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As family and loved ones said goodbye to 16-year-old Kelmyne J. Jones Jr. on Friday, one question was being asked repeatedly: How did the 14-year-old boy charged with killing him manage to get the gun used in the shooting?
There were no satisfactory answers.
Kelmyne, who was known by his middle name, Jowyn, died at about 4 p.m. last Saturday during a brawl on the 200 block of Northland Avenue between two groups of youngsters reportedly involved in a territorial rivalry.
Myles D. Taylor III , 14, allegedly retrieved a handgun hidden beneath a nearby bush as Jowyn held another boy in a headlock, witnesses said. Taylor fired the gun, police said, and Jowyn staggered away before collapsing and dying.
Jowyn's mother said it should have never have come to that.
Just a couple hours before going to her son's funeral at True Bethel Baptist Church, Tanesha Harris scolded residents on Northland for not intervening before the fight escalated.
"When you see a bunch of children, and that's all they really are, coming up the street, call 911. Don't wait until it gets serious. The community needs to step up, be more active," said a somber Harris, as she fixed her hair in the Goulding Avenue home she had shared with her son. "I just wish my son was never on Northland and that the community had done more. I can't bring my son back."
Early Friday afternoon, just as services for Jowyn were starting, neighbors of Taylor said his family had moved out of their Northland Avenue apartment soon after the fatal shooting and that it was hard for them to believe the allegations against the teenager, who was arrested late Wednesday and charged as an adult with second-degree murder.
"Myles was an average kid. He played basketball, he didn't smoke weed and I never knew him to have a gun. This was a shock. One day he's out playing and the next, he's going to jail the rest of his life," said Michael Ray.
So how could a 14-year-old have a loaded gun?
It's a question neighbors in this well-kept East Side neighborhood wish they didn't have to ask themselves.
"It's crazy that he had access to a gun. He's 14," said 17-year-old Ezeriya Brooks. "What does he need a gun for?"
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said he also is stumped.
"You can't make sense of why a 14-year-old or anybody would shoot somebody else over what appears to be nonsense," Derenda said.
Michael Carter, a friend of Jowyn's, explained that young people sometimes look for attention and go about attempting to impress others in ways that are dangerous.
"Everyone wants to make a name for themselves," said Carter, 20, who lived a couple blocks from Jowyn's Goulding Avenue home.
Chris Max, another of Jowyn's friends, said the best way to avoid the culture of violence is to stay in school.
"Be focused and mind your own business," Max said.
"Sometimes that doesn't work," Carter interrupted, as they and other friends of the deceased sat on a porch at Goulding and Woltz avenues, trying to come to terms with what happened.
When asked how guns could end up in the hands of youngsters, Max said, "You got the money, you could buy anything."
Demetress Jones, 18, found himself in a odd position: friend of Jowyn and cousin of the alleged killer.
"It was probably peer pressure that caused him to do that. He's really not like that," Jones said of Taylor.
When asked what he would say to his younger cousin if he had the chance, Jones said, "I'd smack him and tell him what he did was stupid. He did the wrong thing."
David James, 43, a longtime resident of the East Ferry-Woltz neighborhood, said it is the job of adults to steer young people away from guns and violence.
Adults, he added, often fail at living up to their responsibilities, partly because they are afraid.
"If you don't say anything, kids will do what they want," James said. "Neighbors need to speak up. As parents, we need to instill morals and values in our children. It's a continuing battle. You have to keep preaching it over and over." James said he is the father of 12 children.
He and others on Goulding added that it was their understanding Taylor was the son of Myles D. Taylor Sr., who was wounded in street violence a number of years ago and is in a wheelchair. What role the older Taylor played in his son's life is unknown, they said.
The 14-year-old, authorities said, was being raised by his mother and a stepfather.
At Jowyn's funeral, his life was put into focus by many friends and family members, who wore T-shirts with "R.I.P. Jowyn" written alongside his picture.
They described him as a young man who did his best to avoid the dangers of street life.
"We've been friends for over five, six years," said a visibly upset Terrell Jennings of Jowyn, explaining that they had become friends on the football field.
Inside the church, mourners watched a slide show that was far from the violence that had claimed him.
There were images of the victim standing beside a Christmas tree, another of a younger Jowyn smiling and holding a football, and yet another of him older and with a young lady.
The images of happier times moved across an oversized projection screen and were repeated as the Rev. Darius G. Pridgen launched into the memorial service, urging those gathered to remember the good things Jowyn did for them, the jokes he told them and the smiles he brought to their faces.
And Pridgen, not about to let his audience of young people leave without a challenge, exhorted them to rise above society's expectations for poor black youths.
"Every young man up here, if 10 of you get together, the statistics say two of you will graduate," Pridgen said. "But today ... you can turn that statistic around."
Jowyn's mother said he was scheduled to begin this fall at Bennett High School.
In his eulogy, Horace Harper, one of Jowyn's uncles, remembered his nephew's ceaseless appetite at family parties and called him a "respectable young man."
"This wasn't a man that was selling drugs," Harper said. "This wasn't a man who was hanging out on the corner robbin' folks."
Jowyn's aunt, Viola Atkinson, echoed Harper in describing Jowyn as a "good kid."
She said he was "always sweet, mild-mannered, talked low, always had a smile on his face." She saw him just before he died when she went to visit his grandmother. Jowyn was helping take care of her after she got out of the hospital for back surgery.
"To see this crime here, once again, young people in our community are just dying senseless," Atkinson said. "We don't understand why. I think there's something that has to be done."
The funeral also carried a message of forgiveness.
Atkinson, in recalling Pridgen's words, said that not only is her nephew gone, but the family of the 14-year-old has now lost him. She expressed her condolences to Taylor's relatives.
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when your nipples are hard from it being too cold.
"It's freezing in here, now people will see my glasscutters."
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Nipples that are so severely hard or pronounced that they would be capable of cutting glass.
Fuck, it's freezing out there. I've got glass cutters.
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When you can see the bulge of a man's package through his underwear resembling a standard glass cutting tool.
See George St. Pierre, G.S.P.
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The powers of music and of love unite to triumph over evil in The Magic Flute, Mozart's ultimate opera. Director Tim Albery's production was a sold-out sensation in 2006 and it returns under conductor Lawrence Renes to cast its radiant harmonies over Santa Fe audiences. Joshua Hopkins and Andrea Silvestrelli return as Papageno and Sarastro, joined by Ekaterina Siurina as Pamina, Erin Morley as the Queen of the Night, and Charles Castronovo as Tamino.
Performance dates: July 3, 9, 14; August 5, 10, 16, 23, 27
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sung in German, with dialogue in English
Act I
The Three Ladies kill a huge serpent that was chasing Tamino, then go to inform the Queen of the Night of his arrival. Papageno introduces himself, boasting to Tamino that he was the one who slew the serpent. The Ladies return to give Tamino a portrait of Pamina, claiming she has been enslaved by Sarastro, and they temporarily padlock Papageno's mouth for lying. Tamino is charmed by the image of Pamina. The Queen appears, lamenting the loss of her daughter, and charges Tamino and Papageno with Pamina's rescue. The Ladies give Tamino a magic flute and Papageno magic bells to ensure their safety. Monostatos tries to capture Pamina but is frightened away by Papageno, who tells Pamina that Tamino loves her and intends to save her. Tamino arrives at a temple and is told that it is the Queen, not Sarastro, who is evil. He plays his flute, hoping to make Pamina appear. She and Papageno are nearby and, thanks to Papageno's magic bells, are able once again to escape from Monostatos. Sarastro promises Pamina eventual freedom. She sees Tamino outside the temple and they fall in love.
