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Whether or not runners should stretch -- and when is the optimal time to stretch -- are popular debates among runners and fitness experts. Recommendations about stretching vary from expert to expert and the research on the subject is conflicting. Runners also have differing opinions about stretching – some swear that regular stretching helps improve their running and keeps them injury-free, while others never stretch and don't suffer any adverse effects. Like many running-related things, what works for one runner may not necessarily work for another.
Is Stretching Beneficial?
Proponents of stretching for runners say that it helps keeps decreases risk of injuries and prevents soreness. But a comprehensive review of the scientific research about stretching and sports injuries shows that although stretching does increase flexibility, the increased flexibility doesn't prevent injuries. Researchers who pored over almost 100 published medical studies on the subject concluded that more injuries would be prevented by better warm-ups, strength training, and balance exercises than by stretching.
Stretching regularly will help maintain your flexibility and range of motion, although some studies show and experts will argue that doesn't necessarily improve your running performance. But some runners who stretch say they do it because it helps them relax and it just feels good, and that benefit is difficult to quantify.
I usually advise runners to use their best judgment and determine what works for them. I know plenty of runners who find that stretching after a warm-up helps them avoid tightness in problem areas like their calves or IT bands, or others who saw improvements in their range of motion after starting a regular stretching routine. Masters runners in particular seem to benefit from stretching because everyone loses some of the elastic properties of soft tissue as they age. On the other hand, there are some runners who've stopped stretching after years of doing it and didn't notice a difference at all.
When determining your individual needs, just remember that stretching or massaging (releasing) tight muscles should be part of a training plan that also includes warm-ups and strengthening exercises to reduce muscle weaknesses and imbalances.
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Whether they think stretching is beneficial or not, most experts will agree that it's never good to stretch cold muscles. Stretching cold, tight muscles or improper stretching can lead to muscle strains, tears, or other injuries. So, if you are going to stretch regularly, you don't want to stretch before you start running or doing another activity.
Before you stretch (and then start running), it's important to warm your body up first, as cold muscles are more prone to being pulled or torn. Start by doing any low-impact, rhythmic exercise for about five minutes. This can include walking, marching, knee lifts, butt kicks, jumping jacks, or anything else that's easy on your body but gets the blood flowing. Then you can go through your stretching routine or run, then stretch after your run.
Some runners prefer to wait until the end of their runs to stretch, which is fine because your muscles are definitely warmed up. However, be careful when you're stretching after a long run (more than 90 minutes). Your muscles are depleted, fatigued and you don't want to cause more damage. So only do very gentle stretching if you feel like you need it.
Do's and Don'ts for Stretching
Follow these tips to get the most out of your stretching:
- Don't rush it. Stretch slowly and hold the stretch for 15 to 30 seconds.
- Don't stretch through pain. Don't stretch beyond the point where you begin to feel tightness in the muscle. You shouldn't push through muscle resistance, and never stretch to the point of pain. As you feel less tension, you can increase the stretch a bit more until you feel the same slight pull.
- Do stretch both sides. Don't just stretch your left calf because you feel tightness on that side. Make sure you're stretching both sides equally.
- Don't bounce. It's a common mistake, but bouncing risks pulling or tearing the muscle you're trying to stretch. Make sure you stretch your muscles gradually.
- Don't hold your breath. Stay relaxed and breathe in and out slowly. Make sure you don't hold your breath. Take deep belly breaths.
Stretches for Runners
Some of the most important body parts for runners to stretch are: quadriceps (front of thigh), hamstrings (back of thigh), hip flexors, calves, hips, lower back, triceps, shoulders, and groin. Check out Head-to-Toe Stretches for Runners for step-by-step instructions on stretching those areas. You can also try these yoga poses for runners.
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Andersen, J. C. Stretching Before and After Exercise: Effect on Muscle Soreness and Injury Risk. Journal of Athletic Training 40(2005): 218-220
Thacker, S.B., et al. The Impact of Stretching on Sports Injury Risk: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 371–378, 2004
Trehearn TL, Buresh RJ. Sit-and-reach flexibility and running economy of men and women collegiate distance runners. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Jan;23(1):158-62.


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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Ben Hansbrough scored 21 points and Tim Abromaitis added 19, as Notre Dame beat its second ranked opponent this week with a 78-64 victory over No. 11 Georgetown at the Verizon Center.
Carleton Scott contributed a career-high 17 points with nine rebounds for the Fighting Irish (19-10, 8-8 Big East), who stopped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 68-53 home win over 12th-ranked Pittsburgh. Notre Dame will have a chance to further enhance its NCAA Tournament resume with games next week against Connecticut and Marquette before the Big East Tournament.
Greg Monroe scored 15 points for Georgetown (19-8, 9-7), which has lost three of its last four. The Hoyas have also dropped three of their last four home games and next week visit West Virginia before closing out the regular season at home against Cincinnati.
The game started without each team's top two scorers. Notre Dame's Luke Harangody missed his fourth straight game because of a bruised right knee, while Georgetown's Austin Freeman was on the bench with a virus. Freeman, who averages a team-best 17.5 points, wound up playing just 23 minutes and scored only five points, ending a streak of 20 straight double-figure games.

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The NCIIA is delighted to announce the 2008 winners in the Olympus Innovation Award Program: Dr. Tom Byers and Dr. Tina Seelig, Stanford University; Dr. David F. Barbe, University of Maryland; and Dr. Martina Musteen, San Diego State University. The winners received their awards in Dallas, Texas, at the NCIIA 12th Annual Meeting.
"At Olympus, we understand the value and power of innovation, since it is at the core of every new technology we pioneer," stated F. Mark Gumz, president and chief operating officer of Olympus America Inc. "We are proud of the continuing success of the Innovation Awards as they recognize innovation in U.S. academia, which will foster the next generation of business leaders."
"Every year, we are amazed at how the programs and innovators that comprise the award candidates continue to get stronger," said NCIIA executive director Phil Weilerstein. "We had an excellent selection of candidates this year, and the winners had unique programs that demonstrated the tremendous impact they had on their students and universities, as well as their academic peers."
