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My Season Over
Played in the first playoff matchup last week and tied 5-5. Of course it went to the regular season, and I lost with his 11.5 wins to my 8.5.
I destroyed him in R, HR, AVG, and RBI (thanks Hunter Pence), l edged out in W, lost bad in SV and K (he has 10 starters) and lost merely in ERA and WHIP (thanks a lot Burnett). Finally, he beat me by one stolen base, and as it turns out if I had put Donaldson in in Saturday (got a SB), or Gardner earlier in the week, than I would be playing a meaningful matchup this week. I had a shot on Sunday night however, with Cano playing, possibly getting that one stat that I needed, but I didn't. Crazy how a whole years work can come down to one statistic.
Horrible way to end the season in which I spent hours on end. Just thought I'd share my predicament because I found it interesting. Thanks for everything this season, message boards.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Dick Strong Dick Strong Feb 8, 2016 2:40 AM Flag
See Harry get owned.
I lost a playoff matchup that I led 7-3 entering Sunday and 5-4 with my opponent down to only his Ortiz left and me leading RBIs by one. Ortiz got an RBI and my regular season record against that opponent was...drum roll...9-10-1. (If I had kept Alcides Escobar instead of dropping him earlier last week, I would have gotten another SB which would have broken the tie in SBs, giving me the win. Making the loss even more frustrating.)
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Correction: keeping Escobar would have given me a tie in SBs instead of losing SBs by one. It still would have given me a 4-3- win.
Dick Strong Dick Strong Sep 18, 2013 10:53 AM Flag
Never...ever...ever...underestimate the importance of SB.
Last year I had Mike Trout, Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins, Jason Kipnis, Hanley Ramirez, Ian Desmond, and Adam Jones on my roster at the end of the season. Let's just say that I had all angles covered as I had Buster Posey, Miguel Cabrera, and Allen Craig to round out my roster.
This season I have Mike Trout, Andrew McCutchen, Alex Rios, Carlos Gomez, Yasiel Puig, Ian Desmond, Hanley Ramirez, and Chase Utley. Again...SB are covered and my team is well rounded as all these players produce in all statistical categories.
Poor roster management will do you in before poor player performance does you in.
Wow that's almost exactly like me. A whole years work comes down to that. Brutal. Especially siting for the night game like that.
You won 4/5 O cats so hard to pin your entire loss on one offensive player. I would personally pin this more on your pitching staff management seeing that you only won 1/5 cats. IMO there is no excuse to only win 1 pitching cat. I take it you built a balanced staff with 7 SP and three closers? I think this approach is too risky against a 10 SP team unless your staff is absolutely amazing. Be honest, was it? Honestly, mine is not.
Against a 10 SP team, I'd tend to either dump my entire bench to enter an arms race, forcing him to add lousy SP (who are likely to F him in ERA/WHIP), or I'd strategically start only one or two SP for the week to try and take ERA/WHIP. I strongly favor the first approach.
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I said I wasn't pinning it on Cano, I said of all my 9 starters that he happened to be playing at night and was my last hope. It could have been Ian Desmond and I would've used his name, ya see? I was close in all pitching cats except closing, so I wouldn't say that's "their" fault.
I have 6 starters and 2 closers with roster spots to stream.
They are:
Matt Moore
Mat Latos
Jordan Zimmermann
James Shields
Shelby Miller
A.J. Burnett
That is a decent rotation as I had Beachy too until the other injury. I could've easily won ERA and WHIP with these arms and could have won K's on a regular week against a guy with less than 10 starters. There and there only is where you could say that I didn't plan out well, as I could have added more starters for the matchup, even though I only have 3 adds a week. I still streamed and thought I gave myself a chance in each pitching cat, without jeopardizing any one specific.
dick money dick money Sep 17, 2013 2:09 PM Flag
would if your entire bench is hot and dropping them gives opponent an advantage. can't do that. i also find the arms race pointless for my team. this idea is good for teams with lousy staff who planned poorly throughout the entire season and who have not found hot arms. i am confident that my staff will win era whip every week.
Dick Strong Dick Strong Sep 16, 2013 4:13 PM Flag
Kipnis, Pedroia, Altuve, Daniel Murphy, and Ian Kisler are all on the list of 2Bs that stole a base (or more) in the past 7 days...are widely owned...and offer similar value to Cano. All are in the top 126 of total player rankings. All have stolen more bases than Cano over the course of the season. At any point this season you could have traded Cano and acquired any one of those names plus another player and you would have been much better off. Instead...you chose to own a name and not statistical categories.
Dick Strong Dick Strong Sep 16, 2013 4:08 PM Flag
...and this is why stolen bases ARE NOT overrated and why Cano IS overrated.
As long as it is a scoring category in your league it carries a great deal of value...address it early and often.
This is why every one of my players (with the exception of C...and maybe 1B) has the ability to steal 10+ bases.
You need a player that can put a tick mark for you in any category on any given day. Every one of my players (including bench players) has at least 11 HRs. Every one of my players with the exceptions of Martin Prado, Matt Adams, and Mike Napoli has 8 or more SBs...and the player with 8 SBs is Chase Utley who hasn't played a full season. All told I have 13 bats with 11 or more HRs each and I have 9 bats that have double digit totals in both HR and SBs.
That is what lost you your matchup and had you debating adding Billy Hamilton and forced you to choose between starting Donaldson or Cano. Cano has 7 SBs on the entire season. That is fewer than 1/3rd of a SB a week (7 SB in 24 weeks). You had less than a 30% chance of Cano stealing a base at any point last week. I don't give a #$%$ what Yahoo! rankings say...that is why I would own Jason Kipnis, Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, Ben Zobrist, Chase Utley...and even Daniel Murphy before I own Robinson Cano. Having the 4 CATEGORY contributor that is Robinson Cano on your roster is poor roster management. You could have traded him and gotten Kipnis + (another bat or arm) from the fools that overrate Cano.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Folks overrate Cano the same way they overrate (or used to overrate Hamilton). That is why I got Carlos Gonzalez and Alex Rios in a trade for Hamilton before the season started this year.
Remember...this is fantasy baseball...you own numbers...not name.
