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ST. AUGUSTINE - You could call identical twin sisters Jean Wirfel of St. Augustine and Joan Rossman of Hollidaysburg two peas in a pod.
Born in 1945, the twins are two of Ray and Ida Mae Krise's 14 children and were the only ones born at a hospital. The rest were born at home in St. Augustine, near Loretto.
Both of the women enjoy canning, and since 2009, they have been experimenting by canning hundreds of jars of many items that most people would not consider normal canned foods. Some of the foods include flour, rice, hot dogs, crackers, hard boiled eggs, bread, fish, hamburgers, margarine, gizzards, potato chips, beef stew and all shapes and forms of potatoes.
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Joan Rossman (left) and her identical twin, Jean Wirfel, show off the doll given to them by their parents when they were born 68 years ago.
Wirfel said they sterilize the jars, fill them and put them in a cold oven, bringing it to 200 degrees and timing it for one hour. They then take the jars out and lay the lids on a cookie sheet to get them hot in the oven, put them on the jars and, finally, seal them.
"Being brought up in a large family and coming from the old school, it's our opinion that everyone should be prepared for something that you are not aware of," she said.
Wirfel referenced the recent disaster in New Jersey caused by Hurricane Sandy.
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Joan Rossman
Age: 68
Family: Joan and her husband, Jack, have been married 35 years. They have two children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Residence: Hollidaysburg
Occupation: Hair stylist
Jean Wirfel
Age: 68
Family: Jean and her husband, Joe, have been married 47 years. They have four children and 13 grandchildren.
Residence: St. Augustine
Occupation: Caregiver
"I have 23 people in my immediate family," she said, "and all they have to do is get here to our house, and we will be prepared. We canned at home, growing up so my sister and I have carried on the tradition. If you didn't can, you didn't have anything to eat."
Other news items have also caught their attention.
"Ever since the man went down in a sink hole in Florida [Feb. 28]," Rossman said, "you never know what is going to happen next. It changed my whole attitude about life."
Rossman prides herself on baking, which she called, "My number one thing to do, making desserts for everyone, even the bank tellers and some of my favorite people at the local flea market."
Whenever there is a funeral at her church, St. Patrick's in Newry, Rossman is the one who makes the yeast rolls, and she has published a cookbook of her favorite recipes.
For nearly 50 years, Rossman has been a hairdresser, and since 1971, she has been doing the hair of some of the same people from her shop in her home in Hollidaysburg.
She said she still has a handful of women who like the up-do style, which some have referred to as the "beehive" look.
"We are a dying breed," Rossman said.
Decorating is another one of Rossman's favorite things. She starts Nov. 1 to get her house and yard done for the holiday season.
Wirfel and her husband, Joe, have lived on the family homestead land for 20 years. Four of the 14 children now reside on the land in Krise Village.
"Every year, we have a Krise reunion with 150-200 relatives attending right here at the pavilion located in back of my brother's house," Wirfel said. "It's great. We have running water, electricity and places to seat everyone. That's what you need when you have a big family."
The twins grew up helping others.
"We lived across from the rectory of the St. Augustine Church where my dad was the janitor and dug holes for the graves," Wirfel said, adding her father was "the only barber in the area and the only electrician."
She said all nine of her brothers served as altar boys.
"My dad rang the bell at the church at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. every day," she said.
In 1967, Wirfel's husband, had the first signs of multiple sclerosis. Since 1982, he has been bedridden with Jean caring for him. Joe lays in his bed in the spacious living room, now unable to move or speak, but his eyes follow Jean as she cooks in the nearby kitchen, or when he can watch television.
Father Joseph Fleming, the pastor at the St. Augustine Church, believes that Joe is still here because of Jean's care and loyalty.
"I admire this woman," Fleming said. "When Joe and Jean took their vows here in our church some 47 years ago, it was 'for better or worse' and at the time, no one knew what 'the worse' could be, but Jean has stood by those vows."
Fleming said Jean recently made a handcrafted tablecloth that will be used as a fundraiser for the Altar and Rosary Society of the church and also commended Jean on her baking.
"Jean is an extraordinary woman and lives in an extraordinary situation," he said. "I have known them for years, and I admire her for all that she does."
A woman of all trades, Wirfel also enjoys her quilting. She donated one of her quilts to the church for an auction, and it brought in more than $1,500.
All the curtains and drapes in their house are custom made. After the earthquake last year in Virginia, Wirfel put up strapping in front of all her canned goods to keep them safely on the shelves she had built. She also just purchased another 150 cement blocks which she's using to put in a large, raised garden, where she grows almost everything she needs for canning.
Wirfel built two 8-by-10 sheds by the garden.
"My next project," she said, "is to make a rabbit pen and a chicken coop."


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quote: Sir, these are NOT US citizens on US soil. The protections granted to us by the Constitution do NOT apply here. Get over that premise. These people fall under the rules of military tribunal, where their rights are more narrow, the burden of proof much less, and the entire process is more streamlined.
quote: There are certain rules that apply to detaining enemy soldiers
quote: The US is holding these people illegally under both scenarios.
quote: Our political leaders are ruining our country's reputation by not obeying international laws. We've become that kid on the playground who claims that rules don't apply to him because there's nobody around that can beat him up.
quote: Because as much as you and others like to believe all of these men are simply misunderstood decent people who are victims of a racist America, that's patently absurd.

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LISBON — The Columbiana County Emergency Management Agency is taking a different approach when seeking federal Homeland Security grant money for next year....
So here we are the better part of a year and the EMA still can't function on it's own. Is the writer of this story sure that the reason the dept. isn't getting grants is because the employees are not fully qualified under FEMA guidelines and haven't been for years? Now we see why Newbold was hired. Commissioners want direct control over EMA.
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By the looks of that wish list. I'd say...somebody didn't get the memo on fraud and abuse of Homeland security grant funding.
The new profiling system in place by the FEDS. It doesn't have anything to do with competitive edge, it has everything to do with meeting the criteria of need.
I found the most interesting aspect of this new profiling system was the focus that is put on the money trail.
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The gayest school that D.C. has to offer. The "guys" who attend the flaming school have never had girlfriends and have to pay girls to go out with them. Because they always get turned down by girls they've turned homo on each other and fuck each other. These dickless wonders that we refer to as "Gay Mother-fuckers" a.k.a St. Anselms Fags all give each other head. They are all ugly.. so motherfucking ugly. I feel bad for the girls who have been in contact with these flamers because. Funny thing is.. I am an Anselm Guy! Fuck Me fellow classmates of '05!!
" Look! A St. Anselm Guy is fucking his mom because that is the only woman that will give him the time of day!"
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School for smart kids who don't pretend that they are macho dick-shit. Usually comfortable in their own skin. Typically not concerned with what gonzaga, georgetown prep, or WASPY private schools think. Socially conscious, sensitive, solid group of guys taught by eccentric monks.
Holton Girl: My Dad is rich
St. Alban's Guy: My Dad is powerful
Gonzaga Guy: My Dad could beat your dad up.
St. Anselm's guy: Cool.
St. Alban's Guy: My Dad is powerful
Gonzaga Guy: My Dad could beat your dad up.
St. Anselm's guy: Cool.
di Doug Daley 21 febbraio 2005
The most chill, genuine, academically-focused, classy, and tolerant school in the D.C. metro area. Too classy to be callin' out other all-boys schools using urbandictionary. Unlike most private D.C. MD and VA schools, Abbey Boys have no reason to pretend they are "gangsta" because they are "gangsta." It's NE. Not Potomac or NW. The fact that St. Anselm's has a "rep" at all is phenomenal considering that there are only about 130 students in the high school. About half are intelligent and reserved, whereas the other students are intelligent, social, and party animals. All are good to the ladies (in more ways than one) and eventually get into the college of their choice. Although some tend to be socially and sexually inactive/awkward in high school, come college, all Abbey Alumni blossom into sex gods. They will marry your high school girlfriend and be your boss in fifteen years. You'll see...
Abbey Boy: Hey babe, you wanna dance?
NCS girl: Where do you go to school?
Abbey Boy: St. Anselm's.
NCS girl: Oh.
Abbey Boy: No no no no. Not St. Alban's. St. Anselm's.
NCS girl: Fuck me. Now.
NCS girl: Where do you go to school?
Abbey Boy: St. Anselm's.
NCS girl: Oh.
