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I wish I could WALK a continuous 5 miles, even with my cane. But, I still have more blessings than I could ever deserve.
This is a discussion on Run within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I had a great 5 mile run this morning. It was made better by the fact that I found a dollar bill and a Gerber ...
I had a great 5 mile run this morning. It was made better by the fact that I found a dollar bill and a Gerber 600 multi purpose tool. It is good to run!
I wish I could WALK a continuous 5 miles, even with my cane. But, I still have more blessings than I could ever deserve.
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Those are my principles, and if you don't like them.....well, I have others.
I ran/walked a little less than 2mi yesterday. It was nice to get back to running after years of a lazy student lifestyle. Did you carry while running? If so what and how and describe the comfort level, please.
Was someone chasing you or did you lose a bet?
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I sat in the lawn chair and watch a leaf get blown across the yard. It was brown and crackly.
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I jumped to a conclusion this morning. That is all the exercise I got today.
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Did you notice the hidden camera..........
Put there by a behavioral psychology student who was replicating the study that shows
NO ONE will stop to pick up a penny or a nickle
15% of people will stop to pick up a quarter
95% of people will stop to pick up a dollar
The Gerber was probably dropped by the student when he was setting up his hidden camera..........
Getting old was not on my list of "things to do" in the Golden Years!
Talking to each other here is good, but taking action is better.
I'm just a spoke in the wheel but not a big deal.
America...a Constitutional Republic. NOT a democracy as the liberals would have us believe.
PANTS UP DON'T LOOT!!....A Kentucky Rifle behind EVERY BLADE OF GRASS!!
You know that look women give you when they want some sugar? Me neither
I have several of those dollars in my wallet, no need to run.
Why'd you let someone chase you for 5 miles. This is a self defense forum.
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" Put it next to the sprinkles."
I did a 5K this past weekend. It was the hilliest run I've ever done. I didn't find anything on the road, but I did beat several people who were half my age...
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God invented vehicles so you don't have to run or walk long distances. God also invented helicopters so you don't have to climb mountains or rocks.
I carry a gun, because a Cop is too heavy.
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The Easter Parade planned for West Augustine has drawn 60 to 70 units and will feature a member of the historic Buffalo Soldiers as parade marshal.
Buffalo Soldier James White will be at the head of the parade Sunday when it starts at 2:30 p.m. at Chase Field on West King Street. The parade route is 1.3 miles long and ends at Calvin Peete Park. The Men's Ministry of First Baptist Church is organizing the parade.
Car and horse units, The Steppers, a dance team from St. Augustine High School, walking units, floats of various sizes and the St. Augustine High School ROTC will participate, said Thomas Oxendine, treasurer of the men's ministry and one of the coordinators of the event.
The Buffalo Soldiers, a group that dates back to Civil War times with the first members being former slaves, will also be present with their motorcycle unit. And there will be a variety of politicians those in office and those seeking office, Oxendine adds.
Various church choirs will provide the music. Some 10 churches are participating.
The sponsoring organization has been able to put the parade together in just a little over two weeks, reacting to an announcement made late last month that the annual Easter parade sponsored by the St. Augustine Easter Festival, would not take place. That group has announced since that the festival and parade will return in 2009.
"I don't want to see the kids deprived from having an Easter parade," Oxendine explained in early March after learning there would be no Easter festival-sponsored event. At the time he and Mike Jefferson, also on the planning committee, emphasized that the West Augustine parade was being planned for everyone, not just those residing on the westside.
Organizers have been more than pleased with the response, Oxendine added. "We're still getting people. My phone will stay ringing about the people that want to participate."
There was some negative response to the men's ministry efforts, he said, but it was balanced by all the encouragement the men have received.
Volunteers coordinating this year's parade will be easy to spot Sunday wearing bright green T-shirts with the words "parade official" on them.
Beginning at noon Sunday, the men will be at Chase field coordinating the staging of the parade, and they'll be walking or riding scooters alongside the route to help with crowd control.
The parade route is unique in that the event, which is following the annual Juneteenth parade route, begins in the City of St. Augustine, but after it crosses the FEC Railroad tracks it's in St. Johns County. Organizers have tried to cover all bases, says Oxendine, including the train schedule. The last train will cross the tracks about 1:30 p.m., Oxendine says and he's been told that the next train is due about 7 p.m.
Others involved in the parade's organization in addition to Oxendine and Jefferson are Herman Wilder, president of the First Baptist men's group; Harold Hutcherson, vice president; and Willie Anderson, secretary.
"We want to thank St. Johns County for stepping up," Jefferson adds of the response to the parade. "Even Putnam County is going to be involved."
Jefferson says he attributes the favorable response to "the glory of God."
Looking to a parade in 2009, Oxendine says he hopes that his group and the Easter Festival Committee can "coordinate together. I don't know. I have to sit with their committee."
There's still time to participate in Sunday's Easter parade. If you're interested in participating, call Thomas Oxendine, (386) 538-6072, Mike Jefferson, 377-5368, or Willie Anderson, 827-1820. Units must register in advance because there are liability forms to be signed and rules and regulations to learn.
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Washington has racked up another win in the 9th District. Post 218 traveled to Fireman's Park Tuesday evening and returned home with a 12-9 victory over Wentzville Post 323.
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Our nation's founders were well versed in the lessons of the history that preceded them. They knew of power's natural tendency to escalate into greater power.
So they included the Bill of Rights, based on the notion of individual self-determination.
