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Jets nose tackle Sione Pouha said he will "100 percent" be ready to play in the regular-season opener against the Dallas Cowboys, after a left knee injury held him out of the past two preseason games.
Pouha said he had a "very minor" MCL sprain but took an MRI and everything checks out OK.
"As of right now, everything is ready to roll," Pouha said at the Jets' annual kickoff luncheon, which raised more than $750,000 for the Alliance for Lupus Research and the New York Jets Foundation. "Just like the lockout, that's history, and I'm ready to move forward."
Pouha said he does not expect to wear a knee brace and was able to practice yesterday.
The injury happened when he got caught up in traffic defending a bootleg in the preseason opener at Houston.
Pouha had some swelling Monday night, so the team held him out of the preseason game vs. the Giants. But Pouha said his knee feels so good he doesn't remember which one was injured, and offered to do martial arts to prove it.
Martin Tevaseu and rookie Kenrick Ellis got extra preseason reps in Pouha's absence.
"As a football player, you always want to be out there, but at the same time, you've got to take care of yourself," Pouha said. "You try to help where you can. For me, that was being an extra eye, an extra voice, an extra ear in terms of trying to help the other defensive players or wherever I could help out to make an assessment of the game."
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FB John Conner was not at the kickoff luncheon because he is receiving treatment on his sprained ankle. He is working hard to be ready for the Dallas opener and is committed to spending the next week-and-a-half in the training room.
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Coach Rex Ryan addressed the attendees at the kickoff luncheon, held at Cipriani Wall Street, and restated his belief that this is the year the Jets will be champions
"We're going to win the Super Bowl, and we're going to do it right now, this year," Ryan said. He then called up his captains — Pouha, QB Mark Sanchez, WR Santonio Holmes, CB Darrelle Revis, and S Eric Smith -— as five reasons why this is the year.
Each spoke to the crowd about what makes his unit great. Sanchez, in naming his players, lightheartedly added about Plaxico Burress, "another baller, who looks a (heck) of a lot better in green than he did in blue."
The annual luncheon has raised more than $7 million for the Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) and the New York Jets Foundation in its first 10 years. Each year's proceeds are split between the two organizations.
"To be at an event like this, it's something that truly defines what this organization is about, what Mr. Woody Johnson is all about," Pouha said. "That's what keeps us grounded and well-rounded."
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Members of the Jets visited the World Trade Center site after yesterday's luncheon.
"Very humbling experience just walked out to see Ground Zero. A really heart felt experience God Bless everyone," cornerback Antonio Cromartie tweeted.
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A Pittsburgh man was jailed early Easter morning after an egg-dyeing session with his girlriend went awry and he reached for some cutlery to hold of responding police.
Aaron Goempel, 27, of Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood, was decorating Easter eggs with his girlfriend at a home on Wareman Avenue when he began pelting her with hard-boiled eggs, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said.
Accounts differ as to what touched off the barrage. The Post-Gazette, citing police, said the couple began arguing about Goempel's infidelities. CBS Pittsburgh reported that the argument began when Goempel accused his girlfriend of being unfaithful.
In any event, one of the eggs hit Goempel's girlfriend in the eye, raising a bump and prompting her to call police.
Authorities already were familiar with Goempel due to past arrests for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, the Post-Gazette said.
When officers arrived, Goempel had barricaded himself in his bedroom, propping an exercise machine against the door to block them out, Triblive reported. When forced their way inside, Goempel reached for a line of knives and swords on his dresser, police said.
The three officers brought Goempel under control, but when they took him to their police car Goempel started yelling racial obscenities at one officer and kicked another in the groin.
Goempel was charged with simple and aggravated assault, the Post-Gazette said.

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First there was Jérôme Kerviel, whose unauthorised bets led to a €4.9 billion loss at the French bank Société Générale and a three-year jail sentence.
Then there was "Fabulous Fabrice" Tourre, the Goldman Sachs trader who boasted of selling complex, highly leveraged derivative products to widows and orphans, even though an internal inquiry at the bank cleared him of any wrongdoing.
And now there is the "London Whale", Bruno Michel Iksil, the JPMorgan Chase banker who is said to be at the heart of a trading blunder that has cost the bank $2 billion or more.
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Aaron Moon said he didn't see the bullet wound at first as he knelt beside his fallen friend, Gaquan Fry, in a narrow, cluttered alley off the 1600 block of Berryhill Street.
Fry, 18, a Steelton-Highspire High School senior, had just been shot at point-blank range in what Harrisburg police described as a drug deal/robbery that turned deadly Aug. 31.
It wasn't until he tried to pick up his friend that he noticed the gunshot wound to Fry's chest, Moon told a Dauphin County jury Monday.
"What did you do then?" Senior Deputy District Attorney Kristen Weisenberger asked.
"I started to cry," the 18-year-old Moon replied, his voice almost a whisper.
Moon said that moments before the fatal shooting, he saw Fry walk into Ella Alley to consummate a drug deal with Rafe Anthony Dunn Jr., 19, the Swatara Twp. man accused of the slaying.
Weisenberger is seeking a first- or second-degree murder conviction for Dunn and a life prison term without parole.
She contended in opening arguments that Dunn, an acquaintance of Fry, set up Fry for an ambush. Dunn had called Fry and arranged to buy an ounce of marijuana from him as a pretext for getting Fry to the alley to rob him, Weisenberger said.
After he shot Fry, Dunn ordered the stricken teen to toss him the marijuana, then ran away, she said.
"This may be emotional at times," she warned the jury. "This is one young kid who shot another young kid."
Chief Deputy Public Defender Nathan Giunta raised the option of third-degree murder, which allows for parole, and posed the possibility that the shooting of Fry was unintended.
"Mr. Dunn had the gun," Giunta conceded.
Matt Armstrong, 19, a friend of Dunn's, said he didn't know where Dunn got a gun, but knew that Dunn planned to rob Fry. He said Dunn tried to recruit him to help, but he declined.
He and Dunn were at a friend's house near Ella Alley just before the slaying when Dunn left around 8 p.m., saying he was "going to the store," Armstrong said.
He said he then heard a gunshot and saw Dunn running up the alley. Fry was lying in the alley, Armstrong said.
"I asked [Dunn], 'Why did you shoot that man?'" Armstrong testified. "He said, 'I swear to God I did not hit him. I shot to scare him.' "
Armstrong, who also knew Fry, said he ran to Fry's parked car, where Moon was waiting, to tell Moon that his friend had been shot. He said he then led Moon to Fry's side.
Dunn was gone when he got back to the house, Armstrong said.
The trial is to resume today in Judge Scott A. Evans' courtroom.


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Port of Coupeville accepts lone bid for sailboat
An Olympia resident stepped forward to purchase a dilapidated sailboat the Port of Coupeville auctioned off last week.
Alex Butowicz submitted the high bid of $1,251 for the Carpe Diem, a 27-foot Islander that had been moored at the Coupeville Wharf for several weeks. Butowicz's was also the only bid, which the port commissioners accepted during a March 14 meeting.
