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Baltimore Restaurant Week 2007 – Flemings, Roys, Corks
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Two weeks ago was Restaurant Week here in Baltimore and for the first time, my fiancee and I took full advantage of it by sampling three restaurants over the course of three days. Unfortunately I didn't think to bring a camera and take pictures but overall I'm very pleased with how it all turned out.
Flemings Steak House
Fleming's Steak House, located on 720 Aliceanna Street, is known for its excellent selection of wines and what wines you're able to get by the glass. The Restaurant Week special was their typical Sunday special of one of three salads, a 12 oz. prime rib (or chicken or salmon), and a deserve of either cheesecake or creme brulee. The prime rib was okay, not exactly the incredible-ness I would expect from high-end steakhouse, but my side of creamed spinach was pretty much unedible. In fact, the alternative of mashed potatoes, was pretty much ignored by anyone in our group of four that got it. The creamed spinach was really sour and, though I can't be certain, probably made me a little ill the next day. The service overall was ridiculously slow, it took us over three hours to finish our meal, with a good thirty minutes between when we got our entrees and when we got our desserts. In fact, my friend's cheesecake had partially melted and yet they still served it to us. So-so food + slow service + top-tier prices = we will likely not return.
Roy's Restaurant
After a sub-par experience at Fleming's the night before, we went to Roy's with some friends the following night and it was a great experience. Roy's, located on 720 B Aliceanna Street (the two restaurants are neighbors), is a Hawaiian fusion restaurant that many people speak very highly of. Their Restaurant Week special is merely their Prix Fixe menu (duh, fixed price in French… which was funny at a Hawaiian restaurant) so that's available anytime. There were a few differences though and one was that the appetizer was actually an appetizer trio – a pot sticker, a rib, and a shrimp skewer. All three were awesome. For the main course I had a ridiculously tender rib meat dish that doesn't appear on Roy's website and the name of which escapes me. It had a chocolate-y sauce (it's hard to explain, it wasn't all that chocolate-y) and the bitterness of the chocolate actually worked quite well with the rib meat. We finished that off with my fiancee getting the Roy's Melting Hot Chocolate Soufflé and I had the Macadamia & Almond Caramel Tart, sharing of course. I think the soufflé was probably better but that's because it was so freaking rich. The service was impeccable, the guy came back over and over again to make sure everything was okay, and I would definitely return.
Corks Restaurant
Corks Restaurant is a local restaurant, located on 1026 South Charles St, and we went there in a huge party to give a warm goodbye to one of our friends who is leaving to work out in California. Their Restaurant Week menu was custom, not something you can pull off the menu right now, and in fact many of the items on that list don't even appear on the regular menu. I won't go into the dishes that we had since it won't be important to most of you but I have to say the food was pretty good. The one worth mentioning though was the dessert. I had this three cheesecake combo of three different fruits (they named them after drinks, like margarita and such) that was very cleverly plated and delicious.
Overall, I was very pleased with Restaurant Week and while $30.07 a person is more than what we typically spend on a meal, it certainly was worth it in most cases this year. 🙂{ 5 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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Windows Phone 7 has been officially announced at a Microsoft press conference today.
We've already posted a raft of stories on the handsets, operators and more. You'll find them all below.
Windows Phone 7 news
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Here are 21 things you need to know about Microsoft's new mobile OS.
1. The Windows Phone 7 release date is 21 October
As of 27 September, the latest rumours are that the Windows Phone 7 UK release date is 21 October - Microsoft has called TechRadar to a press conference on 11 October. so it seems likely that Windows Phone 7 will be officially announced then.
UPDATE: On 11 October Microsoft has confirmed the Windows Phone 7 release date as 21 October.
2. Windows Phone 7 phones
The list of Windows Phone 7 partners is plentiful. The initial partner list named was: AT&T, Deutsche Telekom AG , Orange, SFR, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica (they own O2), Telstra, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone and manufacturers Dell, Garmin-Asus, HTC Corp., HP, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Qualcomm. Wowsers.
See the links at the top of the page for all the latest handset announcements or our Windows Phone 7 phones: all the handsets piece.
3. Windows Phone 7 operators
Windows Phone 7 devices will come to Orange, O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Three customers, although there is no mention of Tesco and Virgin Media, which run on those networks.
For more details, see Windows Phone 7: Which network is offering which phone.
4. Windows Phone 7 games
The impact of the Games hub will be crucial. Microsoft has confirmed that it will be easy for developers to port games created for the Xbox Arcade to Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft has also told TechRadar that it is aiming to offer more games with Windows Phone 7 at launch than it did on the Xbox 360.
5. It has a long way to catch up
Windows Mobile devices accounted for a mere 7 per cent of smartphone sales in Q1 of this year, according to Gartner, with Symbian leading the way with 44 per cent, RIM in second place with 19 per cent, Apple in third place with 15 per cent and Android in fourth place with 10 per cent of the market. It's a long way up.
6. Windows Phone uses Dorado
Dorado is the codename for the Zune software for the PC. And now, iTunes style, it'll sync content to your Windows Phone, too. After all, ActiveSync is rubbish, isn't it?
7. But there's no copy and paste
Can it really be true that Windows Phone 7 won't have copy and paste? Turns out that delivering the context-sensitive tools for handling information like phone numbers and addresses was part of the reason that the copy and paste feature of Windows Mobile didn't make it into version one of Windows Phone. Microsoft senior director Paul Bryan confirmed: "We ended up getting to the point where we said we need to deliver a great experience and there are certain things we can get done in this period of time and certain things we can't."
8. It's good for work and pleasure
Windows Phone has to keep the features that make it so appealing to corporates – compatibility with Exchange and Office, for example. But in Windows Phone 7, Microsoft may finally have found a way to balance this with the thirst for snazzy smartphone tech. Never mind getting two push email accounts on Android 2.2 or iPhone 4; not only will Windows Phone 7 let you have the two Exchange Active Sync connections, but Microsoft senior director Paul Bryan told TechRadar that you can sync as many EAS [push] email accounts as you like to your phone. "We can do more than two - there's no limit," he said, adding that he's syncing three accounts on his own phone.
9. No multitasking
The OS will process Microsoft's core integrated experiences, including music and phone calls, in the background, but not those of third-party apps – very much like the iPhone was before iOS 4. There will, however, be support for push-notifications so that third-party apps can send you updates and status messages when the app itself is not running. Multitasking will probably be implemented in a later version of Windows Phone, but Microsoft is currently choosing to be cautious in terms of battery life.
10. It's great with people
The People Hub is the finest way we've yet seen to bring all your communication together in one place, Oded Ran previously told TechRadar that Microsoft would enable social networks to implement their services.
11. High res screens are still the way forward - for now
You should remember that Windows Phone 7 will be only running phones with WVGA (800 x 480) screens - we like that level of resolution. But the problem is that that screen res can be a) heavy on the wallet and b) not necessary in some phones. So to that end, Microsoft will be adding HVGA (480 x 320) to the mix in the future, which means slightly lower res video, and apps will have to be rescaled to run on lower-pixelled screen. But Android has managed it with recent reboots, so there's no reason why Microsoft can't be successful with it as well.The Samsung Omnia 7 below has a Super AMOLED screen, too.
12. It's all about the live tiles
At a time when Apple's iPhone UI still holds major influence over the market (look at Samsung's Wave and other new handsets to see why), Microsoft has managed to at least mix things up a little. Taking the best aspects of the Zune interface and combining them with the dynamic tiled approach is clever – we're fans.
13. Search is central to the experience
As well as the Start button, every Windows Phone 7 phone will come with a dedicated hardware button for Bing, providing one-click access to search from anywhere on the handset. "A special implementation of Bing search provides intent-specific results, delivering the most relevant web or local results, depending on the type of query," says Microsoft. What that actually means is that if you search for "pizza" on a phone, it'll search local businesses for you first.
