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Luxury cars are high end or premium vehicles that are offered by many of the top auto manufacturers. Luxury cars have a long history of being a symbol of indulgence or excess, since most of the features of luxury cars are not essential to the vehicle's main purpose of providing transportation and instead are used to project wealth, prosperity, or social status.
It's true that spending extra money on a luxury car does yield some pretty pleasant benefits; it's not all smoke and mirrors. Luxury cars tend to feature the most powerful engines and drivetrains in a manufacturer's lineup, and are often as fast and powerful as sports cars or high performance cars. In addition to boasting impressive specs, luxury cars are also usually among the best built cars on the market. They feature impressive fit and finish, with interiors crafted out of top quality materials such as expensive wood and soft leather. This class of vehicle is also where auto manufacturers showcase their newest, most expensive features, such as top end stereo equipment, the latest electronic controls, and recent safety innovations.
Shopping for used luxury cars is a good way to get the experience of living large without totally busting the budget. A used or preowned luxury car is never going to be cheap, of course, but it's possible to find a good deal on a luxury car that has recently been traded in or come off lease. A preowned luxury car won't have the absolute latest features that are on the newest models, but the electronics and other tech equipment is likely to still be more advanced than the equipment on new mid range or lower end vehicles. The prestige of a late model luxury car has staying power, so a gently preowned luxury vehicle is likely to feel new for a long time.


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UNIVERSITY PARK - Go back to August and tell everyone who follows college football that Penn State would finish 8-4 this season, and most would have suggested that's a crazy notion.
The Las Vegas over/under was 5 1/2 wins. Some, primarily those with little or no knowledge of the program and no understanding that there was still a lot of talent on the team even after some key players defected, thought the Nittany Lions might win only two or three games.
Then came the 0-2 start with losses to Ohio and Virginia, and virtually no one gave the team a chance to have a successful season.
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Penn State linebacker Michael Mauti hugs linebacker Glenn Carson after the Nittany Lions' 24-21 overtime season-ending victory over Wisconsin on Saturday.
"I want it to go down in history," defensive tackle Jordan Hill said of this year's team. "Not for the wins, but for the character of all our guys, everything that we've been through and how to overcome stuff when you get knocked down."
The Lions were knocked down repeatedly, and not only did they keep getting back up, they shocked college football by emerging as one of the Big Ten's best teams. Even though the conference is down this year, that's still an accomplishment for PSU that few would have thought possible back in August.
"What an unbelievable ride it's been," senior linebacker Michael Mauti said.
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2013 opponents (home games bold): Syracuse, Eastern Michigan, Virginia, Kent State, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue, Nebraska, Wisconsin
The ride ended with a 24-21 overtime victory against Wisconsin before 93,505 fans Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Sam Ficken kicked a 37-yard field goal on the Lions' possession in overtime, then Wisconsin's Kyle French missed from 44 yards, giving PSU the win.
There will be no bowl game for the Lions (6-2 in Big Ten), but they can hold their heads high after an 8-4 season and having beaten a Badgers (7-5, 4-4) team that's heading to next week's Big Ten title game, and possibly the Rose Bowl.
"I knew this was a very frustrated football team after the Virginia game," coach Bill O'Brien said of that week-two loss. "I knew that we had good football players."
O'Brien talked all year about those players playing complementary football. That's a simple concept that means the offense, defense and special teams all playing well at the same time.
The Lions have had trouble with that for most of the season, but Saturday they nailed it.
The offense delivered when it had to.
The defense was phenomenal after a slow start.
And Ficken, well, the place-kicker exorcised his demons by coming through in the clutch, something he couldn't do at Virginia.
"It told our story," Hill said of Saturday's year-in-a-nutshell game. "It told everything that we've been through."
Penn State gave up 14 points in the first quarter - the first two TDs its defense allowed in the first period all season - and trailed, 14-7. Much has been written and said all season about the Lions' explosive new offense under O'Brien, but Saturday looked more like old-school PSU as the defense saved the day.
"That was just a very indicative performance and very indicative response of who our kids are," defensive coordinator Ted Roof said.
"You take away those first two series, and it was a tremendous day [for the defense]," linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden said.
The Badgers scored on their first two drives, then were forced to punt on their next eight by a stingy defense led by Hill (12 tackles) and linebackers Glenn Carson (13) and Gerald Hodges (7). Cornerback Jake Fagnano also picked off a pass to stifle a Badger scoring threat.
The defense took control of the game, giving Penn State's offense time to get in gear. The Lions did that in the second half and finally took the lead, 21-14, with 13:32 to play.
On fourth-and-6 from the Wisconsin 41, Matt McGloin found Jesse James wide open down the left sideline, and the tight end rumbled to the end zone to make it 19-14. O'Brien decided to go for two, and Zach Zwinak busted through the line for the conversion.
Zwinak enjoyed a monster day, running for a career-high 179 yards on 36 carries. He entered with 821 yards, so his huge game put him right on the 1,000 milestone.
"Two, three weeks ago, it was, yeah, an idea," Zwinak said of possible reaching 1,000 yards. "But today I needed a lot of yards to get it, so I'm just happy I got a chance to reach that goal."
The milestone is nothing short of remarkable given that Zwinak started the year fourth on the depth chart behind Bill Belton, Derek Day and Curtis Dukes. Had Silas Redd stayed instead of transferring to USC, Zwinak would have been fifth string.
"As of now, no, no one would have ever thought that [I'd get 1,000 yards]," Zwinak said. "You never know what happens in football."
Allen Robinson also reached the 1,000-yard milestone, becoming just the second PSU receiver to do so. He caught four passes for 35 yards and finished the season with 1,013, joining Bobby Engram (1994 and '95) to hit that milestone.
Wisconsin finally figured out Penn State's defense in the closing minutes, taking over with 3:51 remaining and driving 66 yards to tie it. On fourth-and-goal from the 4, quarterback Curt Phillips hit Jeff Duckworth in the end zone to force overtime.
The Lions got the ball first in the extra period but managed only 6 yards. Ficken then came on and made his 37-yard try - barely, as it just crept past the left upright.
Penn State's defense stepped up on Wisconsin's overtime possession, with end Sean Stanley forcing a fumble by Phillips on second-and-9 from the 24. The Badgers recovered at the 27, but Phillips' third-down pass was incomplete.
French came on to try and tie, but he shanked his 44-yard attempt left.
"I'm just so happy for this team, this university, especially my senior class," PSU cornerback Stephon Morris said before later adding, "That was a hell of a game."
Wisconsin 7, Penn State 0: Curt Phillips avoided a blitz by Gerald Hodges and hit a wide-open Melvin Gordon down the right sideline. Gordon did the rest, racing 57 yards for a TD with 13:11 left. It was the first TD the Lions allowed in the first quarter all season.
Penn State 7, Wisconsin 7: It was the Zach Zwinak show as he carried nine times, caught one pass and was thrown to two other times on a 78-yard TD drive. Zwinak finished off the drive on a 3-yard TD burst with 8:17 to go in the first. Zwinak also was involved in a key play as the intended receiver on third-and-4 from the PSU 38, and Wisconsin was flagged for pass interference to keep the drive alive.
Wisconsin 14, Penn State 7: Montee Ball became the NCAA's career touchdown leader when he scored from 17 yards out with 6:27 left in the quarter. The Badgers started at the 47 after a 47-yard kickoff return by Kenzel Doe. Jared Abbrederis went 24 yards on an end-around on the first play, and Ball carried three times for the final 29 yards on the drive.
Wisconsin 14, Penn State 10: The Lions took the second-half kickoff and drove for an apparent TD on a 6-yard pass from Matt McGloin to Brandon Moseby-Felder, who tiptoed in the back of the end zone. After a long replay review, however, the officials ruled Moseby-Felder juggled the ball as he was falling out of bounds and negated the score. Sam Ficken kicked 23-yard field goal with 10:55 left in the quarter. The big play of the drive was a 37-yard pass from McGloin to tight end Jesse James to the Wisconsin 10.
Wisconsin 14, Penn State 13: Zwinak continued to pick up big chunks of yards as he helped the Lions go on a long drive after taking over at their 13. Zwinak went for 24 yards on the first play, and PSU got the benefit of a pass interference call on Marcus Cromartie to the Badgers' 48. O'Brien initially thought about going for it on fourth-and-3 at the 15, but he called a timeout and decided to kick it. Ficken made a 32-yarder, his ninth consecutive field goal, with 2:58 left in the quarter.
Penn State 21, Wisconsin 14: McGloin hit tight end Jesse James on a 41-yard catch-and-run TD to give the Lions their first lead with 13:32 to play. The drive went 67 yards in only six plays, and Zwinak busted in on the two-point conversion to make it a seven-point lead.
