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The Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar Award to the best mystery books every year in a few different categories. This year there looks like many good choices. Who knows, maybe I'll be a mystery reader yet! Check out the entire list of winners and nominees at the Edgar Award website.
Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
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The following statement was issued Friday on behalf of Christopher Bently with additional information about Nevada Heritage:
Christopher Bently, a local entrepreneur and businessman, announced that he is converting the Minden Flour Milling Company building — a National Registered Historic Place — into a craft distillery named Nevada Heritage.
The new distillery will be one of the first operating in the state since Assembly Bill 153 was passed earlier this year, allowing local distilleries to operate. This puts Nevada Heritage in notable company with fellow Silver State artisans as well as landing Minden at the forefront of a burgeoning new industry.Nevada Heritage will live up to its name by reintroducing the best traditions of the Old West, while embracing New West values such as sustainability and premium quality.
Before the Civil War, the Silver State flourished with small distilleries that were supplied by the abundant wheat, barley and hops. Like these distilleries of the bygone West, Nevada Heritage will use only locally grown greens: winter rye and other plants will be harvested from the land of its sister company, Bently Ranch. The ranch itself operates in the cowboy tradition, but employs cutting-edge sustainability measures.
Nevada Heritage's home in the historic Minden Flour Milling Company, right in the heart of Minden, does more than just dramatize the new distillery's pride in tradition — its location will contribute to Minden's continuing revitalization as well as preserve the town's rich heritage.
With the idea of preserving its heritage the company is working on refitting the building to LEED Platinum standards — the highest rating in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification principles.
Nevada Heritage's goal isn't just to produce artisanal-quality spirits, but to set a new standard for sustainable production in the state of Nevada, thus innovating an industry while revitalizing the craft distilling tradition.
"As a longtime member of the Carson Valley community, I'm excited about its future.," Bently said. "Revitalizing the area shouldn't mean building subdivisions and big box stores. "The way forward lies in innovation, preservation of the area's colorful past, and the conservation of its wide open spaces. I will make every possible effort to preserve this natural beauty, while working to reinvigorate its economy. Nevada Heritage will be emblematic of everything I believe in: a first-class, hand-crafted product that preserves local history while embracing tradition."
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The Seattle Seahawks cornerback was just moments removed from making the game-winning play in the NFC Championship game, when sideline reporter Erin Andrews pulled him over for a brief interview. Most post-game Q&As are tepid, cliché-ridden affairs, but this was something else entirely.
In the wake of the interview, Sherman's 20-second clip became a social-media flash point: Some called him a thug (or worse), some brought up Sherman's Stanford education as a shield, while more still pointed out that that was engaging in a shallow form of respectability politics.
Read all those links, and then come back here, because we're going to talk about wrestling.
If there's anything Sherman's outburst resembles, it's not the rantings of a madman, but the comical fury of the greatest '80s wrestling promos. Like Hulk Hogan or Jake the Snake, Sherman looks directly into the camera the whole time, spitting out his words with a barely-restrained sneer. He doesn't curse – after all, there are kids watching.
The feud even comes with a back story to rival any mat-bound soap opera: The bad blood between Sherman and 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree, the target of his post-game ire, apparently began after Crabtree insulted Sherman during an off-season charity event.
You'd have to be a WWF writer to script this stuff.
The big question is: Which wrestler does Sherman resemble most? He doesn't quite have the ironic twinkle that the greatest promo-cutter, Macho Man Randy Savage, brought to the art; if we had to choose, we'd say his gruff bark is a nice imitation of Hulk Hogan. But don't take our word for it. Watch the best vintage WWF promos below:
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Slang from Camden, NJ which means to look fly or well-dressed.
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AvidBiotics won a two year, $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to fund continued preclinical development of a protein-based bactericidal that specifically targets Clostridium difficile without impacting on other, beneficial gut bacteria.
AvidBiotics is exploiting its Avidocin™ proteins, and Micacide™ proteins platforms to develop nonantibody proteins as targeted therapeutics against bacteria, viral infections, and cancer. Avidocin™ proteins are a class of targeted bactericidal agents, designed as engineered, retargeted versions of R-type bacteriocins, a group of proteins used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to kill other strains of bacteria by punching holes in their cell envelopes.
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In-house development programs are focused on C. difficile gastrointestinal infections, E. coli O157:H7, and enterohemorrhagic colitis. AvidBiotics has also received NIH grants to support the development of Avidocin proteins against Y. pestis, Acinobacter, and multiple Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
"Clostridium difficile has become the most frequent cause of hospital-acquired infections, recently overtaking methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)," comments AvidBiotics' CEO David W. Martin, M.D., on award of the latest SBIR grant. "Traditional antibiotics cannot be used to prevent C. difficile infections due to their profound unintended collateral damage to beneficial gut microbes. Our Avidocin proteins offer a potential new preventative approach to selectively kill C. difficile without affecting nontargeted microbes or contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance."
In September, AvidBiotics and DuPont Nutrition & Health inked a deal giving DuPont worldwide, exclusive rights to AvidBiotics' antibacterial protein technology for use in the broad field of food and food protection. AvidBiotics retains all rights to applications of its technology in the fields of animal health, human therapeutics, human prophylactics, and human diagnostics.
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as opposed to having "a little work done" women who go ape-shit with the cosmetic work have gotten the "full Frankenstein" (ie, full monty @ cosmetic surgery)
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When you get a random girl in the back of your plumbing truck and make her grab a hold your cable that you just cleaned a sewer main with and lick it while you hit it "plumber style".
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Your National Beef Checkoff Program: 25 Years and Counting
Your National Beef Checkoff Program: 25 Years and Counting
You might remember seeing the television commercials with actor Robert Mitchum kicking off the "Beef. It's What's for Dinner" campaign in May of 1992. After a brief stint with a "Beef. It's What You Want" slogan in 1988, the checkoff returned to "Beef. It's What's for Dinner" in 1999, but this time featuring the deep, powerful voice of cowboy actor Sam Elliott for nearly a decade. And that brings us to the checkoff's, latest radio ads which have tantalized taste buds for beef since 2007 with a sultry recognizable voice reminding consumers that beef is not only good tasting – but good for them. Yes, beef is still what's for dinner. And these efforts to keep it that way over the years are thanks to your investment in the national Beef Checkoff Program, which is wrapping up its 25th year in operation on behalf of the cattle ranchers, farmers and importers who pay into the program nationwide. In this second part of a six-part series celebrating the beef checkoff's silver anniversary, we're focusing on the historical accomplishments of your checkoff investment into beef promotion. (In case you missed it, the overview of the series is available at this link and the four installments following this one will address each the four other areas in which the checkoff invests – research, consumer information, industry information, and foreign marketing.)
