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HANOI, 5 March 2012 – A UNIDO-organized workshop held in Hanoi today looked at how to develop a branding concept and green assessment criteria for the Vietnamese handicraft sector. The event was organized together with Vietrade, the country's trade promotion agency.
"The challenge is to show all this sector has to offer through one single brand, communicating the strength of each sector and product," said the Deputy Director of Vietrade, Do Kim Lang.
He added that the brand would help align the products with the country's national branding initiative, Viet Nam Value, which was recently launched by the Ministry of Trade.
The workshop was held within the framework of the joint programme "Green production and trade to increase income and employment opportunities for the rural poor". It was conducted by UNIDO expert Rebecca Reubens.
Rene Van Berkel, Head of UNIDO's Cleaner and Sustainable Production Unit, said that the Organization continued to support the development of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises that produce handicrafts. "A single branding would help their products better compete on the national and global markets. The economic benefit would be in the form of higher prices and greater sales and that, in turn, would keep them on the path of sustainability," said Van Berkel.
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For more information, please contact:
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Katy Perry was feeling festive – and possibly a little nostalgic – at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on Monday.
The "Teenage Dream" singer, 28, who was joined by beau John Mayer, 35, in Washington, D.C., for the festivities, sported a fun little hat with a miniature version of the bow Aretha Franklin wore to the same event in 2009.
"I had it made," Perry told PEOPLE. "I thought it would be fun to do a shout-out back to four years ago."
The duo, bundled up in coats to brave the chilly Washington, D.C., weather, were overheard talking about their impressive seats at the Inauguration, where Kelly Clarkson sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" and Beyoncé performed the National Anthem.
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Safety and Pharmacology Study of VP 20629 in Adults With Friedreich's Ataxia
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The objectives of the study are:
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of single and multiple oral doses of VP 20629 in subjects with Friedreich's ataxia (FA). [Primary]
- To characterize the pharmacokinetics of VP 20629 by investigation of the plasma concentration-time profile following single and multiple oral doses in subjects with FA. [Secondary]
- To investigate the pharmacodynamic effects of VP 20629 on plasma 8-isoprostane and malondialdehyde and urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine concentrations following multiple oral doses in subjects with FA. [Exploratory]
Friedreich's Ataxia
Drug: VP 20629
Drug: Placebo
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Single and Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Oral VP 20629 in Adult Subjects With Friedreich's Ataxia
- Incidence of adverse events and clinically relevant changes in safety laboratory testing, vital signs, and 12-lead electrocardiograms [ Time Frame: 10 days (single-dose groups) or 17 days (multiple-dose groups) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Pharmacokinetic parameters (e.g., Cmax, Tmax, AUC, t1/2) [ Time Frame: 3 days (single-dose groups) or 10 days (multiple-dose groups) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Blood and urine samples will be collected to assess the pharmacokinetics of VP 20629 and a potential metabolite in plasma and urine after single and multiple doses of VP 20629.
- Pharmacodynamic parameters [ Time Frame: 10 days (multiple-dose groups only) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Blood and urine samples will be collected to measure biomarkers of oxidative stress and damage in the multiple-dose groups. These markers are plasma 8-isoprostane and malondialdehyde and urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine.
|Study Start Date:
|July 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Single dose of VP 20629 or placebo
Four groups of 8 subjects each will receive a single dose of VP 20629 (150 mg, 450 mg, 900 mg, or 1200 mg) or placebo.
Drug: VP 20629
Other Name: Indole-3-propionic acidDrug: Placebo
Experimental: Multiple doses of VP 20629 or placebo
Three groups of 8 subjects each will receive multiple doses of VP 20629 (300 mg, 600 mg, or 900 mg total daily dose) or placebo. VP 20629 or placebo will be administered every 8 hours for 7 days with a single morning dose on Day 8.
Drug: VP 20629
Other Name: Indole-3-propionic acidDrug: Placebo
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be 18 to 45 years of age (inclusive).
- Have a body mass index between 18 and 27 kg/m^2 (inclusive).
- Have a clinical presentation consistent with FA.
- Have a confirmed diagnosis of FA with a defined expanded guanosine, adenine, adenine (GAA) triplet repeat number.
- Have an International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) mean total score of ≤75.
If female, be postmenopausal (cessation of menses ≥1 year), surgically sterile, or have a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test within 5 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Women of child bearing potential must also be on an acceptable method of birth control, as determined by the Investigator, for 3 months prior to the first dose and must agree to continue use through 2 months after the last dose of study drug.
If male, be surgically sterile or agree to follow an acceptable method of birth control as determined by the Investigator, from the screening visit through 2 months after the last dose of study drug.
- Be able to swallow capsules whole.
- Agree to adhere to the protocol-defined schedule of assessments and procedures.
- Be informed of the nature of the study and provide written informed consent before any study-specific procedures are performed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have taken coenzyme Q10, idebenone, other dietary or herbal supplements (with an anti-oxidative effect), or over-the-counter medications (including homeopathic medicines and vitamins) within 1 week prior to the first dose of study drug on Day 1.
- If female, be pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Have a positive test result for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen, or hepatitis C antibody.
- Have ingested any alcohol within 48 hours before admission to the clinical study unit on Day -1. NOTE: Caffeine intake should be limited to 2 caffeine-containing beverages per day during this same time period.
- Have participated in an investigational drug trial within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug on Day 1. NOTE: Subjects who received study drug (VP 20629 or placebo) in a single-dose group in this study and completed the Post-treatment Safety Assessment are allowed to enroll in a multiple-dose group following a 21 day washout period, provided they continue to meet protocol eligibility criteria. Subjects cannot enroll in a multiple-dose group if they have an ongoing adverse event following participation in a single-dose group or had a serious adverse event during a single-dose group (regardless of causality).
- Have a known hypersensitivity to any ingredient in the study formulation.
- Have, as determined by the Investigator and/or medical monitor, any clinically relevant medical or surgical condition that could interfere with the administration of study drug, interpretation of study results, or compromise the safety or well-being of the subject.
- Have a Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) score of 4 or 5.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01898884
|United States, California
|UCLA Medical Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|United States, Florida
|University of South Florida
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
|United States, Georgia
|Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30329
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa Children's Hospital
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Study Director:
|Gwendolyn Niebler, DO
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01898884 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 3, 2013
|Last Updated:
|July 29, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cerebellar Ataxia
Friedreich Ataxia
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Cerebellar Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Spinocerebellar Degenerations
Spinal Cord Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Mitochondrial Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
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The Independent Health Family Branch YMCA in Amherst appointed Adriana Ciach business manager; Eric Dosch program director; Allison Gravelle aquatics director; Kathleen Russell wellness director; and Kristin Hart-Denehey senior program director. Ciach, with more than 15 years' experience in human resources and corporate accounting management, most recently was educational recruiter for ITT Technical Institute. Dosch will oversee youth sports, teen and family programming. He has been employed at the East Area Family YMCA in Fayetteville for the past four years and has been the sports director there since 2010. Gravelle has been employed at the Northeast Y since 2008 in the Aquatics Department as interim aquatics director. Russell has been employed at the Metro Atlanta YMCA for the past seven years, most recently as senior wellness director. Hart-Denehey will direct SACC and Camp operations and oversee the Preschool and Child Watch Departments. She had been the youth enrichment director at the Sumter Family YMCA in South Carolina for three years where she led after-school, camp and children's fitness programs.
Meals on Wheels for Western New York named Christine Procknal support services clerk. Procknal, with more than 20 years of business experience, most recently worked for VertaSource. She received her bachelor's degree from Saint Lawrence University and her MBA from Canisius College.
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Freshly Squeezed, a fresh, healthy beverage franchise, recently opened at the Walden Galleria. The new shop is located on the upper level near Jack Astor's and offers a variety of pure fruit juices, smoothies, teas and bubble teas.
Main Street Used Tires Sales and Service, 1699 Main St., near Canisius College, was recently opened by Pavel Faynshteyn. The center offers more than 6,000 used tires.
The Chautauqua Revolving Loan Fund recently presented a $65,000 check to EMC FinTech, located at 1400 E. Second St. in Jamestown, to assist in its growth. EMC FinTech has grown from a startup in 2007 and now employs 12 people. The company provides tooling for the heating and cooling industry.
Read to Succeed Buffalo received a contribution of $18,900 from the Buffalo Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of the Rotary Club of Buffalo. The funding will continue the expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which was launched in 2011 to provide children living in Buffalo's East Side 14215 ZIP code with increased access to books. The Buffalo Rotary Foundation has committed a three-year $60,000 investment to the program.
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By definition, both the state of West Virginia and the federal government failed about 300,000 Mountain State residents badly last month....
Now the left's "investigation" of IRS intimidation and outright discrimination of conservative tax free organizations has proven (dems say!) that there was no intimidation or bias.
Obama claims, "IRS and this administration hasn't a "smidgen" of corruption." Uh-huh...right...
Now, this week democrats demanding IRS get MORE aggressive with conservative groups before election to prevent them from giving donations to conservatives.
