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What is the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)?
- § 350.103
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- § 350.105
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- § 350.107
What jurisdictions are eligible for MCSAP funding?
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What are the national program elements?
- § 350.111
What constitutes traffic enforcement for the purpose of the MCSAP?
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- § 350.327
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How does a State ensure its laws and regulations are compatible with the FMCSRs and HMRs?
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How may State laws and regulations governing motor carriers, CMV drivers, and CMVs in interstate commerce differ from the FMCSRs and still be considered compatible?
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- § 350.345
How does a State apply for additional variances from the FMCSRs?
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§ 350.101: What is the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)?
The MCSAP is a Federal grant program that provides financial assistance to States to reduce the number and severity of accidents and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles (CMV). The goal of the MCSAP is to reduce CMV-involved accidents, fatalities, and injuries through consistent, uniform, and effective CMV safety programs. Investing grant monies in appropriate safety programs will increase the likelihood that safety defects, driver deficiencies, and unsafe motor carrier practices will be detected and corrected before they become contributing factors to accidents. The MCSAP also sets forth the conditions for participation by States and local jurisdictions and promotes the adoption and uniform enforcement of safety rules, regulations, and standards compatible with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and Federal Hazardous Material Regulations (HMRs) for both interstate and intrastate motor carriers and drivers.
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It�s not that there aren�t chances for individual success; there certainly are.
But perhaps the best chance for the Durango High School girls swimming team to make a splash this weekend is through group participation.
The Demons will take three relay teams � one for each relay event � to the CHSAA Class 4A Girls Swimming State Championships this weekend in Thornton, beginning today. And they�ll be looking to crack the top three in the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay events.
Durango has the fifth-best seed time (1 minute, 55.01 seconds) in the 200 medley and sixth-best (3:45.32) in the 400 free. The team of Hannah Chapman, Haley Cotgageorge, Brooke Kniffin and Annie Mummery swims both those events, and Chapman said they�re gunning for not only a spot in the finals but a spot in the upper echelon of finalists this weekend.
�I think that�s just what we�re looking for this year is actually placing in finals, and I think if we�re placed sixth so far, I think we can probably pull it out pretty well at state,� said Chapman, daughter of Michael Chapman and Desiree Lopez.
Kathryn Ross, in her first trip to state as Durango�s head coach, said she�s especially optimistic about the quartet�s chances in the 400 free relay, typically the final event of the meet.
�I really think that relay of Brooke, Haley, Hannah and Annie could potentially break into that top three there, especially in the 400 free relay. I watched them drop 5 seconds, a solid 5 seconds, at districts, so I have high hopes for state,� Ross said.
The third relay team helped boost Durango�s numbers on the bus trip to the Front Range. Catherine Dellinger, Bryn Joyner, Rydell Stottlemyer and Hailey Warren qualified for state in the 200 freestyle relay, cracking the 1:51.00 qualifying threshold with a time of 1:50.91 at last weekend�s district meet in Grand Junction.
Filling out the nine-person group going to state is Elli Earl, the Demons� alternate.
Stottlemyer said the 200 freestyle team was elated to join their four teammates in Thornton.
�We were really excited,� said Stottlemyer, daughter of Kathy and Kent Stottlemyer. �I don�t think we knew right away that we had gotten it. ... It was awesome.�
Ross said she was optimistic in the 200 free squad�s ability to slide in with a time lower than the state qualifying time, even though it came down to the final meet before state, which meant that one slip-up, one disqualification could erase all that promise.
�I knew they could do it, and the whole team was just standing there ready to cheer, and I think I just had goosebumps,� Ross said. �I knew they could do it, but I was still at the same time nervous they would dive in, not get a DQ or anything. So when they hit that time, it was such a great feeling.�
The Demons will be busy in individual events, too. Chapman, Kniffin and Mummery will swim two individual events each at state, with Cotgageorge joining Kniffin in the 100 backstroke field.
Chapman is seeded 14th in the 500 free and 12th in the 100 breaststroke, putting her in a solid position to qualify for Saturday by finishing in the top 16.
But, whether she advances to Saturday or not, Chapman said her goal is to come in under her previous best times this season in each event.
�Our main goal is probably just to make a best time, even, would be great,� she said.
If seed times are any indication, Kniffin might be the individual best suited to make the most noise at state. She�s seeded sixth in the 100 back and 10th in the 50 free, with her time of 59.24 seconds just a shade more than 2 seconds off the top seed time in the 100 back.
Mummery, a freshman, will swim the 100 free and 50 free.
Now it�s all about getting to the Veteran�s Memorial Aquatics Center in Thornton, getting loose and hopefully turning in some of their best swims of the year. And Ross is confident the bright lights of state won�t be a problem for her squad.
�They have experience in kind of that competitive atmosphere. ... Even for the girls that get very nervous, that this is newer for them, they have such great support around them ... it�s really easy to stay relaxed,� Ross said.