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The launch of the checkoff's $21.7 million beef promotion campaign at the start of the national checkoff program in the fall of 1986 marked the largest concentrated promotion campaign that the beef industry has ever launched – even to date. And it's still the only national self-help program that the industry has operating on its behalf. Since the early days of the checkoff, however, "promotion" programs funded through the beef checkoff have included far more than consumer advertising – with things like foodservice and retail promotions and partnerships, as well as new product initiatives and veal promotions. But consumer advertising remains an important anchor in the overall strategy to increase consumer demand for beef. And the success level of the "Beef. It's What's for Dinner" campaign and its predecessors has been tremendous, according to industry standards. For example, consumer recognition of the beef industry slogan has reached as high as 86 percent during its run – a level that any number of huge corporations with budgets exponentially larger than the checkoff would be pleased to boast. With its recognition and creative television, radio and print commercials over the years, the checkoff's promotion campaign helped first slow the decline, and later turn around consumer beef demand, which had been spiraling sharply downward in the 1980s. As the industry changed over time – and other checkoff program areas focused on helping cattlemen improve the quality and consistency of the product they offered to fickle American consumers, so too did the focus of the promotion campaigns. Amid today's health-conscious consumer population, the checkoff is proud to boast that 29 cuts of beef qualify as lean – a quality that market research identifies as near or at the top of consumers' list of demands from beef they purchase today. The checkoff advertising campaign focuses on that, as well as other consumer demands, like convenience and, always, great taste. As checkoff expenses have increased dramatically while revenues have not, the producer leaders who serve on the Cattlemen's Beef Board and state beef councils have worked diligently to leverage every dollar to the fullest extent possible. In fact, the latest comprehensive econometric model identifying the value of a cattleman's checkoff dollar indicates that producers get a return of $5.55 for every dollar invested. (Remember, the checkoff cannot single-handedly turn around a bad market, so even at times when the market may not be as strong as producers would hope, this indicates that their dollar-per-head investments certainly are making things significantly better than they would be without the checkoff. That's an important concept to understand when it comes to measuring the checkoff's results.)
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The list of promotion program achievements funded by the beef checkoff goes on and on. But let's go beyond advertising and take a look at some of the key promotional accomplishments of your Beef Checkoff Program during its first 25 years:
• Based on important muscle-profiling research that the checkoff completed near the turn of the century, the checkoff launched Beef Value Cuts into the marketplace, giving consumers increased choices for steaks and roasts from single muscles in the chuck and round. These cuts – including the flat iron steak, petite tender and ranch cut from the shoulder clod, the sirloin tip from the knuckle and the Western griller from the bottom round – increased the value of the chuck and round by creating steaks and roasts with quality taste, tenderness and price points that consumers were seeking. Now selling at the rate of 15 million to 20 million pounds a year, Beef Value Cuts have been a big hit with consumers, some available in tens of thousands of restaurants and supermarkets nationwide, as the checkoff continuously works on promotion of these and other new cuts. In 2010, for example, the checkoff introduced six more new cuts from the beef round – including the Santa Fe Cut, the Round Petite Tender, the San Antonio Steak; the Tucson Cut, the Braison Cut, and the Merlot Cut – in options suitable for retail and foodservice sectors.
• Foodservice partnerships have garnered as much as $60 in promotions from restaurant and other foodservice companies for every dollar invested in the same promotion by the checkoff. While that number varies from year to year – though always remains at a ratio strongly in favor of the checkoff program – the foodservice sector of the industry clearly sees value in working directly with cattle producers to deliver your quality product to consumers – and it's putting its money where its mouth is. The checkoff also supports an award-winning foodservice marketing campaign, known as BEEFlexible, which dishes up new ideas for chefs and restaurant operators looking to offer creative beef items that attract consumer attention.
• Just having a good product isn't enough. You have to get that product to consumers when, how, and in the form they both desire and understand. That's where the checkoff's Beef Made Easy program and other training sessions, promotional materials, and partnerships have stepped in. They have helped retailers improve their beef merchandising strategies to present a growing number of beef items to their meat and freezer cases in a way that is attractive and meaningful to buyers.
• After developing a Long Range Plan for veal promotion, the checkoff has worked with major restaurant chains to get veal added to their menus, especially in the last few years. During the last 18 months, for example, 14 restaurant chains – including BUCA, The Palm, Carabba's Italian Grill, Flemings Steakhouse & Wine Bar, and others – have added veal to their menus, thanks to checkoff partnerships and promotions.
Even this short list of makes it clear that cattle producers and importers who volunteer to make decisions about how to spend their and your checkoff dollars are resourceful. So the next time someone asks you, 'What has the checkoff done for me lately?', you can start with an overview of its 25 years of PROMOTION accomplishments.
Up next week, in Part 3 of this series, is checkoff-funded RESEARCH.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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David T.Z. Minich UNVEILS a little-known bit of history:
By leaking details of the National Security Agency�s data-mining program, Edward J. Snowden revealed that the government�s surveillance efforts were far more extensive than previously understood. Many commentators have deemed the government�s activities alarming and unprecedented. The N.S.A.�s program is indeed alarming � but not, from a historical perspective, unprecedented. And history suggests that we should worry less about the surveillance itself and more about when the war in whose name the surveillance is being conducted will end.
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Just a wobble away - that's how close Tropical Storm Arthur will come Thursday to the Lowcountry.
What to expect from Arthur
By 2 p.m. Thursday
Far northern Charleston County: 50 percent chance of rain, winds 15-20 mph, gusts up to 40 mph.
Charleston downtown: 40-50 percent chance of rain, winds 15-20 mph, gusts to 30 mph.
Southern Charleston County: 30 percent chance of rain, winds 20 mph, gusts to 30 mph.
Tidal Berkeley County: 50 percent chance of rain, winds 15-20 mph, gusts to 30 mph.
Inland Berkeley County: 30 percent chance of rain, winds 15-20 mph, gusts to 30 mph.
Dorchester County: 20-30 percent chance of rain, winds 10-15 mph, gusts to 25 mph.
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The National Weather Service's forecast Thursday night called for strong winds and rain squalls for Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties - harsher nearer the coast - but not tropical storm conditions.
The storm's path, though, didn't leave much room to breathe. Peak winds on Wednesday were estimated at 70 mph - just 4 mph shy of hurricane strength.
"If the track tends to wobble to the west there could be some more issues," said meteorologist Emily Timte, with the weather service. "There's definitely a chance, but the (computer forecast) models have been fairly consistent."
The beaches will see surf at 6 feet or higher and high tide about 1 p.m. with the storm closing in. Powerful rip currents will be a real threat and there's potential for beach erosion.
The storm was forecast to become a Category 1 hurricane sometime Thursday. Arthur had not been upgraded as of 11 p.m. Wednesday. Tropical storm warnings were issued for the Charleston-Georgetown county line north to Virginia. A hurricane watch was issued from Little River, near North Myrtle Beach into North Carolina, where some evacuations have been ordered.
"It now brings the core of Arthur close to the coast of North Carolina," said National Hurricane Center senior hurricane specialist Lixion Avila. The range of potential landfall was from the Santee River, at the Charleston County line near McClellanville, into North Carolina.
