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Myeloma Today speaks with Daniel R. Kloster, MD
Myeloma Today: What is your specialty, Dr. Kloster?
Daniel R. Kloster, MD: I am a pain management specialist. I treat cancer and chronic pain.
MT: What is the most common complaint that you hear from myeloma patients?
DRK: Bone pain is a big problem for many myeloma patients. When the bone tissue of the vertebral body is involved, the patient can experience severe pain. Such pain is often worse with movement or weight-bearing.
MT: How do you treat such cases?
DRK: Myeloma-related pain can be tough to treat. For some such patients, an implantable morphine pump may be the answer. Morphine still has a bit of a social stigma but it is a very good medicine for combating pain.
MT: What is a morphine pump and how is it implanted?
DRK: Implanting the device involves two incisions, one in the back and one in the belly. The unit delivers approximately a raindrop of morphine per day. Morphine works in the spinal cord, regardless of whether it is taken orally, intravenously, or via a patch. When morphine is taken orally, the dosage required to achieve pain relief often causes sedation. The pump delivers the morphine directly where it needs to go, and provides excellent pain relief at a lower dosage without undesirable side effects. The rule-of-thumb calculation is that a 300 mg morphine pill provides pain relief equivalent to only 1 mg of morphine delivered via a pump.
MT: What are the risks associated with this device?
DRK: When you first put in the pump, there is a 2% to 5% risk of infection. If an infection develops, the pump must come out and the patient must wait 3 months before attempting the procedure again. That is the most common problem I've seen. I have never had a pump malfunction or seen any mishaps but, because we're dealing with morphine, I always have a very serious discussion with all my patients so that they understand all the potential consequences.
MT: How is the morphine dosage controlled?
The dosage and rate of delivery are programmed by the doctor through a computer. For some patients, it is best to receive a steady dose throughout the day. However, if a patient complains of experiencing increased pain at certain times of the day, the pump can be programmed accordingly. For example, if a patient complains of severe pain while getting up in the mornings, the pump can be set to deliver a slug of medicine 30 minutes before the alarm clock goes off.
MT: How closely do you monitor your patients?
DRK: Once they are on a steady regimen, I see them when the pump needs to be refilled, usually every 2 to 4 months. But until I've ascertained the most favorable pump settings, I see patients as often as necessary.
MT: Besides bone pain, what is another pain issue that myeloma patients encounter?
DRK: Herpes zoster (shingles) and resulting post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). Once a person has had the chicken pox, the virus remains dormant in the spinal cord where it is held in check by the immune system. If the immune system is compromised for any reason, it may no longer be able to suppress the virus. Once a shingles outbreak occurs, the nerve is damaged by the viral infection and the patient can experience miserable pain and burning sensation. Quite frankly, PHN is the toughest thing I've had to treat.
MT: What recommendation can you make to a patient experiencing shingles or PHN?
DRK: It is essential to start taking antiviral medication at the earliest sign of shingles and to continue taking it for the entire duration of an outbreak. Taking a low-dose tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) in combination with the antiviral medication dramatically reduces the risk of developing PHN. And even if PHN does occur, it is likely to be much milder. The success rate is highest when TCA treatment is started immediately upon the onset of shingles. Nortriptyline is the TCA that I prescribe most frequently. TCAs work in the brain and spinal cord where messages of pain are received from the nerves.
MT: What other medications reduce the pain of shingles or PHN?
DRK: Anticonvulsant medications change how the body interprets pain. They help to quiet overactive nerves. Gabapentin (Neurontin) is the anticonvulsant that I prescribe most frequently, followed by topiramate (Topamax).
Opioid medications target the same locations in the body as do the body's own endorphins, so they can reduce the level of pain very quickly. Unfortunately, patients with PHN often have a suboptimal response to opioids. However, they are still worth trying.
Local anesthetics impede the pain messages sent to the brain and can be used to treat damaged nerves. For example, a lidocaine patch applied to a painful area can quiet the activity in the nerve cells damaged by shingles. Ointments and gels can be useful as well.
MT: Thank you, Dr. Kloster. Any there any closing thoughts that you would like to share with our readers?
DRK: Creating a pain-management plan is a very individualized process, which often involves trial and error. The doctor and patient must work together to find the best solution for pain relief with the least side effects possible.


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Published October 11, 2013
Forbes magazine has once again ranked the School of Management as one of the best business schools in the world based on the return on investment it provides MBA graduates.
The ranking of No. 40, up eight spots from the last ranking in 2011, places the school solidly in the top 10 percent of more than 680 graduate business programs accredited by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The UB School of Management is the only business school in the Buffalo Niagara region to be included in the ranking.
According to Forbes, the ranking shows which business schools offer the best return on investment by comparing the cost of attaining an MBA—tuition, plus forgone income—to salaries earned by MBA graduates upon graduation and five years after graduation. Full results are available online.
During a visit to UB in August, President Barack Obama applauded the university's commitment to ensuring that students graduate with little or no debt.
The UB School of Management had the third-lowest tuition of the 70 schools Forbes listed. And when measuring the years to pay back, only five schools outperformed UB.
"This ranking demonstrates that our graduates achieve a high level of success in their careers," says Arjang A. Assad, dean of the School of Management. "And it shows that they get an outstanding value for their investment in our MBA program."
Assad said innovative programs like LeaderCORE™, the two-year MBA leadership certification, contribute significantly to the success of the school's graduates. Results are based on a survey of 17,000 MBA graduates worldwide from the class of 2008. Graduates were selected from more than 100 business schools.

