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Having reached 50 singles on the adult contemporary chart, Barry Manilow is still performing before large audiences.
He returns to Washington to play "A Capitol Fourth" on the West Lawn of the Capitol on Thursday as part of a concert that will include Candice Glover, Scotty McCreery, Darren Criss, Megan Hilty, Jackie Evancho, the cast of "Motown: The Musical," John Williams and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jack Everly before the fireworks kick in. The 33rd annual event will be broadcast live on PBS.
Recently over the phone from Palm Springs, Manilow chatted about the performance and its key pyrotechnic turn, the prospects for him becoming a judge on "American Idol," the mellowing of critics, how young pop stars handle fame and how older ones continue.
Q. I can't believe you're 70.
A. You and me both. It's so odd. That number just doesn't make any sense. When my grandfather was 70, the best he could do was to bring up phlegm.
I still feel the same way I always have. I'm creative and energetic and never stop. It just doesn't make any sense, but frankly I'm just grateful that I'm healthy and working and still got my hair. What more can I ask?
Q. Has your touring slowed at all?
A. When I began, I used to tour for months at a time. I don't do that anymore. I do weekends. I do one-nighters. But I don't tour the way I used to. That got to me.
Q. You're back for "A Capitol Fourth" for the first time since 2009.
A. Back by popular demand I guess. I thought it'd be 10 years before they asked me back, and it's only been four years. I certainly am looking forward to it. It was a great experience last time. Especially to be able to play my song "Let Freedom Ring" with that orchestra and those fireworks, wow, it was really fantastic.
Q. Will "Let Freedom Ring" be the climactic song again this time?
A. It will be. I'm pretty sure I'll close the evening with that song. I'll have a huge choir, and on the last key change, they hit the fireworks and it's really something.
Q. Are there other songs in your repertoire that tend to resonate with the patriotic theme?
A. I wrote a song called "One Voice," and I wouldn't call it patriotic, but it's an inspiring song. But "Let Freedom Ring" is right on the head. I'm doing three or four more songs at the beginning of the show and then I end with "Let Freedom Ring."
Q. Have you had any problems playing outdoors?
A. You just do it. You just get through it. I've done it for so many years. If we're doing outdoor shows, we're usually lucky enough to have a roof over the band. If we don't have a roof over the band, then that's a problem, because the musicians' instruments get wet, and the electricity goes out. But it's really the audience that gets wet because they have no roof over them. I remember when we did the July Fourth, I think there's a roof over the orchestra and the area that we play, so I guess it's the audience that's going to have to bring umbrellas.
Q. A couple of the other performers on the bill are from "American Idol" – Candice Glover, the recent winner; Scotty McCreery. You've had some experience there as a mentor. Is that something you'd like to return to?
A. I love doing it. And I hope I helped them. I did it three times. I worked with the kids before they got onstage. I worked with them for a week before they got onstage on arrangements and gave them some suggestions, and I hope it helped. I loved doing it back then.
A. I know what the audiences want to hear these days. I can tell. They want to hear the songs they know. And I'm happy to do them. Now and again, I throw in an album cut and they're very polite. They put up with me doing a song they've never heard, then I do "Ready to Take a Chance Again" and the roof caves in.
Q. One of your recent albums of original material, "15 Minutes," was a commentary on contemporary pop stardom.
A. I did it from the point of view of a young guy who wanted fame. But it could happen to a businessman, too. They could be successful and famous, and how do they handle it? Are they good to their people? Do they become brats?
It's not just in the entertainment world. But, certainly, my album was about a young musician who wanted to be successful. And my story was: He wanted it, he got it, he blows it and then he has to start again. It happens all the time. We see it in the newspapers all the time …
You know, when "Mandy" came out, I was 29, and it nearly knocked me over. One day you're going to the grocery; the next day there's the paparazzi out there. How do you handle that? Especially when you're 19 years old?
Q. Did you get any reaction from any of the younger people who may have learned a lesson from what you were writing about?
A. No. No. We did get some really good reviews. And you know, me and the critics have never been friends. But they kind of liked that one.


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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man who robbed as many as six convenience stores in western Niagara County last fall led a parade of robbers and other thieves past the Niagara County Court bench Friday.
Paul J. Schubert, 21, of Townsend Place, was sentenced by County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to 10 years and four months to 15 years in state prison.
Schubert pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree robbery and second-degree robbery for two armed stickups at 7-Eleven stores on Buffalo Avenue in the Falls on Sept. 6 and 12. The plea covered all six robberies of which Schubert was suspected.
Farkas gave him eight years for the robberies and tacked on two years and four months to seven years behind bars and $3,987 restitution for a 2010 house burglary on Seneca Avenue in the Falls.
In the courtroom of County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III, Nicholas E. Patterson, of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, pleaded guilty to third-degree grand larceny for the Sept. 28 robbery of the CVS drugstore in Sanborn.
Patterson, 27, of Mount Hope Road, was admitted to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment. If he succeeds, the charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor; if he fails, he faces seven years in prison.
Assistant District Attorney Ryan K. Parisi said Patterson entered the store with a case that appeared to be for a long gun. He gave a clerk a note saying he had a gun.
The clerk handed over five boxes of Fentanyl patches. Patterson will have to pay up to $3,000 in restitution.
Back in Farkas' court, Timothy J. Santiago was recommended for boot camp-style "shock incarceration" on his guilty pleas to third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Santiago, 28, of 70th Street, Niagara Falls, broke into Denise's Bar on 19th Street on Sept. 5, 2011, and used a fake gun in a robbery at a Coastal gas station Feb. 7, 2012. He has paid $800 in restitution.
Assistant Public Defender A. Joseph Catalano talked Farkas out of a regular prison sentence for a woman who defrauded Cornerstone Federal Credit Union in Lockport of $4,200.
Tonia M. Truscio, 38, of Gasport, deposited a forged check for that amount May 14 and withdrew the money over the next two days.
Truscio pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny and could have served up to four years in prison. Farkas gave her four months of weekends in the County Jail and five years' probation, along with restitution at a rate of $150 a month.
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WAILUKU - With the victim's family asking for the maximum prison sentence, 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ordered a 20-year prison term for a Kula man who kept his pregnant girlfriend from leaving a car as he drove to remote locations for six hours, sexually assaulting her and beating her so badly that her mother didn't recognize her.
"You held (the victim) captive in your private torture chamber," Loo told Isaiah Shim, 29, as he was sentenced Friday. "You mentally and physically tortured her.
"You treated someone you supposedly love like this. It scares me to think about how you would treat someone you hate."
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Isaiah Shim makes a court appearance in April 2012. On Friday, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting, beating and torturing his pregnant girlfriend.
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Shim had pleaded no contest to two reduced charges of second-degree sexual assault, a reduced kidnapping charge, as well as first-degree terroristic threatening, attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault and third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug.
As part of a plea agreement, the prosecution dismissed 16 other charges and agreed not to seek more than a 20-year prison sentence for Shim.
Defense attorney James Brumbaugh argued that a 10-year prison term for Shim would be "more than sufficient retribution," saying that the victim spent several hours in the hospital but wasn't seriously injured in the April 1, 2012, incident.
It began at about 1 p.m. when Shim confronted his girlfriend after having earlier heard from friends that she was fooling around, Brumbaugh said. He said Shim badgered and threatened to kill the woman until she lied by saying she had been raped.
