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If, after reading the title of this blog, you decided to say "Taylor Swift" -- well, that is one (kinda) link. Hot country duo Florida Georgia Line does share a musical home with Swift as part of the same record label group; while, of course, popsters One Direction will never be able to shake member Harry Styles's well-documented relationship with the blond Nashville superstar.
However, there's yet another, quite timely, milestone that the two bands share. They'll both be making their debut performances on the 2013 American Music Awards next month. Both groups have racked up multiple nominations (FLAGA, a whopping four; 1D a still-impressive two) in the fan-voted awards show.
This marks the latest a string of AMA accomplishments for FLAGA in particular, who are not only nominated in the Country Group/Duo and Country Album categories at the prestigious ceremony, they also are up for the all-genre key awards of New Artist and Single of the Year (for their smash summer hit "Cruise").
"Being nominated for the AMAs is a huge honor for us, especially that it's all-genre. We are blown away," FLAGA's Brian Kelley told Yahoo Music. "We can't wait to celebrate — win or lose — with our team and other artist friends that night."
If the guys win New Artist, they'll have beaten out a formidable list: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Imagine Dragons, Ariana Grande, and "American Idol" Phillip Phillips are all in the running as well. And "Cruise" will be going head-to-head with two of the most infectious summer anthems: Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Thrift Shop."
As might be expected, the aforementioned Swift is in deeper waters than both FLAGA and 1D, as she's up for the coveted artist of the year award. But whoda thunk there'd be another connection between two such unlikely bands?
The AMAs ceremony will be broadcast live from L.A. Live's Nokia Theater Sunday, November 24 on ABC. A complete list of nominees can be found here.


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Get those Pitt-Florida State tickets while you can.
The Pitt athletic department thought that scheduling a Labor Day football opener at Heinz Field was a big enough deal that it called a news conference to announce it. I don't recall a news conference to announce last year's opener against Youngstown State or the addition of Gardner-Webb to the 2012 schedule.
Florida State is a big deal. It's a national power and probably the most respected and feared football program in Pitt's new conference, the ACC. The announcement was celebrated all over Western Pennsylvania, and not just because FSU is not YSU. It's a perfect way for Pitt to start its ACC era, it's going to be on national TV in prime time and it's exciting for local college football fans.
But there also is a good dose of college football stupidity that might have been lost in the euphoria.
Do you know when Pitt and Florida State play at Heinz Field again after this season's opener?
How about 2025?
That's right, because Pitt and Florida State are in different divisions of the ACC and play each other once every six years, home and home. Which means Florida State will play in Pittsburgh three times between now and 2037.
This, of course, is all about teams wanting to play seven home games, which means they can't schedule only conference opponents, which is what, you know, makes perfect sense. I understand that this is what makes it possible for the field hockey team to pay for its trips to Tallahassee and Atlanta for conference games, but it's still stupid.
Not to be a party pooper.
• Dennis Rodman established himself as an idiot a long time ago. Who knew he would reemerge at age 51 as a useful idiot?
Rodman was part of a group, which included some Harlem Globetrotters and an HBO documentary crew, that went to North Korea. After meeting with the young thug in charge for four days, Rodman declared Kim Jong-un to be "an awesome kid." By all accounts, the food was "awesome," too.
Rodman has nose rings that cost more than most North Koreans have earned in their lifetime, and food is so scarce that there are people who dine on grass and field mice, but Rodman called Kim a great leader and was sure to point out that Kim really loves his wife. Kim's father and grandfather are responsible for tens of thousands of people being sent to labor camps that have been compared to Nazi concentration camps. Rodman called them "great leaders", too.
In 2013, how many years of being an idiot does it take before you are ignored, much less chosen to unofficially represent your country in enemy territory?
• This little nugget comes from ESPN and is one of the most amazing factoids I have seen in years: The last quarterback drafted by Kansas City who led the Chiefs to a win was Todd Blackledge, who was drafted in 1983 – same year as Dan Marino and John Elway. The Chiefs recently picked up quarterback Alex Smith in a trade with the 49ers.
• ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper also had some interesting numbers to spew while covering the NFL Combine. Back in 1979, when he entered draftnickdom, Kiper said the top five prospects at offensive tackle averaged 6-foot-4 and 264 pounds. Now they average 6-6, 314. Centers were 6-3, 242, now they're 6-4, 304. Guards were 6-3, 250. Now they're 6-4, 317. Guards now weigh almost 70 pounds more than they did 30 years ago. Defensive linemen have increased from an average of 263 to 288. Adventures in nutrition.
• One of the big attractions of the ACC for schools like Pitt was its reputation for academic excellence. That reputation took a major hit when it was revealed that, for years, North Carolina players had been going to classes that didn't exist. And receiving "A's" for grades.
An outside review board is scheduled to pay a visit to the campus this spring, so the administration is conducting unannounced inspections of classes to confirm that they exist. The fraudulent classes involved "student-" athletes and the African-American studies program. Call me a cynic, but I don't think it took people peeping in windows or taking pictures – which is what they're doing now – for people on campus to know that athletes were getting away with not being real students. It went on for decades.
Here's hoping someone commissions a study to determine where some of those student-athletes, who were shamelessly exploited, are now.
John Steigerwald writes a Sunday column for the Observer-Reporter.
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A little more than 330 students capped off four years of achievement and were nudged out into the real world Saturday morning as Washington & Jefferson College held its 214th annual commencement ceremony.
Most of the graduates will be facing their share of uncertainties, particularly if they haven't already landed a job or signed on for post-graduate education. Addressing these graduation pressures and anxieties was Pittsburgh Steelers' longtime backup quarterback Charlie Batch, whose tenure in the Black and Gold recently ended following the Steelers' drafting University of Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones last month.
Displaying two Super Bowl rings – and getting an appreciative round of applause and cheers from the audience gathered under a tent set up next to W&J's Olin Fine Arts Center – Batch emphasized his own need for preparedness even in his role as a reserve quarterback for the Steelers.
"I challenge you to expect your best," said Batch. "Go out there and tell them you are making a difference."
Of the roughly 330 students awarded degrees, one was notably absent – Tim McNerney, the W&J student who was beaten to death while walking home from a downtown Washington bar last October. The crime remains unsolved. A degree was awarded posthumously to McNerney, and Batch alluded to the W&J football player's death when he spoke of his own sister's killing, after she was caught in the middle of a gang crossfire in Batch's native Homestead in February 1996.
"At that moment," Batch said, "I said to myself, 'You need to make a change.'"
Batch was awarded an honorary degree in public service, along with James Rohr, the executive chairman of PNC Financial Services Group. Honorary degrees were also given to Bernard Harris, the first African American to walk in space when he was an astronaut aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1995; and Serena Fujita, a rabbi and Bucknell University's first full-time Jewish chaplain.
