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The Warriors would have five top-10 finishers, including two second place finishers Matthew Cuzzetto (160) and George Johanson (285).
The Royals top finisher, Hunter Lord placed 8th in the 160-pound division.
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106--Gabe Balazar (EW) 6th; 138--Natan Vulliet (EW) 5th; 160--Matthew Cuzzetto (EW) 2nd, Hunter Lord (L) 8th; 170--Marquise Brown (EW) 8th; 285--George Johanson (EW) 2nd.
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NEWPORT BEACH As the sun shone down brilliantly on Big Corona beach Saturday morning, a man with a mop of blond hair wearing a red T-shirt that said "Sea Rescue – Cape Town" stood along with a crowd that had gathered on the sand.
At least 250 people – family members, friends, lifeguards, fire officials, civic leaders and residents – were gathered on the beach to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Buddy Belshe – a local lifeguarding legend, competitive swimmer, loving father and beloved friend to many who were there.
Belshe died Dec. 19 of natural causes. He was 78.
Belshe was a cherished friend to Leonard Bernard, a local children's book author who wore the red T-shirt as a badge of honor. Belshe had given it to him 10 years ago for making a civilian rescue.
"It was nothing dramatic," Bernard said. "A girl got stuck in the water, and I pulled her out. But, he simply would not allow me to diminish that experience."
So Belshe gave him the T-shirt he got on a trip to South Africa.
"That's just the kind of person Buddy was," Bernard said. "Anything that came from him was so genuine."
Anyone who knew Belshe, had the understanding that lifeguarding was in his DNA. His father Gene was a lifeguard and police officer, and his mother, Johnnie, a swimming instructor. He started out as a seasonal lifeguard for Huntington Beach at 16.
After rising up the ranks in Huntington Beach as operations lieutenant, he moved to Newport Beach where he remained until his so-called retirement in 1987. Of course, he returned as a seasonal lifeguard and watched the water for 19 more summers.
Belshe was also a champion swimmer and started the Pier-to-Pier 2-mile Rough Water Swim in 1976 as part of Newport Beach's Bicentennial celebration. The annual event came to be known as "Buddy's Swim" by accomplished swimmers throughout Southern California.
Those who were close to him knew he couldn't stay away from doing what he was born to do – watch the water. He did so for 60 years and even after a rotator cuff surgery that kept him away from the ocean, he worked as a lifeguard for Blue Buoy Swim School in Tustin.
For the lifeguarding community, Belshe is nothing short of an icon, said Claude Panis, a 35-year Huntington Beach lifeguard
"Buddy is my hero," he said. "He came back as a lifeguard in his 50s, after retiring as a supervisor. His physical fitness and the way he continued to stay in shape were simply incredible. Buddy is certainly someone we all try to emulate."
Belshe was a dear friend to high school buddy Ernie Polte, a few years Belshe's senior.
"He was one of the sweetest and most cordial people I ever knew," Polte said.

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MOSCOW -- High risk drinking on college campuses is in the news again. Data compiled by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is drawing attention to what many experts believe is a growing problem.
The NIAAA reports that each year, fellow students who have been drinking assault nearly 700,000 students, 400,000 have unprotected sex while drunk, almost 600,000 are injured, and some 1,825 students die due to alcohol poisoning and alcohol related accidents.
Student deaths and injuries at the University of Idaho have raised concerns about the culture of drinking on that campus, so KTVB's Dee Sarton traveled to Moscow to find out how the university, local law enforcement and students are responding.
The University of Idaho has high graduation rates, said UI student Jordan Wilson. It's a really good school. I love it here, and the whole fact of it being a party school, it's kind of a stereotype.
That's a stereotype some Vandals despise, but most, even Wilson, admit it does have some basis in fact. Binge drinking is a huge problem with kids, said Wilson.
It's a very big drinking party school, said student Kathryn Gustafson. That's like, the reputation everybody knows.
Sadly, it's the bad cases that make the name. said student Ben Watson.
Some of those bad cases have turned tragic, making plenty of headlines in recent years. Since 2004, there have been three serious injuries and four student deaths, all blamed on alcohol consumption. Now another apparent alcohol related fatality, Joseph Wiederrick.
We feel really sad about what happened. It's a really sad story, said student Blanca Valadez.
It is the story of Wiederrick, a freshman who reportedly drank at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, and then wandered outside the city limits in below freezing weather, disoriented and hopelessly lost - finally dying under a bridge of hypothermia.
