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From land to sea, Ventura County is now a premier marathon destination
By Alex Wilson 01/30/2014
Freshly fallen snow on the mountains above Ojai glistened in the light of the rising sun,as runners gathered at the starting line for the Santa to the Sea Half Marathon through Oxnard. Many were adorned with holiday-themed costumes, including elves and Christmas trees, contributing to the festive atmosphere. The Santa Claus statue visible from the nearby freeway was surrounded by donated toys for underprivileged children.
More than 2,200 runners participated in December's long-distance race, and about 1,000 more entered shorter variations including a 5K. It was the largest turnout since the event began 10 years ago. Some traveled from foreign nations as distant as Chile, Israel and New Zealand.
Passing through Oxnard neighborhoods such as La Colonia and Hollywood Beach, we warmed up in the crisp early-morning air. Local residents cheered and shared homemade treats to help power us forward. High school bands and colorful decorations added to the enthusiasm.
An exuberant crowd greeted us while we strode across the finish line near Channel Islands Harbor, where more festivities awaited. Runners stretched out tired muscles, and many basked in the accomplishment of completing the longest race they'd ever attempted.
Santa to the Sea's growing success illustrates a resurgence in the ancient sport of running. New variations like untimed fun runs and mud runs with challenging obstacles are also propelling excitement across Ventura County.
I've experienced the growing enthusiasm by entering numerous events myself, such as the Ventura Police Department's Eco Extreme Mud Challenge at Downtown's Grant Park. Besides slogging through mud pits, carrying sand bags up steep hills added to the difficulty, along with rope ladders, tunnels and downed trees that served as hurdles. The event supporting the department's charity is set to return this year on April 27.
The Ventura Police Department puts on the annual
Eco Extreme Mud Challenge in Downtown Ventura at Grant Park.
The Oxnard Fire Explorer Post 9244 organized June's first Tower 2 Tower Stair Climb, up the city's tallest skyscrapers for a heart-pounding workout. It provided unparalleled views from the roof of the 21-story blue tower at the Topa Financial Plaza that's normally off-limits to the public.
Oxnard Fire Explorer Post 9244 organized June's first
Tower 2 Tower Stair climb up the city's tallest skyscrapers.
I started running seriously with inspiration from my wife, Dawn, who has competed in the New York and Los Angeles Marathons. I thought it could be a fun new way to exercise together, especially since we toured Olympia, Greece, where the Olympics were first held circa 776 B.C. Even though we enjoy long hikes through forests, running was never a favorite sport of mine in the past. I remember pain and frustration from jogging in gym classes or as conditioning training for other athletic endeavors like tennis, where there was little guidance on proper running form.
Library books helped me get a better foundation, along with talking with experienced local runners. One book I found insightful is ChiRunning by Danny Dryer, which teaches gentle, flowing methods rooted in Eastern philosophy. It helped minimize soreness and made running a form of meditative practice. Now I look forward to running as a way not only to improve my health, but also to approach a Zen state where I feel connected to the universe and transcend life's daily challenges.
After months of training, my first race was Patagonia's popular Salmon Run in November 2012, which raises money for environmental charities. It's one of four races in November's SOAR Trail Run Series promoting efforts to save open space and agricultural resources.
The 5K race gave me a sense of euphoria mixed with achievement. I enjoyed noticing hills, plants and birds lining the Ventura River, which are easy to ignore while driving a car down the nearby highway.
Untimed events geared toward fitness and frolic are also growing in popularity, like the Color Run, which has become a worldwide phenomenon. It drew about 6,000 people to Ventura the first time its backers traveled here in October.
More than 6,000 people participated in
the Color Run in Ventura last year.
Color Runners dressed up in mostly white outfits with bright accents, and then had colored corn starch thrown at them until they were covered at the end. It felt more like a giant outdoor moving party than a traditional race. The exercise began long before the 5K run, with booming music and aerobics led by someone in a unicorn costume. The race was followed by a dance party at Seaside Park, where people tossed even more corn starch at each other.
Despite grumbling from some Ventura residents about road closures and powder left behind, nearly all the runners appeared to have fun.
Ventura resident Kirsten Meeker had a special reason for taking part. She wore a heartfelt tribute to her sister, who passed away recently, and participated in her memory. "When I was cleaning out her apartment last year I found all her T-shirts from the Honolulu Marathon," said Meeker. "So I was inspired to run my first 5K, and have been training for a few months now."
She was also glad the Color Run came to town to help her set a goal. "I think if it inspires people to get out and exercise, that's great," said Meeker.
Former Ventura Mayor Brian Brennan helps organize the SOAR Trail Run Series, which also features scenic courses at an orchard in the Tierra Rejada Valley near Moorpark, and Ventura's Arroyo Verde Park. "When you get into the open spaces and parks, you realize how wonderful and beneficial they are," said Brennan.
Brennan says the sport's popularity waned after a running boom that peaked around 1980. Now members of Ventura County's racing community are proving it's a premier running destination, and more than 100 races are staged every year. The area boasts varied terrain, interesting races, energetic supporters and weather allowing for year-round training.
He's received positive feedback from runners who flock from far away to events that include May's Clif Bar Mountains 2 Beach Marathon, which follows the Ventura River from Ojai to Ventura's shoreline. "They say that it's amazing, that the ability to run here, less traffic, the open spaces, and the places they ran just stood head and shoulders above other places," said Brennan.
Brennan says the Color Run, triathlons and other big races also boost business at hotels and restaurants. "I think people do come into town. They provide a surge in the local economy," said Brennan. "They want to be healthy. That's why they run, so they don't feel guilty when they have beer or pizza afterwards. Overall it's a huge surge or economic pulse for downtowns or wherever it is they hold the races."
