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Can you help us help young people with Find-a-Doc?
Early this year, after a lot of struggling with the tech and funding, we rolled out Find-a-Doc, our database system to help young people find quality, in-person services like sexual and reproductive healthcare, counseling, and LGBT, youth and domestic violence crisis shelters and services. The database includes a rating system so that those who have used the services can add recommendations or comments to help other users choose services, or know things about services from a first-person perspective. As you probably know yourself, we all tend to feel a lot better about using a service someone else has personally recommended or vetted: that's why we set up Find-a-Doc, and did so the way that we did.
We also use the database as staff and volunteers when working one-on-one with a user to help them find in-person services they need. But since it's been slow-going to get the database packed, we still have to spend a good deal of time searching in other ways, which is far less efficient and useful. Having the database have many, many options doesn't just help our users, it helps our staff and volunteers in serving them best and in managing our time effectively, especially given our high traffic and heavy workload.
As of right now, we have close to 200 different listings from around the world. But we'd really like a whole lot more. So, we're asking for your help.
Many young people haven't yet used any of these services because they don't know where or how to find them, or aren't sure what's safe for and supportive of them. We know that from the work we do here every day
So, to make up for that, our staff and volunteers have worked hard to add listing from services we have used or already know of. However, there are only around ten of us, while we've millions of users and readers every year, some of whom live in areas none of us have ever visited or lived in ourselves.
What we'd like our readers and supporters to do is just take maybe a half an hour to an hour of your time to help us add some more listings. Could we get your help as a community?
Obviously, the easiest thing to do is to add a listing of a service you yourself have used -- or work for or with: this is about the best free advertising for a youth service you can get! -- even if you are not a young person anymore: if that service serves young people currently, that's all we need.
Alternately, if you haven't used any of these services, haven't used them in a while, or never found anything you've felt served well by, you can just pick an area, a kind of service you want young people to be able to access, open up a search engine and find a few to enter into the database. We vet all entries ourselves, so if there are things you're not sure of, that's okay, we'll double-check everything before making a listing live. If in doubt, we call these services to check listings with someone in person at the listed service. Before adding listings, you can insert the zip code where you're thinking of adding to see what's already there. And by all means, if something you were going to add is already listed, and you've used that service, it'd be great if you could add a review!
Filling out an entry is easy, and putting a few in might even take you just minutes. Our users and we as staff and volunteers would be incredibly grateful for your help. Some areas where we have few to no listings so far and have the biggest need for listings include: Malaysia, the Southern US, Mexico, (all of) South America, Italy, France, Spain, India, Poland and Russia.
If you know you're going to pick a given area and work on that, it'd be additionally awesome if you'd leave a note about that in the comments here. That way, we will focus our time on other areas when we're working as staff to add more listings.
Thanks so much for any help you can give!
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Hi my name is Wendy and I work at a very cool OBGYN in Denver! We have one female provider, Dr.Ginsburg who is very open to help all women in need at any point in their lives. If you need just your yearly exam and birth control or have questions about sex, STIs or anything related to pregnancy, puberty or menopause she is your girl. Its a great office to work at and we look forward to helping patients live healthy and informed lives! We take all major insurance plans and have self pay options for the unisured! Hope to see you soon!
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Exempla Stapleton OB-GYN
2807 Roslyn St
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Motorcycle Superstore caters to the needs of all types of motorcycle enthusiasts: sportbike, off-road and cruiser. We currently offer the largest variety of motorcycle helmets and apparel on the internet. We offer model specific parts and accessories to expand our product range. Motorcycle Superstore also includes ATV, Snowmobile and Watercraft products to further broaden our appeal.

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Just the very thought of tiny Kirsten Moore-Towers starting some type of riot with all her level 4 perk is cracking me up.She flatly denied that tiny Moore-Towers was one of the culprits, as had been rumoured.
Just the very thought of tiny Kirsten Moore-Towers starting some type of riot with all her level 4 perk is cracking me up.She flatly denied that tiny Moore-Towers was one of the culprits, as had been rumoured.
I liked the quote Slipchuk had about how "none of the top skaters would do something like this." Kinda like "only wanna be riffraff would be so uncouth as to do such a thing".
I don't know about the top Canadians, but I've seen what goes on at the USFSA parties... and their stars can be just as rowdy as the "kids" who are "nobodies"
Hockey riots are cause by fans, not the players themselves. Not the best comparison. Hockey fans sometimes like to riot when they win, too. Montreal Canadiens' fans would be a prime example.
As to one poster's joke that maybe someone insulted Moskovitch, I just have to tell you that I saw him standing in the hall with Kristi Wirtz and he was dressed in sweat pants and a sleeveless shirt. Woah boy! Those muscles were a-bulging and a lot of eyes were poppin', mine included! He really is a big powerful guy and much better looking in the flesh. He could be in the running for the next psoty award. Okay, my moment of silly fangirl behaviour is now officially over.
Why should fangirl behavior ever be over? It's part of what makes life worth living....
Thanks, Toni. I have been a little absent lately.
Wow...all WE have is junior ice dancers setting off fire alarms at Greensboro so they can see Frank Carroll in his bathrobe! ....I want to feel safe in London walking the four miles back and forth to my hotel.....Oh, wait.. breaking news....there is going to be a riot at the Friends of Figure Skating breakfast here in Omaha over the so called "program" here.....it will start with a food fight....Film at 11...
Apparently the Canadian figure skaters are learning from the American (Olympic) hockey teams...
I thought it odd that Skate Canada went out of its way to say that K M-T was not involved, without naming any skaters that were.


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Here is a rundown of all 15 FDA-approved companion diagnostics, a pair of CDx submissions for FDA review, and 35 recent announcements of CDx collaborations between developers of diagnostics and drugs. [© adimas - Fotolia.com]
Following are three lists depicting recent activity in the development of companion diagnostics: a rundown of all 15 FDA-approved companion diagnostics, as listed on the "Companion Diagnostics" page of the agency's website, last updated April 17 and accessed May 3; a pair of submissions submitted in recent months for FDA review; and 35 of the most recent announcements of companion diagnostic collaborations between developers of diagnostics and drugs. The announcements appear on the companies' websites, and/or were reported by GEN and other news outlets between August 2011 and this month. Not included were announcements of diagnostics agreements that merely specified they would be used in "research," without a mention of current or future drugs they would accompany.
In many cases, the announcements do not specify a specific drug for the diagnostic, but state that the diagnostic is intended for use with several drugs. Some announcements did not cite the specific technology being applied in the trumpeted companion diagnostic. And nearly all announcements omitted financial terms, though there were a few exceptions.
Not surprisingly, diagnostics developers have been active in signing agreements with several drug companies for companion assays; Qiagen has said publicly it has 15 such projects in the works. The August 2011 cutoff omits details of numerous earlier deals by other diagnostics providers with drug companies; in addition to the deals listed below, for example, Agilent Technologies (which acquired Danish-owned Dako last year) has earlier collaboration agreements with AstraZeneca, Quintiles, and Roche. On the diagnostics side, Roche inked earlier deals with Merck, Clovis Oncology, and Transgene.
Approved companion diagnostics are listed by name, sponsor-developer, and a summary of the official intended use/indications for use (IU/IFU) as listed by FDA. Companion diagnostics submitted recently for review or in the works are listed by sponsor-developer, date of submission or announcement, summary of what the diagnostic is supposed to do, and financial details, if disclosed.
Inform Her2/NeuSponsor/Developer: Roche (Ventana Medical Systems)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) DNA probe assay determines the qualitative presence of Her2/Neu gene amplification on formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded human breast tissue. Stratifies breast cancer patients who have had a priori invasive, localized breast carcinoma and who are lymph node-negative, according to risk for recurrence or disease-related death.
PathVysion Her2 DNA Probe KitSponsor/Developer: Abbott (Abbott Molecular)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Detects amplification of the Her2/neu gene via FISH in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human breast cancer tissue specimens. Predicts disease-free and overall survival in patients with stage II, node-positive breast cancer treated with adjuvant cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and 5-fluorouracil (CAF) chemotherapy. Assesses patients for whom herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered.
