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Bill O'Brien has done a wonderful job of guiding the Penn State football program through uncharted treacherous waters.
Whether he will continue to do so in 2014 remains a question that has yet to be answered.
As the year 2013 came to a close, O'Brien, 44, was one of the top candidates for the National Football League Houston Texans' vacant coaching position.
O'Brien reportedly interviewed for the position - which became open with the late-season firing of Gary Kubiak - after the Christmas holiday, and was reportedly one of the top candidates, along with former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith, former Arizona Cardinals head coach and ex-Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Ken Whisenhunt, and current Texans interim coach Wade Phillips, in the running for the job.
In his two seasons as the Nittany Lions' head coach, O'Brien, 44, led Penn State to two straight winning records - an 8-4 mark in his first season in 2012, and a 7-5 record in 2013 that included a road upset of nationally-ranked Wisconsin and a four-overtime victory over bowl-bound Michigan.
O'Brien took over the Penn State program in early 2012, after legendary coach Joe Paterno was fired late in the 2011 football season amidst the firestorm surrounding the child sex abuse scandal involving one of Paterno's long-time assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky.
Paterno died of lung cancer in January 2012 at the age of 85.
The Sandusky scandal left O'Brien and the Penn State football program saddled with severe sanctions, which included a drastic cut in football scholarships that was ultimately tempered by the NCAA this fall [see related note below] and a four-year bowl ban.
O'Brien kept the Nittany Lions' program afloat over the past two years, and, the program's future again appears to be quite bright.
But O'Brien, who interviewed with the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles after the 2012 season before deciding to stay at Penn State, has deep NFL roots as an offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots from 2007-11, and his departure from Penn State would mark another chapter in the Lions' recent turbulent football fortunes.
O'Brien has 3 years left on his Penn State contract, with a buyout reduced from $13 million to $6.5 million this past March.
The O'Brien story developed very late in 2013, but took precedence over everything else that happened on the Altoona Mirror's sports ledger during the year.
The Pittsburgh Pirates' first winning season and first berth in the National League playoffs in 21 years, the NCAA's restoration of football scholarships for Penn State, and the Penn State wrestling squad's third straight NCAA team championship, were other top stories:
Pirates rejuvenate fan base
When Clint Hurdle took over as the Pittsburgh Pirates' manager back in 2010, one of his primary missions was to reunite a team which had established a record for modern American sports consecutive losing seasons back with its fan base.
In 2013, that mission was emphatically accomplished.
The Pirates lost 105 games in 2010 under deposed manager John Russell. After making half-season bids for appearances in the National League playoffs in both 2011 and 2012, the Pirates brought back memories of the vintage days in 2013, winning 94 regular-season games, a wild-card playoff game with Cincinnati, and reaching the National League Division Series.
2013 was a watershed year for the Pirates, who posted their first winning season and made their first playoff appearance since 1992, and extended the St. Louis Cardinals to five games in the NLDS.
The Pirates' on-the-field success reaped dividends in the postseason award balloting. Hurdle was named the National League's Manager of the Year for 2013, and centerfielder Andrew McCutchen earned the NL's Most Valuable Player award.
The Pirates' success surprised most national baseball experts and was one of the Mirror's biggest stories of the year.
The Pirates were led by a pitching staff that ranked third in the National League in regular-season team earned run average (3.26) and a bullpen that ranked second in the NL with an ERA of 2.89.
The Pirates finished the regular season three games behind the Cardinals and in second place in the National League's Central Division, and went on in the playoffs to come within one win of a berth in the National League Championship series.
The Pirates' pitching staff was led by 16-game winner Francisco Liriano, a lefthander who didn't pitch until mid-May because of a broken right arm, and 10-game winner Gerrit Cole, who made his major-league debut in mid-June and wound up pitching impressively enough that he was given the ball by Hurdle to pitch the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS Oct. 9 in St. Louis.
The Cardinals advanced by winning the game, 6-1, but Cole - the top pick in the 2011 amateur baseball draft - proved to be everything that he was cracked up to be in his first season with the Pirates.
McCutchen carded a .317 batting average, 21 homers, 84 RBIs, and finished third in the league in hits with 185. Third baseman Pedro Alvarez tied for the National League lead in regular-season homers with 36, and also knocked in 100 runs, but it was pitching that carried the Pirates.
Along with starters Liriano, Cole and Charlie Morton - who rebounded from Tommy John elbow surgery to win seven games - the Pirates' boasted a shut-down bullpen that enabled the Bucs to go 73-5 in games in which they were holding leads entering the eighth inning.
After second-half-of-the-season collapses in 2011 and 2012 that knocked the Pirates from division championship hopefuls into losing seasons, the club delivered a season to remember in Hurdle's third year as its manager in 2013.
Scholarships reinstated at Penn State
The NCAA put down the hammer on Penn State's football program in the summer of 2012, then lifted it considerably this past fall.
Among the biggest fallouts on the football field from the Sandusky scandal that rocked Penn State's world in 2011 was the NCAA sanction that reduced annual football scholarships from the standard 85 to 65 for the 2014-17 seasons.
The NCAA had a change of heart about the sanctions this past September, and gave Penn State its normal allotment of 85 scholarships effective for the 2016 season.
Under the NCAA ruling, Penn State can offer a team maximum of 75 scholarships in 2014 and 80 in 2015.
The NCAA also relaxed its initial sanction concerning new annual football scholarships at Penn State. The original sanction was only 15 new scholarships per year. Under the adjusted sanctions, Penn State will be allowed 20 new scholarships in 2014, and the national standard 25 new scholarships in both the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
When the NCAA sanctions initially came down in 2011, the limiting of scholarships was believed to be the most damaging to the football program.
In November, an independent monitor also announced the possibility of scaling back the original four-year bowl ban the NCAA had originally levied on Penn State from 2012-15.
Former Senator George Mitchell praised Penn State for the university's compliance with the athletics integrity agreement, and left open the possibility of reducing the bowl ban. No decision on the ban would be expected until September 2014, and if the bowl ban were to be reduced, it could be for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, or possibly just for 2015.
Penn State was not eligible to play in a bowl game in after the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
The other NCAA sanctions - a $60 million fine against the school, and the wiping the ledger clear of all Penn State's football wins from 1998 to 2011 - remained in place.
An offseason story carried by Sports Illustrated in May questioning the medical coverage of the Penn State football program also carried a big wallop in the Nittany Nation in 2013.
The Sports Illustrated article implied that the Penn State football program would no longer maintain the same level of medical coverage for its football program after Dr. Wayne Sebastinelli had relinquished his roles as team doctor and orthopedic surgeon last February.
An irate O'Brien vehemently took issue with the article in a May press conference, asserting that his top priority as the Nittany Lions' football coach is the health and safety of the players.
Penn State officials also maintained that the SI article "fundamentally distorts the facts,'' and that the article neglected to mention that Sebastinelli still oversees the university's entire sports medicine department and that all the doctors serving every one of the school's athletic teams will continue to report to Sebastinelli.
