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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Morgan Griffith is endeavoring to add to her basketball game as she enters her senior season at Hollidaysburg Area High School.
While she might be venturing out into the neighborhood that is the court a little bit more frequently, the paint is still Griffith's home turf, and woe to anyone that dares trespass on it.
"I tend to think it's mine, that I need to protect it for my team,'' Griffith said. "I'm told to dominate. That's the word that we always use.''
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McLanahan Corporation team members include (from left):?First row—Hannah Mercer, Amy Tomassetti, Susie Ellis, Michele Muir, Morgan Griffith. Second row—Kassie Hurliman, Payton Civils, Courteney Storm, Kiki Davis. Third row—Emily Haupt, Sierra Kirsch, Alex Scheel, Alexis Stitt, Ashley McClain, Caroline Ellis.
It was an appropriate description of her performance in Sunday afternoon's Hollidaysburg Area YMCA Women's Summer Basketball League High School Division championship game.
Wolford Gearhart's Moving & Storage - Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic's entry - had no answer for Griffith, as she controlled the boards, rejected shots and scored a game-high 20 points to lift McLanahan Corporation to a surprisingly easy 55-38 win at the Reliance Bank Gymnasium.
Hannah Mercer also reached double figures for McLanahan's with 10 points, while Ashley McClain came off the bench to score eight from a guard-heavy rotation that pestered and picked Wolford Gearhart's apart all game. However, it was apparent that having Griffith to draw defensive attention or to contest opposing field goal attempts played a huge part in McLanahan's successful formula.
"Morgan means everything to us, with her size and her experience,'' Mercer said. "She'll get a double-double every game this year.''
McLanahan pulled ahead by 13 points in the middle of the first half and was not closely challenged the rest of the way. The only time it really seemed Wolford Gearhart was gaining any momentum was the beginning of the second half, but Griffith squelched that by powerfully grabbing her own missed shot in traffic and ricocheted off a defender while scoring inside for a three-point play.
How good were things going for Griffith? She even tipped in a missed shot a few minutes later as her team's lead began climbing toward 20 points.
"I didn't even try to tip that in. I was just going up for a rebound, and it went in,'' Griffith said with a laugh.
Elyssa Ehredt's nine points led the way for Wolford Gearhart, while reigning Altoona Mirror Girls Basketball Player of the Year Kayla Bates had seven. Wolford Gearhart was playing without 2011 Mirror Player of the Year Halee Adams, who was on the sideline in street clothes.
The Guilfoyle contingent committed an unusually high 16 turnovers.
"We didn't do a very good job of handling their pressure,'' Bates said. "It's always a tough matchup with them. In the second half, we did a better job. But we need to do a better job of staying calm. Their pressure got to us.''
Wolford Gearhart usually does that to other teams, but McLanahan, despite playing a very fast tempo, only turned the ball over five times. Two of those came in the last 40 seconds after both coaches had cleared their benches.
"We're able to do that because the majority of us have been around, and our camaraderie is really good. I think it's the maturity level,'' Mercer said. "When we're on a big court like this, we're able to get out and run. I knew when we got into the playoffs and got onto a big court like this, it'd be to our advantage.''
McLanahan had the best record among the high school teams and the second best record of any team in the regular season. Although this group of Hollidaysburg seniors has been in the title mix since it began playing in the Y League, this was its first championship, and that might add a little boost to the Lady Tigers' confidence when the two-time defending District 6 Class AAA champions move up to Class AAAA this season and have to battle Altoona and State College for one berth in the interdistrict tournament.
"I think this means a lot,'' Mercer said.
WOLFORD GEARHART'S MOVING & STORAGE (38): Bates 1 5-6 7, Stessney 1 2-2 4, Boslet 2 0-0 6, Ehredt 3 3-4 9, Miller 2 0-0 5, Craig 2 0-0 4, E. Adams 0 1-2 1, Luciano 0 0-0 0, McGhee 0 0-0 0, Ruggery 0 0-0 0, Spencer 1 0-0 2. Totals - 12-37 11-14 38.
MCLANAHAN CORPORATION (55): Mercer 4 2-2 10, S. Ellis 1 1-2 4, Muir 3 1-2 7, Storm 1 0-0 2, Griffith 7 6-7 20, McClain 3 0-0 8, Tomassetti 1 0-0 2, Civils 0 0-0 0, Hurliman 0 0-0 0, Kirsch 1 0-0 2, Stitt 0 0-0 0, C. Ellis 0 0-0 0, Scheel 0 0-0 0. Totals - 21-48 10-13 55.
Halftime-McLanahan Corporation, 28-19. 3-point goals-Wolford Gearhart's Moving & Storage 3-5 (Boslet 2, Miller); McLanahan Corporation 3-11 (S. Ellis, McClain 2). Officials-Keith Redfoot, Joe Bilka, Teri Piatak.


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MARTINSBURG - As director of the Hedgesville High School marching band, Corey Hamrick knows the pride associated with a mascot and colors. Tuesday, Hamrick momentarily retired from the blue and gold Eagles to represent a bird of a different color.
Hamrick, along with two Hedgesville High School students, Chyna Brown and Chaz Kelley, who performed with the drum line, traveled to Baltimore to be part of the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band for Tuesday's Super Bowl parade.
"It was one of the most exciting moments ever. I've never seen a parade so packed. I've been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City, and they did not compare to this," he said.
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A member of the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band since 2006, Hamrick started as one of the performers and worked his way through the group to his current position of assistant music director.
Walking with the band, the 140-member marching band led the parade throughout the city, ending at M&T Bank Stadium. From taking the first step, Hamrick said he and the band were treated like celebrities, receiving shouts and high fives.
"It was almost overwhelming. There were thousands of cameras, and the crowd was so excited. Near where we lined up, there was a parking garage with people on every level, including the roof. The sidewalks were packed. The stadium seats around 74,000 people and there were over 100,000," he said.
Every Wednesday since April, Hamrick has traveled to Baltimore after school for three-hour band practices, preparing for the Ravens' Sunday home games. The marching band practices and performs until the team is eliminated.
One of the accomplishments he is most proud of this year: Hamrick wrote most of the drill formations used in the band's pre-game and halftime performances.
Upon the Ravens' win in Super Bowl XLVII, Hamrick and the marching students were called back to Baltimore for one last performance in the Super Bowl parade, a first for Hamrick since joining the band. In addition to Tuesday's parade, the band also participated in the Ravens' Super Bowl Sendoff Rally Jan. 28.
Although excited for the Ravens' Super Bowl win, Hamrick said this year's championship game was a tough game for him personally.
"I've been a (San Francisco) 49ers fan my whole life," he said. "When you're with the Ravens, you have to root for them. You instantly become a fan. Once I became part of the band, the Ravens became my second team."
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The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to the hospital in the Paddington area of London just before 6 a.m.
