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By Jennifer (Jen) McGinn on Sep 06, 2007
Jen McGinn is an interaction designer in xDesign who is working to improve the user experience with the Java Enterprise System installers. She has an MS in Human Factors in Information Design and works out of Sun's campus in Massachusetts.
Over the last week, a usability email list that I belong to has been discussing Don Norman's article, "Simplicity Is Highly Overrated".
In this article, Don Norman talks about his experiences with consumer electronics in Korea, which illustrate something that he has seen time and time again during his 40-some years in the usability field: people choose products with more features at purchase time, because people interpret more features to mean that a product is more powerful and prestigious, and that the features give them more control. Likewise, people will pay more money for products with more features; even when the buyers understand that more features mean more complexity, and as a result, lower usability.
I wasn't as shocked by Don Norman's article as were some of the usability professionals on the email list, because I'd read the Harvard Business Review article, "Defeating Feature Fatigue" (February 2006), which discussed the trade-offs between features and usability, and the relationship between initial sales and customer satisfaction over time. It cites one study as finding that 85% of returned home networking products were returned because people couldn't get them to work.
Barry Schwartz, in Paradox of Choice, describes our anticipation of our experience with a thing as "expected utility" and the actual use of the thing as the "experienced utility". When our experience (experienced utility) is too far removed from what we expected it to be (expected utility), we are confused and uncomfortable (the technical term is "cognitive dissonance").
So while a product with more features appeals to us at purchase time, if our expectations of it conflict with our user experience of it, that tension can make us feel insecure about using the product, feel less satisfaction in owning it, or lead to returning it all together.


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SYCAMORE -Seneca County Juvenile and Probate Judge Jay Meyer said there are three parts to being a good citizen: having personal responsibility, being a person of action and choosing to be happy.
Meyer was the featured speaker Monday at the 56th Annual National Machinery Citizenship Awards program at Mohawk High School.
"Where you are today are the results of the decisions you've made," Meyer said. "You are responsible for your (own) success."
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The Honorable Judge Jay Meyer, Seneca County Juvenile Court, addresses the audience during the 56th Annual National Machinery Citizenship Awards Monday evening at Mohawk High School.
Meyer thanked the parents and teachers for devoting their time.
"You are the ones that spend countless hours dropping and picking up your children and up late at night working on projects that your students have forgotten," Meyer said.
Being a person of action, Meyer said to the students, means that history records the timid and the old but we all remember the bold.
"You being here tonight means you are people of great things," Meyer said. "Go out and do. Be bold."
The third part to being a good citizen is choosing to be happy, Meyer said.
"The society today programs us to be pessimistic. You have to choose to see the positive in your life. Have a positive outlook and be grateful to the ones around you," Meyer said. "There are many great benefits to being happy; you'll have more friends, and greater success financially and professional."
Meyer spoke about the two people who changed his life. In eighth grade, Meyer said that he had been bullied for two years. It was his choir director, Curtis King and especially his cousin Matthew Meyer who changed his life.
"Matthew took me under his wing and made a tremendous difference that changed my life," Meyer said. "I see a lot of success and confidence out there. Go reach out to that kid, that misfit to just talk to them. You'll make a big difference in their lives."
More than 250 underclassmen and 88 seniors from Bettsville, Hopewell-Loudon, Mohawk, New Riegel, Old Fort and Seneca East high schools received the award. Of the seniors who received the award, 29 received monetary awards.
Monetary award winners were:
Bettsville: Kennedy Hossler.
Hopewell-Loudon: David Beleny, Logan Frank, Jenna Gosche, Cassandra Hohman, Marissa Reinhart, Erin Reinhart-Anez and Olivia Wolph.
Mohawk: Mitchell Brown, Patricia Concepcion, Julia Daniel, Grant Ekleberry, Tyler Krupp, Robert Parker and Sarah Parker.
New Riegel: Cassandra Acree, Brady Hall and Ashley Mathias.
Old Fort: Kristin Bender, Tyler Bowes and Amy Hartman.
Seneca East: Jordan Bowerman, Ashton Daniel, Jessica Enders, Samantha Miller, Nathan Phillips, Michayla Stallings, Riley Wagner and Dalton Wise.


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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
At times it wasn't pretty, but in the end Summerville's season opener was sweet for Green Wave fans.
Summerville avenged a loss in its 2012 season opener by handing Cane Bay a 28-0 loss Thursday. The Wave defense was impressive, but the team's offense blew opportunities to put the game away earlier than it did.
Summerville coach John McKissick said his team made more mistakes than he is comfortable with, but a 28-point victory isn't a bad way to start the season.
"We shut them out so I guess that is pretty good," McKissick said. "I'm glad for the win and we will start trying to correct the mistakes tomorrow. Our defense was super, but our offense wasn't as good as it ought to be."
Cane Bay coach Russell Zehr was also pleased with his defense after the game.
"Nothing happened tonight that we didn't know about," Zehr said. "We knew we had areas we need to work on and Summerville was stronger than we were up front. We couldn't block them. … Our defense played great. They had to be on the field ¾ of the game and they didn't let up. We just didn't move the ball."
Summerville held the Cobras to 102 yards of offense. The Wave finished with 351 yards, most of which came off Sawyer Bridges' 15 completed passes. On the Wave's first possession, he connected with Pinewood Prep transfer Donnell Bryan for a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Summerville moved the ball some with its rushing game as well. Senior tailback Jacerie Ponder handled most of the groundwork, rushing for 108 yards and scoring on runs of 4 and 25 yards.
Summerville's defense had several standouts. Lineman Matt Powell managed to pressure the Cobra quarterback all night and finished with eight tackles including several for a loss. Defensive back Kevin Dickerson broke up multiple passes and was in on six tackles. On the other side of the secondary, Darin Smalls was a force and even picked off a Cane Bay pass.
Smalls also returned a punt 55 yards into the end zone.
Summerville kicker David Kennedy had a major impact on the game, placing four kickoffs into the end zone. Cane Bay also started possessions at its own 20 after three of Kennedy's punts.
Summerville's first pair of scores came on drives of 56 and 55 yards, but those were the Wave's only long drives of the first three quarters. Late in the fourth quarter the Wave drove 89 yards to score on a fatigued Cobra defense, Summerville's only drive of more than 25 yards in the second half.
While Bridges threw for 171 yards, not all his passes were on target and Wave receivers dropped several catchable throws. Cane Bay's Tracy Gilliard made two interceptions in the game.
Bryan finished with three receptions for 68 yards and Johnston McCurry had seven receptions for 59 yards.
Summerville also turned the ball over twice on fumbles.
The Cobras also wasted opportunities. Twice Cane Bay receivers who were wide open dropped the ball. Early in the fourth quarter, Cane Bay drove 55 yards to the Summerville 11. But Powell stopped Devin Kilgore in the backfield on second down and the Cobra quarterback left the game with an injury. Summerville held on the next two downs to end the threat.
Cane Bay 0 0 0 0 – 0
Summerville 7 14 0 7 – 28
SUM – Donnell Bryant 41 pass from Sawyer Bridges (David Kennedy kick)
SUM – Darin Smalls 55 punt return (Kennedy kick)
SUM – Jacerie Ponder 4 run (Kennedy kick)
SUM – Ponder 25 run (Kennedy kick)
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria Virginia recently hosted a fascinating display of technology. 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD ) , Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS ) , and other top companies involved in additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, displayed their wares in the same room.
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What is up with all the echo? Pretty weird, annoying and funny.
For those who speak Russian - can you please post,
what the commentators were saying:
What was the best thing talked about.
What was the funniest thing.
What was the most insightful.
Thank you
Welcome to Golden Skate, Candy Clouds. I'm hoping the whole gala will be available on ice network when they put up the rest of Worlds this week, now that the NBC coverage is done.


