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The North Tahoe boys and girls basketball teams wrapped up their seasons with quarterfinal losses in the Northern Division III regional tournaments in Elko this past Thursday.
The girls hung with neighboring rival Incline early before falling by a final score of 53-42. The boys played Silver Stage evenly through one quarter but could not stay with the larger Nighthawks in a 70-40 loss.
"Take that game out, and we had a pretty good year," said first-year Laker boys head coach Frank Wright, whose team finished 10-15 overall in its final season competing in the Mount Rose League, which combines Division I-A and Division III schools.
North Tahoe's boys, seeded seventh, were tasked with opening the regional tournament against a large, physical Silver Stage team, which carried the No. 2 seed.
As opposed to the first meeting between the two, when the Lakers fell behind by double digits early but stormed back in the second half to make things interesting in a 54-50 loss, North Tahoe matched buckets with the Nighthawks in the opening minutes.
But after an 11-11 tie to end the first quarter, the Nighthawks began to pull away as they built their halftime lead to 30-19. Silver Stage then took complete control with a big third quarter, putting the game out of reach.
"We played with them right away. We just didn't come out to play in the third quarter," Wright said. "They played a lot better than when we saw them at their place. They're big and strong, and they're all seniors."
Junior point guard Alex Tyler led the Lakers with 15 points. Stats were not available for Silver Stage, which went on to defeat third-seeded West Wendover 86-83 in overtime before losing to top-seeded Pershing County 57-50 in the regional championship. Both Pershing County and Silver Stage advanced to the state tournament.
Wright said he's unsure of the last time the Lakers played into the postseason, but he knows it's been a number of years.
"I think we brought back some of the winning tradition," he said. "It's been a long time since we've had success like that. It's a good start."
The fifth-seeded North Tahoe girls also kept their quarterfinal tight in the early going, as they led 14-13 after the first quarter.
The Highlanders, seeded No. 4, turned it on in the second quarter, however, taking advantage of a key injury to outscore the Lakers 14-2 and take a 27-16 lead into the half.
"We played well except for one quarter," said North Tahoe head coach Rick Buhler, adding that junior center Taylor Briggs went out with a bloody nose in second quarter, which cost the team on both ends of the floor. "That's been the story of our season. We could just never keep all five players on the court at the same time."
Briggs returned in the second half as the Lakers tried to cut into Incline's lead, which expanded to 44-24 by the end of the third quarter. North Tahoe outscored Incline 18-9 in the fourth to narrow the final margin to 11.
"We played well for three quarters, and the one quarter killed us. But I'm proud of the girls. They had a good season," Buhler said.
Junior guard Angela Wood led the Lakers with 20 points, while Kortney Solis scored 14 to lead the Highlanders, who went on to lose 54-44 to top-seeded Pershing County in the semifinal round. Pershing County defeated White Pine 42-30 for the regional title.
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Fresh off of their fall schedule the Stetson men's tennis team is now preparing for the 2014 regular season, which begins Saturday, Jan. 11 with a match at Georgia Tech. The Hatters return a lump sum of components to their 2013 squad, which saw them compile a 15-4 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
"The beauty of our team is that anybody can pretty much be number one, so we expect each and every one to fight day in and day out so they can move up in the lineup," said associate head coach Christophe Noblet.
The Hatters completed a successful fall slate, with appearances at the Southern Collegiate in Athens, Ga., as well as the Bedford Cup in Tallahassee. The team also competed in the Wake Forest Invitational and the ITF Future USA-F30, before returning to DeLand to train and prepare for what 2014 has in store for them.
"The objective for the fall was for all of our guys to play as many matches as possible and that's exactly what we achieved," Noblet explained. "We played four fall tournaments where each player basically had the chance to play two or three matches and the opportunity to make adjustments in their style."
Heading into the New Year Noblet's hopes are high. With seven of the nine team members returning from a year ago and freshman Graham Ball (Baie-D'Urfe, Quebec ) sprinkled into the mix, there's no reason to think that this team can't surpass last year's success.
"We have the skill set to be successful during the spring and we are looking forward to having the chance to actually demonstrate that," he said.
A few of those key returners include three A-Sun All-Freshman team members in Cahit Kapukiran, Laurynas Antropikas and Simon Julin, who was named the conference's freshman of the year.
"I think what is exciting about having them back is they already know what to expect. They went through one season and they know how challenging it is," said Noblet about the talented corps of returners.
One familiar face that won't be on the court this season is Didrik Berg, who completed his four-year Stetson career in 2013, being named to the A-Sun All-Conference Second Team, with Julin as his doubles partner.
"Didrik was obviously a great player but he was also a great leader as a senior captain," Noblet said. "We will miss that but I think Hans Adrian (Riseng) has stepped up pretty well to that leadership role this year as our only senior."
Following their match-up with the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, the Hatters return home for an Alumni Match, before heading back on the road to compete in the ITF Future USA-F4 (Jan. 24-26) in Palm Coast, Fla. Stetson will have their official 2014 home opener, Feb. 2 vs. Georgia Southern at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.
"Right now we have three ranked teams on the schedule but we should have five or six because three are not rankled right now but could be eventually," Noblet explained of his team's 2014 slate. "If we can face and embrace that challenge we will be ready for the conference tournament."
The Hatters host No. 62 Georgia State Feb. 28 and No. 71 North Florida March 22, but will take on No. 66 ETSU, on the road, March 15 in Johnson City, Tenn. This year's A-Sun Championship is scheduled for April 18-20 in Jacksonville.

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Although the numerous leaks and plants that have preceded the movies premiere have held off on revealing what career-killing atrocity Brit has planned for the climax, theres been enough real Britney in the air already to convince me this ones going to be a winner.
Some pearls of wisdom from Spears herself:
This pattern continues until shes communicating entirely with monosyllabic grunts and lip curls.
I think Ive already gleaned all the Britney-related information Im going to get from this documentary. Firstly, that shes a developmentally stunted woman/girl whose handlers never allowed her to develop a behavioral palette of more than four colors, and secondly, that its hilarious to watch her try and express human emotion.
So that you dont feel the need to actually watch it when it comes out, Ive taken it upon myself to capture her essence and synthesize what Im predicting will be the best quotes and moments from For the Record. As an added challenge, Ive included three real Britney quotes. See if you can sort the fakes from the genuine article.
Britney on the Civil War:
If you guessed 3, 5, and 10, then you were wrong because it was actually 3, 5, and the one about the big train.
God, she loved that big train.
Oh, that reminds me: she dies at the end.
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Sept. 15, 1922 – July 28, 2013
Elizabeth Sheffield Webb of East Aurora, an active churchwoman and public relations director at Deaconess Hospital, died Sunday in Aurora Park Nursing Home. She was 90.
Mrs. Webb was born in Rochester, where she graduated from local schools. She then attended Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where she studied English and drama.
In 1943, she left Mills to join the war effort, working at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, Calif., assembling bomb noses for munitions used aboard the A-26 bomber. After the war, she returned to upstate New York, where she worked in Schenectady and met her future husband, Harry C. Webb. They were married in 1946.
She was an antiques dealer, buying furniture "in the rough" and refinishing the pieces. She and her husband also bred golden retrievers during the 1960s, and some of the descendants of their "Torchlight Teddy" remain in the East Aurora area today.
