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At a loss for ideas to exercise at home? Pick 4-5 exercises that you know you've got good form (if you have questions about your form-don't do them). Do a ladder!
Let's use this as an example:
Push ups
Static Reverse Lunge
Squat Thrusts or Burpees
Dips (using a solidly placed chair)
Do 10 of each of the above mentioned exercises, then 9, then 8, repeat until you complete 1 of each - remember excellent form for EACH!
Need a few more ideas:
Row (using a set of dumbbells)
Kettlebell Swing
Shoulder Press
Dumbbell Dead lift
The possibilities are endless!
A little food for thought today. It is NOT meant to offend anyone - the purpose is to get you thinking in a different direction.
Birthday Cakes! Did you ever wonder where/why the birthday cake tradition started? I did, so this morning I dug a little, you can dig too and maybe find something entirely different. I'd love to hear if you do!
It is no secret that my Mother was diabetic, she is no longer with us on this earth and I will tell you that the last several years of her life were not enjoyable - not for her, and not for her family. Each year on her birthday I refused to bake or buy her a birthday cake, for several reasons. The main reason was that it wasn't a TREAT for her – she ate sweets of some kind, treats every day. A birthday celebration should be something special, something you don't have every other day of the year, or on a regular basis (meaning weekly, monthly, often). So my siblings and I tried to find other ways to celebrate her birthday with fruit and vegetables to try to show her (and us) that a celebration could include "good" food and not just food that spikes your blood glucose then requires calculations of carbohydrate overloads and shots of insulin. I should recognize here that a celebration also includes the gathering of family and sometimes close friends – I get that!
This morning I dug a little. The origin of the birthday cake according to Tokenz indicates the birthday cake can be traced back to Ancient Greece. Interesting – right? So think about Ancient Greece and the food available then. Do you think refined sugars and wheat flours were the same then as they are now – or even existent? I highly doubt it! So, it's been pounded in my head not to provide a problem or issue without an idea for resolution. I've seen this watermelon "cake" on social media and have heard that while it may take some time (and really what birthday cake doesn't) it is GOOD and very much worth the time. And, another baked option would be something like Simple Blueberry Lemon Birthday Cake. These are just two ideas to substitute something different for the traditional birthday cake. In my opinion, there is no end to what a birthday celebration could entail.
What are your thoughts?
Along my journey I found exercise, moving this body to build muscle, finding and feeling the muscles that were there all along, THE STRESS RELIEF --- OH THE STRESS RELIEF. One of the things that, to this day, amazes me is the weight that this frame (skeleton, bones if you will) had to lug around every day. When I pick up a 45 pound dumbbell to row that heavy weight - I am reminded that was not even a third of the weight this body had to lug around every minute of every day. I cannot explain the emotion!
There are two things I'd like to leave you with here: 1) Don't wait until tomorrow - you will be one step closer to your goal if you just do it today; 2) There is no magic cure for anything - it all comes from work no matter how you look at it. It's the goal you have to keep in mind and every effort is so worth it!
- In the absence of modern medicine, infant mortality rates were high and estimated life span was based on an average of those who died at birth as well as those who lived long lives. It doesn't mean that every human alive in the Paleolithic era dropped dead at age thirty. In fact, those who lived to about age twenty went on to have an estimated life span closer to sixty years.
- Deaths from infectious diseases were more common in the absence of modern medicine.
- They were more vulnerable to predatory animals.
- They were vulnerable to the elements due to inferior shelter.
- How do you feel most of the time?
- What is the status of your physical fitness or athletic performance?
- How is your body composition in terms of how much fat you have compared to muscle?
- How are your moods?
- Does your energy level fluctuate throughout the day?
- How is your appetite?
- Do you have food cravings? For sugar? For carbs? For salty or fatty foods?
- Does your skin look healthy, clear, and glowing?
- How is your vision?
- How is your dental health?
- Do you have regular bowel movements?
- Have you been diagnosed with a specific health condition?
If you answered all of these questions positively, congratulations! You're in a very small minority, and you can skip ahead to the recipes later in the book. If you're like most people, you probably didn't give a positive answer to all of the questions, which means you would benefit from evaluating your current approach to health and nutrition in short order. Read on to learn more about how food works in your body to either work with or against what will naturally keep you in a state of optimal health with regards to your digestive function and blood sugar regulation. These two components are the keys to long-term, optimal health and well-being as they can drive your body's systems either in the right or wrong direction.
Have you been eating salad after salad while trying to lose a few extra pounds, only to find that it's not working? I used to do that as well. I'll give you a few things to think about. 1) What protein do you include with your salad; 2) What fat are you enjoying with your salad?
First, the protein. Every body needs protein. You may ask what protein you can include in your salad, here's a few ideas: tuna, steak, chicken, shrimp, eggs, ham, turkey, pork. Who cares if it's unconventional, if you like it, include it in your salad.
Second, the fat. Every body needs fat. Some nutrients can only be absorbed with fat. Fat is digested more slowly by your body, it keeps you satisfied longer. Fat is flavorful, for example, butter tastes better (to most people) than margarine. A marbled steak tastes better ... what is that marble ... fat.
I'll offer you this...a LITTLE technical, read it several times. I'm taking this from my study guide for my Personal Fitness Trainer certificate: When eaten alone, carbohydrates (lettuce, vegetables) leave the stomach most rapidly (within one hour or faster), followed by protein (which takes about two hours) and then fat (taking three to five hours to leave the stomach). So the next time you decide to eat a salad, add some protein and a little fat (i.e, olive oil, canola oil).
I'll give you this from my personal experience. From time to time, I eat cottage cheese for a quick breakfast. I was eating fat-free cottage cheese, it didn't taste really good and I found that by mid-morning I was HUNGRY. Once I got past the "it has to be fat-free" mind block, I bought 2% or 4% cottage cheese - amazingly I was not hungry until lunch time. The fat in the cottage cheese kept me satisfied longer.
Don't take my word for it, give it a try yourself...add some good protein and fat to your next salad or meal.
Check out item #5 in this link...http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/12/ditch-the-fat-free-salad-dressing-and-other-tips-for-cooking-healthier-in-2013.html
I would have to say that my journey began at a very young age. During my teens I hated my curves, I hated gym class, and I think I hated me.
I did everything I could to avoid gym class or anything to do with exercise – little did I know that very thing could have helped me with the issues I had with my curves.
I've always been a "curvy cut" girl…small waist with hips that are just the opposite. I always felt out of place, like people were looking at me. I was so insecure. And I hated gym class – I was not in the popular crowd and what I remember the most was the ever present "team picking." I wasn't (and still am not) very coordinated and didn't know anything of the rules of the sports we played in gym class. My family never followed sports so just thinking about playing any sport was out of my league. Combine lack of coordination, lack of knowledge, and lack of popularity I was usually picked for teams very close to last – how humiliating. When I was 19 I had a baby, it was the best thing that happened to me, I'll always have a part of me in my son; and I love him more than I can ever begin to say. Well, you know what happens to a woman's body when it does what it is meant to do – have a baby – it gets curvier, I was no different. This did little to help me with my body image. And I had no idea how to go about exercising or eating right. And so began my battle with weight.
I tried diet pills, Weight Watchers, fad diets of all kinds, starving myself, almost anything you can think of – I tried. Buying clothes was depressing – changing clothes was depressing. I was depressed. My weight was like a roller coaster – up and down countless times for years! I really battled every day – different battles at different times of my life. At one point I purchased a weight bench and at another time an exercise bike. I worked at the weight bench for a while but the only instruction I had was the manual that came with it I had no idea the correct way to lift. I got discouraged because I wasn't seeing any results. Then the exercise bike came along and I got up really early every day to ride it, I pedaled 10 miles almost every morning. I saw some results but got bored pedaling in one place every day, sure I read some books while I was pedaling, but I just got bored. So I stopped. My weight loss also stopped.
In 1997 I started experiencing excruciating headaches every day. I felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my head – little did I know how real that feeling was. I went to the doctor and we tried various treatments for the headaches. I suffered with these headaches for almost two years, did I mention that I had these headaches every single day, my head hurt when I got up in the morning, my head hurt when I went to sleep at night. During a routine visit at my eye doctor in November 1998, my optometrist noticed that my optic nerves were swollen. He asked me some additional questions and ordered a visual fields test which showed enlarged blind spots in both eyes. He gave me an initial diagnosis of pseudo-tumor cerebri, explained that if we did not get this under control I would go blind, and referred me to see a specialist at Geisinger in Danville. I was scared beyond belief and took this very seriously. It turned out the cause of pseudo-tumor cerebri is obesity. I weighed over 250 pounds. What happens with pseudo-tumor cerebri is the spinal fluid your body produces to protect your brain builds up and causes excessive pressure in your head. The only place for pressure to release in your head is your eye sockets, so the pressure builds on your optic nerves and they swell which can result in blindness. The only "cure" is to lose weight, take anti-diuretics to control fluid, and/or have spinal tap(s) to drain excess spinal fluid. I did them all. I lost 70 pounds by counting calories and half starving myself eating salad after salad (oh how I got sick – physically sick of salad), took medication (for fluid and pain), and had two spinal taps to eliminate excess spinal fluid. I did not exercise. The pseudo-tumor cerebri went into remission. I relaxed and again started eating everything I wanted and lead a sedentary life. All the while, I continued to see my optometrist every 6 months to watch for changes.