Wiederrick's story ended miles from the party he left, and miles from the dorm room he was trying to get back to. His story and all the others lead to the obvious question; can more be done to prevent tragedies like this?
If there were easy answers, we would have solved it a long time ago. says UI Dean of Students Dr. Bruce Pitman.
Pitman has been dean of students at UI for over 40 years. He says the university has implemented quality programs and stepped up its communication with students about the dangers of high risk drinking.
Unlike what the headlines would describe in the last couple weeks, we had a very good fall semester, said Pitman. We did put a very heavy emphasis on safety programming, safety messaging during orientation but also beyond.
In addition, he says enforcement is up, too. According to records KTVB obtained, the number of students referred for disciplinary action because of alcohol violations is up dramatically, doubling from 79 in 2010 to 164 in 2011.
Most students KTVB talked to are aware of the university's efforts to discourage the culture of drinking.
If we're caught drinking, we could get kicked out of the school. said Wilson.
As far as the university goes, I feel like they do get the message out. said student Kayla Ericksen.
However, others think more could be done to crack down on what they describe as the hotbed of excessive drinking -- parties at fraternities on what is known as Greek row.
They get away with so much, said Gustafson. Every weekend there's a party, and you always know about it. But the university doesn't do anything to stop those kids from drinking underage. When KTVB asked, Do you think there's anything they can do? Gustafson replied, I think they could enforce it with the law. I think the cops could be called. They could break up parties. It's not too difficult. I see it every day.
Turns out, it is not that easy. UI fraternities are not on university property. Their houses are privately owned, and without a search warrant, police cannot just walk in and shut the parties down, even if they suspect underage drinking.
It seems to be an acceptable culture that you drink to an excess and the binge drinking and it's just something that has evolved. I think over time to college campuses, and I don't know how that occurred, but I know for sure that we gotta change that culture, said Moscow Police Lieutenant Dave Lehmitz.
Lehmitz heads up the campus division of Moscow Police. He says enforcement became even more difficult when lawmakers took the teeth out of Idaho's law dealing with those who serve alcohol to minors.
Years ago providing alcohol to a minor on a second office became a felony, and now it's only a misdemeanor, said Lehmitz.
However, despite those hurdles, Lehmitz stresses - they have got a good partnership with the university and worked together last year to shut down Delta Chi, a fraternity with persistent alcohol violations.
I think we're making progress, and I think if that word travels that the university's committed on making a change. The police department is committed on making a change, I think you will see change, said Lehmitz.
Pitman says evidence of that change is the trend toward dry fraternity houses. We are gradually having fewer and fewer chapters that at least by policy, at least by policy, allow alcohol in the fraternities. When KTVB asked, But if you had your druthers? Pitman replied, If I had my druthers they'd all be dry. KTVB asked, And are you moving in that direction, as you said aggressively, or is that or on a case by case basis when something comes up? Pitman replied, We have had some conversations with all of the house corporations and alumni. In the last year or so and we're talking to them about that, Pitman said.
Still students point out that the law and the university can only do so much.
There's many students that don't abide by the rules either way so if there were stricter rules or policies, I'm pretty sure they'd still go out of their way to break those policies. said Valadez.
I think it can be a problem here, but it just depends on the individual, I think. said student Nolan Gibbens.
You can try to stop it, but there's not a lot that anyone can do besides the person making the choice, said Wilson.
The investigation into Joseph Wiederrick's death continues as the toxicology report still have not come in.
KTVB did learn that the fraternity house where he is thought to have been drinking the night he died, lost its alcohol privileges last spring over past violations.
Pitman would not speculate on what another violation might mean to the future of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the University of Idaho.


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The dogs rescued from a Bronx dog fighter's basement last year are finally getting justice. Raul Sanchez, who pleaded guilty to dog fighting a few weeks ago, is now heading to prison.
Last week a judge sentenced Sanchez to one to three years for animal fighting, one year for animal cruelty and one year for criminal possession of a weapon. (Sanchez will serve these sentences concurrently.)
He's also been slapped with a ban on keeping animals for the duration of his parole. Sanchez waived his right to appeal.
We hope Sanchez's sentence serves as a reminder to dog fighters that their crimes against innocent animals carry serious consequences.
I must say that I think when a person is convicted of something like this they should be banned from owning an animal for life.
In Australia all animals have to be registered, yearly. You registration fee is less if your animal is neutered and you have to have a permit if you plan to keep more than 2 dogs in your household...
Something to consider... we could then track animal homes, link to criminial charges and have one central repository that could be checked before any person took home a pet. Your ID has to be shown, your details are looked up and the animal registered against your name.
