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From street corners to farmers markets, vendors are all over
"I lost my job and decided that I had to make some money," said Heather Howell, a local produce vendor. "I put in over 60 applications this year — in the past four months — but I haven't got one call back, not one; it's crazy," she added.
Howell, who vends at local farmers markets and the
"I don't think we've seen an economy like this maybe ever in our lifetime, so it has been very hard for job seekers," said Kimberly Bodine, executive director of Gulf Coast Workforce Board.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, from 2008 to 2011 unemployment in
"I'm not surprised that people have started trying to carve out a way for themselves to make a living to sustain their families through this economic downturn," Bodine added.
Community-style yard sale
Regularly held on Saturdays for the past five months, the community-style yard sale actually is a prohibited function in the city, said Lee Penton,
"When we catch them there, we tell them that they have to leave because its private property," Penton said, "and we do not allow outdoor sales like a yard sale unless it's at your home — no flea market outdoor sales."
Penton said the city has not issued a citation or fined anyone, though officials have warned the street vendors 10 to 15 times.
"I can only imagine that they're looking for a way to make more money, to make ends meet. Right now, things are tough for everybody, and I understand that," Penton said.
Penton added that city officials discussed the city possibly holding an outdoor yard sale on
"They're there because they need a break anyway, so we try to give them a break," he added.
Garages as storefronts
A string of blue and white garages line
One vendor, Robert Curry, transformed the small garage into a coffee shop, Ja's and Ra's Café.
Curry said because it's located near a roadway where there is a lot of traffic and he gets "a lot of business," adding that "people stop by and get a cup of coffee on their way to work."
Marcus Lowder, at the opposite end of the set of garages, said after submitting more than 100 applications to local employers, some through the
"I think people are getting creative to do what they have to do to make ends meet," said Ronnie Barnes, director of Waterfront Farmers Markets Inc.
According to Barnes, the
By 2011, 40 vendors were committed to the market, "partly due to tough economic times and partly due to the innate desire of humans to belong to something, to work with their hands and to be self-reliant," Barnes added.
And, while it is evident the economy gave reason for the increased number of vendors, Kathy Vanda Hoven said vending is more than about making money.
Vanda Hoven has been vending at the
"We moved every two years and I've never got the chance to get my education, so I became proficient in selling Avon," she said, listing
"This has been the answer to my prayers, having this," she said, pointing at her table of products, "as well as my customers.
"I've made so many friends out here over the years," she said, adding that if she were to speak about no longer vending, her "customers would say, 'please don't ever leave us.' "

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Last week, two years into her term, Teresa Sullivan was removed as president of the University of Virginia. Helen Dragas, rector of the University's Board of Visitors—what most states call a Board of Regents—explained the situation with a brief statement, "The Board believes that in the rapidly changing and highly pressurized external environment in both health care and in academia, the University needs to remain at the forefront of change." Of course, this explained nothing about the decision to remove Sullivan, who by all accounts was succeeding as president of the university. Questions about her dismissal turned to outrage when it was revealed that Dragas had pushed this under the cover of darkness, with little deliberation, false pretenses, and the exclusion of other board members. Indeed, the Board never actually met to dismiss Sullivan. Rather, Dragas forced her to resign with the message that she had enough votes to oust her.
This weekend, outrage grew louder when a mistaken e-mail revealed the degree to which this was literally a coup d'état engineered by Dragas and a handful of wealthy donors, with support from members of the business school. Yesterday, 2,000 people—including faculty, administrators, and John T. Casteen, former president of U.Va—gathered on the steps of the Rotunda, the historic center of the University, to protest the decision and pressure the Board of Visitors into reversing its decision.
Reporters in Charlottesville and at the Washington Post have done a great job of covering the scandal, and you should read their work for a fuller picture of what's going on at the University of Virginia. What they found is that—far from incompetence or mismanagement—Sullivan's sin was that she acted as a university administrator and not as a business person. As reported by the Post, one of the complaints was that she refused to cut "obscure" and low-revenue programs like Classics and German, and rejected a plan to bring online education to the university. In general, her opponents felt that she was too incremental, too ensconced in academic culture, and too unwilling to bring top-down, corporate-style governance to the university. And so, in the quest for dramatic "change," Dragas had her removed.
For as much as this has been described as "remarkable" and "unprecedented," I can't help but see it as the microcosm of a dynamic playing out in our politics and across our public institutions. The constant denigration of government and public service, coupled with the often unjustified veneration of business, has led to a world where successful capitalists are privileged in all discussions. In an earlier time, we understood that the values and priorities of the market weren't universally applicable; of course you wouldn't run a university like a business. It has different goals, serves different constituencies, and more important, has a broad obligation to serve the public.
The same goes for government. The Postal Service has never been a money-making operation, but that's never been the point; as a country, we agreed that everyone should be connected, even if it doesn't pay for itself. The value of public-spiritedness trumped the goal of profitability. You could say the same for Social Security, Medicaid, Pell Grants, Amtrak, etc. These programs should be judged by whether they accomplish the goals of our society—a safety net for the poor, help for the young, assistance for the old—and not whether they meet the metrics of a business. If they need reform to meet their goals, then we should move in that direction. But handing to them to the private sector, or running them like a business, won't automatically solve their problems or make them better.
For the last thirty years, however, we've deferred to capitalists and businesspeople in nearly all decisions. A handful of rich people think they know how to run the economy? Great, we'll let them take care of it. A few billionaires think they know what's wrong with our education system? Well, we should listen to them! As U.Va professor Siva Vaidhyanathan put it in a piece for Slate:
At some point in recent American history, we started assuming that if people are rich enough, they must be experts in all things. That's why we trust Mark Zuckerberg to save Newark schools and Bill Gates to rid the world of malaria.
