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TIOGA - Emmett Clark went to Atlantic City, N.J., but it wasn't to have a good time.
Clark spent the last two weeks assisting Superstorm Sandy's victims as a volunteer with the American Red Cross.
He said he spent his days Wildwood and Cape May County doing case work.
"I meet with clients one on one to find out what their individual needs are and refer them to the right place for a more speedy recovery," Clark said.
Though Clark returned home to Tioga County after just two weeks, he said the need will "be going on for a long time."
"From all the people I have talked to this is much larger and worse than Katrina," he said, referring to the huge Category 5 hurricane that devastated the New Orleans, La. area in 2005.
Clark said when he first arrived, there was an outcry for supplies, so he and other volunteers participated in getting supplies to those in need.
"We started at a staff shelter in New Brunswick, broke out into teams, and went to a warehouse where we would break down large bundles and repackage them into smaller bundles they could just grab and go with," he said.
As he spent time driving up and down the shore, Clark said one place in particular stuck in his mind because of all the sand that had been blown in by Sandy.
"I drove out to Manasquan South, and that was pretty devastated from all the sand that had blown in. There were mounds of it, 6-8 feet along the sides of the road where it had been pushed there to clear the road," he said.
It reminded him of snow drifts that the region sees during a heavy snow event in winter here, he said.
Clark said one time the New Jersey lieutenant governor came to look at the staff shelter, and Red Cross CEO Gayle McGovern came "to thank us because we more or less broke a record," in getting supplies to where they were needed.
Volunteers have come from all 50 states, Mexico and Canada to help, he said.
As of Monday, the Red Cross had raised $131 million and had 5,800 workers on site and 90 percent are volunteers.
"There were also 5,700 health and emotional workers, and you can imagine how much they are needed," he said.
On one of his visits to Seaside Heights, close to the shore, where houses are pretty much moved off their foundations and uninhabitable, "people are just emotionally shattered."
Clark said he would ask them to tell him their story and it "helps us understand what their needs are and we can identify resources we have available to move on right away."
One thing people don't understand is that the government organizations are not necessarily going around to find those who need help.
"If you don't come to them they don't know what you need. One misunderstanding is that FBA loans are available to individuals if they qualify as well as businesses," he said.
But the Red Cross tries to get to the people, sending about 1.7 million relief items "out the door to victims."
"We have served 5.6 million meals and snacks already. We have 300 feeding trucks out every day. We have spent $40-50 million in services and expect to spend in excess of $100 million before it is over," he added.
Federal Emergency Management Agency shelters for 140,000 have been established, which the Red Cross manages, until FEMA decides they are no longer needed and then they are closed.
"They are starting to close the shelters as people leave, but because it is the off tourist season along the shore, some of the hotels that are typically closed have opened them up and the people that are left in the shelters are being moved to the motels. Some of them like the Golden Nugget and Blue Palms are going so far out of their way to help the people," he said.
Clark said as of Monday there still were 120,000 homes and businesses without electricity, but some of them will not be restored because there is nothing left.
"There's entire neighborhoods that are totally gone, Seaside Heights was a good example of that," he said.
Other neighborhoods don't look like anything happened there.
"One of the days I drove through a neighborhood that looked like not much happened and we drove another mile down the road and it was total devastation," he said.
People still can donate to the Red Cross by visiting the website or contacting their local chapter. "Donating is by far the best thing they can do. If we have the money we can identify what their immediate needs are and get those things to them," he said.
Go to Redcross.com or call a local chapter to make a donation.


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Although they are awaiting results of an autopsy, Buffalo homicide detectives do not consider the death of a 51-year-old man in his backyard on the East Side suspicious.
The man was found dead by a passerby about 10 a.m. Monday in his yard, in the 300 block of East Delavan Avenue, a police spokesman said Monday night. The man had some health issues that may well explain his death, the spokesman said, but as of now nothing has been ruled out.


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Maholm Throws Five Innings at Fitch Park
Ronald Torreyes had four hits and Ryan Cuneo drove-in five runs with a three-run home run and a two-run single, leading the Daytona Cubs to a 10-3 victory over the San Jose Giants (San Francisco Giants Hi-A affiliate) on Field #3, and Cubs 2011 1st round draft pick Javier Baez smacked an opposite-field solo HR over the RF fence and onto 8th Street in the 3rd and ripped a line-drive double off the CF "Green Monster" Batter's Eye to key a two-run 9th, as the Peoria Chiefs rallied for four runs over the final two innings to tie the Augusta GreenJackets (Giants "A" affiliate) 6-6 on Field #2, in Cactus League Minor League game action this afternoon at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
While most of the Cubs MLB squad had the day off, LHP Paul Maholm threw five innings (71 pitches – 48 strikes) for the Daytona Cubs at Fitch Park. Maholm allowed one run on two hits and a walk, with seven strikeouts, and 6/1 GO/FO. Maholm is a bit behind the other Cubs starting pitchers, having missed about a week of workouts last month while dealing with the flu, but today's outing should get him to where he needs to be.
Cubs 2010 1st round draft pick Hayden Simpson made his second start of Minor League Spring Training, and had a better outing than his first one last Saturday. Pitching for Peoria on Field #2, Simpson allowed one run on two hits and a walk in the top of the 1st, but got out of a 1st & 3rd one-out jam by inducing a 4-6-3 DP to end the inning, and then set the side down in order in both the 2nd and 3rd innings. He retired the last eight men he faced.
Daytona LHP Austin Kirk had an interesting outing, entering the game on Field #3 in the top of the 8th and immediately walking the bases loaded, before striking out five of the next six men he faced.<.p>
The Peoria game featured one of the more-peculiar base-running gaffes I've seen in a while.
With Peoria down 6-4 with two outs in the bottom of the 8th, and with 19-year old Cuban defector Yasiel Balaguert on 2nd and Kenny Socorro on 3rd and a 3-2 count on Dan Vogelbach, Balaguert inexplicably broke for 3rd. I'm not exactly sure how it's done in Cuba, but I doubt that this is how it's outlined in the new Cubs Way manual. It's not good strategy to break with the pitch—even if it's a 3-2 pitch with two outs, if you're on 2nd base, 3rd base is occupied, and 1st base is unoccupied.
Needless to say, Socorro was surprised to see Balaguert running up behind him at 3rd base, and Vogelbach had a classic WTF!? reaction after arriving at 1st base. While Balaguert did realize his mistake and tried to back-peddle to 2nd, the Giants were too smart for the ploy, and at one point both Balaguert and Socorro were strung-out between the bases, before the Giants finally got the 3rd out.
This should give Cubs Minor League Baserunning instructor Lee Tinsley something to discuss during base-running drills tomorrow morning, although they work on this stuff EVERY DAY.
While Peoria had rallies over the last two innings to tie the score at six, the Chiefs left runners in scoring position in both innings, first with the Balaguert baserunning adventure ending the 8th, and then getting the winning run as far as 3rd base with one out in the bottom of the 9th, before a 5-3 ground out and a line-out to RF ended the threat.
As is usually the case, players from the Boise/Mesa squad provided most of the late-inning lineup replacements in both the Peoria and Daytona games.
AAA Iowa and AA Tennessee were on the road in Scottsdale today playing the Giants AAA and AA affiliates at Indian School Park.
