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People Who Taste Too Much
Genetically Wired Supertasters Find Unusual Health Benefits
There is a good reason why kale evokes such strong feelings in different people.
What is harshly bitter to some 25% of the world—often classified as "supertasters"—is barely bitter to about another third. The rest of us fall somewhere in between. Such stark differences in how we perceive taste are programmed into our DNA.
"Supertasters in general get everything more intense," says Linda Bartoshuk, a professor with the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste and a pioneer in the study of supertasting. "When you put it all together we say that supertasters live in a neon food world compared to the pastel food world" everyone else lives in, she says.
A relatively high proportion of professional chefs are supertasters, Dr. Bartoshuk says. Also, supertasting abilities are more common in women than men, and in Asians and African-Americans than Caucasians. In the U.S., roughly 15% of people are supertasters, she estimates.
Recent research has uncovered some surprising health consequences of being a supertaster. People who are supertasters have a heightened risk for developing colon cancer, possibly because they tend to avoid eating vegetables, one study found. Another found they have a tendency to like salty food, which may block bitter tastes.
On the positive side, supertasters tend to be leaner than the general population, possibly because they often find fatty foods distasteful. And a study last year showed that supertasters were better able to fend off some bacterial sinus infections than people who have normal tasting abilities, perhaps because of a protective ability afforded by the supertaster gene.
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Supertasters typically have a higher density of fungiform papillae, mushroom-shaped projections on the tongue that contain taste buds. Some experts say one way to tell if a person is a supertaster is to count the number of papillae in a small area after dying the tongue with food coloring, a test that can be done at home. Another common test, which can be purchased online, is to give people a particularly bitter chemical such as PROP or PTC, which are similar to a compound found in many dark-green vegetables. Most people find PROP and PTC bitter, but not unbearable, while others don't taste it at all. For supertasters, the experience is often nauseating.
"It was the most disgusting taste I've ever experienced," says Rachel Antenucci, a 22-year-old food science graduate student at Pennsylvania State University who was diagnosed as a supertaster this summer. Foods that turn her off include Starbucks dark roast coffee, radishes and most hard liquors, she says. But she loves ice cream and dark chocolate, unlike many supertasters who usually avoid such foods.
Scientists have identified some of the genes associated with tasting ability. For example, some two dozen genes are linked with different types of bitterness. One theory is that sensitivity to bitter flavor could have evolved as a protective mechanism against poisonous plants.
Taste buds on the tongue have receptors that tell us if a food is sweet or sour or some other taste. Recent research is finding that taste receptors are found all over the body, including in the gut, nose, and brain, says Danielle Reed, a member at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. It isn't clear what role these receptors play in the body, but scientists suggest they might have a protective function, as they do in the mouth.
For example, a recent study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Monell Center showed that supertasters were better able to fend off bacterial sinus infections because of a particular bitter-taste receptor in their nose. The study, published last year in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, involved laboratory work with sinus tissue samples from 56 people.
"Even in the preliminary data we've generated…it looks like the ability to taste or not taste this [bitter compound] is going to be fairly instrumental in upper respiratory disease," says Noam Cohen, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a surgeon at Philadelphia VA Medical Center, who co-authored the study with Dr. Reed.
Dr. Cohen says he is currently investigating the role of taste receptors found in the lungs. "We think the bitter receptors over time were developed to protect us against bacteria," he says. "We may find them anywhere the body is working to protect us from bacteria."
Supertasters may face some increased health risks because they often eat fewer dark-green vegetables, which can be bitter. A 2005 study in the journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences found that the risk for developing colon cancer—measured by number of polyps—was directly proportional to the ability to taste bitter, particularly PROP, the chemical compound similar to that found in cabbage. The study tested the association between PROP and the number of colonic polyps, a measure of colon cancer risk, in 251 men.
Beverly Tepper, a professor of food science at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, N.J., found in a study that women who don't taste PROP tend to be heavier than those who are supertasters. The 2011 study, published in the journal Appetite, found that among 14 nontasters and 18 supertasters—all lean, young women—the nontaster women consumed more calories in a buffet setting. In a similar study presented at a conference last year, 75 lean women ate buffet meals for several days in a lab. Women classified as medium tasters or nontasters consumed more calories, less protein and marginally more fat than the supertasters.
"Some people may be considered fussy eaters and to a certain extent…it reflects their genetics," says Dr. Tepper.
Supertasters sometimes get intense pleasure from foods. Karen Manning, 58, of Cincinnati, didn't know she was a supertaster. But when she worked in marketing for Jimmy Dean, the sausage and breakfast-sandwich maker, the food scientists were constantly asking her to participate in tastings. "You can taste things in products that nobody else can," she recalls being told.
Ms. Manning, who now owns an advertising-and-consulting firm, says she can distinguish between different types of pepper burn—black versus red—and different seasonings. She dislikes really sweet or bitter foods and the slimy texture of fat on meat. And she's learned to work around some tastes: She will roast Brussels sprouts, for example, and sprinkle sugar on them to make them palatable.
Scientists say research to identify more taste receptors and their associated genes could help dietitians tailor advice to different palates. "I think we're close to the point where, instead of a dietitian saying, 'Eat less fat, eat more fruits and vegetables,' they could figure out what foods you do or don't like with a survey or genetic test," says John Hayes, a professor of food science at Penn State and lead author of a 2010 study showing supertasters' preference for salt. "They could say, 'You know, I want you to eat more fruits and vegetables but you're going to find it hard to eat kale or Brussels sprouts. Maybe you should try sweet potatoes and squash instead.' "
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Police officers on Friday arrested one person and are questioning others after seizing about 30 pounds of processed marijuana from a home in the Sierra Meadows neighborhood, officials said.
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According a media booking report through the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, Richard Alden Hanson, 35, was arrested Friday from his home at 10381 Martis Valley Road, in Sierra Meadows. He was booked into Nevada County Jail at 1:32 p.m. on a pair of marijuana-related charges. His bail is set at $35,000.
Other potential suspects are being questioned, according to Truckee Police, who estimate the marijuana to have a minimum street value of $75,000.
"As always, the Truckee Police Department is committed to protecting our community, and particularly our kids, from drugs," the department said in the release. "Surveys continue to reveal that Marijuana is a common drug of choice for our youth. It is seizures like this that continue to combat the availability and dangerous use of illegal drugs."
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NEIGHBORHOOD: Located on West 48th & 10th Ave, you will be surrounded by the famous array of restaurants in Hell's Kitchen and close to all the attractions of Midtown West. It is within walking distance of Times Square and the Theater District and only a short taxi or subway ride away from Lincoln Center, Central Park, The Museum of Natural History, Madison Square Garden, and The Time Warner Center! Several subway lines are within walking distance, making all of the city's attractions, entertainment, and nightlife just a few minutes ride away. Check Ins- All Check ins are done at our central office. Our office is open until the last guest arrives Checkouts: Keys can be left inside the apartment on the kitchen table. If you have a late flight, you may store your luggage at our office
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Damage deposit = there is a 500 dollars damage deposit to be paid via paypal.
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Wonderful location highly recommended
Wunderbare Lage sehr empfehlenswert
This is a really lovely apartment. Everything was as we expected and everything is in good working condition. It is in a really good area around lots of bars and restaurants and very short walking distance to Broadway and Times Square. The only negative is that it can get quite noisy at night with the traffic.