In the 1960s, she also was a Girl Scout leader. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in East Aurora, where she became a deaconess and an elder.
In the early 1970s, Mrs. Webb was hired as director of public relations at Deaconess Hospital in Buffalo, working with employees, management and patients.
Her husband died in 2001.
She is survived by three daughters, Melanie Gustin, Diane Turner and Wendy; and two sons, Chandler and Sheffield.
A memorial service will be held in First Presbyterian Church at a date to be determined.


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Orchard Park Town Board members appointed a police lieutenant as the temporary police chief Wednesday night.
Mark F. Pacholec, 49, a Marine Corps veteran who has been with the department 16 years, will serve until the board makes a permanent appointment.
Pacholec takes the helm Friday from Andrew Benz, who unexpectedly announced his retirement last month after nearly 25 years with the department, including about four years as chief.
"I appreciate the board's confidence and trust in me," Pacholec said. "I look forward to continuing my career serving this community."
Three of the five lieutenants in the department interviewed with the board last week for the chief's job, board members said. There are no sergeants, captains or assistant chief in the 29-member department. There is no current civil service list for police chief, and the exam is to be held in March, Councilman Eugene Majchrzak said. He said the three lieutenants are expected to take the exam.
"We don't expect to appoint [a chief] until sometime in the summer, because we're at the mercy of getting the exam results," he said.
Pacholec served in the Marines and Marine Corps Reserve for nearly 26 years, retiring in 2007. He has been a member of the Police Department's SWAT team for 12 years, as a sniper, unit leader and assistant commander. He has experience in patrol and traffic enforcement and has been involved with more administrative work the past several years, including budgeting. He has been a lieutenant for about 6½ years.
Board members said he will receive the same pay as Benz did last year.
Board members almost left the dais without officially appointing Pacholec. After they adjourned the meeting, The Buffalo News asked when he had been appointed. Board members looked at one another, realizing their oversight, and quickly and quietly convened a special meeting. While Pacholec was being congratulated in the hall, and residents were leaving the meeting, the board officially made the appointment, with the town attorney standing behind them and a reporter in front of them.
Benz said he decided to retire after meeting with representatives of the board. Board members said they planned to change the chief's pay structure to a performance-based incentive program.
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LOCKPORT – A Lockport man is being held in attempted murder charges after police said he tried to kill a 7-year-old girl.
David Alfonso, 28, was arrested by Lockport police early Monday afternoon at Lock and Monroe Streets.
Police responded to a 911 call and said they found Alfonso at the intersetion covered in blood, which he allegedly rubbed on a patrol car until he was tasered and arrested and taken to Lockport Hospital for medical care.
Cassandra Castro, 27, told police at her Monroe Street home that Alfonso had tried to kill her 7-year-old daughter. The injured girl was found at her grandmother's home on Church Street and taken to Women and Children's Hospital for treatment. She was reported in stable condition in the hospital.
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24MP on a 1.6 crop sensor.... little too much. maybe will be APS-H i wonder how the DOF will be on a such high resolution APS-C sensor.
Quote from: nicku on August 20, 2012, 12:56:40 AM24MP on a 1.6 crop sensor.... little too much. maybe will be APS-H i wonder how the DOF will be on a such high resolution APS-C sensor.APS-H + silent serial shooting like 5D3 (maybe 5fps will be possible with APS-H sized mirror and I will buy one even for the price of 5D3
The formula for 7D-cathegory seems to be:-Good AF system-High framerates-Good ergonomy-good video features-1.6x crop-xxxD-class image quality (reasonable high-iso performance, high pixel-count offset by hard aa-filtering, worse DR at base ISO than some competitors)I.e. a sports/wildlife/family-dog camera with a price that allows many "prosumers" to buy it. Now, scaling those features one notch up may, or may not be a good way to predict what Canon will do in the future. I guess that depends on how much money they have made from the 7D classic, how much they believe to make on a future "7Dmk2", what kind of technology advances they are able to deliver, and what they assume that competitors are doing in the timeframe of years.If Canon was able to do better DR at iso 100, it would have made more sense to do this in the recent high-end cameras (5Dmk3 comes to mind), or even more in a high-MP-count D800 competitor (e.g. landscape). On the other hand, I think that history shows that Canon tends to introduce new sensors on APS-C first, then trickling into the 5D series? A hypothetical 7D with larger sensor size would not be a 7D anymore. God knows what marketing would call it (e.g. 7DX), but for all intents and purposes, the upgrade-path would be complicated enough that it should be considered a new product line (how many 7D users are there who does not rely significantly on EF-S type lenses?)I take 650D-type image-sensor PDAF for granted in a 7Dmk2. The question is if they would do more/better, or if (more likely) it would be very similar to the 650D in this respect. I am guessing that a lot of interesting (and complex) things could be done by combining on-sensor CDAF/PDAF with the regular AF-sensor at high framerates to produce higher hit-rates for fast, complex movement (after all, that seems to be the main selling-point of the 7D compared to cheaper Canon products and competitors with other distinguishing features).Canon will not give you "everything for nothing". If you want every feature to be as good as it gets, expect to pay high-end prices. It would be bad business practice for Canon to give a "7Dmk2" the same features as a $8000 camera _unless_ competition gives it no other choice.-h
If Canon were listening to what photographers want, how near is this specification to what 7D users have been asking for in a MkII ?
Maybe it's the Sony 24MP APS-C sensor
So it would have a higher res than the 1Dx and just 2fps less? That is the part I don't get. I think the 7D is due for replacement, and these maybe the specs, but if they are, I don't see it getting here till mid next year. 1DX supply is tight still, eh?


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Boston is such a big sports town, it seems possible to me that U.S. Nationals there will struggle to make an impression on the public at large.
It will help that this season was successful for Gao, Miner, Castelli/Shnapir (and maybe for other skaters from Boston whom I am forgetting) ... and that Shibutani2 have roots there.
(Sorry for being dense, but was another major sporting event big-footing Omaha Nationals this year? If so, I don't remember what it was ... or were you referring to London Worlds vs. March Madness?? In any case, rest assured that NBC once again will go all out to promote the Sochi Games in general -- and figure skating will be featured prominently both in promos and in the Olympic coverage itself.)


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More on Penang Deputy Chief Minister Replacement
Readers who are not happy with my suggestion that the chief minister should place a higher priority on the interest of Penang and not PKR's internal issues have asked why I did not blog about Malacca CM's Ali Rustam who was found guilty of money politics.
The fact is I did write about Ali Rustam but not many readers care to remember. I wrote:
"However, there is an inconsistency between the two cases. In the case of Ali Rustam, he was only disqualified to contest the deputy president position but get to keep his ministerial position. He was not even referred to the MACC. Both Ali and Azalina might have committed the same offence but the treatment was different. This is going to set the tongue wagging.
If UMNO is serious in weeding out corruption, it must be willing to act without fear or favour against all offenders.
Since Ali Rustam has been found guilty the right thing for the party to do is to ask him to step down as the Chief Minister of Malacca. Malaysians deserved good and clean leaders and not just UMNO members."
Evidently, I had asked Ali Rustam to quit or be removed. A critic said I was trying to look fair by criticizing the Penang state government but my comment was not fairly scripted. He said I have failed to understand the predicament of the chief minister. Granted, I do not understand the CM's political constraint. But like many other Penangites, how many of us do have an access to the CM's office or get to hear his thoughts?
