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That's so 2002. Haven't they heard? In interviews, and his annual online chat, the Commissioner has made clear that baseball is back, bigger and better than ever. All its problems are receding, thanks to none other than Allan H. Selig and the visionary Collective Bargaining Agreement he negotiated last summer. Listen to Bud for a few minutes and you start to believe that if only baseball could spare him for a few months, he could bring peace to the Middle East, create a stable, multi-party democracy in Iraq, and swoop down to pick up Osama Bin Laden on his way back for the World Series.
But I digress. This column isn't about Bud. It's about Tuesday's USA Today feature, What's the Problem with Baseball?" and its companion, "Ten Ways to Improve Baseball." In the same week that USA Today won praise from Time for its journalism, it published a pair of articles which would embarrass a small-town weekly.
These articles were built around the results of a Gallup Poll conducted from June 27-29. The complete results of this survey, with historical data for context, are available from the Gallup Web site. Comparing USA Today's breathless hyping of baseball's "problems" to the actual data shows how authors Peter Barzilai and John Follaco selectively reported the results that supported their conclusion.
For example, USA Today led with the finding that "33% of sports fans say they are following baseball less closely than they did three years ago." The authors couldn't be bothered to mention either that 12% of fans said they were following baseball more closely, or that the percentage of the population identifying itself as baseball fans is exactly the same in June 2003 as it was in May 2000. Indeed, Gallup concludes, "Despite the perceptions of a dwindling fan base and perhaps less enthusiasm for the sport among its current fans, Gallup Poll data show the proportion of baseball fans in the United States has been relatively steady for the past decade."
Similarly, the 39% of sports fans who "believe the game is in a state of crisis or has major problems" includes only 8% who see baseball in a state of crisis, compared to 31% who saw major problems, 48% who saw minor problems, and 4% who saw no problems at all.
Comparisons of MLB to other sports underscored the success of MLB's anti-marketing campaign. All told, 39% of respondents picked MLB as the professional sport facing the most serious problems, compared to 20% for the NBA, 17% for the NHL and 11% for the NFL. As the article noted, the NHL "had two of its teams file for bankruptcy last season and next year might face a highly contentious work stoppage that could wipe out a season," yet more than twice as many respondents believed MLB was in worse shape. Great job, Bud.
Not that Bud understands the problem. I had to wipe the Diet Coke off my monitor after reading his lament: "There seems to always be this inherent negativism. Other sports and other forms of entertainment don't seem to suffer from that. Maybe baseball is held to a different or higher standard."
Um...sure, Bud. You spend years telling Congress, the press, and the public that small markets can't compete and numerous clubs are on the verge of bankruptcy, then can't understand why public opinion doesn't turn on a dime when you proclaim a New Economic Era.
And any problems sound more serious when the press wallows in them. USA Today spent five paragraphs itemizing MLB's real or imagined difficulties, then blandly referred to the NBA's "several star players with image problems." The "image problems" referenced on the front page of the USA Today basketball site yesterday included Chris Webber's pleading guilty to federal perjury charges, allegations of a sexual assault by Kobe Bryant, and Jerry Stackhouse's arrest on assault charges. But SAMMY CORKED HIS BAT, dammit!
As bad as this article was, though, it's a Pulitzer Prize winner compared to Mel Antonen's "Ten Ways to Improve Baseball." After urging MLB to "stop worrying about today's bottom line and start investing in the game's future," Antonen's first recommendation is to shorten the regular season to 154 games.
Yes sir, nothing says "investment in the future" quite like an immediate 5% across-the-board reduction in local revenues. A shorter season might make sense if combined with another round of playoffs, but that's not one of Antonen's proposals. Instead he suggests using the extra days to extend the All-Star break, contending that the extra rest will rekindle player interest in the exhibition. If that doesn't do the trick, perhaps the players will be excited by his plan to change the All-Star Game format from year to year: AL vs. NL one season, USA vs. The World the next. But why stop there? How about Position Players vs. Pitchers (Brooks Kieschnick ineligible), or the original NHL format of Defending Champions vs. All-Stars? Depriving the champs of an All-Star break would improve competitive balance, too...
Apparently lobbying to succeed Bud Selig as Commissioner, Antonen next proposes a four-team contraction. "Most of the owners say they are losing money; if cities can't support the teams, then contract them." Could Bud have said it any better?
In fact, as Andrew Zimbalist noted during the SABR convention, the best investment MLB could make in its own future would be to expand, not contract. Expansion gives more fans a local club to watch. It boosts attendance and overall industry revenue, and increases interest in baseball in the new markets. In short, it's exactly the sort of long-term strategy Antonen would recommend if he knew what he was talking about.
Confirming that he doesn't, he embraces the definitive non-solution to a non-problem: an MLB "board of directors, comprised of owners, players, umpires, TV honchos and fans," to oversee the Commissioner. If MLB is dysfunctional now, imagine what it would be like with Albert Pujols voting on a new TV contract, John Hirschbeck critiquing MLB.com, Ed Goren of Fox Sports proposing changes to the first-year player draft, and Joe Fan passing judgment on everything. The owners put up the money; it's their business to govern, and to run into the ground if they screw up badly enough. If Major League Baseball were to crash and burn tomorrow, the next day a new league would rise from the ashes to meet the demand for the world's best professional baseball.
Antonen also demands "lower ticket prices." Noting the number of empty seats in many parks, he calls this "simple supply-and-demand economics." That's "simple" in the sense of "something a college freshman might suggest after two weeks of Econ 101." Since major league clubs seek to maximize revenue, not attendance, if the revenue lost by charging less to existing patrons exceeds the revenue gained from new customers, lowering ticket prices will actually cost the club money. This isn't rocket science; smart clubs know how to combine ticket prices, promotions and discounts to attract new fans, and dumb clubs deserve to lose money and patronage.
To "solve the DH debate once and for all," Antonen wants both a pitcher and a DH in the batting order. That's right, a 10-man lineup. Since the number of innings and the number of outs would remain unchanged, every spot in the batting order would lose 11% of its plate appearances. That's enough to ensure that many of MLB's most cherished single-season and career batting records could never be challenged, thereby sparing clubs the expense of preparing for the large crowds that flocked to see Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds as they battled for the home run record.
Apparently recognizing that many fans might be less than receptive to this proposal, Antonen offers "something for purists, a step back in time to when baseball was played under the sun." He would require all clubs to play Saturday games during the day. After all, what could be more fan-friendly than a sunny July afternoon in Dallas, Atlanta or Miami? He claims that this would be "a great way to sell kids on baseball," but many of those kids (not to mention their parents) have other commitments on Saturday afternoons. There's no reason to believe local owners don't know what's best for their own markets, and plenty of reason to believe that Antonen spent less time compiling this list than most of us take to prepare a grocery list.
After eight whiffs, Antonen raises his batting average to the Mendoza Line with two decent suggestions out of 10. The first is earlier starting times for playoff games, which certainly makes sense for weekend World Series games--kids are less likely to follow baseball if they're sent to bed in the fourth inning of the World Series. (I speak from experience here. My own obsession with baseball dates to shortly before my eighth birthday, when the tantrum I threw after missing the end of this game induced my mother to offer a deal: no mandatory bedtime so long as I was always awake and alert in the morning. Watching all of this game, though, was really pushing it...)
Finally, Antonen urges all clubs to open their gates earlier so that fans can watch the home club take batting practice. As he says, this is "so easy, it shouldn't even count." The increased exposure to the local heroes will build fan loyalty, while the added expense of paying ushers and ticket-takers for an extra hour will be more than recouped from increased concession sales.
These two proposals, though, hardly redeem the shoddy thinking reflected in the rest of the list, or the outrageously misleading slant of the article describing baseball's "problems." USA Today should be ashamed of itself.
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Efficacy and Safety Study of NPC-01 to Treat Dysmenorrhea
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- Patient Response to Treatment for Dysmenorrhea, as Evaluated by Difference of Total Dysmenorrhea Score (Baseline/Pretreatment-End of Treatment) [ Time Frame: 16weeks ]
The detail of dysmenorrhea score that was used in this study is the following. These subscales summed for a total dysmenorrhea score (minimum 0 to maximum 6). Pain score None 0 : None Mild 1 : There are some troubles for work Moderate 2 : Needing to rest in bed and/or affecting work Severe 3 : Morre than 1 day in bed and not possible to work
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The main objective of this study is to confirm the effectiveness and safety profile of NPC-01 in comparison with placebo in the treatment of dysmenorrhea (primary and secondary dysmenorrhea).