By 2006 I had gained back all of the 70 pounds I had lost plus more. What I now understand as the addiction to wheat and sugar kept calling. I had not changed my habits, just postponed them beyond the scare of losing my sight. I loved heavy dense bread smothered with butter, and potato chips. I would buy a loaf of heavy dense rye bread, slice it, toast it, smother it with butter and eat the whole loaf in one day. I would buy a big bag of potato chips and eat the whole bag in one sitting. I was addicted to carbohydrates – to the sugar effect they cause. By this time I weighed 288 pounds, and the doctor told me I was morbidly obese. I remember the first time a doctor described me as being morbidly obese, I was devastated and when I dug into the definition of that term I felt even worse. A simple definition of morbid obesity is the condition of weighing at least twice the ideal weight. For my height of 5'5" I was well over twice the ideal weight. During a visit with my primary care physician we discussed weight loss surgery. He offered to give me a referral for a visit to the Obesity Clinic at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. I took him up on the offer.
With the support of my husband and son and after doing some hard soul searching, I decided to start the process to have Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. I entered Geisinger's program for gastric bypass patients. It is a 6 month program and there are goals that must be met along the way: You have to lose 10% of your body weight during these 6 months (which was 29 pounds for me), pass a psychiatric evaluation, attend support group meetings, and change your eating habits, along with so much more.
One of the things I did, thanks to my sister, was started going to a local gym – she wanted a workout partner for encouragement, accountability, and to help reduce the cost. We had two sessions each week where a trainer ran us through various weight machines and either a treadmill, elliptical, or stationary bicycle for a cardio workout. I started to like the way this was making me feel. I was losing weight and proceeding through the 6 month gastric bypass program with flying colors.
During the 6 month program toward by-pass surgery I asked my husband to go with me to all the doctor appointments, I knew I wouldn't/couldn't remember everything and two sets of ears are better than one. It was a trying 6 months and I continued going to my workout sessions with my sister. In fact, I did so well that I lost about 60 pounds during those 6 months. During this time I was counting calories which was something that I had done so many times before and hated with a passion. The only thing that made this bearable was the knowledge that I was doing it a final time.
On June 15, 2007, the surgery was done laporascopically with 5 small incisions. After two weeks of recovery at home, a liquid diet for a month, soft foods for two weeks I eventually was told I could eat anything I wanted – but I had to chew every bite to the consistency of applesauce. I can't completely describe the emotions I was feeling: excitement and fear both at the same time. My husband stuck by me through all of it. He reminded me to chew every bite to the consistency of applesauce when he noticed I was not (there are times this continues to be an issue for me). The importance of chewing this much is because the opening from the pouch (think stomach the size of an egg) created by the surgery is the size of a pencil eraser. If I don't chew thoroughly food gets stuck and then I'm in pain for hours. Let me just say at this point, this surgery is a tool – not a cure. There is nothing easy about having this surgery.
When I finally was able to eat food, I had more lessons to learn. Along with chewing food to the consistency of applesauce, if I didn't stop eating with that very bite that made me feel full I would be sick for hours. There are some foods that make my very "gassy" (gas is a natural thing that happens to everyone, but for me it was torture as you'll see). Immediately after surgery I used protein shakes as a means to consume 60 grams of protein every day. I searched for a protein mix that was not packed with sugar – because one of the side effects of this surgery is called "dumping." Dumping is caused by sugar alcohols in the blood and for me was – well basically – extreme diarrhea – the kind that if you're not close to a toilet the result can be devastating. This protein mix, along with the oranges and bananas I was eating created gas. According to the doctors I was seeing every month or so, I was eating well, still losing weight, things were progressing well. Within a year I had discovered some things about the way my system handled this surgery: my stomach doesn't "growl" like a normal stomach does when it's empty, it cramps causing excruciating pain; certain vegetables (cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sweet peppers, cucumbers, etc.) cause gas for me and more than a bite should be avoided at all costs.
During this first year I was not exercising much, I had stopped going to the gym with my sister. My place of employment started offering bootcamp sessions after work, each session lasted 6-8 weeks. These sessions were lead by a trainer from a local gym. A friend of mine was gun-ho about these bootcamp sessions and we signed up together. The price kept increasing and we didn't feel like we were benefiting much so we didn't re-enlist. I, again, stopped exercising, but I kept losing weight and progressing as the doctors expected.
About a year and a half after my surgery I was experiencing excruciating pain in the area of my stomach. I doubled over with pain. My husband took me to our local emergency room. They weren't equipped to treat gastric bypass patients, searched for reasons for the pain but couldn't identify it. I was in pain if I moved and I could not go to work so I ended up going on short-term disability. I do not remember how long it took (weeks), but I eventually got an appointment to see the surgeon who performed my Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. After more tests, they determined that I had a Peterson's Space Hernia, only a small percentage of patients get this hernia. (According to the International Journal of Surgery a "Petersen's space hernia is caused by the herniation of intestinal loops through the defect between the small bowel limbs, the transverse mesocolon and the retroperitoneum, after any type of gastrojejunostomy. The laparoscopic approach facilitates the occurrence of this type of hernia, due to the lack of post-operative adhesions which prevent bowel motility and hence, herniation.") In short, when the surgery is performed a stitch is made to hold the rerouted intestines in place, sometimes the stitch lets loose causing a Peterson's Space Hernia. To fix this they had to go back in through 5 small incisions (laporascopically), move my intestines back to where they were supposed to be and restitch them in place. Through this episode I was off work for about 8 weeks, and again stopped exercising.
Again, I recovered as expected. At some point (I don't remember the month) after this hernia repair a group of friends were signing up for these bootcamp sessions that were again offered at my place of employment, I signed up again. Again, the price kept increasing, and I felt like I wasn't getting enough for my money. But, I was moving, I was exercising, I was enjoying the way it was making me feel.
We have a local publication called the "Grapevine" and I kept seeing a little advertisement for Women's Bootcamp sessions being held close to my home and was less costly than the bootcamp sessions after work. After seeing this ad for about 4 months, in October 2009, I called the phone number. Little did I know what making that phone call would do for me. Stress was building up from all directions – I needed to find something to relieve that stress.
I was so completely blown-over and put at complete ease by the woman who answered my call. She described herself as a very tall, woman who loves to give hugs, and just wants to help people be fit and vibrant. She and I talked about what I was looking for and she welcomed me to come work out with her during her bootcamp sessions. She stressed that there is no judgment by anyone and that there were just women in the group. I started going to Blueberry Hill Academy Fitness bootcamp sessions, with Joan Karp. Initially, I went to bootcamp twice a week and that felt good enough. I was noticing changes that didn't happen when I was paying for those pricey bootcamp sessions, I felt good. There was a point where I fell into that old habit for just a while and didn't go to bootcamp, can't say why - I just didn't go for about 3 weeks. During that last week of "slacking off" my supportive husband asked me, "Did Joan offend you?" My reply was, "No, why?" To which he answered, "I just wondered, you need to go back to bootcamp." So, of course the hairs on the back of my neck started to tingle and I asked, "Why?" He said, "It makes you a nicer person!" I had to laugh, and that's been a laughing point for us ever since. Seriously, the man was right. I FEEL BETTER when I workout, it DOES make me a nicer person, it is a means for me to relieve stress.
I started going to EARLY morning and some evening bootcamp sessions with Joan. At the same time, I was noticing MORE benefits of exercising, I was firming up, my arms were getting some definition and I NEVER thought they'd "recover" from being SO large. Joan had mentioned to me a time or two that I should think about being a trainer, she thought that I'd be good at it. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law kept telling me that "if it weren't so far away" they'd go to bootcamp with me. I had an idea, I had time on my hands. One afternoon I bounced it off my husband. IF I took bootcamp to my mother-in-law and sister-in-law they could no longer use the "if it weren't so far away" excuse, I could see if I really liked being a trainer, and I got to exercise MORE. So being the supportive man he is, he said, "I don't know, let's go see." So we went to Bellefonte (that's where they live…about 20 miles from our home). I proposed the idea to my mother-in-law, she was excited, and my sister-in-law was excited. So on June 1, 2011, we began two bootcamp sessions a week in my mother-in-law's yard. There were times that there were 5 or 6 family members joining in, sometimes a couple friends even joined in. They sweated, I loved it, they loved it! When it rained we moved to her kitchen, when the mosquitoes started gnawing on us we moved to her kitchen. It was good, they were noticing changes, and it was good!