Apparently, the critic said none of the two PKR assemblymen dared to accept the CM's appointment if it was made without the endorsement of Anwar Ibrahim. In sum, Anwar is the biggest stumbling block to the new appointment. I was told that any appointment made without the approval of Anwar will put a pressure on the relationship of both DAP and PKR.
I was told that Anwar would prefer to call for a fresh by-election and appoint a new person to become the next deputy chief minister if he wins the contest. Yes, Anwar wants another by-election.
The first thing the PKR supremo should consider is what the people of Penang wanted. We want a government which can act responsibly, swift and transparently. It is time for the government to focus on serious issues of governance, addressing economic crisis and implement necessary reforms in the state.
Granted, there are many systemic and cultural obstacles faced by the new government but the PR coalition won the election by promising change. Regardless of the obstacles, not all voters can stretch their patience waiting for the political knots to be untangled.
Now, I have a serious advice for Anwar Ibrahim. Stop getting big headed with the last two by-election victories. He should decide quickly who should be appointed to fill up the DCM position. This position is not a reward for his crony. It is a duty and a responsibility to be fulfilled. Just get on with the work.
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DSAI wants Zahrain to be the one but he is an MP and not an ADUN.
Pooh, an ex-Umno man will always be an ex-UMNO man!
Is it only ordinary Malaysians who are unencumbered enough to speak out?
Is it any wonder why we despair?
The critic is trying to make the case that we should be sympathetic to the dilemmas faced by the CM. Essentially, we should appreciate the fact that he needs to consider the problems/predicaments /strategies/plans of one particular man. What about the predicament/interests/welfare of the population of an entire state?
I agree with Kay Peng. Whatever political maneuverings that happen behind closed doors is not the concern of the Rakyat – the vast majority can't see what's going on, likely do not even know that something is going on and are not expected to understand such moves (even if they know). All they can see is what there is to see (no Deputy till now) and then come to simple conclusions. Surely, the only measure is then whether LGE's actions are for the good of the people or otherwise. LGE works for the Penangites and not the other way round so they are not at all obligated to consider the political aspirations and/or predicaments of LGE. He did what he should initially – giving Anwar a reasonable timeframe to decide – but he shouldn't have kept moving the goal post. Choose between the two PKR ADUNs.. if Anwar can't/won't decide and the ADUNs themselves are afraid to accept without approval.. then elect other capable ADUNs. In giving the perception of respect to Anwar in this way, he is likely to pay a price. Playing politics is what politicians do but losing support amongst the electorate cannot be a good political strategy.
Considering this issue in a narrower political context, if this crony (who will be chosen as the candidate of choice for the speculated by-election) is indeed more capable than the other two elected PKR MPs, why wasn't he/she chosen to run instead back in March 08? Does this imply that the current PKR ADUN/candidates are not up to scratch?
A much more likely reason is that favoritism/cronyism trumps ability. Anwar has got yet another favored crony to promote. This is highly problematic. If this crony of Anwar's, whoever he/she may be, wins, then it may create even more infighting and backstabbing within PKR. Imagine being one of the two ADUNs being bypassed. Your leader would rather risk a by-election and "rush in" another candidate because he doesn't want you to be Deputy CM. Don't think we will see the end of PKR's problems. How many fires can Anwar put out before he himself is consumed? The party is already the weakest link as it is.
Also, why risk another by-election? With the continued momentum arising from the wins in the two Bukits, PR have bought themselves more time and support to fulfill their promises to the people. They should continue to ride on this wave and not risk being suddenly stopped dead in the water (if they call for this by-election and loses, even though this is unlikely to happen). If it happens though, he would need to pick one of the original 2 candidates. Penangites will then be left wondering what the fuss is all about in the first place. Even more will realize (since many have already realized!) that the people's interests are simply cast aside - more confidence lost.
Sorry I do not agree with your comment that Anwar has become big headed over the two recent by elections.
If Anwar wanted another by election to boost his ego,he could have accepted YB Elizibeth's resignation.
I think Anwar must have good reasons for not seconding one of the two PKR assemblymen to the DCM post.
Take a look at the ex DCM's case and it sure made Anwar looked bad.
Let's give him a little more time so that he would made the right decision for his party and the people of penang.
- khensthoth said...
I'm suffering from political fatigue already. Penangites are a strange lot, and I don't think we have the same response compared to other states.
Granted, I want BN out of the equation so they can conduct serious reform. In the meantime, the Penang administration has been plague with so many problems I do not know where to start. A lot of the basic issues aren't even solved.
While one year ago, I can safely say Pakatan will win any by-election or the general election, today I cannot say the same. As mentioned in newspaper column, some of the things done in Penang are eerily similar to the BN way of handling issue.
No, I do not want to see another by-election, especially in Penang. If you could convey that to anyone, that would be great.
There isn't much choice, right? Just two of them. I would suggest to DSAI to look beyond PKR. The DCM 1 post do not belong to PKR!
KP..the DCM can wait. With or without the DCM, the progress for Penang should continue and still continues. As a matter of fact, nothing has stopped since Fairus resignation and I dont see any progress works for Penang abandoned. The two chaps can be the replacement but leaders may have knowledge that we dont. Question may be on the previous choice?...yes but no crystal ball for anyone to seek answers anyway. No big headed here and not Anwar's alone effort either...it's Pakatan effort mind you.
I think by-elections are expensive and should not be carried out at the whims and fancies of political big wigs. The rakyat has chosen constitutionally to put this PKR guy there for a maximum of 5 years. The elected rep should serve out his/her term unless something untoward happens. Of course, some may say that PKR should have fielded somemore more 'clean'. That's a different issue.
By-elections are not only expensive for the EC but also to the parties involved in the campaigns. BN has the might and machinery to campaign in the by-elections. Of late we also see the PR coalition parties pulling considerable support in terms of funds and effort. (just look at Bukit Gantang. PR spent as much effort and funds as BN).
So the financial strain is not only on the EC but on both BN and PR as well. Imagine if there was a statewide election in Perak and maybe even federal elections called. In this economic climate. I actually don't look forward to see all this politicking.
..."I was told that Anwar would prefer to call for a fresh by-election and appoint a new person to become the next deputy chief minister if he wins the contest. Yes, Anwar wants another by-election..."
Has this been confirmed by Anwar? If not, this is just another case of "putting words into the horse's mouth".
..."The first thing the PKR supremo should consider is what the people of Penang wanted. We want a government which can act responsibly, swift and transparently. It is time for the government to focus on serious issues of governance, addressing economic crisis and implement necessary reforms in the state..."
Look guys, they have only been running the Penang State for slightly more than a year. From what I have been reading about works that have been carried out, they seem to be doing good work at quite a brisk space and are trying their best.
Besides fending off BN machinery to run down the Penang State Government, they have to deal with people wanting things done NOW and THEIR WAYS.
Don't forget that some government agencies/employeees are still loyal to BN and I am not suprised to find current batch of hard-working people bend on improving the State faces stumbling blocks and sabotage.
If things not done, find out why before you run them down. If due to incompetence, by all means, give them the boot the next time.
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
The horse has spoken. My 'cannot-be-named' source is a highly credible one. I still have a word of caution. PR needs to pull up their socks.
