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An abandoned inlet on the outer harbor will become the new home to a community boating center.
The inlet, located on an acre of property near the north end of Fuhrmann Boulevard, will be used by the Cazenovia Community Resource Center in South Buffalo to expand its junior sailing program, Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns, D-Buffalo, announced at the waterfront site on Friday.
"It's not only about providing people more access to the water, it's going to open up access to young kids – disadvantaged kids – who never had the opportunity to get to the water," Kearns said.
Over the past two years, the resource center and the Sail Buffalo program have been teaching kids ages 8 to 17 about sailing along the outer harbor, where it docks its "floating classroom" – an eco-friendly barge kept afloat by 6,500 two-liter plastic soda bottles.
Now, the center has received permission from the U.S. Coast Guard to use the nearby basin – between the Coast Guard station and the First Buffalo River Marina – which had served as a foul-weather inlet for the Coast Guard, Kearns said.
The property already has been dubbed the "Frances Folsom Cleveland Fair Weather Inlet," named after the wife of former President Grover Cleveland.
"What makes me happy about this whole process is that more kids from the city will have more access to the water than ever before," said Mark Lazzara, president of the Cazenovia Community Resource Center.
The next step is coming up with funding to clean up the location and provide more amenities for the program.
The first phase of the project will cost about $250,000 and the second phase will be an additional $100,000, Lazzara said.
"We need docks and a few more boats," Lazzara said. "We'd love to be able to fund kayaks, water bicycles and standing surfboards."
The resource center has already applied for funding through the Niagara River Greenway Commission.
"We're hopeful that this gets consideration," Lazzara said. "If we get funded by that, we will be operational by this summer."
"One way or another," Kearns said, "we'll be using the inlet this year."
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Watch her feet and you see the potential. Katie Healy moves smoothly and strongly in the low post, finding her way around the defense. She will step back to create space and release a high-arcing jump shot with some serious hang time before it swishes through the net. Given the opportunity, the freshman can step back even farther, behind the three-point line, making her a difficult matchup for most of the post players she faces.
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Already committed to St. Bonaventure, she spent her senior year of high school watching the program have a magical season, going undefeated in the Atlantic 10, earning a Top 25 national ranking and advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16. In her first game in the Reilly Center, she stood at center court with her new teammates as the postseason banners were unveiled.
"That was intimidating, honestly," Healy said. "I was really excited for them. I went to almost every game that I could [last season]. Just watching that and seeing how they played together I was really excited. I really wanted to get here.
Healy said it was "really cool" to see the banners unfurl.
"It made me want to have that happen to me with my teammates and the other freshmen. Hopefully we can make that happen in the next four years."
Healy was the Western New York Player of the Year last year after averaging 17.1 points and 9.7 rebounds a game for Lancaster. Before transferring to Lancaster, she played at Sacred Heart and was part of two Monsignor Martin Association championship teams.
Her success in high school came from being the big girl in the low post. What will key her success at St. Bonaventure will be her ability to become versatile, read the game and become a vocal leader.
She has already improved. At the beginning of the season, a few early missed shots often meant an ineffective Healy for the rest of the game. Crowley had a talk with Healy about changing her in-game mentality.
"Coach told me I had to get rid of it. He said you can't think about the first shot," Healy said. "He said, 'We can't look at you as a freshman anymore. You have to play older.' He basically asked me if I could handle it. I said yes. And now that's what he expects of me. I think he gave me the confidence to be able to do that."
With that confidence, Healy has been able to showcase the versatility she has added to her game. Assistant coach Ryan Gensler, who works with the post players, said that Healy is learning the progression of the game and how to make reads off the defense – a skill that is really only developed through game experience.
"She's learning if the reads are skip passes or when to take it to the basket strong because you have a favorable matchup," Gensler said. "She wasn't always sure when to be aggressive and that confidence has grown over the season.
"She came in in really good shape and came in with a really good desire to get better. So I wanted to throw the gamut at her early. I don't think there's anything we shied away from because she was already OK with her feet. She was already OK with her jump shot. So I think it was more expanding her jump shot out to the three-point line. Utilizing your pivots and understanding that you're under control even when you pick up your dribble."
While her jump shot was OK, stepping out regularly and taking three-pointers in the flow of the offense was a new world for Healy. This season, she is 5 of 14 from three-point range, but an impressive 4 of 9 in Atlantic 10 games. Not bad for a post player who didn't think she had that range.
"That came this year. I was more of a post player in high school," Healy said. "I could drive … but I couldn't really shoot. I had no range. Now, Ryan works with me all the time getting shots up and trying to develop that aspect of my game. I think I almost concentrate more on getting outside shots now in my workouts."
Healy has started in 11 of the Bonnies' 24 games this season, including all nine Atlantic 10 games. As she moved into the starting lineup, her numbers, which were solid to start with, got even better. In A-10 play she is averaging 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a game and shooting a team-best .482. Add to that 17 steals and eight blocks and she's building a solid foundation for future success, both for her and a program that is struggling to find wins in its post-NCAA season. The Bonnies are just 9-15 overall and 2-7 in the A-10 heading into Sunday's game at Butler.
Creating the future includes learning from the past. At the beginning of the season, Gensler had her watch some video of Van Tatenhove. It wasn't just to watch the moves but to inspire confidence in Healy that she, too, could be a dominant force for the Bonnies and become a leader in the program.
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As the search for a way to end the partial federal shutdown and avoid a debt crisis shifted to the Senate, Democrats made plain that one of their top priorities was to diminish the next round of across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, due to take effect early next year.
Many Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), oppose retreating from those cuts. That set up a clash that seemed almost as intense as the one that caused budget talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama to collapse Friday.
"Total federal spending has now gone down for two years in a row—the first time that's happened since the Korean War,'' Mr. McConnell said Sunday. With the additional sequestration cuts on tap for 2014, the budget limits have produced "the most significant spending reduction in modern history and Senate Republicans will not accept anything that undoes these cuts."
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The talks also showed Senate Democrats moving aggressively to press their top priorities in a pact that would be presented to the Republican-controlled House at a moment when voting it down could put the nation closer to potential default.
Senate Democrats have been strengthened by the sidelining, at least for now, of House conservatives, who dropped nearly all their major policy demands only to see Mr. Obama reject their proposal for ending the stalemate.
With Senate leaders now negotiating, the fiscal battle focused for the first time in weeks on the budget itself, not on side issues that had dominated, such as the Republican demand that the 2010 health-care law be delayed or altered. Republicans who had opposed the GOP's "defund Obamacare'' strategy welcomed the return of interest to basic spending issues.
"I think we have finally gotten to a really good place,'' said Sen. Bob Corker (R. Tenn.). "Now's the time for all of us to focus on the right page, the right paragraph to get this done.''
But the focus on spending brought the parties back to the impasse that has divided them for months: Whether or not they can agree to a broad deficit-reduction deal to replace the scheduled across-the-board spending cuts.
