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Harold Upton
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PACOLET, SC-- Carl Harold Upton, 73, of 3773 Highway 150, Pacolet, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born June 27, 1939, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Leon and Annie Fowler Upton. He was retired from Kirkland Mechanical, was of the Baptist faith, and was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having served in the 82nd Airborne Division.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Georgie Rogers Upton; a daughter, Lisa Upton; granddaughter, Natasha Estes; and great-grandchildren, Georgia and Cullen Estes, all of Greenville, SC; sister, Ann Maxwell of Lufkin, TX; brothers, C. W. Upton of Gaffney and Levant Upton of Pacolet; many nieces and nephews; and Renee and Jaylen Alexander, who are special to the family. He was predeceased by a sister, Betty Lou Pressley, and two brothers, Wofford and Thomas Upton.
Visitation will be 1:00-1:45 PM Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Floyd's Pacolet Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 PM at the Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Norman Gardner. Burial will be in the Pacolet First Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family is at the home.
An online guest register is available at www.floydmortuary.com.
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Marketplace: Price Increase or Price-Gouging?
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Our economic system is called capitalism, and its basic engine is called the market. A market economy is made up of buyers and sellers. Buyers try to get what they want for the lowest price possible, and sellers want to get the most money they can for the things they are selling. Together, this push-pull effect helps keep the market system in balance.
One of the mechanisms that helps maintain this balance is called supply and demand. The central principle of supply and demand is that prices are determined by the levels of supply (amount of items available) and demand (degree to which an item is desired). If more people want to buy a particular kind of product, the price will increase. If fewer people want that kind of product, the price will decrease. Supply is quite similar. If there is a low supply of a particular product, the price will be higher than if there is a glut of similar resources on the market.
How does this interaction of supply and demand affect pricing? What happens if supplies run low of something everyone needs in order to live? Let's find out more.
In this lesson you will:
- Learn about supply and demand, market forces, and price-gouging.
- Debate the validity of extreme price increases by exploring a hypothetical post-disaster scenario.
- Examine the reasons for price increases when supplies of a product are low.
- Consider other ways of distributing limited supplies.
Together, market forces of supply and demand help to keep the capitalist system in balance. Occasionally, however, events occur that appear to throw off that balance. Earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters often cause extreme shifts in the supply of and demand for certain items. Ready to learn more? If so, then it's time to enter the THE DISASTER ZONE.
Do you think Mr. Green's solution was fair? Can you think of other ways the water could have been distributed? Would you have purchased the water at the price Mr. Green charged?
Some people would refer to Mr. Green's pricing as "price gouging." The term price gouging refers to cases in which people take advantage of a situation like the earthquake by charging much, much more than what would be considered "fair" in regular circumstances. Discuss with the class whether you think this is what Mr. Green did.
- What are the advantages to a seller who uses this pricing strategy?
- What are the disadvantages?
- What do you think will happen to Mr. Green's business over the long-term, when the disaster is over and the water supply is restored?
Think about some of the ideas you brainstormed for alternative methods of distribution during "The Disaster Zone" activity.
Are any of your ideas more "fair" than charging extra money for the water? Do any of them favor one group over another? On a separate piece of paper, or together with your teacher and the rest of the class, make a list of all the alternatives you thought of for distributing the water. Next to each one, write down who is favored and who does worse in each distribution scenario.
All things considered, which scenario do you think is the best?
How might water suppliers be enticed to make an extra effort to increase the supply of water in this earthquake-stricken town, if water is distributed via the pricing mechanism?
How will this cause the price of water to begin to decrease?
In a market economy, supply and demand are the primary determinants of pricing. When the supply of a product outpaces the demand for that product, prices will naturally go down as sellers compete for consumers. When the supply of a product is not able to keep up with the demand for it, prices increase - sometimes dramatically - in response to the sellers' ability to attract consumers.
Other methods of distribution of products can be considered, but none would be any more or less "fair" than exchange of money for goods or services - the dominant method of distribution in a market economy.
If someone asked you to explain the principle of supply and demand, could you do it? Get together with the person sitting next to you and answer the following questions on paper (write one paragraph or less per question):
Answer each question in one paragraph or less.
- How do fluctuations in levels of supply and demand affect prices?
- What can happen when demand for something is extremely high and the supply is extremely low?
- What are some of the ways in which scarce supplies can be distributed?
The charge of price-gouging is often leveled at the petroleum industry. Learn more about the complexities involved in determining whether a producer is price-gouging or simply responding to supply and demand in this "Marketplace" segment. Play through 2:50. The text of the discussion is available, or an audio version can be heard using Real Player.

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I entered the BookRenter contest thinking that I probably wouldn't win because I've never won anything before. I guess there is a first time for everything! I had not heard about textbook renting before, it was an entirely new concept to me. I'm going to school for my second degree, and book renting was not something that existed when I first went to University. At my school now, I saw posters in the campus bookstore about renting, but the prices were still really high. So I decided to look into it further, (let's just say that Google is my best friend!), which led me to BookRenter. It was the cheapest out of all other book renting websites I researched. I ended up dropping a class after I had ordered a book already, but surprisingly I could return it to BookRenter and get my money back.
BookRenter has a great selection of books, the quality is great, and all the books I got were brand new and in fantastic shape. To be honest, I'm just sad that BookRenter was not around earlier – it could've saved me thousands of dollars in books.
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Every year the CES conference showcases new technologies and campaigns from the biggest names in technology. Video, TV and transmedia integration were high on everyone's minds this year, spanning two-screen advertising to smart TVS to cloud-driven video recording. With thousands of attendees, three expo halls (plus tents and a few food trucks), the CES was, at times, overwhelming, so we've broken down a selection of important media innovation developments from this major tech gathering as part of ZoomTilt's 2013 CES recap:
1. Cisco: Videoscape Unity
Videoscape Unity is a new and expanded video services delivery platform which will allow companies to provide a synchronized multiscreen video experiences. It will also provide unified search, discovery, and viewing functions to allow consumers to watch premium live and on-demand content on any (service provider managed or unmanaged) connected device regardless of location.
2. Audible Magic: Content Recognition
Audible Magic will bring an advanced television advertising solutions including interactive and addressable advertising across smart televisions, set-top boxes and second screen devices. This will provide an interactive advertising solution which will use the company's SmartID ACR technology to identify ads in real-time watched by users and will then display supplemental, promotional and additional informational options.
