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NORWALK - One would be wise to watch his or her belongings around the Mohawk girls hoops team, particularly if that item is a basketball. The Warriors have a small problem with kleptomania.
The Warriors had 19 steals among 28 Buckeye Central turnovers in Saturday's 63-34 victory. In the Division IV sectional final nightcap, St. Paul outlasted Seneca East 53-51 in a heart-stopping showdown that came down to the final seconds.
For Mohawk, it was a chance to get back to the place where it saw its season end last year - the district semifinal - as well as the opponent who did it - Colonel Crawford, who beat Lucas Saturday in the Galion sectional.
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"I've taken that attitude (of unfinished business)," Fortney said. "I hope they take it the same as me. We have a big game on Thursday. I hate to say we've already started talking about it but we've already started talking about it. We've talked about in the past couple weeks. We've focused on the next opponent and the next opponent, but always in the back of our mind is the chance that hopefully we're going to play Colonel Crawford. Hopefully we'll be lucky enough to play them."
But before Mohawk (19-4) could worry about exacting revenge, it had to handle Buckeye Central (5-19). The first quarter was reasonable enough, with Mohawk building a 15-7 lead, thanks to 50 percent shooting inside the arc and six BC turnovers.
"We started out looking like we were feeling it out. New gym. New place. But the second quarter we did what we wanted to do and knocked down some shots. We gave Buckeye Central a hard time running what they wanted to run," Fortney said. "I thought we did a little better in the second quarter."
But the game was decided for all intents and purposes early in the second quarter. Mohawk rattled off five straight to open the quarter and led 20-7 with six minutes to go until intermission.
In the span of 38 seconds, Mohawk forced five turnovers and turned them into 10 points to give the Warriors a commanding 30-7 lead. Buckeye Central didn't score until there was 14.2 seconds to go in the half when Jenna Delarber, who had a team-high 11 points, scored a bucket, drew a foul and sank the free throw. By half it was 37-10.
"Our press actually worked," Fortney said. "That was big, and separated us."
The Buckettes ran off eight unanswered to open the second half before Fortney called a timeout with 2:58 to go in the quarter and get his team realigned. The ship was righted by the end of the third as Mohawk was back in front by 23, 45-22.
"We wanted them to come out after halftime and give 100 percent and put them away," Fortney said. "To Buckeye Central's credit, what (BC coach Sarah Krichbaum) said in the locker room must have been a lot better than what I had to say because they came out ready to play."
Ashley Parker finished with 14 points and four steals. Lynsey Trusty matched the steals but tossed in 11 points. Megan Cleveland came off the bench to score 12 points.
"She's been playing JV all year and she'd had a heck of a JV year. The game before the New Riegel game we gave her a varsity uniform and we've been working her into practice," Fortney said of Cleveland. "I've been trying to share her nice with coach Rodney (Gilliland) but now that JV is over, she's all mine."
Sammi Marcum, BC's lone senior, scored four points and had three boards in her final game.
Krichbaum could not be reached for comment after the game.
What the opener lacked in close margin, the second game more than made up for it.
The game had four lead changes by the time Ashton Daniel hit one of her four 3-pointers to open the second quarter. But a bucket by Allie Fitzgerald gave St. Paul (15-8) a lead it would never again relinquish.
By halftime, St. Paul had used superior rebounding, particularly on offense, to build a 29-22 lead. Sabrina Schaffer led the effort, with 11 of her 16 rebounds coming in the first 16 minutes.
"We commented on that at halftime. We commented on it before the game started. It didn't work so we brought it back up at halftime again," Seneca East coach Dave Stallings said. "The girls stepped up (in the second half) and rebounded."
What also aided that cause was Ashton Daniel, who drew her third foul midway through the second quarter and rode the bench through half.
"Ashton can get down on herself in times like that. Tonight she didn't. She sat her time on the bench, regrouped and played the entire second half with any trouble," Stallings said. "The problem, though, is when Ashton gets into foul trouble like that, it affects the rest of the team's mentality. We hung in there and the kids didn't quit."
St. Paul coach Vicky Mahl said it was fortunate for her team to have Seneca East's most prolific scorer on the bench.
"It helps. As I tell my kids, the referees don't make or break games. Sure, sometimes they create issues but we had foul issues too," Mahl said.
Daniel and her teammates stormed back in the second half and chipped the lead down to 43-38 by the break. That's when the Daniel and Seina Adachi show began. It must be the bloodlines as Adachi, Daniel's cousin, started trading buckets with Daniel to bring Seneca East back to within one or two points numerous times in the final eight minutes. The pair scored all 13 of Seneca East's points in the fourth quarter.
Adachi scored with 1:41 left to make it 50-48 and followed with a steal. But SE lost the ball out of bounds and Bella Stoll capitalized on St. Paul's trip down the floor with a bucket with 48 seconds left to make it 52-48.
The ever dangerous Daniel wasn't done yet, though, answering with a 3-point dagger just eight seconds later to make it 52-51.
Adachi tapped a St. Paul pass to her teammate Brittany Brookes, who raced upcourt, but her contested layup didn't fall and Schaffer was fouled with 14 seconds to go. Schaffer made her first, missed her second and Hannah Hahler, who had seven boards, came down with the miss.
Brookes missed another shot and Emily Depinet, who had a team-high 13 rebounds, wrestled with a St. Paul player for the rebound. Seneca East was awarded the jump ball with four seconds left.
Stallings called a timeout and drew up his play.
With Daniel having scored 29 points, Mahl said she knew Daniel had to get double the attention.
That left Adachi open on the inbounds as she cut from the arc to basket, was hit in stride with the pass and was fouled while she fired. The ball rimmed off.
"That's a play I actually stole from another school that used it against us," Stallings said. "In reality, Ashton is supposed to get the ball. The change I made is I told Seina to take (the defender) away and break hard to the basket and she was wide open."
With 2.8 seconds left, Adachi stepped to the line. She missed the first free throw and Stallings called the timeout.
