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With 7-seconds left in the contest, Sciorratta nailed a 33-yard filed goal to improve Delta State to 4-2 on the year and handing Tarleton their first loss of the season as they fell to 5-1.
Sullivan was clutch all game completing 33-of-49 passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in his first start of the season. Sullivan also led the team in rushing with 43 yards on nine carries.
The Texans drew first blood on a 27-yard field goal from Blake Barnes with 7:12 left in the opening period for a 3-0 Texans lead.
The score from the Texans was enough to wake the Statesmen offense up who had punted on their first two possessions.
The Statesmen drove the ball down field and capped off a nine play, 71-yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Sullivan to Casey Osborne. The kick after from Sciorratta was good for a 7-3 DSU lead.
A one-yard touchdown run from Jake Fenske with 13:36 left in the second put the Texans back on top. Barnes added the point after for a 10-7 lead.
A punt on the Statesmen's next possession seemed to shift the momentum, but a big defensive play from Diego Lubin as he smashed into Aaron Doyle to force a fumble that in turn Chris Norman scooped up and scored on from three yards out with 11:10 left in the second. The kick was good and the Statesmen reclaimed the lead at 14-10.
A touchdown from Fenske to Andre Plata with 9:48 left in the first half as well as a three yard touchdown run from Doyle with 9:30 left in the, which was set up by a DSU fumble gave the Texans a 24-14 lead, which was the score at halftime.
The third quarter started with Fenske being intercepted by DSU's Trenton Warren, but the Statesmen offense could not do anything with the ball and punted it back to the Texans.
Following a Texans punt, Sullivan went to work connecting with Ricky Hunt on a 52-yard touchdown pass with 8:23 left in the third. The kick after was good for a 24-21 game.
The Statesmen defense came up big again and forced another punt. Sullivan responded with a seven play, 75-yard drive that culminated in a nine-yard touchdown pass to Reed Faulkner. The kick was good to give the Statesmen a 28-24 lead.
A 31-yard field goal from Barnes with 12:00 left in the game closed the DSU lead to 28-27.
Sullivan came back strong as he found Patrick Bethley on a 64-yard touchdown pass on the second play of the possession with 11:34 on the fourth quarter clock. The kick was good for a 35-27 DSU lead.
A short kick on the ensuing kickoff gave the Texans great field position, that they took advantage of with a nine-play, 28 yard drive that resulted in a one-yard touchdown run from Doyle. The Texans tried for two, but the Statesmen defense denied them to keep the lead at 35-33.
Unfortunately or the Statesmen, the Texans defense came out ready to play and forced a punt. The Texans received the ball and put together a clock-draining 16 play, 64-yard drive that ate up 5:32. The result was a 20-yard field goal from Blake for a 36-35 Texans lead.
With 1:10 left in the game and one timeout in their pocket, Sullivan orchestrated an amazing drive connecting on two passes to Osborne for two first downs and running for a first down to set up Sciorrotta for the game winning field goal.
Hunt led the Statesmen receivers with four catches for 96 yards and a touchdown, Osborne caught six passes for 80 yards and a touchdown, Bethley had four catches for 97 yards and a touchdown and Josh Pinkston grabbed five balls for 45 yards. Faulker also caught a touchdown pass.
The defense was led by a pair of defensive backs with freshman Jereco Beckwith and junior Richard Nash with 14 total tackles each.


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I've no answer to this, but am simply posting in support of ukchick's query. I am also from the UK, and you can get express rice over here that will do in the microwave in about 2 minutes. Problem is, there's far too much in the packet for one, so can you microwave it, use half and freeze half? I also have heard that freezing cooked rice is dodgy. Also, if you can freeze it, how do you reheat it? Anybody out there with practical experiance? |
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I suggest that people who really care probably take some out while it is still in the undercooked stage but truthfully I have never had a problem freezing rice...Lots of things have texture changes when they are frozen but that rarely bothers me...I've never heard the harmful bit...don't have a clue... You made me curious so I did a little searching and did find nothing regarding it being harmful...Lots on freezing rice ...sort of typical was this... When cooking rice, prepare extra to freeze for later use. Cooked rice freezes well both on its own or when combined with other foods, such as casseroles, soups or stews. Reheat cooked rice in a sieve suspended over, but not touching, boiling water. It may also be reheated in the oven by adding 1 - 2 tbsp. (15 - 25 mL) water or other liquid to 1 cup (250 mL) rice. I always nuke mine in the microwave but the steaming over water sounds perfect... |
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PDX Inc. and Mirixa Corp. have entered an agreement to integrate the MirixaPro platform with the PDX Classic Pharmacy System and the PDX Enterprise Pharmacy System.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, and RESTON, Va. – PDX Inc. and Mirixa Corp. have entered an agreement to integrate the MirixaPro platform with the PDX Classic Pharmacy System and the PDX Enterprise Pharmacy System.
The pharmacy technology companies said Thursday that the integration of their systems will offer pharmacies a seamless solution for an industrywide problem: medication nonadherence.
MirixaPro provides pharmacies with tools for medication therapy management (MTM) and other targeted, pharmacist-delivered services to improve patient health outcomes and evaluate safety and efficiency of medication treatment plans.
"As the CMS Five-Star Quality Rating system becomes effective next year, pharmacies know it's more important than ever to continue to improve patient outcomes," stated Jeff Farris, chief executive officer of PDX. "Our relationship with Mirixa will increase the speed-to-market of an MTM solution our pharmacies need today to help them promote compliance and adherence."
Used by 21 chains and a leading managed care network, the PDX Enterprise Pharmacy System is PDX's enterprise-level, scalable pharmacy solution. The PDX Pharmacy System, dubbed PDX Classic, is still used by thousands of pharmacies nationwide is designed for chain pharmacies and high-volume independents.