California University of Pennsylvania also held commencement ceremonies Saturday. Waynesburg University's commencement is scheduled for today.
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St. Clair Hospital will open an outpatient center in Peters Township June 3 – but not to everyone at first.
The hospital announced Wednesday that a holdup in discussions over a provider agreement will initially prevent Highmark subscribers from receiving diagnostic services at the center, which is near completion on the southbound side of Washington Road (Route 19).
Patients seeing physicians there will not be affected.
St. Clair, based in Mt. Lebanon, said in a news release it was notified by Highmark that the insurer will not "credential" the Peters center until the hospital signs a long-term contract extension of that agreement.
The statement added that the two sides have discussed an extension since late February. St. Clair said it has not threatened to end its contract with Highmark.
The hospital also said that Highmark subscribers can use its four other diagnostic sites, which are credentialed and will provide full insurance coverage. They are: the main hospital, on Bower Hill Road, Mt. Lebanon; Village Square Outpatient Center and St. Clair Hospital MRI Center, both in Bethel Park; and the Outpatient Lab in Chartiers Valley Shopping Center, Bridgeville.
Patients with Highmark coverage who have scheduled procedures or tests at the hospital can call 412-942-3631 for more information.
Nearly 3 1/2 years after purchasing the three-acre site, St. Clair will unveil the center. It is a two-story building with 40,000 square feet that will feature diagnostic services such as X-ray, CT and MRI on the first level, and house offices for primary care physicians and specialists on the second.
There is a green space between the building and Route 19; a parking lot for 180 vehicles is in the back.
A home improvement center and a dance studio once stood on the site, which is slightly south of McMurray Road.
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This is a response to the letter penned by Callie Munch, titled "Ban Assault Weapons," which appeared in the March 27 edition of The Almanac. Ms. Munch's letter is the latest example of how hysteria can cloud reality.
Munch claims to know that those who own full or semi-automatic rifles "plan on committing a mass murder." Contemporary estimates indicate that Americans own 60 million "assault style weapons." Does anyone believe that 60 million people are planning such an atrocity! Munch further states that if an individual wants to own a gun, "an assault rifle should not be an option." Why not, I ask? Is it because Munch "feels" I shouldn't?
The AR-15 "assault rifle" is one of the most popular target rifles used today. It is also widely used in hunting, as well as self defense. Millions of them are owned by peaceful Americans. Munch draws further support for her position be decrying the word "assault in the name." Perhaps we should follow her lead by banning Devil's food cake, because it uses the word devil! No common sense here.
The gun control issue is nothing more than an attempt to deflect criticism from a President's set of failing policies. Munch, spreading her false propaganda, is nothing more than an example of what Stalin called "a useful idiot."
Lastly, and to set the record straight, the Sandy Hook School shootings did not, as has been previously reported, involve a Bushmaster assault rifle. In fact, Adam Lanza used four handguns.
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Julia Carlisle scored all 10 points in the second half and made a driving layup for a three-point play with two minutes to play Thursday night to help seal Avella's 58-51 victory over Carmichaels in a Section 3-A game.
Carlisle had five points in a third quarter in which Avella (3-0, 7-4) outscored the Mikes (2-1, 11-2), 13-6 to turn the game.
Kenna Drazich had a team-high 15 points for Avella.
Morgan Berardi tossed in a game-high 24 points for the Mikes and Amanda Brown added 13.
Chartiers-Houston 54, Brentwood 40: Ashley and Amanda Balzer combined for 31 points and Chartiers-Houston made 10 of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to take a 54-40 victory from Brentwood in a Section 4-AA game.
Ashley Balzer had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Bucs (2-3, 6-5) and sister Amanda poured in 12 points. Tori Foster hit all four free throw attempts in the final 90 seconds.
Delaney Daley led Brentwood (1-5, 6-8) with 12 points.
Burgettstown 43, Beth-Center 32: Kristen Roy and Katie Tarr combined for 25 points to help Burgettstown defeat Beth-Center, 43-32, in a Section 5-AA game that snapped a 13-game losing streak.
Burgettstown had lost 11 in a row this season and the final two games of last season. The last win came against West Greene Feb. 3 to cap a three-game winning streak.
Roy scored 15 points to go with 11 rebounds and Tarr had 10 points for the Blue Devils (1-4, 1-11), who led 24-5 at halftime but were outscored, 27-19, over the final two quarters.
Anna Bartman paced the Bulldogs (0-5, 2-9) with 18 points.
Elizabeth Forward 63, Ringgold 34: Natalie Fekula scored 17 points to lead Elizabeth Forward to a 63-34 victory over Ringgold in a Section 4-AA game.
Allison Pastore added 11 for the Warriors (4-0, 11-1), who led 36-15 at halftime. Eleni Radic scored 10 points for the Rams (3-2, 6-5).
Bishop Canevin 46, Fort Cherry 31: Carly Forse scored a game-high 20 points and undefeated Bishop Canevin broke a halftime tie and pulled away to beat upset-minded Fort Cherry 46-31 in Section 4-AA.
Bishop Canevin (5-0, 11-0) was locked in an 18-18 tie at halftime, but the Crusaders outscored the host Rangers 19-9 in the pivotal third quarter, when Forse scored eight of her points . Duquesne University recruit Erin Waskowiak scored 10 points for Canevin.
Fort Cherry (2-3, 4-5) received 15 points from Jenna Lucas and 12 from Rachel Bellhy, but the rest of the team was held to four points.
South Park 73, Trinity 31: Halie Torris tossed in a game-high 20 points and South Park jumped to a 29-3 first quarter lead on the way to a 73-31 victory over Trinity in a Section 5-AAA game.
Allison McGrath scored 19 and Shelby Lindsay added 14 points for the Eagles (6-0, 11-1).
Rachel Phillis keyed the Hillers (1-4, 2-8) with 12 points.
Charleroi 55, Bentworth 32: Mia Woytovich led the way for Charleroi, scoring 19 points in a 55-32 victory over Bentworth in Section 5-AA.
Corina Gottheld scored 14 for the Cougars and Anjie Tilghman added 12.
Charleroi jumped out to a 35-8 lead before halftime. The victory improved the Cougars' record to 5-1 in section and 9-5 overall.
Kendra Campbell scored 11 for Bentworth and Taylor Pompei finished with 10. The loss dropped the Bearcats to 2-3 in the section, now tied for fifth place with South Side Beaver (2-3, 4-8), and 4-8 overall.
South Fayette 46, Montour 35: South Fayette held Montour to one point in the first quarter and that helped the Lions take a 46-35 victory in a Section 5-AAA game.
Kristen Hardt led SF (4-2, 6-4) with 12 points. Emily Mastroianni's 14 points keyed Montour (0-5, 2-10).
