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This is for you running experts that have run a half-marathon in under two hours. I'd greatly appreciate it if you answered the following three questions...
First, there are no shortcuts, no "tricks", tips, drills, etc. that will make a big difference in a very short period of time. (Two months is short.) I don't know what your training has been like the last few months so I can't tell you what your chances are of getting under 2 hours. If this were my goal, I would want to start specific training 4 to 6 months before the target race.
The best thing you can do is run. Get your long run, gradually, up to about 14 miles. Increase one mile per week.
Do not introduce more than one of the following in any week. Then do it for at least two or three weeks (four would be bestter) before introducing anything else that's new.
Do one run a week at or near (current) race pace, not necessarily your long run but it could be several miles within your long run. This is basically a tempo run.
Interval workouts can also help. Pace on intervals is based on current race pace, not what you want to run. Over time you will find the pace getting easier, at which time you can run them a little faster - emphasis on little. I recommend 800s or longer for half-marrathon training. Some will say shorter intervals work as well. Check the McMillan Running Calculator to determine paces. http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/
Len, has given you some great advice! Shortcuts end up getting you a overuse injury and out of running. Best thing you can do is run more and most important run more smartly. Make a 6 month or year plan and do it correctly.
As usual Lenzlaw has given you very good advice.
I would just add a few things that worked for me:
- Distance. I have consistently run much more than I used to and it is helping me improve my paces and feel more comfortable in them. Important tip, do not increase your mileage too fast or you will get injuried. Build slowly!
- Learn to run slow too. Lately I have been running with my girfriend. One day she got tired of seeing me go running on my own and decided to come along. As a result, I have run many miles at a slightly slower pace that I would have. To my surprise I have found out that this has helped my preparation a great deal. On the one hand, it made it easier for me to reach higher mileages, on the other, learning to adapt to different paces has given me much more awareness of the state my body is in at every moment. By the way, my girlfriend also wanted to go sub 2h in half marathon and ran a 1:50:30 personal best two weeks ago, so go for it!
- Core training: these exercices do not look too important at the begining, but you end up noticing them, in my case, I have improved my running position and imporved some muscular problems.
- Last but not least, hills. For me they are a great way to make your legs stronger and give make improve your lung capacity. It is important to be very careful with this as it is pretty easy to overtrain. At this moment I am treating my hills session the same way as hard speed interval session, so I do one or the other every two or three days. In any case, be very carefull with this as it is easy to overtrain. At the begining I would not do more than one of these sessions every one or two weeks.
Current PB:
5k: 19:53 (December 31st 2014)
10k : 42:30 (March 9th 2014)
Half Marathon: 1:32:40 (February 1st 2015)
Marathon: 3:33:31 (March 15th 2015)
Completed my first marathon! Feeling like getting some more!
I realize that your post was 2 weeks ago, but I thought that I'd get my two cents in too.
First, everything that lenzlaw, bosnpm, and ydiez have mentioned is so true. You have to have the stamina to go the distance (build up your base miles), and you have to have a strong core. Those guys are right on.
But I'd like to add one other little thing: if you want to run a faster race, you have train that way. In other words, pick one day a week where you will run a specified distance (a distance that fits into your training and distance schedule) at a faster pace than you normally would have run. The net-net here is to get used to running faster - further. This is sort of an extension of doing speed intervals or even hills. The point being to get used to running a little faster for longer periods of time. It's a bit like that old adage: if you don't train hard, you won't run hard.
I try to pick one day a week where, depending on where I am on my program, I'll run that distance pretty hard. I will pre-plan my splits and my end goal time, and track my progress as I'm running. Sometimes I do good, and sometimes not so good (i.e. I don't have the stamina to continue at the pace I wanted), but overall, I know that I'm running a little faster.
Disclaimer: I'm in my 50's and I'll nevery win a medal in my age group - but damn, I'll never give up trying!
If your trying to shave some seconds on race day a few things that have helped me are running with your pace group if that's an option. They'll help keep you on track and motivated. Try not to waste time and enegry weaving in and out of people. Learn to drink your water and take in nutrition while running. Practice your nutrtition on your training runs to avoid pit stops. Don't wear a watch or GPS - run the pace that feels good and you'll find you end up running faster in the long run than if you are constantly looking at your watch and trying to hit a certain pace. The last one was advice I got from an ultra runner and it really works.
Good luck!
I like that (no watch/gps) ! and I'll try it next event.
I have found the no watch to work best after 2/3 of the race from that point on you race other racers. I tend to like it for the 1st 2/3 so I don't go out to fast and not be able to to race the last 2/3's. good luck
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Dried Pasta Market in Germany to 2016: Market Profile
- July 2012
- Region: Germany
- 16 pages
- Canadean Ltd
The report presents detailed data on the Dried Pasta consumption trends in Germany, analyzing the Dried Pasta consumption volumes and values at market and category level, brand share and distribution channel data.
It examines the components of change in the market by looking at historic and future growth patterns - how consumers' changes in behavior have affected total volumes, values, brands selected and type of products chosen.
Canadean's "Dried Pasta Market in Germany to 2016: Market Profile" provides detailed data on dynamics in Germany Dried Pasta market, providing marketers with the essential tools to understand their own, and their competitors' position in the market and the information to accurately identify the areas where they want to compete in the future.
This report brings together Canadean Intelligence's research, modeling and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics that account for Dried Pasta sales overall and to discover which categories and segments will see growth in the coming years.
"Dried Pasta Market in Germany to 2016: Market Profile" provides you with the following:
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- Understand the market growth dynamics of the Dried Pasta market.
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- Future forecasts allow marketers to understand the future pattern of market trends; from winners and losers to category dynamics and thereby quickly and easily indentify the key areas in which they want to compete in the future.