The US lacks laws...in particular ones that are enforced. They seem to focus on murders and guns and thats where minds are focused. There needs to be more, a proactive approach to preventing it from happening in the first place, a deterent.
Without a doubt there needs to be something because there appears to be a considerable amount of people in this country that dont have the skillset to work out right from wrong themselves.
I hope he had to give up other dog fighters to get such a low sentence!! He will be out in no time and start all over again these type of people do not change!!
The jail time is okay but they need to be hit hard in the pocketbook. I believe heavy fines would hurt more than a few months in jail
This is just a slap on the wrist... It will up his street cred... and get him more dog fighting business once he gets out of jail. This is messed up.
this is great news; now for the rest of the lowlife perpetrators of cruelty.
I think he should be forced to fight his fellow prisoners to the death using only razor blades.
Why should he be left sit in jail and then our tax dollars pay for him to be there! He should be put in the ring with professional boxers and used as their practice dummy day after day and not get paid for it!! I'm sure they wouldn't mind!
Not long enough. We need much stiffer penalties to serve as a deterant!
I think they should give him more time. As far as having or being able to have another pet/animal. He should not be able to have any pets for the duration of his entire life.
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Earlier this year, the ASPCA assisted in a three-state dog fighting bust alongside the FBI, Missouri Highway Patrol and several other agencies.
When we found these dogs, many were doomed to live their whole lives tethered by heavy chains—and on the day of the raid, many were left outside to suffer through a blizzard.
Today, after months under the care of our behaviorists, veterinarians and tireless responders, dogs rescued from this raid are thriving. In fact, some have already headed to rescue for adoption! Still others remain in our care.
We wanted to show you some of these dogs' happy faces and thank you for helping us make their rescue possible. We couldn't have taken on this massive operation without your help!
Slideshow: Amazing Transformation of Dog Fighting Victims
Grow up people...millions of dogs are brought to shelters each year and only a fraction are adopted. Its supply and demand. Peta does everything it can to help animals...there are just not enough homes...period the end. Stop blaming Peta and channel your anger in the right direction.
You are an amazing organization. Thank God you exist to help animals who need to be rescued and given a second chance.
the aspca does phenomenal work to help animals. i think you are confusing the aspca with natl humane soc or hsus which gets only 2% of the money to the animals and pays 98% to their CEO and board and Peta where many animals are killed. get your facts straight. the aspca rocks.
So happy to see this - It just proves that what you put in to a furbaby is what you get out - put in hate and fear and thats what you get - put in love and care and thats what you get
These pictures just brings me to tears. To know what those beautiful dogs went through at the hands of such evil is heartbreaking, but now, thanks to all of you, they look wonderful! They all look like they're smiling. They look happy, content, and loved. Thank you for saving their lives.
Pitbulls are amazing animals. We have owned dogs for 39 years. We now have two Pitbulls. A 12 y.o. female who my son rescued from an abusive environment and a 4 y.o. male. Both are loving and loyal animals. Anyone who adopts one won't be sorry they picked a Pitbull
SO many people confuse the ASPCA with other SPCA organizations. Unless an animal is vicious and can't be rehabilitated to be placed in a home or is terminally ill, the ASPCA does everything it can to help find ALL animals new homes....including horses. ASPCA and the local SPCA organizations are NOT the same. Even strays picked up must be held for 5-7 days to give owners a chance to find their pet. I suggest HELEN go back to the place that euthanized your cat by the next day and take a good look at the sign on the building. If your cat was reasonably healthy, they wouldn't have done that. They even have FIV+ cats that they try to find homes for. Helen, I think you're confused.
It's time to end puppy mills once and for all. Then, more of these wonderful rescues will have a chance of adoption.
That is great news. I like to hear when fighting dog victims get transformed for the better.


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Sarah Benton greets guests at the Topsail Skating Rink as if she were a rink employee. Before their skates are laced, she enthusiastically tells them about the snacks, about the grooves in the hardwood and about Elimination, the dice game that rewards winners with a free pass.
On a mid-May weekend in
The Topsail Skating Rink has that effect on people, and it has for 50 years. Sarah is too young to appreciate the value of nostalgia; she just wants to have fun.
But for visitors of a certain age, the rink takes them back to family vacations in simpler times.
The skating rink and
Everything about the Topsail Skating Rink resonates with nostalgic charm. From the old-school roller skates to the box fans in the windows, it's not hard to imagine what life was like in the 1960s. Really, you don't have to imagine at all.
Nothing has changed.