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Elton John to perform at Erie Insurance Arena on Nov. 18
Elton John is returning to Erie -- this time with his band.
The legendary rocker will perform at the Erie Insurance Arena on Nov. 18, his first show here since a sold-out, solo performance at Tullio Arena in April 2000.
Tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at the Erie Insurance Arena box office, by phone at 452-4857 and online at www.erieevents.com. Prices are $139, $79 and $39.
"We are thrilled to have Sir Elton John back to the new Erie Insurance Arena," said Casey Wells, the executive director of the Erie County Convention Center Authority, in a news release. "His performance will certainly be the highlight of our inaugural year, and promises to be a magical, 'must-see' event."
John is touring behind "The Diving Board," his acclaimed new release, produced by T Bone Burnett. The largely piano-driven album, which debuted at No. 4 on Billboard, finds John re-teaming with lyricist Bernie Taupin. John will play songs from that album in concert, but fans can also expect plenty of classics.
This tour, which is hitting just 13 cities, is dubbed "All the Hits." Few rockers have racked up as many hits as Elton John; he's amassed more than 20 Top 10 hits, including "Your Song," "Rocket Man," and his remake of "Candle in the Wind" following the death of Princess Diana, which sold more than 37 million copies worldwide.
"Home Again" from "The Diving Board" is John's latest single. He also recently appeared on the Grammy Awards, performing a tribute to Liberace.
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The deputy reported slamming on the patrol vehicle's brakes and pulled over the shoulder to avoid the Jeep. The deputy made a U-turn and stopped the vehicle near Jupiter Drive. The driver was arrested and booked into Douglas County's Stateline jail. A preliminary breath test showed his blood alcohol content was 0.169 percent, more than twice the legal limit, according to the report.


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How Non-Qualified Stock Options Work
My wife works in a management position at a local biotech startup and in that role she's granted non-qualified stock options from time to time. I wrote about pre-IPO stock options over two years ago but since then she's received "post-IPO" non-qualified stock options. Since it's getting to be the end of the year, I'm doing some research as to how the capital gains works and it turns out that stock options are pretty easy to understand.
First, there are incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options. There are several differences but the one that really matters is how they are taxed. This article will focus on non-qualified stock options, non-qualified referring to how they are not qualified for special treatment (incentive stock options are treated differently).
How my wife's stock options work is that she's awarded X shares, say 1000 shares, at a grant price, say $10.00, on a certain day. The shares vest over a number of years, say 4 years. So next year she gets 250 shares at $10, the year after she gets another 250 shares at $10, etc. She currently has the options but she can't exercise them until they vest. That's the basic vocabulary.
How are these taxed? When you exercise the option, 250 shares at $10, you are immediately taxed on the difference between the market price and your exercise price ($10). If the market price is $12 when you exercise, then you will immediately be taxed on $500 ($2 x 250 shares) of capital gains. You can hold the shares, you can sell them, but you are already on the hook for $500 of capital gains. From there on for tax purposes, it's as if you bought the shares at $12.
When Should You Exercise Your Options?
So I had this chat with my wife and the first thing she thought of was to exercise the stock options when the stock is at its lowest value. On the face of it, it seems to make sense. The smaller the difference between your grant price and the market price, the less you are taxed. However, you earn less too. It doesn't matter which tax bracket you are in, you are taxed less than what you earn. In the highest tax bracket of 35%, you keep 65 cents on the dollar; you want the price to be as high as possible before you exercise. The key is to maximize income, not minimize tax.
In reality, you balance your need for the money with the market price of the stock. You always want to exercise at the highest price possible but you have to balance that with whether you need the money or when the options expire. When you exercise, you want to sell immediately. There is no benefit to holding onto the shares. If you wanted the shares in the first place, you could've bought them on the open market. By keeping your shares, you run the risk of being taxed on income you will never realize.
This is all based on my own web research, I'm not a tax professional so please consult with a tax accountant or attorney before making any decisions.


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Vote Clears Way for Taxi-Hailing Apps
By early next year, New York taxi riders could be hailing cabs with the tap of a smartphone, a sea change in the interactions between cabbies and fares that was bitterly opposed by other factions of the for-hire vehicle industry.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission voted 7-0 Thursday morning to approve a temporary new set of rules that for the first time will allow cabbies and riders to use electronic hailing apps to flag down, accept and pay for a ride. Two commissioners abstained, saying they had not had sufficient time to review the proposal.
The rules, adopted as a one-year pilot program, are altered from those first proposed by TLC Chairman David Yassky, with the backing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.
The proposal would limit apps, not allowing them to accept ride requests from distances of greater than one-half mile in Manhattan's central business district and one and one-half miles in other boroughs and upper Manhattan. Apps would have to allow drivers to accept a fare with a single touch and would have to process payments through the existing meter and credit card system. And it will be up for review after one year, with the possibility it could be reversed.
But Yassky and some in the app development business have said they expect that popular demand for the use of smartphones to hail taxis — as is increasingly possible in some cities around the world — will make it unlikely the practice will ever be disallowed in the future.
"The short of it is, we should not ignore technology that's out there," Yassky said before the vote. "This is not speculative. This is real today. We can look at other cities and see passengers are using these products and benefiting from them."
"Regulation shouldn't stand in the way," he said.