"From a coverage standpoint, we have exactly the same level of medical care as we had previously,'' O'Brien said. "For anyone to suggest or perhaps outright accuse that anyone within Penn State's athletic program would do otherwise is irresponsible, reckless and wrong.''
O'Brien started his second season as Penn State's coach presiding over a hotly-contested battle between highly-touted freshman Christian Hackenberg and esteemed sophomore Tyler Ferguson for the starting quarterback position.
O'Brien refused to announce his starting quarterback to the media in the days leading up to Penn State's 2013 season opener against Syracuse at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Hackenberg wound up getting the opening-game call, completing 22 of 31 passes for 278 yards and two touchdowns as Penn State won, 23-17.
Hackenberg continued on as the Lions' starter for the entire season, and earning the Big Ten Conference's Freshman of the Year recognition after throwing for 2,955 yards and 20 touchdowns. Leading receiver Allen Robinson - who could be a top NFL draft pick in 2014 - was named the Big Ten's Receiver of the Year after catching a new single-season Penn State record 97 passes for 1,432 yards.
Meanwhile, Ferguson announced at season's end that he will transfer from Penn State.
Garcia named Curve manager
The Altoona Curve hired one of the most high-profile managers in their 15-year history when former Pittsburgh Pirate all-star Carlos Garcia was appointed as the club's skipper for the 2013 season in January.
Garcia, who became the seventh manager in the Curve's team history, had spent the previous two seasons as manager of the Pirates' high-Class A affiliate Bradenton Marauders.
Garcia played with the Pirates from 1990-96, and became an everyday player in 1993, when he hit 12 home runs. A 45-year-old native of Venezuela, Garcia was named to the National League All-Star Team in 1994, and hit a single in his only at-bat in the game, which was played at Pittsburgh's old Three Rivers Stadium.
Garcia also saw major league action with the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, and California Angels.
The Curve's first season under Garcia featured outstanding performances from several individual players who should make their presence known at the big-league level in the future.
The Curve struggled in the win-loss column, however, posting a 63-79 record and winding up in last place in the Eastern League's Western Division.
Curve host Pirates in exhibition
A standing-room-only, record-setting crowd of 10,116 fans was on hand at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Saturday, March 30 to watch the Curve host their parent club, the Pittsburgh Pirates, in a preseason exhibition game.
The Curve prevailed in the game, 8-6, which was played under sunny, blue skies in picturesque early-spring weather conditions and was a public-relations coup for the Pirates, Curve and their surrounding communities.
Pirates' left fielder Starling Marte provided the hitting highlight of the game by belting a grand slam off Bucs' closer Jason Grilli, who actually started the game for the Curve team in the loosely-constructed game.
The Curve also beat the Pirates, 8-5 in the Pirates' only other visit to Altoona for a game back on May 15, 2000.
PSU wrestlers win third straight title
The Penn State University wrestling team won its third conescutive NCAA Tournament team championship last March, edging out Oklahoma State by four points, 123-119, in the NCAA Championship meet at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.
Penn State boasted a pair of individual champions, Ed Ruth (184 pounds) and Quentin Wright (197), as well as three runners-up in David Taylor (165), Matt Brown (174) and Nico Megaludis (125).
Ruth scored a 12-4 major decision over Lehigh's Robert Hamlin in the championship bout, while Wright edged top-seeded Dustin Kilgore of Kent State, 8-6.
Taylor dropped a 5-4 decision to Cornell's Kyle Dake, who became a four-time NCAA champion.
Former Tyrone Area High School standout A.J. Schopp became an All-American for Edinboro University, taking fourth place at 133 pounds last March in his second trip to the national tournament.
Pressel wins high jump gold
The third time was a charm for Northern Bedford High School senior Zach Pressel in the PIAA Class AA state high jump event.
After finishing fourth and fifth in previous medal-winning efforts in the state high jump, Pressel won the gold medal on May 25 at Shippensburg University, with his personal-best effort of six feet, eight inches.
Springfield High School's Chris Stone also jumped 6-8, but Pressel won the gold medal because he had fewer misses.
In memory
The year 2013 again brought its share of sadness to the area sports community with the passing of several former athletes, coaches or contributors.
Former long-time Altoona Area High School boys basketball coach Larry Betar died after a battle with cancer at the age of 59. Betar coached the 1991 Altoona team into the PIAA Class AAAA state championship game. A key member of that squad, Danny Fortson, went on to play in the National Basketball Association, as did two of Betar's other former players, Doug West (1985 graduate) and Mike Iuzzolino (1986 graduate).
Other members of the area sports community who died this past year included: former Major League baseball pitcher Bill Tremel, 84, a Lilly native and member of the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame ... former Greater City League, George B. Kelley Federation, and professional baseball player Jack Sloey, 83; Mary Ann Rusnak, 71, wife of former long-time Altoona Area High School wrestling coach Marty Rusnak. Mary Ann regularly worked at the scorer's table at Altoona's regular-season tournaments and during the postseason tournaments; former Pittsburgh Steeler L.C. Greenwood, 67; former Altoona Area High School football, basketball and baseball player Shawn Price, 29; former Altoona High football and baseball standout Joey Mummert, 24; former Altoona Curve player Evan Chambers, 24.


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DeLAND—Garrett Russini and Patrick Mazeika combined for five hits and four RBI in leading Stetson to a 6-3 win over USF, Tuesday at Melching Field.
In the first game of a two-game midweek series between the teams, Mazeika and Russini – Stetson's number three and four hitters in the batting order – helped Stetson rally from an early deficit. Each player provided a key offensive moment in leading Stetson to victory. Between them, Mazeika and Russini combined for four doubles.
"I think that's one of the better games we've played all year," said Dunn. "The bullpen did a great job for us tonight. We executed some bunts and played the short game well. I'm Happy not only with the win but I'm happy with the way we did it."
The Hatters collected 11 hits against five USF pitchers on Tuesday, marking the eighth time in the last 15 games the Hatters have reached double figures in hits.
"We are starting to swing it better," said Dunn. "I don't know that I'd categorize us as a good offensive team yet, but we are getting a lot more efficient."
With Stetson (11-17) trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Tyler Bocock laced a one-out double inside the bag a third, scoring Mike Fernland from second to make it 3-2. With two down Mazeika walked, and Russini followed with a two-run double into the right field corner, scoring both runners to give Stetson a 4-3 lead.
Mazeika's RBI double in the sixth scored Bocock for a 5-3 lead, and Russini plated Mazeika with another double in the eighth for a 6-3 lead.
Tyler Warmoth pitched the final 1.1 innings without allowing a hit to earn his team-leading sixth save of the year.
Josh Thorne (2-0) was the beneficiary of Stetson's offense in the bottom of the fourth. The sophomore right-hander relieved Ben Rakus in the top of the fourth with one out and runners at second and third. He wiggled his way out of the jam to keep it a 3-1 game.