You lost...because you owned the greater name. Your opponent owned the numbers...and knew that he won a tie.
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Lets not go crazy here and say Cano is the reason I lost. He just happened to be playing a night game and happened to be my last chance. That's why I singled him out. This rant you're going on is stupid.
I have you saying that to own ROBINSON CANO, is poor roster management. Stop talking. The fourth ranked player shouldn't be owned. When you say he only contributes in four categories, just remember that in those four categories he does contribute in, he is better than Kipnis. So lets do a test to see who is a better fantasy baseball player: I'll play you in a matchup. Lets say our entire offense is the same except you have Kipnis and I have Cano. I win 4 out of the 5 categories. Ill take Cano all day long. And to group Zobrist who has 3 more SBs than Cano, with these other players is numb minded and lazy.
Why would I think to start Donaldson over Cano when in need of stolen bases, Donaldson has 4 so the odds aren't there. I even added two stolen base guys, (you hate that term huh?), for the weekend to ensure I win as I was up huge in the other cats, that is not bad management, that's bad luck.
I like your theory of your roster having all around talented guys, but if I have a guy that beats yours on the majority of statistical categories than that's a win for me. Sometimes having a "stolen base guy" is bad, but usually they are a lead off hitter who gets runs and a decent average, so it's not a complete mistake. No matter what you do, you will have guys who are better in certain categories. Why settle for a guy who can spread out statistics, for a guy who can deliver more and win in the counting stats.
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Chris Botta at Sports Business Daily Journal says that if CBA talks continue to stall, expect Gary Bettman to announce a deadline to save the season after Christmas.
Botta adds that in order to play a 48-game regular season (the fewest games Bettman is likely to accept for a regular-season schedule) and not have the playoffs extended deep into July, a deal would have to be done no later than mid-January.
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CENTER TO SALUTE PHYLLIS DILLER: The V.I.P. Birthday Party Luncheon and Show at the Niles SCOPE for August, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Also included is a "Salute to Phyllis Diller" show. Everyone 90+ receive a red rose for their birthday. Pre-registration is requested by calling 330-544-3676.
FEDERAL?EMPLOYEES?TO?MEET:?National Association of Retired Federal Employees will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Building 113 at the Vienna Air Reserve Station.
RETIREES?PLAN?MEETING:?Public Employee Retirees Trumbull County will hold their monthly meeting at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at DiLucia's Restaurant in Warren. Gary Matchin, legislative coordinator, will give a report, but because this is the August picnic month, there is no outside speaker.
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DEADLINE SET FOR TRIP BY SCOPE: The Niles SCOPE Senior Center is planning one-day getaways for seniors of all ages. For information about trips, contact the senior center at 330-544-3676 or stop in at 14 E. State St. to sign up and pay.
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VALLEYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM TO HOST SENIOR DAY: ValleyCare Health System of Ohio presents Senior Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Mill Creek Metro Parks, Fellows Riverside Gardens.
Debra Grim of Special Event Coordinators has been producing the annual Senior Day event for several years at Southern Park Mall and has moved the 2014 Senior Day event to Mill Creek Park, inside the Davis Education and Visitor Center.
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LESSONS OFFERED: Warren SCOPE, 220 W. Market St., Warren, will offer lessons in Mahjongg each Tuesday afternoon in August. Mahjongg players will gather in the cafe after lunch to play together. Call 330-399-8846 for further information.
NEW PROGRAM STARTING: New activities will start this month at the Johnston Senior Center, 5922 Warren Road, Cortland.
Chair yoga classes are offered 10 to 11:30 a.m. each Monday. On Tuesdays, relax and get a 10-minute chair massage. Improve strength and balance, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays with stretch band exercises.
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Monday and Wednesday, Shepherd of the Valley, Poland; Sept. 23 and 25, AAA Trumbull County, Niles; Oct. 28 and 30, Trumbull County, Niles.
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TCAP SENIOR CENTER: The Trumbull Community Action Program senior center offers activities, games and fellowship. Activities include bingo, quilting and card club. The center contains a big-screen TV and puts on a movie day once a month.
All seniors 60 and older receive a 10 percent discount in the food co-op on Thursdays.
Trumbull Community Action Program is located at 1230 Palmyra Road S.W., Warren. Guests are welcome to attend the center anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 330-393-2507, Ext. 270 or 290.
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 spouses are welcome for lunch at any of the following sites:
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- Girard Multi-Generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., Girard, 2:30 p.m. Monday to Friday
- Hubbard Senior Center, 220 W. Liberty St., Hubbard, 4 p.m. Monday to Friday
- Johnston Senior Center, 5922 Warren Road, Cortland, noon Monday to 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 to Friday
- Newton Falls Community Center, 52 E. Quarry St., Newton Falls, 11:15 a.m. Monday to Friday
- United Steelworkers Hall, 1265 N. Main St., Niles, 11:45 a.m. Monday to Friday
- Calvary Presbyterian Church, Warren, 11:30 a.m. Monday to Friday
- Robert Morrison Village, 3000 Burton St. S.E., Warren, 11:30 a.m. Monday to Friday
- West Farmington Senior Center, 151 College St., West Farmington, noon Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
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In order to be eligible for the home delivered meal service, people must meet the following criteria:
- Be a Trumbull County resident.
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- Homebound (If a person drives or gets out with others on a regular basis, they would not normally be considered to be homebound.)
- Unable to cook for themselves and not living with family or others who can cook for them.
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For more information or to apply for home delivered meals or to attend one of the nutrition sites, call the Office of Elderly Affairs at 330-675-2486.
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.
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125 N. Bank St., Cortland; 330-637-3010.
Open recreation includes darts, pool and cornhole.
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 330-719-9781.
FOWLER-VIENNA SENIOR CITIZENS: The group meets at 9:30 a.m. or later every Thursday at the Fowler Community Center to play cards and games, celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and for a 50-50 raffle and meals. Special meals are served on the fourth Thursday of the month. Age 55 and older are welcome.
LORDSTOWN SCOPE: Rear of Lordstown Elementary School, 1776 Salt Springs Road, Lordstown, 330-824-2173. Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call ahead for lunch, served at noon Monday to Friday.
