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A) •Most employers of lower-wage workers say that while these workers do acquire the needed skills over time, they are not prepared when they are first hired.
B) •A large majority of employers report that additional job training and general education are very important for lower-wage workers' career advancement, but many lower-wage workers disagree about the importance of additional training and education for getting ahead in their careers.
C) •Employers are offering a range of training programs and benefits to their lower-wage workers, but not many employers offer benefits that lead to portable skills or education the worker can use to advance his or her career outside their current company.
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4) •There is evidence of widespread under-utilization of training programs. Lower-wage workers are not taking advantage of employer-sponsored or government sponsored benefits.
5) •In spite of widespread national attention on these issues, most workers and employers place the responsibility for getting ahead on individual workers.
6) Compared to national averages, lower-wage workers are far less likely to be satisfied in their job or to feel valued for the work they do. Lower-wage workers perceive few opportunities for advancement moving forward and many have not yet advanced in their current jobs. Pessimism is especially acute among whites and younger workers.
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Dagmara Wozniak is exhausted, but enjoying her mini-vacation. It's been a whirlwind few weeks for the 24-year-old from Avenel, who is getting ready to finish her degree in biology at St. John's University.
Oh, and she's also , three weeks removed from competing in the Women's Individual Sabre Fencing competition at the London Olympic Games, where she advanced to the quarterfinals of the 32-woman tournament on a partially torn Achilles tendon.
One can understand why she's enjoying the time off between the Closing Ceremonies and the first day of class in Queens.
"It's a pretty amazing experience," Wozniak ("Daga" to friends and family) said of the whirlwind two weeks in London. "It kind of feels like the highlight of my life right now."
Wozniak, who was born in Wroclaw, Poland, emigrated to the United States with her parents Irena and Gregory and older sister Zuzanna when she was just a year old, the family settling in Avenel. "At that time the Soviet Union fell apart and my parents wanted to start anew, so they came to the U.S.," Wozniak explained.
She first took up fencing at age 9, joining the Polish American Fencing School in Linden and learning from founder and head coach Janusz Mlynek, her coach for the next six years. "I tried gymnastics and karate, but fencing just stuck," said Wozniak. "I thought it was interesting. I thought it was different. It helped that I could be exposed to a lot of Polish kids – the friends that I made when I first started, I still talk to them to this day, thirteen years later."
When she decided she wanted to get into competitive fencing while attending school at Colonia High School (she graduated in 2006), Wozniak moved on to training in New York at the Manhattan Fencing Club. "School would finish at 2:30 and I would be on the next train at 3:00, eating my lunch, trying to study on the train." Wozniak would then spend the rest of the afternoon and evening honing her craft.
"My mom would come pick me up in Manhattan around 10 and I would study in the car or sleep in the car and get home and study," said Wozniak.
Wozniak's family naturally played a large role in her rise as a world-class fencer. Both of her parents were able to make it to London to watch her compete ("We used pretty much all of my miles to get them over," she noted with a laugh.)
"My parents have worked hard and continue to support me in any way that they can, I owe basically everything to them," Wozniak said. It was Wozniak's mother's battle with cancer that instilled a never-give-up attitude that she takes to the fencing strip. "She never cracked, she never fell apart, she never cried," said Wozniak of her mother's battle. "She kept a fighting face no matter how much pain she was going through with all the chemo and radiation treatment. That's why whenever I get hurt in practice, I always try to push through, because I don't want to give up or show that I am in pain."
Fighting through pain is something Wozniak is familiar with. Shortly after the Olympics, she revealed she had been fencing with a partially torn Achilles tendon that she likely had been dealing with since last winter. "I had one day in London, I had this moment where it was a lot to take in and I thought it wasn't going to happen," she said, referencing whether the injury could have kept her from competing. "But on the day of the competition – through what miracle, I don't know – I didn't feel any pain," noting that surgery may not even be necessary.
Wozniak was named a substitute for the women's sabre competition in Beijing in 2008, but never got a chance to compete. The individual women's sabre event was swept by Woziak's teammates, with Mariel Zagunis taking gold, Sada Jacobson bringing home silver, and Becca Ward capturing the bronze. While Wozniak was thrilled for her teammates, not getting a chance to compete was difficult, though she made the best of it.
"As painful as it was not getting the chance to compete, I understand the situation," said Wozniak. "I was grateful for the experience, for meeting people I could keep in contact with for the next four years. I met a lot of athletes who were in the same position I was. It was amazing, but when I was trying to qualify [for London] I was telling myself, 'You did the whole sitting on the sidelines thing,' and I didn't want that to happen again."
After getting a taste of the Olympic experience in 2008, Wozniak was ready to take in everything the 2012 Games had to offer. "The Opening Ceremonies was incredible, walking out, having so many people cheer for you," said Wozniak. "You felt like you were part of something much bigger than yourself, or the sport. A lot of us felt like ambassadors for the country. You have to represent yourself well but you've worked hard and you've earned the position to be there."
Wozniak's teammate and friend Mariel Zagunis was chosen to be the flag bearer for the United States Olympic Team, an honor not lost on Wozniak. "Being right behind her and watching her walk, you feel like it's surreal. You almost feel like you're not really there," she said of walking into the Opening Ceremony behind Zagunis.
Five days after the Opening Ceremony, it was time for Wozniak to get to work, stepping up to the strip to represent the United States in the Women's Individual Sabre competition.
"Everything was like, 'Is this really happening? Is this really going on right now?'" said Wozniak. "People dream of being at the Olympics. I've worked so hard, I've dreamt about this. I've replayed these actions so many times in my head. Now it's just a matter of putting it into play."
Wozniak noted it was the first bout – against Egyptian Salma Mahran – that she was most nervous about. "The first bout I had, I knew I was much higher ranked than her but I had never fenced her before, so you know statistically you should be the one who comes out on top, but financially maybe she be able to travel to World Championships or she could be a hidden star. So I knew no matter what the rank, I can't underestimate anybody and just fence the bout of my life every time."
Wozniak knew she had to keep her emotions in check or it'd be a quick competition. "The first half of the bout, it was pretty even. I told myself I really need to buckle down and just finish it, or else I'm going to be in trouble," Wozniak said. Buckle down she did, defeating Mahran by a score of 15-6 to move on to the Round of 16 against Azza Besbes of Tunisia.
"I knew that was going to be a hard bout," said Wozniak, who had a match with Besbes earlier in her career. "At the World Cup in London, I was up about 12-8 [against Besbes] and I lost 15-13, so I knew the same thing could happen and I had to keep fighting for the next touch."
With the score 13-13 in the match against Besbes in London, Wozniak said she took the time to again buckle down and fight for the next two points – which she scored, advancing to the quarterfinals.
