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|シマ Shima
|Volume #41, Naruto Chapter #375
|Naruto Shippūden Episode #127
|Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
|Naruto Shippūden: UNSG anime cutscenes
|Appears in
|Anime, Manga, Game, Movie
|Voice Actors
|August 26
Shima (シマ, Shima), admired as the Mother of the Toad Way (蝦蟇道の母, Gamadō no Haha), is an elder toad from Mount Myōboku. As the heirs of the Great Toad Sage, she and her husband Fukasaku are known collectively as the "Two Great Sage Toads" (二大仙蝦蟇, Nidaisengama).
Shima was present when the Great Toad Sage called for Jiraiya to tell him about his prophecy.[3]
Shima is considered open-hearted and her personality allows her to see everything with great clarity. Because of this, she is adored by all toads as the "Mother of the Toad Way".[1] She is greatly respected because of her old age and wisdom, but she still manages to bicker with her husband over small things like missing dinner.[4] Despite this constant bickering, she loves Fukasaku very much, calling him "Dad" (父ちゃん, Tō-chan) as is common among Japanese wives. She was devastated when she saw Fukasaku get killed by Pain. Like her husband she also tends to call the Great Toad Sage "senile" due to his forgetfulness.[3]
Shima seemed to have been fond of Jiraiya and similarly was very welcoming to his pupil, Naruto, when he first went to Mount Myōboku to train, 'pulling out all the stops' at her and Fukasaku's home. During the Battle of Konoha, after Pain had stabbed Fukasaku and pinned Naruto to the ground through his hands, Shima called to Naruto not to give up since both Jiraiya and Fukasaku had given their lives because they believed in Naruto, and, if he gave up then, she'd never forgive him.
Shima has a green underside with purple marking around her mouth and the back of her body. The top of her head looks as though she is wearing a hair net with hair-rollers underneath, giving her an 'old woman' look. She has been seen wearing two types of capes: a high-collared one and a simpler one.
Shima is known for her keen analysis of the situations and circumstances of the battles she participates in. She can quickly figure out the best plan and will turn into the control centre that will make sure that plan is executed. She also has excellent sensing skill,[1] apparently because of her tongue, which allow her to detect and apprehend her enemy with ease. The warts on her tongue can release a highly corrosive mucus.[5]
She has been shown to possess a very large amount of chakra, evidenced by her ability to enter Sage Mode. She was even able to bring forth Gamabunta, Gamahiro, Gamaken, Fukasaku, Gamakichi and Naruto Uzumaki with a single summoning technique.[6][7]
Nature Transformation
Shima can utilise Fire and Wind Release. Her most prominent role with her Fire Release was joining Fukasaku and Jiraiya in a strong collaboration assault.[8] Her abilities of ninjutsu is so great that she even combines her wind-based chakra with senjutsu chakra for a more lethal attack.[9]
Of special note are her genjutsu skills. Together with her husband she can perform the Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant, a feat only possible because of the harmony the husband and wife developed after centuries of marriage.[10]
Her greatest weapon is her mastery of senjutsu. She uses this to increase the power and range of her attacks and to push her body to the limits, for instance extending her tongue until it's more than ten metres long.
Part II
Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant
Jiraiya summoned Shima and Fukasaku during his fight with Pain to help him enter Sage Mode. In addition to sitting on his shoulders to provide him with natural energy, they gave him advice, and attacked Pain when necessary. Their combined efforts were enough to combat three of Pain's bodies on equal terms. Shima and Fukasaku then created a genjutsu that allowed them to kill the three bodies, but they were soon overwhelmed by the appearance of three more.
Knowing the battle was lost, Jiraiya had Shima take the Animal Path he had captured back to Konoha while he and Fukasaku made one final investigation.
Pain's Assault
While Naruto learns senjutsu from Fukasaku, Shima happily provides him with meals (unaware that her choice of food makes him sick). While restocking her supplies near Konoha, Shima noticed that something was wrong in the village. She summoned Naruto, Fukasaku, Gamaken, Gamabunta, Gamakichi, and Gamahiro to Konoha's centre moments after Pain destroyed the village. As Naruto engaged Pain, Shima and Fukasaku provided assistance, dealing with the Animal Path's summons. They were amazed by his perfected Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, something he had not shown them during his training, but were again forced to deal with the Animal Path.
Knowing that the Animal Path must be got rid of, Shima coated the area in a dust cloud while Fukasaku threw Gamabunta at the path, giving Naruto an opportunity to finish it off. Pain was soon left with only one body, and Shima and Fukasaku tried once again to use a genjutsu to defeat it. Pain killed Fukasaku and knocked Shima away before they had a chance. Their bodies were later found and Shima, once healed, wept for Fukasaku. When Pain was defeated, and subsequently chose to revive everyone he had killed, Fukasaku was brought back to life, much to Shima's shock and surprise. Later, Shima and Fukasaku were both seen together, standing atop Gamakichi's head and watching from a distance as the population of Konoha welcomed Naruto back.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown
When Fukasaku summoned Naruto, Naruto accidentally started to eat food prepared by Shima. Shima was present when her husband summoned Naruto to Mount Myōboku to listen Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
In Other Media
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Shima appears briefly when Jiraiya is told of a prophecy by the Great Toad Sage in the alternate universe.
Video Games
She assists Fukasaku in Naruto Shippūden: Shinobi Rumble. While not playable herself, Shima also appears in games where Jiraiya is using Sage Mode, such as Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2.
- Naruto addresses her as "Granny Sage" (仙人ばあちゃん, Sennin Bāchan).
- Shima's name might come from the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which is where the Battles Without Honour and Humanity (仁義なき戦い, Jingi Naki Tatakai) series of films play and where Gamabunta's dialect comes from. Hiroshima is strongly connected to the Yakuza, if only through films.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Third Databook, page 87
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 103
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Naruto chapter 376, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 377, page 6
- ↑ Third Databook, page 277
- ↑ Naruto chapter 429, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 430, pages 2-3
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 132
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 164
- ↑ Third Databook, pages 302-303


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Cancer/bald heads = henna away.
using photos or other's work for inspiration or to copy = give proper credit and read the copyright section in the Henna Page Encyclopedia. Most of us are inspired by other's work, whether it's henna, textiles, paintings, etc. It's best to note the original artist. By all means, if you want to use someone's work as an example, ask. There are a lot of fabulous e-books and copyright free materials out there to use. Most of the e-books are made to be used. I have designs from several e-books, copyright free designs and my own original work in my festival and party books.
I think Blur covered it all really, I did want to add that if your friend's mother is currently having cancer treatment I would recommend sticking with a straight henna paste, and would even suggest not adding any oil including lavender. Reason I mention it, is there is ongoing research as to lavender's affect on the body and more importantly hormones namely estrogen. Depending on the type of cancer she is battling if there is any chance that lavender does raise estrogen in the body and the cancer is a hormonal reactive (usually breast, ovarian and cervical) it could cause some real issues. For me when it comes to cancer I never mess around even if it's a very slight risk.
As for the warts, I too aren't sure I would think if you're able to keep your cone above the skin and not touching the wart you should be perfectly fine. If you want to use the same cone on someone else you could always wipe the tip off with an alcohol swab before starting the next person.
I always try to credit the original artist if I am using their full design or a vast amount (eg Kim Brennan's roses) but small elements are pretty freely used, the zodiac signs have been around for ages so I am not sure we even know who came up with them ;)
Can I add a question about giving credit where it's due? How exactly do you give credit where the design is on a person? Is the name of the artist incorporated into the design somehow? When a customer walks away and someone else sees their tattoo how do they know who came up with that design?
Just give credit in any photograhs or drawings.
for example, I've noted whose original design and what book it came from in the description of this photo
Regarding warts: You should check with a physician if you have concerns about using henna over a wart, but in my personal experience, I have never had any negative effects. Warts are caused by a viral infection. If you use tea tree oil as a terp in your henna, it could actually be benificial to the wart sufferer as it has anti-viral and anti-fungal properties. Henna is also cooling, soothing, and has anti-inflammitory effects that I should think would help with warts. The effected skin will probably stain darker than the surrounding skin, so plan your design accordingly.
