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Redeveloping the HSBC tower in downtown Buffalo will take significant public sector investment before it can be converted into a mixed-use building and an anchor for waterfront redevelopment.
Those were the findings of a high-powered panel of national real estate experts from the Urban Land Institute, who were brought into Buffalo over the last three days to review the prospects for the city's tallest building and to create a path for its reuse.
The panel agreed with the overall proposal by the building's owners for converting the tower into a "stacked" layout of office space, apartments or condominiums, and a hotel, perhaps with a restaurant and observation deck on the top two floors and retail at the base.
But it questioned the financial viability of those options without big public dollars to support the conversion, based on what could be justified by local market demand, rates and costs. The financing gap, between the cost of the conversion and the initial revenues, could total tens of millions of dollars.
"You're not going to see this happen without public assistance," said panel member Michael Reynolds, principal of the Concord Group, a real estate planning and analysis firm in California. "It's going to have to be mixed-use, and it's going to have to have public support."
The recommendations may face strong opposition from taxpayers, many of whom are tired of spending tax money to support the private sector, and from rival developers, who are often angry at any special use of government money to prop up other buildings.
Even Mayor Byron W. Brown, who was at Thursday's news conference after getting briefed earlier, would not commit.
But the six panelists stressed they are not suggesting a government bailout for One HSBC Center or a financial subsidy that would make other downtown buildings noncompetitive.
"We're not talking about making a gift of public funds. We're not talking about putting money down a rat hole," said panel chairman Charles Long, an Oakland, Calif., developer.
Rather the panel said the government has to be a partner in redeveloping an asset that is critical not only for downtown Buffalo but for the entire region.
Given the owners' need for cash flow, a public-sector fund infusion may be necessary in the short term, along with tax abatements, followed by other tax credits, condo incentives and a second loan or state money for the long term, said Steve Spillman of Pacifica Cos. of California.
The partnership could even involve the city or other government entity taking an ownership stake in the property, sharing the risks and the rewards with the New York City investment group that currently owns it.
That way, taxpayers would benefit from the investment, either through sharing the rental income or splitting the proceeds when the building is eventually sold. The private owners would still demand an acceptable market return, while the government would likely have certain expectations, such as additional construction or permanent jobs.
"It is not a gift. It is not a bailout. It's a partnership," said Ron Gerber, economic development manager for Walnut Creek, Calif. "It's not unusual. It gets complicated, but it can be like an annuity for the city. You're getting a return from the project."
Without such a plan, the 38-story building, which faces a $75 million one-time "balloon" payment on its mortgage in January 2015, would likely wind up in foreclosure or bankruptcy, with a new owner possibly unwilling to make the investments and only interested in slashing rents to lure tenants. That, in turn, would empty other buildings downtown and leave the overall market worse off.
"The do-nothing alternative is that the building gets sold at auction, and there is a considerable likelihood that the new owner will cannibalize the market," Long said. "The do-nothing alternative is worse."
Citing the "importance of this building," Brown praised the panel's "tremendous work." But he cautioned against depending only on the public sector. "We are certainly going to do our part to support this process on the community's side, but this is going to involve some reciprocity on the owners' part," he said.
The Urban Land Institute panel, which involved architectural, development, land-use and asset management experts from California, Texas and Indiana, was convened to provide outside insight and advice into what Long called a "knotty problem" facing Seneca One Realty, the owners of One HSBC Center. The 850,000-square-foot tower is now more than 90 percent occupied but will be 95 percent vacant by the end of the year after HSBC Bank USA and law firm Phillips Lytle LLP move out. The No. 3 tenant, the Canadian Consulate, closed last year.
The panel urged Seneca One to bring a developer into the mix, learn more about real estate finance, polish the plans, test and validate them, and create a partnership with the city.
But with the 10-year loan due, the loss of rent means the owners need a new source of cash flow by year-end or they can't afford payments and can't refinance. So the panel said the first priority is to deal with the balloon payment, by negotiating with the "special servicer."
"If you don't solve that, you won't know who you're going to deal with, because that special servicer may put the property up at auction," Long said.
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Hydrochloric Acid (Hydrogen Chloride)
Hazard Summary-Created in April 1992; Revised in January 2000
Hydrochloric acid has many uses. It is used in the production of
chlorides, fertilizers, and dyes, in electroplating, and in the photographic,
textile, and rubber industries. Hydrochloric acid is corrosive to
the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes. Acute (short-term) inhalation
exposure may cause eye, nose, and respiratory tract irritation and inflammation
and pulmonary edema in humans. Acute oral exposure may cause corrosion
of the mucous membranes, esophagus, and stomach and dermal contact may
produce severe burns, ulceration, and scarring in humans. Chronic
(long-term) occupational exposure to hydrochloric acid has been reported
to cause gastritis, chronic bronchitis, dermatitis, and photosensitization
in workers. Prolonged exposure to low concentrations may also cause
dental discoloration and erosion. EPA has not classified hydrochloric
acid for carcinogenicity.
Please Note: The main source of information for this fact sheet is EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), which contains information on inhalation chronic toxicity of hydrochloric acid and the Reference Concentration (RfC). Other secondary sources include the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), a database of summaries of peer-reviewed literature, and the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS), a database of toxic effects that are not peer reviewed.
- Hydrochloric acid is used in the production of chlorides, for refining ore in the production of tin and tantalum, for pickling and cleaning of metal products, in electroplating, in removing scale from boilers, for the neutralization of basic systems, as a laboratory reagent, as a catalyst and solvent in organic syntheses, in the manufacture of fertilizers and dyes, for hydrolyzing starch and proteins in the preparation of various food products, and in the photographic, textile, and rubber industries. (1-4,6)
Sources and Potential Exposure
- Occupational exposure to hydrochloric acid may occur via inhalation or dermal contact during its production and use. (1,2)
Assessing Personal Exposure
- No information was located regarding the measurement of personal exposure to hydrochloric acid.
