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The heaviest snow of the latest winter storm - named Saturn - will hit central West Virginia early this morning, according to reports from the National Weather Service in Charleston.
The NWS issued a winter storm warning Tuesday morning predicting 6 to 10 inches of heavy, wet snow that was expected to begin falling Tuesday night. Depending on elevation and temperature, local residents could see "as little as a dusting all the way up to 12 inches," NWS meteorologist Andrew Beavers said Tuesday morning.
"It's going to be the same amount of precipitation - it will just be rain if the temperature's not below freezing," Beavers told The Inter-Mountain.
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West Virginia Division of Highways employees work to fill salt trucks Tuesday morning in anticipation of heavy snow. Trucks haul the salt from the end of U.S. 33 at Kerens to Gilman and other parts of Randolph County.
Today's high will reach freezing - 32 degrees Fahrenheit - while the air is expected to warm as the week progresses. Beavers said temperatures will reach the upper 30s to low 40s on Thursday and plateau in the low 40s on Friday.
"Saturday is when it's really going to start warming up," Beavers said, noting temperatures may climb into the low 50s.
Jim Wise, director of the Randolph County Office of Emergency Management, said the county is ready for potential intermittent power outages.
"We've been in contact with FirstEnergy, the parent company of Mon Power, and they're making preparations and have been making preparations to be ready to roll their trucks out early on if there are any kind of sporadic, isolated power outages," Wise said Tuesday. "They will have their crews prepared to go take care of any potential power outages due to trees down or lines down."
Wise said he expects road conditions will improve as today wears on.
"I don't think traveling is going to be much of an issue as the day progresses Wednesday," he said. "Most of the snow is coming overnight Tuesday."
Mike Moran, West Virginia Division of Highways district engineer, said road crews were gearing up Tuesday morning in anticipation of the snow.
"We have crews scheduled around the clock, and everyone is working to get the equipment ready to go," Moran said. "We are hauling salt from the end of the Corridor at Kerens to Gilmer and all across Randolph County for use."
Moran said pretreatment on U.S. 33 from the Barbour County line through Kerens would begin Tuesday afternoon.
"We will be using a liquid salt brine to pretreat the road," Moran said Tuesday. "Because we don't know the magnitude of this storm, we have made sure the snow blowers are all working as well as making sure the graders are available for use in case of heavy snow."
Also on Tuesday, Bob Pingley, Elkins city operations manager, said city workers were gearing up for the storm.
"We are just making sure our equipment is in good shape," Pingley said. "We have plenty of salt, and we will deal with anything that comes along."
He gave no specific timetable of when Elkins crews would start preparing roads with salt or when plows would be out to shovel snow, saying everything depends on the weather.
Staff writers Beth Christian Broschart and Casey Houser contributed to this report.

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January 21, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Only six weeks into the approximately 12-week flu season, health officials are naming an "epidemic" in the virus sweeping the nation, the Eastern Panhandle being no exception....
whaaat? the flu shot they are giving isn't for the flu that's going around? I'm shocked! That's sarcasm. The truth is wash your hands often, keep them off your face and stay away from everybody else when you get sick. We've been told for decades how to treat virus infections with plenty of rest, fluids and fever reducers. No news here.
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Since these bugs are man made. My guess is if they stopped making super bugs in order to find cures for the next super bug we'd have no problem at all
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Flu viruses can hit hard and make you feel lousy for a day or two. Then your body's immune system kicks in and drives it out. Just a part of life. Drink plenty of fluids, control the fever and get plenty of rest. And please, do not ask your doctor for antibiotics! They do nothing against flu viruses.
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20 years straight without the flu!!! never once have i received a flu shot!!!! i must be superman! of the flu shot is a crock of crap. The only thing i take comes from my pipe, not a needle!!
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Stay home and DO NOT go to the emergency room unless it really IS an emergency!! All you are doing is spreading your bug to even more people!!!
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The government is clearly using this epidemic as a means to implant monitoring devices within each of us. Resist the flu shot, everyone! It's part of the vast conspiracy!!!
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He was the kind of bus driver who made a point of getting to know his passengers. He also could make anybody smile,
So on Friday – a year to the day that an armed man gunned down Metro Bus driver Brian G. Chapman Jr. on the porch of his home as he was waiting for a ride to work – his family remembered him in a way that he would have loved.
Nine of Chapman's loved ones took a ride on the No. 12 bus – the line that Chapman often drove and was on his way to when he was killed.
They all wore purple – Chapman's favorite color – and they brought two giant bouquets of yellow, happy-face balloons and matching lapel pins, which they gave out to other passengers along the way.
"He would have liked it," said Chapman's partner, Furmond Bolden, whom he married in Canada in 2008.
Chapman's aunt, Mary Chambers, came up with the idea a few weeks ago.
As the sad anniversary and the trial of his accused killer, Joshua Mitchell, approached, she talked to her mother, Darlene Girst, about what they could do.
"I want to do something special for Boo Boo," she said.
The anniversary was heartbreaking enough. Chambers thought they could do something that would honor him – and spread some love, too.
Girst loved the idea.
"He never met a stranger," she said with a smile. "... He could make a dull party right."
Family members gathered at the University at Buffalo South Campus bus station at 1 p.m. and got on the No. 12 bus, gathering toward the back. As the bus wound its way through the East Side, they shared photos of Chapman, who was always smiling broadly and dressed to the nines.
One of Bolden's sisters shared a poem she wrote.
Another of his sisters, LonNesha Carr, 8, went up and down the aisle, handing balloons to toddlers.
"He loved babies," Chambers explained.
A woman came to the back of the bus to find out what was going on.
As she listened to the sad story, she looked at one of the photos of Chapman and realized she knew him. A frequent bus rider, she remembered Chapman as one of the friendliest drivers she had ever met.
"My heart goes out to you," said Amina Barnes to the family, and she gladly accepted a balloon and pin. She told the family she'd pray for Chapman when she got to her mosque.
The family got off the bus at Main and Utica streets, where they attached balloons to an NFTA bus station pole.
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Unexpected functions for the skeleton have emerged in the past few years, indicating it plays a key role in whole-organism physiology. Not always appreciated as a dynamic tissue, the skeleton is very active, renewing itself in the adult approximately every 10 years.
The skeleton has three main cell types: the bone-forming cell (the osteoblast), the bone-resorbing cell (the osteoclast), and the least known but most abundant cell, the osteocyte, which forms a network throughout bone tissue, linking cells via a dendritic network. The osteocyte acts as a mechanical transducer, converting mechanical strain (e.g., during walking or jumping) to biochemical messages that orchestrate bone-cell activity.
