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Ron Vanderlinden might be one of the most unsung assistant coaches in college football.
Disgraced former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was largely responsible for Penn State earning the "Linebacker U" label, but Vanderlinden has been responsible for helping hone the skills of several of the best linebackers in school history, including current NFL players Paul Posluszny, Dan Connor, Sean Lee and NaVorro Bowman.
Vanderlinden also coached Pat Fitzgerald at Northwestern, one of the all-time great college linebackers, and has been in charge of PSU's linebackers since 2001.
One of the biggest differences between the Nittany Lions and Ohio State this season is at the linebacker spots. Penn State has stars Michael Mauti and Gerald Hodges, along with a solid player in Glenn Carson, while the Buckeyes have had trouble there and even had to move a fullback (Zach Boren) to linebacker.
Vanderlinden, who went 15-29 as Maryland's head coach from 1997-2000, addressed several issues during a teleconference with reporters Thursday.
Q: You and defensive line coach Larry Johnson are the only two holdovers from the previous PSU staff. What's the relationship been like for you two with defensive coordinator Ted Roof and the other new coaches?
A: From day one, Larry and I were both fortunate and appreciative for being given the opportunity to be a part of the new staff at Penn State, and we both accepted our role very well plugging into Coach Roof's defensive structure and system. We both had to learn all the nuances of the defense, and I think we have and continue to grow together. ... I think we've all adjusted well, and both of our roles are to support and implement the defensive structure that Ted's putting in week to week. I think we've both really had a great attitude about doing that and doing it to the best of our ability and will continue to get better at it as time goes on.
Q: How long do you want to keep coaching, and do you still have aspirations to be a head coach?
A: I think any assistant coach would love to be a head coach. However, I enjoy the role that I have and enjoy what I'm doing, and I hope to coach another 10 years. I feel like I'm still a young man.
Q: With all the success of Penn State linebackers in the NFL, what does that say about PSU continuing to be "Linebacker U?"
A: I just feel great that we've had the success we've had, and I think the credit goes to the players and the character and industriousness and hard work of each individual that's made it and gone on to the NFL. Each has their own story, and I think it's just great for Penn State and it's great for the young men. I've been fortunate to coach them, which makes me look good, but you're only as good as the players you coach, so I've been very fortunate to have coached great guys and great players.
Q: What are you most concerned about with Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller?
A: He is a tremendous athlete who can create on any play and take a broken play and make it into a big play. We're concerned about when he gets outside the pocket and he scrambles to throw, finding receivers downfield and/or just scrambling, and he's just so quick and elusive and can make a huge play running the ball. So he's really a dual threat, and you've got to defend him every single play. You've got to be so alert. Any time the quarterback becomes the ballcarrier, they have an extra hat, so you're really a man down.
Q: How was Gerald Hodges able to transition from safety to linebacker and become such a good player?
A: We moved him to linebacker and played him as a freshman knowing that he was very talented and that he probably wouldn't be here for five [years]. We started the learning process his freshman year, and each year he grew and got better and better, to the point now where he's become a very good linebacker. I think still, though, he's got a lot of growth yet to come and will continue to only get better.
Q: Is there any downside to the incredible enthusiasm and intensity Michael Mauti shows?
A: He's got the right blend of enthusiasm at Penn State, a lot of energy, but he doesn't go overboard where he loses his focus. I think that would always be a concern, somebody is not so revved up that they're just kind of running around crazy, and Mike doesn't do that.
Q: Have you talked to the Cowboys' Sean Lee this week after he went down with a season-ending injury?
A: I was made aware of Sean's injury, but I have not talked to Sean, and hopefully he'll be back soon. I know that's a big loss to his team.


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The West Virginia Good Sams Camping Organization hosted its state meeting Dec. 1 in Weston.
The meeting was checked off by playing the package game and the business meeting followed. Chapters selected their Samboree duties and fund raisers for 2013. The group also worked on a target list of how to give more pizazz to their chapters to attract new members of all ages to their chapters and the state organization and implement these in 2013.
Chapters reported on their charity work and membership growth since the September meeting. All the WVGS are working in the communities to help out in many different ways during the holiday season.
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Taking part in the West Virginia Good Sams Camping Organization state meeting are, front row, Kevin and Kathy Robinson of Traveling Renegade Sams; and back row, Carl and Larry Pritt, assistant state directors and Don Jenkins, president-elect of Wild Wonderful Sams.
The 2013 Samboree applications were passed out. Everyone is encouraged to keep their chapter information and Samboree applications for a big RV Rally in their RVs and their vehicles in an effort to recruit new members for their chapters. Chapters were given direction on how to get all their meetings and campouts posted with their local media and on their chapter Facebook pages and the state Facebook page within a few days of each of their events. Chapters are encouraged to post their meeting and camping schedules on chapter Facebook pages
The WVGS are looking for new members and friends for all their chapters. For more information on Samboree, call WVGS State Director Don Wise at 304-482-7576, visit the website at www.wvgoodsams.com or visit the West Virginia Good Sams Facebook page.


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When President Obama in his Inaugural Address elevated the struggle for gay rights to the level of the civil rights and women's rights movements, he also lifted the hopes and aspirations of many in the local gay community,
Now gay-rights leaders, thrilled by Obama's passionate support in his address Monday, hope to see action on a federal level that turns his call for equality into law.
"I think the most important thing the Congress can do is a nondiscrimination law that adds people's orientation to that of gender, age, religion, race and creed," said Tim Moran, publisher of outcomebuffalo.com, a gay and lesbian news website.
"A gay person or lesbian can be fired for no reason other than who they love, or who their family is. In New York State, we're lucky to have a law against that, but there are other states where gay people are still living their own personal hell, still living in fear."
Marvin Henchbarger, executive director of Gay and Lesbian Youth Services, said she wants to see stronger protections for gay marriage.
"The next big push for full equality is getting rid of the Defense of Marriage Act at the federal level," she said. "That would allow our marriages to be recognized and gifted with a whole lot of privileges that those of us who are now married to same-sex partners do not get."
Obama brought up the subject of gay equality twice in his Inaugural Address. He equated the police action at Stonewall Inn, a gay hangout in Greenwich Village, credited with launching the modern gay-rights movement, with Seneca Falls, site of the pioneering women's rights convention, and Selma, Ala., where one of the civil rights movement's bloodiest and most dramatic confrontations occurred.
Mentioning Stonewall with Seneca Falls and Selma was a turning point, several people said.
Laurie Dean Torrell, executive director of Just Buffalo Literary Center, said she "burst into tears" when she heard the comparison while driving in her car.
Jonathan D, Katz, a University at Buffalo professor who directs doctoral studies in the Visual Studies Program, was also deeply moved by Obama's words.
"It was just thrilling. The speech was greeted by me and, I think, most other people involved in the [lesbian gay bisexual transgender] movement as historic and a kind of game changer," Katz said.
Daniel DeVoe, a 24-year-old second-year law student at the University at Buffalo, was also jubilant.
"It means everything," he said. "To us it isn't just a political issue to have an opinion about – these are our lives, and it's about our value as human beings. Growing up, I never thought I would see us validated in this way. I think for gays and lesbians my age and younger, this is going to be the new normal."
DeVoe, who is president of OUTLaw, an LGBT student organization, said this new recognition also will save lives.
"Somewhere there's a gay teenager feeling that his life is worthless. This week he heard his president tell the nation that he's included in the American dream … That can mean the difference between life and death."
But putting gay rights on a par with civil rights has been problem in the past for many African-Americans.
The Rev. William Gillison of Mount Olive Baptist Church said he didn't believe Stonewall should have been mentioned alongside Selma.
"When you equate whatever it is that people who are in that community desire to have with Selma, Ala., and what caused Selma, until I can understand what is the problem or problems, it becomes hard for me to see how that can be equal to the struggle of a people who are so easily identified just by the color of their skin," Gillison said.
"Personally, I didn't think it belonged there. Biblically, I don't accept it. Do I force my biblical beliefs on others? No, but I certainly voice them."
The Rev. Richard A. Stenhouse of Bethel AME Church also is biblically opposed to homosexuality, but he said he viewed Obama's inclusion of gay rights as a matter of equality.
