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Big East All-Academic Team Announced
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Big East Conference has announced the names of more than 3,300 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2011-12 Big East All-Academic Team.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the Big East's 16 member institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in a Big East-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the Big East Academic Affairs Committee. There are 3,370 honorees for the 2012 academic year, an increase of 134 student-athletes from the 3,236 named for the 2010-11 season.
WVU's BIG EAST Academic All-Stars are as follows:
Baseball: Ryan Bennett, Daniel DiBartolomeo, Daniel Dierdorff, Alan Filauro, Matt Frazer, Jared Hill, Eric Hinkle, Pen Nakazato, Max Nogay, Chris Rasky and Ryan Tezak.
Men's Basketball: Gary Browne, Pat Forsythe, Jabarie Hinds, Kevin Jones, Keaton Miles and Kevin Noreen.
Men's Soccer: Nick Breitsameter, Zack Claudio, Matt Drake, Chris Drisko, Pat Eavenson, Paul Ehrenworth, Uwem Etuk, Ruben Garrido, Ryan Morris, Nick Raskasky, Gerado Sanchez, Eric Schoenle, Craig Stephens and Yale Tiley.
Men's Swimming and Diving: Joseph AbuRahma, Joseph Bailey, Brandon Carr, Jacob Kudrna, Liam McLaughlin, Miles Molinaro, Peter Murto, David Palley and Jake Querciagrossa.
Women's Basketball: Akilah Bethel, Natalie Burton, Averee Fields, Brooke Hampton, Jess Harlee, Taylor Palmer and Linda Stepney.
Women's Cross Country: Jordan Hamric, Chelsea Jarvis, Stephanie Aldea, Sarah-Anne Brault, Stephanie Caruso, Kaylyn Christopher, Kaitlyn Gillespie, Kathryn Harrison, Ahna Lewis, Lydia Martinelli, Sarah Martinelli, Aubrey Moskal, Lauren Moskal, Jessica O'Connell, Allison Pettit, Hallie Portner and Letitia Propst.
Women's Rowing: Sarah Cartwright, Mallory Fisher, Shannon Gribbons, Jessica Hurlbert, Jessica Kelly, Rebecca Knecht, Kelly Kramer, Morgan Leach, Jeannine McCarty, Hilary Meale, Rachelle Purych, Danika Rencken, Mollie Rosen, Courtney Schrand, Ellen Shular, Karen Verwey and Danielle Widecrantz.
Women's Soccer: Andrea Barklage, Kara Blosser, Erin Brown, Whitney Cavender, Ali Connelly, Chelsea Corroto, Jess Crowder, Nicolette DeLaurentis, Sara Keane, Kathryn Lenz, Meghan Lewis, Sami Molina, Katie Osterman, Ashley Ramsey, Bri Rodriguez, Kate Schwindel, Frances Silva and Caroline Szwed.
Women's Swimming and Diving: Eva Burlingham, Austen Carrington, Hayley Kidd, Breanna McCann, Julie Ogden, Kelsey Palis, Danielle Redman, Jennifer Rey, Meredith Rogers, Heidi Schultz, Sloan Storie, Jaryn Studer, Haily VandePoel, Nikki Vetterlein and Janelle Zee.
Women's Tennis: Jade Allen, Veronica Cardenas, Ikttesh Chahal, Mary Chupa, Emily Mathis and Catherine Wickline.
Women's Track & Field: Heather Adams, Jenna Barreto, Rachel Buser, Josie Crouch, Sydney Cummings, Shannen Daly, Kiley Defibaugh, Chelsea Carrier-Eades, Arielle Gaither, Gabrielle Harrington, Alex Klauke, Karissa Knabenshue, Carrie Long, Amber McCloskey, Kristen McWhorter, Terina Miller, Meghan Mock, Kimberly Mulvin, Alanna Pritts, Brittney Thomas, Chen? Townsend, Allison Tyree, Katelyn Williams, Kelly Williams and Brittany Wolford.
Women's Volleyball: Arielle Allen, Liz Gulick, Halle Kearney, Stephanie Mock, Abigail Monson, Karly Rasmussen and Serinna Russo.
Big 12 Media Days: Karl Jospeh
Men's Basketball: Bahamas Preview
Womens Soccer: Kadeisha Buchanan Press Conference
Big 12 Media Days: Dana Holgorsen
Women's Soccer: Amanda Hill and Mocha
Big 12 Media Days: Nick Kwiatkoski


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Excellent article Brian! I still use both a Treo 680 and an iPhone, and I agree with your conclusions on both devices. Safari just rules as a web browser! My husband has just switched from a Treo 650 to an iPhone and I'm in the midst of watching him going down the rabbit hole. He's sure enjoying the ride so far! ;-)
Down the Rabbit-Hole: From Treo to iPhone
I can hardly remember my life before having a PDA. I held a Palm Pilot for the first time in 1996, a Pilot 1000 my father received at work. He was somewhat non-plussed; technology was not his gig and he deferred to me for most things with a power button. For me, the Palm Pilot was something revolutionary and Graffiti input was mind-blowing.
The addiction and PDA-dependence grew from there for me. I was "plugged in" and my vocabulary would now include words and acronyms like "stylus", "PIM" and "SD Card". As other platforms emerged, like Pocket PC and Symbian, I remained doggedly loyal to the Palm OS through it's progression of versions. I watched Palm OS become Garnet and then "FrankenGarnet." I even got used to seeing "Powered by Access" when I fired up my trusty Palm. I made the leap from PDA to a converged device with the Treo 650, then the 680. Throughout the years I endured the criticisms of Palm's lack of multitasking, multithreading, no wifi (!?!) and antiquated PIM. I remained a Palm loyalist and apologist, looking toward the horizon for a Cobalt or Palm OS 2 that would never come.
More on my migration to the iPhone after the break!
I was feeling restless and the seed of malcontent began to first germinate and then sprout tiny roots. I dabbled with Windows Mobile and felt dissatisfied. I returned to familiar, safe territory with Palm. Though long in the tooth, it was an OS I was familiar with and I had a plethora of third-party software that met my needs. But the roots spread deeper and wider as my discontent grew, and I started looking for an answer that would replace my restlessness and discouragement with hope.
Hope finally came with the release of Apple's iPhone. After much anticipation and fanfare, the iPhone became a reality for me on June 29, 2007. My local Apple Store was open late. I called and sheepishly inquired about iPhone availability, fully expecting laughter followed by an attempt to politely explain that all iPhones were long-gone. To my pleasant surprise, I was asked which flavor I wanted, 4GB or 8GB? Once I knew that Apple had planned well and had numerous iPhones in stock, I drove to the store and was greeted at the door. The store employee asked me which phone I wanted, and I did well to contain my excitement and managed to calmly tell him I wanted the 8GB iPhone. Moments later, he returned with my new iPhone in a gift bag. I handed over my credit card without hesitation and returned home with my prize, anxious to connect it to my MacBook Pro and embark on a new journey.
Once plugged in, my iPhone activation process began and I was presented with the "Are You a New or Existing AT&T (Cingular) Wireless Customer?" screen. I clicked the radio button indicating I was already an AT&T subscriber and was replacing my current phone (my Treo) with my shiny new iPhone. Moving my mouse arrow down, I could click on "Go Back" or "Continue". I paused. These two choices suddenly appeared in my mind's eye like a blue pill or red pill. "Go Back" was the blue pill. "Continue" was the red pill. The words of Morpheus came to me: "You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
Was I not in Steve Job's "Wonderland"? Was I not peering through the looking-glass, in this case, the glass of the iPhone's brilliant and unparalleled multi-touch display? I mused upon this metaphor for a moment, then clicked the "Continue" button. I was taking the RED pill, dammit. I had already decided.