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Combination of slut, whore, bitch, and ho. Used as an ultimate insult.
1. That bitch is such a slortcho tryin to get with Trey
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the biggest insult someone can call someone else, but for some, may be a compliment. it is a combination of the insults: slut, whore, bitch, and ho.
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An off-duty state trooper is accused of leaving the scene of a crash involving his personal car, according to Cornwall Borough police.
Joseph J. Christaldi, 50, crashed his 1999 Toyota Camry about 10:40 p.m. on Feb. 14 along Route 117 just west of the Route 72 north ramp, police said.
Investigators said his car crashed into a guiderail and several posts, causing extensive damage.
The collision tore off the right front of the car, which was found across the road, police said.
Investigators said Christaldi is charged with accidents involving damage to unattended vehicle or property.
Christaldi is a sergeant stationed at the York barracks, according to state police. He has been with the department since 1991.


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5 Basic Rights You Won't Believe We Still Have to Fight For
Over the past 100 years or so, for the most part, society has been all about progress. We've done away with whites-only water fountains and believing that letting a woman vote is an idea so ridiculous that it should be illegal. These days, we understand that all races are equal and that women voting is still a crazy idea but not enough so that we should legislate against it.
Silly broad, there aren't even any candidates named "Vote."
There's always progress to be made, though. Gay marriage is still outlawed in most states. That seems like a fight that should've been resolved by now. Once something is legal in Iowa, we should just go ahead and let people do it everywhere, you know?
But gay marriage isn't legal everywhere, and all around the world, people are fighting for the right to do lots of other simple things that most of us take for granted. Things like ...
#5. The Right to Sell Your Stuff
Here's how the world is supposed to work. You buy something, you own it. Once you own it, that means you can sell it. You might sell it for a much lower price than what you paid for it, but you can't expect a Mad Men season one DVD to turn into a week's worth of malt liquor breakfasts without sacrificing something in the process.
It's a rule called the "first sale doctrine" that allows you to do this. If you're surprised to know that you need legal protection to hock your Blues Traveler CDs at a garage sale, you'll be even more surprised to know that a case before the Supreme Court right now could take that legal protection away.
Supap Kirtsaeng, a grad student at USC, was sued by textbook publisher John Wiley and Sons after he sold eight foreign editions of their textbooks on eBay. See, Wiley and Sons sell their textbooks overseas at well below the anal-rape price point that most textbooks are marketed at here in the States. Learning from a grossly inaccurate history book that Christopher Columbus invented America is only worth $300 if the people you're selling it to can afford to pay that much.
Like these dipshits.
You can pick up the exact same textbooks in Thailand for like two bucks and a copy of Maxim with Alyssa Milano on the cover, though. So Kirtsaeng had family members in that country buy the books at the lower foreign prices and sold them for substantially less than what they'd retail for in the States. He claimed he was in the clear to sell the books under the first sale doctrine. A federal jury in Manhattan disagreed, ruling that the first sale doctrine doesn't apply to products manufactured overseas. Wiley and Sons was awarded $600,000 in damages, which raises an obvious question. How much are they selling these fucking textbooks for?
This might sound like it has nothing to do with you, but as the Atlantic pointed out, that "manufactured overseas" loophole applies to just about everything these days. Your iPad was designed here in the U.S., but it was manufactured overseas.
Pictured: A supervisor discusses staffing issues with an employee outside an Apple plant in China.
Without the protection of the first sale doctrine, selling that iPad that you dropped in a sink full of water but only for a few seconds so it's totally cool and doesn't need to be disclosed on eBay wouldn't just be dishonest, it would be a violation of copyright law.
There's of course been no indication that gadget makers will act on this newfound power, but have they given you any reason in the past to think that they won't if the opportunity presents itself?
#4. The Right to Pee
Inequality between men and women is still a problem all over the world, but India takes their gender discrimination to truly wacky levels. Take peeing, for example. Toilets are at a premium in India, where nearly half of the households don't even have one. If you want to use the bathroom, you take your business to either an open field (gross) or one of the many government provided public restrooms (way more gross) that dot the landscape in India. No matter who you are, both options blow ass when compared to the convenience of just pissing in the bathroom off your master bedroom. But women have it far worse than men.
For one thing, peeing in an open field for all the world to see is a great way to attract rapists if you're a woman. Waking up at 3 a.m. and realizing you need to piss is terrifying enough if you just have to walk to another room in your house. In India, the walk could take you to one of those aforementioned bathroom/sexual assault fields or to one of the terrifying public restrooms, which are typically housed in dark, filthy buildings staffed with male attendants who make sure everyone pays their fair share.
You don't just get this kind of convenience for nothing.
Wait, did I not mention that? Yeah, you have to pay to use these public restrooms. Dudes catch a break here in a major way, because just as it should be with any pay-for-potty system, you only have to pay if you poo. Peeing is completely free. That all you did was pee is easy to prove if you're a guy who just walked up to a urinal. It's far more difficult for ladies, who have to do all of their business behind closed doors. Because the only thing India loves more than bowel-destroying curry is petty corruption, women are regularly shaken down for public toilet cash even when all they made was yellow and the attendant should have been mellow.
On top of all this, despite there being 940 women to every 1,000 men in India, there is a huge disparity between men and women when it comes to who has the most bathrooms. In the national capital of New Delhi, there are 1,534 public bathrooms for men, compared to just 132 for women. When you factor urinals (which women obviously don't have) into the equation, men hoard a wealth-distribution-in-America level of available restroom space in India.
Finally, someone is taking steps to rectify the situation, "rectify" being a word that kind of caused me to giggle when I typed it just because we're talking about bathroom stuff and it kind of sounds like "rectum." Anyway, a social advocate named Minu Gandhi (probably no relation) started the aptly named "Right to Pee" campaign, with the goal of making the act of taking a leak at least as inconvenient for men as it is for women in India.
If you've ever needed to pee when a restroom was nowhere in sight, you know what side you must take in this particular fight.
#3. The Right to Be Forgotten
Well, I never promised that these would all be rights you'd actually want people to have. To give you some background, "the right to be forgotten" refers to laws that have been popping up all over Europe that allow you to literally purge any embarrassing pictures or information you've uploaded to the Web. If you've ever posted a picture to Facebook or sent an email through Google, rest assured, it's sitting in one of their databases somewhere. The right to be forgotten dictates that you should have enough control over those timeless images of you passed out on the kitchen floor with cocks drawn on your face to delete them from history as we know it if you see fit.
It really doesn't look that bad.
Even better, if the company in question doesn't comply, they're breaking the law. So you could, in theory, sue Google for not completely scrubbing their database of any damning evidence relating to that drunken night you spent bookmarking bestiality sites. That might sound pretty sweet, but critics of the law are calling it "the biggest threat to free speech on the Internet in the coming decade."
Their argument is that while you being able to delete your picture from your Facebook page may be a fine idea, what happens when the picture spreads to your friends' Facebook pages (or Tumblr blogs, or Twitter feeds)? Do those sites have to take the picture down everywhere you tell them to? Can you just cut out the middle man and sue your friend on Judge Judy?
If so, I'm fine with this law.
These are the kinds of questions that critics say the laws don't speak to, leaving sites to intervene in disputes that they don't have the resources or skills to address.
The right to be forgotten has already been used in a rather unsavory way in Germany (naturally). Two brothers, Wolfgang Werle and Manfred Lauber, were released from prison after a 1990 conviction for the murder of German actor Walter Sedlmayr, a talent who was clearly taken before he had a chance to make an impact in America, because I've never heard of him. Upon being released, the brothers sued Wikipedia to have any references to their involvement in the crime wiped from the site. And that was only after they had successfully sued several German publications and the German Wikipedia to have their crimes erased from memory. Now, they're suing the Wikimedia Foundation to get the info removed from the American (meaning important) Wikipedia.
Basically, Germany is bringing Internet fascism to America. Nothing shocking about that!