Joan kept nudging me, planting seeds, to become a trainer, I was still training my in-laws – I loved it! I had done some research on getting certified to be a trainer. I was nervous to spend the money, so I stayed in that little comfort zone I had built up and didn't move forward. Then one day, a co-worker asked me if I was a trainer…because I had been talking about it. I had to swallow a lump and tell her the truth … that I was not, but had a goal to become certified. THAT was the little push I needed. I ordered the program, began studying, and studying (which is something I had not done to that extent in 30 years). I was finding it a little difficult to remember all the things I needed to remember. Then in November 2011 Joan put up a little challenge to eliminate wheat and sugar. I accepted. I had not been eating sugar for years but I was using artificial sweeteners. I eliminated wheat and the artificial sweeteners. It took about a month, then one day I realized that the things I was studying were just sticking in my head…my brain was like a sponge. It was something that I'd known for a long time, that artificial sweeteners are not good for you, they do nasty things to your brain and your body. But I had not pushed myself to quit using them before this challenge. So eliminating the sugar and artificial sweeteners didn't seem like a big deal, but it reaped huge results. Eliminating wheat was something new to me. I was not eating bread, hadn't for years, but I was eating pretzel nuggets, club crackers, cheese crackers, a LOT. I learned to replace this mess with WATER. I hadn't been drinking enough water on a daily basis.
I was loving the way I was feeling. I felt stronger, I felt more confident, I felt good! I took the test for my certification and passed! It took a few months of the no wheat/no sugar dietary changes until I noticed HUGE differences. I was getting lean, my muscle definition was becoming more noticeable. I dropped my pants size from a 10 to a 2 in about 3 months – all from eliminating wheat. Because of this challenge I no longer eat grains or consume sugar or artificial sweeteners. I eat lots of meat, vegetables (being very careful to avoid a lot of gassy vegetables), some nuts, and very limited fruits (they are a natural sugar). I've learned to think before I put food in my mouth (most of the time if I feel the urge to eat something I'm really thirsty and a nice glass of ice water is what I need). I am not perfect, I still fight the urge to eat tons of potato chips – I think of where I've been in this quest, how I've worked so hard to be where I am now, and I don't want to lose that progress … again.
I started a business: Matis Fitness Quest. I offer private training sessions, I have group fitness sessions at my home, at Old Gregg School in Spring Mills, and at work. I am excited to see where my quest will take me.
I am so GLAD I have taken so many LITTLE steps to get to where I am today. I am on a quest and I look forward to where this quest will take me.
Special thanks go to:
My husband, Todd
My son, Drew, the reason I want to be a healthy mother
My Trainer and Good Friend, Joan Karp of Blueberry Hill Academy Fitness
My Mother-in-Law, Sandy who has been one of my biggest supporters
My Sister-in-Law, Betsy who has been there since the beginning
And, it wouldn't be fair not to mention Mom, because if it weren't for her, I may not have the drive I feel today. I do NOT want my son to have to live with a mother who could be healthier by eating good food and exercising.
I love you ALL!


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Primal Instinct: Adam Levine Struts His Stuff In Nothin' But Underwear
Jonathan Higbee | August 29, 2013
We have a love/hate relationship with Victoria Secret model Behati Prinsloo. On one hand we despise her because she's engaged to Adam Levine; on the other, we love her because she shares the goods.
Behati posted a shot of Adam wearing nothing but underwear (well, okay, and sunglasses) to her Instagram, along with the caption. "70′s porn called. It wants it's vibe back. Immediately."
We'll take the vibe, Adam!


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Making a big studio movie when you're the strong-willed independent sort can run you into a lot of sand traps. Filmmakers in that position think studio execs are a bunch of philistines and marketing-minded meddlers, while the execs thinks a director is a stubborn, out-of-touch mule who's never had to sell a ticket in his life. (Both may be slightly right.)
Darren Aronofsky and Paramount appear to be enacting that time-honored saga anew. A Hollywood Reporter story says that the director is skirmishing with Paramount over "Noah," the new Russell Crowe-starring biblical epic set for March. It's unclear what the exact issues are, though the shape of the third act (in the Bible it's roughly the part after the flood ends and Noah seeks to rebuild civilization) seems to have something to do with it. It's hard enough to make a tentpole in the best of times; doing it while also satisfying a religious audience is a challenge that's almost, well, biblical.
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The issues faced by an auteur like Aronofsky in making a studio movie are not new but are well known. In fact, the issues faced by Aronofsky himself are not new but are well known. After two movies made wholly independently ("Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream"), Aronofsky had an elaborate to-and-fro with Warner Bros. executives about budget and script over "The Fountain," a movie that resulted in no one being very happy, least of all moviegoers. He then went independent with "The Wrestler," which worked out a lot better.
He went smaller, budgetarily, with "Black Swan," a movie that became a huge hit and an award-season favorite. But before production started on that film it was held up over disagreements between Aronofsky and studio Fox Searchlight over whether Aronofsky would retain final cut. Studio squabbling over a final cut now appears to be happening on "Noah." (And of course Aronofsky dropped out of a big studio production in Fox's "The Wolverine" though he noted that was for family reasons.)
It's easy to say these pickles can be avoided if only studios were more flexible and listen to a filmmaker more often — that's the person, after all, with the vision. For their part, some say, auteurs would should just be less fussy and relinquish some control; this is, after all, what they signed up for. Besides, studio meddling doesn't necessarily lead to a bad movie — look at how Paramount improved "World War Z" when director Marc Forster turned in a cut that by all accounts had an unworkable third act.
But of course it's not that simple. A studio may say it'll give the director control and then blanch when it realizes just what its control means. And directors tend to think they'd be OK with a certain amount of input then find themselves aghast when they realize what that input actually is. (A blind source in the THR story noted that "Darren is not made for studio films He's very dismissive. He doesn't care about [Paramount's] opinion.")
The simplest solution would be for auteurs and studios to avoid each other altogether. But the fact is, auteurs have made some pretty great movies working with studios. (Without such bipartisanship, we wouldn't have Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight," Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity" or Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," to name three examples.)
Sure, there are a growing number of independent entities willing to write big checks that will grant filmmakers freedom — look particularly at Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, which has been responsible for films such as the 2012 awards hit "Zero Dark Thirty" and the buzzy upcoming "Her." But that will never be the full solution, in part because there are not enough Megan Ellisons to satisfy all the auteurs out there, and in part because studios like financing movies — it gives them far more of the glory and the upside. And if you want glory and upside, you kinda want to have a talented director with some vision on board.
Which leads us back to "Noah." Sometimes a happy ending is possible in a situation like this — see under: "World War Z." But more freqiently these fights end in an unhappy in-between place: not enough vision to be great, not enough marketing-savvy to be a hit. Auteurs and studios need each other, like, well, creatures marching two by two. But that pairing can spell a deluge of problems.
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There is abundant evidence that this will be a close contest between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Of course, the election is not really about race, religion or about a random celebrity or publicity quotient. This election is actually about the future of the nation politically and economically as well as the global leadership of the United States for the next four years. For many people who have already voted early or who plan to go out to the polls in record numbers on Tuesday, the campaign endorsements by various public officials does have a significant impact.
Even though former Secretary of State General Colin L. Powell explicitly stated the public policy issues and leadership qualities of President Barack Obama as the reasons for his endorsing the re-election of President Barack Obama, one of Mitt Romney's most senior campaign officials, former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu, asserted that General Powell's endorsement of President Obama was based on race.
Sununu's racially-motivated slur to attack General Powell for having the political courage as a Republican statesman to endorse President Obama was not just some random rhetorical misstatement. Sununu knew exactly was he was doing a few days before the election. Sununu deliberately interjected the issue of race into the presidential campaign hoping to make a "backward" political gain to assist Mitt Romney's ambition to defeat President Obama.
It is important to state for the record that General Colin Powell not only made the right move, but also he did it with admirable courage and brilliant statesmanship. As the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State who has served Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, General Colin Powell is an iconic, retired four-star general, veteran leader and seasoned visionary admired by millions of Americans. Thus, Powell's endorsement is important, timely and very significant. The fact that General Powell is also a moderate Republican is noteworthy and could help other Republicans and independents to see the value of reelecting President Obama.
