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After 10 years in this country, Josefina Resendiz took the oath of allegiance to the U.S. in November.
Now a U.S. citizen, the 33-year-old is happy about the opportunities open for her.
"I love this country," she said.
Resendiz grew up in the village of Pacula, in the Mexican state of Hidalgo.
She got through elementary school, then helped her family on the ranch.
Her educational opportunities were far different than those afforded her three daughters, who attend Beech Hill Elementary School, a Palmetto's Finest school.
In this country, Resendiz said, there's "more opportunities for jobs, for living, for everything."
Resendiz initially made her way to Atlanta when she came to the U.S. There she met her husband, who also came from her small town.
They moved to Summerville four years ago for his job with an electrical contractor.
Resendiz said she saw a flier in the library about citizenship and English classes at Summerville Baptist Church.
She had a hard time squeezing the classes in, as she watches her girls and two nieces, but she was able to attend a few and studied hard for the citizenship test, she said.
She was nervous about the test, she said, but it turned out to be easy.
Now she wants to improve her English, earn a G.E.D. and perhaps find a job, now that her youngest is in school.
Most of Resendiz's family has also migrated over the years. Her father is a citizen, as are some of her siblings.
She is most proud of her younger brother, who worked hard to get through college and begin a nursing career, she said.
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The 8/31 Exemption (and How to Use It)
August 31st is an important date for contending MLB teams, because that's the date that determines eligibility for post-season rosters.
To be eligible to play in the MLB post-season, a player must be on the club's 25-man roster or 15-day or 60-day DL as of 8/31. However, any player (regardless of position) who is a member of the organization on 8/31 is eligible to replace an injured player on the post-season roster as long as the injured player is placed on the DL prior to the start of the post-season series. (If the "replacement player" is not already on his club's 40-man roster, he must be added to the 40 before he can be added to the post-season roster). NOTE: If a player suffers a disabling injury DURING a post-season series, the club can (with approval of the MLB Commissioner) replace the player with any player who was a member of the organization on August 31st, although in this case (replacing an injured player DURING a post-season series), the replacement player must play the same position as the injured player, and the injured player is ineligible to return to the active list at any later point in the post-season.
Essentially, the more players a club can stash on its 15-day or 60-day DL on August 31st, the more post-season roster exemptions for the club. And more post-season roster exemptions gives a club greater flexibility to tweak its post-season roster from series-to-series.
Using post-season roster exemptions, a club can alter its LDS, LCS, and World Series rosters at the start of each series, adding players who were not on the 25-man roster or DL on 8/31. And since projected match-ups are one of the prime influences in determining how a post-season roster is to be constructed, the ability to add an extra lefty reliever in a series where the opposition has a left-handed heavy batting order, or an extra lefty bat off the bench when the opposition has a right-handed heavy bullpen, could give a club an edge. And in a short series involving two quality MLB teams, any little bit of an edge could make the difference between moving on to the next level and going home.
But to add a player or players to a post-season roster, a club needs post-season roster exemptions, and the only way to ensure having the exemptions when they are needed is to have a couple or three players riding the 15-day or 60-day DL on August 31st.
So how did the Cubs go about creating their post-season roster last season?
PITCHERS (11): Ryan Dempster, Scott Eyre, Rich Hill, Bob Howry, Ted Lilly, Carlos Marmol, Jason Marquis, Sean Marshall, Kerry Wood, Michael Wuertz, and Carlos Zambrano
CATCHERS (2): Henry Blanco and Jason Kendall
INFIELDERS (6): Mark DeRosa, Mike Fontenot, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Ryan Theriot, and Daryle Ward
OUTFIELDERS (6): Cliff Floyd, Jacque Jones, Craig Monroe, Matt Murton, Felix Pie, and Alfonso Soriano
DISABLED LIST (4): Pitchers Angel Guzman (sprained elbow ligament), Roberto Novoa (fractured shoulder) and Mark Prior (shoulder surgery) on the 60-day DL, and outfielder Angel Pagan (colitis) on the 15-day DL
Because Guzman, Novoa, Prior, and Pagan were on the DL on 8/31, all four were eligible to be included on the Cubs 2007 post-season roster.
Note that the Cubs went with 11 pitchers for four days (8/28 through 8/31), as LHP Carmen Pignatiello was optioned to Iowa on August 28th when OF Alfonso Soriano (strained quad) was activated from the DL. But then RHP Sean Gallagher and LHP Will Ohman were recalled from Iowa on September 1st, and RHP Steve Trachsel (acquired from the Baltimore Orioles on 8/31) was also added to the Cubs active roster on 9/1, giving the Cubs 14 pitchers right at the beginning of September (increased to 16 pitchers when Pignatiello and Kevin Hart were brought up on 9/4).
Trachsel was acquired from the Orioles on 8/31 but was not added to the Cubs active roster until the next day, so he was not automatically eligible for the post-season roster. However, he was eligible to be a post-season "replacement player" because he was a member of the Cubs organization on 8/31.
During September 2007, the Cubs recalled pitchers Sean Gallagher, Will Ohman, and Carmen Pignatiello, catcher Geovany Soto, infielder Ronny Cedeno, and IF-OF Eric Patterson from AAA Iowa (Patterson was subsequently optioned to AA Tennessee for disciplinary reasons), and selected RHP Kevin Hart and OF Sam Fuld from AA Tennessee, as Hendry & Piniella opted to go with a 34-man roster over the last month of the season. (Neal Cotts, Jake Fox, Juan Mateo, Billy Petrick, and Jeff Samardzija were not recalled from their minor league optional assignments).
Because Guzman, Novoa, Prior, and Pagan remained on the DL through the balance of the 2007 season, their roster slots became available as post-season roster exemptions, allowing the Cubs to add Kevin Hart, Geovany Soto, and Ronny Cedeno to their NLDS roster. (Hart, Soto, and Cedeno were brought up from the minors in September, so they would not have been eligible to be included on a post-season roster if not for the roster exemptions).
But adding Hart, Soto, and Cedeno to their NLDS roster meant the Cubs had to "deactivate" three players who had been on their 25-man roster on 8/31, and so they dropped pitcher Sean Marshall, catcher Henry Blanco, and outfielder Craig Monroe. (Marshall stayed "stretched-out" as a starter during the NLDS, throwing 70+ pitches for the Cubs AZ Instructional League team in a "Camp Day" intrasquad game at Fitch Park while the Cubs were in Phoenix to play the Diamondbacks at Chase Field, and Monroe kept active by taking early-morning BP every day that week at Fitch).