14. There will be plenty of ads
Windows Phone 7 is set to allow advertisers to push through info on their products through a platform called Toast. "(WP7 is) an extra move on our NUI (natural user interface). We're trying to get technology out of the way of people," said Kostas Mallios, Microsoft's general manager for Strategy and Business Development, speaking at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France.
15. Windows Phone 7 specifications
Windows Phone will have plenty of punch. As we saw at Microsoft's Mix developer event back in March, Windows Phone 7 will be able to draw from the phone's resources in a big way and still survive - which makes sense when you think it's going to have a 1GHz processor as a minimum in most devices.
16. Hubs are it
The People Hub is clever (even if it's not totally original). But we like the idea of gathering together content – after all gathering media together is basically what Apple does with the iPod app on the iPhone. Integration with third-party apps and services also marks a real departure for the OS, even if it may be seen as a necessary evil by some Microsoft internals. Windows Phone 7 includes six hubs including Office, Xbox Live and Marketplace for apps.
17. Developers will be well catered for
Devs will be able to take advantage of elements like multi-touch, the camera, GPS, push notifications and accelerometers to make cool new applications, while there's also full Silverlight support.
18. An improved Marketplace
Microsoft has decided to overhaul the Windows Phone Marketplace, so it will feature a panoramic design and 'active merchandising' to increase the discoverability of games and applications. Microsoft will now stop unlicensed third party apps from making their way on to WP7 devices. This means app vendors like Handango will have their noses put firmly out of joint - it's a significant revenue stream gone bye bye. The Marketplace will also support one-time credit card purchases, mobile operator billing and advertising-funded applications to increase the raft of options on offer - basically offering more ways to pay makes developers happier.
19. You can 'try before you buy' Windows Phone apps
At a recent briefing with Microsoft, TechRadar was told that one problem with free versions of applications on other app stores is people will install the trial, take a quick look then uninstall.
When asked to rate, the results are invariably low - therefore by placing both the free trial version of the app and the full price version together, the end rating will better reflect the quality.
Microsoft also promised us there would be "enough applications on day one of the Windows Phone [7] launch" and that no longer would the phone interface simply be a "sea of icons".
20. There's no memory card support
Here's a down side - there won't be any memory card support. Actually, there will be support for them, but you can't get to them. That's right - the two options will either be built-in memory, and gallons of it, with no memory card slot (think Nokia X6) or there will be a 'locked' memory card under the battery. Why? We have no idea. It seems that if you can support hot-swappable memory cards, you should. It just makes life easier for the end-user.
21. It'll sync over Wi-Fi
Apple, please sort this out. Microsoft has beaten you to the punch.
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Late Saturday afternoon, Jennifer Lopez, 34, stunned the showbiz world by marrying singer Marc Anthony, 35, in a casual ceremony at her Beverly Hills home, witnesses and friends told PEOPLE.
Lopez's publicist neither confirmed nor denied the wedding, but witnesses at the scene reported seeing Lopez in a wedding gown. A tent was erected earlier in the day, the property was bedecked with balloons and musicians could be heard playing Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" – a wedding favorite – during the afternoon.
The marriage, Lopez's third, comes just months after her whirlwind 18-month relationship with Ben Affleck – which included a postponed September 2003 wedding, a box-office disaster and a breakup and a makeup – finally went belly up in January. She had yet to even publicly acknowledge a romance with Anthony, an old flame whose own marriage to Dayanara Torres did not end until they were granted a divorce in the Dominican Republic last Monday.
Lopez?s family was in town from New York. A source said Lopez had invited everyone to her house for a ?beautiful afternoon party,? but none of them knew she planned on getting married. ?It was a surprise,? said the source.
At 6:22 p.m., the bride walked across
the backyard with a white umbrella while the guests clapped and cheered. She
wore Neil Lane jewelry from head to toe, including a necklace and bracelet.
At around 7 p.m., big band music began after guests went into a white tent.
Lopez?s mom, Guadalupe, was in attendance and embraced new son-in-law Anthony
for a long time after the ceremony.
"She looked beautiful," said a source.
Rumors of a wedding had circulated since midweek, and PEOPLE reported that despite Lopez's reluctance to go public with her romance to Anthony, the pair was in love and had consulted with a wedding planner to figure out how to tie the knot.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - The first winter storm of the 2012-13 season is expected to continue through Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
A winter storm warning is in effect until 11 a.m. Tuesday for the greater Truckee/Tahoe area, NWS reports, bringing as much as 10 to 18 inches of snow along the Sierra crest, with 4 to 8 inches likely at lake level.
The heaviest snow should fall Monday morning, NWS reports, with a secondary band expected Tuesday morning. Wind gusts of 50 mph in lower elevations, with 100 mph gusts along the mountain ridges, are possible.
"Conditions can deteriorate rapidly during winter storms ... slow down and allow extra time when traveling," NWS warns. "Carry tire chains, food, water, blankets and a flashlight in your car in case of an emergency."
The storm already has dropped a foot of snow in some the region's higher-elevation areas, to the tune of a foot at Squaw Valley and 14 inches at Alpine Meadows as of 11 a.m., according to a press release from the resorts.
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Kellie Pickler to headline 2013 Pickin' in the Panhandle
May 7, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Pickin' in the Panhandle has announced that Kellie Pickler will headline this year's event, scheduled for Sept. 6-8 at Shiley Acres in Inwood....
75 bucks for a 3 day pass and 75 bucks to camp for them 3 days WOW Come on Berkeley County
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What!!!! So excited!!! Love her :)
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I love all the haters over the mountain. Mad that they wont get in for free this year. Your free ride is over and this show will be the biggest and most profitable to date.
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BREAKING NEWS...Shiley Acers picks pickler for picken in the panhandle after picking venue away from the folks in Back Creek Valley. Think I will go fishing that week.
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Really SB Resident? Really? What on earth did Christian Lopez do to you? or are you just a hater? And the kid can sing and play guitar and is a good kid. Ms. Pickler will be well paid and taken care of and have a great time at Pickin. I feel sorry for you. Not to mention all of the other great acts at Pickin. You people and your negativity never cease to amaze me.
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I feel sorry for Pickler having to headline for all these no name people. Christian Lopez, really why? Just because he tried out for Idol... he is a nobody and can't sing!
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Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," can be heard everywhere during the holiday season, but you've never seen it performed like this before!
Backstage before Tuesday night's taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Carey, her host and his backing band, the Roots, put a quirky spin on the pop star's holiday hit by performing the song using classroom instruments.
Adding to the adorable factor: a quartet of kids who pop up occasionally to sing backup.
Even with the unusual additions of a ukulele and xylophone, the song came together in delightful harmony.
The Christmas tune is hard to improve upon, but Carey and friends might have created a brand new instant classic!


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Lucille Mae Mandley, 87, of Summit Point, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, in a local nursing home.
Mrs. Mandley was born Nov. 5, 1925, in Burnt Hills, Md., the daughter of Burton R. and Katherine Mae Gates Hardisty and was raised in the Methodist faith.
She was retired from Suburban Dental Laboratories, where she worked as a client delivery.
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She married Joseph Samuel Mandley on June 14, 1943. Mr. Mandley died Aug. 2, 1984.
She is survived by a daughter, Arlene Pidgeon and her husband, Charlie, of Brucetown, Va.; a grandson, Mike Beatty and his wife, Lisa, of Summit Point; a sister, Dorothy Vincent, of Olney, Md.; and a brother, Walter "Chip" Gates, of Siler City, N.C.
Her brothers, George, Charlie, Johnny, Alford, Elward and Melvin Hardisty preceded her in death.
Services will be private.
Arrangements are being handled by Enders & Shirley Funeral Home, Berryville, Va.
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'Tis the season for giving… so I hope you're ready for another great Surprise Giveaway this week (and more coming soon)!
In the spirit of the holidays, Invitation Consultants – a fantastic online shop with a HUGE catalog of invites and stationery – is offering up a very generous $200 Shopping Spree towards holiday correspondence (cards, party invitations, mailing labels, gift tags, etc) to a lucky HWTM reader!