The storm reared up on the eve of one the year's busiest holiday and travel weekends. On Wednesday, the horde of umbrellas and bathers already resembled a weekend crowd on the sand near the Folly Beach pier.
Arthur is expected to at least graze the Myrtle Beach area, the heart of South Carolina's $18 billion tourism industry. The storm was forecast to move in by Thursday night, spinning wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph toward the high-rise hotels and condominiums lining the oceanfront.
Farther south, in Hilton Head Island on the state's southern tip, most were confident the storm would pass well out at sea.
Arthur was tracking toward North Carolina's Outer Banks, a popular getaway spot that is a strip of barrier islands 10 miles or more out to sea from the mainland, and so thin that in places high surf breaks through to the sound.
The forecast did not call for a landfall in the U.S., but the worst of the storm should occur at Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks, about dawn Friday, with 3 to 5 inches of rain and sustained winds up to 85 mph, said Tony Saavedra, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. A mandatory evacuation was issued for Hatteras and the Outer Banks. The Outer Banks will be especially vulnerable, forecasters said. The area's tourism agency expects about 250,000 people to travel there and stay in hotels and rental homes for the long holiday weekend.
Twice in recent years, storm-driven waves have sliced through North Carolina Route 12, the main road along the islands, rendering it unpassable. On Ocracoke Island, accessible only by ferry, a voluntary evacuation was announced.
Stores in the Outer Banks saw runs on generators, lanterns and flashlights, but even some workers weren't yet concerned.
"I've been through Irene. I went through Isabelle," said Bill Motley, who works at Ace Hardware in Nags Head has lived on the Outer Banks for 13 years. "I'm not even worried about this one. I'm more worried about my tomato plants. With the wind coming, if we get a 50-mph gust, it will knock over my tomato plants."
At a news conference, N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory advised residents, "Don't put your stupid hat on." With concerns of riptides, he urged surfers and swimmers not to get in the water regardless of how good the waves might be.
Officials and travelers north to New England kept an eye on the storm's projected path. Many areas warned of upcoming rain, wind and potential rip tides.
The hurricane center predicted the storm would be off the coast of New England on Saturday and eventually make landfall in Canada's maritime provinces as a tropical storm.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Honolulu police searched Manoa throughout the day Friday for a suspected car thief, paralyzing parts of the neighborhood for hours.
Around 3 p.m., the normally calm scene at the Waioli Tea Room and Bakery turned into a scene of chaos.
"We had a lot of cops up here and helicopters going overhead," said Brian Jahnke, manager of Waioli Tea Room and Bakery.
Jahnke said officers told them to stay inside, while they shut down roads in the area. "They wanted to keep the back doors locked, especially because it leads to the jungle in back."
That's where police focused their manhunt for the suspected car thief, wearing bulletproof vests and aided by search dogs.
Officers also patrolled much of Manoa Valley all day, telling residents to also stay indoors.
The manhunt started just after 7 a.m., when an officer spotted a Honda Civic matching the description of a stolen car and followed it into the old Paradise Park. The driver ditched the car and took off running, prompting a massive manhunt in the park.
Lyon Arboretum employee Bronson Yadao said, "All I know is about 15 to 20 cop cars I've been counting ever since I got here."
The search caused police to shut down Manoa Road, the only way in and out of the Lyon Arboretum, Manoa Falls Trail and Treetops Restaurant. The closure short-circuited a Hawaii Electrical Retirees Association party.
"Supposed to be from 10 to 2, but right now we don't know," said retiree Walter Ahitomi. "But the food is already cooked already."
When an extensive search of the area turned up empty, guests were allowed in just before 11 a.m.
The suspect is described as a man in his early 20s, wearing a black shirt and gray shorts with a fair complexion. Anyone with information is asked to call police.


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M&T Bank Corp. has hired former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul as vice president of government relations, bringing in a veteran of both local and federal government to help lobby for the bank at all levels.
Hochul, who lost re-election to the House of Representatives last November in a bitter race against Chris Collins, will represent M&T in building relationships with local, state and federal officials, the bank said. She will work out of M&T's headquarters in downtown Buffalo.
"Kathy brings a broad range of government knowledge and experience to M&T Bank," said M&T Bank President Mark J. Czarnecki. "As a company employing more than 15,000 people, and as the nation's 6th largest U.S. Small Business Administration lender, it's important for M&T Bank to maintain continuing dialogue with our local, state and federal government leaders to help them understand our vital role in creating jobs and economic growth in communities we serve."
Hochul, a Democrat who is married to U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr, represented New York's 26th Congressional District in the House for the past two years, after winning a special election following the resignation of Chris Lee over a scandal involving photos.
Previously, she served as Erie County Clerk from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that, she worked on the staffs of former U.S. Rep. John J. LaFalce and former U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. She earned a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and a law degree from Catholic University in Washington.
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On the night he fatally shot a man outside a North Charleston motorcycle shop, Ronald Reid stuck to his story.
He wasn't part of the group that instigated a fight leading to the shooting, he told detectives. He said he punched someone only after someone hit him as he tried to leave Cycle Gear on Dorchester Road.
He saw 41-year-old Maurice Horry in the parking lot shaking a gun in his hand, but Reid said he didn't draw his own pistol and fire until after a bullet pierced his right leg as he ducked for cover.
The round Reid fired that day buried into Horry's heart and killed him.
During a preliminary hearing Thursday, Reid's attorney, Andy Savage, argued that it wasn't possible for his client to have fired the first shot.
Reid is accused of shooting one person, Horry, but two others also died. Reid and Horry are thought to be the only shooters.
But if Horry had suffered a fatal wound before he opened fire, Savage said, he wouldn't have had a chance to shoot anything.
The attorney also pointed out a police detective's acknowledgment that no evidence or witness statements, other than Reid's own words, put him inside the store that day.
Those are reasons why Savage asked a magistrate to dismiss the murder charge that Reid, a 44-year-old Summerville resident, faces in the June 29 incident that authorities said was the result of feuding motorcycle clubs.
"It's a simple case," Savage said. "It's self-defense."
Magistrate James Gosnell sighed and said, "Nothing's easy these days."
"There are never any winners when it comes to this," Gosnell said. "Everybody lost that day."
Gosnell allowed the murder case to proceed toward trial, but the hearing helped reveal Reid's self-defense claim, something supporters have argued since the shootings.
Horry's mother praised Gosnell's decision.
"God is not dead," said Virginia Horry, of Mount Pleasant. "He is very much alive."
Savage plans to ask a judge to hold a hearing for Reid to argue his case under South Carolina's "stand your ground" law. Reid, whose criminal history consists of a misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct in 1990, held a concealed-weapons permit.
Theodore Waymyers Jr., 36, of Summerville, and 39-year-old Carlos Davis of Columbia also were killed. Horry's family members have attributed their deaths to Horry, but they also said he was acting in self-defense.
