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SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA) -- Hopefully, you spent the holiday with loved ones. One family in Silver Spring couldn't do that this Christmas, and they called us to see if we could help.
It's been a week, and Jessica Cavegn of Silver Spring has tried everything to get the family's cat our of a tree. Cats have been getting stuck in trees as long as we have had cats and we have had trees. But when it's your cat, and you have 3 small children, and it's Christmas...
"Well, I mean, I'm an animal lover, I'm a vegetarian, I love animals so he's like, I love him..." Jessica Cavegn sobbed.
See to Cavegn, the cat is part of the family. He's a family member, a year-and-a half old Siamese named Cosmo in need. Cavegn's tried it all.
She told us, "We've actually had the fire department out twice."
And they have tried putting tuna down at the bottom of the tree every day as well as rigging a pulley over a limb to pull a bucket up to him. They tried that all day Saturday.
"We called tree companies to see if a tree person could come up they want almost $500," added Cavegn.
The whole neighborhood's getting worried and Cavegn is just trying to keep it together.
She tells us, "He's the sweetest cat. They can carry him around all day. He's never mean. He's the sweetest little kitty in the world."


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Who would have thought we would win less games in 08 than in 07? Coach Mac actually had a higher percentage of Win in his first two years at ISU. Its going downhill folks, Where are all those colorful emails from Jamie Pollard these days? I don't see him talking to the fans any more.
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So we can give chizik til year 5 before he has to produce wins. I mean that is what mac did.
I think Chizik wins because hes younger. Maybe Mac if he's in his prime.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
Originally Posted by aweb84
So we can give chizik til year 5 before he has to produce wins. I mean that is what mac did.
While I agree with this, I would also point out, the program was no where near as bad when Chizik took over than when Mac did.
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Talk to me in Year 6 of Chizik then. This outta be a fun thread.
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Sweet, so 2012 we can have a really good season, then a couple of decent ones, then fall back into mediocrity....where do I send my money?
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I will admit, I am to blame in sometimes making mountains out of molehills.
Originally Posted by clonomaniac
2000 9-3
2001 7-5
2002 7-7
2003 2-10
2004 7-5
2005 7-5
6 years. 5 bowl games. Winning record. Top ten ranking. That seems like 20 years ago now.
Gene Smith, 1993-2000. 7 years, 6 NCAA's, 1 bowl game. Revenue sports postseason participation 50%. Good.
Bruce Vandevelde, 2000-20005. 5 years, 4 bowl games, 2 NCAA's, 2 NIT's. Postseason participation 80%. Better.
Jamie Pollard, 2005-. 4 years. 1 bowl game, 0 NCAA's, 0 NIT's. Postseason participation: 13%. The next big step.
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Originally Posted by cmoneyr
where do I send my money?
You send your money to Jamie Pollard. Where have you been for the past 3 years?
Great...another useless thread from a DMac fan that can't let go...
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I think its dumb to compare Mac vs. Chizik...they are completely different situations.
If we are going to compare Chizik to anyone it should be to Brian Kelly, Tim Brewster, and anyone else on the short list.
I'm not saying this to be against Chizik but does anyone else think its a kick in the groin that Kelly is 5-2 at Cinnci and Brewster is 6-1 and ranked at Minnesota?
Originally Posted by brianhos
While I agree with this, I would also point out, the program was no where near as bad when Chizik took over than when Mac did.
I agree 100%. Coach Chizik has won national title for Texas on the defensive side of game. Where is that defense now? We had the weakest schedule in big 12. We still couldn't produce any wins. I don't see Chizik fired up at any game. He was more fired up last year than this year. where is the fire in these student athletes? What is missing from JP's vision? I just don't get it.
I'm angry that I even wasted my time reading this crap... It's only year two people... we suck, we're probably not going to win more that 4-5 next year either... if you're gonna fall/jump off the bandwagon just get the hell off now and stop making things worse... this team will turn around eventually, not this year, probably not next. Get used to it, and get over it.
"As a rule, a man's a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool. When it's cool, he wants it hot. Never wanting what he's got." - Grandpa Barton.
I agree with brian though, when Mac took over we had been bad for quite some time. Now, we're not that many years removed from bowl visits, bowl victories and good seasons. Times have changed and people don't want to start over again from the bottom, and I can't blame them.
Originally Posted by jbhtexas
Great...another useless thread from a DMac fan that can't let go...
Yeah, that.
Our fans are absolutely no better than Hawk fans and it's repeatedly put on display each and every week here.
Very little reason or rational thought these days.
Originally Posted by brianhos
While I agree with this, I would also point out, the program was no where near as bad when Chizik took over than when Mac did.
I don't know if I agree or disagree with this. However, the Big XII was nothing near as good when Mac took over as it is now.
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Thanks for that info SinghG5, must say I like the look of your Memphis Shades. The quality of manufacture looks superb, un-like the one's I have so far seen, on this side of the pond. Do like the way the mounts have been CNC machined, as opposed to pressings.However I dont think they are available in the UK, as yet!Regards
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Crimeney!!! 17 pages of place name positioning wisdom!
A great guide available here.
An absolute must of a read IMO.
:: Edit :: This is too good a resource to lose to a broken link. PDF attached below.
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Crimeney!!! 17 pages of place name positioning wisdom!
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go..
lots for good tips in there - thanks for sharing
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Yup, this is a must read. Must remember to DL when I get home.
I also think that a link to either this post or the PDF should be placed in the Quick Start Guide. And sticky this thread.
Anyhoot, Thanks Rav and have some rep for the Find!
EDIT: sorry Rav. Thumping you with my Twig of Repping will aslo have to wait till I get home...
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Whoa, 17 pages on labeling alone!? I'm definitely going to read this, thanks for sharing! Too bad I can't rep you for it yet.
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I hadn't seen this article before and it looks like a good one.
Pretty much anything by Imhof is good reference material. http://www.library.ethz.ch/exhibit/imhof/index_e.html is an excellent set of inspirational cartography. "Cartographic Relief Presentation" ( http://www.amazon.com/Cartographic-R...8675199&sr=8-1 ) is a good read for anyone interested in cartography.
My second hand copy of 'Principles of Cartography' by Erwin Raisz has just arrived and that's a stunner too.
http://www.raiszmaps.com is a good source for Raisz maps, too.
I have the illustrations from the Raisz books cleanly scanned in, but I can't post them due to copyright issues (I bought an extra sacrificial copy that was in relatively poor condition just to feed to the scanner). Pages 80-81 in "Principles of Cartography" are truly wonders of his style, in my opinion. The smooth transitions from landform type to landform type always hold me fascinated whenever I get near them.


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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Kei Nishikori of Japan took down Milos Raonic
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Notorious Los Angeles based street artist Plastic Jesus struck again on Friday with a controversial art installation on the corner of La Brea and Hollywood Boulevard.
