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The last day of the Migrant Trail, the seventy-six mile walk from Sasabe Sonora Mexico to Tucson Arizona United States of America.
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A scene from The Migrant Trail: a seventy-six mile walk from Sasabe, Mexico to Tuscon, Arizona.
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It appeared Monday Buffalo Bills Chief Executive Officer Russ Brandon would coordinate the team's next moves in the wake of the firing of head coach Chan Gailey.
Brandon was summoned to Detroit Monday morning to confer with owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. and team treasurer Jeff Littmann. Wilson has the final call on any important move the team makes.
Exactly where General Manager Buddy Nix fit in the Bills' brain-trust remained unclear. The fact Nix made no public statement about the removal of Gailey didn't look promising for him. Neither did the fact he didn't go to Detroit.
It's possible Nix could be retained in some type of senior advisory capacity or shift to that role after the draft, a league source with former ties to the Bills' organization said Monday evening. Exactly what a change in Nix's status would mean for assistant general manager Doug Whaley was unclear, as well. He could be in line for increased duties.
The verdict from Wilson and Brandon was awaited.
Why lessen Nix's influence? It's hard to imagine the Bills doing so if they did not think they had a quality alternative likely to fill his void.
That could take the form of a younger football chief who they're ready to elevate, such as the 39-year-old Whaley. Nix is 73. It could take the form of a high-profile head coach who may want more say in personnel, although that prospect is a longer shot.
The Bills inquired about high-profile coaches in their last search, in 2010. But big names such as Bill Cowher and Mike Shanahan were not interested. Former Oakland and Tampa head coach Jon Gruden is interested in leaving the ESPN broadcasting booth this year and returning to the sideline, according to numerous media reports. He might be the biggest marquee name available. Gruden makes $5 million a year with ESPN, more than a Bills coach ever has been paid, and can afford to be choosy in his next coaching destination.
A source in Arizona said the Bills will seek to interview Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton. ESPN reported Syracuse coach Doug Marrone would interview with the Bills. NFL.com reported that ex-Chicago coach Lovie Smith, also fired Monday, was interested in the Bills.
If Brandon has his sights set on another personnel chief, it could be someone like David Caldwell, who oversees both college and pro scouting for the Atlanta Falcons. Caldwell, 37, is from Buffalo and would have the endorsement of Bills Wall-of-Famer Bill Polian, who groomed him in Indianapolis. Caldwell also could be pursued by numerous teams in the coming weeks.
Nix is given widespread credit for upgrading the overall talent level of the Bills in his three seasons as general manager. However, Nix has not been able to find a franchise quarterback and has not added a young prospect to the roster.
And Nix's first crack at hiring a head coach ended in failure. Gailey was informed shortly before 11 a.m. he was out.
His three-year Bills tenure ends with an overall record of 16-32 and a 4-14 mark in the AFC East.
"The first thing I want to say is thanks to the Bills organization, to Buddy (Nix) and Mr. (Ralph) Wilson for the opportunity," Gailey told reporters. "I understand this is a business. We didn't get the job done. I've been called two other times to get things turned around, was able to do it. We weren't able to get this one done soon enough, and I understand that completely."
Gailey got a bit choked up when talking about the Bills' fans.
"I want to thank the fans," he said. "Great Buffalo fans. Great football town. These are loyal, loyal fans, and I understand that. I think that the next staff will have a great opportunity for success and to make this another great football franchise."
"This will probably be - and I say probably, but I think it will be - the first place that's ever fired me that I'll pull for," Gailey said.
With that, Gailey exited the Bills' fieldhouse, similar to the way Gregg Williams left in 2003, when he made a statement directed to the fans upon his firing.
Gailey is believed to have two years remaining on his contract. Most NFL coaches' contracts are guaranteed. Gailey's entire staff was dismissed as well.
The primary reason for Gailey's demise was his defense. Despite replacing George Edwards with Dave Wannstedt at the coordinator's spot and adding $100 million free agent Mario Williams, the Bills actually got worse on defense, by various measures. They gave up 435 points, second worst in Bills history and one more point than they allowed in 2011. They ranked last in the NFL in rushing yards allowed, down four spots from the year before.
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According to that bastion of salacious news, The Daily Mail, "A boss in Norway has ordered all female staff to wear red bracelets during their periods – to explain why they are using the toilet more often."
Ummmmm…. where to begin? First of all, this is not what Jesus would do, and as we all know, Jesus himself started the bracelet-as-identifying-object trend. God-like figure Lance Armstrong helped cycle the trend forward with his yellow LIVESTRONG bands, most recently followed by the (somewhat controversial) pink I <3 Boobies bracelets, meant to raise awareness about breast cancer. (Who doesn't love boobies? Girls, gay men, everyone should be wearing that message as a tattoo, let's be honest. My 5-year-old is obsessed with boobs and tells me how much she loves them at least once a day.)
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Norway's chief consumer ombudsman Bjorn Erik Thon says,"Toilet Codes relating to menstrual cycles are clear violations of privacy and is very insulting to the people concerned." Uh, ya think? Kim Conte at The Stir says if she were working for a boss who made her wear a red bracelet while she was bleeding, she'd rally to instate a company-wide ID bracelet policy.
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MARTINSBURG - The adjectives are beginning to run dry. Martinsburg's Justin "Cookie" Clinton is seeing to that.
The Bulldogs senior quarterback ran for 217 yards and a preliminary Class AAA playoff-record six touchdowns as No. 2 Martinsburg (12-1) knocked out George Washington (10-3) 63-14 Friday afternoon at Cobourn Field.
Clinton continued to shine in the Bulldogs' postseason run to a potential three-peat by racing for five first-half touchdowns, many times his cuts making Patriots players gasping for air, as the Bulldogs shot to a 42-7 halftime lead.
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By that time, a message had been delivered in emphatic fashion.
Martinsburg will try to become the first Class AAA team since Charleston (1968-70) to win three straight Class AAA titles when they face Cabell Midland in the state championship game at noon next Saturday.
After crediting the offensive line, a typical Clinton starting point in post-game interviews, the quarterback said the Bulldogs were indeed trying to make a statement.
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Martinsburg linebacker Eric Brown, middle, tackles George Washington running back Ryan Switzer as Martinsburg's Dildeep Dhatt, left, and Dean DeSana, right, fight off blocks during the third quarter of their Class AAA state semifinal game Friday in Martinsburg. Below, the?Bulldogs' Justin "Cookie" Clinton stiff-arms the Patriots' Jordan Clay on his way to a touchdown.
Martinsburg defensive back Malique Watkins returns an interception before being tackled by George Washington's Trever Bell during the third quarter of their?Class AAA state semifinal game Saturday in Martinsburg.
"We're going back to the Island to win another state title," Clinton said. "All season long we've heard George Washington was the best team in the state, and how good Ryan Switzer is. He is a great player, don't get me wrong, but we have some good players, too. And five of the best ones are right up front on our line. I think that was the difference right there."
Clinton had a little to do with that, as well. After setting the preliminary round record late in the third with his sixth rushing touchdown of the game, his postseason numbers ballooned to 587 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns in three games. He had 862 and 11 touchdowns in the regular season.