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Well of course it was a complete waste of time. The chicken came back overcooked, as it would sigh, and we couldnt be sure it was a fresh one not just the manhandled old one heated up so no one wanted to eat that. My steak had been languishing on the table so I didn't fancy that.Originally Posted by ukwdwnut, post: 205311
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Effenbert will not be paying him - Mark will have to bringing money to the team to get the ride!
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In the story "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is easy to see that the corpse of the drowned man could have symbolized several things, but after reading about the author the corpse takes on a deeper meaning. In the short biography about the author it states "He became famous when he was almost forty after years of feeling "like an extra thinking "that he didn't count anywhere". Stephen the
corpse when alive might have felt like the author felt, and when he washed a shore he was than appreciated like the author. I think Stephen also symbolized a legacy because
until Stephen washed a shore they had little houses, the landscape was dry. Than because of Stephen they would make bigger houses, paint them bright colors, plant
roses around the cliff all to remember Stephen. Other symbols can be the roses on the cliff how they describe the captain coming down from the bridge. And also in the author biography they talk about him creating a Latin American identity so with the paint of the houses bright colors and the flowers on the cliff is that what he was creating.
I believe the corpse symbolizes a better life for all the people in the small village. He inspired them to do things to make the community better that they would have not done on their own. Before he washed up on shore, the town was made of little houses, "small" people, a dry landscape. After they put his body to the sea, everyone decided to make bigger houses, paint them bright colors, and plant roses in the cliffs so that when ships passed by, the people on them would, at least for a moment, have a picture of a brighter life as well. So that those people would know that though they were out at sea in the middle of nowhere, not to lose hope for the future, to keep in mind the happier parts of life.
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An Evolutionary Perspective
By Dave Hall, Certified and Authorized Riso-Hudson Teacher.
Reprinted with permission from the Jan/Feb 2010 Nine Points Magazine, a bimonthly publication of the International Enneagram Association.
In the last issue of the Nine Points Bulletin, several students of the Enneagram, myself included, weighed in with possible candidates for the core emotion of the Heart Center. In my response, I also suggested a more general criterion for identifying the core emotion of any given center. My suggestion was that we should be looking for a certain kind of motivating emotion – a feeling-state that would tend to kick-start our ego-personalities into action in a certain Center- and Type- specific way.
In this essay, I want to propose an evolutionary history for three such motivating emotions. I will address some of the ways that my understanding of this history differs from that of Jack Killen and David Daniels, who have likewise proposed an evolutionary model to explain the core emotions. (I will admit to feeling some trepidation about this. I had the good fortune to discuss some of these ideas briefly with David at a workshop he led in Minnesota a couple of years ago, and I am acutely aware that both he and Jack Killen have studied evolutionary biology more intensively than I. But I also have a deep faith in the capacity of the Enneagram symbol itself to help us perceive the structural underpinnings of personality.)
In his Enneagram Journal article (2009), Killen aligns the "fight/flight/freeze" arousal responses with Fear and the Head Center (p. 45). I want to explore how this tri-partite response cluster functioned in an evolutionary perspective long before animals had developed anything like what we now think of as the Head Center – or the Heart Center for that matter – and how it may have formed the template out of which the more complex emotions of the three Centers later developed. Essentially, I am suggesting that the three core emotions developed out of biological arousal responses related to survival. We can see how these arousal responses originate in the reptilian brain, how they become more complex with the advent of the mammalian brain, and how they become yet more complex – and in some ways maladaptive – with the advent of the neo-cortex and the human brain. A provocative question arises from this perspective: in human beings, just what kind of "survival" do these emotions seek to ensure?
My premise is that when an organism detects a threat in the environment, it has three fundamental response options:
The short-hand terms fight, flight, and freeze need to be unpacked a bit – they were obviously chosen partly for reasons of rhyme and alliteration – but they are the seed-responses, I am suggesting, for the core emotions of anger (Body/Instinctive Center), fear (Head Center), and shame (Heart Center). How we get from fight/flight/ freeze to anger/fear/shame is the evolutionary part of this story.
At the level of the reptilian brain, the three arousal responses manifest in fairly simple behaviors:
As simple and as survival-based as these behaviors are, however, we can see in them the crude prototypes of the human emotions and preoccupations of the three Centers:
With the advent of the limbic or mammalian brain, a development that enables a full-blown Social Instinct to emerge, the forms of behavior related to the arousal responses become more complex, especially as regards the fight and freeze behaviors. In animal species that live in herds or packs, we see social roles developing in relation to these responses. The alpha male in a wolf pack, by definition, is always going to display the fight response. As a corollary, the other males in the pack exhibit a range of submissive behaviors, signaling by their appearance that they are not challenging the alpha male. These behaviors, such as holding the tail low or between the legs, or rolling over to expose the belly, can be added to the expanding repertoire of freeze responses that work by manipulating how the animal is seen by others.
Furthermore, the more complex mammalian social formations encourage a range of important new behaviors and responses that are designed to care for and protect the young. Here is where I would evolutionarily align the Panic/Distress response that Killen and Daniels discuss – not with the Heart Center but with the Social Instinct. Killen, in fact, refers to Panic as a "social" emotion, and notes that the Panic/Distress system is "quintessentially mammalian," appearing only with the advent of the limbic brain (p. 42, 46).
Now, what do these survival-based arousal responses look like when they become the human emotions of anger, fear, and shame? Who – or what – is trying to survive when these emotions kick in? Are the core emotions mostly adaptive, or are they mostly maladaptive, in terms of human life and possibility? Finally, does locating the genesis of the core emotions in these age-old biological arousal responses mean that they are merely the most recent form of these primitive mechanisms, or have we as humans evolved to the point where we are able to form wholly new relationships to these emotional energies?
