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Sunday, February 23, 2014
After battling "The Stomach Virus of 2013" and emerging victorious, I have spent the last two weeks battling my seven-year-old's asthma. We have driven all over the state of Mississippi, chasing her allergist from office to office like Thelma and Louise, minus the convertible.
Emma is an excellent patient and even in the middle of a coughing fit, red-faced and hacking away, she'll give you a thumbs up to let you know she's hanging in there.
Last week we headed to Oxford, Miss. for a doctor's appointment and afterwards I asked Emma, "Baby, what do you want for lunch? There's a Chick-Fil-a here…"
"Can we go to a restaurant? Like some place fancy?" she asked.
I like to eat good food, so this wasn't really a hard sell, but Baby Girl had been so sick and so sweet for so long, it was a done deal. We headed to the renowned City Grocery on Oxford Square.
Emma fancies herself a foodie. Since she was old enough to stand on a stool beside me in the kitchen, she has been enthralled with the art of cooking. As I reach for spices to add to a recipe, I open them and let her smell them and tell her their names. We've done this for years, so I trust the child when she tells me my chili needs more cumin.
She is obsessed with cooking shows like Top Chef, Chopped and the Youtube hit, "Nerdy Nummies." For Christmas, everything she asked for was related to cooking. She has her own basket of kitchen utensils in the kitchen and her very own cooking show on Youtube, "The Very Serious Cooking Show." If you haven't seen it, you are missing out.
Recently, we were walking through Tuesday Morning. Emma had $20 of her own money to spend and instead of finding her on the toy aisle, I found her holding a full set of stainless steel flatware. She's committed.
We were seated at City Grocery and Emma was pleased to have a "real" menu placed in front of her. You've never seen eyes roll until you've seen someone hand this kid a children's menu.
Emma and my mother looked over the menu, trying to decide what they wanted — I didn't have to look: Shrimp & Grits, y'all.
Shuggie, my mom, asked, "What do you think, Emma?"
"I want the Grilled Shoulder Tender," she answered.
I glanced at the menu:
Grilled Shoulder Tender
Grilled teres major medallions, potato puree, fried brussel sprouts and charmoula.
Mom and I laughed.
"Do you even know what that is?" I asked.
"Nope, but I'm gonna try it," she grinned.
Our waitress, Jennifer, came back for our orders and raised her eyebrows a little at Emma's.
"I'm serious. The kid will eat anything," I explained.
"Excuse me, where is the restroom?" Emma asked.
"Go straight back towards the kitchen then take a left," Jennifer said. "Just don't go in the kitchen!" She joked.
Emma's eyes got huge and she could barely walk for staring back into that glorious vortex of steam, stainless steel and sweat.
I laughed, "You'd better watch her! That'd be a dream come true for her. The kid is crazy about food and cooking."
Mom and I talked to Jennifer and told her about Emma's love and appreciation for cooking and good food, and about "The Very Serious Cooking Show."
"I love it. So many kids just want chicken fingers and fries!" she said.
Emma wandered back to the table, still looking over her shoulder towards the kitchen and finally sat down. She sipped her water and tapped her fingers on the table, "What's taking so long?"
She answered herself before I could say a word, "They're probably working on the presentation," she mused.
A few moments later Jennifer brought our entrees to the table and Emma's eyes were bigger than her plate. She ate with glee and abandon, only stopping to mutter between bites, "Mmm, so much flavor. So juicy. Mmmm, this is amazing. Amazing. Mmmm, the flavors!"
We shared bites from each other's plates and Emma almost cleaned hers.
"Can we get dessert? My Shoulder Tender tank is full, but my dessert tank is still empty."
I snickered as she told Jennifer, "We're going to share the Chocolate Chess Pie."
By "share," she meant two bites for me, one bite for her grandmother and the rest of the bites for her.
As she was licking the chocolate syrup off the plate, Jennifer came back to the table, "I have a little surprise for you. I checked with the kitchen and they would love for you to come back and see them."
You could've knocked that kid over with a feather.
"Really?! Really!" she squealed, shoveling the last bite of pie into her mouth. She wiped her face and leapt to her feet and I followed the two of them to the kitchen.
Jennifer walked her down the line, explaining everyone's jobs and pointing out the grill top where Eric had just cooked her Grilled Shoulder Tender. Emma leaned across the counter, gave him a thumbs up and said, "It was AMAZING."
"Who's the top chef?" Emma asked.
"Well, Brian is in charge of lunch," Jennifer explained.
Emma grinned from ear to ear as we left the kitchen. She thanked Jennifer and we headed back out into the cold with our bellies, and our hearts, filled to the brim.
Robin O'Bryant is an author, humorist and speaker. Her latest book is "Ketchup is a Vegetable and Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves." Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter and visit her blog at RobinsChicks.com.
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By MIKE MOONEYHAM
Leilani Kai and Susan Green share a unique distinction.
They're both "Moolah's Girls."
It's a name given to the hundreds of lady grapplers who were trained by the late WWE Hall of Famer, The Fabulous Moolah, at her legendary wrestling school in Columbia.
These two, however, share another distinction.
They're both former women's world champions, and they'll be appearing as special guests at the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Legends Fanfest in Charlotte on Aug. 1-4.
Kai, who defeated Wendi Richter for the WWE women's crown in 1985, also will serve as a trainer at the Future Wrestling Legends Training Camp, a four-day talent search for two dozen of the top young male and female wrestling hopefuls.
Kai is excited about the opportunity to work with new talent.
"I always look forward to Fanfest," she says. "And I'm really looking forward to working with those attending the camp."
Kai, who most recently served as a trainer for the WOW (Women of Wrestling) promotion in California, says she loves the training aspect of the business.
"That's what I love to do. I want to teach the psychology, the bumps, the moves, just anything I can possibly do. I live and dream it all the time."
Kai, a top performer on the women's circuit for a number of years, got the name "Leilani Kai" from Moolah, but says she thinks either Prof. Toru Tanaka or Mr. Fuji came up with the idea since she resembled a Hawaiian beauty.
"They gave her a few names, and I think Moolah just put that one together," says Kai, 56, whose real name is Patty Seymour.
"I studied a little bit about the islands, and I eventually did go over there. I went to Japan 46 times, so I stayed in Hawaii a lot. I even had an apartment there at one time. I liked the culture and hung around with a lot of Samoans."
Kai appeared at the inaugural Wrestlemania in 1985 when she dropped her WWF women's title to Richter.
But her victory over Richter several months earlier for the belt was one of her most memorable. Kai won the title at The War to Settle the Score, with Moolah in her corner and singer Cyndi Lauper in Richter's corner. It was during WWF's "Rock 'N Wrestling Connection," an era that combined both music and pro wrestling.
Kai says she still doesn't understand how she was chosen for Wrestlemania.
"It was exciting. But I never expected to be picked for that," she says. "I know (WWE owner Vince McMahon) liked Wendi a lot, because she was tall and had that big, bright smile. But I guess they needed somebody at Wrestlemania to try and get her over."
Kai says at the time she had no idea how big the event was.
"I really didn't know anything about Wrestlemania when I first got there. I just knew I was coming in for a little angle. I had no idea what I was stepping into. It was all new to me."
Kai recalls flying from Japan, where she had been wrestling, to New York's LaGuardia Airport.
"They had me go from a helicopter to the arena because I had gotten in so late. When I got there, it was so huge, and I could see it was different. I had been at Madison Square Garden several times, but this was a little different. Even afterwards, I didn't realize just how big it was."
The first Wrestlemania, however, would not be Kai's last appearance on the big stage.
She was part of several subsequent pay-per-views, and was brought in for Wrestlemania X in 1995.
The business, she notes, had changed over that 10-year period.
"It was a little bit different. Plus I hadn't worked in a while. I was working a regular job, and I had been doing a little bit of training."
At first Kai hesitated when WWE asked her to appear at Wrestlemania X. They knew she was well versed at time production and getting someone over, and that she could serve as a trusted veteran who could make her opponent look good.
"They wanted me to get Alundra Blayze (aka Debbie "Madusa" Miceli) over. I had worked with her before. But I didn't think mentally I was ready for that. I hadn't done it in so long. Their TVs and Wrestlemania are very intense."
McMahon sent Kai and Blayze with some of the WWE crew on a European tour, and the two women were able to iron out the kinks.
The two worked their Wrestlemania X bout on March 20, 1994, with Kai doing the honors.
The Glamour Girls
Kai also was half of one of the top teams in women's wrestling during the mid-'80s — The Glamour Girls — with partner and fellow Moolah trainee Judy Martin.