I ask...which is the lie democrats? Are IRS intentionally discriminationg and using bully tactics against conservative groups or aren't they? To say you want MORE aggression from IRS against us ADMITS GUILT and LIES!!!
Now, ACLU and UNIONS joining with tea party sueing the federal govt/IRS ... what's this tell you?
Dems finished!
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Democrats panicky! Support for democrats is dwindling so bad; Pelosi wants to change Constitution and force taxpayers to 'support' political campaigns. (She didn't say whether we'd have a CHOICE which party we wanted our tax share to go to). wink wink....more dictatorship and stupidity from the left!
So, that was last week. Now, THIS week, democrats want IRS to get MORE agressive against "conservative" tax-free status charitable organizations so they can't talk, do anything, spend any money on specific 'candidates' or give any sort of list of who voted for what before elections coming up in 2016.
Yeah sure....sound like democrats are WORRIED?? LOL. No matter what they do now...those two things will GUARANTEE their ousting in 2016.
Like I said, democrats...keep acting arrogant and dictator like...you're digging your own political graves.
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No Morals
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In order to understand what the left is up to, you first must understand who they are. Remember the Hippies of the 60's and 70's? These are the children, or in some cases, these are the dope smokers, criminals and perverts of the hippy era, who finally figured out that their protesting was getting them nowhere, or in the incident of Kent State, killed, so they traded their ragged clothes for three piece suits, cut their hair and started working their way into local government.
They progressed from there to state government, and then into national politics, hence we have the socialist misfits we have in government today. They were raised with morals or any sense of right an wrong, and their children were raised the same way. This is what we have to work with. Sad, isn't it?
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Maj...the left have great difficulty 'thinking' past the moment; much less thinking ahead at 'consequences.' They don't like our history; therefore they aren't interested in looking back and learning from past mistakes.
Unfortunately the only ideas the left have are the very ones that have been KNOWN to have been tried and failed. For some odd reason, liberals think if they keep trying same socialist methods over and over, eventually they'll see a different result.
Show us ONE, just ONE socialist/communist nation that hasn't failed the people? Waiting...
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Miss, none of us will live long enough to see coal mined out. The entire underbelly of this state has coal seams running all through it, not to mention how many seams lay one atop another. Some are too deep to mine, but there's enough coal in this state to last a couple thousand years. The big thing is getting rid of the econuts and get back to using it. With the scrubbers on the stacks, the air quality is more than compliant. Look at the Haywood Power Station in Harrison County. I have a friend that lives almost under it, and he doesn't have a complaint one. About the only thing coming out of the cooling towers is steam.
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I sure do hope the outside liberals keep harping on WV voters and our coal. It's a campaign killer for the left. Yep; keep putting us down, disrespecting us, calling us hillbillies, trying to kill the rest of our economy. Do it for the GOP!!! Thank you. We don't need advertising when the left does a much better job for us. Goodbye democrats.
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MisInform: Because coal is a FINITE resource, there needs to be an alternative for future electricity generation...ya know, for when the coal is all mined out?
LOLOLOL. Oh you democrats. Really? And you all kept telling us for DECADES that by now our oil and gas would be gone too.
FACTS. Do you have any? Do you realize how much COAL is in WV hills? DO you realize other states have TONS AND TONS of coal in their ground too? Uh, I know how the left works; SCARE TACTICS.
NewsFlash: WV folks don't SCARE and we don't RUN from outsiders who think THEY know more than we do.
WV folks dont listen to nonsense. We're straight-forward, pretty darn honest and give NO thoughts to crazy inuendos from people in the DNC with a big money making $$$$ globalist scheme.
In other words....leave us alone...Thanks but NO THANKS!!!
You outsiders obviously do not understand West Virginians. You WON"T win this battle against coal here. Guarantee you!
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Remember the disaster that ensued when the chemical used to wash the air used by wind turbines to generate electricity spilled and endangered hundreds of thousands of people in the State of West Virginia? No? Because it did not happen! Because coal is a FINITE resource, there needs to be an alternative for future electricity generation...ya know, for when the coal is all mined out?
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Agree TopGun....too busy with liberal priorities aka destroying WV economy to pay attention to the safety of citizens.
Yeah, I feel real safe now democrats. Oh wow; another bill, another regulation that you all won't follow!
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I love how the democrats run swiftly to make more UNFOLLOWED regulations.
MORE regulations apparently didn't equal 'doing your job' in the past; so I don't see how another stupid BILL is going to make WV citizens feel safe. You didn't do your job this time....and I suspect this changes nothing!
Just do your JOB! Is that so much to ask from your own govt???????????? (Don't answer that.) geez
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The state DEP and the EPA are too busy screwing with the coal companies to worry about petty little things like our water supply. This chemical was cleared by the EPA as a less toxic alternative to the other chemicals used in the coal production. Obama has put everything on hold except coal, and he's doing his level best to destroy it.
Even Japan admitted that coal was the only alternative to nuclear and gas to generate electric. Now that their nuclear plants are shut down, they will likely go back to coal. We are the only fools switching away from it and we will pay in the way of higher electric bills.
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Every once in awhile, we here at DCXX are given the opportunity to shed some extra light on situations that we consider worthy. When Gorilla Biscuits drummer, Luke Abbey, reached out to us looking for a little assistance on selling some records, we were more than happy to help. Aside from the fact that Luke's been dealing with a pretty significant injury and could use the extra money, we knew some of our readers would be more than interested in what Luke has to offer.
In addition to helping Luke with his auctions, we also managed to coordinate an interview with him. Expect in the very near future, a major interview with the guy that delivered the beats for bands like Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits and a handful of other legendary New York City Hardcore bands. I think it's safe to say, we have high hopes for this one.
Now check out what Luke has to say regarding his auctions. –Tim DCXX
Hi Folks,
My name is Luke Abbey and I'm the drummer for the band Gorilla Biscuits. Recently, while we were playing in Chicago at the Revelation Records 25th anniversary show, I tore my biceps tendon. I'd already had a number of shoulder and arm injuries I'd been trying to manage on my own, but during our second song it finally gave out and completely snapped, forcing me to go in for surgery the following week. I underwent several repairs and am now embarking on a lengthy rehabilitation process while also facing considerable expenses.
A few days ago, I contacted Tim from Double Cross to ask if he would mind allowing me to post a collection of my own personal records and a few t-shirts on the Livewire message board in order to deal with my current and ensuing medical costs. He not only agreed to that, but was gracious enough to offer to run a full post on Double Cross in order to bring increased attention to my sale.
I've included absolutely every record I hope to sell – if it's not listed, I don't have it. All are in good playing condition and contain whatever lyric sheets were originally included – except where noted. They are all 1st pressings with a few exceptions which I've noted as well. The only drawback to any of these as far as I can tell, is that many of the jackets are distressed to some degree. That being said, nothing is in terrible condition, torn, or severely flawed. They've just got a bit of character. As for the t-shirts, they've been worn before but are neither torn nor altered, and are in wearable condition.
Here is the link to the ebay pages where the auctions can be found. If anyone has any additional questions or would like additional photos, I'll do my best to oblige.
My seller name is yebba72.
Additionally, I will respond to as many questions or requests as possible at the following email:
However, as I mentioned above, please respect the fact that I've nothing further to sell than what's listed, nor am I interested in any trades.