Specialty shoe stores, including Ventura's Inside Track and Tri Running in Camarillo, are great places to receive help from experts for those getting started with the challenging sport. They also organize running clubs, providing extra inspiration and friendship as well as safety tips for avoiding injuries that can quickly get new runners off track.
Josh Spiker of Ventura started running competitively when he was 6, and later competed for the University of Wisconsin. Among his most impressive performances was finishing a half marathon in an hour and five minutes. Now he works at Tri Running and helps organize races like the Camarillo OffRoad 5K and September's Ventura Pier to Pier Marathon and Beach Party.
Spiker leads Vendurance Running Tribe. "There's a sense of camaraderie. It just makes the workouts go by a lot faster, helps them to push themselves," said Spiker. "Our club is really nice because a lot of people make new friends; they hang out more than at just track and running workouts, so it's really a new social circle with positive people. So the relationships you build add a lot, and that's what's really cool about running."
He says people just starting out running or taking it up again after a long hiatus need to be careful. "I encourage everyone to give it a try. The key is to stick with it for at least six months. Most of those who give up do it within the first three months because it's hard, it's uncomfortable. When you're getting into shape it's not fun. It hurts. The body has to adjust because running is a high-impact sport and a lot of people rush into it. They do too much too soon and get really sore or injured," said Spiker. "People need to start slow. I mean really conservative. Start out with a walking program and add in short bouts of jogging."
Michelle Martinez owns Inside Track and says it's also important to be properly fitted with the most appropriate shoes, which varies significantly depending on many factors, including the shape and specific movements of runners' feet. Many people who buy shoes without professional input choose ones that are too small. When new runners arrive at Inside Track, a foot strike analysis is performed by carefully watching them walk around with no shoes on.
Martinez agrees that some people jump into running too quickly. "They follow foolish guidelines they see online," said Martinez, who believes getting good advice from the start is critical for new runners. "Asking around people who are actually accomplished at what they do, and joining groups."
Inside Track was founded by former Ventura Deputy Mayor Gary Tuttle in the 1970s when he was one of the planet's most competitive runners. Among his claims to fame is a seventh-place finish in the 1976 World Cross Country Championships. He also won the NCAA Steeplechase twice while competing for Humboldt State University, and finished second at the 1985 Boston Marathon.
Tuttle says road races were a novelty when he was young and high school track and field competitions were usually the farthest people progressed in the sport. Then at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics inspirational Native American runner Billy Mills scored one of history's biggest Olympic upsets with a gold medal victory in the 10,000-meter race.
"Thanks to people like Billy Mills and their success in the Olympics a few people started running in the streets like myself," said Tuttle.
"We'd go to races in Southern California, about five or six a year, that's all, and there would be the same 80 guys everywhere we go. There would be no T-shirt, maybe an entry fee of a dollar or two. The medals would be recycled little awards. No insurance, no police escorts, it was just pure racing. Then it progressed from there," said Tuttle, who then started selling shoes from his car.
Martinez and Tuttle have differing opinions about sillier competitions like the Color Run where the experience includes loud electronic dance music and walking away looking like a rainbow.
Tuttle encourages serious racing so United States athletes can compete more effectively at the Olympics, where runners from other nations have carried home many of the medals recently.
"Races have dumbed down, running has dumbed down. There are a few good runners at the front but not nearly as many as there used to be," said Tuttle. Back in the 1970s around 85 percent of competitors would be done with a marathon in less than four hours, and now many take six hours or longer, according to Tuttle. He's worried that the emphasis on fun over competition is making Americans less competitive on the world stage.
"Racing is very important and we should reward success and not so much participation. I don't buy that everybody's a winner. I think everybody's great and everybody does wonderful. It might be just as tough to do a six hour marathon as a two hour marathon since you're out there four hours longer. I think we've gotten away from rewarding excellence," said Tuttle.
But Martinez thinks anything that encourages people to try the sport is positive, and might lead them to run more seriously in the future. "There are tons of people who have been interested in running now, and getting fit, because of all these other kinds of events. I think that's awesome," said Martinez. "The more people you can get out there the better, whether they're actually competing or just being active, because we live in such an unfit society. So in that respect I think it's really great that there are all kinds of new events."
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Installed Tomcat 6 on WinXP 64. It installed just fine. But when I try to launch it ( from Windows Services) I get the following error : "Can not start an the Apache Tomcat Service on Local computer." error 216:0xd8
It's well known issue.
Tomcat wrapper for windows service is compiled for 32 bits JDK.
Steps that should allow you to install Tomcat as windows service under JDK64bits.
According to the changelog since version 6.0.21 the 64-bit components are packaged in the native installer:
You should need no further configuration.
I've struggled with this. I was trying to install Tomcat 6 on a Windox XP x64 system running on a virtual Intel Xeon CPU (X5460). I used FoxyBOA's comment as a guide, but offer the following:
After that, everything worked: I was able to startup Tomcat with its service manager and with the Windows Service Management Console.
At the time I did this, I used Tomcat 6.0.18 and Sun Java 6 Update 12 (64-bit).
Just wanted to let folks know that when using 64bit tomcat 6, the registry to look at is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun 2.0\
Note the additional \Wow6432Node\
Thank you for your help!
The fastest and simplest way to runs Tomcat at a 64bit Windows environment is installing the 32Bit JDK. Note: You can install JDK 32Bit after been instaled the JDK 64Bit, no problems will occur and de JDK will be updated.