The two, who had worked together at Moolah's school a decade earlier, would go on to hold the WWF women's tag-team titles on two occasions as well as the LPWA (Ladies Professional Wrestling Association) tag-team championship. They were managed by "Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart.
Kai recalls pitching the idea to Hart.
"I told Jimmy that we had this idea to change our image a little bit. We wanted to be a little more colorful as a tag team. He came up with the idea of us dyeing our hair blonde. I thought, 'Blonde hair on a Hawaiian?' But it worked out."
Hart also came up with the moniker of "The Glamour Girls," reasoning that the flashy name might give the team a nice heel touch.
"A couple of girls who thought they were divas," Kai says of the gimmick. "We weren't divas, but it worked out like that. I loved the image and had fun with it."
Kai and Martin, who combined old school with the newer, faster pace of wrestling, wanted to bring in some talented Japanese women wrestlers to work with. She says Moolah, who still controlled the girls' bookings, initially didn't like the idea.
"We wanted to do something different. But she didn't understand that kind of wrestling. And I think she wanted to manage us. But I just knew it wouldn't work like that."
Kai says she and Martin approached WWF creative genius Pat Patterson at a TV taping and told him of their idea.
"That sounds really good. That's different," he told the women.
Patterson returned about 20 minutes later, says Kai, and told them their idea had been approved.
"I almost fell out. I couldn't believe it," she says. "Jimmy was busy at the time with The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), but he agreed to manage us."
The result was a series of some of the greatest women's bouts in WWE history.
Japanese imports The Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) and The Glamour Girls staged a two-out-of-three falls match at the first Royal Rumble event on Jan. 24, 1988, with the Bomb Angels winning the belts. Kai and Martin would recapture the title six months later.
Kai can still remember their first match.
"We worked so well together. We had our hair done, our makeup done at a TV taping. Vince (McMahon) was going, 'Wow!' It was quite a change, and he liked it."
The interviews, she says, were carried by Hart, one of the best talkers in the business.
"I didn't have good promo skills at the time. We made it short, and Jimmy carried most of it. We had our first match, and it was really good. It was probably the best match we ever had."
With their styles and languages being so different, Kai says she had to lead her Japanese opponents through the match.
"We had to do everything fast-paced, just to calm them down, because they didn't understand the storyline part of it. But it all worked out."
It wasn't exactly Moolah's style, says Kai.
"She didn't really like it when we did the Survivors Series. Judy and I had to put our heads together to get everything put in the way they wanted it, along with all the high spots. They wanted the Bomb Angels over, so that was good since I knew they (WWF) liked them. Moolah just couldn't understand that kind of wrestling."
Kai says she and Martin, who began teaming in the late '70s in North Carolina, had great chemistry.
"It just clicked with Judy. She was awesome," says Kai.
"Judy was the business part of the team. She would take care of the motels, and she had a good business mind. I did more of the planning in the ring. She could do anything I said. She was like the leader of our group."
Kai recalls the days and nights on the road while working in the WWF.
"The Bomb Angels didn't really speak any English, so we traveled together sometimes. They would also travel with the British Bulldogs a lot.
"For a while, we traveled with Hulk Hogan in Vince's plane. It was easier for Hulk because he had so many appearances to make, and he had to be at the arenas early. So Vince decided to have us fly with Hulk. We didn't do drugs or anything like that, so we weren't any problem. It was just a matter of saving plane tickets. Hulk was pretty easy to get along with."
Learning the ropes
Being one of "Moolah's Girls" encompassed a large group of women wrestlers. Most lady grapplers of note from the '60s through the '80s came out of Moolah's school.
"There were quite a few," says Kai, who rattles off such names as Vicki Williams, Joyce Grable, Toni Rose and Donna Christanello.
As for being one of "Moolah's Girls," Kai says the label doesn't bother her.
"I don't mind it at all. Moolah's school had a lot of respect. Everybody knew that if you got Moolah's girls, they were going to be there. You wouldn't have any problems."
Moolah, whose real name was Lillian Ellison, rose to stardom in the unique world of professional women's wrestling during the 1950s. Like Gorgeous George, Moolah was a pioneer who brought flamboyance and color to the sport and made it a hot television commodity.
For a number of years, Moolah was regarded as the most influential female figure in the industry, having maintained an iron-clad control over women's wrestling in this country for decades.
She was a strong woman in a man's business, and always maintained that she was protecting her girls and putting them in a position to succeed in a male-oriented arena.
But the empress of women's wrestling could be domineering and intimidating, says Kai, and the two didn't always get along well together.
"When you have a bunch of girls together, sometimes things don't work out. She was very controlling, and that was a problem. But I did learn a lot at her school, and she was a great champion and she did work hard. I have to respect her for all the work she did. But she did make me mad a lot."
Kai joined Moolah's stable in 1975.
"Susan Green and Ann Casey picked me up in Augusta," she recalls. "When I got to Moolah's house, I met Donna (Christanello), Toni (Rose) and Dottie Downs. I trained a lot with Susan (Green) and Vicki Williams. Judy came along later and worked out with us. We all trained and learned from each other.
"I worked with Vickie Williams a lot. She was pretty tough. She was a perfectionist, so I got that part from her. If it didn't go right, she had a hot temper. But I was a little hot-headed, too."
The Tampa native trained for only four weeks before Moolah sent her and another trainee on a two-week trip to Alaska. The younger girls would usually be sent out with more experienced wrestlers, says Kai.
"Just get in the ring and make like you're training," Kai says Moolah told them. "And that's what we did. But we did pretty well."
Kai later went on the road to work for promoter Nick Gulas in Tennessee. "The houses weren't really good, but I got some good experience," she says.
Tennessee was followed by stops in New York, California and Oklahoma.
Kai worked for a number of different promoters over the years and, as a general rule, she got along with most of them.
"I liked working for Bill Watts. He was strict," says Kai. "Bill was old school. He'd tell you that if you went to any bars, you better be able to take care of yourself, or else you would get fired. I also liked working for Roy Shire (San Francisco) and Verne Gagne (Minneapolis). Verne was one of the best paying promoters ever. He took care of everybody. Roy Shire was the type that if your match was good, you were going to get paid top money. That's how he was. I also loved working for Florida Championship Wrestling."
One of her greatest experiences, she says, was working in Japan where women's wrestling was extremely popular.
"I learned a lot in Japan. It was a great place to wrestle."
The old days
Kai learned the ropes the hard way.
Even though the schedule and the ring work were more grueling back then, it's the part of the business she misses the most.
"I sure miss the territories. I miss them so bad. It was so much fun, going from territory to territory, working for the Crocketts and other promotions. I loved it. I wish it could be that way again. That's how I got my experience."
She says she feels very fortunate that she never suffered any serious ring injuries.
"Physically, I've never been hurt. I really don't feel any pain or anything like that. I've always been careful in the ring."
Kai held a number of titles, including the WWF women's title, the WWE women's tag-team title, the NWA women's world title, the Mid-Atlantic women's title, the All Pacific title and the U.S. women's title. She was inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2006.
She says she's honored to be a special guest at this summer's Fanfest along with Green.
"Susan's a very good friend. I like her a lot. She has always helped me out."
The six-foot-tall Green, nicknamed "Tex" (her real middle name), was one of the most respected lady wrestlers in the sport during the '70s and '80s. She broke into the business at the age of 15 with the help of the late promoter Joe Blanchard.
Her many titles and accolades include NWA women's world champion, NWA world tag-team champion, four-time Texas women's champ and two-time PGWA (Professional Girl Wrestling Association) champion. She was inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2011.
Green also holds the distinction of making her teacher, Moolah, tap out Jan. 8, 1977, during their title match at the Dallas Sportatorium.
Green now serves as a trainer in Columbia where she instructs male and female students.
"Susan was old school," says Kai. "She stuck by the girls no matter what. If we had to sleep out in the car, she'd do it. She wasn't someone who thought she was special. She's a very good person, and I learned a lot from her. She respects the girls and cares about them. She's there for anybody."
Like Green, Kai loves to train aspiring wrestlers.
"I'm not as fast as I used to be, but I have a lot of experience," she says. "I teach the girls things they can do to keep from hurting themselves, psychology, just easy things, things that mean something at the right moment ... saving a lot of easy steps. I just glided when I go out there. It's just so easy. I might look like I'm tearing someone's head off, but I'm really gliding."
Kai feels she still has something to offer in the wrestling business. While she no longer has any aspirations of getting in the ring to work a lengthy match, she says she can still instruct the younger girls on how to operate in the ring.
"I can instruct ... I can get in the ring and show things. I might not get in and fly around all over the place, but I can show them a lot of things. I learned a lot of technical wrestling. There's not much I don't know how to do. I can teach it with my eyes closed. I want to do it so bad."