Marshall, Blanco, and Monroe, plus Will Ohman (who also threw an inning in the Camp Day intrasquad game at Fitch while the Cubs were in Phoenix) and Sam Fuld, remained with the Cubs throughout the NLDS (Trachsel, Pignatiello, and Gallagher did not), serving as potential "replacement players" in case of a season-ending injury to somebody during the NLDS, and as potential Plan "B" options in the NLCS and World Series (if the Cubs had gotten that far). For instance, Marshall could have been an alternative to Marquis as the #4 starter in an NLCS, or Hart could have been exchanged for Ohman, or Fuld could have replaced Pie or Murrton, or Murton or Pie could have been switched with Monroe.
So knowing what the Cubs did with their September call-ups and post-season roster last year, what are Hendry & Piniella likely to do this year?
If Hendry & Piniella once again go with a 34-man September roster, I would think pitchers Angel Guzman and Jon Lieber will be reactivated from the DL, catcher Koyie Hill will be brought up from Iowa to be the 3rd catcher (the Cubs always add a 3rd catcher in September) and post-season fall-back in case Soto or Blanco were to suffer a disabling injury, and pitchers Michael Wuertz and Kevin Hart, 1B-OF Micah Hoffpauir, and outfielder Felix Pie will be recalled from Iowa. That leaves two spots for a right-handed power bat off the bench (probably either 1B-OF Jason Dubois or OF Jake Fox) and another bullpen arm (probably either Jose Ascanio or Randy Wells). K. Hill, Dubois, and Wells would have to be added to the 40-man roster. (At present there are 38 players on the Cubs 40-man roster, but if Angel Guzman is reactivated from the 60-day DL in September, he would take on of the two open slots).
At present, the Cubs have three players on the DL, with pitchers Chad Fox (sore elbow) and Jon Lieber (sore foot) on the 15-day DL, and pitcher Angel Guzman (TJS surgery rehab) on the 60. Guzman and Lieber will likely be activated from the DL in September, so probably only Chad Fox will provide the Cubs with a ready-made roster exemption for the post-season. (Fox could be transferred to the 60-day DL if an additional spot on the 40-man roster is needed in September).
Of course Lieber has the type of chronic foot problem that probably would allow the Cubs to place him on the DL any old time, so if the Cubs wish to replace a struggling and ineffective Bob Howry with Michael Wuertz and 5th starter Jason Marquis with Micah Hoffpauir, they should be able to do it just by leaving Chad Fox on the DL for the rest of the season and by placing Jon Lieber back on the DL before the start of the NLDS (since Lieber is unlikely to be on the Cubs post-season roster).
Also, LHP Rich Hill (on the Iowa DL with a back problem) and RHP Adam Harben (on the Daytona DL while on extended rehab from 2006 TJS) are both on the Cubs 40-man roster, so either (or both) could be recalled from his optional assignment on August 31st and then be immediately placed on the 60-day DL, giving the Cubs another post-season roster exemption (or two), as well as opening up one (or two) more slots on the 40 in September. (While Harben could get outrighted to the minors at any time, he would have greater value spending the rest of the season on the 60-day DL as a post-season roster exemption than he would by getting outrighted right away).
LHP Carmen Pignatiello and RHP Billy Petrick could also get outrighted if additional slots are needed on the 40-man roster in September, but it's more likely that they will be removed from the 40 after the season.
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Phil: any insight into Billy Petrick?
Scout.com has a short article on him, somewhat mysterious about why he's not pitching.
After making his big league debut a year ago, the Morris, Ill., native has totaled only 11 innings – all in the minor leagues – and has not pitched in over two months.
Petrick has not pitched in a live game since May 25 officially, and recently BaseballAmerica.com reported that the 24-year-old had been placed on the suspended list. But that much is neither here nor there, the Cubs say.
"He's (just) on the DL," one Cubs official said.
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Carrie Muskat said he was hurt and not suspended in a recent mailbag of hers.
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Thanks AZ Phil for shedding light on the post-season roster process. Barring injury, I could see us wanting Micah Hoffpauir in particular during the playoffs, as a LHPH.
Like many Cub Fans, Angel Guzman had left my mind. If he can finally get healthy, what kind of pitcher does he project to, and can he figure in our plans for next year? How is his stuff these days?
Is Jake Fox a real prospect? He had a nice year at AA, but is 25 and defensively challenged.
I also forgot about Jason DuBois. He proved again he can blow up AAA pitching, but that's about the limit. Maybe he should go to Japan.
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Great stuff as usual Phil.
I found this interesting:
"To be eligible to play in the MLB post-season, a player must be on the club's 25-man roster or 15-day or 60-day DL as of 8/31. However, any player (regardless of position) who is a member of the organization on 8/31 is eligible to replace an injured player on the post-season roster as long as the injured player is placed on the DL prior to the start of the post-season series."
So, a question for you. Using 2007 as an example, if the Cubs had (stupidly) wanted to get Trachsel on the playoff roster, could they have done so by (1) naming Prior to the playoff roster, then (2) sliding Trachsel into his slot as a replacement because Prior was on the DL?
If the answer is No, could they have accomplished the same thing by naming an "injured" random player to the playoff roster and then simply DL-ing him to make room for Trachsel?
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Thanks Az -
I'm guessing Hoffpauir may be a viable option in the event we get to the World Series (as a DH in away games). The kid is TEARING up AAA ball right now. I'm sure he'll be the replacement for D.Ward next year but I'm interested in your thoughts as to what numbers you think he'd produce if he played every day (at 1B). I know Lee isn't going anywhere, but do you think he could step in and bat .275 with 25-30 homers given his maturity or is that too optimistic?
Also, any reports on Jay Jackson and Cerda for us.....they seem very intriguing as prospects.
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AZ Phil......I'm sorry this is totally off the subject,but I thought you would have the answer to this........Are fall instructionals and the Arizona Fall League two separate events with instructionals happening from Sept 15 to Oct 15 followed by the AFL ? When do they announce who will be on those rosters ? Is there any media coverage of the games ? Thanks for your insights. Do you have any assesments of the AZL Cubs with only 9 remaining games ?
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Thanks for all the great work, AZ Phil. One clear and encouraging observation jumps out at me: Our Roster is WAY better this year than last.
rock on,
Early Lineup excerpt from WSCR
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Thanks for clearing that up for me. I read that Vitters,Cashner,& Brenly will be going to instructionals as well as 7 players from the Mesa Cubs....Lake,Castro,Cerda,Jones,Perez,Watkins,Campana,& Perez (if he is recovered from his hamstring injury).
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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The 5 Types of Sociopath Invented by the Internet
Email: CC and Reply All
I understand that some people aren't computer experts, but for email, that's like understanding that some people used to publicly have sex with monkeys. Back then, people and monkeys weren't such different concepts. We're past that stage now. And anyone still doing it is just spreading horrible things among the rest of us.
"And that asshole said he would call me!"