Health Hazard InformationAcute Effects:
- Hydrochloric acid is corrosive to the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes. Acute inhalation exposure may cause coughing, hoarseness, inflammation and ulceration of the respiratory tract, chest pain, and pulmonary edema in humans. (1-4)
- Acute oral exposure may cause corrosion of the mucous membranes, esophagus, and stomach, with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea reported in humans. Dermal contact may produce severe burns, ulceration, and scarring. (1-4)
- Pulmonary irritation, lesions of the upper respiratory tract, and laryngeal and pulmonary edema have been reported in rodents acutely exposed by inhalation. (1,4)
- Acute animal tests in rats, mice, and rabbits, have demonstrated hydrochloric acid to have moderate to high acute toxicity from inhalation and moderate acute toxicity from oral exposure. (3)
- Chronic occupational exposure to hydrochloric acid has been reported to cause gastritis, chronic bronchitis, dermatitis, and photosensitization in workers. Prolonged exposure to low concentrations may also cause dental discoloration and erosion. (1-3,6)
- Chronic inhalation exposure caused hyperplasia of the nasal mucosa, larynx, and trachea and lesions in the nasal cavity in rats. (4,6)
- The Reference Concentration (RfC) for hydrochloric acid is 0.02 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) based on hyperplasia of the nasal mucosa, larynx, and trachea in rats. The RfC is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a continuous inhalation exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without appreciable risk of deleterious noncancer effects during a lifetime. It is not a direct estimator of risk but rather a reference point to gauge the potential effects. At exposures increasingly greater than the RfC, the potential for adverse health effects increases. Lifetime exposure above the RfC does not imply that an adverse health effect would necessarily occur. (4)
- EPA has low confidence in the study on which the RfC was based since it used only one dose and had limited toxicological measurements; low confidence in the database because the database does not provide any additional chronic or reproductive studies; and, consequently, low confidence in the RfC. (4)
- EPA has not established a Reference Dose (RfD) for hydrochloric acid. (4)
- No information is available on the reproductive or developmental effects of hydrochloric acid in humans.
- In rats exposed to hydrochloric acid by inhalation, severe dyspnea, cyanosis, and altered estrus cycles have been reported in dams, and increased fetal mortality and decreased fetal weight have been reported in the offspring. (4,6)
- No information is available on the carcinogenic effects of hydrochloric acid in humans.
- In one study, no carcinogenic response was observed in rats exposed via inhalation. (1)
- EPA has not classified hydrochloric acid with respect to potential carcinogenicity. (4)
Physical Properties
- Hydrogen chloride is a common synonym for hydrochloric acid. (4)
- The chemical formula for hydrochloric acid is HCl, and its molecular weight is 36.47 g/mol. (1,3)
- Hydrochloric acid occurs as a colorless, nonflammable aqueous solution or gas. (1,3,4)
- Hydrochloric acid has an irritating, pungent odor, with an odor threshold of about 7 mg/m3. (1)
Conversion Factors:
To convert concentrations in air (at 25 °C) from ppm to mg/m3: mg/m3 = (ppm) × (molecular weight of the compound)/(24.45). For hydrochloric acid: 1 ppm = 1.49 mg/m3.
Health Data from Inhalation Exposure
AIHA ERPG--American Industrial Hygiene Association's emergency
response planning guidelines. ERPG 1 is the maximum airborne concentration
below which it is believed nearly all individuals could be exposed up
to one hour without experiencing other than mild transient adverse health
effects or perceiving a clearly defined objectionable odor; ERPG 2 is
the maximum airborne concentration below which it is believed nearly all
individuals could be exposed up to one hour without experiencing or developing
irreversible or other serious health effects that could impair their abilities
to take protective action.
ACGIH TLV ceiling--American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists' threshold limit value ceiling; the concentration of a substance that should not be exceeded during any part of the working exposure.
LC50 (Lethal Concentration50)--A calculated concentration of a chemical in air to which exposure for a specific length of time is expected to cause death in 50% of a defined experimental animal population.
LOAEL--Lowest-observed-adverse-effect level.
NIOSH REL ceiling--National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's recommended exposure limit ceiling; the concentration that should not be exceeded at any time.
NIOSH IDLH -- NIOSH's immediately dangerous to life or health concentration; NIOSH recommended exposure limit to ensure that a worker can escape from an exposure condition that is likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from the environment.
OSHA PEL ceiling value--Occupational Safety and Health Administration's permissible exposure limit ceiling value; the concentration of a substance that should not be exceeded at any time.
The health and regulatory values cited in this factsheet were obtained
in December 1999.
a Health numbers are toxicological numbers from animal testing or risk assessment values developed by EPA.
b Regulatory numbers are values that have been incorporated in Government regulations, while advisory numbers are nonregulatory values provided by the Government or other groups as advice. OSHA numbers are regulatory, whereas NIOSH, ACGIH, and AIHA numbers are advisory.
c This LOAEL is from the critical study used as the basis for the EPA RfC.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB, online database). National Toxicology Information Program, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. 1993.
- M. Sittig. Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens. 2nd ed. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ. 1985.
- The Merck Index. An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 11th ed. Ed. S. Budavari. Merck and Co. Inc., Rahway, NJ. 1989.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) on Hydrogen Chloride. National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC. 1999.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS, online database). National Toxicology Information Program, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. 1993.
- California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines: Part III. Technical Support Document for the Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels. SRP Draft. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Berkeley, CA. 1999.
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 1999 TLVs and BEIs. Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents. Biological Exposure Indices. Cincinnati, OH. 1999.
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cincinnati, OH. 1997.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Toxic and Hazardous Substances. Code of Federal Regulations. 29 CFR 1910.1000. 1998.
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). The AIHA 1998 Emergency Response Planning Guidelines and Workplace Environmental Exposure Level Guides Handbook. 1998.

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The card has taken its lumps due to the ho-hum nature of the main event, it's only vanilla for those who demand title bouts. In reality, Michael Bisping should be man possessed in on his native soil, and Yoshihiro Akiyama was cresting nicely before Chris Leben used him as springboard for the Crippler's own impressive performance.
Additionally, Dan Hardy looks to rebound from his first loss in the organization, a humbling lesson in the value of well-rounded excellence learned from welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. That's always interesting, so it's gravy that his opponent, Carlos Condit, poses a challenge in and of himself.
The former World Extreme Cagefighting Welterweight Champion has been impressive since being absorbed into the sister company, suffering only one loss (in his debut) to Martin Kampmann and bagging two victories since then.
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I was playing wingman when Dave hooked up with Kelly, so I had to jumbone her friend.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
I recently took a trip back in time.
It was as much fun as it sounds. I met a lot of interesting folks along the way, both in the here and now and in the way back when.
I can't begin to thank the people involved in this trip: Jordan M Simmons III, Chuck Cox, Heyward Hutson, Mary Miles at St. John's the Beloved Catholic Church, Chris Ohm, and George Seago, to name but a few.
I'm not sure I'm back yet. Only the day before yesterday, I found myself standing where a young soldier sat reading a letter 114 years ago. There's something more than a little surreal in a moment like that. Your arm hair stands on end; you shiver deliciously. Surely Howard Carter must have felt like this at the doorway to Pharaoh's tomb.
Hopefully, Pharaoh, or in this case, the soldier, won't curse me. I rather doubt it – he apparently liked to share his experiences.
By now people have probably read my stories on Camp Marion, the U.S. Army training camp for soldiers who volunteered for the Spanish American War. Like the war itself, the camp didn't last too long – about four months – but it left a mark on Summerville in ways we may not realize.