She says she would love to be an instructor at the WWE developmental school in Florida. There are things she believes she could help the young talent with.
"Things like how to have presence. Presence is very important. Moolah always had presence. It's just in some people."
Kai, who currently lives in Ocala, Fla., still visits different wrestling schools and gives tips along the way. It gives her great satisfaction to see the young girls of today working hard to see their dreams come true.
Just like she did nearly 40 years ago.
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Enjoy a tour of 10 of Italy's most delicious soups! Cookbook author Domenica Marchetti guides you through developing flavor with classic aromatics to make a heavenly brodo di carne, and shows you how to transform this classic meat broth into irresistible chicken noodle soup or decadent egg and parmesan stracciatella. Learn how to make light and flavorful crepes for rich crespelle in brodo, and delve into creamy soups with a velvety cauliflower purée and a roasted butternut squash and fennel soup. Roast and sauté vegetables to enhance their distinct flavors, and create a balanced vegetable broth to serve as the base for minestrone, pasta e fagioli and robust ribollita. Ensure your soups are always perfectly garnished with Domenica's creative tips, and enjoy simple, satisfying soups every night of the week!
Meet Italian soup expert Domenica Marchetti and learn her authentic recipe for brodo di carne, a fundamental Italian meat broth, one of two broths that you'll make in this class.
Make a hearty chicken noodle soup, a Roman egg drop soup called stracciatella, and a traditional dish from the Abruzzo region in Italy: crepes in broth.
Prepare two creamy Italian soups: a velvety cream of cauliflower soup and a butternut squash and fennel soup.
Learn Domenica's quick and flavorful method for making a delicious roasted vegetable broth, accented with fennel and wine for Italian personality.
Make a classic minestrone, a popular Italian vegetable soup, using the vegetable broth from the previous lesson, and learn ways you can vary it with the seasons.
Prepare a thick, rustic pasta e fagioli and one of Tuscany's most famous soups, a hearty ribollita made with pancetta, bread and a secret ingredient.
Add flavorful finishing touches to your soups using fried capers and sage, pancetta, croutons and olive oil.
"Domenica's video lessons are a nice gateway medium to her cookbooks. Disclosure: I own all of them. So why did I purchase the video lessons? Ever love a novel and hope a good movie could be made of it? Well, her encouragement, knowledge and down to earth voice in her books is all the more real when she speaks from my laptop. And frankly, when you see her massage a pan of carrots, celery, onions and herbs with olive oil, well, it just shows you how much she cares about bringing out the best flavors in the most common ingredients. ... Touches like a clove studded onion and beef marrow bones enrich chicken broth. A lesson on garnishes puts a fancy and flavorful finish on some soups yet only takes a few minutes to prepare. Honestly, my biggest lesson from Authentic Italian Soups was learning how refined, extraordinary and memorable these soups taste."
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Recently while having a conversation with a friend over dinner – where I had asked my friend what the topic of discussion was at a cocktail party he had recently attended – we both began to bemoan the perfunctory "first question" that gets thrown at everyone once initial introductions are through: the ubiquitous "What do you DO"…my friend went on to detail that he found such talk both uninteresting and honestly invasive; while I, on the other hand, find these questions challenging and difficult to answer. You would too if your official job title was both as expansive and non-descript as "Justice and Peace Coordinator", and – upon giving your answer – you often find yourself met with either quizzical gazes or looks of complete non-comprehension! I have learned over the years that rather than go through an exhaustive recitation of my job description only to watch my conversation partner's eyes gloss over and approach a R.E.M. stage of consciousness, I concentrate instead on talking about one or several particular "hats" that I wear as part on my job responsibilities. In an effort to retain the listeners' interest – and not bore them completely out of their skulls – I often begin with one of what could arguably be called the "cooler" ("cool" as in "neato," not in temperature!) aspects of my job, that of Producer of Msgr. Kevin Sullivan's satellite radio showJustLove on the social mission of the Church, which airs weekly on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. Eastern standard time on Sirius/ XM's "The Catholic Channel" 129. Because we record the show live at the Sirius/XM studios in midtown Manhattan, during our comings and goings – in the elevators, lobbies and hallways – we frequently have official and would-be "celebrity sightings": a "who's who "of musicians, singers, television, radio and motion picture personalities – a veritable smorgasbord of the famous, and in some cases infamous, which makes great fodder for cocktail party talk – certainly more conventionally interesting then some of the teaching, convening and public policy aspects of my job might be for many.
This "celebrity-centric" wrinkle in my week is entirely by happen-stance and due primarily to the function of the famous real-estate mantra "location, location, location"; it has little to do with the actual work that I do, and the two experiences seldom intersect…..however, when they do – it makes for some fascinating encounters (at least to me!). Recently in fact, while I was leaving the studio to accompany a guest downstairs, I had a particularly interesting run-in that I would like to share with you readers. As I walked down the corridor towards the lobby to meet the guest for that particular show (in the interest of honesty, I was actually coming from the restroom), I came upon our guest engaged in deep conversation with a woman whom I would describe as well- if provocatively – dressed, but for the fact that she was standing in the public area of the studio in her stocking feet. As I approached our guest and his conversation partner, it occurred to me that I had seen this particular woman before – never in person mind you, but many, many times on the television. I approached our guest and stood beside him, entering into the general sphere of their conversation – certainly close enough to hear. Prior to my approach, our guest had been discussing his appearance on the show with the woman; he explained – at her request – that he had been on the air speaking about the response that the local Catholic Charities agency in the Bridgeport Diocese had made to the families of the children whose lives were taken in that horrific episode of gun violence that had only taken place weeks earlier up in Newtown, Connecticut. Our guest's famous conversation partner shook her head upon hearing upon this, and asked then what show and station he had been speaking on; when our guest announced "The Catholic Channel" the woman looked hard at him, leaned in close, and whispered into his ear in a manner which I was unable to hear. When she straitened up again, our guest then answered her that he personally believed that "human life began at conception", and thought that while he could understand the concerns of a woman facing a crisis pregnancy, he himself felt that the prevalence of legalized abortion in our society was a terrible tragedy just the same. The woman then pondered a moment, and said that she felt very much the same way; she then stated that – although not Catholic – prior to her current career in entertainment she had been a registered nurse, and it was this experience in the medical field that had helped her to form her positions on the morality of abortion. It was at this point that I suppose she became aware of my presence, for she quickly turned to face me and asked quite curtly "who" I was; I answered that I was the producer of the show that our guest had appeared on. At this point, she then addressed both our guest and myself, and asked us to please not share her identity or opinion on abortion publically, lest it effect her popularity – that her agent, label and publicity managers would scream at her if they ever found out; we both in response stated that we would respect her request. It was then that her entourage – coat and boots and bags in hand – quickly whisk her out of the studio and onto a waiting elevator, which our guest and I also entered. On the ride down to the lobby – while our famous fellow elevator passenger was busy putting on her coat and boots with the assistance of three of her handlers – I undertook a quiet conversation with our guest about his performance during the show. Immediately, our famous friend turned and loudly inquired in an angry tone whether we were "talking about her", to which our guest replied with a smile, "No – but we will later"….the tension was then only broken when he and I began to laugh in a mischievous way, and she – relieved – laughed too.
This certainly was one of the more unusual "celebrity close encounters" I have ever had over at the studio – as much for the seriousness of the conversation as for the intimacy of the encounter. But what stayed with me the most I think from the discussion was both this woman's fear – paranoia almost – of disclosure of her opinion regarding abortion. In reflection, I suppose that the fact that her work is now located within the entertainment industry, any disclosure of an opinion that may be out of line with what could arguably be called the "liberal" cannon – legal abortion without restriction included – might indeed be met with severe repercussions which could affect her career and lifestyle. I guess there really in something to that saying "location, location, location"…in a similar way, later that day, another insight struck me in contemplation of the topic of the day's radio program: efforts at addressing the epidemic of gun violence in our country. During the show, while recounting some of the week's "Catholic news", I had reported that Bishop Stephen Blaire – Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development had signed onto a letter – with almost 50 other religious leaders from both Catholic, and other Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist faith traditions – asking that Congress take action against the sale and use of assault weapons through such measures as mandating criminal background checks prior to gun purchases and making gun trafficking a Federal crime; measures which – according to most opinion polls – the public supports, and to which the National Rifle Association – a gun-rights organization considered by many to be the most powerful lobbying group in the country – had just that week given testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing. Because of the NRA's perceived power – as well as the its famous ability to deliver single-issue anti-gun control voters in an election – many legislators are fearful to speak up in favor of gun-control legislation even if they may personally support such measures out of a concern that disclosing an opinion which might be out of line with what could arguably be called the "conservative cannon" could have severe consequences for their careers, and the lifestyles that it affords.
