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Elkers advance with 48-40 win over Sewickley Academy
CLARION - The Ridgway Elkers defeated the Sewickley Academy Panthers by a 48-40 score to advance to the second round of the PIAA Class A boys' tournament.The Elkers will meet the Kennedy Catholic squad next Tuesday at a site and time to be announced. Kennedy Catholic defeated Cornell by a 64-53 score.The Elkers were able to use a pressing defense in the first half of last night's contest to build a 10-4 lead after the first eight minutes and take a 21-12 halftime lead.In the second half, Sewickley outscored the Elkers by a 28-27 margin to cut Ridgway's final margin of victory to 48-40."Right away we thought we could apply pressure on their guards," said Elker coach Anthony Allegretto."They made adjustments at halftime and were able to attack us better," said the coach. The Elkers forced 15 Panther turnovers in the first half. In the second half each team had seven turnovers."Alex Oknefski stepped up tonight and Jesse Reynolds played a great game," said Allegretto.While Ridgway led by nine at the half, the Panthers came out and scored the first six points of the second half to cut Ridgway's lead to two, 21-19."We responded (with their run) by letting Eric (Matheson) got one-on-one. He has been our leader for four years now," said the coach."We played such a good gap defense in the first half and then they spread out out a little in the second half," noted Allegretto."I thought we were a little nervous before the game even though it's our third straight one here. But it is the state playoffs," added Allegretto.The Elkers were led by Eric Matheson with 23 points on six field goals and an 11 for 12 night from the foul line. Jesse Reynolds added 17 points on six field goals and a five for five night from the foul line.Sewickley was led by Carrington Motley with 17 points on three twos, one three and an eight for 10 night from the foul line. Keenan Hickton added 11 points on two twos, one three and a five for six night from the foul line. Pick up a copy of the Saturday, March 10, 2012 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.


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A fundraising pancake breakfast to benefit Contact Care Line will be from 8 to 10 a.m. July 11 in Oak Ridge Applebee's Restaurant at 1213 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased from any Contact board member or at the door.
All proceeds will benefit Contact's Crisis Call Lines and Reassurance Program.
Contact has been in operation in Oak Ridge since 1973 and serves a nine-county region, including Roane, Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Sevier and Union counties.
Roane County Chamber of Commerce recently experienced a 27-percent membership growth within a two-day time span.
The recent Membership Expansion event was a culmination of a six-week contest to help #UniteRoane.
The two-day membership drive added 101 new members to the Chamber's rolls — a record for the consulting company that directed the event.
"Last Thursday, we started the day with 365 members, and to end the week with 466 members is difficult to fathom," said Chamber President Wade Creswell of The Roane Alliance.
Roane County Solid Waste Director Ralph Stewart, center, accepts an East Tennessee Development District award from Hamblen County Mayor Bill Brittain, left, and Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters.
ETDD recognized the county and Stewart during its recent awards banquet in Knoxville.
The award was presented for improvements to Roane County's regional recycling center.
Rufus Eugene Collier of Harriman passed away Wednesday, June 17, at Tennova Health Care.
Eugene was born April 1, 1944, in Harriman.
He retired from K-25 plant in Oak Ridge.
He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. and Ms. Collier.
Survivors are his wife, Margaret Ruth Collier; two daughters, Cathy (Patrick) Johnson, Diane Johnson; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Roane County Habitat for Humanity recently dedicated its 34th house built in Roane County.
Owner Jesse Hall, left, along with his sister, Ruby, and mother, Carrie, are living in the home they and dozens of volunteers helped build.
"Their new home, located on Hope Circle in Kingston, is a thoroughly modern, efficient, and sturdy design that will provide them many years of service," said Todd Fisher, Roane County Habitat for Humanity president.
The Roane County Rural Mixers Family and Community Education Club meeting to make crafts recently are, front row from left, Lennie Stansbury, Rachel and Sally Wright, Madge Jackson, Linda Rogers; and back row, Judy Murray, Julia McCoin and Robin Greenberg.
The group met at the Wrights' home to make crafts to sell for the Betty McGlasson Scholarship Fund and 4-H camp.
The Rural Mixers meet the second Thursday of each month in Kingston Community Center.
The Roane County News had one of its more humanitarian globetrotting trips when it accompanied the Ochs family to Ghana, Africa.
"In this picture, we are with the children from Great Mission International, an orphanage in Teshie, Ghana," explained Bekah Ochs, at left in the middle of the back row, holding children with sisters Abby, center, and Maddie.
"We recently returned for a medical mission outreach with a team from [Feeding the Orphans]. After the team left, our family stayed several weeks to reconnect with friends."
Father's Day is this Sunday, and it gives us all an opportunity to show Dad how much we love him for everything he's meant to us.
Dads hold us up in the rough times, cheer for us in the good times and, as a 7-year-old Elizabeth Hall illustrates, they're even there for us when they're napping.
Elizabeth, now 14, made her father, Rodney Hall of Ten Mile, feel pretty by adorning him with baubles, barrettes and bows while he copped a few Z's after work.
Batley Baptist
"To the Edge: Encounter the God of the Universe" is the vacation Bible school theme at Batley Baptist Church near Oliver Springs. A VBS kickoff cookout will be from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 20; classes will be from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 21-25 at the church at 670 Batley Road. Free dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. daily. Call 435-2400 for transportation, and visit www.BatleyChurch.org for details.
New Midway Baptist Church, Kingston, now has two Sunday morning services.
The services begin at 8:45 and 11 a.m.
The church is at 240 New Midway Road.
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Actor Dennis Haysbert is determined to put his own stamp on his role as a mercenary in the upcoming Sin City sequel after taking over the character from the late Michael Clarke Duncan.
The 24 star was recently hired to replace Duncan following his death in September (12), and while Haysbert insists he has a deep respect for The Green Mile star's work with the character Manute, he is keen to show fans that he too can do the job justice.