Mr. McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) conferred by phone Sunday, people familiar with the talks said, after meeting Saturday for their first face-to-face negotiations since the government shutdown began.
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Many senators had thought the outlines of a deal were coming together in a bill drafted by Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine), which would have funded the government until mid-March and raised the debt limit through January. The plan also included changes to the health-care law, delaying a tax on medical devices designed to help fund the law and tightening enforcement of income-eligibility rules for people receiving government subsidies for insurance. Those changes were far more modest than Republicans demanded earlier.
Mr. Reid rejected the plan, in part because he didn't want the fiscal measures to include concessions on the health law. But Democrats say their biggest objection was that it would make it more difficult to reach their long-held goal: to replace some of the across-the-board sequester cuts with a broader budget deal that would include tax-revenue increases and cuts in entitlement programs.
Mr. McConnell on Sunday upbraided Mr. Reid for rejecting the Collins proposal, saying, "It's time for Democrat leaders to take 'yes' for an answer.'' After Mr. McConnell suggested the Collins plan had drawn significant Democratic support, the six Democrats who has been working with Ms. Collins on her proposal issued a statement declaring that they hadn't yet signed on.
"We do not support the proposal in its current form,'' the six senators said. "There are negotiations, but there is no agreement."
In another sign of Democrats' efforts to forge party unity at a delicate stage of negotiations, White House officials said Mr. Obama on Sunday called House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) to review budget strategy, as he did in an Oval Office meeting with Senate Democratic leaders Saturday.
Mr. Corker warned that Democrats may be overreaching by trying to revise the sequester cuts set by the Budget Control Act of 2011, and he urged the party to stick to the most urgent fiscal issues.
"There's no question that House Republicans overreached in trying to use this negotiation to repeal a [health care] bill that was very central to the president's agenda,'' said Mr. Corker. "The same thing is happening on the Democratic side among Senate leadership as pushed by the White House. They're trying to now undo a law put in place in 2011, the Budget Control Act.''
Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) suggested that lawmakers could pass a short-term funding bill with a path for resolving the parties' differences over the sequester cuts.
"So, how do you overcome that dilemma? We're not going to overcome it in the next day or two," Mr. Schumer said on CBS. "But if we were to open up the government for a period of time that concluded before the [next] sequester took place, which is Jan. 15, we could have a whole bunch of discussions, and I am more optimistic than most."
That pointed to a possible compromise that sources familiar with Senate budget talks said that Mr. Reid floated to Mr. McConnell on Sunday: Continue spending at current levels until mid-December, set up a mechanism for negotiating over the across-the-board cuts and other budget matters for the rest of the year, and extend the debt limit for about six months. It wasn't immediately clear what Mr. McConnell's response was.
Mr. Reid disputed the suggestion that Democrats were proposing to breach established spending caps, noting they had passed a bill that would extend current funding levels through Nov. 15. Beyond that, Democrats are hoping to find deficit-reduction savings in other areas to replace future sequester cuts.
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Elkins city police are working to solve a string of break-ins that have affected downtown businesses.
Lt. S.D. Richards with the Elkins Police Department said Friday the number of break-ins haven't necessarily increased, but businesses that haven't typically been targeted before - namely, Beander's and Scottie's - have appeared on the hit list within the last five to six weeks.
"They're hitting places they haven't hit before," Richards said. "They hit Scottie's several times - there were two actual break-ins and one attempted break-in."
The most recent break-in occurred on Feb. 25 when someone cut the pipes in the basement of Beander's on Davis Avenue. That case is still open, Richards said.
So, how can downtown businesses prevent break-ins? Richards recommends installing cameras and alarm systems.
"I'd recommend going that route, but that's a lot of money for some people to have to pay out," the officer said. "Unfortunately, if somebody wants to do something bad enough to you, they're going to do it... alarm systems and cameras just aid in prosecution. They don't necessarily prevent break-ins."
Anyone with information about break-ins of Scottie's or Beander's is asked to call the EPD at 304-636-0678 or the nonemergency number to the Randolph County E-911 Center, 304-637-3561, and ask to speak with an officer.
Richards said the EPD also continually receives reports of vehicles being broken into.
"It's ongoing; there's never an increase, but it never lets up," he said. "We would advise residents not to leave anything valuable in their vehicles, and make sure it's locked."
Breaking into a locked car makes a lot of racket, which tends to discourage criminals from making break-in attempts, Richards said.
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on December 22, 2012 - 7:05 PM
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WASHINGTON – The lifeline that Congress threw to an Air National Guard unit in Niagara Falls last week may end up being a death sentence someday for terrorists holed up in the hills of Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia.
That's because some of the men and the women of what's now the 107th Airlift Wing will soon be piloting drones that, most likely, will spy on or kill American adversaries overseas.
It's the Air Force's fastest-growing, most cutting-edge mission – one that's likely to preserve most, but not all, of the 107th's 845 jobs, which include those of 580 Guardsmen and women. What's more, supporters say the move is likely to keep the oft-endangered 107th in business for years or decades to come.
Yet it's also perhaps the Air Force's most controversial mission – one that forces airmen to push the "kill" button on suspects who will never get captured, never get interrogated, never get a chance to defend themselves in a court of law.
Not surprisingly, then, a raging debate is about to come to Western New York: one between those who think targeted drone strikes are the best way to eliminate the terrorist threat without putting U.S. troops in harm's way, and those who decry targeted killings by robot aircraft as a new and immoral form of warfare – especially when it claims the life of innocent civilians and U.S. citizens.
It's a debate between the likes of Rep. Kathleen C. Hochul, D-Hamburg, and Charles Bowman, interim director of the Western New York Peace Center.
Through the use of drones, "we can identify with incredible precision our actual enemies, the terrorists," said Hochul, who led the fight to find a new mission for the 107th once the Air Force proposed shutting down the unit early this year. "This is not a perfect way to do it, but it is an effective way that we can accomplish our goal with, I believe, less loss of life."
Bowman could not see things much differently.
"These are executions," he said of the targeted killing of terror suspects, which has escalated dramatically under the Obama administration. "This is not a way of fostering world peace."
The use of drones is, however, the way of the future.
The Air Force says it trained 350 drone pilots last year, and that by 2015, it will need 2,000 of them. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, told the New York Times this summer that it's "conceivable" that the Air Force one day will have more pilots flying drones than manned aircraft.
That being the case, Hochul identified a drone mission, along with others in reconnaissance and cyber security, as her top targets for a new role for the 107th.
"I wanted to make sure that we weren't going to be getting something old-school – obsolete even," said Hochul, who relentlessly lobbied Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and the Air Force for a new role for the 107th. "I knew that the generals were asking for this. It has a more likely chance of being here long term."
Already, U.S. Predator drones and their faster, heavier cousins, the Reapers, patrol the skies over the world's trouble spots, gathering intelligence and firing missiles at suspected terrorists.