You can see this in the presidential election. Mitt Romney's chief complaint about Barack Obama is that he's insufficiently solicitous of business, and unwilling to cede authority to the private sector. For Romney, and the Republican Party, government exists to bolster business and protect wealth, not provide for the public good.
Mixed in all of this, as we see at both U.Va and the country writ large, is a disdain for incrementalism and a mindless desire for "boldness," even if it's a cover for radicalism. During her two years, Teresa Sullivan worked to rebuild the foundations of the university, and earn the trust and support of its stakeholders. Change was coming, but it would be a smooth transition that reformed and accommodated existing structures.
Likewise, the "change" of Obama's 2008 campaign was a move to set our house in order, and prepare our country for the challenges ahead. The Affordable Care Act, if it survives, will set the stage for a more robust welfare state. Dodd-Frank is the beginning of a stronger regulatory state. Cap and trade, if it passed, would have set the country on the path to sustainability. Pundits dismiss this as "timid," but it's how a country moves forward, as opposed to the "bold" (but radical and unworkable) ideas of an ideologue like Paul Ryan.
Despite protests and near-universal opposition, U.Va's Board of Visitors will not reinstate Sullivan. Already, it's chosen an interim president—the dean of the Commerce School. I expect my alma mater to run and shout its way down the path of "strategic dynamism," without making progress toward a better future. When I'm feeling pessimistic, I see the same for the United States. We'll cede our public space to the interests of the wealthy, and replace our public spirit with the cut-throat values of capitalists. We'll move forward, but at the ultimate cost of a decent, compassionate society.
Wed, 2012-06-20 09:40
FYI: The only reason the USPS is currently "losing money" is because Republicans added a provision requiring them to fund 75 years of retiree benefits in 10 years. When you back out 6.5 years of retiree benefits from each annual P&L, the USPS is in fact profitable. Note that all current package delivery companies [UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc] outsource their doorstep delivery for rural addresses to the post office.. and those organizations have also confirmed that if their charter required them to deliver to those rural addresses, they would no longer be profitable.
A public institution that makes a profit and benefits the public good? Unpossible!
This replacement of Sullivan is purely about ego and power of disconnected arrogant rich people who can't be bothered with messy, uncontrollable things we call "facts." This move isn't "good governance" or "bold strategery" - it's insane stupidity. Hopefully Dragas will soon work for private equity to perfect his strategy of taking a great company and making it barely above average.. I'm always looking for a good short.
Wed, 2012-06-20 22:36
This is such a sad -- but, regrettably, not surprising -- story. What I wonder about is Helen Dragas' background...and which of the wealthy entrepreneurial Board of Visitors members is going to give her a chance to make big bucks in return for destroying Thomas Jefferson's university....
Wed, 2012-06-20 22:57
Thu, 2012-06-21 15:14
Yes, all power to them: a practically accomplished fact, so no need to apply the spur.
I would like to hear you expand logically, beyond the mockery. I think there is actually a case to be made that the present coup at UVa is part of a larger radical movement--what I figure for a "revolution from the rich." But underlying it all, there is a deep vein of continuity between radical leftist and radical rightist ideologies and the practices they give rise to. They seem to start from the same bold action / charismatic leader place in the human psyche and the human way of organizing into groups, and they seem to end up in similar places: collective farms, company towns. To me the differences, from the standpoint of human freedom, do not appear so very large. That's how I see it -- but how do you see it? How thorough do you see this similarity of vanguard-led movements to be?
Wed, 2012-06-20 23:46
Jane Jacobs covered all of this in Systems of Survival. Two systems, both necessary, either one doomed to fail if it is used to perform functions for which the other is better suited. Instead of having elites who understand this obvious truth, in the U.S. nowadays we are in thrall to this radical bizarro Soviet mindset, believing for some insane reason that commercial virtues are suited to every need in civilization.
Perfect that Sullivan's replacement is from the Commerce School.
Thu, 2012-06-21 02:08
I've got to say it's refreshing to see how many other commenters here see the curious resemblance to Soviet thought present in extreme free market ideologies. This is not an obvious comparison, beyond its zealotry and the example of disaster it offers for us to inspect. The comparison between monopoly capitalism and state capitalism (e.g. communism) may be more thorough and unified as each travels out its asymptote towards perfection than the wing-fang-and-claw warfare between them invites us to think. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge says, "Opposites tend to meet." Company town or _kholkhoz_ (collective farm), it's hegemony.
Maybe it's better to call it "industrial feudalism."
We've seen where communism has led. But could we have a better formula for this industrial feudalism? I've wondered about this lately, as I've seen things develop. In particular I've been thinking about William Gibson's near-future fictions, where he envisioned a world populated by "rich people, poor people, and criminals." History has caught up with much of Gibson's imaginings in the _Neuromancer_ trilogy, driving him to much more contemporary settings for his fiction. But one thing has me wondering: Can a world of rich people, poor people, and criminals go on for very long before it hits the kind of demographic collapse seen in post-Soviet societies (especially Russian?). Consider the pressures on the oceanic ecosystem, e.g., global climate change, mass extinctions on land... Failure of governments may not lead to a corporate-ruled world filled with high-tech human resources departments who hire mercenaries to enable talent defection; it may just ecologically and therefore economically fall apart.
So may be we will "...replace our public spirit with the cut-throat values of capitalists. We'll move forward, but at the ultimate cost of a decent, compassionate society." But I think it's a real empirical hypothesis, subject to refutation, if we guess that our society as such will persist in such a caustic atmosphere.