To meaningfully address these questions, we need to bring in a new dimension of emotional experience that is, as far as we know, unique to human beings: the vast psycho-spiritual continuum describing the levels of health and development in the human personality. For along with the greater capacities for self-awareness and understanding that came with the advent of the more complex human brain came also a greater range of expression, running from healthy and adaptive manifestations of these capacities down to remarkably unhealthy and maladaptive manifestations. I think this is particularly and poignantly true of the primary emotions.
In a short article like this, I can only touch briefly upon this very complex subject, but even a quick look at the type descriptors from different Levels of the Riso-Hudson Core Dynamics model can be illustrative. Here are three examples, one from each Center:
If we look honestly at the levels of health at which most of us operate most of the time, we can see that much of our core emotional reactivity continues to function as a largely outmoded and maladaptive survival response – and that the entity which is trying to survive at this point in our evolution is not our organism but rather our ego-structured personality.
But we have also evolved to the point where we are capable of transforming the expression of these core emotional energies. When, as a Six, I am present enough to my experience in the moment to act from a healthier Level, I feel the core emotion of fear more as an alertness and a clarity, a quickness and agility of mind – though still with the organismic feeling of arousal behind my sternum that I usually associate with fear – and I sense that this emotional energy can help me to transform the ego-structures that in my less conscious moments I am generally trying to preserve and protect.
I would be interested to hear if Body Center and Heart Center types have a similar experience around their core emotions. My sense is that the Instinctive/Body-Center energy of anger, at healthier levels, is very close to the pure energy and potency of the vital life-force itself, and that what we call shame in the Heart Center is an energy that enables attunement, appreciation, and a nurturing validation.
Toward the end of his very rich and thought-provoking article, Killen introduces some questions about how the three emotional systems he has addressed might interact with the other basic biological systems formulated by Jaak Panksepp. (The full list is Fear, Rage, Panic, Care, Seeking, Play, and Lust.) This is a heterogeneous list, made up of what sound like emotions, drives, and behaviors. I think the most basic answer might be that we are looking at interactions between Center/Type on one hand and Instinct on the other. The Panic-Care dyad (with the possible addition of Play) looks to me like the Social Instinct, and Lust (with the possible addition of Seeking) looks a lot like the Sexual/Attraction Instinct.
It may prove that the structural precision of the Enneagram holds the key to sorting out these seven categories in a different and clearer way. It may be the case that what Killen and Daniels call Panic/Distress contains elements of both the Social Instinct and the core emotion of shame, which similarly entails reactions around lack of connection, mirroring, and attunement in our environment.
There is a danger of emotional and instinctual issues being jumbled together when the Instincts are demoted to mere "subtypes" of the nine personality types. This is one of the reasons why Don and Russ always treat the Instincts as a separate, autonomous realm that intersects with – but is never completely subsumed by – the Centers and the Types. The different ways that the Instincts are understood and taught by different Enneagram teachers might, in fact, be a fruitful subject for a future conversation in these same pages.
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Very moving photo. Beautiful legs. Beautiful gesture. The title is interesting. If you had said "sensitivity", I would have been content. But you added "death". It suggests several things, none of which stands out from the others. Can you give any more guidance on what you intended?
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Okay, so technically you're backing cubes, but that's hardly the point.
The point was my bad joke The point is that Planets3, a new voxel-based game from the developers at Cubical Drift, has just begun its Kickstarter (in case you couldn't guess from the whole "backing" thing).
You know how Minecraft always promised tons of really awesome features, delivered on only some of them, and people just sort of rolled with it since what they really wanted was to build really, really cool stuff in an extremely malleable world? Well Planets3 looks to be what Minecraft always promised. Similar, voxel-based construction and destruction, a wide range of tools to mess with, a good looking UI (for crafting and general interfacing), and RPG mechanics are all things that Minecraft either promised or was built around, and – at least from the video – Planets3 seems to be doing just a bit better.
Naturally, I haven't played the game yet, so I can't honestly tell you whether or not this is actually true. I can, however, talk about their plans for the game. Firstly, the game is only about 10% done (according to Cubical Drift), with a successful Kickstarter campaign being integral to the completion of the other 90%. The $250,000 they're asking for will cover their development costs and the costs of making animations for their game; most of the actual mechanical portions of the game are finished already. In other words, your money will primarily be used to turn Planets3 into something of its own, rather than just another Minecraft clone.
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Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali compares Priyanka Chopra with "Million Dollar Baby" star Hilary Swank insisting that only "Barfi" star could pull of the title role in "Mary Kom">Mary Kom", a biopic on Olympic bronze medallist and five-time World Champion M.C. Mary Kom">Mary Kom.
Sports drama "Million Dollar Baby" was the story of a waitress' determination to become a boxing champ and Swank played the protagonist in the film, which did so well that it took home four golden statuettes.
"'Mary Kom">Mary Kom' is a very special film and no one other than Priyanka could have pulled off the role," Bhansali told reporters at the trailer launch of "Mary Kom">Mary Kom".
"Priyanka is an atom bomb and power packed talent. Her dedication, passion, and commitment toward her work is commendable. If Hollywood has Hillary Swank, we have Priyanka Chopra."
Bhansali also compared Priyanka's talent with Nutan and Waheeda Rehman saying she is in the "same league".
Bhansali feels "Mary Kom">Mary Kom" was destined to happen.