An 8-foot replica Oscar award holding a syringe to its forearm appeared, just days ahead of the Academy Awards.
The plaque on the bottom of the statue reads "Hollywood's Best Kept Secret".
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The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been reviewing its driver's license policy for the children of illegal immigrants for nearly two months now, but if it was up to Attorney General Mike DeWine, those people would already be eligible for driver's licenses.
In a letter to the Latino Affairs Commission dated to March 19, DeWine wrote, "It appears that the BMV would have to accept driver's license applications from individuals that fall under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative because they can provide all of the information necessary."
DACA is an executive order signed by President Barack Obama that allows the children of illegal immigrants to qualify for a social security number and work permit. According to DeWine, that should be enough to qualify for an Ohio driver's license: "With these documents and any other documents normally required by the BMV, an individual can provide the BMV with the information necessary to receive a driver's license."
The BMV has been reviewing its driver's license policy for DACA recipients for nearly two months. A previous CityBeat report found the BMV is granting driver's licenses to some of the children of illegal immigrants, but what qualifies a few and disqualifies others is unclear.
DeWine's letter is not legally binding, but since it's coming from the state's top legal adviser, it could put pressure on the BMV's legal team as it continues reviewing the Ohio's driver's license policy.
"I encourage any citizen who is concerned about a law or policy to contact their legislators and voice that concern," DeWine wrote. "As Attorney General, I do not have the authority to introduce or vote on legislation."
CityBeat originally broke the story regarding the BMV policy through the story of Ever Portillo, who was not able to receive a driver's license despite being a DACA recipient ("Not Legal Enough," issue of Feb. 6).
CityBeat later heard stories and received documents showing what seemed to be internal confusion and conflict about the policy at the BMV. Between January and February, there was a
noticeable shift in the BMV's messaging from flat-out barring DACA
recipients from obtaining driver's licenses to reviewing the entire
process — a change that might be attributable to the barrage of statewide media coverage on the issue after CityBeat's coverage.
Ohio's Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) is granting driver's licenses to some of the children of illegal immigrants, but what qualifies a few and disqualifies others is so far unknown.
When CityBeat last covered the BMV policy ("Not Legal Enough," issue of Feb. 6), Ever Portillo, a 22-year-old from El Salvador, was unable to get his license even when he was accompanied by his attorney at the West Broad Street BMV office in Columbus. Since then, Portillo returned to the same BMV office with his attorney, a community leader from DreamActivist Ohio and a reporter from The Columbus Dispatch and successfully obtained his license.
At the same time, CityBeat received a tip from an anonymous illegal immigrant after she could not get a driver's license for her son because, according to what she heard from the BMV, state policy is still being reviewed.
The differences between Portillo and the woman's experiences are reflected by what seems to be an internal conflict at the BMV, which CityBeat found in a series of internal documents sent by Brian Hoffman, Portillo's attorney. In emails dating back to January, state officials wrote that "foreign nationals" with C33 Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) and I-797 documents with case types I-765D and I-821D cannot qualify for driver's licenses. The documents are part of President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows the children of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States without fear of prosecution.
But a Feb. 13 memo from the BMV says Ohio has not issued a statewide policy on DACA for driver's licenses and is currently reviewing the process. A Feb. 19 email echoes the memo, stating "neither the Department (of Public Safety) nor the BMV has yet issued a statewide broadcast to provide direction regarding the DACA issue." In a Feb. 21 email, Lindsey Borher, spokesperson at the BMV, told CityBeat, "Our legal department is in the process of reviewing guidance from the federal government as it applies to Ohio law."
The discrepancy between January and February may be attributable to CityBeat originally breaking the story on the state policy, which was followed by a barrage of statewide media coverage on the issue.
In a presentation to City Council Feb. 19, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. unveiled an unexpected parking proposal that will solve a $25.8 million budget deficit for the 2014 fiscal year and avoid full privatization. The 30-year plan will also put more than $100 million toward economic development in the city.
The plan involves teaming up with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority and some private operators to manage and modernize Cincinnati's parking assets. Dohoney called it a "public-public partnership" that will allow Cincinnati to keep control over rates, operation hours and the placement of meters.
The money raised by the plan will be used for multiple development projects around the city, including the I-71/MLK Interchange, Tower Place Mall and a high-rise that will house a downtown grocery store.
The new parking plan will cap rate increases at 3 percent or the cost of living, with any increases coming in 25-cent increments. Private operators will not be allowed to change operation hours, but hours will be initially expanded to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. downtown and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in neighborhoods.
The proposal will not immediately increase downtown's $2-an-hour rates, but it will increase all neighborhood parking meters to 75 cents an hour. Afterward, the rate cap will make it so downtown rates can only be increased every four years and neighborhood rates can only be increased every 10 to 11 years.
But the rate hikes will only come after technological improvements are made to parking meters. The new meters will allow users to pay with a smartphone, which will enable remote payment without walking back to the meter. After the plan's 30 years are up, parking assets will be returned to the city with all the new technological upgrades, according to Dohoney.
Some critics were originally concerned that private operators will aggressively enforce parking rules to run bigger profits, but Dohoney said enforcement standards will remain the same.
Enforcement will be done through booting instead of towing, according to the plan. Booting will only be used after the accumulation of three unpaid parking tickets, which is similar to how towing works today. The boots will be automatically removed once the tickets are paid, which will be possible to do remotely through a smartphone.
The plan, which is a tax-exempt bond deal, will provide the city with $92 million upfront cash and $3 million in annual installments after that, although the city manager said the yearly payments will increase over time. The city originally promised $7 million a year from the deal, but Dohoney said estimates had to be brought down as more standards and limitations were attached to address expressed concerns.
The money will first be used to pay for a $25.8 million deficit in the 2014 fiscal year. Another $6.3 million will be set aside for the working cap reserve and $20.9 million will be put in a reserve to pay for a projected deficit in the 2015 fiscal year.
The rest of the funds will be used for economic development. About $20 million will go to the I-71/MLK Interchange, which would match $40 million from the state. The project is estimated to create $750 million in economic impact, with $460 million of that impact in Hamilton County. Dohoney says the economic impact will create 5,900 to 7,300 permanent jobs, and ultimately bring in $33 million in earnings taxes, which means the plan will eventually pay for itself. He also says the funding from the parking deal will allow the city and state to complete the project within two to three years, instead of the seven to 10 years it would take if the city waited for support from the federal government.
If the state does not agree to take up the I-71/MLK Interchange project, Dohoney promised a "mega job deal" that will create 2,500 jobs.