"I thought the speech was an introduction to the new demographics that are about to overtake the country. He was addressing the things that the new demographic thinks are important priorities for the country. He dealt with women's issues, he dealt with gay issues, with immigration, with climate change and social justice for every citizen," Stenhouse said.
"I can't support gays and that lifestyle, but from a social-justice issue, are they due the same rights? I have no problem with everyone having equal protection under the law."
Sarah Bishop, a board member of Pride Center of Western New York, said she's "cautiously optimistic" about what will happen next.
"I'm really excited and hopeful when I hear his words, but he needs to put policies in action to match them," Bishop said.
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CRESSON - Addressing a packed gymnasium filled with the school's largest-ever graduating class Saturday, Patricia Rooney - international philanthropist and wife of Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney - called to mind Mount Aloysius College's humble, 160-year-old origins.
Only a few months removed from her husband's three-year service as U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Rooney reminded the 412 graduates of their institution's founders: the Religious Sisters of Mercy, an Irish-based order of nuns long active in Pennsylvania.
"The Mercy sisters, for the most part, raised us," said Rooney, who, like her husband, was born the descendant of Irish immigrants in Pittsburgh. Rooney urged the graduates to live up to the sisters' reputation for hospitality - a yearlong theme stressed in Mount Aloysius events and gatherings.
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Pre-law graduate Erica Deabenderfer of Commodore, Indiana County, pensively waits for the procession into the Health &?Physical Fitness Center for the commencement Saturday morning at Mount Aloysius College.
Patricia Rooney speaks Saturday morning at Mount Aloysius College as her husband, Dan, (right) looks on.
Mount Aloysius College Associate Academics Dean Paul Farcus encourages the gauntlet of faculty members to applaud the graduates he is leading into the Health &?Physical Fitness Center on Saturday morning for commencement exercises.
Hospitality, she said, means "caring for others in every sense." Rooney cited stories from her time in Ireland; in addition to her husband's ambassadorship, the couple have long supported Irish-American charities and cultural exchanges.
"If you ask a local for directions, he won't just direct you - he'll hop in with you and get you where you're going," she said. "They're almost too good."
Administrators conferred honorary degrees on the Rooneys, citing their philanthropy and stewardship of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team, founded by Dan Rooney's father, Art, remains largely under the family's control.
"We ... honor your efforts to promote peace reconciliation and economic development in Ireland, home of your ancestors and spiritual home of the Religious Sisters of Mercy," college President Tom Foley told the couple. "We thank you for your stellar service to our country."
Receiving degrees alongside the Rooneys were Shirley Abel Pechter, well-known for her community work in Altoona, and James Walsh, an international affairs expert who discussed the importance of hospitality in foreign relations at a March event at the college.
But it was the graduates, clad in robes and blue-and-white accoutrements, who got the most attention, with cheers and applause punctuating the degree-presentation march.
After the singing of the alma mater and a final religious benediction, the now-ex-students left cheerfully in spite of driving rain - fittingly, as graduate Jessica Seasoltz's commencement speech had noted Cresson's uncooperative climate.
As one young woman shivered in her rain-soaked robe, a passing religious sister in habit extended an umbrella over the graduate's head with a smile.
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Bruce M. Lindbeck, former Neponset businessman, passed away peacefully at his Florida home Dec. 20, 2012, at the age of 84.
Cremation will take place in Florida, with a celebration of life to be held in the summer. Honoring his wishes, there will be no ceremony at this time.
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On April 27 and 28, 2002, the IMF held its 3rd Patient & Family Seminar in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was once again chaired and organized by IMF Scientific Advisor, Prof. Heinz Ludwig. The seminar began with welcome addresses from Prof. Ludwig, IMF President Susie Novis, and Jorg Brosig, who was representing the APMM Support Group from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. We were honored to have a distinguished faculty for this meeting, which included Dr. Johannes Drach, Dr. Brian Durie, Dr. Hermann Einsele, Dr. Hartmut Goldschmidt, Prof. Heinz Ludwig, Dr. Johannes Meran, Dr. Kathrin Strasser, Jutta Hellan and Birgit Suszdorf. The two day seminar format allowed the attendees to hear lectures and participate in discussions covering a broad range of topics, including myeloma for beginners, conventional chemotherapy, auto and allo transplantation, supportive therapies, treatment possibilities after relapse, myeloma bone disease, biologic and genetic factors, novel therapies and new technologies, treatment for fatigue, as well as complementary medicine and the art of living.
At the seminar, representatives from many of the myeloma support groups in Germany, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland were recognized for their outstanding work in reaching out to members of the myeloma community. The IMF congratulates these groups and applauds their hard work and dedication. They inspire us all and remind us how important it is to help make a world of difference for patients and their families.
Tokyo, Japan
The IMF was pleased to welcome IMF (Japan) member Masahiro Namai to our Los Angeles headquarters. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Namai in November 2000 at the first IMF (Japan) Patient & Family Seminar. His visit to the headquarters allowed us to exchange ideas and to explore ways in which we can continue to work together in the future. Mr. Namai also attended a meeting of the Los Angeles Support Group. On June 15, he accompanied the group's invited speaker, Dr. Brian G.M. Durie, Susie Novis, and IMF staffer Tanisha Hall to the meeting. Los Angeles Support Group leader, Janet Johnson, invited Mr. Namai to say a few words to the group. His emotional message reinforced the IMF's committment to reach out to people, no matter where in the world they live, to offer support and let them know that they are not alone in their battle with myeloma.
For many years, IMF (Japan) founder Aki Horinouchi was the driving force behind the organization. He inspired IMF (Japan) members to support myeloma research and raised funding to benefit a research grant. Aki also had a dream to hold a Patient & Family Seminar in Japan. Tragically, Aki died just before he saw his dream become a reality in November 2000. However, IMF (Japan) has picked up where Aki left off, and today keeps his vision and spirit alive. In December 2001, the IMF was proud to award the grant sponsored by IMF (Japan) to Dr. Masahiro Abe of the University of Tokushima School of Medicine. An award was presented in memory of Aki to his wife Midori along with the IMF Outstanding Service Award.
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IMF Scientific Advisor, Dr. Douglas Joshua, will be holding the 3rd IMF Patient & Family Seminar in Australia. The IMF is proud to continue its partnership with Dr. Joshua and Novartis Pharmaceuticals in bringing the Patient & Family program to our members in Australasia. The meeting will be held on Friday, September 13, 2002 at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Coogee, NSW. Joining Dr. Joshua and participating as faculty for this meeting are IMF Scientific Advisors and IMF Board members, Dr. Brian Durie and Dr. Greg Mundy. Also participating will be Dr. John Gibson, Dr. Gordon Cook, and Dr. Stuart Dunn. Mr. R. Moran will speak about support groups in Australia.


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quote: Scrolling and rubber-banding on a UI was invented long before iOS. Again you don't seem to understand. Apple seems to think just because they do things on a touch screen, that makes them unique and revolutionary. It's NOT.
quote: Tough. You can't patent an "experience". It's time for Apple to grow up and let the products compete on their own merits. If a tangible piece of tech is infringed on, hey, by all means. But all this touching and feeling and experiences and happy thoughts with rainbows crap just doesn't cut it.Jobs knew he was dying so he didn't care if his company poured billions into a legal black hole just to further his legacy. Maybe now that he's gone, cooler heads can prevail.
quote: Suppose I start market a clone of Microsoft's operating system, including features like identical scrolling and window controls, a start menu with the same functionality in the bottom left corner, with a logo that looks pretty similar to the Windows logo, with the same names and structure for the menu system, etc, etc and I call that product 'MyWindows' would anybody be surprised if Microsoft sued.


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�Jersey Shore,� the recently canceled MTV reality show with the motto �gym, tan, laundry,� is a health hazard, a skin cancer awareness group said in a formal complaint lodged Friday with the Federal Trade Commission.
Specifically, the Skin Cancer Foundation says still-available episodes of the show promote tanning, especially in tanning beds, which encourages young viewers to engage in a cancer-causing habit. It wants the FTC to investigate and for MTV to put warning messages on reruns and online episodes, as well as advertising, games and other products tied to the show.
The show deceives consumers by failing to disclose the links between skin cancer and the tanning practices it promotes, said Eric Vaughn-Flam, a lawyer for the nonprofit foundation, which is based in New York and funded in part by sunscreen makers.