"As much as you're fencing someone else, you're also having a personal battle with yourself," Wozniak explained. "It was a whirlwind of emotion. To see that victory and that it was in my direction, it was amazing." The moment she notched the win is captured in one of the enduring images from the London Olympic games – Wozniak, with her sword in her left and hand her mask in her right, letting out a scream, the intensity of the moment apparent and captured in a single photograph. "It was an emotional hump, and I got over it and finished the bout – that's why I kind of cried a little at the end."
The victory over Besbes bought Wozniak into the quarterfinals of the tournament, where she faced Sophia Velikaia of Russia. "I knew if I had to upset anybody in the competition, it was going to be her," said Wozniak of the 2nd-ranked women's sabre fencer in the world. "Usually when she fences me, the score is 15-5, 15-6 – she just destroys me."
The match was a lot closer than their previous battles, however, and Wozniak was able to push the eventual silver medalist to the limit before falling, 15-13. "I knew all I could do is put up as good a fight as I can. I think I made a lot of technical mistakes," said Wozniak of the bout. "She was fencing very well."
With the London Olympic Games now a memory, Wozniak is looking forward to making her mark on the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. And while there wasn't a team event in the Olympics this year (Wozniak and her teammates won a bronze medal in the Women's Team Sabre Competition at the Fencing World Championships in Kiev – their second consecutive bronze), there will be a team event for her to compete in come 2016, in addition to the individual competition. "I'm really looking forward to hopefully my girls will stick around, because I've never been more comfortable," said Wozniak of teammates Zagunis, Daria Schneider, and Ibtihaj Muhammad. "I know as a team we can definitely win a medal."
In between now and then, there are numerous competitions to participate in and a biology degree to earn. Those interested in keeping up can follow Wozniak on Twitter or "like" her fan page on Facebook, both of which she updates regularly with photos and information, including photos from the Olympics.
And when the Olympic Games in Rio finally do come around, Wozniak has one clear goal.
"I definitely want to become a world champion," she said. "I have three years to do that, so I'm going to try my best. What happened in London has really rekindled my passion for fencing. It was the first time that I felt like I actually deserve to be on that strip."


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Casilla's ability to move over to SS (where he is just fine) should not be overlooked by Gardenhire as that can mean the difference between having a legitimate bench bat and having Nishioka to start the season. Leaving aside who constitutes a "legitimate bench bat" amongst the minor league acquisitions this offseason (why no Derrek Lee?), the Twins have Plouffe as an emergency in-game SS if Carroll and Casilla are hurt/out in the same game. Maybe Burroughs (L), Bates (R), Pearce (R), or even Ramirez (R) could be used off the bench. In fact, if Hughes is injured to begin the season, and they do what they should with Nishioka and start him at Rochester, the Twins would have two empty roster spots.
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I found a Japanese sporting website talking about Tsuyoshi Nishioka's offseason workout regimen in Japan. Unfortunately it was in Japanese. Bing's fine web-page translation is below:Saw another article on that site talking about the breakup of his marriage to model Naoko Tokuzawa . It appears he arranged for a hook-up with another model around spring training time last season while his wife was five months pregnant. Guessing the family drama may have factored into his crappy season, too. At least now with a divorce pending we know where most of that $9 million contract will end up.
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Based on the experience of the first year was too eager, Nishioka was "maybe too flew last year. Increased tone in open warfare. Stout and more, and actively want to continue playing "and stressed. (Joint)"
One note on translations - Nishioka knows there's no spot on the team for a "Futility Infielder," right?
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WILLOW CREEK (AP) — A moderate earthquake hit a mountainous region of Northern California on Tuesday night. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
A magnitude 5.2 temblor struck at 8:03 p.m., centered about 11 miles southeast of the town of Willow Creek in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake originated about 11 miles below the surface on an unmapped fault, said USGS seismologist David Oppenheimer.
Because of its depth, few aftershocks were felt, scientists said. About three were recorded, with the largest measuring a magnitude 2.4, the USGS reported.
Officials in Shasta, Trinity and Humboldt counties said there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, although many residents said they felt the shaking.
The quake was felt as far north as Crescent City near the Oregon state line and as far south as Mendocino County, according to citizen reports posted on the USGS Web site.
Mary Daher, owner of the Bigfoot Motel in Willow Creek, said the quake lasted 10 seconds or less.
"It was pretty quick, and it was pretty strong," she said. "It wasn't like one of those rolling earthquakes. It was just a jolt."
She said she and her guests headed outside quickly, but she was not aware of any damage.
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The report charges the RSS with running a parallel government that minutely supervised the smallest detail in the events leading up to the demolition of the Babri Masjid. The RSS, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, the BJP etc. collectively formed an "immense and awesome entity with a shrewd brain, a wide encompassing sweep and the crushing strength of a mob."
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foreman, 292 Gearhart Road, Pulaski, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and guests at a reception at Ciminero's Banquet Centre, Niles, Ohio, hosted by their sons and their wives.
The former Linda Jean Calvert and Foreman were married April 28, 1960, in Lawrenceville, Ill., at the First Christian Church by the Rev. Morgan R. Sly.
Foreman is a son of the late Everett and Dorothy Foreman, Russelville, Ill.
His wife is a daughter of the late Maurice and Magdalene Calvert, Lawrenceville.
Their sons are Stanley, Norfolk, Va.; Alan and his wife Mary, Stafford, Va.; Stephen and his wife Bevin, Oakdale, Pa.; and Aaron and his wife Kathi Jo, Howland, Ohio.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foreman, 292 Gearhart Road, Pulaski, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and guests at a reception at Ciminero's Banquet Centre, Niles, Ohio, hosted by their sons and their wives.
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"Just change the name and bring this dish along to the next party, and you are guaranteed to be getting noticed. This taco dip is simple and lasting. Make a day or two before and just heat it up 15 minutes before serving. Be prepared for compliments!!! Serve with tortilla chips."
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- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the ground buffalo until the meat is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1 cup water and taco seasoning. Reduce heat to low and simmer until reduced, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place the cream cheese and 1/4 cup water in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl; heat in the microwave, stirring occasionally, until softened and easily spread, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Spread the cooled buffalo meat on the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan or baking dish, then spread the cream cheese mixture over the meat. Pour the salsa in an even layer over the cream cheese, and top with the Cheddar cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese melts and is bubbly, about 15 minutes.