Penn State 21, Wisconsin 21: The Badgers tied it up with only 18 seconds left after a 66-yard TD drive. Curt Phillips delivered several big passes to keep the chains moving, then he hit Jeff Duckworth on fourth-and-goal from 4 to even up the game.
Penn State 24, Wisconsin 21: The Lions managed just 6 yards in three plays, setting up Sam Ficken for a 37-yard field goal. The kicker snuck it just through the left upright, his 10th consecutive FG make, to give PSU the lead. Wisconsin's Kyle French then missed a 44-yard try wide left, winning it for the Lions.

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Thursday, October 31, 2013
The Hilton Head Christian football team spoiled Palmetto Christian's senior night game this past Friday night, beating the host at Park West Field, 45-36.
The group of seniors that has transcended the Eagles' program couldn't celebrate its final regular season home game.
Instead, it was the second consecutive loss for Palmetto Christian, which started 5-1 this season.
Palmetto Christian led 14-6 after the first quarter but was outscored 32-16 in the second and third quarters, and the Eagles never recovered.
Senior running back Ryan Roe had 168 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns. Fellow senior J.T.
Waters also scored two rushing touchdowns and had 98 yards on the ground and 234 through the air on 20-of-32 passing. Waters threw a touchdown and two interceptions.
Junior wide receiver Chase Shimakonis had a team-high seven catches for 77 yards and a touchdown. He also caught two 2-point conversions and recovered a fumble on defense.
Defensively, junior Martinez Finney collected six solo tackles and one assist. Freshman Thomas Gunn had six solo tackles.
Hilton Head Christian (6-2 overall, 3-0 region) has scored 42 or more points in five consecutive games.
It can clinch the region title with a win on Friday against Hilton Head Prep, which is winless in region action this season.
In the past two defeats, Palmetto Christian has allowed 96 points.
The Eagles will look to return to the win column in their regular season finale at Heyward Academy.
The Rebels are 7-3 overall and 2-1 in region play.
Two weeks ago, they lost to Hilton Head Christian, 45-14.
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on November 7, 2012 - 5:24 PM
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Assemblyman John D. Ceretto on Wednesday declared victory in what was billed as one of the state's most competitive Assembly races.
Election figures show the Republican incumbent with a lead of more than 900 votes over Democratic challenger Robert M. Restaino. But the former Niagara Falls City Court judge has not conceded the race, and more than 2,100 absentee ballots will need to be counted before a winner is declared.
Ceretto, though, was sure his lead in the new 145th District would hold when the ballots are counted next week.
"We always expected this to be a close race, but I feel confident this is over," Ceretto told The Buffalo News. "I can look forward to my next two years."
Ceretto lost the Niagara Falls vote to Restaino by a more than 2-to-1 margin but controlled most of the suburban and rural areas in the Niagara County district. The key to Ceretto's late comeback, though, was Grand Island, where his 1,900-vote lead erased his Niagara County deficit.
Ceretto said he was careful not to overlook the new Erie County portion of the district, making Grand Island the first place he campaigned. He also compared the town to his home turf of Lewiston, where he felt his message of bipartisan cooperation with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo took hold.
"The similarities between Grand Island and Lewiston are really close," he said. "Most people care about jobs and the economy."
The one-term Assemblyman is also heartened by the fact that the Niagara County absentee count is tilted toward the Democrats by just 200 votes. Staffers believe Ceretto, a former Democrat, could increase his lead, depending on where the absentee ballots originate. Party breakdowns for the more than 500 Erie County absentees were unavailable Wednesday.
Ceretto's people also point out that, as it stands, Restaino would have to win the absentee count by a 2-to-1 margin to overtake Ceretto.
Restaino did not respond to multiple requests to comment. Ceretto said Restaino did not call him to concede the race.
Restaino was popular Tuesday night in Niagara County, where he appears to have made a political comeback after being thrown off the bench for jailing 46 people seven years ago after nobody confessed to owning a cellphone that was ringing in his courtroom. Restaino defeated Ceretto by nearly 1,000 votes in Niagara.
Niagara County election officials said the absentee count will begin next Thursday at the earliest, depending on the schedules of the candidates and their attorneys. Affidavit ballots also will be counted, said officials, who were unsure how many of those ballots had been submitted.
"If we have two teams working on this, it'll go twice as fast," Democratic Elections Commissioner Nancy L. Smith said. "If we have one team, it could be days. [There are] a lot of what-ifs."
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Closer Look at Union vs. Nonunion Workers' Wages
Over the weekend, the Journal reported on the economics of "right-to-work" rules. The conclusion: It's complicated, especially when it comes to proving cause and effect. But at a very basic level, right-to-work states have lower unemployment rates and faster job growth, but also lower wages.
A number of readers, however, noted that looking only at hourly or weekly wages fails to account fully for unions' impact on their members' paychecks. Dues eat into higher wages, while better benefits provided under union contracts don't show up in wage data. Quantifying such impacts is difficult, but government data allow for a rough approximation.
Dues structures vary widely from union to union. The United Auto Workers, for example, generally charges the equivalent of two hours' straight-time pay per month. Other unions charge a fixed monthly rate, or a percentage of members' pay (generally 5% or less, and more often 1-3%, though higher and lower rates aren't uncommon). Further complicating the picture: Many unions charge initiation fees to new members and reduced rates to retirees, as well as other assessments and charges.
As a result, it's difficult to calculate a representative average dues payment, at least without wading through reams of impenetrable government disclosure forms. But it's possible to come up with a rough upper and lower bound. U.S. unions collected about $8.8 billion in dues last year, according to the Labor Department, a figure that includes private-sector and federal-employee unions, but not most public-sector unions at the state and local level. Those unions have some 54 million members, for an average annual dues payment of about $163 per member.
That figure, however, includes retirees, meaning it vastly overstates the number of current union members and therefore underestimates average dues. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates about 9.2 million Americans are members of private or federal unions. Using that figure, the average union member pays about $959 per year. That's too high, since it lumps in initiation fees and retiree dues, so the real figure likely lies somewhere in the middle. That's broadly in keeping with other estimates.
The median private-sector union member made $878 a week in 2011 compared to $716 for nonmembers, a nearly 23% premium. (The premium was somewhat smaller in the manufacturing sector: $836 per week for union members for $780 per week for nonmembers.) Such comparisons have limited value since there are numerous other variables that affect wages. But to the extent there is a union wage premium, the added cost of dues doesn't appear to negate it.
Then there's the question of benefits: 94% of private-sector union members have access to health-care benefits, versus 67% of nonunion members, according to BLS. And employers cover on average 83% of health insurance premiums for union members and their families versus 66% for nonunion members. Union members are also more likely to get paid vacation and sick time and retirement and life insurance benefits. BLS doesn't put a dollar value on all those benefits, but worker benefits typically account for about 30% of employers' compensation costs.
The right-to-work debate, of course, goes beyond the costs and benefits of union membership itself. Advocates for organized labor argue right-to-work rules lead to lower wages for all workers, even those who aren't union members. Right-to-work advocates argue stricter labor laws lead to higher unemployment and lower job growth, ultimately hurting union members and nonmembers alike.


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FORT ERIE, Ont. – It's not Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo Bills or even Ted's Hot Dogs.
But for decades, hundreds of thousands of area residents have seen the Fort Erie Race Track as a jewel of Western New York – even if it's across the river in Canada.
Faced with closure since last year, the 116-year-old racetrack is here to stay – at least for one more year and maybe longer.
The racetrack slot machines – which the province ordered closed last year – are gone for good, but officials Thursday said the Ontario government will front the money for one more year of horse races as they scramble to map out a plan for the future.
The move signals a temporary fix for the only thoroughbred horse racing track within 90 minutes of Buffalo. It comes a year after the closed slot machines resulted in layoffs at the track and a hit to the Fort Erie economy.
"In one year we have gone from shock and awe to organization, accountability and prospects for revitalization," said James A. Thibert, chief executive of the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium, which runs the track.
"This is why we fought so hard to keep this track running," added Fort Erie Mayor Douglas Martin, who fought back tears at the news conference.
The future rests largely on the racing group's ability to form a long-term plan to keep the track viable – without the $6 million in slot revenues paid to the track each year.
Details of that plan remain hazy, but officials say a large part of it includes drawing more visitors from Buffalo and Western New York.
More than 80 percent of the track's "day-trippers" – those who drive up for an afternoon at the races – used to come from across the American border.
But in the past few years, that figure has dwindled to less than 20 percent.
The strengthening Canadian dollar, border restrictions and new gambling opportunities in Western New York are all to blame for the decline, officials say.
And solving the problem may be the key for the track's survival.
The town will start with the estimated 10,000 Buffalo residents who retire to summer homes in the Fort Erie area, within a few minutes' drive of the track.
Those residents, many of them wealthy, are prime prospects for recruitment as new horse owners and breeders, officials said.
"They have a vested interest in being here," Thibert said. "We need to get them back. We need to give them reasons."