The move to open New York's taxi market to apps will require adaptation from app companies like Hailo, Uber, GetTaxi and others, whose products are in use in other markets but do not yet conform to the requirements laid out in the TLC's new rules. The regulations approved Thursday, among other requirements, will mandate that any app interfaces directly with the existing taximeter system in the city's taxi fleet when calculating fares. The rules also disallow payment of additional fees to drivers who find customers using an app, as opposed to a street hail.
Those requirements are intended to prevent overcharging and to eliminate the chance that some of the 13,000 yellow taxis in the city will begin to prioritize e-hail fares over traditional customers trying to flag a cab from the street, Yassky and TLC staff have said.
Representatives of Hailo, including drivers in sweatshirts with the company's logo, packed the seats in the TLC hearing room, and representatives for other app developers, including Uber and GetTaxi, also attended the vote.
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Thursday's vote was an attempt to manage a technological shift that Yassky and his staff feel is inevitable. In other cities across the country, regulators have been working to update often-dated taxi industry regulations — many written long before smartphones existed — to account for a new technology that threatens to upend the basics of hailing a cab.
A coalition of regulators from 15 U.S. and Canadian cities released proposed guidelines to help local officials handle the rise of apps earlier this year.
But the most bitter opposition on Thursday was specific to New York, where the city's prohibition on the use of radios and phone dispatch centers by yellow cabs in the 1980s led to the growth of an extensive livery and black car industry. Those companies have aggressively lobbied the TLC not to permit apps that they feel would break down the existing ban on "prearrangement" of rides between yellow cab drivers and customers, saying that to do so could severely threaten their business.
That argument held sway among some TLC commissioners, who said they feared the impact on jobs of allowing the apps to be used.
Commissioner Nora Marino, one of the two commissioner who abstained, said she was supportive of the development of new technologies, but warned those who felt more comfortable voting for a pilot program than a permanent rule change that reversing their course could be difficult.
"Like a marriage, a lot of things are a lot easier to get into than out of," Marino said.
"One of the virtues of marriage," Yassky replied.


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- Fine-gauge floral wire, 18" length
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- Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin. Cut and discard 1/4"-thick lengthwise slice from each foam egg. Cut and discard thin slice from one side of each foam ball.
- Use compass to draw seven each of following circles on wrong side of plush felt: 4"; 3"; 1". Cut circles and patterns from felt as indicated. For wings, cut 4" circles in half. In addition, cut two 1-1/2" x 12" strips and one 6" circle from white craft felt.
- To make base, glue 1-1/2"-wide felt strips to edges of foam wreath. Glue 6" circle to bottom of wreath. Glue 3" foam ball, flat side down, inside center of wreath. Set aside.
- Place eggs, flat side down, on wrong side of remaining plush felt. Draw a line around each egg, 2" larger than foam. Trace second set of eggs, drawing line at foam edge. Cut out pieces, cutting smaller eggs just inside traced lines.
- To cover eggs (bodies), center eggs, rounded side down, on larger plush pieces cut in Step 4. Bring felt up to flat side. Pin felt at four opposite points; gather excess between pins. Glue felt to foam; let dry. Remove pins. Trim excess felt. Glue smaller plush pieces to flat sides of eggs.
- Repeat Step 5, using 3" plush circles to cover small foam balls (heads). Glue 1" plush circles to flat bottoms of heads.
- With flat side of head at bottom, use scissors point to make two small holes, 1/4" apart, in each head for eyes. Glue beads into holes.
- Glue bill pieces together in pairs, making 14 upper/lower bills. Glue one upper and one lower bill to each duck, curving slightly to meet at outer edges. Note: When gluing bottom bills to face, pinch some tight in center for a different expression. Use cotton-tipped swab to blush cheeks, if desired.
- For wings, glue each 4" half-circle in half, with right side out. With rounded edge of wing toward narrow end (tail) and shorter straight edge of wing toward wide end (shoulders) of body, glue wings 1-1/2" apart to bodies. Wings will stand out slightly; glue tips to body.
- Tip body so tail end is slightly raised from work surface. Using photo as guide, glue head to body. Glue feet to bottom of body, angled slightly outward. Note: If duck tips backward, wreath will keep it in place. Repeat for all ducks. Glue duck bottoms side-by-side to top edge of wreath.
- Use wire cutters to cut apart daisy bush. Insert stems into ball at center of wreath. Fill in arrangement with extra leaves.
- Cut satin ribbon into 12" lengths. Tie two lengths of same color into bow around each duck's neck, alternating colors.
- Tie paper ribbon into bow. Wrap bow center with wire and insert into flowers.
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This is adorable and ducky which seems to be a theme of mine lately.
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Amber Lucero-Criswell stood at the front door of a weathered, nearly empty farmhouse in rural Cushing, Maine, ready to do the inevitable. After all, at some point, every Andrew Wyeth disciple has to walk inside.
For most travelers to Cushing, a hamlet of 1,300 on the coast of the St. George River, the appeal lies in idyllic features that are quintessential New England: white clapboard cottages and shacks shilling fresh lobster, the sound of the gulls and the smell of the sea. But for the Wyeth faithful, mecca lies off the beaten path and past microscopic road signs leading to the austere farmhouse of Christina Olson: a headstrong, handicapped woman who served as the haunting subject of "Christina's World," a painting soiconic, it's widely considered the masterwork of America's greatest living artist.
