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I have a friend who endured two suicides in her family. One was her brother-in-law who shot himself in his office, and the other was her brother who hung himself outside his home. Both men were working and successful, left behind families, and did not involve themselves in drugs. Her brother-in-law was dealing with some mental issues, while her brother's death came as a complete shock. The sister of her brother-in-law also attempted suicide late last year but survived and remained in the hospital for some time. My friend and her family neither judged nor condemned these individuals, although they continue their struggle to understand why as they courageously go on with their own lives.
It seems to me that no matter how close we are to people, we cannot know what really goes on deep in their minds or hearts. Why do some people act one way and others act another. Some people grow up facing many difficulties but manage to rise above it while others sink deeper in the hole. Maybe that's because God made us all different and gave us our free will.
I read Ms. Pfeiffer's article in which she expresses her opinion that suicide is selfish. My impression is that she is extremely angry, so much so that there is no room for any other emotion. She has no facts to share and, certainly, in the case of Whitney Houston, she seems to think she is privy to information. I am surprised that a paper would be so irresponsible as to print an opinion that is not only devoid of facts, but without compassion and empathy. This article is extremely judgmental, insensitive and offensive to anyone who reads it.
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I am very disappointed by the comments made by the author in the captioned article [The Tragedy of Suicide].
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- 2 cups self raising flour (or gluten-free flour)
- ½ cup caster sugar
- 1/3 cup (80mL) oil
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
- 12 squares good-quality dark chocolate
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease muffin trays or place paper cases in muffin tray.
Sift flour into large mixing bowl, add caster sugar.
In a glass jug, measure out oil (to 1/3 cup), add milk (up to 11/3 cup) and eggs, and whisk to combine.
Pour liquid into dry ingredients and mix until just combined (I use my fabulous red Kitchen Aid mixer for this).
Carefully stir in raspberries. Spoon mixture into paper cases and push a square of chocolate into the top of each muffin.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the muffin comes out clean.
- You don't need to push the chocolate all the way in, the cake rises around it.
- I usually have to make raspberry-free muffins for Number One son.
- Spoon out enough batter for a few plain boring ones before stirring in the raspberries.
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Last Friday, 20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before turning the gun on himself. The man was armed with two handguns.
When Carrollton resident Jennifer Roper first heard of the story, she cried. The woman has a 6-year-old son in kindegarten, two other children and is expecting a fourth.
Roper and her husband, Steven, heard about the global event via Facebook and felt like it was something they should bring to the community, she said.
The local Walk 27 will be held at the Carroll County Recreation Department at 9:30 a.m. today. The time was decided because it was the approximate time the shooting started a week ago today.
"It is such a tragedy, to see on the news about all these children who died at such a young age," Roper said. "I've got three children, and I just cannot imagine what they're going through."
The woman said she hoped that local residents will come together as a way of remembering and honoring the victims of the mass shooting. The walk around the recreation department's gymnasium track will last 27 minutes, from 9:30 to 9:57 a.m.
Participants are encouraged to wear the Sandy Hook school colors, green and white.
Participants are also encouraged to bring a bottle of bubbles to be blown at the end of the event, instead of a balloon release.
Almost 400,000 people have "liked" the Facebook memorial page for the victims, with thousands saying they will be participating in their local Walk 27.
"Just the thought of my own children and those families who will never get to see their children again — it just breaks my heart that something like this happened," Roper said.
The Carrollton woman said she and her husband were "very moved" by the incident, and that they wanted to do anything they can to support the children and teachers who gave their lives to save other children.
More than 100 Walk 27 events are planned across the world, with walks happening everywhere from Newtown to Australia.
The Walk 27 events were started by a Florida man who also curates the memorial page for the shooting victims.
"We're just asking people to come out for 30 minutes Friday morning to remember and mourn and support these 27 people," Roper said.


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If your battery has much lesser capacity or does not charge at certain level any longer, you may want to perform a gauge reset on it.
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Go to Power Manager > Battery tab > Battery Maintenance
You should see this image - look for the Perform Reset button.
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Is it true that we have to manually rearrange the power settings before we start the reset. The program asks us to close all the other applications, which means we should leave the computer alone on its own while it is doing the reset thing. I have tried this once: the computer goes into sleep mode after a while as my original power settings are not arrnaged. I have, then, put it into presentation mode and left it for the reset overnight, but it was again sleeping when I checked it in the morning and had not finished the reset. The reset is probably going to take 3-4 hours for an E220s; but for this to start and finish properly, you have to first manually change your power settings in such a way that nothing sleeps or hibernates. Is this true? If this is the case, how does the reset program not to do this very simple thing on its own?
Hi guvencs,
Yes it's recommended not to do anything while the battery is undergoing this reset. I'm not sure what would happen if never follows the instructions but there should be a reason not to do so.
To avoid your machine goes to sleep/hibernate/shut down , you need to set your machines to 'do nothing'. If you have Lenovo ThinkVantage Power Manager installed, check out the settings there to ensure all are set to do nothing. Otherwise, check the windows power options.
I believe the reset program does not do it on your behalf to avoid changing some settings without users' notice. For example, i configurely the time to sleep, hibernate and shut off time differenlty in Power Manager. I do not like other software to mess up my settings.
I''m sorry if this has caused inconvenience to you. Hope that you got your issue resolved.
Please make a battery maintenance feature for windows xp!
I installed this system on lenovo s 205 and my battery does not fully charge! I cannot correct this!
Hi eger33,
Regardless Win XP or 7, the software is more or less the same.
This article is actually for Think products. Lenovo s205 does not use ThinkVantage Power Manager as showed above. Yours should be using Lenovo Energy Management which you can download from http://support.lenovo.com.
Your battery does not charge could be due to some settings in Energy Management. Please check this TKB article hopefully it helps. It mentions about resetting battery gauge, power settings, etc.


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Delivering free Thanksgiving meals has become a habit for a Sunday school class at a Mount Airy church, which is now preparing for its 19th year of aiding local families in need.
During the past 18 years, more than 2,800 families — totaling about 10,500 children and adults — have benefited from the effort by the Emmanuel Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church and other congregations that assist.
Each November on the day before Thanksgiving, a small army of volunteers gathers in the grocery section of a local store to pick up bags filled with the ingredients for a complete holiday meal. The food then is delivered to households all over the county.
