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What kind of things can your four year old do? DS is special needs so I'm not comparing him to others I'm just curious about the average things four year olds can do.
Like swim, ride a bike..? those kinds of things
Or write their name, know their birthday?
That's a pretty open-ended question.
Quoting nutmeg.:" Like swim, ride a bike..? those kinds of things Or write their name, know their birthday? That's a pretty open-ended question."
Writing, counting, talking.. that kind of stuff.
Johanna will be 4 in 2 months.
She can write her name and knows a lot of her letters. She can count to like 20. She can draw people (not perfect people, but you can tell what they are.)
She cannot pedal a bike.
She can climb a ladder.
She knows her birthday and how old she is. She knows her address and the town and state she lives in.
She recognizes and can draw all the shapes. She draws pictures and pretends to write stories. She can take off her clothes and can put them back on, but sometimes she puts her shirt on backwards. She knows left and right. She is able to put her shoes on, but they're not always on the right foot.
She is fully potty trained, day and night. She speaks just as well as an older child, around 7 years old or so.
DS is special needs. He can recognize his name, colors, shapes, people in pictures, most letters. He's fully potty trained. He colors things but of course not inside the lines. He can take his clothes off and wash himself, but he can't put any clothes on. He can ride a scooter. He just started talking in full sentences. He knows he's 4 years old but since his birthday just passed he asks me to open presents all the time lol.
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Exercise nausea?
Does anyone know of any tips for dealing with exercise nausea?
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Re: Exercise nausea?
you mean like this ?
i guess just take it easy until your fitness improves, be sure to drink enough while exercising and avoid heavy food prior to hard training. your gut wont digest it because the body will send all the blood to the oxygen starved muscles
Re: Exercise nausea?
That presents a bit of a quandary. If you fuel up for a long ride then you are inviting exercise nausea.
So no tricks like an anti-emetic if there is such a thing?
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it looks like the guy in the vid did the opposite, starved himself then hammered the water, its just like pure water he is spewing up haha.. poor bugger..
after i do a heavy ride i am always very dizzy when i stop, im almost certain its from heat, even though i drink plenty of water and keep drinkin after i stop..
Re: Exercise nausea?
It can be caused by adrenaline release hitting your stomach (body needs to up the sugars due to intense work load).
I'd say its a bit of a survival mechanism, i.e. if you're running from a tiger back in the stone age, dump the food ASAP so you're body isnt using any energy to digest it while you're running.
(though stopping to throw up seems odd! LOL)
ease up on the intensity & watch what is in your stomach - the only 2 things i can think of.
Re: Exercise nausea?
Ease off the intensity a bit until you acquire some fitness. You don't need to go all-out every time you ride.
I also cut back on the fibre for on-the-bike nutrition. White bread + jam sangers (when backed off on the intensity), sports gels and maltodextrin-based endurance racing sports drinks like Hi5 or Endura, not that Gatorade rubbish.
Other stuff like muesli bars are a bit hard to get down / keep down. Saliva production seems to dry up when I start nearing my aerobic limits.
When all else fails, persistence prevails -- Lew Hollander
Re: Exercise nausea?
I'm not sure it has much to do with fitness. I'd consider myself pretty fit, but I still throw up pretty often.
For me I think it's an overheating/overexertion thing. Usually happens when I smash myself on a hill, and it's more likely on a warm day.
I don't think it's got much to do with diet - I've tried eating a variety of different foods, avoiding dairy helps a little, as does eating well before I ride, but I don't think there's anything that's particularly safe.
A long warmup (~1hr) before doing anything high intensity helps a bit too.
Re: Exercise nausea?
didnt say unfit, just get fitter - then the hill will not be so taxing, and you wont want to puke...
Re: Exercise nausea?
The fact you're throwing up means you're redlining.
My HR Max is 180bpm (49yo). At flat-out race pace, I can sustain 160-162bpm over an hour. I can hit mid to high 170s for short climbs, but can't keep much over 170 for long climbs or I feel like puking too.
You don't have to redline to improve your fitness. Sustained efforts (eg, 1 hour) at 90-95% of threshold will yield very handy improvements, and you can back up again in two to three days without feeling like you're dying on the bike. That is, you can do more, higher quality workouts in a given period if you don't bury yourself quite so deep.
Save smashing yourself for the last three weeks before you start your pre-race taper.
When all else fails, persistence prevails -- Lew Hollander
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Been there more than once - lucky for me my mate giving words of encouragement to purge the demons was kind enough not to pull out his phone. Looking forward to Matt posting a compromising reply on YouTube of his mate Scott - "because that's what mates do"
Re: Exercise nausea?
Exercise related nausea is caused by metabolites like ADP. Smash yourself hard enough and you may barf. FItter folk will have a higher threshold.
Re: Exercise nausea?
What do you eat before you ride? Could it be hypoglycemia?
Re: Exercise nausea?
I had a football coach who would make us run up and down this big hill until we puked for pre-season training, I used to drink a large chocolate shake just before I arrived so I could get it over quicker...
Stop drinking McDonald shakes before you ride and you'll be OK.
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Popular microblogging service Twitter hit another milestone today, passing the 200 million mark for monthly active users. Twitter announced the milestone in a tweet this morning, thanking its users, which it called "the pulse of the planet." The 200 million mark evinces the considerable growth rate for Twitter, which has added 100 million users in the time since September of 2011.
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Original articles from our library related to the Hellenic. See Table of Contents for further available material (downloadable resources) on Hellenic.
- Hellenic Pantheon
- The blending of Latin with Hellenic elements was extreme, and produced a long series of Divinities with virtually identical Attributes, and two names, a Latin one and a Greek one. The two pantheons are nearly isomorphic in fact, from Jupiter/Zeus and Juno/Hera...
Deities & Heros >> Roman
- Juno
- I. Consort of Jupiter and queen of Heaven. Similar in most respects to the Hellenic Hera, Juno was considered the Protectress of Women ans Patroness of the Matronly virtues.As with Her Greek counterpart, she suffers from jealous rages at her Consort's...
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- Mars
- God of war and soldiers. Often identified with the Hellenic Ares, Mars did not have that Deity's grim and brutal reputation, but was seen rather as a legitimate apotheosis of the State's power and majesty....