MTV said in a statement that there are �no plans� for warning messages, but �we applaud the Skin Cancer Foundation�s efforts to bring attention to these issues, which are important to our audiences and the public health generally. But latching on to the fame of Jersey Shore is misguided. MTV regularly engages its audience on a whole host of youth health issues, including sexual health, mental health, dating abuse, skin cancer and others. Ultimately, we�ve seen time and time again that our audiences can be trusted to understand the difference between entertainment and responsible safe behavior and to act accordingly.�
Why is the cancer foundation making a fuss about �Jersey Shore� now, after six seasons and a December finale? Deborah Sarnoff, a dermatologist in New York and vice president of the foundation, said she actually met the cast and staged a tanning intervention with them in 2010, during the first season. After hearing about the well-established link between tanning and skin cancer, including deadly melanomas, �they promised to change,� Sarnoff said. �But they didn�t.�
Foundation staff members reviewed several subsequent seasons of the show and, according to the complaint, found hundreds of �visual or verbal references to tanning,� including many images of tanning beds.
�The cast members are often shown going to tanning salons, tanning at the beach and talking about their need to be extremely tan,� the complaint said. Viewers who play tie-in electronic games are prompted to give their avatars deep tans and to check in at real tanning salons, the complaint said.
Vaughn-Flam said MTV declined to add warning messages to the show at a meeting with foundation representatives in September.
Sarnoff said the group is concerned pro-tanning messages will continue in spin-offs such as �Snooki & JWoww,� which started its second season this month.
In one study, published this month, college women who regularly watched reality beauty shows were at least twice as likely to use tanning beds or tan outside as those who did not watch. The study did not specifically include �Jersey Shore,� and there�s no way to know whether viewers tanned more because of the shows they watched, said researcher Joshua Fogel, a health-policy researcher at Brooklyn College in New York.
But, he says, reality -how tanning fans are an obvious audience for prevention messages. �The people on these shows may just be having fun, but this stuff causes cancer.�
Indoor tanners are 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, the foundation said.
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Three separate incidents of violence involving Bishop McDevitt students occurred in a 24-hour period, according to police.
A 15-year-old student was beaten and robbed as he left school on Tuesday. Three men wearing hoodies punched and kicked him and took his cellphone, police said.
The student is OK and back in school, but still very shaken up after what happened Tuesday, school officials said.
On Wednesday morning, a group shot at students and a school bus with a BB or pellet gun. No one was hurt in the incident.
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Oxfam reaction to the World Bank's statement to build capacity and safeguards related to land rights
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim's Speech "Within Our Grasp: A World Free of Poverty"
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Oxfam spokesperson Stephen Hale said: "The Panel's unanimous call for the r
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Today, the European Commission published its first Communication on the impact of EU biofuels policy on food security and land rights in developing countries.
BRICS Bank must put poverty and inequality reduction at heart of its mission
Today's indication by BRICS leaders that they will keep working towards a 'BRICS Development Bank' leaves many details still to be settled.
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The incarceration of people with mental illnesses has long been a concerning issue for mental health care and criminal justice professionals alike. Prisons are ill equipped to meet the needs of offenders with mental illnesses. Furthermore, the criminalization of this population does not result in care, but adds to the cycle of prison violence and lack of treatment during incarceration and upon release. In recent years, mental health courts have been developed in order to combat the criminalization of the mentally ill by offering treatment instead of prison sentences. Mental health courts consist of specific dockets dedicated to individuals with mental illnesses. The purpose of such courts is to divert persons with mental illnesses away from jail or prison and have them enter into treatment programs in their communities. Defendants are monitored by an appointed judge and community mental health care workers assigned to their case. The ultimate goal of such courts is to decriminalize mental illness and separate those with mental illnesses from a criminal population. The implementation of mental health courts is a positive and growing agenda aimed to assist defendants not only remain out of trouble, but receive treatment and have that care continue after their case is dismissed. Congress feels mental health courts are a needed institution. Therefore it has promoted their development by passing
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Stetson University novice rower Shelby Rose-Curren has been selected to attend the William Smith U23 Development Camp this summer in Geneva, N.Y.
"I am really proud of Shelby to see the potential that this camp and experience will give her," Stetson head coach Mark Wilson said. "She is a new member of the team, but she has already set season erg records and will be a real force on the team in coming years."
As one of only 10 young rowers selected for the camp, Rose-Curren will be training twice a day, working an internship with the Musselman Tri-Athlon, attending team lectures and preparing for various summer regattas, including the USRowing Club Nationals (July 10-14), the Independence Day Regatta (July 5-7) and the U23 National Team Trials (June 23-26).
"Shelby will learn so much and have a great time with the coaches and other athletes at the camp," Wilson said. "Camp's like this are really valuable to help our athletes raise the bar for themselves and for the team. This will be a really valuable opportunity for Shelby and I am glad she is moving forward with the camp."
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Our first champion of the weekend was crowned, congratulations to the Cortland State Red Dragons. They defeated Gettysburg College by the score of 9-7. A great game to watch, there was some sloppy play at times but Cortland's goalie Matt Hipenbecker played a great game which helped Cortland set a school record for most wins and a national championship.
With 2 minutes left in the game I was getting a little nervous because the black clouds were rolling in. you can hear the lightning and thunder but there refs didn't call the game and I got lucky. Got the game winning picks in and ran upstairs to the press box just in time before the pouring rain.
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quote: I don't think Obama is secretly trying to become the next Hitler. I really believe he thinks he is doing whats right.
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The National Labor Relations Board has filed two complaints against Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Massachusetts. This is the latest step in a contentious, year-and-half long contract negotiation between the hospital and the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
The first charge stems from a main sticking-point in negotiations: Overtime. The nurses' union claims Baystate is trying to take away overtime benefits for hours worked beyond a normal shift. Donna Stern is a nurse and negotiator for the nurses.
"They want to make this an industry standard when it is not an industry standard. They're the only hospital in Western Massachusetts that doesn't pay their employees overtime beyond their regular shift."
The National Labor Relations Board says Baystate has not provided the nurses' union with evidence that many other hospitals handle overtime this way. The hosptial says the continuous requests for information are nothing more than stall tactics. Chuck Gijanto is the president of Baystate Franklin.
"We continue to believe that we have a very good offer on the table We continue to get a large number of information requests from the nurses and it seems to be sort of a typical tactic to slow down and delay the process. We just want to focus on the issues at hand, resolve and get moving forward."
The other complaint alleges Baystate directed staff not to discuss union activities in areas such as nurses' stations and cafeterias. A hearing is scheduled for this fall before a federal labor judge. For New England Public Radio, I'm Adam Frenier.


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Turning 30 was one of the happiest times of my life! This was one of the best birthdays ever!
January 8, 2007
Scenes From A Happy Birthday
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Hope your day was special....like you!!!ReplyDelete
30 was the best for me too so far.
I dreaded 30 SO bad, but it turned about to be an awesome birthday!! Enjoy because my 31st was NOT the greatest. It was like everyone went OVERBOARD for my 30th and FORGOT about my 31st. Not fun. Glad you had fun.ReplyDelete
Oh, I love the pictures! (That's a cute shirt Gray has on too) :)ReplyDelete
Looks like you guys had a blast!
P.S. Is it just me or does Gray look so "grown up" all of a sudden?!ReplyDelete
The one of Gray looking up at something is hilarious! You all look like you had a great time. Again -- BLESSINGS TO YOU!!!ReplyDelete
What great birthday pics....when I turned 30...Madison was really sick...and in the hospital....with strep that had left her throat and was floating through her body....my girlfriends brought me a crown that said 30 on it and a hot pink boa and a mini 3 tier leveled cake in pink icing....we sat and had our own party with Madison in the hospital room that year....I will never forget my 30th nor my dear friends.....glad you had a great day.ReplyDelete
I so glad you had a wonderful birthday and didn't get depressed and get a ton of body piercings! LOL. When my sister turned 30 she pierced her belly button and her tongue! Yikes.ReplyDelete
PS, I talked about you in my post today, so go check it out!ReplyDelete
It looks like you had a wonderful birthday.ReplyDelete
p.s. You don't look 30!! More like 20. And I mean that in a good way :)
Looks like a great day!ReplyDelete
I dreaded 30, but it turned out to be wonderful.