Belle Vernon 62, Brownsville 23: Jessica Slagus scored 27 points, had 11 rebounds, three assists, two seals and a block to power Belle Vernon to a 62-23 victory over Brownsville in a Section 4-AA game.
Marissa Boatright led Brownsville (0-6, 4-10) with nine points.
Canon-McMillan 50, West Mifflin 45: Olivia Lorusso scored six of her game-high 19 points in the pivotal fourth quarter and Canon-McMillan rallied in the second half to defeat host West Mifflin 50-45 in a non-section game.
West Mifflin (4-6) scored 20 second-quarter points to take a 31-26 halftime lead, but C-M held the Titans to only 14 second-half points. The Big Macs grabbed a 39-38 lead after three quarters, then pulled away down the stretch.
Brittany Hutchinson scored 10 points for C-M (5-6). Taylor Thomas and Alyssa Cairns each scored nine points for West Mifflin.
Jefferson-Morgan 37, Mapletown 15: Jefferson-Morgan held winless Mapletown scoreless for the entire first half and cruised to a 37-15 victory in Section 3-A.
Jefferson-Morgan (1-2,. 5-7) led 16-0 after one quarter and 27-0 at halftime. Mapletown (0-4, 0-10) outscored the visiting Rockets 10-2 in the third quarter.
Kayla Yorko led J-M with eight points.
Thomas Jefferson 63, Waynesburg 35: Alexis Yanief and Jesse Hinkle each scored 18 points and visiting Thomas Jefferson pulled away in the third quarter for a 63-35 victory over Waynesburg in Section 4-AAA.
Alex Hasis chipped in with 11 points for TJ (2-3, 5-8), which held a 12-point halftime lead and then outscored Waynesburg (0-5, 3-10) 25-3 over the next eight minutes.
Payton Lohr led Waynesburg with 13 points and Danielle Jacobs followed with 11.
California 51, West Greene 40: Courtnee McMasters scored a game-high 21 points and California held off a second-half comeback by West Greene to defeat the Pioneers 51-40 in Section 3-A.
California (2-1, 10-2) led 36-17 at halftime before West Greene (1-2, 8-4) made a charge and trimmed the Trojans' lead to 38-34 with eight minutes left.
That was as close as West Greene could get as the Pioneers, who were playing their third road game of the week, were held to six fourth-quarter points.
Tristen Conaway scored 12 points for California. West Green was led by Madison Raber, who had 12 points and 17 rebounds. Freshman Sarah Courtwright followed with a career-high 10 points.
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The lights were turned off on the Steelers' 2012 season Sunday, following a 24-10 win over the Cleveland Browns, with the results showing this was a team mired in mediocrity.
In Pittsburgh, mediocrity is something only the Pirates hope to achieve. For the Steelers, who have had just four seasons at .500 or below since 1992, it's unacceptable.
Along the way to their 8-8 finish, the Steelers were good enough to beat any team in the NFL. They also showed they could play poorly enough to lose to any team, as well.
It was that kind of season.
While the front office begins the process of determining who stays and who goes, those who will return in 2013 are left to sift through the ashes of Pittsburgh's first non-winning season since 2003.
"There was rage. There was definitely frustration, because we're used to being good around here," said veteran defensive end Brett Keisel of the emotions the team has gone through.
"We're used to winning games in the end that we lost this year. That's probably been the most frustrating thing. We would get into position to win, and it just didn't happen this year. It's frustrating knowing you missed an opportunity, especially as an older guy. You don't know how many opportunities you're going to get. That's probably the most frustrating thing, knowing the type of talent we've shown in flashes this season and not being able to capitalize week in and week out."
And that is the key for these Steelers. They have talent. But that talent only seemed on display in spurts.
More often, the Steelers did a pretty fair job of helping the opposition as much as they did themselves.
Early in the season, it was a defense that seemed unable to hold a lead, as the Steelers squandered fourth quarter advantages in Denver, Oakland and Tennessee.
When the defense finally got things figured out, the Steelers put together a nice midseason run, winning four games in a row before quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was lost for three games with shoulder and rib injuries.
When Roethlisberger returned, he obviously was not as good as he was prior to the injury, throwing costly fourth quarter interceptions in losses to Dallas and Cincinnati that led to the game-winning scores.
It all added up to 8-8 and what promises to be an offseason with a little more change than usual.
"It's tough," admitted Roethlisberger. "You are used to seeing the same faces around here. You want everybody back, but you know that is not what is going to happen. We hope to get everybody back, and we wish everybody the best."
The Steelers went 3-5 this season in games decided by a field goal. That means they were either just good enough to lose in a number of games, or they had some misfortune along the way and are close to turning things around.
"I think we are close," said Keisel. "Maybe some of these guys need this. They need to realize that everything doesn't come the way we think it's going to. You've got to work your tail off in the offseason. You've got to work your tail off in the film room. You've got to come to play every week. I'm not saying guys didn't come to play every week, but we've definitely got to be more consistent if we want to go where we want to go."
And 8-8 was certainly not what they wanted – at least not until the past week when they openly talked about not finishing with a losing record.
Sunday's win assured that, but little else.
"Obviously, .500 is not what you do with the Pittsburgh Steelers," said safety Ryan Clark. "We can do better. I think every guy needs to be held accountable. If they see they can make changes in places, we've got to roll with it."
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Robert Murray is a cowardly leader.
As chief executive officer of Ohio-based Murray Energy, he laid off 150 workers last week following the presidential election, claiming the layoffs were the result of President Obama's "War on Coal."
This war on coal is a complete myth, the perpetuation of which disserves us all.
No doubt, coal mining underpins myriad local economies in coal country. Shame on politicians and leaders in these regions for not seeing, and responding appropriately to, the looming paradigm shift away from coal. They buried their collective heads in the sand and allowed their local economies to remain completely dependent upon coal instead of diversifying and posturing their cities and towns for success in the coming post-coal era.
Yes, Americans want cleaner air and less pollution. Despite improved technology, coal extraction and energy recovery still impart a relatively high negative impact on our environment. The environmental regulation of the coal mining and coal-fired power generation industries have been in place for a long time – well before President Obama took office in January 2009. In fact, the Obama administration actively delayed implementation of many coal-related regulations from the George W. Bush era in order to minimize their economic impact during the recession.
Despite the "conventional wisdom," more people are employed in the coal industry in 2012 than in 2007, before President Obama took office. In May 2007, the coal industry employed about 78,000 Americans. While the industry shed several thousand jobs during the worst part of the recession, by October, the coal industry had recovered and then some, employing about 80,000 Americans.
