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Located 90 minutes south of Cleveland, Ohio, 120 minutes east of Columbus, OH and west of Pittsburgh, PA, Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast is the perfect place to celebrate a special occasion or a weekend getaway.
Our lakeside inn provides a warm and friendly atmosphere with privacy in peaceful surroundings for a relaxing vacation away from the tourist crowds, yet convenient to many activities. The spectacular setting offers breathtaking views of Atwood Lake and the surrounding scenic wooded areas. A large variety of birds and wildlife visit the inn daily. The grounds feature more than seven acres for wandering, featuring lush flower gardens, a brick courtyard, outside decks, and two ponds. Weather permitting, there is a large fire pit complete with lake views.
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Republican Congressman Todd Akin was outspent more than 3-to-1 and owes almost $270,000 after his unsuccessful challenge of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, according to federal finance reports available online Thursday.
Akin's committee spent a little over $6 million on his Senate campaign, far shy of the $19.3 million spent by McCaskill.
Akin reported $268,830 of debt as of Nov. 26, compared with $238,010 for McCaskill. But Akin could face a greater challenge than McCaskill in paying his bills, because losing candidates often find it more difficult than winners to raise money after an election.
The post-election finance reports were due Dec. 6, but because they are filed as paper copies with the Senate, it often takes several days before they are scanned into computers and posted online by the Federal Election Commission. Other types of committee reports are filed electronically, which is why it was apparent last week that the National Republican Senatorial Committee had quietly channeled $760,000 to Missouri to aid Akin's campaign despite publically disavowing him.
Akin's fundraising took a hit after he remarked in an August TV interview that women's bodies have biological ways of avoiding pregnancy in what he described as "legitimate rape." Although he apologized, Akin refused calls of top national Republicans to quit the race so Missouri Republicans could pick a replacement candidate.
Although some deep-pocketed Republican groups boycotted Akin's campaign, others eventually provided money.
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Christie's will be auctioning his wide-ranging selection of artworks May 15-16. It's expected to realize $30 million.
The late singer's taste ranged from contemporary, impressionist and modern to Latin American and 20th century decorative art and design.
He collected over a 60-year period. He displayed the works at his California and Missouri homes, as well as his Moon River Theater in Branson, Mo.
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Motorists again have access to the state Route 21 bridge crossing the Tuscarawas River on this village's south side.
To accommodate a $4 million paving and bridge-replacement project, the Ohio Department of Transportation closed the state Route 21 bridge in April. ODOT recently reopened the bridge.
Mosser Construction of Fremont is the prime contractor in the project.
The project "includes a replacement of the bridge and repaving from the Tuscarawas County line to U.S. Route 30," said Brent Kovacs, an ODOT public relations officer.
Route 21 is a two-lane, north-south highway. About 18,840 motorists travel on the highway daily, according to ODOT traffic counts.
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SAN JOSE -- The Earthquakes have traded reserve midfielder Brad Ring to the Portland Timbers for a 2014 draft pick, the Quakes announced Thursday.
Ring, 26, played as a defensive midfielder and center back this season but couldn't break into the lineup with the rise of Sam Cronin in the central midfield. Ring appeared in only five games for the Quakes over the past two seasons after a career-high 21 games in 2011.
He appeared in 34 games for San Jose since being picked 17th overall in the 2009 draft out of Indiana. Ring missed his rookie season because of a hip injury.
In July, he said, "I'm hoping for a fair shot at being a consistent starter on a team. Hopefully it is here but if they don't that somewhere where someone does see that."
Interim coach Mark Watson struggled with finding playing time for Ring but appreciated his professionalism.
"It's a tough one," he said this summer. "I consider Brad a big part of this squad. He doesn't get a chance to play a lot of minutes, but he's a great pro. When he does get his chance he gives it everything he has got.
Watson added that Ring's biggest asset is his versatility.
"He can play anywhere across the back line and playing holding mid," the coach said. "In terms of character and work rate he's a 10 out of 10."
Ring joins a Portland team in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race with 39 points and a 9-5-12 record. The Quakes (9-11-7), eighth out of nine teams in the West, play host to the Philadelphia Union on Sunday night.
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Publication info: Lisboa, :Na officina de Miguel Rodrigues, impressor de eminentissimo senhor Cardeal Patriarca.,M. DCC. LVI. [1756]
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The home garden book of herbs and spices / by Milo Miloradovich.
By: Miloradovich, Milo.
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Publication info: Garden City, N.Y. :Doubleday & Co.,c1952.
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Spices and condiments / by James B. McNair, Asst. Curator of Economic Botany.
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Publication info: Chicago:Field Museum of Natural History,1930.
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Spices and condiments. By Clifford Richardson.
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Spices and how to know them, by W.M. Gibbs.
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- With two weeks to go until the start of the regular season, the Giants finally may be close to fielding an opening day lineup for the first time in spring training.
"This coming weekend we'll have them all out there, knock on wood," said manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday.
Marco Scutaro played his first game of the spring Monday after being beset with back problems for the past month. Left fielder Michael Morse has been out for a week with a calf strain and center fielder Angel Pagan has only played once this week because of back stiffness.
Scutaro, giving a personal assessment of how he bounced back from playing in his first live outing, said he was feeling "pretty good."
Scutaro took batting practice and infield at Scottsdale Stadium but did not play Tuesday. Bochy said it might be possible Scutaro could get some at-bats Wednesday in a minor league game, but that plan was scratched.
Pagan said he's still feeling tightness in his lower back but also went through workouts and at one point during batting practice, launched a long home run that glanced off the roof of the right field pavilion at Scottsdale, drawing applause from teammates.
"I'm trying to work through it," Pagan said. "I'll be ready for opening day."
Morse also took batting practice and appeared to be moving well. He is ticketed to return to the lineup Thursday.
Vogelsong surrendered two home runs among those 11 hits, including a three-run shot to Jeff Francoeur, who played briefly for the Giants last year.
Amazingly, Vogelsong was not distressed at all with how it went.
"I know it sounds crazy with all the hits and runs on the board, but I felt good tonight," he said. "I'm not going to be discouraged at all by this. I was actually kind of happy the way the ball was coming out. I just didn't work the ball in against lefties. I made it pretty easy for them to cut the plate in half against me."
"All you do is keep going," said Bochy. "He'll be back out there and hopefully make an adjustment to get the ball down a little more consistently."
Colvin was hitting just .143 (2 for 14) with only one extra-base hit, a double, coming into the game. But his two-run homer, a deep shot to right field, gave the Giants an early 2-0 lead. In his third at-bat, he pulled one down the line that easily had the distance but was just inches foul.
The Giants also had home runs from Pablo Sandoval, Hector Sanchez and Brandon Hicks in the first four innings. Bochy had high praise for Hicks, who now hitting .419 this spring (13 for 31) with two homers and 10 RBIs.
"He's in the mix," Bochy said. "He's played extremely well, both sides of the ball. Wherever we've put him he's done a good job defensively and he's putting up nice at-bats. He's had as good a spring as anybody here."
Escobar pitched 82/3 innings in four appearances (three starts) and opposing hitters hit just .194 against him. But he also gave up eight walks and his ERA was 5.19.
"He's got a little ways to go but I like the progress he's made," Bochy said. "I was very pleased with how he handled himself. I thought he had a good spring. He's trying to improve his secondary pitches, in particular his breaking ball. You have to like the way he pitched with his fastball, though. He's getting close."