Additionally we also investigate the differences of effectiveness of NPC-01 in comparison with IKH-01 in the treatment of secondary dysmenorrhea as a reference, because IKH-01 is already marketed at them.
To achieve these, closed testing procedure is used in this study. After confirming statistical differences between NPC-01 and Placebo in the total dysmenorrhea, stratified analysis is carried out for primary dysmenorrhea (NPC-01, Placebo), and secondary dysmenorrhea (NPC-01, IKH-01 and Placebo).
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Exclusion Criteria:
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- pregnant woman
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01129102
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|Nissay Hospital,Osaka,Japan
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Menstruation Disturbances
Pathologic Processes
Pelvic Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Polyestradiol phosphate
Ethinyl Estradiol
Estradiol 3-benzoate
Estradiol 17 beta-cypionate
Estradiol valerate
Norethindrone acetate
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
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With nearly all of the Lobos' opponents having released their schedules, there were only a handful of contests left for UNM to announce. None will send fans scurrying to the ticket office.
Among the new games are home exhibitions against small colleges Davenport and Western New Mexico, the season-opener against Division II New Orleans and home games against Houston Baptist and North Dakota.
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"A lot of emphasis was put on the strength of our non-conference schedule," UNM coach Steve Alford said. "I am very pleased that this schedule will prepare us for league play as well as give us plenty of opportunities to set us up for postseason play."
Those opportunities, however, appear like they will have to come outside of the Pit. The Lobos play at Arizona State, USC and New Mexico State. They are also part of the eight-team 76 Classic in Anaheim, Calif., where they open with Santa Clara. UNM plays three games in the Thanksgiving weekend event.
UNM also plays against Oklahoma State in a four-team, one-game, one-day event in Oklahoma City.
Last season, the Lobos' non-conference schedule was rated 255th strongest in the nation and didn't include one team that eventually made the NCAA Tournament. Only one team on this year's non-Mountain West Conference slate, USC, made last year's NCAA field. The 19-14 Trojans lost one of the newly-created first-round games (formerly the play-in game).
Saint Louis, which plays the Lobos in the Pit on Dec. 31, is coached by former Utah coach Rick Majerus. But Saint Louis was just 12-19 last season.
Nearly every non-MWC team on this year's home schedule had losing Division I records last season. The exceptions are North Dakota (19-15 and 8-5 in the Great West Conference), Missouri-Kansas City (16-14, 9-9 in the Summit League) and Missouri State (26-9 and won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title at 15-3). The latter game was set up by the leagues as part of the MVC-Mountain West Conference Challenge.
Houston Baptist was 5-26 and 2-10 in the Great West while NMSU was 16-17 and 9-7 in the WAC. Montana State and Idaho State combined for overall records of 22-38 and 11-21 in the Big Sky Conference.
HENRY UPDATE: UNM starts the fall semester on Monday, but there is still no word on whether signee Jarion Henry will be eligible. Alford said he is still waiting to hear from Kimball High in Dallas, where Henry took summer classes through last week.
— This article appeared on page D1 of the Albuquerque Journal


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The Phoenicians in Spain
Under the protection of their powerful, military neighbours, the Assyrians, the Phoenicians expanded throughout the Mediterranean and beyond in search of raw materials and metals for the Middle East market. Although their voyages took them as far as Cornwall (southern England) in pursuit of tin, they found an ample supply of gold, silver, copper and iron in southern Spain. Silver was particularly important to the Assyrians since their currency was largely based on it, and the Phoenicians were expected to provide it. This is why the Río Tinto mines north of Huelva were so important to the Phoenicians; the area contained large deposits of silver. While excavations show that mining in this area goes back to the early Bronze Age, the Phoenicians exploited the deposits of silver more efficiently than ever before.
Excavations of Phoenician settlements show a general lack of weapons, which suggests peaceful coexistence between the Phoenicians and the indigenous tribes. In fact, amongst the outstanding features of these Phoenician coastal towns, e.g Toscanos, are the remains of factories or foundries to create manufactured goods which were then traded with the local inhabitants. It is likely, too, that the Phoenicians introduced the manufacture of iron, a particularly valuable commodity, for making not only swords etc, but also agricultural tools. The art of ceramics was revolutionised by the Phoenicians with the introduction of the potter's wheel around 700 BC, followed almost immediately by painted decoration on pottery products.
Judging from animal bones that have been excavated, beef husbandry appears to have been especially encouraged. Fish caught off the coast --especially tuna, mackerel and sturgeon-- were eagerly sought after in the markets of the eastern Mediterranean. The discovery of a high number of Phoenician amphorae also suggests the cultivation of olive oil and wine as barter goods.
The Phoenicians also discovered in the waters off the coast the murex mollusc, the source of the famed purple dye of Tyre. The value of this discovery was incalculable given that some 12.000 molluscs are required to produce only about 1.5 grams of dye.
The pre-eminence of the Phoenicians as a Mediterranean trading power collapsed after the conquest of Tyre by the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar in 573 BC (the Babylonians had overthrown the Assyrians in 612 BC Collins 9). However, their influence did not disappear entirely, because they were succeeded by the Carthaginians whose capital city, Carthage, had been founded as a Phoenician trading post about 800 BC. After the fall of Phoenicia, Carthage soon developed a considerable trading presence of its own in the Mediterranean.
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Blázquez, Jose María and Castillo, Arcadio del Prehistoria y edad antigua Madrid 1988
Collins, Roger Spain: An Oxford Archaeological Guide Oxford 1998
Curchin, Leonard Roman Spain: Conquest and Assimilation London 1991
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After 13 years, NSW has finally sold some of its electricity assets but not before the state's Treasurer took the extraordinary step of appointing his own advisers to the power utility boards to get the $5.3 billion sale through.
Another former director, who preferred not to be named, said the government had not been transparent about how much of the proceeds would be set aside to cover future liabilities.
The country's other big energy retailer, AGL, missed out but may bid for the two remaining gentrader contracts up for sale – Macquarie Generation and Delta Coastal.
The last-minute drama means the NSW government will fail to meet its year-end deadline to complete the privatisation of electricity assets. Mr Roozendaal said he hoped to sell those by February.
Gentrader contracts are the trading rights to the electricity output from the power stations, and were part of a compromise deal to get union support for the privatisation. Workers at the power stations will be largely unaffected by the deal because the physical assets will remain in government hands.
The sale price was yesterday alternately described as high, fair, a good deal for the government, and too low.
Origin Energy managing director
Mr Roozendaal described the deal as "an exceptional result".
But shadow treasurer
Mr Roozendaal said that, while it was fair that Delta and Eraring directors had deemed the deal "uncommercial", he was focused on the "big picture".
"Their responsibility is to look at the commercial considerations for their own entity alone. They're not considering the benefits to taxpayers from not having to pay for future generation or the benefits of a more competitive retail market," he said.
He said the government had "taken the challenge of paying for future power stations off the taxpayers' purse. We've protected the AAA credit rating and we've now created a very competitive retail environment, which will place downward pressure on electricity prices."
The sale of the electricity assets has taken 13 years and included a bruising political battle that claimed the scalps of two premiers, Morris Iemma and Nathan Rees, and a treasurer, Michael Costa.
NSW is well behind South Australia and Victoria, which sold off their electricity assets in the 1990s, and Queensland, which sold off its energy retailers in 2007.
Mr Roozendaal, who left for New York yesterday afternoon to visit ratings agencies and shore up the state's AAA rating, tried to sell the transaction as a triumph for the state. However, the announcement was overshadowed by the boardroom drama and the government's admission the sale of its remaining two assets would drag into next year.
The government had been expecting the state-owned companies to sign off on the deal early Tuesday morning. But the boards of Eraring and Delta refused, insisting they needed more time. They had formed their own view of what the assets were worth – and it didn't meet up with the government's valuations.
The government had always expected the boards to rule the transactions uncommercial, but it was not prepared for a stand-off.
