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Hello from Daemen College for the third and final day of the Pastor-Cooper Showcase, the unofficial tipoff for the Western New York high school basketball season.
This final day is certainly the marquee day of an event which has had compelling matchups every night. At 5:30, we start with a fine girls showdown between Cardinal O'Hara (which made it to Glens Falls last year for the Federation Tournament) and Grand Island. At 7 p.m., the first of two boys games as East High of the Yale Cup meeting last year's Manhattan Cup finalist St. Mary's. At 8:30, another great Monsignor Martin-Yale Cup matchup has last year's Section VI Class A-1 champion McKinley meeting Bishop Timon-St. Jude in Joe Mihalics' first game as head coach of the Tigers.
I'll have updates from the three games in the live blog below; I'll also have periodic #preptalkscores updates on Twitter that will appear in the blog.
If you want to chime in on the three games -- or if you are out at another high school contest (of any sport), your tweets with the hashtag #preptalkscores will appear in the live blog as well.
We'll be back with live blogs from the Cataract Classic in Niagara Falls on Friday and Saturday nights. Niagara Falls has an oustanding matchup against Section V power Bishop Kearney on Friday while the Wolverines play Brunswick of Ohio on Saturday night. There is a great lineup of games on both days.
We'll have a mix of football and basketball on PrepTalkTV Sunday at 8:30 Sunday at buffalonews.com, including the PrepTalkTV Plays of the Year for football.
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How one couple has made it through repeated deployments
"It's just not fair!"
This has been my attitude whenever my husband, Neil, a Navy corpsman, was deployed over the holidays. His multiple deployments and trainings have separated us for more than one Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it has always been extremely difficult.
Not only was I the lonely one watching "It's A Wonderful Life" by myself, but I kept wondering how my husband was coping and what difficulty he was facing. What was he eating for the holidays? He told me one Thanksgiving he was on watch at night and someone brought him a plate of food. It was pitch black though, so he ended up having to guess what he was eating — and apparently some of it didn't taste very good.
As Christmas approached, he was probably waiting for the mail, wondering when a gift would come for him. What about a card? Was anybody back home thinking about him?
I was sad that this was the situation we were put in. I hated having to miss out on what other "normal" couples were enjoying during the holidays — drinking eggnog, decorating the Christmas tree together and dancing to holiday music.
And then one day, I determined to stop being sad and make the most of our situation. We didn't need to fill the holidays with so many expectations, only to be let down because of the separation of deployment. I decided that every day could be a holiday, a celebration.
I began sending Neil cards and notes and videos of me singing and playing his favorite songs on the piano. I would pick up small things at the store and send them to him for no reason, just to show him I celebrated him every day.
He also found his own ways to help celebrate. He started mailing me 3-by-5 index cards every week with "Remember When" written on the front; on the back was a great memory he and I had together. Every day became a day of thanks and a day of love for us.
I'd like to think that we chose to celebrate life. Rather than wallowing in the separation and sadness, we found ways to make the most of it. We found ways to appreciate and rejoice in each other regardless of the distance.
I hope during this holiday season, whether your spouse is deployed halfway around the world or cuddled next to you on the couch, you find ways to bring the thanks, joy and love that comes with the holidays into your lives.
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Improve Your Intelligence with Brain Workshop
Everywhere you turn there are "brain training" games that claim to help you "lower your brain age" or "boost your brain power" and other such marketing hyperbole. Much like saying a certain breakfast cereal is "more satisfying" than other cereals, these claims are basically meaningless.
As fun as they may be to play, brain training games have one fundamental flaw: the improvements you see the more you perform the exercises are not evidence of your brain becoming better, smarter, or faster. Instead, the improvements are the same sorts of improvements that you will see in almost any task: the more you practice, the better you get at it. You haven't gotten any smarter, you've just learned how to perform the task at hand faster and more efficiently which translates into a better score.
An example from one recent brain training game, The Amazing Brain Train, is illustrative of my point. One of the mini-games is called "Pond Sum". In this exercise the idea is to guide a frog across a grid of lily pads laid out on a pond. Each pad is numbered and the idea is to guide the frog in such a way that the sum of all of the numbers that he jumps on will equal the number displayed at the top of the screen.
The Amazing Brain Train is another brain training game.
The exercise is a fun one and the presentation is excellent with nice sound effects and animated ducks and fish swimming past in the pond as you jump. As a game it succeeds very well, but does it make me smarter? Research suggest the answer to that question is "probably not". The real provable benefit that a mini-game like Pond Sum has is it helps me get really good at adding small numbers together quickly. This is a useful skill, so the game is not a total waste of time, but beyond the actual task of adding numbers together, there is not a measurable benefit to overall intelligence.
Recent research has suggested that a certain exercise can actually overcome this "practice makes perfect" issue and increase both short-term memory and fluid intelligence. The exercise is called "Dual N-Back" and it is the focus of a new brain training game called "Brain Workshop" that for once, may actually work.
Brain Workshop is a new program under active development and it is therefore probably not in your distribution's application repository. That will probably change in the future, but for now, you will likely need to install it manually. The instructions below should work on most current Linux distributions, but I've only tested them on Ubuntu.
Brain Workshop is a graphical python program and it needs a reasonably current version of Python. To see which version of python you have, open your terminal and type:
python --version
As long as the version number it spits out is greater than Python 2.5, you should be ok. If you don't have python installed then install it from your distribution's package repositories.
There is a single dependency (apart from Python 2.5+) that is required: AVbin. AVbin is a wrapper around ffmpeg that the Brain Workshop developers use to play the sounds of the game. As of this writing, the version Brain Workshop uses is avbin-linux-x86-32-7. Be sure to check the Brain Workshop Linux Download page for updated information.
For AVbin the installation procedure is easy as it ships with an install script. The basic tasks are to download it (see the link above), untar it, and then run the install script, which copies AVbin to
tar -zxvf avbin-linux-x86-32-7.tar.gz cd avbin-linux-x86-32-7/ sudo ./install.sh
Now that AVbin is installed, you can download Brain Workshop from the Linux download page and run it. Brain Workshop is a Python script so no install or compiling is necessary, you can just run it from where you unzip the zip file like so:
unzip brainworkshop-4.2.zip cd brainworkshop python brainworkshop.pyw
If everything works then you should see the main screen appear and when you are playing you should hear the game sounds through your speakers or headphones.
The Brain Workshop main screen.
You can also add a launcher to your Gnome or KDE panel to make starting Brain Workshop easier. For an icon for the launcher, there's a handy .png file inside the
brainworkshop/res/ folder.
A simple launcher for Brain Workshop
Playing Brain Workshop
Compared to most "brain training" activities, Dual N-Back is more difficult and not as entertaining (for me anyway).
The 'Dual' part of Dual N-Back refers to the number of things to remember and 'N' refers to the number of times back that you're supposed to remember. The two things to remember in Dual N-Back are a spoken letter, and the position of a square on a 3x3 grid.
Each session has 20 trials plus whatever the 'N' is. The square can appear in any of the grid spaces except the middle space. The letters in the default mode are limited to 'C', 'H', 'K', 'L', 'Q', 'R', 'S', and 'T'.
The game defaults to Dual 2-Back, but I suggest you start with Dual 1-Back, at least for your first few sessions. To change to Dual 1-Back, press "m" to go into manual mode, then press the F1 key to decrease the N-Back to one.
Here is an example session of Dual 1-Back:
Trial 1: Spoken Letter = "C"
In trial one I don't do anything but memorize that the spoken letter was "C" and the square was in the top left corner.