"You see people just wandering around these barren rooms for an hour or two," says Lucero-Criswell, associate curator of education for the Cincinnati Art Museum, recalling the pilgrimage she made to the Maine farmhouse last September in anticipation of "Andrew Wyeth Watercolors and Drawings: Selections from the Marunuma Art Park Collection, Japan," on exhibit in Cincinnati through May 6. "There's this unexplainable connection people have with the place through Wyeth's work," she says. "It's like it's become their home."
There's no doubt it's a special spot for Wyeth, too, who at 89 still spends summers in a Maine residence near the Olson home when not in his native Pennsylvania. Nearly all of the Cincinnati exhibit's 114 watercolors and drawings revolve around the 300-year-old farmhouse, its pastoral surroundings and its former inhabitants, siblings Christina and Alvaro Olson, whom Wyeth was first introduced to in 1939 by his wife Betsy, their childhood friend. The then-22-year-old artist, son of famed illustrator N.C. Wyeth, found his muse in the Olsons' New England hardiness and their dilapidated but dignified farmhouse, ultimately spending 30 years enraptured by the setting. (The reserved Christina and Alvaro even allowing Wyeth to turn one of the home's 14 rooms into a studio.) Wyeth's affection for the place can be seen in the exhibit's studies for "Weatherside," a loving 1965 portrait of the home's weather-beaten exterior; and even in preparatory drawings for one of his rare self-portraits, 1949's "The Revenant," which the artist created while studying his reflection in an old mirror inside the farmhouse.
Between the Olsons' rugged, proud lives and their historic home, "Wyeth felt like he found the true essence of Maine," says Lucero-Criswell.
"I once read about how moved Wyeth was while remembering the simple act of Christina pushing a pie toward him in the kitchen one day," she says. "He just suddenly realized that that same motion had probably been repeated hundreds of times in that house, for 300 years before that moment. To him, everything there spoke to the continuation of a way of life that was dying out because of modernization."
Since the artist clearly saw just as much character in the farmhouse as he did in its inhabitants (both of whom died in the late 1960s), the Cincinnati Art Museum commissioned photographer Linda Conner to capture its mystique. The exhibit includes 12 black-and white, sepia-tinted images from Conner's two trips to Maine last year, including one of Lucero-Criswell's favorites: the farmhouse at night. "The pictures really give someone here in Ohio a sense of what it's like to be there," she says, "a sense of its mystery and its past."
Although the setting provided a wellspring of inspiration and sparked countless works of art for Wyeth, what likely stirs most of the 6,000 devotees who trek to the house in tiny Cushing every year is one beloved painting, 1948's "Christina's World."
The exhibit includes 10 detailed figure and arm studies Wyeth did for that painting's figure of Christina. ("Christina's World" hangs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.) She suffered from a degenerative disorder that left her unable to walk, but so detested the thought of needing assistance to move herself around that Wyeth often witnessed her from his studio window in the house, dragging herself across the farm's acreage. However, Lucero-Criswell notes that upon viewing the dark-haired woman in "Christina's World" - lying on the ground clad in a pale pink dress, her legs lying limp behind her, her upper body leaning longingly toward the farmhouse in the distance - many viewers tend to interpret it in very personal ways.
"When I went to the Olson house, I went through 15 years' worth of comment books that people had written in when they visited, just to get a sense of why they'd come and what the painting meant to them," she says.
"Many wrote about how much they felt they related to Christina; a lot of people didn't even know that she was crippled when they were initially drawn to the work," she adds. "But there's this sense of anguish that comes through that we all can identify with, of feeling immobilized at some point in our lives, trying to reach something that's beyond our grasp - and that appears to be beyond Christina's, too."
Cincinnati Art Museum
Location: 953 Eden Park Dr.
Hours: Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
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Here are just two of the many programs associated with the Andrew Wyeth exhibit. Reservations are required; call 513/721-ARTS or visit www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org for more information.
Saturdays, March 3, 10 and 17, 1-3 p.m.
Art History Class: The Art of Andrew Wyeth
A three-part art history class led by the museum's curators explores the intrigue of Andrew Wyeth's art through close examination of "Christina's World,†the "Helga†paintings and more.
Sundays, April 15, 19 and 22, 1-4 p.m.
A three-part studio art class experimenting with watercolor techniques and understanding how Wyeth created his inspiring works (supplies are included).
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Lately, the NPD monthly console sales figures all start off the same way with Nintendo on top. The figures for April are no exception, with the Wii and DS planted solidly in first and second place.
The Wii sold a stunning 714,000 units, almost matching the 721,000 it did in March. On top of the still strong-selling Super Smash Bros. Brawl, April also had the release of Mario Kart Wii to add to the Nintendo mascot-fuelled software frenzy. The upcoming release of Wii Fit will only boost Wii sales even higher, if such a thing were possible.
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The DS sold 414,000 handhelds, well behind the 698,000 units it did in the month prior, but still well ahead of all the competitors.
Sony's handheld took up third place once again with 192,000 sold – strange for a month where no PSP game appeared on the top ten best-selling games.
Surprisingly, Grand Theft Auto IV's release at the end of the month didn't seem to stir high-definition console sales as much as most were expecting. Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sold roughly the same number of hardware.
Microsoft's console was just ever so slightly ahead with 188,000 Xbox 360s sold, while the PlayStation 3 was right next to it with 187,100 sold. Both consoles sold fewer units than it did in the previous month, when the Xbox 360 at 262,000 units and PlayStation 3 selling 257,000.
