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Iowa State's lone 2014 basketball commitment, point guard Clayton Custer of Overland Park, Kan. made an unofficial visit to Saturday's 86-66 win over Texas Tech.
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The Oakland Raiders traded quarterback Terrelle Pryor on Monday to the Seattle Seahawks for a 7th round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. The trade will send Pryor to a team in which he will be a third stringer.
As reported on Monday by USA Today, young-quarterback Pryor's got his request honored to be traded by the Raiders to another team. As expected, the deadline was due on Monday, and the Seahawks took the honors in acquiring Pryor.
Pryor is expected to be the third stringer in Seattle, despite the fact that Pryor wanted to be a starter for some other team. Pryor will be playing behind Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson and back up Tarvaris Jackson.
Of course, if Pryor proves himself like he did with the Raiders in the off-season of 2013, he could at least get the back up position. Everyone knows that his chances of taking the starting position over Wilson is super minimal.
Anyway, Terrelle Pryor is considered to be a superb athlete. With the Seahawks, Pryor should learn from two quarterbacks that play the same style.
Also,the Seahawks put some nice words about Pryor after the trade took place. Seattle's executive vice president John Schneider gave Pryor some props.
"Terrelle is an incredibly explosive athlete and we're excited for him to come in and compete," said Schneider. This is obviously some nice words being said about a guy who is destine to be a third stringer. Perhaps, Seattle has long-term plans for Pryor.
Pryor was explosive with the Raiders and showed a lot heart. However, his stint was cut short due to his inability to make passes or, even more important, touchdowns.
Additionally, when Matt Schaub was acquired by the Raiders from the Houston Texans, it was a for sure thing that Pryor was not coming back as a starter for the Silver and Black. Also, coach Dennis Allen had announced that Schaub was acquired to be the starter for the 2014 season.
Terrelle Pryor's ambition to be a leader was evident, but it just didn't quite work out with the Oakland Raiders. Hopefully, his career will flourish better with the Seahawks, as Seattle seem to work better with scrambling, running quarterbacks.

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D2 in the car or on the motorcycle/ Sound Issues
I decided that I would get a smaller player for my GL1800 Goldwing, my previous player was the Zen Nomad Jukebox extra. The Zen always sounded fantastic in the bike, all I had to do it turn the volume all the way up and plug it into the Mp3 audio plug that is built into the bike.
So when I was the D2 and read the ad on how it was a high out put player and had long battery life i decided to get one.
Well today I turned the D2 all the way up and turned on the bikes amp and they thing did not even sound close to what my old trusty Zen Extra did. i did screw around with all the equlizer settings starting with Norm, then to Pop and Rock and even went into (user) I thing where it lets you adjust the equlizer manually! No luck with that either.
Also I tried turning the D2 down a bit thinking that it may help with the sound but it did little. So now I got this supposed dream player and it will not work out for me, I have had it about a week and I doubt that i could return it with out getting whacked with a return charge.
I do not know what to do, had I been able to buy this thing from a retail store I could of walked out into the lot and tried it but now i think I have a BIG problem.
Any suggestions? Also BTW the Motorcycle is designed for use with a MP3 player just as most new cars are........
I have taken the same song and played it through me Zen Extra and it sounds great when I took the same song and player it through the D2 it sounded poorly as if when the volume was turned up it distorted. I was led to believe that the unit would do the job, I guess not.
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Have you tried using any of the enhancements? I've noticed that on sub-par stereo systems they enhancements make it sound a lot better.
It sounds great in my car. Set the volume to 49, eq off (car stereo has it's own eq), and set to +3 on Mach3Bass, & + 1 on Stereo Enhance.
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I have tried every possible setting with no such luck, also the GL1800 does have a better sound system then my car at 80WPC x 4 ( although the bikes sound syetem does not have a equlizer it does have setting for bass trebble which helps little) and has ALWAYS sounded great when using the Creative Zen Extra.
I suspect that the biggest problem is that the D2 has less output than the old Zen Extra and when I turn it up max it is casuing the distortion.
Same goes for my home stereo which is a McIntosh 4100 w/ the original version Klispch Heresy speakers. With the Zen Extra and even the Zen V they sounded great , with the D2 no so, its not even close and I have been using the ZenExtra primarliy as a home unit just for the stereo and has always sounded great. Also the Mac does have the EQ controls which did not help.
What I think is happening is when I turn the D2 up all the way it starts to (clip ?) At this point I do not know what to do as its a simple test to play the exact same song on the Zen Extra and the D2 to compare, the old Zen Extra still kicks its butt..
I was reading somewhere that there are pre-amps made to go between the Mp3 player and the head unit but I know little of them and again then I'm screwing around another device and am buying batteries.
So next stop is?????????????????????? Not a happy camper.... I guess that it is the problem of not being able to buy from a retail store which would of made this a simple walk out to the parking lot and a quick return because it was lacking in output.
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Maybe you have a faulty D2 as it contains a powerful amp that is pretty much louder then most players across the board. The fact that you state that the sound output is lower then your Creative products, as they really aren't known for their volume, tells me this (I've had a few so I should know). And if it IS a clipping prob the it's you music, not the player causing the issue. Here's a link to a prog to level your music called mp3Gain. I use it as well as a few others here & it's an excellent program: http://www.download.com/MP3Gain/3000...dlPid=10636601
Personally, it sounds like you need to exchange your D2 IMO though.
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First thing that I did was to try mp3 gain and that did not help. I'm leery of returning it for repair as it took long enough to get here in the first place and if there like Creative they would just swap it out with somones refurbed unit.
At this point I would ask for my money back which I doubt that I would get even though I was told it had a 30 day return policy but again the person in Jetmall chat was extremely vague on what would happen. She just said that they would have to look at the unit first and take it from there. I really doubt that there is anything wrong with the D2 as it gets loud but just not loud enough, the difference between the Zen Extra and the D2 is not much but its just enough to not work all that good with the car, home stereo and the bike.
As far as the old Zen Nomad Jukebox Extra I did a lot of research before I purchased it as it did have one of the higest outputs of that time and believe me it still is better than a lof of the new stuff.
So now is just wait and see from the company who does not have a phone. I just wished that they would sell through retailers, they are realitivly new on the market and you taking chance buying online........
All in all its a nice player but just lacking a the powerful output as all the reviews and there ads stated......
What bitrate you using? I noticed that the D2 REALLY pulled out the flaws in my low quality music, maybe thats your problem. I have a really really hard time seeing a creative beating out the D2.
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I have to agree with nywytboy68, the d2 has a fantastic amp, better than the i7 (which I own) and do all the same connections you are describing except the goldwing and it sounds great Id take a look at the firmware you are running, if it is not causing the problem, its a defective unit for sure. Oh, and it's not the bitrate.
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Yahoo I great find, I went and removed the MpGain on my music and tried the D2 again. It sounded great through the bikes speakers and as well through my J&M Headphones built into my helmet. I guess my best bet is to stay away from that MP gain stuff as I must of done somthing wrong. I orignally set it to 105 which caused all the distortion when I truned up the player. Then I tried it by setting it so all the music was below clipping so then it was too soft.
Best be is to leave well enough alone.
Thanks again
So now that its working better, which to you think sounds better? The Cowon or the Creative?
My other question is how do those pre amps sound? Are they worth the investment? The only one that I know if is called Boosteroo or somthing like that?
A headphone amp? Yeah they're worth it if you have some headphones that need it, or a high quality stereo. But unless you dropped alot of money into your stereo then I think it would be over kill. The D2 does well enough alone, and if your zen does as good or better than the D2 then I don't really see why you would need an amp.
No dont really need the amp for either but was wondering if there would be any advantage to get one? Afterall there not that much money but on the other hand the only one I know if is the Boosteroo.
BTW the bike does have a high quality stereo that came stock with the bike.
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Twenty religious education students in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania are doing their part to help with relief efforts following the recent earthquake in Haiti.
The students, members of St. Bibiana Catholic Church in Galeton, are sponsoring a breakfast at the church's parish center on Sunday, February 14, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The normal cost is $6 per person; for children ages 6 and under, the cost is $3.
The breakfast is open to the community, and proceeds will be channeled through Catholic Relief Services (http://crs.org/) to help the victims of the disaster, which struck January 12.
Maryann Fisher, one of the teachers in the religious education program at St. Bibiana, spoke to all of the students before the day's lessons on January 24 and requested that each class come up with some ideas for at least one fund raiser.
About an hour later, the students and teachers gathered together again as a group to discuss their ideas.
Christopher Cizek, a ninth-grade student in the program, came up with the idea of holding a breakfast. "It was something that I thought we could do and that we hadn't done before, so why not try it?" he said.
The menu will consist of scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, home fries, toast, juice and coffee. All of the items will be purchased from the Foodland grocery store (http://www.foodlandstores.com/) in Galeton.
Kelly Macensky, one of the teachers in the religious ed program, approached Galeton Foodland Manager Jim Zengerle, who agreed to offer the items at a discount.
"We do that quite a bit, helping supply stuff for local groups' special functions," Zengerle said. He and store owner Doug Reeves said that offering such assistance is important -- and not just from a business standpoint.
"After all," Reeves said, "we're part of the community. We live here, and we want to help the different organizations in our area any way that we can."
The breakfast is not the first effort at St. Bibiana, part of the Erie Diocese (http://www.eriercd.org/), to raise funds for Haiti following the earthquake. Bishop Donald Trautman urged each parish in the diocese to take a collection January 23 and 24 or the following weekend to help the quake victims.
Father Joe Dougherty, pastor of St. Bibiana, said the collection in their parish drew $1,243.
Dougherty said he is glad that the students want to do something extra to help out as well. He said reports of the devastation in Haiti have given the students an opportunity to recognize how comfortable their own lives are and that they can help someone in need.
"This breakfast is a way to help them focus on that more clearly," he said.
Fisher concurs. "It's another way to help them put into practice what they learn in class here," she said.


