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Dear Tom and Ray: I am 65 and not yet ready to become a "geezerette." My husband is two years older, and although he may look like one, he is not a geezer yet either. Except when he drives in our university town, that is. He is making me nuts. We have a couple of four-lane main drags in our town with 45-mph speed limits. He drives in the passing lane at 35 with a beatific smile on his face. Last evening, after taking my mother to supper and driving through the same residential neighborhood we always do, he drove 20 mph and commented: "That house really intrigues me. … Hmmm, the utilities are marked there. … That bush has bloomed twice this year." I was tempted to jump out of the car. We were going so slowly that I probably wouldn't have been hurt. This issue is not a problem on the highway. He knows exactly how much over the speed limit he can go to not get ticketed. Once in eastern Colorado, he was driving 95 in my BMW. Just to show you the kind of guy he is, this car was his 40th wedding anniversary gift to me. My husband is a professional guy and still runs a consulting firm, works out several times a week and volunteers in a variety of places. I just don't want to drive with a geezer and have others perceive him as one! Help! – Gayle
Tom: I've got bad news for you, Gayle. Your husband IS a geezer. And before all you geezers write to us and complain, please note that we use the word "geezer" as a term of endearment. Like "knucklehead."
Ray: My brother should know. He's both. But on the geezer side, his average driving speed has declined from about 42.5 mph to 15 in recent years.
Tom: Well, I've noticed that at some point, my reflexes started slowing down. My eyes don't notice things quite as quickly, and my brain and body don't react to them as fast. So, in the interests of self-protection, my brain has made me drive slower, so things feel manageable.
Ray: Yeah. I don't think he made a conscious decision to slow down; I think his brain did it for him, because it was sending the message that driving faster doesn't feel safe.
Tom: As long as I'm aware of what's going on around me, and I'm not making a traffic hazard of myself (like by going 35 in the passing lane), it's fine to drive a little slower.
Ray: So I don't think you really want your hubby to speed up, Gayle. Even though he isn't saying so, I suspect he doesn't feel safe driving at normal speeds anymore. He even feels unsafe when YOU'RE driving at a higher speed, because it seems much faster to him than it used to.
Tom: Why is he fine on the highway? Well, my guess is that highway driving is easier for him. There are no turns in the road, no crossing or even oncoming traffic, no pedestrians, no parked cars, no bicyclists, no tree limbs. So it's easier for him to maintain a steady speed without the distractions.
Ray: So if you're convinced that he's cognitively OK – and it sounds like he is, from the work he's doing – and you're convinced that he's not doing this just to drive you crazy, then you want to check the basics and make sure his eyesight and hearing are where they should be.
Tom: If he passes those tests, then he's just entering geezerdom.


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All I have ever gotten out of anti-war protests (and I have seen quite a number of them over the past 40 years or so) is that the participants are against war, against violence, against serving their country, against sacrificing.
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News about Faith-Based Initiatives, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights From the Archives
Despite a Decade of Controversy, the 'Faith-Based Initiative' Endures
A new report chronicles a chief Bush undertaking and its prospects in the Obama administration.August 1, 2009 usNews
White House Faith Office to Expand
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will be headed by a 26-year-old Pentecostal minister.February 6, 2009 usNews
Obama Wants to Expand Role of Religious Groups
Barack Obama outlined a plan to expand on President Bush's program of investing federal money in religious-based initiatives.July 2, 2008 usNews
Pope Francis Faces a Latin America Where Many Catholics Worship to a Different Beat
Trying to breathe life into the church, Pope Francis has embraced the charismatic movement, whose Masses feature rock music, arms held skyward and faith healing testimonials.
July 10, 2015, Friday
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Veinte años después de su conversión, Jeb Bush se guía por su fe católica
La fe se ha vuelto un elemento central que moldea la vida de Jeb Bush y enmarca muchas de las opiniones que tiene sobre políticas públicas.
March 18, 2015, Wednesday
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Jeb Bush, 20 Years After Conversion, Is Guided by His Catholic Faith
Mr. Bush's Catholicism, which he turned to after a campaign that strained his marriage, has become a central element of the way he shapes his life and frames his views on public policy.
March 18, 2015, Wednesday
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Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule
President Obama is facing mounting pressure from religious groups demanding to be excluded from an executive order that would bar discrimination against gay people by companies that do government work.
July 9, 2014, Wednesday
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After the Storm, 20 Months in Limbo
Some households damaged by Hurricane Sandy are just now beginning to recover with the help of faith-based, community and nongovernmental organizations.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
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Faith-Based Housing That Meets Evolving Needs
Faith-based retirement communities that provide a continuum of services, from independent living to skilled nursing care, are attracting more residents as baby boomers retire.
March 13, 2014, Thursday
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GSN Considers Adding Church-Based Dating Show
The idea would be to build on the success of the Game Show Network's "American Bible Challenge."
April 10, 2013, Wednesday
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J. David Kuo, 44; Disowned Bush Faith Effort
WASHINGTON — J. David Kuo, an evangelical Christian who was a leader in President George W. Bush 's faith initiative but who later became a critic of it, died on Friday. He was 44. Mr. Kuo's wife, Kimberly, said the...
April 8, 2013, Monday
J. David Kuo, Who Split From Bush Faith Effort, Dies at 44
Mr. Kuo was instrumental in implementing President George W. Bush's promise to link religious groups with the delivery of social services but later became a critic.
April 7, 2013, Sunday
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Former employees of a defunct hospital whose pension was nearly empty will get federal insurance for the plan.
