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A 23-year-old Phoenixville man is in Chester County Prison after he engaged area police in a nearly two-hour standoff from his Continental Drive home, Schuylkill Township Police said.
Though Antonio Girifalco was heavy armed during the standoff and threatened to shoot himself, family members and authorities, according to police, there were no injuries reported.
On March 8, Schuylkill Township Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Continental Drive for a report of a loud verbal dispute between two men. According to court documents, while the officers were en route, they received an update that a gunshot had been fired.
Once on the scene, police say Girifalco's mother told them that her son was in the house and was "freaking out." The women said her son had badly damaged the home's interior—breaking walls, doors, a bannister, and a book case—and when she approached him he demonstrated signs of mental illness.
"If you have any courtesy, respect, or brains, I'd shut up and leave him alone," Girifalco, speaking in third person, court document say he told his mother. "Before he killed himself and anyone else that was around."
The women began to walk away, she told police, at which point Girifalco put a loaded 12-gauge shotgun into his mouth, police say. The woman, at this point, called police.
Police say that when they arrived, Girifalco had locked himself in a second-floor bedroom. As the officers approached the staircase that led to the room, they heard "a gun being chambered and two shells hitting from floor," according to court documents.
At this point, police say Emergency Response Teams from the area were called. Police say that when the units arrived on the scene, Girifalco began yelling at them to "come after him," adding that he would shoot them if they did. However, once an armored vehicle pulled up to the home, police say Girifalco shouted at the window that he "was finished" and wanted to give up.
After he was taken into custody, police say they found a rifle, a homemade shotgun, several pistols, and drug paraphernalia inside his room.
Gorifalco was arrested on charges of terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was confined to Chester County Prison when he was unable to post bail, according to court documents.
According to The Times Herald, the incident began at 2:25 p.m. Police had closed Oakwood Drive during the incident, but reopened it at 5 p.m.


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On one of my walkabouts recently, I stopped-by in one of the newest shopping mall in Shah Alam --SpaceU8@TTDI-Jaya. This skylight window caught my attention. Looking through it was like peeping through a window of a spaceship, hence the title of my shot ...window to the heavens...Thank you for viewing!
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BRADLEY COUNTY, TN (WRCB) -- Channel 3 has confirmed a Bradley County deputy has resigned amid an internal investigation.
Sheriff Jim Ruth tells Channel 3 then-Deputy Casey Kerr reported hitting a deer last month in a patrol vehicle.
An inquiry into the incident was later launched.
Sheriff Ruth confirmed Kerr is no longer with the sheriff's department, but the inquiry is still ongoing.
Channel 3 will bring you updates as this story develops on Channel 3 Eyewitness News and WRCBtv.com.
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Monuments and Memorials
The beautifully landscaped 115-acre grounds of the South Dakota Capitol include the five-acre Capitol Lake and several monuments and memorials situated nearby. The Capitol grounds are open year-round; brochures for a self-guided tour are available at the tour office, located just inside the north entrance to the Capitol building. (605) 773-3765.
The Fighting Stallions Memorial honors eight South Dakotans, including Governor George Mickelson, who died in a plane crash in 1993. The state's World War II Memorial, set on a peninsula built into Capitol Lake, consists of six bronze figures representing the military branches in which South Dakotans served.
Facing the WWII monument is the Korean War memorial, with a wall bearing the names of the state's fallen heroes and a life-size, historically accurate statue of a soldier. A similar Vietnam War memorial was dedicated in September 2006. The Flaming Fountain sits in front of the statues. Fed by a spring with a high natural gas content, the flame burns continuously as the water flows into Capitol Lake.
Nearby memorials honor the state's fallen firefighters and law enforcement officers.
For an online tour of the South Dakota State Capitol and grounds, visit http://www.state.sd.us/boa/CapitolTour/index.htm.
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Well friends, I have learned two things about myself in making this post:
1. I am a liar because I told you I wouldn't be done with this book for a month.
2. Apparently, the train has been good for my reading habit.
12 down, 18 to go! 2/5 of the way through my literary quest. :) It took me four days to read the book - mostly thanks to the train.
I really liked this book until the very end. Do you know that I actually got the the FINAL page in the book before I realized it was a work of fiction? I was totally duped because I didn't do my homework before I started it. I thought it was a real biography. Sheesh.
Here's the skinny on Memoirs of a Geisha: A little girl and her sister are sold at a young age. The little girl (Chiyo) is sold to an Okiya (where Geisha live), and her sister is sold into prostitution. She meets the only Geisha at the okiya where she lives - a beautiful (but horrible) woman named Hatsumomo. Hatsumomo hates little Chiyo because she's beautiful. Beautiful = threatening in their world, apparently.
Chiyo tries to run away which makes her destined to become a maid (instead of a Geisha). Hatsumomo's nemesis Mameha takes little Chiyo under her wing, and after much consideration (and conversation), the "Mother" in Chiyo's okiya agrees to have her train under Mameha to become a Geisha instead of a maid. It all works out, Hatsumomo is eventually ousted (which, by the way, made me giddy and squealy like a little girl), and then Chiyo (who's Geisha name is now Sayuri) is adopted by the okiya thus ensuring a stable future.
Along the way, back when her life was destined to be that of a maid, she met a man who was mostly referred to in the book as "the Chairman." The Chairman was kind to her when he found her crying one day. Turns out he's really important. He runs an electric company. Once she becomes a Geisha, she is entertaining at a sumo event, and she runs into the Chairman again - she of course recognizes him immediately. The entire story culminates with the Chairman eventually becoming her "danna" (which, from what I can gather, actually means "sponsor with benefits"). There's a really touching story of destiny woven into the plot...it's pretty moving, actually.
