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WOLFEBORO — No one was injured, but the town's Highway Department garage at 43 Pine Hill Road was damaged and a plow truck destroyed by a fire Tuesday.
Wolfeboro Fire-Rescue was alerted to the call at 1:08 p.m.
The five on-duty members responded with Ladder 1 and Engine 4. First-arriving companies found heavy smoke and fire from the highway garage, which is used to store vehicles and equipment.
A first alarm was requested, bringing assistance to the scene from Tuftonboro Fire-Rescue, Center Ossipee Fire-Rescue, and Wakefield Fire-Rescue. Ossipee Corner Fire-Rescue covered Wolfeboro Central Station.
The plow truck and a sidewalk plow were inside the building at the time of the fire.
The fire was declared under control at 2:06 p.m. and the final crews cleared the scene at 5:40 p.m.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Wolfeboro Fire-Rescue Department and the N.H. State Fire Marshal's Office, but is believed to be accidental in nature.
Stewarts Ambulance and the Wolfeboro Police Department also assisted at the scene.
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When I browse through the PS3, these AVI files aren't displayed because of my fake extension, so I was wondering if the I could add a list of user-defined extensions to list on the XMB. It seems like a simple thing, since they're just plain video files, thanks.

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Yesterday, we brought you part one of the Saga of the Princeton Student's Eleven Weapon Which Was Stolen from Wawa at 2 A.M. Today, we bring you its bittersweet conclusion, thanks to Princeton student Dan Mossing:
Greetings, Max.
Thanks, perhaps in part, to your obliging efforts, we received the attached note outside our door this evening. Translated, it reads "I'm very sorry about your bow and arrows, but they have been hulk smashed." The post-it note says: "coupon for one tree branch" ( from which of course the bow was crafted). The string taped to the paper is from the bow.
The arm of Sauron reaches far, indeed. Classic orcs.
With the gratitude of all the many elves and hobbits of Princeton,
Dan Mossing
Room [REDACTED]
Forbes College
Well met, Dan.


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Direct Loans are disbursed by the Office of Student Accounts according to federal regulations. All Direct, Alternative, and PLUS loan funds will be sent to the College electronically (by EFT). Loan funds will be disbursed each semester once the registration period is over and once attendance verifications are completed by the instructors. Disbursement dates are listed on the Student Accounts home page under Important Dates.
A student must be registered and currently attending at least 6 credit hours before loan funds may be released. Students enrolled in late start courses are not eligible to receive loan funds until at least 6 credit hours are in progress and attendance verification has been completed by the instructor. Direct Loans for first-time and/or first-year borrowers may not be disbursed until 30 days after the first day of classes. A first-year student is defined as a student who has not completed a minimum of 30 credits in the student's current course of study. If you are a new borrower at Daytona State College, you must complete Federal Direct Loan Entrance Counseling before the funds will be disbursed. Entrance counseling can be completed on the web at www.studentloans.gov.
Federal regulations require loan disbursements to be made in two disbursements. If you attend both Fall and Spring semesters, you will receive one disbursement of one-half of the total loan proceeds in each semester (as long as enrollment in at least six credits is maintained). If you attend one semester only, you will still receive the loan proceeds of one-half of the total loan amount in two disbursements. However, per federal regulations, the second half of the loan may not be disbursed until a minimum of one-half of the semester has elapsed. Furthermore, students who have less than 6 credits for the A term plus additional classes for the B term will not be disbursed any loan funds until the student is attending the B term (at least 6 credit hours total for A and B) and attendance has been verified by the instructor. Check the Student Accounts home page under Important Dates for first and second disbursement dates.
A process to post Direct Loans to the student account is run once a week on Wednesday night. Once a loan is posted to the student account the College will begin the process of verifying the loan and requesting funds from the federal government. Only those funds that have posted to the student account are actually sent to the College. The College will receive the funds just in time to refund to students on Friday of the week following the posting. Refunds are generally posted to the Daytona State OneCard between 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Friday.
All loan funds will be refunded through the Daytona State OneCard process. Tuition, book deferments, book vouchers and any other outstanding balances due the College will be deducted first before any remaining funds are refunded to the student. Refunds are processed according to the refund method that was chosen when the Daytona State OneCard was activated or when the Refund Preference was last updated. You will receive an email or text message from our partner Higher One when your refund has been processed.
PLUS Loans
PLUS loan funds are sent to the College electronically (by EFT). The parent has the option to have the loan disbursement sent to the parent or to the student. Upon receipt of PLUS loan funds, the parent is mailed a Parent PLUS Loans Disbursement Statement which the parent will sign and return to the College. The parent will indicate on the form if they want a check mailed to him/her or if they want the student to receive the refund once all outstanding balances for the student have been paid. If payable to the parent, a paper check will be mailed. If payable to the student, the refund will be processed according to the refund method chosen when the Daytona State OneCard was activated or when the student's Refund Preference was last updated.
Book Vouchers
Book vouchers are available for registered students whose financial aid awards exceed the student's tuition and fees (and any other outstanding obligations) for the current semester. Financial aid includes federal direct loans and any refundable grants or scholarships the student may be awarded for attendance at Daytona State College. Book vouchers are based upon the number of hours the student is enrolled and upon the credit balance remaining after all tuition and fees have been paid. If there is a sufficient credit balance on the student's account, book vouchers are disbursed in the following increments:
Student is Registered For
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1 – 5 credits
6 – 8 credits
9 – 11 credits
12 or more credits
Book vouchers may be issued for partial amounts if there is a remaining credit balance but it is not sufficient to cover the maximum amount allowed. If a student drops classes after receiving a book voucher or otherwise becomes ineligible for the original amount of financial aid, the student will be responsible for repaying the amount of the book voucher back to the College.
To receive a voucher, a student must go online to "Accept" their book voucher and
certify that they agree to the terms and conditions of the book voucher. Once the book voucher agreement has been accepted, the information will automatically
be transmitted to the bookstore and the student may go to the bookstore to make their
purchases. Please be advised that students must go to the Daytona Campus Bookstore, the
DeLand Campus Bookstore, or the Flagler Campus Bookstore in order to use the voucher.
The book voucher information will be transmitted to the bookstore at multiple times throughout the day (10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, and 4:00 am). Please allow sufficient time from when the book voucher acceptance is completed for the bookstore to receive the file and upload it into their system. The last day to make purchases using a voucher is the day after the last day vouchers are issued.
The book voucher acceptance process will be open one week prior to the first date of book vouchers for the semester. However, students must wait until at least the first day of vouchers for the semester to go to the bookstore. Only one acceptance is needed per semester. If the amount of the voucher changes due to a change in the number of registered hours, etc. the new amount will NOT be reflected online but the revised amount will be sent to the bookstore. See the Important Dates section on the Student Accounts homepage for the dates vouchers are available each semester.
Here are the steps to get to the online book voucher acceptance:
- Go to www.daytonastate.edu
- Click on the MyDaytonaState portal at the top and log in using your student id and pin
- Click on the FalconNet tab
- Click on Payment and Book Vouchers on the left navigation menu
- Under Book Voucher Acceptance, click on View Book Voucher Information
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In order to receive a financial aid refund, the student must activate their Daytona
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be deposited within 1 day or less). The other option is to have the refund transferred
to a checking or savings account with an existing bank (funds will be deposited in
2 – 3 business days). Click here for more information on the Daytona State OneCard.
For additional information contact the Office of Student Accounts at 386-506-3024 to speak to a Student Account Specialist. Financial aid refunds that are not deliverable to a student because the student has not activated their Daytona State OneCard will be returned to one of the U.S. Department of Education Title IV programs or to the State of Florida Unclaimed Property Division in accordance with applicable federal regulations or state statutes.


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3. Tired!
I didn't have contacts on, so everyone was a vague blur. Fortunately people kept a close watch on me and those close to me repeated the movements for my benefit. I still have a hard time keeping track of all the movements, though.
Tiring! I'll give it a few more shots--maybe until the end of this week. Then I decide whether to continue or to drop it. I'm leaning more toward something that will improve my coordination, though, but I don't know where to take ballroom dancing lessons. I suppose I can take aikido just for fun, but it's not really my kind of thing. Who knows? We'll see.
2. Thoughts on progress reports
I personally despise the need to write progress reports in human terms — mainly I want to show that progress is being made in terms of code and functionality. I don't want to put down into writing things that I feel about my groupmates, but rather I would like to commend them just for their accomplishments. I've just submitted one progress report, and I never really liked it. My grade may be in jeopardy because of that, but anyway that's how I personally feel.
I find I _like_ making progress reports, if only in terms of e-mail to the emacs-wiki-discuss mailing list or entries in blog. I like summarizing my changes in a changelog and telling people about my future plans. Not everyone can glance at code and understand it. Even I'd get lost if I had to stare at my diffs to find out what I changed when. I think progress reports are a Good Thing.
