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Stetson University softball head coach Frank Griffin and associate head coach Vanessa Bataille have been named to the Big South Conference all-decade team for the 1980s, the league recently announced as part of its 30th anniversary celebration.
Griffin was selected as the head coach for the all-decade team, while Bataille earned a spot on the team as a utility player.
Griffin, who served as Winthrop University's head coach from 1983 to 1989, led the Eagles to six conference championships in seven seasons, including a Big South tournament title in 1989. He also guided Winthrop to two Big South regular season championships (1988, 1989) and a 58-37 record during those two seasons. Griffin was named the league's Coach of the Year following the 1988 campaign. He was inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
Bataille played for Winthrop from 1986-89, three-times earning a spot on the Big South all-conference team - as a catcher in 1987, as a first baseman in 1988, and as an outfielder in 1989. She batted .300 for her career.


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According to CNN, the identity of the mystery woman at the center of the cheating scandal has been revealed. She is reportedly biographer Paula Broadwell.
Broadwell, who is 22 years younger than Petraeus, co-authored the NY Times bestselling book on the general called "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus" and spent a year with him in Afghanistan interviewing him. The book was part of her dissertation.
The married mother of two is an accomplished woman, who attended the prestigious Harvard and Westpoint.
Check her out in the above video and click the link below at The Business Insider to see her appearance on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show: The Daily Show Interview With David Petraeus' Biographer.
The FBI reportedly started investigating her after the book revealed certain classified information it shouldn't have.
Scroll down for my earlier udpates.
UPDATE: CNN is now reporting that an FBI probe was underway into General Petraeus's affair prior to his resignation. Concerns of potential blackmail or other security dangers Petraeus could have exposed himself to, are being looked into. Not much is known on who the mystery woman is at this time, but she not military personnel.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had this to say on the scandal, "People are going to say this is about Benghazi but that is absolutely false."
One thing is certain, this adds to the upheaval already underway for this new administration. President Obama is prepared for huge turn-overs in his cabinet--Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary, will be out after Obama's inauguration; Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham-Clinton has also expressed she will leave-- but he was not expecting this one. Who will step into the head chair at the CIA?
Scroll down for my earlier report.
Talk about scandal and intrigue—this shocker has just been reported a mere three days after the re-election of President Obama. The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), four-star Gen. David Petraeus, submitted his resignation Friday because of an extramarital affair, CNN reports.
"After being married for 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment," the highly decorated general wrote in a statement released to the press, adding, "Such behavior is unacceptable for a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours—this afternoon, the President graciously accepted my resignation."
Petraeus' time at the helm of the agency was short; he was sworn in only about one year ago, in September 2011, before which he was the top commander both in Iraq and Afghanistan.
No word from Mrs. Petraeus, who works with military families.
This sudden resignation, days after the election, is raising many questions:
For example, when did the Obama administration know about this surprising step-down? CNN is saying Petraeus called the president on Thursday.
Was it really an affair or is there more to the story?
Does it have anything to do with the attack on the US Consulate and the killings in Benghazi, Libya? Incidentally, there is a scheduled hearing for next week on the killings of ambassador Stevens and three others and Petraeus was supposed to be grilled as part of the investigation into what happened. But after the president won, one would think such drastic collateral damage as the General resigning, would not be necessary.
Why does a highly decorated general held in esteem by his peers and the president make such a mistake?
Why did he resign over something as low-brow in terms of political severity as an affair? Afterall, affairs are as commonplace in Washington political power circles as there are pencils in a classroom.
Who was the affair with? Was it someone who compromised the security of this country—seeing as Petraeus has the highest of security clearances and is privy to the top military secrets of the U.S?
The questions are endless, and only lead to more questions. I sense a deep mystery so if I get any of the answers to the above queries, I will surely bring them to you ASAP.
Stay tuned.

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on December 18, 2012 - 9:50 PM
SANBORN – A Niagara Academy student was charged Tuesday morning with disorderly conduct.
The student was accused of swearing at staff and fighting with Niagara County sheriff's deputies and a school resource officer, digging her nails into the resource officer's hand as he tried to handcuff her and then jamming her high heel boot into his foot.
School officials said they were trying to prevent the 16-year-old Lockport girl from leaving the campus about 9:25 a.m.
The girl was arrested at the school on Saunders Settlement Road deputies and ordered held in the County Jail in lieu of $500 bail. She is scheduled to appear in Cambria Town Court on Jan. 8.


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BELOIT- A group of local vendors are hosting a holiday open house this weekend in hopes of connecting other area vendors with customers.
A holiday shopping open house is scheduled for 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Westville skating rink and bingo hall, 26701 U.S. Route 62, Beloit. The event features over 30 local vendors offering name brand and homemade crafts and foods including everything from crafts, jewelry and makeup to homemade candles, soaps and baked goods. There will also be a concession stand and monetary donation collection for Relay for Life.
Coordinated by Misty Antram of Salem, Adele Martig of Beloit and Melanie Householder of the Lisbon area, the open house brings together vendors for an event that benefits both the sellers and shoppers, according to Antram, a Tastefully Simple representative. Antram said the three women had been hosting joint "girls night out parties"- Martig sells Thirty-One Gifts and Householder Premier Designs Jewelry- and figured if the smaller parties fit the chaotic lifestyles of their clients, a larger event could also be successful.
"It's nice to be able to support one another," she said. "It's just as easy for people to run to...bigger cities to get a product, but this is closer knit. It raises awareness of local businesses in the area."
Antram's mother, Carol Planisky, echoed that sentiment while noting the event's central location between Canton and Boardman, as well as the wide array of vendors with something for everyone's budget.
"Where else can you go and get all your shopping done at once," she said. "There's such a vast array of vendors. And everybody's helping each other out. With the economy so tight right now, [local vendors] need to pull together."
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Laugh out of nowhere/Laughing out of nowhere.
de Quest Crew Gal 11 Aprilie 2009
a LOON is to "Laugh Out Of Nose". When people say LOL or to "Laugh Out Loud", most of the time they actually LOON. Think about next time you supposedly LOL, I bet you will actually LOON.
"loon!! i just saw some girl fall down the stairs"
simply respond to a funny text with "loon"
simply respond to a funny text with "loon"
de Sergeant832 24 Octombrie 2011
a: a rain or snow storm
b. a song
c. a player
b. a song
c. a player
a. " Skillet Head says theres a LOON coming in, So I better put some fresh duct tape on the car window"
de The Tit 27 Ianuarie 2007
ugly ass shoes; anti hip-hop fashion; the opposite of air force ones; the opposite of fly kickz
Laura: Hey Ana, look at the guy with the ugly loons over there!
Ana: Yea u right, he look gay!
Ana: Yea u right, he look gay!
de teasin 11 Aprilie 2006
Tommie Harper; a silly person; the other Tommie Harper
Paul from Huntsville is the loon.
de Paul P. 07 Iunie 2003
In Northern Michigan, slang for a very attractive young lady. Also slang for jizzing one's pants.
Everytime I see the loons on the Williamston girls' track team, I loon my shorts.
de drunkspencer 18 Octombrie 2012
Something funny. Something ignorant and rude but completely awesome.
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Q. I hate having to get up three or four times a night to urinate. Around 3 or 4 in the morning, I have trouble getting back to sleep.