1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Definitions
1.2.1 This report provides 2011 actual sales; while forecasts are provided for 2012 - 2016.
1.2.2 Volume Units and Aggregations
1.2.3 Introduction
1.2.4 Large scale, international, program of online consumer surveys
1.2.5 Nationally Representative results (age, gender)
1.2.6 Parents answered on their children's behalf
1.2.7 Legal Drinking Age exclusions for alcoholic drinks categories
1.2.8 Integrated with industry calling and secondary research
2 Germany Dried Pasta Market Analysis
2.1 Market Growth Dynamics-Dried Pasta, 2006-16
2.1.1 Dried Pasta Market Growth Dynamics by Volume, 2006-16
2.1.2 Dried Pasta Market Growth Dynamics by Value, 2006-16
2.2 Dried Pasta Consumption Analysis, 2006-16
2.2.1 Dried Pasta Market by Volume, 2006-16
2.3 Dried Pasta Market Value Analysis, 2006-16
2.3.1 Dried Pasta Market by Value, 2006-16
2.3.2 Average Consumer Price/ Kg - Dried Pasta, 2006-2016
2.4 Dried Pasta Market Volume Analysis by Brands, 2008-11
2.5 Dried Pasta Market Value by Distribution Channel, 2008-11
3 Appendix
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MONTH OF THE HUCKLEBERRY VOLUME 14 NUMBER 8 Tribes, FIP agree on fisheries protection; court case dropped The lawsuit filed against the BIA and the Flathead Irrigation Project by the Tribes earlier this month was dismissed Aug. 12 in federal court in Helena when the parties announced that an agreement had been reached concerning stream flows needed to protect Reservation fish habitat during the current drought Tribal Council Chairman Joe Felsman said that negotiations with the federal government and the project's acting engineer since Aug. 1, when a temporary court order was approved, had resulted in a written agreement that calls for water levels in specific areas to be maintained through Oct 31, 1985, and cooperation in the future. The temporary order requested by the Tribes had asked that the project be managed in a manner that would "first ensure that there are sufficient waters left in certain streams and reservoirs to maintain and preserve the native and wild trout fishery", Felsman said The judge presiding over the preliminary hearing agreed with the Tribes' request and required the project to release impounded water to protect fisheries in the Jocko and Little Bitterroot rivers, and Mission, Post and Crow creeks. Felsman said the fears of the water districts' Joint Board of Control that the injunction sought by the Tribes was a move to adjudicate water on the Reservation based on a manufactured emergency were "bogus". "False accusations, such as the one made by the Joint Board's attorney, serve only to alienate Indians and non-Indians on the Reservatioa The Tribes have always maintained that there should be enough water for irrigation and fisheries if FIP were properly managed," he said "We're very pleased with the agreement" he added "It guarantees the fisheries will be protected throughout the 1985 drought We are also pleased that the U.S. government and FIP have recognized their trust responsibility to honor and protect the Tribes' aboriginal and treaty-guaranteed rights." Poison Council member to resign io i« Is I! ¦S ! . to Teresa Wall McDonald will be resigning her Tribal Council seat this month to take a job with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Pablo. Because it would be a conflict of interest for her to work for the federal government and the Tribes, according to the Portland Area Office, she has to resign her Council position before becoming a Bureau employee Sept 3. How the Poison Indian community would like to handle its sudden loss of representation will be discussed at a district meeting this evening (Aug. 22), McDonald said McDonald, 31, became Poison's representative on April 2, 1984, when the Council chose her to replace E.W. "Bill" Morigeau, who was removed from office after more than 30 years on charges of misuse of Tribal funds. In addition to serving on the Council, McDonald is employed as a researcher for the Tribal Natural Resources Department She will leave both jobs (Continues on page 3)
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Spanish Salmon Bake
You can make this hearty, winter-ready recipe with any mild semi-firm cheese, but since it is at least nominally Spanish, we recommend using Spain's most famous fromage.
Barrel-shaped Manchego is a rich, golden sheep's milk cheese from La Mancha: the region famous by Don Quixote and even more so by the eponymous Broadway musical that staged his impossible dreams.
Manchego is aged for 3 months or more, and features small holes. It ranges from mild to sharp and for this recipe, the former may fit best.
Note: Lest the eggs in this recipe draw concerned comments, be aware that eggs are mistakenly maligned. While they contain considerable amounts of it, dietary cholesterol is no longer considered a risk factor for heart disease. And while the yolks are fatty, much of it is omega-3.
In fact, the Japanese eat many more eggs that Americans do, but they can boast far lower rates of heart disease, thanks in part to their high omega-3 intake from fish and greens. (If you need to reduce fat intake, use just the whites or pour off half the yolk.)
And egg yolks contain some heart-healthy DHA, for the same reason human breast milk is rich in this omega-3: to build infant brains and eyes. To get even more, choose eggs from hens fed omega-3-rich foods (fish meal, algae, flaxseed, greens) that raise the DHA levels of their eggs yolks. Just look for labels that claim 100‒200 mg of omega-3s per egg.
Spanish Salmon Bake
Prep time 15 minutes
Cooking time 30 minutes
Serves 6‒8
2 cans (7.5 oz each) Traditional Wild Red Sockeye Salmon or 2 cans (6.5 oz each) skinless-boneless Wild Red Sockeye Salmon
3 Tablespoons organic extra virgin olive or macadamia nut oil
1/2 cup diced yellow onion
1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
2 cloves fresh minced garlic
1 can (2.5 oz) sliced black olives, drained
1 cup frozen diced potatoes
1/2 cup diced tomato
8 large omega-3-rich eggs, beaten well
1 teaspoon dried organic oregano
2 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup Marengo or other semi-hard white cheese, shredded or crumbled
Nutrients per serving: 302 calories, 19 g total fat, 5 g saturated fat, 57% calories from fat, 284 mg cholesterol, 24 g protein, 9 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 928 mg sodium, 284 mg calcium and 1.1 g omega-3 fatty acids.
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Harnessing Tidal Power, While Protecting Marine Life
Below the surface of U.S. coastal waters could be the energy needed to power your clothes dryer and other appliances. Some say tides have the potential to power about 5% of U.S. households by producing nearly nine gigawatts of renewable energy.
A pilot project to test this potential is in the works in Washington state's Puget Sound. The Snohomish County Public Utility District was awarded a $10 million grant from DOE to install two tidal energy turbines on the floor of Admiralty Inlet, a trough of fast-moving water about 35 miles northwest of Seattle. Much like how wind turbines convert wind energy, the project's underwater turbines will generate electricity from ebbing and flowing tidal waters. At peak tidal currents, the two turbines could generate more than one megawatt of electricity, enough to power about 700 American homes. See the Energy Blog post.


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Review & Vote: Top Political Moments of the Year
Here's a selection of some of the biggest political moments of 2013 — some from the floor of the Senate, one at the highest levels of international diplomacy — and others at a tax conference and a New York press conference. Review the moments, and then vote for your favorite. Choose your pick for the year's top political moment now, or revisit the top moments and vote at the end of the post.
Rand Paul's Filibuster
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) held the Senate floor for nearly 13 hours to hold up the confirmation vote for a new CIA chief, angered by what he felt were inadequate answers by nominee John Brennan and Attorney General Eric Holder to a question about drone strikes targeting Americans on U.S. soil. "My objection really is not so much to Brennan being in charge of the CIA," Mr. Paul said. "My objection is to the program and to the president not admitting that he can't do drone strikes in America." During the rare talking filibuster, Mr. Paul yielded to other senators including tea party favorites Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Mike Lee (R., Utah), but he technically didn't give up the floor, because a break would have ended the filibuster. By late evening, #standwithrand was a trending hashtag on Twitter, and Mr. Cruz read some of the tweets praising Mr. Paul in the wee hours on C-Span.
More: Rand Paul Tries to Transform a Moment Into a Movement
Ted Cruz's Talkathon
Sen. Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor Sept. 24 – and there the first-term Texas Republican stayed for 21 hours and 19 minutes, trying to stop a spending bill that that would include funding for the new health-care law. The move led to the partial government shutdown days later, and highlighted the split among Republicans on Capitol Hill. During the talkathon – it wasn't called a filibuster because a procedural move set a time to end the talking – Mr. Cruz said, "Most Americans could not give a flying flip about a bunch of politicians in Washington." He also gave shoutouts to "Duck Dynasty" and "Star Wars." In one of the more memorable moments, he read Dr. Seuss's "Green Eggs and Ham" to his young daughter who were watching him on C-SPAN from home. The choice left Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) fuming: "'Green Eggs and Ham' has a moral: Don't criticize something, don't reject something, until you actually try it," he told reporters. "Maybe Ted Cruz, once Obamacare occurred, might actually like it."
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Kerry Accidentally Proposes Syria Deal
Secretary of State John Kerry, in response to a question at a September news conference, made what officials described as an unplanned remark that Syria could avert a U.S. attack if it gave up its chemical weapons. Russia, which backs the Assad regime, immediately seized on the idea. Soon, a deal was reached: The Syrian government acknowledged it had chemical arms and agreed to comply with a disarmament plan. The deal capped weeks of intense pressure on the White House to launch strikes on Syria following an alleged chemical weapons attack in August that killed, according to U.S. estimates, 1,400 people and sparked international outrage. The White House blamed the Assad regime for the attack and was poised to launch military strikes – until President Obama decided to seek congressional authorization to use force.