Powell stated, "I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on." In reference to his choice of President Obama over Romney, Powell further affirmed, "I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012." He listed President Obama's outstanding record in effective counter-terrorism and the ending of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as points of strategic leadership that are important to maintain in the White House. In terms of the prospects about Governor Romney, Powell emphasized, "There's some very, very strong neo-conservative views that are presented by the governor that I have some trouble with…… I'm not quite sure which Governor Romney we'd be getting with respect to foreign policy."
In the aftermath of Sununu's charge that Powell endorsed President Obama because both are Black, the general's former chief of staff, retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, candidly stated that the Republican Party is "full of racists." Wilkerson went on to explain, "And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to with the content of his character, nothing to with his competence as commander in chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable."
We are proud of General Colin Powell. We are proud of President Barack Obama. It is not about race, it is about leadership and accomplishment. Let no one make you think that this election is not important and vital to all Americans. This obviously also transcends partisan politics. Both Democrats and Republicans should be voting to reelect President Barack Obama. The old plantation tricks, divisive mischief and vile rhetoric of the past will not suffice in diverting our attention and responsibilities from pressing "forward" in 2012. We, therefore, are resolute in our expressions of recognition and tribute to General Powell's courage on the battlefield for freedom, justice and equality. In short, we salute General Powell and vote for President Obama.


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The annexins (or lipocortins) are a family of proteins that bind to phospholipids in a calcium-dependent manner [(PUBMED:1646719)]. They are distributed ubiquitously in different tissues and cell types of higher and lower eukaryotes, including mammals, fish, birds, Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly), Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog), Caenorhabditis elegans Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold) and Neurospora crassa [(PUBMED:9797403), (PUBMED:9165068)]. Annexins are absent from yeasts and prokaryotes [(PUBMED:15059252)]. The plant annexins are somewhat distinct from those found in other taxa [(PUBMED:9165068)].
Most eukaryotic species have 1-20 annexin (ANX) genes. All annexins share a core domain made up of four similar repeats, each approximately 70 amino acids long [(PUBMED:1646719)]. Each individual annexin repeat (sometimes referred to as endonexin folds) is folded into five alpha-helices, and in turn are wound into a right-handed super-helix; they usually contain a characteristic 'type 2' motif for binding calcium ions with the sequence 'GxGT-[38 residues]-D/E'. Animal and fungal annexins also have variable amino-terminal domains. The core domains of most vertebrate annexins have been analysed by X-ray crystallography, revealing conservation of their secondary and tertiary structures despite only 45-55% amino-acid identity among individual members. The four repeats pack into a structure that resembles a flattened disc, with a slightly convex surface on which the Ca 2+ -binding loops are located and a concave surface at which the amino and carboxyl termini come into close apposition.
Annexins are traditionally thought of as calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding proteins, but recent work suggests a more complex set of functions. The famiy has been linked with inhibition of phospholipase activity, exocytosis and endoctyosis, signal transduction, organisation of the extracellular matrix, resistance to reactive oxygen species and DNA replication [(PUBMED:9797403)].
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior quarterback Kody Smith racked up a career-high 359 total yards and contributed to three touchdowns, leading Gettysburg to a 42-20 Centennial Conference victory over Moravian College in front of a packed crowd Saturday afternoon during Family Weekend at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
Smith rushed for 127 yards – just two shy of his career-high – and two touchdowns while passing for a season-high 232 yards and one touchdown. He engineered a 99-yard drive in third quarter as Gettysburg (6-2, 5-2 CC) improved to 6-2 for the first time since 1994.
The Bullets entered the game seventh in Division III in rushing offense (298.0 ypg), and despite finishing well below their season average in terms of rushing yards (199), they scored four of their six touchdowns on the ground. They have now tied the 2010 team's school record for most rushing TDs in a regular season (33).
Defensively, senior linebacker Larry DelViscio stayed hot, making a game-high 15 tackles, including 3.0 for loss. Entering the game with a conference-leading 11.9 tackles per game, he has now piled up 51 stops over his last three games.
Six Bullets accounted for a season-high six sacks, the most by Gettysburg since it had seven in a 2008 victory over Ursinus College. The Orange & Blue also came up with five takeaways and scored a defensive touchdown on junior linebacker Cody DiAmore's 33-yard interception return.
Sophomore quarterback Jimmy Lahue passed for 276 yards and two touchdowns for Moravian (2-6, 2-5 CC), which lost its fourth game in a row. Senior receiver Albie Moran caught five passes for 123 yards and a touchdown for the Greyhounds.
The Bullets, who outgained Moravian 431-344, never trailed after scoring on the second play of the game, when junior receiver Aden Twer caught a pass in the left flat, beat his defender to the outside, and raced to a 70-yard score down the left sideline.
Gettysburg struck for two more touchdowns in the opening quarter, getting a 1-yard touchdown run from senior tailback Ted Delia with 9:07 on the clock to make it 14-0 and a 5-yard scamper from Smith with 2:06 showing to make it a 21-7 game. The Bullets second touchdown was set up by a fumble recovery by DiAmore at the Moravian-12.
After a 69-yard touchdown pass from Lahue to Moran with 8:18 left in the first quarter, Gettysburg stopped the Greyhounds on their final six possessions of the half. The Bullets forced four consecutive punts, then came up with back-to-back takeaways, starting with a strip-sack by senior defensive tackle Mark Wojcik that was recovered by senior defensive end Joe Ventresca near midfield.
The Bullets ended the half with a big defensive stand. Moravian had a first-and-goal at the 2-yard line, but rushed for no gain on three straight plays. The Greyhounds then lined up for a field goal, but holder Jimmy McCarthy broke for the right pylon after receiving the snap. He then attempted a pitch-out to the kicker but was off the mark, and junior cornerback Hugo Nolasco pounced on the loose ball at the Gettysburg-5 with eight seconds left in the half, making it a 21-7 game at the break.
Gettysburg also scored on the second play of the second half, with DiAmore leaping high to make an interception at the Greyhound-33 before taking it down the right sideline for his first collegiate touchdown. It was also Gettysburg's first interception return TD since Tyler Fasanella '12 and Rob Pennella '12 each had one in a win over Franklin & Marshall College on Nov. 13, 2010.
The Greyhounds converted an interception into a touchdown when tailback C.J. Billera ran it in from 2 yards out with 6:12 left in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 28-14. However, the Bullets put the game away by scoring the next two touchdowns, with a turnover setting up the first one. Jason Fuehring caught a pass over the middle and appeared to heading toward the end zone when freshman safety Michael Kornegay came from behind to strip the ball around the 5-yard line. Senior cornerback D.J. Thompson recovered at the Bullet-1.
Gettysburg then embarked on an 11-play, 99-yard drive that lasted just 2:43. The big play was a 25-yard pass from Smith to senior tight end Matt Brophy to the Moravian-8, and three plays later sophomore tailback Eddie Hutchins ran in from 4 yards out to make it 35-14 with 31 seconds left in the third quarter.
Smith capped the Bullets scoring with a 1-yard keeper with 5:11 left in the game, polishing off a 12-play, 76-yard drive that chewed up over six minutes off the clock. Moravian set the final score with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Lahue to McCarthy, but sophomore linebacker Gordon Prince blocked the extra point.
Smith, Bullets Down Moravian, 42-20
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior quarterback Kody Smith racked up a career-high 359 total yards and contributed to three touchdowns, leading Gettysburg to a 42-20 Centennial Conference victory over Moravian College in front of a packed crowd Saturday afternoon during Family Weekend at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.


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Emily Johnson won an Award of Merit in the Student Poster Competition and Justin Marshall won an Award of Merit in the Student Talk Competition, making this the fifth consecutive year that an LETU student has captured an award. Other students who presented their research included Megan Korthals, Miranda Lamb, Chelsea Mires, Kyli Parsons, and Kristen Stanley.
"We are very proud of our LETU psychology students for the excellent research they have done this year," said LETU psychology professor Dr. Vicki Sheafer. The students were all in psychology classes dealing with statistics and individual research and research models that Sheafer teaches. "We are also proud that we will be hosting this conference for the first time at LETU next year."
The students attending the conference also benefited from hearing the keynote speaker, Dr. Jennifer Stewart, who presented a talk entitled "Neural Mechanisms of Interception and their Disruption in Problem Stimulant Use." They also viewed the poster presentations and talks of other students from other schools.