"We are thrilled to combine our technology with PDX pharmacy systems for this first-of-a-kind integration," commented Peggy Crawford, senior vice president of operations and product development at Mirixa, which was founded by the National Community Pharmacists Association. "We are fully committed to technology integration that advances patient care services in the pharmacy and improves patient outcomes. This is the bridge to the next generation of MTM."


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Hacker Retreat is a career accelerator for location-independent coders, offering 2-3 months of learning and networking in Berlin. The main idea is simple – get a bunch of friendly + experienced coders in the same room and everyone levels-up faster. Interests tend to be deep, like SICP, web/mobile apps, data science, startups/product-dev, math, JS/full-stack, online marketing, functional programming, and lots more.
Learn faster and better. Meet and make new friends from all over the world. Live the vision of mixing great software theory, practice, and people – and sharing it. As far as we know, there's nothing like Hacker Retreat on Earth.
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What happens during Hacker Retreat: you'll meet/work every weekday at the same place (May-July 2014 is at the cool office of MS Ventures Berlin), and spend 2-3 hours learning what you want – usually in small groups with peers and mentors. Then spend the rest of the day as you want – do more learning, your client/remote work, your startup, etc.
Who will be there: Coders from anywhere in the world - productive in at least one language, keen to improve together. We look for people who like learning and are fun to hang out with. Currently, participants have strong skill and interest in SICP, Lisp, machine learning, data science, web development, architecture/design, JavaScript, Python, Hadoop, R, online marketing, startups, and more. We also invite mentors by what you, the participants, want to learn – they'll be there in-person to share their wisdom.
When: May through July 2014. Minimum commitment is two months - attend May+June, June+July, or May through July. Exact days you arrive/leave are flexible.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is warning about two phone scams going on in the state.
McDaniel says his office has received a number of reports that people claiming to be with credit card companies or the government are trying to obtain credit card or bank numbers.
McDaniel says one scam involves a person alleging to be with a credit card company and saying the would-be victim's credit cards are locked and that their credit numbers are needed to unlock the cards. He says credit card companies would already know the customers' card number.
All who brought in photos to the Malvern Daily Record office at 219 Locust Street, may pick them up anytime between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing a plan to deal with a degreasing solvent that was detected in groundwater at a recently shuttered Whirlpool plant in Fort Smith.
An environmental consulting firm submitted a final remedy work plan to the state environmental agency this week on behalf of Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool Corp.
The plan, which calls for chemical oxidant injections and continued monitoring, comes decades after Whirlpool ceased using trichloroethylene, or TCE, at the Fort Smith site.
Thursday morning Hot Spring County Judge Bill Scrimshire said he would probably know by Friday if he would issue a burn ban for the county. After Thursday's thunderstorms moved through, that decision became easier.
"I talked to people and everybody I talked to said they got some rain at their house," Scrimshire said Friday. "I just wish we hadn't got some storms. It really downed some trees."
Scrimshire said he hadn't heard much about damage around the county but a billboard on his property was damaged.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — State highway officials are updating lawmakers on the road projects that will be funded with a half-cent sales tax that took effect this month.
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Director Scott Bennett is scheduled to appear Thursday before a legislative committee to talk about the new road projects. Voters last year approved the tax, which will raise about $1.8 billion during the next decade for the state's highway needs. The half-cent tax increase is set to expire by 2023.
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"Where Are They Now:" Let us know about someone who has either moved away and is successful in their field or has moved here and had a successful past.
Kristyn Sheets, the agricultural education and FFA teacher at Magnet Cove, is teaching more than farming and ranching. Sheets is teaching self-sufficiency and community service.
"Hunger doesn't take the summer off so neither are members from the Magnet Cove FFA Chapter," said Sheets.
For the full story, see Thursday's Malvern Daily Record.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say an SUV driven by a man who was fatally shot by Little Rock police wasn't actually stolen, although officers thought it may have been stolen shortly before the driver was killed.
Little Rock Police said Monday that an SUV driven by 26-year-old Deon Williams appeared to match the description of a stolen vehicle. However, Little Rock Police spokeswoman Sgt. Cassandra Davis said Tuesday that the vehicle wasn't actually stolen.
Authorities say Williams fled from police and produced a gun before an officer shot and killed him.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Pulaski County authorities have arrested a man for the strangling death of a woman whose body was found in a wooded area. Officials say 36-year-old James Clyde Martin is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Robbin Gore.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Martin confessed to striking Gore and fatally strangling her with a belt.
Officials say the body was dumped in woods near the Dixon Manor Mobile Home Park.
A fisherman found the body on Friday. Relatives told authorities that Gore hadn't been heard from since July 4.
JONES MILL — A disturbance was reported to the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office Friday afternoon at the Remmel Dam Landing in the Jones Mill area.
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This profile will be our last of a public relations graduate. As in earlier profiles, this first posting will describe the subject's writing and a second will discuss writing processes, the influence of Slippery Rock's curriculum on the subject's writing, and any suggestions the subject might have for improving either our curriculum or our teaching.
The subject works for a large non-profit agency with offices in several counties in western Pennsylvania. Her job is "to handle all of the public relations, marketing, and special event fund raising for, mainly, the Beaver County area. But I have been known to have to work outside of the county in the different areas that we serve."
The mission of her employer, for whom she had worked for more than two years following her 2006 graduation, is primarily educational. "We have early education centers that have pre-school and child care. What makes us different is we provide those programs for children with and without special needs, and they work directly, hand in hand together in the classroom. More often than not, a pre-school cannot work with a child with special needs; they're not equipped to. We also offer free 'child check' screening for children, birth to age five, to make sure they're developing appropriately for their age. We offer speech therapy and early intervention services. We have in-home support services for families that may be dealing with a crisis; that could be a health crisis, financial crisis … We have programs for adults with intellectual challenges as well. We have … a couple of adult training facilities; it's more like a daily work shop. And then we have 24-hour community homes where they reside on a permanent basis."