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Our officers face many risks and challenges and their sacrifice and service are often taken for granted. If you encounter a deputy, police officer, highway patrolman or corrections officer this week, show your support and let them know how much their work means to you.
Seventy-five years ago, on July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig delivered what is now known as sports' most famous speech. Suffering from the symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he died less than two years later at the age of 37.
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Most people like having new vehicles. A new convertible would be especially nice for the summer time. Unfortunately, with new vehicles come taxes and it's important for you to understand what taxes are due and how to pay them to avoid problems later on.
When purchasing a vehicle, you must pay local property taxes to the County Treasurer's Office and you must also pay a sales tax for the vehicle to the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
At the Lancaster County Council meeting April 28, the U.S. 521/S.C. 160 corridor overlay district was approved for second reading and remanded to the Planning Commission for revision on a number of specific topics suggested by various council members at the meeting. The matter is to be considered at the Planning Commission meeting May 20 and returned to County Council for action at its June 9 meeting.
South Carolina is known as a "red state" and a "conservative" state, and so one might be led to believe it's a place where non-"progressive," free-market policies reign. Certainly South Carolina has a reputation for being a "low tax state." But the reputation is unearned.
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The other night I was on the sofa juggling the remote control in one hand, a custom-built ham sandwich with the works in the other, and a plate of Cheetos and a cold beer on my lap. I was one false move from a big mess when I froze on the spot as a guy on TV in a suit at some government committee table said it.
"When adults fight, children lose."
What a simple, brilliant assessment of what's happening with education politics in our state and nation.
Luke 24 tells much about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. When several women disciples came to Jesus' tomb to anoint his body on the Sunday morning after his death, they found that the stone over its entrance had been rolled away.
Entering the tomb, they did not find his body. They were disturbed by this, but two angels appeared to tell them that Jesus had risen, and that he had predicted his crucifixion and resurrection while he was still in Galilee.
What's the difference between the terms "pro-free market" and "pro-business?" The former refers to policies that limit or remove government interference in economic activity – low taxes, fewer regulations, the absence of government subsidies, etc. The term "pro-business," by contrast, can mean almost anything.
When the unemployment rate is down, politicians swoop in to take credit.
When joblessness is up, there's blame and finger-pointing. It's up to the voters to sort through the rhetoric. And most would probably agree that no politician deserves as much credit as they'd like – or as much blame as their detractors would heap on them – for any uptick or downturn in the economy.
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persecution of christians in india - kirk yacoub - 08-10-2008
You will have read about the current wave of persecutions against Christians in India, particularly in Orissa state, which includes murder, rape and the destruction of church artefacts. This is looked upon by Christians in India as a deliberately orchestrated campaign by those political parties in India who wish to build a theocratic Hindu (ie pagan) state. A petition has been effective in bringing the persecution of Christians in Egypt to the attention of many. Does anyone know of a similar petition regarding India?
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- Louis - 15-10-2008
It is interesting you bring this up. I was just discussing this with a Indian nationalist on facebook and he had this to say, it provides some useful information. I don't know the truth of the matter but I thought I would paste this in here when I saw this post.
"The Kandhamal violence is essentially a localised one, as many such incidents in the country have been. It is the local factors that play a predominant role. Animosities were brewing no doubt. But again the reasons were immediate. There has been a feud between the Kondh tribals and largely Christian Pana Scheduled Caste people. The Panas, under the leadership of the local Congress Rajya Sabha member Radhakanta Naik, who is said to be a convert, have been demanding inclusion of their caste in the Scheduled Tribe category as they too speak the same Kui language that the ST Kondhs speak.
What made things worse in Kandhamal was the open collaboration between the Christian groups and Naxals (Armed Maoists). Among those arrested in connection with the burning down of villages inhabited by Hindus (Brahmanigaon, Jhinjiriguda, Katingia, and Godapur) were 47 Maoists. Some 20 guns have been recovered by the security forces from them.
The trouble in Kandhamal started on December 23, when the Maoists created tensions in that area.As the news of clashes reached Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a selfless VHP leader, working for the socio-economic development of the local people for over four decades -- he set out for Brahmanigoan on December 24. His car was attacked by Maoists in which the leader himself and two of his followers sustained serious injuries.
In Kandhamal, there is another factor which led to the clashes--the political factor. The area is tribal and remote. The Armed Communists and Maoists were working there among the tribals since 1960's. Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other Hindu Organisations came to that area later. The Christian converts were associated with the Maoists. The 80% Kandhas of that area were associated with VHP. As the Maoists are fighting for the tribals and is banned in India, they murder anybody who is an outsider.
On September 1, 2008 Government of Orissa claimed the situation was under control. However, 558 houses and 17 churches and prayer halls were burnt in riots. 543 houses were burnt in the worst hit Kandhamal district. 12,539 people were fed in 10 relief camps, 783 people got the facilities in two relief camps in Rayagada district. In all, 12 companies of para-military forces, 24 platoons of Orissa State Armed Police, two sections of Armed Police Reserve forces and two teams of Special Operation Group (SOG) were deployed to control the riots.On September 7, 2008 VHP leader Praveen Togadia announced that an All-India agitation would be launched if the killers of Lakshmananda were not arrested.
The 2008 violence affected in 14 districts out of of 30 and 300 Villages, 4,400 Houses burnt, 50,000 Homeless, 59 People killed including at least 2 pastors, 10 Priests/Pastors/Nuns injured, 18,000 Men, women, children injured, 2 women gang-raped including a nun, 151 Churches destroyed and 13 Schools and colleges damaged.
The ruling government of Orissa, headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, was a coalition of the BJP and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). In the 147-member state assembly the BJD-BJP combine has 93 members, 32 of whom are from the BJP.
Some BJP legislators blamed the government for not providing adequate protection to Saraswati, despite other attempts on his life. They called for withdrawing support from the government, which would lead to its collapse."
- Louis - 15-10-2008
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Well, I am now three weeks into being back at school and is has been nice to get back into a routine. Dont get me wrong, the summer was amazing and I love the travel, but at times, it is nice to settle back into normal life. Being back and settled in allows me to get back to the gym which has been very nice, travel can take a toll on working out. I will say though, it is tough to go from not working out in about a month to jumping back into it at full speed.
With school bein back in session, that means it is only time for my second favorite time of the year (after lacrosse season), football season. What an opening to the season it has been in both college and pro. USC look absolutly unstoppable, but will the get complacent and have a mind lapse against a lesser opponent…Will Oklahoma make it through their difficult schedule of the Big XII to take on the Trojans in the National Championship? Those two teams are my favorites at this point, but it is early.
The NFL is also off to a good start with teams that were supposed to be good, being terrible, and teams that were supposed to underperform, winning. The Ravens looked better than expected in week one and I think that the whole city is "Wacco for Flacco." The big question for them will be if they can bounce back from the Hurrican Ike ordeal to make a run that includes no bye weeks and 5 straight road games in 35 days. If they can get through it, watch out AFC, the Ravens will be back and be a force to be reckoned with.