For instance, it was known that Spanish American War soldiers helped build the first sanctuary for St. John's the Beloved Catholic Church – there is even an old stained glass window from that building currently in the Dorchester County Museum that bears an inscription dedicated to the memory of the 14th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1898.
But it is only within the past week or so that we have learned the names of two soldiers who helped build the church and three soldiers stationed at the camp – all of who went on to significant accomplishments.
Like all good stories, this one started in the middle on the way to a different destination. We received a telephone call from a man named Jordan M. Simmons III, who grew up in Summerville. A retired U.S. Army officer, Simmons had been researching the military service of his great-great grandfather, Private Jordan Swindel, who served with the Union's 35th Regiment, U. S. Colored Infantry, an all African American unit of former slaves and freed men enlisted in North Carolina. The unit was sent to Summerville prior to the end of the Civil War and like many from that unit Swindel would settle in Summerville in the area now known as Brownsville.
At some point, Simmons found a reference to Camp Marion and an African American unit commanded by a man named Charles Young. Before I knew it, I was on my way to 1898 Summerville and beyond.
I learned quite a bit. I learned of a man of incredible character, intellect, and courage who excelled and achieved great things in spite of the times in which he lived. I was honored to bring Col. Young's story – as best I could – to our readers. He is a man every person in this country should know and honor; that his memory has fallen into relative obscurity borders on the criminally negligent, in my book.
But as they say, "Wait; there's more."
As it turns out, I met two more interesting, accomplished individuals worthy of our honor and admiration.
At first I didn't have much information; no one seemed to know much about Camp Marion, even less about its soldiers. Aside from my research on Col. Young and a reference to St. John the Beloved, I had very little to work with, so I started making calls. Heyward Hutson, president of the Summerville Preservation Society, suggested I contact the church.
Enter Private Herbert Oscar Kelley, or rather, his great grandson, Chuck Cox of Altoona, Pa.
Cox recently contacted the church with information that his great grandfather was one of the soldiers who helped build the church. He even had pictures. Intrigued, I contacted him.
Here came the first Howard Carter moment.
Cox's great grandfather, among other things, was an avid photographer – quite a good one, as it turned out -- and had taken many pictures during the four months he was in Summerville. Cox, who a couple of years ago discovered all these old dry glass plate negatives in a trunk in his grandparent's house, has reproduced and saved the images and the result is nothing short of spectacular. What ran in the Journal Scene this week are snapshots of Summerville between Nov. 1898 and Feb. 1899, through the eyes of a young man with what back then would have been a fairly newfangled hobby. Photos no one to our knowledge has ever seen before.
Cox also had his great-grandfather's Bible, in which the young soldier recorded his duty stations, including his time in Summerville and his unit, company K of the 14th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Private Kelley's younger brother, George, was also here in the same unit; this is corroborated by an application for veteran's compensation George filed in 1934.
Herbert Kelley became a professional printer, labor union organizer, and veterans' affairs advocate; in fact he was the first National Commander of the American Foreign Service Veterans, now known as the VFW. George Blackburn Kelley would form a successful amateur baseball league.
That leads to one more quick aside: Camp Marion was located on property along what is now Marion Avenue, most likely behind the Halcyon Inn, which means that George the baseball player/fan/commissioner once lived, worked, and slept on property now owned by a major league baseball player.
How's that for a final nod to the gods of irony?
What an amazing journey, indeed – and my guess is that happily, it's far from over.
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Friday morning, as attendees began arriving at the Registration Desk, I had the pleasure of meeting our invaluable board members Mike Katz and Don Woodward, and Don's lovely wife Annette. There was a real sense of community and excitement as everyone assembled to hear IMF president and founder Susie Novis welcome all the attendees and introduce the retreat's distinguished faculty of Myeloma experts: Drs. Brian Durie, Robert Kyle, Maurizio Zangari, Mohamad Hussein, and Lewis Mehl-Madrona.
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Myeloma support groups from all over the country were also very well represented. At the donor Recognition Dinner on Saturday evening, Susie expressly thanked support group leaders Chuck and Pat Koval from Madison, WI, Andy and Cathy Lebkuecher from Atlanta, GA, and Ken and Mary Makowka of Wilton, CT. Representing the many local Florida support groups were leaders Vicki Anderson of Miami, Terry Nalband of Palm Beach, John and Dorothy Russell of Inverness, and Jean and Bill Brady of Broward County/Fort Lauderdale.
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In talking with first-time participants as well as those who had attended IMF seminars previously, it is very evident that no matter how many of these wonderful weekends one has been to, there is always new, pertinent information available. But perhaps even more empowering than the medical information you gain, is the knowledge that you are not alone, that there are many, many others who share your experience and who understand what you're going through. We at the IMF know this and are committed to being there for you every step of the way.
I had heard what an opportunity these seminars provide to patients, caregivers, and health care professionals to interact and get the latest information on myeloma in a supportive and empowering setting. But actually seeing the invaluable benefits that individual patients derived from one-on-one consultations with our expert faculty members, as well as the extraordinary sense of community and support, is something I'll never forget. I truly was not prepared for the heartfelt gratitude that so many of this event's participants extended to me and the entire IMF team.
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Many people start the list with one of the biggest influences on popular music in the 20th century, blues guitarist and singer Robert Johnson. He died in 1938 at the age of 27.
Another member is Brian Jones, a founder of the Rolling Stones. In 1969, at the age of 27, he was found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool.
Guitar hero Jimi Hendrix also passed when he was 27. He was found dead in a London flat in 1970.
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Our well-respected dairy products got special recognition when the USDA released its new, MyPlate nutrition education tool. The MyPlate program replaces the Food Pyramid which had been the government's primary food and nutrition symbol to guide consumers in their food choices and reflect eating habits that align with the so-called Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
As shown in the illustration, "dairy" (dairy products) got their own "space" right beside a plate that suggests a diet of vegetables, fruits, grains, and sources of protein. Notably, the vegetable space is largest.
Dairy's place at the table in the new guidelines (including milk, cheese, or yogurt) was viewed positively by industry leaders. "Dairy foods are rightfully being recognized — from the school house to the White House — as an important part of everyone's diet," noted NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak. "USDA's new MyPlate, the simple visual metaphor of a serving of dairy products alongside a plate, says it's vital to consume three servings of low-fat and fat-free dairy foods everyday."
"Knowing what we do about dairy's ability to reduce the risk of conditions like osteoporosis, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes, we think it's exciting that dairy is highlighted individually," said Jean Ragalie, president of National Dairy Council. "The location of dairy on the graphic really helps it stand out as an essential part of a healthy eating plan," she added.