Although more studied in her responses, this subject resembles the one in Minnesota in her apparent job satisfaction and sense that she is doing something she enjoys because it fits her abilities and temperament. When we got together for the interview I realized the subject had been a student in one of my College Writing sections several years back. I also recalled the confidence she had in her writing even then. "My niche at ________ and our community relations department has become the writer. It seems, and this is really from my boss's opinion, that I came more prepared. A lot of everyone else in my department is actually around my age. We're all in our, right now, late twenties, early thirties, and my boss, she's in her mid-fifties so; she has just mentioned before that … she had started to come to me more for the writing; it's been my niche, my unclaimed niche at work." The supplied samples suggest something of her emergence as the "go-to" person in her department for writing. The subject marked one article as hers in the Fall/Winter 2006 newsletter, two in the Spring/Summer 2007 newsletter, five in the Spring/Summer 2008 newsletter, and seven in the Fall/Winter 2008 newsletter. Also included among the samples was a letter recruiting participants for a July golf outing that also served as a fund-raiser for the agency.
The newsletters are meant to increase awareness of the agency's varied programs within the community and to raise money. Stories are often lifted from the newsletter for incorporation in direct-mail campaigns, "but even in our newsletter there's an opportunity to submit a gift. There's a remittance envelope included in there, and they can make a gift to a specific county. So a lot of these stories about our programming try to drive those gifts." The newsletter is sent to "previous donors," to "donor prospects," to the families of those using the agency's services, and to local and state officials. (Some of the agency's funding comes from government monies earmarked to support pre-school and child care programs, although the greatest amount is "for our MR services.")
One article that served as an exemplar featured Daniel, who "came to us around two, and by the time he had left us at the age of five he was accepted into the public school system, which is something that is not easy for a child of special needs." (Daniel had Down's Syndrome.) "He came to us non-verbal, with a lot of behaviors, and he left us being able … he added a number of words to his vocabulary, he also learned how to sign with us, if he couldn't express himself." Another article was about a recently deceased long-time employee who had driven the bus transporting the aged to the agency's "health services program. … And he was very special to the families of our clients. Because he would pick up the senior citizens in their homes, he would go in; he would make sure that they had everything that they needed that day. When he brought them back he would go in, get them set up on their favorite chair, get them a glass of water. He went 110%."
The subject also saw these articles or stories playing an educational role in the community. The articles would explain a particular program as if a reader, no matter how long they had received the newsletter, had "never heard of it," and sought to encourage readers to learn more about the conditions and treatment approaches they described. "The stories that we typically do with clients in that program [adults with intellectual challenges] are different activities that they get to participate in, and different fun things that they do to show them that it's not just …they come in, they work workshop style, and they go. Our programs focus on getting them involved in the community, getting them out, getting them doing things, developing self sufficiency."


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Video: A Desert Journey Through Qatar
A little bloodless coup isn't necessarily a bad thing. Look at Qatar. In 1995, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani ousted his father and took the country's reins. He has transformed this former pearl-fishing outpost, already one of the richest countries in the world thanks to oil and natural gas.
Set on a peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, bordered on the south by Saudi Arabia, tiny Qatar—the size of Connecticut—is transforming itself into the Gulf's "next" destination. Hoping to build on the success of Abu Dhabi and learn from the mistakes of Dubai, the capital city of Doha is pitching itself as a player on the world stage. I. M. Pei was called in to design the Museum of Islamic Art. The skyline, with its perfume bottle–shaped towers, is being rewritten every day. Cranes litter the air. Satellite branches of American universities have taken root. After a massive PR campaign, the country won its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. Doha is looking to the future.
But all this rapid progress comes with a price. "Everyone is a little crazy here," Kevin, a recent immigrant from Kenya, informs me. "How could they not be? Just five years ago they were riding camels, and now you give them a V-8 engine." Out here, where a gallon of gasoline is half the price of a bottle of water, the trappings of Western culture are being imported nearly as fast as the Filipino and Indian immigrants who are charged with maintaining them. Foreigners outnumber Qatari nationals six to one. "And I don't know why they need to reclaim land when there's all this empty desert just sitting here," Kevin points out. But things in Doha have their own logic.
Video: A Desert Journey Through Qatar
The Pearl-Qatar, the 988-acre man-made island Kevin is specifically lamenting, has condos, hotels, three marinas with mooring for 1,002 boats, and more than 2 million square feet of retail space—much of it still sitting empty. Over near the Rolls-Royce showroom, the French institution Les Deux Magots has a satellite café at the water's edge. The rack of lamb is tasty, but a signature dessert of mille-feuille is conspicuously absent from the menu. The maître d' shrugs. "The chef is French, but everyone else is from Indonesia," he says. "No one can make it to the standard we need, so…" His lips purse. "We are part restaurant, part school."
Over at Souk Waqif, Doha's recently rebuilt main marketplace, camels loiter in a pen beside a parking lot peppered with Ferraris. Inside the ramparts, the lanes are crooked. The walls sag. The stalls overflow with fabrics and appliances, birdcages and the smell of spices. The intent here was to create a souk in the old style, and while I can't help but feel a bit like I'm on a Hollywood back lot, it's a relief to see a gesture toward Arab culture in an Arab land. The place swarms with local life on a Friday night.
Across town, in the heart of the Aspire Zone, I enter Villaggio, a sprawling shopping outlet. A canal—with gondolas—snakes its way under a ceiling painted full of puffy Venetian clouds. It's the place to see and be seen for the younger Qatari set. Teenage girls wander past Marks & Spencer and Café Lenôtre, texting in their black abayas and giggling behind their niqabs. Missi, a professional soccer player from Cameroon, stands in line beside the Western Union stall with two dozen other immigrants, waiting to wire money home. "It's a strange life here," he says.
