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By Sgt. Robert Schaffner Jr., 3rd ID Public Affairs
FORT STEWART, Ga. - A Marne Soldier was recognized as the United States Army 2010 Equal Opportunity Advisor of the Year at the 2010 Diversity & Leadership Training Symposium, held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 16.
Master Sergeant Robert A. Smith, the senior EO advisor and EO noncommissioned officer for 3rd Infantry Division received the honor for being the most outstanding EO advisor, for achievements in support of EO during 2010.
In the year Master Sgt. Smith was recognized as the top in his field, his work included the development of a Sexual Assault Awareness program and conducting contractor sexual assault training with foreign nationals while deployed.
"He helped develop a one-of-a-kind sexual assault prevention program for deployed Soldiers, which included program development, newly-created metrics and training allowances for contractors, Army Civilians, foreign nationals and third country nationals," said Lt. Col. Shatrece Buchanan, the 3rd ID EO officer in charge. "There is a certain fervor about him; He has an incredible ability to connect with people on any level, from a general to a private."
The ability to identify with diverse groups of people comes from his belief of equality of everyone, he said.
"I enjoy my current assignment as a senior EO advisor because as EO advisors, we have a unique skill set unmatched by most professions," said Master Sgt. Smith. "I believe that dignity and respect towards each other, regardless of an individual's background, is paramount to the rapidly changing diverse Armed Services."
His unique ability to connect with all people is something that helps him excel in his position.
"His ability to boldly address leaders and compassionately address sensitive issues, coupled with an uncanny knowledge of his EO craft sets him apart," said Lt. Col. Buchanan. "Most importantly, his heart is so in tune with the needs of the Soldier, he is able to connect to all people and get to the core of a Soldier's concern and pain."
Equal opportunity advisors are trained to assess any organization and assist them through focus group sessions, observations, interviews, general or specific command climate surveys, interpret and compiling statistical analysis.
"What sets him apart [from other EOAs] is that everything he puts his hands on not only makes 3rd ID thrive, but the products he develops make the entire Army better," said Lt. Col. Buchanan.
Despite all of the personal accolades Master Sgt. Smith has received, he remains strong in the belief of teamwork.
"The job itself is all the reward I need," said Master Sgt. Smith. "The impact of this award is profound, and although the award is an individual award, it could not have been achieved without a team effort of all the EO advisors. This award demonstrates what we have done as a team and as a division."


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looking at the people riding photo thread, i noticed that alot of people seem to be riding frames that are VERY small for them.
knees at the top of the pedal stroke coming WAY up above the top tube?
that ain't right.
looking at the people riding photo thread, i noticed that alot of people seem to be riding frames that are VERY small for them.
knees at the top of the pedal stroke coming WAY up above the top tube?
that ain't right.
So I guess these guys are all riding too small frames?
You don't size a bike based on how high someone's knees come above the top tube.
It seems the problem is so widespread not even Lance can pick a bike that fits. Hipster.
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I think what matters more is that the leg is nearly fully extended at the bottom of pedal stroke. Therefore, there should be a moderate bend in the knee. (note lance's right leg above)
the land of getting flamed.
but seriously, to the OP...i have seen more people riding frames with much lower seat tubes. this gives the fixed gear riders who are more geared toward to tricks and easier time flicking their bike around/ moving their weight around on the bike
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I remember reading a while back about Lance not being a fan of "compact geometery" but using it anyway on newer bikes. I assumed "compact geometry" meant shorter seat tube and then longer seat post. So the bike he's riding up there may actually be a lower frame than what he rode in the past.
Frame sizes have varied drastically, largely due to custom and expectation. You see some of the old pictures where people rode bikes with huge frames where they just had to dismount to stop; standover height exceeded their inseam, even on tiptoe. And of course, coming from the high-wheeler era, nobody thought that was odd. The flip side is department store mountain bikes or BMX-type bikes, where the smaller it is, the more people can fit on it, theoretically.
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A compact geometry only implies that the top tube is sloping. Hence the notion of effective top tube length which is measured on the horizontal. Compact geometry makes it easier to fit a wider range of heights for a given bike size but it doesn't necessarily mean that the geometry is any different than a traditional non-sloping top tube geometry.
I thought compact geo also meant that the seat stays are shorter/stiffer, and also lighter.
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Here's the C.O.N.I. Manual's take on rider position.
If you're not familiar with the C.O.N.I. Manual, it is a compilation of knowledge of Italy's top coachs and sports scientists to assist with development of professional caliber riders. It is somewhat old (early 70s), so feel free to blow it off it you choose.
Pfft... Italian cycling coaches, what would they know?!
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I also got about 70 free children's picture books.
My kindle has seriously paid for itself already with all the free books and games I have.
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I guess I am the only person who thinks getting any sort of tablet for a 2 year old is ridiculous. Hell I don't even have one and I get along just fine!
