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This week, Mansfield became part of the "War on Christmas" debate.
At the recent Mansfield school committee meeting, the matter of changing the winter chorus concert was discussed. It was changed from December and moved to January.
According to Jordan Jackson Elementary School principal Teresa Murphy, the concert was changed for various reasons and had been discussed in the school since last spring.
Those reasons, according to Murphy, included scheduling, a new chorus director and a few complaints over the years from Mansfield residents regarding the content of the pageant.
"Our choral instructors direct a thriving program and teach 200 children over the course of the week during six different recess periods," she stated in a press release. "A performance in January provides enough time for our choral directors to prepare the children; this is beneficial and puts less pressure on all involved."
Murphy said that feedback is one of the major drivers behind decisions made at the school.
"We listen to our faculty and staff, our students and their families and value everyone's feedback," Murphy said. "We make education decisions based on what is in the best interests of our students and they are not dictated by public opinion."
Mansfield has a large tradition regarding the winter holiday season. This month, the high school and the St. Mary's School hosted concerts and downtown was shutdown for the parade.
Attached is a PDF showing the recent Mansfield High School winter concert.


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This column was written for SCHOTLINE,
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007 *
Diamonds or pearls? Is that the question?
I'm not exactly crushed that I missed this moment in television
journalism. Amid the mountains of information and opinion heaped
on us this political season, it is but a pebble. But I am dismayed
with the back story of manipulation that has emerged since this
past week's debate in Las Vegas. It suggests it may be
easier to draw to an inside straight in Las Vegas than to expect
straight journalism.
If you missed it, too—hey, there are more debates this
political season than there are episodes to a TV drama—a
UNLV student sought to ask the Democratic candidates about nuclear
waste but was persuaded by CNN producers to ask Sen. Hillary
Clinton about her preference in jewelry. For the record, candidate
Clinton equivocated—"I want both."
The diamonds or pearls decision was undoubtedly made by unseen
producers who, having vetted all the questions that participants
were required to submit in advance, decided to go for politics
light. Residents of Nevada are inclined to worry about nuclear
waste storage at Yucca Mountain. Network producers from New York
or Washington seem more inclined to think about Tiffany's.
In one sense, we've been here before. A high school student
at a 1992 MTV forum asked Bill Clinton: "boxers or briefs?" Clinton,
who equivocated on a lot of campaign questions, barely hesitated
in answering "usually briefs."
The fault today may lie in the hype and hyper nature of heavily
televised campaigns. There are more networks clamoring for their
share of the action and attention than existed when I first hit
the campaign trail for CNN in 1984. There are more candidates
clamoring for their share of network attention in a campaign
that began a couple years ago and still has a year to run. (Candidates,
ask yourselves if you don't share the blame for extreme
breadth and frequent lack of depth in the coverage.)
In journalism classes, we tell students that there are really
no dumb questions, if they are trying to elicit a useful piece
of information. I've certainly constructed a few that were
less than eloquent or well informed. There is also no reason
to think that journalists necessarily ask better questions than
might the voting public. After all, we present ourselves as the
public's voice. So why try to muzzle that voice? No self-respecting
journalist would let an official dictate which questions may
be asked.
The political debate has been substantially tarted up by competing
networks to keep viewer interest over the protracted series of
events. A simple dialogue among journalists and candidates doesn't
cut it any more. Now the stage is all bespangled. The candidates
and questioners are introduced like rock stars. I rather liked
the YouTube gimmick CNN used earlier this year. True, the couple
of dozen questions were culled from thousands of YouTube submissions.
So if this is the way televised debates are going to go, I'd
like to pre-submit my questions for the next debate in South
Carolina in the hope that we can bring the discussion back to
substantive matters.
On gun control: Over/under or side-by-side?
On higher education: Clemson or Carolina?
On public health and nutrition: Mustard, tomato or pepper and
I won't want to miss that debate!
* Charles Bierbauer
covered presidential campaigns from 1984 to 2000 for CNN. Although
he is dean of the College of Mass Communications and Information
Studies at the University of South Carolina, the views here are
his own and not those of the university. He is senior contributing
editor and a consultant to SCHotline.
Minding Our Business is a column
by Charles Bierbauer, dean
of USC's College of Mass Communications and Information Studies and
a former CNN and ABC News correspondent.
This column addresses issues faced daily by students, faculty, editors,
news directors, public relations experts, and media managers about
our professions.
We welcome feedback.
Light and shadow - Michael Deaver: "The
great illuminator"
The common thread of all the disciplines in our
college is that we are story tellers. We tell good stories, funny
stories, horror stories—and in every sense of those words.
What sets our disciplines apart is that we tell those stories from
different perspectives.
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Thursday night viewing gets a change of pace from "CSI," "Grey's
Anatomy" and "ER" this week with the Democratic candidates'
debate from S.C. State University in Orangeburg. But like those shows,
the debates — this is only the first — have an ensemble
cast with a story arc that will play out over the next months.
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Measuring the candidates
Lee Bandy's retirement as The State's
venerable and irascible political correspondent gives Lee a well
deserved respite from the political trails ahead. But with all respect,
Lee, you're leaving your readers in the lurch.
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By Becky Killian and Carl Keith Greene
Regina Bunch will serve the remaining time on her husband's first term as state representative for the 82nd House District.
During Tuesday's special election, Regina Bunch, 49, received 654 votes in Whitley County and 34 votes in Laurel County.
She was the sole candidate on Tuesday's ballot after being tapped by the two county's republican parties.
