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I'm Not A Superhero, You Know
Monday, December 10, 2012
Here's a topic that we haven't covered in a little while. Seeing as I have had so many new SparkFriends jump on my blog bandwagon lately, I thought it important to repeat this message for them. For you longtimers...it's always a good reminder.
It would be great if I was some exercise superhero who always did everything perfectly and had an undying fire for training, which I could use to spread motivation to the masses. Perhaps some of you see me that way...who knows?
The truth is...and it's important for everyone to know...I'm just some girl in Indiana who decided to take control of her life and change things. Do you think I started this journey wanting to be a triathlete? HAHAHA! NO!
I started by running for 10 seconds. Doing C25K. Running a little more. Deciding to build in some consistency and make sure I do my runs 3 times a week. Then, signing up for races. When injury came (as it always will for any serious runner...another little lesson I learned), I watched a YouTube video on swimming. I don't know about you, but I'm not seeing a fitness titan anywhere in here yet.
Got in the pool, copied the YouTube video. Did it over and over and over and over and over and over again...the entire month of August. Got on my bike and shakily road 2 miles - first time in 20 years on a bike. Scary as hell. Too scared to turn...had to stop the bike, manually turn the entire thing, then keep pedaling on the straightaways. But....kept riding. Again and again. And, admittedly, not as much as I've run and swim. Still my weakest discipline. Work in progress.
When you see me post blogs about a breakthrough mile swim or finishing my first half marathon, those are huge victories for me. Yes...they deserve to be celebrated because I've worked hard to achieve those things. But...also keep in mind that I'm still very overweight. I still have quite a lot of work to do. I have built a LOT of endurance in the 7-8 months I've been seriously training, but I have so far to go.
None of us is perfect. But, when it comes to self-motivation...I can tell you with full honesty that I've got that one in the bag. And the key is this: just keep doing what you're doing. And don't stop. That's it.
Last night was an awful night, guys. My sleep was not good. Emotional upheaval all around me. I woke up later than I wanted to and I did NOT want to do anything. This is nothing new. This happened to me quite frequently in the spring and summer when I was scheduled for morning training runs. If you remember, I still did them. And, likewise, today...I got my butt out of bed and I went to the Y and got in that pool.
When I run, I can tell you now that even though I've finished a half marathon, I absolutely question everything I love about running EVERY SINGLE TIME I run...for the first two miles. It takes TWO MILES for me to even WANT to be running. You have to hang in there. You have to get past that first bit of pain.
With swimming, and particularly this morning, even though it is my sanctuary, my heaven on earth...I still sometimes just don't want to do it. This is where consistency in training is so key. On the days like today when my thoughts are dark and I'm not loving being in the pool...my body does what it knows to do...automatically. On these days, it takes at least 20 lengths of the pool for me to even have a small fraction of a desire to be in the water. TWENTY LENGTHS!
What I'm saying is...do what you have to do. Get through the crappy workouts, even if it feels like a waste of time. You'll always be glad you did. I promise.
And, in the end...the ultimate goal (whatever that may be for you....for me, it's certain special races that I can only dream of doing somdeday at this point) will make all of these mundane training days worth it.
People ask me how I stick to my training schedule. That's it. I plan things out ahead of time (at hours I know I'll be available to work out....almost always when my kids are still sleeping) and...I just do it. Again and again and again.
It's not always exciting. It's not glamorous. It's not even fun sometimes. Sometimes it sucks. And that's reality, folks.
You either want it or you don't.
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You are right about ti being worth it!!
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For me a superhero is someone who does keep doing it, even when they don't feel like it. It isn't about the distance, the time, the winning - it is about the doing. I think of myself as a superhero, too, because I keep getting up and doing it everyday - and by it, I don't mean the exercising, per say. "It" can mean getting up and going to work, taking care of your kids, being real, even when you don't feel like it.
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And that's the secret! I fully agree.
(Just sucks for those who want a quick fix...)
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Thanks for such a great reminder - with your commitment - you ARE a superhero!! You have all the right ingredients and the right attitude to be anything you want to be! Awesome!
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Couldn't have said it better! Thanks for another great post!
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Thank you for your honesty, but you seem to be doing amazingly well!
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It's taken three years to construct, but the Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf has taken shape.
Thursday was another milestone as hundreds showed up to help dedicate the new 25,000 square foot facility.
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The Sacred Heart name has a special meaning for J.V. Gander. Twenty-five years ago, his two grandsons were born premature in Panama City and weren't expected to make it. They had to be taken to Sacred Heart in Pensacola.
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My fellow White Christian Americans,
In the sinful country of Ireland, Homogays support the illegal racing of faggish donkeys. They place enormous bets financed by their sinful jobs such as the Irish Satanic Porn (ISP)industry. This heathen country should follow the fine example our fellow Americans are setting and follow our Lord into the paradise our country has become, free from the homogay agenda and black savages.
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Jazz.com's arnold jay smith contributes these reminisces on celebrated producer Teo Macero, who passed away last week.T.G.
Jazz history tells us of many surprising, prophetic discoveries. We have Louis Armstrong "dropping" his music and scat was born; Hank Crawford "delayed" en route to a CTI recording session and an untested future star Grover Washington, Jr. steps in instead; Wes Montgomery, who could not read music, intimidated by an in-studio string session, so multi-tracking is invented; and Miles Davis getting sick all over a Columbia Records studio while his very cool producer, Teo Macero, takes the band's work and makes a double LP, with some tape and a razor blade.
Macero, who died last Tuesday at 82 on Long Island, NY, did not limit his career to Miles, it just feels that way. Nor did he flay away Sweeny Todd-like exclusively in the electric Milesian era. Most accounts gloss over his accomplishments for other performers.
