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Golf - Connecting for a Higher Cause
Charity tournaments have long been a huge part of the golf culture in America and internationally. In the U.S., the World Golf Foundation's 2012 "Golf's Charitable Impact" report estimated that 12,000 golf facilities host 140,000 charity golf events annually. Golf continues to be the great connector by not only bringing people together to raise money and support a great cause but enabling the charity to educate and highlight its message. Events range in scope from national, regional and local.
The Els Family in November 2009
April is National Autism Awareness Month and the biggest champion of autism in golf is Ernie Els. In response to their son Ben's autism diagnosis, Ernie and his wife Liesel created what's become a charity-driven, amateur golf tournament that generates funds to support the building of the Center of Excellence for Autism in the Palm Beach (Fla.) area. The facility will launch a global digital-learning platform that will make available the best practices in education and therapy on the autism spectrum to thousands of children worldwide.
The Golf Challenge consists of a series of super-regional events at top-rated courses across the United States and Canada from April through September. Two-person teams compete for a place at the Grand Finale - a two-day extravaganza of golf and entertainment hosted by Els and his friends from the PGA Tour at Summerlin in Las Vegas on October 13th & 14th, 2013. For more information, visit http://www.elsforautism.com/site/PageServer?pagename=golf_challenge.
"Liezl and I are private people, but we are also very much in the public eye and we recognize that this gives us a platform to help raise funds and awareness for the causes of Autism and its possible treatments. It is something that we both feel very passionate about." Ernie Els
Ernie Els at Summerlin with Teams
You may have seen Els' PSA on autism, which highlights the odds of having a child with the disorder. At age 14, Els won the Junior World Championship and the odds of that were 1 in 16 million; the chances of Els making it to the American and European p;ro tours are 1 in 7 million; the odds of winning the British Open once and U.S. Open twice are 1 in 780 million. The odds of having a child with autism are a mere 1 in 88. For more information, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDc4auio2oQ.
"Years from now people may remember me as a golfer and a major champion. But I'd like also to be remembered as somebody who took the issue of autism and did something with it. The rest of my life, I'll be fighting this thing . . . I hope you'll join with me." Els
On a regional level, one of the most successful organizations is the Jimmy Fund Golf, an outstanding example of the good achieved when hundreds of volunteer tournament organizers and thousands of golfers unite by connecting their love of golf to a higher cause: conquering cancer.
The Jimmy Fund solely supports Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, raising funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients worldwide. Jimmy Fund Golf has raised more than $91 million over the past 30 years to support adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
In 2012, Jimmy Fund Golf raised nearly $6.5 million through more than 150 golf events between April and October. All of Jimmy Fund Golf's tournaments are organized by volunteers and committees. Jimmy Fund Golf tournaments are held in 10 states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Colorado and Texas). For more information, visit www.jimmyfundgolf.org.
On a local level, it's touching to see families struck by tragedy creating foundations and events to support others experiencing similar pain in their community. One such family is the Tracys, who started the Miller/Tracy Children's Foundation in 2001. It was formed in memory of Elizabeth "Lizzy" Marie Tracy, her aunt Kimberly Balboni-Miller, and Elizabeth's uncle, Carl "Chip" Miller. In July of 2000, Lizzy, Kim and Chip were returning from Roger Williams Zoo in Providence, R.I., when they were killed in a motor vehicle accident.
The annual golf tournament is its primary fundraiser and has enabled them to assist families with medical bills and provide financial assistance when faced with illness or death. As a result of the Miller/Tracy Foundation and its annual golf tournament, 1,200 children received back-to-school clothes and supplies; 60 graduating seniors received scholarships; and more than 225 families have been given Thanksgiving dinners. The 12th Annual Miller/Tracy Children's Golf Classic is June 7 at the Sandy Burr Country Club in Wayland, Mass. For further details, visit http://millertracychildrensfoundation.com.
Elisa Gaudet brings a wealth of entertainment and golf experience to Cybergolf. Elisa has spent the past several years in the golf industry in the U.S., Latin America and Spain. She worked for the PGA Tour and the Tour de las Americas before founding Executive Golf International, a golf marketing company that works with clients to develop strategies using golf as the medium. Often referred to as the Maria Bartiromo (a business analyst for CNBC) of golf, Elisa says: "Golf, as a marketing tool, has been around for years. It's amazing how many new ways companies can align their brand with the golf market to reach their target audience. Our goal is to create alliances and establish cross-border relations." Elisa also worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years, including five in Los Angeles as a model and actress. She can be seen at many celebrity golf events and often gets the inside scoop from PGA Tour players. In 2011, Elisa published her first book, "Two Good Rounds" (Skyhorse Publishing). Her story for Cybergolf, "Golf a Romantic Affair at Cabin Bluff," won the top prize in ING's 2012 Travel Writing category, and that same year she won the ING's Outstanding Achievement award for the Op/Ed Writing Category for her Cybergolf article, "I Want to Fall in Love with Tiger Again." For more information about Elisa, visit her websites at www.onthelip.com or Executive Golf International www.execgolfintl.com.
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How low carb? I'm at the 50-100g level which is lower than a typical American diet but not super low carb and my hair is growing very nicely. I have an autoimmune thyroid condition that caused me to lose most of my hair. It's coming back like crazy. It had also straightened out since I developed my condition and now it's coming back curly like it had been before. It's a little funny looking since I have this really dense new growth that's super curly but it's such a treat to get my hair back, I'm ok with it looking a little strange for awhile. I even had one new gray hair revert to brown!
Now granted none of this is stuff i attribute to lowering the carbohydrate content of my diet. As I said, it's not drastically low carb. I attribute this to getting foods out of my diet that I have a subclinical allergic reaction to. In my personal observation, gluten grains are a biggie, followed by corn, and then other grains and legumes. I think the quality of the fats in my diet makes a difference, too. I'm pretty fastidious about eating natural fats as opposed to industrial seed oils.
I should also say that I'm not as athletic as I have normally been in my life so my lowish carb level is not a strain. I do believe it's very important to tailor your carb consumption to your exercise level. The last year I've been nursing my father through terminal cancer and now I'm dealing with the estate. My stress level has been very high. When Dad was sick, I was getting very little exercise. Now I'm stepping it up a bit but it's still mild and the weather is cold so my seasonal outdoor hobbies are naturally curtailed. When we talk about my 50-100g carb consumption, I believe it needs to be in the context of my fairly low activity level. A little walking and biking every day. A little lifting of heavy things. That's about it. I need to get my sprints back in. It's been awhile. I might find my body being less happy at my current carb level if my activity level were higher at the moment.

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2) Location - may be in an older neighbourhood with less amenities and less desirable environment
3) May have a design that does not fit into current lifestyles such as only one bathroom in a four bedroom home, or non-insulated windows.
First, few homes are actually constructed to the current code - they are constructed to meet the variation of the code adopeted by the local jurisdiction at the time of construction. Some jurisdictions are 5-7 years behind in updatig their codes. Others have poor (or overworked) code inspectors who miss items. Even a home built 3 years ago wouldn't necessarily pass todays code. I am not a realtor, but I have been told that things like updated wiring and plumbing do not equate to increased sale value (whereas updated kitchens and baths may increase the sale value).