Here are the abridged box scores from today's games at Fitch Park (Cubs players only)
1. Shawon Dunston, Jr, LF: 1-4 (3-1, 4-6-3 DP, BB, 1B, L-9, R, RBI, SB)
2a. Gioskar Amaya, 2B: 0-3 (K, 3-U, 6-3)
2b. Kenny Socorro, 2B: 0-0 (BB)
3. Marco Hernandez, DH #1: 0-3 (3-U, K, F-8, F-9 SF, RBI)
4. Yasiel Balaguert, DH-RF: 0-3 (6-3, L-6, L-9, BB, PO)
5. Dan Vogelbach, 1B: 1-3 (K, K, 2B, BB)
6. Jeimer Candelario, 3B: 2-4 (3-U, 1B, 1B, 6-3)
7. Javier Baez, SS: 2-3 (HR, K, BB, 2B, 2 R, RBI)
8. Oliver Zapata, RF-DH: 1-4 (K, 1-3, K, 3B, R, RBI)
9. Trey Martin, CF: 0-3 (BB, 4-3, K, FC, R, RBI, 2 SB)
10a. Wilfredo Petit, C: 1-1 (1B, RBI)
10b. Wilson Contreras, C: 1-3 (F-9, 3B, 5-3, R)
1. Hayden Simpson: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 1 GIDP, 44 pitches (27 strikes), 4/2 GO/FO
2. Su-Min Jung: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 2 HBP, 1 WP, 31 pitches (15 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
3. Sheldon McDonald: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 27 pitches (20 strikes), 4/3 GO/FO
4. Hector Mayora: 2.0 IP, 3 H , 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 26 pitches (20 strikes),3/1 GO/FO
1. C Wilfredo Petit - E2 (errant throw attempting to throw out runner trying to score from 3rd on a WP allowed runner on 2nd base to score)
2. 3B Jeimer Candelario - E5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base)
Wilfredo Petit: 1 PO, 1 E (see above)
Yasiel Balaguert threw out runner 9-4-5 trying to stretch a double into a triple
1. Pin-Chieh Chen, CF: 0-3 (BB, K, F-7 SF, P-6, F-8, R, RBI)
2. Ronald Torreyes, 2B: 4-5 (1B, 1B+E9, 1B, 1B, F-9, 3 R)
3a. Reggie Golden, RF: 0-2 (BB, E-5, BB, P-6, 2 R)
3b. Delbis Arcila, RF: 0-1 (3-U)
4. Ryan Cuneo, 1B: 2-3 (1B, HR, E-1, BB, R, 5 RBI)
5a. Micah Gibbs, C: 0-1 (F-9 SF, 4-3, BB, R, RBI)
5b. Sergio Burruel, C: 0-1 (F-8)
6. Elliot Soto, SS: 2-4 (1B, F-7, 1B, F-9, R)
7. Rubi Silva, DH: 0-4 (K, 6-3, 3-1, F-7)
8a. Mayke Reyes, LF: 0-1 (HBP, BB, K, R, SB, CS)
8b. Jeffrey Baez, LF: 0-1 (6-3)
9a. Arismendy Alcantara, 3B: 1-3 (F-7, 4-3, 2B, 2 RBI)
9b. Brad Zapenas, 3B: 0-0 (BB)
1. Paul Maholm: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 71 pitches (48 strikes), 6/1 GO/FO
2. Brett Wallach: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 27 pitches (15 strikes), 3/1 GO/FO
3. Austin Kirk: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 5 K, 39 pitches (24 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
Sergio Burruel: 0-1 CS
Reggie Golden - threw out runner 9-2 trying to score from 2nd base on single to RF
WEATHER: Sunny, with temperatures in the 70's
Peoria starters
Is it still to early to read anything into the Peoria starting lineup? Obviously, there will still be pin action, but it's Baez, Dunston, Vogelbach, and Candelario getting reps into late March. Even if they don't break camp with the Chiefs, the brass is giving them a chance.
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I hope JedStein keeps Vogelbomb (great name by the way), J Baez, and J. Candelario together for a while.
Who looks like a better fielder: Baez or Candelario? Both read like they're extremely raw.
They both project for 3B right?
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Baez sounds less inflexible. Can probably stick at SS for the near-term.
Vogelbach and Golden
AzPhil or anyone whose seen a minor league game this Spring, how are Vogelbach and Golden looking as far as their conditioning goes? I know last year there were some complaints that Golden reported to camp out of shape, but I believe he spent some time in Camp Busey this winter, no? Vogelbach seems like a hard worker who will do his best to keep the weight under control, but I'm curious to know how that's going. Thanks!
1984 Division Clincher I think
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if there was only one out & vogelbach was @ 1B striking his 'wtf' pose how did the ensuing rundown result in out #3?
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no problem - i was reading the account & getting a great picture in mind's eye & thought WAIT A MINUTE...did the defector from 2nd just try to nonchalant his return to the bag, as though it was all good?
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Bears sign Oakland RB Michael Bush
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Very nice pickup at what seems to be a relatively low price. A more well-rounded backup than Barber or Bell. I would like to see a more elusive, open-field guy as the 3rd RB. Bush also gives them some leverage against giving Forte too exorbitant of a long-term deal.
They've added options at most of their key spots, giving them flexibility in the draft. Assuming no long-term issue with Marshall, DE should still be the top need. Just not sure how much Idonije has left, and Wootton isn't the pass-rusher that they need. Well, OL should be the top concern, specifically, LOT, but who is there at 19 that will be worth it? Don't see Reiff or Martin falling there. If they did, perhaps. Far from sold on Adams/Glenn being worth it for the Bears there.
Beyond DE/OT (I'm okay with our interior options, well, Garza is a question but he'll be the starter barring a surprise), the other main thing I'd like to see another CB to challenge Tim Jennings.
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I told somebody here that I'd be shocked if Barber came back...
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fair enough. I went into the off-season thinking that with so many needs, they might keep him around as his contract wasn't that much, relatively speaking.
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Forte is very pissed per the Twitter.
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I hope Forte is a Bear for a long time, and to an extent, it's a bit unfair to him, but it's a business where RB's are replaceable and Forte has a lot of wear and tear on those treads. I'd have no problem with the Bears franchising him for a year, or two, and then letting him go after that if they decide it is in their best interest. Bears have to do what's best for them, and Forte has to do what's best for him, even if that includes attempting to hold out.
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There's only so many times a man that has done everything he's been asked to do can be disrespected! Guess the GOOD GUYS do finish last....
says the man that's gonna get paid $7M+ this year...
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And turned down a reasonable extension at beginning of last season
Fire your agent
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It wasn't reasonable compared to the other top players when you are the majority of your offense. Most running backs out there aren't so much of an offense and aren't as valuable running or catching.
Sure 7 million is a lot of money but in the context of football and comparative salaries he deserves more money. And running backs aren't interchangable, especially when you got as crappy a line as we got. There aren't many backs out there who could get the yards he got behind the line he has to run behind.
Re: Forte
I was basing the $7M+ on the franchise tag and isn't that something like the top 5 salaries for that position?
I certainly don't think he's worth much more than that.
probably deserves a multi-year deal, but there's two partners in that dance and there should be some give and take for the mult-year risk.
I personally don't blame either party, Forte has every right to want more and Bears have every right to franchise tag him.
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7.7 million is #3 according to the list. He's not worth more per year, he is definitely worth giving that kind of salary for multiple years for how much he's done for this team and how many different roles he can take on. Running backs who can catch and block in the passing game are one of the most underrated parts of a good passing game. He has done everything he was asked on a dysfunctional team with a horrible line. Him and Cutler deserve medals for putting up with some of the crap imo, not just multi-year deals.
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Where'd you get that #? And that would put him 5th on the list when imo he was more valuable to his team then all those people.
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according to that article, it was higher than 5/32...allegedly.
Forte's still pretty young, but you generally don't get better with age and now w/o Martz, I'm gonna guess his numbers will go down a bit. He's also coming off a knee injury now.
Love the guy, hope they work it out, but if he's looking 5 years, he's gotta understand he's not looked at in terms of Foster, Peterson and Johnson around the league.
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It's a situation of paying for future performance and not past sentiment. Especially in football where you have a salary cap and every move has to intertwine.
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Exactly it's a business,and actually one of the luckier ones for the Bears. He should have held out last year I would not have fault him or he could have signed the contract.