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The thing was that while my mother had fully apprised me at a very early age of all of the mechanics of sex—biological, anatomical and medical—she had neglected to expound on one detail: why people fucked. By the age of six, I knew how you had sex, I knew what happened when you did, I even knew too well how to protect yourself from pregnancy, but I didn't know why you would. In her intermittent and unending narrative of sex, my mom had left out the pleasure part.
I had to learn about that on the streets.
Actually, it wasn't on the streets. Technically, it was in the enviably candy-striped bedroom of my childhood friend Miriam. I was about twelve. It was the morning after a sleepover, and Miriam and I and her cat Maia and Miriam's sister Debby were all lounging on Miriam's terrifically pink and jealousy-inducing bed.
Debby, about sixteen, the bad girl in the family, the one who was doing drugs and running away and sneaking off in the dead of night for Led Zepplin-soundtrack assignations with her long-haired and skulking boyfriends, was petting the family cat.
"Come, pussy," she said and giggled.I didn't get it. I looked quizzically at Debby and her sister, who were sharing conspiratorial glances.
"Come, pussy," Debby said again, "pussy likes being petted. Come, pussy, come." She giggled. Miriam giggled. I was clearly completely left out of the loop.
I asked what was funny. Debby dropped the insinuating voice and the pussy innuendo and immediately transformed into the very antiseptic model of a school nurse, all crisp efficiency and medical terminology. She explained that when women's vaginas were stimulated they felt pleasure and when the pleasure built to a crescendo, women orgasmed, which was known in common parlance as "coming."
I was dumbstruck. This was all news to me. Previously, I could not even begin to fathom why my mother would do what she did on the living room floor with boyfriends (and later with my stepfather), why the quiet night would be pierced with howls that sounded like nothing so much as animals in pain, why my mom would actually choose to engage in the whole distasteful and grunting penis/vagina thing, especially when she had to protect herself so dutifully in the anxiety that she would become pregnant. It all sounded like such a major gross and nerve-rattling hassle, I didn't understand why do it at all.
But an orgasm made sense. That put it all into a perspective I could get.
Being the kind of person that I am, even at twelve, I immediately needed confirmation of this radical and frankly dubious information. I couldn't take Debby's word for it—not with her questionable taste in music and men. I returned home and immediately located a volume on my parents' bookshelf that seemed helpful: Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask). Was there ever a book whose title was more a more perfect union with the information sought? I thought not, noted where it was on the capacious bookshelf, and the very next time my parents were out, I took the volume down from the shelf, sat on the steps in right front of the bookcase, and read it.
Debby, I found out, was 100% correct. Women's vaginas actually did feel pleasure. And, apparently, we had something that Debby had neglected to mention: a clitoris. I read with a fervid hunger. I swallowed diagrams whole. I learned my anatomy inside and out (I couldn't quite, however, bear to look at the penis pictures. They made me feel squidgy on the inside, squirrelly and like the receptacle for too much information. I concentrated on my own parts). I became an orgasm autodidact.
I memorized the anatomical and biological information, and then I found the sections that explained in clear and precise terms how females like me masturbated. It was an epiphanic moment when I realized that I didn't need a male with a penis, a body part which at twelve was foreign and faintly nasty, to achieve orgasm. I could, I found in this blessed book, make myself come.
I read about touching the clitoris with my fingers in a circular motion. I read about how various common household objects from candles to cucumbers to broom handles could simulate the penis in a needful pinch. I read that some women used three fingers, one finger each on clit, in vagina and in the asshole, to masturbate and that this method was named, completely inscrutably, "Italian." I read about how blind girls would sit on their chastely stockinged heels and grind to a quiet and invisible orgasm (I wonder now about that particular piece of information, a section told in such loving detail that the writer seemed to linger over it in an erotic languor). I read and I read and I read.
And then I tried it myself.
I can't exactly recall the first time I came, but I can recall the giddiness with which I greeted the revelation that I could. I know that at first I tried to rub my tiny clit nubbin with my dry and naked finger. I know that I learned to moisten it with spit. I know that I first masturbated in the way I still basically do—on my back, my knees apart, my middle finger on my clit making tiny, always clockwise, circles. I know that my orgasms then were petite, but small as they were, they held in their tiny budding beings an apotheosis. I was suddenly sexual.
Once I learned I could come, the question then became how many ways and how often. I stood in my closet, cosseted by the dark of the closed doors, the jumpers and floral print blouses, my middle finger between my chubby thighs, the endless spirals on my increasingly sore clit. I made myself come standing in the dark, my breath ragged and panting, some small gasps heralding my orgasmic arrival.
I tried lying face down on my hand too—the book suggested that this was one method to elude detection in a shared sleeping space—and I came raggedly and silently prone on my pillow. This skill turned out to be very helpful when later that summer I would be at camp, in a bunkhouse with eight other thirteen year-olds. I tried inserting things—brush handles (too weird), carrots (too rough), the cool glass necks of a washed soda bottle (rather nice, actually)—I had limited success. But I didn't stop my erotic experiments.
I realized that my fecund mind was a big help, as was my generous memory for narratives. I recalled things I'd uncomprehendingly read years before in my uncles' Playboys and Penthouses—stories of a guest surprising a pair of hotel maids in flagrante delicto and joining in, tales of female roommates watching their girlfriend sit in oversized chairs and touch their spread-open privates like they were reading a gossip magazine over her shoulder, narratives that began with "I never thought I'd be writing" and ended with some guy buried face-first in one twin, and cock-deep in another. I recollected these stories and I replayed them all, private blue movies flash-flashing on the intimate walls of my mind, as I lay in my virginal bed and rubbed my clit till it was raw and I was moaning.
I found in my newly pleasured existence a validation of myself. I am woman, hear me come, I seemed to cry out to myself in a hushed and mangled voice. However small and insignificant the echoes of my adolescent orgasms were, they were mine, mine, perfectly pure and good, and I didn't have to, nor could I, share this pleasure with anybody.
I could come; therefore I was. It seems somewhat hyperbolic to state that idea, but it was true then, true as it is today. What we like defines us, at least to ourselves, especially when it's us alone, under the covers, just our minds, our fingers, our soft cries, and this world that in that moment begins and ends in our solipsistic pleasure.


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Sandwich - Lee Westwood is confident he could slay the dragon of his Major championship jinx when he launches his British Open challenge at Royal St George's later this week.
The 37-year-old Englishman is among the favourites to lift the famous claret jug this weekend, and can think of no better venue than Royal St George's as he aims to end his long wait for a Major.
"It's named after St. George so you can't get much more English than that; it's being played in England, which only happens every now and again, and it's the biggest championship in the world as far as I'm concerned," Westwood said.
"It would mean everything to win this championship."
Westwood's recent championship form suggests the recently deposed former world No 1 represents a decent bet at Sandwich.
In his last 13 Majors, Westwood has posted no fewer than six top-three finishes, a run that has included a share of third place at the US Open last month following a tie for 11th at the Masters in April.
Westwood, who has fond memories of Royal St George's, where he won as an amateur in 1992, is comfortable with his form heading into the Open.
"My form is right where I'd like it to be. I've been playing well just recently and had a good stretch of results," he said.
"This is a week I look forward to all year round. So I try to gear my game up for this week. I'm happy with all aspects of my game."
A win for Westwood this week would extend a record losing streak for US golfers in Major championships.
Following Rory McIlroy's stunning victory at the US Open in June, American golfers have not won a Major for a record five tournaments.
But Westwood is unconvinced that the US losing streak represents a fundamental shift in golf's balance of power.
"I think it's cyclical," Westwood said. "We went through a period where there weren't many European players winning major championships or from the rest of the world, and a lot of American golfers were winning majors.
"I think it's just one of those things. Obviously when one or two players from a certain area start winning majors, it inspires and brings on everybody else from that area."
"Other than that there's nothing I can put my finger on, other than European and the rest of the world golf is very strong at the moment.
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HTC Touch Diamond in white, looks pretty
HTC Touch Diamond, the smartphone that attracted everyone's attention even before it got released, will apparently have a new and white version. Not completely white, though, as its front panel and the area surrounding its display are remaining black. Anyway, the change of look can surely keep people interested in the Diamond, even though HTC has just presented its new and richer in features Touch HD.
Various rumors are floating around, pointing to an October release for the white Diamond, but we'd better wait for something official to come from HTC before we take this for granted. A Danish retailer, Tele-Online, seems to already have the new Touch Diamond in stock, selling it at prices starting from 3,875 Danish kroner (approx. $735).
The specs of the white Diamond are similar to the ones of the black edition, so those who will buy it will get Wi-Fi, GPS, TouchFLO 3D UI, the same 3.2 MP camera and all the rest.
Too bad HTC didn't make the front case white too, I guess the smartphone would have looked even nicer this way. But we can't all have what we wish for, right?