Email is the circulatory system of getting shit done. When Twitter and Tumblr ideas escalate to actually happening, or Facebook users realize that they'd actually rather work than see one more piece of PlaceVilling proof that their friends are morons, people turn to the "To" field. There are still a few companies that email you a form and tell you to fax it back, but they're like a racist great-aunt complaining about the nursing home staff. You just nod and put up with it and wait for them to die. (If you really have to deal with such idiots, FaxZero lets you turn emails into faxes for free.)
"Hmm, this fax says we're running low on quills, leeches, and crude loincloths cut from the hide of saber-tooth tigers."
Email is like your mouth: You can use it to give very special attention to one person, or communicate with a group, but some people insist on vomiting all over the entire world. They put their entire address book into the CC field because this list of ten thousand jokes about cute kittens who found Jesus is the one that will make them less alone. Using CC instead of BCC is the email equivalent of unprotected sex, but much less fun. Now anyone can inject horrible things into the entire group.
Don't be sorry, BCC. (Guest starring the Invisible Man)
The address book CC is the mating call of the asshole with nothing better to do. It triggers an electronic Katamari of idiocy, rolling up a horde of Re:Re:Re:Repeats of the initial crime as morons reply to the entire group instead of the sender. Each reply wastes everyone's time. Especially since the "new email" icon on phones is now a Pavlovian response.
"It's not squirting MUCH, just hold it till I check my mail!"
There's no excuse for it. Any email program not programmed in stone has "Reply" as the default instead of "Reply All" anyway. You have to purposely choose the second option, a conscious decision to join the ranks of digital dickheads. A parade crowned by the king of the assholes, the one who replies all to scream "STOP REPLYING ALL!" Because they're too lazy to isolate the responsible parties or avoid becoming everything they hate.
Forums: The Asshole Turbocharger
The other assholes on this list evolved to infest new environments, but the worst thing evolution can throw up is an old enemy in a new form. The Internet is incubating some serious problems based on sicknesses we've already beaten. A great example of this is the anti-vaccine morons.
Patient Zero. Also IQ zero, medical qualifications zero.
Specialized forums install methane-induction compressors in the lower colon, because they're turbochargers for assholes. They're saving whole species of douchebag from extinction. Stormfront weaklings, misogynist cowards, anti-vax reversals of evolution, and homophobic failures now spend their spare time constantly reassuring each other that they're all right. Normally the social Brownian motion of interacting with other people would smooth off their rougher edges, or at least force them to keep quiet about them. But now they've uploaded their sense of community to a forum where everyone has the exact same problem. Instead of using the Internet to learn, they're carving out these asshole amplification chambers and marching out into the world louder than ever.
Good thing they banned swastikas. Otherwise the place might look bad.
Luckily, the solution to these problems is laughably simple. Laugh at these people, because they're simple. Explain how they're wrong, because it's important to stand against idiocy. Then refuse to get into an argument, because online screaming matches are just wasted time and hatred, and their entire lives have been spent training in exactly that.
Then use the most amazing information system ever made properly. Meet new people, find amazing things, and learn as much as you can. For example: MIT is now offering all its course materials for free. You could start learning aeronautics, neuropyschology, metaphysics, or any of a hundred other subjects, right now, for free. Or you could sit on your ass and refresh Facebook for another half hour. Go!
Because history teaches us that there are two types of people: the ones who use new tools, and the ones anthropologists dig up later.
Luke also looks at The 6 Worst Inspirational Posters Ever Made by Man, and probed the limits of an online asshole by taking The Donald Trump Endurance Challenge. Luke has a Tumblr and responds to every single tweet.
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SALEM - Raymond C. Schehl, age 81, of Salem, Ohio, died Sunday morning, December 2, 2012 at his home. He was born December 28, 1930 in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of the late, John Jr. and Rose (Beers) Schehl.
Ray retired from Carriage Hill in 1990 and had previously worked at Hunt Valve for 4 years and Sterling of Salem for 17 years. He was a member of the St. Paul Catholic Church and had been choir director at the church, St. Patrick Catholic Parish in Leetonia and at St. Mary and St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Conneaut, Ohio.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus #1818, Father Kermet Assembly (4th Degree Honor Guard), Auxiliary Police for 17 years & chief for 5 years, member of the Salem Order of Eagles Lodge #316, Salem Saxon Lodge Branch #18, U.C.T. and life member of Dad's of Foreign Service Veterans.
His wife of 62 years, Mary Lou (Courson) Schehl, whom he married October 21, 1950, survives him along with nine children, Vicki (Bob) Zines of East Palestine, Sue (Jon) Vollmar of Salem, Vince (Geri) Schehl of Boyne City, MI, Phyllis (Bob) Powell of Salem, Kay (Kevin) Filer of Volant, PA, Rick (John Damron) Schehl of Salem, Pam (Doug) Yeager of Salem, Jim (Barb) Schehl of Stafford, VA and Mary Schehl of Salem; three sisters, Ethel Hinton, Clara Marie Bartberger and Diana Sybert; 16 grandchildren, Angie (Lawrence) Daoang, Theresa (Steve) Franklin, John (Karen) Lehman, Jen Pitts, Michael Schehl, Missy (John Ruth) McElfresh, Bill (Erin) Powell, Rob (Ashton) Powell, Frances (Ben) Wamer, Jake Filer, Jason (Ashley) Yeager, Amanda Yeager, Courtney Schehl, Corey Schehl, Kaitlyn McKibben and Zac McKibben; 10 great-grandchildren, Nathan Lehman, Kyle Lehman, Lucas Lehman, Cody McElfresh, Alivia Ruth, Cory Thurston, Mackenzie Powell, Teagan Powell, Holden Warner and Arianna Yeager.
Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers, Herbert and George Schehl; and two sisters, Sister Mary Vincent and Joan Hertz.
A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the St. Paul Catholic Church with Father Robert Edwards officiating. Calling hours will be held at the Stark Memorial Funeral Home on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. with a Knights of Columbus Service at 7:45 p.m. Calling hours will also be held at the funeral home on Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. before the services. Burial will be at Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Our Ladies Purse, St. Paul Catholic Church, 935 East State Street, Salem, OH 44460 or the donor's choice.
This obituary may be viewed and condolences sent to the family online at www.starkmemorial.com.


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We are very excited to introduce a very special Asheville Artist in our "Meet the Artist" series at Joni's Artisanal Wine and Beer. During the month of October, Marilyn Sholin will exhibit her mixed-media art at the wine shop. You will have an opportunity to meet her during our reception on October 8.
Marilyn Sholin takes unique photographs, manipulates them and turns them into multi-media masterpieces, focusing on wine and beer.