"We're not surprised by anything Cookie does," coach Dave Walker said. "We saw him do it in JV two years ago. Obviously, there is a step up. But he is really starting to understand our zone read system and what we are trying to do."
"He's an incredible player, an incredible athlete," George Washington coach Steve Edwards Jr. said.
"But he has a lot of great players around him. He's got a great line, a stable of backs, athletes all over the field. I'll tell you what (Walker) has a great team over there. They were just bigger, stronger and faster than we were."
The offensive line of center Coy Jerkins, guards Mark Fries and Tyler Winston and tackles Eugene German and Clement Powell helped the Bulldogs rush for 344 yards in the contest.
Trey Boyd, in his third game since returning from an injury, had 82 yards and two touchdowns and Cedric Brown added a 16-yard rushing touchdown run in the fourth.
"All the credit goes to those guys up front," Boyd said. "We have the easy part."
Once again Martinsburg put the clamps on reigning Kennedy Award winner Ryan Switzer. He had 148 yards on 23 carries, well below his season average, with one touchdown. He did have 69 yards receiving as well and threw a touchdown pass to Trevor Bell on an option sweep.
"He's a really good player, and he is fast, but we did the job on him that we had to do," linebacker Jared Sartin said. "They made some plays but I thought we made more, and we made them when we had to make them."
By the time he did, Martinsburg had built a comfortable lead.
Clinton scored on a 35-yard run on Martinsburg's second possession.
Then the defense took over, when Malique Watkins intercepted a Trevor Bell pass and returned it to the Patriots' 13.
"I was just playing centerfield and he basically threw the ball right to me," Watkins said. "We always look for that one play to get us going. When we hit that spark, we really got rolling."
"That was a big play," Clinton said. "We got the ball back, scored quickly and we really started rolling."
Two plays later, Clinton scored from four yards out to make it 14-0.
After holding the Patriots on downs, Clinton scored on a 13-yard run.
Then, the defense stopped the Patriots again, and Martinsburg took over when the George Washington punter dropped the ball at the six and was swarmed under.
Two plays later Clinton scored on a 5-yard run to make it 28-0.
Clinton's 23-yard pass to Boyd and a 38-yard run set up a Boyd 3-yard run to make it 35-0.
The Patriots got on the board when Switzer scored from 14 yards out but Clinton, on fourth-and-1, answered with a 40-yard touchdown run with 16.5 left in the half.
Statement or not, the goal was achieved.
"I don't know if it was so much delivering a statement as it was just wanting to get back to the championship game," defensive end Dildeep Dhatt said. "That was our focus, just wanting to get back to Wheeling and we did that."
Martinsburg also shattered the school record for points for a season. The Bulldogs have scored 684 points, breaking the record of 649 scored in 2002.
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The Seneca East Tigers were running with a little extra baggage Saturday at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival. However, it didn't slow them down. In fact, it seemed to speed them up.
Seneca East carried a bulls-eye on its back that came with the Division III state championship the Tigers won last November. But all that could be seen of the Tigers by their competition were their backs.
In a field of 267 runners in the Division III-A race, Seneca East claimed three of the top six spots and defeated Summit Country Day 117-154 in the team standings.
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Wes Pipher added a 27th (17:14.09) and Michael Szabo finished 81st (18:10.96) to round out the Tiger scorers.
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"We try and stay together as close as we can for as long as we can during the race," Pipher said. "They want us to go out pretty fast and try and lead the race a little bit. With Jason on our team, he kind of pushes us and helps us along through the race. Jared's been stepping up a little bit. I think everybody is pretty much pitching in what they can."
"We try our best to stick together, so that way in the end we can have a good strong pack time," Stockmaster added.
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"I tried to stay up with Jason the best I could but that third hill is the killer," Stockmaster said. "Me and him ran good the second mile, but then he pulled away and I couldn't pull away with him."
Mason said with the large number of runners, getting out fast and avoiding getting caught in the pack was a key to the team's success. Once they were able to do that, they were able to put on a show for the spectators.
"That race is huge. We tell our kids to get out early or get stuck or pinned back," he said. "This year's top end field, there isn't as many high, high quality runners. Last year there was just an intense group there. But it is impressive. You don't see that happen to often at the Carnival, a team having three in the top six. At a quality meet like this, a lot of people you heard in the crowd was like 'Wow, these guys are pretty good.'"
The Tigers are well aware that every other team in the state is aiming for them, which is to be expected after a state championship. But they're not folding under the pressure. Instead it serves as a point of motivation.
"It seems like every race, everyone's shooting to get us," Willman said. "So we got to make sure we're on our best game all the time.
"You some away knowing that you've already won one and you got to work that much harder to get the second one. It's not easy to do, so we know we got to keep working hard every day."
"Last year we were the ones doing the chasing, now people are chasing us," Mason added. "It's a whole different personality, or qualities, you have to have to handle that, to handle the pressure of it. We obviously have some work to do. Our pack time is still just a little too wide at this point. But it's early in the season so these guys work hard in practice. You just got to keep aiming for the end of the season, that's what it all dials down to."


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SEATTLE � Gloves went flying into the air. Players screamed and celebrated, bouncing around the grass with unabashed joy.
Even in Jackson, Tenn., Felix Hernandez�s perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday was reason for celebration.
Sure, there was a bit more of a personal connection for the Jackson Generals than just being the Double-A affiliate of the Mariners. Hernandez�s older brother, Moises, is a pitcher for the Generals.
But the reaction nearly 2,500 miles away from Safeco Field speaks to Hernandez�s importance to the Mariners� organization.
Hernandez has a Cy Young Award. Now he�s joined the pitching elite with just the 23rd perfect game in baseball history.
What�s next?
Trying to make the Mariners relevant again for more than just the efforts of their pitching ace.
�Just keep throwing the way I�ve been throwing,� Hernandez said. �Just do my job. Try and help my team to win. That�s what is next.�
From the time Hernandez made his major league debut in August 2005 as a curly-haired 19-year-old, the question has been �when,� not �if� he would ever throw at least a no-hitter.
He nearly did in 2007, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning at Fenway Park, finishing with a brilliant one-hit effort against the Red Sox. In 2009 against Texas, Hernandez carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning before Nelson Cruz hit a solo home run.
Those near-misses only increased Hernandez�s desire to achieve perfection.
�This guy deserved the odds to fall in his favor, for sure,� Seattle catcher John Jaso said.
Even before Ichiro Suzuki was traded to the Yankees last month, Hernandez had taken the role of Seattle�s most recognizable and most beloved star. He�s stuck around through a pair of 101-loss seasons since his debut seven years ago and countless days where Hernandez has been on his game and the Mariners offense failed to give him any support.
He signed an extension with the Mariners in 2010 when the better financial decision would have been to wait for free agency to arrive. Hernandez never has hidden his emotions � good or bad � on the mound or in the dugout, endearing him even more to a fan base that�s had little to cheer about during an 11-year playoff drought.