Stanford professors Tom Byers and Tina Seelig, co-founders of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), which encourages top engineering and science schools worldwide to include entrepreneurship as part of their curricula, won the Olympus Innovation Award. This award recognizes faculty who foster an environment of innovative thinking among students through inventive teaching methods and hands-on opportunities. At STVP, Byers and Seelig also develop and offer courses, conferences, internships and research activities.
Martina Musteen, assistant professor at the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University, received the Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award. This award recognizes an individual who has inspired innovative thinking in students in a discrete area and who, the judges believe, has the potential to make even greater contributions to the field in the future. Musteen was also recognized for giving students the opportunity to work with international entrepreneurial companies to expand their global market opportunities.
David Barbe, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maryland and executive director of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH), won the Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award. This award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated a sustained contribution throughout their careers to stimulating and inspiring innovative thinking in students in their own universities and throughout academia. Barbe has a proven record of leadership in creating one of the leading innovative technology entrepreneurship cultures at a U.S. university, through successful programs such as the university's Hinman CEOs program and its Technology Startup boot camp, both of which have become models that are replicated nationwide, as well as through the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program.
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An earlier dispute between the two is believed to have led to the attack.
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Selvage said they were on the greenway when Robert pulled a knife and stabbed him several times.
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An 8-year-old metro Atlanta boy battling cancer received a big surprise on Tuesday when he got a ride in a SWAT vehicle.Conner Arneson suffers from a rare childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, which affects the nerve tissues. The boy dreamed of riding in a SWAT vehicle, so Officer Mark Tappan, a member of the North Fulton SWAT, spread the word on social media.Officers from the Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell police departments got involved and organized a ride for Conner and his friends in a SWAT vehicle to Bruster's for some ice cream.The SWAT team presented Conner with banners, pins and hats from around the country that proclaimed Connor and his family as their heroes."People look at SWAT and they see those guys as heroes because we're willing to face fear and danger, but it's just for a short amount of time. These guys are battling day after day for years," said Tappan. Conner's mother, Melinda Arneson, was grateful for the effort."We love them. Mark knows we love them. These guys are off today, or they are not working right now, so they took the time to come do this for us. It's amazing," said Melinda Arneson.Conner has gone through six rounds of chemotherapy and stem cell treatment and is now enduring painful antibody treatment.
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FORT WORTH — When tax season rolls around, Lady Liberty is a common sight in North Texas.
Workers wearing light green robes and crowns are from Liberty Tax Service. Most drivers like Crystal Davis noticed the one at the corner of North Tarrant Parkway and Park Vista Boulevard in Fort Worth.
"With the little crown and robe... just kind of waving and dancing and pointing to Liberty Tax," said Davis, who lives near the intersection.
But freedom landed in jail on Monday afternoon.
"It's a memory I won't forget," said 19-year-old Channing Gould. "I sat in jail for it, and it could have been avoided."
A Fort Worth police officer shot Gould twice with his Taser, claiming the teen was resisting arrest. The young man is facing charges.
He was released Tuesday after posting bond.
Gould showed News 8 the marks the Taser's probes left behind.
"I was hit right here in my head, right here in my neck, and then two in my back," he said.
Officers said Gould was distracting drivers and violating a city ordinance that bans distributing, selling, and soliciting on medians.
But Gould claims he was just following orders after his bosses told him to stand in the crosswalk on North Tarrant Parkway to attract potential customers.
He had been working at the same spot for nearly two weeks without a problem.
"I told [the officer] I was doing my job," Gould said.
According to the police report, Gould refused to cooperate when asked to leave the location. The situation forced the officer to call for backup.
Gould told News 8 he kept telling the officer to contact his employer, who was just a few steps away.
"I told him, 'Get away from me! What are you doing? Go talk to my boss!' I explained everything to him," Gould recalled. "[The officer] doesn't cooperate with me. And then he takes out his Taser."
In the police report, the officer states that Gould repeatedly ignored his commands.
"After several times telling him to do so, he walked over to the patrol car and stood there," the officer stated. "I instructed him to get into the rear seat area and he refused to do so."
Gould maintains the officer grabbed him while standing by the patrol car.
"I was screaming, 'Let me go! Let me go!' and then the guy, he Tased me," Gould said.
Christina Sukhewatna, the owner of the Liberty Tax Service office who hired Gould, told News 8 she was not aware of the ordinance, but she is siding with officers.
"I can't condone the employee's behavior," Sukhewatna said.
Gould lost his job. He plans to file a complaint against the officer.
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Quite who decided that Gennady Golovkin still needed to prove himself remains to be seen, but the inspection that Matthew Macklin was supposed to provide backfired horribly on Saturday night at the Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket. Macklin, from Birmingham, England, came planning to test Golovkin's untouched chin and unused gas tank, yet it was the "Good Boy" from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, who elected instead to administer his own surgical examination of his opponent's credentials to share an eighteen foot ring with him. Indeed, through two and a half brutal, bruising rounds, Golovkin's furious hands became scopes, retractors and probes designed to open up Macklin's febrile skin and reapportion his stolid constitution.
Long the nearly-man of the middleweight division, Macklin had been an unfortunate loser to Felix Sturm and Sergio Martinez in his previous two vaunts at world titles. Though gifted neither with devastating power nor impressive speed, diligence and dedication had seen Macklin take his few noteworthy attributes - which include a willingness to double jab, a sturdy if unexceptional chin, and a true fighter's heart - further than most would have predicted.
Yet the notion that such workmanlike tools could disrupt a fighter with Golovkin's skill, application and chutzpah was unsurprisingly exposed as a fallacy. Golovkin, after all, may not have faced the proverbial murderer's row at middleweight, but the sheer dominance of wins over Rosado, Proksa, Ouma and others had offered glimpses of a talent unlikely to be fazed either by occasion or opponent. Perhaps those who exhorted Macklin as a potential victor forgot that the man facing him was a world amateur champion and Olympic silver medallist, a fighter with 371 wins from a combined 376 amateur and professional fights, whose style perpetually invokes an uncommon predisposition to the knockout. Perhaps they forgot how bouts typically unfold when contested by humble workmen like Macklin and those capable of terminating fights at any point, like Golovkin.