Competition from natural gas is the single biggest reason the coal industry faces declining prospects in coming years. It's pure economics. Generating electric power using natural gas is significantly less expensive than generating electric power using coal. The cost comparison between coal and natural gas takes into account the cost of extraction, treatment, transportation, handling, core and ancillary power generation operations, plant construction, maintenance of infrastructure, storage, remediation, regulation and residual waste disposition. As power companies recapitalize old coal-fired power plants that have reached the end of their service lives, they are overwhelmingly opting to build new natural gas fired power plants. This trend will continue and is not readily reversible. As new natural gas generation plants continue to replace old coal-fired plants, domestic demand for steam coal is going to continue to decline.
Coal fueled the Industrial Revolution. America was built on coal. Coal is still very important today. But, make no mistake, the need for coal is waning. This is progress, the natural arc of technology and history. Corporate and political leaders who don't have the vision and ability to look beyond coal, to lead us into the future that is surely coming our way, are failing us in a big way. We need to fire them. We need bold visionary leaders who will embrace and capitalize on change, not leaders like Robert Murray who either pretend change isn't happening or make excuses for their failure to adapt.
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A Coal Center woman on trial for a murder-conspiracy had nearly $10,000 cash in her vehicle, according to police testimony, when her husband was arrested for the slaying of their 92-year-old neighbor – a widow from whom he stole more than $215,00 over a two-year period.
On Wednesday, state police Trooper Todd Porter testified police found $5,380 cash in a pink polka dot wallet and $4,400 cash in a whisky bag inside a 2009 Lincoln Navigator belonging to Diane Marie McClelland. The 50-year-old is charged with conspiracy to commit criminal homicide in the 2011 stabbing death of Evelyn Stepko.
McClelland also faces charges for dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, conspiracy to commit burglary, receiving stolen property and hindering apprehension or prosecution by providing false information to law enforcement, court records show.
Her husband, David Allen McClelland, 57, is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty in October to first-degree murder and other charges before Washington County Judge John DiSalle.
Stepko was found face down in a pool of blood in the basement of her Pike Run Drive home July 18, 2011, with two stab wounds to her neck and multiple blunt-force injuries to her chest and face.
Taking the stand first on Wednesday, Cheryl Rae Jurik of Daisytown, a friend of the victim, said Stepko was a private woman of inexpensive tastes who she affectionately called a "lady of mystery."
After Stepko's death, police reportedly found more than $82,000 cash hidden throughout her modest home. A survivor of the Great Depression, she reportedly had no indoor plumbing and did not own a vehicle despite hoarding musty cash from decades ago.
"The greed for Evelyn's money brought us here today," first assistant district attorney Michael Lucas said during his opening argument Tuesday.
Lucas contends McClelland conspired with her husband and shares responsibility for his actions because she helped put them in motion. However, her attorney, Brian Gorman, claims the evidence against his client constitutes receiving stolen property, but not the other charges.
Prosecutors have alleged the McClellands used the money stolen from Stepko to gamble, as well as to purchase property, three vehicles and a cache of expensive firearms.
In addition to the cash discovered in McClelland's vehicle, which matched the age of the money in Stepko's house, Porter testified several receipts were found including one for a $1,000 pair of custom moccasins.
Troopers also testified bank envelopes from Equibank, which merged with another bank about two decades ago, were found in both the Stepko and McClelland residences – the latter of which boasts a pool and jacuzzi.
After her husband was taken in custody July 22, 2011, outside of Sam's Club in South Strabane Township, McClelland was taken to be interviewed at the state police barracks nearby.
State police Trooper Frank Mysza said McClelland claimed she had looked at the pink polka dot wallet earlier that day and there was no money in it. Several times she denied knowing about the murder or the burglaries committed by her husband, he said.
Prior to Stepko's death, the widow had reported five separate burglary-related incidents to local police between August 2009 and May 2011.
Mysza testified McClelland said she had turned a blind-eye and never questioned the source of the cash coming into the residence.
When asked about their household income, she told police she earned $22,000 a year working at a local Shop 'n Save grocery store, and her husband received $1,000 a month in disability payments. Mysza testified McClelland said the extra income came from a private lottery ticket, casino winnings and their income tax return.
State police Trooper Jeff Trypus, who handles gaming enforcement at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino, testified the McClellands never won a jackpot. He explained that individual prizes more than $1,200 require a W-9. Trypus said the couple posted losses during each trip logged on their players club cards except for one occasion when the elder McClelland walked away about $67 richer.
Diane McClelland remains free on $100,000 bond. Her stepson, David James McClelland, 37, also of Coal Center, a former part-time police officer in Washington Township, Fayette County, will be tried separately on charges of criminal homicide, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, receiving stolen property, aiding the commission of a crime and three counts of conspiracy. He continues to be lodged in the Greene County jail while awaiting trial in April.
The trial will continue today before DiSalle.
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You've heard of a bucket list, right? It's that list of things you'd like to do before you kick the bucket.
I have one, though I've never formally systematized it. But at some point before the Grim Reaper comes along and taps me on the shoulder, I'd like to see the Taj Mahal, get Bob Dylan's autograph, visit the Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris and finally, honest to Charlie, get around to reading "War and Peace" and "The Brothers Karamazov."
Of all these, the last two might be the toughest to attain.
But I'd like to propose another kind of "bucket list." This list would consist not of the things you want to do before your number is up, but the things that, when you are settled into your deathbed and taking stock of your life, you will have not one iota of regret for having never done.
And the first one on my list would have to be going on a cruise. This is a particularly easy call to make after that high-seas fiasco in February, where the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Triumph was somewhat less than triumphantly left to drift in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine room fire disabled it. Vivid descriptions of overflowing toilets and spoiled food didn't so much put me off going on a cruise as much as it reinforced an already long-standing aversion to the idea. I've always envisioned a cruise being not so much a relaxing voyage in gossamer sunshine but a waterborne slog marked by seasickness and boredom. The dreariest day in New York or London, by any stretch of my imagination, would be approximately 10,000 times better than being imprisoned on a boat and being held to the dictates of someone else's schedule.
Second on my list would be hunting. Now, before you start cranking up an irate letter, hear me out. I completely understand why people like to hunt – creeping through the woods, on the lookout for an animal or bird, then making a kill. There's an adrenaline rush, sure, but hunting is, from what I hear, also relaxing and gets you in touch with nature. It's passed down through generations. And I'm certainly not a pie-in-the-sky animal rights activist who believes no living creature should be harmed. Until such time as deer start practicing birth control, culling the herd should be not just a pastime but a necessary endeavor.
I just don't want to be the one to do it.
Having spent most of my life in cities or suburbs, it was not part of the culture in which I was raised, and if you don't develop an interest early, I'm guessing you probably never will. And I haven't. If I never get a turkey in my gunsights, if this Hundt never goes hunting, then I'll be OK.