I have discovered that when I take ibuprofen for post-exercise soreness, I am much less likely to be awakened by my bladder. I don't want to take this on a regular basis, though, because I worry about intestinal irritation.
I've heard that there is a new sleeping pill designed to help with going back to sleep. What can you tell me about it?
A. There are data suggesting that NSAIDs such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), celecoxib (Celebrex) and diclofenac (Voltaren) can ease nighttime urination problems (European Urology, April 2006; Urology, October 2008). Nevertheless, we worry that regular use of such drugs might affect kidney function and cause stomach ulcers.
The new sleeping pill is called Intermezzo. It is designed to dissolve under the tongue for fast action in the middle of the night. It is actually a low dose of the drug zolpidem, the active ingredient in the sleeping pill Ambien.
Should you wish a different approach, here is an intriguing story from a reader: "I never liked beets, but my wife (who is Polish) does. I have come to enjoy barszcz, which is a sweet/sour soup made from beets with either a meat or vegetable stock.
"I am 63 years old and have the normal urinary symptoms of an aging prostate. When we have barszcz, I can pee like a 10-year-old. At night, it is so satisfying to be able to empty my bladder completely and get back to sleep.
"I am not mistaken about the correlation, as I have repeated the experiment many times. I now grow beets in my garden!"
Q. Where can I find out more about grapefruit interactions with medicines? I would like to know which prescription drugs are negatively affected. My pharmacist couldn't tell me whether red yeast rice that I take to lower my cholesterol would be affected by grapefruit.
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The tinnitus came back years later, and again I used Tegretol to get rid of the annoying noise.
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The Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) at Cooley Dickinson Hospital is comprised of patients and family members who have the desire to use their experience and skills to help the hospital in a number of ways, such as serving on the council or in other advisory roles.
According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), "health care that is truly patient-centered considers patients' cultural traditions, their personal preferences and values, their family situations, and their lifestyles. Patient-centered care makes the patient and their loved ones an integral part of the care team who collaborate with health care professions in making clinical decisions."
At Cooley Dickinson, patient-centered care is a philosophy of providing care that encourages partnerships among patients, families, and health care providers. It also recognizes the importance of patient participation in the delivery of care at all levels of the organization, and this model emphasizes the strengths, priorities, and preferences that are unique to each patient.
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text: Firefighters from Liverpool Township, Glenmoor and Wellsville departments participated in a training exercise at the Wellsville Fire Station on Wednesday evening. An obstacle course was set up inside the the station garage, which firefighters had to negotiate in full turnout gear and in the dark and with blindfolds over their masks, to replicate the sensation of finding their way through a smoke-filled area with zero visibility. (Photo by Richard Sberna)?


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With nearly 150 years of service in the city - 90 of those at 320 Elmira St. - the Williamsport YMCA is poised to build a new, modern facility on the campus of the Williamsport Regional Medical Center that is expected to open its doors by the spring of 2014.
The campaign for a new $10 million downtown YMCA was announced to the public on March 7 before a meeting of potential donors and community leaders at the Williamsport Country Club.
Plans call for a new building away from the downtown to have a vastly improved usage of space compared to the 210,000-square-foot conglomoration of structures that are now in use. YMCA officials said there are about 70,000 square feet of wasted space among hallways and unusable rooms in the present facility.
Property for the new facility is being made available in the 700 block of two parallel streets, High Street and Park Avenue.
Dave Fagerstrom, executive director and CEO of the River Valley Regional YMCA, which oversees five Ys in the area, said the new facility will have the ability to impact more families and children while operating from a new neighborhood near the updated hospital campus.
YMCA leaders said it's too expensive to use and maintain the present building with costly heating, cooling and repair bills.
"We can't afford to keep this Y and continue to serve the community," said Jim Bower Sr., fundraising campaign chairman, who likened the project to the Eastern Lycoming YMCA that opened in July 2008.
"We don't need to guess what we need for a new Y," he said.
That facility has 4,000 members, which totals more than the city's numbers.
"People think of the Y as a gym and swim. It's not," said Fagerstrom. "The building is just a tool to help meet the Y's mission."
In order for the YMCA to complete the project, 14 houses - mostly rental properties - were required to be purchased and razed by Susquehanna Health.
Susquehanna Health offered owners fair market value for their homes, payment for independent property appraisals, payment of closing costs and real estate commissions, payment for moving expenses within a 40-mile radius and a $2,500 payment for each tenant household.
Mayor Gabriel J. Campana said he wasn't concerned about the 14 properties being removed from the city's tax rolls because he expects revenue to be generated from the reuse of the YMCA's old building as a mix of residential, office and retail.
Susquehanna Health has closed on 12 of the 14 affected properties. A lease agreement for the land was finalized between that organization and the YMCA earlier this month, according to Tracie Witter, a health system spokeswoman.
Health system officials described the relationship between the YMCA and itself as a "perfect partnership."
"Susquehanna Health and the YMCA share the same commitment to provide health and wellness opportunities for residents of our region," said Steven Johnson, president and CEO of the health system.
Johnson added that the project - along with Susquehanna Health's expansion into the neighborhood - may provide for additional future private development.
The original YMCA building and Pickelner Arena were sold to local developer Dan Klingerman, owner of The Liberty Group. Proceeds from the sale would be used for the cost of the new project, according to Fagerstrom.
Other funding for the project is expected in the form of public donations, grants and New Markets Tax Credits.
The federal tax credit program allows eligible Pennsylvania companies to invest in the project and receive tax credits from the U.S. government. Fagerstrom said he expects nearly $2 million from that program.
According to the New Markets Tax Credits program, investment is limited to "impoverished zones." Fagerstrom said the YMCA reached out to Susquehanna Health because its campus was the only place in the city that qualifies for program funding.
The YMCA also received a $1 million donation from Ronald and Rosalie Cimini, of Loyalsock Township and a $500,000 grant from the city-based First Community Foundation of Pennsylvania with an opportunity for another $250,000 if the YMCA reaches $9.5 million by April 1.
After construction begins in the spring of next year, as expected, Fagerstrom said the new facility should be completed in about 12 to 14 months.
He said the project is about $1.5 million away from achieving its goal of a new debt-free facility.
"Plans are 100 percent done," said Fagerstrom, adding that groundbreaking is anticipated for April or May.
"There's a lot of different pieces that need to come together and they need to come together at the same time," he said.
Fagerstrom said he has been encouraged by the support of the community and partnership with Susquehanna Health.
"There's a lot of people that think a new Y by the hospital would be great, and that's why they supported it," he said.


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After a 19-year talk show hiatus, funny man Arsenio Hall returns to late-night TV on Sept. 9 – as the new old kid on the block.
"There will be less hair and less shoulder pads," Hall, 57, tells PEOPLE. "Other than that, it's Arsenio with different guests. Instead of Alan Thicke, maybe it'll be Robin Thicke. It's a new generation, but I'm the same guy."
In its first incarnation, The Arsenio Hall Show ran from 1989 to 1994 and helped launch a number of show biz careers, from Paula Abdul to Mariah Carey, and gave a big boost to a future saxophone-playing president.
So why he's back with the new syndicated The Arsenio Hall Show? He gives us his five reasons:
1. It's What Men Do:
"It doesn't matter if you're successful and comfortable and financially secure – a man has to do what a man has to do and men like to work."
