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By now, most readers have seen our goal thermometer published in the paper or on our website. With that said, the United Way of Randolph County wants its citizens to know that "you" are the ones who make the mercury rise. For that we wish to thank all of our loyal contributors as well as our new supporters for 2012. And aside from the mercury rising, volunteerism is also on the rise. We could not accomplish all of the work within the community without our volunteer partners.
We are currently at $127,500 of our $160,000 goal. It's up to all of us to rally together to raise the remaining $32,500 needed to meet our 2012 goal. This year marks our 50th year of service to Randolph County and it marks United Way's 125th year in serving communities all over the world. For the past 50 years, the United Way of Randolph County has sustained its impact on the county by being a positive steward of the community. With your help and support, we can continue to be agents of change for the next 50 years.
As a local nonprofit with its finger on the pulse of the community, we want everyone to know that the pulse is quickening. In this tumultuous economy, services are needed more than ever. Our 27 partnering agencies need our help more than ever to continue making Randolph County a better place to live.
In the spirit of our semi-centennial anniversary, the United Way of Randolph County board of directors would like to thank you "50 times over" for all of your support of our 2012 campaign. As you continue to live united, we will continue to help our 27 partner agencies have another successful year.
Please join us on Feb. 18 on Channel 3 for our Live United Telethon event from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Our partner agencies will be on hand to enlighten the community of their biggest success stories from 2011.
This year's telethon will also feature an auction, continuous entertainment and a live Internet stream.
If you are interested in donating to the United Way of Randolph County or setting up a workplace campaign, it's not too late. Give me a call at 304-636-0516.
Andrea Thompson
Executive director


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Ohio voters are still behind a repeal of Senate Bill 5 in November, but that support appears to be waning, results of poll released last week show.
Support for repealing the highly controversial bill (it restricts the collective bargaining rights of public union employees plus requires public workers to contribute 15 percent toward health insurance and 10 percent toward their pensions) has been whacked by more than half since July.
The Quinnipiac University poll shows voter support of a repeal has dropped from a 24-point to a 13-point margin. It will appear as Issue 2 on the ballot.
Connie Wehrkamp, spokeswoman for Building a Better Ohio, the pro-Senate Bill 5 group, says the momentum is beginning to shift because the more people learn about the changes, the more they support the changes.
''We're focused on running a fact-based education campaign,'' she said. ''The other side is using fiery rhetoric and we're trying to focus on the facts.''
Melissa Fazekas, spokeswoman for the anti-Issue 2 group, We Are Ohio, says the poll continues to show that Ohioans think Senate Bill 5 is unfair. The poll, she said, ''continues to show that Ohioans support collective bargaining rights for workers like nurses, teachers, police officers and firefighters. Ohioans agree that these workers' voices should be heard, but SB5 silences them.''
The poll released Tuesday shows voters support 51 to 38 percent a repeal of the new law, compared to 56 to 32 percent in July.
Voters oppose 58 to 36 percent banning public employees from striking; 53 to 41 percent eliminating seniority rights as the sole factor in layoffs; and 54 to 39 percent banning public employees from bargaining over health insurance.
Voters support 60 to 31 percent replacing automatic pay increases based on seniority with increases based on merit; 59 to 35 percent requiring public employees to pay at least 15 percent of their health insurance costs; and 56 to 33 percent requiring public employees to pay 10 percent of their wages toward their pensions.
The telephone poll surveyed 1,301 registered voters Sept. 20-25 using cell phones and land lines. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.7 percent.
Congratulations to Judi Toles, who passed a milestone Tuesday: 40 years working at the Trumbull County Board of Elections.
Toles, who began work Sept. 27, 1971, was surprised by family and friends at the board office to celebrate her achievement. She also was presented a resolution by Trumbull County commissioners Dan Polivka, Frank Fuda and Paul Heltzel to mark the occasion.
But her service to the community and love of democracy goes way beyond working at the elections board. There are too many to name in this space, so here are a few: She has been a Democrat county central committee member for 40 years, has been involved with the county mental health and executive boards and political activities in Warren's 6th Ward.
Her political involvement has extended nationally under presidents Clinton and Obama, who personally invited her to his inauguration.

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Since my earliest days I have been intrigued by the question: "will we ever take a rational approach to the role of the automobile in the city?" If we do, will we ever find a way to design a city without automobiles?
Fortunately we know a lot about what the city of the future, the city without the automobile, will look like. This is because the city of the future will look a lot like the streetcar cities of the late 19th century, except without the horses, as they will be replaced by bicycles and other human powered vehicles.
The challenge of course is finding a way to re- design our cities, in every sense of the word design, that have for several generations been built around the spacial needs of the automobile, instead of humanity.
To some, this idea is preposterous. 20 years ago, inspired by the 2nd international conference on the auto-free city, I spent a few hours reconsidering what the late 19th century downtown of Kent, Ohio will look like in the post automotive era. To some, including the mayor, this idea was not just provocative, it was absurd. My response then, as it is now, was that the real absurdity is to put convenience of a few before the needs of many, and indeed the future prosperity of the planet and its people. In the interim, of-course, we have learned that climate change, mostly created by the burning of fossil fuels, requires us to make changes to the way we live, govern and do business. The challenge of course is that our problem is not technological (as in designing more efficient vehicles), but as our former president, George W. Bush, a Texas oil man, was willing to admit …psychological and and sociological. An addiction not to oil, as he said, but to auto-driven vagrancy. The changes therefore have to do mostly with our relationships to each other and the planet, to the way we use space,time and because those, energy, each being integral to the other.
We know how to create human-centered convivial places where people can live most of their lives within a few miles of their and upon the resource base of their home region. Traditional societies around the world have done this, even in post industrial times. Subsistence economies always do this, but the modern, globally integrated society, built on financially cheap but ecologically costly energy have long lost the geographical imperative of living at home in our regions. The automobile, while manufactured within our region, has severed our tie to place and unsustainably un-tethered us from our region. It has reduced the natural influence of geography by creating the illusion of speed, without factoring the time and resources invested in return for that speed. As Ivan Illich famously pointed out in his seminal Energy and Equity, when the time and money of maintenance of the automobile and its infrastructure is examined, our net Miles Per Hour is actually no better than walking. Unfortunately, it comes at a great social, ecological and economic cost. Building walkable, and as a bridge to walkable, bicycle-friendly, communities, is our way to sustainable prosperity.
Part of our challenge of course is making a paradigm shift from the modern-industrial consumptive economy to an economy based on conservation, the preservation of the planet and its people. We have so separated consumption from production that until that idea is over turned, we will further imperil our planet.
As an architect who happens to be a Christian, I consider it my solemn moral and dare I say, sacred, duty to speak out in favor of the human-centered redesign of our settlements. Earlier I mentioned design, "in every sense of the word", because the creation of the places we work, live, play and are buried are " designed" not just by architects and urban designers, but by businesses, elected officials, energy companies, consumers, engineers, and the geographical settings that constrain development. Indeed, the development and "design" of our communities and regions is driven more by investments in infrastructure and real estate than by the rational evaluation of the costs and benefits by architects, designers, urban and regional planners.
The question that I am asking now, and will pursue with a series of essays is," can we design a sustainable future?", and can we put the automobile in its place, in the dustbin of bad inventions.
Rick Hawksley
400 Years or 350 PPM?
Isn't it interesting that every time that the price of gasoline increases at the pump there are many that become indignant. We are told that there are 5 years worth of oil under the arctic, 50 years off-shore in deep water, even 400 years beneath the Rockies! Of course it is there for OUR taking and we should pull it up and burn it! Never mind the next generation, let alone the next millennium.
Our choice is simple. Re-create our civilization to run on solar energy – to return carbon to 350 parts per million, or be remembered by historians as selfish barbarians that imperiled the planet because we had to drive the two blocks to buy lottery tickets.02.28.11
Green Metropolis
Worth Reading
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability [Riverhead Books, 2009], by journalist David Owen
An inspiring and provocative case for urbanism.