Johnny Mathis was a school teacher who was also an aspiring Olympic track star. On the day he was supposed to go for official and final tryouts, his manager called with the opportunity of a lifetime. It seems that a saxophonist-turned-producer had heard the young Mathis in a jazz club in Boston and wanted to do some test pressings, on that same fateful day. Mathis told me that story when I mentioned a junior high English teacher of mine who was also a track star. "Yeah, we were supposed to go down there together, "Mathis remembered. "I stood him up." Macero 1; Olympics 0.
Into the session Teo brought some of the established jazz stars of the day. The LP went nowhere and was quietly withdrawn as Mathis and manager felt his diction was imperfect. (They were right.) Macero and jazz out, strings and schmaltz in. Recorded history, and Guinness Book numbers ("All Time Greatest Hits") were in pursuit.
Miles and George Avakian recorded their first LP for Columbia, which could not be released because Miles owed Prestige three LPs. Davis fulfilled his obligation with that first John Coltrane quintet in a marathon studio outing, from which came Relaxin', Workin' and Cookin'. Columbia then released Round About Midnight, but Prestige countered by issuing their projects one at a time. You can't imagine what a boon that was to a certain coterie of very young jazzers. Macero produced most of the rest of Columbia Miles, both acoustic and electric.
The Miles-Macero relationship was among the first in the producer-era from which came such expressions as "we'll fix it in the mix," and "production overkill." On the other hand recording, studio electricity and electronics became art in the hands of Macero. He believed that just because his canvas and brushes did not require fruit or models he was nonetheless creating art. All he needed were the raw materials – the tracks - and long after the musicians left the studio he'd cut and paste, the finished product much like a collage.
Musicians didn't always appreciate his methods, however. There's a telling scene in the movie Straight, No Chaser where Thelonious Monk specifically asks his producer, Macero, to turn on the tape machine while Monk warmed up. Macero disobeyed and Monk was so inconsolable that he would not sit down at the piano until after much cajoling. Monk was right; that take was the best of the day.
To his credit Macero did produce some of Monk's best big band work. From those sessions came a couple of LPs, my favorite title of which is Who's Afraid of Big Band Monk? However, the excessive reverb drove me crazy. Other Macero productions included works by Charles Mingus. Teo certainly liked challenges - both musical and personality-wise.
Teo Macero was an accomplished musician and composer in the European classical tradition, as well as jazz and contemporary music. He even produced and played on a jazz version of the Broadway show Guys and Dolls, of which he was particularly proud. We had been friendly enough for him to send me a complete collection (10 CDs) of his contemporary works, some of which are quite exploratory. He was a guest at one of my Jazz Insights sessions at the New School, during which he offered up details no one had heard to that point, inside stuff about Miles, Columbia, and the industry. He also helped set up an interview during Miles' retirement in 1977 for a children's show about jazz I was to write. Prior to the visit to Miles' Upper West Side town house Teo warned me, "Don't let him take you down to his boxing ring; he will hurt you." Sure enough, Miles did indeed ask and even as he tugged my arm I remained resolute and did not go down those stairs. Thank you, Teo.
Although we negotiated to have him return to Jazz Insights it never came to pass, and that upset him. "You never said 'thank you' for those CDs I sent you (the contemporary music)," he once railed at me in public. "You haven't asked me back to your (expletive) class," at another time. I was near tears each time. But I was consoled by same of his friends, who noted that he was by that time, shall we say, not the Teo Macero of old.
The Teo Macero legacy, of course, will be the Miles razor tapes. He decried the issuance of every burp and hiccup of those "complete" sessions. He claimed that it took away from the art which he crafted, showed all the little pieces prior to their proper placement. To me they show how a genius works, but they do get boring and redundant. Nice packaging, though; I think he was proud of that.
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// Feb 29, 2008 at 11:28 PM
I met Teo a few months ago. What a genuinely gifted and wonderful human being. He will be missed.
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// Jun 12, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Teo was friend, teacher and musical father to me. Many times, after talking about theory where I could swear he was just trying to make my brain burst, he would always tell stories about recording sessions. And then invite to me to work at some. So long Teo. I'll never forget.


