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Fashion Forward
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Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Fashion Forward is a family-friendly casual game with positive messages about body image and a view of fashion that strives to be inclusive rather than exclusive. The main character, Risha, opens up a Hollywood clothing boutique that caters to people of all shapes and sizes rather than just super-skinny actresses. The game is moderately difficult but offers a relaxed mode for players with slower reflexes.
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What's it about?
FASHION FORWARD is a spin-off of Sandlot Games' popular Cake Mania franchise that combines time management and hidden object gameplay. Players run an unorthodox Hollywood fashion boutique that's unique for catering to plus-sizes. As customers arrive in the store, players must sell them the correct merchandise as quickly as possible to earn the maximum amount of cash. Customers express what they want through thought bubbles with pictures of the clothing inside, by description (such as "orange overalls"), or by groupings like two blue items, three red items, and so on. In between levels, players can play short mini-games and spend the cash they've earned on new outfits and shop upgrades.
Is it any good?
Fashion Forward is a solid and enjoyable casual game when it comes to gameplay and production values, but it's the game's quirky humor and positive messages that really set it apart from the other fashion-themed time management games on the market. Like Cake Mania, Fashion Forward has its share of entertaining customers such as the power-hungry mall cop or the teenage boys and girls who flirt with each other if they're side by side in line. What's more, the game's message that you don't have to be rail-thin to be fashionable is a great one.
Families can talk about...
Families can talk about why the fashion industry is full of so many super-skinny models. Are super models a fair representation of how clothes will look on the average person? What impact do these models have on your own body image?
What are the differences between fashion and style? Which is more important?
What are some of your favorite fashion outfits and "looks?"
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Governor Cuomo Announces Growth Of Clean Technology Companies And Creation Of 980 Jobs
$14 million Investment in Cleantech Business Incubator Initiative Supports the Development of 141 Clean Energy Companies across the State (Long Island, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 141 clean technology companies have been supported and primed for further growth through the Governor's Cleantech Business Incubator initiative. The initiative has attracted more than $215 million in private capital..

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What's next for Casey Anthony?
After her stunning acquittal Tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, the Florida mom faces four years in prison on a lesser conviction of lying to police.
Anthony, 25, will learn her fate from Judge Belvin Perry at her sentencing on Thursday. She will have already spent 997 days in the Orange County, Fla., jail, and her time served could be put towards her sentence, along with probation.
"I would be surprised if she doesn't walk out of the courtroom Thursday," Atlanta defense lawyer Penny Douglas Furr tells CNN. "She has served so much time already. I don't think the judge will make her serve any more time. The real question now is: What will she do next."
Anthony may then take the route of others who have been involved in high profile legal cases and strike a book or television deal. Because she has been acquitted, she likely will be allowed to pursue these potentially lucrative options.
Anthony's attorney Jose Baez says her plans are still in the works.
"A lot is up in the air right now. It will become clearer as time goes on," he says.
Anthony, herself, put some thought into her future. In a letter she wrote from jail, she refers to a book she hopes to write, calling it a "partial memoir/comedy/relationship advice book for those not in the know."
"It's a way to settle many rumors and to share my insight about love, life and most important – God," she explained. "Who knows."
After many expressed shock in the jury's decision, prosecutor Jeff Ashton defended his team's efforts.
"We were pretty shocked at the verdict," he said on The View. "We put on everything that an investigation – a really thorough investigation over three years – produced."
"That's the way it goes," he continued. "I think I mouthed 'wow' five times ... I wouldn't have been involved in this case if I didn't think she did it."
Additional reporting by STEVE HELLING
Casey Anthony Could Leave Jail This Week
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Guest Voice: End Pa.'s liquor monopoly
For 80 years, Pennsylvania has had complete control over retail and wholesale wine and liquor sales. In fact, Pennsylvania and Utah are the only two states in the nation with fully controlled systems.
Growing consensus that the sale of alcohol is not a core function of state government, along with growing consumer demands for greater choice and convenience, have put the privatization debate on the legislative front burner.
The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry supports efforts to privatize the state store system, believing that this function would better serve Pennsylvanians by being more efficiently operated by the private sector, freeing up the state to focus solely on its appropriate enforcement role in the process. The Pa. Chamber also supports privatization because the state would continue to realize substantial revenue for its General Fund, despite what opponents claim.
According to the Commonwealth Foundation, a Harrisburg-based free-market think tank, more than 80 percent of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's $500 million in "profits" are generated from taxes, including the 6 percent sales tax and the 18 percent Johnstown Flood Tax. These taxes would still be paid to the state under a private system.
The remainder of revenue currently generated is from markup charges paid by consumers and taxpayers. A private system will generate the same if not more revenue for the commonwealth through additional taxes, licensing fees and sales to consumers who now purchase alcohol illegally from neighboring states that offer better selection and convenience. One PLCB study found that 45 percent of residents in the Philadelphia region alone buy some or all of their alcohol across state lines, leading to tens of millions in lost tax revenue to the state.
It is also worth noting that the PLCB ended the prior fiscal year with a multimillion-dollar negative in net assets.
In February, Gov. Tom Corbett presented a plan that provided a good framework for the privatization debate. The bill (House Bill 790) that the state House approved on March 21 is similar to the governor's plan. It would put in motion a plan to phase out the state-owned wine and spirits stores, including a provision that requires all state stores to close when the total number statewide becomes less than 100.
The legislation would give existing beer distributors the first chance to purchase 1,200 licenses that will be available to sell wine and liquor. Beer distributors would also be able to offer different packaging options to customers, including six-packs, 12-packs and "growlers."
After one year, the public would have a chance to purchase these licenses.
The bill would also give grocery stores the ability to sell wine, and those with a restaurant license to sell beer.
The new licensing options -- all regulated by state government -- contained in the House bill have the potential of creating thousands of additional jobs and spurring business investment. At the same time, the legislation does contain provisions to assist current state store employees, including education grants, tax incentives for businesses that hire former state workers and Civil Service hiring preference.
While it remains to be seen what changes the state Senate might make to the bill, one thing is certain: It is long past time to bring Pennsylvania into the 21st century by getting the state out of the liquor sales business.
Doing so in a responsible manner will give Pennsylvania consumers the greater level of convenience and choice they desire and that has long been enjoyed by residents of many other states.