Later that night the directors, including former Olympics minister
Mr Roozendaal was then forced to appoint two new directors to each of the Eraring and Delta boards. The bureaucrat heading up the electricity privatisation process,
When asked whether he was concerned about conflicts of interest associated with the appointments, Mr Roozendaal said: "We took legal advice that dictated that they must exercise their duties as directors to those entities, which they did."
Both boards then declared the transaction "uncommercial" for their respective companies, which allowed Mr Roozendaal to issue a ministerial directive instructing them to approve the sale. That ensures the directors are indemnified against future liabilities such as claims from taxpayers that assets were sold too cheaply.
Electricity privatisation was first put forward by Bob Carr in 1997 but was voted down on the party room floor. The latest sell-off plan was put together by former minister Joe Tripodi two years ago. It has been hit by delays and setbacks as the government struggled with a looming fuel supply problem and strong opposition from business groups, critical of the gentrader model.
Shadow treasurer Mr Baird yesterday said the government should be prepared to be open about the process and, if the coalition is elected next March, he will scrutinise the deals in detail.
"If the Premier and Treasurer have nothing to hide about what happened at midnight last night, they will agree to a judicial inquiry that will allay the fears about the legal implications of events last night, the overall value of the sale and the impact on ongoing electricity prices," Mr Baird said.
"If they don't agree, we will undertake that, if elected to government, we will undertake a judicial inquiry and put on notice everyone involved in this transaction that we will scour every detail."
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UEFA to sanction Fergie for no-show
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Sir Alex Ferguson after the Manchester United manager refused to attend a post-match press conference following his side's Champions League defeat at the hands of Real Madrid.
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• Jolly: United rocked by Nani red
• Blog: 'The best team lost'
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Ferguson was furious with Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir for dismissing Nani after his high boot made contact with Alvaro Arbeloa as they contested a ball in the second half of their last-16 tie at Old Trafford.
The home side were leading 1-0 at the time, a goal Nani helped to create, and his red card dramatically altered the game, Real scoring twice in three minutes as they sealed a quarter-final berth thanks to a 3-2 aggregate victory.
Managers of both sides are contractually obliged to face the press after the match but Ferguson sent assistant manager Mike Phelan in his place, who described the 71-year-old as "distraught".
Consequently, UEFA has confirmed disciplinary proceedings against the club for the non-fulfilment of post-match media obligations, and over Nani's red card offence.
A short statement added: "The case will be dealt with by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body on Thursday 21 March."
UEFA's statement made no mention of defender Rio Ferdinand, who sarcastically applauded Cakir after the final whistle when United's players surrounded the officials.
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Nothing ever made it so fun and so normal to be drunk and stupid and reckless as the adventures of a few post-graduate, obnoxious friends did. Phil. Stu. Doug. The weirdly sexual Alan, jockstrap and nakedness along with him.
The Hangover 2 is now playing. I haven't seen it yet so I can't spoil anything. But what I can do is look back at the original classic, the first Hangover. Ever wondered if any of the movie's famous scenes ever took place in the NBA behind closed doors? Wonder no more.
*** *** ***
Desert. Four guys. Three buddies. One drug dealer. He's pissing. One phone. One call. One road. One car. No way home…
Tracy, it's Phil.
Phil…where the hell are you guys? I'm freaking out…
Yeah listen…ahh…we f#$%^& up…the bachelor party. The whole night. Things got outta control and ah…(looks at the sky) we lost Doug. We can't find Doug.
We are getting married in five hours!
Yeah uh, that's not gonna happen…
KG is fired up. "Whatchu mean you don't know? You talkin' like this is marriage. Ain't no one getting married! The bouquet wasn't even thrown." Rondo stares at the ground and then looks away, adjusts his headband to put the logo up front, upside down (eat it Stern). Facial expression doesn't change. Stoic. Stubborn. Give me back my Perk!
"I'm talking to you, shorty. We trying to do some things around here. See those banners up there? This ain't about you. This ain't about Perk. This ain't about those weird little games you used to play. We tryin' to do something, and you are f#$%^& with my money. You f#$%^^ with my rings. My legacy."
Danny Ainge comes strolling in, slaps Jeff Green on the backside and smirks that lil' BYU gunslinger look at Rob and Big. Shorty sees him, the point guard in him vanishes. He starts to stand up: "You F@#$%^ it all up! It's YOU…." Big steps in. "Calm down Shorty. Listen up, we got moves to make. Get it together."
Shorty keeps playing, but what else is he gonna do? He's got a whole city behind him, the first time in his life he's getting love on the hardwood. He was no one's Valentine back in the day. Back in Louisville, Ricky P basically said, thanks but no thanks Shorty. We got some wild child from Coney Island. Goes by the name of Telfair. Big deal. Sports Illustrated. The next big thing. Beat it kid. At Kentucky, those old timers and bluegrassers checked him out. Up and down. "Shorty's a nut. He don't wanna fit in. Wants to do his own thing, be his own coach. Stubborn. Oh, now you declaring for the Draft? Good riddance." 21 picks later and Shorty's finally got a home. 'Till the BYU golden boy came in and screwed it up, sent away his brother. And now the whole world is gonna feel Shorty's wrath.
"I'mma play, but I'm not doin' it for you, Big. Not for you." Big's head curls. "Not for me? Whatchu mean? This is a team. We go as you go." Shorty gets up and walks out. Big just watches. "Damn, we lost Shorty."
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Two friends. One room. One jockstrap. A beard that talks. No Harden. A couple of suits for the wedding…
Listen, I want you to know Doug, I'm a steel trap. Whatever happens tonight, I will never, ever, ever speak a word of it.
(weird look) Ooookaay, Al…I got it. I…
Seriously (eyes locking in, maddening gaze), I don't care what happens. I don't care if we kill someone.
You heard me. It's Sin City. I won't tell a soooul.
Okay. I got it (nods head)
"Come on in here big fella. Listen up man, you're my boy. I love you man. The next big center. Purple and gold royalty. That's gonna be you my man. MY BOY! I just want…" Big Drew is smiling that sheepish smile. He's a nice cat, can't help it. He builds toy cars and likes puzzles. He likes attention, likes that girls with halter-tops like L.A. "…Hey man, thanks for that. Untouchable? Means a lot. I feel lighter already. No more injuries. It's on now baby."
The exec, shirt a little messy from too much stress, pulls back his hand after being interrupted. He curls it up, places it at his chin. "You listen here big fella. Zen is out. New day. New beginnings. No one's smoking peace pipes 'round here no more. I make the rules 'round here, big fella. That boy 24. He's old. He wrinkly. I don't like him 'cus he told me my dad was better. Embarassed me. Someone gotta put him in his place."
"Well, he does have like…"
"Hush, big fella! Zip it. Zip it for a long time. Long time. Your team now. We all just living here. Taking up space. Five rings? Who cares he's nothing. Old-timer. Like Zen. We in here now, you and me. We goin' right to the top. You think you can do that? Don't care what we do. I don't care if we trade Kobe. Trade that Spaniard. Trade that TV star. Trade 'em all. It's a new day so can you zip it? It's on you." Big Drew has a wide grin, teeth coming out now. He's smiling. Can't wait. No Bart Scott. Just feeling really happy, really feeling himself. They stand up to shake hands. Then the exec with the bristled shirt pulls him in closer, and then even closer. Hug. Big Drew turns his head, taken aback. WTF??? "Hug it up baby. MY BOY! YOU'RE MY BOY!"
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Four friends. One roof. Jager. Sin City. Substances that later became roofies. One toast. No safe way out…
This is good. I'd like to make a toast…to Doug and Tracy, may tonight be…but a minor speed bump in an otherwise very long and healthy marriage. Cheers!
I'D LIKE TA….say something…that I've prepared for tonight.
Alright (puts his arm on a shoulder).
Hello. How bout that ride in? I guess that's why they call it Sin City. Ha Ha Ha. You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself…as a one-man wolf pack.
(Brows tighten and heads twist)
…But when my sister brought Doug home I knew he was one of my own, and my wolf pack, it grew by one. So where there were two of…two of us in the wolf pack, I was a…alone first in the pack and then Doug joined later…
(Odd stares)
…And then six months ago when Doug introduced me to you guys, I thought wait a second, could it be? And now I know for sure, I just added two more guys to my wolf pack. Four of us wolves, running around in the desert together, in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine. So tonight…I make a toast (pulls out a knife).
