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On Sunday, The Post and Courier reported that both the breakaway diocese and the continuing diocese of The Episcopal Church had announced meetings meant to define next steps.
The majority of officials and worshippers in the Diocese of South Carolina appear to be aligned with the Rt. Rev. Mark Lawrence, who has severed his ties with the church because of long-standing disputes over theology and administrative authority.
On Thursday the breakaway diocese issued a strongly worded statement critical of those who have formed a new steering committee in order to reconstitute the continuing diocese of The Episcopal Church. At least 12 parishes and hundreds of parishioners throughout the diocese have chosen to remain part of the church. The intact diocese included a total of 70 parishes.
For the other side of the story a timeline of events concerning the Diocese of South Carolina that was prepared by The Episcopal Church go to http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/perspectives.
The exchange last week prompted The Post and Courier to seek some clarification. Answers were assembled by Joy Hunter, communications director for the disaffected diocese.
Q: Is The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina asserting it is a diocese of the Episcopal Church even though it has disassociated from the Episcopal Church and declared itself sovereign?
A: We continue to be The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina known also to our parishes and the wider community as The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the Diocese of South Carolina. We are no longer associated with The Episcopal Church. The term exists in the legal incorporated names of our Diocese and many of our parishes. Its application is far broader than and not exclusively franchised by TEC. It is rightly used to designate any church which has bishops, for that is what the term refers to in the Greek and Latin from which the English word is derived. The episcopos is the bishop. An episcopal church is simply one that has bishops. We continue, both as a diocese and as parishes to be that kind of church. This is both our legal and ecclesiastical heritage and we embrace it as such. There are other churches with Episcopal in the name, including the Reformed Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. For many years what is now called the United Methodist Church was known as the Methodist Episcopal Church and was by far the largest church in this country with Episcopal in its name. Other dioceses in the Anglican Communion, not part of TEC have the word Episcopal in their names: The Scottish Episcopal Church, The Episcopal Church of Sudan, The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, The Episcopal Church in the Philippines, Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba and The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain (Extra provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Q: Is the PECDSC saying The Episcopal Church cannot maintain a diocese in the area, even though at least 12 parishes and hundreds of parishioners have chosen to remain part of TEC?
A: We have received no written notice that any parish or parishioner has left the Diocese of South Carolina, as you assume in your question. There are already at least five Anglican bodies functioning in the Lowcountry. If some parishes wish to withdraw from the Diocese of South Carolina, Bishop Lawrence has consistently said that he would not attempt to block such action, and feels that any attempt to force a parish to remain with the Diocese by means of litigation is unchristian.
Q: What authority does the PECDSC have, if any, over those parishes that chose to remain part of TEC? And what obligation, if any, do those parishes have to the PECDSC?
A: See the answer to the preceding question. We have said with clarity from the beginning that any parish wishing to reaffiliate with TEC may do so, in accordance with their own bylaws and articles of incorporation, just as the majority of the parishes and missions are likewise free to remain with the diocese and retain all their customary rights and privileges in its membership.
Q: While were at it, define the word diocese. My understanding is a diocese is, by definition, part of something larger; its a geographical designation and regional authority within a church. Is the PECDSC technically a diocese?
A: We believe that your understanding of the concept of a diocese is incorrect. The proper definition is that a diocese is a district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop. The Diocese of South Carolina, for example, predated the existence of The Episcopal Church. A diocese is a community of parishes, in freely chosen union with its Convention, and led by its bishop. No less an authority than Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has stated that The organ of union with the wider church is the diocese and its bishop, rather than the provincial structure ... rather than the abstract reality of the national church. In other words, the organ of union with the wider church is the Diocese, not The Episcopal Church.


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Friday, February 7, 2014
Bishop England snapped a four-game skid Wednesday with a 50-46 road win over North Charleston.
Defense cleared the way for the Bishops' lowest-scoring win of the season. Bishop England allowed North Charleston just 13 points through the first half, while they opened a 13-point lead by halftime.
North Charleston outscored Bishop England in both the third and fourth quarters but couldn't trim but couldn't erase the early deficit quick enough to keep the Bishops from completing the season sweep.
Dillon Corbett led Bishop England with a game-high 16 points that T.J. Levine matched for North Charleston. B.J Grevey added 10 points and Ben Carico eight for Bishop England.
The win keeps Bishop England (10-11, 6-5) in third place in Region VI along with Garrett, who the Bishops already defeated once this season. Bishop England tips off at Garrett for game two of the season series Friday at 8 p.m.
Lady Bishops growing even stronger
The Bishop England Lady Bishops turned in their most dominating win of the season Wednesday in a 99-12 win at North Charleston.
Eran Artigues and Erin Rose both scored 16 points for Bishop England to lead all scorers. Artigues connected on 3-4 from three, while Rose shot 8-9 from the floor.
Michele Boykin added 13 points, six steals, and Mary Harriet Moore turned in 10 points.
Bishop England (19-1, 11-0) jumped out to a 33-2 lead in the first quarter and coasted to the win with 15 players scoring at least two points. North Charleston didn't score more than four points in any quarter. Porsha Thompson scored 10 of North Charleston's 12.
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May 24, 2008, is the date of the annual banquet. The event will be at Martinsburg High School.
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Cataract surgery is a procedure to remove the lens of your eye and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial lens. Cataract surgery is used to treat the clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye (cataract).
Cataract surgery is performed by an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) on an outpatient basis, which means you don't have to stay in the hospital after the surgery. Cataract surgery is very common and is generally a safe procedure.
Cataract surgery is performed to treat cataracts. Cataracts can cause blurry vision and increase the glare from lights. If a cataract makes it difficult for you to carry out your normal activities, your doctor may suggest cataract surgery.
When a cataract interferes with the treatment of another eye problem, cataract surgery may be recommended. For example, doctors may recommend cataract surgery if a cataract makes it difficult for your eye doctor to examine the back of your eye to monitor or treat other eye problems such as age-related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy.
In most cases, waiting to have cataract surgery won't harm your eye, so you have time to consider your options. If your vision is still quite good, you may not need cataract surgery for many years, if ever.
When considering cataract surgery, keep these questions in mind:
Complications after cataract surgery are uncommon, and most can be treated successfully.
Cataract surgery risks include:
Your risk of complications is greater if you have another eye disease or a serious medical condition affecting any part of your body. Occasionally, cataract surgery fails to improve vision because of underlying eye damage from other conditions, such as glaucoma or macular degeneration. If possible, it may be beneficial to evaluate and treat other eye problems before making the decision to have cataract surgery.
To prepare for your cataract surgery, you may be asked to:
Cataract surgery, usually an outpatient procedure, takes an hour or less to perform.
First, your doctor will place eyedrops in your eye to dilate your pupil. You'll receive local anesthetics to numb the area, and you may be given a sedative to help you relax. If you're given a sedative, you may remain awake, but groggy, during surgery.
During cataract surgery, the clouded lens is removed, and a clear artificial lens is usually implanted. In some cases, however, a cataract may be removed without implanting an artificial lens.
Surgical methods used to remove cataracts include:
Using an ultrasound probe to break up the lens for removal. During a procedure called phacoemulsification (fak-o-e-mul-sih-fih-KAY-shun), your surgeon makes a tiny incision in the front of your eye (cornea) and inserts a needle-thin probe into the lens substance where the cataract has formed.
