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Phil Hansel Invitational - Complete Results
HOUSTON (SMU) - The SMU women's swimming 400-yard freestyle relay team automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship in March after posting an NCAA A standard time of 3:16.51 in the event on the final day of competition at the Phil Hansel Invitational hosted by the University of Houston. Sophomore Isabella Arcila, sophomore Nathalie Lindborg, junior Monika Babok and junior Nina Rangelova won the event for the Mustangs.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams placed third at the meet. No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 23 Arkansas earned the top two spots on the women's side, while No. 20 LSU and Wyoming went one-two for the men.
In addition to the NCAA A time in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the women posted five additional NCAA B marks, bringing the weekend total to 14.
Arcila took runner-up honors in the 200-yard backstroke with an NCAA B time of 1:54.66.
Two more B qualifying times came in the 100-yard freestyle as Lindborg finished second in a time of 49.30, and Rangelova placed fifth in 49.90.
SMU earned a pair of fourth-place finishes from sophomore Rachel Nicol in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.22, NCAA B) and freshman Danielle Villars in the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.36, NCAA B).
On the men's side, senior standout Mindaugas Sadauskas recorded an NCAA B time of 43.98 as he won the 100-yard freestyle. Junior Matt Roney was eighth in the event (46.27). Sadauskas was also a member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay squad that finished with a time of 2:57.75.
Sophomore Matas Andriekus placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.03) ahead of Eduardo Santana who was seventh (1:50.36).
Sophomore diver Devin Burnett earned important points with his fourth-place finish in the platform dive, recording a total score of 305.00.
Junior Nicolai Hansen was fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke, swimming the event in 2:04.68. Junior Matthew Napier-Jameson was seventh, touching the wall in 2:08.06.
In the 1650-yard freestyle, freshman Eastman Holloway was fifth (16:02.13) and junior Matt Roney was seventh (16:13.31).
Sophomore Madison Mulleady was seventh in the 200-yard butterfly, clocking in with a time of 1:56.25.
The swim teams head to Austin, Texas, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 for the USA National Championships.


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In 1995, an additional three cars were found in a barn at the Bureau d'Etudes at Ferté-Vidame and cars have been kept exactly as they were found. During the World War II German occupation of France Michelin and Citroën decided to hide the TPV from the Nazis, fearing some military application. A number of TPVs were buried at secret locations, one was disguised as a pickup, and the others were destroyed. It had been believed that only two prototypes had survived. had been believed that the cars were so well concealed that they had all been lost at the end of the war. However, it would appear that management knew of their existence since in the 1950s an internal memo was issued ordering them to be scrapped. These surviving TPVs were, in fact, hidden from the company's management by some workers who appreciated their historical value.
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HURLEY — The Iron County Finance Committee approved hiring of a third economic support specialist for the Iron County Human Services Department Thursday.
At its July meeting, the committee approved hiring of two economic support specialists for the department, as required by the state of Wisconsin.
The hiring does not cost the county any money, as the position is funded entirely by the state. According to county clerk Mike Saari, human services director Carolyn Kolson-Janov told him the state may allow Iron County to hire a third person because of extra funding being available.
The position would last between nine and 15 months and the committee was asked to approve the hire, even though a third position hasn't officially been approved at the state level, because of the small amount of time given for training purposes.
"With the unemployment rate pretty high in Iron County, I think it would be great to supply another job to someone, especially when it doesn't cost the county any money," said committee member Tom Innes.
Committee chair Opal Roberts said, "A job is a job, even if it may only be for nine months. It can help someone somewhere."
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For my internship, I get to go out and either film, or take pictures... weather permitting. It certainly has been very gloomy these past few weeks, with only a few exceptional days of sunshine. On one of these days I got to go out and take pictures around the university.
University life and students in general are so different here. We had a dinner night with all of the remaining year-long students here in Freiburg, and we were discussing the differences. One was that students here, are here to learn. And the title "student" here is something very prestigious. In the US, it's somewhat easy to get into college, and here, you have be the top of the top.
On one side, it's great. Think how much you could learn if everyone around you was 100% into learning? But me, I miss the average Joe. I miss the frat boy sitting next to me in German decked out in Greek apparel. I miss college sports and Hope pride! Here, there isn't really any pride for the University, not in comparison to back home anyways. It's a great learning experience here, and an eye opening one at that.
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RADNOR, Pa. (May 21, 2014) – Olivia Collins graduated cum laude on Sunday, May 18, completing four years at Cabrini College after overcoming personal tragedy.
Collins lost both of her parents before she turned 19.
She achieved her undergraduate degree on time and nearly debt-free, despite paying a mortgage and working full time.
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Since its founding in 1957 by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the College has provided a transformational Education of the Heart, focusing on academic excellence, leadership development, and a commitment to social justice.
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CHICAGO - UIC student-athletes continue to graduate at a rate well above the national average, as well as competitively within the Horizon League, per the release of the Graduation Success Rate report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
At 84 percent, UIC's latest overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) - which includes student-athletes who entered the University between 2002-2003 and 2005-06 - out-paces the national average of 80 percent. It also represents the fourth-highest clip among the nine members in the Horizon League.
"I'd like to commend our current and former student-athletes for achieving a very high mark in the latest Graduation Success Report," said Athletic Director Jim Schmidt. "When I speak to UIC fans and potential donors, I always reference our recent success in the classroom and the fact that our student-athletes graduate at a rate considerably above the national average, and significantly higher than regular students. It takes a dedicated commitment from not only the student-athletes, but also our coaches and academic staff. Everyone has worked together to achieve this high GSR mark."
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The GSR has been used by the NCAA as an academic assessment tool for the last 11 years, and is seen as the most accurate measure of a school's ability to graduate student-athletes. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students and accounts for mid-year enrollees. Universities are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing, while incoming transfer students and midyear enrollees are included in the calculation.
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This year a fellow hiker and I took another spring trip into Death Valley. Something about this National Park keeps beckoning me to return. I personally prefer the spring season for three reasons; milder temperatures, the seasonal streams are still flowing and the wild flowers are in bloom.
The first four days our base camp was set up at Texas Spring Campground outside of Furnace Creek. Being centrally located within the valley, now we could visit multiple points of interest.