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10. Youth Lagoon – "Montana"
We were early champions of the music of Youth Lagoon, and our love of Trevor Powers bedroom-pop project has only grown over the course of 2011. Each song on debut full-length The Year of Hibernation has its own merits, but the sweeping grandeur of "Montana" stands above them all. That closing crescendo is enough to give even the most hardened listener goosebumps; if you're not convinced from a single listen, check out the song's video, our #1 video of the year. -LVL
9. Tyler, the Creator – "Yonkers"/"Sandwitches"
Prior to February 16, 2011, OFWGKTA were virtually unheard of, outside of Pitchfork loyalists and hip hop blog trolls. However, after Tyler and Hodgy's explosive performance of "Sandwitches" on Jimmy Fallon and the "Yonkers" video dropping on Youtube, OFWGKTA climbed the pop-culture ranks in record time. The hype behind GOBLIN, the first official OFWGKTA release, flooded behind the abrasive brilliance of these two songs. While the album failed to deliver on the promise of "Yonkers" and "Sandwitches," these songs still pack more energy and creativity than any other hip hop release this year. -PTL
8. EMA – "Marked"
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7. Chris Thile & Michael Daves – "Cry, Cry Darling"
In a year of hearty experimentalism and genre-shattering releases, it's important to stay grounded. Chris Thile (of Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek) and Michael Daves are our gravity in this heady time. This year's stellar Sleep With One Eye Open is a conversation between old friends, the mandolin and the acoustic guitar. The second track "Cry, Cry Darling" packs buoyant pessimism and desperate hyperbole into three short minutes, while giving plenty of time for show-stopping dual solos. -PTL
6. Balam Acab – "Oh Why"
Despite popular music's focus on lyricism, unadulterated sound retains the power to convey feeling without a single word being uttered. 20-year-old Alec Koone's music as Balam Acab is a reminder of this simple fact: although there are clearly words spoken on "Oh, Why," their meaning (and even their identity) is essentially irrelevant. The song needs no help from the English language to transmit its sentiment. It is a reminder that music is a language all its own. -LVL
5. Frank Ocean – "Thinking About You"/"Swim Good"
On the surface, Frank Ocean couldn't be any more different from his OFWGKTA cohorts, but he is certainly the most likely to enjoy super-stardom. His debut full-length nostalgia, Ultra is a landmark in the R&B resurgence for its candid nature and original use of recycled content. "Swim Good" has Ocean gunning for the sea in his finest black suit and a Lincoln Town Car in order to free himself from the trappings of his past. "Thinking About You" is a R&B tour de force, showcasing Ocean's raw falsetto in this unstoppable, forlorn ballad. Remember this name, and remember where you got it. -PTL
4. Fucked Up – "The Other Shoe"/"Queen Of Hearts"
In this age of pervasive internet snark, doing the unfashionable requires some degree of courage. With that in mind, it's hard to think of anything more unfashionable 78-minute punk opera about love and terrorism in Britain. That's what we got from Fucked Up this year, and, in addition to producing one of the most ambitious records of the year, the band gave us a handful of truly memorable songs. As with many of the entries on this list, there was some editorial disagreement over the best choice, although there was no disagreement about where that choice should fall on the list. So, we give you two tracks from David Comes To Life, the moving prelude "Queen Of Hearts: and the lyrically ominous "The Other Shoe." Self-indulgence never kicked so much ass. -LVL
3. The Weeknd – "What You Need"/"Initiation"
We've written a lot of good things about The Weeknd, and we'll be writing a lot more next week. But for now, if you've yet to be initiated, you'll just have to trust us: this is what you need. -LVL
2.James Blake – "The Wilhelm Scream"/"Enough Thunder"
James Blake's meteoric rise has provoked something of a backlash over the last few months; a a consequence, his excellent EP Enough Thunder fell on deaf ears. Taken along with his debut LP, the EP reveals Blake's enormous range: he traffics comfortably in bass-heavy electronics and concert hall piano. The two songs listed here stand as a perfect encapsulation of that range: the ominous loops of "The Wilhelm Scream" represent Blake at his icy best, while "Enough Thunder" (which this site broke in May) warps the listener in the warmth of Blake's 88 keys and his singular voice. The cynics swarm around success like mosquitos on a hot summer day, but when it comes to Blake, it's hard to blame them: the man has talent coursing through his veins.
1. M83 – Midnight City
When deciding on last year's number one song, our staff engaged in a debate over the merits of two Kanye West tracks, "Runaway" and "Power." Although "Runaway" seems destined for more lasting cultural impact, we ultimately chose "Power" out of a belief that any song worth of a grandiose title like "Song of the Year" ought itself to be shot through with grandiosity. This claim to grandiosity is one that can be made by virtually every song on M83's 2011 masterpiece Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, but none of its 20 tracks can claim loftier aspirations than lead single "Midnight City." From its brash opening synth strains to its audacious sax solo coda, the song lights your mind and body on fire. "Midnight City" is like aural invincibility serum; it will make you believe that you can reach the stars, that you can fly, that you can do the impossible. Now that's what we expect from a Song of the Year. -LVL
The Final List:
50. Antlers – "I Don't Want Love"
49. Destroyer – "Kaputt"
48. White Denim – "No Real Reason"
47. Kurt Vile – "The Creature"
46. I Break Horses – "Winter Beats"
45. Burial – "Street Halo"
44. John Maus – "Hey Moon"
43. The Men – "Bataille"
42. Cults – "Abducted"
41. Liturgy – "Generation"
40. Clams Casino – "I'm God (Instrumental)"
39. Mike G – "Forest Green"
38. Ford & Lopatin – "Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me)"
37. The War On Drugs – "Come To The City"
36. Pusha T feat. Tyler, the Creator – "Trouble On My Mind"
35. E-40 feat. B-Legit – "Drugs"
33. Wilco – "One Sunday Morning"
32. Oneohtrix Point Never – "Replica"
31. Radiohead – "Lotus Flower"
30. Drake – "Marvin's Room"
29. Bon Iver – "Calgary"
28. Mellowhype – "F666 The Police"
27. Pure X – "Dry Ice"
26. Decemberists – "Calamity Song"
25. Ty Segall – "Goodbye Bread"
24. Adele – "Someone Like You"
23. Tom Waits – "Chicago"
22. David Bazan – "Wolves At The Door"
21. Atlas Sound – "Terra Incognita"
20. Shabazz Palaces feat. THEESatisfaction – "Swerve…the reaping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)"
19. Gang Gang Dance – "Adult Goth"
18. St. Vincent – "Strange Mercy"
17. A$AP Rocky – "Purple Swag: Chapter 2″ (feat. Spaceghostpurrp & ASAP Nast)/"Trilla" (feat. ASAP Twelvy & ASAP NAST)
16. Wild Beasts – "Plaything"
15. Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire feat. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, & El-P – "Huzzah! (Remix)"
14. Battles feat. Matias Aguayo – "Ice Cream"
13. Girls – "Vomit"
12. Fleet Foxes – "Helplessness Blues"
11. Gil Scott Heron & Jaime xx – "My Cloud"
10. Youth Lagoon – "Montana"
9. Tyler, the Creator – "Yonkers"/"Sandwitches"
8. EMA – "Marked"
7. Chris Thile & Michael Daves – "Cry, Cry Darling"
6. Balam Acab – "Oh, Why"
5. Frank Ocean – "Thinking About You"/"Swim Good"
4. Fucked Up – "Queen Of Hearts"/"The Other Shoe"
3. The Weeknd – "What You Need"/"Initiation"
2. James Blake – "The Wilhelm Scream"/"Enough Thunder"
1. M83 – "Midnight City"
Be sure to check in next week for our Best 50 Albums of 2011 countdown.