For Golovkin is not only refined and skilled - with his footwork a noteworthy lesson in subtlety and economy - but also one of the mysterious few who possess that kind of uncommon power capable of determining a fight's direction in the matter of seconds. Indeed, if Macklin's curtailed examination proved anything, it was namely this: that Golovkin is one of boxing's truest punchers. His, as Macklin noted after the fight, is a power manifest in both fists, one that translates not only into hooks, uppercuts and crosses, but jabs too. It is a power so brutally physical that we might call it hyper-physical, its mystery and effect so striking that we can approach it only through the most metaphysical of terms.
Yet within that mysterious category of puncher, Golovkin is a further enigma. Commonly, there are two types of puncher: the cautious, languorous, laidback one, who treats his bullets like he does spare change, and then the ferocious, feverish, angry one, who fights like a corkscrew of aggression, seeking always to impress his fury on an unfortunate opponent. Into the former category we might cast someone like Randall Bailey, with his lethal right cocked until some sudden moment of exposure urges it forth. Into the latter, the likes of Mike Tyson, or Edwin Valero, or Tony Ayala, or any other fighter whose style hints at a darker hinterland of rage, bloodlust and hostility.
Golovkin, though, is emblematic specifically neither of one nor the other - or perhaps, rather, he is emblematic of both. Charming and assured outside the ropes, Golovkin is a smiling demon between them, moving with such precise economy that he is able always to dictate the geography of a fight while he beats his insistent rhythm into the canvas. He is never loose with his punches, but nor is he spare; likewise, he is never frantic in the ring, nor ever becalmed. Golovkin is the happy medium of two extremes: a tax inspector with a friendly smile, a murderer with a warming laugh. Golovkin promises to punish you now and be amiable with you after.
The principle question leading into the fight, of course, surrounded Golovkin's chin: what would happen, as Max Kellerman pondered aloud at the opening bell, when Golovkin was caught flush by a punch from a man his own size? Beginning immediately on the front foot, Macklin sought his own answers as he doubled up the jab and sought to push Golovkin in directions rarely travelled. Yet within a minute, it was Macklin who found himself moving backwards, as his over-eager forays into Golovkin's range invited sharp jabs and thumping left hooks that served as an early warning to the unfortunate challenger: keep away.
Indeed, where Macklin's punches barely made a sound, Golovkin's shots - whether jabs or hooks, lefts or rights - were always audible, making not a dull thud but a sound that was eager and crisp. Though Macklin is by no means the heaviest of punchers, 20 knockouts from 29 victories are testament to some degree of whack - yet comparison with Golovkin was moot. A straight right towards the end of the first round saw Macklin's balance disarrayed, while another shot at the start of the second - this one by no means clean - only further disarranged the New York-based fighter's legs.
Stopped before by Martinez and Jamie Moore in the later rounds, the failures of Macklin's chin had tended previously to correlate with the exhaustion of his energy reserves. But, as he was soon to be taught, grit and determination mean little against a fighter with Golovkin's natural resources. Indeed, as jabs and hooks began not only to find their targets, but to club them, with increasing abundance, the direction of this particular encounter seemed ever more obvious. As at the start of Gravity's Rainbow, though, "the evacuation still proceeds" - even when "it's all theatre."
With two minutes left in the third round, Macklin backed against the ropes in search of some hidden retreat that might afford him respite. Familiarly, though, the figure of the Kazakh fighter quickly loomed to dispel any hopes of a safe haven within the ropes, hammering the ducking Macklin with a right uppercut of sufficient torque to end the fight on its own right. By this time, Macklin was totally reticent to offer to Golovkin's furious hands his chin and face - which now bore a gruesome cut and increasingly looked like the victim of a sustained mugging - yet he nonetheless failed to account for another weapon in Golovkin's arsenal: his devastating left hook. Afforded sufficient time to turn the full force of his body through the punch, Golovkin's shot found Macklin's exposed right side with all the power, velocity and speed required to crumple his opponent and unplug devitalized legs.
Can anyone doubt the "Good Boy" any longer? Few would likely argue with the proposition that Macklin's powers are on the wane after a career filled with tough fights, but the speed and efficiency with which Golovkin dispatched his notable opponent was remarkable. One of a generation that typically finds its biggest fights too complicated to arrange, Golovkin stands for something simpler and easier to digest: with Golovkin, there is no fancy posturing and there are no large words, just lefts and rights and lefts and rights.
Indeed, with a come-one come-all attitude and the full support of HBO, future opponents should include the likes of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Sergio Martinez, Carl Froch and Andre Ward. Unlike most, there is little doubt that Golovkin could provide a compelling encounter with Ward that, should it happen, might impel the final push toward stardom that both fighters seek. Boxing, after all, is mostly theatre - and Golovkin's style is suitably cruel, as Matthew Macklin unfortunately found out, to justify a future role as one of the sport's lead actors. As Antonin Artaud noted, "there are those who go to the theatre as they would go to a brothel": and, we might add, that as long as there's a place for cruelty in human nature, there'll be a place for punchers like Golovkin.


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The first game after Robert Griffin III was absolutely no problem for the Baylor Bears. Baylor jumped ahead 24-3 by halftime and never looked back as it pulled away for an easy 59-24 win over the SMU Mustangs.
Quarterback Nick Florence, taking over for the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, was virtually flawless in going 21 of 30 for 341 yards and four touchdowns to lead he Bears. Jarred Salubi also ran for 91 yards and a touchdown while Terrance Williams caught seven passes for 138 yards. All told, Baylor gained 608 total yards on offense. Even former Michigan receiver Darryl Stonum caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Petty.
Lanear Sampson had five catches for 69 yards and got into the end zone twice. It was the defense that got the first score of the second half, however, as Mike Hick returned a fumble 66 yards for a score to make it 31-3. Salubi added a nine-yard touchdown run followed by a 36-yard TD pass to Sampson to make it 45-3 before the starters were mostly pulled.
Zach Line rushed for 113 yards on 22 carries for SMU. Garrett Gilbert had a respectable night for SMU with 286 yards passing and two touchdowns, but he was also intercepted twice.
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— One local group is in its fourth year of providing knitted items for homeless veterans and hopes this year will be its biggest yet.
The Kappa Theta Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, an international service, education and leadership organization, has taken donations for the Hope for Heroes campaign for four years, and hopes to double last year's donation total.
"Every year we've done it, we have doubled our previous year's total," Jenni Russ, media relations for Epsilon Sigma Alpha, said. "We would love to do that again and get $8,000 worth of items."