Freshman left-hander Tyler Keller also gave the Hatters a lift out of the bullpen. With two starters down with injury and a total of five games scheduled for the week, Stetson needed someone to eat some innings out the pen. Keller tossed a season-high 2.2 shutout innings, allowing just one hit.
Justin Patrick (1-1) took the loss for the Bulls (17-11).
Mazeika reached base five times on Tuesday, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, three runs scored and a pair of walks, raising his season average to .392. He's added 75 points to his batting average over the last five games.
"Mazeika is on fire right now," said Dunn. "It's nice getting him back to where he needs to be and should be.
Russini was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI. He has a team-high 13 extra-base hits on the year.
"Both guys are swinging the bat well right now," said Dunn. "Russini was scuffling for a while so it's nice to see those two come back."
Bocock reached base three times on Tuesday and scored twice, while freshman Mitch Piatnik had a pair of singles.
The teams conclude their midweek series at 4 p.m., on Wednesday.


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When winless Gunnison scored on the first offensive play of the game, the visiting Cowboys envisioned a dreamy upset of No. 3-ranked Bayfield.
But that�s when the unbeaten Bayfield High School football team went on a vision quest of its own, scoring 51 unanswered points in the first half en route to a final 58-14 homecoming victory Friday night at Wolverine Country Stadium.
The Cowboys hushed the Bayfield homecoming crowd on the first snap from scrimmage when Brady Wilson connected with Nick Romano on a 76-yard halfback pass for a touchdown against the aggressive BHS defense.
One 30-yard kickoff return by Drake Rhodes and three offensive plays later, the Wolverines produced the tying touchdown in what would be a 30-point first-quarter scoring outburst.
Once the homecoming silence was broken, senior TJ Pazell scored from 19 yards out for the first of his three touchdowns, and the Bayfield cheers didn�t stop.
The Wolverines led 51-7 at halftime with the running-clock mercy rule (40-point difference) in effect.
�The guys up front made it possible,� said sophomore quarterback Matt Knickerbocker, who also scored three touchdowns Friday night.
�They�re what made us gain all those yards,� said Knickerbocker, who scored the first two times he carried the football.
His first touchdown, on a 10-yard quarterback keeper, came at the end of a typical 70-yard drive that needed only five plays.
Knickerbocker�s second touchdown came on a 25-yard option keeper at the end of a five-play, 66-yard Bayfield scoring drive.
His final touchdown capped a 71-yard, four-play drive.
Knickerbocker faked the fullback dive to homecoming king Michael Hawkins, who attracted more Cowboys than a rodeo.
With the Gunnison defense swarming Hawkins, Knickerbocker cut through the distracted secondary and ran 58 yards for his third touchdown of the game.
�We were studying ... their defense all week,� said Knickerbocker, son of Kirk and Marie Knickerbocker. He carried five times Friday night for 111 yards and three touchdowns � in the first half.
He also completed both passes he threw for 30 yards.
�For our seniors, our leaders here, we were not ... going to lose,� he said after the Wolverines improved to 7-0 overall, 5-0 in the Western League.
The Wolverines added to their first-quarter point total when senior Allec Rodriguez returned a punt 72 yards to set up a short scoring run by Pazell.
Rodriguez opened the second half with a scintillating 97-yard kickoff return for what would be Bayfield�s final touchdown.
�I give all the credit to my blockers,� Rodriguez said. �I was running down the field ... Anthony Chamblee was knocking people down; everybody was knocking people down.�
He said his patience behind the blocking was the key to the two kick returns that totaled 169 yards.
�I learned from last year that you have to be patient,� Rodriguez said. �Last year, I would get out there with speed, speed, speed. But I would get run down because I didn�t have any blockers.�
Not the case Friday night.
�(Friday night), I just waited and waited ... tried to be patient. Then I took it to the house.�
Rodriguez, son of CJ and Ramona Nava and Johnny Rodriguez, also gained 54 yards rushing on five carries against the Cowboys.
Chamblee added a 39-yard run from scrimmage as the Wolverines totaled 320 rushing yards � almost all in the first half.
The Wolverines did not punt.
�This was a great win for our seniors,� Bayfield head coach Gary Heide said after the final regular-season home game of the season at Wolverine Country Stadium.
�I was really proud of the guys ... we wanted to put a stamp on this game,� he said.
Heide said the coaching staff did an excellent job preparing the Wolverines for their seventh consecutive victory.
�And it�s great to see our quarterback do this ... he�s a real triple threat now,� Heide said of Knickerbocker.
�Matt�s a fine athlete. We knew he was a fine athlete. He�s a great baseball player. ... He started as a freshman,� the BHS football coach said.
�His intelligence ... his reads are outstanding. Very good decision-making,� Heide said.
Heide and the Wolverines, ranked No. 3 in Class 2A by The Denver Post, will travel to Olathe for a Western League game next Friday night.
The Wolverines will close the regular season Oct. 20 at Pagosa Springs.


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Meet your instructor, professor and professional medical illustrator Roberto Osti. Then start the class by learning how to break down the complex body into simple shapes that you will use as the foundation for skeletal and muscular drawings.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Each summer, runners on the cross country teams at Stratford High School do whatever it takes to carry on the program's tradition.
In the fall, they reap the fruits of that labor. That can be counted on just like the changing of the seasons.
"It's been told to me to that our sport is not a game," SHS coach Shane Sutherland said. "Most of our practices are work and they're labor intensive. Kids go through a dramatic change. They go out and do things that others might think are impossible, like running eight miles a day or 40 miles a week."
Sutherland's teams set a respectable goal each season and generally attain it. If not, they still finish better than 75 percent of the other Class AAAA teams in cross country most of the time.
Sutherland, in his 11th season, said they aim to be top 10 at state every November.
"If you can do that, then you're being competitive," he added. "We've had some successful seasons. We set the bar high. We want to be in the top 10. In this state, that's very competitive."
The boys cross country team was state runner-up two years ago and the girls were third a year before that. Individually, Jasmine Polite was a two-time state champion in cross country in 2009 and 2010 for the girls team.
"I can't say it enough," Sutherland said. "We have dedicated kids. We have kids that are willing to do work that most kids don't. They put in the time, the mileage and the commitment that it takes. When you're doing 40 to 45 miles a week, that's a time commitment. You can't do that in five days without it being a long day."
This year's squads follow in the steps of past teams from Crowfield Boulevard.
The boys team is among the deepest Sutherland has had at the school and seems a lock to meet their goal.
"The boys are, top to bottom, one of the most competitive teams amongst themselves," he added. "We have the mythical one minute gap in cross country, which is anything under one minute means your team is going to be competitive."
Led by Ryan Abdullah and Austin Weaver, the Knights have 12 runners posting times between 16:30 and 18:30.
"Realistically, we've got 12 guys in the mix for our seven spots," Sutherland said. "Our goal is to get five guys under 17 minutes and that puts you right in it."
Other key runners are Brett Alford, Kyle Thomas, Morgan Woods and Ryan Adams.
