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Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences and be no longer than 80 words. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor," which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. Any others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.
From Harpers Ferry:
Well, somebody else fired without a hearing. Same people involved. You would think an ex-sheriff and a prosecuting attorney would know the law.
From Hedgesville:
Instead of speaking all about politics, how about we just talk about ourselves. This is the greatest county, part of the most growing part of the country. It's Obamacare. Who knows. What the heck is going on? My dad is dying. Thank God they are taking care of him at the VA. Who knows. Somebody tell me.
From Martinsburg:
I just paid $403 for oil. It has gone up again. The oil and gas companies are very greedy anymore. I can't afford it and neither can a lot of other people.
From Berkeley County:
I'm a strong member of the NRA and I am shocked on their ridiculous stance supporting assault rifles and no background checks even though more than 50 percent of the people want them. I will soon be an ex-member. The NRA no longer represents family values of hunting and fishing as they once did. Now, they only represent the gun and ammo manufacturers. When the facts are not on your side, spread fear.
From Ranson:
Some years ago when oil was $149 per barrel, gasoline was $4 per gallon. Now oil barrels have been steadily between $95 and $98 per barrel for weeks and gasoline has gone up to $4 per gallon. It's outrageous and obvious that the oil companies are ripping customers off and making billions. Shame on them and our government for allowing it.
From Jefferson County:
In reference to the homeless hanging around the library: The library isn't a shelter for the homeless. There are at least three so-called homeless men who are convicted sex offenders hanging around there. Also, numerous ones are drunk and loitering in the library.
From Berkeley County:
To the caller from Berkeley County blaming Obama for gas prices: That proves how much you know. Gas prices are always going up and down, up and down. As far as paychecks, why blame him for it? You probably don't even get one. Did you vote?... Not!
From Martinsburg:
Stupid question, but how can Jefferson County stipulate that an applicant for the position of sheriff be a registered Democrat? Does equal opportunity no longer apply to Republicans or those of other political affiliations?
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From Martinsburg:
Discrimination is the ability to make or perceive distinctions; perception; discernment and to make a choice. We discriminate against pedophiles, sadists and masochists everyday. Unless a property owner can choose his own renters, he does not really own that property. Don't ask, don't tell. If homosexuals don't wish to attract discrimination, let them stop advertising.
From Gerrardstown:
I am so glad that the taxpayer money has paid for Obama to go to Florida to play golf with Tiger Woods while Mrs. Obama and the kids could go skiing. For those of you who voted him back in, myself and several others thank you. Since there are several important issues to tend to, I guess golf seemed more appealing.
From Charles Town:
I sympathize with someone who is homeless, but also disagree that one should be allowed to "hang out" in public places such as a library. I am not sure what the solution is, but hopefully, these folks can find a nice warm place to stay, or get themselves out of homelessness.
From Charles Town:
The folks who think that anyone can just quit their job and "get welfare" and live high on the hog need to do a little research. It doesn't work like that, regardless of what the talking heads at Rupert Murdoch's propaganda network may want you to believe.
From Inwood:
All West Virginians need to boycott all West Virginia gas pumps. The national average is $3.75 and we are paying $4 a gallon. Virginia and Maryland are much cheaper than any gas prices in West Virginia. West Virginians need to take over Charleston, because that is where our tax dollars go to support Kanawha County and all other counties suffer. Wait, by this Saturday, February 23, gas prices will probably be 4.25 per gallon.
From Back Creek Valley:
I, too, cancelled my membership to the NRA a few years ago when I realized that all they were was a lobby group for the gun and ammo makers. The stuff I received from them had nothing to do with gun safety or anything else useful, just garbage telling me that somebody was going to try to take my guns away. Nobody is going to take anyone's guns away.
From Martinsburg:
Where are the police officers at around 6 p.m. when the people around this town want to run the red light at Raleigh and King? Who cares who gets hurt? Not the police. Keep them out of 7-11 and Dunkin Donuts.
From Martinsburg:
This is crazy! A couple of months ago, we were supposed to be seeing lower gas prices after the "change to winter gas." Now it's the demand is so high. This is February, are you kidding me, what's it gonna be like in July? I think we're paying for the Gulf club spill and now we have a state senator trying to justify it too. Come on now!
From Charles Town:
Our mayor has hired at least two police chiefs while she has been in office. Why hasn't she insisted either one hire police officers of color? Doesn't our African-American or Hispanic population deserve representation?
From Route 9 East:
Owning a guitar doesn't make you a musician. Owning a gun doesn't make you a marksman. Practice makes perfect. You are responsible for every shot fired, even when used lawfully in self-defense. If you hit a bystander, it will cost you big. I don't want me or my family to be that bystander. The cold weather is no excuse. There is even an indoor range in Inwood along I-81.


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Wilt, from Unalaska, started off her last season with a career-best time of 10 minutes, 42.9 seconds in the women's steeplechase, breaking her own UAA record of 10:48.90 set on April 15, 2010. The time, which qualifies her provisionally for the NCAAs, also ranks third on the all-time GNAC top-10 chart
A native of Comox, B.C., Parker commenced his collegiate career by breaking the Seawolf record in the men's javelin with a NCAA provisional qualifying toss of 211 feet, one inch. Expected to be a national contender, Parker easily broke the previous record of 175-7, set by Casey Robinson on April 2, 2010.
Currently, both Wilt and Parker lead the country in their respective events. Wilt leads Chico State's Amy Schnittger (10:50.87), while Parker tops UC San Diego's Nick Howe (201-8).
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But as the television icon, 73, reveals in this week's PEOPLE, she is now fighting cancer again – and this time it is an even more formidable foe.
On Jan. 15 she received a diagnosis of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane – known as the meninges – surrounding the brain.
The incurable disease, which accounts for less than 2% of all cancers, "comes on quickly and progresses quickly," says Harper's oncologist, Dr. Ronald Natale, director of the Lung Cancer Research Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. It can prove fatal in as few as three months.
"This is a really complicated condition," says Dr. Jeremy Rudnick, Harper's neuro-oncologist. "The spinal fluid is a collection of fluid that's being circulated [through the brain] kind of like a sink. The fluid itself is growing cancer cells so they are multiplying in there. Those cells start to coat the brain."
Because of the difficulty of getting chemotherapy drugs into the meninges, there are "limitations" in treating the condition, says Dr. Rudnick.
"You have a train that's moving 100 miles per hour, and what we're doing is slowing down the train to five or 10 miles per hour [using chemotherapy drugs]," says Dr. Rudnick.
The first symptoms of the disease often include seizures, blurry vision and severe headaches, along with "a belt-like sensation" across the midsection, says Dr. Rudnick. Harper first started experiencing the strange sensation last August, but an initial round of tests did not detect the condition.
After experiencing numbness in her jaw during rehearsals for her one-woman show Looped on Jan. 11, Harper was hospitalized for more tests. A third spinal tap finally revealed that cancer cells had spread into her spinal fluid.
By sharing her diagnosis, Harper hopes to shed light on the rare condition.
Receiving the news initially, "I was stunned," she says. "And in the next minute I thought, 'This could draw more attention to cancer research.' I think there's an opportunity to help people."


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YOLOha is a philosophy of life combing two disparate but compatible concepts. YOLO (You only live once) and Aloha, the grand cultural spirit of togetherness and family that exists in Hawaii. To put it shortly, YOLOha is shorthand meaning that you only live once, so you should live your life with the spirit of aloha.
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A little american and hawiian thrown into one. Yoloha is simply a mixture of "Yo!" and "Aloha!".
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On July 25, 2013 at approximately 9:40 p.m. the Geneseo Police Department, Henry County Special Operations Squad, Henry County Sheriff's Department, Sterling area Meth Lab Response Team, Black Hawk Task Force and the Geneseo Fire Protection District conducted a search warrant at 517 East Park St in Geneseo, IL.
Paula J Blunk age 52 of Geneseo was arrested and charged with the use of residence/property for the unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine. The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information on Jefferey Ryan Blunk (11-13-89) or Alexis N Wyffels (12-18-90) is asked to call the Geneseo Police Department.
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EAST LIVERPOOL - A local industry is cashing in on the growing demand from oil and gas customers in the Utica and Marcellus Shale through an agreement reached with a Delaware corporation.
