countries.
"Usually folks listen to a missionary speak and then just go home. We let them know how they can get involved. We're the liaison. We're trying to help them catch the vision that they can be part of it from the pew. How? That's where we come in," Hampton said.
Also speaking the week of the conference are Chad and Cynthia Pape and Family, church planters in the Dominican Republic; Joseph and Regina Aldrich and Family, church planting in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Lou and Tawny DiFilippantonio, church planting across the United States.
More information on the conference: 570-657-7668.


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The Stetson University football coaching staff will give all of the women in the DeLand community a chance to brush up on their football knowledge before the Hatters take to the field this fall.
The coaching staff will host a Women's Football Clinic on Friday, August 2, from 5 until 9 p.m. at the new Athletics Training Center on the Stetson campus. The facility is located at the corner of Amelia and Minnesota Avenues.
Head football coach Roger Hughes, along with his coaching staff, will host the clinic, which will be geared toward all women, regardless of their level of football knowledge or experience.
The clinic will include classroom sessions, on-field practice drills and a post-clinic reception.
The cost to attend the Clinic is $75 per person and limited to the first 100 people.
All proceeds for the event will benefit the Me Strong organization for cancer research.


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on March 5, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Medicare recipients can help improve care
This month, the 180,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the Buffalo area should pay attention to their mailboxes for a chance to make their voice heard on a critical topic – their health care.
If you have Medicare coverage, you may receive the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey in the coming weeks, giving you an opportunity to rate your satisfaction with your Medicare health insurance and doctors. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducts this annual survey to hear directly from select beneficiaries about the quality of health plans and care providers.
Through the survey, you can become part of our nation's efforts to help improve our health care system. Regrettably, many of the selected don't respond. In 2012, only 45 percent of selected Medicare beneficiaries responded. If you are chosen to receive the survey this year, please provide your feedback before the May 29 deadline.
Both CMS and Medicare insurance providers want to make sure you are receiving the highest quality medical care from doctors you trust. The survey is one of the tools used to help achieve this goal. Survey responses help the government and insurers identify ways to better serve beneficiaries and improve the quality of care.
As policymakers continue to debate Medicare issues, the survey is an important opportunity to make your voice heard.
Jennifer Cohen-Smith
Regional Vice President
UnitedHealthcare Medicare
and Retirement, Buffalo


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If nature abhors a vacuum, the last months, indeed years, could have fooled me. Barack Obama and his enemies have gone back and forth over the same political terrain for more than five years.
Nothing new has emerged, largely because the GOP refused to even honor slightly the election result of November 2008. Even when that triumph was confirmed in 2012, the attitude was simply, as General Petain said at Verdun, "they shall not pass" - a political stalemate emerged.
Despite all, Obama throughout his presidency has sought amity with his opponents. Even at a prayer breakfast he spoke well of Louis Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has largely written the president off as a human being, much less as the leader of the free world.
This is as if Julius Caesar should have forgiven Brutus for having excellent table manners, laudable but somewhat misguided. Both the White House and Congress have little regard for each other, but the GOP House has been noted for its choleric nature.
When a certain congressman from Texas named Pete Sessions recently referred to extending unemployment benefits as "immoral" he once more accented the Republican tendency toward overstatement. They are dedicated to the Miley Cyrus "wrecking ball" approach to politics. Indeed they did not "want to start a war" but they did.
Not since the voices of Josiah Bailey, Harry Byrd Sr. and all the old Southern Democratic grandees resonated in the halls of Congress has such militant recalcitrance been seen in Washington. Even Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms were gentler, the latter being admired for being able to charm "a cat off a shrimpboat." These partisans hearken back to an earlier and more vociferous era.
That some of these Republicans should sound like Southern Democrats of the 1940s is they are the grandsons and great grandsons and daughters of that group. As the Democrats have become stronger in the Northeast and California, Southern Republicans have slowly shaped the GOP agenda. School vouchers, those protectors of "seg academies" and religious separatist institutions, have grown. But as with the Democrats of older times in the South they are masters at politics but not as astute at divining trends.
For instance, they have fought Obama's attempts at socio-economic reform with some success.
The environmental initiations they drive back, even given the mounting evidence that things have gone wrong in trying to protect our air and water. Gun control is a virtual non-starter.