Your surgeon then uses the probe, which transmits ultrasound waves, to break up (emulsify) the cataract and suction out the fragments.
The very back of your lens (the lens capsule) is left intact to serve as a place for the artificial lens to rest.
Stitches may or may not be used to close the tiny incision in your cornea at the completion of the procedure.
Making an incision in the eye and removing the lens. A less frequently used procedure called extracapsular cataract extraction requires a larger incision than that used for phacoemulsification.
Through this larger incision your surgeon uses surgical tools to remove the front capsule of the lens and the cloudy portion of your lens comprising the cataract.
The very back capsule of your lens is left in place to serve as a place for the artificial lens to rest.
This procedure may be performed if you have certain eye complications. With its larger incision, stitches are required to close the incision.
Once the cataract has been removed by either phacoemulsification or extracapsular extraction, a clear artificial lens is implanted into the empty lens capsule.
This implant, known as an intraocular lens (IOL), is made of plastic, acrylic or silicone. You won't be able to see or feel the lens. It requires no care and becomes a permanent part of your eye.
A variety of IOLs with different features are available. Some IOLs are rigid plastic and implanted through an incision that requires several stitches (sutures) to close.
However, many IOLs are flexible, allowing a smaller incision that requires few or no stitches. The surgeon folds this type of lens and inserts it into the empty capsule where the natural lens used to be. Once inside the eye, the folded IOL unfolds, filling the empty capsule.
Some types of IOLs block ultraviolet light. Some types of IOLs work like bifocals to provide both near and distant vision. Others provide only distant or near vision. For some people, a lens can be chosen to provide distant vision for one eye and near vision for the other eye.
Discuss the benefits and risks of the different types of IOLs with your eye surgeon to determine what's best for you.
After cataract surgery, expect your vision to begin improving within a few days. Your vision may be blurry at first as your eye heals and adjusts.
You'll usually see your eye doctor a day or two after your surgery, the following week, and then again after about a month to monitor healing.
It's normal to feel itching and mild discomfort for a couple of days after surgery. Avoid rubbing or pushing on your eye. Your doctor may ask you to wear an eye patch or protective shield the day of surgery. Your doctor may also recommend wearing the eye patch for a few days after your surgery and the protective shield when you sleep during the recovery period.
Your doctor may prescribe eyedrops or other medication to prevent infection, reduce inflammation and control eye pressure. After a couple of days, most of the discomfort should disappear. Often, complete healing occurs within eight weeks.
Contact your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following:
Most people need glasses, at least some of the time, after cataract surgery. Your doctor will let you know when your eyes have healed enough for you to get a final prescription for eyeglasses.
If you have cataracts in both eyes, your doctor usually schedules a second surgery a month or two later to remove the cataract in your other eye. This allows time for the first eye to heal before the second eye surgery takes place.
Cataract surgery successfully restores vision in the majority of people who have the procedure.
People who have had cataract surgery may develop a common complication known as posterior capsule opacification (PCO), or secondary cataract. This happens when the back of the lens capsule — the part of the lens that wasn't removed during surgery and that now supports the lens implant — becomes cloudy and impairs your vision.
PCO is treated with a painless, five-minute outpatient procedure called yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy. In YAG laser capsulotomy, a laser beam is used to make a small opening in the clouded capsule to provide a clear path through which the light can pass.
After the procedure, you usually stay in the doctor's office for about an hour to make sure your eye pressure doesn't increase. Other complications are rare but can include increased eye pressure and retinal detachment.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Raymond Octave Dion, 96, a longtime resident of Summerville, departed this life on March 25th, 2013 at the home of his daughter in Easley, SC. The son of Octave Joseph Dion and Marie Claudia Theriault, he was born February 2nd, 1917 in Salem, MA. He graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S. Degree in Industrial Engineering and later attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he became certified in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. A World War II and Korean War veteran, he retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Captain after 30 years of service. He worked for the SC Electric and Gas Company, Dorchester Fabrics, and later Garco-Raybestos Manhattan before his retirement. While at Garco he helped design and manufacture the shoes worn by astronauts who walked on the Moon.
He met and married Lt. jg. Eleanor Buswell Walker of Summerville in 1943 while serving in the Navy. They celebrated 54 years of marriage before her death in 1997. Together they had four children: Dr. Eleanor Walker Nault of Easley, Col. Thomas Raymond Dion of Summerville, Mary Dion Georgion of West Union, and William Humphreys Dion of Charleston. He was predeceased by his parents, his brother, Arthur Joseph Dion of Salem, his sister, Irene Dion Payne of Chatham, NJ, his second wife, Myra Howell Thomas, and his stepdaughter, Karen Thomas Douglas, both of Summerville.
An avid sailor in his youth, he was a founding member and first Commodore of the Northeastern University Yacht Club, and was the Intercollegiate Sailing Dingy Champion in 1938-39. He returned to the University for his 50th Class Reunion to present the Sailing Team with a silver trophy to be awarded annually to the winner of the Kathy Bryan Memorial Alumni Regatta. He also took great pleasure in music, having played the violin, and shared this appreciation with his children and grandchildren. His favorite hobby was collecting clocks and before being stricken with Alzheimer's disease, he was an accomplished woodworker who had inherited a gift for building and refinishing furniture from his father.
He served for several years as President of the Summerville Camellia Society and had been a member of the Timrod Library Board of Directors. He was an active member of the Summerville Preservation Society and St. Paul's Episcopal Church where he had been a member of the vestry. He and Eleanor shared a love of genealogy, and with her assistance, traced his roots back to Mortagne, France. After making this discovery they had the opportunity to visit the city of his origins on several European excursions. He was a member of the Dion D'Amerique Association.
In addition to his four children, one stepson, Mark Richard Thomas of Summerville, one niece, Gloria Dion Hart of Hamilton, MA, he is survived by seven grandchildren: Philip Washington Fairey IV, Walker Fairey Massey, Cameron Richardson Dion, Mary Ellen Georgion, Nelson Dion O'Quinn, Josephine Dion Redmond, Grace Margaret Dion, and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Thomas Walker Dion in July 2012.
A memorial celebration of his life will be held on Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2013 at 3 o'clock in St. Paul's Church. A reception to greet the family will follow in Doar Hall. Interment in the church cemetery prior to the service will be private. For those who wish to make a memorial gift in his honor, the family suggests the following: The Ark, 206 Central Ave., Summerville, SC 29483, The Timrod Library, 217 Central Ave., Summerville, SC 29483, St. Paul's Church, 111 Waring St., Summerville, SC 29483 or Amedisys Hospice, 1027 Physicians Dr., Suite 240, Charleston, SC 29414.
Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home, 130 West 1st North Street, Summerville, SC 29483.
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It's back! MTV's third annual Musical March Madness tips off today (March 12), pitting the 64 bands that matter most against each other in a bracket-battle to the death (OK, no one actually dies, but we're rolling here). And like in previous years, your votes determine who advances on — and who will ultimately hoist the big gold trophy when the tournament ends April 3.
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Author Affiliations: Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (Drs Robbins and Fortenberry); Center for Sexual Health Promotion (Drs Schick, Reece, Herbenick, Sanders, Dodge, and Fortenberry), the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (Dr Sanders), and Department of Gender Studies (Dr Sanders), Indiana University, Bloomington.
Objective To assess masturbation prevalence, frequency, and associations with partnered sexual behaviors.
