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Following are the highest-scoring players in the area bridge games reported to the Sun-Gazette:
Women's Club Duplicate
Jan.31. Ann Carey and Louise Haymes 24;
Luba Ostrovsky and Doris Winner 22;
Carolyn Hume and Barbara Johnstone 20.
Bridge Club
Jan. 21, north-south, Susan Greenleaf and Judy Stein, 96; David Winters and Virginia Marshall, 94; David Marcello and Mitch Marcello, 79; east-west, Mike Anesko and Sarah Soster, 96; Doris Plotts and Sarabelle Leuthner, 74; Joyce Morgan andMary Ann Churba, 72; Glenn Frazier and Betty Shively, 67.
Afternoon, Jan. 22, Sally Manning and Kay Dando, 42; Joanne Hester and Mary Capkovic, 36; Debbie and Sal Porchia, 30.
Jan. 23, Judy Stein and Marty Hodrick, 29; Nancy Pfeiffer and Mary Ann Churba, 28; Marie Koch and Doris Plotts, 26; Virginia Marshall and David Lovcik, 24.
Jan. 25, Barbara Mateer and David Hoover, 62; Marty Hodrick and Mary Ann Churba, 49; Judy Stein and Doris Winner, 44; Sarabelle Leuthner and Ann Day, 40.
All bridge results must be in writing and received by the Sun-Gazette Lifestyle editor at least five days in advance of the day of publication.
None will be accepted by telephone.
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LEXINGTON ? It would be easy to understand if one got confused watching Norwalk St. Paul and Mohawk warm up Saturday night in the Division IV district final at Lexington High School.
The two red-and-black squads have nearly identical uniforms, right down to the red accents that highlight the uniform. The lone difference outside of Mohawk playing in its white jerseys and St. Paul in the black versions was the name on the front and the font for the numbers.
But once the game started, there was no comparison between the two teams as Mohawk became its first girls basketball team to win a district title with a 55-35 demolishing of the Flyers.
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"I'm pretty proud of our girls throughout the season. We played with a lot of heart and emotion especially after a bang 'em game (Thursday)," Mohawk coach Josh Fortney said. "It took a lot out of us physically and mentally, but we came here ready to play."
Fortney was concerned about an emotional letdown following Thursday's revenge victory against Colonel Crawford.
"I was definitely worried about that," he said. "Physically and mentally. This is an hour and 15 minute trip on the bus for us there and back. Everybody was pretty pumped up about it. I was really worried about them having a letdown. I'm glad we have a couple days off before we have to play again."
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|Division IV District Final
|at Lexington High School
|Mohawk 55,
|Norwalk St. Paul 35
|Mohawk (21-4): Lynsey Trusty 3-4-10; Sarah Runion 6-2-17; Jackie Pummell 0-0-0; Brooke Weinandy 0-0-0; Jessie Babcock 0-0-0; Ashley Parker 0-1-1; Julie Adelsperger 5-1-13; Tori Smith 0-0-0; Clara Adelsperger 1-0-2; Taylor McClain 1-0-2; Megan Cleveland 1-0-2; Sarah Parker 4-0-8; Liz Runion 0-0-0; Ally Weinandy 0-0-0; Allison Price 0-0-0. Totals 21-8-55.
|Norwalk St. Paul (16-9): Bella Stoll 2-1-6; Elise Nickoli 1-0-2; Arlayna Newcomer 2-2-6; Erin Kramer 2-0-5; Lydia Ott 1-0-2; Kristen Moore 0-0-0; Allie Fitzgerald 4-2-10; Emily Chandler 1-0-2; Sabrina Schaffer 1-0-2. Totals 14-5-35.
|6 – 55
|Norwalk St. Paul
|9 – 35
|Field goals: Mohawk 21-52; Norwalk St. Paul 14-45.
|3-point goals: Mohawk 5-17 (S. Runion 3, J. Adelsperger 2); Norwalk St. Paul 2-9 (Stoll, Kramer).
|Foul shots: Mohawk 8-12; Norwalk St. Paul 5-12.
|Rebounds: Mohawk 29 (S. Parker 9, S. Runion 6); Norwalk St. Paul 40 (Fitzgerald 7).
|Turnovers: Mohawk 15; Norwalk St. Paul 26.
Sarah Runion said she and her teammates were tired.
"Yeah, we were definitely a little bit tired but again, we have eight seniors on this team and we make history with district finals if we win it so we definitely stepped up," she said.
If that was tired, future foes may want to be wary of a rested Mohawk squad.
The Warriors (21-4) came out with the pedal to the metal, racing out to a 10-2 lead and forcing St. Paul to use two timeouts. They didn't help as Mohawk took an 18-5 lead into the quarter break.
A 12-6 margin in the first six minutes of the second quarter caused St. Paul to call another timeout. The Flyers coach Vicky Maul must have said something inspirational because the Flyers closed out the quarter with an 8-0 run, scoring on all four of its possessions, including two off Mohawk turnovers.
"We made a couple adjustments at half and went back to a full court man," Maul said. "We basically told the kids, 'You have to go get the ball.'"
But the run mattered little as Mohawk scored the first eight points of the second half and didn't look back.
"They come out and hit that shot right off the bat and that kind of deflates you a little bit," Maul said.
The Warriors' defense was tenacious with 13 steals as part of 26-turnover effort.
"You have to give them credit. (They) have eight seniors. (They) have a lot of weapons,h Maul said. "We had our ups and downs. We didn't shoot very well. We didn't move especially well on either end, on defense or on offense. We tended to do a little standing."
Runion was a big part of everything. She had a game-high 17 points, including three big 3-pointers, and added six rebounds, three assists and two steals.
"She got some rebounds and some steals and some good two-point looks and some drives to take the ball to the hole," Fortney said.
Julie Adelsperger had 13 points and Lynsey Trusty had 10 points and seven steals. Sarah Parker had eight points, nine boards, four assists and three blocks.
St. Paul (16-9) had just one player reach double figures with Allie Fitzgerald scoring 10 points and snaring seven caroms.
"We guarded their ball handlers and tried to take away a few things that they did well when we watched them," Fortney said. "We just didn't let them get anything easy. If they wanted anything, they always had someone in black hung all over them, trying to get to the basket."
Mohawk moves on the regional semifinal Thursday at Pickerington High School North at 6:15 p.m. The Warriors will face the winner of Reedsville Eastern and South Gallia, who meet today at 6 p.m. at Ohio University.
"We wanted to make it to a district final game and we knew we'd have to get past Colonel Crawford to do that or play Colonel Crawford. That was one of our goals," Fortney said. "They've never been to a regionals as a basketball team, I don't think, in school history, boys or girls. Some of these girls have experience in softball and volleyball getting to regionals, so I hope that helps with the nerves."

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on December 5, 2012 - 8:25 PM
LOCKPORT – A man who, according to his attorney, went out and got drunk after being told he might have pancreatic cancer, was placed on five years' probation Wednesday and ordered to serve 30 days in the Niagara County work program.
"You're one little toe, one step, out of jail," State Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. told David R. Petrea, 39, of Wright Avenue, North Tonawanda, who had pleaded guilty to felony driving while intoxicated.
Petrea picked up his third DWI in the past 10 years on April 12 after his car struck a mailbox on Sweeney Street in North Tonawanda and left the scene. Police measured Petrea's blood alcohol content at 0.32 percent, four times the legal threshold for intoxication.
Defense attorney Paul Mathias said Petrea had just been told he had spots on his pancreas that might be cancerous. He said Petrea also has diabetes, coughs up blood and is allergic to wheat products.


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As previously reported on the Freedom@Work blog, four Maryland IKEA workers, with free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, won a class-wide settlement with their employer and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union.
The settlement allowed the four workers and all of their coworkers to retroactively resign from the union and receive refunds for any union dues spent on political activism since September 1, 2012. The settlement came after the workers filed unfair labor practice charges in January and February of this year, because union officials failed to inform them and their coworkers of their rights to refrain from union membership and payment of full union dues. Many workers were threatened with termination by union officials for refusing to join the IAM or pay full dues.
Now, one of the workers has filed a new charge against the union because the union hierarchy has been harassing and threatening the workers for passing out fliers on their own time to their coworkers informing them of their rights under the settlement. Perhaps this should come to no surprise, as union officials often purposely keep workers in the dark about their rights in order to force them to pay more union dues and fees.
