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I don't have anymore information on the chair, but something about it speaks to me. Not too long ago, I bought from CL, an antique bamboo shelf for my island themed bathroom. Got a good buy on it! :) I was thinking this chair would look good in the adjacent bedroom, that is similar in coloring. I don't know about cost.
Do you think this chair could be old? I am not sure what "real" translates to in the description. lol |
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- Posted by newhomebuilder (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 13:40
Not sure why the link didn't show up. Let me try this again. |
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- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 16:56
There are many faux bamboo chairs, etc. This is bamboo. |
It's a decent looking chair for sixty bucks :) What's the worst thing that could happen? You paint it and put it in the garden! |
I think it's a good deal. The seller says it's real bamboo. Looks like it needs a cushion to me. I think it would echo what you have in the bathroom nicely...but you will likely have about $175 to $200 in it by the time you get it "tricked out" with new cushion and a throw pillow and a pretty throw draped over. Linda C |
- Posted by newhomebuilder (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 20:24
LOL, isn't that the truth! I am kind-of over it, though. I first saw the listing right after church and got excited, posted here, and didn't get any responses until checking now. I don't know, maybe I'm just tired. I'll contact the seller and see what I can find out about condition, etc.. The seat looks cane and I wonder if it could be used without cushion, although it would be more decorative rather than used. I could probably find a ready made cushion that would do. The main thing is condition and price. Perhaps I should offer $50 if it is in great shape. Not interested if it is not. I'll report back. |
If you are not doing the heavy breathing over the chair....wait a couple of days and offer $25. |
- Posted by newhomebuilder (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 21:48
I found a VERY similar chair on eBay. Starting bid is $60, with no bids. The chair is missing a piece or two. After close inspection of CL chair, I think it may be missing some bars in the lower back of chair. I am going to sleep on it, and then email the seller in the morning. PS - Showed the chair to my daughter, It's her old room that I would put the chair in. She thinks the chair is just OK. Thank you! |
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The historic Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Oregon's tallest and second oldest continuously operating lighthouse, is also located on the headland.
The nightly vigil of watching the light is gone as are the resident keepers and their quarters, but the staff of the Bureau of Land Management, now responsible for the tower, guide you through the lighthouse with tales of yesteryear.
Even before you enter the structure and stroll across its unique marble floor, you are aware of its historic significance. The "1872" above the front door signifies that it was Oregon's fifth lighthouse built to guide mariners along the coast and into safe havens.
Construction History
At the time it was built, the area was a wilderness. The road to the lighthouse was very primitive, so a number of the construction materials had to come by way of sea. The Lighthouse Tender Shubrick, a side-wheel steamer, was used to off-load supplies and workers at the bluffs of Yaquina Head.
With construction completed, the fixed white light was illuminated on the night of August 20, 1873, when Head Keeper Fayette Crosby lit the 4-wick lamp fueled by lard oil. The massive white conical shaped tower was built with double-walled brick, for insulation and dampness protection.
It was equipped then as it is today with a first order Fresnel lens. It was manufactured in Paris in 1868 by Barbier & Fenestre, and shipped from France to Panama, transported across the isthmus, then shipped again to Oregon.
Along with the construction of the lighthouse, a large dwelling for two keepers and their families was built east of the tower. There were also a smaller keeper's dwelling, stable, workshop, and a garden area.
Recent History
The 1930s brought many changes to the light station. The light's power source was changed from oil to electricity. A 1000-watt theatrical lamp generating over 130,000 candlepower was installed. The light character was changed from a fixed to a flashing pattern called a "signature," unique to each lighthouse. Yaquina Head's pattern is two seconds on, two seconds off, two on, fourteen off, and then repeats.
Through the years new structures replaced the old. But, as one retired lighthouse keeper put it, "the buildings left a lot to be desired, as winds would come whistling through the buildings with enough force to lift a catalog off the floor." Eighty mile per hour winds are not uncommon at the headland, especially during the wet winter months.
In 1966, the era of the lighthouse keeper at Yaquina Head ended. A modem was installed at Yaquina Head Lighthouse. When the light malfunctioned, the modem automatically notified the Coast Guard in Coos Bay, Oregon. A resident keeper was no longer need on the grounds. The unoccupied quarters eventually fell into disrepair and were removed in 1984.
Children in the Lighthouse
When the lighthouse was constructed in 1872 the children of lighthouse keepers and lighthouse visitors were not permitted to climb the 114 stairs in the tower to the watch room because the US Lighthouse Service feared they would trip and fall on the steep stairs or squeeze between the posts of the handrails. The Yaquina Head Lighthouse retains its historic stairs and handrails and thus the safety of children climbing the stairs is still a concern. Today, children must be at least 42 inches tall to climb the stairs of the tower. Additionally, adults must accompany and assist children ascending the lighthouse tower.
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Summer is a tricky thing because it's too short. See, so many of the destinations I'm drawn to are of the northern variety, and this means that I want to go there during our all-too-brief Canadian summer. Thus, the Lake Superior (or east coast, or west coast, or Arctic) trips invariably get planned for July and August. The consequence of *that* is that I then return and feel like I missed summer! Somehow, summer is defined by being barefoot on Georgian Bay...
For various reasons, I've had one or the other of Kevin's boats at my house for big chunks of the summer. The Ellesmere I returned without a ransom demand, I just delivered it to Cape Croker since we'd both be there one weekend in late June. I wasn't going to be as nice about the Ascente. However, before I got my demands out ("you can have your boat back if you go paddling with me"), Kevin suggested a quick weekend trip on the Bay. After I agreed, he suggested turning that Saturday-Sunday trip into a Saturday-Monday morning trip. Given that I hate all things weekend traffic related, it was an easy sell and I stayed a few extra hours every day at work the week before.
Now, while I've kayaked with Kevin on Georgian Bay a number of times in the past, it was only once before that this wasn't on some escapade organized by someone else. From what I remembered from *that* trip, Kevin doesn't like power boats around and he's very - very! - picky on campsites. I could do one or the other, but the only way I could get a good shot at both was if we put in a lot further north than we were willing to drive over a weekend. The compromise was Bayfield and then head north: this area is so full of shoals that it keeps the powerboats away. I had heard talk of a pretty good campsite in Chicken Liver Channel, so, good enough...
Except, of course, that Chicken Liver Channel was full of people on Saturday afternoon. We ended up heading further north to a site just south of Foster Island. Good points were that the site had Bay exposure while still providing reasonable shelter, it had white pines (somehow, prime sites on Georgian Bay must come with white pines), and we could see no cottages from where we set up. Bad points were the lousy parking - there was one good boat parking spot that was too far away (and by a pile of poo and toilet paper that I didn't clean up because I didn't want to light a fire - it's been awfully dry), so the parking was not great. An irrelevant point was that the site really could only handle two or three boats and tents easily, which was just fine - two boats, two tents, who cares?