As a result, drone strikes have claimed the lives of several prominent terrorist leaders, including Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti – al-Qaida's second-in-command – and Anwar al-Aulaqi, an American Muslim cleric who was believed to have influenced Fort Hood shootings suspect Nidal Malik Hasan. And long before that, a missile fired from a Predator drone killed Kamal Derwish, an American citizen who greatly influenced the "Lackawanna Six" terror suspects.
Collateral damage
Government officials have had little to say about those targeted killings, but John Brennan, President Obama's top anti-terrorism adviser, did offer some details in an April speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
"Yes, in full accordance with the law – and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives – the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qaida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones," Brennan said.
There's no doubt those drone strikes have been effective, but according to a report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, they also have caused a lot of collateral damage – in the form of innocent lives lost.
In Pakistan, for example, the U.S. has launched 354 drone strikes in the past eight years, some 302 of them during the Obama administration. Those strikes have claimed between 2,597 and 3,398 lives – including 176 children.
Noting that the Times has reported that Obama selects many of those terror targets based on the intelligence information provided to him, Bowman, of the Peace Center, asked: "Do you think those children are any different than the children of Newtown?"
Defenders of drones say that the U.S. takes strong steps to try to protect civilians.
"We only authorize a strike if we have a high degree of confidence that innocent civilians will not be injured or killed, except in the rarest of circumstances," Brennan said.
Yet there are other moral questions attendant to the use of drones, said Naureen Shah, associate director of the Counterterrorism and Human Rights Project at the Columbia University Law School.
"Drones don't provide any opportunity for persons targeted to surrender," she said. "There's no way to interrogate them. At Guantanamo Bay and [prisons] in Afghanistan, at least we had the opportunity to find out who these people were. Here we're killing people before finding out who they are."
Defending ourselves
U.S. government officials insist, though, that they have a high rate of success in terms of targeting people who could prove to be a danger to the U.S. And if that means violating Pakistani territory to do it, so be it, said Panetta.
"We have made clear to the Pakistanis that the United States of America is going to defend ourselves against those who attack us," Panetta said while on a trip to India this summer. "This is not just about protecting the United States. It's also about protecting Pakistan. And we have made it very clear that we are going to continue to defend ourselves."
Civil libertarians are concerned, though, that U.S. citizens are among those being targeted. For that reason, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed two lawsuits against the government – one of which has already been dismissed – arguing that the government cannot legally kill U.S. citizens in drone strikes far from any battlefield.
In court papers, the government justifies the killing of civilians by saying it's a matter of national defense.
"Under these criteria, though, this [a targeted killing] could happen to any American citizen," which is why the government's argument should be seen as "scary," said Brett Max Kaufman, national security fellow at the ACLU.
Hochul, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, acknowledged that many serious questions surround the use of drones. But she said their use can be easily justified, on moral grounds, in more than one way.
For one thing, and most importantly, "this is the only we have to address those threats before they come to our shores," she said.
Hochul also argued that the use of drones actually minimizes civilian casualties, because the targeting of their missile strikes has become so precise.
Beyond that, she said: "This is also about our men and women in uniform," who more rarely have to go to war zones now but instead pilot drone strikes from thousands of miles away. "This saves their lives. That's an important priority of mine, protecting our men and women in uniform."
Adapting to switch
Flying drones is a very different mission for the men and women of the 107th, who now fly cargo planes, but Hochul said the members of the unit will have no problem with the change. In fact, she said she's received emails and calls from members of the unit, thanking her for helping save it.
"I have every confidence that the men and women at that base will adapt," Hochul said. "This is a better long-term opportunity for us, because there's going to be more investment in drones."
And when that investment comes to Niagara Falls, the Peace Center will be ready, Bowman said.
The Peace Center has sent protesters to Hancock Field in Syracuse, site of a similar Air Force drone operation to the one expected to start in Niagara, "and when and if this happens in Niagara, we will be out there protesting, too," he said.
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on February 6, 2013 - 12:01 AM
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If Gina Traniello ever packs your bags at the grocery store, be ready to pay your bill, because you won't be waiting long.
Traniello, 24, has mastered the art of bagging groceries quickly but properly, making sure the eggs don't get crushed and that no full bag strains your biceps.
Sunday, the Tops Markets employee will test her skills against the best from grocery stores around the country at the National Grocers Association's "Best Bagger Competition" in Las Vegas. The winner gets $10,000 and is expected to appear with David Letterman on his TV show.
If the contest sounds like a joke, Traniello at first thought it was. But she was persuaded to enter a store-level competition Tops held at the location where she works on Maple Road in Amherst near the Boulevard Mall. She won and advanced through Tops' district competition, then won a statewide competition hosted by Price Chopper near Albany. She earned a spot in the national championship at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, against 22 other state champions.
Traniello is both nervous and excited about competing on a national stage. "I have made it this far, and going to Las Vegas is honestly the coolest thing ever, since I've never been there and there's so much to do," she said. "Just the experience will probably be the best part."
Traniello was sent reusable fabric bags and a suggested list of grocery items to practice with at the store. In the national championship, contestants will be required to use only three reusable bags in the preliminary and final rounds. The entrants with the five highest scores will advance to the final round. In addition to the big first prize, there is prize money for runner-up spots.
What would Traniello do with a $10,000 first prize? "I would maybe go on a little shopping spree, but it's basically more for school [expenses]," she said.
The contestants will be judged on speed, proper bag-building technique and distribution of weight between bags, as well as the entrants' style, attitude and appearance.
Traniello, a Falconer native, lives in North Buffalo and is studying for her master's degree in literacy at Medaille College, after earning her undergraduate degree in education. She has worked at Tops for 6½ years, transferring in 2009 to the store where she now works. Her job at Tops involves a variety of tasks, like helping customers and cashiers, and at times, bagging groceries.
Brian Smigiera, the store manager, called her "an excellent employee, very versatile in the store, great with customer service, a jack of all trades."
Traniello describes herself as competitive, She has done some research, including watching a video of last year's champion in action, to help her prepare. But she has a good sense of what she has to do.
"You clearly can't have all the cans in one [bag], and glass can't touch glass," she said. "You want a box in the bag, with your boxes on the side, and then you pack from the outside in, and then you have stuff on top, like the eggs and bread."
The grocers association says the contest, which dates to 1987, promotes good customer service and recognizes the contributions that front-end personnel make in a store. While there has not been a national champ from New York, Tops can claim a past title: In 1998, an employee at a Finast store in Ohio won it all. Tops owned the Finast chain at the time.
The contest has also stirred excitement at the Amherst store. A banner hanging near the entrance salutes Traniello's statewide title, and her co-workers are rooting her on as she prepares for the finals.
"She's taking it very, very seriously," Smigiera said. "She's intent on winning this."