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Oct. 15, 1920 – July 28, 2013
Neal Crescenzo, a longtime plumber at Buffalo General Hospital, died last Sunday in Williamsville Suburban Nursing Home. He was 92.
Born in Buffalo, Mr. Crescenzo attended School 50 and, as a young adult, worked at Westinghouse in Cheektowaga.
During the 1960s, he worked for a short time at Boeing in California. After returning to Buffalo, he went to work as a plumber at Buffalo General Hospital in 1975 and retired there after 29 years in 2004.
During his working years, Mr. Crescenzo was a member of Operating Engineers Local 17 in Lake View, and was associated with Laborers Local 210 in Buffalo.
Though never formally educated in the building trades, he became a highly skilled craftsman who regularly worked on houses on the East Side during the 1940s and 1950s, to earn money in addition to his regular job.
Mr. Crescenzo was known as "Uncle Neal" for his fatherly relationship to the Dobbins family, the 12 children of his youngest sister, Maria. He was known for introducing children in the neighborhood to pizza and other Italian delights, and gave odd jobs to many unemployed men and teenagers while working on homes on the East Side.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in SS. Columba-Brigid Catholic Church, 418 N. Division St.


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During his long career as a premier jazz bassist, Ron Carter has performed with some of the greatest entertainers in music history - from jazz greats like Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and Benny Goodman to more modern legends like James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon.
With appearances on more than 2,500 albums under his belt - his website says Carter "may be the world's most recorded bassist" - you would think the 75-year-old would have a few standout collaborations. But the soft-spoken Grammy winner won't play favorites.
"For me, they're all important, not just for my musical living but for my own career growth," Carter said in a recent phone interview with the Mirror from a tour stop in Boulder, Colo.
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Ron Carter got his start playing in Miles Davis' quartet.
Area jazz lovers will get to take a peek at Carter's "growth" when he and his Ron Carter Trio (with guitarist Russell Malone and pianist Donald Vega) perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Schwab Auditorium on the Penn State University Park campus.
Fans should expect a nice mix of Carter classics and new compositions, as well as a few standards.
"It's a nice mixture of compositions," Carter said of the performance. "I don't want it to just be my writing, although I think it's pretty good. I want to go out and get the band to try other people's songs and try to find what's at the heart of them."
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Who: The Ron Carter Trio
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Schwab Auditorium, Penn State University Park campus
Tickets: $32 for adults, $25 for those age 18 and younger and $16 for University Park Students; Tickets available online at www.cpa.psu.edu, by calling 863-0255 or 800-ARTS-TIX or in person at Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
Carter has been trying to get to the heart of jazz since his career began, in the early 1960s. The native of Ferndale, Mich., gained fame as part of Miles Davis' quintet beginning in 1963. At the time, the group also included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams.
He left Davis' group in 1968 and struck out on his own, releasing albums as a band leader and working as a sideman for some of the greats of the next few decades, like Gil Scott-Heron, Bette Midler, B.B. King, Lena Horne and Harry Connick Jr.
"I hate to be thought of as kind of a mainstream player, although I'm not really afraid of that description," Carter said. "I've never seen me as an easily defined player. ... I've never thought of myself as anything more than a bass player who tries to make people sound as good as possible."
During his near 50-year career, Carter - who also plays the cello and has recorded with that instrument, as well - has won two Grammys and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the New England Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.
He has lectured, taught and performed at many schools of music and colleges and is the former artistic director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies. He spent 18 years on the faculty of the The City College of New York music department, now serving as Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He has also taught at the Juilliard School in New York since 2008.
But even as his status as an elite teacher and jazz icon has increased, Carter's success as a recording artist hasn't waned. He's characteristically blunt when explaining that continued prominence.
"I'm comfortably active," he said. "I think that as you get older, like wine, it's supposed to get better."
Today, Carter tours with a trio and a quartet and occasionally performs with his own big band outfit. He and his quartet recently returned from a performance in China, and after the short American tour that includes the Penn State concert, he and his big band will do a three-week tour in Japan.
"I've been going to Japan since 1963," Carter said. "They've been all over the jazz community for a very long time and it's great that they support this music."
The Asian tours are done out of necessity for jazz musicians, he said.
"It's difficult to maintain a full work schedule in the States as a jazz artist," Carter explained. "We go to Europe in the summer for the big festivals and in the winter we go to Japan when their season starts up.
"We'd obviously all like to work in the States all the time, but that's just not possible."
The Center for the Performing Arts, which is presenting the Penn State show, is happy to have Carter's Trio while it's in the U.S.
"Jazz does very well here at the Center, " said Laura Sullivan, director of marketing at CPA. "The performance has already exceeded our expectations. We're already well over projection, and have been for more than a month."
She said that Carter was at Penn State once before, as part of the International Society of Bassists Conference, hosted by Penn State's School of Music in June 2009. Trio member Malone played Penn State in February of 2010 as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival Tour.
Sullivan said the excitement for the show has been impressive.
"There are still tickets available, but it will look very full on the performance day," she said.
For his part, Carter is content with any audience that shows up.
"We're happy for any age group," he said. "We were on a college campus last night and the audience was completely filled. I was told that there was a really nice mix of the students and those in the neighboring areas. We're happy whatever the age group."
Mirror Staff Writer Keith Frederick is at 946-7466.