3. Google TV: 3rd Generation Streamers
In its race to reverse second-screen the TV into the "new monitor," Google TV debuted its latest generation streaming device, the ASUS Qube with Google TV media streamer, alongside OEM partner Marvell. The team watched a few ZoomTilt web series episodes at the Marvell both, and, needless to say, Google TV's new boxes are hands-down the most convenient and enjoyable way to watch ZoomTilt shows in big-screen HD.
4. Accedo: TV Everywhere
Accedo's T.V.E Solution will provide an integrated solution, which connects content distribution and management platforms with attractive Pay TV applications on any connected device. Additionally, social networking integration through TVE app will allow for an enhanced user experience.
5. YuMe: Click-to-Ngage
The Click-to-Ngage icon located on an advertisement will allow users to see more information and options from that brand. Although it remains to be seen if this type of feature will catch on (clearly the quality of the content alongside it will be of critical importance), YuMe's approach is clearly looking to combines the big screen, couch-based TV viewing experience with the interactivity and measurability of online video.
6. AT&T Enters Online Video Streaming Fray
A telecom heavyweight is wading into the streaming TV space? It would certainly seem so. The phone company's upcoming U-Verse television service will start offering an online video streaming service called "U-Verse Screen Pack" for an $5 a month, available to U-Verse television subscribers. The bundled offering appears likely to offer a content library similar to Netflix at a slightly lower price point, although it remains to be seen if AT&T intends to win customers based on a differentiated experience (and/or content), or simply hopes to entice its existing telecom subscriber base to pick up streamed TV at a slight discount.
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OAKLAND -- The A's finally put struggling high-priced reliever Jim Johnson out of his Oakland misery Thursday, designating the right-hander for assignment after his latest disaster in a series of mound meltdowns.
Johnson, 31, entrusted with a 9-2 Oakland lead against Houston Wednesday night, gave up four straight hits -- in just 11 pitches -- and was quickly removed by A's manager Bob Melvin. All four runs eventually scored as the A's hung on for a 9-7 victory.
It was just the latest in a long list of setbacks for Johnson, starting with a loss in his first A's appearance on March 31 and a blown save in his second.
Johnson, 4-2 with a 6.92 ERA and just two saves before losing his job as the closer, was a major disappointment for the A's. They acquired him from Baltimore after the departure of Grant Balfour in free agency and looked secure at the back of the bullpen with a pitcher who had saved 101 games in his previous two seasons with the Orioles.
Melvin said it was difficult giving Johnson the bad news.
"It was very tough," Melvin said. "There's a human side to all this, too. The performance wasn't great, but it's not like he wasn't accountable. I just couldn't get him in a spot where he could get on a roll, and I feel awful about it, too, because it's my job to get him in a position to succeed."
The A's have 10 days to trade, release or outright Johnson to the minor leagues. Based on the length of his major league service, Johnson also could refuse a minor league assignment. If no team makes a waiver claim on Johnson, Oakland will be obligated to pay the remainder of his $10 million salary for 2014. It remains to be seen if another team will take that chance, but Melvin was hoping so.
"Maybe the best thing for him is to get a change of scenery and a breath of fresh air," Melvin said. "So it wouldn't surprise me if someone picked him up and he started to pitch a lot better."
Left-hander Sean Doolittle, who eventually assumed Johnson's closer spot, said the entire bullpen corps would miss Johnson.
"There's a ton of respect for him in our bullpen for the way he went about his business every day," Doolittle said. "He was always watching film or working with (pitching coach) Curt Young before the game trying to find answers and figure stuff out.
"My heart goes out to him because of what he had to deal with here," Doolittle added. "A change of scenery may be all it takes. Maybe somebody tells him something in a different way and it clicks again. He had 100 saves in two seasons in the toughest division in baseball. You don't do that unless you're really good. It's in there somewhere, I think we all hope for his sake it comes back out."
Johnson was replaced on the roster by right-hander Evan Scribner, who was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento.


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Warm up this fall with a Soup's On! cooking class in Edwards. Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, is hosting a Soup's On! cooking class Friday. The three-hour life long learning class starts at 6 p.m. and is held at Battle Mountain High School's learning kitchen. The kitchen is impressive with its conventional size and professional equipment. At Soup's On! students will don an apron and enjoy a hand's on experience while cooking roasted tomato soup, cream of mushroom, beef and veggie stew and chocolate acorn chili. The next step will include recreating the recipes to make another meal such as tomato braised stuffed cabbage, chicken casserole with mushrooms and beef stroganoff.
"This is a great time to check out one of the lifelong learning classes," said chef and instructor Tracy Miller. "The soup classes are always fun and delicious and I love introducing healthy ingredients that will make a hearty meal for anytime of the day. Plus, the side dishes for soup are mouth watering."
Miller brings a colorful perspective to cooking by adding fruits and vegetables to all her meals. She teaches at CMC, contributes to the Vail Daily and shares recipe techniques on TV8 Monday mornings. To learn more visit colorfulcooking.com.
CMC will offer a "Halloween Candy" class with Chef Felicia Kalaluhi on Oct. 22; "The Harried Host: A Holiday Cooking Class" on Oct. 27 and the third annual "Holiday Bakeshop" on Dec. 15 and 16.
Classes are $50 per person. Register by calling CMC at 970-569-2900 or log onto Coloradomtn.edu/edwards.


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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - A feature in In Snowmass: Late Winter 2013 states that Snowmass Sports opened in a new location this season. The rental and equipment store reopened for the season in the same location it has operated in since 1989, on the Mall level of the Westin Snowmass building.
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The men didn't waste much time getting into it over differences in social security. The candidates from the 7th Congressional District seat point fingers at the other for being out of touch.
"I want to make sure everyone understands the choice here. This is a radical idea, privatizing social security," Schauer says of his opponent's position.
"I think we all know, other than my opponent who continues to want to whistle to the graveyard, it's a social security system that is broken," Walberg says.
The race between incumbent Mark Schauer and challenger Tim Walberg is one of the most expensive in the nation, with millions of dollars being poured into ads-- ads some say are too negative. The men respond.
"I don't think the ad with my 95-year-old mother is negative. I'm sorry, Mark, that she's said to me and my twin that 'Mark Schauer is full of baloney,'" Walberg says.
"Most of the ads that I've been running directly from my campaign are Tim Walberg's own words; he says outsourcing is good, that we're getting jobs back from China," Schauer says.
The crowd in the debate was half the story Thursday at the debate at Jackson Community College; supporters from both sides were vocal, even when asked to remain quiet.
In the end, the candidates hope people see the difference between them.
"Over my dead body will social security be privatized or Medicare eliminated," Schauer says.