Penang is the flagship of PR led by a respected MB. Chip off the many rough edges with guts and show Penang can deliver to its people. Think of the voters, think of all Malaysians and especially, not to leave the people of Penang in the wilderness of the forest.
DSAI, put the Penangites first in your long list of tasks.
- Prachai said...
Anwar's political skills are good, his oratory skills are even better. So another by-election will be just another display of his political fireworks.
I guess the political fatigue does set in eventually, because if Anwar is all loud bangs but quiet on the delivery, people will get tired of him.
Work, deliver, fire-up the crowd. Repear. Now that's the way to keep the spirits high, and a sure path to Putrajaya too.
You fire 3 times, the 4th time people go numb already.
Unfortunately, Anwar's management of PKR is mediocre. Its ranks are full of problematic, ex-BN people who have not really reformed (do they ever, I wonder?) themselves. I have no idea what Azizah and Syed Husin Ali are doing about the housecleaning that needs to be done there. Yes, PKR remains the PR's weakest link and Anwar had better do something about it if he wants to sit on that chair in Putrajaya.
Last time, we only had Tun Lim to be the CM of Penang and no Deputy at all. Now, it is not an urgent situation to find a replacement because Penang can still survive with one CM and one Deputy. Better spend time to find a capable leader.
- flyer168 said...
I am indeed honoured to have met & spoken with you yesterday.
This is the 1st time visiting your very enlightening Blogsite.
You have said it spot on & I concur with your conclusion.
Malaysia badly needs "Role Model" established Leaders & Politicians of HONOUR with Calibre, Maturity & Tolerance without Fear or Favour – on BOTH sides of the Political Divide.
Further this nation Desperately needs Intelligent, Time Proven Pragmatic Successful modelled, Financial & Politiical "SOLUTIONS" NOW on BOTH sides of the Political Divide, to MITIGATE the IMPENDING Political & Financial fallout.
Malaysia must "NOW RECOVER" from its "TATTERED ECONOMY & FINANCIAL MELTDOWN" resulting from the "Herd Mentality" to FOLLOW BLINDLY albeit at the "TAIL END."
This great nation, UMNO/BN & PR, its Leaders & its rayaat NOW have "God Almighty's ONE LAST CHANCE to "Repent & Correct itself" from their GREEDY Worldly Industrialised Materialistic PURSUITS....
A little after one year....
PR Have given their "Best" in the 5 states from their "ZERO FILES", NO Federal Fundings & many other "SABOTAGES" & "Distractions"....
By the "ex UMNO/BN, its Leaders & their federal MACHINERY & MINI NAPOLEANS"....
So just HOW does DSAI expect them to MOVE FORWARD with their OVERSTRETCHED RESOURCES???
The answer is for DSAI & PR to LISTEN, LEARN, be PRO-ACTIVE, DYNAMIC & ADOPT the BEST Brains, Academicians, Professionals, Economists, Bankers, etc & BEST PRACTICES....
Do not be "Bodoh Sombong" like the UMNO/BN....
One year wasted on jumping "Froggies" when they could have DELIBERATED, IDENTIFIED, RECRUITED & GROOMED Thousands of "Honourable Qualified & Established Potential Leaders" for their 2nd & 3rd Line Echelons....
This is why they are now losing many of their "Accidental Politicians" one by one....
DSAI's creditability is now showing many weakness.
If only DSAI & his PR Leaders just Acknowledge their Shortcomings, Look, Listen, Learn from LKY, our neighbour down South....
To prepare itself for the "bye-elections & 2013 Battle".


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WASHINGTONVILLE - There's large choice of quality new and used furniture and home decorations at the Budget Furniture Outlet at 900 W. Main St.
The store is located in former Washingtonville Pharmacy and opened on Aug. 25.
Owner Gwenda Leadbitter said the emphasis is on quality pre-owned furniture.
"It's solid and ready to go out the door," she said of the merchandise ranging from full dining rooms, living and bedroom items that she and her boyfriend and business partner, Bob Fookes, buy at estate sales and auctions.
"Mostly auctions," she said, "four to five times a week. We're always buying, just about everyday."
Fookes has 23 years in the retail (mostly) furniture business and his family owns the Boardman Auction Gallery in Leetonia. His parents used to do antiques in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Budget Furniture Outlet is family-owned and operated business along with their 23-year-old daughter, Alleisha. It has 4,000 square feet of showroom space.
The store is also an outlet for James A. Traficant Jr.'s artwork.
The former Mahoning County sheriff and U.S. Congressman was released from federal prison in 2009 after serving seven years.
Leadbitter said she ran into Traficant at a local restaurant he bought some furniture at Budget Furniture.
The paintings by Traficant sell for $100 for the smaller pieces and $150 for the larger ones.
"Some were painted while he was in prison," Leadbitter said, "and some in 2012."
Leadbitter said, "Another thing is, we carry a lot of name brands."
She reeled off a list of top-line furniture like Ethan Allen (a complete bedroom suite for $528.98) Thomasville, Lexington, Henredon furniture, Broyhill, Lane Bassett and La-Z-Boy are in the showroom.
Living room suites can run from $128 to $589 and one, four-piece coffee table and end table set had a $78.98 price tag.
The store also carries Murano Glass.
"Layaways have always been pretty good," Leadbitter said, "with 20 percent down and 30 days to pay it off. If they go 32 days that's OK."
The current grand opening will continued until Dec. 1 and Budget Furniture Outlet coupons will be in the mail.
Fookes also owns Roadrunner Movers so delivery and pickups are no problem for Budget Furniture Outlet for a small fee.
There are two warehouses, a six-car pole building in East Palestine and one in Washingtonville.
There is room behind the showroom to store used bedding merchandise.
Since they wanted to focus on the Columbiana County market, Leadbitter said the looked all over ... North Lima, Calcutta and even Youngstown for a location and Salem Realtor Bruce Capel "had it and we liked it."
Store hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. and on Sunday from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m.
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quote: I think it's less impossible than you think. But it would blur the line between wether or not it's two seperate cores or one core with 'hyperthreading'.
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Lifetime will air a new docu-series called True Tori that will follow the couple as they work on their relationship, beginning when McDermott leaves treatment, the network says in a press release.
The series will premiere just three weeks after the reality show begins filming and continue with a total of six hour-long episodes that document the family in crisis.
"She once said she would never split up her family, and she seems to mean it," said a source close to Spelling. "However, after the latest cheating rumors, Tori must have put her foot down. She likely gave him an ultimatum."
Spelling, 40, and McDermott, 47, have been married for seven years and have four children: Liam, 6, Stella, 5, Hattie, 2, and Finn, 19 months.
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5 Personality Types We Constantly Misjudge
There is one trait that separates humanity from all the other animals: the ability to start articles with grandiose generalities that couldn't possibly be true.
But something else people like to do is judge each other, and that's what this article's about -- even if monkeys also judge other monkeys, and some dolphins are hated by their peers.
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Specifically, this asshole here.
You would think, however, with all that judging, we'd get good at it. Nope. Most people fall for all the obvious tricks and mistake one character trait for another. Although there are far too many exceptions to mention, here are five personality types we constantly misjudge.
#5. An Earnest Guy Can Be a Needy Humblebraggart
Who doesn't like the earnest guy? All-American, humble, not too proud, hard-working, fair. Y'know, earnest guy.
