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Elizabeth T. Lutz
Elizabeth (Lib) Thatcher Lutz, 92, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home. Receiving 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Elizabeth T. Lutz
Elizabeth (Lib) Thatcher Lutz, 92, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 4, 2014.
Born Feb. 2, 1922, in Oldtown, Maryland, she was the daughter of John and Bluie Mae (Rickenberg) Haugh.
She graduated from Oldtown High School and attended Strayer Business School. She moved to Martinsburg in 1942.
During her lifetime, Lib worked at Thorn Lumber Company; the family business, Thatcher's Dairy; and retired from Corning Glass Works in 1980.
She is survived by three daughters, Pam Mulshine and husband, John, of Marina, California, Penny Burkhart and husband, Mike, of Martinsburg and Patti Mauck and husband, Daniel, of Madison, Ohio; one son, Harlan C. Thatcher III, of Newport News, Virginia; five grandchildren, Sean Mulshine and wife Sylvia, Robert Burkhart and wife Erika, Michael Burkhart Jr., Christopher Mauck and Matthew Mauck and wife, Kelly; and four great-grandchildren, Cody and Austin Mulshine and Madison and Mason Burkhart.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by first husband, Harlan C. Thatcher II (1965); her second husband, Robert E. Lutz (1991); three brothers, John W. Haugh Jr., Donald W. Haugh and Steve H. Haugh; and one sister, Edith (Peggy) Mohler.
Lib loved traveling to foreign lands and exotic places, and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family wishes to thank Karen Shade for her help and support in the care of our mother.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Tuscarora Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 2335 Tuscarora Pike, Martinsburg, WV 25403.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, at Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg with Dr. Raymond Moreland officiating. Interment will be held at Tuscarora Presbyterian Church Cemetery following the service.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, at Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg.
Online condolences may be offered at www.BrownFuneralHomesWV.com


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Bioelectronic medicine is a scientific discipline that brings together molecular biology, neurophysiology, neurotechnology and analytics to develop nerve-stimulating technologies to regulate the molecular targets underlying disease. This approach promises to deliver therapies superior to pharmaceuticals in terms of efficacy, safety, and cost, without significant side effects.
At the core of bioelectronic medicine is the electrical signal used by the nervous system to communicate information. Virtually every cell of the body is directly or indirectly controlled by these neural signals. Bioelectronic medicine technologies can record, stimulate, and block neural signaling. Bioelectronic medicine will change the way we treat diseases, injuries and conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, diabetes, paralysis, bleeding, and even cancer.
For nearly 20 years, investigators at the Feinstein Institute have leveraged internal capabilities, as well as collaborations with some of the leading forces in science, innovation, and medicine, to discover neural mechanisms and develop nerve stimulating technologies to treat disease.

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Miranda Bailey Quotes
"Besides, if I'm not going home, nobody's going home!" [walking away, shaking her head] "Ten years of marriage and I don't even get to finish my lobster!"
MIRANDA: "O'Malley!"
GEORGE: "Yes, ma'am?"
MIRANDA: "Stop looking at my va-jay-jay!"
GEORGE: "Yes, ma'am."
MIRANDA: [to the interns] "I've been gone for two weeks. Two weeks and you ran off two residents? I've got people phoning me at home, screaming, telling me my interns are a bunch of Rosemary's Babies. Nobody wants you! Do you think I have time for this? I'm pregnant. I'm supposed to be on bed rest. I'm supposed to be growing a human being. I'm supposed to be calm. Do I look calm? Did I raise you fools to be pariahs?"
GEORGE: [hugs her] "You're back."
MIRANDA: "I'm not back."
GEORGE: "You're not?"
MIRANDA: "Get off me."
GEORGE: "Dr. Bailey?"
MIRANDA: "What?!"
GEORGE: "What do you want me to tell Dr. Montgomery Shepherd when she answers her page?"
MIRANDA: [watches her water break] "You can tell her my contractions are 10 minutes apart and my water just broke all over your shoes!"
"Go away. I don't want to see any of you until after this baby is born, which, if he stays on schedule and does like I told him to, should be in about four and a half hours."
MIRANDA: "What are you people doing out here?"
RICHARD: "Are you alright? Can I get you anything?"
MIRANDA: "Hmm. Well, a boy the size of a 10-pound bowling ball is trying to work it's way out of my body. Can you get me something for that? Can you get me a new vagina?"
RICHARD: "Uh... well..."
MIRANDA: "I didn't think so."
PATIENT: "I was struck by lightning."
MEREDITH: "You mean you fell out of a tree that was hit by lightning."
PATIENT: "Same difference."
MIRANDA: "Actually, medically, it's not the same difference. And it would be helpful if, from now on, you told us the whole truth!"
CRISTINA: "This is great. No blood, no guts, no lives to save. It's dead quiet..."
IZZIE: "Cristina!?"
MIRANDA: "Yang, did you really just say that?"
CRISTINA: "Say what?"
GEORGE: "The 'q' word."
IZZIE: "That's like saying 'Macbeth' in the theater."
CRISTINA: "Oh please. You think because someone says its quiet that it will mean…"
"What is it with bikes. Fools on bikes killing themselves. Natural selection is what it is."
RICHARD: "I see you in there."
MIRANDA: "No, you don't."
RICHARD: "Your husband was discharged over an hour ago."
MIRANDA: "I'm not here."
RICHARD: "Go home. You're not working today. You're on maternity leave."
MIRANDA: [shuts door] "Exactly!"
GEORGE: "You know Joe?"
MIRANDA: "Oh, yeah. I was the only female intern my year. I didn't know anybody and nobody knew me except Joe. He knew me."
GEORGE: "Oh, so you and Joe..."
MIRANDA: "All you people ever think about is how to get into somebody's pants. You're nasty." [Slaps George] "That's why you got syphilis."
MIRANDA: "Oh come on. All you people ever think about is how to get into somebody's pants. You're nasty." [slaps George] "That's why you got syphilis."
IZZIE: "Hi! I'm Isobel Stevens, but everyone just calls me Izzie."
MIRANDA: "I have five rules. Memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up. I already hate you, that's not gonna change."
MIRANDA: [to the interns]: "I may be 47 weeks pregnant and on bed rest. I may not be able to see my own feet. But I AM Dr. Bailey. I hear everything, I know every thing. I'm watching each and every one of you, and I will return."


