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OAKLAND — Almost every night for the past year Wangchen Nyima has been awakened in the middle of the night by a terrible dream.
He sees his dead sister, Sonam Choedon, whom he often helped financially, calling out to him in her native Tibetan. "Cho-cho," she cries out, using the Tibetan word for older brother, "Cho-cho, can I have some pocket money?"
Nyima is rarely able to go back to sleep after these encounters.
"I keep thinking, 'Why?' " he said. "I still can't believe that she's gone."
Nyima will be one of dozens of family members commemorating loved ones killed in Oakland's worst school shooting, which took place at Oikos University one year ago Tuesday and claimed the lives of seven people.
In April, Oikos will host two memorial concerts -- one in Oakland on Saturday and a second in Sacramento on April 13 -- to remember the victims. The San Francisco Master Chorale, in which Oikos University's president, the Rev. Jongin Kim, sings will perform Mozart's Requiem to honor the lives of the dead: Judith O. Seymour, 53, of San Jose; Lydia H. Sim, 21, of Hayward; Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito; Grace Kim, 23, of Union City; Doris Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro; Katleen Ping, 24, of Oakland; and Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, of San Francisco.
As Bay Area residents commemorate the loss, families and friends of the victims are healing in different ways. Nyima, who works at an Oakland nursery and was trained as a monk, has spent hours praying for his sister. He will do so again Tuesday with a small group of friends and family, including another sister who flew in from Canada for the memorial. He said they will remember Choedon's wonderful qualities -- her deep Buddhist faith, her intense love of children and her commitment to help orphans in India.
And while Nyima said that he is trying hard to forget what happened to his sister, he finds it difficult. "I was a monk for a long time, and I know that peace is important," he said. "But when you lose somebody you're so close to, it's difficult, really, you know?"
Osagie Enabulele, a project manager and close friend of Doris Chibuko, said the timing of the massacre, the week before Easter, has been particularly hard for Chibuko's family. He said the Nigerian community has provided support for Chibuko's husband, whose father also recently died. "We know that she's somewhere now resting," he said. "But she was taken away too soon."
The shooting suspect, One L. Goh, a 43-year old Korean immigrant and former classmate to six of the victims, was charged with seven counts of murder last year. In January, two court-appointed psychiatrists determined that Goh suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and recommended he be remanded to a state mental health care facility until he is mentally fit to stand trial.
June Lee, executive director of the Korean Community Center of the East Bay, said the shooting and resulting trauma across the Korean-American community emphasized the need for more services.
"The community had no awareness of how to deal with it," she said. "They find it really horrifying. In the Korean community if you have cancer, people will talk about it. But if you have mental illness, nobody wants to talk about it."
Lee said the city and various nonprofits have expressed interest in grass-roots initiatives that would help tackle these issues, but so far nothing has been done.
Lia Little, a co-founder of Oikos' nursing program, was at her husband's hospital bedside, where he was undergoing some routine tests, when news of the shooting broke. She immediately called the school's front desk. "The phone just rang and rang and rang," said Little, who knew each of the victims, as well as the suspect.
The phone went unanswered because Katleen Ping, a 24-year-old immigrant from the Philippines and prospective nursing student who ran the front desk, had already been shot dead. Her brother, Kaine Ping, said the loss of his sister has left the devout Baptist family, particularly Ping's 6-year-old son, Kayzzer Bryant, bereft.
Ping recounted how he sometimes laughed along with Kayzzer as the boy pulled his hair down over his forehead while saying, "I'm a man without a forehead, I'm a man without a forehead." Recently, however, the boy pulled his hair down and said, "I'm a man without ... a mommy." The uncle nearly burst into tears. "I can't believe he interjected it out of nowhere," he said. "It really is hard stuff."
On Tuesday, Ping, his parents and his orphaned nephew will visit Katleen's grave in Hayward's Chapel of the Chimes cemetery.
Nearly everybody said the massacre had altered their view of safety in Oakland and their views on guns. "A year ago, I wasn't scared to go out, but now it's completely changed," Nyima said. "It's very sad. It shouldn't be happening to anybody."
Enabulele said he respects American customs and traditions but remains convinced that stricter gun laws are needed. "If you are affected directly, then you understand the impact," he said. "There are a lot of ripple effects, and people should be mindful of their acts and what they do."