Two Historic Events for Kent
In the past few weeks, two historic events have occurred in downtown Kent that point to our sustainable future; the annual Kent Heritage Festival and the visit of Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to sign an agreement for PARTA's multi-modal center.
At the Heritage Festival, several blocks of Main and Water Streets are closed down for an entire day and thousands of people come downtown to enjoy live music, fairgrounds food, restaurants and stores, arts and crafts, kid's activities, and even historic train rides.
The new Multi-Modal center, envisioned by the PARTA board nearly 20 years ago, promises, in the words of Secretary Hood, to have a 'transformational' affect on transit service for our county, the city of Kent, and Kent State University.
The Heritage Festival confirms, every year, that if people want to come downtown, parking isn't an issue. Indeed every year the city closes down hundreds of parking spaces yet tens of thousands manage to show up and wait in the hot sun to buy elephant ears!
The Multi-Modal Center will allow easy access of people into downtown Kent without automobiles and can, if we chose to, free up valuable real estate for creating a habitable and desirable downtown.
At the Heritage festival, the willingness of people to stand in line to take a five mile ride on a slow train, reminds us of "the good old days" when most visitors and college students arrived at the Erie Depot, now a destination themed restaurant, and took a taxi to the campus. There are many that envision the day when the multi-modal center with buses, and even a new high speed train network, will perform that same function.
The multi-modal center has 100 parking spaces, to which developers believe we need to add hundreds more by deferring tax income to pay for them. (Through Tax Increment Financing) What people are forgetting is that with the multi-modal parking, we will already have 550 spaces in downtown that are mostly paid for by the public. We give most of this parking away, rent free, and as a result, discount the value of transit service to the point that most people don't bother to use it. We forget the lesson of the Heritage festival;people find a way to get downtown if it is worth coming to.
Of course, as everyone that studies cities or has lived in one knows, it is a densely developed, transit-oriented, multi-storied, pedestrian friendly, mixed-use downtown with well designed green spaces that will draw businesses and residences as well as commerce. Such cities are also necessary for our future prosperity, as articulated most succinctly by David Owens in "Green Metropolis", "the future of humanity will be predominantly urban. From an environmental point of view, we need to apply ourselves to making city life appealing and life-enhancing, not wishing that doing so were unnecessary." (p201)
Compact, dense cities are the only way to a sustainable world because they allow us to live smaller, closer and drive less.
The multi-modal center will provide us with the ability to return our downtown to its heritage as a "transit oriented development, " (TOD) which historically was accessed by train and interurban. Growing communities across the nation are creating TOD's because they understand that the quality of life, cost of living and use of resources point to a future of pedestrian and bicycle friendly communities tied together by transit and served by regional farmland. The ecological imperative is that we use this historic moment to build on our historic downtowns to create core neighborhoods in Kent, Ravenna and other village centers that will use less energy, create less pollution, and be places where people of all mobility's may live independently.
Our work, as the citizens of Portage County, is to demonstrate our gratitude to the people of the United States for their vote of confidence that we will use their investment well. Instead of building even more parking that consumes valuable real estate, we need to allocate our existing parking to those who really need it. This will include market-based pricing to cover the real cost of the spaces and discourage wasteful use of our existing multi-million dollar on street parking public asset. Indeed, there are nearly 500 private parking spaces in downtown Kent that all were once productive building lots, and can be again if we can create a transit future.
Will those of us who live within ¾ of a mile of a transit stop (which is most of Kent and Ravenna) walk or ride buses if the full cost of parking is assessed? Those who live within a mile and half off downtown or a bus stop can bike, or bike and ride, and we will, especially as parking lots are turned into productive stores, restaurants, offices, mini parks and residences.
I share the skepticism of some that our multimodal center will become just another dirty downtown bus station, frequented only by those too poor or disabled to be able to drive a car and subsidized by tax dollars. The only way to keep this from happening is to follow the lead of some of my friends from Franklin Township who rolled their sleeves up to make the Heritage Festival a success. They "owned" our downtown and understand its importance to the life of our community. They were willing to sacrifice their leisure to make it better for a day, and show case its wonders to all who would come. Are we likewise willing to embrace a vision for downtown that means we might need to give up convenience for conviviality, free parking for freedom from our addiction to gasoline? We have our Heritage, and the people of the United States, waiting to see what we will do.02.28.10
slow down
Phillip Morris' column on speed enforcement (Friday 16, 2010 Cleveland Plain Dealer) reflects our oil- stained reality in which the unfettered flow and access of the automobile takes precedence over all else in our lives..
As a former city councilman I am aware that everyone is concerned about speeding on their street, and that there are never enough police to even begin to enforce speeding laws, so other means are required. My parents taught me that you are breaking the law, whether or not someone is there to see you do it. Mr. Morris and others opposed to red light and speeding cameras seem to be promoting that a driver's license is a license to speed unless there is a traffic cop there to personally witness their infraction!
Shouldn't it be enough for us to know that pedestrian survival rate in collision with a vehicle is 95% for 20MPH, 60% at 30 MPH and 20% at 40MPH? You don't like it when someone speeds on your street, so don't do it on someone else's.
Rick Hawksley
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Kent, Ohio 44240


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Reviews: Leonard, Johnston, OSC/Daniel – NCH, Dublin
Fiona McCann
Bach – Concerto for Oboe and Violin.
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto.
Elgar – Serenade for strings; Cello Concerto.
The Orchestra of St Cecilia strayed well outside the norms of orchestral programme planning for the second of its November concerts at the National Concert Hall.
With three concertos on offer rather than the more conventional one, this was an evening that managed to begin and end with concertos and offered just a single non-concertante work, Elgar's Serenade for Strings, as a makeweight at the beginning of the second half.
Violinist Catherine Leonard featured in both works in the first half, partnered by Nicholas Daniel (who was also the evening's conductor) in a reconstruction of a Concerto for Oboe and Violin by Bach, and having the limelight to herself in Mendelssohn's Concerto in E minor.
Her playing in both works was light and nimble, although the lightness was not always to the music's advantage.
There was a strange lack of definition in the Bach, as if the overall sound picture was slightly out of focus, an effect that was fully dismissed only when Nicholas Daniel engaged in some moments of full-on expression.
Leonard's playing took some time to settle down in the Mendelssohn, most of the first movement in fact.
It wasn't really until after the cadenza that her mercurial musicality seemed to find its stride.
Daniel's lean and sharply accented handling of the orchestra may have deprived the music of some of its warmth, but it also had an adaptability which seemed to give Leonard free rein in her often impetuous and sometimes even skittish approach to the work.
Elgar's Serenade for Strings and Cello Concerto are pieces often milked for more than they can actually yield. This performance avoided that pitfall.
Admittedly, there was a certain expressive anaemia in the Serenade, and Guy Johnston's reserve in the concerto may not have satisfied listeners who like cellists to take a heart-on-sleeve approach to this piece.
Yet his playing lacked for nothing in nobility, and he brought to the concerto a sense of sometimes profound resignation which more than compensated for those moments where the pallor seemed too consistent.
The audience was well-attuned to his message, and gave his performance the warmest response of the evening. MICHAEL DERVAN


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Beginner's Guide to Apache Mod Rewrite Rules
This time I took a bit of a change from the usual subjects I write, not a big change though. The reason for writing this set of articles (More to come and there's another beginners one as well) is because I felt that there isn't a proper or complete guide written for the pure beginners to start with mod rewrite. I myself had great trouble in understanding + searching through forums to understand certain facts. Anyway I hope many other would be saved of countless search entries by this article :D
Couple of things to note before proceeding :
First we need to know what actually you get in a .htaccess file. Example file is below
http://myoldsite.com/.htaccess (you can't access it through a URI though)
RewriteEngine On
But it WILL [soon :D]
RewriteRule Pattern Substitution [OptionalFlags]
Portion 1 : RewriteRule
That is mandatory for defining a rule, basically it should be there for every rule [pretty stupid even to explain it :D]
Portion 2 : Pattern
Pattern is a Regular Expression that defines which kind of URL should be processed by the engine. I other term, all URLs send to the server having the defined Pattern would be rewritten/proceed or changed.