Most often, the problem with using other peoples' designs comes when someone takes another's work and claims it is their own creation... usually by posting pictures taken from another artist's book or website, removing the copyright info (if applied) and attaching their name to it or otherwise implying that they performed the work shown.
You can use others' work as inspiration for your own freehand art and if you take a picture of work fully or largely based on others' designs, just cite source.
Sure am happy I don't wait for sunshine up here in Canada LOL if it's cool out just tuck your henna someplace warm like on your computer tower, on top of the fridge or even right over your furnace vents. I've also found that holding the henna'ed area (usually hand) over a lit charcoal (you know those little ones for incense) with some sandalwood on it and keeping your skin close enough to feel heat and in the smoke seems to give a beautiful darker stain. Some use steam before removing the paste the next day too.
You don't want your henna getting above 85F unless you are prepared to watch it like a hawk. Higher temperatures makes the dye release faster and makes the dye demise faster (your paste loses potency quicker). If it gets hot and stays hot for too long, your paste will be ruined. A nice, steady temp of around 70-80F is what you are after.
I just let mine sit at room temperature, although it's can be as cold as -50 outside, I keep it at 21 indoors, so no need for keeping it in a "warmer" location. I've heard if it gets too hot it will cook and be unusable. So unless you keep your house below room temperature, you should be fine!
Hahaha, nope not the North Pole...just Winnipeg :) 50 below in the winter, 50 above in the summer (once you factor in wind chill and humidity :)). We have very extreme temperatures. Next to my down-filled parka is a pair of slush pants, and under those, a pair of Birkenstocks...because the weather can change in a minute!
LOL Nicole, I hear ya I am in SW Ontario. We don't get as cold as you do (you really do have my sympathy) but boy those seasonal changes really do throw ya! I am forever having to readjust my sugar content for that reason.
Yeah, I'm having "fun" playing with that now, and the thing is it changes so frequently, (especially when transitioning seasons) that what worked for you this morning, might not work in the afternoon.
Too true! I am hoping my mix that I made last week will work on Saturday for a birthday party I have, it might rain so...argh! 1 pack of Sweet 'n Low better not be too much *fingers crossed*
Right...you almost need two batches in the freezer, one for humid days, one for dry days...maybe another for in between days :)
LOL I've seriously considered that option and during the seasonal changes I consider it more and more seriously.
Well if you have time to lemon-sugar everyone as soon as it dries, it's not really a problem...a lesson I learned last weekend when everyone's Eid henna was flaking off, but mine (which I did at home) rstayed on all night... that stuff keep any henna on forever (from my experience).
I tend to tape my own or at jobs where I have 1 or 2 people. If it's a large crowd and I don't have a helper it can suck! I need a helper monkey or something!! Yes the lemon juice and sugar does make it stay though, maybe I should do a quick speech before birthday parties or something and let everyone know they need to spray it hmmm...gonna think about that one!
I guess the problem with spray is that you have to know how much to put on, I wouldn't want people doing it themselves, because I could see them oversoaking and making it run. I know it took me a few times to get it right.
I've tried hair gel as well, but in my experience lemon sugar is better because it's natural, and it's ingredients that are already in your henna paste, so you know there aren't any allergies or reactions by the time you spray it on. Also, I would guess it's probably cheaper, and the ingredients are always on hand. Just don't burn it! :) The lemon - sugar also re-moistens the paste, which I think gives you a better stain, and if you get some on you clothes it's not problem to wash out. If you get it on food or a table you eat on, there's no problem either. (Also, it's very delicious, I had my friend's sister spraying herself where there was no henna to lick it off! :P)
I usually suggest no more then two pumps of the bottle per design (well festival/party designs you know the quick stuff). I used spray bandage on...well I can't remember but it hurt like hell, so I decided to use it on henna and O_M_G I couldn't get the stuff off! I find if your skin is on the dry side the spray bandage sticks far too well. I agree L/S is much cheaper and no chemicals (other then what leaches out of the bottle). I have a birthday party tomorrow so I might give the quick speech a go and see what I can do with the spray. I'd surely have a helper, if I could find one around my area to help me!
Give one of the kiddos and "extra special" design to help you.
Last weekend I had kids trying so hard to babysit my son just to get some free henna. Too bad for them the offer was already made to my niece :)
LOL I'll definately have to remember that one! Turns out it was only 8 girls who took awhile between designs to figure out what they wanted.
I don't use any after spray EVER at festivals, I put enough sugar in my paste so that people can leave my booth and be on their way and not worry about waiting for drying, or coming back and interrupting my line to get sprayed. Its WAY too much hassle, and it costs me money to slow down and spray people (and usually by that time they want me to FIX something too!) instead of hennaing my next customer :)
I've also found it more likely for people to have a sensitivity to the lemon sugar than the spray hair gel. I myself have developed a sensitivity to topical citrus and can't use lemon juice in my paste anymore! (And I know of at least one other forum member who is the same way), so be careful of thinking that just because something is natural, that its harmless.
Anymore, I usually only use sprays for private parties where its a small group of people who have been sitting around patiently, and at the end I give them all a spritz, but for things like baby bellies, bald heads, important hands, I use medical paper tape.
Deborah Brommer
Well festivals is where having at least one "booth babe" is highly beneficial. I never once have to stop because my husband takes care of spraying, questions and money. I've yet to have a problem with spray, nor have I had any trouble with getting people to come back to my booth. It's just far too humid here in SW Ontario in the summer to put more sugar in my paste, I'd easily end up with runny mud. For private appointments I go with Mefix, for parties and festivals I go with spray. I think as we start into our businesses we each learn what works best for us, alot of it is trial and error but we get there. We all know that what works for other members on the desert isn't going to work for someone on the Great Lakes.


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You must really miss the Obama years. MOAR GOVERNMENT EXPANSION. "Digital Divide?" You're still using that idiotic term? I thought that term stopped getting used 10 years ago at least.
No, be a good lad and go give your own money to the poor and downtrodden rather than demanding that the government does it by force.
The original requester should get the documents first and then they should be released to the public 10 business days later. That should satisfy all involved.
Also, documents that are released should include the parameters used to retrieve them and the legal basis for what is excluded/redacted.
This is an open invitation to one of the private organizations that is trying to stop the sexual exploitation of children to nail his ass to the wall.
These people should be ashamed of themselves and they are culpable if he hurts a child at any point in the future.
Pretty soon you'll be under investigation for production and distribution of kitty porn.
Are they going to also sue individual Twitter account holders when people stop Tweeting since they rely on a high volume of tweets?
Isn't it just as bad then for the Faulkner estate to quote the non-Faulkner parts of the movie in the lawsuit? Are they allowed to even talk about the movie dialog that is not the supposed infringing quote lest they run afoul of their own standards?
Hey Newmark, why don't you publish an API and perhaps charge a bit based on usage or something like that instead of remaining so closed and using legal threats. Open it up a bit so people can do some more useful things to make it better.
Either that or make it better yourself.
"The White House Wants To Hear From You Concerning Its Strategy For Intellectual Property Enforcement"
No they don't. They have to ACT like they want to hear from you so they can say they did before promptly ignoring anything not from industry insiders.
Dear God, I hope he keeps digging, this is so entertaining.
Honestly, I'd rather see the entire patent system negated than to see these petty squabbles keep popping up.
What we need is a condition of ubiquity where the police are filmed by so many people, so often that they have no choice but to accept it as the norm.
Somewhere an MPAA and an RIAA exec are huddled together and sobbing and planning revenge for not getting a cut.
Can we call this the Streisand Halo Effect?
You will be required by law to watch a certain amount of network programming along with the commercials of course.
If you choose not to purchase a cable or satellite tv package, you will be penalized by the IRS.
How much programming you watch will be determined by an always active iris scanner that works closely with the Microsoft Kinect system which you will also be required to purchase.
The first rule about The Pirate Bay is, "Don't talk about The Pirate Bay."
Let's lobby Congress to declare anything under the control of MPAA or RIAA as not being useful. Problem solved. You're welcome.
It would have been a 1000% increase if it hadn't been for those meddling kids!
If Columbia is anything like Mexico in terms of it's corruption, and selective enforcement of laws, this law will have no teeth. It won't be enforced except in a few cases of political expediency. The cops on the street aren't going to stop people from openly selling pirated DVD's and USB's sticks full of music like they do now.