Regina Bunch will complete her husband's, Dewayne Bunch's, term.
Dewayne Bunch, 49, was in his first term in the House when he was injured while trying to break up a fight between two students at the Whitley County High School cafeteria.
In October, Dewayne Bunch resigned his seat so there would be time to choose a replacement before the 2012 General Assembly.
Regina Bunch announced her intention to run for the seat on Nov. 1.
A special election for a replacement was set by Gov. Steve Beshear.
It will be the first elected post for Regina Bunch, who works as a special education teacher at Whitley County Middle School.


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This regular column is for Dungeon Masters who like to build worlds and campaigns as much as I do. Here I share my experiences as a DM through the lens of Iomandra, my Dungeons & Dragons campaign world. Even though the campaign uses the 4th Edition rules, the topics covered here often transcend editions. Hopefully this series of articles will give you inspiration, ideas, and awesome new ways to menace your players in your home campaigns.
If you're interested in learning more about the world of Iomandra, check out the wiki.
MONDAY NIGHT. The session begins underwater. Bartho, the party's beleaguered human fighter, is staring at the floating corpse of a doppelganger he'd slain the previous week. Suddenly, a dark shape emerges from the inky depths . . . a 15-foot-diameter bathysphere shaped like an eye of the deep (an aquatic beholder). As it passes by, Bartho spies a familiar figure at the helm. He's faced this evil eladrin warlock before, and Bartho can almost smell the blood in the water.
watch a lot of serialized television dramas, and by studying the best of them, I've learned how to sustain and pace my weekly D&D game. In terms of narrative, a D&D campaign is a lot like a serialized TV show, the difference being that a D&D campaign is performed as it's being written, and consequently the action and dialogue are mostly improvised.
Having watched a great deal of serialized drama, it occurs to me that what happens in the middle of an episode is ultimately less important than what happens at the beginning and the end. If you're a show runner, your ultimate goal is to create a dedicated following. You want to keep your audience engaged and turn them into diehard fans who will follow the story from beginning to end. You need to make sure they never get bored and never lose touch with the story you're trying to tell. The same is true if you're a Dungeon Master running a campaign, only in this case your players are both the actors and the audience.
I would argue that in a typical 45-minute episode of a serialized TV show (and most hour-long network shows are roughly that length), the most important minute occurs in the first thirty seconds and the last thirty seconds. The first thirty seconds of an episode tells the audience what they're in for. The last thirty seconds gets them pumped for the next episode. Within these short spans of time, a good storyteller can hit emotional beats that will not only resonate throughout the episode but also make the audience feel a certain way at the end of the episode and "tide them over" until the next one.
Thirty seconds.
That's how long I have to set the atmosphere and mood of a game session. It's also how much time I need to set up a cliffhanger or evoke some other emotionally resonant endpoint for the session. The notion first occurred to me while watching a rerun of an episode of The X-Files titled "Jose Chung's From Outer Space." If you haven't seen it, you're missing one of the most brilliant hours (or, rather, 45 minutes) of network television EVER. It's the one with the cigarette-smoking alien, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Alex Trebek (yes, the game show host) as "men in black," and arguably the most infamous and oft-quoted nod to Dungeons & Dragons ever spoken onscreen.
The episode opens thusly: We're standing on a dark, lonely stretch of road in Washington state, staring up at the sky. Suddenly, a massive starship hovers into frame and blots out the night . . . or not. What we thought was a starship is actually the underbelly of a hydraulic crane lift carrying a power line repairman. He gripes to his boss on a cell phone while being hoisted up into the air.
Instead of proof of alien visitors, we get a rather mundane counter-revelation, a scene so banal that it makes us wonder how we could ever believe aliens were anything but figments of our childlike imaginations.
The next 44 minutes of the episode are outstanding, but I won't spoil anything. Instead, I'll jump to the ending: In the middle of the night, a lovelorn teenage boy stands on the rain-soaked lawn outside his girlfriend's house and throws a small rock at her bedroom window, rousing her. He tells her how much he loves her, to which she replies, "Love. Is that all you men think about?" The boy, dejected, walks off into the night, and we're reminded (in the immortal words of Jose Chung himself) that we humans may not be alone in the universe, and yet (tragically) we ARE all alone.
The first thirty seconds of "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" tell us to expect the unexpected. The last thirty seconds tell us what the whole crazy episode was about. That, my friends, is TIGHT.
Think of other episodes of other television shows that you like. Recall, if you can, the first and last scenes of those episodes and ask yourself, how important are they in (a) communicating the overarching theme or mood of the episode and (b) carrying a specific emotional tone. In similar fashion, a Dungeon Master can, in the first thirty seconds, tell players any one of a number of things (not necessarily EVERYTHING) about the next three hours, or at the very least, remind players where the previous session ended by picking up where it left off in an emotionally satisfying way. The DM can also end the session whenever he or she wishes, preferably with some kind of emotional beat. It could end with excitement (in the form of a cliffhanger), a sobering sense of closure (in the form of a resolved campaign arc), a tearjerker, a revelation, or in any one of several other emotionally satisfying moments.
While it's true that Dungeons & Dragons can teach you a lot about courage, it can also teach you a lot about the power of strong narrative, the goal of which is to hit certain emotional beats — to brace players for what's to come and ultimately make them feel a certain way by the end. If you think back on the best game sessions you ever ran, they probably got off to a good start and also ended well. If you pay particular attention to the first thirty seconds and the last thirty seconds of your game sessions, I think what happens in between has a better chance of making the time investment well worth it for all concerned.