It's a dark alley, right behind the Big Post Office. Night has descended. Mr. No-Nickname, the dude from UConn? Yeah, he's out. Like a wolf in real life, when he finally got it, he got hurt. Bye bye. Now it's just these guys. Two burly mothas and a couple of smalls. Baldie steps up. YMCA All-Star? What he looks like. NBA All-Star? What he plays like. "We getting too old for this. Need a wakeup. Sleep when you die." His burly brother, the white one, scribbles at his beard. "Big bro knows 'bout winning. All 'bout it…."
"Big bro? Soft bro? Shaky as pudding after one scoop bro? No one hearing that. Back in the Bean, back in the CHI, it was brotherhood. One team. One truce." The crazy one knows about it. Ask the security guards who kept him alive two years ago on the bench. Ask 'em.
"…Teammates. No one above the other. We are gonna D up and we are gonna make up and everyone is gonna feel the love."
They all smile, dapping each other up. It feels good to be down for a common cause. It's like filming a movie, except no one knows the ending. Who dies? Who survives? Is it a horror flick? No more Larry Hoover, Jail Blazers. No mo' big bro running s$%^. No mo' being known for tearing knees up after the whistle.
The smallest one finally speaks up, the one with the famous father. "I'm down. Shake on it." Hands reach out and clasp. Someone walks by, 6-4 of splashing wet Js. They used to call him the next LeBron. Now they don't know what's next for him. What's that? A truce? They all look at him, beckoning him to come over and join in. He peers back, somewhat shocked like he's never seen it before. Finally he says, "I'm outtie" and keeps walking. No wonder he should've been traded.


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SmartShipping Conference Program Announced
Paul Østergaard, founder and CEO of ShipServ, a marine and offshore e-marketplace, is among the keynote speakers who will address the first SmartShipping conference this October 17-18 in Singapore.
SmartShipping 2011 is a strategic conference grounded in the commercial realities of today's shipping markets. It has been developed on the premise that shipowners can and will engage with innovation in pursuit of greater efficiencies, simplified compliance and correspondingly lower operational costs.
Cheong Keng Soon, Director – Shipping Division, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), will open the conference by speaking about the Singapore Maritime Cluster Fund, which aims to facilitate the growth of Singapore's maritime cluster by supporting the industry's manpower and business development efforts.
Østergaard will make two presentations to SmartShipping 2011. On the first day, his theme will be "Staying ahead of the game: considering the tools and processes that companies can adopt to achieve market-beating performance in their day-to-day operations." His second speech will focus on "Breaking frontiers: the impact of the digital revolution," placing digital economy trends in a broader shipping industry perspective.
"We are hearing more and more often that the shipping industry needs to fundamentally reshape its business priorities and its approach to innovation and the use of technology," Østergaard said. "SmartShipping is an opportunity to hear from the companies and organisations leading that innovation how those ideas can be put into practice."
SmartShipping speakers and attendees will be drawn from among naval architects, ship designers and optimization specialists, sustainability and environmental compliance experts, and managers responsible for strategic decisions on innovation and technology. Representatives from BW Ventures, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, DNV, AP Møller-Maersk, Grieg Shipping and Anglo-Eastern Maritime Services have already been confirmed to participate as speakers.
SmartShipping 2011 will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore and is co-organized by ShipServ and Tradewinds. For more information and to register, visit www.smartshipping2011.com.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In-flight Internet provider Gogo (GOGO) soared Monday morning on the wings of a Wall Street beat. And StockTwits' investors believe shares will continue to fly as the company tops competitors.
$GOGO great qtr and a great cc. Run shorty run? traderelite (@traderelite) May. 12 at 09:08 AM
Sentiment on the Gogo is 85% bullish, according to StockTwits analytics. The stock climbed 8% Monday before the open, during the company's first quarter earnings conference call. It was the top trending ticker on StockTwits.com. At 11:30 a.m., the stock was at $12.98, up 8.8% for the day.
$GOGO Time to buy more this is next Netflix in few years.? Satya (@Samlal) May. 12 at 08:52 AM
Gogo reported a smaller-than-expected earnings-per-share loss of 20 cents before the bell Monday on $95.7 million in revenue. The results surpassed analyst consensus estimates for an EPS loss of 25 cents on $94.58 million in sales. The company maintained guidance of between $400 million and $422 million in total revenue for the year. It expects adjusted EBITDA of between $8 million and $18 million.
But some investors were disappointed that Gogo didn't announce a new airline deal during the conference call.
$GOGO Results r mildly better than estimates - guidance leaves me wanting more - was hoping for announcement of new partnership? Omar (@TheStacks) May. 12 at 08:59 AM
Gogo management is working fast to ink deals with new airlines and increase its Internet speed and coverage before competitors do. Recently, Gogo inked a deal with Air Canada to supply Internet for its North American fleet. Gogo will also test its new 2Ku band satellite technology on Air Canada flights, which promises to deliver up to 100 megabits per second (mpbs for short). Gogo management says that speed will top everyone else in the industry.
"We expect to see significant capacity increases with the introduction of our GTO and 2Ku airborne antennas, both of which are capable of delivering industry leading speeds of 70mpbs to the aircraft initially, and up to 100 mbps when spot beam Ku satellites are launched," said Gogo CEO Michael Small in a press release.
About 38% of domestic U.S. flights offer in-flight Wi-Fi, according to a July report by RouteHappy, a flight ratings and analytics site. Delta (DAL), Southwest (LUV) and U.S. Airways (AAL) offer Wi-Fi on the most flights -- though Virgin America and AirTran have their entire fleets outfitted for Wi-Fi.


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NEW YORK, November 16, 2009 — COMEDY CENTRAL is setting the bar with a hot list of its favorite comedians! Check out who makes the cut in the World Television Premiere of "COMEDY CENTRAL's Hot List," debuting Sunday, December 6 at 10:00 p.m.
COMEDY CENTRAL has picked nine young comedians who have been making a splash in the comedy world; in the clubs, on the internet, in films and on television. The up-and-comers representing the next generation of comedians include Aziz Ansari ("Parks and Recreation"), Anthony Jeselnik ("Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"), Nick Kroll ("The League," "I Love You, Man"), T.J. Miller ("Cloverfield"), Whitney Cummings ("COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of Joan Rivers"), Jon Lajoie ("The League"), Donald Glover ("30 Rock," "Community"), Matt Braunger ("MADtv") and Kumail Nanjiani ("Michael & Michael Have Issues").
"COMEDY CENTRAL's Hot List" includes interviews with the comedians as well as clips from their various performances. Become a part of their world as they one-up each other discussing why they think they were chosen for the list, how they would rank each other, who would play them in the movie of their life and whether the perennial fart joke is still funny. Tune in Sunday, December 6 at 10:00 p.m. to discover the next generation of comedians that people will be quoting for years to come!
"COMEDY CENTRAL's Hot List" is executive-produced by Gay Rosenthal, Paul Barrosse and Nicholas Caprio of Gay Rosenthal Productions. JJ Klein and Toni Magon are executives in charge for COMEDY CENTRAL.
COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 95 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.
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I was wonder when your susposed to get your periods after you have your baby.
I'm only 2 weeks pp. So I know I have awhile. but before I got pregnant, i didn't have a period for almost 2 years after DEPO. Kinda fucked my shit up. Then I had one tiny period in the begining of 2012. Around the time I got pregnant. You think my body will have a period? I asked my doctor, and she said I could, and I couldnt.
Any other mama's have this problem? Like not getting a period?
are you still trying to breast feed? tristan was a b**b boy and i didnt get my period for 8 months.
Some do, some don't. I didn't get my period months after I had LO. Till this day, I don't have normal periods.
It's different for everyone. Are you breastfeeding? If you're exclusively breastfeeding, your period may not return for months. I was 4 month pp when I got mine.