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The Turenne le Marais Hotel is in the heart of the Right Bank area of Paris, just off the Place des Vosges. It is surrounded by the designer boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and markets that make this historic Marais neighbourhood particularly lively and stylish, with something new round every corner.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Joey Logano won his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole with the top qualifying lap at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday.
Logano posted a lap at 124.630 mph to earn the first starting spot for Sunday's Food City 500.
Kurt Busch qualified second with a lap at 123.857. Dave Blaney qualified third at 123.849.
The top five was rounded out by four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
Michael Waltrip entered the race for the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500 and made the field in a car owned by Prism Motorsports. Also making the race was Casey Mears, who will be making his first start this season.


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Gameloft achieved consolidated revenues of EUR110.3 million for 2008, up by 15% from the previous year. Mobile games accounted for 93% of the company's annual sales, while the console game business covered the remaining 7%. The current operating income for 2008 reached EUR3.3 million, up 15% with 2007. The current operation margin stands at 3.0% and is in line with expectations.
The annual impact from expensing stock options is EUR2.7 million. This charge has no impact on the company's equity and cash level.
Interest income amounted to EUR(1.2) million and is mainly comprised of exchange rate losses, due to the high volatility of the American dollar and the Pound Sterling in 2008. Annual net income stands at EUR(1.8) million.
Healthy financial position
Gameloft's financial position is very solid at 31 December 2008. The company's equity stood at EUR49.4 million and net cash was EUR10.7M. Self-financing capacity is largely positive and reached EUR2.4 million over the full year. Gameloft therefore has the financial resources necessary for its international growth strategy.
Main events of 2008
For the 4th year in a row, Gameloft has reached top rating for the best mobile game publishers.
Gameloft now has a catalogue of 27 games for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Of these 27 games, 16 are or have made it to the top 10 paid games, and some games are still in these lists 6 months after their release.
Gameloft has sold over two million games on the App Store in just eight months.
Gameloft has launched 14 games for Google's Android
Gameloft's games are the best referenced and the most widely sold on the Smartphones (the next generation Internet phones) released in 2008
Gameloft has had a stable staff base since 2007, with 4,000 employees at the end of 2008, including 3,300 creators.
New licenses have been added successfully to Gameloft's catalogue, such as Spiderman, Terminator Salvation, Ferrari, NBA, The Oregon Trail.
The brands created by Gameloft generated 61% of the company's downloads in 2008
Gameloft further consolidated its distribution network in 2008, and now has over 180 operators and over 150 affiliates distribute our games in more than 80 countries throughout the world.
Outlook for 2009
With activity up by 15% in 2008 and especially by 31% in the last quarter, Gameloft seems to be weathering the worldwide economic slowdown quite well:
Gameloft is probably the player that has benefitted most from the innovations introduced by historical phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Samsung and from the arrival of new dynamic players in the market such as Apple and Google
Gameloft continues to win over substantial market shares in Smartphones along with traditional Java and Brew phones
Gameloft is one of the very rare players in the market that has the resources and know-how allowing it to be present systematically at the launch of all the new consoles with downloading platforms (PlayStation Network, PSP Store, Nintendo WiiWare, etc).
Gameloft is expecting growth in 2009 in terms of sales as well as in terms of profitability. Sales for the first quarter of 2009 will be published on April 28, 2009 after the close.
Other IT news about Gameloft
Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company announced the new 2014 models of home telephone systems. The new line of feature-rich, easy-to-use telephone systems offer users a convenient way to stay connected in the home.


