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WARSAW - The deck was stacked against the Beavers from the beginning, and it proved to be too much to overcome in the end.
The Dover boys' soccer team scored two goals in each half en route to a 4-0 victory over Beaver Local Wednesday night at River View High School in an Ohio Division II Eastern District Co-Final.
With the loss, the Beavers end the season at 11-8, meaning Beaver Local ended up one game short of advancing to the Sweet 16.
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Beaver Local's Jon Tomilson (21) defends against a Dover player during action Wednesday in a Division II District game at River View High School in Warsaw. (Photo by Aaron Petchal)
"We had plenty of opportunities," first-year Beaver Local head coach Mike Hilliard said. "We just couldn't finish."
With the win, the Tornadoes improve to 13-0-6 on the season. Dover will now play Minerva in the Region 7 Semifinals.
The odds where in the favor of the Tornadoes from the start of the game, and Dover capitalized on its opportunities to win the game.
The Tornadoes definitely outmanned the Beavers. Dover had multiple substitutes to use throughout the game, while Beaver Local played with just 11 players. The Beavers began the game with 11 players on the field, but they didn't end the game that way.
Beaver Local played the final 33:16 a man down when Jon Tomlinson was forced to leave the game with an injury. The Beavers also played multiple minutes two-men down due to injuries and a goalie change. Beaver Local played the final 1:22 of the game with just nine players on the pitch.
"They gave it their all," Hilliard said. "Having 11 players is not an excuse, but I think it finally caught up to us. Give Dover credit. Dover is a decent team. Give Dover credit for the win.
"We had chances, but we just couldn't finish."
The victory gave the Tornadoes some revenge against the Beavers. Beaver Local defeated Dover, 1-0, in the district co-final last year to advance to the regional semifinals.
Offensively for Dover, Charlie Deeds delivered two goals an assist, and Felipe Bravo and Christian Randazzo each recorded a goal and an assist.
Matt Pleshing made seven saves in goal for the Tornadoes.
Beaver Local used two goalies in the game. Brandon Fetty finished the game with four saves. Fetty was replaced in the second half by Chase Hilliard, who made two saves.
Beaver Local advanced to the district co-final by defeating Indian Creek and Steubenville in the sectional tournament at Harding Stadium in Steubenville.
The game against Beaver Local was Dover's third-straight game at River View. The Tornadoes played both of their sectional games on the home field of the Black Bears.
The field at River View is grass, while the field at Harding Stadium is turf.
While Dover had a short trip to the field, Beaver Local had to travel more than two hours to their destination in Coshocton County.
The Tornadoes took the early lead in the game. Dover got on the scoreboard with a goal with 36:51 left to play in the first half.
Dover had the early momentum, but Beaver Local was far from done.
A little more than five minutes later, a Dover defender was called for a tackle from behind within the penalty box resulting in a penalty kick for the Beavers.
Chase Hilliard lined up to take the kick.
The referee blew his whistle, and Hilliard stepped up and took the kick. Hilliard's shot beat Pleshing to tie the score at 1.
Following the goal call with 31:30 left to play in the first half, Dover's head coach ran down the field yelling that Pleshing was not ready. Moments later, the referee visited with the assistant referee on the far side of the field.
After a discussion, the referee disallowed the goal.
Hilliard was given another shot, but this time his shot sailed harmlessly over the goal to keep the score 1-0.
"The penalty kick changed the momentum of the game, but it was early in the game," Coach Hilliard said. "We had plenty of time to regroup."
Later, Dover extended its lead to 2-0 with 16:56 left to play in the first half.
"I am disappointed for the team, the seniors especially," Coach Hilliard said.
In the second half, the Tornadoes tallied goals with 32:04 and 20:31 left to play in the game to account for the final margin of victory.
"The seniors have meant a lot to the program," Coach Hilliard said. "We are going to miss their leadership. We are going to miss their knowledge. All of the underclassmen looked up to them."
Though the Beavers are losing a good group of seniors, Beaver Local ill return some talented players.
"I think we will be all right number-wise," Coach Hilliard said. "I'm hoping to have at least 13. We will be able to field a team.
"We will have a good-solid core of players next year. We will have to replace the seniors."

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|Janos Kirz
Scientific Advisor, Advanced Light Source, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University.
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Dr. Janos Kirz was born in Budapest, Hungary. He came to the University of California, Berkeley in 1957 and received his Bachelor of Arts from there two years later. He did his graduate work with Berkeley Lab's Alvarez group, under the direction of Bob Tripp, using the 72" bubble chamber at the Bevatron. After receiving his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1963, he spent a year as an NRC postdoctoral fellow at CEN-Saclay, France, returning to Berkeley Lab the following year to conduct research in meson spectroscopy. In 1968, Kirz joined the faculty of Stony Brook University where he continued to work in high-energy physics until 1980, performing experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and Fermilab. He became interested in x-ray optics and synchrotron radiation during a year spent in Dorothy Hodgkins' lab at Oxford University, and subsequently devoted his time to the development of x-ray microscopy, spectromicroscopy, holography, and diffraction imaging at the National Synchrotron Light Source.
Kirz spent part of a sabbatical year at Berkeley Lab during 1993-94, and a full year in 2002-2003 during which time he initiated an experimental program at the ALS in diffraction imaging. He served on the ALS Users' Executive Committee from 1987-89, on the Scientific Advisory Committee, and on several review committees.
Kirz is currently SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University, where he served as Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1998-2001. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 1970, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985.


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MADISON, Wis. - - The Ball State cross country team ended the 2013 season with a strong showing at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Championship, with five of its six runners posting career-best efforts at Wisconsin's Zimmer Championship Course.
Ball State's five scored runners posted a team total of 819 points and an average 6K time of 23:34 to place 28th among the 33 teams entered in the event.
No. 14 Michigan won the meet with a team score of 48, while No. 9 Butler placed second with 67 points. Rounding out the top five teams were No. 6 Michigan State (73), No. 21 Notre Dame (134) and host Wisconsin (136).
Junior Courtney Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) led the Cardinals to the finish line for the sixth time this season, placing 108th among the 225 scored runners with a career-fast effort of 22:40.
Freshman Jordan Timmons (Bargersville, Ind./Center Grove) was the second Ball State runner to cross the finish line, placing 164th with a career-best effort of 23:27.
Junior Caitlynn Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) turned in the Cardinals' third-best effort, clocking a career-best time of 23:40 to place 173rd overall.
Rounding out Ball State's scored runners were sophomore Danielle Dahl (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) and freshmen Ericka Rinehart (Angola, Ind./Angola) with times of 23:57 (184th place) and 24:02 (190th), respectively. Dahl's effort was a career-best.Also running, but not scoring for the Cardinals, was junior Madelyn Webster (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) with a career-best time of 24:14 to place 197th overall.