It sucks that this happened, but you can pretty much expect nothing to change.
In related news, Microsoft has now blocked all links to techdirt.com due to their support for infringement.


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Least Privilege Violation
This is a Vulnerability. To view all vulnerabilities, please see the Vulnerability Category page.Vulnerabilities Table of Contents
The elevated privilege level required to perform operations such as chroot() should be dropped immediately after the operation is performed.
When a program calls a privileged function, such as chroot(), it must first acquire root privilege. As soon as the privileged operation has completed, the program should drop root privilege and return to the privilege level of the invoking user.
Risk Factors
The following code calls chroot() to restrict the application to a subset of the filesystem below APP_HOME in order to prevent an attacker from using the program to gain unauthorized access to files located elsewhere. The code then opens a file specified by the user and processes the contents of the file.
... chroot(APP_HOME); chdir("/"); FILE* data = fopen(argv[1], "r+"); ...
Constraining the process inside the application's home directory before opening any files is a valuable security measure. However, the absence of a call to setuid() with some non-zero value means the application is continuing to operate with unnecessary root privileges. Any successful exploit carried out by an attacker against the application can now result in a privilege escalation attack because any malicious operations will be performed with the privileges of the superuser. If the application drops to the privilege level of a non-root user, the potential for damage is substantially reduced.
J2EE Misconfiguration: Weak Access Permissions
Permission to invoke EJB methods should not be granted to the ANYONE role.
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The following deployment descriptor grants ANYONE permission to invoke the Employee EJB's method named getSalary().
<ejb-jar> ... <assembly-descriptor> <method-permission> <role-name>ANYONE</role-name> <method> <ejb-name>Employee</ejb-name> <method-name>getSalary</method-name> </method-permission> </assembly-descriptor> ... </ejb-jar>
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Natural building, mainstreaming straw construction, air tightness and Passivhaus discussed at this year's conference
Footprint recently attended this year's AECB conference. Held at Goldsmiths University in London, it was attended by many footprint regulars including Architype, Anne Thorne Architects, Bere Architects, ECD Architects and WARM.
In its twenty-third year, the AECB are still focused on promoting the work of its 1400 members, with further developments in their Low Energy Building Database (LEB). A building performance based record showcasing the work of AECB members, the database enables users to sort and view project data.
The LEB database also carries the AECB Carbonlite Silver Self-Certification system, which is carried out through their low energy building database. The silver standard is aimed at those creating high performance, low energy buildings, but are too constrained for Passivhaus Certification, and allows those carrying out the energy assessment to also self-certify the building.
The two-day conference dealt with a vast array of issues, including the risks of internal wall insulation, thermal imaging, Passivhaus, air tightness, building with straw bales, specifying MVHR, the Green Deal and many more. There was something there for everyone; whether a Passivhaus stalwart or not.
On attending a talk by Barbara Jones of StrawWorks, I was once again inspired by the work that she does and of her ethos; not to work full time and to have a good balance of office and site based practical work. Barbara's seminar entitled 'Raising the standard of natural building without compromising on sustainability – 21st century straw bale building' was an overview of her work with straw and gave an in depth insight into the material.
Barbara spoke of the trials of working on a traditional construction site, believing that straw construction's lack of mainstream promotion is because it is not a product driven method of building. She believes that the main challenges in getting the mainstream construction industry to accept straw bale building are:
- Straw is a non standard material meaning there are no British standards, no standard sizes and the build often has to be adjusted on site
- It incorporates often new and unusual construction ideas
- There is limited academic research into the use of straw bales
- There is no large profit to be made on straw bales – they are a simple, and widely available material
- The work of StrawWork involves training volunteers on site, and traditional construction sites often do not like the presence of untrained people
StrawWork began working with professional builders in 2005, a process that has been a two-way challenge, especially the notion that volunteers are trained through getting them involved in the build process which throws up health and safety issues from main contractors. But this is exactly what they have done on Anne Thorne Architects' Haringey Environment Centre, previously featured on Footprint.
StrawWorks have been responsible for the clay, lime, and straw installations on the project. Main contractors, Vinci, found the three months spent working with them a challenge, but by the end even they were keen to work with some of the natural materials again.
As if the challenge of being a woman within a traditionally male-dominated industry wasn't enough, Barbara is also challenging the way the industry works and the materials used, while maintaining her commendable environmental principles; StrawWorks will not use cement on any project.
She acknowledged that it was 'challenging for builders to work with them', but only through engaging the mainstream construction industry with other methods, can we ever hope to have some influence on it and to truly make change happen.
As ever, the AECB conference is a great place to hear from likeminded people, there is no explaining what climate change is, no discussions about whether peak oil really exists, everyone is on the same page. It is an excellent opportunity to learn from each other and to develop ideas of how we build sustainably.
My only problem is that the talks are so good, and it's impossible to attend them all!
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Yes, another great conference, those that don't attend are missing a real treat.
As far as being likeminded I would say that whilst I don't know anyone there who doesn't accept the reality of climate change, you must have missed the discussions questioning peak oil!!
Within the AECB there are many different and sometimes conflicting opinions (I'd leave if that wasn't the case) but as AECB conference regular Mark Elton pointed out, the AECB conference is a bullshit free zone. OK, shit happens, but it doesn't usually go unchallenged.
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Itsmyluckyday made quite an impression on his breeders, Rob Whiteley of Liberation Farm and Jim and Pam Robinson of Brandywine Farm.
"Itsmyluckyday was full of personality and was inquisitive from the get-go," Whiteley said. "He was self-assured and thought he was pretty special. The first time I saw him in his stall he came right up and stuck his face in mine and studied me. His intelligence was obvious.
"And his self-confidence has translated into the competitiveness we see today. If he is 100 percent on race day, any horse that beats him will have to bring their A-game in spades."
Pam Robinson noted his intelligence, and his playfulness in the water.
"Itsmyluckyday was always intelligent and willing to please," Robinson said. "From day one, he was the perfect little professional.
"As he entered our sales prep program (as a yearling), he thoroughly enjoyed working in our underwater treadmill. He would put his face under water and blow bubbles like a little kid in a swimming pool.
"He liked the water so much that we were always careful not to get in front of him going down the ramp because he usually liked to jump the last several feet. I think he jumped purposefully to make a big splash and get us all wet!"
Itsmyluckyday, who sold for $47,000 as a Keeneland September yearling, brought $110,000 from trainer Eddie Plesa Jr., agent, as an OBS March two-year-old.
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Goldencents, another highly inquisitive baby, was bred by Charles and Lyra Miller's Rosecrest Farm and Karyn Pirrello.
Lyra Miller recounted that he made his grand arrival into the world a little differently, in that his dam, Golden Works, would not lie down to foal in the barn. Instead, she delivered standing, and thankfully, a former Rosecrest manager was there to catch Goldencents as he dropped out from his dam.
Goldencents was always keenly interested in what was going on around him.
"He lived up to his sire's name, Into Mischief," Miller said, referring by way of example to a picture on the farm's Facebook page, "where my husband's trying to get the gate open.
Goldencents "got his little head right inside, trying to either unlock the gate for him or see what he was doing.
"He was just always doing that. If you were out there, he's right there looking to see -- if you're repairing the fence, are you using the right hammer -- very curious, very curious horse."
He also displayed a great zest for horseplay with the other foals, especially grabbing their halters.
Miller described the game as getting "close enough to grab the halter with their teeth and pull on it, and the other horse is shaking his head.
"He was always the one grabbing the halter of other horses. He just thought that was the best thing to do."
Goldencents was one of only six foals of 2010 raised at Rosecrest, a "small family farm" which also operates a bed-and-breakfast on the grounds.
"We're really busy from March through the end of October/first of November," Miller said. "There's always people there. Really, those babies, once they're out, have people looking at them, petting their noses, and they get lots of human contact. And I think it's all good.
"There are so many changes that these horses have to go through. From being weaned from their mother and the farrier working on them, shots here and there, just all of it. And once they get saddle-broken, it's always hands-on with people, so hopefully we're giving them a little leg up by having people around, and just loving on them, and just thinking they're so special.
