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UNIVERSITY PARK -- It's been anything but a storybook year at Penn State, but the historic and memorable 2012 football season ended in what the Nittany Lion players called storybook fashion Saturday.
"It was the perfect ending to a bad beginning," senior defensive tackle Jordan Hill said after Saturday's 24-21 overtime win against Wisconsin at Beaver Stadium.
A true test of character is how one deals with adversity, and the Lions did that time after time over the past year. They endured the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the death of former coach Joe Paterno and the NCAA levying severe sanctions -- all before the season even started -- then they lost their first two games.
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Penn State's players remained focused, however, and won eight of their final 10 games to finish 8-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big Ten. There will be no bowl game because of the sanctions, but Saturday's win gave Penn State its best signature victory of the season.
"What a storybook ending to this whole deal," said senior linebacker Michael Mauti, who missed Saturday's game with a knee injury.
"I've never been more proud to be a part of any team, and I've never cared about anybody as much as I care about this team, these coaches," Mauti added. "It's just truly an honor to wear the jersey."
Mauti's teammates honored him in very unusual fashion as every player had his No. 42 on the left side of their helmets. Mauti, the inspirational leader of the team, suffered his season-ending knee injury last week.
Penn State's players had not worn numbers of any kind on their helmets since the 1975 Cotton Bowl, when each player's number was displayed on his helmet. Mauti found out about the helmet honor when he walked into the locker room before the game.
"I just got real emotional at the time," he said. "There's no bigger honor, and for them to do that -- I understand the fact that I'm not dead; that's really what I first thought. Usually that's what happens. But I think that's when you kind of truly understand the meaning of what you've been doing, and it's just such an honor."
Mauti would not discuss the severity of his injury or whether he might seek a medical hardship so that he can be granted a sixth year of eligibility in 2013. Senior linebacker Gerald Hodges paid his own special tribute to Mauti by wearing jersey No. 42 during the game.
This year's football team also was honored before the game as "2012" was unveiled on the east facade of Beaver Stadium. Penn State's championship and undefeated seasons are displayed there, and acting athletic director Dave Joyner suggested the team be recognized in that way.
"I feel great for these kids," first-year coach Bill O'Brien said of the win.
Place-kicker Sam Ficken overcame his own personal adversity this year. He missed four field goals and an extra point in a loss at Virginia in week two, only to turn things around late in the season. Ficken made his final 10 field-goal attempts, including a 37-yarder in overtime that decided the game.
"It's like a fairytale ending," Ficken said.
Wisconsin 7, Penn State 0: Curt Phillips avoided a blitz by Gerald Hodges and hit a wide-open Melvin Gordon down the right sideline. Gordon did the rest, racing 57 yards for a TD with 13:11 left. It was the first TD the Lions allowed in the first quarter all season.
Penn State 7, Wisconsin 7: It was the Zach Zwinak show as he carried nine times, caught one pass and was thrown to two other times on a 78-yard TD drive. Zwinak finished off the drive on a 3-yard TD burst with 8:17 to go in the first. Zwinak also was involved in a key play as the intended receiver on third-and-4 from the PSU 38, and Wisconsin was flagged for pass interference to keep the drive alive.
Wisconsin 14, Penn State 7: Montee Ball became the NCAA's career touchdown leader when he scored from 17 yards out with 6:27 left in the quarter. The Badgers started at the 47 after a 47-yard kickoff return by Kenzel Doe. Jared Abbrederis went 24 yards on an end-around on the first play, and Ball carried three times for the final 29 yards on the drive.
Wisconsin 14, Penn State 10: The Lions took the second-half kickoff and drove for an apparent TD on a 6-yard pass from Matt McGloin to Brandon Moseby-Felder, who tiptoed in the back of the end zone. After a long replay review, however, the officials ruled Moseby-Felder juggled the ball as he was falling out of bounds and negated the score. Sam Ficken kicked 23-yard field goal with 10:55 left in the quarter. The big play of the drive was a 37-yard pass from McGloin to tight end Jesse James to the Wisconsin 10.
Wisconsin 14, Penn State 13: Zwinak continued to pick up big chunks of yards as he helped the Lions go on a long drive after taking over at their 13. Zwinak went for 24 yards on the first play, and PSU got the benefit of a pass interference call on Marcus Cromartie to the Badgers' 48. O'Brien initially thought about going for it on fourth-and-3 at the 15, but he called a timeout and decided to kick it. Ficken made a 32-yarder, his ninth consecutive field goal, with 2:58 left in the quarter.
Penn State 21, Wisconsin 14: McGloin hit tight end Jesse James on a 41-yard catch-and-run TD to give the Lions their first lead with 13:32 to play. The drive went 67 yards in only six plays, and Zwinak busted in on the two-point conversion to make it a seven-point lead.
Penn State 21, Wisconsin 21: The Badgers tied it up with only 18 seconds left after a 66-yard TD drive. Curt Phillips delivered several big passes to keep the chains moving, then he hit Jeff Duckworth on fourth-and-goal from 4 to even up the game.
Penn State 24, Wisconsin 21: The Lions managed just 6 yards in three plays, setting up Sam Ficken for a 37-yard field goal. The kicker snuck it just through the left upright, his 10th consecutive FG make, to give PSU the lead. Wisconsin's Kyle French then missed a 44-yard try wide left, winning it for the Lions.


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There's an old saying that nobody has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Well, it turns out that the same can be said for having your intelligence underestimated by the American people. We may like to think of celebrities as a bunch of shallow dumbasses, but in a surprising number of cases (assuming that you find the number six surprising), some of our stupidest celebrities are like daytime TV versions of Verbal Kint. For instance ...
#6. Dr. Oz: One of the Most Brilliant Doctors of his Generation
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Prior to researching this article, I probably would have guessed that Dr. Oz's medical credentials were somewhere between Dr. J, Dr. Pepper and whoever Bugs Bunny happens to be talking to when he wants to know what's up. Dr. Oz is that guy with a doctor TV show who isn't Dr. Phil. On the Internet, he shows up on lists of the top five idiots of the year for "quackery and peddling ... 'alternative' medicine." The content of his show doesn't exactly scream medical integrity. His trademark move is to illustrate medical problems by creating gigantic body part obstacle courses for people to walk around inside of, complete with confetti cannons that simulate bodily discharge.
And that's actually the least ridiculous thing he does.
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According to The New York Times, Dr. Oz is "one of the most accomplished cardiothoracic surgeons of his generation." Over the course of his career, he has performed 5,000 open-heart surgeries, has successfully transplanted people's lungs and is just generally in the upper fraction of the top one-tenth of a percent of doctors you want standing over your split-open chest cavity in life-and-death situations. While that description would admittedly make a pretty badass business card, there's no way it would fit with all the other things he's accomplished, even if you only count stuff he did while I was taking naps.
Oz graduated from Harvard before moving over to the University of Pennsylvania, because they have the best business school in the world and he wanted to earn an MBA while going to medical school, in case the whole "being the world's best heart surgeon" thing didn't work out. He completed his five years' worth of schooling in three, which is the fastest time allowable before they start checking you for wires to make sure you're not a robot from the future.
It might seem like bad news that America lost its smartest doctor to the world of daytime TV, but it's not that simple. First of all, he didn't stop being a doctor. When he's not walking a middle-aged housewife through a gigantic model of her husband's swollen urethra on national television, Dr. Oz is still the acting director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, which you might recognize as one of the 10 best hospitals in the country. He spends most of his week writing and filming his show, but on Thursdays he can still be found performing complicated open-heart surgeries that take hours and require him to take people's lives in his hands.
"Occasionally I perform them with my penis, just to keep things interesting."