April 2, 2013, Tuesday
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El Conclusión: San Antonio Spurs 103, Los Angeles Clippers 100
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to let you guys know that I didn't see the first half of this game. I had an unavoidable meeting and made it back in time for the game as soon as I could. That was at halftime. So what you read below are my opinions on the game from the third quarter on through overtime.
|Tim Duncan, C 41 MIN | 5-14 FG | 1-4 FT | 17 REB | 3 AST | 11 PTS | +14
Wow, 41 minutes for Tim Duncan. What do you think you are, 25 years old? Duncan was excellent on the glass in this game and made the key assist to Gary Neal for the go-ahead 3 in overtime. He even drew a double-team to open it up!
|Richard Jefferson, SF 25 MIN | 2-6 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 1 AST | 5 PTS | -4
Nothing especially productive from RJ. He fumbled a key pass in the corner on one of the last plays in the fourth quarter, when it looked like the Spurs would lose the game.
|DeJuan Blair, F 17 MIN | 5-7 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 10 PTS | -17
An efficient night offensively for DeJuan, but he didn't play a lot of minutes as Pop opted to go small defensively and spread the floor with Matt Bonner offensively. That makes Blair the odd man out, even though he is kind of small.
|Tony Parker, PG 45 MIN | 11-22 FG | 8-11 FT | 3 REB | 10 AST | 30 PTS | +15
Went up against the guy ESPN.com has third in its MVP rankings right now (Chris Paul) and out-shined him. Parker was undoubtedly the go-to guy for the Spurs offensively late in this game and he did his part to keep them in it.
|Daniel Green, G 36 MIN | 4-7 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 0 AST | 11 PTS | +3
Did a good job harassing Chris Paul on defense, which is a difficult task, and made a handful of plays offensively. I still hate that he reaches on defense when there's no doubt a guy will score and Green risks the cheap And-1.
|Matt Bonner, PF 36 MIN | 5-12 FG | 0-0 FT | 6 REB | 2 AST | 13 PTS | +3
Got knocked around a bit in this game, but his presence on offense helped open up the driving lanes for Tony Parker and give Tim Duncan some space down low. Pretty standard game for Bonner.
|Manu Ginobili, SG 18 MIN | 1-3 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 3 AST | 2 PTS | -5
Injured oblique muscle. No timetable on his return as of yet. According to Buck Harvey of the Express-News, he originally injured it against Detroit. "I think we lost him again," Coach Pop said after the game, per J.A. Adande. The D is just a placeholder grade since I never really saw him play today.
|Gary Neal, PG 27 MIN | 5-14 FG | 2-4 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 17 PTS | -3
I have no idea where to start to write about Gary Neal's night. He fumbles away a pass with the Spurs down three and just seconds remaining. Hits a 3 on a crazy play to force overtime. Hits a go-ahead 3 in overtime than was the difference and missed two free throws that could've iced the game. Richter scale type of game.
|Tiago Splitter, C 2 MIN | 0-1 FG | 0-2 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 0 PTS | +2
Strained calf muscle. No word on how long he's going to be out. For his grade, see Manu above.
|Kawhi Leonard, SF 18 MIN | 2-6 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 3 AST | 4 PTS | +4
Not much offensively, but was key in getting in Chris Paul's face on the last play of the game without fouling. That gives him a slight bump over whatever I was going to give him without.
|Cory Joseph, G 0 MIN | 0-0 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 0 PTS | +3
Austin-bound soon.
|James Anderson, SG DNP COACH'S DECISION MIN | FG | FT | REB | AST | PTS |
James is still the odd man out of the rotation.
Four Things We Saw
- Gary Neal foreshadowed his big 3s late in the game when he stopped a Clippers 17-0 run with a big 3-pointer in the third quarter.
- The rims at the Staples Center are mic'd obnoxiously loud. It's the same in Dallas. They do it so that dunks sound good on TV, but what you get is a terrible noise when players clank jumpshots and audio featuring lots of guys complaining about fouls. Kenyon Martin spent a couple of minutes late in the game swearing so loud that Andrew Monaco had to apologize for his language on the broadcast.
- I thought the Spurs looked a little selfish offensively in the third quarter. I could be wrong, but I thought there were several times that guys took shots that normally they make one more pass for a better shot.
- The blame for that crazy Clippers turnover late in the game falls on Ryan Gomes in my book. Chris Paul was clearly running into the backcourt to take the pass there, but Gomes threw it in the front court. Paul, not wanting to get a backcourt violation, sort of tossed it away. Problem is, he tossed it right to the "Nail Gun" Gary Neal. He should've taken the backcourt violation.


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An increasing number of pharma, biopharma, and academic scientists are utilizing the homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF) assay to help them in their drug discovery efforts. This was made obvious at the recent Cisbio meeting, "HTRF in Drug Discovery," held in Avignon, France. A variety of new drug discovery applications that employ HTRF, along with the benefits and some of the drawbacks associated with the technique, were discussed.
According to Cisbio's Francois Degorce, conference chairman, Cisbio developed this time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer technology to assess molecular interactions in a mix-and-read, no-wash assay format. A homogeneous, nonradioactive technology, the technique has been applied for over 15 years in drug research and in the investigation of various biological target types, such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), kinases, and biomarkers.
"HTRF brings fluorescent resonance energy transfer technology (FRET) together with time-resolved measurement (TR). The method is homogeneous because there is no need for separation or liquid removal, and unreacted molecules do not need to be washed away to obtain data, as is the case in a number of other assay procedures," he explained.
HTRF is based on a pair of specific donor and acceptor dyes which, once coupled to interacting partners (e.g., antibody–antigen, ligand–receptor, etc.), and when brought in close proximity through this interaction, produce a specific fluorescence directly related to the amount of complexes formed. It is time resolved because uninformative and nonuseful signals decay much more rapidly than the signals observed after energy transfer by the acceptor. The result is a selective measurement of the assay specific signal, said Degorce.
Because of the compatibility of HTRF with high-throughput screening (HTS), "we decided to use the technology for the detection of cytokines," explained Lorena Kallal, Ph.D., manager, biological reagents and assay development, at GlaxoSmithKline in Collegeville, PA. "In addition, you do not have to tag or engineer proteins to detect them if you have antibodies that specifically recognize your protein."