Trial 2: Spoken Letter = "L"
In trial two both the letter and the square are different than they were in trial one, so I don't have to do anything.
Trial 3: Spoken Letter = "C"
In trial three the spoken letter is different, but the square is in the same place as it was in trial two, so I press the "Position Match" key (A).
Trial 4: Spoken Letter = "C"
In trial four the position of the square has changed from what it was in trial three, but the spoken letter is the same, so I press the "Audio Match" key (L).
Trial 5: Spoken Letter = "K"
In trial five both the position and the spoken letter are different from what they were in trial four, so I do nothing.
Trial 6: Spoken Letter = "K"
In trial six both the position of the square and the spoken letter are the same as they were in trial five so I press both the "Position Match" and "Audio Match" keys.
The exercise continues like this for the remainder of the trials.
Once you've mastered Dual 1-Back, switch to normal mode and give Dual 2-Back a try. Dual 2-Back is harder than Dual 1-Back, but not too bad. Using the same set of example trials above, here is how they would play if I was playing Dual 2-Back:
- Trials 1–2
- In trials one and two I don't have to do anything but memorize what was said and where the square was on the grid.
- Trial 3
- In trial three the position of the square is the same as it was in trial two, but this is Dual 2-back and I need to remember the state of things two trials back, so I need to remember that the position of the square is different than it was in trial one, but the spoken letter is the same, so I press the "Audio Match" key (L).
- Trial 4
- In trial four the position of the square and the spoken letter are different than they were in trial two, so I do nothing.
- Trial 5
- In trial five the spoken letter is different than it was in trial three but the position of the square is the same so I press the "Position Match" key.
- Trial 6
- In trial six the position of the square and the spoken letter are different than they were in trial four, so I do nothing.
If you think playing this game sounds hard, I agree with you. If you think it sounds easy, I salute you. I think the mental difficulty of this game and how it forces you to remember two completely different things is what makes it work as well as the research says it does. The mental stretching and gymnastics required are also what makes it not as fun as other brain games in my opinion. I do like playing the game, just not as often as I play other games. I have to be "in the mood" for it, I guess, which probably is along the same lines as the reason I don't exercise as much as I should — it's not as fun as alternatives.
Assuming you find the game entertaining, but you also find Dual 1-Back or 2-Back too difficult, you can play Position N-Back or Audio N-Back by pressing 'C' to go to the "Choose Game Type" screen and then pressing "0" or "1" respectively. Then, once you are proficient playing each one separately, you can try them together.
On the flip side, Brain Workshop also includes several ways you can increase the difficulty. One way is by increasing the N to whatever number you want. The other is by increasing the number of things you need to remember from Dual to Triple.
There are also some experimental modes, including Dual Letter N-Back, Tri Letter N-Back, Quad Letter N-Back, and Arithmetic N-Back (including Dual and Triple variants). These experimental modes add things like remembering a spoken and visual letter in addition to the position of the square, or performing the spoken arithmetic operation on some displayed numbers. Personally they just make my head hurt, but you might find them a good way to increase the challenge.
No brain trainer would be complete without some way to chart your progress and Brain Workshop has simple "Daily Progress Graph" section that plots your improvement (or lack) on a simple grid. You get to the mode by pressing 'g' from the main screen and then pressing 'n' to cycle between the graphs for the various game types.
Brain Workshop includes simple progress charts.
If you want to delve under the covers of the game, the settings for Brain Workshop are kept in the
brainworkshop/data/config.ini file. You can edit the file and tweak the settings. In the file you can do things like changing the background from white to black, removing the window decorations, changing the size of the window, setting the arithmetic operations to use, and so on. The file is fairly self-explanatory, but you might want to make a backup first in case you break something.
The game is under heavy development and it will inform you when a new version is available for download. The basic gameplay has remained the same over the different versions that were released during the past few weeks I've been using the software, but various bugs relating to graphics and sound issues have been fixed so I definitely recommend getting the new updates as they are released.
So, is Brain Workshop better than other brain training programs? The research that has been done suggests that it is better at actually improving your intelligence. That is a good thing. However, it is not as fun to play in my opinion as other brain games. So which is better? The exercise you actually do because it's fun? Or the exercise that is better for you, but which you don't play as much?
Whatever the answer is to that question, I am glad that some open source developers have taken the time to implement this research into an actual product. In the process they have leapt over most other games in this category by providing something that real research has suggested actually works, instead of something that a marketing department would like to convince you actually works.
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It would be great if someone could port this to Android so I could play it on the way to work.
Brainworkshop is stuttering on Ubuntu. Letters are not spoken clearly. One cannot understand what letter is spoken. After several letters things are getting worse. Shuting down and restarting Brainworkshop not helped.
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The Boston Teachers Unions welcomes the proposal offered by Supt. Carol Johnson last evening. Her movement is a step in the right direction and we gladly accept her proposal to extend the school day for two hours with compensation, as we would have had she made the same offer 24 months ago, when we first began bargaining on a successor contract.
The contract language proposed by the superintendent has been in the collective bargaining agreement—without change—since September 1, 1986, and the Timilty Middle School in Roxbury has been operating under that agreement for the last 26 years. We welcome the opportunity to replicate the Timilty model.
While we support the superintendent's proposal without qualification, we need to point out that we offered a similar, cost-neutral plan to the school department's negotiation team two days ago that would have nearly doubled the scope of the superintendent's plan while keeping a clear focus on academic rigor.
With only six exceptions, each of the other 40 or so BPS schools that currently offer an extended school day keep their extended academic time to an hour or less. A majority of these 40 schools have the unilateral right to extend their school day well beyond an additional hour. Yet they have chosen not to do so. Their reasoning may vary, but many educational experts believe that adding an additional two hours of purely academic time goes too far. The BTU, therefore, had proposed that the district offer each school either an additional one hour of academic time or two hours of a combination of academic and enrichment services. The latter of which would be offered by lower-cost outside non-profit providers. The latter proposal also follows the model of the highly successful Edwards Middle School. Our proposal would have allowed the Superintendent to stretch her resources over a wider population of students without sacrificing academic rigor.
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— SPRINGTOWN — John Herman Driver, beloved husband, cherished father and special friend, passed away Friday afternoon, Sept. 27, 2013. He was at home with his loving wife of 49 years, Patricia Cooper Driver, and was surrounded by family, just as he wished.
A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, at their home in Weatherford. Notification of details will be published at a later date.
John was born to Robert Lee and Jessie Driver on March 14, 1918, in El Reno, Okla. He graduated from Watonga High School in Watonga, Okla., in 1936. He attended Wichita Business College, graduating in 1937 with a Bachelor of Accounts degree. He did clerical and bookkeeping work for two years in Wichita, Kan., and Yakima, Wash.
Then in 1939 he heard the call to adventure, so he took what little cash he had and caught a ship in steerage to Nome, Alaska. He went looking for riches in the gold mining fields for the Alaska Fortune Mining Company. Unfortunately, or maybe not, they never found the big gold mine and the company went bankrupt.
So in September, 1939, John went to work for the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Anchorage, Alaska as a crew leader and electrician. The CAA later became the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). He started his profession as a rigger and lineman of communication stations. During his career he studied and became an electronics engineer. Over his 37 year career he traveled the world installing the towers that allowed us all safe air travel. His last major project was the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. He retired in Fort Worth, TX as a manager over radar installation. When John retired from the FAA after 37 years of loyal service he and his wife Pat moved to Springtown.