Abbey Boy: No no no no. Not St. Alban's. St. Anselm's.
NCS girl: Fuck me. Now.
di abbeyboywannabelover69 28 aprile 2009
ok so most of them are nerdy but I know a few hot st. anselm's guys and most of them are nice at least.
Don't pick on st. anselm's guys!
di MLG 25 marzo 2005
One of the coolest schools in the history of the United States of America. Every single girl from every single school is obsessed with our intelligence, good looks, and athleticism.
Really hot supermodel: "Hey where do you goto school?"
St. Anselm's guy: "St.Anselm's"
Really hot supermodel: "Let's fuck now"
St. Anselm's guy: "St.Anselm's"
Really hot supermodel: "Let's fuck now"
di St. Anselm's Rules 26 agosto 2004
Most Atheletic School in the USA...
St. Anselm is the best team in the PVAC the #1 league in America
di Dj ppls 03 novembre 2004
A small boy's school in NE DC known for its rigorous academics. Conducted by Benedictine monks, the boys are taught at a very young age to be afraid of the opposite sex and to study until their brains explode. Girls are not intimidated by their intelligence, but rather astonished at their failed attempts to socialize. Social skills do not come to "Abbey Boys" until the later years when they learn to not care. Then Kairos changes everything and it's all good once again. There will always be at least one girl from any given girls school who is unhappy with at least one Abbey Boy and at least one girl from the same school who is very happy with at least one Abbey Boy. Sports are not the Abbey Boy's forté, but they give it an honest effort every once in a while.
Catholic Schoolgirl: I went down to st anselm's and found a really cool guy!
Catholic Schoolgirl's BFFAEAEAE: Oh yeah well I hate his classmates. They said they were too good for me.
Catholic Schoolgirl's BFFAEAEAE: Oh yeah well I hate his classmates. They said they were too good for me.
di Ruben 19 gennaio 2005
a school where the number of people who go there is fewer than the number of people who paid to see glitter.
what else really needs to be said?
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The C-O, Bucktown, Buck City, Buckeye City, O-Town, 614 Columbus, Ohio everybody know dat.
I'm from tha Cap City, 614, bitch fuck D.C. and Richmond hoe.
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A.K.A. Rich City, Richmond VA, the capital of tha ol' dominion. I'm pretty sure the name originates from the high per capita murder rate (usually in the top 10 in the country), hence a lot of caps are busted here(see bust a cap).
"Yo Cap City got it on lock down at the Cotton Club."
-a common radio advertisement on power 92.1
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Sacramento, the capital of California
"man lets go to the cap bruh." "cap city? ok."
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Washington, DC, i.e. The Nation's Capitol
Georgetown to Anacostia, doin' it Cap City style!
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It is rare in a community when one has the opportunity to make an impact, especially when it not only benefits the current generation, but also will leave a positive legacy for years to come. That's what makes the Davis House - a local respite for cancer patients and/or their families - so special.
A year ago, the Davis House was little more than a vision. Last week, it became a reality, as community leaders, volunteers and Davis Health System staff were on hand for the home's dedication. The concept was a simple one: provide a place in Elkins where those receiving cancer care at the hospital could stay before, during or after treatments.
Those associated with the project have said a large number of cancer patients treated at Davis Memorial Hospital come from the extended area. That means they must travel, sometimes during inclement weather or for extended periods of time, and bear the financial burden that comes with the medically necessary commute.
For some, this is beyond daunting. The monetary strain prevents them from seeking lifesaving treatment, explained Angie Arbogast, Cancer Care Center nurse navigator, during the Davis House dedication on Thursday.
"I speak with patients who refuse to drive for treatments because they cannot afford the costs associated with the trip," Arbogast said. "Some patients sleep in their cars because they cannot afford a room and cannot afford to drive back and forth."
However, she said the Davis House now will offer an alternative. Truly, it will become a beacon that beckons weary patients and their loved ones to a safe haven right here in our community. This ray of hope was born of the vision of some remarkable individuals in Randolph County.
While these visionaries are too numerous to list, we want to collectively recognize their good works. Whether they gave of their time, talents or resources - financial or otherwise - anyone who had a part in bringing the Davis House to life in this community deserves our thanks for a job well done.
The Davis House is a rare gem, indeed. So, too, are those who cared enough to not only envision such a project, but who also worked tirelessly to have it open its doors just one short year later.
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"Pitchers and Catchers" is used as a shorthand term for the beginning of spring training in professional baseball. Since the titular positions are the first ones to report to spring training this is sometimes seen as the beginning of the baseball season.
Only two days till pitchers and catchers
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4 Words We Love to Use That Have Lost All Meaning
#2. Guru
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Right around the time businesses realized that the condition of their Facebook page might have a significant impact on their sales, people in loose ties and Ryan Gosling haircuts (even the ladies) started popping up out of the woodwork announcing themselves as social media "gurus." The word is originally Sanskrit and only means "teacher," but in the last five years it's been re-appropriated by everyone who wants to convince the world they're an expert at something despite lacking any experience or tangible skill.
If that sounds harsh, go ahead and take a look at the Facebook page for Clorox. That was, without a doubt, created by someone who answers to the nonsense title of "Social Guru." If you look through the posts, you'll recognize the desperate, over-eager effort of a child new to Facebook trying to get someone, anyone to interact with them.
Someone was paid money to relentlessly hound people until they agreed that, yeah, bleach is fine. Worst of all, there was no discernible endgame; most companies still have no idea how social media equates exactly to sales, so they're just kind of guessing. Unfortunately, so is everyone who labels themselves a "guru." In fact, in just about any vocation where there isn't a quantifiable metric for ability yet, you will find "gurus." They show up to help with vague, exhausting-sounding problems like "Digital Strategy," "e-Commerce," and "Market Integration." We would never call the Chief of Police a "Justice Guru" or a pediatrician a "Baby Guts Guru" because those jobs have qualifications in place to ensure that the people are actually experts. The word "guru" only emerges in fields without any oversight, like holistic healing, spirituality, and Twitter, because ultimately it doesn't mean anything, it just sounds fancy. So it's time to kill it, even if this happens to be your job title and you have to burn all your business cards. Trust me on this, I'm a Semantic Immolation Guru.
#1. Superfood
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Did you hear the good news? If you start eating raw kale exclusively, you will live to be 417. Yes, we said that about blueberries and salmon and soy and spinach before, but we were wrong then. It's kale all the way. Kale is made of superpowers!
Sadly, the word "superfood" is completely made up by marketers. Then we as consumers perpetuated it, saying the word over and over to one another like a mantra in between stained mouthfuls of pomegranate. But the truth is, we don't know shit about food. We catch bits of conversations about how milk contributes to cancer, or we see Facebook posts about how hormones in chicken are causing kids to go through puberty earlier, and we're suddenly terrified to eat anything. We want a definitively good food that is nothing but upside, and sales departments smelled our anxiety like blood in the water.
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"Oh man, I thought the jig was up when I panicked and said 'yogurt,' but they ate that shit up."
They gave us "superfoods," with two or three new ones cropping up every few months, that are packed full of vitamins and nutrients and, presumably, some vigilante justice. It's understandable why everyone wanted to believe in them so badly, but there is no such thing as a "superfood." Certainly some are better for you than others, but the idea that one food can boost brain activity and cure heart disease and lower cholesterol is overly optimistic. There's nothing wrong with blueberries or kale, but they're also not saving lives, either. The chief dietician at St. George's Hospital in London said in an interview with The Guardian,
"The term 'superfoods' is at best meaningless and at worst harmful. There are so many wrong ideas about superfoods that I don't know where best to begin to dismantle the whole concept."
The harmful aspects she's referring to are the superfood zealots who OD on a particular micronutrient because they cram too much seaweed or Acai Berries down their throats thinking it will make them live forever. These people aren't necessarily idiots, either. They're just hopeful, and that's a vulnerable place to be. For that reason, "superfood" deserves the swiftest death. Unlike the other words on this list, its very existence is dangerous. It's a word we ought to cut immediately from our collective vocabulary... Or, and hear me out, we steal it back. We know the power of the word so we wield it ourselves, announcing all the stuff everyone loves already as superfoods. We can convince the world that Hawaiian pizza and peanut butter cookies are the ingredients of immortality. We'd be giving back to the world like shining, dietary Robin Hoods. We could all be happy again, our stomachs filled with righteousness, and also ham. Think it over.