For example, in the IKEA workers' case, when one worker asked about his right to refrain from financially supporting the IAM's political activities, he was told by union officials that he had no such rights. And what little material union officials provided to IKEA employees about their rights was deliberately obscured, even to the point that union officials printed information on employees' right to refrain from full dues-paying membership on the back of a pink piece of paper in tan ink, making it virtually invisible to read.Unfortunately, this type of abuse will continue in Maryland until it passes a Right to Work law. Making union membership and dues payments completely voluntary makes it less difficult for rank-and-file workers to hold union officials accountable.


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Crossbreed or Theis would be my first choices.
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Maui received an "A" grade for air quality - the best in the state - in an American Lung Association national report that may raise the eyebrows of residents who have complaints about cane burning and dust from fallow fields.
In the "State of the Air 2013" report released last week, Honolulu received a "B" while Hawaii County received an "F" in the particle pollution 24-hour category. Figures for Kauai were incomplete.
Steve Businger, a member of the American Lung Association in Hawaii's Leadership Council, attributed the Big Island's failing grade to air quality monitors that are downwind of the active volcano at Kilauea.
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Even as some Maui residents complain about cane burning and dust from various fallow agricultural fields, the American Lung Association's recently released "State of the Air 2013" report gave Maui an "A" grade for its air quality in the particle pollution 24-hour category.
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On Maui, Businger explained that national air quality standards are based on 24-hour averages and that cane burning and agricultural dust problems do not occur for long enough periods to affect the averages.
The University of Hawaii meteorology professor added that Maui residents do not live next door to coal-fired plants that drive up air pollution rates in large industrial cities.
The report assessed counties and cities based on their scores for ozone (done only on Oahu for Hawaii, in which Oahu received an "A" grade) and year-round and short-term particle pollution levels.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Ambient Air Quality Standards, particulate matter, or PM 2.5, measured in smoke and dust conditions should not average more than 35 micrograms per cubic meter in a 24-hour period.
Particle pollution is a mix of very tiny solid and liquid particles in the air. If they're small enough, they can stay in the air for long periods, Businger said.
Lisa Young of the state Department of Health's Clean Air Branch on Oahu said that while at times particulate matter measured at air quality stations may hit high levels for an hour, the pollution does not usually last for a 24-hour period due to changing of the wind or other factors.
She said that there are no standards for particulate matter for one hour.
The state has two air quality monitoring stations on Maui, one in Kihei and the other recently put back on line in Paia.
Young said some residents have complained that the longtime Kihei monitoring station is in the wrong place. She countered that the station is in the most logical location because most of the island's air pollution naturally flows down to South Maui. It also is in a place that is dry and dusty, so it would have the best chance of picking up particle pollution.
For the month of April, Young said, readings at the Kihei station ranged from a low of 5 micrograms per cubic meter to a high of 12 micrograms per cubic meter, meaning that the averages over a 24-hour period were not close to exceeding national standards.
In the report, Hawaii County received a failing grade despite nearly halving the number of days with unhealthy particle pollution - from 23.5 days in 2012 to 12.5 this year.
Honolulu is the only county in the state that collected data on ozone levels. There were no days of unhealthy levels of ozone, or smog, which is the most widespread air pollutant.
Volcanic gas emissions from the Big Island's Kilauea volcano create vog. If the trade winds stop or if wind blows Kona or southerly, other islands including Oahu, Maui and Kauai receive vog. Kilauea has been in constant eruption since Jan. 3, 1983.
Still, people should be assured that Hawaii's overall air quality is good, Businger said.
"I don't think people need to worry unless they happen to be very sensitive to vog," Businger said. He added that on days when vog levels are high, people should try to stay indoors, limit outdoor exercise and drink plenty of fluids.
The annual report grades counties nationwide for ozone and particulate pollution levels. Cheyenne, Wyo., ranked No. 1 as the cleanest city for year-round particle pollution. Bakersfield-Delano in California ranked the worst for particle pollution, while California's Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside region had the worst ozone ranking.
* The Associated Press contributed to this report. Melissa Tanji can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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November 14, 2012, 08:56 PM
Hi,,Been reloading 38 sp and 357 for a couple years. Just started to reload 9mm. My question is this,, Why does it take so much more effort in the resize die for the 9 then it does for 357 mag? I use a LCT and Lee die set. Thanks


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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Police have arrested a man on suspicion of arson in connection with a small blaze that broke out Sunday afternoon in town.
Christopher Scott Hazen, 45, of New York City, was arrested and booked into Nevada County jail in Truckee on Sunday on suspicion of unlawfully causing a fire. He faces a charge of arson, and his bail was set at $2,500, according to a Nevada County Booking Report.
According to an online report from the Truckee Police Department, officers and Truckee Fire Protection District crews responded at about 3 p.m. Sunday to a vegetation fire behind the Old Gateway business complex on Donner Pass Road.
Upon arrival, the fire had consumed a 20 foot by 100 foot area of forested land. The fire was quickly contained and extinguished.
According to police, evidence at the scene suggested the fire originated from a small campfire; witnesses provided a description of Hazen, who they felt was responsible for the campfire. Hazen was later located; during an interview, he "admitted to starting the fire," according to the report.
Hazen is a transient, said Truckee Police Capt. Rob Leftwich in a Monday phone interview. An investigation into the incident is under way to determine if Hazen intentionally started the brush fire.
Calfire has jurisdiction over the land that caught fire and is leading the investigation. The arson charge could stick, Leftwich said, or Calfire could downgrade it to a case of negligence if it's determined the fire was sparked accidentally.


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The two-seater chairlift will take you on a leisurely ride from the Weisshornbahn middle station and up the Brüggerhorn. Equally relaxing is your downward run across the panoramic slopes. This simple piste runs in a wide arc to the hamlet of Prätschli without any steep gradients. You can stop along the way to enjoy the stunning views of the Upper Schanfigg and the surrounding peaks. And at the edge of the piste there are several lounge islands with recliners as well as an authentic Kneipp zone.
Starting point: Brüggernorn (2447 m a.s.l.)
Starting point: Brüggernorn (2447 m a.s.l.)
Accessibility of starting point: chairlift
Destination: Prätschli (1908 m a.s.l.)
Length: 5 km
Altitude difference: 539 Meter
Gradient: 12% (average), 20% (maximum)
Level of difficulty: easy (normal slope)
Food and beverages: on the way and at the end


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A small found object, usually small pieces of junk metal, gifted as a token of friendship. Often thought of as friendship flair.
As a token of friendship, Bob gave Sarah glunk.
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The act of sliding one's eyeglasses down one's nose and peering over the top of them in a questioning, self-confident, or alluring manner.
I said something untruthful and that chick laid a glunk on me I'll never forget.
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to hit someone over the head with a pillow, from TV's "The Electric Company"
Stop glunking your brother.
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To club someone over the head with a stiff, blunt object - as a caveman would do - in order to render the person unconscious.
The homeowner grabbed a wooden bat and glunked the unaware intruder.
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The sound your significant other makes whilst choking on your genitals.
She totally got glunked!
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To slides your glasses down your nose and peer over the top of them.
The chick said something I did not believe to be true, so I dropped a glunk on her, and she started backpedaling like all get out.
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when a shit hits water of a toilet.
this one time i was in the toilet and dad was in the next room with the music blasting then the shit hit the water and it was like 'GLUNK'!!!!!!!!!
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A small measurement of liquid precisely done with a quick tilt of the container
"a want a glunk of milk in my coffee"
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While HBO's epic fantasy series Game of Thrones has stirred much debate over its nudity and violence, Peter Dinklage's scene-stealing turn as Tyrion Lannister has been almost universally praised, even scoring the American actor an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series.
His recognition should come as no surprise to fans of the show and author George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, on which Thrones is based, but for newbies looking to understand Dinklage's appeal, here's a few reasons why we think the actor, 42, deserves Emmy gold for bringing Tyrion to life:
He's no pushover.
With his older sister Cersei ruling over Westeros as Queen and her twin brother Jaime serving in the King's Guard, Tyrion is often overlooked and considered an embarrassment to the Lannister family, having been born a dwarf and incapable of serving as a solider. But despite the lack of respect he receives from his tyrant father Tywin, Tyrion never ceases to impress, and often outsmart, his rivals. Dinklage plays the character as a confident and competent voice of reason with whom the audience can identify, in addition to being the only person in the Lannister family willing to stand up to Cersei's insufferable son, Prince Joffrey.