In fact, I think they're such a good thing that I want my students to do them, even the first year students. I want them to get into the habit of reflecting on what they've done, what they've learned, and what they still need to learn. I want them to get into the habit of mapping out what they want to do and marking out what they've accomplished. I want them to explore not only their accomplishments in terms of code but their growth in so many other areas, like working with groupmates. I want to hear about problems not just at the end but throughout the duration of the project.
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A new study shows some of Georgia's troopers are paid thousands less than those outside the peach state. News 12 is on your side with how this could be affecting your safety.
We rely on them everyday as we head to work or school but if the salaries for state troopers are not beefed up, we could soon be seeing fewer of them on Georgia's roads.
It takes a lot of training to sound the siren and to brave the badge of a state trooper. All Steve Shelton asks for in return is fair pay.
"We do everything that we can to keep the roads safe for people to travel," said Steve Shelton trooper first class.
Shelton's been with the patrol for fifteen years and just recently, a study, showing a trooper like him makes far less than his counterpart in North Carolina. Also in the study is a comparison of starting salaries. A Georgia state trooper for example, starts at $31,000 while an entry-level police officer in Cobb County makes $34,000.
"For somebody who can start with my experience and go to another agency and make thirteen, fourteen thousand dollars more, you're a fool if you don't want to do that," Shelton said.
And the numbers don't appear to be fooling recruits either. According to the Associated Press, 100 new positions were set to be filled last year. Only half of them were.
"Well we need troopers out there, that's a fact. They keep everybody safe," said Patrick Dixon, driver.
With the safety of Georgia's streets at stake, representatives are forming a study committee to investigate the state's pay scale, comparing the salaries of police officers, troopers and even investigators.
In the meantime Shelton worries team morale is low.
"The one thing the troopers have to look at is they know who they are, they know what they've done to earn that title, to get the opportunity to wear that big hat," Shelton said.
While some troopers may think they're underpaid, they might want to check this out.
State trooper starting salaries:
Florida - $32,228
Georgia - $31,474
South Carolina - $28,595
Alabama - $26,411
North Carolina - $25,781
We did some research and found that out of these five Southern states, an entry-level trooper in Georgia makes more than most with the exception of Florida.


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Definition of wing in English:
- Besides having forelimbs that resemble the wings of modern birds, the animal sported long feathers from thigh to foot on each hind limb.
- In medieval Europe, scribes used trimmed feathers from the wings of large birds and various inks to mark a set of alphabetic letters on parchment skins.
- A bird needs wings for lift, tail feathers for control and lightweight bones.
- Birds have feathers, which are unfeeling structures, whereas the pterosaur's wings were made entirely out of skin.
- Megachiropterans have a claw on the second finger of the wing.
- Mischief glared at the dragon as it stretched its wings.
- Among the tissues preserved in the paper shales are delicate feathers, flower parts, hair, insect wings, and scales.
- Uniquely, a butterfly's outer body is covered by tiny sensory hairs and the wings are covered by scales.
- Vertebrate and insect wings are not homologous but have some superficial similarities; they have similar functions yet are very different in structure.
- They think a waffle needs a chicken wing the way a fish needs galoshes.
- Many of my classmates still consider the chicken wings the best they have ever eaten, even after many years and visits to large numbers of good restaurants.
- They're like the crispy end of a chicken wing you get at a roadhouse.
- Good Vibrations took music production to a new level, and Brian Wilson's work soared above us on wings of genius.
- I don't know how the future will take us, how we will fly on the wings and winds of fate and fortune.
- Terror gave her feet wings, and she outdistanced them despite their longer legs.
- The single-seat research aircraft had a monocoque aluminum fuselage with a wood wing.
- These are the de-icing boots on the leading edges of the wings, horizontal and vertical stabilizers.
- Bombardier Roy Brown's daughter Judy Valentini inspects the wrecked wing of an aircraft during the visit to Horn Island.
- He gained his wings as a sergeant pilot a year later and was commissioned in 1944.
- You get the occasional guy who fails just before wings or at wings and it's a bit of a shame because they're so close.
- After entering the U.S. Air Force, Aldrin earned his pilot wings in 1952.
- The posterior aspect of the lateral pterygoid plate may be joined to the angular spine of the greater wing by a pterygopetrosal ligament that may calcify.
- This branch enters the skull through the superior orbital fissure or a small foramen in the greater wing of the sphenoid to anastomose with the ophthalmic artery.
- If the patient is able to stand erect, the examiner can estimate the height symmetry of the iliac crests by resting his or her hands on the iliac wings.
- Water is then applied to the seeds to remove the wing from the seed.
- Once you have picked the seeds and removed the wing just place them in a paper bag and store them in a cool dry place until you are ready for them.
- The nuts have no seed wings, with which to travel, and are not viable if they simply drop to the ground.
- T1 will see readily identifiable versions of everyday saloon cars visually spectacularly modified with big flared wheel arches, wings and bumpers.
- Automotive Industries recently was shown a more potent Stratus, stripped of its chrome accents but also devoid of any wings or air dams.
- Body kits, spoilers, wings, decals, bumpers and other accessories are commonly used to customize a car.
- The first floor of the main wing of the building was destroyed and it was believed a chimney at the back of the building may have been left unstable.
- The Sanctuary's dueling grounds was found at the end of the north wing of the main chamber.
- The boardwalk guides visitors past another guest cottage and the bedroom wing of the main house.
- Ms Reid was a one time member of the Official Republicans movement and later joined Irish Republican Socialist Party, the political wing of the INLA.
- Rather, the IRA was increasingly recognized as the armed wing of one political party.
- Will the Republican party be the political wing of the evangelical movement again in 2008?
- He didn't go on stage, though, but sang from the wings while Beesley mimed onstage.
- The theatre goes black, and the red curtains part, and go back towards the wings as the stage lights go up to reveal the lobby of a small hotel.
- She bustled out of the bathroom and headed towards the wings of the stage, where the rest of the choir was waiting.
- Saints are set to switch Darren Albert from the wing to full-back to offset the absence of Paul Wellens, but Millward also has the option of Anthony Stewart and Sean Hoppe.
- Nick Barber came onto the wing replacing the centre Smith.
- El Hamdaoui has variously been described as a striker and capable of playing on both wings, in other words jack-of-all-trades, master of none.
- The big wing forward was to convert two further frees in the opening quarter while Seamus Lyons landed his first score after a foul on David Cuddy.
- Although he has been used mainly as a wing forward up to now, he's chosen at full forward for tomorrow's match.
- As we approach the League final, the famous shout for joy from the wing forward on that day in 1980, when the Rangers beat Renard, is doing the rounds again.
- He has commanded a fighter squadron, two fighter wings, a numbered Air Force and two major commands.
- The wing commander is responsible for all of his or her wing's squadrons in the recovery and individual and unit training phases.
- He has commanded a fighter squadron, two fighter wings, and a numbered air force.
- This was swiftly followed by cavalry actions on both wings, each army's right being victorious and pursuing the enemy from the field.
- After the victory at Smolensk, Hitler reverted to his old concept of concentrating the main effort on the wings.
- As soon as "a wing of Plover" is sighted in the air, the man sets his decoy-birds in motion.
- They noticed the AA, smoke and shell fire, but it wasn't until a VaI winged over and flashed his meatball that Patriarca knew something was very wrong.
- A bird the color of rye bread chirped as it winged by and out into the distance until it became a mere dot in the sky.
- Sports fans are like some new species of migratory bird, season after season winging across the world to some far-flung field to unfurl the flag and imbibe the beer.
- Yeah, a 30/30 shell winging past a guy's ear will do that.
- Like, this evening, we were watching a bit of TV when a commercial for the latest volume of Barbra Streisand Greatest Hits had the velvet voice winging through the speakers.
- It would appear that text messages had been winging back and forth across the Atlantic and Weggie was under orders to, 'Give him a big kiss on the lips from me.'
- I've lost my copy (only had it on minidisc) so if anyone out there has this track then wing us one will you.
- Horatio, who wants a happier ending for Hamlet than silence, chimes in with a denial of it which gives way to a chorus of singing angels winging Hamlet to heaven.
- Remember the way the puff of a particular cigarette winged us instantly to that idyll of 'Marlboro Country.'
- The Steps have built an aviary of sorts and have been trying to stock it with any wild birds they can wing with their air rifles.
- In mid-air, I turn and squeeze off three shots, winging him.
- He did some shooting at Gardener in yard but only winged him because Mr Big Star is drinking too much.
- In a split second Jerome, whose anger had begun to build, flashed out his gun and fired, but Selby dropped to one knee and fired his gun, winging him.
- Geminis thrive on the exhilaration of playing different personas - winging it, getting inventive and improvising.