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|Substrate Recognition Strategy for Botulinum Neurotoxin
|Wednesday, 25 May 2005 00:00
Clostridal neurotoxins (CNTs) are the causative agents of the neuroparalytic diseases botulism and tetanus. By inhibiting release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, for example, the neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum interferes with nerve impulses and causes a paralysis of respiratory and skeletal muscles that can cause death. Researchers from Stanford University have now determined the first structure of a CNT in complex with its target. The structure at a resolution of 2.1 Å, together with enzyme kinetic data, reveals an array of active sites (exosites) that give the CNT its deadly specificity.
CNTs contain enzymes that do their damage by impairing neuronal exocytosis (the process by which neurotransmitter is released into a synapse). In normal function, it is believed that assembly of SNAREs (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors) into a low-energy ternary complex catalyzes membrane fusion, which precipitates the neurotransmitter release.
CNTs interfere with this process by degrading SNAREs, a process called proteolysis. Toxins like botulinum neurotoxins are two-chain polypeptides with a heavy chain joined by a disulphide bond to a light chain. CNT light chains are part of a unique group of zinc-dependent endopeptidases (enzymes) that catalyze hydrolysis of peptide bonds within other proteins. When such chains catalyze SNARE hydrolysis at specific sites, membrane fusion is attenuated and neurotransmitter release inhibited.
The means by which a CNT properly identifies and cleaves its target SNARE has been a subject of much speculation. It is thought to use one or more regions of enzyme–substrate interaction (exosites) remote from the active site where hydrolysis occurs. To address this question, the Stanford team used x-ray diffraction data from ALS Beamlines 8.2.1 and 8.2.2 and SSRL Beamline 9-2 to determine the first structure of the light chains of a CNT endopeptidase (the protease botulinum neurotoxin serotype A or BoNT/A) in complex with its target SNARE (human SNAP-25).
In their structure, an α exosite is formed by BoNT/A light-chain helices α1–α4 that bind to the helical N-terminal of the substrate SNAP-25. Contacting side chains between the SNAP-25 substrate and the BoNT/A light chain at the α exosite are located along the helices. A β exosite resides on the opposite face of BoNT/A. The C-terminal of SNAP-25 forms an antiparallel β sheet along with a portion of a "250 loop," which is separated from the zinc-containing active site where substrate cleavage occurs by a "370 loop." Additional exosites (anchor points) also include side-chain contacts between the substrate and the light chain.
Based on their structure and available kinetic data for several mutant SNAP-25 substrates, the researchers concluded that most of this unusually large enzyme–substrate interface serves to provide a substrate-specific boost to catalytic efficiency by reducing KM (the Michaelis constant), so that the substrate is properly oriented with respect to the light chain. They also observed significant structural changes near the toxin's catalytic pocket upon substrate binding, probably serving to render the protease competent for catalysis.
According to a general model of the strategy used by BoNT/A to recognize and cleave SNAP-25 based on this structure, SNAP-25 attaches to a presynaptic membrane via palmitylation (fatty acid binding) sites on its linker domain. The N-terminal (sn1) and C-terminal (sn2) domains are unstructured or flexible in uncomplexed SNAP-25. Binding of BoNT/A is probably initiated by helix formation at the α exosite, and the anchor points along the extended portion of SNAP-25 serve as additional determinants of substrate specificity. These sites reduce KM and enhance binding at the β exosite, thereby inducing conformational changes at the zinc active site that render the endopeptidase competent to cleave its substrate.
Ultimately, the novel structures of the substrate-recognition exosites could be used for designing inhibitors specific to BoNT/A.
Research conducted by M.A. Breidenbach (Stanford University) and A.T. Brunger (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory).
Research funding: National Institutes of Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: M.A. Breidenbach and A.T. Brunger, "Substrate recognition strategy for botulinum neurotoxin serotype A," Nature 432, 925 (2004).