On top of football, its time to get back out and play lacrosse again. The BILL (Baltimore Indoor Lacrosse League) started last week and despite having a young team, DeWalt should be able to challenge the top teams in the league. This past Saturday, the alums of Towson, Maryland, and UMBC made their way out to Genesse Valley for the second annual alumni lacrosse tournament that goes to benefit former Maryland coach Dick Edell. It was a great event again this year and it was great to see all of the guys and participate in an event that goes to such a great coach and person.
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CRESSON - Despite making little concrete progress during Tuesday's Senate judiciary hearing, state legislators are hopeful a community meeting this week to discuss the closure of the State Correctional Institution at Cresson will send a message to Harrisburg officials.
State Rep. Gary Haulska, D-Patton, and other area lawmakers plan to meet with the community, as well as Cresson township and borough officials, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cresson Fire Hall, 223 Ashcroft Ave.
Haluska said he hopes residents' voices are heard and the closure of SCI Cresson can be slowed, despite the Department of Corrections officials' "failures" to justify their decision to close it.
"They didn't have the courtesy to talk to any of the local officials, communities, state representatives," Haluska said of the state's surprise announcement two weeks ago to shutter the prison.
Haluska said corrections officials and Gov. Tom Corbett adopted a "we're just going to do it and walk away" attitude concerning the prison closure.
No public input was sought, Haluska said.
Despite their insistence to close the prison, state officials have not attempted to find any alternate uses for the 450-acre site in Cresson Township or ask legislators for ideas, he added.
"Hopefully we can put some pressure on the Corbett administration to answer some of these questions," Haluska said. "We need to send a clear message to the governor and the Department of Corrections. First, closing SCI Cresson is a bad decision on a number of levels and second, it's wrong for government to ignore the people who are impacted the most by decisions that government makes."
Sen. John Wozniak, D-Cambria, said there might not be many positives to discuss with residents at the meeting.
During the Senate judiciary hearing on Tuesday, John E. Wetzel, corrections secretary, said the decision to close the prison would not change.
Wozniak compared the prison closure to losing a large economic driver such as an automobile manufacturer.
Had employees been tasked with manufacturing components for vehicles, the state would be fighting to keep their jobs in the community, Wozniak said.
"We should be doing the same thing for all our people," Wozniak said. "That's shutting down a huge manufacturing plant, in my opinion."
Cresson Mayor Patrick Mulhern said officials want to protect area residents from paying an "exuberant amount of money" to cover the loss of the prison.
"It's going to take a toll on people," Mulhern said.
Employees transferring to other prisons may be forced to sell their homes to be closer to their place of employment, Mulhern said.
Even smaller details many people do not consider will be missed with the prison closure, Mulhern said.
The borough will lose a free labor force previously responsible for collecting trash in the borough and along Route 22 when the prison closes, Mulhern said.
And the ongoing water project in the township will be impacted by changing numbers of customers after the prison is shut down, he said.
"That's all coming to a screeching halt," Mulhern said.
Mulhern said he expects a large turnout at Thursday's meeting. Cresson Borough Council and township officials will be in attendance, he said.
SCI Cresson and SCI Greensburg in Westmoreland County are slated to close by the end of June.
A total of about 800 employees at both prisons were offered the opportunity to transfer to other state prisons, Haluska said.
But many young families already invested in homes or have begun raising families in Cresson, Haluska said. All that could change if prison employees are forced to drive more than an hour to a different correctional facility, he said.
"There's so many questions out there - all this should have been aired out in meetings with local officials ... and public meetings," Haluska said. "There's going to be some real hardships for people."
Corrections officials said the closures would save about $23 million the first year and upward of about $35 million annually.
The combined 2,400 prisoners at the two prisons will be transferred throughout the state prison system, including the newly constructed SCI Benner facility in Centre County.
The $200 million facility in Benner Township has a 2,000-bed capacity, corrections officials said.
Haluska challenged the cost savings, adding that the economic hardships facing Cresson and surrounding communities were not factored into corrections officials' estimates.
"The Department of Corrections and the Corbett administration should have provided this opportunity for people to gather information and give their input before the decision to close SCI Cresson and SCI Greensburg was made," Haluska said. "It's becoming clear, though, that isn't the way this administration works."


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The Bills rushed for a season-high 232 yards. Fred Jackson ran for 109 yards, his first triple-digit game in nearly 13 months. C.J. Spiller had trouble generating electricity on his first 12 carries then crackled on a 44-yard touchdown to put the game away in the fourth quarter. Even the Wildcat worked for a change: Brad Smith ran twice for 28 yards. Ryan Fitzpatrick scored on a 1-yard sneak.
If you didn't watch the game and just glanced at the box score, then Fitzpatrick's stat line wouldn't dazzle you. His 112 yards were the fewest he's passed for since December 2009, when he threw for 86 against the Chiefs. But Fitzpatrick connected when he had to. He hit T.J. Graham on a 51-yard bomb to set up their first TD and spotted Scott Chandler and Stevie Johnson on short tosses into the end zone.
For the third straight week, the Bills held an opponent to fewer than 90 yards rushing. The Bills kept the Jaguars to 50 yards on the ground. They would get an A+ here had the competition been more respectable. Maurice Jones-Drew missed his sixth straight game, Jordan Todman was inactive and starter Rashad Jennings was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the first quarter.
The Bills' secondary battled valiantly. Aaron Williams missed his fourth straight game because of a knee injury, and Leodis McKelvin left in the first quarter because his back seized up. Jags quarterback Chad Henne had been warm the previous two games, but the Bills held him to 44 percent completions, intercepted him once, broke up nine passes and sacked him four times. Seven penalties in the secondary keep this grade from an A.
Rian Lindell was allowed to try a 50-yard field goal, and he made it. Shawn Powell punted well in the December bluster. Marcus Easley's first NFL touch was a 55-yard kickoff return. Smith went 38 yards on his kickoff return. Justin Rogers, however, muffed a punt at the 5-yard line in the fourth quarter, and the Jags scored a touchdown one play later. Buffalo's coverage units were solid.
Chan Gailey didn't need to do anything cute. With rain falling and winds gusting, the game plan screamed for repeated handoffs. Buffalo ran a season-high 46 times and threw a season-low 17 times. Defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt played the short routes on third down, a strategy that helped Buffalo stop Jacksonville on third down 10 out of 11 times and all three times on fourth down.
Grading the Jaguars
Jacksonville was in enough trouble with Jennings in the game. He entered Week 12 with a 2.8-yard average. He had just 20 yards on eight carries Sunday. When he got hurt, Jacksonville had to scrape the bottom of its depth chart. Montell Owens — the third-string tailback and backup fullback — came in and gained 29 yards on seven carries.