"We had close to 50 cars delivering last year," said Woody Jordan, chief organizer of the meals project.
And while the annual Thanksgiving tradition shows no signs of waning, neither does the need the Sunday school class is trying to address through the help of about 28 agencies that identify recipients.
"And what we're finding out each year, including this year, is we're getting a lot of new families, which means there is a lot more need out there than previous years," Jordan said Thursday. "There are a lot of people out of work."
In 2011, the 256 meals delivered topped any previous year of the program, Jordan added.
Each meal consists of a turkey, dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans, sweet potatoes, dinner rolls and a pumpkin pie.
Deliveries will be made this year on Nov. 21.
Along with supplying the food, the campaign has the added goal of promoting family unity. "We hope everyone can sit around together and enjoy this food," Jordan said.
Others Can Help
While the First Baptist Sunday school group spearheads the meal deliveries and has members playing active roles in the effort, it also relies on additional churches as well as volunteers from the community at large.
That same assistance is being counted on again this year, said Jordan, who pointed out that getting involved with the program that's already well-established is a good way for other churches to reach out to those in need.
Those not associated with the First Baptist Church group can make donations to help buy the food as well as volunteer to make deliveries.
A standard contribution of $27 covers the cost of a boxed meal for a family of four to five members, as well as a copy of the New Testament, which has been included with the food packages for the past 14 years. All money given goes directly to the cause, with no administrative costs included.
Jordan said one church group in the area usually donates money to supply 10 to 15 meals.
Additional churches, or individuals, can contribute by mailing checks made out to "FBC-Thanksgiving Meals" to First Baptist Church, 714 N. Main St., Mount Airy, NC, 27030, or delivering them to its office.
Others can make a difference by helping with the deliveries. "It seems like every year the delivery people we get are different," Jordan said.
For example, a woman who works with one of the agencies that identifies families in need wants to deliver meals along with her children. To get involved with this part of the Thanksgiving meals program, interested persons can call First Baptist Church at 786-5185.
Local schools and various other agencies such as The Salvation Army provide lists of families to receive food, which are ranked based on need. Jordan said the First Baptist group uses that to make sure the food goes to the highest-priority cases, and the more money that is available the longer the recipient list becomes.
Each volunteer driver delivers meals to several families, which are contacted in advance for directions to their residences scattered around the area.
Last year, the recipients included a family living in a rundown mobile home in the Pine Ridge community. The mother was unable to cook for her four children and husband or drive a car due to her arm being in a sling from shoulder surgery.
At another location, on Red Brush Road, a father whose wife died in 2009 and who now lives with their two children on a fixed income was glad to receive the holiday meal.
"You wouldn't believe some of the thank-you letters we get," Jordan said, "and a lot of them are written by the children."
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Apr 26 2009
Design matters – London Marathon
London marathon was held on 26th April 2009 and there were more than 35,000 people participated. Runners dressed up with all kinds of funny costumes, funny as hell. I saw at least 4 spider men, 3 super men, 2 bat men, sunflowers and etc. Of course there were professional athletes, especially women's game. The winner of 2008, 2007 London marathon, Olympics medalists were all present. Zhou Chunxiu(from China), Olympic bronze medal Olympic 2008, campaign of London marathon 2007 was one of the strongest potential winner who ended up out of top 10. She was in the first group in the first 25km and in very good shape when she passed my front door on Westferry road. Unfortunately she fell behind right after the 25 km point.
There might be a few reasons that she lagged around that point(24 km) where I was. She was not able to pick up the energy drink that was prepared for her and put on a table under a big sign something like "Drink pick up-1″. I guess that she might have moreenergy and get much better result if she was able to pick up that small bottle of drink. I also observed that almost all Japanese athletes had no trouble to grab their drinks. If you look at these two bottle of drinks and read my analysis, you might know why the design of the drink bottle actually matter.
Chinese design | Explanation | Japanese design | Explanation | |
Easy to be seen | Very poor | No clear sign, the label was rolled up and too hard to be seen; The colour is not outstanding | Very good | Two clear sign and one can strongly differentiated against other bottles; Color is obvious and can be seen from at least 20 meters away |
Easy to be grabbed | OK | There is a strap but the material is hard and sharp. It could easily hurt the athlete's hand | Very good | Strong and smooth material strap with blue color which is shining. Easy and comfortable to grab |
Easy to drink | Very poor | Has lid; the position of the strap and the bottle is awkward [see the picture below]; very difficult to drink | Very good | No lid; has straw; very easy to drink |
Multi-function | None | Nothing, but a bottle | please and encourage the athlete | There are the athlete's favorite cartoon character, and slogan to encourage the athlete overcome the tiredness. It makes her feel warm and encouragement |
Check out the pictures below (demonstrated by my super model – Dapang ) and find out why the Japanese design is much easier to drink.
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ramp tart
My husband Jim and I had no understanding of our good fortune when we bought our 100-something-year-old house in the heart of the Catskills. We lusted after a rustic, rural getaway—and stumbled by chance upon an area 120 miles northwest of New York City—rich with many assets: Fresh streams, remote hiking trails, artistic communities…and ramps (like many good things in the region, we didn't know about ramps until a year or so after living there!).
One spring, a neighbor animatedly talked up the appeal of fresh, scallion-like wild onions that could be picked in abundance nearby. He explained where they grew and how to find them. A Midwestern gal whose grandmother thinks garlic is spicy, I had no previous experience with ramps. My interest was piqued.
Ramps, cousins of leeks, have broad leaves that are tender and edible in spring, while the slender bulb can be eaten year round. This perennial plant grows from Canada to the Carolinas—and its season spans the weeks anywhere from March to June, depending on the region. Ramps may be eaten raw or cooked
I never made it that spring eleven years ago to harvest ramps though, nor any spring after that.
With the rising trend of locavores and favorable terms like locally foraged, the popularity of ramps has grown significantly. For the first time this year, I noticed the shapely wild onions at both our local produce stand and food market, where they're selling for $6.50 a bunch, or $13 a pound.
This spring, I was lucky enough to receive a large bunch from friends who had been out hiking (another benefit to our area—generous friends who deliver!) and could finally try ramps.