John lived a full life and accomplished much in his 95 years. Some of his many accomplishments included attainment of Eagle Scout, scout master and a Master Mason. After retirement he became licensed as an electrician and in HVAC, performing service work in the community. In his early life he was an avid bird hunter. He had many hobbies including woodworking craftsman, beekeeping, winemaker, leather smith, gardening and crossword puzzles. He loved to read and encouraged everyone to expand their knowledge. But his most favorite and special hobby was dancing. He met his "Yellow Rose of Texas," Pat, at a Paul Jones Dance. They spent the last 49 years loving each other and dancing on many dance floors, they loved to ballroom and square dance. John lived a very full life always striving to learn, he never met a stranger and chose to always see the best in life. He will be missed. He loved life and people.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Cooper Driver, of Springtown; brother, Elmer Driver, of Port Orchard, Wash., and Eileen Meade, of California; children, John H. Driver Jr., of Fort Worth, Gary Driver and wife, Shada, of Nashville, Ark., David Ginn, of Springtown, and Cindy Shannon and husband, Bob, of Weatherford; grandchildren, John H. Driver III, of Perrin, Stacie Driver, of Weatherford, Russell Driver, of Weatherford, Heather Scruggs, of Weatherford, Justin Ginn, of Park City, Utah, and Elizabeth Scruggs, of Weatherford; many great-grandchildren; and most of all many, many friends.
John was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Lee and Jessie Driver; and brothers and sisters, Lela, Pauline, Lucille, Hollis, Bill and Jean.
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Re: Transits
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May 28, 2014, 11:48 AM »
Thanks Deva! I hope these clarifications help all of us
I do have a question about what you wrote below in red:
Looking at Mercury as Pluto transits 3rd house...As I mentioned mercury in 2nd in Sag, ruler Jupiter in 8th in Taurus (natural inconjunct)...would I have been off target to focus more Jupiter 8th house as the bottom line for the crisis? Jupiter being the slower moving planet (compared to Mercury)? Of course, I didn't mention that it was in Taurus so what you described below seems right on point. However, I would have interpreted it more from the 8th house side? As this soul is invited to change/release, reinvent, and transform ideas/thoughts through necessary crisis, thereby expanding ones mental constructs of self (my values/needs), and how to relate to others in a
mutual understanding of values? This would occur through necessarily experiencing psychological limitations, via power struggles/control issues, shared resources with others. How I relate to myself (2nd house) in an honest and truthful way??? What resources are in alignment with my natural self?
Make sense where I may be missing the boat? Also, how do you then pull in the sign on the house cusp? Which takes priority in interpretation? In other words, Pluto is transiting third...we look to Mercury..mercury is in a sign and house, and the ruler (in this case) is in an inconjunct relationship in the 8th. At which point would you look at the house cusp in this scenario and pull it into the interpretation?
Let's say Scorpio is on the 2nd house cusp...so now that seems to give us a little more information that there is a transformative process going on with this 2nd house, and brings in 8th house stuff again. So would we say then that this Pluto transit is emphasized because of the ruler of Mercuy in the 8th house and Scorpio on the cusp? Kinda like a double signature....indicating that Jupiter crisis (Jupiter in Taurus in 8th) of how to interpret and make meaning of my values, self reliance and how that relates to others resources.. what is important to understand & how to connect the dots.
Hope this is clear...
In terms of a focus point/what to emphasize I would advise to promote the idea that crisis in indented to "show" the individual necessary points of mental/intellectual deepening and also that the resources that are sought lie within the individual verses seeking external sources for the desires growth and expansion (Mercury in Sagittarius/2nd house inconjunct Jupiter in the 8th house).
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Re: Transits
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May 29, 2014, 07:51 AM »
Hi, Robin. Thanks for the clarification questions! I would start by looking at Mercury's natal position (house and sign) and then look to the planetary ruler of the sign of Mercury as you have already demonstrated (Jupiter in the 8th house) to add more information about the specific dynamics/areas of life that are linked the core evolutionary process of Pluto/Mercury transits.
In order to understand how to add house cusps to the interpretation look to the sign on the house cusp first (e.g, Scorpio in the 2nd house) to determine how the archetype is being conditioned/filtered through the specific house it is in. From there, look at the planetary ruler of the sign on the house cusp (e.g, look to Pluto if Scorpio is on the 2nd house cusp). This provides additional information on the nature of how the sign on the house cusp is conditioned/or filtered through the house it is in.
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Re: Transits
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Jun 08, 2014, 08:13 AM »
Hi Deva,
I'm catching up so, I'll continue from where I left off, about my friend, with Pluto transiting from the first through the second and into the third house, where it is today.
After the gauntlet of Pluto through the first, my childhood friend really retreated into her own world, transiting Pluto in Scorpio through the 2nd. Trying to avoid dangerous physical activities, and loud, violent, angry people--and any potential physical confrontation. Feeling very limited in her ability to provide for herself in the event of fallout with her family. Unfortunately, for her, that meant less time outside. Locking herself in her room she went inside, into books, sketch books, 'anywhere but here.' Truly 'frog in the well' she felt more connected to dead writers, mystics, saints and artists than anyone known in the flesh.
"The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." Alan Bennett
She just did not create any openings other than for the things she absolutely valued and cherished or absolutely had to deal with relative to her basic survival needs, very 'lock and key'. She only wanted to hear from the masters, the ones closest to spirit. When Pluto transited Uranus she committed a social suicide, of sorts by going to a different district (over an hour away) for high school, where she was never accepted. This was extremely painful at times for her because she had constructed in her mind ideas about how mature and open she though everyone would be. Not the case as this was an unrealistic expectation based on her personal values and entitlement that others come to her. In the three years she attended (she did her senior year in college) classmates thought she was a) in another class or b) a teachers assistant or c) a college student auditing (Pluto's helmet of invisibility here) For the few friends she had, who she rarely saw, she mostly functioned as a soundboard and therapist. Not feeling 'heard' she became increasingly depressed until therapy became necessary. Her family's support came via a psychiatrist and heavy medication, which created the psycho-somatic experience of anxiety escalating to panic attacks. (I think the lack of social interaction during the 'formative' years of junior high and high-school still echos in her life today. As does the reflex to consume in order to avoid emotional pain.)
Fast forward, Pluto in Sag (retrograde) transiting natal Venus: when she had reached a point with school and writing where she said to herself 'if you keep continue isolating yourself in this way, you will not actually know anybody, or really be known; really love anybody, or be loved.' And then she 'threw the baby out with the bathwater' (studies, writing, art) and tried to 'join the world,' desperately trying to 'feel' and have meaningful experiences that were her own. Also, I think, she was just really lonely and tired of all the work and efforting without any clear purpose or goal other than personal curiosity and to perpetuate a self-image of specialness and unique value. (No context, no market, no value.) This was actually not a period of growth but, of involution, a drifting from her true self, and an immersion into sensory (separating) desires. It took years for her to see it as a reaction to the extremity of her years estranged.