Already in our society we have signs of a radical disconnect from reality in the behavior of the rich. They can't lose, really, so their behavior becomes dysregulated. The poor can't win--same result. Donald Trump thinks Obama wasn't born in the USA--he's a Birther--it makes him look like a fool, but who will tell him that, to whom he will listen? Now, UVa is to be taken four-wheeling by some billionaires with a plan they still will not divulge. Is it a hotshot superstar to be university president, as Siva Vaidnyanathan astutely conjectures? (Secret emergencies like this have their precedents, and having people waiting in the wings is sometimes what precipitates them.) Whatever it is, as governance it is a shocking debacle.
I hope the damage is undone at UVa, but that school is not out of the woods by a long shot. The people charged with their well-being have done them injury without any apparent compensatory amelioration of things: with nothing in trade for the mess. What if it is a symptom of something bigger, though? With organizations like ACTA insinuating themselves into the academic scene, it seems like the UVa mess is happening in the context of a much broader and in some sense ideological power grab for the American mind, via the country's institutions of higher learning. It isn't the intentions ultimately that worry me so much as the disconnect from reality. Certainly there is malefaction against what some perceive to be "hippy" elements remaining in our culture. But mind the gap... mind the disconnect. Maybe we're seeing an early salvo of a kind of revolution from the rich.
David Benjamin
Thu, 2012-06-21 11:26
To make matters worse, our elusive governor Mr. McDonnell, is traipsing around the landscape sucking up to Romney trying to gain the post as VP republican cnadidate in November.
Instead he should attend to state business and there is no greater business at present than the mess at UVA.
He should issue a public apology to Dr. Sullivan and give her a substantial raise in pay. Whatever pay raise it might be, it will pale compared to the loss of financial support form alumni.
There is no integrity on the current BoV. They should be fired beginning with the DragonLady and her henchmen who engineered this mess. As witness to the lack of integrity, read about the mess Dragas has made with her own business regarding defective and un-insurable materials used in one of her latest construction projects.
The reputation of UVA has been drastically tarnished all due to a few unethical and immoral individuals who cannot see beyond their wallets and inflated egos.
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Magician Mark Alan returns to the library for a special "mad science"-themed magic show. Don't forget to check out our special magic books display the week of the program to learn your own magic tricks and stay tuned for another special magic show at your library MC'ed by Magician Mark Alan and presented by local Ponte Vedra teens in August. Thank you to the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library for generously sponsoring this program.
Thursday, July 24 @ 11am
Yoga is a great way to increase flexibility, lower stress, and improve energy. Learn to relax your mind and body with some simple, kid-friendly stretches and exercises. This program is for beginners and fun for the whole family. It is recommended that you wear loose clothing and bring your own towel or mat.
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Allen knows leaving would be difficultPosted by on January 2, 2013 – 7:00 pm
If Will Allen had his way, he would be spending this week in team meetings, on the practice field and watching film through the night, getting ready for a playoff game this weekend or next.
But unfortunately things didn't go as planned this season, and instead of practicing he is preparing to head off into an offseason of uncertainty for the free agent safety.
"I still feel like I have to get ready for this week," said Allen. "I am kind of at a loss for words. I think we missed out on a lot of opportunities this year. We had some very strong points but some very low points as well. We have to evaluate and get better this offseason. We need to press hard and come together as a team, so we can face those adverse situations better, and those critical moments in games where we didn't execute well."
Allen was called upon heavily this season not just to play in situational defenses, but to start seven games when Troy Polamalu was injured and saw extended playing time as Polamalu was slowly worked back into the lineup.
"I was able to help the team the best way I could," said Allen. "That's what I am here for, to help the team win and help the team the best way I can. I am thankful for the opportunity. There are still many ways I can get better and this team can get better. We just have to get better in the critical moments of a game."
The defense finished ranked No. 1 overall in the NFL, first against the pass and second against the rush. But they weren't satisfied. The defense was 12th in the AFC with 20 takeaways, an even mix of 10 interceptions and fumble recoveries, and 25th overall in the NFL. It's an area Allen knows has to pick up next year.
"The lack of turnovers on defense this year, we didn't make enough," said Allen. "We didn't make enough at all. We started getting them later this season. That helped our offense be more opportunistic. Next year, I think we need to focus on that from day one. To have the number-one defense and number-one pass defense two consecutive years is tremendous. I just think we need to get our turnover ratio up."
Allen is one of 18 players who will become a free agent in March and knows there could be opportunities for him to potentially be a full-time starter elsewhere, but also knows what he has in Pittsburgh.
"The Steelers organization is great," said Allen. "I really have enjoyed my time here. I've enjoyed the team. It's a lot of fun. I love to compete here. I love the fans. It's a hard place to leave. Even if they let you go it's a hard place to leave. When that time comes, when March comes, I will sit back and think about what decision to make."
Allen said he doesn't have to talk to other players who have left via free agency, including linebacker Larry Foote who left and came back, to know how special it is to play for the Steelers.
"It's very hard to leave you once you've been here," said Allen. "I really don't know what will happen. I want to talk like I will be here, because I love it here. I love playing here and playing for Coach Tomlin.
"I know what it is like to be away from here. I played in Tampa for six years. There were some good years, and there were some horrible years there. I know what it's like to play for a great organization here in Pittsburgh. To leave would be difficult."
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Chris Lynn still haunting houses in the off season?
Chris Lynn still haunting houses in the off season?
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#408. Sixty three not out forever.
Hey Chris, why the long face?
