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If you're like any of the other dozens of Colts fans I know, you've had the conversation about the looming Manning-Luck dilemma, which really doesn't feel like a dilemma at all.
For those of you looking for Colts only draft coverage, this isn't your article. If you'd like to read about how I think the first-round of the draft plays out for every team, this is your article.
I'll update this as we move closer to the draft and hopefully we can get other writers and readers to contribute to this project.
Draft order is based on this URL from ESPN"s Stats & Information: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/54347/2012-nfl-draft-order-thru-week-14-top-15. The top 16 can be mathematically calculated. Each pick after that is determined by guessing their final spot and will be calculated accordingly.
Here's the rundown of the current predictions in case you don't want to read the entire story:
1. Indianapolis Colts – Andrew Luck – Quarterback – Stanford
-Replacing Peyton Manning, regardless as to how that happens, is going to be difficult. Picking Andrew Luck in this position, however, is not.
2. St. Louis Rams – Matt Kalil – Offensive Tackle – Southern California (Note: Kalil has yet to make a decision regarding his remaining eligibility)
– If you've watched any St. Louis games this year, they need offensive line help. Bad.
3. Minnesota Vikings – Justin Blackmon – Wide Receiver – Oklahoma State
– A case could be made for a lot of players here, but if Kalil is off the board, I think Minnesota has to be thinking wide receiver here.
4. (+1) Washington Redskins – Matt Barkley – Quarterback – Southern California (Note: Barkley has yet to make a decision about coming back next year.)
– With the stable of running backs presumably healthy here, Washington should look to relieve themselves of the John Beck/ Rex Grossman debacle.
5. (+1) Carolina Panthers – Morris Claiborne – Cornerback – Louisiana State
– There is almost no thought here in picking Claiborne. The teams above have more offensive struggles to worry about. Carolina does not.
6. (+1) Cleveland Browns – Trent Richardson – Running Back – Oklahoma
– Obviously, the tension that Colt McCoy and Peyton Hillis have created this year could cost them their jobs. Hillis isn't on the books, so…
6a. Indianapolis Colts – Brandon Thompson – Defensive Tackle – Clemson
– I think the first time I wrote this, I got lost. Indianapolis, if they trade Manning and get Cleveland's pick, should draft a defensive tackle here. No, Quinton Coples is not a defensive tackle. He doesn't even weigh 300 pounds. He's a rush end. Stop talking about picking him. We have those.
7. (+1) Miami Dolphins – Robert Griffin III – Quarterback – Baylor
– While I understand that Matt Moore has "steadied the helm" after losing Chad Henne, Robert Griffin III makes the most sense for this franchise. He should be a very good NFL quarterback.
8. (-4) Jacksonville Jaguars – Alshon Jeffery – Wide Receiver – South Carolina
– I've seen conversations saying the Jaguars should draft quarterback. I disagree. They need a receiver. I'd say it's really a tie between Michael Floyd and Alshon Jeffery, but since Jeffery is already down south, you know, logically that makes sense, man. Right?
9. (+1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Luke Kuechly – Inside Linebacker – Boston College
– Tampa Bay's defense has struggled all year due to some players not working out and injuries.
10. (+2) Kansas City Chiefs – Vontaze Burfict – Inside Linebacker – Arizona State
– Kansas City's got a great team, injuries just hurt them this year. They've got Tamba Hali, so no need for Coples to go here.
11. (-3) Philadelphia Eagles – Quinton Coples – Defensive End – North Carolina
– There are no questions about his tangibles. There are, however, questions about his work ethic and motor. Consider Philadelphia the Island of Misfit Toys.
12. (+1) Buffalo Bills – Dre Kirkpatrick – Cornerback – Alabama
– I bet you can't name one Buffalo cornerback. I bet you can now.
13. Arizona Cardinals – Riley Reiff – Offensive Tackle – Iowa
– If a quarterback needs anything, it's time. Reiff helps make this happen.
14. Seattle Seahawks – Landry Jones – Quarterback – Oklahoma
– Pete Carroll would love to get his hands on Landry Jones. I mean that in a non-Sandusky way.
15. San Diego Chargers – Melvin Ingram – Defensive End/ Outside Linebacker – South Carolina
– A replacement for Shawn Merriman? Yes, please.


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Thunder (28-10, 12-7 road) vs. Rockets (26-14, 15-5 home)
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Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM, 1300 AM The Buzz Tulsa)
Time: 8:30 CT
Offensive Rating: Thunder – 108.3 (8th), Rockets – 109.2 (6th)
Defensive Rating: Thunder – 101.3 (3rd), Rockets – 105.5 (14th)
Pace: Thunder – 96.2 (6th), Rockets – 96.5 (8th)
Thunder fans are praying for a repeat of the last meeting between these two teams, because the setup is similar. The Rockets are on a back-to-back and the Thunder are still missing Russell Westbrook. But the last time, albeit in Oklahoma City, the Thunder rolled over the Rockets easily as Jeremy Lamb set a career high.
Probably not going to come that easy tonight. And check this, via Elias: With a loss tonight, the Thunder have their first losing record over 10-game span (4-6) since Dec. 4-23, 2009. That's incredible. And very possible.
It's a weird feeling right now. It's like going back to the 2009-10 season where OKC won 50 games and the eight-seed. You know there's a chance they could win any given game, but it certainly wasn't expected.
The Thunder have lost three straight on the road and are watching their standing in the West currently slip. They need to stop the bleeding a bit and while winning in Houston is a tall order, if they can play like they did against Memphis, there's at least a chance of it.
Three Big Things
1. Perk. It's a big game for him. If he can slow Dwight Howard again, it'll give the Thunder a decent chance to win. Simple as that.
2. Perimeter defense. The Rockets can pop points in bunches from the 3-point line and while the Thunder did a nice job defending it in the first meeting, the Rockets missed a lot of shots. Gotta guard.
3. Help. What made the Thunder so good against the Rockets in the first meeting is that they defended the heck out of them, and Durant got plenty of help. Jeremy Lamb was terrific and the rest of the team showed up. Durant's going to score. Someone else needs to help him.
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Minka Kelly & Dave Annable Visit Guantanamo Bay
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She's a long way from Texas! Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly showed off her biceps to some soldiers at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during a recent visit there. The actress, along with Dave Annable of ABC's Brothers and Sisters, met the troops during a weeklong USO tour to boost morale among the soldiers. While there, the actors tried on helmets and body armor and took a ride onboard a 25-foot Piranha patrol boat with U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit.


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Man, 19, found slain outside cemetery
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Police are investigating the shooting death of a 19-year-old man who was found outside a cemetery in Northeast Philadelphia's Wissinoming section late Sunday.
The victim died at 12:16 Monday morning at Aria Health's Torresdale hospital, police said.
Officers on patrol found the man facedown and bleeding, police said. He had been shot in the head, chest and arm, police said.