"If a film has to happen, it will happen. For this film, we had no meetings or readings. Omung was in the lift and told me he wants to make a film on Mary Kom">Mary Kom and I said yes then and there. So, I feel the film was meant to happen," he said.
Directed by Omung Kumar and co-produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Sanjay Leela Bhansali Productions, the movie will release Sep 5.
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text: "NASCAR shouldn't allow teams to do such-and-such. Why doesn't NASCAR do something about that?" say multitudes of race fans during the season.Whenever NASCAR is analyzed among fans, they need to realize that sometimes the response is "NASCAR can't."NASCAR has jurisdiction at the racetrack as far as procedures and rules. But the day-to-day internal handling of a race team has nothing to do with the sanctioning body. And there is no way for NASCAR to contr ...//more


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Gold IRAs are individual retirement accounts in which the precious metal is held in custody in the interest of the account owner. This account operates the same as regular IRA accounts do. The distinction, however, is that it hold physical bullion bars or coins instead of paper assets. There are several reasons to invest in IRA backed by precious metals.
IRS-Allowed Metals and Basic Requirements
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has approved gold, silver, platinum, and palladium for a self-directed IRA. The first step of IRA investing is purchasing IRS-approved gold coins. The user, however, should ensure his or her assets meet the IRS requirements to hold the precious metals in a Gold IRA. The regulator requires investors to set up a self -directed IRA to invest in physical gold. With the setup IRA, the investor enjoys unlimited flexibility in choosing investment opportunities.
Reasons to invest in Gold IRAs
High Growth Potential
The current economic environment favors investment in the metals. Economic instability that weakens paper investments always makes investing in precious metals more gainful. Unpredictable economies lead to an increase in the value of these metals due to growing demand. The increasing request of the metals is a haven resulting in significant gains for a very long period.
The probability of the value of these resources is set to continue increasing in the coming days due to the soaring demand for gold and silver. Their supply will decrease because they are non-renewable. The law of supply and demand will increase the value of these metals, and that will make investing in these precious metals IRA to remain an ideal option for retirement planning.
Preservation of wealth
The objective of an investor planning for retirement is to lead a positive life in future as they are doing while still on duty. Precious metals offer investors the opportunity to achieve this dream. With Gold IRA, people can grow their wealth and have a peace of mind knowing that the investments can help them preserve their current lifestyle and attain their retirement objectives as planned without ending up in trouble. The investment is secure, and that takes away the fear that they risk losing their life savings to economic factors that are entirely beyond their control. But the truth is that investing in the precious metal IRA will enable him or her lead a life similar the one they live at present.
Securing Investment through Diversification
Another very strategic reason to convert a retirement into a precious metals IRA is to diversify a retirement's savings. This investment strategy guarantees the security of the investment portfolio. It secures the portfolio from volatility and declining markets. The persistent unstable global economy has influenced most markets to be volatile and risking making the investment an essential benefit for investors. Investing in these metals is like investing like storing one's eggs in different baskets, which results into mitigation of risks.
Tax Benefits
Gold IRAs are also well-known for providing tax benefits to investors. Individuals can accumulate wealth through their investments for many consecutive years without taxes as it falls under income investments category, which is tax deferred. These investors are only required to remit the taxes when they are ready to withdraw their investments in the form of distributions. Investors also have the right to avail of this special benefit.
Hedge against Inflation
The US dollar has been losing value consistently for an extended period, and there has been no sign of meaningful improvement shortly as the Fed's has been in printing massive amounts of paper money at an alarming rate. And since gold and silver always tend to hold value above inflation, its ability to act as a hedge against inflation is highly striking. The Fed's cannot make more of these metals like they do with paper money. So having investments in the precious metals have an inverted relationship with the dollar.
The reassurance that an investor can back up all his or her investments with the stability of gold is apparently the most outstanding benefit of investing in Gold IRAs. The investment also secures the overall investment portfolio, and since gold is a safe-haven-asset, it acts as a hedge. Investing in Gold backed IRA also helps investors to take advantage of gold price fluctuations, which allow them an opportunity to add the precious metal to his or her retirement fund whenever the price reduces. The investment option also a hedge against inflation. Before making a move to Gold IRA investment, an individual should make a comparison of the firms available and pick the most reliable one to get a possible benefit. Armed with information on the features of the individual account and its advantages and others from the company of choice, the investor should be able to make an informed decision.


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DeKalb County Children's Service Council and Youth Council Attend State Summit Meeting
The DeKalb County Children's Service Council and their Youth Council were invited to attend the 2009 Moving Forward Graduation Summit, held in Nashville on March 18th at the Nashville Convention Center.
Those attending from the Children's Service Council were: Vonda Brown, Wanda Redmon, Grady Prichard, Clata Redmon, and the Youth Council were: Halea Brown, Dustin Brown, Jessica Goldstein, and Katie Stutts. The only other representative from DeKalb County was high school Principal Kathy Hendrix.
The representatives from DeKalb County were the only group given the opportunity to meet Gov. Phil Bredesen and have their picture made with him.
There were ten school districts invited to this summit from across the state which included DeKalb County. The goal of this statewide summit was to serve as a starting point for the process of planning local summits and implementing dropout prevention strategies that will increase graduation rates in each district. After informational sessions in the morning and a lunch keynote address from Governor Phil Bredesen, each of the ten invited school districts met separately in breakout sessions to begin discussions on the next steps and talk about how to take the information back home to implement local dropout prevention plans.
There are several grants available for DeKalb County to try to find a solution for dropout prevention. There is a $1000.00 grant to each of the ten counties represented to help with a local summit. They were encouraging that the local summit include members from the local community, such as: local organizations, businesses, industries, school system, and parents.