Those include limiting the number of racing dates – this year's schedule will include just 50 days, compared with nearly 80 last year – but adding more horses, and bigger purses, for each race.
Partnerships also could be forged with a planned $400 million NASCAR motor speedway in Fort Erie, and a new format is being considered for the popular Prince of Wales Stakes – the second leg of Canada's Triple Crown.
Those moves, along with other racetrack improvements, could position Fort Erie as one of the premier tracks in the Canadian system, Thibert said.
"It's not going to be an easy fix, but you can bet we're all working towards that," he said.
The slots were an essential money-maker for Ontario's system of racetracks, and closing the slots forced layoffs throughout the province last year.
But Thibert and nearly a dozen other racing officials Thursday weren't shedding tears for the slot machines, calling them a necessary evil that was never managed efficiently.
And they distracted the track and its patrons from the core mission of the track – thoroughbred horse racing.
In fact, Thibert said, Fort Erie has seen an uptick in attendance over the past three years, even as slot machine numbers were down.
Getting back to the basics of horse racing – from recruiting more local talent to better advertising the thoroughbred brand – is what Thibert said will save the track beyond this year.
But a central part of any long-term solution would appear to include help from the provincial government.
That financial assistance – which dried up when the slots were closed last year – appears to be back, at least for the time being.
Racing officials declined to say just how much in "transitional funds" the province is giving them this year because the government is still negotiating with other tracks that have lost their slots.
But they see the creation of a new government horse racing panel as a promising sign.
The panel, comprising three former top Canadian officials, is charged with creating a long-term strategy for the horse racing industry.
And they see Fort Erie as a major part of that strategy.
Opening Day at the track is May 26.
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Last week I heard Professor Roland Fryer from Harvard University's Department of Economics speak at a forum held by State Senator Hansen Clark and moderated by Senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle Bankole Thompson. In January 2008, at age 30, Professor Fryer became the youngest African-American to ever receive tenure at Harvard.
The town hall meeting dealt with educational reform. I have been going to different town hall meetings on educational reform the past several months. Each meeting always comes back to saving Detroit Public Schools.
Some of the points Professor Fryer pointed out was key for an educational revolution. One such point was changing the psychology of the way we view education from a parental and community standpoint. I thought this was important because oftentimes parents use the educational system as a person babysitting service instead of being involved in their children's activities.
But the good professor lost me when he said we should utilize incentives to reward our children for good grades.


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If you look at all of the trades Holland has ever made, he has rarely ever dealt any real key prospects.
When aqcuiring a roster player, Hollands playbook most always involves trading:
-Middle of the road regular players (Jamie Pushor, Anders Eriksson, Kevin Hodson, Yan Golubovsky, Sean Avery, Maxim Kuznetsov, and Jason Williams)
-AHL prospects that don't seem to be in the Red Wings future plans (Philippe Audet, Yuri Butsayev and Sebastion Piche)
-Or draft picks (six 1st rounders, five 2nd, rounders, three 3rd rounders, six 4th rounders and one 6th rounder).
In 15+ years as GM, Holland has only ever traded three prospects, in order to aqcuire a roster player:
-Petr Sykora (NOT the one that won a cup with NJ in 2003, but the one that played 10 games with Washington in 05/06)
-Tomas Fleischmann
-Shawn Matthias
He has also only ever traded one "core" type player in 15+ years, in order to acquire another roster player:
-Slava Kozlov
Looking over Hollands trade playbook, it's doubtful that he is shopping for young expensive dmen that "could be in the future and could have a larger impact for many years to come".
Prems for Shanny. That was a big one. But the NHL was also different then than it is now. There was always teams looking to dump salary and we had no problem picking it up. Chelios for Eriksson was also a pretty big trade.
But again, the NHL has changed, so Holland is going to have to change as well. Will he? We will see.


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1) Interest rates are low (Well, looks like they are forecast to rise now)
2) Unemployment is at a historical low. (Week after week.. almost day after day we hear of job loses)
She took the existence of this website far to personally to be an independent market expert/analyst to the public, her outburst proves this. She should be dropped by any channel especially as very soon she will be VERY unpopular by the masses.
And on the accusations thrown at us for engineering the coming crash proves how dim the woman really is!
How can an analysis of the UK and World housing market by the people on this website and the readers of this website (Which is a small percentage of total population that watch horrible programs like hers) bring the market down?
She better be able to plead stupidity in court when all the people that financially ruin themselves start looking
to the people who were in a trusted position who gave unprofessional and biased advice.
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23andMe, Myriad Genetics, and Thermo Fisher were involved in some of this year's biggest stories. [© md3d - Fotolia.com]
Big money, big data, and some big layoffs made the biggest headlines in biopharma during 2013. So did big layoffs by big pharma, and a big political squabble that resulted in NIH and FDA closing most of their doors for 16 days. Below are details of these and more of the biggest biopharma developments of the past 12 months.
The FDA laid the proverbial hammer on direct-to-consumer gene testing pioneer 23andMe in November, ordering the company to stop selling its Saliva Collection Kit and Personal Genome Service (PGS), while obtaining agency approval to market the $99 "spit kit." The company promised to comply, while adding it will continue to provide consumers both ancestry-related information and raw genetic data without interpretation, continue conducting research using its database of genetic and phenotypic data, and maintain its educational efforts.
In a warning letter to 23andMe, FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) said it considered PGS as being "intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or is intended to affect the structure or function of the body." The enforcement action drew sharp criticism from free-market advocates who echoed 23andMe and its CEO Ann Wojcicki in arguing the tests were not diagnostic in nature, but intended only to furnish data upon which health decisions could be based. In responses posted on the company's blog, critics also accused FDA of attempting to stifle innovation for the benefit of big pharma and doctors—an argument denied by Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., who contended the agency's sole focus was ensuring patient safety.
Both sides have reduced their rhetoric in recent days, with Wojcicki acknowledging her company had not communicated proactively enough with FDA, and the agency insisting it's not trying to kill DTC genetic testing. That's usually the first sign of a meeting of minds, but whether that happens won't be apparent until next year at the earliest.
Hepatitis C saw a few new drugs approved by FDA—including Olysio (simeprevir) from Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit, while Gilead Sciences' treatment Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) could boast that it was the first drug to ever show sufficient safety and efficacy to treat certain types of HCV infection without the need for injection of interferon at the same time.
Olysio was approved in combination with interferon and ribavirin, and Solvadi, with ribavirin or with ribavirin and peginterferon-alfa. AbbVie reported positive Phase III results for its genotype 1 Hep C drug candidate, three direct-acting-antiviral (3D) regimen plus ribavirin, namely 96% sustained virologic response after 12 weeks, or SVR12.
Earlier this year Janssen won FDA marketing authorization for Invokana (canaglifozin) tablets, the first sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor approved as a diabetes treatment; the drug is indicated for adults with type 2 diabetes. FDA approved three Takeda drugs for type 2 diabetes in a single day in January—Nesina (alogliptin) tablets, Kazano (alogliptin and metformin hydrochloride) tablets, and Oseni (alogliptin and pioglitazone) tablets.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance won the agency's nod for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug Breo Ellipta, a once-daily inhalable drug that is expected to rack up blockbuster-level sales of more than a billion dollars—sales GSK will need in order to recoup losses expected in a few years once generic versions of its best-selling product, Advair, reach the market.
Among cancer drugs approved this year were Celgene's Pomalyst (pomalidomide) for multiple myeloma, while Roche's Genentech subsidiary won authorization to market Gazyva (obinutuzumab or GA101), in combination with chlorambucil chemotherapy for people with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)—the first drug on which FDA bestowed its "Breakthrough" designation. Genentech also won FDA's approval for the Herceptin-DM1 combination drug Kadcyla (T-DM1 or ado-trastuzumab emtansine), for patients with HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer. GSK hit the proverbial trifecta in May, as FDA approved two of its melanoma drugs—Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib)—and a companion diagnostic designed to detect the gene mutations expressed by the tumors each treatment is designed to fight. Bayer and Algeta won FDA approval for their prostate cancer drug Xofigo in May, six months before Bayer offered to buy its partner for about $2.4 billion.
Cancer drugs account for 22% of Phase III pipelines among top-25 drug companies, and 30% of Phase II, according to a Decision Resources report released in November.
Companies looking to patent human genes won a mixed verdict from the U.S. Supreme Court in June, when the justices unanimously ruling that Myriad Genetics' claims for seven patents related to breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA 1 and 2—but also holding that companies can patent composite DNA (cDNA) and other synthetic genetic material that does not meet the "Product of nature" exemption from patentability.