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When Bahraini Princess Meriam Al-Khalifa and her husband, former Marine Jason Johnson, returned to Las Vegas on Memorial Day weekend, gambling was probably the last thing on their minds. After all, they had already hit the jackpot. On May 24, Al-Khalifa—whose flight from her country in November 1999 to marry Johnson provoked the wrath of both her royal relatives and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (which claimed she had entered the U.S. illegally)—received permanent residency papers that will permit her to stay in America. "I'm just so thankful, so relieved," said the princess, 19, shortly after meeting with her attorney in San Diego. "It's been a terrible time for me, but now we can finally live our life in this country the way we wanted to."
The past 18 months haven't been easy. Johnson, 26, who was busted from lance corporal to private for using forged papers to help his bride-to-be escape, says some Marines "really treated me like crap" before his honorable discharge in October. Al-Khalifa had to contend with homesickness, deportation proceedings, even death threats from Muslim fundamentalists. "I was very afraid," she says.
Now with her status resolved, the couple are putting their plans in gear. For at least the next year or two they expect to stay in Las Vegas, where Johnson has relatives. After they finish collaborating on a book about their romance, both hope to pursue college degrees. They are eager to start a family—as well as to reestablish a relationship with Al-Khalifa's. "I don't know if I will ever see my sisters or my parents again," says the princess, "but that is my dream."
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The former Boathouse and short-lived Rice Market restaurants at 549 East Bay in downtown Charleston will become Bay Street Biergarten by this fall, according to NAI Avant, the real estate firm that brokered the deal.
The 7,400-square-foot property sold for $3.025 million. It has been vacant since June 2011, when the rice-themed Rice Market closed after six months. Before that, it sat empty after the Boathouse closed in 2009.
The building was sold last week to a group called CCP Family LLC, according to Charleston County property records. CCPs registered to Celeste Patrick of Patrick Properties Hospitality Group, owner of Fish restaurant, the American Theater, Lowndes Grove Plantation and the William Aiken House.


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If you take a close look at any regional calendar, you'll realize that you could fill every day of the year traveling around Italy to take part in a special procession in some small town, or a world-acclaimed festival in a big city.
Here is a list of only a few of the many special events in Italy:
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Dealing with Christmas trees
Since this is my last column of 2011, I thought it would be appropriate to give you a few ideas of what to do with your Christmas tree after the holidays.
Real Christmas trees are biodegradable - the trunk and branches can be used as mulch for gardens, parks or in animal stalls. The mulch provides a protective barrier for the roots of other plants and vegetation while preventing weeds from growing. The mulch then decomposes, providing the nutrients plants need to thrive. Mulching programs are a fast-growing trend in communities throughout the nation. Convert the tree into wood chips. Use a chipper or mechanical tree grinder and use the chips as mulch around flowers and shrubs or along a path to prevent compaction.
Use your old tree as a shelter for animals (this is a good idea only if you live in a fairly wooded area). All you need to do is to put the tree out in your back yard. It takes several trees to make a good habitat, so ask your neighbors to donate their trees to your cause. Each year, you and your neighbors can rotate so that everyone gets a chance to build a habitat. Prop your tree up in the yard for the winter and hang treats for birds. Decorate it with seed and suet balls, orange slices or pine cones coated with peanut butter and seed. The birds will come for the food and stay for the shelter in the branches. Before recycling, trees can be used to make bird feeders, adding color and excitement to the winter garden.
Strip the boughs from the trunk and use them as a mulch around low-growing landscape plants. Or cut up the trunk and use it for firewood or a "Yule log," next year, after the wood dries out. Important: Never burn your fresh Christmas tree in a fireplace or wood stove. Burning the tree may contribute to creosote buildup.
Sink your tree in your own pond, if you have one, or a local pond to help fish and other aquatic life. The tree serves as a little coral reef in that the branches provide substrate for water plants to grow and cover for minnows and other forms of small aquatic life. Larger fish are drawn by the shade and the presence of prey. How do you sink a tree? Tie the base to a cinder block with a short, stout rope and toss it in. Just be sure to get permission from the pond owner first.
Some communities use Christmas trees to make effective sand and soil erosion barriers, especially on beaches and along river beds. Sunk into private ponds, trees make an excellent refuge and feeding area for game fish.
Recycling has obvious benefits to the environment, whether it be Christmas trees or newspapers. But being recycled is not the only environmentally friendly advantage that real trees have over artificial ones. Breathe deeply at a Christmas tree farm and you will enjoy not only the fresh pine fragrance but also fresh oxygenated air. That's because of photosynthesis. The trees absorb carbon dioxide-laden air and emit oxygen. Just one acre of a Christmas tree farm produces the daily oxygen requirement for 18 people. Young trees in their rapid growth years have a high rate of photosynthesis and thus produce more oxygen than older trees.
For each Christmas tree harvested, two to three new trees are planted in its place. In the United States, there are approximately 1 million acres in production for growing Christmas trees. This translates to oxygen for 18 million people per day.
Although artificial tree owners will insist that theirs is a better choice because their tree is being used every year, the average life of an artificial tree is just six years. Then the plastic tree is tossed in a landfill where it will lie in a composed state for centuries.
2011 program deadline coming up
It's that time of year again!
Producers need to watch the video in order to receive five recertification credits in categories 1, 11, 12 and private applicator. Ten credits are required in a three-year period in order to recertify.
This year's recertification program covers the following topics: Reclaiming Land, Aquatic Weed Control, Calibrating a Boomless Nozzle Sprayer, Protecting Pollinators, Lawn Care and Pesticide Broadcasting Network.
If you need pesticide recertification credits in categories 1, 11, 12 and private applicator and missed the Nov. 30 showing of the 2010 Pesticide video, contact Carla at the Farm Service Agency Office at 304-263-7547. You have until today to watch this year's video and receive five credits toward recertification.
Renew pesticide licenses online
You can now renew your WV pesticide license online at www.kellysolutions.com/wv/applicators/ere newals/login.asp.
Applicators can renew online as early as Nov. 1 every year, providing their license is eligible for renewal. Commercial applicators must earn 20 credits per category every three years, and private applicators must earn 10 credits every three years.
Your username is your license number. Certified public applicator license numbers begin with the letter "O," not the number zero.
Your password is the first three letters of your last name (case sensitive) plus the last four digits of your social security number. Be sure you check the "I accept" box and enter your email address.
Username: O01234
Password: Mar3346
Paper renewals will be mailed before Dec. 31. Any changes - such as mailing address, phone number, email address or your company name - will need to be sent to our office in writing (email or fax is acceptable). If you need any assistance, please feel free to call 304-558-2209 and talk to Kathy Martin, licensing specialist, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Regulatory Programs, Charleston, W.Va.
2012 Ag Ed Dinner Meetings planned
The 2012 Agricultural Education Dinner Meetings will be held Jan. 12, Feb. 19 and March 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Berkeley County Youth Fairgrounds. Dinner for all meetings will start at 6:30 with the educational program to follow. Please call 304-264-1936 to make a reservation for the meal one week prior to each date.
There is no charge for the meal if we receive your reservation by noon the Wednesday a week before the meeting is to be held.
The speaker for our Jan. 12, 2012 Dinner Meeting is Aaron Helmick.
Come out and learn more about Farming as a Business on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Remember to call in your reservations (304-264-1936) by noon on Wednesday, Jan. 4 if you plan to attend.