"They get told that constantly, that they're a winner," Miller continued. "I make sure that all of our babies are told almost every day, 'You know you're a winner, and you're gonna make lots of money.' I just treat them like kids.
"They all get tender, loving care every single day. I spoil them rotten from day one.
"We rub their legs and their bellies, trying to do that every day when they're little. It helps a lot when they're older, their manageability."
Even with all of her encouragement and boosting of the foals' self-esteem, Miller could not have imagined that Goldencents would become such a high-profile racehorse.
"Had we known that, we probably would have kept him," Miller said.
Goldencents was sold for the bargain price of $5,500 as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October. Trainer Doug O'Neill's brother Dennis later bought him for $62,000 as a two-year-old in training at OBS June. The most famous member of his ownership group is Rick Pitino. The coach of the newly-minted NCAA champion University of Louisville men's basketball team owns a 5 percent interest in the colt.
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Verrazano, an imposing type who has bossed his rivals in all four career starts, early on had a natural flair for leadership.
Bred by Emory Hamilton, he was first raised at her sister Helen Alexander's Middlebrook Farm.
"Verrazano was a very healthy foal and was very tall and leggy," Middlebrook Manager Noel Murphy said.
"He was always the 'alpha' or leader of his foal group."
After weaning, Verrazano was transferred to Spring Station Farm, a Middlebrook subsidiary in nearby Midway, Kentucky, where he continued to show his quality.
"Verrazano was a very classy yearling and an easy keeper," Spring Station Manager Kevin Alexander recalled. "He was eager to learn new routines and met all challenges head on."
As a yearling, Verrazano was sold to Let's Go Stable for $250,000 at Keeneland September. Earlier this year, Coolmore principals Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith purchased an interest in the unbeaten colt.
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Vyjack, on the other hand, has a more colorful history.
For starters, he is the product of a match that only came about as a last-minute substitution, according to Carrie Brogden, who bred him in the name of Machmer Hall.
His dam, Life Happened, had been booked to noted sire Bernstein. But that stallion ended up being unavailable when Life Happened was ready for breeding.
"The day came for her to get bred and we could not get on the books," Brogden said. "Bernstein was full and had mares in every one of his slots that had already confirmed they were coming. We did not want to miss the mare's cycle.
"So I called two hours before Life Happened needed to be bred and said, hey Ken (Wilkins), what stallions do you have there at Spendthrift that have openings this afternoon?
"He told me that Into Mischief did not have a mare on that day and I was like...well, Grade 1 two-year-old stakes-winning son of Harlan's Holiday -- it is fine to go there.
"(Vyjack) was always a very uncomplicated horse. Big and strong. He was in the ads for Spendthrift and is still on their website with foal photos."
But when Vyjack was offered as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Sale, he became a handful.
"The only major thing that changed with him is that when we got to the July Sale, he discovered fillies," Brogden recalled. "He had to have Vicks in his nose 24/7 and lived in a lip chain at the sale for showing because he was more interested in them than anything else."
Vyjack was purchased at that sale for $45,000 by Al Pike, who later resold him to David Wilkenfeld's Pick Six Racing for $100,000 at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic the following May.
Pike remarked that "the horse loved the ladies and was a bit 'studdy,'" Brogden recalled.
"I called Al (after the May Sale)," she added, "and he said that Vyjack came in the back ring trying to breed any filly near him! And that he felt some buyers might have been scared off by that."
When Vyjack's aggressiveness spiraled out of control for his new owner, the only logical option was to geld him.
"They made the great and professional choice," Brogden said. "They gelded him and then he focused on racing and not the ladies! He would never have been what he is intact."
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In stark contrast, Normandy Invasion was the type to win a good citizenship award.
"He was always easy to get along with," said Bill Betz, who bred the colt in partnership with Kidder, Gainesway, Graves, D.J. Stable and Cole.
"He had a very amiable personality. He wasn't hard to deal with -- he wasn't mean, rowdy or difficult. He pretty much did what we asked him to do.
"I kind of like to evaluate when foals see different things for the first time -- whether it's the first time the blacksmith trims them, or the first time they're asked to do something, when we wean them, what kind of attitude they have when they're weaned, do they get upset or not.
"He seemed to handle all those bumps in the road that young horses do without any real difficulty, and I think he's taken his lessons as a racehorse the same way.
"He was just a horse that seemed to be sort of at peace with himself and at peace with his environment.
"He always had a lot of quality, he was always athletic. A little immature relative to some of the others as a young horse, partially due to his age (being younger than most as a May 2 foal), partly because that's the kind of foal he was."
But the colt "matured really nicely" by the time he toured the sales ring as a two-year-old at Keeneland April, when he went to Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm for $230,000.
Normandy Invasion was a "healthy, straightforward foal who's grown up into a nice horse," Betz summed up.
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Bradley Purcell, manager of Claiborne Farm, made similar remarks about Orb and Lines of Battle, who were both raised at the historic Paris, Kentucky, nursery.
"They were very good citizens when they were here as youngsters," Purcell recalled. "Both were very nice-looking colts that had good heads on their shoulders.
"They were easy to work with and didn't have any bad habits. It is very exciting to see them as babies and yearlings, and now in the Kentucky Derby."
Orb is a homebred campaigned by Stuart Janney III and the Phipps Stable. Lines of Battle races for his breeder Joseph Allen in partnership with the same Coolmore team that has an interest in Verrazano.
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The Diamond A Farm-bred Overanalyze was just a normal foal who blended in with the crowd, according to Mac Carr, the farm manager.
"He was just a nice little foal. He never did anything that made him bad, good or indifferent," Carr said.
"He was just another little guy. Very, very rarely do we have anybody that really stands out as being bad or good.
"Everybody liked him 'cause he was a kind little foal. He didn't do anything wrong."
Overanalyze was easier to handle than his dam, the unraced Unacloud.
"His mother can be a little goofy, and he's actually better than his mother. His mother was a little funny.
"He has a better personality than his mom. She's just kind of a funny old gray mare. As long as you're slow and easy around her, she's fine. But if you get in too big a hurry, she'll let you know. She takes a little more time than most."
Carr revealed that Overanalyze now has a newborn half-brother by Tiznow.
"The mare just foaled (Sunday) morning about 4 o'clock," Carr said. "He's as big as a yearling -- I've never seen a foal that big in all my life.
"And I started foaling in '78, so I've seen a bunch of foals."
Overanalyze was sold to Repole Stables as a Keeneland September yearling for $380,000.
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Charming Kitten's "childhood was quite ordinary," recalled Mark Partridge, manager of Ramsey Farm.
A homebred campaigned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Charming Kitten is by their champion Kitten's Joy, who stands at their Nicholasville, Kentucky, farm.
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Black Onyx, as his name implies, was a beauty bred by John Sykes under the Cloverleaf Farms II banner and raised at his Woodford Thoroughbreds.
"I just remember him always being a really big, black foal, real pretty," Woodford General Manager Matt Lyons said.
"He was always towards the best of his crop. His mother's (Kalahari Cat) a beautiful mare, and we were hoping when we made the mating that we would get a horse that looked like that. She's almost black as well.
"He had a very uncomplicated time, he stayed out of trouble, and he never had any issues with him, thankfully."
Despite his size, Black Onyx didn't try to throw his weight around.
"He really wasn't aggressive, or he wasn't a bully," Lyons said. "He was never a difficult horse to be around.
"Some of those big colts, they can be pushy, and try to jump on you, but he was always pretty well behaved, and just a nice horse to be around.
"He was a very, very good foal, and throughout, from a foal to a yearling, to taking him to Saratoga (for the Fasig-Tipton Sale in August). We only take our very best to Saratoga, and he was right up there with the very best of what we had.
"His sire probably wasn't the hottest stallion in the world when we sold him," Lyons added with nice understatement regarding the stallion Rock Hard Ten, who was eventually exported to South Korea.
"And frankly, I would have thought if he was by any other stallion at the time, he would have sold for a lot of money. In the end, it all worked out, and he went into good hands."
Sam Herzberg, who races under the name of Sterling Racing, paid $125,000 for Black Onyx, and Lyons has happy memories of interacting with the new owner in the immediate aftermath.