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At least that's what ESPN.com bracketologist (a sweet title) Joe Lunardi is saying with his latest round of Bracketology.
Lunardi has Western Michigan, with the MAC's automatic bid, as the No. 16 seed in the East Region, facing No. 1 UConn.
Of course, this means nothing other than one national analyst sees the Broncos winning the MAC tourney. Still, Lunardi knows his stuff. At the very least, it's likely he's aware of WMU's three straight dominating wins -- albeit against the West Division.
Lunardi, though, is probably wrong about the seed. Say WMU were to finish 12-4 in league play, win its home Bracketbuster and the MAC Tournament and be 19-14 heading into Selection Sunday, the Broncos would likely be a 15 seed, even with a relatively poor RPI.
There are a few leagues that will fall below the MAC's champ. I'd cite 2002 Horizon League champion UIC as an example. Butler was upset early in the conference tourney and the Flames, without much of a resume, went on to beat Loyola in the title game, earning a 15 seed against No. 2-seeded Oklahoma.
Getting ahead of things here. How 'bout beating Ball State and Eastern Michigan first?


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The column that says the rain is scary these nights.
Good afternoon!
The rain in the wee hours of Monday morning was deafening on the roof.
It was the last in a string of storms to pass through.
Think Guam tonight.
The team that flew halfway around the world to play in the Senior Softball World Series plays West Cumberland-Plus tonight at 8.
Wonder where they go sightseeing in lower Delaware?
"Guess who's coming home to visit?
"I am, and I'm planning a big bash to go with it.
"When I planned on coming home and booked my flight for my Aug. 28 to Sept. 5 visit, I got a surprise.
"Arsenal, with Alby Miller and Bob Carroll, will be playing at the Toad Fish Bar and Grille on Sept. 1, from 4-8 p.m.
"These two were part of XDream, a band I used to go see in the '80s.
"They play awesome '80s covers.
"I always try to see as many of my friends as possible, but how could I do so in so little time?
"A plan quickly formed in my mind: a reunion!
"I invited all my Facebook friends from Bridgeton and Cumberland Regional high schools and family, too.
"Any year, any school, even.
"I also wanted to reach out to the paper, just in case there's anyone I missed who's Internet shy.
"Even if you can't make it for the show, come out afterward.
"I will be there as long as there's someone there to catch up and reminisce.
"I already have nine people attending the event.
"Hope to see you there!
"On a side note, TastyKakes have landed in Houston!
I was so happy to find TandyKakes and butterscotch Krimpets, among others.
"No pies, though.
"They were at our local Fiesta food market.
"Happy snacking!''
— Sandi Johnson
A weekly car cruise takes place on Tuesday nights (around 6:30) at Hollywood Scoops Ice Cream and Water Ice.
Come out and see the classics, or bring yours to 747 Landis Avenue in Rosenhayn, near the Morton Avenue intersection.
After passing over the Yucatan, Ernesto could emerge in the southern Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm on Thursday.
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What Goldie Wulderk wanted to say at the 1962 World Series reunion:
"Since I wasn't one of the baseball players nor was I one of the Series team queens, my point of view comes from helping in the background.
"What excitement!
"It was Aug. 18, 1962.
"Bridgeton was to host the Babe Ruth World Series at Alden Field, right here in our fair city.
"The Field looked great.
"Everything seemed to be falling into place.
":Then Jerry Alden and Ben Lynch made a frantic call.
"A TV station wanted to televise the World Series games. 50 years ago!
"TV filming didn't happen that often locally.
""What are we going to do?" Jerry and Ben wondered in a tizzy.
"They needed to film from a high TV booth and there wasn't one.
"There were only two days to go before the start of the games.
"Hmmm, I thought.
"My husband, Faustino Wulderk, had just that year taken over as president of Carpenter's Union Local 121.
"The guys said, 'Sure … but in 2 days?'
"And it had to be high. Very high.
"Well, by game time we had our TV broadcasting booth.
"Ben Lynch added, 'And a refreshment booth, too.'
"You never saw such a high, narrow set of steps.
"For the next 40-some years, you could hear folks, (radio and television sports announcers and visitors) muttering as they struggled to climb up to that sky high broadcasting booth.
"It broke my heart when they tore it down.
"To me, it stood as an emblem to what citizens can do when they get together as volunteers for the good of all. It shows what pride and love of community can do in a small old town like Bridgeton.
"We and our little girls, ages 10, 7, and 1, really enjoyed having the players stay in our home.
"After all the girls, it was great to have boys around.
"I wish I could remember who our guests were and where they were from.
"Hosting meant chauffeuring the boys back and forth to practices and games, feeding them and showing them all the nice things (including our Cohanzic Zoo) we had around the Bridgeton area.
"What an experience of friendship and togetherness.
"I look back over the 50 years and see what our young people who I've followed have made of their lives.
"My heart overflows with gratitude for all that the young people involved have accomplished.
"May God bless you and keep you for the rest of your lives for what you have contributed to our community and the world around us.
"With a lifetime of memories of our town.''
— Goldie Wulderk
MY KIND OF TOWN: Where Joyce's Stars play the second game tonight at the Invitational.
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It happened last month…I turned 27 and I think I started to hear the faint whisperings of my eggs decree "freeze me, freeze me." Let's not get ahead of ourselves– a simple date would be a solid step in the right direction, but just where am I going to meet Mr. Tall-dark- non-smoking-ivy league-and-handsome? I'm definitely not finding him in the produce aisle. Maybe the bar scene…ummm been there done that, clearly to no avail. Finally, what about online dating?
I mean everyone knows someone, who knows someone, whose sister met her dream man and is now getting married. After months of being totally stubborn, I decided to take the advice of all the ads that pop up on my Facebook (that happens to everyone right?)… internet dating here I come! Aside from conjuring up witty headlines and walking the fine line between snootiness and total self-deprecation in the horrendous "about me" section, it's all about the first impression… the profile picture.
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Good luck all! I hope you get that wink from a certain world traveling, Rhodes Scholars, dog loving, hottie!