Bone's relationship with the reproductive system is well established and has been the long-term focus of research linked primarily to postmenopausal osteoporosis and more recently with male osteoporosis and androgen-deficiency. Most osteoporosis therapies are anti-resorptive drugs directed at preserving bone or reducing bone loss. Because they are highly effective and specific for bone, these potent agents—for example the recently approved denosumab—are not only indicated for postmenopausal osteoporosis in women at high risk of fracture but also as a treatment in men to increase bone mass in patients who are at high risk of fracture from receiving androgen-deprivation therapy (for nonmetastatic prostate cancer) or adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy (for breast cancer).
The skeleton also interacts with many other systems. An important relationship between bone and the immune system is becoming clearer as we understand the regulation of key pathways involved in cell differentiation, since cells of the monocyte lineage differentiate into macrophages, myeloid dendritic cells, microglia, or osteoclasts. In chronic inflammatory disease, for example, Th1 cells stimulate osteoclast formation while Treg cells (Th-17) suppress osteoclast formation, establishing clear links between the immune system and bone.
A role for estrogen to prevent bone loss by regulating T-cell function has also been established in preclinical models. By understanding the crosstalk between bone and the immune system, researchers are uncovering the mechanism by which sex steroids, infection, and inflammation lead to bone loss by disregulating T-cell function.
Other systems, however, such as the link between energy metabolism, the brain, and bone mass are not quite as evident. There is evidence to suggest a central control of energy metabolism through the hypothalamic-leptin (a fat hormone) pathway. On the other hand, there is also evidence of the skeleton's role as an endocrine organ regulating energy metabolism on a global level. For example, leptin serves as an adiposity signal to inform the brain about fat mass to regulate food intake and energy expenditure. Leptin also plays important roles in angiogenesis, immune function, fertility, and bone formation, linking it to several systems.
Several labs have focused on the interactions between bone and fat and the control of energy metabolism in the last few years (Karsenty and Clemens), providing new insight as to how the skeleton acts as an endocrine organ. Osteocalcin, a bone-formation marker secreted by osteoblasts, has been identified as one of possibly several bone-derived hormones that have been shown to modify insulin production and sensitivity and to boost energy expenditure.
Antidiabetes and anti-obesity drug classes acting through PPAR activation to influence glucose metabolism and affect insulin secretion/production also have reported effects on bone. These include the PPAR gamma agonists TZD's, FGF21, or PPAR alpha agonists. The effects on the skeleton vary depending on age and existing bone quality, and it will be interesting to learn how the newer drug classes affect bone health.
New diabetes treatments control glucose levels in several ways, including compounds that increase pancreatic glucose utilization and production (glucokinase activation), stimulate the selective renal excretion of glucose (SGLT1/2 inhibitors), or sensitize pancreatic beta cells to glucose levels and suppress appetite (GLP-1/DPD-4 inhibitors). As we gain in our understanding of the important interactions between bone and energy metabolism there is potential to design drugs with dual function, hopefully to treat diabetes and also protect the skeleton.
Skeletal interactions with muscle are also worth noting. A close functional and developmental relationship between bone and muscle has been appreciated for decades, which is not too surprising given their physical proximity and common cell origin and function (osteoblasts, adipocytes, myocytes, and chondrocytes are all derived from the same mesenchymal cell precursors).
The muscle-bone relationship is largely mechanical—driven by contractile muscle forces on bone—and important for maintaining bone health. However, there is evidence that muscle tissue itself acts as an endocrine organ, secreting a wide variety of growth factors and cytokines that may have the potential to alter bone metabolism.
Integrating muscle and bone biology to provide a multidisciplinary approach to research facilitates our understanding of the mechanism of action of emerging new targets in drug development, especially those designed to treat age-related muscle-wasting disorders and devastating childhood diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Regulatory agencies are requesting comprehensive testing of new therapeutics intended for juvenile or young adult populations in order to evaluate the effects of a compound on the growing skeleton and ensure its safety.
Finally, there is a growing appreciation for the fact that many bone cell-signaling pathways are common to other cell types, and therefore therapeutics targeting a specific pathway may have off-target or downstream effects on bone, adding to the complexity of drug development and safety testing.
We lose weight: we lose bone; we build muscle: we build bone; we become diabetic: bones become fragile. Bone fragility and treating the consequences of fracture is a major public health concern costing millions of annual tax dollars, underscoring the need to ensure that nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals are safe or beneficial for the skeleton.
Susan Y. Smith is a senior scientific director at Charles River. To learn more about Charles River science, please visit Eureka.
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Treaties as a Source of General Rules of International Law
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Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 3, 1962
Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 11-16
Attempts a theoretical explanation of the power of treaties to extend their rules to nations not parties to them – to rationalize, in a nonpejorative use of that term, the Court's citation of the Bancroft treaties in Nottebohm and its use of treaty provisions in other cases – and to provide a basis for the continued use of the contents of treaties in assessing the requirements of international law. Thus this paper is basically argumentative – it attempts to state what the law ought to be by demonstrating that the law as it is logically compels the adoption of the present thesis.
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DALLAS—Along with the obligatory replica of the Oval Office, the George W. Bush Presidential Center will house a less conventional collection of presidential artifacts when it is dedicated here Thursday: Millions of emails.
The one billion pages or so in electronic White House correspondence during George W. Bush's eight years in office are unprecedented in the history of presidential libraries, scholars said. They promise to offer an unvarnished look at the inner workings of the Bush administration that hasn't been possible for other presidencies.
But first, the roughly 200 million emails have to be reviewed by the center's archivists, a process that could take a long time. With current technology, archivists can only review about 800,000 pages a year.
"It's a fantastic resource," said Alan Lowe, director of the Bush library, located on the campus of Southern Methodist University. "Our challenge is, how do you preserve it? And how do you process it to make it available?"
The Bush library is at the forefront of a growing problem for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, the federal agency that keeps the nation's trove of historic documents. The digital stacks of information it has to process are rapidly expanding as more of the government's business is conducted via email.
Presidential electronic records went from none during the Carter presidency, to less than one terabyte—one trillion bytes—during each of the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, according to Sam McClure, deputy director of the National Archives' Office of Presidential Libraries. Electronic records then grew to 4 terabytes during the Clinton years, he said.
