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Colorado is synonymous with skiing and snowboarding. Some of the best personal trainers work with athletes who want to be in perfect condition to hit the slopes on opening day. Caleb Smeltzer, personal trainer at Viking Power Fitness in Denver, shares his training plan to get you fit for ski season.
More: Get Fit for Ski Season: 6-Week Workout Plan Pt. 1
"Every year in the fall, avid athletes are preparing for an enjoyable ski season. They seek conditioning methods to make the most of their season. Consistently, everyone turns to the proverbial pursuit of strengthening the legs, but the truth is, ski conditioning starts at the core," Smeltzer states.
Core Stability
"A particular set of muscles known as the transverse abdominus (TVA), which act as the body's natural weight belt or girdle, are very important and often overlooked. TVA not only supporst the torso, but transfer powerful and rapid movement from the upper body to the lower and vice versa," describes Smeltzer. "In addition to traditional exercises, the complement of dynamic movements will help the body work hard and stay safe during fatigue."
More: Slider Workout to Strengthen Your Core and Arms
Mimicking Skiing in the Gym
Smeltzer says, "Skiing, in nature, follows a transverse pattern--meaning twisting at the core. Tactically speaking we can mimic these movements and patterns in the gym. Technological equipment over the years has given us the edge in dynamic exercise; however, many exercises can be performed with or without equipment."
Note: This plan is not a beginner plan; beginners reduce exercises in half.
Day One: Lower Body and Core
Warm up on a treadmill for five minutes.
- Flat plank for one minute
Perform four rounds:
- 20 leg presses: Keep feet 3 inches apart; keep knees and toes in line.
- 20 step ups (each leg): Hold dumbbells in both hands.
- 20 lateral lunges (each leg): Keep one foot on a slider (skater lunges).
- 20 lying-machine hamstring curls
Following prior set perform three rounds:
- One minute static squat on the flat side of a Bosu.
- 15 one-legged glute bridge on foam roller (each leg).
- 20 Russian twists (each side): Perform in a v-up position holding a 6- to 8-pound medicine ball. Twist rotating the ball from side to side.
- 50 Swiss ball crunches
- One minute plank
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Rancho Cordova's move to tablet devices has been a rousing success in its first year of implementation.
An experiment using tablet devices to display city council agendas has sparked a paperless office movement and progressive technology policy-making in Rancho Cordova, Calif.
Under a new policy launched last July, if an employee can show three business reasons why a tablet would help improve work efficiency, the city will purchase either an iPad or Android tablet for him or her. The device is then authorized for both business and personal use, but the employee must agree to bring it to work every day.
The policy has been a success for the city so far. Jay Hadley, IT manager for Rancho Cordova, told Government Technology that 61 of the city's 70 full-time employees are now using city-owned tablets. In time, Hadley believes the devices will eventually enable staff to become a completely mobile work force.
The tablet explosion originally started as a way to eliminate the high cost of printing the city's meeting agendas. Hadley revealed the city was spending $17,000 per year printing materials for the meetings, so it rolled out iPads for city council meetings to cut that expense. The devices were used by council members and staff, and one device in the council chambers displays a copy of the meeting agenda for the public to reference.
Encouraged by the results, city leaders decided to invest in tablets for the entire staff and make a commitment to keep its employees at a high level of technology.
"We want to provide state-of-the-art resources to staff so they can be more efficient and productive," said Joe Chinn, Rancho Cordova's interim city manager. "Access to this newer technology has been embraced by our city team and seems to be allowing employees to find more creative ways to accomplish their jobs."
Drafting a policy to govern tablet use wasn't an easy task, however, as there weren't any best practices established to work from. While Hadley and his team reached out to their peers in other cities, what they found was a bunch of varying BYOD policies, but nothing that addressed tablets specifically.
So Rancho Cordova looked internally and discussed what the policy should look like with users from various city departments, and executive level leaders. The result was a simple document that outlines basic expectations and responsibilities for the use and care of a tablet that clearly outlines the city's right to inspect the device as needed.
The city's mobile device management (MDM) solution notes when a device logs into the system and can send a ping out to one of the tablets if an employee loses it. Rancho Cordova pays for the applications on the device necessary for public business, but employees must pay for all other private-use apps.
The cross-pollination of business and personal use has risks, however. Theoretically, employees could potentially spend an inordinate amount of time using a state-of-the-art tablet for fun and games. But Hadley wasn't overly concerned about the potential for abuse.
"I don't think we've gotten into the minutiae of worrying about them being used too much on the personal side," Hadley said. "Our organization is based on empowering and trusting employees to do the job, and we have a very cohesive team of people here."
Chinn added that having a support team in place to help employees integrate technology into their jobs – internally called the Technology Tribe – helps reinforce the city's trust in people and the commitment to embracing new ways to do their jobs.
"Because our culture has removed the fear of taking risks, employees look forward to new technologies as an opportunity, and do not associate it with a fear of failure," Chinn said.
Rancho Cordova city employees can also bring in their own mobile devices under the city's BYOD policy. While generally used for smartphones and laptops, tablets also fall under the BYOD umbrella. But users have to agree to have the city's MDM solution installed on it and adhere to the relevant access policies.
Hadley added that his team sits down with employees for a frank discussion on how their personal tablets are used, and if it appears to be more of a family device with children using it, he typically suggests the issuance of a city-owned tablet.
Although Hadley hasn't had any technical challenges implementing the tablet policy so far, he admitted that security is always a concern. His staff spent a lot of time researching security policies and technologies related to tablets, but found that in reality, most of the mobile security tools available are MDM solutions aimed at traditional computers.
Rancho Cordova has a network access control system that automatically scans PCs and laptops logging in to its network. The system evaluates certain parameters like the computer's anti-virus status, operating system service pack level and other criteria. If the machine doesn't meet those parameters, the network access system won't let it in. But according to Hadley, the same automation doesn't exist for tablets, so his team has to manually set protocols for users of those devices.
In addition, Hadley noted that in his research on tablet use policies, he found that many cities are still locked in to what he considered the "old archaic way" of thinking of device security – not trusting the users to do the right thing. While Hadley admitted that even the most technologically-savvy employee could fall for a phishing scam or get sucked into social media obsession, he feels it's important to trust the judgment of city employees to do the right thing.
"Everybody is thirsting for freedom and doing stuff, they don't want to be locked down," Hadley said. "But we have to balance it. [Security] is more of an educational and policy-driven thing, and on the other side, we have to keep our firewalls in place and do due diligence on the IT side. The more you open yourself up, the more you have to make sure you are covering those bases."
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New Zealand has outshone the world's major economies to top a Forbes list of the best countries for business.
After placing second last year, New Zealand leapt into first place thanks to its "transparent and stable business climate that encourages entrepreneurship".
American business magazine Forbes ranks 141 countries in its annual list by measuring them according to 11 metrics.
Although New Zealand was the smallest economy in its top 10, at $162 billion, it came first in four of the metrics, including personal freedom, investor protection, lack of red tape, and lack of corruption.
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"New Zealand's economy is closely tied to Australia's, and both held up better than most during the global financial crisis," Forbes said.
"The downside to the resilience of its economy is that the New Zealand dollar has appreciated, making the country's agricultural exports more expensive."
It also noted that kiwi unemployment was at it the highest level since 1999.
Other factors in New Zealand's high ranking were its corporate tax rate cut last year and the NZX 50's 24 per cent rise in the past year.
Denmark's second-place ranking was down to its technology, trade freedom and property rights.
After Denmark was Hong Kong (3rd), Singapore (4th), and Canada (5th). The US dropped two places to 12th, just behind Australia in 11th.