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Beer is a bit of a knob, eh?
Lol at Lynn. Gave Yates nothing in that interview and wore his helmet the whole time. Gold
Looks nothing like me tbh.
See Lynn under the lid there? Like an extra from Planet of the Apes.
p.s. Great knock by Lynn, fastest 50 of the BBL so far (even if courtesy of a very dodgy call on that boundary).
Nothing says cricket at the GABBA more than the groundsmen wearing dryzabones.
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APALACHICOLA — The daughter of an Apalachicola woman found murdered Dec. 12 told investigators she shot and stabbed her mother to death after a heated argument, according to law enforcement reports.
She then buried the victim's body in a mound of debris on an isolated beach about 10 miles west of town.
According to a Dec. 13 autopsy performed by the Leon County Medical Examiner's Office, Cynthia Green died as a result of more than 60 stab wounds and a single gunshot to the back of the head.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, arrested Sandra Anne Loudermilk-Conkel, 46, of Apalachicola, Saturday afternoon on charges of first degree murder in connection with the death of 68-year-old Cynthia Green.
She was taken to the Franklin County Jail after being apprehended without incident at the Best Western Motel in Apalachicola, where she and her mother were staying after being burned out of their home early last month.
In a first appearance by video Sunday before Circuit Judge Frank Sheffield, Loudermilk-Conkel was ordered held without bond, and assigned a public defender. The Office of the State Attorney, 2nd Judicial Circuit will prosecute this case.
Undersheriff Joel Norred said law enforcement officials interviewed several people in connection with the murder, but are not seeking other suspects in connection with the murder.
"We believe she acted alone," he said.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed by Investigator Brett Johnson, Loudermilk-Conkel confessed to the murder Saturday during an interview by Johnson and lead investigator Duane Cook at the sheriff's office investigations building.
Saturday's confession followed numerous interviews by FDLE and Franklin County investigators, during which "Sandra told several stories which were later found to be false," Johnson wrote.
The report says Loudermilk-Conkel told officers that on the morning of Dec. 12, she and her mother had driven to 10 Mile Road west of Apalachicola, "where a heated argument ensued."
Loudermilk-Conkel told officers that during the course of the argument, "she gained access to her mother's 25-caliber handgun, which she used to shoot her mother. Sandra stated her mother was facing away from her when she fired the shot."
Loudermilk-Conkel told investigators that after firing the shot, "she began to stab her mother with a folding lock blade knife. Sandra could not remember how many times her mother was stabbed because she blacked out. Sandra stated she then drug Mrs. Green over a ledge at the end of 10 Mile Road and covered her body with debris."
The Sheriff's Office said in a news release last week that around 1 p.m. Dec. 12, they received calls indicating a body had been spotted in the area of State Road 30A, 10 miles west of Apalachicola. That sandy stretch of beach at the end of Ten Mile Road, bordered by woods with thick undergrowth, is popular with net fishermen, and people walking their dogs.
Loudermilk-Conkel had been employed at Bay City Lodge, doing part-time piece work scaling fish, said Bay City's owner Jimmy Mosconis.
She had recently moved back to Apalachicola after living elsewhere for several years, and was married in Dec. 2002 to Gary J. Conkel, in Orange County. The marriage was dissolved in September 2011.
Loudermilk-Conkel had lived at her mother's house at 191 Ninth St. until the time the house became uninhabitable after a kitchen fire in early November.
Green worked as a senior LPN at the Franklin Correctional Institution in Carrabelle.
Green was known as an animal lover, and her menagerie of more than 15 cats and three pit bull mixes are being rounded up by animal control officers. They are hoping that, with the family's permission, they will be able to adopt out the animals. For more information, contact animal control at 670-4733.
In a posting on her Facebook page, Loudermilk-Conkel's younger sister, April Loudermilk, thanked the entire community for their expressions of prayer and love.
"This is a very hard time for me and I'm trying so hard to be strong," wrote Loudermilk, who said her mom was planning to retire next month.
"She worked hard all her life to have and was going to finally be able to kick back. This demon Sandra that was once known as my sister took my mother's life. All my mother did was help her and this is how she repaid her," she wrote.
"I would give anything, anything to have her back in my life. When you lose someone it hurts!" Loudermilk wrote. "I just lost my father in May. It hurt, and still does, but it was from natural causes. My mom was robbed!
"My mom was my 83-year-old grandmother's only child and she is really going through it as well," she wrote. "Please continue to keep us in your prayers."


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It's easy these days to strike up a conversation about the Starkville Academy Lady Volunteers and their accomplishments this season.
While attending the Diamond Classic at Mississippi State on Friday, one of the topics of conversation was Starkville Academy girls basketball. For those who don't know, the Diamond Classic is a baseball event and hoops was the subject being talked about.
All an individual has to do these days is mention the first and sometimes middle names of Sallie Kate, Nora Kathryn, Maggie and Anna Lea and even part of a first name Tiff, and people know exactly who those young ladies play for and that they are doing something special right now.
The interest that the Lady Vols are creating in Starkville right now is amazing and it's good to see the community rallying around their success.
On Saturday, Starkville Academy captured the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA State championship by defeating Madison-Ridgeland Academy 64-29. The Lady Vols improved their record to 40-0.
SA's Class AAA title came on the heels of getting the AAA-Division II State trophy last week at Hillcrest Christian School.
Winning the latest championship did not come without a challenge as the Lady Vols were pushed to the limit by Presbyterian Christian in the semifinals on Friday afternoon. Starkville Academy trailed 33-21 before coming back to take a 40-37 decision.