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I made this for hubby to take (and bake) at work. While making it, there seemed to be a ton of cheese on this, but hubby likes cheese so I used it all. His and his co-workers' comments were that they loved it, and that it was very cheesy but they didn't mind that. Two men suggested having jarred sliced jalapenos on the side for those wishing to add them. One man said you could substitute venison for the "hamburger" meat, that's when hubby 'fessed up about the buffalo meat (undetected by all). He did have to significantly increase the baking time, perhaps because it had been refrigerated prior to baking. The only change I made was decreasing the water by half because I didn't want runny cream cheese, and 1/8 cup water worked very well. Hubby said that because of all the melted cheese, it was hard to dip a tortilla chip into the dip, so he grabbed a metal teaspoon, placed several tortilla chips on his plate and spooned the dip onto the chips, and other men began doing likewise. They scraped the pan clean! This was easier to make than the traditional 7-layer taco dip, and serving it heated was nice also.
well i had a hard time finding the bison meat but the vension worked just as well. my husband the hunter has plenty of that. it was a hit and i sure hope i won't attend the same party as erin because i am bringing this appetizer thanks Erin, Barb
I made this for a BBQ and everyone loved it. I followed the recipe, except I used a larger jar of salsa, because I couldn't find an 8oz jar anywhere, then forgot to only use half when I prepared it. Everyone loved this dip and asked me for the recipe. It's a keeper!
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2010-11 Men's Basketball: Valley Forge Christian College
January 29, 2011
The Wildcats had 28 rebounds and 11 steals on the afternoon
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – The Pennsylvania College of Technology men's basketball team lost 99-61 to a fast and strong shooting Valley Forge Christian College team. Junior Leroy Joiner (Williamsport) notched a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. This loss is the fourth straight as the Wildcats now fall to 6-11 overall.
As a team, Penn College had 28 rebounds and 11 steals, but turnovers proved to an issue with the team committing 24. They were 24 for 65 (.369) from the field for the game and made 11 of 19 (.579) at the line.
Also for the Wildcats, freshman Ethan Kline (Bellefonte), and seniors Phil Kaylor (Lebanon) and Nico Italiani (Easton) each had 10 points on the afternoon. Kline also had seven asssits on the afternoon.
The Patriots came out strong scoring 54 points in the opener to Penn College's 32. They hit seven threes in the half and were 20-36 (.556) from the field.The Wildcats were 13 for 35 (.371) and hit one three in the half.
Penn College will next travel to Penn State Hazleton for a conference match on Tuesday, Feb. 1 for an 8 p.m. game.


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Sailing: Falmouth Week round-up: August 22
Posted: August 22, 2013|
AFTER what had been a rather disappointing last day to this year's Henri Lloyd Falmouth Week Regatta due to poor weather, a lively final prizegiving for all Series prize winners made up for some competitors not being able to race.
Steve Nicholls, the regatta organiser, started proceedings by thanking all those volunteers whose efforts had made the regatta a success, from the Race Officers and their Committee boat teams, administrative staff, rescue and mark laying boat crews and the helpers at the Sailing clubs.
This year had seen the successful introduction of an IRC Mini Series at the beginning of the week at the request of local competitors and its success was due to some excellent race management by Roger Hollingsworth and skilful mark laying by Neil Andrew and his team.
The standard of racing this year was very high in all classes and it was encouraging to see the return of the Flying Fifteen class to Falmouth.
The dinghy classes had some excellent racing, despite a drop in numbers attending the event.
George Hayes, of Hayes Parsons Marine Insurance, who had sponsored the Carrick Fleet presented the prizes.
The highly competitive visiting yacht "Antix" (John Allen from Whitby) was presented with the "Granite and Tin" trophy and given some Henri Lloyd Falmouth Week polo shirts to wear on his tour of other regattas on the South Coast.
The Top Yacht in the Bay Fleet was "General Khaos" (Ian Jakeways) and in the Carrick Fleet was "Haggis" the Cornish shrimper sailed by Mark Peek from Rock.
The Dinghy top boat was the "49er" of Christopher Thomas of St. Mawes Sailing Club.
The prizegiving ended with a long ovation for the organisers from the competitors.
All results are available on the Henri Lloyd Falmouth Week website.
IRC Yachts
The main part of Falmouth Week for the IRC Yachts this year was the new Mini Series over the first three days.
This event came under the Port of Falmouth Sailing Association with the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club as the host Club.
The racing took place in Falmouth Bay with three races scheduled each day from Sunday to Tuesday in a variety of wind strengths.
All the nine races were sailed in lighter winds, apart from the Monday on Mylor YC day when there was a brisk breeze.
Each day some skilful and tactical sailing was required to read the wind shifts.
In Division 1, Stuart Sawyer's Black Dog, now at the J Cup in Plymouth, had some good practice and dominated but nevertheless she did not achieve a clean sheet of results as George Pettifor's Foxtrot spoiled it to come second overall with Stephen Cutforth's Daydream third and these two had a good battle.
In Division 2, there was some very close racing for first and third overall.
On Helford River SC's first day, Geoff Davies in Scorpion won the day over the three races.
On the second day, David Cunliffe's Encore fought John Allen in Antix and managed 1st for the day and repeated this on the final day.
The home Port for Antix is Whitby and she certainly travelled a long way to compete and also sail some other West Country events.
John Hick in the smallest yacht, the J24 Jitterbug, was consistent in challenging for third overall and secured it on the last day after close racing with Scorpion on handicap. When the points were totted up, Encore secured first overall ahead of Antix.
A reception and prizegiving followed at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club and several yachts went on to compete in the remainder of Falmouth Week.
The club together with POFSA intend to build on this IRC Mini Series 3 day event with many yacht owners finding it more difficult for crews to spare a full week of sailing.
RESULTS: Division 1: 1, Black Dog; 2, Foxtrot; 3, Daydream. Division 2: 1, Encore; 2, Antix; 3, Jitterbug.
Mylor YC
With sunshine and a perfect wind speed for racing what more could you want?
On Mylor Yacht Club's day on Monday, competitors in the Carrick fleet also enjoyed well organised racing from the courses set through spotting, signalling, safety boat attendance and the results service.
The 90 boats in the Carrick fleet were spread over 10 classes, the Ajax being the largest with 19 boats on the start line jostling for position, highly competitive as usual but getting away cleanly.
This is Falmouth Week and for many the high point of the racing calendar. The impressive fleet of 13 large Working Boats also came to the start line in good order, all on starboard tack and mostly well timed.
On Mylor's day there are cups to be won in this class. First on corrected time, Rita (John Peters) won the Ord Statter Cup, fourth placed Florence (Andrew Ferris) won the Corke Cup being the highest ranked wooden B class boat and Cousin Jinny (Graham Pearce) had a special award of the Mike Sharp Cup.
At the clubhouse, filled to capacity for the daily prize giving, there was the usual buzz of excitement as competitors, competitors, members and visitors enjoyed teas, a barbecue and music from the Jazz Warriors.
Falmouth Town
Tradition dictates that on this day the Bay classes are sent on a long race, unfortunately this year some patchy winds made the Champagne Race longer than expected for many, while in the Carrick Roads, the Traditional Fleet had more wind as did the Dinghy classes in the Upper Carrick Roads.