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The company is developing this area of the website in order to publish successes where Pioneer's pumps have made a dramatic impact on the customers operations and as such much has been learnt about how best to operate our equipment.
Case studies and application reports will be published here and when used in conjunction with the Education section, developing solutions to your pump applications should not be such a challenge in the future.
The six figure contract includes the supply of 200SL and 150SM high performance dewatering pumps replacing a competitors 12" pumps already on hire.
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StreetWise would like to thank everyone who helped to make this year's StreetWise Thanksgiving Party on November 20 a huge success! Gratitude goes out to Inspiration Corporation for sharing the event with us and allowing us to use their space. Big thanks to the House of Blues for donating the entire meal. And of course, thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped make the day so much fun for everyone.
Click on any of the photos below to enlarge.
CAPTIONS: (A) StreetWise Executive Director Jim LoBianco preps the volunteers before the big meal. (B) Social Work Interns Margaret Smith (left) and Sarah Boulton dish out sides like potatoes and green beans. (C) StreetWise Staff Patrick O'Connor, Brittany Langmeyer (center) and Linda Carretero spend time chatting. (D) StreetWise Social Work Intern Zoe Kolon dishes out turkey. (E) StreetWise Vendor Don Smith enjoys his delicious meal. (F) StreetWise Volunteer Robert Gorincen serves guests and takes their drink orders, just like at a dine-in restaurant.


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SOMERVILLE -- A North Brunswick woman is in the Somerset County Jail, accused of shoplifting $342 in merchandise from a Stop-and-Shop in Franklin Township. She's also charged with using a juvenile to commit the crime.
A Somerset County Grand Jury has indicted Pamela Travis, 43, charging her with using her 12-year-old niece to help her steal baby formula, body wash and other items from the supermarket on Route 27 in the Somerset section of the township.
The police report of the incident provides the following account.
About 3:35 p.m. on April 22, Stop & Shop security officers saw Travis, in the company of two juveniles, place several items into two separate handbags then try to leave the building without paying for them. The trio was stopped by the security officers and taken to the office where the bags were found to contain cans of infant formula, batteries, body wash and deodorant.
Travis told the police officer that the incident occurred because she is addicted to drugs and allegedly acknowledged that "it was stupid of her to use her niece to commit the crime, but at the time she wasn't thinking about it," the officer wrote.
Travis said that she intended to sell the merchandise to a bodega in New Brunswick, "as was customary for her to do."
Travis is lodged in the county jail with bail set at $15,000.


