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Kids Comics This Week – Wordgirl, Archie, SonicBrett Singer
This is a new column on Strollerderby. Every week I'll be highlighting the kid-friendly comic books that are hitting the racks on Wednesday, which is the day the new stuff comes in. But you knew that.
I get my weekly comic book fix at Midtown Comics (they're not paying me to say that, but darn it, they should). A complete list of new items is available at their web site. You can also get them via home delivery, but personally I think it's more fun to go to the store. Actually, comic books are one of the last items I regularly buy offline.
Here is a list of kid-friendly books this week, and also a few other items.
Abbrevations used here: TP = Trade Paperback, HC = Hard Cover
Kid Stuff
Scholastic: Wordgirl Robot Rampage TP, Ben 10 Alien Force Alien Complete Guide TP
There aren't any Wordgirl fans in my house, but at $3.99 the price is right. This doesn't appear to be a new book, and it's also not a comic. Perhaps this is the first time it's being offered in a comic book store. As for Ben 10 Alien Force, if you have a kid who is into this, you probably know it.
Archie Comics: Betty #181, Betty & Veronica Double Digest #173, Tales From Riverdale Digest #34, Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Vol 11 TP
The staying power of Archie Andrews and the gang from Riverdale is truly amazing. I read these stories when I was a kid, now my son reads them. The big upcoming event in the Archie-verse is ol' Arch marrying Veronica, not Betty. Horrors! Both of my boys are big Sonic fans, so Volume 11 of Sonic Archives is sure to please. Also of note: this latest Sonic book is in comics shops this week, but won't be available from Amazon until August 19. Don't say I never gave you anything.
Graphix: Magic Pickle And The Garden Of Evil Young Readers TP, Rose HC Color Edition, Rose TP Color Edition
I'm not familiar with these books. "Magic Pickle…" appears to be not a new title.
Borderline (Could Be For Kids Or Adults): Wednesday Comics #5
This weekly title from DC is a great idea — a large format comic with multiple stories by a variety of writers and artists. So far, I'm finding it to be a bit jumbled; some writers seem to know how to tell a story one page at a time and some can do an entire installment where nothing happens. The reason I say this may or may not be good for your kids is because some of the stories are a bit on the darker side. Nothing horrible, but I think it's not technically an "all ages" title.
Do NOT Show This To Your Kids: Boys #33
Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's "The Boys" is one of my favorite comics at the moment. The first six issues in particular are brilliant. This title is also filthy, so much so that you should not, under any circumstances, allow your children to see it. They will be scarred for life.
Expensive Toys That You Wouldn't Let Your Kids Touch: Iron Man Mark II 12-Inch Action Figure (Hot Toys, $159.99); Dark Knight 1/6 Scale Batmobile (Hot Toys, $450.00)
New toys come out every week as well. Many of these are "collectibles", which is code for "expensive." If a toy Batmobile costs $450, it is no longer a toy. At least, not one to be played with. I'm not all that into the collectibles thing, although I admit that I did buy the Star Trek pez dispensers and have not taken them out of the box. But that's different.
Here are some of the covers from this week's offerings.


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The Signs of Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) Second Coming
Signs of Jesus' (pbuh) Second Coming
The Signs from the Islamic Resources 6
64. Violent Rain
The Hour will not come until there has been rain which destroy all dwellings. (Ibn Ahmad Hanbal) An increase in rain and a reduction in grass ... occur because Doomsday is near. (Muhammad ibn `Abd ar-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p. 137)
The Hour does not come until all mud-brick buildings, except for the stone ones, collapse. (Ibn Ahmad Hanbal, Musnad vol. 13, p. 291, no. 7554)
Heavy rains and the subsequent floods are among the great natural disasters that cause many casualties. Especially in recent years, such events have caused serious material damage and killed many people throughout the world. The floods that affected Europe in recent years are an example. Heavy downpours hit almost all of Europe, causing floods and submerging portions of many large cities.
The seasonal monsoon rains that strike India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in 2002 left behind 900 dead. In China, on the other hand, mudslides caused by heavy summer rains killed 1,000 people in August 2002.52
65. An Increased Amount of Lightning
Thunderbolts will increase so much as the Hour approaches that when a man comes to a people, he will ask, "Who amongst you was struck by a thunderbolt this morning?" and they will say, "So and so and so and so was struck." (Ibn Ahmad Hanbal)
Earthquakes will destroy your homes, lightning will burn your herds, turning them into coals. (Nu`aym ibn Hammad)
The hadiths relate that the increased amount of lightning is a sign of Doomsday. As weather statistics indicate, the loss of possessions and the increased number of deaths due to lightning have become far more frequent in recent years. For example, in 1998 11 soccer players were killed in Congo when lightning struck their field. Similarly in 2001, lightning hit a football field in Mexico and killed 6 people. Aside from these incidents, lightning kills many people and animals each year.
66. Abandoning the True Religion and the Qur'an's Moral Values
A time will come when the Qur'an will remain only with its picture, and Islam will remain only in name. Despite being the people who are most distant to Islam, they will be given Islamic names, and though prosperous in appearance, their mosques will be in ruins in the sense of guidance. (al-Hakim, ad-Daylami)
A time will come when the Qur'an will remain in one valley and the people in another. (al-Hakim, Tirmidhi)
A time will come when people's faces are the faces of human beings, but their hearts are the hearts of evil. They are shedders of blood and do not avoid offensive acts. If you adhere to them, they protect you. If you trust them, they act treacherously. Their children are immoral, and their teenagers are unabashed. Their elderly, on the other hand, do not enjoin the good or forbid the evil. (al-Hatib)
A time comes when people will adopt the views of those who try to impose things unrelated to the religion as if they were of the religion, and thus unconsciously associate partners with God, when people will study to earn a living and make their religion a tool for mundane interests. (Son Zamanla İlgili Hadisler [Hadiths Related to The End Times], p. 68)
The hadiths dealing with the signs of the Last Day provide us with a detailed description of the period in which these signs will appear. For example, according to the above hadiths, the first stage of the End Times is a period during which religious morality seems to be applied, but in reality is one that almost completely rejects the Qur'an's moral values; a period during which the Qur'an's clear statements are overlooked, non-Islamic judgments are given in God's name, religion falls into discord, worship is performed for show, religion is used for personal profit and gain, faith depends on imitation, and so-called Muslims are in the majority while real scholars and sincere Muslims are in the minority.
God states that on the Last Day, the Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) will say: "My Lord, my people treat this Qur'an as something to be ignored …" (Surat al-Furqan, 25:30). The hadiths also reveal that, during the End Times, the Qur'an's guidance will be disregarded and people will stray from it.
67. Not Pondering over the Qur'an in a Sincere Manner
The Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) said that although the Qur'an will be read, its knowledge and wisdom will be ignored. This is another sign of the End Times.