Russ said the drive will begin Nov. 10 and end on Dec. 16. There will be various drop-off locations including Akard True Value Hardware, Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library, the Boone Village Hallmark store and other locations.
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In case you tuned in late and can't believe you witnessed Tiger Woods, Keegan Bradley, and many other contestants in this week's PGA Championship taking practice swings, picking up pieces of lint, and grounding their clubs in the sand, the PGA Tour implores you: put down the phone!
Much has been made of the fact that the PGA has eliminated the possibility of another Dustin Johnson-like brain cramp on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island by adopting a local rule that defines all "sandy areas" as waste bunkers. Had that been the case in 2010, when DJ rested his club on what he assumed was a trampled down patch of dirt on the PGA Championship's final hole at Whistling Straits, he would have qualified for a spot in a three-hole playoff with Bubba Watson and eventual winner Martin Kaymer.
Despite his mishap, the determination to play the Pete Dye course this week without any sand hazards was not a knee-jerk reaction to Johnson's costly error. In fact, it was in keeping with other tournaments that Kiawah Island has hosted, including the 1991 Ryder Cup matches, the 2005 PGA Club Pro, and the 2007 Senior PGA Championship.
The PGA even trotted TNT analyst Billy Kratzert out to the course to offer a primer on the rules in hopes of forestalling any twitchy Twitterati from blasting out tweets and jamming the phone lines. Kratzert's message, essentially, was that players may remove shells, practice swings, and touch their clubs behind their balls without punishment.
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CATEGORIES Thrillers, Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Movies, CinematicalPerhaps in an effort to place himself above what might just be a fairly crappy movie, Ben Kingsley has demanded that he be billed as "Sir Ben Kingsley" in Lucky Number Slevin's UK promotions. It doesn't appear, however, that the film's lack of quality is totally to blame for Kingsley's idiocy, since he once reprimanded a German reporter who had the nerve to call him "Mr. Kingsley" with "It's Sir Ben. I've not been a Mr. for two years." Ouch.
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Harvesting hay on a hot summer day is backbreaking, exhausting work. So to help, for centuries, farmers have carried into the fields a drink that's thirst quenching and energy boosting.
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A Spartanburg man was killed in a fiery crash in Greer early Tuesday morning.
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SLIDESHOW: Deadly crash closes highway
Spartanburg County Coroner Investigator Joe Lathan identified the man killed in the crash as 40-year-old Daniel Nelson.
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Behind the Scenes at the Shoot: The Bronze Age
June 7, 2012 at 9:00 am , by Sue Erneta
Recently, a team from LHJ traveled to Joshua Tree, California to shoot The Bronze Age, a story for our June issue. It's such a spectacular place that we wanted to show you some behind-the-scenes shots. We hit the road before dawn so that we could get the morning light in Joshua Tree. The sun was just coming up as we arrived.
Our first shot was perfect. I don't think I've ever seen light that beautiful.
Here's a view of the whole crew. It takes a lot of people to make it all come together. There were three staffers from LHJ from the Fashion and Photo departments, the photographer plus his assistants and a digital tech to handle all the digital files, a hair stylist, a makeup artist, plus the location van driver! That black thing on a stand behind the photographer is a wind machine that gets controlled by the hair stylist. I bet you didn't know they needed to be wind gurus, too!
Our photographer, Tom Corbett, has no problem getting a little dirty to get the shot! (Buy the BCBG dress here.)
The whole crew is there in case there are any last minute touch-ups. Here, makeup artist, Amy Chance adds a little body makeup to our model's feet. (Buy the dress here.)
We always shoot more than we need and this back shot didn't make the cut. (Lucky you! You get to see it here!)
Another outtake. Doesn't she look like Raquel Welch in this one? You know, from that movie where she's climbing around the rocks in that fur bikini? Except this time it's a bikini and sweater from Banana Republic.
Hope you enjoyed the behind-the-scenes look at our shoot. Have you ever been to Joshua Tree? What did you think? Tell us!
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New York
Restaurant Prune
Did I read Gabrielle Hamilton's Blood, Bones, and Butter? Yes. Is it why we went for dinner at Prune? Yes. Am I glad we did? Absolutely!
Our taxis slowed down on a narrow street in NYC's East Village as our driver struggled in the darkness to find street numbers. All of a sudden car headlights appeared in back of us and laid on their horns breaking the peaceful silence of a short East Village street. Our driver assured us we were very close to Prune even though none of us could find the storefront. We exited the cab after ending our conversation on home cooking in his native Ghana and thanked him for our cab ride filled with stories. Once we were out of the cab finding Prune restaurant was simple. We could smell the aroma slipping through the multiple cracks in the painted black storefront. We followed our noses like rabid bloodhounds catching a scent.
Shabby chic? Most definitely! No, I don't think a set decorator could fabricate the wornness of this restaurant nor would they want that on a resume. I think it earned its wornness over many decades. Maybe I am wrong and maybe it is faux but this place is a charmer and it is as comfortable as a pair of UGG slippers. It's a place you dream of having in your neighborhood - but don't.
The food isn't perfect but it is just perfectly real. The salad greens we ordered were classically 'too' large but the olive oil that dripped from them was a luscious yellow green and I know that it was freshly pressed last month. So, if you go, pick up your knife and fork and focus on the realness. I loved the simplicity of the food and its surroundings.
Russ and Daughters: A NY Favorite
If you have been to Russ and Daughters you know that they have 5 kinds of salmon, the best smoked fish, many flavors of cream cheese and then you have to pick a bagel, toasted or not: lots of choices and combinations. I had worked out the fine details of what I would order. I had one shot at it as we were on a tight eating schedule. Not every minute over a 5 day span, a few minutes here and there. I could study all I wanted but until I saw what the various salmon looked like on that day it was only a guess.
We flew into JFK, checked into our hotel and it was still only 9:00AM. Next stop, Russ and Daughters. A subway ride south combined with a brisk walk as our phone's GPS showed us the way. It started raining but we had an umbrella, then it started sleeting - that was fine, we are made of hearty Maine stock. All of a sudden it started snowing the biggest flakes we have ever seen and it reduced NYC to the feel of a small town. That is until the snow thunder started.
The Bar Room at The Modern: Not Just Any Cafe
My friend, Barbara and I were escaping the icy tundra of Maine for a long weekend in New York City to indulge in great food, theater and art.