Anna Lea Little of the Lady Vols said it was just a matter of getting back to playing their game.
"We really didn't play our game for the first three quarters, but we were able to get it together and just come back," Little said. "We believed in ourselves in that fourth quarter that we could come back and win.
(Saturday), we were just so relieved that we came out here, played and relaxed."
Starkville Academy girls coach Glenn Schmidt cares about her players and the effort they put in for the good of the team.
When the AAA All-Tournament Team was announced and one of her five starters was left off, Schmidt made sure she went to that player and made sure she knew how valuable she was.
Schmidt said the Lady Vols are in the position they are because of the way the players go about their business.
"It's the people that are doing it," Schmidt said. "Everybody kept saying, how in the world did you make the comeback? It's the people that are playing. It's the work they put in and everything in their life that's built them up to this point. They just won't quit. To come back (Saturday), I knew if we could find a way to play our game, it would help us get past some of our jitters."
Little, Maggie Proffitt, Tiffany Huddleston, Nora Kathryn Carroll and Sallie Kate Richardson are five solid starters for SA that seem to feed off each other.
Richardson likes the chemistry the Lady Vols have on the court.
"If one person is hitting, it gets everyone else going," Richardson said. "It's really good and we connect really good as a team."
It's been quite a run for the Starkville Academy girls program over the past couple of years and there's only one more week remaining at the MAIS Overall State Tournament in Clinton to cap a repeat of last year's three-peat.
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Two long-standing individual Northwestern school records fell in 2013, one each on the men's and women's side, and together they form our No. 15 moment of 2012-13 for Northwestern Athletics.
First, senior women's sprinter Taylor Reynolds exploded for a 22.14 in the 50 freestyle during the preliminary heats of the 2013 Big Ten Championships to lower the previous Northwestern mark of 22.26 set by All-American Andrea Hupman in 2008. Reynolds would be seeded second overall for the finals of the event behind eventual champion Ivy Martin of Wisconsin.
The 22.14 time for Reynolds qualified her for the 2013 NCAA Championships field and was part of a strong Big Ten Championships that also saw her pick up an All-Big Ten honor with a second-place result in the 100 freestyle.
On the men's side, freshman Jordan Wilimovsky entered the NCAA Championships having already broken the school's record in the mile during the Big Ten Championships. His 15:03.07 at the conference meet punched his ticket to the NCAA field and took down a school mark that had not been touched in nearly a decade.
Wilimovsky then went out and lowered it again on the final day of the NCAA meet, becoming the first Wildcat in program history to swim a sub 15:00.00 mile when he touched the wall in 14:58.80. "Jordan had a great swim today," head coach Jarod Schroeder said at the time. "Last year it only took 15:00.00 to score at the meet so we were hoping it would have been enough. His effort was still a great step forward."
Wilimovsky went on to qualify for the United State National Team for the 2013 FINA World Championships in the 25K open water event with fourth-place finishes in both the 5K and 10K swims at the USA Swimming national championships meet.


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To start, I'd like to say I love TNA Wrestling. I've been following the company for about seven years now and I've refused to change the channel, regardless of how poor the product was. As I'm sure everyone would agree, they've gotten a lot better over the past couple of months and I think they are, for the most part, moving in the right direction.
I've been loyal to the company for
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Hey Wrestling fans. The Saviour here with another edition of, Sudden Impact, where it's all TNA, and nothing else.
Now usually, there's very little to no mention of the evil empire from up north. But I feel compelled to start this with an advertisement of sorts. Come the weekend, I'll be posting a very special Abdominal Stretch, as we come up on the heels of Raw's 1000th Episode. This
Hey wrestling fans. The Saviour here with a special edition of Sudden Impact as we come off what could have been the best PPV of 2012, Destination X. I know that's a bold statement, but if you watched this PPV, you would know that it really can stake a claim to that.
I'm not gonna make this blog long. Just touch on the big points of the PPV, and I'll break it down more on this week's
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin at WrestleMania 13. Yes, I started this week's blog with a fragment, but my point is sound. If you want to know why and how blood can be used in a way to further character development, enhance an angle, and help build a megastar, look no further than this example. The image of Austin's last bit of strength being exerted to power out of the Sharp Shooter is on
Let me say this first and foremost, I do not have a obsession with Angel going WWE-bound, nor would I be super excited if she did. However, I can't help but notice there are some little hints and clues left by her and other people that could indicate that the WWE would be her next goal. I'm not saying that I'm being correct or anything, they look very strange and coincidental. Let me explain them
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Let me set this blogs tone. I wrote this before taking my vacation this year. Slammiversary live was EPIC! I didn't see the show through the big screen yet, so let me know how the show came across to those who bought it, or watched it online. I can tell you from being in the crowd; it was pure energy from the Joe/Aries match until Sting demolished Roode to end the show. Now, to the blog –
Ok fans. The Saviour here with an odd, 3rd post this week. I'm actually going to blog about a thread from the forum that I found very interesting. And while I was responding, I found my response getting too long and figured I'd make a blog about it.
Now, over the last 4 or 5 weeks, I've been very much in favor of TNA over WWE. They've been putting on better shows and focusing more on
i was thinking of storyline ideas wwe should use when i found the perect one on wwe 12 its called goldust best day ever and everyone who has wwe 12 should download it. i will not spoil it but it is suspensfull funny and brilliant if i were a wwe writer i would use it.
now i will have a prediction contest for how the story ends you can download it and type in the results i dont care.
Following on from the top 10 moments in TNA history, I bring you the top 10 matches to come from TNA in the past 10 years. These matches will be based on both the quality of the match as well as the impact (no pun intended) they had. So without further ado here is the 10 ten matches of TNA.