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Lysacek live Twitterchat for @NBCOlympics: Wed Feb 6, approx. 2:15 p ET.
For anyone interested:
I don't know what time it officially started, but I just noticed that it's happening right NOW.
The Q and A are visible here:
Have a question for @EvanLysacek? He'll be taking over our handle soon! Tweet your questions to @NBCOlympics using #OLYMPICS2014!
10:31 AM - 6 Feb 13
Lysacek does sound determined (as he did on the Today show this morning, when he said [I'm paraphrasing] that his sights are set on a second Olympic title a la Dick Button).
Examples from his Twitterchat:
Q. what song do you play to psych yourself up before your skate? #Olympics2014
A. I like the song "Remember the Name" by Fort Minor and "Champion" by Chris Brown. -EL #OLYMPICS2014
Q. I recall you followed a very strict diet before Vancouver. Same diet this time, or different? #OLYMPICS2014
A. Even more strict now! -EL #OLYMPICS2014
Q. What are you looking forward to the most( Sochi)? The competition,atmosphere,seeing the other athletes? Thx
A. The competition, for sure. -EL #Olympics2014
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Q. What skill was hardest for u to master (going back to your 1st days skating)? Jump, spin or basic like x-overs? #OLYMPICS2014
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ALTOONA - Mifflin County's football team is headed to DuBois for the first round of the PIAA Class AAAA tournament, according to information received from District 6 football chairman Ralph Cecere Sunday.
This is a change from the schedule information previously offered by the district. Control of the schedule is actually with the PIAA's main office in Mechanicsburg since this is a state game.
The Huskies will face District 10's McDowell (Erie) at 6 p.m. Saturday.
At the Districts 6-9 title game, it was reported that the state game would tentatively be played at DuBois on Friday. Mifflin County athletic director Matt Shoemaker said Sunday that Cecere wanted the game in DuBois, but that a scheduling conflict forced reconsideration. The game can not be played Friday nor Saturday afternoon at the District 9 site, which is hosting multiple events over the weekend.
Districts 6 and 9 share the state berth - DuBois is the only Class AAAA school in District 9, and qualifies through the District 6 tournament - and the combined districts are entitled to host the game by virtue of the fact that they occupy the line above Districts 8-10 on the state bracket.
The Erie Times reported a change in venue to Altoona, and the change notice from District 6 was posted a few hours later. It took only 12 hours for the PIAA to intervene, necessitating the second change.
This is the first state playoff game for Mifflin County High School in football, and just the third by any county school since the PIAA began sponsoring a football tournament in the 1980s.


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Barack Obama is the 13th American president of my lifetime, but his tenure in the White House is unlike the others in one important respect:
No other president has faced such knee-jerk opposition from lawmakers of the other party. None. Not even Harry Truman in the years just after World War II had to endure such partisan enmity. If Obama somehow came up with a cure for cancer, most congressional Republicans would vote against federal efforts to make it widely available to the American populace.
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What the fack? This ain't chowda.
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To shove a gerbil up your ass.
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FACK!! this test is hard
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A way of saying fuck in online games and chat rooms so that it won't get censored but everyone still knows what you mean.
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How Valentino Rossi, the current three time MotoGP motorcycle champion from Italy says the word fuck.
His quote, "the first time I rode the 500, FACK!"
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Joseph D. "Joe" Abraham, 66, Altoona, died Saturday morning at Altoona Center for Nursing Care.
He was born in Altoona, son of Joseph and Victoria Abraham. He married Sharon L. Mann on Aug. 21, 1976, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Altoona.
Surviving are a son, J.K. Black of Snow Shoe; a sister, Mary of Albuquerque, N.M.; and a niece, Christine Belford of Albuquerque, N.M.
Joe was a 1963 graduate of Altoona High School.
He retired as the owner/manager of Abraham Music Co. and also was the manager of the Colonnade Hotel.
Friends will be received from 1 until the 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, memorial service at Myers-Somers Funeral Home Inc., 501 Sixth Ave., Altoona, with the Rev. John P. Klingeman officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tomorrow's Hope, 6062 Heaverly Boulevard, Coalport, PA 16627.


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Trams, buses and vans stop just at the top of the street (Costa Bastos), about 30m away from our door. Tram: from Carioca station, take the tram for 'Paula Matos' Bus: from Rua da Carioca in the centre, or Avenida Gomes Freire in Lapa, take the 214 bus Van: from Gloria metro, walk 50m along the road towards Lapa and take the van marked 'Santa Teresa' Taxis from the international airport (R$45*) or bus station (R$15*): to get these prices, make them use the meter by taking a taxi dropping someone off at the departures section and tell the driver to enter Santa Teresa by Rua Paula Matos. At the top you reach Largo das Neves, where the tram tracks start. Follow them 50m: we're the first road on the left.