We started our Sunday morning at the MOMA as the doors opened. Up to the fifth floor we flew. As I walked into the first gallery I was overcome with the 'scent' of a museum. I love that smell. My soul was being 'refilled'. I was free floating in art heaven when I noticed Barbara looking at her watch so we wouldn't be late for the lunch reservations she made. I looked the other way and thought about disappearing into the crowd. We had 2 more floors when it was time to go. I thought, today lunch is such an interruption.
Our greeting from the Maitre D' was warm, friendly and he was impeccably attired. He led us to a nice table with a stellar view of the printed glass mural by Thomas Demand, Clearing II. I was concerned that only two tables were occupied-why was this not a popular place? At that point, I had no idea there was a restaurant worthy of a Michelin star in the MOMA and we had lunch reservations at it. Yes, it was the Bar Room at The Modern. I hadn't asked a single question about our Sunday reservations. A simple, quick lunch and back to exploring two more floors of art was exciting enough for me.
Painting the Town Red
I'm obsessed. There's no way of getting around it. I'm a walking Jackie Mason routine. At lunch, no before lunch, I'm deciding where we will go for dinner. At dinner, I'm wondering if the dessert menu will speak to me or will I just head home to my private stash. I always have a private stash of freshly baked goods. I'm more of a junkie when it comes to food.
I'm going to focus on just visiting New York here because Los Angeles, where I live, is different, and a few nights a week I try to cook. I'm not a very good cook and I'm so lazy that sometimes I pick up one sweet potato, not two, and a salad from the salad bar and call it dinner. My husband will remind me we can afford two sweet potatoes, but I shop at Gelson's, so maybe we really can't afford two.
Back to New York, where there is a huge difference in my energy level. All my friends comment on it. From the second I arrive, I'm off and running. First day, my husband had done some research. He suggested we walk to 11th avenue -- Hells Kitchen, where there is now a food marketplace called Gotham West Market. It's similar to Eataly or the Ferry Building in San Francisco, though on a much smaller scale.
The Bad, Good and Divine in NYC
Two different people recommended a seafood shack in the West Village in New York. Two people – it's a sign.We must try it, I said to my oldest-newest-best-friend. We waited in the predicted long line—something I hate and generally do not engage in We chatted with out-of-towners and I offered up my favorite food destination, Morandi. Then we were told to grab two seats at the counter. I pointed to my left, a quick celebrity sighting, an offbeat one. Louise Lasser. A former Mrs. Woody Allen.
Libbie kept telling me she could NOT be Louise Lasser since she was far too young. We argued back and forth as I stood my ground. Turns out she was talking about the waitress and I was talking about Louise Lasser, eating a dainty kale salad. That's not what I would order, I thought.
We went for it, ordering too much -- partly due to hunger. A few appetizers that sounded southern and perfect. Fried Green Tomatoes, which, honestly, I can never resist. Libbie loves deviled eggs, so an order of those, and a shrimp, crab and avocado cocktail. And of course a lobster roll, at "market price," which means expensive, $32.00. I had no problem with that, as it might have made it worth the subway trip downtown. Turns out, the deviled eggs were made with sour cream, not mayonnaise. So, after one bite, I put mine down and knew never to order those again. Then, the Fried Green Tomatoes, not great at all. Followed by the lobster sandwich, which was fine but certainly not the best I'd ever had. What a waste, I thought, of ingesting fattening food. What a waste of money. This was off my list, not that it had yet made it on.
An Artful Dinner at The Modern in NYC
Working on an article for Bespoke Magazine about multi-course upscale dining, I interviewed Chef Gabriel Kreuther at MoMA's The Modern.
We talked on the phone for half an hour during which time he told me about his culinary background ("Alsatian"), his opinion about double-digit multi-course dining like Thomas Keller's 24 course-meals ("afterwards, aren't there maybe 2 or 3 dishes that were memorable? why not just have those next time.") and why he loved cooking in a museum ("the art inspires me in the kitchen").
At the end of the conversation he offered, "Next time you're in New York, I want you to come to the restaurant and taste my food." Happily I was flying into the city the next day so I could accept the invitation.
Little Rascal
We went to the Lower East Side the other night to see what the young people are up to. Our son, Max, was playing a gig at the Bowery Ballroom with a great band called dinowalrus. They totally killed — awesome. Jill and I were the oldest people in the neighborhood by at least thirty years.
We didn't make reservations for dinner before the show because we always assume we can get ourselves fed when it's just the two of us — often at the bar. I did have a destination in mind, though — Xicala, a tapas/wine bar that looked online to be properly LES. It was raining, so we scurried from the Grand Street subway across Bowery to Elizabeth Street, where Xicala promised to be and it was closed. Locked shut. I later checked their website, which says they're "undergoing a makeover." Good luck, Xicala. See you next time.
We were now wandering aimlessly in the rain, looking to grab a quick bite before the show. It was definitely an any-port-in-a- storm situation. We saw little orange lights coming out of a dark front window and crossed Elizabeth Street to see what was up and it was a restaurant called Little Rascal that serves Turkish food. Yeah — Little Rascal — Turkish. It made no sense to me, either. But our interest was definitely piqued — and our appetites as we're both partial to Turkish food.
Antojéria La Popular: Mexican Street Food Debuts in Soho
Nestled under a nail salon, down just a few stairs, there lives an outpost of delicate seafood, with a touch of unexpected spice.
The thing most people will have heard of from Chef Andres Figueroa's Mexican-inspired tapas menu is the crickets. I think most of the conversations will go something like this:
"It's a new place where you can get crickets!" "Crickets? Really, did you try them?" "Sure did, and they were great, you should totally eat some."
As the chef told us, it is part of his goal of bringing some of the (unfamiliar to most Americans) flavors and textures of Mexican street food to the streets of New York. Crunchy and salty with a hint of lime, crickets turn out to be an excellent hot sauce delivery vector, and one I hope my local sports bars stock in the future.
Still, a snack of crickets seems to be more a gimmick to get you in the door than an end in itself. And if the gimmick works on you, you'll be glad it did, especially if you order heavily from Figueroa's seafood offerings.