In these trying conditions it was amazing how close the racing in the bay was.
In IRC 1 "Foxtrot" (George Pettifor) came out on top in a race lasting over four hours for some of the slower yachts.
While in IRC 2, the race again taking four hours only 20 minutes separated the first and last yachts.
The visiting yacht "Antix" (John Allen) beating the local yacht "Encore" (David Cunliffe) into second place.
In the Carrick Fleet, "Stella"(Ian Jenkins) overcame some determined competition from some larger Falmouth Working boats to come first.
The traditional Champagne prize giving was held over till Thursday to allow all competitors to watch the Red Arrows display which sadly was not to be.
The Mayor of Falmouth Geoffrey Evans presented the prizes and he was thanked by Steve Nicholls, chairman of the Port of Falmouth Sailing Association, for all the support that the Falmouth Town Council gave the event.
St Mawes
After strong winds and rain lead to the cancellation of all of last year's St Mawes Regatta events (sailing and shoreside), it was particularly pleasing that the day brought glorious sunshine and a gentle northerly breeze this year.
Some of the Carrick Roads fleets were speculating that this would be their last race of the week given the poor forecast for the following day, and this did turn out to be the case.
In the Working Boats B Class, despite a poor start after an unsuccessful attempt at a port tack flyer, Phil Slater's Rebecca soon got to the front of the fleet, where she enjoyed a close battle with Sam Heard's Abigail Rose.
Rebecca eventually crossed the finish line off St Mawes in first place, but the winner on handicap was David Carne's Victory (although this was subject to protest) followed by Ian Jenkins' Stella which did enough to win the week overall.
The Working Boats C Class was won by Simon Berryman in Zilpha. In the Falmouth 18 Foot Restricted Class, Bob Edwards' Magpie prevailed over Rob Collins in Myrtle, as she did in all but one of the week's regattas, and there was a similar story in the Shrimper fleet with Mark Peek's Haggis holding off John Hindmarsh's Salamanda for the fifth time.
In the Ajax Class, Roger Wood's Amalthea finished fifth – her worst result of the week, but she had already wrapped up the series – while David Liddington's race win in Athena clinched second overall.
Third place in the series was still open to four other boats, but it was Artemis sailed by Ian Woods which eventually secured this by finishing fourth.
Amongst the Bay classes, although the Marieholms would get to race again on Saturday, Friday's results – Bridget Macklin's Annika victory, Paul Evans's Kalinka second and Rupert Scott's Sundance in third after a close battle with three other boats throughout the race – secured the series for Annika.
Racing was followed by St Mawes Sailing Club's traditionally excellent teas, the reinstated entertainments on the quay and a visit by Falmouth Marine Band.


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As snow started to cover Greater Boston this afternoon, police decided to suspend their reservoir search for missing Boston College student Franco Garcia and resume operations on Friday.
According to Newton Police Capt. Paul Anastasia, State Police dive crews were back at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir today with both divers and a side-sonar scanning device. This is .
In addition, Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) troopers helped search some select areas around the reservoir.
Around 3 p.m. today crews had to suspend the search as the snowstorm started to move in, Anastasia said. The State Police dive team and troopers from SERT will wait until Friday morning to finish their scan, as snow is forecasted for tomorrow.
Garcia, 21, is a senior, graduate and West Newton resident . He was last seen at Mary Ann's bar in Brighton (Cleveland Circle), just a short walk from the reservoir.
According to Anastasia, who is commander for the Newton Police Detective Bureau, detectives also canvassed the Cleveland Circle area last night hoping to find information from regular Tuesday night patrons. Garcia was out with friends last Tuesday night before he went missing.
One of Garcia's friends and classmates, Joe Mahon, told Newton Patch earlier this week that Tuesday night is "senior night" at Mary Ann's bar.
Detectives last night spoke with patrons and employees at Mary Ann's as well as City Side, another Cleveland Circle bar across the street from Mary Ann's.
However, Anastasia said detectives were not able to find any new information last night.
Although the Newton Police Department is the lead investigating agency on the case, State Police have become involved because of the search of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, which is state-owned land. In addition, Boston College and Boston Police are also helping out with the case.
Anastasia said detectives representing each of the four agencies have come together to form a small "task force" on the case. When a lead comes in, one of the detectives follows up depending on the jurisdiction of the lead.
Anyone with information about Garcia's disappearance is asked to contact Newton Police at 617-796-2100 or Massachusetts State Police at 617-727-4812.
A Facebook group has been created to post updates on the search for Garcia. Friends have also started a Twitter account (@FindFranco) that hopes to spread the word of Garcia's disappearance.
BC students have also tried using social media to reach out to celebrities with local ties, hoping they will post information to their networks. Bruce Springsteen, whose son attends Boston College, posted information about Garcia on his Facebook page this afternoon.
Rachele Reis and Amelia Zani, two of Garcia's friends and classmates, are also asking anyone who may have taken photos at Mary Ann's Tuesday night -- regardless of whether they know if Garcia is in them -- to send them to email@example.com. Photos will remain private unless Garcia is spotted.
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The two-star Cecil Hotel is another of our fave Athens hotels. Located on busy Athinas, it maintains a charming, friendly Old World feel. This mood is expressed in, among other details, the hotel's antique Otis Elevator and its red insignia-emblazoned towels.
Rather atypically, the hotel's brochure, depicting awfully dull-looking rooms, undersells itself. In actuality, the Cecil Hotel's 40 rooms are pretty great. Rich, dark hardwood floors are the norm. Toasty deep red blankets are cozy, even folksy. One headboard we saw dates back to a just-past-midcentury modernism, and even the light fixtures are well detailed. We saw another room with matching wrought-iron bed frame, desk, and mirror. Each of these pieces are notable on their own; taken together, they give the impression of a thoughtfully tended hotel. Rooms tend to be painted in subtle hues. Even the more crowded triple rooms, with single beds lined up next to each other, are full of appealing touches. All have air conditioning and televisions, and many sport great views.
Fussy prospective guests will be happy to hear that Cecil's bathrooms have all been renovated. They won't net any style prizes, but they're all spotless and fairly new. Cecil's location, not far from Monastiraki, is convenient. And the ground level bar lounge feels extremely private despite the fact that it's within earshot of the reception desk.
Breakfast is included. Free Wi-Fi is available.
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- Groups welcome
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- Internet Access: Free
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Like Omonia, Psyrri is a strikingly diverse commercial district, with countless stores and restaurants catering to various groups of immigrants. In the evening, it morphs into nightlife central, with both huge dance clubs and intimate hipster-filled holes-in-the-wall. The Thisio and Monastiraki metro stations are most convenient to Psyrri.