Pathway ANTI-Her2/NEU (4B5)Sponsor/Developer: Roche (Ventana Medical Systems)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Mouse monoclonal antibody intended for laboratory use for the semi-quantitative detection of c-erbB-2 antigen in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded normal and neoplastic tissue on a Ventana automated immunohistochemistry slide-staining device. Assists in assessment of breast cancer patients for whom Herceptin treatment is being considered.
DAKO EGFR PharmDx KitSponsor/Developer: Agilent Technologies (Dako)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Qualitative immunohistochemical (IHC) kit system to identify epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression in normal and neoplastic tissues routinely fixed for histological evaluation EGFR pharmDx specifically detects the EGFR (Her1) protein in EGFR-expressing cells. Assists in identifying colorectal cancer patients eligible for treatment with Erbitux (cetuximab) or Vectibix (panitumumab).
DAKO C-KIT PharmDxSponsor/Developer: Agilent Technologies (Dako)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Qualitative IHC kit system used on the Dako Autostainer for the identification of c-kit protein/CD 117 antigen (c-kit protein) expression in normal and neoplastic formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues for histological evaluation. The c-Kit pharmDX rabbit polyclonal antibodies specifically detect the c-kit protein in CD 117 antigen-expressing cells. Assists in differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). After diagnosis of GIST, results from c-Kit pharmDx may be used as an aid in identifying those patients eligible for treatment with Gleevec/Glivec (imatinib mesylate).
InSite Her2/NEU KitSponsor/Developer: Biogenex LaboratoriesIntended Use/Indications for Use: For use in IHC assays to semi-quantitatively localize by light microscopy the overexpression of Her2/neu (i.e., c-erbB-2) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded normal and neoplastic tissue sections. Assists in the assessment of breast cancer patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) therapy is being considered.
SPOT-Light Her2 CISH KitSponsor/Developer: Life Technologies (being acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific for $15.8 billion)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Intended to quantitatively determine Her2 gene amplification in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) breast carcinoma tissue sections using chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) and brightfield microscopy. Assists in the assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered.
Bond Oracle Her2 IHC SystemSponsor/Developer: Leica BiosystemsIntended Use/Indications for Use: Semi-quantitative IHC assay to determine Her2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) oncoprotein status in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue processed for histological evaluation following automated staining on the bond-max slide staining instrument. Assists in the assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered.
Her2 CISH PharmDx KitSponsor/Developer: Agilent Technologies (Dako)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Intended for dual-color chromogenic visualization of signals achieved with directly labeled in situ hybridization probes targeting the Her2 gene and centromeric region of chromosome 17. Designed to quantitatively determine Her2 gene status in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue specimens. Assists in the assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered.
INFORM Her2 DUAL ISH DNA Probe CocktailSponsor/Developer: Roche (Ventana Medical Systems)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Intended for determining Her2 gene status by enumeration of the ratio of the Her2 gene to Chromosome 17. The Her2 and Chromosome 17 probes are detected using two-color CISH in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human breast cancer tissue specimens following staining on Ventana BenchMark XT automated slide stainers (using NexES software), by light microscopy. Assists in the assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered.
VYSIS ALK Break Apart FISH Probe KitSponsor/Developer: Abbott (Abbott Molecular)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Qualitative test to detect rearrangements involving the anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK) crizotinib. Gene via FISH in FFPE non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissue specimens to aid in identifying patients eligible for treatment with Xalkori (crizotinib). For prescription use only.
COBAS 4800 BRAF V600 Mutation TestSponsor/Developer: Roche Molecular SystemsIntended Use/Indications for Use: Intended for the qualitative detection of the BRAF V600E mutation in DNA extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human melanoma tissue. Real-time PCR test intended to assist in selecting melanoma patients whose tumors carry the BRAF V600E mutation for treatment with vemurafenib.
Herceptest™Sponsor/Developer: Agilent Technologies (Dako)Intended Use/Indications for Use: Semi-quantitative immunocytochemical assay to determine Her2 protein overexpression in breast cancer tissues routinely processed for histological evaluation and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cancer tissue from patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Assists in assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered and for breast cancer patients for whom Perjeta (pertuzumab) treatment is being considered (see Herceptin and Perjeta package inserts); and for patients with Her2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have received prior treatment with Herceptin (trastuzumab) and a taxane chemotherapy, for whom Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) treatment is being considered.
Her2 FISH PharmDx KitSponsor/Developer: Agilent Technologies (Dako)Intended Use/Indications for Use: FISH assay designed to quantitatively determine Her2 gene amplification in FFPE breast cancer tissue specimens and FFPE specimens from patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Assists in the assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered; for breast cancer patients for whom Perjeta (pertuzumab) treatment is being considered (see Herceptin and Perjeta package inserts); and for patients with Her2-positive metastatic breast cancer who have received prior treatment with Herceptin (trastuzumab) and a taxane chemotherapy, for whom Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) treatment is being considered.
therascreen KRAS RGQ PCR KitSponsor/Developer: QiagenIntended Use/Indications for Use: Real-time qualitative PCR assay used on the Rotor-Gene Q MDx instrument for the detection of seven somatic mutations in the human KRAS oncogene, using DNA extracted from FFPE colorectal cancer (CRC) tissue. Assists in the identification of CRC patients for treatment with Erbitux (cetuximab) based on a KRAS no mutation detected test result.
Qiagen and Boehringer IngelheimSubmission announced January 15; agreement announced May 29, 2009 by BI and DxS, since acquired by Qiagen.therascreen® EGFR RGQ PCR Kit (therascreen EGFR test), developed by Qiagen for use alongside afatinib (formerly Tovok®), an investigational cancer drug developed by Boehringer Ingelheim and predecessor DxS, and granted Priority Review by FDA as a proposed treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC, with an EGFR mutation detected by an FDA-approved test. In Europe, diagnostic is CE-marked and available for diagnostic use. In Japan, diagnostic has received regulatory approval.Financial terms: Not disclosed.
Astellas Pharma and Roche (Genentech)Submission announced November 20, 2012; agreement announced November 23, 2010, by Roche and OSI Pharmaceuticals, since acquired by Astellas.cobas® EGFR Mutation Test, developed by Roche Diagnostics for use alongside Tarceva® (erlotinib), under FDA review for expanded use as a proposed treatment for people with NSCLC whose tumors have EGFR activating mutations. Tarceva is a kinase inhibitor drug co-developed by OSI and Genentech, and initially approved by FDA in 2004.Financial terms: Not disclosed.
Foundation Medicine and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterAgreement announced May 2Collaboration to co-develop a new molecular diagnostic intended to match patients with blood cancers to targeted therapies or clinical trials. Diagnostic will be based on technology, methods, and computational algorithms developed by Foundation Medicine, which says it intends to commercialize the test internationally. Leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma specialists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering will provide clinical and genomic expertise to assist in product development. Foundation Medicine said it expects by year's end to launch the new diagnostic, which will use both DNA and RNA sequencing to identify genomic alterations characteristic of hematologic malignancies. Drugs and specific forms of cancer not disclosed.Financial terms not disclosed.
Abbott (Abbott Molecular) and EpizymeAgreement announced April 18Companies to co-develop diagnostic for Epizyme drug candidate EPZ-5676, an inhibitor targeting the DOT1L histone methyltransferase for mixed lineage leukemia (MLL-r), a subtype of both acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Diagnostic will apply Abbott's FISH technology to detect MLL genetic alterations that lead to the cancer-causing function of DOT1L. Epizyme will use Abbott's FISH-based diagnostic to help identify eligible patients for EPZ-5676.Financial terms not disclosed.
PrimeraDx and Quest DiagnosticsAgreement announced March 26Nonexclusive agreement to co-develop and commercialize diagnostics that will apply Primera Dx's ICEPlex System assay-development platform in early-phase biomarker and drug development studies and clinical trials with biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device clients of Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials. Companies said they expect initial collaborations to focus on cancer, "although they may also explore opportunities in infectious diseases, genetics and other conditions." Specific drugs and cancer indications not disclosed.Financial terms not disclosed.