While some experts predicted a rush of competition leading to plunging prices for genetic tests, Myriad refused to roll over, instead vigorously defending its remaining 17 BRCA patents by suing, one-by-one, several of its rivals on infringement grounds: Ambry, Gene by Gene, Gene Dx, Quest Diagnostics, Invitae, and most recently, Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp). "It seems that the Supreme Court's decision has really spurred Myriad to defend its perceived IP as much as possible against these companies," much as Amgen successfully held off rivals for its erythropoetin products a decade ago, noted George Yu, an attorney with the law firm Schiff Hardin, told GEN.
"There isn't a case that comes to mind for diagnostics, and maybe that's somewhat due to the ability to diagnose conditions and diseases in certain ways. It would seem you would need some portion of the BRCA gene to diagnose susceptibility to breast cancer due to your BRCA genotype," Yu added.
Myriad also rolled out new tests. In September, the company launched its myRisk Hereditary Cancer™ test, a 25-gene panel covering eight major cancers (breast, colorectal, endometrial, gastric, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate) at an average selling price of $3,700. In October the company introduced myPlan™ Lung Cancer, which carries a $3,400 list price; followed in November by myPath™ Melanoma, which has an average selling price of $1,500. By 2015, Myriad has said, it expects to discontinue several current tests, including the BRACAnalysis test at the center of the Supreme Court case.
The initial public offering (IPO) market finally delivered on years of revival hype by roaring back in 2013, with no less than 55 therapeutic, diagnostic, and industrial/agricultural biopharma companies going public this year as of December 10. According to data by Burrill & Co., they raised a combined $6.236 billion, one third of which came from the year's single largest IPO, Zoetis, Pfizer's animal-care spinout, with more than $2.2 billion raised. Zoetis was followed by CRO Quintiles ($525 million raised); and eye disease drug developer Ophthotech ($167 million).
"A lot more money is coming into the sector," Edward Ahn, Ph.D, managing director and CSO of MedCap Advisors, told GEN. The revival of the overall market was definitely one factor, since it brought more generalist investors back to make investments, he said. Yet investors also responded to FDA's quickening pace of review and decisions on new drugs, aided by last year's enactment of the 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act; and what Dr. Ahn said was a scarcity of quality companies in which to invest.
He said another factor in the IPO revival was the Jumpstart Our Businesses (JOBS) Act, whose provisions include a five-year exemption from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and confidential IPO pricing for smaller companies issuing their first public shares: "The regulations have really helped some small companies take their company public."
Round and round big pharma cost-cutting goes, and where (and when) the layoffs stop, nobody knows. Merck & Co. wielded the sharpest axe in 2013, when it said October 1 it will eliminate 8,500 jobs worldwide by the end of 2015, as part of a restructuring that will include shrinking its real estate footprint in New Jersey and moving its headquarters within the Garden State.
Not far behind, AstraZeneca announced it was shedding an additional 3,900 additional jobs—2,300 selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) employees plus 1,600 R&D staffers. Those layoffs brought to 5,050—roughly 10% of the current workforce—the number of positions to be jettisoned through 2016. Also eliminating large numbers of jobs were Eli Lilly (1,245 U.S. sales reps due to expected patent-cliff revenue losses); Novartis (nearly 1,000 jobs at Ciba Vision, a consumer drugs plant in Lincoln, NE, and most recently 325 R&D staffers); and Endo Health Solutions (about 700 jobs, after failing to stop a generic version of its Opana ER [oxymorphone HCl] moderate-to-severe pain drug from reaching the market).
The biggest layoff wave not to occur was the 5,000-job elimination announced by Teva in October. Israeli officials reacted with thunderous criticism, and the company withdrew its plans some three weeks later—a factor speculated as leading to the CEO's resignation (See NOTABLES, on page 2).
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FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP - Trustees voted to continue obtaining information about closing the Esterly Drive railroad crossing and referred an 86-acre annexation proposal south of Columbiana to their legal counsel during Monday's meeting.
The railroad crossing proposal was the first business following the re-organizational meeting in which Trustee Bob Hum was re-elected chairman and Trustee Carl Garwood was voted vice-chairman for 2013.
Attorney Mark Hutson made the proposal to eliminate of the railroad crossing off state Route 344 for Buckeye Transfer LLC.
The company is converting the old National Refractories property into a "full-service" truck and transfer terminal that will service the oil and gas industry.
He said the track extends around the back of the facility and meets Esterly Drive at Cherry Fork.
Hutson explained the crossing needed to be closed to make it usable to maneuver cars for transloading minerals and aggregate; Norfolk Southern said it had to be closed.
He said that was why they attended the trustee meeting.
He explained "this project and others down the road" to service the gas and oil industry require the uni-trains which enter the facility and take several days to unload.
Hutson said there was no demonstrable need for the crossing.
The Ohio Railroad Commission and Ohio Public Utilities Commission have requirements and the township will need to hold a public hearing on the issue. Hutson explained the ORC wanted to know what the township wanted in return for Esterly Drive if it agreed to close it.
He said the exchange could include upgrading another crossing in the township and Chairman Bob Hum wondered where the traffic would go and wanted to review any traffic
studies made on the nearby roads.
Hutson said that Buckeye Transfer will be affected the most the closing and didn't know of any traffic studies but pointed out that Trustee Barry Miner had worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation and might be aware of some.
Miner said he was interested in seeing a traffic count and Road Supervisor Mel Miller said he would check with the county engineer's office today to see if there are any studies.
Miner said it would be beneficial if the township could negotiate for two crossings to be upgraded while noting the township has been a proponent of Buckeye Transfer's actions on the site.
Attorney Lisa Wallace, representing Buckeye Transfer, said they came to "plant the seed" and get the ball rolling for further expansion at the facility.
"We're not here expecting anything overnight," she said.
Regarding the annexation, trustees took no action other than refer it to its outside counsel, Attorney Alan Wenger. Miner said the city wants the land for a new water treatment plant on the south side.
In other business, trustees advised Miller to check into a fixing the current copier but not to exceed a certain price. If it couldn't be fixed for that price, Hum said, they would have to go in another direction.
Also Zoning Officer Kymberly Seabolt said she issued a handful of building permits while noting "it looks like the housing market is picking up ... new residential construction ... it's nice to see," she said.
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Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor," which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. Any others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.
From Martinsburg:
What has happened to the Old Opera House in Charles Town? It used to present some interesting plays. Now it's that same old country comic stuff.
From Martinsburg:
I was so glad to read in Sunday's paper that Attorney General McGraw has made it illegal for the Georgia-based company that sells ingredients for the designer drug bath salts to be sold in West Virginia and even on the Internet they have to post that it cannot be sold in West Virginia. I think this is a great step, and I hope other states start doing the same thing. This drug is very, very dangerous.
From Berkeley County:
West Virginia is not overtaxed but regressively taxed. Not overregulated but mismanaged and so poorly educated that we don't see the difference. We are overdue for a change in attitude, achievement and self awareness. Our partisan and corporate leaders are impoverishing us and uninspired to lead us to a better future.
From Inwood:
Concerning the charging station in Martinsburg across from the old Apollo Theatre in the parking lot: Just wondering how much they are charging to recharge.
From Hedgesville:
It seems as though a real estate trust on the Schwab property near the airport owes $223,000 but it seems to be under what they call a "pilot program." I think our senior citizens should have a pilot program, too. Most find ourselves not being able to pay our taxes either because we got to eat and take medicine and go to the doctor, where this company didn't have to do all that. They should be staying up on their taxes.
From Berkeley County:
I would like to know if David Levine and his new company got a grant from the United States government or was that through West Virginia. What about the grant he got 10 years ago from the state of West Virginia for a million dollars for butterfly nets while city hall hired two employees and then left West Virginia right after that fact?
From Martinsburg:
Thanks, Berkeley Springs caller, for so graciously assisting us liberals with those difficult to comprehend culprit tax rates. Let's see if I get this straight. A medium-sized company, say $4 billion a year, actually pays more taxes than little ol' me?
From Hedgesville:
I was in the Dunn Building the other day. It was so hot you couldn't stand in line. Employees said it has been like that ever since facilities director Jay Russell left.
From Martinsburg:
Concerning the gays against Chick-fil-A: The Bible says it is an abomination for a man to lay with a man or a woman with a woman, but, also, I have an uncle and good friends who are gay and I love my uncle but his lifestyle I did not interfere with or say anything. But I think it is wrong what the gays are trying to do because this gentleman spoke his mind. ... I'm against it because God is.
From Jefferson County:
I'm with Chick-fil-A all the way. It's not running around in tight little circles looking for a fight as some appear to be doing. Besides, it makes great chicken.
From Maryland:
I was at the Page Jackson Alumni reunion on July 26. I've been coming for years, and this is the first time that I really enjoyed myself. The entertainment was the best. I hope they repeat that for next year. I'd like to know who they were and just tell them thank you!
From Martinsburg:
If you see anyone trying to sell or pawn an 8-foot aluminum ladder with a blue plastic top and brown and white paint on it, please call the city police department. It was recently stolen from my residence.