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Clarkson in 2003: "The Ferrari 360 is uncool. Have you ever seen one being driven by someone you'd have round for dinner? In London, they all look like Albanian Mafia and up north they all look like they own carpet shops in Dewsbury."
TopGear Car of the Year: Ford Focus RS
"Choosing our champ is always a long, hard slog involving much deliberation and heated debate. This year was no different... until, that is, we drove the Focus RS. We jumped out of it, grinning broadly and knew we'd found a winner. With the Focus RS, Ford has delivered a cracking little package at a cracking price. Ok, so there are one or two taste issues going on in the general direction of the steering wheel, but hey, we've seen inside your wardrobe and it's not as if you're a style guru or anything, is it?"
Three cars from 2003
"The Z4 is impressive. It's without doubt a major improvement over the Z3. It's got a good engine, it handles well, it's better value than a Porsche Boxster and it looks good from many angles. But I still can't warm to that front end. Plus, the Boxster's cabin feels the more fun place to be and the handling is that much sharper and the engine that much sweeter to listen to. It's also the more fun car to drive. Round one, then, to the Boxster." March 2003
Lamborhini Gallardo
"You don't have to think about driving this Lamborghini all the time. On anything resembling a half-decent road you can just get on with it and drive, which really wasn't the case with the Diablo and isn't really the case with the Murcielago either. On the right, wide roads, you sure can press on in the big Lambo, but on ordinary everyday roads, you'll struggle at times. But not if you are in the Gallardo." August 2003
Porsche Carrera GT
"This will go down in history as one of the all-time great cars. An object lesson in engineering to rival the Brooklyn Bridge. A really fabulous achievement. It's not styled with the verve of a Ferrari, but with those mesh covers over the engine bay, and the big air intakes slicing into the doors, it looks even more purposeful. 'Beautiful isn't it?', I said to one of the engineers. But this didn't compute. He knew how much it weighed, and each of the 435lb ft of torque by name. But something subjective like beauty; it was beyond him." November 2003
The best-selling car of 2003: Ford Focus
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60-Minute Check-Up: Colorectal Cancer and Screening and Irritable Bowel SyndromeEvent Details: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., May 26, St. Louis County Library Headquarters, located at 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
SLUCare gastroenterologists Jennifer LaBundy, M.D. and Mary S. Burton, M.D., will share information about colorectal cancer and irritable bowel syndrome at the upcoming 60-Minute Check-Up, sponsored by SLUCare, the physician practice of Saint Louis University, and the St. Louis County Library.
In the U.S., more than 140,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year. Burton will share information about risk factors and treatment, as well as screening recommendations.
In addition, LaBundy will talk about irritable bowel syndrome and explain which symptoms should prompt you to see your doctor. Fewer than half of those with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome seek medical help.
"When it comes to irritable bowel syndrome, we use symptom criteria to diagnose the condition, and so we can determine whether symptoms like stomach pain and discomfort are, in fact, caused by IBS," says LaBundy. "The good news is that IBS doesn't lead to cancer or other more serious health problems, which can be a relief for people to know.
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Stories from people who were children during World War II and the objects in this exhibit animate the past and inform us of a time when war took over daily life. "Retrospect is a very interesting thing," says Ruthie Kallnder. "At the time I don't recall any of the information we got as being propaganda," but the government tried to influence children to make "necessary" sacrifices. Propagandists made the war a battle between good and evil, democracy and fascism. They also asked children to share in the war effort. In response, many children took on more responsibilities. Ruthie explains that boys and girls felt "if that's what it was going to take" to win they "were willing to do it." The memories of the people in this exhibit and their wartime actions show the power of propaganda's messages and its lasting affect on their lives. Propaganda posters, children's books, and classroom assignments demonstrate how propagandists reached children and involved them in the national war effort.
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Whittemore-Prescott Teachers Agree to Wage Cuts
Houghton Lake, Mich., March 7, 2014--Teachers in the Whittemore-Prescott school district recently agreed to significant wage reductions to keep schools open and prevent the district from going into deficit.
The Whittemore-Prescott Education Association ratified the 3 year agreement on February 26, 2014. The W-P school board voted to ratify the wage concessions at a special board meeting on Wednesday evening.
The new contract calls for a 10% reduction in current wages for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. Teachers will incur an actual wage reduction of 17.33% from March, 2014 through June, 2014 as the wage cut will be effective for the entire 2013-14 school year.
"Teachers and school employees in Whittemore-Prescott and across the state are suffering as a result of severe funding cuts to public education at the state level. The problem is compounded in W-P by a loss of students," said Anne Mervyn, President of the Whittemore-Prescott Education Association.
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60KG-Logan Stieber-He's young and has a lot of promise. Hard worker, and I don't see Coleman maintaining for 4 more years.
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74kg-Burroughs again
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The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
What is the Islamic State?
Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State's appeal. "We have not defeated the idea," he said. "We do not even understand the idea." In the past year, President Obama has referred to the Islamic State, variously, as "not Islamic" and as al-Qaeda's "jayvee team," statements that reflected confusion about the group, and may have contributed to significant strategic errors.
For centuries, experts have predicted that machines would make workers obsolete. That moment may finally be arriving. Could that be a good thing?
1. Youngstown, U.S.A.
The end of work is still just a futuristic concept for most of the United States, but it is something like a moment in history for Youngstown, Ohio, one its residents can cite with precision: September 19, 1977.