The Lady Knights have three frontrunners and are looking to build some depth as the season goes on.
Alex Zimmer, Bethany Reaves and Tiffany Hutson are the top three for the Lady Knights.
"Those three girls up front run under 20 minutes," Sutherland said. "We just want to get our four and five on track. We've got to get them faster and maybe a top 10 is possible."
Stratford swept meets with Woodland, Cane Bay and Bishop England at Wannamaker Park on Oct. 9. The Knights took all of the top five spots to finish with a perfect score of 15.
On Saturday, both teams competed in the Body Shop Invitational in Lexington. The boys placed fourth out of 24 teams, while the girls were ninth among 23 squads.
The Region 7-AAAA meet is Oct. 23 and Lower State is set for Nov. 2.
State is Nov. 9 at Sandhills in Columbia.
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Person 1 says: So girl are you going to the bar tonight? Person 2: Nah, I gotta work late. C.U.D.I.?!! Person 1: I feel ya!
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KAHULUI - State Land Use Commission members ran out of time and didn't hear closing arguments or vote Thursday in their reconsideration of the proposed 68-lot Kahoma affordable housing project.
The panel will reconvene March 21 on Maui. Commission Chairman Kyle Chock told the parties that the project's evidentiary hearing had been completed. No further motions or filings would be considered, he said
When the commission returns to Maui in two weeks, it will hearing final statements from attorneys and interveners, deliberate and vote, Chock said. The project is seeking a state land reclassification from agricultural to urban, which is needed for the housing development to proceed.
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Ewa, Oahu, resident Michael Lee, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, listens to a question from West Maui Land Co. attorney James Geiger during a state Land Use Commission meeting Thursday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
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Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner Michael Lee is sworn in before testifying during a state Land Use Commission meeting Thursday morning. The panel was hearing more testimony as it reconsiders a Dec. 5 vote that denied West Maui Land Co.'s request for a state land reclassification for the 68-lot Kahoma affordable housing project. Lee testified that development of the Lahaina property would harm his right to exercise his Native Hawaiian cultural practices.
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In December, the commission denied the project's land use change but last month agreed to reconsider its decision.
During much of Thursday's meeting at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, panel members heard more testimony - from members of the public, two Maui County department heads and Oahu resident Michael Lee, a recognized Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who claims family ties to the 16.7-acre Kahoma property through his paternal grandfather.
Lee of Ewa told commission members that as recently as Wednesday he visited and exercised cultural practices on the project site, which is on former sugar cane land on the mauka side of Honoapiilani Highway and between the Kahoma Stream flood control channel and homes mauka of the former Pioneer Mill.
Under questioning from West Maui Land Co. attorney James Geiger, Lee testified that he has visited the project site nine times in recent years. He acknowledged that he doesn't collect limu at the site, where a diverted stream no longer flows, but he said his grandfather did gather limu at the property before Kahoma Stream was diverted.
Lee testified that a "libation stone" he identified as an archaeological feature on the property was on top of a "push pile" of other rocks.
Maui County Deputy Corporation Counsel James Giroux later asked if the libation stone's position atop the rocks meant that it had likely been moved there while the ground was altered as part of sugar cultivation. Lee agreed that it likely was moved, but he maintained that it would be culturally wrong to move it again.
Geiger confronted Lee with evidence that the State Historic Preservation Division had not found a heiau or iwi (ancient Hawaiian bones) on the property. Lee said that he believed the heiau was below the "push pile" of rocks, and he insisted that failure to find iwi was inconclusive because those investigating the area did not screen the soil with sieves to search for bone fragments.
Lee disagreed with the division's assessment that the site was "culturally sterile." He referred to a 1994 Department of Land and Natural Resources assessment that there were terraced archaeological features on either side of Kahoma Stream. He said there were loi, or taro patches, on the property into the 1850s, after which the land was cultivated in sugar cane.
Intervener Michele Lincoln, a Lahaina resident who lives near the project site, asked Lee about "spiritual evidence" from the project site, telling him she experienced "night marchers" in February 2012.
Lee responded that he had no doubt "night marchers," or "fire walkers," would be at the property.
"This is a sacred site," he said. "When they come the next time, people will be in danger . . . This is not a good place to put houses next to."
In other testimony, Lee acknowledged that the commission routinely sets conditions on developments to protect cultural sites and to monitor them during construction.
Earlier, during public testimony, commission members heard testimony in favor of the project's affordable housing.
Patricia Nishiyama, testifying on behalf of Na Kapuna O Maui, said that affordable housing is "very much needed" in West Maui. She said she appreciated West Maui Land Co. for trying to give residents an opportunity to get housing.
"We need it badly," she said.
Paia resident Bruce U'u agreed about the need for more housing, telling commissioners that he has two children, three grandchildren and two nephews all living in his house. He said that he appreciated the project's location in Lahaina.
"It's in a perfect place," he said, pointing out that it's walking distance from the shoreline, schools, shopping, drugstores and Lahaina town. "It's something we really need."
Department of Public Works Director David Goode testified that the project would comply with recent Maui County regulations covering storm water quality and runoff. Department of Environmental Management Director Kyle Ginoza said that the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility has 9 million gallons per day of sewage treatment capacity, of which 4.1 million gallons is used daily on average. He said that the treatment plant has the capacity to add the Kahoma project's estimated average daily wastewater flow of 23,800 gallons.
Thursday's hearing came after the commission voted 6-0 on Feb. 22 to grant the developer's request to reconsider its Dec. 5 vote denying an application for a land use reclassification.
At the LUC's meeting in December, the Kahoma project received four votes from commissioners in favor of the land reclassification, two short of the six needed. The panel's vote came despite the project having the support of the county Department of Planning and the state Office of Planning.
Opposition came from interveners Lincoln and Routh Bolomet of Oahu. They maintain that the project site should remain an open area, available for agriculture.
In 2011, the Maui County Council approved the Kahoma development as a fast-track affordable housing project. Plans called for selling the homes to families with incomes of up to 160 percent of median income.
* Brian Perry can be reached at email@example.com.
* Kahoma affordable housing project. Intervener Michele Lincoln, a Lahaina resident who lives near the Kahoma residential project site, did not ask Native Hawaiian practitioner Michael Lee for "spiritual evidence." And, Lincoln did not experience "night marchers" in February 2012. She was quoted incorrectly in the story.
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Like daddy, like daughter.
Jay-Z, 43, and a white lace-wearing Blue Ivy, 18 months, stepped out in Toronto on Wednesday, sporting similarly furrowed brows.
While casually-coiffed mom Beyoncé, 31, had a grin on her face walking ahead of her hubby and daughter, the remaining two members of the party didn't look particularly amused.
Hopefully Jay-Z's look of distaste wasn't indicative of the family's dining experience, as they were photographed walking out of Nervosa Trattoria Italian restaurant.
Baby Blue is no stranger to fine dining with her parents. In April, a makeup-less Beyoncé, along with Jay-Z were ever the doting parents during lunch in Paris.