Auction Schedules and Photos
The shirt auctions will begin 7:00 – 7:30 PST on 2/5
The record auctions will begin 8:00 – 8:30 PST on 2/5
The shirt auctions will end between 2:00 PM – 3:45 PM PST on 2/13
The record auctions will end between 2:00 PM – 3:45 PM PST on 2/13
Here is the list, all first pressings except where noted:
7″ Records
Last Rights: Chunks / So Ends Our Night – Taang
Youth of Today: Can't Close My Eyes – Positive Force – White Lettering – 2nd pressing
Judge: NY Crew – Schism
Warzone: Lower East Side Crew – Revelation Records
NYHC: "Together" Compilation – Revelation Records
Crippled Youth: Join the Fight – New Beginning
Underdog: S/T – New Beginning
Side By Side: You're Only Young Once… – Revelation Records
Slapshot: Same Mistake / Might Makes Right – Taang – Blue Vinyl
Unity: You Are One – Wishingwell Records – not sure what pressing
Alone In A Crowd: S/T – Flux Records – *Vinyl edge has a very slight upturn but does not affect playing at all*
7 Seconds: Blasts from the Past – Positive Force – Green Vinyl – not sure what pressing
Justice League: Think or Sink – Just 4 Fun Records
The Abused: Loud and Clear – Abused Music – *Missing lyric sheet and the cover has come unglued*
Civ: Et Tu Brute / Can't Wait One Minute More – Revelation Records – White Vinyl
Quicksand: Dine Alone / Can Opener – Polydor Records – Promotional
12″ Records
Judge: Bringing It Down – Revelation Records – Green Marble Vinyl
Stalag 13: In Control – Upstart Records
Straight Ahead: S/T – I Risk
Rest In Pieces: My Rage – One Step Ahead
Youth of Today: BDTW – Wishingwell Records
Uniform Choice: Screaming For Change – Wishingwell Records – Yellow Lettering
Slap Shot: Back On the Map – Taang
Insted: Bonds of Friendship – Wishingwell Records
No For An Answer: A Thought Crusade – Hawker Records
NYHC Where the Wild Things Are: compilation – Blackout Records
Agnostic Front: Cause For Alarm – Combat Core
DYS: S/T – Modern Method Records – Promotional
Agression: Don't Be Mistaken -BYO
Verbal Assault: Learn – Positive Force – *Missing Poster*
Quicksand: Manic Compression – Rev/Island
Dag Nasty: Can I Say – Dischord
Fair Warning: You Are the Scene – Fair Warning Records
Into Another: S/T – Revelation Records
Mike Judge and Old Smoke: Sights – Revelation Records
Uniform Choice: "Straight and Alert" / 4-sided / Wishingwell / White T w/ Blue and Red Print / Size L – slightly worn condition
Judge: "New York Crew" / 2-sided /Blue T w/ Yellow Schism logo on front pocket / White "Hammers" on back / Size L – good condition
Insted: "Chet" design / 2-sided / Blue T w/ White Insted logo on front pocket / White "Chet" design on back / Size L – good condition
Bad Trip: ? design / 2 sided / White T with Black logo and guy with beer on front pocket / Black drawing of crowd on back / Size L – good condition w/ light stain on front
So thanks to all of you who decide to bid on any of these records or t-shirts and lend some support in the process. And of course, my gratitude goes to Tim who has helped me out beyond measure.
Take care all,


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The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care plans to temporarily lay off as many as 40 employees next year as it embarks on a major renovation of the inpatient unit at its Cheektowaga campus.
The $8 million project involves renovation of 22 short-stay patient rooms, as well as upgrades to the kitchen and heating and air conditioning, relocation of a chapel, and construction of a new patient-ambulance entrance.
During the renovation, the organization on Como Park Boulevard will use its 10-bed longer-term residence for the more frequent short-stay patients. The inpatient unit serves patients whose pain or symptoms cannot be managed at home.
A similar conversion was completed this year at the St. John Baptist/Hospice Buffalo Inpatient Unit on Maple Street by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. It was converted from a residence to a shorter-term inpatient unit, allowing it to care for more patients per year.
Flint Besecker, chief executive officer, said the changes reflect the need for more acute-care beds for patients approaching the end of their lives who need symptom relief, who can no longer be managed at home or whose families want to use the facility for short-term respite care. In addition, he said, the organization wants to give the unit a more homelike atmosphere.
"It's part of a strategy we embarked on to try to reach more people in the community earlier in their disease," he said.
The change means the five remaining patients in the 10-bed Cheektowaga residence, where the average length of stay is about three months, will have to be transferred to a nursing home when the residence is used for short-stay patients during the project.
Besecker said the center plans to shut the residence early next year and is making arrangements for the remaining patients. Although a sensitive issue, it's possible that some of the patients may die before they have to move.
"It is a difficult situation. We are planning to transition them [to other facilities] and trying to do it as respectfully as possible," he said.
The decision didn't sit well with every family member of the patients affected.
Michael Simpson, whose 75-year-old mother, Rose, is a patient at the longer-care residence, said he is unhappy about the prospect of moving her elsewhere when she is near death.
"The staff here is brilliant. It's an incredible experience," he said. "But I feel as though we are being pushed out."
Besecker said he is aware of the complaint, and his staff is trying to accommodate the family as best as possible. However, at some reasonable point, he said the unit must be emptied to allow construction to start.
As a result of the projects at the Cheektowaga and downtown facilities, notices went to 84 of the center's 650 employees that they may be displaced in some way during the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2013, Besecker said. As many as 40 could face a temporary layoff, he said.
Besecker also said the center increased its workforce over the past two years by 70 people.
Besecker said it's unclear whether the center will return to using the 10-bed residence for longer-term patients after the renovation to the inpatient unit. He said nursing homes provide a similar service and may be better suited to care for those types of patients in a partnership with hospice.
The residence on the campus has cared for about 45 patients a year, and the inpatient unit about 1,500 patients a year. Overall, the organization cares for 8,000 people annually, with about 6,500 of them off the campus in homes, hospitals or nursing homes.
"Our strategy is to take our clinical expertise and use it in the community," Besecker said. "Then you don't need all these [patient] handoffs."
"It's very difficult for patients and families to take full advantage of the range of services hospice offers when they are under care for only a few days. We must be careful about focusing too intently on long-stay patients while turning a blind eye to the large number of patients dying in less than a week," said J. Donald Schumacher, president of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. He is a Buffalo native who formerly headed the hospice organization here.
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Canned cranberry sauce. Splork is an onomatopoeia of the sound this food as it slides out of the can. Proper presentation of this food is to leave it whole, in the shape of the can and lying on its side on the presentation plate. May be garnished with red lettuce.
Damn it Randy! I asked you to plate the splork, but you mashed it up. Now it is just some damn cranberry sauce! Way to ruin Thanksgiving, meathead!
von Hunding 18. Juli 2011
When browsing the Internet: To accidentally close a browser page you wanted open. Generally meaning you'll have to go back to Google and re-search the term over and figure out which link was the page you wanted. Happens often when you have multiple pages up and inadvertently close the one you wanted. Also applies to accidentally closing documents without saving them.
Hmm, let me close these other pages and go back to the Ferrari wallpaper site. Aw crap, I just splorked myself!
von Stowevtc 18. Juli 2006
to ejaculate or an ejaculate
No splorking on others!
Keep your splork to yourself
Keep your splork to yourself
von Anonymous 7. November 2002
a spork that swims.
the best sounding word ever. if you concentrate on pronouncing it just so, it feels all crisp and neat-o.
the best sounding word ever. if you concentrate on pronouncing it just so, it feels all crisp and neat-o.
Ya know when everything is feeling all sloppy and garglyga? Say splork, making sure to hit all of the consonants just right. Everything will feel better afterward.
von joyanonymous 10. Juni 2006
When you eat to much acid and think a blob is chasing you all the time.
keenan quit being such a splork.
von s4gz 13. Juni 2003
The sound made during felching. Was the title for an undergroud comic in the 60's.
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Just go for it: Expert says O'Brien wise to be aggressive on 4th down
September 13, 2012 - Cory Giger
In a lot of ways, Penn State coach Bill O'Brien doesn't really have anything to lose, so why not gamble a bunch on fourth down.
Only it's not gambling, according to statistical research. It's actually smart football, albeit unconventional.
It's playing the percentages.
"The numbers will tell you that anything less than fourth-and-8 from the 50, you ought to go for it," said Toby Moskowitz, a college professor who wrote the book -- literally -- on fourth-down conversions.
"I don't think there's a single coach in college football that would go for it on fourth-and-8 at the 50, but [research] certainly tells you that even if you're like fourth-and-3, the odds are overwhelmingly in your favor of going for it."
O'Brien already has shown he likes going for it on fourth down, converting 5-of-7 chances in two games. Earlier this week, he made the following declaration:
"Once we get really close to the 50, I'm pretty much not going to punt it. I'm just going to tell you that. Like, we're going to go for it, unless it's fourth and forever."
Moskowitz says that's the way O'Brien and all coaches should approach fourth downs.
Moskowitz co-authored a book in 2011 called Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. In his research, Moskowitz tracked about 3,500 fourth-down situations in the NFL over a 10-year period (1999-2009) and evaluated the results.
The research showed that "96 percent of the time the coaches chose to kick," Moskowitz said.
That's a mistake, too.
"If you run the numbers, the numbers are pretty staggering," said the author, a finance professor at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The fourth-down component of the book focuses on NFL games, which obviously are different from the college and high school levels. Still, NFL defenses are more advanced than the lower levels, so it can be concluded that if going for it more often actually would work in the pros, it would be even more effective in college.
"From anyplace on the field, you can calculate statistically if it's better to go for it or kick," said Moskowitz, who based his calculations on field position and the opponent's probability of scoring after a punt or failed fourth-down attempt.
"In most situations where the game is not on the line ... the numbers will tell you that in your opponent's territory you ought to go for it."
The most publicized example of a gung-ho fourth-down approach is Kevin Kelley, who coaches at Pulaski Academy High School in Little Rock, Ark. Kelley never punts -- ever -- even deep in his own territory on fourth-and-long, and he's been wildly successful, winning three state titles.
"I'm probably a dumb man if you ask a lot of people," Kelley told the Mirror during a 2010 interview, when a former quarterback of his was getting ready to start for Kent State against PSU. "But as long as we keep winning around here, I don't care what people say."
O'Brien doesn't really have to care what people say, either, given that he has the leverage of being in the first season of a nine-year contract. He has taken over a Penn State football program dealing with NCAA sanctions that can't go to a bowl game for four years and doesn't have great expectations, plus he makes $2.3 million per year.