"I asked Seina, and sometimes it's hard to know if she understands what you're saying to her, I asked her if she had ever intentionally missed a foul shot and she put her head straight down," Stallings said of his point guard who came to Seneca East this year from Japan. "She thought I was mad at her for missing the first shot, which wasn't the case. The case was I wanted her to intentionally miss that (second) shot but I told her, 'You have to hit the front of the rim,' and she's a very coachable kid for coming from (6,500) miles away."
The quick lesson in intentional misses was executed to perfection as Adachi hit the rim and ball came back to Depinet who tried firing the ball through traffic but it didn't find the bottom of the basket and St. Paul escaped with the win.
"It happened just the way we drew it up but we didn't get the tip and we didn't get the foul call," Stallings said.
Stoll finished with 18 points. Erin Kramer had 13 rebounds while Schaffer had a double-double with 17 points and 16 caroms.
"Sabrina did a phenomenal job tonight: shooting, rebounding, playing defense," Mahl said. "The rest of the kids did what they had to do."
Adachi finished with 14 points and a block and Daniel had eight rebounds to add to her scoring efforts.
"For a freshman, she's pretty unconscious when it comes to shooting," Mahl said, referring to Adachi. "She's going to be a good ball player."
Daniel, Depinet, Lauren Sprenger and Jessica Enders round out the seniors for Seneca East.
"I'm sorry for my four seniors that it had to end this way," Stallings said. "Those four are leaders. We didn't quit and we had our chances at the end of the game to win it, tie it, either way. We just came up on the short end."


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a lot of; many of; great in quantity;
I'z got a skatch of Benjamins n` be lookin` for a hook up - yo!
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Skatch is a derogatory term of endearment to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
No you fool, skatch isn't an STD. We're in Skatch right now.
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Something cool or hardcore (often related to drug use) like going to a party, getting black out drunk and having to do lines of coke to wake up again so you can party more.
"Damn, did you see that guy smoking the half ounce blunt? that is straight up skatch."
viết bởi Shaun Barret 14 Tháng mười một, 2004
Did you see that skatch thinking she looked all fine in that kmart tube top and thrift store mini skirt?
viết bởi Cracker McJason 13 Tháng sáu, 2007
The female form of fap. Can be used as an action, or as a general exclamation of sexual attractiveness.
"she's been in her room for hours, she must be skatching"
male: "dude that's hot -fapfapfapfap-
female: "dude, that's hot -skatchskatchskatch-
male: "dude that's hot -fapfapfapfap-
female: "dude, that's hot -skatchskatchskatch-
viết bởi asciibox 29 Tháng tám, 2009
A movie currently being made by MCR Enterprises. Still not yet completed though. An also a game currently being developed by MCR Enterprises also.
The movie skatch is a flash movie
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Learn the fundamental elements of tango that will allow you to dance on the social dance floor. The course is meant for complete beginners or those who have some experience and want to practice or improve their basic Tango technique. Topics include the essence of leading and following, musicality, fundamental linear, rotational and traveling movements, leader and follower technique, social dance etiquette and moving around a crowded dance floor. No partner or previous experience is required. Wear clothing that is easy to move in and shoes that are tied or strapped on the feet with leather or slippery soles to facilitate ease of spinning and movement on the floor.
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Someone who fiddles with their own bums or a mates bum.
Roger: "I went into Frankie's room and he was fingering himself."
Jermaine "That dude is a bumfiddler"
Jermaine "That dude is a bumfiddler"
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Derogatory. One who handles their anus for recreation. Similar in use to wanker.
"That bum-fiddler just cut me up."
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Dude speed isn't all there is to hockey, speed isn't holmers game, and he has good skill around him, hes 1.8m player for a reason and he produces, if anything he shouldnt get worse because hes conistent on his job.
lol you would take afiniganov on OUR team instead of holmstrom, our team has better playmakers than him, and not enough holmers
Yes Ive thought about it, and I really think if we re-signed Bert and went with Bert-Flip-Mule on line 2 then Zetterberg-Datysuk-Afinogenov on line 1 then we'd be in pretty good shape. Silly I know


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Tumor or Neoplasm - an abnormal growth of tissue; tumors can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer).
Cancer - a group of more than 100 diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
Carcinogen - any substance that causes cancer or helps cancer develop.
Risk factor - anything that increases a person's chance of getting a disease such as cancer.
Diagnosis - identifying a disease by its signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings; usually the earlier a diagnosis of cancer is made, the better the chance for cure.
Stage at diagnosis - describes how far cancer has spread by the time it is diagnosed:
Metastasis - the spread of cancer cells to distant areas of the body through the lymph system or the bloodstream.
Primary Site - the site in the body where the cancer began; usually cancer is named after the organ in which it started, e.g. breast cancer. It is possible to have more than one primary cancer or multiple primaries at the same site.
Histologic classification of cancer - there are many types of cancer even within the same organ of origin; the pathologist classifies cancers based on microscopic examination:
International Classification of Diseases - Oncology (IDC-O) - the cancer classification system generally accepted for use in cancer registries; published by the World Health Organization.
Epidemiology - the study of the patterns of the occurrence of disease in human populations and the factors that influence these patterns.
Incidence - the number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease occurring in a specific population during a specific time period.
Incidence rate (or crude incidence rate) - the number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease in a specific population during a specific time period per "x" number of people; usually the time period is one year and "x" number of people is 100,000.
Age-specific incidence rate - the number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease in a specific age group in a specific population over a specific time period per "x" number of people in the specific age group; usually five-year age groups (0-4, 5-9, 10-14, etc.), usually the time period is one year and "x" number of people in the specific age group is 100,000.
Age standardization (or age-adjustment) - the statistical adjustment of crude rates for differences in age distributions in order to compare rates in different populations; there are two types of standardization, direct and indirect.
Age-adjusted incidence rate - a summary incidence rate that takes into account the age distribution of the population. This is routinely done so that comparisons can be made from year to year. Age-adjustment also enables comparisons among geographic areas. There are several methods to age-adjust; direct standardization is the method most commonly used. With this method the age-specific incidence rates of the population of interest (e.g. New Jersey) are applied to a standard population (e.g. 1970 U.S. population).