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Lu Wins BC Amateur in Five-Hole Playoff
If it were up to Mike Belle, the 2014 British Columbia Men's Amateur Championship would have been determined in less holes, not extra holes. The 22-year-old Burnaby native held the lead, whether shared or outright, throughout all four days of … Continue reading
Sloan Wins on Web.Com; Americans Take Over CanTour
This weekend was particularly busy for the Canadian golf scene as two of North America's top feeder schools shared the limelight. The PGA Tour Canada event in Saskatoon competed with the Web.Com Tour, which made a rare stop north of … Continue reading
Little Wins 4th B.C. Senior Title; Canadian Women Succeed on Symetra Tour
Jackie Little of Port Alberni won her 4th British Columbia Senior Women's Championship Thursday, with rounds of 78-73-78 at the Vernon Golf Club. Little finished five strokes ahead of 2006 and 2007 champion Holly Horwood (Vancouver), also edging out 2013 … Continue reading
Persons Wins 2nd PGA Tour Canada Stop; Allenby Top Canadian
The PGA Tour Canada moved westward this weekend, stopping at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria for the second of twelve events that will lead players on a cross-country road trip throughout the summer. And for the second straight week it … Continue reading
B.C. Players/Teams Find Success on National Stage; Doell Wins Double
For the second time this spring, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds return home from a division championship with an impressive array of hardware. This time around their success came at Golf Canada's University and College Championship; the only event … Continue reading
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The Vancouver crowd at Point Grey Golf & Country Club this weekend may have been disappointed to see an American flag atop the leaderboard when all was said and done, but hearing Joel Dahmen's story makes it difficult not to … Continue reading
3 B.C. Golfers Advance at U.S. Open Qualifying; Belle Ties NCAA Championship Low-Round
Three British Columbians will be planning trips to Pinehurst for Father's Day weekend. As U.S. Open qualifying events, spanning more than two weeks at courses across the United States, wrapped up this Monday, three local golfers advanced to the second … Continue reading
Amateur Piyapattra Wins Season Opener on Canadian Women's Tour
The first Canadian Women's Tour event of the 2014 season all came down to a single swing at Parksville's Morningstar Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon. Regular stroke play concluded with a crowded leaderboard as Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, BC), Michelle Piyapattra … Continue reading
UBC Teams Win Regional Titles in Washington
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Revered by both Buddhists and Hindus worldwide. It is considered to be a supreme vehicle for gaining spiritual enlightenment.
The Entire Mantra says, "I invoke the Earth Plane, The Astral Plane, The Celestial Plane, The Plane of Spiritual Balance, The Plane of Human Spiritual Knowledge, The Plane of Spiritual Austerites, and The Plane of Ultimate Truth. Oh, great Spiritual Light which is the brilliance of all Divinity, we meditate upon You. Please illumine our minds."
Rishis selected the words of the Gayatri Mantra and arranged them so that they not only convey meaning but also create specific power of righteous wisdom through their utterance. The ideal times for chanting the mantra are three times a day - at dawn, mid-day, and at dusk. These times are known as the three sandhyas - morning, mid-day and evening. The maximum benefit of chanting the mantra is said to be obtained by chanting it 108 times. However, one may chant it for 3, 9, or 18 times when pressed for time. The syllables of the mantra are said to positively affect all the chakras or energy centres in the human body - hence, proper pronunciation and enunciation are very important. In general, Brahmarishi Vishwamitra is credited as the mantra-dhrishta(Mantra was revealed to him) of the Gayatri Mantra.
Gayatri Mantra is devoted to God Savitr. Savitr refers to Sun. Sun here does not imply the sun of our solar system. Rather it implies a Sun of all suns. Sun that is the source of eternal light that provides life, knowledge and enlightenment. Light that can illuminate the soul.
By many Hindus, the Gayatri is seen as a Divine awakening of the mind and soul, and within it a way to reach the most Supreme form of existence, and the way to Union with Brahman. Understanding, and purely loving the essence of the Gayatri Mantra is seen by many to be one, if not the most powerful ways to attain God.
Like all other Mantras of Rigveda, Gayatri Mantra is full of praise for the God or Savitr. The beauty of this mantra is that after praising the God, we have admitted that we do not know any better. We are seeking the knowledge to know Him better.
Why should women not chant Gayatri Mantra [Some warn women shouldn't so use your own discretion]
According to Late Shri T. S. Ramabathrachariar of Mukkur: It is widely believed that some of the Vedic Versus vibrations are so powerful in nature. Once a woman starts chanting these versus regularly, she is likely to lose her female-hood character and get manly tendencies developed in physical appearance . In majority of cases, it might cause hormone disturbances in the body's physical mechanism and disturb their menstrual cycle. In rare cases, a woman who chants these slokhas and versus frequently, even develops masculine character which allows growth of hair in their face & mustache! Imagine, if every woman developed such growth!
It is a fact that to keep women in their natural glory and beauty, the ancient scholars did not allow them to chant or recite these versus. They knew precisely all the effects and side effects of what they did. However, they were allowed to do so once they cross their menopause stage, then the chances of disturbances in their body mechanism were minimal. Also the Gland functional in their body stops, at certain age - any further physical growth is minimal. Certainly it was not for any discriminations but purely on the aforesaid reasons and points.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was the featured speaker at a short campaign stop of the Obama-Biden Heartland Tour 2012 on Monday afternoon near the Belmont County Courthouse.