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MUNCIE, Ind. - The No. 13 Ball State men's volleyball team won its fifth-straight match on the heels of a 3-0 sweep (25-14, 25-22, 25-17) of King College Saturday evening at Worthen Arena. Fifteen Cardinals saw time in the match that saw Ball State hit at .375 (44-12-85). The Cardinals knocked in a season-high nine service aces led by senior Urim Demirovski's career-high three aces.
With the win Ball State improves to 12-5 on the year while King falls to 7-12. Ball State has won its last 15 consecutive sets. The win marked the 296th win of head coach Joel Walton's career.
Freshman Brendan Surane and sophomore Marcin Niemczewski each registered six kills on the season while senior Matt Leske added in five. Seniors Urim Demirovski and Kevin Owens and freshman Alex Pia tallied four for the Cardinals while senior Larry Wrather, junior Matt Sutherland and sophomore Jack Lesure chipped in three kills.
Senior Graham McIlvaine saw action in two sets earning 19 assists and two service aces. Sophomore Hiago Garchet dished out 17 assists. Junior David Ryan Vander Meer got under a match-high eight digs to go with three assists while 11 other Cardinals tallied at least one dig on the night.
Ball State owned a 7.5 – 2 advantage in total team blocks led by Leske and Owens who added four and three assisted blocks.
The Cardinal held the advantage on the night in kills (44-28), assists (40-25) and service aces (9-3).
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Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) reacted angrily to testimony by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni and other health research advocates that painted a grim picture for the advancement of federally funded medical research. Sen. Specter, chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee responsible for health funding, called on advocacy groups around the nation to pressure their senators, representatives, and the White House to reverse the negative funding trend for the National Institutes of Health at a hearing on May 19, 2006 in Washington, DC.
According to a report in CQ HealthBeat, "the nation is at risk of losing much of the payoff from the 1998-2003 doubling of the NIH budget because of persistent flat funding" since then.
NIH Director Zerhouni said that the "most important impact on research" of the funding decline over the past three years "is loss of scientists." Richard Knapp, chairman of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, testified that the flat funding of NIH since 2003 lost more than $3 billion of funding since 2003, translating into an 11 percent loss of purchasing power for NIH. If the administration's proposal for fiscal year 2007 were to pass, it would mean a loss of at least 1,570 research grants as compared to 2004.
Zerhouni added that "medical research cannot be funded through ups and downs. We have to sustain investment over time."
Zerhoui's comments are particularly distressing for cancer advocates who understand that we now live in the most promising time to make many—if not most—cancers chronic conditions in the foreseeable future.
Sen. Specter said advocacy groups should hold protests against 27 Republican senators who voted against the Specter-Harkin Amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution to increase NIH funding. "You ought to march on them in their cities...This is a battle that has to be waged by the 110 million Americans that are suffering from these illnesses in the United States," said Specter at the hearing.
Sen. Harkin also commented, "We did not work hard to double the funding of NIH to have it plateau off."
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Although $4.1 billion was shifted from defense spending to medical programs, it fell far short of the $7.2 billion increase approved by the Senate. Under the leadership of Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE), the bill included a $3.1 billion "reserve fund" which, in plain English, means that it is the intention of the House to find additional programs to cut to offset the proposed increase.
If successful, taken together the two amounts in the House bill would equal an increase approved earlier this year by the Senate. But the real effect is to continue an uncertain trend for the remainder of the legislative year.
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November 29, 2013
Ever notice, fellow taxpayers, how liberals are quick to inform us we're not sending enough of our hard-earned dollars to Charleston and Washington? It's happening again in West Virginia....
Liberals NEVER think taxes are too high.
FACT: WV was FIRST state to start a SALES TAX. Liberals of course!!!!
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I am a liberal and I disagree wholeheartedly with the premise of this piece - including the title. Taxes are certainly not too low, but priorities are completely out of whack. My earlier post alluded to this, but let me just say that a federal budget is a moral document and the values we claim to cherish are either upheld of mocked when we begin writing checks. I would much rather invest in education, training, and the arts for our children's future than pouring generations of tax dollars into corporate entitlement programs. I would rather see investments in infrastructure than bloated defense spending designed not to protect our country but to soak up billions of tax dollars in no-bid contracts by Halliburton, Lockheed Martin, and the like. I would rather see energy subsidies going to help pay for those who are shivering in the cold tonight than massive tax giveaways to oil companies in exchange for votes on election day.
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While Republicans seek to cut spending of social programs that help save the least among us, they work overtime to preserve the Bush-era entitlement programs for the wealthy. Cutting spending is a good idea - but let's cut it where it needs to be cut - massive subsidies for oil companies, farm subsidies for corporate farms, a swollen defense budget hidden from view, etc. Haven't we had enough corporate robbery of our national treasure in the last 8 years? Imagine how much universal single-payer health care coverage that would provide!
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Typical liberal answer to every problem.
Don't hold your breathe waiting for democrats to cut their habitual spending habits instead of punishing citizens with more and higher taxes. They don't care about the people; only how much more $$$ they can get from YOU!
Stop voting democrats in office. Do you like all these taxes?
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LOL. Dems are losing big time over their tax, tax and tax response to every problem.
First thing Governor Tomblin does? Give himself a RAISE! Search and just see how many times this liberal jerk has given himself and his other clowns big pay raises while only giving the citizens' TAX raises!!!
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`` From the extent of our country, its diversified interests, different pursuits, and different habits, it is too obvious for argument that a single consolidated government would be wholly inadequate to watch over and protect its interests; and every friend of our free institutions should be always prepared to maintain unimpaired and in full vigor the rights and sovereignty of the States and to confine the action of the General Government strictly to the sphere of its appropriate duties."
Jackson was the first, and LAST, president to PAY OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT. Sadly, that was 175 years ago. The Fed has rigged the system so that they get paid interest BEFORE Social Security and veterans hospitals are funded.
WAKE UP AMERICANS--YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING LEGALLY SCAMMED FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS! Their use of Jackson on $20 note is a MOCKERY, NOT AN HONOR! Learn about his legacy they've been suppressing!
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`` Every attempt to exercise power beyond these limits should be promptly and firmly opposed, for one evil example will lead to other measures still more mischievous; and if the principle of constructive powers or supposed advantages or temporary circumstances shall ever be permitted to justify the assumption of a power not given by the Constitution, the General Government will before long absorb all the powers of legislation, and you will have in effect but one consolidated government..."
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Ahem... from the liberal perspective, as much as they take, it's NEVER ENOUGH!
The American people would do well to heed these TIMELESS WORDS OF WISDOM from President Jackson's Farewell Address:
``It is well known that there have always been those amongst us who wish to enlarge the powers of the General Government, and experience would seem to indicate that there is a tendency on the part of this Government to overstep the boundaries marked out for it by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created, and its powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for claiming anything beyond them...'