I was filled with curious anticipation. Jim, on the other hand, had eaten them many times and knew the goodness that was to come. NY Post columnist Steve Cuozzo would tend to disagree. He doesn't buy into the "ramp religion" and wrote, "When I tweeted last spring that I'd rather eat wild grasses on the High Line, like-minded ramp-haters outnumbered ramp-likers 6-to-1 in Twitter responses. But right now there's no avoiding the damn things."
I'm curious as to your thoughts on ramps because I contracted the fever.
After some research, it seemed ramp pesto was the best route. I adapted my traditional pesto recipe slightly, processing the ingredients less to create a crunchier texture. I used pine nuts, but I imagine using walnuts would be equally tasty. (Have you seen the price of pine nuts lately? Outrageous!).
I only pulsed the pesto, never allowing the food processor to run at full throttle. I also added extra olive oil to help balance the strong garlicky flavor.
Once the pesto was made, I had to stop myself from eating the whole bowl by the spoonful. I pointedly put it away in the fridge to save it for the weekend when I had time to make a tart.
A riff on Ina Garten's goat cheese tart that I'd made before from the Barefoot in Paris cookbook, I replaced her basil with ramp pesto. I also like to make the tart in a long, rectangular tart pan for a dramatic presentation. A slice of the tart topped with a dab of pesto makes a sublime spring hors d'oeuvre—perfect for a Memorial Day grill party.
I may have arrived little late to the ramp scene, but I'm sure glad I made it. Next year there will be no stopping me as I run, not walk, up the trail for those ramps! I hope you, too, add them to your list of seasonal must-haves this spring. (And if you're not up for tart-making, just toss the pesto with your favorite pasta.) Hurry before the season's over.
Wild Ramp Pesto
A disclaimer about this pesto: Because ramps have such strong flavor, the oil and Parmesan in this recipe should be increased and decreased according to preference.
1/2 pound wild ramps, washed, ends trimmed, and leaves and bulbs coarsely chopped
2/3 cup lightly toasted pine nuts
2/3 cup coarsely grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1. Put the ramps, pine nuts, and Parmesan in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse 6 to 8 times or until coarsely ground.
2. Move the ramp mixture to a bowl and stir in the olive oil, lemon juice and zest. Add the salt and pepper to taste.
3. Store refrigerated in a glass jar for up to 5 days.
Goat Cheese and Ramp Pesto Tart
1 partially-baked tart crust, see below
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/3 cup slice shallots
4 ounces goat cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons ramp pesto, see above
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Melt the butter in a small saute pan over medium heat. Add the shallots and saute until softened, stirring continuously, about 5 to 8 minutes.
2. Spread the shallots over the bottom of the partially-baked tart crust, set aside.
3. Put the goat cheese in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse 3 to 4 times. Add the cream, egg, salt and pepper and run until smooth.
4. Remove the blade from the bowl and stir in the pesto with a wooden spoon.
5. Pour the mixture over the shallots in the prepared tart shell.
6. Place the pan on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until the filling is firm.
7. Allow to cool slightly and top with dollops of pesto.
Buttery Tart Crust
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
4 tablespoons ice water
1. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour and salt and pulse several times.
2. Sprinkle the butter over the flour mixture and pulse 8 to 10 times until butter clumps are the size of peas.
3. With the processor running, pour the water into the feed tube. Stop the processor immediately and see if the dough sticks together when pressed between your thumb and forefinger. If it does, using your hands, shape the dough into a long rectangle shape and wrap in wax paper. If it doesn't, pulse a few more times or add another teaspoon or two of water. Do not allow the dough to come together in the food processor bowl. Place the wrapped dough in the refrigerator to chill 30 minutes before using.
4. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a rectangle 1-inch larger than the pan. The dough should be about 1/8″ thick. Move the dough to the tart pan and fit it into the sides using your fingers. Cut off the excess dough.
5. Line the crust with parchment paper and fill with dried beans or pie weights. (If you don't have one of those very cool pie chains, check them out on Amazon. They also make great gifts for pie makers. Prevents those weights from spilling all over the place!).
6. Bake the crust for 20 minutes. Remove it from the oven and take out the parchment and weights. Using a fork, prick the bottom of the crust in a uniform pattern and return the crust to the oven for another 10 minutes or until it just begins to turn golden.
7. Fill the crust as desired.
*I love the fluted tart pan with removable bottom from Williams-Sonoma for $18.


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Sorry to be a pest, but things keep coming up.I have a fully functional desktop with a black desktop background.My folder /home/mdm contains a folder .icewm which I would have expected to have a preferences file in it for the desktop. It contains two files, menu and theme.If I look in /usr/share/X11/icewm there is a preference file exactly as expected, but editing it as root to apply a new wallpaper in .jpg form changes nothing.I tried to execute /usr/bin/icewmbg, and /usr/bin/icewmbg-lite as root but same result. No change.Can someone direct me further please?Thanks.
Jase:I now have /usr/share/X11/icewm/preferences copiied to /home/mdm/.icewm and have assigned ownership to mdm, correct?I have uncommented the line showing the path to the chosen .jpg; /home/mdm/Wallpaper/ and saved, shut down and rebooted.On reboot, the screen remains black but functional, but the processor activity bar is solid green. It isn't happy.I commented the line again and the processor got happy, but still black screen. Hmmm.Then I chose the Bliss bitmap that works on everything (shudder) and uncommented again. Black screen, happy processor.So the file is being read, just no pictures.
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Improvement of cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region – especially protection of the seas – is one of the top priorities of the Finnish Government. Finland participates in the first regional programme of the EU, the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The so-called BSAS process was started during the Baltic Sea Action Summit, held in Finland in February 2010, to give momentum to actions to protect the Baltic Sea.
The Baltic Sea, a unique and ecologically terribly vulnerable marine area, is one of the most polluted waters in the world. The gravest threat facing the Baltic is the ongoing eutrophication - caused by excessive amounts of nutrients dumped into the water.
The alarming state of the Baltic has negative effects, both direct and indirect, on the ways the sea is utilized. However its current condition can be turned around through the cooperation among the Baltic Sea states and the collaboration of various public and private partners.
In November 2007, the Baltic Sea States adopted the Baltic Sea Action Plan prepared by the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, also known as the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), which outlines the measures required to save the Baltic Sea. The environmental pillar of the EU Baltic Sea Strategy largely builds on the BSAP. To boost the implementation of the Action Plan, President Tarja Halonen and Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen together with the Baltic Sea Action Group headed by Mr Ilkka Herlin, presented a new approach to this protection scheme on 19th May 2009. This initiative led to the Baltic Sea Action Summit in Helsinki on 10th February 2010.