So, we made ourselves at home (read: drank a beer), we went for a swim, we chatted while watching the water (read: drank another beer), we set up our tents, I spilled some Guinness on myself (don't read: Johanna is clumsy; instead, read: Kevin handed me one of his beers, and I pulled the tab while flat on my back with the beer at my hip. I am not a Guinness drinker. I heard Kevin laugh and say something about, if I were you something something hurry - but it was too late, the beer was frothing like a fiend and when I sat up, it frothed all over my t-shirt), we cooked dinner (read: Johanna opened some wine while Kevin cooked the dinner Johanna was in charge of), we watched the sun go down, we swatted bugs, we retretead to our tents. The way a weekend should go.
Well, except for the part where we got up and the sky looked ominous. It started looking even more ominous while we (read: Kevin) cooked breakfast, but it stayed dry long enough for me to pack up. Then it started to *really* look ominous - so much so that we started adding guy lines to our tents, and hauling piles and piles of rocks to stake them down. I saw a group of three kayaks go by and from the strokes of three of the four paddlers, they weren't that experienced. And then the wind picked up. We watched the other group seek shelter on some private land, and then we ran for our tents. Next thing, a violent front ripped through. At one point, I was getting rained on inside my tent even though it was all zipped up because the rain was coming down hard and horizontal and the bounce from it made it come up inside the vestibule and through my mesh. Yikes.
We had already decided we weren't going anywhere. Not with the forecast we had. But sitting around gets boring too, so we went exploring in the sheltered channels behind the shoals in the area north of us. That was fun. We were north of Norgate Inlet when Kevin asked which way I wanted to go back. I hesitated, and then pointed to the white shoal line and said, I kinda wanna... and Kevin said, let's take a look - and then we were out there. It was fun - confused big seas, good paddler beside me. I didn't last that long, though, before wanting back in, and we had to pick our way among the shoals. Then Kevin went off somewhere in his boat while I went for another swim and, just as soon as I was done appreciating the Georgian Bay temperature for swimming, started lamenting the fact that Georgian Bay is so warm and no good for beer chilling (I drank it anyway, while reading my book in the sun. Until Kevin came back, at which point I abandoned the book but not the beer drinking. Same beer, though!)
And then there was cooking dinner (Kevin), watching the stars (Kevin and Johanna), bitching that the meteor shower wasn't happening *right now* (Johanna), sleeping (Kevin and Johanna), going for a morning potty walk and almost stepping in rattle snake and only saving one's skin by jumping into poison ivy (Johanna), washing poison-ivy-covered legs with soap (Johanna), cooking breakfast (Kevin), eating breakfast (Kevin and Johanna) and, dammit, the trip was pretty much over already! There was some fun with tailwind, there was picking our way from Charles Inlet to the Alexander Passage, and that's where the fun ended - after that, it was all load boat, drive, move boat to Kevin's car, goodbye, and similar un-fun things.
There are not enough weekends in the summer.
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The power and aesthetics of the human penis has been a subject of fixation and discussion for as long as we are able to remember. Cultures and artisans all over the world have focused on the penis as an icon for success, domination, strength and masculinity. With all of the obsession over the dimensions of the penis and just how long it can remain erect, there's a surprising lack of conversation about the most important aspect : orgasm. Ultimately, all of this penis talk comes down to one thing – the capacity to attain bigger and better orgasms.
This is perhaps why people are now turning their focus to ejaculation rather than the size or quality of the erection. In the same way that women have started to focus on ways to improve their orgasm, men too are starting to think more about their ejaculations, such as the amount of ejaculate, and about their orgasms and how they can improve their sex lives.
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It is important to have a real understanding of the male orgasm and how it works if we are to ever truly understand the importance of ejaculation with regard to male pleasure.
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In the course of sexual interaction, semen is gathered into the ejaculatory ducts. The orgasm, which is originated in a series of muscles that contract all at once, occurs once a peak in pleasure is reached. The orgasm is induced by the rhythmic contractions of the PC (pubococcygeus) muscle, rectum, anal sphincter, ejaculatory ducts, perineum and other muscles surrounding the penis. These muscles are what carry the semen out from the penis. These first couple of contractions, which take place at 0.8-second intervals, are generally in close range of the other and quite concentrated. The length and strength of these contractions will fade and happen less as the orgasm progresses.
How much seminal fluid is produced is affected by factors such as one's hereditary background, diet, overall health, age, and the frequency with which one has sex. All seminal fluid contains the same components. Semen is the ingredient we normally associate with ejaculate, but seminal fluid also contains a rich assortment of vitamins and minerals, including zinc, nitrogen, potassium, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin B12, calcium, cholesterol, citric acid, fructose, phosphorus, creatine, glutathione, hyaluronidase, magnesium, purine, pyrimidine, inositol, pyruvic acid, sodium, choline, sorbitol, lactic acid and chlorine. Despite the rather large quantity of these ingredients, they only comprise 1.5 to 5 ml. of the total volume of seminal fluid. The prostate and seminal vesicles produce the majority of fluid that is found in ejaculate.
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Given what you eat and how healthy you are, there are different semen flavors depending on the person. You can find any flavor, from bitter to salty to sweet. There are also anesthetic sensations found when placed on the lips. The person ejaculating can change the flavor, given what their physician or the Internet can tell them.
Ejaculate that is from a healthy man has a slightly translucent or opaque appearance that can range in color from gray to white. Men who have undergone vasectomies will typically have semen that is more luminous or light-colored since it lacks the 15-20 million sperm that men inherently have. The majority of healthy, potent men will be likely to have a more white, thick and copious ejaculate level.
Are there factors that determine how much ejaculate is produced?
When should you fret about how potent your ejaculate is and how much you produce? In the event you experience a sudden drop in ejaculate volume, you might have a blocked ejaculatory duct. There is a prostate ultrasound that can be done to find out if this is the case. Ejaculatory problems could also occur due to prostate infections or retrograde ejaculation, or any number of other issues. However, you might just be experiencing the aging process; it doesn't necessarily equate to a perceived lack of fertility.
If you are concerned about the quality, appearance or volume of your ejaculate, you should consult a doctor to see if there is a medical reason for the change. Semen testing can reveal several things. It will measure sperm count, volume, acidity or alkalinity, the thickness or agglutination, concentration and the maturity of sperm. It will also test for disease and any leukocytes, which will usually indicate an infection is present. The sample will be collected after a period of two to seven days of abstaining from sexual activity. The sample will usually be taken in your doctor's office. In addition to testing the sperm and ejaculate's quality and quantity, a doctor will also test you for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) like chlamydia or gonorrhea, and check for a urinary tract infection (UTI).