More: Inside White House, a Head-Spinning Reversal on Chemical Weapons
Disclosed: Trouble at the IRS
Lois Lerner, then the head of the IRS tax-exempt-organizations division, revealed in a Q&A session at a March tax attorney conference that the IRS had targeted tea-party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny during the 2012 election campaign. The IRS scrutiny began in early 2010 and affected dozens of tea-party and other grass-roots conservative groups. Some remained in limbo for years awaiting a decision on their applications, according to an inspector general's report. In a twist, it was later revealed that the question Ms. Lerner answered at the conference — just days ahead of the anticipated release of the inspector general's report — was planted by Ms. Lerner as part of the agency's effort to disclose the news. Amid congressional anger and a series of hearings, Ms. Lerner was placed on administrative leave and later retired.
Weiner Apologizes Again
Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner jolted the New York City mayoral race at the end of July, admitting in a press conference that newly disclosed sexually charged online exchanges were indeed his. Mr. Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 amid a "sexting" scandal but quickly jumped back into politics, seeking the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor and briefly becoming the front runner in a crowded field. But the new revelations showed that Mr. Weiner, who is married to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and was joined by her at his press conference, had continued to engage in politically hazardous activities online. Mr. Weiner's poll numbers plummeted, and the nomination and the general election were ultimately won comfortably by Bill de Blasio.
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Friday, 10/05/1990
Skidmore Gymnasium, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Set 1: IDKI Didn't Know, Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen[1] > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, MSOMy Sweet One, LandladyThe Landlady, Tela > Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg, Stash, Asse FestivalThe Asse Festival, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Set 2: GolgiGolgi Apparatus > CurtainThe Curtain > Ya Mar, AlumniAlumni Blues > LTJPLetter to Jimmy Page > AlumniAlumni Blues, Uncle Pen, SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt, Fee > Possum[2]
Encore: GTBTGood Times Bad Times
[1] "I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever" lyrics.
[2] Charlie Chan and Popeye signals.
Noteworthy Jams: Possum
Average Song Gap: 8.71
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: The beginning of Hydrogen included the lyrics "I walk awakening on the misty fields of forever." Possum contained Charlie Chan and Popeye signals. The opening act was NRBQ.
Song Distribution:
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3 Stash
3 The White Tape
2 A Picture of Nectar
2 Junta
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
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Definition of terminal in English:
1 [attributive] Of, forming, or situated at the end or extremity of something: a terminal date the terminal tip of the probe
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- Pending a detailed examination of the needs of the telecom sector, I propose to extend the terminal date to March 31, 2005.
- Those statutes set terminal dates for servants arriving without written indentures; in any event they seem to have applied only to English servants.
- The terminal date of 1914 offers a retrospective view of developments during the previous half-century.
1.1Of or forming a transportation terminal: terminal platforms
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- The passengers were kept on the aircraft until 1200, at which point they were transported to the airfield's old terminal building.
- An airport security official, who did not want to be identified, said the bomb rocked the front of the terminal building, smashing windows and causing considerable damage.
- Upon arriving at the terminal building, I was astonished to see only one harried police officer whose job it was to ensure that cars weren't left unattended curbside.
1.2 Zoology Situated at, forming, or denoting the end of a part or series of parts furthest from the center of the body.
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- In many ammonites the terminal body chamber is relatively large, inflated, and with a constricted aperture or apertural appendages.
- The terminal segment carries a pair of silk-producing spinnerets.
- Each radial canal ends in a terminal tube foot, which has a sensory function.
1.3 Botany (Of a flower, inflorescence, etc.) borne at the end of a stem or branch. Often contrasted with axillary.
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- For plants that develop a terminal flower or inflorescence, the leaf number below the flower can be used to provide additional information about the timing of developmental events.
- Flower buds are borne on new shoots emerging from the terminal branches at the end of the cool, dry season.
- To obtain larger cut flowers, remove all but the terminal bud of each stem on the plant when the buds are small.
2(Of a disease) predicted to lead to death, especially slowly; incurable: terminal cancer
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- Because terminal illness and death are deeply personal experiences, the wishes of the dying patient should be considered.
- The authors of the essays in this book offer great insight into the issues surrounding terminal illness and impending death.
- To qualify for the study, participants had to have a life expectancy of six months or less and have terminal cancer or heart disease.
fatal, mortal, deadly;
Medicine immedicable
2.1 [attributive] Suffering from or relating to a terminal disease: a hospice for terminal cases
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- So we have decided to do the best we can for her medically and offer her the dignity and compassion that we can, even if we know that what we really are offering is terminal care.
- Dying patients' rights to information about their condition are often, in practice, poorly protected in the context of terminal care.
- Now that the 'natural death' amendments have been passed by the legislature, I hope Taiwan will soon have more hospice wards to take care of terminal patients.
incurable, dying;
near death, on one's deathbed, on one's last legs, with one foot in the grave
2.2 [attributive] (Of a condition) forming the last stage of a terminal disease.
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- Yasser Arafat is reported to be very ill; descriptions of his condition vary, but it seems possible that his condition is terminal.
- Doctors told the family her condition was terminal, although they don't link the standard of care she received with her death.
- Towards the end, she was in a terminal condition, not in a distant sense, but in the short-term, she was not absorbing the food that she was being given artificially by a PEG tube.
2.3 informal Extreme and usually beyond cure or alteration (used to emphasize the extent of something regarded as bad or unfortunate): you're making a terminal ass of yourself
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- There is an element of wanderlust, and a terminal lack of responsibility probably.
- The trouble with these surveys, aside from their terminal lack of point, is that they insist on making silly comparisons.
- If terminal disagreements occur, they would be allowed to reconsider their participation in the coalition agreement.
1An end or extremity of something, in particular.
Example sentences
- When the game's western terminal was St. Louis.
1.1The end of a railroad or other transport route, or a station at such a point.
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- The omnipresence of television is now reflected even in bus terminals, railway stations and, why even hospitals, he points out.
- Detectives believe they will try to flee the UK and all ports, airports, ferry terminals and railway stations were alerted to the possibility as soon as officers had details of their identities over a week ago.
- Interchanges between urban transport modes, terminals and stations are the locations where most barriers exist.
1.2A departure and arrival building for air passengers at an airport.
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- The Kansas City airport terminals were evacuated and passengers took shelter in tunnels, but there were no deaths reported in the metropolitan area of over one million people.
- The Government is set to give the go-ahead to the building of a second terminal at Dublin Airport before the summer.
- Passengers at airports and terminals across the country waited for hours for flights that did not materialise.
station, last stop, end of the line;
chiefly British terminus
1.3An installation where oil or gas is stored at the end of a pipeline or at a port.
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- However, because of problems with the oil for food program, tankers were not able to lift the oil from the terminal at the Turkish port.
- The cost of constructing the pipelines and oil terminals in the south was earlier estimated at US $719 million.
2A point of connection for closing an electric circuit.
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- A circuit arrangement for supplying a discharge lamp with a direct current includes input terminals for connection to a supply voltage source.
- An electrical connection between a high voltage terminal and a spark plug head.
3A device at which a user enters data or commands for a computer system and that displays the received output.
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- Each morning intelligence analysts log on at their computer terminals and enter the Dictionary system.
- Early terminals provided just a user interface, leaving the processing to powerful mainframes.
- Pollsters sit in front of a computer terminal and enter the responses they're given.
workstation, VDT, visual display terminal
4 (also terminal figure) another term for terminus (sense 3).
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- Renditions of the heron are common in Celtic art, ranging from simple terminal figures to complex intertwined knotwork.