The main idea of the BSAS process is to invite public and private actors to make sustainable decisions that will benefit the state of the Baltic Sea. Actions or processes undertaken by states, municipalities, companies, organisations or other actors will be gathered and formulated into commitments that will be monitored.
All countries in the Baltic Sea Region took part of the Summit – mainly at head of state level. All in all there were about 400 participants representing governments, private companies, civil society organisations, and other actors responsible for such fields as harbours, energy production, and waste management and waste water. Those who were invited to the Summit had made a solemn commitment to act for a healthier Baltic Sea.
Different companies, for example, participate in the Baltic Sea cooperation by donating their expertise, products or funding to the projects, and by making their own processes friendlier to the Baltic environment.
Civil society organisations and financial institutions, which are central from the point of view of the protection of the Baltic Sea, were also invited to the Summit and they have entered in new projects, for example in the implementation of the EU's Baltic Sea Strategy. (HELCOM; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD; Nordic Investment Bank NIB).
Commitments for the Baltic Sea as a part of the BSAS process have made also after the Summit. At the end of the year 2010 as many as 160 actors had given their commitments for the Baltic Sea. On 10th of February 2011, the first anniversary of the summit, a follow-up meeting will be organised in Helsinki, where priority will be given to reporting of the progress of governmental commitments made in 2010.


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WALNUT COVE — North Surry took first place, and Surry Central went 4-1 at the Rick Williams Wrestling Duals at South Stokes Saturday.
The Greyhounds were undefeated, beating South Iredell and North Wilkes in the championship round-robin.
The Golden Eagles lost their first match to South Iredell, but then won four straight matches to win fourth place in the pod system utilized by South Stokes. Mount Airy went 3-2 and finished fifth out of 12 teams.
The 12 teams were broken down into three pods. Each team wrestled the other three in their pod. The squad going 3-0 advanced to the championship round. The 2-1 team went to the fourth-place pod, also known as the silver pod. The 1-2 team went to the seventh-place (bronze) pod. And the 0-3 team went to the 10th-place pod.
North Surry went 3-0 to advance to the championship. Surry Central and Mount Airy were 2-1 and went to the silver pod. East Surry was 1-2 and competed in the bronze pod.
North Surry defeated Rockingham County 60-12, then beat North Forsyth 57-18 and North Stokes 75-6.
After a lunch break, North came back in the championship pod to defeat South Iredell 54-13.
"They were a good, quality team," Coach Eric Jessup said of the Vikings, 18-3 at the time of the match.
South Iredell beat Surry Central 46-22, and the Eagles looked really good Saturday, Jessup said.
"Our boys really stepped up in that match," he said of his team's dominant 41-point win.
Unfortunately, the Hounds didn't get a break as they went straight into the next match with North Wilkes.
It's probably a good thing this happened because that's how it is at the state duals, Jessup pointed out. Both winners immediately wrestle again, so wrestlers have to learn how to handle fatigue.
Still, the Hounds looked a little off their game as they fell behind 36-23 with just three matches left.
Dalton Golden was wrestling up at 170 and lost a narrow 3-2 decision, Jessup said. That meant that all three remaining wrestlers would have to win, and at least one of them would need a pin.
Also wrestling above his weight was Corbin Bullins at 182 lbs.
"There is no fear in Corbin Bullins," the coach said. "The magnitude of the situation doesn't affect him. The opponent doesn't affect him. He believes he can beat anybody, and that's the way they should think."
The score was just 1-0, and Jessup was doing the math in his head. If Bullins won a minor decision, the Hounds would trail 36-26.
Corbin came up with a big throw and followed it with a pin for a 36-29 margin, he said. That took a lot of pressure off Levi and Cody Slate because they didn't have to get pins then.
Levi Slate, who went 5-0 on the day, got a pin, too, making it 36-35. Even a minor decision would give the Hounds the championship.
Cody Slate (220) went out and earned a fall instead in the first period for a 41-36 victory.
It was the bottom of the ninth with two outs, Jessup said. The coach was hoarse after yelling out instructions for five team matches and 14 weight classes — 70 possible individual matches.
"We matched up well on South Iredell, but North Wilkes matched up well on us," he said.
Five North wrestlers were undefeated on the day: Austin McMillian (120), Tristen Brannock (126), Austin Rozier (132), Austin Collins (152) and Levi Slate (195).
Devyn Green (145) was 4-1 as was Bullins.
Tristen faced probably the toughest competition of anyone on the team, Jessup said.
"The 126 class was loaded with solid kids all day long," he said. There were one-point decisions and overtime matches. Tristen didn't get easy wins, so by that fifth match, he was battling exhaustion, but still found a way to win.
Surry Central started off the day with a loss, but came back strong.
"South Iredell was really good," said Coach Stephen Priddy. It might have been better if the Eagles had faced someone easier to start the day, then warmed up to the Vikings.
Still, he said, "maybe it helped wake us up. The rest of the day went extremely well."
In the second match, the Eagles whipped Elkin 66-18, then defeated East Surry 54-23.
In the silver pod matchups, the Eagles won by similar scores, taking down Mount Airy 51-30 and Rockingham County 52-29.
Eight of their wrestlers went either 4-1 or 5-0 on the day.
Heavyweight Wes Brown was 5-0. Uriel Secundino, in his first tournament after dropping to 132, also went 5-0. Zack Martin (160) was the third to go undefeated.
Five others went 4-1, led by Nathon Bautista (106). Bautista was out sick for a while, then came back a couple of pounds over.
Stuck at 19-3 since Dec. 15, Bautista improved to 23-4, one of seven Eagles to reach 20 wins this year.
Bryant White (19-9 coming in) would have joined him, but he had a hard fall to the mat in the first match with South Iredell. His shoulder and ribs were sore, so as a precaution Priddy said he sat the senior for the rest of the day.
Humberto Moreira went 4-1, with his only loss to Mount Airy's Mason Timmerman, whom Priddy said looked very sharp Saturday.
Also going 4-1 were Kevin Pack, Mason Snow and Raymond Dance.
Mount Airy went 3-2 on the day. Coach Steve Braune said the team just hasn't done well all season in the first match of the day or the first match back from lunch break.