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The highlight of last week's meeting of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) meeting was a presentation of the primary results of the KEEPS study (Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study). A press release describing the findings, along with a list of FAQ (frequently asked questions), is available on the Kronos website. KEEPS was designed to confirm the critical timing hypothesis by looking at the use of menopausal hormone therapy in healthy women who were 6-36 months from their last menstrual period. Primary outcomes were progression of two atherosclerosis markers: carotid artery wall thickness (cIMT) and coronary artery calcification (CAC). In both cases, there were no statistically significant differences among the three groups (two hormone therapy formulations and a placebo group). The study failed to meet the stated goals by the stated criteria. Medical and popular coverage of these preliminary, non-peer-reviewed results have been almost uniformly positive, advocating renewed use of estrogen as menopausal therapy to women, provided they are young and healthy.
The timing hypothesis1 was born out of the collective cognitive dissonance following the unexpected findings of the Women's Health Initiative, which failed to confirm the widespread belief that menopausal hormone therapy (specifically, estrogen) would protect menopausal women from cardiovascular disease.
The birth of KEEPS
Soon after the results of the Women's Health Initiative were published, the discredited idea of menopausal hormone therapy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease was resurrected in the form of the critical timing hypothesis. In 2005, the KEEPS study was launched with much fanfare in the popular press and the medical literature. The lead editorial2 in the journal Climacteric heralded it as a move "[t]owards safer women, safer doses, safer routes and safer timing of administration of safer menopausal therapies," and the journal invited an article describing the study design3.
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KEEPS is a "prospective, randomized, controlled trial designed, using findings from basic science studies, to test the hypothesis that MHT when initiated early in menopause reduces progression of atherosclerosis. KEEPS participants are younger, healthier, and within 3 years of menopause thus matching more closely demographics of women in prior observational and epidemiological studies than women in the Women's Health Initiative hormone trials. KEEPS will provide information relevant to the critical timing hypothesis for MHT use in reducing risk for CVD."4 The target sample size was 450 women completing the study, with a goal of at least 150 women in each arm. The recruitment goal was 720 women.
Rather than using the synthetic hormones (conjugated equine estrogen, CEE and medroxyprogesterone acetate, MPA) from the WHI, KEEPS included more "natural" hormonal products, comparing oral conjugated equine estrogen (o-CEE, derived from pregnant mares' urine, and taken as a pill – Premarin, 0.45 mg) with transdermal estradiol (t-E2, taken by patch – Climara, 50 mcg). Estrogen taken alone causes endometrial cancer; KEEPS added oral micronized progesterone (OMP, 200 mg for 12 days per month), which is identical to the human hormone molecule.
The three arms were:
- PLACEBO – placebo pill, placebo patch, placebo OMP
- o-CEE + OMP – active pill, placebo patch, active OMP
- t-E2 + OMP – placebo pill, active patch, active OMP
The purpose of KEEPS was to test the critical timing hypothesis, that is, to answer the question:
Does estrogen therapy, when administered during the critical timing period, protect women from cardiovascular decline?
A study of this size and duration in healthy young(er) women cannot hope to address clinical outcomes, such as stroke, heart attack and the like. Therefore the study had two surrogate markers of atherosclerosis (a part of cardiovascular health) as primary outcomes:
- Rate of change in the thickness of the wall of the carotid artery (CIMT)
- Amount of arterial calcification of the coronary artery (CAC)
Both measures have strong evidence linking them to future cardiovascular disease.
Recruitment and Retention 4, 5
KEEPS met recruitment targets (727 randomized women at 8 centres) and exceeded retention targets (466 women completed all 4 years of the trial, and an additional 118 women discontinued study medication but continued to be followed for 4 years).
CIMT progression was low and similar across all 3 treatment groups over 4 years.
CAC progression was not statistically significantly different among the 3 treatment groups. However, there was some trend towards less progression in the active hormone groups.
Given that "the rationale that earlier intervention than that performed in the WHI and HERS trials will provide cardiovascular benefit to women is the driving force behind the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study, or KEEPS," we might expect press releases and media coverage to address this aspect of the study. For example, the headlines might read:
- KEEPS fails to support timing hypothesis
- Is the timing hypothesis dead?
- Estrogen does not prevent cardiovascular disease progression, even close to menopause
Instead, the headlines read:
- KEEPS Results Give New Insight Into Hormone Therapy (NAMS KEEPS report, Oct 3, 2012)
- Hormone Therapy Has Many Favorable Effects in Newly Menopausal Women: Initial Findings of the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS) (Kronos Longevity Research Institute Press Release, Oct 3, 2012)
- Study Counters WHI on Risk of Hormones in Menopause (MedPage Today, Oct 3, 2012)
- DOCTORS BUZZING ABOUT NEW HORMONE THERAPY STUDY (ABC News, Oct 3, 2012)
- HORMONE THERAPY MAY BE OK IN EARLY MENOPAUSE (MEDICAL NEWS TODAY, Oct 3, 2012)


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A Ripley Rotarian told members of the Buckhannon club Tuesday that education in third world countries is not taken for granted, as it is here in the United States.
Chuck Conner gave a presentation to the Buckhannon Rotary Club about his eight years of traveling to Nepal, using pictures to show the effort being made to improve the quality of life in that impoverished country.