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Our family has settled into what seems to be a new holiday tradition. Actually, it's sort of a hybrid-holiday tradition. And, it's not really new — we've been doing it for the past several year....
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6 Obnoxious Assumptions Hollywood Makes About Women
I'm not going to get into whether women are competitive or not, that's a whole other can of worms. The point is that chick flick catfight movies like Bride Wars or, to a lesser degree, My Best Friend's Wedding, are banking on the fact that female audiences are going to cheer for the catfighters in the movie.
Maybe if they were actual cats.
And whether you think women are catty bitches or not, this makes no sense. Non-competitive women would obviously be unable to identify at all, and most competitive backstabbing women still have enough social awareness to know it's not something to be proud of, and would cringe at having their worst traits magnified on the big screen.
That probably explains why Bride Warssaw a dramatic dropoff due to bad word of mouth after an already-weak opening weekend, since its entire basis was that best friends will turn on each other in an instant if some stupid female treasure like their "perfect wedding" is threatened in any way. Strangely, women did not flock to the movie shouting, "That's me! That's my life! It's funny because it's true!"
"Why, yes! I also try to bite my friend when we have disagreements!"
A Token Weakness
The problem with putting a character on the screen that a normal woman can identify with means that they'll have to be Hollywood fat (average sized) and Hollywood ugly (normal looking), and people don't pay ten bucks to go to a theater and see that business.
But if you make your lady character too perfect, nobody in the audience can identify with her. You can't compromise on the looks or the weight, obviously. You can't compromise by giving her a realistic job. She can't be a jerk, or the audience won't root for her. If you're doing one of those career vs. personal life plots, then her flaw is that she loves her career too much, so you got that cut out for you. Any other plot, the only option you've got left is to make her clumsy.
That's why pretty much all romantic comedy women are clumsy. Like Jessica Alba in Good Luck Chuck, Amy Adams in Leap Year, Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality... oh hell here's a montage.
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It takes hard work and a good eye for human nature to be able to come up with flaws for your character that make them human and relatable, but don't drive away audience sympathy. Better to just go with "clumsy" and leave the afternoon open for cocaine.
Women Be Shopping
I don't care about the stereotype of women shopping. Women do like shopping - at least a lot more than men do - and a lot of women get excited about designer shoes or whatever. That's a big part of Sex and the City's success - they cater to an audience that's interested in Manolo Blahniks and uh... that's the only label I know. Anyway, there's a big audience that definitely cares about that stuff.
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I don't want to get on a high horse and say how many kids you could feed for a year so let's just say that will buy you almost 4 Playstations.
So as they moved from the success of the first movie to making Sex and the City 2, apparently they decided to just focus on the clothes, which turned out to be a mistake. Box office dropped to about 66% of the first movie and word of mouth was meh.
See, apparently the first movie, and the show, had at least some semblance of character development and some life lessons about friendship and love, even if it was delivered in that cheesy bullshit way that Sex and the City will do, whereas the second movie was half travelogue and half fashion show, and even series fans didn't feel like their favorite characters were moving through anything more than a series of outfits.
It looks like "costumes" might be a better word.
Apparently the fact that a character likes shopping isn't enough to get a female viewer to invest themselves in that character for, let's see... holy shit, that movie was 2 1/2 hours long? Yeah, bad idea.
They way they treat somewhat "accurate" stereotypes can be just as bad as their misses. Just because a lot of women identify with one thing doesn't mean you can just throw that one thing on some woman characters and wait for the money to start rolling in. I like chocolate and I find "that time of month" annoying but I'm not going to watch a lady eat chocolate and complain about Aunt Flo for 2 hours.
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on November 9, 2012 - 8:49 AM
Dear Miss Manners: Last year, I asked my husband's sister, who was having the family Thanksgiving dinner at her house, what I could bring. She insisted that it was easier for her to do it all herself and that we should just give her money.
I offered two more times to bring something, but she only wanted money. My husband did not agree and did not pay her when we ate at her house. When we arrived home, my husband's other sister called, screaming at him for not paying up.
This year, we would like to avoid being treated like deadbeat customers, but I'm not sure how we could best do so.
Should we politely decline the invitation without a reason, should we go along with paying for our dinner for the sake of family harmony, or should we say we will come if we can participate as family members?
Gentle Reader: It can't be easy to achieve harmony in a family where screaming and charging for dinner pass for acceptable behavior.
Miss Manners doubts that your relatives are able to see the crucial difference between helping to cook for a family gathering and paying admission to attend it. In the future, it would be good to give the dinner yourself, setting an example of hospitality.
This year, she suggests that you offer to do the grocery shopping, asking your sister-in-law for a list, and refusing even partial payment on the grounds that you wouldn't feel right charging family or friends.
Always the initiator
Dear Miss Manners: I have been out several times with a charming gentleman acquaintance. I delight in his company, and the preponderance of the evidence indicates that he feels similarly … he introduces me to his friends, his correspondence is always thoughtful and droll, and he always accepts my invitations for future engagements.
However, I am always the initiator of said engagements.
There are several plausible benign interpretations for this … for instance, I know the city better, and the cup that is my social calendar often runneth over, so he may be politely deferring to my schedule. Or perhaps, because I like to plan ahead, I've just always beaten him to the punch, as it were.
Nevertheless, doubts are beginning to niggle. Should I infer from his lack of initiative that he is not interested? Should I wait for him to contact me? Should I raise the issue in conversation? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill?
Gentle Reader: A gentleman who is not interested in a lady does not generally see her every chance she suggests, write her droll yet thoughtful letters and introduce her to his friends.
So surely your real question is how you can get him to reciprocate your invitations. By asking. Miss Manners does not think it forward for a lady to say, "I'd love it if you would plan something you'd like us to do together."
Upset by phone trick
Dear Miss Manners: Returning home after three months out of the country, I called a friend's home phone. It turns out he has it set to forward all calls to his mobile. He answered and said, "Hello, Liz! You've got me in the middle of a meeting!" I felt guilty. It seems he sets a trap for his friends, and then springs it. What do you think?
Gentle Reader: That he is as good at shifting blame as you are at accepting it.
Miss Manners is amazed that it didn't occur to either of you that he could avoid being interrupted at meetings by having the courtesy to turn off his telephone, or, failing that, to silence it and to check who was calling before he answered.
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Just a quick post tonight. We have continued with our Dinners with Artists, and I really can't recommend them enough to you. Of course, it works best with older kids (Son #1 is 8 and really loves it; Son #2 is 5 and waxes and wanes), but it is such a rewarding activity. Not only do we get to discuss art, we also spend quality time together being creative. It doesn't matter if your pictures turn out great or not, what matters is that you and the kids have fun. It's also amazing how the kids can nail essence of each artist every time in their own pictures, while the adults (who try too hard) end up with trite and stilted pieces.
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The absolute coolest guy ever!
Dude, you're almost as cool as Branum!
viết bởi Quixote 01 Tháng tư, 2005
Originally derived from two ancient celtic words "Bran", and "um". Meaning large testicles. In the middle ages, the word "Branum" was used to describe enviable bravery and loyalty towards ones "true" family. In modern times, the word Branum has been known to drive wimpy little "I can't cut the apron strings" momma's babies into a typical narcissistic rage. Often to the point that they display the projection of their own faults in definitions onto others as they are known to do.
The best example is: "It takes a real man to be BRANUM"...
viết bởi George Dickle 08 Tháng ba, 2011


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The ghetto way of saying "your momma", someone who uses this expression did not get educated in school or dropped out in 1st grade.
Hey jonny, les go steal that car ova ther!
But jo mamma said we gats ta stop, or we be in jail
But jo mamma said we gats ta stop, or we be in jail
লিখেছেন- J-Wheezy 11 de জুন de 2005
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Often used when insulting someone, as a comeback.
"you cracka imma bust a cap in yo ass"
"Do you kiss jo mamma with those lips nigga?"
"Do you kiss jo mamma with those lips nigga?"
লিখেছেন- K8 5 de অগাস্ট de 2004
Your mother, usually insulting
I banged jo mamma last night, damn was she good!
লিখেছেন- Anonymous 27 de অক্টোবার de 2003
Originated in about 1983. From a Knock knock joke. About the time (your mamma) jokes started. It was in place of YO short for YOUR. Hence JO
Knock Knock...Who's there? Jo.. Jo Who? JOMAMMA.
লিখেছেন- jomamma2 4 de ফেব্রুয়ারি de 2010
Basically it means "your mom" when the word Jomamma is said alone the reader must use his immagination as to what it means. it could mean your mom is fat or your mom is ugly.
Player 1: Your so gay
Player 2: Jomamma's gay <_<
Player 2: Jomamma's gay <_<
লিখেছেন- Josh 12 de নভেম্বার de 2004
classic comeback
I saw you looking at it!
Pfft. Jo momma you did.
Pfft. Jo momma you did.
লিখেছেন- Alfie 15 de জুন de 2004