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There's nothing quite like the roar of the engines at a jalopy race. The next best thing would be watching stuff explode on a movie set.
I went to my first one in 1947. I was 5 years old, and my dad, Ray Hallberg, was driving a race car he had built. The track was near Scottville, Michigan. A farmer named Elmer Peterson let a group of local drivers use his former cow pasture as a racetrack. Admission was $1, and a can of soda cost a nickel.
Jalopy races revved up in the 1930s and became a popular pastime during World War II. Guys like my dad, who had been an engineer on a B-17 during the war, built their own racers out of decrepit old cars.
In general, these old jalopies cost anywhere from $25 to $125 and were stripped of all glass. Many cars were just the frame, engine and roll bars, which were made from the wheels of old hay rakes. The rear gas tank was filled with sand to weigh down the car. A 5-gallon gas can with an electric fuel pump provided a constant flow of fuel to the engine.
The dirt track at the farm was pretty rough. Cars flew by, kicking up dirt. Holes appeared almost immediately, making it difficult to control the cars. Stacked bales of straw flanked the turns in case a driver lost control of his car, which happened often.
Most drivers tied the gearshift to the dash to keep the car in second gear, which was the gear they preferred to race in. If the gearshift wasn't tied down, the rough track would cause it to jump out of gear.
Because of the dust, many drivers wore gear from a military surplus store—World War II-era goggles and leather helmets worn by pilots. About 30 drivers raced on that dirt track for the next three years.
In the early '50s, Dad and I moved on to a track at the fairgrounds in Cadillac. Every Wednesday night in the summer we went to the races together. He turned two Ford Model A's into race cars and drove them at Cadillac until 1960.
By that time jalopy racing had grown into stock car racing and people were spending large amounts of money on cars and their engines. It wasn't about having fun anymore. It was about money. That year my father sold his cars to a driver in Traverse City. He was done with the sport.
Jalopy racing disappeared from my life until 2002, when I met Ivan McClellan. Ivan used to race at the farm with my dad from 1945-'47. He gave me an original 1932 Ford coupe jalopy racer on one condition—I had to promise to restore it.
My son, Erik, and I worked on the car. Erik bought four very good mounted 16-inch tires on old original spoke rims. By luck I found a 1937 flat-head eight-cylinder engine for $400. It took us about two months to restore the car. It runs with the original 1932 dual water pump radiator.
When we got the car running, we invited Ivan to come over and drive it. He had always dreamed of taking it full speed around a track one more time. In 2005 Ivan got his wish.
He ran the car around the track at Winston Speedway before the first race. He was 85 years old and wore the same military goggles and leather helmet that he wore in 1947. When he came off the track, Ivan stood by his car and cried.
Ivan passed away in 2007. In the last years of his life, Ivan brought jalopy racing back into our lives. I will always be grateful to him for that. All the work I do to preserve the history of jalopy racing is dedicated to Ivan.
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Why redheads are so hot.
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The Stereotype.
The redhead stereotype lends itself to some very appealing factors in a man's eyes. Redheads are considered hot lovers in bed. They are thought to be complete nymphomaniacs. They are willing to swing from the ceiling in the Jane outfit as you do you best Tarzan impression. Redheads are considered to be wild party girls. The party is on and the there is a redhead there, she's going to be the first naked. At least that is the hopes of a lot the guys there. This tends to make other women imitate a redhead, more physically than behaviorally. Women love attention and when the redhead takes most of it, they get jealous. They will change their hair color so that next weekend they will be the center of attention.
Being Exotic.
Redheads have an allure about them. They are fair skinned. A lot of times they have freckles. Teamed with the rarity of true redheads, means that redheads are often imitated by other women much like blondes are. To find a true redhead, where the carpet matches the roof, is the quest all redhead loving men strive for. So many false redheads to lead them astray. Land and bedding the true redhead is a challenge and a bragging right.
Violent personality.
A man loves a challenge, even if the challenge is harmful to his well being. Redheads have been notorious for being as feisty as the flame red hair on their heads. Stereotyping doesn't do much to quell this. Taming the wild beast and turning her into the docile girlfriend with the freak side is the ultimate goal for a man hunting a redhead. Much to their surprise, men often don't recognize the violent behavior as a woman's natural defense against men. By the time they realize this it's too late. The bank account is drained. She had told all her friends you are a terrible lover. Of course the latter is a defense mechanism successfully ending any chance of one of her friends conquering the lands she has left to waste.
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Alyson Hannigan - Stab em' and slab em' redhead
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Julianne Moore - Hannibal wants to eat you redhead
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Kim Cattrall - Mature ravenous redhead
Cynthia Nixon - Mature demure redhead
Gillian Anderson - Alien loving redhead
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Sloppy Roosters down woeful Raiders
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Thanks for joining us for our live blog today. A win's a win for the Roosters. But that was far from pretty. In the end they did just enough to hold on against a 14-man Raiders side. The Chooks' completion rate was atrocious. It was a brave effort from the Raiders without Dugan, Fensom and Thurling for the majority of the match. Here's hoping their injuries aren't too serious. Find out all the latest on them and more reaction from the sheds in tomorrow's The Canberra Times from our man on the ground, Lee Gaskin. The Roosters take on the Storm next week while things don't get any easier for the Raiders up against the Tigers, who are now also 1-2 after three rounds.
Full-time: And BJ Leilua smashes Berrigan on the last play to win the game for the Roosters. Nervous stuff at the end there. Roosters 14 - Raiders 8.
79th min: SKD intercepts a ball from TLL but the Raiders get a penalty 10m out from the try line!
78th min: Anasta nails it from close range. The Raiders will probably try a short kick-off here. Roosters 14 - Raiders 8.
77th min: But the Raiders live to fight these final three minutes. Friend spilled the pill in the process of rolling over to put the ball down. But the Roosters get a penalty due to Brett White being offside. Anasta will take a kick at goal here to try and stretch the lead to six.
77th min: We're going to the video ref again for a possible dummy-half try to Roosters hooker Jake Friend.
76th min: Blake Ferguson spills a Daniel Mortimer grubber right on the Raiders' try line. The Roosters will look to wrap it up here.
73rd min: And that's the way the video ref sees it. Ferguson went up to knock down a Terry Campese bomb but tapped the ball forward. Roosters 12 - Raiders 8.
73rd min: We're going to the video referee again for a possible try to the Raiders' Shaun Berrigan! It looks like Blake Ferguson may have knocked on in the build-up, though.
71st min: And down the other end, Minichiello spills the ball. Dumb stuff from the Roosters. They are pushing passes which don't need to be thrown. The Roosters have completed 16/34 sets and made 19 errors to eight.
70th min: Glen Buttriss spills the ball close to the try line but the Raiders get a penalty for offside. But on the first tackle, a big hit from Anasta forces a knock-on from TLL. It's not pretty here, but it's absorbing stuff.
68th min: Danger there for the Roosters but Shaun Berrigan's grubber on the right touchline just wouldn't bounce up properly for Jack Wighton.
65th min: Mortimer bombs a certain try he helped set up after putting Mitch Aubusson through a hole. Aubusson turned the ball back into Mortimer 20m out in front of the posts but the Eels recruit spilled what could have been the match-winner. Mortimer's support play which helped the Eels to the 2009 grand final looks to be returning, though.
64th min: Great break up field from the Raiders' Joel Thompson but the big man's pass to Jarrod Croker was touched by Sam Perrett before Croker was pushed into touch 40m from the try line after picking it up.
60th min: Finally! The Roosters go over after SKD breaks through with some fancy footwork before setting up Daniel Mortimer for his first try in Roosters colours. The Roosters should be able to go on with it here against a tired Raiders outfit. But they have to hold the ball first. Anasta converts from right in front. Roosters 12 - Raiders 8.
Injury update: Confirmation Fensom (bicep) and Thurling (knee) won't be back today, joining Dugan (AC joint) in missing the rest of the game.
55th min: High-quality stuff here. The Raiders lose it after another knock-on from Shaun Kenny-Dowall just before it. Someone give these boys some glue!
53rd min: But the Roosters drop it again. It's fun being a Roosters fan! Raiders on the attack again.
52nd min: But Travis Waddell is held up on the last tackle trying to score from dummy-half. A let-off for the Roosters.
51st min: First play. 20m out. BJ Leilua passes it to no one and into touch. Raiders have a great chance now. If you look up 'brain explosion' in the dictionary there will be a picture of that play.
48th min: Another penalty to the Roosters! I'm speechless! The Raiders are losing their way a bit here. David Shillington gave the ball away needlessly there.
46th min: The Roosters get a penalty 35m out from the Raiders' try line. The penalty count might just about be even. I'll be just as excited if the Chooks win a penalty count as if they win the match! But again, the Roosters come up with an error at the end of the set through Aidan Guerra.
44th min: Big TLL and Mose Masoe have both come up with early knock-ons for their teams here to start the second half.
43rd min: Glen Buttriss is playing lock now for the Raiders, with Waddell at No.9. It's likely they will both have to play out the second 40 minutes.
Our man on the ground, Lee Gaskin, reckons ABC radio's David Packwood might have to pull on a lime green jumper here in a minute if things get any worse!
It appears Fensom is unlikely return, while Trevor Thurling also left the field just before half-time. The Raiders may be down to 14 players here. It will take a huge effort to win if that's the case.
Even though they trail on the scoreboard, the Roosters have looked the better side for most of the first half here. There are plenty of metres on offer through the middle of the ruck. The Roosters have made a wealth of half-breaks and look dangerous in attack before losing their way late in the set with silly errors and pushed passes. The Raiders need to tighten up their defence in the ruck area. They've made 20 missed tackles to the Roosters' 8. Losing Dugan and possibly Fensom for the entire match is a big blow to them but the game is still there to be won in the second half if they are good enough against a Roosters team lacking a bit of confidence.
Half-time: And the Raiders hold onto their lead at the break, but it has by no means been convincing. Raiders 8 - Roosters 6.
38th min: And deep on the attack, Tinirau Arona loses the ball for the Roosters.
37th min: And now the Raiders have been pinged for being offside from the kick-off. That's a coach-killer.
35th min: And the video ref awards it. There was some hint of a knock-on from BJ Leilua but there wasn't enough video evidence to conclusively prove that. Fair enough call. Anasta's conversion from the left touchline is good. Raiders 8 - Roosters 6.
35th min: We're going to the video ref for a possible Roosters try in the left corner to Braith Anasta. BJ Leilua looked to be wrapped up but somehow got a ball away to the Roosters' skipper.
"How come you're so quiet," is the text from my mum. Still 47 minutes to go Old Girl!
30th min: But no, Pearce's ball to Shaun Kenny-Dowall travels like a bullet and the Kiwi centre can't hold it.
29th min: Travis Waddell spills the pill 30m out from the Raiders' line. The Roosters will have another chance here and need to make it count.
28th min: Again, Pearce makes a half-break but Minichiello spills the inside ball under pressure from Bronson Harrison.
27th min: The Roosters get their second penalty. Surely you're pointing the wrong way, ref?
Injury update: The news doesn't look great for the Raiders. Dugan looks like he will miss the rest of the match with an injury to his AC joint, while Shaun Fensom is also receiving treatment in the dressing sheds for a bicep complaint.
24th min: The Roosters are making a number of half-breaks but lack the polish to finish them off. BJ Leilua knocks on with the Chooks deep on the attack.
22nd min: Jarrod Croker has switched to the left wing with Jack Wighton on the right and Joel Thompson in the centres. Croker comes up with a big play there, chiming in with an intercept to stop a potential Roosters try. Big TLL is coming on for the Raiders now.
Blake Ferguson has slotted into fullback now for Dugan.
The Roosters fans are all blowing up after the replay of the hit on Campese is shown on the big screen. All 32 of us. It was never a penalty.
15th min: Josh Dugan has gone up the tunnel, possibly with a left shoulder injury. Doesn't look too good for the Raiders, hopefully it's not too serious. The Raiders go on the attack 10m out after another penalty. And Jarrod Croker scores in the left corner. The penalty was for a late hit on a Campese clearing kick but we're not playing tiddlywinks out here, it looked a harsh call. Croker misses his own conversion. Raiders 8 - Roosters 0.
12th min: Jake Friend nearly goes over and on the next play Shaun Berrigan turns into Usain Bolt to rush up on Frank-Paul to force a knock-on. He was offside by 5m there, surely.
11th min: Big Raiders second-rower Josh Papalii makes a half-bust but spills the ball. The Roosters get their first penalty and will go on the attack from 30m out in their first real opportunity.
9th min: Jack Wighton is dead set the biggest hitter in the NRL. His NRL career is only 89 minutes old but his first involvement here is to smash Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello. The Roosters move the ball quickly up field but are forced into touch on the Raiders' 40m line.
7th min: And the video ref awards the try. Not much doubt about it. It's going to be a long day here for the Roosters if they don't improve their discipline. Jarrod Croker's conversion from the right touchline is waved away. Good start by the Green Machine. Raiders 4 - Roosters 0.
7th min: We're going to the video referee. Blake Ferguson leaps to take a Josh McCrone ball over the top of BJ Leilua, which appeared to be knocked back for Shaun Berrigan to score in the right corner.
5th min: Great break from Mitch Aubusson forces Josh Dugan to pull off a great shot on Mitchell Pearce. Shaun Kenny-Dowall's grubber has too much weight and goes dead. The Raiders get their second penalty - and a third for backchat. The Roosters might win a penalty count one time this century.
4th min: Terry Campese puts in a poor grubber at the end of the set, which the Roosters clean up.
2nd min: Penalty to the Raiders puts them well on the attack.
1st min: Big Frank-Paul spills the pill on the halfway line in the Roosters' first set. Not a great start.
Absolutely terrific to see a Raiders legend like Ricky Stuart back in the club's dressing shed before today's game. What a team the Green Machine had in the late-80s and early-90s.
Team news: Tom Learoyd-Lahrs comes onto Canberra's bench in a massive boost for the Raiders, with Joe Picker and Sam Mataora dropping out of the 17. For the Roosters, Daniel Mortimer and Tinirau Arona are on the bench, with Anthony Mitchell and Boyd Cordner out.
Preamble: Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of today's round three NRL clash between the Sydney Roosters and Canberra Raiders at Allianz Stadium. Both teams bring a 1-1 record into today's clash but there's no doubt the Raiders have produced by far the better football of the two sides so far this season.
Even as a diehard Roosters fan, it's hard to see how they will get up today unless they drastically turn around their form from the opening two rounds. Canberra's giant forward pack has been much more dominant the the Roosters' and its halves, Josh McCrone and Terry Campese, look far more dangerous than Mitchell Pearce and Braith Anasta so far this season. That's a fact my Raiders-loving mum has been reminding me of all week. She's also promised to report me to Media Watch if I don't give the Green Machine a fair coverage here. And wash my mouth out with soap if I accidentally drop an Emily Seebohm towards the men in the middle (considering the three certainties in life are death, taxes and the Roosters losing the penalty count each week).
Let's hope both teams are on and we get a cracking game here. My tip: Raiders by 14.