New York City Through a Foodie's Eyes
If you are a foodie visiting New York, you're probably planning on visiting Mario Batali's Eataly where
you'll wander the crowded aisles a bit dazed. Glass fronted counters
and small eating areas display the best that Italy has to offer,
including pizza, pasta, cheese, salumi, fish, local produce, prepared
food, pastries and candies.
You'll wish you'd brought a spare suitcase to cart all these great products home. That's the temptation of New York. So many great celebrity chefs and so much great, albeit expensive food, and so little time.
But wait! Don't spend all your money on high-end restaurants and eateries.
Stick to the neighborhoods. Eat the way locals do. Find the small restaurants and take out holes-in-the wall that feed New Yorkers as they speed through their insanely busy days.
Everyone has their favorite places to eat in New York. On a recent trip, I revisited my favorites and enjoyed myself all over again. Here's a quick trip through half a dozen I think you'll enjoy.
Bacaro - The Veneto Comes to NY
We ate some wonderful Venetian bar food at Bacaro last week. Tucked away on adorable Division Street that runs on a slant between Chinatown and the Lower East Side, Bacaro unwinds down the stairway from the busy bar to the brick vaulted dining spaces below.
Dining in Venice can often be disappointing because so many of its restaurants are shamless tourist traps. It's been that way since before the Renaissance. It's the only town I've been to in Italy where there are more bad restaurants than good. But the crafty gourmand can eschew restaurants completely and eat and drink quite well in the many wine bars around town. They serve snacks on little plates — cichetti — along with a small glass of wine Venetians call un ombra, a shadow. I think the reference is to the art of taking the edge off the day.
Bacaro celebrates this particular style of Venetian eating and drinking — it's bar food, but a bar with a very good kitchen in the back.
Sardines in saor is the classic cichetti. Bacaro's version with its sweet and sour sauce napping the fried sardines and wine-soaked raisins makes your mouth immediately call for another glass of Verdicchio. The same with the spicy fried meatballs, which I mistook for fried olives on first taste. That shows what an educated palate I have.
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Professor of Management Ronald Purser has authored several papers on organizational change:
- "Developing Awareness of Time in Organizational Change" was published in Organization Development Journal, Spring 2011.
- "A Buddhist-Lacanian Perspective on Lack" was published in The Humanistic Psychologist, Vol 39, 2011.
- His paper, "A Zen Buddhist Deconstruction of Organizational Change" was accepted for the Standing Conference for Management and Organizational Inquiry in Philadephia, April 14-16, and was published in the Conference Proceedings.
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- "A Sociotechnical Systems Study of Virtual R&D Organizations", based on a National Science Foundation funded grant, was selected as a Showcase Symposium for the 2011 Academy of Management Meeting in San Antonio, Texas in August.


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The dual-hose Toyotomi TAD-T40LW Portable Air Conditioner provides 14,000 BTUs of localized cooling power to enhance personal comfort in areas up to 500 square feet. This portable AC cools, dehumidifies, and heats, all in one. A self-evaporative condensate system, LCD remote control, and 12 hour on/off timer allow for easy operation.
This Toyotomi model has an excellent self-evaporating system that evaporates most (if not all) condensate, so you won't have to manually empty a water tank. If the water tank is full, an LED indicator will let you know, and the unit will stop operating.
Confused about how to vent this dual-hose AC? Check out our How To Vent Your Portable AC article.
With 4 operating modes, a self-evaporative humidity system, and 24-hour timer, the Toyotomi TAD-T40LW Portable Air Conditioner is both versatile and user-friendly.
|33.5 in.
|19.5 in.
|15.75 in.
|77 lbs.
|Programmable Timer
|Remote Control
|Maximum Wattage
|Internal Condensate Pump
|Refrigerant Type
|Automatic Oscillation
|Heater Type
|Heat Pump
|Heat Mode
|Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER)
|Air Filter
|Cooling Power
|14000 BTUs
|Recommended Coverage Area
|500 sq. ft.
|Hose Type
|Dual Hose
|Window Kit Included
|Minimum Window Opening
|28.25 in.
|Maximum Window Opening
|80 in.
|Sliding Window Capable
|Type of Controls
|Drain Hose Capable
|Dehumidifier Mode
|Heating BTUs
|11000 BTUs
|Fan-Only Mode
|Automatic Mode
|Compressor Type
|Full Bucket Indicator/Auto Shutoff
|Adjustable Louvers
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I have two connected large rooms without windows that would hold a typical window AC. The Toyotomi was the answer. The exhaust hose fit easily into the dining room sliding window. I use...Read complete review
I have two connected large rooms without windows that would hold a typical window AC. The Toyotomi was the answer. The exhaust hose fit easily into the dining room sliding window. I use a fan to move the cold air from the dining room into the living room. The rooms are 480 sq. feet, with 8 foot ceilings, below a ridge vented attic that gets quite hot.
One of the MOST IMPORTANT things to do when assembling the unit, is to pay attention to the large warning on the top of the container! That is, leave the unit upright after you remove it from the boxes for at least 24 hours before turning it on for the first time! Until the unit is delivered to the customer, we have no idea of its position/orientation during shipping. This step is Extremely Important, because any time spent turned on its side allows oil in the compressor to leak past the seals. Since liquids don't compress, this oil on the wrong side of the compressor seals, will blow out the seals and ruin the unit when you turn it on. Sitting upright for 24 hours before turning it on allows the oil time to seep back past the seals. This is also true for refridgerators (I found this out the hard way, sigh!).
The adjustable window kit was easy to assemble, though the hoses were a little short to allow both of them to connect (my sliding window is several feet off the floor). So I left the intake hose unattached to the window for now. There are longer parts and longer hoses to fit odd sizes and shapes available as separate kits, but I was too hot to wait for them to arrive.
It has been a horrendously hot summer here, and I have run the Toyotomi 24 / 7 since I first turned it on three weeks ago. It hasn't missed a beat, and continues to pump out cold air like a champ.
So far I haven't had to empty condensate reservoir as the condensate is dripped over the hot coils and the moist air is then vented out the exhaust hose. However, I don't look forward to emptying it as the drain is only an inchand a half or so from the floor. Less actually because it is on carpet.
Since the entire unit is inside, unlike a window AC unit, it is noisier, but not that much noisier (you ears may be more sensitive than ours of course). And it is a type of white noise (constant) so after a while I have been able to ignore it. Heat, on the other hand, is something I can't ignore while dripping sweat in a hot house. ALL HVAC systems make noise, so it's just a matter of degree.