Little, the nursing teacher, said she has become increasingly afraid of leaving doors ajar or even unlocked at school, fearful that someone might come in and start shooting. Oikos changed its policy after the shooting and now requires all doors to be locked, but Little said the regulation is often ignored. Oikos continues to recruit students and is accepting applications starting April 22.
Sometimes Nyima gets angry. He went to court once, but when he heard that Goh had been sent to a mental institution instead of prison, he stopped paying attention.
In February he finally relented and sent Choedon's ashes back to India. But he thinks about his sister all the time.
"It's so difficult," he said. "I'm lost."
Kaine Ping, for his part, believes more strongly than ever that the loss of his sister is, in some mysterious way, part of God's plan. And he has compassion for Goh. "He's a person, too," he said. "I'm sure he and his family are hurting, too. The judgment for him is when he stands before God."
At Oikos, the room where the massacre occurred stands empty. Nursing classes are no longer held there; the room is reserved for theology lessons. The walls have been cleaned, plastered and painted.
A sign is taped to the door: "Be a Nurse, Join the Ones Who Dare to Care."
Contact Scott Johnson at 510-208-6429. Follow him at Twitter.com/scott_c_johnson and Twitter.com/oaklandeffect.


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The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at Douglass Community Services recently honored Hirmaline Whitney of Hannibal for volunteering over 30 years with the organization.
During her time as a volunteer, Whitney has served Douglass Community Services, Hannibal Nutrition Center, Willow Care, and Beth Haven. Last year, she made over 200 hand-stitched Easter baskets for Head Start children.
In the course of 30 years of being a RSVP volunteer, Whiney has logged 7,100 hours.
She was inducted into the RSVP Hall of Fame in 2008.
RSVP at Douglass Community Services is a United Way Agency.
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Legal Marijuana in Arizona? Pick Your Ballot Measure
More than half-dozen initiative proposals filed with secretary of state's office for 2016.
More than half-dozen initiative proposals filed with secretary of state's office for 2016.
Group files suit in name of 5-year-old with rare form of epilepsy; he's one of the few children in state to have a medical marijuana card.
Same organization that aided successful effort to legalize the drug in CO hopes to use same method here.
Part 3 of AZPM's Controversy over Cannabis series visits a grow house to ask the question: How do you regulate home-grown medical marijuana?
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Knitter's Review
December 20, 2007
From the Technicolor hand-dyeds to the crunchy organics, from the mystery knitalongs to the rise of Ravelry, we've had quite a year.
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As has been mentioned on this site, General meetings, and race weekend 1 drivers meeting, we would like to announce some changes that were in waiting, for next weekends schedule and format.
Qualifying for race #1 will now be a shorter session. Expect 5-7 minutes less of track time. Note in some group's that session was the longest session on track for the weekend. ( group 4 and 6 )
Race number #1 ( formally known as class race 1 ) now called Qualifying race 1, will be 12 laps.
Race 2 on Sunday ( formally class #2 ) now Qualifying race 2 ( aka sprint ), will be 8 laps.
Race 3 on Sunday, will be still the Feature, and will be 15 LAPS ! ( and i remind you now counts towards class championships.
There will be a closed wheel co-driver race. ( 12 laps )
ALSO,, this the first visit of 2 visits from the Great Lakes Challenge. so yes, there will be 1 added race for F-C and CFC classed race cars.
Please help be a good host for your club.
Last, and not least by any means,
Group 5 was a great race group by car count, ( 30 ) last weekend, with many faces missing , that are expected back.
Group 3 was a bit light, and and if not for the double and triple dippers, very thin.
IT-C, and Spec racer Ford, and spec racer X, are now moved to group 3.
and,, a quick shout out to :
Terry Zawonda ( spelling ) . The better half of Bruce Bannister is taking care of points this year.
Cynthia Kempton , The better half of Bob Hoffman has agreed to take over trophies.
Large thank again, to Terry and Cynthia!
See you at race #2,


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Wednesday, Jan. 25 • 7 p.m. CT
American Bank Center (8,100) • Corpus Christi, Texas
RADIO: NewsRadio 1360 AM KKTX (Steven King)
LIVE VIDEO/STATS: GoIslanders.com
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is back at the American Bank Center on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. tipoff against Texas State. The Islanders, coming off a 50-49 win over Sam Houston State, currently sit ninth in the Southland with a 2-4 record in conference play. Wednesday night's game will be carried live on NewsRadio 1360 KKTX with Steven King on the call, and live video will be available through GoIslanders.com.