There are two things that I find particularly interesting about all of this – the first is that – despite the fact that each of the positions described above seem to originate at diametrically opposite ends of the political/ cultural spectrum -there are, to my mind, several fascinating parallels between the gun rights lobby and the supporters of legalized abortion – and I am not the only one to notice this. Both groups are organized to support the individual rights upheld by the United States Supreme Court – the freedom to own a gun, and the freedom to have an abortion. Both are concerned that the Supreme Court rulings that underlie their positions – the Heller decision for gun rights advocates, and for abortion supporters Roe v Wade –though expansive are inadequate to protect their positions, and both will brook no dissent to their maximalist approach to gun rights or abortion: to the NRA, any ban on a certain type of gun immediately translates to Federal forces coming to your home to confiscate your guns, to abortion supporters – despite the once stated goal of making abortion safe, legal and rare – any restriction on abortion is seen as an "evisceration". Even more so, what is needed is an expansion of abortion rights; this in a state where almost four out of every ten pregnancies ends in abortion.
The other thing that I find particularly interesting – although I am certainly not surprised by it – is the Church's response to both guns and abortion. Instead of concentrating primarily on the "individual rights" involved in either owning a gun or obtaining an abortion, Catholic social teaching starts off instead by asking what kind of a society we want to live in and create: one in which autonomous individuals – often out of fright or perceived lack of alternatives – use their "rights" to protect their lives – as they see it – against "strangers" whom they perceived as potential threats, or instead one where such fear is met with alternatives – a net of social support which seeks to ratchet down potential violence before it erupts. In Catholic social teaching, such an approach – one where both the "lives" that people live, as well as human "life" itself matter immeasurably – is called pursuing a "Culture of Life", and it is what we as Catholics are called to do.
Now, of course, according to classical moral analysis in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, support for gun-rights– even the right to own an assault weapon – must be looked at very differently from obtaining an abortion: abortion in Catholic teaching is the intentional taking of an innocent human life and therefore always intrinsically evil, whereas simple gun ownership is not. As it is often said: guns don't kill people, people kill people. But this statement – while true – ignores the fact that with gun violence, people can't kill people with guns unless they can get them. Will measures like these prevent every incidence of gun violence? The answer to this is of course no, but even if such measures prevent a few deaths like the ones experienced in the terrible tragedies this year in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown , Connecticut, they will be well worth the effort of pursuing…and while the numbers killed in gun violence – over 31,000 in America in 2010 – does pale in comparison to the 55 million lost to abortion since 1973, it is clear – at least to this Christian conscience – that something can and must be done to address both of these tragic figures.
It has been said that "politics makes strange bedfellows"…it's my hope that in the pursuit of an authentic "culture of life", we as a nation can begin to address every threat to human life and dignity across the board, and make such a stance not that strange after all.


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Our mailboxes can go back to being clogged with bills and Christmas catalogues.
Our dinnertime phone calls can be limited to those from Aunt Shirley or a not-for-profit group seeking money.
And our annoying TV ads can be restricted to those featuring loud car salesmen and accident-injury attorneys.
On Tuesday, the last day of the nonstop bombardment from candidates, even the candidates were squawking about the negative campaigning.
Joining in the chorus were the two combatants in the roughest local political race, the 27th Congressional District street fight between incumbent Democrat Kathleen C. Hochul and Republican challenger Chris Collins.
Collins and Hochul, in partnership with their outside groups, spent more than $5 million on television ads to reach the voters, much of it focusing on attacking the other candidate.
The two candidates had one thing in common on Election Day. Both went to their polling places armed with doughnuts for Erie County election inspectors. And both blasted the whole notion of negative campaigning, although they chose different culprits.
A Buffalo News reporter asked Hochul, who voted shortly after 7:30 a.m. in Grace Lutheran Church in Hamburg, what she would tell the voters who seemed unanimous in their distaste for the negative campaigning that marked the 27th District race.
"I agree with them," she said, adding that there has to be a way to put a dent in the millions of dollars from outside political action committees that are polluting the airwaves. "We've got to put an end to that and restore civility to our [election campaigns]."
Collins, who entered the Clarence Volunteer Fire Company station at 9:25 a.m. to cast his vote, insisted his campaign was not negative.
"We didn't run a nasty campaign; my opponent did," he said. "We stayed positive. Certainly the last few weeks you saw that in my commercials. We were positive, she was very negative."
He was asked by The News about his campaign's Halloween-themed commercial that ran frequently in recent days, casting Hochul in a negative light by saying she "treated" herself by "tricking" the public.
"It's not my ad, and I actually think it's kind of comical," he said, before adding, "When the airwaves are crowded, you have to cut through, and you'd have to admit that one cut through."
Some voters expressed their disgust with what they described as an overdose of negative advertising.
"I'm tired of the phone calls, and I'm so tired of the negativity," said Suzanne Sommer, a medical receptionist voting in Hamburg. "I wish people would come out and say what they're for, instead of slandering one another."
Here's how bad the negative campaigning has become, at least for Julie Bettcher, a corporate tax accountant voting in Hamburg: "It will free up the mailbox so I can see my bills again," she quipped.
Michael V. Haselswerdt, a political science professor at Canisius College, took exception to what is sometimes classified as negative advertising.
"People are ready to call everything negative that might be considered comparative. If you're talking about policy, and you're pointing out your opponent wants to ship jobs overseas, that's not negative, that's comparative," Haselswerdt said.
"Was this the most negative race anyone ever heard of? No, it hasn't been excessively negative. There have been so many ads that it just seemed that way."
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on January 10, 2013 - 12:12 AM
By Margaret Wooster
I saw "Promised Land" opening night, hoping Matt Damon and company would shed light on the impacts of high-volume hydrofracking on communities and ecosystems in these last critical days before New York State decides on permitting regulations. And some light was shed – on inflated promises of big money and jobs; on bribes to governments and farmers in need of cash; on loss of farmland, forest, water quality and quality of life in communities where this form of natural gas extraction has taken place.
But the film was disappointing. Its message was that the game is rigged and there's not much we can do about it until governments and citizens actually value things like land and water and future generations more than the price point promised by gas company front men.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation summarizes its business at the game table in Section 8 of its lengthy Revised Regulatory Impact Statement: "Another alternative the Department has considered is the denial of permits for HVHF in New York State. This alternative would fully protect the environment from any environmental impacts associated with HVHF but it would also eliminate all of the economic benefits that could be generated by the activity."
Just what are "the economic benefits that could be generated by this activity?" Oddly, the impact statement provides no data. The website thirtydaysoffrackingregs.com offers non-gas industry data on the economic, health and environmental quality impacts based on expert projections and actual experience in other states. A Southern Tier Central Planning and Development Board report indicates that HVHF employment lasts only 10-15 years, and that most of even these jobs go to non-local workers. Some areas are already projecting net losses in revenue and employment due to declines in tourism and farming, reduced outdoor recreation business and reduced real estate sales.
We have been here before: promised booms that never materialize, followed by expensive, environmentally damaging and long-lasting busts. Remember the promised land of Model City that ended up as Love Canal?
The impact statement does say "significant adverse impacts on habitats, wildlife and biodiversity from site disturbance associated with HVHF … will be unavoidable." However, without including the magnitude of disturbance, or any real economic analysis, or a proper human health study, the potential cumulative adverse impacts are seriously underestimated and the game, as "Promised Land" promises, is rigged.
Margaret Wooster is the author of "Somewhere to Go on Sunday" and "Living Waters: Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes."


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Sophomore: Helped break the school record in the 200 free relay with a 1:37.22 at A-10's ... helped break the DU record in the 400 free relay with a 3:31.02 at the Akron Invite ... turned in career best times in the 50 free with a 24.52 at A-10's, the 100 back with a 1:03.55 vs St. Francis and the 200 IM with a 2:17.01 vs Canisius.
Freshman: Set the school record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.37 at A-10's ... helped break the school record in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:37.27 at A-10's, finishing fourth ... helped set the new record in the 400 free relay at A-10's, finishing fourth in 3:32.59 ... helped set the school standard in the 400 medley relay, finishing fourth at A-10's with a time of 3:55.66 ... helped set the school standard in the 800 free relay in 7:47.50 at A-10's.
High School: Four time letterwinner and senior year captain ... holds high school records in three events ... three-time Tri County Athletic Conference Most Valuable Swimmer ... helped her school win four consecutive TCAC Championships ... a three time All State Honorable Mention...seven time District -10 Champion ... three time All-State honorable mention ... holder of the 100 free District -10 record.