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Add a Latin twist to your party fare with this easy-to-prepare, crowd-pleasing dip. Use fresh Hass avocados from Mexico, and serve the dip with healthful accompaniments, such as vegetable sticks like celery or jicama. There is also a wide variety of baked bite-size crackers available on the supermarket shelves.
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According to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability and Higher Education, "The STARS program is an innovative, voluntary self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to gauge progress toward sustainability while being recognized for sustainability leadership." STARS rates a comprehensive set of campus actions on sustainability. It also shows exactly what areas of campus operations need to be improved, how to do so, and what will make the biggest impact.
In 2011 and 2014, the Campus Sustainability Fellows led the effort to assess Westminster's sustainability achievements and plan for future improvements using STARS. Based on information collected, Westminster earned a Silver rating.
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Cells can be grown in cultured media for a variety of scientific applications. One common use is the production of recombinant proteins in cell-based bioreactors. Determining the optimal growth conditions in order for these cells to achieve the highest product quantity and quality involves a complex series of experiments that modify the hundreds of components in the media, the feeding schedule, and a wide variety of other variables such as temperature and dissolved oxygen.
New tools are emerging to better characterize cellular growth and production of recombinant proteins. These tools provide insight into the mechanisms involved in growth and production, as well as uncover biomarkers that can be used to monitor the key mechanisms involved. Given the complex nature of cells growing in a cultured environment, systems biology tools (Figure 1) are well-adapted for understanding cell growth on a comprehensive basis.
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By its root, it literally means an Indian male who sports a hat. The 'A' in the word is capitalized, as it is a proper title.
Let's go tip over the Arnob's hat.
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Ethan Hollingsworth had never started the second game of a doubleheader before Monday night.
It's safe to say he will start game two of an upcoming doubleheader on Friday.
Hollingsworth allowed one hit through six innings, helping the Curve win the second game against New Britain, 2-0, before 4,117 at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Rock Cats won game one, 6-4.
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The Curve's Adalberto Santos scores on Charles Cutler's double in the fifth inning of the first game on Monday.
"I was walking all over the place in the clubhouse," Hollingsworth, who had to wait after through the 2 hours, 22 minute until the first game ended, said. "I was getting antsy. Usually with a start, you show up about two hours before, do a routine. Watching the first game, I was getting kind of antsy, getting pretty pumped up watching the game."
Hollingsworth, who has appeared in 18 games this season, started for just the third time on Monday. He faced the minimum through six innings, earning his fourth win this year.
Hollingsworth was pulled before the start of the seventh inning after throwing just 61 pitches. While Curve manager Carlos Garcia may have let another starter finish the game, he said he pulled Hollingsworth to save him for an upcoming doubleheader on Friday in Akron.
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Game recap
Key players: 2B Eddie Rosario went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in game one. RHP Ethan Hollingsworth faced the minimum through six innings in game two.
Key plays: Rosario's triple in the second inning of game one. SS Gift Ngoepe homered to break a 0-0 tie in game two
Key stat: The Curve have won seven of the last eight games at home.
How they scored
Game 1
Bottom 1st: Maggi doubled, scored on Santos single (1-0).
Top 2nd: Pinto singled, scored on Ortiz ground out (1-1); Rodriguez doubled, scored on Santana single (1-2); Smith walked, Morales walked, Santana singled, all scored on Rosario triple (1-5); Rosario tripled, scored on Hanson double (1-6).
Bottom 5th: Santos singled, scored on Cutler double (2-6); Dickerson singled, scored on Paulino single (3-6); Cutler doubled, scored on Vasquez single (4-6).
Game 2
Bottom 3rd: Ngoepe homered (1-0).
Bottom 4th: Brown singled, scored on Maggi sacrifice fly (2-0).
Covering the bases
LEADING OFF: OF Mel Rojas Jr. was placed on the seven-day disabled list with a left oblique injury, retroactive June 21. Rojas, who was recently moved to left field when Gregory Polanco was called up, was hitting .262 in 65 games this year. He has three homers and 24 RBIs.
SAFE AT FIRST: The Pirates demoted Oscar Tejeda to replace Rojas. While with Triple-A Indianapolis, Tejeda hit just .108 in 17 games. He also played nine games with the Curve before Monday night. He hit .167 in those nine games.
STEALING SECOND: CF Gregory Polanco will be day-to-day with a sore shoulder, Curve manager Carlos Garcia said. The manager expects Polanco to be back on Thursday. Polanco, who was recently called up, is hitting .313 after eight games with the Curve.
ROUNDING THIRD: The White Sox released former Curve LHP Daniel Moskos on Monday. Moskos, who was with Triple-A Charlotte, was 2-1 with one save and a 4.97 ERA this year. Moskos played in Altoona for two seasons in 2009 and 2010. He was 14-11 and was the closer on the 2010 Eastern League title team. He had 21 saves in 2010.
HEADING HOME: Former Curve INF Josh Harrison tripled twice in Triple-A Indianapolis' 10-5 win over Charlotte. Harrison finished with six RBIs and is the first Indians player finish with six since Brandon Moss on July 23, 2010.
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"He is going to go in on three days rest [to Friday]," Garcia said of why he pulled Hollingsworth. "If I give him one more up and down, I probably have to use another reliever to start that game. Then, I'm going to lose at least two relievers for at least that week. That's going to be very difficult to swallow."
Luis Sanz came on to replace Hollingsworth as Sanz got his seventh save this year. New Britain pitcher B.J. Hermsen (1-6) got the loss in game two after he gave up a solo homer to Gift Ngoepe in the third, breaking a 0-0 tie.
"Everybody was important," Garcia said. "[Ngoepe] with the home run, [Kelson Brown] came up with some good base running when he scored with a fly ball. Ethan, he did an outstanding job in six innings for somebody who starts once and awhile. He gave exactly what we need."
In game one, Curve starter Eliecer Navarro allowed six runs in the second inning. Navarro, who made his second start in Double-A, struck out five, and he walked three while getting the loss.
A.J. Achter (2-0) earned the win that snapped a six-game home winning streak. Edgar Ibarra got his first save this season.
The Curve are 5-3 in doubleheaders this season, splitting all but one. While Garcia said it doesn't make any difference, the Curve enter Tuesday with a win under their belts, instead of a fifth-straight loss.
"We are kind of short in the bullpen right now," Garcia said of Hollingsworth's start. "We are kind of short with the starters right now. That was huge."


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Scorching hot temperatures weren't the only thing missing in the initial days of high school football practice this season.
Due to IHSA's new Football Acclimatization Policy, high school coaches have had to scale back their practice time, essentially eliminating two-a-days.
The policy, which was implemented in May, includes limits on overall practice time and the number of practices allowed per day. It also features mandated rest periods, along with changes to the previous schedule regarding full-contact practices.
"I don't know if I like it. I'm a little too old-fashioned. I'd kind of like to have those doubles, but it's been a pretty easy and smooth adjustment," said Annawan-Wethersfield coach Brandon Johnston.
The first five practice days may not exceed three total hours, including one hour for walk-through practices, with at least two hours of rest between all practices and weight room work.
"The only adjustment really is going three hours," said Kewanee coach Tyler Nichols. "If you're ever going to have a two-a-day, you wouldn't go three hours straight."
Helmets are the only equipment that can be worn during the first two days of practice, followed by three days with helmets and pads. Day six is the first day for full-contact practices. The previous policy allowed full contact on day four.
With the new practice guidelines, both Johnston and Nichols agreed summer work was vital in preparing for the 2013 season.
"I don't know if it's a huge deal for us because of the summer contact days that were allowed," said Johnston of the limited practices. "Most teams do a lot of quality work in the summer."
"We had a great summer camp and the kids learned a lot," said Nichols, "so we feel like our basic stuff is in. Really getting out here and getting reps is the big thing right now."
"With the constraints the IHSA put on us this year, if we as a staff don't take full advantage of the time we do have, we're going to be way behind the game when it comes," added Nichols. "We're taking full advantage of the time we have and doing what we can."
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Improper ash disposal is a common cause of structure as well as wildland fires, local fire officials said Wednesday.
"Whether fireplace or barbecue ashes, it is important to understand that embers in an insulating bed of ash can remain hot for as long as 7 days," according to a North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District press release. "Please do not put ashes in a paper bag or cardboard box or place ashes on your deck, in the bushes or next to the house. Doing so will most probably result in the fire district responding to a fire at your house."
Locals should wait until embers are completely extinguished and cold before placing them into a garbage receptacle or trash bin, according to the district.
"Thoroughly douse the ashes with water or simply place the ashes in a non-combustible metal container used solely for ash storage and wait a couple of weeks before throwing them away," officials said. "There is always the chance that the ashes are not completely extinguished and such disposal can lead to an unnecessary fire."
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Will we be planting dry manure?
Will we be planting dry manure?
Imagine a world where spreading manure on a field doesn't also spread odor. Think about retaining 90 percent of the nutrient value of the manure once it is on the field.
Is it possible?
The staff at USDA's Booneville, Ark., research center think so. The researchers, led by Dan Pote, are trying out a "subsurfer" (nickname for their prototype subsurface applicator) for poultry litter applications. Pote spoke last Wednesday (July 20) at the 2011 North American Manure Exposition, in Fremont, Neb.
Poultry litter is obviously different from dairy and feedlot manure, but the concept is the same. The poultry litter starts at 40 percent moisture, including feathers, bedding, and other material. They then grind the litter into smaller pieces – something that you could obviously do with both feedlot and dairy manure. From there, litter is loaded into the bed of the subsurfer and basically planted through a patented process.
We learned from a graduate student evaluating a large sample of separated solids from dairy farms that the average moisture was 72 percent – obviously much stickier than the dry poultry manure. But with some drying (composting) and grinding, you may have a chance to use solids with direct application into the field (literally).
At the Expo, they tried beef feedlot manure for the first time ever and it seemed to work just fine. ARS has already thought to include other species, and Cornell should be doing research soon. The Cornell subsurfer is under construction, and they hope to have data to share with us later this year.
The Expo shared new and interesting information on many aspects of manure handing and hauling. We have already contacted speakers to share their presentations as articles in future issues of Hoard's Dairyman.
Finally, below is an example of how far we've come in just 70 years. Where will the next 70 years of manure application take us?