After 25 years as a professional portrait photographer with a successful 2600 sq foot studio, Marilyn changed careers and directed her creative juices toward fine art digital painting and then took it further by painting on the canvas creating mixed media. Her original and spontaneous art immediately became a hit with collectors and commissioned pieces of art.
Marilyn's art has been published, and articles about her work have been featured in magazines, books, posters, greeting cards, and gift items. Her fine art prints are exhibited in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe. She has been exhibited in airports, galleries and other juried shows.
Marilyn conducts location workshops, and speaks to photography organizations and PPA schools throughout the continental United States, Canada and Europe. She was chosen to train the Department of Defense graphic artists. Her articles and images have been featured in Imagine publications, Shutterbug, Rangefinder, and a variety of other international magazines. She has authored books on the art of portrait photography and digital painting with various publishers.
Marilyn maintains an active speaking schedule, addressing professional photography organizations, universities, seminars, and teaching workshops. She continues to push the limits of portrait photography to new heights.
Marilyn's paintings have won Best of Show at the juried Grace Gallery and have also hung in the Asheville Airport Gallery. She is also a local favorite artist at the Woolworth Walk Gallery. She also exhibits at local breweries and wine stores.
To her credit Marilyn is the only artist with honors in three worlds of art: digital art, portrait photography and acrylic paintings. She is recognized as a Master Photographer with Professional Photographers of America and a Corel Painter Master Elite for her mastery with digital art and lastly, she is a Golden Artist Educator for Golden Paints. She is the only one in the world with all three honors.


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I sometimes receive emails from another forum when someone posts on a thread I had contributed to in the past. I received an email this morning which belonged to an old thread about those who died for their faith in Christ but were not Orthodox. I recall that the thread was about our own non-Chalcedonian martyrs, and about modern groups such as the Auca Martyrs, a group of young Brethren men who had been killed in the South American jungle while seeking to bring the knowledge of Christ to a much feared tribe.
The email I received today was from an Eastern Orthodox who said...
Quote:It's hard enough to tell the state of Orthodox Christians after death, let alone the state of non-Orthodox Christians. I'm not at all comfortable with equating the slaying of non-Orthodox missionaries to those baptized in their own blood in the early age of martyrs. Those holy martyrs had either the explicit intention of being united to the Church or to follow someone who was already Orthodox, like, in latter times, Sts. Alexander and Cyril, the guards of St. Lydia the New Martyr, who were killed for defending her. One of them even said to St. Lydia, "Saint, take me with you." This, to me, seems an equivalent of intention.
It is the sentence I have highlighted which concerns me and disturbs me a little. It seems to me to describe an ecclesiology which is essentially exclusive and introspective. For myself, I am wanting to understand that all those who love Christ are in a sense 'connected in some way to the Church', even if they are not formally members of an Orthodox community.
This does not mean that I think that doctrine and praxis in an Orthodox context are not very important, and salvific. But I am thinking that the Sabbath is made for man and not man for the Sabbath. It is certainly best for a believer to be rooted in the visible Orthodox Church, for his own salvation, yet it does not seem to me to require that we say that all those who for a wide variety of reasons, not least complete ignorance of the visible Orthodox Church, who have a vibrant faith in Christ should be consigned to the darkness of being entirely unconnected to the Church, and therefore apart from the Body of Christ.
If we can criticise various doctrinal systems as being deficient, I am not sure that we can sop easily judge individual believers. It is a matter of fact that there are baptised Orthodox who have no knowledge of doctrine, or worse an heretical understanding of doctrine, and who live lives which are worthy of judgement - indeed are we all not such people. Yet there are also people who live truly godly lives and have a deep knowledge of God Himself, as well as a greater understanding of Orthodox theology than many Orthodox.
I may not be able to dogmatise on the position of such a one, but I find myself entirely prevented from saying that they are not connected in some way to the Church because it seems to me that they truly are.
And it seems to me that if we begin by considering all Christian truth and life and light as belonging to Christ and to His Church then we meet others looking for what we share and have in common, rather than what divides us.
There have been too many occasions in my life when I have met or read the works of Christians who are not formally Orthodox but who manifest the life of Christ. In so far as He knows them they must surely be 'connected' in some way to the Church, to our own Orthodox Church.
What do others think?
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The Church and the churches - kirk yacoub - 30-01-2008
The Church is one, but unfortunately many members of the Church behave as if it isn't. Only God can truly know who the members of His Church are but we are duty bound not to judge, either on this or any other issue because we are supposed to be dealing with our own failings.
If we start from Bar Hebraeus who concluded that no-one can be a heretic if he or she believes in the complete humanity and complete divinity of Christ, then we should understand that we are required to heal the disputes within the Church, which is what Ecumenism is all about. I believe that it was Augustine who said that there are many sheep outside the Church, but a number of wolves within. The logic of this is to strive to bring everyone within the Church and to help cure the wolves of their wolfishness.
When on this forum we discuss our differences of opinion with the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics and others, we do not do so to strengthen a wall against them, but rather to build bridges. If we openly say what we believe and how it differs from the understanding of others, then express this in a calm way, then we are attempting to bring all of us closer together. In so many ways the different churches in the one Church are so close together that it is a sin to try and keep ourselves at loggerheads.
As for who is or isn't a saint, this is God's decision, but we should acknowledge that anyone who dies in attempting to bring Christ to those who do not yet know Him are obviously as saintly as any of the early martyrs we revere from the early days of the Church.
Kirk Yacoub
- John Charmley - 10-02-2008
Dear Peter, Dear Kirk,
No surprise in my agreeing with you both, I guess, but let me elaborate a little more if I can.
We know that the fullness of the Faith is to be found in Our Church; we know God is with us. That is enough. As to where else the Spirit is, that is His business and I should not arrogate to my sinful self His prerogatives.
The Creed is a series of statements, some in apophatic mode, designed to provide a definition of heresy; if one does not hold what the Creed holds, then one defines oneself as being outside the Faith. Some, there are, who have felt able to advance close-reasoned developments of ideas about how it is His body we receive in the Eucharist; or have felt able to turn verses of scripture into the basis for an elaborate system of describing what happens to us after we repose. We choose not to do these things. We choose to stay silent where the early Church stayed silent, recognising that it is in the Eucharistic Feast we truly encounter the Risen Christ, and that in that sacred moment of silence the void in us is filled.
If others reach that in their own way and hold to the Creed, then I am with that great man Bar-Hebraeus. Who shall make windows into men's souls - and with what purpose? Those who die in Faith for Him are to be respected by all of us; those who cannot see that because they wear the blinkers of their own Church need our prayers. Is it any accident that Our Lord spent so much time healing the blind?
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Interstate 81 southbound in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, at milemarker 30.5 is now open after a fatal crash, according to state police.
The crash involved a tractor-trailer, which caught fire, and a pickup truck, troopers said.