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TALLAHASSEE - From property insurance to home foreclosures to eye care, Florida consumers have much at stake in the 2013 Florida Legislature. But as often is the case, it will be hard to find the consumers' voice in the middle of many of the legislative battles that will be fought during the next two months.
Facing an uphill re-election bid in 2014, this could be a critical session for the Republican governor. Turning his back on his Tea Party, government-frugality roots, Scott, 60, is advancing a $74 billion budget plan that has more than a little something for everyone, including $2,500 pay raises for teachers, a $1.2 billion boost for K-12 schools and environmental initiatives. Topping it off, Scott also wants to expand Florida's Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. Although his conservative critics have hammered him, Scott's political prospects might rise if he can get most of what he wants out of lawmakers.
The Senate will be led by a former Okaloosa County school superintendent who founded a hospice company that made him a multimillionaire. The 65-year-old Republican lawmaker from Niceville is making ethics reform one of his top priorities, with the Senate expected to pass an ethics bill in the first week of the session. Gaetz also is focused on tying funding and incentives in the higher education system to job creation. His son, Matt, is a rising member in the Florida House.
The second youngest House speaker in Florida history, Weatherford, 33, is the son-in-law of former House Speaker Allan Bense, R-Panama City. With his youth, many see Weatherford, a Republican from Wesley Chapel, as a future star for the GOP. The two-year speakership will be his first big test. He is a big proponent of pushing technological changes for state government and its programs. He was the prime mover of an evolving plan to create an online state university. He and Gaetz share a "five-point" agenda that includes reforms aimed at ethics, elections, government pensions and higher education. Weatherford, who is skeptical of the proposal, may make the key decision in whether to expand Medicaid this year.
With a little more money flowing into state government with a reviving economy, the two men who will help draft the next state budget will have a slightly easier path than their recent predecessors.
The Senate budget team will be led by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, a veteran lawmaker who is a former House budget chairman. Negron, a 51-year-old attorney, has also been a key player in recent years on efforts to move the state's Medicaid patients into a managed-care system and he also leads the Senate's special panel that is evaluating the impact of the Affordable Care Act.
The House budget team will be led by state Rep. Seth McKeel, a 37-year-old Lakeland Republican and businessman who is taking on his most significant legislative assignment in his six-plus years in Tallahassee.
The Democrats improved their numbers in the 2012 elections but remain a minority in the Florida Legislature, holding 14 seats in the 40-member Senate and 44 seats in the 120-member House. Both Democratic caucuses will be led by lawyers from Broward County. Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale will lead the Senate Democrats. Smith has been an advocate for changing Florida's "stand your ground" law in the wake of the shooting of Trayvon Martin last year. The House Democrats will be led by Rep. Perry Thurston of Plantation. Thurston has been leading efforts to hold down property insurance costs. Both Democratic leaders will continue to push for election-law changes in the wake of the 2012 elections. And, oddly, both at this point find themselves in agreement with their usual political nemesis, Scott, on the issue of Medicaid expansion.
Consider the issue of home foreclosures, a critical topic for consumers and Florida's real estate market in a state that claimed the nation's highest foreclosure rate last year.
Lawmakers are considering legislation aimed at speeding up the rate of foreclosures, a move proponents say would allow lenders and homeowners to resolve their issues more quickly.
Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, contends the legislation could hurt struggling homeowners. He has filed four bills that he says would help families "save their homes and make them more affordable as well as provide meaningful debt relief."
But Soto said he is not sure if any of his bills will get a hearing.
Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, said some of the showdowns this year reflect the fact that the state regulates various professions and industries, with each group trying to use the legislative arena to their advantage.
"There grows up in Tallahassee a culture of one upmanship where this session one group within an industry or a profession will try to get a leg up and the next year the other group will get a leg up," Gaetz said.
What happens in the session also will likely mirror a generally pro-business attitude in the Republican-dominated Legislature. From foreclosures to property insurance, lawmakers tend to view what's good for business as good for the state, and by extension consumers.
But consumer voices are often lost in a process dominated by hundreds of lobbyists and special interest groups that have pumped millions of dollars into political parties and campaign accounts. There are some consumer interest groups but their numbers are small compared with the overall lobbying corps.
In the case of the annual "eyeball wars" in Tallahassee, both sides say they have the consumers in mind.
It's a clash between the optometrists, who want the right to prescribe oral medications for their patients, against the ophthalmologists, who have opposed the legislation.
The optometrists say the bills will help patients more easily find eye care and eliminates an outdated law.
The ophthalmologists say the measures could put patient safety at risk, because optometrists do not have the advanced medical training that ophthalmologists have.
It will be up to legislators to settle the dispute — which they have been unable to do in recent years.
Gaetz knows the eye care issue well since he has tried to resolve the matter in previous years. But he also said the controversy is emblematic of the legislative clashes between various industries and interest groups.
"I think that the public welfare is not served by constantly jockeying back and forth on issues like this," said Gaetz, who added that he has told some of his key committee leaders to "not to litter their committee agendas with internecine warfare" and to keep in mind "the interest of the consumers and how they can be protected."
On the issue of property insurance, that doesn't mean homeowners should look for lawmakers to rein in skyrocketing premiums.
Many state leaders contend that insurance rates are artificially constrained, partly because of the state-run Citizens Property Insurance. They are pushing once again to reduce the size of a company that covers some 1.3 million homeowners, saying the company leaves taxpayers and non-Citizens policyholders vulnerable to assessments to make up shortages if the government-backed insurer cannot pay bills from a major hurricane season.
"Here's the painful truth: insurance costs in Florida are probably going to go up," said Gaetz, who lives in a waterfront home in a Panhandle district that includes many Citizens customers.
Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, said Senate Democrats were willing to look at the issue but were not likely to support any legislation that could lead to major rate increases for Floridians.
"We've kind of drawn the line in the sand that we're not going to hurt the consumers anymore," Smith said, noting his insurance bill in Broward County has doubled in recent years. "Consumers can't take any more harm. So at the very least this year, we're looking to do no harm."
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NC man thanks mother-in-law for $257,000 lottery win
Published: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 6:38 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 6:38 a.m.
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A Charlotte man can thank his mother-in-law for keeping him from making a more than $250,000 mistake.
North Carolina lottery officials say Tommy Belcher claimed a $257,000 jackpot this week in the state's Cash 5 drawing nearly four months after the May drawing.
Belcher says he may not have ever cashed in the ticket if his mother-in-law hadn't mentioned an unclaimed prize in Charlotte. Belcher says he had a stack of tickets in his truck's visor that he checked at a store and found out he was a big winner.
Belcher says all his mother-in-law asked for after his win was a new refrigerator, and he is going to buy her one.
Lottery officials say a $272,000 Cash 5 winner from April bought in Charlotte will expire Tuesday.
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
June 01, 2011
ARPA-E, Stanford University Explore Hows and Whys of Energy Use
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is known for sponsoring high-risk, high-reward ideas on the cutting edge of energy research and development, such as a novel manufacturing process that that will reduce the cost of solar panels by 50%, battery technology that will allow energy storage for multiple hours on the power grid, and biofuels without photosynthesis. But, one ARPA-E project is a little bit different from the rest—rather than working toward a specific technological breakthrough, researchers at Stanford University's H-STAR Institute are seeking a breakthrough on the behavioral side of energy use. In other words, how do people make decisions about energy? What compels their behavior? And, how can energy be used more efficiently without adversely affecting peoples' lifestyles?