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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is the true story of a woman who "raised 10 kids on 25 words or less." In the 1950s, companies wouldn't hire women as advertising executives, but they routinely relied on women to write their slogans. Clever women, with a gifting for words, learned to (defiantly!) work the jingle-writing-contest system to provide actual income for their families.
Today, girls are told they can be anything. I am thankful that they have the very real opportunity to do so. We owe thanks first to our great-grandmothers, the suffragettes who stood up for a woman's right to vote, and to the women who came after them, until the 1970s brought about further change.
Given all of the "opportunity" and "equality" we have, how is it that today, we have a higher tendency to get caught in the slipstream of low self-image?
More than 40 years after the women's movement began in earnest, women are still objectified. The stakes are high, the effects of giving credence to "Media Myths" devastating: low self-esteem, poor body image, eating disorders, sexual dysfunction, depression…
How do we teach our daughters to rise above the ridiculous "ideals" of the images implanted on their brains? Should we not let them watch TV? Stay out of the mall? Make them wear blinders in the grocery check-out?
Sticking your head in the sand only leads to sand in places you don't want to feel it.
Certainly our daughters need "grit" to survive in this world, but hiding them away won't help them find it. Standing for Truth comes from experience, dialogue and courageous defiance against cultural norms.
We must be vigilant combating the influences our daughters subconsciously internalize, from birth. (If you haven't noticed how unrealistically "perfect" the Disney Princesses' bodies are, it's only because we've come to "expect" a certain body type from our leading female characters. Why should cartoons be any less "realistic?")
I grew up carrying personal insecurities, derived from comparing myself to media images and from hearing comments made by adult men, about women and their bodies. Men, don't make jokes about women's bodies, ever! The ears that hear (your boys', your girls') will be forever changed.
I still deal with insecurity, though I'm a fairly confident woman.
How did confidence triumph?
In part, I credit my mother, who affirmed me in my beauty. She celebrated when I got a new outfit, but she put more emphasis on looking into my eyes, appreciating my smile, my sense of humor, my affinity for show-tunes and my enthusiasm for life. She laughed with me and enjoyed life with me, even when I made her the butt of my jokes. She often stood by my mirror, telling me how pretty I was as I got ready to go out.
She was so irritating. I hated it.
And I loved it.
I believed I could do anything. I was brainwashed to believe it.
In early childhood, I was a guinea pig for my mom's kindergarten classroom. In the midst of the "I'm OK; You're OK" environment of the 1970s, I listened to a record as I turned the pages of an oddly-shaped, tall, thick, companion book. In one activity, I looked into the mirror on the page and told myself, "You're somebody special!"
I laugh now, but it was a good message. I'm sure it helped me to cope with the eventual realization that I was never going to have Farrah Fawcett's breasts!
Affirming our daughters in their gifting, abilities, interests and physical appearance is critical if we are going to raise confident girls. Dads, I cannot over-emphasize your role.
Our fathers define us. From the very contribution of your sperm at conception, determining our gender, to the name you give us at birth, to your affirmation of us as daughters of worth, you, our fathers, draw out our femininity.
Growing up, I couldn't wait to model a new outfit for Dad. How he responded could make or break how I felt in it. Without you, Dads, we are lost.
When you least understand your daughter, in adolescence; when you think "retreating" and "letting her mother deal with it" is the answer, press in!
Your daughter needs you.
Author and speaker Gordon Dalbey advocates for this truth in Fathers and Daughters (an eye-opening message, available on CD and DVD.) Gordon has become a "spiritual father" to me as I teach on True Beauty. Last year, he gave me Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer's book Raising Confident Girls: 100 tips for Parents and Teachers. Though not a new title (2001, Fisher Books), it contains a wealth of wisdom. In coming weeks, I'll share some highlights here at "The Growth Chart."
We'll also talk about "alien invasion" — you know, that moment when you're certain the aliens came and stole away your baby, leaving behind an unknown life-form disguised as an adolescent?
Moms and especially dads — Others have gone before you. You, too, can survive adolescent girlhood. With a little hope, you might just raise a Daughter of Confidence.


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'We Have Met Them'
We have met them and we have conquered--South Carolina Gov. Francis Pickens April 14, 1861
One day after the fall and evacuation of Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., harbor, President Abraham Lincoln set in motion the military wheels of the federal government. War now was a distinct reality on the land.
He called for "75,000 volunteers" to put down what he termed a rebellion in South Carolina. This militia was to serve for 90 days against "combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings."
At the same time, he called for special session of Congress for July 4. Only Congress can declare war and at the time, Congress was not in session.
The thing was done! War now was at every doorstep, though the only shooting had taken place at Fort Sumter, which had surrendered its colors the day before after a full day of shelling by Confederate forces.
In Charleston, great crowds gathered to cheer and to applaud the brilliance of the Confederate military under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. No one was badly injured in the bombardment, though one federal soldier died as Maj. Robert Anderson, commander of the small Sumter garrison, fired a 50-gun salute in surrendering his command.
A hot ember fell into powder kegs, setting off an explosion that killed Pvt. David Hough and injured five others. Hough became the first casualty in a war that had not yet seen the kind of combat that would arise .
The seven Southern states that had already left the Union--South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Florida--were quickly joined by Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia and North Carolina. There now was a Confederacy.
Prior to the firing on the fort, Lincoln's cabinet had balked at attempting to either reinforce the fort with troops or to bring in needed supplies. The cabinet, backed by the Army, felt that would ignite the flames of war. They voted to do nothing.
After the firing, however, the cabinet was all too-willing to back the president in his proclamation calling for the militia. War was no longer in doubt. There had to be a quid pro quo for the act of aggression against federal authority and property.
The draft for the militia was signed and ready by April 15, 1861. It called for the states that had not seceded from the Union to supply troops for the cause. Reaction in the north resounded.
Businessmen who had been on the fence were now eager to provide the necessary war materiel to prosecute the war. What was once seen as unsound economically was now sound.
Newspaper editorials north and south spoke of war in heroic terms. That would change over the next four years as the bodies began to come home, or to be buried on the fields where men fought to the death.
The fear of war in the beginning did not beat in many hearts. Later, after the killing stopped, however, there would be questions about the sacrifice, the carnage, and the costs.


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"... then just look for the two big white trees in the front yard. You can't miss it."
That's how directions to our house always end. Works every time. If those two white birch trees out front ever die, I'm in big trouble.
According to the experts, the 50-odd-year-old trees should have bitten the dust a long time ago. They've had a variety of borers, several large limbs broke off in the big ice storm of 2006, and Japanese beetles think their leaves are sushi. But the trees are hanging in there.
It's funny how trees seem to define certain times in your life.
The white birches are in 47 percent of the photos we took of the boys growing up. Here they are with their Easter baskets in 1989, all dressed up in their church clothes. They found a couple of those Easter eggs in the crook of the trees' multiple trunks.