Just modify step 6 so you put it in java instead of log in the registry value
FYI. I have it working now: Tomcat 6.0.29 and JRE 6u23, no mucking about - install the JRE, install Tomcat service installer, job done. It all starts up and works perfectly.

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Amazon Chara 07 by kasaiWatch
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After seeing darkfong's [link] tribalness jyles, I feel the amazon woman could of had some grittyness. Shes feelin too clean. Something to watch out for in the future.
Love the color, fav.
Great work! I love the energy coming from this pose I really like it
really very good one escellent colours and shading,gppd details i like her pose too fav
Awsome blades along with the Hot body chick ^_^
Great pose, dynamic!
I love the pant leg and everything is just the essence of strength here! :]
I love the pant leg and everything is just the essence of strength here! :]
coooOooool!!! I fave yo.
wow!! looks amazing!
Awesome! Thoe pose, the color, everything!
nice color and dynamic pose.
Simply WONDERFUL!
Her face reminds me of Lulu
gritt is duely appreciated! woooo!
great color
whoooo wee! I'm lovin' the THIGHS. But really, you did a great job using purple in the flesh!
ahhhh pretty nice renders
What's with the light purple shadow behind the amazon you've got there? Is that watercolor you chose to put there, or is this all digital?
Its much like the pirate chick's 'blue matter' surrounding her. Felt it looked boring with out it so I kept it. I actually filled it in with this colour, outside the lines and all first. All the colours are digital.
Hey, this is a nice piece.
Are you designing a character for ??? or you just make it up for yourself?
Are you designing a character for ??? or you just make it up for yourself?
thats awesome!! xD
i like the designs and her eyes *_*
i like the designs and her eyes *_*
purely awesome
nice pose and colors... im all for strong female characters, but the arms and legs seem a bit too masculine for the torso/neck/face. nice work overall
Great color, composition, & costume design.
The anatomy is incredible! After seeing the initial sketch and how it's gone from that to this, I really do appreciate your talent
Very nice.
that left leg looks perfect man. Except for the top of the thy (spelling?), theres a little value change there that indicates an elivation change in the muscle, that I dont think is there... But then again I dont have any anatomy book in front of me to look at so I cant be 100% on that. But dude, awesome work
The elevation change on the thigh is the rectus femoris. They are generally more visible on peoples with built muscles. I might have painted it in too dark making it seem more elevated than normal.
Thanks for the comments!
Thanks for the comments!
Maybe if you made her skin darker? *shrugs* But I do like how you gave her a muscular build.
yeah, i think more specs on the skin would work, more dirrty. maybe an environment could be developed for this to help it?
looks good as is.
looks good as is.
Cool outfit!
The girl reminds me a bit of Lulu from FFX n_n
The girl reminds me a bit of Lulu from FFX n_n
this is wonderful! I love the way she looks so strict and storng
amazing paint and volume, great!!!
Really nice artwork!!!
Awsome work here
totally bad ass!!!
Truly nice, a woman I would like watching my back in a good fight.
I like her face, and especially how her hair looks. Excellent use of lighting, and detailed patterns on the clothing and the blades. Great character design! Her stance is very good too.


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Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)
Definition: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Description: The map below shows how Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Japan, with a value of 99.84. The country with the lowest value in the world is Guinea-Bissau, with a value of 9.75.
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Google's new Nexus 7 appears in press images. Best Buy could launch it on July 30
Last we heard, Staples was planning to release the yet to be announced next-gen Nexus 7 on July 31. Now, a newly-leaked document has it that the tablet will be on sale at Best Buy one day earlier, on July 30.
According to said document (received by Phone Arena), the 16GB edition of the second generation Nexus 7 will cost $229 – just as previously rumored. The 32GB model will be a little bit more expensive: $269.
Everyone is expecting the new Nexus 7 to be officially unveiled by Google this week, on July 24. If all the details uncovered until now are accurate, the tablet will feature a 7 inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) display, 5MP rear camera, 1.2MP front-facing camera, quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor, wireless charging capabilities, and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Like the original Nexus 7, this one is also manufactured by Asus.
Update: the first press images of the new Nexus have just hit the Web coming from EVleaks. There's nothing surprising about them, of course:
Later this year, possibly in October, Google should also announce a new Nexus smartphone. Like the Nexus 4, this will reportedly be made by LG. It should be based on the upcoming G2 flagship, which will be officially announced on August 7. So it will probably have a 5.2 inch Full HD screen, and a quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz.


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I know that WIN32 is obviously to denote win32 compilation but what is the need for _win32?
WIN32 is a name that you could use and even define in your own code and so might clash with Microsoft's usage. _WIN32 is a name that is reserved for the implementor (tn this case MS) because it begins with an underscore and an uppercase letter - you are not allowed to define reserved names in your own code, so there can be no clash.
To elaborate (Neil Butterworth and blue.tuxedo have already given the correct answer):
You'll find a similar set of dual defines with nearly identical names and similar uses such as
Essentially the versions with the underscore are controlled by or used by the compiler team, the versions without the underscore are controlled/used by teams outside of the compiler. Of course, there's probably going to be a lot overlap due to compatibility with past versions and just general mistakes by one team or the other.
I find it confusing as hell - and find that they are used nearly interchangeably in user code (usually, when you see one defined, you'll see the other defined in the same place, because if you need one you need the other). Personally, I think that you should use the versions without the underscore (unless you're writing the compiler's runtime) and make sure they both get defined (whether via hearers or compiler switches as appropriate) when you're defining one.
Note that the SDK will define
WIN32 is a user-defined flag which may be required by some headers. _WIN32 is automatically defined by the visual C/C++ compiler. Since it begins with an _ followed by a capital character, it is reserved by the implementation (meaning the C/C++ toolchain provider).
