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However, my personal fitness and Nats attendance is not where I am going with this post.<\/p>\n<p>When I took a look at the packaging, I noticed that it was from a company headquartered in Hazleton, Penna. where I attended Penn State Hazleton for my first two years of college. Upon further inspection though, I noticed that it said, &#8220;Haz<u>el<\/u>ton,&#8221; not &#8220;Haz<u>le<\/u>ton.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This is a really common occurrence, Penn State had a terrible time getting the spelling correct, which was\/is a source of contention (and rightly so)  from many on the that campus. So, between that, the recent comments by a PSU Hazleton alum and conversations with someone about the place, I got to thinking about a great Web site called, <b>There is Something About Hazleton<\/b> by a guy <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">whose name has been redacted<\/span>. We exchanged a few e-mails over the years and it looks like another one is coming up because the site is no where to be found! If you want to see that site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www65.homepage.villanova.edu\/christopher.grovich\/\"><b>go to his Web page<\/b><\/a> and demand the Hazleton page be brought back to life. MJC, RM, TWH, I am looking at you in particular&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, my employer was giving out pedometers to encourage walking. That&#8217;s great, I have wanted one since I lost the last one after all of one weekend of use. Maybe, I will have better luck this time. Happily, I was able to walk over 10,000 steps almost everyday since I got the device. 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