Not even the cash register. It has white keys with numbers from 10 to 90 and black keys with symbols from $1 to $5.
Proprietor Doris Jenkins punches the $5 key whenever she collects an admission fee.
She tried a more modern cash register once, but the humidity short-circuited it, she said.
Perhaps the most revered treasure in the rink is Jenkins' record player. She piles stacks of 45s and spins classic tunes, mostly from the '50s, '60s and '70s.
Sometimes, she'll turn on the disco lights for a boogie song. And that's about as racy as it gets.
For the kids
Jenkins watches out for the kids. She won't let them leave until she knows a parent is there to pick them up.
"If the parents say, 'Don't let them leave the building,' I don't let them leave the building," Jenkins said.
Sarah respectfully refers to the owner as Miss Doris, and Jenkins serves as her personal banker, keeping Sarah's cash behind the counter and transferring it dollar by dollar to the cash register as Sarah buys gum and snacks.
Amanda Benton, Sarah's mom, said all three of her daughters have skated circles around the Topsail Skating Rink.
"I feel like Miss Doris is family,"
Jenkins took over as the town's postmaster in 1962, and her husband, Sonny, built the post office and skating rink the next year.
For years, they ran the rink together, but Alzheimer's disease has clouded Sonny's mind, and he doesn't come to the rink any more.
Now, it's just Miss Doris. And if you've ever seen her carrying crates of mail for the post office, you know that she can handle a few kids on skates.
Jean Beasley brought her children to the Topsail Skating Rink decades ago, and she has the utmost respect for Miss Doris.
"She is quite a lady. I love
Beasley chuckled a bit when she said that last phrase. But there's certainly some truth to it.
Jenkins is unquestionably tough. She runs the post office during the day and the skating rink at night. So, when does she rest?
"Between and daybreak," she said.
At 75, she still skates with the kids.
Last week, she fell on the hardwood. She bounced back up, albeit with a red spot on her wrist.
"If you fall, you fall," she said. "Then you get up and go around again. I take about one spill a year. That's all I can afford."
The future
Jenkins has seen profiles in Rink magazine of skaters in their 90s. She hopes to do better than that.
"I want to be skating when I'm 100," she said.
She does realize that at some point she won't be able to run the rink by herself. She has two nephews who help her on occasion and they are poised to take over when that day comes.
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"As long as I own it, there won't be air conditioning," Jenkins said.
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SALEM - The Environmental Protection Agency will begin investigating what caused at least four cases of a rare bone cancer in West Salem.
Federal officials held two meetings Tuesday to speak to the public about the goals of that investigation.
Health experts report that cancer clusters are difficult to investigate because there are too many variables and too few cases to pin the cancers on any one cause.
The EPA has plans to visit Walker Middle School, where four of the five students attended, as well as a ball field a block away where they played baseball and soccer, and a park a half mile away.
They ll also conduct extensive research on past uses to try and spot any problems with the environment there.
Anthony Barber with the EPA said, We're not focused on what may or may not be causing osteosarcoma at EPA. We're focused on finding any contaminants that might cause any illness that we're aware of.
West Salem High School senior and the homecoming queen Lisa Harder was the third person from the West Salem area to die from osteosarcoma, late last year. The others included 21-year-old Randy Bultena and 5-year old Darian King.
Another teen, Tyler Prosser, battled the same cancer at West Salem High. He is now in remission.
I want them to find something quick. Because, there s been way too many people, and if there's more, they will probably keep coming and coming and coming until they find something, Prosser said.
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The highest award in Cub Scouting is the Webelos Arrow of Light award. It is one of the few Cub Scout badges that you can wear on your Boy Scout uniform. You will work on outdoor skills, physically fitness, and learn more about citizenship and working with others. Upon completion of Arrow of Light, you can bridge into a Boy Scout troop.
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1. Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old. (Being active means having good attendance, paying your den dues, and working on den projects.) 2. Complete each of the following Arrow of Light core adventures with your den or family: a. Building a Better World b. Camper c. Duty to God in Action d. Scouting Adventure 2. Complete each of the following Arrow of Light core adventures with your den or family: a. Building a Better World b. Camper c. Duty to God in Action d. Scouting Adventure 4. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide, and earn the Cyber Chip award for your age.* *If your family does not have Internet access at home AND you do not have ready Internet access at school or another public place or via a mobile device, the Cyber Chip portion of this requirement may be waived by your parent or guardian.