- The white statuary blockings carved with rosettes above terminal figures headed by a boy's head, each turned slightly differently and headed with ionic capitals which support the blockings.
- A terminal figure at the other end of Queen Mary Street would impress the view by giving something towards which to head.
Early 19th century: from Latin terminalis, from terminus 'end, boundary'.
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I like Zynga. I like Zynga games. Neither sentiment is fashionable in Silicon Valley, nor Wall Street. But there it is. Zynga games reach a mainstream audience that adores them, but seemingly, not enough these days.
That makes it all the more painful to ask this question: Is it time for Mark Pincus to step aside as CEO from the company he founded?
If your only barometer is the stock (and it shouldn't be), then the verdict is bleak. One day after Zynga drastically lowered its outlook for the rest of the year, the already troubled stock was crushed even further, falling 34 cents, or 11.9 percent, to $2.48.
At the moment, investors are saying the company is worth about $1.77 billion. Compare that with the $735 million value of revenue-free Instagram when it was acquired by Facebook, and you get some sense of just how bleak sentiment is right now.
That comes on the heels of a troubling earnings warning the company issued Thursday. Zynga said it expects $300 million to $305 million in revenue in the quarter ending Sept. 30, down from $332 million the previous quarter, and about flat from the same quarter last year.
Pincus has always said, like other Web entrepreneurs of this era, that he is taking the long view. But at the moment, it's hard to miss that in the past year, from a financial and performance perspective, we've seen Zynga stall, and then move backward.
This feels particularly true with the extensive string of executive departures. According to an investors' note from Brian Pitz, analyst at Jefferies & Co., the company has been experiencing a drain on talent, having lost 13 key employees since March 2012. Indeed, on Friday, the VentureBeat blog reported that the two creators of Zynga's "Words With Friends" game, one of its most popular, were leaving the company.
Pitz wrote that such departures could cause all sorts of trouble with development of new games, operations and morale, leaving the company even more vulnerable to seeing its best and brightest lured away to competitors.
The question here is why did all these people leave? Did they flee or were they pushed? Either way, it looks troubling from the outside.
And there's the company's actual performance. As Pincus wrote yesterday in a blog post:
"The reduced performance of some of our live web games is continuing to impact results and we have several new games which are at risk of launching later than expected."
Current games are declining, and the company can't push the new ones out fast enough. That's a tough cycle to break. Especially if Zynga will be looking at targeted cuts, as the company suggested in its warning. That's yet another morale killer, for employees already watching top management flee as their stock options drop in value. I would expect that some time soon, Zynga will have to reprice some chunk of those options, which would cause yet another earnings hit.
One option, of course, would be an acquisition binge. But again, confidence in Zynga on that front has been shaken due to the OMGPop deal. Zynga acquired the company for $180 million earlier this year, driven by the initial success of its mobile game "Draw Something." On Thursday, Zynga said it would have to write off $85 million to $95 million of that due to the poor performance of the game since the deal.
This all comes back to Pincus, and his leadership. Right now, it's looking more and more like Zynga was a shooting star, driven by several viral hits, rather than a stable, enduring company.
For the moment, there seems to be no mob gathering on Wall Street to call for Pincus to step aside. Most analysts who issued notes this week seemed more focused on the need to trim costs, get control of operations, and find some new hit games.
"He's not stepping aside, and no, nobody is saying that he should," Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, wrote in an email. "He should make an effort to be transparent and shareholder friendly, and I think the pre-announcement and blog show that he acknowledges the problem and will address solutions on the next earnings call. He talks about cost cutting and eliminating several games, so that sounds to me like he is trying to get the company more profitable."
All good points, though I would also say, not the kind of technical approach likely to inspire the Zynga troops.
Pincus needs to change the perception that Zynga is in decline and re-energize employees. At the same time, he needs to regain the confidence of investors. This is where Pincus needs to stop and ask himself that toughest of questions: Can I do all of this? He needs to put aside ego and pride, and carefully analyze the environment around himself.
To be clear, no one is going to force him to do it. Like many Internet companies that went public in recent years, Zynga structured the stock ownership to give Pincus majority control. Pincus has 50.15 percent control of the voting shares. That means, ultimately, he is the decider, and not the board.
Of course, there is a compromise to consider here. Pincus is also chairman of Zynga. He could transition into an executive chairman role, while bringing in someone else to be CEO. But that's getting ahead of things. For now, the question remains: Is Pincus the right one to turn this around? Only he can answer. But it's a question he can no longer avoid.
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Voting rights rally planned in Raleigh
Published: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 7:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 7:02 a.m.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A caravan of people urging the restoration of the Voting Rights Act will join North Carolina activists in Raleigh in a protest.
The groups will rally Tuesday outside the state Capitol. The Forward Together Moral Movement, led by the state NAACP, will be joined by the Saving OurSelves Movement for Justice and Democracy.
That group coordinated last weekend's 49th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Ala. They're stopping in various states as they make their way to Washington, D.C., where they'll rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court for restoration of the Voting Rights Act.
Last June, the Supreme Court threw out the requirement that all or parts of 15 states with a history of discrimination in voting get Washington's approval before changing the way they hold elections.
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History of the Mint
When the framers of the U.S. Constitution created a new government for their untried Republic, they realized the critical need for a respected monetary system. Soon after the Constitution's ratification, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton personally prepared plans for a national Mint. On April 2, 1792, Congress passed The Coinage Act, which created the Mint and authorized construction of a Mint building in the nation's capitol, Philadelphia. This was the first federal building erected under the Constitution.
President George Washington appointed Philadelphian David Rittenhouse, a leading American scientist, as the first Director of the Mint. Under Rittenhouse, the Mint produced its first circulating coins -- 11,178 copper cents, which were delivered in March 1793. Soon after, the Mint began issuing gold and silver coins as well. President Washington, who lived only a few blocks from the new Mint, is believed to have donated some of his own silver for minting.
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Discover more about the United States Mint's rich history by visiting our Timeline , Roles in History , Coin Production and Interactive Timeline sections of the website. In these sections you can find brief histories of coins, designs, events, coin production and how the United States Mint has progressed through the centuries. For those interested in a more in-depth look at the United States Mint's history, visit our Archives section where you can find information and images relating to United States Mint coins, as well as legislation, press releases and excerpts from past United States Mint annual reports.


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Welcome to the Lunar Love Giveaway Hop, sponsored by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Book Worm Lisa. This giveaway rules are: "Your giveaway must feature a book with paranormal, supernatural, science fiction or space travel element or a book that has something to do with the moon or has a moon on its cover."
I LOVE PARANORMAL!. So the first book that popped into my head is one of my very, very faves AND had a moon title- Book one in the Mercy Thompson series - Moon Called. It was my first Paranormal Urban Fantasy read and wouldn't you know it - I was hooked!
Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn't exactly normal herself.
My second favorite Paranormal urban fantasy book is Kevin Hearne's The Iron Druid Chronicles. The series has witches, werewolves, vampires, druids, and the God of Thunder. What's more paranormal than that?
Atticus O'Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he's twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.What you win:
Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he's hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.
Two winners, your choice of Moon Called or Hounded. INTERNATIONAL OR ANYWHERE BOOK DEPOSITORY SHIPS.
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News Archives
Stay current on the news about the wind side of the Wind and Water Power Program and important wind energy events around the U.S. The Wind Program Newsletter highlights the key activities, events, funding opportunities, and resources each quarter that the program supports.
Below are more news stories related to both wind and water power from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind and Water Power Program, and other federal agencies.