"We actually had a really good experience with him when he bought the horse. A lot of owners don't always come back to the barn and interact, but he did come back to the barn that night to talk about the horse," Lyons said.
"He called me that evening, after buying him again later on, and he came back the following morning to meet us at the barn and take pictures.
"We had a nice time meeting him throughout the whole experience, and it kind of makes it extra special now that the horse took him all the way to the Kentucky Derby."
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State API Results Released: SRVUSD sees 5 point increase
District scores best of any large unified school district in the state
San Ramon Valley schools once again showed improvement in the 2012 Academic Performance Index Growth Report according to data released Thursday by the California Department of Education, with all scores averaging well above the state target. The API measures and compares the academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of academic measures.
The overall 2012 API growth score for the district was 927, up 5 points from the 2011 API Base score of 922. It marks a two-year growth of 11 points. The state goal for all schools is 800 on the API. These results continue to place SRVUSD as the 8thhighest unified school district in the state and the highest among unified districts with more than 9,000 students tested.
The 2012 Growth API measures the amount of growth a school or district makes since the release of the previous Base API. Twin Creeks, Montevideo and Walt Disney Elementary Schools showed the most growth at the elementary level - 23, 20 and 19 points respectively over the previous year. At the middle school level, Windemere Ranch increased by 13 points. Dougherty Valley High School showed an increase of 15 points. The district's comprehensive high schools are in the top 4% of all high schools statewide.
In addition, scores for several specific subgroups in the district also improved. Results for the district's African American subgroup (with an API of 824) were up 6 points. SRVUSD students classified as "English Learners" (as a group) ranked first among all unified districts in the state with an API of 920.
"It is amazing that a high achieving district like ours can continue to improve," said Superintendent Mary Shelton. "While I am pleased to see that many of our subgroups improved again, a few did not, and we will continue to make that a primary focus in our classrooms."
Statewide, fifty-three percent of all California schools are now at or above the overall statewide target API of 800.
The API is the cornerstone of the state's academic accountability requirements. The API is a numerical index (or scale) ranging from a low score of 200 to a high score of 1000. It reflects a school's or district's academic performance based on annual results of statewide testing at grades two through eleven. Each year, schools receive two API reports, the API Base (reported in March) and the API Growth (reported in September).


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We just jumped over to Leonberg, Germany, for one of our regular visits to the shop that's fast becoming the foremost Porsche tuning werks in this strident era of company closures. We needed a thorough taste test of the 711-horsepower TechArt GTStreet RS. Exaggerating only a touch, about the only thing on this GT2 RS-based blue meanie that is fully original from Porsche AG—or not matte finish or bathed in Alcantara—is the rear-view mirror. At least that's certainly the impact it makes the first time it fries our retinas.
Shown officially for the first time at last September's Frankfurt Motor Show, this particular $675,000-ish GTStreet RS will eventually make its way into the roped-off garage of a very enthusiastic car nut in China. Either that or this King of Beijing could just as well leave it in Europe in order to avoid the massive import fees and taxes and bribes that are part and parcel in China. Not to mention the still difficult Chinese infrastructure and traffic behavior that makes enjoying any potent Porsche such as this to the max impossible.
From the already respectable factory standard 612 horsepower on the 500-unit limited edition car, TechArt's "TA 097/T2.2" tune bumps that up to 711 hp—a 16 percent bump. Then for torque, we skip from 516 lb-ft up to 664 lb-ft, or a wrenching 27 percent increase. This German premium tune job creates no less than a racing Weissach wagen for the street, something for which this entire area around southwest Germany is renowned.
But the TechArt GTStreet RS—despite this particular client's unfortunate color obsession—sweetly stays as traditional as people this damned passionate about the 911 would like by sticking with the factory six-speed manual from Getrag as set up, of course, for the shortest possible throws between ratios. And then untouched is the war-like single-mass flywheel that doesn't stop rattling in its cage until we get the clutch pedal to the floor. That TechArt clutch, still about 9.1 inches in diameter as on the stock GT2 RS, has had its surface altered and hardened even further to deal with the geometrically greater stresses of launching this beast.
So OK, first off, it's blue. Right down to the paintjob on the Clubsport half rollcage. Sky Blue according to the creators. We won't give in to the temptation to use the terms "Smurf" or "Otter Pop" or even cotton candy. You all can go right ahead and refer to the blue in one of these hues, but we would never stoop so low and risk taking anything away from the exceptional qualities of this car. Besides, Smurf Blue would be darker and there'd be a little white floppy cap on the roof.
When we took off several times from a standstill, the immediate physical sensation was feeling all the skin on our face move toward the back of our neck in a fantastic demonstration of acceleration g-forces at play. We would have launched many times over, but this blur-inducing moment got us even more addicted to lighting up the 20-inch Michelin Pilot Sport Cup+ tires (245/30 front and 315/25 rear) wrapped around forged TechArt Formula Race wheels at 8.5 inches wide in front and 12 inches wide in back.
The already unbelievable handling capabilities of the stock GT2 RS are rendered almost impossible to conceive, what with the 3.2 inches of added track in front thanks to the TechArt Formula Race wheels offset, the 4 additional inches at the rear axle and the new springs all around that lower the chassis 0.4 inches. Having a closed, decommissioned airfield near Stuttgart at our disposal, the 2.6 turns lock-to-lock of the Alcantara covered steering wheel could be experimented with non-stop, frequently in ways you just can't pull off on public roads. On the slightly porous yet smooth surface of this tarmac, it was nearly impossible to make the GTStreet RS lose its concentration on the current line of travel. Eerie thoughts of invincibility crept in all too quickly.
We are less in love with the droopy "Dali clocks" automated rear wing of the Porsche GT2 than we are with the gorgeous spectacle put on by the wing of the GT3. So TechArt and the client are to be applauded for thinking likewise and fitting this custom 55-inch carbon-fiber, hollow master of rear downforce. The unit is adjustable in height over a 1.6-inch range and it was set at a default mid-point for our test day. Again, the sucked-to-the-pavement feeling at speed is not to be believed. Oh, for a suitable track to really explore the late braking and stability to the hilt. Throughout it all, the mechanical limited-slip differential works full-time and we don't necessarily need a track day to feel that.
The brakes remain Porsche's lauded PCCB set (15-inch front, 13.8-inch rear rotors) that supply more than enough stopping power, complementing the smooth operation of the 3,185-pound hound (that's full curb weight). And with the two TechArt heavily modified variable turbine geometry turbochargers with augmented turbo body and turbine sides for 26.1 psi maximum boost pressure, the 27 percent greater torque pounding the pavement needs these stoppers like never before. With so much judicious pedal hammering going on, we grew to appreciate all of the study Porsche testers put in to establishing just the right pedal feel under the most stressful of situations. At the same time, heel-and-toeing is easy to do and is crucial to the overall raison d'être of the car anyway.
Despite the greater flow through the stainless steel exhaust manifolds and pipe system running out the back, the famed 3.6-liter flat six still sounds like the world's most insanely powerful Shop-Vac. We want so badly for more rumble and roar, or at least a more meaty sound, to leap forth from our Porsches, but all we ever get is a raspy forced-air hurricane. With the Sport button lit, the sound inside the car gets correct and deep, but outside little changes. Oh well, at least the sucker doth haul ass in the end, handles like there's Velcro at each corner and sets quite the tone both outside and in. We could see acceleration arriving at sub-3.0 seconds, but the manual shifter and rear traction would probably relegate it to around 3.1 seconds in reality. Top speed on the Nürburgring Nordschleife's Döttinger Höhe final, long straight reaches an unofficial 217 mph.
TechArt knows Porsche like no one else and it was they who originated all those years ago the Porsche catalog of Tequipment enhancements. But their interior work takes just as much center stage as does their powertrain and chassis tuning. There is a tendency these days to err on the Alcantara overkill side and, as our hosts reminded us, "The customer is king in the end." Look at the quilted roof and even the quilted inner side of the front hood. All done gorgeously, but… c'mon. The entire interior is redone by TechArt in house in Leonberg and we could happily snooze away an afternoon in the one-piece carbon-fiber sport seats. Instrument dials are TechArt specific, as is the outer portion of the steering wheel, the re-covered gearshift and handbrake, plus, of course, all the "GTStreet RS" placards and embroidery. Don't ask us what the customer's "Ting & Tiger – One of One" is getting at. To each his own.