With $12 million for development and $82 million in leveraged funds, the city will also take on massive development projects downtown. Tower Place Mall will undergo a massive conversion. The city will also tear down Pogue's Garage at Fourth and Race streets and replace it with a 30-floor high-rise that will include 300 luxury apartments, 1,000 parking spaces and a grocery store.
The plan will also use $3 million for the Wasson Line right-of-way and $4 million for the next phase of Smale Riverfront Park, which should be completed in time for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
AEW, Xerox, Denison and Guggenheim will partner with the city and Port Authority for the plan. AEW will manage assets, Xerox will handle parking operations and on-street spaces, Denison will operate off-street spaces and manage facilities and equipment and Guggenheim will act as underwriter and capital provider.
After the City Council hearing, Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld released a statement that raised concerns about expanded meter operation hours, which Sittenfeld fears could burden certain neighborhoods. He also pointed out the plan will not fix Cincinnati's long-term structural deficit problems. Still, he said the local Port Authority's management could make the plan "worthy of support."
Sittenfeld has been skeptical of the parking plan since it was first announced in October. In the past, he warned privatization could cause parking rates to skyrocket. ©
President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union speech yesterday. During the speech, Obama outlined fairly liberal proposals for the economy, climate change, gun control and immigration. He also suggested raising the minimum wage to $9 and attaching it to rising cost of living standards. The Washington Post analyzed the proposals here. To watch a bunch of old people clap too much while the president outlines policy proposals that will likely never pass a gridlocked Congress, click here.
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is standing firm in its firing of Purcell Marian High School administrator Mike Moroski. The termination came after Moroski publicly stated his support for same-sex marriage on his blog — a position that contradicts the Catholic Church's teachings. CityBeat covered Moroski's case in this week's news story, and gay marriage was covered more broadly in a previous in-depth story.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls wants to stop
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from selling
768 housing units in Walnut Hills, Avondale and Millvale. Qualls says
the sale is "eerily similar" to a sale dating back to 2007, which
resulted in dropping property values and blighted buildings. She argues local buyers should get a chance to take up the properties before HUD makes the sale to a New York company.
State Treasurer Josh Mandel is up to his old tricks again. In a letter to Ohio legislators Monday, Mandel, a Republican, opposed the Medicaid expansion,
claiming, "There is no free money." But for the state, the Medicaid
expansion is essentially free money. The federal government will cover
all the costs of the expansion for the first three years, then phase down to paying 90 percent of the costs by 2020 — essentially, free
money. Gov.
John Kasich, another Republican, has backed the Medicaid expansion, claiming it makes
financial sense in the long term. In 2012, Mandel lost the race for Ohio's Senate seat after he ran
a notoriously dishonest campaign against U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Financing details for the Brent Spence Bridge are due in March. The details will provide much-wanted information for local residents cautious about the new tolling scheme, which will help pay for the bridge's reconstruction.
Cincinnati officials and residents celebrated the work completed near the Horseshoe Casino at an event yesterday. Mayor Mark Mallory highlighted the infrastructure improvements made to accommodate the casino, calling the work a successful collaboration between city government, the casino and residents.
The Ohio Resource Center has a new website for K-12 digital content. The website, ilearnOhio, is supposed to provide parents and students with the tools needed for online distance learning.
Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill is being sued for not paying rent. The restaurant claims it's financially viable, but it's holding the rent in escrow after its landlord allegedly violated the leasing agreement. The establishment was one of the first to open at The Banks.
A public Ohio school district is fighting a lawsuit in order to keep its portrait of Jesus. The school district claims the portrait is owned by a student club and is "private speech," but opponents argue the portrait violates separation of church and state.
Update on the Alamo situation at Tower Place Mall: Only one tenant remains.
The unofficial spokesman of Heart Attack Grill, the infamous Las Vegas restaurant, died of a heart attack.
Americans expect a human mission to Mars in the next 20 years, but that's probably because they don't know how little funding NASA gets.
An asteroid will barely miss Earth on Feb. 15. If it were to hit, it would generate the explosive equivalent of 2,500 kilotons of TNT. In comparison, the nuclear bomb that hit Hiroshima during World War 2 generated a measly equivalent of 17 kilotons of TNT.
A Purcell Marian High School administrator was fired for declaring his public support for same-sex marriage. Mike Moroski, who was the assistant principal at the Catholic school, wrote about his support for LGBT equality on his personal blog. Following the blog post, Moroski claims he was given an ultimatum by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to resign or recant his statements. CityBeat covered same-sex marriage and the amendment that could bring marriage equality to Ohio here.
A board vote failed to remove State Board of Education President Debe Terhar from her position. In response, Ohio Democrats filed a lawsuit seeking access to her cell phone and other records. Terhar has been receiving heavy criticism for a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. CityBeat wrote about Terhar's ridiculous Facebook post here.
Cincinnati Public Schools and Winton Woods City Schools were among nine city school districts found to be scrubbing attendance data by the state auditor. The school districts claim most the errors were simple mistakes, not intentional manipulation of data. Both the auditor and schools agree state policy is too confusing and must change.
The city of Cincinnati is beginning the process of sorting through construction bids for the streetcar. Three bids ranging from $71 million to $87 million have already come to light, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. The bids could push up the price tag on the streetcar, but Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, cautions the process is barely starting. CityBeat covered the streetcar and how it relates to the mayor's race here.
Cincinnati is speeding up the demolitions of condemned buildings this year, particularly buildings near schools and family zones.
A new report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services found employment in the shale industry was up 17 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Critics caution the jobs aren't worth the risks — pointing to a number of environmental and health concerns related to hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." CityBeat wrote about fracking and its extensive problems here.
One in 25 students in Columbus schools are restrained or secluded. The state's lax seclusion policies have been under heavy criticism in the past year following the discovery that school staff were using seclusion for convenience, not just to restrain students.
On Wednesday, Metro staff will be holding a security exercise meant to gauge counterterrorism capabilities. Metro bus service will not be affected.
The Horseshoe Casino pays homage to Liuzhou, China — Cincinnati's sister city of 25 years.
The chief curator resigned from the Cincinnati Art Museum.
A Cincinnati woman was charged with helping her daughter beat up a student during a classroom brawl.
Curiosity is officially the first robot to drill another planet.
• Critical thinking was in short supply at the Senate Judiciary Hearing where gun control foes testified. It's sort of like using a faux quote by Hitler to prove gun registration leads to confiscation, which leads to socialism or worse. Gayle Trotter of the Independent Women's Forum told senators that "guns make women safer" and a ban on assault-style weapons with high-capacity magazines would endanger women.
To illustrate her case, Trotter cited 18-year-old Sarah McKinley's successful defense against an armed intruder near Blanchard, Okla. Police there told CityBeat that she killed him with a 12-gauge pump shotgun, a classic hunting weapon owned by millions of Americans. That was a good choice for McKinley but an unfortunate example for Trotter; no one is suggesting that shotguns be included in proposed gun controls.