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On average all of these tests will come back normal however not every man will be happy about the results. For anyone that falls into this category or is simply more interested in achieving a higher level of pleasure or more volume of their semen, Semenax is a natural solution.
You can expect to increase the volume of your ejaculate by 500% with the use of Semenax. You will also improve the quality of your sperm, increase its mobility, and heighten production of sperm. All of this will result in a more powerful orgasm.
Advantages of increasing volume
The more seminal fluid that is expelled from the penis, the more powerful your orgasms become. Other benefits result from increased volume. In addition to your mate being thoroughly impressed with the volume of ejaculate you produce, your orgasms will be more powerful and pleasurable, and the ejaculate will contain a higher number of healthy sperm.
Because your body is creating a greater volume of semen, it also has to create more muscle spasms to move the semen out of your body. As you have more muscle contractions you will also have more pleasure from orgasm. Men generally experience orgasms that come and go pretty quickly. With Semenax you can make those orgasms last longer making them more enjoyable.
All men think about their fertility and potency, but especially those men who want to have a baby. Because it is more common for males to be infertile, Semenax™ can really help counteract this problem.
Increasing the power and potency of your orgasm and ejaculate can also truly enhance your own confidence in the bedroom. As you become more sexually confident, you will have better experiences in the bedroom. And this new level of satisfaction will spill over effecting your confidence level in every aspect of your daily life.
How Can Your Volume of Semen Be Increased By These Products?
The ingredients in volume-boosting products, as well as their cost and methods of manufacture, are going to vary widely. A closer look at Semenax(TM) will help you understand how these products works to increase semen volume.
Semenax™ has been designed specifically by health professionals, and is formulated to help increase your sexual function, ejaculation, and pleasure. Semenax™ focuses on boosting the volume of your semen for maximum benefits to your health and overall lifestyle. Semenax™ is completely organic, using natural compounds tried and tested over centuries of use from cultures all over the world. The all natural ingredients and botanical in Semenax™ help tone and support your entire reproductive system, from the prostate to the ejaculatory ducts, epididymis, seminal vesicles, testes and vas deferens.
Semenax is produced by a cGMP Certified Pharmaceutical facility, an important factor to be considered when contemplating the purchase of something like this. By using amino acids like L-arginine HCl, L-lysine, L-carnitine which have been proven to boost testosterone levels, it aids in generating more sperm. To round out the general health of the individual additional supplements have been added, as well as herbs such as epimedium sagittatum, maca, and catuaba to improve sex drive.
Make sure that any volume product that you buy has been made at a cGMP Certified Pharmaceutical facility, and includes statements to validate how the product was researched and tested, as well as dosages determined by a lab.


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Does anyone know if there is a calculation/formula for watts/sq foot for lighting?
The bathroom we are working on is only 8x6. I am not sure I have the width for side sconces so I will probably get an overhanging fixture with lights like sconces, i.e. with shades but hanging down. Sorry no pics but on the 8' walls- the shower/tub and small closet line one side and the toilet and vanity on the other. So the space is really only 3.5 ft wide/not 6' when you factor in the 2.5' for tub. The door and a wall with a good sized window line those ends. I have ordered a recessed can light that has a vent/fan built in that I planned to go over the shower. Are the two fixtures enough light? My BF thinks we need one more canned light smack dab in the center of the ceiling. I think that would look weird and if we add extras, 2 small ones would be better. Are three canned lights PLUS vanity light overkill for such a small bath? Any thoughts and or suggestions appreciated! |
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- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 17:27
Put the the vanity lights on a separate switch from general ceiling lights and put them both on dimmers. Put the fan/light on a separate switch or timed switch, or see if the fan and that light can be switched separately and put the light with the ceiling lights and the fan completely separate so it can be run without the lights on. Thats three switches (two with dimmers) and it seems like a lot but it will give you the most flexibility. You may want to crank it up for general cleaning and keep things dimmed most of the time. |
- Posted by herring_maven (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 22:50
jssaustintx: "The bathroom we are working on is only 8x6. I am not sure I have the width for side sconces so I will probably get an overhanging fixture with lights like sconces, i.e. with shades but hanging down. " Austin, I am not going to address the question in the form that you asked it; I know that. But I may be able to offer a helpful comment nevertheless. In 2010, we remodeled a powder room shaped similarly to yours. We looked into many options for lighting the room. Our eventual solution: We installed a wall fixture above the sink on one of the short walls; the fixture comprised two bulbs, arranged horizontally like a weight-lifter's barbell. We put directional floodlights -- LED flood lights (Lowe's house brand Ultitech 40-watt equivalent LED, Model #: LPAR20DM/LED) -- in the fixture. The LED floodlights draw only 7.5 watts each for 320 lumens each of illumination. The bulbs point directly at the side (long-dimension) walls. We refinished all four walls of the powder room with a very highly reflective wall covering. (At The Internet Wallpaper Store, www.wallpaperstore.com, it is product 570631; see link below.) Pointed toward the reflective side walls, the two 7.5 watt LED floodlights do a more than adequate job of illuminating the entire room. A bonus: the diffused indirect light is very flattering -- more flattering than direct light possibly could be -- to the complexions of those using the powder room, looking into the mirror above the sink. |
Here is a link that might be useful: This is the wallpaper that we hung.
- Posted by jssaustintx (My Page) on Thu, Feb 9, 12 at 21:59
Hey all responses appreciated! Sounds cool herrings, but wallpaper won't be an option for us. Palimpsest- great suggestions! Hoping just the overhead vanity and one recessed 6" can light over the shower will suffice. Thanks! JSS |
- Posted by tigralady02 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 11, 12 at 11:38
I may be too late but: 1. I totally agree with using dimmers and separate switching for lights. 2. If putting on makeup in this bath, lighting from the back of your head will create shadows and make things difficult especially as you get older. I didn't understand your vanity light, but hopefully that's the one that will adequately address the makeup issue. 3. I also agree that bright lighting for cleaning is important, again especially as you and the bathroom age. |
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Apple Cinnamon Turnovers Recipe. Step 1 Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced.
Pat apple dry with paper towel. Cut into 1cm cubes. Combine apple, cinnamon and sugar in a bowl. Using a 9cm round cutter, cut 25 rounds from pastry sheets. Grilled Apple And Cinnamon Skewers Recipe. Step 1 Thread red and green apple wedges alternately onto skewers.
Place on a baking tray lined with foil. Brush skewers lightly with water. Step 2 Preheat grill on medium-high. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Sprinkle over skewers.