I'd be a whole lot happier reading a book somewhere. I have a good many on my shelves at home and packed away in boxes. But not the "Harry Potter" books. And not the "Lord of the Rings" books, either. I saw all three "Lord of the Rings" movies when they were in theaters a decade ago and I firmly believe I am well and truly set – there's no need for me to revisit the movies, nor is there a need for me to read the books that served as their basis. Where "Harry Potter" is concerned, I'm even further behind the curve. The J.K. Rowling novels don't ignite my curiosity, and I've never seen a single millisecond of the movies. That's perfectly fine, too. You can have your fantasy, your witchcraft, your wizardry. I'll redirect my eyeballs, my ears, my time and my energy elsewhere.
Last weekend, I was finishing a 125-page biography of William Henry Harrison by New York Times columnist Gail Collins (it makes perfect sense that it's brief, since Harrison was, after all, president of the United States for only one month), and she pointed out that political rallies and speeches were big doings back in the 1840s because the lives of Americans were so dreary and devoid of diversion. They'd go see the speech or attend the rally because it was something other than back-breaking toil or chugging cider in the gloom of a darkened cabin. Now, the name of the game isn't so much clinging on to any possible amusement but winnowing down your options.
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It's hard being a less-is-more person when everyone else on the street subscribes to the more-is-more aesthetic – at least when it comes to Christmas decorations. Off-season, my neighborhood is a patchwork of noble stone mansions and stately Victorians. Come the day after Thanksgiving, the place erupts as if fireworks went off overhead and the falling embers landed and never burned out. Light icicles hang and bright reindeer strut and eight-foot toy soldiers stand guard at front doors.
Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful. The big house across the street has a single candle in each of its 1.2 million windows, and every night when I take my walk, I fantasize a moment about doing the same at my house. Except we tried that one year and it was a failure. Actual wax candles would burn the place down, so we bought about a dozen of the electric plug-in kind, only to find that most of the windows were not near an outlet.
A hundred dollars worth of extension cords later, we had spider webs of cords underfoot. Plan B was a batch of battery-operated window candles, purchased at a dollar store. Here's what a dollar's worth of window light gets you: candle wattage equal to an apathetic lightning bug on his last legs. You couldn't see the lights from across a darkened room, much less from the street.
Here's what I do instead: garland around the front door, wreath with red bow on the door, a cluster of poinsettias by the welcome mat, and a spotlight aimed at the whole thing.
Ours is one of the more understated homes on the street, but it looks right to me. But I'm not the only one around here with an opinion.
Take the poinsettias, for example. I always put three near the front door and about nine more of them on the side of the steps leading up. From the street, it looks like a lush bed of red and green velvet.
I put two of the flowers to the left of the front door and one to the right. Yes, I could make things symmetrical and put two on each side, but to my eyes, it's not right. Others in my family disagree with this. Each morning I walk outside to find someone has removed one of the flowers from the left of the door and placed it on the steps.
This leaves the door flanked by two lonely flowers. Every day, I retrieve the third flower from the steps and return it to the its partner at the left of the door. The next day I emerge to find it's been moved back to the steps.
Aside from annoying, this is just officially wrong. In our galaxy, threes are always better than twos, and the eye may think it wants symmetry, but it really doesn't. Two on one side and one on the other is more interesting. (This extends to writing, where students learn about the rhythm of threes. When making an argument, three examples are more persuasive than two, or even four. And everyone knows a waltz is based on three.)
"Whoever keeps moving that poinsettia, stop it," I said one day last week after having put things right out there for the third time in a day. Nobody owned it. Maybe it's the FedEx guy. He is up on the porch enough these days.
This reminds me of the time, 20 years ago, when I was planning one of the only big parties I've ever thrown. A good friend, an expert hostess, came over to help me set up. She spotted a lamp, a ceramic in the shape of a lion's head, and said, "I think we need to put this in the basement."
Apparently, my taste was so bad we had to hide the evidence from my friends. I took the lamp to the basement, even though she was wrong about it.
Now, I would say the lamp stays. And so does the third poinsettia.
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Modulok announced at SDCC 2013! So this will be left here for Multibot.
Two questions here - first do you think that Modulok and Multi-Bot will be like their predeccor - able to pull to pieces?
The 2nd question is should they come with removable plug in horde insignia. I could never understand why they never had the Horde symbol.
Man would I love an updated Modulock. And he would have to be pull apart, that's what was so fun about him.
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Modulok and Multibot would make excellent BAFs! As for the questions…yes they should be pull apart and yes they should both have the Horde insignia.
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Yeh, modulok & multibot would be awesome to see updated. Probably won't be the first Horde figures though. I'm sure they'll do Hordak & the others first.
As far as them having the horde symbol, i think they should stick closely to the original designs. modulok wasn't originally part of the horde (in the storyline, at least), he joined up later; & multibot was his creation so he belonged to modulok not the horde. That's the only reason I can come up with for why they didn't have the horde symbol.
The same could said for kobra khan & blast attak. They're part of the snake men, but don't have the snakemen symbol.
but, yeah, the modulok & multibot figures should be able to come apart & rearrange (or combine) like the original figures. I'd love to see both of them back, & with the added articulation of the MOTUC, they'd be even more poseable than ever! The only other thing I'd change with those two would be to bulk them up a bit so they don't look so scrawny next to the other figures.
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Modulok is my favorite as well. Unfortunately, from the latest Q & A- it sounds like he might be a long way off (he and Multi-bot would probably require a lot of retooling/ new sculpts). *sigh* Which is a shame- seeing as how the two of them haven't been revamped in any form yet for a long while.
For some reason it seems like I remember seeing a prototype image or drawing of a 200X MOTU toy that was called Multi-bot (not produced of course)- but it was totally different from the original toy/ wasn't a character really- seemed more like a hodgepodge of weapons that could be assembled together as a toy or disassembled for use by other characters. Does anyone else remember seeing this printed somewhere?
*amended note: ahh- found a pic of the Multi-bot... thing. Looked more like a rendering in a computer program, with an early prototype as well. looked nothing like the original- but am glad I wasn't imagining things.
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Modulok and Multi-Bot would be awesome, I can see these figures as BAF sets.
I would like to see both, but I am sure that they are only going to show up further down the line. I do't particularly care if they don't have a Horde symbol on their bodies. Whether they're with Hordak or not, they don't need tagging. Skeletor's goons didn't wear badges or anything, and Modulok seems to like going his own way at times.
I do like the idea of them being Build-A-Figures. Perhaps they could make them available that way first, and then sell a box-o-parts later at Matty.com for anyone who missed out.
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For Multibot I would like the original design (who's told Filmation?)
For Modulok I would a muscle-pumped body, not like a bug
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I don't think the line will last long enough to see these 2. Due to them being at least 2nd tier characters, if not 3rd
I could live without Multi-Bot.