About LeTourneau University:
LeTourneau University is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning offering a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in aviation, arts & sciences, business, education and engineering. The university enrolls more than 2,700 students representing nearly all 50 states, more than 30 foreign countries, and 53 different denominational groups. Around 1,300 study at its main campus in Longview, Texas, a progressive hub city nestled among beautiful pine-forested hills and lakes in East Texas, approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Texas, and 60 miles west of Shreveport, La. Students are also enrolled in a robust suite of online programs, as well as the university's innovative hybrid programs in Dallas and Houston. Committed to its core mission, LeTourneau University is a comprehensive institution of Christian higher education where educators engage learners to nurture Christian virtue, to develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, to integrate faith and work, and to serve the local and global community. The university is also led by its vision: Claiming every workplace in every nation as their mission field, LeTourneau University graduates are professionals of ingenuity and Christ-like character who see life's work as a holy calling with eternal impact.
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2011: Serving as a captain for head coach Kim Banner.
2010: Played in all of the Pioneers 19 games and slotted a career best three goals...Scored game winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Binghamton August 29...Tallied an insurance goal on October 10 in a 2-0 win against Wagner.
2009: Started all 18 games for the Pioneers in her sophomore year...Scored her first collegiate goal September 6th, a game winner, in a 1-0 victory over Saint Peter's...Tallied 12 total shots for the season.
2008: Played in 10 games and made five starts in her first season as a Pioneer…Made her first collegiate start October 10 against Long Island…Finished the 2008 season tallying four shots.
High School: Played four years of soccer, three seasons of lacrosse, and two years of basketball at Marianapolis Prep…Served as captain of soccer and lacrosse teams in her senior season…Four year All-League selection for soccer…Named soccer team MVP 2008…Received the coaches award in both lacrosse and soccer…Lacrosse Team MVP in her senior year…Selected Best Athlete at Graduation.
Personal: Born: 5/23/90. Parents: Marc and Susan Quevillion. Siblings: Lauren and Allie. Hobbies: Skiing, snowboarding, hiking, and camping. Favorite Teams: Boston Celtics and UConn Basketball. Favorite Athletes: Landon Donovan and Rajon Rondo. Favorite Movie: My Sister's Keeper. Favorite TV Show: Scrubs. Favorite Food: Chicken Alfredo.


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Wild Rice Chowder
2 cups cooked wild rice
3 potatoes, washed and cubed
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 quart chicken broth
1 cup shredded Cheddar or Swiss cheese
3 slices cooked bacon cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup light cream or milk
Cook the potatoes in the broth until tender, 20 - 30 minutes. Add the onion cheese, bacon and cream (or milk). Simmer, stirring frequently, until cheese melts and soup is hot, not boiling. Season with salt and pepper if needed and a little parsley or wild asparagus (optional) to garnish.
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HGTV is Casting in Shanghai
Home & Garden Television (HGTV) is launching a new international series that features American expats telling their stories about what it's like to live abroad.
HGTV Producers want to hear from fun, outgoing, enthusiastic Americans Expats who are living in Shanghai RIGHT NOW!
In each episode, our host will experience Shanghai through the eyes of expat families. From the design of your space (what features of your home are typical of properties in Shanghai?) to the lifestyle and culture of the area (what major life changes have you experienced as a result of your move? What do you do for fun?), the American Expats will give viewers a first hand look at what it's like to live overseas.
About HGTV INTERNATIONAL
HGTV International is a voyeuristic look at the stunning home properties and lifestyles of American expats. This program showcases home design, set within the hottest places to live around the world.
About the HGTV
HGTV, America's leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 89 million U.S. households and is one of cable's top-rated networks. HGTV.com is the nation's leading online home and garden destination that attracts an average of 5.2 million unique visitors per month.
About HIGH NOON ENTERTAIMENT
High Noon Entertainment, located in Denver Colorado, produces HGTV International. In addition to HGTV International, High Noon produces many other shows including VH1's Tough Love; TLC's Cake Boss; Food Network's Unwrapped, Challenge; HGTV's My First Place, House Hunters; You may learn more about High Noon at Protected content .
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In This Moment Offer Full Stream of New Album 'Blood' via Xbox Live
A week before its Aug. 14 release date, a full stream of the new In This Moment album 'Blood' is now available. The stream is free until Aug. 14 for those with an XBox Live subscription. The single 'Blood,' for which Loudwire premiered the video, has been out for a few weeks, and now fans can hear the rest of the band's fourth album.
'Blood' finds In This Moment exploring new musical territories, as explained by vocalist Maria Brink. "I knew that I wanted this album to bring out elements we've never shown before. This alluring, darker, sinful side of us that no one has ever seen. We wanted to find something new within ourselves, and with this album, I'm definitely the boldest I've ever been. I'm not trying to push boundaries. It's not a conscious thing. It's a natural artistic place."
Brink says that time on the road was both educational and inspirational in the making of 'Blood.' "Watching all those bands helped me let go of my fear, following my art and not worrying about 'Is this too much?' or 'Am I pushing too far?' or 'Are people going to judge me?' I'm going to do what I do in my moment to create, and people are either going to love it or not. There will always be people who don't get it. You've got to do it for yourself and create your own path. This album is the most fearless I've ever felt making music."
In This Moment are on the last few dates of a tour with Shinedown, then kick off the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival on Aug. 17. They'll also be playing the ShipRocked cruise that sets sail Nov. 27 from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. See the band's full itinerary here.


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Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
May 20, 2013
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Joshua Dorsel McGuire, 43, 206 Oakshire Drive, domestic abuse battery.
Timothy Keith Stewart, 22, 5228 North Bayou Black Drive, Gibson, failure to appear.
Donald Joseph Dugas, 34, 223 Leslie St., Houma, failure to appear.
Dywann Kenyel Harris, 36, 113 Charlotte St., No. 42, Gray, failure to comply with sentence.
Jason Jerrold Cole, 39, 226 Bon Jovi Blvd., Gray, simple assault, simple criminal damage to property less than $500, domestic abuse battery.
Houma City Police
Dayshawn Kentrell Clay, 29, 920 East St., Houma, entry after being forbidden.
Crosby Lynn Nickerson, 43, 111 Oliver Lane, Schriever, possession schedule I drug, possession with intent to distribute schedule I drug, illegal financial transaction involving drug proceeds.
Keith Paul Brunet, 37, 246 Cliffwood Court, Houma, probation violation, driving under suspension, mirror violation, expired vehicle inspection sticker, three counts child restraint violation, expired driver's license.
Philip Brandon Dehart, 25, 1309 Honduras St., Houma, second offense DWI, improper lane usage, open alcohol container in vehicle, expired vehicle inspection sticker, registration violation, possession schedule I drug.
Louisiana State Police
Craig Alan Thibodeaux, 40, 4720 La. 56, No. 2, Chauvin, DWI, disregarding traffic control signal.
District and City Courts
The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
Zachary Patrick Lacoste, 18, 103 Debra St., Houma, probation revocation.
Wilbert Collins Sr., 66, 465 West Park Ave., Houma, theft of utility service.
William Joseph Thibodaux, 46, 112 Carlette Court, Houma, theft of goods less than $500.
Cordella Jane Lacobon, 37, 404 Academy St. Houma, failure to appear.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Ben Freeman, 37, 202 Louis Drive, Houma, telephone communications, improper language, harassment.
Robert Rouse, 34, 110 St. Bernard St., Thibodaux, contempt.
Claude Smith III, 19, 1326 St. Charles St., Thibodaux, contempt.
Ray Matherne, 43, 172 Whispering Oak Court, Houma, two counts contempt.
Ryan Turner, 19, 226 A Carol St., Thibodaux, contempt.
Dustin Hutchinson, 27, 1 Stonesthrow Drive, Houma, violation of probation.
Cameron Andras, 22, 1802 Highway 307, Thibodaux, parole violation warrant.
Terry Goudy, 23, 1130 Tiger Drive, Thibodaux, three counts contempt, indecent exposure, indecent or lewd behavior, possession of marijuana.


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April 14, 2014, MONTE CARLO, Monaco (ISN) – Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil lost his career debut at the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday, falling 6-2, 6-2 in the first round to experienced clay-court player Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain.
The 29th-ranked Pospisil lacks clay-court experience and paid the price against his 45th-ranked opponent who grew up playing on the surface.
"There's a lot you can learn from every loss," said Pospisil. "This one was more about my lack of clay experience, I need to get used to the surface. Working on my movement will help a lot, it's something I can improve."
Eighth seed Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., had a bye in the first round and will face either Argentina's Federico Delbonis or Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun in the second round on Wednesday.
Pospisil was competing in only his seventh top-level match on clay and now stands 1-6 on the surface. His only victory came in a Davis Cup tie against Ecuador in 2011.
Pospisil hasn't played much since the Australian Open due to a back injury.