The Carpe Diem had been moored for years off Lovejoy Point and had been the home of Peter Driftmeyer. Eventually, the boat ran aground and lacked proper anchorage and safety equipment for Driftmeyer to continue living on the vessel. He eventually moved to an apartment in Oak Harbor.
Port Commissioner Laura Blankenship questioned whether Port Executive Director Jim Patton had the authority to acquire such a boat, arguing that the decision should have gone before the three-member board.
Patton said acquiring the Carpe Diem was an emergency situation and it was important to get Driftmeyer off a dangerous boat.
He said after the meeting, the money Butowicz offered for the Carpe Diem will cover the moorage fees and other costs incurred concerning the vessel. The Olympia resident is said to already have moorage space ready so he can easily take possession of the Carpe Diem.
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The Mets are in first place, are on a pace to win 91 games and have the best winning percentage in the NL. Also, please don't kill your momma over a baseball game (see below).
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- The Luis Castillo deal is done, and the New York Sun's Steve Goldman pans it, saying the second baseman "maintains the illusion of being useful but really isn't":
The Mets' acquisition of Luis Castillo will also have a major impact on the race -- in favor of the Braves. Castillo's only offense skill is hitting .300. He has no power, doesn't walk a great deal, and no longer runs the bases. Many observers also argue that his best days on defense are behind him. In short, he's a very dangerous player, one who maintains the illusion of being useful but really isn't. Meanwhile, the Mets might have been set at the keystone. Ruben Gotay is not really a .350/.382/.504 hitter -- few players are -- but the four home runs the Mets have gotten from him are roughly four more than they are likely to get from Castillo. It's always nice to have depth, and Castillo makes a better fallback at second than Damion Easley, but a fallback is all he should be.
- The Rangers are trying to trade Eric Gagne to the Mets for Carlos Gomez, whom Jon Heyman refers to as "Omar Minaya's personal favorite." '
- Heyman also notes that the Mets are still contemplating trading for Jeff Conine.
- Carlos Beltran looks like he's headed to the DL.
- Phil Humber hasn't pitched since his scheduled start last Friday because he's suffering from "food poisoning." Hmmmm....I don't want to be unduly skeptical, but food poisoning on the weekend prior to the trade deadline seems awfully convenient. (Thanks to Mike A. for pointing out the story).
- If we needed a reminder, the word "fan" is shorthand for "fanatic":
Michael Anthony, 25, was watching the New York Mets lose a game on Saturday from his home in the borough of Queens when he began furiously banging on the walls, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement on Monday.
His father Fred Fischman shouted at him to stop, but Anthony punched him in the face and threw him to the ground, according to the criminal charges.
When Anthony's mother, Maria Fischman, 61, tried to intervene, prosecutors said he stabbed her once in the head with a knife before chasing her into a bedroom where he struck her several times with the 20 pound (9 kilogram) barbell.
- Pedro Martinez is finally going to make a Minor League start tonight.
"How bad do I want it?" he said. "I can't even describe it. It'd be my reward for all the work I've put in. As an athlete, you see yourself so low and so bad, and then you're able to get back and push your team. That's a dream. You see that in the movies. I want that to happen."
Tonight, the Mets head to Milwaukee, where Tom Glavine will try and secure his 300th victory. Could be a special one.


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A Period of Consolidation
The major stock indexes should continue to work off their intermediate-term overbought condition
By Mark Arbeter
The stock markets' attempted rally last week left a lot to be desired as volume levels on both the NYSE and Nasdaq came in well below average. The price reversal on Friday, Feb. 27, was not a positive development either and adds to our cautious tone. It is certainly possible that the recent lows on the major indexes will be taken out to the downside as the current consolidation or pullback continues.
As we have already mentioned, most of the damage to the market has been witnessed in the Nasdaq. From a broader perspective, stocks that have advanced the most, either off of the October, 2002, or the March, 2003, low, have seen the most weakness. Money has come out of the most aggressive areas and has rotated back to more conservative issues. This is exactly what is supposed to happen in a bull market and it is the reason that the S&P 500 has held up so well of late. As long as this rotation continues, the bull market will be able to extend itself above the most recent highs. A bull market gets in trouble when the rotation is directed into fewer and fewer stocks, and so far, that is not apparent.
Certainly, the Nasdaq and some of its major components look the most susceptible to further and more outsized losses in the short-to intermediate-term. The index is sitting in between very important support and resistance, so the action over the next week or two should be very important.
The Nasdaq has closed below its 50-day exponential moving average, currently at 2,037, for five straight days. This is the longest breach of this technically important moving average since the rally began back in March, 2003. Even if the Nasdaq can mount a rally and close back above the 50-day, there are other pieces of resistance that will have to be dealt with just overhead. The 20-day moving average, which is declining for the first time since August, lies at 2,051. Trendline support drawn off the August low has been busted and now represents resistance and this line comes in at 2,065. In addition, chart resistance is at 2,090.
Fortunately for the Nasdaq, and a reason we think the downside will be limited, is that there is strong chart support not to far below current levels. The first area of support is the most recent low at 1990, which was the top of a trading range during the months of November and December. A thick zone of chart support runs from 1990 all the way down to the 1800 area. Long-term support, provided by the 200-day exponential moving average, is at 1865.
The semiconductor stocks, as represented by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX.X ), also looks a bit tenuous at this point. The index peaked on Jan. 12 and at its lowest level, was down 12%. The index has also dropped below its 50-day exponential moving average, having closed under it for the last six trading days. On an intraday basis, the index failed right near the 50-day on Thursday and Friday, exhibiting that it represents an important resistance level.
The one minor positive for the SOX is that it did not move to a new low during the latest pullback and may be attempting to trace out a double bottom. We doubt that formation will complete itself but are always on the look out for potential trend reversals. The index may also be tracing out a larger head-and-shoulders pattern, which would have negative implications for both the index and the Nasdaq.
As the SOX has corrected, money has flowed back into the biotechnology stocks. Since 1999, there have been major rotations back and forth between these two industries, lasting multiple months. This certainly gives the aggressive trader opportunities to stay with high-beta stocks no matter what the overall market is doing. The AMEX Biotech Index (BTK.X ) broke out of an eight-month base in the middle of January and certainly looks much better from a technical perspective than the SOX.
The bond market rallied a bit this week with the yield on the 10-year Treasury note breaking slightly below the 4% level once again. Volatility is tightening like a noose around prices, and this usually suggests something major is about to occur. Being that we have been wrong on the direction of interest rates of late, fully expecting higher yields, we will wait until the market tells us which way the next trend will go.
Critical chart resistance for the 10-year lies in the 3.9% area, as this level turned out to be a bottom in yields in both October, 2003, and January, 2004. On the upside, important trendline support comes in at 4.27% with heavy chart support from 4.1% up to 4.7%.
The U.S. Dollar Index attempted to break out of a minor double bottom formation but was turned back. The index failed to clear the 88 level on Thursday, near the previous peak that occurred in mid-January, and then drifted lower on Friday. If the dollar index can close above 88, a measurable target up to 91 would be in place. Major trendline resistance lies up in the 92-93 zone and the 200-day exponential moving average is at 92.
