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They’re Paving Paradise to Put Up a Parking Lot
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“They paved paradise, put up a parking lot. With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin’ hot spot.” –Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi.” In the late 1980s and early 1990s during Friday Happy Hour you could hear Randy Hughes sing this song at the Phyrst. Also during that happy hour, I was known to…
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All Jobs Too Big
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If you’re familiar with “You Bet Your Life,” the quiz show Groucho Marx hosted after making all those delightfully ridiculous flicks with his sibs, you might recall what happened if one of his guests said the secret word: A duck, specifically a Groucho duck, would descend from on high bearing a $100 bill. I thought…
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Our Fascination with Souvenirs, Trinkets and Memorabilia
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This past Sunday my wife, Heidi, and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary by attending a production of the Broadway hit show “Jersey Boys” at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Shelter Cove on Hilton Head Island. The sold-out show was a part of a fun day with our usual State College area friends…
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Zero Hoopla from Penn State Football Players and Coaches About No. 7 Preseason Ranking: ‘It’s Where You Finish That Matters’
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For the second Monday in a row, a big preseason college football poll placed Penn State No. 7. Last week, the USA Today AFCA coaches’ poll had the Nittany Lions seventh. This Monday, The Associated Press released its own poll — and there were the Nittany Lions at lucky number 7. Again. Both polls have…
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20 Takeaways from Inside Saturday’s Penn State Football Experience
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Penn State football was on full display Saturday, from an NIL-sponsorship autograph session in Holuba Hall to an unprecedented but appreciated open practice – replete with live scrimmage reps – on the Lasch practice fields. A steady drizzle that began at the start of practice intensified as the evening ultimately turned into a wet and…
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Penn State Football: James Franklin Says QB Drew Allar Is ‘Getting the Majority of’ First-Team Snaps
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Gerry DiNardo spilled the beans just three minutes in the Big Ten Network’s hour-long show on Tuesday night recapping its visit earlier that day to Penn State football’s summer training camp. Drew Allar is Penn State’s starting quarterback — in so many words, anyway. DiNardo, 70, is a long-time analyst for BTN, and has been…
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Dom DeLuca Is Penn State Football’s Mr. Do-Everything
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This was the beginning of my conversation – verbatim — with Penn State football co-captain Dom DeLuca on the Beaver Stadium playing field during the team’s media day on Sunday: Me: “Did I see you hold for snaps at practice the other day?” Dom: “You might have. Yeah.” Me: “Were you also handing out Gatorade…
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Educational Process Might Need a Ride on Spaceship Earth
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The flagship attraction of Epcot in Walt Disney World is Spaceship Earth – the big ball near the main entrance to the park. It’s a ride on which you travel back in time to the dawn of humanity. The initial scene on the ride is of early humans sitting around a fire in a cave…
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A Look into the World of Cost-Basis Step-Ups
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Cost basis (n.): The original value of an asset used for tax purposes, adjusted for corporate actions, distributions, wash sale rules and income reallocation. Seems straightforward, doesn’t it? But this simple number can make a big difference when it comes to taxes. The Internal Revenue Service uses your cost basis to calculate how much you’ve…
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The Beach Week
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The start of a beach week is always special. But as your week begins, someone else’s is ending. For those heading to a familiar place each year, the annual pictures taken in the same place create a collage of change, of times’ inevitable march forward. Perhaps nowhere else is this as noticeable as the inevitable…