Now they have Marshall he will have a smaller roler also, he rolled the dice and hit craps.
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speaking of RB's getting older...
Marion Barber retired. Rookie at 22, Pro Bowl at 24, done at 28. Being a RB is scary.
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Barber was done w Bears after Denver game
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Sun and Shine outrighted to Iowa per mlbtr
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That's Sawn-und-shteen...
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5 Things You Love to Discuss That Nobody Else Cares About
Your Baby
In Your Mind
This little bundle of heaven is the greatest thing to happen to anyone. It was a gift given to you, one you don't deserve, and the only way you can think to repay the generosity of the gods is to share every amazing moment from your baby's life with the rest of the world. Having a baby means that everything you've done in your life is the greatest thing you've ever done, because everything -- every chance you took, every move you made, every job you applied for, even every failure, screw-up and mistake -- somehow contributed to leading you towards this exact moment. Every decision you've ever made has been the right one, because the end result is the little piece of perfection that you're holding in your arms.
In Everyone Else's Mind
Just ... just shut up, man. Come on.
This is similar to the Drinking Stories entry, because the weird thing is that babies and toddlers are actually capable of doing interesting things. They have human faces, but none of the other things that make us real people. They're like humanoid pets, or fleshy stuffed animals that poop. I am incredibly fascinated by watching the bizarre adventures of this vulnerable almost-people-thing rolling around your house. It's like monitoring an alien, or a self-aware bowl of yogurt in which someone has placed googly eyes. (No photoshop for that? Nothing? OK.)
Some baby-related anecdotes can be interesting or adorable or even hilarious. The problem is that a person who has a baby can't tell the difference between boring and fascinating. Babies are like the 9/11 of families in that they change everything. Not only do they make parents forget what pre-baby life was like (apart from the fact that it was meaningless), but they force parents to instantly lose perspective; they can no longer separate the banal, everyday moments of a child's life from the actually interesting moments. Everything a child does seems like a world-altering miracle to a parent, they just can't stop themselves from telling everyone they see. If a friend of yours is about to have a baby, prepare yourself to hear about the following in exhaustive detail:
-First steps;
-First rolling over moments;
-First words/noises;
-The limitlessness of a baby's potential;
-Poop size, color and various other perceived poop-related emergencies;
-The futility of a baby-less existence;
-Like, what are you even working towards if not a baby?
Parents don't realize that, if you don't have a baby, you have no idea how to respond to any of these moments. A baby rolled over. Is that impressive, or is it a natural response of a baby torso trying to handle a baby's head-weight? Is that even supposed to happen? I have no idea. Every parent is biased, and that's fine for them, but I need to know if I should be actually proud of your baby, or just politely tolerant of it. There's no real clear spectrum of impressiveness when it comes to baby antics, so I never know how much enthusiasm I should pretend to exert when you tell me that your son almost clapped. Plus, when you throw absolutely every baby accomplishment into the baby hall of baby fame, doesn't that sort of cheapen baby accomplishments that are actually meaningful? If your baby invented a time machine, you'd tell me about it with the exact same amount of blind passion and manic intensity you used when it smiled for the first time. Gold medals are bound to look less shiny if every baby is wearing them.
Your Old Band
[Note: I'm focusing on bands, here, but this entry could have just as easily been "Your Skills On Your High School Football Team" or "Your Reign as the King of Your High School Theater Department."]
In Your Mind
Your band was important to you. You got a chance to live out your rock star fantasies, you had some time in the spotlight and for a few nights in your youth, you played music you loved on a stage and people screamed for you. Maybe you played a few big shows and seriously started preparing yourself for the possibility of actually making it as a professional rock musician. You readied yourself for a life in the studio, on the road and in front of sold out crowds.
Naturally, you think, people need to know this about you. The people you see every day see you as an office drone or a salesman or a programmer or whatever it is you do professionally. They have no idea that, once upon a time, you strapped on a guitar, screamed into a microphone and a crowd of fans lost their shit. It's time for you to tell them about life as an almost-rocker, about the managers that approached you, about the amount streams your songs did on your web page (before it got taken down when you eventually stopped paying for it), about how you sort of maybe had a good chance of possibly doing this one showcase where, like, a ton of record label execs and this writer from the RollingStone were supposed to be in attendance, but then it fell through at the last second.
Your coworkers have no clue that you used to be Dio, and they really should.
In Everyone Else's Mind
You know what's not interesting to anyone on the planet? The idea of a band. The stylistic concept of a band. The life of people who used to be in a band. The any-way-at-all-to-experience-music that isn't listening to music. When you're talking about your old band, that's all you're doing: talking. You don't get people to like the Beatles or Jay-Z or Kid Rock by telling them that the artist won a shitload of battle-of-the-bands or freestyle-rap-battles or shooting-beer-cans-off-a-log competitions, (respectively). You don't get people interested in Dylan by saying, "Boy, Bob Dylan could really draw a crowd in his youth, and he wasn't just popular in his own high school; his MySpace Music page had, like, thousands of plays." You get someone interested in a band by playing the band's music.
"Take those headphones off, I want to tell you how many people Jack White brought to the Stone Pony."
Anything else is just mindless nonsense to a listener. It's just the ramblings of a guy who keeps saying, "No, trust me, we ruled." Plus, there is absolutely nothing sadder than a person who is still reliving his glory days of being in a band when he was younger.
No matter how awesome that band was.
Note: The author of this piece is ALSO sick of listening to Cancer brag all the time. All "Ooh, I'm cancer, blah blah blah, I ruin shit, I'm the best, check out my baby or whatever." In an effort to shut cancer up for good, this Sunday, the author will be participating in a 5K race designed to raise money for Ovarian Cancer research and awareness. If you would like to donate, even as little as $5, you can by clicking right here. It's our little way of saying "Shut the fuck up, Cancer."
Special thanks to Soren,Michael and Charley, who helped me research this article even though they probably thought we were just having a conversation.


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People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.
In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.
Attention should be paid to this question of our soul, and not simply to accounting procedures. Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see this generation as it saw itself, and the past generation as it saw itself.
-- George Lucas's 1988 speech to the U.S. Congress
Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.--Yoda Stars Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
quote: 1. In the story it is made clear that the Imperials favor overwhelming force in all situations possible. This is not evident in the Death Star battle.
quote: 2. The Rebel forces sent to attack the Death Star should have been able to stand up to much more.
quote: The goal is to resolve the continuity issue of the Empire only sending out a hand full of fighters when it is extremely uncharacteristic of them.


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quote: I mean you cannot deny that with the 2nd amendment in place you've gotten into the situation you are in now. $16 trillion in debt, ~12% un employment, botched statistics that make it look more like 8%, bribed politicians etc etc.
quote: And how's that 2nd amendment been working out for you so far?


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1. "I was trying to do her in the butt last night, but brognar got the best of me."
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Things got a little awkward when Riley got a raging mega huge Bro-Gnar with his pledge brothers in the sauna
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LEETONIA- Village Council Wednesday night tabled proposed legislation establishing rental property registration and scheduled a Zoning Committee meeting to discuss the issue with landlords after three property owners once again questioned the ordinance. The committee meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at Village Hall.
Property owners Dan Valentine, Louie Raneri and Ron Stouffer, reportedly representing the landlords as a whole, campaigned against the proposed ordinance and provided a letter from an attorney the group has solicited with intentions to challenge the ordinance if it passes as is. Council approved the first reading of the ordinance earlier this month.
Presented by Zoning Inspector John Rydarowicz after months of preparation, the ordinance would require rental property owners to pay a minimal registration fee and annual renewal fee for each rental unit, list the occupants living in the units, obtain insurance on the units and make the units available for inspection when needed. It would also require rental property owners living beyond 10 miles outside village limits to designate an agent over 18 years of age to be responsible for a rental unit.