�The intangibles, for me, are what separates him,� Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. �No doubt about it he�s got great talent, but there are a lot of players at this level that have great talent. But for me the intangibles, the teammate that he is, the leadership that he brings, the toughness and the consistency that he brings with all that, that�s what separates him.�
There were additional layers of uniqueness to Hernandez�s gem. Safeco Field became the first stadium to host two perfect games in the same season, including Philip Humber�s perfecto for the White Sox against the Mariners in April. Seattle became the first team since the California Angels in 1973 to have two no-hitters in the same season. Six Mariners pitchers combined to no-hit the Dodgers in June. The Angels� two no-no�s in 1973 both were thrown by Nolan Ryan.
Also important to Hernandez is his Venezuelan heritage. He became the second Latin American pitcher to throw a perfect game, joining Dennis Martinez. Hernandez wasn�t able to fully enjoy his moment � his wife and kids flew back to Venezuela last week to visit family there.
�She�s not here; kids aren�t here. I�m alone, man,� he said.
During the final few innings superstition took over in the Mariners� dugout. No one stood on the railing as he pitched. Usually teammates line the top step of the dugout to get the closest view possible, but in this case they were too afraid to move. Franklin Gutierrez, one of Hernandez�s closest friends on the Mariners� roster, never left his seat and never spoke to his fellow Venezuelan.
�I just (sat) in one spot, and I didn�t move from there,� Gutierrez said. �I was watching the game, concentrating on what he was doing and thinking he was going to do it. ... I don�t know if he was nervous, but I was on the bench nervous, shaking.�
�(Wednesday) was special. We could throw any pitch in any count,� Hernandez said. �(Wednesday) was unbelievable.�


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The surprise box office winner from this past weekend The Hangover, had the best non-Holiday Monday ever at the box office. [Get The Big Picture] Pretty impressive for a cast of relative unknowns.
There are possible plans for 9 Saw films, which would possibly have them hacking away through 2012 here. [Screenrant] A bit long in the tooth past film 3 or so in my estimation.
On the flipside, in Japan the Diary of a Fishing Fool franchise draws to a close with it's 20th film dropping in December. The series launched in 1988 and has had the same stars since the jump. [Variety] And we thought our sequels are too many.
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane wants Leonardo DiCaprio to play the lead in the next installment as the guy chasing Spawn. [Comic Vine] Leo may have the time since he supposedly broke up with SI Swimsuit cover-model Bar Rafaeli. I'm guessing that Todd won't get his wish though.
Transmorphing is greater than Transforming? I'll prop up [Twitch] for that and give you the trailer below of a film that should rival Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Transmorphers: Fall of Man. Umm, genius?
And since you love unsubstantiated casting news, it is rumored that Megan Fox is being considered for the lead in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer remake and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is the leader in the clubhouse for Arnie's role in the Commando remake. Not too sure of [Cinefools] credibility, so we'll have to take it with a handful of salt.
And since I am a nice guy, I figured I would give you a shot I took of her when she was coming over to make mad passionate love to me in my spa. I am good like that.


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4 Bad Movies That Could Be Awesome Remakes
#2. Reign of Fire
It's the future. Dragons have reawakened and quickly become the dominant species on Earth. It's up to Christian Bale to fight them and save humanity. That's the premise, logline, and (ideally) the entire script of this movie.
Because the movie is set in the future, we're not seeing knights fighting dragons with swords -- we get dragons versus tanks and helicopters! AND CHRISTIAN BALE!
The Problem
I'll never know how Hollywood screwed up this movie so fantastically, but it did. Check out these reviews from Rotten Tomatoes:
Even the positive reviews aren't exactly glowing. Roeper agrees that the movie isn't good, and one critic's grading system seems to be entirely built around the fact that there were dragons in the movie. And those are the positive reviews.
"The sound wasn't working in my theater, but still, I'll give it five stars."
The CGI is terrible, the movie is too dark, the ending is predictable, none of the characters make sense, and the most shocking thing of all is that the filmmakers took this premise with so much potential and made it boring. There are long stretches of time where people just angrily whisper-fight in a dark castle and surprising little dragon-fighting happens.
But you and I both know that there is an awesome movie-meal to be made out of ingredients that include tanks, dragons, and Christian Bale. So my only advice to Hollywood is try again. You screwed up. Hard. We're not mad, just do better next time. Don't change any of the ingredients, just try one more time.
#1. Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex is a straight-to-video buddy-cop film that pairs Whoopi Goldberg with a talking dinosaur. It's an alternate future, and Whoopi and Rex are paired up to track down a guy who is systematically killing dinosaurs. It turns out to be an eccentric billionaire who is trying to cause another ice age.
Everyone hated it. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive straight-to-video movie ever. Whoopi desperately tried to get out of her contract. Several present-day lizards went extinct out of protest.
Richard Roundtree is in it.
The Problem
The '90s, man. The '90s were a pretty weird time for movies. '80s movies are cute and campy -- they have an identity -- and by 2000, technology had gotten sophisticated enough that we could make cool movies that looked good, and almost any movie can at least look like a blockbuster. '90s movies just sort of languished in that middle ground. They wanted to avoid a silly, '80s camp reputation while shooting for a level of sophistication that they couldn't actually meet. The '90s were embarrassed by the '80s. It's what makes the '90s the most self-conscious decade for movies in history.
Look how embarrassed that dinosaur costume is.
That's how a movie like Theodore Rex happens. Throwing yourself completely into camp territory takes confidence, and so does trying to make a really badass movie about a fairly weird subject. Rex, like most '90s movies, had no confidence, so the movie won't be good or "so bad it's good." Ever.
A movie about a cop being paired up with a dinosaur in the future is perfect for right now. If books like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and movies like Machete prove anything, it's that we are living in the golden age of dumb ideas handled seriously. How many writers and directors could take the simple, idiotic premise of "What if one of them is a dinosaur?" and have an absolute blast with it? Theodore Rex just came at the wrong time. You give that premise to Robert Rodriguez and we would have one ridiculous, over-the-top, badass, balls-out incredible movie.
If we keep fixing the mistakes of the past, eventually EVERY movie will be great.
Except Die Hard 5. I'm not going to touch that movie. I want it to live on as the only bad movie in human history. That is the fate it deserves.
(No, I'm not bitter about this.)
Daniel O'Brien is Cracked.com's head writer (ladies). Watch him perform stand-up Tuesday, April 2, at Westside Comedy Theater (Los Angelenos), or check out the movie he and all of his friends are in, Kill Me Now (everyone).


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MARTINSBURG - Washington finally wrestled in the Eastern Panhandle - only a month-and-a-half into the season.
There's no Manti Te'o shenanigans about the Patriots.
They proved worth the wait in their first local appearance as they overwhelmed Martinsburg 64-18 in a dual meet Wednesday at the Martinsburg Fieldhouse.
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Washington's Tyler Cross defeats Martinsburg's Brendan Owens during a 132-pound match Wednesday evening in Martinsburg. (Journal photo by Ron Agnir)
Coming off an impressive second-place finish in last weekend's Winner's Choice tournament at Fairmont and rising to fourth in the newest WVMat.com state poll, Washington managed pins in nine of 11 matches the Patriots won over the Bulldogs. They also received a forfeit win and a major decision.