It would happen near the time when the knowledge is taken away. I asked: "God's Messenger, how would the knowledge become extinct while we recite the Qur'an and we would teach it to our sons and then our descendants would teach it to their sons till the Day of Resurrection?" He replied: "… Do these Jews and the Christians not recite the Torah and the Bible without acting upon [the dictates] that are mentioned in them?" (Sunan Ibn Majah)
There Ummah will experience a time when people will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go further than their throats [into their hearts]. (Sahih Bukhari)
68. Muslims' Yearning for non-Muslims
The Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) said: "Surely you will follow the ways of those nations that were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit [i.e., inch by inch], so much so that even if they entered a lizard's hole, you would follow them." (Sahih Bukhari)
The Hour will not come until my people adopt every inch of the centuries-old traditions one by one. They asked: "O Messenger, as is in the case of Persians and Greeks?" The Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) replied: "Including those people who are like them." (Sahih Bukhari)
"I swear … that you also will follow in the footsteps of the nations that preceded you [e.g., Jews and Christians]. (Tirmidhi)
The hadiths of our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) state that Muslim communities will yearn for and imitate non-Muslim ones. This hadith might be pointing out the prevalence of those ideologies and movements that are incompatible with Islamic morality and yet are widespread within the Muslim community. Following the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, the spread of radical nationalist movements, especially in the Arab countries, is an example of this situation. Radical nationalism is a movement against Islamic morality, for it considers other nations as foes and demands a form of loyalty and love – which are actually legitimate feelings – to one's nation, even to the extent of harming other nations. It is an aggressive ideology. According to the Qur'an's morality, one's love and respect for another is not based on race, lineage, or material wealth, but rather on his or her faith in and reverence for God. Believers are brothers and sisters, no matter from which race or nation they may be, and so have to remain in solidarity with each other.
Western ideologies that sneaked into the Islamic world are not limited to radical nationalism. At the beginning of the twentieth century, other Western movements that were incompatible with Islamic morality were introduced into the Islamic world by some Muslims who blindly embraced them and were thus deluded. This is one of the major reasons for the Islamic world's instability and chaos, which has been going for more than 50 years. By God's Will, when Prophet Jesus (pbuh) returns, this situation will change and all Muslims will adhere only to the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and thus enjoy the true peace, stability, and security brought about by religion's true morality.
69. Fitna Alienates People from the Qur'an
Surat al-An`am, 6:26 speaks of those who keep others away from the Qur'an. The hadiths also indicate that corrupt manners of thought will be prevalent before Doomsday comes, and that systems that are far removed from truth and justice will come into being. These developments will cause great discord and draw people away from the ways of God.
Be prompt in doing good deeds [before you are overtaken] by turmoil [fitna] which would be like a part of dark night. (Sahih Muslim)
Before the Last Hour, there will be commotions [fitna] like pieces of a dark night in which a man will be a believer in the morning and an infidel in the evening, or a believer in the evening and infidel in the morning. (Sunan Abu Dawud)
70. Propagandists Distancing People from Islam's Morality
… At that period, there will be some summoners [propagandists] who will call people to the gates of Hell. Whoever answers the call of these summoners, they will cast him into Hell. "O Messenger, can you tell us the characteristics of this group of summoners?" The Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) answered: "I will answer, they are a group of people from our nation who speak our language." (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 382, no. 698)
There exists a great blind and deaf fitna [that is, the kind of fitna that makes one blind from seeing the truth and deaf from hearing the just], grand evil. Within this fitna, there exist some summoners [propagandists] who call people toward the gates of Hell. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 380, no. 696)
In the near future, there will be horrible fitnas that will render one blind, deaf, and mute from seeing the truth; rendering them deaf from hearing the just words … In the turmoil of fitnas, the interference of language into the fitna and its propaganda will, like a sword blow, ensure its spread. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 390, no. 720)
As the hadiths reveal, our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) informed us that some people will make propaganda in favor of immorality and irreligion. The present-day moral and social structures of some countries reveal the truth of this news. In fact, such propaganda spread by advanced communication tools can distance people from religion's morality.
In addition, the deafening and muting effects brings to mind the oppression exerted upon contemporary Muslims in many countries, whose regimes put pressure on the freedom of thought and hinder people from expressing their thoughts and beliefs. As we know, Muslims in some Arab and African countries cannot express their thoughts freely and are oppressed because of their faith.
71. Hypocritical and Fraudulent Clergy
God's Messenger (may God bless him and grant him peace), revealed that in the End Times, some people acknowledged as scholars will actually be two-faced impostors:
Wolves will give readings in the End Times. Let those who live to see those times seek shelter from their evil in God. They will be very corrupt people. Hypocrisy will prevail, and nobody will be ashamed of it and its manifestations. (Tirmidhi)
God's Messenger (may God bless him and grant him peace) said: "A man will wake up as a believer, and be an unbeliever by nightfall. People will sell their religion for a small amount of wordly goods." (Ibn Ahmad Hanbal)
He said: "In mosques, the voices of those who rebel aganist God rise, and those who commit those deeds prohibited by religion hold control over sincere believers." (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 450, no. 828)
Ultimately some ignorant people remain. When they are asked about religious issues, they give a fatwa ]juridical decision], although they are illiterate. This way, they pervert and also make others stray from the right path. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 463, no. 850)
What a pity for my community, because of the scholars who have gone astray! These are the people who make religion a matter of commerce. They approach the chiefs of their time to earn their living. (al-Hatim)
A time will come when everyone will read the Qur'an, perform their acts of worship, and, meanwhile, engage in bid`a [innovation in worship that must be avoided]. Yet little do they know that they become idolaters in a way of which they are unaware. They earn money in return for their reading and knowledge, and consume the time of this life in return for the religion. These will become the followers of the blind Dajjal. (ad-Daylami)
Those people who show no respect for the laws of Islam and who do not hesitate to use religion as a means for their own profit are described in the following terms:
In the End Times of the community of the faithful, people, those who adorn the mosques but leave their own hearts in ruins, who fail to look after their religion as much as they do their clothes, who forsake their religious obligations for the sake of their activities in this world, will increase in number. (al-Hakim)
72. Degeneration among Politicians
In the End Times there will be cruel rulers, wicked ministers, treacherous judges, and lying hodjas. If anyone goes to them, let him not be allied to them, help them, or show them the way. (Risalat al-Khuruj al-Mahdi, p. 182)
Some chiefs and rulers of states will … take [unjustly] what is not given to you [as the poor ones entitled to take] from the state treasure. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 380, no. 697)
Soon there will appear some chiefs who will confiscate your food and soothe you with lies. They will work, yet what they do will be evil. Their worst attribute is that they will not be pleased with you until you consider their evil as good and confirm their lies. (al-Tabarani)
One by one, the principles of Islam will be violated and some statesmen will misguide people ... (al-Hakim, Mustadrak)
One important feature of this time is the emergence of ruthless, cruel leaders who lead their peoples to disaster. The twentieth century was full of such people. These individuals, who adopted ideologies far removed from the moral values of religion, became notorious for the cruelties they inflicted and for the sufferings they caused due to war and other conflicts.