Stanford's team—comprised of researchers from communications, engineering, economics, psychology, medicine, and computer science—is combining behavioral approaches, product design, computation, and technology to encourage people to be more energy efficient at home, with a long-term goal of reducing average residential energy use by over 20%. See the Energy Blog post.


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September 14, 2010 at 11:02 am
Your son sounds like a super kid. Keep up the good work mom!
September 14, 2010 at 11:11 am
OMG this sounds so much like something that happened to my son in school last week. I don't understand how we still live in a world were we all fight to be free and different but yet we don't try to teach our children( who will be the futu…re leaders of the world) that we ARE all free and different and that there is nothing wrong with that. I found out from my visit to the school about our incident that the child was ignorant because the parents were the same. If we as adults won't even put forth the effort to educate ourselves about the differences in the world how do we expect the children to be any better. I told the childs parents that I felt pitty for them not because of their lack of concern but because of their ignorance and stupidity. Stay Positive
September 14, 2010 at 11:19 am
JR,this story brings tears to my eyes because your son sounds exactly like what I envision my son being like at that age – he is now 8 years old, and already shares some of the amazing quailities you describe in your son. How lucky we are to have boys with such big, loving hearts… and yes, there are MANY lessons to be learned from them. I learn from my boy on a daily basis. You have clearly done a great job, and have obviously raised a smart and loving boy!
September 14, 2010 at 11:24 am
I would have knocked the kid who hit my son into next week! (not really, but I would have been angry enough to do so!)– How incredible that your son had such an incredible perspective! Whatever you are doing, keep on sister… hope my kiddo could respond that way!
September 14, 2010 at 11:25 am
Now that just made me cry! We all can definitely learn from these kids- I know I have! Thanks for sharing your story!!
September 14, 2010 at 11:38 am
yicks i have autism an part of my trauing was to learn that not everyone is nice i hope he can learn how to deffend himself aginst bu;;y as this will happen at time growing up .it baffile me when i have adult bullys to deal with usly iu just ignor them but if i can think of somethjing to say to put them in there place an make them feel stupid i will .it very hard for us to stick up for are self .i still need help with who a friend an aqunnits .but i hope he was told that boy was in trouble an he should be mad .it not good that he like that .sry he got hurt
September 14, 2010 at 12:14 pm
What an amazing heart your son has! I personally think that the reason people tease others with special needs is that they are seeing the imprefections inside of themselves (like looking in a mirror) and makes them uncomfortable. Good for him to look past all that :) Yes, I too agree, that we are the ones who need special training to be nice and practice tolerance for one another :)
September 14, 2010 at 12:18 pm
That is aweful that this happened to your son! Where is the supervison on that bus? There should be someone else on that bus besides the bus driver. Even if it is the smaller bus. My son is on the little bus and there is a behavior person to watch over the kids while the bus driver is driving. you are right….people can learn alot from your son.
September 14, 2010 at 12:20 pm
All kids should be like him!
September 14, 2010 at 1:04 pm
I love this, and it breaks my heart a little, too. People have so much to learn from our children about caring. Many neurally typical kids don't have what this child has; a heart that forgives others. I sent it to my friends. Thanks for sharing this.
September 14, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Thank you.
September 14, 2010 at 1:52 pm
i see all people as goood but have learn not all are nice an trusting what moire hsard to understand are adult that are not nice or make fun of us as it hsas been my experinces in working it made it so bad i couldnt any more it was like being in school
September 14, 2010 at 2:40 pm
My 10 year old son has PDD-NOS as well, and a big heart too. This story reminded me of my son, because he is very forgiving and never sees the bad in people, only good. What a great way to see the world, If only…
September 14, 2010 at 3:12 pm
God bless your son! You are right, we need to learn from them! My daughter is special needs and it sometimes overshadows my son who has Aspergers'. He is big hearted to the point where he is a target sometimes for bullies. I get so angry and he just absorbs it and turns it into something positive-God sends us these kids to teach US, not the other way around. We are truly blessed :)
September 14, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I hope that bully apologized to your son and was removed from the bus! Thanks for sharing. Your son sounds very similar to my own.
Best wishes to you!
September 14, 2010 at 8:31 pm
It's important to continue to teach our children that not everyone has good intentions and not everyone is nice. This is the real world and though we treat our kids with special love and attention, others do not and are aggressive. I think we're best to teach our kids Karate and self defense. The world is a jungle and you need some "basic skills" to back aggressors off. While I loved this child's attitude, I fear for him, as I do for my own son and those that aggressors see as "vulnerable easy victims". It looks like I have a lot of social stories to go through with my son. :( As usual, the loving and sweet people are the victims of these aggressive bullies. Our kids must learn to protect themselves. I'm getting right on it. It's a smart person who knows how to avoid or win the fight quickly. Dealing with overly aggressive people has always been a problem with me but once you learn how to "surprise, wow or outwit them" it feels great and empowering. Good luck! There will always be the cold hearted opportunists out there and friends help a lot with steering them away but our kids don't even have that luxury. We need to Teach them Well (both good and bad situations).
September 14, 2010 at 8:51 pm
yes us typical people are the ones who need that special training! my daughter ella is on the spectrum and i have learned so much from her already. you'd be amazed what you can learn from a 4 year old who doesnt speak… the world would be a very different place if everyone could be as caring as your son..
September 14, 2010 at 8:57 pm
JR, you certainly have raised an incredible son. Be proud of yourself for everything you've done for him. Be proud of him for being the amazing person he is and the adult he will become.
September 14, 2010 at 9:18 pm
My son is only 4 but I feel like he's turning out like your son… :) He's SO incredibly loving and is this amazing light to be around! Everything is so exciting to him and he's always smiling! Reading your story brought tears to my eyes because it's something I've imagined my son having to go through. I imagined this very situation down to the smiling at the boy because he didn't understand. (If my son doesn't understand something he'll smile real big and start talking about something he loves!) Autism to me hasn't been a burden or bad experience, it's been the most incredible eye opening humbling experience of my life. I believe these beautiful boys of our are here to teach us a thing or two! It's just a shame some don't understand or care to.
September 14, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Your son is an angel. I'm sure you're very proud of him. :)
September 14, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Sounds so much like my son, who is only 10. I fear for kids like ours because the world will chew them up and spit them out. Your son is the bigger person, the charitable and kind one, but he is also the one who got beaten up. How do we keep them from getting disillusioned or hurt by the poor behavior of "traditional" kids?
September 15, 2010 at 6:15 am
that brought tears to my eyes, you are right we have so much to learn from "special need kids".
September 15, 2010 at 6:40 pm
I'm thinking a little bit of your sons heart needs to be with all kids (and adults). Tell your son he is awesome! Thanks for sharing
September 18, 2010 at 10:54 am
My son, now 18, also went to a public school in So Cal. His first high school experience was awful! He was at Pomona High, and was beaten up in the bathroom by little gang bangers, and punched in the head by a paraprofessional who thought she could abuse him and wouldn't be believed. We are now in CO and he is in a much kinder environment. So Cal schools DO NOT protect our kids. They DO NOT follow IEPs. Parents, beware! Be vigilant!