"The only check and balance will be Tim Walberg," Walberg says.
Both men have served one term in U.S. Congress.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It was the pick-me-up the 49ers needed Sunday, and it came from sources both predictable and unexpected.
The defense returned to form by causing four turnovers, but it was Colin Kaepernick's cameo as a relief quarterback that stunned the New York Jets in a 34-0 shutout.
It was the 49ers' biggest shutout win since Oct. 4, 2009, against St. Louis (35-0) and their first road shutout since the 2001 regular-season finale at New Orleans (38-0).
Defensive heroics aside, coach Jim Harbaugh said it was time "for some creativity" on offense after last Sunday's first loss of the season, at Minnesota.
Enter Kaepernick, Alex Smith's second-year backup who seized upon his most significant action as a pro, albeit in a limited role.
"He got in and really executed well," Harbaugh said. "He played with great poise and made some pretty big plays for us."
The 49ers took a 7-0 lead on Kaepernick's 7-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter, and that was all the scoring necessary against the overmatched Jets (2-2). As a result, the 49ers still haven't lost two in a row since Harbaugh arrived last season.
"I'm hoping they will use me more and more as the season goes on," said Kaepernick, whom the 49ers moved up to grab in the second round of the 2011 draft.
Kaepernick could have scored once more but, after dashing 30 yards, he slid down at the Jets' 3-yard line with 1:12 remaining. His rationale: "We can end the game with no more collisions or chance of injury."
Kaepernick's first snap resulted in a 17-yard run for a third-down conversion, and his second was a bomb to Randy Moss into triple coverage at the goal line that was underthrown and fell incomplete.
Kaepernick finished with five carries for 50 yards -- including two kneel-downs for minus-4 yards to kill the clock as he relieved Smith for the final series. Kaepernick's other carry before Sunday's game: a 17-yard keeper in the season-opening win at Green Bay.
Smith didn't mind watching those plays from the sideline, including Kaepernick's first touchdown of his career on that 7-yard keeper 1:23 into the second quarter.
"It was fun (and) effective, for sure," Smith said. "He's a good player and I'm happy for him. He works extremely hard and can help this team."
Kaepernick and the 49ers' season-high 245 rushing yards were complemented, as usual, by their defense, which forced four turnovers and made the Jets go 2 for 13 on third-down conversions.
As was the case last season after their three defeats, the 49ers won without allowing a touchdown.
Instead, the 49ers defense scored a touchdown of its own, doing so on Carlos Rogers' 51-yard fumble return of Santonio Holmes' bizarre, unforced fumble.
"We got some gifts on defense and got in the end zone, so it was fun," said Rogers, who also recovered a fumble that Dashon Goldson forced in the second quarter.
The 49ers outgained the Jets 379 yards to 145 yards. Adding to that dominance was Larry Grant's block of a Jets punt in the fourth quarter, setting up Kendall Hunter's 1-yard touchdown run to cap the rout.
Harbaugh said of Grant's block and the four take-aways: "That's opportunistic football."
Jets embattled quarterback Mark Sanchez was 13 of 29 for 103 yards with an interception by Patrick Willis. Sanchez got sacked three times, and he fumbled on one of Aldon Smith's two sacks.
Just as with last year's layover in the Youngstown, Ohio, region, the 49ers capped their extended trip with an impressive win. Last season, they rallied 24-23 at Philadelphia to launch their playoff push. This season, they're 3-1 at the quarter pole, which became their goal as of a week ago, according to Alex Smith.
Smith, by the way, downplayed any hint of a quarterback controversy. Asked whether he minded being on the sideline while Kaepernick got summoned for the 7-yard touchdown, Smith replied: "That's not an issue. I don't care. We scored."
The Jets, of course, did not score.
"That's more like it, as they were saying in the locker room," Harbaugh relayed.
The 49ers then headed back to the Bay Area for a three-game homestand, opening next Sunday against the Buffalo Bills (2-2).
Rogers' daring suggestion: "Maybe we need to go to Youngstown before we come back and play Buffalo."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.
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Buffalo (2-2) at 49ers (3-1), 1:25 p.m. CBS
49ers linebacker Aldon Smith terrorizes the Jets with two sacks and a forced fumble.
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Just what the title says. I have mkvs with english subtitles muxed in to them (for the hearing impaired I assume). I use the video settings folder to turn subtitles "definitely off". After doing so, the aspect ratio of the mkv is "squished". The only way to view it in the proper aspect is to turn subtitles back on. Is there a workaround for this?
EDIT: Nevermind. This was an x264 encode, so I tried disabling the "default H264" Mencoder method in the video settings folder as well and that fixed the aspect ratio problem.


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Just got back from Denver, so I missed the Warriors' media availability -- it sounds like Mark Jackson and Stephen Curry basically repeated their feelings from last night's edgy post-game...
I'll chime in with a few more general thoughts:
But otherwise, this is standard playoff rhetorical positioning and very much straight out of Jackson's motivational/strategic playbook.
Jackson is an admitted and unabashed button-pusher -- he's always looking for just the right message to either cajole or nudge someone in the direction he wants them to and he's brash enough to believe he won't look dumb when the purpose is exposed.
It's his strength and that's his way of pushing and prodding his players through the course of games, seasons or playoff series.
Jackson did it most famously when he was Reggie Miller's teammate and kept pushing him and pushing him to see that the Knicks were disrespecting him and pushing him to hate the Knicks and got Miller prepared to destroy the Knicks, which Miller often did, especially in the postseason.
The parallel: Pushing Curry, in a slightly different way, to get angry with the way Denver's knocking him around.
And while I don't think any of the specific plays in Game 5 were terribly dirty, Jackson seems to have certainly gotten Curry's fire burning, maybe for the rest of the postseason. (And it's not like Curry needed much more.)
I talked to Curry for about five minutes last night, and watched him sit at his locker for 10 minutes after that -- ankles in ice, still wearing his jersey even while his teammates showered and dressed around him ... and I heard that Nuggets players were telling him he was soft all game.
And my first thought: Now this series is personal for Curry.
Second thought: This is exactly what Jackson wants for Game 6, and beyond. Curry already has been incredible in these playoffs, and Jackson wants Curry to know that 1) his coach has his back and 2) he's a playoff target, he has to learn how to deal with it, and he's a target because he's great.
All good things for a budding superstar to know and feel.
Curry probably will have extra room to move tomorrow, and with him, that's always a good thing.