I got my period 6 weeks pp with my first. It can be longer if you breast feed. I also know you can get pregnant again within a few weeks pp
Sadly no I am not breastfeeing :/


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Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want – An OCLC Report: "In 2008, OCLC conducted focus groups, administered a pop-up survey on WorldCat.org (OCLCs freely available end user interface on the Web) and conducted a Web-based survey of librarians worldwide. The Online Catalogs report presents findings from these research efforts. The findings indicate, among other things, that although library catalogs are often thought of as discovery tools, the catalogs delivery-related information is just as important to end users. In addition, the report presents findings on:
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NEW YORK (AP) — Author Harrison Scott Key's comic memoir about growing up with a father of outsized presence has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Key is a contributing editor to Oxford American magazine whose essays also have appeared in The New York Times and Outside. He wins the Thurber Prize for "The World's Largest Man." He receives $5,000 and a commemorative crystal plaque.
Monday's runners-up were Jason Gay for "Little Victories" and Mary Norris for "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen."
The awards are presented by Thurber House, a nonprofit-organization based in Columbus, Ohio, hometown for the late author and cartoonist James Thurber. Previous winners include Julie Schumacher, Calvin Trillin and David Sedaris.
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Erie County (PA) Genealogy
What's New - News Archive
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2002
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December 25, 2002 Fixed a broken link to the Warren County USGenWeb site.
December 24, 2002 Added a new feature Family History page for the Lowry Clan, as written and submitted by Beth Simmons. Although the Lowry family settled in both North East and Harbor Creek Townships, the page has only been linked from the Family History Index page and from the in Harbor Creek Township page. Beth also provided an image of an old time Christmas Card which has been posted to the Harbor Creek Township page. Another submission from Beth Simmons was also linked to both Harbor Creek Township, and to the Family Histories Index page. This feature page is an index of all Harbor Creek names found in the four most popular Histories of Erie County.
December 20, 2002 Added a new Scouting feature page from information submitted by Barb Seyler. This article is a short biography of Clarence Seyler, a pioneer in the Erie Cub Scout movement.
December 19, 2002 Added a link on the Old Maps index page to the NEGenealogy PA maps. These maps show the various counties in Pennsylvania over the years. Added a new school page from a picture submitted by Betty Matteson Rhodes of the 1929 class at the McNair School. Linked this page from the Schools Index page, and from the Venango Township page. Added another school page from a picture submitted by P Nolan of a 1905 Class at Erie High School. Linked this page from the City of Erie page, and from the Schools Index page.
December 18, 2002 Made corrections to the LeBoeuf Township cemetery listings on the Cemetery Index page.
December 17, 2002 Added a new feature cemetery page for the Drury Family Cemetery in Girard township as contributed by Dick Tefft. This page is linked to the Girard Township page and to the Cemetery Index page. Updated the Girard Township page to list all cemeteries from the Cemetery Index page.
December 13, 2002 Updated the Pico Search Engine Index for the site. There are now 528 pages included in the search. Updated all email addresses listed on Copyright page.
December 12, 2002 Updated the County Courthouse and Vital Records page to include a link to the ESGR page which announces that Erie City vital records from about 1875 to about 1908 may be researched by ESGR. Updated Amity Township page to include a new email address for Bimmy Urso, the township coordinator. Updated Springfield Township page to include a newly scanned photo of the East Springfield Christian Church.
December 9, 2002 Updated Dee's Trivia page and the Misc Everything Goes Here page with an additional submission from Dee Davidson concerning the sinking of the steamboat 'Erie' in the mid 1800s. Posted a new Land Records page titled 1819 Tax Assessment submitted many months ago by Evelyn Baker, but just now being posted.
December 1, 2002 Updated Homepage Welcome letter to reflect carry over of the Church theme with most time being spent in catch up.
November 29, 2002 Posted Chapter 4 of St. John's Lutheran Church History. Linked to the Church History table of contents and to the Church Index page.
November 24, 2002 Posted Chapter 3 of St. John's Lutheran Church History. Linked to the Church History table of contents and to the Church Index page.
November 22, 2002 Added two new feature Church pages - The Central Presbyterian Church History, and the Central Presbyterian Church 1911 Member Changes. These pages are linked to the City of Erie and to the Church Index page. Also added Chapter 11 of the St John's Lutheran Church History, which is actually about the St John's Lutheran Home. Linked this article to the Group Homes index, the Church Index and to the St. John's Lutheran History Index.
November 18, 2002 Reindexed the Pico Search Engine with 522 pages now included in the searches. Added two new feature Church pages - St James Fairview and Trinity Episcopal Fairview - as submitted by Rick Polaski. These articles are linked to the Church Index page and to the Fairview Township page.
November 16, 2002 Updated this page, removing the items from July to September and placing in an archive file which can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate place below.
November 15, 2002 Added two new church related feature pages. One, a history of St Francis Xavier RC Church in McKean was provided by Bonnie Guilford last February, but has just been "found" and enhanced with material from the 1896 History of Erie County. It is linked from the McKean Township and Church Index pages. The other feature page is the history of the Belle Valley Presbyterian Church, submitted jointly by Susan Smith and John Robison. This is based on material from the 125th anniversary program of 1966 and includes about 50 names, including the original members of the church. This page is linked from the Millcreek Township page and the Church Index page.
November 14, 2002 Added a page for the Fairview Area Historical Society. Updated the County Resources page to add updated address information for FAHS, and to provide a link to the new page. The new page was also linked from the Fairview Twp page. Also updated the County Resources page with information about the Lawrence Park Historical Society. Added a new feature church article on the History of the United Presbyterian Church of Fairview as submitted by Rick Polaski. Linked this page from the Fairview Township page and from the Church Index page.
November 11, 2002 Added a City of Corry Misc Church Info page. Added information about a link to an off-site page for St Thomas and St Elizabeth RC Churches. Linked the new page to the City of Corry page and to the Church Index page.
November 1, 2002 Modified Home Page and Welcome letter to reflect November theme - Erie County Churches
October 31, 2002 Added a new entry to the Springfield Civil War Vets page.
October 25, 2002 Added Chapter II of the History of St John's Lutheran Church and linked on the Church Index page and on the St. John's Table of Contents page.
October 24, 2002 Added the 1920 census extract of the Elmwood Home for Boys as submitted by Evelyn Baker. Linked this listing to the Census Index page and the Group Homes index page. Created a new index page for the History of the St. John's Lutheran Church. Modified the entry on the Church Index page to link to the "Table of Contents" or directly to a posted chapter. Modified the link on the City of Erie page to point to the Table of Contents.
October 22, 2002 Added the 1910 census extract of the Elmwood Home for Boys as submitted by Evelyn Baker. Linked this small listing of only 14 names to the Census Index page and the Group Homes index page. Added a page for the Sterrettania Church history as submitted from Rick Polaski. Linked this page from the McKean Township and Church Index pages.
October 14, 2002 Added a page from a 1956 letter giving historical information on the Stugeon family and early Fairview called 'History of the Little Town of Sturgeonville' as contributed by Rick Polaski. Linked from the History Index page and from the Fairview Township page. Added the 1930 census extract for the Elmwood Home for Boys as submitted by Evelyn Baker. Linked from the Group Homes Index page and from the Census Index page.
October 13, 2002 Added two additional 1880 census extracts - the "Insane Asylum" submitted by Dee Davidson and St. Joseph's Orphanage submitted by Linda Graham. Linked both to the Census Index page and from the Group Homes Index page.
October 12, 2002 Added a page for an 1880 census extract for the House for the Friendless as submitted by Dee Davidson. Linked from the Census Index page and from the Group Homes Index page. Reformatted the Group Homes Index page.
October 11, 2002 Updated the Concord and Venango Township pages with a new email address for the township coordinator, Betty Matteson Rhodes.
October 8, 2002 (real early AM) Reindexed the PICO Search engine. We now have 501 pages included in the search. (later in day) Added two feature articles submitted by Dennis Howard - Visit to Howard Falls 1891 and Route 98 Bridge Dedication circa 1925. These for the present time are just linked to the Franklin Township page.
October 7, 2002 Added two additional pages for material submitted by Evelyn Baker. First, a feature article written by Evelyn on the 30 year History of Elmwood Home, and second, a picture feature with six pictures of Elmwood Home structures. Both are linked from the Group home Index page and from the Springfield Township page.
October 4, 2002 Added the first of the Group Home theme articles - an extract of the Charter for the Elmwood Home as submitted by Evelyn Baker. Linked from the Group Home Index page and from the Springfield Township page.