We see the consolidation continuing for the stock market as the indexes work off their intermediate-term overbought condition.
Arbeter, a chartered market technician, is chief technical analyst for Standard & Poor's


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A Northampton County man shot and killed his wife then committed suicide this afternoon inside Lehigh Valley Hospital's 17th and Chew streets facility in Allentown, authorities said.
Mildred Osman, 83, a hospice patient there, and Elwood Osman, 86, both of the 500 block of Cherryville Road in Lehigh Township, were found dead by hospital workers who reportedly heard gunshots, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said.
The shooting "preliminarily appears to be a murder-suicide," Martin said.
Allentown police responded to the shooting just after 1 p.m. in the fourth-floor hospice ward of the hospital's 1627 Chew St. facility.
James Geiger, senior vice president of the hospital, was asked at a news conference if Mildred Osman's shooting death appeared to be a "mercy killing."
"It's a love story," Geiger responded. "The elderly gentleman could not bear to see his wife suffering, and the family, I believe, have observed that he just could not envision living without her." He said he didn't know of any note left behind.
No one witnessed the shooting, and Elwood Osman gave hospital staff no indication that he was about to harm his wife, who had entered hospice more than a week ago, said police Capt. Glen Dorney.
"The first thing that drew their attention was the sound of the gunshot," he said. "They heard a second gunshot and came to investigate."
Like most hospitals, Lehigh Valley Hospital doesn't use metal detectors to screen visitors, though wands are used when hospital security has reason to believe a patient has a weapon, Geiger said.Shortly after the incident, Dorney said: "There is no danger to the public at this point. It is a controlled scene and nobody is in danger."
No other patients or staff were harmed or threatened, according to Chuck Lewis, the hospital's senior vice president of external affairs.
"This is a very tragic event and our hearts go out to the family of the deceased and our Lehigh Valley Health Network colleagues who were involved," Lewis stated.
After the shooting report, police blocked traffic at 17th and Chew streets, and five Allentown police cars were parked along the street near the hospital's main 17th Street entrance. There was no evacuation and the hospital remained open except where police were investigating.
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Fall City man dies after jumping in creek to avoid the law
A 31-year-old Fall City man went into cardiac arrest and died Friday, March 9, as he was being transported to an Issaquah hospital. The man had been rescued from Tokul Creek, where he'd been stuck on a log jam for about 25 minutes, in an attempt to flee arrest.
The incident began at 8:20 a.m., when a Snoqualmie police officer began following the man's vehicle on Mill Pond Road and then north onto S.R. 202. The officer pulled the vehicle over after observing it following another vehicle too closely.
The driver stopped the car near the entrance to the Snoqualmie Valley Rifle Range on Fall City-Snoqualmie Road, then fled the car on foot. There were three passengers in the vehicle, so the officer called for backup and stayed with the passengers until backup arrived and he could continue his pursuit.
Soon, the pursuing officer heard the man calling for help, and found him stuck on a log jam. He called the Snoqualmie Fire Department, which extracted the man from the log jam after a few attempts. They estimate he'd been in the water for 25 minutes.
The man had an outstanding felony arrest warrant. One of the passengers was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant, and the other two passengers were released and given a ride home.
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The Boston Celtics are all about history. The team is steeped in decades of it, and that extends to the broadcast teams. Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn have been working together for more than 30 years now… which is longer than some of you have been alive (oh, shoot me).
Now, it's time to honor, and thank, Sean Grande and Cedric Maxwell… who will be calling their 1,000th radio game for the Celtics tonight.
"The entire Boston Celtics organization would like to congratulate Sean Grande and Cedric Maxwell on their 1,000th broadcast together," Boston Celtics President Rich Gotham said in a statement released by the team. "Grande and Max have become the voices of the Celtics on the radio for a whole generation of fans. They have exhibited great chemistry and professionalism throughout their partnership and we look forward to many more seasons of high quality play-by-play and analysis from them."
In addition to being one of the best play-by-play guys out there, Grande is really good on Twitter. If you're a Celtics fan on Twitter and you haven't followed him, I suggest you do.
I'd like to personally thank Grande and Max for their work on Celtics games. There have been countless times where I've been stuck in traffic on 128 and had to tune in to the radio broadcast. And not once did I feel like I missed anything. In fact, without a game to watch, you're hanging on the announcer's every word and every change in inflection to tell you the story. It can get a little more exciting, because you have to wait for the reaction so you can react. Listening to a game on the radio is a much different experience. These guys do it as well as anyone.
Congratulations on 1,000 games… and here's to a 1,000 more (and hopefully a few more championships mixed in).


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As a one-time, long-time member of a weight-loss group, Take Off Pounds Sensibly or TOPS, I was highly interested in the guest opinion by Stephanie MacLean (Guardian, Nov. 21/12). Yes, I said it, we are fat.
While I have often wanted to use the "fat" word, my membership in a weight-loss group had me always biting my tongue and considering others feelings. But the young woman makes some very good points with her total honesty.
She is, essentially, calling a spade a spade and rightly so.
I agree that obesity is a drain on the health care system and limits the individual as to just how much he or she can or can't do in one day.
The guest opinion points out that too many of us focus on the trivial side of the overweight dilemma; our appearance. Yes, I'm vain and enjoy looking slim and attractive. But when I remember how I felt at 181 pounds and having to push myself off the sofa — now at 150 pounds — I know I don't want to ever go there again. Hence I walk and eat healthy.
There may be those with a devil may care attitude who eat fast foods/junk foods and say, "Ah the government will look after me." Not successfully if you can't look after yourself in the first place.
There are a number of obese 40-something men and women here in P.E.I. who have died in the past few years. I shudder when I hear about these untimely deaths. It's a life barely lived and fulfilled.
The time to start exercising and staying at a healthy body weight begins in early childhood. As a young mother in the 1960's 70's and 80's, I never saw an obese child. Now it seems it is almost as common as obese adults. Children would not be fascinated with fast food restaurants if they were never taken there in the first place.
Need I say more? The sun is shining, it's an amazing fall day and I need to walk.
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Watch the trailer for The Crowd, directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray; No. 51 on our list of the 100 best New York movies.
An office peon (James Murray), hitched after a night at Coney Island, struggles to raise a family in the tiny Murphy-bed confines of a tenement apartment and reconcile his outsize aspirations with the noble modesty of blending in with the urban masses. King Vidor's stunning silent is a chronicle of crushed hubris.—Stephen Garrett
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"All the world's a stage" as the saying goes, and that's especially true this week of Upper Saucon Twp., Lehigh Co.
Shakespeare experts from around the world are in town for a one-of-a-kind conference. It's a meeting of the minds, where everyone has the Bard on the brain. More than 120 people from 47 Shakespeare companies from 30 states and 8 countries have descended on DeSales University.