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Yep, it's a good group. Lashoff may end up as #7 when all is said and done.
I wouldn't be surprised at that. Kindl keeps getting better and more comfortable, and DeKeyser will only get better as well. Lashoff's a young guy too, it's a good problem to have after everyone wrote us off when Lidstrom retired.


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The children of Giselle and Mark Woodward miss certain foods, but for the most part, understand why they can't eat them.
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What: Glow Golf & PartyWhen: March 9. Golf starts at 6:30 p.m.; party at 8 p.m.Where: Daniel Island Club.Cost: $125 for 9 holes of golf and party; $75 for party.Benefits: The Woodward Crohn's and Colitis Foundation to fund a clinical trial of the effectiveness of specific carbohydrate diet on inflammatory bowel diseases.Tickets available at: www.woodwardccf.orgMore on Crohn's and colitis at: www.ccfa.org
It can cause debilitating pain.
Eleven-year-old daughter Kristina has ulcerative colitis and 10-year-old son Jack has Crohn's disease, as does father Mark, first diagnosed when he was in college.
Both conditions are under the umbrella of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. The common symptoms of which include severely cramping abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea. That irritation can lead to inflammation and tearing of the gastrointestinal tract over time.
Instead of approaching the realities of their family health strictly via drugs, the Woodwards have been carrying on their own, more natural experiment for the past year.
The Daniel Island family have been adhering to the "Specific Carbohydrate Diet," which basically removes harder-to-digest complex carbohydrates from their diet.
The late Elaine Gottschall first put forth the diet as part of her 2004 book, "Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet," drawn from a lifetime of research after her own young daughter battled colitis in the 1950s.
Like Gottschall, Giselle Woodward faced a double challenge when her children were diagnosed with IBD conditions.
Giselle does not suffer from IBD conditions but has adhered to the diet, describing it as being somewhat like the Paleo diet or "gluten-free plus other grains."
She says the family has removed all grains, soy, corn, refined or artificial sugar, and liquid milk.
The only dairy products allowed are aged cheeses or yogurt that has been fermented for at least 24 hours, which she makes at home because it's not available on the market.
What do they eat? All vegetables, fruits and proteins, such as meat and eggs. The only sweetener she uses is honey.
So far, it's been working. Mark has been problem-free.
The kids have been better, but had flare-ups shortly after eating their favorite foods, ice cream for Kristina and french fries for Jack, during her birthday party.
Last week, Jack was having some issues with stomach cramping.
But the family is convinced that foods are a key component to keeping symptoms at bay.
Funding research
But the Woodwards aren't just doing an experiment of one family.
They have created the Woodward Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, which seeks to fund research on nonpharmaceutical approaches to controlling inflammatory bowel diseases.
Their first goal is to raise $250,000, or half the amount needed, to continue clinical trials on if and why the diet works. Those trials are set to be conducted at the Children's Hospital of Atlanta and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Benjamin Gold of the Atlanta-based GI Care for Kids, a co-sponsor of the research, says the pilot study of the diet with a small number of patients was overall successful.
In short, eight of 10 patients experienced benefits from the diet in disease reduction, though they had "mild to moderate disease activity."
Gold says the results have been presented at national and international meetings and a manuscript will be submitted for publication.
"However, at this point, the research is on hold for further analysis and awaiting manuscript submission and publication," Gold said.
"We are presently preparing to take the logical 'next step,' should support come available: a much larger study with more patients, potentially other centers, a comparison group of patients, and, with procedures that will allow us to answer critical questions to understand why the diet has worked so well and what it means to the disease."
Funding, he adds, is critical.
"The funding is absolutely essential for the next step — the larger study to answer in a statistically significant way — whether this diet is as good as medications, and, why it is so special," Gold says.
"In addition, the diet is very restrictive, and future studies will attempt to address whether there are ways to liberalize the diet (ie: finding components of the diet that are more tolerable for children.)"
The Woodwards want to assist by helping pay for the research.
The foundation's first fundraiser, Glow Golf & Party, is March 9 at the Daniel Island Club. The nine-hole golf tournament starts at 6:30 p.m. and a party at 8 p.m. The cost for golf and the party is $125 and for the party only is $75.
The Woodwards' motivation comes not only from the children but through Mark's experiences with doctors over the years.
Crawling in pain
Mark Woodward's first experience with Crohn's came when he was in college. He woke up one morning and doubled over in stomach pain.
"Initially, I thought I was just being a college kid and that I either drank too much or had a stomach virus," Woodward says, adding he tried but failed to crawl to his car and get to a hospital.
A friend drove him and the staff thought he had appendicitis, but when the doctors performed surgery, they found inflammation in his small intestine and removed 12 inches of it. Though he was diagnosed with Crohn's, the disease didn't resurface for another 12 years.
Bouts since then have resulted in prescriptions for drugs and yet no mention of diet by the health professionals who saw him. His last serious bout came in November 2011 when he suffered with a 102-degree temperature for a month and was in the hospital for 10 days.
About the same time, the Woodwards' children were diagnosed. Mark and Gisele consulted with her sister, a naturopath, and conducted more research that led them to the diet and Dr. Benjamin Gold and Stanley Cohen in Atlanta.
The Woodwards decided to put their money where their mouths are because, like many, they don't like the fact that many of the studies on drugs are funded by the drug industry. And with government cutbacks, funding from nonbiased sources of alternatives is scarce.
"This particular research has hit our home," Gisele says. "We've seen the results. We know it works. My daughter has been on the diet a year and never went on medication and is in remission. Jack is doing better and Mark is, too."
Reach David Quick at 937-5516.
Family says siblings Jack Woodward, 10, and Kristina Woodward, 11, have kept symptoms of their Crohn's and colitis, respectively, at bay by adhering to a diet free of grains, most dairy and sugar. The only times they've suffered is after indulging in their favorite foods, fries and sweets.×
Snack time at the Woodward house last week included home-made yogurt, fermented for at least 24 hours, strawberries, melon slices, cashews and honey, the only sweetener that Giselle Woodward uses in their Specific Carbohydrate Diet. David Quick/staff×
Snack time at the Woodward house last week included home-made yogurt, fermented for at least 24 hours, strawberries, melon slices,raisings, cashews and honey, the only sweetener that Giselle Woodward uses in their Specific Carbohydrate Diet. David Quick/staff×
Snack time at the Woodward house last week included home-made yogurt, fermented for at least 24 hours, strawberries, melon slices, raisins, cashews and honey, the only sweetener that Giselle Woodward uses in their Specific Carbohydrate Diet. David Quick/staff×


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3 Despicable Internet Behaviors (That Are Really Your Fault)
#1. You Reward People for Stealing Content
We are all naked on the Internet. If not literally, then at least figuratively. In the real world, we have the luxury of showcasing our style through what we choose to wear, allowing our clothes to define our identity. If that sounds shallow, remember that the most popular song on the radio right now is about a guy digging through thrift store bins and having sex with women because they like his fashion. But online, we lose that important indicator of taste, so how does an ordinary person like you stand out and prove that you're interesting without a full-length fur coat to do the job? The answer is in videos, pictures, infographics, and every other undiscovered Internet gem you can dig up. The Internet is not unlike a massive thrift store bin: It's full of a whole lot of useless garbage and a few amazing finds that no one else has seen for probably a decade. You can pride yourself on your ability to discover something interesting and then wear it on your Facebook and Tumblr and Pintrest pages. The things you choose to post on social media define your online persona, and naturally, above all else, you want to be cool.
This is how we all look online, even the ladies.
But when you're looking through a thrift store and you happen to find a shirt with UFOs chasing an Uzi-wielding minotaur, rarely will your first thought be, "I wonder who the designer is?" because the original creator lost his or her relevance the minute this item ended up in a secondhand store; now the discoverer deserves the credit.
Maybe you see where this is headed.
When people try to apply the same rules to content they find online, it ends up screwing the creator. While you may not be the type of person who would crop someone's logo or watermark out of a picture, or cut someone else's byline from an article before posting it yourself, I assure you that you are at least the type of person who would like it, retweet it, or reblog it after someone else removed all mention of the source. We are all that type of person, and we prove it every day, because we rarely take a minute to really hunt for the original creator of anything we casually enjoy while scrolling through a news feed. We've accidentally encouraged the discoverers of content to feel a sense of accomplishment when they find something new and then cover their tracks to the place they found it. It's a bizarre and counterintuitive form of fandom built into our culture where we only like a comic, a video, a song, or a website as long we're one of the first to discover it. If we aren't the news breakers, then we lose interest.