Curious about just what things were like before all this recent building, I head south. Outside the city, the desert quickly re-exerts complete control. We drive across parched flats and over 40-foot-high dunes. The expansive silence and stillness are humbling in a way no city, however modern, can approach. I sleep under the stars beside the inland sea as the water laps up to the sand. A purple dawn surrenders to an unyielding sun, and I'm chased back to the air-conditioned comforts of Doha. On re-entry, the city feels both foolish and fantastical, the way society does when you return from unadorned nature.


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January 21, 2015
Monmouth University Marine Scientist Jim Nickels was featured on FiOS 1 News on January 13.
January 07, 2015
The Asbury Park Press featured a story on Professor John Buzza and students from his entrepreneurship class on January 1.
December 16, 2014
Monmouth University Professor John Buzza was featured in Bloomberg News BusinessWeek on December 12.
December 05, 2014
Launch party set for Thursday, December 11.
December 03, 2014
Center will offer treatment services for children and adults.
November 25, 2014
Local venders will be selling a variety of fun and unique products including jewelry, home goods, clothing, cookware, and much more.
November 18, 2014
Proceeds from this event support the Monmouth University Scholarship Fund.
October 29, 2014
In its 15th year, the student-organized community service initiative celebrated its largest turnout ever.
October 13, 2014
Monmouth University's affiliation with the Grammy Museum was featured in the Star-Ledger/NJ.com on October 10.
October 10, 2014
Monmouth University's Founders' Day celebration was featured in The Star-Ledger on October 10.
Monmouth University's affiliation with the Grammy Museum was featured in the Asbury Park Press on October 9.
October 09, 2014
Monmouth University's Founders' Day Celebration was featured in the Asbury Park Press on October 9.
September 09, 2014
He will teach the "Applied Music Industry I: Introduction to the Music Business Ecosystem" course during the Fall 2014 semester.
September 02, 2014
The award is given to celebrate the commitment and excellence of preschool-through-high school (P-12) educational professionals
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Leon Hess Business School at Monmouth University students worked on the launch of the winning product as part of an Entrepreneurship class project! Congrats Nanina's in the Park!


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Hello, friends. Sorry for the radio silence last Friday.
After getting home from a business trip late Thursday evening, there wasn't enough caffeine in Northeast Tennessee to get me through a blog post.
I think the emotions and fatigue from the marathon finally caught up with me. I was passed out from exhaustion about three seconds after the girls were in bed.
A Whirlwind Week
After getting home from Richmond on Sunday afternoon, I lounged on the couch and watched football.
No, I watched helplessly as my beautiful daughters – who'd spent the last five hours in the car and had a megaton of energy – pulled out every toy, book, and puzzle and turned our living room into a disaster area.
I also started the first of 17 loads of laundry and tried to get things ready for my trip, all while navigating the stairs in the spectactular side-stepping fashion required after running 26.2 miles.
Monday was a total blur as I desperately tried to dig out from an avalanche of work email, while simultaneously getting ready to leave town.
Preparing for Potential Pandemonium
Before children, getting ready for a trip was easy. Pull out the suitcase, carefully select my favorite business attire, and, voila, ready to go.
With two kiddos under five, this is infinitely harder. Before I even think about myself, I have to get everything ready the girls might need while I'm gone.
Do they need anything for preschool? Is there enough clean laundry to survive potential accidents of the potty, craft, or meal variety? Are there yummy snacks to keep them occupied without launching them on an epic sugar high?
At least I don't have to worry about prepping breastmilk anymore. That's enough to launch the Mother of All Meltdowns!
Dressing for Success
And selecting my business attire is no longer a matter of style. It's a matter of finding clean, work-appropriate clothes that don't have telltale stains around the collar or chest from my teething, drooling, dripping, vomiting, or crying (sometimes all at once) offspring.
Somehow I managed to pull together a few semi-decent outfits. And shoes. Of the non-running variety. Which I avoided wearing unless absolutely necessary.
More on that in a minute.
Re-joining the Human Race
Tuesday morning I dropped the girls off and hit the road for Charlotte, NC to take a professional development class and visit customers.
I hadn't been on a business trip since February. I was going a little stir crazy in my home office and was pumped to interact with someone other than the FedEx man.
I might have surprised the course instructor when I tackled him for a bear hug.
The thought only crossed my mind a dozen times. I'm a professional after all.
But I practically launched myself into Ashley and Lisa's arms (AKA The Dose Girls!!) when I met them for lunch on Wednesday. They were sweet enough to drive into town and meet me during my course break.
This was my first blogger meet-up, and it did not disappoint. Ashley and Lisa are even more awesome in person! I just wish we'd had more time to hang out.
Rockin' the Reverse Taper
I was so busy last week I barely had time to dwell on the fact I hadn't run a single step since crossing the finish line at Richmond.
I was going to take it easy anyway, but the business trip was a convenient excuse to stay off my feet.
Plus, I'm still nursing a major marathon-inflicted boo-boo.
I didn't include the details in last week's recap, but I tore my heel up something fierce.
A few minutes into the race, I felt my right heel rubbing. I figured it was just because my socks were wet, and I didn't give it a second thought because the pain quickly subsided. Or maybe I just ignored it in my panic at being at the back of the race.
Fast forward three and half hours. After crossing the finish line, I looked down to see my right heel and the back of my shoe covered in blood.
Apparently my wet sock and shoe had extracted a sizable chunk of my heel.
Last week, I had to cover it with Bean's princess band-aids so I could wear my work shoes. The rest of the time I wore flip flops, which became increasingly problematic as the temps plummeted!