2012 conference set at Landsdowne
The 2012 CASA Future Harvest Conference is being held at the National Conference, Landsdowne, Va., Jan. 13 and 14, 2012.
The conference theme is "Farm to Institution: Making Local Food Economics a Reality" and will focus on connections between food producers and institutions that benefit the local agricultural economy, the institutional bottom line and the food consumer's health and enjoyment.
The keynote speaker is Virginia farmer/writer Anthony Flaccavento.
For more information on the conference, go to their conference page for full details at the following website www.futureharvestcasa.org/.
Garden Tips
Watch for seed catalogs and start planning your 2012 garden.
Remember to water your holiday tree and other live plants.
If you purchased a live (balled and burlapped or potted) Christmas tree, you should plant it as soon after the holiday as possible to help it survive.
Extension office schedule planned
The Berkeley County Extension Office will be closed for the holidays Jan. 2, 2012 so that we can spend time with our families and friends. We at the Berkeley County Extension Office wish you Happy New Year! Thank you for working with us in 2011.
Pick up a copy of the WVU Extension Service Garden Calendar.
West Virginia University Garden calendars are available to be picked up at the following locations around Berkeley County, Boltz's Hardware, Tractor Supply, Orr's Farm Market, Colonial Farms Nursery, USDA Farm Service Agency, Martinsburg Library, Inwood Farmers Market, Petrucci's Market or Arden Equipment.
Until next time...Happy gardening, farming and Happy New Year!
- Mary Beth Bennett, Ph.D. is a WVU Extension agent and associate professor. She can be reached at 264-1936, email@example.com or on the web at www.berkeleyextension.com.


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On March 22, Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions and the U.S. Senate voted in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which levels the playing field between Alabama's local shops and remote online retailers.
An outdated Supreme Court ruling currently bars Alabama from having online retailers collect sales tax at the point of sale, like brick-and-mortar shops already do. As a result, the federal government is giving e-commerce as much as a 10 percent market advantage over its Main Street counterparts, hindering the success and growth of local retail businesses.
The Marketplace Fairness Act, however, forges a path for a freer marketplace by empowering states to decide whether or not to have online retailers collect sales tax like stores on Main Streets across America already do.
This is not a new tax. There has always been sales tax owed for online purchases; there has just been no mechanism in place to require online-only retailers to collect it.
Despite pressure from special interests to maintain the status quo, Sen. Shelby and Sessions voted for the interests of local job creators, eliminating this damaging loophole that punishes small businesses and unfairly expands government intrusion into the free market. By getting rid of this taxpayer-funded subsidy, Sen. Shelby and Sessions have helped level the playing field for Alabama small businesses, protected the rights of taxpayers, and strengthened America's free enterprise system.
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Jackie Fuchs Responds to Joan Jett's Statement Following Kim Fowley Rape Allegations
Fuchs addressed both her then-bandmate Joan Jett and her alleged attacker, the late Kim Fowley.
Fuchs addressed both her then-bandmate Joan Jett and her alleged attacker, the late Kim Fowley.
Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fox has released a statement following the allegations that she was raped by Kim Fowley.
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have released statements after their former bandmate alleged they witnessed her being raped by their manager in the '70s.
Miley Cyrus formed the Happy Hippie Foundation and has now shared a new video from the organization featuring an awesome Replacements cover.
Joan Jett performed a three-song set to start the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, featuring guests spots from Dave Grohl and Miley Cyrus.
Joan Jett, a rock and roll pioneer, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2015 is official!
On their breakthrough 1984 album, 'Let It Be,' the Replacements told the tale of gender identity on the song 'Androgynous.'
Nirvana were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night, and the rumor turned out to be true.
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F-1 Race (F1レース F1 Rēsu?) is a racing video game released in 1984 for the Family Computer in Japan. A version was released in 1990 for the Game Boy in Japan and in 1991 in Europe and North America, which included the Four Player Adapter for four player gameplay.
The game features racing in one of two Formula One cars around a variety of tracks near world capitals and landmarks. In the Family Computer version of the game, the cars come in three colors: red, light orange, and dark blue.[1]
Gameplay is similar to that of Namco's Pole Position. Finishing in first, second, or third results in a podium finish; players must win on each track to advance to the next. Vehicles in the game have a generic two-speed manual transmission governing their speed (with a "LOW" setting and a "HI" setting).[2] There are ten tracks in the race; the game repeats itself after the conclusion of the tenth circuit.[2] Three difficult levels help beginners to adjust to the artificial intelligence on "skill level 1" while novices get some extra challenge on "skill level 2" and experts get the ultimate challenge on "skill level 3.[2]" A strict time limit forces players to finish races without mistakes in order to progress to a more complicated race track.
Several Nintendo characters appear at the end of race circuits for the Game Boy version: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Bowser, Link, Samus, Pit and Donkey Kong. The game resulted in a Grand Prix series sequel, featuring Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race and Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally.[citation needed] Similar to the original, both games were never released outside Japan.
In the Famicom version, the driver of the car is unknown, but it is possible that the driver is Mario, as implied in its sequels.
Clones or hacks[edit]
F-1 Race has been cloned on many Famiclone consoles like the N-Joypad Plug and Play console. Clones of the game are listed below: (This may not a complete list.)
- UFO Race: Cars replaced with UFOs and changed graphics and music.
- Boat Race: Cars replaced with boats and graphics are changed but sound is normal.
- Bicycle Race: Cars replaced with bicycles with all graphics and sound effects are changed. Also, the speed number is divided by 10 from the original (example: 300 km/h changed to 30 km/h).
- Car Race: The name is changed, but the rest is unchanged.
- F-1 Race was one of the videogames based for Manga titled Famicom Rocky published by Comic Coro Coro from 1985 to 1987.
GamesRadar ranked it the 49th best game available on the Game Boy and/or Game Boy Color. The staff called it a "first-class racing game" and praised its wide appeal to racing fans.[3]
- ^ Images of F-1 Race for the Family Computer at Retro Game Zone
- ^ a b c Basic game summary at Xrea
- ^ "Best Game Boy games of all time". GamesRadar. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2013-12-05.


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Getting engaged made Biggest Loser contestant Vinny Hickerson feel like he had "a million pounds of weight off my shoulders."
Figurative weight, that is.
Hickerson, 28, a singer in the country duo Trailer Choir, proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Lori Diaz, 29, during a date at the Grand Ole Opry that was filmed for the reality weight loss competition, and will air on Tuesday night's episode of The Biggest Loser.
"I wanted to take her there because it's a place where so many dreams have come true, right there on that stage," Hickerson tells PEOPLE exclusively. "My biggest dream is to be a great husband and a great father, and fall in love."
"There was no one there but us and a camera crew," says Diaz. "We sat down in the front row and he gives me a spiel about how he loves me more than anything."
Hickerson popped the question with a ring from Nashville's King Jewelers. "I thought it looked like the Eiffel Tower, which makes people think of beauty and romance," he says. "Just like the first time I saw Lori, out dancing in a zebra dress, I had that same feeling like, 'Oh my gosh, this is the one.' "
The second biggest surprise of the evening? A private concert by the country group Thompson Square, who played their Grammy-nominated song "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not."