- Unfortunately I didn't really do any research or preparation, just thinking somehow I could wing it.
- Women tend to spend way too much time preparing instead of just winging it.
in the wings
- Ready to do something or to be used at the appropriate time: older councillors were replaced by technocrats waiting in the wingsMore example sentences
- Now he is waiting in the wings again, ready to pounce and deliver for Kildare, if he is called to do so.
- There was no moderate force ready in the wings capable of weathering the storm.
- Teens love to recycle denim, and we've got a couple of ideas in the wings ready to roll.
on the wing
- (Of a bird) in flight.Example sentences
- I occasionally walk the High Street early on weekend mornings when you can hear birds on the wing.
- They are certainly magnificent birds who live, sleep and feed on the wing.
- Hen harriers rarely fly in wet weather, but in dry conditions the birds spend much of the day on the wing.
on a wing and a prayer
- With only the slightest chance of success.Example sentences
- To ignore this is to run your business on a wing and a prayer, which is pure chance and takes your destiny out of your own hands.
- I hear that the mechanisms for transferring you from one provider to another are incredibly flaky and the whole thing is held together on a wing and a prayer.
- 'Maybe it sometimes looked all right from the outside, but it was all on a wing and a prayer,' says Andrew.
spread (or stretch or try) one's wings
- Extend one's activities and interests or start new ones.Example sentences
- Other European powers, such as Germany, were spreading their wings and extending their interests.
- Let her spread her wings and expand her horizons on her next outing.
- Armagh wiped them out in the provincial decider and then Fermanagh stopped them from stretching their wings in the qualifiers.
take wing
- (Of a bird, insect, or other winged creature) fly away.Example sentences
- Meanwhile, overhead, several woodcreepers cling to tree trunks, ready to snatch insects that take wing to avoid being trampled.
- The crow preened its feathers and took wing again, gliding away into the trees.
- My foot encountered a twig, and it snapped loudly in my hearing, causing a flock of black creatures that had been roosting in a neighboring tree to take wing.
- 5.1Depart swiftly; flee: Louise took wing for AmericaMore example sentences
- Novelist and aesthetician, she lived in her mother's Florentine villa with her, but took wing for a season each year to spend some time in London, where she was an accepted figure on the literary scene.
- It was here, amid the wilderness of the Forest of Dean (the inspiration for the Forbidden Forest) that Rowling's imagination took wing.
- But it was when she first introduced him to opera that his interest really took wing and became a passion.
under one's wing
- In or into one's protective care: Simon's uncle had taken him under his wingMore example sentences
- On the evidence it appears as though Anne Kelly, Jennifer's mother, took Jennifer's two boys under her wing and cared for them until Jennifer was finally able to resume her motherly duties on a full-time basis.
- Krystal and I had sort of taken him under our wing and protected him from the assholes who disliked him.
- There were times when you could look out your own bedroom window and envy the other kids outside who got to play whenever they wanted, while your mom kept you in, under her wing, to protect you.
- Example sentences
- They must cover 12 miles a day, and they will see no living creature: Antarctica sustains no terrestrial life, unless you count a wingless midge reputed to hover in tiny rock cracks.
- Head lice are small wingless flat insects which move from one person to another by direct head-to-head contact and live off human blood in the scalp.
- Lice are wingless and they cannot jump, unlike fleas, but instead they spread through physical contact.
wing-like adjective
- Example sentences
- The sleeves, supported by a stainless steel structure, form wing-like shoulders, making the model appear like an angelic carnival dancer who stumbled into a giant vat of shocking pink paint.
- Two long, wing-like sections meet at a central pillar, which stands on a broad triangular base inscribed with letters that describe the award.
- Seed is cheap, so insert some round the edge of a largeish pot of good compost, sit back, and watch the wing-like shoots emerge.
Middle English (originally in the plural): from Old Norse vængir, plural of vængr.
Before wing came into English from Old Norse vængr, the term used was feathers, an Old English word from a Germanic root. In a theatre the wings are where actors wait for their cue to come on stage: someone waiting in the wings is ready to do something at the appropriate time. To wing it, or do something without preparation, is originally theatrical slang, which meant 'to play a role without properly knowing the text', either by relying on a prompter in the wings or by studying the part in the wings between scenes. It was used in this sense from the late 19th century, but did not acquire its more general meaning of 'improvise' until the 1950s. On a wing and a prayer, 'with only the slightest chance of success', is from the title of a 1943 song by the American songwriter Harold Adamson, 'Comin' in on a Wing and a Pray'r'. He took it from a comment made by a wartime pilot speaking to ground control just before he made an emergency landing in his damaged plane.
Words that rhyme with wingBeijing, bing, bring, Chungking, cling, ding, dingaling, fling, I Ching, king, Kunming, ling, Ming, Nanjing, Peking, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, sting, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, wring, Xining, zing
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Hendersonville PD arrests 2 on drug charges
Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 8:22 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 8:22 a.m.
Hendersonville police arrested and charged two suspects Wednesday night with multiple drug offenses, including trafficking opium.
Timothy Carroll, 21, of Etowah was charged with trafficking opium, manufacturing marijuana, conspiring to traffic marijuana; possession of a schedule III substance — a category which includes Ketamine, steroids and some barbiturates; and, possession of a schedule IV substance — a label which includes drugs like Valium, Xanax and Rohypnol.
Carroll was being held at the Henderson County Detention Center Thursday in lieu of an $11,000 secured bond.
Linda Edwards, 41, of Massey Road was charged with manufacturing marijuana and conspiring to traffic marijuana. Edwards was being held in lieu of an $8,000 secured bond.
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I really like the projection tools and the Isometric grid to create Isometric drawings.
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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks never thought it would be this easy, not against the defending Stanley Cup champions and their previously red-hot goalie.
But it was Sunday night at United Center, where the Blackhawks chased Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick from the net midway through the second period en route to a relatively easy 4-2 victory that gave them a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Final. Chicago has won five in a row going back to Game 5 against the Detroit Red Wings in the conference semifinals.
Game 3 is Tuesday at Staples Center (9 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN, RDS), where the Kings have won 14 in a row, including the past seven in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
"Whoever is shooting the puck, we feel as a team that we have the confidence that it's going to go in at some point," Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said. "So we'll keep shooting the puck, creating those chances and trying to take his [Quick's] confidence away."
The Blackhawks got goals off clean shots from Andrew Shaw and Brent Seabrook in the first period to grab a 2-0 lead. Bryan Bickell scored on the power play and Michal Handzus beat Quick on a 2-on-1 in the second to make it 4-0, forcing Kings coach Darryl Sutter to replace the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner with Jonathan Bernier at the 9:20 mark of the second period.
Handzus and Bickell scored their goals 2:09 apart.
"We had some nice shots," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "We had some high-quality stuff off the rush, as well. I still think that's going to be an ongoing challenge with him. Some nights they go in."
Rarely do four go in against Quick, who had gone 34 consecutive games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs without allowing more than three goals -- and he did that four times over the 34-game span. The last time he had allowed four goals was April 25, 2011, when the San Jose Sharks needed overtime in Game 6 of the conference quarterfinals to eliminate the Kings.
He hadn't been pulled from a playoff game since April 23, 2010, when he gave up four goals to the Vancouver Canucks but came back in to finish the game after Erik Ersberg allowed two more in a 7-2 loss in Game 5 of the conference quarterfinals.
"We just haven't been finding a way," said Quick, who fell to 1-7 on the road in the playoffs. "We have to find a way. They did their job. Now we have to go home and do our job."
The Kings have been in this position before, down 0-2 going home against the St. Louis Blues in the conference quarterfinals. They won four in a row to win the series in six games.
"When you win that many in a row [14], you've got to lose at some point," Chicago right wing Patrick Kane said. "Hopefully we can be that team to take it from them, but the focus is on Game 3 now and playing the way we did the first two periods [Sunday] and seeing what happens. It seems like we have a lot of momentum. We'll try to keep that. It's a big game. It's a huge game."
But is it a game that Kings center Mike Richards will be able to dress for?
After skating in pregame warmups, Richards was unable to play in Game 2 because of an upper-body injury, likely a result of Chicago center Dave Bolland's hard hit on him with 1:52 to play in the third period of Game 1. Tyler Toffoli, who had a goal and an assist, played in place of Richards. Jeff Carter, who also scored a goal, had to move to center on the second line.
"He was fine [Sunday afternoon], then I think just once his blood got pumping, the adrenaline got going, there were symptoms," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said of Richards. "I went in right after warmup, he was sitting there and I said, 'Unless you're 100 percent, you're not playing."
The Blackhawks are playing at 100 percent and their depth, speed and skill is showing as a result.
Their four goals Sunday came from their top three lines and their power play. Seabrook and Handzus scored off the rush and Shaw's goal came off a Kings' defensive zone turnover. For the second straight game, Chicago's speed helped to negate the Kings' forecheck, putting L.A. on its heels, especially in the second period.