Cerdwin, you aren't the only 1. It never even crossed my mind to get a tablet or kindle or anything like that for my LO. I don't have one for myself either but I do have a computer and LO doesn't even use that yet. I still feel they are too young. They will get more than enough exposure of the years, why rush it? So many studies talk about the negative effects of so much screen time.
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No tablet for us either. I have a Nook tablet that has some children's books on it. DS know how to turn it on and get to his books and then press the read to me button, but honestly, I keep the tablet away from him. I haven't even turned it on myself in about 2 o 3 months.
I also keep him away from the computer, personally I don't think a 2 yr old needs these kinds of electronics. My brother gave me his Leapfrog Pen thing and his Leapster for DS over the summer and I haven't pull those out for him yet either. Maybe once he's talking to the amount I think he should be, is out of the defiant stage (NO, NO, NO) I can't stand that he tells me no all the time. I think adding soemthing that he will ignore me for will backfire on me and he would just become more defiant.
My brother's 9 yr old has an iPad and he never looks up from the thing. I'm not ready for my 2 yr old to do the same
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We are a crazy tech family. I've had smart phones for years and my iPad will be turning 3 shortly. Time for a new one! I LIVE on that thing. We have 2 desk tops that all 3 kids play on often and 3 iPads. One for DH and I and one that the kids share. I rarely pay for apps. There's a ton of free ones and a lot of very cool educational apps that suck the kids in. Because of the iPad, my Marchie is able to spell, sight word read, count fairly high and do a lot of other things he shouldn't be able to do yet - mostly because he watches his older sisters. He does love YouTube...he watches videos of babies mostly. He can navigate around a computer or an iPad easily. Now we got the kid's iPad off craigslist for almost nothing...I do suggest getting a used product mostly because they are kids. My older kids are pretty good at taking care of their cherished items, but the 2 yr old sometimes drops things (get the special protective cases!!!) and doesn't understand that if it breaks...it breaks. I'm not running out to buy a new one.
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I have a Nook Color which my 4 year old uses sometimes to read books. We have an iPad too, but don't allow the kids to touch it ;) I thought about getting something for my 4 year old, but might wait another year. My Marchie is too clumsy/rough for something like that, and he's happy playing with other toys, so we'll just wait.
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Should I try for a vaginal birth after having a c-section?
I'm pregnant with my second child, and I have the option of trying for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). I'm having a really hard time with the decision, and I haven't been able to talk to anyone who's been through this. Can anyone share their experience?
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I'm also pregnant with my second child, had an emergency cesarean with my first child and I want to have a natural vaginal birth this time around. The recovery for c section is soo extended, I rather go through a day of pain and discomfort instead of weeks...or in the extreme case I went through--months of intense pain and lots of bleeding. It didn't heal well at all. So I'm trying to find all of the information I can on having a vaginal birth after cesarean. I hope everything worked out for you, if you're still a member here please post how it went. Maybe you already have. I'll probably read every reply here lol...so thanks for asking this important question.posted 03/25/2016 by ArielPearson
I was in labor with my first baby for 18 hours in 2014. My pregnancy was so smooth except he tried to come out face first and caused my cervix to swell. I really would love to try for a VBAC, as I just found out last night I'm pregnant with my second. :) I would think about the events that led to your first Cesarean and ask yourself if they were major or minor as far as you and your baby's health was concerned. If they weren't horrible (like my little boy trying to exit face first) I'd go for it. Good luck. :)posted 02/11/2016 by brittney5651
meand my husband are having sex for 11 yrs but we havent planned for baby. but now we are planning for baby, is it possible to have baby easily, pls suggest me how to have in what time we can plan for babyposted 01/26/2016 by a BabyCenter Member
cont from above..let us hold her until 853am when she took her last breath. Then to top off my now 3 month hospital stay. the resident who did my c/s curled the staples along the incision & it took 3 hours to get out just one staple...i had 37. All this after loosing my grandma, great aunt & uncle in december & 3 other relatives in the next three months then my own daughter to be number 7 in 5 months. I had to have a funeral and burial for her, the hardest thing i have ever had to do. Then to add icing to the cupcake, i continued to have heavy bleeding and clotting for another 6.5 months after delivery. because my uterus lining was too thin & the c section scar tissue was too close, not allowing me to heal. It was my daughters life & my life that were at stake, they did what they had to do otherwise we both would have been gone. So to those of you that insist c/s are wrong, maybe some of us arent so lucky to, be "natural" maybe you should take that into consideration next timeposted 11/12/2015 by letseatchatnchew
con't from above.. not work at all, started heavy bleeding and clotting yet again 3weeks before delivering, got an infection while in the hospital which caused placenta abruption- my placenta was literally tearing apart from my uterus. They were busy at the hospital so i got put on the back burner since i wasnt dilating and she didnt drop low enough yet, they thought it was false labor again and tried all the meds to stop contractions but it didnt work. they decided i needed to have an emergency c section because my life was now being put in great danger. dr was busy so i had to be the first patient the resident ever operated on, they out me out at 149pm and my daughter was born at 151pm. With no time to numb me, i was very sore when i came to. i finally got to see my 1lb 7oz 11inches long daughter at 753pm in neonatal hooked up to all sorts of machines they had to give her blood transfusions and check her every 10 mins they called at 7am and said we should come asap and they let usposted 11/12/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
