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Circular hike: Oberems - Griebjini Unnerstafil - Griebjini Oberstafil - Vorsass - Zer Pletschu (Borterbach) - crossroads point 2,099m - Turtmann Valley main road - valley trail towards Oberems
start of the circular hike at the Oberems mountain station (1,336m). Above the village you follow the mountain trail and after a stiff climb reach the Alp Griebjini Unnerstafil (1,803m) and the highest point Griebjini Oberstafel (2,205m). Continue above the edge of the forest to Zer Pletschu (2,186m). Slow climb through rocky areas and on the forest road towards Rotigu Unnerstafil (1,791m). A bit further down you'll cross the Turtmann Valley main road and follow the valley trail towards Oberems (1,336m).
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LISBON - Columbiana County's unemployment rate has declined by more than half from the recession-high of 14.8 percent in January 2010.
The county's jobless rate was 7 percent in October compared to 7.3 percent the month before, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Meanwhile, the state unemployment rate continued to drop, with the jobless rate declining from 7 percent in September to 6.9 percent last month. The national unemployment rate inched up slightly over the same period, from 7.8 percent to 7.9 percent.
The state estimated 3,600 county residents were unemployed in October, down 100 from September, leaving 47,900 with jobs. But the number of claims for unemployment benefits increased from 299 to 436 in October, while the number of people receiving payments for the first time also increased over the same period, from 98 to 121.
The number of those continuing to receive benefits dropped from 2,614 in September to 2,305 last month, with the average payment being $297 per week.
Among adjoining Ohio counties, the county's October jobless rate was higher than Mahoning (6.6 percent), Carroll (6.5 percent) and Stark (6.2 percent) but lower than Jefferson (9.6 percent).
The county's jobless rate was the 28th highest among Ohio's 88 counties. Mercer County had the lowest unemployment rate at 3.8 percent, while Pike County continued to have the highest at 11.5 percent.


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In an era focused on molecular markers, the authors revisit often-overlooked biophysical markers, which may provide a more global picture of pathophysiology in disorders like sickle-cell disease. [© Dario Bajurin - Fotolia.com]
ASSAY & Drug Development Technologies offers a unique combination of original research and reports on the techniques and tools being used in cutting-edge drug development. The journal includes a "Literature Search and Review" column that identifies published papers of note and discusses their importance. GEN presents one article that was analyzed in the "Literature Search and Review" column, a paper published in Science Translational Medicine titled "A biophysical indicator of vaso-occlusive risk in sickle cell disease." Authors of the paper are Wood DK, Soriano A, Mahadevan L, Higgins JM, and Bhatia SN.
The search for predictive indicators of disease has largely focused on molecular markers. However, biophysical markers, which can integrate multiple pathways, may provide a more global picture of pathophysiology.
Sickle cell disease affects millions of people worldwide and has been studied intensely at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organismal level for a century, but there are still few, if any, markers quantifying the severity of this disease. Because the complications of sickle cell disease are largely due to vaso-occlusive events, we hypothesized that a physical metric characterizing the vaso-occlusive process could serve as an indicator of disease severity.
Here, we use a microfluidic device to characterize the dynamics of "jamming," or vaso-occlusion, in physiologically relevant conditions, by measuring a biophysical parameter that quantifies the rate of change of the resistance to flow after a sudden deoxygenation event. Our studies show that this single biophysical parameter could be used to distinguish patients with poor outcomes from those with good outcomes, unlike existing laboratory tests. This biophysical indicator could therefore be used to guide the timing of clinical interventions, to monitor the progression of the disease, and to measure the efficacy of drugs, transfusion, and novel small molecules in an ex vivo setting.
The article by Wood and colleagues highlights the validation of a simple physical parameter associated with blood-flow properties as a diagnostic marker for increased risk in sickle cell disease. In an era when low-abundance protein analytes and combinations of single-nucleotide polymorphisms are increasingly being developed for diagnostic purposes, simpler (bio)physical parameters risk being overlooked. Examples of such parameters already driving clinical decisions include blood pressure, heart beat, and basic imaging. The present study of a sickle cell disease prognostic parameter marks a mini-revival in this area, with the authors presenting a microfluidic device that measures the change in blood flow characteristics upon deoxygenation.
Typically, the status of sickle cell patients is evaluated through the measurement of the ratio of hemoglobin S to fetal hemoglobin, but this blood chemistry result does not provide for a strong enough prognostic marker to assess the risk of the patient developing vaso-occlusion crisis, a state associated with a dramatic change in blood flow characteristics due to the "jamming" of capillaries through the change in shape and rigidity of red blood cells. Instead of looking for molecular markers to assess the risk of vaso-occlusion, the authors opted to measure the blood flow properties directly.
In the device, capillary channels carrying the blood sample were coupled with gas reservoirs (Figure 1). When whole blood was flowed through the device, the gas composition of the adjacent channel could be controlled to provide different levels of dissolved gasses in the bloodstream, imitating the transition of the blood cells from large blood vessels to the capillaries; in turn, the changes in hemoglobin polymerization state (driven by the changing level of dissolved oxygen) and the concomitant change in red blood cell rigidity could be measured through the changes in the resistance of the blood sample to pressure-driven flow.
The device was initially validated by comparing blood flow resistance changes as a function of oxygen percentage for samples from healthy and sickle cell disease donors. The testing was then extended to compare samples from patients considered to have different levels of sickle cell disease severity: samples from patients who had been treated extensively (through transfusions and hydroxyurea administrations) during the past 12 months showed dramatically different flow resistance profiles when compared to those from patients considered to have a mild case of sickle cell disease (i.e., not having been treated intensively during the past 12 months). This patient stratification through flow characteristics measurement was then used in expanded survey of 23 severe-case and 6 mild-case patients which also showed that the new biophysical parameter correlated well with clinical outcome for the two patient strata. Finally, a new experimental treatment to manage sickle cell disease with the small molecule agent 5-hydroxymethyl furfural was evaluated through the use of the new microfluidic device (Figure 2).
Patient samples treated with the agent showed a large and rapid improvement in their blood flow characteristics, indicating that the device is likely to be of utility in monitoring the treatment progress with new drugs.
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The board of directors of InfoTech Niagara elected Patrick Finucane as treasurer. Finucane is the chief financial officer at Ronco Communications. InfoTech Niagara is the trade association of Western New York's information technology industry. He holds a bachelor's degree from Canisius College and a MBA from the University of Northern Colorado.
The Healthcare Association of New York State re-elected Joseph McDonald chairman of its board of trustees for a second term. McDonald is president and chief executive officer of Catholic Health System in Buffalo.
Nothnagle Realtors named Sam Palame and Jeanette Krieger salespersons at its Amherst branch.
First Niagara Financial Group senior vice president, corporate communications, David Lanzillo was honored as an ExecRank "Top Communication Executive," a distinction reserved for fewer than 2 percent of U.S. public company communications executives. Lanzillo is based at First Niagara's Larkin District headquarters. ExecRank's rankings are the result of two years of research and feedback from evaluation committees and top chief communications officers that yielded an algorithm for how to rank communications executives based on their performance in 24 key areas, including experience, business results, and technology adoption.
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I left her a long time on Sunday, like over 8 hours. She didn't even really want to nurse when I got home, but she was happy to see me.
I'm leaving for Nashville, Tennessee. For Blissdom, tomorrow. But I have to take her with me. I have to, I need to, and I want to.
Eight hours is one thing, FIVE DAYS is another. I just can't do it. She is still very much a part of me as I am a part of her.
And it's different,
when I already have three other children to leave behind in someone else's care (ok, it's my loving in-laws and Mimi for like a day and then Daddy the rest of the time) but it's not like I have just one or two kids to leave behind. Responsibilities, wants, needs, are all considered.
It's harder the more you have, I think.
I'm so thankful I'm able to take her. Otherwise I wouldn't go at all.
I'm thankful that Hallmark (who is generously sponsoring my Inspirational Writing workshop on Thursday with Casey and Hallmark writers Sarah & Molly) also bought Ivy her own seat on the plane. (How nice is that.)