KINSMAN 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.
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Daily meals are served at noon. Donations are accepted. Call for a reservation. There are also monthly craft days and birthday parties.
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Open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 7 a.m. to noon Mondays. Call 330-889-2733.
CHAMPION SCOPE, 4451 Mahoning Ave., 330-847-8179.
Call ahead to attend meals; beverages are included with meal. Tuesdays through Friday, home-cooked lunch.
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.
The Friendly Squares are having an introduction to Modern Western Square Dancing at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the center. For more information, call 330-506-3370.
8273 High St., Howland.
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220 W. Market St., Warren. Donations accepted for lunch. For more information, call 330-399-8846.
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An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving three missing in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.
The Sherpa guides had gone early in the morning to fix ropes for other climbers when the avalanche hit just them below Camp 2 at about 6:30 a.m., Nepal Tourism Ministry official Krishna Lamsal said from the base camp where he is monitoring rescue efforts.
Rescue workers pulled out 12 bodies from under mounds of snow and ice and were searching for the three missing guides, Lamsal said.
Two Sherpas who were injured were taken by helicopter to hospitals in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
Hundreds of climbers, their guides and support crews have gathered at the base camp to prepare for attempts to scale the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) mountain early next month when weather conditions become favourable. They have been setting up camps at higher altitudes and guides have been fixing routes and ropes on the slopes above.
As soon as the avalanche hit, rescuers and fellow climbers rushed to help.
Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said the area where the avalanche hit is nicknamed the "popcorn field" and is just below Camp 2 at 6,400 metres (21,000 feet).
Earlier this year, Nepal announced several steps to better manage the heavy flow of climbers and speed up rescue operations. The steps included the dispatch of officials and security personnel to the base camp at 5,300 metres (17,380 feet), where they will stay throughout the spring climbing season that ends in May.
More than 4,000 climbers have scaled the summit since 1953, when it was first conquered by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Hundreds have died attempting to reach the peak.
The worst recorded disaster on Everest had been a snowstorm on May 11, 1996, that caused the deaths of eight climbers. Six Nepalese guides were killed in an avalanche in 1970.
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Animal Collective's 'Centipede Hz' densely layered
Animal Collective, "Centipede Hz" ***
With 2007's "Strawberry Jam" and 2009's "Merriweather Post Pavilion," Animal Collective harnessed their wildness by employing wonderful Beach Boys-inspired harmonies and joyful, singsong melodies, many of which bore Panda Bear's stamp. The quartet's 10th album, "Centipede Hz," takes no such directions: It's dense, dizzying, and often distorted, a frenetic, psychedelic headphone record, with drum-circle pounding, unhinged shouting, and oscillating, frenzied electronics. The opening track, "Moonjock," hurtles breathlessly while leaping through contrasting rhythms and fragmented melodies. "Today's Supernatural" is punctuated by staticky explosions and throat-shredding yelling. Somehow, the album is not as alienating as it could have been: Though buried deeper, the flashes of melody are still there, and the sheer density of information -- layers and layers of keyboards and rhythms to discover on each listen -- makes "Centipede Hz" intriguing and appealing, if challenging.
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Two Door Cinema Club, "Beacon" ***
Two Door Cinema Club blasted onto the airwaves in 2010 with its debut "Tourist History." The group's wistful and perfectly constructed ditties about youth and love lodged them firmly in the indie set and spread optimism through the hearts of losers and geeks with a positive love song, "Something Good Can Work."
With its second album "Beacon," the Northern Ireland trio keeps that flame alive. The band continues its shoe-gazing style but with added twists. There's an electro spin on some of the tracks, showing the boys are capable of concocting more than guitar riffs, and they've gained more swagger since the release of their debut.
Precision is key with Two Door Cinema Club songs and they never miss a beat throughout "Beacon."
The record doesn't have as many standout songs as "Tourist History," but still sees the band heading in an interesting indie disco direction and shows they did not slip into the second-album doldrums.
-- Sian Watson,
Associated Press
The Darkness, "Hot Cakes" **1/2
Novelty bands require a professionalism that tricks you into hearing genius. When they have success, such bands crack a code that has eluded many a would-be humorist band before. It's hard to crack that code, even harder to do it more than once. Most novelty bands just stop -- and like that, it's as if the magic never existed. The Darkness' wondrous hair-'n'-glam sendup "Permission to Land" had a worthy successor. "One Way Ticket to Hell ... and Back" was genuinely bizarre and a couple of times brilliant (as on "Dinner Lady Arms," their own "Big Bottom"). But after too many addiction-cum-hiatus years, the labored "Hot Cakes" is no comeback (in either sense). With all riffs competent Angus Young knockoffs and jokes indistinct, even the one shimmering pop gem, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" lacks a single quotable line. Title irony notwithstanding.
-- Dan Weiss,
Philadelphia Inquirer
Etta Britt, "Out of the Shadows" ***1/2
"Out of the Shadows" is a title that aptly describes what is going on here: The debut solo album of a singer who has made a career, going back to the late '70s, of being a backup vocalist. It may be a long time coming, but Etta Britt has certainly made the most of her chance. The Nashville-based Britt shows the kind of versatility that has made her a singer's singer, while still lending the album a cohesive feel. She goes toe-to-toe with Delbert McClinton as they tear through the roadhouse rave-up "Leap of Faith," but she is equally at home uptown on the smoother and more sensual R&B of "High." Country-soul comes to the fore on a standout version of "The Chokin' Kind," but the set's rootsy thrust also gives way in a couple of places to elegant piano-and-strings ballads. Amid writing contributions by Gary Nicholson, Paul Thorn, Michael McDonald, and Harlan Howard, Britt contributes some originals -- most notably the poignant and deeply personal "Quiet House" and "She's Eighteen" -- that reveal she is more than just a powerhouse interpreter.
-- Nick Cristiano,
Philadelphia Inquirer


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Littlefield stands tall on mound
The Sumner High fastpitch crew's roller coaster ride continued last week as it went to 6-6 in South Puget Sound League 3A play by using 15 hits and five Lancer errors to clobber Lakes 12-4 April 28 and slipped past Franklin Pierce 4-1 on the road Thursday.