Here's the part I didn't like: The Chairman is married. Sayuri (a.k.a., Chiyo) is his mistress. I totally get it - - she's a Geisha, which means it's her job to be a mistress, but if I'm going to call you my destiny, I would sure-as-heck want you to call me YOUR destiny too...ya know? It's clearly a cultural thing, but I just don't get it. All I could think about at the end of the book (when it becomes obvious that Sayuri has moved to the United States to avoid "inheritance complications" with her illegitimate son) was that she missed out on the most awesome part of destiny - actually getting to be with the person you're meant to be with. Don't shoot me for saying this, but I would have actually found the book a lot more alluring if the Chairman had left his wife for Sayuri. (eek...I'm sorry...seriously, don't shoot!)
I certainly learned a lot about the life of a Geisha. It was an extremely culturally enlightening book, and a really quick read (despite the 428 pages of teeny tiny print).
Since I've read a few books in a short amount of time (four total since two Saturdays ago, but only two of those are from my list), I've decided to embark on a tome for my next read...
Next Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell...the Great American Novel. 1034 pages. Wish me luck!


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In this long slow month with little going on in Broncoland, I thought I'd give us some more reasons to believe in 13-3.
1)Josh McDaniels
2)Mike Nolan
7)Ryan Clady and the rest of the O-line
10)Champ Bailey
12)Free agent pick ups and the draft
13)New schema and excitement
1)Mike Shanahan
3)Comfortable familiarity
Now before anyone complains --
Realize, this is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek attempt to keep our mood light and carefree as we await the start of training camp, and more importantly, the start of the 2009 season.
I know there are lots of players/coaches that deserve a place on the wins list. However, in keeping with Mike Clark's La La Land mantra of 13-3 Baby!!!, I had to keep the list to 13. I picked player who are either proven impact players (Bailey, Dawkins, Clady, Royal, etc.) or players who are being viewed as soon to be impact players.
The listing of Shanahan and Cutler as losses is in no way intended to be a slight of either person in any way shape or form. It is simply a recognition that we have experienced a loss of two players who are respected and beloved by a large segment of the Broncos fan base. Their accomplishments and skill sets will be missed, no matter how much we believe the team has been improved during this off-season.
The biggest loss, IMHO, is the loss of what I call comfortable familiarity. We are missing faces we're used to seeing. There has been a lot of confusion and angst over what is happening. Change is never easy, but it can be survived and even enjoyed.
So here's 13 things you can do to pass the time until the start of the season:
1)Watch reruns of player interviews and pay attention to the excited looks on their faces.
2)Sit in the sun & imagine that you're sitting in the stadium cheering the Broncos on.
3)Chant "Only 76 Days" each day (be sure to reduce that number by one each day, or you'll get depressed).
4)Shop for your favorite player's jersey (but PLEASE do not get one of those awful mustard colored ones LOL)
5)Decorate the area around your TV with Broncos gear.
6)Write the date and time of each game on your calendar & circle the date with a red magic marker (unless you use a digital calendar -- computer monitors don't take well to magic marker).
7)Practice the Mile High Salute, in preparation to sharing it with our players each time we score.
8)Read and comment on at least one MHR post each day.
9)Design and practice a dance to celebrate each win.
10)Make a list of game day drinks and munchies, then go out and stock up on them.
11)Convert at least one person to Bronco fandom.
12)Memorize the roster so you can recite it on demand.
13)Remind yourself, at the most fundamental level, it is a game played for your entertainment, so applaud the efforts of each coach and player.
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Maryland traveled down Route 29 past UVA and on down to Lynchburg to take on the Liberty Flames. Liberty had won six of their last seven games with their only loss coming in College Park last week. The Terps took care of business again today defeating the Flames by a 4-2 final score.
Things didn't start so promisingly for Maryland as Liberty nicked started Jake Drossner for a run in the bottom of the first. K.J. Hockaday, back in the starting lineup at third for the Terps, got Maryland's first hit in the top of the second but was stranded at second. The Terps threatened again in the third when Charlie White lined a one out first pitch single to left. Jordan Hagel pulled a double over the head of the leaping third baseman with White taking third. However, LaMonte Wade bounced softly back to the pitcher and first pitch swinging Kevin Martir skied to right to end the threat. Liberty mad Maryland pay, putting up an unearned run in the bottom half of the inning to take a 2-0 lead. It took the Terps until the top of the fifth to get on the board. Jose Cuas started the rally lining a one out single to left. White fanned for the second out but Hagel lined another double into the left field corner but Cuas didn't get a good jump on the ball and held at third. Wade lined a single to shallow left easily scoring Cuas. Hagel came around when Liberty's left fielder, thinking he had a shot to get Hagel at the plate, came up throwing before he picked up the ball and booted it allowing Hagel to score easily.
In the top of the six, The Terrapins got their beak in front for the first time. Anthony Papio led of the inning drawing a walk after digging out of a 1-2 hole. Hockaday golfed a 1-2 pitch into left center for a bloop single to put runners on first and second. Szefc called on Andrew Amaro to lay down the sacrifice and Amaro responded with a bunt to the pitcher that advanced the runners. Blake Schmit chopped an 0-2 pitch that Liberty's second baseman mishandled the bal and Papio scored. Cuas struck out after getting himself in an 0-2 hole practically leaping out of the batter's box to make contact on an apparent suicide squeeze and White forced Schmit at second. Drossner got into deep hot water in the bottom of the sixth giving up a Texas League single to center and a double to shallow right to start the inning but he escaped getting three straight grounders to Hockaday to finish his work for the day.
The Terps got an insurance run in the ninth. After White ground out to short Hagel was hit by a pitch. Wade bounced a high chopper to second moving Hagel to second. Martir picked him up with a line drive double into the corner in left. Kevin Mooney came on to work the ninth for the Terps and after getting the first two batters, being Kevin Mooney, he walked a man and hit the next Flames batter on an 0-2 pitch to put the tying run on base and bring the potential winning run to the plate. But Mooney being Mooney, as he has most of the year, got the final out on a strikeout to earn his eighth save of the year and preserve the win for the Terrapins who travel to Clemson for games Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
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There are currently two lawsuits pending against the state. One is over the state's budget for education funding. The other is for how that money is distributed among schools.