Mortality - the number of deaths due to a disease in a specific population over a specific time period.
Mortality rate, age-specific mortality rate, age-adjusted mortality rate - analogous to the incidence rate, age-specific incidence rate, and age-adjusted incidence rate, except deaths rather than newly diagnosed cases are the numerator.


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A large man who is capable of chugging copious amounts of alcohol in mere moments. After holding a brewery hostage, he served three years in the county pen. Reportedly farted an entire plum.
Landfill could eat a ton... but he could also love a ton. He had this habit of swallowing his food whole; I called him "the tiger shark". I used to joke that if you cut open his belly you would find a license plate, and a tire, and half of an 8-year-old boy. One time, he farted an entire plum... I was plum surprised. I always told him to try to chew his food better but... he never listened to me. But that was Landfill. He was a fat asshole. But... he was MY fat ass-hole!
von barry badranath 26. März 2009
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an accumulation of cum dumpsters in a single location
dude i had to get out of there that was a landfill
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When a male pubescent teen (or premature adult) ejaculates in their sleep, and wakes up to a belly-button full of their sploosh.
"I could tell my father had woken up with a land-fill when during breakfast, I gave him a friendly punch in the belly and a wet spot appeared on his t-shirt where his belly-button was located."
von Clit Lint 4. Juli 2016
A sexual act involving 3 or more men shitting into one's mouth.
Man, my breath stinks, i just got a landfill an hour ago.
von sblizzand 4. August 2011
Landfill is a username which was created through randomness and faggotry.
Did you see landfill?
Yeah, he is teh ghey
Yeah, he is teh ghey
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New Jersey.
New Jersey is full of trash.
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(adjective) When a woman is "on the rag", that means she has her period. She's also likely in a bad mood because of the various discomforts associated with pads, leaks, tampons, washing out underwear, not being able to wear light-coloured skirts or pants, etc.
She's really in a mood, she's on the rag and complaining about everything. Last night she slept so soundly that she woke up in a pool of blood.
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mesnstruating, (from rag, sanitary napkin)
Her pants got stained because she was on the rag and had no tampons.
автор: Light Joker 26 января 2006
All the conventional definitions, plus a case where a mechanical device is malfunctioning for a 5 to 7 day period. See OTR and beating off
Bill, your FIAT is on the rag.
автор: andy1 23 мая 2005
A term used to describe a woman's period.
Damn, bitch! Are you always on the rag?!?
автор: The Great Rando 14 июля 2002
to be on your period
"Gee guys... i have cramps, im on the rag. It's been a couple days. no sex for me"
автор: Lola Radmonavich 19 июня 2008
when a girl or woman has her period.
When i am on the rag, i get cranky and bitchy and scream at assholes. :)
автор: Horny Stacy 17 марта 2011
in older days, ladies used washable cloths (rectangular pieces) in the gusset of their underwear during menstruation or to prevent unforeseen pee discharge, the term was made synonymous to a menstruating lady having moods & quirks .
hey Tommy, give this to aunt jeanine , but watch out, she's on the rag.
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In large software companies, developers write code, then "check it in". This merges their stuff with everyone else's stuff... Sometimes the developer is useless, their code is bad, and breaks the build of what everyone else was doing.
That Charlie, he went code shuckin' and broke the build again!
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In the near future, people will hurtle heavy round balls toward a set of pins down eight newly minted bowling lanes in a long-abandoned warehouse in downtown Charleston.
Hungry college students, neighbors and business people will crowd the 150-seat dining area for food and fixings prepared in an expansive central kitchen behind a 40-foot bar offering 14 beers on tap.
Children and adults will play vintage video games such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, and partygoers will celebrate special occasions in an upstairs area with a full bar and private meeting room.
Those are all parts of The Alley, a 16,870-square-foot bowling center, restaurant and venue that soon will open on Columbus Street, adding an entertainment element to the rapidly changing Upper King Street corridor.
The owners hadnt nailed down the opening date as of late last week, but they expect it to be ready soon.
The group is bringing bowling back to a part of the city where the last public lanes went dark decades ago. Records show the peninsula had two options for bowlers as far back as the 1940s and up through the 1960s. They included the M & M Bowling Alley, which later became Laureys at 52 George St., and the Crescent Bowling Center at 255 Meeting St.
We knew we wanted to be on the peninsula, said Jimmy Poole, who co-owns The Alley venture with brother Chris, longtime friend David Crowley and several silent partners.
It proved to be tricky. Crowley said they looked at several nearby locations, and even went so far as to secure an artists rendering for another property thats close to the Columbus Street site, which is between a Piggly Wiggly supermarket and a U-Haul business.
They wanted more capital, and it had significant structural issues, so we walked away from it, Crowley said.
Good bones
Jimmy Poole said the site they ended up picking wasnt on the radar at first. The blocklong building was plenty big enough to house bowling lanes, a restaurant and other amenities. But it had one major shortcoming.
It was a no-brainer if we could make the parking work, Crowley said.
So they approached Evening Post Publishing Co., owner of The Post and Courier, which is across the street and has a gated employee parking lot. Through a deal with the media company, they secured more than 50 parking spaces before 5 p.m. and others afterward.
With that hurdle cleared, they focused on retrofitting the dusty, vacant warehouse into a new entertainment venue and lining up financial partners for the venture.
Structural obstacles met them head on, but after months of nailing down details and putting financing in place, they started construction in May with mechanical, electrical and plumbing system overhauls. They added a new kitchen with a double-sided 18-foot hood, a walk-in freezer and other amenities. The countertop on the nearby bar was crafted from the lanes of a defunct Chicago area bowling center.
They contracted out all the food preparation to Home Team Kitchen, a rebranded arm of Home Team BBQ, and scoured the nation for classic video and pinball games. They even visited numerous urban venues in New York City to see what worked there.
The warehouse feel goes with what we were trying to create, Jimmy Poole said. We kept the bones and made it a nice place.
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The Poole brothers had been down this road once before. In 2008, they transformed an aging bowling alley called Western Lanes in Raleigh into a destination venue by eliminating smoking, repainting it with retro colors, adding upbeat music and taking a hands-on approach to the operations.