Large studio in a great location, just steps from Times Square. Ideal for a romantic getaway. The bed overlooking the street is a bit noisy ...
Vaste studio dans un quartier sympa, à deux pas de Times Square.
Idéal pour un séjour en amoureux.
Le lit donnant sur la rue, c'est parfois un peu bruyant ...
Esperienza negativa l'appartamento si trova su una strada molto trafficata giorno e notte al primo piano quindi si dorme tra mille rumori, isolamento acustico inesistente. Le condizioni del bagno sono precarie unica nota positiva la comodità dei letti e l'ampia camera da letto. In sostanza non vale la spesa
the location is perfect. but absolutely no value for the money. we could not take a shower as the shower tab gave almost boiling water without the possibility to vary temperature. it was dangerous! and the apartment was rather dirty, in particular the kitchen, and the central light in the kitchen did not function so it was very dark inside. we complained immediately, and they promised to send someone, but it never happened. we asked for a partly refund of the rental, but no reaction. With a bit more effort this can be a great apartment on a perfect spot in the upperwest area, but it requires better management.
Fantastic apartment in a great location. Would love to stay there again.
Close to most sites. Apartment was very clean and comfy beds.
Very good location, close to theater district, high line, several subway lines.....rooms were as expected but sofa bed not. Arrangements to get into the apartment OK. Thanks Mo.
This property needs a bit of work. Good location
Arrived outside the apartment, no one there, called, oh since 2 days Rohrbruch, tantamount someone and brings us elsewhere.
Absolute Katarophe, bad location, window pane by a Rigibsplatte replaced (only reingestellt), dirty, no sheets for the sofa bed, shower tray only in a diving suit walked.
The next day, after countless phone calls to get another apartment.
Was slightly better, all the windows available, only,
was still inhabited, shower curtain with a lot of mold spores, had a sofa bed approx sensation 70 years old mattress, no air conditioning (30 degrees), window did not work, the front too loud) Ave. Rear odors through gastronomy. All in all we felt completely ripped off by the host and would never book in life again with him.
Vor dem Apartment angekommen, keiner da, angerufen, oh seit 2 Tagen Rohrbruch, kommt gleich jemand und bringt uns woanders unter.
Absolute Katarophe, schlecht Lage, Fensterscheibe durch eine Rigibsplatte ersetzt (nur reingestellt), dreckig, keine Bettwäsche für die Schlafcouch, Duschwanne nur im Taucheranzug begehbar.
Am nächsten Tag, nach unzähligen Telefonaten ein anderes Apartment bekommen.
War etwas besser, alle Fensterscheiben vorhanden, nur,
war noch bewohnt, Duschvorhang mit jeder Menge Schimmelsporen, Schlafcouch hatte eine ca. gefühlte 70 Jahre alte Matratze, keine Klimaanlage (30Grad), Fenster auf ging auch nicht, vorn zu laut ) Ave. hinten Gerüche durch Gastronomie. Alles in Allem fühlten wir uns durch den Gastgeber komplett verarscht und würde nie im Leben noch einmal bei ihm buchen.
When we arrived home a fine. Host smiling and with a certain humor. Little surprise our housing is undergoing a concern. We offer us alternative accommodation. Smaller but better placed so good we had to adapt. General apartment so this little unforeseen. A very good communication and a host always available.
I recommend
A notre arrive un accueil très bien . Hôte souriant et avec un certaine humour . Petite surprise notre logement étant subit un souci . On nous a proposer un logement de substitution . Plus petit mais mieux placé donc bon il a fallu s'adapte . De manière général appartement ce petit imprévu . Une très bonne communication et un hôte toujours à disposition .
Je recommande
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A Fairview man was killed in a one-car accident in Fairview Township early this morning.
State police identified the deceased as Aaron P. Schaefer, 42, of West Lake Road. However, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook said the man's identity hasn't been confirmed by his office.
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Prep Time 10 minutes |
Cook Time 1 hour
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 cup onion, finely diced
2 cups organic long grain brown rice, washed and drained
4 cups water
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1/3 cup blanched almonds, remove skins
1/2 cup Eden Dried Montmorency Cherries, choppedor whole Eden Dried Cranberries
1/4 cup organic seedless raisinsor Eden Dried Wild Blueberries
1 1/2 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp ground cumin
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, finely minced
Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan and sauté the onions for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the rice and sauté for another 5 minutes. Add the water, sea salt, blanched almonds, cherries, raisins, curry powder and cumin. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour. Remove the cover and mix in the parsley before placing in a serving bowl.
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Leaders and employees at the General Motors Components Holdings plant in Lockport have a lot on their minds.
They are determined to launch their manufacturing of thermal products for new GM vehicles as flawlessly as possible. They have worked vigorously to cut scrap rates and are eager to win more business.
No one is taking anything for granted, but after the Upper Mountain Road plant went through highly publicized struggles in its recent past under Delphi, employees and managers are hopeful of solidifying their status within GM.
"I can tell you right now, the way I feel about the way things are going right now is very positive," said Michael Branch, who has worked at the plant since 1999 and is now shop chairman of United Auto Workers Local 686 Unit 1. "I think General Motors and the UAW are working more in a partnership mode, and I can tell you from a site perspective, that is definitely how we work here."
The Lockport auto parts manufacturing plant has survived lots of change – and at times, uncertainty – in the past decade and a half. The complex switched affiliations from GM to Delphi Corp., endured Delphi's slog through bankruptcy, reduced its workforce, and rejoined GM in late 2009 as part of the automaker's Components Holdings subsidiary. (Delphi still operates a technical center at the Lockport site.) During the most trying times with Delphi, questions swirled about whether the plant would survive, due to its poor financial performance.
Pat Curtis, who became the GM Lockport plant manager about four years ago, said the Lockport site's employees have shown they can overcome adversity. "We're very good at taking on challenges and winning, and I think that's where this site rises to the occasion."
Auto manufacturing plants constantly try to attract new work to secure their futures and their employees' jobs. GM Lockport was awarded a combined $44 million in investment in 2012 and this year to support a number of product launches.
The Lockport site makes products for nearly every GM assembly plant in North America, including radiators, condensers, heater cores and HVAC modules. The complex employs about 1,550 people and makes a huge financial impact on the region.
GM Lockport's new product launches are the plant's focus, starting with the Chevrolet Impala. Next will come products for the full-size trucks, the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra. "That is by far the biggest product launch site this has seen probably in 10 years," Curtis said. "It's half our business, to be frank."
GM Lockport will also supply products for the new Chevy Corvette, a star at Detroit's auto show. Products for full-size SUVs such as the Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon and Yukon XL will launch in early 2014.
The Lockport complex on Upper Mountain Road is vast, with 2.8 million square feet. About 1.6 million square feet of that is being used for manufacturing.
Filling vacant space
Some of the vacant space is being used to store engines from a GM plant in St. Catharines, Ont., a task that spawned a dozen jobs at the Lockport site. "It would have been done by an outside company, outside warehouse, so we're saving the company money by utilizing what we have," Curtis said. "We're trying to look at ways we can add value to the company, whether or not it's for the thermal business. We're really trying to open up our horizons."