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The Chicago Blackhawks lost to the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday evening. Next up, the Blackhawks get a few days off before they take on the New York Rangers on Wednesday at the United Center.
The Sharks came out dominating the play early and often during most of the game. The Sharks took the lead midway through the period when Jason Demers beat Corey Crawford past the left pad at 10:12. That would be all the scoring in the first period and there would be none the second period as Alex Stalock and Crawford matched each other by making several big saves.
The third period finally saw the Blackhawks assert their game as their defenseman got involved in the play. Jonathan Toews made a great pass to the center of the slot to Niklas Hjalmarsson who skated and found a soft spot in the zone. Hjalmarsson unleashed a bomb that beat Stalock over the glove at 1:27. Just a little while later, the Blackhawks would take the lead as Michal Rozsival scored at 4:01 on a slap shot. But the Blackhawks would be unable to hold the lead as Joe Thornton made a great backhand pass to Brett Burns in front of the net who tapped it in at 11:10.
The game would head to overtime where there would be no scoring. In the shootout, Toews would be stopped by the pads of Stalock and Logan Couture would go beat Crawford with a nice backhand to forehand move. Patrick Sharp was up next and missed the net. Joe Pavelski would end the shootout as he beat Crawford with a wrist shot.
What it means
It was a valiant performance from the Blackhawks who came from behind in the third to salvage one point. The Blackhawks continue to gather up points and now are tied for first in the NHL with 67 points.
3 stars of the game
3. Logan Couture- Tonight saw the end of the goal scoring streak for Couture who had scored a goal in four consecutive games. However, Couture had one assist and was a plus one. In addition, Couture scored the game winner in the shootout.
2. Corey Crawford- There is no rust for Crawford who has played well in both games since he came off of IR. It was another great game for Crawford who made several outstanding saves to keep the Blackhawks in the game when they were trailing by one. On the night, Crawford made 40 saves on 42 shots.
1. Alex Stalock- It was a great performance by the backup goaltender. Stalock delivered a brilliant performance during the third period when the Blackhawks were peppering him with shots. With the win, Stalock improved his record to 5-2-0 as he made 33 saves on 35 shots.


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Police in Florida arrested 31-year-old Candace Patricia Hauser of Tampa over the weekend and charged her with felony aggravated animal cruelty, after Hauser allegedly performed an unlicensed doggie C-section on a pregnant dog without any anesthesia.
According to a March 18 report from NBC News, Hauser used nonmedical glue to close the incision following the C-section. The dog died following Hauser's caesarean section.
Following a joint investigation by police in Tampa and Hillsborough County Animal Safety and Enforcement, a woman from Polk County brought her pregnant mastiff to Hauser's home in Tampa, after Hauser claimed "she could provide emergency medical help to deliver the puppies."
Investigators also shared that Hauser is not a veterinarian, nor did she have a license to provide veterinary care.
Hauser performed a C-section on the dog without anesthesia after it had trouble delivering the last two puppies, and then used nonmedical glue to close the incision, according to an arrest affidavit. The dog died later in its owner's car, the report states.
Hauser told reporters that the dog was hers, that it did not die following the C-section, and that the pregnant dog and her pups were alive and well inside Hauser's home.
The first nine were delivered at her home, and the last was delivered at a veterinary office in Hillsborough County via C-section, she said.
It was that vet's office in Hillsborough County that tipped off police to the condition of the mama dog.
Reportedly, the Polk County owner of the pregnant dog took the newborn puppies home with her. The mama dog died in the owner's car.
Following her arrest on Saturday, Hauser was booked by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, and later released on $2,000 bail.
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The photo of four dogs who are impounded at the San Bernardino City Animal Control in Calif., would look like something worthy of a calendar, if only the bars in front of the dogs' faces could be removed.
The dogs arrived to this facility on Jan. 31 and today, Feb. 14, their official hold time is up.
All of the dogs were apparently living in a car prior to being impounded by the animal control; they appear to be in good health and extremely bonded to one another.
A video of the dogs, published on Feb. 6, shows dogs who are pleading for their release.
The safety net of "hold time" is over for these beautiful dogs, please take a moment to network their information with the hope that they will find a rescue agency or adopter, in time.
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University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.
Fields of studyPteridophytes: systematics, evolution, cytology
Dr. Wagner's field of research is pteridophyte systematics and evolution. A current project is the determination, description, and publication of the ferns and fern allies of Hawaii. Until recently there have been surveys and a field guide but no scientific systematic study of these plants, although they constitute one-sixth of the total native vascular flora of Hawaii. Extensive field work over several years primarily on Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, and to a lesser extent on Molokai, has resulted in collections being studied and described in the Herbarium.
Another interest is the genus Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae), the moonworts. These little ferns, perhaps pro-gymnosperms, are difficult to find, but many new species have been discovered in the last two decades, and several are yet to be described. Research in both these projects involves herbarium and field work, and the study of chromosomes in determining species and hybrids.
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Wagner, W. H., F. S. Wagner, R. W. Hobdy, and D. D.Palmer. 1999. Taxonomic notes on the pteridophytes of Hawaii II.Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb 22:135-187.
Wagner, W H., F. S. Wagner, and T. Flynn. 1995. Taxonomic notes on the pteridophytes of Hawaii. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb 20: 241-260.
Wagner, F. S. 1995. The chromosomes of Sadleria (Blechnaceae). Contr. Univ. Mich. Herbarium 20: 239 -240.