Our last Monday night game session (or episode, as I like to call it) almost ended with the characters thwarting a villain's escape by flash-freezing him inside of his beholder-shaped bathysphere, but it didn't feel right to end the evening at that moment, so I let the session continue a few minutes beyond that point. To my surprise and delight, the players began discussing whether or not to let the villain suffocate in the ice. The party was torn down the middle, with three PCs in favor of letting him die and three wanting to keep him alive. They agreed to let Ardyn, a silver dragon NPC, cast the deciding vote. That's when I ended the session. In the wake of battle, the PCs had a cool ethical debate, and I got my cliffhanger. What would Ardyn decide? The players would have to wait until the next game session to find out!
If you were DMing the Monday night game instead of me, how would you kick off the next session? You might begin precisely where I left off, with Ardyn deciding to spare the villain's life or let him die. You might contrive a third option and have Ardyn make that choice instead. You might begin the session at some other point in some other place with some other character, such as a PC who was absent the previous week. You might begin the session ten years after Ardyn's decision and spend the rest of the campaign dealing with the consequences of her decision. Depending on what happens in those first thirty seconds, your players will respond a certain way. Hopefully they'll react exactly as you'd intended, and that reaction will set the tone for the hours that follow, leading to a denouement that will convince the players that your campaign is worth "tuning in" for next week.
Until the next encounter!
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The Crafty Bandits will meet at the library today at 6:30 p.m. This month, group members will build their own personal terrariums.
Young people in grades six through 12 are invited to participate. For more information, call the library at 533-9531.
Mother Goose Mondays
Mother Goose Mondays sessions take place from 10:30 to 11 a.m. through May 20.
The program features learning activities geared for children from birth through age 2 who attend with their parent or caregiver. Rhymes, stories, songs and playtime are planned. No advance registration is required, and participants can attend as many sessions at they like.
Storytime Express
Storytime Express sessions are set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday. This month Caldecott Award-winning books will be featured. Fingerplays, songs and a craft activity are also offered. This program is free, and is recommended for children ages 2 to 5.
An "Alienology!" program is set at the library April 29 at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature "out of this world" activities, challenges and crafts with a space-alien theme. Children will have a chance to win a new copy of "Alienology," too. Call the Children's Department at 537-0241 for more information.
Pre-GED classes
Free classes to help students prepare to take the GED test are being offered. To find out more, potential pupils must attend a two-day orientation session at the library either Today and Wednesday or May 13 and 15. Sessions run from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, call 262-5678.
Public Library
101 N. Main St., 658-4312
Dial-A-Story, 658-9540
Music service
The Milford library has joined the Library Ideas network of public library websites that offer access to more than 3 million songs, including Sony Music's catalog of artists.
Library staffers report that the Freegal Music Service will allow the Milford library to increase the size and diversity of its collection by offering access to more than 10,000 music labels from 65 different countries.
Registered card holders of the Milford library can download a select number of Freegal Music tracks in the MP3 format each month at no direct cost via the website www.milford.lib.in.us Library officials will underwrite the purchase of the music.
The Freegal Music Service recently announced the availability of free mobile apps for registered cardholders of subscribing libraries. The Freegal Music apps are available in the Apple App Store and Google Play.
"We think this will be incredibly popular with our patrons and will help the library in marketing all its services to the community," said Julie Frew, director of Milford Public Library.
To learn more about downloading music from the library website, call 658-4312.
Spring Story Time
Spring Preschool Story Time continues. The theme for the week is "Spring Chickens." Miss Julie will read "Chicken Cheeks" by Michael Ian Black and "Chickens to the Rescue" by John Himmelman. Participants can learn how to do the "chicken dance."
Story time is for children ages 3 to 6 and will be on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. There will also be a session Thursday at 7 p.m.
Lapsit will take place at the library Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Lapsit is for children newborn through 3 years old. Caregivers participate with their infants.
Miss Heidi will be doing finger plays, songs and reading books about creatures that live in a small pond. Sign up by calling 658-4312.
Nutrition program
Joan Younce from the Kosciusko County Purdue Extension branch will soon be presenting a program called "Cooking Your Catch." There will be samples and recipes for seafood and fish dishes. Sign up at the adult desk.
Public Library
115 E. Main St., 457-3022
Book club
Syracuse Adult Book Club members will read Khaled Hossieni's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" for the May meeting.
Hosseini is an Afghan-born physician and writer. The story follows two contemporary women in the midst of war in Kabul. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" spent a total of 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list with 15 weeks being the number one bestseller.
Club members can place an Evergreen hold on the book or call the library for assistance in getting a copy. The book club meets on the second Wednesday of the month.
Closed Tuesday
The library will be closed Tuesday for staff training
Materials can be returned in the drop boxes on Harrison Street. Items will not be overdue due to the library's closing. Tuesday's Story Time is cancelled.
Family Expo
The library's Gisela Vore, also known as Miss Gisela, is going to be at a table Thursday during the Syracuse Elementary School's Family Expo. A schedule of activities during the summer will be available at the table. The event starts at 5 p.m.
Public Library
505 W. Vistula St., 848-7458
'Smoothies & Stories'
On April 30 at 6 p.m. there will be a program for young people ages 13 to 18 called "Smoothies & Stories." Teens will make smoothies and participate in a writing workshop.
Soul, Ink
The next meeting of the Soul, Ink writers' group will be May 1 at 6 p.m.