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- Fortuna
- Goddess of luck and chance, often combined with the Hellenic Tyche. Note also the Celtic Nehalennia and the Anglo-Saxon Elen....
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- Buriash
- (Kassite) Apparently a God of storm and weather, and as such equated by Mesopotamian people with Iskur. Cf. the Hellenic Boreas....
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- Mercurius
- The Messenger and Herald of the Gods, He also had responsibility for travelers and roadways. Similar in many ways to the Hellenic Hermes, Mercurius in the Roman world bore the cadeucus (a serpent entwinned staff) as a symbol of his office. The Romans also...
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- Justicia
- Goddess of balanced agreement and justice. Sometimes equated with the Hellenic Dike....
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Hellenic is described in multiple online sources, as addition to our editors' articles, see section below for printable documents, Hellenic books and related discussion.
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- Jesse White. Secretary of State. ILLINOIS.
- www.sos.state.il.us
- Hellenic times template/NEW (Page 9)
- hellenic times/9. January 9, 2009 by: Nick Katsoris. JEN TOPS BOX OFFICE.
- www.manhattanvibes.com
- Table of Contents. HELLENIC HOWTO............................................................................ ............................................................
- www.ibiblio.org
- Hellenic Cultural Heritage through Immersive Virtual Archaeology
- Foundation of the Hellenic World, 254 Pireos St.
- www.makebelieve.gr
- www.htsfund.org
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- HELLENIC LEAGUE: Webb's after more
- The Highworth Town manager is keen to make further additions to his squad, and is hoping to bring in one player in time for tomorrow's Hellenic League Premier Division match at Henley Town.
- HELLENIC LEAGUE: Smith leaves football at the church door
- Smith gets married today, meaning he will miss tomorrow's Hellenic League Division One West game with Carterton and Monday's derby showdown at Purton due to being on his honeymoon.
- HELLENIC LEAGUE DIVISION ONE WEST: Sam leaves on a high
- SAM Collier gave a parting gift to Wootton Bassett Town by firing home a hat-trick in his last game for the club, helping Dave Turner's side claim their first vicory of the season in style on Tuesday evening.
- HELLENIC LEAGUE: Collier set for Abingdon switch
- Winstone leads his players into battle for the third time against Old Woodstock Town tonight, fully aware of the scale of the task at hand against a side who were plying their trade in the Hellenic Premier last season.
Suggested Web Resources
- Hellenic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- en.wikipedia.org
- The Center for Hellenic Studies
- Harvard University Center dedicated to researching the Hellenic world.
- www.chs.harvard.edu
- Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of
- Brookline, MA.
- www.hchc.edu
- Hellenic - Wiktionary
- Hellenic. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump to: navigation, search.
- en.wiktionary.org
- Coca-Cola Hellenic - Passion for Excellence
- www.coca-colahellenic.com
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Imagine a world where Hollywood producers could predict, with scientific precision, the box office revenue a movie will generate just by reading the screenplay. A new forecasting model devised by a trio of marketing professors from Wharton and NYU promises to deliver something like that. Among their findings: action movies with multidimensional conflicts are the most surefire investments, and horror films the riskiest. In a paper describing their model, they write that "a higher movie budget tend[s] to increase the movie's box office, but at a diminishing rate. Thus, throwing money at a script does not always generate a blockbuster movie." Here's looking at you, Waterworld. [%comments]
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Ironically our Science Space Program is going in the Dumpster, but our Sci-Fi Movies are having a Renaissance: Bigger, Faster, and More Imaginative Block Buster Summer Films.
A Baby born today is more likely to Star as a Captain of a Sci Fi Space Ship than to be an Astronaut and go on an actual interplanetary voyage.
Be William Shatner instead of Neil Armstrong. I'll be Luke Skywalker. A light saber slices a slide rule into halves.0 0
Just what the art of cinema and our cultural landscape needs… not!0 0
The book Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry, which Taleb discusses in his book, is a great read on the topic of Movie success predictions. In it, Dr. De Vany quotes William Goldman, who stated that "nobody knows anything" about what happens to movies once they are released to the theatres.0 0
The problem is, once they discover this rule/formula/equation, every movie studios will move to adopt it, thereby rendering it invalid.0 0
My faith in this paper is limited. It seems to be a case of "dazzle with statistical methodology". Why use a BART model? Much simpler (wider known) methods could have been used to establish the findings. This is a tendency in many disciplines.
I would propose the following mandatory rules for publishing papers:
1) Use simple models first and SHOW the results of these models. SHOW us the basic stuff – simple regressions with scatterplots
2) Motivate the use of more complex methodology in view of these results. A simple "XY" has been shown to outperform "classical methods" is NOT enough.
3) Provide not only the DATA set, but also instructions and all necessary programs, batch files to replicate the results.
– Martin0 0
Didn't Waterworld actually make a pretty sizable profit, despite underperforming expectations at the box office?
Surely there's a better example to use…0 0
Isn't the use of VaR models combined with extrapolating from a small data set how quants crashed the financial system?0 0
My sister works in hollywood doing film production, and has been for a number of years. If you name an actor, she can give you a good guess on their approximate cost, and return on investment.
I know when I asked her a few years ago, Will Smith was the best return on investment. That did not make him cheap.
However, I've also heard that he did a more subjective analysis of top films to figure out that fun sci-fi special effects fests were the films that tended to do the best.0 0


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Mission Foods and Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) has announced a partnership to encourage family mealtime as a way to re-connect, strengthen bonds and facilitate the healing process for those wounded veterans re-entering civilian life. Mission Foods would like to honor the men and women of the military with a donation of $350,000 to WWP to help provide support to Wounded Warriors and their families.
For every bag of Mission Tortilla Chips purchased, May 6, 2013 through March 31, 2014, 10 cents will go toward the WWP donation. This donation will help support WWP programs and services, specifically structured to engage warriors, nurture their minds and bodies and encourage their economic empowerment. Look for specially marked packages of Mission Tortilla Chips and displays to help support this worthy cause.