Personal: Member of the Dean's List, Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Director of Athletics Honor Roll ... nursing major ... born on May 19, 1984.


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text: According to the latest survey, 90 percent of Americans favor universal background checks for all gun purchases. Yep, that's 9 out of 10 people. It's just plan common sense that if there's a giant loophole in the system, bad guys are going to exploit it to get their guns with no questions asked. Also, a majority of folks want a ban on weapons and magazines that give mass shooters the ability to maximize the carnage when they go on a rampage. So, my question is where are you people? Please don't be a silent majority.


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In the practices prior to the Terrapins' ACC/Big Ten Challenge meeting with Northwestern, Turgeon had his team prepared to counter the attack, and it paid dividends. Maryland dominated the Wildcats at Welsh-Ryan Arena, earning a 77-57 victory.
"We have to be able to play with these guys, especially at home," offered head coach Bill Carmody after the loss. "We'll come back out and work hard and get this thing corrected."
The Wildcats were out of sync on offense, posting a dismal 34 percent from the field. Too often, they were forced into uncomfortable shots. Go-to scorer Drew Crawford looked to pace his team, but endured a horrid night. He posted 4-of-14 from the field and just 10 points.
"He's definitely pressing," Carmody said of Crawford. "He's a good player, he'll break out of it. Right now, he's definitely pressing."
The most alarming statistic: Maryland—led by likely NBA lottery pick Alex Len—outrebounded Northwestern 47-19.
"It was just a horrible effort on the boards by the whole squad," point guard Dave Sobolewski remarked.
The contest started as a slugfest, with both teams trading leads seven times. Maryland's success came on the boards while Northwestern forced its opponent into turnover troubles. The second half was another story.
Maryland turned its slim lead into a double-digit margin just five minutes into the half. NU's offense remained out of rhythm, and failed to find form as its hole grew deeper.
"We've been struggling a little bit trying to get a pulse or tempo of the game," said Carmody. "I thought if we ran through stuff, we could get some easy baskets. I thought we were a little too quick on the trigger."
The second stanza was controlled by Maryland, shooting 66.7 percent and scoring 49 points. It became a laugher for Northwestern on its home court.
"They really stuck it to us in the second half," added Carmody.
The ACC/Big Ten challenge often serves as an early measuring stick for its participants, and that proved to be true for a young Northwestern team in its first test. The Wildcats failed it miserably, but must benefit from the lessons gained.
"We use every game as learning tool," said Reggie Hearn, who led NU with 19 points. "We lost, we got exposed in the second half. We'll work on correcting those problems."
While the final score won't sit pretty on Northwestern's season résumé, the team is dedicated to moving forward.
"It was a November game against an ACC team," said Sobolewski, offering perspective. "It wasn't the end of the season. We've got a lot of work for sure. If anything, this will make us hungrier in practice."
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WAILUKU - A Molokai man is being held on cash-only bail of $500,000 after being charged with murder in the fatal shooting Wednesday night of his 24-year-old girlfriend.
Marlin Lavoie, 33, of Honouliwai was arrested Thursday morning near his residence after he surrendered to police.
Molokai patrol officers had been looking for Lavoie, who was seen fleeing east on Kamehameha V Highway after the shooting, which was reported just before 9 p.m. Wednesday at Kawela Barns Apartments.
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Police said Malia Kahalewai suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest and was transported to Molokai General Hospital, where she died.
The couple had been in a relationship for nine years and had four children, police said.
"I think the community is heartbroken and really sad for the families of both the victim and the alleged perpetrator and especially grieving for their children," said Karen Holt, executive director of the Molokai Community Service Council.
The organization, which runs a domestic violence program on the island, had tried to provide help to Kahalewai, she said.
"Unfortunately, we didn't succeed with her," she said. "I don't know how much anybody could have helped given the fact that her boyfriend had such a severe mental illness. He was imprisoned, and he was let out. I don't know what the system did after that.
"She was on the run and trying to hide from him, and that is the most dangerous time for anyone trying to escape domestic violence," Holt said.
On March 16, four days before the shooting, Lavoie had been arrested for abusing Kahalewai, police said. At 4:48 p.m. that day, Kahalewai was in the driver's seat and a female friend was in the passenger seat of a car in a church parking lot at Kalamaula when Lavoie suddenly showed up, police said.
He opened the driver's door and struck Kahalewai in the left cheek with his right elbow, police said, and an altercation followed as he tried to remove the key from the ignition.
After getting the key, Lavoie got into another vehicle and left, police said.
He was arrested and charged with abuse when police made contact with him at 6:25 that night at the Molokai Police Station. He was released after posting $1,000 bail, police records show.
As part of the arrest, Lavoie was issued a warning citation to stay away from Kahalewai. The citation expired at 4:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
Kahalewai and Lavoie had separated after his March 16 arrest, according to an affidavit filed in court to support the charges against Lavoie. On Wednesday night, Lavoie drove toward Kaunakakai looking for Kahalewai and found her at a friend's residence at Kawela Barns Apartments.
Lavoie went into a bedroom at the residence and spoke with Kahalewai for about 30 minutes before she walked out of the bedroom and went to sit on a sofa just outside the front door on a lanai, according to the court document. Lavoie followed Kahalewai out-side and the two continued talking.
Lavoie became distraught when he and Kahalewai couldn't resolve their differences, the document said. Lavoie walked to his parked car, retrieved a rifle and walked back toward Kahalewai, pointing the rifle at her, according to the document.
He said, "You like leave me," before firing one shot at her chest, the document says.
Then, "Lavoie returned to his vehicle, placed the rifle back within and sped off back to his residence at Honouliwai Valley," according to the document.
Police said there were witnesses to the shooting and at least one young child was present. At least some of Kahalewai's children were staying with her mother when the shooting occurred, police said.
Police reported recovering the rifle believed to have been used in the shooting.
In addition to second-degree murder, Lavoie is charged with using a firearm in the commission of a felony, being a felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition, keeping a loaded firearm in an improper place and first-degree terroristic threatening.
Lavoie was shirtless and had his wrists shackled behind his back when he appeared in Wailuku District Court on Friday afternoon. The judge granted Deputy Prosecutor Emlyn Higa's request for $500,000 cash-only bail for Lavoie and set a preliminary hearing for Wednesday afternoon.
Lavoie's criminal record includes convictions for first-degree burglary, second-degree robbery and third-degree assault of a woman who was beaten until she was unconscious in her East Molokai home in April 1998. He was sentenced to a one-year jail term as part of five years' probation in that case.
After a jury trial in August 2002, he was acquitted of charges alleging he pointed a rifle at his then-girlfriend and her father and fired a shot in Honouliwai Valley, where his family lives, in August 2001. He also was acquitted of charges that he wielded a knife and threatened two police officers who went to question him about what happened.
According to court records, Lavoie was convicted of abusing his girlfriend in a 2008 case. That year, she had sought a restraining order against him, which was dissolved when a judge ruled that allegations hadn't been proved at a hearing, according to court records.
Holt said that at one point a while ago, state Child Welfare Services had removed the couple's children from the home, but they later were returned.
She said incidents such as the shooting are unusual on Molokai, where the last domestic violence death occurred on May 28, 2005. Manden Kamai is serving a 21-year prison term after he was convicted of manslaughter after punching his 22-year-old girlfriend, Okalani Mollena.
"That adds to the trauma for all of us," Holt said. "Our staff is really grieving this loss."
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Sovran Self Storage's fourth quarter earnings jumped by 14 percent as occupancy soared at its Uncle Bob's stores, the Amherst-based company said Thursday.
Sovran executives said the company's earnings would have been even stronger – rising by 21 percent – if not for a spurt of acquisitions in December as sellers rushed to close deals before the capital gains tax rate increased.
"We had a very good quarter, which capped off an exceptional year," said David Rogers, Sovran's chief executive officer, noting that the company's earnings for all of last year increased 37 percent.
The improvement stemmed from an 8 percent increase in revenues at its 361 stores that have been operated by the company for at least a year, as occupancy rates climbed to 87.4 percent from 81.5 percent a year ago as average rents remained stable at $10.64 per square foot.
Sovran executives said they expect their self-storage markets to remain robust this year, forecasting that earnings during 2013 will strengthen by 11 percent to between $3.46 and $3.50 per share, compared with $3.14 per share last year.
The company said it purchased 14 self-storage properties during December through six separate deals valued at a total of $83 million. The deals added six stores in Chicago, four in southwestern Florida, three in Austin, Texas and one in Phoenix.
Rogers said the flurry of activity, which expanded Sovran's stable of Uncle Bob's stores either owned outright or managed by them to 461 facilities across 25 states, occurred as property owners hurried to sell facilities before the year ended to cash in on the lower capital gains tax rates that were in place during 2012.