Writing the Pattern is a bit tricky, so let's get to that part separately.
Portion 3 : Substitution
Plainly this tells what to be placed instead of the requested String. Or this is the replacement for any found match as defined above.
Portion 4 : Optional Flags
As the name says they are optional but it is good to know them. These put at the end of each Rule (within square bracket [] ) would affect the way script works with each Rule.
The most common cases are as follows:
So, now you know about the structure, let's write the "Hallow mod rewrite" first so that we can move further through examples [or you would sure to kill me for keep you waiting :D]
Writing a .htaccess file
Writing mod rewrite Patterns
Explaining common pattern characters
Why divided by 2? because there another half and a ton waiting to be explained. However they will be there while we move onto some examples. The practical stuff.
I won't be going onto the "Writing the Rules steps again, only the Rule itself would be discussed.
Example 1:
Our previous code
RewriteRule ^come-here.html$ now-here.html
"redirect any URL having the exact phrase 'come-here.html' to now-here.html". Pretty cool hah?
Example 2:
Problem : All traffic going to http://mysite.com/forums redirected as it is to http://myforum.com
Understanding the situation:
The best way is to make a directory called "forum" in mysite and put a .htaccess file in it to redirect all the traffic to the new host.
Note that you can put the .htaccess in the directory to have customized actions
RewriteRule (.*) http://myforum.com/$1
This is the Back referencing, the parenthesis allows the engine to remember the matched String and it is used by using $1 .
There are many more real world problems, I will post the reference links at the end if you are curious about reading them.
Now the big star RewriteRule is introduced, here comes the sidekick RewriteCond
Plainly it is the "if" statement of mod rewrite. Let's see when we will need such a thing.
-->Back to Example 2
So all the traffic now goes to http://myforum.com/ the big admin is really happy, but only until he found out that his [my ;)] articles have some links to Smiley images linked to the forum images. This is a good break point for you to understand that mod rewrite won't be working for hot linking, it would just get an ugly error, so now the whole thing screwed up and he needs to put up the script which says:
"redirect all traffic except the links to the 'images' directory "
and you say GOTO HELL this is not a freaking language and you are kicked out.
NO, you call up a pretty little RewriteCond
Structure :
RewriteCond TestString CondPattern
CondPattern : The pattern to be searched
See this example:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images/
The RewriteCond is something you would have to search for more as many have no need of it in there cases, but it is REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEM. Here's the list you can use. For more details refer to the official Apache documentation.
Example 1 : Redirecting A specific IP from accessing the site
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^192.168.0.2$
Example 2 : Blocking any user using Internet Explorer from access your site [YUP I HATE IT :|]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MSIE
Other Directives
There are other important directives, brief explanations of each is
Set the base URL per directory. Once define, the expression would be applied to the path - the directory name.
Structure :
RewriteBase URL-path
RewriteBase /forum
This defines certain special options that can be used.
ex: inherit will force the .htaccess to inherit properties form its parent
Structure :
RewriteOptions Options
RewriteOptions inherit
HaaH that's ~~ALL~~ :D
Some Stuff to remember:
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About Rachael R. Resch
Rachael R. Resch is a physical therapist, movement educator, dancer, and certified instructor in the Nia Technique. She has a B.A. in Religion and Dance from Oberlin College and a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from Pacific University.
Rachael has been in private practice as a physical therapist since 1997. Prior to that she was on staff of Providence Portland Medical Center where she was a member of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center team, specializing in the care of people with osteoporosis and low bone density. She taught popular osteoporosis group exercise classes, and gave frequent public presentations to health care providers and patient groups.
In addition to her physical therapy practice, Rachael teaches classes in the Nia Technique at the DanceSpace in Ashland, Oregon. Nia was created in 1983 by Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas as a holistic fitness practicebsed on the joy of movement, blending dance arts, martial arts and healing arts, such as modern and ethnic dance, T'ai chi, yoga, and Feldenkrais. (To learn more, visit nianow.com or niasomoves.com.)
Besides holding a Black Belt in the Nia Technique, Rachael earned a green belt in Shotokan Karate, training with Sensei Aaron Ortega.
She has taught yoga at Evergreen Yoga Center in Portland and Breitenbush Host Springs. Rachael was a member of the Oberlin Dance Company, Portland State University's The Company We Keep, Lisa Jeli Dancers, and Cynthia Chimienti Dance Company.
She studied myth and wisdom traditions with Marion Woodman and for over twenty years with Robert Bly, teaching mind-body movement at his Annual Conference on the Great Mother and New Father.
Rachael currently studies with author and medicine man, Martín Prechtel, Hellinger Family Constellation practitioner, Stephen Victor, and energetic seers, Paul and Patty Richards.
Rachael lives in Ashland with her husband, author and community organizer, Richard Seidman.


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WBB Loses Close Game at No. 18/23 Purdue, 63-57
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Junior guard Brittany Carter's 19-point performance nearly lifted the Ball State women's basketball team past No. 18/23 Purdue, in the Cardinals season opener Sunday in Mackey Arena. Ball State would lose in the final minutes, 63-57.
Three Cardinals scored in double digits with Carter leading the way with 19, sophomore forward Nathalie Fontaine chipped in 16 points and senior forward Katie Murphy finished the game with 10.
For the game, Ball State shot 36.2 percent from the field while holding Purdue to 31.8 shooting. The Cardinals also out-rebounded the Boilermakers, 41-to-37. Ball State held Purdue's top player and preseason All-Big Ten recipient senior guard Courtney Moses scoreless on the day.
Purdue opened the second half with an 11-2 run to take a quick 37-28 advantage over Ball State with just 3:36 shaved off the clock. The Cardinals still trailed 56-47 at the 3:52 mark before Carter would score back-to-back three pointers and a jumper, closing the gap to 58-55 with under a minute remaining in the game. With 13 seconds left, Purdue then sealed the victory off a three point play from Whitney Bays.
After leading the entire first half, the Cardinals found themselves knotted at 26-26 with the Boilermakers at intermission. The game was close, up until the 15:07 mark, when freshman center Renee Bennett hit a layup off of the dish from Carter sparking a 15-6 run for the Cardinals.
Ball State would then build its largest lead of the half off of that run, with Carter knocking down a three pointer at the 7:22 mark giving Ball State the 21-12 advantage over the Boilermakers. The tables quickly turned after that, Purdue answered with a 14-5 run in a span of seven minutes to end the half tied with the Ball State.
The Cardinals home opener is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14 against Pitt, where the Ball State women's basketball team will be recognized with the unveiling of its 2013 Women's National Invitation banner prior to its 7 p.m. tipoff in Worthen Arena.


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89 Points | Stephen Tanzer's IWC - May/June 2011
(a blend of 72% vermentino and 28% grenache blanc): Hazy yellow. Intensely perfumed aromas of jasmine, pear and gingerbread, with a touch of lemon zest adding lift. Sappy and penetrating, offering ginger-accented orchard fruit flavors and a touch of candied lemon. The ginger note resonates strongly on the finish, which is dry, tight and nicely persistent. I find this very easy to drink.


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A group accused of perpetrating scams across the country made a stop in the Buffalo area last week, allegedly bilking at least one local couple out of nearly $1,500.
Jen Diakakis, of Chautauqua County, said she received a letter inviting her to meet with representatives from A to Z Vacations at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel on Genesee Street in Cheektowaga last week to learn about a vacation travel club.
If she listened to their pitch, the letter said, she would receive two free round-trip plane tickets to anywhere in the country. The ticket was to be fulfilled by a voucher company called Millennium Travel.
So she and her husband showed up to hear what they had to say.
"They had all the answers and were very smooth," Diakakis said. "But they weren't oily smooth. They were down-home."
They sat through a "very practiced, very professional" presentation in which salesmen described a lifetime travel membership that would snag wholesale rates for its members on airfare, hotels, rental cars and significant discounts at popular retailers. Membership pricing topped out at $9,000.