Badwater (Road K10) which is the lowest point in the United States at 282 feet below sea level is only 17 miles south from base camp. At the Badwater parking area are steps to a wooden platform offering access down to the lowest point. We continued beyond the platform and walked on the pure white salt flat as it stretches across the valley floor. Interesting how the salt crystals formed into irregular shapes like bumps or small mounds. By arriving before sunrise one can experience the shadows dancing across the salt flats as the sun peaks from behind the eastern mountains. Located almost 280 feet above us on the mountain behind the parking area is a white marker establishing sea-level.
Eagle Borax Works (Road K9) is located 20 miles south of Furnace Creek on a graded dirt road. All that remains today of this 1881 establishment are mounds of earth and overgrown with desert vegetation. Just before arriving at the Borax location, a lonely sign read; Shorty's grave. I almost didn't stop but after driving the distance on this dirt road, maybe a gravesite will be worth a photo.
I'm impressed! A monument dedicated to two prospectors who spent their lives searching for that elusive yellow metal. The huge bronze plaque read; Frank (Shorty) Harris 1850-1934 and Jim Dayton 1898. Shorty and Jim must have many dedicated followers. Surrounding the monument are personal artifacts such as coins, buttons, decorative rocks and the most interesting items are two cans of beer; unopened. Maybe I'll stick around for the party?
The Natural Bridge (Road K10) located 15 miles south of Furnace Creek, just two miles off the highway. Only a quarter mile from the parking area, this huge arch extends over the canyon. But we hiked beyond this point then skirted under a huge boulder that was parochially blocking the canyon. Just beyond this point the steep canyon walls displayed the polished grooves created by centuries of water cascading down over its surface. Only ten minutes had passed until I was stopped by the steep walls of a box canyon. This is the end of my adventure today; the canyon walls are just too steep for climbing. This would be a spectacular sight after a storm with water cascading down this steep rock face before disappearing into the gravel surface of the canyon floor.
The ghost town of Rhyolite is located 37 miles NE of Furnace Creek on Highway 190, just nine miles outside the park in Nevada. When gold was discovered in 1904 the town grew to over 6,000 people. Rhyolite boosted a Stock Exchange, hotels, opera house, school, churches and many housing structures. Today all that remains are a few surviving stone and concrete dwellings. The mountains that surround Rhyolite are dotted with mines that have been closed for decades.
Now to drive back toward the park two miles and attempt the 27 mile graded dirt and rock Titus Canyon Road. This one way road starts in Nevada and follows across desert terrain before entering California and Death Valley National Park. Next it climbs steep grades and switchbacks to a crest that offers views of the canyons and desert below. As it descends through the mountains, this winding road passes the ghost town of Leadfield. During the 1920's its mining operation only lasted one year before investors realized they were duped or swindled in believing the tons of lead ore contained within these mountains. This area also has the remains of open mines, wood structures and tailings from early Twentieth Century Mining.
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The Most Important Election of Your Life Is Not This Year
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A close-up on Jim Hanson offers a remarkable window into the mentality of Cruz's national security team.
"It is time for all of us to stand up and say what we do is good," says the director of the Allentown Women's Center in Bethlehem, Pa., one of the many independent providers speaking up for the social value of abortion care—without apology.
And then there were six: Former Arkansas governor and Fox News talking head Mike Huckabee brought the official tally of Republican candidates for the 2016 presidential contest to a half-dozen Tuesday, and he blasted his ex-rival, President Obama, while he was at it.
Remember when President Obama wasn't making the strongest case for securing the civil rights of LGBT Americans and wouldn't, for example, come out in favor of gay marriage? Looks like things are a bit different for our 2015-edition POTUS.
The movie "American Sniper" lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—including the belief that Christians are called upon to exterminate "lesser breeds."
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some businesses are allowed to refuse to provide contraception coverage as part of employee health insurance plans.
Several years ago I accompanied a close friend who was visiting the U.S. to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California.
Illustration by Mr. Fish
A former professional skier who sought help for alcoholism from a rehabilitation program became locked in a cultish life that destroyed her self-esteem and independence in the name of Jesus.
Ralph Reed, the disgraced conservative political operative and evangelical leader who took secret money from former super-lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, returned from political purgatory during the Republican National Convention last week.
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I worry more about the Anders Breiviks than the Mohammed Attas.
We don't have the full picture yet on the lineup of candidates revving up to race for the White House in 2012, even from the GOP camp, which has already kicked into high campaigning gear. A certain governor of a big state ... (continued)
Sex columnist Dan Savage, creator of the "It Gets Better" campaign to help gay youth through tough transitions, is pretty patient with CNN's Kyra Phillips as he discusses the still very real threat of hate speech and hate crimes targeting ... (continued)
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Certain members and proponents of the tea-party movement may claim that diversity abounds among their ranks, but through the magic of polling, the Public Religion Research Institute has sketched out a shared belief system ... (continued)
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Tens of millions of Americans are creating a theocratic state based on "biblical law," and shutting out all those they define as the enemy.
What could George Rekers, anti-gay Christian right activist and Baptist minister, have been thinking when he went a'fishin' on Rentboy.com for someone to help him carry his baggage—or as Stephen Colbert puts it in this clip, "hoist his sack"—on a European vacation?
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This is the story of George Rekers, a Baptist minister and prominent anti-gay activist who recently took a European sojourn with a young man who said, on his Rentboy.com profile, that he's "up for anything." Well, how about a trip to London and Madrid with a card-carrying member of the Christian right?
Just how did we get the Christian right we have today? In his truly scary documentary "Silhouette City," director Michael W. Wilson takes a close look at the key figures and ideologies that played some part in forming the apocalyptic mass movement that's looking to influence American politics and culture.
The coals of radical social change smolder among the poor, the homeless and the destitute. As the numbers of disenfranchised dramatically increase, our hope, our only hope, is to connect intimately with the daily injustices visited upon them. Out of this contact we can resurrect, from the ground up, a social ethic, a new movement.
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Would God ever damn America? Is there anything we have done or could do as a nation that might court such severe judgment from an almighty, or is there a peculiar American exemption from God's wrath? The prediction of God's damnation for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches.
Bill Maher celebrates the passing of an intolerant icon: "Now I know you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but I think we can make an exception, because speaking ill of the dead was kind of Jerry Falwell's hobby."
Based on his comments to CNN's Anderson Cooper on the day of the Rev. Jerry Falwell's death, it looks like author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens (pictured) will have to wait a while to be invited back into President Bush's inner circle. Hitchens channeled his disdain for religion and for Falwell into one scathing send-off on Cooper's show.