Qiagen and Eli LillyAgreement announced February 13"Master collaboration" entailing development and commercialization of companion diagnostics that will apply Qiagen's Rotor-Gene Q platform for use alongside "Lilly investigational and approved medicines across all therapeutic areas."Financial terms not disclosed.
Agilent Technologies (Dako) and PfizerAgreement announced February 12Collaboration to entail "research, development, and commercialization as well as advisory services" in the development of "various" companion diagnostics. Dako specializes in tissue-based cancer diagnostics, though drugs and specific cancer indications were undisclosed.Financial terms not disclosed.
Agilent Technologies (Dako) and Eli LillyAgreement announced January 7Master Framework Agreement to develop companion diagnostics "to identify patients who may be more likely to benefit from an investigational oncology medicine currently under development by Lilly." Drugs and specific cancer indications not disclosed. Oncology is the collaboration's initial focus. Lilly will be exclusively responsible for development and registration of therapeutics, including clinical trials. Dako will be responsible for developing and registering the diagnostic with FDA.Financial terms not disclosed.
Skuldtech and AB SciencePlans for companion diagnostic announced November 6, 2012Commercialization planned for diagnostic for use alongside the latter's drug candidate masitinib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for which AB Science has applied to the European Medicines Agency for marketing authorization. Diagnostic will use a set of blood markers discovered by Skuldtech to predict a higher survival rate in pancreatic cancer patients from a drop of blood. Markers discovered during Phase III trial assessing efficacy of masitinib plus gemcitabine—the current standard of care—compared with gemcitabine alone. AB Science will retain full rights to the markers upon FDA marketing authorization of masitinib, which has been designated an orphan drug by FDA and EMA.Financial terms not disclosed.
Qiagen and Bayer HealthCareAgreement announced October 25, 2012Collaboration where Qiagen will develop, manufacture, and commercialize diagnostics alongside "targeted anticancer therapies developed by Bayer HealthCare, which are currently in early development." Specific drugs and cancer indications undisclosed. Diagnostics will apply Qiagen's QIAsymphony platform to identify "specific tumor markers." Qiagen said the first collaborations will entail development of companion diagnostics to identify patients "who may respond to therapies in clinically unmet disease classifications." Qiagen also said the companies will also collaborate on development of "technologies for patient profiling which may result in innovative research-use-only products for exploratory and translational medicine." Over the agreement's five-year period, Bayer said, it and Qiagen may launch further projects to develop diagnostic tests "in support of additional targeted therapies."Financial terms not disclosed.
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NASHVILLE, TN. – The early bird definitely catches the worm at the fifth annual Native Plant Sale. Hosted by the Garden Club of Nashville, the annual sale is taking place on Saturday, April 6 at Cheekwood. The Native Plant Sale offers an extraordinary variety of wildflower treasures perfect for local gardens. The sale benefits the Howe Garden at Cheekwood.
The Native Plant Sale is a one day only sale inside Cheekwood's Botanic Hall and features more than 50 varieties of plants, including wild ginger, Virginia bluebells and celandine poppies. There will also be an exquisite assortment of select native shrubs and flowering trees, which offer gorgeous springtime blooms and brilliant fall color.
Cheekwood's gardens are showing signs of spring color with purple violas, yellow daffodils, and pink 'Okame' cherry trees already in bloom.
The sale begins at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and lasts until all plants are sold! Gates open at 9:30 a.m. and Cheekwood's regular gate admission applies.
About Cheekwood
Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. The institution's mission is to preserve Cheekwood as an historical landmark where beauty and excellence in art and horticulture stimulate the mind and nurture the spirit. Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville. Open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, seniors $10 and children 3-17 are $5. Parking is $3 per car. Admission during Bruce Munro LIGHT Nights will be $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 for children 3-17, and $5 for Cheekwood members. For further information call 615-356-8000 or visit www.cheekwood.org.


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After a rigorous eight-game road trip to start the 2013-14 campaign, the Stetson men's basketball team finally returns to DeLand for the Hatters' home opener on Saturday. Stetson, in search of its first win, welcomes Davidson to the Edmunds Center for a 1:00 p.m. tip.
Single game and season tickets for all Stetson basketball games are available at the Ticket Box Office at the Edmunds Center, online at GoHatters.com/tix, and by calling (386) 738-HATS. Saturday's matinee can also be watched on HatterVision and listened to on WSBB AM 1230, WTJV AM 1490, and online at MyAM1230.com with Matt Musgrove on the call.
The Hatters (0-8) will welcome the opportunity to play in front of their home crowd after eight straight games on the road to start the season. Stetson is winless, but has had a couple of strong performances of late, losing late at USF (72-63) and against UNCG (75-68) in the final day of competition at the Gulf Coast Showcase on Wednesday.
Davidson (1-5), similarly, has played a difficult schedule in the early going. Reaching 12 NCAA Tournaments during their history, the Wildcats have endured losses against #4 Duke, #25 Virginia, and #19 New Mexico through the first six games of the season. Long-time head coach Bob McKillop is in his 25th season at Davidson.
Saturday will mark just the second ever meeting between Stetson and Davidson. The Wildcats defeated the Hatters by a score of 42-17 way back in 1917. The two storied programs haven't met since, but Stetson has a long history against the Southern Conference, in which Davidson is a part of. The Hatters have played 10 of the 11 teams currently in the league, with much of that success coming against Samford (29-17).
Fans can also keep up with Saturday's game by following Live Stats on GoHatters.com or following @StetsonMBB on Twitter. Hat-Alerts text message updates are also available for in-game updates.


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BEDFORD - Wreck your car on a Blair County road, and the chance you'll be killed is 1.38 percent, according to PennDOT 2012 statistics.
But if you cross the border into Bedford County before crashing, that likelihood nearly doubles: There's a 2.54-percent chance the wreck will end in a fatality.
PennDOT numbers from the past three years clearly indicate that, while most surrounding counties have seen minor declines, Bedford County's fatality-to-crash ratio has gradually climbed past all others in west-central Pennsylvania.
Police, emergency officials and PennDOT representatives have offered a collection of possible reasons for the difference - it remains unclear whether heavily trafficked highways, mountainous topography or rural driving habits are to blame.
"We have the turnpike, [Interstates] 70, 30, 99, 220 - fairly major roads. And not just one of them," county Emergency Management Director Dave Cubbison said Tuesday.
Many of the most dangerous crashes take place on high-speed roads frequented by tired cross-country travelers, Cubbison said. While wrecks aren't necessarily more common on major highways, high speeds can make them deadlier.
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2012 crash stats by area counties
Bedford: 17 deaths in 670 crashes
Blair: 19 deaths in 1,375 crashes
Cambria: 17 deaths in 1,216 crashes
Centre: 14 deaths in 1,287 crashes
Clearfield: 20 deaths in 956 crashes
Huntingdon: Five deaths in 377 crashes
Source: PennDOT
"It's kind of like the autobahn," Cubbison said, referring to Germany's intercity highways that lack enforced speed limits. "Hey, there's only two or three accidents a day on the autobahn. But some of our [victims] walk away. Everybody's dead on the autobahn."
But the assumption that the turnpike contributes to Bedford's high death rate might be false: Last year, only two of the county's 17 vehicle deaths occurred on the tolled, cross-state route, PennDOT regional spokeswoman Pam Kane said.
And, according to PennDOT statistics, Bedford's death rate has climbed while those in neighboring Somerset and Fulton counties, both along the turnpike, have dropped. In fact, a crash is more likely to end in a fatality in Bedford than in any turnpike-hosting county from Harrisburg to the Ohio border.
Mountainous terrain and bad weather contribute to the dangers, Cubbison stressed, especially on interstate highways that cross the Appalachians. Many serious accidents occur on Interstate 70 south of Breezewood, where rain and ice slick the mountainside road, he said.