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Pokémon Food Fight! (もえよ!カビゴン!! Get Fired Up! Snorlax!!) is the 27th episode of Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands.
Ash and co. can't get off the island due to strong currents. Things get worse when they are starving and they get real bad as they antagonize a trainer named Gulzar. When challenged to a battle Ash accidentally breaks Snorlax's Poké Ball and Snorlax instantly becomes "The thing that wouldn't leave". As Ash and co. arrive at the Pokémon Center the weekly food shipment is abducted by Team Rocket. Will Ash be able to soothe more than one savage beast?
Episode plot
The heroes are on the island for a week due to strong currents. Pikachu watches the water and gets splashed. Ash worries they will be on this island for the rest of their lives. Misty hopes he is wrong, otherwise they will run out of water. Tracey tells not to worry and sees some flowers and studies them, believe Pokémon loves eating this food. Tracey pulls them, but the flowers go up, revealing a boy who gets riled up. He introduces himself as Gulzar, the best Grass-type Pokémon trainer and gets upset hearing Tracey'd use the flowers to feed Pokémon. He proposes a battle and while Ash calms him down, Gulzar tells he is a coward. Ash gets enraged and accepts his challenge.
Gulzar sends Gloom and Ash goes to send Charizard, but Squirtle came out, much to everyone's surprise. Squirtle uses Water Gun, but Gloom does not get hurt. Misty tells Ash that he should use his brain as he just watered a Weed Pokémon. Ash responds he cannot think as his stomach is empty, to which Misty says that he takes after his stomach. Ash goes to send Charizard, but his Poké Ball falls down on a rock. Snorlax comes put (asleep), so Ash goes to call it back. However, the Poké Ball does not respond. Tracey tells him it is broken and has to fight using Snorlax. Ash attempts to wake it up, but Gulzar is impatient and has his Gloom use Solar Beam, which causes Snorlax to be pushed onto the rock. Snorlax wakes up, crouches down and goes to Gloom. It goes to eat Gloom, but Gloom jumps. Gulzar calls it back, but Snorlax goes to Gulzar and smells him. Snorlax eats the flowers he has on his head, then gets his backpack and eats food. Gulzar is depressed by this act, while Snorlax falls asleep.
Gulzar tells Ash that he will not be eaten by Snorlax. Ash tells Snorlax wouldn't eat him, but now the Poké Ball is broken and it needs to go to the Pokémon Center. Gulzar tells the only way to get there is to pass the mountain. With a final taunt, Gulzar runs away. Ash sees they have to carry Snorlax across the mountain. Misty tells that is nearly impossible, considering Snorlax's weight and the size of the mountain. They tightened Snorlax with a rope, as Ash, Pikachu and Tracey pull it, while Misty gets the logs to ensure Snorlax goes up easier. However, Ash tells they need rest. Misty is nerved, as they have a long way before reaching the destination. Ash tells it is Pikachu that needs rest. Tracey sees he has fruit. Ash asks if they are going to split it, but Tracey has the idea as it will get them across the mountain. Having the fruit above Snorlax's head, hoping Snorlax would follow them. However, Snorlax eats the fruit in one gulp.
Tracey gets mad as the plan was foiled. Misty has an idea and asks them what a fisherman needs when he needs to catch fish without bait. Tracey tells it is lure, so Misty tells they need a lure to get Snorlax to follow them. Ash tells he will find a lure, but Misty has a different idea. Later, Ash is dressed as a fruit, making Misty and Tracey smiling about him. Tracey wakes Snorlax up, with Misty telling Snorlax there is food. Ash asks where is food and Misty says he is food and orders him to climb the mountain. Ash runs and Tracey makes a drawing, but Misty worries what'll happen if Snorlax gets Ash. Ash runs and trips over. Snorlax gets him and takes a bit, but Snorlax is not amazed and goes asleep, dropping Ash down. Misty is impressed, as they are on the top, but Tracey sees they need to get down. Misty hears a river and knows they can build a raft to get down.
After building a raft, the heroes sail down the river. However, the current gets faster and soon, the heroes fall down a waterfall. Later, Ash, Misty and Tracey panic and shout for anyone to rescue them. Gulzar appears once more and tells them to stand up (which they do) and points at the Center, which is close nearby. Using a system to transport Snorlax using logs, they manage to get in front of the Center. Ash thinks people in front of the center have also broken Poké Balls, though Gulzar tells nobody is that dumb (making Misty like the boy). Gulzar tells that shipments are delivered to the Center, but there was not any this week, so there is no Pokémon food. Tracey sees that Gulzar has more plants the Pokémon could eat, but Gulzar does not want anyone to touch it. They hear Nurse Joy saying that food will arrive soon. They hear a plane and see it, which drops a package using a parachute.
Team Rocket see the parachute and Meowth appears in a robot, which fires a missile. A robot arm takes the package, but the people see Team Rocket are taking the package. Team Rocket propose a trade - the package for Pikachu and tell if this is not done, the Pokémon will starve. Ash refuses these Demands but when the trainers corner Pikachu, Ash defends it. Gulzar steps in and tells them all they should be ashamed for thinking of such a selfish act and tells them Pikachu shouldn't be sacrificed for the food. The heroes see Gulzar has a good heart after all. Team Rocket are not pleased, but want a battle - Meowth against Pikachu. Ash admits he never fought a "Pokémon in a can". Meowth responds that he does not care about the food, but Ash tells he does and accepts the battle.
Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, but Meowth's armor absorbs the electricity. James tells that electricity is conducted into the ground, so Meowth does not take any damage. Meowth's robot goes to attack Pikachu, but Pikachu dodges and the rock is destroyed. Pikachu narrowly dodges Meowth's attacks and goes to Ash. Ash tells no Pokémon can defeat that thing, so Team Rocket insist he gives Pikachu to them. Suddenly, the earth shakes and Snorlax appears, with rage in its eyes. Tracey thinks Snorlax came to help out in trouble. Meowth attacks, but Snorlax dodges, enough for Meowth to get the hand stuck in a rock. Meowth launches a Skull Bash, but the head is reflected against Snorlax, causing no damage. Meowth presses to use Body Slam, but the robot launches him into Snorlax. However, Snorlax takes the hit, absorbs Meowth and releases him to Team Rocket, who fall in river. Snorlax receives more power, as Tracey acknowledges it is using Hyper Beam, which Snorlax gets to blast Team Rocket off.
Ash is happy Snorlax came to save Pikachu. They run to hug each other. However, Snorlax passes Ash to eat food, then goes to sleep. Ash sees that Snorlax loves food more than him. Later, Nurse Joy gives Ash the fixed Poké Ball. Ash calls Snorlax back. Gulzar tells Ash he was brave to battle Meowth as a robot and hopes he'll battle him someday. With that, Ash and Gulzar shake hands, then the heroes depart, riding Lapras to next island.
- Who's That Pokémon?: Gloom (JA), Marowak (EN)
- Though its eyes weren't open when it showed it, Snorlax was really mad when it got super hungry. If looked closely, orange glowing fragments can be seen in Snorlax's eyes when this happens.
- When Snorlax began chasing the disguised Ash, its feet were dark blue instead of the normal cream.
|Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
|Other series: Gold and Silver · Ruby and Sapphire · Diamond and Pearl · Black & White · XY and XYZ · Sun & Moon · Journeys