Barry Stinson, 32, of New London, N.C., and Derryl Gadson, 49, of West Ashley, also were arrested on charges of second-degree assault by mob. Gadson is free on $500,000 bail, and Gosnell lowered Stinson's bail from $500,000 to $100,000 during Thursday's hearing.
Police Detective Christopher Terry's testimony confirmed accounts previously reported by The Post and Courier about what prompted the melee and the shootings.
Timothy Haymond, 37, had just left his nearby house with Horry. Both are members of the Real Kings Motorcycle Club, which is affiliated with an umbrella group called Outcast.
Haymond and Horry rode their motorcycles on the street near a cookout hosted by the Wheels of Soul club, which has butted heads with Outcast members elsewhere in the county. They revved their engines.
To some of the Wheels of Soul bikers, that was a show of disrespect.
Haymond and Horry continued to Cycle Gear, where they shopped.
About six minutes later, video surveillance from a bank next door showed Wheels of Soul members Stinson and Davis pull into the parking lot in a Honda sedan. They climbed out and donned leather vests showing their club's colors.
Seconds later, four or five others arrived on motorcycles and in cars.
The detective said Davis approached Haymond in the store and told him to leave. Haymond refused.
That's when, the detective said, Davis grabbed Haymond's arm.
"Don't grab my bro," Horry said, according to the detective.
Stinson started hitting Haymond until he collapsed to the floor and was knocked unconscious, the detective said.
Haymond told police that he had been hit with a "paddle stick." A weapon fashioned from rope with a lead ball attached to the end was found at the scene.
The detective said Reid was involved with the group, but he acknowledged during Savage's questioning that no evidence supported that.
Horry ran outside and fetched a pistol from his motorcycle. The detective said Horry held the gun in his hand as his friend, Haymond, got beat up inside.
"He was nervous," Terry said of Horry. "He actually dropped the gun on the ground and had to bend over and pick it up."
Terry said the bank's video footage showed Reid walk outside, raise his arms and point something in his hands.
But Reid's target isn't visible, Terry said. When a bullet hit Reid's leg isn't apparent either, he said. "It's possible," Terry said, that Reid was reacting to gunfire.
But it was detectives' "feeling," Terry said, that Reid was the first to shoot.
"A feeling is not evidence," Savage told the detective, "and there's evidence that will contradict this testimony."
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Officials are investigating a crash involving a pedestrian and an off-duty Brevard County Sheriff's Office deputy.
On Saturday, 20-year-old Robert Rajah was struck on Cheney Highway by a 2001 Honda driven by 49-year-old James Sellers.
Rajah was taken to a hospital and is in critical condition.
Authorities said after a preliminary investigation, Rajah was not in a crosswalk and it is unknown why he was in the roadway when he was hit.
Sellers is an investigator with the sheriff's office in the general crimes unit.
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1. During this year, a new organization was founded at our college called the Chess Club. Is the college called the chess club? No.
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2. I only saw him yesterday.
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Only I saw him yesterday.
I only saw him yesterday.
I saw only him yesterday.
I saw him only yesterday.
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and choose the one that best suits your meaning.]
3. He asked me immediately to write the letter.
[Ambiguous. Clearer: He immediately asked me...; or, He asked me to write the letter immediately.]
4. A fine athlete and a good student, her class honored her by electing her president.
[Misplaced appositional phrase; her class was not the fine athlete and good student. Better: Her class honored her, a fine athlete and a good student, by electing her president.]
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6 Fun Things About Fall (That Actually Symbolize Death)
#3. Flora
Nature gets into some mighty peculiar shenanigans come the early sunset days.
Leaves -- every autumn, the trees turn a glorious inferno of colors before that beauty fades and falls in what must surely be a metaphor for something -- perhaps the current state of the music industry? No, no, something much less horrifying: only the end of all existence. Known as "farmer's gold," these leaves are gathered in baskets to be baked into pies. The pies are inedible, but -- ah, what colors!
Apples -- crisp and juicy, apples come in a variety of flavors:
--Naughty (buy a bushel and get a free bottle of warming personal gel!)
--F-sharp, for the synesthetes
--Elpparzo, the bizarro apple from Dimension X!
And this autumn, nature's new line of X-Treme Apple Power flavors, including Caramel Blast, Chocolate Core, Caffeine Bomb and Double Cider Punch!
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They've already given three college students heart attacks, so it's very exciting.
There is also a Christian apple bred by Bob Jones University agriculture students as a way to enjoy the fruit's succulent juices without all that worldly favor. Although mild in taste, its rich, white flesh is very low in original sin.
Getty's not falling for that one twice, serpent
Post-Eden Apples: Ask your grocer for them by name.
Each new breed of apple must be "grafted" -- that is, a limb must be sawed off the tree and replaced with one from a serial killer. In time, this arm will take on a mind of its own, killing all who come near, but also producing the sweetest fruit.
Yep, fresh apples are a treat. Unfortunately you'll never get to try one, because the lousy things fall to the Earth and mush up before you get close enough to pick them. It's one of nature's most passive-aggressive defense mechanisms.
But the farmer, in his wisdom, has found a use for it; the rotting apples are raked into a pile so that children may jump into them and cavort and laugh and frolic, and O, what fun! These piles are then burned before the children can escape. It is nature's way. Because evolution or something.
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You haven't celebrated autumn until you've tried apple-roasted suckling long pig.
These days, of course, technology has increased the harvest yield, so very few children are sacrificed to the Wood Gods.
Pumpkins -- We do some pretty weird things to pumpkins, if you think about it. No other fruit gets so many faces carved into it. For a healthy treat, roast the seeds, then spend hours spitting out their fibrous pulp. Why did we think those would be good to snack on?
Canning -- It turns out you can make jellies out of anything: cucumber, garlic, a father's disappointment in a son who cans. Well guess what, Dad: That pickle on your sandwich? A canner did that. Accept me!
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You plunder a corpse, you're bound to get a ghost.
How It Relates to Death
The inversion of the growing, thriving order thus far. This is the season of the root vegetable. Most foods fall to the Earth, go soft and rot. Squashes and roots start there, firm up, and then endure practically forever. No wonder we're always stabbing pumpkins in the face! What are roots, but food that rises from the soil like the undead? Our fall harvest is a grim fandango of falling leaves and rising zombie foodstuffs. Mummified root vegetables slumber, waiting for us to release them from their tomb. And then things get all Frankensteiny with our unnatural preservation of the softer plant life in pickling jars. OK, I'm reaching, but it's cool; I already got to make a child cannibalism joke.
#2. Fun
Winter is coming, which means three things: good soup and bad colds.
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How It Relates to Death
Winter also means you'll soon be locked inside with nothing to do. Autumn games are very important, because historically speaking, they're the last memories you'll have of the children lost to measles by February. (These days, of course, your children are much likelier to outlive you, or at least live long enough for cyborg technology to turn them into ghastly mockeries of humanity.)
Either way, games and crafts remain a fun way for families to bond, if you think your children are people worth knowing. Here are a few fall projects you can try together, all but one of which are autumnally morbid.