Next, while some materials and methods used in current construction are advertised as "better" or "stronger" they have not been in use long enough to identify their weaknesses and failngs. PB (grey plastic) pipe was thought to be a great advancement in the 70s and early 80s, until it became the subject of a lot of failures and a huge class action suit. Asbestos was thought to be great stuff when it came out, too...... Myself, when I construct something, I prefer a solid piece of wood to the finger jointed lumber that many builders use, for example.
Still, there are a good number of features and materials that are improvements (like improved roof venting standards, manufactured trusses, and fire safety codes for example) but those rarely sell a home. So, structurally and mechanically, there is little to support a price difference between homes of different ages in the same location. This would seem to indicate that it is more reliant on cosmetic concerns, features, and design.
We tend to like "new" things as opposed to "used" things. Bigger, better, shinier. We may never use that 3rd bath, but it's great to have!! I also think there is something to the idea of functional obsolescence, especially wqith regard to layout, that was mentioned previously.
Hope this helps!
I can be amused if I so choose and I do not need to be reprimanded by Diane Glander for what she thinks is a right or wrong way to respond to an answer.
People are looking for real answers to questions.. not talking head blather as noted.
If you have some constructive criticism about someone's answer, it would be a better idea to respond directly to it and the original post than to make a blanket statement like "Being a Realtor and fighting the image is a hard thing sometimes.... answers like some I have seen are the reason"
The Trulia community is not so much about disagreeing with someone's opinion, but being able to do so with tact.
To answer the question posted, as a house ages, it depreciates like most everything else. You do not mention whether or not improvements were continually made so a house built in 1960 should not be appraised comparably to one built in 2000.
If the home has be maintained well and updated.. It should be able to compete with others around it.
There are homes that are 50 years old that have been updated mechanically ... wiring and utilities and such that were probabaly built 1000x better then a lot of todays particle board homes that cost 800 -900,000
Oh, yes.. and of course the location : )
Being a Realtor and fighting the image is a hard thing sometimes.... answers like some I have seen are the reason.
It could also vary from neighborhood to neighborhood and city to city. For example here in the Orlando, Florida area, a 1960 home in an affluent Orlando suburb, Winter Park, would command a higher price than a comparable 2007 home in a less desireable area.
I'd highly recommend getting the advice of a competent Realtor or hiring a professional appraiser for a value if necessary.


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Is There a Nonviolent Response to ISIS?
Alarm and outrage has been growing over the mounting humanitarian crisis in Iraq at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) also known as ISIL (Islamic State of Syria and the Levant) or ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
Christians in the region are being forced to convert, pay tribute or die as the al Qaeda breakaway group sweeps into predominantly Christian villages and Hamlets in Iraq, sending tens of thousands fleeing for their lives. Other non-Muslim groups, in particular the Yazidi, who practice a faith that predates Islam, are reportedly considered as infidels by the fanatic Islamic State and targeted for extermination in what many are calling a genocide. The U.N. is still gathering numbers but it believes that hundreds of Yazidis have been killed while others, primarily women, have been abducted and taken into slavery. Around 40,000 Yazidis have fled into the mountains of Northwest Iraq where they face the prospect of starvation on mountain or massacre by the Islamic State militants below.
The news is devastating and overwhelming. The suffering and acts of brutal violence staggers the imagination. What would a nonviolent response look like?


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As Boy Scout troop 830 gets ready for the 100th National Jamboree they first toured the East Coast visiting important historical places such as visiting the Mayflower II, Plymouth Rock, the Boston Freedom Trail and Plymouth Plantation on the first day of the East Coast tour.
The second day they departed for New York and Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. On the third day, they toured Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center and ended the day on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
Next, the troop visited Ft. McHenry and held a flag raising.
The troop rolled out a huge flag with 15 stars and with 15 stripes on it. Each star is 2-feet large.
In addition, the troop enjoyed lunch at the U.S. Naval Academy. They also visited the National Museum of Health and Medicine, after which they departed for Washington D.C.
Other activities included a tour of the eastern corridors of the White House and visits to the Pentagon, National Archives, Washington Memorial, Supreme Court and the WW II Memorial.
The Boy Scouts continued to explore more exciting places in Washington D.C. before they headed to the National Jamboree, a 10-day event, which will be held through Aug. 4 in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.


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Guild discloses details of contract pact
In a typically united front, the Directors Guild of America's national board has unanimously endorsed the tentative three-year deal with the congloms, triggering a ratification vote by its 14,300 members.
The DGA disclosed Thursday that the pact mirrors gains in the recent deal for the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists — a 2% annual wage hike and a boost to 15.5% from 14% in pension and health contributions, along with the concession of elimination of the first-class travel requirement.
But two days after the DGA concluded the deal, there's still no word from the Writers Guild of America. Even though the WGA shares about 1,000 members with the DGA, it has neither congratulated the directors nor commented on whether it's working on setting a date for negotiations.
The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers had no comment Thursday on the prospect of WGA negotiations, 4 1/2 months prior to expiration of the writers deal. But the AMPTP will undoubtedly assert that the successor WGA deal will have to adhere to the same parameters as the DGA and SAG/AFTRA pacts.
The specific gains in the DGA deal include a new, higher compensation tier for directors working on high-budget basic cable dramatic programming; a first-timecontribution to the health plan on vacation pay and "completion of assignment" pay; and an increase in the cap on health plan contributions for unit production managers on features from $250,000 to $350,000. In addition, associate directors on multicamera primetime dramatic series will receive a share of residuals for the first time.
"I'm truly pleased with this new contract," said Gil Cates, chair of the DGA's negotiations committee. "We went in there knowing full well that increasing employer contributions to our health plan would be our top priority. By the time we finished, we not only achieved a significant increase in contributions on our regular compensation, we also achieved contributions on completion of assignment pay and vacation pay for the first time ever."
The DGA reached the deal Tuesday with the majors after three weeks of talks, 7 1/2 months prior to expiration of its current pact.
As for the Writers Guild, its current pact, hammered out after a bruising 100-day strike that began in November 2007, expires on May 1. The guild has tapped John Bowman and Billy Ray as heads of the negotiating committee and issued a list of potential demands several months ago, including improving new-media language and improving pay, particularly for cable writers.
Prior to the Nov. 16 launch of the DGA talks, DGA leaders singled out the need to boost employer contributions to the DGA pension and health plans while noting that the new-media residuals carved out in the last round of talks had yet to yield significant revenue for its members. There was no mention of changes to new-media terms in Thursday's announcement.
For the DGA, employers contribute to the guild plans an additional 14% of the total compensation paid to directors — 8.5% to health, 5.5% to pension. The new deal raises the health contribution to 10%.
The WGA receives 14.5% (8.5% health, 6% pension), while SAG receives 15% (9.25% health, 5.75% pension) as does AFTRA (9.75% health, 5.25% pension). SAG and AFTRA's tentative deal for features and primetime boosts the employer contribution to 16.5%.
All the guild plans are operated separately from the unions and are overseen by a board comprised of reps from the studios and the unions.
The revamp in the first-class travel provision — viewed as a top priority by the companies — specifies that business class will be provided on flights of more than 1,000 miles unless it's not available, in which case actors and directors will fly first class. On flights of under 1,000 miles, they will fly the highest available coach class.
A joint board of SAG and AFTRA reps voted Saturday to endorse the deal. That ratification vote's expected to be completed in mid-January.