Dr. Kallal, one of the speakers at the Avignon conference, noted that HTRF reagents tend to be less light sensitive and more stable than some other HTS-compatible detection systems.
"We also found that once reagents were added, we could get the same results if we read the plate a few hours after adding reagent, or overnight," she continued. "For automated assays, it helps if the incubation times are flexible, and it also gives scientists flexibility in how they want to run the assays."
Describing her team's HTRF work with cytokines, she explained that since cytokines are secreted proteins, investigators have the option to test the supernatant only, to avoid interference from the cells in the well.
"We found that there was no difference in the IL-8 and IL-1b assays whether we tested the supernatant only, or whether we ran the assay on plates where the cells remained in the well," explained Dr. Kallal. "And for one assay, we actually saw better statistics in 1,536-well plates than in 384 well plates."
She added that although HTRF may not have the same sensitivity as some wash protocols, "if you have enough cytokine present, then there is no issue."
John Joslin, Ph.D., told the conference attendees about his experience with HTRF and phenotypic screens. Dr. Joslin is a research investigator in the assay development and high-throughput screening group at the genomics institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in San Diego. When running such a screen, his team tries to mimic the disease phenotype in vitro as closely as possible. This often means using primary human cells in their native state.
"HTRF allows us to detect and characterize the endogenous levels of the protein in a high-throughput manner," he said. "It's also a technology that can be adapted and customized easily, provided you have good antibody pairs. Although there are other platforms that are more sensitive, these often are lower-throughput or more expensive."
In addition to classical in vitro biochemical screens, such as peptide phosphorylation assays, Dr. Joslin's team has run several phenotypic cellular screens with HTRF as the primary readout.
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LEETONIA- The school board may be looking to empty out the old shop and turn it into a weight room for the athletic department.
Schools Superintendent Rob Mehno Thursday night told the board that school administrators are working with the Leetonia Little Bears organization to put up a pole building next to the shop so that the weight room can be moved into the school. Mehno said the shop is currently being used for storage and that once the equipment is sold, materials being stored in the space can be moved to the proposed pole building.
Shop classes were discontinued approximately five years ago, according to school administrators in attendance.
The weight room is currently located at the stadium behind the school and the facility will be made into a public restroom, Mehno said. The school currently pays $1,000 per year for portable toilets, plus utility costs to operate the weight room, according to John McIlduff, assistant athletic director.
Mehno said that no money will be used from the general fund, only the permanent improvement fund, and that the Little Bears organization will help raise funds for the estimated $50,000 project. Board members noted that the cost is only about one third of the money the school received for its natural gas lease agreement.
The project is still being developed and Mehno said he hopes to have a proposal ready by the next board meeting.
In other business, the board approved athletic supplemental contracts for the 2013-2014 school year for Dave Adams, cross country; Ryan Dowling, soccer; Jim DeJane, varsity golf; Ron Voitus, varsity volleyball; and Michelle Novotny and Dianna Richardson, junior high track.
The board also accepted the resignation of Adams as the assistant track coach for the 2012-2013 school year; approved Todd Rhoads as a volunteer for seventh-grade girls basketball coach; and hired Gretchen Hull as a home instruction tutor on an as needed basis.
Additionally the board accepted $815 in donations to the Ed Smith Scholarship and $50 to the Perkins/Totora Scholarship.
The next regular board meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 20 in Room 20 of the K-12 campus.
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BASCOM A lot of things came to an end Thursday night.
A season.
A league.
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Mohawk's Chelsea Clinger slides safely into home, beating the tag of Hopewell-Loudon's Kelsey Coppus Thursday in Bascom.
A career.
With Mohawk's 11-0 victory against Hopewell-Loudon, the Warriors softball team finished the year with a perfect Midland Athletic League mark of 10-0.
It was the final game for the Warriors in the final rendition of a league that the Warriors have owned in the last 15 years, winning three-fifths of the titles.
It also marked the final game for their head coach, Jenny Weinandy, who announced to her team following the game she was retiring.
"I feel old," Weinandy joked. "It's a good time. I always told myself that I would know when the best time is to go. And it's time. I still have one daughter that's a sophomore, but to me it's what I needed to decide. I had a big group of senior girls. I just think it's time for someone else to carry on the program and develop Mohawk softball even further."
The Warriors (20-5) made sure they sent their coach out on a high note, scoring all 11 runs in the first four innings with an efficient 13 hits.
On the mound, Kasey Adelsperger (12-2) ended her softball career with 11 strikeouts, just one walk and one hit, a fourth-inning single by Kassie Welly.
Adelsperger said she had an inkling this might be it for her coach.
"She's been a great coach for us for the last four years. She knows how to motivate us and get our heads in the game. It's a big loss Mohawk softball. She's had a lot of tradition the last 15 years," Adelsperger said. "We're going to miss her. Hopefully someone from the staff can pick it up and keep the tradition going."
She along with Taylor McClain, Hannah Kieffer and Brooke Weinandy all doubled. Kieffer, McClain and Clara Adelsperger all had multi-hit games.
McClain said it was nice to finish the MAL campaign with a final title.
"It means a lot to me and it means a lot that (we) as a team could come together and win it. It was one of our goals and we strived and we met it and we won it outright," McClain said. "It was hard (after Wednesday) but we did a good job of realizing we wanted to win this so we swallowed the pill and came out here ready to play tonight."
The senior catcher fought tears in the interview. Most of them left over from Wednesday when Mohawk was upset in the district semifinal tournament.
"It was a tough emotional game after the shock of losing yesterday in tournaments," coach Weinandy said. "It was another tough game today because it's the seniors last game and I really like this group of girls. They're all hard workers and they brought the team together. They'll definitely be missed."
Hopewell-Loudon coach Danielle Reinhart said she wasn't expecting any kind of let down from the Warriors.