"We're pretty good," said Tyler Cross, who won the 126-pound title at the Winner's Choice and wrestled up a weight class against the Bulldogs and still managed a pin.
"We had a good team last year, but we lost a lot of seniors. But our young kids have picked it up and have really helped out. ... Everybody's getting better."
Followers of the team just had to travel far and wide to see.
Washington's been to competitions in Pennsyvlania, Virginia and Maryland. The Patriots finally competed in West Virginia last weekend at the 33-team tournament that has a feel of a state tournament to it because of the quantity and quality.
Washington led the first day before settling for second behind Point Pleasant.
"If one or two matches had gone a different way, it could've been a different outcome," said Washington coach Codie Gustines, who had hoped for a finish among the top three.
Finishing second proved even better.
"We surprised ourselves actually," said junior Tyler Reynolds, who won the 106 title in Fairmont and also bumped up a class against the Bulldogs.
"Point Pleasant came from Double-A to Triple-A, and we thought they were going to be dominant. We kept up with them."
In essence, Washington has just been preparing for them and the rest of the teams in West Virginia since they have been crossing borders to take on competition in strong wrestling states.
"They've been taking some whippings out of state to prepare for in-state (competition), Gustines said. "It's paying off."
After gaining a forfeit win to open the match against the Bulldogs, Reynolds, Tyler Sigler, Steve Edwards, Cross, Jared Jones and Mark Beacraft strung together successive falls to give Washington a 42-0 lead after 145 pounds.
Chase Griffin of Martinsburg interrupted Washington's flow with a pin at 152 pounds. Griffin used a combination takedown-pin move early in the third period on Josh Blackwell to get Martinsburg into the scoring column.
Dylan Ceravalo came back in the next match with a pin.
Ceravalo, who committed last month to wrestle at North Carolina State, has found a longtime nemesis - "since we were kids," Ceravalo said - in his path as he tries to reclaim a state championship he won as a sophomore.
Ceravalo fell to Jake Smith of George Washington by decision in the Winner's Choice 160 final, the first time the two met since Smith upended Ceravalo in last seasons' semifinals. Ceravalo ranks second to Smith in the individual rankings in their weight class.
"We used to wrestle in the finals of the WSAZ (tournament in Charleston) when we were kids," Ceravalo said. "I just have to train harder and stay healthy (to defeat him)."
No matter what, though, Ceravalo has that Division I career awaiting him.
"The opportunity is tremendous," Ceravalo said.
So is the opportunity for Washington this season.
"We're doing really well," Ceravalo said. "I'm surprised because we lost four seniors. Lots of people have really stepped up this year, so it's been really good."
Zane Bradbury managed a 12-1 win for Washington and R.J. Wilson and Ashby Heath, the top-ranked 220-pounder in the state, added pins.
Joe Fernandez and Joshua Kerns won by pins for the Bulldogs.
Fernandez had to take a brief injury timeout to adjust a longtime shoulder injury he refuses to get checked for fear that a doctor will shelf him.
"I just have to go along with it and deal with the pain," Fernandez said. '"It's just something I have to deal with. I want to finish my senior year."
Fernandez is Martinsburg's standardbearer as the Bulldogs' only state-ranked wrestler. He's seventh at 195.
"I do as much as I can for the team," Fernandez said. "I'm just an equal as anybody everybody else on our team.
"We have a young team, and they have a lot to learn. They practice hard. They didn't back down today."
In Washington's case, the Patriots came back to town.
They'll be close to home for a two-day series of duals at Loudoun Valley, Va., Friday and Saturday, then host a quadrangular next Wednesday.
Gustines is trying not to let his wrestlers get ahead of themselves and look down the road at what could be.
Washington finished fourth in the state last season.
"We look a week at a time," Gustines said.
Finally, this week, someone gets to look at Washington, too.
-Sports editor Rick Kozlowski can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 116, firstname.lastname@example.com or @jusbekoz


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How do we know - Skaterboy - that Johnny isn't making big bucks with the commentating? Where did that come from?
And quite honestly, I think it's sad that we're all still talking about this.
Oh, and being admitted to a bar in any state doesn't necessarily make you an outstanding citizen. Seriously folks - do y'all think every lawyer is a saint?
In what state has Victor been admitted to the bar?
Did you actually read the comment because that's not what was said. The bar admittance comment was in direct response to the same lengthy list of fraud accusations against Victor. They couldn't possibly all be true because he would never be admitted. No one said he was a saint. The bar is notorious for being able to dig up every tiny offense, including traffic tickets. Actually, law students are often told to list all charges, not just convictions. They will forgive some mistakes depending on the circumstances, but not multiple serious crimes related to fraud. Johnny has said that Victor did have issues with character and fitness boards for awhile, but ultimately as we know he was admitted to the NY bar. That makes sense because we know he was guilty of certain things for sure (like the DUI's, assault charge), but many of the others were just allegations, not convictions. Just like his allegations that Johnny abused him.Oh, and being admitted to a bar in any state doesn't necessarily make you an outstanding citizen. Seriously folks - do y'all think every lawyer is a saint?
He was admitted to the New York State bar last winter, maybe four years after passing the exam. He passed the New Jersey bar exam in July 2013 but has not yet been admitted to the New Jersey Bar. According to court records posted online, Victor was ordered to attend a 12 step program administered by the New York State Bar due to his numerous DUI's. Perhaps he was admitted to the New York bar once he completed the 12 step program as his admittance to the bar was very close to that time period.
ETA Sorry I was actually replying to earlier post & didn't read this one thoroughly. It looks like I'm not saying anything new but was focussing on his reported past assaults - was not aware of fraud charges against him.
Not to bump this thread, but I keep reading the title and thinking Johnny bit his husband Sergei Voronov.
^Well, there's always re-marriage...
http://bit.ly/QLPbRD full report (scroll down page for updates on arrests for DUI and assault on mother not included in original report) on Voronov's history for those not familiar.


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-intoxicated to the point of incoherence that one would urinate in inappropriate places such as on a wall or in a trash can
-very intoxicated
-very intoxicated
Man I was piss drunk last night; I woke up to a puddle of piss on my floor.
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Absolutely obliterated from drinking it up all night. So drunk you have to take a piss every five minutes or so, right on the borderline of throwing up.
I got piss drunk off Long Island's last night.
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The point of drunk where you don't realize that you're drunk, but you manage to piss yourself on someone's porch or something.
"She pissed herself on my porch! That's REALLY piss drunk!"
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An old skating krew..... the only member left is Dustin Dollin... pro skater for Baker...
Dustin Dollin-Yeah PD stands for PISS DRUNK.... my old krew...
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Mixing urine with alcohol and becoming intoxicated from the mixture.
Justin's friend just got back from Scotland and brought a bottle of whiskey with him. He pissed in a cup and added whiskey. He got piss drunk, and tripped over a mail bin, smashed his cup into a filing cabinet, and then fell hard to the floor!