He's sympathetic.
Despite his status as a Lannister, the richest house in Westeros, Tyrion treats even those considered beneath him with the same respect he does his equals, in particular, the bastard Jon Snow. Being the illegitimate son of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell affords Snow little privilege, and Tyrion is quick to counsel the boy on how to deal with life as an outsider during their journey to Castle Black, home of the Night's Watch. Likewise, he finds empathy for the fate of Stark's young son Bran, who is paralyzed in an accidental fall that, unbeknownst to Tyrion, was orchestrated by his siblings. On his return journey home, he stops at Winterfell and provides the Stark family with saddle instructions that will allow the boy to ride again.
He's hilarious.
Dinklage's true talents as an actor are no more on display than in bringing moments of comedic relief to an otherwise dark and bloody series. When imprisoned at the Eyrie, the home of Lady Cateyln Stark's sister Lysa, Tyrion barters his freedom by agreeing to confess his crimes, and goes on to mockingly atone for stealing a servant girl's robes and leaving her naked, filling his uncle's boots with goat excrement, and masturbating into his sister's dinner. The scene also unites Tyrion with mercenary Bronn, played by Jerome Flynn, who becomes Dinklage's comedic counterpart as the series progresses.
Peter Dinklage Should Win an Emmy
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Anyone grab one yet? Id like to see some initial thoughts on it.
I picked one up. Overall, it's really nice. The unit is pretty small and very quiet. The sliding door does feel kind of cheap. In fact, the plastic on top of the console is pretty crappy in that it is really soft, and scratches extremely easy. I barely used mine and it has permanent scratches all over the top/front piece. It's just lower quality materials compared to the older versions.


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The 28-year-old woman accused in an attempted murder at Charleston's Ashley Hall school had been indicted in 2005 on charges of threatening to shoot President George W. Bush, as well as "the entire U.S. Congress," according to federal court documents.
Alice Boland pleaded not guilty for reasons of insanity and was later ordered into a mental health facility for treatment.
But the federal case, which was dismissed in September 2009, would not have popped up during a background check when she bought a .22-caliber handgun days before the police said she showed up at the downtown Charleston school and tried to shoot a school official.
Earl Woodham, a regional spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said this afternoon that the mental health issues do not show up during a background check.
If Boland had been convicted of a felony, that would have been a different story, he said.
"Those health issues are just not linked to the computer system for the purposes of whether someone has a mental health problem as it applies to purchasing a firearm," Woodham said. "There's no way on a background check to link them."
Whether that should change has been a part of heightened public discourse since December, when gunman Adam Lanza fatally shot 26 people at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
Boland, a resident of Beaufort whose family says has a history of mental illnesses, faces charges of attempted murder, pointing a firearm, as well as other weapons charges in connection with Monday's incident.
The Charleston Police Department said she had recently bought the gun legally from a retailer. She does not have any felony convictions, according to a state background check, but she would have been required to answer a question regarding her mental health before buying the pistol.
The federal questionnaire asks whether the buyer has ever been deemed "mentally defective" or had ever been involuntarily committed to an institution.
The police said they found a copy of the form in her vehicle, which was found Monday parked outside what Boland called her "old psych doctor's office."
The police would not discuss the details of the information on the form, but they said the ATF was investigating the case. Federal charges against Boland are possible, they said.
A federal affidavit said Boland's alleged threat against Bush came during a visit to Quebec, Canada. As she waited in line to clear Customs on May 14, 2005, at a Montreal airport, she made statements that the process was taking too long, the document said.
"Give me a gun," she told Montreal police officers, according to the affidavit. "I am going to kill you."
She continued to ramble. She expressed thoughts that her long wait in the Customs line was the president's fault, the document stated.
"I am going to kill President Bush with a gun," she said, according to the court papers. "Just give me a gun. I am going to come back and shoot you all."
Montreal police officers arrested her on a charge of uttering threats, and she was taken to a Canadian hospital for psychiatric evaluation, the document stated. She was released that day on the promise that she would appear in court at a later date.
Boland flew back to the United States five days later with her father.
More than a week after the airport encounter, a Secret Service agent and a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office deputy visited Boland at her home.
The federal agent reported in the affidavit that Boland spoke loudly and repeated her threats during an interview outside her home.
"Hell yes I would shoot him (Bush)," she said, according to the document. "I would shoot him and the entire U.S. Congress. If I had a gun I would shoot you too."
The agent told her that making threats toward the president was a felony. But she didn't seem to mind.
"I'll go to Washington and I'll shoot him dead and if you get in my way, I'll shoot you too," she said, according to the affidavit. "I'll go wherever he is and find him and kill him. I'll kill Senator Bird and Senator Clinton and all those people and think nothing of it."
Boland told the agent that there were two guns in the house and that she would get them, the document stated. The guns were said to be an air rifle and a pellet pistol.
Even as the authorities handcuffed her, she kept yelling the threats, kicked her father and a deputy, and scratched another officer, according to the affidavit.
As she was booked into the Charleston County jail, which is the local holding facility for federal detainees, she "repeated her desire to kill the president to the on-duty jail staff," the document stated.
A few months later, a judge ordered that personnel at a federal medical center in Texas could involuntary inject Boland with antipsychotic drug to render her competent to stand trial.
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.


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father, daughter
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My heart just did a little jump. She is so, so sweet! Happy Father's Day to your husband :).ReplyDelete
What a sweet photo. I love how she's resting her head on his arm.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photo!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE it. So precious.ReplyDelete
Awwww. So precious.ReplyDelete
So precious :)ReplyDelete
Neither of them knew I was taking their picture.
Just beautiful. That father/daughter relationship is so special and so important. :)ReplyDelete
Feeling all lumpy in my throat.ReplyDelete
So sweet! And your photos are always so beautiful.ReplyDelete
seriously adorable!ReplyDelete
Absolutely precious.ReplyDelete
This is such a sweet picture!ReplyDelete
This could not be more sweet. It was a great Father's Day!ReplyDelete
so stinkin' sweet!ReplyDelete
sweet,sweet, Sweet!ReplyDelete
Hope you all had a good Father's Day...
this just makes me all weepy. I love that she's resting her head like that, in a little head to arm hug.ReplyDelete
very precious!ReplyDelete
So sweet and adorableReplyDelete
I almost didn't recognize Ivy in that photo. I had to double-check that the title did indeed say, "Adventures in Babywearing." ;)ReplyDelete
She is growing up so much!
Oh my goodness...I titled my fathers day post the same thing.ReplyDelete
I like being matchy with you.


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Miranda Lambert Channels Katniss on a Thanksgiving Hunting Spree
This might just be the holiday philosophy embraced by country lovebirds Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert who have Tweeted words of praise for one another as they take to the Oklahoma woods for some pre-Thanksgiving sportsmanship.
Tagging her Twitter photos #katnissforever, Lambert posted a photo of herself in camouflage, a bow and binoculars while toting a pink cup. She lyrically Tweeted to her husband, quoting a Waylon Jennings song: "Baby it's time we got back to the basics of love ... first time in the woods this season. & with BS."
Shelton also told PEOPLE Tuesday night at The Voice that his country star wife can more than rock the outdoors-man vibe.
"I'll tell you, we went huntin' a few nights ago and she actually caught a wild hog with a bow and arrow," Shelton praised. "Miranda is the real deal. She doesn't just sing about guns and things like that. She does it. She's a big bow hunter. People don't know that about her."
Her mad skills, Shelton adds, are also sexy.
"It's so impressive to see this hot girl walking out of the house with this bow and arrow and shooting things with it," he said. "I love it. I hope that's what we do again on Thanksgiving."
Wild hog for thanksgiving! #katnissforever— Miranda Lambert (@Miranda_Lambert) November 18, 2012
In addition to her hunting, Lambert also is ready to get her Black Friday on. She's set to open her own store, The Pink Pistol, in Tishomingo, Okla., on Friday.


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He's been waiting for awhile for the postseason to arrive, and now that it has, Chestnut Ridge's Tyler Dibert is ready to put his name in the history books.
Dibert is vying for his fourth District 5 title. It's a rare feat, and it's even rarer for a Ridge wrestler to accomplish. The program hasn't had a four-timer since Lester McLucas won titles from 1958 to 1961.
Dibert, the top seed at 170 pounds, has a lot of confidence going into the tournament.