(And, go ahead and tell me "not every school is like that". OK, fine, whatever. Lots of them ARE!
September 18, 2010 at 7:12 pm
I wish my girl of 14 could begin to express her self with speech. I can't even relate. Her teacher took off last year to have a baby. Her class went the rest of the year without a teacher. just para's
September 20, 2010 at 5:34 pm
What an awesome son you have! When I read your story it brought tears to my eyes. I agree we all need some training in how to be nice to each other. I hope my son who is 5 and has autism turns out the same as your son! Keep up the wonderful work and thank you so much for sharing your story!
September 21, 2010 at 4:42 pm
I agree that your son is wonderful, however practical social skills should be taught to him so that he can read a situation and address it so as to protect himself. I am only saying this because when my son was about 10 he was being bulled by students in his school but even worse he was emotionally by a teacher which was hidden by the administrators. Horrifically he ended up in a physciatric ward for one week. It is the worse nightmare our family has endured. Although all parents want their children to be good and kind, they also need to acknowledge that in order to prepare their children for a life without a parent. Each child has to develope a sense of danger, wrongness of a situation and be aware that not all people are good. Needless to say that my son left that school and is now quite happy at age 17. It took us years of psycho therapy, med management and social skills training to past this horrific time of his life. It is so important to teach our children to live a balanced life disabled or non-disabled.
September 21, 2010 at 9:08 pm
im learing to advoct for myself an speak up of i feel im being disrepced it not easy im a shy person on top of the autism so being addssertid isnt easy but when i can stick up for myself it feel good ,my parents have all ways taught me that not everyone is nice most are but you will sometime have to deal with those kid an adult bully .if you dont get yopur child readfy for the vreal world no one will
November 10, 2010 at 12:31 am
today my 9 yo son with Aspergers lost another 'best' friend who thought it just wasn't cool to have my son be his best friend any longer & my heart broke as my son recounted how this kid is overtly shunning him. I quietly ask are you Ok if he doesn't want to be your friend anymore? stepping feebly behind hearts armor he responded a little quieter (than a few months ago when another "friend" made such decision) "his loss". adding 'I'll just find someone else to play with". My son also never wants me angry with the mean kids. he always chooses the high road. & it is sad that that is the least trodden path. thank you though 2 months late reading it it brought tears to my eyes we only need to listen to hear God speak.
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UNC Asheville holds open house
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 4:40 p.m.
UNC Asheville's Admissions Office will hold an open house for high school and transfer students and their families from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 2 on the campus.
Attendees can meet faculty and staff from different academic areas, and representatives of a wide range of campus organizations. The open house also includes student-led campus tours and sessions for parents and students on admissions, academics, extracurricular programs, scholarships and other financial aid.
Students interesting in adding teacher certification to their major at UNC Asheville are encouraged to attend a special session at 2 p.m. in Zageir Hall. This session will an informational session on teaching licensure, financial aid and incentives, and a chance to talk informally with faculty and current students.
Online registration for the open house and teacher education session is encouraged at unca.edu/admissions/visit/open-house. Walk-in registration is also available in the Lipinsky Hall lobby. The open house is free.
Those unable to attend the open house can attend Saturday tours for students and families on March 23 and April 6 and 20. Call 828-251-6481 or visit unca.edu/admissions for more information.
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Wildlife officials fight to keep scrub jays from extinction
Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 4:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 4:53 p.m.
Oscar Scherer State Park was once the go-to place to spot scrub jays in Southwest Florida. They would flit gregariously among stunted scrub oaks and land on visitors' heads.
Habitat management works for scrub jays. Where wildlife officials aggressively use controlled burns and other management techniques, scrub jay numbers rise.
One of the biggest successes to date is in Manatee County at Duette Preserve and the adjacent Mosaic Wellfield. The large landscape was managed to receive 12 families of scrub jays that would be displaced by mining nearby.
With oversight from the state, the land was transformed into prime scrub jay habitat. After 10 years of management, and the relocation of jays from the mined land to the preserve, the site hosts 32 families of scrub jays.
"When you manage them, you can actually grow these populations," Bowman said.
But management requires money, in addition to public understanding that prescribed fire helps wildlife.
In recent years money has become tighter as the state has slashed budgets, particularly for the water management districts, which own hundreds of thousands of acres.
Florida Forever and other land acquisition programs that helped the state buy land have been sharply cut in the last few years, and money for management decreased.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and nonprofits such as The Nature Conservancy have tried to fill gaps. The Nature Conservancy has its own prescribed fire program and the wildlife service is offering grants to counties, water districts and state agencies who need money to manage land for scrub jays.
The wildlife service is also creating a new recovery plan for scrub jays for the first time since 1992, with plans to develop new strategies to bring the birds back to a healthier population.
Outside of Ocala National Forest, where more than 1,000 scrub jays survive on their own, about 110,500 acres of scrub jay land is in public ownership. About 1,250 families of scrub jays live on that land. If it was all properly managed, however, it could host more than 3,000 families.
But that was more a decade ago, when 100 of the blue and gray birds roamed the park. Now there are only 28, the numbers dropping yearly.
Fewer than 8,000 Florida scrub jays — similar in size to the ubiquitous blue jay — remain on the planet, all in Florida. With their numbers dwindling, the birds are at risk of extinction, despite efforts over decades to preserve their habitat.
The problem stems from years of incremental habitat loss and inadequate habitat restoration on public land, a trend wildlife officials hope they can reverse.
In Manatee County, a 10-year effort to build habitat at Duette Preserve and the adjacent Mosaic Wellfield has been a success, with 32 families of scrub jays living there now.
A similar push is under way at Oscar Scherer and across Florida as federal and state wildlife agencies take a more aggressive approach to managing public land, including using fire and other techniques to maintain the habitat the birds need.
"We're starting to realize some of our shortcomings and we're trying to turn things around," said Todd Mecklenborg, Florida scrub jay national recovery lead for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
On public land alone, scrub jay numbers have dropped 25 percent over the past two decades, said Reed Bowman, research program director for Avian Ecology at the Archbold Biological Station in Highlands County. On private land, declines are probably much higher, around 70 percent, Bowman said.
But bringing back scrub jays is not easy. They require a very distinct habitat, with low-growing scrub oaks, plenty of bare sandy patches to stash acorns and an occasional dead tree snag to serve as a lookout post for predators. Maintaining that habitat, much of which borders residential neighborhoods, requires fire — and controlled burns are controversial.
"People don't understand the need for periodic prescribed fires and the habitat needs for scrub jays," said Craig Faulhaber, Florida scrub jay conservation coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "It's going to take public support for land management activities like prescribed fire."
When Sandy Cooper retired to Osprey 16 years ago, he fell in love with Oscar Scherer State Park and its scrub jays. He volunteers for the park now, counting scrub jays once a month. The birds are like neighbors.
During a recent visit, Cooper pointed to a scrub jay sitting on a faraway oak in an area park workers call the Camp territory. A male and female pair occupy the land with their single offspring — a juvenile female.
Scrub jays are highly territorial, usually remaining on the same patch of land for life.
About 350 yards away a single male — he lost his mate last year — commands the Snag territory. The Camp juvenile built a nest with him last breeding season. They fledged the only new bird in the park this year, but it did not survive.
Scrub jays form uniquely strong social bonds. Mates stand guard for each other. One will perch in a dead tree on the lookout for predators, while the other forages for insects, acorns and tiny frogs.