I'm thankful @iatraveler sent me her CARES harness system for Ivy to use as her safety seat during the flight.
I'm thankful @rostitchery has offered to watch Ivy during my workshop and that Barbara & Alli from Blissdom secured childcare for Friday & Saturday (I'm going to use it a couple hours each day.)
I'm thankful my flightmate & roommate @sarahviola doesn't mind I'm bringing Ivy along. She knows we're a package deal for a little while longer. (And at least we get our own beds this time- at Cupcake '10 Sarah, Ivy, and I all shared the same bed!)
I'm thankful our hotel is the hugemongous Opryland Hotel. Plenty of opportunities for us to explore, chase, and photograph. :)
I also hear that all the #BlissdomBabies are like a super big deal. Ivy's packed her best and ready to go. Me on the other hand? That's another story.
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Job security and employment gains can do wonders for bolstering the housing market.
That's a key refrain of economist Joey Von Nessen's latest housing update. He says there's one very good reason home sales are escalating. After suffering through the national recession, buyers have a positive outlook.
"I'm not worried about losing my job," says Von Nessen, Columbia-based economist with the University of South Carolina and RESH Marketing. "That's a tremendous sign of consumer confidence."
He presented his findings on the national, state and Charleston area economy and housing market Aug. 7 at "Recovering and Rebuilding: the 2013 Midyear Market Update" sponsored by the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors. As many as 200 agents and real estate observers attended the event at the Charleston Marriott.
While presenting an upbeat forecast, Von Nessen cautioned not to become "too optimistic, too cocky," noting that the state's economic engine has dragged in recent months largely due to a manufacturing slowdown.
Von Nessen says the halting economy is not unexpected. The impact stems in part from federal payroll deduction changes and government sequestration cutbacks.
That's shown up in the Charleston area economy, which, has posted more sluggish employment gains than most of the state as of late. At the same time, "You can see productivity in Charleston, the highest of anywhere in the state, the highest since 2001." Charleston and Spartanburg were the only metro centers to witness personal income growth, Von Nessen adds.
Focusing on the Charleston housing market, the economist cited a 49.6 percent free-fall in home starts in 2008, then a 30 percent jump by 2010 as a result of the federal first-time homebuyer tax credit. By 2011, when the credit expired, home starts gained a nascent 0.1 percent.
"We essentially borrowed from 2011 in 2010," says Von Nessen, who noted that he and his wife took advantage of the buoyant market blip in 2009 to buy a house.
Since 2011, home starts have rebounded by 32.8 percent.
"This time, it's market driven," Von Nessen says. He expects the increases "to be sustainable long term."
The economist says, "We're looking for a new 'steady state,'" where the housing market rises steadily but doesn't overheat.
"The 1990s were relatively healthy with slow, steady growth," says Von Nessen, who's more convinced that the housing outlook going forward will mirror the 20th century's last decade.
"Things are really beginning to get better," not a temporary blip, he says.
Another encouraging sign: the number of builders reporting a least one sale in the Charleston market skidded from 140 five years ago to 60 in the first quarter of 2013, but Von Nessen sees the drop-off hitting bottom. "We are not eroding builders anymore. I suspect we see this number tick up again."
Home sales in the Charleston market are climbing. "Resales are really dominating right now," he says. Similarly, home prices are showing steady gains. "We've seen growth in four of the last five quarters in home price appreciation."
Analyzing Multiple Listing Service home sales figures, Von Nessen says the numbers point to a steadying market. After a 15.9 percent drop in 2011, prices increased 25.3 percent in 2012 and 25.8 percent this year.
"We are reestablishing consistent levels of growth. That's what we really want," he says.
Still, Von Nessen issued a final word of caution. "We don't want to get too excited. If employment growth is effectively cut in half, expect the growth in the level of sales to slow down with it," he says. "This needs to be in the back of anybody's mind."
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Although established more than 30 years ago, the field of flow cytometry continues to grow and advance. It remains an indispensable tool for clinicians and researchers. The "Northwest Regional Cytometry" meeting held earlier this year focused on cytometry data: mining, modeling, and management.
A number of presentations focused on the two big players, flow and image cytometry that analyze the composition of several components in individual cells utilizing labeled antibodies. New technologies include using acoustics to more accurately align cells, robotics for higher throughput, and supercomputing for rapid desktop analysis. A newer kid on the block is chemical cytometry that employs a suite of analytical tools to characterize a large number of cellular components.
Traditionally, flow cytometry has not been considered a major player for high-throughput drug screening. But there is a paradigm shift afoot, according to J. Paul Robinson, Ph.D., professor of cytomics and professor of biomedical engineering, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University.
Dr. Robinson spoke about flow cytometry and high-throughput screening. "Two outdated ideas in the field of drug discovery are that high-throughput screening is all about imaging and that flow cytometry is a slow, cumbersome technology. This is no longer valid."
Dr. Robinson and colleagues have developed a new format in which all samples from a complex assay are collected in a single file and deconvolved in a time series for sample separation and analysis.
"The fundamental change is that, using high-throughput flow in which thousands of samples can be run quickly, opens the opportunity to a systems approach to assay design. In the past, sampling was done with single tubes. Now we can use 384-well plates to sample and analyze."
The key breakthrough is the use of robotics. "These were developed by Larry Sklar to add cells, buffers, and dyes. Automation provides lower cost, better quality control, and faster results. Further, classification tools allow us to enhance the automation process and provide rapid useful results."
Data analysis is also important. "We are working on this bottleneck and have spawned some solutions to merge high-throughput analysis and high-content screening. Solving this problem will be transformational. A key step is to improve and optimize assay design. We now can utilize 1 microliter volume of cells and from that get many parameters to assess multiple populations of cells, do time courses, dose responses, etc. Instead of doing 25 samples in an hour, with robotics we can do 10,000 samples easily in one afternoon."
Dr. Robinson said scientists need to think differently. "We should be thinking systems biology and flow cytometry, since we want to simultaneously obtain information on multiple pathways and cell operations. Basically, we want instantaneous gratification of data analysis. The good news is that this is now becoming a reality.
"One of the leaders in the systems approach is Garry Nolan who has developed advanced barcoding tools allowing dozens of complex pathways to be studied simultaneously. Nolan's developments have been transformational in increasing sample multiplexing and complexity.
"Data analysis is again one of the limiting issues faced by scientists. Analyzing 15 to 50 simultaneous parameters is not something that current approaches can handle. The increase in complexity and sampling rates is defining a new application space for informatic, high-content flow cytometry."
Garry Nolan, Ph.D., professor, department of microbiology and immunology at Stanford, not surpringly, agreed. "Currently, lab automation is coming along for academics, but it has to be scaled up to become effective. Obviously, we've been able to benefit from the huge investment pharma has made over the years and the innovation that has come from supporting the pharma drug screening market. But I would say that for most purposes, it's still being patched together with duct tape and good programming skills in labs.
"Perhaps the main reason it has not moved out into main use is that a workflow that everyone will use has not been finalized upon as mutually needed by many labs. Thus, the automation still requires maximum flexibility—meaning only a few labs can afford it.
"We think we have identified certain key needs in the staining and preparation of whole blood or cell lines that are amenable to cost-effective, broadly usable automation. We'll see in the next few months whether that comes to pass."
Supercomputing technology is now being applied to process the large amounts of data generated in flow cytometry. "The field of flow cytometry is challenged by two major problems: massive data generation and real-time analysis of the data," reported Bob Zigon, senior staff R&D engineer flow cytometry at Beckman Coulter.
"In about a 13-year period, one pharmaceutical company estimated it had 60 billion parameter/events and 250 gigabytes of flow data. This is a real data-mining challenge."
According to Zigon, the solution is a compact board that Beckman recommends as an option for its Kaluza flow cytometry software. "The NVIDIA Tesla C2050 general purpose processing unit has 3 gigabytes of RAM, 448 processors (as compared to 1–8 on a typical desktop computer), and performs one trillion arithmetic operations per second. This allows Kaluza to process up to 10 million events in real time and offers an analytical speed that is several hundred times faster than other commercially available cytometry software."