"Their coach wouldn't them do that. Their coach is going to keep their heads up," Reinhart said. "The season is not over for them so she wasn't going to let them do that."
Her team (4-19, 1-8 MAL) played its final home game of the year with seniors Welly and Kelsey Coppus being honored before the game.
Coppus (3-13) took the loss for the Chieftains, walking one and striking out another while yielding just six earned runs.
"I think we came out pretty tough. We wanted it for our seniors. We wanted it for them," Reinhart said. "Mohawk is a great team. They have great defense. They have a lot of girls that made all-league and we could have sat down and let them go right around us. Holding them to 11 runs i pretty big feat for us and it showed we're not the team that started off the season."


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On his Facebook page, Dutch citizen Cor Pan shared a photo of the plane he was about to board, with a caption that translates to "If it disappears, this is what it looks like."
Observers on Twitter reported that Pan had indeed been a passenger on MH17.
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Pan was reportedly traveling to Malaysia on vacation with his partner, Neeltje Tol. The earliest comments on his photo are full of friends wishing him a happy trip.
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Yesterday Jeff took the boys golfing, so it was just Ivy and me. Having a daughter is still like a present to open every day. I never knew how much fun it would be to have a built-in girl friend but it's kind of like that.
The weather was pretty gross so we nixed the farmer's market and art fair I'd wanted to drive to and just went grocery shopping for all the cooking and baking I needed to do for our Memorial Day parties. (You can see all the delicious things I've been cooking up all weekend here.)
We pal-led around and then she helped me in the kitchen. One of her favorite "jobs" is to shake a jar of sprinkles into a bowl, if for no other purpose than keeping her busy, thinking she's helping, and happy. She did crush the graham crackers for the cheesecake stuffed strawberries and looooved that.
We were having family over for dinner and I was cleaning house, finding myself thankful for my paint- and crayon-stained dining table that I wasn't even going to bother covering up with a table cloth or place mats. I prefer the artistic character. I'm kind of proud of it. We are a family of messes. Good messes.


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This is what happens when you watch too much of any one reality competition show. You start thinking to yourself:
A) That looks like fun, and
B) I can do that
So when Marlena Myers asked me some months ago if I would consider stepping up to participate with the Dancing with the ARKs Stars fundraiser, I immediately said, yes. The money would go to help fund the Alzheimers Respite Kare organization. She explained that each star would be paired with a dance instructor from Arthur Murray who would whip us into shape for the big night. Months ago, that all sounded perfectly doable.
Well, the big night is April 2.
And this is what I now know:
Im not a good dancer. I have arms flopping around like fish out of water on a hot dock. My feet tend to turn ina long-standing problem that isnt going to be magically fixed with a few dance lessonsand that is not a good look when twirling.
Dancing makes you sweat if you practice really hard for two hours. It also makes everything hurt.
Dancing is a lot of fun
The Tango (The Tango is the dance chosen for me) is a hard dance to learn. (I figure the only thing that could be more difficult would be learning one of those Riverdance routines.)
Before a few weeks ago, my formal dance lessons consisted of a couple of years of tap when I was in elementary school and square dancing in the lunchroom on rainy days that didnt allow for playground time.
The Hubster and I can do what passes for the shag. And we once knew a little two-step back in the boot-scootin boogie days, but the Tango has never been on our radar. We just arent big-time dancers.
Because I tend to be somewhat competitive, I have attacked the Tango with gusto. I attend classes faithfully at least once a week and sometimes twice. My instructor, Dan, is an expert at the Tango. He also has patience second only to my beloved who has been long-suffering for decades instead of the few weeks that Dan the Tango Man has been dragging me around the dance floor.
Last week Tango man and I finally got our entire routine together so I videoed our practice hoping I would be inspired to fine-tune the performance. I twirled and stepped and promenaded as hard as I could. Then I watched the tape.
Where was all the twirling it felt like I was doing? Where were the steps that had seemed so intricate? It was going to take a lot more than fine-tuning to get this routine into public viewing shape. It was, in short HORRIBLE
I realized then that I needed to ham it up a bit more. And straighten my flapping arms, and keep my feet from turning in, and turn my head this way then that, and remember to keep my frame, and to lean back and not forward, and extend my step further back and .
So much to remember, so little time to perfect the moves. Just a week and a half.
It is likely that I will not be judged at the head of the class (that also includes stars Rep. Jenny Horne, Sen. Paul Campbell, Pinewoods Quince Cody, and Skip and Kelly Williams) so I will need votes online. You can do that now and often at www.DancingWithTheArkStars.orgto get me through the evening. I want that trophy folks.
So, again tonight I am off to practice. I will twirl bigger, step farther and remember the moves. I hope.
Next week: Finding the costume. Can it really be this hard?
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1:30 p.m. Monday update: Joseph James Miceli, 59, of Wellington has been identified as the pilot of the downed aircraft, Sheriff Ken Furlong said.
The aircraft has been identified as one of several owned by Miceli, a 1946 Cessna 120.
Early information received suggested that Miceli left from Wellington in his aircraft during the afternoon hours Saturday. On Sunday, at approximately the same time as the discovery of the aircraft, Miceli was being reported missing to Lyon County authorities. It is not known at this time if Miceli ever arrived at the Carson City airport, or if he was returning to Wellington. Exact time of the crash has not been determined.
Miceli's body was removed and transported to the Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office where an autopsy will be performed.
Carson Sheriff's deputies are investigating the crash of a small airplane in the hills east of Sierra Vista and Mexican Dam on the east side of Carson City.
Sheriff Ken Furlong said that, as of 6 p.m. Sunday, his search and rescue teams had just reached the scene of the crash and confirmed there was one body inside.
He said at this point they have no information as to the identity of the person let alone the cause of the crash. He said they don't even know how long ago the aircraft went down.
He said assuming the victim had identification, they should be able to notify the next of kin. He said determining the cause of the crash will take longer.