Wagner, F. S. 1993. Chromosomes of North American grapeferns and moonworts (Ophioglossaceae: Botrychium) Contr. Univ. Mich. Herbarium 19: 353-362.
Wagner, F. S. 1992. Cytological problems in Lycopodium sens. lat. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79: 718- 729.


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The Portland Trail Blazers will be moving on to round 2 of the NBA Playoffs series. It was all made possibly by Rookie of the Year Damian Lillard, who sunk an amazing buzzer beating 3-point shot with less than a second to go. Lillard's amazing shot put the Trail Blazers just one point over Rockets when time ran out according to ESPN on Saturday
The shot heard 'round the world
No one in the stands at Moda Center thought it could happen. With just .9 seconds on the clock and several horrible calls made by the referees, the game seemed over. Trail Blazers fans, disheartened by the horrible out of bounds call against Lillard just moments before began chanting, "Refs you suck!" It was pandemonium, everyone was angry about the ending, thinking they just got robbed.
That's when the most amazing play in Trail Blazers' playoff history was about to go down. The crowd was near silent as Batum tossed the ball in with less than a second left. When Lillard got that ball and sent it flying from deep into 3-point territory, the entire crowd sucked in a collective nervous breath. When the ball sailed cleanly through the hoop, Moda center exploded. It was the most exciting game thus far in the series and definitely one for the Portland record books.
Damian Lillard is the hero
While Trail Blazers fans went absolutely nuts, referees made one last check to see if they could give that game to Houston. Fans cheered, celebrated and took to the court. It was chaos. When the refs finally made the call that Portland had won, probably less than half the stadium heard the announcement.
The celebration was so loud and so intense with Portland Trail Blazers fans in full party mode. They were high-fiving each other, screaming, cheering and hugging complete strangers because at that moment, they were one and they had beat the Houston Rockets against all odds.
Only one person was more excited than the rest and that was Damian Lillard himself. In the midst of celebration, Lillard walked to the announcers booth, took the microphone and yelled, "Rip City!"
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Now that the Trail Blazers have eliminated the Rockets by winning 4-2, they will move on to the next round. This is where the real work starts as Portland will play either the Dallas Mavericks or San Antonio Spurs in round 2. This all depends on game 7 of their series as Dallas won Friday night to tie up the series at 3-3.


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Google is looking to spread awareness about deforestation with a program being launched today. To do that, the've partnered with a large group to create what is being called a 'near-real-time' deforestation tracker. Right before your very eyes, you can see just how many trees have hit the ground by man's hand since 2000.
The global mapping service, called Global Forest Watch, was created by 39 partners in addition to Google, including the World Resources Institute and the United Nations Environment Programme. Using Google Tech and NASA satellites, the software is able to track information using logging and palm oil licenses.
The director of World Resource Institute's global forest initiation notes how helpful Google's participation has been, "The Google Earth Engine and the Google cloud enable us, working with them, to analyze and interpret global data sets in hours that would have previously taken us years and years"
Previously, the lack of accurate and timely data meant that it could take months before authorities were aware of deforestation. By that time, it was too late to reverse the damage done.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A winning $1 million Powerball ticket has yet to be claimed a month after it was sold at the Little General convenience store in Beckley.
But manager Hana Lilly tells the Charleston Daily Mail that hasn't stopped people from claiming it's theirs.
The winning numbers for the March 16 drawing were 3-7-21-44-55, and the Powerball number was 16.
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I am fascinated by names and am from a family that routinely gives uncommon family names to their too-young to argue babies. (My grandmother's name was Pocahontas, sadly, everyone called her Pokey.) My name, Dabney, is unusual and has never made the list of top names chosen by Americans for their progeny. How do I know this, you ask? Well, each year the Social Security Administration posts a list of the top ten boy and girl names for the previous year. Currently, the website is showing the names from 2009.
If you were a girl born as a US citizen in 2009, there's a good chance you were named Isabella; a boy, Jacob. Isabella is the first girl name NOT to start with an E that's held the number one rank in the past fourteen years. For twelve of the past years, 1996 to 2007, the top girl name in the USA was Emily. In 2008, it was Emma. If you were a boy born as a US citizen in 2009, there's a good chance you were named Jacob. In fact, if you were a male born any time in between 1999 and 2009, you might be named Jacob. It's held the number one spot for the past ten years. And if you've noticed a lot of young men out there named Michael, that's because, with the exception of one year, 1960, when American parents went for David, Michael held the number one spot from 1954 to 1998!
The SSA's website is full of cool information about our naming habits. You can look at the most popular names by decade, state, region, even century. There's a list that shows the most popular twin names of 2009, divided by girl/girl (Isabella and Sophia), girl/boy (Madison and Mason), and boy/boy (Jacob, Joshua). You can also enter any name and see if it's made it into the top 1000 names at any time since the government began keeping track. My name doesn't show up at all. My daughter's name, Evelyn, has been on the list for every year for the past 100 years. Her name was most popular in the beginning of the 1900's, dropped way down until the 2000's and has been rising in the charts ever since. Her twin's name, William, has also been on the list for the past 100 years, ranging from being the 20th most popular to the second most popular.
Another cool site for names is Baby Name Voyager. This site lets you enter a name and see a graph of its popularity since the 1880's. I put in my husband's name, Gregory, and saw that, despite a brief surge of popularity in the middle of the 20th century, it's now on the down swing big time. The name of a friend of mine, Athena, amazed me by being in the Voyager database, first appearing in 1950. Athena is currently at an all time high for US name rank–it was the 430th most popular name for girls in 2009.