Chairman Mao had thousands of citizens killed solely for opposing him, and was responsible for the deaths of millions during his regime. Under the influence of fascist ideology, Mussolini led his people to a terrible disaster by dragging his country into World War II. Mobutu has gone down in history as one of Africa's most ruthless dictators.
73. Abandoning "Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong" as an Act of Worship
The Hour will approach … when good is abandoned and nobody enjoins it, and evil is committed and no one forbids it. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 480)
The Hour draws near, and the good deeds diminish. (Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rasul Barzanji, Al-Isha`ah li Ashrat as-Sa`ah, p. 264)
With the verse "Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success" (Surah Al `Imran, 3:104), God makes it compulsory (fardh) for people to enjoin good and forbid evil. People's failure to do so is a sign of the Hour as well as of Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) second coming, an event that heralds the great events due to occur before the Hour.

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Stetson hopes to continue the success it has had at home this season by improving on its 2-1 record at the Edmunds Center. The Hatters currently have victories over cross-county rival Bethune-Cookman and Florida Atlantic. Senior Willie Green, who leads Stetson with 13.2 points per game, also leads the league in scoring at home with a 22.0 point per game average in DeLand this year.
Lipscomb comes to town with an overall record of 5-6 and an identical 2-1 home record. The Bisons are coming off of an 88-83 win over Austin Peay on Dec. 19, making it 10 days since their last game competition. Martin Smith leads Lipscomb and is second in the A-Sun with an 18.0 points per game average.
Stetson holds a 12-11 advantage in the all-time series against Lipscomb, which dates back to a 67-59 Bisons victory back in 1962. The Hatters, however, hold a decisive 9-3 lead at home during the series, and won both matchups between the two teams last season.
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It's hard to believe that this year's Ribbon of Hope-Making a World of Difference 11th Anniversary Gala has come and gone! Just like Thanksgiving and Christmas, all that cooking and the meal is consumed in a flash. The good news is that the event raised close to $400,000!
The evening began with a wonderful Silent Auction and reception, with over 76 exciting packages being bid on by the guests in attendance. They also enjoyed the amazing sleight of hand by Magic Castle magician George Tovar and had pictures taken with the cirque performers on hand to greet and entertain them. During dinner, awards were presented to William C. Pearson of Ortho Biotech, James A. Bianco of Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Julian Adams and Michael Kauffman of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Rudolf L. Brutoco and Michael S. Katz.
A big IMF thank you goes to Master of Ceremonies and Guest Auctioneer Extraordinaire Robin Leach, who once again donated his time to making the evening the success it was. Members of the Los Angeles Support Group made up the bulk of the Dinner Committee and contributed greatly to helping the IMF obtain auction items, as well as selling dinner tickets and ads for the Tribute Journal. Many other IMFers from around the globe contributed to the success of the Gala, even if they themselves were not able to attend. Of course, we couldn't have done it without Dinner Chairs Sheila Field and Ruth Gilliam, and Auction Chair Carol Klein (who has agreed to chair next year's Gala!).
Next year's Ribbon of Hope-Making a World of Difference Gala is scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 2002, so mark your calendars. If you would like to be involved in the planning of this event, please get in touch. I am especially looking for people local to the Washington, D.C. area to serve on the committees.
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- Who is eligible for federal financial aid?
- How does academic performance affect financial aid eligibility?
- How do I apply for federal student aid?
- How do I apply for institutional financial aid?
- What is verification?
- How do I receive my financial aid?
- What are some tips for financial aid applicants?
Who is eligible for federal financial aid?
Eligibility for Financial Aid
In general, to receive aid from the Federal Student Aid Programs, a student must meet the following requirements:
- Be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen.
- Have a high school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) certificate, pass an approved "ability to benefit" test, or have completed a high school education in a home school setting that is recognized as a home school or private school under state law.
- Enroll in an eligible program as a regular student seeking a degree or certificate.
- Be registered with Selective Service if required (in general, if you are a male age 18 through 25).
- Meet satisfactory academic progress standards set by your school.
- Certify that you are not in default on a federal loan or owe money on a federal grant.
- Certify that you will use federal student aid only for educational purposes.
And, only if you have previously received federal student aid:
- Certify that you were not convicted for a drug offense that occurred while you were enrolled in school and receiving federal student aid.
How does academic performance affect financial aid eligibility?
Federal Student Aid Regulations requires institutions to establish and uphold policies governing financial aid eligibility as they relate to academic progress of financial aid recipients. The University of Maine at Machias (UMM) Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for continuation of financial aid eligibility incorporates and supports the University's academic standards and policies. Students must meet these minimum Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements in order to be eligible for student aid funds. SAP is measured once per year, generally after grades are posted following spring semester. Students not making satisfactory progress based on that review will have financial aid eligibility suspended and will receive written notification of their status.
How do I apply for federal student aid?
The first step in receiving financial aid is to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Visit FAFSA on the Web, and begin your application today! Students must file the FAFSA every year to be considered for all types of federal aid, as well as most university and state financial aid.
Students may apply for federal and state financial aid using the FAFSA any time after January 1 prior to an award year. UMM's priority funding deadline is March 1. This means your FAFSA must arrive at the Federal Student Aid Programs no later than March 1 to receive maximum funding possible. If you do not make the deadline, submit your FAFSA as soon as you can since applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis after the priority funding deadline. Maine's state scholarship deadline is May 1; if you are an out-of-state student, check with your state scholarship agency to determine your deadline.
The purpose of the FAFSA is to obtain for the family and school an estimate of the family's ability to contribute to the student's education from the Federal Student Aid Programs. The basic premise of federal student aid is that the student/family has the primary responsibility for meeting the student's educational expenses of the student. The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is also provided to the state scholarship programs for their use in determining eligibility for state scholarships.
Get an FSA ID. Student and parent should each have an FSA ID. FSA IDs are used as electronic signatures. Dependent students must include parental information on the FAFSA.
Gather income documentation for the most recent tax year prior to the academic year for both the student and the parents. The most common financial record is the tax return. If a tax return has been filed but the student or parent does not have a copy, order one from the IRS by calling 1-800-829-1040.
How do I apply for institutional financial aid?
Students meeting federal eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply for federal student aid regardless of income status. UMM uses the FAFSA to determine eligibility for University need-based grants. Funds from this program may be available to students whose EFC is too high to receive federal funds, but only if the FAFSA has been filed. Some UMM awards and scholarships are offered based on academic credentials as determined in the admission process. Others are based on living arrangements or specific award criteria.
What is verification?
Verification is a process established by federal regulation that requires schools to compare original information on your FAFSA to supporting documents such as tax returns or other income statements. Verification must be complete before UMM can disburse any federal or state aid to your account. Some verification documentation is collected on special verification worksheets. UMM will tell you which documents are required to complete your verification if you are selected.
Need help with IRS Tax Retrieval?
How do I receive my financial aid?
Confirmed scholarships, grants, and Perkins Loans are applied to your account in the Business Office after you complete all application requirements. Federal Work-Study is authorized by the Financial Aid Office based on federal eligibility requirements as noted above. Stafford Loans are disbursed via electronic funds transfer directly to student accounts when all federal application requirements are complete. You can review your UMM bill outlining your charges and any financial aid that has been disbursed to your account in MaineStreet.