LISD School Board President James Arnold says Lubbock deserves its fair share. "I feel pretty confident to say we're going to join a lawsuit...I don't know that we have a consensus on the board right now, but we'll meet to discuss it in the coming week and will make a decision on which side to join... It's just a matter of which side."
LISD receives, on average, about $5,000 dollars per child. The school district in Austin receives about $6,500 per child.
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A hard-boiled elf is framed for murder in a North Pole world that plays reindeer games for keeps, and where favorite holiday characters live complex lives beyond the month of December.
"Harmon's over-the-top use of Christmas symbolism and imagery contrasts effectively with Heller's intentionally flat portrayal of the jaded Coal. All that's missing from this production is holiday Muzak." ---AudioFile
"Ad man Harmon delivers a witty satire on the meaning of Christmas. If you don't long to attend the Loading of the Sleigh Parade, you deserve coal in your stocking." ---Kirkus
"I must have made the nice list this year, because Santa brought me Ken Harmon's The Fat Man. I double-dog dare you not to laugh." ---Steve Hockensmith, author of the Holmes on the Range series
"It's the 'Naughty List' for you, if you don't buy this book for Christmas!" ---Louise Penny, author of A Brutal Telling
"Noir and Christmas go together like Santa and his reindeer in this stylish elf fable by Ken Harmon, a newcomer who knows noir like he apprenticed with Hammett. An excellent stocking stuffer for the mystery lover in your family." ---John Lescroart, author of the Dimas Hardy novels


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Have you ever wondered what exactly it was that convinced a 17 year old athlete that Penn State was the spot for them? Was it a coach, a family tradition or proximity to home?
I asked a few student-athletes and there were a variety of different reasons. Penn State has 19 campuses in the Commonwealth. So, University Park isn't the only campus that has particularly good athletic program as PSU-Altoona won a conference championship just a year ago.
So, I asked sophomore pitcher Joshua Clark what intrigued him to play ball for Altoona "I chose Altoona because my dad went here and so did my aunts,so it was a no brainer for me. As soon as I was accepted it was a done deal, I knew I was going to play here" said Clark.
Penn State-Harrisburg women's soccer freshman Allison Trutt said "Location was my reason, I wanted to stay close to home, they had the major I wanted, and it's a small school."
With all things considered maybe the fact that Penn State is the 45th ranked University in terms of preference has nothing to do with it at all. So, many things other than athletics can lead someone to the prestigious home of the Nittany Lion.
Obviously we can't go on without mentioning the single largest philanthropic event held by students in the world, THON. THON is something that every student at Penn state cherishes. Even new head football coach Bill O'Brien is buying into it as he vowed at this year's event to purchase season tickets to football games for the couple who raised the most money. All proceeds from THON go to the "Four Diamonds Fund for Children's Cancer research".
Football players have their own event, called "Lift for Life" as every year they lift as many weights as possible to raise money for kidney cancer. Our athletes are more than athletes. They're students, leaders, and philanthropists.
Maybe the chance to help others was a deciding factor. But, what keeps them at Penn State?
"Baseball keeps me here, and so does the Penn State name, nothing has really changed since day one," said Clark.
Trutt doesn't seem to mind that she isn't at the main campus "I stay at Harrisburg because of the professors, the proximity to home, and soccer."
So, not being at University Park is not a problem for these athletes.
With all of the excitement from at main campus, it's easy to forget about what goes on at the other campuses.
They are just as proud to be a part of something special , they will restore the roar.
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Audience member Theresa asks Dr. Oz and his food expert if she should keep tomatoes in the fridge, or out on the counter.
The food expert informs Theresa and the audience that when tomatoes get below 50 degrees, there's a chemical reaction that naturally occurs in the tomato that degrades the quality of flesh and turns it mealy. The expert notes that this reaction also happens with peaches.
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The Diagnodent uses a small laser to help us diagnose decay earlier than ever before. While X-rays can be invaluable in helping us diagnose decay, their use in detecting beginning decay on the chewing surface is limited.
Many teeth have grooves on the chewing surface that gather stain. In the past it was impossible to tell if dark areas on the chewing surface, as shown in these bicuspids, were decay or merely stain that was penetrating deep into the grooves.
With traditional diagnostic techniques, the explorer (that's the thing with the point on it that everyone's afraid of) is too large to fit into the small grooves to give us a tactile sense of whether decay exists or not.
The laser tip of the Diagnodent allows us to see a digital readout quantifying the amount of decay which may be present.


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Arts & Entertainment
Cool Cities
Horrors Rock Augusta Stage
By Bridgette M. Redman
Originally printed 8/9/2012 (Issue 2032 - Between The Lines News)
Some shows gain their popularity by being terrifically bad. Without a doubt, the leader in this genre is the cult classic movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and its live companion "The Rocky Horror Show." It's not a movie nor a musical that is known for its stellar plot nor vivid characterizations. Rather it is an audience favorite because the members present can catcall and participate with the wildly improbable stage antics.
The production at The Barn Theatre - the 10th time this show has made an appearance in the Augusta theater's seasons over the years - is true to all the classic elements of this oddball musical. It is campy, darkly colorful, raunchy, and plays openly and with glee to its audience. It is pure, no holds-barred entertainment of the craziest kind.
The actors are prepared for the audience talking back, and more than once they acknowledge the ad libs and play along with them. The Barn staff encourages the ad libbing and for audience members in to come in costume, though they do warn that props are not welcome and are firm about people not throwing things at the actors or on the stage. These are good measures to keep things from getting out of control, though on opening night, they had few die-hard Rocky fans in either costumes or shouting out the "assholes" and "sluts" common to the show.