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Explaining 'Fugitive Slave Act' Claim Highlighted by Obama
In a speech defending his health-care law Thursday, President Barack Obama ran through a list of Obamacare critics' claims, among them that the law is the "most dangerous legislation ever."
But one reference may have caught audience members particularly off guard.
"You had a state representative somewhere say that it's as destructive to personal and individual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act," Mr. Obama told audience members at a Maryland community college. "Think about that. Affordable health care is worse than a law that lets slave owners get their runaway slaves back."
Prescribed: An Interactive Tour of What Obamacare Means for You
"I mean, these are quotes," he added. "I'm not making this stuff up."
Indeed, he wasn't. The man who charged Mr. Obama with creating a health-care system akin to slavery was Bill O'Brien, a representative in New Hampshire's state legislature and former speaker of the House. In August, Mr. O'Brien spoke at an Americans for Prosperity rally in New Hampshire and likened the Affordable Care Act to an 1850 pro-slavery federal law.
"What is Obamacare?" Mr. O'Brien said his remarks. "It is a law as destructive to personal and individual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that allowed slave owners to come to New Hampshire and seize African Americans and use the federal courts to take them back to federal … to slave states."
"Barack Obama and our allies fooled us long enough to pass a law that is clearly among the worst ever enacted by Congress," added Mr. O'Brien, who is backed by the tea party and recently said he was cancelling plans to enter the race for a U.S. House seat after taking a job at software company. (A clip of the remarks can be found on Youtube, posted by GraniteStateProgress, a progressive advocacy group in New Hampshire. The Concord, N.H. Patch site has posted its own version as well.)
Mr. O'Brien, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal following Mr. Obama's speech, stood by his words and said he had made a "fair comparison."
"Each of [the laws] was an assault by the federal government on the freedom of individuals and the rights of states to make choices on how to approach such individual rights," he said. "The federal government with the Fugitive Slave Act enacted something that was repugnant to individual liberty. So, too, the federal government enacted Obamacare, and this direct order to individuals to buy a service was repugnant to the division of responsibilities that the Founding Fathers so carefully put together in our Constitution."
He added that if Mr. Obama tried to understand the opposition's point of view, he would "engage in a lot less demagoguery."
In his speech, Mr. Obama said Republicans warning of Obamacare's consequences are painting a picture of Armageddon. "All this would be funny if it wasn't so crazy," he said.
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Responds to challenger's response to his release
To the editor:
A few things really concern me about Commissioner Halleck's response to my press release requesting politicians to voluntarily undergo drug testing.
One is that he believed my request was "bizarre and outrageous." My request was anything but outrageous. It was about leadership.
As people running for public office was have a rare opportunity to demonstrate our beliefs and make real contributions to public discourse. A common criticism of politicians is that they are out of touch and have no understanding of how the real world works.
By submitting to voluntary drug testing we are telling people that our expectations of ourselves are no higher than the people that work with us and for us. To scoff at the idea of being drug tested is a slap in the face to many people who rely on our leadership.
There is absolutely no reason why all candidates seeking public office in Columbiana County can't pay the $20 to the Family Recovery Center and be tested. It is the least we can do to demonstrate our commitment to our coworkers.
Commissioner Halleck also said that drug testing has nothing to do with county issues. Drug testing is about more than drug use it is about leadership. It is about demonstrating that as leaders we are no better or different than the people we lead.
When companies hire an employee a drug screening is a common practice. As politicians we are asking the voters to consider and hire us. We owe the voters, our bosses, the peace of mind that comes with a clean drug screening.
I have been told that the responses to my request by Halleck and Dan Bailey make it look like they don't take drugs in our county seriously. I hope this is not the case. Just last week Eileen Dray-Bardon spoke to commissioners about the increasing problem of drugs and child abuse in our communities. This is a very serious problem.
By being drug tested we have an opportunity to show real leadership. Dan Bailey laughed at my request, and Mike Halleck took the opportunity to attack former county recorder Craig Brown.
As I stated former recorder Brown and I are friends, and I appreciate his help. In an effort to change the subject away from him being drug tested Mr. Halleck attacked a guy that saved taxpayers money, made documents safer, and executed Ohio's first recording notification system. Plus Mr. Brown isn't even in office anymore.
Commissioner Halleck we can make this campaign about creating a better county. You don't have to attack former office holders.
Today we have a chance to prove that we are leaders. I ask that all candidates seeking office including, Brandon Kovach, Nancy Milliken, Nick Barborak, Tim Ginter, and those of us seeking the position of county commissioner step forward and demonstrate that we are willing to do something small to show our commitment to our community.
Ohio School Boards Association exec director backing WB levy
To the editor:
As executive director of the Ohio School Boards Association, I am writing in support of the West Branch Local School District's levy on the May 6 ballot. The district is requesting a five-year, 0.75 percent income tax for operating expenses.
If approved, it will be the first time West Branch has passed an operating expenses levy in more than 20 years. Social Security income would not be subject to the tax.
The levy is badly needed because of cuts in state funding for education and a difficult economic environment. Passage of the issue will help ensure that West Branch Schools have the funds needed to continue its six-year run of "Excellent" ratings on the state report card. It also will strengthen the schools and the community as well as help maintain local property values.
The district has been a solid steward of the community's tax dollars. It has cut staffing and operational costs by more than $1 million since 2008. Salaries of management, staff and teachers have been frozen for four years, while at the same time they have been paying higher health care and retirement costs. And, the district educates its students for $1,000 a year less that the state average.
Without passage of the operating levy, West Branch will be forced to cut student services and programs even further, putting the district's academic success at risk.
West Branch has done its part by greatly reducing expenses and streamlining operations. Now it is asking community members for their help.
The Ohio School Boards Association strongly urges West Branch Local School District residents to vote FOR this levy on May 6. Your children, schools and community are counting on you.
Richard Lewis, CAE,
Executive director,
Ohio School Boards Association,
8050 North High St, Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43235,
Letter writer defends stance regarding school levy opposition
To the editor:
This past year has been one of the worst in my life as far as weather and it was probably the best year in my life that I didn't have to help pay for a new school or to replace nor add a new school levy.
I have read several letters that have complained about my letters. One complaining I was using misinformation or partial information. I have all my facts down in black and white. He said he has lived here 18 years; where as I have lived here all my life. So, what is his point?
Two other letters were from a husband and wife; each independently, his on financial information from the board; and hers on part, of being "fed up" with board members.
As I recall two board members have been replaced and as the selections of capable candidates increase, more replacements will be forthcoming.
I try and tell it like it is, and have had several people thank me and say to keep up the good work. They will be looking for more of my letters!
Another thing, rumor around town is the thought of propane or natural gas buses. These types of buses cannot be kept in an average garage, there are specifications to meet.
Remember the 3-mill levy is on ballot the first full week of May. Be sure and don't forget to vote.
Salem Junior Mothers' Club appreciates support for dance
To the editor:
The Salem Junior Mothers' Club would like to thank the community for its overwhelming support of their father/daughter dance. It was a special night for both the girls and their dads.
The night was full of grins, giggles and getting to dance with her favorite guy.