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Oil Insurance Limited A- Financial Strength Rating Affirmed by Standard and Poor's With Stable Outlook
21 Nov, 2012, 08:00 GMT
HAMILTON, Bermuda, November 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) announced today that Standard and Poor's has affirmed OIL's A- financial strength rating with a Stable Outlook.
President and CEO Robert Stauffer commented that "as a result of the high credit quality of our membership, strong capitalization and operational flexibility, OIL has maintained its A- financial strength rating since September 2005. "
Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) insures nearly two trillion dollars of global energy assets for more than fifty members with property limits up to $300 million availing more than eleven billion dollars in total A- rated property capacity. Members are medium to large sized public and private energy companies with at least $1 billion in physical property assets and an investment grade rating or equivalent. Products offered include Property (Physical Damage), Windstorm, Non Gradual Pollution, Control of Well, Terrorism, Construction and Cargo. The industry sectors that OIL protects include Offshore and Onshore Exploration & Production, Refining and Marketing, Petrochemicals, Mining, Pipelines, Electric Utilities and other related energy business sectors.
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Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as rare as it is splashy in spring.
And while that might not constitute earth-shattering news, it is certainly reassuring to those monitoring the health of the plant. Serpentine chickweed grows in the shallow serpentine soil of the strange, hilly grasslands of the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, at 2,000 acres the largest remaining ecosystem of its kind in the country.
Marked by oak savannas and prairies, Soldiers Delight, near Owings Mills, has at least 39 rare, threatened or endangered plant species, according to the DNR. Visitors are asked to stay on the seven miles of trails and refrain from picking the chickweed, among other rare plants.
The area is itself a tiny vestige of the estimated 100,000 acres of serpentine savanna that covered central Maryland when colonists arrived and discovered a "great barrens" of grass and gnarled and stubby trees. Buffalo once roamed the region.
Becker's field trip to Soldiers Delight provided an appropriate launch Sunday for an annual conference of ecologists, biologists and information specialists devoted to preserving the most fragile ecosystems and the increasingly rare animals and plants that live in them.
Biodiversity Without Boundaries 2013 is being held this week at the Tremont Suites Hotel in Baltimore, and is organized by NatureServe, a nonprofit that connects conservationists with the science they need to support their efforts.
Twenty years ago, NatureServe picked up a mission started by the Nature Conservancy 20 years before that — maintaining an international network of programs that monitor and keep inventories of rare and endangered plants and animals and threatened ecosystems.
There are 82 such programs in the network, stretching from Canada to the Caribbean, and in all 50 states. The Wildlife and Heritage Service of Maryland's DNR is a member of the network.
Based in Arlington, Va., NatureServe's network has online data on some 70,000 plants, animals and ecosystems to help public and private conservation programs, landowners and corporations make informed decisions about managing natural resources.
The organization responds to 6 million online inquiries per year, said Mary Klein, president and CEO, noting the robust demand for scientific information as human populations put more pressure on ecosystems everywhere.
With this year's Biodiversity Without Boundaries conference in Baltimore, there will be some focus on conservation efforts in the Chesapeake region and the mid-Atlantic, where the challenge of balancing population growth with conservation is keen.
"There is so much pressure on the land," said Klein, noting that plants and animals that rely on fresh water ecosystems are having the hardest time. "There are so many demands on water resources."
On Sunday, those attending the conference had their pick of several field trips. In addition to Soldiers Delight, attendees could go paddling on a tributary near Calvert Cliffs, bird watching at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge or "bog turtling" at a site in Central Maryland. Those wishing to stay closer to the Tremont were invited to tour the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
Throughout the week, the conference will host a slate of presentations based on case studies, research and methodology, with biologically diverse titles such as: "Cocaine, Cattle & Tropical Deforestation in Rio Platano, Honduras," "Inventory of Orchids & Bromeliads, Jovel Valley, Chiapas, Mexico," and "The Baird's tapir as a Tool to Strengthen the Guatemalan Protected Areas System."
Scott Smith, a wildlife ecologist with Maryland's DNR, is on the agenda with his paper from the Chesapeake region: "Are More Regulations the Answer to Conservation Problems? A Case Study of Diamondback Terrapins and Recreational Crab Pots in Maryland," while Julie Eckenrode, a conservation biologist from Pennsylvania State University, weighs in with "Captive Rearing of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly at Fort Indiantown Gap."
The conference, co-hosted by the Maryland Natural Heritage Program, runs through Thursday, with more than 225 expected to attend.
"We're Noah's Ark," Klein said of NatureServe and the ecologists who use it as a resource for their work.
"With the tide of land use changing and putting so much pressure on our natural environment, we have to make the effort to save the plants and animals as the world changes around them," she said.