Design Cross-sectional survey.
Setting The United States of America.
Participants Nationally representative samples of adolescents aged 14 to 17 years.
Main Outcome Measures Solo masturbation, partnered sexual behaviors, and condom use.
Results Across age groups, more males (73.8%) reported masturbation than females (48.1%). Among males, masturbation occurrence increased with age: at age 14 years, 62.6% of males reported at least 1 prior occurrence, whereas 80% of 17-year-old males reported ever having masturbated. Recent masturbation also increased with age in males: 67.6% of 17-year-olds reported masturbation in the past month, compared with 42.9% of 14-year-olds. In females, prior masturbation increased with age (58% at age 17 years compared with 43.3% at age 14 years), but recent masturbation did not. Masturbation was associated with numerous partnered sexual behaviors in both males and females. In males, masturbation was associated with condom use, but in females it was not.
Conclusions Sexual development is a dynamic process during adolescence, and masturbation is an enduring component of sexuality. Fundamental differences appear to exist between male and female sexual expression. Health care providers should recognize that many teens masturbate and discuss masturbation with patients because masturbation is integral to normal sexual development.
Masturbation carries no risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections and may have benefits to sexual and emotional health.1,2 While one major study of male and female college students found no association, positive or negative, between a history of masturbation during early adolescence and sexual satisfaction during young adulthood,3 other studies have shown positive relationships. Among women, masturbation in childhood and adolescence has been associated with positive sexual experiences later in life4 and a healthy self-image.5 In another study of adolescent females aged 16 to 18, those with negative or indifferent views about masturbation reported negative first sexual experiences compared with those who held positive views of masturbation.6
Masturbation is thought to be a common behavior. In studies of older adolescents and adults, masturbation is nearly universal among males and reported by a majority of females.7- 11 In an Australian study, 58% of males and 42% of females aged 15 to 18 years reported at least 1 lifetime episode of masturbation.2 Masturbation onset was found to occur by age 13 years in 53% of males and 25% of females in another retrospective study.12 Also, in a recent national sample of sexual behaviors in the United States (from which data for the current study were obtained), masturbation was more common than any partnered sexual behavior among 14- to 17-year-old adolescents.13
Despite its apparent widespread prevalence, masturbation is a highly stigmatized topic viewed negatively across settings. In research on sexual behavior, masturbation is among the most sensitive topics, and underreporting by adolescents has been found even with the use of confidential reporting techniques.14 Although not universal in all denominations or branches of the world's major religions, guilt, shame, and indulgence continue to be themes all religions associate with masturbation.15,16 The public often views masturbation negatively as well. In the popular media, masturbation is often the subject of jokes.17,18 In 1994, when US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders recommended including masturbation as a topic in public sexual education, she was heavily criticized and ultimately resigned.19 The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) guidelines on sexuality education include masturbation as a key topic,20 but masturbation is often omitted from sexuality education21 even in the context of abstinence-only education.22 Parents report having difficulty discussing masturbation with their adolescent children, some with the hope that their children will view masturbation unfavorably.23- 25 Notably, health care providers also omit discussion of masturbation: in a study where 64% of parents with children aged 12 years or older recalled discussions with their health care provider on sexuality, only 6% of discussions addressed masturbation.26
Improved understanding of masturbation is critical to a comprehensive understanding of healthy adolescent sexual development. In the current study, masturbation frequency and the association between masturbation and other sexual health behaviors and condom use were assessed in a representative sample of American adolescents. Such understanding informs clinical approaches for addressing concerns about masturbation and demonstrates potentially important linkages between masturbation and other sexual health behaviors.
Data were obtained from The National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), a population-based cross-sectional survey, to assess solo and partnered sexual behaviors conducted from March 2009 through May 2009 among adult and adolescent participants recruited via Knowledge Networks research panels (Menlo Park, California).13 Knowledge Networks panels were established based on random-digit dialing methods and address-based sampling. Randomly selected addresses were recruited to research panels through mailings with telephone follow-ups to nonresponders when possible. Once the panels were established, adults within a panel received a recruitment message from Knowledge Networks providing a description of the NSSHB and an invitation to participate. Individuals who agreed to participate were provided with computer hardware and access to the Internet, if needed. All questionnaire data were collected by Knowledge Networks via the Internet. Data obtained via Knowledge Networks have been used in other health-related studies, substantiating the validity of such methods for obtaining data from nationally representative samples of the US population.27
Recruitment included adolescent participants as well as their parents or guardians. A total of 2172 parents and guardians reviewed a description of the study (including the questionnaire): 62% consented to allow their child to be invited via e-mail to participate (n = 1347), 61% of invited adolescents responded (n = 831), and 99% of responding adolescents consented to participate (n = 820) (37% overall participation rate). All study protocols were approved by the institutional review board of Indiana University.
Data regarding gender, age, race/ethnicity, region of residence, education level, and family income were obtained from Knowledge Networks' participant files. The sample was stratified to the December 2008 Current Population Survey US census update.28 Poststratification data weights were used to make population-based estimates within gender, age, and race/ethnicity classifications.
Prevalence and frequency of masturbation was assessed in the context of inquiry about a variety of other sexual behaviors. Specifically, participants were presented with a list of sexual behaviors and asked "Have you done any of the following?" The subsequent cue relevant to masturbation read "I masturbated alone (stimulated your body for sexual pleasure, whether or not you had an orgasm)." This item addressed specific time periods: past 3 months, past year, and lifetime. Participants reporting masturbation either in the past 3 months or past year were subsequently asked "On average, during the past 12 months, about how often did you masturbate alone?" Response options included "a few times per year," "a few times per month," "2-3 times per week," or "4 or more times per week."
Specific sexual behaviors requiring a partner were assessed over the past year. Male and female participants were asked "Have you done any of the following?" and presented with the following sexual behaviors: "A female gave me oral sex (gave me head)"; "A male gave me oral sex (gave me head)"; "I gave oral sex to a female (I gave head)"; "I gave oral sex to a male (I gave head)"; "I masturbated with another person"; "Someone put their penis in my anus (butt)"; and "I had vaginal intercourse (penis in vagina)." Male participants were also asked about the following: "I put my penis in someone's anus (butt)."
In addition, participants were also asked if the indicated partnered sexual behaviors occurred during their most recent sexual experience (answering yes/no for each behavior). If participants answered that they had penile-vaginal intercourse or insertive or receptive anal sex during their most recent sexual experience, they were then asked "Which of the following about the use of a condom during this act of intercourse applies?" Condom use was recorded if the participant answered yes to the following statement: "we used a condom at some point during this sexual act."
Separate analyses were conducted for adolescent men and women. All analyses were conducted using SPSS version 17.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois). Poststratification data weights were used during all analyses to maximize the generalizability of the sample characteristics to the population. Poststratification adjustments were based on current census data on national distributions for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, and location within the United States. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the proportion of adolescents reporting masturbation at any given time period and the distribution of responses by demographic variables, partnered sexual behaviors, and condom use. Approximate 95% confidence intervals were calculated using the adjusted Wald method.
Among the study sample, 50.5% were males (n = 414), 49.5% were females (n = 406), and race/ethnicity, education, family income, and geographic residence distribution reflected the US adolescent population (Table 1). Sexual orientation was self-identified as heterosexual for most participants (93.3%). Approximately half of all participants identified themselves as currently being in a romantic relationship (46.7% of males and 45.6% of females).