But gay rights, marijuana reform - all these have slipped through in certain sectors. The old "moral majority" is creaking at the beams, being slowly replaced by the "fiscally xonservative, socially liberal" libertarian hipster. Perhaps Rob Ford of Toronto might become the new symbol of a revived xonservative movement. Let's hope not.


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Raising children ranks as one of life's most rewarding adventures. Yet between Mom and Dad working full-time jobs, endless carpooling of overscheduled youngsters, and the never-ending pressures to buy and consume, family life can be incredibly—needlessly—complex. What if you could find a way to spend more time with your children, replace unnecessary activities with meaningful ones, and teach your children an invaluable life lesson in the process?
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Including sections on limiting television, environmentally friendly practices, celebrating the holidays, and tapping into the growing community of families who embrace simplicity, this inspiring guide will show you how to raise children according to your own values—and not those of the consumer culture—as you enjoy both quality and quantity time with your family.
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I call her Beauty. And my Love Love.
Before this little girl became my daughter I didn't realize how much I would enjoy the ribbons and the bows. All the frills and the pink. Ivy LaRue is The Picture Princess. It's in her name, it's in her eyes. It's in my heart.
I'd love to fill Ivy's closet with every one of the little girls and girls dresses from shabby baby (and my closet longs for a shabby apple wardrobe, too!)
This is our entry into a sweet little contest that would be so very fun to win.
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Link to Steve McQueen's 18-7 from The Getaway
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A 12 gauge High Standard Riot 18-7 Model K-120 pump action shotgun,
SN3028450, 12 gauge. 18 inch barrel. Blued finish. Oil-finshed walnut stock and grooved slide. Right side of buttstock with plaque inscribed
Condition: As new.
"In the summer of 1969, Charles Manson and his "family" committed the Tate/LaBianca murders that rocked Los Angeles, and the world, creating a fear amongst local Los Angelinos that changed the atmosphere of the City. Later, it was announced that Steve McQueen was on Manson's "kill list." Not taking any chances, I purchased the shotgun for the Solar Productions' office in Studio City, as we were not located at a studio and had no security. It was 1970, and Steve was in France with the rest of the Solar staff, shooting 'Le Mans'. I was alone in the office.
I met with the District Attorney's staff and attended Manson's trial, so was able to see Manson and his family up close. The look in Manson's eyes was terrifying.
When Steve returned from France, he spotted the High Standard shot gun in my office. He commented that it was perfect for the character he was portraying in 'The Getaway', which was to be produced by Solar. Steve borrowed the shotgun, and when the filming was over returned it to me in Los Angeles. I have never used the gun; the powder in the gun barrel is from 'The Getaway' filming." -- Bill Maher, Corporate Vice President of Solar Productions and Financial Advisor to Steve McQueen from 1969 to his death.
Sold for US$ 22,800 inc. premium
'The Getaway' was in many ways one of the most important films in Steve McQueen's career.
The picture re-established him as a major movie star after a string of box-office duds ('The Reivers', 'Le Mans' and 'Junior Bonner'); it earned him the honor of highest paid actor in the world at the time (his 10 percent of the gross netted him approximately $3.5 million in 1973 dollars) and was the film where he met and fell in love with actress Ali MacGraw, who became his second wife.
The shotgun for sale holds special significance because it illustrates McQueen's ability to improvise from the written page. Peckinpah said the scene in which McQueen catches two police officers off guard and blasts their patrol car to bits was not in the script. That shot was entirely Steve's idea, and I thought it was sensational. Steve was extraordinary with props. He made them his like he had known them all of his life. On the screen he really made you believe in his character, said Peckinpah.
This firearm is subject to Federal and State regulations as well as export restrictions. Please see "Special Conditions of Sale Relating to Firearms" in this catalog for further details or contact the Arms and Armor Department at (415) 503-3408.
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A 12 gauge High Standard Riot 18-7 Model K-120 pump action shotgun,
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Please note that this lot can be viewed during preview at the Petersen Automotive Museum, but can only be collected by the buyer from our San Francisco gallery.
Fred Fuller
November 14, 2012, 08:37 AM
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November 14, 2012, 04:11 PM
pretty cool but it would be better if it came with that old mustang
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Archipelago Learning and Plato Learning are being renamed … Edmentum
The new owner of Dallas-based Archipelago Learning today will rebrand the company, but the name of its online products, such as Study Island, will not change.