From Martinsburg:
I don't care for Ellen speaking for J.C. Penney but it doesn't stop me from shopping there; I like its clothes. If a two-headed unicorn in a clown suit is its spokesperson, I'd still shop there.
From Charles Town:
I had wondered why it took President Obama so long to finally give the go-ahead to kill Osama bin Laden, after he had been under surveillance for more than six months. Now, we learn that Obama was argued out of giving the command three times (Jan., Feb., and March) by adviser Valerie Jarrett. And Democrats say Romney is a wimp?
From Charles Town:
Most of your federal tax dollars, by far, are spent on national security, not aid to other countries or welfare. Research: It's easy.
From Gerrardstown:
I never shop at J.C. Penney due to it supporting gays. I have, and always will, eat at Chick-fil-A. It is good to see a business with human morals to stand up for what is right. These misguided gay people who were not taught right by their parents need to remember this world is not going to put up with the nasty behavior. These poor gay people need all the prayers they can get.
From Martinsburg:
At the top of Monday's Journal is the question, "Does having black president matter?" As it relates to Obama, the answer is a resounding yes. Another four years of the overt racism practiced by him and his attorney general will have the country on the verge of a race war. On another subject, the Chick-fil-A dust up is about free speech and same sex marriage, not gay "rights." Same-sex marriage is not a right but the result of political pandering to a constituency desiring more than equal status and an aberration.
From Hedgesville:
Question to liberals criticizing Romney: Democrats controlled Congress for first two years of Obama's term, why didn't they collectively close tax loopholes and make offshore accounts illegal?
From Martinsburg:
New group starting in Martinsburg! The Martinsburg Majestics Majorette Corp will be holding registration Aug. 4 and 5 from 2-6 p.m. at Kmart. Ages 4 and up!
From Pikeside:
Did you see the woman in Monday's Journal with her sandaled foot inches away from a classic car with a very expensive paint job? One momentary balance loss and the car has a big scuff in that beautiful finish. That's why I will not put my old car in a show. Some people have no concern for others property and its value.
From Charles Town:
Is it safe to assume that the jobs that our new City Council members promised to bring to our city aren't coming?
From Inwood:
Seniors beware: Monthly personal Medicare will increase from the present $96.40 to $104.20 this year to $120 in 2013 - and a whopping $247.00 in 2014. Still in favor of Obamacare?
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From Baker Heights:
Bill Kristol, Rupert Murdoch, Antonin Scalia all say it's reasonable that there's reasonable levels for gun control. That's a conservative full house. Yes. Remember this November it is the GOP that is coming to take your guns!


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A self-described "turtle team" captured a turtle at sea - with the guidance of state officials - and removed a large fishing hook from the animal's fin off Poolenalena Beach in Makena on Thursday.
For months, there were reports of a female turtle with a fishing hook in her left front fin, said Valerie Lane Simonsen, a member of the 12-member turtle team.
She ended up bringing the plight of the turtle to state officials' attention on March 9 after seeing the turtle while swimming with family and friends at the beach.
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Divers from the "turtle team" pursue a green sea turtle with a fishing hook in its fin Thursday off Poolenalena Beach in Makena. Cory Ho'opi'iaina ended up giving the turtle a bear hug and bringing it ashore, where the hook was removed.
A fishing hook in the fin of a green sea turtle, shown after its removal, created an injury about the size of a quarter.
Skippy Hau of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, and his assistant, Linda Castro, arrived at the scene, but they could not find the injured turtle, she said. Hao left the equipment to bring the turtle to shore and to remove the hook with Simonsen.
Weather did not permit another attempt to capture the turtle until Thursday, she said. A group of people gathered that day and came up with a game plan to bring the turtle to shore.
Cory Ho'opi'iaina, an experienced diver using two oxygen scuba tanks donated by Maui Dreams Dive Co. in Kihei, swam into the ocean with a team of snorkelers and free divers. The injured turtle was located, and after several failed attempts, Ho'opi'iaina was able to wrap his arms around the turtle, pull her close to this chest and swim to shore, said Simonsen.
Once on the beach, the turtle was pulled ashore on a tarp. The team decided to cut the steel double-barbed hook out of the fin with bolt cutters. The injury site was about the size of a quarter, she said.
Following Hao's instructions, the team measured the turtle (2 feet 3 inches wide and 2 feet 6 inches long), checked for other injuries (there were none) and turned the turtle toward the ocean.
The turtle quickly moved toward the waves and disappeared into the surf, Simonsen said.
The members of the turtle team were Simonsen, Ho'opi'iaina, John Hood, Vi English, Barbara Terrill Gach, Michael Reed Gach, Kelly Livingston, Patricia Ho'opi'iaina Shaw, Diane Angela Fong, Mark Shaw, Gordon Poulson and Garth MacFarlin.
Hao said that the turtle, a threatened green sea turtle, was approachable so an attempt to capture and remove the hook was doable. Some turtles are not approachable and attempting to capture them only makes them "skittish," he added. This could become a problem if the turtle later needs to be captured by experts, possibly because it has a trailing line from a hook that could get entangled on reefs or rocks, he said.
Turtles can be a danger to the diver as well. They may bite or use their powerful fins against those approaching, Hao said. If the turtle has a trailing line, divers could find themselves entangled in it and in danger.
Each turtle is handled on a case-by-case basis, he said. In the case of the "turtle team" and its work, Hao said he did consult with other turtle experts about their efforts, including the renowned authority on turtles George Balazs.
Hao said he didn't think that the hook in the fin was life-threatening, especially because the turtle was swimming on its own, "although it looks distressing."
"So many people see that same turtle so people want to do something," he said.
Hao said that there are five or six turtles that his crew knows of with hooks in their fins. If the turtle had swallowed the hook, it would have been a different matter and likely been fatal.
The other problem with hooks is a trailing line that may get snared on a rock. Turtles need to surface for air and could drown because of the trailing line. Hao said that often officials will leave the hook but cut the line as close as possible to the hook.
People often feel a connection with turtles.
"Members of the team were offering pule (prayers) and hands on healing onto her body," said Simonsen, a naturopathic physician, after they removed the hook. "She looked me in the eye and seemed to say 'mahalo.' ''
This kind of attachment and a general "just leave them alone" attitude in recent years have played a role in the return of the turtle population. While numbers of other threatened and endangered species continue to plummet, the turtle population is growing, Hao said.
"It's a good news story for natural resource management," said Hao, who said that he would not have foreseen this resurgence 20 years ago. "It's nice to see a lot more turtles than when I was growing up."
For those coming across the injured turtles, contact Hau at 243-5294 or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Turtle Research Program on Oahu at (808) 983-5730.
NOAA also advises fishermen who hook a turtle accidentally to reel in the turtle with care, hold the turtle by the shell or flippers, cut the line close to the hook and release the animal with no line attached.
NOAA also suggests that fishermen check their bait after every nibble and to use barbless circle hooks.
For more information, go to the website www.fpir.noaa.gov.
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CHESTER-Less than a block away from an elementary school and the police department, three armed men broke into a downtown Chester apartment Monday night and robbed its occupant, Chester police said.
Police Chief Ken Thorn described the incident as a home invasion, something "definitely out of the norm" for this normally quiet community.
A Chester resident, described as a Hispanic male, was injured but refused treatment after three armed, masked men entered his second-floor apartment at 598 Carolina Ave. and apparently hit him with a baseball bat, Thorn said.
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The rear of 598 Carolina Ave., where Chester police believe three armed, masked men entered Monday night and robbed a second-floor apartment tenant. (Photo by Stephen Huba)
Thorn would not release the victim's name pending positive identification.
The suspects, also described as Hispanic men, were carrying two handguns and a baseball bat, Thorn said. They
incapacitated the victim and took cash and other items from the residence, located above Alcatraz Body Modification, a tattoo parlor, he said.
The suspects fled the area in a vehicle, possibly a 2000, or later, red Honda Civic, Thorn said.
"We have some good leads that we're following up on," Thorn said. "I'm still confident there'll be some activity on this."
The police department got the call around 9:30 p.m. Monday, but responding officers had to overcome some communication difficulties, Thorn said.
The 911 call, apparently made from a cell phone, initially went to Columbiana County, which then transferred it to the West Virginia State Police.
The call came in as a robbery on 598 Carol Street, but there is no such street in Chester, Thorn said. Officers then began checking all 598 addresses, he said.
Because the victim speaks Spanish, officers also required a translator to assist with the investigation, Thorn said.
Thorn said the victim suffered injuries to the head and upper body but refused transport to the hospital. His two roommates were not home at the time of the incident.
"We approached the rear of the building and found the victim standing there with his two friends out in the driveway," Thorn said.
City Councilman Brian Handley, in whose ward the building is located, said the incident is an unfortunate sign of the times.