--A wicker man. This is the perfect way to raise honey production at the end of the season, and also to rid yourself of Nicolas Cage, who, frankly, has been an awful guest. Make sure you get the appropriate permits for multistory construction, burning and disposal of Mr. Cage, who is considered a hazardous waste.
--Raising the dead. An impressive skill on college applications, but be mindful that your pentagram isn't marred, thus turning your unholy minions against you.
--Duck hunting. This will teach your children gun safety, respect for nature and cool-tempered patience when they miss the shot and that goddamn dog laughs about it. But more likely, they will try to shoot the dog.
--A scarecrow. For this project, you will need:
**A burlap sack -- the kind you use for drowning kittens
**An old coat and hat -- perhaps you could steal these from a charitable donations bin?
**Two poles lashed together -- sounds kinky
**Extra rope -- definitely kinky
**A steak -- wait, what?
**A Post-it note -- or non-Post-it brand sticky note
**Chloroform -- or substitute with your creepy knockout drug of choice
Marinate the steak in the chloroform. Cook it to medium rare, and leave it someplace where Hollywood's Cillian Murphy will see it. Nobody can resist a medium-rare steak. Murphy is a longtime vegetarian, so affix this Post-it to the plate: "Steak? More like FAKE lololololol!!!!!!!!!"
When he comes to, Murphy should find himself hanging from the crosspoles in full scarecrow regalia. Don't worry about him breaking his bonds: vegetarian, remember?
--Fall is the perfect subject for an amateurish poem! Here's a template you can use. Simply change every third adjective to "treacly," "unvivid" or "moribund."
As often do I dunkel drink, and frowns ensue,
A staggering great sadness feels me -- OOH!
Where stone upon the great helm fell
In seasons do the chilblains dwell
An' great despair whimp'ring I
That (silence) shifting: gloomy sky; (sigh)
'Ere nine and ten a month we pass;
All sorrow-Earth becomes like foie-gras
[that's goose liver!]
A woman's loin is no great respite
To we elites made sighful of this danky cesspit.
Cry mercy, shucking sheds the shrew!
And hey the world, sing nonny, do.
If then (I) giving heart (you) is false
Must (we) needs be The Great One, Frost.
Two roads are now forever splits.
Lovely dying.
Donkey tits.
--Turn a bike into a papier-mache float. Tell your children you're having a special parade in their honor, and then march them down the street. Life will teach them soon enough -- and harshly -- that they're not special. For now -- ssshh, don't spoil this moment.
And, what the hey, put 'em in a duck costume. You're only young once.
#1. Fatality
Did you know? Some countries celebrate autumn in the month of March! For centuries, people thought this was because the Southern Hemisphere had lost a bet, but the answer was both simpler and much more complex. It happens because of something called Science! Exactly how Science does this is a magical process man will never understand until we slay the Science-King and put his Crown of Electrons upon our own brow. Here -- take this sword and seek him out that ye may save our land from the Browning Tide of Foliage. I'll stay safely at home and write lyrical epics about your heroism.
Look, you don't need me to tell you that fall is a time when death rules supreme, mostly because I've already spent seven pages telling you just that. And if the nothingness beyond is the greatest horror, then embracing it makes a man strong enough that nothing can hurt him, except touching his eyes after cutting jalapenos, because OW OW OW I JUST DID THAT.
Death is the end, but fall is a reminder that it's natural, kind of beautiful and entirely cyclical. Its greatest gift of all is teaching us to accept death without becoming one of those wanky goth kids. Even its name -- fall -- is a gentle, inevitable means of coming to terms with this existence. The only sure things in this world are death and gravity, and autumn is when we're surrounded by both.
But this is not a reminder to attack life -- no no no. Why pick fights with someone bigger than you? Autumn is a reminder to finish your work, sock away provisions and then take it easy.
How It Relates to Death
The Buddha tells a parable about a man chased over a precipice by a tiger, where he dangles by a vine. Below him: another tiger, waiting for him to fall. He notices two mice nibbling on the vine. About to die, he plucks a strawberry and pops it into his mouth. How sweet it tasted! Because he hadn't eaten breakfast. But also -- it was the last sensation he would ever enjoy.
Like other commodities, life gains value with scarcity. Autumn is that glorious pause when death stalks the perimeter, and life is all the sweeter for it. So go ahead: pack on a few pounds, enjoy a day doing nothing on the couch. The end result is the same. Remember that making every moment count includes blissfully wasting a few.
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Evan McGrath
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 10:11 AM
I went to the toledo storm game last night, and our last years draft pick "Evan McGrath" was looking pretty sharp. I wouldnt doubt that this kid will have an impact on our team in the next few years
He was up in GR, and ended up being a non-factor. Its good hear his game is coming back to him in the ECHL.
Go Griffins!
Posted 29 January 2007 - 08:02 PM
Posted 29 January 2007 - 10:14 PM
McGrath sucks... he will be a career AHLer
Give him time; he's only just turned 21. Plenty of offensive potential, he just needs to add consistency.
Ken Holland: Hes (Mursak) a young guy, provides energy, can skate, hes a puck hound.
Posted 16 February 2007 - 12:53 PM
Posted 19 February 2007 - 01:56 PM
McGrath sucks... he will be a career AHLer
its too bad you didn't have more foresight when choosing your name
Posted 11 April 2007 - 10:16 PM
He had a goal and two assists, was +2 and scored in the SO. He was named the games 1st Star.
Ken Holland: Hes (Mursak) a young guy, provides energy, can skate, hes a puck hound.
Posted 12 April 2007 - 03:22 PM
on a sidenote have you heard anything from ritola ?? i read he was going to practice with grand rapids , but has he played any games ?? will he ??
Posted 16 April 2007 - 07:59 PM
The only concern I have is his currently weak point totals with GR this year. Only 14 points in 59 games. He's still young though, and has a lot of potential, so it's hard to judge him as of right now. Hopefully he can pick it up and return his game to his form he had in juniors.
Posted 27 February 2008 - 09:47 PM
With an assist tonight, McGrath has 7 points in 9 games. He only had 14 points in 56 games last year but he now has 20 pts in 57 games this season. A slight improvement, especially of late.
Ken Holland: Hes (Mursak) a young guy, provides energy, can skate, hes a puck hound.
Posted 12 April 2008 - 10:34 AM
A goal and 2 assists tonight. 21 points in his last 29 games.
Ken Holland: Hes (Mursak) a young guy, provides energy, can skate, hes a puck hound.