Haysbert tells WENN, "I knew him and we got along very well and he was a really great guy. His presence is there (in the film) most certainly; he originated the role but I'm a different actor and I will put my own stamp on it. I definitely have a reverence for what he did with the role.
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Mac softball splits pair of games
The McMinnville softball team came from behind to defeat Sunset on Monday but fell to Sprague on Wednesday in a pair of Class 6A nonleague softball games at the McMinnville softball field.
In the first game, Makayla Khatewoda scored on a Sam Hensley RBI single to give the Grizzlies (6-4) a walk-off victory over the Apollos. Khatewode went 2-for-3 during the contest and Hensley went 2-for-4 with a triple.
Freshmen Sydni Dix and Sydney Reeser added two hits apiece for the Grizzlies.
Starting pitcher Kaleigh Scanlon went the distance, striking out six and walking seven, to earn the victory.
On Wednesday, a three-run second inning proved to be the Grizzlies' undoing, as future conference foe Sprague racked up 12 hits against McMinnville pitchers Scanlon and Reeser.
Jacinda Swiger went 2-for-4 with a triple for the Grizzlies, while Reeser and Hensley each went 3-for-4 with a double.
McMinnville plays at Aloha in a Class 6A nonleague game before hosting Tigard on Monday, its first Class 6A Pacific Conference game of the season. The Grizzlies and Tigers square off at 5 p.m. at the McMinnville softball field.


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Spring flowers from Martha's garden provide a refresher course in the elements of design: color, structure, and texture.
Even a master of subtlety can be seduced by the exuberant colors of flowers. "Martha loves 'Flaming Parrot' and red Darwin tulips together," says Martha Stewart Living's Kevin Sharkey, who arranged the flowers on these pages using blooms from Martha's Bedford garden. "It's not a combination that most people would guess she'd like." When arranging boldly hued flowers, simplicity often makes the strongest statement. Here, Kevin placed a large cluster of solid and striped tulips in a vase, its gold stripes echoing, but not competing with, the flowers.
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"Sometimes you don't want to just isolate a special flower, such as a tree peony floating in a bowl," says Kevin. "You want it to have some friends, but it helps to have a plan or structure." In this display, large leaves from a variegated hosta plant -- commonly found in gardens but not often used in arrangements -- build a strong foundation (as well as color palette) for voluminous tree peonies and a smattering of lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis). Spilling onto the table, the hostas create a beautiful "undulating architecture," says Kevin.
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Have you ever been at home all day when nothing's in the fridge?
You open the door. You poke your head in. You hum a little tune and look around. You sigh. You grab a handful of pine nuts. You go back to your desk.
About an hour later, you're hungry.
So you go back to the fridge and look again. Nothing new has appeared. You pull out some black olives, put them on a saucer, and go back to your desk.
You think, "I should go out and get something to eat." But you don't. A part of you is convinced that a solution will appear. Maybe a Sous Chef will arrive at your door.
Amazingly, this doesn't happen.
Eventually you're back at the fridge. You look in. Then, you close the door. You reach into the cabinet and grab some raisins…
What happens in this scenario is that you eat all day, but you never feel satisfied. By 5pm, you're strung out, unfulfilled, and you wonder why.
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You ate. But you never actually fed yourself.
We do this exact same thing with our FOCUS. We dabble in random things. But we never really commit to anything.
I call it Attention Splatter. It's when you mindlessly and half-heartedly splatter your attention and focus on non-activities. But you never fully engage.
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The most common Attention Splatter culprits are:
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There's only so many things you can get done in a day and still enjoy the day. Get into the habit of spending five minutes each night deciding what one thing you want to get done the next day. Ask yourself, "If I only accomplish one thing tomorrow, which one thing would make me most happy?"
2 – Know the task before you sit down at the computer.
This is a must. When you don't do this, you can get lost in the millions of non-items that any computer has to offer.
Assign tasks. (i.e. "Clean out email folders") Assign times. ("From 1pm to 2pm") Stop as soon as the end time arrives.
3 – Stop the leaky activities.
Make a list of "leaky" activities, and stop the leak by scheduling these activities. (As opposed to letting them take over your day.)
For instance, instead of letting email leak all over your day – all day every day – schedule email as an activity at a certain time each day. Every activity should have a home – a space for its completion. Otherwise, you set yourself up for a full day of splatter.
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It's easy to look up at the clock and see that you have, say, 45 minutes before an appointment and think, "Well, I don't have time to do anything substantial. So, I guess I'll just go on line."
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Before you begin any activity, set an intention for that activity. Intend your desired outcome and how you want to feel during the activity. This is the ultimate act of creativity.
6 – Get rid of anything that doesn't feed you.
Incoming emails, group emails, magazine subscriptions, news aggregate feeds, TiVo, memberships, unread books…
The list of incoming stuff goes on and on.
Get your life in order. Get rid of anything that doesn't feed you. If you subscribe to it, ask yourself why. Start letting go of stuff. Doing this one thing has helped me create a home and office environment that is healthy and sacred. Be ruthless about keeping the incoming stuff to a minimum.
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When you take a nap, take a nap. When you take a Saturday off, really take it off. Don't spend the day obsessing about the things you should be doing. Turn off the computer. Get out of your office. Go away.