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CHARLES TOWN - The Jefferson County Museum held its eighth annual Appraisal Fair Saturday morning, during which experts, dealers and collectors gathered to help local residents decide what to toss, what to keep and what to sell.
Jim Keaton and City Councilman Mark Reinhart examined toys and entertainment memorabilia, and were excited to see autographs from John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Keaton said the signatures were on Hickory Hills Estate stationary and was signed "Peace and love."
"We estimated it was worth about $1,500. The owner is going to keep it," Keaton said.
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Charles Town City Council Member Mark Reinhart and Glenn Ramsburg discuss Ramsburg's 1964 toy replica of a Ferris wheel from the World's Fair.
The certified appraiser of the group, Mark Grove, said he works as a general appraiser. The way the fundraiser was organized was such that people were funneled to various stations such as jewelery, toys or currency, and if there was no category, they ended up at Grove's table.
"If any item has tax consequences involved, the person has to go to a certified appraiser," Grove said, adding that getting an accreditation is not as easy, and it deals mainly with tax laws and precedents, not just a program to look at "pretty things."
"For example, when Georgia O'Keeffe died, she left a big estate of a lot of her paintings. The IRS wanted to tax that estate. The problem with that is if you release that number of paintings into the population, it brings down the value of all of her paintings," Grove said.
The museum's curator, Jane Rissler, said the funds raised from the fair typically are in the range of $600 to $1,000.
"We have some people bringing in as many as 10 or 12 items, and some people bringing in only one. Some people find out things are more valuable than they thought, and sometimes not so much, but they are glad to know and get helpful information," Rissler said.
Glenn Ramsburg brought in his electric toy replica of a Ferris wheel from the World's Fair in the 1960s. The "wheel" of the toy was designed to look like a tire to advertise the company Royal Tires, which Ramsburg said was no longer in existence.
"It's advertising Royal Tires, but they aren't in existence anymore," Ramsburg said.
"This is a toy model of the same Ferris wheel at the fair that people could line up and ride," Reinhart said as he carefully studied the toy.
"I bought this toy at the World's Fair in 1964," Ramsburg said.
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Tiffin reports
Lisa A. Ruggiero, 46, of Arizona, was charged with drugs-paraphernalia and possession of dangerous drugs Thursday evening.
Cody A. Garcia, 18, of Kenton, was charged with possession of dangerous drugs Saturday after an incident Friday.
A person reported Friday afternoon the theft of an iPod.
A person reported early Saturday morning people were throwing items at vehicles at Miami and Nelson streets.
A person reported Saturday morning an office at Clay Distributors, 106 Oil St., was broken into.
A person in the 100 block of East Market Street reported Saturday morning a theft.
County report
An Upper Sandusky woman requested to speak with a deputy Friday night and reported items were taken from her daughter's bag while it was at a friend's residence in Seneca County.
Tiffin accidents
Roxanne M. Kimmet, 32, of Tiffin, was cited with failure to yield at a stop sign after an accident on Walker Street Friday afternoon.
A vehicle slid off the road at North Monroe and Noble streets early Saturday morning.
A person reported Saturday morning mailboxes were struck in the 200 block of Riverside Drive.
A citation of assured clear distance ahead was issued after an accident at East Market and South Monroe streets Saturday morning.
Carrie L. Haver, 38, of Tiffin, was cited with failure to control after an accident on Circular Street Saturday afternoon.
A non-injury accident was reported at East Market and Seneca streets Saturday evening.
A non-injury accident was reported at First Avenue and North Sandusky Street Saturday evening.
A two-vehicle, non-injury accident was reported at South Sandusky and Ella streets Saturday evening.
County accidents
Alvin D. Hess, 28, of Tiffin, was cited with improper backing after an accident at CR 34 and CR 29 Thursday afternoon.
An injury accident was reported at SR 231 and CR 6 Friday evening.
A vehicle was in a ditch on South US 23 early Saturday morning.
A vehicle was in a ditch on North CR 48 Saturday morning.
A two-vehicle accident was reported in the 600 block of CR 7 Saturday morning.
A vehicle was partly in a ditch in the 4000 block of South SR 53 Saturday afternoon.
A vehicle was in a ditch in the 5000 block of East SR 18 Saturday afternoon.
County fire
Sycamore firefighters were called to an accident at SR 231 and CR 6 Friday evening.
Green Springs firefighters were called to a nuisance burn in the area of TR 148 and SR 19 Friday night.
Fostoria fire
Firefighters were called to an odor in an apartment at 631 James Marie Court Friday afternoon. Nothing was found upon investigation.
Probate court
Betty J. Huth, Fostoria.
Ronald W. Breidenbach, Bascom.
Hazel K. Stamp, Fostoria.
Emma Louise Simpson, Tiffin.
Marriage license applications
Timothy Bennett Wertz and Bonnie Marie McCarthy, Tiffin.
Nicholas Davis Schaffer, Attica, and Kari Lea Schultz, Bloomville.
Gerone Noel Pinkston and Analicia Jimenez, Fostoria.
Matthew Garett Hill, Tiffin, and Valerie Rae Buchholz, Attica.
Corey Allen Crowell, Schofield Barricks, Hawaii, and Erica Marie Smith, Tiffin.
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David A. Myers, Melmore, pleaded no contest to Financial Responsibility Act suspension, ordered released from jail, $852.
Adlai J. Kilmer, Loyal, Wis., pleaded guilty to assured clear distance, $141.
Steven T. Wade Doane, Lima, rule 4 matter dismissed upon matter of city prosecutor, defendant transported.
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You have to take everything that is said publicly with a grain of salt, it's all posturing and/or trying to win PR.
I agree, thats why I am hesitant to get excited over the NHL supposed great new offer.
Luckily they were quick to realize most fans weren't taking sides and were just furious and confused at both sides silliness and now are actually getting down to business.
Actually thats not true. The NHL saw that this time around the fans were more on the side of the players, so they (the NHL) went out and hired a high priced spin-doctor to try to shift the PR "war" in their favor. This just happened a couple days ago.


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Lauren Skaar filed for divorce from the 45-year-old Bates Motel actor in July, citing irreconcilable differences, according to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE. They have no children together.
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We've been doing some really fun St. Patrick's Day crafts and activities around here. I can't wait to share them all. I have to post a quick one this morning because I'm off to work. These handprint leprechauns are just so cute and they were really so easy to make. The kids think they're hilarious too. Here's how we made them:
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1. paint your child's fingers (excluding the thumb) orange and paint their palm peach. Stamp on the paper. Paint just the top of their palm orange for some hair. Allow to dry.
2. cut a hat out of the green craft foam and a stripe for the hat out of the black foam.
3. have your kids glue the hat and stripe on their little leprechaun. Glue a yellow button on the hat.
4. using a sharpie, draw on his adorable little face.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
National Grilled Cheese Month
While you all have been probably eating healthier than me, I have been savoring the fact that April is "National Grilled Cheese Month!" Yes, you read that correctly. All those random tweets and instagram pics were part of my latest and greatest story for HooplaHa. So head on over for not one, but FOUR different grilled cheese recipes!