One limit of these and most other baby name sites is that records only exist for those who have filed for a Social Security card. I suspect that the list would be altered if those who live here but aren't registered as citizens were included. If you're interested in what's popular in other countries, check out the website Most Popular Baby Names around the World. There, you can find out, for example, in 2009, the most popular names in Switzerland were Luca for a boy and Lea for a girl.
I like having an unusual name–now that I'm an adult. How about you? Do you have an unusual name? Did you give your kids unique names? Do you have a custom of family names? If you could rename yourself, would you? (I wouldn't, but I've always loved the my great aunt's name Arianna and, when I was younger wished my parents had named me for her rather than for her mother.)


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HOUSTON (AP) — Ricardo Clark scored and helped create a D.C. United own goal to lead the Houston Dynamo to a 2-0 victory Saturday night.
In a rematch of the 2012 MLS Eastern Conference championship, the Dynamo took a 1-0 lead on an own goal by United's James Riley in the 80th minute. Off Brad Davis' corner kick, Riley and Clark went up for the ball, with Riley heading it into the left net.
Clark extended Houston's lead to 2-0 in the 89th minute, taking a pass from Warren Creavalle outside the right 6-yard box and sending it high inside the far post.
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the colored version was one of the many that I had stolen from me. I am lucky to have the original.
Wonderful detail! This pose looks very familiar to another picture I've seen, but still this is very well done (Nothing meant by that statement, Chief. It's just that I always tend to notice any similarities with other pics in general...) You have a crisp, rich style!!
No you are corect. You have a good eye. It's pose was taken from Brom's Little Miss Mupet pic. I was just messing around with it and came up with this concept.
Yeah, now I remeber. Thanks for refreshing my memory. It's really good you used his work as reference. He's one of the best fantasy artist out there. I thoroughly enjoy his work myself...
this one is sweet. like this very much. u use pencil and what other drawing tool?
This is the orginal, so It is just pencil. I just stared inking my work 2 years ago. So I started inking the photo copys of the orginals. Good thing to, or I would not have any of the work that was stolen.
I used to use the pencil to get it that dark. So it was not cleaned up by photo shop or any thing.
I used to use the pencil to get it that dark. So it was not cleaned up by photo shop or any thing.
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|There's an amusing take on the hyperbolic and exaggerated fantasies of the 'Islamisation' enthusiasts on Twitter today after English Defence League leader, Stephen Lennon, inadvertently sparked a flurry of comic tweets to his #creepingsharia hashtag.
The Huffington Post features a collection of the comic tweets, appended to the article on Lennon's original post:
"On Sunday night, EDL leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, tweeted a complaint about a picture of a "mosque" on the Twitter front page (it was actually the Taj Mahal), highlighting the image as another example of #creepingsharia.
"However, rather than stoke far-right feeling, the Luton-based activist unintentionally started a comedy twitter trend.
"Amid traffic about the start of Anders Breivik's trial in Oslo, the Twitterati hijacked the tag, with #creepingsharia being blamed for everything from "algebra on the curriculum" to "no ham left in the fridge". "
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'I take my shoes off when I go into my house. Been doing it for years. Didn't even make the connection. #creepingsharia'
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Cover date: October 2006
Writter: Howard Chaykin
Penciller: Kilian Plunkett
Inker: Tom Nguyen
"Secret History... Sacred Trust" - Part 1 (of 6)
Reviewed by: Michael Bailey
They bring their concerns to the President of the United States and are soon joined by former member Faith, who has already briefed the President on the issue. The President wants the League to contain the threat the meta-humans in both countries pose, but Aquaman is still insistent on letting the United Nations handle the problem.
Meanwhile Victor Blasco, leader of Del Canto, discusses the remarkable "gift" given to his country by Dr. Hernandez. Hernandez isn't so sure and believes they showed their hands too soon adding that the Americans concern her. Blasco is far more concerned with their neighbors in San Bertiza. In San Bertiza, the metahuman called Tadeo discusses the similar breach in security with his leader. Tadeo promises to look into it.
The President addresses the United Nations and lays out his plan to have the Justice League go on a fact-finding mission in San Bertiza and Del Canto. The Representative from the Netherlands has misgivings about this fact finding mission and strongly recommends against it and further proposes that an international watchdog committee be formed to make certain that the League doesn't engage in any international adventurism.
The League immediately forms a plan and inform the President that of their intentions to continue despite the United Nation's feelings. They don't let him know the whole plan to allow for plausible deniability. Sometime later the Leaguers meet at La Cintura Del Milagros, the tiny strip of land between Del Canto and San Bertiza. They remove their uniforms and prepare to go on their undercover mission.
Story - 5: Now this is a politically themed Justice League story that works.
Of course I expected nothing less from Howard Chaykin.
I'm serious. After three very lackluster story arcs I finally get a JLA Classified tale that I enjoy. Howard Chaykin is not the first person I would have thought of to write a Justice League story given that he is best known for independent books, but then again he is also the guy who drew the first few issues of Star Wars back in 1977 in addition to writing and drawing the Shadow and Blackhawk, though both had a lot of controversy around them. He even wrote a very heartfelt and nostalgic introduction to the trade paperback of the incredible Golden Age (since renamed JSA: Golden Age) mini-series.
He also wrote for the Flash television series.
So the guy obviously has some affection for super-heroes and the like.
What impressed me the most about this issue is the fact that he mixed solid characterization with a rather dense plot. Politics and super-heroes are not an easy mix. As much as I love Gail Simone's writing I thought her attempts to mix the two didn't quite hit the mark. It had some great Justice League moments, but the overall plot felt a little thin. Here we not only have two small countries using meta-humans to their own ends but a real division among the ranks of the Justice League. In Simone's tale the League is forced to go into direct action and damn the consequences. Chaykin takes the exact opposite road and has the League hampered by the United Nations and forced to take a different road.