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Turning 30 wasn't as bad as I thought it would be although I was a tad distracted... I gave birth to my 3rd kid (who was 9 lbs 14 1/2 oz) on my 30th. Now he has birthdays instead of me... will that stop the ageing process??
Happy Birthday Steph! I'm so happy that you had such a great day. You have a beautiful family. Gray looks so much like you!ReplyDelete
I have a couple more weeks of 29....ReplyDelete
Hope my BIG 3-0 is as great as yours was!
awww, so glad that you had such a great day! :o)ReplyDelete
Well you certainly don't look 30! So happy you had a wonderful day with all your boys! Adorable photos!ReplyDelete
What great pictures! Your happiness jumps right off the screen.ReplyDelete
Happy 30th, Stephanie.
I'm glad you had such a great day! I really dreaded MY 30th birthday, too - but, like yours, it rocked.ReplyDelete
Does Gray have a mohawk? When did that happen? It's cute! Glad you had a great day!ReplyDelete


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on February 15, 2013 - 1:20 AM
Bertha's Diner is not only a classic North Buffalo institution, it's everything you would want in a diner – fast, friendly service, gentle prices and an assortment of traditional breakfast and lunch items with some quirky twists.
In fact, the only drawback of Bertha's is that it's on the small side, with one short wall filled with booths, some two-person tables stacked between the booths and a counter, and one larger table in the back that can seat six, possibly eight if they were very friendly. So you might have to wait a bit for a table, especially on weekend mornings.
However, it will be worth it. Oh yes.
While you wait, which should not be too long – food is made quickly, servers are efficient and other patrons are considerate – you can scan the tables, spotting people enjoying the Sitting Pretty (two eggs grilled into bread, topped with cheese, with home fries, $5.75) or the Brenda (a bowl of oatmeal topped with strawberries, bananas and dried fruit and nuts, served with brown sugar and milk, $6.50).
The cute names of the menu items are one small part of Bertha's considerable charm. The walls are decorated with '50s-era images of Elvis and Marilyn, jukeboxes and carhops, and an enormous 45-rpm record ("Donna," by Richie Valens) complete with the curvy plastic spindle that allowed 45s to be played on regular turntables.
But on to the food. Breakfast is served all day, and what breakfasts they are. You could go as light as the No. 1 breakfast – one egg, home fries and toast ($3.75) – right up to the big breakfast platter – two eggs, two pancakes or French toast and choice of ham, bacon or sausage ($8). There's also the Puzzler, an omelet of two eggs, mushroom and cheese, served with strips of Canadian bacon atop a bed of mixed greens and diced tomatoes with a splash of olive oil ($9.25) and the Denis – bacon, eggs, cheese and a spicy chorizo-stuffed hot pepper on sourdough toast, with home fries ($8.50).
Lunch items range from the traditional patty melt, a 5-ounce Angus burger on grilled rye with fried onions and cheese ($6.35) to a list of $7.35 sandwiches named for stars, including the James Dean cajun spiced chicken breast, the Buddy Holly chicken finger sandwich, the Marlon Brando spicy Italian sausage with peppers, onions and Swiss, or the Marilyn Monroe grilled turkey, tomato, spinach and Swiss. There are also burgers ($4.75 for a single with fries), club sandwiches ($8.50 for a BLT) and fried bologna ($5.35).
Lunch isn't served on Sundays, but John, Pat, John and I had plenty of choices. In addition to the regular menu, there's a printed page of regular special dishes, including "Who's Your Patty," two eggs any style with corned beef, served with a boiled potato and rye toast ($9.99) and a beef on weck omelet, with thin-sliced beef seasoned with caraway seeds and kosher salt, wrapped in a three-egg omelet drizzled with creamy horseradish sauce, served with garlic Texas toast and home fries ($9.99).
We started with a thick slice of homemade banana bread, studded with blueberries and grilled ($2.75). It was both unusual and delicious, with the warm, soft blueberries punctuating the rich, slightly crisped banana bread.
Our breakfasts, which arrived quickly, simultaneously and extremely hot, were all excellent. The pancakes, ordered as a short stack of two ($5.50) with those blueberries ($1 extra) were as big as the plate, crepelike rather than thick, delicious and cooked to perfection.
The homemade corned beef hash was served as a flat, crispy patty rather than the usual loose clump spooned out of a can. This was heavenly hash, obviously made in the kitchen from real corned beef. It was less salty than the processed kind and of delicious taste and texture. It was offered with two eggs, home fries and toast ($7.95).
The Catcher's Mitt ($9.99), a deep, plate-sized Belgian waffle topped with two eggs and a serving of ham, bacon or sausage, did resemble a catcher's mitt full of eggs and bacon, except it was delicious. The buttermilk waffle was crisp on the outside and delicately sweet on the inside. The eggs and bacon were very good.
We had one quibble with the thick-sliced French toast (tall order of three slices $6, short of two slices $5.50). The Italian bread was fresh and the batter perfectly eggy and spiked with cinnamon and vanilla, but it was so thick that the batter did not soak into the middle, which was left dry. A pool of syrup (free on the table, real maple syrup $1.50) was needed to fix that issue.
email: firstname.lastname@example.com Bertha's Diner
Where: 1430 Hertel Ave. (836-3100, www.berthasdiner.com)
4 pennies
Hours: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily except Sunday, when it is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wheelchair access: yes.
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Lt. Henry O. Flipper's
Quest for Justice:
"As honorable a record in the Army as any
officer in it"
into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856, Henry Ossian Flipper
was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1873.
Over the next four years he overcame harassment, isolation, and insults to become
West Point's first African American graduate and the first African American
commissioned officer in the regular U.S. Army. Flipper was stationed first at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, later served at Forts Elliott, Quitman, and Davis, Texas.
He served as a signal officer and quartermaster, fought Apaches, installed telegraph
lines, and supervised the building of roads. At Fort Sill, the young lieutenant
directed the construction of a drainage system that helped prevent the spread
of malaria. Still known as "Flipper's Ditch," the ditch is commemorated
by a bronze marker at Fort Sill and the fort is listed as a National Historic
In 1881, while serving at Fort Davis, Flipper's commanding
officer accused him of embezzling $3,791.77 from commissary funds. A court-martial
found him not guilty of embezzlement but convicted him of conduct unbecoming
an officer and ordered him dismissed from the Army.
After his dishonorable discharge, Flipper fought to clear
his name as he pursued a career as an engineer and an expert on Spanish and Mexican
land law. In 1898, a bill reinstating him into the Army and restoring his rank
was introduced in Congress on his behalf. To bolster his case, he sent Congressman
John A. T. Hull, chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, the letter
displayed below along with a brief supporting the bill's passage. Flipper's
letter to Hull is an eloquent statement asking Congress for "that justice
which every American citizen has the right to ask." The bill and several
later ones were tabled, and Flipper died in 1940 without vindication, but in
1976, the Army granted him an honorable discharge, and in 1999, President Bill
Clinton issued him a full pardon.
The National Archives and Records Administration is pleased
to present these documents from the career of a man who served his country with
honor and fought injustice tenaciously.
Letter, Page 3
(click to enlarge)
Letter from Lt. Henry O. Flipper to
Representative John A. T. Hull, October 23, 1898
Center for Legislative Archives,
Records of the
U.S. House of Representatives
National Archives and Records Administration
Reproduced with the permission of
the U.S. House of Representatives
Image Top Right:
Photograph of Lt. Henry O. Flipper
Photo by Kennedy, ca. 1877
Center for Legislative Archives,
Records of the U.S. House of Representatives
National Archives and Records Administration
Reproduced with the permission
of the U.S. House of Representatives.


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Calf barns can equal hutches
Calf barns can equal hutches
With the proper specifications, calves can thrive in a barn environment. Pen space is the number one factor whether calves are grouped or not.
by Ken Nordlund, D.V.M., Becky Brotzman, D.V.M. and Arturo Gomez, D.V.M.
The authors are with the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For over 20 years, our University of Wisconsin clinical group has conducted field research and investigated calf health problems in dairy herds across North America. From this perspective, we have developed preferences for calf housing that are associated with improved calf health.