He only decided to start the show after he got tired of telling patients about the tiny lifestyle changes that would have prevented the heart cutting he was about to give them. He decided he could do more good by trying to make everyone's lifestyles healthier via the idiot box. Like just about everything else he has ever done, it appears to be working.
The giant papier-mache body parts might be gimmicky, but they allow him to pull in millions of viewers while giving sound medical advice. You can't say for sure how many lives he's saving, but at least he's starting to catch up to Dr. Phil, a show that advises viewers about medical issues like mental health and weight loss despite the fact that host Phil McGraw is not a real doctor -- he only gets to use that word because of a non-medical graduate degree, and the fact that everyone is just impressed they taught a shaved bear to speak.
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"On the next Dr. Phil, my handlers dress me up in a tutu and I balance a beach ball on my head."
When we laugh at Dr. Oz's silly show, we're doing the equivalent of laughing at our special ed teacher for talking all slow and writing everything in big giant letters on the board.
#5. Flavor Flav: Musical Prodigy
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Today, Flavor Flav is mostly famous for being a reality TV punchline -- the guy that other reality TV stars can talk to when they want to know what it feels like to tell someone else they need to get their shit together. He was once part of one of the most innovative hip-hop groups of all time, but his only role appeared to be shouting "Yeah boyee" and dancing like he was in a competition with his wardrobe to see which one could make him look more high on cocaine. By all appearances, he had about as much to do with the group's music as a sports mascot has to do with whether a team wins or loses. At his best, he was there to dance around and pretend not to know where Brooklyn at while the rappers and DJs focused on making real music.
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"Just stand in the corner and play with your clocks, Flav. We'll call you when it's time to shout nonsense."
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Even Public Enemy fans are probably surprised when they show up to their concerts and see Flavor Flav playing drums. And not the way mascots "play the drums" on a bald guy's head. Flavor Flav can actually make a full nine-piece drum kit sing.
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In fact, he can play the hell out of a bunch of instruments. As a kid, he was regarded as a child prodigy for teaching himself how to play everything from the piano and guitar to the saxophone, trombone and even the French horn. He was just as prodigious as a shit-starting trouble maker, constantly getting arrested for skipping school and starting fires. Once, an interviewer who was looking for a heartwarming anecdote asked him what it was like growing up in his house, to which Flav responded, "Boy, did I burn the place down!" because he is bad at taking social cues, and awesome at being Flavor Flav.
You also may be surprised to learn that Flav co-wrote the first Public Enemy album with Chuck D. If you're having a tough time reconciling the twitchy rap clown with the militant, revolutionary music of Public Enemy, you're not alone. When the album got them signed by Def Jam, Rick Rubin suggested that Chuck drop the guy who was wearing a wall clock around his neck, forcing Chuck to explain that Flav was the only member of their group who knew how to, you know, make music. Or as Chuck D reportedly put it, "He can play 15 instruments, I can't play Lotto."
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"He uses his guitar pick to scratch the cards for me."
Unfortunately, we just don't pay as much attention to him when he's not acting like an asshole. For instance, here's a video that had less than 300 views at the time that this article went live in which he sits down at a piano and shocks a room full of people, improvising a mixture of classical, jazz and the Peanuts theme, piano noodling that sounds suspiciously like real music. And here's one that has 1.3 million views in which he dresses up like a pimp, wears a Viking helmet and gropes a woman while making the baffling claim that "you can have a picnic on her ass, G."
#4. Bill O'Reilly: Over-Educated Harvard Man
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If you watch The Colbert Report, you know Bill O'Reilly as the blowhard who sent boxes of his book to troops in Afghanistan who were looking for food and soap. If you witnessed his attempt to prove God's existence by asking how the moon got there, you know he's got a Juggalo's grasp of the sciences. And if you read the details of his sexual harassment lawsuit, or watched his infamous "We'll do it live! Fucking thing sucks" flip-out on the set of Inside Edition, you know that he doesn't just play a dimwitted bully on TV.
Bill O'Reilly can't be expected to gracefully flub lines and gracefully go bald at the same time, and so he chooses to do neither.
Folks on the far right seem to feel safe in the "No-Spin Zone," and middle-school gym teachers probably admire O'Reilly's excessive use of the word "pinhead." But even his fans would have to acknowledge that Bill O'Reilly doesn't seem to care much for that hoity-toity book learning, while his non-fans would be more likely to acknowledge that he's the sort of empty talking head in a stuffed suit that gives a bad name to real journalists and most Teddy Ruxpins.
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We're not going to argue with the bully part. Bill O'Reilly was clearly meant to be a corrupt police chief in Prohibition-era Boston. But apparently he's not the anti-intellectual dimwit his enemies like to imagine. According to basically every list of surprising celebrity SAT scores on the Internet, O'Reilly put up a near perfect 1585 out of 1600 on his SATs, and his college career indicates a downright shocking level of intellectual curiosity. He graduated from Marist University with honors and went on to earn a masters degree from Boston University and a second masters from Harvard, before deciding to yell the F-word at teleprompters for a living.
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Just look at how he holds his own book like it's literally covered in poop.
None of this proves that he's a good guy. But it does suggest that those of us who prefer to exist out in the "Probably Some Spin (Really, Who's to Say?) Zone" have misjudged how calculating and self-aware he is.
There's an old saying in cards and child abduction that you play a sucker to catch a sucker. You may not agree with what Bill O'Reilly has to say about politics, or teleprompters, or how good it would feel were he to soap your boobs, but the truth is that he doesn't want his opponents to agree with him. In fact, he wants you to disagree with him as loudly as you possibly can. That only causes a commotion, and smart people know that nothing captures the attention of a nation full of suckers like a fight.
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The 6 Luckiest Near-Death Experiences Ever Caught on Camera
#3. Dancing Dipshit, Meet Giant Lightning Bolt
As a comedian, I am torn. I know that I should rabidly mock the shirtless man in this video, flexing beside his parked car in the middle of a terrible thunderstorm. This is my job as a humorist, after all: to humiliate the idiotic in order to inform and dissuade, thus ensuring the survival of the species. It is literally the most noble of all possible professions. I should be happy to do it.
But I just can't. I feel too bad for the poor bastard. Listen to the audio at the start: He doesn't even want to be out there. His girlfriend wants a funny video, so she orders him out into the black-metal-worthy storm. She heartlessly demands that he strike a pose in the middle of a natural disaster, so he does. But when he attempts to come inside, she goes Girl Hitler on him and ferociously points further out into the maelstrom. He complies without question.
It ends almost exactly how you'd expect:
Jesus. That's not just any lightning bolt -- it whites out the entire block when it strikes. It looks like Judgment Day from the Terminator movies. The video abruptly cuts out just seconds after the bolt lands, so there's really no telling how this turned out, but I'm going to venture a guess and say that when the camera panned back up, Thor was standing in the middle of the street flicking his wrist and making a "whipped" noise at Big Shirtless Ron up there.
#2. Man Front-Flips Out of Disintegrating Truck
Barren landscape, fish-tone color palette, dash cam.
Yep. This is Russia.
And that means somebody's about to hold themselves an impromptu automotive Thunderdome.
One would assume, by virtue of the dash-cam car tailgating the holy shit out of that Russian White Slavery Truck (it's their version of the Child Molester Van), that the driver is going to be the one exploding out of his windshield in a few seconds. But then, much like the Spanish Inquisition ...
... it's the unexpected that gets you. The truck in front of the dash-cam car takes a sharp left, the truck in the opposite lane chooses the same moment to selfishly continue straight along as he was going, and surprise!
It's like a Russian jack-in-the-box. One minute everything's fine, then all of a sudden a bunch of exploding metal pops up and now there's a guy named Vadim standing in the street just wondering where his coat went.