Potato Wedges Recipe. Banana Bread Recipe. Multigrain Chips Recipe. Step 1 Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced.
Spray 1 side of each wrap with oil. Sprinkle each with herbs. HOW TO: Bake a heart into your cupcake… The original inspiration for this came from an amazing blog. You can find it here This is how you do it. 1. Make your cupcake batter. You can use any light coloured sponge recipe, although you should make sure it is a moist recipe and not too dry. How to Microwave Gourmet Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag. Peeeeee-yew!
I'm done with the stinky stench of microwave popcorn. Actually, I haven't popped a single bag of that toxic smelling stuff in years since I hate the thought of being swindled by a stank bag of greasy kernels. That's right people, I'm calling foul on microwave popcorn since it's a reeking wallet rip off. Doing the mathy math, microwave popcorn costs around $22.65 for 12 boxes with 3 packets per box (source Amazon) — that's an eye-popping $3.53 per pound! Sure, you may think you're paying all that delicious cash for a magic metal-lined bag that pops better kernels and cooks your corn more evenly. Cinnamon apple chips. Cinnamon Apple Chips A week ago we went to the apple farm and came back with nearly 20 pounds of apples.
I'm not even remotely kidding. I'm in apple heaven. I love this time of year. Sure you can get apples year round but they're not local and super fresh. Havarti Mac n Cheese. Havarti Mac n Cheese I've been in a baking and cooking funk lately for one reason or another.
It happens to the best of us. I truly wanted to get into the kitchen and make something new and fun to share but couldn't bring myself to do so. I'm trying. So please be patient with me while I try to get back on track. Garlic Knots. Garlic Knots Being January, most people really don't want to hear about or see sweets.
As much as I'm protesting making and sharing healthier dishes, I will at least hold off on making and sharing any desserts for a while. Well, maybe just this week. Bakedbyrachel. Scrumptious Baked Cinnamon Breakfast Bites. I love a good donut, especially a homemade one.
What I don't love is the pain associated with deep frying them. It is messy, time consuming and certainly more fattening. These baked Cinnamon Breakfast Bites mimic what I love about donut holes but without all the added stress and calories. They are super scrumptious and I encourage you to try them out yourself and see how long they last in your house! Ingredients. Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. I'm sorry.
I know it's Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It's not fair. NancyCreative. Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites. Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites On Fridays, I teach cooking classes to two kids in our neighborhood.
They are pretty knowledgeable-so my job is easy:) I think it is fantastic that they want to learn how to cook at such a young age-they are in the 3rd and 4th grade. Since we don't have any kiddos yet, I am glad I get to work with these kids.


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I have a flower bed along the side of our house that is running rampant with blue grape hyacinths. I didn't plant them myself- they were here when we bought the house. I love them but, they are crowding out any other flowers that I try to plant there, and it's hard to work around the mass of foliage. My idea was to redo the whole flower bed because it is rather a chaotic mess of a little of this & a little of that here & there, and blue grape hyacinths everywhere, even spilling out from the bed onto the grass. I'd like to put all the bg hyacinths in one area, somewhere in the yard where it will compliment them better, but I'm stumped for ideas at the moment ... So my question is, can I just dig them up now & store them until I get inspired ? Or do I have to wait until fall ? How do I store them ? My great-grandmother used to keep tulip bulbs in a paper bag in the basement. Is it the same way for bg hyacinths ? Should I leave the foliage on or cut it off ? Thank you ! |
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- Posted by donnabaskets 7b-8 MS (My Page) on Wed, Apr 29, 09 at 21:36
They will soon be going dormant for the summer. If you don't want to kill them out (deep, deep mulch will smother them), I would leave them alone and then plan to carefully dig and relocate or thin them come fall when their foliage emerges again. I have moved them this way, and when there are so many, so what if you lose a few along the way? |
My idea was to redo the whole flower bed because it is rather a chaotic mess of a little of this & a little of that here & there, and blue grape hyacinths everywhere, If you are really wanting to start on the bed, and get them out of there (which I can understand perfectly) I think it would be fine to dig them and let them dry a few days (in the shade but where they will get some good air movement) with the foliage attached. Once the foliage has withered, then store them in a cool dry place...like a basement. Any that you happen to miss, you can then dig out in the fall hopefully without disturbing your other newly planted goodies. There will probably be thousands of GH bulbs of various sizes. I'd just plant the biggest ones. They 'may' sulk next season by being dug at this time of the year, but should survive just fine and reward your efforts in years to come.... imho. Sue |
Thank you for the information ... I will probably do a little at a time and move some, store some, move some, store some ... I have lots of grand ideas but never enough time to get it done very quickly ! |
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WASHINGTON, January 16, 2013 —The star making machine known as American Idol returns tonight with the premiere episode of its 12th season. Unlike America's Got Talent, The Voice, and The X factor, American Idol boasts a slew of winners who went on to become stars in their own right. Among these are Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Chris Daughtry, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.
American Idol alumni have sold more than 200 million records.
When compared with other talent shows, it is obvious which show makes dreams come true and which shows do not. Considering American Idol's impressive track record, the show's slogan this season makes perfect sense, "Everyone dreams, 'Idol' delivers."
The show's producers decided to invite conflict last year by choosing rapper Nicki Minaj as their newest judge, a move that may have attributed to a loss of 25 percent of its viewers. However, he who laughs last, laughs loudest and the diva sparks between Minaj and Mariah Carey are flying, caught on tape and shared with the world via the Internet. We can't share that video here, but it can be seen on You Tube .
The TMZ video in question reveals Minaj's "earthy" diatribe in Charlotte, N.C. during auditions. It's already helped jump-start a movement to get rid of Minaj.
Notoriety sells better than fame these days, so the bizarre attire and urban demeanor of Minaj will serve the show well in maintaining its popularity. Only time will tell if she makes it past one season as a judge.
Meanwhile, viewers will love the passive-aggressive dance between Carey and Minaj, hoping that they'll be there in front of the tube on the night the passive gives way to the aggressive. Besides, who doesn't love a good cat fight?
Tonight's viewing:
All times are EST:
8 p.m.
ABC: The Middle: (New) When Frankie and Mike dedicate a day to each of their children, Axl takes them to a paintball range, and Sue has them do 17 separate activities and Brick wants to go to a sci-fi convention.
CBS: NCIS: (Repeat) The team investigates when the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager, who disappeared the day the Navy Yard was bombed, is found. Meanwhile, psych evaluations are conducted; and Gibbs worries about Abby's recurring nightmares.