I have found some responses to be very hurtful and just plain rude. To answer the question; for those going through the "same" scenario, it doesn't hurt to try a vaginal birth, make sure you do have the means if c-section ready, if need be. To those saying c sections are wrong and unnatural: some of us do not have any choice in the matter. I had very severe complications my entire pregnancy, it was my first and ended in the worst experience of my life, my daughter passed away less than 18 hours after being delivered...by c section. I had major bleeding within the 1st 3 months of pregnancy, got told it was okay. sometimes, it just happens. nothing's wrong. ended up going into labor at 4.5 months,finally getting labor stopped to be on strict bedrest until deliver at 23 weeks 6 days. I was in labor for 10.5 hrs, did not dilate at all, my sacs didn't fuse together around her, had low then no fluid around her at all, her lungs didnt have a chance to grow at all, the steroid shots did notposted 11/12/2015 by a BabyCenter Member
the only reason I had a C-section with my son was because my ob/gyn didn't want to answer my questions that I had. the paper that she gave me didn't tell me. My son is now 6 years old. I haven't had a health reason to have a C-section. What can I do?posted 06/01/2015 by skkm726
Hello....I just wanted to let you know that I had a c-section the first pregnancy and then had a v-back 3 and a 1/2 years later. I would do another vaginal in a heartbeat. It was so much better and smooth sailing then the c-section, and recovery is so much faster! Hope that helps!posted 03/07/2015 by moscato_amanda
lucky you. Im about to have my third csection because i dont have the option here to try for it.....id say do it because not many get that chance you do.posted 07/23/2014 by dannie2324
I personally wana expericene this too..had a c section with my first I'm 20 weejs pg and haven't seeb a dr once bc of no medicaid being aproved in time..posted 06/07/2014 by bradamiller
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Fg., well spotted that was exactly what I was going to say, but wasnt sure whether the reference would be spotted or whether I would just look a bit of a p**t.
Doc, you're amongst fellow p**ts, the reference is often made on these threads
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archie - you've trumped us all - can't beat having your own personal band to listen to in your garden!
doc- my favourite was- 'this week - I will mostly be wearing...navy blue court shoes..'
This evening I am mostly listening to Mr Domingo and his 'dream team' - Netrebko and Villazon, who I always think looks like Blackadder's younger brother
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Hi Ilana – you mention giveaways and this is something I've struggled with. I know Rafflecopter runs giveaways but what sort of prizes would you recommend? eBooks? Software?
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I recently turned 30, and I always said my 30s would be the best decade of my life (until I reached my 40s, of course). So much planned - so much to do! I am always busy! Unfortunately, that is always my excuse for not exercising and taking care of myself. I can't, I don't have time. Well - there is no reason not to make time....I am so sick of saying, "Tomorrow, I am going to start." I am so sick of playing that game. I may delay, but time will not.
I have been overweight for 25 years - yes, for as long as I can remember understanding what overweight meant. I have failed and I have succeeded in my numerous weight loss attempts, but none were permanent - hence, I am here now. My biggest achievement was going from 232 to 161 six years ago. As you can tell, I have gained a lot of that back - of course, I constantly battle with that emotionally. I succeeded by following the Atkins Diet, but realized (literally) it was very easy to gain the weight back if it's not continuously followed.
I need to lose the weight by following a sensible and balanced plan that includes exercise. So - that is my plan. Yes, I have been through MANY plans. Funny - all I have tried has taught me so much - what not to do, what I need to do, etc. Now I just need to combine all that I have learned and do it right. Sounds simple enough...
I am ready for a change. I am ready to feel the best I know I can feel. I want to walk into a store and buy that dress...yes, the one that contains lycra. Yes, I think I'll try that two piece swimsuit...
As you'll notice in my photo gallery, not many pics are full body - I try to keep those to a minimum. I would love to finally not care if someone happens to capture me from behind!
September 1, 2006, was the first day of the rest of my life as a healthier woman! This time, I need to take it one pound at a time. I am a fun person, I want to enjoy life in all aspects - I want to be always a happy on the inside as I seem to be on the outside.
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NOON HOUR UPDATE: Reaction to Baltimore Ravine ownership; Placer County Board of Supes and Taste of Chocolate
Welcome to the Auburn Journal's "Noon Hour Update," where we'll present you with stories and updates on what's going on in the news and what we're working on for our Wednesday edition.
What we're working on: What do the property owners who sold their land for phase 1 of the Baltimore Ravine development think of the news that the United Auburn Indian Community is the owner of the land? Reporter Jon Schultz is working to find out as he writes a story on their reaction to the recent revelation that the UAIC owns the development.
Reporter Andrew Westrope is reporting on the Auburn Union School District's progress on installing video surveillance at its facilities.
