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Marie Bisconti loves holding a book and losing herself in a world of words. That passion for books has kept her coming back to the Oldsmar Public Library, where she has volunteered more than 5,400 hours over the past 27 years. Even at age 92, she still arrives every Wednesday to spend a few hours checking in returned books and DVDs. "I enjoy it or else I wouldn't be coming back," said Bisconti, who has been described as "feisty" and hardworking by library staffers. For her efforts, Bisconti received the Friends of the Library Volunteer of the Year award in 1990, 2006 and again this year.
For as long as she can remember, reading has been her hobby. Some of her favorite books were written by American authors Karen Kingsbury, David Baldacci and Stuart Woods.
Bisconti never used a Nook or Kindle, devices used to read books electronically.
"I don't have a Kindle. I just have my two eyes," she said. "I read like a normal person."
Born and raised in New York, Bisconti was one of 12 children. Only she and a younger brother, 82, are left.
She also has a daughter, Joanne Frein, who lives in Port St. Lucie.
Bisconti's husband, John, died at age 52 while the couple was living in New York. He was working at John F. Kennedy International Airport and had applied for a higher-paying job, but the job went to a younger person.
Bisconti recalls her husband returning home the day he received the bad news. Not feeling well, he went to bed and suffered a stroke in his sleep.
"He never woke up," she said.
Bisconti had always been strong. She was a working woman, selling frozen food in New York. She grieved the passing of her husband but forced herself to keep going.
"I used to work in the neighborhood, so I would walk to work and cry on my way there," she said. "I say it's better than staying home. I had to keep working."
Bisconti eventually retired and moved to Florida about 30 years ago. These days, in addition to her volunteer work, she focuses on living a healthy lifestyle.
Every morning she walks for 30 to 45 minutes. If it's raining, she climbs up and down her apartment complex's stairs for the same amount of time.
She cooks her own food and takes no medications, just vitamins.
"I don't need (medicine) because I take care of myself," she said.
Heidi Brennan, an assistant at the Oldsmar library, said that when she reaches her 90s, she hopes to be as fit as Bisconti.
"It's not like she runs marathons. She stays active," Brennan said. "She's my role model. She's given me a lot of good advice."
Brennan said that when her marriage hit a rocky stretch, Bisconti got her thinking.
"She told me, 'If you love somebody, act like it. If you don't, then why are you with them?' " said Brennan, who is still happily married today.
It's not just Bisconti's healthy habits that fuel her. When she walks into the library, it is like a second home, and she gets to spend time with people she considers family.
"I look forward to coming here every Wednesday," Bisconti said. "The girls here are fantastic ladies."
To Brennan, Bisconti deserves all of her awards.
"She has a heart for working hard," she said, "and being with us."
Director of Library Services Bert Weber said Bisconti has been with the library longer than she has.
"We have her as a volunteer," she said, "but she's the perfect employee."
Diedra Rodriguez can be reached at (727) 445-4154 or email@example.com. To write a letter to the editor, go to tampabay.com/letters.


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John Harrigan got the idea of building a cemetery for veterans in northern New Jersey when he was driving home from New York State with his wife.
On their way, he saw a sign for the Orange County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Goshen, N.Y., and decided to check it out.
"We saw how beautiful it was and I decided to try to get one built up here. Why don't we have something like that here?" said Harrigan, president of the Sussex County chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
More than three years later, Harrigan said he still jokes with his wife about that day.
"Aren't you sorry I made that left-hand turn?" he said he tells her, laughing.
The case for a veterans cemetery in northern New Jersey was made more poignantly when Harrigan later received a call from 87-year-old Dolores Bush after Bush read a newspaper story about his search for land for a new cemetery.
Bush's husband, Edmund, is buried at the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Cemetery in Burlington County, the only state-run cemetery for military veterans. A Navy veteran of World War II, he died in 2009 at age 92 after 67 years of marriage.
While Bush tries to make the 200-mile round trip from her Newton home as often as possible to visit her husband's grave — she last visited him with a wreath during the Christmas holidays — she needs to depend on her children to drive her.
"The trip is much too long. I'd be visiting much more if it were more local for me," said Bush, who still drives locally but is unable to make the two-hour trip to the state cemetery.
Harrigan's crusade to have a cemetery built on 66 acres in Sparta exclusively for veterans from Sussex, Warren, Passaic and Morris counties cleared its first major hurdle last month when the Sussex freeholders adopted a resolution to get the project under way. Tentatively, it would be named the Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
The mostly wooded, county-owned tract on Route 94 is adjacent to the county technical school, next to the school's soccer fields. The county, which bought the land in 1988 for use as a park and firing range, would retain the right-of-way to an abandoned railroad bed that runs through the property for a future walking or biking trail.
"To me, this will work. It's a great piece of property. There's more than enough here," said the 64-year-old Harrigan, during a short stroll along the old railroad bed on a clear, crisp winter morning.
Harrigan, a combat veteran who served in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, foresees the cemetery opening with only a couple thousand burial plots, and gradually expanding. First-phase construction could start by the end of the year along the property's frontage on Route 94, he said.
But the group's pro bono attorney took a more cautious approach.
"The (freeholders') resolution is step one of about 25 steps" that need to be taken before construction can begin, said Eric Wood of Newton, estimating it would be "one or two years" before ground is broken for the new cemetery.
"By far, it's not a done deal, but I think everything will work out in the long run," he said. "It's a huge project."
Using the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery — with 154,000 grave sites on 225 acres — as a rough guide, Harrigan estimated the Sparta site could eventually hold 40,000 graves when it is fully developed.
When it opens, the veterans cemetery would be the first in the state to be operated by a nonprofit group, which is in the process of being established by Harrigan's VVA group, the Vernon-based Wallkill Valley Chapter 1002.
The other veterans cemeteries in the state — in Atlantic, Cumberland, Cape May, Gloucester and Salem counties — are all operated by their respective county governments.
In the meantime, Harrigan needs to raise a lot of money — he estimates $1 million — to develop the cemetery, and he remains determined and cautiously optimistic.
"They're going to need every donation they can get," said Wood.
Several fundraisers are being planned.
"We're getting donations little by little," said Harrigan, who with his wife donated the money they would have spent buying each other Christmas presents last year.
For more information, visit vva1002.org.
Related coverage:
• Gov. Christie nominates Michael Cunniff as permanent head of N.J. veterans affairs
• Flags to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen N.J. marine
• For N.J. Marine killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash, serving his country was a calling


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Five primary neurotic-symptom dimensions were examined regarding dimensional constancy across the nosological categories of anxiety states and depressive neuroses. Samples were comprised of 641 anxious patients and 251 depressed neurotics who completed pretreatment self-ratings on the Symptom Distress Checklist (SCL). Dimensional representations of the five symptom constructs-Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, and Anxiety-were independently derived through factor analysis.
Results indicated a generally high level of constancy for the set of symptom dimensions across diagnostic class. Differences observed tended to involve qualitative distinctions in individual affective components-the Anxiety and Depression dimensions. Discussion focuses on the relevance and importance of factorial invariance (constancy) for dimensional models in psychopathology and implications of the findings for the nosology of neurotic affective disorders.