Henne was 18 of 41 for 208 yards, one touchdown and one interception (57.8 rating). With his marginal mobility, Buffalo's defensive line teed off at times. Mario Williams had a strip sack, and three other Bills D-linemen had at least half a sack. Jacksonville was hampered when deep threat Cecil Shorts left in the fourth quarter with a head injury.
Jacksonville had the NFL's 29th-rated run defense, allowing an average of 136 yards a game. Buffalo nearly beat that number by another hundred. Jacksonville allowed Buffalo to run for 158 yards in the final two quarters. Buffalo rushed for 14 first downs and converted five of its first eight third-down situations – four of them on runs.
The Jaguars ranked 28th in pass defense and were without starting right cornerback Derek Cox. The long ball to Graham sailed over third-stringer Kevin Rutland's head. Paul Posluszny snared a Fitzpatrick interception, but Jacksonville didn't register a sack, had only two quarterback hits and broke up three passes. Fitzpatrick had only nine completions, but six of them were either first downs or touchdowns.
The Bills traded up two spots in the draft to select Graham. The player the Jaguars took after him was punter Bryan Anger. On five kicks in rough weather Sunday, he fared well, dropping the ball at the Bills' 12-, 11- and 6-yard lines. Quan Cosby gained 99 yards on five kickoff returns.
The Jaguars weren't inspired by Mike Mularkey's return to Buffalo. They were limp for much of the game and could hear the bus' engine running early in the fourth quarter. They fumbled three times and were undisciplined at times. An unnecessary roughness call in the second quarter backed them from the 5-yard line and led to a field goal instead of a TD.
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5 Bizarre Pitfalls of Owning a Classic Car
Your Implicit Involvement in a Blood Feud
I'm all over the map with my automotive appreciation. As far as I'm concerned, cool is cool, and I have a new crush to swoon and fawn over almost daily. I'm constantly finding new details to incessantly and criminally bore my wife with: "But really the optimal year for the Riviera is the '67, when they upgraded to the baseline 430 while keeping most of the same classic lines," I will tell her, as she eyeballs other, more interesting men from across the room. "Hideaway lights!" I'll squeal, while she quietly googles "Oregon divorce law" on her Android, sighing when the page loads instantly, still cached in her history. That infatuation will last for a day or so, and then my lust is channeled back to the old standard, the '68 Charger. Well, at least until a shiny lil' GTX rolls by, and then I'm off again, chasing after that while laughing, clapping and skipping through the traffic crashing all around me.
Oh, Charger, I don't know if I want to drive you or have sex with you ... but that's not the truth. We both know that I know.
But this behavior is not acceptable in car culture. As soon as you make a decision -- and I mean the very second you put that money down and settle into the seat -- you have committed yourself to a long and brutal bloodfeud with every single other brand in existence.
"Oh, you're a MOPAR man," the man behind the counter at the auto parts store will say, after noticing your car.
"Yeah! They're awesome!" You'll spout eagerly. And then, before you can add "but I almost bought a beautiful Cutlass before this, and I saw a bitchin' Galaxie just earlier today," he'll lean over conspiratorially and whisper: "I've got a Coronet myself."
You'll smile and nod, wondering if it's rude to ask him if that's a car, a bird or a Mexican beer, and then another customer will walk by. The clerk will abruptly raise a hand to quiet you as he passes.
"That was a Chevy man," he'll clarify with unfathomable bile in his tone, and spit on the floor before continuing, "keeps coming in here, all la-di-da like he owns the world. Just been waitin' for another MOPAR man to come along and back me up ..."
Then he'll stand up suddenly, walk to the door, flip the sign to closed, and BAM! You're helping yet another stranger throw a "rug" into Mattigan's swamp, just as soon as you drink up enough courage to remove those incriminating fingertips with a pair of boltcutters.
Dozens of Accidental Murders
What happened to that poor bastard earlier, whose only crime in the world was driving a Nova, was no accident -- but you also need to prepare yourself for the many, many other lives you'll inadvertently take if your car looks even remotely "tough." A large, flat grill, sharp, angled fenders, or just a deep rumble emanating from the engine bay is all it takes to summon a plethora of Tough Guys who will try to lemming themselves beneath your tires at every stoplight. For comparison's sake: My other car is a 2005 Kia Optima, which is the automotive equivalent of stapling a Viagra prescription to your shirtsleeve. I can't recall the last time a Tough Guy stepped out into the crosswalk against the light to walk slowly in front of my bumper -- practically daring me to kill him -- when I was crouched in my fucking Kia. Yet, every time I step in the '66 Fury, some dude in a Tapout shirt and a bandanna will come bolting across the intersection like a sexually insecure deer, eye-fighting me like I just asked him if he borrows his wifebeaters from his boyfriend or the gigolo they hire every weekend to make up for his impotency.
"Trick question, asshole: Our gigolo wears a vest. I mean, uh ... fuck you!"
I'm not sure if this happens with newer sports cars too, but in my experience, the simple act of owning a classic car means you're automatically enrolled in a terribly one-sided game of chicken with dudes who have the Chinese character for fear tattooed on their bicep. This is not a thing I understand. How does that prove machismo? If anything, it seems like they're imbuing the driver with an inordinate amount of power: Obviously you, behind the wheel of your giant steel monstrosity powered by tiny explosions, are not going to be harmed by running over Captain Bought-Those-Dogtags-From-Hot-Topic. So really, they're putting themselves in a massively submissive position; yielding their bodies up to the driver's superior power and baring their proverbial throats for him in the most sexually charged dominance dynamic outside of a James Spader movie. So it's great to own a classic car and all, but just be aware that, by doing so, you're agreeing to spend several minutes out of every day satisfying the danger-fetishes of dudes whose personality type is "pectoral muscle."
Guerrilla Pop Quizzes
If you own, say, a Ford Windstar, nobody assumes that you know shit about anything. There is no implied special knowledge that you, a Windstar driver, are expected to share with the world. And you have to admit, that's probably a pretty fair assumption. But if you own a classic car, you can expect to be quizzed, at any time, about every single component of it, as well as those of every other conceivable car built within the same decade. This will happen literally everywhere: At the auto parts store, in your driveway, stopped at a light, or just pulling into the parking lot of a 7-Eleven to snag a Coke Slurpee to mix with your bottle of Jack and night of crushing solitude. Regardless of location, you will eventually be sidelined by some dude (there's a 73% chance he'll have mutton chops,) who will intensely drill you on the technical specifications of your automobile, no matter how busy you seem, or how plainly, visibly incompetent you are.
"What the fuck is this thing?!"
"Nice car," he'll start. "Whaddaya got in there?"
"In ... the car? Like eight pounds of Jack in the Box wrappers, a flat 2-liter of Alpine Mist and a broken flashlight," you'll answer, entirely accurately.
"Ha! No, I mean, what is that, the 318?"
"No, it's ... uh," you'll stammer, just trying to save some face, "the other one."
"The 426?" He'll reply, impressed.