"Stuff like that doesn't happen around here," he said. "It's another sign that times are changing, I guess, and not for the better. It's disheartening."
Fred Ludovici, owner of the property, said the Hispanic tenant has been living there about five months without incident. "He's getting ready to leave in a month," he said.
The building is within a block of Allison Elementary School and the Chester Police Department.


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Erie Zoo still committed to leopards
The leopard lounged in his exhibit Wednesday afternoon, his lean body lazily draped across a rock.
It was a serene scene, so different from the chaos he caused just two days before, when he fatally attacked a potential mate.
Edgar came to the Erie Zoo in 2009 and quickly became the newest furry face of what had already been an extremely successful leopard breeding program.
The program began in 1997 with two leopards, a male, Muran, imported from Germany, and Kia, a female from the Minnesota Zoo.
In the years that followed, the pair produced nine of 10 cubs that have been born at the zoo; the 10th was a product of Muran and another female brought to the zoo in 2005.
Those 10 cubs were sent to zoos across the country and Canada, and have since produced seven cubs of their own, said Cindy Kreider, the zoo's executive director. Muran is now at the Bronx Zoo, Kia at the Oregon Zoo.
The zoo remains committed to furthering the program, though Edgar will no longer be physically paired with any female as a result of the attack, Kreider said.
Edgar, a 5-year-old leopard who was donated to the zoo from Estonia, killed a 7-year-old female, Lina, during an attempt to breed the two. Her body will now be mounted and put on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Kreider said.
Kreider is the North American coordinator for the Species Survival Plan for Amur leopards, a program aimed at managing the health and population of the critically endangered cats. It falls to her to decide what the zoo will do next.
Edgar might be moved to another zoo. His sperm may be used to artificially inseminate a female leopard, a process that might take place here or at another zoo in February or May, she said. If that happens and is successful, it would be the first successful artificial insemination of an Amur leopard.
In any case, the zoo will acquire other Amur leopards, Kreider said.
"We're definitely committed to the program," she said. "We just have to make some adjustments."
Edgar and Lina had been paired together before for potential breeding without incident. Before putting them together Monday, staff had gone through a process Kreider called "howdy-ing," introducing the cats slowly, in two different spaces separated by mesh.
Attacks aren't common, but they aren't unheard of, especially between cats and other carnivores, she said.
"They're very dangerous," Kreider said. "They're predators. This is how they kill their prey in the wild. Why he would do that to one of his own, we'll never know."
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WQED AND PBS LearningMedia LAUNCH NEW DIGITAL EDUCATION SERVICE WITH WORLD-CLASS CONTENT FROM PUBLIC MEDIA AND ITS PARTNERS
Free Innovative Classroom-Ready Media Available to Every Teacher and Student Across Southwest Pennsylvania
June 29, 2011
George Hazimanolis
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WQED AND PBS LearningMedia LAUNCH NEW DIGITAL EDUCATION SERVICE WITH WORLD-CLASS CONTENT FROM PUBLIC MEDIA AND ITS PARTNERS
Free Innovative Classroom-Ready Media Available
to Every Teacher and Student Across Southwest Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH—To foster classroom innovation and engagement, PBS member station WQED today launched PBS LearningMedia (pbslearningmedia.org), a free service for all teachers, students and families in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania created in collaboration with PBS and WGBH, and their producing partners WNET and KET. In addition to a rich public media library, PBS LearningMedia has content contributed from other publicly funded organizations, including the National Archives, the Library of Congress and NPR, as well as content funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Education, to deliver thousands of resources for use in the classroom and with home-schoolers.
"WQED is pleased to offer this new service to teachers, daycare providers, and parents," said Deborah L. Acklin, WQED President & CEO. "At wqed.org we host hours of educational content online and provide 12 hours-a-day of free, educational children's television programming on WQED-TV. With PBS LearningMedia WQED will enhance our level of service to the community and be able to offer invaluable free resources to these community partners at their fingertips."
"As America's largest classroom, PBS and our local stations are helping to re-imagine classroom learning and is partnering with our producers and teachers to engage students to accelerate academic achievement," said Paula Kerger, PBS President and CEO. "PBS LearningMedia is a key part of the solution to one of the nation's biggest challenges – improving student progress to build our future workforce."
Delivering unprecedented access to a robust digital library aligned to Common Core State Standards and available to all preK-16 classrooms, PBS LearningMedia is the next generation in digital media platforms with high-quality content drawn from more than 1,500 public media producers, 350 local stations, such as WGBH's NOVA science series among many others, and a growing list of other contributors.
Beginning today, teachers and students in Southwestern Pennsylvania have immediate access for their lesson and homework to more than 14,000 research-based instructional resources – including videos, interactives, images, audio files, mobile apps, lesson plans, and worksheets.
"Our iQ:smart media strategy at WQED focuses on the ability of teachers to easily – and effectively - incorporate educational media into their classroom. PBS LearningMedia is yet another amazing tool to support 21st century classrooms that innovate with media," says Jennifer Stancil, Executive Director of Educational Partnerships. "We can't wait to see its impact on Pennsylvania's students."
Combining dynamic and engaging instructional content with professional development support, PBS LearningMedia empowers educators to create media-rich curriculum lessons that meet the needs of 21st century learners. Through PBS LearningMedia, teachers can:
• quickly and easily find relevant resources, localized to their needs, to differentiate instruction for a diverse range of learners;
• personalize the site by tagging resources and share ideas, recommendations and comments on how they've used media assets in their teaching with their professional learning networks via email or social media tools, such as Facebook and Twitter; and
• develop "class pages" - curated content lists - for student viewing, feedback and instruction on interactive white boards and school-based intranets and other networking tools.
The PBS LearningMedia platform also offers a flexible infrastructure designed for customization and seamless media integration into existing services provided by state and local school district systems.
Currently, WQED and PBS LearningMedia are co-branding with 34 local PBS stations around the country.
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Non Ass Raping Organization (NARO) Clandestine military organization formed in 2003 to prevent unwanted sexual hazing of its members. Ironically, the organization uses reciprocal sexual assault that often reaches bizarre and unusual levels to punish perpetrators.
It's going down NARO style!
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The thread is "Should visors be mandatory in the NHL."
His post was:
It's pretty clear he is saying in regards to visors he thinks it should be 100% a players choice. He made no claims about other sports or other protective equipment. Your post claiming he's saying NFL players shouldn't have to wear helmets has nothing to do with his statement.
You either misinterpreted what he was saying or misrepresented it just to argue. I'm not going to diagram it out for you any more than that so I suggest you drop it.
I'm sorry, but you are wrong. He did not say "as far as hockey goes" and separate why hockey players should have the option of choosing to play with or without protective equipment. He stated "grown men playing a tough sport" as his basis for the visor being optional. So I called BS cuz I think that's a poor basis for reason. I think its the same one that caused goalies to go without masks and players without helmets. Its dangerous in my opinion. And I was the one saying "so NFL players shouldn't have to wear a helmet if they don't want to because they are grown men in a tough sport?". He never said that. I was responding to his reasoning and questioning it. That's all.


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Saturday, November 2, 2013
Wando High School is proud to announce that 10 of their seniors are National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists for 2014 and nine seniors have achieved commended status.
The 10 semifinalists are among the academically talented high school seniors who will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for 8,000 scholarships worth about $35 million to be offered next spring.
Semifinalists are determined by their score on the 2012 Preliminary SAT (PSAT). The nationwide pool represents less than one percent of U. S. High School Seniors and includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.
Besides maintaining an outstanding academic record in high school, each of Wando High School semifinalists is to be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay and earn SAT scores that confirm his or her earlier performance on the PSAT.
The commended students are among the top five percent in the national testing pool for the 2012 PSAT. The commended students are: Danielle Cox, Anna Crawford, Regan Dougherty, Katherine Frain, Josiah Hulsey, David McElveen, Olivia Newman, Kishan Patel and Sarah Russell.
The semifinalists are Rachel Nuzum, Anna Blyth, Sydney Cowert, Dylan Thorp, Samuel Crain, Andrew Kilby, Garret Bell, Alexander Tuk, Jessica Ikonomidis and Alexander McArthur.
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Clarence, W.S. West crowned
Bryan Jost scored 16 points, distributed five assists and took home MVP honors in the Amherst Tournament as Clarence beat the host school, 58-52, in boys basketball.
Bobby Florio was also in the giving mood with eight assists to earn all-tournament honors, while Luke Craven added nine points and six rebounds. Alex Turecki scored 17 points for Amherst.
Elsewhere, Nick Clancy led all scorers with 22 points, including a pair of three-pointers, to lift West Seneca West to a 52-38 triumph over Pioneer and the championship of the Pioneer Motorsport Tournament. Clancy earned MVP honors.