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WOODBRIDGE - Children can get behind the wheel of a Woodbridge police car, a Hess oil-tanker and many other specialized vehicles at "Big Wheels Day" Monday at the Woodbridge Center Mall.
They can't drive, of course, but they can explore these oversized vehicles as part of the township's "Youth Month" activities.
The event, which is hosted by the Department of Public Works and the Department of Recreation, will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Other vehicles include: service vehicles from PSE&G, Verizon and Elizabethtown Gas, U.S. army vehicles from the Woodbridge National Guard, and a specialized command vehicle from the New Jersey State Police.
The event is free.
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The first time Cooder Graw played Homer's Backyard Ball, the music and food festival took place in a literal backyard.
Calf fries were cooking right next to the flatbed trailer that served as the stage. A thunderstorm rolled in from the east, and the band ended up playing for four hours.
A lot's changed in the years since, but the Texas country favorites, who began playing together in Amarillo before finding success across the region, will return for the 16th annual outdoor festival, this year themed "My Big Fat Redneck Homer's."
Homer's Backyard Ball will run from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday in the field behind Splash Amarillo, Interstate 40 and Whitaker Road.
"From that day to were we are today seems incredibly far removed," Cooder Graw lead singer Matt Martindale said.
The band was "no small part of getting Homer's Backyard Ball on the map," committee member Arcadio Rivera said. "It's great to see their resurgence back onto the scene, and it's super-great to have them back on board with Homer's."
Cooder Graw played five or six times at previous Homer's — neither Martindale nor the event's organizers were sure — and Martindale has played solo and with his own band a few times, as well.
This year's event, though, is the first since the band reformed in February 2012 after a six-year hiatus.
"It's going to be a reunion for us in a lot of ways, not just for Cooder Graw and for Homer's, but for the band to go back there," Martindale said. "One of our earliest gigs that I remember was Homer's, when we were on a flatbed trailer and it was really in a backyard.
"I'm really excited to get to go back and play the show," he said. "Homer's is so much a part of Amarillo now, and Amarillo is a home to us, so to be able to have both of those elements is a great thing."
Though Cooder Graw will headline the fest, they're hardly the only band on the lineup.
The 2013 slate includes:
o Noon: The Buster Bledsoe Band
o 1:40 p.m.: No Dry County
o 2:50 p.m.: Zac Wilkerson
o 4 p.m.: The Damn Quails
o 5:20 p.m.: Charlie Shafter
o 6:50 p.m.: Two Tons of Steel
o 8:10 p.m.: The Dirty River Boys
o 9:45 p.m.: Cooder Graw
"The talent that Homer's draws is amazing," Martindale said. "There are some amazing acts that we get to share the stage with."
Cooder Graw bass player Paul Baker said he's happy to see how the event has grown over the years.
"To see ... (it) give back to the community the way that it has just gives me another reason to be proud to tell people I'm originally from Amarillo," Baker said.
Founder Travis Homer said this year's festival will benefit both the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Khiva Shrine Temple.
"When we decided to go out on our own and start our own foundation, we wanted to spread the wealth and give to more kids' charities," Homer said.
In addition to the music, the event also includes an International Barbecue Cookers Association-sanctioned cook-off, with free barbecue served from 3 to 5 p.m.
Games include the traditional horseshoe and washer-pitch tournaments as well as some new additions to fit the redneck theme, including toilet-seat horeshoes and giant beer pong.
Marketing director Brooke hale explained that instead of using cups and ping-pong balls, the giant version will feature "20 30-gallon red trash cans that look like red Solo cups," and players will try to land a volleyball inside.


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Asset Growth and Stock Returns: Evidence from Asian Financial Markets
Tong Yao
University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
Tong Yu
University of Rhode Island - College of Business Administration
Ting Zhang
University of Dayton - School of Business Administration
Shaw Chen
University of Rhode Island - College of Business Administration
September 1, 2010
This study examines the effect of corporate asset growth on stock returns using data on nine equity markets in Asia. For the period from 1981 to 2007, we find a pervasive negative relation between asset growth and subsequent stock returns. Such relation is weaker in markets where firms' asset growth rates are more homogeneous and persistent and in markets where firms rely more on bank financing for growth. On the other hand, corporate governance, investor protection, and legal origin do not influence the magnitude of the asset growth effect in Asian markets.
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Hip pearl belt that women wear under their dress, specially when in a sexual intercourse. Bin bins are made of wood, plastic, scallop, and they look like necklace but on women's hips
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A tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Tiffin Education Association was approved by the Tiffin City Board of Education Tuesday evening.
The previous agreement expired June 30.
The new agreement, approved by the teachers' association, is to include salary and wage increases.
A 2 percent increase was effective July 1; a 1.5 percent increase takes effect July 1, 2015; and a 1 percent increase takes effect July 1, 2016.
Board member Chris Widman said the prior three-year agreement included no pay increases.
"During the negotiations, the teachers presented themselves very professionally and the agreement set before us is fair from both sides," Widman said.
During the meeting, the board also approved a three-year proposal with Lifetouch for photography needs for grades pre-K through eight.
Board members were introduced to new staff members, including Celeste Duncan, Lauren Stultz, Ryan Ottney, Mollie Martin, Devan Toncler and Jaime Steele.
During public comment, Tiffin residents Robyn Vicek and Wendy Rosen voiced opposition to the opening of the Lincoln building as a pre-school for the district.
Rosen said although the proposed savings to go toward renovations and equipment, the board hasn't presented a budget.
"Tiffin City Schools is obligated to provide an IEP for our children with special needs that provides a free, appropriate public education that meets the unique needs of our children. The school system cannot predetermine placement, nor can they require attendance in a district school. It is ultimately up to the parents as to where they choose to send their child with special needs to preschool, not the Tiffin City Schools' administration or board," Vicek said.
In other news the board approved school lunch prices for the 2014-15 school year. For K- Grade 8, prices are to be $2.10 and for grades 9-12, $2.60. Milk is to remain at 50 cents and the salad bar is to cost $3.
In other news, the board:
The board entered into executive session to discuss employment of a public employee. No action was taken.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 26 in the cafetorium of Tiffin Middle School, 103 Shepherd Drive.


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The driver of a car that lost control in Stockton early Monday morning and struck a pole was arrested on drunken-driving charges.
Andrew Lopez was the driver of the car, which struck a street light at the intersection of Sonora and Lincoln streets in the Seaport District and caught fire, police said.
When officers arrived at the scene, Lopez fled, but he was taken into custody not far from the crash scene.
Lopez is suspected of racing another vehicle before the crash.
He faces felony DUI, child endangerment and traffic-related charges.


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Apr 19, 2012, 10:35 AM
If units take longer to die, this mean that you can actually bring workers to build Forts and Great Generals' Citadels on captured enemy border city. These improvements make more sense AND are actually useful. :D Trench warfare so fun! How do you guys think this more hp per unit will affect warfare? Before we just go in, focus fire, then push to capital. Now it requires more work.