In flow cytometry, a user typically employs complex gating techniques to identify subsets of cells. When these subsets are identified, the user then wants statistics such as the mean, median, and standard deviation computed on those sets. The Tesla-enabled version of Kaluza allows for these sets and statistics to be computed in real time. When the feedback from moving the mouse occurs instantaneously, the user is able to quickly explore complicated what-if scenarios without breaks. The net effect is a faster, more reliable means to generate and understand data in real time.
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Hi All,
So this is the first time this has happened, I did my normal trick of changing out the Broadcom wifi in the Lenovo S10 3t with my favorite Atheros 802.11 mini pci-e card.
When I tried to reboot after the install, the BIOS said it had the incorrect card instaled and it should be removed, the netbook would not boot at all.
This could be a little problem if the original Broadcom Mini wifi pci-e card was not available.
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A St. Stephen man died Thursday in a one-vehicle accident on Hoodtown Road.
Kevin Lee Malay, 48, of St. Stephen, died after his pickup truck ran off the roadway and struck several trees, according to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury. The accident occurred at 5:11 p.m., Salisbury said.
Mr. Malay was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the truck, Salisbury reported.
Mr. Malay was pronounced dead on the scene by Coroner Salisbury. His death has been ruled accidental and no other vehicles were involved.
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The latest advances in instrumentation, sample-preparation techniques, and innovative technologies and hybrid applications were among the topics covered at the recent ASMS annual meeting in Denver.
Scientists from the University of Washington (Seattle) and New Objective discussed their use of a nanoLC-MS system to separate and ionize peptides and fragment, and isolate the ions to perform shotgun proteomics. The aim was to evaluate different column and gradient lengths on peak capacity, peptide identification, and suppression.
Edward Hsieh, post doc in the department of genome sciences at the University of Washington, described the advantages of using splitless nanoflow chromatography for separating complex peptide mixtures and the rationale behind the selection of unique peptide identifications and peak capacity as the variables for comparing outcomes when varying column and gradient lengths.
Hsieh noted the large amount of variability in the literature regarding these two chromatographic parameters, and his group hypothesized that longer columns would perform better. The Picofrit columns from New Objective used in the study ranged in length from 10 to 60 cm. The researchers used a nanoAcquity HPLC system (Waters) and a Thermo LTQ-FT Ultra (Thermo Fisher Scientific).
Each sample comprised 1 µg of C. elegans lysate and bovine serum albumin. Each study run compared four column lengths, three gradient lengths for each column length, and three analytical replicates for each of those combinations.
The researchers found that peak capacity increased linearly with column length, but there was not a similar correlation with unique peptide identifications. They hypothesized that the MS scan speed might not have been fast enough to take advantage of the enhanced chromatograph separation.
While the number of unique peptide identifications increased as column and gradient length increased, this was true only up to a point. For example, the 60 cm column showed little to no improvement over the 40 cm column; the 10 cm column run showed little improvement when going from a 60 to 90 minute gradient length versus from 30 to 60 minutes; and the 30 minute gradient run showed no improvement beyond a 10 cm column length.
Kenneth Lewis, Ph.D., CEO of OpAns, also presented work done in collaboration with New Objective. He described methods for steroid analysis using nanospray MS as "a work in progress." The main advantage is the ability to use small sample volumes, which is particularly beneficial when working with pediatric samples or for serial sampling from small animal models such as mice. This requires high sensitivity in the pg/mL range.
Dr. Lewis's group used the Agilent 1200 SL liquid chromatograph coupled to an Agilent 6410 triple quadrupole HotBox mass spectrometer run in electrospray ionization (ESI) mode. They added an online automatic splitter from Analytical Scientific Instruments, which determines the high and low flow rates and automatically adjusts the flow to maintain the desired rate.
Although nanospray steroid assays are not yet better than conventional assays, they are improving, Dr. Lewis concluded. He described the nanospray technology they employed as robust and easy to use, with good sensitivity and about a 10-minute injection-to-injection interval.
Reid Brennen, a scientist from Agilent Technologies said that microfluidic devices for LC-MS applications provide low dispersion and minimize sample loss and can be readily integrated with a nano-LC column with an ESI contact. The microfluidic chips he described are stackable, with each layer providing additional functionality. He cited several benefits of microfluidics for LC-MS, including the potential for increased complexity and integrated workflows, reduced sample and media volumes, higher throughput, and shorter run times.
One challenge in designing the chips was the need for higher pressures and stronger materials to support larger columns. In 2010, Agilent developed a multilayer metal technology that made it possible to bond together metal chips. The company uses electrochemical etching to create ports, an LC column and various types of channels, transfer channels, frits, and an enrichment column/sample loop, for example.
The system now in development comprises an Agilent 1200 LC system, a modified Agilent 4240 Chip Cube, an Agilent 6520 Q-TOF MS, and the experimental metal chip devices. In his talk, Brennen described the analysis of a BSA digest using this system and reported good or better sequence coverage as compared to a polyimide chip, without loss of peptides.
Jinyuan Wang and William Schnute, scientists at Dionex, talked about their use of capillary ion chromatography mass spectrometry (IC-MS). Classic capillary ion chromatography is complementary to reverse-phase LC, is carried out in capillary tubes, and is incompatible with MS analysis.
Wang described the use of an eluant generator, which electrolytically generates an ultrapure, reproducible mobile phase. A suppressor converts the mobile phase to deonized (DI) water, making it compatible with ESI-MS analysis.
Wang emphasized the importance of optimizing the ESI source parameters for the particular application, including the ESI probe depth, ESI voltage, and proximity of the spray tip to the MS. Modifying the gauge of the capillary and use of a desolvation solvent can greatly improve the sensitivity of the system.
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WASHINGTON – The president of Sudan has inexplicably pardoned a man who aided the jailbreak that allowed the murderers of a Buffalo-born foreign aid worker to escape, and the State Department and Rep. Brian Higgins are outraged about it.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir recently pardoned Mubarak Mustafa, who had been convicted of helping the murderers of John M. Granville to flee from prison through a sewage pipe.
"The pardoning of Mustafa runs counter to previous assurances by the Government of Sudan to hold accountable all those involved in the murder of Granville and Rahama or those responsible in any way," the State Department said in a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum.
Higgins, a Buffalo Democrat, was more blunt. Asked for his reaction to Mustafa's release, Higgins said: "Bastards!"
Officials at the Sudanese Embassy here did not return phone calls seeking comment on Mustafa's pardon, which was first reported by the Sudan Tribune.
Granville, 33, who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, was killed along with Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama,a Sudanese colleague, while leaving a New Year's Eve party in Khartoum on Jan. 1, 2008, in what U.S. officials called a terrorist act.
A Sudanese court said Mustafa was an accomplice in the 2010 prison break that allowed four men who had been sentenced to death in connection with Granville's murder to escape. One of the escapees was quickly recaptured and another died in Somalia in 2011, but two of them – Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim and Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj Hamad – remain at large.
The State Department, which has offered rewards of up to $10 million for information leading to the capture of the two fugitives, portrayed the pardon as both a miscarriage of justice and a betrayal.
"In the interest of justice, we urge the Government of Sudan to immediately rescind the pardon and return Mustafa to prison to serve out his term," the State Department said in its statement. "Failure to retract this pardon is contrary to the commitment of both the United States and Sudan to combat terrorism and hold accountable those responsible for terrorist acts."
Higgins wrote to Secretary of State John F. Kerry, saying: "I encourage you to continue to bring the full weight of our diplomatic resources to bear to effect the repeal of Mustafa's pardon and the capture of Hamad and Mohamed."
In a telephone interview from the Republic of Georgia, where he is on a congressional trip, Higgins termed the pardon "very, very disappointing, particularly to the Granville family."
Money plays a big role in the criminal-justice system in Sudan, which is "deeply corrupt," said Higgins, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who has traveled to the region.
"This is deeply disappointing but not surprising," Higgins added. "It's typical of a failed government, typical of a failed state."