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Parents-to-be Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum brought a very special guest to Sunday night's 85th Annual Academy Awards – wearing a black lace, backless dress by Rachel Roy, Dewan-Tatum, 32, showed off her new curves, while husband Tatum revealed where their baby will be born.
"I'm walking the carpet, trying to keep it together tonight but we're good!" a radiant Dewan-Tatum told Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet Sunday night.
When asked by Seacrest if the couple had any plans to slow down for some "family time," Tatum, 32, replied: "We're gonna actually have the baby in London while I'm shooting so there will be no downtime whatsoever after that."
Tatum – who was named PEOPLE's 2012 Sexiest Man Alive – recently told PEOPLE that he's doing his homework before the baby arrives.
"I have never changed a diaper before, so I may need some help learning," the actor said at the time. "I don't have friends who have kids, so it's going to be an interesting experience to learn how to change a diaper."
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(Shit - Axe) The overwhelming, sense-attacking, smell that results from a rapid fire farting session, involving two or more males, which is then attempted to be covered up by spraying an inappropriately large amount of Axe spray deoderant.
Nick, after spraying Axe to cover up a recent farting session, realized only too late that no good would come of it... only the terrible Shax smell.
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1.(n): A derivative form of the word "shit", originating from the glorious Galen, a.k.a. Heap-master Gebbs.
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Setting up a drug court is a community effort, according to those seasoned in West Virginia's judiciary.
In an effort to curb the prison population and save money, legislators on the House judiciary and House finance committees Tuesday passed SB371, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's prison reform bill, with an amendment that requires counties to participate in drug court programs.
There is not currently a drug court program set up in the 23rd circuit, which serves Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson counties. However, the existence of the Berkeley Jefferson Day Report Center is a step toward establishing one.
In order for a community to start a drug court, there must be a day report center, which provides personnel to implement treatment for the drug court system, said Judge John Treadway, a drug court judge in the 22nd circuit, which serves Hardy, Hampshire and Pendleton counties.
A community must then have a drug court coordinator - usually a probation officer - and a judge willing to be involved in the treatment team. The treatment team consists of several diverse individuals, such as a defense attorney, someone in law enforcement and members of the day report center.
"To get a wide variety of different views on a treatment team is extremely important," Treadway said.
The treatment team meets once per week to discuss the progress, or lack thereof, of participants, and make decisions based on the check-ins. Only non-violent offenders are qualified for drug court programs.
Incarceration is the last resort for drug courts, said Sen. Donald Cookman, D-Hampshire. Cookman, a former judge, was part of implementing the 22nd circuit's drug court two years ago.
Treadway said penitentiary sentences are often ineffective when it comes to the treatment of an individual's drug abuse and reducing recidivism rates.
"Those people come back from the penitentiary with very little treatment," Treadway said. "They come back with no treatment and invariably they reoffend, and they start to use again."
Overall, the 22nd circuit drug court has had 51 participants and a 70 percent success rate - a number Treadway considers a show of success.
Drug courts can be a difficult concept to understand, Cookman said. While the public, and even himself, tend to think being tough on crime is the answer, some see drug court programs as a softer punishment.
"It's not easy for somebody to go through drug court," Cookman said. "It takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice on their part.
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7 Words That Only Bad Movies Have in Their Titles
You can tell a lot about a movie from a single word in its title, and that's lucky, because one is exactly how many words your potential audience is willing to remember. Some words in movie titles always fulfill your expectations. Words like "Rambo" or "anal." But there are certain words that make a promise of awesome and never, ever deliver. I went through every word and every movie that has ever existed and found the seven best examples.
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These figures are based on the exact number of unique films a determined lunatic could own featuring specific words in their titles. Keep in mind that movie titling is not an exact science. Movies are constantly being renamed and redistributed, and 60 to 70 percent of all movie names are designed to trick idiots. As any kung fu enthusiast can tell you, one Bruce Li or Bruce Le film without vampires can be sold as Bruce Lee vs. Dracula, Fist the Vampire or Bruce Lee's Tits and Bats 2: None of Those Things. If you're really unlucky, you may end up getting all three of those same films in one box set.
In addition to duplicates being thrown out, I eliminated documentaries and short films. Japanese cartoons weren't included, since they were all named with a word blender and exist only to dissolve the viewer's genitals. In your face, already bullied innocents! I also left out titles that were intentionally silly. I didn't need wackiness clouding my data, and I was dealing with enough irony deciding whether a Steven Seagal film should be considered Awesome or Garbage. Speaking of, I of course accounted for the accidentally awesome in my data.
#7. "Cop"
There's a reason there are 150 movies with the word "cop" in the title. They fight crime during the day and jump out of ladies' birthday cakes during the night. That should make a great movie, but look at these alarming "cop" title numbers:
For every insane idea any filmmaker has ever had, someone in Hong Kong has added the word "cop" to it and made it with a quarter of the budget and 30 times the stuntman casualties. As they said in Supercop, "Super cops in Hong Kong are cheap and plentiful like commodities in supermarkets." That's mostly because I don't think they know what that word means. Hardly any of their "cop" movies are about policemen. Shit, even my knockoff Zyprexa came with an instructional video called Laser Cop Precinct.
Oh, that makes sense. I guess in Cantonese the word "cop" really does translate to "Don't give a damn."
The problem with giving magical powers to cops is that cops have regulations to follow. And if for some reason they don't, then that is the focus of your movie. It makes no sense to have a cop that can turn corpses into puppets, be a dog ghost or teach kindergarten. They'd be fired the second the chief found out about it. This kind of dislogic leads to movies like Scanner Cop, where he can explode brains with his mind but fights the one guy whose brain can't explode.
Oh, you thought I was kidding?
#6. "Beast"
With movie titles like The Beast With a Million Eyes and Attack of the Beast Creatures, the word "beast" never had a chance. They cast Frasier to play the superhero with that name, which was basically just an expensive way to call comic book nerds gay.
These numbers include all 34 versions of the most overmade film in history, Beauty and the Beast. Why did we need this movie 34 times? Well, the moral of the story is that women can see the good in an ugly man's heart and fall in love. But the other side of that coin, ugly ladies, is that even an actual donkey monster can do better than you. That's a truly insane moral to get pounded into our brains by so many different movies. My theory is that a vast conspiracy of ugly men control everything, and the fact that I have no proof can only mean I'm far too handsome to be let in on it.
Is there one that also includes the word "cop"?
#5. "Cyborg"
You know a word is in trouble when it's the name of the only bad Jean-Claude Van Damme movie.
Is there one that also includes the word "cop"?