The deputies were notified of the crash at 1:55 p.m. by a Sheriff's Aero Squadron pilot who flew over what appeared to be the crash site of a small aircraft. The location of the site was identified as being several miles east of Carson City in the Pinion Hills.
A Federal Aviation Administration website indicates the plane was a fixed-wing, single-engine Cessna.
National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration officials are on scene today to investigate the crash.


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Aaron Ward is whining on TSN about how many times Bowman scratched him during the playoffs.
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LISBON - The number of mineral rights leases being obtained has exploded over the past three months, a sure sign the Marcellus Shale boom has come to Columbiana County.
Approximately 208 mineral rights leases have been recorded at the county recorder's office between May 1 and July 31, compared to just 18 over the previous three-month period. Employees say all but a handful of the leases are being filed by agents, or landmen, representing companies interested in drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale.
"In a way, it's like that gold-rush mentality," said county Recorder Craig Brown of the skyrocketing activity in his office.
Marcellus Shale is the name for the large underground formation stretching from western and central New York though Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio into West Virginia. Columbiana County is among the 10 Ohio counties within the Marcellus Shale.
Brown said several months ago the first teams of landmen began arriving to research deeds in the basement portion of his office open to the public and used by employees with local land title companies.
"What we're seeing is not one guy coming in with one or two people, but we're seeing a dozen or 20 people coming in. It's kind of like a siege mentality that these people have right now ... Last week we had 28 people downstairs, and we only have four computers, so everybody's jockeying for position," he said.
The landmen are to secure the leases for the drilling companies they represent, and Brown estimated there are three to four drilling companies being represented in the county at this time, the biggest among these being Chesapeake Energy. He said most of these landmen are reluctant to divulge whom they represent, and some may be independent contractors who sell their leases to drilling companies.
Because of the spike in activity, Brown has made it a point to learn everything he can from these landmen, even going to lunch with a few.
"From what I understand is if you own 20 acres or more, they want it," he said. Ohio requires a 20-acre minimum for an oil and gas well.
It is Brown's understanding these landmen are offering one-time bonuses of between $500 to $1,500 per acre, with the property owner also sharing in the royalties if and when any gas drilling occurs. He is telling people not to jump at the first offer because it is his understanding they are paying considerably more per acre in Pennsylvania.
He pointed out that in Ohio someone can own the land but not necessarily the mineral rights for the ground underneath, "which makes things more complicated."
There is also the process of mandatory pooling, an existing law by which a landowner can be forced against their will to join a "drilling unit" if the tract of land under lease for a well is of insufficient size or shape to meet the requirements.
Brown is urging all landowners who are contacted to see an attorney.
"Most people are saying, 'I need an attorney to look at the (lease)' and that's the right thing to do," Brown said, adding there are several attorneys in the county with experience in oil and gas leases.
"Just do your do your homework and try to understand what is going on" before signing any lease," he added.
Natural gas is released from the Marcellus Shale by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which is the process of blasting away at the underground formations with millions of gallons of water, sand and undisclosed chemicals until the shale cracks. Although the industry says this can be done in an environmentally safe way, others have expressed concern about fracking resulting in possible disruption and contamination of groundwater supplies and polluting of rivers and streams.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources hasn't issued any Marcellus Shale drilling permits in the county over the past 12 months. The Farm and Dairy reported in June 60 Marcellus Shale permits have been issued statewide and 42 wells drilled to date.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported in July 2009 that Ohio's laws were among the most lenient in the nation, but since then the state legislature passed Senate Bill 165, the first comprehensive overhaul of drilling regulations in 25 years. Brown said the ODNR Web site is a good informational resource on gas and drilling regulation, and it includes a detailed analysis of the updated regulations.
Brown believes the reason Marcellus Shale activity has taken off in Ohio in general and the county in particular is because New York recently imposed a drilling moratorium, forcing drillers to move to other states. Pennsylvania also is looking to crack down. He said another reason is Ohio has less regulation and the leases can be obtained more cheaply.
"Generally, I don't think having them (landmen) is necessarily a bad thing. But I think we need to educate ourselves, and we certainly need to watch what's going on," he said.


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The Marilla Town Board last week approved a request for proposal done by town engineers Nussbaumer and Clark for a farmland protection plan.
The board also directed the town attorney to review what organization is a town entity. Questions have been raised about whether the library or historical society need a permit or insurance to hold events according to the new Local Law 2013 for gatherings and events.
Also this week:
• The Elma Town Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled. The next meeting is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 13 when a work session will be held in Town Hall 1600 Bowen Road.
• Eden United Methodist Church will sponsor a slide lecture by Dr. B.G. Flickinger on the Flowers and Plants of the Bible, their meaning and their symbolism, at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the church, 2820 E. Church St.
• The Marilla Conservation Advisory Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in Town Hall, 1740 Two Rod Road.


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Elmore Leonard, the Detroit crime novelist who saw more than two dozen of his gritty works adapted into films, died Tuesday at age 87, less than a month after suffering a stroke, his official website confirmed.
"Elmore passed away this morning at 7:15 AM at home surrounded by his loving family," a message on the site reads.
Leonard, known to friends and family as "Dutch," was born in New Orleans but moved to Detroit before he was 10 and had lived in the area ever since. Known for his snappy dialogue, he originally wrote westerns but later moved into crime fiction, for which he would become famous.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - James Franklin is 1-0.
New coaches, especially in high-profile jobs like Penn State, know it's important to win the introductory press conference, and Franklin delivered a decisive performance Saturday before a packed Beaver Stadium media room.
He was dynamic, well-spoken, enthusiastic and humble, but of all the characteristics he showed, one stood out: This guy is confident.
Franklin conveyed a strong belief in himself and what he plans to achieve at the wheel of the Nittany Lions.
Those plans start with recruiting, the philosophy for which he pledged, "We're going to dominate."