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Last Friday, someone asked me why the 1996 silver Eagle dollar is retailing for three times silver value even though its mintage of 3.6 million is high in absolute standards. He pointed out that he could acquire a nice 1927 Peace dollar with a mintage of 848,000 for a lower price. His question is sensible. At least part of the answer has to do in the changes in the collector base and also changes in collecting patterns. When I was a youngster, I had all the coin folders for U.S. and Canadian coins to assemble date and mintmark sets of coins. To some degree, collecting the older series by date and mintmark seems to be less popular than it was in the 1960s and 1970s. There are more collectors working on type sets of older coins or varying definitions of a collection that do not involve collecting every date and mintmark of an older series. In my store, our sales of the blue coin folders have fallen dramatically in the past decade. When the Statehood quarter series began, there was a natural, entirely predictable progression in collecting interests. A lot of people didn't want to wait 10 weeks to get the newest issue. So, they started looking at what was beautiful and affordable. For several years after 1999, the U.S. proof sets from 1968 onward soared in prices, as did Mint State silver Eagles by date, Proof silver Eagles by date, and high grade certified Mint State and Proof silver Eagles. These were all affordable products, their quality was top-notch (which means that the newer collectors didn't really have to learn to "grade" coins before buying), and they were common enough that it would be possible to assemble complete sets without getting stuck on the one, two, or a few pieces that would cost big bucks to complete a set. For a few years after 1996, that silver Eagle was not in high demand, so it was priced closer to other dates. But, when the influx of new collectors started going after the previous year issues of silver Eagles, then you started to see higher prices. This boom in low mintage silver Eagles lasted for a few years, then finally many of these issues fell in price. The decline was no doubt affected, in part, by the recession/depression that started in 2007-2008.
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If you want to look at a couple contrasts, try classic U.S. gold coins. Here is a niche where you can often find scarcer date issues that are 10 to hundreds of times rarer than the "common" dates, yet you can often acquire many of these coins anywhere from close to common-date price to maybe 30 percent extra. For the most part, there are not many collectors working on a date and mintmark set of these gold coins, partly because of the unit cost. (The same also applies for some Morgan and Peace dollars, which help contribute to the popularity of these series.)
In the long term, I expect the 1996 silver Eagle will trade much closer to the price of common dates than is now the case. The other example is the First Spouse half ounce gold $10series. Some mintages are absolutely minuscule. Most have lower Mint State mintages than any of the $1 and $2.50 gold commemoratives issued from 1903-1926! Yet, since virtually all specimens survive and are almost all in top quality, they are not traded at premium levels that you would expect for the rarity. Of course, the unit cost also inhibits the number of collectors. The high premiums for certified high grade silver Eagles have come down a lot, but I expect them to further decline in the future. They may not decline to levels similar to somewhat rarer-date classic U.S. gold coins, but I don't expect any date to trade in Mint State for more than double the common issues. The tricky part is trying to figure out the timing. That's an incredibly difficult task, but part of what makes collecting fun.
Patrick A. Heller is the American Numismatic Association 2012 Harry Forman Numismatic Dealer of the Year Award winner. He owns Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Mich., and writes "Liberty's Outlook," a monthly newsletter on rare coins and precious metals subjects. Other commentaries are available at Coin Week and CoinInfo.com. He also writes a bi-monthly column on collectibles for "The Greater Lansing Business Monthly." His radio show "Things You 'Know' That Just Aren't So, And Important News You Need To Know" can be heard at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday and Friday mornings on 1320-AM WILS in Lansing.
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This does not come under the heading of "Breaking News" because I've mentioned it in this space at least twice since the dawn of the New Year.
But if you hadn't heard it then, I'll tell you right now that the Rangers will win the Stanley Cup. (And Stanley should know, shouldn't he?)
Now that we've established that fact of life, it would be a good idea to compare John Tortorella's troops with the last championship team from Rangerville. That would be the 1994 version which featured the legendary Mark Messier as captain and Mike Keenan as coach.
Balancing the two teams on a comparative scale, we find that Mess the Messiah has been replaced by one of the hardest-working athletes this side of Derek Jeter named Ryan Callahan, who most appropriately is the Blueshirts' captain and leader by example. By the way, he's from not-so-far-away Rochester.
The championship goalie from the Class of '94 was Mike Richter, who now has been replaced by Swedish royalty, King Henrik Lundqvist.
Already you can see the differences in personality and style, all a result of the high command. Messier's Rangers had affable Neil Smith as general manager.
A media darling, Smith clashed with Coach Keenan over and over again so that by the time the playoffs had begun there was virtually a mini-war on between the two leaders. That, however, didn't stop the players from playing -- and well.
In a sense, the coach triumphed over the GM.
Keenan had maintained through the season that his roster needed dramatic changes if it were to compete for the Cup, which had not been seen in New York since 1940. Keenan pushed -- some would say "bullied" -- his manager to make deals and finally Smith capitulated.
Knowing that Messier had won several Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, Keenan urged Smith to deal for as many of the champion Oilers who might be available and, one by one, they arrived on Seventh Avenue. The key figures were Kevin Lowe, Glenn Anderson, Jeff Beukeboom, Esa Tikkanen and Craig MacTavish, each of whom would play a major part in the Rangers drive. They didn't dub that Rangers club "Edmonton East" for nothing.
One of the most underrated defenseman of all-time, Lowe had smarts, toughness and the innate ability to make the right move at the right time. And, like Messier, his leadership qualities were in the ne plus ultra category. Anderson still possessed speed, a terrific shot and a physical aspect while MacTavish was the faceoff ace who took the final draw in the Game 7 victory over Vancouver. Naturally, MacTavish won the faceoff and New York won The Cup. And let's not forget Stephane Matteau ,who was obtained from Chicago and almost reached Messier status after beating Martin Brodeur in the pulsating seven-game series with New Jersey, prior to the finals.
More recently, Glen Sather, who coached that memorable Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton team, revised his thinking long after taking over as Rangers' GM. High-priced free agents -- Bobby Holik, Scott Gomez, et. al. -- were not paying off without a homegrown cast to go with them and that prompted Sather to change strategy.
Instead of adopting the Keenan-Smith "win now" theme, Sather decided to build around a core of Rangers young draft picks. It would require patience and fortitude but eventually the likes of Marc Stall, Michael Del Zotto, Derek Stepan, Carl Hagelin and Chris Kreider would prove their worth, as they're doing right now.
Lundqvist, a low, low draft pick -- Kevin Weekes was supposed to be numero uno between the pipes -- proved the better of the two and gradually emerged into one of the best at his business. This year Henny is a finalist for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender.