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LISBON - Are Columbiana County commissioners keeping the vacant county Emergency Management Agency position open for the sheriff should the sheriff lose his re-election bid?
The issue was raised at Wednesday night's debate by Democratic commissioner candidate Joe Csonka, who said he heard a rumor that commissioners plan to appoint someone sharing the stage with him to the EMA position.
"I think they have someone in mind," Csonka said, adding he heard that person was Sheriff Ray Stone.
That did not sit well with Csonka's opponent, incumbent Jim Hoppel. "Joe, I have to assume that rumor's true because you started it," he said.
"Jim, I didn't start the rumor. I heard it," Csonka said.
Hoppel and Stone are Republicans, and both denied there was any truth to the rumor commissioners intend to name Stone EMA director should the sheriff lose in the Nov. 6 election to John Soldano.
"There is no plan to hire anyone," Hoppel said afterwards. "It has never been brought up."
Stone said following the debate that Csonka told him he heard the rumor at a meeting of the county fire chiefs, some of whom contract with the sheriff's office for dispatching services.
"The fire departments don't like me because I'm a stickler for following 911 (dispatching) procedures," he said, adding the rumors are obviously being spread by those who want him to lose the election.
"I wouldn't take that job if they gave it to me and paid me a $100,000. I'm not qualified. I've been a police officer since I've been in my 20s," Stone said.
Hoppel said he did not appreciate his integrity being attacked in such a manner. "Why even bring up a rumor. It's a cheap shot when you bring up a rumor. Why didn't he ask us when he first heard the rumor?" he said.
Csonka said commissioners accused him of playing politics with the issue when it appeared they were the ones doing so by disregarding the recommendation of their interview committee. Commissioner John Payne, the lone Democrat on the board, had made a motion to hire the candidate recommended by the committee but was voted down by Hoppel and fellow Republican commissioner Mike Halleck.
Csonka questioned commissioners initially after he heard another rumor they were going to hire someone from outside the county despite the fact he knew there were qualified local applicants.
The interview committee was made up of EMA staff and representatives from FirstEnergy, which provides the funding for the EMA. Hoppel said the committee, indicated to him they were dissatisfied with the field of applicants, which is why he opted to do nothing for now while commissioners decide whether to re-advertize for the position.
Until then, Hoppel said he is satisfied the EMA is in capable hands with interim EMA Director Edie Dillard, who has worked there since 2004.
Commissioner Payne is also up for election and is opposed by Republican Tim Weigle and independent John Wargo. Payne said it only made sense to follow the recommendation of the interview committee they appointed, and Wargo agreed. Weigle said, had he been commissioner, he would have sat in on the interviews, which would have proven beneficial when making a decision.
The exchange was the highlight of the debate between the various commissioner candidates. The commissioner candidates also addressed other issues during the debate, which time constraints prevented from being included in this story. Their positions on various issues will be covered in candidate stories scheduled to appear in Monday's edition.


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NORTH LIMA - An East Palestine man was killed in a head-on crash Wednesday night on state Route 7.
According to authorities, Joseph Flynn, 52, North Pleasant Drive, was southbound on Route 7 when his car collided with a northbound vehicle driven by Leonilde Miranda, 80, of Youngstown. The crash happened around 9 p.m. near Mennonite Drive in Beaver Township.
Township police immediately requested assistance from Columbiana police to shut down a portion of Route 7 at Pine Lake while emergency responders assessed the scene. A lifeflight was called in but not used and Flynn and Miranda were instead taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, according to reports.
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We are a small interdisciplinary program with two outstanding "world class" components: the Model General Assembly of the Organization of American States (an international simulation) and the Latin American Southern Cone Programs (study abroad and student exchanges).
Twenty faculty regularly participate through our meetings, teaching and/or research on Latin America. Courses with Latin American content are taught in Anthropology, Business, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Portuguese, Sociology, and Spanish.
During both fall and spring semesters we offer LAS 111 Introduction to Latin America. LAS 111 is also offered as distance learning course through the SUNY Learning Network.
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Thanks to first, and second, responders
Twice, tragedy struck with fatal results Tuesday. Each time, disaster devastated a family of five. And twice, people in our community responded to the calamity.
The first responders, of course, were fire fighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers and other emergency personnel, including dispatchers.
Next to respond were family members, friends and, often, total strangers moved by compassion to act following the fatal fire and accident. Counselors, clergy and community members ministered to those who are grieving. Funds were established to benefit the families impacted by the events.
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on October 19, 2012 - 9:09 PM
LOCKPORT – Ryan S. Smith, whose conviction for two home invasions, an armed robbery and a shooting was overturned because Niagara Falls police used a Taser on him to obtain a DNA sample, is fighting prosecution efforts to obtain another sample for his retrial.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas reserved decision Thursday on a motion for a sample from Smith, 24, because of his arguments that the appellate ruling that invalidated his previous DNA sample should prevent prosecutors from obtaining another.
"The only evidence against my client is DNA evidence," court-appointed defense attorney Joseph Terranova said.
Erie County Assistant District Attorney Paul C. Parisi was assigned to the case after Farkas ruled Niagara County prosecutors had a conflict of interest because a member of Smith's original defense team joined the Niagara County DA's office since the first trial in 2009.
Parisi said comparison testing is needed for DNA on two key pieces of evidence: a glove left near the scene of the Christmas Eve 2006 armed robbery of a gas station and convenience store in the Falls, and a can of Sierra Mist allegedly sipped by a man who invaded a Niagara Falls home July 27, 2006.
Smith was accused of committing two home invasions that day, one of which ended in a shooting.
He was found guilty of 24 charges for the holdup, the invasions and the shooting, and was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
But in March, the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial because police should not have been allowed to obtain DNA from Smith after zapping him with the Taser, a 50,000-volt electric stun gun, on Sept. 29, 2008.
Smith had given a DNA sample the previous month, but the laboratory spoiled it, so Farkas ordered a second sample without telling the defense. Smith was taken into custody and refused to give more DNA.
He was zapped with the Taser while he was handcuffed and sitting on the floor in Police Headquarters. After that, police were able to get Smith to open his mouth so they could use a "buccal swab," a long-stemmed Q-Tip, on the inside of his cheek to get the DNA.
"They had their chance, and when they had their chance, it was obtained illegally," Terranova said.
Smith put in a brief of his own in which he claimed allowing another DNA sample would be "fruit from a poisoned tree."
Terranova said the information about the glove and the Sierra Mist came out during testimony at the 2009 trial, which has now been invalidated.
Farkas said that normally prosecutors only have to show probable cause to obtain a DNA sample, and with the glove and the pop can, Parisi did that.
But she said, "A cogent, reasonable argument has been raised [by the defense]. Maybe this case is unique."
The sides are to return to court Dec. 4, and the tentative trial date is Jan. 21.
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on November 16, 2012 - 11:38 PM
1. Growing pains. This is the first year of MAC football for UMass, a former I-AA program, and, as in most expansion-type situations, it has been a rocky road. The Minutemen scored a breakthrough last week against Akron, getting not only a win but a road win. UB knows how hard those are to come by – it hasn't won a MAC road game since Oct. 2, 2010. But that UMass victory last week doesn't mask the fact the Minutemen bring up the rear in most statistical categories within the conference. They're last in scoring (11.2) and in scoring defense (41.1). They're averaging fewer than 100 yards per game on the ground and just 177 through the air. But there are bright spots, such as 11 interceptions by the defense (third in the conference) and a No. 1 ranking in kickoff coverage (UB is last).
2. Baby steps. The situation will improve as the offensive line matures but for now the Minutemen take their yardage wherever they can get it. QB Mike Wegzyn, a freshman from Knoxville, Tenn., has had his moments while completing just 52 percent of his throws for five TDs against eight INTs. He threw for 373 yards and four TDs in a narrow Sept. 29 loss to Ohio, a game UB coaches doubtless will cite as a reason not to take this one for granted. His main target is freshman wideout Deion Walker, who ranks 10th in the MAC with 47 catches, two of them for TDs. Michael Cox, a 23-year-old senior RB from Boston, ripped off 188 yards against Miami (Ohio) but hasn't otherwise gone for more than 81 yards.
3. A cup of Joe. UB's pass attack has gotten a caffeine lift out of redshirt freshman QB Joe Licata since he took over for the injured Alex Zordich two games ago. He's completed 34 of 59 passes (57 percent) for 412 yards and three TDs and has brought other receivers into the mix with his field vision. What's been most impressive is that Licata, while missing on some throws, has made very few bad decisions, very few forced throws. His challenge could heighten today depending on the state of UB's offensive backfield. Both Branden Oliver and Devin Campbell came out last week with injuries and will be gametime decisions. Brandon Murie is not a power runner like the other two and it wouldn't be a surprise to see UMass stack the box against the run and throw the burden on Licata in his first road start. The Bulls can mix it up with QB Zordich and/or wildcat QB Alex Dennison.
4. Road woes. Granted, the competition has been keen. But Bulls have allowed 38 points or more in three of four road games this season but didn't allow more than 25 in any of their last five at home. So what unit shows up today? The takeaways have finally started to come – five last game against Western Michigan and a key forced fumble and recovery against Miami. LB Khalil Mack Mack needs .5 tackles for loss to tie school career record of 50.5. Forget that. Four or five TFL's not out of the question today.
5. Extra points. First meeting between the teams since Sept. 26, 1998, when both were I-AA programs. UMass romped, 51-27. … Bulls on first winning streak since the end of the '09 season and seeking first road win in 25 months. … Bulls 77 yards away from becoming sixth team in school history to exceed 2,000 yards on the ground.
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Orange County deputies are investigating a reported threat to harm students at Timber Creek High School on Monday.
Two students were questioned by deputies after reports of the online threat "that would have disrupted school," according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
The two students were not in school Monday.
A recorded message to parents from Timber Creek Principal Gabriel Barrio said one student made the threats online over the weekend, and that the threat was to be carried out Monday.
Parents and law enforcement alerted the school.
Barrio said the school was taking additional steps to ensure student safety.