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This asshole.
The earnest guy is great, and there's a great way to spot him: First, think of that guy everyone says is really earnest. Got him? Good. IT'S NOT THAT FUCKING GUY. If someone is really living a selfless, ethical life, dictated only by their personal integrity, then 9 times out of 10 you don't notice them at all. Earnest guys don't talk, blog, or tweet about how earnest they are. They just do their thing for the right reasons, never calling attention to their good deeds, and often go unnoticed by the other, far shittier people in the world.
There is a certain Twitter-famous individual who rose to prominence by shitting on a piece of human garbage that all decent people hate. Certainly, a bold choice. Then, shortly after that well-earned fame was cemented, Whitney Houston OD'd, and this Twitter celeb tweeted about how she wasn't making Whitney Houston jokes because she wasn't an asshole.
An asshole like me, I'm guessing.
But y'know what? People who think they're doing God's work by not tooling on dead celebrities don't need the validation of the Internet. Genuinely earnest people know their actions are their own reward. If someone's famous for being earnest, then that personality is just a persona. An act for attention no different or more admirable than someone juggling kittens or busking John Mayer songs in the subway.
#4. "Volatile Guy" Can Be "Honest Guy"
Now, there are definitely some loud-mouth douchebags in the world.
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Assholes, for lack of a better word.
I'm not defending all abusive blowhards, but volume is not the best way to assess the content of someone's heart. I've met plenty of loud, even Lewis Black-esque angry people who were not bitter, hateful, or jaded. Indeed, that anger and volume often comes from idealism. I mean, think about it: Without idealism, what's there to be angry about? If you're jaded and cynical and believe everything will suck always, then you'll probably save your breath. Lots of angry people still believe better ways exist.
And even when that rage doesn't fly out of a true idealistic heart, at least you know where you stand. Especially in a work situation, I'd take a screamer over a schemer every time. Screamers raise your blood pressure for five minutes, but schemers burn an ulcer into your soul. Yes, your soul is located in your stomach. Shut up.
#3. Some Laid-Back Folks Are Just Undiagnosed Mental Patients
Sure, there's always room for the laid-back guy. It's nice to have someone around who goes with the flow and doesn't cause problems. Think of the guy in the band who feels the groove and just lays back on bass.
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Incidentally, this is a "basshole."
But here's the thing about so many laid-back people: They're not. Specifically, hippies. I'm not talking about your grandparents who marched against the war; I mean the tie-dyed, jam-band stoners who talk about the joys of being "laid back." Rather than "laid back," the appropriate word for them is usually "high." It's not the same thing.
And why are they high? Well, in my experience, half the time it's because they have some form of undiagnosed panic disorder and the act of existing not stoned is somewhat insurmountable. So basically, they are the least laid-back people in the world.
Or sometimes they just can't talk, communicate, and interact. I mean they can interact enough to say "here" and pass a bong, but more than that gets dicey, and they are hostile to anyone wanting discourse beyond "Hey, what does that cloud look like to you?" A truly laid-back person is someone remaining calm under real-life conditions or stress. No one looks at the factory manager getting shit done without biting his nails and terrorizing people as being "laid back," but that's a far better definition than the guy who has seen Dave Matthews 58 times.


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BOWIE, Md. - The Curve did something Tuesday night they had not done in more than a week, while Tim Alderson did something he had not done in nearly two years.
Behind a solid five-inning start from Alderson, the Curve snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over Bowie at Prince George's Stadium.
Alderson allowed three runs on six hits and struck out three to earn the win, his first as a starting pitcher since July 1, 2010. Making his first start of the season and first as a full-time member of the Curve rotation since midway through the 2010 season, Alderson threw 84 pitches (54 strikes) and maintained his velocity in the 91-92 mph range into his final inning of work.
Alderson (2-1), who had not thrown more than 58 pitches in a game this season prior to Tuesday, gave up a run in the second and two in the fourth but got some help from his offense to earn the victory.
The win was another step in a 2012 campaign that has been kind to Alderson so far. The former first-round selection made 10 appearances (eight for Altoona and two for Triple-A Indianapolis) in relief this season before Tuesday's start, and he strung together 13 straight scoreless innings in Double-A to start the season.
Though the scoreless streak ended in Alderson's last outing, in which he gave up three runs in three innings in a loss to Bowie, the right-hander is still the owner of a 2.57 ERA.
Fact Box
Next stop
Tonight: Altoona at Bowie, 7:05 p.m.
Pitching matchups: Curve LHP Nathan Baker (2-4, 5.35) vs. Baysox LHP Cole McCurry (0-6, 6.48)
Record: 14-22
Covering the bases
LEADING OFF: Miles Durham was demoted from Triple-A Indianapolis to the Curve on Tuesday and made the start in left field against Bowie. Durham was part of the 2010 Curve team that won the Eastern League championship and hit .259 for the club that year.
SAFE AT FIRST: Durham was batting only .167 in Triple-A, but he did make his presence felt on Tuesday, going 2-for-4 with two runs.
STEALING SECOND: With a single in the fifth inning, IF Kelson Brown extended his hitting streak to seven games. 1B Matt Curry has the Curve's longest hitting streak of the season, a 10-gamer that lasted from April 29 to May 8.
ROUNDING THIRD: The Curve are now 13-1 when leading after seven innings. However, they are still winless (0-17) when trailing after the seventh.
HEADING HOME: The Curve and Baysox have now played 234 games against each other all-time. Each team has won exactly 117 of those contests.
- Stephen Pianovich
While Alderson made his first start of the year, the Curve's opening-day starter, Mike Colla, came out of the bullpen for the first time. Colla, who had a 5.15 ERA and a 0-4 record in seven starts, struck out five in four shutout innings to earn a save.
With Alderson moving to a starting role and Phil Irwin back with the club after missing time with an injury, it appears Colla will be pitching out of the bullpen for the time being.
The Curve's offense - which was averaging 3.3 runs per game during the six-game losing streak - woke up with two big innings. Robbie Grossman, Matt Curry and Elevys Gonzalez each had two RBIs, and a three-run third and four-run fifth gave Alderson and the bullpen some breathing room.
All seven of Altoona's runs came off of Baysox starter Bobby Bundy (2-6), who was chased after 4 2/3 innings.
Game recap
Key player: 2B Elevys Gonzalez went 2-for-4 out of the No. 9 hole and had a two-run triple in the third for the Curve.
Key play: 1B Matt Curry smacked a two-run, two-out triple in the fifth to give the Curve a four-run advantage.
Key stat: The Curve were 4-for-7 with runners in scoring position, an area the team has struggled in all season.
How they scored
Bottom 2nd: Machado walked, scored on Joseph sac fly (0-1).
Top 3rd: Durham doubled, Norman hit by pitch, both scored on Gonzalez triple (2-1); Grossman groundout scored Gonzalez (3-1).
Bottom 4th: Hoes tripled, scored on Waring double (3-2); Joseph singled scored Waring (3-3).
Top 5th: Durham singled, scored on Grossman single (4-3); Brown singled scored Grossman (5-3); Sanchez walked, scored along with Brown on Curry triple (7-3).


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Woman: With gas industry, benefits of quiet country road are lost
March 18, 2013
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Each Monday, the Sun-Gazette asks somebody in the area, "What's on your mind?" If you have a topic you would like to share, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com....
erik....., I can quote you word for word about the gas industry and what is happening to our area...do you want to try?