Patrick Sharp and Brandon Saad each added two assists.
"We're finding ways to put them in vulnerable positions," Toews said.
"For the most part, we're just focusing on what we have to do and trying to make them worry about us in all areas of the rink," he added later.
Los Angeles had chances in the first period, when it managed 13 shots on Chicago goalie Corey Crawford (29 saves), but they all came after Shaw's goal 1:54 into the game gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead. Seabrook beat Quick with a low, far side/blocker side shot from the right circle with 50.4 seconds left before the first intermission to give the Blackhawks a 2-0 lead.
"I thought we outplayed them in the first period for the most part, but the score didn't make it count," Quick said.
The Blackhawks blew it open in the second, when Bickell was credited with a power-play goal at the 7:11 mark after gaining inside position on Robyn Regehr and Drew Doughty. Handzus scored off a 2-on-1 rush at 9:20 to send Quick to the bench.
Bickell got the goal on the power play, but Regehr was the one who actually shot the puck through Quick's five-hole. The rebound of Sharp's shot from the blue line caromed off Bickell's glove and the puck went down to the ice. Regehr chopped at it and sent it into the net.
"I tried to get the puck rather than getting the stick, and I think it hit my stick and went in," Regehr said. "Gotta tie up the guy a little bit better and let Jonathan find the puck."
Quick struggled to find the puck Sunday. It was a rare sight, one the Blackhawks don't think they can bank on happening again.
"He'll bounce back," Bickell said.
It may not be enough if the Blackhawks continue to keep throwing their game right down the Kings' throats when the series resumes at Staples Center on Tuesday.
"We know how well the Kings play in their building," Sharp said. "The series is just getting started really."
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Grammy Awards 2014: The Best and Worst Red Carpet Fashion (Video)
I waited somewhat patiently through two hours of Grammys red carpet coverage, all the while watching carefully for Beyonce. My hopes were high for Queen Bey to be one of—if not the—best dressed of the night.
Sadly, she never came.
Ditto for Rihanna, Miley and even Nicki.
I'll give Beyonce a pass, because I'm sure her red carpet absence meant more time to prepare for her insanely hot show opener with Jay Z. But the rest of you ladies, what gives?
Instead, the red carpet entertainment came from the worst dressed of the evening. This being the Grammys, there were plenty of contenders. Twitter didn't love Katy Perry's musical note-adorned gown from the recent Valentino couture show, not to mention her bigger-than-big top knot. Madonna was another question mark, not so much because of her Ralph Lauren Spring 2014 tuxedo but the accessories she paired with it. The grill is old, Madge. And you must be feeling old for bringing that cane.
But some of the worst dressed attendees had no fashionable ties, just extremely bad taste. Two women I've never heard of, Kaya Jones and Nadeea, wore dresses suitable for a strip club, not a red carpet.
And, as much as I hate to say this, Pharrell's questionable ensemble put him on the bottom, too. I do not know why Smokey the Bear chose to lend him that hat, nor do I understand why Pharrell picked the wrong kind of sport jacket. The last straw for me was the keys dangling from the belt loop of his jeans. There's just no need when you are a star of his magnitude.
Several other gentlemen, however, provided some of the night's rare bright spots. Colorful tuxedos, especially those in navy and jewel tones, looked exceptionally chic on the red carpet. The traditionalist in me was surprised how much I loved navy on the likes of Ryan Seacrest, Jamie Foxx and Hunter Hayes. Macklemore's emerald green velvet tuxedo was also a favorite.
Taylor Swift's metallic, high-necked shimmering Gucci gown was a fan favorite. In an interview with Seacrest, she compared it to chainmail and said it felt like her own suit of armor. Perhaps the perpetually heartbroken singer is looking for new ways to guard her heart?
The red carpet's best dressed of the night was undoubtedly Ciara. She put all other baby bumps to shame with her fantastic beaded rose gold, long-sleeved Pucci gown. She told Giuliana Rancic in an interview that it took three or four fitting to get it just right—and just right it was. Plus, she said she ate a sandwich and fries before show time. What's not to love about a dress that's stunning and comfortable?


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Senior Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's tennis player Nathan Robinson is one of two winners of the Southland Conference's F.L. McDonald Postgraduate Scholarship, the conference announced today. Robinson was joined by Stephen F. Austin track athlete Carrie Hahn in garnering the award, and the duo will be recognized during the Southland Honors Ceremony May 22 in Galveston, Texas.
"Nathan is a young man who represents all you could ever want in a student-athlete," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "He was a great leader, an outstanding student and a relentless competitor, but above all else he was an ambassador for our university and our athletic department, and he represented us with class. I couldn't be prouder of him for winning this award – it is well deserved and I know he will make the most of this opportunity.
"It's inspiring to see the hours and sacrifice that young man put in to be such an elite scholar and an elite athlete," he continued. "That is the greatest reflection for our university and our athletic department and I really salute Nathan for that. There's a saying that if you're truly disciplined in the classroom you'll be disciplined in your sport, and he definitely reflects that."
The McDonald Scholarship is the league's ultimate academic honor for its top graduates. The award is presented annually to graduating male and female letterwinners with the highest cumulative grade point averages during their enrollment at Southland Conference universities. The $2,500 scholarship must be applied to graduate study at an institution of the recipient's choice.
"Nathan is a stellar example for all of our student-athletes here at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi," Director of Athletics Scott Lazenby said. "To be able to balance such a demanding course schedule while competing in both the fall and spring seasons is truly impressive, but to post such a high GPA while doing so is just amazing. He will be a success in whatever he undertakes in life, and we are proud that he is, and always will be, an Islander."
A finance/economics major, Robinson holds a sparkling 3.96 grade point average in his three years at the Island University. In the spring of 2011, he was honored with the Dr. Robert McMinn Economics Award for holding the highest GPA of all juniors majoring in economics. He plans to attend the University of Texas for his postgraduate work, in search of a master's degree in economics.
Robinson has been named to the Dean's List in each semester at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi and served as the President of the Islanders' Student-Athlete Advisory Council in 2010-11, where he helped spearhead community service efforts such as the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, the Halloween Carnival to benefit the Corpus Christi Boys and Girls Club and Samaritan's Feet, which supplies shoes to underprivileged youths throughout the world.
Robinson was named the school's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Student-Athlete Awards Banquet on April 30, 2012, and was also named the tennis team's Most Improved Player in leading the Islanders to their fifth straight regular season Southland title.
On the court, Robinson was a key player for the Islanders in his senior season, playing anywhere from No. 3 to No. 6. He went 11-7 on the year, including a 3-2 mark in league play and a 4-3 mark when playing at the No. 3 position. In doubles, he played with four different partners during the year, going 8-9 in all.
In his career, the Abilene, Texas, native went 22-16 in singles, battling an injury that limited him to just three matches as a junior. In 2010, he was named Southland Newcomer of the Year after posting a 10-7 mark in his first year with the Islanders. He also played one year at Tyler Junior College, where he helped the team to a 19-4 record.
Robinson is the second Islanders student-athlete in program history to receive the scholarship, joining baseball player Paul Saville, who garnered the recognition in 2008.
The award was established in memory of Dr. F.L. McDonald in 1996-97, a former president of Lamar University and 1999 Southland Hall of Honor inductee. McDonald served as Lamar's president in 1963 when the Southland Conference was established and is considered one of the league's founding fathers.
Each member institution may nominate one male and one female student-athlete who meet the following criteria: a letterwinner in a conference sport, be on track to graduate during the spring in which they are nominated or the subsequent summer, and plan to attend graduate school no later than the second fall following receipt of the award.


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The turkey has been barely packed away, and already the holiday TV blizzard is brewing.
CBS and The CW kick things off Friday night with several animated chestnuts, including "Frosty the Snowman." And from there on through Christmas, expect your TV set to be overrun by familiar gems, as well as several new movies, cartoons and variety specials.
To help you get with the program, we've compiled this list of prime-time yuletide offerings, beginning with the roster of new shows. It's followed by a rundown of airdates for the perennials.
Keep in mind that dates and times are subject to change, and many shows will have reairings not indicated here. ABC Family, for example, will again be running its "25 Days of Christmas" schedule, which features holiday-themed programming throughout the day and night hours.
Music, comedy and holiday cheer
"Christmas in Rockefeller Center" -- Trace Adkins, Mariah Carey, CeeLo Green and others help light up the big tree in the Big Apple. (8 p.m. Nov. 28, NBC).
"SNL Christmas" -- This collection offers fan-favorite holiday sketches from "Saturday Night Live." (9 p.m. Nov. 28, NBC).
"Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas" -- "The Voice" coach celebrates with Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert, Larry the Cable Guy, Jay Leno and Reba McEntire. (10 p.m. Dec. 3, NBC; reairs 9 p.m. Dec. 14).
"Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays" -- The Grammy winner sings seasonal standards with guests Rod Stewart, Blake Shelton and Carly Rae Jepsen. (10 p.m. Dec. 10, NBC; reairs 8 p.m. Dec. 21).
"Christmas in the White House" -- Take a peek behind the scenes at holiday preparations in the Obama household. (8 p.m. Dec. 13, NBC; reairs 9 p.m. Dec. 21).
"Ramsay's Christmas Cookalong" -- Chef Gordon Ramsay invites viewers into his home as he shares tips on how to create a fun, festive and stress-free Christmas morning in the kitchen. (9 p.m. Dec. 18, BBC America).
"CMA Country Christmas" -- Jennifer Nettles hosts a festive night of music that includes appearances by Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, Keith Urban and others. (9 p.m. Dec. 20, ABC; reairs 9 p.m. Dec. 22).
"The Doctor Who Christmas Special" -- The Doctor's holiday adventure sees him once again crossing paths with the homo-reptilian Silurian Madame Vastra. (9 p.m. Dec. 25, BBC America).
Holiday movie comfort food
"Naughty or Nice" -- A woman (Hilarie Burton) discovers Santa's Naughty or Nice book and uses it to expose secrets in her town. (8 p.m. Nov. 24, Hallmark).
"Hitched for the Holidays" -- Joey Lawrence and Emily Hampshire pose as a couple to get their pushy families off their backs. (8 p.m. Nov. 25, Hallmark).
"Love at the Christmas Table" -- A man and woman who grew up as good friends ponder taking their relationship to the next step. (7 and 11 p.m. Nov. 25, Lifetime).
"The Christmas Consultant" -- A workaholic couple hires a consultant (David Hasselhoff) to help them get through the holidays. (7 p.m. Dec. 2, Lifetime).
"The Mistle-Tones" -- Tori Spelling and Tia Mowry star as the leaders of rival singing groups. (8 and 10 p.m. Dec. 9, ABC Family).
"Hallmark Hall of Fame: Christmas with Holly" -- Sean Faris and Eloise Mumford star in this tale about a man struggling to raise his 6-year-old niece. (9 p.m. Dec. 9, ABC).
New for the kids
"Jingle and Bell's Christmas Star" -- Adorable husky pups try to bring some cheer to the holidays in Pineville. (7 p.m. Nov. 23, Hallmark).
"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" -- There's trouble in Bikini Bottom as Plankton's jerktonium-laced fruitcake makes the rounds. (9:30 p.m. Nov. 23, CBS).
"The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas" -- The Cat and friends go on a journey around the world to help a lost reindeer find his home. (7 p.m. Dec. 23, KQED; Note: This show debuted Wednesday and will have multiple airings).
Here's a rundown of returning programs, including the classics:
Nov. 23
"Frosty the Snowman" (8 p.m., CBS)
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (8 p.m., The CW)
"Frosty Returns" (8:30 p.m., CBS)
"Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas" (9 p.m., CBS)
"The Happy Elf" (9 p.m., The CW)
Nov. 27
"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (8 p.m., ABC; reairs 8 p.m. Dec. 25)
"Shrek the Halls" (8:30 p.m., ABC)
Nov. 28
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" (8 p.m., ABC; reairs 8 p.m. Dec. 18)
Dec. 1
"It's a Wonderful Life" (8 p.m., NBC; reairs 8 p.m. Dec. 24)
Dec. 3
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (8 and 10 p.m., ABC Family)
Dec. 4
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (8 p.m., CBS)
Dec. 5
"The Polar Express" (9 p.m., ABC Family)
Dec. 6
"Disney's A Christmas Carol" (8 p.m., ABC Family)
Dec. 7
"The Santa Clause" (7 p.m., ABC Family)
Dec. 8
"The Flight Before Christmas" (9 p.m., CBS)
Dec. 9
"Disney Prep & Landing" (8 p.m., ABC; reairs 8 p.m. Dec. 24)
"Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice" (8:30 p.m., ABC; reairs 8 p.m. Dec. 22)
Dec. 10
"The Year Without a Santa Claus" (8 p.m., ABC Family)
"Home Alone" (9 p.m., ABC Family)
Dec. 11
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (8 p.m., ABC)
"A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa" (9 p.m., The CW)
Dec. 14
"Prancer Returns" (8 p.m., The CW)
"Yes, Virginia" (9 p.m., CBS)
"Elf on the Shelf" (9:30 p.m., CBS)
Dec. 15
"Elf" (8 p.m., CBS)
Dec. 18
"It's a Very Muppet Christmas Movie" (8 p.m., The CW)
Dec. 19
"Noel" (8 p.m., The CW)
Dec. 20
"I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown" (8 p.m., ABC)
Dec. 22
"Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (8 p.m., NBC)
"The Santa Clause 2" (8 p.m., ABC Family)
"A Chipmunk Christmas" (8:30 p.m., ABC)
Dec. 24
"The Santa Clause 3" (7 p.m., ABC Family)
"Christmas Is Here Again" (8 p.m., The CW)
"A Christmas Story" (24-hour marathon, 8 p.m., TBS)
"Second Star to the Right" (9:30 p.m., The CW)
Dec. 25
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" -- live-action version (8:30 p.m., ABC)
Read Chuck Barney's TV blog at http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/tv, and follow him at Twitter.com/chuckbarney.


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Tallahassee, Florida- August 2, 2012
A candidate forum and 'suffrage' party will be held Saturday, August 4, from 2-4 pm at the Los Robles Woman's Club in Tallahassee. The Woman's Club will be celebrating the fight for the women's right to vote, and members will be dressed in period costume representing Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott (along with other "suffragettes"). These suffragettes will speak to guests about the suffrage movement. Displays will depict the events and leaders of the suffrage movement and Ion Sancho, Leon County Supervisor of Elections will speak on the importance of voting.
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton" will be the MC of the candidate forum, which will start at 2:15. Many candidates will be in attendance, including: Sen. Bill Montford, opponent John Shaw, running for Florida Senate District 3 ; Fred Varn, Emily Fritz, Mary Ann Lindley, and Akin Akinyemi, running for City Commission At-Large, Group 1; Bob Fulford and Steve Stewart, running for City Commission Seat 1; David Riddle, City Commission, Seat 2; Bob Inzer and Cynthia Turner, running for Clerk of the Court; Larry Campbell, Lisa Sprague, and Tommy Mills, running for Sheriff; Jackie Pons, Superintendent; Josephina Tamayo, and Chris Dunn, running for 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge, Group 2; and Bert Bevis, running for Republican Committeeman.
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The Valdosta YMCA is grappling with some financial woes after an internal investigation found there was money missing from its bank account.
Construction of a youth and teen center, indoor pool, and a new gym were slated to begin this month, but those will now be delayed. The YMCA believes a former employee is the cause of some serious accounting problems, problems which have somehow been overlooked for the past four years.
Some folks are glad the problem is getting resolved, "I hope that person wasn't taking advantage of the money I was putting in there, I don't know what they are taking the money and using it for, I hate that they did that to the community, but I'm glad they got caught," says YMCA member Joanne Desmartin.
Two local firms have been hired to identify and help resolve the problems. It could take four to six weeks for the Y to get back on track financially.
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What does it take to establish a church? Is it the building materials that help a congregation take shape? Is it the people who enter its doors each Sunday for worship? While both the building and the people are important elements in what makes a church, the key piece of the true church is what that church is built upon – its solid foundation. For Zion Lutheran Church in Morton, that foundation is the grace offered by God through the sacrifice of Jesus. "We are saved by grace," said Pastor David Horton of Zion Lutheran. "It is not something we earn. It is the gift of God that comes free of charge." Since 1889, the Zion Luth-eran Church has held fast to that truth, and this year it is celebrating 125 years of ministry as a church saved by grace.