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Check out this show on The Discovery Channel called The Colony. It's about what it would be like to recolonize the world after a apocalyptic event occurred and left the world abandoned. Watch as they discover how to use batteries to capture power. This is a simple configuration that takes all the energy from the battery bank and pass it into the inverter to convert it to a usable 120V for standard lights and appliances.
The funny thing is that something so simple, generally abundant and accessible becomes a dire need and can soon cause panic when without it. As individuals, we take for granite what we have and forget that it all could be gone one day when we don't respect our environments. The colonist soon learn to take there resources serious and use them sparingly.
Check out the website at The Colony on Discovery.com


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recent advances in lasers, many have fantasized about creating "real
life lightsabers". Many military commanders have
fantasized about creating portable blasters along the lines of those
portrayed in fictional workers like Star
Trek and Star
The Spyder
III Pro Arctic laser from WickedLasers can be seen perhaps as the
culmination of those efforts and perhaps the first consumer laser
weapon.The laser is built with a diode from Casio's new
mercury-free Green Slim projectors which ironically have a somewhat
blue tint. The laser is rated at 1 watt of power and retails
for a mere $200 USD.And here's the best (or worst) part -- it
can set
people (or things) on fire. Apparently the laser is so high
powered that shining it on fleshy parts will cause them to burst into
flames. Of course it's equally capable of blinding people.
The retailer warns:
Extremely dangerous is an understatement to the power of 1W of laser
power. It will blind permanently and instantly and set fire quickly
to skin and other body parts, use with extreme caution and only when
using the included eye protection. Customers will be required to
completely read and agree to our Class IV Laser Hazard Acknowledgment
you're willing to "sign the form", WickedLasers warns you
"With greater power comes the need for greater responsibility."
(We can't make this stuff up, really!)The laser comes in
sleek packaging that looks, unsurprisingly like a lightsaber.
Hopefully its users follow the path of the light side. The last
thing we need is a bunch of Sith running around.The price of
$200 is quite commendable, considering it's 20 times as powerful as
the company's previous best model, "Sonar",
while a mere tenth of the cost ("Sonar" sells for $2,000 --
we imagine it will be discontinued as it seems most customers will
flock to the Spyder III). The product even comes with a free pair of safety glasses, so you don't accidentally blind yourself.Obviously it goes without saying
that this is not a product to leave around kids. Don't say we
didn't warn you.
quote: For what practical use do you have a need for such device?
quote: If for one I ever saw you or anyone else in public with such a device I would beat the living hell out of you. I would rather cripple you before you harm someone trying to impress your friends.
quote: you're assuming not only that I would carry this thing around in public
quote: if you ever attacked me in public for any reason, you'd catch a .357 in the face.
quote: I'm not sure where you live, but in my state I can walk through town with a loaded AK47 slung over my shoulder. As long as I don't point it at anyone and stay off of school and government grounds I haven't violated any laws and will not be arrested.
quote: Human beings are inherently emotionally fragile creatures, prone to being under the influence of alcohol or drugs with often far from benign motives anyway, getting easily jealous, unbalanced and vengeful. To imagine that everybody who purchases this device is going to treat it with the necessary respect it deserves or to be aware of the fact that it can so easily blind someone inadvertantly by not even pointing it at them directly is expecting a bit much from your average joe.
quote: And...you believe this to be a good thing? Do you live in tribal Afghanistan or the Wild West? Its absolutely crazy for private individuals to carry such hardware in the street in America
quote: and did you ever consider what effect you walking around with a loaded assault weapon on your shoulder has on other people in your vicinity?
quote: People get scared enough when police or counter terrorist officers carry them, and they are rigourously trained to be responsible for their weapons and how to use them.
quote: Why do you think its illegal to carry this gun on school property or government grounds exactly?
quote: I see the laser as wow thats cool but have enough common sense to know not to purchase one. I have no practical reason for owning one and know that randomly using such a device the beam will hit something I wouldn't intend it to.
quote: There is a high chance of hurting someone this is light you drop it and the beam is still running and it hits everything in its directional path which is much more than a gun which only hits its single line of site when fired.
quote: A handgun's effective range is about 100-200 metres ( 200m = desert eagle, 100 metres = "lesser handguns").
quote: Seems you don't know much about handguns either. This may be their range of accuracy but even a small 22 pistol can be lethal at close to a mile.
quote: Or aim it at a plane while taxing
quote: He characterized it as a reasonably powerful visible light laser that can lock onto a fast-moving aircraft.
quote: you're asking to be treated like a child
quote: The government is there to protect our freedoms, not take them away..
quote: Now that the price point is down to $200, there is a possibility this can be used for evil purposes.
quote: What CAN'T be used for an evil purpose??
quote: It all comes down to how small the end "spot"(the diameter size of your leaser beam) is at certain distances. This is important because you want to point far, far away and because you want to burn stuff, lots of stuff.
quote: The risk involved isn't worth the novelty of the item.
quote: Don't come crying to me when America is invaded by Taliban Jedi.
quote: The Jedi are the good guys and don't chop the heads of civilians and little kids.
quote: Really?! Not as dangerous as a gun? I'm sorry, anything given to the right person can be more dangerous than a gun. This belongs in a research lab or industry, not the consumer's hands.
quote: Why would the public need this thing? What use does it actually bring? Why would anyone need this?
quote: Some things really shouldn't be allowed to be sold to Joe Public.
quote: Try buying a few kilos of cocaine and then cry about rights to the judge when he locks you up.
quote: I own quite a lot of LASERs myself ranging from 10 to 200 mW
quote: I live in a high-rise apartment. A weapon such as this laser is very inconspicuous, and pretty much impossible to trace. If I were a total jackass, I could cause a lot of harm to people with little to no chance of being caught.
quote: I agree. Seriously what is the practical application for this thing? The risk involved isn't worth the novelty of the item.
quote: At what point do you suggest something like this be banned?
quote: And yes there are practical sues for this, it can be use as an effective lighter where you don't want or cant have a flame.
quote: Class 4 LASER RADIATION AVOID EYE OR SKIN EXPOSURE TO DIRECT OR SCATTERED RADIATION CLASS 4 LASER PRODUCT Class 4 lasers include all lasers with beam power greater than class 3B. By definition, a class-4 laser can burn the skin, in addition to potentially devastating and permanent eye damage as a result of direct or diffuse beam viewing. These lasers may ignite combustible materials, and thus may represent a fire risk. Class 4 lasers must be equipped with a key switch and a safety interlock. Most entertainment, industrial, scientific, military, and medical lasers are in this category.
quote: Interlocks and automatic shutdown Interlocks are circuits that shut down a laser if some condition is not met, such as if the laser casing or a room door is open. Class 3B and 4 lasers typically provide a connection for an external interlock circuit. Lasers that are class 1 only because the light is contained within an enclosure nearly always have an interlock that disables the laser if that enclosure is opened. Some systems have electronics that automatically shut down the laser under other conditions. For example, some fiber optic communication systems have circuits that automatically shut down transmission if a fiber is disconnected or broken, to ensure safety of technicians during system maintenance.[16][17]
quote: Without the interlock this can not be sold to the public. I'm not sure how they will get around this part of the regulations.
quote: The price of $200 is quite commendable, considering it's 20 times as powerful as the company's previous best model, "Sonar", while a mere tenth of the cost
quote: The laser is built with a diode from Casio's new mercury-free Green Slim projectors which ironically have a somewhat blue tint.
quote: No. This thing is worse than owning a gun on so many levels and the legal penalties should reflect that. Your right to play around with a stupid little lazer toy is not greater than the public's right to wall down the street without fear of being blinded. Only the most selfish, irresponsible, sociopathic person would ever question that.
quote: This thing is worse than owning a gun on so many levels and the legal penalties should reflect that.
quote: The product even comes with a free pair of safety glasses, so you don't accidentally blind yourself.