No, seriously, look closely at that video:
The driver of the oncoming used-to-be-a-truck landed on his feet, but somehow got knocked out of his own fucking coat! We've already seen sandals fly off. Sure, understandable: They're like shoes for people who are afraid of commitment. Hats? Yeah, a strong wind (or a Polish bullet) will do that. But I have never seen somebody get hit so hard that they fly out of their own coat, and then walk away unscathed. I don't speak Russian, but I'm pretty sure "Vadim" is their word for "Unbreakable."
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If you've grown bored with people pratfalling through the Reaper's fingers, let's see where dense balls and sharp reflexes get you. This is a video of a snowmobile driver surfing an avalanche. I am not being hyperbolic:
That still is taken from about 38 seconds in, when he turns to look back and the whole world just cracks open beneath him. That's the point where I would reverently whisper "I've always loved you, beer," and then die quietly inside of a mountain. Not this guy, though: He doesn't freeze up for a second. He instantly yanks the handlebars, turns around, and guns it down the avalanche, even as the ground beneath him suddenly loses surface tension. About 41 seconds in, he jumps the literal shockwave of snow rippling toward him and races the slide down the rest of the mountain.
Hands up if you didn't even know avalanches had friggin' waves, much less the proper technique to "surf" them. The driver isn't even really shaken up by the experience. Whereas some of us would speak solely in screams and pooping sounds for the next six months, the very next words out of his mouth are a jovial laugh and "got a hell of a video."
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DeLand, Fla. -- A Lipscomb error with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning allowed Stetson to walk-off with a 1-0 victory in game one of an Atlantic Sun Conference doubleheader Friday afternoon at Patricia Wilson Field. The Bisons earned a split with a 9-2 win in game two.
With the victory in the opener, Stetson (30-9, 14-5) won its 30th game of the season and clinched a spot in the Atlantic Sun tournament for the third year in a row.
"I felt like (clinching) was going to happen, but I would like us to go in to the tournament (with a high seed)," Stetson head coach Frank Griffin said. "Of course, once you get there you have to beat everybody anyway if you want to win, and we intend to go there to win."
On Friday, Meredith Owen (18-5) tossed a six-hit shutout in game one to earn her league-leading 18th victory of the season.
Lipscomb's Ashley Anderson (17-3) matched Owen inning-for-inning until the bottom of the seventh, when Courtney Brandt led off with a double into rightcenter field. Brandt moved to third with two outs on a sacrifice bunt by Jessie TenBroeck. Chrissy Morello then hit a grounder that was mishandled by the shortstop, allowing Brandt to sprint home with the game-winning run.
Owen pitched out of jams in the first, third, fourth, and fifth innings. After Hatters shortstop Amanda Grimaldo turned an unassisted double play to end the fifth, Owen retired the final six batters in a row for her seventh shutout of the year. She lowered her ERA to 0.75, which as of Friday afternoon ranked second in the NCAA.
In game two, Lipscomb (35-11, 15-7) broke open a 1-1 game with two runs in the fourth, two in the fifth, and four in the seventh. Mimi Cartwright went 4-for-4, while Kristen Sturdivant homered and drove in three.
Tanner Sanders allowed one earned run over seven innings for the victory.
"I thought Lipscomb had a very good team," Griffin said. "I was most impressed with their first pitcher, but their second one was extremely good, too. We managed to squeak out that first ballgame 1-0, and the second one got out of hand. I am just looking forward to tomorrow."
Jessica Griffin was 2-for-3 with a double and three walks to lead Stetson. Grimaldo and Brandt each had RBI singles in game two.
The teams will play an all-important rubber game at 10 a.m. Saturday with the winner having the inside track to the no. 2 seed for the A-Sun tournament.
Notes: Stetson has won 30 games in a season 12 times during Frank Griffin's tenure as head coach ... Catcher Jessica Griffin threw out two would-be basestealers in game two ... Demi Meza robbed Paige Neely of a base hit with a diving stop to her left in the first inning of game two.


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MUNCIE, Ind. - A layup by Nathalie Fontaine with 22 seconds remaining in the contest secured the Ball State women's basketball team a 62-59 victory over the Miami University RedHawks in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams Thursday night in Worthen Arena.
The game was tied for the 10th time on a Fontaine free throw with 2:28 to play, making the score 59-59. Ball State's Shelbie Justice connected on a free throw with 2:05 to play to give the Cardinals a 60-59 advantage and the scored remained there until Fontaine's final bucket.
Ball State's defense limited the RedHawks to a 35 percent shooting mark in the game, including holding Miami University scoreless from the field for the final 4:34 of the game.
Fontaine led the Cardinals with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Brittany Carter added 15 points. Katie Murphy and Shanee' Jackson managed nine rebounds apiece, while Brandy Woody led Ball State with seven assists.
Ball State jumped out to an early 17-7 lead over Miami with just over 13 minutes left in the first half after Woody knocked down a three pointer at the start of the contest.
The Cardinals still led by as many as six (24-18) at the 6:12 mark. The RedHawks then orchestrated a 7-0 run to take its first lead of the half 27-25 with 2:20 left. Newcomer junior Lyzz Smith answered quickly with a three pointer to give Ball State back its lead. Both teams traded baskets as the half winded down but a layup from senior Shanee'Jackson with 44 seconds remaining gave Ball State the 30-19 halftime edge over Miami.
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HONOLULU - Several key Hawaii lawmakers want to legalize marijuana in the Aloha State.
House Speaker Joseph Souki and House Majority Leader Scott Saiki, both Democrats, introduced a bill to legalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by people aged 21 years or older.
Nine lawmakers have co-sponsored a similar bill in the state Senate. Yet another bill co-sponsored by 11 representatives is waiting to be introduced in the House.
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The move comes in the wake of marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington last year.
Sen. Kalani English, a Democrat who introduced the Senate bill, said he thinks the initiative has a good chance of passing the state Senate.
"We're at the same crossroads in the U.S. that we were at Prohibition," he said. "(Legalizing alcohol) didn't spell the end of society, and that's the same with this."
Despite his support for the initiative, Saiki said he doesn't think there's enough support for the bill in the House right now.
"I'm not holding my breath on whether this will pass or not," he said.
Regardless, Saiki said he thinks it is important to discuss the issue, which he calls a matter of individual choice, because it has evolved over time.
The senators who sponsored the bill to legalize the drug say that doing so will decrease crime rates and help Hawaii's economy.
They say that legalizing the substance is "natural, logical and reasonable" given current scientific research and public opinion.
Opponents, including House Minority Leader Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, say the senators have it wrong. They believe legalization may increase crime.
"I'd rather exercise more caution than have to worry about controlling the extra societal costs," Johanson said.
Saiki acknowledged that there are "significant public safety concerns" associated with his proposal that led him to add quantity limits and other regulations to the measure.
Johanson says there are mixed feelings toward legalization in the minority caucus.
Medical marijuana is legal in Hawaii. The Legislature has considered bills to legalize the substance for recreational use in the past and faced opposition from the law enforcement community.
Michelle Yu, spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department, said that the agency is against legalizing marijuana. She said that the drug has a high potential for addiction and abuse.
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro is also opposed to marijuana legalization.
The state Legislature will consider at least 18 bills related to marijuana this session.


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COLUMBIANA -Crestview is blowing its Inter-Tri County League upper tier competition away.
Senior running back Nick Blower became the school's all-time leading rusher with eight carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns as the Rebels marched over United 63-14 on Friday at Crestview High School.