GENE BARR is chief executive of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Based in Harrisburg, it's the state's largest broad-based business advocacy organization (www.pachamber.org).


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
American Idol, March 31, 2009: The What the Hell is She Wearing Edition (Updated)
Update: I'm thinking it would be fun to watch Idol with the LibertyCouple. Nicely done.
Seriously, what the hell is she wearing? If you saw the opening of the show, you already know what I'm talking about. If you didn't, then nothing I can say would make you understand. Except maybe Christmas tree drenched in blood and tinsel.
Or maybe that's just me.
Anoop sings Usher and I'm already bored. Girl is more open to Usher, but she asks a valid question: "This is high energy?" Not so much.
Randy mumbles Randy-isms. Kara thinks that Frat guys dared him to sing the song. She didn't mean it in a nice way. Paula mutters useless Paulaisms. Simon wants early boo-ing from the Anoop-loving crowd.
I think it's time to stir the s'ghetti sauce.
And I'm back just in time for Megan, who is extremely lucky to still be in the show. Singing hippylicious music like "Turn Your Lights Down Low" should be a lock for her--but apparently the charm has worn off. Her quirky vocals just sound off tonight instead of fun, the song is a bore, and she's wearing too much for me to cheer purely for the sake of naughtiness. Huh.
She's gotta go home this week (unless someone else does really, really bad).
Kara brings down the hammer. "Irritating." Ouch. Paula says something or other. The little crawl at the bottom of the TV tells me that the Broncos are going to try to trade Jay Cutler. Simon brings in the snark. "Boring." Randy didn't like it either.
She still likes herself, though, so that's nice. A triumph of self-image over self-honesty.
I'm surprised Danny went for the Rascal Flats song, "What Hurts the Most." Not the genre I would have expected from him, but I'm hoping he does well. Honestly, he's one of the few bright spots left on the show this year. And he does sing it reasonably well, although he sounds a little off his game tonight. Pretty, decent, but far short of spectacular.
Not quite disappointing but somewhere near that line. I'm guessing the studio version is better. The crowd loves it, though.
Paula. Simon thought it was his best thus far--which shocks me. Randy thinks he "brought it crazy with the vocals." Maybe it's just our TV (or my overworked crankiness), but I didn't think it was that great. Kara says that he "moved everyone in the room emotionally." Weird.
She grew up listening to No Doubt's "Don't Speak." I feel old.
Anyway, Allison starts well but falls off the tracks after the soft opening. And I'm bored again.
Randy thought she rushed through bits of it and asks, "What are you wearing?" Amen, Randy. Kara says, "The rawk in you comes out no matter what you're wearing..." Which she didn't mean in the nicest possible way. Paula likes Allison's axe. Nice axe, lady. Simon thinks the outfit was "something out of the Adams family" and says that it was a little "dressy-uppy," which just goes to prove that he likes making up words just like I do.
Scott Macintyre does Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are." Which is a great song and he sings it well enough that I wouldn't walk out of the piano bar. I'd still be pretty happy when it was over, though. Is it just me or has he updated his hairdo to more of a Daryl Hall look? Nice. I realize that I'm being an asshole when I'm mean to Scott, so let me say some nice things: great song choice, he's not without talent, he's a rather good pianist, he performed quite well tonight, and he is easily one of the nicest guys to ever come through the show.
Kara digs him. Paula blah blah blah. Simon thought it was his best so far (and I agree). Randy dug it, too, and calls it one of the best of the night, which is undoubtedly true.
Football lovers aside: If you want to read a bit more about the Jay Cutler saga of doom, here is the report. Darling girl is not pleased with the "little whiner." Indeed. Heh.
Matt G. was surprised to be near the bottom last week. Which proves that he should read the brilliant American Idol analysis found here at RSong. Bonehead. The Fray's "You Found Me" sounds a bit like whiny complaint rock and his voice is seriously off tonight. Goodness but we've got a bumper crop of anti-talent this year.
Paula hits him in the face with a brick, which seems unkind. Or maybe just a metaphor. Whatever. Simon says, "We don't like you this week." The audience boos, but their heart isn't in it. Randy didn't like it and hated the song choice. Kara tells America: vote for him anyway.
Lil Rounds still isn't a particularly good singer, but she was better than Megan by a good bit. She might should choose a slightly looser dress in the bottom area. Just sayin'. Her voice would sound really awesome if she were singing in tune, though.
Randy liked it. Kara liked it. Paula exists. Simon didn't like it so much. All of which gives way to what might have been the cutest moment in all of American Idol: Randy hugging Lil's daughter. That was adorable. For the record, darling girl tells me that I'm wrong: she wasn't out of tune. According to DG (and she's far smarter than I am) it was just a bad arrangement that didn't quite fit the vocals.
"Play That Funky Music, White Boy" as rendered by the ghost of Queen. Adam Lambert is either hilarious, horrible, brilliant, daring, or mildly confusing. What a hell of a falsetto on that guy, though, no matter what you think of his arrangements. My biggest complaint is that he sucked a bit of the groove out of the song, but put me down for both hilarious and brilliant. Both.
Paula loves. Simon likes and admires the anti-karaoke spirit of it. Randy dug it big. Kara is disappointed that Adam kisses boys, I'm pretty sure.
Nice of Adam to give a shout out to the house band, too.
Can Kris Allen do "Ain't No Sunshine" justice? I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know (this could go on for quite a while, you know). Actually, at this point I do know: yes. It was pretty good, although I didn't like it as much as DG.
Randy loved it and loved the creativity of the arrangement. Kara loved it, too. Paula. Simon loved it.
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So as I'm reading your excellent recap, the iPod comes up with "Make It Wit Chu" off Era Vulgaris as I'm reading of Megan. Yeah. Except that voice sounds like she's singing underwater. Thank goodness I didn't get to this a little faster so I was reading of Adam whilst the iPod did its track changing....the fact that I still watch this show is beginning to make me think I have a sadomasochistic streak lurking within. Black dog?
"Make it Wit Chu" is a great song. I don't have the Era Vulgaris version here at work, so I had to make due with the Dessert Sessions version--I honestly don't remember how much difference there is between the two, but thanks for making me listen to it.
And, yeah, good timing there.
I totally Agree with u,i really appreciate your posting,such a nice thinking.thanks for giving us such a nice information.