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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Back in April, Tiffany Peacock, 32, of Summerville, noticed her dog Onyx was limping. The six-year-old black Lab also had a small lump on his right front leg. A few days later, the lump was larger.
Peacock took Onyx to the vet.
The news was shattering. Her best friend had cancer.
Osteosarcoma, cancer of the bone, often will affect larger breeds, said Peacock who now knows more about canine cancer than she ever thought possible.
She and Onyx bonded when he was eight weeks old. He was always there waiting when she got home and he made friends wherever they went.
The Lab is taller than average and beyond friendly.
Peacock, a Parole Agent for the state, is one of those people who make you glad you have met her.
For the past few months she has been dealing with a whirlwind of speedy decisions. Expensive decisions. Decisions that are staying ahead of Onyx' cancer.
Peacock is no stranger to making serious choices and shouldering heavy burdens although she would most likely disagree with the term burden.
When she was nine her mother died. She became a surrogate mother to her sister and brother.
When Onyx was diagnosed, Peacock was working three jobs – her state job, part-time at Lowe's and teaching sociology as adjunct faculty at Miller-Motte Technical College in No. Charleston.
She had to – she is putting her sister through college.
Since Onyx became sick, she has had to drop her faculty position.
The type of cancer Onyx has is fast-spreading. In order to slow its progress, Onyx' leg had to be amputated.
"On April 15, I took him to the vet – Dr. Suze Shannon at Sweetgrass Animal Hospital," said Peacock. "She took X-rays and sent him for a biopsy. She told me she was pretty sure it was cancer…she had seen it before.
"On April 29 he had a biopsy and on May 10 it was confirmed, he had cancer. On May 29 his leg was amputated."
According to the vets, this had to be done to try to get rid of the cancer at the source.
Onyx now sees Dr. Taylor, an oncologist at Veterinary Special Care in Mt. Pleasant.
Osteosarcoma is treatable although only 10 percent of those diagnosed live more than 18 months after the diagnosis. "It begins with some sort of nodule," she explained, "that attaches itself to the bone and begins eating away at it."
"That's why it is important to catch it early and treat aggressively," she said. "That's why he needed to have his leg amputated."
"I couldn't stay at the hospital the day it was done," she said "I could not get out of work as we were short-handed and it was motorcycle weekend and all state law enforcement agencies are required to be at Myrtle Beach for that."
"They told me when I got there, they couldn't get him to stand up. I walked in and he saw me and immediately struggle to his feet and tried to run to me…they had to hold him back so he wouldn't hurt himself. I sat with him all night."
When he was ready to come home she had a real dilemma. She lived in an apartment and Onyx couldn't handle the stairs. A good friend stepped up and opened her home in North Charleston to Onyx and Peacock so he could have a one-level place to stay.
"I am so grateful, it has made me realize things could always be worse," she said.
Now Onyx' course of treatment is chemotherapy, to keep the cancer at bay.
How to pay
Peacock never thought twice about trying to save her dog. She did, however, worry about how she would pay for it. The night Onyx was diagnosed she began researching both the disease and if there was any financial help out there.
She discovered that there are 65 million dogs in the United States and half of them will have some form of cancer.
"I never heard of animals having cancer when I was growing up," she said. "But in the past 10 to 15 years there has been a lot of research into animal cancer and what could cause it. Small dogs are prone to lymph node cancer."
The amputation cost $3,400. Peacock raised a good portion of that through Lab Life Line and the Dog & Cat Cancer Fund. She has personally spent, to date, about $2,300 for doctor's visits and medications.
Onyx will need between six and eight chemo treatments, she said. "The way it works is he gets a treatment that costs $574. Then the following week he has to go in and have a blood test – $112 and then the week after that another blood test – $112, then another chemo treatment and so on. This, of course, does not include the cost of office visits and miscellaneous things like special prescription food and vitamins and so forth.
Peacock knew she needed help. "I tried www.gofundme.com and my family and friends donated about $400 but that site takes a huge percentage so I began looking for other sources."
And she discovered The Magic Bullet Fund.
"I have not found any organization as wonderful as Magic Bullet."
The Magic Bullet Fund provides financial assistance for people who want to help their best friends fight cancer.
Founded by Laurie Kaplan, MSC, (who helped her best friend, Bullet, beat cancer), to help people who simply couldn't afford to get treatment for their pet. Kaplan has called her, Peacock said, multiple times, checking in to see how Onyx is doing.
The way it works is the Fund reviews an applicant's financials, determines what the applicant can afford to contribute, sets up a web page for 30 days and helps the applicant publicize the page so anyone wanting to help can make a donation through the page. It is up to the applicant to solicit donations to the page. The Fund puts up an initial donation of $500. The Fund gets money annually from PetCo as well as private donors.
In Peacock's case, the Fund expects her to contribute $75 a week. To date, Onyx' page has raised $295, plus the initial $500. Peacock and Onyx still have to raise $580 to cover the cost of the treatment.
Somehow, while paying two rents, two utilities, groceries, college tuition, dog food and dog meds, Peacock is managing to scrape together her $75 a week.
"Onyx always wakes up smiling and wagging his tail…he has really changed my spirit as a whole…I can't think of being in frumpy mode. He has planted the seeds of positivity in my soul…he's my guy."
Peacock's Magic Bullet page ends July 21. Anyone wanting to help Onyx and Peacock can go to www.themagicbulletfund.org and contribute or mail a check with Onyx' name in the memo line to The Magic Bullet Fund, P.O. Box 2574, Briarcliff Mano, NY 10510. All donations are tax deductible.
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The Trials of Gladstone (as told by Franz Kafka)
Youre through, Gladstone.
On any other day, Gladstone would have attributed the notes ambiguous brevity to Jacks crippling addiction to Madonna and techno raves. So many other Editorial notes had trailed off aimlessly while Jack chased chemically manufactured joy and glow sticks:
Like the new Hate By Numbers. Like a virgin. Wheres my pacifier? My jaw hurts.
But this email was no mere rambling. It showed a dark certainty that Jack had not exhibited since mandating ass-less chaps Fridays at the Cracked offices.
Gladstone turned from the screen and looked for comfort in his normal routine. But things had changed. Now when Gladstone shaved closely around his sideburns, a few gray hairs appeared. His navy blue suit, which had once been his HBN armor, showed fraying at the cuffs. And the leather-masked gimp in his basement revealed a zipper mouth of sadness (although, Bucholz might have just been in one of his moods).
Through a Byzantine labyrinth of corridors and passageways, Gladstone found the Cracked offices, but was greeted only by Seanbaby and a closed door.
None shall pass, he said, and Gladstone was struck that Seanbaby spoke like he wrote: with little cartoon bubbles appearing above his head.
Please, Gladstone urged. I seek admittance. Ive been the victim of a conspiracy.
Seanbaby sighed.
Gladstone, behind this door, there is another. And another. Each with a guard bigger than the last. Each with instructions to deny your entry. Penis, penis, boner.
(Contractually, all Cracked columnists were obligated to go no longer than five sentences without a dick joke or penis reference. Gladstone, however, had negotiated for a one per 25 sentence quota, knowing full well that no one at Demand Media could count that high.)
If you like, Seanbaby offered, you may have a seat and ask again in awhile.
Gladstone turned to see two seats beside the door. One occupied by Robert Brockway.
Robert, are you also here to fight some unjust indignity that has befallen you?
Nope. Just waiting out the effects of last nights peyote party. Im still trippin balls.
I see, Gladstone said and cursed himself for thinking, however, briefly, that he could have an ally in this struggle.
Furthermore, Brockway added, penis, penis, boner.
Just as all seemed lost, Seanbaby left his post to go Photoshop dirty things into a 1950s brochure about bomb shelters, and Gladstone seized the moment to step inside. There before him, stood a giant insect.
Dan OBrien? Is that you? he asked.
The insect raised human eyes up to the ceiling. Its twitching antennae forming accents of confusion. And despite the gross spectacle, Gladstone could still discern a trace of humanity in the creatures struggle to sit in an office chair when its hard shell dictated a less evolved posture. The insect opened its mandibles, craning its neck to generate some semblance of human speech. Part human, maybe, but was this monstrosity Dan OBrien?
Penis, penis, boner.
Yeah, it was Dan. His sticky claws began clacking away on the keyboard, filling the screen with penis, penis, boner hundreds of times.
Dan! Gladstone cried. What metamorphosis has deprived you of your knack for comedic prose? What can we do?
Dan popped the insect mask off his costume and replied, Whaddya mean? Just givin the people what they want. I found the one-to-five ratio too confining anyway.
Gladstone recoiled in horror. All his perceptions unreliable. All painful.
But why are you dressed as
For Brockways costume party. Well, it was a peyote party, but, yknow, what fun are psychedelics without costumes? Sorry, Im still tripping balls.
A blood curdling scream filled the offices and Gladstone ran to find its source. Still, even as he dodged through cubicles and corridors he wondered what he could do. And was he running to help, or to find another who shared his impending sense of dread?
There, behind a door marked Not Torture was a bearded man strapped face down and shirtless to a table. Over the mans back hung a large device most notable for an appendage containing a razor sharp writing implement. There was a rhythm to the arms movements and as Gladstone approached he realized the razor pen was carving the same sentence into the victims skin, over and over, with increasingly deeper penetrations.
Gladstone could now see the bloody writing hundreds of times across the mans back:
I will not defy readers expectations. I will not defy readers expectations.
Oh! You must be Cody, the new guy! Like your stuff.
But Cody did not greet the kind words with the kind of appreciation Gladstone expected. In fairness, it might have been because a surgically sharp blade was carving an x into Codys deepest layer of flesh at that very moment, but Gladstone still couldnt help but be appalled by the manners of kids today. He left Cody in the care of the device, confident all lessons that needed to be learned would be. Besides, the guys voice was really annoying.
Now Gladstone had examined almost every crevice of the Cracked offices and still he was no closer to understanding why he was no longer part of this family. Why he had been cast out.
Gladstone let loose the scream that had been building since morning, WHY JACK? WHY?!
It wasnt me, Jack whispered. Apparently, he had been standing next to Gladstone the whole time, and now he was pointing. I take my orders from him.
Jack led Gladstone down a hall that seemed both intimately familiar and somehow unknown until they reached an office door.
"Whose office is this?" Gladstone asked, but Jack was gone.
Gladstone held the doorknob for a moment, fearing a truth worse than his paranoia. But, ultimately, he realized that whoever was on the other side of that door still worked for Cracked and, therefore, was likely functionally retarded. Gladstone opened the door, revealing the office to be his own, but now, Michael Swaim was sitting behind his desk.
Wayne! Come in. Have a seat.
Please, Michael. Call me Gladstone.
Swaim smiled warmly. Fine, if you prefer, Gladstone. But why all the animosity?
Dont pretend, Michael. Jack told me everything. Youre behind my termination. Look at you. Youre already sitting behind my desk.
Of course, I am. But Wayne, that's because if youre searching for whos responsible, its you.
Gladstone looked closer. Swaim was wearing a navy blue jacket much like Gladstones--only new. His hair was coarser and wavier than usual. And the part in his dress shirt revealed some sprouts of chest hair whereas Gladstone had recalled Swaim normally being smooth like a pubescent boy with a testosterone deficiency.
Wait, Gladstone murmured, youre me?
Of course, I am. You dont think one website would actually have two numbered video shows do you? Im just a product of your twisted imagination. I mean,Swaim? Whos ever heard of such a ridiculous name? Think about it, Wayne. I keep giving you clues, but you know what those letters stand for:
Secretive Waynes Alternate Identity Michael.
No, it cant be! Gladstone protested.
In your heart you know it's true, Swaim insisted. Why else would no one call me out on stealing your jokes?
But even if what you say is true. Im not self-destructive?
Oh, really? Youre not?
So you think its a good idea for your future at Cracked.com to write a 1,000 word column, mocking your boss and colleagues while making allusions to a Czech writer from 100-years ago?
I see your point.
Of course, you do. Its yours.
Gladstone shut the door behind him and headed home. The next morning, his landlady would find him dead at his computer with the cursor still blinking at the end of one solitary and incomplete sentence:
Penis, penis, bon. . .
Visit Gladstone's site! Or follow him on Twitter and stalk him on Facebook.