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When Evgeni Plushenko hit the ice in Sochi the arena erupted into cheers. The crowd at the Iceberg Skating Palace offered the excitement to the man who is a three-time Olympic medalist and going for his fourth. While the Olympic team competition was more about the Russian skaters, it was a joyous moment in Sochi when the star of the country arrived to skate the men's short program for the inaugural Olympic team competition. According to the Washington Post on Thursday, Evgeni Plushenko was dramatic on the ice and gave a strong performance.
Evgeni Plushenko is 31, but the skater appears to be in his prime. Focused and dedicated, he offered a clean program and shared his enthusiasm after the performance by acknowledging the crowd like a super star. Performing to Tango de Roxanne from the movie Moulin Rouge the routine seemed to be flawless.
While Evgeni Plushenko's performance for the men's short program was solid, it was edged out by Japan. The tight competition of the new event has everyone looking at how the athletes come together for the team in Plushenko's case, he might be an exceptional individual performer (which is still yet to come,) but he is solid athlete for Team Russia too and he offered a strong short program.
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the latest news
Free Palliative Care Luncheon Sept. 27
OLBH will host a free seminar and luncheon concerning palliative care Thursday, Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. at Bellefonte Centre (1000 Ashland Drive) on the OLBH campus.
The luncheon topic is "It's Your Choice: Improving Comfort and Quality of Life During Serious Illness." Attendees of the event will hear of the latest developments in palliative care, which is a discipline that includes pain and symptom control, educational and emotional support, and support for the families of patients with life-limiting illnesses. The speakers for the seminar are Lisa W. Barker, M.D., and Bryan Saltz, M.D. Both physicians have earned the American Board of Family Medicine Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and practice at Ashland Family Medicine at 2222 Winchester Ave. in Ashland.
Barker earned her doctorate of medicine from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She conducted a family practice internship at the University of Kentucky. Barker is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Barker is the medical director of Community Hospice.
Saltz earned his doctorate of medicine from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. His internship and his residency were both conducted at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. Saltz is a member of the American Board of Family Medicine and is director of Palliative Care at OLBH.
To RSVP for the free luncheon, call the OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE (2273) or register online here.


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Learning Activities and Games
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Author: Colleen Dowling
Word List: Red List (11/9 - 11/20)
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Released: Feb 01st, 1996
Running Time: 105
Director: Jim Powers
Company: JM Productions
Cast: Lovette, Raquel Lace, Ron Jeremy
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Four less-than-serious vignettes make up this well-done vid. First, Lovette finds an enchanted dildo, which, when plunged into her backside, turns into Ron Jeremy. Next, a nubile brunette gets "done" by two black guys and a midget, while the third scene stars three and an assortment of dildos. The finale has two scientists thoroughly probing a female alien (E.T. and d.p.). All of the scenes include anal in this latest installment of this consistent series.