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Throughout the year, Mission Foods and WWP will host special events and promotions to raise awareness and provide customers additional opportunities to donate. During the MLB season, Mission Foods will sponsor VIP nights in various ballparks across the country for Wounded Warriors and their families to attend. Through these special events and promotions, Mission Foods will celebrate the brave servicemen and women, and the sacrifices they have made for their country. Donations to WWP help thousands of Wounded Warriors – and their families – as they return home from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We're proud to partner with a company like Mission Foods that puts such an emphasis on family," says Adam Silva, chief development officer at Wounded Warrior Project "Their commitment to preserving mealtime at home reflects the importance of having a strong support system that helps Wounded Warriors successfully transition to civilian life."
WWP, a nonprofit organization, provides programs and services to veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001. Their vision is "to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation's history," say officials.


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More people will now be able to enjoy Nebraska football games.
Saturday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously approved a $53 million plan to expand Memorial Stadium's north side. The plan, proposed by Athletic Director Steve Pederson last year, calls for 6,000 more seats, as well as a performance area for student athletes.
Pederson's initial plan was to raise $20 million through fundraising, but to date, only $15 million has been raised through private donations and funding.
Regent Charles Wilson says the new addition is "...going to be an essential part of our recruiting process; to be able to offer top-notch facilities to recruits."
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|Antidepressant Treatment and Altered CYP2D6 Activity: Are Pharmacokinetic Variations Clinically Relevant?
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|PMID: 21926528 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|Background. Many currently used antidepressants are substrates of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 enzyme. In patients who experience variations in the activity of this enzyme (e.g., CYP2D6 poor and ultrarapid metabolizers [PMs and UMs]), whether caused by genetic polymorphisms or concomitant administration of a CYP2D6 inhibitor (i.e., phenoconversion), the pharmacokinetics, and hence the effects, of CYP2D6 substrate antidepressants can be altered. Methods. This literature review describes the clinical and empirical evidence indicating that alterations in CYP2D6 activity can negatively affect treatment outcomes in patients receiving antidepressant pharmacotherapies that are CYP2D6 substrates. Results. Based on results from a small, prospective trial, a population analysis, and a pooled analysis, CYP2D6 PMs treated with agents dependent on CYP2D6 metabolism to form an active metabolite can experience a decline in antidepressant effect. Based on a population analysis and two case studies, CYP2D6 UMs treated with antidepressants that are CYP2D6 substrates and administered in a pharmacologically active form do not experience an antidepressant effect due to the agent being too rapidly eliminated from the body. Conversely, based on prospective trials, population analyses, and case studies, phenotypic and phenoconverted CYP2D6 PMs can experience an increase in concentration-dependent adverse events due to the agent being eliminated too slowly from the body. Conclusions. Despite these examples, few large-scale, prospective trials exploring the effect of altered CYP2D6 metabolism on antidepressant outcomes have been conducted. Future clinical trials of CYP2D6-dependent antidepressants should be designed to allow for stratification of treatment outcomes by CYP2D6 metabolizer status. (Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2011;17:330-339).
|Inna D'empaire; Christine J Guico-Pabia; Sheldon H Preskorn
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Sunday, January 10, we decided to do a day trip to the Oregon coast and one of our favorite Oregon lighthouses. We arrived at the Cape Meares Lighthouse to learn that vandals had fired several shots at the Cape Meares Lighthouse during the night last night, breaking many of the glass panes and breaking the lens inside that had been built in the 1800s. What is especially sad is that this lens can never be replaced and this historic lighthouse will never have its original beauty again. The Tillamook County Sheriff Department and the Oregon State Police were just arriving on the scene to investigate and gather possible evidence. The area was closed to the public shortly after I took this picture.
If anyone has any tips concerning this very sad crime, please contact the Tillamook County Sheriff Department or the Oregon State Police so the criminals responsible for this act can be brought to justice.
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Service Guest House
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This place doesn't have a proper name but a sign out on the main road dubs is 'Service Guesthouse' which is just the Laotain way of indicating that tourists should stay here and it's not just a short-time place or a flop house. We've heard it called The Bamboo Guesthouse and the staff here said we could call is the Phou Si Guesthouse if we wanted to -- the name roughly means 'the colour of the mountain.' The rooms are clean, basic wood bungalows with shared, cold-water baths. There's a restaurant on site, and two circular salas with thatched roofs that offer a nice view of the nearby Nam Theun river while dinning. Expect this place to be in a new location some time in 2007 as the river valley it sits in is inundated by the local hydro-electric dam project.
Contact details:Along the Nam Theun River, Thalang.
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It was no secret: Pakistan tacitly agreed to drones
WASHINGTON — Despite repeatedly denouncing the CIA's drone campaign, top officials in Pakistan's government have for years secretly endorsed the program and routinely received classified briefings on strikes and casualty counts, according to top-secret CIA documents and Pakistani diplomatic memos obtained by The Washington Post.
The files describe dozens of drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal region and include maps as well as before-and-after aerial photos of targeted compounds over a four-year stretch from 2008 to 2011 in which the campaign intensified dramatically.
Markings on the documents indicate that many of them were prepared by the CIA's Counterterrorism Center specifically to be shared with Pakistan's government. They tout the success of strikes that killed dozens of alleged al-Qaida operatives and assert repeatedly that no civilians were harmed.
Pakistan's tacit approval of the drone program has been one of the more poorly kept national security secrets in Washington and Islamabad. During the early years of the campaign, the CIA even used Pakistani airstrips for its Predator fleet.
But the files expose the explicit nature of a secret arrangement struck between the two countries at a time when neither was willing to publicly acknowledge the existence of the drone program. The documents detailed at least 65 strikes in Pakistan and were described as "talking points" for CIA briefings, which occurred with such regularity that they became a matter of diplomatic routine. The documents are marked "top secret" but cleared for release to Pakistan.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment. A CIA spokesman declined to discuss the documents but did not dispute their authenticity.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated his country's objections to the drone campaign this week during his first visit to Washington since taking office this year.
CIA strikes "have deeply disturbed and agitated our people," Sharif said in a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace. "I will, therefore, stress the need for an end to drone attacks."
He raised the issue in a meeting on Wednesday with President Obama, "emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes." Sharif did not publicly elaborate on how Pakistan would seek to halt a campaign that has tapered off but remains a core part of the Obama counterterrorism strategy.