We are quite happy we purchased this unit, and I have already recommended it to two collegues at work, who have similar non-traditional windows. The shipping was very fast, and the unit was double boxed.
I thought about buying a portable AC unit from one of the "Big Box" home stores, but they wouldn't fit into my car (a mid-size sedan). Also, the big box home stores only sell the less reliable, cheaper brands because they need to keep their profit levels high. Finally, Sylvane delivered to my front porch for free!
Note: this is the size of a small European refridgerator and weighes 88 pounds, so I had to cut the boxes down from around the unit as it was too tall and heavy to lift out. Also, after reading the warning on the top of the box I didn't want to tip the unit over to pull it out.
If you need a portable air conditioner this is a good unit to consider.
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I had a Toyitomi 8000 BTU before, the new one rocks, the only issue and the worst, you can't find extention for horizontal slider Windows which are longer opening in compare with the...Read complete review
I had a Toyitomi 8000 BTU before, the new one rocks, the only issue and the worst, you can't find extention for horizontal slider Windows which are longer opening in compare with the shorter include window panel. No one carry those and who carry them are sold out. So if you got those horizontal slider Windows, check the size before you buy this air conditioner.
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Air and heat are extremely great!
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Writer's impressions and opinions follow (some in response to his own or other's concerns):
1. Unit appears very well made indeed right down to the hoses and window panel kit- which is in fact supplied with the unit.
2. The unit draws 10.8A in both heating and cooling mode. This is near the limit for a 15A circuit so you will probably want a dedicated circuit.
3. The space you are cooling/heating should be appropriately insulated with correctly orientated vapor barrier and venting to prevent moisture build up and mold.
4. Ours is installed in a mostly refinished attic. A window unit would be unsightly and there is no room to install a through-the-wall A/C. I am in the process of completing the insulation. This means that I cannot give the unit a fair performance assessment; however, even with partial insulation, in A/C mode, it appears to be able to maintain temperature within 15 to 20 degrees F lower than outside ambient.
5. Expect this dual air intake/ air exhaust design to be much more efficient than single outlet types (we would not consider latter).
6. Heat pump means that you will be able to heat in winter more efficiently than using electric heater.
7. Hoses are collapsed accordion type. They accommodate curvatures if you pull out more of the accordions.
8. Assume the unit was tipped on its side during shipment meaning that you can tip the unit to get it out of the outer box. Once this is done, you can put it in place, cut the straps and lift the inner box off the unit and the unit off the Styrofoam base. BUT PER MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS, LEAVE THE UNIT IN THE VERTICAL FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE TURNING IT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME.
9. In our case, the window panel kit is fixed in the double hung window only by the weight of the lower (inner) sash of the finished-attic window. The panel is located inside the bug screen and can barely be noticed from the outside. But if the unit will be located in a window which is readily accessible from grade, you should consider how to prevent someone entering through the window.
10. Provided you are prepared to use a hack saw, you can install the window panel unit in a window a lot less wide than the specified 28" min. (ours is in a 21" wide- check with Technical Support if you are going narrower than this).
11. As others note, draining the unit is a bit of a pain. However, Technical Service tells me that it is O.K. to continuously drain- since mine is permanently installed, I will probably run a drain line through the exterior wall.
12. I've called Technical Service three times- longest wait for pick-up was thirty SECONDS!
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I live in the mountains of Colorado at an altitude of 8000' where there is very little to almost no humidity. The temps rarely go above the low 80's but for a couple of weeks a year we may hit the upper 80's to low 90's.
I only gave this product a 4 star because I have just started to use it and do not have a lot of operating/cooling time in various rooms to make a final assessment. The unit appears to be very well made and easy to setup. So far I have only used the product in a room that is much larger than it is rated for (living/dinning room combination that is a little over 700' with vaulted ceilings; and the unit is rated for 500'). The outside temp was around the mid 80's and the unit cooled the room to about 76 degrees but no cooler.... but I did place it in a room that is well above the stated size rating of this unit. The unit does pump out cool/cold air so I believe it will be fine in a room that better matches its rating. I am waiting for a warm night to try it in the bedroom (but that may be next season). The fan is powerful so the noise level is similar to a window unit. The unit is heavy but roles well on hardwood floors. It may be difficult to roll it on thicker carpets. It is very easy/simple to operate. Remote works very well and Customer service has been great.
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We have a south facing living room with a single PTAC unitl that cannot compete with the summer's direct sunlight. We cannot install additional PTAC unit and after chekcing with a couple of proffesionals we realized that a protable AC was the only option for us. The Super helped us install the pipes in the window by ordering a plexiglass piece (we have tall vertical windows and the attachment provided with the product is not long enough and frankly we wanted safer solution that require some handymenship; at extra cost of course...). I was less concerned about price and wanted to get the strongest unit that will do the work. Unit works very well and easy to operate. We keep it working for long hours and so far very happy. It is somewhat loud (white noise of flowing air) but I cannot tell if it is any louder than comparable units as this is the first portable unit I own. When trying to use the humidifier mode the unit shut down after a short time because the collection tray filled up. Too much hasstle to emty this so we do not use this mode. A/C does not require any draining only when using the humidifier mode.
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Very quiet...great quality
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We purchased the Toyotomi portable air conditioner to cool a 22x24 garage with a 9' ceiling. There is a large freezer and refrigerator located in the garage which put out a lot of heat. Moreover, we drive a car with a hot engine into the garage. In the past, this caused both the freezer and the refrigerator to ice up and shut down. The Toyotomi AC is set to cool down the garage to 77 degrees. It does the job without too much effort. Note that 2 walls in the garage are attached to the home; the other two sides (one of them with an 18'x7' garage door)are open to the sometimes intense Georgia heat. We are very happy with both the product and Sylvane's service.