Strickland, who was joined by Ohio State Sen. Lou Gentile and former Governor's Office of Appalachia colleague Fred Deel, talked about Ohio's economy, the auto industry and jobs.
But primarily, Strickland was on hand to talk up the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
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Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was the featured speaker at a short campaign stop at the Belmont County?Courthouse in support of President Barack?Obama. Strickland is pictured with State Sen.?Lou?Gentile.
"When the president made his acceptance speech, he looked into the camera and said to the people 'I need your vote and I need your help.''' Strickland said in his opening in front of about 40 or so Obama supporters. "And that's our message.
"The fact is, Ohio is the battleground state. I believe it will determine the winner of the presidential election. A poll came out today that has the president up five points. There is a reason for that.
"This president has been good to and for Ohio."
Public Policy Polling's first post-convention poll for Ohio has Obama up five points against Republican presidentail nominee Mitt Romney, 50-45. This is a slight increase from the 48-45 edge for the president in August.
Strickland pointed to Ohio's economic recovery as a sign that Obama's policies are working for the people of the Buckeye state.
"There is some debate as to why Ohio's economy is experiencing an ecoomic comeback," Strickland said. "Ohio's unemployment rate is lower than the national rate, which is unsual for a manufacturing state like Ohio.
"Governor (John) Kasich would like ot take credit for it. But who deserves the credit is Barack Obama and Joe Biden."
Strickland cited the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as well as the government bailout of the auto industry as two key factors.
The Associated Press released a story Monday detailing a look at a number of economic figures for Ohio and how each category faired during the last four years.
According to the report, here's a look at key shifts in the unemployment rate since 2006.
In Belmont County, the unemployment rate has declined steadily since July 2010, when it was at 8.5 percent, to 6.9 percent in July of 2012.
Nealry $44.4 million was received by Belmont County through the ARRA.
"The auto industry related to 1 in 8 jobs in Ohio," Strickland said. "There have been investments made in Toledo and Youngstown, Cleveland and elsewhere. But the supply chain touches 80 of the 88 counties."
While Strickland didn't touch on the president's coal policies specifically, Gentile did.
Gentile explained this part of Ohio is blessed to have an abundance of coal, oil and gas and that the Obama campaign supports the responsible development of those resources.
"We support those natural resources and so does President Obama," Gentile said. "He believes with the responsible development of oil, gas and coal, we can create sustainable, living wage jobs and that's what he's done."
Figures circulated by the Obama campaign detail that:
These figures are aimed at countering criticism of the campaign that Obama and Biden are out to do in the coal industry.
Romney, during his Aug. visit to the Century Mine outside of Beallsville, touched on that subject.
"He says we're adding jobs in the coal industry. How can you go out and tell things that aren't true," Romney said. "If you don't believe in coal and energy independence, then say it."
Representatives from the Romney campaign reitereated that stance Monday, stating that because of the increased EPA regulations regarding coal-fired power plants, the 'War on Coal' is a reality.
The bus tour contiued on througout Eastern Ohio on Monday, making at stop in Steubenville.
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It was early in the morning when Tom McCormick dropped me off at the aerial port at Travis Air Force Base. It was early in the morning when I arrived in Washington to return the favor.
For the most part, we went to war alone. There was nobody there to say goodbye. We'd said our good byes at home, before individually making our way to the West Coast.
Everyone waiting for that plane was in uniform. Their faces were tense, their voices hushed, and they all looked tired. Many had spent the night on benches in the waiting area.
The transient quarters on base were overcrowded with replacements following the TET offensive. Off base, the motels were second rate, and everyone had to share a room with a stranger, but that was okay. Privacy was a scarce commodity and they were willing to take what little they could get.
Thanks to Tom McCormick, I'd spent a quiet evening with friends.
He and I had been classmates in navigator training at Mather AFB. We didn't have much in common -- he was from Southern California, I was from New York; he had a family, I didn't-- but none of that mattered. Tom was one of those people who always found the common thread that makes a friendship.
When UNT class 67-19 graduated, we went our separate ways. Tom went to electronic warfare school, and then on to Castle AFB for more training, before being assigned to a B-52 crew at Travis AFB. I went to navigator/bombardier school and got assigned to an EB-66 outfit stationed in Takhli, Thailand.
A lot of us from that UNT class were headed for Vietnam. As our port calls started coming in Tom spread the word that he and Carolyn had an extra room, and they wanted each of us to spend the night with them. They didn't think there was any sense in our staying anywhere else. One by one we passed through, used the guest room and went on our way.
Seeing an old buddy again is one of a soldier's few joys. On my last night before going to Vietnam, we talked about old times and old friends. We ate real food around a real table. We watched television and I played on the floor with Tom's infant son. More than anything else, I wasn't alone.
We were supposed to get together when I got back, but it didn't work out like that. That summer, Tom was transferred to Fairchild AFB in Spokane.
On paper, going to the Strategic Air Command was a stateside assignment. In reality SAC's B-52 and KC-135 crews were hardly ever home. As often as not, when they weren't pulling alert for seven days at a clip, they were in South East Asia.
Unlike the other aircraft in Vietnam, the B-52's and KC-135's weren't assigned to PACAF. Throughout the war SAC maintained control of the aircraft and the crews who flew them.
The crews were always assigned TDY, (temporary duty) and they were always rotated home before they could accumulate the 180 consecutive days in the combat zone needed to qualify for a tour in SEA. Officially, they never showed up in the statistics because they were only supposed to be there on a short-term supplemental basis.