A pickup truck traveling northbound crossed the grass median and struck a tractor-trailer traveling southbound, state police said.
The pickup struck the tractor-trailer's gas tank, igniting the rig, troopers said. Two people in the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries and the driver of the pickup died at the scene, they said.
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A sheriff's deputy was hit by a car Sunday night at Bridge and La Vega.
Deputies said they were directing traffic following a prior crash when a vehicle came through the intersection and hit one of the deputies. He was taken to the hospital, but is expected to be OK.
"People forget when they see emergency lights flashing, please slow down. This could have had a much more tragic ending," Deputy Aaron Williamson said.
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CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. — The Pretty Things Peepshow is the brainchild of a burlesque dancer and workaholic go-go named Amy.
After years of strutting her stuff on burlesque stages she was picked up by the Brothers Grim Sideshow to perform on warped tour and OZZfest, which opened her eyes and her heart to the world of sideshow. Fascinated by the act she saw but wanting to stay true to her burlesque roots she decided to combine the beautiful and the bizarre in 2009 to create The Pretty Things Peepshow.
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The Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University has been sending out love letters to former Western New York artists who have gone on to make names for themselves in the wider art world.
As part of its ongoing "Western New York Collects" series, the Castellani will open an exhibition dedicated to the work of former Big Orbit Gallery co-director Josh Iguchi on Sunday.
Iguchi, who served at Big Orbit from 1993-96, left Buffalo for Chicago in '96 and later became the director of photographic and graphic services for Ralph Lauren. His work, often based on famous pieces of religious art, is in part an attempt to highlight how religions have adapted themselves to contemporary technology and shifting lifestyles.
"Assimilating current ideas, materials and techniques to represent traditional imagery sets up an irony that plays with our conventions and expectations," Iguchi said in a statement. The exhibition features several photographs by the artist, the centerpiece of which is his 1995 re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," on loan from the Burchfield Penney Art Center. – Colin Dabkowski
"Western New York Collects: Josh Iguchi" – When: 2 p.m. Sunday through July 21. Where: Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Lewiston. Admission: Free. Info: 286-8200 or www.castellaniartmuseum.org


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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Greg Woodard remembers the day he discovered Batman comics as a child. Since then he's been a Batman guy.
It's a story he loves to share and hopes to pass on his passion to others this Saturday on the annual National Free Comic Book Day.
Woodard owns Soundwave Music & Movies at 2139 B North Main Street in the Summerville area of Berkeley County.
"There's nothing better than seeing a kid's face light up when they get their first comic. That's what I did with Batman when I was a kid."
Soundwave will give out about 3,478 free comics that day. Each customer can pick out three comics that day; that's twice as many as last year.
The event is sponsored and supported by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse and Image Comics. The day celebrates the unique American art form of storytelling that is comic books.
There are 52 different titles for this year's Free Comic Book Day, making it the biggest one yet. The store opens at 9 a.m. and will feature sales on regular items.
Three local artists will make an appearance: painter Albert Capitan, web comic author Christine Brunson and "Proton Factories."
"A comic store is like a community hub," Woodard said. "We try to be interactive with customers."
At 6 p.m. there will be a "Star Wars" themed costume contest and winners will be announced around 7 p.m. because Saturday also marks "Star Wars Day," with the tagline "May the 4th be with you."
On of Saturday's special releases is a "Walking Dead" comic that will have exclusive new material. DC Comics is releasing "Superman Unchained," which ties into the new Superman movie coming out in June.
"It's a good way to showcase our industry. It's a good entry point for new readers or lapsed readers," he said. "Companies use these to get people excited about upcoming events. Some of the releases become collectible.
"There's always going to be this demand for our product. There's nothing like holding a comic in your hand . . .the flow, the feel of the paper. There's no such thing as a bad comic. The one most valuable to me is worth $3."
Woodard remembers the day his schoolmate lent him a copy of an "X-Men" comic and the story was a cliffhanger. The story was so good Woodard went out and bought the next issue, 170, with his own money.
He said it's his favorite comic. It cost about 60 cents at the time.
"Most comics are a boys club," he said. "Our store is for everybody."
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If you were planning on tucking into a bit of toasted bread topped with molten cheddar cheese and a rasher of bacon at The Rarebit, you are barking up the wrong culinary tree.
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Cuisine: Modern American SouthernCategory: Neighborhood FavoriteLocation: 474 King St.Phone: 974-5483Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Tuesday-Sunday; full menu served 11 a.m.-10 p.m.Food: 3 1/2Atmosphere: 4Service: 3 1/2Price: $-$$Costs: Soups $5, salads $4-$7, sandwiches $4-$9, entrees $11-$16, breakfast $6-$16, sides $3.50, breakfast sides $4, desserts $6.Vegetarian Options: YesWheelchair Accessible: YesBar: Full-service bar; specialty cocktail menu; house-made sodasParking: Street, garagesOther: No reservations, host station lists guests for seating; community table; breakfast served all day; www.rarebit.com; house-made sodas, salad dressings and freshly pressed fruit juices. Daily blue plate specials are MP; desserts by WildFlour.
The rabbit at 474 King St. is all about the race: One lured by mechanical rabbits and chased by lean greyhound racing dogs.
This is not a restaurant homage to the Welsh dish of cheese melted in beer but to the "sport" of greyhound racing made popular in the 1920s.
Owner John Adamson displays the winning racing silks of hounds 1, 5 and 8 on the walls of his sleek and modern bar and restaurant on Upper King Street. The "track" is very much a part of the decor and design package down to the trough-like sinks in the bathrooms and posters of the race gates and rabbits in a variety of forms.
The railroad design of the restaurant marries well with the streamlined menu that celebrates regional and local flavors in a very basic, home-cooked style.
Adamson's stint at Boylan Heights (Charlottesville, Va.), a burger mecca, assures well-constructed burgers and hot, crisp fries.
The Rarebit is a multipurpose neighborhood place that offers breakfast all day (albeit a breakfast service that begins at 11 a.m.), a great spot for culinary ballast before a night on the town or comfort foods for calming afterward. Breakfast, lunch and dinner menus are simple and succinct.
The ambition of the kitchen is tempered with a well-constructed menu and cooks that deliver well-conceived dishes prepared with skill.
Roasted tomato soup ($5) and hearty chicken soup with egg noodles ($5) plumb childhood taste memories, but the addition of basil puree to the tomato soup ratchets up the flavor profile for today's modern cook. Add a grilled cheese sandwich ($4) that presents crisply griddled white bread and melted layers of cheese and you have a value meal.
The burger ($4 single, $5 double, $1 cheese) is a model of its form: juicy, well-flavored meat, a smear of mustard and ketchup, a crisp and tart pickle slice, a warmed Cuban bun. The ingredients unite in those primal flavors that tempt us all.