The cut is already much better, but I'm hesitant to run until it's fully healed. It hurts when I go up and down stairs, and I don't want to re-open it.
So, over the last week, I've been to the pool twice to swim laps. Otherwise, pretty much nothing. Nada.
With Age Comes Wisdom, or At Least Denial
A few years ago, this lack of activity would have driven me absolutely insane. I would have worried about loss of fitness. I would have been itching to lace up my shoes.
But, you know what? I'm totally ok with it.
My legs aren't sore anymore, but my muscles are still tired. And so is the rest of this mama.
When my girls actually slept past 7:00 on Saturday, I rolled over and snuggled deeper under the covers. It was heavenly!
I hope my chill demeanor is not only a sign of maturity but also proof I gave the marathon everything I had.
Don't get me wrong. I'm looking forward to setting new running goals after the holidays.
And fingers crossed my heel is better later this week so I can offset the copious amounts of turkey and dessert with some quality trail runs.
But, for now, I'm enjoying the extra cuddle & giggle time with my girls. Besides, I hear laughter burns a boatload of calories.
Pass the pecan pie!
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I'm also in SW Ohio -- lots of deer in my yard; while they've nibbled on nearby plants, they haven't touched the Kalimeris! It's in a corner of the yard where deer frequent, so I'd say this one definitely is deer resistant. |
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Energy independence better as sales slogan than as policy target
March 28, 2012 9:04 AM by bobtCanadians assail political intrusions funded by US groups
March 19, 2012 9:04 AM by bobtJustifiably steaming over US inaction on the Keystone XL pipeline, members of Canada's Conservative Party are counterattacking what they see as sovereignty incursions from the south.
Being right would make the righteous more persuasive
March 15, 2012 9:04 AM by bobtWhen people are confident enough about their righteousness to make a public display of it, should they not also be right?
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By Bruce Allen [email protected] Let me first start by saying that this column was going to be written even if the Patriots had won on Sunday night. The only difference is that the column would've been entitled "The Most Miserable Perfect Season in History." On the field, this Patriots team was a fan's dream. They were talented, charismatic and had an obvious flair for the dramatic. … [Read More...]
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October 2, 2012 By Bruce Allen
This column originally appeared in the November 25th, 2009 issue of Patriots Football Weekly. Visser no stranger to Pats success By Bruce Allen "Hi, I'm Lesley Visser, I know Will McDonough." With those eight words, Lesley Visser, the longtime CBS sportscaster voted this past summer as the No. 1 Female Sportscaster of All-Time, would approach players, coaches and officials during her first … [Read More...]
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Interview With Fran Charles
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This article originally appeared in the September 29th, 2010 issue of Patriots Football Weekly. CBSSports.com's Freeman Tweets It Like It Is By Bruce Allen Ask a Patriots fan who they like as a national sports columnist, and I don't think Mike Freeman would be near the top of that list. Come to think of it, I really don't know who that honor would go to, but I do know it would not be … [Read More...]
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I met Mr. and Mrs. Norman in 2006 while working on a story about The Bandwagon, an old-time music television program out of Mankato. They invited me to their rural Lake Crystal home to talk about the program and polka dancing; somehow our conversation turned to their thoughts on love and their over 50 year marriage.
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Author Sandy Baker says to use a leaf rake to spread compost onto your lawn. Paul Tukey uses a landscaping rake (there's a photo in the book of him using a landscaping rake to spread compost onto a lawn).
A landscaping rake is a really wide rake and probably has metal teeth/tines (I haven't seen one up close yet). The leaf rake I have is a very gentle one in that it's plastic (not bamboo--hard to find those) and its teeth are NOT pointed like a *soil* rake's canines. The teeth of a leaf rake are more akin to molars, I guess. The closest thing I have to a landscaping rake right now is a *soil* rake--I guess that's what it's called. It's teeth are strong, unbending and *unflexible* metal and the teeth are pointed somewhat like canines. These *soil* rakes aren't as wide as landscaping rakes, but I imagine they're similar in the metal canine teeth respect? Anyway, should you use: (1) a gentle, plastic leaf rake to spread compost... (2) a pointed canine metal *soil* rake...OR (3) a wide landscaping rake to spread compost onto a lawn? There's something that's an intermediate rake between a gentle plastic leaf rake and an inflexible metal-toothed *soil* rake, and that's a rake that has metal teeth, but the teeth are thin and *flexible* (they bend). I'll call that an intermediate rake. I don't recall if I used the intermediate rake or the gentler plastic leaf rake to spread a bit of compost earlier in the summer. I probably used both. I do recall not using the unflexible metalic *soil* rake, though. The landscaping rakes really are wide. Maybe they'd get the job done faster? What's your rake preference for compost? |
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Quit reading and get out in the lawn and do some raking. They'll all spread compost. Just to throw another wrench in the works, I sometimes like to use what you call a soil rake upside down to spread material. Sometimes something else. Everything has a place. Put the books down, go outside, and figure out what fits you and where. |
Grasshole wrote: Quit reading and get out in the lawn and do some raking. They'll all spread compost. [Chuckle] I see why they call you grasshole :-P [good-natured laughter] You will see that I've done a whole lotta raking this season if you read this thread called "Winterkill and trench composting" at http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/lawns/msg1218330522222.html I've raked leaves and mulch-mowed them many times this season :-) I've avoided all winterkill. I've also mulched my veggie garden, spread some compost, and planted about 40 zoysia plugs and sod pieces. I've also seeded a cool-season mixture in one area of my yard, and removed a *ton* of weeds *by hand* wherever I found them. I read and do, not just read my friend. You, apparently, don't read, though, because that thread I mentioned is easily found in this forum. Maybe the diffence between you and me is I read first before I do something, so I get it right. Now let's be nice :-) Your pugilistic reply garnered one in return :-) |
Haha! Avoided winterkill with zoysia in December? What did that require on your part? LOL! |
And for the record, I was being nice. Just get out there and figure out what works. There is no right answer here. All in fun. Just trying to help. Now I understand why they call you ZoysiaSod. LOL! |
Well, then, I apologize. But then, your first reply didn't seem nice to me :-) No hard feelings here :-) |
I'm sorry. I thought my reply on what I used to spread material seemed on topic. |
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I'd use a landscape rake. I use mine all the time for levelling bare areas. |
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FWIW the landscape rake has a flat edge on the reverse side of the side with the metal tines. This flat edge part is the side you want to use for spreading compost. It will spread it evenly. Thank me later. |
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"veggie garden" ???????? OccupyGardenWeb ! |
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It's been a week that has seen an evolving theme of alleged high-handedness in official circles depicted in the media. No prizes for guessing the motivation involved.