The files serve as a detailed timeline of the CIA drone program, tracing its evolution from a campaign aimed at a relatively short list of senior al-Qaida operatives to a broader aerial assault against militant groups with no connection to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The records expose the distrust that has afflicted U.S.-Pakistani relations.
Some files describe tense meetings in which senior U.S. officials, including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, confront their Pakistani counterparts with U.S. intelligence purporting to show Pakistan's ties to militant groups involved in attacks on American forces, a charge that Islamabad has consistently denied.
There have been 23 strikes in Pakistan this year, far below the peak number of attacks, 117, set in 2010. The latest strike occurred Sept. 29, when three alleged fighters with ties to the militant Haqqani network were killed in North Waziristan.
Several documents refer to a direct Pakistani role in the selection of targets. A 2010 entry, for example, describes hitting a location "at the request of your government." Another from that same year refers to a "network of locations associated with a joint CIA-ISI targeting effort."
The documents confirm the deaths of dozens of al-Qaida operatives, including Rashid Rauf, a British citizen killed in 2008 who "helped coordinate al-Qaida's summer 2007 plot to blow up transatlantic flights originating from Great Britain," one memo said.
But the documents reveal a major shift in the CIA's strategy in Pakistan as it broadened the campaign beyond "high-value" al-Qaida targets and began firing missiles at gatherings of low-level fighters.
The files trace the CIA's embrace of a controversial practice that came to be known as "signature strikes," approving targets based on patterns of suspicious behavior detected from drone surveillance cameras and ordering strikes even when the identities of those to be killed weren't known.
The CIA shared maps and photographs of drone operations in Pakistan that have not been shown publicly. The maps contain illustrations, including flame emblems to mark locations of strikes. The photos show before-and-after scenes of compounds and vehicles destroyed by missiles, some marked with arrows to identify bodies.
The documents indicate that these were routinely relayed "by bag" to senior officials in Islamabad.
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This site is a great resource for Wake Forest, NC hotels and much more! If you're looking for information about Wake Forest travel you've come to the right place.
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text: Delbert D. "Pat" Bitler, 87, of Hersey, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at his home. He was born March 1, 1925 in Mt. Pleasant to Percy and Flossie (Keysor) Bitler and attended schools in Mt. Pleasant and Reed City, graduating from Reed City High School in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 in Europe and the Pacific theater. He married Dorothy Morlock on October 4, 1946. Pat had managed the Sears store in Big Rapids for many years. He attended Hersey United Methodist Church, and was a member of V.F.W. Post #2964 in Reed City. He enjoyed hunting, gardening, and was an avid card player. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, 1 son, David (LeAnn) Bitler of Manistee; 2 daughters, Jane (Bill) Torry of Big Rapids, and Carol (Ken) Ladd of Evart; 6 grandchildren, Billy (Michelle) Torry, Marcy (Derrick) Jaques, Nichole Ladd Boland, Darrick (Michelle) Ladd, Joel (Emily) Bitler, and Corey (Justine) Bitler; 7 great grandchildren; and also 1 brother, Larry (Marge) Bitler of Mississippi and 1 sister, Karen (Pat) McKinney of Reed City. He was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Margaret and Joy, and 1 brother, Dale. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 4 at the Hersey United Methodist Church with Rev. Lem Granada officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be in Hersey Village Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, December 3 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at McDowell Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Anyone wishing to make a contribution in Pat's name may consider giving to the Hersey United Methodist.


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To kick off the voting this week, we present two green monsters. Both weighing in at a hefty 5/5 and costed at four, they're bargain fatties any way you cut it. Emperor Crocodile is a splashable beatstick for creature-heavy decks. The resume of Jade Leech includes tournament play in Fires of Yavimaya decks. Which will you choose to put into Ninth Edition?
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Unit Plan
A Week of Winter Weather
Students learn about winter weather through scientific investigation, vocabulary lessons, and poetry writing.
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Through a week of activities, children investigate aspects of winter weather, such as temperature and wind. Children familiarize themselves with weather-related words.
Students will:
- Learn winter weather vocabulary
- Write about a weather experience
- Learn about thermometers and freezing point
- Practice taking temperature readings with a thermometer
- Discover the properties of wind
Lesson Plans for this Unit
Lesson 1: Winter Weather Week Day 1: Weather Words
Lesson 2: Winter Weather Week Day 2: Today's Temperature
Lesson 3: Winter Weather Week Day 3: Signs of the Wind
Lesson 4: Winter Weather Week Day 4: What Makes the Wind Blow?
Lesson 5: Winter Weather Week Day 5: Follow Up
Culminating Activity
Assessment of Skills and Knowledge
Group assessment will take place by asking children to respond orally to questions about what makes the wind and how is air temperature measured. Children's work from the Assignment section will also be reviewed and discussed.
Teacher Reflection About Lesson
- Was the estimated time sufficient to complete the lesson?
- Did children improve their weather vocabulary?
- Did they understand how to read a thermometer and connect air temperature to the concept of cold weather?
- Was the outdoor activity too chaotic?
- Did children understand that the change in air temperature causes the wind to blow?
- Did children express their understanding of winter weather in their Assignment work?
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- Subjects:Assessment, Curriculum Development, Vocabulary, Writing, Decision Making Process, Science Experiments and Projects, Observation, Winter, Weather, Winter Themes, Technology
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November 25, 2015
(AP) The Senate pushed toward the first votes on health care reform today amid rancorous debate over whether the legislation would repair the nation's safety net or bankrupt the country.
Despite the partisan back-and-forth the first amendment offered was bipartisan, a measure to increase preventive care for women. It was co-sponsored by Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski and Maine Republican Olympia Snowe. Snowe was the only Senate Republican to vote in favor of the Democrats health care legislation in committee.
Meanwhile, Senator John McCain offered the first GOP amendment, to strip out more than 400 billion dollars in Medicare cuts to home health providers, hospitals, hospices and others. It is a pitch to seniors, who polls show have deep concerns about the legislation.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed the amendment in a Senate floor speech.