FOX: American Idol: (New) Everyone's favorite singing competition returns for its 12th season with auditions from New York/New Jersey. Oh, and that controversial video we mentioned? You mean you're actually interested in seeing that video? OK, here it is, via TMZ (Note: Click through at your own risk of headache!):
NBC: Whitney: (Repeat) Alex speaks at his alma mater but accidentally falls off the stage, eliciting a less-than-sympathetic response from Whitney. Elsewhere, R.J. teaches Mark how to impress a lady.
CW: Arrow: (New) Oliver's confidence is shaken after being beaten by the Dark Archer and he takes a break from being Arrow. However, when Laurel calls Arrow for help investigating a firefighter's suspicious death, he reluctantly agrees but his hesitance while fighting almost costs him his life.
8:30 p.m.
ABC: The Neighbors: (New) When the whole Weaver family comes down with a cold, the Bird-Kersees — especially Larry — are terrified and confused.
NBC: Guys With Kids: (Repeat) Chris hosts a barbecue to introduce the gang to his new girlfriend—who turns out to be a familiar face for Nick. Elsewhere, Gary lands in hot water when he forgets about his wedding anniversary.
9 p.m.
ABC: Modern Family: (New) Gloria and Jay try to make Manny's 14th birthday extra special by planning a surprise party; Haley starts hanging out with a much older guy.
CBS: Criminal Minds: (New) When Reid discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by her stalker, he and the BAU team band together to find her before its too late.
NBC: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: (Repeat) Claims of sexual abuse at an elite private school are investigated by the detectives, but their efforts are stalled by uncooperative school officials. A retired teacher then helps the police expose a huge cover-up involving even more victims.
CW: Supernatural: (New) Naomi (guest star Amanda Tapping) tells Castiel that Crowley (guest star Mark Sheppard) is holding an angel captive and Castiel must rescue him before Crowley finds out their secrets. Castiel turns to Dean for help. Meanwhile, Sam meets with Amelia (guest star Liane Balaban) who asks him to make a choice: stay with her or leave and never contact her again.
9:30 p.m.
ABC: Suburgatory: (New) George has to manage Tessa's recovery after her wisdom teeth are removed and deal with Fred Shay, who has moved into their basement after a career setback; Dallas is insecure about her relationship with George.
10 p.m.
ABC: Nashville: (New) Rayna and Juliette prepare for their first concert together in San Diego; Rayna has an interesting proposal for Liam; Gunnar and Scarlett go on a road trip.
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: (New) The CSIs investigate the demise of a prominent news anchor during a live broadcast.
NBC: Chicago Fire: (Repeat) A fire claims the life of a team member in the premiere of this drama series following the firefighters, paramedics and rescue squad of Chicago Firehouse 51. Following the tragedy, Lt. Matthew Casey and Lt. Kelly Severide point fingers at one another. Casey also deals with personal dramas surrounding his separation from his wife, Hallie.
Basic cable:
New episodes of:
Shipping Wars at 9 and 9:30 p.m. on A&E
The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents at 9 p.m. on History Channel
Border Wars at 9 p.m. on NGC
Ghost Hunters at 9 p.m. on Syfy
Toddlers & Tiaras at 9 p.m. on TLC
Baggage Battles at 9 p.m. on Travel Channel
Barter Kings at 10 p.m. on A&E
Top Chef at 10 p.m. on BRAVO
Moonshiners at 10 p.m. on DSC
Bobby's Dinner Battle at 10 p.m. on Food Channel
American Horror Story: Asylum at 10 p.m. on FX
Hell on the Highway at 10 p.m. on NGC
Ghost Mine at 10 p.m. on Syfy
Fast Foods Gone Global at 10 p.m. on Travel Channel
Hot in Cleveland at 10 p.m. on TVLAND
For movie lovers:
8 p.m.
The Karate Kid on AMC
The Dead Pool on ENC
Slap Shot on FLIX
Surrogates on FMC
The Union on HBO
War Horse on SHO
Man's Castle on TCM
9 p.m.
Final Destination 5 on CINEMAX
We Bought a Zoo on HBO
Strike Back on MOMAX
Hysteria on STARZ
Later tonight:
Full Metal Jacket at 9:35 p.m. on ENC
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows at 9:50 p.m. on MOMAX
Ticker at 10 p.m. on REELZ
Car Wash at 10:05 p.m. on FLIX
Friday Night Lights at 10:45 p.m. on STARZ
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Professional Notes
Associate Professor of Anthropology Jason Antrosio was a commenter and panelist for a Templeton Colloquium organized by Jonathan Marks on "The Invisible Aspects of Human Evolution" at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. It brought together "scholars from various fields and perspectives in anthropology to discuss the transformation of an anatomical human into a behavioral human, which seems to have taken place between about 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, a timespan notably impoverished of data, but whose eventual products would become art, kinship, morality, religion, and the myriad other features of what we call 'humanity.'"
Lecturer in Religious Studies Bryan Babcock has seen his book, "Sacred Ritual," published by Eisenbrauns. The work is a translation of a second millennium BC ritual text, written in Akkadian, in comparison with a Hebrew ritual text found in the Pentateuch.
Assistant Professor of Art Richard Barlow's work was recently featured in Composite Magazine, issue #17, which was dedicated to educators who make art. In the article, titled "Bromides," Barlow discusses his ongoing series (also titled "Bromides), works of art derived from a Fox Talbot photograph from 1840. This summer, through a combination of a Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant and a Hartwick College Faculty Development Grant, Barlow traveled to the site of the photo and visited the Talbot Museum in Lacock, Wiltshire, UK. His most recent exhibition, "Recognition Study Cards," opened at Michael Stolzer Fine Art in Oneonta, NY on September 19. Barlow is part of a group exhibition at the 801 Gallery in Minneapolis, MN titled "Material Sense," and his large piece titled "Pixelated Bromide" was installed at the Weisman Museum in Minneapolis as part of the institution's permanent collection.
From June 23-27, Assistant Director of Campus Activities Alicia Bates attended the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region 2 Mid Manager's Institute, an intensive four-day program that provides the opportunity for advanced Student Affairs professionals to interact with and learn from experienced, senior administrators in the field. From July 31 to August 3, Bates, along with Associate Dean and Director of Intercultural Affairs Harry Bradshaw Matthews, took five students to the National Student Leadership Diversity Conference. Through experiential workshops, keynote sessions, and roundtable discussions, the students and their advisors explore various elements of diversity and how they affect themselves and their campuses.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Brent DeLanoy published a story, "Ghosts," in the summer issue of Sixfold.
Professor of Political Science Laurel Elder presented "Women and the Parties: An Analysis of Republican and Democratic Strategies for Recruiting Women Candidates" at the American Political Science Association Conference held in Washington, DC in August. She and co-author Steven Green presented "Red Parents, Blue Parents: The Politics of Modern Parenthood" at the same gathering. Elder also published "Contrasting Party Dynamics: A Three Decade Analysis of the Representation of Democratic versus Republican Women State Legislators" in The Social Science Journal , 51: 377-385.