2. Giving His Son a Break:
"As much as I've loved putting fatherhood first in my life and kind of balancing my personal life out, there isn't a day when I'm not watching Chelsea or watching Leno and wishing I was there. My son's 13 now. He's even sick of me being home."
3. Embrace New Technology:
"When I hang out with Jay Leno, he's Tweeting to his audience. I didn't have to Tweet to my audience. Every now and then I'd just go to a parade and wave. Now you've got to say, 'Good morning' every morning and 'Good night' every night. You've got to entertain them all day long. It's deep, but I'm ready for it!"
4. Keep Honoring the Trump Gods:
"When I did Apprentice, my son said to me, 'Dad, we could win!' I didn't think there was any chance I could win, but the Trump gods shined on me. Apparently he loves black people. I won!"
5. Channel His Inner-Kimmel::
"What really works in this town right now is the word Jimmy. What works in show business right now is the word Jimmy. I'm gonna appear on 9/9/13 as Jimmy Hall. Forget jokes and guests."


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The Stetson women's basketball team will play the back end of its its two-game Tallahassee road trip Monday night at Florida A&M. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at the Al Lawson Center.
The Hatters (3-3) opened the trip with a 79-49 setback at Florida State on Friday. Stetson cut a 16-point first-half deficit down to nine at halftime and to six early in the second half but would pull no closer.
After scoring just 19 second-half points against the Seminoles, the Hatters will look to get the offense back on track Monday night. For the season, Stetson is averaging 71.3 points per game, second-most in the Atlantic Sun, and five different players are averaging double figures in scoring.
"I think it going to be a challenge for us offesively because they play a lot of different defenses," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said about the Rattlers. "We are really going to have to communicate to be on the same page. We haven't really played a team like Florida A&M that plays multiple defenses. They also rebound the ball very well, and that is always a challenge for us. So we have to rebound and we have to really communicate offensively."
Florida A&M enters the game with a 5-2 record following a weekend split at the Southern Miss Lady Eagle Classic. Senior Jasmine Grice leads the Rattlers in scoring (22.1 ppg).
"We also need to communicate defensively," Bria said. "We might have to mix it up in regards to some man, some zone. I think our game plan defensively is pretty consistent, the key is going to be offensively recognizing what they are doing."
Stetson defeated Florida A&M last season at the Edmunds Center, 88-67. The Hatters shot 56% from the floor and hit eight three-pointers in the contest.
Monday's game will mark Stetson's sixth road contest out of the first seven to open the season. The Hatters will play four of the next five at home.
Live video will be available on a subscription basis at famuathletics.com ($7.95), with a simulcast on GoHatters.com for HatterVision subscribers. In addition, Ryan Rouse will call the action on WSBB, AM1230 New Smyrna Beach, AM1490 DeLand, online at myam1230.com, and on the free WSBB app for iOS and Android devices.


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If you are an AT&T DSL or U-Verse customer and just so
happen to be an extreme data hog, your reign of terror will soon be over. DSL Reports is indicating that AT&T plans
to implement new data caps on customers starting May 2 (notices will be
sent to customers between March 18 and March 31).
The data caps will be set at 150GB for DSL customers and
250GB for U-Verse customers. As somewhat of a token gesture to customers, the
bandwidth limit can be exceeded twice over the life of your account without ill
effect. However, overage fees will be put in place upon the third time that your
monthly data allotment is exceeded.
Overage fees will be $10 for every 50GB that you go over
the limit. However, AT&T will send notices to customers at the 65, 90, and 100
percent data cap thresholds, so there should be no excuse for customers to not
know when they are approaching their monthly limits.
AT&T already
imposes data limits on its wireless plans, so this move to landline data
connections should come as no surprise. Like its wireless data caps, AT&T
cites a small minority of customers that hog a disproportionate amount of
"The top 2 percent of residential subscribers uses
about 20 percent of the bandwidth on our network," said AT&T in a
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In 2009 my family adopted a child from Russia. All of our friends wanted to know how a single income family was able to save for a debt-free adoption. We are now adopting twin girls from Uganda. This blog is how God has grown our family.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Best and Hardest Time to be Here
Christmas. Yes that is a reality that is becoming more real to me every minute. I am going to spend Christmas in Africa away from Chad, Sadie, and Nolen. To think about that is hard and painful. It hurts to think about them decorating cookies for Santa, reading the Christmas story, and spending the day together without me. It is emotionally painful to the point that it is physical. I have seen photos of six stocking hanging from my mantel and a Christmas ornament with all of our names on it. It is difficult to see these because they make it more real to me. I know they miss me, I miss them. But everyday I spend here in Uganda, away from them is another lesson I am learning, another day I am becoming closer to my heavenly Father, and another day I am doing what I am supposed to be doing.
Why is this the best time to be here? I think if I was in Uganda any other time of the year I would learn the lesson of just how blessed my family is. We have a nice home, cars, and most importantly food to eat. But being here during Christmas makes the extras in my life more apparent. Christmas gifts are all but ignored here. People just don't have the resources to buy any. After talking to many Ugandans it is a special treat for kids to get a pair of shoes for Christmas. What would my kids think if they got a pair of shoes for Christmas? Would they be grateful or disappointed? More than likely they would be disappointed. That is not what I want. I would love for them to learn just how blessed they are. They got to see glimpses of it while here. If I was in Tennessee this holiday season I would and should struggle greatly to be buying an abundance of unneeded items for my kiddos when there are kids here that are literally starving to death.
Families here celebrate Christ's birth and nothing else. There are no gifts to distract from that. You see a few decorations as a reminder but these are very scarce. Christmas is spent together as a family. It is very nice to see people celebrating without all the commercialization.
To help us attempt to get into the Christmas spirit Heather and I decorated a few Christmas trees and reindeer that she brought with her. It is just hard to get into it when it is very hot. Yesterday we were at the grocery store and they were playing "Walking in A Winter Wonderland." This was very amusing because the sun was shining and it was 90 degrees.
4 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 7:09 AM
Holly, I love reading about how much the Lord is with you right now. It is such an inspiration to me. For years we've struggled so much with Christmas to the point that we had begun to completely dread this time of year, but over the years we've managed to continuely "downsize" Christmas and this is the first year that I'm happy. We exchange 1 gift and spend time with family and friends - and after so many years we are finally getting back to the heart of Christmas - the heart of Christmas is Jesus, and as you yourself put it, wherever He is, is home.ReplyDelete
Guy and I wish you and the girls a wonderful Ugandan Christmas! - Guy and Debbie Scott
You are a very special "daughter". I love all my girls there and miss you very much. Christmas will be this weekend but again when you are home.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 7:53 AM
Holly you and your family are a special breed! I know that you will miss your America family very much (but while it's only temporary), realize that Christmas is everyday. God provided his son as a gift to all that believe and we should absolutely rejoice as if it were Christmas everyday! God Bless You and Keep you and your new family safe, while outside the US and wile traveling back home. Prayers for your swift homecoming!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 8:02 AM
Thank you for sharing these thoughts with us Holly. It has great impact for many people. I would think we all yearn for what you are learning.ReplyDelete


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She is ran's ex-girlfriend in Zopilote Travels. She used to be a famous singer until her producers dropped her from her label. She blames ran for this because he caught her cheating on him and because she is nothing more than an immature prima donna who expects everyone to feel sorry for her. After helping Rommel (unsuccessfully)kidnap ran and blues, she winds up getting arrested and going insane.