For much of the 20th century, Youngstown's steel mills delivered such great prosperity that the city was a model of the American dream, boasting a median income and a homeownership rate that were among the nation's highest. But as manufacturing shifted abroad after World War II, Youngstown steel suffered, and on that gray September afternoon in 1977, Youngstown Sheet and Tube announced the shuttering of its Campbell Works mill. Within five years, the city lost 50,000 jobs and $1.3 billion in manufacturing wages. The effect was so severe that a term was coined to describe the fallout: regional depression.
I spent a year in Tromsø, Norway, where the "Polar Night" lasts all winter—and where rates of seasonal depression are remarkably low. Here's what I learned about happiness and the wintertime blues.
Located over 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Tromsø, Norway, is home to extreme light variation between seasons. During the Polar Night, which lasts from November to January, the sun doesn't rise at all. Then the days get progressively longer until the Midnight Sun period, from May to July, when it never sets. After the midnight sun, the days get shorter and shorter again until the Polar Night, and the yearly cycle repeats.
So, perhaps understandably, many people had a hard time relating when I told them I was moving there.
"I could never live there," was the most common response I heard. "That winter would make me so depressed," many added, or "I just get so tired when it's dark out."
But the Polar Night was what drew me to Tromsø in the first place.
Former Senator Jim Webb is the fifth Democrat to enter the race—and by far the most conservative one.
In a different era's Democratic Party, Jim Webb might be a serious contender for the presidential nomination. He's a war hero and former Navy secretary, but he has been an outspoken opponent of recent military interventions. He's a former senator from Virginia, a purple state. He has a strong populist streak, could appeal to working-class white voters, and might even have crossover appeal from his days as a member of the Reagan administration.
In today's leftward drifting Democratic Party, however, it's hard to see Webb—who declared his candidacy Thursday—getting very far. As surprising as Bernie Sanders's rise in the polls has been, he looks more like the Democratic base than Webb does. The Virginian is progressive on a few major issues, including the military and campaign spending, but he's far to the center or even right on others: He's against affirmative action, supports gun rights, and is a defender of coal. During the George W. Bush administration, Democrats loved to have him as a foil to the White House. It's hard to imagine the national electorate will cotton to him in the same way. Webb's statement essentially saying he had no problem with the Confederate battle flag flying in places like the grounds of the South Carolina capitol may have been the final straw. (At 69, he's also older than Hillary Clinton, whose age has been a topic of debate, though still younger than Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden.)
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From the Gray Lady, a Modest Dip Proposal. On Microblogging Platform, a Furor. For Peas, a New Use. There are times when The Times out-Timeses itself, and then there was Wednesday. The country's largest newspaper smugly tweeted a link to a recipe for guacamole. One made with peas. "Trust us," it read.
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On Wednesday, the United States and Cuba announced that they would reopen embassies in each other's capitals, thus restoring diplomatic relations for the first time since 1961. The agreement doesn't mean that Washington-Havana ties will go back to where they were before Fidel Castro's revolution: Congress still maintains an economic embargo on the island, a policy that's unlikely to change anytime soon. But the re-establishment of embassies, scheduled to occur on July 20, is nonetheless a major breakthrough in the long-acrimonious relationship between the two countries.
According to The New York Times, the overture to Cuba leaves just three countries with which the United States has no diplomatic relations. Two of these are easy enough to guess: Iran and North Korea. Washington severed ties with Tehran in 1980, months after Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy there and took 52 Americans hostage. U.S. ties with North Korea, meanwhile, have been fraught throughout the latter country's existence, and have only grown worse since Kim Jong Un assumed control of the country in 2011.
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Archimedes, the renowned mathematician, was said to have used a burning glass (or more likely a large number of angled hexagonal mirrors) as a weapon in 212 BC, when Syracuse was besieged by Marcus Claudius Marcellus. The Roman fleet was supposedly incinerated, though eventually the city was taken and Archimedes was slain.
The legend of Archimedes gave rise to a considerable amount of research on burning-glasses and lenses until the late 17th century. Successful recreations have been performed by Anthemius of Tralles (6th century AD), Proclus (6th century) (who by this means purportedly destroyed the fleet of Vitellus besieging Constantinople), Ibn Sahl in his On Burning Mirrors and Lenses (10th century), Alhazen in his Book of Optics (1021), Roger Bacon (13th century), Giambattista della Porta and his friends (16th century), Athanasius Kircher and Gaspar Schott (17th century), the Comte du Buffon in 1740 in Paris, Ioannis Sakas in the 1970s in Greece, and others. Sakas was able to ignite a wooden boat at some distance in only seconds. Buffon, using only 48 small mirrors, was able to melt a 3 kilogram (six pound) tin bottle, and ignite wood from a distance of 46 meters (150 ft). These recreations show the plausibility of Archimedes' achievement.
The pop science TV program MythBusters attempted to model Archimedes' feat by using mirrors to ignite a small wooden boat covered with tar, with only partial success—they found it too difficult to focus light from their hand-held mirrors onto a point small enough to ignite the boat.
Recent excavations at the Viking harbor town of Fröjel, Gotland in Sweden have revealed a small number of rock crystal lenses known as the Visby lenses. These may have been made using pole-lathes. They have an imaging quality comparable to that of 1950s aspheric lenses. The Viking lenses effectively concentrate sunlight enough to ignite fires; however it is not known whether they were used for this purpose. Similar technology may have been used in ancient Ireland (the Liath Meisicith) and quite possibly ancient Egypt.
In 1796, during the French Revolution and three years after the declaration of war between France and Great Britain, Étienne-Gaspard Robert met with the French government and proposed the use of mirrors to burn the invading ships of the British Royal Navy. They decided not to take up his proposal.