The size of the electronic library at the Bush Center: 80 terabytes. "It really is the new frontier of archival practice," said Mr. McClure, of the task for the center's staff. "They're setting the stage for every other administration."
During an event at the center Wednesday before the library's public opening, former first lady Laura Bush said her husband didn't want to build a monument to himself. The goal, she said, was to lay out the principles that they believed were important and to give visitors a chance to contemplate the decisions a president faces.
In planning the library, Mr. Bush's instructions were: "Put out the facts. Show what happened, and let people decide," said Karen Hughes, who was a top adviser to Mr. Bush.
Visitors have a chance to do just that in the Decision Points Theater. There, guests stand in front of screens and make their own decisions when presented with scenarios related to the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the financial crisis, as interactive displays allow them to heed or reject advisers' guidance.
Traditional mementos, such as a red-sequined ball gown from a state dinner and scribbled-on speech cards, also are on display.
The emails, however, will only be accessible to the archivists working on them, at least initially. Starting next year, the public can request specific items under the Freedom of Information Act.
While the National Archives has developed a massive storage system for electronic files, the agency is still looking for technology to sift through the documents more quickly, officials said. Each page has to be inspected—and redacted or withheld, if necessary for security reasons.
In addition to the bulging electronic archive, workers also have to handle the more traditional papers that presidential libraries have dealt in since 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt created the first by donating his documents to the government.
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So far, the National Archive has gone through 45%, or some 315 million pages, of all the papers housed in presidential libraries, with about 385 million remaining.
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A 2012 study by a congressional panel, the Public Interest Declassification Board, urged President Barack Obama to modernize the way the government analyzes documents and releases them to the public. In a previous report in 2007, it recommended that the National Archives hire more specialists to process presidential files.
The Bush Center will have more archivists than some of its peers—16 compared to 10 at the Eisenhower library, for example.
Dan Mahaffee, who coordinates research at the Center on the Study of the Presidency and Congress, a Washington-based nonprofit group, said the emails will allow researchers to get into the minds of top officials as they developed policy, instead of relying on memos written at the end of the decision-making process.
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As Buffalo's schools and teachers hurtle toward their own fiscal cliff in a battle at least indirectly centered on the role of parents, a quieter – but potentially more important – effort is under way that also needs widespread parental involvement.
Say Yes to Education has begun surveying students, teachers and parents in 27 district schools as a key step in compiling a database that will be used to come up with individual plans tailored to help each student.
While Say Yes made a splash with its guarantee of a free college education, the help that will be provided students and families based on the survey results – eventually compiled at all schools – is the real key to turning around lives.
The surveys, developed by the American Institutes for Research, went out to schools Dec. 14 and are due back by mid-February. While getting a captive audience of students and teachers to complete them will be relatively easy, it will be interesting to see the parental participation rate.
Consultants were disappointed at the response rate last spring when they surveyed and held forums while searching for a new superintendent. Similarly, participation at a recent districtwide parent assembly was disappointing. And teachers objecting to counting the scores of chronically absent students in their evaluations conveniently blame parents for failing to make kids come to class. That sticking point threatens millions in state aid as next Thursday's deadline approaches.
But as that battle drags on, Say Yes is progressing on the plan to provide the districtwide after-school and social service programs that many students need.
The parental surveys inquire about everything from medical, dental and vision needs and whether parents need help getting care for their kids, to how often parents encourage reading and whether there's Internet access at home.
Student surveys of sixth-graders and above ask about peer influences regarding college, the number of adults they can turn to with a problem, or attitudes about bullying or feelings of alienation.
The goal, said Say Yes Executive Director David Rust, is to pair the survey data – which will be confidential – with academic data to come up with a plan tailored to each student.
That might mean an after-school focus on literacy for kids whose survey responses indicate they don't read at home, counseling for those with emotional issues, or field trips to build up the "cultural capital" of those who've never attended a museum.
But it all hinges on the accuracy of the data collected in this "holistic" effort he calls unprecedented nationally.
"The expectation is that all students, teachers and parents complete this," Rust told a parents group this week.
As with all student data, this will be confidential, he emphasized in an interview. That should help allay any suspicions, like those that make collecting census data such a challenge when trying to ensure that minority communities don't get shortchanged.
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Part of the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is figuring out what kinds of physical activity works for you– which we all know can take years of trial and error. If you would like to "cut to the chase" and discover your fitness personality, join us for a brown bag lunch presentation with Suzanne Brue, author of The 8 Colors of Fitness: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness Personality and Create an Exercise Program You'll Never Quit!
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
If there's a musical instrument that has an intrinsically happy sound, I think it must be the ukulele.
Think about the opening strains of "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train or "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by B. J. Thomas. Or how about the quintessential rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" by Tiny Tim?
Isn't there a smile on your face now?
The ukulele's four strings, with their my-dog-has-fleas tonal order, combine to provide a pleasant listening experience.
The instrument is pretty easy to begin to play (with the added advantage of being relatively inexpensive), and can provide hours of fun for anyone who has a desire to learn.
If you enjoy the ukulele and want to learn more, you should come to the Mount Pleasant Regional Library on Saturday, Aug. 10. Local uke enthusiast Noodle McDoodle (aka Don Whitley) will provide two programs, one for children from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and one for teens and adults from noon-1 p.m.
You may have been lucky enough to have seen Noodle at the library in January, when he taught us some basic chords and strums and gave us an introduction to the uke. After that program, many people asked us if Noodle could do another program for us, and now he's back.
On Aug. 10, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Noodle will give an introduction similar to the one in January, this one aimed toward our younger enthusiasts. Kids are encouraged to bring their own ukes and join in, or they may want to simply watch, listen, and enjoy.
Then from noon to 1 p.m., Noodle will be back for teens and adults, to pick up where he left off in January.
Remember to bring your uke so you can get the most from this program.
If you need some songbooks to practice with, or if you want to learn more about the instrument, the library has some books you will enjoy. "Ukulele: The World's Friendliest Instrument" by Daniel Dixon provides an entertaining account of the instrument's history along with information about its current status. "The Ukulele: A History" by Jim Tranquada and John King will provide a more scholarly account.
The library has two great songbooks for hours of playing pleasure, "The Daily Ukulele: 365 Songs for Better Living" and "The Daily Ukulele: Leap Year Edition: 366 More Great Songs for Better Living," both compiled and arranged by Liz and Jim Beloff.
For additional guidance on the techniques of actually playing the instrument, you can't beat "Ukulele for Dummies" by Alistair Wood, and you might also want to check out "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Ukulele" by David Hodge.