Teen Game Night
Teen Game Night is set for May 7 at 6 p.m. Video games, board games and snacks will be offered.
Book Club
The Book Club's next meeting will be on May 8 at noon. The selection will be "Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life," by James Patterson. Copies will be available at the circulation desk.
Spring Storytime
Spring Storytime sessions have begun. Sessions are set for Mondays at 11 a.m. or Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. Children ages 3 to 5 can enjoy songs and stories and make a craft to take home. Register by calling 848-7458.
Public Library
124 N. Elkhart St., 862-2465
Story Hour
A story involving "green" will be the presentation during Story Hour today and Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. at the library. A "green" game will be the activity.
'Book Bites'
A "Book Bites" program will take place Thursday at 10:15 a.m. Children are invited to hear a story and participate in an activity. No registration is required to attend.
Participants in the "Egg-Periment" program will be given an allotted time to construct containers that they believe will protect an egg when dropped from a stepladder. Students in grades six to eight can register to attend this program Thursday at 3:30 p.m. A prize drawing will take place at the end of the program.
"The Art of the John Deere Tractor" by Lee Klancheris and "John Deere: Yesterday & Today" by Robert N. Pripps are given in honor of the 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Weldy by Mr. and Mrs. Walt Weldy.
Dial A Story
"Fire Bringer" is the Dial A Story selection for this week. Hear this story at 862-4441.
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Abraham Lincoln had never set his sights on becoming president; after all, he'd grown up in a log cabin on the frontier and had hardly any formal schooling. But as the question of slavery threatened to destroy the United States, this self-taught lawyer with a sharp mind and passion for justice found himself at the center of the greatest debate the nation had ever faced.
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Vote needed on fracking
Gas fracking is not being handled well by our representative government. Our officials were not elected on this single issue alone. Consequently, no matter how hard they try, they can never accurately represent us.
To be adequately represented on important issues, such as fracking, we must be allowed to vote. Moreover, the referendum must be in clear, unambiguous language, such as: Do you want fracking in your town? Yes or no?
Donald Windsor
Star missed out on frack rally
I just wanted to let The Daily Star know that they missed an important opportunity with the coverage of the Albany anti-fracking rally on Monday, Aug. 27.
It was unfortunate that such a small article went along with your account of such a small showing when it is obvious the rally was a huge success. Rather than just a couple of hundred people showing up, it was more than 1,000 people. Last account was 2,400.
Myself and many others from our area participated, following in a caravan, joining others coming in from the Southern Tier alone. There were close to 50 vehicles and buses in our caravan, but there were many others from across New York state, Pennsylvania and Ohio, arriving in Albany around 10:30 a.m. and meeting in the Riverfront Park for our first rally. From there we marched up Broadway to the state Department of Environmental Conservation for a brief street production about gas drilling woes. We then continued to march onto the Capitol Building for our last rally and to present Gov. Cuomo with our petition.
There were representatives from Ohio, Pennsylvania and the Delaware Basin who spoke to the crowd, along with Debra Winger, Josh Fox and others.
Not only did the Albany police force and the state troopers work with us, they blocked off roadways to allow us the freedom to march. Everyone worked together to make this a great success.
I could continue to inform you of the great day we had, but I won't. I do encourage you, however, to take the time to do this on your own. Two excellent websites are dontfrackny.org and the marcelluseffect.blogspot.com. Also there are numerous videos on Youtube and Facebook. What harm could it do to take a look?
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In February 2009 took place in Montréal at the Eleanor London Library an exhibit of ten of the look-alikes photos. This was a WIP ( work in progress ) expo meant to show to the people of Montreal some of the pictures from the project and see how they would react. The reaction was very good, some people having a hard time believing the models were not related, even thought they would look pretty much the same.
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They had asked François to give a little lecture in the same evening as the vernissage. The main topic of it was a description of the look-alike project fromits beginings to the mini-expo.
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Linda was born October 28, 1933 in Barling, AR, and went home on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Fort Gibson.
Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Christopher and Mary (Gabert) Simmons; husband, Roald Skillestad; and son, Matt Gotcher.
She is survived by her sons, Tom Benge and wife, Gloria, Leroy Gotcher and wife, Marsha; daughters, Valerie Vickrey and husband, Ted, Lori Skillestad, Lisa Kellum and husband, Dean; daughter-in-law, Jennifer Gotcher; grandchildren, Crystal Byrd and husband, James, Tonya Harshman and husband, Eric, Amy Combs and husband, Stony, Kyle Vickrey and wife, Crystal, Zack Vickrey and wife, Jeannia, Vance Vickrey, Kurt Hancock and wife, Larissa, Chris Hancock and wife, Jamie, Jessica Biggers and husband, Lenny, Luke Gotcher, Bobby, Cole and Kristi Kellum, great-grandchildren, Quinton and Clinton Scott, Gunnison, Jacob, James, Kolten and Wesley Byrd, Kade and Hayden Vickrey, Kolt, Jaxson and Ryker Vickrey, Kaden and Reese Perry, Colton and Rylee Hancock, Abigail Hancock, Harley and Shyanne Combs, Brooklyn and Jason Barnette, Hunter Gotcher, Raven and Violet Biggers, and many good friends.
Linda had a great love for God, her family, friends, and animals. Her children were her life. She worked with Dr. John Beal at his office in Fort Gibson for 22 years.
Funeral services for Linda will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Millsap Funeral Service Chapel Fort Gibson with Dr. John Beal officiating. Burial will be in Fort Gibson National Cemetery.