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June 2007 Issue
All That Glitters
This summer, find your grove in the Gem City.
Jenny Pavlasek
A wise travel writer once said "every journey has its score." What he meant, we think, is every place - every public market, summer festival or street fair you visit - has a local sound that makes that place seem musical, if not magical, both in the present and in the memories it creates.
This is unquestionably true in Dayton. To a traveler's eye, Dayton is Ohio's Jan Brady. It's not an attention grabber, like the big cities, nor is it as cute as our small towns. But listen to the farmers' stories at 2nd Street Public Market, take in the tales of Wilbur and Orville on a bike ride through the Miami Valley or close your eyes as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds whoosh overhead at the Dayton Air Show, and you have quite a composition. The Gem City's soft harmony is its irresistible draw. In fact, Dayton is one of the most interesting places to be this summer.
Sunny-season calendars fill up fast, so let us help you with your planning. Here, we've compiled a list of activities in Dayton that are sure to deliver a fresh note. For more events, travel tips and other information about the Dayton area, contact the Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau, 800/221-8235,
Make Time for Marilyn
June marks the curtain call for "Marilyn Monroe: Life As Legend" at the Dayton Art Institute. The nearly 250-piece exhibit illuminates the larger-than-life star and pays tribute to an era when Hollywood's mystery and glamour had all eyes on the big screen. Expect to see her most famous moments, including Tom Kelley's Red Velvet pose that ran in the first-ever issue of Playboy magazine and Sam Shaw's unforgettable photo of the subway-grate scene from the film "The Seven Year Itch," as well as sculpture, paintings and photos that capture the person behind the persona. The exhibit runs through June 24. 456 Belmonte Park North, 937/223-5277.
. Adults $14, seniors (60+) $12, students $12, youth $7, ages 6 and under free.
Get to Know the Grapes
Buying locally grown produce is something people are easily on board with. So why would you feel differently about locally produced wines? The National City Ohio Wine Fest, June 1-2, is the perfect chance for you to meet the people behind Ohio's thriving wine industry (we rank 10th in domestic production, and have more than 70 licensed wineries), and sample some fabulous bottles in the process. Held at downtown's 2nd Street Public Market, the two-day event hosts 14 wineries from around the state, plus the market's regular assemblage of local farmers, bakers, jewelry makers and more selling their goods. You won't go home hungry, and the kids won't be bored, either, thanks to face painting, clowns and other kids' activities on Saturday. 600 E. 2nd St., 937/228-2088,
. Friday 5-10 p.m., tickets are $15 and include tastings. Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m., admission is free, tasting tickets are available for an additional fee.
Ride with the Rangers
Watching the History Channel is fine, but we think getting some fresh air and exercise while you learn about the past sounds considerably better. If you agree, check out the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park's Bike-With-A-Ranger Programs, June 9-September 16. Rides are held on scheduled Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer and cover three routes, each designed to give participants an up-close view of prominent figures and events in the city's past. The "Flyers, Poets and Veterans" tour is a 10-mile ride through the neighborhood of the Wright brothers and Paul Laurence Dunbar, with stops at The Wright Cycle Company, Dunbar's home and what is believed to be the nation's first veterans' home, among others. Slightly more challenging, the 15-to-20-mile "Pinnacles of Dayton Heritage" tour pedals along the Great Miami River, exploring more sites where Orville and Wilbur made history, plus Hawthorn Hill (Orville's home), Woodland Cemetery and areas related to Dayton's role in breaking the Enigma Code of WWII. In addition to leading the tours, rangers deliver a mini history lesson at each stop, meaning the trip is moderately paced and open to bikers of all levels. If you're looking for a challenge, the programs wrap up on September 16 with Wil & Orv's Bicycle of 1892, an intense ride that recreates a 31-mile bicycle trip the brothers took and Wilbur chronicled in a letter to his sister on September 15, 1892. (And if you'd rather keep both feet on the ground, the park offers walking tours, too). Bike tours meet at the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, 16 S. Williams St., 937/225-7705.
. Registration is required for some trips, helmets are required and all rides are free.
Forage for Food History
America's food obsession is almost as bad as its fascination with celebrities, and the resultant glut of gourmet information can be overwhelming. Luckily, the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery helps us make sense of it all with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit "Key Ingredients: America by Food," June 17-July 31. The exhibit takes a broad look at how 500 years of regional traditions and international influences have dictated what's on our dinner table, and provides a timeline of edible milestones along the way. It's tough to imagine where we'd be without the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, where peanut butter and hamburgers were introduced and ice cream was first made portable thanks to the creation of the cone. To bring this history closer to home, the museum is hosting a companion exhibit, "Ohio Foodways: A Celebration of Ohio Food Traditions." Developed in conjunction with graduate students at Wright State University, the exhibit focuses on food's heritage in seven southwest Ohio counties, using oral histories, family recipes and food festivals to tell its story. While you're there, you'll want to check out the museum's other big summer attraction. "Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats" covers everything from conservation issues to the misconceptions that surround these nocturnal creatures. 2600 DeWeese Pkwy., 937/275-7431.
. Adults $8.50, seniors $7, ages 2-12 $7, under age 2 free.
Connect with Culture
One of the biggest celebrations of culture through music, food, dance, craftsmanship and other traditions, Dayton's Cityfolk Festival, June 29-July 1, just keeps outdoing itself. The annual festival (this is its 11th year) offers a global experience in just three short days: dance to the sounds of Latin, bluegrass, African and Cuban music, learn Appalachian quilting or watch master craftsmen make musical instruments, stop in for a seminar about brewing craft beer, then hit the dance floor for a belly-dancing lesson (trust us, you won't be alone — the multicultural dance classes get some of the best audience participation). Every year brings a new set of artists and entertainers, and this year Grammy-award-winning childrens' musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer are part of the mix.
Also of note, the festival ties into the "Key Ingredients" exhibit at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, with displays highlighting regional food traditions, recipes and cooking demonstrations. As always, the event wraps up with city of Dayton's spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display. RiverScape Metropark, East Monument Avenue between Jefferson Street and Patterson Boulevard, 937/223-3655.
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Get Some Air
We have to wonder what the Wright Brothers would think if they had two tickets to this year's Vectren Dayton Air Show, July 28-29. Between the unimaginable speeds, stunt flying and aerobatics, plus the exclusive U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team (which treats jumping out of a plane as logical entertainment), it's hard for even the modern mind to fathom how far aviation has come. This year's show presents another nail-biting, jaw-dropping array of flying machines, including the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (with two female pilots at the controls for the first time in the show's 34 years) and the Brazilian Air Force Smoke Squadron. Visitors are also treated to a show from Skip Stewart, whose biplane Prometheus (named after a rebel Titan in Greek mythology) will zig, zag and flip through the air in a display of daredevil showmanship that will have you peeking between your fingers. In addition to the aerial entertainment, more than 100 historical, wartime and modern vessels make up the ground displays. Dayton International Airport, 3800 Wright Dr., Vandalia, 937/898-5901.
. Adults $19, ages 6-11 $16, seniors $16, ages 5 and under free.