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When HTC settled its patent lawsuit with Apple by agreeing to some set of undisclosed terms, analysts did their job, which is to estimate what this means to the stock.
The most commonly thrown-around number was $6-8 per handset in royalty payments. For some perspective, in Q2, according to IDC estimates, HTC shipped 8.8 million units. Let's annualize this and call it 35 million units per year. It's not a perfect estimate because phone sales are seasonal, but it's close enough to get a handle on the overall size of a deal.
If HTC was paying even $6 per handset, then Apple's profitability would go up by $210 million per year. Hardly chump change. But when you compare it to Apple's profitability, which was over $40 billion in the last 12 months, it's inconsequential. It would grow Apple's bottom line by a mere 0.5%.
Today, HTC's vocal CEO Peter Chou has gone on record saying that $6 per handset is an "outrageous" amount. I'm guessing this means the real settlement is way, way lower than $6, meaning that the effect to Apple's profitability will be impossible to notice.
These patent settlements (and lawsuits) make headlines because they represent challenge, or resolution of challenge. It's very similar to seeing two big fighters go toe to toe on a poster advertising the next big UFC match. It's human nature to want to speculate about who's going to win.
For Apple, it just doesn't look like these royalties are going to matter. So winning in court shouldn't be the goal.
Let's look at the math another way. What if Samsung were forced to settle, paying Apple the $6 per handset that people thought HTC was paying (even though Chou says it's outrageous, and wrong). Samsung is shipping on the order of 200 million smartphones per year. So $6 per handset means $1.2 billion per year. Again, compare this against Apple's profitability over the last year and we're looking at a 3% rise on team Cupertino's bottom line.
The math points to a clear conclusion. Apple needs to focus on making awesome products and selling the hell out of them. The court battles just don't make much difference at the end of the day.
I really enjoyed listening to the latest iMore show where Rene brought on CrackBerry.com's Kevin Michaluk to discuss his month-long use of the iPhone 5. A lot of really good points were brought up. If Apple put as much energy into fixing some of the obvious problems with its product as it does into court battles, I think it would be an even stronger company.
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|Keep It Simple, Stupid
RE: Perl as a first languageby mrmick (Curate)
|on Aug 21, 2000 at 19:43 UTC ( #28818=note: print w/replies, xml )
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IMHO, Perl is great as a first language. I have started a few people off in programming by introducing them to Perl. They were all intimidated with the very notion of programming because they thought that there was some arcane / mystical aura around which programmers performed their incantations and magically conjured up even the simplest of tasks.
Once they actually wrote a cheezy 'Hello world' and started to learn how to 'program', they dove right into it. No matter what language we use, there are still rules. If we don't follow these rules, our programs will not do what we expect them to. This has to be enforced when teaching someone how to program.
I learned 'C' as my first programming language. Yes, it made me really appreciate Perl for it's ease. One bonus for someone learning Perl first could be that C's syntax is close enough that the learning curve for C later will be pretty well cut off at the knees.
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In physics, the electronvolt[1][2] (symbol eV; also written electron volt) is a unit of energy equal to approximately 160 zeptojoules (symbol zJ) or ×10−19 1.6joules (symbol J). By definition, it is the amount of energy gained (or lost) by the charge of a single electron moved across an electric potential difference of one volt. Thus it is 1 volt (1 joule per coulomb, ) multiplied by the 1 J/Celementary charge (e, or [1]1766208(98)×10−19 C1.602[3]). Therefore, one electron volt is equal to 1766208(98)×10−19 J. 1.602[4] Historically, the electron volt was devised as a standard unit of measure through its usefulness in electrostatic particle accelerator sciences because a particle with charge q has an energy E = qV after passing through the potential V; if q is quoted in integer units of the elementary charge and the terminal bias in volts, one gets an energy in eV.
The electron volt is not an SI unit, and its definition is empirical (unlike the litre, the light year and other such non-SI units), thus its value in SI units must be obtained experimentally.[8] Like the elementary charge on which it is based, it is not an independent quantity but is equal to 1 J/C √2hα / μ0c0. It is a common unit of energy within physics, widely used in solid state, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. It is commonly used with the metric prefixes milli-, kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-, peta- or exa- (meV, keV, MeV, GeV, TeV, PeV and EeV respectively). Thus meV stands for milli-electron volt.
In some older documents, and in the name Bevatron, the symbol BeV is used, which stands for billion electron volts; it is equivalent to the GeV.
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|662×10−36 kg1.782
|286×10−28 kg⋅m/s5.344
|119×10−16 s6.582
|27×10−7 m1.973
By mass–energy equivalence, the electronvolt is also a unit of mass. It is common in particle physics, where units of mass and energy are often interchanged, to express mass in units of eV/c2, where c is the speed of light in vacuum (from E = mc2). It is common to simply express mass in terms of "eV" as a unit of mass, effectively using a system of natural units with c set to 1.[9] The mass equivalent of is 1 eV/c2
For example, an electron and a positron, each with a mass of , can 0.511 MeV/c2annihilate to yield of energy. The 1.022 MeVproton has a mass of . In general, the masses of all 0.938 GeV/c2hadrons are of the order of , which makes the 1 GeV/c2GeV (gigaelectronvolt) a convenient unit of mass for particle physics:
- = 1 GeV/c2×10−27 kg. 1.783
The atomic mass unit, 1 gram divided by Avogadro's number, is almost the mass of a hydrogen atom, which is mostly the mass of the proton. To convert to megaelectronvolts, use the formula:
- 1 amu = = 931.4941 MeV/c24941 GeV/c2. 0.931
In high-energy physics, the electron volt is often used as a unit of momentum. A potential difference of 1 volt causes an electron to gain an amount of energy (i.e., ). This gives rise to usage of eV (and keV, MeV, GeV or TeV) as units of momentum, for the energy supplied results in acceleration of the particle. 1 eV
The dimensions of momentum units are LMT−1. The dimensions of energy units are L2MT−2. Then, dividing the units of energy (such as eV) by a fundamental constant that has units of velocity (LT−1), facilitates the required conversion of using energy units to describe momentum. In the field of high-energy particle physics, the fundamental velocity unit is the speed of light in vacuum c. Thus, dividing energy in eV by the speed of light, one can describe the momentum of an electron in units of eV/c.[10] [11]
The fundamental velocity constant c is often dropped from the units of momentum by way of defining units of length such that the value of c is unity. For example, if the momentum p of an electron is said to be , then the conversion to MKS can be achieved by: 1 GeV
In particle physics, a system of "natural units" in which the speed of light in vacuum c and the reduced Planck constant ħ are dimensionless and equal to unity is widely used: c = ħ = 1. In these units, both distances and times are expressed in inverse energy units (while energy and mass are expressed in the same units, see mass–energy equivalence). In particular, particle scattering lengths are often presented in units of inverse particle masses.
Outside this system of units, the conversion factors between electronvolt, second, and nanometer are the following:
The above relations also allow expressing the mean lifetime τ of an unstable particle (in seconds) in terms of its decay width Γ (in eV) via Γ = ħ/τ. For example, the B0 meson has a lifetime of 1.530(9) picoseconds, mean decay length is cτ = 459.7 µm, or a decay width of ±25)×10−4 eV. (4.302
Conversely, the tiny meson mass differences responsible for meson oscillations are often expressed in the more convenient inverse picoseconds.
In certain fields, such as plasma physics, it is convenient to use the electronvolt as a unit of temperature. The conversion to the Kelvin scale is defined by using kB, the Boltzmann constant:
For example, a typical magnetic confinement fusion plasma is , or 170 megakelvin. 15 keV
As an approximation: kBT is about (≈ 0.025 eV290 K/11604 K/eV) at a temperature of . 20 °C
The energy E, frequency v, and wavelength λ of a photon are related by
where h is the Planck constant, c is the speed of light. This reduces to
A photon with a wavelength of (green light) would have an energy of approximately 532 nm. Similarly, 2.33 eV would correspond to an infrared photon of wavelength 1 eV or frequency 1240 nm. 241.8 THz
Scattering experiments
In a low-energy nuclear scattering experiment, it is conventional to refer to the nuclear recoil energy in units of eVr, keVr, etc. This distinguishes the nuclear recoil energy from the "electron equivalent" recoil energy (eVee, keVee, etc.) measured by scintillation light. For example, the yield of a phototube is measured in phe/keVee (photoelectrons per keV electron-equivalent energy). The relationship between eV, eVr, and eVee depends on the medium the scattering takes place in, and must be established empirically for each material.
Energy comparisons
- ×1032 eV: total energy released from a 20 5.25kt nuclear fission device
- ×1028 eV: the energy at the 1.22Planck scale
- ×1025 eV: the approximate 1grand unification energy
- ~624 EeV (×1020 eV): energy consumed by a single 100-watt light bulb in one second ( 6.24 = 100 W ≈ 100 J/s×1020 eV/s) 6.24
- 300 EeV (×1020 eV = ~ 3J): 50 [13] the so-called Oh-My-God particle (the most energetic cosmic ray particle ever observed)
- : two petaelectronvolts, the most high-energetic neutrino detected by the 2 PeVIceCube neutrino telescope in Antarctica[14]
- : the designed proton collision energy at the 14 TeVLarge Hadron Collider (operated at about half of this energy since 30 March 2010, reached 13TeV in May 2015)
- : a trillion electronvolts, or 1 TeV×10−7 J, about the kinetic energy of a flying 1.602mosquito[15]
- 125.1±0.2 GeV: the energy corresponding to the mass of the Higgs boson, as measured by two separate detectors at the LHC to a certainty better than 5 sigma[16]
- : the average energy released in fission of one 210 MeVPu-239 atom
- : the average energy released in 200 MeVnuclear fission of one U-235 atom
- : the average energy released in the 17.6 MeVfusion of deuterium and tritium to form He-4; this is per kilogram of product produced 0.41 PJ
- ( 1 MeV×10−13 J): about twice the 1.602rest energy of an electron
- : the energy required to 13.6 eVionize atomic hydrogen; molecular bond energies are on the order of to 1 eV per bond 10 eV
- to 1.6 eV: the 3.4 eVphoton energy of visible light
- : the 25 meVthermal energy kBT at room temperature; one air molecule has an average kinetic energy 38 meV
- : the 230 µeVthermal energy kBT of the cosmic microwave background
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ IUPAC Gold Book, p. 75
- ↑ SI brochure, Sec. 4.1 Table 7 Archived December 9, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "CODATA Value: elementary charge". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. US National Institute of Standards and Technology. June 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "CODATA Value: electron volt". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. US National Institute of Standards and Technology. June 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ What is Light? – UC Davis lecture slides
- ↑ Elert, Glenn. "The Electromagnetic Spectrum, The Physics Hypertextbook". Hypertextbook.com. Retrieved 2010-10-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Barrow, J. D. "Natural Units Before Planck." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 24 (1983): 24.
- ↑ "Units in particle physics". Associate Teacher Institute Toolkit. Fermilab. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Special Relativity". Virtual Visitor Center. SLAC. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "CODATA Value: Planck constant in eV s". Retrieved 30 March 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Open Questions in Physics. German Electron-Synchrotron. A Research Centre of the Helmholtz Association. Updated March 2006 by JCB. Original by John Baez.
- ↑ "A growing astrophysical neutrino signal in IceCube now features a 2-PeV neutrino".<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Glossary - CMS Collaboration, CERN
- ↑ ATLAS; CMS (26 March 2015). "Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments". arXiv:1503.07589.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>


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German surfers risk fines of €100 if their open Wi-Fi connection gets used to download copyright-infringing material.
The regulation follows a ruling in Germany's top criminal court on Wednesday, AP reports. The Karlsruhe court ruled that Wi-Fi owners are liable for abuse by a third party in cases where they fail to password-protect their internet connections.
"Private users are obligated to check whether their wireless connection is adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third parties abusing it to commit copyright violation," the court said.
The courts didn't stipulate what form of an encryption a connection needs to use (WPA or the far easier to crack WEP), or hold Wi-Fi owners responsible for offences related to the content that might be downloaded. Owners are simply required to password-protect a connection or risk a fine.
The decision came in a case brought by a unnamed musician who sued the user of an open internet connection that was used to upload his music onto a file-sharing network. The owner of the network was able to prove that he was on holiday at the time of the alleged offence.
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) brought a record number of enforcement cases in 2011—approximately 1,500—and is on pace to bring just as many cases in 2012.
While FINRA has heard complaints that it has failed to take a tough enough stance on larger firms since the 2008 financial crisis, Brad Bennett, head of FINRA's enforcement division, said at FINRA's annual conference in Washington on Tuesday that's "just not true. There's no way we haven't gone after the big firms."
In 2011, approximately 33% of the large firms faced an enforcement action while less than 5% of the small firms faced an action.
FINRA is "running within a couple percentage points now" in terms of the number of cases it brought in 2011, Bennett told AdvisorOne on Wednesday.
Dishonesty and unapproved outside businesses are two of the top areas where FINRA's cases have been focused.
Approximately 170 of FINRA's member firms are considered "large" firms with 500 or more reps, while about 4,000 are considered "small" firms with between one and 150 reps.
But just because large firms may be sanctioned in a "disproportionate number of cases, that doesn't mean that FINRA is treating large and small firms the same, or is being tougher on larger firms," Brian Rubin, a partner in the Washington office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, told AdvisorOne.
What must be considered, Rubin says, is the amount of the fine. "A $1 million fine would be a tiny percentage of the revenue for a large firm but a $50,000 fine may be a huge percentage for smaller firms," Rubin says.
Another issue: "how often FINRA is sanctioning employees," Rubin says. "The perception is that employees of small firms, such as presidents and chief compliance officers (CCOs), are sanctioned far more frequently than employees of large firms. If FINRA views conduct as a firm issue for large firms, which shouldn't result in sanctions against an employee, FINRA should view the case the same way for small firms."
Sutherland's annual FINRA Sanctions Survey, released in early March, found that fines issued by FINRA increased significantly in 2011, jumping 51% to $68 million from fines levied by the regulator in 2010, which amounted to $48 million.
FINRA is placing a large focus on complex products. As Richard Ketchum (left), chairman and CEO of FINRA noted Monday at the conference, the regulator has brought a number of enforcement actions involving complex products where "firms didn't adequately supervise the sale of the products, the recommended products were unsuitable for the investors, or the sales material were misleading."
Ketchum said that while FINRA recognizes the challenge firms face "when managing compliance oversight at a time when more customers are searching for yield and financial advisors are looking for products to meet these requests," the suitability rule remains in effect, "and it is the obligation of every firm to take steps reasonably designed to ensure that the suitability issues related to complex and other products are adequately addressed."
Before any complex product is offered to a retail client, Ketchum said, the financial advisor "should be able to write down on a single page why this investment is in the best interests of your client. This does not have to wait until you find out the details of any fiduciary rulemaking the SEC may make," he said. "Being able to articulate why an investment is in the best interests of your client is fundamental to what the securities industry must be about if it is to deserve the trust of investors. The time to do it is now."