The salesmen continued to drop the price until it reached $1,490, which the Diakakises felt was an affordable price for so many perks.
"I've always wanted to travel, and they were saying we could get these exotic trips to Africa and all over, and we could get the same discounts for as many of our friends and family as we wanted," Diakakis said.
But when Diakakis, who can only access the Internet at the library, went online to start researching trips and pricing, she found herself going in circles trying to navigate the website.
That's when she tried to call the booking hotline. She couldn't get through. She had other numbers – including one the salesman said was his personal cellphone – but none worked.
"We've seen a lot of these things where it's supposed to be like you're buying in to become your own travel agent," said Judy Mills, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Southwestern Missouri, the last known listing for the company, which has operated under several names and cropped up in a string of cities across the country.
Mills said that she received the most recent complaint about the company Monday but that the company had stopped responding to its inquiries last June. "I just drove over to the location we had for them, and it's now a dance studio," Mills said.
Salesmen told Diakakis that they had been in town for four weeks, getting ready to open an office in Buffalo and that they would be working out of the hotel conference room for an additional two weeks. Calls to the hotel confirmed that they had only reserved the room for one day and had left last week.
The website RipOffReport.com lists dozens of complaints about unfulfilled "free" travel vouchers from Millennium Travel, and the Better Business Bureau has issued an alert about the company on its website, saying that its phones have been disconnected and that the BBB's mail to the company has been returned as undeliverable.
"If you have an unresolved dispute with this company, you may wish to seek legal advice," according to the alert on the site.
Diakakis said she has contacted the State Attorney General's Office and is reaching out to others online who have said they've been burned.
As is often the case with many scam victims, Diakakis said, she is embarrassed that she was duped and was reluctant to come forward.
"But I just don't want anyone else to get taken in by these guys," she said.
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on May 27, 2013 - 12:01 AM
Graduated driver laws help reduce teen crashes
Memorial Day marks the beginning of the 100 deadliest days of the year for teen drivers. Fatalities due to teen car crashes spike during the summer months. But with education and practice, many of these crashes can be prevented. Parents must remain vigilant – adults play a big role in ensuring that teens are prepared to get behind the wheel.
School might be out, but teens with a junior license still need to be off the roads by 9 p.m., when crash risks sharply increase. Although teens may spend more free time with friends during the summer, they should not ride with or carry other teen passengers. Just one teen passenger increases a teen driver's crash risk by as much as 48 percent. Don't ever sacrifice safety for convenience. If your teen is out late or with friends, make other travel arrangements. The risk is not worth the potential consequences.
The New York Teen Safe Driving Coalition was established by the Allstate Foundation and the National Safety Council to raise awareness about why teen crashes occur and what we can do to prevent them. One of the most important things parents and caregivers can do is to abide by New York's strong graduated driver's license laws, which are proven to reduce teen crashes.
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In the San Francisco New Year's Eve is the happiest day of the year. People generally gather with friends at parties, in pubs, clubs, in the streets, or city squares to eat, drink, and celebrate. Fireworks are a popular tradition; in large cities such as San Francisco, the fireworks start before noon and steadily increase until midnight. In the first minutes after midnight, people toast with champagne, wish each other a happy new year and go outside for the fireworks.
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Theodore M. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Preventive Medicine
University of Rochester
speaking on
Wednesday, November 29, 6:00 PM
(refreshments at 5:30)
The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street)
New York City
[All are welcome, and there is no charge. CME credits are available for
physicians. We urge you to pre-register, although this is not required.
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After a brief sketch of mind-body concerns throughout Western medical
history, the focus of this talk will shift to American medicine in the
early decades of the twentieth century. During the 1920s, while concern
grew within internal medicine for the "emotional zone of disease,"
psychiatrists and psychoanalysts became more interested in psychogenic and
psychodynamic etiologies. Eventually, as a result of deliberate efforts
to bridge disciplines by the Rockefeller Foundation and other
philanthropies, the new field of psychosomatics crystallized. Prof. Brown
will highlight the role of key personalities, institutions and
publications, and will direct the audience's attention to the influence of
World War II and the postwar enthusiasm for psychodynamic psychiatry in
popularizing psychosomatics, in both medicine and popular culture. He
will next consider emerging rifts and problems in the professional field
in the sixties, along with internal and external reasons for their
appearance. He will show how, during the seventies, the molecular
revolution in medicine and the rise of neuropsychiatry led to the eclipse
of psychosomatic medicine. He will conclude his talk by considering what
may be left of the once dominant field of psychosomatic medicine as
reflected in current interests in "psychoneuroimmunology," "stress"
research, and "somatization disorder."
For further information on this and other historical programs at the
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uly 29, 2002
Pollutants found in Bothell's Horse Creek
BOTHELL - The City of Bothell requests citizen help to determine the source of pollutants found in Horse Creek (located off NE 180th Street near the Park at Bothell Landing). City of Bothell Public Works staff noticed a sheen in Horse Creek and immediately called Department of Ecology to help determine the cause. State officials took creek samples to determine the exact type of material(s) being dumped. It appears that pollutants were dumped into the storm drainage system and subsequently discharging into Horse Creek. The pollutants have been contained at this time.
At this time, the City of Bothell Public Works Department, Department of Ecology (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working together to determine the source and exact product. The Horse Creek cleanup site is temporarily cordoned off while efforts take place over the next few weeks to remove the pollutants.
"The City of Bothell, working with our state and federal agencies, is doing everything it can to remedy this situation," said City of Bothell Public Works Director Dave Zabell. "We are determined to find out who is responsible, but we need our citizens to keep an eye out for anything suspicious surrounding this issue."
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|graffiti'd street sign
i watch her cross the parking lot
only a bit older from when i knew her,
the way she preened for boys,
always looking for her daddy, mama's
beauty queen & promise to be
more than the less than of their present
has it really been five years?
she's probably graduating high school this year,
a senior or junior--i remember
how her mother called it cute as she flounced,
draping boys like a table cloth, just waiting
for a drip to slip the lip & stain---
passing within twenty feet, they don't see me
their eyes measuring each step, hand
upon the roundness of her belly, more watermelon
than the girl i once knew, full with seed
summer days, as kids, my cousins & i'd see
who spit them the furthest, pink flesh so cold
our teeth would hurt---laugh
as juice ran down our chins---wonder
if any would take & dream of watermelon
vines sur-rounding our houses
her mother opens the clinic door, they disappear-
ing inside, boys now as absent as a ring
on her finger, at work, i hope, trading hours
for responsibility / currency
---we spit like seed, without a care,
wondering where all the watermelons came from,
vines blocking sun from both our Houses
Today at dVerse Poets, Victoria has us focusing on allegory for Meeting the Bar. Doors open at 3 pm DST.
The story is true, but I tried to use it to represent something more. She is a girl from a youth group I ran a few years ago. Last time we were in Maryland, I watched her and her mother heading into the clinic. Have tried to write about it a few times but it never really worked. Underneath it all is a political poem, veiled a bit.
It is part of my his-story as well, so slinging it into Poetry Jam, as well.


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We're also trying to get pictures and information about alumni for future postings.
Please stop by here while you're in town or shortly after and share some thoughts.
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Paracelsus was one of the most controversial and dazzling figures on the threshold between the Middle Ages to Modern Times. Trained as a physician and surgeon, he tried to overcome certain medical and philosophical concepts common at his time. He replaced them with a natural philosophy comprising a peculiar mixture of Neoplatonic lore and Christian thought based on the Biblical word. Deeply influenced by the ideas of medieval alchemy, both theoretical and practical, he believed in the importance of experience in contrast to mere speculative theories. Following alchemical guidelines, he introduced a number of new medicinal preparations which would become influential for centuries. His attempt to explain bodily processes as alchemical …
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Galaxy S5 version with 5.2" screen and Exynos appears in benchmarks, still rocks it 1080p
0. phoneArena 03 Mar 2014, 06:34 posted on
If you think the rumored Galaxy S5 versions are getting confusing, you are not alone. After an alleged S5 version with 5.2" Quad HD display and the new Exynos 5420 leaked out on AnTuTu benchmarks, now another SM-G900H one has appeared, and with a different spec sheet...