The agreement between S.H. Bell Co. in the East End and U.S. Silica Holdings calls for the local company to open a silica sand storage facility to which U.S. Silica will ship barges and railroad cars of premium Northern White frac sand from its network of sand plants.
U.S. Silica is the second largest domestic producer of commercial silica, a specialized mineral critical in the oil and gas proppants end market, according to information included in a press release regarding the agreement between the two companies.
A proppant is a material used to keep a hydraulic fracture open after fracing.
"We are excited to have S. H. Bell as a strategic service provider as we further expand our supply chain reach," U.S. Silica CEO Bryan Shinn said in the release.
"This is a prime location for a new facility and is another example of how U.S. Silica is leveraging our flexible logistics to bring high quality products closer to market. We have opened nine strategic frac sand transload facilities this year and continue to move our point of sale closer to the shale basins, providing convenience and flexibility for our customers," Shinn continued.
John Bell, president of S.H. Bell, said in the release, "We are looking forward to our new relationship with U.S. Silica. This is an ideal location for distributing frac sand into the Utica and Marcellus Shale areas. S.H. Bell will continue to be an active participant in the oil and gas industry and a strong supporter of job creation and growth of the local economy."
In a phone conversation Thursday, S.H. Bell manager Rusty Davis said while the company did not build a "new" transload facility as indicated in the press release, it has made some modifications to some of its buildings and equipment to accommodate the agreement with U.S. Silica.
The agreement has also led to the hiring of four additional employees, with the hope of more hiring in the future, Davis said.
Agreeing this is a major contract for the local company, Davis said the agreement with U.S. Silica is its first foray into the Utica and Marcellus Shale market but it is hoped S.H. Bell will realize other expansion possibilities in the growing shale market.
"East Liverpool and the general area are among the most northernmost points of the Ohio River. It gives us an advantage, being in the hub of this (shale) industry," Davis pointed out.
The family-owned S.H. Bell Company has been in business since 1933, providing terminal handling with barge, truck and rail plus storage, processing, packaging and record keeping services for the metals, oil and gas industries.
With headquarters in Pittsburgh, S.H. Bell has other facilities in Newell, W.Va., Chicago and Baltimore.
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In the nearly 12 years that Warren T. Colville has been president of The Buffalo News, the company has extended its digital reach, added more commercial printing presses and expanded delivery capabilities.
Colville, who will become publisher Jan. 1, sees that growth as the way to support the company's core mission as a source of information for Western New York.
"One of the most significant things is to maintain our position as the market leader and being a source of information and of news," Colville said. "A lot of papers have lost their franchise. Our Sunday product is really second-to-none. We have an incredible package of value for people."
Colville, 68, has overseen the day-to-day operations of The News as the company's president since February 2001. He expects that role to continue as he succeeds Publisher Stanford Lipsey when Lipsey becomes publisher emeritus in January.
Colville sees new revenue-generating opportunities as key to meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing newspaper industry.
"The core of our business is still 130 people that we have on the third floor," Colville said of the newspaper's third-floor newsroom. "That doesn't change. That's the foundation. That's bedrock, and that's what makes us who we are, but every paper is facing challenges today of how to stay viable, profitable and build a sustainable model for the future."
Today, the company not only produces The Buffalo News and its online editions, but also operates a digital division, and prints and distributes everything from postcards and brochures to regional copies of the New York Times. Colville said he and Editor Mike Connelly are exploring the possibility of adding new content next year.
It's a long way from the start of Colville's newspaper career at the Daily Register in Shrewsbury, N.J., where he started as a classified salesman and worked his way up to advertising director.
A native of Mount Kisco and a graduate of Westchester College, Colville said that first job gave him hands-on experience in everything from selling advertisements to laying out parts of the paper. "When you work at a small paper, you absolutely do everything," he said. "I think that's a wonderful basis to grow into a larger paper because you've got exposure to many different departments that you wouldn't normally be exposed to."
He was later recruited to the much larger Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., and then to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla., before moving to Buffalo in December 1987 as vice president and director of advertising for The Buffalo News.
Colville has overseen daily operations at The News at a time when the staff has shrunk through buyouts and the company has shifted to a subscription model for online news content.
Peter F. Hunt, chairman and CEO for Hunt Real Estate, said Colville has extended his leadership beyond his executive office into the community.
"Someone in that position could easily hide behind the job, in my opinion, because there's a lot to do," Hunt said. "To keep an organization like that, which is built on print, viable in and of itself is a monumental task when the world has declared many newspapers dead. He's managed to stay deeply involved in our community and also raise a family along the way."
Colville serves on the board of directors of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and has previously served on other community boards, including Shea's Performing Arts Center and Hilbert College.
That work has often been behind-the-scenes.
"He's always been at the table, always very willing to respond to requests for insight and, in some cases, direct support," said Andrew Rudnick, president of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. "And he does so in a very low-key fashion. That's a precious asset in this community."
The father of seven children, Colville lives in Orchard Park with his wife, Karen, and two teenage daughters, Waverly and Porscha.
"Warren is sort of the perfect person for right now for The News, because you've got someone who has the benefit of having decades of experience and really good relationships and the ability to figure out the next step," said Dottie Gallagher-Cohen, who worked with him before becoming president and CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara. "So I feel really confident about The News' future knowing Warren is taking on the job."


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5 Ways Regular Guys Ruin Their First Impression With Women
One of the weirdest things about high school is that they don't teach you the really important shit that you need in order to survive. We spent so much time in health class learning how to prevent teenage pregnancy and crotch diseases that we didn't realize until long after we'd graduated that they never showed us how to go about it when we were old enough to actually want that stuff that biology was pressing for.
Not the fucking. That's not what this article is about. I'm talking about all the stuff that leads up to it. Meeting the right person, how to approach them, what to say, how to present yourself. The most basic part of any relationship: finding someone. Because, let's be honest here, if you came into this article hoping it would answer your question of "Why won't this bitch fuck me?" you have several stages of growing up to do before you're even mature enough to handle the discussion, let alone the woman. For the rest of you, some of the most common mistakes I see guys making are ...
#5. They Rely on a "System"
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There's not a lot that makes me more embarrassed about my gender than guys who talk about having a "system" to pick up women. And no, it's not a rare circumstance. There are books, forums, DVDs, fucking boot camps devoted to full-on psychological manipulation (some of them actually talk about utilizing mild hypnosis). I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of that subject because it's a whole article by itself, but it's important to bring up because those "systems" are used with the specific purpose of obtaining sex, and they're built on a foundation of dishonesty.
There are several reasons you can't pull that bullshit when you're attempting to meet someone new if your goal is starting a relationship. The first is obvious: If you present yourself as something you're not, you can't keep up that act forever. Eventually, you'll have to show your real self, and she's going to think, "Wait, this isn't the person I met." And she'll be right, because she's never experienced that side of you before. In her eyes, you will have changed from one personality to another, and it can doom what you've built in a heartbeat.
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"I'm so sorry. I should have come clean about the devil worship. At least the human sacrifices."
The second is something that should be obvious, but sadly is not. Ready for it? She is *gasp* an individual! Now, don't get all huffy and roll your eyes with a "Yeah, no shit, dumbass," when you hear that. Because if you were ever planning on using a "system," it means you didn't really understand it.
A system, for the most part, requires constants in order to be efficient. And in training yourself to act a certain way to obtain the reaction you want from women, you have to assume that they all respond in a highly predictable manner. As an individual, she's going to act and respond in ways that are unique to her, because she is not a vagina that happens to have the downside of a personality attached to it like a parasite. If you're truly looking for a relationship, you're mature enough to understand this. If you're using a manipulative "system" to get there, you're not.
This is the problem with this whole line of thinking. The guys who adopt it are treating the entire process like a game, like women are competition. They're acting as if she's the end boss of a video game and they have to figure out the exact pattern of attack in order to make her submit in defeat. What those guys don't realize is that in reality she's a potential co-op player whom you need in order to defeat the real boss. And every woman plays differently. You have to find the one who complements your play style or the whole thing ends up being a giant clusterfuck. Basically a World of Warcraft raid.
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"What, you don't believe in love at first sight? You'd deny a man his destined soul mate?"
But even guys who don't use a system still wind up doing things like ...