Here's a 6-year-old swinging a white birch stick at a donkey pinata hanging from the lowest branch.
Here's a tweenager, who just decided he was too old to trick or treat, perched on a tree limb ready to swing down and scare the trick-or-treaters.
Here's the teenager, looking quite the young man in a suit and tie, with his first prom date in front of the white tree. My, how he and the white birch have grown.
Here he is waving goodbye in front of the big white tree, the moving van in the background packed with all his earthly belongings, ready to take off for his first job in Seattle.
See what I mean?
My earliest outlook on life was through the branches of a persimmon tree. It was growing in our front yard in Highland, just outside the window of my upstairs room. In the spring, I had a bird's-eye view of mama bird feeding her babies in the nest. I had names for the squirrels that peeked in my window. Once, Sammy came in through a tear in the screen. He bounded around the room more scared than I was. Pop had to come and unlatch the screen. When we left, Sammy made a bee-line for it.
The persimmon tree was first-base in my porch-ball games. It was safe home for Olly, Olly Oxen Free. It's where the bad guys tied up the good guys (and vice versa) in games of Cops and Robbers or Cowboys and Indians. Once, we moved on to another game and left Sis tied to the persimmon tree. She still doesn't believe it was an accident.
Most of my friends had never eaten a persimmon. When they are ripe, they are fantastic. Like eating candy. But when they aren't, look out. They make you pucker up like a fish. The taste stays with you for days. It was a fun trick to play on somebody as long as he didn't mind taking one right in the kisser.
For a couple weeks when all the overripe persimmons fell off, they made a heck of a mess on the sidewalks. It was my job to scrape up the slimy mess. Maybe it was payback for leaving Sis tied up.
My favorite tree was the buckeye in Mrs. Spencer's yard next door. Its main purpose was to keep long balls hit to right field from smacking into Mrs. Spencer's house. It had beautiful pink and yellow flowers in the spring, which were magnets for those big black and yellow bees. We kept our distance then. But later, when the buckeyes came, it was our hangout.
Buckeyes look like dark brown eyeballs with tan pupils. When they break out of their shells and fall to the ground, it's raining buckeyes.
We collected buckeyes. Polished them. Traded them. Dissected them. Sometimes, we had buckeye wars and threw them at each other. Ouch! But we got in trouble for that. So we picked out things around the yard for target practice.
We used buckeyes for cash when we played stores. We played marbles with them and put them down each other's backs. They made the best snowman eyes. Kevin could fit five of them in his mouth at a time. A 12th Street and -- unofficially -- a world record.
I always had a drawer full of buckeyes in my room just in case ...
Buckeyes were our kryptonite since we couldn't find any real kryptonite in our neighborhood.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Spencer said to the three dish-towel-caped crusaders crumpled in a heap in her yard. I raised a weak finger and pointed to a buckeye in the grass. She picked it up, inspected it and slipped it in her dress pocket.
The Supermen sprang to their feet, again ready to defend truth, justice and the American way.
Where would the world be without buckeye trees?


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Birth Outcomes Following Prenatal Exposure to Antidepressants
Kimberly H. Pearson, M.D.; Ruta M. Nonacs, M.D., Ph.D.; Adele C. Viguera, M.D., M.P.H.; Vicki L. Heller, M.D.; Laura F. Petrillo, M.D.; Mina Brandes, M.D.; John Hennen, M.D.†; and Lee S. Cohen, M.D.
Background: Antidepressant use during pregnancy and the peripartum period is common despite the absence of clear evidence-based guidelines to direct clinical use of these compounds.
Method: We compared obstetrical and neonatal outcomes as recorded in medical records among 84 pregnant women with major depressive or anxiety disorders (DSM-IV criteria) who took antidepressants during pregnancy (cases) versus a 2:1 age- and parity-matched control group of 168 unexposed women. Women in the case group had sought psychiatric consultation regarding the use of medication from the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital between 1996 and 2000.
Results: There were no significant differences among cases versus controls and their offspring, with respect to various neonatal and obstetrical outcomes, including gestational age and weight, although 1-minute Apgar scores were slightly lower in exposed infants. Admissions to the special care nursery were more frequent, but briefer and based on relatively minor indications, among case newborns. There were no significant differences in neonatal outcomes between exposures to serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) and tricyclic (TCA) antidepressants.
Conclusion: This retrospective cohort study found no evidence of major increases in risk of adverse obstetrical or neonatal outcomes following prenatal exposure to antidepressants, nor between SRIs and TCAs. Larger, prospective studies with specific neurobehavioral measures are required to resolve current uncertainties about safe and effective use of antidepressants by pregnant women.
(J Clin Psychiatry 2007;68:1284-1289)
Received Feb. 9, 2007; accepted May 29, 2007. From the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Drs. Pearson, Nonacs, Viguera, Petrillo, and Cohen); the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass. (Dr. Heller); the Department of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. (Dr. Brandes); and the Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. (Dr. Hennen).
Presented at the New Research Section, 154th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, La., May 2001.
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Earl Wickline of Londonderry will receive a Union Leader Hero Award for saving an unconscious driver -- and the driver's dog -- from the man's burning vehicle on Jan. 26, 2013. (Michael Cousineau/Union Leader)
Now he believes he does.
"I was put there for a reason that morning," he said.
Shortly after 6 a.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, Wickline pulled an unconscious Robert Braley from his burning Jeep. Police said he saved the man's life - and Braley's 11-year-old dog Harry, who was riding shotgun.
But Wickline, 64, who lives in Londonderry, gives credit where he says it's due. After the rescue, he said, "I went to church, and I can't tell you how many times I thanked the Lord for putting me there."
But the real reward is the feeling that an old sorrow has been lifted from his shoulders and heart.
When he was 18, Wickline was a volunteer firefighter in his hometown of Clarksburg, Mass. "When you grow up in a small town, you're a fireman whether you want to be or not," he said with a smile. "Because there aren't that many able-bodied souls, everybody goes. It's just what you do."
A woman and five of her six children perished in the fire that day.
The Wrangler had crashed into a tree but its wheels were still spinning, which was fanning the flames that were spreading through the vehicle.
He feared the driver was dead, but he was determined to get him out of the burning vehicle.
"I really didn't think I was saving his life. I really didn't want to see him burn."
But as he dragged Braley out of the car, the two fell to the ground together - and he saw Braley's chest rise and fall.
The left side of his skull was crushed; his jaw, left arm and several ribs were broken; and his liver and spleen were damaged.
Harry escaped with just a burn to the tip of his black nose - and a new apprehension about driving. "It took him a long time to jump in the car again," said Braley.
