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Who Here Has Been To The Olympics?
- By ScriptOhio
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Purse snatcher thwarted by athletic grocery store employee: 'Juwone is a real hero!'
An alleged purse snatcher picked the wrong grocery store to commit his crime.
When one of the store’s employees reportedly saw a man grab a purse out of a woman’s shopping cart in Shreveport, La., he jumped into action, chasing the suspect and reportedly fighting the man until he gave up the stolen purse.
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Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/p...tore-employee-that-can-lift-700-to-800-pounds
Re: Juwone, meanwhile, is an athlete who has competed in the Special Olympics in weight lifting, running and several other events.
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Plastic surgery
- By ScriptOhio
- Open Discussion (Work-safe)
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Women are flocking to plastic surgeons to fix ‘resting bitch face’
Hope Davis didn’t realize the hard truth until her pals uploaded a batch of unflattering photos to Facebook and Instagram — she had resting bitch face.
“I was like, ‘Oh great, I look mad in the middle of the party,’ ” says the 42-year-old Red Bank, NJ, resident and ex-New Yorker of 17 years. “I looked like a sourpuss.”
Davis, whose job as a medical equipment sales associate depends on her appearing approachable, turned to a plastic surgeon.
“This is actually a common request from patients — I get several each week,” says Dr. David Shafer, a double board-certified plastic surgeon and medical director of Shafer Plastic Surgery & Laser Center in Midtown.
“They may not always use the words ‘resting bitch face,’ but if I mention ‘RBF,’ they say, ‘exactly.’”
Davis told Shafer she “didn’t want a ‘Joker’ smile,” but a “pleasant resting look.”
To achieve the look, doctors use techniques such as the injection of fillers into the face and sometimes Botox, medical experts said. The procedure takes about 10 to 20 minutes, costs between $500-5,000, with top docs, depending on the number of shots. It typically lasts up to two years.
Although the term RBF entered the cultural lexicon about six years ago, requests for the procedure “more than doubled” over the last year, says Shafer.
It’s because of a public shift in focus from the upper to lower face — “popularized by the Kardashians,” he says, and their affinity for lip injections.
He says selfies are also a factor: They force people to “look down at their phone, [which] accentuates the resting bitch face.”
Entire article: https://nypost.com/2019/09/16/women-are-getting-plastic-surgery-to-fix-resting-bitch-face/
I had no idea what RBF even was.....
Hope Davis didn’t realize the hard truth until her pals uploaded a batch of unflattering photos to Facebook and Instagram — she had resting bitch face.
“I was like, ‘Oh great, I look mad in the middle of the party,’ ” says the 42-year-old Red Bank, NJ, resident and ex-New Yorker of 17 years. “I looked like a sourpuss.”
Davis, whose job as a medical equipment sales associate depends on her appearing approachable, turned to a plastic surgeon.
“This is actually a common request from patients — I get several each week,” says Dr. David Shafer, a double board-certified plastic surgeon and medical director of Shafer Plastic Surgery & Laser Center in Midtown.
“They may not always use the words ‘resting bitch face,’ but if I mention ‘RBF,’ they say, ‘exactly.’”
Davis told Shafer she “didn’t want a ‘Joker’ smile,” but a “pleasant resting look.”
To achieve the look, doctors use techniques such as the injection of fillers into the face and sometimes Botox, medical experts said. The procedure takes about 10 to 20 minutes, costs between $500-5,000, with top docs, depending on the number of shots. It typically lasts up to two years.
Although the term RBF entered the cultural lexicon about six years ago, requests for the procedure “more than doubled” over the last year, says Shafer.
It’s because of a public shift in focus from the upper to lower face — “popularized by the Kardashians,” he says, and their affinity for lip injections.
He says selfies are also a factor: They force people to “look down at their phone, [which] accentuates the resting bitch face.”
Entire article: https://nypost.com/2019/09/16/women-are-getting-plastic-surgery-to-fix-resting-bitch-face/
I had no idea what RBF even was.....
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Germany
- By ScriptOhio
- Open Discussion (Work-safe)
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As Paul Harvey used to say "Here's the rest of the story":
Ex-Buckeye learns lesson tough way
Germany, 37, finally earns his degree
Zero point zero.
For former Ohio State receiver Reggie Germany, the grade-point average from his final college report card stuck with him like two scarlet numbers.
His straight F’s as a senior in the fall of 2000 — the result of skipping classes entirely as he began dreaming of NFL riches — made him ineligible for the Buckeyes’ bowl game, a face of the ills of big-time college athletics, and a national punchline.
“That left a nasty taste in my mouth,” Germany said.
Nasty enough that the story hardly ends here.
Those in attendance at Ohio State’s fall-semester commencement ceremony last month might have recognized a familiar old name.
Nearly two decades after assuring his mother he would get his degree, there was Germany — in a black cap, gown, tassel, and all — among the 3,000 or so newly minted graduates making good on the promise.
Now 37 and an assistant football coach at Ohio Dominican University, Germany returned to school two years ago as part of Ohio State’s Degree Completion Program for former scholarship athletes.
He graduated with a degree in sociology. His GPA this time around: 3.5.
From the graduation-day crowd at Value City Arena, Germany’s mother, Jeannette — in town from his native St. Louis — watched the ceremony through tears. Also there was his wife, Keah, and his two children: Jaelyn Johnson — a freshman at Ohio State who aspires to be a neurosurgeon — and 2-year-old Raelee Germany.
A third serendipitously arrived hours later.
Just after receiving his diploma, Germany looked to the stands for his family, only to notice they were missing. He texted Keah.
“I think my water just broke,” she replied.
Germany, too, left the ceremony and joined the race to the hospital. The next morning, a healthy Reginald Lee Germany, Jr., was born.
“My son must have heard my name being called and thought, ‘Well, I want to congratulate you too dad,’ ” Germany said with a laugh. “It was a great 24 hours.
He called the degree a highlight of his life.
“For me, it was, ‘Is the 0.0 going to be my legacy that I leave behind?’ ” Germany said. “I knew I was better than that, and raising kids, you’ve got to make sure you live by example. I wanted to make sure I led by example and was not just blowing a lot of smoke into the air about what I’m doing. Now I have the rest of my life ahead of me to do big things.”
Germany is the latest in a line of Ohio State athletes who left school with unfinished academic business, only to return later in life for a second crack at their diploma. In all, 173 athletes — from recent graduates to 76-year-old former Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns star lineman Dick Schafrath — have graduated through the 22-year-old degree completion program.
In exchange for community service, ex-scholarship players who have exhausted their athletic eligibility receive up to 45 hours of free tuition and aid from the school’s academic support staff.
Germany is grateful for the assist — even as he wishes it was not necessary.
Looking back, Germany said he banked his future almost entirely on a career in the NFL.
He came to Ohio State in 1997 as a high-profile recruit and enjoyed early success. Germany played as a freshman, then caught four touchdown passes the next year on a Buckeyes team that spent most of the fall atop the polls. Over four seasons, he had 80 receptions for 1,268 yards.
By his final year in 2000, the speedy Germany had one foot out the door.
“I didn't go to any classes,” he said.
“I was spending my time focusing on getting myself prepared for the NFL draft. A lot of it had to do with my immaturity at the time.”
He also had few people to call him on it.
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Entire article: https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2016/01/10/Ex-Buckeye-learns-lesson-tough-way/stories/20160110157
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