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"Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant."
— Henry David Thoreau
If you plead guilty to a charge, shouldn't you have to appear in court to acknowledge your responsibility and — hopefully — remorse for the wrongdoing?
I say yes.
The justice system's answer is, not always.
In provincial court this week, a prominent St. John's real estate agent was found guilty of income tax evasion and ordered to pay back more than $50,000 to the government.
We covered the story in The Telegram, but we could not publish his photograph. Why? Because he wasn't in court to hear his punishment. Instead, he sent his lawyer along.
Anyone who saw or heard the story knows who he is, but that's not really the point.
The larger issue is why someone who has admitted to being guilty would not have to show their face and say so in person.
And the real estate agent's case is hardly an isolated one.
In 2010 in provincial court in
St. John's, three companies owned by the same person were fined more than $1 million for tax evasion — for claiming things like home renovations and jewelry as legitimate business expenses when they clearly were not.
More than $1 million — that's not small change.
The companies pleaded guilty to six counts; all charges against the owner of the businesses were dropped in a plea bargain; and not one company representative had to appear in court to hear the judge's decision. Instead, a lawyer for the company acted as stand-in.
The matter had been winding its way through court for over a year. In the end, the judge handed down a hefty fine, and the lawyers clicked their briefcases shut and walked away.
To my mind, that's far too easy.
It would be like me dining at a restaurant and leaving without paying, and when the restaurant found out and called to object, responding by saying, "OK, you got me. Just send me the bill."
Case closed.
Only these real-life cases are on a much larger scale.
And these are just two of many examples in this province where a person or entity pleaded guilty by way of a middleman.
So, some drug-addled kid goes into a convenience store with a bread knife, comes out with a hundred dollars and gets caught, and has to go through the "perp walk" where media cameras could be waiting. That's because robbery is considered an indictable offence.
Yet you swindle your own government of thousands of dollars in income tax — a federal charge — and the system may be so eager to have the money repaid that the accused can plead guilty and have the matter treated as a summary conviction, a lesser offence (depending on the nature of the case), without having to appear to hear their fate in person.
Pay the fine, do no time, skip the court appearance.
To me, that flies in the face of justice. And not every legal expert agrees that it should be allowed.
Paul B. Schabas is a partner in one of Canada's most prestigious business law firms, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto. White collar crime and tax matters are among his specialties.
"I would think a judge would not be happy about the failure of the individual to attend in court and publicly accept responsibility," he told me via email this week.
"Failing to appear personally suggests the plea is not sincere, or that the accused does not feel remorse, which would be shown by a personal appearance and acceptance of responsibility."
The whole notion of justice, I always thought, involved taking responsibility for your actions. Showing up. Stepping up. Being present. We are people, not just names and numbers on court dockets, and when we make mistakes that are contrary to the law, we must take ownership of them.
Allowing people to give court a pass undermines the justice system. It's one reason why some people feel that justice is two-tiered, that the well-heeled and the well-connected get an easier ride.
Some justice systems beyond the mainstream are more democratic, and the offender's role in the process is mandatory, not optional. In restorative justice, for example, the offender and victim come face to face, and both play a role in reaching some sort of resolution.
The RCMP describes the process this way: "The focus in restorative justice is on offender accountability, problem solving, and creating an equal voice for offenders and victims."
There's no accountability when the offender doesn't have to be directly involved in the process.
You aren't truly accepting your guilt if you avoid showing up to hear your punishment.
You can't absent yourself from justice, and you can't express remorse to the courts via a third party.
"Not only must justice be done; it must also be seen to be done," the maxim goes.
Can't judges order guilty parties to appear before the court?
Otherwise, justice isn't seen to be done at all.
Pam Frampton is a columnist and
The Telegram's associate managing editor. Email email@example.com.
Twitter: pam_frampton


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Eventually, Pinconning got its game rolling.
Unfortunately for the Spartans, Freeland never stopped.
Pinny fell behind by as many as seven points in the first half, then regrouped to go up by five midway in the fourth quarter. But the Spartans could not stop some clutch play by Freeland down the stretch as the Falcons pulled out the 63-60 win in semifinal play of the Class B district tournament at Bangor John Glenn.
Freeland (13-9) advances to Friday's 7 p.m. title game against Bridgeport, which was a 78-55 winner over Frankenmuth in Wednesday's second semifinal.
Pinconning (15-6) did a lot of good things after halftime Wednesday, but Freeland found a way to win.
"We took the lead, we had the crowd behind us, we got a couple of (defensive) stops," Pinny coach Tim Floyd said. "I felt good."
But whenever the Spartans came up with the big shot at one end, Freeland answered it with another. Throw in the Falcons' 7-for-10 effort at the line in the game's final three minutes, and Freeland found itself back in the driver's seat in the closing seconds.
Specifically, Freeland's Joe Ruhlman knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the final eight minutes, and Elliott Clunie added another to help douse Pinny's hopes of moving on.
"Even when we were down by four or five points there in the second half, we were much more patient offensively than we were against Essexville Garber," said Freeland coach Dave Franz in reference to his team's Monday night win over the Dukes.
"Joe had some big shots for us toward the end, Clunie hit a big one, Marshall Mannion hit a couple of big ones. We had a lot of people contribute tonight.
"If you're going to make a step forward, you've got to play as a team."
Freeland led 28-24 at halftime, but Pinconning came on strong and took a 43-41 lead into the fourth quarter. And when Andrew Holbrook hit a 3-pointer from the right corner, Pinny went up 48-43 with 5:41 to go.
But Clunie followed suit 18 seconds later, pulling Freeland back to within two. And when Lucas Foco sank a free throw and a 10-foot jumper to again put the Spartans up by five, Ruhlman answered with a 3-pointer and Jeromy Zolinski added a layup to tie the game at 51-51 with 3:45 left.
Casey Pashak converted a 3-point play to put Pinny ahead by three with 2:53 remaining, but Ruhlman again drained another '3' to tie the game 17 seconds later.
Pinconning's last lead was 57-56 before Mannion hit a 10-foot jumper and Zolinski followed with a pair of free throws. Three more free throws left the Falcons with an insurmountable 6-point lead with 11 seconds to play.
The game was tied 11-11 after one quarter before Freeland established itself in the second with good pressure defense and even better offensive rebounding. "We've always been a good defensive team, even when we're not shooting well," Franz said. "I thought our press gave them a little bit of trouble tonight, and we got some good offensive rebounding."
Floyd agreed.
"We missed some easy shots early, we gave them (Freeland) too many second chances at the basket, and their half-court trap gave us problems," said Floyd, whose team committed 21 turnovers in the game - nine in the second quarter - to seven for the Falcons.
"We didn't rebound and we didn't take care of the basketball," Floyd said. "That's just elementary basketball."
Freeland led by seven on two occasions in that second quarter before Pinny cut the gap to 28-24 at the break.
Ruhlman finished with a team-high 24 points for Freeland while Clunie scored 13 and Mannion added eight. Holbrook led all scorers with 29 points, Foco scored 17 and Pashak added 12.