Oh, this? My ears just wrote an awesome new song. You should check it out on my blog.
Unfortunately, what can only earn that secondhand poster a handful of thumbs-up icons is actually costing the original creator a whole lot more. Those people are stealing the success of the thing they love and actively trying to tuck the artist away in their own personal dark corner of the Internet. While they may not realize it, those fans are creating their own little sweatshops of creativity and then selling it to the public for the arbitrary awards of likes and reblogs. Worst of all, you're perpetuating it each time you give them what they want. Granted, none of it actually means we're doomed, but it would sure be nice if you cut that shit out.


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Update: Jury sentences former Mesquite teacher who had sexual relationships with students to 15 years in prison
Update at 2:09 p.m.: Andrew Lott was just sentenced to 15 years in prison. The maximum sentence was 20 years, but Lott was also eligible for probation. Prosecutors had offered him seven years in prison. That offer was rejected. More to come.
Original item at 11:08 a.m.: A former Mesquite High School teacher who pleaded guilty to a felony for having sex with a 17-year-old student is the poster child for the Texas law barring such relationships and should be sent to prison, Dallas County prosecutors told a jury this morning.
"We have this law for a reason," prosecutor Reynie Tinajero said. "The poster child for this law is sitting right there."
Tinajero pointed at Andrew Scott Lott, 34, who pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony in the case on Tuesday. The jury heard from the victim in the case and two other women who said Lott wooed them when they were 17 and had him as a teacher at the Dallas Academy.
"He's using these kids as his personal toys," Tinajero said.
Defense attorney Mark Robinius called on the jury of eight women and four men to sentence his client to probation. He has repeatedly said the relationship was consensual and between two adults, a characterization that prosecutors successfully objected to each time.
Prosecutor Shequitta Kelly told jurors that Lott "wants you to be manipulated also and downplay this thing that he does with these kids."
"He likes to pick his girlfriends from his classroom," Kelly said.
She referred several times to a MySpace account name Lott used, "The Don," in messaging the women.
"Don Juan can't fool me," Kelly said. "We give probation to people who deserve a second chance, not a fourth chance … Tell Mr. Don Juan it's time to go."
The jury is deliberating on a punishment for Lott.


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Let's open a new thread for ladies' lp that is starting at 18,15
Let's open a new thread for ladies' lp that is starting at 18,15
Any streaming options? I've only found one that's replaying the short program from last night
that stream may switch over to the free skate. I actually don't think it's scheduled to start until 18:30, so we have 9 minutes.
And this is showing the end of the ladies' SP:
Fingers crossed....
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Warm-Up Group 1
- Jenna MCCORKELL GBR 43.15
- Joshi HELGESSON SWE 45.19
- Lena MARROCCO FRA 48.86
- Christina GAO USA 52.55
- Elena GLEBOVA EST 52.61
Warm-Up Group 2
- Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA RUS 54.50
- Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 54.83
- Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS 58.26
- Ashley WAGNER USA 63.09
- Julia LIPNITSKAIA RUS 63.55
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Jenna MCCORKELL GBR
10 43.15
2 Joshi HELGESSON SWE
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3 Lena MARROCCO FRA
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4 Christina GAO USA
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5 Elena GLEBOVA EST
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6 Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA RUS
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7 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA
4 54.83
8 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS
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9 Ashley WAGNER USA
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10 Julia LIPNITSKAIA RUS
1 63.55
I hope the best wins. I read all this "battle" between Julia's fans and Ashley's and there is something and that I have to say. I like Ashley, she is cute and I observed her since she was 17, expecting her to be more than cute and "sneaking in for a medal" usually a bronze one. At some point I thought she is lost but she found her confidence and now she is maturing. I still can't see her as a big artist on ice, she is not breathtaking but she is in a real progres. She will never be a soft skater as Carolina, Kiira or Alissa. When I look at Julia, I see Ashley a couple years ago, they are so much alike. Very ambitious, not so artistic, promising (ashley had 3-3 combinations when she was Julia's age even 3L-3L) and a little bit cold (this my subjective opinion). They have something cold in their eyes, something that makes me like and dislike them in the same time, but this is exactly the thing that means good nerves, confidence and attack. I liked Ashley and Alissa from the US ladies, Alissa being my favourite, but now with Aliisa out of the picture, somebody else will replace her and that will not be Ashley, but Gracie. Gracie has the confidence, has the jumps but she also has a very warm smile and eyes, she is so genuine and innocent. I like that in a female skater, Julia is only 14 and I see no innocence there, her face says: I don't care what I have to do, whom I have to kill...
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Ok it's switched to the LP now, McCorkell is on the ice skating to "Where Have All The Flowers Gone". In a sparkly white, Swan Lake-ish outfit
Some mistakes but more or less the best I've seen Jenna skate. I find her to be kind of boring now to be honest- I don't think she has much left to offer the sport- but she did a good job and should be proud of herself.
People used to call McCorkell the female Joubert, based on the sort of outfits she'd bust out on the ice. This is MUCH better. Solid performance from her, she could move up a bit.
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After beating up on Shane Mosley, Manny Pacquiao has signed on for a third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. Will this fight live up to the hype or will Marquez end up as just another victim for the best fighter in the world today?
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The NCTC Controversy: a Timeline
In March, the Director of National Intelligence announced new rules that would allow millions of U.S. citizens' government files to be copied and analyzed for terrorism clues.
The debate within the Obama Administration over the new rules is the subject of an article in Thursday's Wall Street Journal.
Dec. 25, 2009 – On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, boarded a flight to Detroit from Amsterdam wearing explosives sewn into his undergarments. His bomb didn't properly detonate. He eventually pleaded guilty to terror-related charges.
Jan. 7, 2010 – The White House issued a report about the attempted bombing, citing the need to strengthen the watchlisting process.
May 18, 2010 – The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the Christmas Day bombing concluded that "NCTC was not organized adequately to fulfill its mission."
Feb 24, 2011 – In February 2011, Homeland Security staffers began corresponding about their concerns about the proposed NCTC guidelines, including issues with "oversight/compliance" and difficulty stripping down "what you need to focus on as the problems."
March 4, 2011 – By March, Justice Department was on its "third round of edits" with NCTC. DHS Associate General Counsel Matthew L. Kronisch encouraged Homeland Security colleagues to submit their comments soon.
March 7, 2011 – In a heated exchange, an official at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence – whose name was redacted – said that several Homeland Security comments "suggest a potential lack of understanding" and "would eviscerate the authorities" of the counterterrorism center.
March 11, 2011 – Homeland Security Associate General Counsel Matthew Kronisch expressed "little expectation of resolving our concerns" but requested a meeting with the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice.
May 12, 2011 – Homeland Security Chief Privacy Officer Mary Ellen Callahan and Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Margo Schlanger elevated their concerns to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano in a memo titled "How Best to Express the Department's Privacy and Civil Liberties-Related Concems over Draft Guidelines Proposed by the Office of The Director of National Intelligence and the National Counterterrorism Center."
June 17, 2011 – Ms. Callahan expressed frustration with the process, stating that she "non-concurred" on "operational examples," and that the examples were "complete non-sequiturs" and "non-responsive."
November 8, 2011 – "I'm not sure I'm totally prepared with the firestorm we're about to create," Margo Schlanger wrote in an e-mail to Mary Ellen Callahan in November, referring to the fact that the two wanted to push for further privacy protections in the guidelines. Others in the department were willing to agree to the counterterrorism proposal.
March 7, 2012 – Staffers for the Homeland Security Privacy and Civil Rights and Civil Liberties offices' prepared talking points for the "Deputies Committee meeting" at the White House to discuss the guidelines.
March 22, 2012 – But right after the meeting the guidelines were finalized and quietly released with a statement from the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper who cited the Abdullmutallub failures. "Following the failed terrorist attack in December 2009, representatives of the counterterrorism community concluded it is vital for NCTC to be provided with a variety of datasets from various agencies that contain terrorism information," said Clapper, "The ability to search against these datasets for up to five years on a continuing basis as these updated Guidelines permit will enable NCTC to accomplish its mission more practically and effectively than the 2008 Guidelines allowed."