(By the way, I'm not comparing Simone and Chaykin as writers. Both are very talented and I have nothing but respect for Gail Simone as a writer and creator. The thing is that both stories had similar themes and are four months apart, so the comparison is easy to make.)
The banter between the members of the League was the other aspect that made this issue great. It seems that Chaykin has put some thought into who these characters are as people and played them off each other accordingly. Aquaman represents the voice for letting the Untied Nations handle the situation. Batman represents direct action. Flash comes off as the pragmatist who feels that direct action is what they, as heroes, do. Everyone has an opinion, but in the end they act as a group. Not to get too political, but it seems that the League is America as a microcosm. I'm not saying this is what the United States is doing now, I'm saying that frankly this is what we should be, which is what this type of fiction is all about.
Anyway... (He writes, trying to avoid becoming too political in a comic book review.)
For me, aside from the sequence where J'onn telepathically links the League during the President's address to the United Nations my favorite moment came from the first scene with Superman and Batman. In one page Chaykin sums up what makes Superman the hero that he is. He gave Superman a line that stuck with me throughout the issue.
"My world is built around the idea that I refuse to allow the world to be terrified."
If that isn't Superman, I don't know what is. As cynical as some of Chaykin's past work is he gives us a Superman who will not give up because that is who the character is.
If nothing else I can look at this page and think, "This story was worth it."
In all honesty I think this story arc will be nothing but good. Chaykin has set up a story I've wanted to see ever since I saw a piece of art Alex Ross did for a series that was supposed to act as a kind of prequel to Kingdom Come. The piece had Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Robin (I believe) in their secret identities and I thought wouldn't it be neat to see these people have to get out of the costumes to stop whatever menace they are dealing with? The last page gave that same feeling of excitement that the Ross piece did.
This is going to be good.
Art - 4: You know, the art by Kilian Plunkett and Tom Nguyen wasn't as slick as I usually like to see but it really served the story. The rough quality matched Chaykin's story and the storytelling was strong. You can really tell that Tom Nguyen inked this issue, especially in the panel where Superman uttered that line I liked so much. The backgrounds were detailed and Plunkett and Nguyen did just as well with the super-heroes as they did with the people of the South American countries featured in the story. I was especially impressed with the way they laid out the scene where J'onn brought them together during the United Nation's address. Each character is doing what they do best and are in their own milieu but still connected to each other. It was a great scene in a book full of fantastic art.
Cover Art - 4: So is this JLA Classified or Superman/Batman? I'm slightly confused because it is 2:30 in the morning and I had to review both books this week.
In all seriousness I liked the cover from this issue. You don't get much more iconic than Superman and Batman jumping into battle with masked men. Like the interiors the cover isn't as slick as I like but I am enough of a fan of the medium to know a good cover when I see it. I can't think of any legitimate complaints about this piece of art.
January 2006
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We stepped off the plane into a sick yellow haze that stretched to the horizon – the product of 100-plus-degree temperatures coupled with rampant car exhaust. Mark and I had come to Mallorca, one of Spain's famed Balearic Islands, to climb. Late spring seemed ideal: warm water at the beach, good temps at the crags, the shoulder of tourist season. But reality dictated otherwise: Not only was the isle mobbed, the heat made me itch.
We soldiered on through the blistering sun, visiting Fraguel, with its relentless lines on overhanging pockets and blobs; Alaró, a limestone butte housing a clifftop castle as well as stellar 30-meter routes such as Buf!, a 7a (5.11d) up pendulous stalactites that felt more like wrestling an octopus than climbing; Santanyi, a seaside cliff with coral-sharp grips and short, pleasant climbs on bomber red stone; Cala Magraner, with its wave-like walls lining an estuary; and myriad other crags, all top-shelf. On an evil-hot afternoon at the giant cave of Las Perchas, I flung myself at an 8a (5.13b). The moves went easily, but my core temperature rose so much with each go that I kept sliding off the crux pinch, drenched in sweat. And when I sweated, I itched. And when I itched, I scratched.
The weather went from hot to hotter, driving us to the beach, where we hoped to find Swedish nymphs cavorting in the surf, dark-skinned Mediterranean beauties lolling about in thongs, that sort of thing. Unfortunately, the only women showing skin were antediluvian, slack-teated hausfrau. And the men, pregnant with beer bellies, strutted around in Speedos. Cranky with the heat, we passed the time by shooting tourons with a Ping-Pong–ball gun from our rental car and slogging through acres of charbroiled flesh, trying to find a vacant patch of sand. Finally, a cold front came, a drizzly mist driving the throngs back to their hotels. We took advantage of this three-day window to put the smack down on a few outstanding climbing projects, and I tried my best to hide The Itch.
"Why are you always scratching?" Mark asked one night while we stretched on the balcony of our hotel room.
"Umm, I hugged a homeless guy in the Baltimore bus station and he had body lice," I told Mark.
"Okay, whatever. Just stay away from me," he said. "And maybe boil your clothes ... and get some medicine." I washed my togs, but two days later they were back: in my crotch, on my chest, in my armpits. I walked to the pharmacy. My Spanish is rudimentary; I pointed downward and muttered, "Licios ... por todo el cuerpo ... dolor ... muy mal."