#4. "Future"
Everyone knows the future will be great. Sex androids, jet packs, fewer pandas ... it sells itself. But it's bad form for a movie about the future to name drop right in the title. In fact, when you're naming a science fiction film, it's better to just find a couple words that have nothing to do with the plot and use those. Blade Runner has hardly any blades, and most people drive. Twelve Monkeys doesn't have anywhere near that many monkeys, and Troll 2 isn't a sequel or about trolls. And if that didn't blow your mind, wait until you see these "future" title statistics:
Putting "future" in your title is lazy, and anyone doing it probably took a few shortcuts in the script as well. I'll show you what I'm talking about with this scene from Future Force.
David Carradine's garage door clicker has one button on it. That one button opens both his car's trunk and his prosthetic hand's case. What kind of user design is that? Even in the darkest of futures, I imagine there will be a couple times when you need a prosthetic hand and an open trunk independently of one another. And it seems like the editor was making a special point to show that the same button is used to levitate the hand, pilot it through a junkyard and punch a man in the dick over and over and over. This film should give special thanks to German measles for infecting the prop designer's mother during pregnancy.
I'm as optimistic as anyone, but I find it really wishful thinking that mankind's future will ever include this interaction:
Is there one that also includes the word "cop"?


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(b) The county commission or municipality shall, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, solicit or require solicitation of competitive bids and require the payment of prevailing wage rates as provided in article five-a, chapter twenty-one of this code and compliance with article one-c of said chapter for every project or infrastructure project funded pursuant to this article exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in total cost.
(c) Following the solicitation of the bids, the construction contract shall be awarded to the lowest qualified responsible bidder, who shall furnish a sufficient performance and payment bond: Provided, That the county commission, municipality or other person soliciting the bids may reject all bids and solicit new bids on the project.
(d) No officer or employee of this state or of any public agency, public authority, public corporation, or other public entity, and no person acting or purporting to act on behalf of such officer or employee or public entity shall require that any performance bond, payment bond, or bid bond required or permitted by this section be obtained from any particular surety company, agent, broker or producer.
(e) This section does not:
(1) Apply to work performed on construction projects not exceeding a total cost of fifty thousand dollars by regular full-time employees of the county commission or the municipality: Provided, That no more than fifty thousand dollars shall be expended on an individual project in a single location in a twelve-month period;
(2) Prevent students enrolled in vocational educational schools from being used in construction or repair projects when such use is a part of the students' training program;
(3) Apply to emergency repairs to building components and systems: Provided, That the term "emergency repairs" means repairs that, if not made immediately, will seriously impair the use of the building components and systems or cause danger to those persons using the building components and systems; or
(4) Apply to any situation where the county commission or municipality comes to an agreement with volunteers, or a volunteer group, by which the governmental body will provide construction or repair materials, architectural, engineering, technical or any other professional services and the volunteers will provide the necessary labor without charge to, or liability upon, the governmental body: Provided, That the total cost of the construction or repair projects does not exceed fifty thousand dollars.
(f) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section apply to privately owned projects or infrastructure projects constructed on lands not owned by the county commission, a municipality or a government agency or instrumentality when the owner or the owner's agent or person financing the owner's project receives money from the tax increment financing fund for the owner's project.


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Wayne County benefits from Clayton's miscues
By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on May 29, 2011 1:51 AM
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Source: Defense News
quote: The Government asked Lockheed to build a shit sandwich, and that's essentially what we got.
quote: It's not Lockheed's fault.
quote: What they should have said was the program will be crippled by requirements A, B and C. It should be split into two programs, completely separate airframes.
quote: Then they wouldn't have gotten the contract probably.
quote: Oh well, it's not my job to enlighten them.


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Freshman Brianti Saunders scored a team-high 15 points to help lead Stetson to its school-record 12th straight win, 62-49 over visiting Mercer Saturday afternoon at the Edmunds Center.
The Hatters (20-5, 12-1 Atlantic Sun) also reached the 20-win mark for the fourth season in a row and clinched at least one postseason home game in the A-Sun tournament.
"It is a great accomplishment," Saunders said about the win streak. "I really like playing with my teammates. I feel like we are going to go far if we keep playing together, working hard, and getting better every day."
Stetson led 36-25 at halftime, but a four-minute scoring drought to start the second half allowed Mercer to pull within four at 36-32. Cherisse Burris ended the drought with a baseline jumper which ignited a 13-0 Stetson run. Saunders hit a three-pointer, C.J. Coddington turned a steal into a fastbreak lay-up, and Burris and Saunders hit back-to-back shots to put Stetson ahead by 17.
Mercer (12-12, 5-8) ended its drought with a basket by Precious Bridges, but on the Hatters' next possession, Jama Sharp banked in a two-handed heave from behind the arc to beat the shot clock and send the Edmunds Center crowd into a frenzy.
"It was just a heave up there to try and hit rim," Sharp said. "I had to at least point it toward the goal. We had had some sloppy plays so it was a good time to get a basket."
Head coach Lynn Bria also described the Hatters' play as sloppy. After committing eight turnovers on Thursday night, Stetson turned it over 18 times on Saturday.
"I don't think we were very sharp," Bria said. "We were fortunate to win the game. I didn't feel like we executed very well. I thought the defense was pretty good most of the time, but we still gave up too many offensive rebounds."
The Hatters had been averaging over 83 points during the win streak but were held to just 62 Saturday. Saunders was 6-for-9 from the floor and hit a pair of three-pointers to lead the offense. C.J. Coddington and Sharp each added 11 points.
"I thought 'Brea' had a great game," Bria said about Saunders. "She was effective for 40 minutes, she was aggressive and she made great decisions."
While the Hatters broke the school win streak record for the third year in a row, the team knows it still has a lot of work to do moving forward.
"We are just trying to take it one game at a time," Sharp said. "It's a great accomplishment, but we can't really focus on it. We have to keep looking at the next game."
The next game for Stetson will come Thursday night at UNF, the first of two road games in Jacksonville.
Notes: The Hatters led wire-to-wire for the third game in a row ... Stetson posted its sixth 20-win season in school history ... The Hatters are off to their best 25-game start in school history ... Stetson extended its home court win streak to 13 ... Stetson leads all schools in the state of Florida with 20 victories ... Cherisse Burris tied her career high with 12 rebounds ... Jama Sharp is now tied for fifth all-time in 3-point field goals made with 102.


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Violinist Joo-Mee Lee has performed extensively as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. Her recent concert engagements included a solo appearance with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra and a solo recital at the Ewon Cultural Center in Seoul. She has given solo and chamber recitals at various music festivals including Aspen, Banff, Sarasota, and Hampden-Sydney. As an avid new music advocate, she has given world premieres of chamber music and solo works by many contemporary composers. Among the composers with whom she has closely collaborated are Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, Samuel Adler, and Jennifer Higdon.