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News Archives - 2011
DOE Finalizes Two Loan Guarantees for Giant Renewable Projects
President Obama Signs Bill Extending Energy Efficiency, Renewable Provisions
EPA, Corps of Engineers Grant Permits for Cape Wind Project
Global Clean Energy Investment Reaches Record in 2010: Bloomberg
Secretary Chu Announces New Efforts to Promote Clean Energy in Tribal Communities
Departments of Energy and Commerce Announce New Partnership to Further Cooperation on Renewable Energy Modeling and Forecasting
DOE, Commerce Department Form Renewable Energy Modeling Partnership
BP: Renewable Energy to Triple Its Share of World Energy Supply by 2030
President's State of the Union 2011 Outlines Clean Energy Goals
Department of Energy and Department of the Interior Announce Major Offshore Wind Strategy
President's Energy Budget Invests in Innovation, Clean Energy, and National Security Priorities
Virginia School Installs Wind Turbine with Recovery Act Support
USDA Boosts Rural Wind Energy with Loan Guarantee
DOE Requests $3.2 Billion for Renewable Energy, Efficiency in FY 2012
BOEMRE Preparing Assessment for Offshore Wind in the mid-Atlantic
Global Wind Energy Capacity up by 22% in 2010: GWEC
Economic Conditions Still Challenge Renewable Energy Growth: Report
Department of Energy Offers Conditional Commitment for a Loan Guarantee to Support Maine Wind Project
Wind Supplier Aims to Open Mid–Atlantic's First Manufacturing Facility
Global Clean Energy Up 30% in 2010 from 2009: Bloomberg Report
DOE Offers Loan Guarantee to Support Maine Wind Project
Obama Administration Announces Launch of i6 Green Challenge to Promote Clean Energy Innovation and Economic Growth
DOE Helps Launch the Multi-Agency i6 Green Challenge for Commercialization
DOE SBIR Grant Helps Propel Innovative Wind Energy Small Business
BLM Lists 2011 Priority Renewable Energy Projects
Mt. Wachusett Community College Makes Huge Investment in Wind Power
DOI Begins First 'Smart' Lease for Offshore Wind Power
California Boosts RPS to One-Third Renewables by 2020
DOE Highlights Progress on International Initiatives to Promote Clean Energy
Duke Energy to Deploy Energy Storage Technology at Texas Wind Farm
Interior Approves Cape Wind Offshore Construction and Operations Plan
New York Extends On-Site Wind Turbine Incentive Program
Wind Industry Reports Growth as Renewables Show Yearly Expansion
New Rules Facilitate Renewable Energy Development on Public Land
Green Power Leaders Shine on Campus and among Utilities
Massachusetts Completes the Nation's First Large Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility
DOE Brings Together State Leaders for 10th Annual Wind Powering America Summit
New England Offshore Wind Update
WPA Convenes 10th Annual All-States Summit: A Wind Powering America Success Story
Montana Students Learn about Wind Energy
DOE Wind Powering America: Summer 2011 Webinar Schedule
DOE Offers Loan Guarantee to New Hampshire's Largest Wind Farm
Department of Energy Awards Nearly $7.5 Million to Help Develop Next Generation Wind Turbines
NEWEEP Convenes Conference and Workshop to Advance Social Acceptance of Well-Sited Wind Projects in New England: A Wind Powering America Success Story
Skystream 3.7 Turbine Available at Home Depot Locations
School Wind Turbine Installations Map Updated
Clean Coalition Publishes Local CLEAN Program Guide
DOE Reports Growth for Wind Power, Advanced Vehicles, and Fuel Cells
Wind Powering America Updates Map of Community Colleges Offering Wind Energy Programs
U.S. Department of Energy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Partners Launch Project to Improve Wind Forecasting
BOEMRE Analyzing Proposed Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy
Department of Energy Announces Funding for Nationwide Student-Focused Clean Energy Business Competitions
Wind Energy Rebounds in Second Quarter of 2011: AWEA
Wind Power has the Ability to Maintain Rural Communities
The Iowa Utilities Board Estimates: 20% of All Energy Generated in Iowa Is from Wind
DOE Finalizes $102 Million Loan Guarantee to Maine Wind Project
Interior Launches Leasing Process for Wind Energy Offshore Rhode Island, Massachusetts
What Kind of Projects Have You Done in School?
Department of Energy Awards $43 Million to Spur Offshore Wind Energy
Loan Guarantees Finalized for Bio-Refinery, Geothermal, and Wind Projects
DOE Webinars October 6 and 7: Successful Strategies for Renewable Integration
Farmers and Ranchers Can Learn How to Put Wind to Work for Them
Offshore Wind Development and Industry Update: A WPA Webinar
Wind Powering America Updates Interactive Maps
University of Minnesota Commissions New Wind Energy Research Station Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy
Clean Energy Project Investments Mark Strong Quarter: Report
Alaska's First Utility Scale Wind Power Project to Begin Construction
USDA Announces Rural Renewable Energy Assistance
Arizona Utility Opens First Wind Farm
Fire Island Wind Project Approved: A Wind Powering America Success Story
New Database Assists with Wind Project Siting
Vermont Increases Wind Capacity Six Fold
Iowa Now Second in Nation for Wind Power
Saving Farmland One Wind Energy Project at a Time
Wind and Water Power Program Programmatic and Functional Alignment
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Route 1-Downtown Lansing/Meridian Mall – Final trips will depart the CATA Transportation Center (CTC) at 10:40 p.m. and Meridian Mall at 11:22 p.m. Service concludes for the evening when the last bus reaches the CTC at 11:51 p.m.
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A pair of alleged burglars were caught in the act Wednesday after a woman saw them inside her Medford home from a mobile surveillance video, police said.
The woman who lives at the home in the 200 block of North Berkeley Way had installed security cameras at the residence that could be monitored from her work.
At about 1:30 p.m. she checked the video before heading into a meeting. What she saw startled her, Medford police Lt. Mike Budreau said.
"She saw two males inside her home, stealing her belongings," Budreau said.
The woman called 911, who dispatched Budreau to the scene.
"I was right down the street from the home," Budreau said.
Budreau arrived and saw the two men leaving the house with stolen belongings.
He kept an eye on the pair until another officer showed up. They quickly took the burglars into custody.
"We caught them red-handed," Budreau said.
They were identified as Clayton James Lappat, 22, and Broc Alan Atkinson, 22.
They were lodged in the Jackson County Jail on burglary charges.
They had stolen $400 in cash and $500 in jewelry from the home, Budreau said.
Budreau said the security system the woman had installed in the home is available at local stores and is relatively inexpensive. It provides real-time surveillance video that can be viewed from a computer or a cell phone.
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"Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (8 p.m., The CW): On this new summer series, aspiring magicians try to baffle the veteran duo with a single trick. If neither Penn nor Teller is able to explain how the trick is done, the contestants win a spot in their Las Vegas show.
"Sharknado 2: The Second One" (9 p.m., Syfy): Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (or take a stroll in Times Square), another fishy situation happens. It's the fin-tastic sequel to the low budget flick that whipped up a surprise social media storm last summer. Tara Reid returns, as does Ian Ziering. And, yes, he's armed with a chainsaw again!
"Motive" (10 p.m., ABC): In tonight's episode, a man is killed by his own horse. We'll tune in just to see if the horse has to stand trial.
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The Wages of Wins sounds like Moneyball, MAY 22 2006
The Wages of Wins sounds like Moneyball, but for all sports, not just baseball. Gladwell has a review in this week's New Yorker ("We become dance critics, blind to Iverson's dismal shooting percentage and his excessive turnovers, blind to the reality that the Philadelphia 76ers would be better off without him."), Tyler Cowen has a quick summary, and here's the blog for the book ("Most stars play worse in the playoffs."). Also, the formula for the Win Score statistic they refer to in the book.