And: "We're going to be aggressive in everything we do. When we get off the bus, we'll be aggressive."
It was that kind of attitude that made him a "unanimous" choice of the selection committee, PSU President Rodney Erickson said, adding he considered Franklin "a take-charge kind of person."
Erickson also called Franklin "inspiring," and clearly Vanderbilt, a doormat in the Southeastern Conference for practically its entire existence, recruited and played with inspiration in stunning Florida, Georgia and Tennessee last season and putting together consecutive 9-4 seasons.
With "world class" facilities and a football tradition he hailed as "unrivaled," Franklin sees Penn State providing him with the platform to build on his Vandy success and lead the Nittany Lions to Big Ten and national championship contention.
"I think I'm the right guy to unite the state and build this program where everybody wants it to be," he said.
To do that, Franklin plans to help mend the feelings of the last two years.
Though he did it well, particularly upon arrival, Bill O'Brien was never comfortable being the face of the university. While O'Brien took the job two years ago, you get the distinct impression Franklin really wanted it.
And he seems eager to play a lead role in helping a community continue its recovery from the Sandusky scandal.
"The healing process is why I'm here," he said. "It's why we're all here, to bring this great university back together and try to unite the former players, the current players, the alumni, all the people."
To that end, he said former PSU players like Matt Millen, LaVar Arrington, Todd Blackledge have reached out. Sue Paterno issued a statement wishing him well. The two met on a Nike coaches trip last year.
Franklin also has fond memories of JoePa.
"Every chance I got, whether it's the [annual coaches] convention and I saw Joe [Paterno], I was that guy that walked up and introduced myself," he said.
When the two were recruiting against each other, Franklin joked that, as an assistant at Maryland, he could barely talk his way into the Pennsylvania high schools, and if Paterno was recruiting the same player, "They shut the entire school down and had an in-school assembly."
Paterno left a "tremendous foundation," Athletic Director Dave Joyner said, and O'Brien's bridge through the worst of the sanctions have set the stage for James Franklin to be, Joyner said, "The right choice to take us to the next phase of Penn State football."
And how confident is the new Lion king? This confident:
"107,000 [capacity] from here on out," he boldly predicted. "That stadium will be sold out every single game. I believe in what this place is about and where it's going."
Since his next job is to get everyone else to join him in that belief, Saturday was a good start.
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quote: If you are a US citizen and enlist in a foreign army (e.g. Al Qaeda) that is at de facto war against The West, you forfeit certain societal protections.
quote: How did we answer it before?
quote: voluntary service in the armed forces of a state engaged in hostilities against the United States could be viewed as indicative of an intention to relinquish U.S. citizenship


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Mark Nicholas Smith, 22, of Tiffin, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 21, 2012, in the emergency room at Fostoria Community Hospital.
Aug. 21, 1990, in Tiffin, he was born to Dennis and Rose (Doepker) Smith. Surviving are his parents; five brothers, Anthony (Katie) Smith of Tiffin, the Rev. Philip Smith and Paul (Faye) Smith, both of Toledo, and Stephen and Michael Smith, both of Tiffin; a grandmother, Elizabeth Doepker of Tiffin; a grandfather, Ralph Smith of Tiffin; a nephew, Andrew Smith; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, John Doepker; and grandmother, Lucille Smith.
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Mark was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he served as an altar server, attended St. Joseph grade school and graduated from Tiffin Calvert and Sentinel Career Center in food service in 2010. He enjoyed playing basketball and running track for the Seneca Arrows and was a member of the Tiffin Calvert soccer team, holding the school record for the most goals scored in a single game. Mark was an enthusiastic supporter of Tiffin Calvert athletics and Heidelberg University football. He worked for Seneca Re-Ad Industries at the Fostoria Division and was a volunteer at St. Francis Home.
A Mass of christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at St. Joseph Catholic Church with his brother, the Rev. Philip Smith, and the Rev. Joseph Szybka con-celebrating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. A rosary will be prayed 20 minutes prior to Mass.
Friends may visit 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home & Crematory. A wake service will begin at 1:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin Calvert High School Kairos Retreat or Seneca County Opportunity Center athletics.
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Explore the academic divisions and programs offered at Santiago Canyon College.
The programs and disciplines within the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Division include Academic Success Center, Anthropology, Art, Communication, Economics, English as a Second Language/ACE, English, Fine and Performing Arts, Geography, History, Languages, Languages Lab, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Reading, and Sociology.
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But for readers who come along, they can think I'm still in that same moment- and sometimes I am, but I'm usually not. Writing my way out, typing to meet or even locate myself, it's a method I use to figure out what in the world I am really feeling. And, being human, I am a harsh critic. Especially when it comes to motherhood because it's kind of a big thing. It's pretty much my world.
And honestly, my morning routine totally gets a C-. But at least I stop to grade myself, and can plan for improvements. Sometimes I need to confess and give it a shake so that I can move on. Maybe it will propel me forward, no looking back, or maybe I'll just hang out and keep treading for a while. It's really hit or miss. I know the pep talks are well-meaning, but my heart is waiting on the I can so relates. That's what keeps me public, and my comments from being closed.
Tonight I sat through Carter's baseball practice -- I've arrived at a whole new parenting milestone. You go from never having a chance to sit still to an entire chunk of time to do nothing while you taxi and wait. I am reading books again! And staring out the window. As an aside, I love that even though the field is far away from where I park, I know which boy is mine.
But anyway, as soon as we walk in the door from practice I boil a pot of water and successfully scrounge up dinner. Usually I get an A in groceries but it all depends on my hormones. This week was one of the D weeks = bare cupboards. But I made pasta and even put a batch of brownies in the oven. Laundry was spinning and the dishes got done. Total extra credit.
I excel in plenty of other areas, too - I expose my kids to good music, engage them in thoughtful conversation, foster their creativity- whether it involves paint, chalk, rocks, or Legos. They feel safe and confident even in my poor progress months and most of all, they are loved and they know it, without a doubt. Even though I'll never stop doubting. But I already know these things, and don't really need to write about it often if at all.