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The author of "American Fascists" reports on the cult-like recruiting tactics of the Christian right, including the manipulative and highly successful practice of "love bombing."
Gays are the first target of the Christian right's campaign against human rights, but they won't be the last.
AP Photo / Charles Dharapak
Many have dismissed Ralph Nader's recurring candidacy as an "ego trip," but veteran journalist Chris Hedges argues that the activist and agitator has in fact taken a consistent and necessary stand against the consumer fraud of American politics.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell held a hush-hush summit earlier this month with other conservative Republicans from the Council for National Policy to discuss the 2008 presidential race. The exclusive group is facing a status downgrade when the Bush years end and can't find anyone in the lineup of candidates who clearly fits the council's bill.
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Government television cut out Lee's mention of gays and lesbians as well as his thank you to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Homophobia is alive and well in Communist China. Maybe the Christian right should move there.
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Although women's colleges educate only two percent of female college students, they have an uncanny ability to move women to greatness.
Women choose to attend women's colleges to be focused and independent. The faith in the ability of women enables a high level of participation in and out of the classroom and takes learning to greater heights. The challenge of holding every leadership position allows you active responsibility in supporting the causes in which you believe, including the shaping of your own education. This real life experience builds critical thinking skills and life-long confidence.
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- Number among their ranks these notable women: former Secretary of State Madeline Albright; Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, first woman founder of a PBS television station; conservationist, scientist and author of "Silent Spring," Rachel Carson; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Diane Dailey, head coach of women's golf at Wake Forest University, former LPGA Coach of the Year and National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame member; Sarah Fulcher, first woman and only third person to complete 2,700 mile run across Australia; actress Katharine Hepburn, first and only person to have won four Academy Awards for acting; Katherine Holland-Ortiz, executive manager of UNICEF; Keesa Schreane, vice president for global markets, equities and structured products marketing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York City; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker; Barbara Walters, first woman to anchor the network nightly news; and Celia Weston, highly acclaimed actress in the films "The Village," "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" and "Junebug" and in the TV series "Desperate Housewives."


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St Servatius's Church, Quedlinburg
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text: Full Screen E-mail a friend Twitter Facebook Share Print Format Contact us Joris van Son - A Still Life with Roses Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623 - Antwerp 1667) A Still Life with Roses, Honeysuckle and other Flowers and Summer Fruits in a Glass Vase with Shrimps on a Stone Ledge signed and dated on the stone ledge 'J. VAN: SON./1661' (lower left) oil on canvas 32 x 25 cm (12⅝ x 9⅞ in) SOLD Provenance: Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 December 1973, lot 91, for £11,500; with Richard Green, London, 1974; Anonymous sale ("Property from a Deceased's Estate"), London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1994, lot 86, where withdrawn. Literature: A. van der Willigen & F. G. Meijer, A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters working in Oils, Leiden 2003, p. 186 Joris van Son's exuberant still life is a celebration of beauty and sensuality. A variety of flowers, picked at the height of their bloom, are silhouetted against a dark background, heightening their lustre. A reflection on the vase reveals a window in the room, the source of the light streaming onto the flowers and encouraging their bloom. In amongst the flowers, hang ripe and luscious cherries and berries, and arranged on the ledge next to the vase are shrimp and figs, one of which is cut open to reveal its tender flesh. Perhaps these additions refer to the abundance of food that is provided by the land and sea. Every element of the composition is treated with exceptional attention to detail and technical skill. Although van Son's painting appears primarily to be an expression of the miracle of nature and a display of artistic virtuosity, there is very likely further significance to the composition. The roses that feature so prominently in the arrangement are fully opened, indicating that very shortly they will wilt and die. One stem has already lost many of its delicate petals. The shrimp and fruit, while representing earthly plenty, have been plucked from the trees and bushes and harvested from the sea, and are therefore no longer living. As in the still life paintings of many of his Dutch and Flemish contemporaries, van Son seems to convey a moralizing message to his audience, reminding them of the transitory nature of life, and the inevitability of death. An obvious memento mori is found in van Son's painting in the Hermitage, The Lamentation with a Garland of Fruit. Here an ornately framed pietà is festooned with an abundance of fruit. The abundance and ripeness of the fruit stands out against the severity and darkness of the pietà, further emphasising the contrast between life and death. The painting, with its overtly religious imagery, is a stern reminder of the uncertainty of human existence. It also encourages a meditation on Christ's resurrection, and the fruit can be viewed as a promise of redemption for the faithful. In a related composition in the Walters Art Museum, van Son replaces the Virgin and Christ with a skull, burning candle and hourglass, clear reminders of the brevity of human life and the proximity of death. Van Son, a specialist in still life painting, became a master in the Antwerp guild of St Luke in 1643/1644. He was greatly influenced by the work of Jan Davidsz de Heem, a Dutch artist, renowned for his still lifes, who settled in Antwerp and painted with remarkable colouristic splendour and vitality. In his paintings of religious symbols framed by cartouches and flower garlands, van Son took particular inspiration from Daniel Seghers' work.


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So this is pretty cool. Sprint has just announced the Instinct Java Developer Contest, focusing on the new Samsung Instinct. The contest will be open to consumer and business applications optimized for the Instinct and has a $20K grand prize. More information in the coming days, including a webinar you can register for here.
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I am constantly setting up research and development environments that require active directory accounts. Since we place these environments in isloated networks each environment needs its own active directory. How can I create a new active directory account using powershell.
I'm not sure if you are looking for a script that will take a list of names, passwords, etc, but the following command works to create one new user. UserPrincipalName is optional. In this case, email is not used.
If you wish to create a user in a trusted domain, add -server dns.domain to above command
I would recommend investigating Quest's AD cmdlets:
A new AD user would be:
However, for 'pure' Powershell, Shay's suggestion of Idera's scripts would save you using additional cmdlets. Mind you, if you are to go to the trouble of downloading the scripts you might as well download the Quest cmdlets.
I took Brad's answer above and added a bit more detail below (thanks Brad for getting me thinking in this direction):
Input CSV file:
Good luck!
if you're just setting up the same users on different networks/domains, a plain old .cmd file should do the trick. Just issue calls to the dsadd command for each user.
a call to dsadd or dsmod would work in the middle of a powershell script as well. you could even have a CSV file of username/passwords which you could import with a powershell script and loop through each line with a call to dsadd or dsmod like this:
The ds commands (dsadd, dsmod, etc) get installed with the active directory role, so they're available once you have AD up and running.