Later, she met the person who she 'loved the most in this world' and who got the closest to her. Still, her outward life gained beautiful possessions, while her inner life lost meaning. Five years later, when Pluto transited (retrograde) her natal Neptune, to the degree, this man died. (For a moment she had a transcendent experience and understanding of his passing, their connection through time. But then, just completely indulged in depression, self-medication e.g. smoking, drinking, and 'retail-therapy')
When Pluto, still in Sag, was crossing the third house cusp and transiting natal Mercury she had a frantic agitation with herself. (Pluto was in crescent phase to itself.) She was in massage school and still ran around everywhere learning new healing modalities, trying to get help, doing lab work, taking tests, in and out of therapy, astrology, talking/reading constantly. She tried everything she could that sounded feasible, just 'bleeding' and 'making a mess everywhere'. She enrolled in a three year spiritual studies program which focused on emotional awareness and personal accountability which, was indispensable.) Also, Pluto was transiting inconjunct to her natal Ceres retrograde in Cancer in the 9th. She became vegan and did many cleanses for the intestines, liver, and kidneys and unlocked emotional dynamics through yoga, meditation, and fasting that no about of chatter however 'deep' could come close to revealing. She confronted deeply rooted emotional dynamics that were completely embedded in her belief systems, Sag ruler Jupiter in the 12th that were extreme idealistic concepts (Libra). Through cleansing she was learning the direct effect on mood and psychological health the gut (aka second brain because of the degree of nerve innervation) but she did not understand the power of these 'holding' dynamics i.e. the level that she was unwinding until much later.
Pluto, still in range of Mercury, transited her Sun (Cap) to the degree, within seconds, and she was referred by an astrologer who knew JWG, to the Pluto book. My friend described reading it for the first time like wearing an oxygen mask. (She says she still feels this way) SN Aquarius, ruler Uranus in the 2nd/ house cusp Scorpio, Pluto in the 1st, conjunct the ASC. Owing to the many layers of unworthiness and insecurity in her chart and active in her awareness, she held off her study of astrology. In true cardinal shuffle form (two steps forward, one step back) she'd make an effort, and drop it. Find another direction, make an effort, and drop it. Until last year 'when things got really bad...' she says and she just made a decision to 'be here' and make the self-determined effort to study the one modality she has total faith and confidence in, regardless of outcome.
Now Pluto is no longer in transiting range to her Sun, or any other planet, in the third house --though it will be transiting Mars in a few years. A very compassionate and loving astrologer told her, "I think on some level you know you need to do this on your own" At the time she said 'it felt poignant, it had a
Sisyphean gravitas.
' In the wake of these transiting conjunctions (and the information overload, which came to a crescendo) a recognition set in for her to recognize the underlying dynamic of needing to be a 'knower' or to 'have all the means and answers'. She is now looking at the dynamics within herself of the
compulsive search
which, is a thin artifice of staying busy and informed in order to feel worthy and secure- a distraction from the pain of powerlessness. However, it seems, the more effort she puts in, getting back to her instinctual self, cooperating with her evolutionary growth, and speaking with integrity (Pluto in Cap, 3rd) about things 'that really matter' the more her tasks sound and feel like the right fit.
Thanks Deva!
God bless,
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Hi, Katherine. Thanks for posting this wonderful illustration of transits moving into various houses (1st/2nd /3rd houses). Also, your post includes specific examples of Pluto transiting Venus and Neptune. It sounds to me like while Pluto was transiting the 1st house your friend was having instinctual responses to the environment that were based on past experiences (i.e, i only want to hear from saints and have experiences are perceived as "safe"). When Pluto went into the 2nd house it seems to me that there was an intensified desire to withdraw into herself and isolate from the external word in an extreme way (this is reflected also by Pluto Venus/transit). In order to counteract this extreme (Pluto/Venus transit) she went to the opposite extreme in the ways you described by opening up to others again to try to re-integrate into the social environment and form friendships. The Pluto/Neptune transit served to realign her with ultimate meaning through the experience of disillusionment. It could also indicate that an evolutionary cycle was being brought to resolution/closure at this time in an intense way (and perhaps to counteract an extreme within that relationship relative to Pluto/Venus transit) through the loss of a very close friendship. When Pluto went into the third house it sounds like she was looking to "re-frame" or to expand upon her previous understanding of her experiences through mental analysis and intake of new information/facts, etc. This allows the evolution you described of being able speak about things that matter with self-authenticity and integrity (Pluto in cap/3rd house). Let me know if anything I have written is unclear. i will post Pluto transiting the 4th house/Moon by Friday this week at the latest.
Thanks again for posting these illustrations!
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Jun 09, 2014, 06:18 PM »
Hi Deva,
Wow. Thank you for boiling down each phase of the transit to its essence. Each piece was very clear.
Quote from: Deva on Jun 09, 2014, 07:57 AM
It sounds to me like while Pluto was transiting the 1st house your friend was having instinctual responses to the environment that were based on past experiences (i.e, i only want to hear from saints and have experiences are perceived as "safe").
You bring up a big point here regarding the influence of the past and her impulse toward safety. (The physical isolation is certainly clear in its practicality: isolation as means of self-protection.) But now I am wondering about why she chose to read and invest herself in the things she did i.e. were the decisions imparted from the ego/personality or the Soul... Was the higher vibration of these sources (saints, god/desses, protagonists just patching up what she lacked from her external environment. Or a calling to go within, instill, and deepen her core values. Or a combination.
Quote from: Deva on Jun 09, 2014, 07:57 AM
When Pluto went into the 2nd house it seems to me that there was an intensified desire to withdraw into herself and isolate from the external word in an extreme way (this is reflected also by Pluto Venus/transit). In order to counteract this extreme (Pluto/Venus transit) she went to the opposite extreme in the ways you described by opening up to others again to try to re-integrate into the social environment and form friendships.
Yes, it was a 'night and day' flip. It wasn't even about recreating theories and ideas on the tangible plane. Whatever was happening with the other, nearly irregardless of the quality, that was 'living life.'
Quote from: Deva on Jun 09, 2014, 07:57 AM
The Pluto/Neptune transit served to realign her with ultimate meaning through the experience of disillusionment. It could also indicate that an evolutionary cycle was being brought to resolution/closure at this time in an intense way (and perhaps to counteract an extreme within that relationship relative to Pluto/Venus transit) through the loss of a very close friendship.
I think there was definitely a nexus of dependencies for part of their association i.e. while they were romantically involved. And on her side, there was some serious 'savior searching' initially, which later rounded into a strong sense of 'tribe.' Regardless, the experience necessarily threw her back on herself to yes, exactly, "realign herself with ultimate meaning."
Quote from: Deva on Jun 09, 2014, 07:57 AM
When Pluto went into the third house it sounds like she was looking to "re-frame" or to expand upon her previous understanding of her experiences through mental analysis and intake of new information/facts, etc. This allows the evolution you described of being able speak about things that matter with self-authenticity and integrity (Pluto in cap/3rd house).
Thank you so much Deva.
God bless,
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Re: Transits
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Pluto transiting the 4th house/Moon
Moon/4th house/ Cancer archetype
The archetype of the Moon/4th house/Cancer correlates to the self-image. This archetype reflects the distinct a personal self-image that forms relative the facts/information/data that were collected via the Gemini archetype. Again, this archetype correlates to the specific egocentric structure/self-image. It is important to not that the ego within consciousness is absolutely necessary because it allows the current life lessons to be integrated in the context of the current life. The analogy that is given to us in the Pluto material to illustrate this point is a lens on a movie projector. Without the lens there would just be diffused images of light. Similarly, the ego is structured in such a way as to support the ongoing evolution of the Soul via integration of the unique life lessons for the current life. This archetype also reflects the anima/animus (inner male/female) dynamic. The anima/animus reflects the natural truth that every Soul is inherently both male and female. Over a great length of evolutionary time we integrate both the inner male and inner female within us.