#4. Using Pick-Up Lines
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If you want to get an immediately popular exchange going on a forum or Facebook or in a room full of actual face-having humans, ask for people's best pick-up lines, and then just watch the douchebag floodgates open. You'll get everything from goofball openers like "Hi, can I buy you a drink? Or maybe a car?" to ridiculous ones that make you genuinely want to punch the person in the face, like "Puppies are as cute as the speed of light is fast, but your cuteness threshold approaches that limit." If the world is even remotely just, the person saying that line will have never made it past the word "speed" before he found himself talking to an empty bar stool. Or at the very least, elbowed in the throat.
The problem is that we've all joked about and made fun of pick-up lines for so long that there are real people out there who think that they're a prerequisite for dating. That they're as much a part of the courtship as the ceremonial tearing of the condom wrapper or buttering of the goat.
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They really like it, though.
What? Relationships are complicated in the Midwest.
If you're one of these people, it should be a massive weight off of your shoulders when I tell you that pick-up lines are not only unnecessary but, as a general rule, should be avoided at all costs. At least outside of a one-night-stand situation. See, they've sort of just devolved into "Hey, would you care to do boner things with me?" without actually using those words. Unless those words are the actual line ... which is quite possible, because pick-up lines are fucking stupid.
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"Fuck your mother. Is that any clearer to you?"
Now, nothing is absolute -- I have heard a few rare women claim that they like pick-up lines and think they're cute. But it's safer to play the odds, and really, if you meet a woman who turns you down because you failed to use a pick-up line, it's probably safe to assume she's not quite the droids you're looking for. Pull out your light saber and chop her arm off.
Metaphorically speaking.
So what do you say? How do you approach a woman you'd like to meet? Honestly and simply put: Don't be a douchebag and don't be something you're not. Just take a deep breath, shake out the cobwebs, and start a conversation the way you would with any other human being. Or come right out and say, "Hi. I apologize if I'm bothering you, but I think you're cute, and I wanted to meet you." Not those exact words, mind you -- meeting someone isn't about memorizing a script, you're not a goddamned salesman. All you're doing in those first few seconds is conveying the idea of "I exist, and I really want you to be aware of that."
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"And I've barely murdered anyone."
But of course, the reason men feel like they have to do all of this artificial bullshit is ...
#3. They Let Rejection Dictate Their Actions
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I had such a hard time talking to girls in high school. The ones I did develop a connection with didn't want to take it further than friendship. And the ones outside of my circle of friends didn't make it much further than a nervous exchange of pleasantries and an awkward departure. I can safely blame most of that on my reaction to past rejections. Well, that and being exactly the same as every other teenager who has ever lived.
Rejection stings like a motherfucker. I don't know anyone who handles it well -- it's just not in our nature. Not just with relationships, but with any situation: job interviews, joining a fraternity, losing a "most awesome Burt Reynolds tattoo" contest. But in a romantic setting like we're talking about here, it's so much worse, because they're not rejecting one of your skill sets. They're rejecting you. You open up and make yourself extremely vulnerable, and when that presentation goes unreceived, it's like setting your balls on fire and putting it out with a bucket of acid.
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Oh, man up. Wait, that's probably a bad choice of words.
It's natural to close yourself off each time it happens, especially if you're getting far more rejection than acceptance. But what happened in my case (and what I've seen happen with a lot of guys I've known) is that I let the fear of rejection dominate me to the point of making me timid. And we're not talking about the "cutesy" type of timid that some girls find adorable. We're talking about being so timid that the guys come across as creepy, repulsive pussies.
Remember, for the most part, women put a pretty high value on confidence in a man. Now that doesn't mean that you want to burst into the room and say, "Congratulations, you won. Get in the truck." It just means not looking like you're about to piss your pants over a simple hello.
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OK, if he starts talking about how pretty fire is, just make a run for it.
Seriously, imagine what's going through her head when some guy she's never met steps up and starts awkwardly rambling about whatever pops into his head, sweating and fidgeting like he's trying to avoid the police, a slight hint of "I could vomit at any second" on his face. She's either going to have her hand securely wrapped around a can of Mace, or she's just going to blow you off, thinking, "If he can't even get past the introduction, what the hell is he going to be like on an actual date? Or during the first kiss? Or when it's time to tattoo my name on his scrotum?"


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Designer and author Donna Druchunas walks you through knitting socks from the ground up. From casting on to binding off, Donna details simple steps to make intricate sock patterns easy and enjoyable. Once you've worn handmade socks, your feet won't be satisfied with anything else. Donna introduces you to knitting from the toe up so you can try on the sock as you knit and adjust the height of the cuff. You will discover two techniques for starting a sock, three different heel techniques, and usefuls tips and tricks like the figure-8 cast-on and stretchy bind-off. Learn to read charts and use double-pointed or circular needles to create lace and stranded colorwork in the round.
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Learn the materials and supplies you will need to knit lacy knee socks with a delicate design or a sock in multiple colors in an intricate pattern. You will also get an introduction to reading lace and color charts.
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Work the first steps to creating a heel by leaving the hole. Don't worry; you'll fill it in at the end.
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See how easy it is to pick up the stitches from the heel holes and fill in that blank area.
Weaving in the ends, check for gaps, and block the sock.
If double pointed needles aren't your cup of tea, try knitting your socks on two circular needles.
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Wordless Wednesday: Sleepyhead
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Ah, I know- early again. But I'll be away at knitting class. Yay!ReplyDelete
What a sweetheart. Sleepy little man!ReplyDelete
Oh. My. Goodness! That picture is priceless! Enjoy your last class! Are you going to get it finished?ReplyDelete
LOL! I felt like that in my last meeting!ReplyDelete
So precious!! I felt like I could do that today...just about anywhere. I am so tired!!ReplyDelete
Way too cute! Reminds me of going to bed in a few minutes (it´s night in my part of the world)ReplyDelete
OMG> that is a classic.ReplyDelete
To Cute!!!
Your kids fall asleep in the WEIRDEST places!!!ReplyDelete
someone looks worn outReplyDelete
What a fantastic picture! I wish I could sleep anywhere like that!ReplyDelete
I've got a picture so similar to this one. I LOVE it!ReplyDelete
Aw, baby. Poor little man.ReplyDelete
These are the best pictures!ReplyDelete
Oh poor little guy. He must have been so tired.ReplyDelete
My 44th WW is up too.
Oh so so darling!ReplyDelete
Oh my that is the cutest thing I have ever seen!!! I want to sqeeze him!ReplyDelete
Sleepy indeed. How long did he sleep like that??ReplyDelete
That is just to precious, My WW will be up by morning.ReplyDelete
Man! Putting makeup and pants in the garbage sure does make you tired! Love that picture! :)ReplyDelete
ohhh, what a sweetie! I am glad you captured the moment.ReplyDelete
Babies sleeping are the best. Too cute.ReplyDelete
Oh my...he must be tired!ReplyDelete
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Awww! Poor tired baby!ReplyDelete
You've got to be kidding me. There is no way any of my kids would sleep like that. They always have to be home in their own beds. No fair! Carter is proving to be no different.ReplyDelete
That is sooooo sweet!ReplyDelete
Isn't it amazing that they can fall asleep ANYWHERE! So cute! Mine's up!ReplyDelete
Oh, he's so sweet. He's getting so big!ReplyDelete
Aw! How cute! It's amazing where they can fall asleep!ReplyDelete
He has to be the cutest thing I have ever seen. That picture is priceless!ReplyDelete
Yay! Some fun stuff to look forward to. My baby is only ten months old, hasn't fallen asleep in a single strange place yet,(unless you count all the bathrooms he's slept in-but he was in his car seat) but he makes up for it in his cuteness. I am new to your blog, got here through a friend's blog. Enjoying it though, so I added it to my blogroll. Stop by any time sweetie!ReplyDelete
Julie :)
How did you wear him out? looks like he had a long day at the officeReplyDelete
Cool-knitting class! That's a terrific picture~he must have been exhausted!ReplyDelete
Sweet child. Looks like he would have fallen out of the chair.ReplyDelete
awww, thats totally priceless!!! happy WW!ReplyDelete
That is priceless. He is so cute. Its great to have these photo's to look back on.ReplyDelete
Awwww, how sweet! My WW is up, stop on by.ReplyDelete
Have a great Wednesday!