The new name for the 24-lane North Carolina site, which had been around since 1961 under the same management, became The Alley, just like the one about to open in Charleston.
I gave up the white-collar job for an opportunity to pass out bowling shoes and enjoy what I do for a living, said Jimmy Poole, who previously worked in investment brokerage and real estate. We truly changed the culture. It became an extremely fun place.
His brother left his job as general manager of a pediatric office to delve 100 percent into the bowling concept and run it full time.
Crowley and Jimmy Poole had met many years earlier and remained friends. In 2009, they bumped into one another at a bar on Sullivans Island. Poole told him what he and Chris had accomplished with their bowling alley in Raleigh.
They tossed around the idea of the possibility of expanding the concept to Charleston. Crowley decided to partner with the brothers and later that year left his job in wealth management.
I knew I could do it, but I had to leave my job to do it because we had to start raising capital, Crowley said.
They checked out a space at Woolfe and King streets in 2009, but decided it wouldnt work.
After deciding on the Columbus Street site in early 2011, they originally intended for it to be only a bowling alley with a bar catering to special events. But they expanded the scope because Charleston is such a huge event town, Crowley said.
With extra space to work with above the offices and restrooms, they added a second full bar and private meeting room for 100 or more guests.
A working basketball goal and ping-pong table do more than decorate a former loading dock, where indoor and outdoor seating are offered at The Alleys entrance. Two 160-inch projection screens flank the bar area. A smaller bar sits beside the bowling lanes, and 16 cameras throughout the complex keep an eye on just about every angle of whats going on.
Last-minute touches will include furnishings and artwork, but The Alley should be ready to open in a few days. When it does, it will provide jobs to 50 to 60 people. Another 30 will come with the kitchen.
We never wavered in our belief in what this business will become, Crowley said.
Its the best and most gratifying feeling to be where we are today, Jimmy Poole said.
Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise
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When I asked Jim Parkinson his thoughts on what would be the most important marketing trend to follow in 2013, the executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer at Valassis didn't hesitate even for a moment before chanting: "Location, location, location!"
And Parkinson could very well be right. More and more companies are beginning to realize that in this age of smartphones and social media, location-based targeted advertising is an excellent way to reel in potential customers.
"I think shoppers want stuff that is relevant, and they get so much stuff that is not relevant," said Parkinson. Location-based targeting therefore allows advertisers to make sure the messages they send out are relevant to the shopper, with respect to where they are at that moment.
Mobile marketing is one medium where location-based targeting can be easily put to good use. Be it on Facebook or Foursquare, people nowadays seem increasingly eager to broadcast their location online using their smartphones. This information can then be used by marketers in a variety of ways.
For example: a consumer checking into a store at a mall can be shown deals and discounts in the competitor's store next to them. Or, based on their shopping list, a shopper could be shown the best possible way to navigate their way around the store they are in, alongside good deals and discounts.
The applications are plenty, and companies will need to strive harder to target locally and be immediately actionable at a local level—like, say, a message on your mobile phone that says you'd get a discount if you walk into the store located a block away from you! And this doesn't necessarily have to be an all digital operation—print-based advertising even has a play here.
Parkinson used the example of Valassis' Purchase Precision Technology to explain this point—the technology uses insights from both online and offline data to identify and locate customers and then uses a variety of media to reach out to them; be it through an ad in the newspaper, a coupon in the mailbox, or even a Facebook app.
"We definitely strongly believe that being able to integrate lots of media types allows us to accelerate action by the consumer," said Parkinson. "We believe that by integrating all those pieces together, we go to an advertiser with a very differentiated opportunity."
And that, according to Parkinson, is what's going to define the success of a marketing agency in this day and age.
"Companies that are able to present to a client the breadth of distribution, through digital, through print, and hook that messaging together—they are the ones that are going to be most successful," he predicted.
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Edward IV: Director, Adrian Noble; Designer, Bob Crowley; Photograph: Donald Cooper
(ahds.ac.uk/performingarts) Royal Shakespeare Company, October 1988.
"In a brilliant visual stroke the designer, Bob Crowley, also puts before us a towering throne that both reaches towards the heavens and conceals a dungeon underneath." Michael Billington, Guardian 3.4.89 Opening Date: 22 October 1988, Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
The throne was one of the most important props on the Elizabethan stage, a symbol of royal authority, as here when Edward IV sits proudly on his throne with his sword of office and leaves the captive King Henry VI standing dispossessed of authority. HMR


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The non-traditional student is anyone who is not a first-time, full-time, straight out of high school, college student. This means that any students that identifies as any one or more of the following categories is non-traditional:
Nationally, non-traditional students comprise approximately one quarter of the undergraduate population. With unique life experiences, non traditional students often add an exciting dimension to the classroom and college experience.UTB recognizes that non-traditional students have needs that are different from those students who attend college right out of high school. That is why we offer an Orientation program that provides vaulable information on: entering college, and utilizing resources to succeed. Please contact our office at (956)882-5141 if our orientation program is not able to meet your needs.Tips for Non-Traditional Students
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Verb - the act of when a man is having sex with a woman and pulls out right before he climaxes and ejaculates either on top of said woman's labia, in between her breasts, or in between her butt cheeks, then the man lays his erection down into the pool of seaman and proceeds to thrust in between either crevice until he turns flaccid.
I busted a nut in this chick's ass crack and straight up soap dished her.
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A whore, for a boy a man-whore
OMG you are such a soapdish!
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Someone who cant see the lighter side of life. Glass half empty kind of person who's whole goal in life is to suck the morale out of every person they meet. Usually the one finding a problem when there isnt one....
Shit dude, stop complaining, you're a flippin morale vortex you are.
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You would never know what Yale MBA and divinity graduate student Rodney Walker had to go through to get to where he is now. That is why Walker, a native of Chicago, devotes time to telling his story of overcoming challenges to encourage other students.
Walker attributes his success mostly to the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. He was invited to speak at several Lowcountry schools by YEScarolina founder and president Jimmy Bailey after Bailey heard Walker speak at an NFTE conference years ago.