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Thursday, October 31, 2013
U.S. Marshals in Lancaster, Calif. have captured Dogwood Park murder suspect Stephon Johnson, according to a statement released by the Goose Creek Police Department on Oct. 24.
The U.S. Marshals Service notified the GCPD of the capture on Oct. 23. Johnson was taken into custody without incident.
Johnson was charged with murder for the shooting death of William Kuhn, who was found deceased in Dogwood Park, off Liberty Hall Road in Goose Creek, on Sept. 18.
Johnson is currently in the custody of authorities in Los Angeles County, California, pending extradition proceeding
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Since 1965, Family Court Services has served the Family and Juvenile District Courts and the citizens of Dallas County by providing assessments and educational information for families involved in contested litigation and adoptions.
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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Republican Paul LePage continues to hold onto his lead in the race for the Blaine House according to the latest Pan Atlantic SMS Omnibus poll.
The poll, released Tuesday, surveyed 501 likely Maine voters October 11 and October 15. Several questions about the upcoming election were asked of the participants.
Paul LePage leads the governor's race at 32.9 percent. Democrat Libby Mitchell is in second at 28 percent, Independent Eliot Cutler is at 14 percent, Independent Shawn Moody at 4.6 percent and Independent Kevin Scott at 0.4 percent. More than one in five likely voters remain undecided. The governor's poll has a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percentage points.
In the First District Congressional Race, Democrat Chellie Pingree leads Republican Dean Scontras by 16.4 percentage points. Pingree has 49 percent, Scontras 32.6 percent and 18.4 percent are undecided. This poll has a margin of error of +/- 6.2 percent because it is a smaller sample, consisting only of first district voters.
In the Second District Congressional race, Democrat Mike Michaud has a 19.5 percentage pont lead over Jason Levesque. Michaud comes in with 48.8 percent, Levesque at 29.3 percent and 21.9 percent undecided. This poll has a margin of error of 6.2 percent.
There is a tight race for Question 1, the Oxford County casino referendum. 49.1 percent support it, 44.7 percent oppose it and 6.2 percent are undecided. The Question 1 poll has a margin of error of 4.4 percent.
A question was also asked about Question 3, which reads: "Do you favor a $9,750,000 bond issue to invest in land conservation and working waterfront preservation and to preserve state parks to be matched by $9,250,000 in federal and other funds?" More than half, 56.3 percent of the respondents sat they will vote for the measure, 34.7 oppose it and 9 percent are undecided. This question has a margin of error of 4.4 percent.
Of the 501 likely Maine voters who participated in the poll, 51 percent were female, 49 percent were male. Political affiliation consisted of 35 percent Republicans, 35 percent Democrats 27 percent Independents or unenrolled voters and 3 percent defined themselves as "other."
By age segment:
19 percent were ages 18-34
22 percent were 35-44
25 percent were 45-54
20 percent were 55-64
15 percent were 65+.