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Do 1 through 5, then choose two of 6 through 8:
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The Class Mammalia includes about 5000 species placed in 26 orders. Systematists do not yet agree on the exact number or on how some orders and families are related to others. The Animal Diversity Web generally follows the arrangement used by Wilson and Reeder (2005). Exciting new information, however, coming from phylogenies based on molecular evidence and from new fossils, is changing our understanding of many groups. For example, skunks have been placed in the new family Mephitidae, separate from their traditional place within the Mustelidae (Dragoo and Honeycutt 1997, Flynn et al., 2005). The Animal Diversity Web follows this revised classification. Whales almost certainly arose from within the Artiodactyla (Matthee et al. 2001; Gingerich et al. 2001). The traditional subdivision of the Chiroptera into megabats and microbats may not accurately reflect evolutionary history (Teeling et al. 2002). Even more fundamentally, molecular evidence suggests that monotremes (Prototheria, egg-laying mammals) and marsupials (Metatheria) may be more closely related to each other than to placental mammals (Eutheria) (Janke et al. 1997), and placental mammals may be organized into larger groups (Afrotheria, Laurasiatheria, Boreoeutheria, etc.) that are quite different from traditional ones (Murphy et al. 2001). (Dragoo and Honeycutt, 1997; Flynn et al., 2005; Gingerich et al., 2001; Janke, Xu, and Arnason, 1997; Matthee et al., 2001; Murphy et al., 2001; Nowak, 1991; Teeling et al., 2002; Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000; Wilson and Reeder, 1993)
All mammals share at least three characteristics not found in other animals: 3 middle ear bones, hair, and the production of milk by modified sweat glands called mammary glands.
The three middle ear bones, the malleus, incus, and stapes (more commonly referred to as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup) function in the transmission of vibrations from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the inner ear. The malleus and incus are derived from bones present in the lower jaw of mammalian ancestors. Mammalian hair is present in all mammals at some point in their development. Hair has several functions, including insulation, color patterning, and aiding in the sense of touch. All female mammals produce milk from their mammary glands in order to nourish newborn offspring. Thus, female mammals invest a great deal of energy caring for each of their offspring, a situation which has important ramifications in many aspects of mammalian evolution, ecology, and behavior. (Klima and Maier, 1990; Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000)
Although mammals share several features in common (see Physical Description and Systematics and Taxonomic History), Mammalia contains a vast diversity of forms. The smallest mammals are found among the Soricidae and Chiroptera, and can weigh as little as 3 grams. The largest mammal, and indeed the largest animal to ever inhabit the planet, is the Balaenoptera musculus, which can weigh 160 metric tons (160,000 kg). Thus, there is a 53 million-fold difference in mass between the largest and smallest mammals! Mammals have evolved to exploit a large variety of ecological niches and life history strategies and, in concert, have evolved numerous adaptations to take advantage of different lifestyles. For example, mammals that fly, glide, swim, run, burrow, or jump have evolved morphologies that allow them to locomote efficiently; mammals have evolved a wide variety of forms to perform a wide variety of functions. (Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000)
- Dragoo, J., R. Honeycutt. 1997. Systematics of mustelid-like carnivores. Journal of Mammalogy, 78: 426-443.
- Flynn, J., J. Finarelli, S. Zehr, J. Hsu, M. Nedbal. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): assessing the impact of increased sampling on resolving enigmatic relationships. Systematic Biology, 54/2: 317-337.
- Gingerich, P., M. ul Haq, I. Zalmout, I. Khan, M. Malkani. 2001. Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: Hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan. Science, 293: 2239-2242.
- Janke, A., X. Xu, U. Arnason. 1997. The complete mitochondrial genome of the wallaroo (Macropus robustus) and the phylogenetic relationship among Monotremata, marsupialia, and Eutheria. Proc. National Academy of Sciences, 94: 1276-1281.
- Matthee, C., J. Burzlaff, J. Taylor, S. Davis. 2001. Mining the mammalian genome for artiodactyl systematics. Systematic Biology, 50: 367-390.
- Murphy, W., E. Eizirik, S. O'Brien, O. Madsen, M. Scally, C. Douady, E. Teeling, O. Ryder, M. Stanhope, W. de Jong, M. Springer. 2001. Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using Bayesian phylogenetics. Science, 294: 2348-2351.
- Nowak, R. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Teeling, E., O. Madsen, R. Van Den Bussche, W. de Jong, M. Stanhope, M. Springer. 2002. Microbat paraphyly and the convergent evolution of a key innovation in Old World rhinolophoid microbats. Proc. National Academy of Sciences, 99: 1431-1436.