Chapter 17 of William Bates' 1920 book Perfect Sight Without Glasses, in which the author argues that observation of the sun is beneficial to those with poor vision, includes a figure of somebody "Focussing the Rays of the Sun Upon the Eye of a Patient by Means of a Burning Glass." Needless to say, this is highly dangerous.
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Could Dishonored 2 be on the way?
2012's Dishonored was a textbook example of how to kickstart a new franchise; no superfluous multiplayer and relatively little fanfare, just an admirably focused and tightly designed stealth title with a beautifully designed world.
Good news for fans, then - NowGamer is reporting that a sequel is in the works at Arkane Studios, with the original's co-creator Harvey Smith leading the development team.
Rumour: E3 fact sheet reveals additional Dishonored 2 details
According to a leaked E3 fact sheet for Arkane Studios' rumoured Dishonored 2 we'll be experiencing the sequel powered by the id Tech 5 game engine, and in an all-new area called Tyvia with new powers.
We'll also fill the assassin boots of a new main character, and work to "annihilate the Outsider" apparently. It will also support "versus-mulitplayer" and is expected out in 2016.
Rumour: Dishonored 2 to receive "full reveal at E3 2014"
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Bethesda announced on Twitter that the Game of the Year Edition for Dishonored has been officially announced, and will be coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on the 8th October.
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swreader wrote:..the unlikely real leader is Dangerous Beans (the albino rat who alone is able to withstand and reject Spider's power). He is, in an odd way-- the commander in chief, or the president of these rats..
Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit wrote:I felt sorry for the rats over the confusion of the sacred words and when they found out that their sacred words were not really sacred?
This is something that Terry goes into in more detail in Nation I think. The rats had counted on the book as their guide to dealing with humans. They had based their new lives on the book even when it didn't really fit and then they had proof that it was just a made up story for small kids. This really hits Dangerous Beans very hard and he doubts everything he's believed in. This is Terry (I think) being anti-religious again. He's saying that you can't find all your answers to life in a book - sometimes you have to live life and solve your own problems.Dotsie wrote:Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit wrote:I felt sorry for the rats over the confusion of the sacred words and when they found out that their sacred words were not really sacred?
I did too, but then I wasn't sure why - I don't believe in a god, & I don't keep that a secret from anyone who does. So I knew that their realisation would be a good thing. But why did they come to religion almost immediately? Because they've been humanised, & that's what we do too? Also, despite the loss of their book & most of their sacred words, they don't give up on religion. Witnessing a "miracle" gives something new to focus on.
I can't imagine that it would be possible to write about a proto-civilisation without mentioning a new belief in a deity of some kind, it wouldn't be as believable.
poohbcarrot wrote:As far as religion goes in the book I'd say;
The stupid rats (Rat-publicans) have all been brainwashed into believing in God. Spider claims to be God. They are all wrong.
The intelligent rats (Democ-rats) question the existence of God.
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Are you all ready for this February Kickstart? I know I'm excited I was successful with the January Kickstart - I ate so many delicious and filling foods, maintained my body weight (a good thing for me), and dropped a bit of body fat around my hips and thighs.
I plan on continually signing up for these, it helps keep me motivated and on track. Plus I was able to find a friend for this month too.
Anyone out there nervous? Anxious? Excited?
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I'm excited about it, too! I'm wondering one thing. When does it stop being a "kickstart" and just plain be a lifestyle choice? By saying this I'm not trying to imply that I want to change this format or anything!
Is the menu the same for each kickstart? I enjoyed January, but I was hoping to pick up new recipes...
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I see it as a kickstart for those new to the vegan world or those who want to get back into it. For me, being vegan is now a lifestyle - period. But I enjoy getting the daily emails and posting here because it helps me stay motivated to be healthy (you can be an unhealthy vegan) and I enjoy being part of a community.
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LOVE your positive energy! I think it's fabulous the way we're offering these every month now - there's no such thing as too much support.
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I'm ready! After reading the 21 Day Kickstart book, I did really well from July to Nov. I hit some bumps in the road (bad lab work) and became very discouraged at that point. Basically I went back to my normal diet from November until now. Although my regular diet is still very healthy compared to most Americans, it was not vegan by any means. I'm not quite as enthusiastic as I was in July but am going to try again. I appreciate the support and advice I get from this forum and hope to make a go of it this time.
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I'll be in for February, though not starting until Monday. I couldn't do it in January because I was moving, though I did manage to make most of my own meals in my hotel room and avoid eating out most of the time (which was a big money saver).
I am going into the Kickstart on Monday with full force. I have much more control over what food is around me now than I have for the last 2 years, so I'm hoping this is going to make things easier.
I'm ready, even though..well, it's already been a few days into the month and I admit i've slipped up twice, it's mainly with cheese...Idon't want to give up! I'm hoping to find good substitutes asap, this is a challenge for me. ( it's mainly with those cheese wedges, like laughing cow, or creme cheese. )
If anyone has advice or suggestions how to beat the cheese addiction, I'd love to hear it!
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Something that might help is to think about what is it about cheese that you like - is it the creamy texture, the saltiness, the tangy flavor, etc? Then look for other options. For instance, a little avocado adds creaminess to wraps, sandwiches, nachos instead of cheese and sour cream. Nut butters can make a good creamy salty topping on bagels and toast. Etc. Figure out what it is you want, and address that, rather than simply defaulting to what you've always done (sometimes easier said than done). If you can find a plant based yogurt that you like, drain the liquid off (via "cheese" cloth lol) and it gets thick and stays a little tangy, similar to cream cheese.
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