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New Zealand volunteer service celebrates 40 years of partnership With Vanuatu
19 March 2005
"2005 is the 40th anniversary of New Zealand's Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) development partnership with the people of Vanuatu." The New Zealand High Commissioner Mr Paul Willis said during the signing ceremony.
The ceremony marks the new agreement over the VSA activity in Vanuatu. The agreement ceremony was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Honourable Sato Kilman and Mr. Ross Cassells Pacific Field Representative (PFR) and a VSA from Wellington.
VSA has had a long and successful partnership with New Hebrides/ Vanuatu starting way back in 1965.
"Over those forty years, 150 New Zealand (or kiwis) volunteers have served in Vanuatu. They have brought a diverse range of skills to Vanuatu, they included teachers, doctors, nurses, trades people, geologists, agriculturalists, librarians, computer specialists and quantity surveyors. The beauty of these diverse islands and the friendliness of the people of Vanuatu have always made it a popular assignment for New Zealand VSA volunteers." Mr. Willis said.
Commissioner Willis said that the kiwis who have served as volunteers have been enriched by the experience of living and working with another culture. This has been beneficial for both New Zealanders and ni-Vanuatu and has played a part in building a closer relationship and better understanding.
"Eight kiwis currently serving here continue the long and unbroken partnership between VSA and Vanuatu and they too reflect the diverse areas of work of New Zealand volunteers in financial IT service support, capacity building for both pre school and secondary teachers, maritime training, environment and Woman's affairs." He said.
Mr. Willis stated that the agreement signed this month between the two working parties provides a sound basis for VSA's ongoing support for development in Vanuatu at the grass roots and national levels.
The Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is a New Zealand based, non-profit, development organizationsends skilled people to partner organizations and communities in developing countries.


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The appearance of your ass crack eating up your pants and any under garments.
i.e. the pants are being pulled into the crack at an alarming rate.
i.e. the pants are being pulled into the crack at an alarming rate.
Whoa sister - you need to walk slower or buy bigger pants - you got some serious hungry bum!
French Cow tərəfindən 27 Fevral 2004
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Also known as a wedgie, where the underpants are drawn/forced/pulled/slipped up into the butt crack.
That hungry bum they gave Clarence in gym class left a big skid mark on his gauchies.
Cluin tərəfindən 03 Sentyabr 2003
When the fabric of your clothes is sucked between your bum cheeks creating the outline of your crack...
Simon: Yo dude, look at that girls arse...
Stu: That sure is one hungry bum!
Stu: That sure is one hungry bum!
mcsaf tərəfindən 18 Oktyabr 2011
when you don't wear underwear and your arse eats your pants.
man that chick has hungry bum
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When women (or men) go commando or wear thongs and their pants are pulled into/eaten by their bum crack.
Steph must be going commando, she's got a seriously hungry bum.
Leggingsaren'tpants tərəfindən 24 Aprel 2011
The act of a womans or mans underwear or bathingsuit getting swallowed by their buttox. In worse situations it may be referred to as a starving bum. Usually this happens for larger ladies that wear too small of bathinsuits because they think its attractive to look at cottage cheese.
<duDe> OMG@! look at the hungry bum
<man> yea dude, her fucking ass swallowed her whole bathingsuit
<man> yea dude, her fucking ass swallowed her whole bathingsuit
Gito tərəfindən 12 Aprel 2005
When a person's pants/jeans/shorts are riding up the butt in an unattractive fashion requiring a "manual release" of sorts - usually happens to overweight women (but not exclusively). It looks like the bum is literally eating the pants.
Jason: "Check out the hungry bum on the chick in white pants."
Sam: "Yikes, that's just wrong."
Sam: "Yikes, that's just wrong."
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Miranda Brand is visiting Germany for what is supposed to be a month's vacation. But from the moment that Brigadier Brindley relates the story about a fortune in lost diamonds - a story in which Miranda herself figures in an unusual way - the vacation atmosphere becomes transformed into something more ominous. And when murder strikes on the night train to Berlin, Miranda finds herself unwillingly involved in a complex chain of events that will soon throw her own life into peril. Set against a background of war-scarred Berlin in the early 1950s, Death in Berlin is a consummate mystery from one of the finest storytellers of our time.
©1955, 1983 M.M. Kaye (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
"Why these narrators"
Why oh why have American actors been employed to read M M Kaye's quintessentially English books. Yes they are all set overseas, but the heroines are all Brits or raised there yet for some reason the publisher has chosen to allow the bastardisation of their accents. It's a travesty of what they could have been and of what the original recordings were. I would have bought this whole set and the two great Indian sagas, but for most of them I can't even get through the sample without cringing. My advice - if you ever heard the old recordings by Virginia McKenna don't even try these - it's traumatising!
"Good story"
the story itself made it enjoyable. The reader was infinitely better than the reader of A Death In Kashmir.
The heroine of course
The reader was good,but I'm still looking for that cultured British accent
The dramatic ending in the old house
that is all
"Poor narration"
No- the narration spoiled it for me.
I do not understand why it was felt necessary to have an American narrating when the characters were, in the main, British. Her pronounciation was poor and her attempts at a British accent ludicrous. I persevered until the end of the book but will not buy another audio book of M M Kaye's novels, I will just stick to the written word in future- which I know I will enjoy!
"Totally the wrong reader"
The right accented reader
Any English actor with the correct 1950's accent
Fury at a very good period book being ruined by an awful American accent
Read the book before choosing the narrator
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A lot of Minneapolis bands like Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. After that, the Ramones, then the local punk-rock scene that we came from in Berkeley, Calif. There was this great compilation called Turn It Around! That was a pretty big record for me.
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[Laughs.] I definitely age. It's about trying to mentally keep yourself in a place where you're never resting on your laurels. That's the fountain of youth.


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The art of negotiating while heavily inebriated at the bar. Outcome usually results in unfounded camaraderie or destruction of aforementioned bar. Person involved in bargotiating may continue to argue his/her position even if the other party is already in full agreement.
Dude, quit bargotiating with me, I already told you that I think she's hot.
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loans need collateral = personal guarantees
are you ready to take that risk?
@Alok: why is that fundraising in the tech field is mostly investment, while that in other fields is mostly loans ?
Is it because there are few or no tangible assets in tech companies ?
If I might ask, how did you raise money for your socks factory ?
If I were to be in your shoes I would consider a few factors such as Length of time, cost of financing, perceived risk of the business and control of the business.
If you are to consider debt financing, usually a loan, as most of guys said you have to have some assets to be used as collateral or personal guarantors. You require paying back the amount borrowed + interest, whether you make profit or not. And also you have to be clear whether you are looking for a short term loan (less than one year) to use to provide working capital to finance inventory or the operations of the business. This type of loans can be repaid from the resulting sales and profits of the year. If you are looking for a loan to purchase a piece of machinery, land or building, with part of the value of the asset being used as collateral, it is advisable to go for a long term loan.
If you are to consider equity financing, it does not require collateral and all what you have to do is offer the investor some form of ownership position in your venture (This is where CONTROL of the business comes into play), share in the profits, and also any disposition of assets on a pro rata basis.
What you have is an ongoing business, you must have a fairly good idea about your market, business growth etc so that you can take a calculated risk whether to go for a loan. Since yours is a new business you can employ a combination of both debt and equity financing. (Sorry if I sound like an academia)
@Shan: just to go off track - what is a line of credit ? which type of debt financing does it fall under ?
A line of credit is quite similar to a bank loan (Usually an overdraft facility) but the only difference is that the approved amount (Loan) is not withdrawn fully. So as a layman I can say it is an arrangement between a bank or a financial institute and a (regular) customer establishing a maximum loan balance that the customer is permitted to borrow and maintain. The customer can draw credit at any given time without exceeding the maximum amount agreed upon. This falls under 'Cash flow financing' as far I understand