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Breasts develop a deflated and sagging appearance as women grow old. This appearance may be remedied by a push-up bra, however sometimes plastic surgery is the more apt option if a more permanent solution is needed.
On the contrary, sagging breasts are not remedied by using breast implants solely, most especially using large implants which may further worsen the existing ptosis (sagging appearance). The more applicable solution for the problem should instead by mastopexy or otherwise known as breast lift, done by many plastic surgeons in LA.
Breast implants, the insertion of which is done by many plastic surgeons in LA, would prove more beneficial over mastopexy, likewise a procedure performed by plastic surgeons in LA, for women that have pseudo-ptosis. Psuedo-ptosis is when the upper poles of the breasts look flat and deflated. It is not a real case of dropping however.
The nipples in pseudo-ptosis differ from the real ptosis in the sense that the nipples are not near or go beyond the crease of the breast.
Using implants, doctors are then able to make volume most especially in the breasts' upper poles. Round implants are suggested since they appear full. This goes against a common notion that round implants result to unnatural, dome-shaped mounds. With the proper surgical techniques used in this breast augmentation procedure, that can be avoided.
Most especially for patients with limited tissue and fat, LA plastic surgeon Dr. Tarick Smaili suggest the use of silicone implants in breast augmentation to avoid breasts that feel and look unnatural.
"Silicone implants are filled with a cohesive gel that almost feels like the real thing. By contrast, saline implants—which are filled with a sterile mixture of water and salt—may result to unusually round breasts particularly if there is little amount of tissue. However, there is no difference in result between saline and silicone implants if a patient has ample amount of breast tissue and fats," explains Smaili.
For patients who have both deflated-looking and sagging breasts, they are encouraged to have breast augmentation that involves mastopexy with implants. The operation involves the doctor lifting the sagging breasts and placing implants. The implants are usually inserted in the upper poles to have a full appearance.
On the contrary, a surgery with both mastopexy and implant surgery does not necessarily require longer recovery. The procedure may be done with fewer incisions and therefore less scars.
"If mastopexy alone is used, it is often necessary to apply more incisions to create a lifting effect. However, we may use fewer incisions if the surgery is complemented with breast implants," explains Smaili.


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The owners of Pioneer Place Mall are asking the city's permission to demolish one of two sky bridges over downtown streets—one more step toward constructing a one-story glass building many have speculated will be an Apple Store.
A request submitted to the city last week shows the mall wants the sky bridge over Southwest Yamhill Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues torn down so it can put in a glass-enclosed street front retail space along the eastbound MAX line, where Saks Fifth Avenue stood until 2010.
In May, Pioneer Place owners General Growth Properties submitted plans for a one-story, 26,297 square-foot space with a clear glass facade on three sides, facing north onto Yamhill. The plans indicate a single retail tenant, with a stone plaza along the MAX line.
City planning officials say they don't know what tenant Pioneer Place has in mind, and representatives for the mall haven't yet returned WW's calls.
But The Oregonian suggested back in February that Apple might be looking to move up from its store in Pioneer Place's basement level. Initial plans were submitted to the city by Apple's preferred architect, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, and at least one blog that follows Apple's retail spaces raved that the store would be Apple's widest in the world.
According to the Design Advice Request submitted by two architects from Appleâs architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson,
the Apple store would have a 165-foot storefront, a 17½-foot tall
interior and over 9,000 square-feet of public space. A notation on one
drawing indicates the âgross square footageâ of the entire project is
23,532, and the plaza totals 4,283 square-feet.
Currently, the widest storefront is George Street (Sydney) at 120 feet. This proposed store would be 45 feet wider than that.