Catholic wins Park Tourney
In girls basketball, tournament MVP Danielle Devole had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Marina Campbell scored 11 in Niagara Catholic's 34-33 win over Park in the title game of the Park Tournament
The Patriots had a nine-point lead heading into the fourth quarter then held back a furious rally by Park.
Starpoint's Erica Bradley and Jennifer Faulker led the Spartans to the Roy-Hart Tournament championship by beating Tonawanda, 60-34. Bradley was named the tournament's MVP after scoring 14 points, while Faulkner added 11 points to earn all-tourney honors.
Sweet Home beats Lew-Port
Sweet Home remained unbeaten at 4-0 after Connor Zak fired in the game-winner in the Panthers, 2-1, victory over Lew-Port in WNY Federation boys hockey.
In a non-league matchup, Mike SantaMaria scored the winner to lift Clarence to a 2-1 triumph over Mamaroneck.
North Tonawanda goalie Kyle Painter recorded the shutout, while Marty Clark scored two goals and added an assist and Andrew Walck and Curtis Swan added a goal each in the Lumberjacks' 7-0 romp over Amherst.


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A Sept. 13 Tomahawk Leader Editorial:
Tomahawk's Girl Scouts went into the Tomahawk School District Building and Grounds meeting with the potential of owing more than $2,500 a year in usage fees this coming year if troops continue to hold weekly meetings at the Tomahawk schools. They left with a recommendation of a one-year, flat-fee compromise of $700.
That still would be a chunk of change - a lot of Girl Scout cookies, if you will.
In these days of tight budgets, the school district should be commended in its efforts to seek ways to cover additional costs it's incurring through the presence of outside groups. A standardized building usage fee, no doubt, makes sense. And $7 per hour for the lowest fee doesn't sound extreme.
That is, unless, you're someone like the Girl Scouts - a group that never had to pay anything before - which have eight troop meetings per week in various parts of the school complex. Suddenly that new $7 per hour per room fee is multiplied by one and a half hours, and then by 30-plus meetings a year, and then multiplied eight times more for the eight different troop and you're looking at a $2,500-plus bill.
As spokesperson and leader J.J. Schiltz observed, "... There's just no way we can afford it. There's absolutely no way we can afford that kind of money!"
Quite frankly, we worry that the new fee will be a strain on many non-profit organizations once they realize the impact. The Girl Scouts, who would see their cookie completely crumble, are just the first because they use the building so much.
We agree with another Girl Scout advocate, Rejeana Ebert, that youth-driven non-profits warrant another tier in the school district's building usage rates. And, since the Girl Scouts meet right after school is dismissed, it seems logical to look at them in yet another light. Evening usage and weekend use probably warrant more significant charges. But, the 3:30 to 5 p.m. time slot when the Girls Scouts meet is basically an extension of the regular school day.
If a fee must be charged, we hope it's nominal - certainly nothing like the $2,500 as it stands right now, and we hope it ends up far less than even the $700 special flat fee that is being discussed.


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The Musical Conquest of the New WorldWhen it came to music in the Americas, the British and Spanish imperial campaigns spread beauty, not destruction. Mexican and South American cathedral archives contain many jewels composed in the Spaniish late Renaissance style of Morales and Victoria. Choral music written in North America was much more tied to the British cathedral tradition. Composers such as Leo Sowerby and Healey Willan developed a distinctively American style without fully relinquishing their "old country" roots. 03/03/2013 - 03/09/201303/03 - 8:00 pm03/08 - 8:00 pm03/09 - 8:00 pmLocation: variouswebsite
Multiple Perspectives: Music by Mozart, Britten & CageChatham's Faculty/ Guest Artist Recital series presents pianist Pauline Rovkah with the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roger Zahab in Mozart's Piano Concerto in d, K 466; and solo works by Britten and Cage.03/03/2013Time: 7:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Young Winners RecitalA joint recital program featuring young pianists Songela Chen, Cody Piper, Sisi Tang, soprano Jessica Snyder accompanied by Walter Morales, and baritone Justin Morrison with pianist Hyery Hwang.03/03/2013Time: 2:00 pmKresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Noah Bendix-Balgley with David Allen WehrPCMS presents the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's new concertmaster, Noah Bendix-Balgley, in recital. Mr. Bendix-Balgley won 1st prize at the Vibrarte International Music Competition and the International Violin Competition "Andrea Postacchini." He'll be accompanied by pianist David Allen Wehr who holds the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair at Duquesne University and who has collected numerous prestigious awards throughout his performing career. 03/05/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Priscilla Queen of the DesertThe uplifting story of a three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. An international hit with over 500 dazzling, 2011 Tony-winning costumes, Priscilla features a hit parade of dance-floor favorites including "It's Raining Men," "Finally" and "I Will Survive." 03/05/2013 - 03/10/2013Time: variousBenedum Center, 237 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Symphony EastSymphony East has its business meeting at 11 AM, lunch at noon, and a free public musical program with singer Claudia Benack and pianist Deana Muro at 1 PM.03/06/2013Time: 1:00 pmLocation: Redstone Highlands, 4951 Cline Hollow Road, Murrysville, PAwebsite
ThurgoodIn 1967, Thurgood Marshall became our first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Ted Pappas directs this exuberant one-man play which tells Thurgood's story in his own words – from humble beginnings as a waiter in Baltimore, to behind the scenes with leaders such as General MacArthur, Robert Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson, to his triumphant rise to the highest court in the land. A journey of epic proportions, Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr., is an eye-opening, humorous, and uplifting portrait of a true American hero. 03/07/2013 - 04/07/2013O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Music 101 - Alison Peters Fujito"Never Say Never" is an informal lecture/performance by PSO Violinist Alison Peters Fujito. She'll discuss her career and respond to questions from the audience in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms.03/07/2013Time: 12:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
UnspokenA program of captivating choreography by three masters, George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, and Mark Morris. Featuring Tudor's Lilac Garden, Balanchine's dynamic classical work, Valse Fantasie, and Mark Morris' Drink toMe Only With Thine Eyes, this choreography speaks in ways words cannot.03/08/2013 - 03/17/2013Location: August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Mozart & BartokConducting favorite Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos returns. Mozart's Serenade No. 6 is a delightful orchestration for two small ensembles. Powerhouse pianist, Shai Wosner makes his PSO debut with Mozart's Concerto No. 15. Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is one of the composer's most popular works, in which each section of instruments plays a virtuosic role. 03/08/201303/08 - 8:00 pm03/10 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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50+: Live Better, Longer
Most Drug-Related Hospitalizations Due to Handful of Drugs
Nov. 23, 2011 -- Just a few medicines are responsible for a majority of the emergency hospitalizations for bad events related to medication use in older U.S. adults, according to new research.
Each year in the U.S., there are nearly 100,000 emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in adults 65 and older, says researcher Daniel S. Budnitz, MD, MPH, director of the CDC's Medication Safety Program.
"The most significant finding of this study was [that] of the thousands of medicines available to older adults, it's really a small group ... that causes two-thirds of the hospitalizations," he tells WebMD.
The blood thinner warfarin, insulin, oral anti-platelets such as aspirin, and oral diabetes drugs led the list.
"Both blood thinners and diabetes medicines are critical drugs that can be lifesaving," Budnitz says. However, he says that ''these are medications that you do need to pay attention to," being sure the dose and timing are correct, among other measures.
High-risk medications, such as narcotics, only accounted for about 1% of the hospitalizations, the researchers found.
The study is published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Tracking Bad Events From Drugs
The researchers used data collected between 2007 and 2009 from 58 hospitals around the country. The facilities participate in the CDC's drug event surveillance project.
The researchers looked at how often an adult 65 or older was hospitalized after emergency department visits for adverse drug events.
The researchers estimated that 265,802 visits to emergency departments for adverse drug events occurred each year from 2007 to 2009 for adults 65 or older.
Over a third of these visits, or nearly 100,000, required hospitalization. About half of the patients hospitalized were age 80 or older.
Unintentional overdose of medication was the most common reason, accounting for nearly two-thirds of hospitalizations.
When Budnitz's team looked at the medicines most likely to cause problems, they found:
- 33%, or 33,171 hospitalizations, involved warfarin, a blood thinner used to prevent clots.
- 14%, or 13,854 hospitalizations, involved insulin.
- 13%, or 13,263 hospitalizations, involved oral anti-platelet drugs, such as aspirin.
- 11%, or 10,656 hospitalizations, involved oral diabetes drugs.


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Greensboro, NC -- Bennett College in Greensboro welcomed its newest president on Monday.
Rosalind Fuse-Hall is the 17th president at Bennett College and will replace Dr. Esther Terry, an alumna who has been serving as interim president since Dr. Julianne Malveaux left in 2012. Dr. Fuse-Hall's first day on the job as president was today.
A news release from Bennett College said Fuse-Hall's experience in higher education spans nearly 25 years. Previously, she was chief of staff to the president and an interim director at Florida A&M University and worked at North Carolina Central University as the executive assistant to the chancellor.