October 3, 2002 Was notified that Blasco Library links were not operational as they have changed the addresses of several of their sub pages. Fixed the link on the Home Page, and added an extra link on the County Resources page. The library now has separate pages for genealogy and for the obituary lookups.
October 2, 2002 Updated Home Page to reflect a new month with a new theme - Group Homes. Also modified welcome letter slightly. Created a Group Home Index page.
September 17, 2002 Added two feature pages for the 1920 Central High School yearbook. The first page is mostly text, with a class listing and some background information. The second page is thumbnail images of the actual yearbook pages, with links to full oversized images, up through about the first one third of the book. Additional scans have been provided, but the time to build the additional pages is limited. Eventually, the entire book will be online. These pages are linked from both the City of Erie and from the Schools Index page.
September 15, 2002 Added a link to an off-site photo index concerning the 1916 Erie High School Yearbook. These photos were submitted to Teri Brown's Early Photos of Western PA site.
September 8, 2002 Added a Faces of Erie County page called Wattsburg Lumber Company. This page, which is linked from both the Faces Index page and the Venango Township page, contains about a dozen names that are shown in an early 1950s picture. The picture itself has been posted elsewhere by Betty Rhodes, and this page has a link to it. Added two contributions from our new Franklin Township coordinator, Dennis Howard. These are the 1850 and 1860 Census Index extracts for Franklin Township. The pages are linked from Franklin Township, and from the Census Index page. Made a minor correction and a name addition to the Brindle Family History as submitted by Florence Sorenson to Evelyn Baker.
September 7, 2002 Added a feature page on William Howard Armstrong who was the first Erie County School Superintendant, based on information contributed by descendant Janet Armstrong Kliven. Linked this page to both the School Index page and the Family Histories Index page. Renamed the Family Histories page to Family Histories & Biographies to reflect including individual biographies.
September 2, 2002 Announced Dennis Howard as the township coordinator for Franklin Township. Added his welcome letter to the Franklin Township page and made general upgrades to that page.
September 1, 2002 Updated hopepage welcome letter to reflect new month and to announce School theme for September.
August 27, 2002 Reindexed the Pico Search engine. 491 pages are now available for searching.
August 26, 2002 Added two feature pages to the Family Histories of Erie County. The two pages are photos and transcriptions of two recently installed historical markers of Erie County individuals. One is on Col Philip Cochran, WWII hero, and the other is on Otto Maya, a well known cyclist in the 1890s and early 1900s. These pages should really be in a new section, but for now I have linked them in Family Histories.
August 25, 2002 [Early in day]Added a new Families of Erie County feature page titled Brindle Family History, written by Evelyn Baker from research and material provided by Florence Myers Sorenson. This article also contains 5 pictures, pre 1920, of the Brindle homestead, plus one of the Brindle log school. The article is linked from both the Family Histories index page and from the Springfield Township page. [late in day] Announced Katie Rose Costello as the new coordinator for Greene Township. Updated the Greene Township page to include the welcome letter from Katie, and added captions to two pictures previously posted on that page.
August 24, 2002 Added several small pieces of information to the History of Camp Sequoyah previously submitted by Evelyn Baker but 'lost in my computer'.
August 22, 2002 Added a link to the off-site Stancliff Family Website to the Family Histories Index page as submitted by Bob and Sherry Stancliff.
August 21, 2002 Announced Rusty Davis as the new coordinator for the City of Corry. Updated the Corry page to add a welcome letter from Rusty.
August 20, 2002 Added 2 pages from old material submitted in early 2001 by Dwight Copper which is the 1901 Membership Listing from the NE Presbyterian Church. The list are A-K and L-Z and are linked from both the Church Index page and from the North East Township page. Minor editing was also done on the North East Township page to include the listing of the cemeteries. Prior to adding these pages, the Pico Search engine was reindexed and we now have 485 pages of material in the search index. It was discovered that the Mind-It email reminder feature is no longer in service and that feature has been removed. Updated this page by archiving the April-June notices and making appropriate changes below.
August 19, 2002 Added 4 pages to the Newspaper Extracts Index page. These are Marriage Records by Bride's Name extracted from 1878 to 1922 North East newspapers by Dick Tefft. Due to the size of the list, it has been separated into A-D, E-K, L-P and R-Z. The four lists were also linked from the North East Township page.
August 18, 2002 Added 2 "Alternate Census" pages for Fairview Township as provided by Joan Mink and Rich Biondi. The 1876 Atlas of Erie Co extract and the 1886 Price's Directory have been linked from both the Fairview Township page and the Census Index page.
August 13, 2002 Added first of the 1913 Corry High School material that has been provided by Teresa Hughes. This page is the Graduation Program in both image and in transcription. More is on the way but I have discovered that much of the scanned material (I am doing the scanning) has to be redone due to clarity issues. I tried to get fancy and it didn't work! The 1913 Corry HS Graduation has been linked to both the Schools Index page and the City of Corry page.
August 8-10, 2002 Added 5 Church Feature Pages based on information previously submitted by Susan Smith. These pages all have data between about 1825 and 1835. This is the first of three major "catch-ups" in progress. The pages include Union Church Membership, Beaverdam Church Membership, Middlebrook Church Membership, Middlebrook Marriage Records, and Misc Data concerning all three Presbyterian Churches. All pages were linked from the Church Index page. Union Township, Wayne Township and Venango Township pages also have the appropriate links. Previous posted Middlebrook Church list submitted by Nancy Richings was also appropriately linked. Coming next is Corry 1913 Yearbook features and several listings for Fairview Township.
August 1, 2002 Updated "Home" page welcome letter. There will be no theme for August.
July 31, 2002 Added a Cemetery Feature Page - Smith and Related Families Buried in Erie County - as submitted by Susan Smith. Currently only linked from the Cemetery Index page. Reindexed the Pico Search Engine prior to adding this page. We have 472 pages on the site. Noted on the main page that the alternate search engine does not appear to be working. I will be working on reestablishing an alternate search engine.
July 22, 2002 Added a feature page for the Veterans Memorial Cemetery at the PA Soldier's and Sailor's Home. This page is linked to the Cemetery Index page and from the City of Erie page. A photo album is in the works.
July 20, 2002 Added a feature Cemetery page for the Cherry Hill Road aka Stewart Cemetery based on information provided by Dorothy Miller. Linked this page from the Concord Township page and from the Cemetery Index page.
July 15, 2002 Added a second supplemental data (correction) page for Sherrod Hill Cemetery as submitted by Thelma Muffaletto. Linked to the various related pages. Modified the original Sherrod Hill Cemetery page to add links to both supplemental pages.
July 14, 2002 Added two new feature pages, one a Biography of Daniel Sherrod, and the other a Supplemental Data for the Sherrod Hill Cemetery. These were provided by Marilyn Konruff. Both pages were linked to Elk Creek Township and to each other. The biography was linked to the Family Histories index page and the cemetery data was linked to the main Sherrod Hill Cemetery page. Also updated the Township Index page to reflect Roger Greeley as Girard Township Coordinator.
June 25, 2002 Added a Cemetery Photo feature page for Ruhl Cemetery in Fairview Township.
June 17, 2002 Added two gravestone pictures to the St Elizabeth Corry Cemetery page as provided by Barbara Charles. Added a new cemetery photo feature page for pictures from St Thomas Cemetery also provided by Barbara Charles. Linked this cemetery photo page to Concord Township, the Cemetery Index page, and from the St Thomas Cemetery information page. Added links to Find-A-Grave and to the photo page from the St Thomas Cemetery information page.
June 17, 2002 Many changes have taken place since the last posting, but I am behind in updating What's New - these will be filled in later.
June 15, 2002 A new township coordinator has been announced for Girard Township. Roger Greeley has stepped into this postion and a welcome letter from him has been posted to the Girard Township page.
June 6, 2002 Added a Cemetery feature page for the Ruhl Cemetery as submitted by Rich Biondi. Linked this page to Fairview Township page and to the Cemetery Index page.
June 2, 2002 Updated Amity Township page with two new pictures.
June 1, 2002 Updated Courthouse and Vital Records Info page, adding a direct link to the PA Dept of Health Vital Records info.