His story
As a child, Walker grew up on the Southside of Chicago, going in and out of 15 different foster homes because his parents were on drugs. In his presentation, Walker showed images of the violence in his neighborhood and the physical abuse he suffered in foster homes.
"Those powerful images resonate with students the most," he said.
Walker had a 1.3 GPA at the end of his freshman year in high school. But in his junior year, he found NFTE. He took an entrepreneurship class, where he started a video production and photography business for only $200.
Then after 13 years apart, with help from the state, he found his parents. He is one of 10 children. He said his parents didn't even recognize him.
But because Walker decided to stay with his family, he did not receive the benefits foster children have when they age out of the system. So when he left home because he could not bear seeing his parents abuse drugs, he was homeless for four months. Then his NFTE mentor in Chicago, Michael McGrone, stepped in.
"He opened up his home to me," Walker said.
Overcoming it all
Walker's business plan placed second in the national NFTE competition. He also was featured in a documentary about his experience with NFTE that aired on BET.
Walker pulled his grades up and graduated from high school with a 2.4 GPA. He applied to 13 colleges and got into Morehouse College in Atlanta, which accepted him on academic probation. His NFTE mentor made some calls and found a place for him to live. He graduated in May 2012 with a degree in philosophy, a 3.7 GPA and a full scholarship to Yale for graduate school.
On March 19, after Walker shared his story with students at the College of Charleston and Charleston Charter School for Math and Science, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley proclaimed it Rodney Walker Day. The event was a barbecue celebrating entrepreneurship that was held at the home of Ron Motley, a YEScarolina supporter.
"I'm going to show my mom. She's going to flip out," Walker said when he was surprised with the award.
Walker said he has a good relationship with his family today. He lets them know where he is and shares photos of his travels. When he goes back home to Chicago, which is about four times a year, he picks up all of his brothers and sisters to spend time at his mother's house.
Why it matters
Math and Science founder and Assistant Principal Jason Allen said entrepreneurship is important because it "fosters innovation." He said his school even offers a business major for students with classes taught by YEScarolina trained teachers, like Micki Boulineau.
"Business skills are something they need in everyday life. Every place you're working for is going to be a business," Boulineau said.
Math and Science business students Ryan Harken, a sophomore, and Andre Moore, a freshman, said they enjoy learning about business because it's fun and they get to be their own boss.
"It teaches you how to be smart with your money," Moore said.
Charleston Collegiate Head of School Hacker Burr took three of his advanced entrepreneurship students to the event and hosted Walker at the school.
"Energy matters with a speaker. People closer to our age are more inspiring," said Charleston Collegiate sophomore Evan Knox.
Both Walker and Motley told students at the celebration that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing they can do.
Walker said he understands when students credit their environment for low achievement. "I know that's not the true them. That's what they've been conditioned to think," he said.
He said it's not a person's environment that makes him who he is — it's education.
"I hope there's a Rodney in those classes who will be inspired to overcome their challenges," Bailey said.
When asked what drives him, Walker recited a quote his NFTE mentor shared with him: "The moment you stop fighting for what you want, is the moment what you don't want will take over."
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1 hurt when car hits tree in Erie
One man was taken to the hospital with what police called critical injuries after a crash late Saturday in Erie.
Police said the man, whose name wasn't available, was driving a Chevrolet Lumina that struck a tree in the 1000 block of East 28th Street. He was taken to UPMC Hamot, police said.
The crash happened Saturday at about 11:45 p.m.
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Video and photos by Henry Frederick / Ray Catheline, who works at Kokomo's Salon, 521 Canal St., New Smyrna Beach, washes and styles customer Kim Poole's hair during the wildly successful Sunday Cudas Unhooked hair-a-thon fundraiser, which he organized.
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Robert Lee Jones, age 65, of New Smyrna Beach, died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, Edgewater. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Settle Wilder Chapel, New Smyrna Beach.


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Everywhere you look, people are trying to move more, eat better, lose weight, get rid of stress … they're tired of feeling tired and overwhelmed and just plain unhealthy. Trouble is, when you're going it alone, like many people do, it can become too much of a challenge and next thing you know you're back where you started. Read how Healthy Maine Streets has been helping people in several Maine communities overcome some of their challenges ...
The countdown to fall may have arrived, but there is still plenty of time left to enjoy eating, cooking and playing outside. Here are some simple tips and strategies for handling and storing food so the fun can keep going on both before and after your picnic, barbecue, or camping trip. Read more ...
As far back as she can remember Lisa Bassett loved to roller skate. Her mother Linda Clark was always chauffeuring Lisa and her friends to the local rink. Never an invitation to join them, of course. It was just, "Drop us off and pick us up Mom!"
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You don't want to miss this years EAST vs. WEST Basketball action! All-Star athletes from across the state will come together on Saturday, March 8 at Newman Gymnasium at Husson University in Bangor.
Your ticket is good for all four action packed games. The seniors are set to put on a amazing show for you, complete with slam-dunk and foul shooting contests! Enjoy all the games with your friends, family and teammates!Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children.
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The Super Bowl. The most important game of the season and supposedly the most watched annual television program in the United States. Some people think Super Bowl Sunday should be declared a national holiday.
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Midwest Dairy Elects Corporate, Division Officers
Midwest Dairy Elects Corporate, Division Officers
New Board Members Also Seated
Dairy producer board members of Midwest Dairy Association have elected officers at the corporate level and in the organization's eight divisions. Jerry Messer, Richardton, N.D., will continue to lead the organization as corporate chairman. Allen Merrill, Parker, S.D., and Bill Siebenborn, Trenton, Mo., will extend their service as vice chairman and first vice chairman, respectively. The executive team is rounded out by secretary Ken Herbranson of Clitherall, Minn., and treasurer Dan Grunhovd of Gary, Minn. Elections took place at the Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting held in conjunction with a national dairy promotion forum in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Midwest Dairy Corporate Board Officers 2012-13: Front, left to right: Ken Herranson, Dan Grunhovd. Back, left to right: Jerry Messer, Allen Merrill. Not pictured: Bill Siebenborn.