Masturbation prevalence, both lifetime and in the past 90 days, was higher in males than females in all age groups (Table 2). Among males, at age 14 years, 62.6% reported ever having masturbated, while 72.7% of 15-year-olds, 78.1% of 16-year-olds, and 80% of 17-year-olds reported ever having masturbated. Among females, 43.3% of 14-year-olds reported a past experience of masturbation; this percentage did not change much until age 17 years, when it was found that 58% had ever masturbated. Although similar numbers of males and females reported masturbation in the past 90 days at age 14 years (42.9% of males and 36.7% of females), the percentage of males who indicated recent masturbation was higher in every subsequent age group, while recent masturbation showed little variation among age groups in females.
Masturbation frequency was also higher among males than females, but no trends by age were apparent for either gender (Table 3). When asked about masturbation frequency in the past year, approximately half of male participants reported masturbation at least twice weekly (49.1%). Among females, 45.5% reported masturbation a few times per year, while only 22.5% reported masturbation frequencies of at least 2 times a week.
Solo masturbation in the past year was associated with partnered sexual behavior among both males and females (Table 4). Males reporting masturbation in the past year were more likely to have engaged in partnered sexual activity (odds ratio [OR], 4.2), and significant associations existed with penile-vaginal intercourse (OR, 4.3), giving oral sex (OR, 4.1), and receiving oral sex (OR, 3.0). Among females, engaging in solo masturbation was also associated with partnered sexual activity (OR, 4.5) including partnered masturbation (OR, 8.4), giving oral sex (OR, 5.5), receiving oral sex (OR, 3.2), penile-vaginal intercourse (OR, 2.1), and anal intercourse (OR, 14.0).
Because masturbation may be associated with increased sexual self-awareness, we explored potential associations between masturbation in the past year and condom use among adolescents reporting penile-vaginal intercourse for their most recent partnered sexual event. Condom use was associated with solo masturbation in males but not females (Table 5). Among males who reported penile-vaginal intercourse during their last sexual event, masturbation in the past year was associated with condom use (OR, 8.5). The small number of adolescents reporting anal sex precluded analysis of condom use during this sexual event, and condom use during oral sexual encounters was not inquired about.
This article presents data on the prevalence, frequency, and sexual behavior correlates of masturbation in a national sample of adolescents in the United States as part of a larger survey of sexual behavior and condom use. In both males and females, masturbation is a commonplace experience of adolescent sexual development. In addition to the high prevalence of masturbation, the association of masturbation with other sexual behaviors makes it an important factor in adolescent sexuality.
This research reports that prevalence and frequency of masturbation differs markedly between males and females throughout adolescence. Gender differences in masturbation are among the largest and most consistent of any aspect of sexual behavior.29 Reasons for these large gender differences are not well understood. Primate studies suggest that regular masturbation maintains semen and sperm quality,30 and regular masturbation together with nocturnal emissions has been suggested to maintain sperm quality in humans as well.31 Differences in brain organization related to sexual arousal and androgenic hormonal influences may also play a role.32,33 Genital anatomical differences in pleasure sensation between males and females may also explain why masturbation is less common in females.34 Additionally, masturbation onset has been found to be associated with pubertal onset in males but not in females, suggesting that hormonal influences on masturbation differ among males and females.35 Finally, strong influences of society and culture, best expressed by a sexual double standard that condones male sexual expressions and suppresses female sexuality, are also likely.36 Such influences would appear to affect male and female participants differently in their responses to questions on their own masturbation as well, perhaps accounting for some of the observed gender differences in masturbation.
The association of masturbation with other sexual behaviors indicates that masturbation is an important component of adolescent sexuality rather than an isolated or transient phenomenon. Our cross-sectional data cannot address whether masturbation typically precedes or follows initiation of other sexual behaviors. However, masturbation appears to endure even as other sexual behaviors develop and is one way adolescents experience sexuality. Thus, dismissing masturbation as a developmental phase misconstrues its role throughout adolescent sexuality.
Notably, masturbation was associated with higher condom use rates in adolescent males. While this association was found in a subsample of the participants, the association of any behavior with increased condom use deserves further investigation, given the rates of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections in adolescents.37 Masturbation has long been promoted as a means to greater body awareness, perhaps explaining the association of condom use with masturbation in males but not females.
Our findings represent the most recent and comprehensive investigation on adolescent masturbation in the United States. A few points, however, should be noted when interpreting these data. These findings represent masturbation prevalence, frequency, and associations with other sexual behaviors. No conclusions can be made on why adolescents masturbate or the exact role masturbation plays in adolescent sexuality and sexual development, areas deserving of future research. In addition, the interactions of masturbation and sexual development is a dynamic process during childhood and adolescence. Because our youngest participants were 14 years old, and at this age a high proportion of males and females reported masturbation, further investigations should include younger ages to provide a more complete picture of masturbation in childhood and adolescence. With inclusion of younger ages, and even the 14-year-olds in this study, attention should be given to the participants' comprehension of the word masturbation. We attempted to define masturbation (by asking "Have you stimulated your body for sexual pleasure?"), but defining masturbation involves the assumption that participants understand complex concepts such as sexual pleasure, and it is possible that some 14-year-olds and younger adolescents will not understand such concepts regardless of the definition. In addition, male and female adolescents may comprehend the same description of masturbation differently based on how they experience sexual pleasure, possibly explaining some of the gender differences seen in our data.
Finally, a volunteer bias may exist, in that first parents and then the adolescents had to agree to participate in a study on sexuality, with 62% of parents consenting after reading a description of the study and 61% of invited adolescents responding to the initial e-mail. Responding adolescents and those families who agreed to allow their child to participate in a study on sexual behavior may differ from nonresponding adolescents and families who declined. While data on those who did not agree to participate are unavailable, sampling procedures were used to minimize potential sociodemographic differences. Because the sexual behavior of those who did not consent or respond is unknown, we cannot analyze sexual behavior differences between these groups to estimate the size of this bias.
Professional organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recognize masturbation as a normal component of child and adolescent development and recommend that health care providers educate their patients on masturbation as part of discussions on sexuality during preventative health visits throughout childhood, beginning in the preschool years.38- 40 Because of the prevalence, frequency, and associations of masturbation with other sexual behaviors, its omission as a core component of adolescent sexuality limits our clinical capacity to fully understand and address adolescent sexual development. Adolescents may receive information about masturbation in school and from parents, but an informal Google search on "questions about masturbation on websites for adolescents" indicates that many questions remain. Well-informed health care providers with the authority of clinical medicine and the capacity to provide greater privacy, individualized discussions, and the ability to respond to questions confidentially play an important role in adolescents' sexuality education. The findings of this study together with existing publications on masturbation should be used by health care providers to inform, educate, and reassure adolescents about masturbation to provide competent and comprehensive sexuality education in the clinical setting.
Correspondence: Cynthia L. Robbins, MD, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 410 W 10th St, HS 1001, Indianapolis, IN 46202 (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Accepted for Publication: May 25, 2011.