Conner is in his eighth year of traveling to Nepal to help the rural schools meet their varying needs. He said the Nepal government pays the teachers of the schools, who still barely get by on their earnings, but does not supply funding for school materials. According to Conner's slide show presentation, government spending on education there is only 4 percent of the country's budget.
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"The poorest of us are so wealthy compared to what's going on there," Conner said, adding that it is rare to have running water and bathrooms in these schools.
He showed images of Parbesh Dewar Preschool where hooks on the wall held handkerchiefs for the students who often would come to school sick. There is an average of two physicians per 2,000 people in Nepal.
"Education is valued so much differently there, because it's not taken advantage of," Conner said, telling how some students walk two hours just to go to school and can often cross some treacherous landscapes just to get there. Conner said the students are happy and always excited to learn.
"These kids are happy; they're happy to be in school," Conner said. "It's simply amazing. It's still hard for me to wrap around how people can be so poor, and we base our happiness on external material things. They have nothing and are some of the most giving and happy and humble people I've ever met in my life."
Conner said that the the people of Nepal frequently offer him gifts just for helping out, gifts he said he doesn't believe he deserves.
"Chuck truly, truly embodies a true Rotarian in every sense of the word," said Jody Light of the Buckhannon Rotary Club, adding that Conner doesn't use buses or trains, but hikes miles carrying backpacks to go to these schools. "He truly lives the 'Service Above Self' motto we have."
Since 2004, Conner has made efforts to provide 28 schools with supplies and first aid kits, along with providing some schools with labs for physics or other science classes He funded a toilet for Dip Joti Primary School in Nepal in 2007, which is now in need of repair.
According to Conner, the Sharaswoti Secondary School couldn't be repaired after an earthquake damaged the structure. That school is still in use.
"I'm always amazed at the dedication of the parents and the teachers," Conner said.
On his first visit there, Conner funded a new water line for a toilet, along with school furniture and supplies. Conner said he could take $7,000 to Nepal, and it could be put to great use there, adding that the value of money continues to decline.
A donation of $500 from the Buckhannon Rotary Club was presented to Conner after his presentation to help in Nepal.
Conner is also a photographer, and anyone interested in seeing the images he has taken in Nepal or learning more about his efforts may go to www.chuckconner.com.


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A Staten Island man whose actions prompted a JetBlue flight to be diverted to Buffalo Niagara International Airport was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder to a year of probation.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. --Ski Butlers Tahoe has partnered with the High Fives Non-Profit Foundation for their 2012-13 Community Involvement and Round-Up programs.
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Our Assurance practice plays a key role in delivering against our network purpose – 'To build trust in society and solve important problems.' This year, rebuilding public trust has remained a priority for many organisations. But we've found they're also facing a new conflict: that as they innovate and grow in new and increasingly competitive markets, trust is being further eroded.
Why? Well, as sceptical consumers struggle to keep up with the sheer pace of change, companies can no longer rely on the trust they've built up in the past. Instead they need to re-establish trust continually as they transform and enter new markets.
This means organisations can innovate and grow more successfully by having a better understanding of the drivers of trust, and by providing stakeholders with deeper and more transparent insights into their business. And this imperative for clients is increasingly shaping our Assurance practice's approach and solution set.
These changes are playing out amid intensifying scrutiny of everything businesses do, why they do it, and the resulting impacts. To thrive in such an environment, businesses need to restore trust in innovation as they transform themselves. The good news is that part of the solution may lie within innovation itself.
For example, the explosion in 'big data' is opening up opportunities for businesses to use information in smarter ways – both to make better business decisions, and also to understand where and how they can build trust with diverse stakeholders. And PwC is helping them do this, by providing management, boards and stakeholders with greater confidence in the information they use and report, and deeper insight than ever before into operations, risks and performance.
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ALBANY – Jenny Rivera was confirmed Monday by the full State Senate as a judge on the state's highest court, a week after Senate Republicans raised concerns about her lack of judicial experience.
Rivera, a law professor at the City University of New York and a former senior civil rights lawyer in the Attorney General's Office when now-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was the state's chief lawyer, had her nomination approved by voice vote – meaning there is no record of who voted for or against her.
Rivera, 52, a Bronx resident who grew up in a public housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, succeeds Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick on the Court of Appeals, one of the most influential state courts in the nation.
In a rare moment for a gubernatorial nominee to the high court, Rivera came under sharp questioning for nearly five hours by Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Eight of the committee's Republicans ended up voting against her last week, with one – Sen. John J. Bonacic, of Mount Hope, the committee chairman – suggesting that Cuomo engaged in "social engineering" of the court by picking a Hispanic lawyer with less experience than other Hispanics who might have been considered.
With Rivera on the court, "justice will be served," Senate co-leader Jeffrey D. Klein, D-Bronx, told his colleagues on the Senate floor. She will serve for at least 14 years.
But Bonacic said that while he has voted for all eight members of the Court of Appeals who have come before the Senate since he was elected to the chamber in 1998, he could not vote for Rivera on Monday.