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No, for me, it is not hard to not buy third party lenses. I foresee a similar situation to the one Sigma had in the early 2000's, Canon will change or break the lens communication protocol and third party lens owners will be screwed, and the more successful third party manufacturers are the more inclined Canon are to do it and the sooner it will happen.I don't care how good the Tamron 24-70 f2.8 IS is, or how much less it will be compared to a Canon version, should they ever decide to actually sell one, I wouldn't buy it. I might be in a very small minority here but to me that is a very important consideration in lens purchases.For instance, I bought a 300 f2.8 IS nearly ten years ago, I could sell it today for the same as I paid for it, that kind of depreciation is unheard of for buisness capital purchases, same with my 70-200 f2.8 IS and 24-70! They hold their value like that for a reason, on the other hand your new Sigma tele zoom is worth half what you paid for it one second after your return policy runs out.
good IQ that perhaps started with the 50/1.4 from Sigma
I believe in the resale argument. I have sold 8 EF lenses in the past two years and made money on 3, broke even on 3 and lost a combined amount of 20 on lenses that were 1-3 years old. In the past I have always had to take a loss on Nikon gear. Same with Apple products, I have sold two Macbook Pros and have only taken a 100 hit on each of them at 3-4 years old. Maybe I'm just a good Ebayer.
But more importantly the reason why most of us stick with EF equipment and particularly L series is not just about IQ. It's about consistent color, contrast, and reliability across the product line. I can go from one EF lens to another and not have to worry much about color calibration or lack of contrast.
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Dante Sawyer, a defensive end from Suwanee, Ga., who is considered a highly regarded uncommitted 2014 prospect, was at South Carolina on Saturday for the Mississippi State game.
The Gamecocks have been one of his favorites, along with Tennessee, Auburn and Missouri. He has also been to Tennessee, Auburn and Georgia for games. Sawyer has said he plans to take his official visits before making his decision and those have not yet been scheduled.
Defensive back DJ Smith of Atlanta is another of the top uncommitted players for 2014. On Sept. 11, he announced a final four of Clemson, USC, Georgia and Tennessee. Entering November, those four remain intact on his board with no favorite and no decision until Signing Day.
His last game visit was to Clemson for the Florida State game, where he talked extensively with secondary coach Mike Reed and head coach Dabo Swinney.
"Coach Reed was telling me he wants to be my coach and I can get a lot out of going to Clemson," Smith said. "And coach Swinney was telling me he wants to add me to the family also. Both gave me positive feedback."
As for USC, Smith said he talks to recruiter GA Mangus a lot and gets a lot of mail from the Gamecocks.
"They're telling me they are holding that one spot for me at DB," he said.
He's not been to USC for a game this season, though he visited last June. He plans to get back for either the Florida or Clemson game. Smith has also been to Georgia for a game, and he thinks he'll get to Tennessee.
Defensive back Kaleb Chalmers of Greenwood has been to Clemson, USC, North Carolina, Duke, Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Georgia for games. He was at Clemson for the Florida State game.
Chalmers said Clemson, Tennessee, North Carolina and Duke are making the strongest push for him and each has offered, along with Stanford and Georgia Southern. USC has shown interest but has not offered, according to Chalmers. Chalmers does not have a favorite at this point and won't make his decision until the summer.
Running back Bryce Love of Wake Forest received an offer from Ohio State last month and took his first visit to Columbus last month. Love has offers from USC, Clemson, Tennessee, North Carolina, Stanford, N.C. State, Duke, Arkansas, East Carolina and Virginia Tech.
Love does not have any favorites but has strong interest in Clemson and USC. His parents are USC grads.
Traveon Samuel, a 5-8, 180-pound running back from Phenix City, Ala., has Clemson among his top five.
"Alabama and Auburn are my two favorites. Clemson is number five. Florida State is somewhere in there at three or four," Samuel said. He says he is in no hurry to make a decision and still has several visits he would like to take.
USC remains the leader for DB Desmond Cain of Delray Beach, Fla. The Gamecocks are his only offer thus far, and he's also getting interest from Miami, Michigan State, Indiana, Central Florida, North Carolina and Nebraska.
Cain visited USC for the Black Magic camp. "I liked everything about it," Cain said.
His only visit this season so far was to Central Florida, where he saw the Knights host USC. Cain does not have any other visits planned but wants to return to Columbia next summer.
DB Terry Godwin of Hogansville, Ga., has 22 offers, including Clemson and USC. But it's the Tigers showing him serious interest right now, and they stand to be on his short list when he puts that together in a few weeks. He was at the Clemson-Florida State game earlier this season. While there, Godwin met with defensive backs coach Mike Reed.
The offer list for WR Tavin Richardson (6-4, 205) of Byrnes does not include Clemson or USC. Richardson has offers from Pittsburgh, Boston College, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Louisville, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, Miami, Georgia Tech and Mississippi State. He's getting mail from Clemson and USC but thus far no offer.
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Dante Buford of Jacksonville, Fla., made his official visit to USC over the weekend and plans to make his decision this week. The 6-7 Simpsonville native also made official visits to Miami and Oklahoma, and his decision will come from between the Gamecocks, Hurricanes and Sooners.
The USC women gained a pair of commitments last week from highly rated guards from the Northeast. Doniya Cliney of Newark, N.J., is the 13th ranked guard in the 2014 class.
Bianca Cuevas of Brooklyn, N.Y., is ranked the No. 8 point guard in the class nationally. The USC women have four commitments for their 2014 class.
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LHP Banks Cromer (6-3, 150) of A.C. Flora announced via Twitter that he's committed to USC for the 2014 class. Cromer is the 15th commitment for the class and the third from A.C. Flora.


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In the third stage, organizations shift toward enabling information responsiveness. Able to move from reaction to prediction, these organizations focus on identifying the questions that – if answered – will impact their business the most.
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The analytics-driven transformation is an ongoing journey with a series of destinations – each a staging post for the next. Top-performers differentiate themselves through a deep understanding of their customers. These organizations typically have strong executive sponsorship for their chosen customer analytics strategies with a top-down mandate to build capabilities They treat information as a business asset with business managers accountable for customer data and customer communication.
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on July 6, 2013 - 4:26 PM
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The victim of Friday's fatal motorcycle crash in the city's Leroy neighborhood has been identified as Sonny Lee Hollingsworth, 40, of Buffalo.
Hollingsworth was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed when the crash occurred on Leroy Avenue, at the intersection with Holden Avenue, at about 7:15 p.m. Friday, according to Buffalo police accident investigators Martin Forero and Keith LaFalce.
Hollingsworth, who was riding a Kawasaki, could not avoid the Dodge Durango, which was trying to make a left turn at the intersection, police added.
Police on Saturday also said that Hollingsworth was riding side-by-side with another motorcyclist who narrowly missed the sport utility vehicle and was not injured.
Police said they are attempting to determine if the two were racing.