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ST. ROSE, La. -- Two Shell chemical companies have agreed to install $6 million in pollution reduction equipment at two petroleum refineries in Louisiana and Alabama as part of a Clean Air Act settlement with the federal government.
Shell Chemical LP and Shell Chemical Yabucoa, units of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, also will pay a combined $3.3 million fine to the federal government and the two states and $193,370 to Louisiana organizations for environmental education, teacher workshops and emergency operations, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
The new pollution control equipment will be installed at Shell Chemical refineries in St. Rose, La., and Saraland, Ala.
The settlement also affects a refinery in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, which was closed for business reasons in July 2008. Shell Chemical Yabucoa's existing terminal operation in Puerto Rico will upgrade its operations, the Justice Department said.
"These two settlements are excellent examples of businesses working with government to achieve compliance at their facilities across the country, which will benefit the health of local communities and the environment," Assistant U.S. Attorney General Ignacia Moreno said.
In a statement, Shell said Alabama will get $622,000 and Louisiana will receive $184,630.
Since late 2000, the EPA has reached clean air compliance agreements with 99 U.S. refineries.
"Shell shares the goal of environmental groups and agencies where it operates, and strives to comply with all permits and regulations," the company said.
Federal officials said the new equipment would reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants by about 1,450 tons annually. The three refineries had a combined production capacity of about 235,000 barrels of oil per day.
Shell said it intended to return its air permits for the Puerto Rico refinery.
The settlements have been filed in federal court in Houston and Puerto Rico. The public has 30 days to comment before a judge considers them.