The system served two purposes. From a public relations standpoint it reduced the number of men officially in the combat zone, and from an operational standpoint, it enabled SAC to maintain its highly-trained nuclear alert force while conducting bombing and refueling operations in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
For the crews it meant six months in South East Asia six months at home, year in and year out, over and over again. They got combat pay for those missions. But at any time they could get a permanent change of station and be sent to Vietnam for a full year's tour with no credit for the missions they'd flown or the time they'd served in combat.
In March 1969, Tom's crew was deployed TDY to Anderson AFB in Guam, home of the 43rd Strategic Air Wing and the 72nd Strategic Air Wing (Provisional).
The missions out of Guam were exhausting 12 hour long monsters. With a full load of bombs, the BUFF's were so heavy that they could barely make it off the ground. On hot days, it wasn't unusual for a plane to use every inch of the runway on takeoff roll, then skim low over the water before gaining altitude. Every sortie required inflight refueling prior to hitting the target, and many required another inflight refueling on the way back to Guam.
Most of the missions were flown over suspected enemy troop concentrations in the South, but almost every day the B-52's bombed targets, such as near the Mu Gia Pass on the border of North Vietnam and Laos, that were heavily defended with SAM-2 missiles, early warning radar, and other antiaircraft defenses.
At Takhli, we were briefed daily on how many planes had been lost, where they'd gone down and what the status of the crew was. One after another my friends and classmates showed up on that briefing board. Tom's name came up on May 10 1969. His bomb-laden plane had crashed on takeoff from Anderson. Tom and the rest of the crew (Captain Larry I. Broadhead, Master Sergeant Harold B. Deel, 1st Lieutenant Maurice E. Lundy, Captain Russell L. Platt and Major James L. Sipes) were killed.
Like Tom, many of the men I knew who died in the war had been stationed outside Vietnam. Some had been on Guam, others had been in Okinawa, the Philippines or Thailand. When the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1982, I didn't know if their names would be on the wall. I didn't even know if anyone considered us Vietnam Veterans.
That Memorial Day I saw two of their names on television during NBC's coverage of the dedication. Later I read Jan Scruggs' book To Heal A Nation and found that all the names were on The Wall, except Tom's.
His had been the last friendly face I'd seen before I went to Vietnam. No matter how much I felt drawn to go to Washington, I knew that I couldn't visit The Wall if his name wasn't on it.
Four years after the formal dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the names of 95 men who had been killed on combat missions technically outside the war zone, and 13 men who had died of wounds received in Vietnam were added to The Wall on Memorial Day 1986. Tom was on the list. It was time for me to go to Washington.
But when I got to The Wall I found out that because of the ceremony of adding the names, access to The Wall was closed to everyone except the relatives of the 95 men whose names had just been added.
There were some long tables set up along the sidewalk leading up to path that runs down along the West side of The Wall, and there were signs that The Wall was closed due to the ceremony and other sign directing relatives of the 95 men to sign in.
I didn't know what to do. I could hardly breathe. I had waited so long and traveled so far, only to come up short.
Then my lovely wife, Cathy, suggested that I walk up to the table and ask. So that's what I did.
With trepidation, I approached the woman sitting near the end of the table closest to The Wall, and said, "Excuse me. The name of one of my friends was just added to The Wall and I came here today hoping to touch his name and possibly meet his family. Is there any way I can find out if his family is here?
She looked up at me, and waved her right arm toward The Wall, and said, "Go on in."
So I turned and waved to my wife and children and I walked to The Wall for the first time.
I found Tom's name where it had been added to line 101 of panel 24W. It was brighter than the rest.
I reached out and ran my hand over his name. A calmness settled over me, and after all those years I was finally able to relax.
When I turned around, I noticed a man standing at the edge of the path looking at me. For some reason I don't have a picture of Tom, and yet I was able to recognize his brother as he stood there next to The Wall. They looked the same and they had the same build.
So I walked over, extended my hand to him, and said, "You must be Tom's brother. I flew with Tom in the Air Force. Is Carolyn here?"
The look on his face was almost unbelievable.
He said, "Yes." Then he walked me along the entire length of The Wall to the area roped off at the east end of The Wall for the families to gather.
I met Tom's wife again, and I met his son who now towered over me. After eighteen years, I was finally able to say thanks.
Twenty-five year old Air Force Captain Thomas R. McCormick was born on November 14, 1943. He was from Santa Monica, California and graduated from Loyola Marymount University. Tom's name is on Panel 24W - Line 101.


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- If the city would only burn, that his cocksure judgment might for once be mistaken, his calmness for once broken! [9]
- Yet how mistaken was the view to which maternal love and the desire of her heart had led her artist nature! [10]
- This time she was not mistaken, the beat of hoofs echoed on the air, and it came from the north. [10]
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- If I am not mistaken in this, please let them know at once that their appeal is denied. [7]
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Kerry Kinek scored 10 points with nine rebounds in Lehigh's loss at Villanova.
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Sarah Williams scored a team-high 14 points in 28 minutes off the bench, but Lehigh fell 66-49 at Villanova Thursday night in the only contest featuring a Patriot League squad.
The Mountain Hawks (2-4) fell behind 23-7 nine minutes into the first half after a pair of 7-0 runs by the Wildcats. After three straight 3-pointers, Villanova had built a 39-17 lead with 3:42 left until the break.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball team heads to Richmond, Va., to battle it out with VCU in a Sunday afternoon non-conference match-up. The Pirates and Rams are set to tip-off at 1 p.m., on December 16 at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
The Game: ECU at VCU
East Carolina travels to Richmond, Va., to battle it out with VCU in a Sunday afternoon non-conference match-up. The Pirates and Rams are set to tip-off at 1 p.m. on December 16 at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The contest marks the Pirates' last road game of 2012, as ECU will take on North Carolina in a neutral site affair in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on December 19, before closing out the year against Elon at Minges Coliseum on December 29.