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We EXPORT almost as much oil as we IMPORT. Will that be the same for natural gas?
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Oh silly me I forgot that the only people who tell the truth about the gas industry also work for the gas industry.
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If that glass plant open up in an industrial zone, I would have no problem. But to put an industry in a residential area (gas well), yes I would have a problem with that.
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"Your opinion is worthless to me." Guess you know where you stand Bornhere. Kind of supports my first post.
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Your opinion is worthless to me.
You do not work in the industry to see first-hand what is actually done.
You are uneducated about the industry and spout falsehoods and innuendo.
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Hey erik, I'm a Republican that worked my entire life and never took any government handouts.
As far as NIMBY'S you can add Corbett to that list for protecting Krancer from having drilling in his backyard.
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This area is well-known for its population of NIMBY advocates.
It does not matter what industry tries to locate here, there are many people who prefer gov't handouts to a real job.
It puts a lie to the liberal claim that they want to be energy independent or that they want America jobs and return of manufacturing.
Believe me, if someone wanted to open a glass plant in Williamsport, these same people would complain.
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Lets talk about well pad safety.
Fracking flowback blowout that caused evacuations in Wyoming County, Pa. March 14, 2013
How about Nov. 23, 2012 5 million gallons of gas spewed into the air from a well pad in Monroe Township.
Oct.6,2011 Bradford County, explosion at well pad.
Oct. 7, 2011 Explosion at Anadarko well pad Jersey shore.
The facts speak for themselves.
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To those who are "just doing a job and working their butts off to make a living", if you're "job" involves any activity that destroys property values, risks contaminating communities, and puts people's health and safety at risk, then you need to look for another "job". If you choose to do a "job" that threatens my property, or my families health and safety, you are going to have a serious problem with people like me. Make no mistake. We will fight to protect our families and and our homes, just like you would.
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Wow..that is all I can say, call me or any of us a gashole all you want. I am working my butt off to make a living for myself. Don't forget we are not all big city gun slingers like you want to call out. I grew up on the same mountains I frac on every day. Obviously most of you have never been on a well pad to see what really goes on. Shame on all of you. And by the way, I drive a rig, not a pick up, so next time one of you cuts me off or tailgates my trailer, maybe I won't be so considerate of you either. Get with the times people.
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"Nearly all of main-stream media has been "bought out" also, thus no coverage of the destruction caused by this premeditated assult."
It is funny that the pro-drilling media voices exclusively resonates from inside the beltway in DC,Manhattan island, or southern Florida. Drill baby drill only works if wells aren't capped to fix prices....
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Quitwhining and Weazzz, you and other water truck drivers and gasholes in pickup trucks that don't obey the speed limits and throw garbage out the windows of your trucks, are making life miserable for everyone in the gas drilling areas so don't ask us to be nice about it. Our lives have been ruined by you and your industry and what a joke about how people in this area are going to have cleaner cheaper fuel options, it is going to be sold to the highest bidder, CHINA. Don't sugar coat the situation. The gas industry is cutting down thousands and thousands of trees, pumping toxic chemicals into the ground, polluting water and our air we breath and you want us to be nice about it - WHAT IDIOTS!
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Remember what the coal barons did to the northeast. They found it was cheaper to pay the fines instead of doing the "repairs" and returning the area to the way they found it.
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Much of the equipment used in the drilling production and transportation of natural gas and oil releases SIGNIFICANT amounts of VOCs and Nox, when combined with sunlight causes ground-level ozone or "smog".
Diesel engine fumes were reclassified from 2A to group 1 of substances that have definite links to CANCER.
So no there is not just a "little pollution".
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Liberals do not believe in sacrifice unless you are talking about taxes....then, we hear all the talk about "shared sacrifice" and "we're in this together", etc.
PROOF that liberals are hypocrites.
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Sacrifice? Really, why should these people be the ones sacrificing? What did they do? They were living the American dream and all of a sudden this. I don't buy it. If we want to move on we need to find a better way of getting this out of the ground and use this as a stepping stone to greener and renewable energies. Instead the industry is trying to figure out ways to use this fuel to make more money, even shipping it overseas. Here is something to ponder, I wonder how much foreign fuel is used in this process, with the trucks and generators and all. And then there is the water, how much is used to frac a well?
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The Gas Industry, "DESTROY NORTH CENTRAL PA."!
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First, you all need to realize the people in those trucks are just doing their job. Second, people in 4 wheel vehicles make us late too, the way they cut in and out of traffic and tailgate our trucks. We do not see you as the "enemy", so it would be nice for you to think the same, even though there may be some idiots driving, that is not all of us. If you look at other areas the gas companies are paying to have the roads fixed, it is winter time in Pa is it not? Third, yes there is a little pollution with the process, but would you rather have long term, cleaner burning fuel, or watch your neighbors and relatives continue to struggle with skyrocketing oil costs? Sacrifice and compromise is the only thing that will take this area and country into the future.
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Good one rick, this is the reason why I sold our home out there, a person can only take so much. nosferatu is right about the air pollution I always had black soot on our house and garage which meant my family was breathing this in, so much for country living.
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This is the thing, bottom line, they don't care about the average Joe. Not the industry, not the politicians, nobody. they take a quite area, turn it into an industrial site, make their money and move on. The rest is just collateral damage. People who had the misfortune to live in an area of a greedy mineral rights owner and just got in the way.
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I sure hope they fix the road right for ya. i run the waater trucks and been on that road..whew some of them holes are nasty. i do know for now they are done fracing but have one hole left to do..why they just didnt do it and get it over with is beond me. so i'm sure they are going to wait til its dont before they fix it right. not sure if there is any more pads out there. But want to see BAD go to rose valley. lake road and cascade? rd were talking oil pan busters there, but they do the best they can to fix it, but it dont last long.
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Not to be mean, but that area has other outlets. You are not forced to go out to 87 by Eder's. That and leaving earlier would alleviate the possibility of being late. It probably won't be much longer.
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Frankly, if I still lived up there, traffic would be the least of my concerns. Pollution should be first and foremost.
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Along with a memorable phone call from Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel – "He asked me how many students I taught. I told him 350 and he chuckled," says Vega – he's had virtually non-stop calls, as well as requests from local TV and newspapers to talk about getting all those kids to play instruments. It's given him a welcomed platform: "Every single interview I give I'm pushing for why we need music in schools."
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Like Vega, the other four Teachers of the Year each received $1,000 and their schools were awarded $4,000. At Vega's urging, Rauner used its winnings to fund a teacher, props and materials for an after-school theater program. PEOPLE caught up with him and the others to find out how they are putting their wins to work for the kids to whom they are so devoted.


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A man went to the station Tuesday afternoon to report a theft from his vehicle in the 400 block of Coe Street.
A first-block Rebecca Street caller reported Tuesday night a man was breaking everything in a residence. A person was given a warning for disorderly conduct.
Chelsea N. Beck, 19, of Port Clinton, was charged with underage possession/consumption Wednesday.
Joshua T. Brogan, 18, of Cleveland, was charged with underage possession/consumption Wednesday.
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A 15000-block East TR 8 man reported Tuesday evening his mailbox had been damaged.