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Tamino and Papageno begin the first of three initiation trials to join Sarastro's temple brotherhood. Sworn to silence, Tamino resists the temptations of the Three Ladies, but Papageno quickly succumbs. Monostatos again approaches the sleeping Pamina but is warded off by the Queen of the Night, who gives her daughter a dagger with which to murder Sarastro. Monostatos renews his quest when the Queen vanishes, but Pamina is rescued by Sarastro, who consoles her. Papageno catches a glimpse of Papagena, but is warned that he must succeed in the trials if he is to have her for a wife. Pamina is despondent over Tamino's silence, but is saved from suicide by the Three Spirits. She is reunited with Tamino and they undergo the trials by water and fire, emerging triumphant thanks to the magic flute. Papageno also is saved from attempted suicide by the Spirits, who remind him to use his magic bells to summon Papagena. The pair plans for a fertile future. The Queen of the Night, her Three Ladies, and Monostatos attack the temple brotherhood, but are defeated and the victors celebrate the triumph of enlightenment over the powers of darkness.


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A humerous mode of transport
Look at that little old boogs driving down the street.
Por DanTheMan 15 de diciembre de 2004
A term of endearment for you boyfriend, short for booger. Also can be used interchangeably with goob.
Thanks for making pancakes this morning Boog.
Por Em-dizzle 05 de junio de 2007
Boog is a term used when drunk to describe anything you want
It can replace certain words, such as names
It can replace certain words, such as names
Boog, what you doing?
Dude, that party was boog.
How drunk is he? He's booged it.
Dude, that party was boog.
How drunk is he? He's booged it.
Por Owenk 05 de julio de 2011
A small, booger-sized pinch of weed.
Man I'm good on the blunt. Let's just smoke a Boog.
That is a delicious sack. Lemme get a Boog?
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Por Johwha Fohtessa 10 de julio de 2008
someone who is really really ugly, sometimes used in the phrase "boogest boay" (often abreviated to BB or double B e.g. " I'm going to have to give you the double B Pishy") meaning the ugliest person in the area at that time. "Boog" can also be used to describe an act being performed badly
Shut it ya boog!
Por nonboog 10 de julio de 2008
First appearing in the online series "The Quest for the Boog". The boog is a weapon/money-producer/power-stick. You can find the "boog" movies on youtube.com.
"OOuch! You just hit me in the leg with you boog!"
Por Will Markow 20 de marzo de 2008
a boog is anyone who makes a stupid comment and fails at life in general. a boog also thinks they are amazing at anything they attempt regardless of their skill level
Your a boog!!
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A person who chases skinny chicks. Similar to chubby chaser.
Friend: "Shotgun on dat fat gurl"
You: "Nah bro, imma skinny dipper"
You: "Nah bro, imma skinny dipper"
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Men who wear very skinny jeans.
Haha, look at them two lads in their skinny jeans. OI OI SKINNY DIPPERS!
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I wonder if Paris will give her latest skinny dipper a diamond stud collar just like her little dog's.
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(descriptive) a person who avoids staying out in the sun, usually a fair-skinned person.
whenever his friends invite him for outdoor activities, alan always comes up with excuses so as to avoid being in the sun.thats how he earned his nickname of sunshy alan.
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WHEELING - Breathing only a tiny amount of silica dust per day - enough, roughly, to cover Franklin Delano Roosevelt's nose on a dime - can put a worker at risk for a myriad of health problems, according to Michael Breitenstein of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Research by his agency, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows many workers at natural gas wells where hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, takes place are being exposed to the substance in higher quantities. And according to West Virginia University professor Michael McCawley, the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania - at the heart of Marcellus shale gas development - are seeing some of the nation's highest rates of mortality due to silicosis, a deadly disease that hardens the lungs through inflammation and development of scar tissue.
Breitenstein's and McCawley's presentations were part of a panel discussion on silica exposure at the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association's inaugural ShaleSafe Conference and Expo at Oglebay Park in Wheeling.
"My job is supposed to be to scare you a little bit, because we want to get your attention," McCawley said.
Silica is a primary component of sand, used in large quantities during the fracking process, which breaks up tightly compacted shale and releases the gas for collection. In addition to silicosis, overexposure can lead to lung cancer, kidney problems and autoimmune problems such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Although typically identified as a hazard of the construction industry, silica's effect on natural gas workers has drawn much attention recently, and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is in the process of developing new limits on worker exposure to the substance for the first time in more than 40 years.
Breitenstein said silica levels tend to spike during periods when fracking is occurring or when sand is being transferred.
"T-belt operators and sand movers, they're in the cloud. They're seeing (silica levels) two, three, four times higher" than OSHA standards, Breitenstein said.
It's not clear when OSHA will make a decision on the proposed new rule, which would set a permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter for silica averaged over an eight-hour period and prevent about 1,600 new cases of silicosis per year, the agency estimates. According to John Keeling of MSES Consultants Inc. of Clarksburg, OSHA's current standard is based on a complicated formula.
"The fact that you don't see anything in the air doesn't mean that there's not a problem," Keeling said. "This is a pretty tight standard."
But such a tight standard is warranted, according to McCawley, whose work in WVU's Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences has delved deep into the effects of silica exposure. Silicosis can take three forms: Acute, which can kill someone in a matter of weeks; accelerated, which usually strikes within five to 10 years from first exposure; and chronic, which can take 10-20 years before symptoms such as persistent cough, coughing up blood, fatigue and loss of appetite begin to present themselves.
For someone with silicosis, McCawley said, breathing is like trying to suck air through a straw while underwater.
"You end up essentially suffocating to death over a decade or two," he said. "It's not a pleasant situation."
Breitenstein said hazard communication is vital in keeping employees safe, as well as personal protective equipment - though the dust often is present in amounts too great to prevent overexposure even if it's worn properly. Vacuum systems can help, too, he said, but the best way to protect employees is to use a substitute for sand in the fracking process - such as manufactured, ceramic-based proppants which are more expensive than sand, but safer.
"In parts of Colorado, they're not using sand for fracking anymore," Breitenstein said. "They're just using water."


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The history of the truck is a very exciting one, especially as the importance of truck transportation continues to grow.
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Natalie Merchant is running a little bit late, her publicist tells me. In fact, she has an engagement at her daughter's school that has run just a few minutes past schedule. But she'll be calling me as soon as she gets back home, and my patience is appreciated.
Not exactly the rock star life, is it? But then, Merchant has never been the typical rock star, despite reaching the heights of pop stardom with Jamestown's 10,000 Maniacs in the latter 1980s and early '90s, appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1993, and piloting a post-Maniacs solo career of both commercial and artistic merit. Throughout all of this activity, Merchant has crafted a delicate balance between intellectualism and sensuality in her art.
Merchant's most recent project, an album called "Leave Your Sleep," and an ancillary picture book of the same name, illustrated by Barbara McClintock, finds the revered singer and songwriter transforming classic children's poems into new compositions. The inspiration for the project was Merchant's daughter, Lucia, born in 2003 to Merchant and husband Daniel de la Calle. (The couple has since divorced.)