Then, as if to prove that fewer Americans are hunting or serving in the military and know what they're talking about (also see below), MSNBC mistakenly said she used a rifle. ABC News was no smarter: It had her reenact the shooting with a double-barreled shotgun.
McKinley's single-barrel pump shotgun was taken as evidence in the homicide, probably to be returned when her claim of self-defense is affirmed. Meanwhile, Guns Save Lives, a nonprofit, sent her a similar, replacement shotgun.
Not only does Oklahoma allow lethal force for self-defense inside a person's home, but McKinley asked the 911 operator what she could do to protect herself and her child. The dead intruder's companion reportedly told police the intruders were after prescription painkillers that they assumed McKinley's husband left when he died a week earlier from cancer.
• A secret shooter? After Obama's comments to the New Republic about having fired a gun, the White House released a photo of the president on the Camp David retreat skeet range. Wearing protective glasses and ear protection, he's firing a shotgun at the 4-5/16 inch flying clay discs (pigeons) last August. "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," Obama told the New Republic. "Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there." However, the AP story accompanying the skeet shooting photo in Sunday's Enquirer mistakenly says he's firing a rifle. I'm not sure whether Obama used an over-and-under shotgun, but it certainly didn't look like a rifle. That inexplicable clanger escaped AP and Enquirer editing despite our unprecedented national debate over certain types of firearms. NRA pooh-poohed Obama's comments and photo, saying it changes nothing in NRA opposition to greater gun control.
• John Kerry drew scorn in 2004 after he was photographed with Ted Strickland and others with just-shot geese in an eastern Ohio cornfield. Possibly recalling that ill-conceived effort to bond with hunters, Obama didn't release his skeet shooting photo before the election last year. Kerry's goose hunting was ridiculed as a dumb photo op, especially because Kerry borrowed the farmer's hunting outfit and double-barreled shotgun for the day. Whether Kerry bagged any additional rural voters was unclear; Bush won Ohio.
• I began contributing to the new National Catholic Reporter in the mid-'60s when I started covering religion at the Minneapolis Star. I freelanced for NCR when I had that same assignment at the Enquirer. A privately owned, independent weekly based in Kansas City, Mo., NCR was a voice of Roman Catholics who embraced the spirit as well as the documents of the Second Vatican Council.
Traditional churchmen had little reason to love NCR. It was a pain in the ass and collection basket. It reported the flight of clergy and nuns, often into marriage. Jason Berry pioneered reporting of priestly child abuse. Penny Lernoux covered Latin American death squads and links between murderous reactionaries and the church. Murders of nuns, priests and bishops who embraced liberation theology and the church's "preferential option for the poor" received extensive, probing coverage.
The bishop of Kansas City and a former diocesan editor, Robert W. Finn, recently joined predecessors' fruitless condemnations of NCR's journalism. In a letter to the diocese praising official church media, Finn was "sorry to say, my attention has been drawn once again to the National Catholic Reporter. … In the last months I have been deluged with emails and other correspondence from Catholics concerned about the editorial stances of the Reporter: officially condemning Church teaching on the ordination of women, insistent undermining of Church teaching on artificial contraception and sexual morality in general, lionizing dissident theologies while rejecting established Magisterial (official) teaching, and a litany of other issues.
"My predecessor bishops have taken different approaches to the challenge. Bishop Charles Helmsing in October of 1968 issued a condemnation of the National Catholic Reporter and asked the publishers to remove the name 'Catholic' from their title — to no avail. From my perspective, NCR's positions against authentic Church teaching and leadership have not changed trajectory in the intervening decades.
"When early in my tenure I requested that the paper submit their bona fides as a Catholic media outlet in accord with the expectations of Church law, they declined to participate indicating that they considered themselves an 'independent newspaper which commented on "things Catholic." ' At other times, correspondence has seemed to reach a dead end.
"In light of the number of recent expressions of concern, I have a responsibility as the local bishop to instruct the Faithful about the problematic nature of this media source which bears the name 'Catholic.' While I remain open to substantive and respectful discussion with the legitimate representatives of NCR, I find that my ability to influence the National Catholic Reporter toward fidelity to the Church seems limited to the supernatural level. For this we pray: St. Francis DeSales (patron of journalists), intercede for us."
• Rarely have I seen such a neat dismissal of creationism and defense of evolution as the following by 19th century skeptic Robert Ingersoll. It's quoted in a review of The Great Agnostic, a biography of Ingersoll, in the neo-conservative Weekly Standard:
"I would rather belong to that race that commenced a skull-less vertebrate and produced Shakespeare, a race that has before it an infinite future, with an angel of progress leaning from the far horizon, beckoning men forward, upward, and onward forever — I had rather belong to such a race … than to have sprung from a perfect pair upon which the Lord has lost money every moment from that day to this."
• The Weekly Standard also published "A teacher's Plea: The GOP shouldn't write off educators." Eloquent Colleen Hyland speaks beyond partisanship for her vocation and colleagues in her Jan. 21 essay. Among other things, she hopes to shake Republican/conservative ideologues out of their animus toward public school teachers and their unions. Among her points: Hhateful generalizations about teachers and their desire for a living wage also degrades women.
• I didn't know Kevin Ash and I'm not a rider but I read his motorcycle reviews in London's Daily Telegraph for years. Details of his death in South Africa are unclear, but he died during the media show testing the new BMW R1200GS motorcycle. His informed, passionate writing was a delight for itself, even if I never thought to get on a two-wheeler again. When I was what the Brits' call a "motoring correspondent," my interest was cars, whether with three or four wheels. There were a lot of us writing about cars and motor racing/rallying in Europe and Britain in the 1960s; postwar Europeans were getting into cars for the first time in most families' lives. We were read whether it was the test drive of an exquisite new Zagato OSCA coupe (built by the original Maserati brothers) or a boring Opel sedan. But getting killed during a test ride? Since most of us had some inkling of what we were doing astride a motorcycle or behind the wheel, that would have been very bad luck.
• Time Magazine's world.time.com website posted this howler. The original Time story purported to look at Oxford and Cambridge roles in Britain's social mobility. Appended to the online story, Time's correction has a lawyerly tone. Here it is at length and verbatim:
"This article has been changed. An earlier version stated that Oxford University accepted 'only one black Caribbean student' in 2009, when in fact the university accepted one British black Caribbean undergraduate who declared his or her ethnicity when applying to Oxford.
"The article has also been amended to reflect the context for comments made by British Prime Minister David Cameron on the number of black students at Oxford. It has also been changed to reflect the fact that in 2009 Oxford 'held' rather than 'targeted' 21 percent of its outreach events at private schools, and that it draws the majority of its non-private students from public schools with above average levels of attainment, rather than 'elite public schools.'