Show Your Spirit
Labor Day is one of those all-American holidays, best spent doing all-American things like barbecuing, parade watching and taking in nine innings of our national pastime. Head downtown for the long weekend and watch the Dayton Dragons wrap up their regular season with a three-game series against the South Bend Silverhawks. Be sure to get your tickets ahead of time, since the Minor League hitters have sold out all 7,230 seats at Fifth Third Field since their first game here back in April of 2000. Dayton Dragons Baseball, Fifth Third Field, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton. For a schedule, call 937/228-2287 or visit
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1962 Post Mickey Mantle Uncut Box Tray
Starting Bid - $300.00, Sold For - $3,231.25
In 1962, just as today, in addition to standard large cereal boxes, Post also issued variety selections of little single-serving boxes in packs of ten called "Post-Tens." When sold back in the 1960s, the little cereal boxes sat in a cardboard tray. Kids loved the variety of cereals packaged all together, and for those who are old enough to remember, the boxes were designed to be cut open and used as bowls. The little cereal boxes were fun for kids, and they still are. This 1962 Post-Tens tray which once provided a platform for ten little boxes of cereal has somehow survived intact, which itself is a miracle, and features the following three 1962 Post Cereal baseball cards on the bottom: #5 Mickey Mantle, #75 Rocky Bridges, and #131 Willie McCovey. The Post Cereal baseball card issues (1961-1963) were primarily available on the backs of the company's standard cereal boxes (ten cards per box), but as seen here, three cards were also available on the bottom of "Post-Tens" trays. Complete "Post-Tens" trays are incredibly rare. In fact, they are virtually nonexistent, which is understandable as they were almost always thrown out, or cut up as intended. The dimensions of the trays in themselves make them unlikely survivors, as they are naturally easily damaged. We're not sure how or why anyone would even think to save a complete tray in 1962. This is the first complete tray featuring any three ballplayers we have ever seen. The fact that this tray features Mickey Mantle is all the more remarkable. The tray (14 x 3.25 x 1.25 inches) is in extraordinary condition, carefully preserved and looking exactly as it did when it sat on the grocery store shelf in 1962. All of the side panels are perfect and the unit as a whole is in spectacular Near Mint (or better) condition. This is an extraordinary and very possibly unique Mickey Mantle package design card issue complete in its original uncut form as issued. From the Barry Halper Collection. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $3,231.25
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The prototype for a solar-powered refrigerator that could ease the burdens of farmers from Pasadena to Punjab has earned a $25,000 grant for a Caltech aeronautics student and his colleagues.
Three years ago, Prakhar Mehrotra was on a foreign exchange program in Paris when he and three friends, all from India, came across an article in the Economic Times on a burgeoning problem in their homeland: About 30% of food grown in India spoils every year because farmers have no way of preserving their crops.
Some Indian farmers must drive to cold storage centers as far as 100 miles away. When they reach their destination, they sometimes find that there is no room to store their harvest. They are forced to sell it immediately for whatever price they can get.
Mehrotra and Devendra Gupta, Prateek Singhal and Vivek Pandey — graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur — decided to create a mobile storage device that farmers could afford.
The unit they are developing, powered by photovoltaic panels and offering a five-ton storage capacity, recently won a $25,000 Dow Resnick Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award. The contest was open to teams led by at least one Caltech graduate student and was co-sponsored by Caltech and Dow Chemical Co.
While Mehrotra, 27, continues with his Ph.D studies at Caltech, he said Gupta, Singhal and Pandey quit their jobs at investment banks in India to work on the prototype.
"Somebody has to work on this full time," Mehrotra said. "If we make it a reality, it can't be part time. I am finishing my thesis."
The team created a company, Ecozen Solutions, and expects to have a working version of the container in four to five months. Pandey is the lead engineer on the project, Singhal oversees the solar panel installation, and Gupta manages the operation.
Mehrotra, meanwhile, has been busy meeting with investors, raising additional funds and exploring the container's commercial possibilities. He met with Pasadena Farmers' Market vendors this year to get a local perspective on what farmers need in a refrigeration device.
Vendors, especially those who haul perishables like meat and dairy products from miles away, expressed interest in the product, he said. "If a farmer is 15 miles away from the farmers market, he can use this as a U-Haul."
While mobile refrigeration is not a new concept, Mehrotra and his team hope to make it more accessible.
"I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel," he said. "I'm trying to make [refrigeration] more cost effective."
Mehrotra expects that the units will cost between $1,500 and $1,750. But he said the team is still raising money to complete the prototype.
Meanwhile, he's envisioning a variety of applications for the product, including delivering medicine to remote clinics.
"How can I change the life of somebody? That's the whole idea," he said.
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Arrested development: head and neck cancer
Elizabeth Cooney, July 28th, 2011
Two teams – including one from the Broad Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine – report surprising discoveries about head and neck cancer biology in back-to-back papers published in Science.
In the following video, Broad senior associate member Levi A. Garraway explains how genetic alterations appear to disrupt the normal development of cells in the mouth and throat, trapping them in an immature stage. Check out video from his Pittsburgh colleague Jennifer R. Grandis here. To learn more, you can read the Broad press release here.


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Need A suggestion for computer course
Hi guyz,
Soon I am goign to join a computer course for PHP & mySQL [may be] including ajax. I have found a so called good isntitute. Here i have listed couple of course, i'd appreciate feedback from you guyz guiding me the most suitable one for me.
My main motive for starting the course:
Understanding web technologies , most likely the forum technologies on which the vbulletin. phpbb, myBB works. I might start developing plugins once i have the complete and deep knowledge of the courses.
Let me know which one do u think i should go with :)
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3. Php, mySQL, Joomla
Please check the details seriously, because the course is quite expensive. Let me know if you want me to add up something or subtract something. Please check the details of the course very carefully. At the same time they are going to do a certification after the course. So would that certificate will help for anything in career?
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PHU THO, Viet Nam, 12 January 2012 - Chinese experiences and practices in lacquer cultivation, tapping, processing and production were shared at a seminar that ended in Tam Nong district, Phu Tho province today.
Co-organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the northern province of Phu Tho, the seminar introduced new techniques on the utilization and processing of lacquer berries to make wax products.
Lacquer production has a long history in Phu Tho, and mainly in the districts of Tam Nong, Thanh Thuy, Thanh Ba, Lam Thao and Phu Ninh. However, in the latter part of the nineteen eighties and mid nineties, lacquer ware producers from Viet Nam lost access to the Eastern Europe market. Lacquer has since then mainly been exported as raw material to China.
Professor Wang Chengzhang, the Head of the Department of Plant Extract Research, Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, and the Chinese Academy of Forestry, offered participants practical recommendations, including on the selection of high-productivity seedlings, cultivation and harvest of lacquer sap, as well as on the use of certain tools, and on processing of raw lacquer sap.
He also suggested producing by-products using berries from the lacquer tree such as wax, candles, and cosmetics to generate additional income for lacquer tree farmers. In addition, relevant advice was provided to reduce the drying time of lacquer ware products made from natural lacquer, which is often cited as one of the main constraints to the use of natural lacquer.
Participants at the seminar included representatives from Phu Tho Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Science and Technology, Tam Nong People's Committee, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as national experts, scientists, and artists. The seminar was the second of its kind. The first one was held in March 2011 where the Japanese experiences were shared. The seminar falls under the framework of a joint UN programme "Green Production and Trade" which aims to increase income and employment of the rural poor in the Northern provinces of Viet Nam. It was sponsored by the Government of Spain's MDG Achievement Fund (MDG-F). The seminar was part of UNIDO efforts to improve lacquer production in Viet Nam and promote South-South cooperation between Vietnam and China.