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18. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
25. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
It's my trademark dude. Jealousy™®© lol
3. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
S4's price dropped in India by almost $200. :)
35. mrblah (Posts: 576; Member since: 22 Jan 2013)
They should pay you to use that thing.
4. Duketytz (Posts: 534; Member since: 28 Nov 2013)
Here comes the S4 Pro Plus Ultimate
47. Bioload25 (Posts: 213; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
You mean the "All New" Galaxy S3.5 Advance Pro Plus Ultimate Unbeatable?
5. lucid.brat (unregistered)
Right after z10 and Lumia 920,s4 third biggest drop i guess....and i haven't seen anyone using s4 around me....seen ppl with note 3 Bt nt with s4
6. sintruder (Posts: 109; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
Flooding the market with flagship variants, copying Sony.
8. HASHTAG (unregistered)
Ummm not really.
13. Astoni (Posts: 649; Member since: 28 Sep 2013)
5,2" display isnt copying :p.
23. vipervoid123 (Posts: 163; Member since: 27 Aug 2013)
Look like u r sleep for awhile ~
I guess half of the year since the last S4 ?
The one will flooding flagship variants is Samsung not Sony , Sony just updating their flagship with somethings better ~
While Samsung releasing everythings practically same , but different name ~
That is Samsung for u ~
46. maherk (Posts: 3759; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Wrong, copying Sony is releasing the same product with a different name for their screen technology and adding a big fat S at the end of the name.
7. sakurorhino (Posts: 47; Member since: 28 Feb 2014)
Samsung makes 5 varients of a flagship per year
Thats funny
41. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
I hear ya, I think Samsung is gonna have to stop calling their top of the line phone "Flagship", and start calling it "FlagFleet". Hahaha :/
9. xfire99 (Posts: 833; Member since: 14 Mar 2012)
Galaxy S5 Mini.
12. salaal (Posts: 109; Member since: 08 Dec 2013)
How does it look like a S5 mini like the screen is 0.1" bigger and your saying Galaxy S5 mini?
14. xfire99 (Posts: 833; Member since: 14 Mar 2012)
Does it matter? Who knows the different: S5 Exynos, S5 Qualcomm, S5 Mini, S5 Hexacore, S5 Neo, S5 Zoom, S5 Active, S5+. S5 with AMOLED, S5 with LCD, or whatever you want to call it.
32. Adrian38 (Posts: 142; Member since: 05 Nov 2012)
It can't be a "Mini" variant if it isn't smaller. Duh.
42. Odiin (Posts: 340; Member since: 23 Apr 2013)
s5 amoled n s5 lcd
10. Gaurav008 (Posts: 328; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
11. Astoni (Posts: 649; Member since: 28 Sep 2013)
I'm not going to get the s5, but i can't get the dence idiot bashing on the device?. So what if they make 5 variants of the flagship, isnt that better?. More appeal to diffrent persons.
Not everyone wants the same f*cking device as you do.
20. jibraihimi (Posts: 761; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Changing the names doesnt make them different, let them launch 100 versions of S5, but all of them will look same. So how will it cater to the taste of different people???
26. AstronautJones (Posts: 303; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
Not catering to tastes, just offering choices.
So they all share a similar design. So does the iPhone 4,4s,5, 5s, 5c....
differeny size screen, different look on back,
but otherwise same design elements
49. picka_vi_materina (Posts: 174; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
The difference is, 4S is different to the 5S which is different to the 5C. He is saying that Samsung makes the same looking device but manipulates features. Galaxy S5 with Snapdragon, Exynos, Mediatek, 8MP vs 16MP camera versions, one has bluetooth but other doesn't, one has no antenna, etc. and yet they are all called Galaxy S5 and cost the same. That's what jibraihimi is saying.
21. jibraihimi (Posts: 761; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Changing the names doesnt make them different, let them launch 100 versions of S5, but all of them will look same. So how will it cater to the taste of different people???
22. wildfiregt (Posts: 167; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
Like if design is the only thing that can be different -.-
43. Odiin (Posts: 340; Member since: 23 Apr 2013)
Different flagships to whom? what kinda appeal u r taking?
Sammy always release exynos varient flagship for asian markets, Why there is no Snapdragn s4? Whom they releasing fx lethr stich varieant of s4? why not snapdrgn note 3 for asian markets
Only choice is exynos here, this year also same thing with s5 s5f note 4 whatever it may b,
Sony htc lg is lot better only lte varients, otherwise almost all universal handsets in all countries,
15. Diego! (Posts: 574; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
Here they come, behold for the 500 variations of S5!
36. mrblah (Posts: 576; Member since: 22 Jan 2013)
All just as lame
16. ameran (Posts: 282; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
I believe that the premium version will appear just days before the iPhone 6 comes out to destroy Apple's big show day.
19. Lyngdoh (Posts: 264; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
Keep dreaming.
37. mrblah (Posts: 576; Member since: 22 Jan 2013)
lol, they try that with the note launches, to bad they fail. note sales are really low compared to flagships.
17. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Oh great, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo Plus Advance PRO is coming! Smh.
24. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)
I will never buy a Samsung because of this reason. They are becoming the new HTC with so many varieties.
27. Einstein333 (Posts: 60; Member since: 22 May 2012)
Please stop writing about rumors! Just about all the S5 specs that had been rumored for months finally proved to be wrong, wrong, wrong!
38. mrblah (Posts: 576; Member since: 22 Jan 2013)
these rumors are prolly over estimated also lol
28. AstronautJones (Posts: 303; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
Oh no! They are not going to offer consumers more choices are they? The nerve.
Back in my day, they only had one type of phone, and you liked it...
29. Mube007 (Posts: 235; Member since: 24 Sep 2013)
I bet galaxy s5 f version will not look better than htc one bcoz samsung designers sucks
30. silencer271 (Posts: 254; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
When you have as much money as many countries what more can you expect?
31. aditya.k (Posts: 493; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
And India will probably get the sh*t Exynos version again. Our carriers should roll out 4G LTE very fast.
44. Odiin (Posts: 340; Member since: 23 Apr 2013)
yes dude, thats y ive skipped s4 n note 3, same with s5 note 4 this year
33. RajRicardo (Posts: 394; Member since: 28 Feb 2014)
Hope Samsung is playing fair with benchmarking this time. Last time they messed up pretty bad.
34. Zomer (Posts: 270; Member since: 31 May 2013)
The SM-G900H is just the standard model, they probably made a mistake with the 5,2-inch screen. The Samsung Galaxy S5 sucks anyway, iPhone!
39. deewinc (Posts: 272; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Samsung Galaxy S5 MEGA ? *ROTFL* hahahahahahahahahhaha
40. techaman (unregistered)
so there waiting to see how many people love the htc the new one and then release the f a week later
45. docj8404 (Posts: 73; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
If the GS5 turns out to be ANYTHING like the GS4, you can probably expect to see 4-7 variations with different internal specifications, display technology & form factors. With that said, for whatever "premium" S5 they plan on introducing, I don't have a problem with a 1080p panel - I'd just like to see the RAM bumped up to 3GB, the screen to 5.25' along with the bezels reduced & an extra 200MaH in the battery for a 3000MaH battery.
48. galanoth07 (Posts: 44; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)
Here comes the GS5 variations.


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A default on Moon River Studios' purchase of a Florida movie and lighting equipment is expected to be resolved shortly, the studios' board chairman said Friday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., applauded the official beginning of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project as dredging began to deepen the seaward half of the harbor, which extends 18.5 miles from Fort Pulaski into the Atlantic Ocean.