The Rabbit Hole
I know there are lots of different options out there for a smartphone or even semi-smartphone, but I'm keeping this strictly about the Palm OS Treo vs. iPhone and my experience making the switch. I took the red pill and I've not regretted it. I've never looked back and wished I'd taken the blue pill instead. I know there are others out there who have made the same decision, others who are thinking about it, and still others that prefer to with their Palm OS Treo (no offense, of course. It's all about free will, baby!). My goal is to take you down the rabbit-hole with me and help you see why I'm liking the journey.
Having used the iPhone as my primary device since what I fondly refer to as "i-Day", I can honestly say there is nothing like it. It's elegant and functional design is what one would expect from Apple, but design is only part of what makes this phone special. Apple has thought of so many of the little touches, like sensors for light and proximity. My cheek has made countless inputs on my Treo when I was on a call, anywhere from scheduling a new calendar event without my knowledge or disconnecting my call entirely. I don't have this problem with my iPhone because it's smart (and who said it wasn't a smartphone??) - it knows when I'm on a call and my cheeks are allowed mischief no longer!
What about the keyboard? Where is it? How could ANYONE like a virtual keyboard?? Well, to borrow shamelessly from another film franchise of mega-iconic proportions, using the iPhone software keyboard requires using "The Force" (I'll come back to this momentarily). I really do like the Treo keyboard and had become quite proficient in using it. I have big hands and fat fingers, but I still managed to tap away at that Treo keyboard with minimal errors. The iPhone's software keyboard is unlike anything else I've used for input -- no tactile feel and it's non-existent unless your iPhone decides you need it. The advantages of the iPhone's keyboard are more screen real estate and far less physical force to type something. I had my doubts about this "soft" keyboard, but after just a few hours of use, I became a believer and adopter.
Remember "The Force" I was talking about? If you focus on the keyboard and at least attempt to type correctly, the iPhone is EXTREMELY good at figuring out what the heck you are trying to type and does a FANTASTIC job of correcting your mistakes. For me, Mr. Sausagefingers, I've had little trouble. If I use The Force and have faith in my iPhone, I can tap away at a high rate of speed and feel confident that my iPhone will get it right.
Web-browsing? No comparison, really. That's the first thing I show someone who has never held an iPhone in their hands. Several of my acquaintances have inquired about my iPhone with mocking skepticism, only to begin salivating and babbling "my presssssscious!" (another shameless movie rip-off) as they scroll and "pinch" to their bug-eyed delight on the iPhone's Safari web-browser. With a Treo (using Blazer, Opera Mini, etc.), I only used the internet when I had no other choice, and it was a chore of epic proportions. My iPhone? A different story, my friends. I use the web-browser on a regular basis and now take for granted how it renders full web pages. Man, am I spoiled.
Like millions of others, I have an iPod. I love how I can store all of my music, videos, podcasts, and photos on my iPod. With a Treo, you have the same features using various 3rd-party apps or even the out-of-the-box software that comes on the Treo. There is a big difference for me, though. I rarely used my Treo for multimedia because it felt too cumbersome. I've done my fair share of "tweaking" my Treo, but it was too much of a hassle to use one program for videos, another for music, yet another for photos, and still another for podcasts. I'm not that smart. Rather than use my Treo for multimedia, I carried around my iPod instead. The beauty and genius of the iPhone is it's simplicity -- I can carry around my aforementioned multimedia on my phone and conveniently sync it with iTunes. It's virtually dummy-proof.
How about email? Email, at least for this comparison, is really part of a larger whole, that greater whole being 3rd-party native apps. They are coming for the iPhone as I write this. The Treo wins on the many different email solutions via 3rd-party apps, but for my needs, my iPhone's email app is adequate. I have a .Mac account for email and it is regularly delivered to my iPhone via the Auto-Check feature. This isn't as handy as true "push" email, but I don't mind having the option to have my iPhone check my mail every 15, 30 or 60 minutes. If someone needs to reach me THAT urgently they can always call, right? I've also found a nifty way around the enterprise (or lack thereof) mail problem. I spoke to the IT guys where I work and now my work email is forwarded to my .mac account, so I'm not missing anything. I get all of my email on my iPhone and don't need a Treo to do it.
The iPhone has many onboard features that can be matched or exceeded by a Palm OS 3rd-party app, like stock reporting software, weather, clock, calculator programs ad infinitum, notes, etc. Many of these inequalities that are missed from my Treo days will hopefully be resolved when the SDK is available and developers start cranking out software for the iPhone. Even so, the apps that are standard on the iPhone are well-designed and simply beautiful to look at. They are also very functional and easy to use. Until a parity is reached with 3rd-party apps, I can live with using the myriad of web apps that are available to take care of one or two things that I used to use my Treo for, like a checkbook program (one of my only major gripes). Also, some of the iPhone onboard apps are simply superior when you combine functionality with the expansive screen real estate, like Google Maps. YouTube is also worth it's weight... er... memory space in gold when it comes to entertainment value.
Both the Treo and iPhone have cameras. And yes, both of their cameras are, shall we say, closer to the Fisher-Price end of the spectrum than a Nikon, for instance. Neither platform can brag about the camera, but again, for me, it's about ease-of-use and functionality. With the iPhone, I can take a picture and save it, make it the phone wallpaper, delete it, email it, or upload it to my website to share to the world with one press of the virtual button. Treo has an advantage with the ability to take video, and I'm hoping video will be a future iPhone feature. Also, iPhone is embarrassingly lacking the MMS feature with its messaging so I can't send a picture via text/multimedia message, but hopefully this will also be addressed in future updates.
Personal Information Management
The Treo, and Palm OS in general, has a very simple PIM (Personal Information Management) that is what first attracted me to Palm so many years ago. I will be the first to admit that the Treo's PIM is superior to the iPhone's PIM in that it is easier to access and more straight-forward. A To-Do list is standard (iPhone, at the time of this writing, requires a web app for any kind of "to do's", sadly). The basic Contacts/Address book for Palm is first-rate, but the iPhone's is very similar by comparison. As for Memos, the Treo allows categorization, which is nice. The iPhone's "Notes" program leaves a lot to be desired, from the Market Felt font to the lack of organizing notes in any kind of logical way.
My biggest gripe is the Calendar. With a Treo, a calendar entry is as simple as opening up the calendar app, tapping on the time you want, and entering the text for an appointment. It's as simple as you care to make it and everything is saved. With the iPhone, you tap on the Calendar, hit the "+" button, then have to enter the appointment details, scroll through the "start" and "end" times, and make sure you SAVE it or it's lost. I've messed up that last step one or twenty times and it can get irritating.
Even with some of the drawbacks, though, I can accept some of the idiosyncrasies of the iPhone's PIM when considering the entire package of what I'm getting with this baby. Although I prefer the Treo's PIM features, it's not enough to even make the blue pill look tempting.
How much deeper will the Rabbit Hole go?