In healthy populations, a few juveniles stick with their parents to help feed and protect newly hatched chicks. It is a survival trait that gives young jays a better shot of reaching adulthood.
Of the 14 territories at Oscar Scherer, the Camp pair are one of two that have a juvenile left to help them.
A fighting chance
In 1988 there were no scrub jays at Oscar Scherer State Park. A decade later there were 100.
The park had become a refuge. Park managers cleared trees and burned scrub, adding new habitat. Birds moved in from areas under development and subpar scrub along the urban fringe.
But the park was not big enough for all the jays.
"We don't have the amount of acreage to maintain a viable population within Oscar Scherer," said Matthew Hodge, environmental specialist with the Florida Park Service.
The 1,400-acre park has about 462 acres of suitable scrub. A scrub jay family needs about 25 acres, putting the park's carrying capacity at a maximum of 18 families. In 1999, there were 34.
To increase the numbers, more habitat will need to be created in or around the park to provide corridors to other larger scrub lands.
Sarasota County is planning to revisit its scrub jay management strategy to count jays on public and private land and to look for areas that need improvement.
"The area outside of the county-owned lands is where we have an information gap," said Rachel Herman, a natural resources project scientist for Sarasota County.
Meanwhile, park managers are working to improve the habitat at Oscar Scherer. They are planning prescribed fires, tree trimming and the creation of open sandy spots within the clusters of scrub oaks.
"It's not looking good, but we're going to give them the best fighting chance possible," said Tony Clements, park manager.
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'American Idol': Who Made the Top 13?
Thirteen chairs sat empty at the open of "American Idol" tonight. Twenty hopefuls waited to hear if they would get to fill one of them after beating out 75,000 contenders to get this far.
With no messing around, Ryan got right down to business, reading the names of the ten singers America voted to stay on. In order of being called, the top ten are: Malaya Watson, Ben Briley, Emily Piriz, Alex Preston, Jessica Meuse, Dexter Roberts, Caleb Johnson (who picked Ryan up and shook him like a ragdoll), Majesty Rose, NK Nobilette, and Sam Wolff.
Then the action turned to the judges, who held the power to save three more. JLo explained five names could be called to sing for those slots and three would get picked from there.
C.J. Harris was up first to grab a wildcard slot and sang "Bring It On Home To Me" to a screaming crowd. But Harry said it "was average" and said the band screwed up the song. JLo said "the specialness" of his voice still came through. Keith said C.J. drifted in and out and lost him at times.
Jena Irene got her shot next and sat behind the piano delivering a near perfect performance. Keith was impressed that she held it and nailed the moment.
Unsurprisingly, Spencer Lloyd got a chance to save himself. JLo, maybe pulling a fakeout, suggested it wasn't the performance she would have wanted to America to see from him and said, "So, we'll see."
The judges stared on pokerfaced as Bria Anai sang "It's A Man's World". Harry explained he never claps as a judge because he's like a judge at a sporting event. He went on to tell her she was all over the place and over shot on the emotion.
Last up: Kristen O'Connor performed for her life. Briana Oakley, Marrialle Sellars, Emmanuel Zidor, George Lovett and Malcolm Allen were sent home.
Then it was wildcard save time. The judges chose: Jena, Kristen, and C.J. to round out the top 13. Spencer's and Bria's adventure ended.
And now the contest really begins.
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Aileen Gene (Anderson) and John Rolland Christenson will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary with a private family gathering on Sunday. They were married Dec. 28, 1947, in Elim Lutheran Church, Marquette.
They have enjoyed a full life of service and work in Kansas and Iowa.
He served in Chanute, and in Iowa, Marshalltown, Urbandale, and Davenport.
Gene is a registered nurse and worked as an office nurse in several doctor's offices in Minnesota and Iowa. She also worked for an accounting firm in Davenport, Iowa.
They were blessed with three children: son, Richard and family in Florissant, Mo.; son, Stuart and family in Mt. Holly Springs, Penn.; and daughter, Gayle and family of Casper, Wyo. Cards may be sent to Rolland and Gene Christenson, 543 W. Garfield St., Lindsborg, KS 67456.
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September 22, 2008
It was a busy summer at Discraft as we crafted a couple zillion sportdiscs for players around the world. By this time of year, our misprint bins are overflowing... which means it's time for you to score some great deals!
Help spread the word - please link this URL on your club discussion board, and forward it to your club's email list: http://discraft.com/newsletter/dg_080922.html
A misprint typically has one of two problems: the foil used to stamp the artwork onto the disc is flawed, or we goofed and used the wrong foil color.
When either occurs, we don't expect the customer to pay for it; instead, it goes into a big bin full of other misprints. When that bin gets full -- like at the end of a busy summer -- it's time to bust 'em out of here and sell them cheap!
Once it is stamped, we can't regrind the plastic because we don't want the impurities in the stamp to be mixed inside of your next disc. So we throw them into a corner until the pile gets too big, then we offer them to you at super low prices. You get low cost discs, we get our corner space back.
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Hurst doctor denies sexually abusing patient, says he was disciplined for doing breast exam without chaperone
Dr. Stevan Cordas has emailed me an explanation for his troubles with the Texas Medical Board, which I mentioned in a recent post about doctors who'd been disciplined after sexual abuse allegations.
First, here's a more detailed account than I previously gave of what board records say about the matter: Cordas was performing a workers comp exam in 2010 on a woman with jaw pain. "He stood between her legs and started massaging her neck and squeezing her throat and put his hands through her hair," the patient told the board. "He also stood behind her and palpated her back and then put his hands on her breast."
Next, the Hurst doctor had her sit and measured how far she could open her mouth. "He then spread her legs and stood in between them and stuck his finger in and out of her mouth several times." She alerted police and "passed a polygraph test in regard to the facts she reported," although prosecutors later dropped the case.
Now for Cordas' explanation: "This was a case of unexplained facial pain 10 months following an injury with nothing in her chart to confirm objectively why the pain was present. In a case such as this it is imperative to exclude a malignancy. Continue reading


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Foley was not the only September 11 victim to have previously appeared in the pages of Irish America magazine.
Of the more than 70 employees lost from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, two were former honorees among the Irish America Wall Street 50: Chairman & CEO Joe Berry and Executive Vice-President Joseph Lenihan.
Another victim from the same firm, Chris Duffy, was the son of Wall Street 50 honoree John Duffy.
Berry, Lenihan and the two Duffys were among those who attended Irish America's Wall Street 50 reception on July 11, an event that was held annually at Windows on the World restaurant.
At the top of Tower One, the breathtaking view from Windows on the World was the ideal setting to toast the many achievements of the Irish and their descendants in the U.S.
As of September 11, that skyline view has been lost forever, but of course the accomplishments of people like Berry, Lenihan and the Duffys remain.
The accomplishments of others were never recorded and may never be known.
The unborn second child of Damien Meehan will never know daddy first-hand, how he grew up playing Gaelic Football with five brothers in Good Shepherd Parish, Upper Manhattan.
How among the Donegal Meehans of Upper Manhattan, Damien was the first to enter a "safe" profession, becoming a financial foot-soldier on Wall Street, instead of a fireman or a cop.
How on September 11, 2001, the 33-year-old reported to his desk at Carr Futures in Tower One and then disappeared; vanished forever.