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Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Reveals Her Favorite Baby Names
If her first is a boy, she says she may call him Jionni Jr., after her fiancé
Newly engaged Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is still in the early stages of her pregnancy, but she already has a list of names in mind for her baby.
For a girl, the Jersey Shore star told PEOPLE in 2011 that she loves the names Gia and Isabella. In November, she told GQ she also likes the name Giana.
If her bundle of joy is a boy, Polizzi told PEOPLE that she would consider the names Tony and Frankie, but told the men's magazine that she'd also think about honoring her new fiancé, Jionni LaValle, by naming the child Jionni Jr.
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I love Halloween. What's not to love about a holiday that lets you run around after dark, eat chocolate and dress in a costume, and I just had to ask permission to post this picture, from my nephew, because it is just the cutest picture on earth today.
Beside the adorable baby, in the picture above, we have an awesomely carved pumpkin eating a pumpkin. That should win an award somewhere. Obviously, I am proud of my great nephew and lovely significant other, sorry I did not mention you earlier. You are a dear and should not be forgotten.
Since I am totally messed up as far as my photos (Yes, rubbermaids full that I am sorting), I am posting a couple of Halloween pictures that are not of the best quality but at least new to this blog. I would like to post the one of my Master's Daughter, who I first took trick or treating when she was eight months old, but who knows which Rubbermaid it is in?
You have seen this dragon costume last year when it was a photo of my oldest grandson and his mother, my Master's Daughter, who created some fantastic costumes for her boys and let her nephews borrow them.
And, even when their aunt did not supply costumes, they found a way to create them. This is EMT, Jake in the middle and Gaffer to the right. The goal was to create armor out of blue jeans.
EMT, many years ago, in full body "blue jean" armor
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In the EC2 AMI, the cluster-ec2 profile autostarts when the AMI comes up. if you stop JBoss via command line or RHQ console, it auto-restarts the cluster-ec2 profile. Is there a way to change this behavior to use the group profile instead of the cluster-ec2 profile? If so, where?
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Currently it's not possible to do it in a right way. I created an issue for that, feel free to watch it.


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The City of Missoula, in cooperation with the Montana Department of Transportation, will be installing roadway improvements on Brooks Street between Mount and Higgins during this construction season. The construction project includes installation of new curbs, handicapped-accessible corner ramps, drainage improvements, and new asphalt paving.
Initial Plans
The initial plans called for preservation of on-street parking and installation of new bike lanes on Brooks Street. They also included widening the road approximately 3 to 4 feet into the boulevard on both sides to allow for installation of new bike lanes.
Concerns about threats to the street trees and the character of the street have caused us to reconsider widening the road. The current project will retain the existing width of Brooks Street. Staff hope to replace approximately 34 dead or dying trees with new trees as part of this project.
Lane Configuration
Construction on the new curbs will begin soon, but the final painted lane configuration for the street has not yet been decided. Several options with parking lanes, turning lanes, and bike lanes are under consideration. The existing road width on Brooks will accommodate several alternatives, and we want public comment to shape the decision-making. Here are the opportunities:
- May 13: The city Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board will discuss the need for bike lanes on Brooks Street.
- June 2: The City Council Public Works Committee will consider lane configurations recommendations to the full council.
- June 7: The City Council is scheduled to receive the Public Works Committee recommendation for lane configuration.
- Public comment regarding lane configuration can also be sent to public works or to your City Council Representative.
The project will start this spring and will continue for several months. More specific information on the construction schedule will be added as it becomes available.
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Andre Ethier and Clayton Kershaw named finalists for Rawlings Gold Glove Awards
Awards to be announced tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. PT live on ESPN2
LOS ANGELES – Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH), today announced that Andre Ethier and Clayton Kershaw are finalists for Gold Glove Awards at their respective positions, right field and pitcher. Both players won the award for the first time last season, when the Dodgers established a franchise record with three Rawlings Gold Glove winners, which included center fielder Matt Kemp. ESPN2 will air the 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Award® Announcement Show on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. PT. The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards honor the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League™ and National League™, as voted by Major League managers and coaches.
Ethier, 30, ranked second among National League right fielders with a .988 fielding percentage, committing just three errors in 146 games (142 starts) in right field this season. Ethier's streak of 282 games (276 starts) from July 10, 2010-July 25, 2012 without an error was the second-longest active run among non-pitchers in baseball behind only Franklin Gutierrez and the second-longest errorless run by a Dodger outfielder behind only Brett Butler's 306-game run from 1992-94.
Kershaw, 24, completed his second consecutive errorless season and has not committed an error since Aug. 1, 2010, a span of 76 games. The Texas native led the Majors with 11 pickoffs and has either led or tied for the National League lead in pickoffs in each of the last three seasons since 2010.
Changes implemented into the award program last year remain for 2012, including the separation of the three outfield positions and the unveiling of the top-three finalists plus ties at each position.
A number of players are vying for the designation as the best defender at his position, including 21 past recipients and 11 reigning Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners. The Cincinnati Reds™ lead all teams with six finalists, including reigning Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto. The battle for National League pitcher includes three former winners of the award: Cincinnati's Bronson Arroyo (2010 NL winner), Miami's Mark Buehrle (3-time AL winner with the Chicago White Sox™) and defending NL winner, Clayton Kershaw.
The longest, active consecutive streak of Rawlings Gold Glove Award wins belongs to St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina with four, beginning in 2008.
Each manager and up to six (6) coaches on his staff vote from a pool of qualified players in their League, and cannot vote for players on their own team. The 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists are:
Pos Player 2012 Team
P Jeremy Hellickson Tampa Bay Rays™
Jake Peavy Chicago White Sox™
C.J. Wilson Los Angeles Angels™ of Anaheim
C Alex Avila Detroit Tigers™
Russell Martin New York Yankees™
A.J. Pierzynski Chicago White Sox™
Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles™
1B Adrian Gonzalez Boston Red Sox™
Eric Hosmer Kansas City Royals™
Mark Teixeira New York Yankees™
2B Dustin Ackley Seattle Mariners™
Robinson Cano New York Yankees™
Dustin Pedroia Boston Red Sox™
3B Adrian Beltre Texas Rangers™
Brandon Inge Oakland Athletics™
Mike Moustakas Kansas City Royals™
SS Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers™
J.J. Hardy Baltimore Orioles™
Brendan Ryan Seattle Mariners™
LF Alex Gordon Kansas City Royals™
Desmond Jennings Tampa Bay Rays™
David Murphy Texas Rangers™
CF Austin Jackson Detroit Tigers™
Adam Jones Baltimore Orioles™
Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels™ of Anaheim
RF Shin-Soo Choo Cleveland Indians™
Jeff Francoeur Kansas City Royals™
Josh Reddick Oakland Athletics™
Pos Player 2012 Team
P Bronson Arroyo Cincinnati Reds™
Mark Buehrle Miami Marlins™
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers™
C Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals™
Miguel Montero Arizona Diamondbacks™
Carlos Ruiz Philadelphia Phillies™
1B Freddie Freeman Atlanta Braves™
Adam LaRoche Washington Nationals™
Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds™
2B Darwin Barney Chicago Cubs™
Aaron Hill Arizona Diamondbacks™
Brandon Phillips Cincinnati Reds™
3B Chase Headley San Diego Padres™
Aramis Ramirez Milwaukee Brewers™
David Wright New York Mets™
SS Zack Cozart Cincinnati Reds™
Ian Desmond Washington Nationals™
Jose Reyes Miami Marlins™
Jimmy Rollins Philadelphia Phillies™
LF Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers™
Carlos Gonzalez Colorado Rockies™
Martin Prado Atlanta Braves™
CF Michael Bourn Atlanta Braves™
Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates™
Drew Stubbs Cincinnati Reds™
RF Jay Bruce Cincinnati Reds™
Andre Ethier Los Angeles Dodgers™
Jason Heyward Atlanta Braves™
Following the ESPN2 announcement telecast, voting for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™ will begin at www.rawlings.com, allowing the general public to weigh in as to who is "The Finest in the Field®" in each League. To determine the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners, fans can only select one player among the 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners from each League.
The Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners will be unveiled during the 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony presented by Gold Sport Collectibles on Friday, November 9, 2012, at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, with Jerry Seinfeld entertaining this year's Rawlings Gold Glove Award recipients and key executives in the industry, and Joe Piscopo serving as the master of ceremonies.