"There are some variables that won't change," he said.
At least one variable can change, experts said: the cultural tendency toward risky driving in counties like Bedford.
Driving under the influence seemingly isn't to blame - Bedford County's per-capita drunken driving rate is among the state's lowest, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting System.
But rural drivers tend to ignore seat belt laws, Kane said, turning otherwise minor crashes into fatal ones. Of 17 motorists killed last year, nine weren't secured by a seat belt.
"It's an unfortunate fact," she said. "The more rural the county, the less seat belt use there is."
Increased seat belt use is almost universally correlated with reduced fatalities, Kane said.
Bedford County accidents are roughly split between major highways and country roads, but those "just going into town" are less likely to bother with seat belts, said Trooper Matt Bonin of the Bedford state police.
"I see in some of the small towns in the corners of the county, some people don't even properly strap in their children," Bonin said. "They think they're only going a short distance."
Cubbison attributed the trend to both a more relaxed attitude and a less visible police presence. While it can be difficult to drive from Hollidaysburg to Altoona without seeing at least one police cruiser, a motorist can travel from one Bedford County border to another without ever spotting one.
The only way to change the effect on fatality statistics is to educate the county's future drivers from a far earlier age, Cubbison said. With very young drivers comprising an outsize portion of traffic deaths, a cultural shift could be the only thing that changes their crash numbers.
"There's definitely a paradigm shift in an urban to a rural setting. ... You go out into rural America, you're going to see that your police presence appears to be much less," Cubbison said. "People tend think, 'I'm out here - nobody's going to catch me.'"
Mirror Staff Writer Ryan Brown is at 946-7457.


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How many times have you wanted to take a sewing/cooking/gardening/jewelry-making class only to get the brochure and discover: That's the night you work late. That's the weekend your kid plays in the soccer tournament. That runs into the vacation you've been planning for 10 months.
Maybe you turned to YouTube for a quickie tutorial so you get an idea of how to start. But now there's a host of websites offering professionally videotaped courses that you can take - on your own time - and master some crafty skills.
Here's a look at just some of what's out there:
Craftsy, a relative newcomer to the business of online craft classes, is already a giant in the field, having racked up one million registered users since its start over the summer. The Denver company's lighthearted website - one page features a Chihuahua decked out in tiny scarf and matching leg warmers - lists more than 100 courses and workshops.


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Gotti is going to get better, but it will take a while before he will be up and running.
The pit bull was injured over the weekend when he was chained to his owner's SUV and then dragged several blocks on West Side streets before police stopped the vehicle.
A tearful Daniel Delaney told investigating police officers he forgot he had leashed his dog to the back of his vehicle outside a store where he had gone to make a few purchases and then drove away, authorities said.
Delaney's absent-mindedness cost Gotti the pads on his paws, and he suffered leg injuries and road rash to his coat.
Police and SPCA officials say they are not convinced by Delaney's excuse of forgetfulness.
"We're told he was highly remorseful, but as the owner, it was his responsibility to remember his dog. It doesn't help the dog that he forgot," said Barbara Carr, executive director of the SPCA Serving Erie County. "The dog's paws were pretty badly damaged. It's going to take a long time for the pads on the paws to grow back; weeks, if not months."
Despite what had to be a terrifying experience, Gotti is proving resilient.
Covered with special bandages that promote regeneration of the paws, Gotti can lift himself up on his legs and sustain his weight – a step in the right direction, according to Carr.
"On Monday for several hours, we had a veterinarian and two veterinarian technicians working on the dog, and it appeared he would not need surgery, though one foot is particularly swollen," Carr said. "We also had our chief animal cruelty investigator taking photographs of the injuries."
And while Delaney, 36, of Buffalo, appeared remorseful, crying in front of police officers, it is unknown whether he will be able to keep the dog. That will be up to a judge, police say.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, as Delaney drove away from a store in the Hampshire Street neighborhood, another person spotted the dog attached by a chain to a cable loop at the rear of the SUV.
"K-9 Officer Bud Rodriguez happened to be on patrol in the area and was flagged down by the witness. Rodriguez then pulled the SUV over on the first block of Arkansas Street and called in district officers," Central District Police Chief Brian K. Patterson said.
Officers Patrick Murtha and William Drabik assisted Rodriguez, arresting Delaney on a charge of aggravated animal cruelty. Delaney remains incarcerated in the Erie County Holding Center in lieu of $25,000 bail and is scheduled to return Thursday to Buffalo City Court.
Gotti will remain at the SPCA facility on Ensminger Road in the Town of Tonawanda for the duration of his recuperation. Carr said the SPCA is seeking a bond to help ensure payment by Delaney for medical expenses.
"It has already cost hundreds of dollars, and it will probably be thousands," Carr said. "If he does not post the bond for the dog, he will quickly lose custody."
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Crews are currently working on the installation of an island in the northbound lane of Chicago Avenue. This will create a pull-through lane for drivers to drop off mail without getting out of their cars. Signage and center line painting will also be done in the next two weeks. City officials expect the road to be converted to a two-way street by Nov. 4.
FREEPORT — Construction to convert the one-way portion of Chicago Avenue between Douglas and Iroquois streets to two-way has begun, with city officials expecting the conversion to be completed by Nov. 4.
City Engineer Shaun Gallagher said construction near the post office, combined with the repainting of center traffic lines on the street, should take no more than two weeks.
"Right now, we are putting in an island so that people traveling northbound can pull up to the post boxes sitting on the island and drop off their mail," said Public Works Director Tom Dole. "We wanted to get a lot of this construction done before we changed over the street."
Chicago is the only north-south downtown street that remains a one-way. Traffic on the street currently flows southbound. Some downtown streets that run east-west are one-way, including Stephenson, Main, Douglas and Clark. There are no plans to change those. Dole said the switch on Chicago Avenue makes sense.
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Willis Johnson, president of Classic Cinemas, which owns the Lindo Theatre at 115 S. Chicago Ave., is happy to see the project moving forward.
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The Public Works Department will increase signage along the street to inform drivers of the new traffic pattern.
"Business owners in the downtown have asked about this for a long time," Dole said. "This is acceptable to them, and it's acceptable to us."
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The 6 Biggest Fears of People Who Are Bad With Kids
#3. Potential "Land Mine" Phrases
The most common postnatal faux pas that people are afraid of committing is misidentifying a boy as a girl, or vice versa. (The most common prenatal faux pas, of course, is misidentifying belly fat as a baby.)
I'm pretty sure this happened because one guy asked the other guy, "When's it due?"
Most parents understand that it's hard to tell at that age, especially when they mess with your mind by dressing the baby in yellow or putting a fake mustache and a dress on him/her. But some of them will bite your head off, and especially when you're talking to acquaintances or strangers, you have no idea if it's going to be one of those people.
Other parents can be really really particular about which phrases they will complain to the Internet about. Like apparently if you remark on how big the baby is getting, you are calling him a freakish monster?
Maybe that person's got her reasons for being upset at those phrases, maybe she's just heard them too many times, but I just feel like if I was talking to this person, I would want a lawyer with me.
"I suggest you go with 'Your baby is clearly of the gender you intend to present him or her as.'"
#2. Holding the Baby Looks Like a Comedy Routine
I know a lot of "baby people," and watching them handle a baby is like watching a well-oiled machine as the baby just slides effortlessly into their arms in a position perfect for studio photographs. The total time elapsed from "Let me hold him" to photo pose is about 1.5 seconds.
Easy as that.
When someone hands me a baby, he goes sideways, backwards, back around the other way and ends up clamped to my chest with his face smashed into my shoulder so he can't breathe. Someone fiddles with my hands, people give a lot of instructions along the lines of "No, put your hand under ... no your other hand," and finally when it's all done I look down at this awkwardly squashed kid who is staring at me like he can't believe anyone would hold a human baby this way.
All the adults are being very polite and telling me I am doing a great job, but the baby sees through this bullshit. "You are the worst baby holder I have ever been held by," he is telling me with his dubious and mildly exasperated expression, with his chin jammed uncomfortably into his chest.