"Our veteran pitcher, Katie Littlefield, said before that Franklin Pierce contest that she was soooo ready to be in the pressure-cooker against the Cardinals," Sumner coach Kim Franett-Fergus said, "and I guess she must have been, because she went out and pitched the best game she has ever pitched for us against Franklin Pierce, right when we needed it most."
Littlefield did something she has never done in her career as the Sumner ace on the hill – she not only fanned five Cardinal batters, but additionally she didn't give up a single free pass to FPHS in seven innings of mound work. This achievement made a notable difference in the tilt too, as besides two Spartan errors, the Lady Cards had to earn everything they got.
Junior shortstop Krysta Beers went 2-for-3 from the dish with a double and junior left fielder Kari Hester also went 2-for-3 contributing two runs batted in.
Meanwhile, Sumner pretty much puts its season on the line this week as it traveled to White River Tuesday to clash with a determined Hornet squad, with the results of that contest coming to late to include here.
Then, the Spartan girls will engage undefeated Bonney Lake in their final affair of the regular season – a game Sumner has to win if plans on moving on to the second season. That rivalry game is at at 4 p.m. Thursday in Sumner.
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Two nurse leaders from Huntington Memorial Hospital recently addressed the annual meeting of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) National Magnet Conference, sharing with conference attendees the steps and processes involved with developing the clinical nurse recognition program at Huntington Hospital. The conference attracted more than 7,000 nurses and nursing executives from premier hospitals around the country who gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center to share evidence-based best practices in healthcare.
In their presentation Lynette Dahlman, MSN, RN‐BC, and Lulu Rosales, MSN, RN, NE‐BC, disclosed how Huntington Hospital created its reward and recognition program, which today is building new nurse leaders to better serve the community. The rollout of this program included computer-based learning modules and live educational sessions, supported by multi-pronged ongoing nursing leadership training through the computer lab, the Web and one-on-one coaching and mentoring.
"Critical in this effort was the creation of the Clinical Nurse Recognition Council, which today serves as the go-to resource for the entire program," said Rosales, director of professional practice/Magnet at Huntington Hospital. "The council evolved from our initial brainstorming efforts and now serves an indispensable role in policy feedback, reviewing applications for nurses who want to participate and creating our standardized scoring tools."
In 2011 Huntington Hospital became one of only 6 percent of hospitals in the United States to achieve Magnet designation – the "gold standard" for nursing, which recognizes outstanding patient care, overall nursing excellence and innovation in nursing practice. Last month the hospital announced the creation of a new Institute for Nursing Excellence and Innovation that will build upon that foundation by helping to make sure patients at Huntington Hospital are cared for by a nursing staff that is fully prepared to respond to the myriad of medical challenges and personal responsibilities they face.
ANCC is the world's largest and most prestigious nurse credentialing organization, and a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. The annual ANCC National Magnet Conference serves as both a celebration of accomplishment for newly designated Magnet organizations and a showcase of best-nursing practices for the Magnet community. With this year's theme "Reaching for the Stars," the conference focused on best practices based in science and innovations that may contribute to each attendee's professional practice and to positive patient outcomes.
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Anyone who's searched for something on Google knows how overwhelming the results of that search can be. Literally millions of result appear in less than a second. The results most likely to be noticed are those on the top of the page. To get there, however, takes some work.
The process of optimizing a website so that links to in Google (and other search engine) search results appear on or near the top of the page is call Search Engine Optimization. The SEO process involves 2 separate practices, Onsite SEO and Offsite SEO.
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Onsite optimization means going through a website's content and making changes that positively affect how search engines treat it. Google and other search engines regularly crawl every site on the internet and index (or file) the results. The first step in onsite SEO is listing your site's pages with search engines. By listing each page, you no longer have to wait for the next time your site is crawled for the page to be indexed.
Other changes include making sure the content on your site is informative, interesting, highly visible and has the optimum keyword density. Simply put, this process makes sure that your site is useful to the person visiting it and provides real information, not just spam designed to attract search engines but have nothing informative to offer. The keywords that are likely to be entered into Google should be used in the site's contents enough to establish with Google your site's relevance. Equally important is that your verbiage not overuse keywords. Too many keyword can result in Google thinking your site is spam.
Other onsite SEO techniques involve meta tags, alt tags, h1 titles (and h2, h3 etc) and other methods to refine the site's internal code to affirm its relevance on the web. Let's say you own an e-commerce business selling golf supplies. The category and product pages of your site should have readable, English URLs rather than long streams of numbers and letters that make no sense to a human reader. Images should have clear captions, and some meta data (hidden information about the image) that relates to the product. These are some of the types of things that can result in good onsite SEO, and consequently better visibility to search engines.
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Just as onsite SEO refers to techniques used to modify and refine your website to optimize its relevance with search engines, offsite SEO refers to efforts throughout the rest of the web for the same purpose. Among the most important of these is establishing linkbacks. A linkback is just what it sounds like, a link to your website from some other site, preferable one that has prominence and "authority" on the same subject. Back to our golf supply example, having a link to your site from a USGA page, or from the blog of a PGA player or well-known country club or golf course would be excellent examples. All of those sites have authority on the subject of golf, not just according to the people that visit the sites but to Google and other search engines as well. And by sending traffic back to your website, they send some of that prominence and authority as well. Its kind of like website nepotism.
Another excellent offsite SEO practice is the placement of written content containing your keywords, and your website as well, on other websites. The best way to do that is through a blog. Blog contents get updated on a regular basis, as new articles are posted. Each time a new addition is made to your blog it gets registered with Google and indexed. Your keywords establish relevance and any links to your site add even more authority. Of course blogs can work on site as well as off.


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Girl 1: Before I gave my BF anal I made sure to show him what it feels like.
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Similar to a handjob, except the difference is that the person is jacking you off with their ass crack.
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When a girl lubes up a guys cock and gently grinds her ass cheeks on and gets him off. That or he lays his cock between her ass cheeks and strokes away without penetration.
Stacy has such a soft sexy ass. I love it when she lets me lube it up and lay my cock between those cheeks and grind on it for a great ass job.