"Hell yes," you'll answer, practically ejaculating relief.
"The 4-barrel?"
"Naw, man, like ... seven. Seven barrels."
"Shit, custom job. You bore that thing out?"
"Bored it till it couldn't walk in the morning," you'll laughingly reply, at no point in this conversation having had the slightest clue what you two were discussing. Cars, you'd say, if you had to venture a guess.
"Cool, man, cool. Got a 440 myself. Went to put a new intake on her yesterday, forgot to hook back up the PCV valve and fouled the plugs. Came out to pick up some new ones and a pack of smokes. But man, now I'm thinking I should just take that money and go for a 777 instead."
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing," you'll blindly agree.
"Yeah? Shit, really? Saw a place around the corner. Wanna take a look?"
So you get in his car, expecting to be taken to a garage or possibly some kind of hangar, only to find that you've accidentally agreed to get fisted in a back alley by three tired-eyed Puerto Rican girls while a guy with a statistically significant chance of having mutton-chops jacks off into a puppet.


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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State appears to be closer to getting its top tight end back from injury.
Kyle Carter took part in the team's pre-practice stretch before participating in position drills during Wednesday's 25-minute session that was open to the media.
Carter did not make the trip last weekend to Purdue after he injured his left ankle in the Oct. 27 loss to Ohio State.
The redshirt freshman, who has 35 catches for 441 yards and two touchdowns, appeared to be moving fine and without a pronounced limp in Wednesday's practice.
The news does not appear to be as promising for senior defensive tackle Jordan Hill, who injured his knee in last weekend's win. Hill stretched outside with the team in sweatpants before retreating into Holuba Hall to do his own workout once the individual period began.
Hill appears unlikely to play this weekend against Nebraska, or would be limited if he can play. Penn State coach Bill O'Brien has called both players day-to-day, but said their status would be determined later in the week.
O'Brien also had the speakers that line the team's practice field turned up to full blast to help prepare the team for the hostile Nebraska crowd.
Music by Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa helped imitate the noise made by the Cornhusker crowd. The music made it almost impossible to hear anything on field level.
SUBHD: Moseby-Felder emerging
Brandon Moseby-Felder was getting closer and closer to finding the end zone with each passing game until he and quarterback Matt McGloin connected for a 42-yard touchdown pass on Saturday.
It was the redshirt junior's first career touchdown reception after coming within 4 yards on the goal line on a long reception in the team's loss to Ohio State.
O'Brien has seen his receiver steadily improve as the season progresses. The coach called him one of the more improved players on the team.
"You've seen him over the last few weeks catch a few more balls," the coach said. "He's improved in his route running, he's done everything we asked him to do in the running game, blocks, blocks the down safety, blocks corners, blocks for the screens."
Coming out of spring practice, Moseby-Felder almost did not even have a shot to contribute in the Penn State offense or even step on the field. His name was buried in the depth chart behind players such as Justin Brown and Devon Smith. But both of those players have since left the team.
Moseby-Felder also was fighting a hamstring strain that he suffered in the second week of the spring. It caused him to miss the Blue-White Game and hampered his workouts on into the summer.
"It helped me realize things in a smaller picture that no one wants to go through an injury, but when they happen you have to be strong enough to get up the next day and be like, 'OK I really want to do this'," he said.
Moseby-Felder has turned into one of McGloin's favorite deep targets. The two have connected on seven passes for more than 15 yards this season.
Before the season began, O'Brien had meetings with each of his players to let them know where they each stood and what he expected out of them. The coach told Moseby-Felder that he expected big things out of him in the coming year.
"That kind of went down when I got hurt, but it is kind of picking back up to how he wanted me to be before the season started," Moseby-Felder said.


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June kicks off with a stylish note with E-Fashion Design [2] (June 6), a hands-on introduction to e-textiles using conductive thread to make electronic cuff bracelets. No sewing or electronics experience needed. On June 8, WonderLab [3] staff will join us in making Pizza-Box Solar Ovens at the Ellettsville [4] and Main [5] branches. Now we're cooking with the sun! Or how about rocking with a paper cup? Staff from BloomingLabs [6] will be on hand June 10 (Main Branch) [7] and 11 (Ellettsville) [8] to make Mad Speakers from cups and plastic bowls using wire coils and magnets. Interested in Fine Arts and Fabricating in the Digital Age [9]? Come for a tour and demonstration of the Fab Lab [10] at the IU School of Fine Arts McCalla studio June 13 to see how digital files become fine art. June 24 at Ellettsville [11] and 25 at Main [12] brings the folks from BloomingLabs back to the Library for Let's Animate, a stop-motion cartoon-making workshop. And our first month of Maker Days programs ends June 29 with the Teen Hackjam [13], a website-hacking, pizza-eating journalistic extravaganza with staff from the IU Center for Research on Learning and Technology [14]. And that's just June!
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An LLM with a Concentration in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution prepares practicing lawyers to further their careers as effective and skilled negotiators, advocates, mediators, arbitrators, diplomats, ombudspersons, practitioners, policymakers, and business leaders in local, national, and international arenas. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has grown considerably over the past 40 years and is now the primary vehicle for legal dispute resolution in almost every area of legal practice in almost every country in the world.
Law firms, agencies, and businesses greatly value practitioners with expertise in dispute resolution, and some large firms have developed specialized ADR units. In addition, there are a growing number of jobs in the field of ADR as mediators, ombudspersons, and ADR program administrators for courts, corporations, government agencies, bar associations, non-profits, and ADR providers.
Washington University has a robust Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program with a curriculum that is one of the largest, if not the largest, in the country, with over 25 courses, seminars, internships, and competitions. Importantly, the school offers almost all of the ADR courses every year, with multiple sections of key ADR courses. The university's top-ranked social work and business schools also offer related courses in negotiation and dispute resolution.
Our distinguished faculty includes several full-time faculty members with expertise in psychology, business, economics, and international human rights, who teach, write, and practice in the field of dispute resolution. The Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program adjunct faculty includes top local practitioners with expertise in various ADR fields.
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Hotel Nelva is a modern, luxurious 4-star hotel located in the center of Murcia that combines modern architecture with comfort and elegance. It is located in a privileged commercial and financial area of Murcia, easily found from any of the city's access points and is only ten minutes away from the Congress and Exhibition Center and the historical town center.
The careful decoration and facilities in all 250 rooms, the exclusive atmosphere that can be enjoyed in the lobby bar, or the Oro Negro Restaurant, as well as its terraced areas, will all provide moments to relax be it after a hard day's work or visiting the city. The conference and banqueting rooms together with the parking facilities make Hotel Nelva your best choice.


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The latest season of The X Factor is down to the wire – but L.A. Reid is already looking ahead to next season. And he's not planning to come back.
"I have decided that I will not return to The X Factor next year," Reid, who is chairman and CEO of Epic Records, tells Access Hollywood. "I have a company to run that I've kind of neglected."