April 2, 2012 – Homeland Security staffers began preparing the terms under which they would hand over the "six DHS datasets associated with the revised NCTC AG Guidelines."


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You probably have your favorite local place for Italian food, where you can get anything from an antipasto and bread to a plate of veal parm. But here are three reasons why you should try Touch of Italy in Tonawanda.
1. It's aesthetically pleasing, inside and out. The round building (with an addition on one side, but a curved face to the corner of Delaware and Delton) has a satisfyingly retro appearance. Inside, the dining room, divided into two spaces, is comfortable, with an alluring scent of sauce in the air.
2. There is a range of prices, plenty of them very reasonable. Granted, there are veal dinners hovering near the $20 mark ($17.49 for cacciatore, $18.49 for parmigiana and $19.99 for Margherita) but those multicutleted wonders sound big enough to feed a family. There are also plenty of entrees available for half those prices, and several baked pasta choices, such as lasagna and tortellini, available for $9.99. Also – and we love this – there are smaller versions of many menu items that are as cheap as $5.95 (for spaghetti with meatless sauce or garlic and oil with green olives).
3. Every dish John, Pat, John and I sampled at a recent dinnertime visit was extremely good. Deserving special mention are two pillars of Italian cooking, the meatballs and the sauce, as well as one of the house specialties, pasta fazola.
Let's start with that pasta fazola. It's listed on the menu as an appetizer, but no. I actually ordered the smaller portion of it this way, downsizing my spaghetti parm entree (small, $9.99), thinking that it all would balance. Let me repeat: No.
What it is, besides not an appetizer, is a luscious bowl of short, tubular pasta studded with silky butter beans, in a tomato/butter sauce. The menu calls it "a must-have," to which I say yes. The smaller size, a bowl, is $5.49, the larger size, a plate, is $7.95. Neither is petite. The bowl is large, and one can only imagine the size of the "plate" serving.
The bowl would be plenty of food for most people, especially if eaten with some of the warmed, slightly crusty sub roll that is served in the bread basket, or with a side of meatballs ($3.50).
Which brings me to another point: the meatballs. This is another yes, a big one. Meatballs, like sauce, are tricky, because everybody has the "best ever" flavor in their mind, whether made in a restaurant or by their grandmother. But meatballs pose a greater challenge than sauce, I would argue, because you not only have taste and seasoning to consider, but texture, and this is where many meatballs fail. They can be too rubbery or too crumbly, too gooey or too dry. These, ordered as part of the small spaghetti and meatballs entree ($6.95; $8.95 for the large), were neither; in fact they were pretty close to perfect, with a touch of seasoning and plenty of meaty flavor.
The sauce, too, was masterful, a dark red color and bursting with flavor. It was a delicious throwback, balanced in acidity and thick, similar to the recipe served at the venerable Mama Rosa's. The pasta on each plate was cooked well, just past al dente.
The order of cheese ravioli ($9.99) brought eight large pasta pillows, closer to pierogi in size than the usual ravioli. Each was plump with creamy, slightly herbed ricotta.
Those same ingredients – pasta, ricotta, sauce – combined differently with cheese in a chunk of lasagna ($9.99). The diner who received this favors spice, so perked up the preparation with a sprinkle of the potent red pepper flakes. The lasagna, like all the other dishes, arrived very hot, with the spaghetti parm steaming vigorously when we pushed aside the golden brown cap of still bubbling cheese.
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(Editor's note: The following is an open letter to President Barack Obama.)
Dear Mr. President:
Hi, my name is Rebekah Stanley, and I live in Mill Creek, W.Va, There are only about 800 residents in my town. This is a town where everybody knows everybody and everyone always knows what you are doing.
The people around here need your help. People need you to be supportive of the coal industry and other things such as hunting. It is these things that make us a stronger union. People need to band together in times of trial. Here in my town, they do. When we had that storm several weeks ago, we opened up a shelter and served and helped people in every way we possibly could.
Then there are such things as deaths and tragedies and accidents. We band together and pick ourselves up by our bootstraps - together.
I don't know if you know what a cakewalk is, so I think I will tell you. A cakewalk is where everyone makes a cake or some kind of food or dessert, and you pay money to get some tickets. Then you have a drawing to see who wins the cake. We have these all the time to raise money for funerals or to raise money for people who are sick or have had a house fire. There are so many things that people can overlook, but these small towns are what make modern America.
There are loggers and there are people who work in saw mills, and they need your help to stay afloat, too. My neighbors are loggers, and they never know when they will have a good week or a bad week.
Helping West Virginia is so very important. We need security in our nation. A lot of people hunt around here. It is so important. Have you ever gone hunting? It sure is a lot of fun. You sit in the middle of nowhere, and it is a good opportunity to sit and reflect and think some. A lot of West Virginians provide food for their family by hunting, and that's why it is so very important. You also establish great friendships with the people you go with or the ones you meet along the way.
My dad is a pastor, and that is just one way he has reached out to this community, by hunting with them, fishing with them and always being there for them. My dad just did a 17-year-old boy's funeral. It was a tragic death, and it was a very hard funeral to do. This boy's favorite things to do were hunt, fish, ginsanging and football. But most of all he loved hunting, and he loved camouflage. So you see it is everyone's way of life down here.
Like I said before, it was a hard funeral for my dad to do, but people trust him and love him enough to allow him to serve them. Trust is such in important thing. If you can develop that kind of trust and love with people then people will trust you, too. You should come down to West Virginia and meet the people and see what they really need and also to see the ways that the federal government can really help us.
Of course, my town, Mill Creek, is definitely not the city, but it is a quiet, caring and compassionate little town that has so very much to offer. Most of all we really love each other. Down here we enjoy having chili cook-offs, camping, hunting, fishing, mud-bogging, making apple butter, looking for ramps, but most of all just plain having good clean fun.
Then there are the industries such as the coal mines and power plants that are just so very important to our area. Without these industries and all these little towns where would America be today? People need help in their businesses, and they need help with health care and many other things.
We all need assurance that we will be able to make it. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, "For we walk by faith, not by sight." This verse explains it so very well. I hope you will consider these things, and please remember our town in your prayers.
Thank you for all you do, and may God bless you greatly. Please reply soon.
Rebekah Stanley
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South Carolina coach Spencer Carbery was going over the final few reminders in the Stingrays locker room before Saturday night's game with Greenville when he paused for a moment and told the players he had one more person that wanted to talk with the team.
From around the corner, country music star and Hootie & the Blowfish co-founder Darius Rucker stepped into view.
The Charleston native and Middleton High School graduate wished the Stingrays luck and had a couple of words of encouragement as the team took the ice.
Minutes later, Rucker belted out an inspired National Anthem to get the crowd of more than 7,600 going at the North Charleston Coliseum.
The Stingrays did their part as well, as Peter Boyd recorded his first hat trick of the season and goalie David LeNeveu stopped all 25 shots he faced to lead the Stingrays past Greenville, 3-0, Saturday night.
The Stingrays, who were looking to rebound after a lackluster effort in a 4-0 loss to Gwinnett Friday night, improved to 24-6-3 (51 points) and became the first team in the ECHL to break the 50-point barrier this season. The Road Warriors fell to 14-15-3 (31 points).
All in all it was a near-perfect night for the Stingrays and their fans, some 2,000 of whom were lucky enough to carry home a Darius Rucker bobblehead.
"This was a big night for us as a team and for the organization," Carbery said. "A lot of work behind the scenes from our office staff and president Rob Concannon went into making things go smoothly tonight with Darius, and he was very generous with his time."
Even some of the most jaded players couldn't help but be impressed with Rucker's presence in the locker room.
"It was pretty cool having (Rucker) come into the locker room and wish us luck," said Boyd, who recorded his 10th, 11th and 12th goals of the season. "We took a team picture with him and I think that got everyone going. The crowd was fantastic. We kind of fed off their energy and thankfully we sent them home with a win."
LeNeveu spent most of Saturday in Boston's Logan Airport, waiting for his flight to finally take off for the Lowcountry. Nearly two feet of snow had been dumped in the Northeast, which brought the airport to a near standstill as there were thousands of weary travelers stranded. LeNeveu's day began at 5:15 a.m. and didn't end until well after 10 p.m.