Shrimp in a po'boy ($9) snapped with freshness and the house-made mustard remoulade polished the lettuce and tomatoes with tang. This same sandwich can be had with catfish ($9). Both are served on a New Orleans French roll.
BBQ pork ($9) on a potato bun with vinegar sauce and Dixie slaw brings a bit of roadside smoky pleasure to the table.
Salads are dressed with house-made dressings and can be gilded with chicken ($4) or shrimp ($5) and even grilled cheese ($3). They fill a plate and easily sate hunger.
Breakfast fans can dine at the table of local with Geechie Boy grits ($4), Keegan Filion sausage ($4), waffles topped with sorghum-infused syrup ($6) and an old-school diner favorite: a fried egg sandwich with bacon, eggs and cheese ($6).
Dinner "mains" are equally well-prepared. Among them are a greaseless catfish ($14) whose grits were a bit stiff but whose spinach side was sauteed green velvet. The pecan crust was a bit under "pecaned' and the tartar sauce needed some acid, but the fish and spinach sang a song of the South.
Ratatouille ($11), vegan burgers ($8), fish and chips ($14) and vegetable sides will please those not eating meat.
Our well-trained server was attentive and thoughtfully brought two spoons with a soup order.
Brent Sweatman has created the cocktail menu and makes in-house sodas ($3.50) in ginger beer, root beer, herbal tonic and seasonal flavors. Juices are freshly pressed for the cocktails ($7-$9), and wine and beer are nicely matched to the food offerings.
I'm not sure what is going on with the petty thievery of the copper Moscow Mule ($8) mugs, but it is interesting to note that a cocktail from the "buck" or "mule" family, one with ginger beer added, was designed to encourage Americans to drink vodka.
Let the mugs remain at The Rarebit so as not to discourage our wonderful cocktail community from using appropriate glassware.
Desserts are outsourced to the talented Lauren Mitterer at WildFlour Bakery and at the time of our visit included warm, double-crust apple pie ($6), Bourbon pecan pie ($6) and a daily special, chocolate cake. Make your dessert a la mode for $1 more.
Do check out the 21st-century cigarette vending machine, the Art-O-Mat that dispenses cellophane-wrapped "packs of art."
I do question if the patrons recognize the king of cool in Steve McQueen; possibly a posturing Daniel Craig would resonate in 2013.
Kudos to Adamson and his team for shrouding those televisions behind appliance garage "doors," keeping the pricing friendly, the food fresh and the lure of The Rarebit not in the least mechanical.


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When the University of Florida softball team won the Women's College World Series on June 3, there was someone important missing: Heather Braswell.
The 17-year-old honorary team member died 10 weeks earlier of complications from brain cancer, but some believe she was there in spirit.
"In the outfield before the first game of the series, a yellow butterfly landed right on me," pitcher and first baseman Lauren Haeger, 21, a junior from Peoria, Arizona, tells PEOPLE. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh, that was Heather.' "
Heather's signature color was the yellowish gold of childhood cancer awareness, a cause she championed.
So the players wore yellow hair ties throughout the season and yellow elbow guards and sunflowers in their ponytails for the championship game. Heather's initials were emblazoned on their batting helmets.
"I know she was on the field with us," outfielder Bailey Castro, 21, a junior from Pembroke Pines, Florida, tells PEOPLE. "It was what gave us a great run."
Braswell, first diagnosed with brain cancer in early 2008 at age 11, became an honorary Florida Gator in 2009, thanks to the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, which pairs pediatric cancer patients with high school and college teams.
Braswell fit in instantly, distributing Twizzlers to inspire rallies and handing out Team Heather bracelets. She even got her own locker in the Gators' clubhouse.
"She was basically a shy person, but we'd get to the field, and she'd run down the steps, hop the fence and go into the dugout with them right away," says her mother, Terri, 48, a nurse from Apopka, Florida.
Heather was cancer-free for more than five years, but in June 2013, doctors at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, found a recurrence of her brain tumor during a routine checkup.
With the team's support – including texts, messages and gifts from players and coaches each time she was in the hospital – Heather fought hard, but by January, her case was terminal.
Still, she found the strength to throw out the first pitch at the season's home opener February 19.
"She was pretty sick at that point," says the team's catcher, sophomore Aubree Munro, 20 of Brea, California. "But she was so happy to be on the field and have that moment and feel that support. Our whole team just embraced her."
She died five weeks later, and after that, says Haeger, "We were playing for something bigger than ourselves."
Last week, with Heather's mom in attendance and her rally Twizzlers in the dugout, the team clinched its first-ever national title.
"Heather would have been excited beyond words," Terri says.
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At the pep rally back on the UF campus the next day, Heather's initials were etched on the field, and the team handed out Twizzlers in her honor.
"When Heather first came here, it was definitely so she could look up to us," Castro says. "But in the past year and a half, she became our role model. She changed our lives."


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PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers figured a new way to protect Ben Roethlisberger from the dangers of the pass rush:
Line him up at wide receiver.
The Steelers debuted a wildcat formation in Sunday's 19-16 victory over the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field Sunday evening.
They used the unconventional formation a few times, putting running back Le'Veon Bell behind center in a shotgun position, with Roethlisberger out on the left side.
"We'll do anything to win football games," coach Mike Tomlin said. "That's just the state we're in."
It was a new look against an opponent that's very familiar with the Steelers offense.
"It was a nice little wrinkle," Tomlin said. "Obviously if we want to continue to use it, it needs more layers, more depth. We'll look at it. We'll evaluate it and move on from there."
One of the fringe benefits from unconventional plays is the way it engages players. They get to do something different, and there's often something to be said for that.
If the wildcat remains part of the Steelers' offense, that will be fine with Bell.
He did nothing but hand off on Sunday, but there could be passes in the future. Some of them could even be aimed at Roethlisberger.
"I ran it a little bit in college, and I played quarterback in high school," Bell said. "Maybe we can grow as offense with it. I'm no NFL quarterback. I just do what they ask me to do. We'll see."
Roethlisberger was just a decoy on the plays the Steelers ran, but he issued a warning to the Ravens player lined up against him.
"I told him I was going deep the next time," Roethlisberger said with a smile.
Jones out
Rookie linebacker Jarvis Jones did not dress for the game because of the lingering effects of a concussion.
Jones was injured in last week's game against the New York Jets, and his availability was in question all week.
The Steelers said Jones passed a test on Friday. To be certain, the Steelers asked concussion specialist Dr. Mickey Collins to examine Jones on Saturday.
His testing determined that Jones probably shouldn't play.
"We believe that the doctors we have are some of the best in the world," Tomlin said. "We rely on their level of expertise. He handed down that judgment. We didn't second-guess it, we moved on."