We view the individual calf hutch as being an excellent environment for calf health, but calf caregivers are frequently exposed to brutal working conditions. The adverse outdoor working conditions paired with the developing interest in automatic calf feeders raised interest in improved calf barn designs. Our experience suggests that calf barns can equal hutches as excellent environments for nursing calves.
Recommended for all calf barns
Space per calf or calf pen. Based upon studies of airborne bacterial density, space per calf is the single most important determinant of air quality in a calf barn. We seek approximately 30 square feet per calf, and our experience with facilities of less than 20 square feet per calf has been disappointing.
Bedding in cool weather. The lower critical temperature of a newborn calf is 50°F (10°C) and drops to 32°F (0°C) by 1 month of age. Below these points, it is preferred to provide enough bedding to "nest." In freezing conditions, the bedding should be so deep as to obscure the rear legs of a lying calf. If deep straw is not feasible, good results can be realized with moderate bedding combined with calf blankets.
Drainage below bedding. To maintain a deeply bedded surface, it is critical that the pen has good drainage so that urine, spilled milk and water do not soak the bedding. A preferred feature uses drainage tile below 1.5 feet of gravel which, in turn, is covered with straw, with the tile carrying liquid to a collection area outside of the calf barn. With this base, equivalent beds can be maintained with half the straw.
Natural ventilation with supplemental positive pressure tube ventilation. Natural ventilation has obvious advantages in that natural forces are used to ventilate buildings. However, it has a number of shortcomings, especially in calf housing. Ventilation due to thermal buoyancy is minimal because calves generate so little heat. Sometimes winds do not distribute fresh air well within the barn and still conditions persist about 5 to 25 percent of the time depending on region.
We have developed positive pressure tube systems to move fresh air from outside into the barn microenvironment of the calf without creating a draft. With the widespread success of the tube systems in the last few years, many poorly designed systems have been installed in calf barns that do not achieve these goals.
The supplemental systems consist of a fan to force outside air into a diffusion duct to distribute the fresh air throughout the barn. The fan is selected to provide a theoretical air exchange rate of four air changes per hour in the barn, meeting the minimum winter ventilation rate requirement. In barns with ridge openings and curtain sidewalls, air introduced through the tube finds its way back outside passively. The fan will run nonstop around the clock throughout the year.
The fresh air is discharged from holes in the tube and directed toward the calves. "Throw" distance refers to the distance between the discharge hole to the point where the air is considered to be "still" meaning movement at less than 60 feet per minute. Using mathematical equations, the diameter of the discharge holes are calculated so that still air is achieved a few feet above the calves.
We compared the interior temperatures of two naturally ventilated calf barns located on the same site, identical except that one barn had a supplemental positive pressure system and the other did not. Temperature data collected over a two-week period averaged 23°F for both barns. The barn with the supplemental tube had slightly wider amplitude of temperature of about 2°F colder during the middle of the night and 2°F warmer during the middle of the day.
Low permanent sidewalls in naturally ventilated barns. The base wall below the curtains should be minimal in height and preferably less than 2 feet high. During warm weather, a higher solid wall prevents winds from moving through the calf pens while those same winds travel across the barn above the calves and may prevent air from the positive pressure tube from reaching the calves.
For barns with individual pens
East-west orientation. When individual pens are used, it is critical to orient the barn in an east-west orientation so that individual calf pens are not placed in direct afternoon sunlight. Calves confined to pens along the west wall of a north-south oriented barn have no ability to escape sun exposure in the afternoon.
Limit pen rows to one or two. We have a preference for narrow barns with one or two rows of pens for two reasons. Narrow barns are easier to ventilate by wind forces in warm weather, and it is easier to limit the spread of disease from calf to calf in a long narrow barn. In barns with three or more rows, vulnerable calves of one age are always in the vicinity of calves that are 20 days older and potentially shedding pathogens. For large dairies, multiple smaller "all-in, all-out" units are preferable to large single barns.
Solid side panels with mesh panels on front and rear. In a 2006 field trial, we found that the prevalence of respiratory disease in calf barns was reduced with a solid panel between each calf. While panels reduced the risk of respiratory disease, the panels made ventilation more difficult. Our optimal calf pen has solid side panels and mesh screens in the front and rear. The rear panel can be solid to a height of up to 2 feet to provide a barrier for the calf in cold weather.
Individual calf pens should not be covered but spaced 3 feet from outside walls. A cover is associated with tremendous growth in total airborne bacteria counts in the pen. While a cover can prevent drafts of cold air falling from open eaves into the pen, it also ensures that the air quality below the cover will become very poor. Neither the draft nor the covers are good. The best solution is to separate the pen from the outside wall by about 3 feet. If this space is not available, a positive pressure tube system to provide four changes of air per hour will ventilate the pen sufficiently and allow for closure of the openings on the windward side.
More than the facility
In addition to good housing, caregivers must emphasize colostrum, appropriate amount and quality of milk or replacer, and early disease detection to achieve consistent success.


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5 Sci-Fi Dystopias We've Actually Created (For Animals)
One of our favorite topics here is ways that science fiction is slowly becoming a reality. Most of those articles are about the slippery slope that our society is heading down as we're gradually inundated with weird technologies, bizarre weapons or disconcerting experiments that inch us ever closer to some totally absurd sci-fi dystopia. But if you shift your perspective a little bit, you might find that the far-flung science fiction worlds we've been watching for on the horizon have actually been here all along -- it's just that they're not happening to us. They're happening to the animals.
#5. Universe 25
Let's set the scene: A brilliant, eccentric scientist devotes his life to refining the perfect society. After two dozen iterations, he finally hits it: Universe 25. It is a huge, painstakingly designed megastructure with prebuilt living spaces for all of its occupants. There are no threats, no danger, no disease, and everything is provided for you. There's unlimited free, clean water and healthy food, the temperature is always 68 degrees Fahrenheit -- hell, it even cleans itself every couple of weeks. And sure, maybe it's a little disconcerting that the walls go so high and there are no exits, but really, do you need them? Where do you have to go anymore? All you have to do in this place is live happily with yourself, your wife and three other couples. It's paradise.
If it sounds too good to be true, it's not: John B. Calhoun actually built it, all the way back in 1972. The results? In just under two years, despite having every possible amenity provided for happy living, the occupants of Universe 25 turned on each other. The collapse was apocalyptic: There was rampant cannibalism and sexual deviancy, savage violence became the norm and, most damning of all, a killer apathy took root like a plague. The few occupants of Universe 25 who were not murderballing each other to death simply stopped caring about anything -- survival, life, morality -- they all but laid down and died.
But it wasn't that big a deal; they were just a bunch of stupid mice, after all.
Cabinet Magazine
"And lo, God said, 'Thou shalt devour thy brothers as a lion does the gentle doe,' and the people despaired, gazed to the skies and proclaimed, 'Squeak?'"
Universe 25 was a 101-square-inch tank, carefully engineered to safely and comfortably hold over 1,000 mice. Everything was provided for a little mouse heaven, but it's like Rodent Sartre said: Hell is other mice.
There were only four breeding pairs at first, but then nature took over. When Universe 25's population reached 600 mice -- not even close to capacity -- growth began to slow. At a staggering 2,200 mice, twice the maximum comfortable occupancy, growth of Universe 25 stopped altogether. But it was too late; the environment could not regulate. Living with such overcrowding had ruined the mice psychologically. Without normal designated tasks like protection and food gathering, the mice became psychotically, randomly violent. Or else they turned into something worse: One of the ominously dubbed "Beautiful Ones." The Beautiful Ones didn't want sex, they didn't want to fight, they didn't want anything -- the world started destroying itself around them and all they did was eat, sleep and groom themselves. With the only potential mates being rage virus psychos or impotent, navel-gazing egomaniacs, all breeding stopped, and Universe 25 collapsed completely.
Cabinet Magazine
Are those ... are those tiny furry heads mounted on those spikes?