Blower surpassed 2009 graduate Corey Hill's total of 3,343 yards on a 34-yard run with 4:20 left in the second quarter. He scored a 15-yard touchdown on the next play and his night was over as far as running the ball was concerned as the Rebels led 42-0.
The record was announced over the public address system and the crowd greeted him after the touchdown with a standing ovation.
"I had no idea I was that close (to the record)," Blower said. "It was a surprise to me. I didn't know what was going on at first."
Blower now has 3,376 career rushing yards. This season Blower has 1,109 rushing yards despite not playing in 10 quarters due to blowout wins.
"It wasn't an easy record to break," Blower said. "Corey Hill was an amazing running back. I looked up to him for sure."
Blower said he hasn't been tired after a game since the opener against Columbiana. There's a good reason for that. The 7-0 Rebels, which have scored at least 57 points in the last five games, haven't been challenged since.
"I've never know a team to score as many points as they have," United coach Mike Ward said. "They're an excellent team."
Crestview coach Paul Cusick said he wasn't sure how Blower's career would work out when it started.
"As a freshman and sophomore he had a little fumbling problem," Cusick said. "We had to work on that with him. He took it to heart and worked hard. He got himself in the weight room. I know he's a small kid, but he's very strong."
Blower showed the ability to break long runs as a sophomore. Cusick still didn't know what kind of player he had though.
"We knew he was going to be a big playmaker, but we didn't know how he was going to fit in the offense," Cusick said. "We weren't sure he was going to be an every down back because of his size, but I have no problem with getting all those carries now."
Aside from Blower's milestone, the Rebel defense made a significant mark of its own as Jake Ferris returned a fumble 3 yards for a first quarter touchown and Matt Hardenbrook had a 53-yard interception return for a touchdown on United's last drive with starters at the beginning of the third quarter.
"The defense had its best week of practice," Cusick said.
United (4-3, 2-2) showed very little on offense against the Rebel starters and was down 55-0 at the end of three quarters.
Crestview's offense was its usual self totalling 395 yards with 315 on the ground. Quarterback Collin Gilbert had five carries for 59 yards including a 53-yard touchdown gallop. Hardenbrook added a 32-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Dimitri Gregory caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Gilbert.
Rebel reserve players scoring including Darrell Wooten on a 23-yard pass from Jesse Best. Best, who had 103 yards rushing, scored on 56-yard run in the fourth quarter.
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LEWISTON – It was clearly a tale of two halves for Niagara University on Friday night.
The Purple Eagles led by as many as 12 points in the first half, then surrendered the lead to Bucknell early in the second and went on to lose, 88-71, in front of 1,814 at the Gallagher Center.
Erratic shooting can be blamed for this loss as Niagara connected on only seven field goals in the last 20 minutes (7 of 30). The Purple Eagles shot 45.5 percent in the first half as they built a 43-31 lead with 2:09 remaining before halftime. That's when Bucknell started to chisel away at the lead with a 7-0 run to end the half.
"I thought that, quite frankly, we got sticky fingers there and I don't think the ball moved as well as it did when we scored 41 points," Niagara coach Joe Mihalich said. "I think it was 41-29 with three minutes to go … and the ball was moving pretty good and I think it was the last three minutes in the first half, which means the ball wasn't moving – we were holding it a little bit, we were looking for ourselves."
The Bison (3-0) took the lead for good at 44-43 with 18:02 left on a layup by Joe Willman. Bucknell's largest advantage was 17 points.
Antoine Mason (14 points), Juan'ya Green (13) and Ameen Tanksley (12) led Niagara (1-2) in scoring but shot a combined 8 of 32 from the floor while starting guard Marvin Jordan was 3 of 10 and 2 of 9 from downtown. Joe Thomas was the lone starter to shoot over 50 percent (3 of 3).
Bucknell had six players in double figures starting with Mike Muscala's 18 points. Muscala also grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds.
"So we got a lot of work to do especially defensive stuff," Mihalich said. "It's back to where we need to decide if we want to be a really good team."


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The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) estimates the US market for pre-K to 12th grade educational software and digital content to be over $7.96 billion USD. Testing and assessment comprise the largest category and a 35% growth rate from last year.
Despite the money spent last year on educational software and digital content, most public schools are grappling to bridge the digital gap and struggling with bandwidth coverage. As the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District (the second largest school system in the country) considers buying 67,500 more iPads, only 208 out of 800 schools have the bandwidth to support its 1:1 iPad plan; that leaves 533 schools without the necessary bandwidth to be ready for online tests that will accompany national academic standards (the Common Core).
School districts across the country are scrambling. In the past two years, schools in Louisiana have upgraded 41,000 computers and purchased 48,000 others at a cost of $24 million, but bandwidth for school Internet access remains a huge stumbling block. Half of Hawaiian schools don't have reliable Internet access and any plans for 1:1 are being hedged or temporarily shelved.
On January 8, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced he will seek voter approval of a $2 billion bond to fund a technology upgrade in the state's public schools. If this money goes through, the largest public school system in America will be affected: New York City. The money would allow schools across the state to purchase desktop or laptop computers, tablets, and make upgrades to Internet access. But where will the money be allocated and what technology upgrades will be procured?
About 72% of public schools across the country (rural, suburb, and urban communities) lack high-speed Internet access. Often, Internet rationing results. Schools have to watch kids hogging or using up a school's web capability. EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit, tests school bandwidth and works to upgrade Internet access. Any student, parent, or teacher can test a school's Internet. I tested our locally zoned elementary school at 6.41 mbps; but this speed is woefully inadequate according to the latest figures. SchoolSpeedTest also checks to see if schools block Khan Academy, Wikipedia, Edmodo, and many other resources.
President Obama recognizes and supports the need for high-speed digital learning in classrooms. He realizes that other countries are surpassing the US in terms of high-speed Internet access and digital learning. In June, ConnectEd was launched with Obama's plan for connecting to the Internet. Perhaps one day we will see an Open Policy Council that helps to advise public schools on how to upgrade computers and Internet access or more public schools will access forums like this site.
As the need for Internet access grows, schools battle budget cuts and aging computer hardware and software and have to find novel open solutions. Yet there are success stories and models. Ken Agcaoili at R.L. Stevenson Middle School in Hawaii has been an innovator by switching the school's 150 laptops running on Windows XP to Ubuntu. Morrison Public Schools, located just north of Stillwater, Oklahoma in Noble County, use Linux. Remarkably, they achieved a hat trick: a 1:1 environment for $62,000 rather than the typical cost of $400,000.
Open tools like Nagios, Cacti, and Zabbix can help schools monitor networks, cut costs, and reduce the bandwidth bottleneck too.
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The problem is stated in the first paragraph....its about dollars, not education.
Abolish the government indoctrination and day prisons.
Problem solved.
Excellent article Carolyn. I know significant number of schools and educational set ups in India cannot add much value in a student's life due to lack of infrastructure. I was not aware that U.S also needs to catch up with a lot of work to bridge the digital divide. The fact that 72% of schools lack adequate internet access is surprising.
Thanks again for sharing it.
Money is always in short supply in P-12 education but there are only isolated instances where open source is widely recommended and used and it's mostly due to ignorance and clever marketing by vendors. There are many great tools that rely on open source infrastructure that can be used and are gaining traction. Google Apps for Education is free to all P-12 schools. Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16 and Chrome OS all meet the technology requirements for PARCC testing, http://www.wcrsc.org/downloads/parcc_technology-guidelines-v1_1.pdf.
However many technology directors have little or no Linux/open source experience and many of the decision makers are mis-informed about open source solutions like Linux laptops, LTSP. Open source software is "sold" as unreliable, not an industry standard and other misinformed viewpoints. There is a need for informed advocacy that can bridge this gap. The paradigm is changing but it's been painfully slow.