Even if he loses games for a few years, as long as he continues to do everything right off the field and represent the program well, it's doubtful the school will fire him.
O'Brien isn't likely to go wild on fourth down all the time, but he would seem to have a lot of things going in his favor that would allow him to gamble much more than other coaches.
"Given where Penn State is right now after all that's happened, no one expects much from them," Moskowitz said. "They don't have a particularly good team that they're putting on the field. It's not bad, but they're not competing for a national championship or anything like that.
"So he's in a very good position, both in terms of job security and in terms of people's expectations, to try all kinds of stuff."
The probabilities may show it's better to go for it more often, but coaches generally don't, Moskowitz pointed out, because they have angry fans and athletic directors to deal with, plus they're likely to get blasted by the media.
"They may say, 'The numbers might back me up going for it, but boy, it's not clear that everybody sees it that way, and if I fail, that's a lot worse than if I just punt the ball away,'" Moskowitz said.
O'Brien's former boss knows all about that.
In 2009, New England coach Bill Belichick went for it on fourth-and-2 from his own 28 with 2:08 to play and holding a 34-28 lead over Indianapolis. The Patriots, with O'Brien as an assistant coach, failed to convert, and Peyton Manning led the Colts to a 35-34 comeback win.
"Belichick goes for it on fourth down, he fails and they end up losing, and he's just grilled for weeks," Moskowitz said.
Failure often draws more criticism than success does praise, Moskowitz pointed out, so people tend to avoid taking risks for fear of failing.
Coaches typically are the same.
Players, however, love taking risks -- and love having their coach put his faith in them on fourth down.
"I've always been a big fan of the saying, 'There are four downs for a reason,'" PSU quarterback Matt McGloin said. "I like going for it on fourth down. I like taking that opportunity. We've been successful with it so far."
Seeing O'Brien go for it also encourages the defensive players, who see it as a sign of confidence in them that they can stop the opponent if the offense fails to convert.
"We're always urging him on to go for it," cornerback Stephon Morris.
When it comes time to go for it, the offensive players get a rush and a sense of urgency to deliver.
"If Coach O'Brien says to go for it on fourth down," center Matt Stankiewitch said, "we're all going to look at each other in the huddle and say, 'Let's do this.'"


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West Virginia Wesleyan's Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program will host a Visiting Writers Series during the program's Winter Residency.
These writers will be reading from their original work, and copies of their books will be available for sale; readings will be held in Wesleyan's Black Box Theatre in the English Annex unless otherwise noted:
- Carter Sickels, author of the novel "The Evening Hour," at 8 p.m. Dec. 28.
- West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman, author of the forthcoming "Green-Silver and Silent," at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 29.
- Adrian Blevins, author of the poetry collections "Live from the Homesick Jamboree" and "The Brass Girl Brouhaha," at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30.
- Karen McElmurray, author of the novels, "The Motel of the Stars" and "Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven," and the memoir "Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother's Journey" at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31. (Reading held in WV Wesleyan's Nellie Wilson Lounge in Benedum Hall.)
- Kevin Oderman, author of the essay collection "How Things Fit Together" and two novels, "Going" and "White Vespa," at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 1.
- Sara Beth Childers, author of the forthcoming memoir-in-essays, "Shake Terribly the Earth," and Aaron Smith, author of two poetry collections, "Appetite" and "Blue on Blue Ground," at 3 p.m. Jan. 2.
- Elizabeth Stone, author of four books including the memoir, "A Boy I Once Knew: What a Teacher Learned from her Student," at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4. (Reading held in the Green Room, 88 Restaurant and Lounge, at 88 E. Main Street, Buckhannon.)
Wesleyan's low-residency MFA in Creative Writing offers an apprenticeship model that enables students to earn a Master's degree without having to uproot their lives. Students are on campus for an intense residency period of nine to 10 days each summer and winter, and complete their semester course work through correspondence with a mentor.
Launched by Irene McKinney, who served as West Virginia's Poet Laureate until her death in February 2012, the program continues to honor her vision: the dynamic core faculty is committed to fostering the creation of fine literature, particularly literature that explores place and identity. This program is the only one of its kind in the state.
These events are free and open to the public. For more information about the readings or about Wesleyan's creative writing program, contact MFA Director Jessie van Eerden: vaneerden@wvwc, 304.473.8329.
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on August 30, 2012 - 12:35 PM
TAMPA – Republicans today will open a storm-shortened national convention with the theme "A Better Future," and while that slogan refers to their envisioned America under a President Mitt Romney, it could also be used to describe the GOP itself.
Delegates and other leading Republicans are downright giddy about the speaking program at the three-day affair, which is dotted with rising GOP stars that many envision as possible future candidates for president or vice president – in 2016 if Romney loses, 2020 if he wins.
Some are dynamic speakers, like tonight's keynote speaker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who will introduce Romney on Thursday. Others are women, such as Govs. Nikki Haley of South Carolina and Susana Martinez of New Mexico, who, party activists said, could one day bridge the "gender gap" that shows women voters favoring Democrats.
In fact, some Republicans talk with more excitement about speakers such as Christie than they do about Romney.
Asked if some speakers might outshine the party's presidential nominee, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said: "Chris Christie, he'll peel the paint off the walls. You can get ready for that. He's going to be stupendous."
Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chairman, then quickly added: "The American people want to see and get to know Mitt Romney. And there is no way that anybody is going to be a bigger event than that. … I don't think anyone's worried about that."
Republicans will nominate Romney in a roll call this evening, and the former Massachusetts governor will accept the nomination in a speech Thursday night.
Between now and then, though, the GOP has laid out convention plans that showcase what Barbour called a very deep bench.
"We have a lot of talent," Barbour said. "We have 29 governors, a bunch of them potential stars."
On a day when the Tampa area experienced only a few intense showers as Tropical Storm Isaac passed by to the west, Republicans spent Monday attending parties and events and speculating on what the convention's highlights will be.
The storm forced minor additional changes in the schedule, as Govs. Rick Scott of Florida and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana canceled their convention appearances to focus on storm preparation.
Aides to Romney left open the possibility of altering the schedule further if Isaac were to devastate the Gulf Coast – a possibility Republicans dreaded both for the human impact of the storm and the political impact of shifting media attention away from their gathering.
For his part, Romney told a pool reporter in New Hampshire: "Our thoughts are with the people that are in the storm's path and [we] hope that they're spared any major destruction."
For now, the convention will proceed, having lost only one of the speakers many Republicans name as a potential national candidate: Jindal. But there are many others – including the vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin – who will speak Wednesday.
Others who get mentioned as future national candidates include Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, who is broadly popular in his home state, and Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, who is seen, as are Rubio and Martinez, as candidates who could appeal to the nation's growing Hispanic population. McDonnell and Sandoval will speak tonight, while Martinez will speak Wednesday.
The Erie County Republican chairman, Nicholas A. Langworthy, said he was looking forward to several of the speakers.
He said Christie is a Republican who has and will appeal to Northeast voters like those in Erie County, through a "tell it like it is" style reminiscent of late Buffalo Mayor James D. Griffin.
"He's not your typical politician," said Langworthy, himself the youngest chairman of a major party organization in the state. "He lays it on the line."
In addition, Ryan's speech accepting the vice presidential nomination will garner "incredible ratings," Langworthy predicted.
"He has never had such an audience, and how bright this guy is will really open some eyes," he said.
Still, Langworthy insisted that the GOP's young stars would not steal the show from Romney, who, polls show, has struggled to connect with voters. Just this week, a Washington Post/ABC News poll found that Romney had a statistically insignificant 1 point lead over Obama – but that by a 61 to 27 percent margin, voters found Obama more likable.
"We will use these surrogates and use them well" to promote Romney's message, Langworthy predicted.
That poll also highlighted the persistent gender gap. Women favored Obama by six percentage points, the poll said, while men preferred Romney by a similar margin.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, noted that the gender gap has persisted for years but that Romney's economic message should lead women to vote for him.
State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, agreed.
"Gov. Romney's message will be about what women want: economic security," she said. "They want it for themselves, for their family, and job opportunities for their children."
As for the supposed Republican "war on women" claimed by some Democrats – especially after Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP Senate candidate in Missouri, coined the term "legitimate rape" – Young finds the argument "contrived and fabricated."
Romney's wife, Ann, will speak at the convention tonight, and Young said she is the ideal speaker to counter that claim.
"I admire her immensely," the senator said. "She has overcome many obstacles in her life and raised five sons. She really is a role model."
Ann Romney is just one of several prominent women who will speak at the convention.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who denies any political ambitions, will speak Wednesday. Haley, the South Carolina governor who could become the first Indian-American on a presidential ticket, speaks tonight, as does Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, another Republican woman seen by many as harboring national ambitions.
"It shows you the bench strength this party has right now," Langworthy said.
At the same time, Isaac was not the only potential distraction at the convention.