"It's been a long day, but I kind of figured it would be," said LeNeveu, who improved to 4-3-0 on the season. "I don't think I've seen that many people in an airport ever. It's not ideal to travel on the same day you are playing, but I'm used to it. It's all about your mental approach."
LeNeveu had spent the better part of the last week with the Providence Bruins, the Stingrays' American Hockey League affiliate. He hadn't played in a game since a 3-2 loss to Gwinnett the day after Christmas.
The layoff didn't show on the ice.
"That's the best I've felt all season, but getting a shutout isn't about one player," LeNeveu said. "Everyone has to do their jobs. The guys were great in front of me."
Boyd took care of the offense, recording the first hat trick of the season by a Stingray. Boyd scored less than four minutes into the game and then gave the Stingrays a 2-0 lead on a one-timer on the power play early in the third period. The Stingrays' power play had been just 2 for 29 in their last 12 games.
"We needed to get our power play going," Carbery said. "I wanted to simplify what we were doing on the power play, but we actually got a goal off some beautiful passing. Hopefully our power play can build on that."
Boyd finished off the scoring with an empty-net goal with 47 seconds to play.
Greenville 0 0 0 - 0
Stingrays 1 0 2 - 3
First Period: 1. SC, Boyd 10 (Mele), 3:39. Penalties: Gongalsky, SC (cross-checking), 15:00; Baker, SC (hooking), 17:26; Hinds, G (tripping), 19:33.
Second Period: No goals. Penalties: Baker, SC (high-sticking), 14:29; Vallerand, G (roughing), 19:19; Gongalsky, SC (roughing), 19:19.
Third Period: 2. SC, Boyd 11 (Rorigues, Vidmar), 4:24. 3. SC, Boyd 12 (Gongalsky), 19:12. Penalties: Oulette, G (interference), 3:05.
Shots on Goal: Stingrays 7-13-8-28; Greenville: 11-7-7-25. Penalties: Stingrays 4-8; Greenville 3-6. Power Play: Stingrays 1 for 2; Greenville 0 for 3. Goalies: Stingrays -.David LeNeveu (4-3-0) 25 shots, 25 saves. Greenville - Scott Stajcer (4-4-0) 27 shots, 25 saves. Att: 7,656.


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The Washington Post reports thatateam from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in
The researchers highlight the need to incorporate mental health care into the treatment plans for patients, as depression and anxiety can compromise a one's quality of life, perhaps more so than physical pain. They also point out that oncologists and physicians can screen cancer patients for mental illness and refer patients for treatment and support groups.
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Blues legend has it that, to become a master of blues guitar, Robert Johnson went to a Mississippi crossroads by night and sold his soul to the devil. Elvin Bishop took another route. He went to Chicago and enrolled in a university physics program.
Born in Tulsa, Okla., in 1942, Bishop developed a passion for the blues as a youth, listening to rock 'n' roll records and radio.
"I was a teenager when rock 'n' roll first came in," he told Lake Tahoe Action. "That was great, because the alternative was the old-fashioned stuff that was happening before, Frank Sinatra and all that. That wasn't pretty exciting for a kid. But you get Elvis and Little Richard and Fats Domino and Chuck Berry and all that, and I said 'ah, this is great.' Then I heard blues, and I found out that that's where the good part of what I liked about rock 'n' roll was coming from. So then I just went nuts for blues."
Bishop graduated from high school with a National Merit Scholarship, a proud achievement among his rural family.
"My family was a long line of farmers," he said. "They went through the Depression, and the idea of an education was very, very big to them."
Scholarship in hand, Bishop promptly enrolled in the physics program at University of Chicago.
"I was able to go anywhere I wanted to," he said. "I chose Chicago, because I knew that's where blues was. School was basically my cover story. At the same time, I was trying to stay cool with the family; I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings. But the music gradually took over."
Bishop threw himself into the city's blues scene, an unlikely place for a young white man in the early '60s.
"This was before civil rights," Bishop said. "There weren't any integrated bands and there weren't any white blues bands. Things were not too advanced socially. They were better in Chicago than they were in Oklahoma though, that's for sure. The big beautiful body of music, the blues, and the huge white audience had not to any extent met up till that point. The only time a white person was going to see any blues or hear any blues was — blues was considered a small department of folk music, so you'd always have a token blues artist on all the folk festivals."
It was on Chicago's blues club circuit that the aspiring musician met harmonica player Paul Butterfield.
"I just went down and got lost in the ghetto where the real blues was at. Then I got together with Butterfield's band and had a lot of success, so it was the best place I could have been at the time," Bishop said. "The Butterfield band was great; it was a good stroke of luck for me, because they were all really good musicians. It was, I guess, the first white blues band."
Bishop left the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1968, striking out on his own with the Elvin Bishop Group. His 1976 hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" reached No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. He has recorded numerous live and studio albums, and collaborated with artists like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, the Allman Brothers, and the Grateful Dead.
Bishop's signature sound is a combination of his Gibson ES-345 electric guitar and his rough, gravelly voice.
"I've got a pretty limited voice, so it's caused me to concentrate on guitar quite a bit," he said. "As far as the songwriting goes, I've got a type of voice that's good for telling stories but is not a thing of beauty in itself, so it makes me get kind of particular with my words to make sure I have a good, strong story to a song. Basically I've just built everything around my shortcomings, which fortunately I have plenty of."
The pioneering blues guitarist will return to Harrah's South Shore Room on Saturday, backed up by a lineup of accomplished musicians.
"Our drummer's name is Bobby Cochrane, he's a really good singer. He has a deep gospel background," Bishop said. "Our bass player is a lady named Ruth Davies, she's a wonderful musician. She was formerly with Charles Brown, a great blues guy who's passed away now. We've got a trombone player, his name is Ed Hurley. He was Albert King's musical director for many years. Keyboard player named Steve Willis from Tucson, Arizona. These are all really good musicians, and a lot of good singers in the bunch. The other guitar player, we do a lot of two slide harmonies, is Bob Welsh, and he's a great musician. He's played with all kinds of good blues people."
The guitarist has a lengthy history in the Tahoe basin.
"I started playing there a long time ago, about 114 years, I think," he said. "I've seen amazing things at Lake Tahoe. I saw Fats Domino, even back as far as Louis Jordan. I remember sitting there with B.B. King while he played Keno cards. I've just always really hit it off great with the people up there."
These days, Bishop said, he generally plays weekend gigs of his choosing, travelling by plane rather than bus. He spends much of his spare time gardening at his Marin County home in California.
"I've been taking this opportunity to get a hell of a head start on my garden. We've had all this good weather this spring, this winter, really," he said.
Bishop will be inducted into the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame on April 13, along with Booker T. Jones and Frankie Beverly.
He is also looking forward to an upcoming performance at an unusual venue.
"I'm doing kind of an interesting thing in May," he said. "I'm playing at the Library of Congress. It's a gig for all the congressmen. Have you heard of ASCAP? It's the American Society of Composers and Publishers. They have an annual thing where they have us put on a performance and schmooze up the congressmen, try to get favorable laws passed for the songwriters."
Bishop was reluctant to mention any hot-button political issues facing currently facing songwriters.
"I basically don't get involved in that," he said.
"I've got a type of voice that's good for telling stories but is not a thing of beauty in itself, so it makes me get kind of particular with my words to make sure I have a good, strong story to a song. Basically I've just built everything around my shortcomings, which fortunately I have plenty of."


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Obama was the choice of 49 percent of likely voters, to 43 percent who backed Romney in the survey conducted for the newspaper by a bipartisan team of pollsters.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Less than a week after the Truckee's recreation and park directors granted a Nevada City-based organization use of a facility to feed homeless people there once a week, the approval was postponed amid residents' concerns.
"Since the (Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District) board meeting on Dec. 13, we have received public feedback and concerns regarding the Divine Spark meal program proposed for the Community Arts Center in Truckee," wrote Recreation Superintendent Dan O'Gorman in a Tuesday message to Divine Spark founder Thomas Streicher, which was obtained by The Union newspaper. "These concerns are related to use compatibility, neighborhood impacts, law enforcement issues, etc., that we would like to discuss further."
Streicher had been approved to lease the Community Arts Center's kitchen, located at 10046 Church St. in Truckee, to feed homeless and below-poverty individuals once a week on Wednesdays, representing the nonprofit's expansion into east Nevada County.
"It's disappointing to get this letter after they approved the meeting," Streicher said. "We'll do the best we can to address there concerns."