"I feel pretty good," Dibert said. "Obviously, I have to wrestle well to win it, but I don't think there's much danger of not winning it. Since the state duals, this has been what I've been looking forward to. My favorite time of the year has always been the individual tournaments."
Dibert, who is 32-4 and is the school record holder in career wins with 129, doesn't expect to feel much pressure in going for his fourth title.
"If I put pressure on myself and make it more than it is, then I won't wrestle to the best of my ability," he said.
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What: District 5 Tournament
When: Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.
Where: Windber High School
What's at stake: Top three at each weight advance to Southwest Regional Tournament
Going for four: Chestnut Ridge's Tyler Dibert is vying for his fourth District 5 title.
"He's been in a lot of big tournaments, and I would hope the pressure would not get to him," Ridge coach Greg Lazor said. "I think he's excited. In the long run, he has bigger goals in mind. I think he's shooting for a state medal more than anything."
The tournament begins at 2 p.m. Friday at Windber High School with the preliminaries. A quarterfinal round will follow at around 3:30, which is much earlier than usual, and the first day ends with a consolation round at around 6:30. Wrestling resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday with the semifinals. The consolation finals are set for 6 p.m., and the championship finals will follow at 7.
The top three at each weight class qualify for next week's Southwest Regional Tournament.
Dibert will also look to help Ridge amass points so it can win its second straight district team title. The Lions won two tight battles with Bedford, including in the District 5 Duals championship, and came out ahead of the Bisons in the Thomas Subaru Tournament. Expect Berlin Brothersvalley, which finished fourth at Thomas, to be among the leaders.
"That would be awesome," Dibert said of Ridge winning the team title. "Obviously, I want our team to do well. For me to get my fourth at the same time we win the title would be one heck of a weekend."
Ridge has returning champions in Derrick Claar (120) and Dan Albright (195) and a runner-up in Trent Crouse (126). The Lions have six No. 2 seeds in Aaron Burkett (106), Crouse, Bradie Bollman (160), Albright, Brad Winegardner (220) and Austin Buttry (285).
"The team race will be interesting," Bedford coach Brian Creps said. "Ridge has a bunch of high seeds, and we have a bunch of high seeds. Berlin has eight or nine guys who could get through. Ridge would have the edge, but that's why you wrestle in this thing. We have some guys who are like caged lions right now. They're tired of beating each other up in practice. They'll be ready."
"I think it's going to be real tight," Lazor said. "Bedford is looking real tough. They have lot of wrestlers who can reach the finals. [Creps] is trying to motivate his boys [by saying Ridge has the edge], and I think I can motivate mine. In a small tournament like this, the semis are a lot of extra points. We're going to have to match them the best way we can."
Creps also has possible future four-timer in his lineup. Junior 120-pounder Ryan Easter (28-1) is a two-time champion and a top seed. Teammates Jonathan Gabriel (106), Garrett Thomas (126), Toby Brett (138) and Tanner Williams (152) are also top seeds. Jake Warren (113) is a second seed.
Brett is a returning champion, while Thomas and second-seeded Michael Brett (182) finished second last season. Williams missed the postseason last year with an injury.
"Tanner comes into practice with a big smile on his face," Creps said. "He's real excited to wrestle in the district tournament."
Williams was the big name who missed last year's tournament with an injury. This year, it's Northern Bedford's Eric Grace, who won a Thomas Subaru title at 220 pounds and is second in the Mirror rankings, but he's out after he twisted his knee on Feb. 5 against North Star. Grace, a star baseball player, will go through physical therapy for the MCL injury and not have surgery.
"That was a little bit of a disappointment," NBC coach Brian Dutchcot said. "He was having a real nice year. After the Thomas Tournament, he was excited to be out for the sport, and it looked like it would set a tone for him. Unfortunately, this injury happened at the worst time of the year. The bad thing is it's his senior year.
"I think the baseball aspect was on his mind. That's his No. 1 sport, and that's his decision. If he doesn't want to risk it, then I understand."
While that is disappointing, Dutchcot has the only unbeaten regular starter left in the district and area in 145-pounder Drew Gartland (26-0), a returning champion who is the top seed at a very rugged weight. Conemaugh Township's two-time champion Tanner Cahill is the second seed at the weight. Gartland, by the way, has 99 career wins.
"I think he'll be fine," Dutchcot said. "I think the title at the Thomas Tournament put him over the edge as far as confidence is concerned. I think he's mentally ready for the challenge. 145 is real deep."
The other two in Northern Bedford's Big 3 - Mason Replogle (132) and Damian Corle (138) - are seeded third and second, respectively. Corle took second last season, while Replogle was third.
"We're excited," Dutchcot said. "We had an impressive win against North Star, and the kids looked better against Philipsburg. I think our three guys in the middle will have success."
Notes: Tussey Mountain's Mitchell Hall is the top seed at 285. ... Creps said Wednesday night that Caleb Grimes, initially seeded fifth at 160, where's he's been most the season, is moving up to 170. It's not clear where he'll be seeded. ... Berlin and Meyersdale have two No. 1 seeds apiece.


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Is Salem a more dangerous place to live in or visit now than in past years?
Do you see what I mean, Grant. I post an article and someone disagrees. And, the sky is blue!
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White House press secretary Jay Carney said that while the government must take the Constitution into account, U.S. citizenship does not make a person immune from being targeted.
This is just plain wrong...and they want to take guns away?
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Ok, so how are Americans safer in any town or city?
With this unfettered power, will the President send drones over Salem? Is there a chance you might be his next target while grilling some steaks, or taking a walk?
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Attorney General Eric Holder, in a talk at Northwestern University Law School in March, endorsed the constitutionality of targeted killings of Americans provided that the government determines such an individual poses "an imminent threat of violent attack."
But the memo obtained by NBC News refers to a broader definition of imminence and specifically says the government is not required to have "clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future."
Glenn Greenwald, a constitutional lawyer who writes about security and liberty for the British newspaper The Guardian, described the memo as "fundamentally misleading," with a clinical tone that disguises "the radical and dangerous power it purports to authorize."
"If you believe the president has the power to order U.S. citizens executed far from any battlefield with no charges or trial, then it's truly hard to conceive of any asserted power you would find objectionable," he wr
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Legal experts expressed grave reservations Tuesday about an Obama administration memo concluding that the United States can order the killing of American citizens — with one saying the White House was acting as "judge, jury and executioner."
The experts said that the memo, first obtained by NBC News, threatened constitutional rights and dangerously expanded the definition of national self-defense and of what constitutes an imminent attack.
"Anyone should be concerned when the president and his lawyers make up their own interpretation of the law or their own rules," said Mary Ellen O'Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and an authority on international law and the use of force.
"This is a very, very dangerous thing that the president has done," she added.
Is anyone really safe with this President in office?
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Grant, exactly...during the election, I would state absolute fact and was questioned and called names because it didn't line up with the lies coming from the Obama campaign and the media. I was not stating my feelings but truth.
So when you say 2+2=4, it is stating fact and needs to be recognized as such. If we say we think Salem is no more dangerous wo fact it may be just our feelings.
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If my opinion is fact is it really opinion? If I said 2+2=4 and you disagreed would that make it "my opinion"?
This is my opinion but your first comment, quoting Roosevelt made your stance apparently. If it didn't, I'm not sure why you thought a quote telling people to speak softly and carry a gun was fitting.
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LOL...you're still on this?! You're clearly missing the most important word of the statement, which is "OR". Not to mention, I already explained what I meant. People like you are exactly the problem with this country, you wanna talk in circles and deviate from the fact that you have nothing to back up your stance on the topic at hand.
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Not to mention, per capita numbers are based per 100,000. Since we have less than 15,000 residents, when you have ONE murder or ONE rape it makes the per 100,000 numbers look higher. No rape or murder or assault is good, but you're really splitting hairs to say the city is more dangerous when we're talking about incidents that number under 5.
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Seems to me that looking at the data, there was a spike in property crimes. Not necessarily a growing trend, but a spike. No way to know if it'll be a trend for a few years anyways. But violent crime has remained the same or even decreased.
So I guess it depends what stat you want to look at, personally, when I think "more dangerous" the only number that matters much to me is violent crime. Either way, it's pretty clear that you can't make as strong of a case as some of you are making in favor of more dangerous. It's marginal if anything.