Similarly, Curtis says the plant's injection molding lines are a capability GM could tap into for more than just the Lockport site's current product lineup.
Technology and investment are only part of the story at the Lockport site. Both Curtis and Branch, the UAW leader, say the Lockport plant's employees have benefited from adopting the "team" concept about two years ago. The plant has nearly 90 teams – some as small as five or six employees, some as large as 15 to 20 workers – and each one's leader comes from the team.
GM Lockport sets goals for the teams to achieve, and the team develops the ideas for how to meet those objectives, said James Fennell, plant personnel director. In each work area is a five-paneled white board where information is posted and employees gather for updates. The boards keep attention on five topics: safety, people, quality, responsiveness and cost.
"They use these boards every single day, every single shift," Branch said. "It's a tool to empower the employees to make sure that they're making improvements that they want, that they need for the betterment of the site and the membership, right there. It's a visible thing."
The team method allows workers to introduce ideas and put them into action, Curtis said. "In the past, it may have been an engineer that went down and said, 'We think we can do this by changing this.' Today, the team member says, 'Hey, I think this can be better. Let's involve the engineer, let's involve everybody and let's come up with the best solution.'"
Mary Ward-Schiffert, a team leader for about one and a half years, says the system "helps to motivate and drive my area.
"What we've found is, we make sure that everybody's involved every day on decisions about what we're doing," she said. "When you feel like you have power in your job, it makes you even more motivated the next day to do an even better job."
Focus is on improvement
Curtis said he feels confident about the quality of products coming out of the GM Lockport plant. "What I tell every new hire that comes in is that safety is priority No. 1, the second is quality. The phrase I like to use is, we ship our reputation every day. What I mean by that is, if we send good parts day in and day out, we have a great reputation. One bad part, you ruin your reputation."
Away from the production floor, GM Lockport is putting all of its employees through a training exercise known as a "simulated work environment." Workers from departments across the complex – not just production – go through the daylong experience together, six at a time. As the training day unfolds, the team members learn to work together, acting on suggestions to carry out an assigned task in a more efficient, less strenuous way.
"It focuses on the team approach to continuous improvement," Curtis said. "It's a real eye-opener for everybody."
While GM Lockport has lots of new work to prepare for, its managers and employees are also looking further ahead.
"Everybody seems to be striving for the same goal, to get new business," Ward-Schiffert said. "We all talk about that all the time: new business, new business. We want to be the best. We want our customers to come looking for us. We want to be known for making the best products."
Curtis said the plant has "a good business plan for the next three years; in fact these programs go out five years. But in the out years, that's where we need to start developing opportunities. And that's what we're doing now."
GM Lockport hosted a visit from a joint GM-UAW "sourcing review team," which looks at locations' capabilities for future work. Favorable reviews from that team matter.
"There were some members on that sourcing team that had been here over the past couple of years, and they said that the improvements and the changes they've seen out there have been absolutely fantastic," Branch said. "And the ones that haven't been here before were very impressed with everything they saw out there."
Winning more new work would help fortify a plant that pays big local dividends: $85.8 million in wages, $16.7 million in payroll taxes and $915,000 in property taxes, according to GM.
On more solid ground
"I think they're a whole lot better off than they've been in a long time there," said Arthur Wheaton, an auto manufacturing expert at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Buffalo.
Part of the improved picture comes from GM's stronger sales and its ability to sell those vehicles at a "reasonable price," he said. The plant has also established a more-competitive labor cost structure, and its workers have gone through an "emotional event" like Delphi's bankruptcy that carries its own lessons. "All the employees know it's not always gravy, there can be tough times."
And Lockport's was one of the few Delphi plants GM chose to keep, Wheaton said. "They were one of the survivors for being a unionized plant in the system."
Both Branch and Curtis say a good working relationship at the plant between management and the union is essential to winning more business.
"We do have common goals," Curtis said. "How we get there has been maybe the difficulty in the past. And I think that we are much better at working together to figure out how to get there."
Last year, the Lockport plant worked aggressively to reduce scrap, improving by 30 percent from the year before. Branch said employee involvement was key. "If you lay out the challenge and let them make their own decisions on how to reduce scrap, it happens. It just happens."
The Lockport plant improved its scores under GM's Global Manufacturing System, which tracks plants' performance. The site started 2012 about 46 percent compliant with GMS, and finished the year at 89 percent compliant, Curtis said. The target this year is to be greater than 95 percent compliant.
Curtis said the Lockport plant has a decades-long heritage to protect and build on, with some fourth-generation employees in its workforce. How does he view the Lockport plant's position within GM?
"I'm cautiously optimistic," Curtis said. "We have a lot of challenges ahead, it's a competitive environment. But again, we're going to be open to do whatever we can to support the corporation, be flexible and work together to come up with solutions."
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Editor's note: Due to a production error, this story was left out of the Jan. 8 paper.
A former Bloomville police officer found guilty of theft in office was sentenced to six months in prison Jan. 7.
William R. Laugherty, 28, also was ordered by Seneca County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Kelbley to pay $1,029.80 in restitution. Laugherty was convicted in November of two counts of theft in office, a fifth-degree felony, for stealing copper and other recyclable materials from Bloomville's garage. Video surveillance had recorded him stealing the items between June and November 2011. That November, he was discharged from the police force.
Prior to the announcement of his sentence, Laugherty apologized for his actions and asked the judge to impose a community control sentence.
"I just want to be able to work and be home with my little girls," he said. "I want to be able to pay this and make it right."
Laugherty's attorney, Randy Hoffman, also asked Kelbley to hand down community control as a punishment. Hoffman said a prison sentence would not be appropriate for Laugherty's first time, non-violent felony conviction.
"Bill has expressed his desire to set things right and see things right," Hoffman said.
"This is not a person who is a recidivist," he later said.
Laugherty's wife and mother also spoke Jan. 7 and asked for a community control sentence.
At the hearing, Seneca County Prosecutor Derek DeVine asked Kelbley to impose an eight-month prison sentence. He suggested Laugherty be sentenced for only one count of theft in office since the convictions were allied offenses.
DeVine said Laugherty broke the community's trust by stealing, and also said others need to be deterred from committing the same type of offenses.
"Without honest people in those cruisers and in those uniforms, the entire system is subject to criticism and ridicule," he said.
Laugherty, who plans to appeal, also was ordered Jan. 7 to pay court costs and was permanently disqualified from holding public office.


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Before joining the KCRA 3 news team, Claire was a reporter in Tucson, Ariz. Claire's investigation on the Tucson shootings and gunman Jared Lee Loughner earned her a prestigious regional Edward R. Murrow award for "Best Investigative Report." She also garnered an Emmy in the category of "General Assignment Report."
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Julian Smith arrived for work early Thursday, but as the longtime race director attempted to enter Cooper River Bridge Run headquarters, the office door wouldn't open. Dust from a Shelmore Boulevard construction project clogged the keyhole.
Bridge Run
What: 36th Cooper River Bridge Run 10K run and walkWhen: April 6, 8 a.m.Participant cap: 38,500Runner spots: 1,000Walker spots: 4,000Port-o-let toilets ordered: 450Info: www.BridgeRun.com, 856-1949
In other words, a delay.