According to Village Solicitor Walter Newton, the attorney's letter challenges the legality of requiring an agent and questions whether the village can require owners to obtain insurance on their properties. Valentine also disputed whether the zoning inspector should be allowed to force inspections.
In response to the concerns, Newton explained that he and Rydarowicz crafted the ordinance similar to other Cleveland area municipalities and that a case exists from Youngstown in 1992 in which the appointment of an agent for rental property owners outside the city had been overturned. He also noted that no apparent precedent exists for the insurance issue, and that the ordinance would not require anything more regarding inspections than is already being used in other ordinances.
Newton said that based on his research, if the ordinance is passed as is, the landlords could likely challenge it.
Much like council's first attempt to pass a rental registration ordinance almost two years ago, which failed on its third reading after landlords vehemently voiced displeasure at a council meeting, this second attempt is being challenged by the landlords as unfairly discriminate against rental property owners.
"Why should we have to get insurance if private or commercial property owners don't," questioned Valentine.
Raneri did not like the fact that he would have to take responsibility for the property instead of the tenant and did not want the zoning inspector to come to him with zoning violations.
"This is your problem, not mine," he said. "Don't come to me. I don't want to deal with (my) tenants."
Collectively they admonished council for not consulting the landlords before passing the first reading to seek assistance in crafting what they deemed suitable legislation.
"We came to you and offered to help create something that we can support, but instead we had to read about (the first reading) in the paper," Valentine said.
The landlords are being encouraged to attend the committee meeting to air their grievances, but council members warned them that they want to get the ordinance passed as soon as possible since it has taken almost two years to draw up, and noted that the committee meeting is to discuss whether the ordinance should be modified, not necessarily to do so.
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INWOOD — Following the U.S. Postal Service's announcement that Saturday mail delivery will cease starting in August, Eastern Panhandle residents reacted to the loss of a time-honored practic....
"The shift, however, gives a new meaning to the online service launched in 1994, USPS****, which boasts the slogan 'This Post Office is Always Open.'" No it doesn't. The line refers to the online connection to USPS, which IS always open. The PO is closed on Sundays and Federal holidays and adding Sunday affects only the P/T subs. They are accustomed to doing the work left undone by the F/T carriers on Fridays. So, now, you'll be receiving on Mondays what should nave been delivered on Friday and Saturday. Like the lady said, the mail is mostly bills and junk anyway.
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Whoops. "Adding Saturday..." not Sunday
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Majoritarian, what kind of loser has enough free time to make a worthless comment on every article in the journal... Get a life..
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My mail carrier can't even put the right mail in my box as it is. I getso much of my neighbor's mail it's ridiculous. Mine must go to someone else because I never get a lot of my mail except for the bills of course. Mondays they will be stacked with extra mail and it will be easy for the mail to be lost. Maybe if they wouldn't have raised the cost of a stamp everytime the wind blew then more people would mail more items.
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Reducing mail delivery five days per week should impact very few people. They will still be delivering packages on Saturdays. Just hope that this move actually saves some money.
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The stamp prices are, by law, required to be the same no matter where the letter goes. That's gov't's fault. It's rather stupid to charge the same price for a stamp when where it's going in the US can be a block or 2,000 (or more) miles.
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1) Raise the postage for flyers and junk mail 2) Make the postage for political flyers the same as first class. Result: More money for postal service, less junk in my mail box and more trees. A win for everyone.
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The people in this article that are unphased by it are uninformed, they probably don't vote either and collect public assistance of some type. Hows that for an FBI profile? I want my mail delivery on Saturday. The taxpayers are taking the hit again for needed services because the bloated bureaucrats pay mailman more than our school teachers. Go cut some liberal left wing democratic programs where our tax dollars are stolen from us and redistributed by these leftists.
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You obviously do not know how the budget process works or how dollars flow in DC. Quit watching MSNBC. Congress has oversight for this Federal agency.
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|In this article, I'm going to show you how you can use Foursquare in your Android application using OAuth 2.0.
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I've decided to use the foursquare-api-java, a project hosted at Google Code, as it offers a rich interface to interact with Foursquare. The same API calls are possible through the Google API client for Java, but it would require you to write your own model classes to do the JSON to Java translation.
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Twelve teams – 38 percent of the NFL – have embraced their futures with a rookie or sophomore quarterback. Ten of them started on opening day. Two more were anointed during the season.
The Buffalo Bills, meanwhile, have none on their roster.
Quarterbacks are entering the NFL more polished than ever. They're appreciably more advanced than they were even 10 years ago.
High schools and colleges have adopted pro-style offenses. Gurus, specialized camps and seven-on-seven leagues develop teenage arms that can make a variety of throws. The position's talent pool continues to grow as racial stigmas fall by the wayside.
Young quarterbacks aren't destined to begin their careers with ball caps and clipboards anymore. Apprenticeships aren't as necessary.
"You draft them to play them now," Bills coach Chan Gailey acknowledged last month. "You don't draft them to let them sit."
The Bills will face one of those hotshot rookies this afternoon, when they play the Seattle Seahawks in the Rogers Centre.
Russell Wilson, a third-round draft choice, has been one of the NFL's better quarterbacks this year regardless of experience level. He has helped the Seahawks to an 8-5 record, ranks fifth in red-zone passer rating and has thrown a winning touchdown after the two-minute warning three times.
Wilson, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Nick Foles, Cam Newton, Andy Dalton and Colin Kaepernick are among an army of young quarterbacks who have impacted the league.
Is this wave of talent a periodic blip like we saw with the legendary 1983 draft class? Or should football fans come to expect quarterbacks to be ready the moment we rip off their college wrapping paper?
"I don't see it slacking off," said Gil Brandt, the Dallas Cowboys vice president of player personnel from 1960 to 1989 and an NFL scouting combine authority. "I think it'll continue.
"People are so much more ready to play and are so much better prepared than ever before."
While other teams around the league have invested in young quarterbacks and put them to work with promising results, the Bills have none they drafted.
Over the past 29 drafts, the Bills have selected two quarterbacks in the first or second round: Todd Collins 45th overall in 1995 and J.P. Losman 22nd overall in 2004.
Buffalo drafted nine running backs, eight receivers and 16 defensive backs in the first and second rounds over that time.
Buddy Nix, who has overseen three drafts as Buffalo's general manager, has taken only one quarterback. Nix picked Levi Brown from Troy in the 2010 seventh round. Brown didn't make the team out of training camp.
While the Bills have stood on the sidelines, other teams have evolved with the times.
"I think it's a trend that we're going to continue to see," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said.
A collection of eight rookie quarterbacks, including an unprecedented five opening-day starters, have an aggregate .486 winning percentage this season. Rookie starters went 5-1 last week.
The Bills have a .385 winning percentage.
"That's going to keep happening," Warren Moon said of the young quarterback trend. Moon, the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and Seahawks radio analyst, is a private instructor to prospects entering the draft.
Moon most famously worked with Newton, last year's first overall draft choice.
"These kids are very talented," Moon said. "They're much more skilled. These guys have been throwing the football for a long time. They've been in passing leagues in the summertime. They're running spread offenses."
Wilson became a starter despite getting passed over multiple times by every NFL team. They questioned his size at 5-foot-11 and 206 pounds. He eventually was drafted in the third round, 75th overall, six slots after the Bills took receiver T.J. Graham.
Even though the Seahawks had signed free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn, Wilson became the sixth rookie quarterback since 1970 drafted in the third round or later to start on opening day. Joe Ferguson did it for the Bills in 1973.
"If the systems stay the same, you're going to see quarterbacks get better and better every year," said Ferguson, radio analyst for the Arkansas Razorbacks. "There's more wide-open offenses. They're so much more adept at reading defenses, reading blitzes, reading protections, because if they don't then they're going to get killed."
Thirty years ago, LaVell Edwards' passing attack at Brigham Young was considered gimmicky. Major college programs still operated out of wishbone backfields.