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City-data**** crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 319.1) 33.3(1999) 27.1(2000) 34.2(2001) 31.5(2002) 47.9(2003) 33.2(2004) 30.7(2005) 54.0(2006) 57.9(2007) 37.6(2008) 26.1(2009) 126.4(2010) 147.5(2011)
By these figures, it looks like crime has certainly jumped the last two years reported.
Read more: ***********city-data****/city/Salem-Ohio.html#ixzz2JwW8doHu
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LOL! Now I have anger management issues. Your brilliant psychoanalysis via print has determined that not only am I angry, I can't control it. No wonder you feel less safe..
Thank you Kozy for actually providing some real numbers. Those numbers certainly seem to show that the city is not more dangerous but we do need some older numbers to really be sure.
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Posted some time back...Salem crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 12 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Salem for 2013 is expected to be higher than in 2010.
The city violent crime rate for Salem in 2010 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 93.63% and the city property crime rate in Salem was lower than the national property crime rate average by 8.29%.
In 2010 the city violent crime rate in Salem was lower than the violent crime rate in Ohio by 91.85% and the city property crime rate in Salem was lower than the property crime rate in Ohio by 16.87%.
Couldn't find 1950, etc., but will keep on looking.
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Grant has a point...all comments, including his and mine, are based upon our feelings and certain points of reason. What are the facts?
How many murders were there from 1950, per year until the latest report? How many drug busts? How many armed robberies? How many rapes and children molested? Those facts would answer the question and then no reason to get upset.
Ok, can anyone post that data? How about it Salem News?
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I don't think anyone would argue the drugs are worse in town (since they've been flushed down from Mahoning County), but so far there hasn't been any direct correlation to that making it dangerous yet.
I don't feel less safe due to the fact that everyone in town does meth and pot, but if it goes unchecked for a few more years that could change, you never know.
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And WatchDog, I have no idea how you can call someone blind when the only factual information you have to take your stance is to claim that one event creates a trend.
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Sorry that's:
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Phoenix, I meant integration, not segregation.
It was forced integration, when blacks were asking to be separate but equal. Look at churches, where the government has no control. Still pretty segregated. It didn't accomplish its stated goals. But I'm sure people who think it did also believe the drug war is a success.
Ron Paul made a great speech about the Civil Rights Act.
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NotSocialist, in response to you LBJ comment, everyone knows that LBJ could be a bit of an a-hole, but he still did that right thing despite knowing that, by doing so, the Dems would lose the south.
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LOL, the lame attacks on me are hilarious. I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you fools anymore. But the debate is over unless we do have numbers:
"This whole debate can be ended quickly and accurately. For someone who is really interested, get the per capita stats from last year, 10 and 20 years ago. If the numbers are higher now, it's more dangerous."
You've just admitted that the entire notion that you've perpetuate since the conversation began is based on nothing but what you think is going on in your own head. Because you have no factual base to make your claim.
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Louigi, I've lived in the south for well over 30 years and you're right there was more overt racism back then, but fortunately, thanks to integration, times have changed. I live in such a diverse and multicultural invironment now that I can't imagine anything different. I'm not suggesting racism is dead, we have a long way to go on that front, just that the south is far different then you remember it. As far as Salem being a more dangerous place to live in or visit, I can't speak for those of you who live there, but I haven't noticed a change when I'm fortunate enough to visit family.
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It's been 30 years, but I was once stationed in the south. Bigots were out in the open and proud of it, actually sort nice. I always knew exactly who the morons were. In the military I new a lot of bigots, but many, after being forced to bunk beside, eat meals, and work closely with those of another race, had their eyes opened. They've reformed. The thing that irks me the most about living in this part of the country, the bigots are generally still in hiding. If you pay attention, they eventually reveal themselves.
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I happen to know a lot of these former Dixiecrats, they call themselves Republicans now.
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GrantMingus, " The Civil Rights Act is forced segregation." What? Oh and notSocialist, it was the southern democrats, Dixiecrats, who filibustered it, not the mainstream Democratic Party.
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As indulgences of the Christmas holidays transition into resolutions of the New Year, most of us will take account of our fitness and set goals.
Local fitness experts speak
"Personal training will certainly see some changes for the better. Although more knowledge is available for trainers, it is the knowledge of the consumer, however, that will drive the business. Today, people looking for a trainer have a much better idea of what type of individual they need to help them reach their goals ... I'm happy to say that the concept of someone walking into a gym and being assigned the next available trainer is on the way out."
- John Di Giovanni, pubisher of Oblique Magazine
"I subscribe to many types of fitness training - periodization training for athletes, interval training, yoga, sprint training, core training. ... However, at the almost ripe age of 46, I can tell you that my body has benefited the most from 'mobility training,' such as foam rolling and active flexibility training. It just makes good sense, feels good and I have incredibly measurable results. "
- Tracie Long Mathewes, director of Long Training Studios and Tracie Long Fitness fitness video company
"I think we will see more fitness-related social events as more young professionals move to Charleston. Sport leagues, fun runs, running/drinking clubs, networking events around physical activity."
- Susan Johnson, director of the Medical University of South Carolina Office of Health Promotion
"The No. 1 trend (on the national survey), high intensity interval training, is definitely a trend that is very popular here in Charleston. Historically, people are attracted to a 'quick fix.' HIIT is a short, intense workout and can be very effective."
- Siobhan Maize, a part-time psychology instructor at College of Charleston, mother, marathon swimmer, ultra marathon runner and triathlete.
"I am seeing huge numbers of 30-something to 40-something athletes moving to yoga, either exclusively as a lower-impact way to stay toned and healthy or as a balance to the stresses of CrossFit, running, and other sports on our aging bones and joints ... Another trend I see happening is the 'juggling' of multiple nonconventional, studio-style group activities. We have so many customers now who do, for example, yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays, rock climbing at the climbing studio on Mondays, run club on Wednesdays, hip-hop dance on Fridays and (Spinning at) Charleston RIDE on Saturdays."
- Thomas Glenn, co-owner of The Yoga House of Charleston.
So what should we consider?
Top fitness trends for 2014
These are the Top 20 fitness trends for 2014, according to the American College of Sports Medicine's "Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2014."
The results were published in the ACSM's November/December 2013 edition of "Health & Fitness Journal."
The survey was completed by 3,815 health and fitness professionals worldwide.
1. High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): HIIT involves short bursts of activity followed by a short period of rest or recovery. These exercise programs are usually performed in less than 30 minutes.
2. Body Weight Training: Body weight training uses minimal equipment making it more affordable, but is not limited push-ups, pull-ups and other old school "calisthenics."
3. Certified, Experienced Fitness Professionals: Given the large number of organizations offering health and fitness certifications, it's important that consumers choose professionals certified through programs that are accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
4. Strength Training: Strength training remains an essential part of a complete physical activity program for all fitness levels, ages and genders.
5. Exercise and Weight Loss: In addition to nutrition, exercise is a key component of a proper weight loss program.
6. Future Generation of Experts: More and more students are majoring in kinesiology, which indicates that they are preparing themselves for careers in allied health fields such as personal training.
7. Fitness Programs for Older Adults: As the baby boom generation ages into retirement, many are aware of the benefits of exercise for everything from preventing heart disease, falls and easing arthritis and are in need of age-appropriate fitness programs.
8. Functional Fitness: This is a trend toward using strength training to improve balance and ease of daily living and relates to programs for older adults.
9. Group Personal Training: Despite an improving economy, many people still reap the benefits of less expensive personal training along with the enjoying the camaraderie of others.
10. Yoga: Based on ancient tradition, yoga utilizes a series of specific bodily postures practiced for health and relaxation. The variety of yoga styles also continue to grow and include power, Bikram, Jivamukti, ashtanga, vinyasa, acro and kids.
11. Exercise Programs to Treat or Prevent Childhood Obesity: Despite leveling off in the recent year, childhood and adolescent obesity continues to be a major health issue and programs aimed at preventing are starting to flourish in an array of arenas.
12. Work site Health Promotion: Designed to improve the health of workers, this is a trend for a range of programs and services that incorporate systems to evaluate fitness, health care costs, and worker productivity.
13. Core Training: Core training stresses strength and conditioning of the stabilizing muscles of the abdomen, thorax and back. It typically includes exercises of the hips, lower back and abdomen, all of which provide support for the spine and thorax.
14. Outdoor Activities: Outdoor activities often include hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and games or sports and first broke into the Top 20 last year.