Good morning, Julian. Can we talk about this year's Bridge Run? And last year's delay?
"It's such a minuscule thing that people keep dwelling on, the delay," Smith said. "I mean, it's happened at so many races and it happens repeatedly at other races. I don't know why people continue to bring it up. It's a very sore subject."
A shuttle bus snafu left a Bridge Run record 36,652 runners and walkers standing around in Mount Pleasant almost an hour after the scheduled 8 a.m. start.
That the 10-kilometer model of Lowcountry excellence went off with few hitches from 1978 through 2011 made last year such a big deal. Civic pride suffers when hundreds of agitated people full of pre-run Gatorade scramble behind structures along Coleman Boulevard in search of relief.
"I'm not trying to be defensive," Smith said, "but how long can you keep talking about a 45-minute delay?"
Just long enough to mention that the best road race in America is better (if not bigger), with some improvements directly tied to our recent unpleasantness.
A giant expo. A Friday night food fest. More bus pick-up locations.
If Bridge Run management cues up Kelly Clarkson screaming "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" as runners cross the start line on April 6, many participants will get the double-meaning.
Food and beer
Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race and Colorado's BolderBoulder have larger 10K fields.
"Our goal is not to be the biggest, but to be the best," Smith said. "That's what we're striving to be."
Six weeks out, the Bridge Run is about 1,000 runners and 4,000 walkers short of a sellout capped at 38,500, Smith said.
Among the cool new Bridge Run things they probably will appreciate:
The Charleston Area Convention Center as the new site for the Cooper River Bridge Run Expo.
"It will be one of the biggest expos of any race in the country," Smith said. "The Peachtree had the largest expo in the United States and it's a third smaller than ours."
Complete with 185 vendor booths, up from 110 last year at the Gaillard Auditorium. And no more Friday afternoon peninsula gridlock.
Taste of the Bridge Run. There will be more than a dozen restaurants and lots of beer involved from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at three locations, the Maritime Center downtown, HarborSide East in Mount Pleasant and the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston.
Five — count 'em, five — shuttle-bus pick-up/drop-off sites (up from just one in 2012). They are the Gaillard, the South Carolina Aquarium parking garage, Towne Center in Mount Pleasant, the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island and the Convention Center.
'We corrected it'
It's not as if the Bridge Run already wasn't admired, copied and envied around the U.S. and beyond. The Event Directors' College is all set for 2013 in Charleston the week of the Bridge Run.
Subtitle: "A Workshop for Event Directors and Committee Members of Running & Walking Events of All Sizes"
Host: Our own Julian Smith.
He can tell the other race directors how the Bridge Run kept getting more popular. More than 45,000 people signed up last year.
"We just grew too fast," Smith said.
So, Julian. What about my friend from out of town?
Let's call him Darryl.
First-time Bridge Run participant in 2012.
Plans to return.
What do you say to such a runner or walker?
"I'm sorry it happened," Smith said, "but it's not the end of the world. We put on a great race. We had great entertainment. It was staged perfectly. It was just a logistics problem and we corrected it."
It's hard to argue with tastier food and more bus stops and beer, not necessarily in that order.
Reach Gene Sapakoff at 937-5593 or on Twitter @sapakoff
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Editor's note: These are parts two and three of a 52-week series to run throughout 2014 on 52 West Virginians who made a difference and who matter. They are authors, entertainers, politicians, historical figures and others.
This West Virginian brought a ton of smiles to people all over the world during his entire, long entertainment career.
At Morgantown High School, he was Donald Jesse Knotts. But to most of us, he is best known as the character "Barney Fife," a sheriff's deputy from "The Andy Griffith Show" from television in the 1960s.
Don Knotts was born July 21, 1924, one of four sons of a farming family often described as "dirt poor." After graduation from Morgantown High School, he majored in speech at West Virginia University. His dream was to become a teacher. World War II interfered with his educational career. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was picked to be with the Special Services. His assignment was to entertain the troops. After the war, he returned to WVU and obtained a degree in theater in the Class of 1948.
Don Knotts broke into show business in the early 1950s, performing on both radio (as "Windy Wales" on "The Bobby Benson Show") and then on "Search for Tomorrow."
He got a minor role ("Corporal Manual Dexterity") in the Broadway play "No Time for Sergeants" in 1955, hooking up for the first time with Andy Griffith. He then appeared in the movie with the same name in 1958. Following that, Knotts became a regular on "The Steve Allen Show" where he portrayed the man on the street - a fidgety, high-strung man who was very nervous about being interviewed on camera. Every week, the shtick seemed to become a more important small segment of the show. He also became a regular on "The Tonight Show" with its host, Jack Paar, in 1959.
In 1960 he hooked up again with Andy Griffith to become "Barney Fife," the beloved but inept deputy of Mayberry, N.C. While a character on that program, Knotts won the Emmy Award for the Best Supporting Actor five times.
His Emmy award-winning television acting led to a five-year contract with Universal Pictures, where he starred in the movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet." Following that movie, he also appeared in "The Reluctant Astronaut," "The Shakiest Gun in the West," "How to Frame a Figg," "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and "The Love God?"
In the 1970s, Knotts teamed up with Tim Conway to produce some slapstick movies. He reappeared on television in 1976 to re-energize his career, appearing in the sitcom "Three's Company" as landlord "Ralph Furley" from 1976 to 1984. He also appeared in Andy Griffith's new show "Matlock" (1986-1992) as the neighbor "Les Calhoun."
He spent the 1990s touring and working in the cartoon industry as celebrity voice. His "Major Turkey Lurkey" from the Walt Disney animated movie "Chicken Little" in 2005 was very popular. It was also one of his last assignments.
Don Knotts, beloved entertainer for nearly 60 years, died at age 81 Feb. 24, 2006. He lives on in the re-runs of the Andy Griffith show even today. Today, a statue stands of Don Knotts along Don Knotts Boulevard in Morgantown.
This week's other West Virginian who mattered is the state's only contribution to the last surviving member and the only member from this area of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is Patrick Gass, who lived much of his latter life in Wellsburg, Va., in what is now West Virginia.
Patrick McLene Gass was born June 12, 1771, near Chambersburg, Pa. He received training as a carpenter. His military life began 21 years after his birth when he volunteered to fight against the Indians at Wheeling, then in Virginia. In 1794, he worked near Mercersburg to help construct a home, Wheatland, for James Buchanan Sr., the father of the future 15th U.S. president, James Buchanan.
Gass joined the army in 1803 and served near St. Louis under Alexander Hamilton. On Jan. 1 the following year, he became Private Gass of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery.
As the company carpenter, Gass built wagons for portaging and constructed the winter quarters for three winters for the 33 members who had been sent by President Thomas Jefferson to map the American northwest. Gass was also one of seven of the members of the expedition chosen to document the journey in a journal.
Following the adventure, when Patrick Gass' journals were published in 1807, they became the first published complete description from the expedition. Gass, who lacked the ability to publish the journals by himself, sought the aid of a school teacher, David McKeehan, to help him edit. It was such a success it was printed in English, French and German. "The Journals of Patrick Gass: Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" has been reprinted and is still in print today.