Hollingsworth was taken to Erie County Medical Center, where he died a short time later.
An autopsy performed Saturday determined the cause of death as blunt-force injuries, said police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge.
The male driver and passenger in the Durango were treated in ECMC and released.
Police did not release their names.
No charges have been filed. The investigation continues.
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on March 22, 2013 - 8:19 PM
LOCKPORT – A man who is serving a state prison sentence in connection with a heroin overdose death is accused of selling the drug four times last fall, while he was awaiting sentencing.
Miguel E. Febres, 33, of Zimmerman Street, North Tonawanda, appeared in Niagara County Court Friday and pleaded not guilty to a 12-count indictment.
Febres was sentenced Nov. 16 to one to three years for tampering with physical evidence, which referred to the body of David C. Brandl, 22, of Lockport, who died of a heroin overdose in Febres' apartment on the night of April 26-27.
Febres and two others hauled Brandl's body to Mayor's Park in North Tonawanda, where it was discovered the next morning by a National Grid crew.
Febres had pleaded guilty Aug. 2 and was out on bail when police began investigating alleged heroin sales.
Assistant District Attorney Peter M. Wydysh said Febres allegedly made four sales to a police informant, three of which were recorded on audio tape.
The dates were Oct. 2, 16 and 18 and Nov. 1. Later on Nov. 1, police raided Febres' apartment and found 16 bags of heroin, allegedly packaged for sale, $875 in cash and a loaded handgun, along with Suboxone and hydrocodone pills.
The new indictment charges Febres with four counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, five counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of seventh-degree drug possession and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Febres is due for his first appearance before the Parole Board in June, according to Assistant Public Defender A. Joseph Catalano.
In another drug arraignment Friday, Cariorl D. Mayfield, 19, of Eighth Street, Niagara Falls, pleaded not guilty to third-, fourth- and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.
He was arrested after an Oct. 13 traffic stop in the Falls, where he allegedly had cocaine and hydrocodone.
Also Friday, Farkas sentenced Willard Martin, 41, of 88th Street, Niagara Falls, to a year in the County Jail for felony driving while intoxicated.
Martin, who was arrested Aug. 24, 2011, at the Williams Road entrance ramp to the LaSalle Expressway in Wheatfield, pleaded guilty Aug. 4 but failed to show up for sentencing. A bench warrant was issued Jan. 18, and Martin was jailed without bail after he was hauled into court Feb. 28.
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A person from another planet, usually Mars, A.K.A a martian. The word stems from Costhanino, the word for pig head in the language of the lost Hawaiian civilization. Thanin can also refer to someone who suffers from intense annoying syndrome, someone who constantly pokes people, or in some cases, someone who suffers from hereditary retardation.
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What the Huck is going on with Quinn?That's what Guillermo Diaz thinks you'll say when Scandal picks up 10 months later on Thursday (10/9c, ABC) and finds Huck (Diaz) training Quinn (Katie Lowes) to be an assassin.Scandal postmortem: Shonda Rhimes teases what's next for Olivia Pope & Co."Huck has taken her under his wing and he's teaching her the ropes, and she wants to learn," Diaz tells TVGuide.com. "And she's really good at it."What else will make you say "What the Huck?!" Watch the video below to find out. Plus: Does the Weeds alum think OPA would take Nancy Botwin as a client?
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Grant Memorial Hospital staff recently said unofficial "I dos" for patients' entertainment at the seventh annual mock wedding.
The wedding, which took place on June 19, was broadcast live on WELD and also featured Steve Davis from the radio station as the minister.
Whitney Cook, C.N.A., played the part of the bride, while Joshua Gartin from the hospital's lab starred as the groom.
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Patients Evelyn Shirk and Arvella VanMeter watch as a mock wedding begins at Grant Memorial Hospital.
Steve Thompson acted as father of the bride and has played this role for five out of the seven years the mock wedding has taken place.
The best man was Brett Roberts; Casey Goldizen acted as the ring bearer; the maid of honor was played by Lauren Brown; and Kelsey Harper was a flower girl along with Samantha Simon.
Patients Evelyn Shirk and Arvella VanMeter filled the "mother roles." Shirk acted as mother of groom, and VanMeter was mother of the bride.
Several local businesses offered to help with this activity: Shop'n Save provided cake and other refreshments, Petals Florist gave the bouquet and Kaposy's supplied the tuxedo jackets.
Those in attendance were serenaded with music by Jesse Crites, R.N., and Joe Crites.
Hospital staff and E-wing patients were reminiscing about their own wedding memories as the event went on.
"This is one of the favorite activities at the hospital," said Josie Goldizen, GMH activities director. "I ask the patients each year if they want a wedding or ice cream party, and they always select the wedding."


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By Cory Giger
It would have been a shame had David Bromberg not earned a victory for his masterful performance over eight innings, and Mel Rojas Jr. made sure that didn't happen by playing the hero for the second straight day.
Rojas ripped a two-run triple down the right field line in the eighth inning to break open a scoreless game and give the Curve a 2-0 win over Portland before 3,917 fans Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. It's been two great days for Rojas, who also delivered a walk-off single in the 12th inning Wednesday.
"It felt great, especially since I was 0-2, two outs, men in scoring position," Rojas said. "You're just trying to do your job in that situation, and when you get that ball hit down the line, it just feels great."
The hit came at a perfect time as it allowed Bromberg to pick up a much-deserved win. The right-hander allowed only two hits over eight shutout innings, struck out seven and walked one in a dominant performance.
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Pitchers: Curve LHP Nate Baker (3-1, 5.86) vs. SeaWolves LHP Matt Crouse (8-9, 4.51)
Record: 57-65
Bromberg was done after eight innings and 102 pitches, and after the final out in the eighth, he excitedly ran off the mound pumping his fists. His start was one of the most impressive of the season by a Curve pitcher as he took a no-hitter into the sixth and had little trouble with the Sea Dogs' lineup.
"They needed me to come out there and pitch a good game and keep them in the game," said Bromberg, who was being counted on to go deep into the game after Wednesday's 12-inning contest taxed the bullpen. "I told the guys, 'Hey, you guys go out there and make the plays, I'll keep you guys in the game.'"
Bromberg is an intriguing pitcher in that, when he's on like he was Thursday, he looks like he can pitch in the big leagues. He has some things working against him, including being 25 and only throwing 90-91 mph, but it's tough not to be impressed looking at his overall body of work this season.
Bromberg lowered his ERA to 3.32, which ranks third in the Eastern League. He's nowhere near the kind of prospect Jameson Taillon is, but by comparison, Taillon had a 3.67 ERA in his time with the Curve.
"Today he showed that he can be a major league pitcher," Curve manager Carlos Garcia said. "Not only because of the quality of pitches he made tonight, but the situation we were involved in with a very short bullpen.