In Northern Ireland, they will never know of the woodwork yet to be crafted by 21-year-old Brian Monaghan, who had emigrated to the Meehans' neighborhood in Upper Manhattan.
Joint ceremonies at Good Shepherd Church, Inwood, and St. Patrick's Church, Belfast, recalled the hurdles young Monaghan and his family had overcome to date, and all the promise the young carpenter had left to give.
In Dublin, they memorialized Richard Fitzsimons, who traveled to the Irish capital from Lynbrook, Long Island, just weeks before, to dance at his niece's wedding.
In New Jersey, they play "The Minstrel Boy" just a little bit quieter now in memory of three fallen "Irishmen" of sorts from the Port Authority Pipe Band: Steve Huczko, Liam Callahan and Richard Rodriguez.
In the Bronx, a widow cries because her husband and the father of her two baby girls, 31-year-old cafeteria worker Israel Pabon, left for work at dawn after a minor domestic squabble the night before: "We never got the chance to talk . . ."
The sacrifice is staggering, the waste of life too much to bear.
In Woodside, Queens, and Breezy Point, Brooklyn, families of cops, firemen and brokers with Irish names are forever wounded.
There are Brooklynites like Captain Timmy Stackpole, who just weeks before had laughed while being named "Irishman of the Year" at the Coney Island Irish Fest, and there are Bronxites like Ann McGovern, who bragged of a recent hole-in-one on the golf course.
A vice-president at the Aon Corporation of Tower Two who had recently become a grandma for the fifth time, McGovern had many accomplishments and perhaps even more loved ones who gathered to mourn at St. Brigid's of Westbury, Long Island.
From the altar, Ann's husband summed up perhaps the most important lesson learned by untold thousands since the attacks of September 11.
"Don't be afraid to tell people you love them, when it could be the last words spoken," said Larry McGovern, near a poster-sized photo of Ann with her youngest grandchild, Liam.
Cocking his head to the church roof, McGovern said in a cracked voice: "I love you."


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Joe Mullen, project engineer from Pennoni Associates, spoke to members of the Tobyhanna Planning Commission Monday evening about Kalahari Resorts. At the meeting, the planning commission approved the plans. Now the plans will go to the supervisors for approval.
The proposed $350 million Kalahari Resorts complex in Tobyhanna Township would feature the biggest indoor water park in North America.
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John McCain continued to make a fool of himself Friday in his ridiculous role-playing as an expert on the Iraq war and its aftermath.
The Arizona Republican's latest blunder was this claim made on national television: �We had literally no casualties there in Iraq during the last period after the surge was over…"
Literally no casualties?
The word "literally" is� a synonym for "actually," "precisely" and similar such terms.
The truth of the matter is that U.S. forces in Iraq sustained scores of fatalities and hundreds of injuries during the period at issue.
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VAIL - While the late Gene Kelly is perhaps best known for his performances in "Singin' in the Rain" and "An American in Paris," the dancer, actor, singer, film producer and choreographer is also credited with transforming the way Hollywood looked at musical films.
These career accomplishments, along with many more, will be celebrated Saturday evening, in conjunction with National Dance Day, as Vail International Dance Festival Director Damian Woetzel is honored with the inaugural Gene Kelly Legacy Award at the Dizzy Feet Foundation's "Celebration of Dance" gala in Los Angeles.
"This is a very special honor for me," Woetzel said. "Mr. Kelly was dance itself, he made dance out of the things we do everyday, he made us all dance in the rain, and the joy he brought to the world resonates strongly and always will. To receive this award in his name is profoundly moving and inspiring, he is a true hero for me."
Created in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Kelly's birth, the award will be presented annually to an artist whose career achievements best represent the innovative vision, creativity and lasting contribution that Kelly made, not only to the art of dance on film, but to the world as a whole, as an educator and cultural ambassador.
Kelly and Woetzel's paths have crossed before. When Kelly received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the School of American Ballet in 1992, Woetzel, then a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, performed Jerome Robbins "Fancy Free" as part of the celebration in Kelly's honor. He said later that he was beyond nervous, knowing that he was performing this piece for the man who had made sailors dancing on shore-leave famous in the film version of "On the Town."
"When I met with Damian this past April, I was struck by the similarities between the two men," said Patricia Ward Kelly, creative director for the Gene Kelly Legacy, Inc. "Both represent the epitome of masculinity and grace, and at the same time, share remarkable erudition, a strong commitment to education, extraordinary vision and a belief that it is the artist's role to serve as a kind of cultural ambassador. If Gene were alive, he would be extremely proud and honored to have Damian Woetzel as the first recipient of a Legacy Award in his name."
In addition to serving as the Vail International Dance Festival's director since 2007, Woetzel has also served as a cultural ambassador through his work as director of the Aspen Institute's Arts Program and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Beyond the inspiration of his career as one of the world's foremost dancers, he is showing new generations of dancers of all ages how to move forward through programs such as Celebrate the Beat, while also continuing his commitment to dance and the arts in unconventional and evolving ways, including his recent collaborations with interntionally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Memphis jookin sensation Lil Buck.
The award will be presented during the Dizzy Feet Foundation's gala at the Dorothy Chandler Music Center in Los Angeles. In addition to the award, the gala will feature performances by dancers from television's popular "Dancing with the Stars" and "So You Think You Can Dance", along with some of the Foundation's scholarship recipients studying at Julliard, Ailey and American Ballet Theatre.
Along with Woetzel, Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine and philanthropist/entrepreneur Henry Segerstrom will also receive awards from the Foundation.
The 2012 Vail International Dance Festival will get underway Sunday and continue through Aug. 11. Visit www.vaildance.org.


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I'm experimenting with dumping my Blu-ray library to disc, and I'm having trouble with playback of MKV using PMS to my PS3. I'm preferring MKV over MP4 because I can include subtitles without having to burn them into the video. I've been testing with MKVs vs MP4's produced by Handbrake 0.9.9 with AVC video (L4.0), AAC audio (5.1), PGS sub/text streams.
PMS plays back the MP4 fine with AVC/AAC passed through to the PS3 for playback (with Transcoding Settings / Common Transcoding Settings / Skip transcoding for extensions: MP4), but with MKV it seems to want to force transcoding (using the skip setting results in the PS3 giving 'data corrupt' errors). Searching the FAQ and forums seems to suggest using #Transcode# to use tsMuxeR, but this still transcodes for me and that's what I'm trying to avoid. The FAQ suggests using a MEncoder Video setting to switch to tsMuxeR when h.264 video is PS3 compatible, but I don't have this option.
Using the PS3's Info reports:
MEncoder transcodes to DD/AC3 5.1 640kbps + MPEG-2
tsMuxeR tries to produce DD/AC3 5.1 640kbps with AVC, but on my box stutters and freezes after a few seconds.
Is there a way I can have PMS read the MKV but remux rather than transcode?
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Austin Vikander exploded Monday night wrecking Minneota with two doubles, a triple and a home run while leading the Granite Falls Legion baseball team to a 10-3 win in Minneota.
Vikander's four hits were part of an 11-hit night for Granite Falls, which scored four runs in the top of the third and five runs in the sixth to maintain control throughout the game.