"So from as far away as Argentina, London, Czechoslovakia, Utah, San Francisco, all over the country," explained Lisa Higgins with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
It's the Shakespeare Theatre Association's 22nd annual meeting. It began Wednesday and runs through Saturday.
"It's an opportunity for us to gather Shakespeare Festival's artistic leaders, education leaders, managing directors from all around the world to talk about common issues that face us as play makers," shared Patrick Spottiswoode, president, Shakespeare Theatre Association.
Everyone at the conference shares a passion about trying to engage more people with Shakespeare's plays. Folks can take part in roundtable discussions and breakout sessions on an array of Shakespeare centered topics. It's the one time a year everyone gets to meet face to face.
"It's a very comprehensive conversation," said freelance Shakespeare director Caroline Nesbitt. "It's inspiring because you get to see how people are operating at unbelievable circumstances."
"It's been very illuminating to come here and listen to some of the same issues I'm having, other theater companies are having," added John Bellomo, from the Maryland Shakespeare Festival. "I'm looking forward to bringing that information back to my organization."
Participants said they go home with information and a broader perspective. For the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, landing the meeting was a huge deal. Spottiswoode, who works at the Globe Theater in London, said people really need to get out and experience Shakespeare to get over their Shakes-fear.
"Shakespeare gives us this mixture of tragedy and comedy in every one of his plays really, and that's why I think he survived," Spottiswoode said.


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Quilters embrace pillowcase project
Each quilter holds up one of their many completed pillowcases. They are:
back row, from left: Jane Wolff, Shelby Sterchi, Sheila Smith, Vickie Breen,
Rita Teske, Patty Trask, Joanne Roos; front row: Jan Keltner, Norma Grist,
Janet Loomis and Yvonne Moos.
By Kay Braddock
When Terry quilter Karol Willardson came across articles in her quilting magazine describing a nationwide pillowcase-sewing project benefiting foster children and shelter-bound women, she was inspired to localize the mission. After talking with Prairie County Health Nurse Janet Fredrickson, Willardson presented the idea to the local group of a dozen or so quilters she meets with each week. Their response was enthusiastic.
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Annabelle S. Austin
Annabelle S. Austin, 86, of Clearview Lane, McVeytown, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at the Malta Home.
Born May 21, 1928, in Aitch, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Julia A. (Hornyak) Suba. Her husband, William E. Austin Jr., whom she married Jan. 30, 1947, survives.
Also surviving are: a daughter, Constance J. Kline, of Lewistown; a son, Kenneth J. Austin and wife, Dahlia, of McKinney, Texas; two sisters, Martha Treece and Bertha Brulia; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four siblings, George Suba, John Suba, Mary Calupca and William Suba.
Early in life she was employed by the American Viscose Corp. in Lewistown and retired from Metz Hatchery in Belleville.
Annabelle was a member of Calvary Bible Church in Lewistown.
A funeral service will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, at Harshbarger Funeral Home, 3 S. Market St., McVeytown, with Pastor Howard Houtz officiating.
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Dana Christen Elias of Canfield and David Alex Patrick of Austintown were united in marriage during a wedding ceremony held June 22, 2013, at St. John Greek Orthodox Church in Boardman.
A reception was held in their honor at Mahoning Country Club in Girard.
The bride is the daughter of David and Estee Elias of Canfield. Parents of the groom are Greg Patrick of Austintown and Linda Dumas-Patrick of Austintown.
The Koumbari (sponsors of marriage) were Kathy Conrad of Canfield and Heather McCormick of Mineral Ridge.
Alexis Elias-Spohn, sister of the bride, was the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Jaclyn Sarah Elias, sister of the bride, Carrie DeMarco, Amanda O'Neill and Krista Patrick, sister of the groom. Alena Rosado, niece of the bride, was a junior bridesmaid and Caitlin Guy was the flower girl.
Performing the duties of best man for his brother was Kevin Patrick. Groomsmen included Brad Homer, Josh Stipanovich and Michael O'Neill. Landon Spohn, nephew and godson of the bride and groom, served as ring bearer.
The new Mrs. Patrick earned her bachelor's degree in early childhood education from Youngs-town State University. She is employed as a third grade teacher at Austintown Intermediate School.
Mr. Patrick graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise science, and earned a doctorate of physical therapy degree, both at YSU. He is employed at Drayer Physical Therapy in Austintown.
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Happy Canada Day: 20 Signs You Might Be A Canadian
Happy Canada Day, eh!
As a Canadian, my heart swells with pride today on the 148th birthday of my great nation.
As the friendly neighbors in the Great White North, we are a larger land mass (not that size matters) with way less population than our southern big brother.
We are defined by hockey and beer, camping and natural resources, and we pride ourselves on many freedoms such as the right to marry whomever we choose regardless of sexual orientation.
As I nosh on pancakes and maple syrup while drinking my 'double double' from Timmys, I present my list of the top 20 signs you might be a Canadian:
- You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
- You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
- You say "eh" after every sentence.
- You pray to the god of Stanley a few months every year, and frequently discuss how American hockey teams are filled with Canadian boys.
- Bob and Doug McKenzie are huge celebrities.
- You call your friends "Hoser" or "Hose-Head" while drinking beers.
- You know that a "Premier" isn't a movie debut.
- You know all the words to "If I Had a Million Dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies.
- You know what a toque is.
- You remember when Alanis Morissette was "Too Hot to Hold."
- You drink pop, not soda.
- You design your kids' Halloween costume to fit over their snowsuits.
- When speaking of the last letter of the alphabet, you say "zed" not "zee."
- You are in grade 12, not the 12th grade.
- Your family pets are named "Wayne" and "Gretzky" (or "Gordie" and "Howe").
- You know that "The Hip" is one the greatest rock bands of all time.
- You know what poutine and Beaver Tails are.
- You always hum the theme song of Hockey Night in Canada, and you have seen the jingle bring tears to a grown man's eyes.
- You know where the saying "Stay fit and have fun" comes from.
- You crave Tim Hortons coffee as though it is crack.
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TMJ Surgeon.com Surgery and Alloplast Materials, Part II. Joint Replacement Surgery
Total Joint Replacement System of the TM Joint
Biomet, Inc.
This prosthesis, manufactured by Biomet, Inc. is one of two prosthetic systems which borrows from bio-mechanical principles and lessons learned from the experiences of Charnley's hip orthopedic prosthetic development. A second system is produced by TMJ Concepts, Inc. of Ventura, California . Both systems employ an onlayed prosthetic condyle to the mandible to replace a severely diseased or destroyed condyle. It articulates with a high density polyethelene fossa component and both are fixated to their respective sites as shown. The difference between the two systems is that the TMJ Concepts product (see TMJconcepts.com) is a custom made prosthesis, constructed from a CT scan of the patient to precisely fit the nuances of variable anatomies. Both systems have followed FDA developmental protocols and are now marketed world wide for specific indications. Both systems have been developed by surgical pioneers who faced their own particular and private "Charnley learning curves" as discussed in the previous blog on alloplasts.