The anti-Leveson brigade quickly seized upon the incredibly unwise actions of Craig Oliver who phoned up the Telegraph in an attempt to 'finesse' a story on alleged expenses irregularities attributed to culture secretary Maria Miller. His throwaway comment to the paper that they were about to trash the reputation of a minister who was "looking at Leveson" was given all the appropriately sinister connotations.
The big surprise was that among a press fraternity keen to preserve current licensing hours in the last chance saloon, it was the Guardian who followed up by questioning Ms Miller's ancillary role in government moves behind a potential ban on gay marriage ceremonies.
Meanwhile you get the impression that Whitehall could take a leaf out of the book used by Welsh local government when it comes to reinforcing the natural top-down order of things.
A couple of examples worthy of note are how Carmarthen council has developed its own way of dealing with unwelcome press scrutiny and the ejection of Plaid Wrecsam who mistakenly thought it was reasonable for him produce contemporaneous tweets on cabinet proceedings from the public gallery. We also hear that intimidatory practices have been employed at Swansea Council to put some irksome councillors back in their box.
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Hi. For our tankless, what do the experts think about the RL94IN model? Reviews on amazon are just OK but seems like a few were due to incorrect shipping and another one had wasps damage his (not sure how that's the heater's fault?!) Ours would be professionally installed, of course. Thank you! |
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When Is the Last Time You Did NOTHING?
I had an MRI for my aforementioned issues with sciatica earlier today. (Thankfully I was able to get an "open" MRI, as opposed to the more coffin-like regular version. As someone who is very claustrophobic, being in a small tube, with the top a few inches from my nose for over 45 minutes is a horror, and even a sedative can't squelch my feelings of being, um, buried alive.)
But this time, I was in a machine that was open on the sides, so while the "roof" was still just beyond my face, I could move my arms around and see out the sides.
But that's not the point. The point is that for nearly an hour, while the radio waves bounced in, around, off and all over my body, I laid completely still and did NOTHING.
I didn't have my iPhone, I didn't have my day-planner. I didn't have music or a podcast to listen to. I didn't have a magazine, a TV show, a book, a crossword puzzle, or even a couple of strangers on the subway to eye.
Nothing. Just me, my closed eyes, and my thoughts. I can't remember the last time I did nothing for so long. Part of that is my busy life as working mom with a toddler, and part of that is the increased ways to be distracted, entertained, and informed. (Even when I'm falling asleep or find myself awake in the middle of the night there's traffic outside to hear, the clock to watch, my beloved Words with Friends to tend to…)
And, at the risk of sounding surprised, it was really quite pleasant—aside from the confinement aspect. After about 10 minutes I sort of got into a groove with the waves of thoughts, ideas, to-dos, the little fantasy decorating I was doing….I was even sort of singing to myself. In terms of stress relief, I think it's about as good at it gets.
The experience reminded me of the rather genius website, DoNothingForTwoMinutes.com.
It challenges you to do just that: NOTHING. For two minutes. Nothing but stare at the screen, where there's a picture of a sunset over the ocean and the soothing sound of lapping waves. For just two minutes. (But, obviously, being at one's computer makes it a bit harder. If the site senses you have touched your mouse or the keys, the word FAIL lights up in red. (If you succeed, a simple WELL DONE appears.)
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I'm training for my first Ultra, just a 50K. I've been basically following the "Run for the Toad" plan, which increases the long run distance one week, then increases the length of the back-to-back (next day) run the next week, then increases the longest run again, so it peaks at 24.85 miles/15.5 Miles. An alternative plan I looked at (ultraladies) maxed the next day run at 10 miles and increases the long run progressively instead, peaking with two weeks of 26M / 10M (with a 10 / 10 weekend in between).
Any recommendations which pattern to follow - stop increasing the second run at 10 miles and keep increasing the long run each time, or the alternating pattern? I'm presently at week five in the RftT schedule and in the middle of a week which will be approx. 0 - 5 - 7.5 - 5 - 0 - 14 - 10, with the longest run taking me about 2 hrs 10 (may be 0 -5 - 7.5 - 5 - 0 - 3.1 - 14 - 10 because I might parkrun this week).
My schedules are always end up being very flexible - adapting around domestic hiccups of life with small children. When I trained for the Highland Fling back in April I was doing a long run followed by anything between 8-12 miles the next day. I was very limited by time so I think my longest run ended up being about 25 miles (for a 50-miler) with 10 miles the next day. In the end I only managed about 5 back-to-back runs that went something like 18-8, 20-9, 22-10, 15-8, 25-10. I got round feeling fit and strong, even at the end, the thing that let me down (and I knew it would) was not doing enough hilly stuff (had achilles problems) so my quads were in absolute bits. Am attempting to follow similar style of training now for Januarys 50-miler, but trying to run up a lot more hills!