"We had 12 total hits, which was great to see after having a week off," said Post 69 manager Nick Richter. "We have had 22 hits our last two games, and that was what we have been lacking. Austin had a heck of a game at the plate, he came up just a single short from hitting for a cycle. We had another solid defensive game, and Dylan pitched a nice game for us again. We have been playing well all summer, and hopefully we can continue hitting the ball the way we have been."
Dylan Johnson tossed a complete game for Granite Falls, striking out six, walking one and allowing three runs.
Alex Guttormsson started and took the loss for Minneota, giving up eight runs (five earned) over 5 1/3 innings pitched. Mike Dwire entered in the sixth and went the rest of the way for Minneota.
Justin VanKeulen's double was the only extra base hit for Minneota, which totaled six hits in the game. Guttormsson and Josh Bot each drove in runs in the game.
Minneota (0-4 overall) will continue its search for the first win on the summer in its next contest at Dawson on Thursday.
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Minneota: Justin VanKeulen 2-4 rbi
Granite Falls: Chris Jensen: 1 – 3, Austin Vikander: 4 – 5, 2B, (2) 3B's, 2 run HR, 5 Rbi's, Zach Fischer: 1 – 4, Joe Sannerud: 2 – 3, Rbi, Reed Raddatz: 1 – 3, Rbi, Logan Delieck: 1 – 2, Rbi, Ryan Reishus: 2 – 2, 2B, Rbi
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January IAP 2005
This course features extensive contest documentation in the study materials section. Team papers, together with team portraits and their respective robot portraits, are also provided in the projects section. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
MASLab (Mobile Autonomous System Laboratory), also known as 6.186, is a robotics contest. The contest takes place during MIT's Independent Activities Period and participants earn 6 units of P/F credit and 6 Engineering Design Points. Teams of three to four students have less than a month to build and program sophisticated robots which must explore an unknown playing field and perform a series of tasks.
MASLab provides a significantly more difficult robotics problem than many other university-level robotics contests. Although students know the general size, shape, and color of the floors and walls, the students do not know the exact layout of the playing field. In addition, MASLab robots are completely autonomous, or in other words, the robots operate, calculate, and plan without human intervention. Finally, MASLab is one of the few robotics contests in the country to use a vision based robotics problem.
This course is run by students, so there is no faculty member associated with this class., and Leslie Kaelbling. 6.186 Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory, January IAP 2005. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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Have you ever been in such a heated argument you just had to throw something? Like your own person? Against a solid wall?
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Bent Life to tour Europe in August
Lincoln hardcore band Bent Life is playing 14 dates in Germany, Austria, Poland, Belgium and the United Kingdom during three weeks of August. The five-piece band's run includes five shows in England and six in Germany. The German dates bookend the trip, ending in Hannover August 23rd. Bent Life will be joined by Light It Up and War Charge on select dates during the tour.
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Coming off a 78-67 defeat to Houston, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team is bound for Norman, Okla., where it will take on Big 12 foe Oklahoma on Thursday at 2 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. but moved up due to pending inclement weather. The game will be televised on Sooner Sports TV on Fox Sports Oklahoma.
• After missing the Central Michigan game due to injury, Houston native John Jordan came back with a fury against the Cougars, scoring 19 points to go with six assists and five rebounds.
• Freshman forward Jeff Beverly scored a career-best 20 points against Houston as well. The big man has scored in double figures six times and is averaging 11.0 points per game.
• Senior Joy Williamson busted out of a slump at Houston on Saturday, scoring a career-best 18 points on 5-of-6 shooting, knocking down both his three-pointers in the contest.
• Senior Zane Knowles had a career-high 16 points and added 13 rebounds against Central Michigan for his third double-double of the year.
• The Islanders took part in a 10-day, four-game tour of Italy in August, a trip that allowed them 10 extra days of practice prior to the tour.
• Though Coach Wilson has his most experienced team with the Islanders, only five players have more than one year of Division I playing experience (Ali, Knowles, Jordan, Douvier, King).
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has just one contest in its Islanders history against Oklahoma, with that a defeat at the hands of the Sooners a year ago on New Year's Eve. Joy Williamson had a strong return to his home state, scoring 14 points and snaring five rebounds in a losing effort, as A&M-Corpus Christi shot just 29.3 percent from the field. Steven Pledger knocked down five threes for 17 points in the win for OU.
Houston went 17-for-30 from the field (.567) in the second half to vault past the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team in a 78-67 victory on Saturday at Hofheinz Pavilion. Jeff Beverly (20) and Joy Williamson (18) each had career highs in points for the Islanders in a losing effort. John Jordan added 19 points, six assists and five rebounds in his return to his hometown. Houston (6-2) placed five players in double figures, led by TaShawn Thomas' 14.
John Jordan is only a junior for the Islanders basketball team, but he's the most experienced player on the roster and one of the favorites for Southland Conference Player of the Year. The Houston native was named Preseason First Team All-Southland Conference by the league's coaches.
He showed his worthiness for that selection in the opening game of the Holiday Inn Downtown Marina Islanders Basketball Tournament. Jordan went off for a career-high 28 points, going 10-for-16 from the field. His final basket gave the Islanders a one-point lead with 4.2 seconds remaining en route to a 72-71 win. He added 18 points and nine boards against Tennessee Tech, then wrapped the weekend with just seven points, but dished out seven assists and snared six rebounds.
He suffered an ankle injury earlier this year that forced him to miss the Central Michigan game. But he bounced back in a big way at Houston with 19 points, six assists and five rebounds. He played all 40 minutes against the Cougars.
The honor is no surprise when looking at the numbers that the 5-foot-10 Jordan put up last season. Jordan was second in the league in assists (5.5 per game) and 12th in the league with 12.8 points per game. His 5.5 assists per game were 39th in Division I.
Jordan broke the school record with 138 assists as a freshman, then bested his own mark with 159 as a sophomore. With 333 career assists, he over halfway to the school record of 493, held by Brian Evans.
Freshman Jeff Beverly joined the Islanders as a highly-touted prospect out of the Houston area known for his scoring ability. Though he had a slow start to his career with a pedestrian seven points and four rebounds against Huston-Tillotson, he made his presence known in the game against Iowa State.
Beverly went 5-for-11 from the field with eight rebounds – four offensive - one block, one steal and one assist, all with just one turnover in a career-high 31 minutes. But what was more of a shock to the Cyclones was likely Beverly's range. The 6-foot-6, 245 pounder stepped back and drilled 3-of-5 shots from beyond the arc.
He showed more of the same for his home fans at the Holiday Inn Downtown Marina Tournament. He set a new career high before halftime against Tennessee Tech, going 5-for-6 with 15 points in the opening stanza, finishing with 18.
He has had issues with foul trouble, and was limited to just 10 minutes at UTSA to go scoreless. But he bounced back with 10 against CMU, then exploded for a career-high 20 in his return to his hometown of Houston on Saturday. He went 7-for-12 from the field and upped his season free-throw percentage to .794.
Beverly averaged 22.3 points and 11 boards at Clear Springs High School, and was named first team all-state.
Redshirt sophomore Jake Kocher was recently named a nominee for the 2014 Allstate National Association of Basketball Coaches Good Works Team. The award recognizes a select group of college basketball student-athletes who have made significant contributions to the greater good of their communities through volunteerism and civic service. A total of 118 players were nominated for the award, including 75 student-athletes from NCAA Division I.