Posted 23 November 2009 - 02:34 AM
Lives in Torontoâ¦Greatest hockey memory is winning the 2003 Memorial Cup with Kitchenerâ¦Hockey idols as a youth were Steve Yzerman and Doug Gilmourâ¦Greatest influences on his career were his mother and fatherâ¦Plans to be a coach or agent after his playing careerâ¦First job was working in a pro shopâ¦Proudest achievement was signing his first NHL contractâ¦Most exciting places heâs visited are Germany, England and Las Vegasâ¦Played baseball and lacrosse growing upâ¦Once met the band members of Rascall Flatts and skateboarder Rob Dyrdrekâ¦Favorite music artists are Nickelback and Kings of Leonâ¦Favorite movies are Step Brothers and Wedding Crashersâ¦Favorite TV show is Entourageâ¦Roots for the Michigan Wolverinesâ¦Favorite sport to watch besides hockey is the MLB playoffs.
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Heard today that he's playing with Syaracuse of the AHL now? Did the Wing's release/loan him?
He was loaned
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Gia Allemand's mom Donna Micheletti doesn't fault her daughter's boyfriend for leading to her shocking suicide last month.
Immediately following the tragic death of the former Bachelor contestant, 29, fingers were pointed at NBA player Ryan Anderson, who apparently told the reality starlet he didn't love her anymore.
Micheletti says such wasn't the case, and in fact, it is her daughter's dad Eugene Allemand who is to blame.
"Right after Mother's Day, she had a falling out with her father, really badly," Micheletti recently said on the season premiere of Dr. Phil. "She was devastated. He told her she was an idiot, she was too stupid and 'You're no daughter of mine, don't call me for Father's Day and lose my number.' That was the beginning of her end. I think it just ate her up and then she was picking on her boyfriend … I told [her dad] I blamed him. I told him, 'It's your fault. You're the reason.' "
Eugene acknowledged the argument, telling the New York Daily News at Gia's wake, "We had a fight on Mother's Day and I said some things that I regret. I wish I could take them back, but it's too late. If she were still here, I would tell her I'm so sorry and that I love her and that she will always be my rainbow."
Combined with the issues from her dad, Gia was also apparently strongly affected by her menstrual cycle.
When she was on her period, it was "like night and day," Gia's mom says. "[Her depression] would come out of nowhere. All of a sudden, something would click in [her mind] and she would say, 'This isn't right. He doesn't love me. He's not this. He's not that' … I used to tell her, 'They're not your father. They do love you. You're just not seeing it.' "
Despite Gia's emotional ups and downs, her mom insists that her time on ABC's hit show was definitely a decision for the better.
"That was, believe it or not, the best thing for her," Micheletti says, adding that Gia fell in love with herself after that experience.
Gia Allemand's Mom Blames Reality Star's Dad for Suicide
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SAXTON - Braden Hengst was reinserted into the game early in the fourth quarter as a spot-up shooter with the green light to fire away.
Hengst knocked down two consecutive 3-pointers that stretched the Chestnut Ridge lead to five almost midway through, and the Lions didn't allow Tussey Mountain to get any closer the rest of the way in picking up a Sideling Hill League victory, 56-49, to sweep the season series on Saturday night.
"I asked Braden if he was ready to go - I told him it was his time," Chestnut Ridge coach Randy Meck said. "We saw we had the opportunity because they were trapping Tyler [Wiley] and Jordan [Crist], we knew we were going to get a shot in the corner. Braden, to his credit, said he was ready, and he went in and knocked in two big shots for us."
Hengst finished with 10 points, while Tyler Wiley and J.D. Weyant led the way with 15 apiece.
"My kids knew [who their shooters were], but the kids just don't listen very good," Tussey Mountain coach Dave Bailey said. "He [Hengst] hit the two big 3s that gave them breathing room."
The Titans grabbed their last lead of the contest at the 7:17 mark of the fourth on a bucket by Drew Sitch that made it 41-40.
J.D. Weyant buried a shot just 16 seconds later that put Ridge up for good, then watched as Hengst sandwiched his treys between a layup by the Titans' Andrew Bithell.
Following the Hengst triples, the Lions pushed their lead to eight (51-43) when point guard Jordan Crist canned 3-of-4 free throws.
"He [Coach Meck] told us at halftime that there is a switch where you can either be tough or there's a time to play," Hengst said. "I figured, it was time to turn the switch on and be tough - it's time to play."
Tussey got it back to five with just 23.4 ticks remaining when Michael Mitchell made good on a layup.
Luke Stultz put the capper on the game by knocking down two free throws in four tries to set the final.
Ridge led most of the way, including at the end of every quarter, and the Lions took an early eight point lead (32-24) at the 6:19 mark of the third.
However, Tussey Mountain was able to scratch and claw its way back by going on a 9-0 run in less than 1 minute when Parker Cornelius drilled a 3-pointer in between treys from Ryan Leonard. Leonard's second knotted the game at 33-33.
"I was definitely concerned because Ryan Leonard hit a couple of shots to swing the momentum [in Tussey's favor] Meck said. "Then we were able to come back and answer the way we did.''
The Titans were able to grab their first lead (37-35) since the early going at the 3:05 mark of the third when Luke Zelanko, who scored a team-high 12 points, drained both free throws, then following an inside basket by Ridge's Jay Grubb, Zelanko gave his team their last edge with a two with 1:18 left in the stanza.
The free throw story was one-sided as the Lions knocked down 19 of 34, while the Titans made four of the nine they took.
"Forty-nine [points] is not enough for us. Holding them to 56 isn't real bad, but the other total isn't enough," Bailey said. "We have too many shooters - someone else should have stepped up and got the job done."
CHESTNUT RIDGE (56): Stultz 1 3-6 5, M. Wiley 0 3-8 3, Crist 0 3-4 3, T. Wiley 5 3-4 15, Weyant 5 5-8 15, Bowser 0 0-0 0, Hengst 3 1-2 10, Grubb 1 1-2 3, Monko 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 19-34 56.
TUSSEY MOUNTAIN (49): Sitch 3 0-0 6, Bithell 2 0-0 4, Cornelius 3 0-0 8, Mitchell 3 0-0 7, Zelanko 4 4-9 12, Kline 1 0-0 2, Black 0 0-0 0, Leonard 4 0-0 10, Donelson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 4-9 49.
Chestnut Ridge10 19 11 16 - 56
Tussey Mountain7 15 17 10 - 49
3-point goals: Chestnut Ridge 5 (Hengst 3, T. Wiley 2); Tussey Mountain 5 (Leonard 2, Cornelius 2, Mitchell).
Records: Chestnut Ridge (6-4 overall, 3-2 SHL); Tussey Mountain (6-3, 2-2).
JV: Chestnut Ridge, 54-40. High scorers-Matt Monko, CR, 19; Patrick Black, TM, 16.


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Despite the plethora of attention Penryn received
over the last few weeks, Intel's newest roadmaps put the processor launch
for Q1'08. This indicates the launch has not necessarily accelerated even
though the initial
tape-out proved extremely successful.
On the other hand, Intel's 2008 roadmap shows every segment simultaneously
deploying 45nm products. Like AMD's recent 65nm Brisbane
launch, Intel guidance notes the processors will start shipping Q4'07
but the actual launch will come as a coordinated 2008 event.