"Yeah ... I don't think you're doing this right."
In addition to the humiliation of a baby seeing through my facade, I'm also terrified of dropping him, or breaking his neck. Most people have heard that it's VERY IMPORTANT (capital letters included) to support a baby's head when holding him. It's true, it's important to support the baby's head (for the first few months), but I think a lot of inexperienced baby holders, when given the most important thing in someone's life, have this mental image that if they don't support the head at all times, it will snap right off and the baby will die instantaneously. Which, as you can imagine, puts this person in a state of sheer panic during the whole transfer.
I think my brother got a little tired of watching me take the baby like I was trying to switch a golden idol with a bag of sand, and told me, "He's not that fragile, you know." He's right. You can't toss around a baby like a basketball or anything, but babies past the early months can be handed casually from person to person without the Temple of Doom treatment.
As far as I know, babies cannot trigger boulder traps.
Still, my nephew is a little guy. I could easily snap him in half. And my brother's got a lot of pounds on me, so I'd probably be next. I don't think I want to take any chances.
#1. Not Knowing What to Say to Babies
Arguably the most awkward interaction for non-baby people isn't with the parents or other adults, but with the baby herself. Baby people are going to think this is ridiculous, because she's a baby! She doesn't know etiquette. She can't tell if you're blurting out the wrong thing. There's no one you should feel more free around!
"Come on. You can tell me anything."
I think that is a lot of what makes up a non-baby person, or at least a certain type of one. We're self-conscious with a slight paranoid edge and have this nagging feeling that other people are judging us. Even though we logically know that a baby can't judge people, we can't shake that weird vibe.
I don't live in a bubble, I know how people talk to babies -- talk about how cute they are, remark on what they're doing, make faces, smile, ask rhetorical questions ("What's that? You want your binky?"), wave brightly colored objects at them, whatever. Whenever I'm confronted with a baby, though, I usually end up saying something like "Hi." Which I suddenly realize is pretty stupid. Which makes me even more self-conscious. Then I nix everything else I think of saying and we just stare at each other like gunfighters at high noon.
"Your move, lady."
Sure, I could just start making silly faces and noises, but that usually goes even worse, because apparently I am a complete failure at silly faces, and the baby just stares straight at me with a look of severe disappointment. I know babies that young can't be judgmental, but everything about that face is saying, "Really? This is what you've got?" Any comedian knows the most chilling response to putting it all out there is cold, dead silence, and it can't be any more humiliating than when it comes from a baby.
"You're telling me this is your best material."
It doesn't get any better when they talk. I was recently tasked with occupying a friend's toddler for a half hour or so, and tried to draw things for him. Unfortunately, everything he wanted was a character from Thomas the Tank Engine, and (1) I don't know that series and (2) he can't quite make actual words yet. So he kept asking for "Go-da!" which at some times meant "Gordon" and at other times I think meant "Go there," and I think I was always doing the opposite of the one he wanted. So I got a lot of helpless stares, disappointed "no"s and resigned sighs from a two-and-a-half year old, which is as humbling as it gets.
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Apparently the problem was I was drawing a smokestack on Gordon.
By the time I handed him back to his mom, I was just glad that he hadn't burst into tears or fired me for my unprecedented incompetency. The half hour felt like it had been 10 hours of failing every simple request given to me by a toddler. I told his mom, who said, "Oh, I don't understand a thing he says, either."
So I don't know, man, maybe babies are disappointed in all of us, and we've just got to suck it up.
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September 4, 2013
SALEM — Former city councilwoman Elizabeth Thatcher went to bat Tuesday night for a downtown revitalization plan spearheaded by building owners Scott and Lisa Cahill....
Cougras had plenty of power LONG before that. Look at who he served as treasurer under in the 90's, and what happened to him legally. He just got caught under Brobeck.
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ts1227,would that be the same superintendent that put Cougras in charge of purchasing? and then signed off on the purchase orders?
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watchdog good points. I don't know if these people are not able to read or what but city tax money can only be spent on what City services, police, fire, streets city buildings and equipment. This spending tax payer money for private ventures to create some imagined utopia needs to stop.
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WatchDog, the agends thing here should be no surprise... she was part of the worst school board in memory, as her and the late Mrs. Miller operated solely on their agenda of "always do the opposite of what the Superintendent says because we don't like him, because he's trying to upgrade the schools from when we worked in them".
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Well it is official. We need to get these "personal agendas" away from our tax dollars. And our tax dollars being used for what the law dictates. City Services. Downtown Salem isn't one of them.
If one penny of our tax dollars are used to shore up one business owner's private property "downtown"...this is what will happen.
People vs. City of Salem
...and then we need to do a "recall" and eliminate those who steal our tax dollars and discriminate against an entire tax based City that includes other BUSINESS OWNERS throughout this City.
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Maybe you Salem folks can get the down town buss help pay your property taxes in exchange ?
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Again with the "every citizen contributing $50." Funny stuff there
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Again with the "every citizen contributing $50." Funny stuff there
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here we go again,if the businesses down town want an overhaul let them spend their own money!look a the old store on 2nd street.it looks great.
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Many attending the Upshur County Fair over the weekend said what they enjoyed most was the food, fun and fellowship.
Tucked away in the hills of Upshur County, the annual fair was hosted at the Rock Cave Civic Center Friday through Sunday.
"I like the food, seeing a lot of old friends and making new acquaintances," District 44 Delegate Dana Lynch said.
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Decorating pet rocks at the Upshur County Fair Friday from left are Emily Trader, 12, Erica Trader, 5, and Channing Gillum, 5. (The Inter-Mountain photos by Melissa Toothman)
Lynch was a speaker during the opening ceremonies, saying, "The Upshur County Fair is kind of like a homecoming."
For children, however, the fair was an opportunity to dig for treasure in sawdust, watch an interactive show of animals, slip down an inflatable water slide, jump high in a bouncy castle and race to the top of a mountain-climbing wall.
For 6-year-old Kiona Smith, fun at the water slides stood apart from everything else, "because there's slides and there's water."
The fair food, of course, always hits the spot after playtime. Who can resist the sweet treats of festival vendors?
"The fair food is always good. It's good for the soul and the spirit. It's just what the doctor ordered," David Taylor, Upshur County Fair Board of Directors member, said. "It's even better when you're sitting and listening to good entertainment."
The lineup of entertainers for the weekend included the Little Roy and Lizzie Show, the Common Tradition Band, Johnny Cochran and the Trailblazers, Full Cirkle, Joyful Servants, Down to Earth and Praising Jesus.
Councilman Ron Pugh said he loved hearing the bluegrass music, but when asked what he liked most about the fair, conversation and food ranked higher.
"I like talking to the people. The food is tied for first, maybe, and I love bluegrass music," Pugh said.
New and unique this year was a pet show where guests can compete for prizes and have their pets judged. Mark's Ark Animal Show entertained children and adults alike throughout the weekend with an array of different animals to observe.
Also new this year was an archery competition allowing participants to compete for prizes from Cabela's. Sunday, the final day of the fair, featured a car show.


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Imagine standing in a jam-packed room and shouting "fire!" The commotion you caused would reverberate outward, with those closest to you repeating your warning and entering a state of alert, while people standing further away might not respond at all.
Our actions influence those around us, and similar principles hold true in the world of physics.
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Over the past several years, UB physicists studying liquid helium have discovered that tiny packets of this fluid can influence one another from surprisingly large distances—an observation that now has inspired a new study by Michael E. Fisher, one of America's pre-eminent scientists.
In two papers that appear in Physical Review this week, Helen Au-Yang at Oklahoma State University and Fisher at the University of Maryland cite the work of SUNY Distinguished Professor Francis Gasparini, writing in one that the results of their new theoretical research reflect "quite directly many of the novel proximity and coupling features uncovered in the striking experiments of Gasparini and co-workers for liquid helium."
Gasparini is a member of UB's physics department. Since 2010, he and his students, including Justin Perron, now a scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, have published a series of studies detailing interesting phenomena that occur when liquid helium is confined to very small spaces.