Recipes Clockwise, starting at the top left:
"Classic," "Italian," "Jalapeño Cheddar," and "Brie Lover"
27 comments:
- Tara said...
Seriously!? I just might have to participate :) ha
- April 19, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Christin said...
Those all look delightful.
- April 19, 2012 at 9:09 AM
- Natalie said...
I am a SUPER grill cheese fan! YUMMY!
- April 19, 2012 at 9:15 AM
- Jessica @ Lovely Little Things said...
That Italian one looks TOO good not to try!
So I might do just that ;)
Happy Thursday, girl!
- April 19, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- Lauren said...
yum!! i am going RIGHT over :)
- April 19, 2012 at 9:39 AM
- Ruthie Hart said...
NO WONDER I have been craving grilled cheese!!!!!!! hahah must make some this weekend
- April 19, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- Megan said...
Oh my!!! These look amazing!!! :)
- April 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM
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- April 19, 2012 at 10:59 AM
- Amanda said...
YUM! I'm drooling. I love grilled cheese! May have to make one tonight in honor of National Grilled Cheese month :)
- April 19, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Olga said...
Grilled cheese is sooooo good! Although I rarely eat because it's not the healthiest thing for you haha.
- April 19, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- sherri lynn said...
Oh I love making different kinds of grilled cheese! My favorite is adding tomatoes and bacon :) Heading over to read your story now!
- April 19, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- Adam said...
I remember hearing they have a few restaurants with nothing but grilled cheese
- April 19, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- Fashion Meets Food said...
I had no idea! Looks like I will need to make some grilled cheese sandwiches! xo
- April 19, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- amy b.s. said...
just knowing it is national grilled cheese month makes me happy. yum!
- April 19, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Andrea D said...
Oh my gosh those grilled cheeses look seriously delicious. My husband would love me forever (well...hopefully he'll do that anyway, but you get what I mean) if I made the jalapeno cheddar version.
Left brain, right brain, pug brain.
- April 19, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- Carrie {Living It Up in U.P.} said...
Mmm, I love a grilled cheese sandwich. I had no idea April celebrated them! I'm going to have to make myself one before the end of the month!
- April 19, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- Sub-Radar-Mike said...
I remember someone telling me that it was grilled cheese DAY awhile ago... now it's grilled cheese MONTH? any excuse to chow down on some delicious grilled cheese, i suppose.
- April 19, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- Krista said...
Oooo...I think I just fell in love with the grilled cheese! Going to read your article :)
- April 19, 2012 at 4:19 PM
- TV's Take said...
I must admit I LOVE a good old grilled cheese sandwich. Must be the simplicity of it.
- April 19, 2012 at 5:42 PM
- Jenna E said...
Grilled cheese is my fave! I will have to try these. Obviously I have had the classic, but since being pregnant I decided to add apple & avocado. Bacon if I'm feeling "crazy". haha
- April 19, 2012 at 7:29 PM
- Elle Sees said...
i'm totally in!
- April 19, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Elle Sees said...
i'm totally in!
- April 19, 2012 at 9:03 PM
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- April 19, 2012 at 9:34 PM
- Neely said...
And now Im hungry
- April 19, 2012 at 10:55 PM
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- April 20, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Janna Bogert said...
I can always get down on some grilled cheese!!
- April 21, 2012 at 2:05 AM
- Megan said...
YUM and more YUM! I love grilled cheese!!
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Feb. 18, 2013
On the third Monday in February we honor those select Americans who were elected president of the United States. But we rarely, if ever, take time to honor the also-rans.
Not just any old also-ran deserves to be honored, of course. Thousands of people have sought the presidency, but that doesn't mean they're especially worthy of recognition. Some candidates, though, have come within a handsbreadth of winning election to the highest office in the land, only to fall short in ways that must have added to the sting of defeat.
Throughout US history, three near-miss hopefuls actually received more votes than their opponents, only to be denied once all the rules were followed.
Andrew Jackson, 1824
In the case of John Quincy Adams' election over Andrew Jackson in 1824, the pain of defeat only lasted four years.
Jackson was elected in 1828 in a rematch against Adams, this time devoid of Henry Clay and William H. Crawford of Georgia. Clay and Adams made a deal in 1824 that ensured Jackson, despite carrying 12 states and getting the most votes, would not assume office. The American people were not impressed, rejecting Adams soundly in 1828. Jackson was elected with 56 percent of the popular vote in his one-on-one rematch against Adams.
Samuel Tilden, 1876
If winning the most votes got a person elected president, Samuel Tilden would have been the first Democrat elected president since James Buchanan's pre-Civil War victory of 1856. In the 1876 presidential election, Tilden easily won the national popular vote, getting roughly 51 percent to Hayes' 48 percent.
But Hayes edged Tilden 185-184 in the closest electoral race in US history. The Southern states of Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana sent two sets of electoral votes to Congress, leading to Hayes' eventual inauguration as president. Additionally, an Oregon elector was disqualified that year, preventing a tie. Tilden came closer than any candidate in history to winning the presidency without actually assuming office.
Al Gore, 2000
Al Gore's tough loss in 2000 can be blamed on a number of factors, from an inept campaign that failed to deliver his home state of Tennessee to his choice of a vice-presidential running mate to his feud with incumbent President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair. In the final analysis, however, it all came down to Florida.
Gore appeared headed for victory on the night of Nov. 7, 2000, when the major networks declared the vice president had won the crucial state, just as Clinton had won it in 1992 and 1996. But the announcement was premature. A variety of factors caused the networks to withdraw their projections of a Gore victory, and within a few hours, Fox News called the Sunshine State for eventual President George W. Bush. Even though the call at Fox was made by Bush's cousin, John Ellis, the other networks followed suit and projected Bush as the winner.
But that move proved premature also, as none of the networks had taken into account that Florida law had an automatic recount provision for elections in which the top two finishers were separated by less than half a percentage point. Gore, apparently, had not taken this into account either, because he called Bush to concede soon after the networks reversed their call and projected that Bush would Florida.
By morning, though, with actual returns showing the race still too close to call, Gore reversed his concession and made the decision to lawyer-up and fight for the presidency. The fight dragged on for days until the Supreme Court, in Bush v. Gore, effectively declared Bush president by ruling that the possibility of harm from possibly counting illegal votes outweighed the right of qualified voters to have their legal votes counted.
Given the contentious state of affairs in the United States today, something equally strange or stranger than the presidential elections of 1824, 1876 and 2000 seems well within the realm of possibility for 2016, especially if Republican-dominated state legislatures succeed in attempts to reallocate electoral votes based on congressional districts.
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The Council of Economic Advisors' latest analysis of the $862 billion stimulus bill figures that it created 2.5 to 3.6 million jobs. How good is this estimate? The same CEA told us that the stimulus bill would keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Almost a year and a half later unemployment is still above 9 percent.