Blues said that Honoria looked like Anna Nicole's Mini-Me when he saw her at the Sky City Lounge.
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"Buckwild" Star Shain Gandee was found dead in a vehicle in West Virginia this morning according to news reports.
The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department said 21-year-old Shain Gandee and his uncle, 48-year-old David Gandee, were last seen around 3 a.m. Sunday at a bar in Sissonville.
Family members reported them missing after searching on their own and trying to contact the men Sunday, Cpl. B.D. Humphreys said. The men had planned to go four-wheeling but didn't say where.
Shain Gandee is now the third BUCKWILD cast member to make headlines.
Last week, 24-year-old Salwa Amin was sent back to Central Regional Jail for violating the terms of her previous release.
She was charged in February with two counts of drug possession with intent to deliver and initially jailed on $200,000 bond. That was later reduced to $100,000, but Amin remained behind bars without bond on Monday.
State Police say a multi-agency task force arrested Amin and two other people at a Summersville residence after receiving a tip from an informant. A search found oxycodone pills, heroin and $3,000 in cash.
Another cast mate, Michael Douglas Burford, was charged in February with driving under the influence.
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text: Stetson Rowing Takes Silver at U.S. Regionals April 23, 2012 Under cloudy skies with a chill in the air, Stetson rowing took home hardware again at a regional regatta. Racing against the field of sixty-plus universities and over 1,000 competitors the team started off with the novices rowing strong to fifth place in the grand final. Coxswain Callie Peacock, Amanda Ponce, Shannon McCarthy, Chloe Blackketer and Alicja Duda raced incredibly strong against far larger programs including Florida, and Michigan. Placing second in 2011 and first in 2010, the women's lightweight four lost to Clemson in the grand final. "We were ahead at the start and up to the 500, then they got away from us in the middle 1000," said senior Caitlin Burke. The senior men took third in the B final to finish ninth overall, being edged out by Marietta College and Oklahoma City University. The men raced sub-seven minutes for 2000 meters in a 6:57.75. The SIRA regionals are used to seed the national Dad Vail Regatta where Stetson will compete in May. Until then, the championship crews of Priscilla White in the women's single, a light women's four, men's pair and women's pair of Shay Martin and Christy Ruane take the next 3 weeks to prepare to race before 50,000 fans against 6,000 competitors at the Dad Vails in Philadelphia on Mother's Day weekend, May 11-12.Print Friendly Version More Headlines


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As for the whole catfishing thing, I would not consider that a red flag compared to other players who have done worse things(arrests, failed drug tests).
As for the whole catfishing thing, I would not consider that a red flag compared to other players who have done worse things(arrests, failed drug tests).
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3. Shon Coleman OT Auburn
4. Yannick Ngakoue OLB Maryland
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ND fan my whole life, I would love to see Te'o in Blue.
Teo's stock dropped like a rock at the combine and on this board as well. most guys were all over Teo a few weeks ago and now he's looking more like a 3rd rounder....
Hosely might have been a risk but he had the athleticism to warrant the pick. Te'o isn't a 1st round talent in my opinion, maybe he'll prove us wrong...
Te'os pathetic performance in the National Championship game coupled with a mediocre at best combine performance leaves me with the opinion that Te'o in a Giant uniform would be nothing to be excited about!
Note: not that I am a big fan of T'eo, especially at #19 overall, still "you cannot base a 4 year collegiate career off of one BCS title game; Mayock has gone on to say that the whole ND team in general looked horrible against Alabama." This is the general consensus amongst posters who only look at the nationally televised bright light games vs the people who do their homework with any player.


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Similar to the popular M.O.A.B. in Call of Duty, the S.O.A.B is the son of all bitches. This is often used when wishing to address someone who is hated throughout your school or workplace. Can also be used when shouting out to one of your friends.
"You S.O.A.B. I will murder you like you recently murdered my family!" or "Stacy you crazy S.O.A.B. Get over here you slut :D"
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Means son of a bitch
Those kids are such sobs
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Son of a bitch. A person who is a fking doublecrosser and spews nonsense everytime he speaks. Also they have pouted lips and a stuck up haughty face. Soabs are also known to have ultra -big egos despite their fuck faces. They also like to flirt with girls with their extremely ulgy appearance.
Soab: " Hey you know i have this super duper hot girlfriend and she gives extreme blowjobs and im so horny that i could cum right now"
Mature guy: " Fuck off dude youre peeing in your pants"
Mature guy: " Fuck off dude youre peeing in your pants"
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Son of a bitch
<Shooter> Hei SOAB
<barichello> what does it mean?
<Shooter> SON OF A BITCH
<barichello> ROFL ~~~
<barichello> what does it mean?
<Shooter> SON OF A BITCH
<barichello> ROFL ~~~
ayon kay ShooterBZ ika-14 ng Oktubre, 2008
Son of a Bitch (female dog)
Grand_Reborn is a soab
ayon kay tande32 ika-30 ng Setyembre, 2007
Son of a Bitch
This SOAB keeps messing with me. If he doesn't leave me the fuck alone, I'll have to teach him a lesson.
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He's a S.O.A.B Or They Are S.O.A.B's
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Sloane Central, located in a picturesque valley. Only the best go there. Daddy will buy u wat u want...Just think of the fun you could have @ an all girls Sacred Heart Catholic boarding school with Ann Summers just next door' Bloody Sexy too
Its literally actually basically the best place to be
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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 Berkeley Springs:
This is to all the lovers of Southern Gospel music: Come to the hymn sing at Open Arms Ministries, Route 9 West of Hedgesville tomorrow night. We are having the Stevens family (Willing Vessels), Kenny Johnson the one-armed guitarist, and various other singers. This will be a time of fellowship for all. Hope to see you all there.
From Martinsburg:
About the gas prices: The caller is right about cash price vs. credit. In New York and New Jersey, most gas stations have a cash price and credit price. Also, the price per gallon is different at almost every station. I think we are being taken in this part of the state. I think people should complain to the state attorney general's office, maybe that would open some eyes. I went through Clarksburg the other day and it was $3.55.
From Hedgesville:
President Obama said he will not raise taxes on the middle class, but the Supreme Court has ruled that Obamacare is a tax, so in fact he is raising the taxes on the middle class. Hold on to your wallets. See what your take-home pay is now, next year and beyond. Remember when Nancy Pelosi said, you have to pass it to know what's in the bill. Well, we are all going to find out!
From Martinsburg:
I want to thank the hunter who mailed my hunting license I lost in Shannondale Springs Wildlife Management Area.
From Charles Town Road
Man has a serious flaw. In his quest to build a better mousetrap, he does not know when to quit. Once something reaches its peak performance, any changes will make the product inferior to what he had, even to the point of perversion. This is true whether you are speaking of products, crops, companies, unions, religion, laws, governments... anything of man's design. By not knowing histories, man eventually has to start out with a fresh sheet of paper.
From Bunker Hill:
Parents, please stop cussing and berating your children. Their little hearts do not deserve to live in your stress! You are supposed to be the one to nurture and set positive examples. Be their biggest fan! It is hurtful to hear you speak this way to your child and I guarantee you if I hear you I will say something. Be better for your children. LOVE them! Tomorrow you could lose them and then what would you have to say?
From Inwood:
Just a friendly reminder to all residents of the Panhandle that opening day of rifle season for white tail deer opens Monday. To all the hunters, be sure before you shoot and wear your safety harnesses in your tree stands.