Published Online: August 1, 2011. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.142
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Reece, Herbenick, Sanders, Dodge, and Fortenberry. Acquisition of data: Reece, Herbenick, Sanders, Dodge, and Fortenberry. Analysis and interpretation of data: Robbins, Schick, Reece, Herbenick, Sanders, and Fortenberry. Drafting of the manuscript: Robbins, Reece, Herbenick, Dodge, and Fortenberry. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Robbins, Schick, Sanders, Dodge, and Fortenberry. Statistical analysis: Schick and Sanders. Obtained funding: Reece, Herbenick, Sanders, and Fortenberry. Administrative, technical, and material support: Robbins, Reece, Herbenick, Dodge, and Fortenberry. Study supervision: Reece, Herbenick, and Fortenberry.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: Data collection for the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior was supported by Church & Dwight Co Inc, Princeton, New Jersey. Manuscript preparation was supported in part by the Indiana Leadership and Education in Adolescent Health (grant T71 MC00008 from the Maternal-Child Health Bureau).
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Faces of Food Safety: Olga Morales
Using every day as a new learning experience and believing passionately in what she does, Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS) Olga Morales said she still feels the same motivation to go to work today as she did when she started with the agency as an egg products Inspector in Elizabeth, N.J., more than 2 decades ago. "I just knew I wanted to be a part of the FSIS workforce," she said.
Morales worked her way up the FSIS career ladder from inspector to her current position as Acting Program Manager for the Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and Review, or OPEER. OPEER reviews, assesses and evaluates FSIS programs. She works in that division's Enforcement Branch where she manages cases involving violations of FSIS' statutes and regulations. For the uninitiated, her job may seem like a technical, no-nonsense position that offers little opportunity for fun, but for Morales, she said it is her "dream job."
"I love this job. No, I really love this job," Morales said. "People can't believe it when I say that. I love what I am doing today as much as I did when I started. I have a passion to help the American people. I also have a strong belief that I am part of an excellent public servant group that is responsible for promoting and ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry and processed egg products are safe and wholesome."
Morales got her start in Elizabeth, N.J., as part of FSIS' Albany district office. Through the years, she has worked as a
Consumer Safety Inspector in Puerto Rico, where she conducted inspection activities to ensure that meat and poultry slaughter and processing establishments were in compliance with FSIS statutory and regulatory requirements. She worked as an Enforcement, Investigation and Analysis Officer performing in-depth verification and comprehensive assessments of the meat and poultry establishments' food safety systems to determine their compliance with the Federal Meat Inspection Act, Poultry Products Inspection Act and other regulatory requirements.
"I love what I am doing today as much as I did when I started. I have a passion to help the American people."
Olga Morales
In the mid-2000s, Morales joined FSIS' headquarters staff in Washington, D.C., where she worked as a Compliance Specialist with OPEER, reviewing reports involving violations and fraudulent activities, and as a Senior Compliance Specialist, where she evaluated administrative and criminal cases associated with regulatory violations.
The road - and the ocean - that got her here
And while Morales said she worked hard to get where she is today, she said she has come a long way in both her career and her roots.
Morales was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. She said she knew at age 5 that she wanted a career where she could help people and "make a difference" in their lives. It was in high school that her interest in science grew and she had the opportunity to do well in her favorite subjects—anything related to science.
Following high school, she studied at the InterAmerican University in Puerto Rico and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology. She began her federal career with the U.S. Department of Defense working as a health technician, followed by other health-related jobs in the private sector.
Morales views FSIS as her career destination
This job, she said, has offered a diversity of experiences. "I have been able to do so many things," Morales said. Each of those opportunities led to positions with greater responsibilities, and these challenges also "feed my addiction to work."
Morales said she is the first to admit she is a bit of a workaholic. "I hear it all the time," she gushed. "People ask me why I work so hard, and I tell them I enjoy what I am doing. I am always thinking about work and what I can do better. I am proud of my work and I want everyone to know that."


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Alyse Ritchie ('12) | Youth & Family Ministry
Junior from Belton, Texas
Alyse Ritchie's time at ACU can be summarized with one word: teamwork.
Ever since she walked onto the 2010 Lone Star Conference champion women's soccer team as a freshman, she has been enmeshed in a community - of athletes, of women, of Christians.
"It's become a family to me," the junior youth and family ministry major - and midfielder - from Belton says. "That's become my group of friends and my support group. Our relationships have grown, new teammates have come in, and those relationships have grown.
"They encourage me to be my best. It's not just for myself. I play for the team."
But teamwork isn't something she's learned only on the field of competition; she's learned it in the field of ministry, too, as she prepares to mentor middle- and high-school-age girls.
Through the classes, friends and experiences she's had at ACU, Alyse has discovered the joy of being part of the body of Christ - in whatever role she's called to play.
"Initially, I heard [ACU's motto] 'Change the World,' and I thought it meant to go out and do something great, like go to Thailand or start TOMS Shoes," she said. "While ACU has offered the means to go do that, you can also do it in the neighborhood. You can be what one of my professors called the 'missionary around the corner.' "
Alyse is evidence that ACU's commitment to Christian education remains as strong as ever - and that its students rely more than ever on the generosity of ACU's friends and alumni.
"The education and experiences I've been able to have at ACU have been better than I would have gotten anywhere else," she said. "I believe that what I have been taught here has changed my life."
A long legacy
Ritchie is not the first member of her family on track to obtain a degree in the biblical studies field - far from it.
In 1931, Mary Tackett graduated from Abilene Christian College with a bachelor's degree in biblical text, just the second woman in the young institution's history to graduate with a Bible degree.
She met her husband, Eris Alton Ritchie, at ACC. Their son and his son both met their wives on campus. Now Alyse, a fourth-generation ACU student, also plans to marry someone she met through ACU, once she graduates in December 2011.
Her father, like his grandmother 50 years before, was a biblical text major; he now serves as a minister at Lake Jackson Church of Christ. Her grandfather, Dr. Joe T. Ritchie, served 19 years on the ACU Board of Trustees.
"I've known about ACU all my life," she said.
Still, she said, she looked to see if she could receive better youth ministry training elsewhere. She couldn't.
"Those schools didn't have the program or the atmosphere ACU did," she said. "ACU had the best environment for my major, for my passion - especially for women."
But college education isn't cheap, and the ministry doesn't pay lucrative salaries.
"I for sure needed scholarships," Alyse said. "It's been what's kept me here, for sure."
Alyse cobbled together five scholarships, neither of them particularly large, but together they pay for more than half her tuition.
As a result, Alyse has the freedom to grow as a student and soccer player - and as a team member in the kingdom of God. She has completed two internships, including one at a Rhode Island Church of Christ in which she functioned essentially as the youth minister for a summer.
"It's been a growing process through my experiences and through my classes," she said. "You can come in with an idea, but God's shaped it.
"I knew I wanted to be a youth minister, but God has given me that longing to shepherd adolescent girls so they can grow in confidence as God's creation - not to let the world define them, but to let God define them."
Alyse sees a common thread through her time at ACU: Little things can make a difference.
Individual teammates work together to win a championship. Small gifts together can create a scholarship, and several smaller scholarships can fund an education.
And one education can affect many more lives.
"Everything that has happened here is because of the money I received to come here," she said. "Thank you for what you give - even if it's just a little bit. Little gifts here and there can change a life."
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Sun Microsystems, Cloud Computing and the premier European VC event 'Entrepreneur Country'
By eclectic on Feb 17, 2009
At Sun UK we recently supported and attended "Entrepreneur Country" a major European Start Up and VC event.
Acting as a rallying cry to the entrepreneurial, VC and Start-up communities, the event affirmed that now is the best time to start your own company and that entrepreneurs were key to the recovery of the economy from the recession.