Add to that the likes of Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov and you can see how this Blueshirt sextet is built not only for the now but also the future.
And like Neil Smith, Sather has been an adroit trader. Admittedly stuck with a wilting, virtually useless Scott Gomez, Sather somehow managed to induce the Montreal Canadiens to the smallish center as part of a bigger trade. Thus, the Habs absorbed Gomez's ridiculously high -- and long-term -- contract and in return the Rangers obtained someone who has blossomed into one of the NHL's best defensemen, Ryan McDonagh, who has become as good as Marc Staal.
No less valuable than Staal is workhorse backliner Dan Girardi -- undrafted by 30 teams including the Rangers -- who Sather signed as a free agent. The Blueshirts' building process has been so admirable that no less an authority as Crain's Business Daily recently took note of it with this observation: "The 2012 Rangers club is a turnaround tale worthy of a 'Harvard Business Review' case study."
Easily the best example supporting Crain's commentary took place at the 2012 trade deadline when Columbus Blue Jackets scoring ace Rick Nash was there for the taking in a major deal. Sather nixed the opportunity, secure in the knowledge that his farm system would provide talent not requiring a blockbuster deal.
Sure enough, the Blue Jackets, as well as other clubs, wanted to trade with Sather, but each club demanded Boston College ace -- and Rangers draftee -- Chris Kreider.
Well, you know what happened. Slats said, "Thanks, but no thanks." Kreider led BC to its collegiate championship, signed immediately with New York and has been an offensive ace in the playoffs.
OK, the Rangers haven't captured The Cup yet but -- while we're waiting -- how about a quick comparison between the 1994 champs and Torts' outfit:
GOALTENDING: Mike Richter was pivotal in winning the 1994 title. Until now, Lundqvist has never taken New York past the second round. The King's time has come!
DEFENSE: Brian Leetch became a Hall of Famer on the Messier team and Sergei Zubov was almost as good. But the contemporary backliners -- taken as a group -- are as good as the ones Keenan employed. Both versions surrendered the third-fewest goals in the NHL during their respective seasons.
FORWARDS: The current Rangers struggled offensively during the regular season, but their blue-collar, lunchpail style has proven successful. Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards are clutch players as Gaborik proved in the Wednesday night-Thursday morning triple-overtime marathon. Overall the current Rangers forwards don't even approach the '94 team in terms of depth and talent.
CAPTAIN: There will never be a second Messier. Then again, one would be hard-pressed to find a more inspirational, tenacious and effective leader than Callahan. This one is a wash.
COACHING: Tortorella has a vastly different cast than Keenan, but Torts has the knack for driving his team and forcing his players to do it his way. That's why Sean Avery -- once the most popular Ranger -- no longer is with the team. The coach won the battle and the results prove that, in the end, Torts was right.
My prediction notwithstanding, the fact cannot be disputed, Keenan's Rangers won The Cup.
Tortorella's outfit is well on its way, but until it matches my prediction -- well -- we'll just have to wait and see.
But from here, the view is rosy!
Author-columnist-commentator Stan "The Maven" Fischler resides in Boiceville and New York City. His column appears each week in the Sunday Freeman.


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Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta
Ina May Gaskin, the mother of modern-day midwifery in the United States, began her training over three decades ago. Thanks in part to her life's work, a new corps of certified American midwives has been trained, and home births are increasingly available. But highly technical obstetrical practice is still the norm for hospital birth in America, despite a lack of evidence to justify it.
In Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta, Gaskin's most recent book, she tracks our country's tragic transition from a "wellness model" of midwife-attended birth, to an "illness model" of medicalized obstetrics, in which pregnancy and labor are subject to strict management and intervention. She writes about for-profit medicine, big business pharmaceuticals, and cites evidence about how under-researched drugs and protocols increase poor outcomes rather than prevent them. She notes that while obstetric technology can be life-saving, it can also be misused, and as long as the U.S. rate of cesareans continues to rise (it is nearly triple the 10 to 15 percent recommended by the World Health Organization), so will our dismal rate of maternal mortality.
Gaskin articulates our culture's failure to understand the impact of mind-body connection as it relates to healthy, normal birthing. She marvels that this disconnect prevents us from appreciating how fear and adrenaline, both of which are heightened in the hospital setting, disrupt the delicate cocktail of natural hormones essential to coordinating effective contractions, cervical dilation, and birth.
The "midwife's manifesta" of the title calls for woman-centered maternity care as a basic human right. Gaskin recommends a competent and compassionate system with effective division of roles, and checks and balances to enable midwives and obstetricians to work as partners toward the common goal of woman-centered birth. Rather than valuing sterility and convenience at the cost of normal birth, Gaskin aims for a new birth culture in which our understanding of physiology allows birth to be both a physical and spiritual encounter with the sacredness of life.
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The Obama Administration's continually evolving narrative about the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prompted the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to conduct a hearing today on the adequacy of security arrangements.
Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA), chairman of the committee, bridled at the State Department's reluctance to turn over documents related to the issue and stated that "our challenge is to identify things that clearly went wrong and what—with the benefit of hindsight—should have been done differently."
Although two high-ranking State Department officials—who had not visited Libya—defended the security arrangements in place there, two whistleblowers, who had been deployed to Libya to provide security to American diplomats, strongly argued that more resources should have been allocated to bolster security in an increasingly threatening environment.
Ambassador Patrick Kennedy, Undersecretary for Management, and Charlene Lamb, the Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for diplomatic security, maintained that security arrangements were adequate. Lamb said, "We had the correct number of assets in Benghazi at the time of 9/11 for what had been agreed upon." She denied that budget cuts had affected decision making on security arrangements, as some had charged.
But Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood, who had been deployed to provide security in Libya, testified that "diplomatic security remained weak" and that requests for additional security forces were denied by officials in Washington. "We were fighting a losing battle. We could not even keep what we had," he said.