Third-year apprentice Melissa Cotton, recently seen as Elle in the Barn's "Legally Blonde," plays Janet (slut) who travels from apple pie innocence to teased-hair slut in the space of a single evening. Her fiance, the equally straight and narrow Brad (asshole), is played by a returning Barnie: Kevin Robert White in his first season with the Barn as an Equity resident (his fourth season total). Together the two make an amusing juxtaposition with the wild household of Dr. Frank 'N' Furter. She screams; he protects. She swoons; he catches. And they spend a lot of time in each other's arms striking poses of astonishment and fear.
The Barn's Frank 'N' Furter dominates the stage in many ways, starting with his height, towering on its own before getting the assist from spiked platform heels. Reprising the role for the sixth time is Fee Waybill, a man who made his fame as the lead singer of The Tubes. He never hesitates to make the broad choices and rocks it out non-stop. His presence is such that it is impossible to take one's eyes off him as he scampers through a stage crowded with his minions.
Director Brendan Ragotzy takes a turn on stage in this musical as the Igor-like Riff-Raff, a menial who does Frank 'N' Furter's dirty work for him while his sister Magenta (played by first-year apprentice Emily Callahan) cleans up the messes. Second-year apprentice Bethany Edlund is enthusiastic as Columbia, the groupie who falls in love first with the doctor and then with his doomed first experiment, Eddie (Nicholas Pearson, second year apprentice).
While Steven Lee Burright's narrator (boring) brings out a chart demonstrating how to dance the Time Warp and invites the audience to join in, there is very little room in the tight aisles of the Barn Theatre to do any movement, much less dancing.
The entire cast and crew commits to making this musical a wacky tribute to that '80s cult movie, playing to the hilt every element. It's an entertaining evening, especially for those who come prepared to participate.
'The Rocky Horror Show'
Barn Theatre, 13351 W. M-96, Augusta. Tuesday-Sunday through Aug. 12. 101 minutes; no intermission. $34. 269-731-4121. http://www.barntheatre.com


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Covington residents still seeking city's help after July floods
COVINGTON, Ky. - When it rains Covington resident Billy Madden knows trouble could come pouring down Russell Street on his family.
"It's getting to be ridiculous. It's always flooding and they are not wanting to pay for it. We keep getting more water and the more it rains the more it backs up in our basement," said Madden.
Madden says his family can expect flood damage to occur at least a few times a year. He says it started to get bad three years ago.
"In 2010, we had six feet of water in our basement and our whole yard was under water it was going all the way up to our porch," said Madden.
Over the years the flooding has cost his family thousands in losses, repairs and replacements. During July's heavy rainfall in the Tri-State, Madden was one of many Covington residents whose home was damaged by flooding.
Some residents, however, say they're still struggling to get help from the city.
Letters were recently sent to many homeowners rejecting their claims for assistance from the city of Covington. Madden's claims with Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky were no exception.
The sanitation district's insurer Collins & Company stated in a letter to claim filers the utility is not responsible for damages left behind from what they call the unusual rain event. So far only a few of the nearly 150 claims filed have been approved.
"My stepdad has had to take a couple days off of work....We let it go down and we clean it up."
Madden says July's storms marked the fifth time his family had to clean and repair their home after serious flooding.
"I would just like to see them come down here and clean these sewers out maybe that would help a little bit," added Madden.
Euclid Street resident Gene Hassler also experienced flooding in July. Hassler said he knew if his insurance didn't cover it he was on his own.
"It's frustrating because every time it happens its the reoccurence of the same problem. There is nothing you can do to get away from it," said Hassler.
9 On Your Side's calls to Sanitation District No. 1 and Collins & Company out of Louisville were not returned Monday night.
Stay with 9 On Your Side and WCPO.com for updates.


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The ornate doors, which are part of a $50 million renovation, were custom-made to resemble the original oak and black walnut doors that had bronze ornamentation. The building is a National Historic Landmark.
The doors that were replaced were made of glass and metal.
"Every other bit of our infrastructure is crumbling, too," State Rep. Jeanne Ives, a Wheaton Republican told the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/19lsffQ ). "At some point, you say we'll just do this amount (on life-safety and disability upgrades) now, and we'll upgrade later to an old stately look when we can afford to. That's what a responsible homeowner does, right?"
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The renovation is being paid for by construction bonds that were part of a $31 billion capital construction program approved by the General Assembly.
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As Fans we wouldn't be calling a Qb a bust if he didn't start for us the first year.ÃÂ We know that you dont want to feed the rook to the wolves....HOWEVER, if lets say Griese is the starter next year and we are 2-6 at the half way point, would it be bad to let Tim Tebow play some games, maybe against weaker opponents?


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It's a sad day and a happy day because he's had such a fabulous career.
You could feel this day coming, and you dreaded it.
I do know we would not be sitting here at Safeco Field were it not for Ken Griffey Jr. and his arrival on the scene...Ken Griffey Jr. made Seattle baseball, he really did.
I'm going to miss Ken, just his persona in the clubhouse. He lit up the clubhouse. It'll be a different clubhouse. It's a sad day. But I think a happy day for the Griffey family, because daddy's coming home.
There will definitely be a relationship [between Griffey and the Mariners]. This is a relationship that will live as long as Griffey and the organization are alive...This is his home, not the Cincinnati Reds.
[On whether it's been hard to watch] Yeah, it really has been. It has been. Because you know it was like watching a great diva die, losing her voice. Because you knew what he had, what he still wanted to do. Really didn't get that much of a chance to do it this year.
...but there would be stretches where he would come out here in batting practice and have what you would call Warning Track Power. There were never days when he would have WTP 10-15 years ago. And you could see that fastballs - 95, 96mph fastballs - were going right by him, and he tried to cheat.
I didn't try to write down full sentences, but Z says that he just found out about Griffey's retirement about an hour and a half ago, after meeting with Griffey's agent and Chuck Armstrong. Says it was all Junior's call, and everyone's saddened by it. As far as a continued relationship is concerned, "we'll see as we move forward...this just happened...I'm sure Ken needs some space, some breathing room."