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Potentially Potent
Of the many quotes from Bo Pelini to come out of Big Ten media days, my favorite may have been the following:
If we can get a couple of young kids, incoming guys, that can come in and provide us with some extra depth at a couple of positions, it's a pretty potent — potentially a very potent offense. And I feel very good about it.
"Potentially potent." Coming soon, hopefully, to a 2013 Nebraska schedule poster near you.
It is not just an alliterative way to describe the Huskers' offense in 2013, but also pretty accurate. Nebraska has all of the major pieces back from an offense that ranked 26th nationally at 460 yards per game and first in the Big Ten, and that includes what Pelini called, moments before delivering the above quote, "probably the best offensive line on paper" since he's been in Lincoln.
The baseline for a successful season for the 2013 offense is already pretty high. Start with an expectation of a top-20 offense nationally and you might come in on the conservative side of the estimates that are out there. That's not totally unrealistic, but there are still a lot of questions out there other than "Will Nebraska's offense be good again?" (The consensus is that it will.)
Based on conversations at Big Ten media days, some ongoing stats work and a proprietary blend of questioning (i.e. the things I tend to think and talk about) here are a few other questions, and potential answers, facing the Huskers offense in 2013.
But first, a reference point for this conversation. Here's Nebraska's offensive averages last year, compared with the national average in 2012:
Will Nebraska throw more in 2013?
Taylor Martinez hopes so and I think so.
"I love throwing the football around and getting everyone else involved," Martinez said last week in Chicago. "We have a ton of weapons around us with me, Jamal, Quincy and Kenny. They've all played so many games, they've all scored touchdowns, they've scored a lot of touchdowns for us. When they get the ball, they know what to do with it."
That's all true. In fact, you may put the wide receiver corps ahead of the running back corps in terms of overall depth and strength right now. Ameer Abdullah may be the best player in either group, but, right now, there's a larger drop off between Abdullah and his No. 2 (Imani Cross) than there is between Kenny Bell, Quincy Enunwa and Jamal Turner. Freshmen I-backs Terrell Newby and Adam Taylor may close that gap as the season goes on but the overall talent of the receiving corps is too big to ignore.
The Beckian ideal, as stated last year, is a 50-50 run-pass split. I don't imagine that's changed in the offseason though you can't ignore the importance of a powerful run game. It would be foolish for Nebraska to get away from that to any significant extent, but the Huskers' pass attempts per game have increased each year under Beck. He's got another year under his belt as do all of the key players involved. Nebraska threw it 27 times a game last year. I expect that in 2013 that average will climb above 30 for the first time since 2008.
How will that change the run game?
As you can see in the chart above, where Nebraska really separated itself from the pack last year was on the ground. The Huskers were more than 80 yards better than the national average in rushing yards per game, and about 30 yards per game worse in the passing game. If we assume that Nebraska will throw it at least a few times more this season, who is it taking carries away from?
If anything, Abdullah will likely average more than the 16 carries per game he did last year. Let's say around 20. Add up the carries from Rex Burkhead, Braylon Heard, and Cross last season and you have about another 20, that will likely be divvied up among Abdullah's top two backups. Based on last year's numbers, that would leave about seven or eight carries a game for Martinez, down from the 13.93 he averaged in 2012. I'd be surprised if his carries decreased that significantly, but I do think he'll be closer to the 10 per game mark.
If a more mature Martinez simply stayed in the pocket and passed three times rather than scrambling, that would put Nebraska on pace for the run-pass split I think they'll have but things are rarely so neat. I do think, however, that we'll see a slight reduction in the designed run game for Martinez this season, simply to protect him a bit more. Nebraska doesn't need him to break plays the way it once did — though it's certainly not a bad thing if he does — and that might show up a bit on Saturdays.
Overall, I see Nebraska's rushing total coming back slightly towards average, while the passing game climbs closer towards it.
Is Nebraska's offense poised to go even faster this season?
Martinez has something of an Oregon obsession. He invokes the Ducks quite a bit when talking about no-huddle offenses and, for what it's worth, he said last week that if he plays NCAA 14 with a team other than the Huskers he chooses Oregon. (Aside: This is the correct answer. Oregon's playbook is fun.)
For all of the talk about tempo last season, Nebraska only ended up running 2.9 more plays per game than the average team. In 2012, it was a facet of the offense, not the offense. I don't see that chaining significantly, but the more you go up-tempo, the easier it becomes. The Huskers certainly could shoot for the 80 plays per game mark — Mack Brown is — and probably make it pretty easily, but this is the interesting thing about Nebraska's offense under Beck: It's fast when it wants to/needs to be.
If you can execute that adequately, and the Huskers did last year, that's, to borrow a phrase, potentially potent.
Will the offense look the same as last year?
"Don't expect a lot the same from last year," Martinez said last week. "A lot of things that Coach Beck has told me in the offseason, are it's crazy and it's going to be a lot of fun. Maybe (the fans) won't see much of a difference, but, to us, it's going to be a huge difference and it should gas the defenses a lot more. I'm very excited to add the plays in, run it against our defense and see how it goes."
Good luck deciphering exactly what that means, but Beck has a deep bag of tricks. As he becomes more comfortable, I think it's safe to expect him to dig deeper inside of it.
As far as what that looks like, I'll go with Martinez's description: "a lot of fun."
Will the offense produce the same as last year?
Probably, but I'm not sure that, from a yards perspective at least, it will be better. Over the past four decades of college football, the average offense has improved by about two yards per game per year just for showing up. That's the offensive inflation of the college game. More recently, over the past four seasons, the average total yards per game across college football has been growing by 8.9 yards per game per year. That means that Nebraska could average nearly 470 yards per game this season and barely account for inflation (assuming that continues and there are no major rule changes, traditionally the only thing that has slowed offensive growth, to imply that it won't).
Nebraska could have similar yard and point totals in 2013 and be just fine. The offense shouldn't need to be better and if it does, the Huskers have bigger problems. Putting up a similar statistical profile still seems like the most likely scenario to me, but there is one big wild card here: efficiency.
Here's how Pelini put it in Chicago:
We've become very multiple on offense and I think we're on the cutting edge of some of the things that we do. What we need to do to take the next step, in my opinion, is we need to become more efficient. I just believe in great efficiency on offense. It's not only going to make our offense better, it's going to make our defense better.
What he means is fewer turnovers (of course), fewer mistakes, and converting more opportunities. For a team that ranked 26th nationally in total offense, Nebraska was not as good at converting third downs (42nd nationally) or red zone opportunities (34th) as one might expect. That's somewhat surprising for an offense that most would classify as "very good" in 2012. As Pelini noted, there are opportunities for improvement that might not even show up on the stat sheet. (At least not the one you get when you click on a box score at ESPN.com.)