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ALBANY – With his members continuing to come under political fire, the State Senate's top Republican said Monday he hopes for substantive changes to the state's new gun-control law.
While he voted for the law, Senate co-leader Dean Skelos of Long Island said his colleagues will be pressing for changes to the bill "that are going to be more than technical."
He cited, without elaborating, looking to keep legal in some form the present 10-bullet maximum magazine size. The new law reduces to seven the capacity of new magazines sold in New York and prohibits owners of 10-round magazines from putting more than seven bullets in them or they will be in violation of the law.
"I think we're going to look at the size of the clips, a number of other issues, protection within your home," Skelos said as he was walking away from a handful of reporters following a news conference on a Senate GOP tax-cut plan.
"I don't think there's any reason to outlaw them," Skelos said of 10-bullet magazines already owned by New Yorkers.
"But we also have to live within the reality of what the governor feels is appropriate or not. I believe the governor is going to be pretty firm about the seven bullets, unless it's in the home, and he's going to be firm on the so-called assault weapons," Skelos said.
After Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Skelos met on budget issues Monday evening, Cuomo repeated that he is open to "technical" corrections of the gun-control bill but said he did not consider raising the seven-bullet magazine limit to be a technical matter.
"The bill passed by an overwhelming margin. I think it's one of the proudest acts this New York State Legislature has passed. I believe it will save lives. But again, we are open to discuss anything," Cuomo told reporters.
The prospect for any dramatic changes, such as in the new definition of assault-style weapons to limit their sales, is all but impossible at the political level, all sides agree. But some lawmakers believe there could be changes to the law to at least allay the concerns of some gun owners. That's a risky venture politically since many gun-rights organizations, including the National Rifle Association's state affiliate, say they only want the law repealed without any amendments.
Skelos has come under criticism from gun-ownership groups that have major political influence over his upstate GOP colleagues, all of whom, except Buffalo Republican Mark Grisanti, voted against the gun-control bill. Skelos and all but one of his Long Island GOP colleagues voted for the package.
As for word last week from Cuomo that he wants to see an exception to the gun law for movie and TV companies to continue to shoot scenes in New York State using assault-style weapons without risk of violating the law, Skelos said, "I think the governor and the [Assembly] speaker are, but I'm not looking to protect Hollywood."
Still, he did not rule out backing the idea for the film industry, which receives tens of millions of dollars a year in state tax breaks. Critics have said the idea sends a mixed message from politicians looking to crack down on gun-ownership statutes while at the same time letting films feature gun violence with assault weapons.
Republicans privately say fellow GOP senators who voted for the legislation are still feeling pressure from angry constituents.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, whose chamber easily approved the gun package, which includes new restrictions on assault-style weapons and ammunition tracking, said his house would listen to what Skelos might propose. "We'll talk about it," he said.
But he added, "I don't see major changes happening."
The January bill, all sides acknowledged, has numerous "technical" mistakes that critics say was the result of rushing it onto the Senate floor before lawmakers had a chance to read the provisions.
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Some protestors held anti-Skelos signs, and Republicans are already worried how the issue, which will intensify as the fight moves to the courts, will affect their chances of re-election next year.
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The Arkansas Razorbacks football team will allow fans to attend practice Saturday, April 6.
Head coach Bret Bielema announced the open practice Friday. It will be held inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Fans can park in lots near the stadium. The only entrance will be Gate 6 off Razorback Road, which will open at 11 a.m.
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He's the best man and a proud son.
Harry Styles had a very important gig – walking the bride down the aisle – at his mother's wedding this weekend in the town of Congleton in Cheshire, England.
Anne Cox, dressed in a white floor-length gown with a lace top, married longtime partner Robin Twist, who helped raise the One Direction singer, at Pecks restaurant on Saturday, according to a local report.
Styles, 19, wore a black suit with a white shirt, a skinny black tie and a white rose on his lapel to match the bouquet his mother carried at the ceremony, which was a relatively low key affair considering it was attended by one of the world's biggest pop stars.
"Harry couldn't stop smiling. He hardly left his mum's side and she looked really proud of him. He sipped champagne and chatted to everyone," a guest told the Sunday Mirror.
Inside guests were smiling and having fun, which Styles recorded on his official Vine account. In the six-second video, Styles, the bride, groom and wedding guests are tasting cake and drinking champagne.
"Well what a lovely day <3 Ta for everyone's good wishes, we're all very happy," Harry's sister, Gemma Styles, Tweeted. "Only downside is, wearing 6 inch heels for 14 hours has caused me to lose all feeling in the toes on my left foot. C'est la vie!"
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Domenic Carisetti has practiced enology in New York State for 37 years. Since 2005 the winemaker has worked in Cambria at Niagara Landing Wine Cellars, where the first wine he made was Rosebud Rosé, a sweet pink from the Catawba grape.
Born in Brooklyn, Carisetti earned a degree in anthropology from City College of New York before heading for the West Coast to study winemaking at the University of California, Davis. At age 23, he started his career at Taylor Wine Co. in Hammondsport, and he also worked at the former Canandaigua Wine Co. (now Constellation Wines). Carisetti, 61, said he has made 330 million gallons of wine during his career. He lives in Orchard Park with his wife of one year.
People Talk: Did you work with [Bully Hill co-founder] Walter Taylor in Hammondsport?
Domenic Carisetti: I didn't work with Walter Taylor, but he was a good friend of mine. He was a character, and we don't have characters in the wine industry anymore like Walter. Back when I started, we had Konstantin Frank, Charles Fournier. These folks made the industry, and they were very outspoken.
PT: What does it take to be a good winemaker?
DC: A good sense of taste and smell. You have to know what a winery needs and what its customers are looking for. You have to make wine and make the winery profitable, that's the other thing. I'm here to make these guys money.
PT: What are people around here looking for?
DC: Value-priced wines, and they want to enjoy all levels of flavor. It's not unusual for them to try the Merlot, and then walk out with something sweet.
PT: Are you more into science or public relations?
DC: Right now I am more of a scientist, but I've been doing this for 37 years. I know what people like to drink. It's not chemistry. It's not biology or physics. It's all of that rolled into one, plus an understanding of how wine works.
PT: Are some wines more labor intensive to make than others?
DC: The ones that may be more labor intensive are the specialty wines. I do one called Chocolate Dream. It's a dark chocolate-infused cream sherry. Most wineries on the Niagara Wine Trail make table wines: white, red, dry, sweet. You don't find sherries, sparkling wine, ports or flavored wine.
PT: Describe the wine industry when you entered it.
DC: It was kind of in limbo because at that time [in the mid-1970s] consumers were drinking mostly white wines, and they were starting to recognize wine as a beverage alternative to spirits. White wines were taking off and the whole industry was planting red grapes, believe it or not.
PT: What's the latest trend in winemaking?
DC: You have to look at California and what's coming out of California, which is really interesting. They're pushing sweet wines. Sweet wines are the moneymakers.
PT: Do you drink wine?
DC: Actually, I don't drink that much anymore. I like water. I tell people, "It's like being a chef. You cook all day and you don't want to go home and eat." Wine gets kind of tiring.
PT: What's the most you've spent on a bottle of wine?
DC: That I personally plopped down? Probably 25 bucks. I maintain that if you're spending more than 20 bucks for a bottle, you're paying too much. At a restaurant, I go for under $25.
PT: What do you do for fun?
DC: A lot of reading. I'm a pretty low-key guy, because I work here all day so I don't want to go home and do anything too crazy. This is a lot of physical labor. Winemakers at small wineries pretty much do everything – hauling, lifting, driving forklifts, going up and down ladders. We're on concrete floors all day.