Despite the slowing sales, Sony seemed pleased by the sales improvement over a year ago. "Clearly, the tremendous legacy of Grand Theft Auto on PlayStation, combined with the blockbuster launch of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue packed a one-two punch with consumers at retail this month. The proof is in the numbers and, in April, PlayStation 3 hardware sales experienced a 127% increase over April of last year," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO of SCEA.
The PlayStation 2 was still alive with 124,400 sold, but also down from 216,000 units in March.
Without a doubt the biggest game of April, despite being released the last few days of the month, was Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 with 1.85 million copies sold. Mario Kart Wii took second place with an impressive 1.12 million. PlayStation 3 owners also bought 1 million of Grand Theft Auto IV to push that version to third place.
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Alcatraz prison closes, Martin Luther King Jr. marches toward Montgomery, the U.S. decides to boycott Moscow's Olympics, and Spielberg nabs his first Oscar, all on this day.
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Dr. Mamie L. McKnight has three underlying themes in her professional and volunteer career: 1) commitment to family and community development; 2) dedication to historic preservation; and 3) a desire to educate Dallas youth. Dr. McKnight is regarded as a true historian of Black Dallas.
She is founder of Black Dallas Remembered, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of Dallas heritage, especially the legacy and importance of the African-American community. Its goal is to uncover black participation in the history of Dallas through four areas: structural preservation, research, publication and free educational activities targeting youth.
Perhaps one of Dr. McKnights most challenging endeavors revolved around the Texas Department of Transportation and City of Dallas planned expansion of Central Expressway. Freedmans Cemetery, a cemetery for more than 8,000 of Dallas earliest black residents (many former slaves), would have been unearthed and destroyed by the expansion. Under Dr. McKnights direction, Black Dallas Remembered, Inc. initiated an investigation of the breadth of this historic gravesite. Dr. McKnight played a key role in the coordination, archiving and relocation of graves to help preserve an important part of Dallas heritage.
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With all the talk on the historical significance of the Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry, I�d thought I�d share a little bit on the original meeting in 1887. Women, prepare to swoon.
So you�ve heard that Michigan taught Notre Dame how to play this game. This is true of course, and the details of that meeting are chronicled up front in John Kryk outstanding book Natural Enemies. Kryk explains that the origins of the fateful meeting in South Bend over 125 years ago can be attributed to three men: students George DeHaven, Billy Harless and Notre Dame�s prefect Patrick �Brother Paul� Connors.
In a nutshell, DeHaven and Harless were former Notre Dame students in the mid-1880s who, in 1886, enrolled at Michigan. Both were exceptional athletes and suited up for the U-M 1887 varsity football squad…aka Team 8 (official logo, inset left). While at ND DeHaven had become friendly with Brother Paul, who was a popular administrator on campus and helped run the intramural athletics program. In South Bend they did have an IM sport which was something like football…but not really. Kryk described it this way: �A hundred boys to a side, all scrambling to get a round ball over the opponent�s fence by any means. Kick it, toss it, slap it � whatever. If you want to get technical it was part soccer and part rugby, but mostly it was pure pandemonium.�
Michigan didn�t play many actual games against opponents back in those days, but they had an appointment for a Thanksgiving Day trip to Chicago to face against Northwestern (FWIW before the game NW would cancel; U-M ended up playing a Chicago-area prep school). In mid-October DeHaven wrote to Connors, shared a few details about this awesome new game and let him know they�d be heading his direction in late November. The missive caught the attention of the sports-loving Brother Paul. Kryk explains what happened next:
Brother Paul wrote back to his friend at Michigan and asked if DeHaven and Harless could convince the Wolverines to make a stop at Notre Dame, on their way to Chicago, and teach some seniors this rugby brand of football. DeHaven said he�d try, and this morsel of hope thrilled the Notre Dame campus. �If matters can be properly adjusted,� the student newspaper, The Scholastic, announced on Oct. 29, �a match game of football will take place on the senior campus about the 27th of next month… The Ann Arbor boys hold the championship of the West, and are such fine players that they will probably contend with the leading Eastern teams next spring for the college championship of the United States. However, there is good material here for a fine team, and the boys will undoubtedly give the Michigan players a hard �tussle.� �Eventually a date was set for a meeting and a game. Brother Paul snagged a copy of a football rule book a shared it with a group of seniors who tried, for the most part unsuccessfully, to get a handle on the new sport. Making a stop on their way to Chicago, Michigan arrived at Notre Dame on Wednesday November 23rd at around 9am. After a 2 hour campus tour the Michigan men tossed on their lily white uniforms and readied for battle. Here�s what happened next, as described in Natural Enemies:At about 11 o�clock the elevens trotted onto the slop, which we can only assume was somehow marked to proper proportions. Before the players were set to have at it, Brother Paul informed DeHaven that the Notre Dame boys � several of them former classmates of DeHaven�s and Harless�s � had had trouble playing by the book. Brother Paul then suggested the teams at first be mixed for a brief period of hands-on instruction. The Wolverines agreed.�So we played gently with them that day,� DeHaven recalled, �…and carefully taught Notre Dame how to play modern football.�When the Notre Dame players learned just how physical this brand was, they took to it with reckless abandon. Too reckless, actually. One student in attendance recalled DeHaven and company having to caution their eager pupils against playing too violently.After this brief tutorial, the players segregated into their proper squads and played a 30-minute game. When both sides finished slipping, rolling, and tumbling in the mud, Michigan tallied two touchdowns (worth four points each) to win 8-0. It was said the Notre Dame players, as well as the students in attendance, appreciated the fact the Wolverines did not try to run it up on their disadvantaged hosts.So there you have it. Want this and more? Put Natural Enemies on your shelf.Now, go impress your friends at your respective tailgates/viewing parties on Saturday night.Follow MVictors on Twitter


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BOARDMAN - The Beavers pinned the Spartans.