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TYRONE - Jordan Kirsch shot a 69 on Tuesday at the District 6 Class AAA Qualifier held at Sinking Valley Country Club, which helped the Hollidaysburg boys golf team advance to the District 6 Class AAA championships next week.
Kirsch was the top golfer on Tuesday to advance to the individual championships, which will also be held next week, Oct. 9 and 10, at the Scotch Valley Country Club in Hollidaysburg.
The Tigers shot a 314 as a team to finish second to State College, which finished first at 312. Finishing behind Kirsch were Nolan Robbins (79), Hunter Shields (81), Grant Delozier (83), Jerome Landry (85) and David Snyder (85). Robbins, who finished sixth, also qualified for the championships, as did Shields, who finished tied for ninth.
State College's Ben Gelenberg led his team with a 74.
Altoona qualified one of its golfers - Trentin Martin - who led the Mountain Lions with a 78. As a team, the Mountain Lions finished fifth out of the seven teams.
The following is a list of the top 10 golfers who qualified for next week's championship.
Jordan Kirsch, Hollidaysburg, 69; Ben Gelenberg, State College, 74; Steve Yaros, Somerset, 76; Trentin Martin, Altoona, 78; Tyrus Gates, State College, 78; Nolan Robbins, Hollidaysburg, 79; Kevin Zuercher, State College, 80; Ethan Kasales, State College, 80; Hunter Shields, Hollidaysburg, 81; Alex Stover, State College, 81.
Team scores
State College (312): Ben Gelenberg, 74; Tyrus Gates, 78; Kevin Zuercher, 80; Ethan Kasales, 80; Alex Stover, 81; Ben Berkman, 97.
Hollidaysburg (314): Jordan Kirsch, 69; Nolan Robbins, 79; Hunter Shields, 81; Grant Delozier, 83; Jerome Landry, 95; David Snyder, 85.
Altoona (361): Trentin Martin, 78; Andrew Burlingame, 91; Chris Curfman, 95; Derek Fink, 97; Cody Hoffman, 101; Thad Zitsch, 103.


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on March 27, 2013 - 8:41 PM
LOCKPORT – A Cambria woman will be sentenced to either one year in Niagara County Jail or five years' probation after accepting a plea bargain Wednesday in connection with two 2011 drugstore break-ins.
County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas set sentencing May 22 for Katherine E. Billingsley, 22, of Lower Mountain Road, who admitted to third-degree burglary.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph A. Scalzo said Billingsley drove burglar Alexander J. Shelbayeh, 23, of Wilson, to the crime scenes but never entered the stores herself.
Billingsley agreed to pay $2,500 restitution to the former owner of Peterson Drug Co. in Newfane, which was burglarized May 18, 2011. The other burglary occurred Feb. 9, 2011, at Wilson Community Pharmacy. Shelbayeh is on parole after serving nine months in state prison.
The plea satisfied an indictment that also accused Billingsley of taking part in the forgery of checks stolen from a Cambria man in September 2012. Co-defendant Shane M. Phillips, 25, of Baer Road, Cambria, is awaiting sentencing in that case.


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Deer hunters - at least those who haven't already marched into the woods this morning for rifle season's opening day - might want to pile a few layers under their orange vests before stepping out the door.
Temperatures through much of the region are likely to stay in the 30s or low 40s, meteorologists said Sunday, though more snow to help hunters spot their targets won't arrive until opening day is over.
"It will be cold, but not as cold as the past few days," Accuweather meteorologist Eric Leister said.
That means seasonably pleasant, if chilly, weather for Pennsylvania's unofficial work holiday, which is expected to feature hundreds of thousands of hunters setting out from Erie to the Delaware River.
"It's a pretty good day," said Kevin Fitzgerald, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in State College.
Dry air and no precipitation will equal good visibility, Fitzgerald said, and winds will likely be breezy at most.
Those roaming the state game lands along the mountain ridge west of Altoona are in for colder weather, he said. The low-lying valleys could reach the 40s today.
Sunrise, the season's official start, was projected for 7:13 a.m. according to The Weather Channel, though the state Game Commission website's prominent countdown clock placed the time more than 40 minutes earlier.
Blair County hunters hoping for easy targets set against a white backdrop will be disappointed Monday, the meteorologists said, but a weak low-pressure system to the south could bring at least an inch of snow to much of the region by Tuesday.
"That would be good news for the hunters," Leister said.
Parts of Bedford County, as well as southern Blair and Cambria counties, could get 2 to 3 inches in time for the season's second day, he said.
"They won't have it for the first day of hunting season, but they may get it by Tuesday," Fitzgerald said.
And for some lucky hunters in parts of Cambria County - including Lee Stanek of Hastings, owner of Bub's Hunting and Archery Supplies - snow has already piled up on the ground, making for a hopeful season start.
"If there's no snow on the ground, they can walk by you and you wouldn't even know," said Stanek, who noted that the bracing temperatures could make for less sluggish deer. "I think it should be a good day."


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If it was me, this would happen, I can guarantee it:I'd pick up the glass and the seller would come over and say, "That's Whitefriars that is, can let you have them for £50. We threw the box away this morning because it was a bit dusty. But it must be rare and valuable Whitefriars, because the box didn't say Whitefriars on it."Oh, I miss going to antique fairs - I seem to have this conversation at every other stall.
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MARTINSBURG - Delving into the spicy world of Cajun cuisine can sometimes be like jumping into the deep end of a very chilly pool.
Rest assured, the water is just fine at Fat Tuesdays Grille and Bar, a New Orleans-inspired eatery in Martinsburg.
Perhaps the most striking thing about all the dishes prepared at Fat Tuesdays is the care taken in preparing the food and their consideration for your palate. There's plenty of spice and heat if you want it, but you don't have to worry about an all-out assault on your taste buds.
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The Shrimp Po' Boy is loaded with large shrimp and is a classic New Orleans-inspired favorite.
You will only break a sweat if you want to.
Here's a look at some of the dishes:
For an appetizer, we had the Cajun Chicken. The crunchy breading and the tender, juicy chicken breast made this dish a good one. A lovely surprise is the honey dijon mustard dipping sauce that came with the dish. This sauce is the boss; it's almost worth ordering the dish just to try it.
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Web address: www.fattuesdayswv.com
For the main course, we had the following dishes:
Gumbo: This dish was a taste of the harbor with shrimp, chicken, rice and a good seafood flavor. The spices came on the side, but when stirred in, added a good healthy kick, making it a very authentic effort at a classic dish from New Orleans.
Shrimp Po' Boy: Chocked full of juicy jumbo shrimp, this hearty sandwich was a treat. The thing that stuck about this offering was the way the shrimp were prepared: juicy, fully cooked but not overcooked - perfect. The sandwich was seasoned with nice tartar sauce, and it came with a load of seasoned fries that were also very tasty. The fries at this restaurant are worth trying by themselves.
Storyville: This sandwich is essentially a meal on a bun. It includes marinated andouille sausage topped with sauteed peppers and onions then smothered with red beans and Swiss cheese. The sausage has a good spicy kick to it, and the rest of the toppings complement the sandwich rather nicely.
The desserts at Fat Tuesdays are all by Sweet Inspirations, which means that no matter what you get, you'll be pleased. We had the Red Velvet Cheese Cake. The combination of the classic cheesecake flavor with a smooth chocolate flavor was a winner.
The prices are decent. There's something to suit all tastes and all spending constraints. The sandwiches - with the exception of the Chesapeake Burger - are all under $10. The po' boys all run from $9 to $12. The entrees run from $14.95 on the cheap end to $21.95 on the expensive end.
The atmosphere at Fat Tuesdays is cozy. The service is good, and there's a complete bar. The food is a solid representation of cajun-inspired cuisine, tempered to the local palate. This eatery does a good job of taking care of the details - right down to the kind of hot sauce (Crystal) available at each table.
All things considered, Fat Tuesdays is a good place to explore cajun cuisine without going off the deep end and a solid addition to the culinary scene in Martinsburg.