Shim had smoked oxycodone "and became psychotically jealous," Brumbaugh said.
"It turned into a beating of the victim," he said.
He described how Shim hit the 25-year-old woman with a pipe, burned her with a cigarette, squeezed her toes with pliers and used a beer bottle to sexually assault her.
"There were no life-threatening injuries, no serious physical injuries," Brumbaugh said. "There certainly were some psychological injuries. This was a one-time incident. Nothing in his past indicates he has a character for violence."
In court Friday, Shim tearfully said he was sorry.
"I betrayed all the trust you had for me," he said, turning toward the victim and her family in the courtroom gallery. "I betrayed all your family's trust. I should have listened to you. You told me to stop so many times. I love you, and I love my daughter."
Deputy Prosecutor Kristin Coccaro said that the defense account minimized the physical, sexual and psychological torture that Shim inflicted on the woman.
He first drove to Kula, putting the woman in a headlock and squeezing until she couldn't breathe and lost consciousness, Coccaro said. In the Skid Row area, he dragged the woman out of the car, putting a knife against her throat and slicing it across before she realized the dull edge was against her, Coccaro said. "Let's call this exactly what it is - it's a mock execution," Coccaro said. "It's a very real torture technique used by terrorists. She thought and believed she was going to die."
The torture continued, Coccaro said, as Shim drove to a cliff, cut off the woman's clothing and told her he would throw her off the cliff before grabbing her back. Shim drove to his grandparents' house in Kula to get money before going to Paia, where he arranged to smoke oxycodone with someone.
At 5 p.m., the car was seen at the Shell station in Paia before Shim drove to a cane field off Kuihelani Highway, where he said he would use the pliers to cut off her toes, Coccaro said. She said that Shim also used beer bottles, metal and PVC pipes and a knife to assault and sexually assault the woman.
She was again strangled to the point where she was gasping, Coccaro said. She said Shim also wrapped a rope twice around the woman's neck, but she managed to get her hand under the rope. She tried to protect her unborn child as Shim punched her and said he would kill her and the child, Coccaro said.
She said it was about 7 p.m. when Shim drove to a friend's house in Napili and the woman managed to escape by climbing out the driver's window and running to a stranger's vehicle to beg for help.
The woman had endured "six hours trapped in a car with pure evil, believing with every fiber of your being that you and your unborn child are going to die," Coccaro said.
"Drugs did not make him do this," Coccaro said. "This kind of violence comes from within."
Family members, including the victim's parents, said they earlier had seen black eyes and other signs that Shim had abused the woman, although she would say she ran into a bureau or fell.
When her parents went to the hospital after getting a call saying she was about to be released last year, her mother said she didn't recognize the woman. "She was so beaten up," the mother said. "I was so devastated cause I did not give birth to a daughter to be beaten up the way she was."
Family members said they didn't want Shim to be involved with the child he had threatened to kill months before she was born.
The victim said that she has nightmares and trouble sleeping. "I'm scared for my life. I'm scared for my baby," she said.
Apologizing for not being able to continue, she said she was having a flashback as she spoke in court.
Noting that the crimes were committed on April Fool's Day, Loo said: "If this was a joke, what a sick and cruel joke you were playing on someone you supposedly loved."
"Even starving animals don't treat their prey as horribly as you did," she said.
She said she was thankful that the baby was born unharmed and had a stable family to help raise her.
Although the most serious charges carry maximum 10-year prison terms, Loo ordered that Shim serve some prison sentences consecutively for a total of 20 years.
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"John Gunter's beguiling design (with fine costumes by Dierdre Clancy and superb lighting by David Hersey) places Clive Wood's Orsino in a tapestry-walled enclave with candelabra; and Olivia's palace, unambiguously on Shakespeare's own patch, with a tantalising prospect of the medieval guild chapel, timbered facades of Scholar's Lane and, in the gulling of Malvolio, the barren, wintry flowerbeds of the knot garden in New Place." Michael Coveney, Observer 29.5.94. Opening Date: 25 May 1994; Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
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Every day around 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., bikers appear on the streets of Clinton Mobile Home Park in Tiffin. Horns start blowing and the group increases in number as more bikes join in to make their way around the park. But there is nothing sinister about the two dozen peddlers on three-wheeled cycles. Ranging in age from 43 to 83, their common goals are friendships and fitness.
The movement started modestly.
Cal Overmyer was the first resident to ride a three-wheeler in the park about five years ago. Shortly after that, Henry Bentz got one. When Ken and Betty Breidenbach moved in this year, they also bought bikes.
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After that, more people started asking where to get the cycles, so Ken started looking for them and fixing them as needed.
Kay Dixon had been riding before she and her husband, Lenny, moved in at Clinton.
"I've had mine for three years, but my husband didn't have one. Ken came down and said (to Lenny), 'Are you busy this afternoon at 5? We've got to go to Findlay and get you a bike.'" Kay said. "When I moved here, there were only two other people with 3-wheel bikes. Now we're up to 25."
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The "Clinton Park Bikers" include: Hazel Benner; Ruth and Hank Bentz; Betty and Ken Breidenbach; Bonnie Daniel; Kay and Len Dixon; Kay and Ed Furlong; John and Thelma Marsillett, Reva and Gene Mason; Dan Moyer; Betty and Cal Overmyer; park manager Sue Risner; Anneliese Rochester; Brenda Runion; Linda Runion; Peg Spitler; Helen Swartzmiller; Laura Talbot and Wendy Thome.
Kay said Ruth and Henry Bentz and the Breidenbachs are "the leaders of the pack." Ken has made many shopping trips "all over the place" to purchase the three-wheelers. He fixes them and sells them to the park residents at low prices.
Kay Dixon said a new three-wheeler would cost about $400. For Ken, the cost of a used bike is determined by how far he must travel to get it. He has three more he is working on for other people.
"I just got another bicycle this morning. I've got people waiting on them," Ken said. "I run all over the place. I've been up to Toledo a couple times, Michigan, Findlay, Van Wert, Wooster. ... I go where I find them."
"He looks on the computer, and he goes on Tradio sometimes in Tiffin, Marion and Findlay," Betty said. "We found this one for a handicapped girl, in Michigan."
That "girl" is Wendy Thome, 43.
On Craig's List, Ken located a recumbent cycle that is low to the ground so Thome can step into it and sit on a seat with a back support. Bunky's Bike Shop in Tiffin helped him find parts and make repairs.
Usually, Thome's mother, Peg Spitler, rides with the group, but her daughter could not manage riding without falling. She needed a special bike.
"Wendy broke my heart. She always watched everybody riding the bikes. ... she asked her mom 'Could you strap me to your bike so I can go for a ride?'" Ken said.
He had bought another bicycle frame two teachers at Sentinel were going to cut down for Thome, but it might not be ready to ride until spring. Then, Ken found one in Michigan. Ben and Betty made the four-hour trip and brought it home.
Ken said it was worth the effort to see how delighted Thome was. She paid the couple $3 for the bike out of her earnings at the Opportunity Center workshop.
"He painted it and everything, because it was for Wendy," Spitler said. "I went on the 'Net to see what it was. It's a Trailmate Special Needs Easy Rider - $673 for a new one."
Most likely, another rider will be able to use the first bike Ken found for Thome. Spitler said after Thome paid Ken for the cycle, she asked her supervisor for a job with more pay.