The two losses Saturday came at those two times. The guys just didn't look right to start off, he said. They didn't have the intensity at the start.
Because of the long day, Braune said he and co-coach Michael Bodnar chose to substitute at a couple of spots where they have good depth.
The Bears were undefeated at 145 and 220, with four wrestlers getting wins. Timmerman was 3-0, and football teammate Zaqwan Dobson was 2-0 in his stead.
Triston Mabry was 4-0, and when he sat down with an aching shoulder, Andrew Moore pinned Rockingham's 152 in 1:13. Moore also subbed in for Shay Wilson at 145 against Surry Central. He pinned Tyler White in the first period.
With his one rest, Wilson was 3-1 on the day as was heavyweight Brian Bennett.
Jackson Blizzard (126) went 4-1, and Dallas Smith (160) was 3-2.
The Bears very nearly made it into the championship round.
They beat South Stokes 48-33, highlighted by Timmerman pinned the Sauras' stud Evan Scott in 1:08.
The Bears easily beat Wesleyan 54-23 as the independent school gave up forfeits at the top four weights.
Wesleyan's top wrestler, Sam Pruett, was 21-1 coming in and hadn't given up a single takedown all year, noted Braune. Landon Mumford (170) shot in and took Pruett down.
Pruett came back to take control and win on a technical fall, but at least Landon never gave up a pin, the coach said.
While the two wins were nice, the Bears already had a loss on the day as they fell by just six points to North Wilkes.
That was the match of "what might have been," Braune admitted. There were some close matches, especially the one at 132 lbs.
The Vikings' Austin Lequire is pretty good at 18-12 at 126 lbs. However, rather than face Blizzard, the coach bumped Lequire up to 132 to take on freshman Kenyon Smith. That strategy very nearly backfired as Smith wrestled well and was ahead on points in the final period.
Unfortunately, he made a mistake and pretty much pinned himself, the coach said. That six-point pin instead of a minor decision gave North Wilkes a nine-point swing. The match very easily could have been 36-33 Mount Airy, Braune noted.
Coming back from lunch, the coach said the Bears appeared "uninspired" in losing to Surry Central 51-30. Still, they bounced back with a 42-30 win over Rockingham to take fifth place.
Priddy said that East Surry defeated Elkin early on Saturday, but full results were not available at press time.


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So far I have saved Diantus and Flax - I'm summer sowing the Dianthus and the Flax I crumbled and scattered in the wildflower bed. For others - I have saved coreopsis, blue fescue and knautia.
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I'm just getting started, but yesterday: frittilaria, few hellebores (most got away from me, I'll be yanking self sown seedings next spring), meconopsis cambrica Muriel Brown. It's raining this morning, the plan had been to check bleeding hearts, corydalis blackberry wine for seed pods that might be ready. |
Bleeding hearts and Virginia Bluebells saved so far. I'm waiting for foxglove and Trillium to ripen. I hear that Trillium is a really slow germinator, so I might just throw them down in my patch of Trillium and hope they are happy there. I get really tired of having milk jugs laying around--especially when I don't even know if there is anything alive inside. I'm also waiting on coral bells (heuchera). Those blooms last forever! And I have primarily shade, now. So, I need attractive foliage and long lasting blooms in the shade. I sure wish coleus could survive our winters. I may try to keep some cuttings alive next winter. I'm looking forward to hearing what others are saving. And I hope some of them end up as donations to the newbie seed project for next year. Happy Gardening! Martha |
I had to get out all my seed saving stuff today to organize the seeds I have already saved and get them off the dining room table. I had just put away my seed boxes after finally finishing all my spring direct sowing too! So far I have: virginia bluebells sweet william fringed pinks basket of gold alyssum prairie smoke chives perennial cornflower some different columbines wild geraniums Some things may go belly up before they make seed this year though. The last time we had a drop of rain was less than an inch on May 31st and that was after over three weeks of no rain as well. Winter and spring was so warm and dry so there were no real water reserves. The ground is bone dry, all the lawns have gone dormant, and we keep getting heat spells with 4 days in a row of upper 80's to mid 90's and not much cloud cover even. The forecasted rain skipped right by us again today. |
- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 0:07
So far only Dianthus basket of gold. next will be chives. Fran |
Lots already: Penstemon Cambridge Mix That's about it so far - more to come. I have two hollyhocks, Carnival Rosy Red and Queeny Purple, in bloom right now and they are gorgeous. Looking forward to those seeds. Kinda disturbs me how much seed I've been able to collect already, though - it got warm here early, and everything has bloomed early. Even my Joe Pye weed looks as if it may be getting buds. I am wondering if I am going to have anything left by fall - guess I better start spring (summer?) sowing. |
- Posted by plays_in_dirt_dirt Z7A VA bordering NC (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 8:19
mini groundcover daisy ox-eye daisy larkspur columbine chives foxglove |
Only Allysum basket of gold and Bleeding heart so far, and I have planted both of those. The fresh seed from the Allysum germinated in less then a week and I have a lasanga tray FULL of seedlings. I love this plant and plan to pot them up and grow them on, planting out along the edges of a bed that is just screaming for a better edge in the fall. |
I am just getting started, but I have saved: Pink Hollyhocks My gardens are overflowing! I am ready for DH to build the next one, but I think I might have to wait till next year. I am saving for the newbie project and Christmas swap. Everyone was so generous to me last year, I cant wait to donate back. :-) |
- Posted by kimka z6B (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Jun 19, 12 at 10:44
Yikes, seed saving!!! I'm still planting out the last couple of containers. So far I've only had time to collect seed for the blue columbines |
Columbines Malva zebrina dianthus Sweet William Salvia greggii Bachelor buttons larkspur cosmidium brunette Nigella Berlandiera/chocolate daisy |
I have tulle bags over my columbine and dicentra seed pods. But nothing else is really blooming yet. I've actually bought quite a few seed packets. Does that count? |
I think some one swiped my Jacob's Ladder seeds. I've been going out to my shade bed by the road every day to see if the pods are dry yet. Tonight, every stalk that had a pod on it is neatly cut just below where the flowers originally branched off. I am crushed. These are some of my favorite flowers, and I bought mature plants so I'd be sure to get blossoms and seed so I could wintersow a bunch of them. Grrrr! Fortunately, the second plant is still in bloom. I'll have to cover these with nylon stockings or something to protect them. Still waiting on foxglove, but I summersowed theVirginia Bluebells, since that's what someone recommended. Stay cool! We're headed for some hot weather the next few days. Martha |