What are some tips for financial aid applicants?
- Keep your address and personal information updated in MaineStreet.
- Inform the Social Security Administration of name changes for you or your parents.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office of receipt of outside scholarships, grants or loans, or changes in enrollment or housing plans.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office of any inaccurate information on your Award Letter.
- Provide all requested documentation in support of your financial aid application to this office.
- Read email from Financial Aid Office.
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Lost teen hikers found after making wrong turn
Officers find teens using GPS coordinates
New Hampshire Fish and Game officers have rescued three lost teenage hikers who missed a trail turnoff and got lost.
The three were lost about 7 p.m. Sunday in the vicinity of Mount Doublehead, about two miles from a trailhead in Sandwich.
Officers said the hikers had intended to hike Mount Morgan and return on a trail, but they missed a turn and were overcome by darkness.
They were able to locate the teens using GPS coordinates provided by 911. All were found unharmed on the Ridgepole trail at 9:40 p.m.
The hikers included 19-year-old Mathew Aronossky, 18-year-old John Nelson and 16-year-old Melissa Martin, all from Meredith.
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Anyone who has attended a Stetson basketball game over the last 50 years has probably seen them, but many fans probably have no idea who they are or what they do.
Over those 50 years, the Hatter basketball programs have been the centerpiece of several historical moments. The men were led by legendary head coach Glenn Wilkes and his 552 career victories, the women's program was relaunched in 1975 after a 28-year hiatus, the Edmunds Center was constructed and became the permanent home for both programs, and several future basketball legends competed for and against Stetson.
Two men have had a front row seat to it all. Tony Tussing is in his 50th year and Don Tutt is in his 40th year working for the Hatters at the official scorer's table.
"People always tell Don and me that we have the best seat in the house," Tussing said. "Well yes, we have the best seat in the house, but half of it is looking down and concentrating on your job so you don't get to enjoy just watching the game."
"With everything I do, the game just becomes a blur," Tutt added. "I'll get home later and I'll remember who won, but I won't remember specific aspects of the game."
Tussing, who has spent the last 47 years as the Hatters' official scorekeeper, keeps track of all player points, fouls, timeouts and jump balls in the official scorebook. Tutt, meanwhile, runs the scoreboard, updating team points, player fouls, team fouls, timeouts and the possession arrow.
Since a lot of the information tracked by Tussing and Tutt overlap, the men frequently communicate in shorthand to make sure everything is kept accurately.
"We developed this bantered conversation that flows throughout the game," Tutt said. "My fingers will get lost on the control pad and every so often I'll put the score on the wrong side of the board, so it really helps having that system of checks and balances."
"Don will tell me the time of the basket was scored, and he'll say it to me twice," Tussing said. "Then I'll repeat the score to him just to have that extra check."
A graduate of Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Tussing enrolled at Stetson as a freshman in 1961. During his sophomore year, he was taking a Physical Education class taught by then-Athletic Director Brady Cowell.
"Coach Cowell saw me one day that fall and he said, 'I know you are always strapped for a nickel here, a dime there, and I have a way for you to make some money. We'll pay you five dollars a ballgame.' I was going to the basketball games anyway, so he would come pick me up, bring me down to the DeLand Armory, and bring me home. That's how I got hooked into it."
Tussing didn't start on the official book. Another student, Yogi Watson was keeping score at the time, so Tussing ran the game clock for three years.
"After we both graduated, Yogi's work was making it very difficult for him to get to the games," Tussing said. "That's when I took over the book."
Tutt, meanwhile, enrolled as a freshman at Stetson in 1963 after graduating from Miami Edison High School in Dade County. Both Tussing and Tutt were members of Lambda Chi Alpha, but had different priorities when it came to school.
"We were fraternity brothers, but kind of off in different directions," Tutt said. "I was at the beach partying and Tony was working on graduating. I made my grades the first semester, and then for the next five or six semesters I didn't. It was the first semester my senior year when Stetson said they had had enough of me."
Tutt got his "pink slip" from the school on Christmas Eve, 1966. He joined the military in 1968. He was stationed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, Adak, Alaska, and for two years at a naval weather facility in London. It was in London where Tutt married his girlfriend Trish, who he met at Stetson during his first enrollment.
Tutt left the military in 1971 and returned to Stetson to finish his degree, which he accomplished in just one semester. In the spring of 1972 he started working on a MAT degree in social studies while doing some student teaching on the side. One of his professors was also the principal at the Southwestern 7th Grade Center in DeLand, where his old fraternity brother was already teaching. Tutt was hired that summer and began teaching the same subjects as Tussing, often in adjacent classrooms.
"Sometime that fall, Tony said to me, 'What are you doing tonight? I need somebody to run the clock at the Stetson game,'" Tutt said. "As a student I never attended a basketball game. I used to shag balls down at the park for the baseball team, but never went to basketball. I filled in a few times that first year and then it became permanent after that."
Over the years Tussing and Tutt have witnessed all kinds of unusual occurrences. Tussing recalled one situation where a pregame error with the book may have altered the outcome of the game.
"We had one visiting coach come up before the game and check his team's entire roster, put the starters in, and sign off on it," Tussing said. "Then about five minutes into the game, here comes a ballplayer wearing a uniform number that I don't have in the book. Of course there was the technical when the kid came into the ballgame. The game ended up going to overtime and Stetson won by two."
Two other strange situations occurred in the day when the scorer's table was located on the west side of the court.
"One time I'm keeping score and here comes a big foot right on top of the table, from behind us, not in front of us," Tussing said. "Turns out it is Gus Gibbs coming to do his famous Stetson cheer. He just came right over the top of the table. That was an experience-and-a-half."
Another situation involved a strange phone call.
"There used to be a telephone right in front of me, why it was in front of me, I have no idea," Tussing said. "But one night it started ringing. I picked it up and said, 'I can't talk to you right now,' and put it back down.
"About two to three minutes later it started ringing again and it rang and it rang and it rang while the game was still going. Finally we had a timeout and it started ringing again, so I picked it up. On the other end is this little old lady who said, 'I am angry at you all!' I said, 'Ma'am, what are you angry about?' She says, 'You haven't delivered my fuel oil yet! I have been trying to call you for the last 15 minutes!' She is just livid with me and I'm trying to be as polite as I can with her. I said, 'Ma'am, I think you have the wrong number because this is Stetson University.' "She said, 'Don't play games with me, I know I've got the right number, now get the fuel oil to me!'"
Tutt also recalled a memorable experience during a high school game that was being played ahead of a Stetson game.
"One night, we had a high school game sometime around 1977 or '78, and somebody came to the door and said, 'It's snowing outside!' The place emptied out, and all that remained were the players on the two benches, the table staff, the refs, and the two teams on the floor. There were probably 100 people or so who went out to see a few snowflakes before they melted."