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The 46th Annual HEB Tournament of Champions draw is set, with New Mexico, South Alabama, Oklahoma State, DePaul, Western Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana – Lafayette and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi taking part in the prestigious event.
The HEB tournament is one of the longest running college tennis tournaments in the United States. The Islanders purchased the rights for the tournament five years ago when Director of Tennis Steve Moore returned to Texas A&M – Corpus Christi and is run each year by the tennis program.
"This is one of the great tournaments in the history of college tennis," said Moore. "This tournament was founded by Howard Butt himself 46 years ago, and HEB has been the title sponsor for 46-straight years.
"We owe them a tremendous amount of gratitude."
"This tournament has been considered for a long time to be arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the United States," said Moore. "It has been very special to the Islanders in the five years that we've run the tournament.
"This has been an occasion where the Islanders have risen up in recent years."
In the past five years, the Islanders have upset nationally-ranked teams such as Purdue, New Mexico, Old Dominion during the event. The Islanders reached their highest NCAA ranking ever of No. 35 in Division I the week after reaching the finals of the HEB Tournament in 2009.
This year's field features teams that have all been ranked in the ITA National Rankings at some point this year, including the Islanders.
"It's an honor for our university to host this great tournament, and it will be extremely special playing some of the matches this year in the new Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center, which we are very proud of." said Moore.
Half of the matches will be played at HEB Tennis Center, and half will be played at the new Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center this year.
One long time participant who has been missing in recent years will return to the HEB this season. Oklahoma State has been a participant in several tournaments throughout the years, and will play in the event in the final year for their head coach.
"It's great to see Oklahoma State return to this tournament," said Moore. "They've always played great here and it's a great tribute to their legendary coach, James Wadley, in his final year."
In addition to the title sponsor, HEB, other sponsors for this year's tournament are the Buchanan Law Firm, Marco and Company Catering and Hester's. Holiday Inn Emerald Beach and Holiday Inn Mustang Island have helped house the visiting teams for the 2012 tournament.
Updates for Islanders matches will be available throughout the day on Twitter (@IslandersTennis) and the latest info on Islanders Tennis can also be found on Facebook (Islanders Tennis) and www.GoIslanders.com.


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OAKLAND -- The tarps that cover most of the third deck at the Coliseum won't be lifted for Tuesday night's game, or any game the A's might play in the American League Division Series, the team announced Monday.
What happens beyond that, if the A's advance, remains unclear.
A sellout crowd of 36,067 is expected Tuesday night for Game 3 -- the first playoff game in Oakland since 2006 -- but no more seats will be made available in the event of a Game 4 or Game 5.
"Our feeling is that we hate to open it up and have maybe 2,000-3,000 people sit people up there," said Ken Pries, the A's vice president of communications and broadcasting. "If half of it is empty, then we're getting jumped on for opening it up, and people are making derogatory comments about the team at that point."
Pries said the team will make a decision in the next few days whether to remove the tarps for the league championship series should the A's advance.
In an email to this newspaper later Monday, Pries said the team would remove the tarps if the A's reach the World Series. He said the team feels it is meeting "most of the demand" for the Detroit series. He also noted that playoff tickets have been on sale since the end of August, and that individual playoff tickets have been on sale since Sept. 17.
"Despite that fact, we still have plenty of tickets available for a potential Thursday game and for all of the ALCS and World Series games. In total we have nearly 50,000 potential playoff tickets still available for the division and ALCS games," Pries wrote in the email.
He added: "It is also worth noting that in 2006, even during the ALCS games, we did not sell out the games even with the tarps on."
Much of the third deck has been tarped off since 2006 for A's games because of low attendance. But public pressure to remove the tarps began growing last week during the final series of the regular season against the Texas Rangers, which the A's swept to win the A.L. West title.
Doug Boxer, organizer of an A's fan group called Let's Go Oakland and a former Oakland planning commissioner, said 10,000 names have been collected on an online petition that asks A's ownership to sell more seats at the Coliseum.
"If you're looking for a greater home-field advantage," Boxer said, "doesn't it make sense to have 45,000-50,000 fans at the Coliseum instead of 36,000?"
As of Monday afternoon, every available seat for Game 3 had been sold. Some tickets remained available for Game 4, which will be played Wednesday if the A's, trailing 2-0 in the best-of-five series, stave off elimination Tuesday night. Game 5, if necessary, would be Thursday. Starting time for Game 4 would be 6:37 p.m. Starting time for a Game 5 has yet to be announced by Major League Baseball.
In any case, A's players were eagerly anticipating their first home game since last Wednesday's winner-take-all clincher against Texas.
"The crowd we had on Wednesday, the place was sold out, and the energy was unbelievable," A's reliever Sean Doolittle said. "If we can find a way to add to that, it would be an unbelievable home-field advantage."


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News 12 First at Five / Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Many in the community are mourning the loss of Dr. W.G. Watson. He was 102 years old.
Dr. Watson was in the hospital after a fall at his home this weekend. He died Wednesday morning, and now, thousands are looking back on his legacy. It's a legacy few can even hold a candle to.
You can't go anywhere in this area without finding someone who knows Dr. "Curly" Watson.
Almost all the ladies at Parks Pharmacy in North Augusta have a connection.
"He's just an icon in this town. Everybody knows him, everybody loves him," explained Lorraine Dunaway.
"My daughter is a Watson baby. She is my one and only child and she is now 57," said June Faglier.
There's no doubt his impact is far reaching, but for Dr. Watson, home was University Hospital.
"The University family is hurting today because we felt like a legend walked among us and certainly, we have lost that legend," said Laurie Ott, president of the University Health Care Foundation.
And on a day when one life comes to an end, we head to the nursery, a place in the hospital full of new beginnings and Dr. Watson was a part of many of them.
"To have delivered more than 15,000 babies in his lifetime is a tremendous legacy," Ott said.
"He would run to the hospital and deliver a baby, and if you had an appointment, you just sat there and waited until he got back because he was worth waiting for," Faglier said.
As oldest known physician in the nation, Dr. Watson was still taking patients up until just a few years back.
"He had a mantra: service and kind words and he also had a saying: God, family, work," Ott said.
"That was his passion and he was just so dedicated to it," Dunaway said.
His statue stands in the lobby and his name will forever be on the building and in many hearts.
"To be able to say that you've made the lives of others better, I think, is the best legacy you can leave. We can say now that he's with God and our thoughts are with his family ... and his work will go on here," Ott said.
Dr. Watson leaves behind his wife, five children, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren -- who call him Papa Doc.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced yet, but News 12 will pass them along as soon as they come in.


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Approximately 35% – 40% of household water use originates from the bathroom. By using a few of these water saving bathroom tips you can reduce water consumption in your bathroom.
If you are planning on renovating your bathroom or building a new bathroom there are a few items that you should consider that can help you conserve water and save money on electricity and water bills. Toilets are the largest water-using fixture inside the home. By installing more efficient 1.6 gallon per flush or less toilets, you can save thousands of gallons of water per toilet, per year.
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To find out the current water saving qualities of your bathroom taps and shower you can calculate their flow rate. Run a tap for 10 seconds into a bucket and multiply the amount by 6 to find out the flow rate per minute. For example, to find out how much water your shower head is consuming you can put a bucket under the shower. Turn it on for 10 seconds before turning it off. Measure the amount of water captured in the bucket, then multiply the amount by 6. This will give you the shower head flow rate per minute, if it is over 2 gallons of water per minute you should install a water saving shower head.