What a perfect photo! I love it!ReplyDelete
so cute!! I've had a few fall asleep in strange places....ReplyDelete
I love it, too cute!!ReplyDelete
Ha! I guess, when your tired, your tired! So Cute, Steph!ReplyDelete
A boy needs his rest! Too cute.ReplyDelete
That is too cute! I love to watch my kids sleeping.ReplyDelete
Awww, poor thing is exhausted! :O) Happy WW!ReplyDelete
Very Cute!! Isnt it amazing how kids can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.ReplyDelete
I wouldnt mind going back to sleep this morning. Happy WW>
Hush little baby...ReplyDelete
Too cute! To be a kid is soooo exhausting... ;-)
My WW is up to, please stop by my blog and have fun!
Happy Wednesday,
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Awwwww. I always wonder how they keep from falling when they sleep like that!ReplyDelete
Oh boy can I relate to that feeling today!!ReplyDelete
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Ah, what a sweet little angel! Probably only when asleep! LOL Get your rest now, too! D :)ReplyDelete
OMG, that is a perfect WW photo. Speaks volumes. So precious. Love it! (And miss those days when my guys were little.)ReplyDelete
Isn't it amazing how kids can fall asleep.ReplyDelete
Happy WW!
How can they fall asleep like that?!ReplyDelete
Awww - *giggle* Shhhh! DOn't wake him, I'm afraid if he startles he'll topple out!ReplyDelete
SO sweet!!! I wish my kid would fall asleep like that...oh well!ReplyDelete
So it looks like someone had a rough day. Happy Eat Your Brussel Sprouts Day.ReplyDelete
That is so sweet! And I love the chair!ReplyDelete
I've been trying to comment the last couple days on this pic and blogger hates me. So here's my final attempt.ReplyDelete
Way too cute!
Man, that comment sounds completely lame after all that trouble!


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These pictures from the Victorian and Edwardian periods are arranged alphabetically by play title. This section develops the previous one's last phase, concentrating on the more elaborately "historicist" staging of Shakespeare by such prominent professionals as Irving, Tree, Benson, and Poel. These photographs derive from the U.C. Berkeley Shakespeare Program Collection and the Yorck Project, under GNU Free Document License. They are intended for research and educational, not commercial use.
Antony and Cleopatra, Drury Lane Theatre, 1873: James Anderson as Antony, Ellen Wallis as Cleopatra; directed by Frederick Chatt
Antony and Cleopatra, 1879: Helena Modjeska (1840-1909) as Cleopatra.
Antony and Cleopatra: Beerbohm Tree - Antony; Constance Collier - Cleopatra
in Tree's 1906 production at His Majesty's Theatre,
Antony and Cleopatra, 1906: the drunken scene (II.vii), Beerbohm Tree as Antony (stooping)
All's Well (I.iii): Ellen Ternan (1839-1914) as the Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball (1820-1905) as her Clown.
As You Like It (V.iv): Mrs. H. Marston (1809-87) as Audrey and Mr. Frederick Younge (1817-70) as Touchstone.
As You Like It: Lily Brayton as Rosalind, Henry Ainley as Orlando (1911).
As You Like It: Lily Brayton (1876-1953) as Rosalind.
The Comedy of Errors: Henry and Thomas Placide as the two Dromios.
Coriolanus: Ellen Terry (1847-1928) as Volumnia.
Cymbeline: Mr. Booth as Posthumus.
Cymbeline: Thomas Mead as Iachimo (I.vii)
Cymbeline: Julia Marlowe as Imogen, 1894; photograph by B. J. Falk.
Hamlet: Charles Albert Fechter (1824-1879) as Hamlet
Hamlet: Henry Irving (1838-1905) as Hamlet
Hamlet: Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in the nunnery scene from William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet: Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1858-1917) as Hamlet.
A court scene of William Poel 's production of Hamlet at St George's Hall in 1881.
Hamlet: Sir John Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) as William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre in 1897.
Hamlet, at the Lyric Theatre, London, 1905 or later: Martin Harvey (1863-1944) as Hamlet, Miss Nina De Silva (1869-1949) as Ophe
Hamlet, 1897: Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) as Ophelia at the Lyceum Theatre, 1897 (with Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet).
King Henry IV, Part 1: William Charles Macready (1793-1873) as King Henry IV.
King Henry IV, Part 1: James Henry Hackett (1800-1871) as Falstaff. He established a reputation as a player of eccentric charact
Henry IV Part 1 (V.iv): Henry Marston (1804-83) as Hotspur defeated by Prince Hal (Frederick Robinson, 1832-1912), at Sadler's W
Henry IV: A. E. George as Henry IV in a production by Frank Benson (1858-1939) at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Henry IV Part 2: Constance Benson (1886-1946) as Doll Tearsheet.
Henry V: William Davidge (1814-88) as Pistol.
Henry V, Night Scene (IV.i.294-311), 1900: Frank Benson (1858-1939) as Henry V.
Henry V, 1900: E. M. Robson as Fluellen.
Henry V: George Ringold (1839 1912) as Henry V, Berthe Girardin as Princess Katharine.
Henry V: John H. Barnes (1850-1925) as Williams.
Henry VI Part 3 (V.vi): Charles Pitt as Richard of Gloucester.
Henry VIII: Laura Carlisle as Anne Bullen in Beerbohm Tree's production, 1912.
Henry VIII (Beerbohm Tree, 1910) Violet Vanburgh as Queen Katherine of Aragon.
Henry VIII: Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1858-1917)as Cardinal Wolsey.
Henry VIII: Beerbohm Tree as Cardinal Wolsey
Julius Caesar, 1864: John Wilkes Booth,Edwin Booth and Junius Brutus Booth (from left to right).
Julius Caesar: Cassius: Lawrence Barrett, 1870
Julius Caesar: Otho Stuart as Brutus at the Shakespeare Festival Stratford-upon-Avon, directed by Frank Benson (1858-1939).
Julius Caesar: Henry Ainley (1879-1945) played Antony at Benson's Stratford Festival


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Martha Argerich, Lugarno Concertos, Piano Concertos by Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Schumann, Brahms, Poulenc, Bartok and Prokofiev along with works of Schubert and Brahms and Stravinsky's "Les Noces" and Milhaud's "Scaramouche." Performed by pianist Argerich with other soloists and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and several conductors including Charles Dutoit. (Deutsche Grammophon, four discs). A definite oddity in this beautiful set of live music by the Argentine virtuoso who is arguably the most acclaimed in our 21st century world, at the June music festival that was specially designed around her. The Schumann concerto, long thought to be Argerich's "calling card" if any, is far from the most arresting here nor is it the most brilliantly performed. It is, in fact, the 20th century concerti by Bartok, Poulenc and Prokofiev that seem to bring out the full and searing formidable virtuoso range of Argerich at the piano. Nor is that simply a function of the different kind of piano virtuosity accorded by 20th century music but, in almost every case, a power and a commitment that make the performances extraordinary. Her commitment to younger musicians comes too in two-piano pieces by Schubert and Milhaud along with four-hand piano music by Brahms and Stravinsky (his great masterwork "Les Noces"). A great Argerich omnibus in which no one hearing it could be confused for a second about Argerich's reputation and how it got that way. ∆∆∆½ (Jeff Simon)
Canciones Espanolas, Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano and Anthony Spiri, piano (Harmonia Mundi). The accomplished mezzo soprano Bernarda Fink does a remarkable job in this album of embracing the inflections of Spanish song, those Moorish curlicues that adorn the lovely, Mediterranean melodies. The music is equally enchanting. Particularly glorious are the atmospheric songs of Joaquin Rodrigo, which meld folklike melodies with ingenious, sometimes hauntingly simple piano accompaniments. The piano is half the appeal of this album, and Spiri is equal to the accompaniment's subtle challenges. Besides the Rodrigo, the disc also includes music by Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla. ∆∆∆½ (Mary Kunz Goldman)
Mozart, Piano Concertos K. 453 and 482, Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano, the Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Mullejans, conductor (Harmonia Mundi). These are robust performances of two of Mozart's most magnificent piano concertos, with a special effort being put into big, satisfying, sometimes sudden fortes. Occasionally the music has a fussy quality. Phrases and passages sound over-thought out, overengineered. I have been hearing this quality in a lot of new Mozart recordings, a sense I get that the performers are reinventing the wheel. It doesn't help that the recording process is not kind to the antique instruments, which come out sounding thin and weak. But for fans of original instruments, this is a strong attempt at helping you to hear the music as Mozart might have heard it. In person it would probably sound better, but even on CD the performances hold your interest. It's great to hear the 22nd piano concerto, K. 482, which considering its excellence is underperformed. ∆∆∆ (M.K.G.)