Another core correlation of the Cancer archetype is to the emotional body (the totality of the emotional body is reflected in the water triad completed by the Scorpio and Pisces archetypes). The subjective, or conscious, sense of emotional security is reflected by the cancer archetype. The natal placement of the Moon (by house and sign position) will indicates areas that are linked with emotional security. It is important to note that Moon also represents the central dynamic of nurturing. This reflects areas in which we can or cannot nurture ourselves or others. It also reflects the parental figure that served as the primary nurturer in younger years of life (typically this is the mother). The ability of the mother to nurture us in ways that we need is symbolized by this archetype as well.
The essential lesson within this archetype is to internalize emotional security. We must all learn via this archetype to progressively meet our emotional security needs from within ourselves instead of seeking from external sources. In this way we naturally minimize our dependencies on others/the environment. In addition, the self-image progressively shifts from negative to positive over time. Potentially, we can learn to remain inwardly secure no mater what external environment we find ourselves in (we become self-secure).
Pluto transiting the Moon/4th house
When Pluto transits the Moon or the fourth house it symbolizes a time frame in which a fundamental reformulation of the self-image and emotional responses/patterns occurs. Most commonly, these responses are based upon the early childhood environment in which our natural needs were not meet. As a result, we may have displaced needs that are carried over into adult life. When Pluto transits the Moon/4th house is reflects a time frame in which these displaced emotions from this and many lives suddenly surface. It is important to note that it is these displaced emotions and old emotional responses that are the underlying root, or cause, of inner blocks and stagnation from an evolutionary point of view.
When Pluto transits the fourth house it indicates a timeframe in which a deep vulnerability and sensitivity that has been suppressed for many lifetimes may surface. As described above, the Moon/4th house/Cancer archetype symbolizes the early childhood environment. As such, this can be a time frame in which unresolved emotional dynamics that stem, or are rooted, in the core themes already described suddenly reappear. Potentially, the unresolved/displaced emotions of the past can be healed gently via encouragement of internalizing emotional security and development of a positive self-image.
In order to induce these evolutionary lessons this transit(s) is commonly reflects a time frame in which a variety of external emotional security sources are suddenly eliminated, or removed, from our lives. For example, we may suddenly have emotional conflicts/negative experiences with parental figures that have previously provided emotional security and safety. It is important to note that this may also occur with individuals who have served as a type of parental figure(s). The critical point within this is that these emotional difficulties/negative experiences are indented to promote the key evolutionary lessons already stated of minimizing emotional dependencies/expectations upon others and to internalize the emotional needs that are coming to surface.
Case Study
As an example of the above I will use a case study. In the natal chart his Pluto is in Cancer/1st house conjunct the North Node. His Moon is in Leo/3rd house conjunct Neptune. The South Node is in Capricorn in the 7th house ruled by Saturn RX in Scorpio/5th house. Venus is in Aries/11th house squaring the nodal axis.
When Pluto transited the Moon/Neptune in Leo/3rd house he was suddenly thrown out (excommunicated) from a spiritual community/organization which had become a type of spiritual family and refuge. Prior to this point he had been continually sought out by others, and also always seen in a special light. He become a type of mentor/counselor to those in need and who then perceived him as a type of authority figure (South Node in Capricorn/7th house, ruled by Saturn In Scorpio/5th house). However, this type of role that he was perpetually placed in and the resulting expectations that were enforced created a situation in which he could not truly embrace his emotional body/identity are reveal the depth of his emotional sensitivity/vulnerability. The Pluto/North Node conjunction in cancer/1st house indicates that true emotional expression and relating to others free from the special role/light described above is necessary from an evolutionary point of view. Venus in Aries/11th house square the nodal axis reflects a skipped step which must be resolved in this life. Initiating relationships that are based on emotional freedom and independence is essential in this life. The South Node in Capricorn in the 7th house reflects being defined by this type of position/identity prior to the current life.
When Pluto transited the Moon/Neptune in Leo/3rd house is served to create the necessary culmination (Neptune) of the self-image and emotional security dynamics (Moon) that were the basis of how he had been known/ seen within the spiritual organization up until that point in time. In other words, his emotional security base was removed suddenly in order to enforce the evolutionary lessons previously described. In a positive light he was able to creatively actualize his special purpose in a way that truly reflected his emotional identity and wisdom through writing books in which the depth of his emotional wisdom and knowledge could be expressed to its maximum (Moon/Neptune Leo/3rd house, Pluto/North Node in Cancer/1st house).
Please post your questions and insights/illustrations as time allows!
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Pluto transiting Sun/5th house
Leo/5th house/Sun
In order to gain a clear understanding of Pluto transiting the Sun and/or the 5th house we must first review the archetype of the 5th house/Leo/Sun. This archetype correlates with the need for creative self-actualization of the special purpose/destiny. This archetype reflects an awareness of a creative purpose/special destiny in life and the need to shape it out of the strength of the will. It is important to note that Aries-Leo symbolizes subjective development/focus. In this archetype, then, creative actualization is at its maximum as we become "full" of our creative potential/purpose.
Leo/5th house/Sun correlates with the pyramid reality structure in which our own needs are at the very top. As mentioned before, there is a strong focus on creative actualization, and this can lead an overly subjective/self-focus in life. In other words, we can develop an essentially narcissistic orientation because we are overly focused on our special/creative purpose which creates a pyramid reality structure. One potential problem that can arise is to attempt to shape and mold other's creative process relative to their own projection of who the other is and how they should actualize their creative potential/capacities. In a positive manifestation of this archetype those with a strong 5th house/Leo emphasis can encourage others to take control of their special destiny and shape it out of the strength of the will and will not attempt to shape or mold it themselves out of a self-centered 5th house projection/creation.
The polarity point to Leo/5th house/Sun is Aquarius/Uranus/11th house. Evolutionary speaking, the polarity point reflects the need to detach from the pyramid reality structure via linking the special purpose to a socially relevant cause. For example, linking the creative purpose to a humanitarian need such as teaching, counseling, community service or some form of dramatic arts are all examples of how creative purpose can be linked with a socially relevant cause. In this way, an overly subjective/self focus can be balanced/shift with a more objective/humanitarian view point.
Pluto transiting Sun/5th house
Pluto transiting the Sun/5th house signifies a time frame in which a necessary reformulation and deepening of the creative/special destiny takes place. Most commonly, stagnation and a "drying up" of creative energy/purpose is experienced in order to induce the deepening and reformulation of the creative purpose manifests. As such, it is not uncommon to experience a need to either deepen or to establish their voice within an existing creative field. For example, this can be time in which an individual feels an increasing need to break out of the shadow/mold of an existing well known authority figure(s) in a specific field such as the psychologists Freud, Skinner, or Jung. A student who studied the psychological theories listed above and yet feels that the theories can be applied in a new/transformed way relative to a new/emerging societal need. Thus, the creative destiny is now linked with applying these theories in a way that reflects the Soul's true creative potential and capacity.
In addition, these transits can induce intense conflicts within relationships because of an increasing need for validation and recognition as the creative purpose deepens and is in process of metamorphosis. In other words, the need for feedback and external acknowledgment from the partner may intensify during this transit. If this need is not met it can lead to intense conflicts within an existing relationship and potentially to attractions to others who appear to offer such recognition and validation. Conflicts between parents and children can also occur as either the parent or the child does not feel validated or recognized for who they are as unique individuals.