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"It is a really great opportunity to play in some warm weather against some great opponents," Head Coach Vann Stuedeman said. "It prepares us for the following weekend with the start of SEC play."
The Maroon and White will kick things off Friday at 10 a.m. CT with a battle against 2012 NCAA Super Regional squad Hofstra (3-7), before playing Maryland (3-6) at 2:30 CT.
At 9 a.m. CT on Saturday, the Bulldogs play their first-ever contest against LIU-Brooklyn (2-12). The game will be available live on ESPN3, giving Bulldog fans a chance to watch the contest on their computer, smartphones or tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members.
Watch MSU vs. LIU-Brooklyn on ESPN3
Following the ESPN3 game against LIU, MSU takes on Fordham (4-6) at 11:15 a.m. CT Saturday. Starkville's Team closes out the Citrus Classic with a 10:15 CT first pitch against Syracuse (4-5) on Sunday.
"The fields are incredible, the tournament is well run and opponents will bring their 'A' game every outing," Stuedeman explained. "We better show up every pitch."
State posted a .692 winning percentage in the opening month of the season (9-4), the highest February winning percentage by a MSU team since the 2009 squad went 11-3 (.786). Seven of the last eight Bulldog teams to win at least 69 percent of their February games went on to play in that year's NCAA Tournament. The Maroon and White are a combined 8-1 against teams they're competing against in the Citrus Classic, while having won 22 of their last 28 non-conference games.
On pace to break nearly every single-season school record, the Bulldogs' pitching staff has been a big key to the success of the 2013 Dawgs. Stuedeman's pitching staff is on pace to shatter the season highs for strikeouts (on pace for 605), opponent batting average (.159) and strikeouts per seven innings (11.3). After pitching five shutouts in 57 games total in 2012, the MSU pitchers have already shut out four opponents through 13 games this season. A lot of the success comes with two outs, where Bulldog pitchers are holding opponents to a .093 batting average (9-for-97).
Inside the circle, MSU is led by junior Alison Owen, the reigning and defending SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week. The right-hander currently leads the country with a 65-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, while placing first in the SEC in opponent batting average (.076), fewest hits allowed (10) and fewest walks allowed (1).
Offensively, State is paced by junior infielder Sam Lenahan, who has rebounded from an early-season 1-for-12 slump. After hitting .083 in the first five games of the season, the right-handed slugger has dominated at the dish her last eight games, mashing at a .476 clip (10-for-21) with seven RBIs, six walks, five runs, three home runs and three doubles.
For live in-game updates of MSU's games in the Cirtrus Classic, follow the program on Twitter at @MStateSB. For pictures from the Classic, like the team on Facebook at Facebook.com/MStateSB and visit the team's Instagram account at MStateSB. For pregame and postgame video, check out MSU's official YouTube channel at YouTube.com/HailState.
Following the Sunshine State games, the Bulldogs return home to Starkville for a four-game homestand, beginning with a non-conference matchup against Memphis on Wednesday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m. State concludes the homestand with the SEC series opener against 2012 Women's College World Series squad LSU March 8-10.


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I had been following this one Spotted Sandpiper at Lake Estes, looking for a good photograph. He landed on the little island which sometimes comes up by the bridge. He was just pecking around, looking for food.
All of a sudden this other Spotted Sandpiper came along and started chasing him. They flew to the shore by the golf course and chased each other around for quite a while.
I got these photographs of the two of them arguing with each other. I think they are just classic! Is it the Mom with a chick? I have no idea, but I love the photographs. There are so many little "quotes" you could put with each one, huh?


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Stat City: Cardiff preview
- 23 August 2013 16:14
- Posted by @NieldyMCFC - Words by @StatCity
Twitter must-follows @StatCity are back to provide a numerical look-ahead to every City game this season. Slim pickings with this one, but here are some numbers you need to know ahead of Sunday's clash with Cardiff...
Manchester City and Cardiff City are meeting for the 48th time in all competitions this weekend when the Blues make the journey down the M4 to the Cardiff City Stadium (or for our Welsh readers - Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd). The last time City faced Cardiff in Wales in a league meeting (1984), that particular stretch of the M4 motorway was still under construction!
City have won 19 (40.43%) of the previous 47 meetings between the pair but only 6 (12.77%) on Welsh soil. In fact, the Blues have struggled on recent trips to Wales having only scored 2 goals in their last three visits west of the border (v TNS at the Millennium Stadium in 2003).
Pellegrini's men will be all too aware of the task in hand, the Blues won just one of their three Premier League away games at newly-promoted sides last term; losing at Southampton (1-3) and drawing at West Ham (0-0) so a definite improvement will be needed this time around. Add to that the fact that Cardiff City have lost just one of their last 12 home matches in league competition this caendar year.
City have only won four of their 9 away league games in 2013 (v Arsenal, Aston Villa, Manchester United and Reading), a win this weekend would be their 86th in the Premier League era. The Blues have failed to score in their previous two Premier League fixtures in Wales and have only taken one point from the two games (both v Swansea City).
In addition to the 19 wins, City have drawn a futher 20 (42.55%) and lost just 8 times (17.02%) against Cardiff City since 1921. Although, the Blues did lose on their last visit to Cardiff, with the 'bluebirds' dumping City out of the FA Cup at the 4th Round stage in 1994.
Yaya Toure became the 20th player to make 100 Premier League appearances for Manchester City on Monday night in the win over Newcastle United. If he is named in the starting line-up against Cardiff City, Yaya will be making his 100th Premier League start.
If Sergio Aguero manages to grab himself a goal on Sunday, he will draw level with ex-Blue Nicolas Anelka in the Premier League goalscoring charts (currently sat on 36) for Manchester City. Unfortunately for Sergio, only 12 of his 36 goals have come away from the Etihad Stadium (33%) so he'll have to hope that 'Chappy' has packed his scoring boots for him on this away trip.


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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
High Speed Networking Chicago - With HIGH SPEED NETWORKING you can make more new business contacts in one evening than most people make in 6 months!
Host: Networking For Professionals
Location: 170 West Ontario St Chicago, IL 60654 Map It
General Price: $30.00 Member Price: $20.00 Walk-In Price: $35.00
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Marketing Mixer with Chicago's creative community Host – The Chicago American Marketing Association - All marketing, PR, advertising, communication, and creative professionals. Hosted by the American Marketing Assn http://chicagoama.org/
Where: Midtown Kitchen & Bar. 203 N La Salle Street Chicago, IL 60611 (Enter on Lake St. and go upstairs.)
When: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m
Admission: $10 gets you a name tag, tasty appetizers, and a room full of fresh faces. Money is nominal so we can reserve a private room for noise control. Funds go toward appetizers we will order as people arrive. Drinks are pay as you go per person with half priced wine and beer specials.
Registration: http://www.meetup.com/ChiAMA/ (RSVP for the June 9th Marketing Mixer)
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
SOC Networking Success Luncheon – Open Networking plus Lunch 'n Learn!
Host: Ines Kinchen & SOC Chicago
Location: 3020 N Lincoln Ave. Flourish Studios Chicago, IL 60657 Map It
General Price: $10.00 Member Price: $10.00 Walk-In Price: $10.00
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Where: RAM Restaurant and Brewery, 700 N. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
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The restaurant provides appetizers so it would be nice if you purchased a drink. There will not be a speaker and this event is open to all. Come meet a growing group of individuals willing to share their expertise, their successes, and their challenges, all in an effort to connect and help others. We meet in the side room off the bar.
Mark Your Calendars – Upcoming Chicagoland Business Events
Monday, June 14th, 2010
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Brown Bag Lunch – Linked Local Schaumburg
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Creative Disruptions: What the best companies want from their managers/executives.
Gordon Miller & Michele Rempel
5:30pm to 8:00pm
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Brown Bag Lunch – Linked Local Gurnee
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Are Issues Related to Family Caregiving Affecting Your Bottom Line?
Time: 7:30am to 9:30am
Location: Romano's Macaroni Grill – 2575 W Higgins Rd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
Admission: $5
Registration: call 847-781-9100, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, or register online at: www.hechamber.com.
Author and Elder Care Expert Sue Salach shares an informative look at how issues related to employee caregiving are costing companies in the United States billions of dollars annually in lost productivity. Salach will equip participants with useful tools and resources needed to assist this growing demographic of their workforce.
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Enjoy a Night of Networking and Baseball:
Linked Local Network meets the Schaumburg Flyers
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Linked N Chicago (LiNC)
Hope you're having a wonderful 2010 so far, Linked N Chicago (LiNC) recently celebrated a 3 year Anniversary at the 33 Club. Our next event will be June 23rd @ Crescendo Restaurant starting at 6pm www.clubcrescendo.com 222 West Ontario Street. Looking forward to seeing you there and invite your friends.