Thome has acquired a new nickname - "Hot Rod Wendy." Spitler said her daughter has lost four pounds since she started biking a few weeks ago. She also has learned some bike safety rules, such as riding on the right-hand side of the street.
Thome also enjoys coasting down the hill on one side of the park. Now the trick is keeping her off the cycle. Because of a kneecap disorder, her doctor says she should not ride every day. They do skip Wednesday nights because Spitler has another commitment. During the school year, Thome can't ride in the morning.
"I wait for a school bus every morning, but if we have a fog delay, I ride," she said.
The distance around the mobile home park is about a mile. The regular riders usually go at least four times around, twice a day. Some of the people only go out once a day, depending on their schedules.
Helen Swartzmiller, who had a recent knee replacement, only rides as long as she has the energy.
"Somebody will start out and then we'll get to a house and blow our horns. Pretty soon, there's a gang of us going," Betty said. "Helen's trying to get her knee working, and she can only make it two times around."
"She's getting better. It's really good for these people," Ken said.
The pedaling action enhances flexibility for all the riders, no matter what their condition.
Henry Bentz said he had two knee replacements about 18 years ago, but he has no difficulties cycling.
Bonnie Daniel said riding serves as her daily exercise.
Annaliese Rochester has back problems, but cycling has given her a way to get some exercise and lose a few pounds. A neighbor bought her a "vanity" bike license plate bearing her first name.
"I had major back surgery. I can't ride on a regular bike. I've got eight screws back in there. But with this, I stay up straight and use my legs and thighs. ... this is really good exercise," Rochester said. "... I've met a lot more people. I've been out here six years and I've met more people in the last year."
Rochester said she learned to ride a two-wheeler at age 6, but the three-wheeler handles a bit differently. At first, she "went from one ditch to the next" because she was used to leaning. She learned to turn just the handlebars of the tricycle to change direction.
Betty Overmyer said she is content to watch her husband but has no desire to ride herself.
"The first time I rode one of these bikes was Florida, and I got on and ran into the neighbor's house and through the screen door. It was my first and last time," she said.
Ken Breidenbach said several riders entertain their grandchildren during the summer. The children can bring their own smaller bicycles and keep up with the adults' leisurely pace in the park's private streets where traffic moves slowly. A few riders also take their dogs.
When Brenda Runion takes her bike out, her dog Chiquita rides along in a basket.
"I'm not allowed to leave without her. She can sit in here with no leash or anything. She won't try to jump out. She likes to go 'bye bye,'" Runion said. "The ones who don't have dogs, they put stuffed animals in. Like Kenny, he has Scooby Doo, and Ruth has one in her basket."
Ken had been carrying a stuffed Scooby Doo on his bike, but Thome wanted to adopt Scooby with her cycle. Len Dixon also transports his dog, Chance. Unlike the quiet Chiquita, Chance is an attention seeker.
"He loves to ride," Len said.
Ed Furlong was carrying tools in his bike basket, just in case. So far, he hasn't needed to use them.
Since Thome has joined the group in her recumbent bike, the rest of the riders keep an eye out for cars. When they spot one, everyone surrounds Thome and stops until it goes past.
Rochester said Thome tends to take her cue from what the other riders do, so she also stops.
After everyone finishes the rounds, the Breidenbachs and Bentz often keep riding beyond the private roads in the park and go out into the surrounding neighborhood.
Ken said they don't have a party after the ride, but he might have "a beer or two."
Laura Talbot, one of the more recent members, said, "I love joining this thing and meeting all the other people."
"At least it gets everybody out and about," Len Dixon added.


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WELLSVILLE - First Christian Church in Wellsville was filled to capacity Saturday evening as Team Chelsea hosted a candlelight prayer vigil for 21-year-old Chelsea Lingenfelter, who remains at the Cleveland Clinic in critical need of a liver transplant.
"I'm just so glad that people showed up in support of Chelsea, and I know my sister would be very happy," said Gregg Rodgers of Wellsville, speaking of Joni Lingenfelter, Chelsea's mother, who has been spending the last few weeks in Cleveland during Chelsea's current hospital stay. "I want to thank everybody. That's what my sister would want and Chelsea would want."
Rodgers, who spoke at the event along with his daughter Jaime Rodgers, Chelsea's cousin, said he had visited Chelsea earlier in the week and emphasized that she wanted the gathering to be a celebration. For that reason, the event was called "A Celebration of Hope."
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First Christian Church in Wellsville was filled to capacity on Saturday evening for "A Celebration of Hope," a prayer gathering and candlelight vigil in honor of Chelsea Lingenfelter, a 21-year-old village resident who remains at the Cleveland Clinic awaiting a critically-needed liver transplant. (Photo by Richard Sberna)
Green ribbon pins were passed out to all attendees, symbolizing the cause of organ donation awareness, which has become an issue of utmost importance to Chelsea's family. "I'm grateful for the organ donations and the awareness that we're spreading, not only for Chelsea, but for all families out there waiting," Jaime said.
The Rev. Mark Blakely, pastor at First Christian Church, led the assembly in prayer for a liver for Chelsea, and for the family of the donor, whose loss will help ensure Chelsea's life.
Blakely urged attendees to pray for Chelsea not just in church, but in their everyday lives, turning each thought of her into a prayer. "If she pops into your head, that means you need to be praying for her at that moment," he said. "You just pray right where you're at, and God will hear your voice."
A collection was taken up to help with Joni's expenses, including parking, meals and gas, while she stays in Cleveland to be with Chelsea. Praise songs were performed by Brennen Kelly, son-in-law of Wellsville Mayor Susan Haugh, who was also in attendance.


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December 25, 2012
I had a hard time getting into Christmas this year. There was a moment early in December when the mood struck, up at Longs Pukalani one day. It was windy with high clouds, and people were festive....
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5 Reasons 'Diablo III' Represents Gaming's Annoying Future
If given a choice between going back and living in the year 1982 and sitting in a chair made of living dicks, most of us would choose the dicks. After all, back then you had almost zero control over your entertainment -- you watched shows and movies when they wanted you to. (This was even before everybody had VCRs -- if you missed it live, you missed it forever.) All technological progress since then has been devoted to letting us watch shows or movies when we want. Video games, however, are going the opposite direction.
For a prime example, let's take the just-released Diablo III.
I haven't been excited about a video game in a long, long time. It's not because I've hit some magical stage of adulthood that makes me hate fun things, or that I'm so busy that I can't find time for simple entertainment. Give me a good enough game, and I'll make time for it. Give me something spectacular, and I'll call in sick for it. Give me something I've waited 12 years for, and I'll burn down my grandma's house for a copy.
The smoldering charcoal on my grandma's scorched lawn means that Diablo III came out two days ago. Unfortunately for her, I didn't realize until later that arson in no way affects the game's availability. Especially since you can just download it directly from their website instead of camping out in front of the store on opening day. So I did:
I just bought something in my underwear and didn't have to go to court afterward!
I filled out the information and downloaded their installer. Then I moved it to the upper right hand corner of my screen so it would look like my desktop wallpaper was licking it out of pure joy.
"Mmmmm, that's some good installation, John. Thank you for letting me lick it with my giant cow tongue," I voiced as I watched the progression bar slowly tick to the right.
"I know, Mrs. Cow. I love you. You're always so nice to me."
"You know what, John? You're a good guy. It doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks of you. Just know that I love you, and that's all that matters."