Already have your holiday invites ordered this year? You can still enter and gift this prize to a friend or family member that's not quite as on the ball as you!
Added bonus: Invitation Consultants is also offering $10 off any holiday purchase to EVERYONE with the coupon code: HWTM. (Code is good through December 18th)
Pictured above and below are some personal favorites from the Holiday Section, including the adorable, (eco-friendly) "You're On My Radar" bulldog design and this gorgeous foil-stamped "Golden Wishes" design:
Pictured below: festive invites for New Year's Eve, including Count Down (with coordinating reception cards and envelope seals), the shimmery silver Shake It Up! (bottom layer opens to reveal text), and the contemporary Cheers for All design, which is available with matte silver or matte gold ink.
{Hostess Tip: Planning a New Year's Eve party but haven't ordered invites yet? Just send out a quick save the date via email or evite, and let guests know that formal invites will follow. You might be surprised how many people don't have NYE plans yet and are still looking for something fun to do!}
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This is JUST what I need! I really want to send out photo cards this year, but my budget is soooo very tight. If I won I'd pick the "Sweetest Greetings" design for my family. Love the modern candy canes!
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I also really like the similar "JOY" version!
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I really like the look of the Hanukkah Circles design:
It's seriously so hard to find cool Hannakuh cards!
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I LOVE the holiday party invitations – especially the glittery one that is shaped like a cocktail shaker. So cute andfun.
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Thinking of purhaps using it for my birthday invitaiton
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I LOVE the Snowman Party invitations. They are perfect for my daughters January birthday party!!!! Merry Christmas!!
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"I have so much in my life," she told PEOPLE last month, "I want to be of value to the world."
Tuesday morning in London, Jolie, a special envoy to the UN Refugee Agency, delivered opening remarks at The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, with British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
"It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict," the 39-year-old actress, wearing a crisp white Michael Kors skirt and blazer and her long hair tucked into a bun, told the crowd. "There is nothing inevitable about it. It is a weapon of war aimed at civilians. It has nothing to do with sex – everything to do with power. It is done to torture and humiliate innocent people and often very young children."
With 100 countries sending representatives to the summit – including the United States and all the G7 nations – as well as more than 900 experts participating, Jolie previously told PEOPLE that it is "the largest summit of its kind on this issue. There's so many aspects to people wanting to change the world, and people come at it from different ways."
The four-day event is open to the public and features 200 events, including movie screenings (Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey screens Wednesday), panel discussions, an international marketplace and actors reading victim accounts.
'I Love Working in the Field'Jolie isn't alone in the U.K. Fiancé Brad Pitt and their kids joined her, as they have on many of her humanitarian trips through the years. "I've worked for 12 years with the UN and I love working in the field," she told PEOPLE last month.
This summit, she says, is the culmination of the dozens of trips she's taken to war zones, where she has spoken to rape survivors. "Angelina has been working day and night on this," says Arminka Helic, senior adviser to Secretary Hague. "She's attended conferences, taken trips with us, has worked very hard on this."
One goal, Helic says, is to establish an international protocol for documenting and investigating sexual violence in war zones. Once adopted by each nation, international criminal courts can more effectively prosecute offenders, lessening the stigma suffered by victims.
During her speech, Jolie described the horrors she has witnessed during her travels to war-torn nations.
"I have met survivors from Afghanistan to Somalia, and they are just like us – with one crucial difference: We live in safe countries with doctors we can go to when we're hurt, police we can turn to when we're wronged and institutions that protect us," she told the crowd.
"They live in refugee camps or bombed-out streets in areas where there is no law, no protection and not even the hope of justice. And as an international community we are responsible for that."
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Tiffin reports
A caller from Columbian High School, 300 S. Monroe St., requested an officer Tuesday afternoon in reference to a student who made threats.
A woman reported Tuesday afternoon a purse was stolen from her car while it was parked in the 700 block of West Market Street.
A caller from Walmart, 2801 W. SR 18, requested an officer Tuesday evening in reference to a charge on a stolen credit card.
A 100-block East Market Street woman reported Tuesday night someone poured cleaner on her door. She believed someone was targeting her animals.
A man reported early Wednesday morning his windshield was broken during a fight in the first block of North Washington Street. A person also reported an erratic driver.
A woman went to the station early Wednesday morning to report her son was being bullied and was assaulted by another juvenile.
A caller reported Wednesday morning someone sprayed a fire extinguisher all over the second floor of a building in the 100 block of South Washington Street.
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An 8000-block North TR 196 woman reported Wednesday evening someone was trying to open credit card accounts in her name.
A caller reported Thursday morning ladders were stolen from a construction site on South CR 7.
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A caller reported Wednesday afternoon a person dropped off a bicycle in a parking lot in the 500 block of Stearns Road and took off on foot.
A fight was reported Wednesday evening in the 1500 block of North Countyline Street. One person left the scene. An ambulance was requested.
A 200-block Sycamore Street woman reported Thursday morning someone slashed tires on her husband's truck overnight.
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Forty-three youths and adults were honored in the 2012 Youth Asset Builder Awards Wednesday over lunch at the Community Civic Center.
This is the 14th year for the Celebrate Youth Luncheon. Sharon George, executive director of Seneca County Family and Children First Council, welcomed the members of the community.
Those honored are individuals who display 40 developmental assets or help others develop them.
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Judge Jay Meyer presenting Christen Elchert of North Central Academy her award Wednesday at the 14th Annual Celebrate Youth Luncheon.
An invocation was given by Rev. Jan Kucera. He began with a story of children overcoming giants.
"Kids are just kids and are not afraid to take on giants. Those that display these assets will continue to grow and develop," Kucera said.
Awards were presented by Judge Jay Meyer of Seneca County Juvenile Court and Karen Eatmon of Family and Children First.
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Other youths receiving awards include:
Dylan Alford and Karlee Kissaberth, Noble 4-5 Elementary.
Adrian Brady, Kaitlyn Close and Samantha Miller, Dalton Wise, Seneca East students.
Christen Elchert, North Central Academy.
Tyler Evans, nominated by Seneca County Department of Job and Family Services.
Maximus Fortney, Washington K-1 Elementary.
Amber Gabel, Patrick Pariseau and Dylan Savona, Sophia Volpe, St. Wendelin Catholic Schools.
Selena Gama, North Central Academy.
Cori Garrett, Amani Seaburn, Caiden Twining, Fostoria Junior/Senior High School.
Allison Hammer and, Ezra Sanchez, Fostoria Longfellow Elementary.
Gabrielle Hanna and Shelby Hemminger, Calvert Elementary School.
Jeffery Koebel, Old Fort High School.
Jessica Loubert, Seneca County Opportunity Center School of Opportunity.
Bridgitt Lau and Amanda Nimmocks, Bridges Community Academy.
Keilani Maragne, Fostoria Riley Elementary.
Marissa Reinhart and Olivia Velasquez, Hopewell-Loudon High School.
Mya Weimerskirch, Hanna Wilson, Fostoria Intermediate Elementary.
Dominic Woods, Krout 2-3 Elementary.
Adults recognized include:
Kim Bonnell, teacher at Bridges Community Academy.
Paul Jones and Nikki Reineke, teachers for Calvert Catholic Schools.
Jean Snyder, volunteer at Washington K-1 Elementary.
Sandy Reinhart, Sentinel Career and Technology Center.
Donald Swartz, custodian at Krout 2-3 Elementary.
"Today is one of my favorite days of the year," Meyer said. "This is a victory lap for our honored youth and adults here today who do so much for the kids in our community."
"The Developmental Assets are 40 common-sense, positive experiences and qualities that help influence choices young people make to help them to become caring, responsible adults," he said.
The awesome thing about the assets is that they have a power for all young people, Meyer said. The more assets young people experience, the better. Youth with high asset levels are less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors and are more likely to engage in thriving behaviors.