The Series
The Pirates and Rams will face off for the 25th time in program history and East Carolina holds a slight edge on VCU as the Pirates lead the all-time series 13-11. Last season the Rams defeated ECU, 62-49, on December 7, 2011, at the ECU Pirate Thanksgiving Tournament at Minges Coliseum. The last time the Pirates were victorious over the Rams was on December 2, 2010, when ECU edged VCU, 77-72, in Richmond, Va.
Last Time Out
East Carolina has been on hiatus since Tuesday, Dec. 4, due to exams. The Pirates' last game was a midweek non-conference contest against NC Central at Minges Coliseum and ECU defeated the Eagles, 65-28. Britny Edwards finished the night with 12 points, eight rebounds, two assists, one steal, and a block. The block marked the 63rd of her career and she is now tied for 10th place in the ECU career record book with former Pirate Alma Bethea. Celeste Stewart also chipped in 12 points for her second double-figure scoring game of the year to go along with five rebounds, three assists and a trio of steals. Ariana Jackson set a new career-high for herself as she collected a game-high six steals to go along with two blocks, a half-dozen points, and as many rebounds. Dana Jones came off the bench and turned in a seven-point performance, while Colleen Marshall notched a pair of three-pointers for six points and three boards.
About the Pirates
East Carolina owns a 7-2 record and has won five of its last six games. This season, the Pirates are outscoring their opponents by more than 150 points (598-432) and are averaging 66.4 points per game while holding their opponents to just 48.0. Additionally, ECU is averaging 14.8 steals per game and forcing its opponents into 25.3 turnovers per game. Britny Edwards leads the team in scoring (12.4 points per game), rebounding (8.0 rebounds per game) and blocks (18). The redshirt senior center / power forward has tallied nine assists and eight steals on the year while shooting a team-best 57.8-percent. Whitny Edwards is averaging 10.3 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game. The redshirt senior forward has also contributed 18 assists and 17 steals. Senior Celeste Stewart has been consistent for the Pirates all season as she leads the squad with 39 assists and has added 74 points (8.2 points per game), 27 rebounds (3.0 rebounds per game), 17 steals and a pair of blocks. Kyani White is the team leader in steals with 26. The redshirt sophomore has also totaled 39 points, 24 boards, 30 assists, with one block this season.
Scouting The Rams
VCU owns a 5-4 record as the Rams host East Carolina for a Sunday afternoon contest. The Rams are 2-0 at the Verizon Wireless Arena this season. Junior Robyn Parks is the leading scorer for VCU as she has amassed 166 points to average 18.4 points per game. Additionally, Parks has collected a team-leading 78 rebounds to average 8.7 boards per game. She is also the team leader in steals with 23. Freshman guard Jessica Pellechio is averaging 14.6 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game, 20 steals, 19 assists and three blocks for the Rams. Shekinah Henry has started in seven of the Rams' nine games this season and is averaging 7.4 points per game and 8.6 rebounds per game, while shooting a team-best 57.4-percent. The Rams have won five of their last six games and are outshooting their opponents 40.5-percent to 36.5-percent. As a team, VCU is averaging 42.3 rebounds per game and has collected 101 steals.
The Coaches
East Carolina: Head Coach Heather Macy (Greensboro College, 2000) enters her third year at the helm of the ECU women's basketball team and holds a record of 35-36 as the Pirates leader. Overall, Macy owns a 150-75 overall record and is 89-42 in conference action. In her first year with the Pirates, Macy guided the team to a winning record for the third straight season and helped the Pirates to a 9-7 conference mark which was good for fifth place in the league. Macy came to ECU from Francis Marion where she led the Patriots to a 27-5 ledger during the 2009-10 season and finished second in the East Division of the Peach Belt Conference. Under her tutelage, FMU earned a berth to the NCAA Division II Tournament and advanced to the second round. Macy spent three seasons with FMU and finished her stint with an impressive 75-19 record. She began her coaching career with Pfeiffer, where she coached for two years and led the Falcons to a 26-5 record in her final season.
VCU: Marlene Stollings (Ohio, 1998) was introduced as the 13th head coach in VCU women's basketball history in July of 2012 after being named the Big South Conference Coach of the Year at Winthrop University a year earlier. Stollings served as the head coach at Winthrop for one season in which she guided her squad to more than 40 team and individual school records including the program's second winning season (18-13) in 26 years. Prior to joining the Eagles, Stollings served as an assistant coach at Southeastern Conference powerhouse Ole Miss from 2007-10, before being promoted to head coach for the 2010-11 season. Her more than decade-long coaching and recruiting career includes stops in the Atlantic 10, Sun Belt and Horizon League.
The National Spotlight
As a team, East Carolina ranks in the Top 25 in four categories in NCAA Division I statistics. The Pirates are fifth in steals per game (14.8), ninth in turnover margin (8.2), ninth in scoring defense (48.0) and 16th in assists per game (17.3). Individually, redshirt sophomore Kyani White ranks seventh in assist to turnover ratio as she is averaging 3.0, while redshirt senior Britny Edwards comes in 23rd in field goal percentage (57.8).
Cracking the Top 10
Britny Edwards etched her name into the ECU record book in the Pirates' game against NC Central on Dec. 4. The redshirt senior recorded just one block, but it was enough to give her 63 for her career which ranks 10th in the East Carolina annals. In just two years in a Pirate uniform, Edwards has tied Alma Bethea (1984-88) for 10th place.
Closing in on the Top 10
In addition to Britny Edwards, two more Pirates are closing in on the ECU Top 10 career record book. Senior Celeste Stewart needs just eight assists to crack into the Top 10 in ECU assists, while senior Shala Hodges is 13 three-pointers away from jumping into 10th place in the ECU annals.