But it was inevitable, really. The clue was in the name: What do you think happened to Universes 1 to 24? Tiny mouse apocalypses were such old hat to Calhoun that he'd even devised an algorithm for it. This is it:
Mortality, bodily death = the second death
Drastic reduction of mortality
= death of the second death
= death squared
= (death)2
(Death)2 leads to dissolution of social organization
= death of the establishment
Death of the establishment leads to spiritual death
= loss of capacity to engage in behaviors essential to species survival
= the first death
(Death)2 = the first death
Jesus, dude. When you're constructing the algorithm for the perfect society and you start factoring the "drastic reduction of morality" and carrying the "death of the establishment," maybe it's time to check your back for some kind of purple cape: You might have finally crossed that fine line between mathematician and supervillain. But what did that morbid algorithm end up proving, anyway? That mice suck at building societies? You don't need math to prove that shit, Calhoun; just open up the cages at the pet store and see how long it takes them to start running the register. What's that? They're not doing it all? They're just pooping? Everywhere? Right, because they're friggin' mice, man.
But Calhoun wasn't just playing Vengeful Mouse God for kicks; his intended point was to demonstrate the long-term effects of serious overcrowding, even in a society with absolutely no shortage of resources.
You know, kind of like ours ...
Listen, whether you buy the validity of his results or not, the fact is this: Calhoun built tiny little universes all his life, just to see where ours was headed. And when he'd gazed in that crystal ball long enough, he pulled his eyes away, rubbed at the bridge of his nose and carefully jotted down the words "death squared" in his little notebook.
#4. Superintelligent Slime
The engineers have their tools, their instruments, their will and their expertise. All they need now is their orders. And for that, they must consult the Grand Slime Mold, primal biocomputing Lord of Travel.
It sounds like the kind of genre fiction you'd only find in weathered old boxes underneath the shittier tables at the flea market, but it's totally real. Japanese scientists had a theory: What if slime molds are, like, really good city planners, and the only reason we don't know is because we never thought to ask? They tested this bizarre hypothesis by setting out oat flakes arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities, with Tokyo at the center, and then letting loose a yellow slime mold called Physarum polycephalum. The slime immediately started branching out and surrounding its food sources with "tunnels" to ferry nutrients back and forth, which was par for the sticky course: That's just how slime molds do when they do what they do. But then something surprising started happening: Some of the tunnels -- ones that seemed to make sense at first glance -- began to collapse or retract, while other, more obscure paths strengthened and cemented. When the dust settled and the slime had finished its "railway between the cities," the scientists were vindicated: Slime mold is indeed an excellent city planner. Its system was nearly identical to the existing Tokyo railways.
The ones it took mankind decades of trial and error to build and refine.
The slime mold did it in under a day.
Wired Science
"Welp, solved all your complex commuting problems. Now: MORE OATS FOR THE SLIME LORD!"
Researchers are now building models based on the simple, elegant rules with which the slime mold secures its food sources, in the hopes that it will help us to design more efficient, adaptable networks for all sorts of things: travel hubs, wireless systems, communication, ferrying human cargo to the slime factories -- you know, necessary stuff for the world of the future.
In the foreboding words of lead slime mold worshiper Wolfgang Marwan of Otto von Guericke University: "[It is] really difficult to capture by words. You see [the slime molds] optimize themselves somehow, but how do you describe that?"
It's clear that English isn't his first language, so we'll go ahead and help Otto out. Here's how you capture the realization that slime molds are more efficient potential rulers than humanity: "AHHHH!!! BURN IT! FUCKING BURN IT! WHY AREN'T YOU BURNING ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW?!"
#3. Ratborgs
We've already started building functional artificial brains, just like in The Matrix or Johnny Mnemonic or -- wait, Keanu Reeves sure has done a lot of movies with artificial brains, hasn't he? We'd make a joke about that -- probably something about his dull-eyed stare and exhaustive mastery of synonyms for "whoa" -- but we're just a little too terrified for proper comedy right now. Because those artificial brains aren't being used to augment humanity ...
They're being plugged into rats.
Scientists at Tel Aviv University have successfully created a synthetic cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls timing and movement. The implant receives sensory input from the brainstem, interprets it, then relays signals to other regions of the brain, which they then execute. The researchers take it as "proof of concept that we can record information from the brain, analyze it ... and return it." In other words, we can hand certain mental tasks over to computers now; it is a matter of scant years before we're all jacking prelearned languages into our brain to free up more time for jacking other things.
The Tel Aviv experiment consisted of anesthetizing a rat and disconnecting its cerebellum, then blowing air at its eyes while playing a tone, which caused the animal to blink. Eventually, the rat learned to blink at just the tone alone -- you know, kind of like what Pavlov did (he was the guy who built that robot dog that ironically destroyed humanity with its own hubris, right?). With its own cerebellum disconnected, the rat could not learn this process. With the artificial one connected, it learned just as it normally would have.
Red Ice Creations
Hey, here's Science, augmenting the brains of stupid things again like it learned nothing at all from Lawnmower Man.
Like all good, non-God-fearing scientists, the Tel Aviv researchers aren't about to stop there. Their next experiment will consist of programming whole sequences of movements and testing the chip in a conscious animal. So yeah, that scene from The Matrix -- the famous "I know kung fu" one? That's pretty much going to happen soon.
To rats.
You heard Science, folks: Start wrapping up this whole "civilization thing." Hey, I know -- we had a good run, but let's not be greedy; it's clearly the Computerized Kung Fu Rats' time now.


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Shepherd freshman Brown making most of opportunity
November 5, 2012
SHEPHERDSTOWN —Shepherd football coach Monte Cater mused about some things a couple of weeks ago about different things. One thing he said was, "I'm sure glad we didn't redshirt Billy Brown....
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4 Shows The CW Network Should Absolutely Make Next
#2. Rumpelstiltskin
Journalist COLLEEN FINNEGAN works for the failing Channel 7 News in Chicago. She fears for her job and the state of the news media in general until the night she's visited by a very tiny, handsome, mysterious man (about 5'7"). He offers her scoops on big events, some of which haven't even happened yet, spinning all of her coverage into gold. Suddenly, the station sees ratings like never before as Colleen continually breaks stories before anyone else. But it comes with a price -- the little man (certainly no taller than 5'8") has made her promise to marry him in four years' time in exchange for all the scoops. Now she's left to wonder about her miniature source (maybe 5'9", but only in certain pairs of shoes), who refuses to give his name. How does he know so much? Is he partially responsible for all the tragedies she covers? Is he a magic imp from the future? Colleen has to put her journalism skills to the test as she tries to unlock the secrets while simultaneously juggling the newfound indulgences and helicopter rides of a famous field reporter.
#1. Three Billy Goats Gruff
Twenty-something CAROLINE moves across the country when her boyfriend, JASPER, is forced to relocate for his job, but during her first day in the new city, she is hit by a rickshaw and loses her memory! As she struggles to piece her life back together and Jasper scrambles to find clues about her disappearance, fate guides them back into one another's arms, proving that no city is too large to conquer love. Once they're back together, however, Caroline immediately starts drinking more and taking dangerous, sexually promiscuous risks. Jasper is clueless to her double life as she systematically seduces and sleeps with each of his friends, even going after his own brother and father. As she spins out of control in a cycle of self-hatred and newly awakened lust, concepts like love and integrity collapse around her into vicious jealousy and even murder, but Caroline only watches it all burn and smiles at the devastation for which she is responsible. It is sad and bitter and violent, but it is also a cautionary tale about getting proper treatment after a severe head injury, because sometimes the contusions cause lasting brain damage. Oh, also, they're all goats.


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Thursday, February 21, 2013
The season for the Pinewood Prep boys came to a crashing halt last Saturday with a first round loss in the SCISA AAA state play-offs.
The Panthers, who came in as a three seed, were upset by sixth-seeded Orangeburg Prep 62-59. Pinewood finishes the season with a 13-14 overall record and a 6-4 region record.
The game started well as Pinewood jumped out to a 19-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. Pinewood hit four three-pointers in the quarter and looked to be playing confidently.
Orangeburg Prep evened the score in the second quarter and the teams went into halftime tied 32-32. The third quarter ultimately decided the game as the Panthers only managed to score nine points and trailed by six going into the fourth quarter. Although Pinewood scored 18 in the fourth quarter it was not enough as The Indians held on for a three-point win.
Junior Reid Radebaugh scored 19 points and Corbin Landers added 12 to lead Pinewood.
Luke Trimmer scored 23 for Orangeburg Prep and hit 5 of 6 three pointers.