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SCOPE RESERVATIONS DUE TODAY: Reservations and payment are due today for a shopping day trip to Hartville planned by the Niles SCOPE Senior Center for July 25. The trip includes lunch, and all tax and gratuities at the Hartville Kitchen.
The motorcoach will leave Niles at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 4:30 p.m.
To reserve a seat, contact the senior center at 330-544-3676. A SCOPE membership is not required. Seniors may bring their adult children along. Interested participants may stop in at the center located at 14 E. State St., Niles, for more information or contact the center at the phone number listed above.
The center will hold its monthly birthday party for the month of June on Wednesday. The party will start at 11:30 a.m. and bingo will start at 1 p.m.
All seniors 50 and older are invited including non members but a RSVP is necessary. Everyone 90 and older gets a red rose. A pasta dinner will be served by guest chef, Barb Chieffo and music by Jane Tobias. A suggested donation is $5.
Please call the center at 330-544-3676 for more information or to sign up.
LOCAL 722 MEETING CANCELED: The social informational luncheon scheduled for GE IUE-CWA Local 722 Retirees on Wednesday has been canceled and the group is adjourning for the summer.
The next social informational luncheon will be Sept. 18.
SOAR CHAPTER TO MEET: The retirees of Local 2243 USWA Copperweld Steel Co. (SOAR Chapter 1-28-10) will meet at 1 p.m. June 20 at the Local 1375 Union Hall, 684 N. Park Ave., Warren. Guest speaker will be Jeff Levkulich, WKBN 27 News reporter.
Refreshments will be served, and guests are welcome.
DEL?SINCHAK BAND KICKS OFF CONCERTS: The Grammy Award-winning Del Sinchak Band will kick off the summer concert series at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Shepherd of the Valley-Niles, 1500 McKinley Ave., Niles.
The Steve Fazzini Band will play on July 16 and The Jim Frank Trio on Aug. 2. Concerts will be held on the lawn, are free, and begin at 7 p.m.
For more information, contact Kristen Taylor at 330-544-0771, Ext. 2817, or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
PERI MEETING: A Public Employee Retirees Inc. monthly meeting will be held at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at DiLucia's Restaurant, 2610 Elm Road N.E., Warren. The speaker will be Stephanie Sferra from the Trumbull County Tourism and Information Center.
Reservations are required by Sunday and can be made by calling Sally at 330-898-1585, Barbara at 330-372-2603 or Fran at 330-652-1867.
SENIOR CENTER OPEN: The Trumbull Community Action Program Senior Center, 1230 Palmyra Road S.W., Warren, is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 330-393-2507, Ext. 231.
All community seniors are invited to attend the center's first Flag Day Barbecue from noon to 3 p.m. today. Transportation is available by calling CATS at 330-395-2287.
There is a 10 percent discount in the food co-op on Thursdays for seniors 55 or older.
SCOPE PLANS MONDAYS: Trumbull County has scheduled speakers for the Food for Thought luncheons for seniors 60 or older at the Warren SCOPE Center, 220 W. Market St.:
Monday - Sally Mazy, Trumbull Memorial Hospital, will speak about ''Senior Circle Program - Discount Program for Seniors.''
Seniors are welcome to come between 11:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. for lunch. The speaker will follow the luncheon. Reservations are not required.
For additional information, call 330-399-8846.
WARREN SCOPE OFFERS LUNCH: The Warren SCOPE Center, 220 W. Market St., has opened a coffee bar and lunch site at its facility and invites all Trumbull County seniors 60 and older to stop in. The site is open from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday for coffee and pastries and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for lunch.
Daily specials include hot and cold sandwiches and salads. A hot entree is offered on Thursday in addition to cold sandwiches.
SCOPE OFFERS CLASSES: The Warren SCOPE Center, 220 W. Market St., is offering summer computer classes for Trumbull County seniors who are 60 and older. Both beginning and intermediate classes are available for a five-week course.
Orientation meetings have been scheduled for June 26 and 28. Both sessions run from 10 a.m. to noon. All participants are required to attend one of these sessions.
Beginners having laptops will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays and those with desktop computers will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Fridays. Intermediate classes run from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays.
Call Yvonne at 330-399-8846 to register and / or for additional information.
NUTRITION SITES AVAILABLE: The Trumbull County Nutrition Program for the Elderly is provided by the Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs and operates nutrition sites at 11 locations throughout Trumbull County. These sites provide a meal and the opportunity for socialization. Donations will be accepted.
Any senior citizen 60 or older and his or her spouse is welcome for lunch at any of the following sites:
Cortview Village, 100 Cortview Drive, Cortland, noon Thursday and Friday
Girard Multi-Generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., Girard, 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
Hubbard Senior Center, 220 W. Liberty St., Hubbard, 4 p.m. Monday through Friday
Johnston Senior Center, 5922 Warren Road, Cortland, noon Monday through Friday
Kinsman Fire Hall, 8450 Ridge Road, Kinsman, noon Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Lordstown Administration Building, 1455 Salt Springs Road, Lordstown, 11:45 a.m. Monday through Friday
Newton Falls Community Center, 52 E. Quarry St., Newton Falls, 11:15 a.m. Monday through Friday
United Steelworkers Hall, 1265 N. Main St., Niles, 11:45 a.m. Monday through Friday
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Warren, 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday
Robert Morrison Village, 3000 Burton St. S.E., Warren, 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday
West Farmington Senior Center, 151 College St., West Farmington, noon Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
For more information or to make reservations two working days in advance before 3 p.m., call 330-675-2486.
The menu for the week:
Today: Breaded fish, seasoned spinach, cauliflower, hamburger bun, tartar sauce, pineapple tidbits
Monday: Beef and pepper patty, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, diced peaches, wheat bread
Tuesday: Riblet with sauce, parsley potatoes, peas, pineapple tidbits, Diamond Jim bun
Wednesday: Mandarin chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, spinach, mixed fruit, rye bread, cup cake
Thursday: Swedish meatballs, pasta with gravy, broccoli, peas and carrots, diced pears, wheat bread
June 21: Tuna noodle casserole, wax beans, applesauce, lettuce with French dressing, wheat bread
TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO NUTRITION SITES: Area Agency 11 awarded a grant to Trumbull Community Action Program to transport senior citizens to the Nutrition Sites in Trumbull County that are operated by the Office of Elderly Affairs. Transportation is for people 60 or older or the spouse of someone 60 or older.