The "Leave Your Sleep" material has also yielded a new run of ambitious concerts, which find Merchant interpreting the material with the help of orchestras in cities spread across the country. Merchant will join the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall for just such a program, at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Here, Merchant chats with me regarding the creation of "Leave Your Sleep," a new New York City public school curriculum based on the album and book, "motherhood as an art form," working with symphony orchestras and the difficulties involved with aging gracefully in the pop music public eye.
Q. Let's talk about the project that transformed the "Leave Your Sleep" album into a curriculum for students at New York City public schools. The album seems like the perfect vehicle to introduce kids to the power of both poetry and music, and also to the way the two can be married together to produce a third art form. How was the experience for you?
A. The whole project really transformed me and transitioned me into a direction I've wanted to go for a very long time – toward education through music. I've wanted to work with young people in this capacity forever. I want to give them beauty, and appeal to them through a level of sophistication that children absolutely have. We ended up using the album and the book as a course curriculum in 100 public schools, and it was a fantastic experience, for me certainly, but more importantly, for the kids.
The idea from my perspective was to teach the kids context, to give examples of how everything is connected, whether it's a poem that is 100 years old, or a piece of music that is even older – these things can have resonance for them in the present tense. Understanding context leads to empathy, and empathy is something that absolutely must be nurtured in children.
The arts are all about the way we live in our time, in our historical moment, and the way that moment is connected to historical moments in the past. Music elevates and makes kids feel included in a shared common culture. The big point is this – our culture will die without the children perpetuating it.
Q. You've performed in a wide variety of formats over the years – from full rock band, to a more subtle acoustic environment. What particular challenges are involved in working with a chamber group or orchestra?
A. To be perfectly honest, the only real challenge comes down to the orchestra itself. Having a great orchestra is more than half the battle. I've been blown away by my experiences with these different orchestras. The whole experience has been extremely pleasurable. The different musicians in the orchestras have been very impressed by the scores we're bringing in for the songs. These are remarkable musicians, too. They bring unerring efficiency, and that efficiency lends to the power, the passion and the beauty of the performance.
Q. Kleinhans and the Buffalo Philharmonic – this seems like a situation tailor-made for what you're doing, no?
A. Kleinhans and the Buffalo Philharmonic have incredible significance in my life. My mother was fanatical about the BPO and Chautauqua orchestra. She was a single mother working for slave wages, but she still found a way to contribute to public radio, and whenever we could, we'd hear the BPO perform. This was a huge part of my life, and of my musical education.
When I was 9 years old, the BPO came to play a concert at my school in Jamestown. This was during the period that Michael Tilson Thomas was the conductor, and he was a hero to me. I got his autograph! To be playing Kleinhans with the BPO now – well, it's a huge deal for me.
Q. Can you discuss how motherhood became an inspiration for the creation of "Leave Your Sleep"?
A. The project was born out of my desire to make art out of motherhood. When you become a parent and you also happen to be an artist, there are two roads you can go down – you can either push the art to the side and concentrate wholly on being a parent, or you can continue your free-flowing artistic life as it was before you became a parent, which usually means hiring someone else to basically raise your child for you. Neither of these options seemed ideal to me. So I guess I created a third option.
The project started rather innocently. While I taught my daughter by reading to her and playing her music, I was rediscovering the literature of my own childhood. I simply started to put these beautiful children's poems to music, and in the process, I channeled my creativity into mothering.
Q. You've always been a unique lyricist, and the lyrics in your songs have been a very significant factor in their emotional resonance. How much of a challenge was it for you to then work with someone else's words?
A. Because the project started out so innocently and organically – a mother singing to her child – I never really had time, or reason, to get too freaked out about it. It just felt completely natural to me.
Q. The only other artist that comes to mind when thinking of transforming another's poems into new songs is Joni Mitchell. Joni worked with poems written by William Butler Yeats and Rudyard Kipling. Was her work in this area an influence on you?
A. Not consciously, I don't think. Because this project was so specifically aimed at connecting with my daughter and at the same time maintaining my own artistic creativity, I guess it all felt ... not insular, but sort of separate, within its own world.
Q. This is not exactly breaking news, but it is incredibly difficult to mature with grace and dignity within the world of popular music. Do you think it is even more so for a woman?
A. Wow. Yes. Well, I suppose it depends what kind of an artist you want to be. In a way, I was mature from the age of 18, when I started out, writing about a different kind of love, not the drama-filled romantic entanglements of most pop music. I never really sang about teen angst. As a result, I can still sing those songs now, at my age, with conviction and emotional involvement.
Aging in this culture is not dealt with very effectively. There is wisdom that can only come with experience. Instead of seeing aging as decrepitude and decay, we can see it as something beautiful and natural. You know, I dyed my hair forever, but recently, I stopped dying it altogether, and now I'm fully and completely gray. I had to learn to embrace that.
There's always a place for teen rebellion and young adult angst. But there's so much to be said for experience. If you've nursed children, if you've nursed your parents to a dignified death, if you've watched dear friends suffer, struggle, or even pass away – you have something to report on, you know?
Q. Do you ever get the sense that the pop music industry, for want of a better description, is condescending to young people by assuming that they don't want or can't deal with anything deeper or more meaningful than teen angst and sex?
A. Here's how I'll answer that. When I was touring with Bob Dylan about 15 years back, I'd notice that roughly 90 percent of the audience was comprised of people in their 20s. He's an icon for generation after generation. Young people were eager to hear what he has to say. That's encouraging.
At the same time, the youth needs to keep producing icons of their own, while acknowledging the icons of the past. It needs to be this way. It's the natural order of things.
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Thought to have originated on TOTSE this is a common reply to a very long post. It means Too long/Didn't read.
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A big rig trailer carrying a large load of red meat crashed off Interstate 80 early Friday morning.
One of the two drivers told KCRA 3 that the truck was hauling about 34,000 pounds of meat. The trailer part of the truck flipped into an embankment.
The truck was traveling westbound on the freeway passing Northgate Boulevard just before crashing.
Traffic was not directly affected by the crash as the truck was off the roadway near N. Freeway Boulevard. An advisory, however, has been issued.
All lanes in the area remain open.
A driver told KCRA that the truck was cut off and forced off the road, causing the crash. The California Highway Patrol is investigating.
No serious injuries were reported.


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Salineville - George Edward Bach Sr., 69, of St Rte. 644, passed away Tuesday morning at his home.
George was born April 25, 1944 in Salineville, Ohio, a son of the late Carl and Cleora Ketchum Bach.
He lived all his life in the Salineville area, graduating from Salineville High School in 1962 and married Agnes Jones in 1962. He was the founder of the Bach Lumber Company. George was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Salineville in his youth. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and raising game fowl. He loved to spend time with his family.
George will be sadly missed by his wife at home Agnes Jones Bach; two sons, George E. (Denise) Bach Jr. and Kenneth (Crystal) Bach both of Salineville; four daughters, Cathleen (James) Kelly of Salineville, Rebecca (Steve) Kress of Kensington, Donna (Robert) Smalley of Salineville and Ashley (Adam) Dowling of Salineville; one sister, Leona Mathes of Salineville; fourteen grandchildren, Dustin Bach of Poland, Ohio, Travis (Laura) Bach of Salineville, Dylan (Cris) Bach of Salineville, Madison Bach of Salineville, Adam, Shelby and Jerry Kelly all of Salineville, Brittany Hofmeister of Poland, Ohio, Donnie Hofmeister of Avon Lake, Courtney, Abby and Brock Smalley all of Salineville, Sebastian Bach of Salineville and Peyton Dowling of Salineville; four great grandchildren, Averie, Colton, and Bane Bach of Salineville and Alex Smalley of Salineville.