But that could bite the Warriors, too, since they're going after the bigger players (Faried, etc.), so their shots, as in Game 5, will probably be more obviously flagrant and will without question be whistled quickly tomorrow.
I would say it's 50-50 that Andrew Bogut survives Game 6 un-ejected, and oh well, that's what a playoff series is supposed to be like this deep into it.
What you don't want is mayhem out there and that's now on the refs and the league. I'm sure David Stern's office has already weighed in and will be sending a top crew for Game 6. I would think we'll see Danny Crawford or Joey Crawford or both in the crew tomorrow.
After he spoke at the podium last night, Jarrett Jack came in to speak but then was pulled back into the hallway... for a quick conversation with Jackson, right before Jack's press conference.
I'm guessing Jackson didn't want Jack to say anything more, because Jackson wanted to be the voice of it. Curry of course had the right to say whatever he wanted about the Nuggets' hits, but Jackson was letting the rest of the team know that he was handling the rhetorical skirmishing.
The players don't have to use up energy on this, at least publicly. Their coach is doing that work. Maybe he was over the top (well, he definitely was over the top, actually), but that gives his players the cover to go out and unleash whatever they're going to unleash on the basketball court, not anywhere else.
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10/6/89 Paradise, Boston, MA
Charlie Dirksen, San Francisco, CA
Unfortunately, the tapes of this gig don't circulate, and I haven't heard it since it occurred. Many of my friends had aleady seen plenty of Phish shows (Molly's in late '88, numerous Paradise shows in '89..) by this time, but I had never gone because I was stubbornly and arrogantly into the Dead. I'd heard Phish on some hissy tapes back then (while at BC), but I wasn't sold. Two of my friends, Jon and Rick, compelled me to go to this gig, and I wound up having the best Bar Band Experience of my life up until that time. Since I can't use tapes to jog my memory, though, this isn't going to be much of a review.
If you haven't been to the Paradise, it is a small room on Comm Ave in Boston next to BU, and holds a couple hundred people at most. I don't recall anyone outside looking for tickets (it wasn't sold out), but I do remember that the Paradise wasn't full that night. There were a lot of people drinking beer over by the bar and talking during the ENTIRE gig (i.e., there were a lot of people there just to party who weren't interested in the music ... sound familiar?). I remember that Fishman dedicated SOMETHING to one of his relatives, because it was that relative's birthday. I recognized a couple of the songs they played, but not by name, and they didn't play YEM (before this show, it was the only song that I knew and really enjoyed). I vaguely remember the use of trampolines, which I found amusing. I was also close enough to the stage to touch Fish's vacuum, which I remember being there, but which I strangely can't recall being used.
Fish, for what it's worth, was (if memory serves) wearing his smock and goggles, which struck me as odd (how silly of me). I had a great time at the show with many college friends, and thought Phish was the best bar band that I'd ever seen. I nevertheless had NO IDEA that, within a decade, I'd be seeing them at venues like MSG and The Gorge for sold-out consecutive nights! You could tell, though, back then, that the band also had no idea that they'd be incredibly successful. They were too busy modestly creating brilliant music, having fun and winning hearts.


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Fairfield Township resident Fred Tackett talks about his mowing of the cemetery located next to his home Friday. On Tick Ridge Road, the cemetery is one of at least three in the county known at some point as Tick Ridge Cemetery.
Looking for an ancestor buried in Tick Ridge Cemetery in Washington County could present a challenge since there are at least three graveyards here known by that name.
Church cemeteries in Fairfield and Salem townships, and a small burial ground at the Morgan County line in Waterford Township all have borne that name, which was apparently a popular moniker in the 19th century. Each township also had a school called Tick Ridge at some point, according to the website of the Washington County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, www.washogs.org.
Williams' "History of Washington County" provides insight into the origin of the name in Waterford Township.
"Olive Green Creek flows from Morgan County, and empties into the Muskingum (River) two miles above Beverly," the 1881 publication says. "From near the mouth of Olive Green Creek, a ridge extends in an easterly direction, familiarly called, by the early settlers, 'Tick Ridge' because of the unusual number of pestiferous wood ticks."
Local historian Louise Zimmer said she didn't know specifics about the other Tick Ridge sites but imagined their names came from a similar source.
"You know the old Occam's Razor, the most obvious answer is usually the right one? Well I think in this case those are probably wooded, hilly areas with lots of brush and probably lots of ticks," she said.
The Tick Ridge Cemetery in Waterford Township is also referred to as the Harr or Burrows Cemetery. A reading of the cemetery by local historian Arthur McKitrick in 1969 listed seven interments, although 11 names are registered on the website findagrave.com. Most of those buried are members of the Burrows, Laughrey and Stiers families. The earliest interment was in 1845.
The largest of the Tick Ridge cemeteries is in Salem Township, on Tick Ridge Road, about two-and-a-half miles northeast of Lower Salem. The cemetery was adjacent to St. Paul Evangelical Church, which was founded in 1898, and the first burial was in 1899, according to Joe Stille, who has written a history of the township.
"Most of the ... people that worshiped there were of German descent," he said.
The church was torn down in the late 1950s or early 1960s, Stille said, but the cemetery is still in use. More than 100 people have been laid to rest there, the most recent in November.
The Fairfield Church of Christ closed its doors in the early '70s. The church and cemetery sit on land owned by the Sevy family, and the cemetery is mowed by Fred Tackett, who lives beside it.
"It was just something to do, and I don't mind mowing it," said Tackett, 75. "I've always been interested in old cemeteries anyway. I like to just go around and look at them, see who's there."
The cemetery is known to some as the Sims Cemetery because seven members of that family are buried there. Tackett's wife is a member of the family and has plots in the cemetery as well.
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Eminem - Sing for The Moment... song of the year?
In my opinion this is perhaps one of the best songs of this year so far, and definitely ranks among the best songs he has ever put out. Everything about this song, from the multi-syllabic rhymes, meaningful subject manner, sincere flow, and great sample make this song a great one. As a matter of fact, his whole third verse is a quoteable:
They say music can alter moods and talk to you
Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?
Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude
Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued
See what these kids do is hear about us totin pistols
and they want to get one cause, they think the shit's cool
Not knowin we really just protectin ourselves
We entertainers, of course the shit's affectin our sales
You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self
We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
It's fucked up ain't it? How we can come from practically nothin
to bein able to have any fuckin thing that we wanted
That's why we, sing for these kids who don't have a thing
except for a dream and a fuckin rap magazine
Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives
'Til they sit and they cry at night wishin they'd die
'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe
We're nothin to you - but we're the fuckin shit in they eyes
That's why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it
Squeeze it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes golden
And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone, just let our spirits live on
through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...