"An amendment was made to indicate that Office for Fair Access director Les Ebdon has not imposed but intends to negotiate targets with universities. It has been corrected to indicate that every university-educated Prime Minister save Gordon Brown has attended Oxford or Cambridge since 1937, rather than throughout history. The proportion of Oxbridge graduates in David Cameron's cabinet has been updated — following the Prime Minister's September reshuffle, the percentage rose from almost 40 percent to two-thirds. Percentages on leading Oxbridge graduates have been updated to reflect the latest figures.
"The article erred in stating that private school students have 'dominated' Oxbridge for 'centuries.' In the 1970s, according to Cambridge, admissions of state school students ranged from 62 percent to 68 percent, sinking down to around 50 percent in the 1980s. The article has been amended to clarify that although only a small percentage of British students are privately educated, they make up one-third of the students with the requisite qualifications to apply to Oxbridge.
"The article erred in stating that Oxford and Cambridge 'missed government admission targets' for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Rather, the universities scored below 'benchmarks' for admission of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds which are calculated by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, a non-governmental body. The article was amended to clarify the point that Cambridge continues to run Sutton Trust summer schools.
"The article mistakenly suggested that the current U.K. government had launched an 'initiative to reform Oxbridge.' There was no official initiative, but rather a marked push by the government to encourage change. The article referred to Cambridge and Oxford's efforts 'in the past two years' to seek out underprivileged students. In fact, their commitment is far more long-standing — programs to reach out to underprivileged students have been operating at the two universities since at least the mid-1990s.
"The article erred in suggesting that Cambridge had protested state school targets, and in stating that it had 'agreed to' ambitious targets, rather than setting the targets themselves that were then approved by the Office of Fair Access. The article has been amended to clarify that there is debate over whether the 'school effect', whereby state school students outperform private school students at university, applies to those at the highest levels of achievement, from which Oxford and Cambridge recruit.
"The article has been changed to correct the misstatement that a lack of strong candidates from poor backgrounds is not the concern of Oxford and Cambridge. The article has amended the phrase 'Oxford and Cambridge's myopic focus on cherry-picking the most academically accomplished,' to more fairly reflect the universities' approach."
• Until I read the Time correction above, I'd forgotten one in which I was involved. A young reporter covered a Saturday national church meeting in suburban Cincinnati at which denominational leaders argued how to respond to homosexuals in the pews and pulpits. This was when such a discussion was courageous, regardless of the views expressed. I edited the story. It was a good, taut story and it ran in a Sunday Enquirer. All hell broke loose. The reporter attributed exactly the opposite views to each person quoted. Instead of a forthright correction, I recall running a new, corrected story plus the apology.
Somewhat of an agreement, anyway. Mallory said that the city and Duke will go before a judge in Common Pleas court, who will make the final decision as to who should pay for the utility relocation. According to the agreement, Duke Energy will begin moving its utilities in the next few weeks, and the court decision will determine cost responsibility later. The city and Duke are expected to file in Common Pleas court within the next few weeks, although the court decision could take years to finalize.
Roxanne Qualls, city council member and Democratic mayoral candidate, has long been a supporter of the streetcar project, which she values as an indispensable economic investment for the city of Cincinnati. Yesterday, Qualls announced her request for the city to ramp up the streetcar construction timeline in order to have the project completed in time for the All-Star Games, which will take place in Cincinnati July 2015. Her announcement came just weeks after the city revised its timetable to delay project completion until April 2016.
In a letter from Qualls to Mallory and Dohoney, she explains: "This may present a
challenge, but it is one I am sure the administration is capable of
meeting. The streetcar will serve a critical role in efficiently and
effectively moving visitors to and from Great American Ballpark and
allowing them to conveniently visit other venues such as Fountain
Square, Horseshoe Casino, Over-the-Rhine, Washington Park, etc."
At the meeting, Mallory announced that the city would shoot for construction to be completed prior to the games, but there were no guarantees. The streetcar builder will ultimately set the timeline for the project, according to Jason Barron, Mallory's director of public affairs.
CityBeat recently covered the streetcar project's delays and how the 2013 mayoral race could affect its progress here.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls is asking the city administration to complete construction of the streetcar in time for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will be hosted in Cincinnati. A letter from Qualls to City Manager Milton Dohoney and Mayor Mark Mallory explains her reasoning: "This may present a challenge, but it is one I am sure the administration is capable of meeting. The streetcar will serve a critical role in efficiently and effectively moving visitors to and from Great American Ballpark and allowing them to conveniently visit other venues such as Fountain Square, Horseshoe Casino, Over-the-Rhine, Washington Park, etc." CityBeat covered the streetcar's delays and how the project relates to the 2013 mayor's race here.
Gov. John Kasich will reveal his plan for funding Ohio schools today. The plan is expected to include a $300 million "innovation fund" to support school initiatives that improve teaching and learning. In a previous interview, Rob Nichols, Kasich's spokesperson, explained the troubles of establishing a plan: "Many governors have tried before. Many states have been sued over their formulas. It's something we have to take our time with and get it done right."
City Council passed a resolution urging Kasich to expand Medicaid. Qualls explained the need for the resolution: "Expanding Medicaid will create a net savings to the state over time, allow the City's health department to improve access to health services at lower costs, and most importantly, provide health care coverage for thousands of Cincinnati residents who need it most." A study from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio found a Medicaid expansion would save the state money for the first few years. Previous studies also found correlations between improved health results in states and a Medicaid expansion, and a study from the Arkansas Department of Human Services claimed Arkansas would save $378 million by 2025 with the Medicaid expansion.
A new report found poverty is increasing in Ohio. About one in six Ohioans are below the federal poverty line, according to the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies report.
About $100 million in development downtown is kicking off today. City officials and business leaders are gathering for the groundbreaking this morning of a lot at Fifth and Race streets that has idled for nearly 30 years. The lot will host the new four-story headquarters for DunnhumbyUSA.
Kasich says Ohio will continue taking Ky. jobs in the future. The rough words are Kasich's interesting approach to encouraging Ky. legislators to support the Brent Spence Bridge project.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued a scam alert telling businesses to be wary of emails claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission or FTC.
Miami University broke its application record.
A Wright State professor saved Cincinnati-based Kroger more than $170 million with his work on more accurate pharmaceutical predictions. The professor, Xinhui Zhang, is now one of the six finalists worldwide for the Franz Edelman Award.
Ohioans now have a phone number to report cases of child abuse or neglect: 855-O-H-CHILD, or 855-642-4453. Reports can be anonymous.
Humanity is one step closer to the inevitable robot apocalypse. GE's hospital robot can sort scalpels, sterilize tools and prepare operating rooms for surgery.