A service will be held Friday July 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Kerr-Pastore Funeral Home in Salineville, Ohio with Pastor Ron Laughlin of the Harvest Baptist Church officiating.
Burial will be in the Jones Cemetery.
Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM.
To view this obituary or to send on line condolences, please visit www.kpwfh.com


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Its been a great year in the woods and on the water.
True, I never did catch my first tarpon, and my first marlin is still swimming around somewhere.
I didnt bag a wall-hanger buck, either. But I did shoot one that beat my record for heaviest deer a fat 196-pounder taken after I snagged an invitation to an intensely-managed plantation. The big management buck sported a gnarly 6-point rack that swung up and around on both sides and nearly touched in the middle.
I also scored a nice turkey this season, on opening day no less. He and a few other gobblers were henned up in a hardwood bottom, so I had to belly-crawl within range. It was an unforgettable experience.
On the water, we had a pretty good year offshore, loading up on dolphin in May and bottom fish through the summer. The black seabass were huge, the vermilion snapper plentiful.
We caught a few kings in late summer, and even managed to win most of our entry fees back in the Fishing for Miracles king mackerel tournament. We caught our one decent king in the final 10 minutes of fishing, dragging a fresh-caught Spanish mackerel through the shipping channel on the way back to the dock.
The shrimp-baiting season? After hearing so many spotty reports I never even dropped the first bait ball.
But I did catch my first redfish on a fly this year!
So how did you do in 2012? Any personal bests? Great hunting adventures? Send an email with your story to email@example.com. Ill compile the best responses and post them on our Charleston Hunting and Fishing blog. (Go to postandcourier.com and scroll down to the blog section.)
Looking ahead
With plenty of issues already percolating, 2013 promises to be an interesting one for those of us who love the outdoors.
Heres a quick rundown of topics you might be hearing about in the months to come:
Gun Control: Anyone who has kept a healthy supply of sporting goods catalogues and circulars around Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, Dicks, etc. has undoubtedly noticed a trend developing.
For years, the firearms production and marketing industries seem to have been shifting focus away from traditional hunting rifles and toward so-called sporting rifles, which are military-style semiautomatic rifles chambered to carry hunting cartridges such as .30-06, .270 and .308.
Clearly, things have changed. New gun control measures surely will follow the school shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Debate over the use of military-style firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines will most likely overshadow almost any other issue facing the outdoors community in 2013.
Its time for some soul-searching in the outdoors community, and for honest and reasoned discussion of gun control.
Bottom fishing: Both commercial and recreational offshore bottom-fishermen can expect more changes to federal regulations in 2013.
There most likely will be some bad news, perhaps another shortened black sea bass fishery. But there might be some bright spots, too, such as more opportunities to fish for vermilion and red snapper and favorable adjustments to commercial shallow-water grouper rules.
Stay tuned to safmc.net, the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Councils website, for the latest in regulation changes.
Vessel Monitoring System: If you havent yet heard the acronym VMS, you soon will.
As currently being debated by federal regulators, the required use of VMS would apply only to commercial snapper-grouper boats; the measures being debated would not extend to recreational vessels.
GPS-based VMS allow fisheries managers to make sure commercial boats arent fishing inside Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), where bottom fishing for snapper-grouper is prohibited. VMS also would allow officers to intercept commercial boats for inspection.
Marine Protected Areas: These safe havens for bottom fish arent new. But how many should we have? Should existing MPAs be bigger, or reshaped to cover more live bottom?
Federal regulators will be looking at the issue this spring.
Flounder limits: Some conservation-minded anglers argue that the current limits 20 per person per day, not to exceed 40 per boat per day are too liberal.
Those in favor of smaller bag limits point out that tighter limits would primarily affect flounder giggers rather than hook-and-line anglers.
State officials recently addressed limits on sheepshead and other popular catches. Will flounder be next in 2013?
Free hunting day
The Department of Natural Resources recently announced new free hunting days, held Jan. 4-5.
State residents can hunt without a state hunting license or other required permits, including Wildlife Management Area (WMA) permit, or Migratory Waterfowl Permit (formerly State Duck Stamp).
All existing seasons, bag limits and methods of take still apply, and the designation does not open WMAs that are not previously open for hunting.
Federal requirements for a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp are still needed to hunt waterfowl. For more details, go to dnr.sc.gov.
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William, 31, traveled up on Tuesday from his home at Kensington Palace in London to Cambridge, around 60 miles north of the capital. There, in a suit and tie, he was welcomed to St. John's College in the rain as he enrolled for the first day of a "bespoke" 10-week course in agricultural management.
The prince is to take one-on-one classes and join other lectures and tutorials with other students at the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership until mid-March. The CPSL devises tailor-made courses for business people and others. "There will be other students who attend modules of his course, but his course is unique to him," says a university spokesman.
Drawing on the strengths of academics across the university, William will spend 18-20 hours a week learning all aspects of areas including agricultural policy, countryside governance, farming, food management, rural policy and planning.
"The purpose is to give the Duke sufficient grounding in contemporary issues affecting agricultural business and rural communities in the U.K.," a palace source tells PEOPLE.
It will give him both a greater understanding of the countryside over which he will one day be king and stand him in good stead when he is head of the vast Duchy of Cornwall estate (which was set up in 1337 to provide heirs to the throne with an income). The portfolio of land, property and investments currently generates an annual income of about $47.5 million, and William will take it over when his father, Prince Charles, 65, becomes king.
Academics ApplaudWilliam's move has been welcomed by academics elsewhere. Rita Walsh, senior lecturer at the Royal Agricultural University, believes his decision to study agricultural management "will no doubt further raise awareness" of agribusiness courses. She adds: "Clearly it demonstrates his desire to develop his knowledge and understanding of the complex land-based industry, which is essential to run any large-scale specialist business."
William has the concerns of the countryside in his blood. One of his favorite times during his "gap year" before he started university was when he quietly worked on a farm, friends say.
With Kate and baby George remaining at home in Kensington Palace, William will mostly commute to Cambridge, but he is likely to have some nights when he needs to stay over. Sorry, fellow students, he won't be in digs with you – he will live privately when he needs to bed down in the famous university city.
Still, they might catch a glimpse of him in a tractor or knee-deep in a muddy meadow. "There will be field trips," says a university spokesman.
One insider concedes the course is "not cheap," but the university will not go into cost details. William's fees are being paid for privately.
The world-renowned university prides itself on its farming courses, which are generally taken by the children of farming families, gentlemen farmers and others. "There is a strong tradition of teaching agriculture at the department of land economy," the university spokesman said.
Some students have complained that William's initial "A" level results that got him into St. Andrew's University in 2005 were not good enough to get him into Cambridge. His office will not comment on that, but an ally points out that it can't be judged in the same way in any case. "This is not an undergraduate course, but an executive education program," the source says.
Following the course, William, who left the Royal Air Force in September last year, will head to New Zealand and Australia on an official tour with and Kate and George. He is then expected to finalize other plans for further work in public service.