Privately owned Plato Learning, the Minneapolis-based provider of online education solutions, acquired publicly traded Archipelago (ARCL) in May. It also acquired Oregon-based EdOptions last year.
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The consolidation and rebranding are part of a larger strategy to grow and meet the needs of a fast-changing digital educational market, Edmentum chief executive Vin Riera said in a phone interview.
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Note: Tiffin resident Gabi Felter took part in an expedition to Africa this year, and recounts her experiences in a series of columns.
The most recent installment of my experiences on the Biosphere Expedition to Namibia focused on animal life. Yet, I would be remiss if I did not give an overview of the people with whom I spent 12 days on Ongos Farm in southwest Africa.
Traveling by myself has afforded me many opportunities to observe and take in the different personalities that make up group dynamics. Studying people has been a covert fascination of mine for many years. I had a good teacher, my mother. The two of us were fond of the hotel lobby, where we would discuss the people around us in German, occasionally getting caught by someone who spoke the language, too.
I have compiled a list of personality types that make up most groups with whom I have been fortunate to travel. I believe we can all relate to this list.
Here is my list:
The Seasoned Traveler
Traits include comparison of the current trip with other past adventures. How the other trips were different and, often, better. Sentences start with "Well, when we were in Nepal and came across the Bengal tiger in the Royal Chitwan National Park" or "While hiking through the Brazilian rain forest, I was able to spot a three-toed sloth camouflaged in a tree."
In my Namibian group, everyone but I fit into this category to some degree. Only a few took it to the annoying level.
The Photographer
This person comes armed with 25 pounds of camera equipment strapped around the neck. He is constantly removing and replacing lenses for the perfect shot. Often, there is a tripod involved. Time is taken to carefully put this really expensive equipment back in its proper place. All the while the rest of the group is waiting, waiting, waiting.
I must admit, though, the pictures are always great.
One of the experiences I had with "the photographer" went as follows:
We were on our 5 1/2-hour trek by foot. It was Hour No. 5 and I was tired and had wet boots going squish-squish from crossing a river and falling in it. We came upon a field and spotted a herd of hartebeest to our left. A. is, of course, getting his camera equipment together. He then commences to drop his glasses and can see about as well as the two black rhinoceros who were heading for us to the right.
So, three separate scenarios are occurring at the same time. J., the wife of A., is feverishly looking for A's glasses as he becomes increasingly more agitated. G. and I were doing the data work on the herd of hartebeest we had spotted. Meanwhile, two very large, horned rhinoceros were getting a wee too close for comfort.
Fortunately, A's glasses were found and we were able to get out of that field.
The Know It All
This is the individual who pipes in when the experienced group leader is explaining something, and offers a much different explanation. I question how it is she got so knowledgeable so fast - and it is only Day 2! Our scientist, Berndt, took the high road upon being continually interrupted by two dueling know-it-alls. Yet, at one juncture, I had to interrupt, saying politely, "let's let Berndt talk and you two just listen."
Our dueling know-it-alls also were immediately experienced Land Rover drivers. With complete confidence, they attempted to travel the bumpy dirt roads of which they knew nothing about. G., being the owner of several Land Rovers, was a good driver but driving so fast that we often were unable to enjoy our surroundings.
Berndt finally raised his voice and told him to stop because the know-it-all almost ran over a perfectly intact chameleon.
Our second know-it-all would grind the gears of the Land Rover and then stall, causing us to go backward. When he would finally get the vehicle started, he drove like a maniac and we almost lost the four people who were in the back of the Rover.
Our scientist, Christina, lost her cool at this point. This did not seem to affect him in the least, though.
The Just-in-Casers
This is the person who has everything to fit any situation he might encounter in the travels. The problem is, too much time is spent looking for the stuff and involves that one more trip back to the tent to get something as dire as those extra pair of hiking socks.
In the meantime, the rest of the group is waiting, waiting, waiting.
The Picky Eater
The first example is the person who piles up the plate with a lot of food, eats practically nothing and throws the rest away. The second person is the one who won't try any of the food and ends up with a lackluster plate of pasta and one piece of butter bread for 11 days.
We had one person of the expedition with dietary needs, specifically gluten intolerance.