The Gass journals reflect the spirit of the members. Gass reported "The determined and resolute character...of the corps, and the confidence which pervaded all ranks dispelled every emotion of fear, and anxiety for the present; while a sense of duty, and of the honour (sic), which would attend the completion of the object of the expedition; a wish to gratify the expectations of the government, and of our fellow citizens, with the feelings which novelty and discovery invariably inspire, seemed to insure to us ample support in our future toils, suffering, and dangers."
Reportedly, of those journals in existence, Gass' journal reportedly is much more readable. He describes the countryside and the wildlife they saw along the way. His journals also had the advantage of being in print a full seven years prior than publication of the papers of Lewis and Clark.
After the expedition, Gass went back into the military, serving during the War of 1812 and losing an eye at a battle at Lundy's Lane.
Gass married Maria Hamilton in 1829 at age 58 and fathered seven children.
Patrick Gass died on April 2, 1870. He was 98 years old. He is buried in Brooke Cemetery, Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia.
Patrick Gass was surely a West Virginian who mattered.


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The Department of Veterans Affairs has canceled the 2013 National Veterans Golden Age Games, which were set to bring 1,000 veterans to Buffalo for six days of athletic competition this spring.
The department decided not to hold the event, which had been scheduled for May 30 through June 4, because of budget concerns, Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, said Wednesday.
But in a statement, the department offered a slightly different explanation.
"In an effort to ensure we meet the high standards of excellence, good governance and efficiency, we evaluate each event, program and initiative for alignment with the department's core mission and priorities," the statement said. "After going through a comprehensive assessment, VA has decided to postpone the 2013 National Veterans Golden Age Games in Buffalo, New York."
Local organizers had been planning the event, called "Warriors on the Waterfront," for six years, and the VA signed contracts associated with the event only two weeks ago, Higgins said.
"While I certainly understand the need to regularly reassess how we best meet the needs of our veterans, the VA made a commitment to this region; local businesses and organizers have invested time and money to ensure this VA event would be a success; and with just 10 weeks to go, the VA abruptly and unjustifiably is walking away from Western New York and the nearly 1,000 veterans who have been planning and looking forward to this event," he said. "It's just not right."
The VA calls the Golden Age Games the world's largest sports competition for veterans ages 55 and older. The agency awarded the 27th annual Games to Buffalo in 2011, and competition was set to take place at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, Erie Community College, Audubon Golf Course and other local venues.
The agency told Higgins that the decision to cancel the event was not related to sequestration, the automatic budget cuts that took effect March 1. The VA is exempt from sequestration, but agency officials told Higgins that the general fiscal climate was the reason the event had to be put off.
However, similar veterans events are set to go on as scheduled in North Carolina, Florida, Colorado and California, leaving Higgins wondering why Buffalo was singled out.
"Thousands of hours have been spent by stakeholders in the Western New York convention and hospitality industry, VA personnel, military personnel, and local volunteers to prepare for this event," Higgins wrote in a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki.
"More than 2,500 veterans and families, supporters, sponsors and others were expected to come to Western New York, and this postponement will result in a loss of in excess of $ 2.2 million to our community."
The cancellation will pose a hardship for the four downtown hotels that booked guests for the event, as well as for the venues where competitions were set to take place, said Dottie Gallagher-Cohen, president and CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara.
"We can't rebook the convention center on that short a notice," she said. "This was a very significant event for us."
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Shareholder Protection Across Countries - is the EU on the Right Track?
Mathias M. Siems
Durham University - Durham Law School; University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research
DICE-Report - Journal for Institutional Comparisons, Vol. 4/3, pp. 39-43, 2006
Since the beginning of the new century harmonisation of company law has once again been on the European agenda. One of its most important aims is the protection of shareholders. This article addresses this aim from a leximetric perspective. At the outset, it will be explained what leximetrics is (namely a quantitative approach to legal analysis). Using this methodology, it will then be shown how different parts of shareholder protection (active shareholder, passive shareholder, boards) have developed in Germany, France, the UK and US in the last 35 years.
This paper is part of a wider research project. The related papers can be downloaded at http://ssrn.com/abstract=897479 and http://ssrn.com/abstract=988409 .
Number of Pages in PDF File: 5
Keywords: shareholder protection, company law, corporate law, harmonisation, harmonization, leximetrics, law and finance, La Porta et al., LLSV, numerical comparative law, comparative company law, comparative corporate governance
JEL Classification: G30, G38, K22, N20, N40, N50
Date posted: October 27, 2006 ; Last revised: January 30, 2014
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on December 23, 2012 - 12:01 AM
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Big winners in the race for the final playoff spots in the National Football League on Sunday: The Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins.
Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves in a rare position, on the outside looking in. And the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants are hanging by a very thin thread.
The Bengals gutted out a 13-10 road win over the Steelers in Heinz Field, clinching back-to-back playoff berths for the first time since 1981-82 and knocking the Steelers out in the process. Pittsburgh missed the postseason for just the fourth time in the last 12 seasons.
The Colts also are in, becoming just the second team, after the 2008 Dolphins, to hit double digits in victories after losing 14 or more the previous year. Indianapolis beat Kansas City, 20-13, as sensational rookie Andrew Luck threw a 7-yard TD to Reggie Wayne with 4:08 left to break a tie.
In the NFC, Robert Griffin III returned and the Redskins remained in control of their own destiny by winning their sixth straight, 27-20, over the Philadelphia Eagles. All they have to do is beat Dallas at home next week in what amounts to a winner-takes-all to win the NFC East. The Giants' 33-14 loss to the Ravens was a big boost for the Cowboys, who lost in overtime to New Orleans.
The Seahawks overwhelmed the San Francisco 49ers, 42-13, to clinch a playoff spot. The NFC West will be decided next week. The Seahawks must beat the Rams and have the 49ers lose to the Cardinals to steal the division.
Game of the day
Bengals 13, Steelers 10
The scoop: Josh Brown kicked a 43-yard field goal with four seconds left and the Bengals won without scoring an offensive touchdown. Reggie Nelson intercepted a Ben Roethlisberger pass with 14 seconds left in regulation. Andy Dalton then connected with A.J. Green for 21 yards to set up Brown's heroics. He had missed a 56-yarder earlier in the quarter.
Why the Bengals won: They held the Steelers to just two third-down conversions in 14 attempts and sacked Roethlisberger four times.
Close encounters
Colts 20, Chiefs 13
The scoop: Luck continued one of the best rookie QB seasons in league history, throwing for 205 yards to put him at 4,183 with one game still to play. Carolina's Cam Newton had the previous rookie record of 4,051. K.C.'s Jamaal Charles (226 yards) had an 86-yard TD run, making him just the third player to have three runs of 80 or more yards in a season.
Why the Colts won: Perhaps they were motivated by the news that coach Chuck Pagano, who has undergone treatment for leukemia most of the season, is a good bet to return.
Redskins 27, Eagles 20
The scoop: In what could very well have been the final home game for Eagles coach Andy Reid, Griffin III threw for two scores to Josh Morgan and Santana Moss after missing a start with a knee injury. Washington is a win away from its first NFC East title since 1999.
Why the Redskins won: They stopped the Eagles in the final seconds after Philadelphia had driven from its own 15 to the Redskins' 5 with 11 seconds left.