I am sure more experienced people will advise more constructively. From what I've read though, it really does seem to vary from person to person as to what works best for them and fits in with day-to-day life. I'm hoping the Christmas holidays and arrival of the grandparents might let me get in a 28 or 30-miler ... we shall see.
To be honest, I really can't see the need for a back to back of that magnitude, afterall, you are only 8k beyond a marathon and the risks of injury are quite high if not used to that sort of thing
A 50K is (usually) easily achievable off a marathon programme with a couple of extra weeks of 20mile plus long runs and some sensible practice on pacing and nutrition
Would also advocate hill practice where you can
Or put another way
Plenty of people doing 100milers would be doing that B2B as a maximum
So, top out the second weekend long run at 10 miles, and just keep increasing the long run (with some lower-mileage weeks to reduce the overtraining risks)? That would be easier logistically, as it means I could either run the long run on Saturday by myself then 10 miles with the club on Sunday, or do the club run then keep going to whatever time/distance i'm aiming for on a Sunday, followed by a 10 mile run on a Monday by taking a two-hour lunch break.
That would give me a basic pattern of 0 - 5 - 7.5 - 5 - 0 - Long - 10 (with variations to allow for occasional parkruns, days when I'm at meetings and can't run, etc.). I could also increase the midweek longish run later if my legs are feeling okay or try for some hill repeats.
Club runs do tend to incorporate hills (Croydon - okay, only suburban hills, not Lake District type hills, but a fair amount of up and down). Also I'm planning to start taking some of my long runs further out onto hillier trails (which should also be more scenic).
So you are probably maxing out at 50miles a week which really is a significant amount of running
You should be in a good place
Also remember to have a couple of back to back rest days - I am a huge fan of these - especially if you have done some longish back to backs
Seren, your runs do sound like mine! This morning was meant to be 8-12 and was 9.5, was going to run in the forest and did the river instead - much hillier and muddier and more fun!!!
I do agree that I found the back to back great for stamina - important thing was to make sure pace was always easy easy easy.
My first ultra was a 33-miler (so 53 km I think), I did it on the back of a marathon I did 3 weeks before which I had trained 40-50 mpw. Felt fine. Apologies - obviously reading too fast earlier and missed it was 50ish km not miles!!!
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To be honest, I really can't see the need for a back to back of that magnitude, afterall, you are only 8k beyond a marathon and the risks of injury are quite high if not used to that sort of thingA 50K is (usually) easily achievable off a marathon programme with a couple of extra weeks of 20mile plus long runs and some sensible practice on pacing and nutrition
thats what im planning on doing, like you have said VB, its only another 8k so my ultra is going to be based on the back of mara training..and using the mara training ti work out nutrition along the way and recovery methods.
like seren, if the schedule says 12 and i fancy doing another route which only makes 11.5 , im not going to fret over 0.5 of a mile-running around a housing estate just to make up half a mile isnt my idea of a nice run
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going straight from half-marathon to 50K, for various reasons including, strange though it may seem, avoiding overtraining - by encouraging me to concentrate on stamina, not try to go for speed at the same time as upping the distance, so it's a bit of a leap into the unknown.
Do I need to go for a walk-run strategy at this distance (I know I need to do that for 50M, but do I need to for 50K, where my long runs are intended to reach 24-26 miles), and if so, when do I start? I'm okay running for two hours or so at present.
My strategy for ultras is walk the hills otherwise jog/run so on the proper long runs, if there are any especially nasty hills then I usually always walk those. On the medium-long runs I run all hills regardless of how evil they are, just to build stamina on hills (although one did defeat me today). I find it useful to practice reminding myself to start running again once the terrain flattens off, so you don't get too comfortable with the walking!!
Just thought I would throw this in to the pot re back to backs (B2B).
I am a great beliver in b2bs, my training plans are always planned around my b2bs.
However do be careful when using this method as it can easily lead to over training if you are not used to this method. I built this method up over a period of 2 years, and had no injury troubles in this period.
For a 50K as stated previous, I would not bother with b2bs as there is little benifit to be gained. To be fair its only 5 and a bit miles more than a marathon so a good marathon schedule should be sufficent to see you through (a different ball game if you wish to contend with the lead pack however)
For 50 mile plus Ultras then the benifit of b2bs start to show there true benifit.
The main reason for them is to train your body to run on tired legs.
I like to mix my b2bs up, there is the usual long run followed by a shorter run the next day, there is the 2 long runs of equal distance.
Or one of my favourites is the short fast 10k / half mara paced run in the evening, followed by the long run in the morning this is a very good way of testing your body on tired legs.
Ultimatley what ever method you use dont forget the rest days this are just as important as the long runs...
Thanks for all the advice, which I have taken on board. I enjoyed a nice short parkrun this morning in lovely weather (not very fast today - but then I have been training for distance rather than speed). Long run (2 hrs or so) with the club tomorrow morning and hopefully (work permitting) a 7-8 mile run nice and gently on Monday (with a rest onTuesday).
Yes, I will remember the rest days, absolutely. I'm keeping at least two days a week as rest days, sometimes three.
Sounds good to me
As far as rest days are concerned, even when training for a 100miler, I never run on more than 4 days a week, although at least 2 of those are double run days
I trained for a 50 mile hilly ultra in the Lakes last year and only did one B2B. I am prone to injury so have to avoid running on consecutive days. However I was going out to the Chilterns and covering 26-30 miles most weekends. My B2B was 5 weeks before the ultra when I ran the course, 33 first day and 17 second day - and there was a lot more walking involved for the second day!
On the day of the ultra I felt great and got round no problem. So this proves that B2B runs are not necessary for anything up to 50 miles if you just want to get round.
Having said this I am a middle of the pack finisher so if you are hoping to finish higher up the leaderboard then maybe B2B would be a good idea!