Armstrong State University's latest Coastal Empire Economic Monitor reports the Savannah-metro economy continues its streak of winning growth through the first half of 2015. Gains were strongly supported by port activity, retail sales, regional employment and the U.S. coincident index of economic activity, despite marginal dips into electricity sales and consumer confidence throughout the southern Atlantic states.
Will you ever receive a sizable inheritance? You can't plan on it. But if you do get one, you can plan on using it to help achieve some of your key financial goals.
With several of its benchmarks now out of the way, Moon River Studios is gearing up for a new groundbreaking.
ATLANTA-The Georgia Department of Labor announced that the unemployment rate in the Coastal Georgia region in July was 6.4 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 6.3 percent in June. The rate in July 2014 was 8.3 percent.
You've no doubt heard about the risks associated with investing. This investment carries this type of risk, while that investment carries another one. And it is certainly true that all investments do involve some form of risk. But what about not investing? Isn't there some risk associated with that, too?
Here's an interesting statistic: Over the past three decades, the centenarian population in the U.S. has grown about 66 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND-The Effingham Chamber of Commerce's annual community retreat took a different direction this year.
Effingham County Industrial Development Authority members have given a green light to a solar power project.
If you're a working parent, you know firsthand about the difficulties of finding quality, affordable care for your children. But eventually, your kids head off to school, and those child care bills go away, or at least diminish greatly. When that happens, you could start putting away money for another one of your children's milestones: college.
Effingham Extended Care Facility has been recognized as a 2015 recipient of the Gold– Excellence in Quality Award for superior performance in the long term and post-acute care profession. The award is one of three distinct awards possible through the National Quality Award Program, presented by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).
Effingham County Farm Bureau member Andrew Kessler won the use of a Vermeer 604N baler, compliments of the Vermeer Manufacturing Company for winning the 2014 GFB Hay Contest with his sample of Tift 85 hay.
FONU2, Inc. announced Monday that Effingham County has approved Moon River Studios' initial permit request to begin construction of the entrance, roads, and water lines for the film production studio facility.
Major work on a proposed massive studio complex can start soon, after the Effingham County commissioners approved the Moon River Studios' master plan.
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The Effingham Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon cutting July 20 for Energy One Credit Union, which has moved its office from inside the Effingham ...
Unemployment in Effingham County rose to 5.2 percent in June, according to preliminary figures from the state Department of Labor.
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Concerned Women For America Drops Out Of World Congress of Families Moscow Summit
As we've been reporting, the American Religious Right has found itself in a tough spot following Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, since many Religious Right leaders have not only praised Putin's anti-gay, anti-choice policies but are planning to attend a World Congress of Families summit at the Kremlin later this year.
Now, one such group that previously praised Putin has announced that it will pull out of the Moscow summit. Buzzfeed reported yesterday that Concerned Women for America will no longer be participating in the World Congress of Families event because, as the group's CEO Penny Nance said, "I don't want to appear to be giving aid and comfort to Vladimir Putin."
CWA's choice is especially surprising because its senior fellow, Janice Shaw Crouse, is amember of the board of the World Congress of Families and has been a vocal defender of Putin's social policies. Last month, Crouse even appeared at a press conference promoting the Moscow summit.
Now the question becomes whether other American groups will follow Nance's lead. An organizing meeting for the event in October included Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage, Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family, Benjamin Bull of Alliance Defending Freedom, Justin Murff of the Christian Broadcasting Network and Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute.
A draft program for the event that was obtained by Buzzfeed includes speeches by ADF president Allan Sears, Focus president Jim Daly, Mike Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association, Brown, Ruse and Murff, among others.
In addition, the World Congress of Families receives funding from "partner organizations" including the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, and Americans United for Life.
The World Congress of Families' Larry Jacobs said at last month's press conference that members of the U.S. Congress would also attend the event, though he would not specify which ones since he said their confirmations were not yet finalized. The draft program also accounts for speeches from unidentified members of Congress. to speak.
As we've noted, the planned summit is more than just a trip to Moscow. It's being held at the Kremlin with funding from key Putin allies and will include a joint forum with Russia's parliament. In addition, the World Congress of Families itself has been working to support Putin's crackdown on LGBT rights in Russia, along with his push to keep Ukraine out of the European Union. Riling up hostility to gay rights, in particular, has become a powerful wedge issue for Russian-aligned, anti-EU activists in Ukraine.
Ruse articulated the apparent attitude of many American groups when he told Buzzfeed that although the Ukraine invasion "muddied the water," he had not been concerned about working so closely with the Putin regime until now, "because the Russian government has been quite good on our issues."
Nance is aware of the message that her group's participation in the summit would send. Will anybody else follow her lead?
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ALLEN PARK — Sorry, NFL. Ndamukong Suh isn't the one with a problem on his hands. It's you who has the problem.
And don't look for any sympathy from Gunther Cunningham.
The Detroit Lions defensive coordinator doesn't know how to contain the devastation caused by a 6-foot-4, 300-pound defensive tackle who moves like a 250-pound linebacker any better than you do.
Then again, it's not his job.
In fact, quite the opposite: Cunningham's job is to design a game plan that best uses the 24-year-old Ferrari-made monster truck to destroy opposing offenses.
"I've been here for 30 years," he said, "and I've seen a lot of change in this league. The problem with the league is they've never seen a tackle like this.
"That's their problem."
Ever since he entered the NFL as the Lions' top draft pick, Suh has lived up to the notoriety that followed him from his career at Nebraska.
He finished the 2010-11 season with 10 sacks, 66 tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and a recover fumble, which he returned for a touchdown. He was named All-Pro and started in the Pro Bowl.
In his rookie season.
As an interior defensive lineman.
Suh also made waves for his relentless attack; his total disregard for easing up on his opponents.
He was flagged and fined for nearly taking Cleveland quarterback Jake Delhomme's head off in Detroit's third preseason game. He was flagged for bringing down Dallas' Marion Barber by the running back's own dread locks – a perfectly legal maneuver, for what it's worth.
Then, in Week 13 against Chicago, Suh drew another unnecessary roughness flag for striking Bears quarterback Jay Cutler in the back of the helmet with his forearm. Replays showed Suh pushed Cutler to the ground with both hands. Really, really hard, yes. But no forearms were involved in the taming of that Bear.
Still, the hit drew a fine from the league.
Now, Suh has the third fine of his short career after slamming Cincinnati's Andy Dalton to the ground after the Bengals quarterback got rid of the ball. Suh maintains he didn't know Dalton no longer had the ball when he slammed him to the Ford Field turf.
Paradoxically, Cunningham blames the offenses for much of the problem because so many have shifted to heavy passing games, which not only affords defenses the opportunities for bigger hits, it leaves them vulnerable in terms of protection.
"I keep saying the same thing: They're causing it," Cunningham said of today's NFL offenses. "They're throwing the ball – five 'out' receivers – that leaves five guys to protect.
"And you've got some of the most talented defensive linemen I've ever seen. More defensive linemen came out in the last four years than in the 30 I've been in it."
Unlike Suh's size-to-athleticism ratio, locating the ball is his problem, according to NFL rules. Regardless of how difficult it may be, the league has consistently placed the burden on defensive players to know when a quarterback no longer has the ball.
Easier said than done.
"You can always have your opinion when it's slow motion," Suh said, "but when it's fast – 100 miles an hour or 200 miles and hour &ndsah; you see what you see, and I saw he had the ball, so I took him to the ground."
Lions head coach Jim Schwartz told a story of a game between the Titans and Giants, when Schwartz was Tennessee's defensive coordinator. Titans quarterback Vince Young was nearly brought down by a New York lineman. Thinking Young was down, the defender let up and Young completed a pass.
You could almost see the disgust in Suh's eyes when the story was relayed to him.
"I'm never going to put myself in that position," he said. "I'm never ever going to put myself in that position where it's 'Should I, or should I not?' It's either you do it or you don't. If he has the ball, play. If he doesn't, it's a clearcut decision (not to hit him)."
It's a message Suh has been preaching since he drew his first fine last preseason: I play like I'm a heat-seeking missile closing in on the searing, white-hot glow of quarterbacks' uniforms. If I'm not positive he got rid of the ball by the time I arrive, I'm dropping a megaton of funk on him.