Persons wanting to use the service need to call TCAP at 330-395-2287 to schedule rides and the Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs at 330-675-2486 to make meal reservations. Both calls need to be made prior to 3 p.m. two working days before they wish to go.
People will be asked to make a donation for both their ride (while on the van) and for their meal (while at the nutrition site).
Trumbull County Nutrition Sites are:
Cortview Village, Cortland, noon Thursday and Friday
Girard Multi-Generational Center, 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
Hubbard Senior Center, 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday
Johnston Senior Center, noon Monday through Friday
Kinsman Fire Hall, noon Monday through Wednesday
Lordstown Administration Building, 11:45 a.m. Monday through Friday
Morrison Village, Warren, 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday
Newton Falls Community Center, 11:15 a.m. Monday through Friday
Niles Steelworkers Hall, 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday
Calvary Presbyterian Church, 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday
West Farmington Senior Center, noon Wednesday through Friday
VAN HUFFEL, VANEX MEET: Former Van Huffel and Vanex Tube employees meet at 8 a.m. Fridays at Wayside Restaurant, 825 State Road N.W., Champion. For more information, call Jim Franklin at 330-856-4231.
FOWLER-VIENNA SENIOR CITIZENS: The group meets 9:30 a.m. or later every Thursday at the Fowler Community Center to play cards and games, to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, and for a 50-50 raffle and meals.
Special meals are served on the fourth Thursday of the month. All those 55 and older are welcome. Annual dues are $12.
Rear of Lordstown Elementary School, 1776 Salt Springs Road; 330-824-2173. Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call ahead for lunch Monday through Friday, $3. Membership is $12 per year, or $22 for a couple.
MONDAY: 10 a.m., Computer class with Joe Fabian; 10 a.m., Wii bowling and cards;
TUESDAY: 10 a.m., Bridge, Wii bowling and cards, crafts with seasons; noon, lunch
WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m., Woodcarvers gather; 11 a.m., organ music; noon, lunch; 1 p.m., chair yoga with Rosanna (HMHP screenings 10 a.m. last Wednesday of month)
THURSDAY: 10 a.m., Bridge, Wii bowling and cards, crafts with seasons; noon, lunch; 7 p.m., bridge.
FRIDAY: 10 a.m., Wii bowl or cards; 11 a.m., 25 cent bingo; noon, lunch; line dancing with video after lunch
NUTRITION SITE OPEN: The Kinsman Senior Citizen Nutrition Site is open every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to seniors 60 or older or their spouses. Meals are served about noon at the Kinsman Fire Hall, and donations are accepted. Doors open at 10 a.m. For information on meals, call site manager Dollie Davis at 330-876-5123.
Cards and bingo are played every day, and singing is on Wednesdays. To attend, call Davis two days prior.
5922 Warren Road, Cortland, 330-924-0412. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Membership is $12 a year. Puzzles, games and coffee bar are available daily.
MONDAY: 10 a.m., chair yoga; 10:30 a.m., trivia; 12:30 p.m., cornhole.
TUESDAY: 10 a.m., art; 12:30 p.m., Wii bowling.
WEDNESDAY: 10:30 a.m., needlework; 10:30 a.m., blood pressure check; 12:30 p.m., balance.
THURSDAY: 10 a.m., cards; 10:30 a.m., Wii bowling; 12:30 p.m., bingo.
FRIDAY: 10:30 a.m., Yahtzee; 11 a.m., Wii bowling; 12:30 p.m., balance.
Daily meals are served at noon. Donations are accepted. Call for a reservation.
There are also monthly craft days and birthday parties.
Open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 7 a.m. to noon Mondays.
MONDAY: 7 a.m. to noon, full breakfast menu, open to the public.
TUESDAY: 10:30 a.m., exercise class and quilting, cards and crafts; 6 p.m., cards, player's choice.
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY: noon, nutrition program lunch, and quilting, cards and crafts.
Weight Watchers - doors open at 5 p.m. with meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Self-serve breakfast is available from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday through Friday. For more information, call 330-889-2733.
4451 Mahoning Ave.; 330-847-8179.
Call ahead to attend meals; beverages are included with meal. Tuesdays through Friday, home cooked lunch.
MONDAY: 10:30 a.m., "Biggest Breakfast in Town"; James Clime at the organ the fourth Monday of every month for the breakfast hour.
TUESDAY: 9:30 a.m., Scrabble; 11:15 a.m., lunch; 12:30 p.m., arthritic exercise.
WEDNESDAY: 9:30 a.m., cards, 500 bid; 11:15 a.m., lunch; 12:15, bingo.
THURSDAY: 10 a.m., Scrabble / Uno; 11:15 a.m., lunch; noon, painting and crafts; 12:30 p.m., arthritic exercise.
FRIDAY: 10 a.m., tai chi; 11:15 a.m., lunch; 12:30 p.m., cornhole games.
Monday: Ohio Birdwatchers at 10:45 a.m.
June 24: Sally Mazy Senior Circle Program at TMH.
July 1: Home Instead with Anna Keck speaking on senior fraud, 10:45 a.m.
14 E. State St., Niles, Ray Novotny and Judy Fabian, managers. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. 330-544-3676.
MONDAY: 10 a.m., bridge; 11 a.m., Arthritis Foundation exercise program, Debbie Eschman therapy; noon, lunch; 1 p.m., cards, player's choice; 1 p.m., quilting; 4 p.m., Monday Night Cards; 5 p.m., weight loss support group Weigh-Inn.
TUESDAY: 9:30 a.m. square dancing with Norm Flavell; 11:45 a.m., Happy Tappers exercise / dance group; 1 p.m., cards - 500 tournament, first, second and third Tuesday each month, pre-registration required; 1 p.m., American Red Cross Blood Drive (fourth Thursday every other month) call for details; 2:30 p.m., pinochle; 2:30 p.m., Goodtime Singers Practice; 3 p.m., blood pressure checks, first and third Tuesday each month, Niles Health Department; 7:30 p.m., square dance lessons with Gene Hammond. Call 330-534-4426 to sign up.
WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m., chair yoga, Roseanna Eliser; 11:30 a.m., lunch (VIP monthly birthday luncheon, third Wednesday); 1 p.m., bingo with a guest caller each week; 1 p.m., Texas Hold 'Em; 2:30 p.m., cards, players choice; 7 p.m. (third Wednesday), Friendly Squares dance.
THURSDAY: 9:30 a.m., line dancing, Norm Flavell, instructor; 11:30 a.m., lunch; 1 p.m., pinochle, bridge and Game Day; 6 p.m., Thursday Night Clean People Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-GET HOPE.
FRIDAY: 10 a.m., Free glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure screenings (every third Friday) Fast preferred (Brenda Cook, RN, HMHP); 11 a.m., arthritis exercise program, Debbie Eschman therapy; 11:30 a.m., Must Go Friday Lunch; 1 p.m., choir practice; 2 p.m., mixed chorus. Choirs travel to nursing homes to sing.
Pool table, piano or television available when not in conflict with other activities.
8273 High St., Howland.
MONDAY: 9 a.m., pinochle; 12:30 p.m., yoga; 1:45 p.m., senior zumba; 1:45 p.m., Mexican train dominos; 7 p.m. first and third Mondays, WRIPCA meetings.
TUESDAY: 12:30 p.m., bingo; 12:30 p.m., Book Club (third Tuesday); 1 p.m., mah jongg (first, second and fourth Tuesday); 3 p.m., cornhole; 6:30 p.m, American Legion Auxiliary Riders meetings each week.
WEDNESDAY: 9 a.m., Ohio Star Quilters (first, third and fourth Wednesday); 9:30 a.m., bridge club; 1 p.m., Red Hatters (first Wednesday); 6:30 p.m., line dancing.
THURSDAY: 9:30 a.m., computer class (five-week course); 10 a.m., needle art; 11:45 a.m., string art class; 2 p.m., line dance with Gloria Stone; 12:30 p.m., Red Hatters (first Thursday); 2 p.m., Investment Club (meets at Panera Bread, Warren); 4 p.m., card night.
FRIDAY: 11:30 a.m., line dancing; 8:15 a.m., golf.
For more information on programs and events at Howland SCOPE, call 330-609-7806.
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Scarcity Exchanges brings together some extraordinary speakers around a single, and very pressing, issue. That resources are diminishing is a commonplace, but scarcity is about much more than the destruction of our natural resource base: it is a socially and economically constructed condition that affects us all, and will increasingly do so. If the 2000s was the decade of false abundance, then the 2010s will likely be defined through scarcity. This series of exchanges will open up the discussion as to what scarcity might mean, and its social, economic, and environmental implications.
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Once a cell line has been engineered and/or set by cloning, nature's input ends; the nurture part begins in earnest immediately and continues at some level for the remainder of the product's life cycle.
On the process side of the continuum, Avid achieves yield improvements by optimizing physical setpoints such as pH, osmolality, and dissolved oxygen in bioreactors while media and feed strategy experiments are carried out at small scale.
Avid is familiar with most commercial media, but sometimes clients ask the company to explore specific media and feeds that worked well in early development. Zaidi calls such projects "informed scouting." Her group performs small-scale experiments and applies software statistical packages to assure that the project proceeds "in the right direction."
Numerous companies now offer media and feed development services. One of the more comprehensive is BD Biosciences' BD AutoNutrientSM Media Design Service (AMDS).
AMDS optimizes chemically defined media and supplementation ingredients for cells that have already been optimized for innate protein production. An AMDS project takes between 3 and 12 months.
Although BD does not perform cell-line engineering, it recognizes the importance of nature in achieving optimal productivity. "We receive all types of cell lines, both low- and high-producers," says Jon Wannlund, Ph.D., R&D director. Two daughter lines, selected from different clones, can have radically different productivity profiles. With some, no amount of nutritional supplementation or feeding strategies can improve productivity. But many, particularly those that express above approximately 1 µg/mL, can, through media strategies, become high producers.
In one AMDS project two years ago, nutritional optimization provided a 1.7-fold increase in IgG production; peptone supplementation improved this by another 2.1-fold, while feed strategies improved productivity by an additional 30%, for an overall 4.5-fold increase in productivity. Another project saw a fourfold improvement from media and supplementation alone (no feed work was done on these cells), to about 3.5 g/L. The client upped productivity to 6 g/L through process optimization.
But as the advertisement says, "mileage may vary." The highest-producing cells tend to benefit most from nurturing strategies, but some lines do not respond at all, and those showing the greatest improvement or the highest productivity in the end may not be those with the highest output before media/feed strategies are applied.
A standard approach to the in-process nurture strategies for cell-line optimization is to monitor fermentation for a relatively narrow panel of analytes such as pH or dissolved oxygen. This technique is related to process analytics.
Similarly, metabolomics—the emerging omics discipline that quantifies metabolites and other small molecules—may serve as an indirect measure (as opposed to measuring protein concentration) of cell health and productivity. "Metabolomics tells you which nutrients are being used, which metabolites are getting into the cell, and what types of waste products are being produced," notes Denise Sonntag, Ph.D., senior scientist at Biocrates Life Sciences.
The metabolome of a mammalian cell is typically large—upward of 3,000 compounds. Specialists like to mention that this is far fewer than the number of relevant genes or proteins, which is true, but concentration-dynamic ranges of small molecules of interest can be huge, a fact that complicates quantification. Nevertheless, the analysis can focus on the disposition of specific nutrients and cofactors, or take in a subset of biogenic amines, amino acids (and their metabolites), lipids, fatty acids, or energy-related metabolites. Profiles of a predefined, select subset of the metabolome give a precise snapshot of what is occurring in the cell at a specific time, for example during growth or expression phases.
Considering that cell-based biomanufacturing seeks to produce proteins that are foreign to the expression systems, in bioreactors instead of intact organisms, it is no wonder so much effort is expended on optimization. One may argue the relative merits of hard-wiring cells for productivity, or coaxing them through media/feed strategies later on, but it is clear that success depends on both strategies.
"Nature and nurture need to come together," opines Dr. Seewoester. But there are limits to what may be achieved with poorly producing cells. "Without natural expression capabilities, nurturing through media and process conditions will be limited." On the other hand, every cell can be improved through selection and engineering. "We have not seen one example of a wild-type host cell in the mammalian or microbial world that can't be effectively and significantly improved through targeted optimization on the genetic or physiological level," he says.