15. Circuit Training: Returning to the poll this year, circuit training is a group of six to 10 exercises that are completed one after another and in a predetermined sequence.
16. Outcome Measurements: Also reappearing is outcome measurements, or tracking progress of fitness levels via weight, pulse rate, blood pressure, strength and cardio gains and VO2 max, to determine the benefits of health and fitness programs in disease management and to document success in changing negative lifestyle habits.
17. Wellness Coaching: Using a one-on-one approach, either in person or online, wellness coaching integrates behavioral change science into health promotion, disease prevention and rehabilitation programs.
18. Sport-Specific Training: This trend incorporates sport-specific training for sports such as baseball and tennis, designed especially for young athletes.
19. Worker Incentive Programs: Similar to No. 12, worker incentive programming is a trend that creates incentive programs to stimulate positive healthy behavior change as part of employer-based health promotion programming and health care benefits.
20. Boot Camp: A Top 20 trend for the past four years, boot camps, featuring military-style drills and calisthenics, rounds out the list this year.
For eight years, one of the few true surveys of what's hot and what's not in fitness has been the American College of Sports Medicine's "Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends," which actually comes out in late October.
Local panel of surveyed experts
Zach Conrad: Owner of Chucktown Fitness, personal trainer and male winner of Oblique Magazine's 2011 "Best Abs" contest.
Tyler Cross: Coordinator of the fitness and wellness program for Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission and a top local runner.
John Di Giovanni: Publisher of Oblique Magazine.
Allison Foster: Manager of the fitness and wellness program for CCPRC.
Thomas Glenn: Co-owner of Yoga House of Charleston.
Susan Johnson: Director of the health promotion office at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Ken Immer: Founder and CEO of graw foods and leader of Yoga 4 Men.
Kathie Livingston: Owner of Nature Adventure Outfitters.
Siobhan Maize: Part-time psychology instructor at College of Charleston, ultra marathoner, marathon swimmer and triathlete.
Luciana MARCIAL-Vincion: Spinning master instructor and co-owner of Charleston RIDE.
Coleen Martin: registered dietitian with MUSC Boeing Center for Children's Wellness and MUSC LEAN Team, as well as an avid tennis player.
Tracie Long Mathewes: Director of Long Training Studios and owner of Tracie Long Fitness video company.
Meredith Nelson: Owner of PrimeTime Fitness and past president of Charleston Running Club, 2012 and 2013, and adventure traveler.
Amy Minkel: Co-owner of Fleet Feet Sports Mount Pleasant and coordinator for the Support the Girls! and upcoming "Ton of Fun" weight loss challenge.
Janis Newton: Interim director of the MUSC Wellness Center, founder of Healthy Charleston Challenge, and longtime local group fitness leader.
Louis Yuhasz: Founder and "guru" of Louie's Kids, an effort to prevent and treat childhood obesity.
The survey, which this year was completed by 3,815 health and fitness professionals, always attracts attention nationally, usually by periodicals that publish it at face value.
I use it as an opportunity to reflect on what is and isn't happening in the Charleston area, which has a dynamic fitness town.
This year, I forwarded the survey to 16 local fitness experts for their comments.
Distilling that and knowing what I know, here's what I came up with.
1. Outdoor activities
Ranked 13th on ACSM's survey for 2014, many local experts mentioned the outdoors in some way. Charleston just has so much to offer for outdoor fitness, along with about nine to 10 months of warm or temperate weather to be outside and enjoy an array of activities, notably stand-up paddleboarding, surfing, kiteboarding and kayaking along with more terrestrial activities.
The ever-versatile paddleboard also has lent itself to providing other fitness activities, such as yoga and Pilates, on the board itself, according to Kathie Livingston, owner of Nature Adventure Outfitters.
Just this year, Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission recognized the powerful link between fitness and being outdoors by creating two new positions focused on health and fit- ness.
It also worked with the Medical University of South Carolina to hold an experimental "green fitness" program last May called "Adventure Out," holding nearly free fitness classes in parks.
2. Endurance sports
Related to outdoor activities, the endurance sports of running, cycling, swimming and triathlon also play a huge role in the Charleston area's fitness scene.
Some may consider me biased on this, but this is a town with more than 130 road and trail runs, a dozen bike rides and races and a half dozen triathlons, as well one of the 20th largest races in the United States.
All of those spawn dozens of running clinics and group runs.
Surprisingly, I've never seen endurance sports, running, cycling or triathlon on the ACSM's survey, but Janis Newton of the Medical University of South Caro- lina Wellness Center says many facilities are filled with endurance athletes cross-training for specific events.
3. Yoga, Pilates & barre
While yoga could legitimately hold the No. 3 spot alone in Charleston, throw in the related strength and flexibility activities of Pilates and barre and there's no question.
The area is home to about 30 studios, not including health clubs, featuring the activities.
Ken Immer, an avid yogi and advocate for men doing yoga, says he sees many of the other fitness activities, such as high-intensity interval training, being tapped in yoga.
"Go to a 5:45 p.m. class at Charleston Power Yoga and tell me that's not HIIT," says Immer.
4. Group training
Similarly, CrossFit "boxes" dot the landscape of Charleston and underscore the demand for group training, particularly for relatively short high-intensity interval training sessions, which tops the 2014 survey.
The CrossFit model has been emulated in other fitness club settings not affiliated with CrossFit.
Veteran trainer Meredith Nelson, owner of PrimeTime Fitness on Sullivan's Island, says the intensity of these workouts calls attention to a main theme of the ACSM's poll: the need for trained and experienced trainers.
"In the wrong hands, those workouts can be dangerous," says Nelson.
The group training phenomenon in Charleston also is evident in the number of indoor cycling studios. Starting in January, CHS Revolution joins Charleston RIDE and Velocity Cycling in downtown Charleston and Journey Cycling in Mount Pleasant.
5. Childhood obesity
The Charleston area has experienced a renaissance of physical fitness for its youth in the past few years.
The flagship has long been Louie's Kids, which continues experimenting with programming to reach the largest number of kids.
Another effort is coming from the MUSC Boeing Center for Children's Wellness, which is starting wellness councils at schools in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties.
Running events, such as the Cooper River Bridge Run and Charleston Marathon, hold kids' run events.
Local businesses, such as Fleet Feet Sports Mount Pleasant, also are reaching out by holding school run clubs and a "Support the Girls" campaign to provide girls in local ROTC pro-grams with appropriate sports bras.
6. Weight loss
The same goes for the adults on the local level.
Efforts such as the MUSC Wellness Center's Healthy Charleston Challenge, which has helped about 800 people lose 27,000 pounds in the past six years, are modeled loosely after the "Biggest Loser" competition.
These, however, tap into the right combination of forces to work: trainer-led with focuses on not only exercise but nutrition, psychology and changing life habits.
In January, Fleet Feet is holding a similar challenge called "The Ton of Fun."
And, former TrySports owner Jim Kirwan is kick- ing off a new online coaching effort, "Get America Moving."
7. Focus on seniors
Seniors, especially aging baby boomers, are being less resistant to the idea of exercising in their golden years and recognizing benefits it offers not only for preventing or holding off heart disease and easing arthritis, but also preventing falls and even loneliness.
Allison Foster, the fitness manager for Charleston County PRC, says such programs are natural ways for seniors to improve balance, flexibility, core stability, range of motion and pain management.
The growing popularity of senior fitness can be witnessed at the Lowcountry Senior Center and Mount Pleasant Senior Center.
Recently, the senior-oriented Active RX opened in Mount Pleasant.
8. Exercise professionals
With the demands by so many groups for guided fitness, a new generation of experts is lining up to fill the need.
One example was witnessed this fall when the College of Charleston experienced "considerable growth" in its exercise science major. Currently, there about 250 exercise science majors.
Luciana Marcial-Vincion, a Spinning Master instructor and co-owner of Charleston RIDE, says a theme that runs through the ACSM's survey demonstrates that consumers want "specialized training by top-notch professionals. Period."
"The digital age literally puts information at the customers' fingertips allowing them to identify the reputable organizations and trainers and discard those that are unqualified," says Marcial-Vincion.
She added that it also allows them select options that fit his or her individual lifestyle, schedule and interest.
"This places more demand on our industry professionals, not necessarily to have certifications in all the disciplines, but to at least have a knowledge of the variety out there so they can have informed discussions with their clients," she says.