In experiments, Gasparini and his colleagues created silicon wafers pocked with millions of miniscule, box-like cavities. The team then filled these chambers with liquid helium and capped them with another wafer, leaving each packet of helium connected with the others only by a thin film of the same substance.
The researchers used this setup to study how the microscopic boxes of liquid influenced each other near the temperature at which helium undergoes a phase transition from a normal fluid to a superfluid with zero viscosity.
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The experiments shed light on two effects in physics:
"What we saw was remarkable," Gasparini says. "What we found is that the effects are much stronger than expected and extend to much-larger spatial distances than one would predict."
The new theoretical articles in Physical Review by Yang and Fisher explore coupling and proximity in a very different physical system: the Ising model, which describes how the magnetic moments of an infinite array of atoms align during a phase transition that leads to the onset of magnetism.
Despite many differences between the Ising model and Gasparini's helium-filled wafers, Yang and Fisher found that the effects the UB team described were "alive and well" in the Ising model, Gasparini says.
Gasparini and student Stephen Thomson are continuing to work on new designs for helium confinement to probe these effects further. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation.


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Missouri – Kansas City resident Jon Killip, DDS, met with Jennifer Shapiro in Representative Emanuel Cleaver's office in DC about HR 2746, the Cancer Coverage Parity Act of 2011. They talked through the talking points provided by the Advocacy team and John shared his experience with myeloma. Jennifer assured him that she would share the information with Rep. Cleaver and ask his support of the bill.
Trenton, New Jersey – Thank you to Elizabeth Bilotti, RN, MSN, APRN, BC at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center and member of the IMF Nurse Leadership Board. Elizabeth provided oral testimony on 10/13 to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee in support of A.2666/S.1834, a bill that would require equal coverage for orally administered chemotherapy and intravenous and injected chemotherapy.
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In stark contrast to the Senate bill, the House Appropriations Committee released its version of the FY 2012 Labor-HHS (LHHS) appropriations bill recently. The draft House bill would increase funding for the NIH by $1 billion over FY 2011 (3.5%), bringing the NIH budget to $31.74 billion. This amount includes nearly $5.2 billion for the NCI, a $138 million increase (2.7%) over FY 2011.
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The Green Wave boys' soccer team has some holes to fill after losing 11 seniors at the end of last year but the team is off to a pretty good start.
"The dynamics of this team are totally different," Summerville coach Jason Rasner said. "We will have to work harder and play smarter. It will take the guys some time to get used to how everyone plays but they are coming along. The preseason was a learning experience for a lot of these guys but we are learning and working hard."
While the team is relatively young, it does return seven players with a lot of varsity experience.
Team captain Brandon Cook and fellow senior Austin Lake have returned to lead the Wave offense. Junior Madison Socha brings a lot of game experience to the midfield.
Junior captain David Kennedy and goalkeeper Bailey Shelbourne, the team's only other senior, return to anchor the defense.
Walker Riley and Austin Richardson are also back after seeing considerable action with the varsity last season.
Shelbourne will also be used some up front. When he is, freshman Ashton Tanner will tend goal.
Other members of this year's squad are Ryan West, Davis Wiggins, Cole Betcher, Ryan Brislin, Alek Martyn, Chris Miller and Mitchell Cook. There are also a few JV players Rasner is considering bringing up, but none of them had been added to the roster at press time.
Summerville won all of its games during the James Island preseason tournament but had to settle for second place due to tiebreaker criteria. Shelbourne, Cook and West were named to the all-tournament team.
The Wave opened its regular season Tuesday with a 3-1 loss to Hilton Head, the No. 2 ranked Class AAA team in the state.
"I'm not disappointed with that effort," Rasner said. "Hilton Head is a good team. They outplayed us in the first half, but then we had the run of play for about 20 minutes. We had opportunities but we just didn't finish. If we just could have put another goal away it would have changed the tone of the game."
Hilton Head's final goal came on a late penalty kick.
Summerville's next home game is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 15 when the Wave opens region play against Colleton County.
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2 county residents killed in separate crashes on SR 517
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LISBON — Separate accidents on the same road nearly four hours apart Monday claimed the lives of two county resident....
Watchdog!! why would you write that??
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If the ODOT driver had done her job and scraped the road instead of just salting this would not have happened. the 3rd is still in a coma and expected to die. Took her off the route I hope she feels some depth of guilt over this.22 years old!!
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What a insensitive comment, jerk
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May 2, 2012
The Student Government Association planted a weeping cherry tree on the lawn in front of Prep Hall on the Saint Vincent College campus on May 2 in memory of the late Matthew Russo, a junior elementary education major at Saint Vincent College, who died on December 7, 2011. Taking part in the ceremony were, from left, Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president; Mara Greiner, SGA junior class president; Thomas F. Cocchi, Jr., SGA executive board president; and the Rt. Rev. Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., archabbot and chancellor. Plans for a scholarship in Mr. Russo's memory were also announced.
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BATAVIA – Former ward Councilman James R. Russell apparently is heading for an at-large seat after a count of absentee ballots shows him with a 55-vote lead.
Russell, a Republican, beat Democrat Laura Russell-Ricci to complete one of two terms vacated when Marianne Clattenburg and Frank C. Ferrando were elected to the County Legislature. He had a 42-vote lead in initial returns.
Nearly 300 absentee ballots have been counted. However, the result will not be official until a Monday deadline, but few if any more mail votes are expected, and they would need to be postmarked no later than Nov. 5, according to the Board of Elections.
The other at-large seat went to Republican Brooks M. Hawley, who had no opposition. The two must run again next year when all three at-large terms are up.


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I was 4, maybe 5. It was my first movie. The theater was the North Park.
The name of the movie was "Dynamite!" – a "truth in packaging" title if ever there was one.
My older brother and I had somehow arrived late so we had to sit in one of the first five rows. The movie began with a guy setting a dynamite charge on a mountain and getting his foot trapped between two mountain rocks.
A couple of buddies begin to race toward the poor unfortunate dynamiter to save him. The fuse countdown has begun. 10-9-8-7-6, etc.
He waves them off. Just save yourselves, he yells.
And is then blown to smithereens with the loudest noise I had ever heard until that moment.
That was it. The sight and sound on the huge North Park Theatre screen just a few feet away from my 4-year-old self was too much for me. I burst into weeping and wailing and racing up the aisles of the North Park in the purest terror of my entire life (still).
My older brother, who was recovering from foot surgery, was in no position to chase after me and calm me down. Ushers, no doubt, intercepted me.
You wouldn't think it the most auspicious beginning for life as a future movie critic, but that's what it was. I assure you that just a few more years of Saturday matinees later I was reveling in Edmond O'Brien double bills in glorious existential black and white – "Shield for Murder" and "D.O.A.," that truly immortal Grade B film noir directed by the great cinematographer Rudy Mate, the man who shot both Karl Dreyer's "Vampyr" and Ernst Lubitsch's "To Be or Not to Be."
I didn't know any of that at the time, of course. I wouldn't have cared. Paying attention to directors was a few years down the road. But I sure knew the difference in that one double bill between a pretty good throwaway programmer like "Shield for Murder" and a weird B-movie minor classic like "D.O.A." I realized many decades later how much the beginning of John Boorman's and Lee Marvin's "Point Blank" owed to Rudy Mate and Edmond O'Brien (and, after Boorman and Marvin, how much Mel Gibson's "Point Blank" called "Payback" owed to Mate).
The North Park Theatre had taught me to know the difference – just by showing the films.
It was our own Cinema Paradiso – a beautiful old Mike Shea neighborhood movie palace to which all the neighborhood parents would drop off the kids for a happy Saturday matinee costing only pennies. (Unless, that is, you were 4 and seeing your first movie and proving just how much a primal fear loud noise truly is for toddlers.)