Coach Pat Eidson was disappointed his team did not go further in the play-offs. "Although we have had a difficult year, I felt like we were playing our best basketball of the year during the past five games," Eidson said. "The kids kept working hard through a lot of adversity and kept getting better. I am really disappointed for our team and especially our seniors that we did not advance further."
The Lady Panthers played Laurence Manning in the second round of the play-offs on Tuesday after being given a bye in the first round. Top-seeded Pinewood pounded Laurence Manning 73-30. Pinewood led from start to end and was up 42-17 by half time. Head Coach Nancy Beatty was able to play everyone.
Leading the way for The Panthers with 18 points was Senior Brianna Boyd. Pinewood had three other players post double-digit scoring as 10 Lady Panthers sank shots.
Adding to the Pinewood cause were: Michaela McAuley (2), Kaylee Kemp (2), Raygon Hendrix (4), Katelyn Dambaugh (5), Precious Paylor (10), Sarah Deas (10), Maria Corella (16), Jenifer Rhodes (6) and Kinsey Baughman (2).
Senior captains Hendrix, Rhodes and Corella said the big victory will give them confidence as their team enters the next round Friday. Pinewood will travel to Sumter to play Hammond at 3:30 p.m. in the semi-finals.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, the Village of Salineville took a big step: an open house was held for the opening of a new health center in the Melhorn Clinic.
The village had been without the presence of a steady doctor since January 2010. The Community Action Agency (CAA) briefly established a medical presence in Salineville in late 2010 and early 2011, but was unable to stay due to lack of funding. In June 2012, the CAA received word that the grant application to establish a full time health center in Salineville would be funded. The CAA had 120 days from notice of funding to establish a fully operational health center at Melhorn. The CAA provided a major renovation for the Melhorn Clinic to make it functional and appealing for the patients.
High quality physician services are provided to the patients of this center by the CAA through a contract with River Valley Health Partners. The center uses state of the art electronic records technology to ensure high quality patient care. This new health center is available to anyone who needs care, accepting most common health insurance plans, all Ohio Medicaid plans and Medicare. For those patients who qualify, care is provided on a sliding fee scale so that uninsured patients or those with deductibles and copays may receive up to a 95 percent discount on all care. All ages of patients are accepted. There are no residency requirements to become a patient. In the near future this health center will include mental health services.
What an incredible benefit to Salineville and surrounding communities to be able to access medical and mental health care without traveling long distances. I am disappointed that many of the dignitaries who were invited to the open house chose not to attend. All of us should be proud of this beautiful facility that is serving our village with high quality patient care. I applaud the Community Action Agency and River Valley Health partners for their innovative affiliation, finding ways to better serve the healthcare needs of the community.
I invite everyone to try this health center. See how beautiful it is. Experience the wonderful care provided here. Take advantage of this new community resource.
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October 04, 2011 - Volume 14 No. 41
Early this morning, the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) released its proposal in response to the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) on Standard Setting for Private Companies. Despite receiving more than 3,000 letters from private company constituents and state CPA societies supporting the creation of a separate standard-setting board to modify GAAP for private companies, FAF instead recommended a council whose decisions are subject to ratification by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, and AICPA Chairman of the Board of Directors Paul Stahlin, CPA, released a statement expressing disappointment with FAF's proposal.
Here is a summary of the statement:
The creation of an independent standard-setting board that would not be subject to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) approval process was the cornerstone of the BRP's recommendations. The BRP's diverse membership (consisting of a cross-section of leaders from financial reporting constituencies, including lenders, investors, owners, preparers and public accountants) recommended the independent board because the current FASB, and even a restructured FASB, cannot produce the needed exceptions and modifications to GAAP for private company financial reporting. A supermajority of BRP members believed that throughout its history, the FASB has been very heavily geared, in its composition and its processes, toward public companies. As a result, GAAP exceptions and modifications in recognition, measurement and presentation have been too rare and extremely difficult to achieve.
"Over the years, FASB's main focus has understandably been on the needs of constituents of publicly traded companies," stated Barry Melancon, CPA. "The pent up frustration we are witnessing by the private company constituency is a direct result of that public company focus and not seeing that differences can be and are appropriate for private companies and their financial statement users."
The AICPA will continue to urge FAF to propose an independent standard-setter. "We don't think the concerns of smaller private companies can be fully appreciated until there is an independent board dedicated and focused solely on the needs of private companies," stated Paul Stahlin, CPA. "Therefore, we will continue to ask our members and others who support more relevant and cost beneficial standards for private companies to make their voices heard loud and clear that the best answer is an independent private company board."
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Giants GM Jerry Reese admitted the team is concerned about first-round rookie WR Odell Beckham's "tweaked" hamstring.
Updating a previous item, free agent Greg Hardy was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine in Richardson, Tex. late Sunday night.
49ers OT Anthony Davis announced his retirement from the NFL after six seasons.
Cowboys placed LG La'El Collins on injured reserve with a sprained big toe in his foot.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports Jeremy Langford (ankle) is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
Willie Snead (toe) is inactive for Week 3 against the Falcons.
Julio Jones (calf, ankle) is active and "good to go" for Monday night's Week 3 game against the Saints.
Browns RG Alvin Bailey was arrested for DUI early Monday morning in Cleveland.
Free agent C.J. Spiller will work out for the Jets on Tuesday.
Coach Pete Carroll said Russell Wilson (knee) is doing "remarkably well," and he expects him to practice Wednesday and play Week 4 against the Jets.
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Most Charleston RiverDogs fans cheered for Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez as he approached the plate at Riley Park for the first time. A few booed the New York Yankees star, and that was just part of the contradictory zaniness under the big top Tuesday night.
Hall of Famer?
Ducking shame?
Too frequently.
A-Rod was bullish on his two-game rehabilitation stint for the RiverDogs and his recovery progress after hip surgery.
"I have to be honest," Rodriguez said. "I'm 37 going on 38, not 28. I'm no longer a spring chicken. But I still feel like I can go out there and be productive."
But if A-Rod makes it back to the big leagues in three or four weeks, will Major League Baseball zap him with a suspension tied to the Biogenesis performance-enhancing drug mess?
Do the Yankees really still want a guy who hit .272 last season in the midst of a $275 million, 10-year contract?
A-Rod thinks so, hopes so.
"We have the same interests," Rodriguez said. "We have the same goal, which is to get me back to New York as soon as possible and hopefully, like in 2009, win a championship."
'I got benched'
It was a strange scene. We are a famously polite city, even if we're also infamously snobbish (Travel and Leisure No. 10 in the nation, baby!). So, of course, A-Rod gushed about the "Southern hospitality."
Tyler Webb, a South Carolina Gamecocks pitcher as recently as a month ago before signing with the Yankees and joining the RiverDogs, enjoyed the big thrill.
"You didn't get to see a future Hall of Famer in college," Webb said.
But no single cheer was anything close to ear-splitting for a man with 647 career home runs. Not before Rodriguez hit into a first-inning double-play against the Rome Braves, not before he struck out looking in the third inning.
Consider the other sluggers in the top five on Major League Baseball's career home run list and the receptions each might receive at The Joe:
Barry Bonds (762 homers). Not tears of joy, of course, but a rare public Bonds sighting would draw a huge conclave of sociologists, chemists and statisticians. From all over the world and parts of Cooperstown they would come to debate the meaning of contrary Barry.
Hank Aaron (755). Absolute adoration for The (Real) King.
Babe Ruth (714). Now dead. But, are you kidding? Even John Goodman in retro Yankees gear triggers party city.
Willie Mays (660). Almost Aaron.
A-Rod (647). Uh, well. He used to be the greatest player in baseball.
Now he is arguably about as valuable to the Yankees as shortstop Eduardo Nunez, the other rehabbing big leaguer in Charleston.
The Yankees and their fans remember A-Rod's forgetful American League Championship Series performance against Detroit last fall.
"It's been a long time since I've done anything," Rodriguez said Tuesday. "Let's be honest, the way the year ended last year was pretty bloody. We got swept. I got benched, and pinch-hit for. And I have no one to blame but myself because I stunk up the house, that's for sure."
Bring on Jeter
But Brett Gardner last season, A-Rod and Nunez now. You have to admire the Yankees for helping out around here with rehab assignments.