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. & Columbia City, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - As the regular season starts winding down, the conference standings start to pan out.
With a win Friday night, Bishop Luers would have clinched the Summit Athletic Conference Championship. But North Side stopped the Knights' crowning moment, blowing Luers out at home, 83-64.
Trevion Crews scored a triple double with 18 points, 10 rebounds and ten assists. Quilyn Howard-Upshaw added 21 points for the Redskins.
Jaylon Smith led Luers with 22 points.
North Side head coach Shabaz Khaliq joins Tommy Schoegler and Kent Hormann to talk about his team's huge upset on.
On the Northeast Hoosier Conference side, New Haven kept hopes for a league title alive by beating Columbia City, 69-63.
V.J. Beachem netted 25 points and Curis Elwood had 14 for the Bulldogs.
Daniel Woll led the Eagles with 18.
New Haven head coach Al Gooden spoke about his team's effort in a big conference victory,
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22nd April 2009, 17:13
For a limited time, my electronic book on the Californian/Titanic affair is available as a free download at http://www.paullee.com/book.pdf
My ebook
22nd April 2009, 17:13
For a limited time, my electronic book on the Californian/Titanic affair is available as a free download at http://www.paullee.com/book.pdf
22nd April 2009, 19:12
Paul you are to be congratulated on a detailed and indepth study of the Titanic disaster. Many thanks for letting us see it in its entirety.
24th April 2009, 13:08
You're welcome, I hope you enjoy it.
24th April 2009, 17:31
Paul thank you very much for the opportunity, I will read at my own leisure,
John Rogers
24th April 2009, 17:43
Thank you Paul for your kindness,I cant wait to start reading it.
John Briggs
24th April 2009, 17:51
Thank you Paul. I have had a quick skim through and I now look forward to reading it in depth.
23rd June 2009, 14:24
Thanks to everyone who read the manuscript and offered suggestions and (many!) corrections. I am about to re-release this as a softcover if anyone's interested, just have a look at my website.
13th July 2009, 11:57
Theres been a slight delay in printing. For those of you who have ordered a copy, please be patient for a little longer ;)
Timothy Trower
16th November 2009, 03:31
Here is a review of The Indifferent Stranger that I wrote last year based on the eBook written by Dr. Paul Lee. Although I don't yet have a copy of the softcover book as recently published by the author, I still consider this the best balanced book written about the subject. I've reviewed many books for The Titanic Commutator, and this ranks in the top three or four of books that I would whole-heartedly recommend without reservation.
The Indifferent Stranger
Dr. Paul Lee
Self published eBook, 2008
329 pages, illustrated, £15
One of the rules of etiquette is that a guest to your home does not speak of religion or politics. Likewise, at some gatherings of Titanic historians, it is best not to speak of one of the most contentious topics relating to the tragedy – that of the guilt or innocence of Captain Stanley Lord and his ship, the Leyland liner Californian.
Hundreds of thousands of words have been written about this controversy, and frankly, most books and articles are heavily slanted either pro or con, often with information excluded from or reworded from the historic narrative to support the position of whatever side the author finds himself on. Thus, it is troubling to see in one narrative how Leslie Harrison left out mention of rockets fired by the Carpathia at 3:15 a.m. and seen by the Californian at the same time since this sighting doesn't support his point of view. Equally perturbing is the way that Leslie Reade omitted part of Fifth Officer Lowe's testimony concerning lights on the mystery ship that seemed to indicate to Lowe that the ship was steaming away.
The basic facts – that the officers and some of the crew of the Californian saw rockets being fired to the south and that numerous passengers and crew of the Titanic saw the lights of a ship to the north are without doubt. But from this point on, there are widely divergent viewpoints of what happened and what was seen, and since 1912, writers on both sides of the question have attempted to sway the undecided to their respective view.
There is a wealth of information available in the form of testimony given to both the American and British inquires as well as letters, logbooks, wireless records, interviews and memoirs. A careful shifting of all available evidence, omitting none, is what has been needed since the first accusations were hurled at Captain Lord.
The Indifferent Stranger is a newly published eBook by Dr. Paul Lee, a frequent contributor to the Commutator. His look at this controversial subject is thorough, exhaustive and seemingly complete. Far from cherry picking evidence to support his conclusions, Dr. Lee has instead presented entire passages of testimony in order for the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. This approach can make certain sections of the book drag just a bit; however, this approach ensures all relevant information is provided.
With the purchase of this eBook, the purchaser sent a PDF to open and read on his or her computer, or can instead order a copy on a CD. It can then also be loaded onto a PDA or, as I did, print out a copy onto 8 ½" x 11" paper and put into a three-ring binder. (Note as of 11/15/09 -- this book is now available as a softcover book.)
The entire story of the Californian incident is retold in a chronological manner. Using testimony and related material drawn from the two main inquiries, the book delves into the beginnings of the controversy surrounding the indifferent stranger that was supposedly seen by both the Titanic and Californian. When it is established by the writer that in spite of Captain Lord's protestations, his ship was indeed the mystery ship that sat at rest a short distance away, Dr. Lee is very careful to present both sides of every argument – even if the information used runs counter to the Lee's eventual conclusions.
The author spends much time going through not only inquiry notes, but contemporary newspaper accounts, letters and reported conversations as well. Step by step, and with great detail, each puzzle piece is carefully examined, both sides of the issue looked at and discussed, and that issue objectively examined, helping the reader decide what did happen the night of April 14-15.
Sorting through the maze of conflicting stories takes patience, time and much effort. Numerous portions of the 1912 inquiries are presented in full. Although reading these excerpts can be tedious, no one can accuse Dr. Lee of leaving out items which do not fit the case he presents throughout the book. The reader is exhorted to read through all of the transcripts "…for contained within is not only verification of the extracts presented in this book, but also priceless snippets of information…"
Numerous charts and illustrations help the reader understand what was seen, and from what height above the water ship's lights and the glare of socket signals could be seen. For instance, on pages 314-316 is a series of original illustrations showing what the lights of the Californian must have looked like to Fourth Officer Boxhall. These lights would have shifted throughout the night in the current and displayed what first looked like two masthead lights and a green light changing to what later appeared to be just a single masthead light as the Titanic sank deeper into the water. Touches such as these add great detail to the book.
Some of the conclusions in Dr. Lee's eBook will upset people – but he has taken great care to clearly show from the actual and unedited words of the principals exactly what must have happened.
Although there are a few small formatting issues with the eBook, and while I personally dislike the use of Stanley Morrison's Times New Roman as the type face employed throughout, it is the text of the book and the accompanying illustrations that make this book well worth the purchase. The lack of an index is not a concern since the electronic version of the book is easily searched, as the author intended.
The book will not be the final word on this contentious subject, but barring new discoveries, it may well stand as the definitive argument for one side of the Californian question.
This review copyright Timothy J. Trower, 2008. It cannot be used in any form without prior written permission of the author.
22nd November 2010, 07:31
If you have Kindle, you can now obtain my book in kindle-ised form. Do a search on Amazon.co.uk for "Titanic indifferent stranger"
28th December 2010, 16:54
Thanks to Lulu, there is now a 15% discount on my book; just enter the promotional code displayed on the graphic at the foot of my homepage ( http://www.paullee.com )


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"I bought two a couple of years back and had some great blooms. but couldn't get them to rest and had nothing but leaves last year. This year I cut off the leaves, but on one they've grown back. I also separated off a new small bulb which is now growing separately. Will I get them to bloom again and how long will it take for the "baby" to mature?"
-Sue S.
You don't have to force your Amaryllis to bloom if you don't want to. Forcing is just an artificial means of reproducing the conditions it goes through in nature. You can opt out of putting your Amaryllis into dormancy and grow it as an "evergreen" plant and eventually it will adjust itself to the changes in season where you live and flower again when it is ready.
The trick with getting Amaryllids to flower again after you've bought them is to start feeding it after it has bloomed for you the first time. When the bulb produces the flower the first time it uses a lot of energy and needs to be recharged-you do this by fertilizing your Amaryllis and by providing plenty of sun and plenty of room for the roots to grow. Amaryllids are heavy feeders and can be fertilized with every watering (after blooming) at a diluted strength.
The Amaryllis "babies" should mature and bloom after three years of growth provided you give it plenty of sun, fertilizer and ample room for the formation of roots. Next year if you find they won't rest on their own just move the plant to a dark space, like a closet, where it doesn't get any sun and stop watering completely.