While Rogers said he expects Sovran to continue buying properties this year – probably in deals valued at between $100 million and $150 million – he said the year-end surge in selling has left fewer quality properties on the market.
"There is a dearth of available properties," Rogers said during a conference call. "It's a seller's market, and the competition for quality assets is pretty fierce."
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Down to Earth plans to completely renovate and expand its Kahului store starting next month.
The all-vegetarian, organic and natural foods store said work will include converting a 3,000-square-foot storage space into more retail space to total 9,000 square feet for the store at 305 Dairy Road.
"We will more than double the size of the chill and frozen department, nearly double the size of bulk food department, greatly improve our deli, and expand the wellness, grocery and produce departments," Mark Fergusson, Down to Earth's chief executive officer, said in a statement.
The store's upstairs dining area will be remodeled and a new outdoor dining area and improved parking will be added.
The store will remain open throughout the renovation, with the bulk of the work to be done during off-hours. The remodeling project is expected to be completed in April.
"The bigger and renovated store will have many new products and will allow us to offer our customers a substantially wider range of local, fresh, organic and natural products," Fergusson said.
The company said the renovation will include energy-efficient upgrades, including state-of-the-art air conditioning, refrigeration and LED lighting systems.
To kick off the project, Down to Earth will host a Hawaiian blessing at 7 p.m. Dec. 14, followed by a Christmas party with pupu, drawings for prizes and entertainment. The public is invited to attend.


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College basketball�s tournament time is taking on a new look this year, with lots of double-takes expected.
Six teams will wear special uniforms for their conference and anticipated NCAA Tournament appearances next month, setting a fashion trend in college basketball: camouflage-patterned shorts, bright-colored jerseys and sleeves.
Yep. Sleeves on jerseys, including those worn by tradition-rich UCLA, giving March�s rich history a decidedly unconventional look. Six teams will wear special tournament uniforms unveiled last week by Adidas � UCLA, Louisville, Baylor, Kansas, Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
�I�m sure the traditionalists out there are really, really struggling looking at those uniforms,� Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said.
Especially those worn by UCLA, Louisville and Baylor, which agreed to have short sleeves on their jerseys. Adidas debuted a short-sleeve basketball shirt with the NBA�s Golden State Warriors in mid-February.
The new look especially will be head-turning for teams that usually wear tradition on their chests.
�Everyone here knows Kansas� tradition, and history should be what is promoted in our look, and we have done that for years,� coach Bill Self said. �But this is the one game or whatever that we will make that exception for Adidas.
�I probably don�t think as much of them as I do the normal ones we wear, but for a game or two, I don�t think it�s that big of a deal in the Big 12 Tournament.�
Alternate uniforms have become big business in college sports, from Oregon�s fluorescent tones with Nike to Maryland�s loud designs with Under Armour. Adidas introduced special lightweight basketball uniforms for Cincinnati, Louisville and Baylor at tournament time last season.
Baylor and Louisville got the most attention with their bright colors. Cincinnati�s were more subdued, with neon trim. Bearcats players quickly took a liking to them � Cincinnati reached the Big East Tournament title game before losing to Louisville, then made the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament while wearing them.
�It�s like it refreshes you as a team,� Bearcats point guard Cashmere Wright said. �You go out there and it�s a whole other uniform. You can take any identity you want to take. Last year, we got an identity, and we just played it out.�
No. 6 Kansas, No. 10 Louisville and No. 21 Notre Dame currently are ranked in the AP Top 25. UCLA, Cincinnati and Baylor are expecting to join them in the NCAA Tournament wearing their new gear.
The second-ranked Notre Dame women and No. 16 Louisville also will wear the gear.
Players like the lightweight uniforms and love the flashy look. They also like the way they stand out from the rest of the tournament crowd.
�It�s an interesting phenomenon, the whole uniform-shoe thing with young people, having something that nobody else has,� Cronin said.
Adidas checked with the schools to see if they were interested in the tournament designs. Not everyone liked the sleeves; Cronin turned down the idea for his Bearcats.
�I�m happy they don�t have sleeves,� Wright said.
The sleeves seem to be the biggest attention-getter, a reminder of the sport�s fledgling days. Xavier coach Chris Mack wore sleeved jerseys when he played at Evansville in the late 1980s, getting over his disdain for the look.
�Aesthetically, I thought they were really ugly,� Mack said. �But it�s just ironic because so many guys wore T-shirts � I think it started with Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin wearing T-shirts under their uniforms, which is comfortable for some guys. But I thought the one-uniform-T-shirt look was a little outdated and strange.�
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
A dog, specializing in escape artistry also proved he had a built in GPS, allowing her to find her way home.
Maggie the dog miraculously returned home this weekend after her owner Shelley Scruggs thought she was gone for good.
Scruggs took her Labradoodle to a local groomer. When the canine became spooked, she jumped the fence and took off.
Scruggs and the groomer turned to social media for help. Her husband Mark and their two girls, Emily 13 and Abigail, 10, were also frantically looking.
The dog was spotted at Hampton Pointe Apartments behind Bojangles on Highway 17.
Scruggs looked for an hour with no luck and a friend brought her a dog bed and food to leave where she was last seen. "I even left my shirt there," she said.
"We planned to meet back there at 5:15 Friday morning to try again.
"I had gotten up and opened our garage door to put my bike in our convertible and decided to grab some sausage patties to bring.
"I walked in the house, leaving the door open, and as I was heating them she comes running into the kitchen," said Scruggs.
"It was insane. Even more amazing is that we live in old Shemwood behind Christ our King...so it's a miracle she found her way because she was lost at the groomer on Bowman Road so there would have been no trail."
Scruggs said it was a roller coaster five days. "Trying to look at the silver lining of all this, it is a story on the goodness of mankind and an example of how it takes a village. The people of Mount Pleasant have been so wonderful."
Scruggs added that when she was putting signs up at the farmer's market many people had already heard about her missing dog.
"There was also the drama of Wednesday night when she was spotted between Hungryneck Boulevard and Highway 17 by Venning Road and we dredged through the brush," she said. Everyone in that area was kind and also tried to help. Honestly I think she was freaking out with many unknown people yelling her name," she said.
Maggie is now safely home and the Scruggs fmaily coulnd't be happier.
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Martin Richard, the 8-year-boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, was laid to rest during a private family service Tuesday morning, his parents announced.
"The outpouring of love and support over the last week has been tremendous," Denise and Bill Richard said in a statement. "This has been the most difficult week of our lives and we appreciate that our friends and family have given us space to grieve and heal."
Their message went on to say, "A private Funeral Mass was celebrated this morning with immediate family. We laid our son Martin to rest, and he is now at peace. We plan to have a public memorial service in the coming weeks to allow friends and loved ones from our community to join us for a celebration of Martin's life."
Immediately after Martin's death in the blasts, which also grievously injured Denise and Martin's 7-year-old sister Jane, friends of the family spoke to the Boston Globe.
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Tick tock: Properly time vaccinations for reproductive success
Timing is everything when it comes to successful reproductive programs, and that includes timing of vaccinations to help prevent reproductive diseases. Following the timing guidelines on product labels is critically important to helping guarantee safety and efficacy.
"Vaccinating against reproductive diseases helps keep cows pregnant, helping protect your reproductive program and bottom line," says Victor Cortese, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ABVP, Director, Veterinary Specialties Group, Pfizer Animal Health. "However, working with your veterinarian to set up vaccination programs and following labeled directions are key to vaccine efficacy and safety, especially when using modified-live virus (MLV) vaccines."
Understand MLV vaccines
Different types of vaccines, such as an MLV or killed vaccine, stimulate the immune system in different ways. MLV vaccines contain live organisms that undergo limited replication within the body, while killed vaccines use dead organisms.
"MLV vaccines closely mimic a natural infection, since the animal is actually seeing the modified pathogen in a more natural form," Dr. Cortese says. "As a result, MLV vaccines can help create an effective, balanced and what should be an entire immune response."
Studies involving infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus vaccines have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of MLV vaccines, such as BOVI-SHIELD GOLD® FP*, in helping protect pregnant heifers, cows and their fetuses. Cattle vaccinated with BOVI-SHIELD GOLD FP within the preceding 12 to 17 months and then vaccinated during each trimester of pregnancy had abortion rates similar to the control group, which was vaccinated with a placebo.1-3
Take steps to help protect your herd
"MLV vaccines are safe to use, but there are risks involved when using them in pregnant cattle," Dr. Cortese says. "Using these vaccines against their label indications and without supervision from a veterinarian are the biggest risks of all."