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Older shower heads can use 5 gallons of water per minute. By installing a new water efficient shower head you drastically reduce the water your shower consumes. A 3 star shower head will use less than 2 gallons of water a minute, saving 12 gallons of water per person, per shower. This amounts to approximately 5,000 gallons of water per year per person. So for the approximate $15 cost of a water efficient shower head you could potentially save yourself around $100 in water bills. You can also capture the initial cold shower water in a bucket for use in water plants or garden.
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Water Saving Bath
A short 4 minute shower will use less cold and hot water than having a bath. If you do have a bath then only fill it to a level that just covers your body. If you use natural soaps or detergents in your bath you can bucket the water out and use it to water your garden.
Sink water saving tips
A running tap can use approximately 4 gallons of water a minute. Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. If shaving put some water into the sink to wash your blade instead of running the tap continuously. By installing flow restrictors or water saving taps you can reduce the water usage when you turn on the tap to brush your teeth or lather your hands with soap.


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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House has cleared a proposal to restrict an aid program that pays college tuition for 20,000 students.
If the bill from Republican Rep. Leslie Osborn also clears the Senate, it would affect the income eligibility requirements of the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program.
That program currently pays students' tuition only if their families meet two requirements: making less than $50,000 when the students apply in 8th, 9th or 10th grade and making less than $100,000 when the students start college. Osborn's bill would change that final requirement to less than $60,000.
Democrats pounced on the bill, saying it would hurt Oklahoma families as the cost of college edges ever higher. After two hours of sometimes impassioned debate, the chamber narrowly passed the proposal by a 56-37 vote.
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"M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers" and I am pretty
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Lots of personal learning into node and mongodb.
The third week subject of "Patterns, Case Studies & Tradeoffs" is really interesting.
Here is a list of topics, I learned about:
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My Friend My friend- (always welcoming, a great tune from rift that doesn't get enough play Imo, nice little jam to follow through the song extending it to longer per portion).
Gumbo- (nice, wanted to hear this tune all tour, glad to have gotten it).
Maze- (always keeps the phans moving, that thunderous slap on bass is earth shattering).
Boogie on ( Stevie Wonder would be pleased, Phish doing it justice).
Roggae ( my favorite phish tune from Ghost, mellow, jammy, spaced out and ambient).
Guyute- (can't be outdone from Roggae, got to follow up with the ugly pig).
Antelope- (Set closer. Good energy and solid playing. Nice to see TM on stage wit the old friends).
Jibboo- (1999 was the year of the Farmhouse and it seems to have spilled over into 2000, good tune, not my favorite).
Curtain- (Special song for a special crowd this evening)
Sand- (one of the best from farmhouse IMO, good energy and solid playing, I could hear this one at every show).
Makisupa- ( watch out for those men and women dressed in blue, this was a nice treat coming from a solid Sand. Band had some additional horns to make it sound even more unique).
CTB- ( love this groove)
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Sue Frisch is a professional dog trainer with 25+ years of experience working with dogs and their owners. She is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and the National Association of Canine Scent Work (NACSW) and Tri-State Dog Obedience Club (TSDOC). After 25 years managing an animal shelter while also running a dog boarding business at her farm and teaching training classes at night, Sue's expertise includes everything from basic manners training and behavior modification to dog psychology, nutrition, and exercise. Over the years she has worked with hundreds of families and their pet dogs. Sue knows that the science of canine behavior and training—and the resulting training techniques—is a field in constant development, and she makes sure to keep abreast of the latest discoveries. She regularly attends seminars with eminent behaviorists and dog trainers, and reads every significant book and publication on relevant topics. She is currently an American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, is in the instructors training course for K9 Nose Work and studying to become a C.L.A.S.S. evaluator for the APDT's Canine Life and Social Skills program. Through her business, Your Dog's Place, Sue helps dog owners train dogs of all sizes, ages, and temperaments to be polite four-legged family members—and she gives dogs a home away from home when they board at her farm, Countryside Kennels. Sue lives in Honesdale, PA, with her four dogs, Mackie, April, Mystery, and Monkey.
"A tired dog is a well behaved dog", that has been my mantra since I began training dogs and working with dogs and their owners in the early 1980's (has it really been that long?!?!?!?!?! ). Dogs are a lot like children and if you don't give them something fun to do, they will make their own fun—and often not in ways you approve of. Providing your dog plenty of physical and mental exercise, will get you a happier, healthier, better-behaved dog. Hands down, a Well-exercised dogs will bark less, chew less, sleep more, and rest easier when left home alone. They are also much less likely to rummage through the trash or attack the couch cushions.
Unfortunately, leash walking is often not enough, especially for adolescent and young dogs who are just full of energy. Almost all of our dogs have been bred with a purpose in mind...to hunt (the sporting dogs and terriers), to move around livestock on farms (the herding breeds), to patrol and guard our property (the working dogs) and for these dogs a simple stroll for potty break and sniff around the yard just doesn't cut it. Your dog needs to run, swim, or do something else that gets his heart pumping for at least 30 minutes every day. A 2-3 mile brisk daily walk may be enough for some dogs, others will need to chase a tennis ball or frisbie (a good choice for handlers who physically can't be active), play a good game of tug, run at the dog park playing with other friendly dogs or go for an off leash romp or hike.
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Clarification: There was a misleading statement in 'Mastin to bring fresh perspective' that ran in Tuesday's SDN. County commissioner candidate Kevin Mastin stated 'we can correct the landfill's budget by removing recycling to its own budget,' not discontinuing recycling.
Kevin Mastin, the Republican candidate for the Summit County commissioner race is squaring off against incumbent Democrat Karn Stiegelmeier as Election Day approaches on Nov. 6.
Mastin is a longtime resident of the area, growing up in Leadville and relocating to Summit County in 1992 to start his family. He was adopted at a young age and says that his wide range of experience and connections with different parts of the community will help him win the election.
"My wife and I have been married 24 years now," Mastin said. "We have two daughters that we've raised in Summit County schools. Our oldest daughter got married last year and my younger daughter is a senior, and she's one of the awesome kids on the rugby team roughing up everybody."
Mastin takes pride in his rural lifestyle, raising his daughters in the Lower Blue River Valley near Acorn Creek while partaking in some of Leadville's historic burro races.
"We have some acreage horses, donkeys, chickens, cats, dogs, mice, you name it - we've got quite the little farm," Mastin said. "Every year in Leadville, we have this event where you run alongside pack burros. It's Colorado's official heritage sport, going back to mining history. If a miner stroke it rich, he'd have to get his ass back to town and stake a claim. When you grow up there, it's somewhat of a tradition."
Mastin, who is running for his first political office in this commissioner race, is a small business owner and active in Summit High School, where he is employed as the cross-country and track coach.
The candidate owns and operates The Mastin Group, an advertising and commercial art company that does promotion of outdoor activities.
"I do the Keystone pocket trail guides, I do a lot of work for Vail Resorts with their Nordic and mountain bike guides and a fair amount of work for the Forest Service," Mastin said. "I've really been involved with the snowmobiling access on the Vail Pass area. We also did a lot of the trailhead map signage for Friends of the Eagles Nest Wilderness."
Previously Mastin has been involved with Summit Recycling Project, he served as a past president of the Summit County Elks Lodge and served on that board of directors for nine years.
"I've been involved with the community on so many different levels," Mastin said. "There just are so many segments of the county that aren't represented at the commissioner level."