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You will now be able to get SQL Server patches via a Windows Update like system. WSUS allows corps to control this rather than letting users do this from their desktops.
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BALTIMORE - Brandon Weeden has an injured right thumb, but it's really the entire Browns' offense that is hurting.
After a 14-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium, there's not much that can be done about the offense other than to send out an S-O-S.
In a replay of most of the games of the last 15 seasons, the Browns played well enough on defense to win but received no help from the inept offense. Weeden was sacked five times and hurried into numerous errant passes. When he had a chance to make a big play - running back Chris Ogbonnaya was wide open on a wheel route along the left sideline - he misfired.
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden (3) scrambles between Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, top left, defensive end Arthur Jones (97) and defensive end Marcus Spears, right, during their game on Sunday.
"We can't go in there saying 'what-if I did that,' " Browns running back Trent Richardson said. "You can't say that in football. We should have done the deed. We don't want any what-ifs anymore."
The Browns are now 0-2 entering a week three road game against the Minnesota Vikings. The Ravens evened their record at 1-1 before a crowd of 71,908.
Don't be fooled into believing that these are your father's Ravens. The defense isn't nearly as intimidating as teams of the past, and the offense is battered and bruised.
Yet somehow the Ravens managed a win that was ripe for the taking for the Browns. Even when Weeden connected with tight end Jordan Cameron for a gain of 53 yards to the Ravens' 7 on the Browns' first play from scrimmage, the best they could do was a 21-yard field goal by Billy Cundiff.
The only other score for the Browns came on a 51-yard field goal by Cundiff late in the second quarter, giving them a 6-0 halftime lead.
"We just have to go and catch," said Ogbonnaya, who had six points staring him in the face on the poor throw by Weeden. "It's as simple as that. We had opportunities to make plays."
Weeden was hurt midway through the fourth period on a pass that was dropped by Greg Little, who ran a crossing route. Weeden's right hand hit off the helmet of a defender. X-rays were negative, but Weeden had a brace on the hand.
Browns coach Rob Chudzinski couldn't say for sure if Weeden will play Sunday. Weeden admitted to being in pain.
Some of the pain might not have shown up until today, when Weeden fully realized how many hits his body absorbed. For the game Weeden was 21-of-33 for 227 yards before giving way to Jason Campbell on the Browns' final possession.
"There were times when the protection was really good, but you look at a situation where the protection breaks down," Chudzinski said. "It's difficult when it's a have-to-pass situation against a good defense and a great front. They have very good pass rushers, so they're going to get some pressure."
The one chance Weeden had to make a big play failed when he led Ogbonnaya a little too much.
"I worked Greg on the in route and then I saw out of the corner of my eye Obby kind of pop open," Weeden said. "Looking back if I had given it a little more air I would have given him a chance to run through it."
After pitching a shutout in the first half, the defense allowed a 5-yard touchdown run by Bernard Pierce and a 5-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Marlon Brown. After successfully converting on only 1-of-7 third-down plays in the first half, the Ravens were successful on 7-of-9 in the second half.
"They have confidence in Joe," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "We have a veteran offensive line that can kind of keep everybody understanding that everything isn't going to happen right away."
Flacco was 22-of-33 for 211 yards and one touchdown. He was lethal on third-down conversions in the second half.
Pierce scored at the 5:13 mark of the third quarter as the Ravens took a 7-6 lead. The drive covered 80 yards on 12 plays and included third-down conversions of 6, 7 and 8 yards.
Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson recovered a Ray Rice fumble at the Ravens' 45 later in the third quarter. Weeden was sacked for a loss of 9 yards by Arthur Jones on the next play, dooming the possession.
Brown's touchdown concluded an eight-play, 42-yard drive. Flacco completed third-down passes of 16 yards to Brandon Stokley and 18 yards to Brown to keep the drive alive.
The Browns went for first down on fourth-and-4 from the Ravens' 39 on the first play of the fourth quarter, but Cameron was stopped literally less than an inch shy of the first-down marker by Courtney Upshaw on a crossing route.
"I've never seen a referee pull out a credit card or whatever it was to slide it up (to measure it)," Weeden said. "It was close."
So was the game, but, as usual, it amounted to another loss for the Browns.


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Reducing Pollution Could Boost Harvests
Reductions of human-generated air pollution could create unexpected agricultural benefits in one of the worlds poorest regions, according to new research by Maximilian Auffhammer, assistant professor of agricultural resources and economics, and his collaborators.
Auffhammer, along with V. Ram Ramanathan and Jeffrey Vincent, both researchers at UC San Diego, analyzed historical data on Indian rice harvests and found that harvests would have been 20 to 25 percent higher during some years in the 1990s if certain negative climate impacts had not occurred.
Rice harvests increased dramatically in India during the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, making the country self-sufficient in its staple food. But harvest growth has slowed since the mid 1980s, raising concerns that food shortages could recur in this densely populated and poor nation. Several explanations for the slowdown have been proposed, but until now, none took into account the complex interactions of two pollution-related sources of climate change: atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs), which form from soot and other fine particles in the air, and the better-known problem of global warming, caused by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
Previous research by an international scientific team led by Ramanathan, who is also a professor of atmospheric sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, found that brown clouds have made the Indian subcontinent drier and cooler. Although this suggests the existence of a climatic tradeoff, with reductions in aerosols potentially unleashing a stronger warming trend, the current study indicates that joint reductions in the two types of pollutants would, in fact, benefit Indian rice farmers. This is because reductions in aerosols would enhance rainfall, while reductions in greenhouse gases would reduce the higher nighttime temperatures that can negatively affect the growth of the rice plant.
Greenhouse gases and aerosols in brown clouds are known to be competing factors in global warming, says Ramanathan. Contrary to cancelling each other out, the combined effects these two types of pollutants have on rice production actually add to each other. This is clearly an unwelcome surprise.
Auffhammer notes that while this study focuses on Indias rain-fed states, ABCs exist throughout Asias main rice-producing countries, many of which have experienced decreasing growth rates in harvests, too. Furthering our understanding of how air pollution affects agricultural output is very important to ensure food security in the worlds most populous region.