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Raja Lahrasib Khan, 56, was arrested in Chicago on March 26, 2010. A criminal complaint filed the previous day charged Khan with two counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization in connection with his attempts to transfer funds to an alleged terrorist leader in Pakistan. Each count of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
The affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint alleged that Khan, a naturalized American citizen from Pakistan, transferred approximately $950 to a Pakistani-based individual in November 2009. Khan allegedly earmarked approximately $300 of that money to "Lala," the nickname he used to refer to Ilyas Kashmiri, an operational chief for the Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami terrorist organization based in Pakistan and linked to Al Qaeda. Kashmiri has been indicted in a separate case for allegedly helping two other Chicago residents plan a terrorist attack against the offices and employees of a Danish newspaper that previously printed controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
In March 2010, Khan, who claimed to have known Kashmiri for at least 15 years, allegedly discussed plans to attack a "big stadium" in the U.S. during the summer. Khan, who told an associate that he would ask Kashmiri to teach him how to conduct such an attack, suggested placing remote-controlled bombs in several bags planted throughout the stadium. "Put one bag here, one there, one there�three, four, five different places," Khan said, "boom, boom, boom, boom."
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James Randi is a short, bald, white-bearded man with dancing eyes, who has devoted most of his life to making things disappear. Pennies. Rabbits. The ace of spades. Himself. He appears onstage in a tuxedo. A leggy blonde in sequined tights locks him in a coffin. After an appropriate pause, she opens the coffin and Randi has vanished. Last month the 58-year-old magician who bills himself as the Amazing Randi found a compelling reason to make himself reappear. He was "officially" declared a genius and awarded $272,000 over five years by the MacArthur Foundation.
The Chicago-based philanthropic organization usually bestows its awards on such conventional high-achievers as composers, scientists and historians and certainly not on the sort of man whose front door name-plate reads "Randi—Charlatan." In fact, Randi was given his stipend not for his feats of prestidigitation, but because over the last 40 years he has used his brilliantly analytical mind to expose as frauds a host of psychics, faith healers, clairvoyants and other would-be paranormals. If he could, Randi would wave a magic wand and "Poof!" they would all disappear. "The difference between [psychics] and me," he says, "is that I admit I'm a charlatan. They don't. They hurt people. I can't allow that to happen."
Before Randi's selection as a MacArthur recipient, hundreds of candidates were nominated by leaders in the arts, humanities, sciences and professions. Finally, a selection committee of 13 anonymous experts picked Randi and the 24 other winners on the basis of their creativity, promise, dedication, benefit to society and need of money. "Randi certainly has been our most novel selection and one of the most popular," says Dr. Kenneth Hope, the program's director. "He was nominated by three different people from three different parts of the country. We have always wanted to expand our direction to include people other than just ivory-tower types, and Randi works as an educator. One physician on the committee said Randi may save more lives than most doctors."
News of his good fortune reached Randi at his dentist's office. "I called a number on my answering machine and this voice said, 'Hello, MacArthur Foundation.' Chills went down my spine. Afterward I got in my dentist's chair and said, 'Listen, before you begin, I've got to tell you something.' He nodded, without expression. When I finished, he said, 'Good. Now you can pay your bill,' and began drilling."
Randi makes his living by lecturing, giving magic shows, appearing on The Tonight Show and other TV talkfests, and by writing books on magic and psychic frauds. Over the last few years, however, his debunking business had fallen on hard times. He was forced to sell his house in New Jersey two years ago and move to a less expensive one in Sunrise, Fla. Under the circumstances, the award was most welcome. "I can really use the money," he says. "My income had dwindled from $45,000 a year to $33,000, and I was getting so desperate that I was putting another magic act together to go on the road in January."
He still plans to do that, but he also feels free to resume his crusade against psychic pretenders. "Now I can do battle against fakes from a charger, in a suit of armor, instead of naked on a mule," he says. His present office is a claustrophobic little room in his two-story Colonial-style home. A word processor and leaning stacks of paper take up most of the space. "I plan to extend my office out over the garage," says Randi, "and then hire an assistant. The money will allow me to pursue my next project full-time."
His newfound affluence might even allow for some housekeeping help. The magician's abode can charitably be described as being in a state of perpetual clutter. ("Mess, you mean," says Randi, no mincer of words.) The house is filled with objects that have nothing in common except their appeal to Randi's whimsy. A human skull. A Renaissance print of magicians deceiving a crowd. A butterfly collection. An acrylic head of rock star Alice Cooper, with whom Randi once toured. A bent metal spoon on a homemade, plastic base. ("The Uri Award," says Randi, referring to the Israeli "psychic," Uri Geller, who claimed the power to bend spoons mentally. "I give one each year for incompetence.") Photographs of young men and women of various nationalities, several of whom are his foster children. (Randi, a bachelor, raised one foster son, Alexis, now a 26-year-old musician and composer, from the age of 13. He has supported four foster children, and now, with his award, is helping three more.)
Among his other projects, Randi is writing a book exposing religious faith healers. A touchy subject. One faith healer warned him, in front of his TV congregation, that through St. Paul, God had once struck a magician blind. ("He forgot to mention that the guy's sight was eventually returned," says Randi. "Still, that's all I need—some religious nut throwing acid in my eyes.") To protect himself, Randi has installed a burglar alarm in his house. He has also sent letters to the faith healers he is investigating informing them that he has sent a duplicate letter to the FBI in case any "accident" should befall him. "I ought to tell them to pray for my good health," Randi jokes.
One of Randi's pet peeves remains Uri Geller. He has debunked the self-proclaimed psychic a number of times, performing Geller's tricks, then explaining how they are done.
During the '70s, the Pentagon was not so sure about psychic phenomena. Motivated by fears of Soviet psychic warfare, the military set up a task force to investigate the possibility of using psychic weapons against the Soviet Union. "The Pentagon spent a lot of money and didn't get much out of it," says Randi, who gave them his Uri Award.
Randall James Zwinge—that's his real name—was born in Toronto, the son of a telephone company executive. When he was 12, his parents discovered that he had an IQ of 168, so they frequently let him stay home from school, where he was already bored and disrupting his classroom. "I became a shy, lonely kid," he says. "But I decided I had to learn to live with other people, so at 17 I joined a traveling carnival as a magician, calling myself Prince Ibis. I figured I'd do the thing I feared most, which was getting up in front of people. The first three weeks were pure hell, but I wouldn't have given up that experience for anything."