The joint UN programme is implemented by UNIDO in partnership with the International Labour (ILO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - Romance will be in the air Friday with "chamber" music from the 17th and 18th centuries at a concert with female duo Toss the Feathers sponsored by Shepherdstown Music and Dance.
Toss the Feathers' Tina Chancey and Valerie Loomer combine lively playing on a variety of old instruments like Renaissance fiddle, Renaissance guitar, viola de gamba, and cittern to name a few. Tunes planned include ballads, dance tunes, sonatas and suites.
"I like things with strings and bows," said Chancey, a Cleveland native who lives near Washington, D.C. Of some of her unusual instruments, she said, "The viola de gamba is a cousin of the violin invented in the 1400s. It looks like a guitar with a bow, with six strings and frets. Gamba means leg in Italian. It's not seen often."
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Toss the Feathers is shown. Romance will be in the air Friday with "chamber" music from the 17th and 18th centuries at a concert with the female duo.
She discovered the instrument in college.
"I couldn't find an instrument that liked me," she said. "I wrote music and did things in orchestras, but I found the viola de gamba, and we were soulmates. There was a lot of music written for it in then 1500s to 1700s. It's a sweet, warm instrument that is versatile like the violin."
Chancey became interested in early traditional music from 400 years ago and beyond when she heard a neighbor playing a Renaissance dance music record at Christmas. She was 12.
"My neighbor had no idea what she started," Chancey said. "I was hooked and wanted to play Renaissance music."
Toss the Feathers and other groups of which she's a member can add a modern twist on an old arrangement of a historic tune, or play it traditionally, she said.
"At our concert, we'll play early sounds from the 1600s and 1700s. Classical music has folk, or early traditional music roots," Chancey said. "Composers took the traditional tunes and wrote classical pieces. Most people don't know that, but they were fusing early tunes and classical style. Musicians played classical and early music. It's called 'parlor music' or 'Scottish drawing room' music."
The Renaissance fiddle Chancey plays is a copy of a 1588 fiddle played with a short bow. She said it looks similar to a fiddle but has gut strings. There's no chin rest.
Some of Chancey and Loomer's research took them to a 1620s Scottish lute manuscript. Loomer plays a theorbo, which is like a big lute-a pear-shaped guitar with a long neck from the Baroque period.
Toss the Feathers will perform Friday at 8:30 p.m. at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Shepherdstown. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $12 for SMAD members, and $8 for children or full-time students. Shepherd University students will be admitted free with a Rambler ID. For more information, call 304-263-2531 or visit www.smad.us.


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Whoa. Keanu Reeves is about to become bigger than ever.
Huge-screen movie company Imax has announced that the upcoming "Matrix" films, "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions" -- both starring Reeves -- will be released on Imax's humongous screen format to accompany the standard theatrical releases debuting this year, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The Imax version of "The Matrix Reloaded" will open two to three weeks after the film's May 15 release in standard 35mm, Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman tells the trade paper. (Warners, like PEOPLE, is part of AOL Time Warner.)
But the Imax version of the later "The Matrix Revolutions" will open the very same day as the standard version of film's Nov. 5 theatrical release, marking the first time a Hollywood event film is simultaneously released in both formats.
"The Matrix" films are the third and fourth "regular" movies to get blown up to Imax size. The others were "Apollo 13" and "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" last year.
Disney's "Fantasia 2000" premiered in Imax and was then shown in regular formats, while the current Imax attraction, in 3-D, is "Titanic" director James Cameron's "Ghosts of the Abyss."
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text: Set in the not-so-distant future, the United States has implemented an annual 12-hour period in which all crime – murder, theft, rape, etc. – becomes legal. Thanks to "the Purge" as it is called, yearly crime and even unemployment rates have hit all-time lows. In picking up where the Ethan Hawke original ended, The Purge: Anarchy follows a young couple as their car stalls out on this fatal night leaving them with no choice but to navigate the streets on foot in search of safety. Starring Zach Gilford from Friday Night Lights and The Glades' Kiele Sanchez, The Purge: Anarchy will hit theaters on June 20, 2014.


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Cabler nabs 'Fantastic Four,' 'Robots,' 'Ray'
NEW YORK — FX has engineered one of the biggest theatrical-movie deals in its 11-year history, shelling out about $75 million to buy the network window to 12 titles from 20th Century Fox, including "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," "Fantastic Four" and "Robots." buy
In a separate deal, FX agreed to pony up more than $5 million to Lions Gate Films for the network premiere of "Crash," the melodrama with Sandra Bullock that has grossed $53 million in U.S. theaters.
Chuck Saftler, senior VP of programming for FX Networks, ticked off the number of theatrical hits the net has purchased in the last year to serve as first plays in the network window: Columbia's "Spider-Man 2," Warner Bros.' "Batman Begins," 20th's "The Day After Tomorrow," Miramax's "The Aviator," Universal's "Ray" and 20th's "I, Robot" and "Dodgeball."
Industry observers say FX's recent movie-buying binge may have catapulted the network ahead of such aggressive buyers as TBS/TNT and NBC Universal's USA Network. But the Turner nets are no slouch, having sprung in the last year for such titles as "War of the Worlds," "The Longest Yard," "Hitch" and "The Bourne Supremacy."
"We're looking to align our broadcast-premiere theatricals with our lineup of scripted original programming," Saftler said. "One of our goals is to create a balance that will target the 18-to-49-year-old demographic." FX's original series include "The Shield," "Nip/Tuck" and "Rescue Me," all of which score solidly in the Nielsens.
Highly visible theatricals can serve as promotional vehicles for original series, and FX often schedules them as lead-ins to new episodes of the series.
FX and 20th Century Fox say that, while they're News Corp. sister companies, FX paid fair-market value for the movies; other cable networks had a chance to bid.
And FX's buying spree goes well beyond its major-studio sibling to include movie pickups from Universal, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures and Paramount.
The other titles in the 20th bundle, some of which will get to FX in 2008, after their exclusive pay TV run on HBO, are "Kingdom of Heaven," "Fever Pitch," "Hide & Seek," "Electra," "Taxi," "Sideways," "Paparazzi," "Flight of the Phoenix" and "Fat Albert."
As part of the deal, Twentieth TV reserves the right to sell any of the pictures in a window to a broadcast network. Twentieth would carve the window out in the second or third year of FX's five-year window. The most likely titles to stir the interest of a broadcast network are "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "Fantastic Four."
As a sidelight to FX's purchase of "Crash," the network is developing a series version of the movie, signing Laurence Andries ("Medical Investigation," "Boomtown") as showrunner.
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At Wye Hall, a former plantation on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the land is encouraged to speak about the past.
By Susan Hines
Land conservation and historic preservation are familiar to readers of Landscape Architecture. But what if the history you are trying to preserve lies buried underground? What if
conserving the land means creating a landscape design that leaves archaeological finds intact and undisturbed?
The work of landscape architects at Wye Hall on Maryland's Eastern
Shore serves as an example of how design professionals can work successfully
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preserve landscapes that hold potential clues to the past.
Wye Hall, the plantation home of William Paca, a signer of
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The original house was built in the early 1790s. That house,
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There was good news and bad news from the Randall County Clerk's office in a Monday test of vote-counting equipment - the optical scanners worked great but the votes totaled 31 for the tax rollback, 30 against.