One student honored was Aaron Grajeda of Fostoria Junior/Senior High School, who was nominated by teacher and student council advisor, Carol LeForge.
Grajeda is not a high schooler. At 20, he could have graduated with the class of 2012, but wanted to return to improve his English.
"English is important to Aaron because he has many things he wants to do in life, and learning is one of them," LeForge said.
"I believe that I can honestly say Aaron possesses all of the 40 character assets," she said.
Tiffin Middle School Principal Robert Boes nominated two students who helped another student who was being bullied.
Lauren Buskirk and Madison Zimmerman helped a younger student who was being bullied on the bus. They have continued to work with her as mentors, instilling strong values and assets they both possess, Boes said.
Tiffin Middle School is proud of the two students for their leadership, compassion and overall ability to do the right thing, he said.
Molly Lofton of the YMCA nominated Brook Frankhauser and Tyler Schwartz. Both are dedicated lifeguards.
"Brook is an outstanding leader and models the YMCA Core Values of caring, respect, responsibility and honesty," Lofton said.
Of the 43 honored Wednesday, seven were adults recognized for instilling developmental assets in youths and others.
One of the adults was Brandon Aydt, nominated by Sharon George.
"One day when my son, Spencer George, was practicing kicking at Columbian's football stadium, a Tiffin University football player came and introduced himself."
That football player was Aydt and he is a kicker for the team. Aydt watched George, a student at Calvert Elementary School, practice and gave him a few pointers.
Aydt later asked when George's next football game was and said he would be there. Aydt not only came, wearing the team's colors, but he brought his girlfriend as well. Since then Aydt and Spencer George have met for several more practices and Aydt is an incredible role model for Spencer, Sharon George said.
Tiffin Rotary Foundation sponsored the luncheon along with Tiffin Optimist Club and Family and Children First Council.
To learn more, visit www.searchinstitute.org/assets or contact the Family and Children First Council at (419) 443-0891.


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The Truckee boys captured the Division I-A Northern Team title with a 14-4 win against South Tahoe on Friday in a matchup that was much closer than the score makes it appear.
Truckee's No. 1 doubles seed, Aaron Pado/Grayson Forsberg, almost lost their first divisional match, falling behind a break in the first set against South Tahoe's top seed, K. Swain/C. McHugh. They did struggle back to win 7-5, helping lift the first-round score in favor of Truckee, 5-1.
Pado/Forsberg warmed up and finished the day with two more wins, 6-0, 6-0. South Tahoe's No. 1 singles seed, Chad Kassamanni, had an excellent day, winning two of his three matches, losing only to Truckee's top seed, Jake Kamenetsky, 3-6.
"Our doubles teams were on fire," said Truckee coach Rick Deeter. "They did not lose a single set all day."
The starting duo of Zach Conradson/Aaron Deeter breezed to a 6-2, 6-0 win in their first two rounds. Tobie Ziegler/Colin Gerrard also did well, winning the first round 6-1 and then beating South Tahoe's No. 1 seed, 6-4.
In the final round, the remainder of the tournament squad stepped in. Eli Yale took a singles spot, winning 6-0. Travis Ferre/Tyler Paladino cleaned up 6-0.
The match that got some attention was Teagan Pado teaming up with Zach Conradson to take on South Tahoe's No. 1 doubles, in a set that stayed on serve to the final game. Both Pado and Conradson, formidable net players, forced South Tahoe to try and lob over their aggressive net game, to no avail. Several mid-court smashes concluded the final match, 6-4.
With the regional title, the Wolverines advanced to the NIAA State Championships as the No. 1 seed and will take on The Meadows from Southern Nevada on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 a.m., at the Reno Tennis Center (Plumas Courts).
Truckee also will host the Division I-A Northern Region Individual Tennis Championship this Friday and Saturday at the Tahoe Donner Tennis Club. Play begins at 9 a.m. both days.


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In her second race of the day, Verwey competed on the Mountaineers' first-place boat in the women's open 8+. The crew of Elizabeth Duarte, Kelly Kramer, Mollie Rosen, Jessica Hurlbert, Rachel Cokeley, Liz Kantak, Verwey, Courtney Schrand and coxswain Mallory Fisher crossed the finish line in 15:34.66.
Verwey's third race of the day was the women's open 4+, in which she crewed on the sixth place boat. WVU took first, sixth, seventh, and 19th in the event. Verwey and fellow crew members Hurlbert, Cokeley, Kantak and coxswain Morgan Leach recorded a time of 18:00.99.
WVU Athletes of the Week
Fall 2013
Week 1: Kelsie Maloney, Women's Soccer
Week 2: Brittany Sample, Volleyball
Week 3: Andy Bevin, Men's Soccer
Week 4: Jordan Anderson, Volleyball
Week 5: Frances Silva, Women's Soccer
Week 6: Kate Schwindel, Women's Soccer
Week 7: Karen Verwey, Women's Rowing
This Week in Women's Soccer
The No. 10-ranked women's soccer team welcomes Iowa State to Morgantown on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m., and TCU on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m.
Last Week in Women's Soccer
WVU hosted Texas, the only other team undefeated in Big 12 play coming into the game, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium on Friday, Oct. 4 ... The Mountaineers defeated the Longhorns 2-1 to remain on top of the Big 12 standings.
Notes and Quotes
Senior Frances Silva tallied two goals against Texas ... Silva is tied, along with junior forward Kate Schwindel, for the lead in the Big 12 with eight goals ... Silva is No. 1 in the Big 12 with 26 points and 10 assists this season ... Schwindel's fourth assist of the season in Friday's contest brings her point total to 20, second best in the Big 12 ... freshman midfielder Ashley Lawrence recorded her third assist of the season, bringing her point total to seven ... 1,553 fans packed DDSS for the fifth-best crowd at a women's soccer game in stadium history.
Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown: "This is a huge win because that Texas team is a great team – they're better than they were last year. They're great athletes and are very organized. For us to pull it together and come out with a victory is huge. You're competing for a Big 12 championship every game, and every point matters. This team is very resilient. Also – what a crowd tonight! Wow! Thank you fans. You were great."
This Week in Men's Soccer
The Mountaineers will close out a five-game homestand with non-conference foe Stony Brook on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. … WVU will then hit the road for a match at Hartwick on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m.
Last Week in Men's Soccer
West Virginia went 1-0 last week with a 4-0 conference victory over Northern Illinois on Saturday evening ... the win improves WVU's record to 4-5-1, including 1-1-0 in Mid-American Conference play.
Notes and Quotes
The win over Northern Illinois snapped a four-game losing streak, including three in a row at home … junior forward Andy Bevin scored one goal on a game-leading four shots, while adding two assists to complete a four-point evening … freshman Christian Diaz scored his first career goal, the eventual game winner … sophomores Ryan Cain and Jamie Merriam also added goals, their second of the season … junior goalkeeper Lee Johnston registered his second shutout of the season, making three saves.
Coach Marlon LeBlanc: "It was a very hands-on week for me. They were forced to buy in. It was nice to see the guys really execute tonight. We really executed tonight and all of the credit goes to them, they were excellent on the evening."
This Week in Volleyball
West Virginia hosts Baylor on Wednesday, Oct 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum ... the match has been deemed Dig Pink Night ... the Mountaineers will be wearing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness ... all fans are also encouraged to wear pink to show support.
Last Week in Volleyball
The Mountaineers posted a 1-1 road trip, falling to TCU 3-1, and defeating Texas Tech 3-1 ... West Virginia is now 15-2 on the season and 2-1 in Big 12 Conference play ... sophomore setter Brittany Sample, sophomore outside hitter Nikki Attea and freshman outside hitter Jordan Anderson all recorded double-doubles in the win over the Red Raiders.
Notes and Quotes
West Virginia has matched its highest win total in a single season since 2010 (15) … the Mountaineers recorded their first-ever Big 12 Conference road win against Texas Tech Saturday … freshman Jordan Anderson leads the Big 12 Conference in kills per set and now has seven double-doubles on the season.