"I have concerns … that she will be prone to judicial activism," Bonacic said.
He said Cuomo asked lawmakers "to make a leap" that someone with no judicial experience and who has spent most of her life teaching law should go on the state's top court. He noted that Cuomo passed over three judges in the state's Appellate Division – including a Hispanic – to pick Rivera from the names on a judicial screening list for the opening on the court.
Supporters cited a list of names of lawyers named to the state's highest court or the U.S. Supreme Court without judicial experience.
Cuomo defended his selection to the court, saying her varied background in public service and civil rights will produce a "richer discussion" on the high court. "What she brings to that court, frankly, no one there has," Cuomo said Monday. He added, "Judge Rivera spent a life working on real-life problems and situations that the people of this state face."
In a brief appearance before reporters, Rivera sought to allay concerns by some GOP senators that her legal writings suggest she will be an activist judge more intent on writing laws than interpreting them. "I will take every case based on the rule of law," she said.
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It was a bleak and sunless day when I found myself near the center of an ice-covered, partially frozen pond about the size of a football field. I was 7 years old, on my way home from school. The spongy ice was moving with each of my footfalls.
I looked around and saw that I was about in the middle of the pond and suddenly it occurred to me that this was not a safe place to be.
I had roughly the same distance to travel forward or backward to reach an edge. So I proceeded forward. With the motion of the ice under foot, I was increasingly anxious. I got to within 4 or 5 feet from dry land and the ice gave way.
I went through and hit the muddy bottom instantly.
I tried to walk to the shore where I would be safe. Actually I wasn't walking; I was bouncing up and down on the muddy bottom and flailing my arms around trying to get a grip on the breaking ice. It had to be close to freezing.
I don't know how, but I eventually did make it to dry land. I was cold and wet, covered with mud and scared out of my wits.
As I recall, when I stepped on land, I was panting for air but glad to be safe at last. I found a flat place and laid down to gather my strength to go home to face my mother and what she would say to me. Finally I mustered my strength to go on another half mile home.
As I had anticipated, my mother cried out, ''You're all wet with icy water and covered with mud! What happened to you?"
How could she not know? I proceeded to tell her the story of how I fell through the ice. We took off my clothes and washed me up.
"Well, at least you're safe," she said, and gave me a hug.
A couple of hours later, my father came home. He appreciated the way I had solved my problem, but he cautioned me in the future to think before I acted in a problem situation. We never mentioned it again.
A couple of winters later, in a different location, I was sledding on my Flexible Flyer with some friends. One of my companions said, "Don't touch your tongue to that ice cold metal on the sled. Your tongue will stick to it. The only way to get it off will be to run warm water over it."
(Do you remember the folk tale of the boy whose mother told him not to put beans up his nose? Of course he did it, though he wouldn't have thought of it if she hadn't mentioned it.)
Of course I touched my tongue to the icy metal and it stuck! I was at the bottom of the hill and there was no place to get water there. I had to carry my sled, nearly as long as I was tall, all the way back up to the top with my tongue stuck fast. There were some tense minutes as I waited until my friend was able to find a cup of water. While I held the sled, he poured the water over where the tongue touched the metal and finally released me. Was I relieved!
Then, there was the cross-country skiing incident on Mount Tom in Easthampton. The day that our phys ed class from school went on the skiing outing was the day after a heavy snow. Unbeknownst to me, a tree had been blown down across our trail.
I was in the lead position and when I came to where the tree had fallen all I saw was a mound of snow. Not thinking what might be the cause of the mound, I inadvertently broke through the snow with my right ski. It went underneath the fallen tree and the left ski went over it. The consequence was a broken ski and a strained ankle.
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Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson lends her immense talent and experienced voice to Henry James' Gothic ghost tale, The Turn of the Screw. When a governess is hired to care for two children at a British country estate, she begins to sense an otherworldly presence around the grounds. Are they really ghosts she's seeing? Or is something far more sinister at work?
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Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.
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Audie Award, Audiobook of the Year, 2016. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.
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When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde.
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In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationships, and sex and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is - a woman with the courage to bare her soul to stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh. Down to earth and relatable, frank and unapologetic, Amy Schumer is one of us: She relies on her sister for advice, still hangs out with her high school pals, and continues to navigate the ever-changing boundaries in love, work, and life.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces - from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like "The Speckled Band" and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes - brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning.
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A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets 16-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
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Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell". But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness.
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Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever.
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Extreme success, by definition, lies beyond the realm of normal action. If you want to achieve extreme success, you can't operate like everybody else and settle for mediocrity. You need to remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. The 10X Rule shows you how!
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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For 10 years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally, miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. Where has he been for 10 years, and what does he know about the day, more than half a life ago, when he was taken?
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.
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Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizard's band of homeless dwarves in search of giant spiders, savage wolves, and other dangers. Bilbo quickly tires of the quest for adventure and longs for the security of his familiar home. But before he can return to his life of comfort, he must face the greatest threat of all.
"Quite a journey"
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York.