A difficult history
Modern Maxillofacial surgery and surgeries developed to correct significant facial disfigurement benefited from both from the understanding gained from facial injuries sustained during wartime (Vietnam) and the fact that animal studies, particularly those studies which researched blood supply and proposed surgeries on humans, could indeed be performed with confidence. Until the decade of the 60s, maxillofacial surgeries performed to correct unfortunate victims of accidents and other forms of injury, birth defects and other causes of distorted facial skeletal development were risky and fraught with complications. Certain world centers could achieve acceptable results, but by in large these were not frequently performed surgeries.
In the heroic attempts to save life and improve quality of life, surgeons in wartime often are forced to adapt basic techniques or attempt new ones, particularly in reconstructive surgical efforts. During the Vietnam conflict, US military surgeons made tremendous strides in refining techniques such as bone grafting and other reconstructive facial surgical techniques. When the war ended, many returned to academic careers to perfect the full spectrum of the science that allowed this specialty to explode upon the health care scene, and provide a new era of services. The decades of the 70s and 80s saw remarkable advancements. It included the use of animal studies to test the feasibility of developing jaw and facial surgery technique improvements.
Unfortunately, the decade of the 80s saw the attempted development of an artificial cartilage or "disc" material to replace diseased TMJ cartilage. There were two main problems with its development and use. One was ignoring history (which seems to be a world wide epidemic phenomenon in many aspects of life these days) and the other was lack of ability to employ animal studies (primates) to test whether such products were suitable prior to use in humans. This material was a sheet like material with teflon on one side and another material made of a material designed of poly carbon and other hydrocarbon materials designed to allow scar tissue to surround it and stabilize it. Politically to this day, animal rights activists create the difficulty to study new surgical techniques and materials in animals. This fact circumvents a huge necessity in surgical sciences…..and that is to observe the response of such efforts to improve human life, in an animal first. Though I do not wish to debate with animal rights activists, their efforts are responsible for significant problems and the reality that there were many things developed in the 80s and 90s without the ability to test in animals first. The artificial TMJ disc development was such a disaster. Developers ignored Charnley's experience in the hip. He had significant failure with the attempted use of teflon lining the artificial cup of the hip socket. The "theory" of its use in the first place was to somehow reduce friction during rotation function in the hip. In the jaw, it was to reduce friction during the sliding or gliding function and prevent scar tissue from preventing this gliding function. Lack of animal studies led to use of a product without knowlege of how the second component of the replacement would react in the unique environment of a synovial joint system ( a critical immunology field not to be taken for granted).
In this light, the product (used over a period of 3-5 years ) created its own aggravation of the arthritic process and was rightfully recalled by the FDA and its use prohibited. Development of the total joint replacement to manage severe problems was put on the fast track by surgeons and a surgical field that needed a total replacement system. This history parallels Sir John Charnley's in the hip. The end of the story is the development of prosthetics based on good surgical science from other fields, employment of bio-mechanical and biomedical engineers who did the appropriate R&D and the use of materials well tolerated by the body's immune system. They serve a unique purpose in the surgical armamentarium in the attempt to make impaired and disabled humans better.
A total replacement should be placed by an experienced surgeon. There are basic indications:
1. Gross arthritic, injury, or pathologic destruction of the human jaw joint which has created a lower jaw deformity, asymmetry, etc and has created a severe malocclusion .
2. Ankylosis or fusion of the jaw joint from a severe arthritic process.
Maxillofacial surgeons have historically debated the use of prosthetic joints for TMJ replacement versus other reconstructive attempts using one's own tissues, mainly rib grafting to substitute for diseased or destroyed TMJ condyles in an attempt to reconstruct an arthritic joint. Rib grafting definitely has it place in the growing patient.
Rib grafting has its advantages and disadvantages. The use of one's own natural tissues appeal to many patients and surgeons. However, taking a rib(s) is not always a benign procedure either, particularly with chronic pain issues from the surgery site and risks of chest complications. Also, in cases of systemic arthritis (rheumatoid, psoriatic, juevenile osteo and rheumatoid arthritis conditions), the risk of using a rib is that the systemic arthritic disease process can lead to long term complication with or frustrating destruction/ankylosis (fusion of joint) of the rib graft. In this light, alloplastic TMJ surgery has its rightful place of consideration, particularly if associated with significant jaw deformity, an agressive arthritic joint, tumors, trauma reconstruction and all associated with malocclusion.
Of greatest concern to any patient is the expected lifespan of the prosthesis. The present prototypes of total TMJ replacement, (using Charnley protocols of dissimilar articulating materials of the condyle and fossa) have been in use for over 15 years. For both systems, long term failure rates are currently reported less than 3%. The greatest risk of these devices is infection, and an infection is most likely to occur within the first 2-3 months of placement. Such issues are similar to placement of knees and hips.( Less than 1- 1.6%) (1) (2). Westermark has reported on the Biomet prosthesis with 8 year follow up. There is no untoward reaction of tissues seen microscopically suggesting any unfavorable reaction . (4,5). Mercuri has reported similar acceptance of body tissues and the TMJ Concepts with a 12 year follow up. (6) The Biomet prosthesis was developed at the University of Pennsylvania. Of greater than 650 that were placed at that institution and tracked by Biomet, there have been only 9 requiring removal due to issues such as infection or some mechanical failure. (8)
Failures due to wear and tear is much less of a risk in the TMJ with the prostheses discussed here, than a knee or hip, mainly due to the realities that compressive loads are not in play relatively as much as those in knees or hips. Charnley's and later orthopedic failure experience included the use of cements for fixation which created their own immunologic reaction problems. The total TMJ replacement systems do not use a fixating cement. Rather, elements such as titanium which is "bone friendly" and bone fuses to it for stability, eliminating the need for use of cements. The total TMJ replacement prosthesis however does not have the potential degree of translation or "gliding" that a natural joint has. By necessity, a total TMJ replacement must be a much simpler biomechanical design than the most complex joint of the human body….paradoxically to increase lifespan and wear and tear of the prosthesis. Its main benefit is to restore most joint function but with a more simple hinge or rotation function….and to correct facial asymmetry and disfigurement due to arthritic destruction of a jont(s). A total TMJ replacement results in less mouth opening potential than normal ranges of motion. But the improvements from the pre-operative state can be remarkable particularly in cases of joint fusion or ankylosis. Post operative jaw mobility can improve significantly from less than a centimeter of mouth opening (barely large enough to fit a spoon, fork, or brush one's teeth) to 3.5 cm or a range of mouth opening large enough to place 3 fingers between the front teeth. (4,5,7)
Early technical failures in the hip led to a better understanding and advancement in "biophysics". The same advancements and knowledge data base are now being accumulated in this field.