If we get Modulok, I think we are more likely to get this
Maybe with his second head?
Not this
I don't know if the Filmation thing will be an issue but that is my feeling on the whole thing
We already know they'll be based on the vintage toys. Filmation is off limits.
They've got to be pull-apart though. I want to be able to buy loads of them and build a giant Mega-Beast, just like in the old days.
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Modulok is one of my favourite MOTU characters, and I'd love to see him as a MOTUC. Imagine if the new pieces fitted with the80's pieces, how cool that would be.
To be honest, I wouldn't mind a figure version of Modulok either. Maybe we could get that, and packed him with him are the first few parts of a build a Modulok, and the next parts come with the next Horde figure!
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I think Modulok should have a horde symbol.
one like Grizzlor's armor, that just straps on.
I wouldn't mind if he came with a symbol, but I can live without it as well.
Thing is tho, with Modulok, who's such a complex character with many parts, it might be a good idea to focus on getting as many parts as possible, and there I see a problem with an extra part in the form of a symbol. It would be taking the place of another "Modul", y'know.
I think Modulok here is actually one of the characters I'm thinking about buying, so I hope they do him right. But also, that they somehow find a way to sell him at the same price as a regular figure. Heh heh, the last part is a bit unrealistic, I know.
Modulok and Multibot having seperate pieces is a must and should be compatable with the other figures interchangeable heads. Modulok can then have Man-At-Arms head! Mattel could even kill two birds with one stone and relase them both together as the Megabeast!
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I loved my Modulok as a kid.. wish I still had him. One way to do a Build a Figure of him would be to include parts of him with Horde Figures.. much like they have done with comic action figures. So for example if you buy Hordak, you could get a set of limbs with him for Modulok. All of which could be added or swaped onto a Modulok figure that is offered on the Matty site.
I've always been a fan of Filmation's Modulok. I prefer that design over the two headed insectoid figure. I hope MOTUC can capture both designs and come up with something that will please everybody.
I liked how Filmation used Modulok's extra head as an empty robotic head.
Modulok wanted Man-at-arms' brain to put in that head so he could become the greatest mind in all of Eternia
After all two heads are better than one. LOL
Now how cool is that!?
If they do make Modulok (which they'd better), I'd want him to be able to be pulled apart so he can keep his title of "Evil Beast with 1000 bodies" also so I can make him look like he did in the Filmation cartoon. For me that's "My" definitive Modulok.
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I'd quite like the colours the cartoon version had.
Just looking at the pics from the NYCC and I noticed the DCU Parademon's legs! They're the same as the ones on the classic Modulok's legs!
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88 year old veteran receives high school diploma
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Over the years, Lawrence H. "Bud" Simon has attended the graduations of his children and his grandchildren, but on June 15 the tables were turned as family members watched him receive his high school diploma.
"The grandkids are more excited than I am," said 88-year-old Simon. "It's not that often that grandchildren get to see their grandfather graduate from high school."
Simon, a WWII veteran, received his honorary diploma from Bethel Park High School through a program that allows school districts to present diplomas to veterans who did not graduate high school because they were serving in WWII.
Vicki Flotta, district director of communications, said the Simon was the 11th veteran to receive a diploma from the district. He was only the second veteran to actually participate in the graduation ceremony with that year's graduating students.
Simon currently resides in Pleasant Hills. But, in 1942, he was attending Library High School, which at that time was part of what would become the Bethel Park School District. At age 17, he left school to serve in the United States Navy, and missed graduating with the Class of 1944.
"I was living with a foster family and because we worked on the farm, I couldn't get involved in school activities," said Simon. "(When the war started) I said to myself 'You've got a way out of here.'"
The teenager told his mother that if she didn't sign for him to join the U.S. Navy, he would join the Merchant Marines without her permission.
Simon saw action as a submariner in the Pacific serving first on the USS Porpoise and then the USS Cavalla.
During the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Cavalla sunk the Japanese Aircraft Carrier Shokaku, which had participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The submarine then survived depth charges fired by the Japanese fleet.
"We played a game of cat and mouse with the Japanese destroyers," Simon said.
For its part in the battle, the Cavalla earned a Unit Presidential Citation.
"Being part of the turning point in the war made us very proud," Simon said.
Simon said he did not mind the conditions on the submarines where the crew would "hot bunk," meaning the shift getting off duty would go to sleep in the bunks vacated by the crew going on duty.
"I enjoyed the comradery," he said of his time in the service.
After the war, Simon returned to Pennsylvania and met his wife, Lois, on a blind date. The couple settled in West Mifflin, where they raised a son, Larry, and a daughter, Lynn. "Bud" Simon worked for Continental Can until the company went out of business. He then worked for Liberty Candy.
A neighbor got Simon interested in archery, and that led to him becoming national archery official, officiating at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He also served as the archery commissioner for the 2002 Senior Olympics, and was a touch runner for the 2002 Winter Olympics when the torch passed through Pittsburgh on its way to Salt Lake City
Simon taught the youth archery program at the Clairton Sportsman's Club for 44 years and still frequently visits the club.
A widower since 2008, Simon has three granddaughters.
Simon said a friend got him the paperwork to apply for the program allowing veterans to receive a high school diploma, but never really followed through with it until he decided to apply to the West Mifflin School District, the district from which his children had graduated. That district referred him to Bethel Park.
"(Bethel Park) went head over heels to accommodate me," he said.
Simon admitted that he was "nervous"' about walking with the current graduates, but that getting a high school diploma was "on my bucket list."
While the younger graduates wore the traditional cap and gown, Simon wore the "crackerjack"-style Navy dress uniform he wore during WWII.
"It was a little snug, but it still fit," said Simon."It amazed everyone that it still fit."


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Lebo fireworks launch site up in the air
Lebo fireworks launch site up in the air
Mt. Lebanon residents looking forward to the municipality's Fourth of July fireworks display this summer might have to look to neighboring communities for their fireworks fix. According to Mt. Lebanon Recreation Director David Donnellan, the municipality has yet to find a location from which to shoot fireworks for the 2013 Fourth of July celebration.
Donnellan said Pyrotecnico, a company based in New Castle, that shoots the fireworks, needs 60 days notice prior to the Fourth of July to prepare for the display.
"The show must be designed for safety, specifically for the launch site," Donnellan said. "We have to figure out our game plan."
Mt. Lebanon came under fire for last year's fireworks display being launched at the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery due to construction at Mt. Lebanon High School. The fireworks display closed the area and angered residents who couldn't visit loved ones buried at the cemetery. The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery recently told Donnellan it would not allow fireworks to be launched from the site in 2013.
Donnellan said other options include shooting the fireworks from the upper parking lot across from the high school football stadium or shooting the fireworks from the fairways for holes two and three at the Mt. Lebanon Golf Course.