A special thanks goes to Russ Hopple, Jane Bricker and the First Friends Church for their generosity, making the event a huge success!
Mother who lost her son grateful for all of her 'neighbors'
To the editor:
On March 20, 2014, the first day of spring, tragedy struck at the home of Libby DeCrow, a longtime resident at Country Club Lane in Salem. Her son, Anthony Jr., perished in an accidental garage fire.
Dictionary.com defines "neighbor" as a person who shows kindness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans: to be a neighbor to someone in distress.
As it turned out, Libby had many more neighbors than the handful of people who reside on Country Club Lane. She would like to express her heartfelt appreciation to all of the "neighbors" be it extended family members, lifelong friends, her parish family of St. Paul's and physical neighbors who offered her shelter, food, prayers, transportation and love during the loss of her son.
The magnitude of the outpouring of support for the family of Anthony DeCrow Jr. was visually represented by the front-to-back filled pews of St. Paul Church on the morning of March 25, 2014.
Never underestimate the power of kind words, cards, food, prayers, etc. to be a "neighbor" to someone in time of distress. Libby DeCrow would like to thank all of the "neighbors" who exemplified the true meaning of that word.
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MARTINSBURG — Eugene German left the coaches at North Carolina-Charlotte feeling a little uneasy Wednesday when they hadn't received his signed letter-of-intent Wednesday....
Actually I was throwing up the bat symbol for Hugh...works every time. Seriously though, congrats to german
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Fett is still crying....it's ok, we all know mommy didn't love you enough and daddy beat on you.
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Congrats to a great young man and his family.. It's always great to hear how an Eastern Panhandle player gets to go to college because of their academics and talent on the field...
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The young man went to South Middle School and then left for one year and then came back. This young man would represent any school well. Great players, great coaches, great administration, great support, great facilities=State Titles. Get on the board!
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He transferred in? Shocking. Congrats young man
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Because they lost power to the water cooling system, they needed to vent the pressure that's building up inside.My suspicion is that as the temperature inside the reactor was rising, some of the metal cans that surround the fuel may have burst and at high temperature, that fuel cladding can react with water to produce zirconium oxide and hydrogen.That hydrogen then will be part of the gases that need to be vented. That hydrogen then mixes with the surrounding air. Hydrogen and oxygen can then recombine explosively. So it seems while the explosion wasn't directly connected with the nuclear processes, it was indirectly connected, because the hydrogen was only present because of what was going on in the reactor core.
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A former Windsor Middle School principal accused of assaulting his wife has been offered a plea agreement and will consider it over the next few weeks.
Doug Englert, 56, was arrested in November, accused of punching his wife during an argument and breaking one of her ribs, according to an arrest affidavit.
Englert told police he hit her after she struck him first, the report states. Englert's wife said he had been physically abusive toward her in the past, according to the affidavit.
The details of the plea agreement were not discussed, but Englert will have until April 15 to accept or deny the offer, according to information in court.
The Windsor-Severance Re-4 school board initially placed Englert on paid administrative leave. He later resigned and retired from his position, and the district is no longer paying his salary of more than $110,000.
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is Verizon Wireless taking a swipe at AT&T over its overused
"There's an app for that" tagline. The commercial
shows an AT&T user and a Verizon user walking and using
navigation presumably. The map above the AT&T users head shows
the coverage of the AT&T 3G network and the map over the Verizon
user's head shows the 3G coverage area for Verizon. Verizon then
proceeds to poke at AT&T's inferior 3G coverage saying "There's
a map for that".
It goes without saying that the Verizon 3G
overage area is much larger if the claims are to be believed. I can
believe the AT&T network is smaller, 3G coverage is notoriously
shoddy with AT&T, and any iPhone user can tell you that 3G
signals come and go frequently. This is one of the most humorous
commercials for a mobile provider that I have seen since Alltel was
doing those spots with that fat kid. A response from AT&T has to
be coming soon.
quote: I know that the marketing on this sort of thing changed about two years ago or more, but EDGE is still technically 3G. This makes ATT's map much more complete.
quote: Also, since when could one expect to get Verizon 3G throughout most of rural North Dakota? If true, it must have happened yesterday since I have trouble just finding a signal without an amplifier.


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What does it mean to be poor in America?
There are many ways of defining poverty. For most of recorded history, man's basic needs were food, clothing and shelter. In recent generations, we have included access to clean water, sanitation, health care and education. Poverty can also mean a relative lack of material goods or money, so that in every "free society" (where inequality in income to some extent reflects inequality in ability and effort) some portion of the population will be considered poor.
We can also define poverty in overtly economic terms. The federal poverty threshold is $11,722 in annual income for an individual, and $23,497 for a family of four, which is about 44% of mean income for an individual and 30% of the mean for a family of four. The economic definition of poverty has changed over time, but real wage growth in the 1960s caused the poverty rate to fall from about 20% in the 1950s to around 15% of our citizens today.
A hundred years ago, having enough food to eat meant that you weren't poor in most places. In most wealthy countries, death by starvation is already very rare. Poor Americans today are not likely to be starving, though malnutrition remains a scourge. Many live in households that have a refrigerator, a washing machine, a high definition TV with cable , an XBox and a cellular phone. In fact, the electronic gadgets used by our poor are not substantially different than those employed by the wealthiest Americans. Overall, the quantities and qualities of what ordinary Americans consume are closer to that of rich Americans than they were in decades past despite growing income disparities between the wealthy and the poor.
The inflation-adjusted hourly wage hasn't changed much in 50 years. Still, it is unlikely that an average American, even one living in poverty, would trade his wages and benefits in 2013—along with access to the most affordable food, appliances, clothing and cars in history, plus today's cornucopia of modern electronic goods—for the same real wages but with much lower benefits in the 1950s or 1970s, along with those era's higher prices, more limited selection, and inferior products.
Is it better to be poor here than elsewhere?
Poverty tends to be defined in the relative sense. The poorest 5-10% of a population would probably be considered poor in any society, but to the extent that "fairness" in a society is defined as less disparity between rich and poor, a higher percent of US citizens would be considered poor than in most other developed countries. The OECD, a rich-country club, provides comparative figures for a poverty line of 40% of median household income after tax and transfer. On that basis America's rate is 11%, well above the OECD average of 6%.
Another way to define poverty is in an absolute sense rather than a relative one. The World Bank estimates that "extreme absolute poverty" is living on somewhere between $1-2/day/person depending on where one lives. Few Americans are this unfortunate, but something like 20% of the world's population are subject to these conditions, so most poor Americans could be considered "not poor" in most of the world.
Are federal anti-poverty programs working?
Federal programs to reduce poverty in America trace their origins to FDR and the New Deal in the 1930s, though what most Americans would identify as specific anti-poverty programs were begun in 1964 with LBJ's Economic Opportunity Act which came to be known as the "war on poverty". Today, there are more than 120 different federal anti-poverty programs. The major ones are Medicaid, unemployment insurance, food stamps and welfare, ans our government spends about as much on these programs as it does on defense. And yet, almost 50 years later, and despite about $13 trillion dollars spent, the rate of poverty and the total number of Americans living in poverty has not been significantly reduced.