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As discussed on the "RPI Formula" page, in general the NCAA computes the RPI for Division I women's soccer without regard to game locations. The one exception is in the adjustments the NCAA makes to the unadjusted RPI in order to produce the Adjusted RPI. The adjustments award bonuses for good wins and ties and impose penalties for poor ties and losses, with the bonus and penalty amounts depending in part on whether a team receiving an adjustment played the game at home, at a neutral site, or away. Apart from these adjustments, however, the NCAA computes the ratings without regard to game locations.
Some critics have argued that the basic RPI formula should make a distinction between home, away, and neutral site games, in recognition that there is a home field advantage. The critics have asserted, in particular, that the top teams and teams from the strong conferences have leverage that enables them to play more non-conference games at home than away and that this unfairly skews the RPI in their favor.
For Division I men's basketball, the RPI formula makes a game site distinction: In its Element 1 (Team's winning percentage) computation, it treats a home win as 0.6 of a win and an away win as 1.4 wins; and an away loss as 0.6 of a loss and a home loss as 1.4 losses. In baseball, there is a similar distinction except that the weights are 0.7 and 1.3, since home field advantage is statistically less in baseball than in basketball. The question is whether Division I women's soccer should convert to a comparable system. This would mean incorporating game location data into the basic RPI formula.
In order to test whether teams play balanced home/away schedules, I looked at conferences and regions over the 2007 to 2014 seasons to determine whether they have game location imbalances. I found that they do. I also found a pattern to the imbalances: Conferences and regions with higher average Adjusted RPIs tend to have favorable home game imbalances and conferences and regions with lower average Adjusted RPIs tend to have unfavorable home game imbalances. This is not true in all cases, but it is true on average.
The following table shows the relationship, for the 2007 through 2014 seasons, between conferences' average NCAA ARPIs and conferences' home game imbalances. It is in order from the conference with the highest average ARPI to the conference with the lowest.
The following chart, derived from the above table, shows the relationship between conference strength and game locations:
The following table shows the relationship, for the 2007 through 2014 seasons, between the regional playing pools' average NCAA ARPIs and the pools' home game imbalances. It is in order from the region with the highest average ARPI to the region with the lowest.
As the trend lines show -- pink for percent of non-neutral games at home and yellow for percent of non-neutral non-conference games at home -- there is a correlation between conference average strength and percent of games at home: stronger conferences' teams tend to play a higher percent of games at home than weaker conferences' teams.
The following chart, derived from the above table, shows the relationship between region strength and game locations:
As the trend lines show -- pink for percent of non-neutral games at home and yellow for percent of non-neutral non-region games at home -- there is a correlation between regional playing pool average strength and percent of games at home: stronger regions' teams tend to play a higher percent of games at home than weaker regions' teams.
In summary, there are home/away imbalances. Further, stronger conferences and regions tend to have favorable home game imbalances and weaker conferences and regions tend to have unfavorable home game imbalances.
Given that there are home/away imbalances, the next question is whether there is a home field advantage and, if so, its extent.
In order to determine whether there is a home field advantage in relation to RPI ratings, I use my Correlator and performance percentage method of analysis applied to data for the eight seasons from 2007 through 2014. (See the "RPI: Measuring the Correlation Between Teams' Performance and Their Ratings" page for information on the Correlator and performance percentage method of analysis.) In a performance percentage analysis, a percentage above 100% means that the group of teams, on average, is outperforming its ratings; and a percentage below 100% means that the group is under-performing its ratings.
Specifically, I use the performance percentage method to compare teams' performance percentage in home games as compared to their performance percentage in away games. I do this for all games regardless of the rating difference between opponents, and also for the most closely rated 5%, 10%, and 15% of games. In the table below, I show the results of this analysis for the Unadjusted RPI. I've chosen the URPI because it is "uncluttered" by the bonus and penalty adjustments and thus gives the cleanest picture of the extent of home field advantage:
Although the exact numbers vary, the above pattern is the same for every other RPI variation as well as for other RPI-based rating systems I've developed and for Massey's and Jones' rating systems. Simply put, there is a home field advantage in Division I women's soccer; and the advantage affects results in a significant number of games. This, of course, is not surprising.
Knowing that there are home field imbalances and that home field advantage affects game results in a significant number of games, the next step is to measure the effect. Since home teams perform as though their ratings are higher than their NCAA RPI ratings and away teams perform as though their ratings are lower, this suggests that there should be an upward RPI adjustment one could add to teams' ratings when they host games and a matching downward adjustment to teams' ratings when they are visitors, such that, with those game-by-game adjustments, the teams then would perform as a whole in accord with their "Home/Away/Neutral (or HAN) Adjusted" ratings -- in other words, their performance percentages would be right around 100% for both home and away games. With that in mind, for the eight years 2007 through 2014, for each rating system, I test a series of HAN Adjustment amounts, made on a game by game basis, to reflect game location. This includes testing the Adjustments in games in which opponents are closely rated, to see what level of HAN Adjustment will produce correlations in which teams perform in accord with their HAN-adjusted ratings regardless of whether they are home or away. I do this for each rating system I want to evaluate.