I did this for about an hour, pausing every couple of minutes to weep softly into my hands, until the game was fully downloaded and installed. So far, so good ...
#5. "Ready to Play Your Single-Player Game Alone? Please Log In."
When that bar turned green and the "Play" button lit up, my dong rose like 20 tiny Amish guys were pulling on it with ropes. I clicked "play" and then "I agree" on not one, but three "User Agreement" screens. That's when the first smoke alarm went off in my head.
It boils down to "We can do whatever we want, and you can't sue us."
Wait, I have to sign a contract to play the game that I just paid for? Do I need to get a lawyer? Can I do something in the game that could get me into legal trouble? I mean, I don't plan on playing public games or anything -- just me in my computer room, killing evil and screaming curse words until I lose my voice.
But I convinced myself it was nothing to get worked up about. It's just there to save their asses in case some random jackoff finds a way to make money off of them via lawsuit. Fine. I got through them all and was immediately taken to a screen that pulled the alarms from the back of my mind directly to the front, and cranked up the volume to "nuclear attack" levels.
No. No, no, no, no, no ... No.
For the six of you who just discovered the Internet today, that's a login screen. It's commonly associated with multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft and ... whatever other multiplayer games exist. Except there's a problem: Diablo III isn't a traditional MMO. You don't sign in to the game and immediately find yourself surrounded by a hundred other players shouting racial and homophobic slurs. You are in your own world. By yourself. Single player.
It is a single-player game with multiplayer options, just like all the other Diablo games. If you choose to play with your friends, you can. If you choose to join public games, you can. Otherwise, you're on your own -- and contrary to what MMO fanatics believe, this is the way millions of gamers prefer it.
But for the second time, I had to take a breath and remind myself that it's nothing to get worked up about. We've been fucking the gaming industry since the very first video game was invented. They put up with piracy for decades, and so far nothing has worked to stop it. This is just what they've come to, and if signing in to their servers helps prevent theft, then I'm all for it. The more money they make, the more resources they have to put back into expansions and content. Fine.
#4. "Now Customize Your Single-Player Character as You Please ... Wait, Not Like That."
I logged in and created my first character: a monk named Fuckhole.
Oh, come on! Really? You can't give me the option to name them whatever I want and then just ban me from entering public games? You can't give me the freedom to make a mage named Assfuck Cockthrob on the game that I never plan on playing with other people as long as I live?
OK, it's not the end of the world, but making computers utter profanities against their will is the reason I got into video games in the first place. In the Reagan era I played arcade games purely so I could get the high score and enter my initials on the leaderboard as "ASS." I replayed an entire RPG because I knew that there was one specific point where the female love interest would have to say the line, "Father, I want you to meet my new boyfriend, CUNTBLASTER." How have the decades resulted in less freedom to be childish?
But fine, this time I'll resort to stupid puns.
Get it? Because "monk" sounds like "punk." And CM Punk is a wrestler who -- aw, fuck it.
OK, so I decided that I wasn't going to bitch about it. They're clearly trying to prevent piracy while masking it with a "social" setting that's barely there in the first place. I've been giving this game a liberal amount of leeway, and if it's as good as they say, then it's a necessary evil that I'm willing to live with. Even though I have so few friends, I never have to worry about accidentally exposing my perverted, juvenile name to the guys who absolutely expect that sort of thing from me ... and who do it themselves.
I wish you could play video games, Mrs. Cow. You'd make a wicked barbarian.
I wasn't disappointed. I signed in and decided that my character had a personality flaw that made him think that death was hilarious. Which became even funnier to me when a friend came online and immediately appeared in my game, catching me in mid role-play -- with myself.
That's when I found out that there's an option enabled by default that allows anyone you are friends with through your Battle.net account to join your game at any point without asking. And not just through this specific game. The friend who showed up was someone I added back when I played World of Warcraft. And since both games are made by Blizzard, and both utilize the Battle.net account system, he's automatically on my friends list on my single-player game. So we killed some stuff for a while, and I kind of felt bad about getting mad over that whole "Fuckhole" incident. Hell, I'm friends with my oldest son through that system. Not that he'd be shocked about my stupid anal sex name, but I'm sure it would cause an unwanted conversation with my ex-wife. You get the point.
The more I played, the more I realized that my cynicism was for nothing. I was just being a whiny child, complaining about change. The game is impossibly fun, and if all I had to do was succumb to a simple social network, then I was --
#3. "Sorry, You Can't Play Your Single-Player Game Because Our Computer Is Broken."
Wait, what? Why is my screen going black? Is it some surprise cut scene? Maybe some Easter egg that triggers when you laugh at gravestones? I tensed in anticipation.
Nope, I got booted back to the start menu. Well, shit. No biggie -- that happens from time to time when you're playing something that's hosted on a remote server. I'll just sign back in and pick up where I left off.
I sighed, clicked the "OK" button and attempted to sign in six more times. This is also common with disconnects, and I tried to cool my slowly heating blood by reminding myself that when you get booted, your character is still active on their servers until their software recognizes that you're no longer connected and kicks you out on their end. A mousy voice in the back of my head started whispering a soft chant of "Single-player game." I signed in for the seventh time.
Oh. Well, that's ... really? I mean, I understand why it's happening. It's launch day for a game that's being hosted on a set of servers designed to handle a certain load of players. After the initial rush of people settles down, there won't be nearly as many people playing the game at the same time. So it's not smart to buy enough servers to handle the entire player base all at once because you'd only need those for the first week. You set up enough to handle your average load so that when things do settle into a rhythm, you don't have a bunch of useless, idle machines sitting around, collecting dust and wasting money.
"For your single-player game that has no offline option." No, stupid voice! Stop that! Let's just exit the game and go in from scratch. Sometimes, it's just a simple bug that's fixed by going in fresh.
MOTHERFUCKER! This is bullshit! I just paid 64 goddamn dollars for a game that- No. You can't let the game turn you into that screaming sack of shit type of personality that permeates the Internet. You hate that person, and you won't become it.
From behind me, my fiance sighed and said, "Motherfucker! This is bullshit!"