The Beaver Local wrestling team won 10 of the 14 matches Wednesday night as the visiting Beavers toppled the Spartans, 49-21.
For Beaver Local, Josh Henderson (113 pounds), Daniel Hassan (138) and Morley Marsden (182) all won by pinfall.
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MARTINSBURG - Car accidents, fires and other critical incidents happen in the Eastern Panhandle every day. Local emergency personnel and law enforcement face these situations daily, begging the question, "How do they cope?"
First Sgt. M.T. Baylous, of the West Virginia State Police, said officers cope with critical incidents in a variety of ways. Baylous said many rely on their training and education when responding to such situations.
"They react to situations based upon their training and experience. That way the potential for a successful outcome is more likely," Baylous said.
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Pictured above are local first responders preparing an accident victim for air transport. Handling situations like these every day can take a toll on emergency workers, which has led municipalities to make counseling services available.
Several first responders said it is a secondary impulse to stop and think about the emotional impact of a critical situation. Many do not do this until after their adrenaline has stopped pumping.
"Your adrenaline is already flowing so you don't focus on the fear aspect, you just respond to the threat and address it," Baylous said.
Both the state police and the Martinsburg Fire Department have access to counseling services for their employees. While off-the-clock coping mechanisms are necessary for each individual, it can be difficult to figure out when someone is having an issue.
"Sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's not," Berkeley County Sheriff Kenny Lemaster said. "It depends on the individual, they may be having difficulties, and it may take an expert to recognize that."
West Virginia has no statewide policy or formal services regarding emergency personnel counseling. March Tucker, of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services, said those services are set up internally by various agencies.
"As long as it's working, we don't see a need to interrupt it," Tucker said. "We just simply need to expand it and support it."
Tucker said agencies will frequently coordinate and share services with others that do not have access to established programs.
Lemaster said the sheriff's office does not have its own counseling services, but it has taken advantage of those offered by the fire department.
"They've offered us that same counseling session to sit down and talk about (incidents)," Lemaster said.
The EMS office has plans to work toward establishing a program at the state level.
"We recognize that as an issue we need to address on a statewide level," Tucker said. "(We need to) get it into all the agencies instead of just the ones who have the foresight to have their own program."
Traditionally, Baylous said, officers have used poor coping mechanisms, such as alcohol. However, in recent years, there has been more of a "holistic" focus on stress management.
Cpt. Greg Hoover of the Martinsburg Fire Department said the organization encourages firefighters to get plenty of rest, eat healthy and pursue interests outside of work in order to handle stress. Hoover said outlets are necessary for the well-being of firefighters.
"In this job, you have to learn how to cope with (stress)," Hoover said. "There's no ignoring it."
Hoover said his fellow firefighters told him they use a variety of extracurriculars as outlets, such as reading, fishing, exercising and listening to music.
Baylous said he copes by way of his spiritual beliefs and practice.
"It helps me deal with it in a more appropriate manner so I can focus on positive ways to deal with the stress and emotions," he said.
Chief Paul Bragg, of the Martinsburg Fire Department, said a "macho mentality" is typical among emergency personnel and can hinder a person's ability to cope with the everyday stresses of the job.
"Nobody wants to be the one that is seen as being weak," Bragg said. "A lot of times they might try to hide actually what's going on with them."
The camaraderie of these jobs can help leaders get past the "weak link" mentality, Hoover said, especially in regard to newer members. He said much of the situational stress is taken care of "in-house on a personal basis."
"Sometimes it takes someone who's been there a while to pull that person to the side and say, 'Hey, listen. I had a call like this once and it really bothered me,'" Hoover said. "When they hear that from other people, they think, 'OK, well, it's all right to talk about it.'"
Much of the nation watched as law enforcement and emergency personnel handled the shooting in Newtown, Conn., earlier this month with a kind of grace and professionalism many who do not work in such careers might not be able to comprehend.
Baylous said his experiences allow him to have empathy for those who find themselves working incidents like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Baylous briefly discussed the loss of two W.V. state troopers, Corp. Marshall Bailey and Trp. Eric Workman, who were killed in August in the line of duty.
"I am watching Lt. (Paul) Vance in Connecticut ... dealing with this, and I know what he's going through," Baylous said. "It brings tears to my eyes to see him have to go through that."
"It's a brotherhood, and when something like this happens ... you feel for them," Baylous said.
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Name: Ian O'Shea
School: Bellwood-Antis
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Track and field
Athlete of the week achievement: O'Shea won the 100 dash, 300 hurdles and was part of two winning relays in helping the Bellwood-Antis boys win the AA team title at the West Central Coaches Meet. He was also named the AA boys' most valuable performer. He also had two firsts and two seconds in Bellwood's victory at the Bellwood-Antis Invitational.
Season update: O'Shea has the top time in the area in the 300 hurdles in 41.02 seconds.
Coach Nick Lovrich's quote: "He's such a hard worker, and you always like to see the hard workers do well. He had a great week running. He's come on really strong. To come away with four first places at the West Central meet is a great accomplishment.''