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Bought this for 15x12 bedroom. Needed a portable for a few reasons. One, I rent and utilities are included, so if I want an AC I have to go through a whole ordeal with management, an AC seller and authorized installer, etc,etc. and they also increase my rent by $26/mo every month going forward. Anyway, heatwave came upon us, didn't have time or patience to go through proper channels for standard AC install so went this route. I have two windows in room (on different sides of room) and one wondow is ALWAYS open with a box fan exhausting out because I'm a smoker. Also, my bedroom door MUST stay open at all times because of 2 idiotic cats that call my bedroom home. Even with these factors completely working against the portable A/C, it works great and cools the room quickly and effectively. That's it. (In one year the normal AC install would have cost me 300 in extra rent, 150 for my building to inspect and authorize, and that's before even buying a 'pre-approved' AC on their list for $500 or so. So, not only does it work great, it actually works out to be a bargain for me. (I did insulate the exhaust hose because it gets rather hot and I didn't want the AC to fight against itself so much - even better now).
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The unit cools very well, and quickly. gets a small room very cold. The ducts are rigid, and hard to remove. this makes it difficult to put away, especially if one uses it to cool the room during the day, but then open the windows for the night.
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Received my air conditioner quickly and well packed. Hooking up was easy, the hardest part was putting appropriate window cover for exhaust. I use it to cool my basement and it does a great job. I wish I had put in a separate outlet for it before I got it, because it cuts the output to my TV and computer. I am currently waiting for an electrician to do that for me. But other than that I am very happy with it.
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I use this machine in what I consider to be a relatively small room (approximately 400 square feet) and it does an outstanding job cooling that room as well as adjacent rooms. The only problem is that it is a bit loud; however, that loudness is comparable to most any other air conditioning unit I've ever heard. I will definitely recommend this unit to friends and family who have a need for short-term air conditioning such as we have here in Montana where it's used primarily only during the day on unusually hot days. I don't know how long this unit has been available on the market, but I wish I could have had it years ago. It's great!
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|2012-13 NBA Regular Season
|Januar 2, 2013 - 7:00 p.m. ET
|Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN
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|Garrett Temple
|George Hill
|Bradley Beal
|Lance Stephenson
|Martell Webster
|Paul George
|Nene Hilario
|David West
|Emeka Okafor
|Roy Hibbert
The Indiana Pacers take on the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in a clash between two teams headed in opposite directions.
At 4-25 the Wizards are simply struggling while waiting for John Wall to return from injury. With A.J. Price nursing a broken hand the Wizards are on at least their fourth starting point guard already this season (including Wall) with Garrett Temple now starting. Former Butler star Shelvin Mack started a couple of games after joining the Wiz around Christmas and remains a part of the playing rotation off the bench.
The Pacers are 8-2 in their last ten games yet after watching the loss in Atlanta it is hard to say Indiana is one of the hottest teams in the league. They have certainly taken advantage of their schedule but are coming off a great win over a strong Memphis team on Monday.
Speaking of point guards, George Hill will be a game-time decision after he tries to give it a go while recovering from a right thigh injury.
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Floribbean Cottage/ open water, walk to beach in Madeira Beach
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 7
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
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- rates (USD) $ 2,000 - $ 4,000 / month
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Charming 3 bedroom 2 bath cottage located on Boca Ciega Bay.
Enjoy the water view from the backyard or take a short walk to the beach for sunsets into the Gulf of Mexico. 3 bedrooms sleep 7 (king, queen, double futon and twin beds). Renovated kitchen has everything you need. Private dock and backyard, grill, firepit. Bikes, beach chairs, fishing equipment all on site.
Watch the manatees and dolphins play, enjoy the incredible variety of beautiful birds.
Sunshine and warm weather await!
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Waterfront location.
Close to beaches, shopping, entertainment.
Private dock.
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Close to John's Pass Village, restaurants, casino gambling cruise, watercraft rentals, shopping.
Drive to Busch Gardens, Disney attractions.
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Top things to do in Madeira Beach
- Go to the beach
- Listen to live music
- Visit John's Pass Village
- Enjoy the weather.
Top things to do on a budget
- Ride the trolley along Gulf Blvd.
- Ride bikes on the beach
- Watch the sunset
- Go fishing or canoeing
- Build sand castles on the beach
Top things to do with a family
- Enjoy the beach
- Play minigolf
- Visit the Candy Kitchen
- Go fishing, biking, canoeing
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Bearcats rally for OT win
10/13/2013 (Updated 6:58:22 PM)ORONO, Maine - Sophomore forward Stephani Church scored the game-winner with 1:36 left in the first overtime and Binghamton womens soccer (7-4-2, 2-1-1 AE) overcame an early 2-0 deficit to knock off first-place Maine (6-4-4, 3-1-1 AE) 3-2 Sunday afternoon at Alumni Field.
The win, BUs second in a row, provided three important points in the crowded America East standings as the Bearcats hit the halfway point in the league schedule. Binghamton began the day tied for sixth place. The top six teams advance to the conference tournament.
Church reeled in a long ball off the foot of classmate Katherine Corcoran, dribbled into the box and slotted a right-footed shot into the lower left corner past the rushing Black Bears keeper. It was her team-high fifth goal of the season and fourth game-winner - tied for most in the America East.
It was a great win for us today, especially after being down 2-0, head coach Sarah McClellan said. We came out a little flat but the team did a great job to bounce back. They showed resolve and a commitment to each other to work hard and battle back. We got contributions from everyone and Church showed great composure to finish the chance in overtime. We kept pressing and wanted to take advantage of every opportunity because we needed these points and Maine is a good opponent. Were just happy to get the win after such a long bus trip and were excited to keep the momentum going at home.
Corcoran tied the game earlier with a beautiful left-footed blast in the 58th minute. She dribbled to her left just outside the box and launched a 22-yard shot that sailed over the keepers head and into the upper netting. Senior forward Conor OBrien drew an assist on the play.
Junior keeper Gaby Gold made several big saves in the second half to keep Maine at bay. Gold replaced starter Carrie Martin in the 23rd minute after the Black Bears scored to take a 2-0 lead. She kept the hosts off the scoreboard over the final 76 minutes and was credited with four saves.
Maine scored just 3:37 into the contest after a feed in behind the Bearcats defense. The Black Bears doubled their lead 19 minutes later after a corner kick. But BU got on the board in the 26th minute after a corner kick. Freshman forward Michele Galvin fed sophomore midfielder Rebecca Raber, who netted her second goal of the season.
The shots were even at 14-14.
The Bearcats now play three of their final four regular season games at home beginning with a matchup against Hartford Thursday night at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
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