This is probably the best song on his new album.
Anyways, any of you have opinions about this particular song?
Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:46 am
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Just thought I'd throw out there that this song is weak. The only rap group that Aerosmith ever did anything cool with was Run DMC.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:53 am
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Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:56 am
i think the anti-movement of the underground, to accept anything, no matter of its origins and aims - commercial or otherwise, is going a tad too far.
How many people honestly beleive Eminem to be profound? I dont care, as i dont with any hiphop artist, how well he hits the beat (im not even sure what that means!) or how good a battle emcee he is.
He is a dick, and i dont like what he stands for.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 4:26 am
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Ohhh man another eminem discussion.. ill keep it brief
I never really liked that song....
My favorite joint on the Eminem Show is "Squaredance"
that "gotta talk alota hem de lalalalala" lines keeps me going back.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 6:29 am
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the first time i heard this piece of shit track, it made me feel so fucking mad.... i've loved aerosmith since i was a kid and had a 'rock' upbringing (!) so to hear possibly their best track used in such a terrible and pointless manner was sickening....
i like one track from his new album.... the rest is hella filler.... weak beats and such throwaway lyrics.... he hates his mom and boybands and his ex-bitch and yadda yadda yadda...... he's got the chance to speak some ill, worthwhile shit and he wastes it by being manly.... fuck him......
(he has got a killer flow though....haha....)
Tue Jul 02, 2002 2:50 pm
c'mon now
uhh...i couldnt even listen to that steaming load of disposable music...
..as far as best song goes...its better than throwing it away on someone with absolutely no talent like ja rule...
...i did notice that he said hes using black music selflessly to get himself wealthy...and thats about as much as i can stand...
Tue Jul 02, 2002 4:30 pm
dude, tell me youre joking
Tue Jul 02, 2002 5:24 pm
Sage im just curious, what songs of em do you really like, out of all of his. Like what song of each album, shows to you that he has talent. Just name a few you liked. I know you rally dont feel em, i just curious IF youll give him credit where its do. White America?? Stan?? INFINITE? So you met Em before, what transpired really.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 5:58 pm
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Infinite makes me laugh. It's rubbish. He knows it. I know it. Lots of people know it. The ones who don't think they're onto something special. They're not.
His Slim Shady EP had moments of absolute brilliance and originality.
I can't say much for his next couple albums because I stopped listening when he became a parody of himself.
As far as his new album, Square Dance is very catchy and fun. I also dig Cleaning out my Closet even though it urks me that he still can't get over his upbringing....or blaming mommy.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 8:24 pm
Jesse Dangerously
yeah I think Square Dance is still my favourite on the new record, too... I also like Til I Collapse because it is EXACTLY THE SAME SONG AS SQUARE DANCE only more hollery.
The single and Superman have some moments of BLAZING flow, even though the latter is in pretty questionable spirit.
Sing For The Moment has some very good parts. I was never an Aerosmith fan, so the only thing that bugs me about the production is that it's pretty weak to puff a whole song out of another song like that. I don't care about desecrating Dream On because I don't even know if I've ever heard it.
You can't tell me he isn't paying dues when he says "Two trailer park girls go 'round the outside"!
Tue Jul 02, 2002 9:03 pm
Sage Francis
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Also, I dig White America. I was hoping the whole album would be on a similar tip when I first heard it. It wasn't...but there were 3 or 4 songs that I liked a lot.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 9:05 pm
Tyler Durden
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Posts: 24
I think I may have overexaggerated with the song being one of the songs of the year, however I still think that there is no denying that that third verse is a quoteable in itself. Perhaps it can make a bid for verse of the year.
But I'm saying, the song may not be as catchy as the others, but I thought that it had the same role in the album as Stan did with his previous one. It pretty much played the conscious-and-meaningful-song type role on the album. I've come to notice that he is very formulaic with his albums.
Anyways, I see where most of you are coming from, but this song still stands out in its own right.
Tue Jul 02, 2002 9:53 pm
Yeah, it's probably the second best song on the cd, next to the single...
Tue Jul 02, 2002 10:35 pm
Cage and eminem, whats the difference..to you SAGE.
Sage for the most part you dont like Ems right!? Yet you have said often you like CAGE. To me they are both very similiar. Cage talks crazy shit, raping, drugs, killing etc..and so does em. YET YOU RESPECT CAGE WHEN HE DOES IT, IM CONFUSED!?Have you ever met CAGE, IF SO YOU AND xAUL zAN COULD DO A SONG TOGETHER, IT BE DIRTY... and how come you like him but not em.Cage talks about drugs and killing in atleast once in every song. If cage was big, he would be gimmicky too.
Wed Jul 03, 2002 12:17 am
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It is a tradition, begun by the Herald-Journal in 1947 and continued with the help of a generous community, that has touched the lives of tens of thousands of people since that first effort to put food on the tables of families struggling to make ends meet.
Many families are financially strapped, some without jobs and others with government assistance that often falls short of providing all of their needs, including life's greatest necessity, food. Their stories of misfortune have touched the hearts of the Spartanburg community, and with continued support, Goodfellows again will help hundreds of families during the upcoming holidays.
The warmth the Goodfellows mission brings to these hurting families would be missed by many if not for gifts from the heart, gifts that come from all walks of life, including many caring individuals, churches, businesses and civic groups.
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As a practicing physician, health care issues are on my mind every day of the week. However, I know that my patients only think about health care issues at two times: when they are paying for it and when they are trying to get it. Everyone pays for and receives health care sporadically. Consequently polls will underestimate American attitudes toward health care.
I can tell you from experience that patients don't like it when they feel like they are paying more for medical care and getting less. With that in mind, it's no surprise that Americans now disapprove of Obamacare more than ever — as the Kaiser Foundation's monthly health care poll revealed last Friday. With rising premiums and restricted physician panels, Obamacare will only become more unpopular. Americans have only just started seeing the increased cost, but have not yet witnessed the decreased access to health care that is on the horizon.
So far, the Affordable Care Act has done little but increase health care costs for Louisiana — with the possibility of premiums rising as much as 24 percent next year.
Obamacare has also added over 11,000 pages of new regulation — placing barrier after barrier in between patients and doctors like me.
When we became doctors, we swore an oath to put the needs of our patients first, and Washington's health care "reforms" are making it harder and harder for doctors to fulfill this oath. Doctors go into the field of medicine to help people thrive, and it's time for Washington to stop tying our hands.