All of which is to say that, for Nebraska's offense in 2013, it's not so much about the higher ceiling it's presumed to have. It's more about stuffing more under the high ceiling it already displayed last season.
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PITTSFORD — Doug Marrone told us it was only a matter of time before the "separation" became evident in the battle for the Bills' No. 1 quarterback job between rookie EJ Manuel and Kevin Kolb.
On Sunday, the separation was total. Kolb was nowhere to be seen. The veteran had twisted his left knee by slipping on the mat between the two practice fields the day before. So Kolb was held out of Sunday afternoon's practice session at St. John Fisher College.
Reporters asked throughout the day to speak with Kolb, but the team said he was getting treatment. Maybe he was still trying to calm down. Kolb tossed his helmet in dismay after getting hurt. No athlete likes to suffer a fluke injury, especially one with a reputation for getting hurt.
It was also the predictable reaction of a player who had not performed well in his first week of training camp and realized that any time lost in workouts might compromise his chance of winning the job.
Kolb didn't distinguish himself in the first week at Fisher. He missed some easy throws and held the ball too long at times. He displayed many of the flaws that caused his previous teams to give up on him. One media regular said Kolb has looked like "a poor man's Ryan Fitzpatrick."
So this was a great chance for Manuel to assert himself and create some separation. Manuel had been the better man in the first six days. He was surprisingly accurate, much more poised than in minicamps, when he struggled and made it seem the job was Kolb's to lose.
For most Bills fans, I imagine, this was a blessing in disguise. Getting Kolb out of the way could only hasten the process and nudge Marrone to make the inevitable call: Give the starting job to the prize first-round pick, the franchise guy, and let the future begin.
Manuel got all the first-team snaps in team drills. An enthusiastic crowd watched from the stands at the grass field inside the Fisher track. It was EJ's time to shine … and he was terrible.
It was Manuel's worst day of camp. On a windy afternoon, against Mike Pettine's attacking first-team defense, Manuel was intercepted three times. He looked like a raw rookie on the last one, locking his eyes on tight end Lee Smith and throwing the ball right into the arms of rookie linebacker Kiko Alonso.
"The production end I agree with," Marrone said when told it was not one of Manuel's better days. "But today was a great day for him. He did a lot of third down. Early on, I said we were going to progress him against all the looks. Obviously now, with Kevin not being there to practice, we're throwing him in there.
"It's always difficult. A poorly thrown ball, a tipped ball, a ball that a receiver should win on. I think you go through that process. The one good thing about it is, today was a third-down day and he got a lot of work against some tough looks."
Those are the looks that separate quarterbacks in the NFL. Third down is when teams attack you from unexpected directions and force you to make quick decisions — and precise passes — in the blink of an eye.
Kolb has failed to do it in the NFL on a consistent basis. That's why he's a journeyman. Ultimately, his shortcomings will dictate the move to Manuel. His record shows he will give up sacks, fail to make big throws down the field and struggle to remain healthy.
Manuel has the advantages of talent and promise. He is an investment in the future. He has done well in camp.
But to this point, his perceived edge has more to do with Kolb's failures than his successes. On Sunday, he didn't have Kolb to make him look better by comparison.
Of course, it helps to remember that we're only one week into camp. There's been so much anticipation for this training camp, and so much excitement about Manuel's long-term prospects. There's a risk of making hasty judgments every time he or Kolb throws a football.
This was a welcome jolt of reality. Yes, Manuel has the physical tools. He has a big arm and dynamic running ability. He also showed great touch on a corner pattern to Fred Jackson for a touchdown in seven-on-seven drills.
It's still early. Manuel had the upper hand on Kolb the first five workouts. The No. 1 job should be his if the competition is remotely close. But he'd been doing it in controlled settings. He was famous for looking great in the spring at Florida State, though it didn't always translate in the fall.
The true separation is yet to come. Next Sunday, the Bills open their preseason at Indianapolis. Let's see what happens against real opposition, against defenders with jobs to win and menace in their hearts.
"You can see part of the process is really until we get to that preseason game," Marrone said. "That's really what we're looking for. It's not something that's going to be done beforehand. I don't like to pass judgment or complete an evaluation until we go in there.
"Obviously, EJ hasn't gone into that type of atmosphere," Marrone added. "I just want to see how he looks and responds in that atmosphere."
Manuel wasn't available to the media after Sunday's practice. I imagine he would have been more critical of his play than Marrone. He has a good head on his shoulders, and it was probably spinning after his first real look at Pettine's third-down defense against the starters.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the first exhibition. Manuel has made strides since the spring. The minicamps were good for him. He seems to be a quick study, a willing student. Some of the rudiments of NFL quarterback play are clicking for him now.
You never know for sure until a guy does it against live competition — and in the regular season. Manuel has a lot to prove. But at this point, it hardly seems like any great achievement to beat out Kevin Kolb.
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She was born Sept. 12, 1922 in Harrisburg to the late Thomas and Elizabeth (Stern) Gardner.
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John D. Stoltzfus, 22, of Hidden Valley Road, Loysville, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 from injuries received in a vehicle/buggy accident.
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Services were held Oct. 14 in his home. Burial was in Ridgeview Cemetery, Loysville.
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Gretchen A. Lilley, 78, formerly of Marysville, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 at The Manor at Perry Village, New Bloomfield.
She was born June 6, 1930 in Duncannon to the late James G. Hockenberry and Virginia C. (Gardner) Hockenberry Sheaffer.
She was a common person who loved life and dogs.
She was the widow of Raymond E. Lilley.
Surviving are a son, Robert J. "Joe' of New Bloomfield; seven grandchildren, Cindy Romero of Gettysburg, Michelle Hockenberry of Cape May, N.J., Jason Hockenberry of Shermans Dale, Rita Decker of Shermans Dale, Heidi Good of Tampa, Fla., Scot Good of Delaware and Rich Good of Newport; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Vada Hoffman, and a brother, Robert Hockenberry.
Services were held Oct. 18 in Hope of Glory Family Church, 717 Pine Grove Road, New Bloomfield, with pastor Michael A. Zang officiating.
Michael J. Shalonis Funeral Home, Marysville, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Manor at Perry Village, 213 E. Main St., New Bloomfield 17068.
Michael J. Buglia Sr., 59, of Juniata Parkway East, Newport, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 in Harrisburg Hospital.
He was born March 22, 1949 in Pottsville to Cecilia (Steffanic) Buglia and the late Chester Buglia.
He was an employee of New Cumberland Army Depot; an Army veteran; a member of Order of Owls, Newport American Legion Post 144, Newport VFW Post 34 and Hunter's Valley Sportsmen's Club; and enjoyed fishing and was a Penn State football fan.
In addition to his mother, surviving are his wife of 39 years, Beverly (Smith) Buglia; a son, Michael J. Jr. of Phoenixville; a daughter, Melissa Zeiders of Newport; a brother, Robert of Minersville; a sister, Beverly Whetstone of Schuylkill Haven; and two grandchildren, Erin and Darin Zeiders.