Mastin said that he will represent the county better than his opponent Stiegelmeier.
"If you look at her background, she's very environmental. I think that I can touch so many different parts of the community that are underrepresented at the commissioner level specifically with my direct competition," Mastin said. "The recreation community, including the motorcyclists and the snowmobilers don't like our current board of commissioners because they're looking for a lot of trail closures. I believe there's room out there for everyone as long as you manage the area."
Mastin says the role of the county commissioner now delves deeply into environmental issues.
"When you look at what a commissioner is really supposed to do, it's to be the fiscal steward of the county's budget, to aid in public safety teaming with the sheriff's office and coroners; and provide necessary infrastructure."
Mastin said his opponent does not have the expertise in the areas most needed by the commissioner position.
"When you look at the issues that come across a commissioner's desk, (Stiegelmeier's) area of expertise really doesn't come up that often. Pine beetles and water are big issues but that's not the majority of what commissioners do," Mastin said. "When it comes to the building community, property rights, development building code, she doesn't have any expertise in that and I do. I think they're creating a problem with the deed restriction right now. We need to be moving the housing authority dollars to the rental market where the need is right now."
If elected, Mastin says he will create an economic development committee for the county.
"One thing that I have been banging my fists about for years is that the county does not have an economic development council, which to me is shameful," Mastin said. "Towns that have them do well because they generate a lot of free money. The county doesn't have one and I have been swearing that I will create one of these immediately. They're free and volunteer-driven and will help address budgetary problems."
A contentious issue that Mastin differs in opinion from his opponent Stiegelmeier, is the old CMC library remodel.
Mastin says the county will end up spending more money to renovate the old building than simply building a new one.
"The county would end up with an asset, when you build a new building you own it forever," Mastin said. "I'm all for renovating an old building but my biggest opposition to it is that the county is spending more than they budgeted. When you're in a budget crisis, that's not what they should do."
Stiegelmeier on the other hand, has been a proponent of renovating the old CMC building.
Mastin takes issues with other programs implemented by his opponent and the current Board of County Commissioners.
"The landfill and recycling model has not worked for years," he said. "They cost the county so much money to do and they're continuously losing money. I don't think the commissioners have been aggressive enough to improve this or address this. We need a commissioner that's a little more aggressive."
Mastin suggests the county could fix the landfill by discontinuing recycling.
"That's not what people want to do, but I would put it as a ballot measure to let Summit County residents know how much it costs and see if they want to pay for it. You can't just sit there and let it bleed - people perceive recycling as free but it's not, it costs the county a lot of money."
Mastin says that he will also work to achieve and maintain a balanced budget by following the county's revenue stream.
"I think the budget is easily fixable - it needs to follow our revenue stream," he said. "If revenue is down by 17 percent, then spend 17 percent less. It's not that difficult."


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"VirtueDesktops" is a virtual desktop manager for Appleâs Mac OS. It offers features, eye candy and configurable options that no other desktop manager on the mac has added yet. Sadly, VirtueDesktops is no longer under active development. It is based upon the work done by Rich Wareham on DesktopManager (specifically the CGSPrivate headers), which is an alternate open-source virtual desktop application.
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Stopped working under snowleopard!!! Any help please? :S
Stopped working under snowleopard!! any help please!!
Stopped working under snowleopard. :(
I'll try rebuilding/reinstalling to see if that helps.
VirtueDesktop is the best desktop manager ever. Even Spaces fails to stand up against VirtueDesktop.
Being a long time Linux user I wouldn't be able to live without my virtual desktops, and VirtueDesktops saved me, thanks!
Note VMWare 1.1RC has fixed the fullscreen bug it had with Virtue, it is working great together now! :-)
Check your log files!
Last night I noticed that my library was over 9 gigs, while another user's was about 250 MB. After about twenty minutes of searching, I found the VirtueDesktops log. You're probably thinking, "It's a log file- how big can that possibly be?" I'll tell you: 8.24 gigs! I tried to open it in Console, but the system immediately bogged down and I had to force-quit Console. Then I opened it in Firefox, and that worked. However, after a few minutes, there was still text loading! This file is huge! So, I used AppDelete to get rid of the program and all its affiliates, and I lived happily ever after (so far). Maybe this was an isolated incident, but I recommend you check.
Oh yeah, it's located in /Users/[user]/Library/Logs/
VirtueDesktops is not being actively developed again, and Florent has certainly not made any promises to continue contributing - he's making fixes as he can. If you are a heavy user of VirtueDesktops, you should upgrade to the latest betas and see how you go - they are much stabler, and have much more consistent behaviour.
Mad props, indeed :)
Mad propz to Florent Bruneau for contributing to the changes for beta 5:
* Fixes to localisation;
* Miscellaneous fixes for stability;"
I think here's the changelog for the Beta4. It also reveals who the submitter of the beta fixes are.
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Crochet along with WEBS designer Kirsten Hipsky for the Valley Yarns 414 Valley Cowl designed by Doris Chan. This luscious, lacy cowl is crocheted infinity or moebius style, beginning with a center strip and worked seamlessly in continuous figure 8's. Worn as a shoulder wrap or double-twisted around the head as a hood, the Valley Cowl is a lovely, practical and quick-to-crochet gift.
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News 12 First at Five / Friday, May 17, 2013
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW) -- A News 12 investigation is making waves through the City of Aiken.
"They should have been stopped the first time there was an issues. Period," said Mary O'Hare, the owner of M.B. Jewelry and Beads in downtown Aiken.
The video we showed you weeks ago shows a middle school party at the Aiken City Hall's conference center on March 28.
The 40-minute video, shot around 11 p.m. that night, shows a large group of juveniles on the streets around the Municipal Building in Aiken. At one point, some flash gang signs. Others can be heard cussing in the streets. Yelling dramatically, an adult, who isn't seen, talks about a fight.
Police were called after fights during a December party, then the party in March, yet the city let the group book another party for June.
In late April, City Manager Richard Pearce told News 12 he knew nothing about the middle school parties. However, News 12 later found a sticky note on the rental agreement for the Dec. 27 party.
"This is the one with the problem," it reads.
"They should have been removed. They should have been red-flagged," O'Hare said. "Parties of that nature should have been stopped. Period."
While O'Hare was shocked to see the video, members of the Aiken City Council were, too.
"I was shocked," said Councilwoman Gail Diggs. "I was very disappointed because it was news to me!"
Diggs says the City Council wasn't aware of these problematic parties until after the News 12 story aired.
"That was the problem," she said. "I think after the first incident, the City should have had an intervention and that didn't happen."
Now, City Manager Pearce has proposed some changes. Private security will not be allowed for parties like the ones in March and December. Instead, renters will have to contract off-duty Aiken Department of Public Safety officers. Pearce says a "grid" system will be used to determine the number of officers needed on a case-by-case basis.
Other council members have asked for a steeper damage deposit. Councilman Philip Merry says the current $100 deposit is not adequate. Merry has also asked for a risk manager to assess the entire rental system.
In a council meeting on Monday night, the topic was addressed at the end of the meeting. The item was not on the agenda, which confused and frustrated several members of the council.
It was revealed that Alisha Barnes, the renter for the middle school parties, has canceled her event for June 6 at the City Hall conference center. Pearce said Barnes is considering another venue outside city limits, possibly the fairgrounds.
City Manager Pearce told the council that Public Safety is developing an updated policy for security at the City Hall rentals. He told the council that Chief Charles Barranco has been involved in talks since the News 12 investigation aired.
Mayor Fred Cavanaugh, who sounded frustrated, told Pearce he doesn't want this to happen again.


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