Kocher has been extremely active in the community, both in Corpus Christi and his hometown of Austin. He has worked mainly with youngsters, volunteering with such organizations as the Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts, Ronald McDonald House and the Miracle League, and has spoken at several elementary and middle schools, serving as a role model for the youth of Corpus Christi.
After being one of just five upperclassmen on the roster a year ago, Joy Williamson enters his second year as an Islander as one of just two seniors on the squad in 2013-14. The Oklahoma City native finished third on the Islanders in scoring a year ago, netting 8.3 points per game. He sat out the season opener, but returned to the floor at ISU with a mixed bag at ISU, scoring three points and pulling in four rebounds.
Though he was overshadowed by Jordan's stellar play, Williamson had an outstanding game against IPFW. The senior went 5-for-9 from the floor, scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds, four on the offensive end. He struggled to score the remainder of the weekend, but had a strong all-around game against Texas-Pan American, dishing out five assists and nabbing five rebounds.Still, his scoring had slackened, to the point where he didn't even record an official shot against Central Michigan.
Then, at Houston, he got off the schneid with a shot that was called for a goaltend, awarding him a bucket. Later in the first half, he knocked down a three pointer that banked off the glass and in. These two shots seemed to boost the senior's confidence, though, as he continued his strong play into the second half. He finished with a career-high 18 points on 5-of-6 shooting to go along with a 6-of-7 performance at the free-throw line.
The native of Oklahoma City played two years at Redlands Community College under current Islanders assistant coach Yaphett King.
The Islanders' bench came up big against UTSA, scoring 38 points - half of the team's total in the game. That was in stark contrast to the previous four games, where the bench totaled just 44 points. The bench scored 16 against Central Michigan.
At Houston, the Islanders reserved totaled 24 points, but 18 of those came from Joy Williamson. In fact, aside from Jeff Beverly (20), John Jordan (19) and Williamson, no other Islander had more than two points. The three accounted for 85.1 percent of the scoring in the contest for the Islanders.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has been surprisingly efficient in converting three-point plays this year. The Islanders are 11-for-13 (.846) at the line after being awarded a basket and a foul, far better than their overall mark at the stripe (.690). Both John Jordan (5-for-5) and Joy Williamson (4-for-4) have seen multiple instances of perfection when finishing a three-point play. Only Hameed Ali (0-for-2) has failed to convert when given that opportunity this season.


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Charleston, South Carolina is everyone's idea of the captivating U.S. South. The city draws more than four million visitors a year to sample its atmospheric evocations of everything from slave-based plantation lifestyles to stirrings of the revolution still referred to as 'the recent unpleasantness' (some hold that the first military action of the Civil War took place here in January 1861, when Citadel college cadets fired on a Union warship).
Repeatedly pummeled by natural disasters (fire, earthquake, hurricane), the city has survived to tell the tales of families such as the Alstons, Russells, Heywards, Manigaults, Aikens and Rutledges through their well-preserved mansions that dot the compact street layout north and south of Broad.
The Rutledges and the Aikens were among a group of founding Irish in these parts that also included some influential 'friends of George' – people like Carlow-born Sir Pierce Butler, Galway native Aedanus Burke and plantation heir O'Brien Smith. They were all in attendance when President George Washington visited Charleston on a triumphal progress in 1791.
The church-rich 'Holy City' also owes some of its iconic imagery to the Irish: Dublin-born Samuel Cardy built St. Michael's Episcopal Church at the corner of Broad and Meeting in the 1750s, and at about the same time was also responsible for the colonial statehouse opposite, now restored to its 1792 re-ordering as a courthouse (a project supervised by James Hoban, the Kilkennyman who went on to design and build the White House).
Heritage preservation and cultural tourism promotion has long been a priority of the city's mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. Though still only in his sixties, Mayor Riley is himself in danger of becoming part of the historic fabric of the city he is committed to preserving – he has been re-elected continuously to the high-profile position since 1975.
Riley's visibility (he is a former chairman of the U.S. National Conference of Mayors) may lead people to believe that Charleston is the only urban settlement on this hospitable stretch of Atlantic coastline.
In fact, the greater Charleston area is an agglomeration of ten separate municipalities, including the burgeoning industrial area of North Charleston (about to rival Seattle as a Boeing manufacturing location), the up-market golf-course community of Kiawah Island, and the elegant beachside enclave of Sullivan's Island.
Sullivan's Island takes its name from 17th-century Cork-born adventurer Florence who came to the area on a colonizing mission – he had joined the ship Carolina when it put in at Kinsale on its way to the West Indies and then to the unsettled Indian territories north of St. Augustine.
O'Sullivan's controversial activities as land agent, surveyor and settler have long been eclipsed by his island's role in everything from slavery – it was a reception center for human cargoes from Africa – to the more exotic episodes of the Civil War – it was a launching point for the doomed Confederate submarine experiment the CSS H. L. Hunley, recently rescued from the offshore waters to be preserved and exhibited as a major tourism attraction.
But the Corkman's unsavory reputation has been somewhat balanced by the contribution of his fellow county native John England. The former parish priest of Bandon was appointed at the age of thirty-four as the first Catholic bishop of the Carolinas and Georgia in 1820.
Bishop John England's contribution to the establishment of the church in what was essentially frontier territory is still evident in the institutions and foundations that honor his memory.
On one side of the city of Charleston, Bishop England High School commands an extensive footprint in the new community of Daniel Island, having moved from its downtown location in 1998. On the other side, the May Forest convent on James Island, founded by England in 1829, is motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of our Lady of Mercy and home to the last native Irish member of the order – 102-year-old Laois-born Sr. Brendan Lacey.
The significant Irish contribution to Charleston's society and history has been mediated down through the years by organizations such as the Hibernian Society, a benevolent movement formed about 1800 to dispense aid to immigrant Irish arriving at the extensive Charleston docks.
The Society's Hibernian Hall, completed in the early 1840s and designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, an architect of the U.S. Capitol, is a dominating presence on Meeting Street. The society's tradition of alternating Catholic and Protestant presidents continues to the present day.
But the more modern Irish presence in the Charleston area is based on the skills and enterprise of people like Karl Byrne, a Rathangan (Co. Kildare) native who is Professor of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dubliner Jim Kirwan, a former banker, now heads up a chain of retail outlets specializing in equipment for triathlon participants. Simon Andrews, a member of the south Dublin political dynasty, is Executive Chef at the Francis Marion Hotel. Mary Margaret McLernon, an Irish-American entrepreneur, operates an art gallery, retail counter and tearoom just north of Charleston's central Broad Street.


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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Frank Almond returns to the stage with his Stradivarius violin after being attacked and robbed of the $6 million instrument two weeks ago.
After Tasing, robbery of $6 million violin, Concertmaster performs again
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Former high school teacher and coach accused of touching student released on bond
Published: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 9:08 p.m.
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A former Spartanburg High School teacher and coach accused of sexually touching a student is out on bail.
Courtney Clark Kay, 29, of 113 Rosemary Road in Spartanburg, was released on a $15,000 bond, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office. Kay was charged Friday with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor under age 16.
The Special Victims Unit investigated a parent's complaint that Kay inappropriately communicated with her 14-year-old child through Facebook. Kay was the student's science teacher. She also previously coached the girls' junior varsity volleyball team.
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Nashua pilot offers ash-scattering services across New England
When Bill Dino's mother passed away last year, he knew he had to respect her last wish by having her ashes scattered by air.
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