"I couldn't believe they were there just for us, in this huge, amazing place," says Diaz.
Hickerson has been open on the show about his goal to lose weight in order to become a fit future husband and father to Diaz's 9-year-old son, Brennon.
Before, "I wasn't out playing ball with Brennon and even watching him skateboard. I'd just sit in the car and watch," says Hickerson, who is down to 314 lbs. after starting the show at 426 lbs. "Now, there isn't anything I can't do!"
Adds Diaz of the proposal: "I'll never forget that night for as long as I live. It was so perfect, even more perfect than if I had planned it myself!"
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Championship Week: Do The Right ThingJanuary 18, 2007 – 9:36 pm by McD
We managed to tear ourselves away from Bill Simmons' 10,000 word Suns blowjob to preview this weekend's AFC and NFC championship games. We'll take any distraction we can get from the pain that is our day to day lives. Since the Chargers managed to crap the bed against the Patriots, it's all gray skies and ice for us until the draft in April. After that, it's the same foreboding that haunts us every season and we do the dance all over again. God, I love football.
As always, read our picks and go the other way.
New Orleans Saints (11-6) at Chicago Bears (14-3) (-2)
Sorry Chicago fans, you are the bad guys here, especially if you win this game. No one who isn't a life-long Bears fan should root for the Chicago here because the Saints are too good of a story. The Saints have the collective karmic power of most of the football fans in the United States behind them. There's no way they'll lose this game because no one supported them. I'd be mildly surprised if the Bears fans rooted wholeheartedly against them. If my team were to lose a playoff game (again, in a horrible, horrible twist of fate) I'd want it to be at the hands of the Saints, in the game that sends them to the Super Bowl against either the third or fourth seed from the other conference.
It helps that the Saints are an offensive juggernaut and have a decent defense. The question is whether the Bears will pull out another ugly win or not. This team is incapable of winning pretty and Bears fans seem a little too calm about it. The real problem for us temporary Saints fans is that, without fail, opposing teams get sucked into the type of ugly games that the Bears seem to win again and again. This game is also at Soldier Field in January, so needless to say, the weather report ain't pretty. Dome teams tend to not play well in these games either, generally speaking. But if anyone can win this game, it's the Saints.
So what are the Bears to do? They need to win like they have all season: with defense, a few key plays, and a prayer that Rex Grossman doesn't fatally screw them. It's imperative that they run the ball like they did for much of the Philly game last week too. This game cannot get put into Grossman's hands, not because he's shaky, but because that's what the Saints want. Their defense will be set up to make Rex throw a lot and the defensive backs and linebackers will be salivating as they wait for his first errant pass. Unless Tom Brady suits up as number eight for the Bears on Saturday, Chicago needs to go old school.
Prediction: Saints beat the spread, win the game and head to Miami. Come on, like I was going to go with the Bears. By the way, do you think those FEMA trailers will make it to South Florida?
New England Patriots (14-4) at Indianapolis Colts (14-4) (-3)
I (McD) may not watch this game at all. It's still a little too much. So I'll talk about Marty Schottenheimer instead. The Chargers' brass did the absolute right thing bringing him back for 2007. A coach should not lose his job after winning 33 games in 3 years. It's ridiculous to even think that he should be fired after a loss, albeit a painful one, which has temporarily killed my love of football and made the world a little more gray. He's turned this franchise into a winner after the Kevin Gilbride and Mike Riley disasters, and his players would kill for him.
They just may never win playoff games for him.
Which brings me to my point. Marty may never win a playoff game for us. He may be too old and out of touch with today's NFL as far as strategy and communication with the front office are concerned. But damn it, he's OUR loser. Too many people are interested in winning at any cost. They want to go 16-0 every year and win the Super Bowl, have no turnovers, and make every game a shutout. No one seems to appreciate a great coaching job when it doesn't produce championships. Well, they should start with Marty Schottenheimer. He's the one that leads the San Diego franchise with character and personality. His teams in San Diego win games and are exciting to watch. He has put his stamp on the Chargers for better or for worse, and they should be his team until he retires or leaves of his own accord.
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VBAC or C Section: The Question We've Been DreadingJohn Cave Osborne
Caroline turns 29 weeks tomorrow. That, of course, leaves just 11, assuming she goes the distance. Believe it or not, thanks to what can best be described as some pathologically aggressive nesting tactics, we're pretty much all set when it comes to the nursery. We're good to go on baby-proofing as well.
So that leaves 11 weeks to ponder a very important matter: to VBAC or not to VBAC. That is the question.
Caroline's first child, my beautiful stepdaughter, was born vaginally. And when we first found out Caroline was pregnant the time before this, there was no doubt in either of our minds. Vaginal birth was the way to go. But that all changed when we learned she was carrying triplets. At that point, Caroline's doctor all but told her she'd be having a C-section.
Carrying triplets already put her in a high risk category. Her age (38 at the time) would have done the trick as well. Then you take into account my wife's petite 5'2 frame? Yeah. C-section.
Caroline learned first hand with that C-section that major abdominal surgeries are nothing to sneeze at. They're hardcore, invasive processes. Despite being in excellent physical condition, it took her quite some time to recuperate. Frankly, it wasn't pleasant.
Neither, however, are VBACs gone wrong. The chances, no matter how remote, of uterine rupture? They can be frightening.
So what to do? There are compelling arguments on both sides, which, at least initially, surprised Caroline. After all, it wasn't very long ago that "once a C-section, always a C-section" was the common thought. But as pointed out yesterday in an excellent feature slide show on Babble, that's nothing more than a myth. (Learn about 10 other pregnancy myths that Babble debunked by visiting the slide show now!)
Last July, Ceridwen wrote an excellent post in the wake of an announcement made by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The College was softening its original and cautious stance on VBACs and were encouraging doctors support a woman's choice to try for such a birth.
Ceridwen correctly points out that the question of VBAC vs. repeat C is an incredibly hard one to answer. In trying to do so, risk must be assessed. Yet even when you do just that, it's still hard to find a clear-cut answer. Consider this stat, again, courtesy of Ceridwen's post:
According to the numbers ACOG is using, if you try for a VBAC, you have about a 99.2 percent chance of no uterine rupture (lower without induction). If you have a c-section, you have about a 99.5 percent chance of no uterine rupture. That would make the chance of a uterine rupture with a repeat c-section and VBAC without induction about the same. But with a c-section, you have the added risks of surgery.
I would counter Ceridwen's last point with this one. Along with the added risk of the c-section surgery would come one significant benefit: opting for a repeat C would take a lot of mental anguish off of Caroline's plate now. And that has to be considered, as well.
We were hoping to lean on Caroline's OB/GYN to more or less make the decision for us, but he made it clear from the get go that he would do no such thing. (Which is a sign that he's a true pro. He recognizes it's not his decision to make.) However, he has been more than willing to discuss pros and cons with us and, like Ceridwen, he could argue all day long for both sides.
At the end of that day, however, we get the sense that he just as soon see Caroline opt for the repeat C. And I'm pretty sure I know why. Last pregnancy was a grueling one for her. It proved to be quite heady as well. And by the end of it she was spent, both emotionally and physically. This pregnancy wasn't exactly a piece of cake either, thanks in large part to the psychological elements which accompany an unexpected pregnancy as well as the fact that while pregnant, Caroline's been constantly bombarded by three fussy toddlers every step of the way. Don't forget our 9-year-old, either.