The HAN Adjustments I initially tested for the RPI variations ranged from +0.001 for home teams matched by -0.001 for away teams, to +0.015 for home teams matched by -0.015 for away teams. In conducting the tests, I found that the results would converge on a particular set of matching upward and downward Adjustments at which teams' performances matched their RPIs in closely rated games, regardless of game location. For Adjustments of lesser amounts, home teams still outperformed and away teams under-performed their ratings; and for Adjustments of greater amounts, home teams under-performed and away teams outperformed their ratings. I also focused on the most closely rated 5%, 10%, and 15% of games, since those are the games for which the teams are closely enough rated that game locations would have a reasonable chance of affecting game results.
The following table illustrates how this process works, using the Unadjusted Non-Conference RPI as an example:
In this table, what I look for is the adjustment amount at which home and away team performance percentages are closest to 100% for the 5%, 10%, and 15% most closely rated games. The adjustment amount I selected, highlighted in yellow, is 0.0090. As the table shows, it takes some judgment in deciding on the right adjustment amount. For the UNCRPI, possible candidates are 0.0080, 0.0085, or 0.0090. My conclusion is that 0.0090 is the correct adjustment. A lesser Adjustment leaves the home teams outperforming and the away teams under-performing their ratings; and a greater Adjustment leaves the home teams under-performing and the away teams outperforming their ratings. Thus using the UNCRPI rating system, a home team on average performs as though its rating is 0.0090 higher and an away team performs as though its rating is 0.0090 lower than the rating actually assigned by the UNCRPI. In other words, the change in UNCRPI rating difference when moving from a neutral site to a home field site is 0.0090 + 0.0090 = 0.0180.
The appropriate HAN Adjustment depends on the particular rating system and, for the RPI, on the particular RPI variation. In the above table, in the left hand column's last three rows, I've indicated the outside rating difference for each of the most closely rated 5%, 10%, and 15% of games. Thus the "outside" UNCRPI rating difference for the most closely rated 5% of games is 0.0054; for the most closely rated 10% is 0.0108, and for the most closely rated 15% is 0.0162. You may notice that these are in multiples, in other words 0.0054 x 2 = 0.0108; and 0.0054 x 3 = 0.0162. Although the numbers don't match up exactly this way for each rating system, the pattern nevertheless is consistently an approximate 1:2:3.
The different rating systems have different "spreads" in their ratings, so that some rating systems' numbers for the "outside" ratings discussed in the preceding paragraph are greater than those for the UNCRPI and some are less. What this means is that ratings are "spread out" more in some rating systems than in others. The needed HAN adjustments for home field advantage appear to be based on those spreads. The following table, and chart based on the table, for the different RPI versions, demonstrates this:
Here are the same table and chart for the Non-Conference RPI:
I'll note that for the NCRPI variations, the rating difference effect of home field appears to be about the level of the "outside" difference for the most closely rated 15% of games.
HAN-adjusted ratings should correlate better with game results than ratings that have no HAN adjustments. To see whether this actually happens, here is how ratings and game results worked for the URPI and UNCRPI, with and without HAN adjustments, using all games played from 2007 through 2014:
As the above table shows, the HAN Adjusted URPI and UNCRPI, as expected, correlate slightly better with game results than the URPI and UNCRPI without the HAN adjustments. This same pattern of the HAN Adjusted ratings correlating slightly better with game results than the HAN unadjusted ratings occurs for all rating systems. This is one of the reasons it's important to make game-by-game rating adjustments for game locations when I run the correlator. It also is important because it assures that when looking at how conferences and regions perform in relation to their ratings, the results are not being influenced by game location imbalances.


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We are approaching one of the most beautiful times of the year, the seasonal changes that occur between the coastal plain, piedmont and the mountains provide us with an extended viewing of the colors of leaves as winter approaches.
A trip through North Carolina in the next few weeks will dazzle your eyes. After viewing the magnificence of the mountains in full color, you can almost wear your eyes out.
Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Katherine Suzanne Stewart and Kevin Ray Brown, both of Wilmington. The bride-elect is the daughter of Gordon and Lisa Winfree of Shallotte and the granddaughter of Bobby and Leatrice Smith of Shalotte, Virginia Winfree of Shallotte and the late Gene Winfree. The prospective groom is the son of Katherine Brown of Wilmington and John E. Brown of Charleston, S.C., and the grandson of Mildred Brown, the late Cecil Brown, Eleanor Vassey of South Gouldsboro, Maine, and the late Edward Vassey.
Taylor Elyse Galloway of Supply and Scott Andrew Johnson of Fuquay-Varina were married June 27 at Holden Beach Chapel. The Rev. Richard Vaughan officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Galloway of Supply. She was given in marriage by her parents and escorted by her father.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Johnson of Salisbury.