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Take a look at these high-speed photography images that capture some of the harrowing moments in the life of a U.S. soldier.
Photos: High-speed photography from the U.S. Army
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Just a thought, I noticed he still hasn't signed a contract. The devils have said they might be interested, as did the rangers. I think he would be an awesome signing, than we can put him on the second line and waive sammy goodbye. He is 36 but still a proven 20+ goal scorer, which we could certainly use. Just my opinion, would love to hear yours.
Plus there is the addition of how cheap he comes, we could probably get him for less than we payed for sammy


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Tiffin reports
A 400-block Wall Street man reported Tuesday afternoon a man took his bicycle, a pair of shoes and a cell phone. The man was supposed to return the items, but he did not.
A juvenile shoplifter was reported Tuesday afternoon at Circle K, 272 N. Sandusky St.
A bicycle was reported stolen Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of East Perry Street.
A caller from Kroger, 790 W. Market St., reported early Wednesday morning someone may have attempted to buy Visa cards with stolen checks.
An inmate from the Seneca County jail reported Wednesday morning an assault took place on Jefferson Street last Saturday.
County reports
A theft was reported Tuesday afternoon in the 1000 block of South SR 587.
Sean C. Brashares, 26, of Attica, was charged with persistent disorderly conduct Tuesday.
Richard L. Hunt II, 24, of Tiffin, was charged with criminal trespass Tuesday.
A 7000-block West US 224 woman reported early Wednesday morning she saw two men outside of her residence. She said one man had tried to get into her house. Deputies checked the area and were unable to locate anyone.
A man reported Wednesday afternoon his vehicle had been broken into while it was parked at West CR 62 and TR 76.
A 3000-block West SR 12 woman reported Wednesday afternoon her boyfriend had assaulted her and left.
Fostoria reports
Andrew A. Pool, 20, of Fostoria, was charged with criminal mischief for an incident Aug. 4.
A 900-block Lincoln Avenue woman reported Tuesday afternoon she was out of town and someone used her checks. She requested police check her residence. When police arrived to the residence, they found an open door.
A 400-block College Avenue man reported Tuesday night someone had stolen his bicycle and he got it back.
A 100-block Taft Boulevard woman reported Wednesday morning prescription medication had been stolen.
A 100-block East Sixth Street woman reported Wednesday afternoon her son had been assaulted. Two juveniles were arrested and charged with assault, according to the report.
A theft was reported Wednesday afternoon in the 1500 block of North Countyline Street.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to 78 Shaffer Park Drive early Wednesday morning for an unintentional smoke detector activation.
Tiffin Municipal Court
Leonard G. Simmons, IV, 204 Hudson St., pleaded guilty to retaining stolen property, 30 days jail, 30 days suspended, $472.
Melanie R. Flores, 267 S. Monroe St., pleaded no contest to two charges of failure to secure vicious dog, 90 days jail, 90 days suspended, not permitted to have dogs or harbor any dog while on probation, 40 hours community service, $1,620, $1,102.
Johnathon A. Smith, 1692 W. Market St., Lot 32, preliminary waiver on sexual assault, bond continued, bound over to Common Pleas Court.
Derek S. Feasel, 274 Jefferson St., pleaded no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia, 30 days jail, 30 days suspended, six month license suspension, permanent weapons disability, Firelands for assessment, prohibited from ingesting any alcohol or entering any establishment where alcohol is sold/served by glass unless establishment is food, $464; pleaded no contest to possession of marijuana, six-month license suspension, permanent weapons disability, $87; pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct, $187.
Clifford B. McCormack, Lambertville, Mich., pleaded no contest to failure to yield right of way, $125.
Brice T. McKelvey, 686 S. Sandusky St., Lot 132, pleaded no contest to operating vehicle impaired/under influence, 30 days jail, 27 days suspended, six-month license suspension, six points, $615; pleaded no contest to failure to turn violation, $35.
Grace A. Robison, Tiffin, operating vehicle impaired/under influence case dismissed upon motion of city prosecutor due to plea in companion OMVI case; pleaded no contest to operating vehicle impaired/under influence, 30 days jail, 30 days suspended, six-month license suspension, approved for restricted driving privileges, complete/pay for driver intervention program, six points, $597; pleaded no contest to improper/prohibitive turn violation, $35.
Tessa E. Lundy, Republic, pleaded no contest to Financial Responsibility Act suspension, vehicle immobilized for 30 days, two points, $594; pleaded no contest to failure to transfer plates, $50.
Eric D. Patterson, 276 S. Sandusky St., pleaded guilty to no operator's license, two points, $129; pleaded guilty to traffic lanes violation, $35.
Estrella A. Juarez, Columbus, pleaded no contest to no operator's license, $184; pleaded no contest to speed, $33.
Tyler J. Bustamante, Tiffin, two charges of failure to insure vicious dog dismissed by state's motion; two charges of no dog tags worn dismissed by state's motion.


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Greeley West and Mountain View both had slow starts Saturday.
Mountain View got over the hump midway through the Legion A game, but the Spartans didn't.
West couldn't get any momentum going and fell 5-2 against the Mountain Lions at Butch Butler Field.
Spartans coach Dave Falter said the team's schedule was front-loaded and Saturday was only its third game of July, so the Spartans are struggling.
"Our timing is off and our patience is off and our discipline at the plate is off," he said. "I don't know how many times we swung at first-pitch curveballs today that set (Mountain View's pitcher) up … where he's ahead in the count. We're flailing at (the ball) right now and we've gotta figure out that really quick."
Up until the third inning, the Spartans (10-10 Legion A, 19-13-2 overall) had no hits and Mountain View had one. In the third, the Mountain Lions took a 1-0 lead, but West answered back with two runs on a long single by junior-to-be Preston Marion.
"I was hoping … the first time I got a hit when we scored a couple runs, I was hoping that would get something going," Marion said. "But, it ended up not (happening)."
Instead, Mountain View scored three runs in the fourth and another in the fifth while Lions pitcher Ozzie Pearcy dominated the Spartans in a complete-game, 107-pitch performance.
Pearcy allowed three hits, one earned run, four walks and struck out six.
"He had a lot of nice junk and offspeed (pitches) that he threw us and he kept us off balance," said junior-to-be Zach Streeter.
West junior-to-be pitcher Heath Clark had a roller-coaster performance through five innings, giving up eight hits, four earned runs, two walks and three strikeouts. The Spartans did well getting the first and second outs, but the Mountain Lions rallied time after time to score runs.
At the start of the sixth, Streeter relieved Clark, and his 26-pitch outing looked like it might spark West's offense. Streeter allowed one hit, one walk and struck out two.
"I knew I just had to throw strikes and keep 'em off balance, as well, to give us a chance to win the game," Streeter said.
Marion started off the bottom of the sixth with a big double, but no one could follow up. The Spartans left seven runners on base while the Mountain Lions stranded 10.
Falter said his team has been sliding as of late and he thinks some of it has to do with the Fourth of July break.
"I wish the Fourth of July had come at a different time," Falter said. "That little break in there, I think, really hurt us, so the momentum killed us. And, just the nature of being inconsistent; we've been inconsistent all summer. We've won games when we were inconsistent, but now that ebb and flow has changed to where now we're losing games 'cause we're inconsistent."
But, Streeter and Marion said the Spartans are ready to win out in their last three regular season games, so they can grab a spot in the Legion A postseason.