From Charles Town:
The caller from Bunker Hill is no Republican. Please give examples instead of using the left buzz words like hate. What you are calling hate is my disagreement of policy.
From Martinsburg:
With regards to the bust on Baxter Road, the deputies forgot a few people. It should be renamed Heroin Alley. With regards to the man charged with burglary, he wasn't alone. Watch him take the fall! Some of that trouble from Baxter has moved on down to Valentine! Guess knowing general math isn't a requirement for the sheriff's office!
From Martinsburg:
"Your Fox News viewers ought to be outraged. Because day in and day out they were told that Mitt Romney was going to win. And the fact is, Ohio was never up, Wisconsin was never up. Pennsylvania was never up....state after state never up." - Frank Luntz, Republican. How 'bout it, America? Outraged that for years Fox News comprehensively lied to you?
From Hedgesville:
What can we learn from the election? That the American people again outright reject conservative narrow-minded chauvinism and bigotry. Bigots have no place in the American public discussion and have been told to return to their closets.
From Bunker Hill:
The population in the area has become too much for the infrastructure to hold. I grew up here; moved to the D.C. area, then came back in '09. In the three years I've been back I've seen the population become the size of Germantown/Gaithersburg without the jobs, roads, schools or resources. The cost of living is the same here and so, sadly, the benefits of the big city outweigh the benefits of home again.


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The Old First Ward of Buffalo, a close-knit residential and industrial neighborhood along the Buffalo River south of downtown, was the site of many historic events and the birthplace of people who excelled in every field, from business and government to sports and entertainment. ¶ Now, the history of the ward and the people who have called it home is told in a new book written and published by Timothy Bohen, a Buffalo pharmaceuticals salesman and self-taught historian whose family lived in the ward for a century. ¶ "Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo's First Ward," contains 279 pages with nearly 70 photos and is supported by more than 900 footnotes on Bohen's website, www.oldfirstward.com. ¶ The project started simply enough five years ago, when Bohen decided to investigate stories that his family name originally had a different spelling. He started out in the genealogy room of the Buffalo Irish Center, on Abbott Road in South Buffalo, looking for his great-great-grandfather, who settled in the ward in 1868.
Bohen says he found "a chapter here, an essay there," but what he didn't find was just as interesting. "There was no comprehensive history of the First Ward," he says.
Bohen decided to write about the century from 1849 to 1949, when his ancestors lived in the First Ward. But about halfway into his research, Bohen had a chat with Mike Catanzaro, a member of the First Ward Reunion Committee.
"He told me that me that I had to [write] through Jimmy Griffin. That was probably the best advice I got, to do the latter part of the 20th century, because that contained some of the greatest and most colorful stories – as well as the most detailed information" from people who recalled the events personally, Bohen says.
Catanzaro, one of the book's biggest boosters, says, "It's a great historical record. This book is going to be important to a lot of people.."
"I can die happy, now that there's a history," says Bert Hyde, of Waterfront Memories and More Museum in Mutual Riverfront Park, where Bohen did some research. "He did his homework on this book. He brought it to life, all the people, all the characters, all the families."
They came and stayed
Although the boundaries changed some over the years, the ward is generally defined as the area between Hamburg Street and Michigan Avenue, from Exchange Street to the Buffalo River.
However, says Bohen, "There are the actual black-and-white boundaries and then there is the spirit of the ward." In that spirit, he decided to include some information about the adjacent neighborhood, the Valley, when institutions or events crossed the map's boundaries. "These points of intersection include the Mercy sisters who were housed at both schools, St. Stephen's and St. Bridget's [in the ward]," he says.
As he researched the history of the ward, Bohen found many reasons why it is unique.
"It is one of the longest-enduring blue-collar Irish neighborhoods in America," says Bohen. "It's unlike other ethnic communities throughout the Northeast, including the ones in Buffalo, where you see successive waves coming and going. On the West Side you had Anglo Protestants, followed by the Irish, replaced by Italians, replaced by Puerto Ricans, replaced by African and Asian refugees. The First Ward never had that. Because of its geographical isolation and this close-knit culture of taking care of each other, there were a lot of benefits to staying there."
Widespread community support of political parties, labor unions and the Catholic church, as well as the more casual ties of friendship and intermarriages, unified the neighborhood, keeping it politically and economically powerful. All these factors, says Bohen, "provided a nurturing environment, and to leave that environment was to walk away from the support."
Although people with Irish roots were most common in the First Ward, other ethnicities mixed in, says Bohen. "There was a sprinkling of German residents at first with the Irish, and those two groups got along pretty well. Some German names survive: the Hoffstetters, the Overdorfs."
Poles, Italians, Hungarians, Portuguese, Scots and even Lithuanians also lived in the First Ward, "but the Irish culture was the dominant one and kind of subsumed all the other ones," says Bohen.
The ward was the site of such important events as the invention of the grain elevator in 1842 and the bloody railroad strikes of 1877 and 1892. Larger-than-life figures, such as grain scooper boss William "Fingy" Conners, showman Michael Shea and boxing champ Jimmy Slattery, came from the ward. Several books of fiction have been set in the ward, including the late Roger B. Dooley's novels – "Days Beyond Recall" (1949) and "The House of Shanahan" (1952) among them. Richard Sullivan has written and published two novels based on actual events and real people: "The First Ward," (2011) and "The First Ward II: Fingy Conners & the New Century" (2012).
"I read 'Days Beyond Recall' and 'The House of Shanahan,' but they were fictitious," says Catanzaro. "This book is really going to register with people, seeing all the names of the places they went and the people they knew."
Roots that run deep
As he researched "Against the Grain," Bohen relied on help from many people who had deep family roots in the ward. Even though he himself had never lived in the First Ward, Bohen says he was welcomed and eventually trusted.
Early on in the process, he says, "I was invited to a First Ward reunion picnic where they made an announcement that I was writing a book and asked people to share stories, and there were a couple of people who came right up to me and it was great. Over time, the others opened up and welcomed me in.
"The Irish have a great oral tradition of passing on history," he says. "There was very little written of the events and times other than in newspapers. But there were a handful of manuscripts written for families, including the Evans family and the Crowleys. They didn't necessarily write what they remembered, they wrote what their grandparents told them." Bohen also read a 115-page manuscript written in 1982 by John Baldyga, called "Trip Around Buffalo's Water Front and Life in the First Ward in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties."
"What was fascinating was how much I found in these memoirs that was accurate," says Bohen. "There were some things I couldn't say were out-and-out falsehoods, I just couldn't find proof of them. A couple of the memoirs referred to the fact that after the Fenian Raid of 1866, the failed battle [in which Irish-Americans attacked Canada], a lot of the Fenians decided to stay in the First Ward because jobs were plentiful here. It's great and I want to believe it, but there is no proof."
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Reaction to the book, which Bohen sold at the sixth annual First Ward reunion party in mid-September, has been "really impressive," he says. "I did not think of this, or any history book, as a page-turner, but people are saying they can't put it down. People are so thankful that I included their family if I wrote about their grandmother who owned a corner store. There is such an appreciation for this project."
Bohen says some people might enjoy the book as "a classic American immigrant story." But, for "people from the ward and the descendants of the ward, like myself," he says, the resonance might be deeper. "I hope they get a sense of gratitude for the sacrifices that the people who came before us made so we can have this great life, and I hope they feel a touch of nostalgia for what it must have been like to walk these streets with these incredible characters, and the monumental events that happened here."