I could go on about the pros and cons, like user-replaceable battery vs. non-user-replaceable, expandable memory, 3rd-party apps, stylus vs. finger (can't say I'm missing the stylus), and maybe my biggest pet peeve of all: CUT AND FRICKIN PASTE, please. I'm not going to tell you, my good reader, that you should be baptized an iPhone convert, but I will say that I was not happy with Palm's lackluster roadmap and was elated to finally have an option to take a blue or red pill.
The rabbit-hole is not uniquely mine. If you look closely, you should find a rabbit-hole in your own back yard (think AT&T or Apple Store) and perhaps, if you are still reading, you'll feel the same compulsion I did and decide to see how deep the rabbit-hole goes for yourself. On the eve of the highly-anticipated SDK release with the promise of 3rd-party apps and future product upgrades, I believe the rabbit-hole will go deep indeed. I traveled a similar rabbit-hole long ago with a similar excitement, but Palm's rabbit-hole, at least for me, resulted in a disappointing dead-end. With Apple's iPhone, I am happy to have found a new rabbit-hole and I believe that THIS one does, in fact, lead to Wonderland.
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Down the Rabbit-Hole: From Treo to iPhone
Thanks, pdaluver! I'm very much enjoying the trip myself and looking forward to more twists and turns as the hole deepens! I still carry around my old 650 in my bag, perhaps as a security blanket, but once 3rd party apps come online, I suspect the 650 may move from my bag to my "island of misfit toys" drawer ;)
Almost my exact story! No matter how much a pimped my Treo with DialByPhoto, pTunes, etc. I just couldn't make it a modern UI or useful media player, and the deal-ender was that it crashed on dial or receipt of phone calls almost daily. (Never mind 3rd party apps, some of which just killed it outright).
And I *never* liked the tictac keyboard. My mushy fingers were always dialing wrong. Plus, when I sprained my wrist, I couldn't put enough pressure on to type or even dial -- no such worries with the iPhone keyboard.
I do miss dial by photo, type to find contacts, IR/BT beaming of PIM data, and a few other things, but over all I'm so far down the rabbit hole Neo, Alice, and Miller's Batman can eat my dust... :)
Yes, Rene, I know what you are saying concerning Treo crashes on calls, sometimes switching apps, or even if it's breathed on. One thing I found completely unacceptable with my Treos, and it may be carrier-specific, is a call-waiting issue that I was never able to resolve. Quite often, if I ignored an incoming second call, my first call would get disconnected as soon as my Treo notified me of the missed second call. This has never happened with my iPhone.
There are still many things I like about Treos specifically and Palm in general, but Palm would have to accomplish something magnificent to lure me back into the fold. Even then, I don't ever see myself parting with my iPhone :)
I just dove in last night. I have been trying to convince myself not to since Jan 2007, when we first glimpsed that beautiful toy.
I am only on my first full day with the iPhone, and I already know it is the device I have been waiting for since I bought my first PalmPilot! Sure it has its weaknesses, but I can deal with them. The browser is simply amazing, and that made the sale.
In my journey, I kept finding myself trying to make my Palm into an iPhone, and it never quite worked. The elegance of the iPhone interface is great. The 8 gigs of memory is unheard of in a PDA.
And I really do consider the iPhone a PDA. It pretty much does exactly what I used my PDAs for anyway. Apps are coming, jailbreak is already here.
I tend to move on from device to device, but this one may stay around for a while. As far edge goes, not really an issue for me, browsing will almost always be done via wifi, edge will only be for email.
The iPhone is what Palm should have been 5 years ago...
[quote=mclark2112;1425040]The iPhone is what Palm should have been 5 years ago...
Palm should have been a toy 5 years ago? ;)
mclark2112 has competitively advantaged the correct!
That I couldn't tell a major difference between my 600 and my 680 was the last straw. If Palm had been caught in amber for 5 years we would have seen the same amount of non-development.
To blow such an incredible lead is mind-numbing.
Palm should have been a toy 5 years ago? ;)
A toy is really all I ever wanted, web, games, tunes, calendar. I don't use lists, something about my personality hates them, so lack of to do items doesn't bother me.
But yes, my Palms have always been more toy than tool. But I always wanted the Holy Grail, the perfect mobile browser. Safari is the closest I have seen...
[quote=mclark2112;1425107]A toy is really all I ever wanted, web, games, tunes, calendar. I don't use lists, something about my personality hates them, so lack of to do items doesn't bother me.
But yes, my Palms have always been more toy than tool. But I always wanted the Holy Grail, the perfect mobile browser. Safari is the closest I have seen...
Fair enough. Different folks, different strokes.
I know for myself, the fact that my Palm functions as a tool is toy enough for me--not that I don't wish they would have done a bit better as of recent.
I will say that I believe the two differing concepts could indeed be molded together (toy + tool) so as to satisfy a larger percent of the population.
OK, I just did the Jailbreak thing. I used Ziphone, way easy.
I installed a To Do list, really nice, even though I won't use it ;). Email is great.
I even like the keyboard, it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The predictive/corrective text works well too.
Interesting review, thanks. I am still waiting for a few things before I am reading to switch.
1) Push email
2) Full PIM functionality.
3) Pocket Quicken.
I just have one nit to pick about the article. Re the "cheek and Treo" - you must have missed Prefs -> Keyguard -> Disable touchscreen ?
I change my mind every day, Treo800w or iphone. I can't wait. If the recent news of gps is true for the Iphone...I'm jumping from my 700wx to an iphone.
Waiting for a 2008-era 1.0 to solidify vs. waiting for a 1999-era Palm to wring the last great gobs of death out of their device before (maybe) debuting a new OS in (maybe) 2-5 years?
No contest. iPhone, for me, is the first Treo all over again; the start of something new and big, and I'm enjoying it every bit as much as I enjoyed the Treo until it abandoned me 5 years ago...
I used to have an iPhone, cost me over $600 at the time and I ended up selling it for $250. I'm now getting a Treo 750 and I honestly think I will enjoy it much more. The iPhone has terrible battery life if you use it for anything other than a phone. I did like the internet, but eventually that got boring. It's a neat toy, but really I'd probably rather have an iTouch and a smartphone/PPC.
I loved my Treo 650, and I wonder why they didn't get more credit for the "touch screen" craze...
Much of what Palm did with that device has not been done better to this day.
At this point (after using the iPhone for 2 years), I am looking forward to the Omnia (formerly known as HD) to move to symbian touch. iPhone is great for general stuff, but I want a smartphone that I can decide what to put on the device without having iTunes be the "big brother."
Of course, your mileage may vary...

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Mobile Nations fitness month week 3: Sleep and relaxation!
Leave a comment below telling us your Fitness Month goals and be entered to win a FitBit!
It's February and you know what that means? Mobile Nations Fitness Month! That's when we all get together to get in shape, share tips and tricks and recipes for success, review amazing apps and accessories, give away great prizes, and have a ton of fun! This year we're doing it a little differently, though. We're doing weekly themes, and that means every week you'll have new and exciting challenges, and new chances to win!
Week 3: Sleep and relaxation!
Relaxation, whether its full on mediation or just some simple breathing exercise, is how we keep our bodies and minds centered and balanced. Sleep is our reboot, when we write our daily cache to disk and run our system repairs so we're ready for the next day.
As part of fitness month, we'll be reviewing a bunch of great apps and accessories that can help encourage, track, and train us to sleep and relax better and smarter. We'll also be doing THREE cool contests!