"He understood that, attacked the strike zone, made pitches, threw first pitch for strikes, mixing his pitches, throwing his breaking ball in 3-2 counts. That tells me a lot about the character of the guy."
Looking deeper into the numbers, Bromberg has 114 strikeouts in 119 1/3 innings, so even though he doesn't have a blazing fastball, he gets a lot of swings and misses. He's also allowed far fewer hits (102) than innings pitched, so he keeps hitters off balance and produces a lot of soft contact.
The opponents' batting average against him is just .234. The only knock against him is his control eludes him at times - he's walked 45 and has had games with six and four - but he had no problems with that Thursday.
Bromberg held Binghamton to one run on three hits in seven innings his last time out, so in his past two starts he has given up only five hits and one run in 15 innings with 14 strikeouts and three walks.
There's really nothing not to like about the results produced by Bromberg, who pitched the past seven years in the Twins organization and made it to Triple-A last season. He's been so good that it's hard to believe he began this season on the phantom disabled list, which means he wasn't injured but just didn't have a spot on the Curve's roster.
Asked if he thinks he can pitch in the majors, Bromberg said, "Yeah, I do."
It might not be with the Pirates - who have many pitchers ahead of him in their system - but Bromberg is the kind of pitcher who just needs to be in the right place at the right time to get a shot in the big leagues.
"The Pirates have given me an opportunity," Bromberg said. "I started off on the phantom DL and had to wait for my turn, and I was just hungry throwing my bullpens on the side. When I got my chance, I went up and talked to [farm director Larry Broadway] and said, 'Hey, I'm going to go out there and work my hardest and give you guys what you want from me.'"
There are 29 other teams in baseball, so whether the Pirates give Bromberg a shot or not, he's undoubtedly done enough this season to open up eyes and keep giving himself an opportunity.
"We have a lot of guys in front of him, and he understands that," Garcia said. "But when he gets the baseball he competes, and that's what we're looking for. And probably some people saw what we saw in the last few days and probably want to give him a shot."
Game recap
Key player: Curve RHP David Bromberg gave up only two hits over eight shutout innings.
Key play: LF Mel Rojas Jr. tripled down the right field line with two outs in the eighth inning to score the game's only runs.
Key stat: Bromberg is third in the Eastern League in ERA at 3.32.
How they scored
Bottom 8th: Dickerson doubled, Howard singled, both scored on Rojas Jr. triple (2-0).


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But as his roles as a ballplayer in Moneyball, a Navy SEAL in Zero Dark Thirty and now star of the new Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy prove, the 35-year-old has also learned (sometimes the hard way) what it takes to get in amazing shape.
Starting at 250 lbs., Pratt says he first approached weight loss just like he did when he wrestled in high school.
"I was like, 'I'm going to cut weight, put on plastics, run and I'm not going to eat,' " he tells PEOPLE. "That's what I did, but I didn't realize how that affects your body long-term, so that the minute you stop doing that you balloon your weight back up."
The training also took a toll on the actor's body. To play a Navy SEAL, "I was doing 500 push-ups a day, working out at the gym, running five miles a day, but with no food, and I tore my body apart," he says. "I felt terrible afterwards, had to get shoulder surgery, and I wore myself down doing that because I didn't have the proper coaching."
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"I actually lost weight by eating more food, but eating the right food, eating healthy foods and so when I was done with the movie my body hadn't been in starvation mode," he says. "It wasn't like I was triggered to just gorge myself and get really fat again."
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"It's something that I think I can maintain because now I don't spend four hours in the gym each day," he says. "I do maybe one hour in the gym maybe four days a week, and that's it."
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Educated at Southern Methodist University, Matt graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) in English Literature. He also pursued studies in History, Computer Science (Honors), Politics, and Law.
Following his graduation in May 2010, Matt dabbled in the corporate world at Southwest Airlines. In November 2011, in his spare time, he began producing this weblog, OneThirtySeven — an outlet for his fascination with technology, design, and the written word. He was no stranger to this form of writing, having produced GCDemos.com between 2001 and 2004 — a weblog with a readership of 1.5 million unique visitors per month.
In April 2012, catalyzed by the growing popularity of OneThirtySeven, Matt left Southwest Airlines and launched a boutique consultancy firm, Construct. Whilst there, he worked with the likes of Uber, American Express, and Ernst & Young.
During this period, Matt became a member of WELD, a creative community within Dallas' Design District.
Today, Matt Alexander is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Edition Collective, a project dedicated to the development of sustainable, dignified, and unique e-commerce concepts. Its portfolio includes Imprint, an award-winning men's retailer and lifestyle publication, and Foremost, a small-batch, affordable, and American-made brand.
Alongside Edition Collective, Matt has been named one of the top five faces of technology in 2015, named twice as one of Dallas' most fashionable people, and more. He also serves as a mentor for a variety of programs, including Tech Wildcatters (one of Forbes' top five worldwide startup incubators) and RevTECH.
Outside of The Edition Collective, Matt is the co-founder of Unbranded, the co-host of Bonanza! on Relay FM, and a columnist for D Magazine.
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LADSON — When Chip Knight heard early on March 9 that thieves had again struck his 24-hour car wash, it wasn't a complete surprise.
Surveillance video captured a man using a sledgehammer to bash a safe holding the coins and cash that motorists deposit for the Rain-X wash at Clean and Cruise. It was the same crude method employed by others who have considered the business a grab bag of loose change since Knight built it in 2004.
For seven minutes, the man in a hooded sweat shirt pried at the machinery in the 3600 block of Ladson Road.
Unbeknownst to the thief, someone had seen him. Dorchester County sheriff's deputies pulled up with drawn guns; his hands were still reaching for the money hopper.
What struck Knight was the man's identity — he was the same person deputies arrested in a similar episode last spring and in others elsewhere countywide.
Scott Thomas Murray, 32, of Summerville, was out on bail and going through drug court, a strict regimen for addicts charged with nonviolent crimes. It gives them a chance to clean up, get a job and make the charge go away.
Knight said those second chances threaten a livelihood that supports his wife and 11-year-old son.
Knight figures the thief did $11,000 in damage to his car wash in search of a few hundred dollars in change.
"The pollen season is the time car wash owners make money, but my money is going to repairs," he said. "It's tough enough to run a business in this economic climate."
First Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe said drug court, which started in 2010, is no easy street. Participants who flunk out are promptly locked up, he said.
Though he would not comment on Murray's case, Pascoe said defendants who commit similar crimes don't get any breaks from his office.
"Some don't go through the program because it's so rigorous," he said. "When you put someone in drug court, you're not doing them a favor."
Murray remains jailed on charges of safecracking and possessing tools capable of use in a crime. Burglary at car washes, ice machines and other businesses with outdoor safes is not a new problem. For Knight, who owns two car washes in Ladson and Summerville, the telltale signs of break-in attempts are dings from a sledgehammer on the safes' metal housing.