Saints 34, Cowboys 31 (OT)
The scoop: Drew Brees threw for 446 yards and three touchdowns, but the Saints clinched the game when Jimmy Graham recovered a Marques Colston fumble that rolled 20 yards forward to the Dallas 2. Garrett Hartley then kicked the winning 20-yard field goal.
Why the Saints won: On a day when they couldn't stop the Cowboys' offense very much (QB Tony Romo threw for 416 yards), they forced the Cowboys to punt on the first possession of overtime.
Surprising results
Ravens 33, Giants 14
The scoop: Joe Flacco threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns, and the Ravens clinched the AFC North title on their fourth try. They will host a playoff game on wild-card weekend, Jan. 5-6. The Giants need to beat Philadelphia next week, plus get lots of help, to get to the postseason.
Why the Ravens won: They limited Big Blue to 186 yards of offense for the game while amassing 533 themselves, 289 in the first half alone.
Vikings 23, Texans 6
The scoop: The Vikings' Blair Walsh kicked a 56-yard field goal, his ninth of 50-plus this season. But Adrian Peterson fell far off the pace to break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record, picking up 86 yards. He needs 208 in next week's finale against the Packers to set the record. That game means a lot to the Vikings, who are still in the playoff hunt.
Why the Vikings won: They held the Texans without a touchdown for the first time since 2006. Houston's Arian Foster had 10 rushes for 15 yards before leaving in the third quarter with an irregular heartbeat. He's expected to be OK.
Patriots 23, Jaguars 16
The scoop: The Pats came in as two-touchdown favorites but managed to avoid back-to-back losses in December for the first time since 2002. Tom Brady's 2-yard TD throw to Wes Welker in the fourth quarter put New England ahead to stay.
Why the Patriots won: They picked off Chad Henne twice in the final minutes after the Jaguars had driven deep into Patriots' territory.
Seahawks 42, 49ers 13
The scoop: Marshawn Lynch ran for 111 yards with a rushing and receiving touchdown and Doug Baldwin had two TD catches for the Seahawks, who clinched their second playoff berth in three seasons under Pete Carroll.
Why the Seahawks won: They essentially put the game away when Richard Sherman returned a blocked field goal 90 yards for a TD early in the second quarter, making it 21-0 Seattle.
Best of the rest
Broncos 34, Browns 12
The scoop: Peyton Manning threw for 339 yards, a season best, and three touchdowns as the Broncos had little trouble with the Browns. Denver improved to 12-3, tying Houston for the best record in the AFC. If the teams tie, Houston holds the tiebreaker.
Why the Broncos won: Linebacker Von Miller knocked Cleveland quarterback Brandon Weeden out of the game in the third quarter. He has 17½ sacks on the season.
Bears 28, Cardinals 13
The scoop: Chicago kept itself in the running for a playoff spot thanks to its defense. Charles Tillman returned an interception 10 yards for a score, his third pick-six of the season, and Zack Bowman returned a fumble 1 yard for another TD.
Why the Bears won: They made the NFL's worst offense look like exactly that. The Cards' lone TD came off an 82-yard blocked field goal by Justin Bethel with 1:46 left to play.
Packers 55, Titans 7
The scoop: The Pack scored 50-plus points for the first time since 2005 as Aaron Rodgers threw for 342 yards and three TDs. Green Bay is assured of at least one home playoff game as the No. 3 seed.
Why the Packers won: They let the Tennessee offense cross midfield just three times during the game and came within 1:39 of a shutout.
Rams 28, Buccaneers 13
The scoop: Sam Bradford connected with Lance Kendricks on an 80-yard scoring play on the first play of the third quarter to break open the game. The Bucs' Mike Williams (Riverside) had a terrific game with 132 yards receiving and a 61-yard TD.
Why the Rams won: They picked off Bucs QB Josh Freeman four times and forced five turnovers.
Panthers 17, Raiders 6
The scoop: Unlike the Bills and Chan Gailey, the Panthers are doing their part to help save the job of coach Ron Rivera with their fourth win in five games.
Why the Panthers won: They held the Raiders to 47 rushing yards on 22 carries.
Dog of the day
Chargers 27, Jets 17
The scoop: The Chargers won the "battle" between two teams that failed to live up to early hype, as Philip Rivers threw TD passes to Danario Alexander and Antonio Gates in the third quarter to give San Diego the lead for good.
Why the Chargers won: They sacked Jets QB Greg McElroy, starting for the benched Mark Sanchez, a whopping 11 times.
News wire services contributed to this report.


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Volunteers help erect log cabin
Hats off to nine volunteers who collectively have logged more than 1,000 hours - roughly equal to half a year's work for a full-time employee - while assembling a log cabin at Garlo Heritage Nature Preserve near Bloomville.
Thanks to their effort, some real hands-on historical preservation is occurring. Read more about the project on page 1C Sunday.
By the way, the job is far from complete, and more help is welcome every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning.
Student gets clean-up effort going
Speaking of volunteers, a tip of the cap is due Megan Brown, a Heidelberg College student working a summer internship with Sandusky River Watershed Coalition. Brown is in charge of organizing this year's Sandusky River Clean Sweep set for next Saturday - including rounding up volunteers.
She is leading the clean-up effort after a year's hiatus, and wants to line up a student organization to keep the cleanup going.
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Council has cheaper idea
A tip of the hat to Republic Village Council, for scoring one for rural American self-sufficiency. Council members declined a $39,000 Community Development Block Grant awarded in 2011 to make the village office Americans with Disabilities Act compliant. The members figure that goal can be achieved for much less - and approved looking into making the rear entrance to the office ADA compliant - for an estimated cost of $500-$750.


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The actress, 40, who is due in October, "just hasn't ever wanted anyone beyond her close friends and family knowing more than they had to," an insider tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "And Ryan is certainly private and always has been."
Now living together in 33-year-old Gosling's modest Studio City home, the couple also embraced a lifestyle that aided their efforts for secrecy.
"Their lives completely changed as soon as Eva got pregnant," says a source. "They used to travel all over the place together and go on hikes with their dogs."
But in the last few months, Mendes "barely left the house," adds the source. "Ryan has been taking care of her, picking up food and running errands. He has been very supportive about keeping things a secret."
The actress, who was last photographed in March, is also proving to be adept at covering up her baby bump as she demonstrated in an L.A. parking garage on July 9. She was also conspicuously absent at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where the couple's film, Lost River, premiered in May.
What can't be contained is the pair's excitement.
"This has been a long time coming," says a pal. "Ryan and Eva definitely discussed children before. She knows how much he wants to be a dad and he's going to be an amazing father."
For more on Gosling and Mendes' relationship and her pregnancy, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday
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5 Situations That Are Secretly Terrifying for Awkward People
Months ago, I wrote about terrible situations for the socially awkward man, a column that was as fun to write as it was uncomfortable to live. I thought the five entries in that first article would be all that I'd have to say on the subject but, fortunately, being generally awkward in life means you're constantly doing research. One day I'll write a whole book on awkwardness, and it'll be terrible, but until then, please enjoy these new additions.