The youth that attended the summit agreed that it was an enlightening experience to see how problems are solved from the state down to the local level. They were very appreciative for the opportunity to be invited and attend this summit as representatives for DeKalb County.
The Children's Service Council hopes that our local school system will work with organizations, businesses, industries, parents, and any interested individuals to form a team to come up with some prevention strategies to help with the high school dropout problem here in DeKalb County.


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Emerson Hospital has more volunteers per bed than any other hospital in Massachusetts. Yet even with over 500 adult and student volunteers representing 38 towns, we need your help. It's more important than ever for our community to come together—and there's no better place than your local hospital.
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Ready to make a difference at Emerson Hospital? Start by learning about our Adult Volunteer Program or Student Volunteer Program, and then call 978-287-3200 to sign up.
Please help us select an Emerson Volunteer for this year's Joan Schiller Outstanding Volunteer Award.
This annual award was established to honor Emerson volunteer Joan Schiller (volunteer from 1986 – 2010) before she retired and relocated to Pennsylvania. Joan donated over 22,000 hours of service while working in the Family Liaison program and as a patient advocate at Emerson Hospital. Previous awardees included: Joan Schiller, Mary "Muffin" Hester in 2011, Kirsten Hviid in 2012, Joe Lemere in 2013, and Alberta Genetti in 2014, as Outstanding Volunteer recipients.
It's time to identify another special volunteer for this year's award, so we hope that you will take a moment to nominate someone. The Award will be presented at the annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon on April 23rd. All entries will be reviewed by a committee. Please fill out this nomination form and return it in a sealed envelope to Janet Davis in the Community Services Department at Emerson Hospital by March 6th. (Please note: students are not eligible for this award).


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Wow, now that's something you don't see that often. An esteemed actress showing more talent at something a porn star takes at least a few months to nourish and develop. Those are not hot dogs (but they could be for those with a sick twisted fantasy about Glenn), but carrots, and there are more than a dozen of them in Glenn's gigantic mouth.
To explain, Glenn Close was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote the second series of her show Damages when she mentioned that her daughter once shoved 42 carrots in her mouth at a family gathering (forget the mom, we want to meet that precious daughter…and maybe marry her?). Jimmy then thought it would be fun to put the mother to the same test. Glenn ended up beating Jimmy who only managed to put 7 carrots in his mouth (and that's a picture we don't want to see).


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OKC Thunder notebook: Caron Butler to play in Tuesday's game against Sixers
Caron Butler went through his first Thunder practice on Monday. He'll play in his first Thunder game on Tuesday.
Despite limited time to get comfortable, coach Scott Brooks is throwing the veteran into the fire, saying Butler could play anywhere from "one to 48" minutes against Philadelphia at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
"He will be available tomorrow, definitely," Brooks said. "He had a good practice today. We're going to be able shorten up the package on both ends of the floor, to make him feel more comfortable going into tomorrow night."
Butler had 38 points and 13 rebounds in a game against the Sixers earlier this season.
Among the many things gathered from Butler's initial press conference were a couple of explanations about his various names.
James Caron Butler is his given name, but as an ode to his grandfather, who is named Caron, that's what he prefers to be called.
And Butler's nickname – "Tuff Juice" – was given to him for a simple reason.
"I had a fair share of injuries, one that kept me out of the Finals in 2011 with Dallas," he said. "I ruptured my patella tendon. That's just one of the things that stuck with me through injuries or whatever, I always find a way to overcome it."
After an extended stretch in the starting lineup, Reggie Jackson started the second half of the season back in his role of sixth man.
And he struggled a bit to readjust, scoring just 25 combined points in the first three games, going an inefficient 10-of-31 from the field.
But the past two games, as Russell Westbrook seems to be returning to form, so has Jackson.
In the two contests — both Thunder wins — Jackson has combined for 31 points on 12-of-26 shooting, while handing out six assists and committing only three turnovers. And he's closed both games playing alongside Westbrook.
Kevin Durant hit a rare rough patch on Sunday night against Charlotte.
After making five of his first six shots, Durant missed 14 straight. But to close out the game, Durant nailed three of his last five to help seal the Thunder win.
After the game, he was asked how he kept so confident through a rough stretch.
"Not think about it and keep shooting," Durant said. "I get a lot of shots, man. There's going to be nights when they feel like that and I started off pretty hot, felt good, then I tailed off a little bit...It's just all about how I fight through it."
But, Durant said, he wasn't always like that. There was a time when a bad game would linger and affect his overall play.
"I think I've grown since two or three years ago where I have would have an attitude after missing a few shots," Durant said. "I would get down, and it would affect my play. I just try to keep my head up and next time a shot comes through, try to knock it down."
Durant, with a wry smile, on the atmosphere at the OSU-Kansas game: "Oh man, it was unbelievable...but nothing like a Texas game."
Reggie Williams of the Tulsa 66ers, the Thunder's NBADL affiliate, was named Performer of the Week. The point guard averaged 25.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals to help Tulsa win three games last week. ...Guard Mustafa Shakur was selected by the league as its Player of the Month. He helped the 66ers to an 8-2 record in February. Shakur averaged 20.4 points, 7.1 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 steals. He scored in double figures all 10 games.


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In 2011, the restaurant industry continued its recovery from the depths of the Great Recession and was able to embrace more opportunities for growth and innovation.