"We gotta get those to make the playoffs, so those are important games for us," Marion said.
GW — Heath Clark (L, 8H, 4ER, 2BB, 3SO), Zach Streeter (6th, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 2SO) and Drew Mendez. 2B – Preston Marion; RBI – Marion 2.


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This small-scale production, with merely suggestive and playful scenery, nevertheless evoked a vivid sense of stage personalities, indicating that the scale of a production has nothing to do with its impact and success.
James Edmondson as King of France; Kjerstine Rose Anderson as Helena; Jenny Graham, Photographer. Courtesy of Internet Shakespeare Editions, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland.


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Every once in a while, Jimmy Fallon plays a game called Lip Flip with his Tonight Show guests. Wednesday night was such a night, and Whoopi Goldberg was the guest. The game is simple: Through the magic of television, Fallon and Goldberg swap mouths and speak for each other, allowing the two to gently make fun of one another while the audience stares uncomfortably at Fallon with a black mouth and Goldberg with a 5 o'clock mustache shadow.
So, Whoopi's Irish accent sounds very Scottish, and Fallon apparently thinks Goldberg speaks in a variety of strange voices. (Maybe she does?) Then they sing a duet. Fun is had by all. Still, you won't unsee these images anytime soon. --Peter Weber
The first baby has been born using technology that allows for the combination of DNA from three different people, CBS News reports. The procedure, which is illegal in the United States, was performed by a team led by Dr. John Zhang of the New Hope Fertility Center in New York at a facility in Mexico; the baby boy is now six months old.
The mother carried a genetic mutation for Leigh syndrome, a neurological disorder that is often fatal within a few years. Two of the mother's children had died from the syndrome, and she'd had four miscarriages. The new baby has so far been healthy and showed no signs of the disease thanks to the "revolutionary" technique, which "involved removing some of the mother's DNA from an egg, and leaving the disease-causing DNA behind," The Associated Press reports. "The healthy DNA was slipped into a donor's egg, which was then fertilized. As a result, the baby inherited DNA from both parents and the egg donor."
"This is the very first time at least in human reproduction that the offspring are produced with three parties — one sperm and different parts of two eggs ... So this is very revolutionary," Zhang told CBS News. And while the procedure might not be allowed in the United States, Zhang insisted, "To save lives is the ethical thing to do." Jeva Lange
The mission to make humans "a multiplanetary species" just got a little bit closer to becoming a reality. Elon Musk's SpaceX program published a video Tuesday describing how the proposed Interplanetary Transport System would actually work — and it involves 28,730,000 pounds of thrust for lift-off, the support of a refueling pod, and winged solar panels to provide additional power to the ITS:
Musk is delivering a presentation on colonizing and building a city on Mars at the International Astronautical Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico (you can follow continual updates at The Verge, here). And for those dreaming of future travels to a terraformed Red Planet, you're in luck — the planet makes an unnaturally blue-and-green appearance at the end of the video.
Musk also said Tuesday that he believes in the future the cost of travel to Mars will be as inexpensive as buying a house. SpaceX plans to send its first ship of humans to the planet as early as 2024. Jeva Lange
Mother Earth isn't the only one suffering from rising levels of air pollution. A new report by the World Health Organization out Tuesday revealed that in 2014, 92 percent of the world's population was living with levels of air pollution that exceeded what WHO considers to be safe.
In particular, WHO is concerned about higher concentrations of pollution particles that are smaller than 2.5 micrometers, as these particles are tiny enough to "be inhaled, travel into the lungs, and enter the bloodstream," The Washington Post reported. "People think of air pollution as a respiratory disease," said Carlos Dora, head of WHO's air pollution team. "And in fact, it's heart disease, strokes and cardiovascular. Because there's very small particles that go into the blood. ... The damage air pollution does to the vessels is similar to the damage that cholesterol or high blood pressure do."
In 2012, an estimated 7.3 million people died from air pollution, produced both inside the home and outdoors. The problem is particularly acute in "low- and middle-income countries," which WHO reported accounted for 88 percent of the 3 million premature deaths caused by outdoor air pollution in 2012.
Still, wealthier countries certainly aren't in the clear. In Europe, cities including Paris and London failed to meet air quality standards, and in America, both Los Angeles and Manhattan fell short. Becca Stanek
While Monday night's first presidential debate had record-breaking viewership in the U.S., it also caught the attention of invested parties abroad. Russia state-sponsored media reportedly liked what they were seeing, but it was hardly the same scene in Mexico City:
"You want to go to Mexico or some other country? Good luck," Donald Trump told U.S. manufacturing companies during Monday night's presidential debate against Hillary Clinton.
Thousands of miles away, the 200 people packed into Pinche Gringo, a Texas-style barbecue restaurant in Mexico City, broke into cheers and clinked their glasses frothed with beer.
It was just one of Trump's six references to Mexico last night, and a signal to drink for U.S. expats watching in Mexico.
The patio, filled with wooden tables, a bar pouring draft beers, and a kitchen designed to look like an Airstream trailer, was packed with Democrats and Hillary Clinton supporters who would raise their glasses and yell Salud! every time Trump mentioned "Mexico." Predictably, there weren't any/many Trump fans in the bar — or anywhere else in Mexico, for that matter. [Fusion]
Up to a million American citizens live in Mexico; the event at Pinche Gringo, organized by Democrats Abroad, also helped expats register to vote. "Trump is having a huge effect. His comments have really helped gin up interest," Doug Hall, an American citizen who now lives in Mexico, told Fusion. "There is a lot of momentum this year. We are registering a lot of people." Jeva Lange
Senate Democrats blocked a proposed government spending bill Tuesday, downing the proposal with a 55-45 vote that threatens to shut down the government if an agreement is not reached by the Oct. 1 deadline. The resolution, backed by Republican leadership, would have funded the government through Dec. 9 but was rejected on the grounds that it did not give aid to Flint, Michigan, but did provide for flood victims in Louisiana, Maryland, and West Virginia. Democrats have said they don't oppose the flood aid, but that it should not be included in the funding bill unless aid also goes toward Flint's ongoing water crisis.
"Why do you feel you have to punish people in Louisiana ... for Flint when there's a pathway forward on Flint through the WRDA bill?" Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said, naming a bill the Senate approved to give Flint $220 million for water infrastructure. The House version of the WRDA bill — fully named the Water Resources Development Act — did not include the provision for aid to Flint, however, meaning the two chambers would need to re-negotiate it after returning from the election hiatus.
"The Republicans are essentially saying, 'The disasters in our states are more important than the disasters in your state,'" Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said. "It is unfair, and it is wrong." Jeva Lange
The first presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle was the most-watched debate ever, with 80.9 million people tuning in to see Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go head to head. Clinton and Trump's first presidential showdown topped the second-most viewed debate in U.S. history, between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in 1980, by 300,000 viewers.
The debate was especially accessible for viewers this year as it was shown on every major news network, in addition to being streamed on Facebook and YouTube. By comparison, the first debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama in 2012 garnered only 67 million viewers on average. And while some analysts had expected viewership to drop after the first hour of the debate, Nielsen data showed early signs of viewers sticking around to watch the whole thing.