"…the federal government spent more than $591 billion in 2009 on means-tested or anti-poverty programs, and will undoubtedly spend even more this year. That amounts to $14,849 for every poor man, woman and child in America. Given that the poverty line is just $10,830 (in 2009), we could have mailed every poor person in America a check big enough to lift them out of poverty – and still saved money." M.D.Tanner, NY Times, 9/16/2010
In general, the liberal left's approach to social policy is to shield people from the American economy, while conservatives' approach must be to enable them to enjoy its benefits—to enable people to move up rather than to make them more secure in poverty. Some call for a wholesale rethinking of antipoverty programs.
"The bottom 20% in America are not stuck because their welfare support is insufficient. It is because these cultural institutions are not helping them lead the lives they deserve. Volumes of research have shown that Great Society welfare policies—such as public housing and aid to families with dependent children—fueled family dissolution, community fragmentation, generational joblessness and government dependency. Many … welfare and redistribution policies are encouraging a return to these conditions." Arthur Brooks, WSJ, 10/8/12
Some might argue that one of the causes of persistently large numbers of Americans living in poverty is that economic mobility constantly moves some of our citizens out of poverty even as others descend into poverty from the middle class. This notion of being able to move from rags to riches in a generation is a fundamental plank of the American Dream. Unfortunately, Americans' perceptions about their likelihood of changing position in the income distribution may be exaggerated. Those within the three middle quintiles (the middle class) will, statistically, experience some economic mobility. But according to a study by the Pew Economic Mobility Project, 43 percent of children whose parents were born in the bottom quintile remained at the bottom when they became adults. In contrast, 40 percent of children born to parents at the top quintile were also at the top as adults. The study compared inter-generational mobility rates between 1984 to 1994 and 1994 to 2004. In addition, contrary to public perceptions, social mobility in the US is less than in Europe.
What to do?
As a nation, it is dangerous to our social fabric to have created a semi-permanent underclass living in poverty. Spending more on poverty programs does not appear realistic now, especially in fiscally austere times. We need to make sure the programs we do have create incentives to replace handouts with wages, even as we strive to close the opportunity gap through better education for all. The best solutions are complex and to be found through a mix of policies including education reforms and revamping the tax code.
Most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, desire a strong safety net for all citizens. Americans living in poverty do not have comfortable or easy lives, and taking advantage of available programs is incredibly time consuming, even as it is dispiriting. Permanent solutions are to be found not in more funding or more programs, but from economic growth that fuels demand for more employees at higher real wages.


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MACON, Ga. – Senior JJ Bostic was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week for his performance in the Stetson men's soccer team's 2-1 victory over Florida Gulf Coast, as was announced by the league office on Monday morning.
Tied 1-1, Bostic scored the game-winner against the Eagles with just over eight minutes to play in the contest, handing FGCU its first loss in A-Sun play this season. It was also just the Eagles' third conference loss in the last four seasons of play.
Also leading the Stetson defense from a center back position, Bostic now has two goals in his senior season. The Hatters moved up to fifth place in the A-Sun standings with seven points and a 2-3-1 league record.
This marks the first weekly honor in Bostic's career, and it is the second time Stetson has been honored by the conference this season. Senior Andreas Schnabl earned Defensive Player of the Week accolades after leading the Hatters to a shutout of Mercer last weekend.
Stetson will head back on the road to finish the regular season in an attempt to secure an A-Sun Tournament berth. The Hatters play at North Florida this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Stetson closes out the regular season at Jacksonville and at Florida Atlantic.


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As an important discipline within systems biology, metabolomics is being explored by a number of laboratories for its potential in pharmaceutical development. Studying metabolites can offer insights into the relationships between genotype and phenotype, as well as between genotype and environment. In addition, there is plenty to work with—there are estimated to be some 2,900 detectable metabolites in the human body, of which 309 have been identified in cerobrospinal fluid, 1,122 in serum, 458 in urine, and roughly 300 in other compartments.
Guowang Xu, Ph.D., is a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. He is investigating the causes of death in China and how they have been changing over the years as the country has become a more industrialized nation. A major issue is the increase in the incidence of metabolic disorders such as diabetes, which has grown to affect 9.7% of the Chinese population.
This emergent risk is still identified by relatively primitive methods, and there is currently no means of early diagnosis of insulin-resistant subjects through blood or urine samples. These considerations are foremost in Dr. Xu's attempt to develop a metabolomic-based strategy for identification of at-risk individuals.
Dr. Xu, working in collaboration with the laboratory of Rainer Lehman, Ph.D., of the University of Tübingen, Germany, compared urinary metabolites in samples from healthy individuals with samples taken from prediabetic, insulin-resistant subjects. Using mass spectrometry coupled with electrospray ionization in the positive mode, they observed striking dissimilarities in levels of various metabolites in the two groups.
"When we performed a comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis of our samples, we observed several metabolites, including 2-hydroxybutyric acid in plasma, that could be identified as potential diabetes biomarkers," Dr. Xu explains.
In other, unrelated studies, Dr. Xu and the German researchers used a metabolomics approach to investigate the changes in plasma metabolite profiles immediately after exercise and following a 3-hour and 24-hour period of recovery. They found that medium-chain acylcarnitines were the most distinctive exercise biomarkers, and they are released as intermediates of partial beta oxidation in human myotubes and mouse muscle tissue.
Traditionally, metabolites have been used as markers of inborn errors of metabolism, and diseases such as phenylketonuria were recognized as curable through introduction of appropriate nutritional intermediates as far back as the 1930s. Today, the availability of advanced technologies will make possible treatment of diseases with a much more complex genetic and environmental basis.
"I believe we are entering into a new era of phenotype-based diagnosis based on groups of biomarkers," Dr. Xu says. "The traditional approach of assessment based on a singular biomarker is being superseded by the introduction of multiple marker profiles."
Evaluation of individual metabolic profiles is becoming increasingly important in researching new pharmaceutical molecules, according to Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ph.D., associate professor at the Duke University Center for Pharmacometabolomics.
"The field is based on scaling up our knowledge of biochemistry to encompass not only the metabolism of the host but also that of the gut bacteria and other factors that may influence drug uptake and processing," she explains. "We are focusing our studies of personalized medicine on psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases."
Typical of the studies under way by Dr. Kaddurah-Daouk and her colleagues is a recently published investigation highlighting the role of an SNP variant in the glycine dehydrogenase gene on individual response to antidepressants. It was determined that patients who do not respond to the selective serotonin uptake inhibitors citalopram and escitalopram carried a particular single nucleotide polymorphism in the GD gene.
"These results allow us to pinpoint a possible role for glycine in selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor response and illustrate the use of pharmacometabolomics to inform pharmacogenomics. These discoveries give us the tools for prognostics and diagnostics so that we can predict what conditions will respond to treatment.
"This approach to defining health or disease in terms of metabolic states opens a whole new paradigm. By screening hundreds of thousands of molecules, we can understand the relationship between human genetic variability and the metabolome."