The family would like to give a special thank you to Dee Denton, Joyce Springfield, Rebecca Parks, Hometown Hospice and all those who came to visit Linda during her illness. The family suggests memorial donations to Hometown Hospice.
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Linda was born October 28, 1933 in Barling, AR, and went home on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Fort Gibson.


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The Mount Laguna Adventure race was this weekend and was our first chance to test out our fitness skills on a longer terrain. It's a fun training event first then race second rather than the other way around.
The event was put together by Team Equinox (Steve & Jake) where they had spent long hours thinking and trekking and testing the trails in Mount Laguna. They then had a group of like minded fun adventure racers to come and put then through their paces. They did an awesome job and it is much appreciated!!!
So seeing as it was my birthday….what better way to spend the day than to push myself to a new limit of physical and mental exertion. And indeed I did.
Race Report Summary
27.1 miles total in 8:55 mins
15.7 miles of hiking (expected was 11 miles)
11.4 miles of mountain biking (expected was 20 miles)
Race Report
We woke up at 5am but the week had been quite busy with work, geocaching adventures, good bye parties, and my birthday. So it was very difficult to drag myself out of bed to get into the car to get to the race….We arrived at the El Prado Campground at 7:45am with the expected race briefing to be at 8am. Thank goodness it was not a formal race because they did not start the briefing and map handout until 8:30am. This meant that all the stuff we had just thrown into the car at 6am could be sorted out into some semblance of organized chaos.
I thought of little tips along this day of learning….some of which we did and some of which we didn't.
Tip #1: Organize your stuff the night before. (did it)
Tip #2: Pack it into the car the night before as well. (should have done it)
Tip #3: Have a standard checklist at hand to tick off what you need pre, during, and post event (we were not even close)
So we faffed around and checked our stuff, handed water to Steve to take to checkpoints. It was already 70 degrees at 8am so we knew it was going to be a hot day of racing. Water was going to be a key resource.
We got the maps at 8:30 and sat at a picnic table and talked with 2 ladies from the team called So Cal Hoycats. They knew the area and were helpful in chatting with us and discussing their thought process. We discovered that we needed to plot UTM coords for the long course and that was a nice "uh-oh" moment. We've never plotted a UTM coordinate before and did not have the 'plotter' tool. The ladies explained it and I had my "ah-ha" moment that it was not as hard as it sounded. Just using a ruler to measure distance. Our GPS geocaching adventures meant I knew what I was doing.
Tip #4: Know what a UTM coordinate is and have one of those plotter things handy (we kinda had this)
We also picked up a new crew member at this point, Keith from our weekly hiking group. He didn't bike but came along for the atmosphere and asked if we were running or hiking the first section. "We aimed to hike it but we are going at a Barrie pace" And our team "Bangers & Mash" became "Bangers & Mash & Gravy"
Tip #5: Know who's on your team at the start and set expectations for pace and style (did this)
The whistle was blown at 9am and we took our time to plot coords. Seemed logical where they were placed giving me confidence I'd plotted them correctly. I had a good plan of action for the route we were going to take, knowing that there were some places to check and adjust if needed and of course to expect the unexpected. If Equinox put on the race, they like to put some little twists to teach you!
Tip #6: Have an initial route plan laid out, using existing trails as much as possible (practice here has ticked this one off)
Tip #7: Be ready to adjust the route as needed or before (got this part but learnt a new tip added later)
We started by mountain biking to get to the first transition area. It was 2.5 miles and took 20 minutes. Enough people were around that meant you didn't need to follow the map as much at this point. It was hard to get started and uphill with a full backpack got my first mental test "will it be like this the whole way?!" freakout moment. Now I know that this is just the start up jitters and the loosen up of the legs…so don't fear the first 30 minutes.
Tip #8: The first 30 minutes are about loosening the mental jitters. Expect it and it'll shake out.
Hiking adventure begins! Got the map, got the route, and ready to go. The start section is exciting, all the team is in jovial spirits and because it's my birthday, Bangers had set up little 'points mean prizes' activites along the way where he would ask questions about the tv series Friends and we had to answer questions. This was a nice touch for the birthday – but actually a great adventure race tip as well for mental agility and focus. We'll repeat this one!
Tip #9: Have a trivia topic that can engage the whole team and last a whole adventure race to kee a positive mental spirit.
Part 1 of hiking was complete with 5 miles down. Stopped for water – we had already drank 100 ounces of water already. Continued on and the first section where the long adventure racers had to choose diferent options to get to their checkpoints. I discussed the choice with the team and why (take the road up and around or the closer trail and expect bushwhacking). I chose the latter and was happy with the choice. During the navigation – I was vocal about the route we were taking, expectations of landmarks they would see (sharp bends, up hill sections, hills to the left or right) and also the expected timing. This meant my team members always knew what was going on, what to expect, and had confidence in me and in themselves.
Tip #10: Navigators need to be open in communication with the team mates of what's happening, what's expected, and distances and times. (got this one from a few good practice sessions and training from Barrie)
We go the R2-L checkpoint at the water dam and headed back to the trail. This was a BIG decision for our route. We could backtrack to hook up with a clear main trail or carry on the way we had seen another 2 teams. The map didn't show a clear reason why they had chosen this….so we went the backtrack route. All went well to get to checkpoint 3.