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PLANS to stabilise the Gauteng health department will be a focal point when health MEC Hope Papo on Friday presents details of the department's performance during the 2011-2012 financial year — possibly the worst period in the history of the department.
Gauteng health spokesman Simon Zwane said on Thursday this week's appointment of five senior managers will be a significant step towards bringing stability to finances and top management.
Some senior staff members had left the health department, and one of Mr Papo's first tasks had been to fill vacant posts at the top level.
The department had been struggling to clean out accruals worth over R4bn, which lead to a decision by the national Treasury to step in. Without payments, several service providers withheld their services, a situation that nearly brought health services to a collapse.
When Mr Papo presents the annual report at the Gauteng provincial legislature on Friday, he will be under pressure to report on the progress made in implementing a two-year departmental turnaround plan, since he took over the reigns in July.
Some of the major challenges in the department included underfunding, with criticism that the provincial treasury was unable to find a solution year after year.
However, Andiswa Jass from the provincial treasury said last month the health department had no capacity to manage funds.
With more people using primary healthcare as a first point of contact, it was expected that this would reduce the burden on provincial hospitals, which often had to cater for patients from outside Gauteng and South Africa.
The provincial government was in the process of negotiating a different funding model for the department, primarily as a result of migrant patients, and a huge influx of people coming into Gauteng daily in search of better economic opportunities.
Mr Zwane said the MEC was "engaging with the Treasury to try and secure resources to support major hospitals".
He said the department was also reviewing contracts that were costly.


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What is Capstone?
Capstone is an upper-division course in which students demonstrate and hone all the skills that they have learned throughout their St. Edward's University careers, including library and field research, writing, oral presentation, critical thinking, and moral reasoning. The Capstone Course is grounded in the university's mission statement and seeks to prepare students to handle the challenges that they will face in the complex world of the 21st century. The Capstone project requires students to choose a current social controversy; thoroughly research all aspects of it; analyze their research and propose a solution; communicate that solution both orally and in writing; and finally perform a civic engagement activity that supports their position. Faculty give students instruction in how to complete the semester-long Capstone project, as well as giving each student individual guidance throughout the semester.
Prerequisites: CULF 2321; completion of the ethics requirement; completion of ENGW 1302 or equivalent; and at least 75 hours. Fall, Spring and Summer (12-Week session only).
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Every year each Capstone faculty member nominates one or more Capstone papers to be considered for the Paper of the Year competition, which recognizes excellent work in the Capstone Course. The nominated papers are rigorously evaluated and the winner is announced at Honors Night.
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Starting in 2003, one Capstone instructor has been honored every year for his or her outstanding teaching in this challenging course. Professor Susan Loughran is the 2013 Capstone Instructor of the Year.
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How to get over your ex!
Invite your girlfriends over and have a bonfire with stuff that reminds you of him. Throw everything he ever gave you, anything that makes you nostalgic and yearn for him, cast into the fire. That and then dance around the fire! It is after time to celebrate.
If you've been stupid enough to get a permanent tattoo of your ex on any part of your body, now may be the right to schedule that appointment at the lase clinic. You don't need any reminders of the creep on your body! Not even if you tell yourself they are scars of battle. Deepika Padukone sure must feel silly with that RK on her neck!
Physical distance is the best way to get over your ex. Distance does not always make the heart row fonder. It's out of sight out of mind strategy.
Keep away from common friends, they'll only end up talking about the break up making things worse.
Pick yourself up and splurge on a new wardrobe. If you look good you feel good!
Also make way for that sexy salsa class you've been thinking of taking. Who knows you may just land up meeting a hottie on the dance floor.
Take of on a vacation for one! Who says escapism is a bad thing and travel always brings out a new perspective. Don't forget to pack that bikini.
Indulge yourself the right way and i don't mean waiting by the phone willing it to ring. No indulge and pamper yourself with some gooey spa experiences and massages. Wellness starts with the right mind body balance.
Alternatively if you have any residual anger from the break up burn that fat and anger at the gym. Go kick some ass. And watch those pounds slip away! If you can end up looking smokin hot, all the better to remind the loser what he's missing right?
So the next time you've checked into heartbreak hotel, try giving these tips and thought.


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Sunny Briscoe is now certain of one detail about her brother's death: He suffocated.
The Camden County medical examiner has concluded that Keith Briscoe, 36, of Waterford, died from traumatic asphyxia - suffocation - after a struggle with police and civilians outside a Winslow convenience store last month, a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said Monday.
Briscoe's death has been ruled a homicide, the spokesman, Jason Laughlin, said.
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Editor's note: Santa Clara Law Professor Kenneth Manaster is the author of the recently released book The American Legal System and Civic Engagement: Why We All Should Think Like Lawyers (Palgrave Macmillan). The essay below includes some of his thoughts on why he wrote the book as well as a brief excerpt. More information here.
The First Question: Easy to Answer
Do many of us in America actually do a good job of understanding public issues? This is the question that prompted my work on this project. More precisely, it was the answer that got me going. The answer, I'm pretty sure, is no.
I think it is incontrovertible that most people find it very difficult and discouraging to try to understand the content, contending viewpoints, and broader implications of most of the big issues of our time. We are barraged with information about gun control, climate change, the economy, abortion, educational reform, the war on terror, and many other hot-button issues. Adding to the challenge posed by the complexity of these issues are the strident, partisan arguments accompanying many of them and the flood of confusing information emanating from the news and entertainment media, including the Internet.
The Second Question: Not So Easy to Answer
What can be done about this? The answer to this question is elusive. A logical place to look for an answer is in the schools. Many educators are looking closely at ways to breathe new life into civics education, not just in high schools but in colleges as well. Their hope is that more intensive and extensive education about our democracy will help induce more active and informed public participation in democratic processes and discussions. The objective, to use the emerging vocabulary, is greater civic engagement.
As I examined these educational reform efforts, and other sources promoting civic engagement, it occurred to me that there is a gap: Although attention is being given to what issues people should think about, little attention is being paid to how people should think about them. In our democracy, it is a given that we each can have, do have, and should have, opinions on at least some public concerns, and that we should express those opinions in a variety of forums, especially the voting booth. It is hard, however, to find guidance on how to go about forming those opinions.