And that's just what his defensive coach wants to hear.
"I think what's happening to him is - I've never seen this player in my life," Cunningham said. "Meaning, there's no one that's every played like this at defensive tackle. And if you watch the tape, and you have any sense for athletes, that's what you're going to see. What happens to him – there were two guys blocking him during the (Cincinnati) game, and he beat'em, clean as a whistle. He felt like he had to tackle, and the quarterback has the ball in his hands, and that was it. He took him down. That's what he's supposed to do, and there's no malicious intent on any of that."
No one else in the Lions locker room wants the second-year superstar to change his ways either. His teammate on the defensive line, Corey Williams, knows the challenges Suh is up against with virtually every rule favoring and protecting offensive players.
"Actually he's playing football," Williams said. "He's doing what he gets paid to do, and that's making plays. If (the NFL) feels like he's being too aggressive, I don't know what to tell them. ...
"I know he isn't intentionally doing it; he's not trying to hurt'em. He's just an aggressive player. He's real physical."
When it comes to being physical, Detroit is blessed with another player of such freakish size and athletic ability, the NFL is baffled on how to handle him, as well: Calvin Johnson, who has been called for offensive pass interference numerous times in his four-year career..
"Calvin Johnson is a great example, as a wide receiver, and the guy with the Texans (Andre Johnson) is the same deal," Cunningham explained. "You've got corners covering 6-4, 240-pound wide receivers that run a 4.3. They get called for pushing off. Well, if a 5-8 guy goes up against one of those wide receivers – and although (defenders) overplay those wide receivers; they try to rough'em up – the receiver's getting called because they're so big and strong."
To make matters worse for those lining up opposite Detroit's defense, there's another player very reminiscent of Suh. He's waiting in the wings – healing from a broken foot suffered at the beginning of training camp. But Cunningham says he's big, strong, quick – and a distaste for quarterbacks that rivals Suh's.
"I've got news for (the NFL)," he said, "the next guy, when he gets well &ndsah; he's close to Ndamukong. Fairley is a fine, fine athlete. What's happening is they're getting 300-pounders in this league that can run like defensive ends. They're going to make plays that other guys can't make.
"(Former Lions defensive tackle) Shaun Rogers, I love. I respect the heck out of his play. Chester McGlockton was a 350-pound tackle. Albert Haynesworth, I was with him. They can't do what these guys can do."
Suh is aware of the conundrum he presents for officials and those in the league office.
"Honestly, I really feel that I put the refs in a tough situation because of my strength," he said. "A lot of us players growing up and coming in, we're getting faster, stronger. Some guys just have incredible strength on that football field.
"So I feel like we put them in tough situations, and with the new rules and the different situation of safety – which definitely should be something applied on both sides of the ball – we definitely put them in tough situations, so they have to make the right judgment.
"I'm not going to fault them for making a call that they're erring on the safer side, because safety is important. It's important for myself; it's important for a quarterback; it's important for every last (one of the) 22 players on the football field."
On the other hand, don't expect him to change his ways. He's got a job – disrupt opposing offenses – and he's ferocious in his determination to be successful.
"I'm not going to stop playing hard," Suh said. "Like I said before, I owe it to my fans, I owe it to my teammates, I owe it to the coaches, and I owe it to the fans, first and foremost. That's the reason why they watch the game. It's one of the reasons football is football: because it's physical contact, aggression that makes it exciting."
Ironically, it is Suh's uncommon maturity, focus and intelligence which Cunningham appreciates the most. The youngster has a quiet confidence about him; neither soft-spoken nor bombastic.
"His character is the highest I've ever seen in the NFL, as a player," Cunningham said decisively. "He's a different guy. He's very intelligent. I love him. Not about football, but as a man. I have total respect for him.
"He's a heck of a player, and he's going to continue to play like that."


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This game escaped my childhood, only to re captivate me now. Growing up, I wasn't much a big fan of RPGs until Final Fantasy II (IV) was released on the Super Nintendo in 1991. My NES collection read something like this; Contra, Super Mario, and Mega Man. I remember seeing games like Wizardry, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Warrior back in the day, buy my feeble 8-9 year old mind rather be figuring out which weapon to kill which robot master or how to get to Dracula's Castle.
My first foray into the Dragon Quest world was Dragon Warrior Monsters (yes, I was infected with Pokerus like the rest of the world in the mid to late 90's). The artwork and monster designs were brilliant. What have I gotten myself into. For years I've had a copy of Dragon Warrior VII sitting on my PlayStation shelf. I've yet to this day played it. Now let's press fast forward to the release of Dragon Quest IX. Life as I know it will forever be changed. How did I know I'd be hooked as a Sentinel of the Starry Sky? How did I know I would attend every Canvas tagging event in a 50 mile radius of my house? Hell, who would have guessed I'd be a co-founder of a Dragon Quest IX tagging group with more than 100 members in the Los Angeles area? Not I.
I'm a traditionalist at heart. Old school Final Fantasy and other RPGs are some of my favorites. I've an avid Pokefreak, even though I've only managed to catch them all during the Gameboy and Gameboy Color era. So what was it about Dragon Quest IX that hooked me? Hell, I'll go as far to say that this game hit all my sweet spots and brought up fond memories of RPGs from an era past.
The game included the basic RPG formula that you can't go wrong with. Solid story, great music. Tons of quest to complete. I doubt I'll ever truly complete them. For a DS title, the graphics were awesome too. But there's two more things that got me hooked. Multiplayer and customization. Unless you wanted all the same Armor and hair styles, every Quester in the world of DQIX had their own distinct look. And this may sound funny, the last time I had multiplayer in a traditional RPG was Final Fantasy III on the SNES, and the only thing the second player could do was select attack commands during battles. This game lets another play enter your world to help you along with your quest, or get to the second to last floor in the Mayasuki dungeon. This game has win all over it, but every other Dragon Quest/Warrior game to be released failed to sell outside of Japan. How is this different?
Well, the marketing muscle of Nintendo was flexed in favor of this game. From TV spots and movie theater ads to a full fledged mall tour, this game was going to succeed.
But enough about IX, we all know how great the game is. Now I'm on a quest to complete every Dragon Quest/Warrior main game. Currently I own Dragon Warrior, Dragon Warrior VII, Dragon Quest IV and Dragon Quest IX. I've recently obtained Dragon Warrior III, Dragon Quest V, and Dragon Quest VI. I've located two copies of Dragon Warrior I & II and Dragon Warrior III for GBC at the local swap meet. Might take my SP with me to check if they work still before I buy. I've beaten only Dragon Quest IX and IV. I'm about to finish DQV hopefully this week, and erase my save from DQVI (I made the mistake and told Amos the truth, Momma didn't raise a liar).
So with my latest addiction to Dragon Quest/Warrior I've been reading up on every game, I even started a Caravan Heart game on the side. Too bad I missed out on the Retronauts Podcast. I still got some Dragon Quest questions I want to ask. Maybe Parish will answer them via Twitter.


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For more than 25 years, Kercher would come into Center City twice a week by train to work several hours as membership coordinator for the foundation with branch headquarters at 251 S. 18th St.
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Bond has been set at $100,000 for a Spanish Fort woman who is accused of abusing and neglecting a 72-year-old man.
Martha McPherson, 58, of the 11700 block of Patrick Lane, was jailed without bond when she arrested Wednesday on charges of second-degree domestic violence and neglect and abuse of a disabled adult.
McPherson remains in jail today under $50,000 bonds on each of the charges.
She was arrested as a result of an investigation that began after the victim, whose name was not released, was taken to Thomas Hospital.
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Spice Girl Geri Halliwell: "I'd love to perform at Buckingham Palace."
So the dream of a Spice Girls reunion still isn't over according to Geri Halliwell. She revealed to me this week that the band are still mulling it over – but it has to be all five of them and there's a lot of factors to take into account for it to work.