And finally: "I was always amazed at the response that guy would get when he stuck his head out of the dugout."
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November 28, 2011
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After turning the ball over six times in the rainy conditions at Tennessee, the Buccaneers suffered their fifth straight loss of the year, losing to the Titans, 23-17. Josh Freeman threw a fourth-quarter interception and fumbled on fourth-and-short as Tennessee outscored Tampa Bay 13-0 in the final quarter.
All week leading up to Sunday's game at Tennessee, the mindset inside One Buccaneer Place was that it's playoff football time from here on out. At 4-6, another loss would close the door on any realistic hopes of postseason qualification.
Tampa Bay ultimately failed to build on momentum gained during last week's improved effort in Green Bay, though, and watched a winnable game swing Tennessee's way, 23-17.
The teams combined for 10 turnovers (six by the Bucs) on a wet and slippery day in Nashville and Tampa Bay's porous run defense was once again exploited for 202 yards. Running back Chris Johnson, reemerging after a slow start, posted the biggest game of his season after racking up 190 yards on 23 touches.
Aided by costly late-game Bucs turnovers and penalties, the Titans (6-5) outscored their visitors 13-0 in the fourth quarter to come away with a victory that Tampa Bay suddenly lost control of.
The Bucs were marching downfield behind the powerful running of LeGarrette Blount to try and build on their 17-13 lead midway through the final period before a season-long nemesis struck at an inopportune time. Blount's 8-yard gain on first down should have set the Bucs up at the Tennessee 26, but tight end Kellen Winslow was whistled for a holding penalty that pushed Tampa Bay back to the 44. Before another ball could be snapped, left guard Jeremy Zuttah's false start made it first-and-25 from the Titans 49. Quarterback Josh Freeman and the Bucs recover, punted, and Tennessee took advantage.
head coach Mike Munchak's decision to go for six paid off. Hasselbeck backpedaled to his right to buy time, directed traffic and found wide receiver Damian Williams wide open sliding across the back of the end zone.
Down 20-17 and trailing for the first time since 10-3 in the second quarter, Tampa Bay gave possession right back two plays later. Freeman's poorly thrown second-down pass over the middle to Winslow was picked off by linebacker Colin McCarthy at the Bucs 47.
The interception increased Freeman's season-long total to 16. He finished his day with 199 yards on 18 of 33 passing, one touchdown and the interception. Freeman was sacked twice and he rushed only three times for 10 yards.
The Tampa Bay defense limited Tennessee to a 38-yard Rob Bironas field goal after the interception, but the Bucs were forced to burn all three timeouts and found themselves behind 23-17 with less 2 minutes remaining.
Two 23-yard passes to wide receiver Mike Williams took Tampa Bay from its 20 to the Tennessee 34. Rather than get to the line and immediately run a play with 1:14 left, Freeman spiked the ball on first down to stop the clock. Second down resulted in an incompletion to wide receiver Arrelious Benn and a dump pass to Kareem Lumpkin came up just shy of the first-down marker. The Bucs hurried to the line on fourth-and-inches to attempt a quarterback sneak, but Freeman couldn't handle the snap and got wrapped up behind the line to end Tampa Bay's comeback chances.
Blount said afterward that the Bucs were requesting a measurement following Lumpkin's third-down reception, but it wasn't granted. "They didn't give us the measurement. We asked for it and they didn't give it to us."
The second-year running back was again a bright spot in another Bucs losing effort, although it wasn't flawless. Blount rushed for 103 yards on 20 carries and caught all three passes thrown his way for another 56. Tarnishing his day were two lost fumbles.
In total, Tampa Bay put five balls on the ground and Tennessee pounced on four. Blount gave away his two and Freeman and Williams each lost one. The fifth turnover was Freeman's fourth-quarter interception and the sixth came when Tampa Bay gave away possession on its final play by failing to convert on fourth-and-short.
The Bucs defense responded well when called on for damage control. Following turnovers, Tampa Bay limited Tennessee to two Bironas field goals, forced two punts and put six points on the board with cornerback Aqib Talib's 27-yard interception return for a touchdown. That splash play put Tampa Bay ahead 17-10 early in the third quarter.
Sunday's four forced turnovers represented the Bucs' best defensive output in terms of flipping field position. Linebacker Geno Hayes intercepted Hasselbeck in the first quarter, cornerbacks Talib and Ronde Barber each forced a fumble and safeties Tanard Jackson and Sean Jones recorded one fumble recovery apiece.
Tampa Bay managed to score 14 of its 17 total points off of turnovers. Barber's forced fumble came late in the first half when he punched the ball out of Ringer's grasp from behind and it flew straight into the arms of Jackson. The Bucs took over with under a minute remaining before the break and scored in six plays. On second-and-goal from the 3, Williams got underneath Titans cornerback Alterraun Verner on a quick post from the left side and Freeman accurately hit him for six to tie the game at 10-all. The other touchdown was Talib's pick-six.
Williams finished his day catching six of the 11 balls thrown his way for 84 yards and the touchdown. Winslow was Freeman's second leading receiver with five receptions and 52 yards.
Though deficient against the run, the Bucs defense picked up some slack by harassing Hasselbeck. The veteran quarterback threw the two picks, was sacked twice, got hit four times and finished with a passer rating of 53.6 (19 of 34 passing for 160 yards and a touchdown). Rookie defensive end Adrian Clayborn was credited for his team-leading fifth sack of the year in the third quarter. Official scorekeepers credited the second takedown as a team sack.
Tampa Bay's only other points came on the game's first score midway through the opening quarter. The Bucs started from their own 9 and put together an 11-play, 67-yard drive that ended on Connor Barth's field goal from 43 yards out. That drive was sparked by another highlight reel play produced by Blount. After opening the series with a 5-yard run up the middle, Freeman dumped off a short pass to Blount that turned into a 35-yard gain. Along the way, and the second-year back completely hurdled cornerback Jason McCourty, who was standing almost upright.