At checkpoint 3 it was now under the mid-day heat, we had eaten all the good food and were sweating a lot. Not overheated but not feeling peachy either. We had done 8 miles of hiking, the limit we did on the weekly Wed hike. This was my biggest navigation learning that I did not do and Jake gave me tips at the end of the day.
I had plotted the option to go to R3-L after Checkpoint 4 because there was not a trail showing on the map. It didn't look like an easy trail from CP 4 but was trying to use prior tips of "always stick to trails if there is one". I did not look to adjust until after we had gotten to CP4 whereas I should have used the higher vantage point we had at R2-L to see if I could see any unmarked trails in the valley for a possible alternative to R3-L.
Tip #11: Use higher vantage points on hills to scout out navigational points across the whole course – even 2 or 3 CPs ahead (my biggest race learning)
By not using this tip we had to use a harder trail that had more elevation gain and was less well marked creating over 1:40 minutes of a hunting detour. We came to a road and I was not sure if it was the road on the map – it looked abandoned rather than a "road" (now I know a road is a road is a road). We walked for a few minutes and kept checking and asking questions to see if we were on the right path. But 5 minutes turned into 15 turned into 30. We knew we had to head back to be at the transition area before 3pm and i was now 1:40pm. That's when we saw the trail we were looking for.
Do we go or skip it? I REALLY wanted to tray and get it, if we didn't then we had no option to complete the long course. So we followed the trail, but we had the same issues with 5 minutes becoming 15 becoming 30. At 2:25pm we had to turn back and knew we'd miss the 3pm deadline too at the transition area.
*LOWEST MENTAL POINT* reached at this point for me and the team. Felt dejected after so much looking, lacking energy and cold water, and had been in the hot sun for hours.
Tip #12: Have a plan to get out of these mid-race mental funks (we didn't)
We hiked it back as fast as we could and got back at 3:45pm. Christine was not pleased to see us so late at the checkpoint (sorry!) and we were close to having a search team started. Another kicker to the mental low point.
Decision – do we just call it a day then? We would not be able to finish even the short course in time….and we were tired….and our feet hurt. And we were cranky. But we were here to practice and see what we could do. The point was to make mistakes and see how you recover. We settled on just biking back to camp.
So we got back on the bike after a 40 minute break. No rush from our decision and it let the throbbing feet cool down. We started the bike and it was not easy going back uphill. But a funny thing happened after 15 minutes. We had reached the trail split off point to the camp or to the checkpoint. We looked at each other and felt just a little bit of energy to tackle 1 checkpoint and then we'd go back to camp.
The trails were nice and flat with a few tree roots and rocks thrown in for some technique practice. But overall very do-able for us both. We took 20 minutes to get to the checkpoint and cheered to ourselves. Let's get 1 more and off we did in another 20 minutes. Time was now at the end and we had to get back before the deadline of 6pm. So we biked back and rolled in at 5:55pm.
We felt fantastic – exhausted from the heat and 9 hours of being out there, but elated that we had lasted 9 hours and had pushed past a mental barrier and not given up. We heard the stories of others and found that only 2 teams completed the long course – most did not find the R3-L that we had spent so long searching for. We also found we were only 200 feet away and had touched the early orange marker flag. Vindication in my navigation!
Overall we did the most time we've ever done at 9 hours, the most total distance at 27.1 miles, the longest hike ever at 15.7 miles….and all whilst having fun and exploring a beautiful new area of San Diego. A great way to spend a birthday!
Thanks to Steve and Jake for setting up a fun course! If others are interested in trying out a race, their events page has some great upcoming events….including canoeing in La Bufadora.
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I am faced with a real hardship. I am a graduate of the University of Miami, with over $125,000 in student loans. I also have $50,000 in credit card debt. I am trying to get a job to pay them off, but being physically disabled I have been unemployed since May of 1998. I have been deferring my student loans for the past nine years. What can I do?
Almost $200,000 would be an overwhelming amount of debt for nearly anyone. But being unemployed makes it almost unbearable.
The federal government will, in some cases, discharge the federal loans of people with disabilities that prevent them from working. "You need to be able to show that you are unable to work and earn money, not just now, but indefinitely, because of the condition," says Deanne Loonin, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center.
Her organization's student loan website, Student Loan Borrower Assistance, gives advice on applying for loan discharges. You and your doctor will need to fill out an Education Department form to apply.
The Education Department also offers deferments and forbearances for a variety of other reasons, including if your monthly loan payments exceed 20 percent of your monthly gross income. The downside of deferring, though, is that some loans will continue to accrue interest, leaving you even deeper in debt.
If you're dealing with private loans, then Paul Wrubel, cofounder of Tuition Coach, recommends calling lenders directly and asking for a deferment. While each lender will be different, Wrubel says most are willing to work with borrowers to prevent them from defaulting on their loans. When you call to ask for flexibility, Wrubel recommends asking, "How can I defer it?" instead of "Can I defer it?" which will encourage them to explain all the options. A letter from a doctor explaining the disability will also help.
What you don't want to do is just fail to pay and not let lenders know why. "The thing that makes them most nervous is when they don't hear from you," Wrubel says.
Student loan provider Sallie Mae started its own campaign to make it easier for people with disabilities to navigate their options. It walks both borrowers and their doctors through the discharge application process. In some cases, your university, which has leverage and contacts with its lenders, might be willing to help you negotiate. The University of Miami, however, did not respond to repeated requests for information about any help it could offer.