For example, the child may progressively resist the parent's attempts to either mold or shape the creative purpose/which creative path to pursue. The child will naturally be seeking the validation and supportive feedback of their parent(s) as a specific creative purpose/destiny reveals or unfolds during this time period. The key point within this is that if the parent cannot objectively validate the child and instead attempts to impose his or her own notions about appropriate creative path then conflicts may ensue. Another potential conflict that can arise is if a parent has legitimate needs to actualize or establish a new or emerging creative capacity yet the child feels threatened by the perceived loss of attention/recognition. For example, it may become necessary for the parent to go back or complete schooling in order to receive a credential and may not have as such time to spend their child/children.
Case Study/Example
As mentioned above, there can be an increasing need to deepen and reformulate the pre-existing creative destiny/purpose during this transit. For example, a friend of mine who has Sun in Virgo/11th house went through a very deep reformulation of the creative purpose when Pluto was in Sagittarius in the 2nd house squaring the natal Sun. With natal Sun in Virgo/11th house he always felt that his creative purpose was fundamentally different then the majority, yet had not been able to integrate his creative capacities in a way that he felt was meaningful. As a result, he remained essentially detached from establishing/actualizing a creative destiny that reflected his unique individuality/gifts. He worked mundane jobs for many years, and when Pluto squared the Sun he experienced an intense creative stagnation and implosion. He realized that a crisis linked with connecting with higher meaning (South Node in Pisces/North Node in Virgo) and aligning with a life purpose that reflected his true capacities/gifts (Pluto in Sagittarius in the 2nd house square the Sun in Virgo/11th house) was intentional.
The South Node in Pisces/4th house and North Node in Virgo/10th house in relation to transiting Pluto in Sagittarius in the 2nd house squaring the Sun symbolizes that a necessary crisis and disillusionment was intended to realign him with a creative purpose/destiny that is linked with service and allows meaningful work to manifest during this time frame. He has natural creative gifts as a musician and as an artist (Moon in Leo/10th house). He made consistent and dedicated efforts to actualize these potentials and did eventually get a big break in the music scene as a member of a highly successful band. The core point within this is that the creative purpose was deepened through aligning with a meaningful form of service and life's work that could benefit the collective/humanity as a whole.
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The user interface toolkit has surprassed expectations in the three months waiting time since its open source release, according to Sun's Senior Technologist Terence Barr. Shai Almog and Chen Fishbein, the owners and architects of the LWUIT project, have contributed two code updates. Many developers and distributors of mobile device applications have decided to use features of LWUIT, reports Barr.
According to Barr, the developer framework is much more than a collection of tools used to build a user interface. In particular, developers should be able to adapt Java ME applications to fit a number of devices using the Lightweight UI Toolkit.
The download is available at LWUIT Project.
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Glome wrote:I'm just going to leave this here. I'm not sure what comic this comes from, I randomly found the image the internet, although I bet Thor is referring to Loki. I wonder if we will eventually see a Loki inspired changemancer.
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why wouldn't he just smash them all, he an animal lover?


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By Brad Keller
Greenville Herald-Banner
GREENVILLE — Three people, including at least two connected to the Child Protective Services office in Greenville, were arrested Tuesday on felony charges allegedly related to the case of Alicia Moore, a teen-aged murder victim in Greenville.
One of those charged, Laura Marsh Ard, is the former program director for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services office in Rockwall, and previously had been involved with the Children's Advocacy Center in Navarro County, and oversight of the Corsicana Child Protective Services office.
Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said grand jury warrants were issued Tuesday for Ard, 60, of Rockwall on one count of tampering with evidence; Natalie Ausbie-Reynolds 33, of Fate on three counts of official oppression and one count of tampering with evidence; and Rebekah Lynn Ross, 34 of Greenville on four counts of official oppression and one count of tampering with evidence.
All charges are third degree felonies, punishable upon conviction by a maximum sentence of from two to 20 years in prison and an optional fine of up to $10,000.
"This is a very unfortunate situation because it involves the very agency that investigates crimes against children," Meeks said. "I hope that the public understands that this is an isolated case and that our local CPS office is very thorough and professional in the execution of their duties."
Hunt County District Attorney Noble D. Walker Jr. said the charges were issued as sealed indictments from the Hunt County grand jury and declined comment on the specifics of the investigation, as the indictments were still sealed pending the arraignment of the suspects, other than to say the charges were "in relation to the Alicia Moore case." Walker said the charges were not connected to Moore's murder.
Ard was the former Program Director Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in Rockwall from March 1981 to when she retired in March 2013. According a resume posted online Ard said her duties included oversight and supervision of approximately 42 staff that conducted CPS investigations regarding children in Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis and Navarro counties. Ard said she served on the governing boards of three child advocacy centers - Kaufman County Children's Center, Navarro County Children's Advocacy Center and the Fannin County Child Advocacy Center.
Jenny Bratton, director of Child Advocates in Navarro County, said Ard never was "officially" a board member, but had oversight in naming a CPS official to serve on the board.
"She came to a meeting or two to help set things up, answer a question, or fill in during an absence, but never actually served on our board," Bratton said in an email to the Daily Sun. "A board member who has been with us since the first of our organization confirm meeting her no more than two or three times in the 11 years of our operation."
Ausbie-Reynolds was also listed as an employee of the CPS office in Hunt County.
Marissa Gonzales, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in Arlington, said Tuesday the agency did not have much information about the case.
"We heard about the arrest of one of our current employees," Gonzales said. "We don't have any further information."
All three of the women arrested have posted bail. Alicia Moore's aunt, Jessica Byrd, answered reporters' questions outside of her home Tuesday night, stating that the family was focused on Moore's murder case and that the family had had no problems with CPS.
Late last month, Terry Dwayne Ramsire, 50, of Greenville, was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The indictment alleged Ramsire sexually assaulted a "Jane Doe" victim of less than 17 years of age on multiple occasions between Dec. 31, 2010 and July 4, 2009.
Under a plea bargain arrangement, Ramsire was sentenced to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division, and was fined $1,000. Ramsire was facing a maximum sentence of up to life in prison for a conviction on the indictment.
Ramsire had also received two indictments in September 2012; one for aggravated sexual assault of a child and another for indecency with a child by sexual contact, alleging he sexually assaulted Moore on multiple occasions during July 2012. Those indictments were dismissed as part of the plea bargain arrangement
Whether the recent arrests are directly related to the Moore/Ramsire incident has yet to be confirmed.
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By Dean Russin
The Daily Star
---- — BINGHAMTON — Boom, boom, boom, boom.
That's pretty much how fast four area wrestlers won their championship matches Saturday during the Section Four Division II Tournament at the Broome County Arena.
Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton's Mark Viviano and Unatego's Ryan Marszal maintained their top seeds, Walton's Dylan Wood beat an upset-minded teammate in his final, and B-G/A's Chris Cirigliano overthrew the top seed in his weight class to secure automatic berths to the Division II state championships, which run Feb. 22-23 at the Times Union Center in Albany.
The differences in all four title bouts came in a matter of momentum-turning seconds.
Viviano's was easily the quickest, almost immediately throwing second-seeded Andrew Barnhart of Whitney Point to his back in their 195-pound final. Viviano made sure that became the point of no return for Barnhart, who somehow managed to keep his left shoulder off the mat. That was until Viviano deftly changed his grip to a vice-like squeeze of Barnhart's head and shoulders for a 58-second pin.
"I really wanted this one because I was here last year and it was embarrassing to be pinned in the first period," said Viviano, who earned an at-large berth to the 2012 state tournament despite getting pinned in 1:02 by Lansing's Ryan Todd in the 195-pound sectional final last season. "That match changed my whole career. I just realized I could go farther, worked real hard in practice, worked hard lifting in the summer, and all those pieces just came together."