Before the Edmunds Center was built in 1975, the Hatters played home games in several facilities. The old armory on Alabama Ave. was the primary home, but Stetson also played a few games at Winter Park High School and old Orlando Junior College (now Lake Highland Prep).
"They also played at the Orange County Convention Center when they brought teams in like North Carolina or Duke," Tussing said.
Tussing and Tutt worked at several of those locales, and they have seen several future NBA legends come through during their college days.
"We saw Larry Bird when he was with Indiana State the year they went to the NCAA finals, Charles Barkley when he was with Auburn, and Artis Gilmore before he took Jacksonville to the NCAA Finals."
The pair also saw the Stetson women's team host #1-ranked Tennessee in 1989 with Pat Summitt coaching and DeLand-native and future Olympic gold medalist Bridgette Gordon competing for the Lady Vols.
Both Tussing and Tutt have long since retired from teaching, although Tussing still volunteers at local elementary schools. He also serves as a track and field official and helps assign other officials for track meets at area high schools and universities.
There is no way to tell exactly how many Stetson men's and women's basketball games Tussing and Tutt have worked, not to mention the high school tournaments, junior college tournaments and Stetson tournaments that involve neutral teams. With an average of 20-30 games a year the figure for each has likely exceeded 1000 games.


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Diversity Initiatives
Diversity Initiatives
In keeping with Intel's Global Diversity leadership vision we developed a series of strategic initiatives to address our diverse employee populations. Our initiatives focus on delivering programs to develop, retain and connect our respective employee populations. The initiatives leverage the skills and talents of our leaders and provides our leaders with opportunities to be visible mentors and roles models inside and outside of Intel.
African American Initiative
This initiative has developed and successfully implemented programs to help develop and retain our African American employees. The initiative includes leadership conferences, mentor programs and the extremely successful Blueprint for Extraordinary Leadership program. The Network of Intel African American employees (NIA), an employee resource group and the Intel Black Leadership Council (IBLC) play integral parts in the initiatives development and retention efforts.
Hispanic Initiative
The initiative was formed to build enthusiasm, reach out and establish relationships with employees in support of the initiative efforts to attract, develop and retain Hispanic employees. Both, the Intel Latin Network (ILN), an employee resource group and Intel's Hispanic Leadership Council (IHLC) are key advocates and contributors to the Hispanic initiative program. The initiative programs include leadership conferences, mentor programs, 1st Year TouchPoint and Blueprint for Extraordinary Leadership programs.
Women's Initiative
The initiative builds enthusiasm among Intel's female employees by delivering programs that foster development and retention by leveraging the strength of Intel's female executives as visible, proactive role models. The Women at Intel Network (WIN), an employee resource group with 22 chapters located all over the world is the employee resource group which plays a key role in development of our women employee population. Intel's Network of Executive Women (INEW) serves as a passionate voice for women and champion initiative efforts focused on mentoring and development of women. Successful programs include Command Presence Workshop, Women's Principal Engineer & Fellows Forum and Act Now, Create Possibilities for Women and Girls/10 X 10.
Veteran's Initiative
This initiative's vision is to be the high tech employer of choice for veterans and their families. Intel recognizes that military service exposes Veterans to critical, transferrable skills that are highly valued in the technology industry and our commitment to this population will not only continue but will expand. The real-world, practical experience that Veterans bring to our workplace embodies the attributes that support our success as a company: leadership, dedication, and "possibility thinking." Currently this initiative supports programs both inside and outside of Intel. This initiative supports a nationwide mentoring program through America Corporate Partners which connects veterans with professionals from top corporations and select universities. We piloted a transition assistant program for veterans and their spouses at the Intel Computer Clubhouse located in Gum Springs, VA. We also have a formal relationship with Employer Support of Guard and Reserves (ESGR), as Department of Defense agency.


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The Optimum Physician Alliance has announced new leadership of the physicians group.
Dr. Thomas Rosenthal will serve as chief medical executive, and Dr. John J. Bodkin II, a family physician at Highgate Medical Group, will serve as chairman of the Physician Leadership Board, the physicians that provide oversight to Optimum.
Rosenthal, a family physician, is stepping down as chairman of family medicine at the University at Buffalo. He also is a founding director of the New York State Area Health Education Center.
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Kaleida Health and a group of physicians last year announced a plan to partner on a new, more affordable health insurance option called Align marketed to self-insured employers. Optimum is the organization that will represent the 500 physicians in the new "tailored network."
"OPA's goal is to deliver clinically integrated, lower-cost, higher-value health care for Western New Yorkers, and I am confident in our ability to accomplish this," Rosenthal said in a statement.


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Classes are canceled at Waterford Union High School because of a morning fire.
A sheriff's deputy saw flashing lights from outside the school while on patrol on school grounds after 5 a.m. Monday.
Once the deputy was able to enter the building along with staff members, they discovered smoke inside the school.
Fire departments were called to address a fire in a practice gymnasium. There's no word yet on how much damage the fire caused or why it started.
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The Detroit Free Press is reporting this morning that hundreds of union workers and protesters marched from the Lansing Center to the Michigan Capitol building, singing and chanting "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Right-to-work has got to go!"
There already were large crowds of people at the Lansing Center prior to the march, apparently having spent the night outside the building. Even Santa Claus was seen hoisting a sign with the seasonal message that the "GOP stole Christmas."
By the time the Republican state legislators vote to rescind the rule that all people who work in union shops must contribute to the union, the crowds are expected to top 10,000. If so, this will be the largest public protest Michigan's capital city has ever experienced. Protestors, along with hordes of media, will speak to this issue which Republicans say has divided the state, although according to polls cited by Ed Schultz of MSNBC last night, upward of 96 percent of Michiganders support the union position.
One group of union members held high a large inflatable rat and hoisted it up to the top of the Capitol steps. They called it "Snyder rat." (Rick Synder is the Republican governor of Michigan who is spearheading the proposed legislation).
Three "right-to-work" bills have been "fast-tracked" through the legislature without public discussion, committee hearings or any Democratic party support whatsoever. (see the actual bills below). The bills will make it illegal to require workers to contribute to a labor union as a condition of employment. The Michigan House and Senate passed versions of the legislation last Thursday, and House officials said they expect to vote on the bills sent to them by their Senate colleagues early in today's session.
At this writing, the House session has begun and the Capitol building has been closed because it has reached its capacity, according to Inspector Gene Adamczyk of the Michigan State Police. However, Adamczyk has also announced that despite the Capitol being "way over capacity," he would allow the police to admit 100 more people.
Members of the House began arriving at about 9:30 a.m. The gallery was filled with ordinary citizens eagle-eyeing their every move from above. Interestingly, some legislators simply stared back at the crowds or even stood at the windows taking pictures of the protesters.
"I just want to get it done," state Rep. Pete Lund, R-Shelby Township, said.
Protesters carried signs urging Snyder to act: "Snyder, veto right-to-work." Two large tents were set up on the front Capitol lawn. One tent was occupied by proponents of the right-to-work legislation. Needless to say, they were greatly outnumbered.