"This is a landmark year for Zion Lutheran Church," said Horton, adding it is not often a church reaches this milestone. "This is our year to celebrate what God has done for the church and through it." The celebration being held this Sunday is an all-day event, with things scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with a worship service focusing on those who have been confirmed at the WELS church. "We have invited every confirmand we could find," said Horton, adding those who may not have been contacted are definitely welcome to attend, too. "Former pastor Jim Strand is going to be preaching at the service." Strand served the congregation from 2000-09, and Horton, who is originally from Milwaukee, Wis. was then called to serve at Zion and is in his fifth year of ministry with the Morton church. A missions update on work being done in Asia is scheduled to be held during the day's events. A catered meal is set for noon at the church, which Horton saiud is going to include a program. The anniversary celebration is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m., and Horton said former pastor Kevin Stellick is going to be preaching at that service. All are invited to come and help the church celebrate this Sunday, said Horton, adding that doesn't just mean current and former members of the church. Everyone from the community is invited to come and be involved in the events. The history of Zion Lutheran Church has its roots in a group that began meeting for worship in Beaver Falls in November 1882. Eight charter members helped to organize the congregation, but building a church there never came to fruition. The desire to establish its own place of worship led the group to Morton where it officially organized Zion Lutheran Church Feb. 18, 1889. The Articles of Incorporation were registered in Beaver Falls. That same year the first church building was erected, with the church being dedicated June 28, 1889 at a cost of $1,357.43. The church began to grow, which also led to the need for a larger building, and in 1939 ground was broken for the current building. Horton said there are currently 132 members of Zion Lutheran, adding they come from a wide radius around Morton for worship each Sunday. "This is a good church," Horton said. "The members are very loving and in many ways are like family." That, said Horton, is what a church should be like, as it demonstrates what it means to be part of the family of God. "We continue to see God working here," said Horton, adding that overflows into the community as many of the members of the congregation are in-volved in the community as they demonstrate God's love.
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Stanford has been awarded with an unprecendent 20th consecutive Directors' Cup as the top intercollegiate athletic department in the nation, the school announced in a news release.
The honors were announced at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of America conference in Orlando, Fla., with Lexie Ross, a member of Stanford's NCAA national champion women's water polo team, accepting the award.awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports -- 10 women's and 10 men's.
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This theme of melancholic urban winters has been a recurring one through my young adult years, especially living through those in the Midwest, which are grey and cold on a scale of which are completely alien to outsiders. Perhaps you'd have to be from here to understand.
I remember when its desolation struck me for the very first time. I was a tadpole 20-year old who'd worked up the courage to move out of the wooden townhouse I shared with my ex (though as survivors all know, the first breakup is never the last). Battered but not bloodied, I carted my meager possessions into a traincar apartment that overlooked dumpsters and their vulturous flies. There was a perpetually darkened bedroom that I never used, because it was drafty and lonely and riddled with nothingness. Space heaters were strewn about the place because a gas bill was out of the question; sweaters never helped; I was always so. so. cold. My mattress held me in the modest living room because somehow, the (donated) television and (donated) Xbox sitting beside it made me feel more human. Human enough to sleep, at least, though I soon discovered that sleep would escape me too.
Those were days of desperate peanut butter sandwiches and malicious pineapples stuck inside my mixte's brakes. Poetic Ramen noodles and deeply paranoid bagels, spoiled milk and High Five french fries. And at night, when the snow fell and collected into tiny untouchable mounds outside my window, I heard my thoughts as clearly as a friend speaking them to me, right in front me, but perhaps more accurately inside me. Monologues in which I convinced myself that I was "alright", that I didn't love him anymore, that the blue body pillow I slept with each night was a perfectly able substitute for his arms. It wasn't, of course, but one can convince themselves of many things if they say it long enough.
Those were hungry days. I mean that in all of its variants. I craved many things, my stomach craved more, my heart craved it all. And everyday was a struggle in supplying my body's various demands. Dreams/nightmares were present in my waking hours, zombie Meagan strolled throughout bookstores and boutiques with no purpose other than to try (futilely) to connect to the sprawling metropolis around me. Have you ever felt as though your corporeal self was a vessel that you did not control? That life was some sort of picture book that you were gazing at from a different dimension? Try as I might, I was simply an automaton. It took a long time before the human feelings that had been beat out of me returned to a proper place.
That was all perhaps very abstract, but the words make sense to me. This post is a testament to the ability of a garment to act as a time travel device. This city lights shirt, by virtue of its associative design, takes me right back to the coldest days I've ever known. Were it up to me I'd squash that experience deep, deep down (where it belongs?) but at some point, one needs to open one's eyes to Hard Things. I'm thankful that this simple button-down can help me to start to process mine.


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Software is becoming less and less important. Most people today just don't care about what software they use, what operating system they run, or who is behind the pretty screens they see. What they want, is something that works. Or, better, anything that works. This shift caused a series of changes which shook the whole industry. One of them amongst them: are GNU/Linux and free software in general just not cool anymore? Google Trends gives some interesting answers.
Some results
Google Trends is one of those pearls made available by Google that allows you to see how researched a specific keyword is, and has been, over the last few years. Google Trends' value comes mainly from the huge number of people who use Google. For example, how often was the word "myspace" searched in Google over the last few years? Here is the (sad) response.
What about "Linux"? That is, how many people are looking for the word "Linux" in Google? The result is definitely food for thought:
What abour specific versions of GNU/Linux? Let's take for example Ubuntu:
Working in Free Software Magazine, and being an Ubuntu user, I can very much relate to this chart. In fact, I hate to say that I can relate to it in a scary sort of way!
Now, where there are losers, there are winners. That's always true. So, who are the winners? Since I started from MySpace, I will be forgiven for mentioning Facebook:
Definitely a different trend compared to MySpace. In the GNU/Linux world, we also have a but of a winner: the distribution Mint. Started from nothing, it became stronger and stronger, and it's now challenging Ubuntu's leadership:
For that matter, Android seems to be even more of a winner:
What do they really mean?
Looking at these results is immensely interesting. However, they need to be taken with a (big) pinch of salt. First of all, you don't get to see "real" numbers. Google will only offer a "Search Volume index". This will compare the keyword's search rate with itself. So, while growth is indeed important, it also depends on the magnitude we are talking about. To have an idea, have a look at what happens when comparing "Ubuntu" and "Linux Mint":
It's also important to remember that this is about the number of people searching specific keywords. Fewer people looking for the word "Linux" might well mean that people today already know what Linux is -- no point in looking for it. On the other hand, I know several people who will log onto Facebook consistently by typing "Facebook". That must help a little!
My experience over recent
My experience over recent years at a local computer fair is that many people are now at least aware of GNU/Linux (or Linux), many have then decided it is not for their level of expertise - a mistaken judgment, except of course there are the hoops to be jumped in arranging suitable installation - no pre install here in GNU/Linux unfortunately. The opposition meme is that Linux - oh! only for geeks, not real everyday people! This has stopped GNU/Linux in its tracks. People know of it, but many just continue with their pre installed OS, no longer asking questions.
You got it wrong
"GNU/Linux" has NEVER been cool. "The Linux Operating System" has been cool for decades and will continue to be cool. Perhaps the reason you're feeling glum is because you've been playing stupid games of linguistic pedantry for so long that nobody wants to play with you anymore.
God bless the Linux operating system and all open source software!
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"After sunset on March 14, use the waxing crescent moon and binoculars to find Comet Panstarrs (C/2011 L4) near the western horizon. Find a level and unobstructed horizon in the direction of sunset, and note where the sun sets on the horizon. Then search for the comet above the sunset point as dusk ebbs towards nightfall. Depending on viewing conditions, the comet should become visible through binoculars around 45 to 60 minutes after sunset."
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Now's your chance to see the comet that passed within 100 million miles of Earth last week.
At twilight Tuesday, the comet called Pan-STARRS will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere above the western horizon -- right next to a crescent moon.
California astronomer Tony Phillips says the glare of the setting sun may make it difficult to see the comet with the naked eye. But he says the slender moon will be "super beautiful." Toss in a comet, and it will be a special 2-for-1.
Remember your binoculars, but be certain not to point them at the setting sun. Next week, the comet should be easier to spot.
Pan-STARRS is making its first-ever cruise through the inner solar system. It passed within 28 million miles of the sun Sunday.


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Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant to be Built in Idaho
March 11, 2008
Idaho Governor "Butch" Otter and Pocatello Mayor Roger Chase have announced that Nordic Windpower, Ltd., a manufacturer of two-bladed, utility-scale wind turbines, has selected Pocatello as the site for a manufacturing facility. The company says the plant will create more than 160 technical, engineering, and administrative jobs as well as positions at operational centers in California and the United Kingdom.
The Berkeley, California-based company says it decided to site the facility in Pocatello because of favorable cost of operations, a readily available workforce, and a location central to potential customers and transportation.
Production is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2008 with turbine delivery beginning in November of that year. The company expects to produce at least 20 turbines per month by September 2009. Nordic said it could expand its leased 42,786 square-foot facility up to four times that size if demand increases.
"Idaho is very pleased to have attracted Nordic Windpower, a rapidly growing company in the renewable energy sector," Otter said. "Idaho is committed to increasing our energy independence by increasing renewable energy use to 25 percent by 2025. That will mean great new jobs for Idahoans as we continue to draw leading alternate energy businesses such as Nordic Windpower to our state."
Nordic's two-bladed turbines are based on a 30-year, $75 million investment in research and development by the Swedish government. The company has offices in Sweden in addition to the United Kingdom and California.
For more information, see the Nordic Windpower March 10 press release (PDF 25 KB). Download Adobe Reader. .
To read more about renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Idaho, see:
- Idaho news published on the EERE Web site.