Any momentum gained from the big play and early lead was quickly ripped away, though. Titans return man Marc Mariani fielded Michael Koenen's ensuing kickoff at the goal line, advanced 16 yards and handed the ball off to Tommie Campbell outside of the left hash. Campbell, who received the exchange with a full head of steam, zoomed around a wall of blockers and took off toward the end zone.
Tennessee extended its lead to 10-3 in the second quarter following Freeman's fumble at the Bucs 38. The Titans entered the red zone but had to settle for Bironas' 31-yard field goal. Bucs cornerback E.J. Biggers, again targeted often, stepped up near the end zone for a second time in the game up to that point. His close coverage on tight end Jared Cook forced Hasselbeck to throw high and the pass sailed incomplete.
Beyond the six passes Bucs secondary defenders broke up, the unit was all-too-frequently called upon to stop big Johnson runs. Tampa Bay's top four tacklers on Sunday were all corners and safeties. Barber led the way with seven and Biggers, Jackson and Jones each had five.
Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, playing against his former team, had four total tackles, two for a loss and a sack.
Tennessee's victory kept the franchise perfect at home against Tampa Bay, improving to 7-0. The last three came in Nashville and the first four were when the team was the Houston Oilers.
The Bucs now drop to 4-7 overall with five games left on the schedule. They will return home next Sunday to play Carolina for the first of two games against the Panthers in four weeks. Tampa Bay has lost five in a row and six of its past seven.
Sunday's announced crowd at Tennessee's LP Field was 69,143. The game-time temperature was listed at 47 degrees and there was a strong, 20 mile-per-hour wind out of the northwest. The wind chill was a reported 42 degrees and rain fell throughout the day.
Starting on defense for Tampa Bay was: LE Da'Quan Bowers, DT Brian Price, DT Albert Haynesworth, RE Adrian Clayborn, SLB Quincy Black, MLB Mason Foster, WLB Geno Hayes, LCB Aqib Talib, RCB Ronde Barber, SS Sean Jones and FS Tanard Jackson.
The Bucs lined up offensively with: WR Mike Williams, LT Donald Penn, LG Jeremy Zuttah, C Jeff Faine, RG Davin Joseph, RT Jeremy Trueblood, TE Kellen Winslow, WR Arrelious Benn, RB LeGarrette Blount, FB Erik Lorig and QB Josh Freeman.
Seven Buccaneers were listed as inactive. They were LB Zac Diles, CB Anthony Gaitor, WR Michael Spurlock, OT James Lee, DE Michael Bennett, DE Derek Hardman and DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim.
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An suspect in multiple robberies in the Nashville area is now in custody.
The suspect, Keith Watkins, is accused of robbing local businesses at gunpoint.
Watkins was stopped Monday night on Hart Lane in Inglewood for a minor traffic violation. He allegedly failed to turn on his left turn signal, which led to the stop.
Watkins, a convicted car burglar and robber, is charged for the robberies spanning from Aug. 16 to Thursday.
He allegedly held up the west Nashville Subway on Old Hickory Boulevard, two Delta Express gas stations and the Bellagio Pizza on 29th Avenue North.
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↵That's when Mr. Olbermann emailed me to clarify: ↵↵
↵⇥Mr. Friedman: ↵⇥
↵⇥Dunno what it sounded like, but I can assure you the only person I was making fun of about Chauncey Billups was me. ↵⇥
↵⇥This whole thing originated with the fact that on my screen on the set at MSNBC, he was about a half an inch tall. The Billups I remembered from my full-time sportscasting days was taller. Making the international tv signal for "Whodat?" to my producer while filling time, I got back "Johnny Phillips," and the whole thing went to hell after that. ↵⇥↵
↵⇥Regards, ↵⇥
↵⇥Keith Olbermann ↵⇥
↵(Ed. Note: In case you don't read Shoals' columns on SN.com, or whatever, his real name is Nathaniel Friedman, hence the "Mr. Friedman".)↵
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The Philharmonic Chorale, in residence at Illinois Central College, will present An Evening of Music with the Philharmonic Chorale featuring several genres of music on Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 pm in the ICC Performing Arts Center, East Peoria. The four segments of the concert focus on different types of music, including compositions with sacred texts, traditional American spirituals, beautiful love songs and humorous compositions. The group is in its 87th year and is directed by J. Michael Morris. Carol Spayer serves as accompanist. A free reception follows the concert.
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Florence L. Pitzer, 91, of Covington, Ind., died at 9:37 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Ill.
She was born Aug. 30, 1921, in Williamsport, Ind., the daughter of Arnett and Flossie (Fewell) Crudge.
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President Obama met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the Oval Office. They agreed on a new economic plan after losing last night's big Powerball lottery.
President Obama is still reminding people that he inherited this economy. Let me tell you something. If this economy doesn't turn around soon, his inheritance could be cut off in November.
Joe Biden has a new slogan — "Chains you can believe in."
Even though he made a number of gaffes this week, President Obama says he's sticking with Joe Biden as his running mate, and Biden is thrilled. Of course he's thrilled. Do you want to be looking for a job in this economy?
In 1977 on this date I know exactly where I was and you know exactly where you were when you found out Elvis Presley passed away at age 42. Another job well done by Dr. Conrad Murray.
Paul Ryan looks like a guy who owns his own chain of nursing homes.
Paul Ryan likes to catch a catfish bare-handed. He'll wade into a river and pull it out with his bare hands. Meanwhile, Chris Christie likes to reach into the tank at Red Lobster.
When Facebook stock went on the market, it was priced at $38 a share. Now, a share is worth $18.99. Market analysts have said we're not posting enough pictures of our cats on Facebook.
Some investors are suing Facebook saying they were misled. Their CEO is a kid in a hoodie. That's how much we have been misled.