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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
July 27, 2012
A Hitachi Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (VP SEM) has been acquired by the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing at Saint Vincent College for student research in the instrument laboratory of the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion. Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (HTA), whose Nanotechnology Systems Division (NSD) distributes VP SEMs, recently donated the sophisticated microscope to the College. "HTA has made quite a gift to Saint Vincent," commented Dr. Paul Follansbee, James F. Will Professor of Engineering Science at the Boyer School, an experienced VP SEM user who will train students to utilize it in their senior research projects. The need for a microscope capable of viewing extremely small samples at a magnification of more than 100,000 times was identified by Dr. Follansbee during his teaching and research over the past four years. "We have a very impressive digital imaging laboratory which is state of the art," Dr. Follansbee noted. "It utilizes the commonly used optical microscopy. But this new instrument is capable of viewing objects at far beyond the 1,000 times magnification of an optical microscope." Electron microscopes are capable of viewing viruses, biological samples, metals, electronic or polymeric materials, micro-particles, nanomaterials, and other samples. This achievement by Saint Vincent was born from an informal meeting with HTA at the annual Materials Science & Technology Conference in Columbus, Ohio last fall. "While I was visiting the trade show displays, I wanted to see the Hitachi microscope which is considered the very best instrument available," Dr. Follansbee explained. "After that visit, Saint Vincent submitted a proposal to HTA. An HTA representative visited our campus and was quite impressed with our new Science Pavilion. As a result of our proposal, when the model S-3200N microscope became available, HTA was generous enough to donate it to Saint Vincent. We are very fortunate to have acquired this new addition to our laboratory." The donated Hitachi microscope, model S-3200N, is Hitachi's fourth generation VP SEM. According to HTA, the S-3200N incorporates high-speed digital electronics and a column and chamber design to achieve the highest performance available when the model was released. A mouse-controlled graphic user interface and many automated functions provide ease of operation and flexibility for both novice and experienced users. On behalf of HTA, Phil Bryson, General Manager of NSD, commented, "We are pleased to have this opportunity to engage with Dr. Follansbee and his colleagues in their pursuit of elevating the programs at Saint Vincent College. We live in an increasingly "nano" world, and we believe access to Hitachi VP SEM technology will accelerate learning by Saint Vincent students." "This instrument will be used primarily by our chemistry and biology students doing undergraduate research," Dr. Follansbee said. "I would expect students to develop concepts for research projects that utilize this new capability. One student is already exploring the feasibility of doing a forensic study of oil paintings that will involve analyzing the chemical paint elements and how they have changed over the centuries." "Experience in using this equipment will be very valuable to students who are planning to continue to graduate school or to go into research after they graduate," Dr. Follansbee said. "They will be standouts." Dr. Follansbee predicted that the availability of the VP SEM should also be impressive to college-bound students who are interested in studying science. "Scanning electron microscopes are not commonly available for student use in undergraduate laboratories," he noted. He is in the process of acquiring from local materials companies some material samples that can be viewed in demonstrations by students and other visitors interested in seeing the capabilities of the equipment.
Photo: Dr. Paul Follansbee demonstrates the newly-acquired Hitachi scanning electron microscope in the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion at Saint Vincent College Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing.
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The National Rifle Association, representing 1 percent of the country's population, using an explosive potion of racism, intimidation and distortion, is poised to block any sensible approach to an epidemic of death by firearm.
Beyond political gridlock, some affinity groups offer economic stagnation, nationally and in New York State.
High in the vampire state's ladder of special interests is the well-meaning environmental community. Many of them, such as Buffalo's Jay Burney, a naturalist and founder of Times Beach Nature Preserve, have worked hard to transform remnants of the city's industrial wasteland into tracts of beauty and wonder.
Nationally, the reach of the nature-loving community has extended well beyond its numbers and deeply into public policy. The Obama administration menaces coal-burning power plants in the Ohio basin, driving up costs for Rust Belt industries struggling for revival.
The administration blocked extraction of hydrocarbons – oil, gas and coal – on federal lands and offshore. Most notoriously, Obama delayed the Keystone XL Pipeline, designed to carry Canadian crude to refineries on our Gulf Coast.
The direct loss of American jobs and spin-off is staggering. All this is based on the flimsy premise that if the United States alone turns to green energy, the world's skies will be purified and climate change will be arrested. In his post-election news conference, Obama claimed the United States will lead the world in green energy. Personally, he made only feints in this direction in his first term at Stockholm, then slunk back into the White House.
It is an inconvenient truth that the rest of the world, particularly communist China, is not listening. Nor is Canada. The Asian Basin is burning more polluting hydrocarbons than ever. After Obama's Keystone gambit, Canada turned its eyes across the Pacific. In December, Canada approved the $15 billion takeover of Nexen, owner of oil sands facilities in Alberta, by a Chinese state-run company. Canada and China know global demand for hydrocarbons will grow by 35 percent by 2035 and won't be left out.
Stifling the coal industry? Our coal exports are now triple the levels of a decade ago. So the stuff is being burned worldwide while American industry languishes.
Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's state moratorium on hydrofracking shale for oil and gas is due to expire at the end of this month. More than 1,000 people – a group that no doubt included sincere environmentalists but also extremists who don't need or want paying jobs, and have no idea how an economy runs – demonstrated against this process in Albany in January.
Across the state's southern border, fracking is a $6 billion a year business. In central Pennsylvania, there are so many employed it is hard to get a hotel room.
Burney visited Williston, N.D., where fracking is king. Deeply concerned about collateral damage like permanent groundwater contamination, he said, "I couldn't tell whether it was a boom town or a hell hole."
A likely hell hole, but so were parts of Bethlehem Steel, Buffalo's Mobil Oil refinery and Carborundum in Niagara Falls. These employers are long gone. And possibly, the notion of constructive trade-offs.
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The Altoona girls basketball team has had no success against Oakland Catholic the past two seasons, going 0-3 with two of those losses coming in the first round of the state playoffs.
The Lady Lions changed that trend with a 45-22 win over the Pittsburgh-area school Saturday at the AAHS Fieldhouse.
"They've become our rivals, knocking us out of the state playoffs the last two years," Altoona coach Jill Helsel said. "The seniors on this team saw it both years. They witnessed it. It's fabulous to win in this manner."
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Altoona's Darby Lee scores a basket over Oakland Catholic's Madison Caufield.
Altoona blew open a close game with a 16-2 run late in the first half and into the third quarter. The Lady Lions outscored Oakland Catholic 31-8 over the final two-plus quarters.
"We've really been working hard on our defense. It's a game-changer. All the fundamentals were there [Saturday]," Helsel said.
Kayla Grimme turned in a strong game for Altoona with 16 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots. Darby Lee had a double-double as well with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
"It feels good to win like that. In every aspect, we played hard, and I think it showed," Grimme said.
Tied 14-14 toward the end of the second quarter, Altoona scored the final six points of the half.
Following a Grimme layup, Lee made back-to-back hoops. Her layup at the halftime buzzer put Altoona ahead 20-14. With time running out, Grimme grabbed the rebound on the defensive end and got the outlet pass to Kaycie Reffner, who found Lee streaking toward the basket.
Altoona scored 10 of the first 12 points in the third quarter to continue pulling away from the Lady Eagles.
Grimme scored on a putback, and Reffner drained a 3-pointer to open the second half. When Grimme made a layup off an assist from McKenzie Hatch with two minutes left in the quarter, Altoona held a 30-16 lead.
"She's a nice player," Oakland Catholic coach Shannon Boyle said of Grimme. "She's a big girl that's hard to matchup against. We don't have anybody like that to defend her."
Hatch padded the lead with a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter, and Donley's four-point play midway through the final period iced the win.
Grimme attributed her team's success to the work done in the practice leading up to the game.
She said she's been working with the guards at getting the ball in a good spot to finish plays, and the team worked on defending the Lady Eagles "cut and pick" offense.
"We all knew where we were supposed to go and how to deal with the screens," Grimme said.
Oakland Catholic's top player, Nicole Johnson, picked up two early fouls and got a third before halftime, forcing her to the bench for a lengthy stretch.
"That really hurt our team," Boyle said. "It eliminated a lot of what we want to do."
NOTES: Former Penguins player and current announcer Jay Caufield was at the game. His daughter Madison Caufield is a starting guard for Oakland Catholic. She scored a team-high seven points for the Lady Eagles...Neither team shot well from the 3-point line. Altoona made 3-of-22, Oakland Catholic 1-of-19...Altoona plays at Brashear Wednesday before returning home Saturday for an afternoon game against Mount Lebanon.