Resting Up contest
First is our Resting Up contest. Every day this week there'll be a thread in our health and fitness forums, and all you have to do to enter is tell us how you slept, napped, meditated, or did your breathing during the day. The idea is to get a little community pressure going so we all sleep and rest better and get healthier. If you have a food tracker, app, or anything else that helps you out, you can simply share your results each day!
This is a great way to keep us all motivated and accountable, and get a little healthy peer-pressure going! Plus, every day you enter is a chance to win a $20 gift certificate!
Resting MY Way contest
Second is our Nutrition MY Way contest. Just head on over to Resting MY Way thread in the forums and tell us how you use your mobile device, your phone or tablet, to sleep and rest better. What are your favorite apps? Yoga? Meditation? White noise? What are your go to accessories? We want to know! Tell it to us in the form of a story, like a blog post. We'll post the best entries on Friday, so get them in ASAP! Need more incentive? We'll pick one winner a week and send them a $100 gift certificate!
Comment to win contest
Last but certainly not least, leave a comment below telling us about your Mobile Nations Fitness Month goals and you'll be entered to win a Fitbit It's a great -- and super geeky! -- way to track multiple aspects of your healthy lifestyle. You want to win this, so hurry up and leave a comment NOW!
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Mobile Nations fitness month week 3: Sleep and relaxation!
Sorry for going back to last week's topic (nutrition) but I watched a movie called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" on Netflix last night. Amazing. In a way it's the exact opposite of "Supersize Me."
The protagonist is 100 lb overweight, has a chronic autoimmune illness, and he switches to a 100% juicing diet as a last resort. Drastic, but it worked for him. And for another guy he ran into who was much more than 100 lb overweight.
I think I'll try something with juicing, but not the extreme 100% juice-fasting. I only need to lose about 10 lb.
My goal and not just for this month is to sleep more. I don't get nearly enough sleep each night.
My goal this month is to lose the last 15 lbs. I've already lost 20 lbs since I started my fitness / health adventure on December 25th.
My technological assistance:
• Withings Scale
• Weightbot for weight tracking
• Lose it for calorie tracking
• iBooks to reference "The 17 Diet" book
• Interval Timer for keeping time during my cardio interval training
With our work, home, kids, and everything else thrown at us, getting 7 1/2 to 8 hours of sleep can be a big challenge to do. It does make sense "I am so tired I can not sleep" when you get up at 5A to get the house ready to start the day, you have to go to bed at 9P to get 8 hours. That can be hard to do. You are still winding down from the day, and starting to relax, reading, TV, or just something you like to do to relax. Next thing it's 12A, and you are only getting 5 hours of sleep. I have to force myself to shut everything down at 9P. It is easy to say get 8 hours of sleep, but hard to do. I do feel better when I do get 8 hours. I just have to do it.
Goal is to better track my exercise and food intake for better blood sugar control. Have been using MyNetDiary to help track info.
I want to drop my body fat percent by about a third over the next six weeks. Spring break baby!
I set my goal last year when I hit 200 lbs to lose 25 lbs by Jan. 1st 2012. Well over 6 months later I ended the year way past my goal and hit my healthy weight range for my age and height, 160 lbs. I was over the moon and blew past my expectations so sometime around October 2012 I set a new goal for the year end to fit into a leather jacket that I bought three years previous. I only wore it once and it didn't fit. On New Years Eve I don the leather jacket and went to the bash in style with another goal under my belt. My number one tool is the app MyFitnessPal on my iPhone. It wasn't easy at first but I started to get used to tracking everything I ate. I cut down on my portion sizes, stopped snacking as often and hit the gym every other day. Now that 2013 has started my next goal I have named Phase Two: Beast Mode, it is to get a six pack. This months goal is to hit the gym every other day and use my incline bench at home on the days I don't go to the gym. My workout consists of 5 sets of 10 reps hanging oblique knee raises, 3 sets of 10 reps benchpress(90lbs), 3 sets of 10 reps Crunches(45 lbs), 3 sets of 10 reps Bicep curl(50 lbs), 3 sets of 10 reps hanging oblique knee raises, 3 sets of 10 reps shoulder press(50 lbs), 3 sets of 10 reps Crunches, 12-15 minutes on the treadmill @ 6.5 or 7, finally 3 sets of 10 reps hanging oblique knee raises to finish off. I keep track of each workout in Epic Workout app which is really basic but it does what I need. It's all about balance to me and pushing your limits so my next challenge for this goal is to stay motivated all the time.
Cut off another 10 lbs! :)
Mobile Nations Fitness Month goals
My goal this month is to increase my sleep to at least 7 hours per night. So far so good. I have made it to 7 or more every night. Here's hoping I can make it the last eight days.
Last year i started and tryed to change things but never got anywhere. I decided starting the year and like everybody does, seriously plan some long-short term goals to complete.
Related to this week's theme ''Sleep and relaxation''some are:
- Sleep minimum 7h (8h if better but let's be realistic...)
- When i wake up drink a cup of water and relax breatheing heavilly 5 times
- Once a week on weekend 15mins yoga (App)
- Take a nap in the afternoon for extra energy (If needed)
Other goals are:
- 2-3 Gym sessions per week (To loose some pounds but more to be active)
- Healthy eating (+ Control intake)
For now i am nearly 2 month's in and going well with all arround results, alltough it's sometimes difficult you have to think in the benefits long term!
(It's very cool that all this is going on here, very encouraging!) (Also on the forums i posted apps i use, check that out!)
My Mobile Nations Fitness Month goals are to become more physically fit and maintain a healthy body status! I would like to maintain my current weight, or even add some weight in muscle.
Starting in march I hope to join the intramural soccer team at my college. This would give me a great opportunity to get daily exercise in and have fun at the same time. It would also provide great motivation to work out as I love playing soccer and each work out that I do will improve my game and my physical morale.
I hope to start going to the college gym 3-4 times a week. And of course, I plan to incorporate a healthy, nutritious diet into my goals to improve my physical fitness.
And those are my Mobile Nations Fitness Month goals! A fitbit would be an awesome addition to my fitness plan!
well let me start out telling you about what started my on the road to better health. A co-worker and friend of mine had been trying to get me to come train at his gym with him for over a year, finaly i found myself ready so i said yes im going today and thats what i did.
my first time stepping on a scale at the gym i was 307 lbs and that was the 7th of feb 2013 and i had goal in mind to lose 40lbs by the summer i thought that was a resonalble goal. my first week i went to the gym twice and then the next three times with in 2 weeks i had lost 12lbs already that really motivated me i now go to the gym as much as i can with work and family having priority each day i go im there for a minimum of one hour and fifteen min. and now that my cardio is up and i have more stamina im even going to start to go for a minimum of two and a haft hours 2x a week
if any of u are still reading this with my poor spelling and lack of puncuation thank you. i have been going to the gym for a month now and i have already lost 27lbs im sure i will make my goal of 40lbs by summer i am now looking past that to a long term goal of weighing 215 lbs
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Superfun match! Bravo impressed me so much!
Superfun match! Bravo impressed me so much!
Report: Royce Gracie threatened Eddie Bravo after Metamoris 3
On Saturday night, Eddie Bravo and Royler Gracie went back-and-forth in a 20 minute match at Metamoris 3. The fight was a highly anticipated rematch of their 2003 ADCC meeting where Bravo submitted Gracie, but this time around the bout ended in a draw.
Despite the result, Bravo was the more impressive on the mat with his control and submission attempts and it appears to have upset UFC legend Royce Gracie.