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Ever noticed that trying to calm down often produces more agitation? Or that real fulfillment can be elusive, despite living a successful life? Often, such difficulties stem from the human brain's hardwired tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Modern science demonstrates that this survival mechanism served the needs of our earliest ancestors, but is at the root of many problems that we face today, such as depression, compulsive and addictive behaviors, chronic pain, and stress and anxiety.
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In 1914 collisions between motor cars and horse-drawn carriages are an everyday occurrence on the streets of Paterson, New Jersey. But when an out-of-control driver smashes into a buggy driven by Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp, their lives change forever. Constance, the oldest, demands payment for the damages but quickly realizes that she is dealing with a madman.
"Slice Of Life From Another Time"
At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren't destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.
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When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves.... But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss....
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Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start.
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A person who likes to smell everything! Most dousche nuggets are pleased to find something stank, then say ewwwwe, smell it again, then ask someone else to smell it too!
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Katy Perry joined a group of girlfriends Sunday for a night out at the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride.
Before embarking on a private hayride, Perry and crew met up with Fashion Police host George Kotsiopoulos and his friends.
Wearing ponchos to protect them from the splatter and gore, the group headed into a haunted maze.
"Katy was in there for about 30 minutes!" an onlooker tells PEOPLE. "She seemed to be having a ton of fun and shared lots of laughs with her friends."
"She loved being scared by all of the characters each time they snuck up on her!" the source adds.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Local artist and web designer, Sara Zimmerman, has recently launched Unearthed Comics, her newest creation. In one-panel cartoons, Unearthed Comics features Sara's observations about business and technology, parenting and children, health and food, art and music, sports and outdoors, and more. "I found myself working too hard and getting way too serious. I needed an outlet," states Sara. "The comics are therefore not only a summary of my observations of the world around me, but are very cathartic to create, often making me roll with laughter at just the ideas themselves."
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Sara Zimmerman is a local Truckee artist and web designer. She owns and operates Sara Zimmerman Art, Illustration and Design. "As a web and graphic designer, a large part of my job is working with small business owners and small organizations," said Zimmerman. "Therefore I hear a lot of feedback from entrepreneurs. This has inspired some of my business and technology comics." But Sara's life isn't just work. She is exposed to many facets of this world, including playing drums in a band, rock climbing and camping, being a parent and wife, juggling art with work, etc.
Prior to moving to Truckee over a decade ago, Sara lived in Santa Cruz, Calif., where she regularly illustrated for numerous companies. "From catalog covers for Watergirl, to science illustration for Sunset State Park and Moss Landing Marine Labs, to Save the Surf campaigns for Budweiser, to silly clip art for local magazines, I was always being asked to illustrate something around me," Zimmerman said. "It has now come full circle as a side project to my life as a designer, business owner, parent, wife, and outdoor enthusiast... and I am loving every moment of it."
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The U.S. has been preparing for a potential missile strike on Syria ever since President Barack Obama (D) accused Syria's Bashar al-Assad of using deadly nerve gas missile attacks on rebel strongholds in the cities of Jobar, Zamalka, 'Ain Tirma, and Hazzah, killing over a thousand people and injuring thousands more.
Sources: Syrian Electronic Army on Twitter, The Independent
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quote: Punishing Syria for using chemical agents against its own people is better than the other alternative: legitimize chemical warfare.
quote: Heck, an all-out nuclear war is still more preferable than chemicals, because a fast death is easier on the human soul than slowly dying under excruciating agony.
quote: So far Obama is indicating he'll act on his own, without consulting Congress as the Constitution demands. If he does that, if he ignores the Constitution and Congress, if he decides to behave more like a military dictator than a President with limited powers, then Congress should move immediately to impeach him. As he would have done this not once, but twice. Remember Libya?


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Ardenlee is a beautifully restored Victorian residence built at the end of the Gold Rush era. It is located close to Sovereign Hill, Eureka Stockade. Bridge Mall shopping centre and many restaurants and bistros are within easy walking distance. A delicious cooked breakfast awaits you each morning in the guest dining room. There are three bedrooms with private en-suites. Relax in front of the fire in the guest lounge while the grandfather clock chimes softly in the corner. Food - Glorious Food. Breakfast is what it is all about!The menu includes favourites such as a traditional English Breakfast, Eggs Benedict, and Marian's mouth watering Omelettes. Add in your cereals, breads, English muffins, crumpets, spreads, juices, fruit and so forth it is easy to see why no-one goes hungry.For lunch and dinner there are clubs, pubs and restaurants all just a short stroll from the front door.Ardenlee was built at the end of the Gold Rush era around 1861. It was built by the church of England and in the late 1950's it was sold to the catholic church. The Patrician nuns lived in the house. A very "sixties" school room and dormitories was squeezed into the land behind the property. Here the nuns taught and trained teachers for the local catholic schools.Marian spotted Patrician House, as it was then named in 2008. It had been empty for over a year. She saw the potential in the tired old house and it was purchased in February of that year.Marian has skilfully incorporated the best decorative features of the era in terms of beautiful period wall papers, ornate ceiling roses, classic lighting and wide Victorian cornices with their distinctive deep gutters and detailed paintwork.