BYU's offense would be considered cliche in today's high school game. Matt Bodamer of Port Allegany High, about a half hour south of Olean, set Pennsylvania's record this year with 3,951 passing yards and 52 touchdowns. He finished his prep career with 10,948 yards and 137 touchdowns.
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"I've seen it as low as junior high," Ferguson said from Bella Vista, Ark. "At the high school level, three-quarters of the schools in this area are in the shotgun. They hardly ever get under the center anymore, and they're going four wide receivers or empty backfield."
Carroll has seen quarterback development up close over the past dozen years. From 2000 through 2009, he was head coach at USC. He incessantly recruited the nation's elite prep quarterbacks and had top-10 draft choices Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Mark Sanchez.
Carroll marks 2008 as the dawn of the NFL's youth renaissance. Rookies Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco quarterbacked the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens to the playoffs. A year later, Sanchez did it with the New York Jets.
"Those guys were the early ones that gave us the indication that times are changing," Carroll said. "As they continued to show, I mean, you can see it. It's just obvious that that's what's happening."
But Carroll first sensed a movement afoot when he saw a 14-year-old Matt Barkley as a freshman for Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, Calif.
"He'd already been coached up coming into high school," Carroll said. "He accumulated hundreds of throws and could make every one. So when we got him [at USC], he was on our practice field for five days. And after five days, I knew he could be the starting quarterback for us.
"We just needed to teach him what the system was. So he already knew how to throw the football on curl routes and out routes and seam routes and slants and all that stuff. That wasn't the issue.
"I think that's when it was really clear to me that we were in a new day."
The deterioration of racial barriers has helped. Likely because of the stigma facing black quarterbacks at the time, Moon didn't get drafted in 1978, a 12-round system then. Moon had to play in the Canadian Football League to prove himself.
These days, the best young black athletes aren't switched to running back, receiver or defensive back. That progress continues to surface in the NFL.
"There's no question that's part of it," Moon said. "In the NFL now, they don't care what color you are as long as you can help them win. That opened up when they made Michael Vick the first overall draft pick.
"They said, 'If you can help us win, we'll draft you high and make you the face of the franchise.' They're getting the chance now, and that's made the talent pool bigger."
Football researcher Scott Kacsmar this week wrote a convincing ColdHardFootballFacts.com column, stating this year's quarterback class is having the greatest rookie season in NFL history.
With three weeks left in the season, six rookies have thrown for at least 300 yards in a game 15 times, matching the combined total from 2000 through 2010.
As great as this year's crop has been, they seem to be the continuation of a trend. As Kacsmar points out, only 11 rookie quarterbacks have started in the playoffs since 1950. But five of them began their careers in 2008 or later. Luck, Griffin and Wilson could inflate that list.
Of the 12 rookie quarterbacks to throw the most touchdown passes in NFL history, six turned pro in 2010 or later.
"The league is not making these guys do something they can't do," Moon said. "The league is adapting to what the player can do. Before, the player had to adapt to the offense.
"These coaches are finally getting smart enough to say, 'Hey, I'm going to stop trying to put a square peg in a round hole. I'm going to do what this kid does best, incorporate that into the offense, and he'll have success earlier.' "
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STILLWATER, N.Y. � Ranger Megan Stevens sets a leisurely pace as she leads about a dozen bicyclists along the paved tour road at Saratoga National Historical Park, scene of one of history�s most important battles.
About midway up one of the steeper inclines, it becomes apparent why the Americans made sure they held the high ground when the Redcoats finally showed up � on foot � in 1777.
�You can see how impressive the valley is,� Stevens said afterward about some of the park�s hilltop views of the upper Hudson River in Stillwater, 20 miles north of Albany.
From such scenic spots she and other National Park Service rangers regale groups of bicyclists with stories of the two battles fought here in September and October 1777, their outcomes and how the Continental Army�s defeat of the world�s best army led to the eventual American victory in the Revolutionary War.
The free guided bike tours are conducted every other Wednesday in the summer beginning in June at the park, also known as the Saratoga Battlefield. Remaining tours this summer are scheduled for Aug. 15 and 29. They begin at 6 p.m. in the park�s parking lot and last until about 8 p.m. Participants must bring their own bicycles.
The bike tours offer an opportunity to learn about a battle considered one of the most significant in history, while getting a not-too-strenuous workout at the same time. An added bonus: Plenty of panoramic views along the 5-mile route, with mountaintops in neighboring Vermont and even some in western Massachusetts visible when conditions are right.
On one recent pleasant evening, a group consisting of middle-aged couples and retirees pedaled behind Stevens as she led the way from the parking lot outside the park�s visitors center to stop No. 2, site of the Neilson House.
Standing near a small building, the only original Revolution-era structure remaining at the park, Stevens tells the group how the entire Neilson family � husband, wife, eight children and a grandparent � lived in a house about the size of a one-car garage.
During the Saratoga battles, the homestead served as the headquarters of the American army�s left wing, commanded by Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold, with several thousand troops encamped behind a zigzagging line of log and earthen fortifications that stretched more than a mile along a ridge overlooking the valley.
The Americans� command of the high ground forced British Gen. John Burgoyne�s army of Redcoats and German allies to veer into the rugged interior, away from the river. Burgoyne hoped to brush aside the enemy and continue his southward advance, with the goal of capturing Albany and isolating New England from the rest of the 13 colonies.
But after clashes Sept. 19 and Oct. 7, Burgoyne�s army was beaten, exhausted and starving. The British surrendered Oct. 17, 1777, in the nearby village of Saratoga, later renamed Schuylerville after an American general from Albany who had land holdings here.
While giving a boiled-down version of the Saratoga battles is necessitated by the brevity of the stops during the bike tours, the rangers manage to include some of the behind-the-scenes drama, such as the personality clashes between American Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates and Arnold, a Saratoga hero who was still three years away from turning traitor.
�You can talk forever about the battle, but not everyone is interested in military things,� Stevens said. �You connect more on personal level if you can talk about the individuals and what they went through.�


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Look, its Kathryn, all bow down before her epicness!!!
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pretty amazing girl who can shake that booty at any time at any place.
woah, that girl on the bar top...yeah, she's doing the kathryn!
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One of the best names in the world. This name means "pure" in Greek. Most Kathryns are beautiful, trustworthy, and over all great. They are humble about this, but they do love attention sometimes. They are great friends and since they are trustworthy, you can tell them all your secrets and problems. Kathryns are just great people in general. They are usually weird, but awesome at the same time. Nicknames are Kat, Kathy, and Kath.
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Yesterday afternoon and evening I felt more contractions than ever and was really wondering if it will be very soon. I was able to get some sleep and was only up a few times in the night and went right back to sleep. I really needed that because the past several nights I have been up with Carter as he's had a horrible ear infection and we've all been getting over a cold and cough. I am thankful that we're much better now- and much more ready to welcome a new baby.
Also we've had very heavy rains and many of the roads surrounding our house are flooded and closed! I am hoping there are openings today. My Mom and midwife must be able to make it to our house!
Today could be it... I am up now and as I move around I can feel the pressure again. I can tell she is moving wayyyy down and I'm starting to really prepare.
I must thank you so much for your constant prayers and excited support. I told hubby yesterday that the love and encouragement I have had poured upon me from you all is greater than any church family we've ever had.
Maybe it's because we all feel like we know each other on a more personal level, I don't know, but it's real- I truly feel it and know you are genuine in your thoughts for me. It makes going into this birth feel like I am lifted up from all sides, surrounded and covered in faith and prayer and love. I wish there was some way I could express my thankfulness for you all. My heart is so full.


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Scary Gary will end the Ottawa Senators playoff run... again.
Scary Gary beat the shit out of Ben Eager, who is young enough to be his son... BAD ASS!
Scary Gary beat the shit out of Ben Eager, who is young enough to be his son... BAD ASS!