According to reports, Royce Gracie confronted Bravo backstage after the bout came to an end.
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The good news is that it sounds like no punches were ever thrown and there was never any physical confrontation, so things could have been much worse.The Underground spoke to a person who wished to remain anonymous, but was back stage at the event. After exhausting himself for the 20-minute match, Bravo left the stage and proceeded to throw up as his adrenaline dumped. It was then that UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie approached Bravo and began to berate him.
Allegedly, Gracie threatened to kick Bravo's ass because he believed that Bravo disrespected his brother Royler, his family, and his father Helio. Bravo was apparently caught off guard by the attack, and friend and trainer Jean Jacques Machado intervened to keep the situation from escalating.
It is unfortunate that something like this happened at the end of a great match, but at least it didn't happen with the cameras rolling and take away from what was otherwise an excellent night for jiu jitsu.
Fantastic match.
Royce Gracie open to fight with Eddie Bravo
"I wanted to talk to him for years, but never had the chance to meet him," Royce told MMAFighting. "I met him after the fight and he was there, throwing up. Royler dominated him so much, he did so much strength, that he threw up after the fight."
"I told him that I liked what he said after the fight, but didn't like the fact that he always talked trash about Royler and my family. He stood up and started yelling, so I also raised the tone of my voice and told him I didn't like it."
"He said he always gave my family credit, but I know it's not true. He always talks trash about my family. Enough with this s---. He said he never talked bad about my family and he always gave us credit. He kept raising the tone of his voice, and I told him to shut up, so Jean Jacques (Machado) came in, said we didn't need this and asked (Bravo) to leave."
Gracie said he would not compete against Bravo in a grappling match, but seemed open to an MMA fight.
"Can we slap each other? Can we beat each other?" Gracie replied a laugh when asked if he'd accept to fight Bravo at Metamoris.
"I'm a vale-tudo fighter. I'm not a fighter to score points of fight with time limit. Let's (fight) with no time limit and with punches allowed. I'm a vale-tudo fighter, I don't compete in (grappling) tournaments."
And if you want beef, then bring the ruckus
Royce is trying hard to make some money nowadays, maybe he should lower is 1 million a fight pricetag.
Eddie Bravo would school Royce. Royler is a much much better grappler than Royce.
I will first off state that I in no way know how BJJ tourny's are scored but in my uneducated opinion if that were a point match bravo would have won hands down. however it was sub only so it goes down as a draw. does anyone with more knowledge of scoring in grappling have an opinion on who would have won if that match were scored? just curious.
Bow down before me as you will surely fall if you challenge me
Bravo on the JRE today.
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It's really a hard question to answer. I do believe in God, but in my own sort of way. I've had some pretty intense paranormal experiences my entire life. Now as a paranormal investigator I seek scientific answers for this phenomena, and I don't know why, but it's become personal to me to make a difference in the field. But even in proving things scientifically, in a way most people can understand and even look at objectively, I can't turn away from God. For how is it possible that these spirits of people, and strange negative entities can exist, but yet, there is no God?
In my field, I have to separate God from the work I do, for if I include God, most people will turn away from me, call me another religious fanatic. But I have had experiences that make me think that there truly is a God. Like a time when I was dead myself, and I had a Near Death Experience. I was lost, alone in a hallway, it was dark and shadowy, I was very frightened. As I wandered, hoping to find my way out of this place, or at least someone who could help me, I saw a golden light shining up ahead. Maybe it was the way out. I followed it and ended up in a room, the golden light was a beam shining in through a window. Something told me that it was OK, to go lay down on the bed in the room and everything would be all right. So I did. I woke up a couple of days later, in the hospital. It was not even similar to the room I had found in that place. For a long time, I didn't realize how important this was, or that it was even a Near Death Experience. It took a while before I realized that what I had seen what must have been the light of God, or of the higher power that resides in the universe we live in.
I have met up with many ghosts in my time, many of them aware enough to know my name. I've also met up with other creatures that I do not consider human in any way, shape or form. What are they? I don't know yet, but when they come, it is Great Spirit I call out to for help, and so far, he's never let me down.
But God, I think is something none of us can really understand. I look at God in a strange way, I admit, but I don't think he's some guy who looks like us, floating out there in space, wanting to smite us for our mis-behaviors. To me it's more of a great consciousness that maybe even evolves as the universe does. Each day the universe changes, new stars are born, and it circles and grows. Maybe even new planets are shaped and new life grows on them. Is God standing there with his magic wand creating these things, or is he just a part of the universe, as old and as powerful as all time and space is itself?
I don't know, but I can say this. I don't think any form of life after death could be possible without this consciousness. I feel as if each one of us has a part of this consciousness inside of us. It is only waiting for us to reach out and touch that part of ourselves, to be more than we appear to be, to connect and try to come to a higher understanding. And for me, faith and religion are two different things. Religion in my eyes, twists what God is to make it what that religion wants it to be, and not what God really is. For in my time, I have heard many different sides to the whole religion thing, but not once has anyone ever tried to find the God inside of themselves that I think each one of us has.
For me, maybe it's string theory, those little tiny strings that connect us to everything else in the universe. Maybe it's my own experiences that have led me to have faith that there is more that just us here. That there may be a higher consciousness, a higher being out there somewhere. But for me, there has always been another side to life, a side most don't see or ever touch upon. I never asked for my strange paranormal life, but I see the difference in me because of it.
Like substances attract, it's a fact of science. Is my reaching out to the other side, and hoping to change the way people feel about their mortality, only reaching out to that part of God that is attached to me by those strings? Sometimes, I do think that maybe, yes, I'm reaching out to touch what is out there, the things I can not help but be connected to, and sometimes, it answers back.
But yes, my life has been strange, confusing and frightening at times. I belong here in the paranormal field, it has been ingrained into my life in ways I can't explain in the limited amount of characters I have here. Something or someone led me here, maybe to make changes in the way people feel about death and the after life. I don't know why, or how, but I think that it just might have been what some call "God" that led me here....


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I have heard that the early church taught universalism but when I look atsuch works as the martyrdom of polycarp, st Justin the martyr and many others shown in the link below:http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.toc.htmlthey ALL talk about eternal fire!! Is this another mistranslation? Can anyone shed any light on this?
Remember, you are reading a translation. So did Polycarp write Aion fire or eternal fire? There is a big difference
Irenæus (78) says, "the unjust shall be sent into inextinguishable and eternal fire," and yet he taught that the wicked are to be annihilated: (79) "When it is necessary that the soul should no longer exist, the vital spirit leaves it, and the soul is no more, but returns thither whence it was taken." Dr. Beecher pertinently observes: (80) "What then are the facts as to Irenæus? Since he has been canonized as a saint, and since he stood in such close connection with Polycarp and with John the apostle, there has been a very great reluctance to admit the real facts of the case. Massuetus has employed much sophistry in endeavoring to hide them. Nevertheless, as we shall clearly show hereafter, they are incontrovertibly these: that he taught a final restitution of all things to unity and order by the annihilation of all the finally impenitent. Express statements of his in this creed, and in a fragment referred to by Prof. Schaff, on universal restoration, (81) and in other parts of his great work against the Gnostics, prove this beyond all possibility of refutation. The inference from this is plain. He did not understand aiónios in the sense of eternal; but in the sense claimed by Prof. Lewis, that is, pertaining to the world to come." These are his words: "Christ will do away with all evil, and make an end of all impurities." He further says (82) that certain persons "shall not receive from him (the Creator) length of days forever and ever." Thus the word denoted limited duration in his time, A. D. 170, 200.