President Obama was in a nearby suburb just yesterday and expressed support for the workers and the unions.
As a retired paralegal and legal secretary, I have never been in a union. Lawyers are notorious for not allowing their staffers to organize. In fact, I once worked for a law firm in Chicago that represented a couple of very large unions. Yet that law firm would not allow its own employees to unionize.
And so, I am somewhat ambivalent about this issue. Most of my family members have always worked as union members, and I have therefore personally benefited from my family's membership therein. The same may be said of almost any job. Even non-union offices, factories, shops, etc., still benefit from the organizational work and pressure that union shops apply to employers. They benefit by causing non-union employers to have to meet union standards, whether in matters of pay, or health benefits, or working conditions in general.
Therefore, it may only be fair to require workers of a known union shop to pay dues to the union. If they refuse to do so, will they accept lower pay, fewer vacation days, lesser health benefits, poorer working conditions? I think not.
In reality, what is going on in Lansing today is the mirror image of the fight in Madison, Wisc., earlier this year. There, similar "right-to-work" legislation was foisted upon workers despite massive protest as well. These are not very transparent attempts by Republicans to break the last vestiges of organized "people power" in this nation-state. Unions and their membership tend to be Democratic Party members as well.
There is even an element of "sour grapes" and "poor loser" syndrome at work here. Republicans are still licking their wounds from their losses at the polls last month. Many see this move to destroy unions as a type of "backlash" or retributive comeuppance and reaction against the recent Democratic Party onslaught.


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26 June 2013
Shepherd Neame is reviving its Faversham Steam Brewery identity as the umbrella brand for a new range of Whitstable Bay beers. The Faversham Steam Brewery title was originally adopted by Shepherd Neame in the late 18th century, when it became one of the first steam-powered breweries outside of London.
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24 June 2013
Independence Day (4th July) sees the return of limited edition Samuel Adams cask ale Blonde Ambition. The 4.5% abv cask ale is brewed in collaboration between Britain's oldest brewer Shepherd Neame and leading US craft brewer the Boston Beer Company. The beer uses equal measures of US and UK Cascade hops, with Yakima Valley (US) Cascade imparting pine resin and grapefruit notes, underlined by the
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Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame appeared on Jeff Randall Live on Sky News last night. Hear what he had to say about the resurgence of the Great British pub, the growth of good quality beer and the never-ending winter…
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Customers were queuing at the door of Hadlow pub The Harrow, after it re-opened following a brief closure for an exterior refurbishment and garden makeover by new licensees and hospitality professionals, Simon Gray and Adam Jaroszek.
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Would you like to name one of our beers? We are taking part in the Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight again this year (27 Sept – 13 Oct). The first festival was held in 2012 to celebrate the county's most iconic crop.
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Apparently they are closing like, every road surrounding our house. We can exit through the back of our neighborhood. But early this morning the phone rang and the phone never rings. The school bus drivers are trying to figure out how to get to the kids. And then the beeping started. Right outside my window. And the banging and the drilling. We are so getting out of here.
We're going to Mommal's. The phone rang again. She called to tell me to send her a message on Facebook. She can't hear very well today.
Last night Ivy hit her mouth on the side of Carter's bed. She blames the blue jumpy donkey and its shenanigans when everyone was supposed to be still tucked in bed. The scene was gruesome. I'm talking horror movie conditions. Six stitches. Her beautiful gorgeous upper lip. My poor baby we are so getting out of here.
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LOCKPORT – Judges dished out stiff sentences in separate cases Thursday, both involving repeat felons.
State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. sent Deonte J. Brinson of Niagara Falls to prison for 15 years in connection with a Jan. 23 armed home invasion in the Falls that was blamed for the female victim's subsequent miscarriage.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas imposed a 10-year sentence on Dennis M. Schultz of Lockport for a home burglary.
Brinson, 21, of Mackenna Avenue, was sentenced after Kloch rejected a motion from defense attorney Robert Viola to have another judge handle the sentencing.
Viola said he thought Kloch had prejudged the case by announcing at the Nov. 9 sentencing of co-defendant Marcel M. Walker that Brinson was "going down."
Brinson had pleaded guilty to all the counts in the original indictment – two counts each of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary and single counts of fourth-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal mischief – in exchange for a sentencing cap of 15 years. He faced up to 25 years if convicted at trial.
Walker, 23, of Pierce Avenue, received four years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree burglary.
Viola told Kloch that at Walker's sentencing, "You basically stated you were going to max my client out."
"I told him he was pretty much going to get the 15 years when he took the cap," Kloch said.
Viola said Walker's four-year sentence was "good lawyering on somebody's part."
Kloch replied, "His DNA was not on the gun. Your client's DNA was on the gun that was shoved into the face of this young woman, who subsequently lost a baby."
Viola said, "I hope Your Honor is not trying to balance the scales [with a long sentence for Brinson]."
"That's a ridiculous comment," Kloch said. "I would never do that. I'm going to sentence Mr. Brinson for what he did."
The victim said she thought Brinson deserved the 15 years.
At the other sentencing, Schultz's attorney, Michael D'Amico, said his client is appealing the Oct. 3 jury verdict that convicted him of second-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, fourth-degree grand larceny and possession of burglary tools.
Schultz, 21, of Olcott Street, was on parole for an attempted burglary conviction when a sheriff's deputy caught him walking down Chestnut Ridge Road in Lockport about 5:30 a.m. March 14, wearing a dark face mask and carrying a backpack.
The backpack contained a man's wallet, a woman's purse, an iPad, an iPod and an iPhone, all of which had been reported stolen from a home on Ridgewood Drive in the Town of Lockport.
"It appears there are some mental health issues that haven't been adequately addressed in his life," D'Amico told the judge.
"He was on parole and was offered all kinds of help. He said he was too busy," Farkas replied.
"Unless he takes responsibility, I don't think he's ever going to move on."
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In this article, the HTS data from 195 assays was used to derive the "high-throughput screening fingerprint" (HTS-FP) of compounds; the HTS-FP provides biological descriptors that can be analyzed by computational methods. [Caleb Foster - Fotolia.com]
ASSAY & Drug Development Technologies offers a unique combination of original research and reports on the techniques and tools being used in cutting-edge drug development. The journal includes a "Literature Search and Review" column that identifies published papers of note and discusses their importance. GEN presents one article that was analyzed in the "Literature Search and Review" column, a paper published in ACS Chemical Biology titled "Rethinking molecular similarity: comparing compounds on the basis of biological activity." Authors of the paper are Petrone PM, Simms B, Nigsch F, Lounkine E, Kutchukian P, Cornett A, Deng Z, Davies JW, Jenkins JL, and Glick M.
Since the advent of high-throughput screening (HTS), there has been an urgent need for methods that facilitate the interrogation of large-scale chemical biology data to build a mode of action (MoA) hypothesis. This can be done either prior to the HTS by subset design of compounds with known MoA or post HTS by data annotation and mining. To enable this process, we developed a tool that compares compounds solely on the basis of their bioactivity: the chemical biological descriptor "high-throughput screening fingerprint" (HTS-FP).