The streets of Tampa teem with police officers on bikes, on foot and in vehicles. And that police presence, along with the rain, appears to have minimized the protests that were expected.
Only one protester, a man who refused to remove his bandanna despite police orders, was arrested Monday, when a protest that aimed to draw 5,000 attracted only a few hundred.
Meanwhile, an old GOP renegade – Rep. Ron Paul of Texas – threatened to cause a bigger distraction, promising to fight against a set of rules that the Romney team has tried to push that would make it more difficult for insurgent presidential candidates to make a go of it. A floor fight about those rules could take place this afternoon.
Top Republicans said, though, that no such distractions will get in the way of the bottom-line message that Republicans hope to deliver.
"You're always going to have a lot of issues and distractions, but this election is going to be about the economy and jobs," Boehner said.
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She may have been the guest of honor at Friday night's Marine Corps Ball, but fellow attendees say Mila Kunis put aside her star status to honor 236 years of military history.
The actress "was very nice and very respectful," an enlisted Marine who attended the Greenville, N.C., ball tells PEOPLE. "She gets credit and a lot of respect for coming here, not being part of this world and following through on her word."
Kunis, 28, who dazzled in black as the date of Sgt. Scott Moore, took in Marine traditions, such as a birthday cake ceremony, in which the oldest and youngest Marines slice and eat the first serving of the cake.
"She seemed to like the traditions," the Marine says. "They made her smile."
And she may have been the belle of the ball, but attendees say the real focus of the night was on honoring those who were not in attendance: the seven in Moore's unit who died on duty.
"Thanks for all the support!" Moore – who asked Kunis out via YouTube with a fellow Marine when he was serving his second combat deployment in Afghanistan – Tweeted before the big night. "Tonight is for you 7 Betio Bastards!"
The "Betio Bastards" is the nickname for Moore's unit, the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The name pays homage to a bloody World War II battle fought in the Pacific.
"We had a rough deployment," the Marine attendee adds. "We lost six Marines and a corpsman. Scott made sure everyone knew, he wasn't at the ball for himself. He was there for the ones who could only be with us in spirit."
Mila Kunis Was 'Very Respectful' at the Marine Corps Ball
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — It's actually pretty funny to hear buffoons like Harry Reid pontificate about accounting and tax matters. Indeed, Harry got his shorts in a wad, the other day, when the Romneys published their 2011 Federal income tax return for all to see. Quoth Harry Reid, a true joke himself: "The information released today reveals that Mitt Romney manipulated one of the only two years of tax returns he's seen fit to show the American people ... It's also galling to see the creative accounting Mitt Romney applied to his own tax returns ... Once again, we see Mitt Romney is out of touch with middle class families, who don't have the luxury of accounting wizards and foreign tax shelters..."
First of all, Har, what makes you such an expert on matters of accounting, creative or otherwise, considering you and your Senate cronies haven't even been able to come up with a budget over the course of the recent several years? And where are your tax returns, Har? Or have we somehow missed their publication? And when did it become illegal to invest in entities which conduct business in foreign jurisdictions — Switzerland, Cayman Islands or otherwise? We guess we just missed that law too.
Our suggestion to Harry: Do your job, for a change, lest your continual blathering remove all doubt as to caliber of your intellect.
Which reminds us — how many news reports did you see about that 14.1 percent tax rate which the Romneys paid? Another example of simple ignorance (What else can you call it?) on the part of the run-of-the-mill press reporters out there.
While it is true that the Romneys' total Federal tax liability was 14.1 percent of their "adjusted gross income," (AGI) professionals regard the correct measure of the effective tax rate as the tax liability divided not by AGI, but by taxable income (TI), which considers a taxpayer's itemized deductions for things like … charitable contributions (about $2.3 million in the Romney case), state and local income taxes (about $1.3 million in the Romney case) and various other deductions.
Taxable income might be more loosely described as not how much you made, but how much you kept for yourself. Using TI as the measure of the Romneys' effective tax rate, one comes up with 21.5 percent, which tells us that the generic (hostile to Republican) press dolt, out there, only missed the more correct measure of the tax rate by about 50 percent. Not to mention, of course, that when taking into account the state and local income taxes paid by the Romneys, the effective tax rate is more like 36.2 percent.
You didn't hear that rate revealed by any of those press clowns, now did you.
But that's OK — we guess they were just engaging in a bit of "creative accounting."
— CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR - This article contains information about various tax matters. You should consult your CPA regarding the implications to your own particular situation. Jeff Quinn, the author of this article, is a shareholder of Ashley Quinn, CPAs and Consultants, Ltd., with offices in Incline Village and Reno. He can be reached at 831-7288, welcomes comments at firstname.lastname@example.com, and invites readers to consider his other commentary at http://blog.nolo.com/taxes.


text: Women Smoking while Pregnant! Do you know where Pennsylvania ranks? by on Thursday, May 16, 2013 As we continue to think about the wellbeing of women during National Women's Health week, smoking rates among females comes to mind. It may surprise you to learn that smoking increases the risk of heart disease and stroke by 2 to 4 times. Also, women who smoke have a 25 percent higher risk of developing heart disease as compared to men who smoke. And, continuing to smoke throughout your life shaves 13-14 years off of your life expectancy. So, despite beliefs to the contrary, smoking doesn't just cause a risk for lung cancer.And Along Comes BabyAs you would imagine, smoking during pregnancy causes a whole new set of health concerns for the unborn child. In fact, it has been shown to reduce the production of a chemical that relaxes blood vessels and can lead to lowered blood flow to the fetus, resulting in lower birth weight, shorter length and smaller head circumference. If an expectant mother stops smoking early in pregnancy, enzyme levels return to normal and the infant is born at normal birth weight. Here in Pennsylvania we are ranked 35 out of 50 with 15.6% of pregnant women smoking.To learn about resources for quitting smoking and to show your legislators that stroke and heart health issues are important to you, please visit our Take Action center to send your supportive message today and encourage others to send a message through Facebook. « Now share your story Share This


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Following public opposition, Charleston County Council changed course Tuesday night and voted against pursuing a new recycling and garbage-sorting site in West Ashley.
The county will instead begin negotiating for a site located along Palmetto Commerce Parkway in North Charleston.
Prior to the site-selection vote Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, city councilmen Marvin Wagner and Keith Waring, and a half-dozen West Ashley residents spoke to County Council and voiced their opposition to the Bees Ferry location.
The county was looking at a tract of land adjacent to Bees Ferry landfill, along Bees Ferry Road, for a new facility that would handle recycling and eventually sort recyclable material from garbage.
Most who spoke praised the county's recycling goals, but said residents of subdivisions in the Bees Ferry Road area already contend with garbage truck traffic to the Bees Ferry landfill, and don't want a recycling and sorting center there, as well.
"We just ask that you consider some other sites," said Marge Rudisill, a Carolina Bay resident who brought a petition with about 160 signatures opposing the Bees Ferry site.
Riley told County Council members that the government needs to support the quality of life in residential areas
"Most respectfully, the Bees Ferry location fails any reasonable analysis of land-use planning," Riley said. "Sites like this should be for things like offices, and shops."
While residents opposed having the site located near them, on County Council it was West Ashley resident Colleen Condon leading the push for the Bees Ferry site, and the North Charleston faction of County Council pushing for a site in North Charleston.
When Councilwoman Anna Johnson, of Johns Island, switched her vote, that tipped the balance to a 5-3 vote against Bees Ferry, with Councilman Dickie Schweers absent.
Last week the council had voted 5-4 for the Bees Ferry site, with Johnson and Schweers in the majority.
"I certainly didn't think we were bringing anything harmful to the community," Johnson said, while changing her vote.
Councilman Herb Sass, who supported the Bees Ferry site, said "the well has been poisoned" by information about the properties leaking out, following a closed-door meeting of the council Thursday.
Sass, Joe Qualey, and Condon were the three votes Tuesday night for the Bees Ferry site.
Condon said the county's solid-waste consultant had recommended the location.
"I want to have the ability to pull recycling out of the existing landfill and reduce its size," Condon said. "None of that can happen if we don't co-locate the recycling facility with the landfill."
Like Sass, Condon said the public got the wrong idea about the plan after information leaked out. The county had made no effort to inform the public about the plan, but intended to begin land-purchase negotiations.
The new facility would replace the county's current recycling center, located near Morrison Drive in Charleston.
Council Chairman Teddie Pryor said the North Charleston site is along an industrial corridor suited for such a facility. It's across the parkway from the privately owned Republic landfill.
Pryor said that eventually, that location could be used for sorting recycling from garbage, but the garbage would then need to be trucked to the landfill.
He said he's confident that Tuesday's vote settled the issue.
"This is done, D-O-N-E done," Pryor said.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I have a list of things that wig me out. It's a detailed list.
Lots of things scare me, perhaps because there are lots of scary things out there.
Number 10: John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High."