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HUD's Public Housing Proposal
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is pushing legislation that would enable public housing projects to access private financing. Due to limits on how much of a tenant's income can be used for rent, public housing authorities have been reliant on billions of dollars in annual federal operating and capital subsidies.
Emergency Spending
A recent paper by Veronique de Rugy examines how policymakers use various budgeting gimmicks to increase spending and obscure liabilities. One particularly abusive mechanism is the designation of supplemental spending as an "emergency." The emergency designation makes it easier for policymakers to skirt budgetary rules, particularly "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO) requirements.
GOP Spending Cap
Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee have announced support for caps on the discretionary spending portion of the federal budget. According to press reports, discretionary spending under the cap for fiscal year 2011 would be approximately $20 billion less than what the president has proposed.
USPS Labor Inflexibility
U.S. Postal Service management has repeatedly told Congress that it needs greater labor flexibility to reduce costs. Despite increased automation and workforce reductions, labor continues to account for 80 percent of the USPS's cost structure.
Paul Krugman and Regime Uncertainty
Paul Krugman is dismissing concerns that the Obama administration's fiscal and regulatory policies are fostering uncertainty in the business community, and thus inhibiting job growth and an economic recovery.
LIHEAP Fraud
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program provides $5 billion annually to the states, which distribute the funds to businesses, nonprofits, and homeowners. Unfortunately, the states do a poor job making sure the money isn't lost to fraud and abuse.
NASA's Feel Good Mission
NASA administrator Charles Bolden says that his "foremost" mission is to improve relations with the Muslim world. This head-scratching statement is made more bizarre by Bolden's claim that he received this instruction from the president himself.
USPS Wants Rate Hike
The long-term prospects for the U.S. Postal Service monopoly are bleak. To help stem the flow of red ink, the USPS intends to seek a rate increase. Only a government monopoly would try to raise prices when the demand for its services is plummeting. The rate increase will only push its already declining customer base to use cheaper, more efficient electronic alternatives.
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I testified to President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform today on Capitol Hill. The Commission is tasked with creating a package of specific budget reforms by December to be considered by the House and Senate.


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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Christian Sillanpaa's single to right field in the bottom of the ninth inning pushed across the winning run in Goose Creek's 3-2 playoff victory over Beaufort on Thursday night. The second-seeded Gators (13-9) loaded the bases with one out to set the stage for Sillanpaa.
Goose Creek now hosts Ridge View (15-10) on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the District V winner's bracket game. The fourth-seeded Blazers upset top-seeded Lexington 4-2 on Thursday.
Third-seeded Beaufort faces elimination at Lexington (16-8) on Saturday.
"I've been coaching 18 years and that's one of my most enjoyable wins," GCHS coach Chris Pond said. "To come through in a game like that was special. Both teams were fighting back and forth."
Bryce Jonason earned the win in relief of starter Cody Smith. Jonason tossed a scoreless top of the ninth despite loading the bases. Left fielder Kyle Moore's lunging catch inches from the fence for the final out denied the Eagles. Smith threw 123 pitches and struck out 16 batters, one short of tying the school record, in his eight innings of work.
Mattison Pike took the loss for Beaufort. He walked three batters and allowed Sillanpa's game-winner while getting just one out.
Bradley Brown threw eight innings for the Eagles, scattering seven hits and striking out four batters.
Tyler Rio had three hits to lead the Gators, who had eight hits as a team. Smith added a pair of hits. Singleton had an RBI single in the first and Smith hit a sacrifice fly to right field in the third inning.
Both of Beaufort's runs came in the top of the second inning. Jesse Sanborn doubled in the first run and Smith walked in the other. A diving grab by Singleton in center prevented Beaufort from doing further damage in the second. Leadoff hitter Brady Cormier was the only Eagle with two hits.
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text: As its port silted, Bremen petitioned the King of Hanover to acquire the land between the Geeste and Weser rivermouths and so was founded BREMERHAVEN in 1827. The largest working port in Germany after Hamburg, it's no charmer – the centre was thrown up at rapid pace after 95 percent of the port was obliterated by air raids – and has long had a utilitarian air. This is, after all, the town that has the world's longest quay (4.9km) and is Germany's premier fishing port. Yet "Fischstadt" is raising its game. Central harbours have been renovated as a focus for two superb museums, the Deutsches Auswanderen Museum and Klimahaus Bremerhaven, and billion-euro architecture projects such as the Atlantic Hotel Sail City (viewing platform €3), modelled on Dubai's signature Burj Al-Arab hotel.


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Monday, March 5, 2012
Life with M: The Series
Last Tuesday morning over coffee and tea:
M: So you talked in your sleep last night.
Me: Yea, I never told you that I talk in my sleep?
M: Nope. I was awake at some point and you rolled over and said "Thank you so much. I really appreciate it."
Me: *laughing*
M: And I was like "wait, what? Huh?" But then realized you were dead asleep.
Me: Yea, I talk in my sleep, I thought you knew.
M: Well now I know.
Let me also note, that we re-hashed this conversation before bed that night. Apparently, I'm a very good and clear speaker in my sleep to the point that I sound awake. Who knew?!
Grocery Shopping on Wednesday night:
*M finally hangs up the phone with his mom.*
Me: So do we need anything else here, or are we done?
M: Do you think we can get cheese to make nachos?
Me: Sure.
M: I was trying to tell you that the whole time I was on the phone with her, but I couldn't figure out how.
Me: *laughing* Well, I can't completely read your mind yet.
Still Grocery Shopping on Wednesday night:
(As we're walking to the check out line...)
Me: Aw man, I forgot to get you maple syrup.
M: Good thing we're still in the grocery store.
29 comments:
- Summer-Raye said...
Haha what an excursion!
- March 5, 2012 at 8:05 AM
- Marjorie said...
- March 5, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Claire said...
Oh my gosh my sister talks in her sleep and when we shared a room when we were little it was always hilarious!
- March 5, 2012 at 8:23 AM
- Natalie said...
I used to talk in my sleep all the time. I'm so glad you guys has so much fun at the grocery store :)
- March 5, 2012 at 8:33 AM
- Heather said...
I talk in my sleep too! I used to have phone conversations with Mr. BUB when we were dating- in my sleep!
- March 5, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Ruthie Hart said...
welcome to the sleep talker club!! Jon keeps a note in his phone open so when I start talking he writes them down hahaha
- March 5, 2012 at 9:53 AM
- Beth Dunn said...
I think it is so funny when husband talks in his sleep!
- March 5, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Brittany said...
Bryan talks in his sleep too, and it is SO funny. I need to write them down because I always forget the next day.
- March 5, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- Neon Blonde Runner said...
I also talk in my sleep sometimes, it's the weirdest thing!!
- March 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- poptartyogini said...
Well, at least you're very polite when you talk in your sleep. It can be odd to have someone around all the time to point out your strange habits. It sounds like you're having so much fun!!
- March 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Neely said...
HAHAHA C talks in his sleep its greatness
- March 5, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- DWei said...