The Steelers expect Jones will be available to play this Sunday's game in Oakland.
Costly drop
Rookie receiver Derek Moye was targeted for two passes.
One was a spectacular play, the other was a costly miss.
Moye caught a first-half pass for a 19-yard gain on third down and 5. He was upended by Ravens' safety Matt Elam and held the ball despite being flipped in mid-air.
But Moye, an undrafted free agent from Penn State, let a sure touchdown pass slip through his hands early in the fourth quarter on another third-and-5. Moye gained a step on Lardarius Webb at the right corner of the end zone, and Roethlisberger laid the ball in perfectly.
But Moye couldn't handle the pass, and the Steelers settled for a field goal.
"I definitely want that one back," Moye said. "If I get that pass 10 times again, I feel like I'll make the catch 10 times. Fortunately my teammates made some plays and bailed me out."
Because of his size (6-foot-5), Moye is a favorite target in the end zone because of his ability to out jump defenders for the ball.
But this was just a conventional pass he could have taken in stride after beating the coverage.
"I followed it into my hands," Moye said. "I just misplaced my hands when I tried to catch it."
Bad penalties
Ravens linebacker Elvis Dumervil was penalized twice for 30 yards on one Steelers drive that led to a field goal.
Dumervil's unnecessary roughness penalty allowed the Steelers to convert a second-and-17 situation. He was later called for a 15-yard facemask penalty, which negated a Ravens sack of Roethlisberger.
When someone asked if a veteran like Dumervil shouldn't know better, Ravens coach John Harbaugh took umbrage.
"How about if I give you another option. Is that OK?" Harbaugh snapped. "You can't grab the face mask, but Ben ducks all the time. You just have to find a way not to do that. I mean, what do you say?
"He's trying to wrap him up. That's the biggest, strongest quarterback in the NFL. You have to wrap him up strong and bring him down, but you feel yourself around the face area. He drops down, you have to get your fingers out of there somehow."
"Maybe there's a way to coach that other than talking about it, but you don't want to get the facemask. The other one, I didn't see at all. I can't comment on it."
Line shuffle
Starting right tackle Marcus Gilbert came into the game with a quad injury, and it was quickly determined that he shouldn't be playing.
Guy Whimper replaced him.
"He gave us good work," Tomlin said.
Tomlin said he preferred not to move Mike Adams because Adams has been lining up as an extra tight end. Moving Adams, he said, would have been more disruptive.
By the way, Tomlin had a quick answer when asked if the Steelers used their zone blocking scheme more on Sunday.
"No," he said.
SUBHEAD: Back to basics
The Steelers had their most effective game running the ball. Tomlin said a good running game has a positive impact on the rest of the offense.
"If you can run the ball efficiently, you can dial up play-passes and things associated with it and keep people off balance," he said. "We were able to do that for the most part today."
Oldie but goodie
The Steelers' only touchdown was Roethlisberger's three-yard shovel pass to tight end Heath Miller in the first quarter.
If it looked familiar, it should. The Steelers used to run that play with Hines Ward as the receiver.
"I'll take credit for that play," Roethlisberger said. "We put that in this week. I'm glad it worked, I'll put it that way.
"We tweaked it and did some things to it. We used to do that with Hines a lot. We knew that their ends like to come up field. I went to coach early in the week and said let's find a way to put this play in. It's a good play, and obviously Heath gets it. As a quarterback, you love those short, easy passes and let Heath do all the work."
Mr. Automatic
Shaun Suisham got his eighth game-winning field goal and his sixth with the Steelers.
Heinz Field is supposed to be tough on kickers, but Suisham said, "It's my favorite field in the world."
No wonder, given the success he's had.
He credits that success to long snapper Greg Warren.
"He's just awesome," Suisham said.
Breathing room
The game down to the final field goal, but Steelers receiver Antonio Brown said a more efficient offense would minimize that drama.
"We can't let things boil down to the wire, the last snap of the game, the last drive," he said. "We have to put seven [points] on the board in the red zone, not three. That will help us win games and not make it so tight."
Failed gamble
Harbaugh ordered an onside kick early in the fourth quarter after the Ravens had kicked a field goal to pull to a 13-9 deficit.
Kicker Justin Tucker nudged the ball, then tried to recover it. That's the way the Ravens designed the play.
But the ball didn't travel the required 10 yards before Tucker touched it, and the Steelers wound up with possession anyway. Vince Williams recovered the ball.
If that wasn't enough, Jeromy Miles left early and Baltimore was flagged for being offside.
"That's the unforgivable part of the whole thing," Harbaugh said. "That's the part that ticks me off more than anything."
SUBHEAD: Hold the ice
Harbaugh chose not to call a time out when Suisham lined up for the winning kick.
Most coaches routinely call time out to try to "ice" the kicker.
"I really don't know the science on that because there is none that proves one thing over the other," Harbaugh said. "I didn't think it would be a smart thing to do because the field was a little ruddy there and (a time out) gave them a little more time to prepare the plant foot and all that. If you ice him, that gives him more time to prepare."
Not done yet
The Ravens are 3-4, trailing the first place Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) by a significant margin.
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco isn't ready to concede anything, though.
"I still have a lot of confidence," he said. "It's going to be a dogfight, as it always is in this division. Cincinnati won today, and they probably have a little bit of a stronghold on it, but we haven't played them yet.
"We still have a lot of games to go. We have to continue to look forward and continue to be confident."
Stats and streaks
-It was the fourth consecutive Ravens-Steelers game decided by three points.
-Roethlisberger is 10-4 as a starter against the Ravens.
-Miller became the fifth player in Steelers history to score 40 touchdowns. He is the first tight end to do that.
-Linebacker Lawrence Timmons had 17 tackles, 12 solo.


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Get to know more about Fletcher's class president
Published: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 2:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 3, 2012 at 2:34 p.m.
Big Fun Correspondent Angie Pitre sat down with Aaron Hutchinson, 22, of Houma. He is graduating this semester with an associate's degree in criminal justice and is a committee member and team captain for Terrebonne Relay for Life. He is SGA president at Fletcher Technical Community College and a member of the Sons of the American Legion, Knights of Columbus, an advocate for the American Diabetic Association and a Catachist for CCD for St. Gregory Catholic Church.
Aaron, where did you grow up?
In Houma. I went to Terrebonne High School, Class of 2009.
Were you involved in extracurricular activities in high school?
Yes. I was the newspaper editor, sports editor of the yearbook, a mentor for younger kids at elementary and middle schools, and one of our school's Relay for Life team captains.
What motivated you to become involved with Relay for Life and student leadership?