As soon as the book was published, Bohen says he began learning about incidents and people who should have been included. "I am finding out about things I didn't know," he says, including the story of Veronica Moriarity, who was the first woman on the county board of supervisors in 1935. He plans to post some of these updates on his website or include them in a possible second printing.
Along the way, Bohen did solve the mystery of his last name. Real estate records showed that his great-great-grandfather Timothy spelled his name Bohane when he emigrated from Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. First the name lost the final "e," then around 1900 the spelling shifted from Bohan to Bohen. But, says Bohen, "Once the research started rolling, it became such a small part of the book."
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The question revolving around Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's plan announced Tuesday to allow local governments and school districts to "lock in" stable pension contributions during future years was this: fiscal relief or financial gimmick?
Those struggling to cope with surging pension costs for towns and school districts eyed early details of the proposal with hope that it would help stabilize a fluctuating expense over which they have little control.
"I think it's a creative way to help cities," said Mayor Byron W. Brown of Buffalo, where the governor said the city could see $19 million in savings under the first year of the pension stabilization plan.
Cuomo, in his budget proposal, unveiled a plan to allow local governments and school districts to tap into savings now that they expect to see in future years as public workers are hired under a new public pension tier with less-generous pension benefits. Municipalities that choose that route, he said, would see relief now – while pension contributions have spiked – but would pay the same rates in future years when contributions are expected to go down.
The state expects pension costs to drop as a new class of workers hired under the newly created pension tier – Tier VI – come on board.
"It basically provides a financing plan to get the municipalities through this pension bubble, which is what we're really experiencing," Cuomo said during his budget address Tuesday.
The proposal garnered positive reaction Tuesday from groups such as Unshackle Upstate and the New York Conference of Mayors.
"Anything that would give us pension relief would be appreciated," said Amherst Town Supervisor Barry A. Weinstein. "We really don't want to see pension costs go up again next year. It would really be a problem."
But E.J. McMahon, senior fellow of the conservative Empire Center for New York State Policy, questioned whether the short-term gain would be worth the long-term trade-off for municipalities.
"If you're a mayor who's under the gun in Syracuse or Rochester or someplace and somebody is waving in front of you a savings equivalent immediately of 5 percent of your budget, that's a pretty tempting apple," McMahon said. "That is a very appealing short-term proposition. Now, in the long run ... to increasing degrees every year starting in 2020, you're actually going to be spending more than you actually would be spending under the best-case scenario."
Cuomo on Tuesday also proposed tightening language that affects how binding arbitration settlements for police and fire contracts are imposed. The governor's proposal would create a cap for those settlements for communities "under fiscal distress."
That proposal, combined with a continued commitment to provide relief from Medicaid expenses for counties and the pension stabilization proposal, was given cautious approval on Tuesday by groups seeking relief from state-imposed mandates on towns and school districts.
"Clearly there's a lot more we have to do on mandates, but those three things will go a long way toward helping municipal governments and school districts stay underneath that 2 percent cap and give them some cost containment and predictability that they currently don't have," said Brian Sampson, executive director of Unshackle Upstate.
Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties, called the proposals "positive steps" given the perimeters under which the governor is working.
"Could the governor have done more? Absolutely," Acquario said. "Could he have provided more state resources toward local county mandated programs? Yes."
The governor, Acquario said, faced a number of pressures, including the impact of Superstorm Sandy, the proposed increases for school aid and the Medicaid relief already in the works.
"That pretty much tapped the available revenues that the state had," Acquario said. "We're trying to understand some of the proposals that he put out, but it looks like the governor acknowledges the mandated situation that the counties are sitting in and is trying to advance tools for local governments, county governments, to use to manage their finances."
McMahon, however, said the governor sidestepped calls for further relief from state mandates.
The pension proposal, he said, "is basically something the governor has contrived as a way to get around the fact that he's not really offering significant mandate relief," he said.
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April 6, 2013, 01:44 PM
I've been thinking about trying a Parkerizing job on some ugly duckling guns. Anyone have any experience? Pros-cons.
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It's a good method for coating or for preparing a surface for a more extensive epoxy coating. The key being a clean surface with no fingerprints to prevent a good adhesion to the metal. I use brake cleaner to clean with a good dry in the sun if possible to warm the surface, and I use the Duracoat Zinc phosphate at 3.5 to 1 mix, heated to 190 degrees. Plug your barrels with wood dowels with a good tight fit. I use a enameled bowl on my portable propane stove and pour the solution down the big parts and back into the bowl watching the thermometer to keep it close to the 190 mark. I do this for about 10 minutes and hang parts to dry and apply oil if not coating with epoxy finish next. It's easy to do, and rust proofs the parts. Small parts are just tossed into the bowl until they achieve the right color. The parkerizing alone will scrape off over time if you don't put some protective finish on it. I hope this helps.
April 6, 2013, 09:26 PM
I parkerized a couple old handguns a few years ago. I really like the results, very durable and rust-resistant. The finish is somewhat porous and soaks up oil like a sponge, which keeps rust at bay.
I took the guns apart and degreased the parts repeatedly, then used a bead blasting cabinet at work to remove all old finish and rust etc. This left a rough finish with the appearance of brushed or matte stainless. I soaked the parts overnight in unused laquer thinner.
Next day I got a large stainless pan and fired up my Coleman camp stove. Mixed the parkerizing solution with water according to the single-paragraph instructions. Used a meat thermometer to maintain 180 degrees and put the dry and thoroughly degreased parts in the solution for about 30 minutes.
The really worn old S&W 36 came out looking like new, minus the shiny polish of a new Smith. I did not plug the barrel or cylinders. The gun is parkerized inside and out. Added a pair of Lasergrips and it went from being just an old gun laying in the back of the safe to a really good looking and often-used firearm you'd be proud to show off. Surprisingly accurate with the laser too.
All the instructions I've seen have said to plug the barrel to keep from parkerizing the inside of the barrel but I've never figured out why. I would want the extra corrosion protection inside and out. I would think that if it shrunk chamber dimensions etc, I could just polish the chamber and be done with it. I can't imagine any other reason.
April 7, 2013, 05:45 PM
Hey I stumbled on some pics in another thread and this parkerizing job looks just like my model 36 snubbie turned out.:)
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Bonas, 25, who nabbed her first film role last week, stunned onlookers when she stepped out in a backless black top at a charity event organized by her friend and Harry's cousin Princess Eugenie, 24.
"She certainly has spirit," a guest at the party tells PEOPLE of the dancer and actress. "She was completely relaxed, saying hi to friends. She arrived with some girlfriends and spent a lot of time catching up with them."
The Art Antiques London evening was for Children in Crisis, the cause set up by Eugenie's mum, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
Eugenie, who was later pictured with longtime boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, is immersed in the art world, working for an auctioneers based in New York. As she drummed up interest among socialites and antiques and art lovers, she said she hoped the event would "marry together two interests in my life that can bring a marked change to the lives of thousands of vulnerable and isolated children."
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The event raised more than $277,000 for Children in Crisis, and the charity says it is the equivalent cost of running a community-based education center in Kabul for three years – giving out-of-school children a second chance to learn.