The first Intel 45nm treatments will come from the quad-core Yorkfield and
dual-core Wolfdale desktop processors. Wolfdale has two
physical cores on a single die and up to 6MB of L2 cache. Yorkfield is then two Wolfdale dice on a single package. Also worth
noting: Wolfdale ships with a 1333MHz front-side bus and Yorkfield ships
with a 1066MHz front-side bus. Chipset support will largely come from Bearlake-family
that was previously
disclosed on DailyTech.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about these two processors is the return of
Hyper-Threading. This, however, does not mean that Yorkfield will
appear as eight logical cores, nor does it mean Wolfdale will appear as
four logical cores. Intel's internal guidance on the subject specifically
claims the processor will ship with Hyper-Threading, but will only utilize 4
threads. On every Intel roadmap in the past, Hyper-Threading doubles the
amount of listed threads in the guidance documentation. Clearly, there is
more of a mystery here still. (Update: Please read the retraction below.)
"The official company policy is that our engineers have left the door open
for Hyper-Threading, but we cannot confirm or deny any future plans for the
technology," adds Intel Public Relations Manager Dan Snyder.
All Penryn cores also include Intel TXT, previously known as Intel LaGrande Technology. TXT stands for Trusted Execution Technology and refers to the collection of devices. The Trusted Platform Module, or TPM, is one component. DMA page protection is another.
Alas, even if 2008 seems like a long time away for the 45nm platform, it's
important to note that all Intel platforms will have 45nm SKUs in Q1'08. Penryn,
the family name for Intel's first generation 45nm consumer CPUs, also refers
specifically to the 45nm dual-core mobile CPU. Intel's current roadmap
claims this processor will lead the Q1'08 mobile push with several low voltage
models coming one quarter later.
For servers, Wolfdale will make an appearance as a dual and single
socket Xeon. It's been long-standing Intel policy to separate desktop,
mobile and server chipsets into different products; Conroe was the Core
2 desktop CPU and Woodcrest, though physically nearly identical, was the
Xeon counterpart. Wolfdale as a server and a desktop CPU indicates
the chips are electrically identical -- though each will likely receive
different packaging for the different sockets.
Yorkfield will not receive the same codenaming treatment as Wolfdale on
the server. Instead, Harpertown will be the quad-core Xeon for two
socket servers. Yorkfield will still be the company's single-socket
quad-core Xeon offering.
quote: Hyperthreading may provide a performance boost for some multithreaded software that benefits from lots of cores (like 3D rendering), but it won't help for games.
quote: Think about it: it's like having two cores, each running at half speed.
quote: OR, if one thread dominates and the other gets to run only when the main thread is waiting, it's like gaining an additional slow thread... which doesn't really help games much.
quote: That thread will either slow down the main thread (because both can't run at the same time) or it will be unreliable (because you can't count on it to run, the main thread might not have a cache miss for a while).
quote: If your sound is on the slow thread, and the main thread doesn't have a cache miss for a while, your sound is going to skip. OR, your sound won't skip, but it won't skip because the core is running the sound thread instead of running the game thread when it could be running the game thread. So your game will be slower.
quote: At best, HT will boost performance if you have a dual core processor running a 4-core game (like Alan Wake), but it will still be utter crap compared to using a real quad core processor.


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LOCKPORT - Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas arraigned a Niagara Falls man and a Lockport woman on separate drug-dealing indictments Tuesday.
Herbert J. Luckman, 66, of 24th Street in the Falls, pleaded not guilty to two counts each of fourth-degree criminal sale and fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance. He allegedly sold hydrocodone to a police informant in Niagara Falls May 31 and June 12.
Paula McElwain, 39, of Harvey Avenue, Lockport, denied two counts each of third-degree sale and third-degree possession. She is accused of dealing crack cocaine to an informant in the City of Lockport on Dec. 12 and 15, 2011.
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Yesterday I chased a whole group of marathoners down the street in my car, crisp hands waving in the air, they moved so fast tumbling and pointy legs running.
It's God's autumn glitter
Gusty mini tornadoes
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what a visual!
Also I love the last photo!
Love it! I was hoping to catch a shot of the trees as they were being whipped by the wind. It looked as if it were snowing leaves. Still looking for that shot. :)
Your sweeties are just beautiful.
I love how Ivy is sitting in the first picture. She's so adorable. Love the analogy about God's glitter. You're so amazing at what you do :) All of it.ReplyDelete
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and your words are always so beautiful.
Fall is the best! I love it! And again I love what Ivy is wearing *grin*!!ReplyDelete
I'm glad the crazy weather didn't get too crazy for you all.
These pictures are just candy for the eyes!
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It isn't even the first and you are gifting us with photos of the fabulous four!!! Awesome Pics as usual!!!ReplyDelete
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Gah, you get the BEST pics of your kids!!!ReplyDelete
I'll say it again.
I love your words.
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Such good photos of the kiddos. Love these.ReplyDelete
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For a minute there, I thought this was the 1st of the month since all four kids were in the photo. :)


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Spindrift: Lama and Ortner Open Alpine Testpiece
David Lama and Peter Ortner established a new route on the North face of Laserz on December 27, 2012, in the Lienzer Dolomites of Austria.Spindrift (VIII- M6 WI VI A1, 600 meters), takes a direct line through the center of the Laserz's icy North face, and involves mixed-climbing through a series of cracks and corners that provide decent ice axe placements but poor belays according to Lama's report on Planet Mountain.
Lama described the route to Planet Mountain as "outstanding, demanding, and gripping."
The Austrian duo had attempted the route last winter, but were turned back after the fourth pitch when they ran out of gear. On this attempt, the team brought two sets of camming devices, which allowed them to push to the summit. The technical difficulties of Spindrift exist mostly in the bottom half of the route, with the crux fourth pitch involving an overhanging five-meter crack. No bolts were placed on the ascent, and according to Planet Mountain, only a handful of pegs and two nuts remain fixed on the route.
"The experience was fantastic," concludes Lama in his report to Planet Mountain, "we were climbing pretty much at our limit."
The Austrian duo of Lama and Ortner make up one of the strongest teams in modern-day alpinism. Last year, they famously freed the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, which will remain one of the greatest achievements in climbing history. This year, David Lama will return to Patagonia, but will be climbing with the Eiger speed record holder Dani Arnold.
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The Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School Lady Marauders will enjoy the best of both worlds tonight and Saturday when the Marguerite Frederick Memorial Lady Marauders Basketball Classic unfolds at the Pleasant Valley gymnasium.
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Bishop Guilfoyle's Halee Adams is back to 100 percent for her senior season.
Over the past two seasons, BG guards Halee Adams and Kayla Bates have been recognized with the Altoona Mirror's Girls Basketball Player of the Year award. Adams won the honor in 2011, while Bates was cited last season.
Both will play Division I college basketball next year - Adams at Sienna and Bates at Mount St. Mary's.
A year ago, Adams missed most of the season with a knee injury. She returned in time for the Class A state playoffs, but BG missed advancing to the state championship game for the fourth straight season, losing to Fort Cherry of District 7 in the second round of the state playoffs.