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Murray was first arrested in such a case in July 2011, after the owner of a Twice the Ice vending machine on West Butternut Road near Summerville found coins strewn about, according to an incident report. About $45 was missing, but $1,000 in damage was done. He later pleaded guilty to malicious injury to personal property.
Last April, the Sheriff's Office said Murray broke into eight coin safes at Knight's business and took about $200. Damage was estimated at nearly $3,000.
The business saw four more break-ins last year. Deputies stepped up their patrols, but the problem persisted.
"They're not going on all the time," Chief Deputy Sam Richardson said. "We'll have them for a period. We'll make arrests, and they'll stop."
Twice during the week before Knight's break-in this month, Ralph Massenburg said his Froggy's car wash on North Main Street near Summerville was struck. Investigators looked to tie Murray to those cases.
For Massenburg, who also owns five ice machines, it was the last straw. He plans to focus on operating the winery he recently opened near Walterboro.
"If I can get these people to stay in jail for a while, I'll have a chance to sell my places," Massenburg said. "I'm tired of it. I quit."
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After Murray was arrested March 9, he told jailers he was suicidal. He later was hospitalized because doctors said he had overdosed on drugs, according to a report.
Pascoe, whose office helps operate the county's drug court, said participants like Murray are routinely subjected to drug testing, but he declined to say whether Murray had been following the requirements.
The state-funded program accepts only nonviolent offenders whose alleged crimes are thought to have been committed to feed their addictions. It takes at least 18 months to complete, Pascoe said.
"At least you know they're getting supervision every week in this program," he said.
Mark Leiendecker, the county's chief public defender whose officer represents Murray, said Murray went through the same process that everyone else goes through. His nonviolent charges made him an eligible candidate for drug court.
"It's counseling, drug screening and treatments that extend for months or years before a client successfully kicks the habit," he said. Those clients can have their charges expunged, Leiendecker said, but they are not absolved from paying for any damage their alleged actions might have caused.
Knight said he doesn't expect any help to cover the thousands of dollars in damage done to his business. The most he has seen from Murray, he said, is a check for $64.


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on November 8, 2012 - 11:28 PM
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Just when you thought the Facebook ownership case couldn't get more bizarre, there's a new wrinkle to the civil suit filed by Paul Ceglia.
A letter reportedly sent by convicted killer James C. Kopp has been added to the court record in the two-year-old Facebook case, and it has federal court officials scratching their heads over how to handle it.
The letter, sent from the Canaan Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, where Kopp is serving a life sentence for the 1998 assassination of Dr. Barnett A. Slepian at the obstetrician's Amherst home, claims that Kopp and Ceglia have been pen pals for the past four years and outlines a series of claims and allegations about Ceglia, of Allegany County.
"Ceglia promised me $200 a month in prison commissary for the rest of my prison life if he won this lawsuit," the letter from prison states. "Also Ceglia promised me a years subscription to Mens Health magazine and Yoga Journal if he won this fraud lawsuit, and told me he would fly down to prison in Pennsylvania to visit me every Sunday if he won."
Officials at Canaan confirmed Kopp's presence at the high-security prison near Scranton but said they could not confirm the authenticity of the letter.
Kopp, the anti-abortion activist known as "Atomic Dog," was convicted in 2007 in Slepian's assassination nearly nine years earlier. He was convicted of murder in Erie County Court and sentenced to 25 years to life.
The letter claims that Kopp has newly discovered evidence that Ceglia was involved in the Slepian murder but stops well short of revealing what it is.
It also claims that Ceglia told Kopp "he was going to lie and create a fraud lawsuit against Facebook" so he could use some of the money from a likely settlement to get Kopp a top-notch lawyer.
"In particular Bruce Cutler who defended John Gotti," the letter states.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio, who is handling Ceglia's civil suit, added the letter to the public record this week, but it's unclear how credible he and others view it.
Several court sources said the judge felt compelled to include the letter in the court record because of the nature of the allegations against Ceglia.
Lawyers for Ceglia could not be reached to comment Thursday. Ceglia is currently in federal custody in connection with a separate criminal case against him.
The letter, allegedly sent by Kopp acting on his own behalf, asks the court's permission for Kopp to intervene in the civil suit.
Kopp, who has been in federal prison since 2007, admitted stalking Slepian in 1998, waiting in the woods behind the obstetrician's Amherst home and then shooting him with a high-powered rifle as Slepian stood in his kitchen with his family.
During his jury trial, Kopp said that he did not mean to kill Slepian and that his only goal was to prevent him from performing abortions.
Ceglia's civil suit against Facebook, in which he seeks at least 50 percent of the social networking giant, is based on his contention that he and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg signed a contract in 2003.
Facebook acknowledges that Zuckerberg signed a contract with Ceglia while Zuckerberg was a student at Harvard University but contends that it had nothing to do with Facebook.
Ceglia's case against Facebook took a new turn two weeks ago when he was charged in Manhattan federal court with orchestrating a "multibillion-dollar scheme" to defraud the company,
Federal prosecutors claimed that Ceglia "doctored, fabricated and destroyed evidence" to support his ownership claims regarding Facebook, and they charged him with felony wire and mail fraud.
He posted bail earlier this week but has not yet been released.
If the author of the letter is indeed Kopp, he has gone a step further by now denouncing the anti-abortion movement.
"I support all abortions and I denounce the Lambs of Christ," the letter writer said of the Pro-life group often associated with Kopp. "I'm a changed man and I seek a second chance in life."
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on January 21, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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By Sarah Bishop
After partisan gridlock prevented Albany lawmakers from taking action last spring to raise New York's minimum wage, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Legislature have taken commendable steps to break the political stalemate and pass a minimum wage increase this year. The governor has proposed an increase to $8.75 per hour, and the Legislature should act immediately to pass this proposal, along with cost-of-living adjustments for future years to protect the value of the minimum wage.
As an advocate for locally owned businesses in Buffalo, I hear all the time from entrepreneurs who are holding back on new hiring because of low sales revenue and weak customer spending in the post-recession recovery. Raising the minimum wage would put more money in the pockets of low-paid workers who often have no choice but to spend their increased earnings on basic needs. As these workers shop at local businesses, the state's economy will benefit from an overall increase in economic activity.
According to the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute, more than 1 million workers in the state would stand to benefit from raising the minimum wage to $8.75, and this increase would generate more than $600 million in new consumer spending. This minimum wage increase is expected to support the creation of more than 5,000 new full-time jobs as businesses expand to meet the new consumer demand.
Despite these findings, some critics have claimed that raising the minimum wage would only burden small businesses in the state. In reality, however, the small businesses that I know are already committed to paying fair wages – it's often the large, national retail and fast-food chains that pay low wages to make profits while keeping prices low.
Economic research makes clear that employers can readily adjust to paying higher wages without reducing employment, due in large part to the fact that pay raises boost employee productivity and reduce turnover, as workers are spared from having to balance two jobs in order to make ends meet.