May 1-3, 2002 Updated "home page" welcome letter - changed it around a little and added information about May being Census theme month, plus 'catch up' month. Added two cemetery articles with partial reading information from St Thomas Cemetery in Concord Twp and St Elizabeth Cemetery in Corry provided by Barbara Charles. This is the first of my 'catch ups' as I had this info from last August. Linked from the Cemetery Index page and from the respective township pages. Added a carryover Faces of Erie Co feature - the Anderson and Clark 1909 Wedding with picture and information submitted by Pamela Anderson.
April 30, 2002 Further modified the Fairview Township page to change Rich Biondi's new welcome letter as it relates to the Fairview Area Historical Society.
April 23, 2002 Reindexed the Pico Search Engine for the site. PicoSearch reports that we have 457 pages now included on the web site.
April 21-22, 2002 Added another Faces of Erie Co feature from Mary A Granahan, the 1911 Altstadt-Reilly Camping Trip, with six pictures and three paragraphs from a diary of the trip which was from Erie to Millcreek. Updated the Fairview Township page with a new welcome letter from Rich Biondi. Added a Faces of Erie Co page for Archie Bovee based on a photo provided by Evelyn Baker.
April 19-20, 2002 Added two new feature pages to the Faces of Erie County based on photos and information provided by Mary A. Granahan, the Altstadt-Reilly Wedding, and a feature on Thelma Altstadt. Also changed several misc links on the Census Records page. Updated both the Conneaut Township and Girard Township pages to reflect that township coordinators are needed for these two townships.
April 14, 2002 Added a School Feature page scanned and transcribed by Bill Klauk for the program from the Historical Pageant in 1934 commemorating the 100th anniversary of Free Public Education in PA
April 10, 2002 Archived the January to March 2002 entries on this page to a new archive page and updated this page. I left the March 2002 entries so there would be some continuity with the April entries.
April 9, 2002 Added a new "Faces" feature for a 1926 Robison Reunion from a photo loaned to Evelyn Baker and in turn to Bill Klauk from Marjorie Belle Robison English. This photo of all women in front of 1920 era vintage cars includes identification of the individuals.
April 8, 2002 Added a new "Faces" feature titled Sherrod Reunion with a very large reunion picture provided by Kathy Ebert. Quite a number of the people are identified. Also, corrected information on the Reynolds-Starkey feature page based on new information submitted to me by Dorothy Miller. At the same time, added a postcard type photo of the Reynolds family home in Elgin to this feature page.
April 5-6, 2002 Added a new summary page for the 1930 Federal Census and included a listing of 39 "Institutions" that were enumerated during the 1930 census in Erie County. Updated the Census Index page to reflect this page and also to reflect the microfilm data in the same format on the page as previous census.
April 3, 2002 Added a new "Faces" feature titled Reynolds-Starkey on two pictures submitted by Dorothy Miller, along with some limited family history information.
April 2, 2002 Added three more 1930 census extracts as submitted by Barb Seyler and linked all three from both the Census Index page and the City of Erie page. Included in this group is the Old Ladies Home, the Salvation Army Industrial Home, and the Our Lady of Peace Home for Girls.
April 1, 2002 Updated Home page to reflect date but did not change welcome letter (will use March letter for April). Added a Family History page on the Shepard Family as submitted by Nancy Richings. Added two 1930 census extracts as submitted by Barb Seyler. The first two are the Home of the Friendless and the Florence Crittenton Home. Updated the Census Index page to include a main entry for the 1930 census which was released to the public at 12:01 on this date. Also updated the City of Erie page with links to these two census pages.
March 31, 2002 Made a minor change to the Moravian Land Grant article in the section concerning the Blickensderfer lineage and added a 'Change History' to the article.
March 25-26, 2002 Added a new Church features page for the History of St. John's Lutheran Church from 1808-1908 being scanned and edited by Bill Klauk from the 1908 "History of St. John's Church". So far, only chapter 1 (of 11) has been completed, along with one drawing. This page has been linked to both the Church Index page and to the City of Erie page. Added a correction as submitted by Evelyn Baker to the Marriage Records of Rev Stuntz page. Added a new page as submitted by Rich Biondi which is a 1859-1860 Fairview Business Directory transcribed from the 1859 tax assessment of Erie County. This page has been linked to both the Fairview Township page and to the Census Index page.
March 11-24, 2002 Added a new Faces of Erie Co page on 3/11/02 for Benj Allen as submitted by Larry Combs and updated Faces index page. Added a new Faces of Erie Co page on 3/12/02 for Crain family submitted by Larry Combs and updated Faces index page. Added a new Faces of Erie Co page on 3/13/02 for Aylworth to Hughes submitted by Teresa Hughes and updated Faces index page. Changed the linked e-mail address for submitter Ron Bloch on various pages on 3/14 and 3/20/02. Added a new Faces of Erie Co page on 3/17/02 for Minnie & Nelson Olmstead submitted by Evelyn Baker and digitally enhnaced by Bill Klauk and updated Faces index page. On 3/23/02, added 4 photos taken by Bill Klauk in early March 2002 to the Weis Library UM Church History page. On 3/24/02, updated 7 pages contributed by Larry Combs with his new e-mail address.
March 5, 2002 Added a new Faces of Erie Co page for Statton-Sturm, two pictures of children 'rescued' by Shelley Cardiel and provided for posting on the web site. Reindexed the Pico Search Engine with 428 pages now included. Added a new page with an 1897-98 school souviner sheetlet from the Titus School provided by and transcribed by Larry Combs. Linked this page to Venango Township and to the School Index page. Made minor revisions to the Venango Township page. Added a picture feature page for the old Millcreek Junior High as it appeared in 1958 and linked this page from Millcreek Township and from the School Index page.
March 4, 2002 Updated and made several corrections to Rich Biondi's History of Fairview Schools article.
March 3, 2002 Added a page for North East HS Alumni from 1881 to 1916 as contributed by Dick Tefft. Linked this page from both the North East Twp page and from the Schools Index page. Updated the Amity Twp page with a picture of the Townline School as submitted by Bimmy Urso.
March 1, 2002 Start of Year 2! The counter service being used on the home page recorded 29,631 visitors since March 1, 2001. The counter was reset to zero. The home page was revised with an updated Welcome Letter and links to the joint themes for March and April - Family Histories and Faces of Erie County.
February 27, 2002 Updated the Early Erie Co Cemetery History as provided by Dick Tefft to reflect his discovery last fall of an older surviving burial location - that of John Wilson of Union.
February 25, 2002 Welcome to new Amity Township coordinator Bimmy Urso. Bimmy has provided a welcome letter for the Amity page which has been posted and the page updated. Also the township index page was updated to reflect a new coordinator.
February 8, 2002 Added "Moravian Land Grant" article researched, transcribed and written by Evelyn Baker. Linked from Land Records Index and from Springfield Township pages.
February 2, 2002 Updated 'Home' page to reflect new welcome letter for February. Added new index page for Land Records, and indicated that Land Records will be theme for February. Created an archive page to contain 'old' information previously listed on the 'Home' page that is not current, but is still of value.
January 31, 2002 Added a new page for the Asbury (West Union) Cemetery with a partial reading as provided by Barbara Carroll. This is mostly "Carroll" family members but a few other listings are included. This page was linked from both the Union Township and the main Cemetery Index pages. Updated the Union Township page to include the names of the known cemeteries in the township.
January 25, 2002 Updated Greenfield Township School page by adding a new page for the Bissell (Nasby) School, and updating pages for the Davis School and Miller School. These updates were all provided by Larry Sugden.
January 24, 2002 Posted a page containing a primary class photo from about 1918 of a class in East Springfield. Linked this page from Springfield Township and from the Schools Index page.
January 18, 2002 Reindexed the PICO Search engine. 418 pages are now being included in this search tool. Archived the "What's New" (this page) items for Oct - Dec 2001.
January 17, 2002 Posted a Civil War Letters page with a letter from Lewis Sherrod and a letter from his brother Sylvester Sherrod as transcribed and submitted by Kathy Ebert. Linked this new page from both the Military Index page and from the Washington Twp page. Made modifications to the Military Index page. Made modifications to the Washington Township page including adding the list of cemeteries. Provided a link to the Sherrod Cemetery as Sherrod Hill is associated with Washington Twp, although the cemetery is actually in Elk Creek Township. Updated the Union Township page with Linda Emerson's updated e-mail address. Later in day added a page submitted by Evelyn Baker - Viligance Committe of Springfield Charter. This document from December 1869 was transcribed by Evelyn and the page was linked from the Springfield Township page.