Coach Jill Kramer: "We are looking forward to getting back on the court and competing again. Our team is doing a great job of staying disciplined, communicating well and being aggressive at crunch time – things that great teams and competitors do."
This Week in Cross Country
WVU cross country is idle this week.
Last Week in Cross Country
Senior Sarah Martinelli led WVU to an eighth-place finish out of 47 schools at the Lehigh Paul Short Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 5, in Bethlehem, Pa.
Notes and Quotes
Martinelli ran a personal-best 20:55 for 19th place ... Martinelli's time is the best recorded by WVU this season ... senior Allison Lasnicki finished in 25th place with a 21:04 in her debut as a Mountaineer ... freshman Jillian Forsey crossed the line in 48th place with a 21:25 ... sophomore Kelly Williams ran a 21:37 to finish in 75th ... junior Savanna Plombon finished in 90th with a 21:44 ... sophomore Paige Szabat crossed in 22:23 for 166th place.
Coach Sean Cleary: "This was an interesting race to say the least. While we came here wanting a different result, I am pleased with the effort that we demonstrated. These conditions were brutal. I feel that we will come out of this with a much clearer vision as to what we need to accomplish in our preparation and race executions. I am proud of how hard we ran out there."
This Week in Tennis
WVU women's tennis is idle this week.
Last Week in Tennis
WVU competed at the Akron Invite against Akron, Cornell and Ohio State.
Notes and Quotes
Sophomore Hailey Barrett and junior Ikttesh Chahal went 0-3 in doubles play over the weekend ... the freshmen tandem of Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole went 1-2 in doubles, with their victory coming over Akron's Caroline Harpainter and Madison Cohen, 8-4 ... Barrett moved to 3-4 on the season in singles play after going 1-2 this weekend ... Chahal dropped three singles matches at Akron ... Mrgole went 3-0 over the weekend for a team-best five wins this season ... Manole tallied two victories to bring her singles record to 3-4 ... sophomore Vivian Tsui went 0-3 over the weekend, making her 2-5 this fall. Coach Miha Lisac: "Things continued to go well, and I think that we have shown progress in both singles and doubles. I think this tournament was a good challenge and a good step forward for us."
This Week in Rifle
The No. 1-ranked WVU rifle team (1-0) opens their Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) season next weekend, traveling to No. 6 Nebraska for a match on Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Nebraska Rifle Range.
Last Week in Rifle
WVU opened their 2013-14 season at home with a 4657-4648 win against No. 10 Ohio State (0-1) … the Mountaineers won air rifle 2356-2343, while OSU took smallbore 2305-2301.
Notes and Quotes
Junior Maren Prediger shot a career-best 599 (100-100-100-100-100-99) for an air rifle win, which was one shot away from the NCAA and WVU record … sophomore Garret Spurgeon tied for second with OSU's Deanna Binnie in smallbore with a score of 581 and with senior Chance Cover for fifth in air rifle with a score of 587… cover shot a personal best 576 in smallbore and placed sixth in the gun … junior Daniel Sojka finished third in air rifle (588) and fourth in smallbore (580) … junior Meelis Kiisk finished seventh in both guns with a 586 in air rifle and tying Prediger with a 574 in smallbore … redshirt-freshman Jean Pierre Lucas and freshman Sydney Smith made their Mountaineer debut, both making their best showings in air rifle, with Lucas shooting 581 and Smith shooting 575.
Coach Jon Hammond: "It's early in the season, and we're still getting in the flow. I did not expect us to be at our peak today. There's some rustiness on the team, but overall I think everyone knows we can shoot a little bit better. There's a lot to improve on, but I'm sure that it will come in the next month."
This Week in Swimming & Diving
The Mountaineers are back in action as they host the third annual West Virginia State Games from October 11-12 ... day 1 of the meet is scheduled to start at 4 p.m., Friday ... day 2 is scheduled to kick off Saturday at 9 a.m.
Last Week in Swimming & Diving:
West Virginia swimming and diving teams completed its Gold-Blue intrasquad dual-meet Saturday, Oct. 5, at the WVU Natatorium … in the first dual-meet opportunity for the teams, the Gold team won the meet with a final score of 231.5- 199.5.
Notes and Quotes: Senior Bryce Bohman set a new pool record in the 100 back (48.90) ... the meet started with the 200 mixed medley relay, as the Blue "A" team of Bohman, freshman Max Spencer, junior Julie Ogden and junior Courtney Parenti won the event with a time of 1:39.89 … the second relay of the day was the 1000 free relay ... the Blue "A" team of Skelley, Braden, Murto, and senior Hayley Kidd won the event with a time of 10:07.11 for the women ... the Gold "B" team of freshman Nathan Howells, sophomore Jay Hickey, Cobbe, and freshman Frank Csonka won the event for the men … for the divers, the Gold team swept both of the boards ... junior Haily VandePoel won both the 1-meter (311.30) and 3-meter (355.55) on the women's side ... sophomore Keith Carmichael won both the 1-meter (336.55) and the 3-meter (326.30) on the men's side ... in the final event of the day, the mixed 200 Free Relay, The Gold "A" team of Squires, Burlingham, Gillmore, and Glegg won the event with a time of 1:30.43.
Coach Vic Riggs: "It was a fun day. Obviously it's supposed to be a light and fun environment and the teams raced well. The highlight was Bryce's 100 back. It's always nice to break a pool record, especially when it was held by Pitt."
This Week in Rowing
WVU rowing is idle this week.
Last Week in Rowing
The Mountaineers opened their fall season with four victories at the Head of the Ohio on the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Notes and Quotes
Karen Verwey defeated four other rowers in the women's open 1x with a time of 19:45.20 ... in the women's open 8+, the Mountaineers' boat of Elizabeth Duarte, Kelly Kramer, Mollie Rosen, Jessica Hurlbert, Rachel Cokeley, Liz Kantak, Verwey, Courtney Schrand and coxswain Mallory Fisher won with a time of 15:34.66 ... WVU's second boat, crewed by Melinda Sharon, Bethany Anne Sapen, Hannah Onians, Susannah Hartlove, Lisa Deklau, Megan Brophy, Allison Coates, Tamyra Roberts and coxswain Emily Deming, fisnihed fourth with a time of 16:07.8 ... Addie Dulaney, Louisa Morgan, Whitney Chrisman, Kaitlyn Eason, Kimberlie May, Sarah Taylor, Madison James, Marika Huskins and coxswain Alexandra Basil finished in 14th in 17:41.83 ... in the women's open 2x, the boat of Kantak and Schrand won with a time of 17:41.46 ... the duo of Kramer and Cokeley finished in third with an 18:25.21 ... in the women's open 4+, Rosen, Kramer, Duarte, Schrand and coxswain Sarah Dodd led the way with 17:41.41 ... Hurlbert, Cokeley, Kantak, Verwey and coxswain Morgan Leach recorded a time of 18:00.99 ... about 10 seconds behind was the boat of James, Huskins, Onians, Brophy and Abigail Fondren ... Caroline Mullins, Allyson Pytlak, Summer Socha, Mary Cook and coxswain Allison Arnold finished in 19th with a 19:29.14.
Coach Jimmy King: "We had a good day coming out on the winning side of some very close races."


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your appearance; in correlation with your 'inner game', your 'outer game' is your appearance, anything from your dress sense, looks, body etc, which is used to attract the opposite sex in a 'macking' opportunity.
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Do you see the MARC train as a valuable asset to the state of West Virginia?
absolutely no assesst, only to those who actually ride/commute for higher wages in the city. What little tax dollars they bring into the state is far outweighed by the tax increase it brings to everyone else.How is Southern WV benefiting? It isn't......
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No taxes are used! We pay a surcharge of $80 a month to take the MARC from one of the 3 WV stops. Our "little" tax dollars are much larger than you think. We are taxed on our income and WV gets that money. I would be willing to guess that the 600 MARC riders pay more taxes than some counties in WV. We moved here becaue the county SOLD us on the MARC advantage. Southern WV gets money from our taxes. We buy gas here, shop here, eat here.... ger the facts.