You can, if you want, go to YouTube and watch all of the 1949 "Dynamite!" now. I tried to do it and got only 10 minutes into it. I understood why I was so terrified at the time. I also understood now in my senior years why I have no desire whatsoever to see the whole bloody (and noisy) thing again, with its hour of wall-to-wall explosions. (That's how long those double bill B-movies often were.)
The next life of the North Park was its great life as a kid-friendly palace for Disney movies, a business consequence of Disney's extreme disenchantment at the time with General Cinema.
And then, for the past 30 years, we've had its last glorious incarnation – a beautiful, if terminally shabby – neighborhood palace that functioned as the city's premier art and independent theater. That came courtesy of the late Dipson Theater president Bernard Clement and his late great film booker, Isaac Ehrlichman, who had been agitating for such a place for a long time.
The North Park is dark now for what is quite possibly the first time in my life. (Certainly in very long memory.) Its marquee was hauntingly empty on Sunday afternoon. I could imagine large black letters announcing the Edmond O'Brien double bill or "Dynamite!" – or three decades later, the first showing of the fully restored 1983 version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" (which kicked off the North Park's premier art film identity for the past three decades).
But it would be, to understate, a hallucination.
The Clement family of Dipson announced it was letting their lease lapse after five years of North Park unprofitability for the company.
Where we are now is hoping that the building's owner Thomas Eoannou and his partner Michael G. Christiano can fully refurbish the place and make good on Eoannou's promise to make it "the jewel of Hertel Avenue" – which, considering the wonderful development of the street in the past decade or so, is a truly fine setting for any jewel.
Digital projection is promised. Fully repaired seats, if not up to the minute 21st century seats.
So many of us dream of a great multiuse nonprofit theater with music, theatrical performances, repertoire films and maybe, yes, some of the first-run art and independent films by which Buffalo has now known the venerable old neighborhood palace for the last 30 years.
The staff may be preserved – as promised – but some things are going to have to change.
Dipson and the North Park's owners and new operators are going to have to declare a separate peace for the sake of a neighborhood or indeed a city. Suburbanites are going to have to understand fully that North Park parking is still far from impossible, just different from what it is when you zip right into a capacious parking lot adjacent to a Regal theater.
Dipson's old fears of offending the neighborhood by having too much sexuality and violence right across the street from St. Margaret's Church have to be reconsidered completely in view of the new Hertel and the end of St. Margaret's identity as a school.
A full understanding of what the North Park might have to offer (I've heard to tell of stained glass windows on the second floor now covered up) has to be arrived at, as well as an intelligent way to use it as a kind of mini-North Buffalo version of Shea's Buffalo.
But all that's going to depend on money and passion and finesse from its new operators.
At this second, though, the theater is dark and the marquee is empty.
But I refuse to cry – yet.
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The 22 fires are scattered throughout the national forest and some resulted from 571 lightning strikes that occurred early Monday morning, said Ann Westling, spokeswoman for Tahoe National Forest. Ten of the fires are listed as contained or controlled as of 5:30 p.m.
All fires are in remote areas of the forest, with most of them minor in nature — the largest of which is one acre and a half, Westling said.
"A good number of the fires consist of one tree burning the surrounding brush," Westling said.
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Furthermore, a fire was also burning near Big Oak Flat, three more burned on the north side of the North Fork of the American River near Helester Point/Snow Mountain and another was spotted near China Wall.
There are five fires burning in the Sierraville and Truckee districts, with one near Anderson Peak, south of Interstate 80 along the summit, two more in Antelope Valley northeast of Sierraville, two near Webber Peak and one in the Dark Canyon, due east of Sierraville.
A variety of other smoke sightings have been reported and crews were out in search of the blazes.
Two fires have been reported in the Yuba River District, one south of Bullards Bar Reservoir Dam that was listed as contained, while the other was burning near the town of Pike, north of Nevada County.


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I was inspired by Keli's post yesterday- the words and photos of course-
::sidenote, a couple weeks ago I thought I was on a conference call with Keli and was all excited to hear @keli_h's voice! and said hi like we are old friends and was embarrassed (yet thrilled!) to find that I was speaking to this Kelle H whom also photo journals amazing thoughts on life. Why were we on a conference call together? More on that later::
- and so then I thought I'd share just what our busybusy calendar-filled days look like around here (or at least what last week looked like), with lots and lots and lots of pictures.
And oh the irony it was that- amidst the chaos of getting everyone ready to go to a parade on the fourth, we almost missed the parade. We did arrive a little late, but at least we showed up. My kids bring their jack-o-lanterns to catch the candy because, well duh.
At the Taltree Arboretum, we are now members...
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The Worst Book Review Ever
What does the Internet love more than anything? No, not disturbing, soul-destroying pornography, silly! It's book reviews obviously! But who has time to read all that book just to write a review of it? If the Internet has taught me anything, it's that skimming and randomly guessing at the meaning of things before you fully comprehend them is a perfectly acceptable way to learn. With that in mind, I thought I'd apply these same methods to book reviewing by simply browsing the chapter headings and then putting their teachings into immediate, impulsive, poorly thought-out practice. What's the worst that could happen?
Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings (Paperback)
By Kelly Rae Roberts (Author)
Review by Robert BrockwayThe Publisher's description:"In Taking Flight, you'll find overflowing inspiration--complete with a kindred spirit in author and mixed-media artist Kelly Rae Roberts. Join her on a fearless journey into the heart of creativity as you test your wings and learn to find the sacred in the ordinary, honor your memories, speak your truth and wrap yourself in the arms of community."
Oh... well, shit. I picked this book because I thought it was a how-to guide on building and maintaining your own wings, like Icarus. But I guess it's more of a spiritual guide. That's probably for the best come to think of it. I could use some spiritual help, after all, seeing as how I was planning on using my DIY wings to rob the elderly and spy on hot young college coeds (which I would then also rob). So let us begin...
Chapter 1: Unearthing Buried Dreams
Some dreams stay buried for a reason...
By "unearthing my buried dreams," I assume the author is encouraging me to listen to my inner voice in order to better discover my hidden wants and desires. I'm not going to read any further in order to verify this, so I think it's best to just listen to my "inner voice" immediately, and do whatever it commands. So here goes:
"You can do this! You can do anything! Let's get going, man! The world is your oyster! You could paint a picture, or plant a garden. You could finally learn to skateboard. You could have a few drinks to help silence the incessant noise from the screaming masses that prattle ceaselessly to one another yet never seem to say a word. You could become something! You could become something terrible. You could become something terrible and mighty and you could do much in this world... to this world."
"Birthed of fire I am come, and you may call me...death."
So, OK! That got creepy fast. But I'm taking this seriously, so I guess I'm going to listen to its advice. Very well, book. But remember, this is on your head.
I have just killed a man with a lawnmower. I still feel this may have been ill-advised, but I am, after all, just listening to the book. On the down side, I'm only on the first chapter and it's advocated murder. But on the upshot, I can already feel the power of Mr. Stevens's life-force coursing through my veins.
Chapter 2: Facing Your Fears
Facing your fears? Well, I'm afraid of spiders and loneliness. How the hell am I supposed to face those? Wait, I should listen to my inner voice, right? Look at me; applying knowledge!
The voice tells me that the desert is a place for visions, and an arena for confrontation. The desert is a place of cleansing. If I am to face my fears, I must do it there. But I will need supplies. To this end, I have stolen a lime-green Datsun, and I have loaded the trunk with wild spiders. I leave now for the Southwest, and will continue when I arrive.
Not pictured:Optional T-Top, chrome trim, luggage rack, spider chamber.
I am alone here. I have not seen another human being for a week. I have ceased speaking aloud and wearing the clothes of man. Every morning, as the hazy sketch of the distant horizon gives birth to the flaming sun, I open the trunk of my Datsun, and I climb into the spider bath. My life is fear and insanity. But it is my fear. My insanity. I have learned to own it. On the eve of the seventh day I kill a wolf and leave my 'little fears' to feed. As I drive away, back towards civilization, the Datsun feels too light without the reassuring weight of 10 thousand spiders. It feels as though it may float away.