For the first time ever the U.S. men's soccer team beat Mexico in Mexico. And Americans reacted by not caring whatsoever.
In a new interview with Fortune magazine, Mitt Romney says he wants to cut funding for PBS. When he heard that, Oscar the Grouch was like, "Seriously? I already live in a garbage can — how much worse can my life get?"
Mitt Romney wants to cut funding for PBS. That explains why today "Sesame Street" was brought to you by the letters "O and "Bama."
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The Johnston School Committee accepted a check for $100,000 from the Central Landfill power plant at its June 14 meeting in the library.
State Sen. John Lombardo and Reps. Stephen Ucci, Deborah Fellela, and John Carnevale attended the meeting to ceremoniously receive the check issued by Broadrock Renewables, LLC.
"Fortunately for us, Broadrock Renewables came along and came up with a plan with the landfill, that they were going to put in an entirely new methane collection system at the landfill," Ucci said. That gas will then be piped to a new, high-efficiency power plant.
Randy Holmes, Chief Executive Officer for Broadrock Renewables, LLC said: "There has been a lot of excess gas at that landfill for many, many years — it was always difficult to add additional generating capacity, and gas was burned up and sent into the atmosphere with no beneficial use."
This landfill plant, which is estimated to be operational by early 2013, will be the second largest landfill gas plant in the country.
Holmes explained that his company was able to get a power contract approved in six weeks, where such contracts usually take years. He credited the help of state and local officials with speeding the process, and presented the $100,000 check as an initial "thank you."
Broadrock will continue to donate $50,000 a year for the next 10 years to the local school district.
In a press release, Ucci explained that the money will go into the district's Renewable Energy Fund, intended to help fund building improvements, as well as sports programs, textbooks, and extracurricular activities.
Also on June 14, the school committee unanimously approved a contract for the 2011-2012 school year to Aramark for school meals. Aramark absorbed an $18,000 deficit in the current year, and Manager Jessica Patriola said the company is projecting a $5,000 surplus for next year.
The board also tabled two items: a proposal for a new three-year bus contract, and a plan to hire ADP to handle payroll.
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The first week of February I wrote a post about how I ruined an opportunity to be featured in a major publication.
I found out last Friday, that I was wrong.
I was totally shocked and surprised to find, in my inbox, an email from the author letting me know that the story had FINALLY been published.
This was about a month and a half after sending him an email letting him know of my conversation with my wife. I didn't hear from him so I thought maybe I had committed a major no-no in the media world by wasting someone's time which obviously was never my intention.
Now I'm not so sure he received the email and I even went back through gmail history to make sure I wasn't losing it to see if I had actually sent the email. I did so either he is extremely busy and it got buried in his inbox or it's possible it hit his spam folder for whatever reason.
Regardless, I actually really enjoyed the story and found myself wishing I could write as well as him. It was a great story indeed so I hope you get to check it out!
[ Read: Life in the Credit Basement: When Low Scores Are a Source of Pride ] (I have definitely taken my "extreme" stance with great pride and passion!)
As you know, I struggled deeply with the conversation my wife and I had about temporarily getting a credit card in order to give me some credit history and make sure we're able to buy this house from my in-laws.
Here's the deal.
We were looking for "the perfect" house over the summer. In doing so, the mortgage guy informed us that I had no credit score due to a lack of active debt history and that my wife would have to try and get the house only in her name. The problem is that because of the crazy mortgage we got on our last house — and the bad neighborhood we found ourselves in — we did a short-sale. Summer of 2014 will be three years since the short sale which is when banks will consider giving a mortgage to my wife again.
We moved on, and figured we'd start looking again in the summer of 2014.
Then my in-laws found "the perfect" house with everything we were looking for and then some. (3 bedroom with one and a half baths with a partially finished basement on a 2 acre lot close to town.) BTW, we're making some improvements to it now and when we're totally done we'll have 5 bedrooms 3 baths on 2 acres, an awesome new kitchen, and new floors.
So they put an offer on it. They knew our plans, so when they told us about it the plan was that we would buy the house from them this summer. No problem we thought.
But, with this new family element, I started to seriously worry about the what ifs. What if we can't get a mortgage and they end up stuck with this house — their 3rd house?
That's when my wife approached me with her "temporary" solution — the credit card idea.
I've often written about manual underwriting and even tried pimping out eCredable as an option but when you find yourself in the situation suddenly those options seem less of a reality. I'm not saying they are not real options, just that it's much easier to write about them when you have no personal experience using them.
We were unable to find anyone who does manual underwriting in my town and it makes me a little nervous doing mortgage paperwork across state lines.
eCredable sounds like a great option and according to what I understand, lenders are supposed to take information obtained from eCredable into account but aren't necessarily required to give you a loan even if the information obtained is satisfactory.
And that's where my worrying came into play and why I considered my wife's solution. I know for a fact that if I play the stupid game long enough to show some activity then I will likely have a score long enough for me to get a mortgage. I guess the problem is that I do not really know how long that takes which is why I considered "selling out" in the first place. If I wait too long then it would all be for nothing.
I haven't made a move yet, and I honest to God DO NOT want to. I'd rather use the alternatives available but like I said, when you find yourself in a real life situation, suddenly everything you've written on the subject isn't so cut and dry anymore. Generally speaking the people who push the alternatives already have a mortgage, which means they also already have a credit score.
With that said I am planning on speaking with someone from eCredable to discuss the real possibilities. Maybe when I do, reality will be more clear and I totally acknowledge that I could be wrong. We'll see.
I may even call Churchill Mortgage just to see what that process looks like across state lines.
Until then, all options are on the table.
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Fair Lawn — The Fair Lawn Senior Center is excited to host its first horticultural therapy program on Nov. 29 at 1:15 p.m. with Pat Czarnecki, HTR, president of GreEn'ergy and instructor at the New York Botanical Garden.