OAKLAND CATHOLIC (22): Fitzgerald 1 2-2 4, Renk 1 0-0 2, McCorkle 0 1-2 1, Johnson 2 1-2 5, Caufield 3 0-0 7, Kush 0 0-0 0, Bianchin 0 0-0 0, Vigliotti 0 1-2 1, Nedrow 1 0-0 2, Zegeer 0 0-0 0. Totals - 8 5-8 22.
ALTOONA (45): Hatch 1 2-3 5, Donley 1 1-1 4, Lee 5 5-6 15, Grimme 7 2-2 16, Reffner 1 0-0 3, Knab 0 0-0 0, Mayhue 1 0-0 2, Caracciolo 0 0-0 0, Feathers 0 0-0 0, Dibert 0 0-0 0. Totals - 16 10-12 45.
Oakland Catholic7 7 4 4 - 22
Altoona6 14 10 15 - 45
3-point goals: Oakland Catholic 1 (Caufield); Altoona 3 (Hatch, Donley, Reffner).
Records: Oakland Catholic (5-7); Altoona (7-4).
Officials: Ray Wotkowski, Jim Buchanan, Sam Zambanini.
JV: 53-28, Altoona. High scorers-Pawlik 9 (OC); Knab 18 (A).


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An apprenticeship pairs you or one of your employees with a student who is learning a trade. This allows students to develop their skills while working with an experienced tradesperson. In-class learning gives the apprentice knowledge of cutting-edge technologies and concepts that can help your business stay competitive.
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I think now I'd like to invite you in to see a few of my favorite things around my house this Christmas.
My new table runner from Tarjay. Nothing says holiday centerpiece like cheap ornaments and oranges. I think I make it work.
And now we're entering the Tour d'Eiffel section of my living room. My favorite ornament.
A song for you from the boys' favorite ornament:
And since last year I shared my holiday socks, this year I'll show you what socks I'm wearing today.
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Overview of the Forest Stewardship Program
The Forest Stewardship Program provides professional planning and technical assistance to family forest owners throughout Michigan to encourage nonindustrial private forest landowners to actively manage their forest to accomplish their own unique goals for their land. The Forest Stewardship Program is funded by the United States Forest Service and administered by the Department of Natural Resources.
The Michigan Forest Stewardship Program relies heavily upon private sector foresters to deliver the professional planning to landowners. The DNR trains and certifies professional foresters and wildlife biologists to write Forest Stewardship Plans that meet USFS guidelines. DNR Service Foresters review all Forest Stewardship Plans to ensure quality and consistency throughout the Program. There are about 140 Plan Writers in Michigan in 2016. More information about how the DNR administers the Program in Michigan is available in the Statewide Plan for FY2015.
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The primary benefit of becoming a certified Plan Writer is the opportunity to advertise your services to the 400,000 family forest owners in Michigan through the Forest Stewardship website that lists certified Plan Writers. The Program seeks to actively promote all Plan Writer's qualifications, services offered, and participation in related programs.
Certification through the Forest Stewardship Program is also an indicator of quality plan writing and professional services. The USFS and DNR require conformance to standards that demonstrate high quality work to your clients.
The Program also provides a partial cost share to help lower a landowner's cost for developing a Forest Stewardship Plan. The cost share is not intended to provide a substantial portion of the landowners cost. The Plan Writer is able to determine their fees for developing a Plan. The cost share also offsets the additional work for the Plan Writer to submit their Plan for review by the DNR. The cost share is delivered to the landowner through a grant to the Plan Writer rather than directly to the landowner as this lowers Program administrative costs.
The Michigan Forest Stewardship Program is committed to maintaining flexibility and simplicity while administering a government program. The Program seeks to make it easy for both Landowners and Plan Writers to participate in the Program by requiring only a single form to enroll in the Program and offering year-round enrollment. Clear guidelines for concise Forest Stewardship Plans are meant to offer Landowner assurance of a quality plan and the expectation of a fair review process for Plan Writers. Requests for exceptions to the Program rules will always be considered.
For more information about becoming a certified Plan Writer, please contact Mike Smalligan, the Forest Stewardship Coordinator, at 517-284-5884 or firstname.lastname@example.com .
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The Michigan Forest Stewardship Program does not add State requirements in addition to the USFS guidelines for Forest Stewardship Plans. The Plans must include all required components and describe the important natural resource elements present (or absent) on the property. A thorough description of the expected contents of a Forest Stewardship Plan is described in the Statewide Plan for FY2015.
- Forest Stewardship Plan - Checklist
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All forms required for a Plan Writer and a Landowner to participate in the Program are provided on this website.
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Great food and a charming ambiance can only equal an extraordinary dining experience! Hank's Seafood Restaurant is located in a turn-of-the-century warehouse overlooking the Charleston City Market.
Hank's Seafood has been beautifully renovated to an ambiance that reflects Charleston's port history and family roots... This restaurant recreates a Classic Charleston Fish House with an old fashioned saloon-style bar and an exhibition raw bar.
Come by and relax, have an extraordinary meal and relive some Charleston history.
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Carnegie Mellon Wind EnsembleGeorge Vosburgh, Thomas Thompson, and Stephen Story, conduct the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble in a program including Mendelssohn's Overture for Wind Band in C Major, Mahler's "Der Grosse Appel" sequence from Symphony # 2, Alan Fletcher's Clarinet Concerto featuring Michael Rusinek, and Mahler's Um Mitternacht, from the Ruckert Lieder, sung by Tami Fire.03/30/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Wind Symphony/Symphony BandDr. Robert Cameron, conducts03/30/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Av, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Transcriptions for Piano and OrganPittsburgh pianist Nathan Carterette and organist Edward Alan Moore perform Franz Liszt's Totentanz and George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; two works originally for piano and orchestra. The orchestral paret will be played on a 1926 Skinner organ ideally suited to orchestral transcription. The program will also include works for solo piano and solo organ.03/30/2014Time: 4:00 pmLocation: Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, OHwebsite
Classic Guitar EnsembleMichael Chapman, director.03/31/2014Time: 7:30 pmPNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
French Music for Harp and StringsViolinist Dawn Posey and harpist Nuiko Wadden (members of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra) will present a program of French music including works by Jacques Ibert, Andre Caplet, Maurice Ravel and the premiere of a new duo by Pittsburgh composer Mark Fromm. Guest artists: Katie Pierson, violin; Marylene Gingras Roy, viola; and Katya Janpoladyan, cello. Suggested donation: $10.04/02/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pittsburgh Opera, 2425 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Big Band BrassRiver City Brass swings into Big Band mode featuring the Rat Pack! Hits made famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and of course Sammy Davis Jr., but also big band sounds from the libraries of Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich and many more! It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!04/03/2014 - 04/10/201404/03 - 7:30 pm04/04 - 7:30 pm04/05 - 7:30 pm04/08 - 7:30 pm04/10 - 7:30 pmLocation: (five locations)website
Ravel & DebussyGuest Conductor Juraj Valcuha conducts La Mer, Debussy's colorful sonic impression of the sea, and Ravel's La Valse, a decadent impression of the Viennese waltz. Violinist Stefan Jackiw plays Korngold's Violin Concerto, and the PSO gives a world premiere to new music by Christopher Rouse.04/04/2014 - 04/06/201404/04 - 8:00 pm04/06 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Carpathian Music EnsembleExperience and evening of Eastern European folk, funk, fusion with Pitt's Carpathian Music Ensemble.04/04/2014Time: 7:00 pmLocation: Bellefield Hall, 315 S. Bellefield Av., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
B.U.S. 9Local artists risk their creative necks to support Bricolage's 2014 season. Inspired by a 90-minute city bus ride, these artists have just 24 hours to write, direct, and memorize six new 10-minute plays. The last stop on the journey is an unforgettable performance at The New Hazlett Theater. Come Friday night to learn all the secrets, and/or hop on board Saturday for food, libations, performances, music, and a silent auction. We guarantee an amazing ride.04/04/2014 - 04/05/201404/04 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm04/05 - 6:30 pm - midnightBricolage Production Company, 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Austrian and Young Artists winners Warren Davidson conducts the Rosamunde Overture by Franz Schubert, and the Emperor Waltz by Johann Strauss II, and features the PCO's Young Artist Competion Winners as well as dancers from the Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh.04/05/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Upper Saint Clair High School, 1825 McLaughlin Run Rd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Once youre in the news business, youre never really out of the news business. Which is why Im still obsessed with the news business.