Back outdoors, the hood is in carbon fiber and works with the front fascia to guide air more efficiently for a coefficient of drag just a bit better than the standard 0.34 Cd, despite the added downforce both front and rear. The front fenders are also in carbon fiber, while the engine cover is in fiberglass. Besides the exclusivity and lightness factors, the processes to forming these panels these days in these materials is advantageous for achieving exactly the desired characteristics. To help with driveway inclines et al., the front Vario suspension fitted by TechArt to their specification has hydraulic lifters that bring that chin spoiler up about 2.5 additional inches.
This customer car was not allowed on to public roads for obvious reasons, but the artificially liberating airfield just allowed us to play to the extreme, and we appreciated the wild opportunity. The entire package is insane and a Porsche of this caliber set loose can be frightening as that front end lightens up, as it will so frequently do. But then it forces one to be the very best driver possible, drawing on every single track day instruction session and all the weekend race experience just to keep things cool under heat. As a swan song to the 997 generation of cars, TechArt has formulated a right and proper send-off. For those in the dough.
Just please try to avoid the super-saturated overuse of certain colors when you order yours.
Porsche 997 TechArt GTStreet RS
Longitudinal rear engine, rear-wheel drive
3.6-liter flat six, dohc, 24-valve. "9A1" twin T35 VTG turbochargers, VarioCam Plus intake, Motronic ECU reprogramming via Sport/Sport Plus buttons, TA 097/T2.2 tune, Sport Chrono Package, TechArt stainless steel sport exhaust
Six-speed Porsche/Getrag manual w/single-mass flywheel, mechanical limited-slip differential, new-design sport steering wheel with paddles
Aluminum double-wishbone (f), aluminum multi-link (r), adjustable Vario coilover dampers, simplified Porsche Active Suspension Management, Normal and Sport mapping, Sport Chrono Package with dynamic engine mounts
PCCB 15.0-inch drilled and ventilated discs w/ 6-piston calipers (f), PCCB 13.8-inch drilled and ventilated discs w/ 4-piston calipers (r), Steelflex brake line kit, Porsche Stability Management
Wheels and Tires
Formula Race Five double-spoke forged alloy 8.5x20 (f), 12x20 (r)
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup+ 245/30 (f), 315/25 (r)
Carbon-fiber front fender panels and hood, fiberglass engine cover, modified front and rear aprons w/ larger integrated intakes and vents, blackened quad exhaust tips, TechArt Aero kit, GT3 RS-style carbon-fiber rear adjustable wing
Full leather/Alcantara interior, TechArt sport steering wheel, custom TechArt dial faces, carbon-fiber bucket seats w/ 4-point seatbelts, half rollcage
MSRP: $675,000 (est.)
Peak Power: 711 hp @ 6600 rpm
Peak Torque: 664 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm
0-62 mph: 3.1 sec. (est)
Top Speed: 217 mph


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From The Files Of May 18, 1989 '89 Small games of chance are in Fulton County, tax reform is out here and statewide, and Judge William H. Kaye will appear on both
party tickets in the November election, according to the results of Tuesday's primary election.
Two Indian men were hospitalized when their truck hauling munitions crashed along the U.S Route 30 bypass east of McConnellsburg last Tuesday evening. A Ford box-type truck was traveling west on Route 30 last Tuesday when apparently the left rear brake line of the truck had corroded through, causing the brake system to fail.
Fulton County Historical Society's fifth annual Historian of the Year award was presented to Hazel Seville at the society's dinner meeting on April 29. Hazel spends many hours in the historical library on the second floor of the Fulton House, helping local people on Thursdays as they search for information about their ancestors.
Specials at the IGA: pork chops, $1.39 lb.; Parkay margarine, 59 cents, 1-lb. quarters; Pepsi products, 12 pack, 12-oz. cans, $2.99.
Alta Sprowl, Wells Tannery, celebrated her 93rd birthday on May 6 with a small gathering at her home.
Marriage licenses: Jeffrey Shearer, McConnellsburg, and Julie Richards, McConnellsburg; James Peck, Mc- Connellsburg, and Pamela Lininger, McConnellsburg; Douglas Brown, Hustontown, and Connie Harris, Mc- Connellsburg; Jeffrey Warren, Orbisonia, and Deborah Winegardner, Orbisonia; Theodore Brant, Mercersburg, and Tona Feight, Waterfall.
The home of Rev. and Mrs. Roger Truax in Needmore was the setting for a quiet wedding on April 22 when Robert Guerin, Martinsburg, W.Va., and L. Mae Mellott, Needmore, were united in marriage by Rev. Truax.
Mr. and Mrs. Brent Gordon of McConnellsburg, announce the birth of a son, Garrett Russell, on May 4.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Appleby of Shippensburg on May 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Mitchell of Warfordsburg on May 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Curtis of Warfordsburg on May 9.
Deaths: Elizabeth Kline, McConnellsburg; James E. Witt Sr., Johnstown; Goldie Albright, Camp Hill; Mary Houck, McConnellsburg; Howard DeShong, Chambersburg; Stella Bivens, Huntingdon; Russell Ray, Waynesboro; Helen Stoner, Chambersburg; David Polk Sr., Fort Loudon.
A surprise supper was held for Hettie Sipes in honor of her 85th birthday recently.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 17, 1979 '79A strong 54 percent, 2,711, of Fulton County's registered voters voiced their support of local government in Tuesday's primary, giving
every incumbent candidate for county office a spot on the November ballot. In the major county race, Democratic incumbents Delmar Mellott and Donald Bard again received their party's nomination for commissioner, Mellott earning the most votes, 703 to 576. The three Democratic challengers, Kenneth Lee Glazier, Sara Zechman and Richard Garlock, ran a tight race of their own for third place, Glazier gaining the edge with 414 to Zechman's 384 and Garlock's 362. On the Republican side, incumbent commissioner W. Edward Palmer won the right to seek a third term, but was outdistanced in the primary by newcomer Donald "Pete" Culler. Culler scored an easy victory with 640 votes to Palmer's 455. Thurman Nesbitt, who along with Palmer, earned the Republican nomination in 1975, failed to qualify for the November election this go-around, finishing third with 394 votes. Cecil Fraker, 304, and Lyle Mellott, 183, rounded out the Republican tallies in the commissioner race.
Last week's unseasonably high temperatures, which rose in the 90s toward the end of the week, were broken on Sunday by a much-needed rain.
A 21-year-old Bowling Green, Ohio, woman was killed Saturday when the car in which she and six other Bowling Green State University students were riding went out of control on Interstate 70, exit 30, at 10:30 Saturday night.
Specials at the IGA: turkey hind quarters, 59 cents lb.; Clorox, 69 cents a gallon; granulated sugar, 99 cents, 5 lbs.; Pepsi Cola, eight 10-ozs. bottles, $1.59; Era liquid, $1.39, 23 ozs.
Wild turkeys usually have one beard, sometimes two, but very rarely three. The one shot by Gene Stenger, Mc- Connellsburg, on Friday had a nine-inch beard and two smaller ones. Stenger was hunting "somewhere in Fulton County" with Alan Huston, who was doing the calling, when he nailed the 20-pound bird, the first he's ever bagged. Hunting has been good during this spring gobbler season with more turkeys in the woods than have been seen for some years.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Carmack of Mercersburg on May 5; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Shives of Breezewood on May 7; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Starliper Jr., Mercersburg, on May 4; a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Fischer of Crystal Spring on May 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Golden of Warfordsburg on May 9; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Michel Stepanik of Warfordsburg on May 9.
Deaths: Mrs. Mary Jane Hays, McConnellsburg; Wilbert A. Hall, Shade Gap; Craig S. Smith, North Rose, N. Y.
The afternoon marriage ceremony of Michelle Ann Shafer and Matt Stewart Hill took place April 28 in the United Methodist Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Shafer of McConnellsburg. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill of Big Cove Tannery.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of May 29, 1969 '69 Dr. Florence C. Villa is the name of the new doctor who will be taking over the practice of Dr. Robert Fry on June 15 when Dr. Fry
leaves the community to take a residency at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville. Dr. Villa is a native of the Philippine Islands and comes to Mc- Connellsburg from the Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens, W.Va., where he has been a member of the staff since July 1968.