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Edelman v. California
Annotate this Case
- Syllabus
- Case
U.S. Supreme Court
Edelman v. California, 344 U.S. 357 (1953)
Edelman v. California
No. 85
Argued November 19, 1952
Decided January 12, 1953
Certiorari to review petitioner's state court conviction under a California vagrancy statute was improvidently granted, and the writ is dismissed. Pp. 358-362.
1. The claim that his conviction violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because the statute was vague and uncertain, is not properly before this Court when the conviction was affirmed below by default in accordance with state law. Pp. 344 U. S. 358-359.
2. The claim that his rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment were infringed by discriminatory enforcement of the vagrancy statute was disposed of on state procedural grounds, and cannot be considered here. P. 344 U. S. 359.
3. Denial of his motion to recall the remittitur and vacate the judgment of the appellate court rested on an adequate state ground, and the claim that this denial deprived him of a hearing in the appellate court contrary to the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment cannot be considered here. Pp. 344 U. S. 359-362.
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Cub Scouts on Fox Island, WA
Pack 27 celebrates their 3 year anniversary on October 21, 2014
Why Cub Scouting?
Find out more about Cub Scouting on Fox Island
What do Cub Scouts Do?
Find out more about Cub Scouting on Fox Island
Snow Tubing
Pinewood Derby Racing
Pack 27 Cub Scouts participated in a Pinewood Derby.
Cubmobile races, pinewood derbies, bike riding, swimming, field trips, summer camp, canoeing, camping and more, are all part of the things that Cub Scouts do.
The Cub Scout program serves boys in the 1st through 5th grade, in a multi-year program that teaches our youth good citizenship, responsibility, conservation, outdoor skills, family involvement and the value of achievement, but most of all we have FUN!.
Campfire memories at Camp Ramblewood
Community Service
Bear Cub Scouts from Fox Island planted the Christmas tree
and built bird houses for the Fox Island Nature Center.
Wolf Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts from Fox Island perform the
annual Memorial Day Flag Ceremony for the Fox Island Historical Society.
Sleeping in Submarines and Battleships!
Find out more about Cub Scouting on Fox Island
How To Join?
Pack 27 meets on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at the Nichols Community Center, 690 9th Ave, Fox Island. Contact John Ohlson at 253-380-4100 or email us for more information.