Library programs
For children:
PLAY: DIY Arts and Crafts with Ms. Grace (all ages)
Saturday, Aug. 3 at 1:30 p.m.
Being crafty and creative is easier than you think with Ms. Grace's help.
Monday Matinée (all ages)
Monday, Aug. 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast. (1987). Rated G; 93 minutes.
Babygarten (0 – 18 months with adult; registration requested)
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesdays, Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 10:30 a.m.
Family Storytime
Thursdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 10:30 a.m.
For teens and adults:
Mount Pleasant Reel Club - A book and movie discussion group (adults)
Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m.
Read the book, watch the movie with us, and then participate in a lively discussion.
Book: "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich
Movie: "The Social Network." Rated PG-13; 120 minutes.
Second Saturday Writing Critique Group (adults and teens ages 16 and up)
Saturday, Aug. 10 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
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Monday Book Discussion (adults)
Monday, Aug. 12 from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
"My Reading Life by Pat Conroy."
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Joe Paterno was not Penn State. He was a football coach.
A great coach, yes. But still just a football coach.
Anyone who loves Penn State should love it for things like THON and Lift for Life and all the great graduates it produces. The people and actions make it a terrific university, not the fact that it had a famous coach and successful football program.
The cult-like worship of Paterno that has existed for decades -- and even still exists with some people who refuse to acknowledge his horrible decisions and crimes of silence -- is just plain wrong.
Love the man and love all he did for Penn State. But do not let that love be unconditional and blind you to the truth.
And the truth is this: Joe Paterno was not the man we all thought he was.
In a staggering fall from grace, Paterno went from being one of the most respected men on the planet a year ago to a man whose legacy has been disgraced because his silence and denial helped protect a child molester in the name of protecting his own image and the images of his football program and university.
Little children were raped because Joe Paterno stayed silent, along with Penn State President Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and school Vice President Gary Schultz.
Paterno isn't more or less to blame than the other three. They're all equally guilty because any one of them could have come forward at any time over the past decade and told the proper authorities about Jerry Sandusky.
In many ways, we are guilty, too, as a society.
We put sports figures like Paterno and celebrities up on a pedestal and celebrate them like they were more than what they really are, which are human beings who make mistakes.
I am not from Pennsylvania, which most people know by now, and therefore I have never fully understood the way many Penn State fans worshipped Paterno. I didn't grow up in this culture, didn't attend Penn State and didn't idolize him because he won a lot of football games and helped grow the university.
To me, he was a great coach, albeit one who really wasn't so great in recent years because he simply couldn't handle all the responsibilities of his job any longer.
Since I have been critical of his coaching abilities, many fans confused that as me not liking Paterno or having some sort of ax to grind. That couldn't be further from the truth.
I have a job to do, which is to report on and analyze the football team, and in recent years I did not believe Paterno was pulling his weight and getting the most out of the Penn State program. The Nittany Lions have gone 0-9 against top-five teams and 3-12 against top-10 teams since 2000, so to claim that the program was perennially one of the nation's elite was nothing short of wishful thinking by fans who long for the good ol' days that pretty much ended after the 1994 season.
The program needed a coaching change years ago, but Paterno was too stubborn to see that he was well past his prime. He had nothing else to do in life and was always afraid that he, like his good friend Bear Bryant at Alabama, would die shortly after getting out of coaching.
Sadly, that turned out to be the case for Paterno, who died of cancer in January at age 85.
Just as sad, his death prevented us all from knowing why.
Why did he cover up what he knew about Sandusky?
Why would a man who lived a life of what we thought was impeccable integrity and character make such horrible mistakes in judgment when faced with the toughest decision of his life?
We will never know the answers.
What we do know is this: Joe Paterno's legacy is largely destroyed, and he will be remembered by most people around the nation not as a great coach who did many wonderful things, but instead as a man who failed to protect children and helped cover up the biggest sports scandal in our country's history.
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at 949-7031 or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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The expectant royal rode an open-topped carriage and later joined three generations of the royal family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace.
On Kate's last official engagement before she heads off to prepare for life as a mother, she paired a pale pink coat from Alexander McQueen with an older, favorite headpiece – a Jane Corbett hat trimmed with lace that she had worn at a palace garden party last year.
Kate smiled and waved at the crowds as the carriage she shared with brother-in-law Prince Harry took them along the Mall to Horseguards Parade where the marching and drills took place.
As enthusiastic crowds along the route cheered her, Kate, 31, was seen chatting with Harry, 28, in the open-topped carriage.
Her husband William donned his ceremonial Colonel of the Irish Guards uniform as he rode alongside his father Prince Charles just behind the Queen, who was in the Glass Coach alongside her cousin, the Duke of Kent.
The Queen's husband, Prince Philip, 92, was noticeably absent. He remains hospitalized, recovering from abdominal surgery. On Friday, his royal relatives, including William and Harry, paid him a visit.
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Flanked by William and Harry, she turned to her husband as some Tornados flew over. The spectacular aerobatics team of the Red Arrows ended the show.
Watched by tens of thousands of people in the Mall below, the family headed back inside – and for Kate it was a farewell to the public before she becomes a royal mum.


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The Micro-Four-Thirds 16-Mpix Panasonic DMC-GM5 is a rangefinder-style mirrorless model with an attractive feature set, including a high-resolution EVF and some advanced video functionality — as well as, of course, access to a large range of native-mount lenses from Panasonic and Olympus, in addition to a growing number from third parties. Our lab tests show that the camera sensor performs very well, but that's only a part of the imaging chain. How well does this camera perform when coupled with some of the best performing lenses in the range? Read on to find out.
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The Olympus OM-D E-M1 is the new flagship model in the range and features a newly-designed pro-grade body and a modified 16-Mpix sensor incorporating on-chip phase-detection pixels for backwards compatibility with the firm's 4:3 lenses.
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This lens is too wide for full body portrait and distortion makes it also not very good for head-shoulder, or full head or even face only portrait photography.
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it's not
50 f/1.4 equivalent. it's not. it's probably more like 50 f/2.8 equivalent.
I wish I could use my canon 85/1.2 in a crop body and think of it as a 135/1.2 equivalent.
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Your comment makes no sense. An f1.4 lens is f1.4 regardless of crop factor, in terms of the brightness. It will have a depth of field like an f2.8 lens on full-frame.
Either way the same rule would apply to your 85mm f1.2. It'd be like a 170mm on micro 4/3, f1.2 brightness and depth of field like an f2.8
Olympus have announced a 75mm f1.8 for m43, coming later in the year. Will be much smaller than the Canon of course.