PT: So making wine isn't as exotic as it sounds.
DC: One way to approach winemaking is where you want to be the best winemaker and get the grape to do everything you want it to do. In the end you have the perfect wine, but people may not like to drink it. You didn't give the grape a chance to do what it does best. A good winemaker guides the grape. The grapes do all the work. It comes with everything you need, the perfect fruit – flavor, color, aroma, yeast, nutrients.
PT: You should teach winemaking.
DC: I do, at two universities. I teach online for Missouri State University. It's one big program called VESTA [Viticulture Enology Science and Technology Alliance]. You can get a degree in winemaking and/or grape growing. I teach introduction to winemaking. I also teach the same for Kent State University, but in a traditional classroom. So I drive to Ashtabula, Ohio, every Thursday and teach two courses. I teach students all aspects of winemaking – the chemistry, technology, microbiology. There's no money in teaching, but I figured out a long time ago that all my secrets are going to die with me. If I teach somebody what I know, it will live on, and they will teach somebody else.
PT: Do you hold any patents?
DC: No, I have a lot of techniques. In our industry, where you get the patents is primarily in developing equipment. Winemaking is 9,000 years old. If there's any patents, those guys should have gotten them 9,000 years ago.
PT: Could the wine industry fuel a comeback for the economy?
DC: It's a recession-proof industry. When people are happy, they drink. When they are sad, they drink more. And when they're really depressed, they drink a whole lot more. Wine is one of the last things that people give up. Just look at the growth of the wine industry. The Midwest is the fastest growing area of the wine industry, bar none.
PT: Where for you is wine nirvana?
DC: Do you want me to tell you what my dream is? I want to get in an RV and just go from winery to winery and help people with winemaking. Just hang out my shingle, and I'm on my way.
PT: I'm still trying to figure out what makes you so good.
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A series of compliance checks were recently performed in Randolph County by the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration.
On Dec. 13 and 14, the ABCA visited 19 establishments in the county, seeing whether the businesses would sell alcohol to a minor without asking for proper identification. Gig Robinson, spokesperson for the ABCA, explained to the Inter-Mountain how the checks took place.
"Our goal here is to achieve compliance," he said.
An underage person is accompanied to each business by a member of the ABCA, in accordance with policies that protect him or her, Robinson said.
The underage individual attempts to purchase alcohol at each establishment, he said, and the ABCA employee monitors the result of each encounter.
If a business fails to check for identification the individual, action can be taken by the ABCA to urge future compliance with the law.
The ABCA reported that Beander's, Duke's Steak House and Applebee's, in Elkins, and the Alpine Springs Motel, in Bowden, did not pass their compliance checks.
Businesses that passed their compliance checkes included Geno's Pizza and Spaghetti House, El Gran Sabor, Good Times, Lexi's, The Jabberwock Bar and Grill, C.J. Maggies American Grill, J & J Mountaineer, Journeez, Calain's Restaurant and Tavern, Bella's, The Icehouse, Pizza Hut, High Life Lounge and Riverside Tavern, in Elkins, and Spanky's Bar and Grill, in Bowden, according to the ABCA.
The ABCA is allowed to issue citations and liquor license suspensions if a business does not pass its check. In extreme cases, hearings can also be completed that may result in revocation of a license for up to five years.
"A monetary fine usually corrects any problems," Robinson said, adding it's important to note that underage persons often get alcohol from friends of family members who can purchase alcohol legally.
In its ongoing effort to curb underage consumption, the ABCA works to provide literature that encourages business compliance and informs youth so they can make responsible choices.
Robinson said the prevention of underage drinking is a community effort. Compliance checks can only do so much, he said, noting that family and friends have a great deal of influence as well.


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A year ago, Jamilee and Eric Rodriguez managed to experience the best of Christmases following the worst of times for the West Side Buffalo family.
Five months earlier, on July 19, 2011, days before his fourth birthday, the couple's only son, Eric III, suffered third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body in a horrific accident at the home of a relative who was attempting to start a bonfire with gasoline. Flames from an explosion engulfed both the adult relative and little Eric.
After spending 18 days of intensive treatment at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Cincinnati, and making several subsequent trips for follow-up care, Eric III was still convalescing last Christmas. However, the joy for him, his parents and three sisters was that he was home. "We were extremely grateful that he was still alive. That made it all the more sweeter that our only son was still with us for that Christmas, and for more Christmases to come," said Jamilee Rodriguez.
Despite their immense gratitude, last Christmas was still a sparse occasion for the Rodriguez family as young Eric's medical bills mounted.
The Rodriguez family is one of the hundreds of families that will be helped this year by the 31st annual News Neediest Fund. During last year's drive, the fund assisted more than 12,000 families and 14,000 children by distributing more than $700,000 in toys and food. With dad, Eric, currently unemployed and mom, Jamilee, having only recently started a new job as a licensed practical nurse at a pediatric clinic in Cheektowaga, this Christmas promises to be just as spare.
"We're just making it paycheck to paycheck. We still have traveling expenses," said Jamilee Rodriguez.
In fact, Eric III is scheduled to return to Cincinnati for his ninth skin graft procedure on Dec. 14.
"I have to say they are amazing, and they've done a lot for us," Jamilee Rodriguez said of the Shriners' charitable arm.
For nearly a century, the Shriners Hospitals for Children has been dedicated specifically to pediatric care at sites around the country.
"After [Eric III] was burned, we've had a lot of financial hardship ... I mean, traveling costs. Even though Shriners Hospital covers part of it, they don't cover everything. So that, we've struggled with. We also struggle with paying our gas and electric [bills]," she added.
In addition to little Eric, the couple has three daughters: Nina, 14; Lillian, 6; and Violet, 3.
Jamilee Rodriguez said her husband, who has training in computer repair, does occasionally get requests to do repair work from home, "so he can spend more time with the [younger] children. But every dollar that we get goes either to bills or to the gas tank. So, quite frankly, we haven't even Christmas shopped yet," she said.
"It's really hard, because I want to be able to give them more stuff, and it's really hard not to be able to," she added. If she could afford it, Jamilee said she would like to buy Eric III a new mattress that would take some of the pressure off his sensitive skin.
"He gets these sores. He also gets cysts and stuff [and] pressure sores from his mattress, because his skin is so frail where they've taken the skin from his donor sites [on little Eric's back and hips]," she said.
For their eldest daughter, Eric and Jamilee Rodriguez would like to buy some new clothes and toiletries.
"Lillian really wants a Lalaloopsy doll," said Jamilee Rodriguez.
Jamilee Rodriguez has also dreamed of buying Lillian an InnoPad, which is a child's version of an iPad. "I'd really like to get her some learning games ... She is still struggling with some of her letters and stuff at school," Jamilee Rodriguez said.
"Violet, she's like a little mom. So she likes to play with baby dolls," her mother added.
Little Eric's sisters dote on him, nearly as much as their parents do.
"He likes to be called Buddy. He believes he is a hero (and he is to us)," said Jamilee Rodriguez.
Of particular need for this year's News Neediest drive are gifts for children ages 8 to 12. Books, electronic and video games, board games, crafts, sports and athletic gear and equipment, gift cards, jewelry, beauty items, skateboards and scooters are suggestions.
Distribution of toys is handled through the Western New York Holiday Partnership, a collaborative effort of The Buffalo News Neediest Fund, the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, the United Way of Greater Niagara, Niagara County Partnership, the Salvation Army and many other organizations.
Cash donations can be made using PayPal on The News Neediest link on the company website or by sending a check to The News Neediest Fund c/o The Buffalo News, P.O. Box 2667, Buffalo, NY 14240-9873.