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Humanists to Meet in Abuja
All is now set for the historic convention of the Nigerian Humanist Movement to be held on September 23 to 24 at Vines Hotel Durumi in Abuja. The event will be the first meeting of the county's growing community of atheists, agnostics, freethinkers,secularists and skeptics at the Federal Capital of Nigeria. Many friends of humanists and supporters of humanism and freethought including university teachers and students will attend. The theme of the convention is HUMANISM AS THE NEXT STEP.
This convention marks the 15th anniversary of the Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM).
The event is taking place at a crucial time Nigeria is grappling with the problems of religious extremism, superstition and related human rights abuses.
Some years ago Nigeria was polled as one the most religious nation on earth. It may still remain the case today. The fact is that most Nigerians, at least nominally, profess one religion-mainly Christianity or Islam- or the other. Most Nigerians identify with the faith of their families, communities and tribes. Few Nigerians are openly and expressly non religious. All Nigerians are pressured socially and politically to be religious and to remain religious. So most Nigerians who are non religious and who renounce religion remain in the closet. NHM provides a sense of community to all non religious and non theistic Nigerians and strives to bring a humanist perspective to issues of national importance.
Religion has not always been a force for good, peace and harmony in the country. In fact religion has caused a lot of division, hatred, intolerance and conflict. Religion has been used to sanctify and justify evil, harm and atrocious acts. Divided into a largely muslim North and a Christian south, adherents of the two faiths often clash and kill one another. There is widespread discrimination on the basis of religion across the country. Religious indoctrination is prevalent in Nigerian families, schools, colleges and universities. In the past few years, religious violence in the North central city of Jos has left at least 1000 people dead and several thousands injured. Not less than 10,000 Nigerians have lost their lives to sectarian violence since Independence.
The religious bloodletting is perpetrated mainly by islamists and jihadists in Northern Nigeria who want to enforce sharia law and enthrone an Islamic state by force.
In August, a bomb blast allegedly carried out by a local islamist group, the Boko Haram, at the UN building in Abuja left at least 23 people dead. Hundreds of people have been shot and killed by suspected members of this dreaded sect. The Nigerian government has proved incompetent and incapable of handling and resolving the protracted religious crisis in the country.
Many Nigerian children who are branded witches or wizards by pastors, prophets and witch doctors are beaten, tortured and sometimes killed. Most penticostal churches are prosecuting witch hunts across the country. They subject innocent Nigerians particularly elderly persons, women, children, and people with disabilities to torture, inhuman and degrading treatment in the name of exorcism. Many Nigerians have lost their lives to ritualists who harvest their body parts for sacrifice. The belief that human beings can harm others through witchcraft is still very strong. The practice of witchcraft accusations and ritual sacrifice is widespread. Lack of political will and corruption in the police and justice system continue to hamper efforts to address these problems. Will Nigeria be able to take the rational step of humanism? Will Nigerians abandon superstition and embrace science, reason and critical thinking? Will the secularists be able to stop the advance of islamists and their Christian counterparts? Will Nigerians allow theocrats to overun their democracy? Or will Nigerians be able to sustain the constitutional wall separating religion and state?
For two days, participants will be brainstorming on these questions and issues. They will be articulating a humanist response to the challenges facing Nigeria early in this 21st century. Prof Uzodinma Nwala of the Nassarawa State University, will keynote the Opening while Prof Steve Okecha and Dr Jide Akeredolu will make lead presentations. Humanist rights activists working and campaigning against witchcraft accusation and ritual killing will share their thoughts and experiences. There will be interventions from representatives of the Albino Foundation, World Coalition against the Death Penalty, anti caste campaign and sexual minority groups. The convention will be concluded with a World Humanist Day Lecture, titled The Challenge of Humanism, to be delivered by Graham Knight.


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LORETTO - Practice.
Practice is what seemed to separate Hollidaysburg seventh-grader Rohan Gupta from 13 other competitors at the regional St. Francis University Spelling Bee here Saturday.
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Rohan Gupta of Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School sits between his parents, Anju (left) and Pawan, after winning the St. Francis University spelling bee Saturday. Last year, Rohan competed in Pittsburgh and finished sixth. If he wins this year, he'll compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 26-June 1.
Rohan won, so he - along with second place finisher John Rose of Frankstown Elementary School and third-place finisher Ben Pisano of Ligonier - will compete at the Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee in Pittsburgh next month.
Rohan has been studying words about 30 minutes a day since November, when his school relaunched its participation in the regional bee after a hiatus of a few years, because of Rohan's enthusiasm for it.
His parents - both doctors - quizzed him at their home to get him ready.
Alone among Saturday's competitors, he made no mistakes.
"He has the form of a winner," said bee coordinator Lauri Chose, assistant professor of English at the university.
That form includes a policy of taking advantage on most words of the competitor's prerogative to have the word used in a sentence by the moderator and repeated an extra time.
At first, that might seem like stalling for lack of confidence.
But Rohan's deliberate, careful, steady and confident enunciation of each letter belied that idea.
The youngster's victory required him to spell eight words, including augury in the first round, diaphanous in the second and jitney in the third, before the final spelloff.
Ten of the 14 participants went out in the first round, which had the moderator in a panic for a while, according to Chose - who was anxious herself about the mass exodus of competitors.
That mainly showed a lack of practice, because all of those words were in the study book contestants receive, Chose said.
As far as she knows, the moderator never got beyond the "book" words throughout the competition Sunday, she said.
The second round served to bring the field to three.
Then Rohan got his next word right, while John and Ben Pisano misspelled theirs.
That led a spelloff between John and Ben for the privilege of going against Rohan for the championship.
It went several rounds.
Both got gelato wrong.
Then Ben got pantheon, John got apostate, Ben got paucity, John got aviation, Ben got impossible.
Both flubbed authoritative.
Then John got chastise, Ben got enterprise, John got cooperate, Ben got societal, and John got contrivance.
Ben flubbed sentient, however, and John got sentient right and cemented his place in the final by spelling relentlessly.
In that final, Rohan got commodity, John got deodorant, Rohan got apportion, John got anxiety, Rohan got vernal and John finally missed quantitative.
Rohan got the victory by spelling quantitative and monitory.
He was so pumped by then he forgot about his policy of asking that final word to be used in a sentence and repeated.
"I guess I wanted to get it over with," he said.
"We have our champion," the moderator stated.
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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Academic BackgroundDr. Iwona Irwin-Zarecka holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and is a specialist in the areas of collective memory; contemporary Polish-Jewish relations; Holocaust memory; media and culture; science, technology, and society.
She has published Frames of Remembrance: The Dynamics of Collective Memory (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1994. ) and Neutralizing Memory: The Jew in Contemporary Poland (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1989 (paperback edition, 1990)).
She is continuing research on the dynamics of collective memory, with the focus now on the meta-theoretical questions about the criteria used when judging some ways of remembering "right" and other "wrong". She is examining case studies of disputes surrounding problematic pasts and conducting international comparisons; she is updating research on Polish-Jewish memory confrontations, and with the help of undergraduate students, collecting data on "marketing the past" in North America.
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Monday, June 9, 2014
Mary Cumbee called it her worst nightmare when her child could not be found, and as the night went on, she began to fear the worst.
On Sunday June 1, Cumbees son Buddy and his friends Kaleb Caddell and Jessica Jessup took the family boat out for a day on Lake Moultrie.
It was a perfect day, Caddell said. Sunny, blue skies, nice puffy clouds, a great day to be on the lake.
But in a matter of seconds, that great day turned into a nightmare for the three boaters, and especially Mary Cumbee.
You know something is wrong because you know they are supposed to be home by now, but its getting late and we havent heard a word from Buddy, or anyone, she said. We didnt know where they were and we couldnt find them.
Thats when Calvin Cumbee Sr. called the Berkeley County Rescue Squad.
We knew they were late and were supposed to be back by 5:30 p.m. but it was now getting dark and we hadnt heard anything from them at all. We were scared.
According to Caddell, he and his friends were spending an afternoon on the lake in their boat, something they had done a hundred times before.
We grew up on Lake Moultrie and weve been out on the lake like this so many times over the years growing up, he said. So boating safety was something our parents drilled into us. We are so thankful they did because when the wave hit the back of the boat and it capsized, we didnt have any time to think.