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Prosecutors said all the sidebar issues of money, hoarding and vendettas should be ignored and asked the judge to focus solely on the suffering of horses under Beth Lynne Hoskins' care.
The defense attorney contended that Hoskins is the victim of overzealous animal rights crusaders trying to use the case to rewrite the rules on how animals are treated.
Hoskins faces 74 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty, dating to March 2010, when the SPCA removed 73 Morgan horses she owned from her 50-acre East Aurora farm. The animals were described as underfed, underwatered, lacking in exercise and medical care, and living in filth.
In his summation Friday in Aurora Town Court, prosecutor Michael Drmacich skimmed over issues that he categorized as irrelevant in the case, including whether Hoskins' alleged mistreatment of her horses was deliberate or neglectful, whether the conditions of her barns and stables were due to a lack of resources or "plain laziness," and whether the defendant had a hoarding problem.
"It doesn't matter why this happened," Drmacich told Aurora Town Justice Douglas W. Marky, who is hearing the case without a jury. "We have proven that there was inadequate food and water, that there was neglect. … That these animals suffered."
"I'm not using that as the general term 'suffered from,' " Drmacich said, "I'm using it in the literal sense: They suffered."
He listed eight areas in which Hoskins, who had promoted her farm as a breeding place for high-end Morgans, had allegedly failed her animals. He said that his witnesses found multiple forms of neglect evident in every horse.
Hoskins' attorney, Thomas J. Eoannou, disputed the prosecution's characterization of the horses' condition, pointing out that none of the animals required treatment for lameness or any other serious condition after they were confiscated.
"This is really a debate between animal welfare people," he said outside the courtroom. "They are wanting to raise the bar on the minimum standard of care, and they are using my client to do it."
He argued that none of the prosecution witnesses had specific medical measurements that indicated abuse of the horses.
"There are no measurements, no math, no science," he said. "The animals were taken before they were even seen."
"They told her: 'Forfeit your horses or be arrested,' and Beth was the first person to stand up and say, 'No, not without proof,' " Eoannou said.
After closing arguments, Marky said that he would not make a hasty ruling in the case. There is already before him a motion to dismiss the case from Hoskins, based on what she is calling prosecutorial misconduct. Marky said he will rule on that motion Tuesday and at that time will have a better idea on the timetable for his decision.
Forty of Hoskins' horses have been returned to her; the remaining animals are still under SPCA care pending Marky's ruling.
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Attention, transit thinkers. Help out my chum Michael Lindenberger with something he's doing on DART. Michael tweeted this overnight:
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Let me broaden that invitation, hoping Michael will pardon my presumption, to include more than just "urban types" (though I know where he's coming from). DART, to make its light rail relevant and politically defensible across its service area, has to click with more everyday people in Plano and other bedroom communities. For that matter, many current stations in Dallas serve essentially single-family neighborhoods.
Garland and Richardson will never be retrofitted to resemble a dense urban scene, save pockets of development that might be clumped up around today's stations.
But take the Spring Valley station in Richardson, where the Brick Row mixed-use development was finished months ago. Retail has not taken off, and few nearby lots for town homes have developed.
Monthly light-rail ridership at Spring Valley was at 1,000 trips a day in April. That's down from more than 1,100 trips a day in 2006 and 2007, before the eco bust, and 1,300 trips a day when gas prices spiked in 2008.
So what's up? Richardson was able to encourage transit-oriented development, but transit use at the light-rail station next door went down.
What should DART or the city do, or what should they have done differently? Was this a poor place to invest in TOD? The one thing it isn't: a jobs center. The largest nearby employer is Fossil, in the old Blue Cross/Blue Shield HQ, but it's a hike. I doubt many people will be streaming from one to the other.
There's one other question that aches to be asked: Is there anything that DART or DART cities CAN do to dramatically increase ridership on light rail? After all, it's a hub-and-spokes system conceptualized and designed over two decades — the '80s and '90s — based on the assumption that the hub was the big employment center. And the spokes follow mostly abandoned freight right-of-way, where the purchase price was cheap and people wouldn't mind noisy trains zooming past.
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The official CBGB movie Facebook page released the first official poster for the upcoming release. It features a wide array of cast members, including Rupert Grint as Dead Boys' guitarist Cheetah Chrome. Check it out in all its glory by clicking on the thumbnail below.
A new movie still was also released this evening, which shows Stana Katic (as Genya Raven) and Cheetah Chrome in the CBGB club.
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For a man who plays songs without lyrics, George Winston�s music carries quite a message.
�I try to play as many benefits as possible � it�s a balance,� Winston said by phone somewhere in Utah on his drive to Durango for Monday night�s concert at the Durango Arts Center.
Winston is one of the top solo pianists touring, gaining international fame for his renditions of Vince Guaraldi�s �Peanuts� music as well popular arrangements of The Doors� music and other familiar works in addition to his own compositions.
�The music I play is about 99.9 percent North American,� Winston said. �I never looked at things like Bach and a lot of the classical Europeans. People play Bach, great, so I look at other things, like I�m still working on getting Professor Longhair right. Certain things that work, they work great and some things don�t.�
In the solo show, Winston also plays several pieces on guitar, to which he adds a seventh string.
�I like the addition of a low C string,� Winston said.
Winston�s latest CD release is a second volume of �Gulf Coast Blues and Impressions,� which benefits one of his most impassioned causes. Proceeds from both volumes will go toward restoration of coastal wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico region.
�They really got hit hard � first Katrina and then the oil spill � and there�s a lot of work to be done to get it right again,� he said.
The region has special meaning to Winston, who cites many New Orleans pianists such as James Booker, Henry Butler and Professor Longhair, among others, as his personal inspirations.
The Durango show will also include new samples from his upcoming albums; he�ll release a second volume of Doors music and a third volume of Guaraldi in the near future.
It�s also an opportunity for Winston to support two of his other favorite causes, arts councils and food banks.
In particular, he�s working to raise awareness for the Second Harvest program, which collects food from stores on the days that food would normally be discarded and instead freezes the food immediately for distribution to those in need.
He�ll donate some proceeds from the show to the Durango Arts Center and the Durango Food Bank, and all in attendance are asked to bring an item for donation to the food bank.