Trio Settecento, "An English Fancy" (Cedille). Being a nerd, I belonged for a few years to a medieval re-enactment group, the Society for Creative Anachronism. Because of these misspent years, I recognized the title right away of the first number on this disc, William Byrd's "Sellinger's Rownde." The last song, Purcell's "Hornpipe," also known as "Hole in the Wall," brings back memories too. This is a great collection of popular, secular music of the Elizabethan era. We hear so much about the serious side of that time period, and this disc toasts its lighter side. You can tell from the titles: Matthew Locke's "For Several Friends"; Christopher Simpson's "The Little Consort"; a great set of theme and variations by Thomas Baltzar called "John Come Kiss Me Now." Henry Purcell's "Ayres for the Theatre" are a delight. If you are new to early music, this is a nice disc to start with. It's all entertaining and listenable, not to mention beautifully performed. Plus, it's fun to hear earlier forms of the jigs, allemandes, sarabandes and courantes that resurface in the suites of Johann Sebastian Bach. Trio Settecento comprises John Mark Rozendaal on viola da gamba; David Schrader on harpsichord and organ; and violinist Rachel Barton Pine. ∆∆∆∆ (M.K.G.)
Clifton Anderson, "And So We Carry On" (Daywood Drive). Trombonist Clifton Anderson is, famously, the nephew of Sonny Rollins but that's only part of the reason that he has for so long been one of the stalwarts of Rollins' band. He's a strong player and he is joined here by many musicians as strong as he if not stronger – drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, pianist Monty Alexander, trumpet player Wallace Roney and alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett. ∆∆∆ (J.S.)
Randy Klein, "Two Duos: What's Next" (Jazzheads). Pianist-composer Randy Klein is a kind of jazz composer who couldn't have existed 60 years ago – a preternaturally gifted composer and performer of chamber jazz who created his own jazz label and is now into the second disc of a series in which he'll play piano with two entirely separate musicians in chamber duos. On this one, he plays with Boris Kozlov, who plays one of Charles Mingus' own upright basses in the Mingus Big Band but duets here on electric bass, where he has a lot of the lyrical authority of Steve Swallow. And on the rest, he plays with guitarist Alex Skolnick, known for something like heavy metal guitar in the groups Testament and, yes, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but a musician of formidable sensitivity and delicacy here. There's nothing searing here to singe one's brain pan but it's music by that part of the New York musical community that writes music for documentary films, isn't afraid of making jokes on disc and avoids playing in clubs. When Klein and Kozlov play Klein's "Dear Charles Mingus," you'll swear they were trying to get the great bassist/composer's attention in the great beyond with a version of "Cocktails for Two." ∆∆∆ (J.S.)
Zoot Sims, Lost Tapes: Baden-Baden-June 23, 1958 (Jazzhaus-SWR). A great story here. They're not kidding when they say "lost" tapes. Sims, the onetime Lester Young disciple with the most foolproof fluid drive lyricism of any (Getz, whom Sim wittily called "a nice bunch of guys," was always off in another world by himself after the initial Young influence) performed in a European jam session with all manner of German musicians and great expatriates Willie Dennis on trombone and drummer Kenny Clarke. Sims was in top form all the way through, playing tenor, alto saxophone and even clarinet. The tapes languished unheard for 30 years. Then in 1988 with a flawed pressing of notably poor quality, the music came out and promptly disappeared. And now 24 years later, here's the music again in a disc of superb quality. Most of the German musicians are capable here but one – alto saxophonist and clarinetist Hans Koller – performs beautifully in coiling lines with Sims on the opening version of "All the Things You Are" and the unusual "Minor Meeting for Two Clarinets." In the next 30 years, Sims would be a musician who, literally, never failed to play exemplary jazz. Good to have this music back – for good presumably. ∆∆∆½ (J.S.)
Toby Keith, "Hope on the Rocks" (Show Dog/ Universal). Toby Keith understands honky-tonk life and all its nuances as well as any musician working today, even the parts in which nuance don't figure into the equation. The Oklahoma country singer and songwriter who's reached the top of the country charts with such quaff-minded odes as "Beer for My Horses," "Whiskey Girl" and "I Love This Beer" clearly hasn't exhausted that wellspring of musical inspiration yet, returning to the corner watering hole several times in the 10 new songs on "Hope on the Rocks." The title track is the best, examining the rocky roads that often lead lost souls to seek refuge in drink. "Where do they go?" Keith asks from the perspective of a bartender who's seen it all yet refuses to judge. "At the end of the day, I'm all they got. " "Get Got" is an impressive compendium of country wisdom as contained in one-liners such as "Less is more, 'cept love and money" and "Talk less, just listen, you can learn a lot." Keith has clearly become a skilled listener, a vital trait for any songwriter — or bartender. ∆∆½ (Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times)


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I'd actually have to BE a newfie for that to happen. The reality is, is that a team with a bunch of small, skilled players isn't gonna get you far. Do you need skill guys? Yes! But you need guys like Cleary to. Certainly glad Holland doesn't live in your reality or we would be icing a smurf roster like the Habs each and every year.
With Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Alfie, Franzen, Weiss, and Abby (you can't not play him with Dats at this point. His suspension proved his value) why is everyone so sure Cleary would be in the top 6? He is a role player. With the forwards the Wings have now, his role is grind, PK, and give the bottom 6 some secondary scoring. Sure he may get some 2nd unit PP time to get in the goalies face.
It isn't gys like Tatar or Nyquist who will lose roster spots with a Cleary signing. It is guys like Sammy, Tootoo and Eaves. Guys like Bert will have to fight for a spot. There will be injuries all season. Everyone will get their chance to play. Dunno if everyone has forgotten, but that is the exact reason why the Wings have made the run they did this year! Maybe people should see how the roster actually shapes up by the end of the summer before getting all bent out of shape now. Ever think that just MAYBE a trade or two will still happen?
Cleary is so bad at hockey it makes me question whether he is generally a bad person or not. He brings nothing to the table, he had a stretch of 4-5 games this whole year where he was worth a damn.
edit: I really hope the Avs sign him, I have a friend who is a huge Avs fan and always talks about how terrible he is. I mean Col does need leadership
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Anthony Joseph Walczak may only be 10 years old and stand 4 feet 6 inches tall, but the West Seneca boy has a super-sized heart – full of giving, fight and deep compassion.
His impressive inner strength has propelled him to raise more than $3,580 – more than double his goal of $1,500 – through the Ride for Roswell as his 38-year-old mother, Lisa Gainey, battles stage 4 breast cancer.
Affectionately known as "A.J." at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School in Depew, where he will be a sixth-grader this fall, he has rallied an outpouring of love and money to try to help his mom and others in the fight against cancer.
It won't be his first time doing the Roswell Park fundraiser.
A.J. has participated in the Ride for Roswell for the past three years. It's been tradition that he and his family ride in the charity event as part of an effort with Gainey's co-workers at Superior Group in Williamsville.
While his great-grandmother Jean Sibilio battled pancreatic cancer, A.J. raised $1,100 through family and friends for the Roswell event.
A.J. was close buddies with his great-grandmother, who was a dedicated founder of the food pantry outreach program through St. Martha's parish.
"He and my grandma had this amazing bond," Gainey said, noting that A.J. spent a lot of time with Sibilio working at the church pantry.
A.J.'s great-grandmother died last June. She was 84. Two and a half weeks later, Gainey found out she had cancer.
She shared the scary news with her son.
"OK," A.J. told his mother, Gainey recounted. "What can I do to help?'"
A.J. didn't waste time coming up with a plan. He developed a fundraising page through the Ride for Roswell website for his next ride. He told of how hard the family's summer was last year and how he didn't know what to expect or how his mom would be.
"I knew I couldn't stop it from happening," he said about his mom's illness, while taking a break from school to do an interview recently, "but it's something I don't want other families to have to go through."