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James Demmin(1927 - 2012)
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James M. Demmin, 84, of Baileys Harbor, died early Friday morning (November 16, 2012) at Ministry-Door County Medical Center.
He was born November 30, 1927 in Green Bay, the son of the late Carl and Hulda (Liembach) Demmin. Jim graduated from Gibraltar High School in 1944. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. On November 26, 1955 he married Ruby E. Volkmann at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in West Jacksonport. They moved to Janesville where Jim worked for
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for 11 years. They returned to Door County in 1966 and he found employment with Peterson Builders Inc. where he was a fiberglass fabrication specialist. Later he went to work for Bay Shipbuilding until he retired in 1980.
Jim was a member of Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in West Jacksonport. He was an avid collector of sports memorabilia. His knowledge was so vast that often he was consulted on the historical accuracy of player who played for the Packers Football Team. Jim played basketball and baseball in high school and continued playing in the Door County Baseball League with the Egg Harbor Indians.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby; five children, Thomas Demmin of Baileys Harbor, Mary Demmin of Luxemburg, Penny (Tamman) Tayara of Beirut, Lebanon, John (Kelly) Demmin of Fish Creek, Rose Demmin of Baileys Harbor; five grandchildren, Daniel (Heather) Pfundtner, Tarek Tayara, Courtney Demmin, Nelson and Colby Demmin; two great-grandchildren, Allegra, Mason Pfundtner; other dear relatives and friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Carl and Hulda Demmin and grandson, Michael (2006).
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday (November 21, 2012) at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in West Jacksonport with Rev. Peter Lindemann officiating. Burial will be at Egg Harbor Town Cemetery. Military honors will be held at the church following services.
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NBC is giving an all-out push to "The Voice."
Starting Saturday, Feb. 11, the previous Monday's episode on NBC will get an encore on sister cable network E!.
This week, the repeats will run from 5-8 p.m. to include the one-hour post-Super Bowl season premiere.
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NBC is giving similar treatment to "Smash," one of the finest series in years. It will be repeated on USA at midnight Thursday (as in early Friday).


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Just some facts about protein I have found during today's reading:
One of the smallest countries in the world, Luxemburg, is per capita the biggest meat eater. Luxembourgers eat on average about 300 pounds of meat annually per person. The U.S. comes in second with about 276 pounds of meat�mostly beef�per year. Austria is third with about 267 pounds of animal protein per person.
India, with a population of over 1 billion, eats the least amount of meat in the world with just 7 pounds of meat annually per person. Bangladesh comes in second, with 9 pounds, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo eats about 10 pounds of meat per person.
Insects are more nutritious than many other common forms of protein. For example, 100 grams of top sirloin beef contain 29 grams of protein and 21 grams of fat. However, 100 grams of grasshopper contain 20 grams of protein and just 6 grams of fat. Additionally, farming insects emits 10 times less greenhouse gasses than farming livestock.
Protein deficiency can cause serious health problems. For example, children with a protein deficiency could develop a condition known as Kwashiorkor. The symptoms include a protruding belly, thin hair, overall weight loss, and discolored skin and hair. Left untreated, it can lead to stunted growth, mental impairments, and death.
The protein in eggs is the highest quality of protein found in any food.
While most Americans eat nearly twice as much protein as their bodies need, 7.7% of adolescent females and about 8% of adult older women are reaching only the minimum recommended amount. Additionally, 13.4% of children are below the ideal range.
Protein helps make a meal more satiating which, in turn, helps people maintain a healthy weight. Just increasing protein from 15% to 30% of total calories and reducing fat from 35% to 20% of calories can result in sustained weight loss.
Protein deficiency is rare in developed countries. Even a vegetarian diet typically provides all the protein the body needs when a diet includes a wide variety of plant food.
Vegetarian sources of protein include legumes (pulses), nuts, seeds, and fruits. Plants that are poor in protein include roots and tubers, such as yams, cassava, and sweet potatoes.
Because animal proteins are more similar to our proteins than are plant proteins, they are used more readily and rapidly. In other words, our bodies can use animal proteins slightly better than plant-based proteins. However, some meat is loaded with unhealthy saturated fat. The healthiest choice of meat is lean meat low in saturated fat.
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While human meat is a good source of high-quality protein, cannibalism was not historically motivated by diet or starvation. Rather it was a symbolic gesture, usually as a way to commune with the gods.
A protein in semen acts on the female brain to prompt ovulation.
One typical human male ejaculation contains about 150 mg of protein.
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I have a VPS account and everytime I try to log in, I get a "password authentication failed, try again" message. I am double sure about my password and username so I couldn't possibly be wrong.
I am trying to login using the console provided inside solusvm and have even tried putty.
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Mobile (Alabama) is the latest American coastal city to win a "home port" designation as Carnival announced today that its Holiday will base there during the month of March. The 1,452 passenger ship will offer a series of two-to-six day voyages out of Mobile, ranging from cruises-to-nowhere to Western Caribbean itineraries.
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Here are some notable events in TV history for today:
- On this date in 1953, the Academy Awards were first broadcast on TV.
- Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Tory in TV's first color televised boxing match on thus date in 1954.
- "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was last broadcast on this date in 1977.
- The U.S. House of Representatives started broadcasting daily sessions on this date in 1979.
- "Dallas" made it to 100 episodes on this date in 1982.
- "Kate and Allie" debuted on this date in 1984.
- "Cagney and Lacey" came back to TV as a result of a letter-writing campaign on this date in 1984.
- Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from PTL on this date after admitting to an affair with Jessica Hahn.
- "Dallas" made it to 300 episodes on this date in 1989.
- The most-watched televised NBA game to date was aired on this date in 1995 when Michael Jordan came out of retirement to play again for The Chicago Bulls.
- "Beverly Hills 90120" made it 200 episodes on this date in 1997.
- On this date in 2003, Fox announced that Monica Lewinsky would host the dating show, "Mr. Personality."
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- Renee Taylor from "The Nanny" observes a birthday today.


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The last time that Iowa State got a linebacker commitment from the state of Wisconson, things worked out pretty well.
Does the name A.J. Klein ring a bell anyone?