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At Sterling Golf and Swim Club, golfers send balls sailing down the tree-lined fairways of an 18-hole, par 54 golf course, and swimmers backstroke across two 25-meter pools. For nearly half a century, club-wielders have traversed past water and dodged bunkers at the executive course, giving the pines and weeping willows ample time to flourish, and the nonprofit club itself has existed for four decades. Two kiddie pools flank the club's two larger pools, enabling wee ones to practice breathing through their gills while their older siblings butterfly down lanes, and a game room provides indoor entertainment. An adult lounge lets weary golfers relax in peace, and the clubhouse's pro shop outfits players searching for golf balls whose dimples perfectly match their own.
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Augustine Golf Club's award-winning course was sculpted to reflect its natural beauty with its distinctive par 4s sculpted by course architect, Rick Jacobson. Although the greens at Augustine declined for a few years, recent renovations have restored the course to its former glory, once again luring golfers to its babbling streams and forest. Farther north, rivals Augustine's sister course, Raspberry Falls. Course architect Gary Player remarked that the Falls, once an 18th-century plantation, "was made for a golf course." Inspired by this ideal setting, he dreamed up the links-style course at Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club, whose meandering brooks, stone walls, and stacked-sod bunkers evoke Scotland, while its vista of the Catoctin Mountains remind players they're in Virginia.
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2014 RTOC College Tournament
April 7th, 2014
The last few years we have been an open tournament. This year, however, we are not going to open our tournament for the 20th Annual Reno Tournament of Champions. This is only for the college tournament.
The tournament details are outlined in the college contract.
We look forward to hosting one of the best tournaments in the nation this year!
2014 Marks the 20th Anniversary
March 18th, 2014
This year's Reno Tournament of Champions will mark the 20th Anniversary of the tournament. Every year the tournament hosts some of the best high school and college teams and athletes from all over the U.S. in what is dubbed "The Toughest Tournament in the U.S.A."
The RTOC college tournament began as a dual format with Nebraska edging Oklahoma State in a tie breaker to claim the inaugural tournament victory. It has quickly moved into the tournament format we currently host today.
The high schools will kick off the 20th RTOC on Dec. 19-20 with the college team and open tournament taking place on Dec. 21. The tournament will take place inside the Reno Events Center.
As we look toward this year, we are looking forward to getting as many of the original teams back into the tournament to celebrate the 20th Anniversary.
With that said, it is important for you to get your contracts in as soon as possible to reserve your spot in the tournament. With the college portion of the tournament being one day we can only have a maximum of 32 teams.
Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us. We look forward to seeing you all in Reno from Dec. 19-21!
2013 RTOC Pictures
December 29th, 2013
Fans wanting to look at the pictures from this year's tournament can CLICK HERE
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Reviews by falloutsnow:
2.53/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
From: Corkscrew in Urbana, IL
Date: None on bottle
Glass: New Belgium globe glass
Moaten is a disappointing Flemish Red ale from Two Brothers and Urthel. The ale features very, very little of the cherry or raspberry fruitiness that one would expect from the style, and virtually no tartness. Instead, it features a fairly uninspired brown malt base with little else to note. Compared to an ale like Duchesse De Bourgogne or Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge, this is a fairly poor representation of the style.
Pours a 1cm head of off-white bubbles, ranging in size from small to large, with a chunky appearance. Foam retention is about average, descending over a minute to a thick ring around the glass with some sparse islands of foam atop the body. Lacing exists, and is prominent, leaving all manner of streaks and dots on the sides of the glass. Body is a rather dark brown for the style with few hints of red. Beer is also transparent, with light bringing out reddish hues and making some modest carbonation visible.
Aroma is of minerals in water, modest raspberry esters, tomato juice, and some brown malt base. The minerals and tomato stand out the most, with raspberry esters needing to be searched for. There is no detectable tartness. Rather disappointed, and the vague tomato aroma is off-putting.
Opens with bland, brown malt base alongside some very subdued raspberry esters and very, very slight tartness. Mid-palate is largely consumed by the soggy brown malt base and slight tomato juice, with little increase in the fruit esters or tartness to perk it up. Back of palate notes slight oak character and some continued mild tartness, with modest cocoa and raspberry flavors as well. Aftertaste is of brown malt sweetness, slight fruit esters and subtle tartness.
The beer's body is medium to medium-light in weight, with very low levels of carbonation. Even with this lighter body, the beer feels smooth, sluggish, and uninspired across the palate. Minimal tartness contributes to a boring experience. Closes out dry and slightly sticky across the palate.
Serving type: bottle
08-29-2012 03:06:09 | More by falloutsnow
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02-21-2012 05:05:59 | More by imperialking
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Sampling this brew at home at cellar temp poured into a snifter. The beer pours a clear chestnut with bright ruby highlights, or maybe flipped with a bright ruby and chestnut highlights? its not just red.
I get a fizzy 1cm off white head that fades rapidly to nothing. Aroma is some acidic sour cherry and a bit of biscuity malt. Not too complex and not quite as strong as I anticipated.
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S: Aromas are of sour cherry though far more intense than the flavor.
T: Flavors are light sour cherry with hints of oak. I prefer a little more sourness and funkiness in this style so I felt this was a little light on flavor. Overall a very well balanced taste.
M: Light to medium bodied with heavy carbonation and a dry finish.
O: Could be a very refreshing beer in the summer... It would pair very nicely with some freshly grilled meats as it would cut through the fattiness. Easy to drink.
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S: There are light to moderately strong aromas of sour cherries in the nose.
T: The taste is similar to the smell and has sour flavors of cherries along with notes of oak. The sourness is not very strong.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and a bit acidic on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is not as sour and acidic compared to other beers in the style and could make for a nice selection on a summer day.