Almost 300 of the UK's leading entrepreneurs, including Caffè Nero founder Gerry Ford and Betfair co-founder and Chairman Edward Wray, shared stories of success at the event. Roman Stanek, a founder of NetBeans, and now founder and CEO of Good Data Corp and successful serial entrepreneur, said "tough times create tough companies", whilst Gerry Ford, urged us to "be restless and relentless" in the pursuit of success. The seminars were held at the Institute of Directors (IoD) in central London and coincided with the official launch of Entrepreneur Country online.
Other highlights of the day included keynotes from Sir Paul Judge (from the Enterprise Education Trust on 'Risk and Enterprise'), Glen Manchester (Founder and CEO of Thunderhead), Ed Wray (Co-Founder and Chairman of Betfair), Niall Harbison (Founder and Chef at iFoods.tv), and David Courtier-Dutton and Paul Brown (from SliceThePie).
The event was organised and hosted by Ariadne Capital, an entrepreneurial investment and advisory firm. Ariadne was set up by current CEO Julie Meyer; probably best known as being a founder of First Tuesday, the largest global network of entrepreneurs (which many credit for igniting the Internet generation across Europe).
The agenda also included two panel sessions discussing Online Gaming (and virtual worlds) and Cloud Computing (and, to an extent, it's impact on the entrepreneurial, VC and Start-up communities and how they might best capitalise on it). The later of which I had been asked to take part in of behalf of Sun. Cannily I kept mental notes and have been able to write the session up as a separate blog post "Cloud Computing panel interview with Sun Microsystems at 'Entrepreneur Country'" (for further background material on Cloud Computing you may also want to check out my "Cloud Relationship Model" article). The questions we were asked included:
- Surely we've heard all of this before in various forms and guises? What is different this time? Why will it work? ...response #1
- For this stuff to become truly embedded it will need to move from the man in the street to the corporate. Corporate CIOs are a risk averse bunch especially when you move into some sectors (e.g. Financial Services). What will influence the CIOs' buying decision? ...response #2
- It was all very easy when you went out and bought or developed software, installed it yourself, ran it yourself, etc. Does working in the cloud bring new issues with regards to data ownership, IP rights, other legal issues, etc.? ...response #3
- What is your vision for the future and where this goes? ...response #4
- An audience driven Q and A session including responses to "What do you think of Microsoft's Azure Cloud initiative?" and "What is Sun's Cloud Computing strategy?" ...response #5
I really enjoyed the day and had a productive time networking and meeting people, all of whom shared with me their vision, enthusiasm and wonderful business ideas. I met people from MovieStorm, TechnologyDen, NewVoiceMedia, Broadcom UK, SaaSPlex, Spinvox, Teamer, and a quite a few others too. Some of these companies had been funded by Enterprise Ireland and it was very good to see them there as well as representatives from the UK's Technology Strategy Board.
Accompanying the days themes of Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurism were handouts, books and other resources, and I picked up a copy of Jeremy Coller's new book "The Lives, Loves and Deaths of Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors".
On the night we went to an associated networking dinner where I fell deep into conversation with a number of people including Paul Flanagan, Executive for Digital Entertainment at Ariadne, Declan Cunningham, Director at Ariadne, and Tom Salmon, founder of AfterShow and Traffic Digital.
The event was supported by the Sun UK Internet Business team, led by Paul Tarantino, with additional support from Simon Culmer, Director of Sales from the UK executive management team, as well as myself. Here's the official write up, a variety of photos taken and also a selection of video recordings.
Thanks to Rebecca Temple, Manager of Portfolio Marketing at Ariadne, here's a variety of some of the other coverage of the day, much of it focused on the business messages we heard:
- David Bailey - Entrepreneur Country - Hunting New Beasts
- Aristos Peters - Entrepreneur Country - Ariadne Capital Event
- Real Business - Matthew Rock - Betfair boss: best time ever to start a business
- Rosalie Marsh - Business leaders issue call to entrepreneurs
- Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs can lead us out of recession' claim business leaders
- Will Sturgeon - Why UK will become entrepreneur country in 2009
- Women Unlimited - Julie Hall - Entrepreneur Country - learning from the best
Please note that this article was originally written and posted at my blog and I've included it as a guest article here too for those interested in the 'Entrepreneur Country' event. The original article is hosted here: http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/sun_ariadne_capital_entrepreneur_country
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There was a disconnect somewhere and it seems like it was from Iginla. Either Calgary knowingly misrepresented Iginla's wishes or he changed his mind or something. But it's bad form out of Calgary for sure. Boston thought they had a deal, not just for minutes but for at least half a day.


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Friday, April 18, 2014
There are some games you dont forget.
This was one of them.
This game had it all lots of blown calls, great defensive plays, hard hustle by both teams, passionate debate from the coaches, umpires and even some fans.
When the dust settled Hartsville came out on top, winning 5-2 in the HIT bracket finals over Berkeley April 16.
There was no love lost between these two newborn rivals, who will probably meet again somewhere down the line in the playoffs with a season on the line.
The Stags cant wait.
This is war plain and simple, said Coach Landy Cox during the 11-inning, three-and-a-half hour marathon that didnt end until almost midnight.
The game saw classic pitching from Stags hurlers Joe Glauser and Jeffrey Stone, pitching out of possible game-ending jams. Everything a coach wants to see.
There was some great clutch hitting with the Stags down by a run in the seventh inning to keep the game alive, and potential game-winning hits in the extra innings only to have the rally squelched by a great defensive play from Hartsville.
A three-run top of the eleventh gave the game to Hartsville, but as Cox told his players, this is just the HIT tournament.
We resume playing for real next week for the real prize, a region championship, he said.
This game and how the Berkeley nine played throughout the tournament was one giant leap for Stag-kind in realizing a back-to-back region title.
Zach Gonzales, had himself a day, following stellar eight-inning pitching performance earlier in the day with a three-hit night. And when Hartsville didnt walk him, his outs left a couple red marks behind.
Kyle Garrick continued his clutch hitting for the tournament with a pair of hits.
Stone, who relieved Glauser in the sixth, pitched out of jam after jam, scattering seven hits over four-and-two-thirds innings.
A 35-minute bench clearing altercation in the eighth inning delayed the contest.
These were two great ball teams going nose-to-nose and refusing to give an inch, Cox said. Great baseball game.
The Stags finished 3-1 for the HIT tournament and stand at 15-3 for the year.
The five runs surrendered to Hartsville were the most runs given up by the Stags all season and resulted in a tiny bump to Berkeleys team 0.88 ERA.
This team throws strikes and when opponents hit the ball, one of the eight guys behind the mound catches it.
Glauser and Stone have gobbled up a ton of quality innings on the mound while Gonzales got healthy. Now, with the playoffs looming, BHS will enter the fray with three game-stopping arms.
At the plate the Stags are hitting .312 as a team. Not as high as the two previous seasons, but they get the big hits when they are needed most.
Dillon Salisbury hasnt taken a bad swing all season and leads the way with a .426 average. Chase Ganey, just a sophomore, follows up at .421 and found himself at the plate with the game on the line several times last week alone.
More times than not the Stags third baseman has delivered the big hits.
Berkeley averages a little more than seven runs a game to support a pitching staff that allows less than a run a game.