On Saturday afternoon, Sam Seonbuchner tweeted that he had chosen to become a Cyclone on his weekend unofficial visit.
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According to his profile at Rivals.com, the outside linebacker stands 6-foot-2 tall at 223 pounds. He hails from Hartland, Wisc. and attends high school at Arrowhead.
Seonbuchner currently holds offers from Ball State, Bowling Green and Ohio.
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Bobby La Guess of the Ames Tribune recently spoke to Seonbuchner about the commitment. You can read that piece by CLICKING HERE.
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Sam Seonbuchner, LB, Hartland Arrowhead, Wisc.
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Today to continue our series on feminists we will briefly look at the life and work of Carol Gilligan, psychologist, feminist, ethicist, and major influence in the field of feminism today.
Carol Sullivan received her Ph.d in social psychology from Harvard University. She started teaching at Harvard University in 1967 and left in 2002 to teach at New York University.
Carol Sullivan is currently a visiting professor at Cambridge University and and a resident professor at New York University.
Carol Sullivan is the founder of difference feminism which supports the premise that men and women are different and these differences must be respected they they do not necessarily have to be considered equal. She was a pioneer in feminist psychology during the 70s and the second wave of feminism.
Carol Sullivan is best known for her book In a Different Voice which is a criticism of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development where he states that girls develop a lower level of morality. She maintains that Kohlberg tested mostly boys and therefore did not get a good representation of girls to make that kind of judgment. Incidentally Lawrence Kohlberg was one of her professors.
There is a great video featuring Carol Gilligan which helps us to understand her better. I recommend that you listen to it.
Carol Gilligan is one of my favorite psychologists and feminists.
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I scanned the forums first and nothing worked so sorry if this has been covered.
Let me give a bit of a background. I turned on my ZVM30 today and it booted directly to Recovery Mode. I rebooted first and it went back to recovery. I ran the clean up and it says scan disk and just sits there. I can still scroll while its doing this. Either way i let it go for prob 10-15min and still the same thing. I reset and tried the format. Did the same thing, except I can't scroll while its doing this. Gave it another 10-15 and reset. Then tried the firmware. Same thing. Also I don't get any kind of error messages on the ZVM itself on any of the recovery funtions
When I hooked it up to my computer that I use it on it wouldn't recognize. After scanning this and the creative forums I tried it on another computer and it would recognize. (It shows the volume as 50mb) Downloaded the new firmware (It has 1.40 something now and updating to 1.62.02) and ran it. It will load all of it till the last bar and then it gets held up and eventually fails. I tried the auto firmware update from creative with the same results except that one says update timed out and then fails. After the firmware fails the ZVM freezes and I have to reboot it.
I have a feeling that the hard drive crashed for unknown reasons....creative wants $25 to tell me this. I believe I still have till July till the warranty is up so I am willing try anything to fix it till then.
So question 1.Anyone have any ideas on this. I spent a good 4-5 hours reading and trying everything. Question 2. If the hard drive is dead anyone know what the cost is to have this replace.
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It looks like you've done some good troubleshooting. It does sound like the hard drive is having issues (maybe a ton of bad sectors). Since you haven't gotten any error messages, maybe let it sit overnight while letting it do a clean-up or format to see if it eventually does generate one.
It looks like a good time to use this as a reason to upgrade the hard drive. When you take the ZVM apart, just take note which kind of connection is used for the drive. Take a look at this thread for information on what drive(s) can be used; especially the posts within the last month or so. Here's a video of how to replace the drive. When you get the hard drive removed, you could try using an adapter or enclosure to hook up the "bad" drive to a computer and try formatting using the Windows format utility to see if you get a different result. Good luck and welcome to ABI!
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I like the reason for upgrading, i tend to do that when anything else is on the fritz. I'll give the overnight approach a try first though. Thanks for the help.
Seconding the bad hard drive diagnosis.
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Well it's not the hard drive got a new one and it's doing the same thing. I went through all the steps to replace a hard drive on this forum. The format still does the same thing. Same with the remove firmware. I'm out of ideas.
What happend to the old drive? Did you try connecting it to the computer to see if there was a problem with it (maybe reformat it)?
Did you connect the new hard drive to the computer to see if it would take a format before installing in the ZVM (verify that the new drive even works)?
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I agree with BobbyRS's implications there. To me it does kinda sound like you've encountered the unlikely coincidence that you had a dodgy HD in your Zen that was dodgy due to age... and now you've bought a new HD that just happens to be faulty in some way and is giving you the same problems.
I'd recommend attempting BobbyRS's suggestion of hooking the new drive to your PC. If you have problems with that, consider sending the new drive back and get a replacement sent.
All this talk of replacing the HD in the Zen has got me depressed. Been looking for a new job for like a month now. I have no money left to buy a 100GB Zif HD for my ZVM30. 100GB would kick ass. I could feesibly put a load of Lossless WMA files on it. Not that I can hear any great difference between WMA CBR @ 320 and lossless on these cruddy Sennheisers.
Who is General Faliure and why is he reading my hard drive?
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My hd shouldn't be that old. (I wouldnt think) I got it in July of 07 and don't really use it that much. I only use it on Sat. at work. Other than that it doesn't get a lot of play.
Well to be honest I dont think I have a way of hooking the drives up to my computer. (Unless I am completely overlooking something.)I was looking into getting an enclosure, was actually going to micro center tomorrow to see if they have one. Other than that I don't know how to hook it up to my computer without it being hooked to the zen.
If I am overlooking an easy way of doing it please let me know. Otherwise I hope to have the enclosure tomorrow(if they carry them) and I can report back then.
Thanks all
Well of course they didn't carry 1.8 drive enclosures. Starting to think it isn't meant to be. Any one know where I can get a cheap (less than $20) enclosure or adapter so I can test these hds?
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lol at my sig and avatar. my ZVM seems so long ago...
Say you write a program to re-read a small file 5000+ times in rapid succession and each time check the file content with the previously-read copy loaded to memory and if it's different, stop (and say so, obviously). With WD drives, the number is closer to 10,000+ but most cheap drives will have a corrupt file after about 5000+ reads.
That's what I mean by "repetitive patterns of wear". And it's quite easy to achieve that without even being aware of it.