Cumbee called it a rogue wave, one that came out of nowhere to wash over the back of the boat.
It just hit us and the next thing we know were sinking.
Thinking fast, the three pulled out their cellphones and started calling anyone and everyone on their contact lists that might answer.
We just kept dialing, Caddell said, Hoping somebody would pick up, anybody would pick up. Buddys call connected as we went into the water. Mine didnt.
Calvin Sr. said when he listened to the call on voice mail he heard what he called, a swirling, rushing sound, like water.
What Cumbee Sr. heard, according to Caddell, was the sound of Buddys cellphone sinking to the bottom of the lake.
Berkeley County Rescue Squad Chief Bill Salisbury told the members of the rescue squad assembled for their weekly meeting, This is the way calls are supposed to turn out. We had a happy ending tonight when it so easily could have turned out tragically.
The third boater, Jessica Jessup, didnt say much during the meeting or afterward during interviews, saying she didnt want to start crying again.
It was the most frightening night of my life, she said in a small voice. I dont remember much of anything near the end. I just remember holding on to the cooler and being so cold.
What possibly saved the lives of the three was Cumbee and Caddells quick thinking just after their boat capsized.
Caleb immediately swam under the boat and grabbed everything he could get his hands on that would float, Calvin Sr. said. He pulled out lifejackets and the cooler, anything they could hold onto.
It was 1:30 a.m. before rescue squad members found the overturned boat and its three occupants clinging to the hull for dear life.
I remember seeing the search lights and knowing wed been found, Jessup said. That was about it.
We were out there in the middle of the lake, Caddell added. And it was so dark out there we couldnt see each other at all and we were just a few feet apart.
They knew to stay with the boat and not try to swim for shore.
We were too far out in the water and we knew if one of us or all of us tried to swim for shore they would have three or four searches to conduct instead of just one search.
Salisbury said Caddell, Cumbee and Jessups body core temperatures were at 73 degrees when they were found.
It was cold out there and being in the water for that long isnt good, he said. There were two of them in pretty bad shape. They wouldnt have survived much longer in the water.
Salisbury implored boaters to practice boating safety tips when heading out for a trip on Lake Moultrie.
Always file a float plan, he said. That way somebody knows where you put in, how long you plan to be out on the water and when you are expected to return. Also, keep a charged cellphone handy so you can make that emergency call if trouble arises.
The three spent the night in the hospital and were treated for exposure and hypothermia.
We are so thankful that you cared enough about us not to give up, Caddell told the assembled rescue squad members, his voice choking with emotion.
We are standing here today talking with you because you did not give up.
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MIFFLINTOWN - Contemporary Christian singer Jamie Grace was once just a pastor's kid with a YouTube video.
Jamie Grace will bring her "Do Life Big" Tour to Cedar Grove Brethren in Christ Church this Sunday in Mifflintown. The concert begins at 6 p.m. and doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $20.
Five years ago, the 22 year-old originally from Atlanta, Ga., would never have dreamed of leading her own concert tour or being under the record label headed by Christian rapper Toby Mac.
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Jamie Grace, contemporary Christian singer, will bring her 'Do Life Big' tour to Cedar Grove Brethren in Christ Church this Sunday in Mifflintown. The concert begins at 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $20.
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The love of music began for her early in life as her family settled in Atlanta when she was only 2 1/2 years old.
"I've basically been a pastor's kid my whole life," she said this week during a phone interview.
She said she always wanted to be involved in the church one way or another.
"I was like 5 and working on the sound system at church," she said with a laugh.
As she grew, her interests varied as they do for most young girls.
"When I was 7, I wanted to be a circus trainer, a singer and an actress," she said.
But when she was around 13 years old, her heart leaned ever closer toward music. Her mom was the church worship leader and the pre-teen asked her if she could learn more about what she did.
"I always tell young people if you want to be a worship leader, you should walk up to your church's worship leader and say, 'Hey, can we have coffee and just talk about what you do?'" Jamie Grace said, adding that if teens want to be a drummer or a guitarist in a Christian band, they should find someone they admire who plays that instrument and ask them to get together.
As the teen years pressed on for Jamie Grace, she had a yearning to focus more and more on music. She began writing her own material and posting videos of herself singing on YouTube.
When she was around 18 years old, TobyMac happened to catch one of these videos and wanted to meet her.
"I was just like, 'Wow,'" she recalled.
Jamie Grace said the first concert she ever attended was a DC Talk show in which TobyMac was involved.
This made the decision to travel to Nashville even sweeter to the teen. TobyMac was not the only one to see the video and become interested. Country music group Sugarland also showed interest in the teenager as did Alicia Keys.
Christian music is where Jamie Grace wanted to be, and TobyMac was the one to help her get there. After meeting for ice cream at a cafe in Nashville, the superstar rapper signed Jamie Grace to his label, Gotee Records. Her first single, "Hold Me," was a hit on Christian radio immediately.
"It's been pretty crazy," she said ever since that meeting four years ago. "I have people walk up to me when I'm in Target and say "Are you Jamie Grace?' And I ask them 'How did you know that?'"
"I take it as a blessing for sure," she said.
Jamie Grace released her second album, "Ready to Fly," in January. This album, she said, is very much about what is on her heart.
"I always have so much to say. This album could have 100 songs," she said. "Some of the songs I write are just me and the piano and are exactly how it sounds on the record. "
She typically writes a verse and a chorus and then goes to either TobyMac or her sister, Morgan Harper Nichols. Both have co-written much of Jamie Grace's material, and Harper Nichols is on tour with Jamie Grace. She will perform this Sunday at Cedar Grove along with the male group NOW.
Jamie Grace's current hit "Beautiful Day" came together one day in the studio while she sang some melodies with her producer.
"I wrote that song because, when we say something is beautiful, we say it because everything is ok. But in Psalms it says this is the day the Lord has made. It's not just about the days when things are going good," she explained. "God is good in death, life, grieving ... it's still a beautiful day, and God is still worthy of being glorified. He's still holy."
It's these upbeat songs about life and God's work in it that keeps her fans wanting more. Many of those fans are still in junior high school.
She takes the idea of being a role model very seriously. It's a title she holds close to her heart and wants to live up to.
"If I stand up on stage and 350 of the people there are young girls 16 and under - it's all about them," she said.
Jamie Grace said she wants to uplift Christ and uplift others at the same time.
"If that's what I am here to do, then I count it a privilege," she said.
Jamie Grace said she sees these girls at her concerts and meets with them.
"I see them as my little sisters in Christ," she said.
Jamie Grace is also a college graduate with a degree in child development. She has a home next door to her parents and said she is living her dream. Still, she said, she can hardly believe she is living this life God has given her.
"So many people my age are out there wondering what they should do with their life. I am overwhelmed with gratitude," she added, noting she could lose her voice or the radio could stop playing her songs. "But God has given me a stability. I have a full time job. I have my dream job. And I'm a role model to little girls."
Jamie Grace is living each day like it's a beautiful day.


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In a clip of the episode, Spears reacts by screaming multiple times, making a wacky face – and swearing – when lightning strikes and thunder booms during auditions in Greensboro, N.C.
"Are you okay?" asks a giggling Demi Lovato, who doesn't seem too concerned about the weather.
"Oh my god!" says Spears, "That [expletive] is scary as [expletive]."
"I spit all over you, I'm sorry," she adds to Lovato. "We need to get outta here."


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MacT Comments before the Calgary Game
Some things are coming into view for this year's edition of the Edmonton Oilers. Coach MacT said today that "we've said from the start we have no interest in the status quo" and that is beginning to come into view in a lot of areas.
In his interview with the media this morning, MacTavish began by singing the praises of Andrew Cogliano: "He's productive offensively, really like the speed he brings, solid 4×4. We want to give him lots of time to get indoctrinated into the NHL pace. Once the checking closes in we'll see if he's as productive as he has been (so far)."
More Cogs: "He's scoring and looks to be dependable defensively. He's a good positional player."