In addition to following the governor's call to raise the minimum wage, the Legislature should also index the minimum wage to rise automatically to keep pace with the cost of living. Annual cost-of-living adjustments will protect the purchasing power of the minimum wage while giving businesses greater predictability over their payrolls.
New York's minimum wage has lagged behind the cost of living for the past several decades – in fact, if it had simply kept pace with inflation since the 1970s, New York's minimum wage would equal $10.70 per hour today.
In order to preserve an economy where work provides a path out of poverty, Albany lawmakers should act now to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.75 per hour and index it to rise with inflation in future years.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State signed all 17 of its verbal commitments, including decorated quarterback prospect Christian Hackenberg, during national letter-of-intent day on Wednesday.
The recruiting success is a mere extension of the Midas touch Bill O'Brien has shown since taking over the Nittany Lions' program 13 months ago.
n Despite being ravaged by the NCAA sanctions, O'Brien regrouped from an 0-2 start and directed the Lions to eight wins in their last 10 games and was named national coach of the year.
n Although sanctions continue to allow all of the PSU players to transfer through August, since last summer's exodus, no projected starter or top reserve has left - another victory in itself.
n Most of the verbals had been secured before the NCAA belched into its microphone in July, denying bowl bids and Big Ten title contention, and yet 17 new recruits and their families are all in.
It's difficult to say what's been more impressive - what O'Brien has done on the field or off it.
"Obviously, he sets the tone for what we're trying to do," recruiting coordinator Charles London said of O'Brien during a media session at the Lasch Building. "He's a great leader."
O'Brien playfully chided a reporter - OK, it was me - for bringing up the status of the returning players who, by rule, can still transfer.
But truth be told, he was nervous entering December, figuring the players would be going home and the likely legal targets of rival recruiters. He thought once the players were back on campus, a hurdle would be cleared.
And it has been.
But had there been a December exit of the returning nucleus, such as Allen Robinson or other parts of the self-proclaimed "Supa Six," (Robinson, Kyle Carter, Adrian Amos, Donovan Smith, Deion Barnes, Bill Belton), it's likely Hackenberg, Adam Breneman and the other studs in the class of 2013 would have gotten cold feet.
Instead, keeping the returnees and luring the newcomers will build on the legacy left by Michael Mauti, Matt McGloin, Gerald Hodges, Mike Zordich & Co.
"We feel really good about our football team right now," O'Brien said. "The guys here, having gone through last year, they know us better. They know what we expect. They understand the systems. They love the weight room."
And while he says the transfer rule lurks - "we're very mindful of the situation that we're still in" - O'Brien isn't dwelling on it.
"We understand the rules, and we're playing by the rules as far as the sanctions the NCAA laid down on us," he said. "At the same time, we don't spend every waking minute talking to these guys about staying. We say, 'you guys are Penn State football players, and we can't wait to coach you in the spring.'"
Anyone who has been around O'Brien has witnessed his bluntness, and while there's no question he uses most public forums to sell the program, his door is open, and lets players know where they stand.
"Nothing's changed as far as the honesty we have with them - and the relationships we have with them," O'Brien said.
While last year's accomplishment was achieved with a full roster, Penn State can only have 65 scholarship players beginning with the 2014 season.
The challenge will be compounded, but the goals will remain high.
"He was placed in a tough situation this year, unprecedented in college football, and I think he did a great job in managing not only the players but the staff and not letting expectations lower," London said. "A lot of people may have, but he never wavered on the standard of excellence that he set here at Penn State, and we never will waver on that."
Seeing last year's product, which featured wide-open offense, didn't hurt, either.
"Winning breeds success," London said. "A lot of people may have doubted we could get it done, but we proved we can, and I think that's a lot of the reason these kids stuck with us."
The success in college sports is tied to recruiting. As the saying goes, "It's not the X's and O's, it's the Jimmy's and the Joe's," but, despite being outmanned, the staff and by extension the team are not deterred.
"We can't wait to play the season next year, and we can't wait to play the [2014] season with 65 scholarships," O'Brien said. "Life's about challenges."
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Travis remained in critical condition under sedation after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain Wednesday night, publicist Kirt Webster said. The 54-year-old Grammy Award-winning singer had been improving while being treated for heart failure caused by a viral infection when he had the stroke.
Nancy Jones, the widow of Travis's lifelong hero George Jones, paid a visit to Travis on Thursday.
Stars including Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum and Martina McBride and the Grand Ole Opry used Twitter to express their concerns and join Webster's call for prayers for the singer, a popular and pivotal figure in country music. Hundreds posted messages with the hashtag PrayforRandy.
"We're all pulling for you Randy," Brad Paisley said via Twitter.
The setback occurred hours after doctors said Travis was showing signs of improvement since the start of treatment Sunday for congestive heart failure and the insertion of a pump to help his heart increase blood flow.
His doctors said Wednesday in a video statement that his heart problem stemmed from an upper respiratory infection caused by a virus, but they have not released any information since.
It was not clear what kind of stroke Travis suffered.
Drs. William Gray and Michael Mack of the Baylor Health Care System in Texas described Travis' condition and hospitalization for the first time in a video statement earlier Wednesday, noting his condition had stabilized and he had "shown signs of improvement."
Hours later, he was in the operating room. Doctors had not yet addressed Travis's current condition publicly Thursday, and Webster said in an email he had no further information to release.
Family and Friends GatherThe "Three Wooden Crosses" singer was in good health until three weeks before he was hospitalized, when he contracted a viral upper respiratory infection, Gray said.
Travis was admitted to Baylor Medical Center McKinney near his home in Tioga, about 60 miles north of Dallas, through the emergency room Sunday. He was transferred to The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano after having the pump installed via catheter.
Nancy Jones flew to Plano from Nashville to be with Travis and his fiancée, Mary Beougher, Webster said. She played a CD of some of Jones's classic songs for Travis.
"Randy and George Jones were good friends," Nancy Jones said in an email to the Associated Press. "When I was dealing with George's issues a few months ago, both Randy and Mary were right there for me. I had to get on a plane and come see him. I love him and I know that George is looking over him during this time."
Webster said Travis is surrounded by family and friends, including his brother, Dennis Traywick, and his pastor, Jeff Perry. Kenny Rogers, the Oak Ridge Boys, Chuck Norris, Lyle Lovett, Ray Price and several others have called to check in on Travis.
The North Carolina-born Travis is a traditional country purist known for hits "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "I Told You So." His 1986 Warner Bros. debut album "Storms of Life" sold 3 million copies, and helped return country music to the sound of Hank Williams and George Jones.
"I always feel like he's part of our family, he's in our family," Keith Urban said in an interview Wednesday morning in Nashville. "And I was one of those guys in Australia that bought 'Storms of Life' and became a Randy fan very quickly in late '80s, and I really feel for him right now."