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Sorry, it should have said..... GET THE FACTS
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Major--you try finding a job in the EP that pays salaries comparable to those commuters earn in the DC area. The incomes from our salaries, the property taxes, and sales taxes that commuters are major returns to the region. You might want to get out of the basement and take a econ class.
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The MARC train is definately an aasset to WV. It does not cost the taxpayers any money, but returns more tax dollars to WV than comparable local jobs. Brunswick is THAT far away - takes about an hour to get there unless you drive like a local and speed like hell.
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This shouldn't be an opinion question. Someone in WV government should have produced a balance sheet to determine to what extent the MARC train brings money into the coffers of WV or not. Jefferson county has the highest average income and house prices and I'm pretty sure that is because of proximity to WDC including ease of access to the MARC train which by the way costs a small mint to ride.
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"Area leaders are being asked to consider the possibility of chipping in funding to help ensure that MARC train service is not reduced in the Eastern Panhandle.
Senator-elect Herb Snyder and Delegate-elect Tiffany Lawrence, both Democrats from Jefferson County, met with members of the Jefferson County Commission on Thursday morning to make the funding request."
That sure sounds like proposed taxes to me. While maybe MARC currently don't get subsidies (Not sure on that point), they sure are looking for some. If they can continue without subsidies, they are an asset, if they can't then they are a burden on everyone of us who doesn't ride the train
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Cincinnati is not just a great american city, but also takes pride in a shrinking carbon footprint. Here are just a few examples:
- 100 percent renewable electricity—by switching to renewable energy, Cincinnati's carbon footprint was reduced by approximately 550,000 tons per year. that's the equivalent of taking 104,000 cars off the road.
- Green Umbrella, a regional sustainability alliance, brings citizens, professionals, teachers, students and others team together to promote sustainability across the region in areas including energy, local food and outdoor recreation.
- Home energy retrofits—the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance completed energy retrofits on more than 1,000 buildings across the region saving its clients more than $500,000 per year on energy bills
- In 2012, the league of american bicyclists recognized Cincinnati as a bronze level bicycle friendly community.
- Formed by key sustainability leaders from Cincinnati area corporations, the Greater Cincinnati Green Business Council's mission is "to inspire the business community to deliver a better social, economic and environmental future."
- The group has since expanded to include Kroger, Toyota, Duke Energy, The Cincinnati Zoo, General Cable, U.S. Bank, MillerCoors, Graydon Head, emersion DESIGN, and now Xavier University.
To learn more about sustainable efforts in Cincinnati, visit the City of Cincinnati Office of Environment & Sustainability and the Green Cincinnati Plan, which began in 2008 to help make Cincinnati a greener, healthier city.


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Occupy GolfPosted Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 2:10 PM
I am a member of golf's lower 99%.
I am an indifferent golfer, and there's no way I could ever make it to the professional level. Never put in the practice time to be the best. Never had the shots, skills, or mental toughness to make it in the sport. I just never felt like working all that hard at it.
However, I feel I should be paid by the top 1% of golfers for what I do. It isn't fair that those players who have worked harder, have studied the game, have better equipment and are more skilled and dedicated should make all that BIG money.
Where's my share? I'm a Victim!
The top 1% should pay for my club memberships and green fees and lessons, buy me new clubs, balls, clothes and shoes, and pay me some of their winnings. They can afford it. They are The Rich.
The whole system should be changed to accommodate people like me. Let's occupy a golf course and demand that those who are better at what they do pay for us who generally suck.
Whining should get us something, like the cover of Time Magazine and public sympathy! Maybe a law or two from legislators who want our votes.
*I will be waiting for the government to come to my aid as I assure you I will qualify for all assistance as a hack golfer. Tiger Woods is keeping me down!
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To some, this will look like a whole lot of baby carriers. I will be the first to tell you that you don't need this many slings. Just like you don't need that many shoes.
This isn't even all of them- I've got a few more out on loan (another wrap, some structured carriers, ring slings) & I love being able to spread the babywearing love. (Check in with woowoo mama about a wrap loan plan she has in the works- I might have to do something similar with some of my stock of carriers...)
I'll start off with the ones that I use most often on any given day:
Top: Gypsy Mama BaliBaby stretch. This one was sent to me for review from MamaKanga a couple years ago. I just got it out again because I have been bit by the wrap bug and I also think it's great for summer. I will probably mostly wear Ivy on my front in it but want to learn a wrap back carry, too.
Underneath that is my old-school Freehand Baby mei tai that I bought for like $25 from a Mom barter group online a few years ago when we were going to San Diego. It is definitely tied for my very favorite sling of all- for use and sentimental reasons. It's also my hubby's favorite. I wear it almost every day mostly in a back carry while I do dishes or things around the house.
Below that is another FreeHand Baby mei tai, but the new style now owned by TogetherBe. I won this one from An Ordinary Life. I wear it often as a back carry when I don't wear the other mei tai.
And on the bottom is the beautiful organic embroidered Ergo that I received as a review item- it pretty much lives in my car and is used every where I go (mostly in the front carry).
To the right are some carriers that I don't really use but they are nice to have on hand.
Top: brown UpMama ring sling- I do wear this one when it matches my clothes and I like that it has a zipper pouch in the tail- handy. I think I reviewed this one at Mama Speaks.
Below that is a violet hemp silk ring sling from Kimz Kreations. Sent to me as a gift from Kim. I wear this one for more dressier occasions. It's so soft and beautiful.
Next is a green floral ModMum pouch that was in the swag bag at last year's Silicon Valley Moms BlogHer party.
Bottom: organic cotton poppy trim New Native pouch- sent to me as a gift from New Native after I posted about the whole Motrin babywearing thing.
Pictured above is another stack of sometimes used carriers...
Top: black silk Bronwen Handcrafted mei tai that I bought before going to BlissDom. I wear this one when I'm more nicely dressed like for church or going out. I love this one.
Nest Sling in "Ivy" print... named after Ivy. Gift from Ashlee (Nest) at my baby shower. This was what I wore most when Ivy was a newborn.
Serena & Lily Market Sling. So very pretty. I just put Ivy in it again today and she cried when I took her out. She thinks it's pretty, too. This one was a review item from Mama Speaks and I use the sweet box it came in to house all of Ivy's BabyLegs.
Bottom: Black Sleepy Wrap. This one was sent for review a while back when Gray was a baby. I didn't wear it as often as I thought I would have with Ivy.
Oh, and in the first group photo, on the very top, is my first sling ever- a black ring sling from KimzKreations that I bought for $15 when her store was just on eBay almost 4 years ago.
I realized that it didn't make it in the other photos because Ivy was crawling around with it. I had a slight fit of panic last night when I couldn't find it. But it was hanging dry in the laundry room- I do wash my carriers often so they have a fresh smell. (Ring sling tip: put a sock over the rings to protect your washer/dryer).
And so, if I HAD to pare down to just one or two? I'd of course never part with my black ring sling and a mei tai although long outings and shopping trips are so much better in the Ergo. And there's just a really nice feel to a wrap...
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Dr. Joshua Lynch knew he would practice medicine from a young age. In 2001 he volunteered for the East Amherst Fire Department, and then he worked as an emergency medical technician for Rural Metro WNY. In 2008, Lynch graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Fla., before moving back home to Western New York to complete a three-year residency at the University at Buffalo Department of Emergency Medicine.
At age 30, Lynch is director of pre-hospital care/EMS at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital. He serves as medical director for volunteer fire departments in Clarence and Newstead – plus a few in Amherst. As one of the medical directors for Mercy Flight Western New York, he is also a flight physician. Lynch lives in Amherst with his wife, Michele, and daughter, Khloe.
People Talk: What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?