Representative Jason Chaffetz (R–UT), who visited Libya last weekend on a congressional trip, displayed a series of pictures of previous terrorist attacks in Benghazi and charged that the U.S. government did not respond adequately. "I believe personally, with more assets, more resources, just meeting the minimum standards, we could have and should have saved the life of Ambassador Stevens and the other people," he said.
The Benghazi attack underscores the weaknesses of the Obama Administration's approach to handling terrorist attacks as a law enforcement issue rather than as a national security threat. The new Libyan government, which faces major challenges from a host of independent militias, is not strong enough to enforce laws, apprehend the terrorists responsible for the attack, or prevent those and other terrorists from establishing a foothold inside Libya.
Moreover, the Administration was slow to admit that the attack even was an act of terrorism, despite early indications that that was the case. What is needed—beyond an investigation into the attack to ensure that American diplomats are adequately protected in the future—is a comprehensive counterterrorism policy that recognizes the nature of the terrorist threat and proactively addresses it.
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Post-Frankfurt Daze
I must appologise for things being a little quiet on the DownsideUpDesign front.
At relatively late notice I was fortuitous enough to gain press accreditation (yes, I'm now a fully accredited journalist with the IFJ) for the Frankfurt Motor Show, known in German as the IAA, or Eeeee Ahhh Ahhh (which always sounds vaguely pornographic).
So while you, dear reader, have been wondering weather I'd left the mortal coil to pilot that great big Espada in the sky, I was wandering hither and thither around what is possibly the worlds largest motor show. Sitting on a site 1.2Km long by .5Km wide, if it weren't for the press cars and their beautiful drivers, I'd have legs like Arnie.
Three 7 am starts and 2 am finishes later I can safely say I conquered it. What have I got to show for it? Well apart from some fabulous discussions with designers, PR types and general good guys that I hope to elaborate on here and elsewhere, I managed to amass around 4,000 photos and my first ever videos. Rather than bore you with all of them (I do get a little carried away at times…) I've put together a small selection of 384 piccies on my Flickr page. It's a bit of a random bunch and the analysts amongst you will be able to tell far to much about me than I care to know. Nevertheless, take a look and let me know how you found the show through my eyes.


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PHILADELPHIA - February 4, 2013 --Jurors began their 20th day of deliberations in a racketeering case against reputed leaders of the Philadelphia mob.
The jury met for six hours Sunday, but failed to reach a verdict in the case against reputed mob boss Joseph Ligambi and six others. The day before, the panel told U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno that it was at "an impasse." But he urged them to keep trying.
The jury began deliberations Jan. 8, but endured setbacks when two jurors left because of illness or conflicts.
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|2013-03-24, 10:23
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 31
Is nico going to keep streaming each episode two weeks in advance? That's bothersome... I don't want to watch the episodes in that poor quality, but I don't want to risk getting spoiled and miss out on all the discussions either. What to do, what to do...
|2013-03-24, 10:37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Malaysia
It seems that NicoNico is streaming all the episodes until 1st June and by the time 1st episode is aired on TV (3rd April) it had already passed 3rd episode. Pretty weird decision to aired the show in advance from TV airing.
|2013-03-24, 11:09
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Eternal Dreamer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Caladan
This anime I like a whole lot. It's the only one I'm following right now. I like both main characters and can't wait to see how their relationship will develop and how the story will unfold. Everything is shrouded in mystery right now. I'm confused about it but at the same time it piques my interest.
Let me try to understand ep 2. So the reason why Izumiko is special is because her body is chosen to be possessed by some royal spirit. And it also seems that her body is vulnerable to being possessed by other spirits as well. She was scared by these shadows/spirits. Maybe she was so scared in Tokyo because her possessed self was scared of the monk's chanting. Or maybe the monk was pulling something. This monk guy is ruthless. (He beat the kid to a pulp an ep earlier.)
I totally hated how they kind of cliffhung me with the ending. Now that the monk guy told Miyuki he's free to go, I'm sure Miyuki wants to be back in the game. I like how it rolls.
|2013-03-24, 11:20
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I don't think we need to be fed information so we are never confused. I enjoy being confused. Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? Who or what was Izumiko perceiving as an evil aura? Will she ever gain strength of her own when she is not being visited by the goddess? Who is the goddess and why does she think Izumiko will be her last vessel? What dealings have the goddess and Yukimasa had before? Will Izumiko stay in Tokyo or return to the shrine? I am excited to learn these things and see the plot evolve.
I feel some confidence that we will get interesting answers to our questions, since this is from a novel by a popular and experienced author (Ogiwara Noriko), not a PA Works original cobbled together for the anime. I'm not an Okada-hater, but I do feel more confidence with this set-up than with Okada's original work. Anime writer Yokote Michiko has adapted Princess Tutu, Genshiken, and XXXholic (as well as Squid Girl and Joshiraku).
And maybe it should be mentioned that the novel was written by a woman and adapted by a woman, and the lead character is a woman. We may be getting shoujo tropes here that some people aren't as taken by as I am. The nervous and un-self-confident heroine, for one thing. Maybe some people find it hard to identify with her, for whatever reason.
I've made a characters/seiyuus page with pics of the characters and their seiyuus, and info about each seiyuu. I'll add characters as new ones appear (and they will).
Anyway, I'm excited. Seems like a terrific show to me so far.
|2013-03-24, 20:54
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Join Date: Jun 2011
episode 2?
What? Wait a minute, am I watching the right show?? Oh, yeah, that's it. We are already being shown a Miyuki that "isn't such a bad guy" so we will forget all that hate and verbal abuse he laid on Izumiko just last week. This is quite the accelerated pace of turning the bad boy into a good boy.