The rollback election is Saturday, and by law the equipment must be tested with sample ballots five days prior and on election day.
"We always test when we get the computer chips from the company, then those other tests," said County Clerk Sue Bartolino. "The tests are open to the public and we publish a notice but we've never had anybody from the public observe."
The company that prints the actual ballots sends some to Election Systems & Software, the firm that makes the equipment and designs the software for each election, Bartolino said. The company then marks the sample ballots and sends them to the county to be run through the machines.
The two machines, named Fred and Ethel, can count about 350 votes each in one minute. Ballots with no votes or multiple votes are pulled and taken to a committee made up of employees from the clerk's office, Bartolino said.
"If voter intent is very clear, we resolve that ballot," Bartolino said.
The counting system keeps a detailed record of each test, and the information is stored in case of an election challenge.
"That's your paper trail," Bartolino said. "Any time anybody breathes in that room it's recorded."
The system cost about $120,000 and was first used in November 1999 for a constitutional amendment election. The county has put it into action 10 times, including school board elections.
"As long as we have the equipment and paid for the training, in order to save taxpayer money, we should use it to the maximum. The people we count the votes for pay us for the time and use of the equipment," Bartolino said.
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Mikhail Kamynin, the Spokesman of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Answers a Question from RIA Novosti Regarding Former FRY President Slobodan Milosevic's Letter to the Russian Foreign Minister
Question: Are reports true that on the eve of his death Slobodan Milosevic sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation?
Answer: Slobodan Milosevic's advisers on March 11 transmitted to the Embassy of Russia in the Netherlands his letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which we received in Moscow yesterday afternoon.
In this handwritten letter Slobodan Milosevic speaks of the inadequate treatment administered by doctors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and again asks for the Russian Federation's support in obtaining permission to undergo a therapeutic course in a medical establishment in Moscow.
At this point a group of Russian doctors on request from Slobodan Milosevic's relatives, in particular his brother Borislav Milosevic, is ready to fly to The Hague to participate in the postmortem examination.
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Jessica Alba was recently spotted running errands in a chic fall look, including a pair of Black Orchid grey skinny jeans and a neutral oatmeal knit top. She paired these items with white ankle boots and a black leather tote. The punchline? A super fresh pair of squared off shades. We've known for a while that J-Alb has mastered the feminine-luxe aesthetic without looking over done or forced, and she only seems to get more chic with age. Shop this look below.
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Below: 1. Black Orchid mid rise skinny jean 2. Duffy Cashmere sweater 3. AJ Morgan Clubmaster Sunglasses 4. Giuseppe Zanotti White Leather Goldtone Heel Zipper Detail Ankle Boots
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On our radar today? The Marcy Stop and their ongoing denim-styling prowess. We love how they styled this pair of grey light-wash jeans with maroon ankle boots. The jeans are turned up in a dramatic cuff to accentuate the ankle area and prelude the bold red shoes. We're loving the jacket and accessories too. Score a similar style with a pair of light-wash grey jeans by Victoria Beckham.
See the full post at The Marcy Stop. Check out this video on how to cuff your jeans for more styling ideas.
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One of the many reasons why we love denim so much is because it can be an everyday part of your wardrobe no matter what kind of look you are going for. Chiara Ferragni is an influential fashion blogger from Italy who shows us how a great pair of skinny jeans is the perfect thing to wear when you want comfort and style. Thanks to the faded grey wash on these jeans along with the matching knit sweater and ivory coat, there is a great neutral backdrop to be worn when you want to rock a hot & trendy accessory like this electric blue handbag. The skinny jeans also help form a nice silhouette so her shape doesn't get lost in her loose-fitted top. So remember that when you're unsure of what to wear to bring your outfit together, your favorite pair of skinnies is always a good option.
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While Philadelphia is totally embroiled in postseason play and everyone else has nearly reached that critical stage of the basketball season, here's yet another installment of state-wide rankings from PennLive.com/The Patriot-News.
Records are current through Feb. 10.
1. Imhotep Charter (19-4) -- last week: 2 -- Since Imhotep held down Class AAA's top spot for a stretch earlier in the season, Andre Noble's gifted club is hardly unaccustomed to the heat that comes with being tagged No. 1. And while Neumann-Goretti's loss certainly played a role in Imhotep returning to No. 1, so did the Panthers' impressive 70-30 victory over Engineering & Science in last week's Philly Public League quarters. Deryl Bagwell, Brandon Austin, Basil Thompson and Abraham Massaley reached double figures for Imhotep, which will host Boys' Latin on Tuesday when the Pub swings into the classification semifinals.
2. Neumann-Goretti (17-5) -- last week: 1 -- Fading under Chester's mighty defensive pressure on Sunday night, Carl Arrigale's Saints dropped the much-anticipated matchup with the two-time Class AAAA champs by a 58-41 count. Tony Harper netted 10 points to lead Neumann-Goretti, while Towson recruit John Davis grabbed 17 rebounds. Arrigale's Saints earlier in the week secured a share of the Philly Catholic League's regular-season title and the top seed in the playoffs -- an earlier victory over Roman Catholic gave N-G the tiebreaker -- by downing Archbishop Wood 68-58 behind 28 points from flashy junior Ja'Quan Newton. N-G will open the PCL postseason in Friday's quarters, when the lowest remaining seed stops by for a visit.
3. Allentown Central Catholic (20-2) -- last week: 3 -- While ACC's winning streak now sits at 16 games heading into Wednesday night's Lehigh Valley Conference playoff date with Bethlehem Liberty, the Vikings needed a conventional three-point play from Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman with three seconds left to prevail at Emmaus 52-51 and reach 16. Jean Lee Baez topped ACC with 21 points in Saturday's narrow win, while Abdur-Rahkman chimed in with 11. Earlier in the week, the Vikes eased past crosstown rival William Allen 58-40 behind 18 points apiece from Abdur-Rahkman and Baez.
4. Archbishop Carroll (18-4) -- last week: 4 -- Closing out the regular season with five consecutive victories, Paul Romanczuk's Patriots prepped for the Philly Catholic League playoffs over the weekend by defeating Father Judge 54-40 and La Salle College 65-52. Binghamton recruit Yosef Yacob enjoyed a terrific two-game stretch, scoring 21 points in the win over Judge and 23 as Carroll turned back La Salle. Nick Jones tacked on 32 points in the two wins, while sparkling sophomore Derrick Jones had 16 in Sunday's triumph over La Salle. Up first in Friday's PCL quarters for the fourth-seeded Patriots will be a visit from rugged Archbishop Ryan.
5. Susquehanna Twp (21-1) -- last week: 5 -- Anticipating a serious challenge in their regular-season finale, Vince Rogers' Indians side-stepped a late rally and held on for a 64-60 victory at Trinity that stretched Susquehanna's winning streak to 11 games. Gabe Mack (16), Jonas Page (13) Savalas Pope (12) and Takhi Turner (10) reached double figures as the Mid-Penn's Keystone Division champs closed out regular-season play. On idle for nearly a week, the Tribe will crank it back up on Tuesday night for a Mid-Penn semifinal-round scrap against Steel-High.