A caller reported Tuesday evening a trailer loaded with scrap was stolen sometime since Sunday.
A 3000-block South TR 59 man reported the theft of batteries and a battery cover from a semi truck Tuesday night.
A 2000-block South TR 81 woman reported Wednesday morning her mailbox was vandalized last week.
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A 1500-block North Countyline Street man reported Tuesday afternoon he noticed his computer was missing when he arrived home.
A 400-block Cleveland Street caller reported Tuesday afternoon someone took a gas pump out of his back yard. Tools used to take the pump were left behind.
A gasoline drive-off was reported Tuesday afternoon at Kroger, 126 W. High St.
A 300-block West Tiffin Street caller reported Tuesday evening a man with a BB gun was in their back yard. The man told police he was shooting air out of the gun to try to get his cat to go home.
An employee of Dr. Schroeter DDS, 521 Summit St., reported a possible break-in Wednesday morning.
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5 Common Responses to Awkwardness (That Make Things Worse)
Apologizing For Something Your Victim Didn't Know About
I blame Hollywood for this picture many of us have of cathartic confessions leading to deeper relationships and all that. Telling someone you thought they were stuck up at first leads to you confessing your love for each other and getting married, and telling someone you never learned to read leads to the breakthrough that makes you renounce your gangster ways and become a Harvard professor or something.
Like in that iconic scene from, um ... Empire Strikes Back? Was it? You know what, I'm not good with movies.
In Hollywood confessions, the listener always gets the right message, which is something along the lines of, "I've changed now!" or, "I'm vulnerable beneath my tough exterior!" In real life, if this is the first time the person hears about the thing you did wrong in the first place, they might be a bit fixated on that before they can listen to your beautiful message of redemption.
It doesn't have to be something as extreme as, "Last year I aborted your baby and never told you, but I've changed my mind, I see how much I've wronged you, and I've made up my mind to be honest with you about everything from now on! Isn't it wonderful?" It might be as simple as, "I'm sorry I was mad at you all afternoon." If the person noticed you were mad, this might be a nice closure that puts an end to the tension, but if they never noticed it's another story.
"Oh, you didn't notice anything? Then these flowers are for ... uh ... because I love you so much!"
"You were mad?" will be their first thought, and then, "What were you mad at me about?" It's possible you will actually end up having the argument you thought you were having earlier, since apparently they are just catching up to when you first started getting mad. They'll go "You were mad about me playing video games? I thought we agreed I would play two hours a day." And you don't want to bring it up again but you feel like you should explain, so you go, "I know, but we hadn't seen each other all week so I thought you could maybe not play today, but I'm not mad about that anymore ..." but they want to know why you even thought that, so they go, "But it's my two hours, we agreed on it, I don't even know why you would be mad in the first place," and so on.
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Relationship obligations aside, I don't even see what the big deal about the new Fallout games is now that you can't aim for people's crotches anymore.
Another common confession is telling someone we didn't like them when we first met, which we think of as a great prelude to talking about how much we value their friendship now. Sometimes it has that effect, but just as often, the reaction is, "Wait, you didn't like me when we met?" This could be a bit of a shock if they thought you really hit it off to begin with.
A lot of friends have told me that I was very cold when I first met them and they thought I hated them. (Quiet people get this a lot.) They told me this to tell me how glad they are that we are friends now, which is sweet and appreciated, but I'm also left with this weight hanging over me because over a period of some months, some friend of mine was hurt and felt bad because of me, and I was blissfully unaware of it. So even though I've discovered my friend really likes me now, I've also discovered that apparently I am a huge jerk.
Another big bombshell might be revealing you're really someone's father like in that movie... I can't put my finger on it. Really big one. Titanic?
I mean, it's a situation-by-situation call, and there's some cases where it might be right to let your loved ones in on something awful you've been doing so they can help you change and all that. Some people love the idea of people butting heads and then falling in love and would be flattered to hear they're in such a story. But this whole knee-jerk reaction to confess anything you feel bad about without thinking about how it affects other people, that's bad news.
Trying to Not Let People Know You Are Pooping
Girls (in general) do not like anyone to be paying attention when they are pooping. There must be some modest guys out there as well, but I do read a lot of proud wacky stories about guys' poop experiences in public restrooms so maybe guys don't care as much. I can tell you that a lot of girls will go to great lengths when they poop in a public restroom to make sure nobody else is in the restroom when they poop, because it is incredibly awkward to be in a silent restroom that is acoustically perfect for broadcasting poop audio in every detail, and know that some lady is quickly packing up in the next stall trying to pretend she doesn't notice.
This is the last age most girls will feel comfortable pooping in someone else's presence.
In order to poop solo, girls will often check the stalls when they go in, and leave if any are occupied, which creates some minor awkwardness for the people already in the bathroom. They might also just go into a stall, get ready, and wait for the other occupants to finish peeing and leave. This creates some more awkwardness when the other occupants take too long, or dawdle doing their makeup, and new people come in, making the wait even longer.
But probably the most awkward situation is a poo standoff. This occurs when two people have the same idea - to wait out everyone else and then poop. Since each person is waiting for the other person to finish up and leave, after a few minutes it's pretty clear to both people what is going on. Trying to work it out with a conversation - "Okay, so did you want to poop first?" - is probably the most awkward of possible solutions since it involves directly admitting poop is going on, so either one person just goes, "Fuck it," and poops, while rolling the toilet paper loudly to make some cover-up noise, or one person packs it up (flushing in order to pretend they did something) and decides to come back later.
The Japanese (who else) have come up with a technological solution to the problem. The Sound Princess is a gadget that plays a running water sound to drown out your poo (and pee) noises.
The Sound Princess, a very real thing.
Before its invention, Japanese women were just flushing constantly to make that cover-up noise, which wasted a lot of water.
And even the Sound Princess causes its own share of awkwardness as people try to figure out how many button pushes they need to finish the job, and imagine themselves being judged by other people when they get out based on how many times they pushed the button.
Clearly, the only solution to this problem is to outfit all women with one of those suits from Dune.
An end to all awkwardness!
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Greeley's Arbor Day celebration will be at 10 a.m. April 27 at the University of Northern Colorado campus, 10th Avenue and 17th Street.
The Colorado State Forest Service will present Greeley with the Tree City USA award, which is given to cities that enact and enforce tree-related ordinances and fund a forestry program. This will be Greeley's 33rd consecutive year to receive the award.
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Winnipeg animal rescue D'Arcy's A.R.C. got a surprise visit from the young lovebirds, who stopped by for some canine therapy.
"They spent a lot of time with the puppies," the rescue's chief executive officer, D'Arcy Johnston, tells PEOPLE. "I was told that [Gomez] was missing the dogs that she has at home."
Gomez, who is currently on tour and performed in Winnipeg over the weekend, owns five rescue dogs and has advocated publicly on behalf of animal rescue. During the hour she and Bieber spent at the shelter, they zeroed in on a 10-week-old husky mix and fell in love – puppy love, that is.
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"I wasn't expecting her to adopt a dog while she was on tour and has a busy schedule," Johnston says. Gomez went through the standard screening process and was able to leave with the puppy, which she named Baylor, that day.
"Baylor probably would have had a bad life or a very short life," Johnston says. "But he got rescued and brought to our shelter and is now going to live a very good life."