Professor of German Wendell Frye presented a paper on the "Authorship of the Nibelungenlied" at the Medieval/Renaissance Conference on September 26 at the University of Virginia at Wise, WV.
Residence Life Area Coordinator Paul Habernig graduated from Mount Saint Mary College with a master's degree in business administration in May of 2014.
Caitlin Jewitt '06 has been appointed an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech. Jewitt's research interests include political campaigns and elections, public opinion, political parties, and presidential primaries and caucuses. She will teach introduction to U.S. government and politics, and research methods in political science. Jewitt has been published in American Politics Research and Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, and has articles pending in Public Choice and Electoral Studies. She received her bachelor's degree from Hartwick College and master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Director of Campus Safety Tom Kelly attended the Inaugural Conference of the National Association of Clery Compliance Officers and Professionals (NACCOP) in Baltimore, MD, July 15-17, 2014.
Professor of Art Katherine Kreisher has been busy. She was invited to create a new installation titled "Hakete" for RioBravoFineArts in Truth or Consequences, NM as part of "Fiberart 2014: A MIXED BAG" an exhibit curated by Susan Christie. The exhibit runs from September 13 to October 26, 2014. She was also represented by two works of art in "Alternatives 2014," an international juried exhibition of alternative process photographic images held at Whanganui UCOL Quay School for the Arts in Whanganui, New Zealand July 16 to August 1, 2014.
Further, Kreisher's photo-etching "Bowling in A Ball Gown" was included in the exhibition "Small and Seductive: Contemporary Art from the Institute's Collection" at the Albany Institute of History and Art which ran from May 3 to September 28, 2014. On August 1 as part of Albany's First Night, Kreisher spoke about the print, which was a purchase prize from one of the Mohawk Hudson Regional Exhibitions. Kreisher's intaglio print, titled "Ball Gown With Skeleton," a photographic solar print with handcoloring, was selected by juror Laurie Snyder for the "18th Mini-Print International Exhibition" at The Ink Shop Printmaking Center & Olive Branch Press in Ithaca, NY. The show runs from November 7, 2014 through January 2015 with an opening reception on Friday November 7. Further details on Kreisher's activities, and images of her work, can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/katharine.kreisher.
Amy Lowe-Starbin '95 has written a feature screenplay for a film titled "Kelly and Cal." The film stars Juliette Lewis, Sybil Shepherd, Jonny Weston and Josh Hopkins. It opened at IFC in New York City on September 5 and in Los Angeles a week later, and is available on Video on Demand.
"Faces of Freedom, Lives of Courage," by Professor of Accounting Tom Sears and Radu Cristea, has been accepted for publication by the number one publisher in Romania for books on Communist history, Cetatea deScaun.
Professor of Biology Stanley K. Sessions is the recipient of the Dean Graham Foundation Award for his student/faculty collaborative research on organ regeneration in Urodele amphibians. He published a review of D.M. Green in Herpetological Review, and with Logson, Murhpy, and Louise Hecker '00 "Secreted factor(s) from young cells restores susceptibility to cell death in senescent myofibroblasts" in Bios. Sessions was invited to deliver his talk "Selfish DNA in Paradise: The Salamander Connection" at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and "Offensive Tail Autonomy in Plethodontid Salamanders" with Michael Itgen '13 at the Plethodontids 2014 Conference at the University of Tulsa, OK. Sessions spent the month of July doing collaborative research at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, working with colleagues there on evolutionary cytogenetics of Proteus, the mysterious Blind Cave Salamander. Sessions said "we are trying to understand the evolutionary relationships of Proteus and a local salamander called the Mudpuppy (Necturus) found in eastern North America, including New York state." This is Sessions' second research visit to Slovenia, and there have been reciprocal visits, with Slovenia biologist Dr. Liliana Bizjak-Mali visiting Hartwick, where she presented a talk on her research on cave salamanders. This research was funded by a Hartwick College Faculty Research Grant and was also supported by the Biology Department at the University of Ljubljana.
Dr. William A. Starna, NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities for fall 2014, has been named to the Board of Trustees of the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History. Based in Hudson, NY, the Institute is a research and study center devoted to colonial New York under English rule, as well as the permanent home of the Papers of Jacob Leisler Project. The Institute is named for Jacob Leisler (1640-1691), whose ill-fated 1689-1691 administration of New York colored the province's political, economic, and cultural life until the outbreak of hostilities with Great Britain in the 1770s. Starna has been invited to contribute an overview to a new introductory volume of the 20-volume reference work, the Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians. Editor Krupnik is asking him to review the last 44 years of research on Northeast Indians, identifying new study areas and advancements in the various culture areas that the Handbook treats for each topic and tribe. He is to update the 900-page Vol. 15, "The Northeast," which was published in 1978.
Assistant Professor of English Julia Suarez Hayes has seen one of her poems, "New Bride," set to music by Julie Dolphin. The piece appears in "Women's Voices of the 21st Century: Experiences That Shape Women" (Greewich Pen Women, 2013). Suarez Hayes has also recently completed an intensive Oxford Seminar course in ESL certification at Sienna College.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Michael Tannebaum is one of 18 senior academic administrators in higher education nationwide selected by the Council of Independent Colleges to participate in the 2014 Colloquium on Leadership for Chief Academic Officers. Generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the leadership development seminar was designed to foster the perspectives and skills that can lead CAOs to succeed in unpredictable times. Individuals chosen for the program are chief academic officers in higher education who wish to prepare for changes and challenges in the decades ahead, understand complex and unprecedented situations, and further develop strategic wisdom. As a participant, Tannenbaum attended a seminar in Annapolis, MD, July 28-August 1. John Churchill, secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, will led the Colloquium, which engaged participants in cases drawn from classical and contemporary readings-ranging from Sophocles to Eudora Welty-and compared them with situations that today's chief academic officers face. Examination, discussion, and reflection helped participants reflect on power, ethics, and responsibility, and strengthen their leadership skills.
Campus Safety Shift Supervisors Bert Tobiason and Ben Smith attended the Campus Safety Supervisors Academy, Hobart and William Smith College, July 28-31, 2014.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Sarah G. Whiteford will present a paper titled "Let's Talk About Sex: Sexual Comments Overheard on College Campuses" at the upcoming International Organization for Social Science and Behavioral Research conference in Las Vegas from October 13-14. She will also be chairing the paper session in which she presents.


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Above: Computer security expert Eric Cole (B.S. '93, M.S. '94), chief scientist and senior fellow at Lockheed Martin Corporation, is working with the U.S. government to help improve cyber defenses.