It's not the song, but the concept of the song as it pertains to the movie "Final Destination." That's the movie where a group of kids cheat death because of the main character's dream of precognition. The premise of the movie is that you can't cheat Death, and Death will maintain the delicate balance between life and itself by offing one character at a time until it gets everybody in the movie. Death announces its arrival with the playing of Rocky Mountain High.
Like today.
I'm stopped at a traffic light when I hear the faint strains of the song coming from the car in the next lane, "Rocky Mountain High … Colorado …"
I flashback to the movie, and wonder if I didn't cheat Death recently; and I'm about to be killed by a disabled Soviet satellite plummeting to earth or falling space debris.
It could happen.
Number 9: Cats (the animal or the musical).
Cats regard humans with a look of disdain that says, "Were it not for opposable thumbs you'd be eating off the floor and we would rule the earth."
Cats are the epitome of indifference.
As for the musical, nobody should have to sit through two hours of that.
Number 8: Anything born with more than four legs.
I think this one is self-explanatory.
Number 7: Celine Dion.
Nothing human wails like that. Her too-big-insectoid-eyed visage is a front for something heinously alien, something from the Ninth Galactic Swarm for sure.
Number 6: Swimming in the ocean.
One word: Jaws.
Number 5: Mimes.
Pasty pale and always getting locked in these imaginary glass boxes from which they can never escape. Instead of just feeling around for the opening they should maybe find an imaginary baseball bat and take a few whacks. Plus they never speak. Ever.
Maybe Celine Dion could be a mime.
Number 4: Beanie Babies.
Hundreds of Beanie Babies, all lined up on shelves in what my mom calls "The Teddy Bear Room," silently begging, "We're toys, please play with us."
They stare at me in the dark with their sad, black-button eyes because my brother took "The Whicker Room" because he's afraid of Beanie Babies, too.
Number 3: Parrots.
I've never seen birds this blue. Or birds that talk.
The blue I can handle. It's the talking part that's unnerving.
"Pretty bird," or, "Here kitty." Imagine being Tarzan, alone in the jungle, scared out of your mind because there's no way you can pull off Tarzan, and from the high treetops comes this disembodied voice, "Here kitty."
If Stanley heard, "Here kitty," in the jungle like I heard it at the beach this past weekend, Livingstone would never have been found.
Number 2: A Jack in the Box.
A dismembered clown head impaled on a spring jumping unexpectedly out of a box to "Pop Goes the Weasel," I had nightmares about these things until I turned seven and went to the circus for the first time.
And met …
Number 1: Real clowns.
Bozo … Pennywise … in my eyes there's no difference.
The leering ear-to-ear smile, the bulbous red nose, wild orange hair, oversized feet, manic laughter, and the inability to take three steps without tripping over himself.
To paraphrase FDR, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself … and clowns."
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Could Penn State actually start a freshman quarterback this season?
Anyone who has followed Joe Paterno's career knows the saying by heart - "I'd rather play a freshman two weeks too late than one day too soon" - so even the possibility is a major surprise.
But according to information dripping out of the Nittany Lions' preseason camp, true freshman Robert Bolden is the most talented of the four quarterback candidates.
The coaching staff is reportedly leaning toward redshirting another freshman, Paul Jones, who arrived on the PSU campus in January and played impressively in the Blue-White Game.
Bolden, a 6-foot-4 stud from Michigan, has apparently shown he's closer to being ready than Jones, and he may also be a better option than rumored sophomore frontrunner Matt McGloin or fellow soph Kevin Newsome.
A word of caution: Don't bet your season parking pass on it.
I don't think it will be a true freshman for several reasons:
n Though Bolden may look like the best, he's only been performing in scrimmages and in front of the Big Ten Network's traveling bus, not 107,000-plus.
n The coaching staff and the team barely know him.
n If a true freshman starts and gets knocked around and loses his confidence - like at Alabama - can the staff really then turn to the older prospects who have already been told they're not good enough? Newsome may be demoralized at that point, and it's doubtful a former walk-on like McGloin can provide the energy that will be needed following what could well be a lopsided loss in Tuscaloosa.
n Conversely, it's more likely they'll tab McGloin or Newsome early for a manage-the-game approach, and if things aren't going well, the staff can turn to Bolden later in September, when Kent State or Temple are in town, and thus groom him in time for the Big Ten opener - which, brace yourself, is at Iowa.
None of the scenarios are terribly appealing, and the team no doubt would be much more poised for its schedule had the staff been able to keep Pat Devlin from racing to Delaware.
Penn State has always given its upperclassmen the first crack, but as JoePa said at media day, Newsome is not an upperclassman. The Nits scrambled to get Newsome on short notice after Devlin left, and therefore he was not someone they necessarily coveted all along.
As a starter, the development of Bolden could be severely impeded by a whipping at Alabama, which could then set the quarterback position back even further. If Bolden is viewed as the best player down the road, it's doubly important for him to be standing by mid-October.
One thing possibly working in favor of a freshman starting could be the fact that JoePa has deferred more decisions to his assistants the last few years, and especially lately, and he's given particular leeway to his son Jay, the team's quarterbacks coach and or "co-offensive coordinator" as the BTN called him.
JayPa might be more eager to roll the dice than his dad.
Except that they're still his dad's dice.
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After 36 years of the Spoleto Festival USA, most Charlestonians probably cant conceive of their city deprived of this pioneering arts extravaganza.
The festival has attracted artists from all over the world, and created a space where fresh, bold, and revolutionizing ideas get their start.
As this years Spoleto Festival plays out its final performances, we look back at highlights from festivals past.
1978Creve Coeur, World Premiere (theater)
The world Premiere of Tennessee Williams Creve Coeur, a one-act play, written as a companion piece to Demolition Downtown. Williams worked on the play further, after its debut, and retitled it, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.
1980The American Clock, World Premiere (theater)
The world Premiere of Arthur Millers play, The American Clock, at Spoleto Festival USA.
1980Nikolais Dance Theater, World Premiere (dance)
Choreographed by Alwin Nikolais, this year marked the world Premiere of the Nikolais Dance Theater performance.
1981The Corridor, World Premiere (theater)
The world Premiere of Diane Kagans play, The Corridor, at the Garden Theater, Charleston. Directed by Patricia Carmichael.
1982Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax (music)
Emanuel Ax, Grammy award-winning classical pianist, got his start here, performing with Yo-Yo Ma at the Spoleto Festival USA.
1986Circus Flora, World Premiere (theater)
World Premiere of this delightful circus act, staged at Marion Square during Spoleto Festival 1986.
1987The Colla Family Marionettes, World Premiere (theater)
With five appearances in Charleston so far, The Colla Family Marionettes have become synonymous with the Spoleto Festival USA. 1987 marked the world premiere of their magical show, and started a relationship that has flourished over the years.
1987Platee, American Premiere (opera)
The American debut of the opera, Platée, by Jean-Phillipe Rameau, conducted by Grant Llewellyn, at the Dock Street Theater, Charleston.
1989Empty Places, World Premiere (music)
American experimental artist, Laurie Anderson, Premiered her performance piece, Empty Places, at Gaillard during Spoleto Festival 1989.
1990Hydrogen Jukebox, World Premiere (opera)
The world Premiere of Phillip Glass work, Hydrogen Jukebox, at the Sotille Theater during the Spoleto Festival 1990.
1991Elizabeth Streb Ringside, World Premiere (dance)
The world Premiere of Elizabeth Strebs dance piece, performed by the Elizabeth Streb Ringside company at the Garden Theater, during Spoleto Festival 1990.
1996Les Enfants Terribles, American Premiere (opera)
The American Premiere of the Philip Glass opera, Les Enfants Terribles, directed by Susan Marshall.
1996Peter and Wendy, World Premiere (theater)
The Mabou Mines version of Peter and Wendy Premiered at the Spoleto Festival 1996, using bunraku-style puppets and scraps of cloth and paper to recreate J.M. Barries classic tale, Peter Pan.
2007Book of Longing, American Premiere (theater)
In the world Premiere of Philip Glass new work, Book of Longing, based on Leonard Cohens poems and artworks Glass set 23 of Leonard Cohens poems to music. The show was performed at the Sotille Theater during Spoleto Festival 2007.
2007Lile de Merlin (Merlins Island), American Premiere (opera)
The world Premiere of the one-act comic opera Lile de Merlin (Merlins Island) or Le Monde Renversé, (The World Turned Upside Down) by Cristophe Willibald Gluck.
2007Swan Lake, American Premiere (dance)
The American Premiere of Swan Lake, as conceived by Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia.
2008Heloisa Fernandes, American Premiere (jazz)
Brazilian pianist, Heloisa Fernandes, made her American debut as part of the jazz series at Spoleto 2008, her first performance outside of Brazil.
2008Monkey: Journey to the West, American Premiere (music theater)
Conceived, written and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, Monkey: Journey to the West, Premiereed at Spoleto Festival 2008.
2009Don John, American Premiere (theater)
Cornwall-based theater troupe, Kneehigh Theatre, debuted their production, Don John, at the Memminger Auditorium during Spoleto Festival 2009.