- Posted by littleonefb z5MA (My Page) on Fri, Jun 29, 12 at 1:30
alyssum gold dust is done chives are done Now doing columbines Fran |
Docmom - I can't believe someone stole your seeds. Now I'll admit that I've swiped a few seed pods in my day - but it's typically been only 1 flower seed head when many are available. And it's typically been from public places - not from someone's personal garden. |
Those Chinese forget-me-nots reseeded faster than rabbits..I pulled all mine up but I am sure some will show back up next Spring. I'll stick to the old fashion type and put them in a container if I grow them again. |
I'm working on gathering rose campion from my two plants. The original seeds came from seedmoney in NC(Outer banks area. They sure put on a pretty display when they are blooming. |
Well, I got some Jacob's Ladder seeds tonight! They're difficult to gather. Each blossom's seeds ripen at different times, and some are gone before others have even started on the same stalk. I really do need to find a way to catch them. I tried a knee-high nylon, but it got heavy in a rain and broke the stalk. I've heard that some use bags made of tulle fabric. Does anyone know of another way that doesn't require sewing? Is there some sort of pre-made fabric bag with a drawstring? I'm going to go google and see what I find. Martha |
Martha - I've seen both tulle bags and tulle circles in the party favor aisles at craft supply stores and party supply stores. You want to look where they have wedding favors or bridal shower favors. Wilton comes to mind as a brand. The tulle bags usually have a drawstring. The tulle circles you could attach with a twist tie or clothes pin. I have made my own tulle bags and I just attach to my plants with a clothes pin |
Although I have been gardening since 2000, this is my very first attempt in seed saving. I got a taste of it last autumn, when I tried my hand in saving some of our favourite tomato seeds. I winter sowed them this spring and they have developed into nice, sturdy healthy tomato plants. This whole experience has encouraged me to save some of my flower seeds. This morning I harvested some very cute and hairy Pulsatilla vulgaris seeds. I have two varieties growing in my garden, the ordinary blue one and a pinkish red one, called "Rote Gloche" Unfortunately I didn`t mark the colours, so the seeds are a mixture of both varieties. I`ve read somewhere that Pulsatilla seeds like to be sown as fresh as possible, in August or so. I wonder if storing them in a fridge would keep them fresh enough to winter sow them in December or January? Has anyone sown Pulsatilla seeds? |
I have some Trillium seed that I just got last night. I've never grown Trillium from seed (or any other way), but there is a large patch of them in the garden at my new house. There were also seedlings which obviously self sowed. The growing conditions must be perfect here. Anyway, I won't sow these. There were a ton of blooms that already dropped their seeds. So, if anyone wants fresh Trillium seeds, let me know. I hear that they germinate best when sown fresh and not allowed to dry out. Martha |
- Posted by tansy_mi_zn5 zone 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 16:58
oriental poppies, orange & salmon flax, blue zinnia, tall knautia dianthus, red perennial unknown I believe that's all collected so far. |
- Posted by leisa_in_md z6 MD (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 17:44
Went out today and got California poppy, TONS of cilantro/corriander, love in a mist, and columbine. I took some bachelor button seeds and just spread them over the ground. It's addictive... LOL |
- Posted by ohiovalleygardener 5/6 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 17, 12 at 18:13
They normally have a couple of different size tuelle bags at our local Dollar Tree. With the wedding stuff. |
- Posted by organic_greenjeans Z 5/6 Eastern Washin (My Page) on Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 5:46
So far only a few things... Columbine, dk. purple spurless & white/pale lavender, also spurless (I think this one is a result of unauthorized hanky-panky going on out there!) Astilbe, pale pink & white Campanula persicifolia (Peach Bells), blue & white Oriental Poppies, plum, lt.salmon, orange, white/black blotch (These are actually named varieties if anyone's interested) Bachelor buttons Oxeye daisy Lupines, variety of colors I've also got lobelia popping up everywhere, but I've never collected seed. Thought I'd try this year by tying tulle bags over a few to see how it works...they're tiny little buggers! I'll have several varieties of Rudbeckia soon, some Father Hugho's yellow rose, hopefully lots of herbs, including about 8 or 9 varieties of lavender. Also have blue perennial cornflower, golden millet, 'Firefly' heuchera & plan to try collecting seed from a few of my shrubs later. |
- Posted by tansy_mi_zn5 zone 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 20, 12 at 11:49
yesterday, I collected: sweet pea |
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Just got my first daylily seeds yesterday! Had no idea that you could collect those seeds. Actually, this is the first year I've actually saved seeds. It's addicting!! I've collected: marigold petunia cleome larkspur columbine waiting on the datura seed pods. I'll have a garbage bag full of those with all the seed pods on my monster plant! lol |
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BEing afraid of people. Only people with social anxiety have felt true pain and goth whores should stfu about there lives since its painless compared to social anxiety. ITs pain that wont go away. My life suffocates from social anxiety.
1. | social anxiety | ||
Characterized by extreme self-consciousness. A condition in which the subject may be consistently nervous, fearing judgement and over-rationalizing, taking things apart to much, often worrying about what others may think of them, not to mention feeling like they are always being looked at. I think that wierd guy who comes in here now and then, the one who always seems kind of nervous and doesn't make eye contact, has social anxiety. Sucks.
All socially anxious people should unite and start a community together. Approach your fellow nervous wreck. Also, socially anxious people should all date each other, because it's near impossible to get along with others. Fuck everyone else, there's nothing wrong with us. |
2. | social anxiety | ||
horrible condition where a overwhelmingly fear occurs in social settings. Self consciousness and fear arise when situations like speaking in public and being the center of attention is present. The person automatically thinks that everyone is looking, judging, or humilating him or her. People with are a little weird but NOT FREAKS; Im a cool dude.