Dr. Kaddurah-Daouk talks about statins as a current model of metabolomics investigations. Whereas, these drugs were originally developed to lower cholesterol levels in individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease, it is now known that they have widespread effects, altering a range of metabolites. To sort out these changes and develop recommendations for which individuals should be receiving statins will require substantial investments of energy and resources into defining the complex web of biochemical changes that these drugs initiate.
Furthermore, Dr. Kaddurah-Daouk asserts that, "genetics only encodes part of the phenotypic response. One needs to take into account the net environment contribution in order to determine how both factors guide the changes in our metabolic state that determine the phenotype."
K. John Morrow Jr., Ph.D. ([email protected]), is president of Newport Biotech and a contributing editor for GEN.
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February 18, 2013
The HAC-II has produced 15 consecutive District 4 Class AA champions. Saturday, the division's top two teams played for the overall Heartland Conference championship....
Dr.Masse you are so right on the seeding system.What a joke the District 2-4 AAAA is and now there is only one team that gets to move on.Thanks alot PIAA and District 1.The big pigs from down state all get to feast while the little sheep from up state get the crumbs.I've always felt that since the PIAA made the District 2-4 into one region it's a slap in the face for Williamsport being such a big school.The teams from District 2 only play us because they have to by PIAA rules,most of their schools the ones with the real good records every year want nothing to do and will not play Williamsport.They are afraid of us and steer clear of us until they have no choice come playoff time.Then it's all a matter of how fair the officials are in those games as for the outcome.Way to many times I have seen Williamsport go up there and not even have a chance because of the referees.Something needs to change again PIAA.
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hoopsnmusic,you are missing the point, to seed teams strictly on wins and losses is a flawed system. A seeding system needs to be developed which recognizes teams who have difficult schedules. BTW, this same issue exists for D4 soccer teams.
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Seriously, Chris? You want to see Sock vs Lewisburg for a 4th time? Lewisburg has already had three chances to prove themselves vs Sock. Yes, they have been competitive games, but so are Alabama vs LSU in college football. Nobody but Bama & LSU want them to play in the BCS final. Give someone else a chance. If Lewisburg is as good as they've shown (and you believe), they can meet up with Sock in the semis. Even if they loose for a 4th time, they can still win a consolation game to qualify for states and possibly meet Sock for a 5th time. But wait, that wouldn't be in the PIAA finals, so the PIAA must be flawed in THEIR seeding process by keeping Sock & Lewisburg in the same bracket based on their geographical location in the eastern part of our state. Finally, please remember the Miracle on Ice in 1980. I don't hear anyone complaining that USA's victory over USSR was somehow not as meaningful or memorable because it was played in the semi's.
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Penn State already had lost the game, but in the closing moments Saturday night it also might have lost one of its best players to injury.
Tight end Kyle Carter caught a TD pass with 1:41 to play in the 35-23 loss to Ohio State. It wasn't apparent to many at the time, but Carter injured his left ankle on the play and had it heavily wrapped walking off the field after the game.
Bill O'Brien said Tuesday that Carter is day-to-day and noted his status for Saturday's game at Purdue won't be known until later this week.
"He seems to be doing OK," O'Brien said on his weekly Big Ten coaches teleconference (his regularly scheduled press conference was pushed back to today because of Hurricane Sandy).
Day-to-day can mean just that, but it should be pointed out that O'Brien consistently said running back Bill Belton was day-to-day with an ankle injury earlier this season, and he missed three games.
Carter is having one of the best seasons ever by a Nittany Lion tight end. The redshirt freshman has 35 catches, just six shy of the PSU record of 41 set by Andrew Quarless in 2009.
As much as O'Brien likes to throw to the tight ends, losing Carter for any length of time could be a big blow to the offense. He has more catches than all the other tight ends combined (27).
Bouncing back
This week is a prime letdown possibility for Penn State coming off a loss to the Buckeyes in the biggest game of the year. The old saying in football is that you don't want to let a team beat you twice, and the Lions can't let the disappointment linger.
O'Brien said that hasn't been the case.
"These guys came back to work [Monday], and they were ready to go," the coach said. "We have a great senior class, and they realize that they only have four opportunities left, and it starts here with Purdue. It all starts with that leadership.
"I believe that these guys have put that game behind them, and we all have, and it's time to move on, and we started that process [Monday]."
Sharing blame
O'Brien took a lot of the blame for Saturday's loss during his postgame press conference Saturday. He reiterated that message Tuesday but also had more criticism of the team.
"I don't think anyone played the way that they were capable of playing on either side of the ball or on special teams," he said.
He was especially blunt about one area.
"I thought our kickoff return team was terrible," he said.
Belton muffed the second-half kickoff, and though he recovered, it gave the Lions poor field position. Matt McGloin was sacked two plays later, then threw a pick-6 on the next play that gave Ohio State the lead for good.
O'Brien said there will be competition in practice this week to determine who will handle kickoff returns Saturday.
Storm impact
The Lions practiced indoors at Holuba Hall on Monday because of the storm, and O'Brien said another indoors practice was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
The coach has said in the past that he prefers to practice outdoors so the players will be ready for all playing conditions.
The hot seat
Purdue is 0-4 in the Big Ten, and coach Danny Hope has drawn heavy scrutiny. The school's athletic director, Morgan Burke, felt compelled enough to issue a statement Monday about the football situation, and it wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement for Hope.
"Everyone around our football program has high expectations for the 2012 season," Burke said. "We have worked very hard over the past four years to improve our personnel, facilities and every phase of our program, which is evident. Our student-athletes, alumni, fans, coaching staff and administration all expect to see the program move forward and take a step up the postseason ladder.
"Currently, our performance has kept us from reaching our goals. But we have a third of the season left to play, and our focus is to achieve that consistency over the remaining four games. We need to press forward, converting potential into results and having fun playing Boilermaker football."
Purdue gave Notre Dame one of its toughest challenges this season, losing 20-17 in week two, and nearly upset Ohio State in Columbus before falling in overtime.
Coming off that near-upset, however, the Boilermakers were thumped at Minnesota on Saturday. 44-28.
"Obviously we're very disappointed in our performance this past weekend," Hope said Tuesday.
Purdue's defense has been shredded in the past five games, allowing 41, 44, 38, 29 and 44 points.
"We started the season off playing very well with a lot of confidence," Hope said of his defense, which has suffered some key injuries.
Standout defensive tackle Kawann Short suffered an ankle injury against Minnesota.
"I'm optimistic that he might be available this Saturday, but it's questionable right now," Hope said.
Hope has named Robert Marve his starting quarterback, replacing Caleb TerBush, who was just 5-of-18 for 49 yards against Minnesota. TerBush was just 12-of-25 for 162 yards and two interceptions last year against PSU, while Marve was 2-of-5 for 20 yards with one interception.
Hope has been impressed with Penn State, especially the Lions' front seven on defense, which he compared to Notre Dame's.
"I think Penn State's front seven is every bit as good [as the Irish's]," Hope said.
On McGloin, Hope said, "He plays the position like it's supposed to be played, doesn't make very many mistakes."


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