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PHILADELPHIA — Sherwood Brown scored 24 points and Bernard Thompson had 23 to lead Florida Gulf Coast to an incredible NCAA tournament debut, a 78-68 win over second-seeded Georgetown on Friday night in the second round of the South Regional.
The Eagles, in their second season of being eligible for Division I postseason, became just the seventh No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2.
FGCU (25-10) will play the winner of the game between seventh-seeded San Diego State and No. 10 Oklahoma in the third round on Sunday.
A night after America's oldest university, Harvard, pulled off a major upset over fourth-seeded New Mexico, one of its youngest — FGCU's first student was admitted in 1997 — got one that was even bigger.
The Eagles took control with a 21-2 run that gave them a 52-33 lead with 12:28 to play, though the Hoyas used a furious rally to get within 72-68 with 52 seconds left.
It was another disappointing NCAA exit for the Hoyas (25-7), who have lost to a double-digit seed in their last four appearances.
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Many people who cruise the Savannah River by boat say it's impossible to navigate through all of the weeds and logs. And those who stroll the River Walk say the same weeds and logs are eyesores. One group is trying hard to find ways to clean up the river.
It's a floating problem, either making it difficult for boats to run through it or creating an eyesore along the River Walk.
"And before you know it, it is a big mess," said Mike Stacy, Marina Operator.
Marina Operator Mike Stacy is talking about nuisance weeds in the Savannah River.
"That's probably about six feet thick of just this nasty grass," Stacy said.
Mike gave the city some recommendations to deal with the problem. And now a subcommittee headed by Commissioner Andy Cheek with members of the Department of Natural Resources, the Canal Authority, and the Core of Engineers are looking at ways to fight the problem.
"It stopped my boat dead. It was nearly impossible to get it out," Cheek said.
"It's a plant that grows attached to the bottom and was an extensive root system put up long runners tends to make pretty thick mats once it reaches the top," said Alfred Mauldin, GA Wildlife Resources Division.
Here at the River Walk Marina it is a daily task to keep all of this maintained. They'll continue to do that until the city comes up with a more permanent solution.
"Finding a local harvester or contractor to do the work or buying one ourselves and actually beginning to clean this stuff," Cheek said.
For now, Mike uses a drop line and boat to pull large sections of the intertwined weeds down the river for disposal.
"When we clean it out, there will be nothing here, just clean water then little by little patches of grass at a time will start hitting the dock right here and then it will start piling up again," Stacy said.
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6.12-2 Trafficking in Persons -- § 53a-192a
Revised November 6, 2014
Note: This instruction is for crimes committed on or after October 1, 2013. Public Act No.13-166, § 2, substantially revised the definition of the offense. For crimes committed before October 1, 2013, see Instruction 6.12-2A in the Archive.
The defendant is charged [in count __] with trafficking in persons. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part:
a person is guilty of trafficking in persons when such person compels or induces another person to (engage in conduct involving more than one occurrence of sexual contact with one or more third persons / provide labor or services that such person has a legal right to refrain from providing), by means of (the use of force against such other person or a third person, or by the threat of use of force against such other person or a third person / fraud / coercion).
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 -
Compelled or induced
The first element is that the defendant compelled or induced another person to
engage in conduct involving more than one occurrence of sexual contact with one or more third persons.
provide labor or services that the person has a legal right to refrain from providing.
"Compel" means to force or constrain to do something. "Induce" means to
move to action by persuasion or by influence.
"Sexual contact" means any contact with the intimate parts of another person.
The defendant must have specifically intended to compel or induce the other person <insert specific allegations>. A person acts "intentionally" with respect to a result when (his/her) conscious objective is to cause such result. <See Intent: Specific Instruction 2.3-1.>
Element 2 - By
means of
The second element is that the defendant did this by
- (the use of force / the threat of use of force) against the person or a third person.
- fraud. The meaning of "fraud," both in is legal usage and its common usage, is the same: a deliberately planned purpose and intent to cheat or deceive or unlawfully deprive someone of some advantage, benefit or property.
- coercion. <See Coercion, Instruction 6.12-1.>
In summary, the state must prove
beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant specifically intended to compel
or induce
If you unanimously find that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of trafficking in persons, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.


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OAKLAND -- You wouldn't imagine, on the surface, that combustible Jim Harbaugh and stately Bob Melvin could be close friends or even passable acquaintances.
That contrast seems to be the fun part of this new Bay Area coaching connection, though.
"He brings his glove to the game, which is hilarious," a giggling Melvin said of Harbaugh's intense visits to A's games this summer.
"But if you know him, it's not surprising."
Not surprising at all for anybody who has watched Harbaugh during 49ers games, during news conferences or during any and every waking Harbaugh moment.
Harbaugh loves baseball. As a teenager, he played on the same Palo Alto-area American Legion team that Melvin had starred on two years earlier. And when he goes to baseball games -- including the six he attended in a two-week span last month -- Harbaugh, 50, absolutely wants to come home with a foul ball.
"Yeah, I was very disappointed I didn't get a ball," Harbaugh said, shaking his head solemnly during a break in 49ers camp last week. "That's just every time I've ever gone to a baseball game, that's my main focus. Going and getting a ball. ...
"I've got 20. Got my 20th at a Giants game a year or two ago."
A few weeks ago, Harbaugh went to an A's game with his wife, Sarah; he didn't get near a foul ball, but when Harbaugh stopped into Melvin's office afterward, the two men -- who had never formally met -- bonded immediately.
"Very smart guy," Harbaugh said of Melvin, 52. "Very organized. They've got a great morale over there. ... I was just really enjoying seeing them do what they do and meeting some of the players and just how important accomplishing the mission was.
"There was a competitive fire; I just like being near it, you know?"
Melvin invited Harbaugh to come early to watch pregame work at a future date, which Harbaugh immediately accepted; he spent hours with Melvin and the A's before an interleague game at AT&T Park, and the two have been exchanging texts ever since.
This isn't just about their shared Peninsula experience -- though Harbaugh still talks about Melvin as a "baseball legend" from his Menlo days; it's about the entire journey they've both taken and their intertwined coaching successes.
When I talked to Melvin on Wednesday, he grinned the entire time I was asking about Harbaugh.
And it was Harbaugh who initially brought to my attention his new friendship with Melvin, sounding as if he couldn't believe how lucky he was to find a kindred spirit so nearby.
"I got over there early one day, got to go down and watch (Melvin) in the cages, watch him meet with his coaches and interact in the locker room and watch him in the dugout," Harbaugh said.