6. Abington Heights (18-2) -- last week: 6 -- J.C. Show showed why he landed all-state recognition last season as a sophomore, erupting for 26 and 30 points in back-to-back performances as Ken Bianchi's Comets ran their winning streak to nine games by beating Scranton Prep (56-50) and Honesdale (76-58). While Kevin Elwell backed Show with 12 points in the victory over Prep, Jamie Egan and Jason Bamford added a combined 29 as Abington Heights popped Honesdale. Two more challenges -- dates with Scranton and West Scranton -- await the Comets before they close out regular-season play.
7. Mars (18-3) -- last week: 7 -- Rob Carmody's balanced Planets closed out a perfect WPIAL Section 1 run last week by popping Freeport (73-47), Highlands (73-33) and Knoch (73-61). At least three players reached double figures in each victory, with Matt Getsy (19), Owen Nearhoof (18) and Zach May (15) taking turns as Mars' top scorer. Carmody's Planets still have Monday night's non-league matchup with Shenango to take care of -- Mars has won its last five outings -- before digging in for the WPIAL playoffs.
8. Berks Catholic (20-3) -- last week: 8 -- Not often that one has the chance to start and finish a week by clipping the same opponent, but that's what Snip Esterly's Saints accomplished by popping Conrad Weiser. Berks Catholic wrapped up the regular season by smacking Weiser 68-43 -- Nana Foulland, Chris Warren and Cooper Kutz shared 49 points in the win -- then stopped the Scouts 56-37 in the Berks League quarterfinals. Foulland dropped a double-double (18 points, 13 rebounds), while Warren chimed in with 16 as the Saints extended their winning streak to 15 games. Up next is a date with Wilson in Tuesday's Berks League semifinals.
9. Chartiers Valley (19-2) -- last week: 9 -- Needing a pair of victories to lock up the WPIAL's Section 5 crown, Tim McConnell's Colts did just that by collaring South Park (85-49) and South Fayette (60-43). Five players reached double figures in the win over South Park -- Matty McConnell and Mike Boulos shared 39 points -- while McConnell and Boulos came back with a combined 35 against South Fayette. Char Valley won't take the easy route into the WPIAL playoffs either, as the Colts will host an Upper St. Clair club that's won 15 in a row in Monday night's regular-season finale.
10. Montour (17-4) -- last week: 10 -- Adam Kaufman's surging Spartans extended their winning streak to nine games by squeezing past South Fayette 53-49 -- Montour lost that matchup the first time around -- and defeating Keystone Oaks 76-66. Kevin Sciulli (18), Devin Wilson (15) and Rob Julian (11) cracked double figures against South Fayette, while Wilson and Julian popped Keystone Oaks with a combined 46-point salvo. Anticipating a high seed in the WPIAL playoffs even though they didn't claim the Section 5 crown, Kaufman's Spartans first must deal with a solid Sto-Rox club in Monday night's regular-season finale.
Let's stay in the WPIAL, where Thomas Jefferson (16-6), Uniontown (16-3), West Mifflin (15-5), Beaver Area (17-3) and Central Valley (16-6) are lurking in the sizable shadows cast by Mars, Chartiers Valley and Montour. ... District 3 also has a number of quality teams -- Donegal (22-0), Bishop McDevitt (16-6), Steel-High (19-4), Palmyra (15-7), Gettysburg (16-6) and Greencastle-Antrim (16-5) are among the prominent -- readying for what should be a terrific postseason event. ... Wilson Area (21-1) will lug a 19-game winning streak into District 11's Colonial League playoffs, while Pottsville (18-4) has won 10 straight and 17 of 18 heading into the Schuylkill League's four-team tournament. ... Holy Ghost Prep (15-6) and Glen Mills (13-9), despite some late-season losses, should collar high seeds in the District 1-AAA tournament. ... Sitting in District 4, Danville (17-2) has won 13 straight games and the Heartland-I title. ... Philly Electrical (13-10) will play in the other Philly Public League semifinal on Tuesday. ... And in District 10, General McLane (16-4), Hickory (17-3) and Girard (16-4) spent last week going a combined 9-0.
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General Banter / Re: ACE REPORT 2011« on: May 23, 2011, 09:21:03 PM »
How much did you win in ace fund cash??? ha ha (sarcasm) was it a howling amount? (sarcasm)
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Go to PHill or Blue Springs....PISS ON LSPR...I called them n emailed on both the placement n rough.i
I don't play as much because of the long holes, Jay Cram n CO dream up.
Rather work on what I can improve, more accurate drives on holes I can reach n birdie them. My
goal is to beat the pros on Sun when I get back.
I don't think I was putting it out there farther than JayCram though (525ft, nice throw!!).
and he's only 12 years old. just imagine the potential!


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These rich, buttery whipped potatoes are delicately flavored with Brie and fresh thyme—and likely to become a family tradition for special occasions. Thanks to Yvonne Starlin of Portland, Tennessee for the recipe.
- 4 pounds potatoes (about 12 medium), peeled and cubed
- 1 cup milk
- 1 round (8 ounces) Brie cheese, rind removed and cubed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Place potatoes in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until tender; drain.
- In a large bowl, mash the potatoes with milk, cheese, butter, thyme, salt and pepper. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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The act of stuffing a semi erect penis into a vagina.
Jay: "How could you fuck a chick that is that ugly?"
Ian: "I know! I couldn't get my dick hard enough so I had to duffle bag it in there!"
Ian: "I know! I couldn't get my dick hard enough so I had to duffle bag it in there!"
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When a female has a pair of enormous boobs, normally too big. Usually belong to overweight girls but might find their way onto a poor skinny girl.
Eww, that girl with the dufflebags tried to give me a hug.
מאת Nairb Yelruc 23 באוקטובר, 2010
the act of warming ones nuts (i.e. in the shower) to a point that they sag as low as they can possibly go and then placing them on someone's face so that they go from ear to ear.
That guys nuts were so huge, I tried to tea bag him and he duffle bagged me instead.
מאת Mayonaisse Man 17 בדצמבר, 2011
male sex organ
keep you hands of my mans duffle bag
מאת SallenB 16 בפברואר, 2010
Good for transporting insane, stalker Italians after using knocking them out or kill them.
The damn Italian won't fit in the frickin' duffle bag!
מאת darkwriter 13 במרץ, 2010
A shiftless, lazy slacker, who gets by with doing the least amount of effort or work possible. Continuously lets others carry his weight.
My brother is 34 and STILL lives at home. My mother does his laundry and feeds his lazy ass. What a fucking dufflebag.
מאת Rakim Shabazz 26 באוגוסט, 2003
The act of shitting in a tube sock, and then proceeding to mercilessly beat someone in the face with it.
Greg pisses Johnny off by hitting on his sister, so Johnny dufflebagged the crap out of him.
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May 29, 2014
In the Friday letters there is, what I think is, an ignorant and offensive letter concerning a picture of newly drafted NFL player Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend....
CMReeder - 7:36 AM
"That is a child's rhyme meant to be a taunt."
Taunt? Actually, it was just something little girls chanted while skipping rope. It started back in the days when I was a little girl and really was the way people lived.
Here is another rope skipping ditty....
Lizzie Bordon took an axe gave her mother 40 wacks and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41. Was that a taunt also?
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"...(an NFL football player) can have a homosexual relationship and that it is normalcy."
And what other statistical minorities should we consider dangerously abnormal and forbidden to marry? Albinos? The deaf? People whose parents were both alcoholics?