2011Emilie, American Premier (opera)
The American premiere of Kaija Saariajos opera, Emilie, at the Memminger Auditorium, during Spoleto Festival 2011.
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The Bonadio Group appointed James Dauria a cost segregation specialist for MS Consultants, LLC, a subsidiary of the Bonadio Group. Most recently, Dauria was a cost segregation consultant with Freed Maxick CPAs. He received his bachelor's degree from Muskingum College.
The Western New York Trial Lawyers Association presented its Cegielski Civility Award posthumously to Neil R. Sherwood, the late partner of Cohen & Lombardo. The award recognizes an attorney who is courteous, fair and practices law with the utmost integrity. Also, the Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York honored Sherwood by naming its newly created civility award in his memory. The Neil R. Sherwood Memorial Civility Award was presented to Paul E. Richardson at the organization's annual dinner.
Damon Morey partner Beth Ann Bivona was elected to the Upstate New York Turnaround Management Association's Advisory Board of Directors. The association is an international nonprofit dedicated to corporate renewal and turnaround management.
Adoption STAR appointed Susan Reardon adoptive parent mentor and coach. Reardon, a three-time Adoption STAR adoptive mom, has been an advocate for adoption for more than 10 years. She has background in human services.
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Title: Secure wiegand communications
No.: 8,358,783
Inventors: Davis, Michael (Amherst); Andresky, David (Lafayette, Colo.); Guthery, Scott B. (Chestnut Hill, Mass.); Robinton, Mark (Somerville, Mass.)
Assignee: Assa Abloy AB (Sweden)
Date issued: Jan. 22, 2013


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The 10 Most Depressingly Unfunny Gag Gifts
#5. Fart Candy
Speaking of farts, fart candy gets a special mention for at least tricking me. I thought this would be something that sounds or smells like a fart, and ha ha, everyone has a good laugh. Remember hot pepper gum? Or the gum that turns your mouth black? Like that crap. But no, this is a whole new level of crazy. Fart candy causes you to fart.
I may be naive, but I honestly wasn't aware that we as a species had developed the ability to hide farts in candy yet. I know that beans cause gas, and that some people can't handle their Mexican food, but not that we had refined a particular ingredient to the point where it can be added to candy, imperceptibly, and then it will make people fart.
While causing farts seems like a good prank on the surface, you have to also be aware that if you're there with the person eating the candy, you too become the victim. Moreso than the farter, because we only pretend to be offended by our own farts, when really we're spitefully proud of each and every one.
#4. No Gay Sex Sign
This seems like it would have been most at home in the 1980s, when there was a genuine fear of gay sex taking place in a bathroom or your linen closet or wherever you feel gays might be gathering in and around your residence. Basically when homophobia was more of a cottage industry and everyone had a good laugh at Billy Crystal playing a man named Jodie. A man named Jodie, just imagine it. So silly. So gay.
Anyway, as a gift, this one is just lost in the woods. If you give it to a friend who is actually gay, it's like giving a midget one of those signs from the circus that says you must be this tall to ride. It's a passive-aggressive confrontation. Also, did you know midgets don't like being called midgets? I hope none got up on a booster seat to read this.
The big issue with the no-gay-sex sign is that it's kind of like flying the Confederate flag or listening to Glenn Beck in public -- it's a forthright admission of dummitude and ignorance. Most people want to keep their idiocy secret because it's embarrassing; that's why the KKK wear those delightful linens. The costumes make it easier to be a pinhead. But all out in the open, you have to be a real gaping anus to act that way, and it's hard to give a gift without it being out in the open, so you're admitting to your friend that you either are an ass or have closeted gay fantasies about them, or both. Probably both.
#3. Liquid Ass
Last butt-themed prank, I promise. From me, not from prank stores. Maybe. They have pages and pages of this shit. For our purposes, this is pretty much the omega of ass prankage -- liquid ass. Here's a quote from the Liquid Ass website: "Once unleashed, this power-packed, super-concentrated liquid begins to evaporate filling the air with a genuine, foul butt-crack smell with hints of dead animal and fresh poo." If you've never had occasion to say "Well I never," then please take a moment now.
Rancidity does not equate to good times; this has never been a historical observation or even speculation. In the Dark Ages when people were carting wagons laden with plague victims through the streets and if you wanted a breath of fresh air you had to put your face in the dog's ass, no one thought they were living in one big, hilarious prank. No one likes stink. And while we've all been enamored of a real-life fart now and then and found ourselves with watery eyes and our shirts pulled up, laughing a mixture of elation and pain from the magnitude of what occurred, it's because it was produced by another human with whom we have some relationship that we can share a laugh. It's not bottled. I can shit in a can and give it to a stranger right now, and it's going to get very few chuckles. Your fake stink is a pox on humor and besmirches the good name of real stink that at least has sincerity to bolster it.
#2. Big Momma Undies
This is a pair of underwear that appears to be large enough to house some of those little midgets who I assume are still not reading this article. Little dickenses. It's funny because the implication is that these were made for a morbidly obese woman, and of course you're not giving them to a morbidly obese woman, or even Martin Lawrence, the proverbial Big Momma whom we all love and admire. He was Madea before Madea was terribly uncool and ruining cinema.
These giant, wind sail undergarments really encapsulate the very nature of what's wrong with gag gifts as a whole, and it's due to the price. These things are $20. Most office Secret Santas set a cutoff limit of $20 or less, and of course you probably know countless people you'd never spend $20 on if it could get them out of a Turkish prison. So why waste $20 on a pair of giant panties that are literally going to be garbage within an hour? What are you, Mitt Romney? Just give them the gift of a photo of you wiping your ass on a $20 bill then. It'll save you the effort of going out, and probably be a better story for them to share later.
Were you hoping we'd get off the fart train? Not yet, lil fella. We have one last stop at Queef Station. I lied before to lull you into a false sense of security. Also, I'm really conflicted by this entry, because the idea of this thing is one of the funniest things I can imagine. Some guy was probably playing with one of those fart machines and he thought (I'm assuming it was a man, because logic) "Man, no one is ever going to mistake this sound for a sound that comes from a vagina," and so he set about doctoring a fart machine to make it more vaginal. For those interested, here is the formula for converting a regular fart into a queef:
So he made the queef machine and roamed the countryside sabotaging innocent, quiet vaginas. And now you can give it as a gift, for the lady who has everything but a naturally rowdy vagina.


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As the curtain is drawn on the 2012 scholastic soccer season, some things remained very much the same from previous seasons while others saw some remarkable changes with the onset of play this year.
The Spring Cove School District added both a boys and girls soccer program to its list of fall varsity sports, while the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic girls soccer squad went from cellar dwellers of the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference to a very legitimate and competitive contender with a shot at the conference title, winning its first conference playoff game ever. And the co-op boys soccer squad with the unlikely alliance of Tyrone and Bellwood-Antis proved to put an extremely strong team together that made a very hard run at the District 6-AA title.
n The Bishop Guilfoyle girls changed dramatically with the appearance of an incredibly talented freshmen, Alyssa McGhee. She went through the 2012 season shattering all types of scholastic scoring records. The squad went from finishing 2-16 in 2011 to 11-9 in 2012 and going 9-7 in LHAC play. McGhee finished the season with 59 goals and 17 assists for a total of 76 points for BG. This led all scorers in the area at any level and certainly guaranteed her all-conference status if not a very good shot at all-state status.
Many of these were scored while being doubled up in defensive coverage with attempts to mark her extremely tightly. Although the girls eventually lost in the playoff rounds in districts to perennial powerhouse Richland, this was probably the biggest single turnaround for any team in one year, as last year saw the Lady Marauders losing games by double digits, struggling to find the back of the net. Coach Harry McGhee has a great deal to be excited about as he has a crop of very talented incoming freshmen next year with a great deal of Classic League Soccer play experience.
n The co-op boys team of Tyrone and Bellwood-Antis was also a very pleasant surprise to fans. The fact that these two schools like nothing more than to compete with each other in every sport is a given. This was also a team which did not even have a head coach when training camp officially started. The co-op program for the boys began in 2009, and this year they worked together remarkably well throughout the 2012 soccer campaign. The roster was split with 12 players from each school who looked, on the field, as though they had played together for years, and this earned them their first shot at district 6 playoffs ever.
They displayed an attacking style of play with striker Bobby Dawson putting pressure on up top supported by the strong aggressive play of the Bartlett brothers, Kyle and Alex, and the nifty footwork of Adam Burgett pushing forward in the midfield. Senior Kyle Bartlett will be continuing his play at Shippensburg University next season. Everything came together for the team at the culmination of the season when they made their way to the semifinal District 6 playoff game, losing a heartbreaking overtime decision to eventual district champion Phillipsburg-Osceola. This is a team which parents had to struggle to get the co-op initially, experienced some growing pains over the past several seasons only to see it all come together this year for an amazing year.
n Both the Hollidaysburg High School boys and girls squads advanced to the finals in District 6 Class AAA play again this year against a very familiar foe, the State College Little Lions. The Lady Tigers were shut out, 2-0, in the championship game, and the boys took a heartbreaking one-goal loss. The Golden Tigers under coach Craig Shale had an extremely talented and seasoned group of seniors that had played together for numerous years and provided the Tigers what was maybe their best shot to take the crown away from State College, which was under the direction of a new head coach and did not have one of its strongest teams this season.