The Stags resume play this week with four games in four days, hitting the road to take on Stall and Orangeburg-Wilkinson, plus a non-region tilt against Summerville sandwiched in between, before returning to Jim Bradley Field on Thursday to play Hilton Head for the Region 8AAA championship.
Dog pile sightings are expected.
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NEW CUMBERLAND - A new Web site is in the works for Hancock County.
"Our Web site's old," Commissioner Dan Greathouse said. "I don't think it's as user-friendly as we can make it."
Commissioners recently approved a "complete renovation" of the county's Web site - HancockCountyWV.org - to the tune of $8,250. Black Bloom Photo & Design, of New Cumberland, was awarded the contract.
Upgrades to the site will include new content and new artwork, transfer of existing written content, creation of a media section for audio and video format, a new county commissioner calendar and a new page for the sheriff's department, said Thomas Zielinsky, executive director of the county's Office of Technology and Communications.
"The cost includes a complete makeover of the entire Web site, with upgrading to current Web standards," Zielinsky said.
Greathouse said the new features will make the Web site easier for the public to use. "We hope to have it up and running in 90 days," he said.
The decision by commissioners to overhaul the county's Web site comes at a time of increasing scrutiny of government Web sites at the city, county and state levels.
Last year, the Sunshine Review, a non-profit organization based in Arlington, Va., released its review of West Virginia's official state, county, large city and school district Web sites - a review in which most sites fared poorly.
The organization reviewed Web sites for transparency and the inclusion of, among other things, budgets, contact information for officials, audits, contracts and public records. State agencies overall got a transparency grade of A-, while counties got an overall grade of D.
The five largest counties in West Virginia were reviewed in 2012, while the remaining, including Hancock County, were reviewed in 2009. Hancock County's Web site dates back to 2004, according to the Internet archive Wayback Machine.
The Sunshine Review gave Hancock County's Web site a grade of F because eight out of 10 "transparency features" are either missing or incomplete - budgets, meetings, elected officials, permits/zoning, audits, contracts, lobbying information and public records.
The Sunshine Review credited the Web site for including local tax information, contact information for administrative personnel, the names of county commissioners and meeting dates. However, meeting minutes are not provided, nor is contact information for individual commissioners, the review said.
The review also faulted the Hancock County site for not posting an annual budget or information on obtaining public records.
Also receiving a failing grade from the Sunshine Review was the Hancock County Schools Web site, which was reviewed in 2010.
Hancock County Assessor Joseph Alongi has his own Web site, which allows users to access information about property taxes, levy rates, property records and property sales.
According to the Sunshine Review, counties should disclose more information on their Web sites so that residents are able to gauge whether a county government is effective, competent, frugal with taxpayer money and in compliance with public records and open meetings laws.
In a related matter, Hancock County commissioners have asked Zielinsky to develop a new social media policy for county employees.
Such a policy is necessary to protect the county and its employees when it comes to using Facebook, Twitter and other social media, Greathouse said. "We want a policy in place that gives people an idea of what they can say, what's appropriate and what's permissible," he said.


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Central National Jersey Show champion journeys from Illinois
The four-year old cow form Tremont, Illinois tops the Jersey Show. A Jersey from the same herd tops the 100,000 pound class ousting Huronia Centurion Veronica 20 J.
The Jersey cows and heifers came out in full force for the 2011 Central National Jersey show held on the World Dairy Expo grounds. Hank Van Exel of Lodi, California and associate judge Nathan Thomas of Cable, Ohio, were tasked with judging the 212 cows and 149 heifers that walked on the colored shavings. During their two days in the ring they looked at 361 of the top Jersey animals in the world.
Grand and Reserve Champion female honors went to a pair of four year olds. Taking home Grand Champion honor was Pine Haven Ssm Marmie owned by Nic, Jeni, Ben and Andy Sauder of Tremont, Illinois. Hillacres Morrae Maryland from Budjon Farms in Lomira, Wisconsin took Reserve Grand honors. This same pair were the Senior and Reserve Senior champions of the show. Honorable mention went to the cow hailing form Pleasant Plain, Ohio, Frederick 2783 Adventure S Lackey owned by H Radar, Gene Iager and Craig and Emily Walton.
The Junior Champion Female of the Junior Show, Sunset Canyon Governor Fp Belle, is owned by Valery Silva of Beaver, Oregon.
The Junior Champion heifer was Arethusa Tequila Velveteen from Litchfield, Connecticut. Taking reserve honors was E Jewels Iatola Sunrise owned by Gene Iager and Kevin Ehrhardt of Fulton, Maryland. The Intermediate champions were September Star Impuls owned by Buster Goff of Hobbs, New Mexico. Marlau Comerica Fabienne Lookout from Canton De Hatley, Quebec, Canada took reserve.


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NEW CUMBERLAND-Newell Memorial Field hasn't even changed hands, and already it's taking its place in local lore.
Some Hancock County residents with a special cause want to make sure the historic football stadium doesn't pass from memory too quickly. So they contacted Cat's Meow, the "sill sitter" company in Wooster, Ohio, and developed an illustrated wooden replica of Newell Memorial Stadium.
One hundred of the pieces were made, and they're selling quickly, said Melissa Reed, of New Manchester, who sits on the fundraising committee of the West Virginia-Northern Autism Community Chapter of the Autism Society.
The chapter serves as a support group for parents of children with autism and other disabilities.
Reed said she and chapter treasurer Chris Fair came up with the idea while discussing fundraising opportunities. "I said, 'Let's do some sill sitters of the (Weirton elementary) schools that are closing,' and Chris said, 'Maybe we should do one of the Field'"
Before they contacted Cat's Meow, they contacted Hancock County Schools. "We wanted to make sure they were fine with it, so Chris approached (Superintendent) Sue Smith and got permission to do that," Reed said.
Fair, of Weirton, said the chapter has worked closely with the school system since the chapter's founding in 1999. What's more, Cat's Meow has worked with the Autism Society in the past, she said.
"I'm a Cat's Meow collector, so I called the company, and ... they were very receptive to non-profits working with them," Fair said.
The sill sitter depicts Newell Memorial Field in color and features prominently the World War I and II memorial that serves as an entrance to the stadium. On the back is a brief history of the stadium, which opened in 1950 and hosted its last Oak Glen Golden Bears home football game on Oct. 14, 2011.
The stadium is being sold as surplus property by the Hancock County school board to the Hancock County commissioners for $400,000.
Replicas can be purchased for $15 at the following locations: Citizens Drug Store in Chester, Salon da Vinci in Chester, New Cumberland RX Center and Swaney Memorial Library in New Cumberland. More will be ordered if they sell out.
Reed said a replica is being developed of the old Jimmy Carey Stadium in Weirton, which also is being sold by the school board.
In a similar initiative, New Cumberland Community Projects has just released its sixth historic sill sitter, featuring the J. Robert Haworth mural at Swaney Memorial Library.
The mural replica is the sixth in a series of sill sitters depicting historic sites in and around New Cumberland: the Pride Park clock, the Hancock County Courthouse Civil War statue, the Hines Park gazebo, Gravel Hill Academy and old U.S. Lock 9.
The sill sitters, at $12 apiece, are available for sale at the New Cumberland Candle Company, and proceeds benefit New Cumberland Community Projects.
George Hines, community service director for New Cumberland, said the Haworth mural depicts the town as it looked in 1954 and includes pieces of local history. Haworth was an art teacher at Weir High School.