Just think of the potential in that deep Disabled List in the Bronx. Wouldn't it be helpful to have fellow injured Yankees rehab together in hospitable Charleston?
The potential RiverDogs (temporary) lineup:
Curtis Granderson, cf
Eduardo Nunez, 2b
Derek Jeter, ss
Mark Teixeira, 1b
A-Rod, 3b
Kevn Youkilis, dh
Francisco Cervelli, C
Michael Pineda, P
And the RiverDogs can throw in a few outfielders. Or we'll just take Jeter in a grand return to Charleston; The Captain played with Mariano Rivera against the Charleston Rainbows at old College Park in 1993 as a member of the Greensboro Hornets.
But you know what? When the Yankees want to announce something, they will.
For now, we are left to wonder about Alex Rodriguez and his 2,901 hits.
Are Charleston's A-Rod Night I and A-Rod Night II stepping stones to 3,000?
Or part of a farewell tour?
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Dorchester School District 2 buses are running on schedule, at least for now.
DD2, as well as the Beaufort and Charleston school districts, have been preparing for the possibility of a school bus driver's strike as contract negotiations continue between Durham School Services, the school bus service provider for those three districts and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the labor union to which the drivers belong.
DD2 released a statement Sunday saying that all schools will remain on normal schedules and that employees would not need to report an hour early Monday, as was discussed late last week.
"At this time, Dorchester School District 2 has not been notified that there will be a bus drivers strike," according to DD2 PIO Pat Raynor. "Therefore, we will follow a normal schedule for students and employees on Monday, January 28. We will keep parents updated daily as we receive additional information."
Durham released the following statement Monday morning regarding the situation: "As a partner to the districts and communities we serve, Durham School Services shares in the concern for the uncertainty of student transportation services that lies in the hands of the union. We remain committed to reaching an agreement with the Teamsters as we continue to balance the interests of our employees, our customers and our company at the negotiating table. We will resume meetings with the union on Tuesday, January 29, and will do all we can to minimize service disruption to students and ensure our employees are covered by a new and fair agreement."
Last week Charleston and DD2 drivers voted to authorize a strike if negotiations fail. However, thus far neither Durham nor the Teamsters have released much information, other than to indicate that negotiations are still underway and that the respective parties would resume talks on Tuesday.
On Friday, Jan. 25, DD2 Superintendent Joe Pye reported that Durham had contacted the district and informed him that a strike could be imminent and that they were preparing for that contingency. Pye then informed district employees, parents, and the public that the district was making preparations of its own.
Realizing that if a strike was called over the weekend that bus service would be disrupted and parents would need to make other arrangements to get their children to school, Pye said Friday that district employees would be asked to come in an hour early to help prepare for such a situation and to ensure that the children arrived at school safely.
"Durham is talking about bringing in out of state drivers, but there's no way they can get them in that short amount of time, at least to handle the first day of a strike," Pye said.
Also, Pye noted that the affected districts had been in contact with neighboring districts, however, the pool of drivers is very limited, he said.
"Basically, we are asking that the public be patient – this will impact parents and families if it happens, and we need to be as accommodating as we can," he said.
Pye said the district has not had any part in these negotiations – the contract between the district and Durham is already set – and therefore the district does not have any other information on the negotiation process.
Nonetheless, it appears now that the negotiations will continue and the district can operate on normal schedule with normal staffing, he said.
Pye also said that the district has largely been satisfied with the services provided by Durham but that he will have some questions when it is time to revisit the contract.
"We've been satisfied – up until now," Pye said. "We've never had to deal with this situation – it's a first for all of us here."
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Nate Riley, 22, goes inner-tubing on the Animas River about three times a week.
After he finishes his morning classes at Fort Lewis College, �it�s burning hot and I want to jump in,� Riley said. �I feel the water is really relaxing, refreshing.�
One person�s heaven can be another person�s hell as homeowners along the river have pleaded with the city to deflate the rowdy behavior of inner-tubers floating by their property.
Tim Wolf said he recently woke up at 2 a.m. when he thought he was �having a nightmare, but, no, it was just a bunch of people screaming.�
�Apparently, there were nine tubers, drunk, extremely loud. I talked with a bunch of neighbors, and even people who are pretty far from the river could hear them,� Wolf complained at a City Council meeting.
Wolf said he called the police three times in one weekend about the tubers. �It�s getting to be a pretty crazy situation out there,� he said.
Wolf also described a �property owner who has taken up skeet shooting with a shotgun to discourage trespassers. He had 30 trespassers in one day. You know, you really get tired of that. I really think something has got to be done.�
Vince Prugh lives a few blocks from the river. In an interview, Prugh said he feels for �our poor neighbor who has really been very frustrated with the rowdy behavior, beer cans, cigarette butts, kids vomiting.�
But Matt Thompson, a visitor from San Diego, thinks the tuber complaints are over-inflated.
�I guess they get a little rowdy, but nothing like you would see at Lake Havasu or the beaches of San Diego. It�s nothing that bad,� he said.
City Manager Ron Le-Blanc said he feels there are �a few people who spoil the experience for everyone else. The challenge is how do we manage the situation to make it enjoyable for families and the people who behave themselves without becoming overly regulatory.�
Cathy Metz, director of parks and recreation for the city, also thinks it�s �an over-use issue. It�s hot. People want to enjoy the river.�
Wolf thinks putting a police officer in a canoe would go a long way toward discouraging bad behavior. �I think you could eliminate 80 percent of the problem,� he said.
�It�s very difficult to cite people on the river,� Wolf said. �There�s no way to get to them.�
It�s common to see inner-tubers drinking beer even though it�s illegal to drink alcohol on the river within city limits.
Police have not put officers on the river for mostly safety reasons. They lack the training and equipment. Trying to make an arrest on the river would be �very dangerous to both officers and the public,� said Lt. Ray Shupe of Durango Police.
During the public hearings for the Animas River Recreation Management Plan, the consensus was that �officers should not be on the river,� Shupe said.
A volunteer group that patrolled the river last summer, the La Plata County Mounted Patrol, has not been able to patrol this year because of �scheduling conflicts,� Shupe said.
Police Chief Jim Spratlen said officers are working the North 33rd area �pretty hard, probably more so than any place in the city.�
�We have plans that I am not at liberty to speak of, but we�re working it,� he said.
As of July 4, police have made 266 extra patrols of river-access areas to look for violations.
They have reported 449 incidents, including 12 arrests for open containers of alcohol, two arrests for marijuana possession and single arrests for disorderly conduct, controlled-substance possession, trespassing, an outstanding warrant and violating the conditions of a bond.
Police also have issued 112 parking citations.
Prugh, the resident near the river, thinks the city and police are making progress. �It seems a lot less chaotic to me, but that�s my superficial impression from a daily dog walk through the area (of the 33rd Street put-in).�
His wife, Lisa Prugh, disapproves of stereotyping all inner-tubers as rowdy law breakers.
�Some of my best friends are tubers,� she said.


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Monday, April 21, 2014
Moncks Corner Kiwanis will host its annual prayer service at First Baptist Church at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 1.
The church is located at 112 East Main Street in Moncks Corner. This event is open to the public at no cost.
Past Prayer Services have featured such speakers as baseball great Bobby Richardson, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, and U.S Rep. Henry Brown.
This year highly decorated disabled veteran Clebe McClary will be the guest speaker. Music will be provided by renowned vocalist Danny Funderburk.
Moncks Corner Kiwanians are proud to have two such highly acclaimed people featured at our Annual Prayer Service.
McClary is an outstanding motivational and inspirational speaker. His message of courage, determination and dedication has made an impact on audiences across the nation.
On March 3,1968 during his 19th reconnaissance mission in Vietnam, Lt. Clebe McClary was critically wounded by an enemy attack. As a result of his bravery under fire and the concern he demonstrated for his men, he was presented the Silver Star and the Bronze Star by the President of the United States.
Although Clebe suffered the loss of an eye, an arm and was told he would never walk again, he never lost the determination, dedication and courage to overcome his circumstances.
One of the most distinctive and beloved voices in all of Gospel music is that of Danny Funderburk.
Over the past 39 years, audiences all around the world have fallen in love with this incredible talent, as he performed with The Singing Americans, Perfect Heart, Mercys Way, and most notably, the prestigious Cathedral Quartet.
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