NYIT alumni and faculty stand ready as cyber attackers unleash weapons of mass disruption.
By David McKay Wilson
Decades ago, computer security experts worried about youthful hackers breaching private networks to prove their technological savvy. If successful, these digital bandits would cause minor disruptions, announce their invasion, glory in their street cred, but ultimately do little to harm the networks they breached. Even Hollywood's earliest depictions of hackers—in films such as Tron and War Games—portrayed them as being perhaps misguided and naïve but ultimately heroic.
Today, there's a whole new breed of hackers whose elusive invasions aren't just for sport anymore. These cyber intruders include organized crime syndicates and foreign intelligence services, disgruntled employees and industrial spies-all with a variety of motivations, including creating havoc and business disruption, stealing information, and gaining financial advantage by snatching private information about a company or its customers.
In the 21st century, concerns about hackers have heightened as our society continues to be transformed by new forms of global communications made possible by the Internet. It is this openness and interconnectedness between computer networks, however, that creates new risks to the world's digital infrastructure.
When it comes to computer security breaches, it is often too late to address the incident once it is detected. In April 2009, a malicious software program called Conficker, thought to be unleashed by a criminal group in Eastern Europe, eluded antivirus programs and infected an estimated 12 million computers, including one system used by the French military.
A glance through the Identity Theft Resource Center's high-profile breach report shows the magnitude of this global problem. In early 2009, for example, hackers broke into a Federal Aviation Administration site that held the names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees. And, in one particularly bold attack last year, hackers used stolen credit card information to steal millions from 130 ATM machines in 49 cities around the world.
More recently, alarming cyber attacks crippled the Web sites of several South Korean and American government agencies (including the White House, the State Department, and the Secret Service) for days during and after the July 4, 2009, weekend. "This is not a simple attack by an individual hacker, but appears to be thoroughly planned and executed by a specific organization or on a state level," stated the National Intelligence Service. A total of 26 sites-including some commercial Web sites-were targeted in the attack, which drove a surge of traffic to the sites and caused an overload that resulted in a crash.
"The threat is increasing," says Professor Ayat Jafari, chair of NYIT's Department of Engineering and Computer Science. "Attacks over the Internet are the greatest threat, and those threats can come from anywhere around the globe. The Internet has broken down the walls. But since there are no walls, it has created a different kind of problem. There are malicious programs that target operating systems and their applications wherever they are vulnerable."
Cyber attacks in the 21st century aren't just about commercial espionage or the invasion of one's personal privacy. The cyber attack has emerged as an offensive weapon in wartime. During the 2008 conflict between Georgia and the breakaway Republic of Ossetia, hackers disabled Web sites throughout the region in a distributed "denial of service" attack. The intruders even gained access to Georgian government computers and replaced the image of the nation's president with a likeness of Adolph Hitler.
The U.S. military, according to the New York Times, has gone on the offensive as well, hacking into the computer system of an Al Qaeda cell and providing misleading information that lured members into the hands of American troops.
These incidents-from cyber warfare to identity theft to Internet disruption-are critical issues in today's vast and anonymous world of cyberspace. Defense officials must be on guard 24-7 against hackers, terrorists, or enemy nations that decide to launch a digital attack, as many nations' critical infrastructures, including electric power grids and communications networks, are controlled by computer systems.
Cyber security also erupted as an issue in the last U.S. presidential campaign. After both Barack Obama and John McCain voiced their concern over the issue, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a public policy research institute in Washington, D.C., established a 30-member Commission on Cyber Security in late 2007 to provide recommendations to the incoming administration on how to address cyber security.
"In traditional warfare, the country with the strongest military has the advantage," says Eric Cole, (B.S. '93, M.S. '94), a commission member as well as chief scientist and senior fellow at Lockheed Martin Corporation, one of the nation's largest defense contractors. "In cyber warfare, you are at a disadvantage if you are big. If someone is trying to find one vulnerability, they'd rather try if you have 200,000 systems vs. 2,000."
In fact, some experts are comparing today's computer defenses-firewalls, antivirus programs, and the like-to the French government's seemingly well-fortified Maginot Line during World War I that, once flanked, proved ineffective to halt the advancing German army.
President Obama has outlined his plan to defend the federal government from what he calls "weapons of mass disruption" while pledging to protect the privacy of Americans by barring regular federal surveillance of private networks that carry daily communications. He knows the issue personally, acknowledging that hackers found their way into his files during his presidential campaign, gaining access to position papers and travel itineraries.
Obama's plan is one piece of a $17 billion, five-year federal program approved by Congress in 2008 to build a stronger defense against cyber weaponry in partnership with the private sector. The program, based in part on recommendations from the panel Cole served on, centralized cyber security oversight to the White House. Advisors felt that putting it under White House control would provide better coordination among the myriad agencies involved in the issue-from the Department of Homeland Security to the National Security Agency (NSA). Plans also include setting up a Pentagon cyber command to defend military networks.
Cole says the threats have grown in scope and complexity since he was an NYIT student while working at the Central Intelligence Agency in 1990, a time when security issues mostly involved worrying if there were viruses on 3.5-inch floppy disks.
"The problems are different, but the fundamental issues of securing your assets and reducing risk haven't changed," says Cole. "You have to understand how the adversary operates, understand there will always be some risk, focus on the vulnerabilities, and reduce them to an acceptable level."
Sealing off those vulnerabilities is the job of Cole and tens of thousands of computer security professionals around the world who are part of an industry that is growing to keep pace with the enormity of new challenges that multiply regularly.
For example, hackers who have been stymied by banks' cyber defenses are now experiencing some success in gaining control of clients' computers, which then allow them access to the banks' systems. New technologies such as smartphones and the rapid expansion of social networking sites have created more opportunities for problems, including the fact that many smart devices carry huge amounts of data, which cannot be wiped clean if the device is lost or stolen.
"Most likely, we will be seeing hackers targeting those technologies," says Jafari. "We're going to need security specialists to defend the IT infrastructure from future sophisticated threats."


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Allison Gunnink, pictured with her father, Glen Marcum, is running in the First Midwest Bank Half Marathon on Sunday in Palos Heights for charity. Her family was impacted by cancer and she wants to do something to help. | Supplied photo
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What: First Midwest Bank Half Marathon & 10K
When: Sunday
Where: Route 83 and 76th Avenue, Palos Heights
Start times: Half-marathon, 7:30 a.m.; 10K, 7:40 a.m.: Walk, Run or Roll, 7:45 a.m.
Etc: Race packets must be picked up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Health Fair & Expo at Moraine Valley Church, 6300 W. 127th St., Palos Heights. ... Free, ample parking is available within a two-block radius ... There will be postrace entertainment, including live music and beer.