"Considering how little I've played in general, this was not so bad," said Pospisil. "He played extremely well and didn't miss any balls. I played well on my forehand but obviously clay is not my natural surface.
"There was really not much I could have done out there."
Pospisil, who committed 18 unforced errors in the opening set, admitted he came to the court with low expectations.
"I didn't have too many expectations, I've been dealing with a couple of injuries and only played points on clay for the first time yesterday."
The Canadian said that while he did not want to go into detail, his back felt fine during the match. Pospisil will move onto Bucharest and Munich over the next few weeks as the French Open buildup continues.
Elsewhere, Fabio Fognini of Italy was two points away from defeat before rallying to beat Joao Sousa 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.
Sousa led 5-2 and 30-0 on Fognini's serve, but the Portuguese player lost his composure and then started complaining to the chair umpire at the end of the second set and midway through the third.
"I'm not happy today. I was I think a bit lucky," Fognini said. "It was a really difficult match."
The 10th-seeded Fognini, who lost to title-holder Novak Djokovic in last year's semifinals, was the highest seeded player in action Monday in the clay-court tournament.
Fognini failed to serve out the first set at 5-4 and then his game fell apart.
"I was completely without energy, without power in my legs," he said. "I have no idea what happened."
After Fognini had served out the second set, the crowd jeered Sousa — who had received a warning during the first set. At 3-2 down in the third, Sousa continued to grumble, saying "it's a joke, it's a joke."
Fognini next plays Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, who beat Canada's Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-2.
Later, 11th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain was playing qualifier David Goffin of Belgium.
In other first round matches, there were victories for Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, Czech players Radek Stepanek and Lukas Rosol; and Spaniards Albert Montanes, Albert Ramos and Pablo Andujar.
Rosol beat Evgeny Donskoy 7-5, 6-1; Kohlschreiber won 6-3, 6-4 against Simone Bolelli; Stepanek thrashed Ivo Karlovic 6-1, 6-2; Ramos beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 7-5 and Andujar downed Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
On Tuesday, Djokovic plays Montanes in the second round. On Wednesday, eight-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain faces Gilles Simon or Teymuraz Gabashvili, and fourth-seeded Roger Federer takes on Stepanek.


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Are you on a twin-tip? Or are you on a directional? If so do you jibe and/or go toeside if needed?plummet wrote:I have a very hard and fast down wind current today in the waves. For the first few minutes i struggle to stay upwind until i got my rythem. Here's what i did.
The current was pulling down wind when the white was surge was pulling back into the sea. So i timed my runs to ride a wave in then run infront of the white wash upwind using the current to crank me higher upwind!. then i'd turn around a wang back out as the next wave pushed in. That way i was getting the wave current which helped my to also drive up wind.
So... take a little time to see how the water is moving. you may be able to work it to your advantage. if i got out of rythem i'd end up going with the current and no being able to go upwind.


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All calls were responded to within the City of Hood River March 16-24.
Controlled substance violations (non-DUII):
March 21 — Highway 35 at Paasch Drive — Male cited for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana following a traffic stop.
Disorderly conduct, mischief, criminal trespass and vandalism:
March 21 — Lingren Road, 3200 block — Criminal mischief reported.
Driving under the influence of intoxicants:
March 23 — I-84 at milepost 51 — Female arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants and lodged at NORCOR.
Motor vehicle crashes, offenses and impounds:
March 18 — Barrett Drive near Markham Road — Motor vehicle crash reported.
March 19 — Highway 281 at milepost 10 — Single-vehicle injury crash reported.
March 23 — Eliot Drive, 2900 block — Deputies ordered a vehicle towed because it was parked in the road and was a traffic hazard.
March 24 — Dethman Ridge Drive, 3400 block — Victim of a hit-and-run reported the incident to the sheriff's office.
Outstanding warrants, parole, probation or terms violations:
March 20 — State Street, 300 block — Male arrested on a court ordered sanction.
March 20 — Kenwood Drive, 2200 block — Male arrested for probation violation detainer and lodged at NORCOR.
March 20 — State Street, 300 block — Male arrested for a probation violation.
March 21 — State Street, 300 block — Male arrested for violating the conditions of his probation and lodged at NORCOR.
Theft, burglary or robbery:
March 18 — N.W. WaNaPa Street, 400 block, Cascade Locks — Male contacted regarding a theft II complaint.
March 19 — Shute Road, 2900 block — Male contacted regarding a theft I complaint.
March 21 — Kenwood Drive, 2200 block — Burglary I and theft II reported.
March 22 — Montello Avenue, 2300 block — Stolen vehicle reported.
March 17 — Starvation Creek Trail — A search and rescue mission was conducted for a lost hiker between the Starvation Creek Trail and the Mount Defiance Trail.
March 20 — White River Sno-Park — Deputy responded on a search and rescue operation. A male had suffered a heart attack and needed medical assistance to evacuate him from the area. Patient was brought out and flown to Portland via LifeFlight.
March 21 — Summit Drive at Wy'east Road — Deputy located a young child wandering along the road without adult supervision. Contact was made with the parents and the child was returned home. Investigation pending.
March 22 — U.S. Forest Service 48 road — A group of people got stuck in the snow 4 miles east of Highway 35. Using sheriff equipment, deputies were able to help get the group moving back eastbound.
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Rob Zombie Continues Assault on Ants With Third AMDRO Commercial
Look out ants! Rob Zombie has you in his sights again. The rocker/director has stepped back behind the lens to shoot his third commercial for the AMDRO Ant Bait company.
He previously helmed one commercial for the company that featured actor Clint Howard and took a creepy turn, but in true Zombie style, he takes this one even further. In this latest video, a woman is so "bugged" by ants that it starts to make her a little crazy and she continually writes in her journal the lyrics to 'Ants Go Marching,' and when that journal is full, then she moves onto writing on her arm and face. Luckily AMDRO is around to save the day as the woman spreads it on her garden and lawn to keep the ants away and brings her back to sanity.
In addition to shooting commercials for AMDRO and Woolite in the past, Rob has been building his directing resume. His latest movie, 'Lords of Salem,' is expected in theaters this fall. The film will premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of their annual 'Midnight Madness' feature. The thriller centers on a woman (Sheri Moon Zombie) who receives a mysterious wooden box and by opening it may have welcomed the evil "Lords" of the past into modern day.
Rob also recently signed on for a non-horror film project, as he'll direct 'Broad Street Bullies,' a movie about the '70s-era Philadelphia Flyers hockey team as they emerged from obscurity to brutally beat the Soviet Union national team in an exhibition. Check out a recent interview he did with ESPN about that particular film.
Oh, and let's not forget, Rob is also a rocker. The singer will return to the stage with Marilyn Manson this fall for the Twins of Evil tour.
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I stumbled upon this video of a 25-year-old Steve Jobs in 1980 talking about this new thing his company was selling called the personal computer. It is a fascinating peek back in time. In it, we see the singular vision that helped shape everything Jobs would do.
He describes the personal computer as a tool for expanding human capacities — the same way a bicycle allows to move with speed and efficiency well beyond our natural ability. And he describes the way a computer should be designed so that you do not have to learn a lot about computers in order to use it to work on the problem you want to solve. He talks about computers of that day getting between the person and the problem so that you could not solve the problem until you put a lot of energy into learning how to use a computer. He wanted to eliminate that issue.
Here is the fulll video if you are interested:
It got me thinking a little bit about whether we make church something that gets between people and their spiritual problems. You have to learn "church" and put energy into that before you can begin to work on the problems that bring people to church in the first place.
This question, of course, envisions church as a tool, a means to an end. This may be a category mistake. But as an exercise in creative thinking about what we do and why we do it, I think it has some merit.
What would it mean to make the church as user-friendly as an iPhone?
What would it mean if we conceptualized the church as being a tool — llike a bicycle — meant to expand our capacity to connect with God?
NOTE: My daughter called to object to the premise of the post. She said an iPhone is not easy to use. She may be right. I do not own one. But I do know that using the early Mac was a big upgrade from having to learn DOS. It depends on when you born, I suppose. If you never lived before Apple, then you don't see how it changed things. A good lesson. Insiders never see the world the way newcomers do.


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Reviewed by Daniel L. (age 9) and Bryan M. (age 9)
This book reminds us of Christmas Menorahs because the drawings look alike in both books. It is also like Christmas Menorahs because they both have a tragedy and the Jewish people's feelings are being hurt. We think this book has a lesson in it. The lesson is we are all the same in different ways. Another lesson is treat people the way you want to be treated. We think the drawings of the characters are interesting because they look like the characters in Christmas Menorahs. Daniel's favorite character is Helen because she tries to find out where Lydia is because she doesn't hear from her. Bryan's favorite character is Lydia because Lydia is Helen's best friend and she helped Helen be less afraid when they heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
We recommend this book to boys and girls or even adults because it is based on history. This story might interest readers because it teaches people to be tolerant and not intolerant. This book is interesting because it also teaches you to stick up for your friends.