Jacques: "I think he's playing better. I've noticed he has more composure with the puck, the play doesn't die with him as much as it has in the past. He's getting his hits in."
Matt Greene: "He's not at the level he needs to be for the start of the season. We're counting heavily on him, we need him to be at the level he was at last year. Anything short of that is going to put us in a very vulnerable position defensively. He and Laddy have both struggled together."
Horcoff: "Maybe 5 on 5 it's more important for his role to be on a 2nd or 3rd line 5 on 5. The minutes will be there, maybe at times he'll be playing 1st line minutes. Maybe his name won't be with Penner and Hemsky immediately. We need a dynamic scorer, and Horc for all his strengths is not a 100 point scorer in our mind. You need a guy who can be a 90 point or point per game player in that position, so we're going to entertain looking at someone else there 5 on 5." NOTE: He is speaking about having one of Cogliano, Gagner and Schremp as the 1line center and Horcoff's role.
Interesting stuff. At a guess, it sound like he's thinking:
Jacques, Thoresen


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Perfect Purple Bag
I have long been on the hunt for a purple leather tote that would 1) hold my laptop and necessary peripherals (pens, cords, letter-size circa notebook [1-inch rings], 3x5 notecards,...Read complete review
I have long been on the hunt for a purple leather tote that would 1) hold my laptop and necessary peripherals (pens, cords, letter-size circa notebook [1-inch rings], 3x5 notecards, the occasional book, etc.) and 2) had a long enough handle drop to accommodate my (rather large) upper arms. The Fortunata Tote is the Holy Grail. Not only does it carry everything I need it to on a daily basis (NB: I carry a purse as well, so I don't try to cram too much into the tote), it also works for travel, holding my kindle, my phone/wallet, my glasses case, and other necessities in addition to the day-to-day work equipment and supplies. It's clearly the high-quality, long-lasting, hard-wearing leather that I've come to expect from Levenger bags. I look forward to years of use out of this sturdy and highly attractive bag!
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The quality of the bag is excellent as one would expect from Levenger.Be smart about why you are ordering this bag. It is a black hole style, as 'tote' would...Read complete review
The quality of the bag is excellent as one would expect from Levenger.Be smart about why you are ordering this bag. It is a black hole style, as 'tote' would suggest. At the same time, it's snug. It doesn't fit a 14" laptop with circa notebook and work binder with wallet, phone, and 'personal items.' There are only 2 inner pockets, whereas all other Levenger products that I've owned were made to provide distinct organization. I am still trying to find additional bags to place within this one to create a placement system for regularly used items. (I bought a pen case, and Your Bag Your Way.) Two side pockets on this tote are for documents only. This is obviously not the fault of Levenger, just don't want someone to order this under the wrong impression.
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Exactly what I wanted
By LP
from Minnesota
Comments about Levenger Fortunata Tote:
Great color. I already own this bag in brown and have been wanting to buy the purple. Finally a good sale made the price reasonable for me and I jumped at it. I am a college professor. I can fit my small laptop, my circa letter size planner and a stack of papers for grading. Love it. I agree with the other reviewers that I wish it still had the inner divider pocket.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Great work bag
By Train traveler
from California
I travel to work via train everyday, the slip pockets are fantastic and convenient. The slip pockets are very deep so no worries about a zipper closure. The inside has a lot of room which is important. The cost was great, I waited for a terrific sale then purchased my bag. I love my bag.
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The exact bag I was looking for to replace an old favorite!
By PMR
from San Bruno, CA
I purchased a tote from Levenger many many years ago. So much so that the color is fading, but it's still my favorite tote for trips, customer visits, going to meetings, and for classes where many things of different dimensions need to be brought. I saw this tote, I read the reviews, found a discount day and ordered it. I love it...it is almost the same size as my old favorite, but can hold my 15 inch laptop with no problem and room to spare. It stands up nicely. I have used it first for voice class holding my Levenger Softfolio pad with my sheet music, my Levenger Carrezza leather hobo bag, and my water bottle; with room to spare. Great value and quality. I don't need a lot of compartments, I just wanted something with long handles, leather, the right size, and a full zipper across the top of the main compartment. This was just what I wanted.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
By Ami
from Boston, MA
Great quality but a dissapointment.
By ninita
from SC
The quality is outstanding as always, but I was disappointed because this version is not as versatile as the one that I have been using for 8 years. The outside pockets have no zipper, so I cannot use them for items that can come out, like keys, iphone, etc. This is especially important to me when I have to put the bag in plane storage bin. So, it works OK for every day use (car, office), but I cannot take it with me in plane trips. There is a single compartment for everything and only one internal pocket with zipper. My old bag had two compartment separated by zippered middle sleeve where I used to store things that I do not need all the time, like personal effects, passport, etc. I never used the side compartment for a water bottle as intended, but it was great for sunglasses and a small medicine bottle. I have to get a new bag because one of the handles is coming apart at the seams and I cannot afford to lose one handle while while going through security or immigration. In the new bag, everything has to go in one single compartment, which makes it difficult to put the computer back in, without taking out the umbrella, the notebooks, the wallet, and anything else I happen to need that day in the bag. If I find a leather shop that can replace the handle in my old bag while maintaining the current length and the appearance, I will go not use again the new bag.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Merchant response: Thank you so much for your detailed review of the Fortunata Tote. Your concerns regarding the available compartments have been forwarded to our product development team. We stand by our products and go the extra mile to ensure that our customers are delighted with every purchase. We apologize that the tote did not fully suit your needs. You will be contacted shortly to discuss a resolution.
(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
Disappointing - Not the Fortunata Style I Valued
By Gambero
from Cumming, GA
As a devoted Fortunata Fan, I knew the quality of the bag would be excellent and it was. However, this new "Fortunata Tote" is not what it used to be. I purchased my first Fortunata Tote in 2010, and I was thrilled to see it available in Grape. The color is a subtle, lovely deep purple. I own two Fortunata Totes - red and brown - that I use for work and travel. Unfortunately, this new style, as another reviewer noted, is a significant downgrade in the bag's functionality. There are fewer pockets, no place for pens (or my Levenger Carezza Double Pen Sleeve), no center pocket (very important!), and no key fob. The original Fortunata was useful and provided a distinct organization benefit. This bag is essentially black hole style bag. I am sorry to say that even at the sale price, this new tote with fewer features is not a good value for me. Sadly, it is being returned.
Merchant response: Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences while using our Fortunata Tote. We apologize that it was not what you expected. Our product development team will be notified of your concerns and suggestions to include more organizational features. Keeping our customers happy is very important to us, and we enjoy hearing about changes and enhancements that customers feel will make our products more useful and attractive. If you should need further assistance please contact our customer service center at 1-800-544-0880. Thank you for your continued patronage.
(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
By levenger fan
from vermont
Merchant response: Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback on our Fortunata Tote. Your comments concerning the style of this bag have been communicated to our product development team for review. We apologize this product did not completely meet your expectations. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service, and the complete satisfaction of our customers is very important to us. Please contact our customer service center at 1-800-544-0880 if you should need further assistance.
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I love this bag.
By FloatingLiz
from Portland Oregon
I love this bag. It's large enough to fit my small laptop and writing pad but isn't heavy when full. The inside and outside pockets are very convenient. The straps stay on my shoulder well. The leather's really nice, it feels and smells really good.
Almost perfect
By JBE616
from Undisclosed
I loved this bag at first, but it now slumps and isn't holding its shape. It's perfect if you limit use to carrying or hanging and not expect it to "stand."
Merchant response: Levenger is grateful for your review of our Fortunate Tote. I'm sorry to hear that you were displeased with your purchase. Your concerns have been forwarded to our product development team for review. Providing our customers with the best possible service is very important to us, and we offer a 100% guarantee. If you would like to return this item, please contact our customer service center at 1-800-545-0242. We would be happy to send you a pre-paid label, so you don't have to incur the cost of shipping it back.