Don't think it's an issue? Get a tin of beans. Shake it vigorously. Keep shaking. Don't change hands and don't change the direction of the shaking. Just keep shaking. See how long you can keep that up without having to stop and eat a sandwich
Regular reformats of a media/data drive like your Zen's (after making backups, then restoring the data again) can avoid corrupt files. Changing the content (eg, adding some media) each time you upload your full library after reformatting will help maximize the lifespan of a HD. Why? Simply because the files will end up in different places on the disk. Yeah, I know it takes ages, but it's worth it... just once in a while.
Just a few tips.
Just my two cents.
Obviously, I may be wrong. It may well be there is a problem with the Zen itself. But IMO it sounds like a fluke that you've got a worn out HD and are trying to replace it with a faulty one, hence achieving the same symptoms. So, I guess this post is my two cents on maximising the lifespan of your new HD when/if you get it working.
Good luck, dude
Let us know what happens when you get your adapter and test your new HD on your PC.
Oh, and test your old HD via your PC, too. You might be able to do a FULL reformat (the zen's reformat never does a full one) and bring it back from the brink. Time consuming, but worth a try.
Who is General Faliure and why is he reading my hard drive?
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Besides the possibility that the new drive could be bad as well, it could have also come with no Partition on the drive either. This would cause the same outcome when inserting it into the ZVM because it would be seen in a simular way a bad drive would not be seen; not there. Without a Partition, the Zen (or computer) cannot perform a Format on the drive. Either way, the drive will need to be connected to a computer to verify it does work and that a partition exists for it to be formatted.
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Well I have an enclosure on the way prob get it sometime next week. I will report back with my findings.
Thanks for the help all
But I've never known an internal or external HD to come off the production line with no partition at all. But I've never bought a ZIF drive or anything like it (though I intend putting a 100GB drive in my ZEN soon ), so I don't know if it's common with those HDs.
Who is General Faliure and why is he reading my hard drive?
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Well both the drives work perfect on my pc, i formated both, they both can save files on them fine. So when i hook them back into the zen it has issues loading the recovery screen now. Most of the times it just shows the ZEN screen and stops there. I have been able to get to the recovery screen a few times but it has the same probs as before, im sometimes getting a harddisk error now, and the scan doesn't seem to do anything. And when doing a firmware upgrade on the pc it gets to the last bar, stops there for a couple min then says firmware upgrade failed. (Same as before) On the firmware upgrade note, the only pc i can get to recognize the zvm i only have usb 1 ports could that cause an issue when upgrading? I have gotten a "firmware upgrade timed out" error before but usually just fails in general.
What size drive is it and what type of file system did you format it too? Did you format the drive in the Zen Recovery Mode before you tried to reload the firmware? The firmware is stored on the hard drive, so formatting it in the Zen will make sure the drive has the correct file system and is in optimal working order for the Zen to utilize. Without the correct file system, the ZVM could be intermittently failing the POST (Power On Self Test) when trying to test the hard drive. I would at least try the above first before beginning to question the mainboard or the ROM on it as being the problem.
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Both the harddrive (new one and old one) are 30gig. im not sure what file system it is. What should the file system be set to? I get the harddrive error when formating on the zvm. Same for the reload firmware option, and the scan disk does nothing.
Do a right click on the drive, when connected to the computer, and check what is listed next to File System. I am wondering if it is formatted to NTFS and if formatting it to a FAT32 file system would get a different result when inserted into the ZVM and formatted again in Recovery Mode. Many portable devices have problems recognizing and formatting over NTFS volumes/drives.
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As I mention above, there are no rules as to how you put this together. Maybe you want more wine, or less. Maybe you want a heavy hand with salt and pepper, or you want the natural flavors of the cheese to shine through. If you're using a lot of hard cheeses, a pat or two of butter will help smooth things out. Personally, I go easy on the garlic (one tiny clove) because it really blooms as the cheese sits, and I don't want it to take over, but maybe you would like that. The only thing I think it important to keep in mind is that even a small amount of blue cheese tends to dominate. I used 25% of the weight in blue, and the result was essentially a blue cheese spread. Fortunately, we love them. But if that's not your thing, limit it to just a small spoonful or a few crumbles.
If you're curious, my formula this time was one part each of blue, brie, goat cheese and gruyere, a handful of chives and a full cup of wine.
1 pound mix leftover cheese, harder cheeses grated, softer ones cut into chunks
A couple pats of butter, if using mostly firm cheese varieties
1 small clove garlic, minced, or more to taste
1/2 to 1 cup leftover white wine
1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley, thyme, rosemary or chives
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Blend cheese, butter (if using) and garlic in food processer until combined. Drizzle in wine with the motor running until you get your desired consistency — some like it completely smooth, others prefer chunks. Add herbs, pulsing the machine until just combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Fromage fort can be used right away, or kept in the fridge until needed. In the fridge, it will thicken and age a little; the flavors will mingle and deepen.
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This restaurants motto of 'eat good, do good' – and its tasty fare- keeps customers coming
Looking for a place to get a bite to eat while giving back to your community?
While dining out may feel like a guilty pleasure, that's not the case at one local quick-service restaurant. At COMMONS Café, 100 percent of the profits go to charity, an idea of Richard and Lois Nicotra's that came to fruition in December, and the Bloomfield eatery is nestled near two of the Nicotras most recently developed office buildings at the Teleport.
"You're providing jobs for people. You're providing a service for tenants in the Corporate Park and the neighbors (on Staten Island), and you're able to help charity on Staten Island. That's a great business model," said Nicotra, whose philanthropic investment of $1 million has led others to compare him to famed philanthropist Paul Newman.
"I've always been an admirer of Paul Newman," said Nicotra, of the late actor whose business venture Newman's Own is still thriving today. "He created a business that was totally about profits going to charity."
While Nicotra jokes that he may not have Newman's blue eyes, he does have a similar business model. At COMMONS café, the motto "Eat Good. Do Good" is clear to patrons as they enter the quick-service eatery. A bright large yellow sign stating, "Together We Do Good" as one enters lets customers know how much has been raised since the eatery opened (almost $42,000). The sign also tells visitors the organizations and individuals its profits have helped, including the Art Lab, the American Cancer Society-Relay for Life, the St. George Theater, Staten Island Zoo, the Unity Games, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Cooley's Anemia, Sandy Ground Historical Society, and a host of schools and students.