Gainey has been undergoing chemotherapy once a week since November. The plan is to shrink the tumor in her one breast that has grown to her spine, so that doctors can to operate.
Even though she is not being treated at Roswell, A.J. said, his mother's doctors are great and "we all can benefit from the research and programs that Roswell has."
A.J. plans to bike eight miles with family members in this year's Roswell ride Friday and Saturday.
It's the first ride in which his mom won't be able to participate with him.
This May, A.J., famous at his school for always having a big smile on his face, kicked his fundraising for his mom into high gear by organizing a Crazy Hat Day at his school.
He pitched the idea to his school principal and then explained his plan over the school announcements to his peers.
Parents, teachers and students dressed in their craziest hats and made a donation to help in the fight against cancer.
Principal Debbie Szczepanski is amazed by A.J.'s commitment and energy.
"The response from Crazy Hat Day was overwhelming. I wanted everyone to learn compassion through one of our students," she said. "A.J. has always had this kind, loving personality."
His mother is amazed at the dedication her son has shown.
"He has gone to chemotherapy treatments with me and asks questions," Gainey said. "He just has this big heart. The support that he and I have gotten from students has been amazing. No one has said to him, 'Oh, your mom is bald and sick.' "
A.J. never expected the level of success of the Crazy Hat Day effort. People came dressed in Easter hats, animal hats, a hockey puck hat – just about anything one could think of. One student even wore four hats. And A.J., who has short blond hair, wore a khaki-colored camp hat, with long brown hair taped to it, sporting a breast cancer ribbon and school pin.
"Every penny counts to A.J.," Gainey said. Her son has also designed T-shirts reading "Fighting for Lisa," and he sold 123 of them to family and friends.
How does she describe her son's efforts to help her?
"There are no words. I'm so incredibly proud. He's a little kid trying to make a big difference," Gainey said.
To donate to A.J.'s page, or any other rider's, go to rideforroswell2013.kintera.org, click on Donate to a Rider and plug in Anthony Walczak's name.
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The Avalon Quartet joined the NIU School of Music as Artist Faculty String-Quartet-in-Residence in the fall of 2007.
The members of the Avalon Quartet are Blaise Magnière - 1st violin, Marie Wang - 2nd violin, Anthony Devroye - viola, and Cheng-Hou Lee- 'cello. They will teach applied lessons and coach chamber music, and will be active in their performance career, bringing attention to the NIU School of Music from the concert stage and in other outreach activities. They will annually perform a number of concerts on campus and on a concert series produced by NIU in Chicago.
The Avalon quartet was founded in 1995, held residencies at Northern Illinois University and the Hartt School, and has been the faculty quartet-in-residence at the Indiana University-South Bend Raclin School of the Arts for the past four years.
The quartet garnered attention as prize winners in major competitions including the Grand Prize at the 1998 Fischoff Competition, First Prize in the 1999 Concert Artist Guild competition, and the highest prize awarded at the 2000 ARD Munich Competition. The quartet also received awards at the 1998 Banff and 1999 Melbourne competitions. Their debut CD, "Dawn to Dusk," was awarded the 2002 Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award.
The Avalon Quartet has performed in numerous major venues including Carnegie-Weill Recital Hall, New York's Merkin Hall, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Music Alp Festival in Seoul, Korea, London's Wigmore Hall, Herculessal in Munich, and the Ravinia Festival.
The Quartet is represented by John Gingrich Management in New York City, whose roster includes performers of international repute such as Charles Rosen, Kim Kashkashian, and Gunther Schuller.
Blaise, who was born in France, earned his Bachelor of Music at McGill University in Montreal, his Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music, and an Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School. Blaise holds the Richard O. Ryan Endowed Chair in Violin at NIU.
Marie, born of Chinese parents in Canada, earned her Lucentiate Diploma and Bachelor of Music from McGill University, her Master of Music degree from Northern Illinois University, and an Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School.
Anthony (Tony) was born in Belgium and raised in the US. His Bachelor of Arts in Biological Science from Columbia University was complemented by viola studies in the Juilliard School, and he earned a diploma in viola from the Curtis Institute of Music.
Cheng-Hou Lee is a native of Taiwan, who moved to the US while in high school. His Bachelor and Master of Music degrees are from the Juilliard School and his Master of Chamber Music is from the Rice University Shepherd School of Music. He has completed doctoral studies and is ABD at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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5 Celebrities Who Get More Hate Than They Deserve (Part 3)
#2. Justin Bieber
Why All the Hate?
Is there a bigger villain in music than Justin Bieber? You could argue the case that people maybe hate the aforementioned Nickelback a bit more, but I can't imagine that's true. They're actually pretty similar, if you think about it. Both are from Canada, both make music exclusively for people who listen to the radio and watch MTV and both make music that seemingly everyone purchases but no one admits to enjoying.
The reason Justin Bieber wins the hate race, though, is youth. Thinking about Justin Bieber and the state of his career is a great way to lose yourself in nostalgic daydreams about all of the opportunities you weren't presented with during your formative years. If you'd had YouTube and a mom who didn't mind you beating on a drum kit in the house, maybe at the age of 18 you would have been a famous singer with a smoking hot famous girlfriend.
Who looks exactly like you
Nobody wants to feel that way, but that's exactly how Justin Bieber makes us feel. Also, his music is fucking awful. What's not to hate?
Why He Doesn't Deserve It
Alright, first of all, I don't think I need to remind anyone that, for the majority of the time we've been hurling threats and insults in his direction, Justin Bieber has legally been classified as a minor. He's still not even 19 years old yet. So, what, do you hate him because he seems like a cocky, conceited jerk? Fine, grab a random sampling of 19-year-olds and pepper them with a few questions and see if you still hate Bieber or if you just hate teens. It's probably the latter. This one just happens to be insanely popular.
As for the music, well, I'm not sure where you think pop music is coming from these days, but if you hate one, you have to hate them all. He's getting his soulless, emotionless, head-scratchingly popular tunes from the same Max Martins and Rodney Jerkinses of the world like all those other singers you hate. Why in the hell are we piling on his songs with such anger and fury?
Right, because Justin Bieber is what the kids are into. Beyond that, he's not a whole lot better or worse than any of his peers.
Oh, and if anyone is itching to point out how much of a hypocrite I am for defending Justin Bieber after having written articles like this one in the past, you'll probably want to save that gripe for the last name on this list.
#1. Billie Joe Armstrong
Why All the Hate?
Right. Billie Joe Armstrong. You might recognize him as the lead singer of Green Day and someone I write about way too much. As a band, Green Day gets a lot of hell for being a "punk" band that isn't really "punk." Or at least that used to be the case. I don't think anyone actually feels that way anymore, but I still make the joke all the time because it riles people up in the comment section, and engagement is a wonderful thing when you're working on the Internet. Sorry, sheeple.
So if you take that out of the equation, which all but the staunchest of "punk" purists should have long ago, all you're left with are the recent acts and actions of Billie Joe Armstrong that I've taken such great lengths to mock and make fun of here on Cracked. So, you already know all about that stuff. If not, I invite you to read this and this before you proceed. And then come back and I'll tell you everything else I think about Billie Joe Armstrong.
Why He Doesn't Deserve It
So that was fun, right? An article about Billie Joe Armstrong having a whiny temper tantrum, and another about him maybe having an affair with some chick in a different band. I should probably show you that video again to remind you what band I'm talking about.
I said it before, and I'll say it again ... robot dong. Anyway, there have almost certainly been other Green Day/Billie Joe jokes in the past, but those two articles are what we'll discuss right now. More specifically, we'll discuss what they mean in relation to my personal opinion of Billie Joe Armstrong. And I'll start that discussion by posing a simple question. Who cares what I think?
For the record, I don't hate Billie Joe Armstrong and I don't hate Green Day any more than any person who writes a less than favorable review of a song or album or movie hates the subject of what they're writing about. Quite the contrary, if you go back and read that article about Green Day having a Yoko Ono in their midst, it's pretty obvious I'd been listening to that album a lot. They have three albums out right now, actually, and when taken into consideration as one complete package, it's probably my favorite Green Day album in years. Granted, they're not the most active band, so it's not like saying "in years" knocks a whole bunch of stuff off the list. But still, they are good albums, and in my honest opinion, I think Green Day is an excellent band. Billie Joe Armstrong writes some tremendous songs, and his band has been around as long as they have because of that and nothing else.