Services were held Oct. 20 in Boyer Funeral Home, New Bloomfield, with the Rev. Anthony C. Hill officiating. Burial, with military honors, was Oct. 21 in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Dwain E. Powell, 76, of Carlisle died Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 in Carlisle Regional Medical Center.
He was born Sept. 23, 1932 in Ickesburg to the late Earl and Mary Irvin Powell.
He retired from Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, after 25 years of service; was a 1951 graduate of the former Green Park High School; and a member of First United Church of Christ, Carlisle, and frequently attended Great Hope Baptist Church, Carlisle.
Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Ruby Hockenberry Powell; two daughters, Rebecca A. Myers of Carlisle and Debbie R. Gossert of Raleigh, N.C.; a brother, Arland Powell of Elliottsburg; four grandchildren, Jay Gossert of Wake Forest, N.C., Amy Gossert of Raleigh and Shawn Myers and Katelyn Myers, both of Carlisle; and a great-grandson, Calvin Gossert of Wake Forest.
He was preceded in death by a son, Gary D., and a sister, Carol Zeigler.
Services were held Oct. 17 in Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home and Crematory, Carlisle, with the Rev. Lynn R. Schultz officiating. Burial was in Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens, Carlisle.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 4999 Louise Drive, Suite 104, Mechanicsburg 17055, or First United Church of Christ, 30 N. Pitt St., Carlisle 17013.
Ida Jane Smith, 76, of Fort Robinson Road, Loysville, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 at Sarah A. Todd Memorial Home, Carlisle.
She was born Oct. 16, 1931 at Loysville to the late Dale and Alice Finkenbinder Metz.
She was the former director of the Blain Senior Citizen's Center and had been employed at the Blain Dress Factory; a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Blain, Blain Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, Blain Ambulance Club and Madison Grange 2064, Loysville; a former 4-H leader; and enjoyed sewing and reading.
She was the widow of Neil J. "Jake' Smith.
Surviving are a son, Brian N. of Loysville; and siblings, Vonnie Latchford, W. Harold Metz and Richard Metz Sr., all of Loysville.
Services were held Oct. 17 in her church with the Rev. Robert Yankovitz officiating. Burial was in Blain Cemetery.
Nickel Funeral Home, Loysville, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to her church, P.O. Box 127, Blain 17006.
Matthew A. Teats, 34, of Marysville died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 at home.
He was born April 30, 1974 in Harrisburg to Romayne Teats of Marysville and the late Merle R. Teats.
He was a graduate of Susquenita High School; a volunteer firefighter for Shermans Dale and New Bloomfield fire companies; and enjoyed animals, four-wheeling, hunting and riding motorcycle.
In addition to his mother, surviving are a brother, Chester of Newville; and six sisters, Karol Adams, Dorothea Miller and Joy Mathna, all of Shermans Dale, Kathy Teats and Sarah Coover of Carlisle and Louise Chastain of Centerville.
He was preceded in death by a niece, Christina Adams.
Services were held Oct. 20 in Bible Baptist Church, New Bloomfield. Burial was in Young's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Shermans Dale.
David Myers Funeral Home, Newport, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the funeral home, 64 N. Second St., Newport 17074, to assist with funeral expenses.
Kandi Marie Hoke, 50, of N. High Street, Millerstown, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 in the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
She was born March 16, 1958 in Harrisburg to the late George R. and Charlotte (Espenshade) Comrey.
She was an employee of Giant Foods Inc., Newport, and a member of A.B.A.T.E. of Pennsylvania.
Surviving are her husband, Jon S. Hoke; a son, Ian S.; a daughter, Laura A. Grayson, a grandson, Keaton Hardman, a granddaughter, Rhianna Culp, all of Kentucky; and siblings, Karen Clark of Middletown, Mark McDermott of Sacramento, Calif., and Laurie Morrell of Manchester, Pa.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Karlene Harris of Hollywood, Fla.
A gathering to celebrate her life was held Oct. 18 in her home.
Boyer Funeral Homes, Duncannon/New Bloomfield, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to A.B.A.T.E. of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 15226, Harrisburg 17105-5226.


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The president leads on Keystone XL
November 30, 2011 - Mike Maneval
A mid-November decision by the Obama administration to postpone a final decision of the viability of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from Canada through the U.S. to the Gulf Coast, is prudent and sensible. In a statement revealing the decision from President Barack Obama, concerns for public health and public safety proceeded concern for potential environmental impact.
The decision allows authorities to contemplate an alternate route for the pipeline's course to avoid proximity to the Ogallala Reservoir in Nebraska. David Lemon and Jim Efstathiou, reporting for businessweek.com, note the reservoir serves about 1.5 million people, and many of the environmentalists who oppose the pipeline plans have cited risks to the reservoir as a principal shortcoming of the concept.
In the wake of Obama's decision, the CEO of TransCanada, the company behind the pipeline proposal, promptly changed his tune, saying TransCanada was "confident Keystone XL will ultimately be approved," according to BusinessWeek. Earlier, CEO Russ Girling had said any delays could "kill" the project, in all likelihood as a ploy to rush the project's development without careful deliberation of its potential consequences.
Of course, House Speaker John Boehner and Thomas Donohue, the top lobbyist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce doubled down, completely disregarding the bi-partisan concerns expressed by Nebraska's Republican governor over the initial proposed route and calling it a "threat to drinking-water supplies," in the words of Lemon and Efstathiou. Boehner and Donohue blasted the decision as political appeasement of environmentalists. Never mind, as the Washington Post's Ezra Klein documented, that the U.S. has more drilling rigs under the Obama administration than it had under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, or George W. Bush.
In this matter, the President is showing reasonable, nuanced leadership, while his opponents are ignoring reality for cheap political grandstanding.
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Marine Recon 1940-90by Paul Hannon Charles Melson
In 1976 Maj. James Capers Jr. welcomed new men and their families into a force reconnaissance company. 'Only the most capable Marines are selected for this duty due to rigid mental and physical demands. A very thorough screening of each applicant is conducted ... to test alertness and endurance. The result is a small elite unit with highly qualified Marines who are considered the best in the world'. Ex-Marine Charles D Melson examines the history, equipment and insignia of the Marine's amphibious and ground long-range patrol reconnaissance specialists in this volume which contains a wealth of photographs and 12 full page colour plates by Paul Hannon.
US Marine Rifleman in Vietnam 1965-73by Ramiro Bujeiro Charles Melson
This volume provides an in-depth look at the experience of the ordinary US marine 'grunt' in Vietnam. Organisation of the corps, weaponry, equipment, uniforms, training and medical arrangements are all discussed. However, where this book differs from other similar works is not only in the detail that it goes into but also in the unifying theme of examining all these differing aspects of marine life from the point of view of a soldier serving in the conflict. The author, Charles Melson, actually served in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), and it is this personal experience that allows him to provide such a unique angle on the subject.