And, boy, did the QSR segment innovate this year, with upgraded burgers and fries, healthier kids' meals, specialty beverages, snack items, and everything in-between. Research and development was just part of the story. Here are QSRweb.com's top 10 happenings from 2011:
1. Healthy equals Happy (Meals): After taking the brunt of the blame for rising childhood obesity rates,and becoming the object of local legislations, many QSRs changed up their kids' meals, adding items such as low-calorie drinks and yogurt, or removing toys all together. Chains, including Jack in the Box, Arby's and Popeyes jumped on board, as did McDonald's, which reduced the amount of fries in its Happy Meals and added apples.
The trend accelerated in the summer when the National Restaurant Association partnered with Healthy Dining to launch a healthy menu initiative for kids. Inaugural participants include Burger King, Burgerville and El Pollo Loco. The NRA has predicted children's nutrition to be a top trend carrying over into 2012.
2. Lookin' Good: QSR players big and small have been investing heavily into the modernization of their restaurants, an effort that will continue throughout the next couple of years. In the spring, McDonald's announced a major plan to remodel its restaurants to look more like an upscale coffeehouse. The effort is estimated to cost about $1 billion, and a majority of units should be updated by 2015. Earthy tones, comfortable seating, flatscreen televisions and double drive-thrus hiighlight the design.
Burger King is also undergoing a modern store redesign, and Wendy's recently began testing four prototypes. Smaller chains such as Captain D's, El Pollo Loco and TCBY recenly updated their stores, as well.
3. Sold! The mergers and acquisitions activity picked up slightly this year, with the big news being Wendy's/Arby's Group's sale of Arby's. The chain, famous for its cowboy hat logo and roast beef sandwiches, was put up for sale in the beginning of the year. By June, it had a buyer: Roark Capital Group, no stranger to restaurant investments, spent an estimated $430 million on the transaction.
In September, Yum! Brands also unloaded its Long John Silver's and A&W brands after shopping for a buyer for nearly 10 months. Long John Silver's was acquired by LJS Partners LLC. A&W was acquired by A Great American Brand LLC. Additionally, Bojangles' was acquired by Advent International in July, and Rita's Italian Ice was sold to Falconhead Capital LLC earlier this month.
4. Foreign territory: QSRs continue to ambitiously expand their footprints overseas. Yum! Brands just raised its 2011 EPS growth guidance to a staggering 13 percent because of its strength in the China market. International sales have boosted the bottom line of Burger King; Dunkin' Donuts just opened its 10,000th milestone unit with its opening in Xi'An, China; Wendy's planted a flag in Russia; and India, Brazil, the Middle East and New Zealand have rolled out the welcome mat for American brands.
5. Burger wars escalate: This year, major QSR players took note of the rapidly-growing fast casual segment – and its overnight success stories such as Smashburger and Five Guys – and began stepping their burgers.
The efforts seem to be paying off so far. During Wendy's most recent earnings call, CEO Emil Brolick said its new Dave's Hot 'N Juicy burger line contributed significantly to a positive financial report.
6. Where's the Beef? Yes, Wendy's brought back its signature "Where's the Beef" tagline, but this year's real beef came against Taco Bell. The chain was slapped with an ugly lawsuit at the start of the year, questioning the content of its beef filling. The company responded with an ad barrage and ramped up its defense by offering free tacos to its customers. The suit was eventually dropped in April, but the damage continues to linger. Taco Bell, which generates about 60 percent of Yum! Brands' domestic business, has experienced negative same-store sales since the filing.
7. Coffee percolates. Coffee was hot this year in the QSR space. Dunkin' Donuts went public and continued to grow its footprint aggressively, including west of the Mississippi. Its success comes from coffee (it trumped Starbucks with the anticipated K-Cup launch) and its specialty beverage line. Krispy Kreme, on the brink of bankruptcy a few years ago, rolled out its own coffee line, and has doubled its profits this year. Canadian staple Tim Hortons continues to make a splash in the U.S., also with a new coffee line, as well as smoothies and a robust lunch menu.
The benchmark of QSR coffee success continues to be McDonald's McCafe line, which keeps introducing new variations and pulling in big sales numbers quarter after quarter.
8. Rise and Shine. The breakfast daypart has evolved into a significant opportunity in the QSR space. Technomic reports that the demand for breakfast offerings has grown from 33 percent to 46 percent in the past two years. Wendy's revamped its morning menu and continues to test baked goods in a number of markets. McDonald's, Chick-fil-A and Burger King introduced oatmeal to the masses. Subway, Dunkin' Donuts and Sonic broadened their breakfast options. And this is just the tip of the daypart's potential for innovation and revenue: Mintel reported that 66 percent of customers want restaurants to offer healthier breakfast options.
9. Neck and neck. Not only are Wendy's and Burger King modernizing their restaurants, they've both made menu changes at a dizzying pace. Wendy's has rolled out new burgers (Dave's Hot 'n Juicy, the W, etc.), salads, lemonade, fruity frostys, etc. Burger King's breakfast launch at the end of 2010 was its largest menu overhaul ever. It has also rolled out new burgers, chicken tenders, french fries, a soft serve dessert line and more. Both brands also recently launched new french fries. The enhancements have sparked an intriguing competition between the QSR giants. One analyst predicts Wendy's will soon surpass Burger King for the No. 2 spot, for the first time in the companies' history.
10. Social, mobile customers. Having a social media campaign has quickly become the rule rather than the exception. In 2011, big brands shifted to social media more than ever to launch promotions, crowdsource for ideas, announce new items and have conversations with their customers. Meanwhile, mobile initiatives are just starting to have an impact, as QSRs dabble in mobile couponing, text promotions, QR codes and mobile payments. This likely is just the beginning for a customer base that tends to be tethered to smartphones.