So it's been more trying than either one of us could have ever imagined. And Caroline's constantly exhausted. And while I'm not suggesting that she's too tired to research the matter (for anyone who knows her would tell you just the opposite—this is something she's been taking very seriously), I am suggesting this: the last thing either of us want to see is for my wife to agonize over this for 10 weeks, finally opt for a VBAC, only to then fall into the category of the 20 to 40% of women who try for VBACs, but are ultimately forced to have a C-section.
And, again, I get the sense that her OB/GYN feels the same way. But he'd never come right out and say it. For I'm certain he's 100% with Ceridwen when she writes this:
I think the decision about whether or not to VBAC is something we have to leave up to each woman. She should be well-informed rather than freaked out and/or pressured by various agendas, and she should find a doctor or midwife who supports her decision, whatever it is.
One comforting thing about the decision Caroline has to make? She's got an incredible OB/GYN (even if he does have the hots for her—don't worry, I'm cool with it…) and he'd support either decision 100%. As, obviously, would I. And through this process she's become quite informed.
And for all of those reasons, whatever she chooses will most definitely be the right decision, indeed.
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Going with your boyfriend/girlfriend and a group of friends who arent necessarily "together" somewhere (usually public).
My boyfriend, Mark, and I went with a bunch of his friends and my friends to a movie Saturday.
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How Canadians say goodbye to people that are not quite friends yet, but almost friends.
Bob and Alice have hung out a few times and are almost friends now. Bob sees Alice on the street one day and says "Have a good day, adiomingo!"
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HbA1, a broad measure of glucose control, remains the dominant marker used in diabetes despite the disease's substantial heterogeneity.
"We have a glucose centric picture for type 2 diabetes (T2D)," said Mark Broenstrup, Ph.D., director, biomarkers and diagnostics, diabetes, Sanofi. "We believe this picture is too simplistic and would like to dissect T2D into subtypes that better capture the pathophysiological effects in the individual."
So far that has proven difficult to do even though diabetes' many complications (blindness, nephropathy, heart disease, neuropathy, etc.) can be devastating. "We have a good understanding of individual mechanism, but understanding the interplay between mechanisms will require a systems biology view," said Dr. Broenstrup.
Currently, roughly nine classes of drugs target diabetes. "It's a challenge to position new drug classes if we only have glucose lowering information; the payers will tell us we have other principles that are generic and cheaper than your new one that also lower glucose. Why should we take yours?"
To manage costs Sanofi is leveraging public-private partnerships such as the European Medicine Initiative, which has three diabetes-related projects, each with a strong biomarker component. "We are leading IMIDIA, a program on beta cells, and DIRECT, a personalized medicine diabetes effort," said Dr. Broenstrup.
Progress is being made on markers for progression to T2D, said Dr. Broenstrup. New reagents are enabling beta cell imaging (beta cell mass is used as measure of insulin-producing capacity of the pancreas). A few liver proteins also show promise as markers. An interesting one has emerged from GWAS studies and indicates most risk signs are in beta cells and not other affected organs.
Identifying the antigens that elicit an autoimmune response can yield panels of biomarkers used to classify disease, predict patient outcomes, and characterize leads. Researchers from Life Technologies presented data from studies with the firm's high-content ProtoArray and new ProtoPlex platforms demonstrating assay robustness and offering study design tips.
Niro Ramachandran, Ph.D., R&D manager, discussed work with protein microarrays composed of up to 9,000 purified full-length human proteins to evaluate immunological profiles across panels of serum samples. The goal was to identify biomarkers for SLE diagnosis, mesothelioma, and early detection of colorectal cancer.
Instead of printing antibodies on the slide as is often done, ProtoArray entails printing functional proteins, such as transcriptional factors, on the glass.
"It's fundamentally a discovery tool designed to screen one-third of the proteome," said Dr. Ramachandran.
The first coarse screening is done with ProtoArray followed by ProtoPlex, using Luminex xMAP technology, for high-throughput characterization of promising makers.
"ProtoPlex is similar to an ELISA technology except with ELISA you can test just one reaction in a well, i.e., one antigen or antibody. Luminex offers these color-coded beads that you can put different antigens on and the color can be read so it's addressable.
"We can take 50 of these different beads and 50 different proteins and put them all in the same well and from one well you can pass serum against 50 antigens," said Dr. Ramachandran, adding the concordance between the two platforms is around 70%, higher than mass spec.
Companies also use the platform to screen small molecules seeking protein binding information to help reveal mechanisms of action and identify leads and targets.
Roughly one year ago Thermo Scientific acquired Intrinsic Bioprobes, developer of a tip technology for purifying microscale amounts of protein or peptide antigen in complex biological fluid for subsequent mass spec. Now, Thermo is launching a set of products that comprise a complete mass spectrometric immunoassay (MSIA) platform and workflow that begins with sample prep and ends with mass spec detection.
Thermo's tip immuno-affinity protein purification system works with Thermo's TSQ Vantage mass spec to deliver protein and peptide quantification. A new liquid handler, Versette Pipetting Workstation, is also being launched.
Currently the platform is only for research although Thermo expects it will eventually be used as an IVT. The platform is Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute compliant.
"We've been translating the tip technology into a more robust, better performing product combined with a liquid-handling systems," said Urban Kiernan, Ph.D., senior scientist at Thermo.
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MSIA, say advocates, is a simpler way to generate accurate high-content data than competing technologies. Dr. Kiernan also expects the system to be used by companies needing to more accurately characterize their molecules such as in biosimilar development or by original biologics innovators seeking to differentiate their products from potential biosimilars.
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A major breast cancer analysis project has catalogued the spectrum of mutations that underpin the four basic categories of the disease. The data, published in Nature, represents the most comprehensive molecular blueprint of breast cancer generated to date, and could help researchers design and develop more effective drugs and combination treatment regimens that target each subtype of disease according to its molecular background.
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CatWang, New kicks, Star Like Me, BBD!
Jan 7th
*peers out from behind curtain of WAHHHH*
Hallo friends. I am BACKish now from my 4-day-stretch of flu-induced hibernation to BLOW YOUR MIND with the kind of wicked-ehss geekity goodness y'all know me for… or, rather, I would be if I hadn't been laid out for 18 hours a day since this betch of a bug hit me, barely even able to Tweet – let alone eat. The upside to that: Willie helped me finish some cottage cheese the other day and it was adorrrrable.
The most I've actually been able to accomplish since Thursday was a trip to Sport Chek earlier this evening to buy some new running shoes and dayglo workout gear. I ain't even mad if it was the cough medicine that influenced this particular purchase because my new kicks are chopahcalohpah:
I'm just making up words to troll you guys at this point.
I've actually been working pretty hard on a "Best of 2012″ post over the past couple of evenings. It's taking a long time, but I suppose I should be thankful for that. I had one heck of a year.