The two no longer play each other during the regular season, which really hurts both teams in a number of ways, but the championship game did not lack any electricity. State College garnered a lead, but Hollidaysburg stormed back, only to have its efforts fall one goal shy. For decades, State College's overall dominance in district play seems to stem from the Centre County soccer system itself. Centre Soccer is a united, well-organized club from the U-6s on up and is the largest club in the PAWest soccer organization, whereas Blair County has many splintered factions with several clubs playing under several different organizations.
n There is some bright hope for the Altoona Area High School girls soccer program as the Altoona junior high girls finished 13-3-1, losing all three games by one goal to State College schools. The team had an impressive 81 goals on the season and limited the opposition to only 20 goals. Paris Haugh and Mykenah Lynn-Massar notched more than 20 goals each this season. They will be freshmen for coach Jim John, who definitely needs this kind of finishing ability after a very tough 2012 campaign for the Lady Lions this year.
n There has been growing concern over injuries this year, which is a given in a very physical sport, like soccer, which utilizes little or no protection for the player, but the fact that two games actually had to be stopped early due to injury may be a first at the high school ranks. The national increase in awareness of concussions may affect no sport more than soccer, and this has become a huge area of concern at the high school ranks.
Tom Schmitt's soccer column appears monthly in the Mirror.


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No one is without secrets, but Simone's are big. She'd hate to have them interfere with what's developing with local hunk Braddock Hayes. When not turning her legs to jelly, he's building an Invisi-shield around Broken Heart and helping Glory speak again. But when Simone's past resurfaces, it threatens to ruin her second chance…
My name is Simone Sweet and I run the garage down on Main Street in Broken Heart, Oklahoma. I can repair just about anything … except my daughter. She hasn't spoken a word in almost three years. Well, now. That's neither here nor there. Some things—like the past—just can't be fixed.
Did I mention I was a vampire? I suppose that's important, but not exactly special. At least not in Broken Heart. Some of us are vampires, others are lycanthropes, and we got fairies and dragons, too. We have few humans, though most of 'em are donors.
Except for Braddock Hayes. Now, there's a neck I'd like to suck. Hoo-boy. I probably shouldn't admit that, right? He's a former member of Paranormal Research and Investigation Services. I know a military man when I see one, and he's got that vibe big-time. Not to mention, he has a lot of techno-toys that might as well be stamped "Made in Area 51."
He's the kind of gorgeous you wanna eat with a spoon, and even though his gaze always hints at secrets, I can't grudge him that. I have secrets, too. What I didn't figure on was that my secret would stroll on into town and threaten everyone.
It's complicated. So's my relationship with Brady. Y'see, vampires can't … um, enjoy relations without a 100-year commitment. Brady's human, and I'm a bloodsucker for life. That what you call a roadblock, right there.
Then people start disappearing, and others turn up dead, and accusations start flying against me and mine. Suddenly, my love life isn't the only thing that sucks. All I know is that Brady is just about the only person I can rely on to help me figure out what's going on. All we have to do is trust each other. Yeah. No problem. You know what? Reality bites.
And so do I.
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4 Truly Scary Facts No One Tells You About Halloween
#2. The Customers in Haunted Houses Are More Dangerous Than the Monsters
Without the pretense of danger, a haunted house won't work. The threat has to feel real, even though every precaution is taken to ensure that the customers aren't actually hurt. But even though the actors are trained not to knock people down or accidentally cut anyone open with chainsaws, the patrons walking through the haunted house have no training at all, and a part of their brain thinks that they're about to die.
The nature of haunted houses is to taunt the instincts of strangers, gambling on flight instead of fight. And while most of us respond to mortal terror by screaming and cowering, there are some people who surprise even themselves by responding with fists. In a real-world scenario, these people could be heroes, but in a haunted house, it's decidedly less brave when they punch in the teeth of a 16-year-old girl in face paint. Customers don't just punch, either -- they elbow, kick and sometimes even bite the staff who startle them, losing all sense of logic and momentarily fighting for their lives.
"I'm learning so many terrible truths about myself right now!"
Even stranger, it's not always just an impulsive response to danger. In some cases, the customers are genuinely angry for being startled and decide that the person responsible deserves to be hurt. In an interview with the Huffington Post, a man who trains actors specifically for haunted house performances said, "I know one actress who scared a guy and he forced his way through a back door so he could hit her in the face." To be clear, that man paid to be scared, got what he paid for and was so mad about it that he went out of his way to hit somebody in the hopes that it might make him feel better. That's like walking out of a horror film and kneeing the ticket vendor in the gut because the movie was so good.
It sort of steals the fun of a haunted house knowing that it might be the only place where the saying "They're more scared of you than you are of them" might actually be true.
#1. The Candy Lobby Manipulated Time Itself to Sell More Halloween Candy
If you live in the United States, you may have noticed that in 2007, daylight saving time changed slightly. Instead of ending in the last week of October, it now ends in the first week of November. The decision was made by Congress as part of the Energy Policy Act, a bill that was presented as a way to conserve energy, giving everyone an extra hour of daylight in the afternoons. Never mind the fact that every study conducted on saving energy this way suggested that the change would have absolutely no benefit, and might even result in more energy consumption.
Well, it turns out that the date change had little to do with saving energy and almost everything to do with Halloween. Though it sounds like the scheme of a supervillain, at some point candy companies figured out that the best way to sell more sweets each year wasn't to give everything a gooey center, or to invent new flavors, or even to change their marketing campaigns in any way: It was to control time.
No one was pushing harder to extend daylight saving time through Halloween than the candy industry, because it meant effectively making Halloween longer for trick-or-treaters. While a little extra light for collecting candy may not seem that substantial to you, for an industry that makes over $2 billion each year on the holiday alone, it can result in a small fortune.
So while everyone complains that Valentine's Day and Christmas are corporate-controlled holidays designed to cram merchandise down the throats of everyone silly enough to play along, at least those industries never bullied Congress into adding an extra hour just to sell more shit.
Remember that when you celebrate Halloween this year. Regardless of what you or your children decide to dress up as, we're all technically going as slaves to the candy industry. Enjoy your extra hour.
"Here, please enjoy this metaphor."
You can follow Soren on Twitter or Tumblr. You are all invited to his Halloween party, there will be enough carrot sticks for everyone.
For more from Soren, check out 4 Tips for Fixing Up Your New Home (That's Clearly Haunted) and The 5 Dumbest Supernatural Questions Ever Googled (Answered).


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The FBI plans to roll out the face recognition component of its massive Next Generation Identification (NGI) biometrics database this summer—but the Bureau has six years of catching up to do in explaining to Americans exactly how it plans to collect, use and protect this data. Today we called on Attorney General Eric Holder to do just that.
As we explained in the letter:
New documents released by the FBI show that the Bureau is well on its way toward its goal of a fully operational face recognition database by this summer.
EFF received these records in response to our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information on Next Generation Identification (NGI)—the FBI's massive biometric database that may hold records on as much as one third of the U.S. population. The facial recognition component of this database poses real threats to privacy for all Americans.
The San Diego regional planning agency, SANDAG, has been quietly rolling out a new mobile face recognition system that will sharply change how police conduct simple stops on Americans. The system, which allows officers to use mobile devices to collect face images out in the field, already has a database of 1.4 million images and serves nearly 25 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the region.
When it comes to searching the most sensitive part of our bodies—our DNA—the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures should be a strong bulwark, keeping the government out of our most personal and private biological information. But in the last few years, those protections have been eroded as courts throughout the country, including the US Supreme Court, have approved of the warrantless DNA collection of people arrested for crimes—individuals who are presumed to be innocent in the eyes of the law. A new amicus brief we filed on Monday argues that these decisions don't mean the complete death of Fourth Amendment protection from DNA collection.
You lost some important Fourth Amendment protection when the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Maryland v. King that the police can take a DNA sample from an arrestee without a search warrant for purposes of general law enforcement rummaging.
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Serves 7 |
Prep Time 5 minutes |
Cook Time 5 minutes
30 ounces Eden Rice & Pinto Beans, 2 cansor any Eden Brown Rice & Beans
2 Tbsp green onions, finely choppedor fresh parsley
Place the Rice & Pinto Beans in a medium saucepan or skillet. Place on medium heat. Stir frequently until thoroughly hot. Mix in the green onions or parsley and serve with any Eden Gomasio (Sesame Salt) or Eden Shake for garnish.
Any Eden Rice & Bean variety can be substituted for Rice & Pinto Beans.
American, Beans, Gluten-Free, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Macrobiotic, Main Course, No Sweetener Added, Vegan, Wheat-Free, Whole Grain