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UN leader Ban Ki-moon will visit the Gaza war region within days to push for a truce between Israel and Hamas as their conflict veers toward all-out war, officials said Friday.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said Ban will go to the region "shortly" to "push for an end to violence" and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said the UN secretary general would visit the Palestinian territories in "two or three days."
Ban will be in Jerusalem on Tuesday or Wednesday, according to UN Diplomats and Israeli media.
"Ban went to the region during the last Israeli offensive against Gaza in 2009 and worked hard to end that conflict. He is looking to produce a truce and ceasefire this time as well," said one senior UN diplomat.
Ban has already spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge restraint, while also strongly condemning the rocket attacks from Gaza that Israel blames for its air strikes and its military buildup around the besieged Palestinian territory.
The UN spokesman said the UN leader "urgently appeals to all concerned to do everything under their command to stop this dangerous escalation and restore calm. Rocket attacks are unacceptable and must stop at once. Israel must exercise maximum restraint."
He said Ban was speaking to the leaders of Middle East nations and the major powers "as part of his efforts to call for restraint and push for an end to violence. As part of those efforts, he plans to visit the region shortly."
Ban's "paramount concern" is for civilians on both sides, Nesirky said. The conflict has left at least 23 dead in Gaza and three people in Israel since Wednesday.
"All sides must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law" to protect civilians, Nesirky said.
"A new cycle of bloodshed will make neither Israelis nor Palestinians more secure. Nor will bloodshed open the door to negotiations that could achieve the two-state solution necessary to end such violence permanently," he added.