- Vaughan, T., J. Ryan, N. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy, 4th Edition. Toronto: Brooks Cole.
- Wilson, D., D. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.


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Rubirosa said being featured like this is "amazing."
"Whenever they told me this was going on, I thought it was awesome," he said while signing boxes Thursday at the Food Lion in Swansboro. "This is pretty cool. I wish I had time to put it on Facebook so people can know what's going on.
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Rubirosa certainly hasn't stopped trying. He's literally taken steps to walk again. They haven't come easy, but Hugo remains strong-willed while still receiving treatment at Vidant Children's Hospital in
"Back in January I was not doing nearly as much as I am now. I've been on the Lokomat and I've been going to the pool once a week," Rubirosa said. "Being on the Lokomat is the hardest. It holds me up in the air and makes me walk."
And it gives Rubirosa confidence, Potter said.
"Hugo sent me a video of him standing up and standing up surrounded with assistance taking those first few steps," she said. "It wore him out, but at the end of those few minutes, it was as if he had conquerored the world. And that is true for someone who's paralyzed. To be able to stand up and have enough strength in his legs to make those steps is impressive."


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The velocity of money is the frequency at which one unit of currency is used to purchase domestically- produced goods and services within a given time period. In other words, it is the number of times one dollar is spent to buy goods and services per unit of time. If the velocity of money is increasing, then more transactions are occurring between individuals in an economy.
The frequency of currency exchange can be used to determine the velocity of a given component of the money supply, providing some insight into whether consumers and businesses are saving or spending their money. There are several components of the money supply,: M1, M2, and MZM (M3 is no longer tracked by the Federal Reserve); these components are arranged on a spectrum of narrowest to broadest. Consider M1, the narrowest component. M1 is the money supply of currency in circulation (notes and coins, traveler's checks [non-bank issuers], demand deposits, and checkable deposits). A decreasing velocity of M1 might indicate fewer short- term consumption transactions are taking place. We can think of shorter- term transactions as consumption we might make on an everyday basis.
The broader M2 component includes M1 in addition to saving deposits, certificates of deposit (less than $100,000), and money market deposits for individuals. Comparing the velocities of M1 and M2 provides some insight into how quickly the economy is spending and how quickly it is saving.
MZM (money with zero maturity) is the broadest component and consists of the supply of financial assets redeemable at par on demand: notes and coins in circulation, traveler's checks (non-bank issuers), demand deposits, other checkable deposits, savings deposits, and all money market funds. The velocity of MZM helps determine how often financial assets are switching hands within the economy.
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As the search for the mysterious "penguin drum" continues, the twins Kanba and Shouma grow even more desperate now that their sister's life is in ever-greater danger. The strange riddles that have given their journey so many twists and turns now reveal deadly answers. Strangers with no seeming relationship display disturbing and bizarre connections. The chaos of destiny that governs both the heavens and the earth surges with terrifying and baffling power.
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OXFORD, Ohio - Redshirt freshman Sarah Chaney had a breakout game for the Miami University volleyball team, but it would not be enough as the RedHawks fell to Northern Illinois, 0-3 (19-25, 17-25-20-25) on Saturday. Miami is now 5-14 on the season and 0-6 in the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies are 13-9 overall and 4-2 in the MAC.
Chaney was just short of a career high with 11 kills (her career high of 13 kills came in a five-set match against Albany). She made only one error the entire match on 21 total attempts for an impressive hitting percentage of .476.
It didn't start out well for the RedHawks as Northern Illinois scored the first six points of set one. Chaney would help lead Miami back with three kills off of Amy Kendall assists. Lisa Treadway and Chelsea Visk also put down kills as the 'Hawks went on a 10-4 run to tie the score at 10. Meg Riley recorded two kills and Christina Menche had a service ace as Miami kept the score even until it was 14-14. From there, a 5-1 run would give NIU a 19-15 lead and force a RedHawk timeout. After the break, Chaney scored two consecutive kills to pull Miami to within three, but a 5-2 run by the Huskies would close out a 25-19 win.
A NIU attack error and a Treadway kill gave Miami a 2-0 lead to begin set two. Trailing 3-4, a kill from Chaney and another service ace by Menche were part of a 6-1 run that put the Red and White in front, 9-5. A 7-3 run by the Huskies would cut the deficit to one at 11-12, but Annie Reiswig responded with a kill to put Miami back up by two. NIU answered with a 6-1 run that put it in front, 17-14. On the next point, Riley and Visk teamed up on a block, but the RedHawks would be unable to get any closer as the Huskies went on to win, 25-17.