Of his decision to leave the singing competition, he says, "It saddens me a little bit, but only a little bit."
One of the things he's sure to miss is spending so much time with his pal and fellow judge Simon Cowell. "I love Simon. We have a great relationship," says Reid. "We have fun together, we talk, we laugh, we do bad things, we're friends."
Reid says being on the show, which also currently stars judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato, was "a nice break" from his day job, "but now I've got to go back to work."
Reid has been a judge on the show for two seasons with Cowell. Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul lasted only one season as judges before leaving.
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WARREN - Al said he lives in a vacant home in the downtown Warren area with his 16-year-old daughter.
The house doesn't have electricity, heat or running water. They have a mattress to sleep on and stay warm with blankets and sleeping bags.
To eat, there's the Salvation Army and Warren Family Mission. Sometimes a social worker from Catholic Charities Regional Agency gives him items to make sandwiches, he said.
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Tom Knepper Jr. of Warren explains his homeless situation while enjoying a hot meal at the Salvation Army in Warren.
''I'm trying to get her out of there,'' said Al, a 51-year-old man from Warren, who did not want to provide his last name. ''I'm just down on my luck right now.''
Al says it's been about a month now that he's been at the house. Before that, he was at the Christy House, a 30-day homeless shelter in Warren.
He's among several homeless individuals living in Trumbull and Mahoning counties. A count of those people, done last year over a 24-hour period, revealed that 99 people were homeless in Trumbull County and 224 in Mahoning County.
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Bitter cold is in the forecast in the next few days. Today, the temperature probably will only reach about 15 degrees and combined with the wind chill, it could be as low as minus 14 degrees.
Temperatures are on the rise through the rest of the week, but top out in the mid-20s. The forecast through Saturday:
Thursday: Chance of snow with a high in the low 20s.
Friday: Snow likely with a high in the mid-20s.
Saturday: Chance of snow with a high in the mid-20s.
On Tuesday, the Trumbull County Housing Collaborative was doing another point-in-time survey. Included in that was a lunch at the Salvation Army that was open to anyone but held specifically to reach people not in a shelter or transitional housing, like Al.
The study helps determine how much funding will come back to the area to fight homelessness and define what services are needed. In addition, it raises awareness about the problem of homelessness, said Sister Jean Orsuto of the Emmanuel Community Care Center.
''People don't realize we have homeless people here in this community,'' Orsuto said.
People at the lunch were sent away with a care package containing toiletry items and a new hat, pair of gloves and a scarf. Some volunteers later canvassed locations in Warren where homeless are known to stay to provide them with the bags.
Next year, there's talk of also providing hair cuts and some basic medical services, such as dental and eye exams.
Results of the study should be ready next month. A similar study was being done in Mahoning County, too.
Tom Knepper Jr., who said he's known on the streets as the ''gray wolf,'' said he's been ''off and on'' homeless since about 2007. Now he's staying in a tent in a wooded area not too far north of Warren.
Knepper said he eats where there is food, like the Family Mission, gets around on a classic 1965 Schwinn street cruiser and showers at the Salvation Army or at the home of a friend, but he's not into staying or ''couch surfing'' with them.
''That's not my style,'' he said.
He said he's worked in rubber factories and as a painter, but now jobs are hard to find.
''You go to a temporary place to work, you're not guaranteed enough money to survive on,'' said Knepper, 58.
Knepper said his military style sleeping bag keeps him warm and he avoids making fires at his campsite; it creates too much attention, he said.


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Father Joe helped countless people
This has been a very difficult time for us experiencing the unexpected loss of our beloved Joey. We feel it necessary to address the article published in the Oct. 28 News.
It is unfortunate that fellow colleagues of Father Joe Moreno chose to attempt to besmirch his reputation and memory in such a public manner when he is no longer able to defend himself, some choosing to cowardly hide behind the cloak of anonymity. It is our responsibility to defend him now that he is helpless to defend himself.
Although he performed God's work on a daily basis – and many will tell you he was a saint – our Joey was still human, and like all of us, not without his faults. Those faults did not change the fact that his singular purpose on this planet was to help those in need in any way he could and no matter what the cost. That is what he did best. Joey didn't just preach God's word behind a pulpit; he rolled up his sleeves every day and was on the front lines performing it – feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving to the poor, etc.
The fact that he filed for bankruptcy in the financial aftermath of Sept. 11 (like many people across the country) does not change that in the slightest. And those who knew Father Joe knew that he was always giving whatever money he had to the less fortunate and needy.
More disturbing, however, was the intimation that he was in any way involved in the church's sexual abuse scandal. We unequivocally state that he never committed such heinous acts nor was he ever accused of them. Such abhorrent acts are contrary to the very fiber of who our Joey was and his adoration of children and theirs of him.
Those who knew our Joey will remember him as the kind, gentle and giving person he was; and the outpouring of support from the public is a testament to the tremendous impact he had on so many in this world.
We are deeply saddened that those Joey called a friend and a colleague would, for no good reason, choose to diminish his works and memory through that salacious article. Although we all have our faults, including those who were quoted in the article, very few people have, or ever will, profoundly impact as many people as Father Joe did. We ask you to allow a good man to do what he was unable to in this life: rest.
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Penn State won't be able go to a bowl game because of the NCAA sanctions, but players on next year's team will get to enjoy a rare and unique experience with a trip to Ireland.
Penn State made it official Sunday when it announced the football team will play Central Florida in Dublin, Ireland on Aug. 30, 2014 at Croke Park. It's being called the Croke Park Classic, and it will serve as a reward trip for the players that coach Bill O'Brien indicated very early on in his PSU tenure that he would like to do.
The Nittany Lions originally were scheduled to host Temple on Aug. 30 next year, but that game has been pushed back to Nov. 15 at Beaver Stadium. Penn State was to have had a bye that week, but now the Temple game will be between road trips to Big Ten opponents Indiana (Nov. 8) and Illinois (Nov. 22).
Next year's game in Dublin will be the first international contest in the 127-year history of the Penn State football program. It will kick off at 8:30 a.m. EST - 1:30 p.m. local time in Dublin - and Croke Park will have an estimated seating capacity of 69,000.
Despite its spelling, the name of the stadium is pronounced "Crow" Park. The facility opened in 1913 and was renovated in 2004.
"We are thrilled to announce that we will play UCF at Croke Park to open the 2014 season, " O'Brien said in a university statement. "Our players and coaches are so excited to go to Ireland and play a college football game in such a historic and outstanding venue."
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Trip won't be cheap
Fans interested in attending PSU's game in Ireland can find travel package information online at psu.crokeparkclassic.com. The hotel/excursion packages - NOT including airfare - are as follows:
n Dublin only package (four days, three nights) starting at $1,519 per person
n Dublin and either Belfast, Galway or Kerry packages (seven days, six nights) starting at $2,079 per person
n Dublin, Kerry and Galway package (eight days, seven nights) starting at $2,299 per person
The prices above are for three-star hotels. Better hotels cost more.