Promoting her new Union Jack inspired collection with Next Geri told me: "We did get the offer and it is exciting. Obviously we are a band and it's a collective decision that has to be made as a band. We need to all be in the same place with it and we have to take into account all of our lives. We wouldn't do it without all five of us. I do feel it's an incredible honour and privilege. I can't think of anything else I'd love to do – perform at Buckingham Palace for the Queen. It doesn't get bigger than that."
Ginger also tells me if the Girls do not reform for the Jubilee, the line-up of which is being announced on Tuesday by Gary Barlow, then we will definitely have them all back together for the Viva Forever Spice Musical at the end of the year. "There's always one more performance," she said. "Was there ever an end? For me I've always embraced the Spice Girl in me. I've never wanted to shift the Spice Girl in me. Musically I've never tried to be anything else but that. I will always be a Spice Girl. If we don't do the Jubilee then we will be together for the musical."
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Balestier is a subzone located in the planning area of Novena in the Central Region of Singapore. The main road, Balestier Road, links Thomson Road to Serangoon Road and the road continues on as Lavender Street. The area is home to rows of shophouses, low-rise apartment and commercial buildings as well as a shopping mall known as Shaw Plaza. There are several lighting and electrical shops along Balestier Road, which is also home to the Ceylon Sports Club. The area is known for its food such as bak kut teh, chicken rice and tau sar piah with budget hotels sprucing up in the area. In the area, there are several apartments and condominiums.
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The precinct was named after Joseph Balestier, the then colony's first American consul from 1837 to 1852 and the owner of a 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) sugar plantation called Balestier Plain, which failed and was put up for sale. Balestier was in Singapore between 1834 and 1852 and was a botanist and agriculturist. The area was named after him as it was where his plantation was located. Balestier hired a number of immigrants on his estates. [1][2] The Chinese labourers settled in the area and built a temple which still exists known as Go Cho Tua Pek Kong, with the area having the last free-standing wayang stage in Singapore that was built in 1906. The rows of shophouses was constructed in the late 19th century have been since conserved, though some have made way for new development. These shophouses were to provide services to residents. In the 1880s, several bungalows were constructed, with one still remaining at Tai Gin Road known as the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall (formerly the Sun Yat Sen Villa or Wan Qing Yuan).
Other than shophouses and bungalows, there were industrial activities in the area as well. There were rattan plantations along the Whampoa River and sugarcane productions at Jalan Ampas. The Balestier Market (now Balestier Market and Food Centre) was where locals could sell their produce. It was used as a food rationing centre during World War II. Later, the market was rebuilt and housed a hawker centre as well. The market has since undergone upgrading works in the 2000s. Developers went on to construct landed properties in the 1920s with bungalows and terrace housees. In the 1950s, there was a film studio run by Shaw Brothers for its Malay language films. Both the Singapore Improvement Trust and the Housing and Development Board built flats in the area known as St. Michael's Estate. Modern shophouses were erected in the 1960s as well including walk-up apartments. In the late 20th century, several buildings made way for newer buildings such as high-rise condominiums, shopping malls and new commercial buildings. [3]
The Hokkiens referred to Balestier Road as o kio, meaning "black bridge", and as go cho tua peh kong, meaning "Rochor temple". The Tamils named the area thaneer kampong தண்ணீர் கம்பம் as water was drawn from there by bullock cart in the old days. [1]
The Sultan of Sulu used to own a house along Balestier Road purchased in 1903. [4]
- ^ a b Victor R Savage, Brenda SA Yeoh (2004), Toponymics A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern University Press, ISBN 981-210-364-3
- ^ Vernon Cornelius-Takahama (2004). "Joseph Balestier". Singapore Infopedia. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ "Balestier, a mix of new and old". Urban Redevelopment Authority. 12 January 2007.
- ^ Template:The Straits Times, 8 July 1903, Page 4
External links[edit]
- Balestier : A Heritage Trail by the Central Singapore Community Development Council. PDF guide here.


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landmark priest sexual-abuse trial wraps up
The prosecution in a landmark sexual-abuse trial said Thursday that evidence showed a Roman Catholic Church official shielded predatory priests, lied to parishioners and victims, and exposed innocent children to abuse. But a defense lawyer for Monsignor William J. Lynn said Lynn had done all he could to protect children within his limited powers. Lynn, 61, is the first Catholic official in the country to face criminal charges for enabling abuses. Deliberations may begin today.
Think tank: Iran cleaning nuke site
New commercial satellite images suggest Iran has demolished two buildings at a military site where it is suspected of trying to erase evidence of a nuclear arms program, a U.S. nonproliferation think tank said Thursday. The images were published by the Institute for Science and International Security, considered an objective source of information on Iran's nuclear program.
Body parts suspect may be in France
A porn actor suspected of mailing body parts to the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled to France, police said Thursday. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, has been added to Interpol's "wanted persons" list. Police said they think the victim is a man reported missing several days ago and that the man's family lives overseas.
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Chinese rights activist optimistic
The blind Chinese activist whose daring escape began an odyssey that brought him to New York expressed optimism Thursday about the future of legal rights in China. Chen Guangcheng, 40, also praised Chinese leaders for letting him exercise his legal right to study abroad as a Chinese citizen and not forcing him into exile as an asylum-seeking dissident.
Multiple attacks kill 18, wound 53
Bombs exploded at a crowded Baghdad restaurant and a nearby police patrol Thursday, among attacks that killed at least 18 people and wounded 53 in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than a month, police and medics said. Five blasts hit the capital, and the northern city of Mosul was the scene of a fatal shooting.
Evidence at issue in Zimmerman case
Lawyers square off in a courtroom today over whether more evidence in the George Zimmerman case should be kept out of the public eye. At issue is whether personal information about Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin, the teen he killed, such as phone records, autopsy photos and statements to police, would be so damaging that they'd ruin a chance for a fair trial.
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The Affordable Health Care Act requires businesses to offer birth control with their health insurance. But can a business refuse on religious grounds? KCCI's Vanessa Peng joins us outside the Ames Hobby Lobby with that story ...Vanessa? Eric and Stacey, the owners of Hobby Lobby argue they shouldn't be required by the government to provide the morning after bill among other contraceptives to their 13- thousand employees. Alexandria Harvey, ISU Senior 3:56 "HOBBY LOBBY HERE IS IN THE WRONG." Hobby Lobby owners, who are evangelical Oklahomans, argue they are protected by the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act from having to provide certain contraceptives to their employees. Under Obamacare, employers who provide health insurance are required to provide full coverage for 20 types of contraceptives. So the question -- US Supreme Court justices are asking themselves -- can the government require that of employers? We asked some Iowa State female students. Alexandria Harvey, ISU Senior 3:58 "GROWING UP A CHRISTIAN AND STILL BEING A CHRISTIAN AND BEING A WOMAN I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR TO DENY A WOMAN ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES." 4:08 Lindsey Hunt, ISU Sophomore 6:59 I'D BE A LITTLE BIT UPSET BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE THE CEO AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DO CONTROL THE COMPANY SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT BENEFITS THEY ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AND EXCLUDE WHAT THEY WANT TO." 09 Jessica Portel, ISU Junior 7:54 I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE BIRTH CONTROL LIKE RELIGION SHOULDN'T BE A FACTOR IN IT. BIRTH CONTROL IS IMPORTANT." 59 We reached out to dozens of Central Iowa businesses -- but none of the owners wanted to touch the subject. Erin Wilgenbusch, Senior Lecturer at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State. Erin Wilgenbusch 23:28 "EVERY BUSINESS HAS A LOT OF AUDIENCES THEY ANSWER TO, THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR VENDORS THEIR SUPPLIERS THEY MAY HAVE SHAREHOLDERS." 35 Erin Wilgenbusch 23:56 I THINK A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE TRYING TO MANAGE THEIR REPUTATION BY JUST SORT OF YOU KNOW I'M JUST GOING TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR." 24:03 The court will decide the case this June. Stacey. Thanks, Vanessa.
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