January 15, 2002 Posted two church histories submitted by Barb Seyler, Glenwood United Methodist Church and Weis Library United Methodist Church, and created links to them on the Church Related Index page. Glenwood Methodist history was also linked to the City of Erie page, and the Weis Library Methodist history was also linked from the Fairview Township page.
January 14-15, 2002 Posted an 1840 news announcement concerning the Girard ME Meeting House (church) contributed by Evelyn Baker. Created links to the page from both the Church Related Index page and from the Girard Township page.
January 14, 2002 Posted article written by Beth Simmons in 1994 and contributed by Beth by way of Larry Sugden titled "A Window Opens to Erie's Past". This article is about the Judah Colt Daybook. The list of names from this article and from the 'Daybook' was originally posted in April 2001. The Greenfield Township and Harbor Creek Township pages were updated and links created on these pages.
January 10, 2002 Created a web page "Posted Biographies Index Oct-Dec 2000" which is an index of names of all biographies posted (mostly by Gaylene Kerr Banister) to the old GenConnect Biographies Board during this time period. The actual biographies may be found in the Rootsweb Message Board for Erie Co (PA). Linked this page to the "Everything Else Goes Here" Misc Index page. Modified the Guestbook Archive entries for 2000. Created a Guestbook Archive page for 2001. Modified and cleaned out the current Guestbook.
January 9-10, 2002 Created a "Everything Else Goes Here" Misc Index page. Changed the 'home' page to reflect this new page. Made slight modifications to "Dee's Trivia" and "Grandma's Scrapbook" pages and moved them to this new Misc Index page. Reindexed the Pico Search engine with 408 pages now included. Deleted a bad link from the home page referencing a book site.
January 7-9, 2002 Created a "Newspapers Abstract" Index page and moved the long ago created "Early Marriages" page to this Newspaper Index page. Changed the 'home' page to reflect this new page. Added "North East Births 1878 - 1922" as contributed by Dick Tefft and linked this page to both the Newspaper Index page, and to the North East Township page.
January 1, 2002 Welcome to a New Year! Updated home page with a New Year's message. January will be "catch up" month with no single theme. Updated the web site Copyright statement to reflect the new year 2002.
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This past week was very busy. Guess they all are. Election was on Tuesday. Whether you won your vote for president or not we are hopeful that we will always live in the free USA.
Wednesday night Earl Allen ate with Jim and Marilyn Ross. Earl and Alonzo Conlon helped Jim with a project.
Thursday I took Dad to the cardiologist in Glens Falls. We enjoyed eating at the Golden Corral.
Sarah Wagner has been in Glens Falls Hospital with surgery on her foot.
Ed Bennett had surgery on day last week and is happy to say he is feeling better already.
Betty Monroe took a fall and after being checked out at the hospital was pleased to come back home. Nothing broken.
We are sorry to hear about the death of Jane Swinton. Rollin was glad to be able to come home from rehab at this sad time.
Chris Lorensen and Tony Straight are also out of the hospital and gaining slowly.
Zachariah Morehouse was pleased to have many at his 9th birthday party. It was held at the Boy Scout Hall.
A great number of people attended the benefit at J&J's on Sunday for Bruce and Amy Cleveland. Soon they will be able to put another home on their land after losing everything in a terrible fire. Thanks to all for their help.
The Election Day Supper was well attended at the Wevertown Community Building on Election night. Thanks to all who made the event possible.
The North River held their yearly Boiled Dinner on Saturday night. Good attendance for this time.
The Sodom Community Church youth shared a special Veteran's Day program honoring the vets. The oldest in attendance was Gordie Persons, Earl Allen and Ben Miller. There was special singing and a DVD made to honor our America. Later the group went to the Adirondack Tri-County Nursing Home to present the program for the Veteran's and others that were there to enjoy. A wonderful way to honor those who keep us free.
Heather Bacon is doing okay after having an accident in Glens Falls on Sunday morning. What a way to spend her birthday.
Alonzo Conlon took his sons, Aaron and Ian to Big Shanty for the weekend. What a hike over Number 11th Mountain. It is good the weather is a little warmer.
Jim Ross with others from his hunting party are spending times in the woods to do their yearly hunting. Hope their luck will be good.
What Thanksgiving events do you remember? Ruth Allen will never for get the first Thanksgiving after she and Fred were married. Fred decided to still come home to Bakers Mills for the weekend. Mom and Dad, Myself and Bill Conlon, Alonzo and Fabiann Conlon went to Hotel Kibby for the holiday. Ruth was in New Jersey alone. Nice for a newly wed. Well, it sure has given them something to remember after 40 years.
Courtney Richards will be heading the Bible Study on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at the Sodom Community Church for the next eight weeks.
For the month of November there will still be a coat give-away at the Sodom Community Church.
Happy Birthday to: Dan Cleveland, Heather Bacon, Steve Howe Jr., Jessica Morehouse, Brianna Allen, Nicholas Mulligan, Penny Allen, Ralph Hitchcock, Mary Morehouse, Tony Straight, Crystal Ordway, Ronda Dunkley, Lee Allen.
Enjoy each and every day.


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Manukgr Bltzak
A Feather's Story - Poem by Manukgr Bltzak
Smoothly flows the sparkling water from the spring,
'You could not step twice into the same river' they once heard Heraclitus sing,
'cause everything changes like a bird's feather is swinging in the wind
The hounds are barking but the feather is still high,
tiny soldiers are marching but few of them want to fight,
since noone ever knows what is wrong and what is right
The feather is now travelling through the night,
the owls are the guardians and grab it they might,
their eyes have seen a lot but they keep this knowledge to themselves,
hidden from dark spirits, the fairies and the elves.
'The diamond jemmy was once stolen by those spirits', some decent trees confessed,
and they broke into the piper's house like the crawler sneaks in the rabbit's nest,
but the spiral floor was dazzling and some secrets were left alone,
grinning like the snow who's not ready to go with the flow,
for the mountain is what it still calls home
Those were all the feather saw and heard
when from the safety of his brothers' and sisters' company it finally fled
Now it lies on the ground waiting for the call of mother Earth
or a passer by to take it home as a symbol of wealth
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MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
Review by Ravenblack00
"Best Mechwarrior Game to Date"
In my opinion, this is one of the most intricate, challenging games on PC.
Story: 6/10
The storyline has its good points. When something critical is happening, you'll know it. It also uses individual characters, each with a voice suited for them. My only real complaint is how the story tends to drag on and on with large gaps in excitement.
Control: 7/10
These controls are extremely complex. Some very useful keys aren't even shown in Training! The whole keyboard has a use, and getting a joystick won't help either. However, with all the options given to you, you never need to use every button. Despite the complexity, the control scheme is laid out nicely.
Replay Worth: 7/10
There may not be many additional reasons to play again (excluding alternate endings), the missions are always fun to play. And the option of playing any mission anytime is a bonus too. Its also good to see how far you go without cheats on the hardest mode!
Graphics: 7/10
There are times where you can see graphical flaw, but packing so much action in one game is hard. The character graphics, cinema graphics, and battle graphics all flow flawlessly. If there's something far off you need to see, the graphics will help you.
Sound: 9/10
The sound is superb. The rock-style music really catches the mood, and gets the blood pumped for heavy combat. Never fail to recognize what the right music during the right moment can do to the outcome of a battle.
Multi-player: 10/10
However, once you get skilled, multi-player will almost make single-player boring. It provides an excellent challenge, and you get to command an INTELLIGENT team of Lance-mates.
Game-play: 10/10
With so many different suits, weapons, arenas, attack preferences, and knowledge, the amount to strategies one can formulate (in Multi) is endless! So much strategy is involved. Use brute force and be killed. Not only that, but all the destruction makes WWII look like Jerry Springer!
Overall: 10/10
I play for the game-play, and that's most important to me. 10 years from now, in the days of Final Fantasy XVI and Street Fighter: Super Gold Alpha Championship Edition, I will still be on the computer playing this.
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 05/12/04
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