Hopefully, I'll get that one up right soon so that I can start cranking on some new blojects for 2013! I got some tings, I got some tings. But for now, please enjoy…
The fruits of my time spent playing with the CatWang iPhone app!!! It's totally free and ridiculously fun (if you're into putting lasers and cat heads and other cool things on your photos. Which you must be, if you're here.)
This commercial for the HOT NEW SOCIAL NETWORK Star Like Me which was most certainly produced in a basement somewhere in the Eastern Bloc. Yeah, yeah, I know that the Eastern Bloc doesn't exist anymore (as of 20 seconds ago — thanks Wikipedia.)
Facebook, Twitter, WATCH YO BACK(end)S — Star Like Me is taking over:
Bwahahahaha. <-- Yeah, that's the best joke I have right now, "Bwahahahaha." I'll provide the material - you provide the punchlines, guys, just for today (and maybe all of the Sunday mornings too.)
Azealia Banks dropped a new track on New Year's Day called BBD (Bad B*tches Do it). "It's Trap, but it's Rave. it's Banjee, But still a lil classy," she said on Twitter. Love? Hate? Meh?
I was 6 and 7s about it until I listened to it for the 5th time. Now I can't get enough of it, or the Angel Haze diss track (ooooh Diss track!) she dropped on Soundcloud yesterday, produced by MACHINEDRUM. It gets tight at 1:37: NERPRUHBLUMSNOPRUHBLERRRMS rah grumble grooo NOPRUUUHBRLEERMS.
Hey guys… have you ever realized that THE BRAIN NAMED ITSELF?
Night night.
Lulzy Links from Sickerbose: Super Grace, Cats who Tweet and the Rapper Spelling Bee Supercut
Jan 8th
What up fraynds?
As you can see, I am a proper cat now. The Felinoplasty procedure I had Friday night left me pretty drained for most of the weekend, but it was well worth the ability to fetch my own lunch from the alleyways of Little Italy now.
Groundskeeper Willie is taking me on my first hunt tomorrow!
Ahhh I kid, I kid. What the heck is a Felinoplasty?
Casie made the Lozzie Pop Cat above for me on her iPhone with SigNote, to boost my spirits and subsequently my health.
She's in Detroit for the auto show right now! I had the chance to go as well, but too much is going on at work-work right now so I must settle for living vicariously through my bestie's Tweets. You should too. Detroit rules!
No fun adventures from this weekend to write about, I'm afraid. I spent almost the entire time in bed moaning my face off.
Get thy minds out of the guttah, hooligans! I was ill. I'm still ill — In BOTH ways (meaning that I am both sick and SICK…), which brings me to the first of 10 radaclysmic things I found on the Internet this week:
1. The Urban dictionary Rap Battle:
I feel like I would be friends with these guys if I knew them in real life, ya know? UD is my favourite thing ever. I submit my silly words to them all the time and one time I met Aaron Peckham (the site's founder) at ROFLcon. I think I freaked him out a little with my enthusiasm. Anyhoo, nice rap chaps! Here's some more…
2. The Rapper Spelling Bee Supercut:
Holy crap is this ever good. My homies at Slacktory put together this brilliant compilation of rappers spelling their own names and it is perfection. Straight up genius. If I ever become a kindergarden teacher, this is what I'll use to teach my pupils how to spell.
3. The My Little Pony Generator:
Like my pretty pretty pony? Clear the next 2 hours from your schedule and go nuts.
4. Long lost NYE photos (ft. Casie:
Okay so they weren't really lost and it certainly wasn't long, but I found these snaps by Kate after I'd already posted about New Year's Eve last week so nyaw:
5. 54 Beautifully Offensive Desktop Wallpapers:
I've got the above gem on my second monitor at work right now. I give it two more days before I'm told to take it down. Always a rebel, that O'Neil girl…
6. Angelina Jolie Doppelganger hits the web, goes viral:
Meet Lina Sands. Some guy posted an audition video of her last week and she's since got some craaaaazy attention – and with good reason. It only makes sense that the first human clone is of one of humanity's most beautiful specimens.
7. MTV CREEPS premiered and started trending on Twitter right away, which was awesome.
Big ups to my friends at LDU for this writeup. I gained a lotta lotta followers on Twitter that night. Thanks for the love to everybody who sent it If you missed the premiere, it's online here.
8. Baby Cockatiel's first 30 days:
I'm sure it sounds a bit lame to people who aren't bird lovers, but this video is actually very very funny and very very cute. Just watch it. You'll fall in love.
9. Cats who can Tweet?
The future, my friends, is fabulous.
10. Christian students organization + Nicki Minaj = Super Grace.
I actually kind of love this. It's cute and clever and adorably cultish. Fun fun fun!
11. Casie and I are demons… or something.
Christine found this on Craigslist and sent it our ways. Some random must have grabbed that zombie snap from Google Images or something? Whatever the case, it's hilarious and I love it. Craigslist never ever ever fails to entertain.
12. This chick snuck into a Russian military mocket factory to take photos and is thus the epitome of badass.
If I knew how to say "You Go Girl!" in Russian, that's what I'd type right now — but I don't so "Borscht!"
Flyboy – Nyancore Live @ Atomic Lollipop 2011 by DJ Flyboy
Hat tip to David P. Leonard for that one. I'll be running to this track for the rest of January. Nyanfit. It's a new thing.
C'est tout. Time to finish watching Family Guy with Seany. Super cuddles and plently of laughter = all the medicine I need… plus like, tons of Advil Cold & Flu. That shick's tiiiiight.
Siri's got jokes, Grocery bags are chic, and pink eyes + black lungs = ZOMBIE FACE
Oct 17th
the following should be sung to the tune of Sailor Moon's English theme:
Meet my new best friend Siri,
She makes my days less dreary,
Living in my phone she talks-to-me…
I don't need hu mans a ny more!
*guitar solo*
I dunno… I wrote about Siri on Friday and I was thinking about Sailor Moon earlier today. So, that's where that came from…
I contemplate going as Serena for Halloween every year (Usagi Tsukino – the precocious schoolgirl before she morphs into the future Neo-Queen Serenity of Crystal Tokyo.) I'm certainly whiny and blonde enough.
We shall see. I'll need more than a couple of costumes this year FACHKYAHALLOWEEN!
Here's the Sirilarious article if you're interested. Homegirl's got jokes for daaaays. I rather like what I'm seeing on this Tumblog, but not enough to upgrade to the iPhone 4S.
Like many iPhone 4 owners, I'm content to upgrage to iOS5 for free and wait for the next new piece of hardware to come along. Fingers crossed that "iTeleport" is among its new features. FACKYATELEPORTATION!
Sailor Moon and Pokemon in one post. Holy "every day after school from grades 6 through 8″, eh? … Eh?
Oh. You played sports, didn't you?
I've been stuck in the house pretty much all weekend save for a trip to the ER thanks to a rotten asthma flare-up and some subconjunctival hemorrhaging. Like a bloody eyed BOSS:
When I woke up on Saturday, my left eye looked like a baboon's ba-china. Soon, both eyes were pink, itchy and incredibly tender. WebMD diagnosed me with bacterial conjunctivitis. Pink eye. Ewwwww.