Dr. Cortese also recommends additional tips to using MLV vaccines successfully.
• Regularly consult your veterinarian: Your veterinarian is a valuable resource regarding the science and proper use of vaccines. Include your veterinarian as part of your reproductive health team.
• Write vaccination programs: Having written programs, which include timing guidelines, for your vaccinations will provide the guidelines for you and anyone administering vaccines on your operation. Reviewing them regularly with your employees and your veterinarian also will help keep them up to date.
• Keep accurate records: Vaccine administrations should be included in your reproductive records. Record the date the first vaccination is given, and review the records to determine when a booster shot is needed.
Risk-free protection for your herd
With a Fetal Protection (FP) Guarantee, Pfizer Animal Health ensures your herd will be free of IBR abortions if the cows and heifers were vaccinated according to label directions at least 30 days prebreeding with any of Pfizer Animal Health's family of FP vaccines.** In addition, Pfizer Animal Health guarantees 100% of calves will be born free of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) persistent infection (PI) provided that all cows and heifers have been vaccinated according to label direction at least 30 days prebreeding.
"With this guarantee, you can have peace of mind using our products, knowing that they are safe and effective," Dr. Cortese adds.
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See, we're so excited about the Greeley Moms book club because some of us have been in a book club before. We know how great it can be.
The lifelong friends we can meet, the laughter, the camaraderie.
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The Incline boys are coming off a tough week.
After learning last Tuesday that they had lost junior point guard and leading scorer Orin Porter for the season to academic ineligibility, the Highlanders played a spirited Mount Rose League game at South Tahoe only to come up a 3-pointer short, 60-57, on Friday.
The following day, Incline fell to lakeside rival North Tahoe, 60-51, at home, ending what coach Tim Kelly called "an emotional week."
"I think finding out that Orin is ineligible for the rest of the year put a shock wave into the team," said Kelly, who also was sick during the week, causing him to miss a day of practice. "I think our eight guys have it in them to achieve what we set out to achieve. But it's going to be a difficult road now."
Incline also lost sophomore forward/guard Matt Hanna to injury over the holiday break last month. Together, Hanna (13.8) and Porter (20.5) were averaging 34.3 points a game.
Without their big two, Christian Biscotti led the Highlanders with 19 points against South Tahoe, while Jack Clouthier led the way with 15 points against North Tahoe.
Despite the loss, Kelly was pleased with his team's performance against the larger Vikings, as Incline led for much of the contest before running out of gas at the end.
"We came out and played hard," Kelly said. "We controlled the tempo and what they did. The second half we were hitting 3s and were up by 11 at one point."
But the Vikings picked up their defensive pressure and hit some big 3-pointers down the stretch to edge ahead. Jack Bessette had a final look at a 3 to tie it at the buzzer, but the shot rimmed out, Kelly said.
Bessette finished with 18 points as both he and Biscotti connected on four of their seven 3-point attempts.
Against North Tahoe, after a tightly played first quarter ended in a 14-all tie, the Lakers outscored the Highlanders 12-8 in the second quarter and 11-4 in the third to carry a 37-26 lead into the fourth quarter. The teams traded baskets in an offensive fourth quarter, which played into the Lakers' hands as they held on for the big win.
"We had an enormous letdown Saturday," Kelly said. "But North Tahoe played well. I'm not going to say the only reason we lost is because we didn't play well. They hit big shots and we didn't. We allowed way too many buckets to go in."
Sophomore forward Ben Snyder scored 14 points and Bessette had 10.
The Incline girls, meanwhile, had little trouble defeating North Tahoe 59-37 on Saturday, a day after falling 52-21 at South Tahoe.
Against the Lakers, Molly Franklin went off for 25 points, going 6-of-10 from 3-point range, while Kortney Solis hit three 3-pointers and finished with 11 points. Kerrie Tonking added seven points as the Highlanders stormed out to a 21-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and never looked back.
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The 7 Stupidest Ways We're Promoting Abstinence
Abstinence-only education starts with the idea that teenagers listen to adults and manages to get even stupider. It's working to turn the only life-threatening problem in the world that can be fought by balloons into a biblical plague. We've reached a point where even the Pope OKs some condom use, and he thinks about sex the same way non-Popes think of the Ark of the Covenant: imagining what the other side has while believing that looking directly at it will melt the soul from your body.
Also, we'd do both with Indiana Jones.
Abstinence-only education turns sex education into an oxymoron, deliberately not teaching people things we know about. It's what happens when a species breeds so successfully, they start showing off. It's the reproductive equivalent of riding a bike with no hands and eyes closed: They'll keep pumping away for a bit, but pretty soon they'll screw up and their crotch will hurt. The only way to teach something so stupid is to be extremely stupid, and that's the only thing these campaigns got right.
#7. Derek the Abstinence Clown
A clown throwing machetes while screaming about sex in a room full of children technically counts as abstinence education, but only because they'll never live long enough to reproduce. And because picturing that scene psychically sterilized you. Sorry, "spoiler." Derek the Abstinence Clown demonstrated that using condoms was risking your life by making children lie underneath him as he juggled knives. Which isn't actually "demonstrating" anything, but nobody within hurling range was prepared to disagree.
For safety we only picture him with balls, which still prevents ours from working for several hours.
He doesn't even wear makeup, because he's already so horrifically clowny that you can feel it crawling off his bare skin from a digital photograph. He got into abstinence clowning when he mistakenly identified his ability to absolutely prevent any sex as a superpower.
After the story broke, Derek's YouTube video was removed, then his entire website was removed, then the hiring agency -- which had received an $800,000 federal grant -- starting contacting websites and demanding they remove all photographic evidence. So we've got federally funded agents destroying all proof of an escaped blade-tossing genital-targeting clown. Sorry, conspiracy theorists, but everything you've ever been terrified of was pathetic compared to that. And from now on we're going to consider "using protection" to include at least three sheets of plate steel over every building entrance.
#6. The Purity Teddy Bear
Abstinence-only education doesn't work, doesn't work, lies, doesn't work and doesn't work, but I agree with this video 100 percent:
If sex makes you picture talking teddy bears, don't have sex. If you do, sex really will lead to tragedy, expense and pain: specifically a huge Care Bears toy receipt, scissors and polypropylene cotton chafing.
Can she see that bear, too? Because there's no good answer for her either way.
People taking sexual advice from teddy bears don't need abstinence videos; they need parents who don't leave them unattended near van-filled parking lots quite so often. The video is a double sexual tragedy, because you've got two teens who care enough to spend hours together setting up cameras, roleplaying and using props. That's better than most people manage with sex. And I don't think they meant their video to highlight one of the main problems of abstinence. Look at them agreeing not to have sex until they're married:
Now look at them married:
They "waited" exactly as long as it took to change into a wedding dress and get to the church, and real people often skip the first step. A spouse is someone you can share your life and dreams with. Puberty settles for "alive" and "will let you." Then the lack of birth control means that they have to stop having sex before they've gotten any good at it, and two people who didn't even know if they could stand each other in the first place suddenly have to deal with a combination of all their worst traits that shits itself. Abstinence causes more broken homes than hurricanes.
#5. The All Blacks
Abstinence is about suppressing your primitive urges. The All Blacks are the ultimate expression of them, mastering our caveman impulses to take important objects from other groups by stomping them into a different fossil strata. And they've elevated them to a level beyond science and art. The only reason they haven't evolved into pure energy beings is that it would make them worse at grabbing the ball. Which doesn't change how they're worse representatives for calmly resisting physical actions and impulsive behavior than Romeo and Juliet.
That was legendary All Black ex-captain Sean Patrick asking New Zealanders to abstain from sex for six weeks, which is a damn weird thing to do while driving an electric pink fisting-mobile on loan from a pride parade.
"Seriously, Sean, a giant motor-driven plastic fist is the perfect vehicle for a non-sexual message. Now get in and drive it for me while I set up my video cameras. Yes, like that."
If trying to restrain your sexual urges means thinking of a squad of burly rugby players, you are one important revelation away from cutting the legs off your jeans and being much happier. He implores viewers to power an All Black victory in the 2011 Rugby World Cup with "Abstain for the game!" Even as a joke, the idea of avoiding sex for sport is ludicrous. Was he trying to create an army of orgone-overcharged All Blacks to descend with throbbing fury? Because that would work. No team would stand against that. A tank battalion wouldn't stand against that.
"That's not fair, now I STILL feel inadequate!"
The campaign symbol was wearing a black rubber ring with a logo on your ring finger, and nobody will convince me that's not visual code for doing something filthy with fun strangers. When your sexual cues have moved past basic color-coding to specific symbols and materials, your idea of a sexual fetish would be most people's idea of biological metaphysics. And picturing highly trained physical specimens while pushing your flesh through an all-black ring isn't abstaining; it's the power of imagination, and will soon need some tissues.