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it's because I have been involved in the gun control debate since the 1980′s. I've been involved with the gun control debate on the Internets since the mid-1990′s! Yep, if you know how to dig around you can see me arguing the same bullet points (pun intended) for twenty years.
So, while you might have been spurred to join the fray based on the constant drone of news coverage following the latest act of violence committed by a crazy person, I have not. All those charts and figures and facts that you link and FWD to me via email have probably been seen by me already. More than once in most cases.
(For the record, I am not going to name the spree-killers anymore. I ain't in the killer notoriety bid'ness.)
When I see a new gun control argument I might fall over in a full-on faint. My personal arguments are generally based on the fact that an illness left me with reduced muscle strength. As such:
- I cannot run. If I am threatened with harm, my ability to flee is laughable.
- I cannot fight. For the same reason I cannot run, my ability to engage in hand-to-hand combat or use sticks or knives is pitiful.
- I use semi-automatic firearms for self defense. I cannot work the long, heavy triggers on revolvers enough to practice.
So, when you say you want to take away those things you are in effect saying "Screw you. We want you to be prey. We LIKE you. we just don't TRUST you. " You only want to keep guns out of the hands of crazy bad people? You really in your rational mind think that is best handled at the RETAIL level? Seriously?
Yes, people get killed by guns. Yes, that sucks on any scale. If you are worried about death on a massive scale, wouldn't your energy best be spent addressing something that kills MILLIONS of people. How about childhood obesity? That would cover heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. I can say with a high degree of certainty that a lot more people die of those things than by guns. But say guns death are your thing, I ask again, why handle that on the retail level? Why not address the root causes of violence, which are drugs, alcohol and poverty? Oh, I know. That would be hard. It is much easier to label people as bloodthirsty rednecks and go after them.


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Studies in Language Variation, Meaning and Learning
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This volume has its origin in a selection of the papers presented at the Second ELC International Postgraduate Conference on English Linguistics (ELC2), held at the University of Vigo in October 2009 and designed and organised by postgraduate students belonging to the English Departments of the Universities of Vigo and Santiago de Compostela. The purpose of the conference was to allow young professional researchers to share and survey their current views on linguistic research. Four of the ten chapters included address the diachronic change undergone by particular lexical items, namely the morphosemantic change illustrated by the development of the morpheme punk, the historical evolution of including and included, the origin and semantics of the expletive form adsheartlikins, and the structure and distribution of nominalisations referring to actions or processes. Variation is also approached from a diatopic perspective in the study of expressions of obligation and necessity (must and have to) in New Englishes, the distribution and functions of the discourse marker eh in Channel Island English, and regional variability of vowel phonology in Scottish Standard English. Lastly, three studies address semantics and culture in the field of L2 learning. These contributions focus on the assessment of Lexical Frequency Profile applications in the analysis of Romanian learner English, the role of cultural knowledge in the learning process of English as an International Language, and L1 typicality effects in L2 vocabulary learning.
Contents: David Tizón-Couto/Beatriz Tizón-Couto: Variation, Meaning and Learning: New Studies in English Linguistics within 'The Circle' – Madalina Chitez: Lexical Frequency Profile Applications on Learner Corpora: A Romanian Learner English Explorative Analysis – Gabriela Diaconu: Assessing Subjectivity and Objectivity in Modal Expressions from New Englishes: A Multivariate Analysis – Karen Jacob: EIL as a Global Cultural Phenomenon – Hubert Kowalewski/Anna Weremczuk: From Underground Sexuality to Speculative Fiction. Morphological and Semantic Changes of the Morpheme Punk – Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras: From Full Verbal Forms to Markers of Exemplification: Including and Included as a Case of Grammaticalisation? – Anna Rosen: 'That's a real Jersey one, eh?': Discourse Marker eh in Channel Island English – Ole Schützler: Regional (In-)Variability of Vowel Space Organisation in Scottish Standard English – Ángeles Tomé-Rosales: '[A]dsheartlikins, there's more persuasive rhetoric in 't': A Corpus-based Approach to the Expletive Form Adsheartlikins – Vera Vázquez-López: Nominalisations in Early Modern English: Internal Structure, Development and Suffixal Productivity – Xiaoyan Xia/Janny Leung: Category Typicality Effects in Foreign Language Acquisition: The Role of L1-based Typicality in L2 Semantic Organisation.
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David Tizón-Couto and Beatriz Tizón-Couto are both postgraduate researchers for the Language Variation and Textual Characterisation Research Unit at the University of Vigo.
Iria Pastor-Gómez works as a Lecturer in English at the Galician School of Higher Studies in Hotel Management (University of Santiago de Compostela).
Paula Rodríguez-Puente works as an FPI researcher (funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education) at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
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The lockers are a little far from the capsules, and the light in the capsule emits too much heat. Other than that it's a good capsule hotel.
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This is a traditional capsule hotel - not a hostel! The average customers are businessmen who get drunk and don't want to face their wives after a night of drinking. Not exactly a haven. Isolating if you're traveling alone - there is no social space. I will say though, having a capsule experience (including a traditional bathhouse experience) is pretty amazing...a real cultural immersion. The place is clean and safe, with a good location. Just not a social travellers hostel.
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My friend and I booked the capsule hotel so we could experience it at least once. We weren't expecting much but this place went above and beyond our expectations. The location is amazing. It's in the heart of Shinjuku and about 7 minutes away from the JR line. The place itself is clean, the bathrooms are huge and advanced, and they provide everything you need (toiletries, slippers, pajamas, etc.). The capsule itself more spacious than what I thought it would be and it has a TV in it.
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It's better to come with small luggage since lockers are quite small.
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The way description was very poor, because the mentioned street is three blocks away from JR Shinjuku station east exit. The entrance to the hotel is somehow hidden. It would help to say that there is a pub and on the left hand there is the elevator to the hotel An update is recommended.
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