While people stand on line to order their food, it's not uncommon to hear, "Does the money made really go to charity?" "It's really hard to believe, but they're [the Nicotras] doing it," said café manager Chris Wolff, on a quick break from his busy lunch crowd which is non-stop from 1:00 to 3 p.m. "Staten Island is really near and dear to the Nicotras' heart."
Nicotra created and franchised the successful Everything Yogurt chain in the 70s, and opened the successful Lorenzo's Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret and Nicotra's Ballroom in 2001. COMMONS Café, however, marks the first time he's connecting his interest in philanthropy with a business model.
The menu, according to Nicotra, is a throwback to his days at Everything Yogurt. There are sandwiches, salads and yes, even yogurt. Nicotra's favorite dishes on the menu are the black bean veggie burger and the turkey and brie sandwich. Wolff notes that other popular selections are the turkey cheddar club sandwich, a create-your-own salad and of course, the COMMONS burger, featuring the famed "un-common sauce."
While the concept may seem simple, there's nothing simple about Nicotra's hopes for the business for its first year. "We hope to do—in our first year—close to a million dollars," he said, adding that the café will soon begin hosting regular fund-raising events for specific organizations. Other plans for the business—which features an outside seating area for 60—include providing entertainment for patrons.
"We built a beautiful stage for summer lunches and dinners," added Nicotra. Live music—slated for Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.—will not only entertain customers but give young musicians a chance to showcase their talents, said Wolff. Nicotra also has plans to expand in the near future.
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this is normallly the theatre that i go to. Really nice and clean with great popcorrn and snacks.
A major waste of time.
Take all your stereotypes that have been evolved the last last few years, mix them together in a protein shake, add several types of narrowed eyebrows and fake brow-sweat, and you have this over-hyped movie.
Don't even worry that there isn't a plot, it's obviously not meant to have a clear, logical thought process that leads the viewers somewhere interesting. Instead it is the Amber Alert on stereoids, having woman-power front and center, while exhibiting this generatin of movie-makers' continuing war against white males by showing how stupid they are, when compared to any other sentient being on Planet Earth.
I was kind of excited to see this film because I am a big fan of Halle Berry and the trailer of the film was pretty interesting. I thought the film was pretty good at the beginning and I was quite intrigued, however the film took a wrong turn when Berry left her desk and from that moment it kind of sucked. I did not like that the film was manipulative and it relied on silly horror flick scare tactics, I expected a decent thriller, however it was just another mediocre scary film. I also found the film to be quite insulting and disturbing and it also did not make much sense, I think the director had a hard time putting the pieces of the puzzle together and it really affected the film. I think Berry is such a great actress and I wish she chose better films, it seems that lately her choices been really poor. Overall, I think this film is not worth seeing in the theaters, however you might enjoy watching this film at the comfort of your home.
I did not really like this film and do not recommend seeing it in the theaters. I found the film to be very manipulative, predictive and just overall not good, I was quite disappointed with it. I was very frustrated with this film and I did not feel good after seeing it, in fact I wanted to take a shower as soon as possible. The film was not that bad at first, unfortunately it became worse and worse as the time went by and by the end it did not make any sense at all. The moment when Berry decides to leave her desk, the film loses the tension and spirals down. Overall, this film is not worth seeing on the big screen, you will be better off renting it.
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SEATTLE - The University of Washington track and field program, in conjunction with PoleVaultPower.com, will bring the region's top pole vaulters together for two days of fun in the sun next month with beach vault competitions in Tacoma (July 4th) and Seattle (July 7th).
An annual highlight of the Northwest pole vaulting schedule, this year's "beach vaults" -- contested on a 150-foot ultra-fast wood runway placed directly on the waterfront -- will be held in conjunction with two of the region's most enjoyable summer events, including Tacoma's Freedom Fair and Seattle's month-long Seafair festival.
Celebrate Independence Day and the Tacoma Freedom Festival with the region's top vaulters at the July 4th beach vault off Ruston Way on the Tacoma waterfront, then head up I-5 to help kick off Seattle's annual Seafair festival by welcoming the Seafair pirates to Alki Beach with the second beach vault competition of the summer on July 7th.
This year's beach vault field is expected to be on par with past competitions, which have included NCAA champions, USA champions, world and Olympic champions, as well as the best high school and Masters athletes in the Northwest.
Both competitions will follow the same schedule. Entry is open to vaulters of all ages and skill levels, with competitions to be held at the Masters', high school and high-school elite levels, as well as the much-anticipated Elite Men's and Women's Vault:
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AMHERST, Mass. - Rising senior Kevin Johnson was named to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men's Track and Field and Cross Country third team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Tuesday. Johnson is the 42nd student-athlete in UMass history to garner Academic All-America status and earns the fifth award by a member of the men's track and field/cross country programs, joining two-time Academic All-Americans Kwesi Frimpong-Boateng (2003-2004) and Jon Korhonen (2005-2006).
One of the Minutemen's top performers during the 2009 cross country season, Johnson led UMass to a second-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships last fall. He took first on the team and seventh overall on the way to A-10 All-Conference honors. Johnson finished in UMass' top-five in three-of-six cross country meets in 2009. Most recently, during the outdoor track & field season, Johnson placed seventh in the 5,000 meter run at the A-10 Championships.
With a 4.0 grade-point average as a Food Science major, Johnson has collected multiple academic honors. He has been selected to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference teams on three occasions, twice in cross country (2008 and 2009) and in outdoor track & field in 2009. The Dean's List student was named the UMass Male Fall Scholar-Athlete in 2009, as well.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Schuylkill County Wine Festival Year 2
This was the second year for the SCWF, and once again, it was a blast. They hold it at Hegins Park, a nice, wooded area with some pavilions, some playground equipment, a stage with a blacktop area in front, some ball fields.....just a nice, little park, the kind perfect for reunions and such. We came prepared this year, bringing snacks, a cooler with water, a card table, chairs.......even a tablecloth. I was armed with both cameras and many packs of Mardi Gras beads. Sue and I had already purchased our tickets, only needing one for Laura, our designated driver. My childhood friend Mary was coming up from Reading with her daughter to join us, and there were also several of her daughters friends that were attending. I had spoken to Mary recently, she knew we would be setting up near the dance floor and that I would have beads, I would be wearing my 'pimp hat,' a Fedora made from a colorful floral print. We arrived early, finding a spot and setting up our table and chairs, unpacking some things. I looked to one side and see....a guy in a red tee, wearing a straw cowboy hat. Hmmm, there was a guy there last year named Jeff dressed like that, one I did many dances with. As I have stated before, I am not shy, and I went up to him, asked if he had been there the previous year. Yes, he was and remembered me.