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William Kamkwamba is a 19-year-old Malawian with a natural technological aptitude and proclivity for mechanical innovation. When he was a young teenager and his parents couldn't pay for school, he built a windmill that could power a light in his house. With his first success achieved, he upgraded to a windmill assisted by a bicycle that could power his family's house and his neighbors' electronic devices. His talent and drive soon drew attention beyond his village and this year he was an invited speaker at TEDGlobal in Tanzania, where he gave a three-minute speech on his life-improving invention. At the conference he had his first encounter with the Internet and understood the depth and breadth of its resources in an instant. Less than a month later, he's a full-fledged blogger and a rising innovation celeb.
He's tracking his work on his blog, sharing the discoveries he's making on increasing the power and efficiency of his projects, and describing the process. Recently he upgraded the bicycle windmill by installing a treadmill motor:
I have never seen a treadmill, but understand that it is a moving belt that people walk or run on in place to get exercise. At its peak power, the treadmill motor puts out 48V DC, but with the winds in my village, it averages about 18V which is sufficient to charge the new deep cycle batteries referred to in an earlier post. My cousin Geoffrey helped me. I removed the bicycle wheel, installed the new treadmill motor, and a series of two pulleys to increase the power output from the main windmill shaft. We finished our project late this afternoon. The new motor will charge the batteries more quickly than the previous source of power, and the charge controller will keep it from overcharging them.
Kamkwamba is clearly a sponge for information and a lightning-quick learner. He's clearly on a steady upslope of improvement in his designs, and plans to build a windmill powerful enough to pump water to irrigate a vegetable garden for his family, and eventually their maize, beans and peanuts.
This may be the most remarkable post, and most remarkable individual, yet featured on Worldchanging. Hooray for William Kamkwamba! This is fantastic inspiration, and William deserves all the attention and support we can direct his way (without overwhelming him!). Thank you for telling his story and linking to his blog.
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Tanoai Reed (born February 10, 1974) is a Hollywood stunt man.
Reed was born in Honolulu, Hawaii of Samoan and Norwegian, Swedish and Irish descent. He is the cousin[1][2] and stand-in double of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
He is featured in the video "Pump It or cream" by The Black Eyed Peas, playing one of the villains Fergie fights. Reed appears in the 2008 relaunch of American Gladiators as the gladiator Toa. In the first 2008 episode of Gladiators, Toa delivered an abbreviated version of Ka Mate, a New Zealand Maori haka before beginning his defense of the top of the pyramid.
- Road to Paloma (2013)
- Iron Man 2 (2010) (Security Guard)
- Blood and Bone (2009) (Good Tooth Street Fighter)
- Spring Breakdown (2009) (Bouncer, stunts)
- Against the Dark (2009) (Tagart)
- Dollhouse (2009) (Season 2, Episode 10 "the Attic") (Arcane, the Dark Figure)
- Get Smart (2008) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson - uncredited, stunts)
- Urban Justice (2007) (stunt performer)
- The Game Plan (2007) (stunt double) (stunts)
- Half Past Dead 2 (2007) (V) (stunts)
- Epic Movie (2007) (stunts)
- Gridiron Gang (2006) (stunt double: The Rock)
- You, Me and Dupree (2006) (stunts)
- Southland Tales (2006) (co-stunt coordinator)
- Doom (2005) (stunts)
- Be Cool (2005) (stunt double: The Rock)
- Dark Justice (2004) (Batman: Aaron Schoenke films)
- Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) (stunts)
- Walking Tall (2004) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson)
- The Stepford Wives (2004) Tonkiro
- The Rundown (2003) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) (wrestler)
- Daredevil (2003) (stunts)
- The Tuxedo (2002) (stunts - uncredited)
- The Scorpion King (2002) (stunt double: Mathayus)
- Angel (1999) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
- "Nash Bridges" (1996) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
- "Baywatch Nights" (1995) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
- Waterworld (1995) (stunts)
- ^ Liane Bonin (2003-09-24). "Rock Candy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
...The Rock's double, his cousin Tanoai Reed, shattered an ankle.
- ^ Tenley Woodman (2008-01-03). "Red, white and bruised". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
Among the new gladiators are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's cousin Tanoai Reed as Toa, an island warrior who intimidates opponents by performing a tribal war dance...
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Big South Conference's 10th Annual Sweepstakes Promotion Underway
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) - The Big South Conference and several of its corporate partners have once again teamed up for a sweepstakes with a grand prize package valued at more than $7,000. The prize package is highlighted by a five-night getaway vacation to The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa in Hilton Head, S.C. During last year's Big South Giveaway, the Conference office fielded more than 50,000 entries.
Entering its 10th year, The Big South Sweepstakes involves Conference corporate partners Advance Auto Parts, Kroger, Pepsi, Triangle Rent A Car and The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa. The Conference's website, www.BigSouthSports.com, will serve as the main source for online registrations where contestants can enter once per day.
A total of 10 finalists will be randomly-selected through Feb. 24 and will receive a prize package, which includes a VIP trip to the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Basketball Championship -- where one of the finalists will be the grand prize winner. To determine the grand prize winner, each of the 10 men's Big South Conference basketball teams competing for the Conference Championship will be randomly assigned to represent one (1) of the 10 finalists. The grand prize winner will be the finalist represented by the Big South institution that wins the nationally-televised 2012 Advance Auto Parts Men's Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 3.
The year's grand prize package consists of:
- A "Renew Resort Getaway" at The Westin Hilton Head Resort & Spa in Hilton Head, S.C. that includes a 5-night stay at the oceanfront resort, daily breakfast at the Carolina Café, a couples massage, and a round of golf.
- S.U.V. rental from Triangle Rent A Car for the trip to Hilton Head and eight (8) $50 gift certificates for free auto rental from Triangle Rent A Car
- Prize package from Pepsi
- $1,300 in Advance Auto Parts gift certificates
- $200 gift certificate to Kroger
- Big South merchandise and a pair of tickets to the Tournament Championship Game on Saturday, March 3, 2012, including hospitality passes and much more.
"The Big South Conference is so grateful to its family of corporate partners," commented Big South Commissioner Kyle B. Kallander. "This is a tremendous commitment on their part. The annual sweepstakes has become a key feature for the Advance Auto Parts Basketball Championship, and this year will be more exciting than ever with the expansion of the Conference Tournament bracket."