In 2000, Lee joined the Da Vinci Quartet, which toured throughout the United States, giving concerts and masterclasses. She served as an artist-in-residence and violin faculty at the University of Denver and at Colorado College. She also has taught at the University of Massachusetts Boston and at Brandeis University.
As a young musician, Lee was chosen to represent South Korea for the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, which performed in the Berlin Philharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. She won the Honors Ensemble Competition at New England Conservatory as a founding member of the Tonos String Quartet. The quartet took part in the Celebrity Series with Rob Kapilow's "What Makes It Great," and gave concerts throughout New England. They also performed live on Boston's WGBH radio and gave a recital at Hoam Art Hall, one of the most prestigious concert halls in Korea.
Lee received her bachelor's degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and a master's degree from New England Conservatory, where she studied with James Buswell. She was a recipient of the Roman Totenberg scholarship at Boston University, where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts. Her dissertation is entitled An Analytical Study of Three String Quartets of Bernard Rands.
BMus. Royal Academy of Music, London, England, M.M. New England Conservatory, D.M.A. Boston University.


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Tom Scott
Tom is a native of Bar-le-Duc, France. Half of his family lives in this beautiful north-central portion of the country.
For over 30 years Tom has enjoyed covering the news of the El Paso/Las Cruces region with the last 21 at KVIA.
His experience includes anchoring news and sports, photography, editing and now a wider range of news gathering as New Mexico News Operations Manager.
Tom has lived in Las Cruces since 1973 Both he and his wife Donna are proud graduates of New Mexico State University. Their daughter Caitlin is an outstanding student at Mayfield High School.
When Tom is not covering the news, he enjoys an active lifestyle which includes officiating soccer.
He is currently a State Referee Emeritus with 30 years experience in "the beautiful game". Tom is a veteran marathon runner and road cyclist and with the help of a great friend is showing signs of becoming a good mountain hiker.
Tom is very proud of being a part of the KVIA/ABC-7 family and looks forward to many more years of exciting news he can help bring to our viewers.


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Rooney, Ozil, Pele... Hughes: Football's worst waxworks
There have been waxworks of some of the Premier League's biggest stars. And Mark Hughes.
There have, of course, also been waxworks of England's greatest stars. After all, what better tribute than having your likeness gawped at by tourists?
That's not to say waxwork are the reserve of those who have been a huge success at international level - the 'Golden Generation' have their fair share too.
It's not just an English phenomenon, they're at it all over Europe - from Spain to Germany and back to Spain again. If you thought waxworks of footballers would be a modern happening, think again. They go back at least as far as the 1920s...


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LISBON - A Lisbon man who walked into a Salem home more than a year ago was ordered to successfully complete a counseling program to avoid prison time in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.
Michael F. Lewis, 30, Caldwell Street previously pleaded guilty to burglary for trespassing at the home of Elizabeth and John Buchanan, South Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, on Dec. 21, 2012. He reportedly damaged the back door of the home in order to get inside.
However, Assistant County Prosecutor Tammie Riley Jones did not recommend prison time for Lewis. Both she and Lewis' attorney Doug King noted there were extenuating circumstances involving Lewis' entrance into the home. Jones said at the time, Lewis was "less than coherent." King noted there were both medical and psychological issues Lewis was suffering from at the time of the break in.
Additionally, the home at one point in the past belonged to Lewis' grandmother, and Lewis reportedly still called it her home when police spoke to him about his reasons for being inside.
Jones said there was an agreement for restitution to cover the damage and the current homeowners were in agreement with her recommendation for probation and counseling, provided Lewis agreed to never come into their home again.
According to Jones, Lewis was sentenced to a counseling program, similar to the Eastern Ohio Correction Center programming, by Judge John Durkin in a Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. In that case, Lewis pleaded guilty to intimidation, obstructing official business and two counts of vandalism.
If he fails to complete his counseling program successfully, Lewis could be sentenced to up to 18 months in prison here for the burglary charge. In Mahoning County he faces up to six years in prison.
"If you fail there, you fail here," said Judge C. Ashley Pike, adding he does not want Lewis to fail. He asked for probation officers here to monitor Lewis' progress in Mahoning County.
While Pike said he was struggling with the decision to place Lewis on probation due to Lewis' extensive record, Pike also noted obviously someone in Mahoning County decided they wanted to give him a chance for whatever reason.
Lewis noted he knows he has had a problematic past, but he did not intend to burglarize the home on South Ellsworth Avenue that night. He added he knows there are a lot of good things he can do now.
"I've known your family," Pike said, adding he is not familiar with the family members in Lewis' generation. "Your grandfather was a very good man...Wherever he is now he is probably watching, and you still have a chance to make him proud."


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As the newest addition to the growing list of Independence Day activities in and around Elkins, the Martin Street Fair will provide loads of fun with a lot of heart.
The two-day event, presented by the Davis Health System Foundation's Special Projects Committee, includes live music, arts and crafts, kids activities, food vendors and numerous other opportunities for family-oriented fun. It all begins at 11 a.m. Friday, July 5, running through the fireworks at dusk, then resumes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 6.
All the activities are free and include the opportunity to get more information about projects coordinated by the Davis Health System Foundation. Activities are centered on Martin Street in Elkins' Historic Railyard.
"This first-time event is a great complement to ON TRAC's First Friday, the Mountain State Street Machines Car Show, Friday night fireworks and other activities that will take place around our nation's birthday and the state's 150th anniversary celebrations," said Bob Dunkerley, a member of the Davis Health System Foundation's Board of Directors and chairman of the event. "We also will have the opportunity to pause and consider how fortunate we are to have recovered from the derecho that affected so many in our state just one year ago."
One goal of the Martin Street Fair is to increase awareness of the foundation's mission. At the same time, it will highlight many of the region's talented musicians, artists and performers.
Live music begins at 11:15 a.m. Friday and runs from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Performers include Seth Maynard, Jeremy Wanless, Aurora Celtic, Osmosis, Bowyer Drive, Good Vittles, Ron Shaffer and Joy Sound Production, Missy McCollum and Chad Smith and Dunkerley. In addition, Sonshine Puppet Show will share its positive, kid-focused message.
In addition to the live entertainment, a number of vendors will participate offering jewelry, food, woodworking crafts and animal rescue information. The Davis Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and gift shop will have booths with information and items for sale, as will a number of community organizations.
The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor fireworks downtown at dusk on Friday. At 10 a.m. Saturday, kids can register their decorated bikes for a parade and chance to win prizes, with free activities and games beginning immediately afterward.
For more information about the Martin Street Fair, call 304-630-3043.


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6 Terrifying Reasons You Shouldn't Smoke Synthetic Weed
Americans now have unprecedented access to weed thanks to medical marijuana and decriminalization laws that have been popping up all across this great land. It's a wonderful time to want to be high. I can't even set foot in California without someone thrusting a pack of weed-laced Animal Crackers or Jolly Ranchers or something into my eager hands.