My Question and Answer
In an effort to fill this gap, I ask: does the legal system have any guidance to offer? My answer is that it does. My book's primary objective is to bring that guidance to light. Hence, the title and subtitle: The book looks at what the American legal system has to offer to promote civic engagement. The subtitle is a shorthand way of highlighting my thesis that we all, as ordinary citizens trying to understand public issues, should think more like lawyers.
To state my perspective a bit differently, I was struck by the fact that we refer to the legal system as such, as a "system." A big part of that system, in my view, is a well-established set of tools and traditions that are designed more or less methodically to guide all of us working in the law—lawyers, judges, and jurors—toward rational and fair conclusions. I wanted to see whether it was possible to translate those methods of the law into guidance for ordinary citizens that could aid them in reaching more informed, confident, and sensible opinions in the very unsystematic court of public opinion.
As I began to explore my ideas, I was not sure at first that this was a worthwhile inquiry. Fortunately, SCU's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics offered in early 2011 to bring together faculty from elsewhere in the University to discuss my project. The Center sponsored a workshop session with professors from departments such as political science, communication, and philosophy who already were thinking about how to aid students in becoming more civically engaged. To my pleasant and genuine surprise, their reaction to my approach was encouraging. Spurred by this response, and with the help of some eager and very smart law student research assistants, I persevered. Again in 2012, the Markkula Center brought these professors together in a second workshop to dig in further to my developing manuscript. A law faculty workshop also provided a raft of helpful suggestions from colleagues. All of this input helped convince me that I was on a worthwhile track.
Thinking Like a Lawyer: Seriously?
The core of the book is a detailed exploration of the fundamental tools and traditions underlying legal decision making. In the principal concluding chapter, I attempt to translate them into guidance for the ordinary citizen. In exploring these methods of the law, I found myself dissecting the various components of "thinking like a lawyer," a catchy, popular phrase with uncertain meaning. I grouped those methods into four broad categories, each of which describes a broad goal for how legal work should be done. Within these categories, I found a total of 12 more or less specific tools and traditions.
Lawyers, judges, and jurors use these methods in various ways, and in my conclusion I urged that similarly they can be used in various ways at various times by almost anyone. Devoting a chapter to the American legal system's expectations for how jurors should perform their role, I posited that if we can expect jurors to address these tools responsibly in a court of law, we can expect ordinary citizens to do so as well day-to-day, albeit in the very different context of the court of public opinion.
The four categories and 12 tools are explained in the book in the following sequence:
- Focusing on the task
- Defining the issue
- Separating facts from standards and evaluations
- Taking an organized approach
- Respecting procedure
- Taking time
- Finding reliable information
- Gathering the facts
- Recognizing incomplete facts
- Dividing labor
- Using expertise
- Identifying bias
- Keeping an open mind
- Arguing and persuading
- Listening and negotiating
- Making hard choices in gray areas
Although it might not be universally agreed that all of these methods are components of thinking like a lawyer, I have no doubt that many of them are. In the book, I first try to explain the significance of each one within the legal system before attempting to extrapolate from them in the conclusion. Realizing that this extrapolation may seem quite abstract—even fanciful or naïve to some readers—I tried to buttress the effort by suggesting how various tools could be applied to specific, controversial public issues. I focused special attention on gun control and climate change, but also included same-sex marriage, teen pregnancy, the death penalty, legislative term limits, and others.
Although I did not firmly say so in the book, and did not suggest any ranking of the law's methods, I believe that some of the tools and traditions are more valuable than others for adaptation to broader public arenas. The flavor of such emphases may be reflected in statements such as the following, from the section on the "Keeping an open mind" category:
Just as the legal system operates at its best when the people working within it are receptive to new and differing aspects of the problems before them, so too is the ordinary individual best prepared to be a responsible contributor to public discourse when she embraces that approach. The law's tools most directly designed to assist in this way focus on arguing and persuading, listening and negotiating, and making hard choices in gray areas.
Obfuscation through uncivil disputation is of no benefit to anyone, except a speaker or media outlet that seeks to draw more attention to itself. Citizens who hear such speakers should be prepared to distinguish argument addressed to the merits from argument addressed to peripheral considerations such as publicity for its own sake or the venting of personal hostility. The former type of argument can help us learn more about what is really at stake, while the latter does not.
If citizens…could remind themselves that their positions on public issues involve choices, and that other positions usually express different but not necessarily irrational or irresponsible choices, the quality and civility of public dialogue could be substantially enhanced. Disagreement on issues could be more readily accepted as normal and productive, just as it is in the law.
If citizens develop a stronger grasp of the hard choices public issues present, the issues will not magically become less complex and the flood of information will not be reduced. Nonetheless, the individual's competency in understanding the issues may be improved. Furthermore, her level of trust and respect for those with whom she disagrees may be raised. She may be more inclined to listen to them, learn from them, and develop her own views in a more informed manner.
Will it Help?
As the book is new, I wonder—as any author would—whether it will be received positively or negatively or simply ignored. At a minimum, I hope that some professors in undergraduate courses in American government, or other subjects focusing on civic responsibilities, will pay it some attention and have their students work with it. I do not really expect the book to be used in law school courses, although I would like to think that my taxonomy of the law's key tools and traditions could be helpful to law students, as well as to lawyers generally.
One More Question
Finally, one more question deserves brief mention here, though it is not raised in the book: Is there any reason to believe that lawyers themselves, being familiar with the law's methods of arriving at conclusions, already do a better job in developing their opinions on public issues? Although the difference may not be great between how lawyers function as citizens and how nonlawyers discharge their civic duty, I suspect that at least some of the methods identified in the book are so deeply engrained in most lawyers that they cannot help but take a more careful, open-minded approach to hot-button topics in the public arena. I certainly hope so.


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By JIM PARKER
The Post and Courier
Bundled in a jacket, Tom Jameson seemed a bit perplexed considering it was March 6 in Charleston.
"The weatherman said the wind would die down at 5 p.m. It's 7 now and it's still blowing," he said, as temperatures dipped after dark.