"Licios? Oh ... piojos!" the pharmacist, a proper-looking woman, exclaimed. "Piojos, piojos, piojos." She disappeared into the back. Meanwhile, a family had shuffled inside, catching the whole exchange. The father, gathering his two teenage daughters close, eyed me suspiciously; the mother stared daggers. I felt the sweat creeping, crab-like, off my brow. This was horrible, humiliating, awful! I flashed back to all the name-calling and tourist hazing I'd done on this trip. Could karma boomerang so quickly? The pharmacist returned, passing me a white tube. I thrust a wad of Euro notes into her hand and bolted.Strong, caustic stuff, the shampoo worked. With one less distraction at the crags, my climbing improved. And by the time I flew home one week later, the crabs were gone.


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I have been searching for a support system and/or group since I was finally diagnosis with Endometriosis. Last month I had at long last validation that my pain was real when I had finally pressured my Doctor's to conduct surgery. It was verified that I had implants of Endo and a few organs decided they wanted to be more "attached" than then originally designed.
It took years to figure out what was causing my pain because it actually started in my Gallbladder. After searching all over the internet I found that a few women had been through similar experiences. Usually, however, it was the other way around. Endo then gallbladder. Since then I was always sent to GI specialist that treated me for IBS and I even had a doctor tell me that my back pain was most likely because I was top heavy. As you know, spine pain is completely different than the tissues aches that make it feel like your kidneys are infected. But since all the blood test came back clear, treating the symptom was the only option I was given. (By the way, I hate that game.)
It was a long road and yet here we are. I have only found this website today and I can see from the recent post that ALL of my symptoms are real. I know it sound slightly insane but my family, friends, and doctor's thought I was just creative enough to bring these phantom pains into reality. (I never thought my mind was ever that powerful, lol)
I let my Doctor treat me with Lupron, because my insurance wants me to follow my doctor's orders. However, I feel that my Doctor isn't accustom to treating women with Endometriosis for pain. Now I want kids but I want to be healthy for my kids! She doesn't seem to be able to answer any of my questions and worse has treated me like I am making a bigger deal of this than I should. It is like beating my head against the wall! Why would anyone want to pretend that they are in so much pain that they can't get out of bed on a regular basis?!
Regardless, I have stage 1 however my pain has reached a point that it is daily with elevated symptoms during ovulation and menstruation. I hope the treatment helps but I am scared. I hate medicine and I am taking more than my fair share at this point. I am on the 3 month shot currently for Lupron and I feel frantic and overly stressed. I know it is most likely the hormones but it has caused me to feel extremely alone. I have an amazing fiance who has been truly a knight in shining armor through out this whole process. I have been out of work on medical leave for 2 months now and it all has been enough to make me feel a little crazy, lol.
Sorry for the overly long post. My question to you brave and inspiring ladies is.. How do you coupe? What do you do to stay positive on days that seem hopeless? I have been working on a personal cookbook to help keep my mind busy and well, I love food! But I still want a human connection that can truly understand. That is why, I feel like breaking out into song like the wife in Young Frankenstein "... Oh At last I have found you!"
Thank you for .. being you! :D
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Congradulations on finally discovering that you have endo, and for making your Doctors listen to you. I HATE/HATED when people suggest that something is wrong with my spine or soething and that must be causing my pain when I kept clearly stating "No! That's not it. It's hurting in the tissue!" Anyways, recently havent been coping so well, but usually I cope by reminding myself things like "At least this isn't a life threatening illness" etc. Somedays that doesn't work though and the I try to think of all the things that I CAN do instead of all the things the endo keeps me from doing. I also have a pretty solid support system so that helps :]
Bet of luck on your new journey!
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Thank you Dana! :D
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Glad you finally found it! I also recently discovered my endo, about 6 months ago. I have had endo, I'm guessing 15 years. I had pain for years and never knew why, until earlier this year I had pain immense pain, which lead to an ultrasound and the discovery of a cyst the size of a baseball on my ovary.
Please share some of your recipes!
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Weeeeeeellllcccommmmmmeeeee :)
This place is a wonderful community where people actually do understand what you're going through :)
Lovely to have you here!
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Welcome, glad you found us but sorry you had too. You need a new doc ASAP. If she has never treated endo RUN. It is very hard finding a doc who cares and wants to help you. Your endo needs to be treated AND your pain managed. I understand your insurance wants you to listen to your doc BUT your treatment is YOUR decision. Lupron can have nasty side effects so make sure your do your research. Endo pain can be managed with birth control pills and pain meds. You just need to find what works for YOU. Alittle bit of endo can cause a lot of pain. We have all dealt with people who dont believe we are in as much pain as we are because we look normal and have to function normally in the world. Noone truly understands unless they have endo. Your symptoms sound alot like mine used to be. You should try pelvic floor therapy. There is also a device called a TENS unit that you can buy online that helps with the pain. Acupuncture is also worth a try. Alot of us have tried a dozen things until we found the things that helped us. As far as staying positive you just have to keep fighting until you get some relief and keep telling yourself that endo wont win.
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I see that you're in Austin, I am pretty positive there aren't any endo specialists there specifically, but I am sure there are some pretty awesome OBGYNs there that can help if you search around. If not there, maybe S&W in Temple or, if all else fails you may even search to Houston. You're in a good area to possibly find someone who will really be able to help. Just search around a little bit.
Like whyme was saying, the alternative treatments like acupuncture and pelvic floor therapy could be useful too. You're also probably in a good area for those treatments too.
Good luck, and welcome to the group!
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Sony Xperia Z1S announced as a T-Mobile exclusive version of the Z1
The Sony Xperia Z1S has finally been made official, but it's not the Mini flagship we were expecting. Instead, that got announced as the Xperia Z1 Compact, and the Z1S is basically just a Z1 that's headed exclusively to T-Mobile in the US of A.
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