"What struck me is ... it seemed very similar to what I do. And it was almost like watching myself in videotape. Kind of wish I had that and maybe that's the way to get it, just watch other coaches do what they do.
"That's really all the information I have, other than I know he's really good. He was really good before he was with the A's. He was really good when he was with the Diamondbacks."
Harbaugh obviously was a star quarterback in high school; how well did he play baseball?
Harbaugh shrugged and said he clearly wasn't good enough to play at Michigan alongside Barry Larkin and Hal Morris at that time. (Harbaugh did OK on the Wolverines football team, of course.)
"He told me about some of his Palo Alto legion days," Melvin said of Harbaugh, "and I guess he had a fairly high batting average at some point and then tried a different hitting philosophy that didn't work out for him. And he was pretty upset about it."
That's Melvin's point about Harbaugh: There are no false notes in the 49ers coach; what you see on the sidelines is what you see in the stands or on a visit to the manager's office.
"No doubt about it," Melvin said. "And that's what I really admire about him.
"Sometimes you can try to be somebody else as far as how you deal with the media or how you deal with the fan base or how you deal with your front office or your players.
"He is the same guy to everybody. He's extremely committed to what he does. That's really what he cares about, doing what's best for his team. And boy, you have to admire that."
Speaking of total commitment, Harbaugh finished our baseball conversation with possibly the Most Harbaugh anecdote ever, told proudly and vividly.
"I was maybe 5, I think my brother was 7, we went to a Cleveland Indians game," Harbaugh said. "You could meet a player after the game. And I had to go to the bathroom really bad. So I had to make a decision. ... It was either go to the bathroom and not get a picture, or do it right there in my pants.
"So I chose to go in my pants and my parents have this picture of a big ring right here (points to an obvious place on the front of his pants).
"I just want that picture for some reason. I really want that picture."
Harbaugh and I laughed about this story for at least five more minutes, long after I turned off my tape recorder; he has probably already told it to Melvin, who I'm sure appreciated the moral of the story.
They're two very different men, but they're both committed to pushing their teams to victory -- and now they're friends, allies and absolute peers.
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The Neosho boys' varsity soccer team concluded its season with a 3-0 loss to Carl Junction in the first round of the Class 2, District 12 Tournament on Tuesday in Carthage.
The Wildcats (8-10) played well and bested the Bulldogs in shots (13-12), but a second half surge was enough for the Bulldogs to escape with the win.
With the game still scoreless at halftime, Carl Junction regrouped and scored for the first time 53 minutes into the contest to make it 1-0. The Bulldogs added another goal at 73 minutes and drained the dagger five minutes later.
The Bulldogs finished with 10 shots on goal and the Wildcats had nine. Wildcats keeper Brandon Coyle saved five shots.
"Tough game," Wildcats coach Steve Schnackenberg said. "We played well, we just didn't get the result we wanted."
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So, Started running about ...well I guess nearly a year ago.
Nothing serious, bought some shoes, could run about 1 mile at a distance.
Was starting to train in earnest and plan for my fist 1/2 and in Feb my knee started HURTING... I have a high pain tolerance but OMG...
Soprts Dr said...
Stop running for 4 weeks, Walk only for 4 weeks and cross train.
Hubby raliseding I was "hobbled" elected to start running (now that Im back at the strating point).
So here we are 3 months later, started adding a tinely bit of running to the walking and Damned if my Knee does not hurt again...
I paid for my first 1/2, its in Jan...
IM SO Willing to do this, What teh HECK do I do about the Knee,
Just suck it up and run anyway... ?
O and I also realised that the cute little compression capries that end just below the knee, make matters worse... : (
Have you though about doing physical therapy? My husband has been having knee problems for the past 3 years or so and finally went to see the doctor last week. He has to go to PT twice a week for 6 week. He has bone spurs which are somehow related to arthritis! Crazy at 37! Anyway, he was told no running for at least 6 weeks. He also has some type of ointment that helps the pain...has to put it on 4 times a day.
A second thought is your shoes. I did the 3 day in 2007 and had this one pair of shoes that KILLED my knees, but another that I had no knee problems at all when I wore them. It was strange. But the evil shoes made it so I couldn't walk for a couple of days if I wore them to walk any distance, my knee would swell and hurt...OMG! I think it didn't support the way I turned my foot and torqued my knee when I would walk. So, check that out too.
I know it stinks to hurt, especially when you have committed to doing a 1/2 in Feb, but better to solve the problem now and delay training a bit. Otherwise you could really tear your knees up! Good luck!
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Did the Dr. give any diagnosis or indication as to what was causing the pain? I've dealt with knee problems my entire life, mostly stretched/torn MCL's. Physical Therapy definitely helps as it helps to strengthen the muscles and ligaments in the knee, but it all depends on what is wrong as to which exercises you need to do and whether or not that would help. I've also had shoes that caused me to half more of a heel strike instead of midfoot strike and this wreaked havoc on my knees when trying to run. I prefer minimalist shoes which allow you to run more naturally running with a midfoot strike. There are still times when my knees start hurting whether it be from overuse, weather related, etc. and I have to run with my knee brace on. The one I have that I run in is similar to this: http://www.gobros.com/gc/customer/product.php?productid=1995 It's hard to offer much advice suggestions not knowing where you knee is hurting, whether it's a sharp or dull pain, etc. I would definitely recommend listening to your Dr, and if the previous one you went to didn't give you any kind of diagnosis, but just told you to take it easy for a few weeks, I'd probably see about going to a different Dr. that actually offers a diagnosis. Another thing that is good to do is ice your knee for 15 minutes when you get in from a run. Hope the pain gets better for you soon.
OH! I would not just suck it up and run anyway as you could cause more damage. It might be a little different if this is a dull pain, but you said you have a high pain tolerance and it's really bothering you so I'm assuming it's more of a sharp pain, which is definitely more of an indication of you doing damage, especially if you try to push through and keep running through the pain! I understand with the 1/2 coming up, but you definitely don't want to put yourself out of running forever!
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HUm that might have helped hu?
Runners Knee. (theres a fancy name, but it breaks down to runners knee)
The Doc said it had somethign to do with roads not being level and I was shortening one legs muscle over the other..
So he said, no running for 6 weeks at least.
I have been doing to rehab thing.
Swimming, Cardio, weight circuit.
Then started walking.
Now I wanna RUN!
Its like me feet are Pulling me : )
All in all its been 13 weeks sense the Dr. I should be ALL better..