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What does baseball have to do with the metaphysical, and do we place too much value on the emotions we feel after a season ends? Did the Red Sox do anything more than just win the 2013 World Series?
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APEX — For about 30 minutes more than 600 young students sat cross-legged with their eyes glued forward at Salem Elementary School's gymnasium quietly listening.
It wasn't a movie that completely captured their attention, but a black handset and a satellite image. On the other end of the handset was NASA Astronaut Don Pettit and he was calling from space.
Pettit and two other astronauts are living on the International Space Station for a mission that ends in May. At the time of the call– made 10 a.m. Wednesday via amateur radio–Pettit and his fellow crewmembers were traveling about 250 miles above Earth over the Indian Ocean near Australia at 17,500 miles per hour.
The students created and asked their own questions about everything from space hygiene to scientific experiments.
"When you are in orbit does the food taste different?" asked Brenna Hanson, 9, a third-grader.
Pettit said, "We have plenty of good food to eat. It's freeze-dried or re-hydrated. It's a lot like camping food."
Pettit shared some other tidbits about his experiments on the stations. The crew is using new machinery to create a water source by treating and processing urine. Finding a replenishing water supply would be key to any future long term space travel.
Other experiments include trying to grow a zucchini and testing the long-term affects of weightlessness on muscles. Pettit and the other crew members blog and post video of their experiments on the NASA website.
"Do you bring enough clothes for the whole mission or do you wash your clothes? If so, how?" asked Matthew Rice, 10, a fifth-grader.
There is no way to wash clothes in space, so the astronauts wear clothes for seven to nine days before changing them out, Pettit said.
Matthew's father Tony Rice, is a Solar System Ambassador for NASA's jet propulsion laboratory and recommended the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program to the school's principal in April 2011. Salem Elementary competed with institutions around the world for a chance to get transmission time with the space station crew.
"This is an excellent program for the kids because they are seeing something real," Rice said. "They're seeing something live that is happening right there and then and it's showing them we're still in space."
He said he frequently gets asked by children he works with why NASA shut down the shuttle missions. These kinds of programs help students understand that scientists are still interested in space,
Kyler Froning,8, had one word for the experience: "Astonishing."
"It just feels like we're so small in the whole world and someone is actually exploring that world," said the second-grader.
Six-year-old Mason Smith understood how special the occasion was.
"Well, it was very fun," Mason said. "Cause you only have one opportunity to do that."
To find out more about the Amateur Radio for the International Space Station program visit www.arrl.org. To learn more about Pettit's mission and NASA's Expedition 30/31 visit wwww.nasa.gov/station.


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Updated Jan 23, 2013 - 1:33 pm
Suns owner Robert Sarver stands with his front office
Originally published: Jan 23, 2013 - 12:54 pm
Led by Alvin Gentry, a team featuring Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, Jason Richardson and Grant Hill won 54 regular season games and two playoff series before bowing out to the eventual champion L.A. Lakers in six games.
Shortly thereafter the Suns saw general manager Steve Kerr depart, ultimately being replaced by Lon Babby and Lance Blanks.
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"Time will tell whether some of those decisions are the right decisions or not," Sarver told Arizona Sports 620's Burns and Gambo Wednesday. "This is a business where not all decisions are right. Some are right, some are wrong."
Sarver said the decision to go with Hunter was Blanks', because he said he himself "is not in the position a position of telling general managers who to hire as a coach."
He did say he has the ability to veto the GM's decision, but after doing some research he was on board with the hire.
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"If Lance and Lon wanted to do the easy thing and the popular thing, they wouldn't have done that," he said of promoting Hunter. "I want people working for me who are committed to doing what they think is in the best interest of moving this franchise forward. That's what they did."
Sarver notes the questionable nature, though.
"Whether they made the right decision or not, time will tell," he said. "In this business everybody has a track record, and time tells and you can go back and check on it.
"But they made what they thought was the best decision in terms of who can help motivate these guys, who can believe in these guys, who these guys will believe in, who they'll play hard for and who will establish the type of culture and systems in place that will give us the best opportunity for success the last 41 games."
That's when Sarver -- and the Suns -- would prefer one judges the decision to replace Gentry with Hunter.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT) - The Big Blue Nation of lifesavers came through on Friday and pulled out another Big Blue Crush win by defeating Tennessee, 3,160 to 3,107.
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So I was reading the comments in the Summer Updates 20 reactions thread, about how royals may indeed be the best to rule.
This got me thinking - why exactly? Sure royals level faster, and when recognised as such by other Royals have power, but
as in Jillian's case, it is often hard to tell. Then I realised - it's the knowledge they are popped with!. Royals are the only ones
to have 'training' in tact, diplomacy, and etiquette, and thus can negotiate easily with other sides.
But if other units had training after popping, they could also learn to rule. This is stopped by two factors, first Rulers don't
want rebellion, and secondly Erfworld is in a constant state of War. So most people don't have time to train since they're
constantly fighting.
The two main exceptions to these are Sizemore and Wanda, who both have spent long turns in the base, so Units are indeed capable of learning.
Unlike a Earth Army, we haven't yet seen any examples of Units training - operating seige towers, practicing archery, or taking command etc,
when not in use.
Since Parson is currently demoted, it'll be interesting to see if he uses this to say, pop an archery unit, and have them teach some infantry how to shoot.
The question is would this show up in their stats as an Archery ability?