Favorite teacher: Mr. Schreier
Favorite subject: Science
Favorite movie: "Shawshank Redemption."
Favorite food: Steak and potatoes
Favorite song: "Good Riddance (Time of your Life)" by Green Day
Outside interests: Fishing and working out
Favorite professional team: Steelers
Favorite college team: Penn State
Pro athlete most admired: Heath Miller
Best athlete I ever played with: Seth Worthing
Best athlete I ever competed against: Nick Patton of Tyrone
Most influential person on my athletic career: My parents, and Coach Lovrich
Proudest athletic achievement: Winning districts in football
How I got my start in track and field: "I stopped playing baseball in ninth grade and went out for track.''
Future goal: Go to college, play football and hopefully someday be a science teacher and a football coach.


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DARIEN — So just who is this band that has stolen the hearts of your children? Why is it OK to take your children to see them while they swear a blue streak and act out a pantomime of horny male adolescence to the tune of three-or four-chord punk rock? And just why were you there with your 8-year-old, mister? Just what exactly is your problem?
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Tiffin reports
Angela M. Mundy, 28, of Tiffin, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and endangering children early Saturday morning.
A woman in the 200 block of West Perry Street reported Saturday afternoon her brother rammed her vehicle several times.
A 100-block Liberty Street resident reported Saturday afternoon a window was broken on a house.
Robert A. Moyer, 52, of Tiffin, was charged with disorderly conduct Saturday evening.
A first-block St. Clair Street woman reported Saturday afternoon she witnessed an assault involving children, and they were threatening her.
A person reported Saturday evening children from the first block of Main Street were throwing items at passing cars.
A person in the first block of West Market Street reported Saturday evening a man hit a woman in the face.
A person in the first block of Madison Street reported early Sunday morning a woman had head wounds from a fight.
A person in the 200 block of Second Avenue reported early Sunday morning a woman was assaulted. An ambulance was not needed.
County reports
A 16000-block East CR 46 woman reported Saturday afternoon a person from Bellevue took her vehicle without her permission.
Law enforcement investigated paraphernalia in the 500 block of East SR 18 Saturday evening.
A 3000-block South CR 43 man requested to speak with a deputy Saturday night about fraud at Walmart.
A person from Fostoria Community Hospital's emergency room reported early Sunday morning it was treating a man who had an altercation with his brother.
Fostoria reports
A man in the 200 block of Summit Street requested to speak to an officer Saturday afternoon about situations that happened when he was incarcerated. Medication was taken from his residence.
A person at North Union and Kennard streets reported Saturday night a man with several girls pulled out a knife and another man with a baseball bat got out of a vehicle. Law enforcement was unable to locate them.
A woman in the 400 block of Stadium Drive wanted to file a report Saturday night that a man assaulted her.
An 800-block Woodward Avenue woman reported early Sunday morning a man struck her with a baseball bat. She was taken to Fostoria Community Hospital.
A person in the 400 block of North Main Street reported early Sunday morning a woman was punched by her boyfriend. The woman stated there was no physical contact between them.
Mitchell S. Delarosa, 26, of Fostoria, was charged with disorderly conduct early Sunday morning.
A person reported Sunday morning a teenage girl wearing only underwear was walking near a location in the 1000 block of Van Buren Street. Law enforcement was unable to locate her.
A 200-block East Jackson Street woman reported Sunday morning a man she named broke into her residence and abused her.
A woman requested an officer Sunday afternoon for a break-in in the 300 block of McDougal Street. Damage was done to a back door, and a television was taken.
Tiffin accidents
A person reported Saturday a car struck a tree at Hedges-Boyer Park, 491 Coe St.
A citation of failure to yield from a private drive was issued after a non-injury accident in the first block of East Davis Street Saturday evening.
County accident
Larry L. Wagner, 67, of Tiffin, was cited with assured clear distance ahead and was taken to Mercy Tiffin Hospital by Bascom EMS after an accident on East US 224 Thursday afternoon.
State Patrol accidents
Dillon J. Podach, 17, of Risingsun, was cited with operating a vehicle without reasonable control after an accident on CR 25 Saturday morning.
John M. Horton, 48, of Carey, was cited with failure to yield right-of-way and was transported by ambulance to Mercy Tiffin Hospital after an accident at US 224 and SR 67 Saturday evening.
A two-vehicle accident was reported at South SR 19 and TR 106 Sunday morning.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to smoke or odor removal at 359 Miami St., Building 2, Saturday evening.
County fire
Bloomville firefighters were called to an accident at SR 67 and US 224 Saturday evening.
Green Springs firefighters were called to an accident on East CR 62 early Sunday morning.
Republic firefighters were called to South SR 19 and TR 106 Sunday.
Municipal Court
Tonya Ferguson, 812 Oaklawn, pleaded no contest to selling to a minor, 180 days jail, 175 days suspended, one-year community control, WORC program, $713; pleaded no contest to selling to a minor, 180 days jail, 177 days suspended, WORC program, $533; pleaded no contest to selling to a minor, 180 days jail, 178 days suspended, WORC program, $533.
Ashley R. Warren, Risingsun, pleaded no contest to failure to yield right of way at intersection, $217.
Laticia A. Biles, 524 Miller Ave., pleaded guilty to driving under Financial Responsibility Act suspension, $655.