Ohio Democrats are moving to sue the state if it continues blocking access to texts from State Board of Education President Debe Terhar, a Republican from Cincinnati. The school board leader has been facing criticism for making a Facebook post that compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The post was a picture with the caption, "Never forget what this tyrant said: 'To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.' — Adolf Hitler." There is no historical evidence Hitler made that quote.
Despite ongoing litigation questioning its constitutionality, JobsOhio intends to move ahead with plans to sell liquor-backed bonds. The Supreme Court agreed to take up ProgressOhio's challenge of JobsOhio last week. JobsOhio is a nonprofit private agency set up by Gov. John Kasich to drive economic growth, but bipartisan questions have surrounded its legality and constitutionality since its conception.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Chris Monzel wants to change the county's mission statement. His proposed changes would remove references to equity and add conservative language about the county government living within its means. The county is already required to balance its budget.
Ohio State University expects to save nearly $1 million a year due to wind power. The university signed a 20-year agreement in October to buy 50 megawatts annually from Blue Creek Wind Farm, the state's largest commercial wind farm.
The city of Cincinnati is tearing down hundreds of blighted houses. The demolitions, which are being funded by a grant, are meant to make neighborhoods safer.
A Cleveland man was the first to benefit from a law that expedites payouts to those who were wrongfully imprisoned. After being imprisoned for 16 years, Darrell Houston will receive a partial judgment of nearly $380,000.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is looking at removing 34 positions. One of the potentially affected jobs is a counselor position that helped apprehend a man suspected of kidnapping two teenaged girls.
Ohio may soon require the replacement of old license plates.
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is assisting eleven companies in investing more than $51 million across Ohio. In Hamilton County, Jedson Engineering will spend an additional $2.8 million to create 30 full-time jobs.
StateImpact Ohio has an in-depth look at Nate DeRolph, one of the leaders in school funding equality.
A new gun shoots criminals with DNA tags, which lets cops return to a suspect during less confrontational times. The guns will be particularly useful during riots, when attempting an arrest can result in injuries.
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, House Health and Aging Chairman Lynn Watchman said anti-abortion legislation could come back in the current legislative session. That includes the heartbeat bill, which would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, and a plan to defund Planned Parenthood. CityBeat wrote about the anti-abortion legislation last time Ohio Republicans tried to bring it up here.
One Ohio Now, a group focused on the state budget, has a few requests
for Gov. John Kasich. They don't want an income tax cut when the
revenue could be used to expand Medicaid and raise school funding. In other states, a Medicaid expansion correlated with better health results, and one study found expanding Medicaid could save Ohio money. More school funding could also make up for the last budget's massive cuts to education, which are explained on a county-by-county basis at Cuts Hurt Ohio.
While the state government is tearing down solar power initiatives, Cincinnati is working to update Green Cincinnati. Environmental Quality Director Larry Falkin told WVXU, "We're broadening the plan to be not just focused on climate protection, but more broadly on all areas of sustainability." He added, "It's going to show us how Cincinnatians can live a better lifestyle using less resources." The plan was originally drafted in 2007 and adopted a year later to prepare the city for changing environmental realities.
Last year was good for local home sales. The Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors says home sales were at the highest levels since 2008.
A federal judge ended most of his court-mandated oversight of Ohio's youth prisons last Friday. The ruling shows how much progress has been made in state youth facilities, according to Alphonse Gerhardstein, a Cincinnati lawyer representing juvenile inmates.
Ohio Democrats are now calling for Ohio State Board of Education President Debe Terhar to resign. Terhar is facing criticism for comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler when she posted an image of Adolf Hitler on her personal Facebook page that read, "Never forget what this tyrant said: 'To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.' — Adolf Hitler."
Amy Murray is running for City Council. Murray was appointed to City Council in 2011 when Chris Monzel left and became Hamilton County commissioner. But she lost her seat in the 2011 election, which swept Democrats into City Council.
Cincinnati and Columbus airports saw a drop in traffic, but it seems Dayton International Airport more than made up for it.
The National Council of Teachers wants Ohio to make its colleges more accountable and selective.
An investigation into the massive accident on I-275 could take days. The accident, which is believed to have caused at least 86 cars to crash, led to the death of a 12-year-old girl.
Blockbuster still exists, and it's shutting down stores and cutting jobs.
A smoke screen company wants to use its product to prevent more school shootings. The smoke screens fill up a room with non-toxic smoke on demand, which could obscure a shooter's vision.
Update for any women looking to have a neanderthal baby: The Harvard scientist was only saying it's a possibility someday.


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Eat your veggies please!
By Ashleigh Noyes
I can't complain about kids and veggies since my children are great veggie eaters. However, that being said, they do have their days where they would rather have Pop Tarts and Kit Kats for supper than broccoli and corn. This recipe is one of those that is great for the non-veggie eater. You can substitute the peas with broccoli, green beans, or whatever you want and you will still love it–and so will that person in your life who tries to pick all the veggies out of every dish! Try this easy to prepare meal. You are sure to love it!
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Frozen Fruit Salad
Mix well:
1 6 oz.. can frozen orange juice, undiluted
2 cups 7-up
1 cup sugar
2 bananas, sliced
1 small can crushed pineapple and juice
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
1 10 oz. package frozen strawberries, without sugar
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
Pour into muffin tins lined with foil muffin cups.
To serve, thaw about 15 minutes.
-After these freeze, I take them out of the pan and put them all in a big tupperware or other air-tight container. They will keep well.
-I like to leave them in the foil cups, but my friend takes them out of the little cups and serves them on individual plates, on a lettuce leaf..
-Makes a great salad or dessert!


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Oregon Convention Center | Portland, Oregon, United States
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a conference series that brings the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their fields and represent industrial, academic, and government communities. Leading researchers present their current work, and special sessions focus on the role of women in technology fields such as computer science, information technology, research, and engineering.
Microsoft is pleased to sponsor Grace Hopper for the fifth consecutive year as a Platinum Sponsor. The work of the Anita Borg Institute and the Association for Computing Machinery, in coordination with the Grace Hopper Conference, is critical in attracting and retaining women who will create new technological innovations all over the world. This year's conference theme, "What If" complements this year's Microsoft theme, "Be What's Next." Everyone at the conference can "Be What's Next" by answering and investigating all the possible "What Ifs." Learn more...
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Stephen Colbert could be at it again. Or maybe not.
STORY: Sen. DeMint to resign, run think tank
A spokeswoman for Colbert did not directly say whether the comedian and political satirist is running the account.
"Stephen is honored by the groundswell of support from the Palmetto State and looks forward to Governor Haley's call," Carrie Byalick, a Colbert spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
DeMint will depart the Senate in January. Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, will appoint a replacement who will serve until a special election in 2014.