Bennett College provided the following information about Fuse-Hall:
President-elect Fuse-Hall has worked for the University of North Carolina (UNC) system as the corporate secretary to the Board of Governors; associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill; and director of minority affairs at St. Lawrence University.
Fuse-Hall is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and Rutgers School of Law. She began her professional career as a judicial law clerk with the Honorable William H. Walls, and then as staff attorney in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the New York Regional Office.
She is married to Dr. Jarvis Hall, associate professor at NCCU; they are the parents of Ifetoya, a graduating senior at UNC Chapel Hill.
Bennett College was founded in 1873 and is one of two historically black women's colleges in the country. Their total enrollment is 766 full-time and part-time students, according to the school's website.
In May 2013, the college ordered six furlough days for staff during the next two months to help close a budget deficit.


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Men, What Would Your Kids Say About Your and Your Wife's Marriage?
Here are three cringe-worthy actions your kids may see you doing that you should stop immediately. read more
Does Sex Have a Spiritual Side?
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This article is not meant to bring condemnation to parents, but to awaken us to our responsibilities as we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in the nurturing of our children. read more
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Don't seek marital strife; simply be ready for it. read more
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In prayer, many tend to miss the point. read more
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I'm curious. For all the people who are insisting with aggressive opinions that Yandle and/or Bouwmeester are elite/suck/average/etc...how many people actually consistently watch either of them? I know just typing "I dunno" isn't as fun but really how much do we know?
I think the proof is all over the place. I've lurked around on a lot of Wings forums and if you want a good laugh, go look at some of the know-it-alls insisting smugly that Ian White was garbage and shouldn't be here. I saw people questioning Dan Cleary, with the usual illogical "well he sucked before, he can't ever be good somewhere else" stupidity. I've seen people chew crow on signings or trades so often I just laugh when we wipe our memories and have another go at playing pretend expert like it never happened.
And for anyone who might actually watch either of the two consistently, not to sound like a dick but how many would even be able to judge their ability to play or fit in here? We can hardly even make up our mind about our own players. It's one thing to simply state what you think but it's hilarious when people pursue silly shouting matches over guys they don't even watch.
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"I've done that before," she told Rolling Stone of going out with regular men. "It's not that they have to be famous, although there's a level of understanding when they're in the same business, you know?"
She added: "They understand what it means when you're tired from a show or the tour's exhausting you or if an interview went wrong – they know all the ins and outs, so you can just walk in to the house with a certain face and they understand, you know?"
Though she may prefer famous guys, the "Dark Horse" singer went on to say that what she really looks for in a man is his interest in music.
"What I really like is someone that understands music, because I love music," she said. "So anybody that understands the power of music, I'm usually instantly attracted to."
The 29-year-old, who's rumored to be dating DJ Diplo after splitting from off-and-on boyfriend John Mayer in March, added that she's learned one very important lesson from her 2012 divorce from Russell Brand.
"Now I know – first and foremost, self-love, and then give love away," she said. "Back then it was mostly just me giving love away with no self-love."
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If anyone asks a woman with long curly hair that enjoys a straight sleek look this question will be a very short and sweet answer, yes. Most people don't realize the amount of time is spent to achieve the straight and sleek look with any hair type, the amount of time it takes when starting with curly hair is almost doubled. There really is no question about whether or not you deserve a good straightener, well until you start shopping for a straightener that will deserve to be called the best! So what is it that makes the wonderful straighteners the ones a woman can't live without? Is it the heat? Is it the design? Is it a combination? Is it the way it makes your hair feel? (As crazy as that sounds it really does make a difference.) Most likely it is a combination of all of the above! When we start really shopping there is a certain price mark that separates the good from the best, what makes them deserve this separation? Does it really matter? What ever it is that makes it the best hair straightener can be argued all day every day, the thing that can't be is that they do live up to their name of being the best. At the end of the day that really is all that is important!
So now to the real question, why do you deserve the best hair straightener? There are many different straighteners that will do the job on a different level or maybe even on the same level with double the time needed to preform. Why do we choose to pay double the price for one of the best straighteners? The question is easily answered if you had one of the best straighteners in the past. Once you have owned one of the best straighteners there is absolutely no going back to any other options!
Let's think about the amount of time you have to get ready every morning. Most of us have about an hour to get ready and out the door every morning. Keep in mind this does not include getting kids ready or having our morning coffee or even eating breakfast. Using just any straightener will most likely not preform in this amount of time leaving you with a half created look on an every day basis. Because of this result most of us choose to loose sleep to save a few dollars on our straightener. We choose to get up even earlier so we can go over our entire head multiple times to ensure a straight and sleek look. Now that we have chosen to use a not the best straightener and chosen to loose an extra 30 minutes to an hour of sleep to ensure we look our best on a daily basis, we then have to choose to loose more sleep to get the kids ready or enjoy our morning coffee or even just eat breakfast before we rush out the door to start our day.
Now that we have discussed the choices and sacrifices we make when using the not so great straighteners, let's talk about the choice to use a best hair straightener available. By making the simple to change to pay an extra $50 – $100 one time this will save us about an hour every morning! When using one of the best straighteners you will be able to achieve a wonderful straight and sleek hair style that you have been searching for in about 15 minutes even with super thick and curly hair! Using this method you can be ready to walk out the door in about 30 minutes. Not only are you saving a ton of time but your hair will look so much more shiny and healthy. While we are not sure why this happens it always does! Now we can have us and the kids ready and out the door in an hour.
With the amount of time saved once you start using a best hair straightener instead of just a hair straightener you will be amazed with the results and the amount of time left to make the kids look wonderful too!Read More


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Wearing a white lace dress, the pop star ran into a table of business associates having dinner in the garden and stopped to catch up before heading inside to the bustling bar to meet up with friends.
The recently single singer "was all smiles and in great spirits," an onlooker tells PEOPLE. "She had hellos for everyone at the table. She was adorable and spoke to them in a character-like cutesy voice before making her exit about five minutes later."
Things were calm for Tom Hardy, who was also at the Soho House the same Wednesday evening.
The Dark Knight Rises actor was spotted "having a nice time with a small group of friends around the bar area," an onlooker says. "He was chatting away and listening to stories while he sipped on a cocktail."
"He looked like he was enjoying a very low-key night out," the source adds.
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A really sweet, FINE looken girl
Hey, miss-uh i nutted my pants
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A sweet, honest, nice, fine looking girl. She's everything you'd ever want, the person who will care for you and will treat her friends like family. She is super nice and loves nature. She's someone you wouldn't ever want to hurt. She cares too much but is lovable!
She's my missa!
Beküldő: awesomegottoknows! 2010. szeptember 15.
the nickname my friends gave me that is short for melissa.
friends: hey missa, wanna smoke an L
missa: sure do.
missa: sure do.
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A cool way to say "Mister."
Originated by Tatiana. I heard her say "Missa Ito!!!! Help me wit this!"
Originated by Tatiana. I heard her say "Missa Ito!!!! Help me wit this!"
Yo, Missa Dewees looks like Missa Ito!
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never mind she dun changed
DanT is heart broken cuz of missa
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CHARLESTON - A former chairman of West Virginia's Democratic Party formally announced Tuesday his intent to run for Congress in the state's second congressional district, according to a press release.
Nick Casey, of Kanawha County, said his 2014 platform will focus on energy, infrastructure and jobs, as well as getting "past the gridlock and partisanship" in Washington, D.C., according to the release.
"We need more problem-solving and to refocus our priorities," Casey said. "Our state and nation has critical infrastructure needs, lacks a clear energy policy, and our people need good jobs. I am running for Congress to represent the good people of West Virginia and help address their needs."
Casey is a managing partner of the law firm Lewis, Glasser, Casey and Rollins. He is a certified public accountant, treasurer-elect of the American Bar Association and an active volunteer with Catholic Charities of West Virginia. Nick is a lifelong resident of West Virginia and he currently lives in Charleston with his wife, Mary Frances, of 37 years. They have two children, Erin and Anthony, who live in West Virginia.
The seat is currently occupied by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who announced last year that she will run for U.S. Senate in 2014.
Other candidates who have announced their intent to run for the seat include Matt Dunn, a Democrat from Jefferson County; Larry V. Faircloth, a Republican from Berkeley County; and Jim Moss, a Republican from Putnam County.
Democrats Rod Snyder, of Jefferson County, and Delegate Doug Skaff, of Kanawha County, are also considering running for the seat, according to reports.
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"Atari Safari" is an addendum to the Palma Sutra, the ancient vedic discourse on self-pleasure. An Atari Safari is when you climb inside an arcade-size video game and replace the joystick with your own and hope that the next player gets the high score.
Roger thought he was just playing Burgertime, but he was really on an Atari Safari.
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