And actually, you're right. All the groups I listed are technically "abnormal." The vast majority of people are NOT albinos or deaf or gay. So what? What right does that give the rest of us to prevent them from doing the same things we "normal" people do?
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Furthermore - allowing gays to marry does absolutely nothing to affect the sustainability of the human race one way or the other. They're not going to be producing children whether they're married or not.
Also - tell me what's wrong with letting them adopt. I'd rather see a child loved and nurtured by a gay couple than abused or neglected by a straight couple.
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Same old argument.
The same old response - Shall we forbid senior citizens from getting married because they can't produce offspring?
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"It is a kiss, nothing more." --CMReeder
I beg to differ. It is more than that. It is an ideological statement that was thrust into the public spotlight to say that even the epitome of manly, strongmen of society (an NFL football player) can have a homosexual relationship and that it is normalcy.
But even with this, the childhood rhyme gets it right. The only natural way to sustain mankind and society is through the protection, love, commitment, nurturing family, ie, to be able to create new generations of human being(s) through the loving, committed relationship of marriage of a man and woman. The kiss is an affront to the natural family.
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same...same....maybe same/sane
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Good Grief.....why does anything related to sane sex 'anything' seem to bring out the WORST in certain people....
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That is a child's rhyme meant to be a taunt.
It is a kiss, nothing more. Sheer lunacy from the creepy right wing.
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"It is a kiss!" --CMReeder
Surely you remember the good times on the playground at school as a child.....
[Insert Name] and [Insert Name]
sitting in a tree,
First comes love,
then comes marriage,
then comes baby
in a baby carriage!
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"Let the lunacy begin!"
In your case that was many decades ago.
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Let the lunacy begin!
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Actually Carltios it is the planned erosion of all the above.
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It is a kiss! It is not the end of the world or of morality or of religion.
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"Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Then the people answered, "Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods! It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God." --Joshua 24:14-18
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God is a holy, righteous, good, loving, patient, merciful and just God. He offers us eternal life if we follow him. He has created us in his image with a natural law implanted in our heart. He gives us the choice to follow him or follow man-made gods and our passions.
Many of the Old Testament tribes that you allude to were immoral societies that did worship various gods, goddesses, and themselves; they would even sacrifice their children and participate in various sexual immoralities to appease the gods to send rains and provide bountiful crops.
God wanted Israelites to start afresh in the promised land and not be easily persuaded and corrupted by these pagan practices and rituals so he wanted them wiped out. This also provided an example to future generations as to the consequences of following evil.
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It's been almost a year since I met the man of my dreams. I'm sure you receive thousands of stories, but not many like this. This one is ours.
At the end of last year, I made two somewhat contradictory decisions: (1) to sell my house, uproot my child and move to a place where I hoped my prospects of finding a loving relationship would be better; and (2) to sell my house, uproot my child and move to a place where I could survive without an intimate partnership – a place where I'd have friends and family to love instead. I was trying hard to accept that option two, life as a single woman and parent, was likely my fate. I was looking for ways to be at peace with and grateful for the many blessings in my life, even if I was to enjoy those blessings without a life partner.
I traveled to Washington D.C for the holidays and when I returned home, I put a stake in the ground – literally and figuratively – a "for sale" sign on my front lawn and a determination to take the first step toward a new life. Then I went to the computer to close down my e-Harmony account.
I opened up my browser and found "Robert in Miami" – grinning into the camera in ski goggles and a red parka. He was handsome and smart. We exchanged questions, answers, emails over the course of a week. He was hilarious and kind. I was in love long before we ever met in person. He had three beautiful daughters (aged 4, 10 and 15) and they'd all lost the most important person in their lives less than a year ago to lung cancer. I had no delusions of rescuing them from their grief, stepping in as the savior-mom, or any of that stuff – only a tremendous attraction to this man, a love for his mind and respect for his heart and role as a single father.
We spoke on the phone and arranged to meet. Here's where it gets interesting.
While trying on the phone to find a place to share a cup of coffee, we discovered that his wife and I had worked for the same company. It's a big organization, and so we'd never met. But for a year we shared an elevator bank at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Kelly worked on the 6th floor in sales; I worked on the 10th in the legal department. That was 2000-2001.
It gets more interesting.
Robert and I opted for dinner instead of coffee, and as we began talking we both came to recall the same telephone conversation. When I decided to leave New York after my divorce and take a job with an affiliate in Miami, someone at work suggested I call a colleague who'd made the same move 3 years earlier. I called and we chatted. She told me how happy she and her family were, the great schools, the great friends she'd met through her daughters. She gave me the name of her real estate agent; she suggested we get the kids together after I made the move. At one point, she turned to her husband and said "Rob, I've got this great woman on the phone. She's a single mom, a lawyer and she's moving down here. Do we know any single guys? . . ." "No, Babe" I heard his voice in the background. "All my friends are in NY."
That was 2004. After I'd moved the following year and gotten settled in my new job, I tried to get in touch with Kelly . . . to take her to lunch and thank her for being so kind to a stranger on the phone. I was told she'd left the company. I didn't ask why, and soon I forgot about the woman I'd never meet. I didn't know she'd been diagnosed with cancer and had begun a harrowing battle that would end 2 years later.
So I launched into the dating scene in South Florida, becoming an expert at the "first date", but quite the amateur at the second. While I was going through my own stuff (a single parent in a new city, trying to eek out a social life), Robert and his children were going through theirs – her long illness and painful decline. I actually remember the day that Kelly died (though I had no idea of its significance at the time) because the date was so distinct – 7/7/07. It was scorchingly hot and hazy, but threatening rain. I took my son to a birthday party (the theme was James Bond, 007 for a child turning 7), and had a rare hour to myself with nothing to do. I remember looking up at the clouds flying across the sky and crying – feeling so sad at what felt like a sealed fate, wanting to be strong so I could raise my son in a happy home. But in moments of stillness like those, I'd always felt burdened, helpless and alone – how was I going to raise this child and make a life for us all by myself? I wiped my tears and counted my blessings.
When Robert and I met, 9 months later, we liked each other instantly. We talked for 4 hours over dinner, discovering that we'd grown up in the same hometown in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., shared the same taste in music, the same astrological sign, the same love of food and wine and family. We'd lived in the same cities in three different states. We'd vacationed in the same places with our spouses on the opposite side of the world. I worked as an intern one summer in high school at his mother's small social services agency. I look a little like his sister. We joked that if we dug too deep, we'd find that we were cousins.
After our second date, I took down the "for sale" sign.
I have had only glimpses of how this story reads from Robert's point of view – what it must have been like to lose your best friend and wife, the mother of your children, and then to go on . . . raising three girls on his own. For me, I can only say now that he is my best friend and that loving him has been the most amazing and wonderful journey of my life. His daughters are incredible girls, each in her own way, still adjusting and slowly allowing me to be part of their lives. My son adores them all. I am cautious and optimistic and joyfully in love.
We talk sometimes about how the stars aligned for our meeting, after our paths had grazed and touched and almost crossed so many times before. Whatever stars there are, e-Harmony is among them. I don't know if you've discovered the secret formula for compatibility or have uncovered the online path to finding one's soul-mate. I do know that I am and will be forever grateful to eHarmony for playing a part in my journey to this new place in life – a place of contentment and hope and joy.