I've just read the letter to Diognet It says, those who are condemned to eternal ( I guess aionios) fire will suffer until the end.how to you understand this:those who are condemned to aeonian fire will suffer until the end.did the writer understand aenoian fire as limited as he wrote until the end?


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Sure, Rodrigo y Gabriella play acoustic guitars, but that doesn't mean they won't (figuratively) tear the walls down while wailing on some Metallica! The duo out of Mexico is set to perform at 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Music Center at Strathmore. Rodrigo y Gabriella have performed songs that have made it onto such soundtracks as "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" and "Puss In Boots."
Also at Strathmore this weekend, children 8-12 can make puppets with the legendary Blair Thomas & Company tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Children will be able to make their very own rod puppets and perform in a puppet show. On Sunday, Blair Thomas & Company will perform its show "Hard Headed Heart" at 1 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. at CityDance Studio Theater 405. The show is intended for adults, but it remains appropriate for anyone over 14. For more on this show, and other shows at Strathmore, visit their website at strathmore.org.
The Rockville Civic Ballet is set to present "Coppelia," on Saturday and Sunday at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville. The show focuses on a doll named Coppelia and a boy named Franz, who falls in love with her. For more on this show, visit their website.
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ELKIN - In a tournament dominated by Wilkes Central, Yadkin County schools had a few shining moments at the Mountain Valley Conference tennis tournament last week at Elkin.
Starmount's doubles pair of Daniel Stinson and Ricardo Hernandez picked up the county's lone win at the conference tourney. Stinson and Hernandez breezed past Forbush's Josh Brown and Turner Baity 6-0, 6-1 in the opening round.
In the second round, the pair was dropped by eventual silver medalists Kevin Reynolds and Duncan Trawick of Wilkes Central.
Forbush's second doubles team of Jared Miller and Avery Adams dropped their first-round match to eventual champion Kartik Patel and Pat Archibald of Wilkes Central.
In singles play, the Eagles completed the clean sweep, capturing the top three spots on the afternoon.
Starmount's Jonathan Allison and Josh Tucker dropped their first-round matches, while Spencer Brown of Forbush fell to Central's Parker Jordan.
2A Singles
Lucas Zeller (Ashe County) def Jonathan Allison (Starmount) 6-3, 6-0
Parker Jordan (Wilkes Central) def Spencer Brown (Forbush) 6-1, 6-0
Sam Bowers (Ashe County) def Josh Tucker (Starmount) 6-1, 6-0
Garrett Lakey (Wilkes Central) def Zeller 6-0, 6-1
Third place: Jordan def Bowers 6-2, 6-1
Championship: Lakey def Jordan 6-1, 6-3
2A Doubles
Daniel Stinson/Ricardo Hernandez (Starmount) def Josh Brown/Turner Baity (Forbush) 6-0, 6-1
Kevin Reynolds/Duncan Trawick (Wilkes Central) def Travis Stanley/Jordan Spell (Ashe County) 6-1, 6-1
Een Shepherd/Jacob O'Neil (Ashe County) def Nick Worley/Jordan Roberts (Starmount) 7-5, 6-0
Kartik Patel/Pat Archibald (Wilkes Central) def Jared Miller/Avery Adams (Forbush) 6-1, 6-0
Reynolds/Trawick def Stinson/Hernandez 6-0, 6-0
Third place: Patel/Archibald def Shepherd/O'Neil 6-2, 6-1
Championship: Patel/Archibald def Reynolds/Trawick 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
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It isn't all bad news for the basketball teams in town.
The Phoenix Suns might be mired in a seven-game losing streak -- their longest since February 2004 -- but their collegiate counterparts in Tempe are going in a much different direction.
For the first time since the 2008-09 season, Herb Sendek and the ASU men's basketball team are off to an 8-1 start. While they've yet to face stiff competition in their non-conference schedule, after a 10-win season a year ago, athletic director Steve Patterson is pleased with the quick turnaround.
"I'm really pleased," Patterson told Arizona Sports 620's Doug & Wolf Tuesday. "Jordan Bachynski went for the first triple-double in school history [against Cal State Northridge]. Jahii Carson is the real deal. Carrick Felix is really playing well and has really matured over the last year.
"This team is a lot of fun to watch."
With Bachynski, Carson and Felix leading the way, the Sun Devils are averaging 79.0 points per game through their first nine games, good for third-best in the Pac-12 conference.
But even with their strides at the offensive end, ASU has remained true to their defense-first mentality. In their first nine games, the Sun Devils have not allowed a single opponent to shoot 50 percent or above.
So what's the secret to the surprising start?
"I think they are really well-coached," said Patterson referring to the job Sendek has done so far this season. "I think we certainly handle the ball much better with our new backcourt players. We're able to get the ball over half court and get into our offense.
"I think Jonathan Gilling has matured and is shooting the ball better. Carrick Felix is really athletic, and we're getting the ball up-and-down the court. And I like our coaching staff. A lot of great progress in just a year."
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Clearing a pathSeptember 09,2013It can sometimes be infuriating to Americans that Russia and China would be ready to veto any United Nations Security Council resolution calling for intervention to punish Syrias Bashar al-Assad for his regimes use of chemical weapons in an attack that took an estimated 1,400 lives, including 400 children.
When the United Nations was created in 1945, it was decided that any of the five permanent members of the Security Council (the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and France) had the right to veto any resolution brought before the council, thus preventing the taking of steps the other members may favor.
Perhaps, as critics maintain, the veto provision was a terrible mistake and perhaps theyre right. But it would be wrong to believe that the veto power doesnt serve American interests as well as those of our sometimes adversaries.
The United States has frequently exercised the right to cast a veto. And savvy political scientists argue that as frustrating as a veto by the Russians or the Chinese may be on a particular resolution, from time to time the veto has proved vital to the interests of the foreign policy of the United States.
The first American veto was cast in 1970 and dealt with a major crisis in what was then Rhodesia, which is now Zimbabwe. The United Kingdom, of which Rhodesia had been a colony, vetoed seven Security Council resolutions on that subject. Two years later, the United States cast the only veto on a resolution that was critical of Israel.
In fact, since 1972 the United States has been by far the most frequent user of the veto and nearly all the vetoes involved resolutions that Washington agreed were contrary to Israels political interests, thus creating a great deal of friction between the American delegation and the U.N. General Assembly.
Two years ago, the Obama administration cast vetoes on resolutions condemning Israels construction of controversial settlements that many, perhaps even most, Americans opposed. But our nations foreign policy interests prevailed.
There have been serious debates about the virtues and evils of the Security Councils veto powers. There is the belief, for example, that the five permanent members may no longer represent the most stable and responsible member states in the United Nations. After all, those who make the point argue, the world has changed dramatically since 1945, but membership on the Security Council remains as it was then.
Critics also argue that the very existence of the Security Council members veto power can prevent the adoption of important steps affecting delicate matters of international peace and security, matters that are, after all, the very reason the U.N. was created in the first place.
In addition, critics have argued that the very threat of the veto power may impede balanced political decisions because any draft resolution must first be approved by each of the five permanent members before it can be adopted. Several such proposed draft resolutions never formally reached the Council for a vote because their sponsors knew beforehand that at least one permanent member would exercise its veto power.