Chaney had three more kills as Miami took an 8-6 lead early in set three. The Huskies would tie the score at eight, but a pair of kills from Jenny Ingle would help keep the RedHawks even over the next 10 points. Tied at 13, NIU would score the next five points to force a Miami timeout. Madison Dodd and Ingle responded out of the break with back-to-back kills, while Visk scored a service ace to cut the deficit to two at 16-18. After a pair of side outs, Ingle would record her first career service ace to make it 18-19. The Miami attack went cold from there as the Huskies closed on a 6-1 run to take a 25-20 victory.
In addition to Chaney's 11 kills, Riley finished with 11 for Miami. Kendall led the RedHawks with 26 assists, while Madison Hardy had 14 digs.
It's back on the road as Miami heads north to the state of Michigan for a pair of matches. On Thursday, Oct. 11, the RedHawks will be in Mt. Pleasant to take on Central Michigan at 7 p.m. They will then head to Ypsilanti to face Eastern Michigan on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.


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If your kitchen's only source of lighting is from recessed cans, consider adding a few fixtures to serve as aesthetic and functional focal points in the room over the casual eating area and/or the island. To make all your lighting as efficient, effective and attractive as possible, dimmers are a must-have update.
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BlogTalkRadio: Irish Roots: lots of fun, lots of info
I really enjoyed being part of the GeneaBloggers BlogTalkRadio show, listening to everyone on the radio, and reading all the lines on the chat feed.
The show was a journey through the history and geography of Ireland.
Brian Mitchell's lovely Ulster accent was enough to keep anyone tuned in, but he also made some great points about how important it is to know where in Ireland your ancestors originated. By the way, I love his new iPad application because, as its name says, it is Irish genealogy "at a glance". There is a lot of information on it and links within the app to valuable web destinations. Give it a look.
Sharon Sargeant reiterated the critically important role of Geography in searching for your Irish ancestors. I felt as though I could visualize all of us travelling over the landscape of Ireland from the Provinces into the Counties, and the Baronies, and down into the Townlands.
Lisa from Small Leaf Shamrock began her segment with Eavan Boland's "That the Science of Cartography is Limited". Hearing Lisa read this Boland poem just lit me up because I wrote my Master's Thesis on Boland's work; the title of the thesis is "Creating a Trace of Her", and it is essentially about finding the women of Ireland in the history and geography of the land.
Mary Ellen Grogan gave the best breakdown and explanation of Griffith's Valuation that I think I have ever heard. If you haven't used Griffith's Valuation, make sure you take a good look at it, and visit Mary's links (via GeneaBloggers) to get a better understanding of how to make it work for you. By the way, if you want to see a picture of Griffith's grave just pop on over to 'Over thy dead body' and do a site search.
For my segment of the show, "the Famine and Famine ships in 10 minutes or less", I gave a very brief snapshot of what went on in the period of the second Great Famine 1845-1851/52 and all the resources available if you are looking for ancestors who emigrated in that period. I'll post the full list of research links tomorrow.
Debra Large Fox reminded us of the importance of Irish Oral history and making connections with other researchers. Personally I belong to a number of academic organizations, and to Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann: The Genealogical Society of Ireland and the Ulster Historical Foundation, but Debra made me realize that perhaps I should join some local organizations as well. (I'm just going to have to create a 36 hour day). You never know where you might make a connection.
At the heart of it all was, of course, the HEARTH of our GeneaBloggers community, Thomas MacEntee. I don't know if he will ever know how much he means to all of us, and here words fail me. I just want to say Thank You Thomas for creating this community.
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Wonderful recap of tonight's show, Jennifer. It was great "sitting by the fire" with you and telling our stories on Thomas' GeneaBloggers Radio Irish edition!ReplyDelete
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This was one of those magical nights, from Lisa's reading of the poem to Thomas' singing.ReplyDelete
While I hoped to hear this live, I was falling asleep at my computer by 9:00 so I planned to download it today. The problem - how do I do this? I know it can be done because I have the one from two weeks ago. I can't remember how I accessed it and have tried iTunes without luck. I also went to the website and couldn't figure out how there either. Everything I clicked on, just started playing the audio rather than download. I feel so dumb!ReplyDelete
Hi Lisa, Greta, and Margel,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comments; I really appreciate them. Margel I'm afraid I haven't downloaded any of the shows yet, so I don't know how to do it. Thomas would have the info so you might drop him a line. Sorry its been so frustrating.