In the current embodiment, data are aggregated from 195 biochemical and cell-based assays developed at Novartis and can be used to identify bioactivity relationships among the in-house collection comprising ~1.5 million compounds. We demonstrate the value of the HTS-FP for virtual screening and in particular scaffold hopping. HTS-FP outperforms state of the art methods in several aspects, retrieving bioactive compounds with remarkable chemical dissimilarity to a probe structure. We also apply HTS-FP for the design of screening subsets in HTS. Using retrospective data, we show that a biodiverse selection of plates performs significantly better than a chemically diverse selection of plates, both in terms of number of hits and diversity of chemotypes retrieved. This is also true in the case of hit expansion predictions using HTS-FP similarity.
Sets of compounds clustered with HTS-FP are biologically meaningful, in the sense that these clusters enrich for genes and gene ontology (GO) terms, showing that compounds that are bioactively similar also tend to target proteins that operate together in the cell. HTS-FP are valuable not only because of their predictive power but mainly because they relate compounds solely on the basis of bioactivity, harnessing the accumulated knowledge of a high-throughput screening facility toward the understanding of how compounds interact with the proteome.
Understanding structure–activity relationships (SAR) of compounds is a central focus in chemical biology. Activity signatures are generated when a compound's activity is measured across many assays, and these signatures can be used to group compounds that have similar chemical–biological interactions. This approach does not need to consider chemical similarity and depends on large well-annotated chemical biology datasets.
In this article, the HTS data from 195 assays (both biochemical and cell-based assay data) developed at Novartis over a period of 10 years was used to derive the "high-throughput screening fingerprint" (HTS-FP) of compounds. The HTS-FP provides biological descriptors that can be analyzed by computational methods. In the article, HTS-FPs are used to develop target hypotheses and construct diverse subsets of bioactive compounds, and it is demonstrated that HTS-FPs are biologically relevant through examining gene ontology (GO) category enrichments within HTS-FP clusters.
To test the utility of HTS-FP in virtual screening, HTS-FPs were compared to a two-dimensional (2D) chemical similarity searching method, ECFP4 (extended connectivity atom environment with radius 4). Overall, for well-explored target classes like protein kinases for which there are many different types of chemotypes with many similar analogs, ECFP4 performed better in retrieving active compounds.
However, since HTS-FP doesn't depend on chemical structure, this method was far better at retrieving chemically diverse structures with similar biological activity. For example, when performing chemical similarity searches for the phosphodiesterase type 4C (PDE4C) inhibitor rolipram, compounds that were selected by chemical similarity contained at least one moiety in common with rolipram, while in the top 1% of the HTS-FP clusters many unrelated compounds were retrieved such as xanthanine derivatives. For these xanthanine compounds there are public data confirming PDE activity, with one compound reported as specific for PDE4C.
Next, HTS-FP was used to build a biodiverse focus library. The entire 1.5 million Novartis compound file was clustered using HTS-FPs and a total of 710 384w plates that represent many HTS-FP clusters were chosen (to maximize biodiversity in a plate-based fashion). This was used for virtual screening to expand the collection. This biodiverse set was then compared to a chemically diverse set based on ECFP4. Both libraries were compared to a random selection of plates. Finally, from a set of 13 Novartis assays the percentage of actives retrieved from each library was assessed.
Again HTS-FP outperformed either random selections or ECFP4 except in the case of certain protein kinase assays. The HTS-FP–based biodiverse collection represents 15% of the entire HTS library but was found to cover 37% of the actives across the 13 assays analyzed and also provided improved coverage of diverse scaffolds compared to structure-based methods. As well, this method minimizes choosing chemically similar structures with no biological activity. Finally, the biological relevance of the HTS-FP clusters was examined. Since the HTS data included cell-based assays, the clusters could be enriched for certain targets, pathways, or cellular functions. Enriched GO terms were identified by looking at GO category enrichment within each HTS-FP cluster. HTS-FP enriched for GO terms more than random clusters (see Figure). As well, although compounds within HTS-FP GO groups don't share the same genes or structural features (see Figure) these had similar biological functions suggesting that such an analysis can be used to construct focus libraries to target a phenotype.
Doug Auld, Ph.D., is affiliated with the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
Doug Auld, Ph.D., is affiliated with the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
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LOCKPORT – More security is needed after hours at the headquarters building of the Niagara County Health Department, Public Health Director Daniel J. Stapleton told the Board of Health on Thursday.
The department shares the three-story Shaw Building, on the Mount View campus off Upper Mountain Road, with the county Mental Health Department.
Stapleton said that two days a week, Mental Health's clinics continue after the Health Department offices have closed for the day at 4 p.m.
"We need to make sure people can't just wander through the Public Health portion of the building," he said. "We find people wandering who we know are Mental Health clients because we're closed."
He said that a meeting is coming up sometime this month with County Manager Jeffrey M. Glatz, Risk and Insurance Director Jennifer R. Pitarresi and a representative from the Mental Health Department.
Mental Health has offices on the first and second floors of the Shaw Building, while Health Department offices are on the first and third floors, as well as in the basement.
"Nothing has happened, but we want to make sure nothing happens," Stapleton told the board.
Board member Dennis J. Barberio asked, "Are there security cameras in the building?"
"I've been told there are, but I've never seen them," Stapleton answered.
On another matter, the board approved a $750 fine against Mobil Express, 8721 Niagara Falls Blvd., Niagara Falls, for selling tobacco to a minor. The incident occurred during a Nov. 20 compliance check.
Assistant County Attorney Gary H. Lisowski said the incident may have revealed the need for more detailed regulations and training for store clerks.
"This is not the first clerk who said, 'Well, I asked them their age.' Asking the age is not enough. You have to ask to see the valid ID," Lisowski said. "They can say any age they want."
He said that, according to state law, "If they clearly look like they're over age 25, you don't have to ask for the ID, but it's not a defense [against charges to merely ask the person's age]."
Also Thursday, Stapleton told the board cuts to the budget of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the federal sequester controversy might have a local impact.
The Health Department obtains vaccines from the CDC, and the department receives federal aid for various programs. He said potential cuts "won't be limited to nonmandated programs. Even preschool [special education] is on the list."
Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed state budget would eliminate funding for the program for physically handicapped children, said Lisa M. Chester, director of the programs for children with special needs. "It's one of the only programs we have for middle-income people," Chester said.
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Fashion Week has wound down on a global scale, and we're kind of glad it has (refreshing Style.com every 5 minutes is exhausting). But we're willing to backtrack to Paris Fashion Week for a moment to appreciate Kate Mara of House of Cards' chic denim-on-denim ensemble at the Louis Vuitton show. Reports The Cut:
"The actress kept her outfit casual and her palette monochrome, pairing her denim tank dress with a matching jean jacket and indigo clutch. She finished off the all-denim look with a pair of ubiquitous snakeskin heels — suggesting that she may not be quite the brazen risk-taker that her House of Cards character makes her out to be."