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Gary, Indiana. Referring to the more crime-ridden areas downtown near Indiana Harbor. Gary once held the distinction of being the murder capitol of the nation.
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Editor's note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on South Shore authors and the routes they've followed to publish their works.
If you grew up in the South Shore, you might recognize some of the characters from a new children's book published by two locally-born authors.
Christie Rassuchine and Robyn Lindner met in kindergarten at Tahoe Valley Elementary School. Fast-forward to 2012, and the two women - or at least their fictional counterparts - are still learning in that classroom.
Earlier this month, Rassuchine and Lindner self-published the first book in their children's series, "The Crazy Club," which is based on their experiences growing up in South Lake Tahoe.
It all started when the pair founded the real-life Crazy Club in fourth grade. Nine students comprised the group's core, but others came and went over the years, Rassuchine said.
"I guess what we had in common was that we were creative and we came up with fun things to do during recess and after-school," she said.
The book follows the adventures of outgoing Jilly Bean, the school's newest student Lindy Hopp, and tall, mean Rhonda Jam at their elementary school, Tall Pines. Jilly steps in to prevent Rhonda from bullying Lindy, planting the seeds for what eventually grows into the Crazy Club.
According to Lindner, all of the characters correspond to real members of the club. Lindy Hopp is based on Lindner, even though the latter was never the new girl at school. The fictional group competes in recess piggy-back races just like the original Crazy Club members, and Jilly Bean receives - and subsequently trades - bizarre lunches like liverwurst and caramel sandwiches similar to the meals Rassuchine's father used to pack.
Accomplished percussionist Nicole Grant comes back to the South Lake Tahoe elementary school in the form of Nikki Gong, while Mr. Harmony --the teacher who helps unite the book's club members --bears a distinct resemblance to South Tahoe High School's musical and performing arts department chairman, former elementary school teacher and original president of the Crazy Club, Bob Grant.
"As president, they would just meet in my room. They felt like it was home. It's great. Tahoe's like that. I've seen friendships made during school and in the theater department that last forever. It's funny. I know what the Crazy Club is, but I didn't think that it would be in a book," Grant said.
Rassuchine and Lindner went their separate ways after graduating from South Tahoe High School, but kept in touch throughout college. After studying at Saint Mary's College, Lindner moved to New York, where about a year and a half ago she woke up in the middle of the night with the idea to revive the Crazy Club through writing.
The women wrote "The Crazy Club Gets its Start" together in New York and used Skype to collaborate on the next four installments in the series. They decided to self-publish the book to speed up the printing process by eliminating the need of a traditional publishing house.
"(Self-publishing) is possible. You can make it happen. You don't have to shop around and wait. And it's becoming a much more popular and accepted thing to do," Lindner said.
It's a route that's earned some authors enormous success. Take E.L. James, author of the New York Times bestselling erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey." Random House, which picked up the self-published hit based off "Twilight" fanfiction, just announced a $5,000 company-wide bonus for each of its employees due to the success of the book and its two sequels.
Self-publishing has almost tripled since 2006, according to a recent Bowker report. With more authors looking to pave their own way, the traditional publishing houses are faced with major changes. Penguin and Random House announced a merger of their two companies in October, creating the largest consumer book publisher in the world once the deal is finalized.
But self-publishing certainly doesn't guarantee monetary success. Rassuchine and Lindner used Amazon to publish "The Crazy Club Gets its Start," and have so far sold about 150 copies at less than a dollar a piece. If you have a book to sell, Lindner said, Amazon's the place to do it, but the pair still hasn't seen profits.
Rassuchine and Lindner uploaded files to Amazon's online workspace, purchased an ISBN - or International Standard Book Number - and reviewed a printed proof before the pages hit the press. Less than a week later, the paperback copy went up for sale on Amazon's website for $4.99.
Lindner said they'd like to pitch the series to a publishing company once they've established a larger fan base. But as nice as it would be to see the project turn into a national hit, it's still just a good way for two friends to stay in touch, she said.
And it's gratifying to see the Crazy Club commemorated in print, Rassuchine said.
"For now it's a fun thing to do with my friend. We know that this is still a learning process. The whole time I guess I thought, it felt good just to be writing it. If nothing else, we'd accomplished something together, even if no one else saw it. But when I saw it in print, against all odds, it was a great feeling," Rassuchine said.
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quote: The truth is, children should never -have- to exercise to stay slim. Their metabolism is such that it should be nigh impossible, even with sedimentary life styles (which few children ever truly have, they are too energetic, or SHOULD BE too energetic), for them to gain so much weight. It should be burned in growth by their high metabolism!


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on February 11, 2013 - 10:37 AM
Volunteer firefighters from Eggertsville and Snyder managed to confine a house fire to an exterior wall early this morning on Woodcrest Drive, Amherst fire officials reported.
The blaze, which was reported at about 3 a.m., caused an estimated $15,000 damage at 107 Woodcrest Drive, which is west of Sweet Home Road, a few blocks north of Sheridan Drive.
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"I don't like jealous behavior," the actress, 28, tells Marie Claire for its May issue, on newsstands April 16.
"I don't mind an occasional check-in, but when somebody is passive-aggressively jealous, it's really unattractive because it shows a sort of insecurity. ... Oh, controlling behavior is awful. Nobody's going to say they love that."
She also addresses her marriage to – and divorce from – Ryan Reynolds. They went their separate ways in 2010, after three years of marriage.
"Well, it wasn't that long ago," she says. "But I think I've had a fair amount of time to process the experience and be able to move forward. I continue to get to know myself better as I get older, and that helps me in my relationships."
Courtesy Marie Claire
Furthermore, if she ran the world, her rules would cover both the major issues – and the little ones.
"I would demand investment in finding and using renewable resources," she says, then sounding like a true city girl who scrambles for taxis just like everybody else, she adds: "I was thinking about other things, like cab stealing. I always say, 'You want it that bad, go ahead.' And they're usually like, 'F--- you!' "


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on January 18, 2013 - 12:01 AM
It is always fascinating to see what is going on with Buffalo couple Clement and Karen Arrison, and the three Stradivarius violins they lend out to up-and-coming musicians worldwide. One of the priceless violins, the "Moller," made in Venice in 1717 by Francesco Gobetti, is currently in the hands of Tim Fain. Fain is a young virtuoso who has made his name not only through his prodigious technique, but also through his adventurous repertoire.
The Gobetti will be heard under unusual circumstances next weekend, when Fain comes to the University at Buffalo to present an exotic multimedia program called "Portals." As he plays, he will be accompanied on screen by other musicians, as well as actors and dancers. It is an unusual concept, and has won the attention of Vanity Fair and the New York Times.
"Portals" is the fruit of a collaboration between Fain and Benjamin Millepied, the choreographer for the ballet movie "Black Swan." The program features an array of contemporary works. Among them are Aaron Jay Kernis' lovely "Air" and William Bolcom's witty "Graceful Ghost Rag." Music by Lev Zhurbin, Nico Muhly and Kevin Puts rounds out the program, and the centerpiece is a new work by Philip Glass specifically written for Fain.
"Portals," presented by UB and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, will take place at 7:30 p.m. next Friday in the Drama Theater in the UB Center for the Arts, North Campus, Amherst. Tickets are $15-$30. Call 645-2921.
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Source: WTOP
quote: Rechargeable, replaceable fuel cell-powered vehicles is my solution. One that can go 500 miles on a charge, and either be recharged overnight or swapped out on the spot at a fuel cell recharge station with fully charged cells, then go another 500 miles...THIS is what they need to work on. It's 2013 for cryin' out loud...let's get with the dang program.


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+1. Few people have had me shouting at the TV over the years, and she's one. The way she fillibustered live interviews was outrageous, and she always got away with it. I only saw her pwned once, it was beautiful, but too rare.