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Perez Hilton has clearly been hitting the gym. But would you hit this celebrity blogger?
Would you get it on with Perez Hilton?
many of times that I was going to change and flaied, but I am not going to quit. I am going to pick myself up and keep on going. I wish you luck on your goals. Number 1 and 3 would be pretty hard for me. I love TMZ and Perez. I check them everyday multiple times a day. And sleeping at 11PM, whoa, what's that? The last time I used to do that is when I was in High School. My three goals for this week:1. Eating fruit and veggies as my meal once a day.2. Cutting out all soda and juices. Or drink one can of soda/juice per day.3. Work out everyday for at least 45 Mins. OOOH, I hope I can do it. ***crossing fingers***Fresh by Jen //
had some serious plastic surgery but hell if I could afford I would too!!!
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Pretoria - South Africa's economy avoided slipping into a recession in the second quarter, as solid growth in the agriculture and financial industries outweighed a hammering in the strike-hit mining sector, data showed on Tuesday.
Africa's most developed economy is struggling to right itself after waves of labour unrest this year hit corporate confidence, while rising food and fuel prices have squeezed consumers.
The economy grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter after contracting by the same amount in the first three months of this year, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
A Reuters poll of 26 analysts had forecast growth of 0.9 percent.
On an unadjusted year-on-year basis, the economy grew by 1 percent in the second quarter, compared with growth of 1.6 percent in the previous three months.
Analysts had expected year-on-year growth of 1.2 percent.
"We should remember the level of growth seen today is exceptionally low and totally insufficient to solve South Africa's deep developmental and jobs problems," Peter Attard Montalto, an emerging markets analyst at Nomura International, said in a note to clients.
The mining and quarrying industry saw a 9.4 percent drop in quarter-on-quarter output, the data showed, after being hit by a five-month platinum strike this year.
Manufacturing, the economy's second-largest sector, fell by 2.1 percent from the previous three months, reflecting weak demand from struggling consumers.
Agriculture grew up nearly 5 percent, while finance and real estate expanded by 1.5 percent, the data showed. - Reuters
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Chocolate Grinder Mix 87
(Summer) Time Perspective
Imagine you are on a desert island imagining you are in an office. LIFT FROM THE KNEES. The first time I ever took a plane I remember thinking, "Well, if this is the Truman Show and I'm the star, they must have really increased the budget since Jim Carey was in it." TAKE SOME ME TIME. Chilled House Classics Volume 12, straight from the beach, out now in all good supermarkets. WE GOTTA MAKE THIS HOLIDAY PAY. You know, at least with Global Warming and shorter summers, we'll see an increase in productivity. I HAVEN'T REALLY TOUCHED DOWN YET. "Are you tired? I'm tired."
In that tiny valley between the peaking pressures of being told to RELAX and being told to KEEP BUSY, there is a well-trodden path (it's a metaphor) of almost-sanity. For some reason, a lot of my summers seem to consists of landslides from both directions.
So here's a collection of songs that tries to deliberately remedy the endless string of didactic "summer chill-out" mixes, and to offer a hyperactive, groundless solace for those that find summer collapsing into forced "life plans" and seasonal zero-hours labor contracts.
I have no doubt in my mind that it will, in some small way, contribute to the coming global revolution, and as such, it breezes across a number of continents in a way my feeble bodily self never could.
In sum, fuck relaxing and fuck keeping busy; they can't exist without each other, and we can't exist to endlessly run between the two.
Stream below, and subscribe to our podcast here.
[00:00] Koreless - "No Sun"
[04:45] Margaret Antwood - "Cry Cry"
[09:55] CESRV – "Walk Away"
[13:00] Chancha Via Circuito - "Prima"
[16:29] Mo Kolours - "Tusk Dance"
[19:15] Owiny Sigoma Band - "Norbat Okelo"
[23:27] Cardopusher - "Donde Estan Las Mujeres"
[26:40] Chervoboy - "Uhodi"
[30:00] The Range - "my db limit"
[32:01] DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn - "Brighter Dayz"
[35:05] Lennie De Ice - "We Ir E (Om Unit edit)"
[37:37] Romare - "Your Love (You Give Me Fever)"
In Perris-Beauchamp
In a Kant-referencing tweet, How to Dress Well's Tom Krell said that "I believe that pop w/o the avant garde is blind & the avant g w/o pop is empty." While this tweet addresses one of the big problems I have with artists in both genres who confine themselves to a limited palette of influences/styles, I think it particularly applies to the world of contemporary indie pop. This issue of limited influence is touched upon in Alex Griffin's recent review of Jackson Scott's record, which is one instance among many where a hyped-up pop artist has very little new to add to a well-worn genre. In the last few years, there have been far too many indie pop bands that express no interest in doing anything outside of their narrow niche. Maybe it's just me, but I find that unbearably boring and, to reference Krell, blind.
However, despite the occasionally vacuous nature of certain pop/experimental artists, there have been an equal number of composers who wonderfully cross-pollinate these worlds and make strikingly new works as a result. This is where Excavacations come in. As TMT has previously discussed, this band manages to exist as both a pop and drone act, and on In Perris-Beauchamp, the group continues to blur the lines between song and sound art. Much like Julia Holter's excellent Tragedy, Excavacations present a world where songs can't exist without noise and noise can't exist without songs. However, unlike the musique concrète pastiche of Holter, Excavations excel at creating melodic orchestral pop that alternately dissolves into and emerges out of expertly crafted synth drones. The whole thing reminds of what might have happened if See You On The Other Side-era Mercury Rev had decided to explore the influence of their mentor Tony Conrad a bit more. In Perris-Beauchamp is a beautiful merging of influence made even prettier and more pristine by the mastering job done by synth god M. Geddes Gengras.
You can sample a four-song suite of tunes from In Perris-Beauchamp below (other tracks from the record are available via the band's SoundCloud):
In Perris-Beauchamp is available digitally from Weird Forest via websites such as Boomkat and iTunes.