I know this is serious and I am not making light of the condition. Michaela, who ordered and put together the menus, was careful to provide food items that were specifically requested by our gluten intolerant friend. We watched, with dismay, each meal so carefully prepared, go back untouched, as our cook wondered what he had done wrong.
This person then would drag out her bags of cereal she had brought and eat that instead.
The Hoverer
The hoverer is that person who watched intently as you struggle though the practice of a new skill, giving you all the free advice and instruction you did not want to hear or have demonstrated. One of my experiences with the dueling hoverers was when I was practicing checking tire pressure on the Land Rover tires.
They were talking at the same time and breathing down my neck. I finally told them to back off and let me do it my way. This worked.
Debbie Downer
This is the one person who can find fault with at least one thing out of each scenario. I tend to stay away from people like that.
The Novice
This is the one who is new at everything and not naturally adept at following verbal directions. This person has to be hands-on in getting it right, which usually is not right away because everyone else is waiting. This person would be me; the group, however, was great and they did not make me feel I was holding them back.
When all is said and done, by the end of our trip, each one of us had something different to contribute and we all were able to laugh together. This is the beauty of group dynamics.


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Analyst thinks BlackBerry 10 will be "dead on arrival"
0. phoneArena 07 Nov 2012, 21:04 posted on
It's been something of a rollercoaster for BlackBerry fans recently, although admittedly, the rollercoaster has been mostly downswings. So, it shouldn't really be a surprise that an analyst is now saying that BlackBerry 10 will be "dead on arrival", nor should it surprise that not everyone agrees...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
Don't these analysts have something better to do? Even astrologers are better than these clowns.
8. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Well BB, where's that new awesome phone with 2 gigs of ram at that PA said u'd announce like 2 months ago?!! LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
You know BB10 phones are coming next year, don't you?
23. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
BB is just being very late to the party...a launch before the holidays would've really given them a chance to rack up some serious coin....and its always leaks and dates...dont overdo it BB ....it might just end up being all fizzle
25. bluexperia (Posts: 41; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
nothing but agree... new os seems promising but late launch would make them like a baby learn to walk again...
11. iWorld (Posts: 85; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Is it BlackBerry 10 will be dead "on arrival"
16. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
if you work with shares you need to know this.....time to switch to Android, dear RIM
you can make it different, you have a chance to show your creativity
2. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
I won't believe it till I see it.
3. thatguyyouknow (Posts: 1; Member since: 07 Nov 2012)
NO s**t....
4. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Well, RIM will have the better part of 2013 to try to build sales from near zero after missing out on the 2012 holiday sales....
5. xtroid2k (Posts: 521; Member since: 11 Jan 2010)
Last stand. Can RIM survive. Only time will tell.
10. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Is that really a Question that needs to be asked right now, I mean LOOK at BB, RIM dude!!!! It's a freakin mess!
19. TheMan (Posts: 490; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
A mess for sure, but I was just reading a 2008 article about Motorola, which at the time at an 8.5% market share after falling from 20%. It was declared "a mess" too. Point is, it's possible to turn around a company, even RIM.
That said, I confess that I've always thought BB was terribly overrated during the crackberry era. I still think it'll take a change from the outside to bring it back.
6. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13103; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
It doesn't take an analyst to come up with something so obvious.
7. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
yea who would have predicetd that IPAD share would be down to 50% :D
17. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)
I did a year ago.....and last year I DID know that Android would have at least 60 % next year 2013 ;)
but it is and was obvious too
12. reader (Posts: 1; Member since: 07 Nov 2012)
I wonder why analysts always have negative "prediction" or comment on non-US brands while having a good news always for apple. any apple s**t always have good news. they even defend apple's shortcoming. and the best part is: blogs publish them all the time.
13. Johnnokia (Posts: 1093; Member since: 27 May 2012)
RIM, Motorola and Nokia gave a huge favor in building this great phone's world. I wish them always the best luck, even I have never had Blackberry in my life.But, RIM has to be survived.
14. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
Of all the phones in the market my preference would be Nokia/BB/Jolla>Nexus>iPhone>other Androids>Other WP
29. Darkerm (Posts: 308; Member since: 31 Jan 2012)
Yeah, I want everyone to Survive. If we got more mobile OS, we will have more competition and more quality Apps, Games, and devices ^_^
15. slaggyb (Posts: 214; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Who the hell is James Faucette??
18. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
In before apple sues
20. lolwoot (Posts: 27; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)
AHAAH!!!! DOA you say? honestly, BB 10 already Dead Before Announced more like it >:)
21. Doakie (Posts: 2009; Member since: 06 May 2009)
Yeah this is going to be pretty humiliating. Rim should have just taken AOSP and built atop it with a BlackBerry 10-like skin. They would have been able to draw from the momentum of Android, and combined their hardware expertise with custom BlackBerry exclusive apps and they could have held on. Same thing with Nokia, they should have taken AOSP and skinned it with a Symbian style skin. Their existing user base would have stuck it out and with the Android ecosystem backing them up they wouldn't have had any issues with shortage of apps... Looks like the people who lead companies are idiots.
39. ShibeshMehrotra (Posts: 9; Member since: 03 Apr 2012)
Oh, so by your logic, even Apple should just take the iPhone and a put an iOS-skinned version of Android on it.
"Looks like the people who lead companies are idiots."
Looks like we've got ourselves a winner here.
24. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
I care not for analysts but I do hope that BB10 provides a significant boost to the blackberry ecosystem. I would like an environment where four major mobile OS systems are competing with each other on price, features, and most importantly quality. Just imaginging Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BB10, awesome
35. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
yeah!!! foursome! thats awesome!
26. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 987; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
IMO, RIM has a better chance than Nokia and the BB10 OS has a better chance than WP, its all a matter of great timing though. If WP doesnt manage to rack up some market share in the holiday season with the WP8 devices then RIM will have a great chance as WP still wont be as well recognised. Lets wait and see :)
36. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
actually true!! but i think WP still has a chance! but RIM's problem is that, it dont have enough money to do marketing that microsoft is doing...
and even though nokia is bigger than RIM, RIM close the top 5 manufacturer around the world(1-samsung, 2-apple and 5- BlackBerry)! so meaning BlackBerry is still well-loved by people! and meaning BlackBerry OS is the 3rd ecosystem in the war!
if press could just be positive for RIM and stop saying BS like this one... BB10 will be a sure win for RIM!
27. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
I want a job as an analyst... I want to be able to guess and be held unaccountable a year later.
There are billions of smart phones sold each year- enough sales for more than 2 OS's to be successful.
The only type of phone that is sure to flop in the coming years is the feature phone. A few hundred million more of those users will be coming over to smart phones, increasing the user base for BB10 and other OS's to appeal to.
BlackBerry STILL has a fairly loyal user base willing to give BB10 a try, and hopeful it is successful. In that regard, it is better positioned to be successful then my beloved WP8, which has to build an audience yet.
I understand how little room for error RIM has in the window of oppportunity for BB10's. It is a hard sell, especially since RIM does not have real deep pockets like a Microsoft . It needs income from one source. But RIM is doing the right thing getting it right before releasing it. Too much at stake for them to screw up the launch. Developers will come to them long before a open sourced WebOS, or an unproven MeeGo, Tizen, or Firefox OS's. BB10 has a punchers chance.
31. PotDragon (banned) (Posts: 214; Member since: 22 Jul 2011)
Just curious....how many people do you think exist currently on planet Earth? You seem to have no clue.
How many smart phone users exist currently on planet Earth? You DEFINITELY have no clue about that either.
Care to adjust your predictions taking some sort of reality into account?
41. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Notice how you do not post anything to disprove my numbers.
First off, I apologize for not providing actually links, but I kept getting a system error, so I will have to give you the names of the sites. According to:
The World Population Clock by the Government Census,
World Population by Worldemeters,
World Population by Continents as produced by the Nations Online Project.
There are over 7 BILLION people on planet Earth. (That would be billions with an "s", meaning plural.)
Now, according to the BBC New on July 9 2010, there were over 5 BILLION mobile phone connections worldwide. (That would be that pesky "s" again.) According to:
That number grew to almost 6 BILLION in 2011. 491 MILLION new sales. Most of those were STILL feature phone sales,but each year due to the price of smart phones dropping, those sales convert to the better devices. This year is supposed to be the year smart phones outsell feature phones.
More then enough for 3 or four OS's to survive.