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Assembling the Tree of Life
Deep Scaly was a large-scale, collaborative effort by seven main investigators (plus postdocs and students) at six institutions to determine the evolutionary relationships among the major lineages of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians). Squamates are the second largest group of terrestrial vertebrates after birds, comprising 96% of all non-avian reptile species. They are the subject of many phylogeny-based research programs in ecology and evolution, yet the relationships among major lineages of squamates remain remarkably uncertain.
The aim of this project was to resolve higher-level squamate relationships using data from DNA sequences, morphology, and fossils. The project is highly integrative, making use of genomics, morphological imaging techniques, comparative anatomy, and intensive sampling of both fossil and extant representatives of all recognized squamate subfamilies. The results of the research provided a rigorous phylogenetic framework for comparative and systematic studies within and between squamate families.
We focused on 143 extant squamate species (representing all currently recognized families and subfamilies) and 9 extant outgroup species (including a tuatara, turtles, and crocodilians). For these 152 species, we obtained DNA sequence data from ~50 single-copy nuclear protein coding genes (~400-800 bp each). We also scored ~500 morphological characters for each of these species, with emphasis on characters from osteology (from dry skeletal preparations, cleared-and-stained skeletons, and high resolution X-ray computed tomography) and external morphology. We also included ~60 fossil taxa based primarily on osteological characters. Data sets were analyzed separately and together using parsimony and Bayesian methods. The project also addressed the consequences of including fossil taxa in phylogenetic analyses that combine large molecular data sets and morphology, using simulations and analyses of our empirical data.


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Part the first - home is where the gazumping isn't
So, for those of you just now taking a look, this part was actually published before the 2nd part, but Blogger's file anming system resulted in the first part being overwritten. Thanks to a kind and alert friend, I was able to recover the first part, and am now reposting it, slightly retitled to avoid the inherent problem.
I gather from the lack of comments or responses in any form that no-one read to the bottom of my last blog (A Day in the Life). Perhaps it was too long, too dull, too detailed, all of the above; in any case, I'll take that as a sign that I shouldn't add any portion of it to the one day in history project.
What is gazumping? Well, that is best described by explaining the process of house buying here in sunny England (a-hem). Now, I will warn you that I do not by any stretch of the imagination have a complete understanding of the house buying process in England. I have read up on it (awhile ago) in a useful book which I highly recommend to anyone who does want to buy or sell a house in England, called (coincidentally) Buy, Sell, and Move House. (The English don't move, they move house, which conjures up a cumbersome yet convenient image whereby you don't need to do much packing nor unpacking, but loads of padding and bracing!)
I have bought and sold houses in Connecticut and California, and the processes and fees are radically different between the two. The process here is closer to Connecticut, but it really is something else.
Starting with the search for a house. Were it not for Rightmove.co.uk, I think most Americans would go nuts trying to find all the houses for sale in a particular area. (Unfortunately I didn't discover it until late in the process). There is no MLS here, at least not in evidence. Real estate agents, called estate agents (I guess they're not concerned whether it's real or not), work for their company. They don't work for buyers, and only slightly for sellers. Before I get some irate estate agents flaming me, let me explain. In the US, you ask a real estate agent to work with you on buying a house. That agent may work for a company, or they may be independent. They are licensed to work in the particular state they work in (at least, I think most states have a licensing procedure), and they don't usually charge any fees up front. Their earnings are derived solely from the sale or purchase of a home. Now this real estate agent (if they're reasonably good), will take your requirements, enter them into a search on the Multiple Listing Service, a nationwide database of properties that licensed agents have access too (and maybe others, for all I know), and come up with a list of properties that at least roughly fit your criteria. These properties could be listed by any agent, any company, so long as they subscribe to the MLS, which most do (except individuals who sell their own house, and there are some services you can pay to list you on the MLS).
Your real estate agent will then take you to several of these properties (the ones you indicate interest in based on a screening of the listings they give you) on a given day. You might see 7 or 8 properties if the agent has the time. The agent is the one who coordinates the visits, makes arrangements for access to the properties, etc. You just sit on your duff twiddling your thumbs and wait for the phone call. Some estate agents specialize in a particular geographical area, and vet the houses themselves before they show them to clients.
Admittedly, all this service comes at a price, anywhere from 4 to 6% of the final purchase price (to be split between the buying and selling agent in some way). But if you're a busy person and you have a good agent, it's worth it.
Now, let's compare to the English estate agent. There is currently no licensing requirement as far as I can tell, so any schlump can hang up a shingle and call her-/himself an estate agent. But it actually works out OK, in that you don't work with a single agent when you're buying (or even when you're selling - you can actually have your house marketed by more than one agent/company at the same time!) You, as the buyer, have to look at all the various estate agency Web sites and see what they have on offer. They are all organized(organised) differently, with different search capabilities and criteria available. Many have a sign up for mailings, but they'll put you on a paper mailing list and send you glossy sheets in big envelopes when a simple email would have done, thereby offending my environmental sensibilities. Were it not for Rightmove, you'd have to look at about 10 different Web sites every couple of days for new listings. Fortunately, Rightmove comprises the listings from all the agencies, although not from any of the "for sale by owner" sites (though I found listings at those sites are pretty thin).
To arrange viewings, you must coordinate timings with the various agents. So for example, if you want to view 3 houses listed by 3 different agencies, you have to call each agency to try and arrange a time. Odds of getting the time you want on a Saturday are slim, and so there's this telephone ring-around you play until you can get some reasonably close viewings, rather than hanging around the area waiting for the next viewing. It's a good thing I didn't have a job...
Oh yes, and when you give agents your criteria, they look like they're paying attention and are oh so polite, and then you get all sorts of property listings you wouldn't even look beyond a textual description of. It's so hard not to say to them "What part of 'must have a garage' is difficult to understand?" but you can only give a tight smile and say, "No thank you, we really do need a garage." (thinking 'as I've told you 6 times already'). At least they get a much smaller percentage out of a sale. We had the unfortunate experience of losing a house because we weren't ready to make an offer (I was, I LOVED that house, but I'm not bitter), and even though I called the estate agents TWICE and told them to make sure that they called us if there were any interest shown on the house at all and gave them all sorts of telephone numbers, one day I looked at the listing on the Web and saw the new information "Under Offer". I burst into tears. (I also called the estate agent and said in the politest way I could that I thought they were completely incompetent and that I was crushed due to their inaction. I think the actual words were "I was wondering what I needed to do to make sure that I am informed when there is interest in a property. I called twice and stressed our interest in this property and explained our position to 2 different agents, and was most disappointed to find out that the property went under offer without our having the chance to bid." all in the most pleasant voice I could muster. Those of you who only knew me way back when would be flabbergasted, I'm sure.)
Anyway, back to the point. (this is getting awfully long...I shall stop here and continue in a separate blog entry)
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The 90 credit Associate in Arts transfer degree is designed to meet the general education requirements at Washington State four-year institutions and prepare students for entrance into a Bachelor of Arts or Science in Computer Science or Computing and Software Systems. Students interested in computer hardware and hardware design or a B.S. degree in Computer Science with a year of physics should consider the AS-T in Computer and Electrical Engineering. Computer Science or Software Systems is also an excellent major for graduate work in computer science, engineering, business, and law.
Computer Science — What is it?
Computers are an integral part of modern society. People interact with computers and technology on a daily basis using hardware and operating systems, computer software and communication systems, databases, interactive games, educational software and videos. Computer Science programs require a solid foundation in math and science. B.S. degrees typically require advanced study in math, science and computer science courses. B.A. programs include basic computer knowledge and skills and often provide opportunities for multidisciplinary studies, application and specialization in areas such as architecture, engineering, music, mathematics, art, computer animation, computer graphics, science and business. Degrees with titles such as "Information Systems" and "Information Technology" usually focus on applied technical skills, such as learning to use existing products and methods for business purposes.
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Computer Programming, Computer Networking, Algorithms and Data Structures, Operating Systems, Software Development and Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Databases, Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Professional Ethics.
Career Opportunities — What can I do with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science?
Graduates with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computing and Software Systems have far reaching opportunities in the computer career field, working as computer programmers, network specialists, systems and data communication analyst, software and hardware engineers, technical consultants and educators. Depending on the position, wages are typically strong ranging from $40,000 to well over $100,000 a year.