Divine Spark already provides 250 vouchers every week to homeless people who can redeem them at eight Grass Valley and Nevada City businesses. Founder Thomas Streicher said his organization services 374 people in western Nevada County.
Previously, Divine Spark provided food for western Nevada County homeless people every Sunday at the Madelyn Helling Library and subsequently at the Veteran's Building, both in Nevada City, until the city no longer permitted use of the facility amid concerns of neighbors about affects on the surrounding area.
"We are putting the approval of your application on hold until the board has time to deliberate information being provided from our community and from representatives from Nevada City," O'Gorman wrote.
Streicher had planned to feed approximately 27 homeless individuals in Truckee on Wednesdays, starting in January. He also anticipated he could serve as many as 60 below-poverty people, with goals to someday expand to multiple days per week.
"There are people that are hungry out there and the concern is getting greater," Streicher said. "People need to come together as a community to help each other through these hard times."
O'Gorman did not return multiple phone calls to his office Wednesday.
While Streicher said the re-evaluation effectively delays his plans in Truckee, he said at least the backlash at his proposal is sparking conversations on homelessness in that community.
"On the good side, this is raising awareness of this plight," Streicher said. "People are freezing to death up there."
Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District's Jan. 24, board meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Community Recreation Center.
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A Mysterious Beauty With a Secret Identity.
La Donna del Lago is Rossini's most romantic masterpiece. Why is it so infrequently seen? One reason: the formidable demands of the title role. Fortunately, Santa Fe audiences will see it performed by the fabulous mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato — who has earned acclaim for it in world opera capitals including Milan and Paris. Leading bel canto specialist Marianna Pizzolato sings Malcolm, and sought-after coloratura tenor Lawrence Brownlee sings Uberto. Stephen Lord conducts.
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Composer Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Andrea Leone
Performed in Italian
Dawn at Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire, Scotland: Elena, the Lady of the Lake, makes her daily crossing while shepherds watch their flocks and men hunt in the woods. She sings of her love for Malcolm Groeme, but comes across King James disguised as "Uberto," who hoped to meet the legendary beauty Elena. Believing the King to be a lost hunter, she offers him hospitality and they depart for her home while the King's men search for their disguised leader.
King James learns that Elena's father is Duglas d'Angus, his former tutor who has since joined the Highland Clan opposed to James's rule. He also learns of Elena's betrothal to Rodrigo di Dhu, chief of the Highland Clan and enemy of the King, but his jealousy is assuaged upon seeing Elena's lukewarm reaction to the prospect of her marriage. Malcolm, the suitor whom Elena loves, arrives shortly after James departs. Hidden, Malcolm must endure overhearing Duglas order his daughter to marry Rodrigo, as he commands. Duglas exits, leaving Malcolm and Elena to pledge their everlasting love.
The Highland warriors gather to welcome their leader, Rodrigo, who introduces Elena as his future bride once she and Duglas arrive. Malcolm has now resolved to join the Clan against the King, but his secret bond with Elena is perceived by Duglas and Rodrigo when they meet. They are interrupted, however, by news of an attack by the King's army and the omen of a meteor passing overhead. Rodrigo and his warriors depart for battle. Scotland is at war.
Still disguised as Uberto, James searches desperately for Elena, hoping to protect her from the coming bloodshed. He finds her and once again pledges his love for her, but she rejects his advances. Nonetheless, he gives her a ring which he claims was given to him by the King and will secure her protection from the King's forces. Rodrigo overhears this exchange and attempts to have his soldiers kill the stranger, but Ellen intercedes and Rodrigo vows to duel with Uberto himself.
Meanwhile, Malcolm has left the battle in the hopes of finding Ellen, but is informed she has followed her father to Stirling palace to seek peace. Rodrigo is reported to have been killed and the Highlanders now face certain defeat. Malcolm pledges that he will save Elena or face his own death.
Elena enters the castle determined to save the lives of her father, Malcolm, and Rodrigo; using the ring given by Uberto, she gains access to the King's chambers. Elena is surprised to see nobles surrounding Uberto, and he soon reveals that he and King James are one and the same person. His feelings for her soften his attitude towards her father, and he pardons both Duglas and Malcolm. The lovers, Elena and Malcolm, are finally allowed to be together, and all rejoice as anew peace in Scotland reigns.


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Liability insurance and rent to use the firefighters' field could drive the Marilla Car Show to another town.
Two town residents concerned about the show talked with Town Board members last week.
Members of the committee that runs the show have told board members during recent meetings that the show has become too costly to run because of insurance and a donation they have had to give to the local fire association to rent space.
The organizing group, which donates proceeds of the show to Mercy Flight, looks to cut those costs as it abides by new rules for public gatherings in the town. If not, the two-day show might relocate, members have told the Town Board. In that case, the name of the show would change.
The car show draws about 20,000 visitors over two days. Rising insurance costs and rent issues with the Firemen's Benevolent Association have eaten into the funds they can provide to the nonprofit Mercy Flight, group representatives have said.
Organizers thought liability insurance the town required them to buy last year would cost about $500, and instead it cost three times that, town officials have said.
Town residents Larry Murphy and Carl Dreshel appeared before the Town Board at a Tuesday night work session to talk about keeping the car show in Marilla.
Supervisor George Gertz told the men that the town would require liability insurance under the terms of the new events permit now required for large gatherings not run by the town.
Gertz also said he has been told that car show organizers have approached at least two other towns about moving the event out of Marilla.
Murphy and Dreshel told board members they worked on previous Marilla Car Shows but did not run them.
Gertz has told organizers that, although they'll be expected to pay for liability insurance, the town, as in the past, would hire sheriff's deputies to direct traffic and that town sanitation workers would clean up after the show. The Town Board budgeted money to cover these expenses in the 2013 spending plan.
Town Attorney Joel Kratzhalts went over the permit and application process. The new permit will require any group running the car show to supply proof of insurance, names and cellphone numbers of organizers and contact people, Health Department permits for food vendors, and where donation proceeds will go. The new events law prohibits any use of municipal property to make money for private use.
Dreshel and Murphy said they hoped the show would be able to remain in Marilla at the same location on Two Rod Road and would share information with organizers.
Also last week, the Town Board approved hiring the Stewart and Brown Agency to come up with a farmland protection plan for the town at a cost of $25,000.


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Just two days after Amanda Bynes was arrested for allegedly throwing a bong out of her 36th-floor New York apartment window and smoking pot in the lobby of her building, the troubled actress has taken to Twitter again to deny the charges – and make some accusations of her own against a police officer who arrested her.
"Don't believe the reports about me being arrested. It's all lies," she Tweeted Saturday afternoon.
"I was sexually harassed by one of the cops the night before last which is who then arrested me. He lied and said I threw a bong out the window when I opened the window for fresh air. Hilarious. He slapped my vagina. Sexual harassment. Big deal. I then called the cops on him. He handcuffed me, which I resisted, quite unlike any of the reports stated."
Bynes extra-long Tweet didn't stop there. She provided even more detailed allegations about Thursday's events (which included a psychiatric evaluation) and her eventual court appearance Friday morning, in which she was attired in sweats and a frizzy wig covering her super-short hair.
"Then I was sent to a mental hospital. Offensive. I kept asking for my lawyer but they wouldn't let me. The cops were creepy. The cop sexually harassed me, they found no pot on me or bong outside my window. That's why the judge let me go. Don't believe any reports."
The New York Police Department is looking into her claim.
"It's being investigated by the internal affairs bureau," NYPD spokesman Det. Brian Sessa told PEOPLE.
In court, her lawyer, Andrew Friedman, said his client denies throwing a bong out of a window and claims the police illegally followed her into her apartment.
The former Nickelodeon star's latest Tweet comes one day after she took to Twitter several hours after her arraignment to briefly deny the charges against her. "I only smoke tobacco I don't drink or do drugs. I've never had a bong in my life! I need to get another nose job after seeing my mugshot!"
A resident in the New York apartment building where she was arrested told PEOPLE the star "sways and can barely stand up straight" and that a neighbor who has been inside her apartment saw that her bathtub was filled with boxes and other items, and that the unit is very messy and dirty.
"She just stares at people. Her eyes look really messed up," the source also said, and added. "When you see her, you're nervous to even be in the elevator with her."
Bynes is due back in court July 9.