Plugging in airfare for similar dates this year (Aug. 28-31) out of Pittsburgh, flights are about $1,500 per person. Flights can't be booked a year in advance, so while it's impossible to predict the cost next year, even booking very early, chances are flights will be well more than $1,000 per person.
Based on the above figures, it would cost an estimated $6,000 for two fans to visit Ireland for the game, based on similar flight rates and the cheapest hotel package offered by PSU.
Notre Dame and Navy played in Ireland last year, and that country's officials said the game generated about $130 million for the economy.
It's unclear how much time Penn State will get to spend in Ireland before the game. It might not be long, if the Lions follow Notre Dame's travel plans from a year ago.
The Fighting Irish didn't fly out until Wednesday night arriving early Thursday - and returned after the game. So their stay in Ireland amounted to only three days, barely any time for sightseeing, especially with a game to prepare for on Saturday.
There's a natural fit to Penn State playing Central Florida in such a unique game because of the connection between the two coaches. O'Brien's friend and former boss, George O'Leary, is Central Florida's head coach, and the two also are of Irish descent.
O'Leary was head coach at Georgia Tech and had O'Brien on his staff from 1995-2001. When O'Leary got the head coaching job at Notre Dame in 2001, O'Brien was slated to become his offensive coordinator. Inaccuracies were found on O'Leary's resume, and he resigned at Notre Dame just days after being hired, with O'Brien then returning to the Georgia Tech staff under new head coach Chan Gailey.
O'Leary took over at Central Florida in 2004, and after going 0-11 in his first season, he turned the program around in a hurry by going 8-5 and to a bowl game the next year. He has compiled a 60-55 record with four bowl appearances at UCF.
"I have great respect for Coach O'Leary and his team, and playing UCF in Ireland will be a fantastic experience for all the players, coaches and fans," O'Brien said.
While the game provides Penn State players a chance to have a bowl-like experience, O'Leary pointed out it gives Central Florida "a chance for us to grow the exposure of our football program."
"On a personal level, obviously Coach O'Brien and I are both of Irish heritage, so it means a great deal to both of us to be in a position to bring our teams here," O'Leary said in the statement released by PSU.
"We are confident that Croke Park will be an excellent venue for us to play in, we have been hugely impressed to date with the facilities and we are looking forward to a huge crowd to get our 2014 season off to a flying start. We are confident that Croke Park will generate an unforgettable atmosphere for this game."
Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner visited Ireland over the weekend for the official announcement and said the trip "has only reinforced our reasons for wanting to come and play in Dublin."
"We've not only grown our appreciation for the games so entrenched in the history and traditions here in Ireland, but have also confirmed that, because of the Irish people and their hospitality, Penn State fans are going to love their time here in late summer of 2014," Joyner said.


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LISBON - With a number of heroin-related deaths in Columbiana County in recent months, Assistant County Prosecutor John Gamble asked Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam to consider dealing severely with Joseph J. Desarro during a sentencing hearing on Thursday.
A jury two weeks ago found Desarro, 20 Susan Drive, East Liverpool, guilty of all three counts of possession of drugs which he was charged. The drugs involved six Oxycodone tablets, five grams of heroin and 13.3 grams of cocaine. The drugs were found in a plastic bag where he was hiding following a foot chase with police.
"Foremost on a lot of people's minds is heroin is killing a lot of kids," Gamble said."It's killing a lot of adults. People like Mr. Desarro deserve to be punished, especially when they are found to have it in large quantities."
Gamble asked for a three-year sentence. Washam sentenced him to two and a half years in prison. When asked if he wished to make a statement prior to sentencing, Desarro told Washam he plans to appeal the jury's decision from Aug. 26, the verdict which followed a one-day trial.
Washam noted one of the factors in his decision to sentence Desarro to prison time was testimony given during the trial that when police approached a group concerned about possible drug abuse, someone yelled "run, run" and Desarro had to be pursued.
Desarro's defense attorney Joseph King had asked Washam to consider granting him probation, noting during all the discussions about possible plea deals, Desarro's main concern was not going back to prison.
But Gamble had laid out several reasons for Desarro to receive prison time, including a previous attempt at probation on a marijuana-related charge in 2012. In that incident, Desarro was unable to meet his requirements for intervention in lieu of conviction, Gamble said, when Desarro attempted to sneak drugs into the Eastern Ohio Correctional Center. Desarro went to prison at that point for seven months.
"I was skeptical at the likeliness of his success," Gamble said of Desarro's previous probation attempt, noting they had recognized Desarro as on the bubble prior to giving him a chance at intervention in lieu of conviction. "He did nothing to dispel that skepticism."
In addition to the 30 months, Washam fined Desarro $10,000 and suspended his driver's license for 36 months.
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Boyd, the returning ACC Player of the Year, was named a candidate for the Walter Camp and Maxwell awards — both honoring the best player in the nation via various clubs — as well as the Davey O'Brien Award for top quarterback. Boyd is a two-time semifinalist in the O'Brien voting.
The Tigers' veteran passer was joined on the Maxwell and Walter Camp lists by his top target, Watkins, hoping to rekindle his ridiculous freshman year numbers that garnered him All-American status.
Surprisingly, one of Watkins' sidekicks also cracked the Fred Biletnikoff list: Peake recorded 25 catches for 172 yards last year, but his role could increase with the departure of first-round draft pick DeAndre Hopkins.
Thomas will vie for Outland and Rotary Lombardi accolades, Catanzaro competes for the Lou Groza (he was a semifinalist last year) and Beasley is a dark horse candidate for defensive player of the year as noted by the Chuck Bednarik Award. Beasley didn't make a similar list for the Bronco Nagurski trophy.
Clemson, coming off an 11-2 season, did not name anybody to award watch lists honoring running backs (Doak Walker), tight ends (John Mackey), centers (Rimington), defensive backs (Jim Thorpe), linebackers (Butkus) or punters (Ray Guy).
Award winners will be announced sporadically in the season's later months in various cities and venues.
Just three Clemson players have ever taken home a prestigious postseason individual honor. Free safety Terry Kinard was named CBS' defensive player of the year in 1982; defensive end Da'Quan Bowers earned the Nagurski and Ted Hendricks (defensive end) awards in 2010; and tight end Dwayne Allen took the Mackey in 2011. All three men were first-team All-Americans.


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40/29 News learned the sentencing portion of his trial had to be held again after investigators said a bailiff spoke to jurors.
"I noticed when they came back, they were real nervous from the re-sentencing phase," said Tommy Bowden, who is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
After being found guilty of killing his mother a year ago, Bowden learned the sentencing phase was getting a do-over. Now sitting in the Ouachita River Correctional Unit in Malvern, Ark., Bowden learned the bailiff, Johnson County Deputy Glenda Morrison, was charged with lying under oath to a judge.