#5. Getting Fitted for a Suit/Tuxedo
I don't wear or own a whole lot of suits. This is, in part, because my job doesn't require me to ever look presentable, (and until they start making suits in stained t-shirt form, they won't really fit into my personal style). Mostly though, I don't wear suits because getting measured and fitted for one is an absolute nightmare for the socially awkward man. I recently had to purchase a suit for a pretty elaborate heist I'm planning, and the experience fell somewhere between Having Surgery Performed on my Eyeball and Emergency-Pooping in the Woods on the Side of the Jersey Turnpike in Front of My Friends on the Spectrum of Things I'd Prefer Never Doing Again.
Getting fitted for a suit has all of the standard awkward hallmarks of having a stranger's hands all over you, (see: Getting a Massage, Getting a Haircut, Receiving Personal, Hands-On Instruction in Yoga), combined with the added humiliation of not being treated like a human. I've heard horror stories from other guys who've told me that, while being measured for a suit, there was a lot of unwelcome "ball-handling" committed by the tailor. That wasn't the case with me, but that doesn't mean my experience wasn't still terrible. All it meant was that I received swift embarrassment in unique and surprising ways, (and that the tailor missed out on the most magical and life-changing ball-handling of his career).
"No words. They should have... sent...a poet."
Going to a tailor means being surrounded on three sides by giant, well-lit mirrors, and on one side by a tailor who just sees you as another mannequin, a series of limbs for him to coldly and wordlessly stroke and poke at. He'll pinch your waist, glide his hands up and down your legs, and take complete control over your limp arms and you just have to stand there and not freak out, because there are other people waiting to get measured and they have nothing to do but watch you. As the socially awkward man-- because of the lights, and the touching, and all of the eyes-- you will get impossibly sweaty almost immediately, and the tailor will know. And you'll know he knows, and he'll think it's a horrible magic trick you're doing on purpose, because no one who gets that sweaty that quickly should have survived in nature, evolutionarily speaking.
At my fitting, in addition to the tailor, Julio, there was another attendant, a woman who (I hope?) worked at the suit store that liked watching. She didn't like something Julio was doing, and instead of communicating it with words, she grabbed the front of my pants, right at the button, because I am, again, a mannequin. I know she grabbed the button of my pants I told my penis, and I know this is going to be hard for you to believe, but that does not mean she wants to have sex with us. I know. I know, man, it's crazy. She said "pleats," pinched the front of my pants and then just shook them several times. Just tugged and shook, up and down-- my genitals flopping loosely with total abandon-- said "pleats" a few more times and asked Julio if he saw what she was talking about. "Do you see, Julio? ::shake flop shake, shake flop shake:: Do you see what I'm looking at?"
"You don't have to answer her, Julio."
It occurs to me that I might have just gone to the shittiest tailor in Los Angeles.
#4. Following the Wrong Sport
Following sports is an important tool in the arsenal of the socially awkward man. If you're left alone with a guy you've never met before-- maybe you're waiting in line for a movie ticket, or maybe you're killing time while your respective girlfriends are in the bathroom-- the ability to talk casually about sports makes everything instantly easier. Neither of you needs to be charming or interesting or funny, you can just trade sports opinions and statistics until it's time to walk away from each other. This also works for video games and video game systems. Maybe you don't follow sports, but the guy you're hanging around with or your taxi driver happens to have the same new Call of Duty game that you have, so you can easily pass the next ten minutes without a moment of awkward silence. Sports, video games, sports video games- these are all good "Common Ground Topics" the socially awkward man should familiarize himself with. I don't know what subjects fall under the category of "Common Ground Topics" for women, (Smelling nice? Women's Tennis? My calf muscles?), but I'm sure plenty exist. (Military technology?)
"On the count of three, name your favorite WWII-era tank. 1. 2. 3. Panzer IV! OMG New best friend!"
A problem will arise if you're trapped with someone and you just happen to follow the sport/video game or body lotion/Williams sister that he or she doesn't follow. I watch football and basketball, but absolutely no baseball, because there's a lot of standing around involved and I have the attention span of table salt. So if I have to interact with someone who only follows baseball, or someone who is more up-to-date on their video gaming, (which is to say, anyone who has purchased a video game system after Sega CD), or literally anyone during the World Cup, then I'm doomed. If I try to talk about football and they want to talk about baseball, there's nothing useful either of us can do to find common ground. We can either stare at each other in silence or staunchly refuse to change our chosen topics.
Me: "The Giants are off to a rough start this year."
Guy: "The San Francisco Giants?"
Me: "No, New York. Football."
Guy: "Oh, I'm not a football guy; I thought you meant San Francisco, baseball. I was gonna say, they're doing alright. And I'd hardly call this a 'start,' the season's almost over."
Me: "I'm not really a baseball- I'm talking about football, now..."
Guy: "Affeldt is looking good this year."
Me: "I don't know who that is."
Guy: "Pitcher. For the Giants."
Me: "Okay, but, again, I actively avoid-"
Guy: "He's getting up there in age, but he's not showing it."
Me: "... The problem with the New York Giants is we lost so many receivers and didn't do anything to replace them."
Guy: "... I wouldn't mind seeing Casilla get a few more innings."
Me: "At least our defense showed up last-"
Guy: "I usually catch them when they play the Dodgers but this year-"
Me: "I think Manning would be more effective if he wasn't pathologically afraid of crowds and noises-"
Guy: "Pitching! Innings! Dugout! RBI!"
Me: "COOOOUUUUGGGHHHLLLIIIINNNN!"
#3. Going to Concerts
Even awkward people like music. They're just, you know... bad at it. You like live music and your favorite band is in town, but you're not sure if you want to go the concert, because you don't know how to dance and you're afraid of being in a big group of strangers because the family crest of the Awkward Clan is a scrawny lion that doesn't know what to do with its hands.
You are the only one at the concert who doesn't know how to move right. The band you're seeing doesn't play dance music, but still some people are dancing. Should you do that? Obviously not, because you look terrible when you do. And everyone else seems to know exactly what to yell, ("Woo"), and exactly when to yell it, (when the moment is right). All of these tricks are lost on you, because you're only really good at listening to music quietly in your headphones as a way of avoiding conversations with people. Some people can scream "Woo!" with total conviction, but not you; when you shout "Woo," it's clear to everyone that your subtext is "Did I do that right?" Even though it's three letters, one syllable, and even though it's barely a word, screaming "Woo!" at a concert is all about confidence, which you absolutely don't have.
Being a quiet, shy person at a concert is tough. You're worried that not everyone around you realizes that your silence and blank expression is how you look when you're enjoying yourself. You don't want to look like a dick, you want to fit in, but you don't know how move and no one taught you how to scream. You could sing along, but the people around you don't want to hear you sing. You wish you could just stand calmly and nod in contentment, but this is a concert and there are new rules. You need to somehow communicate that you appreciate what the band is doing, so you wait for a break in the action and shout "I appreciate what you are doing."
And that is absolutely the wrong answer.
"This music is pleasing. To my ears. I enjoyed the songs you played. I look forward to more. Hi, I'm Daniel."


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Jefferson County's experience with their sheriff proved that you have to get the Feds involved to crack the good ol' boy system here. Was there an inkling of a Federal crime involved in this monumental waste of tax money? Perhaps some Federal funds misused?
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The City's actions:
1. Deny permission to use a small part of the grounds for upscale retired residents who would patronize downtown. Thereby block the private sale of the property to someone with the resources to restore the manor house.