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Johnstown police are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to find a man suspected in last week's bank robbery.
The man entered a Bank of Colorado branch, located at 4848 Thompson Parkway, just after 5 p.m. Friday, displayed a weapon and demanded money, according to a news release from the department. Commander Aaron Sanchez said the amount of money stolen is not yet being disclosed.
The man was captured on security video. He is believed to be Caucasian and thin with a long scar on his right cheek. Police believe he is in his mid-20s. At the time of the robbery, the man was wearing dark sunglasses, a knee-length, black pea coat over a white sweater and a black baseball cap with a white Under Armour logo, according to the department.
The man was seen leaving in a newer-model, gray, full-size sedan, possibly a Chrysler 300, the release states. He was seen heading west toward Interstate 25.
Sanchez said the department is working with the FBI to follow up on several leads. Anyone with information is asked to contact the department at (970) 587-5555.


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Top Five Books on the Five Solas: Sola Scriptura
from Keith Mathison Sep 28, 2016 Category: ArticlesWhat do we mean when we say that we believe in sola Scriptura, or Scripture alone? Like all the solas, a proper understanding of the doctrine of sola Scriptura requires a certain amount of historical and theological context. In the first place, we need to understand that the Reformation doctrine... Keep Reading
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
from Karisa Schlehr Aug 17, 2010 Category: EventsThis conference, titled "Christian Communication in a Hypersocial World" acknowledges that every day we communicate through various media. In this segment of our 2010 pre-conference question & answer session, Albert Mohler answers the question, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" To see the complete Q&A session or the other lectures from the entire 2010 National Conference, click here. Keep Reading
The Problem of Pleasure (pt. 3)
from John Gerstner Aug 17, 2010 Category: ArticlesIn the last part of this series Dr. Gerstner explaned the non-problem of pain. This time he explains that the real problem is pleasure. "Troubled by the non-problem of pain, most people do not feel the real problem. The real difficulty is the problem of pleasure. While in a sinful world, pain is to be expected, and pleasure is not to be expected. We should be constantly amazed at the presence of pleasure in a world such as ours." Keep Reading
2010 Washington D.C. Conference: Early Bird Rate Ends Friday
from Karisa Schlehr Aug 16, 2010 Category: EventsThis Friday, August 20th, is the last day to get the Early Bird Registration Rate of $89 for the 2010 Regional Conference in Washington, D.C. In an effort to help believers learn how to live out the implications of the gospel in this culture, Ligonier Ministries is hosting a conference September 17–18, 2010, in Washington, D.C., featuring two of our four teaching fellows, Robert Godfrey and R.C. Sproul Jr., as well as, Thabiti Anyabwile, Albert Mohler, and Burk Parsons. Dr. Sproul will also join us via live video feed for a live one on one with attendees. This conference will provide sound teaching as to how Christians can recover a biblical understanding of the world around us and, consequently, how we can reform our lives and our spheres of influence. Keep Reading
The First Number
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Aug 16, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineNot too long after so many of us were swept up in the significance of Y2K, R.C. Sproul Jr. peers back at Y1K and looks for its lessons. "As the tenth century drew to its conclusion, too many Christians saw in that grand, round number what they thought was a glimpse into the private thoughts of God. The millennium bug bit us, and we caught the fever." He warns, though, that "Disappointments along these lines, then and now, can be peculiarly damaging, as theologies are twisted and Scriptures denied in order to explain how our math turned out wrong." He reflects on the significance of numbers, even saying that "Numbers, because of their abstract nature, may be that place where our thinking grows closest to God's. We hear in the harmony of music and we see in the dance of the heavenly spheres echoes and reflections of the beauty of not just creation but the Creator. In its place, this is right and proper. We should always marvel at His glory and power." Still, they can be dangerous and "we must always remember that His ways are not our ways, His thoughts not our thoughts. We must not, as Satan tempted us, see numbers as a tool for our own power and glory." Having warned of the allure of numbers and the danger they can bring us, he turns to the one number that matters most. Keep Reading
Renewing the Mind
from R.C. Sproul Aug 15, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulIt is possible to have knowledge without having wisdom. It is not possible, however, to have wisdom without knowledge. Knowledge is a necessary precondition for wisdom. The practice of godliness demands that we know and understand what godliness requires. Keep Reading
The Applicability of God's Word
from R.C. Sproul Aug 14, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulR.C.Sproul answers this question: "How can we as Christians ascertain when God's Word was applicable only to a certain culture and therefore may not be applicable to us today?" Keep Reading
"What's a Ligonier?"
from Chris Larson Aug 12, 2010 Category: ArticlesWe receive many questions at our conference events. One of my favorites is: "What's a Ligonier?" That one is fairly easy to answer, and it's my joy to recount the almost forty-year history of how God has used Dr. Sproul and this ministry. Keep Reading
Peace, Purity & Unity in the Church: Join Us for the 2010 Pastors Conference
from Karisa Schlehr Aug 12, 2010 Category: EventsThis fall, we invite you to join us for Ligonier Ministries' annual pastors conference, where the important issues of peace, purity, and unity in the church will be addressed. Mark Dever, Steven Lawson, Iain Murray, and R.C. Sproul will be lecturing on these subjects, and we will seek to help you learn to apply them practically in your congregation. This conference is open to all church leaders — ministers, teachers, elders, deacons, youth directors, music directors, Bible study leaders, women's ministry directors, and more — as well as anyone who wants a better understanding of what it takes to keep the local church unified, holy, and at peace. Keep Reading
Atheism Remix: Confronting the New Atheism
from Keith Mathison Aug 12, 2010 Category: ArticlesIn 2004, Alister McGrath published a book entitled The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World. Although the book did not suggest that atheism was dead, its publication may have been a bit premature. For in 2006, atheism scored a propaganda coup with the media attention given to three best-selling books promoting a new and aggressive form of atheism: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, Breaking the Spellby Daniel Dennett, and Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. Not to be outdone, Christopher Hitchens published the best-selling God Is Not Great in 2007. Dubbed the "New Atheists" for their belligerent tone and militant intolerance, these authors have declared war on theism in general and Christianity in particular, and they have emboldened a new generation of skeptics. Keep Reading
The Problem of Pleasure (pt. 2)
from John Gerstner Aug 11, 2010 Category: ArticlesPain and suffering always raise a dilemma and philosophers have long responded to it by saying that the existence of pain must prove at least one of two things: either God is good but not all-powerful, or he is all-powerful but not good. Many of today's New Atheists will say that the existence of pain disproves God altogether. In this portion of The Problem of Pleasure Dr. John Gerstner says that pain is not a problem at all. "As long as there is sin, there can be no problem of pain. A good God, if He is omnipotent, would have to make the sinner suffer. A dilemma would exist only if there were no suffering in a sinful world." Keep Reading


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The official line is that the next star of The Bachelor has not been chosen yet. But after the The Bachelorette: Men Tell All special, it might be wise to start practicing your sexiest pronunciation of "Juan Pablo."
Here are five reason why the Venezuelan heartthrob could be the best bet:
1. He's hot: The soccer stud and single dad is "muy caliente" as Desiree Hartsock would say. He already looks amazing in a Speedo so no need for the production company to spring for the traditional pre-season extra training to tighten and tone.
2. He's a favorite: Not only did the 31-year-old Miami resident lead our poll, he is a fan favorite (just like Bachelor Bob, current Bachelorette Desiree and the last man to hold the title, Sean Lowe). He clearly drummed up the most fan reaction at Men Tell All when introduced and just about every time he opened his mouth. There were three girls in homemade tees that declared their hearting of him. And if you need more proof, Chris Harrison declared it so.