In a recent letter to The New York Times, Benjamin Ferencz, a prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II, suggested that in the case of Syria, the Security Council should refer the matter to the International Criminal Court in The Hague because that body is competent to penalize crimes against humanity.
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Even though the 36th Cooper River Bridge Run and Walk is seven weeks away, officials already are trying to forecast a likely sellout.
The Bridge Run appeared ready to crest the 30,000 mark as the price to register went from $40 to $45. As of 3 p.m. Friday, 29,621 had signed up for the 10K on April 6.
"I think we'll hit 30,000 by midnight (Friday night)," said Assistant Race Director Tami Varn, adding that she thinks the race may hit its new, lower registration cap of 38,500 in the second week of March.
Based on trends from the past three years, that's probably a conservative guess for the nation's seventh largest race.
Last year, the Bridge Run set a record for selling out — three weeks before the race. It reached the regularly priced registration cap of 43,000 on March 8 for the March 31, 2012, event.
In 2011 and 2010, it sold out 10 days and three days before the event, respectively, but for smaller capacities.
The drastic drop in the cap to 38,500, not including 1,500 charity slots that cost $150 each, is due to the logistical fiasco at last year's race.
The start was delayed for nearly an hour because of transportation delays and caused of domino effect of problems, including the ability to provide enough water on the relatively warm day.
Meanwhile, one segment of this year's race is already sold out. Anyone who wants to sign up to run in the corrals for people expecting to finish the 10K between 45 and 60 minutes is out of luck.
It was booked by late January. Varn even added 2,000 slots to the corrals, bringing the total number of runners in that category to 14,000.
This year's Bridge Run faces numerous challenges due to changes and demands for better organization.
The main focus of this year's race will be on fine-tuning transportation to the race start.
To that end, more buses will be running from downtown Charleston, as well as from the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, Mount Pleasant Towne Center and Daniel Island, to Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant.
Because of construction at Gaillard Auditorium, the Bridge Run's expo on April 4 and 5 will be held at the convention center for the first time.
Shuttles will run between the Charleston Visitor Center bus shelter and the convention center every 15 minutes during the expo hours.
Just because the logistics are the main focus doesn't mean the Bridge Run isn't continuing to build.
The Kids Run event is combining with Wonderfest, a children's festival, for this year's event on April 5 at Hampton Park.
Also, the race course will feature even more music than the past two years.
Race Director Julian Smith said there will be 23 bands and 10 radio stations along the route and that American Idol star Elise Testone will sing at the start of the race and kick off the musical entertainment at the post-race event in Marion Square.
Besides more music, the Bridge Run also will hold its first-ever "beer garden" on a closed-off Hutson Street, the block north of Marion Square, following the race.
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Mediterranean vegetables with lamb
Cooking timePrep: 15 mins Cook: 30 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
A one-pot packed with veg and tender lamb that will keep the whole family satisfied
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- 192
- protein
- 17g
- carbs
- 11g
- fat
- 9g
- saturates
- 3g
- fibre
- 4g
- sugar
- 10g
- salt
- 0.25g
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 250g lean lamb fillet, trimmed of any fat and thinly sliced
- 140g shallots, halved
- 2 large courgettes, cut into chunks
- ½ tsp each ground cumin, paprika and ground coriander
- 1 red, 1 orange and 1 green pepper, cut into chunks
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
- 150ml vegetable stock
- 250g cherry tomatoes
- handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped
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- Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. Cook the lamb and shallots over a high heat for 2-3 mins until golden. Add the courgettes and stir-fry for 3-4 mins until beginning to soften.
- Add the spices and toss well, then add the peppers and garlic. Reduce the heat and cook over a moderate heat for 4-5 mins until they start to soften.
- Pour in the stock and stir to coat. Add the tomatoes, season, then cover with a lid and simmer for 15 mins, stirring occasionally until the veg are tender. Stir through the coriander to serve.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2011
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Just made this for the first time. Used a leek in place of green pepper. I had a packet of micro wave puy lentils flavoured with porcini mushrooms. I added these and increased the stock slightly, serving it with new potatoes. It became an instant favourite and I will cook it again. My daughter copied me using puy lentils but not being a lover of lamb used chicken. Again first class results. This meal lends itself to being served with a variety of foods such as rice, pappardelle potatoes couscous etc.
Very easy recipe. Added mushrooms and 1 1/2 tsp Cheyenne pepper and doubled the spices. I have tried a few of the lamb recipes on this and other sites and mostly been dissapointed (can't seem to find anything better than roasted lamb with mint sauce) but this was outstanding will defInatly make again. Served with some cous cous.
FAB U LOUS!!! added loads of stuff so cant make it excately again!!! tripled the lamb so was willy nilly chucking in spices, add lamb stock cube, 2 tsps of dried chilli flakes, 1tbs garam masala, doubled up on the recipe spices, and half a bunch of fresh corriander, served it with desiree mashed potato, with spring onion and carrot, the gravy was very flavoursome, and i have loads left for when i am too rushed to make a dinner!!!


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Lee County 1, Hoke County 0
The Yellow Jackets won their second straight match and turned around a 3-0 defeat at Hoke County from two weeks ago at home Thursday night.
Sophomore Ivan Mireles scored the winning goal in the first half. It's his first goal of the season. Sophomore goalkeeper Hunter Watson made four saves for his second straight shutout.
Lee County (2-3, 1-1) moves back to CFVC play hosting Union Pines at 7 p.m. Monday.
Grace Christian 2, O'Neal 1
The Crusaders (7-2-1, 2-0-0) got out to a 2-0 lead in the first 14 minutes of play and hung on at Southern Pines Thursday afternoon.
Joel Benitez and Evan Kannarr scored the Crusader goals. Victor Mondragon and Jose Leonidez had an assist apiece.
O'Neal's Rick Catania scored to cut the Crusader lead to 2-1 in the 53rd minute.
The Crusaders played Lee Christian yesterday and will play at Neuse Christian at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Falcons play at Cape Fear Academy at 2 p.m. today.
Midway 3, Triton 0
Midway (2-1-2) blanked the visiting Hawks (1-5-1) Thursday night. Triton will host Overhills at 6 p.m. Monday.
Terry Sanford 9, Union Pines 0
Singles: Helen Zhang d. Mary Beth Jackson 7-5, 6-4, Emma Edge d. Juliane Hall 6-0, 6-4, Claire Lieberman d. Megan Smith 6-0, 6-0, Huda McGraw d. Tabitha Hamilton 6-1, 6-1, Trisha Slehria d. Kailee Southworth 6-1, 6-0, Tanya Slehria d. Celine Bullock 6-3, 6-4
Doubles: Zhang/Edge d. Jackson/Hall 9-7, Lieberman/McGraw d. Smith/Hamilton 8-2, Slehria/Slehria d. Southworth/Bullock 8-0
Cape Fear Valley newcomers Terry Sanford swept defending-champion Union Pines in Cameron Thursday. The Lady Bulldogs remain undefeated on the season. The Lady Vikings (4-1, 3-1) will play Pinecrest at the Pinehurst Tennis Club at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Cedar Ridge 7, Northwood 2
Hannah Holloway at No. 1 singles, winning 4-6, 6-0, 1-0, then Holloway with partner Emma Goodrich in doubles, winning 8-4, won the only two Lady Charger points in a Big Eight match at Cedar Ridge Thursday afternoon.