The first tweet from @ColbertforSC said: "Reporting for duty, South Carolina!" and there is a link to a Colbert for Senate website that doesn't exist yet.
Colbert, a South Carolina native, has run twice for president. Last year, he won approval for a super PAC -- the political action committees that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in campaigns.Through the super PAC, Colbert raised awareness about political issues and held a mock presidential rally with Herman Cain during South Carolina's GOP primary.
Among other tweets so far on the new account:
"I will be laying out my 9 point plan for bear self-deportation shortly. In the meantime, kick a bear because Freedom."


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|First wind turbine set in Holyoke
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Both Roy Pfaltzgraff III and Paul Mailander are emerging as forerunners in the up and coming industry of wind energy. Although individuals have been harnessing the power of wind for more than a century, a recent spike of interest in the concept has led Pfaltzgraff to become a wind turbine dealer and Mailander to have a turbine installed at his residence.
Currently, there are few options for individuals who wish to have their own wind turbine. In fact, running into this problem was what inspired Pfaltzgraff to look into becoming a dealer in the first place. A few years ago, when he was looking to have a turbine installed, he found only distant, impersonal service and high prices. Hoping to make wind energy more accessible for those around Haxtun, he became the first dealer in the area.
Mailander also developed his interest in renewable energy a couple years back. Working on a project that investigated wind energy as possible revenue for the school district, he became acquainted with the processes and advantages of wind energy.
Although the project did not produce any plans for the school, Mailander could not ignore what he had learned. He has been making plans to use wind energy for himself ever since.
One of the biggest parts of the process, said Mailander, was waiting. Before beginning work on a wind turbine, Mailander waited for the net metering bill to be passed. Now, just over a year since the bill was passed, Mailander is the proud owner of a turbine.
Even now that the turbine is standing, Mailander is still waiting. The work they have been doing, noted Pfaltzgraff, is very new. Before the turbine can function, they are waiting for an inverter to be finished.
Anyone who begins working on a turbine can expect to face some amount of waiting, as the technology is in high demand. Many, in fact, are waiting on a turbine that fits their needs to even be developed. It should happen soon though, said Pfaltzgraff. "It's just a matter of time before there are wind turbines all around this area," he said.
Wind has always been there, and always will be, and the future for wind energy looks very promising. Located in an area of the country that is exceptionally windy, nearby colleges have begun offering degrees in wind energy, and companies are continuing to grow.
Pfaltzgraff noted the Holyoke area seems very eager to pursue wind energy options. Many farmers, for example, are looking into it. Highline Electric, he said, has responded to renewable energy in a much more positive manner than most of the places he's seen.
Since wind technology is so new, both Pfaltzgraff and Mailander believe this turbine will allow others to see how it works and the economics of it, allowing people to move forward on their own projects with confidence.
Another advantage to Mailander's turbine is monitoring software. The software will allow them to analyze wind and power production. Having a turbine in the area will give actual production numbers, whereas in the past the numbers were extrapolated from wind maps.
The 120 ft. wind turbine at Mailander's has a 20 kw generator. It is expected to provide part, but not all of the power to his home. Once his turbine is fully functional, Mailander said he doesn't think he'll mind those windy Holyoke days so much.


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It has been said that we live by contrasts. During my travels over the past three decades, I have been in palaces and paper shacks; in extreme heat and in bitter cold. I have seen the sublime and the bizarre; violent death and new life. Each contrasting thing heightens the effect of its opposite.
"The yin and yang of stark contrasts create a notion of a fine balance." – Valerie Kent
"In the canvas of life, a flat landscape would be boring. It is the valleys and the mountains that help us to appreciate the flatlands. It is the dark that makes us appreciate the light, and the cold that makes us appreciate the warm." – Anne Copeland
"So many opposites: darkness and light, peace and chaos, subtlety and directness, intensity and muteness." – Matthew Higginbotham
"Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful." – Victor Hugo


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'Resident Evil 6' more action than horror
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If there's one thing I can say about "Resident Evil 6," it's that it tries.
The ninth game in the core series, "RE6" tries to make itself stand out. It features four separate campaigns featuring different pairs of characters, each with 5-7 hours of game play (double those if you plan on replaying a campaign as the other character in your pair), as well as online and local co-op and the always fun arcade-style "Mercenaries" mode.
It's a good game, but it's nowhere as good as it thinks it is.
Picking up where "RE5" left off, the game follows the exploits of series staples Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield and Sherry Birkin (in her first appearance in the series since 1998's "RE 2") as they attempt once again to take down a bio-terrorist organization. They're paired with newcomers Helena Harper, Piers Nivans and Jake Muller (son of the late Albert Wesker), respectively. Once these three campaigns are completed, a new one starring "RE" vixen Ada Wong unlocks.
Each campaign plays differently, going so far as to completely redesign the HUD depending on who you're playing as. Also, Leon and Helena's campaign is more in the vein of "Resident Evil 4," with a focus on claustrophobic corridors and crowd control; Chris and Piers' campaign is even more action-oriented than "RE5," resembling a "Gears of War"-style shooter; Jake and Sherry's campaign feels more like "RE5" with a dash of "Uncharted" added to the mix and Ada's campaign is a throwback to the puzzle-solving days of the series' yesteryears.
All of the characters cross paths at some point, usually multiple times, and aside from Ada, you're free to choose which campaign to start first. However, for easier understanding of the confusing plot, I encourage you to play Jake and Sherry, then Leon and Helena, Chris and Piers and Ada.
The main problem with "RE6," besides its identity crisis, is that it doesn't feel fresh. Even though it's fun, it feels very generic. Combine this with an extreme overdose of quick-time events, and it all seems very lackluster. This is unfortunate because the game presents itself as the exact opposite, a blockbuster.
The shooting never feels satisfying, there are a lot of bugs involving collision detection when performing melee attacks and the boss fights are more frustrating than ever. Still, if you're a fan of the series, the story and fan service is good enough to warrant a purchase -- just wait until the price goes down."Resident Evil 6," rated M for mature, is available now for $59.99 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with a PC version coming next year.


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WHEELING - Blaine Stewart's ankle, which he injured early in the fourth quarter during the 68th annual Rudy Mumley OVAC All-Star Football Charity Classic at Wheeling Island Stadium, was visibly sore as he walked through the handshake line Sunday night. But Stewart, the son of Bill, the late West Virginia University football coach, and Karen - both New Martinsville natives - were wearing a smile that more than likely lasted well into the wee hours.
Sure, the West Virginia team for which he played upsetting Ohio by a 29-18 score in front of a near-capacity crowd had a lot to do with it, but there was something even bigger in play.
"Hopefully he's proud,'' Blaine said of his dad, who died of a heart attack a little more than a year ago while on a golf outing. "My dad talked (the game) up and it definitely lived up to expectations.