The Union Leader Hero Awards honor New Hampshire residents who have risked their lives in the previous year to save or attempt to save the life of another person. The program is sponsored by Citizens Bank and presented by the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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One of the most popular events at the Effingham County Fair each year is the lamb and goat show at the livestock arena.
Rincon resident Ann R. Purcell, a member of the State Transportation Board of Georgia and former state representative, has been honored by the Federal Republic of Germany with its Cross of the Order of Merit for her efforts in building cultural and economic bridges between Germany and the State of Georgia over the last several years.
The annual Effingham County Veterans Day observance will pay homage to Korean War veterans.
Julie Dickey and Becky Lango of Effingham Family Promise presented to Effingham Women in Business at their October meeting.
Ann Resto, executive director of the Effingham Victim Witness Assistance Program, received a check Thursday from Dr. Mark Mudano for $6,025, the amount he and Effingham Health System raised for the third annual Effingham Dancing with the Stars.
The folks at Mossy Oak Music Park in Guyton are partnering with the Effingham YMCA Breast Cancer Awareness Team in efforts to promote breast cancer awareness.
Andrea Huff, director of Effingham Community Orchestra, announces that tickets for the orchestra's fall fundraising raffle are now on sale. The winner of the raffle will receive a new AA25-D Austin acoustic guitar and accessory pack. Tickets are $1 each, and if you buy five tickets you get a free ticket in the same person's name.
The Rotary Club of Effingham County welcomed its newest member, Michael Murphy with Effingham Health System.
The second Springfield Fall Festival brought another huge crowd to the city's downtown, organizers said.
As an orthopaedic surgeon, Mark Mudano made a fitting song choice of "Walk This Way" for his Effingham Dancing with the Stars routine.
Local artist Tom Barnes of Tom Barnes Fine Art in Guyton spoke recently to the Effingham Sunrise Rotary Club in Guyton.
WTOC-TV anchor Sonny Dixon spoke to the Exchange Club at its meeting celebrating its 25-year anniversary in Effingham.
Effingham County Schools made a big donation - about a 15,000-pound one - to help Family Promise of Effingham County get rolling.
The United Way of Effingham County is on its way toward reaching its 2013 fundraising goal.
One of the favorite local events at this time of year is Rincon's annual scarecrow contest, and the city has now made participating in it easier.
Clyo Youth Chapter was recognized as the outstanding chapter of the year at the Prince Hall Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star 38th Grand Youth Session, held in Statesboro on April 25-26. There are 47 youth chapters in the Grand Youth Chapter.
In light of the accusations of waiting lists and other problems at Veterans Administration hospitals and facilities across the country, state Sen. Jack Hill said the nation needs to make taking care of its veterans one of its top priorities.
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The Effingham Health System Auxiliary was awarded the Sunrise Rotary Club of Effingham County's Service Above Self Award.
Rincon residents participated in the National Letter Carriers Postal Food Drive on May 10, as they were encouraged to fill a bag with non-perishable food items and place it at their mailbox. These items were collected and donated to a local food pantry to help "stamp out" hunger.
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With an eye toward public safety, the Southold town board will consider a local law that would green light a stop sign at the intersection of Bayview Road and Baywater Avenue in Southold.
Currently, there is a yield sign at the intersection, which is located near the Southold Fire Department substation.
A public hearing on the matter will be held at a town board meeting on March 12, which begins at 7 p.m.
The existing yield sign, which is located on Baywater Avenue heading east at the intersection with Bayview Road, would be replaced with a stop sign.
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USCs new basketball coaching staff will host its first prospect for an official visit Wednesday in 6-8 Mindaugas (Minda) Kacinas, a Lithuanian who attends Word of Life Academy in Wichita, Kansas.
Frank Martin and his staff recruited Kacinas when they were at Kansas State.
This season he averaged 26 points and 15 rebounds per game and was named a NACA All American.
Hes the best talent Ive ever laid eyes on, Word of Life athletic director and Superintendent Dr. Gordon Schultz said Tuesday.
Kacinas lives with Schultz, who says hes an even better person and student than ball player. But he cant ignore his basketball skills.
They would be getting a terrific athlete and basketball player," he said. "He doesnt mind getting coached up. He shoots the thunder out of the ball. He was well coach and schooled. Hes a leaper and runs extremely well. He involves his teammates and has a great work ethic.
He also has a twin brother who is 6-10 and living in Lithuania. Kacinas, himself, is still growing according to Schultz.
Schultz added that Kacinas has drawn interest from across the country and couldnt say if he would commit to the Gamecocks on his visit.


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On this July Fourth, millions of fireworks, barbecues, and apple pies will commemorate our independence, and the countless number of people who have made an impact on our enduring history. Among the infinitude of great Americans are those who have accomplished much in the face of some type of adversity. Today, I would like to concentrate on type 1 diabetic patriots, those collectively making up the "United States of Pricked Fingers."
The title may seem odd, but let me explain. All three million type 1 diabetics in the United States prick their fingers, to draw out blood for determining their blood sugar. Over the years, a diabetic's pricked fingers will become calloused. Besides noticing their insulin pumps, anyone can look at a person's fingers and immediately determine if they are type 1 diabetic. There are so many glucose meters, so many insulin pumps, so many pricked fingers in the United States that I have dubbed them the "United States of Pricked Fingers," and it's evident they have made an incredible impact on the country which celebrates its independence today.
Consider Gary Hall Jr., a swimmer and Olympic Gold medalist who turned a traumatic day of diagnosis into a thriving swimming career. He represented the United States at the Olympics, and made his country proud. Hall came to Children's Congress 2011, talked and socialized with all of the delegates, and then answered questions at a town hall meeting. It is so rare to find celebrities who will hang out with kids and devote so much time to advocating for type 1 diabetes research. He is a hero and patriot to type 1 diabetics, especially teenagers.
Consider Mary Tyler Moore, an actress who graced the stages of shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. She has devoted much of her life to advocating for type 1 diabetes research, and she continues to serve as the International Chairwoman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She is a remarkable advocate for the artificial pancreas and for the many type 1 diabetic children across the nation. Along with Gary Hall Jr., she is a hero and patriot to type 1 diabetics abroad.
Finally, I want to mention a remarkable woman, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age. Regardless of her ideology or her voting record on the bench, she has proved to diabetic children that with hard work, discipline, and an optimistic personality, one can go to even the highest court in the land. At Children's Congress 2011, she eloquently shared that advice to the children sitting before her. She is a hero and patriot to type 1 diabetics everywhere, particularly aspiring lawyers like me.
Of course, there are many more diabetics who have made an impact on this country, like Nick Jonas, one of the famous Jonas Brothers; Nicole Johnson, winner of Miss America 1999 and advocate for type 1 diabetes; and Dr. Nat Strand, who showed that diabetes cannot stop someone from winning the Amazing Race. Consider also Dr. Aaron Kowalski who works everyday on projects like the artificial pancreas that will improve the lives of type 1 diabetics in the United States; or Carling Coffing, who proves that anyone can be a LPGA golfer and manage diabetes; or Super Bowl winner Kendall Simmons, who plays great football despite having to worry about high and low blood sugar.