Prizes: Male and female top-five finishers get from $250 to $500; Master 40-and-over male and female top-three finishers get from $50 to $250; Veterans 50-and-over male and female top-three finishers get from $37.50 to $125.
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Allison Gunnink lost two uncles to cancer. Others in her family have been diagnosed with the disease but were able to overcome it.
Gunnink, a board-certified music therapist and avid runner, wants to use Sunday's First Midwest Bank Half Marathon in Palos Heights as an opportunity to help raise money for the American Cancer Society.
"It's a cause that's near and dear to my heart," the Plainfield resident said.
Up to 1,800 runners are expected to register for the half-marathon, which is in its seventh year.
Drivers should avoid Route 83 on Sunday. The road will be shut down from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. between Harlem and Archer avenues. Residents who live between Harlem and 76th avenues still will be able to access the roads.
While not everyone who runs is doing it for a charity, a big part of what the First Midwest Bank race does is raise money for nonprofits, race director Mel Diab said.
"There's always been some kind of giving back to the community," said Diab, who owns Running For Kicks in Palos Heights.
Portions of the proceeds are donated to the American Cancer Society for prostate cancer research, to the South West Special Recreation Association and to Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens.
The last five half-marathons have raised more than $150,000 for local charitable organizations.
New this year is a 10K race, Diab said. Everyone who finishes will get a finishers medal.
In the half-mile Walk, Run or Roll for those with special needs, kids can use wheelchairs or, if they are able, go at it on foot.
A health fair and expo will take place Saturday.
After the halfmarathon, runners are invited to a party featuring live music, and food and beer vendors.
About 300 volunteers from area high schools and colleges help manage the event.
Diab said that the half-marathon relies heavily on volunteers and the event sponsor.
"Without a great sponsor like First Midwest Bank, we couldn't put on a race," Diab said.
The event also is a great way for runners to get used to long runs.
Samantha Schultz, of Oak Lawn, is running the half-marathon in preparation for the Chicago Marathon. She's entering the Chicago race, with her husband, to raise money for the The American Cancer Society's DetermiNation Program.
"I am totally, 100 percent new to running," Schultz said.


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BOSTON — Manager Bobby Valentine acknowledged on Sunday that outfielder Ryan Kalish is probably shut down for the rest of the season.
Kalish, dealing with the shoulder and neck issues that have bedeviled him the past two seasons, hasn't had an at-bat since Sept. 11, appearing just twice since then as a defensive replacement. Valentine didn't rule out using him as a pinch-runner.
"Unless an emergency arises, I can't see him really playing," Valentine said. "He hasn't swung in a long time. He might pinch-run, but he's not even throwing very much."
"It's come to that point where I'm not feeling that great, just overall, and my right shoulder has kind of acted up," said Kalish. "With nine games to go, we're not going to push it too hard just to get out there the last series. It was just time to start getting ready for next year."
It's been another difficult season for Kalish, who missed most of the last five months in 2011 after dislocating his shoulder in April. Offseason surgeries on his neck and shoulder pushed his recovery back into June this year, and he hasn't been able to stay consistently healthy since then.
"He's thinking the winter is exactly what the doctor ordered," Valentine said.
"With all the stuff that's happened, with the surgeries and what not, it's just best overall to get the focus on getting totally right. It was a good year to get back on the field and just play," Kalish said. "I think getting stronger will take care of everything. That's a huge part of what I do, and that totally got missed."
Remembering Johnny
On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, following their victory over the Orioles, the Red Sox celebrated the life of Johnny Pesky.
The entire current roster and more than a dozen former players were on hand to pay tribute to the franchise icon, who passed away on Aug. 13 at the age of 92.
"I know that every story about every season started with Johnny Pesky in spring training. That was the first face you saw," said Pedro Martinez. "His soul was attached to Boston in some way that nobody's ever probably able to describe. That makes Johnny unique, makes his soul unique. I don't think Pesky will ever go away."
"More than anybody else — you can talk about Yaz or Dewey or Ted or all these guys, John was around a long time before and after these guys," Carlton Fisk added. "He was the face that I remember most."
The event was free and open to the public, with a few hundred fans settling in along the third-base line to hear stories about Pesky and visiting displays about his life in the organization set up on the warning track.
The list of players who came back spanned from Reggie Smith to Roger Clemens to Keith Foulke.
"I would have loved to play with him," Martinez said. "Just by looking at the way he went about trying to help all the people become successful and to win championships and be better in the game, it tells me a lot about his character, his way, his professionalism.
"He will always remain in my heart, in my memories, in my history with baseball."
Ellsbury misses 3 games
After being in Boston's initial lineup on Sunday, center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was scratched and replaced by Scott Podsednik in the leadoff spot.
It will mark the third straight game Ellsbury has missed. He wasn't in the original starting lineup on Thursday against the Rays, either, but he came off the bench when Pedro Ciriaco proved overmatched in center.
"I was waiting on Ells to get here, work out. He said he felt all right but wanted to go up and throw just to make sure, so I put the lineup up thinking the first comment would be the last in comment," Valentine said. "After throwing, he decided he needs another day."
Valentine has described Ellsbury's ailment only as a "situation," but he has indicated that it has to do with the outfielder's left shoulder.
That is not the shoulder Ellsbury dislocated in April, causing him to miss three months.
Ellsbury is hitting .277 with a .321 on-base percentage this season and four home runs. Podsednik went 2-for-4 with two strikeouts Sunday.
Still counts to Bailey
Meaningless game or not, the way Andrew Bailey pumped his fist after recording the final out demonstrated what getting that final out meant to him — particularly in the aftermath of the save he'd blown at Tampa Bay three days earlier.
In both situations, Bailey pitched himself into trouble. On Sunday, Bailey pitched himself out of trouble and preserved the victory.
"As much as I love that situation, you don't want to be in it," he said.
Being in those situations is something Bailey missed for the first four-plus months of this season while he was recovering from surgery on his thumb. Being in those situations now — and getting out of those situations now — gives him something to take into the winter as he prepares to be the closer of what he expects to be a contending team.
"You can't replicate those type of situations," he said. "For me, it's nice to get back in those situations. As much as you don't want to put guys on base, when the time is right next year, when we're in the playoff hunt, these couple of save opportunities, high-stress outings, might play a part down the road."
Bailey has a 5.79 ERA with 13 strikeouts and five walks in 17 appearances since he returned from surgery. Five of the nine earned runs with which he's been charged scored on Thursday at Tampa Bay. Eleven of his last 13 outings have been scoreless.
"I don't know if I'm trying to be too fine early in the count or what," he said. "But I've got to focus on getting back to challenging the hitter right out of the gate and make him put the ball in play."