The same amount could also build three robust school buildings in the remote highlands of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Koy Thomson, chief executive of Children in Crisis, said in a statement: "Education is the key to children's futures and peace in the communities in which they live. We can continue the work we have been doing for 21 years; giving less fortunate children a chance to learn and a chance in life."


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|Topoisomerase II Structure Suggests Novel DNA Cleavage Mechanism
Type II topoisomerases are molecular machines that regulate DNA supercoiling and separate interlocked chromosomes. These enzymes are also exploited clinically as targets of antibiotics and anticancer therapeutics. Researchers at ALS Beamline 8.3.1 imaged type II topoisomerase's ordinarily short-lived state in which it is linked to a DNA's nucleic acid segment through its active site tyrosine, cleaving the DNA. Details of this molecular model provide evidence for the chemical mechanism by which type II topoisomerases (topo IIs) and a related topo family (topo IA) accomplish DNA cleavage. The structure also reveals how the enzyme avoids dissociating when DNA is cleaved, preventing the aberrant formation of mutagenic genomic lesions.
Type II topoisomerases disentangle DNA by creating a double-stranded break in one DNA segment, passing a second DNA segment through the break. Although structural and biochemical efforts have illuminated key aspects of topo II's mechanism, an understanding of the chemistry and control of DNA cleavage has long remained elusive.
To approach this problem, researchers used a chemically modified suicide-DNA substrate to ensnare the normally transient DNA-cleaved state of topo II. Collection of diffraction data from crystals of this topoisomerase•DNA complex at ALS Beamline 8.3.1 resulted in a high-resolution (2.5 Å), three-dimensional image of the assembly's structure. Clear electron density gave evidence for a covalent link between DNA and the catalytic tyrosine of the topo II responsible for cleaving DNA, as well as for two metal ions associated with the active site.
Metal ions are used widely to aid enzyme catalysis by lowering the energy of the transition state. Interestingly, the organization of metal ions in the covalent topoisomerase•DNA complex differs from that of other well-studied systems: only one ion is positioned to assist with transition state chemistry, while the other plays a structural role in anchoring DNA. Thus, the structure reveals that type II topoisomerases employ a novel variation of canonical two-metal mechanisms. Comparison of the active site with other enzymes further shows that this approach is used by type IA topoisomerases as well, establishing an evolutionary link between the two enzyme families.
All topoisomerases transiently break the phosphodiester backbone of DNA during formation of the covalent phosphotyrosine intermediate. This reaction is required for topoisomerases to disentangle chromosomes and manage genome topology, but can lead to potentially cytotoxic or mutagenic DNA strand breaks if mismanaged.
The newly-imaged structure of the topoisomerase•DNA complex unexpectedly shows how this DNA breakage is coordinated with the association and dissociation of key protein interfaces that regulate the passage of DNA strands through said breaks and prevent accidental chromosome fragmentation.
A major difference between a previous, noncovalent DNA-topo II structure and this present model is that a key dimer interface of the enzyme switches from a dissociated ("open") to an associated ("closed") state. Comparing the structures reveals the molecular basis for this transition: formation of a covalent attachment with DNA pulls the catalytic tyrosine toward the duplex from its position in the uncleaved state by ~6 Å. This movement tugs on a linker element—like the drawstring on a latch—that engages a set of a-helical "legs" to close the dimer interface. Remarkably, this transition allows the status of the active site to be communicated over 50 Å away to a gating element required for DNA passage.
Such tight control over DNA cleavage and intersubunit associations helps explain how the fidelity of DNA breakage and rejoining by type II topoisomerases is maximized to protect the genome from the accidental formation of toxic DNA lesions during supercoiling management and chromosome disentanglement.
Research conducted by B. Schmidt and J. Berger (University of California, Berkeley); A. Burgin (Emerald BioStructures); and J. Deweese and N. Osheroff (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine).
Research funding: National Institutes of Health. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: B. Schmidt, A. Burgin, J. Deweese, N. Osheroff, and J. Berger, "A novel and unified two-metal mechanism for DNA cleavage by type II and IA topoisomerases," Nature 465, 641 (2010).
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Maui County's visitor arrivals by air grew to nearly 198,000 in February, a 5.3 percent increase compared with the same month last year, according to figures released Thursday by the Hawai'i Tourism Authority.
Maui's arrivals trailed the overall state increase in air arrivals, which climbed to 675,517, a 7.8 percent jump for the month. Maui's major island competitors fared better as well in terms of percentage increases in February: Kauai, 9.5 percent to 90,082; the Big Island, 8.2 percent to 130,664; and Oahu, 7.9 percent to 396,084.
Lanai posted an increase of 3.2 percent for the month to 6,295, while Molokai was the only island statewide to lose ground, a drop of 9.7 percent to 4,259 visitor arrivals in February. (Because of small numbers of visitors for Molokai and Lanai, percentage increases or decreases can be magnified for those islands.)
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Visitors crowd into a shaded shopping area off Front Street in Lahaina on Thursday. Maui County welcomed 5.3 percent more visitors in February than in the same month a year earlier, according to statistics released Thursday by the Hawai'i Tourism Authority. An increase in visitors from Canada and Japan offset a decline in tourists from the U.S. East, tourism officials said.
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February visitor expenditures on Maui were nearly on par with the state overall. Valley Isle visitors spent $339.6 million in the month, a 9.4 percent increase, while visitor spending statewide was up 9.9 percent to $1.22 billion. Spending on Molokai went up 12.5 percent to 3 million, while tourist expenditures on Lanai dropped 21.8 percent to $7.1 million.
The Big Island saw a 12 percent increase in spending to $163.2 million. Oahu's spending rose 10.9 percent to $584.3 million, and spending on Kauai grew by 4.2 percent to $120.4 million.
Lanai led the state in per-person daily spending with $339, although that was an 8.9 percent decrease from February of last year. Oahu ranked second in the category with $212 while Maui was third at $205.50, a 7.1 percent growth. Molokai was last among the islands in daily individual visitor spending at $134. Statewide, the average visitor spent $197.60 per day in February.
"Hawaii's tourism industry continues to maintain positive momentum," said Mike McCartney, Hawai'i Tourism Authority president and chief executive officer. He noted that the state generated $2.66 billion in visitor expenditures in the first two months of the year, an addition of $188 million compared with the same period last year.
Maui's visitor industry has been helped by new nonstop air service from Bellingham, Wash., which was launched in November, he said. The new service contributed to Maui's increase in U.S. West visitors, up 7.4 percent to 78,857.
Increases in visitor arrivals to Maui from Canada (up 7.3 percent to 33,602) and Japan (up 21.3 percent to 7,197) offset a 5 percent decline from the U.S. East to 53,361, McCartney said.
"We continue to focus on enhancing visitor distribution and economic growth across the state, especially during the slower shoulder periods, in order to maintain balance between resident and visitor needs," he said. "Through working with our industry partners, we have been able to grow visitor expenditures and arrivals on all of the Hawaiian Islands, with significant increases on the Neighbor Islands."
McCartney also noted that, "despite being a traditionally slower travel season, Maui is ramping up a busy spring with a full lineup of festivals and events."
Those include Hawaiian music during the fifth annual Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival and Maui Classical Music Festival, which are both events sponsored by the tourism authority as part of an initiative "to highlight and perpetuate our islands' rich culture," he said.