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quote: and in most cases you're stuck in a two year contract with a phone that will either get updated OS versions six months late, or not at all (hi Samsung).
quote: Carriers love Android because it forces hardware turnover to get new hardware, disgusting.
quote: With tablets it's even worse, the best hardware with the Tegra 3 is slower than the nearly year-old A5 in the iPad 2, and developer support for tablets is almost non-existent there.
quote: developer support for tablets is almost non-existent there.
quote: I like getting good hardware with lots of great applications so I can actually use it. I get that with Windows and OS X, and with mobile devices I get it with iOS. Dismissing a platform simply because Apple makes it while ignoring the overwhelming positives that it has is very strange to me.
quote: PC enthusiast I totally understand and am 100% behind
quote: You're not.
quote: The majority of your post is denial, particularly when it comes to app selection. Android development has stalled over the last year and has completely flatlined on tablets while it continues to accelerate on iOS. Here are some hard statistics: http://blog.flurry.com/bid/79061/App-Developers-Be...
quote: Another interesting statistic: Crossplatform mobile developers make $0.24 on Android for every dollar they make on iOS. This is before we get into issues of OS, marketplace, and hardware fragmentation.Neither are problems with iOS or WP7, and it's why the person I know who hates Android the most works for a major mobile developer. The Android platform is a headache given the return.
quote: Microsoft, the largest software company in the world, has nearly two dozen full featured applications for iOS. In just the last month they released Skydrive and an official XBox Live application for iOS. Microsoft Office for iPad will be out this year. The best you can get from them for Android are simple front ends for Bing and MSN.
quote: Then there of course is the issue of having applications that actually take advantage of this faster hardware, but we already addressed that above. One more hurdle.The platform just doesn't present a good value, not unless they're $200 like the Kindle Fire. I also understand wanting a larger screen or keyboard in a phone, but for me personally it isn't worth the tradeoff in performance, developer support, and manufacturer support with updates.
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Four jewellers possessing respectively eight rubies, ten saphires,
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Four Buffalo men have been indicted by a St. Lawrence County grand jury for allegedly operating a drug ring in the City of Ogdensburg.
The Watertown Daily Times reported today that the four were arrested last month at a city apartment complex. Charles J.H. Caviness, 24; Eldridge Gossom, 25; Andre L. Wilson, 40; and Tige K. Smith Jr., 24, were arraigned Wednesday on a charge of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony.
Ogdensburg police told the newspaper the arrests resulted from an ongoing investigation into crack cocaine trafficking in the city. The men were part of a distribution ring predominantly made up of suspects from Buffalo, police said, but which also included some residents of the city along the St. Lawrence River.
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quote: High fructose corn syrup is responsible for the plague of obesity and diabetes, but M&Ms are mostly plain old sugar.
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quote: I chuckle at the high fructose retards...too funny. It's not the corn syrup its the fork in fatty's hand.
quote: So you're OK with subszing the healthcare costs of the type 2 diebetics because they can eat whatever they want and get as fat as they want?
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The war of words between the Poloncarz administration and the Erie County Comptroller's Office escalated this week, with the county executive accusing the comptroller of damaging the reputation of the fiscal watchdog.
The administration struck back more than two weeks after the Comptroller's Office released an inconclusive audit on Department of Social Services protocols for recertifying recipients of temporary assistance benefits.
In a letter to County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw dated Tuesday, DSS Commissioner Carol M. Dankert-Maurer rejected the report's findings, calling it "deeply flawed."
"In a five-page audit report, 1½ pages are boilerplate audit terminology and nearly three full pages are dedicated to a discussion of records storage/retention and security and recycling totes, neither of which were within the original scope or purpose of the audit," Dankert-Maurer wrote.
Mychajliw has said the scope of the audit was expanded after Social Services workers told auditors that copies of sensitive documents from residents seeking benefits were being stored in unlocked totes, potentially exposing those residents to identity theft.
Meanwhile, in a news release this week, the administration accused Deputy Comptroller Teresa M. Fraas of using deception to obtain the DSS tote containing nearly 1,700 personal documents back in March. The tote and its contents have since been returned to Social Services.
County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz also accused Mychajliw of ruining the credibility of the Comptroller's Office.
"Due to the actions of his deputy comptroller and the release of this deeply flawed audit, Mr. Mychajliw has completely undermined his personal credibility and damaged the reputation of the comptroller's office," Poloncarz said in the release.
"The audit proves Mr. Mychajliw is more interested in manufacturing attacks on this administration for political gain than working on behalf of taxpayers to help improve county government. It is very disappointing to see that he has transformed his office into nothing more than a partisan, political attack dog. Erie County residents deserve better."
Thursday, Mychajliw defended the actions of his department.
"We covered this weeks ago. Because they put up so many roadblocks and they refused auditors access to their files, we could not complete the audit," he said. "We told this to the Legislature and the director of Social Services weeks ago. This leads me to believe that this is nothing more than a hyperpartisan cheap shot in an election year."
In her letter to the comptroller, Dankert-Maurer said Mychajliw's audit violated generally accepted government auditing standards. "The comptroller's office did not provide DSS with an opportunity for an exit conference, and did not allow DSS any opportunity to make oral or written comments in response to the audit," she said.
Based on those violations of the standards and the fact that the report offered no evidence that the department was improperly recertifying residents for temporary assistance benefits, "DSS rejects the opinions expressed by the comptroller's office," Dankert-Maurer added.
Fraas responded Thursday that those standards are only recommendations.
However, administration officials said Fraas assured them at the beginning of the audit that the Comptroller's Office follows those principles. They also said county law requires it. A June 25 letter from the Comptroller's Office to the County Legislature also offers that assurance.
The county comptroller confirmed Thursday that his office is still in the midst of conducting another audit into how Social Services recertifies recipients of Medicaid benefits.
"The Medicaid audit is still ongoing," Mychajliw said, "and we will issue a report on that, as well."
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Ron Rolston has been around long enough to know that the one thing he should expect from rookies is inconsistency. They'll be great one minute, head-shakingly bad the next, and the cycle will repeat.
Two of the coach's most prominent first-year players illustrate that perfectly.
Mark Pysyk couldn't have asked for a better start with the Rochester Americans. The defenseman scored during the season opener, which was also his professional debut. He regularly patrolled the point on the power play. Now he's struggling to get in the lineup and has been scratched in three of the last eight games.
Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, meanwhile, had a beginning to forget. The blue-liner missed training camp with an injury. He slowly got better but didn't earn a spot in the lineup until mid-November. Now he's paired with the team's top scorer and skating on the first power-play unit.