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DJJ's site navigation page
We start our discussion of aperture antennas by imagining a perfectly opaque plane sheet of absorber with an arbitrarily shaped hole cut in it. This is illuminated from the back side by a plane electromagnetic wave at normal incidence (ie travelling at right angles to the plane of the absorber).
The part of the wave passing through the hole in the absorbing sheet travels on, having been diffracted at the edges of the hole, and as we follow it further on its travels, it spreads out to form a "far field radiation pattern" of a "uniformly illuminated aperture antenna" having the shape of the hole.
If we consider a circular aperture of diameter D, then much of the energy passing through the aperture is diffracted through an angle of the order alpha = lambda/D radians from its original propagation direction. When we have travelled a distance R from the aperture, about half of the energy passing through the opening will have left the cylinder made by the geometric shadow if D/R = alpha. Putting these formulae together, we see that the majority of the propagating energy in the "far field region" at a distance greater than the Rayleigh distance 2D^2/lambda will be diffracted energy. In this region then, the polar radiation pattern consists of diffracted energy only, and the angular distribution of propagating energy will then no longer depend on the distance from the aperture.
We recall that the definition of a "plane wave" is that the wave has the same instantaneous electric and magnetic field values (size and directions) everywhere on any plane taken at right angles to the direction of propagation. If you like, the illumination across the aperture has the same amplitude and phase angle everywhere within the aperture.
There is a simple generalisation of "uniform plane wave illumination" whereby the wave incident on the back side of the aperture starts from a point, from which it expands spherically. Clearly the amplitude and/or phase of the illumination will not now be constant across the plane aperture. Such an expanding wave is said to have originated from a "phase centre". The number of wavelengths from any point on a spherical shell centred on this "phase centre" to the phase centre does not depend on the position we have chosen for the original point on the shell.
Clearly a phase centre can exist where the illumination amplitude in different directions has different values. We can also envisage a line source instead of a point source as a "phase centre". In some ways, the concept of a phase centre is rather artificial as all radiation has to originate from an oscillating current source which is necessarily spatially extended. Also, as we have seen elsewhere in these notes, there is no such thing as an "isotropic radiator" for which the radiation is uniform in all directions on the sphere.
Suppose the aperture is illuminated by a converging wave, rather than a diverging or plane wave. Then on the far side of the aperture there may be regions of greatly enhanced field strength known as "caustics" or "cusps". Such patterns are observed, for example, at the bottom of a swimming pool illuminated by sunlight refracted through the surface waves on the pool. In this discussion we do not consider caustics and cusps further; mathematically the phase of a wave can be discontinuous on propagation through such a feature.
In the most general case, the illumination of our (arbitrarily shaped) aperture has to be specified by giving the amplitude and phase of the illuminating wave everywhere within the aperture. We of course assume the amplitude is zero everywhere outside the aperture, on the plane of the aperture. There are continuity constraints imposed by the radiation physics on the possible distributions we can realise across the aperture.
Given an aperture in the x-y plane, of arbitrary shape, we can take the spatial Fourier transform (in 2 dimensions) to get the Kx and Ky components of the Fourier transformed function with angular spatial frequency Kx along x and Ky along y. See any standard signal analysis textbook for the mathematical details.
The direction normal to the aperture plane is clearly along the z axis. The magnitude of the propagation wave-vector (let us call this K) can be written |K| = sqrt[Kx^2+Ky^2+Kz^2] and of course the value of |K| is just (2 pi)/lambda where lambda is the free space wavelength.
Thus, if we choose a spatial direction [Kx,Ky,Kz]/|K| the amplitude of the radiated field strength is determined by the size of the Fourier coefficient for Kx,Ky. Thus, in this sense, the far field radiation pattern is determined completely by the Fourier transform of the field distribution across the aperture.
Apart from the fact that the Fourier transforms are in 2 dimensions rather than 1 dimension, we see that the design of aperture antennas (shape of aperture and illumination profile) has much in common with the design of electronic filters in the time-frequency domains; certainly this is true so far as the mathematics is concerned.
For the case of uniformly illuminated apertures of arbitrary shape, a very good idea of the far field patterns can be obtained by photographing the diffraction of a laser beam by a similarly shaped aperture, suitably scaled in wavelength.
Here is a circular aperture in an opaque screen
For illustration, here is a triangular aperture with an internal blocking triangle. We note the extent of the sidelobes, and the symmetry of the far field pattern.
Suppose the phase of the illumination is constant across the aperture. Then, apart from an arbitrary constant phase factor (which can always be removed by redefining the origin of time) the illumination can be represented completely by a real function of x and y. The Fourier Transform is then an even function of Kx and Ky, that is, there is no difference if we replace Kx by -Kx or Ky by -Ky. That means that the far field radiation pattern of an arbitrary shaped aperture has the symmetry of the aperture plus inversion symmetry. For example, a triangular aperture has a hexagonal radiation pattern with six-fold rotational symmetry about boresight, even though the original aperture has only three-fold rotational symmetry about boresight.
To remove this symmetry it is necessary to have phase taper across the aperture. It is easy to see why this works, for a uniform phase taper from one side to the other can be realised by illuminating the aperture with a plane wave which is not at right angles to the plane of the aperture. In this case, boresight is tilted to lie along the direction of the travel of the illuminating plane wave.
Now we have an insight into electronic beam steering. Just as we can steer the beam of a phased array antenna by shifting the phase of the drive between successive elements, so we can steer the beam of an aperture antenna by using appropriate phase taper across the aperture.
The principles of array antenna design using pattern multiplication of element and array patterns can be used to design and analyse arrays of apertures. Here we assume the apertures are all the same shape and size, and are orientated in the same direction in the x-y plane. However, the Fourier Transform method works directly with the whole array, regarded as separated sections of the same aperture. There is a somewhat arbitrary distinction between what are called "grating nulls" and "aperture nulls". The nulls of an array of isotropes centred on the individual elements of the aperture array are called "grating nulls", whereas the nulls due to the diffraction pattern of an individual aperture are called "aperture nulls".
One gets into some possibility of confusion with arrays of differently spaced, sized and orientated apertures. It is of course always possible to construct a similar "grating" of isotropes, suitably weighted for the sizes and strengths of the aperture illumination, but the process of pattern multiplication no longer is applicable and so the advantage of the array formulation is lost.
Suppose we consider a circular aperture having diameter 2a, with radius from the centre r (r less than a). Then if the amplitude distribution across the aperture is of the form exp[-(r/pa)^2] where p is some numerical constant, then within the aperture, the amplitude distribution is Gaussian. It is truncated at the rim of the aperture; but since the Fourier Transform of an un-truncated Gaussian is also a Gaussian we may expect that such an aperture antenna has no (or minimal) sidelobes. This gives an insight into the process known as apodisation or "edge taper"; by reducing the illumination intensity towards the perimeter of the aperture we have a commonly used method for suppressing sidelobes. The trade-off here is that the main beam becomes wider, since the effective diameter of the aperture is somewhat less.
In wave optics there is a principle that apertures and obstacles have similar diffraction properties. This is called "Babinet's Principle". Clearly we can regard a plane diffractor having absorption for x<0 and non-obstruction for x>0 as either a half-plane aperture or a half-plane blockage. Viewed either way, the diffraction pattern is the same.
Suppose we have an aperture antenna with an obstacle within the aperture. Such an obstacle might be a horn feed, or the support struts of a sub-reflector, or the sub-reflector itself. Such an obstacle will generate a diffraction pattern, which, since the obstacle is necessarily smaller than the aperture in which it is located, extends over a wider range of angles than the original beam.
As an example of the far field patterns produced by blockage, consider the ring antenna shown in the figure here
A common method of avoiding blockage in a reflector aperture antenna fed from the front is to offset the feed so that the radiation reflected misses the feed on its way out into space. Of course, this makes the profile design of the antenna more difficult. The effect of offsetting the feed is to put a uniform phase taper across the reflector dish.
Clearly then, if we construct a plane reflector antenna the reflected wave will also be plane apart from the diffraction effects providing the incident illumination is in the form of a plane wave. However, in practice the illumination is supplied by some kind of horn feed or dipole feed, which generates an expanding wavefront. If we regard the radiation from the feed as expanding spherically from a point or focus, then the ideal profile for a reflector aperture antenna is parabolic.
There may be profile errors in constructing a parabolic dish reflector. It is possible to apply some fairly advanced mathematics to relate the r.m.s. profile errors to the performance parameters of the antenna (gain, beamwidth, sidelobes performance).
In practice a horn or dipole feed does not act precisely like a point source, and so it may be necessary to adjust the profile of the reflector to compensate for this.
It is also possible to construct a multiple-patch antenna, with patches having differing sizes and resonant frequencies. The phase shifts on reflection from the different sizes of patch will be different. Thus it is in principle possible to construct a reflector antenna on a flat or plane surface, which has a phase profile approximating a parabolic reflector. Such antennas are much cheaper to mass-produce. Again, they may be designed for an offset-feed arrangement to avoid the blockage problems. Malibu Research at the URL http://maliburesearch.com/ have patents in this area. This site has some nice pictures and diagrams of various antenna arrangements.
For circular apertures which have diameter much smaller than a wavelength, the radiation coupled through is proportional to the sixth power of the radius. Thus for a small hole in a conducting screen, halving the hole diameter will reduce the coupled energy by a factor 64. This is why you can make a good punctured screen for a microwave oven, through which you can see the contents. The reference to the theory is
H.H.Bethe, "Theory of diffraction by small holes" Physical Review volume 66 pages 163-182, 1944
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Will Castle and Beckett finally be getting married in the season 6 finale of "Castle" airing Monday, May 12 on ABC? Hopefully the answer is yes, and they both will say, "I do."
Their wedding won't happen without some roadblocks though, as has been previewed for this episode called, "For Better or Worse." The major stumbling block…Kate is already married. (See the preview here.)
SpoilerTV shared three sneak peek clips from "For Better or Worse." In the first clip, Kate is shocked to find out she's married when her and Castle go to get their marriage license. In the second clip, Beckett confronts her ex-boyfriend with the news of their marriage, and asks for a divorce, but he tells her, she's going to have to do something for him first. Finally, in the third clip, Beckett is engaged in some wedding talk with Ryan, Esposito and Captain Gates. Castle also makes an "I do" joke. (Don't forget to click on each link to see the sneak peek clips.)
The synopsis for this episode, as provided in a press release, by ABC: "Castle and Beckett's long-awaited wedding is almost here, but when a shocking surprise threatens to ruin the big day, they are sent on a wild mission filled with masked men, angry bikers and a charming ne'er-do-well from Beckett's past (guest star Eddie McClintock, "Warehouse 13")."
In exciting news, even though "Castle" season 6 may be coming to an end, "Castle" has been renewed, as expected, for a seventh season. Here's hoping, Richard Castle and Detective Kate Beckett will be fighting crime together as a married couple next season.
"Castle" stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, Penny Johnson Jerald as NYPD Captain Victoria Gates, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, and Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan.
"Castle" airs Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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Drug safety regulators with the Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning about the popular diabetes drug Actos after extensive research linked the drug to an increased risk of bladder cancer.
The warning comes as a shock to millions of Americans who take the drug for type II diabetes, especially those who switched from the controversial drug Avandia in recent years thinking Actos would be a safer alternative. If you have been affected by these severe side effects, however, lawyers can file a Michigan Actos Lawsuit to help.
Actos has been on the market since 1999 and is the most popular drug in the world for the treatment of type II diabetes. The FDA estimates that approximately 2 million people in the United States alone took it in 2010.
For years, researchers in the United States in France studied more than 185,000 patients taking Actos compared to diabetics not taking the drug. They recently released findings showing that taking high doses of Actos for more than a year can increase the risk of bladder cancer by as much as 40%.
Because of the spread of diabetes in recent decades and the popularity of Actos, experts fear that millions of patients may be affected. Legal help is available to those who have taken the drug and been diagnosed with bladder cancer.
If you took Actos and have been diagnosed with bladder cancer, it is important to lean your rights for a Michigan Actos Lawsuit. You may be entitled to a substantial recovery to help you and your family fight this disease. Contact us today.
Drug safety agencies in Germany and France recently announced that they were banning all new prescriptions of Actos based on research linking the drug to bladder cancer. In the United States and the rest of Europe, however, it remains on the market for now pending further research.
The U.S. FDA has ordered the maker of Actos, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, to add warnings about bladder cancer to its label. Anyone currently taking the drug should speak with their doctor to find out if there is a safer alternative. If you have been diagnosed, learn about your options for a Michigan Actos Lawsuit today.
Nobody should file a lawsuit unless they can show that a company made a defective product that caused them injury. However, the evidence linking Actos to bladder cancer is clear. A lawyer can also explain how Takeda Pharmaceuticals may have known of the risks of Actos, but has continued earning billions of dollars selling it regardless.
Although the evidence continues to mount showing Actos has serious health risks such as bladder cancer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals has stated they believe the drug has positive results. This comes as little surprise since Actos is their top-selling drug and earned the company $3.4 billion in 2010 alone.
Bladder cancer is a very severe and potentially fatal disease which attacks the lining of the bladder. Almost 70,000 people are diagnosed each year in the United States and almost 15,000 people die from the disease. However, bladder cancer can be treated effectively if it is detected early.
Therefore, it is very important to check for early symptoms of bladder cancer, which include blood in the urine, discolored urine, frequent or painful urination, and pain in the back or abdomen.
Fighting bladder cancer can take years of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, vaccines and immunotherapy. You and your family should not be burdened by the medical costs, pain, suffering and loss of earnings that come from this simply because of the negligence of a large drug company.
Lawyers with the Actos Litigation Group are currently investigating claims to file lawsuits on behalf of those injured by the side effects of this drug. These same lawyers are available to answer your questions about a Michigan Actos Lawsuit today.
Every lawsuit has an expiration period, or Statute of Limitations, on the amount of time you have to file. Each case also has a different value based on your unique situation. Only a qualified lawyer can explain the value of your lawsuit and how much time you have to take action before your legal rights expire.
Lawsuits for drug injuries such as bladder cancer are complex legal matters which require substantial legal experience, a thorough investigation of medical records, testimony by top medical experts, and significant resources to fight large drug companies that don't want to admit they are at fault.
Before you choose a lawyer to help with your case, ask them if they are qualified to handle this type of lawsuit, whether they have experience fighting large drug companies and whether they have the resources necessary to continue fighting your case as long as it takes to recover.
At ActosCenter, we work with only the top drug injury lawyers and law firms in the United States to make sure your case is handled properly.
If you have been diagnosed with bladder cancer after taking Actos, contact us today for a confidential evaluation of your case. We are available 24 hours a day to answer your questions and discuss your legal options.


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1. Cyclone ZOE
It may not be a pleasant flight for people flying to Tikopia Island, a small isolated island in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, just after the strike of the tropical cyclone Zoe, which was one of the most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded in that area. Based on meteorological satellite images, the local meteorological agency estimated its intensity to be the strongest class with maximum wind exceeding 80 meters per second. These figures remind us of the worst case -- the island was totally demolished by devastating wind, and washed away by a series of huge storm surges. The press people, who were then flying to the island for studying the extent of the disaster, were afraid that they would see a number of casualties in the island. But, to their surprise, they discovered that the islanders had no casualties because of the killer storm, thanks to their appropriate decision making. That is, all the people in the island decided to evacuate into a cave in the center of the island, where they knew is the safest place in the island. This decision making saved the lives of islanders. Their decision making sounds even more miracle when we realize that this tropical cyclone has shown a so-called "rapid deepening," the unexpected intensification of the tropical cyclone in a short period of time. Unexpectedly rapid intensification often leads to severe disasters, because people are attacked by tropical cyclones before their preparedness reaches the level of tropical cyclones after intensification. Fortunatelly, the islanders could collect necessary information and they also knew where they were safe.
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Images below are observed by the Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite GMS-5, its infrared sensor (IR1), and visible sensor (VIS). The center of the image is fixed to Tikopia Is. (S12.1, E168.5), Solomon Islands. The time zone is UTC. The maximum sustained wind (knots) in parentheses shows the analysis by Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
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Judging by the cover art for Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" and the lyrics to the same, she's nostalgic for one of two things: that year or so last decade where everyone from P!nk and Gwen Stefani on was sporting pink hair (jeez, Katy, haven't you heard the nostalgia cycle's still in the '90s?), or that time she was on the cover of InStyle with the hair color. She's staring into space, so you know she's pensive; she's doing so with lips parted, because she's Katy Perry. Pay careful attention to this stare, though. It is the stare that signals Katy's thoughts of breaking Michael Jackson's reign of No. 1 singles off Bad. (We know it's a bad coincidence of timing.)
There's also a radio edit, which sounds mostly the same as the original: big thumping Max Martin/Dr. Luke beats with a melody attached. It's worked for all the other Teenage Dream tracks, not to mention about half the charts; why not?