Exactly, you may have hated her but she was great at what she did. I'm not sure where you move up from defending bankers, PR for BP maybe?


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a noun relating to the function of the penis, commonly used to belittle friends. In fact all cocks are jizzcocks
''Chris, you are a total jizzcock''
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Shelly Nagle, whose younger sister Sherry Leighty disappeared in October 1999, never gave up looking for her sister, a young woman she described as "a beautiful person, inside and out.
"First and foremost, she was an amazing mom," said Nagle at her Altoona home Monday. "Her children meant everything to her. She loved those babies with all her heart."
When Sherry Leighty disappeared, she was 23 with three young children, ages 7, 3 and 1 1/2. Nagle said that was what made the explanation of her sister's disappearance - that she had run off to Maine with a boyfriend - impossible for her to believe.
"Even at the beginning, I couldn't see her leaving her kids. She always had her kids with her," said Nagle, who spent years looking for her sister, mostly alone.
Nagle said she searched the Internet, but found nothing. What was particularly frustrating, she said, was the feeling she was alone in her search.
"You always hold out hope that maybe, maybe, maybe she's still out there," Nagle said. "That's why I never stopped looking."
Nagle started a Facebook page for her sister several years ago. Through it, she learned information her family was able to take to Altoona police, who up until last August had considered Leighty missing but not endangered.
Nagle declined to reveal what she learned, but she said it was enough to prompt police to look at the case.
The information was, she said, something that investigators would have learned themselves, had police probed Sherry Leighty's disappearance from the onset.
Still, Nagle praised the work of the Altoona police and state police in Huntingdon and said she was thankful for what they are doing now.
Sheldon Dumm, Nagle and Sherry Leighty's father, first contacted Altoona police about Sherry's disappearance and he spent his remaining years asking about the case. He died in 2005, and the mystery of what happened to his daughter haunted him, Nagle said.
"The day before my dad passed away, he was still asking had we heard anything," Nagle said. "Little did we know she would be waiting for him."
Police continue searching a 150-acre Warriors Mark property belonging to Sherry Leighty's former father-in-law, Kenneth W. Leighty, 65, now in jail on assault charges stemming from his alleged tussle with Altoona and state police April 19 at his Altoona home.
According to court records, police caught Kenneth Leighty in a lie - that he went to work after dropping Sherry Leighty off near her workplace Oct. 1, 1999 - and had intercepted two phone conversations where he allegedly told his son that he killed Sherry Leighty and had buried her on his family's hunting property.
When police informed Kenneth Leighty they were taking him for further questioning, he allegedly rushed the officers and struggled with police, who then charged him with aggravated assault and other charges.
Kenneth Leighty remains in Blair County Prison on a $250,000 bond and has not been charged in connection to Sherry Leighty's disappearance.
The last 10 days have been tough, Nagle said, since the case broke open and police began searching for her sister's remains.
"I've been calling [investigators] on a daily basis," Nagle said. "I'm a pretty impatient person."
Her eyes filling with tears, Nagle said it is her hope that Kenneth Leighty would "do the right thing" and help police find her body.
"She was a wonderful daughter, sister and friend," Nagle said. "She'd do anything to help you. She had such a kind heart. I just don't understand."


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12 Video Game Characters With Undiagnosed Mental Disorders
We always knew there was something not right about people eating mushrooms, leaping at gold coins the size of their body and putting on raccoon costumes in order to fly, but with the release of the DSM-VG, psychiatric medicine has finally caught up to the horrors of the virtual world.
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Polina Shelepen's new LP
The beginning is from Gone with the Wind. I don't know the rest of the music.
And from the GS article on Madelyn Dunley, the reigning Canadian novice champion, who is moving to Seniors this year:
SP Amélie soundtrack
LP The Devils Dance,
I want to see Shelepen skate to something that suits her for once, these programs make her look so wooden.
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I love Polka... I hate what they did with the polka lol
What is the music? The story line seems obviously like Cinderella, but I dont' recognize the music.
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I started a new thread for this tweet as well:
A soaringly romantic piece for D/W? Well, that'll be a change/challenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kth_r...-button&wide=1. The music that they are using is right in the beginning. Don't know how to translate the title of the second movie.
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Engadine is a suburb in the Sutherland shire, southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Postcode: 2233 Coords: 34°04′02″S 151°00′37″E
I live in Engadine which is part of God's country !
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New year. New players. New formation. New head coach.
And, so far, the same old winning ways.
Former head coach Aaron Eldridge is gone a year after being named Southwestern League Coach of the Year, and last year�s SWL Player of the Year Brooke Milliet headlined a group of nine graduates.
But after all those losses, the Durango High School girls soccer team has come out firing to start the season, going 3-0-0 � including a win over SWL foe Grand Junction Central � and outscoring the opposition 10-3 heading into Friday�s home opener against Fruita Monument.
Replacing Eldridge is Dalon Parker, who brings an impressive pedigree and a fresh approach with him to Durango.
Parker played club soccer growing up with the Dallas Texans, the same club that produced Clint Dempsey, and he eventually played collegiately at Division II Ouachita Baptist before coaching boys soccer at Highlands High School in Irving, Texas.
Junior midfielder Berkeley Davis said one of the biggest differences between the coaches is their philosophy.
�Changing our mentality is one of his biggest goals, so just completely changing our work ethic,� she said.
Parker currently is utilizing a 3-5-2 formation, exposing the Demons to a new look after they used a 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 in recent years. Offensively, it�s paying off to the tune of an early scoring outburst.
�We�ve been able to put pieces together and put the ball in the back of the net. We�re still having our difficulties,� Parker said. �We�re still not where we want to be strategically-wise, but we�re getting there as a unit, and that�s the great thing about it.�
The loss of nine seniors from last year hit the defense the hardest. The Demons are leaning on a young corps of defenders and defensive midfielders anchored by seniors Stephanie Ogier and Cora Kilgo.
�We�re really counting on Stephanie Ogier, our senior. She�s like the mom of the team, anyway,� Parker said. �She anchors everything for us.�
Hannah Robertson is the standard-bearer for the Demons in net and is expected to get the bulk of the minutes as the season goes along. She�ll be out of town this weekend, so goalkeeping duties are expected to fall to freshman Leah Stephens in her absence.
The buzzword around DHS practice has been fitness. Parker credits the shape of his players for the Demon�s strong start thus far, and it�s been a focus throughout the early portion of the season, helping the Demons outlast opponents despite being at a disadvantage in terms of actual on-field time.
�We�ve been focusing a lot on our fitness and being physically there so we can make up for anything that we haven�t covered on the field, like any technical things,� said Davis, daughter of Donna and Jim Davis.
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Whole Foods begins animal welfare labeling
Whole Foods begins animal welfare labeling
Whole Foods Market is phasing in a new five-step animal welfare rating program for all chicken, beef, and pork products (Click here for their animal welfare page). At the least, all animal products must meet an audited rating of Step 1 to be found in Whole Foods stores. Step 1 is simply labeled "No cages, no crates, no crowding," while Step 5+ (the highest level, with the "plus" denoting it is above Step 5) is "Animal centered; entire life on same farm."
Specifically for beef animals, the current step-rating system requires at least two-thirds of life on range or pasture; no dehorning or horn tipping; allows no antibiotics, growth hormones, or animal by-products; and a maximum 25-hour transport among other requirements in Step 1 (the lowest level).
Requirements get more stringent in later steps. Step 2 requires objects for grooming and scratching and a maximum 16-hour transport. In Step 5, animals must live their entire life on range or pasture, castration is prohibited, branding or ear notching is forbidden, and a maximum 8-hour transport is allowed.
An immediate wonder is the disregard for long-time scientifically accepted practices, especially in the case of dehorning. Other curiosities include requiring that no animals be sold in sale or auction barns (which is a minimum requirement in Step 1) and that on farm or local slaughter is regarded as the best type of treatment (Step 5+).