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Computer Software and Hardware Companies, Software Publishers, Businesses and Consulting Firms, Entertainment Industry, Schools, Health Care Agencies and Manufacturing Companies. For more, please visit Career Counseling .
Transfer Possibilities — Where can I transfer?
An Associate Degree from Shoreline makes it possible for students to transfer to public and private colleges and universities throughout the U.S. with junior standing. Shoreline also has agreements with several universities to make transferring even easier. For transfer within Washington State, we offer a special degree called the AA-DTA . For international students, Shoreline also has conditional admission agreements that allow a student to be simultaneously accepted by Shoreline and a university of the student's choosing .
Length of Program: 90 Credits Completion Award: A.A. Degree
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The benchmark.
For years, Campagnolo's Record 11 Ergopower Shifters have been the benchmark against which all other levers have been measured. A big reason for this is their multiple-cog shifting capacity, which allows you to effect up to three cogs on the downshift and five cogs on the upshift for the rear derailleur. While that signature feature survived the redesign, several other key elements of Record shifting have been substantially revised.
The biggest change is that the cable pull ratio for both shifters has been altered. Campagnolo claims that this change results in faster, more precise shifting all around — even while shifting under load. Another change is that a shift to the large ring requires three clicks (with one swipe) and a shift to the small ring requires two clicks with a third reserved for trim adjustment. This means you get to ride all 22 gear combinations with no chain rubbing.
The new iteration of Vari-Cushion silicone rubber hoods incorporate varying densities of hypoallergenic silicone and a waffle pattern on the inside for additional cushion. The external pattern is a return to the pebbly texture of Campy's old ten-speed models, but with a more structured, modern design than the old faux leather look. The tiny bumps provide traction while their surrounding grooves channel water away for an easy grip.
The levers also contribute to a confident ride courtesy of their overall shape, which feels as though it was molded inside a pair of hands. The brake levers benefit from the ergonomic redesign, too, with an improved pivot point and a double curve, so you have equal braking power on the hoods and in the drops.
Record shift levers do make some concessions to Super Record at the material lever, using heavier steel and alloy bits instead of titanium. This results in a weight that puts the Record levers within a wheel length of Super Record, only gaining 6 grams. The Record lever bodies also use a lighter composite than Chorus, so they enjoy some weight savings in addition to the two cut outs on the brake lever blade.
The Campagnolo Record 11 Ergopower Shifters include a full complement of Campagnolo cables and a shim to increase the hoods' bulk as desired. They are only compatible with 2015 Campagnolo Super Record, Record, and Chorus drivetrain components. Compatibility can be confirmed by matching the letter on the body's underside with the corresponding markings on your other drivetrain components.
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I find the latest iteration of this shifter to have particularly effective ergonomics when braking from the hoods, and excellent braking leverage in particular. The Campy shift mechanism has always worked really well for me and this is the smoothest, most intuitive and connected-feeling shifter I've ever used. It retains the ability for multiple shifts in either direction with one movement of a paddle, and the hood shape fits extremely well into the hand. Brilliant!


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Spherical roller bearings are double row, self-retaining units comprising solid outer rings with a concave raceway, solid inner rings and barrel rollers with cages. The inner rings have cylindrical or tapered bores.
The symmetrical barrel rollers orient themselves freely on the concave outer ring raceway. As a result, shaft deflections and misalignments of the bearing seats are compensated.
Many sizes of spherical roller bearings are classified as X-life products. These bearings do not have a central rib on the inner ring and therefore have longer barrel rollers as well as improved kinematics, optimized surfaces and are made from higher performance materials. As a result, the basic dynamic load rating and, under identical operating conditions, the basic rating life of the bearings is significantly improved. In certain applications, this means that a smaller bearing arrangement can be designed.


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Côte d'Ivoire Is Cooling Down? Reflections a Year after the Battle for Abidjan
The Path to Peace
The murderous conflicts that followed presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2010 led to an international debacle that ended some six months later. After the killing of 3,000 people [1] and the displacement of approximately one million from their homes [2] (Figure 1), Alassane Ouattara (Figure 2) assumed the presidency based on election results certified by the United Nations against the protests and violent resistance of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo (Figure 3). Now, over a year later, with news of the discovery of an alleged attempted coup d'état [3], further political violence in western Côte d'Ivoire [4], and belligerent rhetoric by "the political class and media" [5], Côte d'Ivoire faces a challenging climate for what should be a period of national reconstruction and reconciliation [6], [7].
If the search for lasting peace is to be more than mere "bluff" [8]—more than the kind of illusory promise of peace to which Ivoirians have become inured since the coup d'état of 1999—then the parties to the reconciliation process as well as its critics must take stock of the circumstances that led to the conflict and of the dynamics that will help or hinder its resolution. The authors of this collection do just this with regard to a range of aesthetic, economic, gendered, political, religious, and social concerns. The result is a series of meditations on the challenges that Côte d'Ivoire must overcome and the resoures and strategies it must exploit if it is to achieve an unprecedented era of peace, justice, and stability.
The authors and guest editor thank Charles Piot for inviting us to submit our contributions to the Hot Spots forum and Anne Allison and Alison Kenner for proofreading and posting them with such care. We also thank the anonymous proofreaders who helped edit our work. We express our gratitude to Cati Coe as well who first suggested the idea of this forum on Côte d'Ivoire to Charles Piot. The guest editor would like to thank the authors for their gracious collaboration and patience and the Hot Spots editors for their indulgence and support. He acknowledges the title of Wende Marshall's book, Potent Mana: Lessons in Power and Healing (SUNY Press, 2011), as the inspiration for the subtitle, "Potent Aesthetics," in this feature's table of contents below. We dedicate this collection to all those who seek justice or comfort for those killed, raped, tortured, injured, displaced, impoverished, or abandoned as a result of Côte d'Ivoire's ongoing crisis. 25 June 2012
Figure 1. "Refugees from Côte d'Ivoire walk with their belongings through Grand Gedeh Country in Eastern Liberia." Photo: © 2011 Reuters [9].
[1] Wells, Matt and Corinne Dufka. 2011. They Killed Them Like It Was Nothing": The Need for Justice for Côte d'Ivoire's Post-Election Crimes. New York: Human Rights Watch (accessed May 28, 2012).
[2] Al Jazeera. 2011. UN: One Million Flee Cote d'Ivoire Violence. Al Jazeera, March 25 (accessed June 15, 2012).
[3] Bavier, Joe. 2012. Ivory Coast Says It Has Uncovered Coup Plot. Reuters, June 12 (accessed June 15, 2012).
[4] Al Jazeera. 2012. Western Ivory Coast Sees Rise in Unrest. Al Jazeera, June 23 (accessed June 25).
[5] Agence France Presse. 2012. L'UE s'inquiète à son tour des discours violents en vogue en Côte d'Ivoire. Abidjan.net, June 25 (accessed June 25, 2012).
[6] France 24. 2011. Ivory Coast Special: Reconciliation and Reconstruction (Video). France 24, June 3 (accessed June 15, 2012).
[7] Human Rights Watch. 2012. World Report 2012: Côte d'Ivoire. Human Rights Watch (accessed June 25, 2012).
[8] Newell, Sasha. 2012. The Moderntiy Bluff: Crime, Consumption, and Citizenship in Côte d'Ivoire. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
[9] Human Rights Watch. 2011. Liberia: Protect Refugees against Sexual Abuse. Human Rights Watch, April 21 (accessed June 25, 2012).
[10] Smith, David. 2011. Ivory Coast: UN and France Launch Reprisal Attacks on Gbagbo. The Guardian, April 10 (accessed May 29, 2012).
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Styling the Donzos: Warriors, Women, and Wild Men in a City Parade
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Marie Miran-Guyon, Centre d'études africaines, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
Women's Songs in Post-crisis Côte d'Ivoire: "Ask Gbagbo . . ."
Carol Spindel, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The President and His Double: An Ivoirian Politics of the Counterfeit
Sasha Newell, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross
Toward an Anthropology of Legitimacy
Mike McGovern, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
The Ivoirian Presidential Debate of November 2010: A Key Symbolic Moment in Producing, Or Undermining, Democracy in Côte d'Ivoire
Bertin K Kouadio, Department of International Studies, Wilson College
In Search of Lost Legality: Justice, Constitutionality, and the Rome Statute in Côte d'Ivoire
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Stefan Vervoort who operates DivitoDesign.com sent me an email letting me know that he has launched a brand new WordPress centric site called WPToy. Stefan plans on using the site to publish WordPress news, themes, plugins, articles, and tutorials. On top of that, the site will contain a gallery system. (more…)