- Brief project descriptions from the Idaho Energy Office published in the EERE State Energy Program newsletter, Conservation Update.
- Idaho publications listed in the EERE State Publications Database.


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At the end of this month, the Immaculata volleyball program will be hosting its 2013 summer camps.
Starting on June 24 and lasting until June 27, the Lady Raiders coaching staff will put on youth clinics for grades 3-6 from 8:30-11 a.m. and for grades 7-8 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Registration costs are $50 per participant and the sessions will be held at Immaculata High School. Also during that week, the team will have a high school camp for Raider students only from 1-4 p.m. and then an added session on Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $60.
Camp fees cover individual instruction and drills, a camp T-shirt, camper insurance and awards. To register, contact Wendy Sachen at 913-240-3032 or email@example.com.


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Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- The Georgia Regents Medical Center in Augusta has become the first hospital in the state to be designated as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Georgia Regents University clinical affairs spokeswoman Denise Parrish says the facility is one of 20 in the nation to be selected as a comprehensive stroke center.
The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations conducted a two-day review of the medical center and noted, among other things, the continuous availability of specialized treatments, specially trained and educated staff and advanced imaging technology.
Last year the medical center became the first in Georgia to use VasoCT Imaging -- which produces high resolution, three-dimensional images of arteries and veins in the brain and neck to help neurosurgeons locate and open blockages.
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A personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. A person with a personality disorder has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and to people. This causes significant problems and limitations in relationships, social encounters, work and school.
In some cases, you may not realize that you have a personality disorder because your way of thinking and behaving seems natural to you. And you may blame others for the challenges you face.
Personality disorders usually begin in the teenage years or early adulthood. There are many types of personality disorders. Some types may become less obvious throughout middle age.
Types of personality disorders are grouped into three clusters, based on similar characteristics and symptoms. Many people with one personality disorder also have signs and symptoms of at least one additional personality disorder.
Cluster A personality disorders are characterized by odd, eccentric thinking or behavior. They include paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorder. It's not necessary to exhibit all the signs and symptoms listed for a disorder to be diagnosed.
Cluster B personality disorders are characterized by dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior. They include antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder. It's not necessary to exhibit all the signs and symptoms listed for a disorder to be diagnosed.
Cluster C personality disorders are characterized by anxious, fearful thinking or behavior. They include avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. It's not necessary to exhibit all the signs and symptoms listed for a disorder to be diagnosed.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder isn't the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder, a type of anxiety disorder.
If you have any signs or symptoms of a personality disorder, see your doctor, mental health provider or other health care professional. Untreated, personality disorders can cause significant problems in your life that may get worse without treatment.
Personality is the combination of thoughts, emotions and behaviors that makes you unique. It's the way you view, understand and relate to the outside world, as well as how you see yourself. Personality forms during childhood, shaped through an interaction of two factors:
Personality disorders are thought to be caused by a combination of these genetic and environmental influences. Your genes may make you vulnerable to developing a personality disorder, and a life situation may trigger the actual development.
Although the precise cause of personality disorders isn't known, certain factors seem to increase the risk of developing or triggering personality disorders, including:
Personality disorders usually begin in the teen years or early adulthood.
Personality disorders can significantly disrupt the lives of both the affected person and those who care about that person. Personality disorders may cause problems with relationships, work or school, and can lead to social isolation or alcohol or substance abuse.
Because personality disorders often require specialized care, your primary doctor may refer you to a mental health provider, such as a psychiatrist or psychologist, for evaluation and treatment.
Prepare for your appointment by making a list of:
Taking a family member or friend along can help you remember something that you missed or forgot.
Basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask questions anytime you don't understand something.
During your appointment, your doctor or mental health provider will likely ask you a number of questions about your mood, thoughts, behavior and urges, such as:
If your doctor suspects you have a personality disorder, exams and tests may include:
Sometimes it can be difficult to determine the type of personality disorder, as some personality disorders share similar symptoms. But it's worth the time and effort to get an accurate diagnosis so that you get appropriate treatment.
The symptoms and clinical features for each personality disorder are detailed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association. This book is used by mental health providers to diagnose mental disorders and by insurance companies to reimburse for treatment.
To be diagnosed with a particular personality disorder, you must meet DSM criteria. Each personality disorder has its own set of diagnostic criteria. However, generally the diagnosis of a personality disorder includes long-term marked deviation from cultural expectations that leads to significant distress or impairment in at least two of these areas:
The treatment that's best for you depends on your particular personality disorder, its severity and your life situation. Often, a team approach is appropriate to make sure all of your psychiatric, medical and social needs are met. Because personality disorders are long-standing, treatment may require months or years.
Your treatment team may include your:
If you have mild symptoms that are well controlled, you may need treatment from only your primary doctor, a psychiatrist or a therapist. If possible, find medical and mental health providers with experience in treating personality disorders.
Depending on your needs and type of personality disorder, treatment may include:
Psychotherapy, also called talk therapy, is the main way to treat personality disorders. During psychotherapy, you learn about your condition and talk about your mood, feelings, thoughts and behaviors with a mental health provider. Using the insight and knowledge you gain, you can learn healthy ways to manage your symptoms and reduce behaviors that interfere with your functioning and relationships.
Psychotherapy may be provided in individual sessions, in group therapy, or in sessions that include family or even friends. There are several types of psychotherapy — your mental health provider can determine which one is best for you, depending on your needs.
There are no medications specifically approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat personality disorders. However, several types of psychiatric medications may help with various personality disorder symptoms.
In some cases, a personality disorder may be so severe that you require psychiatric hospitalization. This is generally recommended only when you aren't able to care for yourself properly or when you're in immediate danger of harming yourself or someone else. After you become stable in the hospital, your doctor may recommend a day hospital program, residential program or outpatient treatment option.
Along with your professional treatment plan, consider these lifestyle and self-care strategies:
Having a personality disorder makes it hard to engage in behavior and activities that may help you feel better. Ask your doctor or therapist how to improve your coping skills and get the support you need.
If you have a loved one with a personality disorder, work with his or her mental health provider to find out how you can most effectively offer support and encouragement.
You may also benefit from talking with a mental health provider about any distress you experience. A mental health provider can also help you develop boundaries and self-care strategies so that you're able to enjoy and succeed in your own life.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/personality-disorders/basics/risk-factors/con-20030111
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MARIETTA - Of the nearly 16 million American veterans who returned home from World War II, only about 1.5 million are still living.
And those soldiers are dying at the rate of 680 a day, according to the Veterans Administration.
The dwindling number of World War II vets, most in their 80s or 90s now, has hit close to home for members of the local Prisoners of War Chapter 15 who recently made the difficult decision to disband after 16 years.
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Photo courtesy of Andy Matheny
Members of POW Chapter 15 are shown during the group's last official gathering on Veterans Day at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5108 in Marietta. From left are Herman Zerger, Ed Chandler, Don Stewart, Gifford Doxsee and Harold Schockling.
"Nothing lasts forever, and it was a pretty emotional time when we disbanded," said Ed Chandler, 87, Caldwell, who was an honorary member of the chapter.
Chandler explained that, although he was not a POW, the group made him an honorary member because during the war he had been in close proximity to a couple of the members who were captured and imprisoned by the Germans.
"It was 50 years before I realized that (POW) Harold Schockling, also from the Caldwell area, had been captured within two miles of where my unit was fighting during the war," he said, adding that Coal Run native Don Stewart had also been captured around the same time just a few miles from Chandler's location.
"I'm probably the youngest of the POW chapter - I was serving in North Africa before my 18th birthday," Chandler said.
His brother, George, also served during World War II and died during the infamous Battle of the Bulge.
Chandler said he had been an honorary member of POW Chapter 15 for about 10 years, and enjoyed the monthly gatherings, sharing memories of war experiences and the camaraderie with the other members.
"We used to have members from Zanesville, Athens and Parkersburg. Many would bring their wives along and they would have refreshments," he said. "I was humbled and honored to be part of it, and I'm really going to miss it."
Gifford Doxsee, 88, of Athens served as adjutant and treasurer for the group since POW Chapter 15 was established in 1996.
"We were part of a national POW organization, and had between 20 and 25 members, but the attendance was dropping and although it was a very nice group, the time had come to disband," he said. "I live in Athens, and it's a long drive for me to the meetings in Marietta. So I submitted my resignation as adjutant and treasurer in September, and there was no one to take over the position."
The chapter was required to maintain an adjutant and treasurer to remain part of the national POW group - American Ex-Prisoners of War.
Doxsee said there were few members attending the chapter's monthly meetings - usually less than 10 who could make it to the sessions.
"I personally thought we shouldn't wait until there is just one of us left to disband," he said.
Doxsee said Chapter 15, known as the Mid-Ohio Valley chapter, would now be folded into the Fairfield Buckeye Chapter 4 in Logan.
Captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, Doxsee spent five months doing slave labor for the Nazis, from December 1944 to May 1945, and was with Kurt Vonnegut, the writer who later wrote "Slaughterhouse-Five," who also served in the labor camps.
Another member of the chapter, Herman Zerger, 89, of Woodsfield, Ohio, spent three months as a POW in five different camps after being captured by German SS troops near the Rhine River in February 1945.
"Our camp was the last to be liberated by the Allies on May 8, 1945," he said. "There were about 100 non-coms (non-commissioned officers) in the camp, as well as hundreds of Russians who had been captured much earlier."
Zerger, founder of POW Chapter 15, said he's now the only World War II prisoner of war left in Monroe County and was sad that the chapter had decided to disband.
"I really hated that," he said. "When we formed the Mid-Ohio Valley chapter there were 25 members, but they're dying off, and the ones left were hardly able to get to the meetings."
Still, Zerger said he voted against disbanding because he felt the group should continue as long as possible.
"It was a sad day for me to see this group disband, but I plan to stay involved with the state and national chapters as long as I'm able," he said.


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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(a) Irving's 'chain of documents'
1. Irving has claimed on numerous occasions, as he said on BBC1 television in June, 1977, that 'there is a chain of important documents, starting in about 1938 and going right through to 1943, indicating, firstly, that Adolf Hitler was issuing vetoes, saying this is not to be done to the Jews, they are not to be liquidated.'31 In 1983, Irving told the International Revisionist Conference in almost identical terms: 'There is a whole chain of evidence from 1938 right through to October 1943, possibly even later, indicating that Hitler was completely in the dark about anything that may have been going on' with respect to mass killings of Jews.32 'So far', he boasted triumphantly, 'I haven't been disproved.' 33 Similarly, in his submission to the court, Irving argues that when the documents are subjected to rigid historical criteria as to their authenticity, the reasons for their existence, and the vantage point of their author, 'a relatively slim dossier of evidence resulted which portrayed Hitler intervening in every instance to mitigate or lessen wrongdoing against the Jews...there were few, if any, documents of comparable quality - documents which met the same criteria - giving the opposite sense.'34
2.The following sections of this Report go through this chain of documents and examine in detail whether they stand up to close and critical scrutiny. It will demonstrate that in every case, without exception, Irving engages in the skewing of the sources and the misrepresentation of data. So egregious are his distortions of the historical record, indeed, that they go far beyond what Lipstadt has actually alleged in this context. These examples have not been chosen because they show how Irving has falsified the historical record. On the contrary, they have been chosen because it is these specific instances of historical evidence and its interpretation which Irving puts forward as the strongest, most unassailable supports for his contention that Hitler did not know about the persecution and extermination of the Jews, and on the occasions when he did discover that Jews were being maltreated or persecuted, did his best to stop it.
3.In dealing with Irving as a Holocaust denier, this Report has already noted a number of instances of Irving's misinterpretation and misconstrual of the sources, and subjected his inconsistent and unprofessional methods of dealing with historical evidence to critical scrutiny. However, the following case-studies, some of which are very extensive and extremely detailed, will show beyond all doubt that Lipstadt is correct in claiming that Irving misstates, misquotes, falsifies statistics, falsely attributes conclusions to reliable sources, relies on books and sources that directly contradict his arguments, quoting in a manner that completely distorts the authors' objectives, manipulates documents to serve his own purposes, skews documents and misrepresents data in order to reach historically untenable conclusions, bends historical evidence until it conforms with his ideological leanings and political agenda, takes accurate information and shapes it to confirm his conclusions, and - a vital point not mentioned by Lipstadt - constantly suppresses or deliberately overlooks sources with which he is familiar because they contradict the line of argument he wishes to advance.
30. David Irving, 'On Contemporary History and Historiography. Remarks Delivered at the 1983 International Revisionist Conference', The Journal of Historical Review, Vol. 5, Nos. 2,3,4 (Winter, 1984), pp. 251-88, here pp. 274-5. Also in Audiocassette 75: International Revisionist Conference, September 1983, 307.
31. 'Book a calumny on victims of Hitler', Jewish Chronicle, 17 June 1977.
32. David Irving, 'On Contemporary History and Historiography. Remarks Delivered at the 1983 International Revisionist Conference', The Journal of Historical Review, Vol. 5, Nos. 2,3,4 (Winter, 1984), pp. 251-88, here p. 274.
33. Ibid., pp. 275-83.
34. Reply to the Defence of the Second Defendant, p. 29.
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Culver-Stockton is doing some spring cleaning, and they are inviting alumni and friends to join in. The Fifth Annual Alumni Workday is taking place on the Culver-Stockton campus, Saturday, April 20.
There is a full range of projects scheduled for the work day, designed for all ages and abilities. Tasks planned include light painting, landscaping and minor campus repairs. The day is designed to be both enjoyable and productive. Participants are encouraged to bring supplies, including gloves, shovels, paintbrushes and hats. The festivities conclude with a barbecue at the Pillars, home of the college president.
To register for the Alumni Work Day at Culver-Stockton, go to www.culver.edu/alumni/events.asp .
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Guy N. Hollenshead, 81, of Fort Loudon died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Fort Loudon United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Stenger Hill Cemetery, Fort Loudon. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Lininger-Fries Funeral Home Inc., Mercersburg, and one hour prior to services Wednesday in the church.
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Due to unfortunate scheduling, I am running my second half marathon (first was last fall) on the morning of my wife's 40th birthday. She has requested no party. I have bought her something very nice.
Her mother wants to through a small family and friends party at her condo pool. The night before. This would mean I spend the evening chasing my 3 y.o. daughter, then driving 1.5 hours home, before trying to unwind and sleep ahead of 6:00 wake up. Earliest I could see getting home would be 11:00, but we're probably looking at 12:30, realistically.
Anyone want to tell me that I am overreacting? Do I just need to tell my MIL that I hope they have fun, but I would be unable to attend.
I really don't care about my time. I just want to have a good run. I am working way too hard to piss this away.
What they usually tell you is not to worry about sleep the night before the race, but rather the night before that. Check with your MIL to see if it can wrap up early, and try to make use of others at the party to keep an eye on your daughter. (I've chased my 3-yo granddaughter around, I know what it's like.) Good luck.
<I'm laughing, but I totally get it....> First off, don't worry about it, believe it or not, you'll be fine. Get all of your stuff for your race ready before you take off for your festivities so that you don't have to worry about it when you get home. Have a good time, just watch what you eat and drink.
The night of my first HM I had to deal with an incredible storm and a teenage daughter that was out in it and stuck on a flooded street, and yes it was almost midnight. I wound up getting to sleep around 1:30AM for a 5AM wake up. Like you, I was wound up, annoyed at the situation, and frustrated for all the reasons that you are. But despite all that I had a great run, lots of fun, and a great nap after I got home. It sucks sometimes, but then again, that's why we run - to let it all unwind!
(what do I know...? I'm just getting old...)
I typically don't sleep well the night before a race and like the rest focus on getting good sleep leading up to race day. When I first started racing I always took a nap the day before a race to balance out the lack of sleep I'd get that night. Now I've done so many races I know that adrenaline and a little caffiene will get me in gear race morning. Good luck!
I ran a full marathon after working nights the night before. I got off @ 7:00am and ran@ 0800. I was fine and had taken a burglary report from one of my fellow runners prior to the race, I was a police officer. I was fine, was 35 at the time.
It would only be a problem if YOU make it one.
I agree with John, we do this running "stuff" to have fun, so it's as much fun as you want it to be.
If you are serious about your time, or improving your time, my advice would be to go to more events. 5Ks, 8Ks, 10Ks and 15Ks are a great way to get experience for competing in 1/2 marathons. I do the opposite, 1/2's are my way of getting in long runs for the 10K's I love to compete in. The more events of ANY level you run in, the more relaxed you get about the whole thing, and relaxing a fit body is the key to moving fast at an event you want to de well at (as opposed to events you just show up to run in).
My best 5K run in my 40's was after a night out... alcohol was a factor. I went to the run expecting nothing other than to sober up... and went 30 seconds under anything I had run since my early 30's. On 3/12 hours of sleep... maybe 8 1/2 hours stretched over two nights (first too much work... hence alcohol on night two). Oh, and you need to run at a lot of events to realize that you can't run fast every day....... especially when you get past a certain age... which shall remain nameless... since I don't know when that happened to me... but it did.
If you've done the training, your body will remember. Your mind on the other hand, will play tricks if you let it. Distance running is about putting up with a certain degree of discomfort anyhow... lack of sleep is just one element, and not a very critical one unless you are running at world's or olympics. And even then, a lot of well-trained, thoroughly conditioned athletes can't sleep... hey, go have some fun!
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