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Source: Toyota
quote: Why talk about the Volt? This car doesn't even come close to competing with the Volt.
quote: I think its hard to honestly say someone with the money to buy a Volt will settle for a Prius
quote: 3. TCO is far more important than initial purchase price
quote: First you sound like a car person - c-segment, b-segment, who talks like that about car buying?
quote: Thrid - the Volt is over $40,000 - what world do you live in?
quote: Second, who cares what the price you'll get in 10 years, yes 10 years, after owning the car?
quote: If someone says the Volt is a 47,000+ car.. well that is just dishonest. To get 47,000 you must check every single option, including chrome wheels.
quote: Your saying "who cares what price I pay for using the car, I just want it to appear cheap." Really? You don't care how much it costs to use you car? Btw, I got this great wallet. Its free. But it destroys money. Its free though, so you can't get cheaper than free.
quote: How is it "dishonest"? Anyway this is really immature nitpicking and you know it.
quote: Also industry data compiled over years and years shows that most people who buy new cars, only keep that car around 5 years.
quote: So again, economically, the Volt makes no sense.
quote: Yes good value for your money is somewhat correct, but if I can get a car for even 1/2 the price of the Volt, that's the one for the majority of buyers.
quote: From your posting I can see you don't fit in with the cheap car crowd and probably could afford the Volt. Well go ahead and buy it. No one esle will - that's the point we are trying to get you to see! Most everyone can see that the Volt is NOT a good buy! What is there added on to it that makes it $20,000 better than the Prius? I didn't say better, I said $20,000 better!
quote: True, but that just doesn't matter!
quote: Thanks to a wholesale blitz by people mainly wanting to make a political statement the perceived value of the Volt has been reduced and the perceived cost increased. The end loser? The US taxpayer. Congrats everyone!
quote: If your statement is the Volt is garbage because its too expensive for the majority of US citizens... well I take exception.
quote: I never ONCE called the Volt garbage or said it was low quality or a poor value.
quote: But we know now that gas prices hurt SUV sales, NOT media coverage.
quote: Ah I knew it. That's your angle.
quote: Brevity is the soul of wit, after all :)
quote: Its the only Car made in AMERICA that is able to be run 100% on AMERICAN made fuel sources from AMERICAN raw materials
quote: AMERICAN made fuel sources
quote: If you two can explain why the most hyped vehicle in our countries history since the Ford Model T has totally flopped, besides an attempt to blame the media, I would love to hear it.
quote: I know about segments, nobody uses those when they buy a car. NOBODY.
quote: And I don't think the Volt was hyped more than any car in the past say 75 years
quote: And I don't think the Volt was hyped more than any car in the past say 75 years.
quote: Nor do I think the sales from one year where cars were not even available to purchase really count yet as a flop. (I was not until Nov. 2011 did cars even start arriving in most of the US. Gee, 3 months on the market and its a flop?!?)
quote: For some reason, it has become the poster child for the Auto Bailouts.
quote: People should be furious that UAW's significantly higher than market wages and benefits were maintained on the back of the general US taxpayer
quote: Options:
quote: GM since its "Bailout" has made the Sonic, Cruze, etc. Yet these cars do not receive the same type of smear campaign.
quote: Is the Volt a car for everyone? No clearly not.
quote: It's unethical and straight up un-American to constantly troll those of us exercising our First Amendment rights to speak out about the Volt and this situation to keep us quiet.
quote: Because it's the car GM demoed to the taxpayers when the Government asked GM for evidence that they should get bailed out. Did you forget that?
quote: The Volt is on the road purely because of politics, BAD politics
quote: But feel free to drive GM into the ground again by not even attempting to provide vision concepts and cars.
quote: The Government was going to bail out GM regardless and to pretend otherwise is burying you head in the sand.


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Davis & Elkins College freshmen and first-year students recently concluded the First-Year Symposium - an intensive three-week session on democracy that involved interactive exercises, lectures and application of critical thinking and creative skills. This was the first such program for the college as a new approach to its Winter Term.
Through team work, panel discussions, projects and participation in a simulated legislative session, students learned about the skills, practices and processes that enable citizens to make a difference through active participation in a variety of democratic processes.
"The experience shaped me to want to become more involved in democracy," said Jessica Williams, an elementary education major from Shenandoah Junction.
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Commissioner of Agriculture Walt Helmick teaches student Matthew Kokoska, of Phoenix, Md., the 'West Virginia handshake.'
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Andrew Carroll, a freshman from Bunker Hill, displays his certificate as winner of Best Practice of Oral Communication. Winners of individual and team efforts were announced during an awards dinner in Charleston.
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During the session, which ran Jan. 7 through 25, students were assigned to one of 22 small groups in which members selected leadership and assigned duties.
Students commented that this structure and the path it followed through the session helped them recognize how democracy intertwines with daily and academic interactions.
"Leadership isn't about barking orders," said Trevor Wratchford, an English and history major from Moorefield, who was the leader of his group. "It's about facilitating and being there."
Another student in the group, Wes Anderson, an environmental science major from Buckhannon, said he had been a leader in his high school athletic career. This time around, he says he learned about leadership from observing the actions of other leaders.
During the first week, group leaders helped decide which team members would attend democracy-focused lectures presented by D&E faculty and guest speakers, including D&E Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Joe Roidt, Hanover College Professor of Communications Dr. Barbara Garvey, West Virginia Delegate Denise Campbell and West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Walt Helmick. Students also watched and discussed popular films with political themes, and created posters reflecting the role democracy plays in society.
In the second week, students put topics from the lectures into practice as they participated in simulated sessions of the West Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate. Fulfilling duties of chamber leaders and county representatives, they researched constituent demographics, wrote and researched topics for bills and argued their points and counterpoints. Agency representatives from throughout the state participated in caucuses dealing with children's health care, entrepreneurship, extractive industry, travel and tourism, drug prevention, education, sustainable energy and women's issues.
An overnight trip to West Virginia's capital city in the final week gave the students an opportunity for experiential learning with tours of the Governor's Mansion, state Capitol building, Clay Center and Cultural Center. It also provided a time for reflection on the previous weeks' exercises and celebration of individual and team accomplishments.
Students identified their participation in a mock session in the House chambers as a highlight of the trip.
"It was us, but it seemed like it was so real," said Ben Pond, of Sheffield, England.
The idea for the First-Year Symposium emerged during the summer of 2011. D&E leaders decided to embrace the challenge laid out in "A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy's Future," the 2012 report from the National Task Force on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement. The report documents the "civic deficit" facing the United States and challenges colleges and universities to edaucate their students to serve more capably and knowledgeably as citizens. Davis & Elkins hopes that its own initiative will provide valuable information for other colleges and universities wishing to strengthen their commitment to civic learning and engagement.
Academic leaders at D&E plan to continue the democracy theme for the 2014 First-Year Symposium.
More information about the college is available at www.dewv.edu or 304-637-1243.