3. He's got camera time: Considering he was not the last man to be booted, the source of drama or even controversy adjacent, he was still pulled up to the Hot Seat by Harrison for some one-on-one grilling at Men Tell All. There was even a mini-lesson on saying his name correctly. Harrison also asked him throughout the night to weigh in on the season's bad boys, James and Ben, Desiree's final three and the "weirdness" of the whole situation.
4. He's Latino: The franchise has long been the subject of negative criticism and been the butt of late-night and social media jokes about the lack of racial diversity. In 2012, a class action lawsuit was even filed contending that the series violated discrimination laws. (ABC and Warner Horizon Television eventually won the case.) So, maybe it's time for a Venezuelan-born hottie whose first language wasn't English.
5. He's there for the right reasons: "I am ready to fall in love again. I want to find a stepmom for [my daughter] Camilla and I want to have two more kids," he told PEOPLE at the Men Tell All taping. "Camilla asks me for brothers and sisters all the time. And I just want to find someone who loves me and wants to do the little stuff with me. She's out there. There are people for everyone, but so far no luck."
So what if Juan Pablo does get offered the gig – would he take it? "It would be a very hard decision to make. If I was the one in charge, I would have to be away from my daughter for even longer and I don't know that I want to do that again," he told PEOPLE. "I saw how tough it is on Desiree to be in a relationship with all these people. There are so many things to juggle and people got competitive. And you have to say goodbye to so many people and I hate making somebody cry or making them sad. That part would really tough on me."
Then again, he added, "At the same time I would be in charge and they would put me in a room with 25 women who wanted to be there to meet me ... so if I found the right woman it would be worth it."
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Belk announced plans to transform its fashion department store at Mount Pleasant Towne Centre into one of the company's flagship locations. The $10.2 million project will include an expanded assortment of the most desirable premium brands, enhanced customer amenities including redesigned fitting rooms, restrooms and seating areas, the addition of a new men's store building, and expansion and remodeling of the existing space to create a one of kind shopping destination in the Charleston area.
The current store is 82,000 square feet in size and, after a two phase expansion, will grow to 140,000 square feet. The first expansion phase will be the conversion of the former Earthfare store located adjacent to the existing store into a separate Belk Men's store which will open in November 2013. The second phase involves remodeling and expanding the existing building by 30,000 square feet and building a parking deck to accommodate the additional store traffic. The second phase is scheduled to be completed by October 2014.
The new flagship will feature a number of exciting new brand and expanded brand presentations representing Belk's "Modern.Southern.Style." The shoe department will double in size, and will feature new brands such as Isaac Mizrahi and Via Spiga, with expanded assortments from Frye, Ugg, Sam Edelman and Donald Pliner. The cosmetics area will reflect an "open sell" environment with new premium brands, including Jo Malone, La Mer, Laura Mercier, Channel, MAC and Bobbi Brown. Women's apparel will also grow significantly with larger assortments from Lily, Eileen Fisher, Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors.
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Female residents of the Keystone State will once again enter the Jaffa Shrine to lend a voice to their cause, and, yes, sashay a bit of glamour into town on Saturday.
The 2013 Miss Teen, Miss and Mrs. Pennsylvania International pageant will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Altoona facility.
Jodi Cessna, state pageant director, who is celebrating her 10th year as director, said the pageants are open to ages 13 to 18 years old for Miss Teen, 19 to 29 years old for Miss and 21 to 56 years old for Mrs., and focus on service.
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Last year's pageant winners include (from left) Kelsey Landy, Miss PA International; Kimberly McLendon, Mrs. PA?International; and Julianne Biddle, Miss Teen PA International.
The contestants vying for the individual crowns of Miss Teen, Miss and Mrs. Pennsylvania International are judged in categories of interview, evening gown and fitness wear. The Miss Teen and Miss also compete in fun fashion.
The interview counts as half of the the score for the Mrs. title, and 40 percent for the Miss and Miss Teen titles, Cessna said. Contestants do not wear swimsuits, but instead wear aerobic wear and tennis shoes to showcase their level of fitness.
Winners at the state level go on to compete in the Miss Teen, Miss and Mrs. International Pageants, taking place in Chicago in July.
"It's just so amazing. The girls I get to know are just incredible," Cessna said. "To me the most exciting part is just hearing the platforms and hearing about the charities."
Contestants' platforms in the past have made a direct difference when an audience member has gone to get a medical concern checked out or told a friend about what they learned, she said.
"It really does have an impact," she said. "It's exciting they get to talk on stage about their platform."
For the first time this year, the Teen and Miss prize packages include $500 scholarships, and a competition will be held between 10 to 14 years old for the title of Miss Junior Teen Pennsylvania International, the pageant's website said. The youngest contestants compete through a written essay related to community service they submit and the evening gown portion of the evening.
Among those getting the chance last year to talk about their platform were the victors of 2012: Miss Teen PA International Julianne Biddle of Altoona, Miss PA International Kelsey Landy of Connellsville and Mrs. PA International Kimberly McLendon of Shickshinny.
"I will definitely say this year has allowed me to grow in so many ways. It has allowed me to grow as a wife, as a mom, as an advocate and it has really blessed me with a lot of opportunities to touch the lives of others throughout the state of Pennsylvania," McLendon, 36, said.
McLendon's cause is the "Blessings in a Backpack" organization, which helps feed children during the school year through backpacks of food given to them for the weekends.
"I want to give back to our community, and even though my title is up on Saturday, I'm still going to continue to give back and I'm still going to be doing some appearances," said the professional chef who also teaches at a community college and works in a special needs classroom at a high school.
She is excited and sad to pass on her crown, she said.
"I'm trading in my crown for my fishing pole with my family," she said. "To me, the biggest title in the world is being Mom and being Mrs. McLendon."
What Landy, 21, learned most is "how powerful it is to have a crown and how it really helps get your message out and really helps spread awareness to your platform," she said.
Landy's cause is bullying prevention. She started the "Choosing Life ... Bully-Free" program when she was 13 years old.
"My platform chose me in a way because I was bullied when I was in junior high," she said. She sees many students who lack support at school or home.
"With the help from my mom, I was able to get over it and realize I'm a person of much worth," she said.
While she is sad to pass on her crown, she is excited for what's next.
Although Biddle said she did not encounter any negative perceptions of pageants since her involvement, Landy and McLendon have.
"Everybody has a soul, and you welcome everybody into your life," McLendon said. "And I think that's what it is; you just don't be judgmental, even though those people are trying to cast a judgment on you. You really need to have an open mind and open heart and just kind of accept comments of people, but know in your heart that you're real and you're making a difference in this world."
While some pageant contestants can fit into a stereotype, she hopes people are meeting the women who are giving back and have passion for a cause, Landy said.
"I don't think people realize that pageant girls are some of the brightest people," Landy said. "They're valedictorians of their classes, or they're a head of organizations, or they might be a president in a company. They're making really big impacts."
Biddle said she devoted her reign to her cause, "Educating to Eliminate Teenage Suicide."
"Just being called Miss Teen Pennsylvania International is surreal, and it is a true blessing," Biddle said. "I have been honored to represent PA for an entire year, but most importantly, represent my platform."
Biddle learned from her title.
"The title itself has taught me a lot, about confidence, standing up for what you believe in and truly making a difference in the lives of others. My experience has been unbelievable, and I am extremely thankful for the opportunity," she said. "I would not have changed one thing about my year, and I am happy to say I reached all of my goals during my reign. Yes, I am sad to give my crown to my successor, but I am extremely excited to see what they will be able to do during their year, not to mention, I am beyond excited to see their reaction when they are crowned. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.