The horrible thing is that this condition is known by few, the cause is unknown, and sever symptoms such as a increasing heart rate, muscle twitches, sweating, and feeling warm. People who dont know it will never understand it, and unfortunately I am one of the 13% of the population that have it and what makes it even more fucked up is that Im in school where it really fucks me up. Its fuckin sad and nothin to laugh or fuck around wit. People with this are loners too. On a good note, I dont have it severly where people stay in their home for years but people will never understand it. teacher: Today we'll have an oral presentation, each 40 minutes
me: FUCK! |
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A shitty emotional disorder that ruined my life. I have had social anxiety since i was a kid. I was the class clown type in school but hated oral presentations which eventually caused me to drop out all together. I was on every party drug known to man to hide from my anxiety which led to an outrageous social life. I quit drugs at 20, went to uni and majored in math so i wouldn't have to give speeches. Now 23 with Bachelor of Mathematics, still a nervous idiot and about to give up.
Suicide is all that is left, keep your chin up socially anxious peeps. Adious |
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An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme self-consciousness in normal social situations, including the fear that one is being judged or observed by all those around them. Social anxiety causes people to fear being humiliated or embarrassed much more than is normal. People with social anxiety disorder know that their fear is irrational and yet still avoid any situation in which they may be evaluated or judged.
Social phobics, like those with Avoidant Personality Disorder, may develop defences against their fears, such as denying that they fear social situations or defending themselves through insensetivity. Holy crap, a factual entry into Urban Dictionary?!
A person with social anxiety may avoid public speaking. |
6. | social anxiety | ||
A mental disorder that stops people from living the lives that they had always dreamed of.
Everyday when you step foot outside of your house, it's like constant anxiousness, and you can't really do anything. It's horrible, and I wouldn't wish it on anybody. It can get so bad that people can't leave their houses becuase it's not worth it. You'll never understand what it's like, unless you have it yourself. A lot of people think that it's people overreacting and being shy, but they really have no clue. This disorder often comes with other disorders, like depression, bipolar, etc. This disorder can be treated successfully (I think/hope...), but people with social anxiety are too scared or embarassed to ask for help. I think that many people get misdiagnosed when they do ask for help. So many people turn to drugs or alcohol to help them find relief. People with S.A.D. are misunderstood and I get in trouble becuase I don't talk loud enough and don't do homework assignments (like book reports) so that I don't have to do oral presentations. I can't leave my house by myself. And a really miserable part of any anxiety disorder is panic attacks which cause people with the disorder to think they're dying or going crazy. I always dream about what it would be like to not have social anxiety disorder. I can't imagine what it would be like to have one day where I could do everything I've ever imagined. If I ever get treated, or somehow magically it goes away (which I know it never will), I'm going to do everything that I can't do now.
7. | social anxiety | ||
Social anxiety is a psychiatric disorder that affects 13% of the population. It involves overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations. People living with this condition have a persistent fear of being watched and criticized by others. They feel that others are constantly waiting for them to mess up, thus humiliating themselves by their own actions. It may interfere with their work, school, social life, and other activities. Social anxiety differs from shyness in that people with this disorder often avoid some social situations all-together. Physical symptoms of social anxiety include blushing, rapid heartbeat, sweating, trembling, muscle tension, shaky voice, and nausea.
(This information on Social Anxiety Disorder was obtained from www.wikipedia.com.) A Day In The Life of a Person with Social Anxiety
Little Ed's teacher just informed his class they would have oral presentations due that Friday. This was on a Monday morning.The rest of the day Ed was shaking and cold, worring about Friday and having to give an oral speech to his classmates. All week he had been dreading this day, Friday. Friday had finally come and as Ed watched the others before him give their speeches, he was trembling and had muscle tension and nausea.When his turn came, his face turned bright red as he took center stage. All eyes were on him as he proceeded with his speech. All through the speech, his voice was shaky. Afterwards, everyone clapped and the teacher gave him praise. But, Little Ed couldn't stop worrying aout what everyone had thought of him when he had given his speech. |


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MISS E! THE L. I. NI3 PIERRPONT & CLl:^' BROOKLYN 2, !!. V FP STS ii-- i' COI A Prize Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Area Since 119520C An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdale VOL .56 NO.^ 5 l/< e Second Class Postage Paid In Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, February 27, 1975 Copyright 1975 by bland— Wide Publication, Inc. price 154 - $ 5 per year Judge Carman Man Of Year Former District Court Judge Willis B. Carman, Sr. was named Farmingdale's " Man of the Year" during Sunday's Brotherhood Week program, sponsored by the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs of Farmingdale, at Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School. The award was presented to Judge Carman by his son Town Councilman Gregory W. Carman, a Farmingdale Rotarian. Traffic Light Set For Park MAN OF THE YEAR Willis B. Carman, Sr. receives the annual Joint service clnb award from his son, Oyster Bay Councilman Gregory B. Carman [ left]. Watching proudly are son, Farmingdale Deputy. Mayor Willis B. Carman, Jr" [ center] and Mrs. Carman. The award was presented Sunday afternoon during the annual Brotherhood program at Weldon E. Howitt Junior High School. 6 • [ PostphotobyBobStarrett] Courtesy Month Set By Rotary The Farmingdale Rotary Club has designated the month of March as Courtesy Month and is seeking to commend acts of courtesy, thoughtfulness, honesty and bravery. The Rotarians are asking the residents of the school district to help by recommending individuals for their acts during the month. They request that anyone who observes an ace of courtesy, thoughtfulness, honesty, or bravery write a letter to the Farmingdale Post describing any such event. The letters will be reviewed by the Post and delivered to the Rotary committee who will read them and judge the ones worthy of commendations and citations will be awarded accordingly. Members of the Rotary Club serving on the judging committee will be Dr. W. E. Follett, John C. Puretll, Dr. William Haydu, Seb Albrecht, Salvatore Magro, Joseph Stern, Charles Tilgner, and Willis B. Carman, Sr. The Post will be represented on the judging committee by Robert J. Starrett, editor and manager. It is the hope of the Rotarians that the acts of courtesy will inspire others to continue such acts in the months and years to come. They hope the local citizens will take the time and trouble to write letters citing worthy actions. Public Hearing On School Budget A public hearing on the preliminary school budget will be held on Monday, March 