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To upload an edition of the GeneaBloggers Radio show, visit http://itunes.apple.com/ne/podcast/geneabloggers-blog-talk-radio/id427872677 and click on "View in iTunes". There is a "subscribe" button. Select that, then choose which editions you'd like to upload.
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You can connect easily to this open network. Once connected, launch a browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) and attempt to navigate to google.com. You will be redirected to a login page for The Claremont Colleges Wireless Network. Please note the instructions on the page. Due to the fact that all members of The Claremont Colleges are supported on this network, you must identify yourself as a CMC'er by adding "@cmc" after your CMC network username. For example, If your CMC network username is jdoe, then you would enter jdoe@cmc.
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NEW RIVER — Generations of Marines gathered in advance of the anniversary of an act of terror that claimed hundreds of lives 30 years ago.
In front of a theater full of Marines and sailors from New River on Friday, veterans of the Beirut bombing shared personal stories from the Oct. 23, 1983, blast, as well as the days leading up to and following the attack. More than 240 Americans were killed during the blast and more than 100 were injured when a truck packed with explosives drove into the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, and detonated, collapsing the building.
During the presentation, Danny Joy, 57, of Jacksonville, explained how he was affected by the blast that took the lives of many of his peers and friends. Positioned 1,000 meters from the blast at an observation post within the city of Beirut, Joy recalled seeing smoke and feeling helpless not knowing how he could help or even what had happened. It wasn't until he heard chatter on the radio that he knew the magnitude of what had just transpired, he said.
"Our history as Marines is our legacy," Joy said. "The Corps is all about history, and if we forget our history and traditions then we have lost what we have stood for ... the Corps' history isn't just about stacking bodies like cord wood in famous battles. It's about the lives lost too."
Other speakers included historian Rob Bower, Navy chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Bryan Crittenden and Dan Cuddeback, a retired sergeant who was near the barracks when the attack occurred.
One corpsman in the audience said that when he heard about the event, he felt compelled to come and learn something from the Marines' experiences.
"The Marines' personal experiences from witnessing the explosion and them trying to understand the chaos that was happening on the radio hit me the hardest," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Berkley, 28, of Ponca City, Okla. "It's very hard to imagine being as I wasn't there, but seeing the emotion the speaker had while he told the story — it hit hard."
Berkley said these types of presentations are important, especially as those who were there continue to age.
"As it gets older and older, there are going to be less and less survivors, which make presentations like this even more important," he said. "We should celebrate the lives and remember the losses. It's our responsibility to remember how they acted and did what they were trained to do."
For 1st Lt. Sarah Burns, organizing this event was something she felt needed to be done to make sure Marines do not forget or ignore what happened in Beirut, especially given the amount of support the military and civilian community shows in Jacksonville, she said.
Burns said she wished every Marine walked away with a sense of pride in the Marine Corps, their country and the Jacksonville community. Hearing personal stories such as the ones told Friday mean a lot to Burns and makes her proud of what she is doing as a Marine, she said.
"This needed to be done because it's part of our history as Marines," said Burns, 24, of Rochester Hills, Mich. "We have such an amazing opportunity to embrace our history because of the deep veteran population in Jacksonville. Everyone has a story to tell and it's important as Marines to hear our history from those who were there."
Getting up in front of them and telling their stories wasn't easy, according to Joy, and he hopes that the Marines walk away with a clearer picture of what happened 30 years ago.
"To us as Beirut veterans, our motto is 'Our first duty is to remember,'" Joy said. "A lot of the parents said this is the last year they'll come (because of age to the ceremony) so it's important to remember who we are as Marines and continue on with the legacy and pray something like this never happens to us again."


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Murdock wrote:phoenixrisingla wrote:I did watch the game. The stats are an indication of WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
Not the plays that you remember more because they make you mad, and not the plays that you forget because they dont agree with your pre-conceived ideas you've already formed.
If PAU, Dwight, and MWP made more of the shots that they DID TAKE, we would have won the game. END OF STORY.
I'm VERY cool with Kobe shooting less. But when the rest of the team is shooting 35% we have to score points, lest we witness a 20pt blowout to the 76ers.
Am I taking crazy pills???
funny thought ... when someone bashes Kobe based on stats ... everybody claims that stats can't picture it ... hmmm but other way around it is acceptable ... not a bash against Kobe ... just a random thought
People can definitely go both ways. I for one like stats for the reason that I mentioned above.
Its HARD to watch a game completely objectively. Especially when its a team you root for and are emotionally invested in.
Stats may not paint the whole picture, but they are a good place to start because they are irrefutable facts of events that occurred.