New members elected to the Midwest Dairy Corporate Board include:
Kristine Spadgenske, Menagha, Minn.;
Gerrit Davelaar, Inwood, Iowa;
Doug Nuttelman, Stromsburg, Neb.; and
Byron Lehman, Newton, Kan.
Division officers and new members are as follows:Illinois Division
Chairman – Warren Pollard, Rockford;
Vice Chairman – Bill Deutsch, Sycamore;
Secretary – Ardath DeWall, Shannon; and
Treasurer – Don Ellingson, Poplar Grove.
Iowa Division
Chairman – G. Joe Lyon, Toledo;
Vice Chairman – Norbert Schmidt, Readlyn;
Secretary – Dan Hotvedt, Decorah; and
Treasurer – Larry Shover, Delhi.
New members on the Iowa Division Board include:
Harvey VanEss, Sanborn;
Paul Bodensteiner; West Union;
Gary Kregel, Guttenberg; and
Lee Maassen, Maurice.
Mo-Kan Division
Chairman – Byron Lehman, Newton, Kan.;
Vice Chairman – Steve Strickler, Iola, Kan.;
Secretary – Donna Telle, Uniontown, Mo.; and
Treasurer – Curtis Steenbock, Longford, Kan.
Minnesota Division
Chairman – Ken Herbranson, Clitherall;
Vice Chairman – Dan Grunhovd, Gary;
Secretary - Suzanne Vold, Glenwood; and
Treasurer – Ron Rinkel, Hillman.
The Minnesota Dairy Promotion Council, a quasi-governmental group with the same board members, elected the following:
Chairman – Kathleen Skiba, North Branch;
Vice Chairman – Charles Krause, Buffalo;
Secretary – Judy Hoffman, Waseca;
Treasurer – Christine Sukalski, LeRoy; and
Executive member at-large – Ron Rinkel, Hillman.
Nebraska Division
Chairman – Lowell Mueller, Hooper;
Vice Chairman – Deb Eschliman, Ericson; and
Secretary/Treasurer – Dean Engelman, Jansen.
New members on the Nebraska Division Board include:
Joyce Racicky, Mason City; and
Mary Temme, Wayne.
North Dakota Division
Chairman – Jerry Messer, Richardton;
Vice Chairman – Terry Entzminger, Jamestown;
Secretary – Rita Mosset, Linton; and
Treasurer – Lilah Krebs, Gladstone.
New ex-officio members on the North Dakota Division Board include:
Doug Hanson, representing Dean Foods; and
Paul Morlock, representing Cass-Clay.
Ozarks Division
Chairman – John Howerton, Berryville, Ark.;
Vice Chairman – Marilyn Calvin, Mt. Vernon, Mo.;
Secretary – Nathan Roth, Mountain Grove, Mo.; and
Treasurer – Tim Crawley, Gravette, Ark.
Alfred Million, Tahlequah, Okla., is a new member on the Ozarks Division Board.
South Dakota Division
Chairman – Jim Neugebauer, Dimock;
Vice Chairman – Susan Sybesma, Platte;
Secretary – Allen Merrill, Parker; and
Treasurer – Gary Jarding, Alexandria.
New members on the South Dakota Division Board include:
Dan Thyen, Waverly; and
Arlen Harvey, Ree Heights.


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Tiffin reports
A 100-block Huss Street resident reported Saturday evening an attempted entry. There was possible attempted entry to a garage and vehicle.
A person in the 200 block of West Perry Street reported Saturday evening the theft of a cell phone.
Trisha Reffitt, 24, of McCutchenville, was charged with improper left turn and operating a vehicle while intoxicated early Sunday morning.
An employee of DP's, 129 S. Washington St., flagged down an officer early Sunday morning about a fight.
A person at Seneca County Fairgrounds, 100 Hopewell Ave., reported Sunday morning the theft of CDs. The person knew who did it.
A person in the 2000 block of West Market Street reported Sunday afternoon a purse was stolen.
County reports
A 10000-block West CR 58 man reported Saturday morning a neighbor moved part of his fence and took wood from the property.
An 11000-block West SR 18 man reported Saturday afternoon a woman hit him.
A 4000-block North CR 31 resident reported Sunday afternoon the theft of a four-wheeler from a barn.
Fostoria reports
A 1000-block Peeler Drive woman reported Saturday afternoon children threw something at her son.
A person in the 200 block of Findlay Street reported Saturday evening a child was hitting people with a stick.
Seneca County Sheriff's Office advised Saturday evening a person reported an intoxicated man was beating up a boy in the 1000 block of Perrysburg Road.
A woman went to the station Saturday night and reported her boyfriend punched out her window.
An employee of Certified, 100 E. Lytle St., reported Saturday night a man passed a bad check.
A 500-block Gormley Street man reported Sunday afternoon he returned from vacation, and his prescription medication had been stolen.
A 100-block West Sixth Street man reported Sunday afternoon someone painted the back of his garage.
County accidents
Jason L. Moore, 28, of Tiffin, was cited with failure to control after an accident on South SR 53 Aug. 3.
Jeffery L. Durst, 51, of Fostoria, was cited with failure to control after an accident on North TR 103 early Saturday morning.
Rashonda N. Cook, 30, of Green Springs, was cited with failure to yield from a private drive after an accident on East Baker Street Saturday morning.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to a Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire at 491 Coe St. early Sunday morning.


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It feels like forever ago, but right around the time I starting blogging we were in the thick of epilepsy and recovery. We walked a few years as Team Buddy Bears in the Epilepsy Foundation walk. Noah is now seizure-free seven and a half years. Hold on, that should be all capsed: SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS.
This year, my dear friend Erin will be running for her Tommy in the Epilepsy Foundation Chicago 5K. You can read about and support Team Tommy here. My hopes and prayers for us all to see an end to seizures.


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District examines school grounds security
February 18, 2013
COLUMBIANA — The city school district and police department are working together to make sure students and teachers are safe on the school grounds each day, Superintendent Don Mook said Tuesda....