More than 500 people attended the dedication ceremonies for the new Highway Department building north of McConnellsburg on Friday, where state secretary of highways Robert Bartlett delivered the dedication address.
During the latter part of World War II, the late Sgt. Paul Shimer Jr. was recognized by the city of Southampton, England, as the "Millionth Yank" to pass through that city's port on the way to combat in Europe. Sgt. Shimer later lost his life in that combat. In memory of Sgt. Shimer and all other American soldiers who gave their lives in conflict to protect England and other nations from the Nazis, the British Legion annually sends the McConnellsburg American Legion a wreath made by disabled British soldiers to be placed on a memorial to WWII soldiers in Sgt. Shimer's home town. As has been the custom for more than 20 years, the wreath is placed on a memorial near the Fulton County Courthouse by the late sergeant's mother, Mrs. Paul S. Shimer. Again this year, Mrs. Shimer will participate in this ceremony.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Powell, Needmore, on Monday leaving the family of seven homeless.
Marriage licenses: Howard L. Strait of Chambersburg and Leah Taylor of Burnt Cabins; Darl Rohm of Mc- Connellsburg and Victoria Stumbaugh of Chambersburg.
The parents of the graduating students of the Mc- Connellsburg High School were hosts at a party for the class at Tuscarora Summit Inn on Tuesday night.
Men in service: Sgt. Thomas C. Abbott of Mc- Connellsburg received the Vietnamese Psychological Warfare Medal at Nha Trang Air Base in Vietnam recently. Technical Sgt. Donald O. Bard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orland H. Bard of McConnellsburg, is on duty at Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanks, Warfordsburg, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 27.
Specials at the IGA: franks, 49 cents lb.; IGA soda, 10 cents 1 pt. bottle; IGA potato chips, 49 cents, 1-lb. bag; IGA buns, 25 cents, 12-oz. pkg.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knepper of Waterfall on May 18; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gordon of Mercersburg on May 19; a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Shearer of McConnellsburg on May 19; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Dale McQuade of Mc- Connellsburg on May 21; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mellott of Needmore on May 21; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beegle of Beezewood on May 21; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson of Hopewell on May 21.
Now playing at the Fulton Theatre: "West Side Story," and "The Lost Continent." Playing at the Hancock Drive-In: 4 big features, Elvis Presley in "Clambake," Dean Martin in "Murders' Row," James Coburn in "Waterhole, No. 3" and Kirk Douglas in "Thunder Road."
Deaths: Mrs. Mary Ellen Thompson, McConnellsburg; Jesse M. Keith, Alexandria; Robert R. Cromer, Newburg; Charles N. Cutchall, Three Springs.
50 Years Ago
From The Files of May 28, 1959 '59 Mrs. Walter R. Sloan, who has been a patient at the Medical Center for the past few weeks, was transferred to Hagerstown Hospital
on Sunday.
Mrs. Olive Mellott was admitted to the Medical Center on Friday.
Mrs. Roy Sheeder of town is a patient in Hagerstown Hospital.
Mrs. Annie Finniff of Chambersburg, only sister of Mrs. Ida Lininger of town, is a patient in Chambersburg Hospital.
Miss Nancy Horton of town, a student at Fairfax Hall in Virginia, won a blue ribbon last week in the Spring Horse Show at the school for her horsemanship (over fences) competition and a white one in the intermediate equitation class.
A strawberry, measuring four by five inches, was picked this week form the patch owned by George Gray of Warfordsburg. The News would be glad to hear of any bigger ones grown by its many readers.
State police were called to the Esso Station on Route 522 north of town after the owner, George Snyder, had locked up on Sunday night and shortly thereafter his son told him there was someone in the office part of the building. Both father and son waited until the intruder came out of the building, grabbed him and then called the police. After the police arrived, the intruder, an 18- year-old Greensburg man, admitted that he had robbery in mind, but Snyder said no money was taken. Further investigation by the police, however, revealed that the intruder was driving a 1959 MG stolen from a South Carolina Air Force base. It was also discovered that the intruder was AWOL from the base. On Monday, police were called to the Mumma Gulf Station near Fort Littleton after the till had been rifled. Two 16-year-old boys from Long Island, N.Y., were picked up as they were hitchhiking on the turnpike and, after questioning, admitted waiting until the garage attendant was busy and then rifled the till. The money was found on the boys and returned to Mumma, and the boys were turned over to the custody of their parents. Also on Monday, two youths from the lower end of the county were picked up by police and turned over to the sheriff of Berkeley Springs, where they were being sought on a burglary charge in West Virginia.
The all-star baseball game between two teams made up of outstanding high school players of Fulton County will be held in McConnellsburg tonight. Selected for the all-star honors were the following boys: Forbes Road - Dale Keebaugh, D. Brown, R. Wright and J. Black; Green Hill - Denny Orth, C. Wible, E. Sipes and J. Fetterhoff; Southern Fulton - G. Booth, E. Hann, P. Bohrer and L. Palmer and McConnellsburg - B. Kendall, B. Alexander, Buterbaugh and L. Ray. The all-stars will be coached by Harry Blaine of Forbes Road and Wayne McLaughlin of Mc- Connellsburg. If the crowd attending warrants, this all-star game will be made an annual event.
Two McConnellsburg High School students participated in the PIAA state championship meet at the Pennsylvania State University on Saturday. Richard Cover won a gold medal for taking first place in the 440 yard run, his time was 51.6 seconds. Larry Ray won a bronze medal for taking fifth place in the one mile run. His time was four minutes, 41 seconds.
Unemployment compensation checks disbursed last week totalled 174,698, with a monetary value of $4,736,059.
Robert "Buck" Weaver, 17- year-old son of Mrs. Jean Weaver of Webster Mills, was rushed by ambulance to the Medical Center last Friday evening after a car on which he was doing some repair work moved and crushed him beneath in a sitting position. Unable to breathe because of the weight of the car, he lost consciousness and remained unconscious for about eight hours. Later, X-rays revealed that four thoracic vertebrae had been fractured. Luckily his friends, Dick Miller and Denny Black, were present when the accident happened. These two boys gave the alarm and, in a matter of minutes, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Black and their daughter, Joyce, were on the scene. Between them, they managed to lift the car enough so that Mr. Black could extricate Buck. Dr. McLucas and the staff at the Medical Center painstakingly worked on the youth to get oxygen back into his body, and he is now expected to make a full recovery.
Six county students received degrees from Shippensburg this year. They are Frederick K. Bolinger of Wells Tannery; Sarah Ann Johnston of McConnells- burg; William McKee Jr. of Amaranth; Richard Claude Price of Harrisonville; Phyllis Arlene Spade of Needmore and Galen R. Winegardner of Fort Littleton.
The Mary Howe Trio will play for dancing at the local American Legion home on Friday night.
Two McConnellsburg students will get degrees from Elizabeth College on June 1. They are Earl Mellon and William Hamil.
Birth at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jobe Harr of Needmore on May 22.
Marriage licenses issued at the local courthouse during April and May included the following: Bruce Harris of McConnellsburg and Joyce Gallagher of Clear Ridge; Johnnie Clugston and Ruth Murphy, both of Shade Gap; Sheldon D. Deshong of Harrisonville and Ann C. Miller, McConnellsburg; Derwood T. Orr of Severa, Md.; and Joyce Ann Waters of Burnt Cabins; James M. Stahle and Oneda S. Paylor, both of Mercersburg; Lewis Paul Harntan Jr. of Hagerstown and Marie Watkins of Robertsdale; Harold McClellan Sipes and Catherine Alice Gress, both of McConnellsburg.
Deaths: Carl E. Sheeder of Everett; Mrs. Della Everts of Wood; George B. Evans of Big Cove Tannery; Grace Lake of McConnellsburg.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of June 2, 1949 '49 Borough Council awarded a contract to K.G. Richards of
McConnellsburg on Monday evening for building Main Street in the southeast section of town. His bid totalled $2,150.
Mrs. Ida Hawkins of Hustontown underwent an operation at the Everett Hospital last Friday.