It wouldn't be a shock if the roles reversed again for the Buffalo Sabres' hopefuls.
"They're going to make mistakes on a nightly basis," Rolston said. "It's just getting through that and understanding that it is a process. They're not going to be where you want them next week or maybe the week after that. It's going to take some time, but to date I think they've done a really good job where they're at right now in the process.
"Once we get in the second half of the season, I think with those guys you're really going to see the difference in just their maturity, the situations that they're in ... the decisions that they make."
Pysyk and Gauthier-Leduc are high on the Sabres' list of defensive prospects. They were Buffalo's first two picks in the 2010 NHL draft, with Pysyk going in the first round and Gauthier-Leduc in the third. After stellar junior careers, they're dealing with ups and downs like typical first-year pros.
"It's a little bit different here, obviously," Pysyk said. "There's a lot of bigger, stronger guys who are faster. The plays happen a lot quicker. I've just got to adjust to that every single day. I don't think I'm used to that yet."
Entering Saturday's home game against Binghamton, Pysyk had played 26 times while putting up two goals, 10 points and a plus-3 rating. The former captain of the Edmonton Oil Kings averaged six goals and 39 points during his final two years in the Western Hockey League.
"I have all the confidence in the world that he's going to be playing here in this arena on a regular basis with his leadership and his ability and how he carries himself," Rolston said Friday in First Niagara Center. "He had a really good start, but again with all the young players it's just trying to find that consistency over the course of a long season and not taking that for granted, basically, that every night you're going to be in there. We have a lot of good defensemen back there, so a little bit of a rotation lately."
Gauthier-Leduc was a point-producing machine in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He had at least 18 goals in each of his final three seasons, including personal records last year of 28 goals and 74 points in 62 games with Rimouski.
"Right now I am having more fun on the ice so I play better," said Gauthier-Leduc, whose start was derailed by a lower-body ailment. "I didn't make it to training camp, so the start of the season was pretty tough for me. I was not in the lineup even when I was fine.
"I think I grew up as a player and as a person with that, but right now I'm playing and just enjoying my time."
Both players were known for their poise with the puck in juniors. Defenseman T.J. Brennan, who leads the Amerks in goals and points, has noticed that his blue-line partner, Gauthier-Leduc, retained that trait. Gauthier-Leduc entered Saturday night with two goals and five points in 15 games.
"He's got a lot of skill and a ton of patience," Brennan said. "He's a first-year guy, and he's got a lot of things to work and improve on, but I think we have a similar game and we can definitely help each other out.
"He's got to focus on his own end first, and I'm trying to repeat and bang that in his head because that's the most important thing. He's a great kid and he's a really good hockey player, too."
The rookies are quick to share the tips they get from veterans like Brennan. It helps them deal with the highs and lows.
"You know what each other are going through, and you can talk and help each other out," Pysyk said. "If you get tip or insight from one of the veterans, you can all share it with each other and help each other out. We're working together."
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A plastic surgeon in California is keeping it in the family by performing work on his young daughters -- even giving one teen breast implants.
Dr. Michael Niccole, founder of the CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Center in Newport Beach, Calif., gave his daughter Brittani, now 22, breast implants when she was 18. Brittani also had a rhinoplasty, ABC's show "20/20" reported.
Niccole told "20/20" he also operated on his daughter Charm, now also 22, when she was 10 to turn her "outtie" belly button into an "innie." Both girls receive regular Botox injections to prevent wrinkles and undergo other cosmetic procedures.
Niccole said he has performed surgery on other family members as well and felt comfortable operating on his daughters.
"Who would give them the time -- that extra little look during surgery -- more than I would?" Niccole told "20/20."
Though some may feel girls Brittani and Charm's age shouldn't be getting plastic surgery, Dr. Niccole defended his work as "maintenance."
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - A local man was arrested twice on consecutive days on suspicion of domestic violence after officers said he locked a woman in a room all night, authorities said.
According to a Truckee Police Department press release, officers responded last Friday to a 911 call from a female on Beacon Way. Officers learned the woman had been the victim of domestic violence and had been involved in a physical struggle with the suspect, later identified as Douglas Fleming, 52, of Truckee.
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But about what? So many things!! To do with anime or not?
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It usually is, but mayhaps we would like to talk about it once in a while. For example: several people on here like to camp. They could get together and talk about their favorite camping spots. ( mine is in the Allegheny mountains in New York.)People fear the strange and unusual. I AM the strange and unusual.
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First things first – I'd like to sincerely thank every single person that entered the Inspire Me! Holiday Entertaining Contest or passed the word on to friends and family – your efforts are truly appreciated!
Narrowing the entries down proved to be extremely difficult, so thank goodness for the talented & creative minds that graciously signed on to help with the process: Robyn Bomar from Mix Mingle Glow, Amy Belle Isle from Stem Parties, and Jen Berson from Jeneration PR. The 10 finalists are based on which entries had the most overlap from amongst the judges – but I'll also be featuring the individual lists soon so that you can see who everyone picked…as there was definitely a great mix in the overall group!
For now, though – let's focus on just the TOP 10 FINALISTS, which are listed below in no particular order.You can vote for YOUR favorites at the bottom of this post! (More details on the entries be found over in the flickr gallery)
Girls Night Cocoa Party
Submitted by: TDL (Rexburg, ID)
Judges' comments included: "Really cute party and wonderful DIY invitation. Looks like a fun party!" / "Love the or concept, details, invitations, adorable chocolate dipped marshmallows, and favors."
Retro Christmas Favor / Place Card
Submitted by: Erin Godbey (Greenville, SC)
Judges' comments included: "I just adore these place card favors. I love that they are so unique and go so perfectly with the retro feel of the entire table. Very well done!" / "love this idea!"
Whimsical Christmas Party
by: Kendall Shiffler (Dallas, TX)
Judges' comments included: "cute & colorful" / "creative & affordable" / "true HWTM vibe" / "I'd love to sit at this table – looks like a fun party! "
Swanky Snowflake Soiree
Submitted by: Celeste B. (Portland, OR)
Judges' comments included: "Love this party b/c it's simple and elegant." / "Amazingly simple idea to use scrapbook stickers for glass "identifiers"! Why didn't I think of that??"
"Time to Party" New Year's Eve Bash
Submitted by: Tammy Mitchell (Southern California)
Judges' comments included: "…the clock invitation is just a fantastic idea!" / "makes a fabulous statement" / "bold and elegant – just like New Year's Eve should be!"