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Prince William and expectant Kate have started their royal Christmas celebrations.
The Duke and Duchess enjoyed a private lunch with their household staff in London on Tuesday, a St. James's Palace spokesman confirms to PEOPLE.
The festivities took place at Bumpkin in the Notting Hill neighborhood, and the group dined in restaurant's "Queen's Room," which features a large portrait of Queen Elizabeth.
Earlier this week, Kate stepped out for her first official engagement since being hospitalized for severe morning sickness.
The question remains about where the royal couple will spend the Christmas holiday.
They may keep with tradition and go to Sandringham House in Norfolk, where they celebrated last year, to be with the Queen and the rest of the royal family. Or they may spend the holiday in Bucklebury, Berkshire, with the Middleton family.
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quote: It really is the good, the bad and the ugly, isn't it? The iPhone 5 is the perfect take-anywhere camera and, in good light, it's hard to tell the difference between its images and those from a compact camera.But the lack of an optical zoom (impractical, granted), no image stabilisation, no manual control, often bizarre exposure settings and the fact that quality jumps off a virtual cliff at high ISO settings - not that these can be controlled - all make an argument for investing in a dedicated high-end compact.Some new features such as panorama are fun, but more than a little rusty around the edges for the time being and streets behind the compact camera curve. But that's easy to improve with software updates, and something that we expect will happen.In a smartphone-only camera context, there are only a handful of contenders to consider, none of which has the current range of features on offer here. It's in Nokia's hands now to see what the Lumia 920 can pull off, as, for our money, the iPhone 5 is only bettered - at the time of writing - by the 808 PureView's clever tech and large sensor.That makes the iPhone 5 a darn good second and, for most consumers, it'll have the majority of what's needed including all the back-up and sharing options right there and then. If a big zoom is essential then the iPhone 5 isn't going to compare, but given the context of what it is - a phone before a camera - and it's hard not to be impressed for the most part.
quote: I purposefully chose a composition that had a lot of harsh light and various colorful objects at varying distances. The metering and focusing on both cameras was spotted directly on the "no stopping" sign.The results are pretty amazing – the iPhone takes worse photos but it certainly stacks up against a $4,000 professional camera. And, although the photos from the iPhone are significantly noisier, it has fantastic automatic metering.
quote: I hesitate to pick an overall winner here -- my time shooting with all three was brief -- but when it came down to picture quality, the iPhone 5 regularly produced excellent photos regardless of lighting. The One X is a pretty close second, however, turning out photos with nice color and detail. The Galaxy S3 turns out very good pictures, too, but they're not as usable at larger sizes as the iPhone 5's


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Looks like Whitney has fallen out of favor with the Oil. Going to be a healthy scratch for the 3rd time in the last 5 games.
"I'm very frustrated, I want to play," Whitney said. "We got outshot 40-13 and I'm not playing so I think that kind of shows where their thought on me is."
Wonder if he could be heading out of Edmonton soon. $4 Million cap hit, last year of his contract. 6'3, 210lbs PP QB.


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Today is Grayson's birthday. We will be going to lunch at the cupcake shop in a little bit. We will squeeze this day dry of celebrations.
Four years ago my "attachment parenting" began with the birth of Gray. When I began this blog, he was the baby I was wearing. And that's pretty much how it all started.
(As age 4 has crept up and ducked behind a door, peeking in, making its move, I have noticed a change taking place in Gray. I am whispertyping it here because I don't want him to hear. It's a good change. It has me excited and feeling like humongous prayers are being answered right before my very eyeballs.)
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You look tomaned.
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ATTICA - Mason McWilliams still has his senior year of high school and final season of prep baseball to go for the Seneca East Tigers, but he already knows what will follow.
The southpaw has committed verbally to pitch for Ohio University and plans to sign his letter of intent to pitch for the Bobcats in November.
He said the decision was an easy one to make.
"I took a visit there. I felt very comfortable. I like the campus. I got along with the coaches. They have a very good program for what I want to go into for schooling and I thought it was a very good fit for me," said McWilliams, who plans to study sports administration and possibly become an athletic director.
"I'm glad the recruiting's over. I'm extremely happy with my decision and I'm not going to change my mind," he said. "November will come when it comes. I'm proud to be an Ohio Bobcat."
But before that happens, he'll have one more chance to be a force for Seneca East.
He went 8-2 as a junior, posting a 1.99 ERA and fanning 110 over 66 2/3 innings while allowing just 23 walks and 19 earned runs en route to Division IV second-team All-Ohio honors.
McWilliams also shone at the plate, batting .433 with 29 runs, nine doubles, two triples, a home run, 32 RBIs and 16 steals to help lead the Tigers (23-5, 8-2 Midland Athletic League) to their second district championship in as many years.
Seneca East coach Frank Lamoreaux said he expects more of the same next spring with the Tigers, as well as the springs to come for the Bobcats because of McWilliams' love of the game.
"Each year he's just tried to increase his level of competition and it's paid off for him," Lamoreaux said.
"It's pretty gratifying just knowing that you've maybe had a little part in a player's development," he said. "In Mason's case, he's loved baseball ever since he was a pretty young one. He's really taken that passion he has and developed it."
It's something Ohio University can use.
The Bobcats haven't had a winning season since going 29-24 overall and 18-9 in the Mid-American Conference in 2009. Their lone winning season in the MAC since then was a 16-11 mark in 2012.
The Bobcats went 14-39, 9-18 MAC this past spring, and the pitching staff ended with a 5.68 ERA.
"They're talking of using me my freshman year. My goal is to fight for a weekend starting spot. They're talking like they're going to use me as a freshman," he said, adding that he knows things will only get tougher for him when he faces Division I college athletes.