If it seems like I've been unfairly singling him out as the worst thing in music of late, it's only because I have a job to do.
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SALINEVILLE-Before the season, Western Reserve senior April Lude was moved from her traditional cleanup spot in the batting order up to the leadoff position.
The hope of Blue Devils coach Laura Amero was that Lude's power would jumpstart the rest of the lineup. Lude proved once again on Tuesday that the switch was a good one, smashing two home runs (her seventh and eighth of the year) and driving in four as Western Reserve defeated Southern, 14-0, in five innings.
The Devils remain unbeaten in the Inter-Tri County League lower tier at 9-0.
"Overall it was a nice team effort to stay focused and take care of business tonight," Amero said. "I was pleased that we were able to jump on them early."
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S-Jaden Hickman, lp, (3IP, 10H, 1K, 3BB), Casey Howdershelt (2IP, 2H, 1R 0K, 0BB) and Lisa Higgins.
The Devils wasted little time getting on the board. Lude led off the game and took a 3-1 pitch from Southern right-hander Jaden Hickman over the left field fence for a home run.
"I've enjoyed batting leadoff this year more than hitting cleanup," Lude said. "It's nice to be able to set the other hitters up and get the team off to a good start."
The Indians averted further damage in the first, but Western Reserve broke the game open in the second inning, sending 13 batters to the plate and scoring seven times to take an 8-0 lead.
"After the first inning, our hitters adjusted their swings a little bit," Amero said. "We tried to stay back a little more on the off-speed pitches and focus on driving the ball. We had some nice line drive hits the rest of the game and that should help us going forward."
In the third, after Xya Taylor led off with a single, Lude stepped up and cranked Hickman's first pitch over the fence in left-center for her second home run of the game to make it 10-0.
"I love the power that April (Lude) provides us out of the leadoff spot," Amero said. "Before the season we needed to try something to give the offense a jump start and she has been one of our main catalysts all year."
Southern falls to 3-11 overall and 2-8 in the ITCL lower tier. The Indians were playing Tuesday without their main starting pitcher, Hailey Huff, who was attending a school function.
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While most wrestling fans have stopped focusing on the sport and started getting ready for spring sports, or spring in general considering how long winter seemed, Chestnut Ridge coach Greg Lazor hasn't slowed down all that much.
When you're the coach of a very successful program, there's always next season and the preparation that goes with it.
"We've already started handing out [offseason] tournament papers," Lazor said. "We're doing some youth practices, getting our team camps planned and our Lycoming College camp planned. We're thinking about who needs to be where and getting our weightlifting program set. We have a few back at it already, but in another week or two, we'll have them all going again.
"It's still a busy part of the year, but it's a little relief. We get to relax a little bit and think about our plans to try to get back at it again next year."
It was a hectic and stressful last month or two of the season for Lazor, especially considering he's about to become a father for the third time. He and his wife, Sandra, are expecting the baby to come at any time. As of Thursday, she still hadn't given birth.
In fact, she was at the photo shoot for the Mirror's 30th annual all-star team. Her husband was named Mirror Coach of the Year for the second straight season.
"It wasn't the best-timed pregnancy I guess," he said laughing. "My wife has been absolutely awesome throughout the whole thing. She's helped with all of the tournaments and everything else, and she has been very supportive. It made it worrisome every time my phone went off at states, and I was wondering if I needed to go down the turnpike or not."
The Lazors didn't know the gender of the child because Sandra wanted it to be a surprise.
"I guess maybe the way it's holding on in there and won't come out, it's a boy," Greg said. "Strong grip, I'm hoping. We can always add to the program."
The program doesn't need many additions right now because for the last two years, it's been on a roll. Ridge followed up a 26-6 2011-12 season with a 25-3 mark this year. The Lions won the District 5 Duals for the first time and finished fourth at the PIAA Duals, which is the best finish for an area team since Bedford did it in 2009.
Then they won the District 5 Tournament for the second straight year, finished fifth at the Southwest Regional and had two placewinners at the PIAA Class AA Championships in 170-pounder Tyler Dibert and 285-pounder Austin Buttry.
"We thought we'd be tough this year," Lazor said. "It was one of the most balanced lineups I've seen in quite some time. It was pretty hard to find a weak spot. It was nice that we had a couple guys step up and win state medals this year, and we had another guy [Dan Albright] 9 seconds from medaling. So, not only are we starting to get a strong dual team, we're starting to get a strong tournament team."
Ridge's success is providing Lazor with deserved recognition. He was named District 5 Coach of the Year for the second straight year, and then he got shocked at states when he was given the PIAA Class AA Coach of the Year award. Only two other area coaches, Bedford's Bill Creps in 1986 and Bedford's Ed Clark in 1974, have ever received the award.
For Lazor, who has a five-year record of 102-28 at Ridge, the award is still sinking in.
"It was a great surprise, obviously, and it is again great recognition for our program," he said. "I think about it sometimes, and I kind of laugh about it because it was such a surprise. It's obviously a great honor, and I'm very, very pleased to be coach of the year."
That kind of makes the Mirror Coach of the Year seem kind of small, but Lazor was appreciative and deflected some of the credit.
"It means a lot for our program," he said. "It means we're doing some things that getting recognized. We've got great support. We have some of the best coaching assistants who put a lot of time in, a lot of effort and a do a lot for our program from varsity to youth. Our administration is very supportive, so that helps us out. It means a lot for the program that we see things are going the right way."
"He brings a lot to the program," said Dibert, a three-time Mirror all-star. "His practices are different from what they have been before from what I've heard. It's more of a family thing. I know a lot of the guys look up to him as a father figure, and he's just an awesome coach. He's a really intense coach in practice, but a lot of good coaches are."
Dibert and Albright are among a seven-man senior group that will graduate and leave holes to fill in the Ridge lineup for next year.
"We're losing a lot of studs up top," Lazor said. "Hopefully, we get some guys to grow into those weights, grow in the right manner through the weight room. We've got a lot of strong youth coming up. They just need to grow."


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Violinist Joan Griffing is the concertmaster of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Orchestra, first violinist with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and artist/faculty with the Eastern Music Festival. Griffing earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in violin performance from Indiana University, and her D.M.A. in violin performance from The Ohio State University. In the spring of 1999, she premiered a violin concerto written for her by Terry Vosbein, composer-in-residence at Washington and Lee University. She has performed as concertmaster with the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Austria and Italy as well as with the Coronado, Grand Teton, Norfolk, and Spoleto festivals in this country. Her international appearances include a three-week tour of Taiwan in 2004 with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra; a series of guest recitals and master classes in the state of São Paulo, Brazil in May of 2006; a presentation at the International Viola Congress in Adelaide, Australia in June of 2007; and a series of chamber music recitals and master classes in the northeastern part of Brazil in August of 2007 and November of 2008. In the fall of 2012, she spent five months in New Zealand, collaborating with artists at the University of Otago in Dunedin and studying the role of music in peace and conflict issues.
Dr Griffing is a founding member of the chamber music group Musica Harmonia, formed to promote peace and cultural understanding through musical collaboration. The group's first CD, chamber music by Gwyneth Walker, will be released in 2016. The CD will include two works composed specifically for Musica Harmonia. Dr. Griffing and cellist Beth Vanderborgh gave the North American premiere of Double Concerto for Violin and Cello by New Zealand composer Anthony Ritchie in June 2012. Joan was an Artist-in-Residence at the Brush Creek Arts Foundation in Wyoming in May 2012. Recent solo appearances include solo violinist in Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with The Dance Theater of Harlem and the Rockbridge Symphony in May 2014. Joan and Musica Harmonia colleagues recently recorded works for piano and strings by Vincent Persichetti for a CD to be released in 2017. Dr Griffing holds the position of professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University.
Pianist Clement Acevedo, described as having "a biting rhythmic drive" by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, has performed in the United States, China, and the Philippines, in venues such as the Merkin Concert Hall (NYC) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Manila). He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Metro Manila Concert Orchestra, the University of Santo Tomas Symphony Orchestra, and the James Madison Symphony Orchestra.
Clement won first in the 2004 National Music Competition for Young Artists (Philippines); before him this prize was last awarded in 1985. He was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition, and in 2014 he won the JMU Concerto Competition performing the Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand. He has studied with Gabriel Dobner, Igor Resnianski, Carl Cranmer, and Harvey Wedeen.