Oh man, whenever I get into silly conversations with my girlfriend it just devolves into "herp" and "derp" on both sides. :P
- March 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM
- The Sweet Life said...
Haha loved these conversations!!! Thanks for sharing. I'm guessing you're loving having your new roomie.
- March 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- Hilliary@ Happily Ever Healthy said...
This cracked me up! Thanks for sharing! I talk in my sleep too! I have rolled over and asked mark things in the middle of the night and he thinks I am wide awake! I hope your having a wonderful day so far!
- March 5, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- sherri lynn said...
That's funny that you talk in your sleep! I only talk in my sleep when I'm sick...I also sleepwalk when I have a fever. So weird!
- March 5, 2012 at 1:46 PM
- Amy said...
You should tell him to talk back to you when you sleep talk. Makes for some really interesting conversation!
- March 5, 2012 at 2:07 PM
- Carrie {Living It Up in U.P.} said...
Haha, it's nice to remember funny conversations you had. Both Nick and I occassionaly talk in our sleep - but we mumble and don't make any sense.
- March 5, 2012 at 2:17 PM
- Rach said...
hah! I'm def guilty of talking in my sleep but so far it has just been gibberish. (or at least that's what I'm told!)
- March 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM
- thisitalianfamily said...
Haha! I definitely talk in my sleep nearly every night. My sisters would tease me about it growing up as did my roommates in college and now my husband. I also sleep with my eyes partially open sometimes... I know, I know... creepy, haha!
- March 5, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Becca said...
Sleep talking is too funny. My sister does it in multiple languages ;)
- March 5, 2012 at 4:40 PM
- Delta Daisies said...
so funny. you guys sound like me and S.
- March 5, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- The Vacuum Enthusiast said...
I tend to yell in my sleep haha
- March 5, 2012 at 5:53 PM
- Molly Jac said...
haha y'all are adorable. I love the last one. Totally sounds like me. :) HAPPY MONDAY!!
- March 5, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- BigAppleNosh said...
Haha! This was so funny and cute! :)
- March 5, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Emily said...
Sounds like y'all are settling in together perfectly!
- March 5, 2012 at 11:33 PM
- christine donee said...
more! more!
- March 5, 2012 at 11:57 PM
- Krista said...
The series is a great idea :) Looking forward to the next installment, I'm sure there'll be many more silly moments to come now that your living together...hehe.
- March 6, 2012 at 1:30 PM
- Megan said...
Haha, y'all are so cute. My best friend talks in her sleep and I love it. I want to stay up all night just to listen. Haha!
- March 6, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Too funny! I've been known to sleep talk too!
- March 6, 2012 at 4:48 PM


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Stetson University Director of Tennis Pierre Pilote completed the women's tennis team's incoming class for 2013-14 on Tuesday with the announcement that Carolina Meregalli will be joining the squad for the upcoming season.
"Carolina possesses many of the attributes that we look for while recruiting top players," Pilote said. "Her game is very well rounded, but the best aspect of Carolina's game is that it has room for improvement. Her personality will fit very well with our 'team first' philosophy."
A native of Milan, Italy, Meregalli was an Italian National Under-16 team championship quarterfinalist; she played in the National team championship B League, and took part in the National Italian Singles Championship.
While in the United States, Meregalli was a Super Series Under-16 Tournament finalist in Ormond Beach, and was the winner of both the Under-14 and Under-16 End of Summer Tournaments at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach.
Meregalli joins fellow newcomers Isabella Fernandez, Marta Gonzalez, and Brittany Hill as the incoming class for Stetson women's tennis in the fall of 2013.
"Carolina is the latest in our recruiting class for the 2013-2014 season, which is a class that I think will be regarded as a very successful one in future years," Pilote said.
The Stetson women's tennis team opens fall action at the College of Charleston Invite on September 20.


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WASHINGTON – Many people already know about the quagga mussel, the zebra mussel and the round goby that now infest the Great Lakes after stowing away and then getting released from the ballast tanks of international ships.
Fearing that new regulations will allow more invaders like these, the National Wildlife Federation said Wednesday that it has joined other environmental groups in a lawsuit aimed at tightening rules for the release of ship ballast tanks.
In announcing the latest legal action, the National Wildlife Federation noted that ballast water has been responsible for most of the alien invaders that have changed the Great Lakes in recent decades, causing at least $200 million in damage annually.
"Zebra mussels, quagga mussels, spiny water fleas and round gobies have turned the Great Lakes ecosystem on its head, altering the food web and threatening the health of native fish and wildlife," the environmental group said.
At issue is a permit the Environmental Protection Agency announced in late March that's set to take effect in December. The permit, which replaces rules that had been in place for five years, further regulates the ballast water that ships carry in their hulls to keep them balanced – water that can contain invasive species that are new to the Great Lakes.
"In our opinion, there's really no difference" between the new permit and the old one, said Marc Smith, senior policy manager at the National Wildlife Federation.
"The EPA's permit will not adequately protect the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters from ballast water invaders," Smith added. "This weak permit leaves the door open for future harm to our environment and economy."
The EPA said in March that the new permit sets the first standards for the numbers of invasive species that can be present in ballast water before it is released into the Great Lakes basin.
"These limitations will achieve significant reductions in the number of living organisms discharged via ballast water," the agency said at the time.
The EPA said the new permit will regulate 27 kinds of discharges from commercial vessels that are more than 79 feet in length.
In addition, the new permit brings federal ballast water standards in line with those of many Great Lakes states and the U.S. Coast Guard. It also includes new regulations mandating that ballast water treatment systems are operating correctly, the agency said.
But Smith's group said that the new federal standards fall short of what federal law and previous court decisions require.
"This is a living pollutant that should be regulated and stopped under the Clean Water Act," Smith said of ballast water.
Environmental groups have been raising that argument – and dragging the EPA into court to press that point – for two decades.
While environmentalists have been pushing for tougher ballast water restrictions to protect the lakes from additional invasions, shipping interests – concerned about compliance costs – have consistently pressed the EPA to keep regulations at a minimum.
And in the latest permit, the shippers scored several wins, as the EPA eliminated duplicative reporting requirements, expanded electronic record-keeping and reduced self-inspection requirements for out-of-service vessels.
What concerns the environmentalists, though, is that the permit's supposedly tougher limits on invasive species in ballast water will be, by the EPA's admission, difficult to enforce.
"The lack of available data and information prevents a precise quantification of the risk associated with ballast water discharges," the agency acknowledged in comments before finalizing the ballast water permit.
In other words, "there's no comprehensive monitoring to follow up" to see if ships are discharging water laden with invasive species into the Great Lakes, Smith said.
The National Wildlife Federation filed its lawsuit in federal court in Washington, while the Natural Resources Defense Council and Northwest Environmental Advocates sued in other federal courts.
The cases will be consolidated in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as the Clean Water Act requires that such cases be filed first at that appellate level. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, which is handling the lawsuit on behalf of the EPA, declined to comment.
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