All-Tourney All The Time
The Pirates have played in a pair of tournaments this year and Britny Edwards has collected All-Tournament Team honors in each. During the Thanksgiving weekend, Britny Edwards averaged a double-double with 13.0 points per game and 10.0 rebounds per game en route to being named the ECU Pirate Thanksgiving Tournament MVP. She shot 63.2-percent and recorded five blocks with two assists and one steal in the tournament. At the Navy Classic, she delivered once again as she recorded a pair of double-doubles and finished the weekend with a total of 32 points (16.0 points per game), 21 rebounds (10.5 rebounds per game), five steals, two blocks and a pair of assists as she was named to the Navy Classic All-Tournament Team.
Off the Bench
The East Carolina women's basketball team utilizes its bench as much as anyone, if not more. Last season, the Pirates' bench outscored their opponents in 19-of-31 games and ECU's bench tallied 656 points to their opponents' 429. This season, the Pirates' bench has outscored its opponents' bench 234-138. ECU's non-starters tallied 52 of the team's 84 points in the Pirates' win over St. Andrew's on Nov. 11, and East Carolina's bench recorded 45 of 79 points against Converse on Nov. 18.
Getting Offensive
Britny Edwards has tallied 112 points in the Pirates' first nine games of the season to average a team-high 12.4 points per game. In ECU's last game, Britny Edwards led the team with 12 points and eight rebounds against NC Central. She has led the team in both scoring and rebounding on five occasions. Not far behind Britny Edwards is her twin sister Whitny Edwards who has recorded 93 points on the season to average 10.3 points per game. The duo are the only two Pirates to average double-figures in scoring this season.
Cleaning up the Glass
Whitny Edwards and Britny Edwards have been doing their duty at the glass this season. The twins have totaled 133 rebounds as Britny has collected 72 and Whitny has added 61. Britny is averaging 8.0 rebounds per game which ranks fifth in the conference. Additionally, she is ranked seventh in both offensive (3.1) and defensive rebounds (4.9).
Pirates Plunder, Pillage, and Steal
Sophomore guard Kyani White has collected 26 steals to average 2.9 steals per game in nine contests thus far. Against Converse, White grabbed a game-high eight steals to tie for sixth place in the ECU single-game record book. She is seventh in Conference USA in steals per contest.
Thanks for the Assistance
Senior Celeste Stewart picked up right where she left off last season - leading the team in assists. The 5-foot-8 guard has dished out a team-leading 39 assists in the Pirates' first nine games of the season to average 4.3 assists per game which is good for fourth in C-USA statistics. With the 39 helpers on the year, Stewart is just eight away from cracking into the ECU career record book. Sophomore Kyani White is second on the team with 30 assists.
Block Party
Redshirt senior Britny Edwards recorded a game-high five blocks in the Pirates' season opener at William & Mary. Her five blocks tied her career-high from a year ago when she tallied five stops versus Jacksonville on December 18, 2011. Last season, Britny Edwards finished the year with a team-leading 45 blocks. This season, Edwards has posted a team-leading 18 blocks to average 2.0 blocks per game which leads Conference USA. In the Pirates' win over NC Central, Edwards tallied her 63rd career block to break into the ECU all-time record book.
Good Things Happen in Threes
East Carolina has made 41 three-pointers this season to average 4.6 treys per game. This season, Whitny Edwards has drained 13 threes while Colleen Marshall has sunk nine treys.
ECU as a Team in C-USA
As a team the Pirates lead Conference USA in 11 categories. East Carolina has set the standard in scoring defense (48.0), scoring margin (+18.4), field goal percent defense (.330), rebounding offense (44.6), blocked shots (4.4), assists (17.3), steals (14.8), turnover margin (+8.2), assists to turnover ratio (1.0), offensive rebounds (18.9), and offensive rebound percentage (.421). The Pirates rank in the top five in 14 of 21 categories in conference statistics.
ECU Players in C-USA
Individually, East Carolina has a number of players in the top 10 in conference statistics. Britny Edwards leads the way as her name appears in five categories. The redshirt senior center / power forward is tied for first in blocked shots (2.0), fourth in field goal percentage (.578), fifth in rebounding average (8.0), and seventh in both offensive (3.1) and defensive rebounds (4.9). Kyani White leads the conference in assists to turnover ratio (3.0) and is seventh in steals with 2.9 per game. Senior point guard Celeste Stewart ranks fourth in assists as she averages 4.3 per contest, while her assists to turnover ratio of 1.7 is good for fifth.
Coming Up...
The Pirates will take on No. 19 North Carolina in a non-conference neutral site contest at the Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Wednesday, December 19, at 7 p.m. ECU and UNC will meet for the 29th time in program history and the Tar Heels lead the all-time series 17-11. Last season, UNC edged ECU, 65-61, at the Beach Ball Classic. North Carolina has been victorious over East Carolina in the last five meetings as the Pirates have not defeated the Tar Heels since March 3, 1982, when ECU took the contest by a score of 92-72.


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Manager's verdict after home draw.
Manager Martin O'Neill watched his side play out a goalless draw with a newly invigorated Queens Park Rangers side in torrential conditions on Wearside.
QPR travelled to the Stadium of Light boosted by the arrival of new manager Harry Redknapp and that transferred onto the pitch.
Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet did well to deny former Black Cats striker Djibril Cisse on a number of occasions in the first half and Steven Fletcher almost broke the deadlock when he met an Adam Johnson corner late in the opening period.
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Fletcher had a number of chances in the game, with Carlos Cuellar and Stephane Sessegnon also going close.
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"Simon [Mignolet] made a great save for us and then Steven [Fletcher] went close at the other end. That looked like it was going to be the moment."Confidence is a big thing, we've been talking about it for a while now, but we'll come through it."