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Someone in Chrysler must care, or perhaps it was just a stroke of good fortune that the Compass is still in the Jeep lineup. When the Compass first appeared in 2007, it was slow, noisy, handled badly and had cheap-looking plastic trim inside. Worse yet, Compass struggled to deliver its 30-mpg EPA highway fuel-economy rating.
Since then, much has been done to make Compass a legitimate compact crossover competitor. The interior of the 2014 Jeep Compass includes soft-touch materials on the door trim, a comfortable center armrest and a steering wheel that provides decent feel and grip. Other details include a Uconnect media center with iPod interface, available Sirius satellite radio and navigation, illuminated cup holders, liftgate speakers and fold-flat rear seats. The end result is reasonably attractice ,but pricing for a well-equipped Compass can easily climb into the $30,000 range.
The 2014 Jeep Compass is available in three trim levels: Sport, Latitude and Limited. New interior trim options like the Saddle Brown perforated leather seating with accent stitching. in the Compass Limited model: The Latitude model includes a new sport mesh and vinyl seat with light gray accent stitching, and the Light Pebble Beige trim features a new Tangerine accent stitch on the seats. In addition, the armrests and center console lid are now wrapped in vinyl and the instrument cluster overlay graphics have been updated. New satin chrome finish adorns the center bezel, shifter bezel and pull cups and a new bin applique with badge round out the interior design upgrades
Of the two available engines, your choice is limited by trim level. A 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine produces 158 horsepower and 141 pound-feet of torque or a 2.4-liter four-cylinder produces 172 hp and 165 lb-ft of torque. This engine is standard on all-wheel-drive models and all Compass Limited models.
In addition to standard front-wheel-drive, Compass is available with Freedom Drive I and Freedom Drive II Off-road Packages. Jeep Freedom Drive I is a full-time, active four-wheel-drive system with a lockable center coupling, giving you the ability to put the Jeep Compass in four-wheel-drive lock mode to handle deep snow, sand and other low-traction surfaces.
The Jeep Freedom Drive II 4x4 Off-road Package is a four-wheel-drive system that includes a second-generation continuously variable transaxle with low range that engages when the off-road mode is activated.
A five-speed manual transmission is standard for the Sport, while the Latitude and Limited get a new six-speed automatic as standard. The EPA estimates fuel economy for the 2.0-liter engine with front-wheel drive and the automatic to be 21 mpg city/28 mpg highway and 24 mpg combined. Sticking with the manual boosts these numbers a bit to 23/30/26.
The Freedom Drive II Group has a better 4WD system with low-range gearing and hill-descent control. It's available only with the 2.4-liter engine, but you also have to get the CVT with its poor 20/23/21 fuel economy.
The Freedom Drive II Off-Road group can be added to all four-wheel-drive trims. It includes 17-inch wheels with all-terrain tires, tow hooks, an off-road driving mode, an engine oil cooler, underbody skid plates, a full-size spare tire, hill-descent control, hill-start assist and a height-adjustable driver seat for the Sport trim.
Standard Compass features include air conditioning, power windows, power locks, power/heated exterior mirrors, keyless entry, fog lamps, cruise control, illuminated cup holders, a removable/rechargeable light, outside temperature display, electronic stability control, front driver and passenger active head restraints, electronic roll mitigation, Hill-start Assist, front-seat-mounted side air bags, anti-lock disc brakes, 60/40 fold-flat rear seat and sunscreen glass.
Uconnect media center with iPod interface, SiriusXM Radio, navigation with SiriusXM Travel Link a power sunroof, a premium audio system with nine Boston Acoustic speakers, illuminated cup holders, liftgate speakers and fold-flat rear seats are some of the available features that make the Compass an enjoyable compact SUV.
For 2014, the Jeep Compass continues to offer an All-weather Capability Group option which includes Goodyear 17-inch all-terrain tires, all-season floor mats, daytime running headlamps, engine block heater and tow hooks, making the Compass a capable compact SUV off-road in all weather conditions.
But like most other small crossovers, the Jeep Compass is mainly intended to give you enough traction and ground clearance to get to work after a snowstorm. The Compass does have quite a bit more all-terrain capability than most other compact crossover SUVs, but that requires the addition of several extra cost options.
To be sure, you can't expect your new Compass to go rock-crawling or boulder hopping. There's just not enough ground clearance, but you'll be pleasantly surprised with the capabilities of the Compass when equipped to deal with slick surfaces and really bad weather.
Jeep Compass prices start at $18,595.


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15 Pounds Gone!!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
After getting on the scale this morning I am now 15 pounds lighter!!
I thought I would be a bit more excited, but sadly I'm not... 15 pounds seems like a lot to me, yet my clothes are still fitting the same, so I'm feeling a bit discouraged but I know I shouldn't be. Looking at the big picture 15 pounds is only a 7% loss, but it's 30% of the weight that I want to lose so, 15 pounds is a great accomplishment and I should be proud!
Over the past couple of months I have been more "in tune" to what I eat and 2 weeks ago I added a good amount of exercise, so I feel like I've only been working hard to lose the weight for 2 weeks. In the past 4 years wanting to lose weight but instead gaining more, I have only been motivated to stick to a routine of working out for 2 weeks, and then I get bored.... Looking back at my spark streaks I once did at least 90 minutes of fitness for 3 weeks straight. I'm praying that I stay motivated!! I still have a long journey ahead of me.
I do feel that this time is different though because I started by just changing my eating habits and making sure that I only got 240 fitness minutes in a month. In the past I tried to change everything at once and kept falling on my face. I feel that if I can stick to it for the month of October I will have formed better habits and it will be easier to stick to it!!
My first goal was to be 185 by October 27th and with today's weigh in at 186 I am ahead of my original plan, which is wonderful! I said when I reach 180 I would treat myself to a haircut so a couple more weeks to go and I should be there! I set this reward on January 1st but like usual had given up on the weight loss and gained 3 lbs, but I haven't allowed myself to get a haircut so I am LONG overdue!! I've stuck with the skinny jeans challenge and have successfully completed everyday so far, so I am proud of that. After I complete that challenge I am going to try the 30 day boot camp challenge again. I think the first time I tried I didn't even complete the first week. I am feeling stronger!
I have been using my stationary bike six days a week as my cardio and I know that I need to mix it up a bit but I feel so comfortable there. I have a treadmill and want to start a program like Couch to 5k again, but I'm honestly being lazy... I've been using Jillian Michael's "No More Trouble Zones" for my strength training every other day, but only a few circuits at a time. Yesterday I did 4 circuits in a row which is the most I have ever done so I am making progress. My goal is to be able to do all of the circuits at 1 time. I'm aiming to reach that goal by Thanksgiving!
This weeks Stats:
Start Weight: 201 (198.2 For the Week)
End Weight: 186 (-2.2 for the week)
Total Pounds Lost: 15
Total Calories: 9,930
Average Daily Calories: 1419
Total Fitness: 428 Minutes
Average Daily Fitness: 71 Minutes (6 days a week)
Total Calories Burned: 4060
Average Calories Burned: 677
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You are doing so great, but you might be burning yourself out on the workout. If you cut down just a little each day, you may find that you have more energy to keep going and your muscles may burn more calories as they are not fatigued. It didn't make sense to me at first, but the more I read and did, it began clicking. Good luck to you.
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You are doing so great!
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Congrats on your loss! It's good you are aware to make small changes since you know you get overwhelmed. It's also good that you know you need to change up your exercise routine, but I think for now just doing the exercising every day is better to focus on - make it a habit. Then once it seems more like a habit you can change it up. I don't know exactly how much you need to lose but I have heard people who have 50 lbs or more to lose say they get scared & give up b/c they don't recognize themselves anymore. Not sure if that applies to you, but remember you are you no matter what you look like. I had people tell me I was getting too skinny and someone else asked me if I had been sick. The problem was these people were used to seeing me overweight & not at a normal, healthy weight. Also, you don't have to get down to a "skinny" weight. Try to be healthy and active and you'll find the weight that feels right for you. I hope you can stick with it this time. I know it can be hard and life does tend to get in the way. Work on getting to your haircut goal so you & your hair will look great for the holiday season. Plus if you're like me and love to eat during the holidays, having people say how great your hair looks will remind you how hard you worked to get it and may just keep you from that extra helping of pie.
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