Marszal put everything together in the last 30 seconds of his 182-pound final against Walton's Mike Beers, who also reached the 2012 state tournament as an at-large selection.
Beers escaped with 1:03 left to tie the score at 1 in the third period, but Marszal responded with a big throw about 30 seconds later. Marszal slipped to the back of Beers to complete a two-point takedown, then let his opponent up with about 10 seconds left.
Marszal seemed content with his 3-2 lead, but Beers was anything but.
"There wasn't much time left, so I kind of expected it," Marszal said of Beers' last-second charge. "Usually when it comes down to the last couple seconds, kids get sloppy and shoot their arms open. Then you just pancake them."
Marszal dodged the attack and countered with a strong takedown that led to back points and a 7-2 victory by decision for his first state berth.
Perhaps the most intriguing match of the D-II tournament, which ran concurrently with the D-I championships, was Walton vs. Walton for the 113-pound title. That materialized when third-seeded Wood and fifth-seeded Logan Robinson scored huge upsets in the semifinal round. An at-large state pick last season, Wood edged Maine-Endwell's Kobe Garrehy with a 6-4 overtime decision. More surprising, though, was Robinson's third-period pin of Oxford's Joe Nelson, the top seed who placed third at states last season.
Robinson seemed to ride a wave of confidence into the final against Wood, who headed into the final with a 3-1 season record against his frequent sparring partner.
"It was weird," said Wood, mired in a 1-0 deficit for the majority of the match before scoring the decisive points on a reversal from the down position with about 30 seconds left. "He's a lot tougher out here on the mat; a lot tougher. He was really good on top."
True, but Robinson made a crucial mistake toward the end.
"I probably shouldn't have done what I did," he said. "I hooked on him the wrong way and I should have just rode him out the last little bit. I'll be thinking about that for a long time."
Wood didn't have all that much time to think about anything before the big move.
"I just knew that I had to go," he said. "With that much time left, I had to go and get that win. I just got hand control and just kept circling and then just flipped him over."
Wood tacked on back points after the reversal en route to a 5-2 victory as Robinson earned a point with a last-second escape.
"It's kind of hard when you practice all year with him," said Robinson, who remained hopeful that his upset of Nelson would be enough to earn an at-large berth this season. "I'll come back harder next year, but hopefully, I get a wild-card for states this year."
Cirigliano had little trouble finishing off top-seeded Joe Rorick of Odessa-Montour, scoring the last six points of his 8-2 victory in the 106-pound championship match.
The first period of this fast-paced final ended in a 2-all tie, but Cirigliano scored four straight points in the second to take command. He also sidestepped a near takedown in the third to set up his final points, which came after he lifted Rorick and dropped behind him for a late takedown.
"He was undefeated this year and I was watching his ankle pick," said first-time state qualifier Cirigliano. "Since he's really tall, he's a scary guy to wrestle. … I was trying to set up my shot and he kept hanging on to my arm, so I was having trouble setting up my shot. I don't really know exactly what happened, but I'm pretty sure I got a reversal and a couple takedowns."
Robinson and Beers were two of seven area runner-ups, all of whom are waiting to hear whether they will receive at-large berths to the state tournament.
Austin Ryan, Kevin Thayer and Leland Slawson advanced to the championship round to help Unatego to a second-place finish in the 33-team tournament. Ryan dropped a 17-5 major decision to Lansing's William Koll at 126 pounds; Thayer fell, 9-7, to Chenango Valley's Kyle Halladay at 152; and Slawson gave up the only point of his 1-0 loss to Greene's Mike Beckwith on a second-period escape.
All three finals appearances, along with Marszal's title, led Unatego to 105.5 team points for second place. Greene won the team crown with 127 points, and B-G/A finished third at 103.
The Bears also received a second from Jesse Griswold, who was pinned in 51 seconds by Norwich standout Tristan Rifanburg in the 132-pound title match.
Austin Dean of Sidney rounded out the area runner-ups. He also lost by pin, to Windsor's Matt Abbott 3:48 into the 285-pound championship.
Sidney finished seventh with 78.5 points, Walton was 16th (47), Unadilla Valley placed 22nd (25), Delhi was 24th (19), Oneonta placed 25th (18) and Edmeston tied for last with zero points.
Boyle wins 120 title
Cooperstown senior Mikey Boyle earned his first state-tournament berth with a 4-2 victory over Cazenovia's Dylan Evans in the 120-pound championship match during the Section Three Division II Tournament at Onondaga Community College.
"He's got a chance to surprise some people at states," said Cooperstown coach Micaiah Abts, whose program has its first state-tournament qualifier since Brendan Hill made his second straight appearance in 2005. "He's a little unorthodox in his style, so that's always nice with people you haven't seen. They can't really scout you out, so I think that's in our favor."
Second-seeded Boyle jumped to a 3-0 lead before Evans scored on a reversal just as the two fell out of bounds in the third period. Boyle then took the down position and scored the final point on an escape.
Boyle advanced to the title match with a 4-3 semifinal decision over Dolgeville's Ben Nastovski. Fourth-seeded Evans upset the No. 1 seed in the other semifinal, Abts said.
Senior Jacob Miller and sophomore JP Gertz contributed sixth-place finishes for the Redskins, who were 15th in the 33-team tournament with 39 points.
South Jefferson won the team title with 146.5 points, followed by Phoenix (112.5) and Holland Patent (97.5).
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Ocean-side Villa in Paradise in Ormond by the Sea
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Spanish Waters
rates (USD)
/ week
vacation rental description
This beautiful beach-side villa is located on a private, quiet cul-
de-sac. Only a 2 minute walk to you private beach crossover at one
of the most beautiful beaches on the east coast. Sit on the benches
and enjoy tropical breezes or if you are an early riser begin the
day with a spectacular sunrise. The beach is perfect for swimming,
sunning, surfing, windsurfing, fishing, shelling or looking the
famous turtle nests(protected so don't get to close).
Our villa has 3 bedrooms with a queen size master suite which has
its own bath. A queen size 2nd bedroom and a third bedroom with
twin beds. In addition there is a sleeper sofa in the livingroom.
After a day at the beach or a long bike ride you can relax in the
step down jacuzzi which is enclosed in the screened lanai. The
lanai is furnished so you can relax and/or dine while listening to
the waves roll in. A very island like setting which is surrounded
with tropical plants of all kinds.
Centrally located in one of the nicest neighborhoods off A1A, only
minutes from Daytona and the World Famous Speedway. Ponce Inlet,
about 40 minutes to the south is a great place to begin your deep-
sea fishing adventure or take the famous lighthouse tour. Disney,
Sea World, and other attractions are only 1 hr. away. St.
Augustine, America's oldest city is 45 minutes to the north. Stroll
down the cobble stone streets and see cannonballs still lodged in the
coquina walls, have lunch at one of the many lovely cafes or you may
even find the Fountain of Youth!
Sorry no smoking and no pets allowed.
Rental periods are from Sat to Sat. Check-in is 3 p.m. and check-out
is 10 a.m.
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Last modified on 09-9-2008 at 11:36 AM.