28. Lwazi_N (Posts: 205; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
But these analysts are always talking s**t, for a lack of a better word. They've been predicting RIM's death since 2010 and that has had dire consequences for the company's share price. Yes, RIM has been guilty of stalling, that's why they may be deserving of a failure. But for some reason they've magaged to stay afloat.
32. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
Yea, RIM hasnt done too hot in the past 2 years, but a lot of the stock drops have been moreso due to analysts declaring doom and gloom on them rather than actual missteps on their part. Not saying they haven't had any, and not saying that some of the stock drop is definitely warranted, but Wall Street can be known to be way overexagerated since hype either way determines a stock price more than actual company results. If you look at the actual numbers for sales and revenue for RIM, the picture isnt NEARLY as bad as they make it out to be. And if you look at the numbers for Apple, yes, they are entirely fantastic, but not fantastic enough to justify the stock almost doubling year over year between the Iphone 4 and 4S and the 4S and 5. Analysts do this on purpose to make big profits on fast stock rises (like they did on Apple, but the stock is collapsing soom sincer you can only ride this train for so long before you have to cash in.) orr making money on the short market (which they surely have with RIM). And the average joe buys in every time, and the stock guys are the ones that laugh their way to the bank.
37. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
coz of loyalty! and BlackBerry is an awesome device, coz in my place owning a BB device is cool! very classy and professional!
and BB10 will make it cooler and make BlackBerry Hotter!!
analyst are just people who dont have a life! who wants to judge other people/company to make a buzz!
its like TMZ, they are unknown people but im really wondering why people still watch that show!
30. kindlefireowner (Posts: 503; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
My 2 cents is in the USA, Blackberry is done. People with 2 year contracts are not waiting around for BB10 phones. Can't see people upgrading early to get a BB10 phone. That leaves what. Just the loyal blackberry users that did not bail. Those numbers are small.
34. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
this is nikolas speaking!
analyst are really pathetic! i better listen to fortune tellers and astronomers than to them!
BB10 will be a good platform to all kind--gamer, business people, teens, moms, etc!
38. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
I would gladly wait for a phone that will release with minimal to no bugs and can be usefull for what ever I use it for rather than just fullfilling some of what I need it to do.
40. ShibeshMehrotra (Posts: 9; Member since: 03 Apr 2012)
They're going in for a whole new market after a very long break. Won't be dead, but yeah coughing and wheezing. There's still a chance of reviving it but it only lies with the existing user base. It's hard to imagine an average joe buying a BB10 device over an SIII or a 920, if they're in the same price range. I'd never go for something with that uncertain a future, and with no "USP's". The 808, even if in the same price range, offers a superlative camera, and that's why a niche audience buys it. Hard to say anything similar about a BB10 device.
42. bovcrx (Posts: 68; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
Idc what an analyst says. I'm getting BB10 regardless and using android at the same Damn time


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quote: Many countries are socialist in nature. The US is not supposed to be. I have no problem with requiring others to build their own network. No one should be forced to product access to what they built so others can compete with them. What you're talking about is nationalizing all telecommunications infrastructure.


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CHARLESTON - The Martinsburg Bulldogs managed just one field goal during the fourth quarter of Saturday's Class AAA state championship game.
But it couldn't have come at a more critical moment.
Jordan Robinson stole the ball with 42 seconds left and fed Jalen Lewis for a layup as the Bulldogs, who led by 17 points late in the third quarter, survived a furious rally from Beckley Woodrow Wilson and held on for a 57-52 victory at the Charleston Civic Center.
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Martinsburg's Donte' Grantham embraces teammate Denzel Cole after the Bulldogs defeated Beckley 57-52 on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in the state boys' Class AAA high school basketball championship game at the Charleston Civic Center.
"I just reacted to what I thought he was going to do and I got to the ball," Robinson said. "I saw Jalen release and I got him the ball."
The win gave Martinsburg its third state title in boys basketball and its first since 2009. Martinsburg became the first Class AAA school to capture a state championship in football and basketball during the same school year.
Donte' Grantham paced the top-seeded Bulldogs (26-2) with 20 points and 17 rebounds. He was named to the all-tournament team along with Lewis and Eugene German. Woodrow Wilson, which trailed 45-28 at one point before eventually cutting the deficit to two points, finished its season with a 23-5 record.