For example, a Spinning instructor should have some knowledge of other disciplines, such as CrossFit, TRX or barre.
Reach David Quick at 937-5516 or dquick@postand courier.com.


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Ages ago a friendly reader asked if I knew anything about a flowering branch upholstery fabric spotted in the hysterical 2008 movie, Ghost Town, starring Ricky Gervais and Téa Leoni. (Leoni's character has a chair in her apartment covered in what looks a bit like a blown-up version of Flowering Quince from Clarence House.)
In case you're new to the world of interior decoration, pictured above is a longtime design blog favorite with Flowering Quince: Sara Ruffin Costello's bedroom photographed by Gemma Comas for domino.
Earlier this summer, while roaming the aisles of bolts at Atlanta's budget-friendly textile emporium, Forsyth Fabrics, I may have stumbled upon the vaguely similar Flowering Branch print seen in the film. While it's not on Forsyth's site, you can find it online here.
But the reason I'm mentioning Ghost Town today is the art. Well, the art and the overall feel of Leoni's apartment. The character is a scholar -- an Egyptologist. Production designer Howard Cummings gives us a little visual backstory by densely packing into her home a lot of photography, objects, textiles and paintings.
Many of the pieces are fairly large; it's interesting to see how they all work in a relatively small space. I might even go so far as to say the eclectic yet sophisticated mix on the soft blue-gray walls calls to mind Miles Redd. Sort of. Mostly, the apartment feels like it belongs to a specific person. Although, Cummings never resorts to Egyptology stereotypes (according to the production notes, avoiding clichés was the goal). It all comes together in a dynamic, elegant way, and unfortunately the apartment is only on screen for a few minutes, so I've been rewinding and pausing. If anyone knows something about the photograph behind Gervais' head, above, I'd love to hear from you.
Other wonderful things to see in Ghost Town include the Met's Temple of Dendur, Beaux Arts architecture and the change of seasons in NYC. The film begins at the very end of summer and quickly progresses into fall, making it a perfect September rental.
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Interview With Lee Wang-Soo, Lead Concept Artist!
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 6:30 PM
When you think about Blade & Soul the first thing that comes to mind are the characters. The in-game graphics that take full advantage of Kim Hyung-Tae's work is still a hot issue amongst many players and fans.
However, it is not just Kim Hyung-Tae that does all the work. In fact, the character that was popular with a lot of CBT1 testers, Nam So-Yoo, was created by Lee Wang-Soo, lead designer of the concept art team. He has been friends with Kim Hyung-Tae for ten years and has been working on Blade & Soul since 2006.
Lee Wang-Soo has been working on concept art for races, backgrounds and the world of Blade & Soul since the beginning. Right now he works on characters, items and outfits as a guide and mentor. He is the man who breathes life into Blade & Soul and we've had a little chat with him.
I made Nam So-Yoo, says NCSoft's Character Artwork Leader, Lee Wang-Soo.
"I've made a unique character fitting the scenario."
What are the special traits and design concepts behind Blade & Soul's character design?
The games that currently exist in an eastern fantasy setting all have similar lore. Blade & Soul tried to move away from the typical Chinese concept and attempted to incorporate Korean and other eastern cultures as well. It is why we've tried to make the characters match the scenario.
What was the hardest thing about designing the various characters for Blade & Soul?
The hardest thing about designing a character is meeting Kim Hyung-Tae's standards. Creating a character that fits the story wasn't too hard because the scenario already defined the character's personality very well, so the real challenge came in designing outfits that were different from other games with an eastern fantasy setting.
For example, trying to make a character that would blend well in eastern fantasy while remaining unique. It was a difficult balance to maintain with all of the outfits, and we've had a hard time trying to produce things that players haven't seen in other games.
Original artwork for the Lyn race. It looks a lot different.
Many say the art style of Art Director(AD from now on) Kim Hyung-Tae is either like it or hate it. What is your favorite character that you've created?
It is true, his style is so distinct that there's definitely a divide between those who like it and those who don't. However, if you look at it from a commercial art perspective I have a lot to learn. The hardest part of designing a character for Blade & Soul was mimicking Kim Hyung-Tae's art style.
As of now we've created a little guide after analyzing the AD's art style, and with this guide we can recruit new members and still have that new member work on the artwork. As for my favorite character, it is Nam So-Yoo.
Nam So-Yoo was a hot issue during CBT. Is there a deep meaning/some kind of real life episode that you've based this character on?
There were many complex things that went into designing Nam So-Yoo, and even though she doesn't exist I've taken her personality from a popular Korean drama called Wife's Seduction and its lead character Koo Eun-Jae. Nam So-Yoo will also be a big part of Blade & Soul's scenario.
The character's traits are as you can see from the name; (Nam means Other and So-Yoo means belonging) it means "Someone else's". When I first got the name and the character I designed her like a normal girl, but after having a talk with the AD we came to the conclusion that it wasn't right and reworked it.
When I worked on it the second time I tried to make her look confined; the design didn't show her inner wickedness, simply making her look like a rich girl instead. The current incarnation of Nam So-Yoo came from when I worked on her for the third time. We wanted to show that undeniable charm, like a femme fatale and we tried to reflect that with her.
Blade & Soul's popular NPC, Nam So-Yoo, and her original character artwork (left) compared to her in-game 3D model (right).
"Character design, we've approached it with designer label concept."
When you work with the AD, how is the work divided?
As he is the art director, he came up with the original concept for the character. The artwork team creates characters, monsters and weapons. We receive scenarios from the development team and we have a conference with the AD and make rough concept sketches.
Each character will get about 3 ~ 8 sketches and we pick the design that best fits the personality or one that just has an awesome design and work on it from there. During this process if the character is someone that comes up in the main storyline, the AD personally picks them out. Rough estimate time of working on one character is about 8 ~ 10 days but characters like Nam So-Yoo can take up to a month.
We've heard Blade & Soul went for a Pan-Asiatic concept unlike other eastern fantasy games. How do you define this with the characters?
The one concept we've put great care into was the "Designer Label" concept. We try to create the outfits as a whole and since it is not divided into parts we have no normal specs for the outfits. We were able to create outfits that never existed in MMORPGs.
It was also hard to show the grade of the item without the stats. Instead of making a complex outfit a high grade one, we've tried to make a simple yet quality material the higher grade.
The one challenge we ran into while designing an Eastern outfit was "How do we make this look luxurious?". Even though we tried to make the Ancient Full Dress Attire look cool, it didn't come out looking good. As a result we tried to keep the original 90% and the new 10%.
We tried not to obsess with the Eastern concept and say instead, let's put the Eastern in the 10% of the modern and the results are the characters you see today.
Hong-Moon School Dobok looks more modern than Eastern Fantasy.
The original artwork and the in-game 3D models are almost identical, how much do you keep the 3D models in mind when designing your characters?
We've had many talks about the artwork when we saw how they implemented the AD's design in-game in the early stages of development. Since they were able to bring out the full potential of the artwork in 3D models we had to really up the quality of the artwork to have a quality 3D model.
As a result we now give our full attention to the texture and the edges, as well as colors and little things in the artwork. From this we somehow managed to make the artwork look like an illustration, and the in-game models are a better quality as a result.
What are some of the characters you personally designed? Also, what are some things you wish people would look at the most in the characters?
There aren't too many NPCs I've designed myself. Some are Kan Myo-Woul one of the Eight Grand Masters, Poison Herb Master and Hong Suk-Geun... the big version. Of the outfits, I've also designed the Infernal Dobok, and with females we've tried to make the outfits show the natural curves of women. The polygon counts are higher around those parts as well (laugh).
With the Infernal Lord boss monster we designed the monster first and then tried to make the outfit around the per-existing boss. There were some things that were changed but we are happy people and proud of the outcome.
Kan Myo-Woul of the Eight Grand Masters' and her detailed original artwork (left) was perfectly modeled in 3D (right).
Since the females are so well defined the males play an awkward role in this game.
Right now 90% of the main characters are female (laugh). Internally we are trying to work on more male characters and truthfully we are slowly raising the numbers on male NPC's to try to fit the ratio of male and female. Our next 3rd CBT will be a lot better regarding this problem.
We'll see how many unique male characters make an appearance during the upcoming CBT3.
"Nam So-Yoo's story will carry on until the end."
Was there ever a case where the concept changed from the artwork?
Actually Nam So-Yoo was supposed to be Do Chun-Poong's son's wife and only make a brief appearance.