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SHIPPENSBURG - When Ryan Steinbugl on Saturday afternoon became the first Altoona Area High School pole vaulter to clear the magic, 16-foot mark, it was enough even to get the usually exceptionally soft-spoken and low-key Mountain Lion excited.
"It felt pretty good. I knew I was over it. Actually, it felt awesome,'' Steinbugl said. "But I knew I had to keep going, so I couldn't enjoy it the way I wanted to.''
Steinbugl put forth a landmark effort, so much so that it took a record-setting performance to keep him from winning the Class AAA pole vault in a marathon at Shippensburg University's Seth Grove Stadium on Saturday. Steinbugl wound up settling for the bronze medal.
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Altoona's Ryan Steinbugl took third in the pole vault.
Steinbugl's wasn't the only giant leap to remember for Mountain Lion competitors on the second day of the PIAA Track and Field Championships. DeShae Lee tied Altoona greats Tyler Fedeli and Jamir Washington for the junior class record at the school in tying for third in the high jump by achieving 6-8.
On the track, senior Dylan Mountain picked up an eighth- place medal in the 3200-meter run.
The No. 1 seed entering Saturday, Steinbugl had a vault of 15-4 at the District 6 meet and set the Altoona record with a 15-10 at the Igloo Invitational.
Getting 16-0 normally would be enough to win PIAA gold. However, both Chris Williams of Strath Haven and Jared Allison of Dallastown, two other seniors with outstanding resumes, made the height, Allison by the slimmest of margins.
Williams and Allison went on to tie the meet record by making 16-3. Steinbugl twice came close to joining them - he got over the bar by a wide margin on his second attempt only to brush it with his chest and bring it down, then caught it with his foot on his descent on his third try.
Williams eventually won the event by clearing 16-6 for a new record.
"I thought I was going to clear it,'' Steinbugl said of his attempts at 16-3, "but I knew I was going to miss it, just because of the way I came off the pole.''
It was Steinbugl's second state medal; he placed seventh as a sophomore. However, he missed states as a junior and was feeling edgy on Saturday, and his mindset was a bigger concern than his mechanics.
"I was a little bit anxious, because I just wanted to vault and get it over with. I just really wanted to go. I didn't want to wait around,'' Steinbugl said. "I really had a lot of help from Jared George today. He really kept my head in there, because I was pacing around all nervous. He just said, 'Calm down. You're fine. Just do what you do.'''
"He was having trouble staying focused for awhile. I could tell by looking at him that he was more worried about the other vaulters and not so much about himself,''George said. "I kept trying to make him laugh, make him smile, to keep him from getting so tense. You could see he was getting a little frustrated with himself when he would miss a height.''
Steinbugl, who is headed to St. Francis, has been performing well in the pole vault since he was in junior high school. He didn't want to dwell on his successes, though.
"I just didn't want to be cocky. I wanted to go with it and just do my best. I didn't want to think about it too much,'' Steinbugl said.
Meanwhile, Lee wound knotted with Shawn Johnson of Canon-McMillan for the high jump bronze. Neither of them missed until 6-9.
Milton Hershey's Ibn Short won with 6-10.
Lee said he had something to prove to himself.
"I knew I had it in me, but the whole season I've been out. I haven't really known what my full potential was,'' Lee said. "I still feel that I could have gone higher, but I just came in here ready to compete.''
Besides that, Lee was in pursuit of the class mark co-held by Washington and Fedeli. He had mentioned after winning at the 6-AAA championships that he wanted to eclipse them and getting to states was the only way to do it.
"I'm never nervous. Actually, I was really confident,'' Lee said. "I really wanted to get my name up there on the board for that junior record.''
Lee was consistently making 6-6 in practice, but he only made 6-8 once. Lee didn't begin high jumping until last year, when Lion coach Mike Adams saw him dunking in basketball practice.
"I've gotten frustrated, but I'm really competitive. So I came out here and gave it my all,'' Lee said. "I think I'm going to take track more seriously now, because basketball's my first priority. But track's definitely up there now. I want to come back here next year and go for the state record.''
Mountain hung back around the 11th position for the first half of the race but moved up into the top five for part of a lap in the middle before falling back slightly. Then, in the last 200 meters, he kicked it in and got his medal - he'll be able to put it in his trophy case next to those from cross country and indoor track.
"I knew what place I was. I knew I was either ninth or 10th, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to pass one person if I have it in me,'' Mountain said. "It means a lot, because now I've medaled in all three state meets this season.''
Mountain ran a 9:26.18. He came in seeded at 9:28.33.
"I would have hoped to have been faster, but you can never be disappointed with a state medal,'' Mountain added. "There are so many people in the state looking for these eight medals, so they aren't easy to come by.''
Mountain's teammate, Korey Replogle, finished 15th. His time was 9:37.72.
"I really was hoping [to run with him], but it was his first state meet, and he probably had some nerves. It happened to me really bad last year,'' Mountain said. "We were definitely trying to pace together. We were hoping to snag a couple of middle medal spots.''
The Lions' Rafeeq Barnes was eliminated from the Class AAA 100 in the semifinals, when he ran 11.35 to finish sixth in his heat.


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IMWG Guidelines for the Management of Multiple Myeloma Patients Ineligible for Standard High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation1
A panel of the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) consisting of experts in clinical medicine, clinical research, health services and related disciplines (biostatistics, medical decision-making, patient-physician communication), and a patient representative reviewed all the evidence-based myeloma practice guidelines and randomized controlled trials or meta-analyses published in English between December, 2004 and December, 2008. These trials and meta-analyses compared standard chemotherapy versus experimental new drugs, reported overall survival (OS) or disease-free survival as a main outcome, and were published in peer-reviewed journals or reported in a conference abstract. The following guidelines for the management of myeloma patients who are not candidates for high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant are the result of the panel's findings.
Monitoring and Start of Therapy
Staging and Prognostic Factors3
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Trident Health Among Nation's Best in Heart Attack Care
One of the most straightforward measures of hospital quality is how long it takes to open the clogged artery of a heart attack patient.
The less time used to restore blood flow, the less heart muscle is lost. So a hospital tracks the minutes and seconds that pass after the patient enters its doors to when the interventional cardiologist and support team unclog the artery. This is known as the door-to-balloon time (D2B).
Trident Health's average (D2B) time is 54 minutes, compared to the national standard of 90 minutes. And its success in heart attack response is one of many reasons why The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America, recently named Trident Health as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, just as it did in 2011, when the list made its debut.
Together, Trident, Summerville and Moncks Corner medical centers attained some of the highest performance scores in the nation in treating heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. That means they are giving patients the right care at the right time, according to The Joint Commission's proven set of core measures in those key areas.
"We've been ahead of the curve in the coordination of heart attack care," explains Dr. William D. Yarborough, Trident Health's medical director for cardiovascular services.
Dr. Yarbrough has witnessed the impact of quick treatment for heart attack patients up close. He has seen a patient whose heart rate fell to 20 beats a minute ask to leave the hospital 20 minutes after having an artery opened. Yet, he understands that success stories like that don't happen consistently without thorough planning, and it has become a personal passion for him.
Six years ago, he helped launch a Trident Health campaign to reduce D2B times. It began by looking intensely at responses within the hospital's walls, and then working closely with emergency medical services (EMS) for Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties. Now, EMS can perform a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) on a potential heart attack patient in the field. They then transmit the image to a Trident Health emergency physician to help determine if one of the heart's main arteries is blocked. If it looks like that's the case, the physician can go ahead and activate the hospital's cardiac catheterization team before the patient arrives, something that's even more critical after hours.
"It's a coordinated effort, from everybody involved in the field to the physicians to the nurses and hospital staff to the administration," says Dr. Yarbrough.
Even as they have enhanced response times dramatically, Trident Health continues to meet monthly with EMS and also review each severe heart attack case internally to analyze whether further improvements can be made. In addition, Trident Health has been pushing for improvements on other Joint Commission heart attack measures as well, for example, delivering proper medications to patients, both when they are in the hospital and when they are preparing for discharge.
Trident Health was also recognized by The Joint Commission for treatment in two other areas – heart failure and pneumonia, and it is the only hospital in the Charleston area to make the list of Top Performers two years in a row. "This year's achievement displays the high quality of care patients can expect to receive when they come to Trident, Summerville or Moncks Corner Medical Center," said Todd Gallati, Trident Health CEO.
"We've been ahead of the curve in the coordination of heart attack care." Dr. William D. Yarborough, Medical Director, Cardiovascular services, Trident Health
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Berkeley County Science Fair gives way to authentic learning
January 20, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Quests for knowledge do not fill the halls of Martinsburg High School solely during the week....
Samantha Gray, an eighth-grader at Hedgesville Middle School... It's all right there (just sayin')
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I am heartened to see this story here in The Journal. Putting the emphasis on Caring Educators or other such fluff, rather than students, does nothing to bolster student learning. Public recognition for student academic efforts and achievement is cool.
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The Journal has an irritating habit of posting pictures with no captions. Who are the people in this picture??
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