The first thing I do in the morning is check the headlines. I used to turn on the TV, but years ago chirpy anchors and loud coffee commercials started making my hair stand on end, so now I scan a computer screen.
I browse The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, and local TV and newspaper Web sites. Along with the usual politics, traffic accidents, crime, fundraisers and features, you can always find weird news. Always.
A few examples from right here in South Carolina:
A Spartanburg mother called 911 last week after finding out that her 15-year-old son had watched porn on the family TV. The boy was in his room when Mom and his toddler sister got home. When Sis turned on the TV in the den, instead of Peter Pan it was pay-per-view. Mom was, to put it mildly, distraught thus the 911 call.
According to Lt. Kevin Bobo, no arrest was made because no laws were broken. Is it unusual for a mama to call the police on teenagers looking at porn? Yeah, he told Huff-Po.
Bless that mamas heart. I feel bad for her, because it seems she was genuinely shocked. On the other hand, I knew a woman who bought Playboy magazines for her teen grandsons, just to put all the cards on the table. To this day they laugh about it and they love their grandma.
Then theres the guy in Newberry who had not one, not two but FOUR wivessimultaneously. Darnell Pixleys web began to unravel in June, when one of his wives saw a Facebook update about him being on his honeymoon. After what was probably the mother of all double-takes, the wife figured out enough to file a bigamy complaint.
When detectives did a little probing they realized Pixley, 49, had married four women in South Carolina since 1988, thus taking bigamy from crime to hobby. Dude, its cheaper to play horseshoes.
Detectives said theyd found no motive for the multi-marrying man. Maybe he just really, really liked weddings, or wedding gifts. He will presumably face all four wives at his court date on Oct. 24. Which begs the question: After he was released on $2,500 personal-recognizance bond which wife did he go home to?
Finally, weve probably all seen the viral Ice Bucket Challenge, in which folks raise funds for ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease) research by having ice water dumped over them as they challenge their friends to take the ice or donate $100 to the cause.
On Aug. 13 a Mount Pleasant mom was filming her daughter taking the Ice Bucket Challenge in her backyard. Suddenly there came a huge splash and right there in Rivertowne subdivision, an alligator crawled out of the Wando Riverwith a soccer ball clenched between its open jaws. (I worry about who had the soccer ball before the gator, and is he or she still around?)
The daughter, showing more presence of mind than I would have, snapped a photo of the grinning gator gripping the soccer ball. The critter soon spit out the ball and wandered off, presumably to find a goalie. It has since been relocated to a lake, where its probably playing water polo as we speak.
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January 20, 2011
breastfeeding, toddler style
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i love it. my son is almost 18 months & i still breastfeed. i almost gave up when he was 5 wks old because i thought he wasn't receiving enough milk. but he was. and i've tried to wean him when he was 13 months old.. but he would not have it. i work full time & he goes to school. so we nurse in the morning, naps, & bedtime. he doesn't nurse for long anymore.. and i think it's more for comfort. and it really doesn't bother or inconvenience me. the only time i get frustrated is when i'm sooooo sleepy & he's taking too long. heehee! but otherwise, i love it!ReplyDelete
You know I love it. Zane nursed until he was three. (Too bad no one thought it was lovely or beautiful back then.) But I did it anyway and loved it and wouldn't change it for anything.ReplyDeleteReplies
I know what you mean. I have 2 teens and a toddler and there were sometimes I felt a little alone on the breastfeeding passed 3 (with the first two children)...so happy to see you wouldn't change it for anything. Neither would I!Delete
People look down on me because I have a 25 month old who still uses a binky. I don't really care that they do, but perhaps if they knew the struggle behind the binky they wouldn't be so judgmental. My Isaac and I had horrible breastfeeding struggles, and when he refused to continue breastfeeding at three months, I allowed him to use a binky to give him comfort. I would still be nursing him now if that were possible, so I don't see a problem with him using a binky for a little comfort in his unsure toddler world.ReplyDelete
Well shoot, I'd be back all the time too if it tastes like chocolate - ha ha! ;-) Seriously, this is so precious and sweet. Continue to cherish it as you are...ReplyDelete
I'm there with you. sometimes I want to be done... but mostly I love it and I know they do! {grin} We just "weaned" them in the middle of the night. It was way overdue. But they still nurse 5-6 times a day.ReplyDelete
love the picture!
You know, I'd never thought of that... The child being able to talk about it, describe it in a whole different way than a younger child. Even so much more than my third who was close to 18 months when weaned. That's so neat to have a two-year-old's perspective and feelings... :)ReplyDelete
their ability to talk about it is one of my favorite parts of "extendo" whatever you want to call it nursing. i'm at 46 months and it's super minimal these days but just yesterday we had an owie and after tears and kisses, he told me "i could really use some milk." in his case, it reportedly tastes like honey, which coming from the biggest winnie the pooh fan on the planet, is the utmost praise.ReplyDelete
rock on, mama!
CHOCOLATE! Who knew? Precious.ReplyDelete
i just love this! my son is 13 months and i plan on giving him "nummies" for a long time. it's so sweet that she talks about it with you. she might event remember nursing when she is older. you're a good momma!ReplyDelete
So beautiful!ReplyDelete
My youngest is 2yrs 3 1/2months now and we're still nursing too. Always right before bed ... rarely during the day.
She's taken to call it "Momma Milk" ... which always makes me smile.
I, too, was SO READY to be DONE with it just a couple months ago ... but now, I'm kinda glad I didn't force the issue. Like with your Ivy, it's a comfort thing for Hannah. She can fall asleep without nursing ... she did it once last week ... but I don't mind the snuggle time. It'll end soon enough ...
yes, breastfeeding is so awesome. except when it's not. and it's such a blessing. except when it's not. and i love it. except when i don't.... :)ReplyDelete
(the back and forth of motherhood!)
either way, that picture is absolutely beautiful. i love the messy toddler hair. just so precious.
Oooh, I'm there, too! I was so fed up when Halia was around 16 months, but I felt guilty weaning because I'd let Jade nurse until 25 months.ReplyDelete
Now Halia is 2 years and 2 months and she nurses just once or twice a day and it's totally manageable. In fact, I was furious a couple of days ago when my hubs told me the nanny said she thought I should wean!