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Segel got naked for the 2008 comedy and Kunis, who is dating former child star Macaulay Culkin, admits she has good memories of what she saw of the funnyman on-set.
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This is a very busy time for me work-wise, and so this page is going to be under construction for awhile.
I promised someone I would get pics posted here ASAP, so here goes.
It's sort of hard to tell in this picture, but this road is paved - really! It is definitely spectacular for its entire length.
We pulled in off the road one night and camped here for free. It was a beautiful spot - no one else around for miles!
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I LOVED the fact that this road was occasionally signed.."End of Slide Area"...They didn't put up signage to indicate "The Beginning...." One of those things that make ya go..."hmmmmmm"..Great photos JO....and happy memories..
Agree with you entirely, the road to Lillooet and further was fantastic! We like to get off the beaten track.
Jo, I'm looking forward to your work slacking off so I can see some progress made on this page!! This and your Nelson page have convinced me that it is time I got over the Rockies and did some serious BC driving (last time was 1982)!
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The history of life in the Tucson Valley begins ca. 10,000 B.C. with the migrations of Paleoindian and Archaic hunters and gatherers. Whether or not there was continuous habitation is unclear, though evidence of agricultural settlements along the Santa Cruz River have been found dating from ca. 1000 B.C. Between A.D. 200 and 1450, the Hohokam culture thrives. The Pima and Tohono O'odham are the descendents of that advanced civilization, and have inhabited the region since the Hohokam decline. Around 1540 the Coronado Expedition crosses Arizona in search of the "Seven Cities of Gold."
Father Francisco Kino establishes the Mission San Xavier del Bac in 1699. It won't be until 1797 that it will be completed. The Mission San Agustin, a "visita" of San Xavier, is established on the west bank of the Santa Cruz River in 1757. The construction of the mission and the convento is completed in 1790's.
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Dee, thank you for this wonderful insight in Tuscon, a place that has long interested me. One day I would certainly like to visit.
Very impressive Tucson travel page. Lots of interesting statues and historical markers to visit and explore. Pima Air & Space Museum looks attractive to us. Thanks for sharing the page. ~ho & pang
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A fine new page! I like the way you keep finding interesting historical markers. It's amazing that they managed to save and restore the Fox Tucson Theatre after it had been standing empty for nearly a quarter century.
nice page, nice pictures. there 20 years ago for a wedding, never really got to see the city. obviously missed a lot. n.
Lots of great info. here!! Wish we had time to explore more when we visited the Tucson area several years ago, though we saw some of the same places. However, we were staying at a ranch and I really wanted to spend most of my time horseback riding, etc. Nice work, Dee!!
Hi Dee, Go Wildcats!!! UofA is where I received a football scholarship. Well, the scholar part was more difficult than the football part, except for being injury free in the lecture halls. Charlie Brown, he did get around, that clown. Nice tips, too bad none are of the UofA campus. :-)
I loved Tucson when I visited years ago long before I joined VT. Your Tips are detailed, helpful, and more than interesting. I, too, enjoyed the incident about how you discovered to "follow the Blue Line". Great job.
Oh my, what have I missed when I was in the region! Tucson looks gorgeous and I like the story of how you found out about the Blue Line. But what is a murphy bed?
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The Wet Spot: How to be a successful wingman
Have you ever heard of Erik von Markovik? No? Shocker.
Wait, maybe you'll know him if I use his other name, Mystery. That's what I thought.
In case you still don't know what I'm talking about, Mystery is a guy who has made a career out of picking up chicks. And what does Mystery say is the most important element when picking up women? A good wingman.
In order to be a good wingman, you have to possess many traits. You have to know how to start a conversation with a group of women ("opening a set" as Mystery calls it), direct attention to your friend without being obvious and transition yourself out of the spotlight, allowing your friend to move in for the finish.
Now, I'm a pretty fancy gentleman, so I don't have much use for a wingman of my own (also, because my girlfriend gets mad when I ask her to play wingman for me. Way to go, team player). But that's not to say I can't play wingman for my friends.
This past Friday night, I was out at Sneaky Pete's in downtown with a friend of mine (let's call him Tony Danza, in order to protect his true identity), and decided that it was time for me to channel my inner-Mystery and find him a classy lady of his own. Here's what went down.
8:05 p.m. - Tony Danza and I are sitting at a table, drinking Coors Light (the official beer of shady dudes alone at the bar). The shot girl approaches us and asks if we want to do Jager shots. Tony looks like he needs some extra courage, so I reluctantly agree. Once we do the shots, he informs me that he has no cash and asks if I can pay. I hate Tony Danza.
8:35 p.m. - After a second round of shots I force Tony to wander out to the patio in search of sets. We find one and I decide to open it up with the "do you know who you look like?" routine. I approach one of the two blondes in the group and open my set.
"Do you know who you look like? Brooke Hogan."
(Author's note: I seriously need to expand my TV preferences outside of VH1.)
I thought this was a sure-fire win, but Brooke wasn't impressed.
"What? Gross. She looks like shemale," she says. A tough start, but I'm not done.
"Yeah, totally. Anyways, do you think my friend looks like Tony Danza?" I counter.
She looks him up and down for a second.
"Who is Tony Danza?"
Time to abort.
9:08 p.m. - We move to a corner table on the patio where I spot two girls standing at the bar looking right at us (and by "looking right at us," I mean, "standing in our same general area). I grab my two empty Coors Light bottles off the table and insist that Tony hand me his as well.