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Here's the Trailer for SINISTER Starring Ethan Hawke, But Get Your Own Change of Shorts
June 18th, 2012 by Graham McMorrow
Director Scott Derrickson returns to horror with the scary looking film Sinister starring Ethan Hawke. Hawke plays a crime novelist that moves his family into a house where the previous owners were murdered. That part of the story was a little played in the '80s let alone today, but it gets better. He comes across some old home videos of families being murdered, should have got that home inspection done son.
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A 39-year-old music instructor who police say had a sexual relationship with a teenager in 2006 was arrested in Wilmington.
According to police, Christopher Horne was taken into custody Monday in connection to a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old.
Police say their investigation started in October of 2011, when they responded to a Balmoral Court home on the report of an alleged rape. Police say during their investigation, they were able to determine that Horne was allegedly giving the victim private music lessons when the relationship began during the summer of 2006.
The victim told police she had sexual relations with Horne on at least two different occasions before her 18th birthday, police said.
Police say they obtained a search warrant for Horne earlier this month. Investigators say he was previously a music teacher at a business on the 5800 block of Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington.
Horne faces two counts of rape in the fourth degree and one count of unlawful sexual contact, police said.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Researchers at Princeton University have brought a new tool into the realm of cybernetics: a 3-D printer.
The scientists have devised a way to produce an ear-shaped chunk of silicone mixed with bovine cells and infused with tiny silver particles that form a coiled antenna. That antenna can pick up radio signals that the ear will interpret as sound.
The 3-D ear is not designed to replace a human one, though; the research is meant to explore a new method of combining electronics with biological material.
What we really did here was actually more of a proof of concept of the capabilities of 3-D printing, said Michael McAlpine, the professor who led the project. Because most people use 3-D printing to print passive objects – things like figurines and jewelry.
After it's printed, the 3-D ear is soft and translucent. It is cultivated for 10 weeks, letting the cells multiply, creating a flesh color and forming hardened tissue around the antenna.
Manu Mannoor, a graduate student, held up a petri dish in a lab at Princeton last week to show how the process works. The dish was filled with liquid and a partly cultivated ear, and Mannoor said the cells were secreting a matrix, the space between cells that exists in organisms.
They make their own living space, Mannoor said.
McAlpine and his team demonstrated the antenna's ability to pick up radio signals by attaching electrodes onto the backs of the ears in the printing process. When they broadcast a recording of Beethoven's Fur Elise to a pair of fully cultivated ears, the electrodes passed the signal along wires to a set of speakers, and the music flowed out clear and without interference.
Although the new research is just one iteration in the field of cybernetics – an area that looks at combining biology with technology – McAlpine said the research could lead to synthetic replacements for actual human functions, and to a sort of electronic sixth sense.
As the world becomes a more digital and electronic place, I think ultimately we're going to care less about our traditional five senses, he said. And we're going to want these new senses to give us direct electronic communication with our cellphones and our laptop devices.


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This will be the first in a series of posts to focusing on the debate over playoffs in the FBS. I'll debunk Myths with the first few, and then get into offering various formulas. We can debate until our typing fingers turn blue, and thereby avoid the painful lull of the college football off-season.
There is usually ton's of debate regarding whether or not NCAA Division I football (FBS) should have playoffs. People get aligned on each side of the argument, and take shots at one another from across the lawn. I personally fit into the Pro-Playoff's category, so I want to take the time to point out few of the Myth's that come whistling toward my head each year from various news outlets. Over the next couple posts I'll do just that. It' my turn to return fire! Cannon loaded, armor in place, and here we go…
Myth #1 FBS Playoff's will diminish the importance of regular season games.
This is one of the biggest Myth's used to shoot down the idea of playoffs in Division I. What amazes me is that no one from the other side seems to have the foresight to realize that not only might this be inaccurate, it might be completely the opposite.
Track with me for a moment. The argument is that every game is essentially a one game playoff as it presently stands. Therefore, adding a playoff will make these games less important, thereby diminishing the regular season as a whole. When I hear this argument on the four letter network I feel like I'm watching the History channel, or sitting in my college biology class...one fact surrounded by several gigantic leaps in logic.
The fact has been so wonderfully pointed out by Bud over the last couple of years that only a hand-full of teams actually have a real statistical chance of going undefeated. For the rest of college football it's a media infused pipe dream. We get wacky quotes to at the start of every season like "everyone is on equal footing, since the season is starting and no one has a loss". What a load. Deep down we know that only the Alabama's, UF's, Texas's and Oklahoma's of the world have a real shot. And even for them the odds are not great.
Yes. For Florida fans that one game against Mississippi State is like a playoff game in October. But for the majority of college football that's not the case. Even the Boise States of the world realize that the likely hood of actually getting past the political poop storm and getting into the NT game should they go undefeated is probably not very good.
I submit that Playoff's actually have the potential to make the regular season MORE INTERESTING!
FSU for example doesn't have a legit shot at the NT next year. Of course it "could happen", but anything "could happen". Such as pigs flying, and hell freezing over. FSU does, however, have a realistic shot at winning their division. And after that it's one game to the ACC Title. In a scenario where Conference winners get in a playoff, FSU does actually have a chance. So does the previously mentioned Boise State. They could actually stop whining and start proving themselves in the post season. This hope would spread to other teams in other conferences, and conference games would actually mean more than ever. Imagine FSU Clemson late next year with the understanding that even if both teams have multiple losses, they are still in the division race, the ACC Title race, and ultimately the playoffs.
There are other playoff scenarios (which I'll dive into at a future date) but you get the general idea. Tons of middling teams in the FBS would have a real reason to get excited. Even in a "top 8 teams" playoff scenario, the fight to get into those last eight spots could get really interesting!
One more point here is that this weekend tons of College basketball fans will watch Conference Championship games between teams they normally care nothing about. Why? Because they MIGHT have a chance to dance. A similar trickle down is what I believe would actually occur in FBS football.