Joshua Lynch: I think I'm there now. I never thought at 30 I'd be board-certified in emergency medicine, medical director for Mercy Flight and working at one of the busiest community hospitals in the Northtowns. It blows my mind to be married with a baby. This was my long-term career goal, and here I am. So I honestly don't know what's going to happen.
PT: You are driven.
JL: Intense would be the word, I think, if you asked some of the nurses I work with.
PT: What prompted your career path?
JL: I wish I could show you a picture of me when I was 3, with a Fisher-Price doctor's kit. I never wanted to do anything else. I consider myself lucky, because I still have friends who have no idea what they want to do.
PT: Why did you choose osteopathic medicine?
JL: I grew up living next to two [doctors of osteopathic medicine], and I always thought that meant primary care or holistic medicine. One was a pediatrician and the other a nephrologist. The best way to define a DO is a combination of MD, physical therapist and chiropractor. We can do musculoskeletal manipulation, minor surgery, chest tubes, intubation.
Let's say you come in with a migraine headache; I can give you medicine to fix the headache, and I can give you a CT scan to make sure you're not bleeding. But while the medicine is working, I can manipulate the spine and the muscles of your neck to help you feel better right away.
PT: Do DOs get respect?
JL: I've never experienced discrimination. In generations past, that was a huge deal. You weren't allowed to work in certain hospitals or states.
PT: What makes in-flight medical care a challenge?
JL: In the emergency room, I have three nurses, an X-ray tech, respiratory tech, a secretary – and all the tools I could possibly want. If something goes wrong, I reach for the next backup device, call anesthesia or cardiology or whatever. In a helicopter, it's me and the paramedic. We don't see where we're going. We may not know when we'll get to the hospital. The pilot may have to turn the helicopter sideways to avoid a bird while I'm trying to start an IV.
PT: How often does weather ground you?
JL: It's hit or miss in Buffalo. Oftentimes we'll have to fly around a storm or a cloud pattern to get somewhere, or occasionally we'll have to land short, get in an ambulance and continue to drive if weather blows in really fast.
PT: What about the uninsured flight patient?
JL: Mercy Flight does not send patients to collections. We absorb about $850 per flight. We work with the patients to set up payment plans, but we're not going to ruin someone's life because they had an accident.
PT: What intrigues you about this job?
JL: The unpredictability. That's why my full-time job is an emergency medical doctor in the ER. I'm certainly not handed a schedule. Add a helicopter, where your resources are minimal. About half our business is picking up patients from community hospitals to bring them to the city. You're wearing a helmet, so you can't hear your partner unless you talk on a radio.
PT: What percentage of your time are you on call?
JL: I'm on telephone call for Mercy Flight every other week. I'm also the medical director for Genesee Mercy EMS, a commercial ambulance service that covers all of Genesee County. I'm also on call for Erie County's Specialized Medical Assistance Response Team (SMART) for school bus accidents, hostage situations.
PT: What is your most valuable tool?
JL: My level-headedness. I don't get excited or worked up.
PT: On the job, you perform well under pressure, but what about at home?
JL: I am the best decision maker at work, and the worst decision maker at home. I can treat a heart attack at 3 in the morning after working 12 hours, but ask my wife, I cannot tell her what to do for dinner. My decision-making abilities stop when I walk in the door of my house.
PT: How has your understanding of medicine affected your role as a husband and father?
JL: We have a rule at home: She can take the baby or herself to the doctor regardless of what I say. I try not to be a doctor at home. I try to be a dad and a husband and a son and whatever else. But it's hard. The baby thing is new to both of us, but the doctor thing is not. It's hard to take the emotions out.
PT: Did they prepare you for this in school?
JL: No. The one thing I wished I had in school was a class on the business and politics of health care. I also didn't know about the social norms I would be expected to handle. I mean, I get text messages from friends I haven't seen in years saying they have a sinus infection, and could I call in a Z-pack. That can put you in a very uncomfortable position. Or friends or colleagues or supervisors even, who have the expectation that it's no big deal. There's some degree of professional responsibility you have to uphold. I mean, I wouldn't ask my friend at the mall for a free shirt.
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Three years ago this week I was 35 weeks pregnant with Ivy and apparently had thinner arms than I do now but also, three years- THREE YEARS it's been since I had a baby in my belly? That just absolutely took me by surprise.
I've found myself so adamant about being done having babies that I'm almost all the way on the other side of the fence again... thinking... and second guessing the empty womb. All of this is probably due to the fact that all of my children now sleep through the night for the most part and are growing-ly independent and thus the memory-loss happens of how life is with many children and a baby. Oh the memory, it fades.
We saw Jim Gaffigan over the weekend and he described what having four kids was like: "Imagine you are drowning. Then someone hands you a baby."
Of course it's a joke. I love having four kids and that love often nudges me into thinking five would be even more awesome. I am sure it would be. But I don't know if I'm meant for that kind of awesome today- or rather- 9 months from now. And it's not even about the money or the size of our house anymore. It's much, much deeper than that.
It's never comfortable talking about not having any more babies. I always feel like I'm going to say the wrong thing even when I'm obviously only speaking for myself. I think I feel like some camps are disappointed that we don't keep on and other people of course think we have way too many kids already. And who cares what either thinks? I can't even make up my own mind about it.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson made it official at a 10:15 a.m. press conference: the state of Louisiana and the Saints have agreed to a deal that will keep the team playing in the Louisiana Superdome through 2025.
"Today is a great day for Louisiana," Jindal said. "After many months of hard work, we've reached an agreement with the Saints that benefits taxpayers and benefits the citizens of Louisiana."
Jindal said that a recent university study concluded that over the life of the extension, this deal would generate more than $400 million for the city and state.
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Almost 100 years ago, on the prairies of Alberta, Canada, a horse was foaled unlike any other on the ranch of Jim McNab. At maturity, in McNab's words, he "was a well-made horse, with maybe a strain of thoroughbred and a dash of Percheron - a little too long in the barrel, but put together real solid-like. He stood about 15.1, and about 1,300 pounds strong." Big, powerful, and coal black, with the look of eagles in his dark eyes, Midnight would never become the cow horse McNab dreamed of, but was destined instead to make a name for himself all over the world as the greatest bucking horse of all time.
The black horse soon gained a local reputation as a horse no one could ride. The best in the cowboy business came and went during his early years and were duly humbled by the big black horse with the gentle disposition, who with a rider on his back, became a veritable four-footed explosion - a horse to be reckoned with. Not one man was able to stay aboard the notorious black tornado. After a stunning performance at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo, where he was proclaimed the champion bucking horse of Western Canada, his fate was cast. Midnight was sold to Calgary rodeo promoter Peter Welch. It broke Jim McNab's heart to part with this special horse with the untamed spirit he had come to love so much, but "money talks" and sell him he did. Some say he never stopped regretting it.
By 1928 Midnight was still unridden and his career was off and running, or should I say, bucking. The horse was purchased from the Calgary outfit by rodeo producer and stock contractor Verne Elliot, an ex-bronc rider who had competed against the famous bucking horse, Steamboat in his youth. Midnight's reputation preceded him wherever he went, and he began drawing huge crowds at the rodeos, as well as confident cowboys, each of whom just knew they were the one to finally ride the infamous outlaw.
With the fame of a rock star, Midnight was campaigned at every rodeo from Calgary, Pendleton and Cheyenne, to Salt Lake City and Fort Worth, and east to Madison Square Garden in New York, gaining him the adulation of fans and the respect of the bronc riders. In those days bronc riders rode for 10 seconds instead of eight as they do now, but it didn't matter - one by one they made intimate acquaintance with the ground in two or three seconds, including the renowned Pete Knight, one of the best at that time.
The late Verne Elliot, a native of Platteville, Colo., who owned a ranch near Johnstown, Colo., believed "a good bucking horse is likely to be born, not made. The meaner and more murderous he is, the higher the esteem in which he is held by the cowboy who rides him, the stock contractor who owns him, and the audience that watches him battle his way around an arena. And above all he should be consistent - every time that chute gate swings open, he should come out fighting and never say die!"