Excellent Purchase
By friendofHB
from TN
This product was just the right combination of looking slim-lined and professional while also being able to carry quite a bit. It holds letter and legal files, iPads and iPhones, has pockets to hold other items so you don't necessarily have to carry a purse. It also "stands on its own" easily, which is a big plus. Purchased the dark eggplant, which was the right balance for me, colorful but professional. Bought it when it was on sale, which made it an even better value.
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HTC One X+ vs iPhone 5
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1. SK_007 (Posts: 17; Member since: 02 Jun 2011)
What else can be expected form Daniel P?
As always a pathetic and biased comparison by Iphonearena!!!
5. MeoCao (unregistered)
LOL another "draw" for the scratchy phone with 5 year old OS.
32. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
I hope my parents give me the galaxy notes 2 on Christmas or any other awesome phone out there
2. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
And the WINNER is: HTC One X+
17. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
..by a landslide
26. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
and iPhone falls by the wayside.
37. gelo0291 (Posts: 16; Member since: 06 Nov 2012)
...near the trash can.
3. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3789; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Anytime, anywhere, anyplace, any-year, any country...i'll take the HOX+ over the iP5.
22. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
any planet.. any galaxy.. any universe.. any life..
notice that compared to the SGS3, the HOX+ is also beaten in terms of camera quality and more or less wins in other categories..
And compared to the iPhone, it loses in that area, too..
So if the camera is better, I'm sure the HOX+ will be so much win..
35. LionStone (Posts: 743; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)
Oh man , the camera on the HTC has 10x more functionality and feature rich...and something was off on some of those comparison photos...the distances were off on one anyway, it looked like the i5 was zoomed in closer??
AND he failed to mention that HTC device can equally have photos saved to a 'cloud' service (G+)!
4. FranksGT (Posts: 167; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
I still use my One x as my camera phone and I have found it to take better on the go and stop images then my Work Iphone 5 does!!!!
Iphone 5 is deff a little more preppy on speed, and slickness of the OS, but in terms of multitasking no doubt the One x is best. Both have different features that make them great. But no doubt the Camera comparison is a little biased. Taking a 1000 pictures with the iphone 5 to get the best one and only taking the first with the one x doesnt cut IT
12. dblue45 (Posts: 77; Member since: 26 Aug 2009)
Be honest dude! :P Even I'm an HTC One X user and I've used iPhone 4 as well.. Though the phone is very good, its camera even when compared to the i4, isn't that better!
16. Birds (Posts: 1157; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
Sorry dude, but I have a HTC One X and the phone's camera is very,very good, but it pails in comparison to the iPhone 5. I compared shots with my cousin's iPhone and the One X won in detail, but lost in color accuracy (The reds are not even close), white balance, night shots, and dynamic range. It was marginal I might add (except in color which it lost by quite a bit). And macro shots turned out better on the One X too but over all the iPhone 5 is a better camera phone and it pains me to say it.....Seriously it does....
6. psysect (Posts: 49; Member since: 27 Sep 2012)
i trust that iphone 5 is very very good phone but one x+ is unique ..
every advantages that i think about it Provided in this..
most advantage & one of the all is build quality in one x+ that iphone has a
flaw of this ..
the iphone 5 s body is Scratchable & dont give me a sense of confidence ..
both phone have the best screen amoung the smartphones..
both phone are The strongest & i think 0ne x+ is most beautifull even in interface with sense4+.
7. shandesilva (Posts: 79; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
is this comparison even necessary...? we all know what is better..the one x+ ...and also we all know wat the iphonearena is going to say...jokers of the whole internet..the PA crew that is .!
23. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
and yet you still read the articles from those whom you called "the jokers of the internet"..
Not that I am a fan of iPhone and happy to see PA still gives some sympathy for it (I'm HTC Elevate member, so you know which brand I like), but......
Have some respect for the contributors, please..
27. shandesilva (Posts: 79; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
i read PA just for fun. to see the comments mainly. when it comes to reviews about phones i basically rely on what the users have to say & user rating rather than what PA says.
anyway..u got a point. was bit too harsh, what i posted earlier. but you really cant just ignore how biased & sometimes hilariously so..some of their reviews are.
36. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
Understand very much that some of their reviews are somewhat biased, especially for the iPhone.. It's okay to comment that the reviews are bad and biased, but just don't call names.. :)
Anyway, no hard feelings, bro..
8. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
One X+ all day
10. a22matic (Posts: 17; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
"designer handset" - Pshh... HTC all the way...
13. NickPeters (Posts: 74; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
HTC One X+ & iPhone 5... THE PHONE & a toy... :)
14. Android1 (Posts: 59; Member since: 16 Jul 2012)
15. jiraya (Posts: 4; Member since: 27 Sep 2012)
I have the new ipad and while i love watching videos on it, it is unable to playback 1080p movies. I have Sherlock Homes-2 7.5gb file as a test file. It just won't run on the ipad. I have tried more than 5 different paid players too.
What about on the iphone 5? Can it play such files?
And what about on android high ends like the s3 or note hox+? Can they play 8gb 1080p files?
Those who have tried, kindly let me know. Thanks in advance
18. NickPeters (Posts: 74; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
I assure you that any high-end Android smartphone/tablet can run such a movie file. GB doesn't matter and mostly file FORMAT too. So far from my experience the MKV files are the best quality and most of the (even free) players for Android play them with NO problem at all. Some of the stock Android players play them out of the box too (talking about MKV) so NO WORRY about that in case of Android! ;)
25. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
iPhone 5, not so sure.. but read again the articles.. It says it has some difficulties.. and if your iPad can't, most probably the iP5 won't be able to do the same..
I can even play 1080p MKV file on my almost-two-year-old Desire S, although it's glitchy, but I do get sound and image.. Just because it still have two years old GPU and a single core CPU.. So naturally, it can only play 720p videos.. 1080p can be played, but laggy.. most of dual core android can play 1080p, so about the current high ends, don't need to even ask..
19. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
one of the most amazing phones ever vs THEE MOST RESTRICTED OS EVER!
Android AND HTC ALLLL DAY!.......nuff said
20. StreetNerd (Posts: 819; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
So whoes the winner?
i allways read at conclusion:
if u want this then pick A and if u want this then pick B
21. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
WINNER is: HTC One X+
28. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
One X+ is obviously the winner!
29. byazatt (Posts: 269; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
at this point in time, comparisons between heavy weight mammoths like one x+ with flimsy fruit seems really dated.
31. 90ninjas (unregistered)
This comment was rather unnecessary fluff: "the iPhone 5 is the best iPhone created so far"
Are they going to make a phone that's worse than the last?
Either way, my biggest problem is in the UI and Functionality section... the guy just totally glossed over what HTC added with their UI. Oh well.
33. NewLife2011 (Posts: 8; Member since: 03 Jan 2012)
Holy christ. HTC/AT&T, whoever! Hurry up and release the thing already! (U.S.)
34. murthy (Posts: 2; Member since: 09 Nov 2012)
u guys always biased for Iphone....donno y....One X= in many ways is a great phone not that iphone is not but it certainly on par with iphone or even better
38. dnyalexander (Posts: 10; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
the HOX+ 64 GB $200, iphone 64GB $400 enough said.
39. spectorw (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Nov 2012)
So when is Tmo getting the One X+
40. TMach (Posts: 457; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
One X+ by a country mile! Even if arguably, the iP5 has a better camera, that is where any superiority ends as in every other aspect, it is quite a way back in the rear view mirror of the One X+!
41. NewLife2011 (Posts: 8; Member since: 03 Jan 2012)
Seriously. To me it's not close. I'd been on the iphone since 2008 but as soon as the iphone5 dropped I knew it was time to move on. I really wanted the One X+ but after several trips to AT&T I went with the Note II. With all this talk of handsets what I'm most enjoying is Android's Jellybean. My god the FFFFFRRRREEEEEDOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!
42. Davron (Posts: 1; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Yes we know which is the best, don't compare the first 5 core prossesor( Ex: HTC 4+1 cores, 4 - 1.5gh and +1 for Htc sense,for app ) with iphone 5 dual core. I phone 5 just jevelery... Whole world love because of brand... Frankly, I don't want use Iphone, I'm web programmer, i'ts hard to use iphone for application which I use to...


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