Patricia and Chris Ellis of Wilson are the parents of a daughter, Kaley Michelle Ellis, born at 11:15 a.m. July 2, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 19 inches long. She joins a sister, Taylor Brooke Ells, 2.
Maternal grandmother is Cyndi Croom of Longwood.
Paternal grandparents are Wayne and Rhonda Ellis of Selma.
Great-grandparents are Frank and Mary Lewis of Shallotte, Ruth Agee of Shallotte, Kathy Williams of Bladenboro and the late R.T. Williams and Bill and Bobbie Ellis of Dunn.
Summer is over. The calendar may remind us this doesn't occur until Sept. 22, but we all know summer is over.
Weeks ago, children returned to school day schedules. Tourist prices on cottages have been reduced to off-season rates. Days are shorter and nights are longer. Visiting friends and relatives, and the carefree hours enjoyed in their presence, have been replaced with a more routinized daily life. Change is in the air, the very air we breathe.
Sunset River Marketplace will feature "Focus On the Coast, a Collection by Brooks Pearce Honoring the National Audubon Society" from Monday, Aug. 24, through Saturday Oct. 3.
A reception to meet the artist will be from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the gallery.
Living in southeastern N.C. since 1973, works by Pearce have been recognized by the S.C. Wildlife Federation, and she was commissioned by the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission to produce a series of Endangered Species posters.
Two-thirds of the population of the United States is overweight, so lots of us are looking for ways to drop some pounds.
Most want the quick fix with the latest magic pill or the 21st century equivalent of the grape fruit diet. While losing weight may be difficult, the basic concept is simple: burn more calories than you eat.
If hanging out at the gym isn't your cup of tea, try these tasks that will get your heart pumping and help your garden as we move into the cooler months of fall:
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, along comes a host of other biters, stingers and other "ne'er do wells."
Fire ants are on the prowl and are foraging for food and possibly just trying to get out of the heat and into our air-conditioned homes.
Fire ants will be building and expanding their mounds throughout the rest of the warm season in preparation for winter. Treat mounds with fire ant baits or other commercially available control products. Please follow label directions for best control.
Individuals not planning to grow a fall garden should make it a practice to rid the garden site of old vegetable crop residue and weeds as soon as possible. Failure to destroy spent vegetable plants will likely increase insect and disease problems next season.
Jennifer Kathleen Polomis and Kristopher Scott-William Mackey, both of Bratenahl, Ohio, were married June 27 at Brunswick Plantation, with the Rev. John Causey of Shallotte Presbyterian Church officiating.
The bride is the daughter of the late Michelle J. Polomis and the granddaughter of Dwight and Kathleen Peterson of Shallotte.
She was given in marriage by her grandparents and escorted by her grandfather.
The groom is the son of Thomas and Christine Mackey of Concord, Ohio.
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Comerica Quarterly Earnings And Conference Call October 16
DALLAS, Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) will announce its third quarter 2013 earnings prior to the market opening on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO)Comerica will host a conference call to review third quarter 2013 financial results at 7 a.m. CT Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Interested parties may access the conference call by calling (800) 309-2262 or (706) 679-5261 (event ID No. 60015337). The call and a replay also will be accessible via Comerica's "Investor Relations" page at www.comerica.com. Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of $62.9 billion at June 30, 2013. SOURCE Comerica Incorporated
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This Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal tastes like a peanut butter cup, but it's so healthy you wouldn't believe it! You'll love to wake up to this.
It's clear to everyone who knows me I'm addicted to chocolate and peanut butter together. They're perfect for each other, and anyone who has ever eaten a Reese's can tell you that.
I tend to put the two together extremely often, and only a handful of my chocolate and peanut butter recipes have even made it onto the site. I've made tons of recipes combining these ingredients, and there are plenty more C&PB recipes that lurk bookmarked in my cookbooks, pinned onto my Pinterest board, and stuffed into my recipe folders.
However, recently my main issue with chocolate and peanut butter is the unhealthy factor. Yeah, peanut butter is healthy, but it's still super high in calories and fat and should be eaten in limited doses. My peanut butter recipes don't tend to limit it at all – in fact, I usually put in more peanut butter than recipes call for. Oops.
Chocolate, well, we can pretend until we're blue in the face that chocolate is healthy, but we all know the truth. Chocolate has a few benefits when you have one piece, but when you're eating like, 10 ounces? Yeah, benefits long gone.
So I wanted to make these ingredients sing in deliciousness, and healthfulness! Oatmeal has been one of my go-to breakfasts recently, sweetened with only banana and made with almond milk. It's so creamy, sweet, and delicious, and so good for you. So one day while I was grabbing the almond butter I swirl on top, I spotted the cocoa powder. Perfect. My other hand reached for the peanut butter, and I knew it was going good places.
A scoop of cocoa into the oats turned them perfectly chocolatey for less than 10 calories, and by using Trader Joe's Better Than Peanut Butter, I cut out some of the fat there too. For kicks and giggles, I threw on unsalted raw peanuts for some crunch and a few sugar-free chocolate chips. It tasted sinful, delicious, and absolutely not like a healthy breakfast. New favorite breakfast! Since I first made it, I've made it at least four times a week for breakfast. It's that good, and you will have zero guilt after eating it! I hope you enjoy as much as I do.