As I said before, after the third artwork was finished and shown to the team, we had a talk with the scenario writer and the project director and decided to carry her all the way to the end to Blade & Soul's story. Almost every scenario will have Nam So-Yoo appear sooner or later.
Have you ever based your characters on a famous celebrity or taken note of Buddhism or Taoism?
We have a few character based on celebrities, as well as NPC's based on developers. (First Interview) When you look at the credit roll you can see the relationships between the characters and the developers. We try to make the faces look similar, and the game will have many parodies regarding Korean programs and comedians.
We're currently avoiding any religious approach. In the beginning we tried a divided faction based on the concept of Yin and Yang, but from the concept of 건곤감리 (Kun-Gon-Gam-Lee: which is what the Korean National Flag's based on. Kun means Sky while Gon means Ground) we only kept Kun and Gon.
Each race is a different size and concept, what was the easiest and the hardest character to create?
The concepts of the races were already made with Bae Jae-Hyung & Kim Hyung-Tae before I even joined on this project. Early development had each race with something unique like the Lyn's ears and tail. Jins had wings, Gons had horns coming out of their skin and Kuns had a flower stalk.
Many of them disappeared during the development process but there are still things like Destroyer's Iron Wall, which is formed from the horns coming out of the Destroyer to defend.
The easiest race to design was the Jins, as they were most like humans. The hardest was the Kun, because in the early stages of development the Kun were an intersex race, meaning they had no gender. So that gave us a lot of trouble, not knowing if we should draw them like females or males.
Later many artwork team members decided to make them into a slender female race and made them look Eastern European. I think they are the most attractive race.
There are many sexy outfits like the see-through outfits.
We try to avoid anything too suggestive or obvious. Of course we leave it to the designers, but we try to avoid outfits that would bring us bad press. We try to keep the sexy things part of the undergarments.
The see-through outfit shown during the Art Conference last year won't be implemented in live servers.
Lastly, would you like to say anything to those dreaming of getting in the artwork industry?
Back in my days when you were drawing it was a fight with yourself, but now there are many tools and systems there to help you. Drawing is making your imagination come true and you should be able to show what you imagine in full detail.
I say read and draw a lot to get the experience, and later have a vision of what you want to draw and do it. For example if you have a vision of yourself wanting to draw better than the person in front of you, I think it will help you become a better artist. Right now, I personally think of Kim Hyung-Tae as my rival and I'm constantly trying to be better than he is.
This is probably something that everyone says but the best way to become better is to constantly try and put effort into your art. Look back and see if what you drew today is better than what you drew yesterday and if so, in what way it is better? Go back and try to fix the errors.
Source: ThisIsGame. Article translated by Yuan and Nayami.
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 6:48 PM
oh and I wish Lyns still looked like that, I'd totally play one xD
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 6:50 PM
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[b][color="#FFA500"]Lastly, would you like to say anything to those dreaming of getting in the artwork industry?[/color][/b]
[color="#C0C0C0"]Back in my days when you were drawing it was a fight with yourself, but now there are many tools and systems there to help you. Drawing is making your imagination come true and you should be able to show what you imagine in full detail.
I say read and draw a lot to get the experience, and later have a vision of what you want to draw and do it. For example if you have a vision of yourself wanting to draw better than the person in front of you, I think it will help you become a better artist. Right now, I personally think of Kim Hyung-Tae as my rival and I'm constantly trying to be better than he is.
This is probably something that everyone says but the best way to become better is to constantly try and put effort into your art. Look back and see if what you drew today is better than what you drew yesterday and if so, in what way it is better? Go back and try to fix the errors.[/color]
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This really made my day, thank you for the wonderful interview, Lee Wang-Soo.
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 6:59 PM
Black Desert Playthrough
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 7:06 PM
I'll have to read the rest after work, but it looks good.
EDIT: Thanks for the larger pics, Seraphy.
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Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 7:43 PM
Hearing the word from someone other than the AD sure gives for interesting insights and points-of-view.
That one girl "of the great eights"...hadn't seen her before and she's positively up my alley [/nose-steam]
I love how the clothing is kept hawt, but nothing to "direct" if you will,
much like the designers had prolly intended.
It's easy to hoist someone in a bikini,
but I much more prefer the "femme fatale" -ish outfit that also leaves something to imagination, if needed.
Much thanks to '[b]Yuan[/b]' for the translation and cheers to '[b]Sera.[/b]' for the larger pics.
- Lith. ...A.D.
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 7:47 PM
B&S is one of the few games where this is true
I knew this was going to be a very informative interview since it went deeper into the design of the game as a whole and how Hyung-Tae Kim Directs his artists
I'm really surprised at how they went for 90% original, 10% eastern fantasy design, interesting!
That Nam girl is scary
Thank you Nayami & Yuan!
Lee Wang Soo is right, our future art has to be better than the past. That's why I haven't made illustrations in a while. After my sig illustration it's hard to make anything better.
Who is the master?!!!
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 8:42 PM
Totally hope that we see it incorporated into the game somehow.
This whole article has got me all riled up for creativity.
I think its about time I finally try my hand at modeling.
Off to download blender.
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 9:01 PM
Posted Feb 09, 2012 - 9:36 PM
When I saw that Lyn art...I was thinking "WHY IS THAT NOT IN THE GAME?!" If that was the Lyn..I would play Lyns...
Inb4 summoner special or awesome dobok.
Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 12:59 AM
if they do they might add that kind of Lyn to the game
Maybe it's like the "racial" ability that they had but was taken out later.
Who is the master?!!!
Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 1:19 AM
Right now 90% of the main characters are female (laugh). Internally we are trying to work on more male characters and truthfully we are slowly raising the numbers on male NPC's to try to fit the ratio of male and female. Our next 3rd CBT will be a lot better regarding this problem[/quote]
So there is going to be a 3rd CBT....man this game is going to have Duke Syndrome soon I swear. All these CBTs and very little REAL info besides the art directions and such.
'Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 1:48 AM
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Although the wind may appear soft and inviting, it has the potential to be as thin and sharp as a blade.
Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 7:30 AM
is the game already in beta test??
"Yes, in South Korea. There has been a total of two closed beta testing events that took place in April and August, both lasting for only 5 days to a week."
You can check more similar questions on our [url="http://www.bladeandsouldojo.com/forum-4/announcement-3-blade-soul-faq/"]Blade & Soul FAQ[/url].
Awesome article. And wait, what? 2006? And he didn't join at the start of the project? For futilepath:
[b][ETC][/b] How long has this game being in development?! O.O
Honestly speaking, I prefer the original hairstyle of Nam So-Yoo.
Can't wait to see the next ones.
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Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 8:13 AM
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Posted Feb 10, 2012 - 8:45 AM
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I find it funny that they say that with half the women with hourglass figures, skimpy outfits that you can get
'Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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26,000 celebrate 2012 Swimathon
3rd May 2012
Last weekend in 645 pools across the UK, more than 26,000 swimmers took part in the annual 25th Swimathon Weekend to raise vital funds through Swimathon's 2.5k and 5k Distance Challenges and the new 'Big Splash Mile for Sport Relief'.
Olympic stars Keri-Anne Payne and Duncan Goodhew officially opened two of the larger Swimathon Weekend events in London and Manchester, in addition to a host of well-known TV stars who also took the plunge for charity.
Olympic silver medallist and World 10k open water swimming champion Keri-Anne Payne opened one of the first sessions, at her home pool of Grand Central in Stockport to over 100 eager swimmers.
"Training and competing alongside elite distance swimmers, you can get into the mindset that only a small group of people would choose to participate in this type of activity," she said. "It's both heart-warming and inspiring to see members of the public also take on these massive challenges - and all for charity."
Swimathon President and Olympic gold medallist, Duncan Goodhew added: "We had a fantastic turn out at the Swimathon Weekend events over the course of the weekend.
"It's inspiring to see so many people of all ages and abilities coming together to take part in this life changing event and raise much needed funds. These amazing people have raised more than £34 million for charity to date - including £6 million for Marie Curie Cancer Care alone."
Funds raised by those who dived into one of Swimathon's traditional longer distance challenges (2.5 or 5k) will help Marie Curie Cancer Care to provide free nursing care and support for people with terminal cancer and other illnesses.
This weekend's donations raised by Milers will be spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives; both here, at home in the UK, and across the world's poorest countries.
Check out all the amazing pictures we've had so far in our gallery.