2. Hold on to the property for 6 years, doing NOTHING with it, except allowing it to rot and deteriorate.
3. Refuse to even consider offers for the property.
4. Sell it, in a no bid, non-advertised, non-marketed sale priced at 1/5th of the purchase price, to a friend of at least two councilmen. Who, incidentally, has no history of any successful similar property management.
Disgraceful. Probably corrupt. Maybe criminal.
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The fact that this property sale generated such a huge loss in tax dollars should be investigated by an outside agency
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Hope Cassidy figured she was having a heart attack from the cold sweat that broke out on her skin. But before she received treatment, there were just a few things she had to do.
This wouldn't surprise anyone who knows Cassidy. Greeley had to wonder sometimes if there were two of her. She even had to fool her own family to get her work done: She would put her kids to bed, sleep an hour to pretend going to bed, then get up and work until 4 a.m. before sleeping until 7 a.m. and starting her day.
She was a simple music teacher, with private piano students and a couple church choirs, before her mother's heartbreaking experience with a nursing home spurred her to found the Greeley Center for Independence more than 30 years ago. Now the center helps more than 1,200 with disabilities every year, giving some a place to live, get better or simply belong. She was one of the first in Greeley to push for treating the disabled and elderly like regular people who just need a little help.
"What a concept," she said with a straight face, showing off her sandbox-dry wit.
Cassidy, 73, has received several honors for her work in Greeley. The Center for Independence's campus, for instance, is now the Hope Therapy Center. But on Thanksgiving Day, she'll be honored for something else in addition to all that work. She'll be honored for surviving.
She will be the honorary starter for North Colorado Medical Center's annual Turkey Trot. The 5K and 2K race and walk benefits the hospital's cardiac rehabilitation program and raises awareness about cardiac health, one of the hospital's strengths.
Cassidy felt awful the day of her heart attack, to the point where she asked a friend to read for her at her church. But that could be explained away. It was Sept. 11, 2011, the 10-year anniversary, and that day was always tough on her. Cassidy was born and raised in New York — you can still hear it in her voice, and she remains a Yankees fan — and she knew people who escaped the twin towers. She also knew people who had friends or loved ones who died that day.
Cassidy had a burning in her chest years before her heart attack, especially at night, and when she saw a doctor for it, he told her she was developing an ulcer. So she controlled it as best she could. That Sunday morning, on Sept. 11, she knew it wasn't the ulcer, thanks to the cold sweat.
After calling 911, she did what Cassidy's always done. She used every second of every day. Even now, in her 70s and a couple of years in retirement, she said she has days full of meetings (though not as many as before).
With her chest tightening, she looked down at her expensive suit, one of her favorite outfits, and she changed because she didn't want paramedics ripping it to pieces. Then she went downstairs, unlocked the door and lay on the couch because she wanted to save paramedics the trouble of busting into her house and carrying her down the stairs. Then she fed Charlie, her little white dog and close companion, because she wasn't sure anyone would do it that night.
Then the fire truck came. On the way to the hospital, she reflected on her life and told herself it had been a good ride. She felt at peace. She was ready to die, though she did ask God to save her, if he wasn't too busy. It was on a Sunday, she remembers thinking, which tends to be a busy day for God.
Later she found out she was luckier than she thought. They had to revive her four times with the paddles. God wasn't too busy, though he obviously cut it close.
She admitted to a doctor that her heart attack discouraged her. Even before she started suffering from heartburn, she had taken steps to improve her health. She lost 60 pounds in the last decade. She walked Charlie, usually a mile a day. She changed her diet, rarely eating foods such as pork. Then the doctor answered her by simply stating that if she hadn't done those things, she wouldn't have survived.
She doesn't appreciate life more now. She appreciated it already anyway. One of her children lives a couple of houses down, and she likes her neighbors so much, she sits out on her front porch at night and enjoys it when they come up to visit.
She would have been happy with a career in music. A piano, rather than a TV, greets you when you walk in her front door. But when she reflects on what she thinks about now a year after the attack, tears come to her eyes.
"I just want to do what I can before the end," she said.
She believes she's got just a few more things to do. That wouldn't surprise anyone who knows Cassidy either.
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Danielle Harrison and Sean Moore were united in marriage on June 23, 2012, at Historic Jordan Springs in Stephenson, Va. Danielle is the daughter of Dennis Harrison of Gerradstown, and Nancy Harrison, of Charles Town. Sean is the son of Tim and Gail Moore, of Hedgesville.
The vintage-inspired, outdoor ceremony was preformed by Minister Chris Perry, who is also a friend of the groom. The bride, escorted by her father and mother, wore an ivory charmeuse gown with a sweep train and lace keyhole back, a bird cage veil, and carried a brooch bouquet. The mother of the bride wore a blue, floor length dress with a brooch corsage. Mother of the groom wore a tan, knee length dress with a brooch corsage.
Maid of honor was the bride's sister Amy Puetz, of Kabletown. Her bridesmaids were her nieces, Caylee and Shelby Puetz; friend, Rachel Hatcher, of Fairfax, Va.; friend, Danielle Noland, of Kearneysville; sister-in-law, Beth Moore, of Hedgesville; and friend, Stephanie Johnson, of Gerrardstown. All wore pink floor length infinity dresses. Her junior bridesmaid, her niece, Breana Puetz, wore a floor-length infinity dress in sage green. They carried candles in a vintage-inspired, chicken wire basket. Her flower girl was Layla Morris, Sean's niece, who wore an ankle-length flower pattern dress. She carried a basket of dried hydrangea and rose petals.
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Danielle Harrison and Sean Moore
The groom wore a Calvin Klein, gray tuxedo with ivory vest and tie, spectator dress shoes, and a brooch boutonniere. The fathers of bride and groom wore the same suit with a black vest/tie and vintage paper boutonnieres. Best man was Matt Barrett, of Hedgesville. Groomsmen were brothers, Chris Moore, of Hedgesville, and Ryan Moore, of Gerrardstown; friends, Chris Johnson, of Georgia, Andrew Troy, of Havre de Grace, Md., Jason Downs, of Virginia, and Tim Johnson, of Richmond, Va. All wore Calvin Klein gray tuxedos with silver vest/ties and spectator dress shoes. Ring bearer was "Baron," the couple's dog. Ushers were Garret Puetz, bride's nephew, and Seth Morris, groom's nephew. They wore a gray vest with matching pants, sage green tie, and a gray, pinstriped newsboy hat. They also carried a "Hear Comes the Bride" sign made by the bride's father.
A unity poem, written by the groom, was read by his sister, Lindy Morris, of Hedgesville. The groom's brother and groomsmen, Chris Moore, played "Little Wing" and "Unchained Melody" on guitar for the processional. Photography was done by bride's friend Amanda Day Garza, who owns Cloud 9 Photography from Martinsburg. Videographer was Will Sutherland, of Shepherdstown.
Reception was held inside the ballroom at Historic Jordan Springs with a live band and surprise saxophone solo by the bride's cousin, Doug Harrison Jr., of Stephen City, Va. A two-tiered, pink cake with lace and pearls, cupcakes and pies, made by Clara Carroll, of Kearneysville, along with vintage candy were served for dessert.


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