"Joy" Digital Inspiration Board
Submitted by: gardenpartynyc (New York, NY)
Judges' comments included: "festive and fun with a great use of color" / "I feel happy just looking at this – it makes me want to bring the concept to life!" / and "love all the reindeer elements – especially those adorable cookies!"
Modern Chanukah Tablescape
Submitted by: Laura Gross (Milwaukee, WI)
Judges' comments included: "…I think her novel version of a menorah is not only beautiful and sleek, but just all around fabulous and so creative!" / "a wonderfully modern take on a Chanukah table"
Naughty or Nice Holiday Party
Submitted by: Chris Nease (Raleigh, NC)
Judges' comments included: "…clever theme for a Holiday party. Love the idea of keeping everything from food & drinks to decor in two distinct categories." / "Witty and so much fun, with impressive attention to detail"
Festive Red Cocktail Party
Submitted by: head of the table (St. Louis, MO)
Judges' comments included: "I LOVE this party." / "Great DIY treat favors!" / "The white feathers and metallic ornaments give this party a fun, swanky vibe…like being at a cool bar, only without the $15 martinis."
Gingerbread House Decorating Party
Submitted by: moggiegreen
Judges' comments included: "Creative place settings!" / "LOVE the set up for each guest (prefilled pastry bag, cookie cutter place cards, individual pieces for different types of houses(!), and cake board 'plates'."/ "The cookie cutter place cards are genius!"
And now… it's up to YOU to decide which entries will win the 3 Inspire Me! Contest Prizes – generously sponsored by VIVA® Diva Café and worth over $2500 total! You can select up to 3 favorites below.
Post a comment here telling us which entries are your favorite (you can mention up to 3).
Please use or include the corresponding letter to the left of the entry titles below.
A. Girls' Night Cocoa Party
B. Retro Christmas Favor / Place Card
C. Whimsical Christmas Party
D. Swanky Snowflake Soiree
E. Time To Party New Year's Eve Bash
F. "Joy" Inspiration Board
G. Modern Chanukah Tablescape
H. Naughty or Nice Cocktail Party
I. Festive Red Cocktail Party
J. Gingerbread House Decorating Party
Voting closes Friday, December 19th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be announced Monday, December 23rd. Thanks so much for participating!
Contest voting is now closed. You can still leave comments on the finalists here, but votes cast later than midnight December 19th won't be included in the final tally. Check back Monday for the winners!
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1MelissaF SAYS:
Wow, they are all so creative. I love A. Cocoa Party, D. Swanky Snowflake and I Festive Red. I love the way the ornaments appear to be just floating in the air in the Festive Red decorations. They are all beautiful.
2Sarah SAYS:
I love the:
A. Girls Night Cocoa Party
There were so many great entries! Thanks for the ideas!
-Sarah from Create
3Kim SAYS:
A – Cocoa Party & C – Whimsical Christmas Party are my favorites! They looks fun and laid back during the stressful holiday season!
4Erin SAYS:
naughty and nice – great theme!
5Joanna SAYS:
B. the retro Christmas favor is so unique and I love that its retro and miniature!
6kira SAYS:
I LOVE the G. Modern Chanukah Tablescape. You rarley see such modern and unique chanukah themes. It is gorgeous, sophisticated and festive all at the same time.
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8D.Ann Shiffler SAYS:
I like Whimsical Christmas! Simple inspiration with stuff you already have!
9girlrunningaround SAYS:
So hard to choose just one! But if I must–my vote goes to I, the Festive Red party. So classic and clean looking! Love it!
10Melissa SAYS:
I love H. Naughty or Nice Cocktail Party
What a great idea!
They were all beautifully put together though – well done!
11Kirsten SAYS:
A and G are my favorites, but they're all so festive!
12Meredith SAYS:
A, F, J…I need to have a party now! Love these ideas! Thanks!
13Janine SAYS:
A, C, and G have my votes! :) Congrats!
14Pam Nakamura SAYS:
G. Modern Chanukah Tablescape
15Jamie SAYS:
Loved C. Whimsical Christmas Party!
16Cindy SAYS:
Very beautifully done!
17Rachel G. SAYS:
G. Modern Chanukah Tablescape – elegant update on a longtime tradition.
18Jay SAYS:
I like Whimsical Christmas Party "C".
19Melanie Renault SAYS:
I go for H naughty or nice-sounds like a fun time to me!
20Megan SAYS:
I like the Chaunakah table setting, very sleek and stylish.


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Faked, Forgotten, Found: Five Renaissance Paintings InvestigatedMuseum curators and conservators recently uncovered a 16th-century painting beneath the surface of what they suspected to be a 19th-century fake. The painting, which been in museum storage for over 30 years, was evaluated with other works in 2013, when CMOA Conservator Ellen Baxter found intriguing evidence of its origins. This exhibition peels away the secrets of this and other works from the collection.06/28/2014 - 09/15/20144400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Play It Again, Marvin (A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch)Written and produced by pianist Kevin Cole, this world-premiere star-studded event celebrates the award-winning music of Marvin Hamlisch and provides an insider's view into his life through song, family videos and personal memories.06/28/2014Time: 8:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Music of AmericaThe Aeolian Winds play works for wind quintet by Copland, Sousa, Ewazen, Bernstein, and others.06/28/2014Time: 11:00 amLocation: Edgewood Club, One Pennwood Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website
Edgewood Symphony OrchestraEnjoy a free concert on the lawn at Mellon Park. Food is available on site from The Bagel Factory or bring your own -- you might win the weekly Best Brunch Contest.06/29/2014Time: 10:30 amMellon Park, Fifth & Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Bruce Hronsby & the NoisemakersBruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers with ChessBoxer.06/29/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Hartwood Acres Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Chamber Music Reading PartyBring your instrument, a stand, a friend, and any music you'd like to read. A piano and marimba will be on site. In addition to what you bring, the following will also be read: Coplands's Appalachian Spring, Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony, Saint-Saens' Septet, and more.07/01/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Bar Marco, 2217 Penn Av, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Fireworks ConcertBring your whole family and celebrate Independance Day with Istvan Jaray and the JSO. Fireworks follow the concert.07/04/2014Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Point Stadium, Johnstown, PAwebsite
Pittsburgh Symphony in the ParksPart of the Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, these free concerts, led by Resident Conductor Fawzi Haimor, feature a rousing mix of American music and audience favorites, including "American Salute," Overture to "Candide," the 1812 Overture and more.07/05/2014Time: 8:00 pmLocation: South Park Amphitheaterwebsite
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