Like "Stockholm Syndrome," there must be a trope name for what will most likely happen between Izumiko and Miyuki, I just can't think of it (if there is one), at the moment. Nice girl gets treated like crap by cruel and abusive abductor protector, yet she falls in love with him anyway. He has a tragic past which is supposed to make us sympathize with him and forgive him for all the abuse he dumps on the leading lady because he really does have a heart of gold. Really.
|2013-03-24, 22:02
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Montreal
i dont particularly like the witheld info but its right down my alley. i know it will be revealed with due time. the show has vibes similar to Shiki. Another, Ookami Kakushi and Higrashi and those are some of the favorites in my list. i love the supernatural/horror mysteries series. the unanswered questions in ep2 have solidly put this on my watching list. i like seeing the mystery slowly unwind and it doesnt seem like it will be the overly cheerful run of the mill series. the mystery adds some dark elements which is much my preference for certain shows.
|2013-03-25, 11:25
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Montreal
personna 4 personally was a case of too little and too weak mystery. the supernatural section seemed run of the mill and mildly cheesy/repetetive. even the "final" mystery conclusion of the series was weak. i just dont like the repetetive villian of the week formula.
Higurashi se1 did have the repetitiveness of the arcs but they did a great job of explaining the reasoning behind it in se2 and made se1's struggles a pursuit of change to solve the main problem in se1 and se2.
Shiki, Another, Ookami kakushi initially offered mystery and slowly revealed hints while presenting the other mysteries. they told all within the last few eps about the mysteries.
|2013-03-25, 13:13
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: At the end of the abyss
I REALLY like this show. But I can see that there will many people who hate the guy due to his abusive behavior. I feel more desensitized to him since I've seen his character type before. I'm gonna categorize him in the tsundere category for now.
|2013-03-26, 02:02
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The Chaotic Dreamer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: In a cruel yet beautiful world
Age: 26
|2013-03-26, 12:58
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Join Date: Sep 2006
The thing that got me about the second episode was that while she can make phones and computers go wrong somehow, they're letting her go on an aeroplane.
"Do you think that's wise?" I thought.
Not quite made up my mind about this show yet, but I think if I'm still watching by episode 4 I'm going to skip the SupaFuzz-o-Vision version and wait for a more quality release, which is what I did with Seitokai
|2013-03-26, 15:39
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
As for Izumiko wanting to hold Miyuki's hand, that was consistent with her personality and experience, and with her reaction to the situation: she was shivering with fright, barely able to hold herself together, and certainly had no confidence in her ability to get through this on her own. He was the one point of familiarity available, and she had already had the experience of having him hold her hand and lead her to safety through the streets. She might "hate" him, but in this situation, she feels she can trust him -- at least in the absence of any other candidates for trust, lol.
Certainly, I find his dismissive and overbearing attitude hard to take -- and I think Uchiyama Kouki may be overdoing that aspect of the character -- but it's at least explicable. He was ripped out of his life, which may have included going out with girls who were a lot more beautiful and capable than Izumiko, and made to babysit this very plain girl with her braids and her extreme lack of self-confidence. They both have to (a) get used to each other, and (b) have their attitudes and personalities evolve.
Having now realized that she is someone very, very special, he may learn to be more accepting. Especially since his father is telling him to go away, a suggestion which he will of course resist. Anything to keep her from the clutches of that shadowy-faced guy trying to insinuate himself with her at school, is what I say. Part of the supernatural conspiracy against her, no doubt.
One of the features of this show is how extreme the emotional reactions of the two main characters are. Both Uchiyama Kouki and Hayami Saori are playing their characters in a quite extreme way: extremely nasty (or perhaps tsuntsun) in the case of Uchiyama, and extremely lacking in confidence in the case of Hayamin. That they both are like this makes me think that the director or sound director has instructed them to play the characters that way.
|2013-03-26, 20:44
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Beyond the Fringe
Join Date: Jun 2011
After watching the second episode, it seems like I shall have to put my soothsayer's hat on if and when I watch the next episodes. I expect that there will be further bewildering events, circumstances, and changes in attitude that explanations for which are, at best, only vaguely hinted at, leaving the viewing audience in a perpetual state of, "Huh? What? Why? Did I miss something when I sneezed?"
|2013-03-26, 22:38
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I suppose one could argue that Miyuki's toned down attitude in this episode is closer to his normal state, and that he's such an asshat in the first episode because he'd had a shitty day and was just a couple hours removed from being beaten up by his dad.
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so we get a bit of answers but the mystery deepens, kinda like the slow revelation pace the anime is taking it's somewhat different yet engaging in a way.
seems there is something about yukimasa. Not really liking his character much, not the least how he beats up miyuki in 1st ep ( is he really his kid?). Anyway Miyuki is far far more tolerable now. seems a bit rushed turn over, but anyway.
still finds it weird Shana kugimiya voicing wamiya but weeee Rie Tanaka as the goddess. quite a good set of VAs here.
....The ED songs growing on me..
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Don't know why no-one else in this thread picked that up. Poor critical thinking? Poor socialization?
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While I cannot speak for others, I know I definitely had the possibility in mind that Miyuki might've just been rubbed the wrong way prior to his arrival. Not everyone takes having a shitty day or a shitty life well, obviously. I'm sure that others have thought of this, too. But there's only so much that can be speculated with only two episodes out so far and not much depth into Miyuki's backstory and/or thought process yet.
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Horoscopes for week of July 29, 2004
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Ariess? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Since 1977, 40 percent of U.S. elementary schools have done away with recess. Meanwhile, among adults at work, the time allotted to lunch is steadily shrinking. Executives spend an average of just 42 minutes with their midday meals. This dangerous trend hits you Tauruses the hardest: You need spaciousness. You shouldn't and can't be rushed to do anything. That's why I'm calling on all Bulls to launch a Mass Slowdown in the coming week. Take all the time you need to do whatever has to be done, whether it's enjoying your sandwich or preparing an important report. From an astrological perspective, it's a pivotal moment for you to be faithful to your own internal rhythms. If anyone complains, tell them your astrologer made you do it.