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To come upon a place where no human being should live, a discarded wasteland
"After seeing my 15th old tire and 8th abandoned car, I new I was shamokin"
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A centuries-old town in rural Pennsylvania that exploded in population during the immigrant boom of the late 1800's/early 1900s. Main industry until the late 20th Century was coal mining. It was renamed "Coal Township" in the late 20th Century to reflect the influence of the coal industry on it's local politics. It's rumored that the name "Shamokin" is an old Native American term meaning "welcome." It's further rumored that Shamokin was built on the site of a friendly Native American village. People from Shamokin have their own lingo and are usually hardcore.
Tom: "OMG Johnny just got his legs severed in a freak mining accident!"
Johnny: "I'm from Shamokin. I'll walk it off."
Johnny: "I'm from Shamokin. I'll walk it off."
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quote: Bob was reportedly making several hundred thousand dollars per year while paying roughly $50,000 per year to the Chinese developers who were doing his work for him. Bob was spending his day watching cat videos, surfing Facebook, and messing around on eBay
quote: Evidence even suggested he had the same scam going across multiple companies in the area. All told, it looked like he earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, and only had to pay the Chinese consulting firm about fifty grand annually.


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Source: The New York Times
quote: ... the FAA is taking a fresh look at the use of personal electronic devices, other than cell phones, on aircraft," said Brown.The FAA likely put this testing off due to costs and the amount of testing required for these devices to pass.
quote: EMT Labs also said that the "two tablets versus many" theory the FAA used was incorrect as well, saying that electromagnetic energy doesn't add up as more e-readers or tablets are used. Rather, the "noise" from such gadgets decreases as more are used.


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LEWISTOWN - Following 11 months of intense negotiations, the Mifflin County School District and the Association of Mifflin County Educators on Thursday agreed to a new two-year contract retroactive to July 1 of this year and continuing through June 30, 2014.
On Thursday evening the Mifflin County School Board voted by a 5-2 margin to approve a recommendation from Superintendent James Estep to ratify the new deal. Voting in favor of the measure were Walter Harpster, Travis Parkes, Kirk Rager, Kriston Sharp and Annemarie Swineford. Voting against the agreement were Beth Laughlin and Mary Lou Sigler. Board members Dr. Ruth Armstrong and James Hurlburt were not in attendance at Thursday's session.
Prior to the school board's vote, Estep commented, "We went through nearly a year working back and forth with AMCE on this. Compromises had to be made that both sides didn't necessarily love. However, both sides looked at the continued uncertain financial situation (from the state) and both sides recognized the need to work together to come to an agreement."
Estep said the teachers union met earlier in the day Thursday and "had a positive vote in support of the contract."
Dianne Shearer, president of AMCE, said the contract calls for an average 2.4 percent salary increase in the first year and 2.39 percent in the second. Those increases aren't for everybody, however.
"Not every teacher will get that," Shearer said. "Some will receive less and some will receive more depending on where they're at on the salary scale. This (increase) represents the average."
Estep said the increases will not come in the form of additional money to be made up in the future.
"We understood that we didn't have any new money to make a deal," Estep said. "This contract counted on the association to agree to concessions on health care and teacher tuition reimbursement. Those things essentially offset the raise. No new taxpayer money is coming out of the 2.4 percent raise."
Shearer said the teachers have been working under the terms of the previous contract which expired June 30 of this year.
"The teachers worked under the old contract for 131 days," Estep added.
In other business Thursday, the board:
Approved the use of Mifflin County High School and waived the fee for a holiday concert to be held Saturday, Dec. 8 involving school music groups, a local quartet and the Lewistown Community Band.
Hired Larry Reed as a custodian at Mifflin County Middle School effective Nov. 20.
Added Ashley Freed and Lori Liddick to the cafeteria substitute list.
Accepted the resignation of Diana Shingler, cafeteria worker at East Derry Elementary School, effective Nov. 21.
Approved the 2012-13 daily contracted rates for student transportation.
Approved Sharee Ann Fisher as a van driver for Fisher Brothers Bus Lines.
Recognized the following drivers with 25 years of experience: Susan Ronk, Doris McKee, Terry Lee Musselman, Ronna Bloom and Pamela Bell.
Approved the following additions to the substitute teacher list: Sarah Ebken, elementary; Danielle Warntz, elementary; Lisa Kellas, all subject areas; Rhonda Pupo, all subject areas; Lacie Hostetler, mathematics; and Carley Smith, all subject areas.
Deleted Ashley Smithyman from the substitute teacher list.
Accepted the resignation of Wendy Smith, administrative secretary for the maintenance department, effective Jan. 17, 2013.
Accepted the resignation of Stephanie Hopkins, language arts/reading specialist at Lewistown Elementary School, effective Dec. 21, due to relocation.
Hired Cynthia Groninger for the language arts/reading specialist teaching position at Lewistown Elementary School, effective approximately Nov. 19.
Hired the following coaches for the 2012-13 school year: Tamara Sechler, assistant spring track; Keith Yoder, junior varsity baseball; and Kyle Cramer, first assistant baseball.
Approved the following volunteer coaches for the 2012-13 school year: Stephen King, wrestling; Aaron Bubb, baseball;Alexander Haines, baseball; Brandi Kohan, cheerleading; John Hilton, boys basketball; and Adam Stout, wrestling.


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The musician, 44, whose divorce from Berry was finalized six years ago, proposed to Manuela Testolini in November with an antique diamond ring he designed, Benet confirms to PEOPLE.
"During a romantic dinner I decided to finally let Manuela hear 'Never Want to Live Without You,' a song off my new album that I had written for her," Benet says. "I sang it to her, then got down on one knee and proposed."
Manuela, an entrepreneur and founder of the charity In A Perfect World, was formerly married to Prince. She has been dating Benet for three years.
The wedding is set for this summer.
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It's back to rehab for Lindsay Lohan – 90 days in a center under lock and key – plus psychotherapy and community service.
This was how the actress resolved her latest court case, this one that started over a Porsche crash in Santa Monica last summer when she was filming Liz & Dick.
During a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing Monday that she showed up to nearly an hour late – and got showered with glitter on the way in – she also pleaded no contest to lying to police and reckless driving.
Asked by Judge James Dabney if she understood all terms and conditions, Lohan answered, "Yes, your honor."
The judge then said, "A suggestion: don't drive."
Under the deal, Lohan, 26, avoids a six-month jail term for violating her probation in a shoplifting case as long as she doesn't run afoul of the law again. She will be booked at the Santa Monica Police Department.
"You violate probation and we'll … just impose sentence and be done with it," the judge warned.
Lohan also faces an outstanding case in New York involving a nightclub fight, but her attorney said he expected that authorities won't prosecute her in light of the current deal.
Her father, Michael Lohan – who attended the hearing with his own lawyer – said outside of court, "I'm just very happy she's going to rehab."
Lindsay Lohan Gets Locked-Down Rehab in Plea Deal