Bowden said he remembered a hearing when the judge asked jurors whether anyone said something to them.
"When all the jurors came back in to the courtroom and if they were asked if they have heard any comments from the bailiff or a detective and 11 of the 12 jurors had said they has heard comments from the bailiff," said Bowden.
Court documents showed Morrison told jurors Bowden was "acting up" in jail the night before his sentencing. Documents also show Bowden was wearing a control device the day he was due in court. Bowden said he sees why that information could have influenced his life sentence.
"I guess anybody would figure that would make the jury believe that's a violent person," said Bowden.
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Well I wasn't able to see the first period, but according to Darren Eliot it was horrible. Everyone else's thoughts?
4th line had a few decent shifts, but other then that terrible. 4 breakaways against, Howard is the only reason it isn't a blow out already. No hyperbole on that either.


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I am doing a study on developing a new instrument:
This new instrument had 73 continuous (5-point likert, though) items, but using Principal Component Analysis in SPSS, I removed bad items and finally got 53 items which had 15 factors. I have a concern if this factor structure is biased due to the many missing data. Since SPSS uses listwise deletion, only 474 cases out of the total 644 were used for this PCA analysis. I thought that ML method in Mplus EFA may solve this missing data problem, and I wanted to compare the factor structures between using the PCA in SPSS and ML in Mplus. So I used the following command:
estimator = ml;
Type = efa 1 15 missing;
But, the program is running for hours without ending. I guess there is something wrong in the model, but I am stuck here. Please help!
Bengt O. Muthen
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ML involves heavy computations with 53 variables and 15 factors, and you are doing 15 analyses with 1-15 factors. I would use a simpler approach such as ULS to hone in on a more limited range of factors for which you do ML.
posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 8:57 am
Thank you for your answer.
I am sorry, but I am not familiar with ULS. Could you give me more direction so that I can look up some materials on this. Thanks!
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Oh, I tried "estimator=uls" and the program finished with convergence. Did you mean that? I see only RMSEA as goodnees of fix index in the output. Is there a way to get chi-square values and others? Thanks
posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:13 am
Sorry about posting separately. It seems that I cannot edit my previous message... I wish so.
I have only RMSEA info in the output, but anyways based on that, 15 factor model gives bad RMSEA like 0.5. I tried even 20 factors, but RMSEA goes down to 0.2. Does this mean that my principal component analysis in SPSS with listwise deletion of missing values resulted in a wrong factor structure?
What would you suggested as a next step? Thanks so much!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:39 am
It's hard to understand without more information. Please send your input, data, output, and license number to
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posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:56 am
PCA is not a great approach to doing factor analysis. Listwise deletion may hurt as well. But the most likely source of your misfit is that you are exploring a "new instrument" as you say. Not all of the items may follow a neat factor model no matter how many factors you add. This is the time to explore by deleting, modifying, and adding items until what you hypothesize to measure is well measured. In terms of doing better EFA, you may also want to take a look at
Fabrigar, L.R., Wegener, D.T., MacCallum, R.C. & Strahan, E.J. (1999). Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research. Psychological Methods, 4, 272-299.
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Thank you so much for your help and references. I will try more and get back to you. Thanks.
Andriana Rapti
posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 - 1:45 pm
I did EFA for one of my study variables with four factors but for all factors, chi-square is always significant. What should I do?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 - 2:38 pm
How many factors were the items developed for? Look at solutions starting with two less and two more.
Mahdi Akbarzadeh
posted on Friday, March 28, 2014 - 10:34 pm
Hi, I am doing an EFA with 12 continuous indicatiors that they are not distributed normally. What is my choice for ESTIMATOR?
Thanks a lot
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 6:46 am
I think the MLR estimator is your best choice.
posted on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 12:27 pm
Do not we need multivariate normal distribution for MLR approach?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 1:50 pm
Ml parameter estimates are robust to multivariate non-normality as are MLR standard errors
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Cheektowaga packing company Cello-Pack Corp. has been acquired by a downstate packaging firm, Trinity Packaging Corp.
Trinity is expected to continue Cello-Pack's local operations, at 55 Innsbruck Drive, where about 150 people work.
Employment at the Cheektowaga facility is not expected to change, according to documents filed with the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, which granted tax breaks for the construction of the Innsbruck Drive facility in 2002.
"They fully intend to keep their operations in Cheektowaga," said Karen Fiala, the IDA's assistant treasurer.
Trinity, in a letter to customers and suppliers, said the deal will expand its printing capabilities, especially in 10-color flexographic printing, specialty films and lamination.
Cello-Pack six years ago spent $4 million on a 10-color flexographic printing press that runs faster, can produce larger packaging and can be switched from one order to the next more rapidly.
"The purchase of Cello-Pack Corp. allows Trinity to increase its value-added offerings to our existing customer base, while expanding on our current capabilities," Trinity said in the letter.
"The synergies between the two companies cannot be understated," Trinity said. "Cello-Pack is one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry and has full-service capabilities, including design, engineering, prepress, printing, laminating and pouch converting."
The two companies together have almost 160 years of experience in the bag-manufacturing business, with Trinity founded in 1917 and Cello-Pack in 1948.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Trinity, which is headquartered in Armonk, also has U.S. facilities in Lewiston, Pa.; Pueblo, Colo.; and Rocky Mount, Va., along with a factory in Shanghai, China.
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This was my favorite session so far. Great content, and Kiran really knows his XAML performance. Very helpful. Hope to see more 400-level sessions like this!!!
Where can I find the batch file that you used in your demo?
You can create your batch file, here are the content of that batch file
@if %_echo%!==! echo off
set UserOptions=-BufferSize 1024 -MinBuffers 32 -MaxBuffers 32 -Buffering
set KernelOptions=-BufferSize 1024 -MinBuffers 64 -MaxBuffers 64 -Buffering
xperf -start xaml_user -on "Microsoft-Windows-XAML::5"+perftrack %UserOptions%
xperf -on base+cswitch %KernelOptions%
xperf -m BeginTrace
echo Event listeners started, run desired scenario then press any key
xperf -m EndTrace
echo stopping xaml_kernel...
xperf -flush -f xaml_kernel.etl
xperf -stop
echo stopping xaml_user...
xperf -flush xaml_user -f xaml_user.etl
xperf -stop xaml_user
echo merging to xaml_merged.etl...
xperf -merge xaml_user.etl xaml_kernel.etl xaml_merged.etl
This is a great session Kiran, xperf, WPA and DebugSettings are great tools for XAML Windows store app developers.
Great session and very informative. Lots of fundamental topics were covered which is essential for improving the performance.
Does anyone else have problems finding the XAML events discussed in the video? I used the batch file Kiran pasted above, but have no XAML events when I open the logfiles it makes in WPA.
I wrote an step-by-step article based on Kiran's presentation which might help your find the xaml startup events.
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