How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week, Taurus? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
I suggest that you encourage your right hand to get into a wrestling match with your left hand. Let them go at it for as long as it takes for one to emerge victorious. They desperately need to engage in a vigorous dialogue, and the best way for that to happen is in the heat of battle. It's true that while their struggle rages, you may be too preoccupied to worry about the thousand and one questions that are begging for your attention. But I'm betting that many of those questions will be resolved or rendered irrelevant as your right hand and left hand get to know each other better.
No one knows you better than you do, Gemini. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Warning! Too-much-of-a-good-thing alert! Take a few deep breaths and consider the possibility that sweet satisfaction may be on the verge of mutating into overripe excess. Examine your life to see whether well-crafted luxury is in danger of becoming grandiose exorbitance or whether your fair share is close to becoming too hot to handle. I'm not saying any of these developments have occurred yet; just that they might unless you take action immediately. As a Cancerian myself, I know how we Crabs sometimes indulge in the fantasy that hoarding stuff protects us from the world's unpredictability. Though it can on occasion, this is not one of those times.
Hungry for more inspiration, Cancerian? Curious about the unfolding mysteries? For more juicy details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
From an astrological perspective, it's a perfect time to order a custom-made action figure that looks and talks like you. You'd really benefit from having a miniature version of yourself to play with. You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately. But getting a doll of yourself is expensive, and there are other ways that would probably work just as well to free up your bold, adventurous spirit. Maybe you could write a short story starring you as a daredevil or pioneer. Or how about embarking on a series of strenuous physical activities that will awaken your dormant reserves of willpower? If nothing else, create a sock puppet of yourself.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Leo. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
I met a man who told he trademarked the term "couch potato" more than two decades ago. He said that in the early years, he made decent money from people who compensated him for the right to use his intellectual property. Eventually, though, he had to hire lawyers to take legal action against those who wanted to avoid payment. In time, his attorney fees outstripped the amount he was able to collect from violators of his trademark, and he gave up the effort. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Virgos are facing or will soon face a comparable situation: A certain advantage you've had may no longer be an advantage; an asset or strength could begin to require so much upkeep that it may no longer be an asset or strength.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Virgo? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
You've been blessed and cursed with arduous lessons these past months, Libra. They have compelled you to navigate your way through the most challenging archetypes of all: death and rebirth. Before these trials, you may have considered yourself smart and capable but wondered how strong you were. Now there is no doubt: You're more courageous than you ever imagined. But don't stop pushing yourself to the limit yet. Your hero's journey still has a few weeks to go. Keep doing what you've been doing, only more so.
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Libra? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"Disabuse yourself of the notion that greatness is somehow inextricably linked with fame, power, wealth, or social stature," writes one of my readers, Pyrrol Red. "Some of the greatest human beings have been mostly unknown." This is an important point to keep in mind, Scorpio, as you seek to ascend higher. The essence of your beauty may never be fully appreciated by more than a few people; the gifts you have to offer are so subtle and complex that you might find it hard to encapsulate them in simple forms that gain wide popularity. I'm not saying you'll never be famous, powerful, wealthy, or high-status. But even if you do win those perks, it will be because of decisions you make and actions you take that are free of all lust for them.
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Scorpio. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens," wrote Rainer Maria Rilke in Letters to a Young Poet. That's a good description of what will be happening inside you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. But keep in mind that this lovely invasion may not be accompanied by fireworks and thrilling music. It might unfold in a series of what Rilke called "seemingly uneventful and motionless moments."
Want more clues, Sagittarius? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game of hide and seek. I've observed that most adults still engage in sublimated or disguised versions of the game. They may withdraw emotionally and expect their friends and loved ones to telepathically figure out what's going on with them. Or they may play hard to get, forcing their lovers or spouses to come find them in their secret hiding places. Judging from the current astrological omens, Capricorn, I suspect you will soon be embroiled in a hide-and-seek ritual. You might as well try to have fun.
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Capricorn? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
My hypnotherapist friend has noticed a common theme running through the lives of many of her clients: They take their blessings for granted and underestimate the power their blessings afford them. One client, for instance, seems to assume that everyone in the world is as perceptive and sensitive as she is. As a result, she doesn't completely appreciate how valuable these skills are, and she doesn't fully take advantage of the tremendous influence they could help her wield. You suffer from a similar blindness about your own gifts, Aquarius. Luckily, this is the perfect time to change that.
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Aquarius? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
The Bureau of Justice says that crime in America is at its lowest level since it was first tracked in 1973. Canada's crime rate has also been declining for years. So why is everyone walking around scared all the time? In its "Personal Security Index" report, the Canadian Council on Social Development said, "The fear of crime is disproportionate to the true risk of being victimized, and that fear can be a negative factor in people's lives, often unnecessarily restricting their social activities." I bring this up, Pisces, because it's a perfect moment for you to dramatically reduce your levels of dread and anxiety.
Want to explore the coming week even further, Pisces? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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A utility truck caught fire in the right lane of the northbound North Grand Island Bridge at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Fire suppression crews from the Niagara Falls Fire Department and Grand Island Fire Co. responded.
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My only issue is then why Ireland has Associate status and receiving seperate funding from ICC. Because in net effect it is favoring a nation more (here England), by letting one of her "talent pools" compete at near the highest level, and thus make better players, only to be "employed" by the England team.
It defeats the purpose of classifying Ireland as an Associate Nation in the first place. Because ultimate aim of ICC and all this program is to make more nations, including Ireland play test cricket. Right now, they are more of a glorified "English Lions team", whose players have access to English county system, and unlike Lions team, actually can compete at the highest level, play World cups etc, but whose best talent is ultimately used by England.
All this calls for a look at the motive and justification behind Ireland being considered an independent ODI playing country and an Associate. Because the situation where a player can turn out for one country in April, and then another in May is imho farcical. In this case considering it will invariably arrest the development of Ireland as a cricketing team on it's own, ICC as may well de-recognise them as associates, and ask English Board to do their funding. They have solid talent, but the numbers are limited. So the best can always come up through the English system without complexities like these. Alternatively they can impose the 3(4?) year "cooling off" period which is now applicable for Full members, and thus England can justify themselves having spotted the talent, and "developed" it entirely via it's own system, before using that resource in an international match.