He has been deceiving audiences with ease ever since—one explanation, perhaps, for his decision to move on to the greater challenge of matching wits with other magicians who call themselves psychics. Traveling with the carnival, Randi learned things not taught in school. He discovered, for instance, that a "gaff" was a magician's trick sometimes intended to foster the illusion of psychic powers. The first time young Randi found a magician using a gaff as a supernatural event, he could hardly contain himself.
"A friend of mine took me to a spiritualist church near my home," he says. "This pastor claimed he could read the contents of sealed envelopes. When I ran up on stage and showed the audience how the gaff worked, he screamed for the police. I was arrested for disturbing a religious meeting. I spent four hours in a police station waiting for my father to come get me. I was seething." He smiles now, recalling that day, and says, "That was the worst four hours the world's 'psychics' ever spent, although they didn't know it at the time."
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If so, have you noticed that you have a lower or higher overall density than the sites ranking under you?
This may not be the case, but for the set of SERPS I'm watching, I've noticed that sites with a lower density seem to be out performing sites that are higher in density.
GoogleGuy once stated here that did not believe that having a high keyword density helped with rankings.
But surely density plays a small part?
If the density was a 100% percent does that not show that the site is a load of tripe and therefore not worth ranking at all, or very very lowly?
Maybe there is a spam filter? repitition of a certain word equals some sort of ban.
When you use some meta checkers for a site, they always say that repeating a kw more than 3 times is considered spam, and maybe the new google algo is taking that point more seriously?
As Brett said, I normally don't even look at density and haven't for a long time. But, I was trying to determine why I dropped like a rock for some terms, and held my own for others.
I feel for the terms I dropped on, I know the links with anchor text I had are no longer counted for whatever reason, and it did impact some of my SERPS. The older more established sites that had a lot of anchor text links prior to Feb seem to of remained steady. I'm trying to see if it has to do with the density of the targeted anchor text I've been using.
To go a bit further, I've noticed for the terms that dropped, an inset page showed up that had a much lower density. It did not show up to replace the position that was lost, but it did show up.
It may be a bit premature since the dance is not done, but I think what is there is a pretty good indication as to how it will settle.
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I highly doubt Google would go back to using the keyword tag for ranking. :) Actually, the only engine that claims to use them at all anymore is INK.
Do what you think is right, however, IMO, I would not waste much time analyzing meta tags...
I'm seeing newly created pages storm into the top with no links, nothing. They are making it strictly with what is on the page.
I've seen it talked about here and there that perhaps anchor text and links in general have been reduced in value for this go around. I think there is some merit to that.
As all of you are, I'm just trying to get a handle on what I need to do to get my pages back to where they were.
So far, I've noticed pages that were doing well for more than say 3 or 4 terms are no longer doing that.
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Yep, but traditional %on%the%page% density? I don't think it does.
>recognize (and discount) unnatural keyword densities.
Run a density checker across say 30,000 top ranked pages on top sites. It will change your mind about "what is density and how is it calculated" in a big hurry. It is all over the map. Some of the top ranked pages have obscene levels of density, right next to some that have don't even have the kw in the page text. If there is density at work, there are so many qualifiers and exceptions to the rule, that there is little way you could determine which part and where that density played a part in the ranking.
I just looked at a popular keyword today due to this discussion. The #1 page has KWD 16% the #2 has 1.6%.
RFDgxm1 made a good point. I do believe that a somewhat higher keyword density helps an awful lot with INK. Of course, this will only matter if Yahoo starts using INK results in a meaningful way. If that day does come, however, the SEO world will change quite rapidly.
I am thinking of changing my title tag to "Widget X ¦ Y" though "X and Y Widgets" might sound better, but Google's algo (sigh) doesn't recognize "widgets" (plurals) as relevant to queries to my content that are primarily singular.
I will let you all know whether I jump back up into a top spot once a new crawl picks up my revised title tags without the repeated keyword in title and anchor text.
It is my perception, based on www-fi SERPs, that repeating a keyword in the title or in anchor text leads to a downgrade in placement.
I had one page on a content site get booted with this last update. The only thing I can see wrong with it was that it had a very high keyword density. Some of the other pages in the site went up or down a bit in the SERPs, but none of the other ones lost 100 positions like this one did. KW density is the only difference I can see between this page and the rest, so I suspect it tripped some kind of new spam filter.
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Run a density checker across say 30,000 top ranked pages on top sites. It will change your mind about "what is density and how is it calculated" in a big hurry. It is all over the map.
I should have said "keyword usage patterns" (in the context of natural language patterns) rather than "keyword density."
Also, Google could have a cutoff point beyond which additional keyword density wouldn't be counted. This wouldn't involve a penalty; it would simply prevent blatant keyword repetition from boosting a page's placement for a given keyword or keyphrase.
Google probably has multicondition code like the credit card companies. Everytime I buy gas and then make a big purchase the credit card companies call me to make sure it was really me using my card. Buying gas alone or making a big purchase doesn't trip the call, but the combo does. It seems thieves like to test the cards out on a small place where they can make a quick exit first, and if they get away with it move onto a bigger purchase right after that.
So the Google folks probably have a large number of conditions they check for, but I do suspect having a keyword density too high is at least one of their negative ranking point criteria.
Anyway, in all honesty it probably wasn't one of my better pages and deserved to get the boot, but it is too bad because it was selling a lot of stuff compared to the time it took to put it up. I've changed the pages around a bit so I suspect the next time it gets indexed it will do much better in the SERPs.


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The early returns on Floyd Mayweathers self-titled documentary underline the difference between being a superstar and a boxing star.
MAYWEATHER a one-hour documentary on the sports pound-for-pound king made its network premiere Saturday evening on CBS. The segment aired one week prior to the unbeaten welterweights May 4 pay-per-view showdown with Robert Guerrero, the first of a lucrative six-fight, 30-month deal inked with Showtime after a career spent on rival HBO.
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I had no idea that was even showing on CBS. Lol damn that article is ether though.
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Well you had a UFC fight, a boxing match on HBO.This wasn't the smartest scheduling.