As an alternative to alloplasts, Biomechanical engineers and other bioscientists are researching developmental growth of biologic joint replacement transplantable "parts" using stem cell research from umbilical cord stem cells. This is remarkable work and may present as an alternative in the future . This work is being conducted by some of the finest bioengineers in the world at Rice University, The University of Kansas, Columbia University, and U. of California. (3)
Presently, in the United States , companies and surgeons which use these alloplastic joint replacements are under company and FDA reporting criteria relative to use and failure (as is the case will all orthopedic prosthetics) and this is not going to change in the foreseeable future. Other countries of the world are employing what are called patient registry systems….where tremendous data is being generated for long term follow-up. Such a system is likely to come to the United States eventually. Nevertheless and currently, there are numerous steps along the way to assess these developments and uses. In my view, low risks of infection will continue to be the problematic issue with these devices (as in any prosthetic joint system)….and that current risk with these total TMJ replacement systems is low based on published data.
Refer to ASTMJS.org to find US and international surgeons who will perform these cases in selected circumstances. Readers can also google British Asssociation of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons, European Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons for qualified surgeons.
1. Wolford, LM, Rodrigues, DB and McPhillips,A: Management of the Infected Temporomandibular Joint Total Joint Prosthesis. Journal Oral/Maxilofac. Surg. 68:2810-2823, 2010.
2. In current Publication:
Mercuri,LG and Psutka, D: Perioperative, Postoperative, and Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics in Alloplastic Total Temporomandibular Joint Replacement Surgery: A Survey and Preliminary Guidelines. Jnl of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2011.
3. 2nd TMJ Bioengineering Conference. U. of Kansas. Dr. Michael Detamore, PhD. Chair. Broomfield, Colorado. October 17,18 2009.
4. Westermark,A: Total reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint. Up to 8 years follow-up of patients treate with Biomet total joint prosthesis", International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2010,39:951-955.
5. Westermark, A. , Leiggener, Aagaard, and Lindskog: "Histological findings in soft tissues around temporomandibular joint prostheses after up to eight years of function" International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2011, article in press.
6. Mercuri LG, Edibam NR, Giobbe-Hurder: 14 year follow-up of a patient fitted total temporomandibular joint reconstruction system. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007: 65: 1140-1148.
7. Wolford, et al: "TMJ Concepts/Techmedica custom-made TMJ total joint prosthesis: 5 year follow-up study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003: 32: 268-274.
8. Biomet Corporation, Personal Communication.
Tags: orthopedic surgery of jaw, tmj, TMJ Bioengineering, TMJ prosthetics, TMJ Surgery


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A historic U.S. Coast Guard ship anchored late last night near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, to take shelter from the strong winds and snow.
The Cutter Eagle - a 300-foot-long ship with three masts, constructed in the 1930s - will remain until tomorrow on the Brooklyn Side of the bridge, near Gravesend Bay.
"It was biting cold, and getting a little windy and we were seeing snow flurries," said Lt. Chris Nolan, the operations navigator of the tall ship, noting wind speeds on the buoys out at sea were reaching around 55 miles-per-hour when they dropped anchor around midnight. "The people on the bow of the ship were really exposed to the wind."
The 1,800-ton ship and its crew of 60 are in no danger, he said.
The ship, which is used primarily to train cadets in traditional seamenship, left New Canaan, Conn. yesterday for Baltimore, Md., where it is slated to undergo repairs. Although the Cutter Eagle is a sailing ship, it also has motors.


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As we have said before, we think of the Iron Hose Music Hall as more a concert venue than a club, but it actually is a nightclub, with tables, drinks and food. This seems even truer when local bands play there. It just has more of a club feel to it during those shows.
Such will be the case on Sept. 4, when Pallet, Jen Tobey's Alter Ego and Kobra Kai take the stage at the storied venue.
Pallet stormed onto the scene nearly a decade ago with its punk-meets-metal-meets-pop sound. They've enjoyed mentions in such publications as USA Today and have been played on XM radio. The band recently had a song featured on NBC's "Friday Night Lights" television program. Pallet's music is also featured in "Heart of an Empire"
Jen Tobey's Alter Ego has been through several incarnations, but the latest one seems to be the best. On her own, Tobey won WRSI-93.9's Best Songwriter Award in 2007, and since then, the band has been busy opening for acts such as Collective Soul, The Last Goodnight, Cracker, The Cliks, and Eve 6. Kobra Kai is the newest of the acts. Formed in 2005, the group creates a hybrid sound that incorporates elements of as drum 'n' bass, hip-hop and soul, with some touches of punk and rock.
The show begins at 10 p.m. and tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Go to
Last week, Onyx in Springfield launched "Emperor Fridays," a promotion featuring three floors of dancing, with sushi and tapas until 1 a.m. Onyx is at 1150 West Columbus Ave.
Union Jack kicks off the last month of this year's Summit View Pavilion Concert Series tomorrow. The show starts at 6:30 p.m., with food and drinks beginning at 5 p.m. The Summit View is at 555 Northampton St. in Holyoke.
Skidmarks take the September's stage tonight with local favorites Equinox playing tomorrow. September's is at 92 View St. in Chicopee.
Silk City Tap Room will be featuring $5 beer pitchers during upcoming Monday Night Football games. Silk City is at 99 Main St. in the Florence section of Northampton.
Get your feather boas ready because Diva's in Northampton will hold its next drag contest next week. On Sept 9, "Dragwars Fall" will see the best drag kings and queens in the area compete for the chance to win $750. begins. Judging is based on audience participation, so show up to hoot and holler The cover is $7 for those 21 and over, but there is no cover before 10 p.m. for 21-plus folks) For those age 18-21, the cover is $12. Students can get $2 off with college ID.


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Good morning Michigan. We're used to politicians lying, but it's always sad to see the numbers follow suit.
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Judges approve Roy Schmidt-Jase Bolger grand jury investigation: A one-judge grand jury will investigate the election-rigging scheme despite Bolger telling judges it is "fishing expedition" and "goose chase."
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Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander allows eight runs, 12 hits in 9-8 loss to Kansas City Royals: The Tigers ace had one of the worst outings of his career and the offense came up short in a bid to salvage the game.
Detroit Lions' Titus Young guarantees Boise State win over Michigan State: The former Bronco plans to attend Friday night's game, and his new state has done little to change his alliance.
Mid-Michigan can expect mostly sunny skies and a high of 80 degrees. A state could get used to this. Check your complete forecast on the MLive weather page.
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Interview: Chaz Bono on the journey to be himself
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Well done…a beautiful piece of writing and a wonderful and refreshing insight into transgender folks which gay men and women may not usually understand.
Good article. I was hoping his documentary would be on a more "mainstream" (i.e. non-cable) channel though. I was hoping to be able to watch it, but unless it's on freeview there's no chance. Still, it will hopefully educate people on what trans* people go through.
I agree. I'd like to watch it too and am disappointed it's on Discovery Real Time. Maybe it'll be available to watch online somewhere.
Good article!
I watched online a few weeks ago. I think someone put it on Dailymotion
This womans lifelong battle to out attention seek her mother is getting boring. Now she want to be called a man altho she clearly is sill a woman and retains all or most of her womanly bits, the bits that matter in any case. Are we to call all women who have double mastectomy surgery for medical reasons , men? The fact that she is reluctant to go all the way clearly indicates she still doesn't know what she wants and probably never will. All in all a very sad and mixed up woman and does real gender disphoria people no favors with her constant whinging.