I don't believe in this SA born argument. KP etc have done justice to his selection by completely cutting off from South Africa, emigrating to England, doing the hard grind in English county cricket for 3-4 years, qualified himself as a British citizen and then only was considered for national selection. For me from cricketing pov he is as English as a Sidebottom or a Broad.
One counter argument for Morgan would be that he has too been doing the hard grind in County cricket since 2006. But then he always had the extra advantage of turning out in the Irish colors, play cricket at the top level, taken care of by the ICC directly, and thus a distinct advantage of other Middlesex players.
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Police: Truck hits horses, riders
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Vermont police are investigating an accident between a truck and two horses that sent the horseback riders to the hospital.
Woodstock police say a pickup truck hit the horses and riders on Friday on Route 106. The riders- 54-year-old Anne Marie Savino and 28-year-old Christina Phillips - were treated at the hospital and released.
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Eamon Schwarz: My Senior Season
I've been around the game of football my whole life; whether it meant playing catch with my dad and my older brother in the backyard, watching football on Sundays with my grandfather, or actually playing on the field under the "Friday Night Lights." As summer came to an end and I started to realize that my senior year was beginning to get closer, I began to think about all the ways my life is about to change. I became excited that this will be the last time I go to football camp and run through drills on the hottest days of summer. I will no longer have to run and run and run until my legs just won't move anymore because of football conditioning. Or I won't be getting home at 7:30 at night only to work on homework for the next couple hours before I can finally relax.
I remember in junior high tackling receivers and running from lineman was actually halfway easy. Junior high was exciting because I could finally be on the football field instead of at the park or on the playground at lunch time. It was organized. We had uniforms with actual helmets instead of using the pots my mom would used to cook with. We were finally the cool kids.
High school football, on the other hand, was a little different. I don't have a very good memory of things that have happened years ago, but I do remember my first football practice as a freshman. I had never eaten so much grass in my life than I did that year. It seemed like every time I would stand up some big senior would run me over, another one would follow and I would be face first in the grass seeing how it tasted again.
Nothing built more character and more perseverance than that freshman year. Now I'm the senior that gets to pick on the underclassman in practice. If you want to know the secret about high school football ask me, but you can't tell the freshman, they have to figure it out for themselves.
One of the best things about football is being able to be around twenty-five guys that you consider your brothers by the end of the season. Even though we are best friends it doesn't mean we can't get a little fired up and see who's the bigger guy. Practices consist of us struggling to live, to make it to the next drill. But when it comes scrimmage time, there are sixteen teenage boys trying to take each others heads off. It's not personal, it's just part of the fun! Another great thing about football is the character that it builds. Everyone on the football field has their buddies back. During practices if someone is tired or thinks that it's just too much work, there are fifteen guys pep talking to give them the confidence they need to succeed.
Now for the best part. Football games are unlike anything I've experienced so far in my life. Words can't even describe how it feels to walk hand in hand with music playing in the background, next to one of your best friends, onto the field where the other team waits. Intimidation from a distance. Everyone on our team is encouraging you to tackle the other players, cheering louder and louder as the tackles become harder and harder. It's one of the biggest adrenaline rushes just knowing that the eight guys on the other team have the same goal in mind. My senior season is coming to an end, but I know the memories will last a lifetime. Maybe one day I'll be one of the old folks in the coffee shop sharing football stories.


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Pin Junkie Pin Party #144
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There were so many great projects shared at last week's party! Thanks to everyone for sharing your projects, recipes and tips. I can't wait to see what you will share this week! But first, take a look at some features from last week's party.
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The role of environmental factors in the development of autism is a crucial area of study. We know that genetics strongly influence the risk for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, genetics alone do not account for all instances of autism. For good reason, the increasing prevalence of autism has generated great interest in the potential involvement of toxins in our environment. For example, prenatal exposure to the chemicals thalidomide and valproic acid has been linked to increased risk of autism.
It's important to understand that the study of environmental risk factors includes much more than exposure to chemicals. Scientists use the term "environmental" to refer to influences other than changes in a gene's DNA. Autism risk factors, for example, appear to include such influences as parental age at conception, maternal nutrition, infection during pregnancy and prematurity.
Autism Speaks Environmental Factors in Autism Initiative targets research that can advance our understanding of the environmental influences that increase – or decrease – autism risk. None of these influences appears to "cause" or "prevent" autism by themselves. Rather they appear to influence risk in those genetically predisposed to the disorder.
Environmental Research Supported by Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks remains strongly committed to advancing the understanding of both genetic and environmental risk factors for ASD. One important area of research concerns how environmental influences interact with genetic susceptibility. Such research is crucial for guiding prevention and improving diagnosis and treatment.
To date, Autism Speaks has released two requests for applications (RFAs) to support research on environmental risk factors. The first, in 2008, supported 12 studies. Some delved into the role of the immune system and epigenetics, the study of factors that control gene activity. Others advanced animal models for the study of chemicals newly suspected of increasing autism risk.
Autism Speaks released its second environmental RFA in 2012. It focuses on environmental epidemiology studies and gene-environment interactions. Autism Speaks, in collaboration with National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, formed the Environmental Epidemiology of Autism Research Network (EEARN). The goal of EEARN is to support projects that use epidemiological information to yield new insights into factors that affect autism risk. Read more about EEARN here and in this recent blog post.
Also in 2008, Autism Speaks announced a groundbreaking collaboration between two Autism Centers of Excellence. This collaboration is expanding the collection of genetic and environmental information in two large groups of families affected by autism. Autism Speaks is supporting the collection of information on environmental exposures in mothers and children for all participants in both studies. (Read more about this project here.)
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