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The writer sounds butthurt, lol.
As somebody mentioned, there was a fight on HBO, Showtime, and the NBA playoffs were on...what did they expect?
Hell, Manny's fight with Tim was scheduled for Game 7 of the NBA finals last year. Stuff like that will hurt your numbers, especially if a huge event is free and your program costs money.
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Wonder why they felt the need to show this.
Makes me think they feel many casual fans have been turned off by Floyd's antics and jail time.
This was like a political ad trying to highlight the soft side of him.
I'll say this, if this fight does more than a million in PPV buys then Floyd should get a lot of credit. This promotion has been a bust and the buzz around this fight is almost non existent..
I was watching the fights and UFC with a bunch of buddies and i had to let them know who Guerrero was and remind them that Floyd was fighting next weekend...
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Maybe these stupid ****s will learn you have to market. You can't just put a show like that on network tv, and expect it to automatically get ratings.
Could you imagine Lebron James having a doc done on him on network tv? That **** would be in commercials nightly for a month.
The stupid fucking boxing promoters will never learn. Plus they don't care. Too money hungry to improve the sport.
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"We'll sit down, get together, figure out the necessary things we need to do, what we can do and continue building on this year," he said. "Everything we do is for the long term. But we haven't done that yet.
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If there's only one impression Demps made last season, it's that he's never without a plan, that he has a list of every possible variable and the circumstances under which that premise can become a reality.
So when he insinuates that he hasn't yet sat down with Hornets president Hugh Weber and Coach Monty Williams, and that they haven't yet formulated a plan to make the Hornets better, or considered the players who can help the team take a positive step, well, it's hard to buy that one.
It's a tough sell from a guy who, after being hired last July 21, made trades to acquire two starters, Trevor Ariza and Marco Belinelli, three weeks later. And who, about six weeks later, made the trade that landed the Hornets two key reserves, Willie Green and Jason Smith.And who, a month after that, traded for Jerryd Bayless, then less than a month later moved Bayless and Peja Stojakovic in exchange for a package that included Jarrett Jack. And who, at the trade deadline, shipped Marcus Thornton and cash considerations to Sacramento in exchange for Carl Landry.
And those are just the moves that involved players who ended up on the roster. Roughly a half-dozen more players came and went who didn't make the team or weren't kept long enough to learn where the supermarket was.
"Almost everything we've done has worked out, has been pretty positive," Demps said. "I think when you look at any move that you make, you wonder 'What if?' But I'm not really good at looking backward. I'm kind of just moving forward."
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It won over outsiders and it warmed insiders, including Chris Paul, whom Demps, Williams and Weber were forced to woo almost before Demps could unpack, because the superstar guard said he'd entertain a trade if the organization wasn't dedicated to winning immediately.
"He has made some comments to us that he's happy and he's happy with the direction we're going," Demps said.
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What Demps and company showed last season was that ingenuity and creativity sometimes can substitute for cash.
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Chichester Chaplin, jurist in Texas and Louisiana, was born in Ireland on November 17, 1800. He probably immigrated to southeastern Louisiana between 1810 and 1820. Marriage records of St. Tammany Parish reveal his marriage on October 10, 1824, to Tabitha Beall Edwards Aydelot, daughter of empresario Haden Edwardsqv. Chaplin was then a fledgling lawyer. Tabitha died on November 24, 1827. Chaplin undoubtedly followed his father-in-law to the Nacogdoches area of East Texas, where he became a key figure in the Fredonian Rebellion (1826), led by Haden and Benjamin W. Edwards, along with Martin Parmer, who later became Chaplin's second father-in-law. Edwards ordered an election held on January 1, 1826, to select an alcalde for the Nacogdoches District. Chaplin actually received the most votes, but the losing candidate, Samuel Norris, an American who had married a Spanish colonial woman and was the choice of the old settlers, appealed the election to the political chief of Texas, who declared Norris the legally elected candidate.
When the Fredonian Rebellion erupted in December 1826, Chaplin joined the Edwards forces in revolt, and when the rebellion collapsed he fled eastward across the Sabine River with the Edwards brothers and Parmer. The Chaplin family settled in Natchitoches, where, on June 4, 1827, Chaplin was named a justice of the peace for Natchitoches Parish, a post he held for less than a year. With his selection as a Louisiana justice in 1827, he began a judicial career in both western Louisiana and eastern Texas that spanned almost four decades (1827–64). In 1827–28 he served as probate judge and from 1829 to 1834 as parish judge of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, newly formed from a portion of the original Natchitoches Parish.
Sometime late in 1833 or early in 1834 he returned to Jefferson County, Texas, where in 1836 he was chosen the first chief justice of the county. He served in that office for a short time and in 1838 was made a member of the Board of Land Commissioners of San Augustine County, Texas. Since he was in Texas before 1835, Judge Chaplin was awarded a Mexican land grant of a league in San Augustine County, on May 18, 1835. In December 1839 he received a headright grant of 640 acres in Jasper County from the Republic of Texas. In 1840 he purchased land from the Parmers, his wife's family.
By 1845, however, he was again in Louisiana serving as district attorney for Sabine Parish, a post he held until 1853, when he was installed as district judge of the parish. When a district court for the Sixteenth District was established in 1855, he began functioning as judge of both the old Ninth District Court and the new Sixteenth District Court, both headquartered in Sabine Parish; he held this dual post until December 1864. In 1865 Chaplin completed his public service as the attorney for the Natchitoches Parish police jury.
While he was a fugitive from the Fredonian Rebellion, Chaplin married his second wife, Emily Parmer. This marriage must have occurred in 1829 or 1830, probably in Natchitoches Parish. They had six children. In 1870 Chaplin was grand master of Phoenix Lodge No. 38 in Natchitoches. He died on October 14, 1874, and Emily died on August 9, 1878. Both are buried in the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Mills Historical Press, 1985). George L. Crocket, Two Centuries in East Texas (Dallas: Southwest, 1932; facsimile reprod., 1962). Joe E. Ericson, Judges of the Republic of Texas (1836–1846): A Biographical Directory (Dallas: Taylor, 1980). Judge R. B. Williams, "The History of the Judiciary of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana," Natchitoches Genealogist, April 1978.
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Joe E. Ericson, "CHAPLIN, CHICHESTER," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fch62), accessed September 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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