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Registration open for Alden 5K Race
Registration is now open for the eighth annual Alden 5K Race for Scholarships on May 31.
A Kids Fun Run kicks off the event at 5 p.m. that day and the race starts at 6:30 p.m. in front of Alden High School, 13190 Park St., Alden, and finishes in Alden Town Park.
New this year, $250 in prizes will be awarded to the top male and top female finishers, and additional awards will be presented to the top three finishers in different age groups. A post-race Party in the Park will wrap up the event and include live music, food, drinks, a basket raffle, 50/50 split and an awards ceremony.
Proceeds will benefit the Alden Community Scholarship Foundation. Those interested in the event should contact race co-director Jenna Ziegler at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the race website at www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ascholarship.
Pediatric health is focus of joint program
Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute recently announced the first step toward building a physician-led, unified pediatric hematology-oncology program in the new John R. Oishei Children's Hospital.
For more than 40 years, the two health care systems have operated the pediatric hematology-oncology service for the Western New York region, with separate and complementary services offered at each hospital. With planning for the new children's hospital under way, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Women & Children's Hospital, a Kaleida Health facility, have initiated a physician-led planning process to develop a single center of excellence for pediatric inpatient/outpatient services.
The future hospital will be located at Ellicott and High streets on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
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April 6, 1909 – March 6, 2013
Adeline R. Jerrett, of Williamsville, came from a family in which longevity was not unusual. Her mother lived to be 102, and her four sisters, including one who is still living, all made it into their 90s. The retired Amherst town employee died Wednesday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after a brief illness. She was 103.
Born in Buffalo, Miss Jerrett lived most of her life in Williamsville within yards of the ElderWood Village at Glenwood on Main Street near Union Road, an assisted-living facility where she had resided for the past five years. In August 2008, she and two of her sisters, Margaret Baran, then 96, and Sally Klein, 94 at the time, were featured in an NBC Nightly News segment on Americans living longer.
Miss Jerrett was a longtime employee of the Town of Amherst, where she was supervisor of special district assessments. Her nephew, Gordon Kuzon, said she walked to work daily. She retired in 1979 after 38 years. She was a 60-year member of the Amherst Business and Professional Women's Club. She also was a member of the Amherst League of Women Voters and served as a town Republican committeewoman for 25 years. She served on the Amherst Senior Center advisory board, the Williamsville Senior Citizen Committee and the town's Adult Day Care Committee.
In 1990, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Amherst Senior Center. She also was honored by the Amherst Chamber of Commerce with its Distinguished Service in Government award. She was a 60-year member of North Presbyterian Church in Williamsville.
She is survived by a sister, Margaret Baran.
A service will be at 7 p.m. today in Beach-Tuyn Funeral Home, 5541 Main St., Williamsville.


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A Buffalo man who admitted to burglarizing two Baptist churches, one in West Seneca and the other in South Buffalo, was sentenced Wednesday to two to four years in prison.
State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns sentenced John Bish, 45, of East Tupper Street, as a second felony offender.
Bish admitted that on Nov. 29, 2011, he stole computer equipment from the pastor's office and items from a missionary closet at Center Road Baptist Church in West Seneca.
Bish also admitted hiding in Cazenovia Baptist Church on North Legion Drive in South Buffalo during a service and then emerging to steal items from the church's office, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.


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The decision to close Allegheny No. 1 Elementary wasn't surprising and is a harbinger of things to come across the region as school districts try to cope with increasing funding shortfalls.
As expected, the Hollidaysburg Area school board formally voted Wednesday night to shut down the nearly 50-year-old elementary building at the end of the school year. The 223 students at the school will be transferred either to Charles W. Longer or Foot of Ten elementaries when classes begin in the fall.
While it's understandable that parents, students and others directly affected by the closing are upset, the board made the right decision. The children will adapt to their new surroundings, perhaps even faster than their parents will.
The deck was stacked against Allegheny No. 1.
It is an older school in need of expensive upgrades. The district has experienced declining enrollment and can accommodate the students at other schools. A continuing sluggish economy has limited local tax revenue and tightened state funding. And the district and others across the state are facing massive increases in pension costs in the years ahead.
For all of the great things that Allegheny No. 1 had going for it, in the current environment, it isn't financially feasible to keep it open.
Expect other districts in the next few years to be forced to make similar decisions.
An Altoona Area school board member predicts that two of that district's elementary buildings could be on the chopping block in the next couple of years. Altoona currently has 11 elementaries, down from 20 in the district's and city's heyday.
There isn't a school district in our region that isn't feeling a financial pinch and that isn't dreading the bills coming due for delayed pension contributions.
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There's all kinds of approaches wrestlers use to get ready for Hershey, but I like T.J. Brandt's attitude going into the PIAA Class AAA Championships.
When I talked to the Altoona 126-pounder Sunday night, he hadn't looked at the state pairings yet, but when he was asked about a potential quarterfinal bout against Blue Mountain returning state champion Corey Keener, his answer was one I've heard before from him.