"The golf course provides a nice open space on high ground," Donnellan said, noting that the fireworks would cause the golf course to close for a minimum of 24 hours. "We don't want to disturb golfers or create undo hardships for them."
"There are logistical concerns for all of our locations," Donnellan said. "Another option is to not have fireworks and join forces with one of our neighboring communities to have a bigger show."


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In many offices, there always seems to be at least one person who is referred to as an Excel expert/master/wizard. Their masterful status often originates from one fact: they can make a PivotTable. Are you jealous of this person? Have you ever wished you could have that glory for yourself instead? Do you secretly wonder what a PivotTable even is?
Excel 2013 can help you achieve this masterful status. You'll be a legend at the water cooler. How? We made PivotTables easier to make than ever before (no, really!).
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You can go from this:
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Awesome, no?
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Let's go over how this is possible. Before you begin, you gotta have some data. You can borrow mine . It's sales data! Go ahead and download it, I'll wait.
Note: If you're doing this on another table that's not mine (it's OK my sales data will understand) and it's not contiguous (i.e. there are blank lines, whatever), you'll want to select the whole thing. If your data isn't tabular (i.e. in column-ular form), then this feature won't work for you.
Step One
Okay, first thing you do: click on the table. Get that cursor anywhere within the range of data you want to use. I chose this spot:
Take a minute to appreciate the awesomeness that is my dataset; it has sales records (i.e. table rows) that include who made the sale, what office they work in, and the sales amount. What kinds of things might you want to know if this was your data set and not mine?
Some examples might include:
- What office is bringing in the most sales?
- What office is bringing in the most sales amount?
- What month did we do well in?
- Do existing customers or new customers buy more?
If you thought of any of these (and probably even if you didn't), you're going to want a PivotTable! It can tell you all of those things. PivotTables are very handy for summarizing and categorizing your data, putting it into smaller chunks that you can really munch on. They work best when you have column names and category columns in your workbook as well as something you can count/add up/average/(insert other aggregations here).
Step Two
Ok, ready for step two? On the insert tab, hit the "Recommended PivotTables" button. It's the second from the left.
You'll get a dialog that looks something like this:
Here we have a few things: a list of recommended choices we've generated for you on the left, a preview of the currently selected table on the right, and the ability to just create a blank PivotTable yourself on the bottom there if we were way off base.
It's a lot easier to figure something out if you've got an example, right? This feature will get you started on PivotTables if you've never done one before and/or show you different ways to lay out your data.
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Anyway, what you should do next is pick your favorite (choose wisely!) and hit OK. Most of you will probably pick the first one (and I do too), so you'll probably get this on a new worksheet:
Congratulations! You made a PivotTable in three easy steps. We just answered Question #1: What office is bringing in the most sales? It's Seattle!
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What's most awesome about this (and there's a lot that's pretty super awesome here) is that you can quickly get to something that answers a question without knowing much about PivotTables. If we had done this without a PivotTable, it might include SumIF and VLookup and things I can't even imagine. It would be hard. This is easy.
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The son of Mark and Donna Salicce lettered in both soccer and track and field during his school days. He also captained both squads.
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To date, the Friends of Waldie Organization has awarded $62,000 to distinguished seniors for their college pursuits. All possess the characteristics that made Mr. Waldie a success until his tragic death. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 that struck the first World Trade Center Tower.
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Q. Twenty years ago, my wife had an affair with a co-worker. It ended when he moved back to his home state 2,000 miles away. At the time, I asked my wife to go to counseling with me. We made it to one session before she pronounced our marriage "healed."
Sixteen months ago, out of the blue, this same guy contacted my wife via email, and they began communicating. I discovered they were planning to meet in Las Vegas. I begged her not to go, but she was convinced she loved him and had to know if they should be together. The month before her trip, I endured more pain than I've ever experienced. I set up counseling sessions for us with separate therapists, arranged a meeting with our pastor and lost 20 pounds from the stress.
In the end, this creep flaked out on their Vegas rendezvous, probably because he couldn't see himself leaving his children for her. She also was reluctant to leave our kids. However, the breakup crushed her, and she initially refused to work on our marriage. Finally, we went to a joint counseling session, but when the therapist made reference to her "profound betrayal," that was that.
My wife refuses to rehash what happened. I'm worried that the only reason she is recommitting to our marriage is because the other man gave up on her. Things just don't feel the same. She insists she's done with this guy, but who really knows? Is it possible to move forward without dealing with the past? – Torn Up in California
A. Maybe, but not if your wife is using your marriage as her rebound relationship in order to soothe her heartbreak. That's a temporary commitment. Refusing to examine the reasons behind her vulnerability to the affair leaves open the possibility of repeating the betrayal – and this is undoubtedly what most worries you.
You cannot force your wife to work on this, so please get counseling for yourself, on your own. You need to learn what you can live with.
Q. Nobody ever addresses how someone's death affects the animals left behind. Dogs especially look forward to the return of their "master" each day with great anticipation. When my husband is away on vacation, our dogs wait at the door for hours and go through the same ritual each day until he returns.
When a loved one dies, the pet has no comprehension that this person is not coming back. When one of our dogs has passed on, we always lovingly place them in an open box where the remaining animal can be alone with the deceased for at least a half-hour. That seems to help them understand and reach closure of some kind.
Why can't we bring the animal to the funeral home or other appropriate setting and let the animal be with their friend one last time? It's the least we can do for our animal friends who give us unconditional love and companionship without asking for anything in return. – Rocky Mount, Va.
A. Some funeral homes allow dogs as "comfort animals" for the bereaved. It is likely they would also permit an animal to attend a viewing before the service. It is certainly not an unreasonable request.
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My husband accepted my close relationship with my only child. My son would also sit in between us and want to snuggle in bed, but he came to accept my husband without resentment. My son died at age 15 from cancer. I never would have forgiven myself or my husband if I had missed out on one hug. – Understanding Mom
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State Rep. Jesse White is again faulting the state Department of Environmental Protection for incomplete water quality testing after learning the agency does not use a test that would identify the presence of 22 additional contaminants.
White, D-Cecil, learned this week the DEP never used a test that identifies 45 substances when testing for possible water contamination associated with natural gas drilling into the Marcellus Shale.
The test is known as Marcellus Inorganic Survey or Suite Code 944.
"You'd think (the DEP) would have at least mentioned it existed. It's pure craziness," White said.
A Right to Know request made by the Beaver County Times revealed that this stringent test has not been used even though it was developed in 2009.
Instead, the agency uses suite codes 942 and 946, which identify eight contaminants and 16 contaminants, respectively.
Kevin Sunday, a DEP spokesman, said those codes look at chemicals most critical in making a determination if water is contaminated.