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The Boston University American Political History Institute will hold its fourth annual graduate student history conference to take place Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, 2012. For this year's conference, we seek to examine the role media has played in American history. We welcome papers that utilize new methodologies and approaches to investigate different media forms and their relationship with domestic or international politics, cultural changes, economic conditions, technology and social movements. How do interdisciplinary approaches to history reinterpret changes in media? How do emerging technologies influence the media economy? What factors influence media bias, and how has it changed throughout American history?
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TOWN OF NIAGARA – Judith B. Sparks, a longtime carrier for the Niagara Gazette died following an automobile crash on Porter Road late Tuesday. The cause of crash appears to be health related.
Sparks, 73, of the Town of Niagara, had been a carrier for the Gazette for more than 20 years, according to dispatchers at the paper. She had just returned to her route on Friday after recovering from heart surgery. She had contacted her customers to thank them for their get well wishes and to let them know she was back on the road. A dispatcher at the paper said Sparks was driving to the Niagara Gazette to pick up her papers prior to the crash.
Town of Niagara Police Lt. Kellie Aderman said Sparks' 2012 Chrysler sedan veered off the roadway at 11:51 a.m. Tuesday in the 7100 block of Porter Road and hit an unoccupied, parked, 2004 Chevy sedan in the Jetport Restaurant parking lot, damaging the other car's rear panel.
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New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez will be arrested in connection with a homicide near his suburban Boston home, according to a tweet Thursday morning from Boston.com senior sports producer Steve Silva.
The tweet was followed by a SI.com report saying Hernandez is likely to be arrested, although the nature of potential charges remain unclear.
Thursday afternoon, the Boston Herald cited law enforcement sources as saying there was no current warrant for Hernandez's arrest.
Police have another warrant to search Hernandez's home, according to ABC News. It is based on evidence that "he destroyed his home security system,'' which included video surveillance. Sources also told ABC a cell phone used by Hernandez was smashed before being turned over to investigators.
Authorities on Thursday returned to the industrial park where the body of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd had been found on Monday, Boston's WFXT-TV reported on its website. The station, citing a law enforcement official, also reported that Hernandez "appears to be directly tied" to the slaying, and that Hernandez, Lloyd and two other men had left a Boston bar together in a car driven by Hernandez on the night Lloyd was killed.
Forensic evidence places a vehicle driven by Hernandez at one of the crime scenes, the station reported.
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Law enforcement officials on Thursday also were trying to find out why a team of cleaners was hired to scrub his mansion this week.
Hernandez has been dogged by off-field issues dating at least to his time at the University of Florida, multiple NFL and law enforcement sources have told Sports Illustrated.
Projected as a first-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, Hernandez fell to the fourth round because of marijuana use while with the Gators, SI.com reported. He admitted to NFL teams at the Scouting Combine when he was a draft prospect, several NFL sources told the site.
Personnel sources from multiple NFL teams told SI that they had off-field concerns about Hernandez. In particular, the questions pertained to alleged gang activity of some of Hernandez's associates in his native Bristol, Conn. A law enforcement official familiar with Hernandez reiterated concerns about his circle of influence.
Combined, the marijuana use and gang concerns worried some NFL teams immensely.
"There were a lot of teams that had him off the board," an NFL personnel executive told SI.com.
Meanwhile, media members hounded Hernandez at every turn. His SUV was tailed on the ground and by at least three helicopters while en route to Patriots headquarters in Foxborough, Mass.
According to the Boston Globe, the SUV left Patriots headquarters shortly after noon ET. When Hernandez stopped his SUV for gas, media members swarmed him. He had no comment.
Helicopters lost sight of the vehicle when it entered a garage about an hour later.
Meanwhile, a television news report linked Hernandez and Lloyd to a Boston bar on Monday. They and two other men left together in a vehicle driven by Hernandez, according to WFXT, a station based in Dedham, Mass. The report said Lloyd sent a text message to a friend that confirms he was with Hernandez. It also says a vehicle owned by Hernandez was at a location police are treating as a crime scene.
Police also were seeking part of a car mirror that was believed to have broken off between Dorcester and North Attleborough, the Globe reported. A search was conducted Wednesday, and law enforcement officials were seeking public help in location it. There was no immediate information about how the broken car part was connected to the case.
"It remains an active and fluid investigation," Yasmina Serdarevic, a representative of the Bristol district attorney, told the Globe.
Police also were searching the area near Lloyd's Dorchester neighborhood for surveillance video, the Herald reported.
The mirror might be from a 2013 Chevrolet Suburban rented in Hernandez's name, according to a Fox news report. Police are also seeking a silver Chrysler with Rhode Island registration that might be connected to the homicide investigation.
Media camped out Thursday at Hernandez's home, on the Rhode Island state line not far from the Patriots' stadium in Foxborough.
Patriots spokesman Stacey James said the team had no comment on why Hernandez was there. He said earlier that the team did not anticipate commenting publicly during the police investigation.
Lloyd was a player for the Boston Bandits, a semi-pro team in the New England Football League. His family said he had a connection to Hernandez, according to the Associated Press.
Hernandez attorney Michael Fee acknowledged media reports about the state police search of Hernandez's home as part of an investigation but said he and the player wouldn't have any comment on it.


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this is not really a dribble.its a hop step that u take to get an extra step on ur defender,after the hop step u take two more steps, therefore its a travel. but if your first name is lebron its a nice play
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Caron Butler- Its a move where you...uh, like travel.Its the hottest thing on the market right now.
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A complex maneuver in the NBA where the player takes more than two steps after dribbling the ball and does not get called for a traveling violation. It gets it name from the common crab, which naturally are born with 8 legs. A well done crab dribble will incorporate 8 steps and give the illusion the player is only taking 2 steps.
Did you see Lebron James crab dribble all over the Wizards?
af legalelliot 5. januar 2009
1. Lebron James signature move.
lebron crab dribbled then hit the game winning shot but was called for traveling.the official apparently did not know that he was lebron james. and therefore never travels.
af lebron4mvp 5. januar 2009
1. To walk about in a crab like manner while defecating freely.
2. Lebron's excuse for travelling.
2. Lebron's excuse for travelling.
The drunk guy, apparently unable to find the bathroom, removed his pants and crabdribbled all over the guestroom before returning to bed.
af illiterate charlie TWS 18. marts 2009
A basketball word made up by LeBron James, in which you can basically take a third step toward the hoop. also known as a travel.
"I took a crab dribble, which is a hesitation dribble, and then two steps."
af graveyard23 5. januar 2009
LeBron James's "trademark" play. Basically looking good while traveling. Not the reason seafood restaurants give you bibs.
LeBron tried to use a crab dribble to get through the Wizard's defense but was called for traveling.
af KingJames23 5. januar 2009
1. Attempting to falsely justify a travel when playing basketball.
2. Being so good that nobody sees you dribble.
2. Being so good that nobody sees you dribble.
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Bill Spooner: Three steps is a basic travel.
Bill Spooner: Three steps is a basic travel.
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Pertaining to Flowers and their use in design.
Floral Designer.
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Noun. Stimulation of the female genitals using the tongue or lips. Like "oral" but "floral", because of the flora that inhabit the vaginal canal.
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Someone whos arse is getting increasingly large because they're eating far too much cake in the office.
Have you seen her today? She's looking pretty floral!
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as in non-animal like
my reaction to the rabie shot was floral in silent ways
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Fucking Todd over and making him move back to Kansas.
Mary's Floral
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