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The "We Can't Stop" singer, who was hospitalized April 15 after suffering a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics, is battling a recurrence of the same symptoms and has been forced to postpone the start of her European tour.
"After a period of improvement, Cyrus' symptoms have returned and doctors will not permit her to travel," her management confirms to PEOPLE.
The 21-year-old, who was told that her allergic reaction could last for up to 27 days and remains under a doctor's care, previously postponed the remainder of her U.S. tour this month and has now rescheduled a concert in Amsterdam on Friday, and one in Antwerp, Belgium, on Sunday. She's expected to be well enough to perform in London on May 6.
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While some (like Peter Facinelli and new dad Jackson Rathbone) skipped the red carpet, newlyweds Reed and hubby Paul McDonald walked together, and the former Idol contestant waited patiently, sipping a drink while his wife did interviews. When she finished, he snaked his arm around her waist, then Reed gave her hubby's butt a little pinch before heading inside the party, where the couple mingled with fellow guests.
Lutz seemingly started the night with dessert: he was spotted snacking on frozen yogurt inside a VIP cabana, though he later grabbed a slider from a waitress's tray.
Facinelli and his on-screen wife, Elizabeth Reaser, spent the night hanging out together and drinking. She let loose, draping her legs over her male companion, posing for Facinelli's camera and later climbing atop one of the club's raised fire pits. He didn't manage to lure any other party guests up there, though he certainly tried, an observer says.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Infrastructure should be in place this summer to help attract another tenant or tenants to the DeGol Industrial Center, the former Samuel Rea Car Shop property, in Hollidaysburg.
Blair County Development Corp. III, a division of Altoona-Blair County Development Corp., which owns the property, is advertising for bids for construction of a sanitary sewer extension to serve about 40 acres of developable property at the center.
Bids soon will be sought for waterlines and electrical service, said Marty Marasco, ABCD Corp. president and CEO.
"We have looked at doing this for some time, but now we think it is an appropriate time to move forward," Marasco said. "There has been some interest in the site so we want to have all of the utilities in place."
The infrastructure project is being done on speculation.
"You need the infrastructure to market the property. We want to have everything in place. If a client is interested, he wants everything to be in place," Marasco said. "We may need to repave the existing access road, but we probably won't do that until we secure a client."
Blair County Development Corp. III has a master lease with D Holdings Inc., a division of the DeGol Organization.
DeGol is the developer of the property and has been working with ABCD Corp. to find additional tenants.
Joe Hurd, Blair County Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, said the project is good news for the area.
"The DeGols know the area and its potential the best. What they have done is another indication of a local business that sees positive opportunities in this area [and is] willing to continue to invest in what we have here," Hurd said.
Meanwhile, ABCD Corp. is awaiting word on whether it will receive $1.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration to help construct a new business park in Greenfield Township, which would adjoin the Walter Business Park.
ABCD Corp. has until June 1 to exercise its option to purchase the approximately 140-acre site, which includes about 75 to 80 developable acres.
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A Depew man was charged late Tuesday with assaulting a manager at a downtown hotel who tried to prevent him from stealing a flat-screen television, Buffalo police said.
Frank T. Porter, 40, and Heather D. Mongold, 23, both of the same Benz Drive address in Depew, tried to steal the flat-screen TV about 11:30 p.m. from a hotel room at the Holiday Inn on Delaware Avenue, police reported.
Ryan Nye, an assistant manager at the hotel, spotted the attempted theft and intervened, and Porter slugged him in the head and face several times, according to a police report.
Porter and Mongold also are accused of fighting with Detective Edward Cotter and Officer Stephen Schulz, who responded to a 911 call and placed the pair under arrest.
Porter and Mongold each were charged with burglary, resisting arrest and petit larceny, police said. Porter also was charged with third-degree assault and harassment.


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The town of Bedford is holding a public meeting Thursday to address concerns following a violent home invasion last month.
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Behind closed doors we came face to silicon with Sandy Bridge in its controversial overclocked state. But boy, did this one fly.
We got our sneak peek at this year's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco.
But speed isn't necessarily the real issue, and definitely isn't the reason for the controversy. No the controversy comes from the fact that with so much now integrated onto the CPU die - and subsequently plugged into the same clock generator, the baseclock - the heart-blood of the overclocked CPU, is now limited to around 100MHz.
This latest architecture from Intel then could signal the end of the road for the golden days of picking up bargainous chips and clocking the twangers out of them to, in essence, make your own £800 CPU analogue.
Previously we could take the likes of the Core i7 920, crank up the clocks, fool around with some voltages and ramp up the multipliers, then hit the same sort of performance you'd get from the absolute high-end of Intel CPUs.
With the Sandy Bridge chips though that is simply not going to be possible. The introduction of the enthusiast-facing K series chips this year, with their unlocked multipliers without the usual extreme price-tags, was a precursor to the only really overclockable Sandy Bridge chips.
Locked down multipliers
Sandy Bridge CPUs without the K moniker will have both practically locked down multipliers as well as that BCLK locked to 100MHz.
Dave Salazar, of the Performance Benchmarking and Analysis Group at Intel, was happy to talk about the locked clocks. "It is somewhat limited...it has to do with the fact that basically the ring-bus architecture, the cache, the CPU, all sit on the same clock domain. Bear in mind that the PCIe now sits inside the processor as well."
This means that when you try and up the baseclock of the CPU it affects a far greater number of parts reliant on that same clock generator. "While certain aspects of the part have greater tolerances to moving the baseclock," Salazar explains, "others parts do not."
The machine quietly humming away behind closed doors in the Advanced Technology Zone of IDF was one of the K series chips, and with a very healthy overclock indeed.
We are bound by NDAs, and by worries that large men in black suits will carry us away in the night. That means we can't reveal exactly what the speeds of this chip were, but running on air-cooling alone the overclocked Sandy Bridge CPU was running far quicker than the 4.2GHz you can usually squeeze out of the supposedly analogous current gen Core i7 875K.
This isn't a pre-production chip either.
Ahead of a 12 core Opteron
I couldn't get a final Cinebench R11.5 index score – the benchmark was running in an infinite loop to demonstrate the rock solid nature of this overclock – but Salazar was happy to say "it's north of that twelve core, twelve thread Opteron by a pretty healthy chunk".
And that AMD Opteron gets a Cinebench R11.5 score of 7.95, which compared to a Core i7 960's score of 5.48 makes the AMD server chip a pretty monstrous processing beast in its own right.
Salazar puts this healthy overclock down to the new relatively new production process as much as the new design, "that's the magic of 32nm making itself felt," he enthuses.
To be fair the overclock wasn't achieved just by virtue of the unlocked multiplier alone, there was a fair amount of voltage tweaking in evidence too.
"It is overvolted, Salazar says. "It's a pretty good overvolt, I'm not driving the hell out of it but it is overvolted."
So there's no worries then about the impressive overclocking prowess of the dedicated enthusiast K series of Sandy Bridge, but the non K monikered parts however will have a hard job keeping pace.
The future of Intel overclocking looks to be changed for good.
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