Last night, I had a serious lung spaz and ended up coughing so hard that a bunch of blood vessels in my already swollen and thus more sensitive than usual eyes EXPLODED, leaving me with pools of blood in both peepers (just in time for Toronto's official fashion week). This has never happened before.
When I saw the blood I ran down the stairs bawling, confident that I'd had an aneurysm and was about to die. Sean took me to the hospital where I was not-so-promptly told that it was "fine". The doctor looked at me for 10 seconds, prescribed some expensive drops, complimented my laceless chucks and peaced. Uh… thanks?
Two weeks and all should be cleared up. RAHHHHHHHHHH:
I think it's kind of fun, personally. Gross, but fun. Perfect for Halloween!
Fashion week, on the other hand, not so much… Thank goodness for diva sunnies. And also, impromptu rain caps:
Shoppers Drug Mart, 5 cents. You mad?
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WASHINGTON - Eagles president Joe Banner left Washington Friday frustrated and angry as the NFL plunged toward the prospect of an extended court fight that could put its 2011 season in jeopardy.
Banner said that the league's owners had made significant concessions to the players and that their union did not even bother to counter.
"Our players, I hope, will really understand the offer that they walked away from," Banner said. "I don't know what the league could have done more . . . that would have proved how badly [the owners] would have wanted to get a deal done and keep the game going forward."


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In general, the jury is out on that. GoKaleo has a lot of great articles about IF and women -- mostly anecdotal and most of it against IF for women.
That being said, I IF and it's been positive for me. I am a woman, btw. IN case that wasn't somehow obvious.
Anyway, a bit of a story. As a kid, I always forced myself to eat breakfast. I never felt good after breakfast, unless I was hungry before. But generally, I wake up not-hungry, and I"m not-hungry for several hours after waking. I usually get hungry between 10 and 12 in the day.
I usually run an 11-7 or 11-9 window -- which most IF sites talk about. Most women have a larger IF window than their male counterparts, I don't think anyone has figured out why.
Now, in general, I eat when hungry. This means that if I wake up and feel hungry, then I eat. And if I'm hungry at 10 at night, I eat. And if I"m hungry in between, I eat. But, it also means that if I wake up and don't feel hungry, and I don't feel hungry all day, and then I'm not hungry by the time I go to bed -- then I don't eat.
Most days, I eat around 12 and then again around 3 (snack) and then again at 7 (finishing at 8). It seems to just fall out that way and luckily matches my teaching schedule. My preference is for 11-7, though, so on evenings when I don't teach, I tend to run that schedule instead.
On weekends, I tend to eat only two meals and no snacks, and they are usually at 11:30 and 6:00. I don't know why. Again, it just rolls out that way.
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The United States is disbanding its anti-terror task force in the southern Philippines. More than a decade of fighting al Qaeda-linked terrorists has crippled those militant groups.
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Q: The original owner of my house planted two black walnut trees near the rear deck. That turns the deck into a hard-hat area from mid-summer until fall when the nuts are dropping. It's also a real hassle picking up the drops before each mowing of the lawn. I've been told there's something I can feed the trees to stop fruiting. Is that true? And if so, where can I obtain it?
A: It's not something you feed the tree, but there is a spray that you apply to the foliage and blossoms when the tree is in bloom. The main one I know of is a growth regulator called "etheron,†which breaks down into the gas ethylene. Excess ethylene at bloom time causes the flowers to abort, and when that happens, there's nothing left to produce nuts. (It also causes fruits and nuts to drop when applied later, making it a useful commercial harvest aid.)
This isn't something that most garden centers carry, but they may be to order it if you call. Otherwise, California-based Monterey Lawn and Garden Products sells a brand of it called Florel Brand Growth Regulator online at www.montereylawngarden.com. A quart makes 10 gallons of spray and costs $27.75, plus shipping. You apply it once a year in spring. Timing during mid to full bloom is critical.
The spray is unlikely to harm a healthy tree, and it's also rated as non-toxic to bees, slightly toxic to birds and fish, and low to moderate in its potential for groundwater contamination. A couple of human tests found that if you ingest etheron, it can interfere with an enzyme needed for nerve transmission.
I personally would cut down the trees. They're just flat out in the wrong place and probably too tall to completely spray anyway. Also, at some point, the cost of annual sprays is going to exceed the cost of tree removal. And walnuts emit a substance (juglone) that stunts the growth of many other landscape plants nearby.


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Bane, pastor for Marvin Chapel United Methodist near Shepherdstown, said Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the church off W.Va. 45 this Wednesday beginning at 6 p.m. and "until people stop coming or we run out of food."
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Bane said 10 to 15 people have volunteered for the event "to make sure the plates are kept full and everyone is served." He said last year about 200 people were fed.
"We like to reach out to the community," he said. "It's for anyone in the community, not just the needy."
Marvin Chapel United Methodist is among the area churches offering Thanksgiving dinner to the community this week and next.
"We'll have turkey dinner with all of the fixings," said Wallace Reynolds, about the Thanksgiving meal that will be served beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday at Tuscarora Presbyterian Church's hall in Nollville.
Reynolds said the annual community Thanksgiving dinner — which has been going on for decades — fed about 100 people last year.
"There's a community feel about it," Reynolds said of the dinner, which is popular with Nollville residents.
The 365 Church will host a Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Martinsburg High School's cafeteria.
"Everything you can imagine that goes with a Thanksgiving meal," will be served, said Pastor Ron Larson.
Now in its second year, organizers expect to feed between 350 to 500 people on Saturday.
Larson said the church is hosting the Thanksgiving meal for two reasons.
First, there are a lot of people who live alone and aren't able to share a holiday meal with others in the community. Second, many families are struggling with escalating costs of preparing a meal.
Larson said Saturday's holiday meal will "give them a place to enjoy a meal in a friendly, warm and inviting atmosphere."
He said anyone wanting more information on the event may call (304) 283-9480 or visit www.365church.org.
And while walk-ins may be welcome at Saturday's event, the organizer for the 7th annual Thanksgiving dinner sponsored by St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Martinsburg suggests reservations be made.
Held in St. Joseph's School cafeteria at 110 E. Stephen St. on Thanksgiving Day, the annual meal has proven popular over the years.
Helen Harris, who has organized every Thanksgiving meal there, said 350 people were fed at the first holiday dinner. Last year, 950 meals were served.
"We have it pretty well under control," she said of the dinner, which will feature turkey, ham, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, corn, dressing, homemade cranberry sauce, homemade bread, assorted desserts and drinks.
"The food is great," Harris said.
But the food and sense of community is what keeps bringing people back to the table.
"It's coming out and sharing the meal with people from all walks of life," Harris said.
And hosting the dinner on Thanksgiving was important, she noted.
Harris said this allows people who are alone or away from loved ones a place to come for the holiday and enjoy a good meal.
"Everyone is welcome," she said. "It's a wonderful day and a wonderful time had by all," Harris said.
Reservations for the event may be made by calling St. Joseph's Church Office at 267-4893.