"Out here on the island, I've always wanted to get a win here in December. But I'll take this one here in July.''
It hasn't been the easiest couple of years for the young man whose formative years were spent growing up in New Martinsville - no truth that he too, like his dad, did a number on the local turnip population - before moving to Morgantown and playing his high school career for John Bowers, another Ohio Valley native who competed in football and graduated from Brooke. It's hard enough being a teenager with both parents, but it's especially difficult to have to deal with the every day struggles on top of losing your father.
Through it all though, Blaine Stewart has persevered.
"I've just tried to place my faith in the Lord,'' Blaine said. "And even though things may get tough sometimes, and I miss my dad like crazy, we're not given anything we can't handle, in my opinion.
"I just have to keep moving on with my life and trust in the plan."
Karen won't be moving, according to Blaine. She'll remain in Morgantown but will still be quite visible in her hometown.
"I think Morgantown's the home base but she'll definitely be around with grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles,'' he said. "We're always there and I love New Martinsville.''
Stewart, who will continue his academic and football careers this fall at James Madison, made quite the impact in the Mountaineers victory. He caught a couple of passes, including a 2-point conversion, and drew a pass interference penalty that directly led to a West Virginia touchdown.
"I was thankful to be placed in opportunities where I could be successful and all the credit goes to my coaches and teammates,'' Blaine said. "It's always great to play in front of friends and family and the people of the valley. They're great people.
"I'm from here and I couldn't have pictured a better way to end my high school career, than winning this game.''
West Virginia coach Mike Young, who hasn't lost a big game in Wheeling Island Stadium - maybe ever - spoke glowingly not only about Blaine Stewart the player, but also the man he has become.
"For me to have the opportunity to coach Blaine Stewart is an honor,'' Young said. "I say that because I had the utmost respect for his dad as a coach and as a father ... just how he lived his life. If I could emulate my life that way, I think I would be a pretty good person.
"I can tell you that his dad told me once that 'I'd love for my son to play for you.' He did and the outcome was positive.
"When I get to talk to him up there next time, I'll tell him what a great job his son did.''
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Sphinx No. 3
SMITH, Richard (1931 - )
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Story by Ada Tseng. Photo by Susan Hale Thomas.
Dara Shen is trying to explain what it feels like to get punched in the face. "Have you ever sneezed really hard?" she asks. "That's what it feels like. I remember the first few times I got hit, my face was sore afterward, but your neck gets used to it. If you're strong in your neck, you're not going to be bobbing all over the place, and that's what causes a knockout: when your chin turns too much in one direction and cuts off the blood to your brain."
A Taiwanese American boxer who's hungry for her first U.S. national championship (she already has multiple silvers and bronzes, but her only gold is from when she fought abroad in Taiwan), 27-year-old Shen is no stranger to black eyes. But she's managed to avoid major injuries thus far, other than a concussion she got when she fought at the Olympic Trials back in 2011.
Despite her (almost) clean slate, Shen concedes that boxing is a dangerous sport and her loved ones have the right to worry when she's in the ring. It's no wonder that her parents can't bear to watch her fight. They'd rather just hear about the results afterward, and they yearn for the day they can throw her a retirement party.
"Being punched in the face is part of the game," says Shen. "For me, it's not painful anymore. It's more of a mental thing: how you deal with it is what makes you who you are as a fighter."
Born in San Francisco, Shen moved to Utah when she was 11 (raised Mormon, she describes her formative years as being one of the only Asians in a sea of blond hair and blue eyes), before moving to Virginia for high school. Though Shen participated in many sports growing up, it wasn't until she was a 20-year-old university student at Virginia Tech (going through a bad break-up that left her with much pentup frustration) that she discovered a boxing club at her school.
"I just did it for fun and to get in shape," remembers Shen, "but I'm very competitive by nature, so once I found out there was a whole world of competition, I fell in love with the sport. I went to my first nationals in 2010."
At 5-foot-9-inches and 165 pounds ("My coach calls me 'Asian Amazon'"), Shen fights in the middleweight division, the highest of three weight classes that were allowed in the first-ever women's Olympic boxing event held at the London Summer Olympics in 2012. Boxing has long been considered a male-dominated sport — it had been the last-standing all-male sport in the Games for years — and even nowadays, though she competes against other women, Shen does most of her training with her male teammates. ("It's a treat to get to spar with another girl," she says.)
All through 2011, Shen competed in numerous qualifying tournaments, fighting to earn a coveted spot at the Olympic Trials, but she kept missing by a hair. The U.S. National Championships qualified the top four; Shen was fifth. The National Golden Gloves took the first-place champion; she came in third. The National PAL qualified the top three; she was four. Once her U.S. opportunities wore thin, she decided to try her luck in Taiwan with her dual citizenship. There, she earned gold at the Taiwan Olympic trials, represented Taiwan in the Women's World Championships (another qualifier for the Olympics), and there, again, she missed qualifying by one spot.
Eventually, she was able to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials after there was a last-minute dropout, and she became an alternate for the London Olympics. But looking ahead to the 2016 Games, she wants more. In 2014, she will get another chance to qualify, and her past failures only fire up her passion and hunger to win.
"I lost so much when I first started competing," Shen remembers. "I lost my first seven fights, so as an amateur boxer, being down 0-7, you have to question, 'Is this for me?' But I never saw quitting as an option. This is what I want to do. I've seen what my sport has to offer at the most elite level, and I know what it takes to be there."
While there are numerous respected Asian women boxers abroad, including Ana Julaton of the Philippines and Mary Kom of India, Shen says she has only seen three other Asian American women in her seven years of boxing in the United States — and this includes both athletes and officials.
"I know when I go to competitions, when people don't know me, they think, 'She probably can't fight. She's a girl. She's pretty. She's Asian. Asians don't box,'" says Shen. "You get looks from people, and they don't need to say anything, you already know what they're thinking. But being Asian in this sport has made me stand out. If you were to go to the tournament and ask for the Asian girl, there's only one. It's just me!"
Though she lives for boxing, Shen acknowledges that the sport is struggling, especially with the rise of UFC and mixed martial arts, and despite all the physical risks involved, boxing doesn't necessarily pay. There are only a couple American women with major sponsorships, and the rest of the fighters have to make a living outside of the sport. Based in Alexandria, Va., Shen herself works a regular 9-to-5 job in project management for construction and real estate development, before heading to the gym each day for
her training workouts.
"It can be depressing if you read into it too much, so I try to do what I can to stay focused on my own goals and not let that part drag me down," she says. "And that's what I love so much about boxing — that it teaches you so much about life. If you pay attention to what everyone else is doing, you're not going to be able to do what you need to do, the best way you can do it. That's boxing, and that's life!"
This story was originally published in our Winter 2013-14 issue. Get your copy here.


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