Lots of transmen don't do bottom surgery though- not because they are 'really' women. Rather because the surgery is a lot more risky (and ineffectual than MTF surgery). It's a lot harder to construct an order than it is to remove an organ).
Also I think if he wants to be regarded as a man then people should respect that. It affects absolutely no-one, how he self-identifies and therefore he has to right to do so. And it's a simple matter of common courtesy to respect someone's wishes.
I know that if you were to tell someone that you are gay, and they replied 'Oh no you're not – you're just sexually dysfunctional and haven't met the right woman yet.' you'd be annoyed.
What harm is it to you to respect another human beings identity?
If someone wants to be referred to using male pronouns even if they haven't had top surgery or taken T, what difference does it make to you?
If someone told me they weren't a human being anymore and would like me to refer to them as an acorn because it meant a lot to them and caused them severe distress when people did the opposite, I'd bloody well do it because it's no skin of my nose is it.
No one changes their gender for attention I suggest if you haven't already you should watch the documentary with an open mind.
Read the article..it indicates that it's risky…not because they can't be bothered or are attention seeking..
I very much doubt people would just attempt to change gender because they're attention seekers and to intinate otherwise shows a fair degree of ignorance.
You all fell into the trap of 'Paddyswurds' being the attention seeker.
….how is legitimate comment attention seeking any more than any other conributers comment, including your pathetic offerings, which purpose seems only to criticise other posters
I don't comment on PinkNews a great deal, but even I can see that paddyswurds is an attention seeking bigot – just ignore the troll, people!
You know it.
Please educate yourself! He would get bottom surgery if good bottom surgery existed, but it doesn't. Hopefully in the near future they'll be a breakthrough. But regardless gender is between the ears and sex is betweent he legs; learn the difference.
You are wasting your time and energy. Paddyswurd has been told this and more, countless times by many different people and he continues to wear his transphobia proudly on his chest like it's a badge, and taking every opportunity he can to show it off.
Don't bother with him, instead educate and enlighten others reading the thread.
…so by your twisted reasoning, from now on when someone asks what gender the baby is we should say we dont know becuse its between its ears. What you say may be true in most gender disphoric cases but Chastity Bono is a case apart and what she really needs is a good psychiatrist and has done since she was five. Chastity Bono will never be satisfied and thats the nub of the matter. Attention seeker supreme is not a trait that is endearing in any woman, be she real or manufactured.
I wish him well.
But it has to be said that Chaz Bono owes his entire career to his parents (and in particular his mum(..
Without Cher the public would not know or care about Chaz.
But fair play to him – using his mum's fame to raise awareness of trans issues.
After being forced out in the mainstream press, Chaz worked as a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, wrote several books and articles on coming out, and served as media director for GLAAD. So he has in fact had his own career outside of showbusiness.
And all of this happened – beginning with the outing – because of who his parents are.
He's had his own career for sure.
But he owes his entire career to the fact that he is the child of Cher.
That's not meant as an insult to him or to his work. It's simply an acknowledgement that being the child of Cher has given him a career.
He owes his celebrity to Cher not his career. The two are entirely seperate. Frankly it is insulting to say that after committing yourself to the front line of gay rights for so many years, being constantly attacked, was all handed to you by your parents and you "owe" it all to them. Chaz could have sunk without a trace after the outing, he stepped up and took a leadership role in equality. No one hired him on the basis of a free ticket to a Cher concert…
He owes his celebrity to Cher for sure.
And he owes his career to his celebrity – he would never have gotten his media director job at GLAAD if he was not famous.
Ergo he owes his career to Cher also.
Hello! Being the son of celebrity parents made his struggle much more difficult. He wanted to transition 10 years ago, but feared the publicity that would follow. Transitioning in front of family and friends was hard enough, I can't imagination having to do it with the whole world watching.
The only offspring of Sonny and Cher, no wonder 'its' screwd up in the head.
What do you call it, as rightly its not totally a man or totally a woman, Id call this being an IT.
You call him a "he" and refer to him as a transgendered male, and show some respect.
I hate the use of "It". This is a human being and deserved to be addressed as he wishes. Courtesy costs nothing but adds so much to everyone life.
….but she is not a transgendered man. She is a woman who has a double mastectomy nothing more, She chickened out on the final step because it held some "risk". Given Chastitys history we haven't heard the last of her woes. As one said earlier she does the whole transgendered community no favors whatever and is widely seen as a whinger who has gained some notarity on her mothers and to some extent fathers coattails but hardly celebrity..
@paddyswurds…She ….had a "double mastectomy nothing more". So according to you having your breasts amputated together with months of steriod treatments and pschological profiling counted is now bid deal? What planet are you on mate? And as for "widely seen as a whinger" – always amused by bigots who present their own false opinions as fact without any evidence. Fighting for equal rights as per his previous paid jobs do not equate to notariety either. Your whole post was just pathetic prejudice parading as facts…
…."So according to you having your breasts amputated together with months of steriod treatments and pschological profiling counted is now bid deal?"
I didnt mean it like that and well you knew that but that wouldn't suit your agenda. I meant that she had half the required surgery to make her a "man" and stopped at that. I in no way intimated that getting ones boobs cut off was no big deal.
Clearly it is a big deal especially for women who because of disease, require such drastic action. Your ignorant rant at me shows you up rather than me. I stand by my assertion that this woman has from an early age been a whinger of one sort or another and is destined to remain so for as long as Cher is on this planet and quite possibly beyond that. I am not a bigot, just a realist who has to point out the obvious to leftie creeps like you who see the truth as somehow un pc.
Couldn't have said it better Sal. Bigots always present opinions as facts, and simply no truth/proof. Funny how they ramble on about the psychology of another person, when… well…
And yes, he is a transgendered man. Gender reassignment surgery is physical only, and that procedure does not predicate being transgendered.
..yet another dump and run idiot… This trash only seem to crawl out from under the woodpile when this sort of thing is discussed and think they know it all. Grow up creep.
Great grammar and typing/spelling skills there Lucas. Speaks volumes as to how your unneeded opinion comes about.
Well how about I just call you an idiot because you can't respect his identity. Two can play that game.
….you can call me anything you like but it won't change reality for the tragic Chastity Bono. A stone dyke who has her breasts cut off is hardly a man and of that there is ample proof.
You however have no proof of whether or not I am an idiot as you have nothing to go on other than my writing. Seems from that scenario that it is you who is displaying Idiotic traits.
Wow some people really have nothing better to do with their lives than troll comment sections on websites do they? Sad.
I agree with the comment somewhere above that this should be on a mainstream channel like Channel 4, not 'Discovery Realtime' which I've never heard of.
Good luck to him.
…so don't troll comment sections on gay websites then. Go out and get your self a job and then the rest of us won't have to read your inane drivel.
She was quite attractive before she tried to look like a man. Now she looks like a brickie.
You were more attractive before you opened your mouth. Now you're an ugly bigot.