In the end, while watching fireworks or enjoying barbecued delicacies, all diabetics in this country should be thankful to be a diabetic in this country, and not a diabetic in a developing country where good healthcare and diabetes information are hard to come by.
I am thankful to be a diabetic in the "United States of Pricked Fingers," and in the greatest country to ever exist on the face of this earth.
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CRESSON — MYERS– Sharon L. 56, Cresson, died March 1, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born March 18, 1956, in Altoona, daughter of the late Louis F. Sr. and Lois (Dutko) Kovach. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert, on Aug. 5, 1989, and father-in-law, Peter Myers. Survived by children, Robert Jr., Indiana; Richard, Cresson; and Stacey, Johnstown; and grandchildren, Tierra, Taylor, Trey, Scott and Shea. Sister of Lawrence (Constance), Duncansville; Michele (David) Monahan, Loretto; Kim Krumenaker, Cresson; Louis F. Jr. "Buddy," Cresson; and Mary Kay, Duncansville. Also numerous nieces and nephews; mother-in-law, Beverly Myers, Gallitzin; and brothers and sisters-in-law of the Myers family. Private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin. (www.gibbonsfunerals.com)


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A 16-year-old boy going on a purportedly affable trip turned into a horrific scene yesterday when the teenaged reveler looked out of a roof hatch on a double-decker party bus and died when he hit his head on a highway overpass near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said.
The teen identified by police as Daniel Fernandez, 16, was set to present the birthday girl during a ceremony at the event in Garfield, NJ. The teen's party pals were splashed with his blood and were traumatized of the horrifying incident, an eyewitness said.
The horrific accident occurred as the bus merged onto I-95 after crossing the George Washington Bridge at about 6:45 p.m., a spokesman for the Port Authority Police Department said. Fernandez's head get struck into the Fletcher Avenue overpass in Fort Lee, sources said.
The Designer Limousines bus was crammed with 65 teenagers; the bus was on its way to the glamorous Venetian catering hall from St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, Queens, where many of the revelers went to school.
Authorities said Fernandez is from Sayreville, NJ, but his Facebook page said he lives in Woodside and attends St. Francis Preparatory School.
Banquet-hall employees said the party was scheduled to go until midnight but wrapped up at 10 p.m. because of the accident.
The Web site for Designer Limousines — which uses the slogan: "Life's short. Travel well" — boasts that the bus involved in the tragedy is the largest double-decker party bus in the country
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Thank you to everyone that attended our session today!! The recorded ustream video of this session can be found at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4611115 I just wanted to give some additional information about our school for those who asked about it.
We are a Title 1 school with a 85% poverty rate, and we are also a 1:1 middle school campus. Our program is grant funded.
The presentation we did today (2/10) at TCEA can be found below as well as our links to lessons, rubrics, resources and contact information. If you have feedback or a question for us, please leave a comment. We would love to hear from you!
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While there has been little fanfare, the 2014 Iowa political calendar effectively begins Tuesday night at the precinct caucuses for both parties.
These organizing meetings — which kick off a series of party events, culminating with the state conventions in June — tend to mostly attract loyalists in non-presidential election years. But party leaders are urging Iowa residents to participate, insisting that coming out on a chilly January night really does matter this year and beyond.
"For us, this is our team, these are the folks that we are going to rely on in 2014 to get us across the finish line," said Iowa Democratic Party Executive Director Troy Price. "These are the folks that help us carry out the presidential caucus in 2016. We want to see a robust group of folks that will represent our party."
The caucuses begin a process of building a volunteer base that sets the tone for the elections in 2014 and starts organizing in advance of the 2016 presidential election in the early-voting state of Iowa. The attendees at these events select people who will serve in county-level party roles and they hold the first round of voting for delegates for the 2014 district and state conventions. And they vote on issues to be included in the official party platforms.
Attendance is expected to be much lower than in presidential years. Republicans had more than 120,000 attend the 2012 caucuses, when there was an open primary, and more than 200,000 Democrats participated in the 2008 caucuses, the last time there was an open Democratic presidential primary.
Party leaders declined to predict turnout but said it would be nowhere near those numbers. That means the caucuses for the 1,688 precincts will be consolidated into fewer locations this year, with many precincts gathering at single locations — like a high school — before breaking into smaller groups for discussions and votes.
While non-presidential caucuses are more procedural and designed for building the party ranks, there is some political intrigue building this year around this process.
Most importantly, some of the people who come out Tuesday could end up playing a key role in deciding contested 2014 primary elections. If no one gets 35 percent of the vote in a June 3 primary election, then the candidate is selected by party delegates at district or state conventions. The process for becoming one of those delegates begins Tuesday and continues at the county conventions in March.
Several races could end up being decided at a convention this year, most notably the Republican Senate primary, where six candidates are vying for the nomination. The Republican primary for the congressional seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Latham is also growing crowded and there are competitive GOP and Democratic primaries for the congressional seat open because U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley is running for Senate.
"If you want to have a say in a potential convention campaign then you need to be involved next Tuesday and be involved in the delegate selection process," said Iowa GOP Party Chairman AJ Spiker.
In 2002, U.S. Rep. Steve King became the Republican nominee for his congressional district through a convention selection process.
Some candidates are trying to make sure they are enlisting sympathetic people to participate Tuesday night. Republican Senate candidate Sam Clovis, said his campaign was actively encouraging people to participate, though he stressed that no one showing up Tuesday would be obligated to support a particular candidate down the line.
"I think for any candidate, what really is the process is to make sure you have a good ground game and ID as many people as you can so they do get into the caucuses," Clovis said. "This isn't the end of the game, in fact it's just the start."
Another effort underway going into Tuesday is a push by some veteran Republicans, like Gov. Terry Branstad, to grow the number of people who participate on the GOP side. There is rising concern in the so-called establishment wing of the party that evangelicals, tea party supporters and libertarians have taken over the GOP party apparatus and have alienated more pragmatic voters. Branstad's allies fear that this shift creates a perception that the Iowa caucuses are optional for some presidential candidates and hope that expanding the rank and file numbers could pave the way for a mainstream candidate to win in 2016.
"An engaged and strong party with a vibrant headquarters is essential to winning elections in the off year and the ability of the party to raise money and be in a strong position in 2014 will carry on into the next cycle... as we look to select the nominees for president," said Republican consultant David Kochel, who has been critical of the current party leadership.
Spiker, a supporter of former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, dismissed talk that there was conflict within the party, saying there are "always going to be disagreements."


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