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MADRID - A train speeding through a station near Barcelona on Wednesday ran over a group of young people crossing the tracks, killing at least 12 and injuring 13, a Spanish official said.
A long-distance train passing through the station in Castelldefels hit a group of people crossing the tracks who had just gotten off of a commuter train. The group crossed over the tracks above ground rather than using a designated tunnel underneath, the official with the Catalonia regional government said.
Emergency services found dismembered bodies scattered at the scene of the accident at Castelldefels Playa station, El Pais newspaper reported.
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The group apparently got off a train and then tried to cross the track to head for the beach, local radio quoted emergency services as saying.
Spanish radio station Cadena Ser said most of the fatalities and injuries were young people who had arrived in the town to celebrate a festival marking the start of summer.


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Our Year of 2010
A good place to start a review of our publications in 2010 is our Pushcart Prize nominees and our Best of the Web nominees.
Over the course of the year, we published a series of special issues: Launch Week, Prose & Poem, and Claim & Reclaim.
We also sought out longer works, publishing chapbook-length selections from Andrew K. Peterson, John Gallaher, Geoffrey G. O'Brien, and Dot Devota.
Some notable contributions were produced in collaboration, including work from Christopher Schaberg & Mark Yakich, Molly Bendall & John O'Brien, William Stobb & Cara Kluver & Zach Johnson, and Jon Cotner & Andy Fitch.
And then there were a number of contributions that delighted, surprised, and challenged us: Sasha Steensen, Bob Hicok, Alex Lemon, Andrew Zawacki, Joshua Harmon, Pat Nolan, Natalie Lyalin, David Welch, Julie Doxsee, Paul Legault, Ashley David, Thom Donovan, Matvei Yankelevich, Kendra Malone, Ever Saskya, Zach Savich, and Kate Greenstreet.
The above is a haphazard overview of some of the work we were lucky enough to curate through 2010. Many more delightful pieces of new writing, essays, reviews, and features are always ready for new readers.


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We are currently still taking orders for our chutneys, however delivery will be much slower at present. Thank you
Our Dalemain chutneys use ingredients grown on the Dalemain Estate. It is made here in our kitchens, and the homemade deliciousness shines through! In addition to chutney, we also produce our own Apple & Mint Jelly, a perfect start to any day!
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Here are the first few pictures from my mom's iPhone.
This was after the fifty km. I arrived an hour earlier than we had expected so I had already gone down and waded in the ice cold river by the time my family arrived. That's why I have no socks on. I am sold on the ice cold bathing, though it really hurts the feet. It was the first time I tried it and it seemed to work wonders.
Mattias is waiting for me to finish the fifty miler. Boy was he happy when I arrived. And I finished about 20 minutes earlier than I expected because a gal named Mindy Coolman came out of nowhere and blew by me with about 6 miles to go, running fast. She is a nutrionist and I wonder if that has something to do with the fact she finished super strong in the fifty miler. I went beyond what my body could handle and stayed with her until there very end, where she pulled ahead.
When we arrived at our cabin, I headed straight to the shower because I was so cold and when the hot water hit me the world went white and I fell over, never completely losing consciousness. I yelled for SR to bring me water. Either it was dehydration or heart failure, I thought. "Take me to the ER I yelled!", worried these were my last seconds on earth if we didn't act fast. After I lay down and drank a half a glass of water, I felt a little better. I just kept drinking - all sorts of beverages until I could stand up and then until I could urinate and then I knew I was ok- and ready to run, or at least attempt to, the next day.
I will just add, I had had 14 s caps and drank constantly, but felt nauseated the last 6 miles, trying to keep up with Mindy and got behind on drinking. Just goes to show how careful you have to be in these sorts of races with hydration, especially when it was warm. The reason, of course, I fainted in the shower is I vasodilated when the warm water hit me and there was not enough blood going to my brain. Maybe some people reading this are wondering if that is always the case with me ;).


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Visa issues delay arrivals of Paulino, Nunez
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Catcher Ronny Paulino and right-handed reliever Jhonny Nunez were not in camp with the Mariners for their first workout on Wednesday due to visa issues that delayed their departures out of the Dominican Republic.
Both players are non-roster invitees on Minor League contracts, though Paulino is expected to challenge for a backup role on a team that has only two catchers -- Jesus Montero and Kelly Shoppach -- on its 40-man roster.
Manager Eric Wedge said Paulino, an eight-year Major League veteran who played for the Orioles last season, was expected to arrive in the next day or so. Nunez's appearance might take a little longer.
"We're hoping both of them are here by the end of the week," Wedge said.
Nunez, 27, is a right-hander who pitched in the Rays' Minor League system last year. Paulino, 31, is a career .272 hitter in 573 games for the Pirates, Marlins, Mets and Orioles.


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Brown, Hallie Q.
|AUNT MAC -- A Life in Three Chapters
It was about the 1st of April, in the year 1820, that an emigrating party started from Green Springs, Virginia, to the State of Kentucky. It consisted of Col. Richard Morris, his six children and their mother. There were twenty other families, making a total of 100 persons. Their route was overland, being undertaken in wagons and carriages. The spring season being unusually early the journey was a very pleasant one. Their way lay through the charming, rolling land of Virginia, now fording a muddy, dashing brook, and again riding over some mountain spur.
When eventide began to settle heavily around them, they halted amid a thickly sheltered wood, near some friendly, gushing spring, and when the eastern sky was crimsoned by the blush of the coming morn, the party resumed its journey. How eagerly they drank in the balmy spring air, and how they admired the beauteous scenes as they arose, one after another, like some grand panorama. The Cumberland Mountains loomed up before them with its shaggy brows, and vehicle after vehicle rolled through its noted gap.
One month was thus spent, the party reaching its destination the first of May. They settled on a farm consisting of three thousand acres, which was situated six miles below the city of Louisville.
The parents of the Morris children died shortly after their arrival, leaving them under an executor's care, who was to educate them and see that the estate was equally
Our sketch has to do principally with the second child, Hannah. She was born in the year, 1810, and consequently was ten years old when the family removed to Kentucky. Her home was with her eldest brother, Shelton Morris, until her marriage to Mr. McDonald, which occurred in the year 1833. Albany, Indiana, was chosen as their future place of abode, and here seven years--golden years of joy and happiness--sped swiftly by, when her companion was called from labor to reward. The desolated home was abandoned and Mrs. McDonald removed to Cincinnati, where she became an inmate of her younger sister's house.
Here she began living only for others and wholly forgetting self--one of her loveliest traits that shone out in every action. How weak are the words employed and how short the space allotted to tell the half of this dear saint.
Several years have elapsed since the closing events of chapter one. We find ourselves standing in a large grove where tall symmetrical trees nod and wave to each passing breeze. Nicely-kept paths intersect each other, winding here and there and leading to the neat cottages that stand in orderly rows on either side of the campus. Before us, some distance back, a large brick building--a central one flanked on each side by a wing--raises itself even beyond the tallest forest tree.
A wide carriage drive rolls from the road to the building and the whole is surrounded by a white, paling fence with its neat stiles and wicket gates. The dew trembles on every leaflet and blade of grass; the day king mounts higher and higher, while the feathery songsters warble their most tuneful lays. What an enchanted spot is this! Can
Mrs. McDonald, did we say? How strangely that sounds. Scarcely one in a score knew that she had any other name save Aunt Mac. She was everybody's Aunt Mac, from the hoary-headed man to the prattling babe. But the pleasant sitting-room is before us now, and the low rocking chair in which she used to sit and knit. How the needle would click and fly. The stockings and mittens piled on each other, came as if by magic. Everywhere and always could be heard her firm elastic step going on some errand of mercy, to relieve some heavy heart by her deeds of kindness and by that sweet happy face over which no shade of sorrow ever seemed to pass. All the little ones for miles around knew and loved her. She had a kind word for Willie and a caress for Jennie, and when in the height of their childish sports her laugh would ring out and mingle with theirs in innocent glee. And such a laugh! I wish you might have heard it! It was like the rippling of some happy stream, so cheery its sound and so full of hearty good will. She was the very providence, too, of the whole neighborhood. Her clear head and peace-loving spirit has helped overcome many straits and brought about numerous reconciliations. She--our dear Aunt Mac--loved us all and wished there were more to love. A great expansive heart was hers beneath that stately black, or the folds of that plainer Quaker dress. We can see her today, those soft brown eyes with more beauty in them than time could touch, those eyes that had both smiles and tears within the faintest call of every one she loved. Her charity was even more beautiful than her patience or kindness. There was no hut so mean, or its occupants so poor, that had not a claim upon her. It was at such doors that her faded and tremulous hands tapped the oftener for admission.
From her capacious pocket and basket that dear hand
A pretty home with many a cluster of shrubs and cedars. May flowers fill the air with fragrance. 'Tis Evergreen Cottage--Aunt Mac's home. But why are the shutters closed, and what means that bow of heavy crape? We enter--a death-like stillness pervades. Then we learn that she has flown--that our dear Aunt Mac is with us no more. "It was only this morning she went," says one. A loving hand penned a letter she dictated, and then--a look of recognition, a smile and that sweet spirit took its gentle flight into the fullness of life. Her work was done and nobly done. She was not left to suffer, but while fond hearts would detain her and loving hands were clinging to her to keep her from dying, she silently vanished from our sight, and we can hardly see to write for the memory of her, though it is an arm's length till sunset. It is only a short time since we folded her in the soft gray robe--a short time since we placed her within the casket and gazed affectionately upon the serene face whose youth and freshness seemed to return and made her even more beautiful in death than in life.
So vivid is it all before us, that we are again in the past and beside her. The white hands are so meekly folded upon the still bosom that there seems to be prayer in them there. All lips are mute and all hearts are touched. Even merry, rollicking Dash quits his sports and whines piteously. The pet canary has ceased its song, while the lofty pines outside sing a sad refrain as we bear the dear form from
Aunt Mac is no more and we shall miss her forever, but each of her loved ones can set up a tablet in the heart and write upon it simply this:
Sacred to the Memory
Our Dear Aunt Mac