Vietnam Marines 1965-73by Paul Hannon Charles Melson
Osprey's survey of Marines during the second half of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The period following World War II (1939-1945) saw a number of associated Marine Corps, three of whom fought together during the war in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973. These Corps were similar formations, but each had its own history and traditions: they were the United States Marines, the Vietnamese Marines, and the Korean Marines. Common to them was a reputation for toughness on themselves and any foreign or domestic enemies; strong unit pride and loyalty; and a privileged place within the political structure of their respective countries. This title by US Marine historian Charles Melson describes the history, weapons, equipment, uniforms and insignia of the US, Vietnamese and Korean Marines who fought in Vietnam.
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After an incredibly long "6 hour trip from JFK to Brussels (which became 48 hours long), I could think of nothing better to make me happy than to eat some moules frites. We walked just two blocks and found a place named 'T Kapiteintje. It was full of blue hairs quietly enjoying their food. I figured this was a good sign (locals and no tourists), so we sat and ordered.
Antonio ordered the Croque Monsieur ( €5.90). It was in between disappointing and wonderful. The disappointing part was the bread it was served on, simple plain white bread. The wonderful part were the fillings. The cheese was rich and sumptuous. He could not stop raving about how good the cheese was.
I'm sure you won't be surprised when you hear I ordered Mussels in white wine ( €20.60). These were simply superb. Out of the whole bunch only 3 were not open. The portion was more than generous, easily enough for two people (even though I ate it all by myself). I was starting to feel like a pig, until I saw two women each with their own massive mussel portions. Each mussel was fat, plump, and juicy. The broth was incredibly fragrant. It included a mix of garlic, onion, and celery. Simply delicious.
The fries were fine. Nothing amazing, but nice.
In total the meal came to €30.70 (with a glass of wine and a beer). Definitely visit this place and order the moules, you will not be disappointed.
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The rewards of engaging in the simple and often sublime activity that we refer to somewhat blandly as "sightseeing" arguably reaches its zenith in the beautiful Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia. And there are few better ways to indulge in some breathtaking views than ascending elevated sites and structures (or in some cases, descending very rapidly from them). The following are a handful of ways in which travelers can take in some of the most arresting panoramas in the country.
- Climbing Mount Kinabalu - The summit of Mount Kinabalu is the highest point in the Malay Archipelago, and it is famously easy to ascend (provided you have the time and determination). The typical route takes two days. There are clearly marked paths, stairs, and fixed ropes that make the journey possible for anyone of moderate physical fitness. There is also perfectly adequate, dormitory-style lodging roughly two-thirds up the mountain.
- Petronas Towers - Easily the most iconic structures in Kuala Lumpur, the astonishing Petronas Towers (the tallest twin towers ever constructed) are a must-see for visitors to the city. The skybridge that links the two structures on the 41st and 42nd floor is a great way to achieve a commanding view of the city.
- Menara KL – Petronas may be the tallest building in the city, but the honors for the highest viewpoint goes to Menara KL. Constructed on top of the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, the viewing deck on this bulbously shaped tower is more than 300 feet higher than the aforementioned skybridge.
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Choose Your Own Drug Fueled Misadventure: F#@% This Cult
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It was practically out of your hands from the start: If mysterious robed figures didn't want you to steal their shit, they wouldn't have owned it right in your face like this. Who do they think they are, with their things, stuff and objects? They ain't better'n you!
You somersault determinedly down the sandy hill, because Zelda taught you that it is the most efficient form of movement. And sure enough, before you know it, you've already arrived, slammed headfirst into the hull of their boat, and thrown up into the eyes of the only guard that saw you, who subsequently bashed his own skull in while flailing to dig the burning whiskey waste from his ocular cavity. All is going better than expected! You enthusiastically pump your fist, and spend the next five minutes thinking of a cool one-liner to say to his corpse.
"Fuck you, corpse," you finally settle on.
You're quietly disappointed in yourself. You'll make sure to mentally insert a better line later, when you inevitably remember this as way radder than it actually was.
You heft yourself up onto the deck, crouch behind one of those giant spools of rope they always have on boats for some reason -- what the hell are those things for? -- and wait out the remainder of the bizarre voyage in relative silence.
This would normally be an impossible task for you, but you're still stuck on that one-liner thing.
"You should have seen that coming ... UP!"
"Hope your eyes aren't in AA!"
"Here's puke in your face!"
When you snap to, you're amazed to find that the boat has stopped, and also that it is now night. The cloaked men are nowhere to be seen. The vessel has docked at an ancient and crumbling pier, jutting out just below an equally dilapidated castle. The strangled, choking sing-song of the cloaked men's bizarre non-language echoes softly from an open cellar door. To your left, a small shack has a light on. Within it, an old, gentle-looking woman is laughing at something.
If you sneak down into the cellar, still determined to get you some of that sweet, sweet enigma-box, turn to page 9.
If you knock on the door of the shack and seek assistance from the old woman, turn to page 5.


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Westbrook leads Oklahoma City past Toronto 108-88
Serge Ibaka scored 17 points; Durant scored 15
Russell Westbrook shrugged off a sore shoulder to score 19 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder cruised past the Toronto Raptors 108-88 on Tuesday night.
Wearing a black padded sleeve to protect his bruised left shoulder, Westbrook held Toronto's leading scorer, Kyle Lowry, to two points on 1-of-4 shooting. Lowry exited with 1:29 left in the second quarter with a right ankle sprain and did not return.
Serge Ibaka added 17 points and a game-high nine rebounds for Oklahoma City. Kevin Durant and reserve Kevin Martin each scored 15.
The Thunder led by as many as 29 points and never trailed after Durant converted a pair of free throws with 7:44 remaining in the first quarter.
Jonas Valanciunas led the Raptors with 18 points.
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Keynote Speaker: Ben Kiernan (Whitney Griswold Professor of History; Professor of International and Area Studies; Director, Genocide Studies Program), Yale University.
"The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument," wrote Henry David Thoreau. Tension is central to scholarly endeavor; indeed, it is often the need to resolve tension that generates development and innovation.
Certainly since the French Revolution, scholars of all stripes have been concerned with tensions between social and economic classes. These concerns were intensified by the influence of the thought of Karl Marx, which also did much to advance a view of historical development with dialectical tensions at its core. More recently, questions of race, gender and sexuality have become key, as scholars investigate the roots and consequences of the tensions apparent in social life. Postcolonial studies, moreover, extends this study of societal tensions into the realm of the intellectual, probing at the dark sides of the Enlightenment and imperial Europe's 'civilizing missions.' This is, of course, to say nothing of the tensions at the center of traditional avenues of study such as the analysis of warfare, high politics and diplomacy.
Entire scholarly fields are organized around conceptual tensions — between scholars' methodological approaches, their interpretations of evidence or their political viewpoints. Indeed, since the Middle Ages the very place of the scholarly community in society has been an issue of great tension: once evident in the founding of the University of Cambridge by scholars fleeing Oxford in 1209, today we see tension manifested in questions of access to education, diversity, employment prospects, relations between the university and industry, and even in the question of politicians' educational backgrounds.
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Police captured a 19-year-old man whose 4-year-old nephew was fatally struck Aug. 4 during a gunfight between the uncle and another man, according to a report in the Camden Courier Post.
A week-long search for Martin Pierce ended Sunday in Westampton Township in Burlington County.