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Marsha June 305-382-0438
house rental amenities
Air conditioning Gas grill Utensils
Alarm Clock Hot tub
Baking dishes Ice maker
Beach access Iron/ironing board
Beach chairs Kitchen, full
Beach towels Linens
Blender Microwave
Cable Oven
Clothes dryer Pans/pots
Clothes washer Phone
Coffee maker Private patio
Conventional oven Refigerator
Cookware Silverware
Dishes Stove
Dishwasher Toaster
DVD player TV with cable
activities and attractions in Ormond by the Sea Atlantic Coast Central
Amusement park Miniature golf Waterskiing
Biking Night activities Water theme park
Boating Outlet malls Wildlife viewing
Canoeing Seaworld Wind surfing
Deep sea charter fishing Shopping Zoo
Dog racing Sunset cruises
Fishing Surfing
Golf Swimming
Gym Tennis
Hiking Theatre
vacation rental rates
Per week Per Month
May thru September $ 975. $ negot.
October thru April 1250. negot.
Special Events 2500.
Special Events include Biketoberfest, Bike Week, Race Weeks
Deposit is required to hold reservation. Refundable after
inspection and cleaning of villa. This s usually 1-3 days after
departure. Full amount is due 60 days prior to rental period. There
are no hidden charges. Rates include cleaning and taxes.
Marsha June 305-382-0438
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The Boutique Hotel Palomar Los Angeles - Westwood: Puts You In LA's Sweet Spot
Home of glitz, glamour and A-listers, LA is also rightly famous for its vast size. Fortunately for our guests at the boutique Hotel Palomar Los Angeles - Westwood, we put you right in the center of it all. Wherever your pursuits take you during your visit here: Beaches, business meetings, museums, celebrated eateries or non-stop nightlife, all are easily accessible from this Kimpton Hotel's enviable location in LA's swank Westwood neighborhood. Our generously sized guestrooms and suites are designed around you to serve as your private retreat or workspace. Here you'll also make like a local catching-up on some down-time at our hip, hidden pool and experiencing local art paired with hand-selected wines and new friends at our daily evening wine hour.
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- Chef-driven restaurant BLVD 16, serving stellar cocktails and California Fresh Cuisine
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And while you won't find it on any menu, everywhere you turn you'll feel welcomed by four-star Kimpton service and the expressive, upbeat ambiance of our hotel. Inventive boutique style. Amazing cuisine, cocktail and wine menus. A superbly trained staff. Welcome to Hotel Palomar LA - Westwood.
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Ecology and Management of Large Mammals in North AmericaAuthor:
Demarais, Stephen, Krausman, Paul R.
Pub Date: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Summary: For courses in Big Game Ecology, Wildlife Management of Large Mammals, and Advanced Wildlife Management. Designed to replace the highly regarded but long-out-of-print/out-of-date classic, Big Game of North America, this text provides authoritative, state-of-the-art, single-source coverage of the full range of North American big game (large mammal) species from ecological and management perspectives.
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I have noticed some members not posting as much and that's OK, just want to check on you and make sure you know we are thinking of you!
A quick wave hello will be just fine if you are not up to posting and sharing.
Anyone feverishly following football? I think my 7 year old daughter inherited the gene. We were at our season opener a couple of weeks ago, it was 90+ degrees, I was ready to leave in the 3rd quarter. Not my daughter though, there was more football to be watched - we stayed until the end. A less than impressive performance for our Gators. They edged out Bowling Green 27-14.
This weekend a big SEC contest in the extremely loud Tennessee stadium. Yikes!
My dad wants to come visit Sunday, and while I said yes to it, I don't really want him to come. Things between us aren't the best and he's trying to "make up" so to speak, but somehow ever since the miscarriage I haven't really wanted him in my life. Even though I'm pregnant again I feel like I'm just in this holding pattern. I'm not really interested in laughing and being silly...and he always wants to try to ham it up (even though he's not really all that funny---more corny than anything). I guess I just don't really feel like involving him in my life, but at the same time I don't want to tell him to get lost cause then he'll be all butt-hurt (he's a moper). Ugh. Some relationships are so complicated! It was easier when I wasn't speaking to him.
Thursday the 20th I'll have my first OB visit and ultrasound. The day I'm going, my current pregnancy will be the same gestational age as the baby was that I lost when they dated it by ultrasound. I'm just hoping that at this critical point that everything will be ok.
I am a football fan too and Hockey. I have been wanting to go to a game but I would have to go by myself, ugh! And I would have to take a bus, and I have the worst sense of direction, I probably would end up in another City! Nowhere near the game.
Hope you have a great weekend.
I have been getting to grandsons football games, but would rather sit by self. Those are fun to watch. Little Heathen. To much isolation outside of work. Guessing the only reason I am on today is the time 400 AM on a Sunday morning.
Huskers had a scare with their head coach, but sounds like he's fine. Other coaches which had to finish 2nd half of game did a good job, got real emotional when talking about Pelini. I stopped in a small town bar so as to see the last 10 minutes of the Nebraska/Ark. St. game. A beer , burger and fries - not to bad, hand made. Other folks don't know how rabid most this state is on game days. Standing joke about it is that Memorial Stadium is the tSeems like a ghost town in most areas when the Huskers are playing. Of course - out here with us hicks there isn't much else do. Chase cows most Saturday nights. Just so we can tip them over.
True story, I had to pick up a person from CT at airport. First thing said was will I be able to see the Indians. So, I took them where we keep them on display. Seemed real disappointed when they couldn't see cattle being driven down Dodge St. Geez, talk about an idiot.
I haven't been around much lately, no real reason to be honest. I have been going through therapy, my goodness isn't that an interesting process!!!
Anyway, I have had a couple of highs, which have been nice but sadly appear to show just how bad the low's can be. I have done a few very stupid things but have to say, here I am still so there must be a strong voice within keeping me here or him on high is having a say, either way after a week of wishing I didn't wake up, I got to Thursday and was able to say thank god and have asked frequently since, please keep me in this frame of mind.
Tonight, I am feeling quite strong and going to answer some posts, I feel that is the best I can do, post when strong and sit and observe when not so strong.
I hope all understand,
Sending lots of love and hugs along with some excess strength to you all
Chez x
Hey everyone, i am selfish, i thought depression was keeping her from going out - now i know it was her stubbornness to tell me she was having trouble wallking - or worse i blew it off due to her depression after her father died...i.e. enabling her..... i have been trying to hold it together - the one i love and have been together for 24 years is not doing well. dr.s don't know what is wrong with her. i can't imagine life without her......i am so afraid of losing her i can't function, other than make sure she has what she needs. i'm so scared as i know she is, but wont talk about it. if i had 'faith' it might be different, but life has left me bitter with those who are 'preaching' the word of their god - first thing they ask for is donations......money? really? utilizing 'god' to abuse children....etc.
i believe most religions are cults. i try to 'pray', but i know the creator (i know there is one, i just don't know what their function is.....i.e. shake up the snowglobe we are in when things are going well for their ammusement.........they know my faith is not strong - therefore why should they listen much less answer. unfortunately my prayers are heartfelt - but are said without heart (as i don't believe that the creater is out there to help, only to watch with ammusement)...... No replies needed..... sorry if i offended anyones religious beliefs....i'm just lost.'
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I haven't been posting as much and haven't really been around here but it's because I've been doing good lately. I'm not really sure what has changed for me, things are stilll sort of the same but I feel like I can handle life a bit more. I notice I feel good.
Stopped by to say hi though, and to let you know I'm still thinking of all of you.
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I so feel your pain here, please don't criticise yourself so much. You are going through so much just now and to have someone else close who is also having problems, is just awful for you.
Please remember we are here for you and want to hear from you no matter how you are feeling or what is happening with you.
Take lots of care and sending you hugs and love
Chez x
So sorry to hear about the one you care so much about. Guessing there is a bit more than depression going on there. I haven't been on much, so I have missed more than a few posts.
I miss some of your new art work. Have you been trying more?
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