The biggest markers in drilling fluid and flowback water are alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, potassium, chloride, barium and strontium, he said, and Suite Code 946 tests for all of those.
He equated it to a person's physician ordering a blood test for specific markers.
The agency first used Suite Code 942 with additional parameters added in 2010 to Suite Code 946.
Sunday said Suite Code 944 had been "retired."
"It's not the best tool we have," he said.
White wonders if a DEP official had instructed field inspectors not to use Suite Code 944. Should a test reveal that someone has a specific chemical in their drinking water, they should be told no matter where it originated, he said.
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White has introduced House Bill 268, which would require the DEP to provide all data at no cost to any property owner whose water has been tested.


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A while back, I confessed I don't know diddly-squat about my car. I know how to go forward and reverse. I know that I have to put gas in before the dial goes to E. And, finally, I know to change the oil when the date on the sticker expires.
The two scariest words in my vocabulary are "Check Engine." I hyperventilate when that light comes on. Here's how I check the engine. I open the hood and notice that the engine is still there. I have officially checked the engine. The next item on the check list is, "Call mechanic."
I look at the car manual twice a year, once to Fall Back and the other to Spring Ahead. Every six months I forget how to change the clock. You think I would have figured it out by now.
The check engine light usually means one thing to me. Money. Lots of money. Piles and piles of money.
Car repairs are rarely cheap. Every time I get out of the dealership, Pep Boys, or wherever for under a hundred dollars, I am ecstatic. Mechanics, like grocery stores, should offer a rewards card. I find myself sitting in a chair at the dealership watching "The View" way more than I would ever agree to it, which would be no more than once every 10,000 years. I need a rewards card, clubs or coupons.
That's probably why I love Triple A.
They run it like a grocery store with clubs and coupons. I also love Triple A because, while I am a male in my 40s, I don't change flat tires. They have people to do that. I would hate to take away someone else's job by changing my own flat. That, and I don't like to get dirty. I might be wearing jeans I've had since the late '90s, it doesn't mean I have to look like it.
Always make sure there are three A's on the door of the building. Two A's will only try to take away your cocktail. Two A's doesn't have clubs, cards or coupons, just cigarettes, coffee and donuts.
The other day, I had a new light come on. It said, "Oil Life 90%." I didn't know my oil was alive. If oil is alive, I think we have a new reason to stop fracking. I am picturing a row of yellow Valvoline bottles crying in the Advance Auto. Clearly, I have a sick mind, one with no mechanical aptitude.
I had to go to the dealership to find out that I hit a button by mistake. I somehow hit a button on my dashboard that tells me my oil life instead of my mileage. It turns out 90 percent was a good thing. I didn't know. What if it were out of a possible 1,000? I had to make sure.
While it's embarrassing to have a mechanic tell you, "You hit a button by mistake," it was a lot cheaper than actually paying for a car repair. So, I'm putting this in my win column.
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Music critic Greil Marcus coined the phrase "old, weird America" to describe a strain of music that appeared before songs were big business, when records were ephemeral objects that no one kept for long.
In particular, Marcus was referring to the Anthology of American Folk Music, a compilation of field recordings, blues numbers, gospel singing and more from the late 1920s and early 1930s gathered by Harry Smith, a filmmaker and all-around weirdo who died in 1991. Smith had held onto his records, 78 rpm slabs that safeguarded for posterity ditties such as "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" and "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room," in addition to songs by pillars of American music like the Carter Family and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Clocking in at more than four hours, Smith's anthology was released in 1952. It's accepted wisdom that it played a prominent role in sparking the renaissance of folk music that occurred during that decade and the next. It also preserved a treasury of flawed, human recordings that provide insight into the varied cultures that existed in the nooks and crannies of the United States at the time.
What we hear and how we hear it informs our perceptions. It is now possible for the cultivated ear to discern production quality among recordings. An aficionado may call a song "overproduced," and a band may use low-fidelity recording techniques to achieve a certain atmosphere or as an act of rebellion. Those are the wages of sophistication.
The same applies to other types of information.
Even as the Internet expands daily, it becomes a smaller, more catered experience for many users. According to Quantcast, a San Francisco-based web-analytics company, the top five most visited websites in the United States include heavy-hitters whose dominance should surprise no one.
Twitter is No. 5 with 94 million visitors each month. At No. 4 is msn.com, operated by Microsoft, with about 117 million, and Facebook is at No. 3 with 131 million visitors. YouTube comes in at No. 2 with 189 million visitors, and YouTube's parent company, Google, is No. 1 with 209 million visitors, about two-thirds of the U.S. population.
Google, the 800-pound gorilla, is at the forefront of targeted content, delivering information to users based on their previous searches, their connections on social networks, the contents of their emails and sundry other personal data. This can have an echo-chamber effect, leading, say, a Vegemite enthusiast or a person of a certain political bent to receive news, philosophy and commercial offers that confirm their particular worldview.
In a way, it's a situation similar to that of the musicians of nearly a hundred years ago whose recordings Smith preserved. Separated from each other by accident of geography, they cultivated their own sounds and beliefs. Today, one can achieve a narrow outlook through willfulness and with the aid of sophisticated algorithms.
This idea becomes more curious when one accounts for another of Google's passions, wearable computing. Google and several other companies are developing networked glasses that will provide users with augmented reality software that can overlay their visual field with movies, data about their surroundings, whatever the user and his corporate sponsors desire.
At the moment, wearable computing is a bit clunky, but it will become sleeker and less conspicuous. Perhaps someday soon, you literally will see the world differently than your neighbor.
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Plans for the Gateway Shops at Newbury Market in South Fayette Township are moving forward. Prior to a May 8 board of commissioners meeting, a public hearing was held regarding Newbury's conditional use application for plans for the outparcels at the former 84 Lumber site along Route 50.
"There was no announcement as far as tenants" for the Gateway Shops, said Township Manager Ryan Eggleston. However, he added that an announcement regarding tenants could be coming in "the near future."
Eggleston said during the public hearing one resident, Chip Davis, voiced concern about why the project has not progressed more quickly. Eggleston said that with the economic downturn in the past few years, he's glad that the project is "still moving forward."
Commissioners also discussed at the meeting implementing a possible fireworks ordinance. Eggleston said the township is working on a draft fireworks ordinance that could be ready by June. He said there was an incident in the township last year of someone setting off fireworks without a permit that caused some concern among residents. The ordinance would state that if a group holds an event where there is going to be fireworks, a permit must be obtained.
As far as the township's own fireworks celebration for the Independence Day holiday, Eggleston said a vendor should be approved at the May 15 meeting and that the display will occur on July 3.
In other business, the township is considering an overhaul of its website, Eggleston said. He added that the township has received a proposal from Civic Plus, a company that does a lot of municipal websites.
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