BG will start the 2012-13 season this weekend with the services of both Adams, a four-year starter, and Bates, a three-year starter, as well as four-year starting forward Alyssa Ehredt and two-year starting forward Devin Stessney.
Having Adams back 100 percent is a big plus for veteran BG coach Mark Moschella.
"She's fully rehabbed now,'' Moschella said. "I think the key to this year for us is that everybody stays healthy. Hopefully, our entire team will stay healthy this year and we'll have a successful season.''
BG faces Central Mountain tonight at 7:30 after Hollidaysburg and Bishop McCort tip off the tournament at 6. Saturday's consolation game tips at 3 p.m., with the tournament championship game set for 5.
BG topped Hollidaysburg, 52-39 in last season's tournament championship game. The Lady Tigers return three senior starters - Morgan Griffith, Hannah Mercer and Sue Ellis - from last year's team that made it to the second round of the Class AAA state playoffs.
"Over the last few years, they've been very, very good, and this year, I think they're going to be one of the area's top teams,'' Moschella said of the Lady Tigers, who also added several new transfer players in the offseason.
BG's hopeful matchup with Hollidaysburg in the championship game would be a good early-season measuring stick for both schools.
"It's always good to play good competition,'' said Hollidaysburg coach Deanna Jubeck. "And we don't have to travel a long distance. Bishop Guilfoyle is right down the road from us.''
Bates was named last year's Lady Marauders Classic Most Valuable Player after scoring 12 points against Hollidaysburg in the championship game.
"We've always tried to play the best competition when we play outside our Laurel Highlands Conference,'' Moschella said. "That prepares us for the playoffs.''
The Lady Marauders Classic highlights the opening weekend of the basketball season, but several other interesting tournaments and games are also on the ledger.
Headlining this weekend's boys basketball schedule is Altoona's involvement in the Peters Township Tournament tonight and Saturday, and Hollidaysburg's participation in the Indiana Tournament the same two nights.
Reggie Nevins begins his second tenure as the Central High School boys basketball coach when the Scarlet Dragons host the Central MTS Tipoff Tournament with guest teams Williamsburg, Juniata Valley and Penns Valley tonight and Saturday. Nevins - the area's all-time winningest high school boys basketball coach with 351 victories entering this season - directed the Central program for 20 years from 1984 through 2004.
"We don't have a whole lot of size, and we're starting all underclassmen,'' Nevins said. "I think it's going to be an interesting season. This group is a hard-working group of guys who I also coached when they were in junior high school. They play the way I like to see a team play. They'll be fun to coach, and they should be very competitive.''
The Altoona Lady Lions kick off their 2012-13 season tonight and Saturday in the North Allegheny Tournament in Wexford, while the Portage girls basketball squad hosts the annual Art Burkett Memorial Tournament tonight and Saturday with Penn Cambria among the field of entries.
In a season-opening girls basketball game Saturday night, Bellwood-Antis hosts arch-rival Tyrone.


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Man found fatally shot in Prince George's County
Detectives trying to establish motive
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Police in Prince George's County are investigating a fatal shooting in Hillcrest Heights.
Officers responded around 7 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a shooting in the 3900 block of 23rd Parkway. Police found a man outside an apartment building who had been shot.
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A Tucker Telephone is a torture device invented in Tucker State Prison in Arkansas, using the magneto from an old hand-crank telephone. The ground wire was attached to the big toe, the hot wire to the genitals, and crank away. A "long distance call" was an extended series of shocks. The scene depicted in the movie "Brubaker" was a good portrayal of the real practice. "Brubaker" was a realistic portrayal of life in Cummins and Tucker Prison Farms in Arkansas until the prison reforms of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. A variation of the Tucker Telephone was used an an interrogation tool in Viet Nam and Abu Graib using stripped-down field telephones. It is still commonly used all over the world.
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the phrase "she got that ham" means that a girl is not too fat or not too skinny and she has a nice amount of "meat on her bones" not necesarilly the ass but more of the whole body as in legs as well.
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The accomplished pair hosted the Eco Warrior Training competition, presented Saturday at Brooklyn Technical High School by the Internet search engine Bing. Local high school students vied for $12,000 in scholarships delivering speeches on "An Environmental Lesson I Learned From Avatar and How to Apply It In My Community, New York City, America and/or the World."
"As a New Yorker, I'm thrilled to be here to meet you, to talk to you about all of us becoming eco-warriors because our planet needs it. I got involved in Avatar, and I loved the experience. I loved the director, but I also really wanted to play Grace Augustine, who's this kick-ass woman scientist," Weaver, 60, told the more than 300 cheering teens in the audience.
"Unfortunately she's on Pandora partially because there's nothing left on Earth for her to study and for her to report," she said. "It's a dead planet."
Kids' ResponseWeaver, whose character immerses in her studying the Na'vi species in the year 2154, tells PEOPLE she sees kids as responding to the movie's ecological message. "I think children have a connection to nature that's so deep when they're born, and they're closer in a way than we are as adults," she says. "I think they're so hip to all these things. My daughter [Charlotte Simpson, 20] would say hello to every single person on the street when she could barely talk, and she wouldn't let us move on until the other person has said hello back."
James Cameron says he and his wife of nine years, former model Suzy Amis Cameron, are driving that message home with their own children, twin son Quinn and daughter Claire, 9, and daughter Elizabeth Rose, 3. "We do it from two directions," the Oscar winner, 55, tells PEOPLE. "We keep the kids off the computer other than just enough to be competent, and we keep them off the commercial channels, except for the Science Channel, Discovery, National Geographic and Animal Planet."
Suzy, 48, interjects, "And we taught them how to mute the commercials."
Having co-founded the eco-friendly MUSE Elementary school in Topanga Canyon, Calif., in 2006 with her sister, educator Rebecca Amis, Suzy adds: "The earlier you start with children exposing them to environmental studies, social rights and global awareness, it just becomes a reference point. It's not like, 'Oh, we're recycling,' and patting ourselves on the back, it's just part of their world … it just becomes a part of their make-up."
Making a DifferenceAsked what advice she would give to youths who want to make a difference in the world, Weaver looks no further than Avatar – whose DVD, appropriately enough, is being released on Earth Day, April 22.
Says Weaver: "It's the message of the movie: Open your eyes. You're never too young to open your eyes and go, 'What is this world? What can I do? What do I like to do? What can I give that will improve the world and make me happy?' I think that serving and being useful is the most satisfying thing, and there are so many ways to do it."
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4th Grade Logic featured as PBS NewsHour Weekly Poem
I wrote this piece several years ago when I tutored with America Reads in an elementary school. One day a student I was working with proclaimed something about dogs and bones and dinosaurs, which got me buzzing about my recent trip to the Natural History Museum at the University of Michigan. When I visited the museum, a 'birds of prey' exhibit was flying. Although awed by the snowy white owl, I couldn't quite work it into the piece.