Of course, Whole Foods is a consumer of our raw products – and a trendy consumer at that. Their product supply will be filled, but it isn't like all animal producers will need to meet the standards of Whole Foods. Some may even argue that the Whole Foods standards are not what is best for the animal.
It should also be noted that end-user consumers didn't ask for these standards, specifically. Sure, they probably asked for the most humanely treated food possible, access to the outdoors, and food that lived a life of happiness. But, the end-user consumers often don't know enough about animals or animal practices to make the specific choices of a five-step rating system.
So who made the choices for Whole Foods?
The group that established the five-step system is Global Animal Partnership. Their board of directors includes the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (if you haven't heard, you can learn more about HSUS at humanewatch.org, a commissioner of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (responsible for misleading ads like this one: Who's hogging antibiotics?), and a corporate consultant for PETA. If those three wrote the laws governing U.S. animal production for food, it is likely there would be no animal production for food (all three appear to be vegetarian or vegan). Two other world animal compassion and protection groups are also represented.
The board also includes a representative from CROPP/Organic Valley, The CEO of Whole Foods Market, an all-natural beef rancher, and a free-range pig farmer.
Whole Foods' move to rate animal welfare is on a scale that doesn't exactly line up with animal science. But their efforts to create welfare standards should be duplicated (though not necessarily the same standards) by other stores. As farmers, we deserve to be recognized, and rewarded financially, for the passion and fervor we have for animal care. Tomorrow's Whole Foods suppliers are no doubt getting a bigger paycheck for their special management practices, mostly by just being a supplier to Whole Foods. Can we duplicate these bigger paychecks elsewhere?
A great option for dairy standards is the National Dairy FARM program, rolled out by Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI), and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF). While Whole Foods serves a particular portion of the populace, NMPF and DMI have a very diverse base of potential milk processors and consumers (every single one). Whether the average dairy producer will see an uptick in milk price because of National Dairy FARM's implementation, I don't know. But, like Whole Foods, it is usually better to write the rules yourself, rather than let either government or consumers write them for you.
While nothing in the current Whole Foods manual mentions dairy, we can guess they will update that in time. At the same time, besides some outrageous (probably staged) videos produced by animal rights groups, the dairy industry is on pretty high ground compared to many agriculture industries. In the movie Food, Inc., for example, there are really no negative portrayals of a dairy farm. After all, our animals in the modern-day freestall housing are free to move, have 24-hour access to feed and water, and spend their days on beaches of sand. We care, as do other species owners. But our open barns provide us a big advantage to welcome the public, teach them on the farm, and share our knowledge.
This all comes back to the local food movement, which I see simply as a need for transparency. We aren't just seeing this in food, but we're realizing we can have more transparency as we pick our government (sunlightfoundation.com), our news (twitter.com), and even music (teen pop sensation Justin Bieber wasn't found in a bar, audition, or through demo tape, but on YouTube) because of today's low-cost high-tech world.
Are you jumping on the transparency bus? Or is it just another fad?


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A term derived from the scrambling of the phrase "big 'ol titties" which means exactly that. Tits you could drop kick.
For shit's sake, the last time I saw tigglebiddies like that, my mom burped me.
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BIG OL TIDDIES! (switch B and the T in the phrase and compress everything).
That gurl got some TIGGLE BIDDIES!
by Joshiro007 February 12, 2003
giant and adnormaly amazingly pair of wet sopping tittys that you want to put your face in between and motorboat
Look at those tiggle biddies on her!!
by shorty0336 December 31, 2008
A woman with a pair of big ol titties either real or fake.
Damn gurl u got some big ol tigglebiddies.
by Goldy25 July 28, 2005
A sexier form of a boob, fun to squeeze, or it is a Plumb version of a man titty, which is very nice.
GUY 1: YO! That girl got some Tiggle Biddy (s) on her!
GUY 2: No way, that guy is packin a way nicce pair of Tiggle Biddy (s)
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Create three cute, chevron-themed projects — each using just one skein of yarn! Join yarn shop owner and instructor Aurora Sisneros, and breeze through three exclusive patterns while learning techniques that become a bit more advanced with each project. Master the long-tail cast-on, joining in the round and keeping track of your rounds as you knit and purl the classy Chevron Cowl. Work increases for shaping, knit eye-catching cables and master double-pointed needles as you make the chic Chevron Hat. Then learn to work a lace pattern and shape thumbs as you finish a pair of fabulous, fingerless Chevron Mitts. Bring three skeins of yarn to life, and create three stylish projects that make perfect outfit accents or handmade gifts.
Meet your instructor, Aurora Sisneros, and learn more about the projects you'll make and the supplies you'll need. Whether you're a continental or English knitter, you'll see stitches demonstrated using both styles.
Aurora starts you off with casting on for a simple cowl with an elegant chevron design. Even if you haven't worked with circular needles before, Aurora shows you an easy method for creating the stitches and then joining to work in the round. Knitting in the tail at this point means one less end to weave in later!
Once you've knit a few rounds to establish the rolled edge of the cowl, it's time to start the chevron pattern. Aurora walks you through the steps and discusses ways of keeping your place in your knitting. If you make a mistake, no worries! Learn how to knit backward, or "tink," to get back to the mistake and fix it. Knit along with Aurora, learn a stretchy bind-off, weave in the ends and block your cowl for your finished accessory!
If you're hankering for a hat, try Aurora's cute cabled pattern. Using circular needles, you'll cast on and knit in ribbing, then increase for the pattern. Aurora will show you how to switch to a larger needle and start knitting the cables. With three different ways of tackling the cabled stitches, you're sure to find one that's comfortable for you.
Once you've mastered front cables with a few rounds of knitting, Aurora shows how to make back cables. This reverses your stitches' direction to create the chevron shape. At the top of the hat, you'll switch to double-pointed needles and begin the decreases. If double-points make you nervous, Aurora will put your mind at ease. Your hat will be finished and wearable in a jiffy!
If you love the look of lace mitts, Aurora's pattern is gorgeous and easy to follow. She'll show you how to cast on with double-pointed needles, knit the ribbed cuff, then start the lace pattern. You'll also create a gusset for the thumb.
Aurora shows how to put your thumb stitches aside as you finish the top of the mitt and bind off in pattern. Then you'll pick up those thumb stitches and learn how to add some more to complete the thumb. With a quick bind-off and weaving in, your warm and trendy mitts are ready to wear!
"I am a new beginning knitter and I really enjoyed this class. The projects included in the class are very cute and small enough for me to knit. The instructor gave a very good tip for joining in the round with an extra stitch and she was an excellent instructor. I enjoyed watching her teach the class. I have taken many knitting classes from Craftsy and I have learned so much from all of them. I even ordered the yarn kits for many of the classes, but somehow always hesitated to start the project for fear of messing it up. Not this time, I'm ready to cast on. I now feel like a confident beginner. Thank you so much, I thought the class was great. "
- S. Wilson


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Seminary Preview Evening - Apr 7, 2015
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August 9, 2014, January 10, 2015, & April 11, 2015.
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He may make his living on the big screen, but at Disneyland, Vince Vaughn was just another proud papa.
The Internship star, 43, took his ladies – pregnant wife Kyla and 2-year-old daughter Locklyn – to the park for some fun on Saturday.
The Vaughns were spotted at the "Soundsational Parade" on Main Street, where popular Disney characters march alongside colorful floats.
Next, the funnyman's family of three went to the exclusive members-only restaurant Club 33, located in New Orleans Square.
Vaughn has discussed the way that parenthood has changed his life.
"It gives you a different purpose," Vaughn said last spring. "I feel so grateful."
Wife Kyla is due Aug. 5, and the couple have been married since January 2010.
Vince Vaughn & Daughter Spend the Day at Disneyland
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