Midnight did not disappoint. He never weakened, never grew tired of the game and never gave up. His heart was as big as the Canadian prairies from whence he came.
So many top riders were biting the dust when they drew Midnight, the claim was made by some people that it was just a big publicity stunt and that the cowboys were paid to take a dive, but that was not true. Any contestant would have sold his soul for the honor of making history as the first to ride "the buckingest horse in the world," as he was called.
Midnight loved to buck and took great delight in bucking circles around his fallen would-be conqueror before heading for the exit gate. The horse never intentionally went out of his way to hurt someone, but he was considered an outlaw, that is, a horse that couldn't be broken, that refused to allow a human on his back. He was also an artist who loved his craft and worked at it with a vengeance. According to one cowboy, "trying to ride him meant having your backbone telescoped and twisted and jammed through the top of your skull. It was like having 1,300 pounds fall on you with every jump - only it was a piledriver coming from underneath." After he hit the ground, a cowboy felt as if he'd been run over by a tank, and every bone and muscle in his body ached for weeks afterward. Some who drew Midnight in the rodeo tried to swap him for another bronc, knowing full well he'd be eating dirt and out of the money.
Champion bronc rider Pete Knight tried to ride Midnight on four separate occasions throughout his career and failed every time, but he never lost the desire to challenge the old warrior one last time. And in 1930, when Midnight was 15 years old, he got his chance. Cheyenne Frontier Days offered him $100 to give a 10-second exhibition ride - world champion cowboy against world champion bucking horse. Knight had been rodeoing for over 20 years, and knowing this would probably be his last opportunity, he agreed and gallantly met his old adversary once again. It was a fantastic ride that had the audience on their feet screaming hysterically - an awesome duel of champions in which Midnight triumphed as victor in seven seconds, the longest anyone had ever stayed aboard. Nor would any other rider even come close to that time in the next three years. (There is still some controversy over this statement, with several cowboys claiming they did in fact ride Midnight, but if they accomplished this feat, it was not in sanctioned competition with judges on hand. News of such an event would have been flashed around the world, so great was Midnight's reputation and avid following.)
In 1933 the horse that wouldn't be ridden made his farewell appearance at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, unloading two top riders that day, before leaving for a trip to England, where he made his last public appearance in four exhibition rides at Wembley Stadium. When they returned home, Verne Elliot turned Midnight out to pasture on his ranch to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. The world's champion bucking horse never felt the weight of a saddle or an erstwhile rider ever again and lived out his life happily munching grass and snoozing in the sun. On Nov. 5, 1936, a challenger he couldn't beat finally won, as death climbed aboard and rode him to a standstill.
Elliot buried Midnight on the ranch. Word that the great horse had died traveled the circuit as he himself once did, and the cowboys he had fought and beaten took up a collection and bought him a monument befitting a champion to place over his grave. A Colorado senator at the time, Chris Cusack, wrote the epitaph:
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There never lived a cowboy
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His name was Midnight
his coat was black as coal.
If there's a hoss heaven,
please God, rest his soul.
Hundreds of people visited the site until, in 1995, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum had Midnight's remains exhumed and interred on the grounds in Oklahoma City, along with Verne Elliot's other famous bucking horse Five Minutes to Midnight. Besides the fact he owned two of the greatest bucking horses of all time, Elliot's contribution to the early days of the sport of rodeo was huge: He was instrumental in initiating indoor rodeos, beginning with Fort Worth in 1917; he built the first bucking chutes used in competition; he also produced the National Western Rodeo in Denver, Colo., from 1931-62. Verne Elliot died in 1962 at the age of 81 and was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs in 1990.


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|Covalent Bonding in Actinide Sandwich Molecules
Glenn Seaborg was one of the first scientists to recognize that differences in the degree of covalent bonding in lanthanide and actinide compounds could have profound consequences for their unique chemical reactivity and physical properties. Now, researchers working at ALS Beamline 11.0.2 have found evidence for unexpected bonding interactions in two organometallic actinide "sandwich" complexes that have been lightning rods in discussions of covalent bonding since their discovery by Berkeley researchers in the 1960s. Certain organometallics, which have multiple, highly covalent metal–carbon bonds, are vital as industrial or bioinorganic catalysts and as precursors for nanomaterial synthesis. The work at the ALS also provides conclusive evidence for a new form of bonding, proposed in theoretical studies but never observed experimentally, that is strictly a unique capability of lanthanide and actinide elements.
Organometallic chemistry has furnished powerful industrial catalysts, enabled new organic transformations, and is at the heart of functionality in bioinorganic molecules (vitamin B12, for example). Yet in many cases, the models of electronic structure used to describe bonding in organometallics are at frequently at odds with classical coordination chemistry, in that they invoke a covalent bond between the metal and the carbon-based ligands. By combining the synthesis of organometallics with techniques that can probe metal–carbon covalent bonding, researchers can develop fundamental insights that help interpret chemical phenomena across the periodic table.
In recent years, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements at the ligand K-edge have provided quantitative information regarding covalent bonding and electronic structure in a wide variety of molecules and materials. The presence of covalent mixing is observed as a pre-edge feature by ligand K-edge XAS; it appears only if the vacant metal orbitals contain a component of ligand p-orbital character. Until now, successful application of this technique at the carbon K-edge to study organometallic bonding has been thwarted by weakly penetrating soft x-ray radiation (about 280 eV) that is often susceptible to surface contamination and saturation effects from the samples. Interpreting carbon K-edge XAS results for organometallics is also challenging and requires a comprehensive theoretical effort to deconvolute spectra composed of numerous electronic transitions.
Challenges associated with quantitative carbon K-edge XAS were recently overcome by conducting XAS measurements in transmission using state-of-the-art soft x-ray instrumentation and techniques pioneered at Beamline 11.0.2, the Molecular Environmental Sciences beamline at the ALS. Accurate measurement of pre-edge peak intensities was ensured by preparing thin microcrystalline samples of the air-sensitive and radioactive materials on silicon nitride substrates, which were analyzed using the scanning transmission x-ray microscope (STXM). Samples included actinide sandwich complexes—thorocene [(C8H8)2Th] and uranocene [(C8H8)2U]—"textbook" molecules that have played a central role in the development of theories of covalent bonding in organometallic chemistry. A concomitant hybrid density functional theory (DFT) study provided confidence and credibility for interpretation of the complex spectra.
Results from the detailed experimental and theoretical study showed two contrasting trends in orbital mixing, suggesting that covalent bonding does not increase uniformly as the actinide series is traversed from left to right on the periodic table. And while most chemical structures are composed of σ and π bonds (involving s and p atomic orbitals), the carbon K-edge XAS spectrum of thorocene represents the first experimental evidence of a measurable φ orbital interaction, corresponding to the overlap of f atomic orbitals.
This work supports many theoretical analyses that predict that the lanthanide and actinide elements are uniquely capable of participating in these unconventional bonding interactions because of the increased size and nodality of their 4f and 5f orbitals. Such discoveries have important implications for the design of actinide-selective extraction processes and may be necessary in efforts to improve on the properties of advanced materials incorporating lanthanide elements.
Research conducted by: S.G. Minasian (Los Alamos National Laboratory and Berkeley Lab); J.M. Keith, E.R. Batista, K.S. Boland, D.L. Clark, S.A. Kozimor, and R.L. Martin (Los Alamos National Laboratory); D.K. Shuh (Berkeley Lab); and T. Tyliszczak (ALS).
Research funding: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Operation of the ALS is supported by DOE BES.
S.G. Minasian, J.M. Keith, E.R. Batista, K.S. Boland, D.L. Clark, S.A. Kozimor, R.L. Martin, D.K. Shuh, and T. Tyliszczak, "New evidence for 5f covalency in actinocenes determined from carbon K-edge XAS and electronic structure theory," Chem. Sci. 5, 351 (2014).
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