The official Nielsen number tallies only traditional TV viewers, disregarding online streaming or group-watching events, so likely many more than 80.9 million people actually watched the debate. Still, Monday's record falls short of some early expectations the debate would attract 100 million or more viewers, which would have been comparable to Super Bowl 50. Jeva Lange
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said in a Monday night interview that Hillary Clinton might be "too stupid to be president," if she really believed her husband Bill Clinton over then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky when he denied early allegations of their affair in the 1990s. "She didn't just stand by him, she attacked Monica Lewinksy," Giuliani said. "After being married to Bill Clinton for 20 years, if you didn't know the moment Monica Lewinsky said that Bill Clinton violated her that she was telling the truth, then you're too stupid to be president."
While Donald Trump was too "gentlemanly" and "reserved" to bring up the subject at the presidential debate Monday night, Giuliani suggested he would not have hesitated to mention Bill's past indiscretions. Giuliani also said the fact that Trump didn't broach the topic is evidence he's a feminist.
You can hear the rest of Giuliani's evidence in his full interview, below. Becca Stanek
I asked Giuliani if Trump is a feminist #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/xWvkgVuKXV
— Alexandra Svokos (@asvokos) September 27, 2016


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Mr. Boulben was originally erroneously referred to as RIM's new CFO. He is actually the new CMO. RIM defends his track record at LightSquared pointing out that he won 40 contracts in under a year, before LightSquared ran afoul of the FCC and USAF.
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quote: might be interested in buying a RIM phone may not because they know no OS upgrade is coming, so might as well wait
quote: a company with excess inventory that no-one wants to buy shouldnt be announcing that the next OS wont be supported and that no upgrade will come. They should be finding a way to make it work
quote: You have both been 100% wrong about everything every step of the way
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In the film, which tells the story of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's life and marriage at the time he was making his 1960 horror classic Psycho, Johansson, 27, and Biel, 30, play the parts of that film's leading ladies, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles, respectively.
"When we took that still of Scarlett behind the wheel and put it up against the still of Janet behind the wheel in Psycho, it was eerie," says Hitchcock director Sacha Gervasi. "The extent to which Scarlett was able to channel Janet [was] a real surprise. She brought it in such a way that no one really anticipated."
As for Biel, embodying Miles – a longtime Hitchcock collaborator who had infuriated the mercurial auteur when she dropped out of his Vertigo to have a baby – proved more of a stretch.
"Hitchcock dressed her up in a wig and did everything could to make the beautiful Vera Miles look frumpy," says Gervasi. "What Hitch tried to do to Vera we tried to do to Jessica, and the results were equally ridiculous. It is not possible to make Jessica Biel dowdy."
Don't expect Johansson, who plays Norman Bates's first onscreen murder victim, in a shot-for-shot recreation of Psycho's famous shower scene. Rather than copying, Gervasi showed that sequence from Hitchcock's perspective. While the original sequence took about a week to shoot, "ours took considerably less," says Gervasi.
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On a night that celebrated the organization's success, President and CEO Rich Focht announced his retirement after 23 years of working with Seneca Industrial and Economical Development Corp.
Focht, who started in 1990, said at the SIEDC Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony March 21 that he will be ending his tenure with the organization Dec. 31.
"There's always a lot of challenges out there, a lot of things I want to do," he said. "My goal is always to try and make things better; (SIEDC has) done that. I think we've made things considerably better, and I see other opportunities out there to do some things that can have a positive impact on the community."
He said there are several projects SIEDC has lined up before his retirement in nine months. He said the organization is working on getting funding for a loop road, which would use existing roads to create a loop that would connect US 224 and SR 53.
"I'm amazed at the growth we're seeing right now in the manufacturing sector," Focht said. "We've got a half-dozen companies right now that are expanding and adding people. I've had discussions with several companies in the last couple of weeks that are looking at some significant projects, if they come through it's going to mean even more growth and employment. On top of what's already been announced."
He said SIEDC has been successful because local government and businesses have been cooperative and worked well with the organization.
"I think the thing that I'm most proud of is that I like to think I helped influence the community's attitude about investing in itself," Focht said.
He said in the late 70s he and his father tried to develop some land for an industrial park, and said the city and county were very difficult to work with at the time.
"I promised myself then, if I ever had the opportunity to do something about that, I would," Focht said.
Before joining SIEDC Focht worked as city administrator when Dave Martien was mayor of Tiffin.
"I loved working with Dave, he did a really good job," he said. "Dave really did a lot to turn the community around, and get the community thinking in the right regards to economic development."
Before Focht's arrival, he said SIEDC had not had a lot of success, and was on the verge of disbanding if he was unable to make something happen.
He said the Northstar Industrial Park was one of the first opportunities to begin to market the community. Focht also mentioned the rehabilitation of the former Shawhan Hotel, city expanding its sewers and cleaning up the Glasshouse property as other achievements of SIEDC to improve the city.
"I think we've done good," he said. "We've had some success bringing in some businesses. Those businesses, for the most part, have grown and succeeded."
He said there are two employees at SIEDC, himself and Karen Bowers, who has worked with the organization for six months longer than Focht.
"I feel very fortunate that I had Karen here," he said. "There's absolutely no way I could've done this job without her."
Focht said he and Bowers had a sense of pride when they worked at SIEDC because they are both originally from the area.
"I think the reason it worked for us, is we both grew up in Tiffin and it meant a lot to us to see the community succeed," he said. "We felt a responsibility because we had grown up here It's an advantage and it's a disadvantage. You take things to heart because you care, but because you care you want things to happen too."


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AstraZeneca will use Moderna Therapeutics' messenger RNA technology to develop and commercialize new drugs for cancer and "serious" cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal diseases, under a multi-year deal that could net Moderna more than $420 million.
AZ agreed to pay Moderna $240 million up-front, plus up to an additional $180 million tied to three technical milestones. Moderna is also eligible for payments tied to development and commercial milestones, as well as royalties on drug sales ranging from high single digits to low double digits per product.
How quickly the agreement becomes effective hinges on expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
AZ will lead preclinical, clinical development, and commercialization of therapeutics resulting from the agreement, while Moderna will design and manufacture the messenger RNA against selected targets. AZ has the option to select up to 40 drug products for clinical development. AZ will have exclusive access to select any target of its choice in cardiometabolic diseases, as well as selected targets in oncology, over five years for subsequent development of what the companies are calling messenger RNA therapeutics™.
Moderna's technology uses messenger RNA to produce, in vivo, human proteins or antibodies inside patient cells that activate intracellularly or are secreted into the serum. The messenger RNA contains naturally occurring nucleotide analogues designed to stimulate the body's ability to produce intracellular and secreted therapeutic proteins without triggering an immune system response. The secreted proteins will be released into the bloodstream with the goal of restoring function elsewhere in the body.
The messenger RNA technology could dramatically reduce the time and expense associated with creating therapeutic proteins using current recombinant technologies, AZ and Moderna say.
"Where current drug discovery technologies can target only a fraction of the disease-relevant proteins in the human genome, we have the potential to create completely new medicines to treat patients with serious cardiometabolic diseases and cancer," AZ CEO Pascal Soriot said in a statement.
Earlier today at AZ's Investor Day briefing in New York, Soriot led company executives in declaring the company's commitment to growing its pipeline, in part through new partnerships and business-development deals.