• Weird Forest www.weirdforest.com
"✧," also known as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," is a song written and originally recorded by 肉人形✰MEATDOLL and acts as the follow-up to its previous hit single, "Love Me Tender." It has been recorded by many artists and was ranked among Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #126. The song is notable for being the first song by an anonymous, SoundCloud-based music project to reach #1 in the United States. The song is in AABA form.
• 肉人形✰MEATDOLL: http://nymphoworm.tumblr.com
Return to Koala Deep
SP-404 maestro aaronmaxwell is back with part two of his incredible side project, FAMILY EVENT, with that dude James Matthew. The artists both share an affinity for those near ear-piercing lo-fi high-end sounds explored over releases rarely breaking that 10-minute mark, so this collaboration came with a lot of excitement, but very little surprise. All 7.6 minutes of Return to Koala Deep roll out smoothly, relying very little on any excess instrumentation beyond those slick, 404 loops and without the usual amount of glitch. This may be the two collaborating artists at their most polished, which is to say, still buried in crackle and mounds of half-second drum samples.
Stream the FAMILY EVENT below and/or download it here.
• FAMILY EVENT: http://familyevent.bandcamp.com
• aaronmaxwell: http://soundcloud.com/aaronmaxwell
• James Matthew: http://soundcloud.com/jamesmatthew
Eli Keszler & So Percussion
For anyone who has ever been self-conscious about how progressive (or not) their tastes in music are, NPR has provided us with a very well-shot docu-exhibition-performance of percussionist and sculptor Eli Keszler. Keszler often collaborates on his many projects, which vary from long improvisations using sound sculptures to planned compositions made with traditional instruments. In this video, he is joined by the So Percussion group, who composed a piece centered around four snare drums to accompany Keszler's latest sound installation: a group of strings that are attached to a bridge in Brooklyn, which resonate naturally and create a deep, metallic gurgle. Like all of Keszler's work, this video portrays a vivid, dynamic artist, and for someone like me, who is not a percussionist, the attention to detail coupled with a chance to see the artists performing is a riveting experience.
• Eli Keszler: http://elikeszler.com
• So Percussion: http://sopercussion.com
Words+Dreams is BACK and freshing KI, the first solo electronic joint by Chonus (Tony Gedrich). Limited to 100 emerald green C44 tapes, this is W+D's 12th cassette, and calling it "deep" would be too two-cents. The first track mildly grasps the mix of what's about to happen in KI, then the bass bubbles and the density of your body changes. Like, the frequencies of sound petrifies your physical self, and moving is your last option. The music has you struck, and shifting may fuck up the planet's alignment with whatever it's patterned with, wherever.
But, oh! Does Chonus make you feel KI. So much so that causing a catastrophic magnetic shift in reality might be worth the risk of getting up and dancing. There's faith here between Gedrich and the listener. It's egoless in artistic pursuit, while enticing the audience to "let loose" their soul and submit themselves to channel all their emotions through movement. And as sculptures shape the physical, Chonus builds upon a higher form of structure, surpassing the usual routine tape you reel and putting a shine on that magnet you call a play button.
KI comes out this Saturday, and Words+Dreams is throwing Chonus a tape release party at Irene's Capri Lounge. Bring this world into a new dimension of dance-together!
• Chonus: https://soundcloud.com/chonus-a-um
• Words+Dreams: http://www.wordsplusdrea.ms


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Re "Get shelter pets, and spay, neuter," March 9 letter:
I agree that shelters have wonderful loving pets and they are usually all neutered and immunized when you adopt them. People should avoid pet stores, which very often have puppy-mill dogs. If you must have a pedigreed dog, contact the many breed rescue groups or a legitimate breeder.
As for neutering, even the cut-rate offers from many rescue groups are beyond some folks' budgets. The day you get a puppy or kitten, start putting some money aside for future expenses. If that can't be done, perhaps you should reconsider owning a pet.
Spring is near, and with it comes spring cleaning. Do you know that most shelters need items you may discard? They can use towels, bath rugs and other soft rugs, sheets and pillowcases are used for cleaning, and soft items for puppy or kitten cages. Also needed are used collars and leashes, cleaning supplies and paper towels.
Always keep in mind those potentially loving creatures that must be euthanized for a lack of homes before you allow your dog or cat to have a litter.
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A strain of techno-pessimism, much of it invading the border of hysteria, is rampant in our culture. The Internet is Making us Stupid! Gadgets Ruin Relationships and Corrupt Emotions! Technology Is Taking Over English Departments with The false promise of the digital humanities!
At first glance, this kind of thing seems so very important and present-day, reflecting serious analysis about the impact of new tools on what we value about the past (or should value). Plus, it must also be said, some of these doomsters write compelling with sincerity and intelligence.
But there are two issues with such Cassandraic pronouncements, one conceptual and one historical. The conceptual issue boils down to basic human nature, which leaves us feeling a little uneasy about big changes in our lives. There's a little nagging fear back in our heads even in the midst of what is generally thought of as progress, both personally and culturally. We may be swept along with innovation, but the more we see (and the more we age), the more nostalgic we tend to feel about tradition. Given how radically everyday life has changed in the West over the last several decades, heightened anxiety toward change leaves us particularly receptive to contrarian arguments about the benefits of technology. All those subjective pronouncements about how technology hurts us and erodes human values may just be the manifestation of our collective little nagging fears goosed by lots of change.
The historical perspective makes it clear that techno-pessimism is very old, most particularly in connection with communication itself. Plato, for example, decried writing because it diminished the power of learning through conversation. "If men learn [writing]," he wrote (!), "it will implant forgetfulness… calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks."
Denis Baron, in A Better Pencil, notes how critics railed against the printing press when it came on the scene because inked words on paper would last far less time than handwriting on parchment. Peter the Venerable, according to Baron, contrasted the pen as carving wisdom into parchment with the press, which merely brushed marks on top of paper.
The typewriter, favorite of literary nostalgists, was initially viewed with much fear and loathing. While Samuel Clemens claimed he "was the first person in the world to apply the type-machine to literature" in 1874, he bore no love for the device.
That early machine was full of caprices, full of defects–devilish ones. It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would give it to Howells. He was reluctant, for he was suspicious of novelties and unfriendly toward them, and he remains so to this day. But I persuaded him. He had great confidence in me, and I got him to believe things about the machine that I did not believe myself. He took it home to Boston, and my morals began to improve, but his have never recovered.