…dont be insulting to brickies. Most or all brickies look like men. Chastity Bono just looks like a stone dyke with a bad headache.
@Paddyswurds…you're such a hateful presence on these blogs. Where do you get off on calling people "dykes"? Is your day job with the Daily Mail?
…. fyi "stone dyke " is a recognised descriptive term for a certain type of lesbian and is in no way derogatory. Just because my comments don't sit well with creeps like you who dump and run on this site doesn't in any way make me hateful, except to you and frankly, you, to me are an non entity. Now run along back to the kitchen sink and know what your talking about in future.
I thought it was Peter Kaye
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There are two four-year seats and one two-year seat up for grabs in Region 3, which includes Nazareth, Stockertown and the western half of Upper Nazareth Township.
- Question 1: What are the top three issues facing the school district?
- Question 2: Why are you seeking election?
Student at Moravian College.
1. New technology: Wants to find ways to integrate the best and most cost-effective technology into classrooms and expand on technology already implemented in the district. Believes new technology would enhance the student's learning experience and interaction with teachers inside and outside of the classroom, which would better prepare students for the next step in their educational careers.
Combat bullying: Wants to do more to combat bullying in the schools, noting as a district, teachers, staff and administrators should work together to promote acceptance and understanding of those who are different. This can be accomplished by increasing awareness through assemblies, rallies and classroom discussions at all levels.
Standardized testing: Wants to ensure an "exemplary education." For years the district has produced high scores on the PSSAs, but he feels the district must stay away from teaching to the exam, but rather integrate the standards into a rewarding, all-encompassing education.
2. I am seeking this position because I want to make sure the opportunities that I had at Nazareth are there for many generations to come. It is imperative in my mind to protect the opportunities of the students before anything else.
Darrell W. Crook, 67, seeks two-year and four-year seats in Region 2
Member of the Nazareth Moravian Church, Nazareth Area Food Bank, Moravian Historical Society, Moravian Academy, National Canal Museum, PA Association of School Retirees, Odyssey of the Mind, Northampton Area School District Foundation/Angel 34 "Lacing Up For Kids" and Nazareth Area Lions Club, also board member, Moravian Hall Square Retirement Community.
Finishing a four-year term on the school board. Served previously from 1985 to 1997.
1. Promoting academic excellence: Says this can be achieved by supporting necessary programs and materials.
Support programming: Wants to use additional programming to help all students pursue their goals in education. This includes extracurricular arts, sports and clubs.
Modest tax increases: Would support small property tax increases -- if needed -- to maintain present excellent student achievements.
2. I believe I can assist the district to continue to meet the challenges ahead because of my experiences as an educator, my community service and my past experiences as a school board member.
Maurice C. Heller, 71, seeks four-year seat in Region 3
Retired electronic technician for a pharmaceutical company
Member of the Rotary Club of Nazareth, Kiwanis Club and Experimental Aircraft Association.
Nazareth Area School Board member for the past 14 years.
1. School Budgets: Says proper balance of school budgets is key. While he acknowledges board members need to project financial needs five years ahead of time, it's difficult not knowing unfunded mandates from the state, Keystone Exams, etc. Improper planning could result in tax increases.
Quality teachers: Says keeping teachers on the job is an issue and increasing class sizes is not good for quality of education. Both need to be balanced.
Extracurricular activities: Says extracurricular activities are important for a well-rounded education. To be involved, a student must maintain a grade point average and the board is depending more on parents and booster clubs for finances.
2. If it were not for public education and some very dedicated teachers, I would not have had the enjoyable career I did. It's my chance to give something back.
Linda McDonald, did not provide age, seeks four-year seat in Region 2
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Nazareth Area School Board member for past 8 years
1. Promoting educational success: Wants to support and be actively involved as a board member and parent by attending committee meetings and remaining open in discussing issues with the parents and the community.
Fiscal concerns: Wants to continue to find an acceptable balance between budgeting and maintaining current programs.
Personnel process: After serving many years as chairwoman of the board's personnel committee, wants to ensure that appropriate personnel guidelines are adopted and followed. This can be accomplished by spending time as a committee chairwoman working with administration to seek and hire the most qualified personnel for the district and children.
2. I am seeking re-election to help continue the financial and educational success of the district during some challenging times ahead.
Robert Pinel, 50, seeks two-year seat in Region 2
Kiwanis Club, Lehigh County Bar Association
Member of the Nazareth Area School Board for one year.
1. Maintaining and upgrading infrastructure: Wants to progress on infrastructure improvements through long and short term planning, as well as long and short term investments in maintenance, repair, upgrade and replacement.
Teachers contract: Wants to negotiate a new contract with district teachers that recognizes and acknowledges their contributions to the district and its accomplishments, while also recognizing and acknowledging the changed financial reality today.
Financial planning: Wants to work to keep property taxes stable while also considering future school district growth, student needs and program implementation.
2. I have three children currently in the school district at the intermediate, middle and high schools. I think that the current board, administration and teachers are an excellent group that recognizes the importance of education and planning. I am running for re-election because there are important decisions to be made in the next few years concerning finances, growth, programs and the direction of the school district.
Linda Gerenser Stubits, 62, seeks two-year and four-year seats in Region 3
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Phi Delta Kappa, Education Program Chair; Member, PA Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; Member, PA Association of School Administrators; Member, NCC-PA Association of School Retirees, Vice President-Elect; Blue Eagle Education Foundation Trustee; Member, National Association for the Education of Young Children; Lafayette College Maroon Club.
Previously served as a Nazareth Area School Board Member from 1997 to 2001
1. Increased use of Instructional Technology: Wants to find ways to continually improve the use of technology integration in all K-12 academic areas.
Increased Integration of Technology: Wants to utilize new technology during discussions, town meetings, during grant research and throughout the K-12 learning environment.
Use Taxpayer Dollars Wisely: Wants the board to make more fiscally sound decisions while continuing to provide quality education programs.
2. I am seeking election as a school board candidate for the Nazareth Area School District because I am passionate about education and want to be part of improving the quality of curriculum, assessment and instruction for all students in a community which has been home to me for my lifetime. I feel I have the knowledge and experience to promote education excellence and appreciate taxpayer values.
Dominic Villani, 71, seeks four-year seat in Region 3
Retired following more than 40 years in education.
Appointed in January to fill school board vacancy.
1. Teachers contract negotiations: I believe I have the necessary skills and experience to work with all stakeholders to resolve any contract issues resulting in the best solution for the children of our district.
Funding for the state retirement system: I feel with a collaborative effort by fellow board members and state representatives, we could collectively effect relief so that our taxpayers are not saddled with extra costs.
Maintaining high quality programs: The current economic climate dictates that we prioritize our expenditures and continually strive for creative and alternate ways of doing the business of educating our students. I believe I possess the skills and experience to address this issue.
2. I am seeking election because I believe my career in education in conjunction with my experience in facilities consultation and collaboration with various boards and committees would enable me to be a positive contributor in solving issues, as well as maintaining the district as one of the finest districts in our area.