"When you're growing up in New Cumberland, you always went to the library back in the day, and you'd just sit there and stare at that picture," Hines said.
The wooden collection was developed by Sea Pines Art in Madison, Ohio.


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Kyle allegedly had 80 grams of marijuana
February 21, 2013
A Norton man accused of transporting approximately 80 grams of marijuana in his car was arrested late Tuesday night after police allegedly spotted him driving with a license plate that was registere......
Kyle ... learn some kind of trade while you're locked up ... a career in pharmaceutics doesn't appear to be very promising for you!
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Aren't you Mr. Laffy Taffy?
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Thanks for the avant-garde input jenn82 ... perhaps this fellow is a relative of yours??
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quote: The bean counters are quick enough to point out how much money it saves at the outset. Yet, they crawl under a rock when all the costs of training and rectifying errors become clear over time.
quote: And a REDUCTION in insurance costs??? You're just lying now, that's so far from reality it's shocking.
quote: You can blame businesses all you want for doing what makes sense, or you can help turn this thing around and make America, once again, the place where things get done and stuff gets built.
quote: I love the idea that Americans are supposed to be patriotic. I truly do. I'm wondering when corporations (who are supposed to be people) will start behaving like they love this country too.
quote: How does patriotism have anything to do with this? Don't try to make this some emotional issue, that's cheap.If you want less outsourcing, it's really simple, cut taxes, cut the red tape, cut the bullcrap environmental penalties and pay-for-play scams, and just let businesses do business.
quote: The only tax that is flat isn't flat. In order for the tax to not be regressive is to have one that takes into account the fact that money makes money.The more money one has, the more "tools" that person has at their disposal to get more. That's why we have companies and individuals of high income who pay very little in taxes, or even get money back (like GE).A flat tax is favored by so-called conservatives (plutocrats in disguise) because it pretends to be something it isn't: fair.
quote: How does patriotism have anything to do with this? Don't try to make this some emotional issue, that's cheap.
quote: Fine, then please respond to the very legitimate points regarding stolen IP and drop in service issues that I brought up. It's the price Americans are forced to pay if the entire supply side of the *Amercan* market offshores.
quote: Here's a creative solution, executives should be paid in the same proportion to what offshore labor is compared to American labor.


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wen are they going to make it so you can talk face to face well not really face to face but you no what i mean but when
What? Are you talking about some kind of webcam chat? ---"What do you see in front of your fists?"
Webcam would be cool, but I think he's asking about something like IMing.
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LITTLE VALLEY – A Randolph woman was ordered by Cattaraugus County Judge Ronald D. Ploetz this week to serve a one-year jail term on her guilty plea to a felony charge of fourth-degree grand larceny.
Bridget M. Bardo, 30, stole more than $1,000 worth of property in a Town of Coldspring incident last April. Bardo, who also was charged with driving while intoxicated last March in the Town of Poland, also was ordered to make full restitution, prosecutors said this week.
In other cases, District Attorney Lori Pettit Rieman said:
• Dale A. Kelley, 53, of Little Valley, was ordered by Ploetz to make full restitution to the county of more than $3,000 after his conviction of felony welfare fraud. He illegally obtained welfare benefits from June 2008 to October 2011.
• Michele A. Schneider, 52, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to aggravated DWI. She is accused of driving drunk last Aug. 24 with a child in her car in the Town of Red House.
• Danielle L. Bennett, 21, of Allegany, pleaded guilty to DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle without an interlock device. Rieman said Bennett had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.19 percent after she was stopped Oct. 27 in Olean. Bennett's license was revoked at the time because of an earlier alcohol-related driving conviction.
• Darren J. Herbert, 42, of Olean, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempted burglary and obstructing governmental administration. He broke into an Olean building Aug. 25 and fought with police.
• Kenny R. Everts, 30, of Franklinville, pleaded guilty to second-degree menacing for intimidating another person during an argument Aug. 18 in the Town of Freedom.
Also this week, Ploetz took felony drug sale pleas from:
• Nichole M. Gilbert, 30, of Salamanca, for selling cocaine Aug. 15 in the Town of Allegany.
• Chad E. Smith Sr., 40, of Olean, for selling a narcotic preparation of Buprenorphine in Olean on Jan. 21, 2012.
• Reginald K. Crouse, 73, of Salamanca, for selling a prescription painkiller Oct. 20, 2011 in Salamanca.
• David Showers, 20, for selling heroin last May 31 in Olean.
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"It's affecting her milk production and, quite simply, breaking her heart," a friend of the new mom, who welcomed daughter Alijah Mary with Baskett in May, tells PEOPLE.
While friends have been rallying around the mother of two – Alijah's older brother, Hank IV, is 4½ – one person who has lent his unwavering support is Wilkinson's former boyfriend Hugh Hefner.
"She said that Hef has offered to help in any way he can but has been urging her to try and work it out, as he knows how hard divorce can be on the kids," says the source. "But that if she is going to leave, to do it now while the kids are young enough not to remember life any other way."
Baskett, 31, allegedly cheated on his wife with a transsexual model. Wilkinson has since been spotted without her wedding ring and "cries every day," says the friend, but she is holding off on making any drastic decisions about her marriage for the sake of their children.
A source also tells PEOPLE that the couple's marital troubles will be documented on Wilkinson's reality show, Kendra on Top.
"Hank and Kendra are fully engaged in the show," the source said. "People who want to see the two of them will definitely see the two of them. The cameras have been rolling. Viewers will get to see everything."
For more on Kendra's struggle to keep her family together, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday


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Santa Barbara City College linebacker and Truckee High grad Morgan Nevin was recently selected to the All-State Region 5 football squad.
Along with Nevin, offensive tackle Wade Norberg from South Tahoe also was named to the All-State team.
Nevin, a 6-0 freshman and key member of Truckee's 2009 and 2010 state championship teams, was the top tackler in Southern California, averaging 11.8 per game for the SBCC Vaqueros. Nevin had 45 solo tackles and 15 for loss.
He recorded 11 or more tackles in seven of his 10 games with a season-high of 17 in the Aug. 31 opener versus Hancock.
"Morgan is a very good tackler who runs well," said fifth-year SBCC head coach Craig Moropoulos. "We knew he had the capabilities. He's got a great work ethic and that helped him have a great freshman year."
Norberg is a 6-6, 211-pound sophomore and two-year starter for the Vaqueros.
"He's a technician who's very smart, very coachable and has a great work ethic," Moropoulos said. "That helps him make up for that fact that he's not as big as some linemen.
"Getting two guys on the all-state team is a good accomplishment. They were both unanimous choices on the all-conference team. It's always nice to see young people recognized for their hard work and commitment."
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Her final wish
Diagnosed with cancer, woman hopes to visit Disney World
February 4, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Lucy Davidson's 70-year-old mother was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in January. The diagnosis was conclusive. The prognosis left little optimism....
I really hope she gets her wish before it's too late. She looks like a person who likes to have fun. I wish her and her daughter nothing but the best. Enjoy ever single minute you have with your mom so you have no regrets at all. But it seems that the Daughter does enjoy and spend a lot of time with the mother. May God bless your family. I wish I could give some help to make sure she goes but times are too tough right now. But if anyone out there is in the position to be able to help please do so and let this woman have her last wonderful time being a big kid.
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My mother died of the same thing at 60. I'll have to check out the site and see what I can do to help.
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