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This campsite will remain empty until the shutdown is overUPDATED 9:59 PM CDT Oct 02, 2013
Campers were kicked out Wednesday night by the Army Corps of Engineers in Fort Smith. The government shutdown is cutting a lot of families' vacations short and cutting jobs.Video Transcript
WITH NEARLY A MILLION FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OUT OF WORK BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN, THAT MEANS FEWER SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 40/29's EMILY MAHER TELLS US HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS AFFECTING SOME PEOPLE'S VACATION PLANS. SHE'S LIVE TONIGHT. THIS IS THE SIGN OUTSIDE OF ONE PARK IN OUR AREA. TAKE A LOOK, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE -CAMPERS HAD TO BE OUT BY 8 THIS EVENING. NO EXCEPTIONS. THESE BARRICADES HAVE BEEN UP SINCE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON TUESDAY. AND, PARK RANGERS FOR THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TELL ME WHEN THEY LOCKED UP THE GATES TONIGHT - IT COULD BE THE LAST TIME THEY COME TO WORK FOR A WHILE. RHONDA AND DONALD SCOTT HAD RESERVED THIS CAMPING SPOT FOR TEN DAYS. BUT ON DAY FOUR - THEY'RE PACKING IT ALL UP. "we were told yesterday that we were going to have to leave" THE SCOTTS COME TO SPRINGHILL PARK SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. "we go fishing, and it's really disappointing for us" BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES BEING FORCED TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN. PARK RANGERS TELL ME YESTERDAY THEY LEFT NOTICES FOR TWENTY-ONE CAMPSITES - ALL OF THEM SAYING THE SAME THING - BE OUT BY 8 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY. EM "when you made the reservation two weeks ago did you ever think that this could be happening?" RS "No, no not in a million years, no" THIS PARK IS RUN BY RANGERS FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - A GROUP CONGRESS CONSIDERS NON- ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES. "they've put so many people out of work. People that have families, people that have children and it's ridiculous, it really is" FOR THE SCOTTS, THIS CAMPING TRIP IS CUT SHORT, AND IT'S BACK HOME 45 MILES TO BOONVILLE. "we thought, could we go to another park?' But most of the ones that we go to are the corps of engineers. We're going home" THIS PARK IS HOME TO SEVERAL BOAT RAMPS, A PLAYGROUND AND CAMPSITES WITH FULL AMENITIES - WATER AND ELECTRIC - TONIGHT, ALL OF THAT IS SHUT OFF BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN. REPORTING LIVE, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MAINTAINS CAMPSITES AT 19 PARKS ACROSS THE STATE. RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
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- Science and Religion: Reconciling the Conflicts, is now available in paperback from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Deseretbook.com, Walmart.com, and many other internet sites. Bookstores stocking it include: Deseret Book (some stores); Eborn Books (Salt Lake City, and Provo); The Book Garden (Bountiful); The Book Table (Logan); The Book Store (Rupert), Latter-Day Cottage (Tucson and Mesa) and many others around the world.
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- eBook downloads are now available on Amazon and B&N.com.
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- Accelerated Debt-Reduction Plans. Many claim to be able to get people out of debt quickly. Some of those claims are fraudulent, and others are just expensive ways of doing what you can do for free. Sound accelerated debt-reduction plans involve: (1) Extra principal payments (it makes little difference whether bi-weekly or monthly). (2) Reducing spending and/or increasing income (but for most people, increases in income are accompanied by increases in spending).
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- William and Jane Barker of Shelfanger, Norfolk, England ~1759-1829. Much confusion and misinformation has been passed around about this couple. What was Jane's maiden name, and who were William's parents? There is compelling evidence that the very popular connection between William and Stephen Barker and Judith Wragg of Burston, is wrong–especially if Jane was really Jane Knowles, as popularly supposed.
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Thanks for your presentations. The e-mail on your book marker did not work. What is your e-mail to keep in touch and that I can send you my paper on CO2 and the global warming hoax. . Please send power point of your presentations.
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Thank you for your personal management slides and worksheet. I really appreciated them as I have taught my scouts this merit badge. They were very well put together and very informative about the topics. Thank you for putting them out there for others to use.
Mar 2 2015
Yes, after thinking it over I concur with you about him being brother to the other Barker immigrants.
It is sad that the original parish book hasn't survived, I will have to use the records as recorded in the late 19th century that is given in the Barker Odyssey. I've contacted just about everyone in England that could help me and they all have said that the originals no longer exist, hence the usage of the imperfect Transcripts in their place.
It is true that we descendants of Frederick and Ann Barker mainly lived in Ogden. Frederick and Ann's daughter Harriet married my great-great-grandfather Elisha Wells Chase, a convert from New York who eventually settled in Ogden. My 86 year old grandmother was born in Ogden but eventually left for the greener pastures of California, soon thereafter to marry my grandfather. Grandpa died a year and half ago but grandma still lives in California.
I want to thank you again for your analysis of the Barker lineage in England. It is a shame there isn't a genealogical journal devoted solely to the ancestors of the LDS Pioneers, especially the European converts like our ancestors the Barkers. I did my little part in correcting what is out there with the Bligh/Blythe family, but there are alot of other really poorly researched lines that could use correction.
Jan 12 2015
Thanks for your reply. When I am able, I will have to contact them. Right now I am working on my Devon ancestors in England first, but this is a project for the future.
But since I cannot see a baptism, is there any further proof (in Utah perhaps) that Frederick was in fact brother to the other Barkers? He is called of Shelfanger in his marriage to Ann Bligh so it almost a sure thing. Perhaps then it may seem like a silly request, but I was hoping there might be passenger information from a ship manifest, etc. or some other proof before I add the Barker lineage to my tree.
I was also impressed with your analysis of the Barkers in England; I am incredibly picky when it comes to sources, and I think what you wrote would stand genealogical scrutiny.
I myself had intended to scrutinize the Barkers in England as I had done the Bligh/Blythes of Tibenham, the family of Ann Bligh Barker, but you did it for me so now I do not have to. Since Frederick Barker/Ann Bligh is not your line, I won't go into heavy detail but what is out there for Bligh online is pretty bad.
Dec 31 2014
David, it is interesting that you wanted to sort out the correct Barker lineage as well.
I too am a Barker descendant through son Frederick, and one thing I have not been able to find is Frederick's baptism. The way it was mentioned in the old records confused me; the baptism is supposed to be in October 1800 but then he was supposed to have been born in February (exact date not said); does the baptism record call him 8 months old or something? I need to see the original.
What is available online for Shelfanger is not the original parish books but the Archdeacon's transcripts, which sometimes are missing information (or have additional information). And sure enough, there is a gap in the archdeacon's transcripts for Shelfanger from mid 1800 to early 1801, which just so happens to cover Frederick's apparent baptism there in Oct 1800.
Some trees online also claim that he was baptized in Diss but having checked it isn't there.
So for the last few weeks I have been trying to find out if the original parish books for Shelfanger even exist. What is up on the site 'FreeReg' seems to be based on the Archdeacon's transcripts since Frederick is missing but his brothers are all listed.
So I am stuck. I am glad there is another Barker cousin out there who is interested in the CORRECT information and sorting it all out.
Nov 5 2014
I tend not to finish books. However, with yours, I had no problem. Very well done. I was captivated by your conclusions and felt intellectually well fed. My faith has been strengthened through your efforts.
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