I'll try the shoes. :/ I really like the minimalist shoes... they seem like they would be Very good. I have a huge heal so most shoes are to tight on my foot : ( ...I have brooks now.
Thanks all Big time.. : )
Can you run on a treadmill or an actual walking trail somewhere? I know my hips get out of align and start bothering me if I run on the street for too long due to it being angled so the water can run off. My chiropractor yells at me every time I've done more of my running on the streets because it gets me so out of align haha. Thankfully we have a multi-purpose trail here that I usually run on and it's level so it doesn't bother me as bad when I run on it. Just thoughts if the Dr seems to think it's due to the streets having a bank to them instead of being flat.
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I was having some knee pain in my right knee. It was not runner's knee but related to pes anserinus tendinitis. I went to the doctor to be sure I didn't have runners knee. His advice to me was to ice my knee and take some anti-inflammatories. Well, I took his advice and the pain still continued. It finally went away when I signed up for a running class and had my running coach take a look at my form. Turns out I was landing my footfalls on my right leg with my foot pointed out slightly. By focusing on keeping my footfalls straight ahead, my knee pain went away in a short period of time. No more ice and no more swallowing of two Aleves twice a day.
Now, I don't know what is going on with your knees, but it might be helpful to have someone take a look at your stride/form and see if there is something you are doing that may be contributing to the knee pain. Better to fix the underlying issue than deal with the symptoms.
Hang in there!
Great thoughts and suggestions.
I think I'll lool into them all.
The area I live is all hilly and valley and most of the runnigntrails are serious UP and DOWN hill, so I thihnk maybe I'll take my running to the beach trails for a while.
And I was thinking about the foot possition thing. and Shoes.
Awesome, thanks.
Im really really Doing this.
When my knees figured out this running thing wasn't just a short term deal they began to rebell like, well, they hurt. Having stomped all over this pretty blue marble for the better part of sixty some odd years I figured they had a right to yell and just kept running. After awhile I knew I had to do something so I went to a local outlet of a vitamin chain and they suggested something with Glucosamine, Condroitin, and MSM, whatever that is. I took the stuff for a month and my knee pain stopped so I stopped taking the expensive stuff. It didn't take long for my knees to begin punishing me again so I went back on the big beige pills. I've been taking them for months now and these 63 year old knees give me absolutely no problems whatsoever. I met some running friends for an after race bash a couple months ago, one was 20 years my junior and the other half my age. I asked if they took anything for joints and was surprised when both said they took Glucosamine and Condroitin. And the older of the two even said he added fish oil. I don't know how many of the forum members take supplements but I figure I'm doing something really stressful to my body that most folks don't do so maybe I need a little protection. Not suggesting, you have to make your own decisions, just sayin'.
Yep, Glucosamine, Condroitin, and MSM started them about a month ago...Waiting for the "effects" now. (fingers crossed).
After my last run and messing with my gate and foot strike, Im thinkning its there somewhere (thankis for the suggestion up there).
I think its time for a trip to the running store and ask some questions.
and yes, OMG they are HUGE Pills and we take 2 each. Ick!
Keep your fingers crossed fellow runners... Im NOT giving up!
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Is this the year we see another Bay Bridge World Series? You don't need to discuss it among yourselves. I'll discuss it for you.
In 1989, Northern California citizens witnessed the first and only meeting between the A's and Giants with baseball's largest trophy at stake. Most of us remember the event because of the earthquake before Game Three.
I do, for certain. The tragedy and sadness and weirdness of that October isn't something that leaves your brain. But neither does the memory of strange giddiness that preceded the earthquake, when our two Major League teams charged through the playoffs to reach the Series.
I recall riding in the car with our son, who turned 5 years old that month. He was an A's fan. And he was excited about the "World Serious," as he called it. But I was telling him how cool the whole thing was for the Bay Area, with both teams aboard.
"Dad," he asked, "do the A's and Giants play each other in the World Serious a lot?"
A child's lack of perspective is a wonderful thing. For older fans on all sides of the bay, however, I mostly recall a lot of smiles as they looked at each other and uttered: "Man, how lucky are we?"
Very lucky, as it turned out. We haven't come close to another Bay Bridge Series. Only three times since have both the Giants and A's qualified for the playoffs in the same season. But this autumn, in many ways, has the same giddy feeling as 1989.
So is this finally the year we see the Giants and A's again in the World Series?
Maybe the adrenaline of the last few weeks has overwhelmed me. But the way both teams won their division titles, navigating so many crazy twists and turns, makes me think we've got as good as shot as we'll ever have at a Bay Bridge Redux.
Las Vegas does not agree. I checked the odds Thursday. The New York Yankees and Washington Nationals are favored to meet in the World Series. The A's now have a slightly better chance (5-2) than the Giants (3-1) to get there, according to the bookmakers.
Balderdash, I say. Using my own systematic formula, I figure there is a 20 percent chance that we'll have a 2012 Bay Bridge Baseballganza in three weeks.
My logic: This is the sixth time that the teams have reached the postseason simultaneously since 1968, when the A's moved to Oakland from Kansas City. And out of the five previous occasions, they gave us one World Series. One in five. That's 20 percent, right? Mathematics!
In case your memory is dim, let's go over those other seasons to examine any similarities to this year:
For any team, as you can see, there are many more ways the playoffs can go bad than good. It also holds true this time. There's a reason 1989 was so rare. Here's how long ago that was: Our kindergarten-aged son is now pursuing a doctoral degree in science at UC Irvine. He can surely calculate the true and actual odds of another Bay Bridge Series.
I distinctly remember, however, what I told him that day when he asked how often the A's and Giants played for the world title.
"No," I told him, "it doesn't happen a lot. It hasn't happened ever before. It might not ever happen again. So we'd all better sit back and enjoy it."
It would be fun if, a few weeks from now, other parents could have the same sort of conversation with their kindergartners. I'm sticking with my prediction of a 20 percent chance. After what we've seen from the Giants and A's over the last few weeks, anyone want to argue?
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Jason Young, convicted of killing wife, may get third trial
Published: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 7:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 7:52 p.m.
RALEIGH — A Raleigh man convicted of killing his pregnant wife may get a third trial after the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a judge shouldn't have allowed evidence about a wrongful death lawsuit and a custody challenge for his daughter.
A three-judge panel of the court ordered the new trial Tuesday for Jason Young, 39, a former resident of Brevard and Etowah who's serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Michelle.
She was five months' pregnant when her sister found her body Nov. 3, 2006, in pool of blood in the Youngs' bedroom.
Their then 2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, also was in the bedroom with her mother's body.
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