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Raspberry Doughnuts with Vanilla Dipping Sauce
It doesn't get much simpler or more indulgent than a fresh doughnut. Being able to make your own is a must for any aspiring home pastry chef. Old School Comfort Food shares chef Alex's recipe for fluffy, sugar-encrusted doughnuts filled with tangy jam and accompanied by a creamy vanilla sauce.
Reprinted with permission by Alexandra Guarnaschelli. Copyright © 2013. Published by Clarkson Potter. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:makes about 16 3-inch doughnuts
- Doughnuts
- 1 cup warm water (about 110°F)
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling the dough
- 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the bowl
- 2/3 cup sugar, plus more for dusting
- 3 large eggs, cracked and lightly beaten, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3½ cups bread flour
- 1 quart canola oil
- 3/4 cup raspberry jam, preferably seedless
- Vanilla Dipping Sauce
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 2 cups whole milk
- Pinch of salt
- 6 large egg yolks
- 2/3 cup sugar
Make the dough: Pour the warm water into a medium bowl. The temperature range for the "warm" water is where the dry yeast likes to wake up from its nap in those little envelopes in the back of your cupboard. (When you run the water from the tap, it's about where water starts to feel just hot to the touch; if it is so hot that you have to pull your hand away, you've gone much too far.) Whisk in the yeast and set aside to dissolve in the water. After 10 minutes, you should see a few small bubbles on the surface. (If there is nothing at all, start again with fresher yeast.) Stir in the all-purpose flour, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place.
Meanwhile, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy and light, 8 to 10 minutes. Do not skimp on or rush this time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as you mix. With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs, one by one, taking care that each one is thoroughly integrated before adding the next. When the mix is smooth, add the vanilla and salt. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the bread flour and mix on low speed until fully incorporated. Add the yeast mixture and mix again until thoroughly incorporated. Transfer the dough to a greased bowl, cover with plastic, and allow to rise in a warm place until the dough has doubled in volume, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Roll and cut the doughnuts: Lightly flour a cool surface and sprinkle the dough with an even layer of flour. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to about a 1-inch thickness. Cut rounds of dough with a 2-inch round cookie cutter. You cannot reroll scraps (though you can fry them as is and devour them in the kitchen), so cut your doughnut rounds very close together to maximize yield. Put the doughnuts, leaving room between them for them to grow, on a floured baking sheet to rest in a warm place for 20 to 30 minutes. If you wait longer than that to fry them and they become fairly puffed up, cover them with plastic and refrigerate until you are ready. Leaving them in a warm place for too long can result in overproofing and yield an overly yeasty (and somewhat sour) doughnut.
Fry the doughnuts: In a medium, deep, heavy-bottomed pot (or deepfryer), heat the canola oil to 350ºF. Monitor the temperature of the oil with a thermometer.
Drop a doughnut scrap in the oil to make sure it is hot. It should bubble immediately. Cook until golden brown on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove it from the oil with a slotted spoon and set on a kitchen towel to drain. Fry the remaining doughnuts in batches.
Fill the doughnuts: Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small plain tip (or a zippertop plastic bag with a corner snipped off) with the jam. Poke a hole into the side of each doughnut with the tip (or with a small spoon) and squirt some jam into the center. While still warm, roll in sugar. Serve immediately with the dipping sauce.
For the dipping sauce: Infuse the milk. In a saucepan, combine the vanilla bean and milk with the salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat and then reduce the heat so that the milk simmers. Cook for 2 minutes and then set the pan aside to steep for 10 minutes.
Start the sauce: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, combine the egg yolks and sugar. Whip on medium speed until the eggs are pale yellow, about 5 minutes. Strain the milk, pressing down to extract the maximum from the vanilla bean.
Meanwhile, prepare an ice bath: Fill a large bowl halfway with ice cubes and add some cold water. Set another smaller bowl into the ice bath.
Cook the sauce: With the machine on low speed, pour half of the warm milk into the egg yolks and blend well. Return the egg yolk mixture to the saucepan along with the remaining milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the sauce coats the back of the spoon, 5 to 8 minutes. Pour the sauce into the empty bowl set in the ice bath to speed the cooling process.
Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve or for up to 3 days.
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Fall League Hall of Fame adds three
Pedroia, Erstad, Melvin increase membership in shrine to 34
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Fall League announces the election of three new members to its Hall of Fame -- Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, former Major League outfielder/first baseman Darin Erstad and Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin.
"Our three 2013 honorees increase the Fall League Hall of Fame to 34 members," director Steve Cobb said. "Besides their outstanding career statistics, Dustin Pedroia and Darin Erstad epitomize the well-rounded way baseball is meant to be played -- offensively, defensively and competitively. Bob Melvin's managerial track record that now includes a remarkable turnaround in Oakland is exemplary."
Dustin Pedroia (2004 Scottsdale Scorpions) -- The feisty Red Sox catalyst joins Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols as the only members of the AFL Hall of Fame who also own MLB MVP and Rookie of the Year awards. Pedroia, who was selected to appear in his fourth All-Star Game, also boasts one Silver Slugger (2008) and two Gold Glove (2008, '11) awards. A .300 career hitter, the former Arizona State standout has appeared in 29 postseason games. He was a key contributor to Boston's 2007 World Series championship, his Rookie of the Year campaign. Pedroia also has stolen 20 or more bases four times.
Darin Erstad (1995 Tempe Rafters) -- The current head baseball coach at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska, Erstad enjoyed a 14-year Major League career with the Angels, White Sox and Astros. He remains the only player in MLB history to win Gold Gloves as an infielder and outfielder and the first to win the award at three different primary positions (left field, center field and first base). In 2000 as an Angel, Erstad became the first player in Major League history to record 100 RBIs as a leadoff hitter while leading the American League in hits (240), multi-hit games (77), runs scored (121), at-bats (676) and plate appearances (747). Additionally, he held the AL record for consecutive errorless chances (723) by an outfielder.
Bob Melvin (Manager, 1999 Maryvale Saguaros) -- The third-year Oakland manager, who also skippered the Arizona Diamondbacks (2005-09) and Seattle Mariners (2003-04), is the first former AFL skipper to win Manager of the Year awards in the AL and National League. Melvin is the 14th manager in Major League history to be named Manager of the Year at least twice and the sixth to achieve the honor in both leagues. In 2012, his first full season at the A's helm, Melvin guided them to the AL West Division title, becoming the fifth team to win a pennant or division after trailing by 13 or more games. He also remains the winningest manager in D-backs' history with 304 victories. His 2006 D-backs won the NL West title en route to Melvin's NL Manager of the Year accolade.
The Arizona Fall League, founded in 1992, formed its Hall of Fame in 2001 to honor the top Major League players and managers who honed their skills in the AFL. The selection committee, chaired by baseball ambassador Roland Hemond, the "Architect of the Arizona Fall League," bases its appointments upon individual achievement at the Major League level since participating in the Arizona Fall League.