With Relay for Life, I lost family members and friends to cancer, and have some survivors in both groups. I just wanted to encourage community involvement and awareness of the different types of cancer. As far as leadership, if you're not doing anything, get involved and make a difference. It's proven that if you're in school and get involved, you will stay in school and succeed. And I just wanted to make a difference.
How did you get involved in leadership and servitude with the church?
I was in the youth group and we volunteered in various ministries through the church. I've been with our religious education program for eight years. I've been a member of the Knights of Columbus for three years now, and a lector and commentator for five years. I like helping to get the younger generation involved. People see the older people involved in these things, and I just want to encourage younger people to do the same.
It's obvious to anyone who knows you that you are an avid football fan. Who are your favorite teams?
Of course the LSU Mighty Fightin' Tigers and the Who Dat Nation Saints.
How do you show your team spirit?
I'm always in purple and gold on Saturdays, and black and gold on Sundays. I always go to games, and even travel to away games. I'm a fan for life, whether we're having a losing season or a winning season!
How did you become involved in the Sons of the American Legion?
My friend and I joined together after a presentation for Veterans Day at school. My grandfather became a legionnaire, and I became a Son of the American Legion. We joined together. Because of his age he can no longer be active, but I remained a member.
What inspired you to be an advocate for the American Diabetic Association?
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 13. I attended the summer camp the summer after I was diagnosed. I found out I had diabetes for Thanksgiving 2003. I was always thirsty and had a certain halitosis associated with diabetes. I got very sick and had a 26.6 A1C, which is an average of where your blood sugar should be — a normal range is 6 to 7, an 8 is acceptable. I should have been in a coma and never woke up, but somebody upstairs loves me, and we were able to get it treated. I wear a pump now to keep my insulin regulated. It's my mechanical pancreas. There's good times and bad times with it. My greatest challenge has been surviving poly-dermal gangrene in my leg that kept me hospitalized for 3-½ months my first semester of college.
You're graduating from college this semester. What's your plans for after graduation?
To attend a four-year college to pursue my bachelor's degree in criminal justice. I will start touring other colleges in January and hopefully find a job as well in my field, whether it's in law enforcement, the courthouse or campus security.
Service to your community and others is obviously important to you. How do you want to be remembered?
I just want to be remembered for making a difference and giving my time to help others. I want people to know that you can make a difference by giving your time, even if it's just 30 minutes a day. Be active in your community. I don't need my name on a wall, and I don't need anything to be named after me. I just want to inspire others to get involved while I'm here.
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Frontline: The Choice 2008
Frontline is a part of PBS and an example of phenomenal investigative journalism. If you haven't seen any of their shows before, you should check them out when you have a chance. I've seen numerous shows and the recent ones that really stand out are (you could spend days watching their stuff):
- Bush's War: A discussion about the decision to go into Iraq following the attacks on September 11th, 2001. It offers a tremendous amount of insight into the decision making process and is actually quite scary. [March 24th, 2008]
- Affluenza: "Affluenza is a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption."
- CARRIER: This is a great series that explores life aboard the USS Nimitz, one of our nation's amazing aircraft carriers.
Frontline: The Choice 2008
However, today I wanted to highlight one particular episode: The Choice 2008, aired Oct 14th, 2008. It follows the political growth of both candidates from the very beginning and gives a very balanced perspective on both. It's non-partisan, takes no sides, and merely presents the facts as they've learned them. I recommend watching the full program, rather than the individual pieces on either candidate, because it tracks both men chronologically; showing what each did during the same time period.
Some things I took away from the show were how much planning and politicking goes on. Barack Obama had a two year plan to position himself such that his political peak would occur for this election. Barack Obama leveraged his opposition to the war, which was aided by the fact that he wasn't in Congress when it was voted on, as much as possible. John McCain absolutely hated President Bush following the 2000 election in which Karl Rove, spreading lies about McCain possibly fathering a half-black baby out of wed-lock, absolutely destroyed him in the Republican Presidential primaries. McCain, who had then alienated the Republican's conservative base, decided he had to align himself with Bush, despite hating him, to regain that base. That's part of the reason why he now faces charges that he's just like President Bush (voting with him 90% of the time).
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Greetings stargazers. When people tell me they want to �learn� the night sky, what they often mean is they want to learn to identify the constellations they can see.
There are 88 constellations in the sky, including both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, so at any one time you can see approximately half, or 44, constellations in the celestial hemisphere above you. Since the Earth is rotating, during the night while constellations are setting in the west, more are continually rising in the east. That means that on any given night it is possible to see significantly more than 44 constellations.
There isn�t any part of the sky that is not within a constellation. The boundaries between constellations are somewhat arbitrary, imaginary lines that are sort of like the boundaries for counties within a state. The boundary had to be put somewhere. You don�t have to be in a city or town, but if you live in Colorado you are inside one county or another.
While many of the constellations we have defined today can trace their origins to prehistoric times, some are much more recently defined, simply in order to �fill in the gaps� in the sky.
Not all constellations are bright, or easily recognizable, even if you know where to look. Even some familiar constellations contain dimmer or more obscure parts.
The term that means a recognizable pattern of stars is not �constellation,� but �asterism.� An asterism could (and often does) correspond to the brighter stars in a single constellation. However, an asterism could be only part of a constellation, or it could contain stars in multiple constellations.
I can best explain the difference between constellations and asterisms with examples. The recognizable asterism called the Big Dipper is only a part of the much larger region in the sky contained within the boundaries of the constellation Ursa Major. The dipper is just the body and extra long tail of the �greater bear.� The legs and head of the bear extend well beyond the dipper.
Another asterism is the summer triangle, comprising the bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair. Those three stars are in the constellations Lyra, Cygnus and Aquila, respectively.
Any star chart can help you learn some asterisms, but some may be easier to use than others. One disadvantage of �paper� star charts is that they usually contain �stick figures,� connecting the brighter stars. And not all charts agree on how these stars should connect. Although I can see the patterns, I have yet to really see any of the �sticks� in the sky. If you have an app that can toggle the stick figures on and off, that is one way to help you see the patterns and to learn how someone else thought the stars were connected.
This month
Besides the asterisms mentioned above, one asterism to look for this month is the scorpion that corresponds to the constellation Scorpius. Looking to the south, about 2� fist widths above the horizon, you can find the bright red star Antares as the heart of Scorpius. This constellation is one of the few that we, living in the 21st century, can recognize the same way as the ancient civilizations that named this constellation did. At least I think it looks like a scorpion. If your view to the south is not blocked by mountains or trees, you can see the tail of the scorpion swooping down and to the left toward the horizon, then hooking back up with the two stars making up the �stinger� only a little more than a fist width above the horizon.
Charles Hakes is an assistant professor in the physics and engineering department at Fort Lewis College and is director of the Fort Lewis Observatory.