#4. Bristol Palin
Bristol Palin is the embodiment of the abstinence movement: She says having a kid sucks and lives in an alternate universe where contraception doesn't exist. Because you need an entire alternate universe where nothing prevents disastrous mistakes to explain how she has a reality show. Normally the family members of famous people should be spared nonstop media attention because they're innocent, but she reversed that moral code (and the entire direction of human progress) by using her newborn child to get a reality TV show.
"How much media attention for this fresh human child?"
She was scheduled to receive over $15,000 to appear at a Washington University panel on abstinence. The students campaigned and got the appearance canceled, proving that they didn't need any advice on abstinence, as they clearly knew how to say no to an idiot trying to screw them and leave them listening to infantile crying. The cancellation of Bristol opened the talking slot for Dr. Katie Plax, head of adolescent medicine and associate professor in the department of pediatrics, medical director of teen health at the Washington U. Health Center, and leading cause of bewildered questions of "Jesus Christ, Washington U., why wasn't she on the panel already?"
Washington U.'s first choice for a panel on grief counseling.
Bristol would do a better job of sex education with $15,000 by printing pictures of herself on boxes of condoms and distributing them, though that would backfire and work as abstinence education. And because it's something to do with abstinence that would actually work, she didn't do it.


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The wax paper packets are stamped with names like "Facebook," "Major Pain," "Death Sentence" and "Voodoo."
It's easy to transport, cheap, pure and readily available in Lycoming County.
It's also one of the most addictive drugs known to man - heroin.
Its calming effects entice users across all races, economic classes and religions. And once they're hooked, most people will not be able to stop using without professional intervention.
Earlier this year, police started to see a rise of heroin-related overdoses, which led them to believe that the heroin coming into Lycoming County was quite pure. Around the same time, authorities also began noticing a marked rise in overdoses and heroin-related crime.
Medics are receiving weekly reports of heroin overdoses - people who are technically "dead" but may be brought back with an injection of Narcan, a medication that reverses the effects of opiates.
"In the earlier part of the year, there were a lot of near-deaths. Some individuals were technically dead but were able to be brought back with a Narcan injection. That tells me that the
potency was higher at that point," said city police Capt. Michael Orwig.
Jennifer Reeder, assistant director of the West Branch Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, has also seen the devastating effects of this potent heroin.
According to the commission, about 18 percent of the clients they've treated since the beginning of the year have identified heroin as their primary drug of choice. That percentage is up from 11.2 percent last year for the same time period.
"The purity of heroin is greater than it has ever been, which feeds the addictive properties still further," she said. "Once caught in this cycle, life problems develop as a result and that also feeds the ongoing use, as the addict feels powerless to change the circumstances and believes escape back into the drug is the only option he or she has."
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, about 23 percent of people who use heroin will become dependent on it.
"Heroin is not a drug to experiment with. It is known to hook people on their first try," Orwig said.
Heroin mimics the brain's naturally produced chemicals responsible for happiness, such as endorphin. Heroin use also disrupts the chemical process which regulates dopamine production, causing the brain to become flooded with dopamine. These two processes combined result in the euphoria, peace, and calm users experience.
Long-term heroin use will change the brain's chemical structure, Reeder explained. Because heroin mimics the chemicals that let us feel happiness, users are literally incapable of experiencing joy without opiates. Simple things which normally cause a person to feel joy, such as a hug from a friend, or a peace of chocolate, no longer hold much meaning for the opiate addict.
"After using heroin the rebound effect, ultimately withdraw, is dramatic. Addicts often feel like they are going to die, or perhaps even wish they would. That alone leads the addict back to using again if only to relieve the effects of withdraw," said
"With ongoing use the body chemistry is significantly altered that misery is prolonged with post-acute withdraw. Users may feel lethargy... the inability to experience any real normal pleasures... and the inability to mister the motivation to do anything," she added.
This depression often leads users, even those who have weeks of sobriety under their belt, back into a life of heroin use. Old friends, lack of problem-solving skills, and even the relentless marketing schemes of drug dealers threaten the former addict on a daily basis.
"I realize that addicts make a choice, but I also know drug dealers who have given 'free' packets of heroin away and often regularly call the addicts to see if they 'need anything,'" said Old Lycoming Police Sgt. Christopher Kriner.
Those who continue to use are often forced into a life of crime to support their habit. About 30 percent of people suspected or arrested for theft in Lycoming Township police's coverage area admitted to being addicted to heroin or prescription medication, Kriner said.


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McCormick Clouser Takes Third at Dixie Amateur
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Ball State men's golfer McCormick Clouser finished third Sunday at the Dixie Amateur, one of the largest and oldest amateur tournaments in the country.
The junior from Bluffton, Ind., concluded the event with a four-round total of 13-under par 275 (67-71-66-71). He was under par in each of his rounds and finished two shots out of a playoff won by LSU golfer Curtis Thompson.
Thompson, the brother of PGA Tour player Nick Thompson and LPGA Tour player Lexi Thompson, claimed his second Dixie Amateur title in the past three years. He defeated Florida State's Jack Maguire on the second playoff hole.
The event featured more than 200 competitors, including Ball State freshman Quentyn Carpenter, and was played over four days in South Florida. The first two rounds were held at the Woodlands Country Club and the final two at Heron Bay Golf Club.
Clouser was at or near the top of the leaderboard all week, and he entered Sunday's final round with a four-shot lead. He closed with a 1-under par round, but his playing partners Thompson and Maguire turned in the best rounds of the day at 7-under to come from behind and grab the lead.
It was the second straight good showing at the Dixie Amateur for Clouser, who tied for 22nd last year.
The Dixie Amateur has been contested since 1924, and the list of past champions includes current and former PGA Tour players such as Hal Sutton, Brandt Snedeker, Andy Bean, Bruce Fleisher, Jesper Parnevik and Peter Uihlein.
Clouser was a member of Ball State's team that advanced to the NCAA Championships last spring and is one of the Cardinals' top players this year. Ball State is slated to begin its spring season Feb. 10, hosting the Mid-American Match Play in Lake Jovita, Fla.


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LISBON - The firm that illegally invested county funds on two occasions made another improper investment even after being alerted to the problem.
Columbiana County Treasurer Linda Bolon said she was "shocked" to learn that WesBanco made another illegal investment of county funds after the March 13 emergency meeting of the county investment advisory board, where the problem first became public.
The March 13 meeting was called by Bolon to discuss a bookkeeping problem with the investment account that resulted in the county's interest income being overstated by $118,779. Upon taking office in January, she was advised of the problem by outgoing treasurer Nick Barborak, who is now the county's state representative.
During the course of trying to straighten out the bookkeeping problem, Bolon said she discovered at least two investments were made illegally by WesBanco. The investment board had agreed in March 2010 to have Barborak contract with First National Community Bank to invest $5 million in funds through WesBanco
Bolon said a bank official alerted her that WesBanco had made another illegal investment after the March 13 meeting. "They did make the correction and sold the investment" immediately after the problem was brought to her attention, she said.
In each case, the investment was legal on the surface, but these particular financial instruments have maturity dates set by law. In each instance, the investment was for a longer period than allowed, which is where the problem occurred.
"They're legal as long as you stay within the time frame. The problem is because they didn't stay within the time frame," she said.
After this became known, Bolon said she and county Commissioner Mike Halleck met with bank officials. She is crafting an "exit strategy" plan for the investment board to act on sometime this month that would prevent any further illegal investments from being made, while protecting county assets.
"Unfortunately, we cannot afford to take a loss, so I'm looking at our options to see how we can exit these accounts without costing the county any money," Bolon said.
Barborak has said before he was unaware WesBanco had made any illegal investments, and neither the bank nor WesBanco provided him with specific details about investments, other than he knew they were in legal financial instruments.
Meanwhile, the controversy has caught the attention of Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett, who issued a news release on March 14 criticizing Bolon's handling of the situation and calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate any possible criminal wrongdoing. Barborak and Bolon are Democrats.
Bolon dismissed Bennett's criticism, noting the state auditor's office has been included in the process almost from the beginning of her review. She said her report and findings were turned over to the state, which is currently in the process of conducting a routine audit of the county's 2012 books. Bolon indicated state examiners are taking a specific look at the investment account as part of the audit.
Although Bolon did not mention it, state Auditor David Yost is a Republican.
"I understand Mr. Bennett's concerns and the fact he is doing his job as party chairman," she said. "But as county treasurer, I prepared my report and turned it over to the state auditor, and we'll be awaiting their comments in the audit report."