"First off, the hitters are going to be a lot better. I'm going to have to mix up my pitches a lot more.
Second of all, the speed of the game," he said. "Everybody's going to be the best of the best. I'm going to have to adjust to how the hitters work as compared to high school."


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TRUCKEE, Calif. — After a summer fire shut its doors, Morgan's Lobster Shack & Fish Market will reopen next week, an owner said.
The official opening is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17, with a possible soft opening on Jan. 15.
"We're definitely excited to get going again," said Shawn Whitney, co-owner of the restaurant and market with wife, Heather.
The new eatery was only open for about a month when a fire — ruled by the Truckee Fire Protection District as accidental — started in the restaurant's kitchen shortly before 1 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2013, causing heavy fire and smoke damage.
Everything inside the building at 10089 West River St. has since been replaced, Shawn said.
Making the recovery possible was a GoFundMe campaign established shortly after the fire, which raised $10,000 through 84 people in five months.
"It was amazing to have that kind of support from so many people," Shawn said. "… We wouldn't have been able to reopen without it."
One of the donations came from Jauquin's Personal Chef Services, which is owned and operated by Randy Anger of Carnelian Bay.
"We don't have good seafood departments here in Tahoe," said Anger, a market patron for his business. "They were a cool breath of fresh air, bringing good quality seafood at competitive prices."
The restaurant and market will continue to offer lobster, scallops, halibut, swordfish, salmon and shrimp, among other in-season East Coast-inspired seafood dishes.
It's the sort of menu adored by Judy Laverty, a Tahoe Donner resident who frequented the eatery at least once a week when it was open last summer.
"I am basically (a) pescatarian and love the fact that fresh, wild, sustainable fish and shellfish is finally available in Truckee," she said. "... (I'm) so happy they are opening again."
Morgan's Lobster Shack and Fish Market will be open 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Shawn said.
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The Mike & Molly Emmy winner and Bridesmaids scene-stealer has some big plans on her plate – from launching her own plus-size fashion line to getting hockey's prized Stanley Cup (for a movie) – during what is already a stellar year for her.
But none of her professional plans can top her favorite pastime, being mom to her two daughters with actor-husband Ben Falcone: Vivian, 4, and Georgette, 1½. McCarthy tells the Hollywood Reporter that being a mother actually helps her feel less insecure about her looks.
"The stupid stuff like what I wear or how I look I can't control, so I just try not to give too much energy to it," she says, calling her body a work in progress after giving birth to Georgette. "At 20, I would have been like: 'Don't they like me? Was it my hair?' At 41, I think the things that define me, I hope, are a lot more than those kinds of petty things."
As for those red-carpet moments, "Trying to find stuff that's still fashion-forward in my size is damn near impossible. It's either for like a 98-year-old woman or a 14-year-old hooker, and there is nothing in the middle," McCarthy wisecracks. Case in point: trying to outfit herself for the Emmys, which required sifting through "nine million dresses with taffeta or shiny bows."
The final result was McCarthy's own line that she is co-designing with couturier Daniella Pearl.
Hosting SNL This WeekendFans needn't fret, however – she'll still be doing comedy, including hosting this weekend's Saturday Night Live. She psyched for this, too, admitting to having an emotional reaction when the producers invited her to do it.
"I went into such an embarrassing, weird, inappropriately loud cry," says McCarthy. "I'm bent over, literally, in the rug section of Living Spaces, wailing."
Also ahead: starring in and co-writing a movie with Bridesmaids scribe Annie Mumolo, which is about hijacking the Stanley Cup to cheer up her sick husband; costarring with Jason Bateman in a movie comedy (still in the talking stage); and appearing in Judd Apatow's as-yet-untitled Knocked Up spin-off – and that, reportedly, is only for starters.


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on February 6, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Schools going downhill since God was removed
In his column, Donn Esmonde rejoices in the fact that students in Cheektowaga Central High School are not exposed to Bible verses anymore. Are they better off without them? He seems to be ignoring the obvious fact that American public schools have been going downhill (both academically and morally) since God was kicked out of the classroom. And the trend continues. Joelle Silver was just offering a little bit of much-needed light. Students in the public schools face continuous indoctrination in the religion of humanism. But I guess that is OK for Esmonde.
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I like to replace operating systems/firmware with open source. I'm a Linux nerd, with an addiction to stand alone tiling window managers.... I guess that is kind of like personalizing my laptop at least. I recently got a Nexus 7, so I am learning about AOSP and how to customize it to my liking. We'll see how that goes...
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on March 15, 2013 - 2:58 PM
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A West Seneca woman awaiting sentencing on federal drug charges was arrested Thursday night at her home on a charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, following a three-month investigation by town police, officials said.
Officers with the West Seneca police narcotics unit executed a search warrant at the Dwyer Street home of Caroline Stuchal, 39, where they found 71 Hydrocone pills.
West Seneca police had previously worked with federal agents in a cocaine case against Stuchal, and her husband, Vincent Stuchal.
Caroline Stuchal was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. She had admitted to selling cocaine from two restaurants run by her husband.
According to court documents, she was expected to be sentenced to 37 to 46 months in federal prison. She could have faced five to 40 years.
Her arrest Thursday could change those terms.


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1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauceor Eden Tamari
8 1/2 ounces organic baked seasoned tofu
1/2 cup scallions, finely chopped
Cook udon according to package directions for 5 minutes. Add the wakame flakes to the udon and continue cooking another 3 minutes until the udon is tender. Rinse the udon and wakame flakes and drain. Place in a bowl. Cube the baked tofu and toss with the udon. Combine the olive oil, scallions, shoyu and mix well. Pour over the udon and toss to evenly coat. Serve room temperature or slightly chilled.
Eastern, Good/High Fiber, Good/High Protein, Japanese Food, Macrobiotic, Main Course, No Sweetener Added, Oils, Pasta, Salad, Sea Vegetables, Vegan