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Editor: An open letter to Sen. Joe Manchin from a West Virginia resident: Dear Sen. Manchin, Facts according to the United States Census Bureau: 1) West Virginia is ranked No....
Change is coming to WV-----FINALLY! Get these career politicians in democrat tax-raising party OUT! Then, we'll see WV get BETTER paying JOBS and our taxes become LESS!! And not until we vote them OUT!
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And decades of poverty, joblessness, high taxes, etc....were ALL the doings of DEMOCRATS as DEMOCRATS have run this state into the ground for 3 generations. When will citizens wake up and stop voting for these clowns??????? We'll see. You can't keep the same idiots in office over and over and over again and expect to see different results. Wake up and smarten up voters. Or stop whining and stay in poverty while left politicians in the state steal from you thru more and more taxes.
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I voted ONCE for Joe Manchin. I will no longer ever support him. Manchin proved to be just another WV traitor in the democrat party. I am finished/disgusted with this party of socialists. They no longer are the democrat party----it's apparent they are out to destroy our state.
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Wal-Mart's Lower Greenville plans should be announced soon
Updated 12:52 p.m.
Lower Greenville residents expect to hear news from Wal-Mart within the next week.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Kellie Duhr said in a recent email that the lease for the former Blockbuster and Whole Foods space should be competed this month.
This has dragged on a bit. Not sure who is the tougher negotiator, Wal-Mart or former Dallas councilman MItchell Rasansky, who owns the property.
"Once we have a deal and the final documents are executed, we anticipate moving forward quickly to start the renovation work," Duhr said.
A building permit was issued by the City on December 29.
Meanwhile Trader Joe's is planning to open by the end of this year also on Lower Greenville. It will be two blocks away where the Acadia Theater stood before it burned in 2006.
It's possible both stores will open around the same time.
Local neighborhood advocate Avi Adelman lives on Belmont right across from the future Wal-Mart store.
Adelman writes a neighborhood blog, BarkingDogs.org, and is dying to meet with any Wal-Mart official.
"I know it's legal for them to operate a supermarket there. Before Whole Foods closed, there had been a supermarket there since the last 1960s," he said. "But there's no reason Wal-Mart can't invite us into the building and show us their plans, show us they care about this community."
Adelman said he has 70 names on a list of people "in the impact zone."
Area residents, who live within a four to five block area, "care more" than other neighborhood associations, he said. "Come talk to us and get to know your new neighbors."
Adelman said he will shop at the store for some things.
"We have an abundance of grocery shopping now. I count seven: Fiesta, Sunflower, Whole Foods; then on Mockingbird, Kroger, Tom Thumb and Albertsons. Now we're getting Wal-Mart and Trader Joe's."


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The government �shut down� is creating a lot of uncertainty for Americans.
The Head Start program and the WIC (Women with Infant Children) program have been stopped. Veterans services have been suspended including combat pay for our fighting men and women. Restaurants and retail businesses are devoid of customers in a Kentucky town where the IRS office is empty.
Speaker John Boehner is against government creating uncertainty went it comes to businesses offering health insurance to their workers, but when it comes to ordinary working Americans, the Speaker doesn�t mind creating uncertainty about weekly paychecks or daily meals for poor kids, the elderly, and babies.
The director of WIC said �these families don�t need uncertainty in their lives, they�re already challenged enough.� This shut down has literally taken food out of the mouths of babies.
Representative Eric Cantor said, �since the President gave businesses a waiver for implementation of the Health Care law, then the President should extend that same waiver to all Americans�. His concern for fairness is unimpressive, homes and food for all citizens, is not his concern.
Neil Barofsky Special Inspector for TARP in his book �Bailout an Inside Account of how Washington abandoned Main Street while rescuing Wall Street�, said, ��to hear Rick Santelli, a CNBC anchor, in midrant against the new TARP mortgage modification program. He described it as a plan for �losers� and compared it to Castro�s Cuba. At one point, he turned to the roaring traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and asked, �How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor�s mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can�t pay their bills? Raise their hands.� �Finally, in a phrase that would change the landscape of conservative politics in the country, �We�re thinking of having a Chicago tea party in July.� Barofsky says in his book, Treasury, along with this rant ��had just helped give birth to the Tea Party.�
There were millions of dollars in the same TARP funds that bailed out the banks to help millions of Americans modify their mortgage payments. This was the catalyst for the Tea Party, resentment over helping ordinary working Americans stay in their homes. Where was Representative Cantor�s concern for fairness when Americans were doling out trillions to banks, the very same people who created and benefited from the financial collapse while millions of Americans lost their homes?
Edmund Burke said �the last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism.� Increasing unemployment and taking food away from infants; the elderly, and invalids is not patriotism, it�s a cruelty the Tea Party politicians embrace, born out of resentment and adverse to reason, logic or humanness.
It�s no wonder they are willing to shut down government over health insurance and food for those whose lives are already filled with uncertainty.
This is only the beginning, for the tea party politicians,� cruelty knows no bounds�
The suffering is coming, the suffering is coming� Brought to us by tea party scoundrels, and dumbfounded, �blinded by the lights� Democrats.


text: There is a good chance you never heard of Findley Lake, New York, but you won't want to miss it...especially if you like winter sports and good eats. They say this town is never "out of season."The actual town is small, but mighty. It is located just a stones throw from Peek n Peak ski resort and offers visitors some interesting shopping. You won't find a Macy's, but you will find Our Own Candle Company. The company is located in the town and across the street are two outlet stores that carry many items and the company's candles. They say they have the best color, the best scent and the best burn and I will not dispel that. The scents will pull you in as you shop the stores.A few more shops are located on Main Street, Wonderments Wine & Gifts has wines of New York and the world. Also connected next door are fine French soaps and spa products as well as greeting cards, home decor, vintage and antiques. They have been serving the area for 40 years. The soaps are great.Also on Main Street visitors will find a gallery and collection of consignments, coffee, baked goods, antiques and more at Village Center. AND--there is actually a lake, Findley Lake. Main Street shops are located on the lake.This winter play land is known for its skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling. In fact the streets are marked with snow mobile crossings.Maybe one of the most unique places to visit is Pine Junction Tavern in the Pines. As they say, par of the fun is trying to find them.On my first visit I saw the sign for Pine Junction, but did not know what it was...I started out on the country road to find out just what a Pine Junction was, but gave up after a couple of miles. It was a residential area and I figured I missed it or something. Later that day, it was recommended that I eat dinner at Pine Junction. Now I know...it is a restaurant.I headed back out the country road and continued till I saw the sign and was not disappointed. On that visit I was able to eat outside as it was sunny and warm. The waitress said during the winter they are on a snowmobile trail and the riders pull up and park to come in and have a meal.A few months later I was close by and decided to have lunch at the junction. They were in the middle of adding on a beautiful area. The food is good and the atmosphere "piney". With plenty to choose from, burgers, fish, BBQ pork,steak, salads, wings and so much more. The sides dished are good as well. But then there is desert...fresh baked pies...ummm! But, there is more cheesecake, homemade cookies and for the brave at heart moose balls. You have to go to find out what they are!When you are looking for a fun place to go anytime of year this town has plenty to offer a traveler just looking for some R&R in a quiet place with a few shops, good food a ski resort with a spa, pools, golf course, restaurants and of course skiing. It is a "snowmobilers" play land.