We approach the targets and I immediately jump into the always-popular "watch me do something awesome" routine. In this case I say hello and begin trying to juggle the empty beer bottles. Unfortunately, the fact that I'm fairly toasted at this point, combined with the fact that I don't know how to juggle results in me dropping the bottles, smashing them on the ground. Undeterred, I go for the closing line of the routine where I point at T. Danza and say to the ladies, "That's right; he taught me everything he knows."
Moments later the bouncer warns me to, "stop doing stupid shit or you're out of here." We press on.
9:52 p.m. - The bar is playing the song "Hey Leonardo" by Blessid Union of Souls. That was a good song. I wonder where those guys are now?
11:47 p.m. - I'm basically at the point that I'm just mumbling noises, which is never good for a wingman to do. Wingmen need to appear in control, and I clearly do not. I'm ready to go grab Danza and apologize, as I feel I have failed him as a wingman. Then, out of the corner I've my eye, I spot him at the bar talking with the waitress from earlier. They're talking and laughing, and clearly pointing in my direction. That's when I realize that I've done my job.
This is a risky strategy, but I managed to pull off the "get super drunk and look like an a-hole so that your friend can pick on you to pick up women" routine. I am an amazing man.
Unfortunately, at that moment I feel a rush come over me and I race to the nearest trash can to puke. I make it in time, but the crack security team at Sneaky Pete's has clearly had enough of me and escort me outside.
A few minutes later, Tony D. comes outside and finds me. He informs me that he did not score a phone number from the waitress because he had to leave the bar so soon, but he is confident that if we visit again this weekend that he can totally close the deal. Looks like this wingman is flying in for round two.
Consider yourselves warned, Sneaky Pete's.
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The Paul Allen-owned Portland Trail Blazers fired one executive, and another may be in trouble. The NBA team's situation seems similar to massive changes for the NFL's Seahawks, another team owned by Allen and run by Vulcan.
PORTLAND — For the past three seasons, the Portland Trail Blazers appeared to be a testament to owner Paul Allen's ability to remake a fallen franchise. The NBA team vaulted back into playoff contention and rekindled the passions of fans.
Then, on March 16 the team fired Tom Penn, vice president for basketball operations. The next week, Kevin Pritchard, the team's general manager widely credited with engineering the turnaround, indicated to reporters that his job also was not secure.
These developments have revealed serious strains within the Blazers organization and triggered fresh scrutiny of the franchise's leadership under Allen and his executives at Seattle-based Vulcan Inc.
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"If anything has become clear to me over the past week it's this: Anyone under Kevin Pritchard in this organization loves him and swears by him," wrote The Oregonian's Jason Quick in a column Tuesday.
"Anyone over him appears uncomfortable with him or threatened by him. Is it because the Blazers fan base reveres him so strongly? Or is it because there are people who think he gets too much credit? Or are there simply too many people making decisions in the organization? It's hard to say. Paul Allen and his Vulcan company has never been an easy bunch to figure out."
The unrest in Portland comes less than three months after Allen made big changes in the leadership of the Seahawks, selecting a new coach and general manager.
The Seahawks' search for a franchise savior took them to Southern California, where they interviewed USC coach Pete Carroll before deciding to fire Jim Mora after one season. Mora had three years remaining on his contract and is owed about $12 million.
In Seattle, it was clear why changes were made. The Seahawks had bottomed out with two dismal seasons of losing records of 4-12 and 5-11.
The situation in Portland is quite different. Though the Blazers have struggled with injuries this season, the team has been one of the NBA's success stories. A talented core of young players, led by former Washington star Brandon Roy, has stirred hopes of championship runs.
There has been fierce speculation in the Portland-area and national sports media about the roots of the discontent. Some suggest that Pritchard did not hold firm enough on contract talks with Roy, and was too open about complaining that his compensation should be higher. But there have been few public disclosures from Allen or Blazers management.
Penn, a close friend of general manager Pritchard, has expertise in NBA salary caps and collective-bargaining agreements. Larry Miller, the Blazers' president, cited "philosophical differences" in announcing Penn's firing on March 16 and declined further comment. Penn also has declined to publicly explain what went wrong.
Pritchard was rattled by Penn's dismissal, and in a meeting with reporters Monday appeared shaken and uneasy when asked if he thought he would keep his job.
"I don't know that," Pritchard replied. "I am going to give it everything I have every day. I want to be here."
Miller said he "didn't know anything specific that ownership is not happy about" with Pritchard, according to a transcript of his comments published by The Oregonian. But Miller refused to rule out dismissing the general manager once Allen has a chance to evaluate the team's performance this season.
Many within the Blazers organization say they detected no signs of a souring of Allen's relationship with Pritchard.
"He was the fair-haired boy who was always in touch with Allen and sits next to him at the games. The two have seemed as tight as a drum," said one person who has worked for the Blazers but asked to remain anonymous.
For the first time since Penn's firing, Allen showed up at the Rose Garden on Thursday for the Blazers' 101-89 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Allen has been undergoing chemotherapy to combat non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and looked thin and somewhat frail. Dressed in a black suit, he walked slowly through the Rose Garden to take his customary courtside seat.
Some fans held up signs declaring their loyalty to Pritchard.
"There should not be any doubt that he should be brought back next year," said Chris Garner, a fan from Portland. "Allen should say this guy is not going anywhere."
Allen's written statement, released just before the start of the game, offered no such assurance.
"When the season ends, we will evaluate how best to move the Trail Blazers forward," Allen said."That's no different from the way we have operated for the past 21 years."
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