Yet the long-time organizer of the monthly car show at Bessinger's Bar-B-Q on Savannah Highway couldn't help but be pleased. On a frigid night a few days before the time change, the show — held the first Wednesday of the month from March through November — attracted 80 vehicles. Car buffs arrived from as far as upper Berkeley County for the three-hour fest.
"We got a good turnout, considering …," he said.
The Bessinger's car show relies on a tried-and-true formula: low overhead with a $5 registration to show a car; good food (for a charge, of course) at the restaurant; and music by The Cruise-O-Matics who power through a score of car themed ditties and rock n' roll classics from the '50s and '60s.
Another staple is variety. Take Trey Jenkins, who runs a car shop in Pineville on the north side of Lake Moultrie.
He brought a tricked-out sedan with funky light-emitting diode headlamps and beefed up engine attaining a top speed of 140 mph. Most people, he said, think the car is a Honda, Acura or some other popular tuner model but it's actually a 1999 Chevy Cavalier.
Jenkins said he attended the Bessinger's show once before, in 2004. He displayed a Cavalier, then, too. But this time he brought "a four-door instead of a coupe" to show he is older, Jenkins quipped.
Showgoers display their street rods, classics, sports cars and motorcycles on a grassy field behind Bessinger's and in the eatery's side parking lot.
Pudgie and Sharon Landis had parked their 1977 Lincoln Continental along a fence that borders White Oak Avenue.
"We enjoy it (the car)," Pudgie Landis said. "She lets me drive it." The couple, who split their time between North Charleston and Indianapolis, weren't certain the exact color of the enormously long Continental, eventually agreeing on salmon. "It looks parked in the sun," he said.
He has kept the car fairly original, although added air bags among other features.
Sharon Landis, meanwhile, likes to go along for the ride. "I drove the car once and messed up the fender," she said. "I'm done with it."
The show is held 6-9 p.m. The next event is April 3. For more information, contact Jameson at 843-571-2264.
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Larry Debevec parked his 1961 Chevrolet coupe at the Bessinger's show. The eventswill be held the first Wednesday of the month through November (Jim Parker/Staff 3-6-2013).×
A car buff checks out this 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible brought by Gary Whitehead to the monthly Bessinger's car show (Jim Parker/Staff 3-6-2013).×
Heading a line of models at the weekday evening car show is a 1956 Ford owned by Robert Goodale (Jim Parker/Staff 3-6-2013).×
Trey Jenkins of Pineville refurbished his 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier as a tricked-out model. Jenkins, who runs a car shop, said this was his first visit to the Bessinger's Show in seven years (Jim Parker/Staff 3-6-2013).×
Among the trucks, vans and wagons at the Bessinger's show was this 1948 Chevrolet belonging to Tim Askins. The show had 80 cars displayed (Jim Parker/Staff 3-6-2013).×
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NORTH MUSKEGON, MI – If all goes according to plan, Muskegon – and in particular, the Winter Sports Complex – could face a British invasion.
Journalist Jonathan Thompson, photographer Mark Chilvers and videographer and production manager Chris MacDonald are currently compiling a campaign called the "United States of Adventure."
The goal is to travel to all 50 states in 30 days and to record their adventures on a blog for American Airlines. In particular, their posts are meant to encourage other Brits to travel throughout the United States.
"The idea is, most British people just go straight to Orlando or New York -- that's it," Thompson said. "So we're trying to get Brits to explore more of America, not just New York or Disneyland."
The group is also blogging for the UK version of MSN Travel's website and Thompson said the posts could also end up in Condé Nast Traveler, the Sunday Times, the Financial Times and Metro, a British publication that has three million readers.
Videos produced on the trip will also be used on American Airlines flights, MacDonald said. He described what they aimed to do in each state.
"Basically, we're going around (the U.S.) and everywhere we go, every state we go, we're trying to do something adventurous, something active," MacDonald said. "When we can't manage to do that, we try to do something cultural or interesting."
Past adventures have included a helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, skiing in Alaska and sampling doughnuts in Portland.
In Michigan, the trio stopped at the Muskeogn Winter Sports Complex after driving from Chicago through Tuesday's snowfall, where they filmed the previous day.
Dave Lorenz, a Pure Michigan public and industry relations manager, helped the group organize their Michigan trip. He explained why he led them to Muskegon after considering a variety of other options.
"This is actually the perfect thing for them to do, because there aren't that many publicly accessible luge tracks in the country, or let alone the world," he said. "This is something for Muskegon to be proud of -- and really, for the whole state to be proud of. So it's good that we can feature it."
The group spent about an hour reporting, photographing and filming their experience. Muskegon Winter Sports Complex Executive Director Jim Rudicil outfitted the crew in luge gear and gave them a quick tutorial before they went down the track.
The film crew members said they had never gone luging before but they seemed to enjoy the experience. Chilvers, Thompson and MacDonald took turns on the luge and cheered as they went down the track.
"That was absolutely outstanding," Thompson said about the experience.
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Employees at the GHL Transport Company in Anjou are mourning one of their own following the news of the highway accident yesterday involving the tanker truck that exploded, killing its driver who worked for the company.
Rick Leckner, spokesman for Transforce which owns GHL, says the company's thoughts are with the family of the driver.
"He has been with the company since 2011, three years, in his 40s and as far as I am aware, has a pretty clean record," Leckner told CJAD 800 News.
"We are thinking of the employee involved, we are thinking of all the employees involved, we are thinking of the other people that were involved in this accident yesterday, I understand there were a few other minor injuries so our thoughts go out to them as well."
Leckner said it's a difficult day for the company and its employees including 56 other drivers.
"We've offered as of early this morning psychological assistance for those who want it and clearly for those who doesn't want to be driving a truck today we encourage them not to," Leckner said.
Leckner said this appears to be the first such major accident for the company established in the early 90s and bought by Transforce in 2008.
Police are investigating the accident. The driver had left yesterday afternoon on his first delivery of the day, transporting 45,000 litres of fuel to La Plaine in the North Shore when the accident happened on the 640 east near Repentigny.
The company delivers fuel across Quebec as well as to Ontario and the Maritimes.
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