The Lady Chargers (2-4, 1-3) will host Orange at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
North Moore 8, Albemarle 1
Singles: Stephanie McNeill (N) d. Madaly Balack 6-3, 6-1, Amber Hussey (N) d. Katherine Mansfield 6-3, 6-4, Melanie Stewart (N) d. Sonyi Xiong 7-5, 6-3, Jessy Boatman (A) d. Keely Cleaveland 6-3, 6-3, Morgan Jefferies (N) d. Anne Kambourus 6-0, 6-0, Dristian Guillen-Diaz (N) d. Emma Daniels 6-0, 6-1
Doubles: McNeill/Priest (N) d. Balack/Boatman 8-0, Morgan Jefferies/Guillen-Diaz (N) by ff., Alyssa Oldham/Maggie Jefferies (N) d. Daniels/Kambourus 8-4
The Lady Mustangs (4-1, 4-1) defeated visiting Albemarle Wednesday. North Moore will play at Gray Stone Day at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Pinecrest 8, Purnell Swett 1
The Lady Patriots (3-0, 3-0) defeated Purnell Swett in a Southeastern match Thursday. Pinecrest will meet Union Pines at the Pinehurst Tennis Club at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Overhills 5, E.E. Smith 4
The Lady Jaguars (3-0, 3-0) edged visiting E.E. Smith in a Mid-South Athletic match Thursday. Overhills will play at Cape Fear at 4 p.m. Monday.
Union Pines d. Southern Lee 25-16, 28-26, 19-25, 25-23
The Lady Vikings (6-3, 3-1) topped the Lady Cavaliers (3-1, 2-1) in a Cape Fear Valley match in Cameron Thursday night .
Stephanie Johnson had 10 total blocks and nine kills as the Lady Vikings made 19 total blocks as a team. Megan Harris had 15 assists. Alex Prots made 20 digs.
Union Pines will host West Montgomery at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Southern Lee will host Westover at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Pinecrest d. Lumberton 24-26, 25-21, 25-17, 25-18
Pinecrest (5-3, 1-0) started its Southeastern Conference schedule with a win at Lumberton Thursday night.
Katie Smith had 21 assists and 15 digs for the Lady Patriots. Mary Schlaff had 22 digs, Devin Lally had 14 kills and Danika Whitford had 10 kills.
Pinecrest travels to Wilmington to play Laney today.
O'Neal 3, Grace Christian 2
The Lady Falcons (2-3) edged the Lady Crusaders (1-4, 0-2) in Southern Pines Thursday evening after Grace Christian topped O'Neal in five sets in Sanford in August.
O'Neal plays at Cape Fear Academy at 2:30 p.m. today. Grace Christian played Lee Christian last night and will go to Neuse Christian for a 5:30 p.m. start Tuesday.
Garner d. Harnett Central 25-12, 25-11, 25-13
Garner (9-1, 4-0) beat visiting Harnett Central (0-9, 0-4) in a Greater Neuse River match Thursday. Harnett Central will play at East Wake at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
West Montgomery d. North Moore 25-23, 25-21, 24-26, 25-14
West Montgomery (9-0, 5-0) won a Yadkin Valley match at North Moore Thursday night.
Dara Forrest led the Lady Mustangs with 10 kills and Dana Wolfe had nine kills.
The Lady Mustangs (3-4, 2-3) will play at O'Neal at 6 p.m. Monday.
Overhills 3, Seventy-First 0
The Lady Jaguars (6-2, 3-0) remained perfect in their new conference, winning a Mid-South Athletic match at home Thursday night. Overhills will play at Western Harnett at 6 p.m. Monday.
Providence Grove d. Jordan-Matthews 25-17, 25-14, 25-10
Providence Grove swept the visiting Lady Jets Thursday night. Jordan-Matthews (1-7) will play at Northwood at 6 p.m. Monday.
J.F. Webb d. Northwood 25-5, 25-23, 25-17
J.F. Webb (2-2, 1-1) won a Big Eight match in Pittsboro Thursday night. The Lady Chargers (1-4, 0-3) will host Jordan-Matthews at 6 p.m. Monday.
JV Football
Southern Lee 13, St. Pauls 6
The JV Cavaliers defended their home field Thursday night, improving to 2-1. Southern Lee will play at Triton at 7 p.m. this coming Thursday.
Lee County 26, Athens Drive 0
The JV Yellow Jackets shutout the Jaguars in Raleigh Thursday night, going to a 2-0 mark. Lee County will host Western Harnett at 7 p.m. this coming Thursday.
Triton 33, Harnett Central 13
The Hawks (1-0) beat the visiting Trojans (1-1) in a county rivalry game Thursday night. Triton will host Southern Lee at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Northwood 36, Jordan-Matthews 0
The Chargers (2-0) rolled to a victory over their county rivals in Pittsboro Thursday night. Northwood hosts Carrboro at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Jets (0-2) are off until hosting Eastern Randolph on Sept. 19.
Union Pines 18, Providence Grove 6
The Vikings (2-0) topped visiting Providence Grove Thursday night in Cameron. Union Pines will go to Trinity Thursday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.


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Gags and scamps were not in season so this grouper caught by Chris McCann was released.
Bill Cannan and Chris McCann prepare the rods and outriggers for a morning troll for wahoo or billfish about 100 miles offshore of Port O'Connor.
We caught several of these small grouper while trying to catch bait aboard the Bidnez.
Chris McCann displays an uncanny sense of balance while fighting a fish from the bow.
A nice snapper caught by Greg Talbert. But we had to release it.
Greg Talbert snags a blue runner for the bait well.
More than once, we hooked fish on light tackle that were too big to handle or that we couldn't reel to the surface to identify.
Capt. Bill Cannan demonstrates who to properly deflate the air bladder on a snapper with a venting tool.
Chris spent much of his time using a diamond jig in hopes of catching a big amberjack.
Another snapper reaches the surface to disappoint.
This bonita hit a big skirted plug meant for a wahoo or billfish. We used it later for bait.
A quick photograph before the release.
After we broke off four big fish, Greg Talbert got to fight one away from the cutting edges of that oil platform.
Bill Cannan tests the line tension on his equipment while Greg Talbert hangs on.
Bill Cannan adjusts the harness while Marc Freeman braces against a powerful run from what we believed was a big amberjack or grouper.
Chris McCann wrestles with another fish aboard the Bidnez while Marc Freeman looks on.
This is the time during the fight when everyone speculates on the species pulling at the other end.
Not the species we were going for. But good for a photo.
At 90 nautical miles, this oil/gas platform was not crowded with boats.
An early morning shot of Capt. Bill preparing rods at our first stop.
Gag grouper and scamp are not legal in federal waters from Feb. 1 through March 31. So we released this one.
Success is sweeter when it is hard fought. This Warsaw grouper was the result of a combined effort. That's Port O'Connor Capt. Bill Cannan (281-380-8222) on the left, with anglers Greg Talbert, Chris McCann and Marc Freeman.
Marc Freeman practices with lighter tackle for a later fight that tested his strength and resolve.
Capt. Bill demonstrates his professional form.
Catching baitfish is an enjoyable pastime between big-fish hookups.
Bill Cannan mans a bait rod at a deepwater spot.
Bill Cannan is an angling ambassadeur for Port O'Connor. When not on the water he's selling POC Style clothing or promoting a residential development called the Sanctuary at Costa Grande (www.costagrande.com)
The early morning bonita hit one of the big baits meant for a wahoo or billfish. We used it for bait later.