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- In a small saucepan, combine oats, banana, almond milk and cocoa powder. Simmer until milk has absorbed into the oats, about 3-5 minutes.
- Place into a small bowl, swirl in peanut butter, and top with chocolate chips and peanuts. Enjoy!


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|Monday, 25 August 2014 15:04
The results of the May 2014 AP Exams honor the following seven Rivermont Collegiate students for high scores on the Advanced Placement Exams.
AP Scholars with Distinction: Shravya Pothula
AP Scholars with Honor: Summer Lawrence, Victoria Mbakwe, Amanda McVey, and Michal Porubcin
AP Scholars: Ryan Howell and Loring Telleen
These awards are made on the basis of both the number of exams taken and the scores on the exam. The scores range on a rising scale from 1 to 5.
Advanced Placement Exams follow a rigorous course of study and high scores may earn college credit at participating colleges and universities.
AP Scholars with Distinction: students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams
AP Scholars with Honor: students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams
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What Is a Physical Educator?
Connor, Bill, JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
What is a physical educator? Let us start by defining what a physical educator is not. A physical educator is not an exercise physiologist, a biomechanist, a motor learning or motor development person, an athletic trainer, a theoretical pedagogist, a sport historian or philosopher, a health person, a special educator, an out door recreation specialist, a dance professional, an activity specialist, or a sport psychologist. Rather, a physical educator is a highly trained, broad-based, experienced professional practitioner who can bring anatomical, physiological, mechanical, psychological, and maturational aspects of human movement together, and combine an extensive activity base with sound philosophical and pedagogical principles. A physical educator is able to employ this wealth of knowledge in various situations to markedly improve the quality of human movement and subsequent performance in all developmental areas. This requires the ability to synthesize subdisciplines and the background to put theory into practice.
The person who prepares physical educators must therefore be a professional who can integrate all areas of the field. The subsequent effectiveness of physical educators depends not only on content knowledge and the ability to integrate the subdisciplines of the field, but to a large extent on significant prior practical experience at all maturational and ability levels in P-12 settings. University-level pedagogy position advertisements that ask for "one to two years of K-12 experience" as a criterion trouble me. To quote Emerson, "We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing."
The preparation and development of a physical educator at any level must include linking and at times combining subdisciplines of the profession. It must take the core foundation concepts and make them usable and applicable. Theory must be honed through practice. Preparation must employ early, concurrent, practical experience and reflection in real-life settings. The preparation of a physical educator cannot be made up of a group of unrelated entry-level courses in subdisciplines. Unfortunately, recent specialized career paths at the graduate level in the field of "physical education" (kinesiology, exercise science, movement science, health and human performance, or what have you) have not provided the synthesis of subdisciplines necessary to produce a physical educator.
As my late friend and colleague at Indiana University, Hal Morris (former AAHPERD president and Gulick Award recipient), professed to me several years ago, "Bill, we have run from the gym. I don't know where this profession is going. There are not many of us left." Sadly, far too soon, Hal has passed on. I remember my conversations with him as he fondly recalled his early teaching and coaching experiences. Now, many of my colleagues readily admit that early in their career they decided they were not interested in teaching K-12 physical education or in coaching. In other words, they were not interested in being a physical educator. Don Hellison (2008), in his recent Viewpoint article, lamented the situation by stating, "I have come to believe that our field has been sliced and diced so much that what is left are specialized fragments of what once was the field. Turf issues are numerous, isolation is the norm" (p. 6)
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education recently solicited grant applicants to study "the direction needed to reverse the trends in doctoral program decline and the shortage of qualified higher education faculty members in physical education teacher education." The answer to this concern is obvious. We no longer prepare physical educators at the doctoral level or even the masters level. We prepare pedagogy specialists and other specialists who have no deep knowledge of related disciplines and limited experience in K-12 settings. …


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Recovery ride #2 tonight.. VERY slow, but high cadence.
"You lack motivation because cycling is a stupid sport with no upside that takes way too much time out of your life to be mediocre at." - Racer Ex
Trainer fail last night - I don't think my legs recovered from the weekend.
Much better tonight with 8x3' z5 on the trainer. Felt good and ended up with 1.5 hrs.
1:10 on the trainer wtih 5x5's and 8x15"
Cyclists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lube but your chains!
oh hey everybody
its my first winter training for cat 2
i switched jobs in october and it took a long time to figure out how to ride as much as i need to, and i also realized that i'm gonna be too busy in the late summer to try a two peak season like usual so i decided to try something totally new and push my single peak back from early may to mid june, just in time for state TT here and put all my eggs in that basket.
to that end i'm like 6 weeks behind on weight and miles and will to live.
i ventured out on the saturday shootout this weekand got my butt handed to me by guys i'm usually mixing it up with.
trying to keep my eye on the prize.