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On Thursday, an announcement was made by Radio station KNEW-AM 910 that the Michael Savage's show has been yanked by them. As a conservative and dramatically outspoken commentator, Michael Savage began his career fifteen years ago. He began his radio career in the Bay Area. Michael Savage will not be a part of San Francisco station.
According to reports, now the 'local information' will be provided by "John and Ken Show," Two conservative commentators John Chester Kobylt and Kenneth Robertson Chiampou will be featuring on the "John and Ken Show,"
In a note on the official website of the Clear Channel-owned radio station, KNEW-AM 910 wrote:
"We have decided to go in a different philosophical and ideological direction, featuring more contemporary content and more local information,"
The note added.
"The Savage Nation does not fit into that vision."
The programmers are being accused by the fans of Michael Savage that they lacked courage to support a radio host that mostly chose controversial topics such as gay rights, immigration, autism, the Middle East and feminism. Some comments on the website are given below:
"Michael Savage is the only person who speaks the truth about what is really going on,"
Another comment said:
"Shame on you for bowing to the communist White House."
Michael Savage, the man whose show has 8 and 10 million listeners on more than 400 stations nationwide has not commented on his dismissal yet.


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NORMAN, Okla. — Just in time for a showdown at Notre Dame, No. 14 Oklahoma has found itself a quarterback.
In his first career start, Blake Bell — who lost the starting job during the preseason — passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns in his first start for Oklahoma and the Sooners beat Tulsa 51-20 on Saturday.
"It was awesome," Bell said. "I had a great time first of all, just getting out there and playing ball, there's nothing better. . The only thing I wanted to do was be ready. I didn't want to not be ready for this game. I felt like I did that. I felt like I played well out there."
Sterling Shepard caught eight passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns — all career highs — and Jaz Reynolds had 109 yards receiving and one score for Oklahoma (3-0).
The Sooners scored on their first five possessions against Tulsa (1-2) to continue their dominance in the series, having won 12 of the last 13 games between the in-state rivals.
The Sooners are 13-0 against Tulsa as a ranked team and 7-0 against the Golden Hurricane since Bob Stoops became Oklahoma's coach in 1999.
Bell, a junior, lost a preseason competition to redshirt freshman Trevor Knight, but Knight struggled in the passing game in wins over Louisiana-Monroe and West Virginia. Knight bruised a knee against West Virginia, opening the door for Bell to start against Tulsa.
Oklahoma is 3-0 for the third time in four seasons, heading into a showdown in two weeks at No. 21 Notre Dame, which beat the Sooners last year in Norman. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said after the game that Bell would start against the Fighting Irish.
"That's pretty obvious," Stoops said. "So much for your controversy right now. It didn't last long. You can't deny what he just went out and did. I'm proud of him and excited for him. It also speaks to his character. Here's a guy that was ready for it — never got down, never changed his attitude. He got his chance and he took great advantage of it."
By halftime, Bell — who served as a short-yardage rushing specialist for the Sooners the past two seasons while backing up Landry Jones — was 15 of 21 for 281 yards and two touchdowns. His first-half yardage total was the second-most by an Oklahoma quarterback in the first half of his first career start. By comparison, Knight passed for 205 yards combined in his two starts.
Bell posted the highest passing-yardage total by any Oklahoma quarterback making his first start. By comparison, in the debuts of Oklahoma's two most recent starting quarterbacks before Knight, Sam Bradford threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns in a 2007 romp over North Texas, while Jones had 286 yards passing and three TDs in a rout of Idaho State in 2009.
Bell — whose pre-game introduction received a rousing roar of approval from Oklahoma fans — finished 27 of 37 passing.
After he lost the preseason competition for the starting job, Bell said everyone told him he had to stay ready.
"That's what I did," Bell said. "I put my head down and went to work, because you never know what's going to happen. I prepared every day like I could go in there at any time."
Tulsa's offense made a respectable showing against an Oklahoma defense that allowed a combined seven points in its first two games. Quarterback Cody Green completed 17 of 33 for 226 yards, while Trey Watts rushed for 60 yards on 14 carries, caught five passes for 65 yards and returned a punt 77 yards to set up a field goal. Jordan James caught six passes for 100 yards for Tulsa.
"We were more consistent on offense," Tulsa coach Bill Blankenship said. "We still had a critical turnover that hurt us. We dropped a pass that might have been another big play. We just have real high standards. I think we are an improving football team but we got exposed on defense today."
Bell was 3 for 4 on Oklahoma's first drive, which Brennan Clay ended with a 4-yard touchdown run. On the Sooners' next series, Bell hit Reynolds in stride for an 82-yard gain which became the longest non-scoring pass play in Oklahoma history when Tulsa cornerback Darnell Walker Jr. hauled down Reynolds at the 4. Oklahoma settled for a 20-yard field goal by Michael Hunnicutt.
Tulsa answered with an 80-yard touchdown drive, aided by two Oklahoma penalties in the end zone. On one of them, safety Gabe Lynn initially was ejected for targeting, but the ejection was overturned after a video review. Still, the Golden Hurricane eventually scored on a 2-yard run by Watts, the son of former Oklahoma quarterback J.C. Watts.
A 41-yard gain on a bubble screen pass to Durron Neal set up Oklahoma's next touchdown, a 3-yard pass from Bell to Shepard. Lynn intercepted Green on the Golden Hurricane's next series and his return to the Tulsa 36 led to a 29-yard touchdown pass from Bell to tailback Roy Finch that made it 24-7.
Bell hit Shepard for 44 yards on Oklahoma's next drive, leading to a 30-yard field goal by Hunnicutt. The end of the half stopped Oklahoma's sixth drive, but the Sooners opened the second half with a 35-yard scoring pass from Bell to Shepard that was set up by a 41-yard punt return by Jalen Saunders.
Oklahoma didn't punt until its eighth possession. Watts returned the punt 77 yards to the Oklahoma 9, but Tulsa settled for a 21-yard field goal by Carl Salazar that made it 34-13.
■ West Virginia 41, Georgia St. 7: At Morgantown, W.Va., redshirt freshman Ford Childress threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns in his college debut, leading West Virginia past Georgia State.
Charles Sims rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown for the Mountaineers (2-1), who got the scoring boost they needed after a poor performance last week in which they scored just seven points in a loss at Oklahoma.
A third stringer a week ago, Childress completed 25 of 41 passes for the Mountaineers. But West Virginia was far from dominant on both sides of the ball against a team in its first year in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
■ Iowa 27, Iowa State 21: In Iowa City, Iowa, Jake Rudock threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, Mark Weisman added 145 yards rushing, and Iowa hung on to beat rival Iowa State.
Kevonte Martin Manley had seven catches and a TD for the Hawkeyes (2-1). Iowa ran the ball 60 times for 218 yards and snapped a two-game losing streak against the Cyclones.
Quenton Bundrage rallied the Cyclones with two touchdown receptions with less than five minutes left. But Iowa recovered an onside kick and snuffed out a last-gasp try by Iowa State.
Bundrage had a career-high 146 yards receiving and three TD grabs for Iowa State, which is 0-2 for the first time since 2007.
Sam Richardson had 258 yards passing for the Cyclones.