"It really doesn't matter who I wrestle," Brandt said. "I have to wrestle my match and attack from all positions. It wouldn't matter if I had to wrestle Cael Sanderson or somebody who hasn't wrestled before. I have to prepare the same way."
Not sure if most would have the same approach if they were to wrestle Penn State's coach, who was an Olympic gold medalist who went undefeated in college, or if the approach would matter, but the positive nature of Brandt's thinking is a good thing going into a rugged tournament like this.
Is it possible for Brandt to beat Keener and go on to win a state title? It's possible. There's always upsets that leave fans, coaches and media shaking their heads.
Brandt, a state Greco-Roman champion, has a good shot at placing, but I don't think he'll win a state title. Keener is my pick over Central Dauphin's Tyson Dippery in my PIAA Class AAA Championships predictions.
What will help Brandt is this is third appearance at the Giant Center, so he shouldn't be in awe of anything. So many wrestlers are in awe, and it affects their wrestling.
The same is true with Philipsburg-Osceola's Logan Walstrom, who is wrestling in Hershey for the second time. He also also has a returning state champion in his 145-pound bracket in Easton's unbeaten Mitchell Minotti, but Walstrom will have to be on his game to get to the semifinals to face a potential bout with Minotti.
Minotti should reach the finals again and beat Chambersburg's Garett Hammond.
Hollidaysburg 106-pounder Damian Huff is making his first trip to Hershey, and while he's earned the trip by battling through a loaded weight class at districts and regionals, it's not very likely he'll make the finals.
But, that's why they actually wrestle. There are favorites at every weight, but they have to perform on the mat to get to the finals.
The one final I'm looking forward to is at 160, where I'm predicting Central Mountain state champion Brian Brill meeting up with Kennard Dale's sophomore phenom and returning champ Chance Marsteller. Marsteller was called the LeBron James of wrestling before he even got to the high school level last season.
The only thing is Marsteller actually won last year.
Anyway, I'm leaning toward Marsteller over Brill, and he should be voted the Outstanding Wrestler.
The team race should come down to state powers Canon-McMillan and Central Dauphin, but I'm giving the edge to C-M.
Here's the rest of my picks, which, as usual, were extremely hard to make:
106 POUNDS: Finalists: Michael Kemerer, Franklin Regional vs. Zach Fuentes, Norristown. Champion: Kemerer. Comment: Cathedral Prep's Gromacki could meet returning runner-up Lizak in semifinals.
113 POUNDS: Finalists: Billy Rappo, Council Rock South vs. Sam Krivus, Hempfield Area. Champion: Rappo. Comment: Anybody out of bottom bracket could take on returning champ Rappo.
120 POUNDS: Finalists: Conner Schram, Canon-McMillan vs. Godwin Nyama, Brashear. Champion: Schram. Comment: What a loaded weight class. Bellefonte's Traxler could make it a regional rematch.
126 POUNDS: Finalists: Corey Keener, Blue Mountain vs. Tyson Dippery, Central Dauphin. Champion: Keener. Comment: Canon-McMillan's Shorts can't be counted out in bottom bracket.
132 POUNDS: Finalists: Shyheim Brown, Central Dauphin vs. Mackenzie McGuire, Upper St. Clair. Champion: McGuire. Comment: Interesting prelim bout between Brown and Easton's Rizzolino.
138 POUNDS: Finalists: Steve Spearman, McDowell vs. Jason Stephen, Northampton. Champion: Spearman. Comment: Big semifinal between Spearman and C-M's Chisko will decide champion.
145 POUNDS: Finalists: Garett Hammond, Chambersburg vs. Mitchell Minotti, Easton. Champion: Minotti. Comment: Hammond lost in last year's 135-pound finals to Solanco's Dan Neff.
152 POUNDS: Finalists: Garrett Peppelman, Central Dauphin vs. Cole Sheptock, Northampton. Champion: Peppelman. Comment: No, Central Dauphin hasn't run out of Peppelmans.
160 POUNDS: Finalists:Brian Brill, Central Mountain vs. Chance Marsteller, Kennard Dale. Champion: Marsteller. Comment: Hard to believe either of these guys losing, but somebody has to.
170 POUNDS: Finalists: Cody Wiercioch, Canon-McMillan vs. Marc Wagner, Delaware Valley. Champion: Wiercioch. Comment: BEA's Taylor will meet Wiercioch in quarterfinals.
182 POUNDS: Finalists:Khlique Harris, McDowell vs. Matt McCutcheon, Kiski Area. Champion: McCutcheon. Comment: Westmont Hilltop's Burnheimer could make it a regional finals rematch.
195 POUNDS: Finalists: Perry Hills, Central Catholic vs. Francis Stover, Easton. Champion: Hills. Comment: DuBois' Hanna has potential to make it to finals in bottom bracket.
220 POUNDS: Finalists:Tyson Searer, Mifflin County vs. Tom Haines, Solanco. Champion: Haines. Comment: Haines won a state title last year as an impressive freshman.
285 POUNDS: Finalists: Dawson Peck, Chambersburg vs. Averee Robinson, Susquehanna Township. Champion: Robinson. Comment: I know, Peck beat Robinson at regionals, but Robinson beat Peck in 2011 state finals.
OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: Chance Martsteller, Kenard Dale.
TEAM CHAMPION: Canon-McMillan. Comment: Will come down to the very end with Central Dauphin.
PREDICTION RECORD: 94 out of 148 situations overall, 19 out of 29 situations in Northwest Regional Class AAA, 17 out of 29 in Southwest Regional Class AA.
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DUNEDIN, Fla. — The final week of spring training is upon us and it's been more than seven years since Marty Brown left Buffalo after three seasons as the Bisons' manager that included the memorable 2004 International League championship campaign.
Now Brown is coming back as the skipper of the first Toronto Blue Jays-era team to call Coca-Cola Field home. The parent club has loaded up via the trade market to make a World Series run – and has filled the Triple-A roster with minor-league free agents and a couple key prospects to help Brown replicate the success he had while with the Cleveland Indians.
"I know what it can be like in Buffalo," Brown said. "It was such a tremendous feeling walking off that field in '04 after winning that championship and that's a feeling the Blue Jays want to produce again. I want to bring that into Buffalo this year to guys who haven't been a part of that."
"Marty is a legend in Buffalo. I saw his picture up there last year when I was there with the Mets," said first baseman/outfielder Adam Loewen, who played for the Herd last year while in the Mets chain but might be squeezed out to Double-A New Hampshire by all the depth Toronto has. "He's great to play for. He's laid back, gives you a lot of room to do the things you need and learn the game. He's a good teacher."
While there are veterans expected to be all over the Buffalo roster, the focal points will be young outfielders Anthony Gose and Moises Sierra. Both spent time last year between Triple-A Las Vegas and Toronto and Sierra was a standout in the World Baseball Classic for the champion Dominican Republic, making a leaping catch of a foul pop in the stands at San Francisco's AT&T Park during a semifinal win over the Netherlands.
"It's so exciting to have those guys again," Brown said. "There's a lot of expectations on them. We want them to get off to good starts and be ready to go to the big leagues at any time. And the classic was great for Mo. That was quite an environment for him and he performed really well."
The Blue Jays are so loaded that their biggest issues in camp are who will fill the No. 5 starter slot (J.A. Happ or Ricky Romero) and who will be the backup catcher (Henry Blanco or Josh Thole). Happ threw six shutout innings here Friday to lower his spring ERA to 1.86 and has repeatedly said he doesn't know what else he can do to earn a spot.
Romero, meanwhile, continues to be a trainwreck. Romero, who averaged 14 wins a year from 2009-2011, suddenly lost it last year with a 13-game losing streak and had a 7.27 ERA this spring. He gave up four runs to Pittsburgh Class A hitters Thursday and threw just 29 of his 64 pitches for strikes. The Jays have been steadfast in their support of Romero but manager John Gibbons cracked open the door to a possible switch Friday.
"I can definitely understand the argument," Gibbons said. "[Happ] has pitched very good, Ricky's struggled. We'll see how it all plays out."
Happ, who went 10-11 last year between Houston and Toronto and was 12-4 for the 2009 National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, is expected to be the Opening Day starter for the Bisons on April 4 against Rochester in Coca-Cola Field if he is sent to Triple-A.
"I certainly have motivation to go out there and throw well," Happ said. "… You always feel like it could be better but I definitely feel good about the way it's gone. I've established I could come in and throw strikes using all of my pitches. "
It looks like Blanco will win the job backing up J.P. Arencibia behind the plate. That means former Mets farmhands Thole and Mike Nickeas will likely reprise their roles in Buffalo.
"This camp has been a blast all spring, an absolute blast," said Thole, who played 291 games for the Mets the last three seasons and caught Johan Santana's no-hitter. "There's so many players from different organizations coming in that I thought it would take a while for it to jell but this is kind of a speeding-up process. It's been impressive."
The Bisons gave Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay plenty of trouble Saturday morning during a 3-0 win over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in nearby Clearwater. Halladay, who is struggling with reduced velocity and the effects of a stomach virus, retired just seven of 18 hitters and touched 90 mph just once. He allowed three runs, although the first inning was cut short with the bases loaded due to a spring training pitch limit.
Lefty Sean Nolin allowed just two hits in five shutout innings to earn the win. The Bisons scored all three of their runs in the first off Halladay. Sierra and catcher Sean Ochinko had RBI doubles. Infielder Mike McCoy went 3 for 4.
"My goal today going in was to feel good, be strong all the way through, to feel like my arm slot was repeating, and I felt like that was there," Halladay told Phillies beat reporters. "… It's going to be something that's going to be important for me during the season – to be able to go hard and soft counts."
The Bisons have a 3-6-1 record heading into today's game against the Indianapolis Indians at 1 p.m. at Pittsburgh's Pirate City complex in Bradenton.
After facing Halladay, the Bisons could see another big name this week in Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. He is being limited to minor-league games so the Yankees can backdate a possible stint on the disabled list for him if his injured ankle doesn't allow him to make Opening Day. He could play the Herd on Thursday at 1 at the Yankees' complex in Tampa.
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