Why is it that if a fire breaks out people leave and when a shooter is inside they lock kids in to await their death?
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Maybe it's safer to lock them in the class rooms instead of running free where a guy with a semi-automatic can cut them down ???
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Maybe your right ! Probably the waco would prefer a moving target
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Prior to Sandy Hook. Documented in school board minutes. Removed the school resource officer.
Sandy Hook already has admitted their lock down plan was ineffective. Local police warned against it.
Proof of what happens when schools play God.
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I have yet to hear a sound plan
What does it cost to lock down a school so one entrance is open during school hours.What does it cost to pay a proff. armed guard to be present 9 hours/day at all schools in a district ?
And what gurrantees this will work !
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Salem has 4 schools. Their predicted to be running in the red in the next couple yrs.
So where's the money coming from ?
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Nothing guarantees anything will work. I guarantee you what won't, locked doors. Lanza shot out windows and walked right on through. Why would anyone not bring a gun to a gun fight if they could? You don't pay armed guards, you arm school employees. Make the training mandatory to get the job and the taxpayer doesn't have to pay a dime. It's not as if its expensive to be taught how to properly operate, store and carry a firearm. If the principal at Sandy Hook had a gun instead of a "heroic lunge" we might be having a different conversation right now.
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You don't even know that they do lock the kids up in the classrooms during a lockdown ladybug. How can you have any input it you haven't educated yourself on the topic?
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The icing bag analogy is a little off the mark, but not as much as you might think....
Another use for a dip mould such as this is to create the twisted stems that can be seen in one of Leni's previous posts.... sherry (?) glasses.
It's still called a prunt when applied to an item's base.The prunts covered the pontil, & are typically signs of Stourbridge origin-& supposedly higher quality pieces, such as Stevens & Williams 'Matsu-no-ke'.Is this your piece, Leni? If so, I'm terribly envious!
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A Minden man was killed Friday evening after falling from the top of Cave Rock and landing on the rocks below.
Leroy Rupert, 61, died of multiple blunt-force trauma sustained in the fall from the geological formation on Lake Tahoe's East Shore, according to a statement from Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Pat Brooks.
Deputies from the Sheriff's office and Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District firefighters responded to a call for assistance at Cave Rock about 6 p.m. Friday, Brooks said.
A friend who was on the top of the rock with Rupert called 911 for assistance to get Rupert down, Brooks said. Rupert had been described as shaky, Brooks said.
When the friend turned back around, Rupert was gone from the location he was last seen.
The sheriff's office believes the fall was accidental, Brooks said in an email. Toxicology reports are pending.


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This is a word used in the old telephone industry, back when pole climbing was frequent. A person that had just finished pole climbing school or one with only limited pole climbing experience would often be called a "clumsum". Slang for climbed some.
How come the boss always sends me out with the clumsums, it's hard enough to get the work done with the experienced help.
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Several Charleston City Council members are going through what may be best described as, well, a hangover.
They are regretting their actions, feel a little embarrassed and swear that they will never ever do it again.
This is often the case where alcohol is involved.
Nearly half of the 12 members of council now say they have real problems with the 12 a.m. bar closing bill they passed on first reading last month.
In fact, they say now they wouldn't vote for it again as it is. And that puts the city's latest plan of corralling the burgeoning "entertainment district" in real jeopardy.
Then again, you'd have to be drunk to bet against Mayor Joe Riley.
Still, all is not harmonious at City Hall. Various council members say the ordinance was rushed through, that it suffers from a lack of input from the food and beverage industry, and they fear it is inherently unfair to put different rules on different businesses.
All of which, by the way, Councilman Dean Riegel said on the night of the vote.
"It's hard to believe there wasn't anybody who voted against this," Riegel says, tongue firmly in cheek.
Anybody besides him, that is.
Go to sleep, drunks
The backlash to the ordinance has been amazingly well-organized - especially if you assume that mostly drunks oppose it.
Well, drunks and business owners.
The City Paper printed up a kind of wanted poster featuring the photos and phone numbers of all council members, and people have called. And called.
The bar and restaurant owners have been lobbying hard.
But the biggest voice has come from social media, which has had everything from a photo of Mayor Joe Riley imploring everyone to "Go to sleep" to a parody Twitter account by Sleepy Mayor Joe.
Among the tweets from this account: "Everyone knows that people start falling off of the rooftop bars after midnight. Facts are facts."
Now, no one is saying there are no problems right now. But they thought the first-reading vote would start the conversation, not set their path in stone.
Councilwoman Kathleen Wilson had misgivings but supported the first reading out of respect for the mayor and the police chief, who insist something must be done.
She agrees something should be done, but not to the point of harming businesses. Go after underage drinking or the troublemakers, but don't enforce unfair rules on some bars and restaurants.
"The food and beverage people have still not been asked to the table," Wilson says. "We asked them to help us revitalize upper King Street and now we do this. I guess they did it too well."
Councilman Aubry Alexander says, as written, this ordinance penalizes business owners for the actions of some of their customers, and that's not fair.
"I think we made a rush to judgment," Alexander says. "Am I happy with myself? Absolutely not."
Both Wilson and Alexander say that, unless there is some serious discussion - and serious revision - they will vote "nay" alongside Riegel next time.
And several others are leaning that way.
A tweak here ...
The final answer here may come sooner than later.
Many council members say that dragging this process out over a year is ludicrous. They need to pull everyone together, listen to ideas and put together some comprehensive policy that is sensible and fair - but reasonable. Tall order.
Councilman Keith Waring realized the ordinance was no panacea, but a starting point. He says the entertainment district may not even be the biggest problem. In West Ashley, there are bars that abut residential neighborhoods much closer than King and Market are to private homes.
"As the community evolves, so should the management of it," Waring says.
He has a point.
Waring is actually happy to get all the feedback he says he's gotten. He and Councilman Gary White are both soliciting ideas. White is not talking about voting against this, but concedes the ordinance could be "refined."
Mayor Riley says this ordinance is no more about picking winners or losers than any other action - setting height limits on buildings, for instance, or Board of Architectural Review oversight. He says he welcomes the input of council, but argues this ordinance is vital to preserving downtown livability and voting it down would be a mistake.