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The teenager accused of killing and dismembering 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway wanted to surrender to police and told his brother that he needed to be punished, his mother testified Thursday.
Mindy Sigg also testified she called 911 "to let someone know what my son had done."
Austin Sigg, who turned 18 in jail, is charged with 18 counts related to Jessica's kidnapping, death and dismemberment in October and an attack on a jogger at Ketner Lake on Memorial Day weekend in 2012.
During the first of two hearings this week in Jefferson County District court, prosecutors and defense attorneys questioned Sigg's mother and several law enforcement officers about Sigg's arrest and interviews at the Westminister Police Department on Oct. 23 and 24.
Defense attorneys are arguing that detectives did not properly explain Sigg's rights to him and his mother. They are moving to exclude statements Sigg made to detectives immediately after his arrest.
Mindy Sigg said she told the 911 dispatcher her son was under 18 years old. But officers at the home did not immediately realize Austin Sigg was under 18 and had to explain his rights a second time with his mother's permission.
Officer Rob Phelps, who was at the home, said Sigg described the crawl space where he said he had stashed three trash bags. Phelps found the bags and immediately felt the shape of limbs and texture of hair through the plastic, he said.
At police headquarters, Mindy Sigg said she gave detectives permission to interview her son without her if they asked him if he wanted his mother or father present during the interview. She said detectives promised to ask.
An early misstep made the day Sigg was arrested caused police to believe his DNA didn't match DNA on Jessica's remains and the jogger, leading detectives to investigate if another male in the family was connected to the crimes.
The following day, officers learned Sigg's DNA matched samples collected from the jogger and Jessica's remains.


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I'm comin' round
To pick you up
And take you out
It won't be long
'Till those blues are gone
The city's waiting
Beckoning for us
It leads us on
Let it lead us on
It's the perfect night
To just drive on by
Let the dashboard underscore
Everything we've seen
While the world plays for our pleasure
On our windshield silver screen
And I don't know just where we're going
And I don't care where we've been
But we just coast on through
Coz while I'm here with you, you know
There's no place I'd rather be
No place I'd rather be
Such a quiet joy
Knowing that I'm your pick-up fix
And you're my favourite boy
You're feeling tired
And I'm bleary-eyed
And the highway lines
Pass by in two/four double-time
And we don't even recognise
A single name on the street signs
Nothing else is calling us
But all we've left behind
Is like a hell-hound on our trail
And a burden on our mind
Coz we know...
...we gotta go home.
Such a quiet joy
Driving anywhere
Knowing that you are there.
But you don't call,
You don't call me no more
And i waited all day
You know you'll always
Be my favourite boy
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New52 Week 3
For the first time, in almost a year, I taught Sunday Club. I was with the pre-schoolers again this term, they are the age I love to work with the most. Our lessons this month was Zaccaeus and as a craft we made biscuit trees, with flake trunks, popcorn flowers and a little biscuit Zaccaeus up in the tree. I enjoyed making the biscuits with them as much as they did. I really appreciate the privilege it is to work with Lara and the little ones.
Reasons to be cheerful:
1. Being coerced into doing Sunday Club again.
2. Having the opportunity to work with Lara.
3. The amazing little ones who make me laugh with their antics and my heart sing with their innocence.


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Motivation Monday - Monthly Challenge Check In
Hello Lovelies!
First of all, I decided to change the name of Monday's posts from Master Class Monday to Motivation Monday. It just sounds more, hmmm, I don't know...more...motivating? Lol!
Last week, I introduced this month's challenge which is to exercise everyday for the next 30 days. I promised to check in with you all on this week's progress...
I'm doing well. But in the interest of full disclosure, I admit that I didn't get a workout in every day this week. I have started doing Yoga, however, which I quite enjoy.
Also, in the interest of losing my last 20 lbs., I have started back up on Weight Watchers.
Here I am (below) pre-divorce and pre-anxiety-related weight gain. This is the weight I am aiming to get back to. ⇩
I am already starting to feel a difference although there isn't much in the way of a before/after type of progress to share with you yet.
That's the thing about weight loss. It takes commitment...and time. And because the results aren't seen immediately, it's really easy to lose focus. But I'm in this for the long haul.
What about you? Anyone out there willing to join me in this weight loss/health journey?
The more the merrier!
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The NRPA Young Professional Network continues with their professional development series of blog and vlog (video blog) posts. Jay Tryon, CPRP, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, writes this blog post sharing how volunteering at NRPA's Congress and Exposition had a positive impact on his career and how it can do the same for you too.
Volunteerism is a word we often use in the park and recreation field. Sometimes we use it for youth sports coaches, other times to help build a playground or clean up a park. In 2011, I used volunteering in a way that has changed my career in so many ways.
When I learned that the NRPA Congress and Exposition was going to be in Atlanta GA, a mere four hours from home, I had to figure out a way to attend. Congress is an annual event that always has the reputation to be an amazing experience for anybody in the field. After doing a little research I learned of the volunteering needs of NRPA. The needs varied from room hosts, greeters at the general session, registration staff, and even "flying squad" members. Before I knew it I was approved within the department for travel and registered to attend.
Volunteers at NRPA's Congress and Exposition help others in many ways, but did you know that by being a volunteer it can help your career too?
What happened next was an experience that has driven me to attempt to never miss an NRPA Congress again.
The majority of my volunteer hours were completed by serving as a room host. It was my responsibility to attend educational sessions, greet members, stamp CEU tickets, pass out evaluation forms and occasionally introduce the speaker. During this time, I was able to choose the sessions I wanted to attend. Therefore, I was able to benefit just as every other person attending the session. NRPA does an amazing job of getting very impactful and relevant education sessions. During my time as a volunteer, I attended sessions that opened my eyes to new concepts and styles of business. I was even able to have time to discuss the topics further with the instructors and speakers. During this time I was able to discuss department issues with directors and park and recreation professionals from all over the country; in turn, giving me the opportunity to not only improve certain aspects of my position, but also take ideas back to my department.
In between volunteer sessions I spent time in the volunteer room engaging with other professionals. Once again, I found this to be vital to my development as a professional because through these conversations, I was learning about the management system of other departments. Those discussions have led to constant email contact over policies, procedures and programming ideas.
I have since volunteered for Congress the following year in Anaheim, CA and plan to volunteer again this year in Houston, TX. Through volunteering, I have been fortunate to network with other staff from all over the country. I have always felt that the park and recreation field is a large extended family. I have met people over the years that I have kept in touch with and shared programming ideas, special event policies, as well as athletic field reservation regulations.
Volunteering has granted me an opportunity to have a mentor from Arizona, given me a chance to attend Gold Medal festivities, get involved with NRPA committees, and ultimately led me to write this blog.
What types of experiences have shaped you as a professional in parks and recreation? Have you had a positive experiencing volunteering before? Have you volunteered at NRPA's Congress before? If so, what did you enjoy about being a volunteer? Leave a comment below or message us on Facebook or tweet us on Twitter @NRPA_News. You can also join the discussion by logging in and connecting with Young Professionals on NRPA Connect.


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Listen to "Birdcall 1.5" by Dej Loaf
Dej Loaf returns with "Birdcall 1.5". The song features production by Hona Costello.
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Lil Durk and Dej Loaf profess their love on "The One." The couple recently split up but remain friends. This track kind of appeared…
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