Vaughan A. Phillips, Findlay, preliminary waiver on felony assault charges, bond continued, bound over to Seneca County Common Pleas Court; preliminary waiver on operating vehicle impaired, bond continued, bound over to Seneca County Common Pleas Court.


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ATTICA - Seneca East coach Jerry Hassinger said it wasn't the best game his pitcher Rachel Bauman pitched this year. Bauman even labeled her performance as "average."
Lakota coach Chris Chalfin might disagree.
Wednesday, Bauman shut down Chalfin's Raiders, going the distance in the circle, striking out eight while allowing just three hits and a pair of unearned runs in a 4-2 Tiger triumph.
"Their pitcher pitched really well and we were struggling to keep up with her really," Chalfin said. "I think we only had three hits; credit to her.
"She was just throwing hard. We were struggling to keep up with her most of the game. And she'd change speeds, but the biggest thing was her speed. And I knew that from last year. She was a good pitcher last year and obviously she didn't go backwards."
Bauman didn't allow a hit until the fourth inning and whenever she got in trouble she worked herself out of it. In the fifth inning, Lakota got the first two runners on base via a walk and a hit batter. But Bauman got a strikeout, a pop out to the catcher and a ground out to end the inning.
"I just had my team backing me up with defense and that made it easier for me to pitch I think," Bauman said. "I feel like I had an average game; it could've been better. I had a few walks and stuff, but for the most part I felt confident."
The Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the sixth where Lakota finally got some offense going. Alaina Bickford started things with her second base hit of the day, then with two outs, sister Aubrey reached base on an error. Aspen Ray brought both home with a double to center cutting Seneca East's lead in half.
Bauman, though, quelled the rally by getting Bree Long-Meyer to ground out first. Bauman closed things out sitting the Raiders down in order in the seventh, and recorded the final put-out after a comebacker to the circle.
"I thought Rachel pitched a real good game," Hassinger said. "She's a competitor and I thought she did a real good job. I think she pitched well, but I don't think this the best game shes pitched all year. But it's a lot better than she has been pitching. She really took a big step forward and I think the whole team did, I really do."
Bauman helped her own cause with her bat. In the first inning with a runner on, she singled to left. The throw back to the infield got away from the catcher, and Lauren Sprenger motored around the bases for the game's first run.
The score remained the same into the fourth when Bauman led off the inning with a double to the fence in left center igniting the rally that proved the difference in the game.
"For me, the best thing to do is not to think and just do it," Bauman said of her mindset at the plate. "Like my coach Jerry says, I just go up there and I don't think about hitting at all, I just go up and hit."
Caitlin Sauers followed up with a walk, but it appeared as if Raider pitcher Morgan Gangwer might escape the inning damage-free. She recorded the next two outs, including a diving catch of a bunt attempt just in front of home plate.
But after getting ahead of Alyssa England 1-2, a passed ball scored courtesy runner C.J. Linkey and England fouled off several pitches before finally grounding one back up the middle that ricocheted off the mound and was good for an infield single scoring Sauers.
Marisa Twigg doubled to left to score England for a 4-0 lead.
"They seemed tonight, they came through when they had to come through," Hassinger said. "They kind of scared me a few times and I'm getting grayer now, but they really stepped up. Hopefully they're stepping up at the right time. We play tournament next Wednesday and two more games this week. ... They definitely took some steps forward tonight. I'm proud of the way they did. They've been working hard, great kids."
Seneca East improved to 11-7, 3-4 Midland Athletic League while Lakota drops to 10-7, 3-4.
Chalfin said he was pleased with his team's effort, and is looking to clean up a few things with tournaments right around the corner.
"I thought we played well, played hard," he said. "We made a lot of nice plays, a lot of effort plays that I was really pleased with. Even thought we got beat, I'm happy with the fact that we gave a lot of effort.
"After tonight, obviously we got to hit the ball better; we only scored two runs. It's really hard to win when you only score a couple runs. We play like we did tonight, only hit the ball a little bit better, we can be a pretty good team. Hopefully, that's what we see when tournament time rolls around."


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Universal Orlando is bringing its Halloween Horror Nights scare-tactics to your cellphone.
Horror Nights planners say they want their fans to feel the fear before the opening of the 22nd installment this season.
With their new mobile application, dubbed Phone Scares, fans can send ghoulish phone messages to their friends.
The scary messages match this year's themed haunted houses. Users can send a number of terrifying messages to friends, including "Flesh-Eating Zombies," "Inescapable Monsters" and "Legions of Evil" themed recordings.
The new app is available through HHN's Facebook page. To download it, go to facebook.com/halloweenhorrornightsorlando.
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"When I first heard this song I was brought to hears," Hill says in a statement.
"I not only knew I had to record it, but I almost immediately saw it visually. It's so awesome and so appropriate to be albeit to share it with my fans first, because they've been so supportive of me throughout the years."
When the song was first released in September, Hill told PEOPLE how the tune is truly an American anthem.
"People are suffering, trying to make ends meet, and times are especially tough right now. The sentiment captures everything I think we all feel when we think about the American spirit," she said at the time.
Filmed in Nashville last month, the video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and features 10-year-old T.J. Jones as Hill's sidekick.
"For the choreography, we wanted to keep it very classic, almost an ode to you know the Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse era, but keep it like new and fresh," says choreographer Aakomon Jones.
He adds he was "pretty impressed with Faith and how she came in and learned the choreography. She learned it, she studied, she did her homework and she showed up. So I think you guys will be very pleased with what you see."