Amanda Bynes Tweets Again, Accuses NYPD Officer of Sexual Harassment
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NOTE: The IMF did not receive permission to publish either Dr. Weber's slides or the audio of her presentation, so we are bringing you a summary by our medical writer, Lynne Lederman, PhD.
Dr. Weber reported on updated results of two phase III double-blind, randomized trials of lenalidomide plus dexamethasone vs. dexamethasone in North America (MM-009) and Europe, Australia, and Israel (MM-010). Because of the similarity of these trials, data were pooled for analysis. The increased side effect profile in patients with renal dysfunction suggests the need for dose reduction, e.g., from 25 mg daily to 10 mg daily, and to 15 mg every 48 hours in patients with end stage renal disease. Although there was no significant difference between treatment groups in time to progression in the subpopulation of patient who had prior autologous stem cell transplant (SCT), there was increased myelosuppression. In addition to myelosuppression, common side effects included peripheral neuropathy, but to a lesser extent than seen with thalidomide, and thrombotic events (TE), which occurred despite aspirin prophylaxis. Those patients receiving erythropoietic stimulating agents were more likely to have a TE, particularly those taking the combination of lenalidomide plus dexamethasone. Dr. Weber expected the future to bring more combination therapies, trials of novel agents vs. bone marrow transplantation, further examination of deletion 13 and other cytogenetic abnormalities in the setting of different treatment options, and studies on patient quality of life.


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STYLE: Witbier
Aroma: Moderate sweetness (often with light notes of honey and/or vanilla) with light, grainy, spicy wheat aromatics, often with a bit of tartness. Moderate perfumy coriander, often with a complex herbal, spicy, or peppery note in the background. Moderate zesty, orangey fruitiness. A low spicy-herbal hop aroma is optional, but should never overpower the other characteristics. No diacetyl. Vegetal, celery-like, or ham-like aromas from certain types of spices are inappropriate. Spices should blend in with fruity, floral and sweet aromas and should not be overly strong.
Appearance: Very pale straw to very light gold in color. The beer will be very cloudy from starch haze and/or yeast, which gives it a milky, whitish-yellow appearance. Dense, white, moussy head. Head retention should be quite good.
Flavor: Pleasant sweetness (often with a honey and/or vanilla character) and a zesty, orange-citrusy fruitiness. Refreshingly crisp with a dry, often tart, finish. Can have a low wheat flavor. Optionally has a very light lactic-tasting sourness. Herbal-spicy flavors are common but not overpowering, and can taste moderately of coriander and other spices at a more subtle level. A spicy-earthy hop flavor is low to none, and never gets in the way of the spices. Hop bitterness is low to medium-low (as with a Hefeweizen), and doesn't interfere with refreshing flavors of fruit and spice, nor does it persist into the finish. Bitterness from orange pith should not be present. Vegetal, celery-like, ham-like, or soapy flavors from certain types of spices are inappropriate. No diacetyl.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light to medium body, often having a smoothness and light creaminess from unmalted wheat and the occasional oats. Despite body and creaminess, finishes dry and often a bit tart. Effervescent character from high carbonation. Refreshing, from carbonation, light acidity, and lack of bitterness in finish. No harshness or astringency from orange pith. Should not be overly dry and thin, nor should it be thick and heavy. Overall Impression: A refreshing, elegant, tasty, moderate-strength wheat-based ale. History: A 400-year-old beer style that died out in the 1950s; it was later revived by Pierre Celis at Hoegaarden, and has grown steadily in popularity over time.
Comments: The presence, character and degree of spicing and lactic sourness varies. Overly spiced and/or sour beers are not good examples of the style. The beer tends to be fragile and does not age well, so younger, fresher, properly handled examples are most desirable.
Ingredients: About 50% unmalted wheat (traditionally soft white winter wheat) and 50% pale barley malt (usually pils malt) constitute the grist. In some versions, up to 5-10% raw oats may be used. Spices of freshly-ground coriander and Curaçao or sometimes sweet orange peel complement the sweet aroma and are quite characteristic. Other spices (e.g., chamomile, cumin, cinnamon, Grains of Paradise) may be used for complexity but are much less prominent. Ale yeast prone to the production of mild, spicy flavors is very characteristic. In some instances a very limited lactic fermentation, or the actual addition of lactic acid, is done.
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IBUs: 10 - 20
Commercial Examples: Hoegaarden Wit, Vuuve 5, Blanche de Bruges, Blanche de Bruxelles, Brugs Tarwebier, Sterkens White Ale, Celis White (now made in Michigan), Blanche de Brooklyn, Great Lakes Holy Moses, Unibroue Blanche de Chambly, Blue Moon Belgian White
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3944 - Belgian Witbier™
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A land development plan for a new Blaise Alexander Chevrolet-Buick car dealership near the Lycoming Mall was approved by the Lycoming County Planning Commission Thursday evening.
The new facility, which is planned to be a 46,981-square-foot structure with office space, a car showroom, parts, storage and garage space, will be situated along the Muncy Township and Fairfield Township border.
The almost 20-acre site is just off the Interstate 180 exit near the mall, west of the Alexander Nissan dealership, according to Joshua A. Billings, county Subdivision and Land Development Administrator.
Access to the new dealership will be off of Alexander Drive in Muncy Township.
William Parsons made a motion to accept the plan on the condition that the facility's sewer plan meet Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority standards and that it be dedicated to the authority at a future date.
Planning commission members also approved a land development plan for construction of a commercial garage and office space to be used by Pennsylvania General Energy on property owned by Roderick and Betty Chambers in Porter Township.
The 7.12-acre development will be within a larger 14.18-acre parcel owned by the Chambers' on the south side of Railroad Street in the township, Billings said.
William Kelly, county Department of Planning and Community Development deputy director, also bid farewell to outgoing commission members and solicitor Charles F. "Skip" Greevy III.
Terms for members Ann S. Pepperman and Robert E. Bauder also expired. More than 80 years of service have been put in between the three, Kelly said.
"Together, these three individuals brought their professional acumen and experience to bear on several thousand development projects, land subdivisions and numerous plans that helped shape and guide Lycoming County," Kelly read from a statement.
Kelly cited their work on projects such as Lycoming College and Pennsylvania College of Technology expansions, construction of the Market Street Bridge, Susquehanna Health campus expansions and upgrades and development of the natural gas industry in the county.
"Their balanced, common sense-approach enabled the commission to integrate both environmental and development points of view and consistently craft sound decisions," he said.
Greevy praised the professionalism of county planning and community development staff and commission members.
"We, in Lycoming County, are a model for the commonwealth for this type of development," he said.


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wee child:Mommy, Mommy theres a monster in the house makeing strange sound while i try to sleep no thats your father snoring."don't worry it scares us all"
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KINGS BEACH, Calif. - At the Nov. 13, 2012 Board of Directors meeting the North Tahoe Public Utility District Board thanked Director Frank Mooney for 25 years of service to the District and the North Lake Tahoe community. Director Mooney opted not to run for re-election this year and the November board meeting was his final month as a director.
The two top priorities for Director Mooney were monitoring the District's finances and for being a tireless advocate for the North Tahoe Regional Park. "The financial strength of the District is due to his strong fiscal management and leadership in the formation of enterprise zones for sewer, water, and parks and facilities departments," said President Lane Lewis, who has served with Director Mooney for the past 23 years. "He was also committed to keeping the park a park and the ball fields, especially Ball Field No. 5, are a testament to his leadership. He will be missed."
Prior to his election to the board in November 1987, Mooney served on an Ad Hoc Citizens Committee for review of sewer rates in 1977 and 1978 and served as a member of the District's Recreation and Parks Commission from 1980-1986.
The Board will host a reception to thank Director Mooney for his service on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 4-6 p.m. at the North Tahoe Event Center. All North Tahoe residents are invited to stop by to say hello and thank Director Mooney for his service to the community.
The North Tahoe Public Utility District provides sewer and water service to the residents of Kings Beach, Tahoe Vista, Carnelian Bay, Cedar Flat and Agate Bay. The District owns, manages and maintains the North Tahoe Regional Park in Tahoe Vista which provides recreation opportunities to residents and visitors. In addition, the District owns and/or maintains all of the public beaches in the District including Kings Beach State Recreation Area, Tahoe Vista Recreation Area, and Secline Beach to name just a few. The North Tahoe Event Center in downtown Kings Beach is also owned and managed by the District.