"There are always ways to tweak or improve an ordinance," Riley says. "When everybody sits down, if there is a way to adjust it, we'll see."
Right now, there seems to be far less accord than there was last month when council passed the 12 a.m. bar closing on a 12-1 vote. The only thing everyone agrees on at the moment is that Charleston has a problem.
And, as the alcoholics say, admitting you have a problem is the first step.
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Bo Xilai Found Guilty, Sentenced to Life in Prison
Former Communist Party Official Convicted of Bribery, Embezzlement, Abuse of Power
BEIJING—A Chinese court sentenced Bo Xilai to life in prison on Sunday, after finding the once-powerful Communist Party insider guilty of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.
The outcome of China's most politically charged trial in more than three decades was announced by the Intermediate People's Court in the eastern city of Jinan on its official microblog account after a brief hearing on Sunday.
Party insiders said the harsh sentence is certain to have been decided by China's leadership in an attempt to bring an end to the scandal surrounding Mr. Bo, whose wife was convicted last year in the 2011 murder of a British businessman.
The murder triggered China's worst political crisis since the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989, and repairing rifts between Mr. Bo's allies and opponents has been one of the main challenges for China's new leader, Xi Jinping, in his first year in office.
Until his downfall, Mr. Bo ran the inland city of Chongqing and was a member of the party's Politburo—its top 25 officials—and was a leading candidate for its highest governing body. Personable and media savvy, Mr. Bo had a national following as figurehead of a "new-left" movement that advocated a revival of Maoist values and stronger state intervention in society and the economy.
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Mr. Bo's popularity and showmanship made him a polarizing figure among other leaders, some of whom saw his brand of politics as a way to revitalize the party, while others considered him a threat to consensus-based decision-making that has prevailed in recent decades.
In sentencing Mr. Bo, who denied all of the charges at his trial last month, the court rejected nearly the entirety of his defense and said the severity of the sentence reflected the degree of his conduct's "harm to society."
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A photograph published on the court's microblog showed Mr. Bo, in handcuffs and wearing a white shirt and dark trousers, being held on each side by a police officer.
The court didn't say if Mr. Bo planned to appeal, though it acknowledged his right to do so. Ahead of the verdict, one person close to the family said he was expected to appeal.
Appeals are rarely successful in Chinese criminal cases, especially in politically sensitive ones, for which the outcome is usually decided in advance by the party leadership, according to legal and political experts.
Some of those people said Mr. Bo might have been given a lighter sentence had he not put up such a vigorous defense during his trial. They also said that by giving him a life sentence, rather than a long fixed term and by depriving him of his right to hold any official position for life, Chinese authorities ensured he could never make a political comeback.
"He paid a price for retracting his confession during his trial," said Zhang Lifan, a party historian and political analyst. "His political life is over."
Mr. Bo's family and lawyers weren't available to comment. A person close to the family said earlier that the family was satisfied that Mr. Bo had been given a chance to defend himself at his trial and that much of his defense had been made public.
Under Chinese law, a life sentence can be commuted to a fixed prison term in exchange for good behavior, but the convict must serve a minimum of 13 years in jail, according to legal experts.
Mr. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, was given a suspended death sentence last year for the murder of Neil Heywood, a British businessman who was close to the Bo family.
Another figure in the scandal, the former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun, who fled to a U.S. consulate and told diplomats there about Ms. Gu's crime, received a sentence of 15 years in prison for his role in covering up the murder and for defection.
Mr. Bo was charged with taking bribes of more than 20 million yuan ($3.3 million), including a villa in the south of France, and embezzling five million yuan more in state funds. He was also charged with abusing power by dismissing Mr. Wang as police chief to block an investigation into Mr. Heywood's murder.
The court said Mr. Bo's personal assets would be confiscated and that authorities would try to claim the villa in the southern French city of Cannes.
"Today's verdict is designed to allow the party to turn a particularly unflattering page of its history. This is why even if Bo appeals his sentence, it is unlikely he'll be given another chance to defend himself in public," said Nicholas Bequelin, a researcher for Human Rights Watch based in Hong Kong, in a blog post published after the verdict was announced.
"Far from representing legal progress in China, Bo's trial has confirmed once more that in the eyes of the party, the law remains a tool of control," he said.
The charges against Mr. Bo excluded alleged abuses during an organized crime crackdown that Mr. Bo oversaw in Chongqing and that paid little heed to legal procedure and resulted in some private business figures having their assets confiscated.
Mr. Bo's five-day trial last month was seen by many people in China as the most politically sensitive court case since Jiang Qing, the wife of Chairman Mao Zedong, was tried for counterrevolutionary crimes in 1980-81.
For Mr. Bo's trial, Chinese authorities took the unprecedented step of publishing partial transcripts via China's hugely popular microblogging platforms in what analysts saw as an attempt to give the proceedings more credibility in the eyes of a skeptical public.
Those analysts say the leadership also apparently wants to conclude the trial—and the internal political wrangling it has caused—ahead of a crucial party meeting in November at which Mr. Xi is expected to unveil a package of economic reforms.
Mr. Bo, who is the son of a famous revolutionary, is likely to spend most of his sentence at Qincheng prison on the outskirts of Beijing, a special facility where many prominent political figures have been jailed, or at Yancheng, a newer facility outside Beijing where his wife is being held.
Previous inmates at Qincheng include his own father, Bo Yibo, who was purged from the party leadership by Mao and spent several years in jail before being rehabilitated and reappointed to senior positions after Mao's death.
Wherever he is held, Mr. Bo, like other political figures jailed in recent years, is expected to enjoy privileged treatment and could be released early on medical parole in exchange for good behavior, according to lawyers and political analysts.
However, analysts said a political comeback is unlikely since by the time he is released, Mr. Bo—now 64 years old—will be well beyond the age of 67 at which party officials can no longer be promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee, the top leadership body.
Only two other Politburo members have been jailed for corruption in the past two decades, and they were given sentences of 16 and 18 years, respectively. One of them, former Beijing party chief Chen Xitong, died this year.
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