Chapter 3: Creating Community
I see now. This makes perfect sense. I have dealt with my fear of the spider. I have dealt with my fear of isolation. Now I must find others and show them the way. Community binds us all together, but ultimately we must function as our own men. Or women. Preferably women. Yes, I will recruit exclusively young women to join my cause (listen: Who says a cult has to be a sausage fest? If somebody's going to be wearing nothing but drab-ass robes, they can at least shake it a bit, all right? Don't judge me). And so I go forth, out into the world to find scores of gullible, weak-minded, nubile young women who are as easily outwitted as they are impressionable. This will be a daunting, potentially decades long task.
Nevermind. I went to the mall. Task completed.
I have my community. I am their creator.
Chapter 4: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary
I have commanded my skank-followers to worship the comedy of Martin Short. This is the most ordinary thing that I can think of, and so it is sacred.
"I guess he's not the worst thing in the world, so he is your god now."
Chapter 5: Honoring Memories
It's custom in the hip-hop community to pour out one's alcoholic beverage in honor of their dead, whereas the Vikings would set their deceased afloat on a blazing funeral pyre. These both seem like fitting, touching ways to honor the fallen, so I will do both: I will pour liquor out on my memories, and set them ablaze so that they may become one with the gods.
Well, if you want to get technical about it, I guess I'm really just burning my old middle school down to the ground. The cops would probably call it "arson" and say they will "investigate." I call it "honoring" and say that "I think I'm going to go honor the shit out of the Dairy Queen right now." Because they make delicious sundaes, and it is only a fitting tribute that I top them with fire and retribution.
The final voyage of the summer of 1998, when I worked at a Pizza Hut and once made out with a girl underneath the bridge in Jackson's Park. Rest in peace.
Chapter 6: Speaking Our Truth
I assume that "speaking our truth" means giving voice to sentiments I would normally not speak aloud. So here goes: Secretly, I do not find that guy from Fargo charming in the least. I just... just FUCK YOU, WILLIAM H. MACY. FUCK YOUR HANGDOG EEYORE POUT FACE. THERE. I FINALLY SAID IT.
God, I feel like a monster.
Chapter 7: Embracing our Journey
I am not sure what to make of this one. My inner voice screams to me that I should hunt down Steve Perry and choke him out, but I think that is being too literal.
After a few lengthy discussions, one particularly tense negotiation and several attempted suicides later, my inner voice and I have come to a compromise as to the meaning of this passage. We have decided that my journey is a spiritual as well as physical path. I have obeyed my inner voice and it cost many lives, I have faced my fears in the spider-trunk of a stolen Datsun, I have created my mall-skank cult, we have worshipped Martin Short though he does not deserve it, I have burned my memories and spoken the rough truth: That mopey-faced bastard from Fargo sucks. I have obeyed everything the book has told me.
And now, the book must be telling me that all aspects of my journey should now "embrace," coming together in perfect harmony. So I gather my nubile, doe-eyed young servants in the main hall and have them disrobe (specifically, I tell them it's reverse laundry day. It does not make the slightest bit of sense, but they are not the brightest lamps on the street, and so my explanation is accepted with only a light spattering of muttered confusion). I have lit the ring of fire surrounding us so that none may escape, and the Macy effigy burns with it. Somewhere, a Kelly Clarkson ringtone erupts, its garish tones all but silenced by the solemnity of the moment. I slip my Martin Short lifemask on, bang the "get it on" gong and we begin the orgy. The screams of pleasure quickly turn to horror as I release the spiders from their cages in the ceiling.
This moment is purity.
This is what the book demands.
"And I dub this hellish event... Wednesday."
I write my final summation from my cell as I await trial. I am not sure for what, exactly, I am being tried, and neither is anybody else. They say there's "just too much here to list properly," and so I must wait. I believe I have completed the journey the book has dictated, and my inner voice is silent now that I take these blue things twice a day with meals, so I figure I actually have time to read the words within my sacred book. I am worthy now. I have done, and been done to--like three times just last night, even if one of them was technically just a fear-induced hallucination of a naked she-spider--and I am ready to Take Flight.
Turns out this is an arts and crafts book? WTF?!
Final Score: 7/10 In Summation: There are some very neat paintings in here, just don't skim through it.
Find more from Robert on Twitter, Facebook or his own site, I Fight Robots. But find it quick, there are charges pending.


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It's good to be King.
And if you're looking for a great pizzeria, it's King's New York Pizza.
King's New York Pizza has several locations in and around the Eastern Panhandle including Shepherdstown, Inwood, Martinsburg, Kearneysville and Capon Bridge. There are also locations in Hagerstown, Md., and Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.
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The pepperoni roll is loaded with fresh mozzarella and pepperoni.
The stuffed pizza at Kings New York Pizza is loaded with fresh mozzarella and lots of toppings including bacon, sausage and pepperoni.
King's New York Pizza is the perfect intersection of value, quality and great taste.
Their pizza is authentic. It's exactly like what you would find in New York. The sauce has a nice finish to it and the crust has the crispy outside and a somewhat chewy center.
The ingredients are high quality. The cheese is fresh and perfect for the pizza, the sauce and the dough were both made fresh and you can taste it.
Again authenticity is a huge key at King's New York Pizza. You can tell the ingredients are carefully selected and more importantly, you can tell that these people know what a pizza should taste like.
There's more to King's New York Pizza than the pizza, however.
There's also a stuffed pizza available, along with pepperoni and sausage rolls and stromboli.
The stuffed pizza is a hearty offering. It's loaded with cheese, sausage, bacon and ham. Some locations sell the stuffed pizza by the slice and others don't. One slice has all the toppings you'd get on a whole pizza at a chain restaurant. It's definitely worth trying.
The stromboli at King's New York Pizza is perhaps the best you're going to find anywhere. The reason why is complicated to some degree. The cheese, of course, is authentic mozzarella and plentiful.
But where this offering is different is that while it's loaded with meat and cheese, one doesn't overpower the other. When you eat a bite with ham in it, you taste the ham. When you eat a bite with pepperoni, you taste the cheese and the pepperoni.
Most of the time when you eat a stromboli with so many toppings, they seem to cancel one another out. That was not the case at King's New York Pizza.
The pepperoni roll is almost a meal unto itself. Loaded with fresh mozzarella and pepperoni on freshly-made dough, this is a must.
There are more than just pizzeria items available at King's New York Pizza. There's also a wide variety of subs and sandwiches available.
Pasta dishes are also plentiful, including the classics like fettuccini alfredo, lasagna, veal parmigiana, ravioli and many more.
The prices are reasonable. The most an entree costs is $20. A large pizza is less than $13. The portion sizes are generous. The service was excellent.
In fact, it's hard to find anything that wasn't excellent at King's New York Pizza. If you love Italian food, visiting this place is a must in and of itself.
One cautionary note applies: each one of these restaurants has a slightly different menu. You'd do well to confirm that the location you plan to visit has the dish you want on the company's website at www.kingsnewyorkpizza.com.


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Cackleberry was a well used slang word for egg during the 1950s
How about a couple of boiled cackleberries for breakfast?
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cackleberry another word for an egg.
If some one doesn't eat eggs, ask them if they would prefer a cackleberry
If some one doesn't eat eggs, ask them if they would prefer a cackleberry
"Dear, would you care for another egg?"
" No I would rather a cackleberry"
" No I would rather a cackleberry"
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An egg of a chicken or common domesticated fowl
The hen laid a cackleberry today.
I had bacon and two cackleberries for breakfast this morning.
I had bacon and two cackleberries for breakfast this morning.
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Australian slang for eggs.
Joe: Hey dude you want a cackle berry?
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A small animated creature that lives in the Village of Oville on the Island of Pax. Not unlike an elaborate Smurf Village. The online game is similar to Club Penguin and Webkinz but for a younger group. Child safety is the goal of this company.
The 51 citizens of Oville include six grownups, ten Cackleberries, a few denizens and a bunch of friends. Cackleberries are born of dormant bird, fish, reptile or insect eggs. Each Cackleberry has an ethnic genealogy but no race.
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