Births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Max Edwards of Harrisonville on May 23; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Garland of McConnellsburg on May 30.
An unexpectedly large crowd turned out last Thursday for the first appearance of the Mc- Connellsburg Band in the school auditorium and left feeling amazed at what they had seen and heard. The band is currently directed by Forrest Hunsicker, teacher of instrumental music at Bedford.
Deaths: Charley J. Mann of Hancock; Sylvanius Brown of Detroit, Mich.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of June 1, 1939 '39 Almeta Brown, 16, Hustontown, received lacerations of
the left knee last Wednesday when she turned her bicycle into the path of a car while on her way to the Taylor Township School.
Deaths: Mrs. Mary Ann Aller of Camp Hill; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Runyan of Chambersburg.
The annual convention of the Fulton County Sabbath School Association will be held this Friday and Saturday in Warfordsburg.
On an outdoor stage, decorated with green pine and roses, county students were graduated from the Taylor Township High School at Hustontown. The service, held on Tuesday evening, was witnessed by about 400 people. This was the largest class ever graduated from this school.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnston of Webster Mills have uncovered the grave of Mrs. Johnston's great-grandfather, Abraham Lesher, in the Lutheran Cemetery in McConnellsburg. Mr. Lesher was buried on May 19, 1839, at the age of 82 years. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, enlisting in Berks County as a private. The Johnstons placed a flag on the grave, which hitherto had been unmarked.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Brown of Fort Littleton last week.
Jean Mentzer and Charles Goes were the winners this year of the eighth-grade school award given annually by the Mc- Connellsburg Woman's Club. They each received $5 in recognition of their fine record the past year. The awards were also given on the basis of scholarship, citizenship and athletics. Mrs. George Reisner, president of the club, made the awards on Monday morning. Howard Peck is the eighth-grade teacher.
Miss Reba Crouse, honor student of the McConnellsburg School, was awarded the John M. Spangler scholarship at the commencement exercises in the high school auditorium on Friday evening. The scholarship, valued at $300 in any Pennsylvania College giving degrees, was presented by Harold C. Welsh, superintendent of the schools.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mellott of Hustontown at Chambersburg Maternity Home last week.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of May 30, 1929 '29 Deaths: Morgan M. Barton of Bedford County, a Civil War
veteran; Lloyd A. Mellott of Altoona; Mrs. Charles C. Philips of Detroit, Mich.; infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morton of near Andover; Prof. David C. Stunkard of Pleasant Valley.
The Fulton Electric Light, Heat and Power Co. has filed with the Public Service Commission a new tariff schedule which will reduce rates here, effective June 1.
Recent births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Reed Clugston of Ayr Township on May 21; a daughter, Laure to Mr. and Mrs. Mac Elmer Lynch of Ayr Township on May 11; a son, George Vincent, to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Edward Hewett of Ayr Township on May 4; a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Mellott of Mc- Connellsburg on May 12; a daughter, Mildred May, to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Richards of Ayr Township on May 12.
Cloyd Naugle of Burnt Cabins is nursing a broken finger.
A memorial window has been placed in the church at Nossville in memory of John Kling, husband of Mrs. Amanda Kling of Burnt Cabins.
Leonard Holland and Gladys Tice were married recently.
The eight graduates of the local school this year are Isabel Patterson, Alma Kendall, Beulah Henry, Kermit Bard, Ernest Harris, Katherine Kendall, Colonel Keefer and Richard Fraker.
Born: a son on Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Steach.
Deaths: Miss Vera Jones of Piney Plains, well known for her excessive weight. At a very early age, she weighed 400 pounds.
Edgar S. Krug has completed his medical course at the Jefferson College.
A double surprise party was held on Saturday evening in honor of the birthdays of George Glunt and his daughter, Mrs. Rouzer, his 55th and her 24th.
Lewis Garlock, who last fall purchased the Glenn Ritchey store, filling station and campgrounds in the east end of town, has purchased the triangular piece of ground at the intersection of the highways. This lot is about a half-acre in size and the price paid was $5,000. Mr. Garlock is now building a garage there.


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Remember back in the distant past of March when Larry Brown said he wasn't "politicking for a job" while he was politicking for a job? It worked! According to Andy Katz, Larry Brown is interviewing with SMU today. Marquette assistant coach Tony Benford will also meet with the school today.
Benford may not stand a change though in a month when football's version of a-rolling-stone-gathers-no-moss coach lost a job, it only makes sense that basketball's will find one.
Larry Brown to meet with SMU [ESPN]


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BERLIN (Reuters) - He has rippling muscles, a cloak and the standard-issue briefs, but "Superhobo" is not your average comic-book hero: his torn bodysuit, shaggy beard and the bottle of beer in his fist all tell of a hard life on the streets.
"His muscles are firm but he has no fixed abode" proclaims the slogan of "Superhobo" comic ("Superpenner" in the original German), which hit the streets of Berlin on Monday in an attempt to boost sales of a newspaper sold by down-and-outs.
The humor is dark: the craggy-faced superhero sleeps on a bench in his woollen cap, dreaming of beer, and the people he rescues gag at his foul breath.
But the homeless, the unemployed and the poor immigrants who picked up an armful of the "Strassenfeger" newspapers to sell around Berlin, with the comic as a free supplement, did not seem to find the idea offensive.
"It's just a bit of fun," said Daniela, a 40-year-old who has been touting the "Strassenfeger" (Street Sweeper) at a central Berlin train station for the past two years.
Her customers are commuters, people waiting for a taxi and forecourt smokers. For each copy she sells at 1.50 euros ($2), she gets to keep 90 cents ($1.20).
Muffled against the cold with a fleece over an overcoat, the unemployed kitchen worker - who would not give her surname for fear of putting her welfare payments at risk - said the comic seemed to be good for business, grabbing people's attention.
Lots of people shook their heads when Daniela approached but Frank Henseler, a 56-year-old in a tie and scarf visiting Berlin on business, leafed through the Superpenner, his cigarette smoke billowing in the cold air, and bought a copy.
"The comic is interesting and I'd like to have a look, and I happen to be reading a book right now about homeless people in Paris," he told Reuters.
In the best Marvel comic tradition, the hobo gets superpowers by accident when an intern at a secret service lab takes a bottle of mysterious green liquid, which "looks like a urine sample", and gives it to the tramp by mistake.
Endowed with superhuman strength when he downs a beer, he and his sidekick "Gutter Girl" take on "The Baddies".
When he's close to defeat, "Convenience Store Man" - identified none too subtly as a member of Berlin's largest minority by his moustache and a Turkish flag - saves him by providing a beer in the nick of time.
But the aim is serious: "Not every hobo is a Superhobo", read the posters advertising the new comic, inviting people to buy the paper or donate via the website www.strassenfeger.org.
The comic is the brainchild of Robert Krause, creative director of advertising agency Scholz & Friends, who hopes the polemic style will draw attention to the plight of the homeless.
"The important thing is that people buy the comic, because we want to help the homeless simply by increasing their sales and generating more donations," he said in an interview.
Although Europe's largest economy has proved resilient to the euro crisis, German charities warn that poverty is on the rise. The aid agency BAGW says the number of people without a home rose 15 percent to 284,000 between 2010 and 2012, and could rise a further 30 percent by 2016.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city had plentiful cheap housing, especially in the east. But the city sold off many flats, and locals say gentrification is driving up rents. In last year's German election, both sides promised to cap rent rises.
Helmut Cladders, a volunteer at Strassenfeger, which has a fortnightly run of 15,000 copies and is one of the two biggest such publications on the streets of Berlin, said lots of Polish immigrants sell the paper and more East Europeans are arriving.
"Lots of people coming to Berlin from Romania and Bulgaria are selling Strassenfeger too," he said, distributing the paper to vendors from an old caravan in a street behind Zoo Station, an area once renowned for drugs and prostitution.
Marta, a young Polish woman with no apparent superpowers and hardly a word of German, said that after five years in Berlin she had "no home, no family and no money". Taking 10 copies on a sale-or-return basis, she disappeared with a smile.
($1 = 0.7314 euros)
Additional reporting by Jasmin Rietdorf; Editing by Michael Roddy and Mark Trevelyan