Stephane Bancel, president and founding CEO of Moderna, said in the statement, "We share a common vision with AstraZeneca for how mRNA therapeutics™ will enable many new innovative drugs for targets which are totally undruggable today. We look forward to this unique opportunity where Moderna can apply its research platform, broad intellectual property portfolio, and know-how to potentially contribute significantly to AstraZeneca's pipeline."
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, privately held Moderna was founded in 2010 by Flagship VentureLabs in association with scientists from Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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According to no less an authority than the RIAA,
Boyz II Men
are the most commercially successful R&B group of all time. They sold ludicrous numbers of records and were involved in three of the longest-running number one pop singles in history, and they did it as a unit of equals. In fact, their four-part harmonies blended so smoothly that most of the general public would be hard-pressed to name any of the group's individual members. And that's no reflection on their skill as singers;
Boyz II Men
were among the first male R&B artists to adopt the sort of hyper-technical melodic embellishments that were popularized by virtuosic divas like
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
. Their early music was indebted to new jack swing, but the group quickly found their forté in lush, soulful ballads, where their harmonies could be showcased to greatest effect.
Boyz II Men
may never duplicate their incredible run of success during the first half of the '90s, but that's a near-impossible task for anyone, even with the broad-based appeal of their clean-cut romantic image.
Boyz II Men
were formed in 1988 at Philadelphia's High School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Founding members
Nathan Morris
Marc Nelson
had been singing together for several years, but had trouble keeping a group together simply due to members graduating. Things finally stabilized when they hooked up with
Wanya Morris
Shawn Stockman
, and bass vocalist
Michael McCary
; calling themselves
Unique Attraction
, the quintet performed a well-received Valentine's Day show for their school and developed a repertoire that leaned heavily on
New Edition
songs (one of which, "Boys to Men," gave them their name). Their big break came in 1989, when they snuck backstage at a
Bell Biv DeVoe
concert and wowed group member
Michael Bivins
(also formerly of
New Edition
, and a budding music entrepreneur) with an a cappella version of
New Edition
's "Can You Stand the Rain."
offered them a deal right there, but
would not stick around to be part of it; personality conflicts led to his departure soon after (he later resurfaced as a member of
Az Yet
Down to a quartet,
Boyz II Men
entered the studio to record their debut album,
, for the legendary Motown Records. Backed by the new jack production then in vogue, they dubbed their sound "hip-hop doo wop," though as a vocal harmony group they were more indebted to R&B of the '60s and '70s.
was released in 1991, and its first single, the uptempo dance track "Motownphilly," rocketed up the charts, going Top Five pop and number one R&B on its way to platinum sales. The a cappella ballad "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," a cover of a song from the film Cooley High, also hit the pop Top Five and topped the R&B charts, and went gold. Meanwhile, the album won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.
Boyz II Men
MC Hammer
Too Legit to Quit
tour in 1992, but tragedy struck when tour manager Khalil Roundtree was shot and killed in Chicago; the group rededicated "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" to him.
The tragedy notwithstanding,
Boyz II Men
had had an extremely auspicious beginning to their career. Still, nothing could have foreshadowed the group's Midas touch over the next few years. Briefly entering the studio in between concert gigs,
Boyz II Men
cut a smooth
ballad called "End of the Road" for the soundtrack of the
Eddie Murphy
film Boomerang. Released as a single, it became not just a blockbuster, but one of the biggest hits in history; it spent 13 weeks at number one on the pop charts, an incredible run that broke the record of 11 weeks
Elvis Presley
had held ever since 1956 with the double-sided single "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog." "End of the Road" won a slew of awards and cemented
Boyz II Men
's star status beyond any doubt; while crafting their next album during 1993, the group released a couple of placeholders: a Top Five cover of
the Five Satins
doo wop classic "In the Still of the Nite," from the TV movie The Jacksons: An American Dream, and the holiday album
Christmas Interpretations
. (Also that year,
Whitney Houston
's "I Will Always Love You" broke "End of the Road"'s record with 14 weeks at number one.)
The post-"End of the Road" buzz helped make
Boyz II Men
's next album,
, an instant smash when it arrived in 1994, even though it didn't include "End of the Road." Produced by the likes of
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
, rather than
(who wanted to concentrate on developing new artists),
debuted at number one on its way to sales of over 12 million copies. The first single, "I'll Make Love to You" (also penned by
), raced up the charts and wound up tying
's short-lived record, with 14 weeks of its own at number one -- a staggering feat in itself, made all the more amazing by the fact that the group had already set the record once. Moreover, the follow-up single, "On Bended Knee," actually replaced "I'll Make Love to You" at number one for a six-week run of its own; only
the Beatles
had ever replaced themselves at number one. "Thank You" was a relative flop, not quite making the pop Top 20, but "Water Runs Dry" returned them to the Top Five, falling one slot short of number one.
Boyz II Men
spent much of 1995 touring the U.S. and beyond in support of
, and also opened their own recording studio. They spent some time recording collaborations with other artists:
Wanya Morris
duetted with
on the hit "Brokenhearted," and the whole group sang on
Michael Jackson
's "History" and
LL Cool J
's "Hey Lover." The biggest one, however, was a song done with
Mariah Carey
called "One Sweet Day." Featuring two of the biggest chart powerhouses in the industry, "One Sweet Day" was virtually a guaranteed blockbuster, and it went on to spend 16 weeks at number one on the pop charts, debuting there in December 1995; it was the
such record-setting single of
Boyz II Men
's career.
Over the group's objections, Motown released a piece of cash-in product titled
The Remix Collection
in late 1995; in retaliation,
signed a distribution deal with Sony, not Motown, for their new vanity label, Stonecreek. It was the beginning of a souring relationship that only worsened upon the release of
Boyz II Men
's next album,
, in 1997. The record started out strong, debuting at number one and sending "4 Seasons of Loneliness" to the same position on the singles charts; its Top Ten follow-up, "A Song for Mama," gave
Boyz II Men
their record-setting seventh platinum single. However, Motown was unable to throw its full promotional muscle behind the record (perhaps because of their transition to a new label president), meaning that
didn't have nearly the shelf life of
, selling only two million copies. It didn't help that critics were less than enthusiastic, questioning the album's title since the music itself was more of the same. The group was also forced to postpone parts of their supporting tour when
Wanya Morris
developed a benign polyp on his vocal cords. He recovered fully, though, and in early 1999, amid major record company mergers, the group got their contract transferred from Motown to Universal.
For their next album,
Boyz II Men
assumed greater control over songwriting and production, handling a greater share of each by themselves. The resulting record,
Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya
, was released in 2000, and while it received better reviews than
, it continued the group's downward commercial slide, only going gold and producing a smaller-scale hit in "Pass You By." The group subsequently signed with Arista Records. In summer 2002,
Boyz II Men
kept with their sophisticated approach for the aptly titled release
Full Circle
Michael McCary
left the group in 2003 due to problems with scoliosis. In 2004, the remaining members released
, an album filled with covers of their favorite songs. Their 2006 effort,
The Remedy
, was initially only available in Japan until a year later when it was released through the band's official website. Their tribute album,
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
, was also released in 2007. It featured production from
American Idol
Randy Jackson
plus an a cappella version of their own Motown hit "End of the Road." Two years later
was back as producer of their third all-covers album,
. Another release for Japan, Covered: Winter, consisted of Japanese pop covers. Twenty, issued in 2011, offered a set of new material and a collection of re-recordings. Three years later, the trio returned with Collide, their 11th proper studio album.
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