2.5hr w/ 20min sub threshold, 15min threshold, 10min super threshold, 5min max. Did 4.2w/kg, 4.6w/kg, 4.9w/kg, 5.5w/kg. 2000kj/180 TSS. Feeling super strong for this point of the year.
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just make sure not to blow your load too early. You want to be fit, not super fit....
also i lifted yesterday. It hurt and im weak. I accept this all, and understand that my first race will be painful (if i still have the phenomena). I was still able to hit 5w/kg for a 30 minute effort last week, but i need to be able to hit these ttypes of numbers repeatedly
3x20's for squats followed by 3x60 sets of situps
rest for a minute
3x20 step ups followed by 3x1' planks
rest a minute
3x20 calf lift ups followed by 3x20 side thingys (i dont know the name)
rest a minute
3x10 (per arm) curls followed by 3x1' side planks both sidesthree times
rest a minute then go and do 3x10deadlifts
I did all these workouts like this (leg, core, leg, core, leg, core, rest)
Did a long ride this past Saturday, then a hammer fest on Monday, then failed at my workout on Wednesday (yesterday). It was supposed to be 2x20's but ended up being 1x11~ish before I just sorta stopped pedaling. Cold and windy out, didn't even want to get up for the night before. I rested a bit and tried again, but it was a no-go.
I think it was good to at least get on the bike. The loop was nearby so it only added up to about 50 minutes riding, but while I didn't make adaptions, it wasn't as bad as just not riding at all. I feel much fresher and rested today, but today is a day for school work. I'll commute to work tomorrow and do some openers for the races this weekend. Should be good.
I had a big day planned yesterday. An hour ride to the base of a good local climb (~18 minutes up) and do that 3 times. At the top of the climb there's a little flat section before the last kicker. You have to go to the big ring to keep the power up on the flat section.
So, on my second time up I'm getting to the last little kicker section. I go to the small ring and BAM! rip my front derailler clean off the bike...mount and all. So that was pretty much the end of my workout. I pulled the FD off the bike by undoing the cage while contemplating CDR's once-every-thousand-front-shifts philosophy. Then rode home into a pretty damn stiff headwind.
Still ended with 3 hours pedaling and 2000KJ. Not too bad considering. Ultimately, a third loop would have made things clunky on time. That headwind had me going home at 13-14 mph.
Hmm, just got an email informing me that Perry-Roubaix has been rescheduled from this weekend to April 7 (for the RR). This no doubt has some people angry, but it upgrades the race for me from "no way no how" to "just might do." Now if only I could get through this stupid training week.
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Looks like I'm back on the old C'dale Six13 for a while. No real hardship there. It's a good bike.
3.5 hour solo ride. A huge stress creator has been eliminated and so I should be able to get the fire stoked again.
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National Guard Homeland Response Force
What is it'
The DoD, based on Quadrennial Defense Review recommendations and Resource Management Decision 700, directs the National Guard to create 10 Homeland Response Forces (HRF): two in FY11 and eight in FY12. Each HRF, with approximately 566 personnel, provides lifesaving capabilities, decontamination, emergency medical, security, and command and control (C2). The HRFs, along with 17 existing CERFPs (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive enhanced response force packages) and 57 CSTs (civil support teams) provide the initial military response to a CBRNE incident.
The HRFs will be staffed with National Guard Soldiers and airmen. Regionally oriented, each of the HRFs will be hosted by state(s) in each of the FEMA regions. HRFs will provide a scalable capability to bridge a gap between initial National Guard response and Title 10 capabilities. HRFs will create a mobile, decentralized response to any incident involving CBRNE and additional hazards (HAZMAT), while recognizing the primary role governors play in controlling the response to CBRNE incidents in their states.
What has the National Guard done'
The National Guard has planned the overall fielding of the 10 HRFs with many implementation details to be worked out by each individual HRF. Eight HRFs will be sourced from single states, including the first two HRFs in Ohio and Washington. The other two HRFs located in FEMA Regions One and Two will be sourced from multiple states within those regions. The state contributing the HRF C2 element will be considered the "host" state.
What continued efforts does the program have planned for the future'
As a key element of the new DoD CBRNE Consequence Management Enterprise, HRFs will complement existing forces of about 18,000 personnel. The HRFs will operate alongside other National Guard-sourced CBRNE Consequence Management forces including WMD-CSTs and CERFPs, as well as federally controlled elements of the enterprise, including DCRF, C2CREs, and follow-on forces, when necessary.
Why is this important to the National Guard'
The 21st century tragedies of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have highlighted the importance of being proactive in preparation and efficient and effective in response. National Guard mobilization methods are improving as they evolve and expand relating to Homeland Defense. The entire enterprise of response is critical to the nation's readiness as we enter the 21st century's second decade and prepare for unknown but certainly challenging horizons.
Resources:
DOD Announces Ohio and Washington National Guard HRFs
Department of Defense Homeland Response Force (HRF) Fact Sheet


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