But here's the thing, I don't live in California. I live in South Dakota. Medical marijuana? We barely have buildings. I have family members who just started saying "epic fail." We have a law on the books that makes it legal to ride a horse home from the bar when you're drunk. That law was passed in 2007.
Law not applicable if the horse is also drunk, like this one.
What I'm saying is it takes a while for South Dakota to catch up. So there's no medical marijuana for me. If I want to smoke, I have two options. I can track down an actual weed dealer, which would require me to have friends which, in South Dakota, would require me to be really into hunting and NASCAR and being scared of gay people. Fuck that. Alternately, I can just head to the gas station.
I'm not sure people who live in normal places where weed is readily available even realize this, but you can totally buy something kind of resembling marijuana in gas stations and convenience stores all over the damn place. It's called K2 or Spice. It sort of looks like weed, sort of smells like alfalfa and sort of gets you terrifyingly high if you aren't careful. Listen, I don't care how fucking cool you might think it is that you can now buy drugs and fountain sodas in the same place, there are some very good reasons why I wouldn't recommend smoking gas station weed.
#6. Because It's Way Too Expensive
What you see in the above picture is two jars of synthetic marijuana I purchased at a liquor store that I still don't know the name of (also pictured: half a blurry banana I didn't crop out because this is a comedy site). They are 1 gram each. Total cost? $40. That's $20 for less than a dimebag, people. When you're talking 100 percent markup, eventually crack just starts to make more sense from an economic standpoint.
Also, sorry if high prices aren't terrifying enough for you, moneybags. Rest easy, there will be stuff for those of you who are thriving in this economy as well. I'm just saying, this shit is pricey.
#5. Because It Absolutely Is Not "Like Weed"
The obscure chemical compound that blazed the path that leads to full-on adults like myself casually strolling into a beat-to-shit liquor store and saying, "I'll have one Zombie Matter, please" all while keeping a straight face was developed by a Clemson University chemist named John Huffman. He was conducting research on cannabinoids for the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. The compound he came up with was called JWH-018, because JWH are Huffman's initials and he's clearly an egotistical prick.
You know what else he is? A buzzkill. Check out this quote: "These compounds were not meant for human consumption. Their effects in humans have not been studied and they could very well have toxic effects. They absolutely should not be used as recreational drugs."
Those sure as hell don't sound like Bob Marley lyrics, do they? Maybe that's a standard disclaimer for synthetic drugs developed by actual scientists as opposed to under-stimulated college freshman in cramped dorm rooms, but still, I've never seen it stamped on a sack of real weed like it is on the pretend stuff.
Classic. Just like scientists advised dad not to smoke in the '50s.
Since JWH-018 started making the rounds, reports have been popping up left and right about the health risks associated with synthetic marijuana. Like the three teens in Texas who showed up at a Dallas emergency room with heart attack symptoms, for example.
If teenage heart attacks don't rattle your cage, there's also the mother of two in Indiana who just straight up died.
Before you hit the comments to call that dead mom an asshole for tarnishing the otherwise harmless name of fake weed, read this. Trust, the guy who wrote that is pretty much making the same argument that you want to and he sounds scientific as fuck doing it. You probably won't. He eventually comes to the extremely long-winded conclusion that the mother in Indiana probably got a "bad batch" of K2 and, as a result, it killed her. Fantastic. Now show me the story about a mother of two who got her hands on a "bad batch" of actual marijuana and fucking died. The fact that a "bad batch" can even exist is really all there is to know about why synthetic marijuana and actual marijuana are not like each other at all. Eventually, JWH-018 was banned along with its chemical brother JWH-073. Strangely, that's when things got even more bizarre.
#4. Because Anyone Can Make It, Apparently
Chemical compounds that mimic THC work exactly like heroin dealers on The Wire, apparently. Take one off the streets and there's another one waiting to step in as an immediate replacement. When JWH-018 was officially outlawed in 2009, the Internet wasted no time in filling the void. This site, for example, had "second generation K2" available for sale before the ban even took effect (they also sent me free samples once, because I'm a "journalist"). Back when it was just JWH-018 that the feds had to contend with, you could at least be somewhat sure what you were smoking.
These days, the only thing resembling an ingredients list on a package of fake weed is a promise that it "contains no illegal substances." That's like looking at the nutrition info at Taco Bell and finding that it just says "no big rats." Great news, but not really enough information to base a decision on. But somehow, the fake weed of today still pretty much works as well as it did during the heyday of JWH and his brethren. So what is in the gas station weed you can still buy these days? I honestly don't know, but Googling "K2 and nail polish remover" provides plenty of results. That can't possibly be a good sign. Who knows what kind of Wild West style free-for-all you're inhaling at this point? Maybe outlawing JWH-018 was intended to make synthetic weed harder to get, but it didn't. You can buy the shit for cheap on eBay, even. The only difference now is that you really have no way of knowing what you're smoking. It's not JWH-018, and it sure as hell isn't actual marijuana. But whatever, you'll probably be fine.


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TAHOE/TRUCKEE — A winter storm warning that began early this morning is forecast to last until noon on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, assuring area ski resorts of a healthy and much-needed blast of fresh snow.
According to NWS, 2 to 4 feet of additional snow — on top of the 1.5 to 2 feet already received from Sunday/Monday storms — is expected above 7,000 feet by the Thursday afternoon, with 12 to 30 inches possible below that mark throughout the greater Truckee/Tahoe region.
Snow will be "heavy at times" into Thursday afternoon, according to NWS.
Aided by wind gusts of up to 55 mph below 7,000 feet and more than 100 mph along the Sierra crest, driving conditions figure to be extremely dangerous Wednesday.
Snow tire and chain restrictions are in effect along all major Sierra highways. Visit www.sierrasun.com/roadconditions for up-to-the-moment conditions.
The windy conditions are already causing some Tahoe ski resorts to close down some lifts and runs. For updates, visit each resort's Facebook page.
Avalanche danger also has been increased as of Wednesday morning, with rating of High (the fourth most dangerous of five ratings), according to the Sierra Avalanche Center.
"Dangerous natural and human-triggered avalanches are likely today due to high winds, intense snowfall, and a weak snowpack, according to the center. "Travel in or near avalanche terrain is not recommended."
Follow updates at www.sierraavalanchecenter.org.
Below is an extended forecast from www.noaa.gov.
Today: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 31. Breezy, with a west wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
Tonight: Snow showers. Low around 18. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Thursday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a west wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around -1. West wind around 15 mph becoming north. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 45.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 16.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 49.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Tuesday: A slight chance of rain showers. Snow level 6500 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 42.