Also, another friend of mine breastfed her toddler until she was 3 or so, and that little girl also said the milk tasted like chocolate! :)
So sweet. I totally get wanting to have your body to yourself (I'm right there with you some days). I'm nursing my little 15mo boy and have been either pregnant or nursing or both since April 2006. But while I'm ready to have my own space I'm not ready for my little guy to not need to nurse. I'm hoping we'll go for a while longer still. Thank you for sharing these sweet moments with us.ReplyDelete
Oh, be still my heart!ReplyDelete
Luke is 2 years, 4 months (9/8/08) and we are still nursing too. He calls my right breast the "chocolate milk nighty-nights". I have done extendend nursing for all three boys, which adds up to like 9 years of nursing or something. Would I change it? Not one bit. : )ReplyDelete
We're still nursing too. While I hate how frequent we do nurse (sometimes I'm up every hour!), I do love that special bond we share.ReplyDelete
All my kids nurse for quite a while... a fair while!!! And years later they all remember nursing and talk about nursing as if it was quite the best thing in the entire world!!!ReplyDelete
comfort is precious and worth being cherishReplyDelete
this is so pretty. i am loving breastfeeding and thought for sure i would stop at six months (before I started that is...) and now I am absolutely not sure of that. And stuff like this makes me think there's so much ahead by letting this relationship wax and wane more naturally than my "end" date.ReplyDelete
Awww!!! I wish my baby was still breastfeeding.ReplyDelete
We're very nearly at 2 years with Elliott, and I really believe that he will never, ever stop.ReplyDelete
It's such a beautiful relationship. Having two boys who quite likely will remember the nursing relationship we've had, I wonder how it will affect their own wives and children.ReplyDelete
I often marvel about the kind of support they will give because of their memories, my oldest still remembing his nursing and my younger one fast-approaching an age where he will remember, too.
And I muse about how strong an example {and bond} is formed when a mother nurses a daughter well into an age where the daughter can remember. The legacy makes not having my body to myself seem so worth it.
You're in my head with this one again... everything you wrote.. is everything we're feeling.ReplyDelete
I'm still nursing too. 22 months and counting...(actually not counting at all).ReplyDelete
mine stopped 3 wks short of his 2nd birthday. biut last week had our new baby girl and started again...i admit felt glad he didReplyDelete
- Nicole HicksJanuary 21, 2011 6:07 AM
I sooo LOVE you! lol.... yes its weird but I do!ReplyDelete
Reading your blog is an inspiration to me (especially the nursing blogs.... and the babywearing ones too)
I nurse my 14 month old and my family think he is too big. But no one can understand the bond... the comfort he and I get from it. So thank you for sharing and giving moms all over some back-up on the situation. We are not alone... we are moms!!!
I love visiting here, especially when I happen upon a blog like today :)!I give you two thumbs up for being such a wonderful mom! The longest I nursed was my third babygirl for 22 months then she stopped...I was sad. I am now nursing baby #5 and we are 6 months and going strong...I think we are in it for the long haul and it doesn't bother me one bit :)ReplyDelete
Love this pic. Mine has told me it tastes like popsicles. :) She loves mommy's milk! I've noticed in the past few weeks how we are down to wake, nap, after dinner, and bedtime, which is not much AT ALL compared to a few months ago. And it makes me sad.ReplyDelete
I know when she is finished, I will miss it for the rest of my life.
Hallelujah! I love to read stories like this. Nursing my 14 month old I can't imagine stopping now. So yes, "extended" seems like an inappropriate term. I like "full-term" better. And I've started to get the "You're still nursing?" too. My reply: mind your own beeswax. My only concern is that we want to try for a second in a year but no periods in sight! Oh well...one day at a time ;)ReplyDelete
I appreciate hearing this. I'm nursing my 19 mo old son and would like to allow him to wean in his own time. I'm gently nudging him along otherwise he would only nurse if he had it his way. He prefers "Ninny" to solids.ReplyDelete
Yay!! beautiful.ReplyDelete


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Have no fear. Cider is here!
Fresh apple cider was absent at last year's Bedford Fall Foliage Festival, but the Snake Spring Valley Church of the Brethren is returning this year to make the fall treat - hot or cold.
"That's one thing that was really missed last year," says Stephen Lambert, coordinator for the Bedford Fall Foliage Festival.
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In this photo from the 2010 Bedford Fall Foliage Festival, sisters Michelle Gilger of Lancaster (left) and Kim Grossman of Selinsgrove carry some craft items they purchased from vendors.
Apple cider is just one of the many draws of the 48th annual Bedford Fall Foliage Festival -?to be held this Saturday and Sunday and Oct. 13 and 14 and will attract between 15,000 to 25,000 visitors each weekend. What began as an antique car parade and a handful of crafts vendors has morphed into a 400-vendor extravaganza with music, food, crafts and entertainment.
"It's grown tremendously," says Jane Barnhart of Bedford, who sells her handmade bird houses at the festival and was also chairman of the Bedford Fall Foliage Committee for 18 years. "It started out very very small with just an apple press and a couple crafts booths. Then word spread fast."
Once the festival committee began advertising in newspapers, on television and through brochures, more out-of-towners began frequenting the festival.
"Bedford is just so beautiful, so it spread by word of mouth too," Barnhart said. "The festival put Bedford on the map. It's impacted the county and the tri-county areas. The hotels are filled. The restaurants are filled. It's had a big impact on Bedford and the surrounding areas."
Barnhart, who grew up in Bedford, knows "pretty much everyone in town," but, on festival days, she can sit at her craft booth and not recognize anyone for hours.
"I've been around Bedford all my life. I know a lot of people. Sometimes I can sit and not know anyone passing by. That's how it's grown. Physically, it's grown big time," Barnhart said.
Fall treats abound at the festival, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., regardless of weather. There's plenty to satisfy anyone's cravings, from the fresh-pressed apple cider to kettle corn and candy apples, not to mention the plethora of other foods. Families will enjoy the scarecrow making, face painting, live interactive theatre, Dennie Huber the Magician and a large variety of bands.
Lambert says every year the entertainment varies slightly.
"We always try to refresh the entertainment, but we do have our regulars," he said.
Other festival highlights include a juried arts exhibit at the Arts Center on Pitt Street and the antique car parade at 2 p.m. Oct. 13.
"Each year, it gets a little bigger and a little better. A lot of people come for the entertainment, but the crafters are the draw," Lambert said. "People come to see the crafts, and all the other things are just ways to enhance the crafts festival."
Planning for the festival will begin in November by a committee of 10 Bedford residents.
"Everybody knows what to do. It's a great board," Lambert said.
Some festival events include:
* The 28th annual juried fine arts exhibit at the Bedford County Arts Center at 137 East Pitt Street. This Saturday and Oct. 13, the show will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and this Sunday and Oct. 14, from noon until 5 p.m.
* Murder Mystery Evenings at Old Bedford Village, 220 Sawblade Road, 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday and Oct. 13.
* Walking tours of historic Memorial Park, Saturday and Sunday and Oct. 13 and 14. Tours starts at the corner of John and Juliana Streets. Costumed guides will lead the tours through Bedford's Revolutionary War Cemetery. Tours are available on?Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
* Bedford County Historical Society's 21st Annual Quilt Show and Sale at the Bedford County Historical Society at 6441 Lincoln Highway, Saturday and Sunday and Oct. 13 and 14.
* Antique Car Parade in downtown Bedford at 2 p.m. Oct. 13
* Fall Foliage Classic 5K Walk/ Run/10K Run/Tot Trot at 9 a.m. Oct. 13 at Shawnee State Park in Schellsburg.


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