His party set up a table next to ours. I draped some beads around his neck and hugged him, took some to the DJ also, the same excellent DJ that had done the fest 3 weeks prior.
The DJ handed me a bag with a bottle of wine in it! At the previous fest, he had promised wine to anybody who came up to Zumba. I was already on the dance floor, and till I got up to him he was out. I told him I would be at Hegins, he owed me. I really did not expect anything, so the bottle was a pleasant surprise. We grabbed some food, and after eating we saw the wineries were open, so we headed down to start sampling. We purchased a few bottles, which Laura carted back to the car for us. A stop at Red Shale , telling them that since I was wearing their shirt, I should get free tastes (I had parched one of their tees at Klingerstown,) another stop at Shade Mountain (they make a mint wine, great for mint mojitoes.) In addition to the Mojitoes, they also had some mint tea made with their wine. Stone Mountain from Pine Grove completed our rounds to sample their 'Simple Sadie' and 'Blushing Betty'................even suggest the name 'Lustful Lola' for a future wine (that is a WHOLE other story!) We were ready to check out some other things, when we see Mary approaching us. Introductions were made, hugs exchanged, and Sue and Laura headed back to our table while I showed Mary and Jamie where the best tastes were. They wanted to get some Long Trout wine to take home, we hit up the tea and mojitoes, some Sangria, before heading back to the table. Mary had spotted the beads at a table, and set their chairs there. Some snacks, a purchased bottle, and I was ready to party and DANCE. I nabbed a guy at Jeff's table for a slow dance, and was up with Mary for most of the fast ones. Dancing, dancing, and more dancing.
I had no shortage of partners, and mostly it was again just a jumble of bodies for the fast songs. DJ Dan played 'Cupid Shuffle', one of the few new line dances I know, and I joined in with that.
There was an Elvis artist there (no, not Brad) and he wove through the crowd. He got beads also.
C At one point while we were dancing, I heard someone yell something about the see-saw.......I looked over to see about 7 people on one of them.......Mary and I ran to join the group.
Mary and Jamie needed to leave early, but I had no shortage of partners whenever I wanted to dance,
be it slow or fast. We stayed till the end, Sue and Laura packed up the car while I enjoyed the last few dances...........I have the BEST friends in the world! .I am already looking forward to next year!
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Feb. 15, 2011
What's Up:
The Arizona Women's Gymnastics team has made its way back into the top 25, holding the No. 24 spot as they prepare to play host for the second to last time this season.
The meet will take place at 7 p.m. this Friday, February 18 against No. 2 Stanford.
Last Week:
The Wildcats had their first complete victory on the road, overtaking then No. 18 North Carolina State (194.250) as well as William and Mary (187.575) with a score of 195.550.
Highlights of the meet included another solid week for the Cats on bars, including a total team score of 49.125 as well as senior Miranda Russell's stellar performance to earn yet another score of 9.90.
Despite a few mistakes here and there, floor was another strong event for
The Very-Nearly Perfect Club:
Senior Miranda Russell seems to be a regular of the club as of late, scoring yet another 9.90 this past weekend on bars at
Coming into the 2011 season, Russell had posted one score of 9.90 on beam (2008 season). She now has three other 9.9's or better to add to her achievements: two on bars, and one 9.925 on floor.
Pac-10 Performances:
The Wildcats have been recognized by the Pac-10 for two outstanding gymnasts in the last two weeks; Miranda Russell and Aubree Cristello.
Russell was recognized as Pac-10 Special Performance of the week for the week of Jan. 24 through Jan. 30 for her routines against
Cristello was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week for the week of Jan. 31 through Feb. 6 due to her all-around performance against the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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In the past meet, a number of accomplishments were achieved:
- 1 scores of 9.90
- 7 scores of 9.80 or better
- 2 season high all-around scores were posted
- 1 score of 49 or better was given
- 1 team season high total score was earned
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Each week, head gymnastics coach Bill Ryden sits down to talk with us to analyze the previous week's meet. This Coach's Show is available for free via the All-Access tab on the website.
This season Ryden is entertaining questions from the public. If you have any questions you would like to ask Coach Ryden - from the type of grips the girl's like to use to different coaching decisions - e-mail them to the gymnastics SID Valery Meusburger at firstname.lastname@example.com. Then, watch for your questions in the weekly Coach's Show!
Scouting the Opposition:
No. 2 Stanford continues to prove itself as one of the best teams in the Pac-10, as well as in the nation. Last week, the Cardinal bested then No. 8 Michigan and No. 10 Nebraska with a record breaking team total of 196.800. In total, Stanford earned seven scores of 9.90 throughout the meet, including closing with three scores of 9.90 on bars from Allyse Ishino, Alyssa Brown, and Nicole Pechanec.
2010 Review:
The Wildcats completed the 2010 season with an overall record of 12-12 and were able to make their 24th consecutive NCAA post-season appearance. Finishing fourth at the Pac-10 Championships, and third at the NCAA Regional Championships,
Other break out performances included then freshmen Aubree Cristello and Molly Quirk.
Cristello earned her place as one of the Wildcats' most consistent gymnasts; competing 12 out of 13 meets in the all-around, and hitting 49 of 51 total routines. Cristello also earned Pac-10 1st team All-Conference Honors for the all-around, with a career best score of 39.175.
Quirk rose to the challenge of becoming beam star, earning a score of 9.90 against Washington, and posting seven scores of 9.80 or above on the event. Hitting 51 of 52 routines competed as well as a high all-around score of 39.100, Quirk was yet another Wildcat to be honored with a spot on the Pac-10 All-Conference 1st team.
Look Out for New GymCats:
Arizona added a number of new faces this season, including Barbara Donaldson out of Bakersfield, Calif., Chelsea Perna hailing from Middletown, Del., Phoenix native Shana Sangston, Ali Stakem from Gaithersburg, Md., and Jordan Williams from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Pre-season Rankings:
The Arizona Gymcats head into the season ranked No. 19 in the 2010 Women's Pre-Season Coaches poll. They are one of six Pac-10 schools to be rated. The others include No. 1 UCLA, No. 6 Stanford, No. 8 Oregon State, No. 21 Washington, and No. 25 Arizona State.
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