10, at Farmingdale Senior High School at 8: 30 p- m. School officials said a school budget newsletter will be mailed to all residents of the district on Tuesday, March 4, so residents will have sufficient information to make recommendations to the board. The Board of Education feels the information should be released to the public as soon as possible to keep them informed. Extend Time For Carousel The period of time for soliciting funds for Carousel, benefiting the 1975 Farmingdale Children's Day brotherhood collection, has been extended because of the inclement weather this past Sunday. Returns may be made to the Farmingdale library branches or to the religious schools at the Farmingdale Jewish Center, St. Kilian's Confraternity, St. Luke's Lutheran Church or St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The Children's Day Committee expressed their appreciation to Miss Cathy Quinn who led a folk sing- a- long at the collection center on Sunday, and the B'nai B'rith for their presentation of " The Lonely Abalonian" puppet show. Coordinators Patricia Schiro and Betty Tomforde extended their appreciation to all youngsters who did solicit contributions in the rain and reminded them " it's not how much we collect, but that we gave of ourselves to help others. Remember, when we add pennies together, they soon become dollars". A newactuated &^ kr* s* gna] will be installed at Motor Avenue, Kent Street and the Ellsworth W. Allen park entrance in Farmingdale, it was announced today by Public Works Commissioner H. John Plock, Jr. The traffic- responsive signal will turn red on Motor Avenue only when a vehicle is actually waiting to enter from Kent Street the park, push- button control for iestrians to use to halt traffic win be included in the new signal installation. le installation, which will be completed within the next seven to eight weeks, is part of a two-year contract between the County and Broadway Maintenance Corp. Councilman Carman and his brother, Farmingdale Village trustee Willis B; Carman, Jr., also presented their mother with a bouquet of flowers. partner in. the man, Callahan & Carman on Main Street, Farmingdale. A native of Farmingdale, he has been actively involved in local affairs over the years as well as serving as president of the Nassau County and state Bar Associations. He is also a member and past president of the Farmingdale Rotary Club and served as the first president of the Farmingdale Board of Trade. Sunday's program was opened with a patriotic presentation by local girl scouts, under the direction of Mrs. Blanche Oaks and Mrs. Christine Manser, with musical accompaniment by Mrs. Naomi Beigel. Troop 514 Boy Scouts presented the " colors" by [ Continued on page 8] HEART PRINCESS Mary Duggan gives a bug and a big smile to Mrs. Marjorie Pfoh. chairman of the Sweetheart Ball, after being crowned Saturday night at the Holiday Manor, Bethpage. The few year old has had two open heart operations and now leads a normal life. She was presented with a savings bond by Frank Hynes, vice president of L. I. Trust Co. and a collection of toys by George Finn of the Farmingdale Heart Fund committee. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett] IS
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OBERHOF, Germany (January 5, 2013) - Dense
fog and rain in Oberhof at today's IBU World Cup Sprints, continued to make for
challenging conditions at the range, but Team USA athletes Sara Studebaker (Boise,
ID) and Leif Nordgren (Marine, MN) showed strong shooting, shooting
clean and +1, respectively.
Studebaker posted a 29th place finish in the 7.5K Sprint with a time of 23:18.1, +2:00.9 minutes back from today's winner Miriam Gossner (GER) with a time of 21:17.2/0+2. World Cup leader Tora Berger (NOR) took second with clean shooting and a time of 21:19.2. Andrea Henkel (GER) finished third, shooting clean with a time of 21:41.3. Annelies Cook (Saranac Lake, NY) finished 72nd (25:14.4/2+3). Susan Dunklee (Barton, VT) did not start in today's race due to sore throat.
"Today was a solid day for me," said Studebaker, "I was really happy to shoot so well since the conditions were really variable. I got pretty lucky with not too much wind or fog when I was on the range, and felt really relaxed about my shooting. Skiing was a little tough for me today, but I'm psyched to have such a solid result. This is a really tough course, and definitely not my favorite, but for me it's important to have as much racing as possible going into World Champs, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow!"
Extended results from the women's 7.5k Sprint are available here. The women's Pursuit will be webcast live beginning at 7:10 am (ET) here.
Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) posted the top finish for Team USA's men in today's 10k Sprint, finishing 26th with a time of 26:24.3/1+1, +1:16.4 back from Dmitry Malyshko (RUS), winning the first individual World Cup of his career, posting 25:07.9 (1+0). Nordgren finished 36th with a time of 26:48, and 1 penalty in standing. Evgenly Garanichev (RUS) finished second (25:20.5/1+0) and Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen took third with a time of 25:21.0 (0+1).
"Today was not such a great race for me," said Burke. "I shot two penalties and my feeling on the skis was just OK. I think I will need a few more races to get back into the swing of things after the Christmas break. I am definitely paying the price a bit for traveling home for Christmas, but I am confident that I will be back when it counts at World Champs."
"I was really happy with my race today," said Nordgren. "I felt like this was probly the best skiing I've had this whole season so far. I felt really relaxed on the skis, but I was still able to drive hard, and fight on the steep uphills. In the shooting range I tried to be as relaxed as possible. With the fog on the range I just shot very slow and controlled, and it worked out pretty good!"
Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) finished 51st (27:21/+3), and Russell Currier (Stockholm, ME) finished 64th (27:37.8/+4). Burke, Nordgren & Bailey will race tomorrow's Pursuit, webcast live here at 9:35 am (ET). Extended results from the men's 10k Sprint are available here.
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IBU Cup competition opened today in Otepää, Estonia with Lanny Barnes (Durango, CO) posting the top finish - 15th - for Team USA in the women's 15K Individual with a time of 52:26.5 (0+2+0+1), +5:14.5 back from Russia's Ekaterina Iourieva, winning with a time of 47:12.0 (0+1+0+1) Hannah Dreissigacker (Morrisville, VT) finished 24th (54:23.5/0+4+0+3), Tracy Barnes (Durango, CO) posted a time of 54:32.6 (1+1+2+2) to finish 26th, and Katrina Howe (Gilford, New Hampshire) finished 57th (1:02:17.2/1+5+2+3). Complete results from the women's 15K Individual are here.
Wynn Roberts (Battle Lake, Minnesota)
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Individual, +6:01.7 back from Victor Vasilyev (RUS) posting 52:45.7/+1 to win
today's race. Bill Bowler (Wausau, Wisconsin) finished 34th
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(59:34.3/1+4+0+1), and Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) finished 63rd with a
time of 1:03:44.3 (1+4+2+1). Extended results from the men's 20k Individual
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Surfing is turning out to be so life changing already!!
first stages of learning will be the most frustrating time of your life
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UK gets some pretty decent waves in the SE and NE too, Water temps arnt that low I dont think.
Also I think surfings become a bit of a fad in the UK with a lot of people trying it out.
You realise its an island with a lot of coasline?
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