A passionate educator, he has presented lectures and masterclasses in the US and the Philippines. This Fall 2016, Clement teaches Appreciating Music Making, Piano Proficiency I, and Private Lessons. He is the president-elect of the Harrisonburg Music Teachers Association. His current research interest is on the works of Russian composer Nikolai Medtner.
Ryan Keebaugh's "innovative and hauntingly beautiful" (The Washington Post) music has established him as a prominent composer of his generation. Praised for its "gorgeous canvases of heart-wrenching sound," his music has been heard in venues throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe by world class musicians and ensembles including Megan Ihnen, soprano; the Shenandoah Conservatory Cantus Singers, Anne Epperly, flutist; Diane Phoenix-Neal, violist; Music Harmonia, Eastern Mennonite University Emulate Chamber Ensemble, Western Michigan University Chorale, Eastern Mennonite Chamber Singers, University of South Florida Chamber Singers, Holly Roadfeldt, pianist; Fresno State Concert Choir, Ethos Collective, Sesquisharp Productions, Great Noise Ensemble, members of the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Catholic University of America Orchestra and Chorus, and Winchester Musica Viva. Ryan has participated in the Aspen Composers' Conference, the Capital Fringe Festival, the Interlochen Summer Music Festival, and has held residencies at Wildacres Artist Colony, Factory 449 Theatre Collective, and the Composers & Schools in Concert (CSIC). He has received awards and recognition from Analog Arts, ASCAP, the American Prize, and the Virginia Music Educators Association.
Noted for his "expressive, concise, insightful, and sensitive" conducting, Ryan's versatile and vibrant musicianship has distinguished him as a leading music educator and frequent guest conductor and clinician to numerous choral and instrumental ensembles throughout the United States. Ryan's choral ensembles have been invited to perform at international and national festivals, master classes, and historic locations including The Washington National Cathedral, St. John the Divine, New York University Steinhardt, Bruton Parish Church, Mennonite Church USA, and MEDA. Previously, Ryan served as Music Director and Conductor for the world premiere performance of Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadows; an opera by composer Steven Allen, at The Catholic University of America and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
Originally from Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, Ryan (b. 1980) earned graduate degrees from The Catholic University of America (DMA) and Shenandoah University (MM), and is a graduate of Bridgewater College (BA). His principal teachers have included Libby Larsen, Roshanne Etezady, Daniel McCarthy, William Averitt, Andrew Earle Simpson, Steven Strunk, and John Hilliard.
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Sharon Miller is the Administrative Director of the Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program which currently serves nearly 400 students from 5 Virginia counties and West Virginia. She has a studio of violin and viola students and teaches Suzuki Pedagogy courses through the Preparatory Music Program and at workshops and summer Suzuki Institutes throughout the United States. Ms. Miller taught music education courses at Eastern Mennonite University from 1989-2014.
Ms. Miller received her M.Ed. (music) from Towson State University and M.M. (Suzuki Pedagogy) from East Carolina University. She is a registered Suzuki Violin Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas and has taught at Institutes and workshops around the United States. As a performer, she plays violin with the University Shenandoah Symphony, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival and the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra. She also performs viola with several chamber ensembles.
Ms. Miller has presented research papers on the topic of music reading at the International Suzuki Research Symposium in 1999 and 2001.
Volunteer work includes being a greeter and participating in worship at her church, and assisting clients at Patchwork Pantry.
Before coming to EMU in 1989, she taught strings and orchestra for 11 years in Baltimore and was the music department chair at Arlington Baptist School.
Kenneth Nafziger was a post-doctoral conducting student with Helmuth Rilling in Stuttgart-Germany. In addition to his EMU course load, he is artistic director and conductor of the annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival (Harrisonburg, Va.), and of Winchester Musica Viva (in Winchester, Va.). Between 1999 and 2003, he made numerous trips to Cuba, where he was a guest orchestral and choral conductor, taught courses and workshops, and led EMU Chamber Singers. He was music editor of 'Hymnal: A Worship Book' (1992), editor of its accompaniment handbook, and assistant to the editor of 'Sing the Journey' (2005) and 'Sing the Story' (2007). He is active in the United States and Canada as a guest conductor, workshop leader and clinician. He co-authored a book 'Singing, a Mennonite Voice', which was released in 2001. On June 11, 2015, Nafziger was awarded the 2015 Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award, "for outstanding accomplishments and sustained contributions in the arts, improving the cultural vitality of the Shenandoah Valley." The award was given by the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, the Valley Arts Council, and the College of Visual and Performing Arts at James Madison University.
James Richardson, baritone, is currently assistant professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University where he teaches voice and conducts ChoirWithoutBorders. Mr. Richardson holds his master of music degree from The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University where he graduated Pi Kappa Lambda and was awarded the Annie Wentz Prize in Voice. He is also a first and second place winner in the NATS mid-south auditions and a four-time semifinalist. While in the studio of Marianna Busching and under the coaching of John Shirley-Quirk, he performed numerous opera roles ranging from early works such as Bacchus in Purcell's Timon of Athens to 20th century opera including Bartly in Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea and the Vicar in Britten's Albert Herring. His work with master teachers includes Martin Isepp, William Stone, William Sharp, and Vinson Cole. Equally at home in the world of oratorio, Mr. Richardson's performance in Judas Maccabaeus was described by the Baltimore Sun as "polished, richly laden with vivid tempos and dynamic phrasing." More recently, at Westminster Choir College he performed Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs; and he toured throughout Ukraine as a soloist with Philadelphia's Tenth Presbyterian Church Choir and Westminster Brass. As a regular recitalist and art song enthusiast, repertoire from the past couple seasons includes cycles by Brahms, Schumann, Spohr, Holst, Finzi, Hoiby and Kohn; not to mention solo Bach cantatas Amore traditore and Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen. In February he partnered with pianist and composer James Clemens in a program featuring Clemens' Lessons: A Song Cycle for My Daughter. Mr. Richardson is also a frequent soloist with the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival where he has sung the Mass in B Minor; the part of Schlendrian, the disapproving father in the Coffee Cantata; and the Count from The Marriage of Figaro.
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Hunsberger, a 2002 EMU graduate from Davidsville, Pa., fills many positions at EMU, held together by his work in Lehman Auditorium as Facilities Technician. He is the Residence Director for Parkwood Apartments where he has lived as Apartment Manager for several years. He serves as Seminary Music Coordinator, assisting with chapel and other worship services at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and assists Dr. Ken J. Nafziger in directing the Chamber Singers. In the summers, he serves as Summer Programs Coordinator in the Auxiliary Services office.
During his student days at EMU, Hunsberger helped plan chapel worship experiences, led music, sang in choirs and in the 'Full Table' men's a capella group that he co-founded, and assisted the campus pastors. From 2003-2011, he co-managed and directed a local independent male a capella ensemble, 'Sons of the Day'.
Cindy began working for the music department in August of 2001. In her free time, she enjoys golfing and reading. Cindy lives near Singers Glen, Va., with her husband David and their son Ethan.


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Each autumn, the Archdiocesan Catechetical Office sponsors two wonderful events that enable catechists and parish religious education leaders to sharpen their teaching skills, increase their knowledge of the faith, and pick up invaluable tips on turning a good parish religious ed program into an excellent one.
This events are called "The Forums" and they take place this month in two convenient sites: this coming Saturday, Saturday, Oct. 8, at Sacred Heart Parish in Monroe and Saturday, Oct. 22, at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx. Archbishop Dolan will celebrate the opening Mass in Monroe and Cardinal Egan will be the principal celebrant in the Bronx. Pastors and other clergy are cordially invited and encouraged to join them.
In addition to specialized workshops given by veteran religious educators for parish catechists and catechetical leaders, the Forums will offer presentations of interest to all Catholic adults interested in knowing more about the Faith. In this Year of the Mass, Msgr. William Belford, vicar for clergy and an expert on liturgy, will address the new Roman Missal. Another great liturgist, Sr. Janet Baxendale, SC, will lead a workshop titled "I Didn't Know That!" Other workshop topics include Scripture, justice, media, guided meditation, Christian marriage annulments, vocations and more.
Find out more about the Forums and you wish to attend, you may pay at the door. See you there!