And so on until the recent past, where David Mamet declares his love for pad and pencil and abhors computers. "The idea of taking everything and cramming it into this little electronic box designed by some nineteen-year-old in Silicon Valley… I can't imagine it."
The bottom line here is that yes, we are a little worried about how quickly things are changing with information technology. But we can take some comfort in knowing that our ancestors had the same fears over the past 2500 years and things seem to have turned out reasonably well.


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June 2003
5 Driving, 5 Wedge Play and 5 Putting Mistakes
Fix common errors in three key areas and watch your scores plummet
Mistakes—we're all going to make them, especially on the golf course. Luckily, this isn't a game that demands perfection. Even on Tour, low scores can be had without being perfect on every swing. The key is to limit the mistakes that can cause the most damage and jump on scoring opportunities whenever they arise.
Dispelling The Myths
Forget the evils you've learned and get your game on track
There are a number of reasons why the majority of recreational golfers never seem to get better. Lack of serious practice and playing time are major contributors, as are a lack of proper physical conditioning and improperly fitted clubs. But perhaps the most significant cause of most golfers' inability to improve is poor instruction.
Get Reckless
Most power tips I share with readers of Golf Tips® have to do with the physical components of generating speed and power in the golf swing. For this issue, the power tip is a mental one.
Golf Cart Rhythm
Summer is rapidly closing in, meaning you probably have a golf vacation or two lined up. While the unfamiliarity of a new course may be your primary concern, you should consider the ill effects of another resort golf experience: the mandatory use of carts.


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November 29, 2015
Voters in Montrose approved the passage of a mill levy that will allow the Montrose Fire Protection District to build and staff two new fire stations. The vote was 1516 to pass the levy versus 936 against. Voters also decided against term limits for elected officials 1302-1048.
New Fire Protection Board members were also elected. They are:
Mike Kyler
Bob Hamedl
Pete Cassidy
Paul McDermott
Jim Haugness
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Smoking ban partially lifted in Fla. prisons
Published: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 8:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 8:18 a.m.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Prison officials have lifted a ban on smoking for Florida prison employees.
But inmates are still banned from smoking under the new policy put in place by Corrections Secretary Ken Tucker earlier this month.
The St. Petersburg Times reports that Tucker was facing resistance from the union representing correctional officers.
Former prison chief Ed Bus had decreed that Florida prisons should be smoke-free by Oct. 1. All other state buildings are smoke-free.
Gov. Rick Scott replaced Bus with Tucker in August. That's when the union stepped in and formally resisted the smoking policy. Union attorney Hal Johnson says a revised smoking policy must be negotiated under the union's contract.
The policy allows officers, employees and visitors to smoke in areas that aren't in plain view of inmates.
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At left, a photograph of Ronnie Dewberry, a prisoner in solitary confinement at California's Pelican Bay State Prison. The photo was received by his sister Marie Levin in 2012, after a rule change allowed prisoners in solitary to be photographed for the first time in more than 20 years. At right is Dewberry's next-most-recent photo, taken in 1988
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It's salad season - recipesComment on this story
Serves 4-6
30ml olive oil
4 chicken breast fillets
salt and pepper
200g baby tomatoes, halved
½ English cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
60ml chopped coriander
lettuce for serving
fried rice noodles for garnish
45ml lime juice
30ml hoisin sauce
30ml soy sauce
45ml sesame oil
15ml honey
45ml sesame seeds, toasted
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add the chicken breasts. Fry until browned and cooked through. Season and remove from the pan. Cool, then cut into slices. Combine with the tomatoes, cucumber, onion and coriander and toss.
Pour over the dressing and serve on a bed of lettuce. Sprinkle over sesame seeds and top with rice noodles. Dressing: Combine all the ingredients in a screw-top jar and shake well.
Rice noodles: Drop a handful of thin rice noodles into hot oil – they will puff up immediately. Remove and drain on paper towel.
Serves 4
4 ears of sweet corn
1 yellow pepper,
seeded and diced
1 green pepper,
seeded and diced
1 bunch of spring onions,
400g can of kidney beans,
drained and rinsed
45ml chopped coriander
1 large avocado, diced
lettuce leaves for serving
45ml fresh lime juice
25ml olive oil*
5ml ground cumin
5ml ground coriander
5ml crushed garlic
30ml sweet chilli sauce
Boil sweet corn until just tender – about 10 minutes. Remove and cool. Cut kernels from the cob and place in a bowl. Add the peppers, spring onion and kidney beans and mix well.
Carefully fold in the coriander and avocado. Pour over the dressing and serve on a plate lined with lettuce leaves.
Dressing: Combine all the ingredients in a screw-top jar and shake well.
* If you can get it, use chilli-flavoured avocado oil instead.
Serves 6
350g risoni pasta
300g cooked prawn tails
½ English cucumber,
peeled and diced
1 red pepper, seeded and diced
1 red onion, finely diced
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and thinly sliced
200g feta cheese, cubed
45ml chopped dill
45ml chopped parsley
salt and pepper
60ml olive oil
30ml lemon juice
lettuce for serving
Boil the pasta according to direction, drain and rinse under cold water to remove excess starch. Combine in a bowl with the prawns, cucumber, pepper, onion, fennel and feta.
Add the herbs and season to taste.
Combine olive oil and lemon juice and pour over the salad before serving on a bed of lettuce.
Serves 4
2 bunches of asparagus,
trimmed and washed
2-3 nectarines,
cut into wedges
45ml olive oil
250g haloumi cheese,
watercress for serving
60ml orange juice
30ml olive oil
30ml plum sauce
10ml honey
salt and pepper
Blanch the asparagus in boiling water until tender. Drain and refresh under cold water, then drain again and set aside.
Brush the nectarines with oil and cook on a griddle pan until just soft. Remove and set aside.
Brush the haloumi slices with oil and cook on the griddle pan until nicely lined on both sides. Remove and set aside.
Arrange the asparagus, nectarines and haloumi on a platter. Add watercress and pour over the dressing.
Serve while haloumi is still warm.
Dressing: Combine all the ingredients in a screw-top jar and shake well. - Saturday Star
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