The Islanders posted their second 50-49 road win of the season on Saturday, knocking off the Bearkats in Huntsville on Hameed Ali's winning jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining. Johnathan Jordan had a career-high 14 points, including an 8-of-11 performance at the free throw line, in the win.
Texas State is sitting at 1-4 in league play, having played some of the top competition from the conference. The Bobcats most recently dropped a home contest against UTSA, 80-75 on Saturday, after falling on the road to Sam Houston State, 71-68, on Wednesday. The Bobcats are 8-10 overall this season.
• Hameed Ali buried his second game-winning shot of the year, when his jumper swished with 0.3 seconds remaining on Saturday. He also had the winning three against Utah State, and narrowly missed a buzzer-beating winner against South Alabama.
• The Islanders' win at Sam Houston State was their first win in Huntsville since the regular-season finale of the 2006-07 season. They improved to 2-5 all-time at SHSU.
• In the win over SHSU, the Islanders went 0-for-11 from beyond the arc, their first game without hitting a three pointer since a 47-42 loss at Savannah State (0-for-9) on Dec. 18, 2008.
• A&M – Corpus Christi has won all three of its games this season in close fashion. The Islanders' two Southland victories are both by a 50-49 score, with the other win a 58-55 overtime win over Utah State.
• Comebacks were the order of the week, as the Islanders came from 25 down to tie UT Arlington on Wednesday (before falling 77-73) and came from down 16 to beat SHSU on Saturday.
• Johnathan Jordan is on pace to break the school record for assists (132). He leads the league with 4.4 assists per game overall.
• The Islanders have used seven different starting lineups, with 10 different players represented.
Texas State brings an 8-10 overall record and a 1-4 league mark into Wednesday's contest. The Bobcats have knocked off East division frontrunner McNeese State, but have fallen in road contests at Northwestern State and Sam Houston State and at home against UTSA and Stephen F. Austin.
Three players average in double figures for Texas State, led by Brooks Ybarra's 12.2 points per game. Matt Staff has scored 11.1 in addition to leading the team with 7.7 rebounds per game and 28 total blocks as well, while Eddie Rios is averaging 10.6 points. Vonn Jones' 66 assists lead the squad. The Bobcats are tops in the league with an average of 79.7 points, but have allowed 76.3, the 10th best mark in the league.
Hameed Ali's jumper from the left corner with 0.3 seconds remaining capped a huge comeback for the Islanders, as they knocked off Sam Houston State, 50-49, at Johnson Coliseum on Saturday. The Islanders overcame a 16-point second-half deficit to emerge victorious.
It marked the second game in a row that the Islanders had a massive comeback, as A&M – Corpus Christi came from 25 down to tie UT Arlington on Wednesday, but the Islanders wound up on the wrong end of a 77-73 score.
Historically, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi has had solid success against Texas State, with a 7-5 edge in the overall mark during the Islanders era. Interestingly enough, A&M - Corpus Christi has fared better on the road (4-2) against the Bobcats than it has at home (3-3).
Last year, Texas State took both contests, winning a 66-61 game at the American Bank Center and a 73-62 affair in San Marcos. Both times, the difference proved getting to the free-throw line, as the Bobcats went a combined 50-of-60 (.833) at the stripe in the two wins, outscoring the Islanders by an average of 14 points per game at the line.
Freshman Hameed Ali was the last scholarship player to sign with the Islanders and is the youngest player on the team. But perhaps the biggest challenge is living up to his name – Hameed means "praiseworthy" and Ali means "exalted one."
He went a long way toward fulfilling his lofty name expectations on Saturday, when he buried a jumper from the left corner with 0.3 seconds remaining to lift the Islanders to a 50-49 win over Sam Houston State.
It was his second game-winning shot of the season, as he also buried a three in overtime against Utah State on Nov. 22. Ali had another chance to send the Islanders home victorious against South Alabama on Dec. 15, but his three at the buzzer caromed off the right side of the rim.
The Islanders' win at Sam Houston State was their first win in Huntsville since the regular-season finale of the 2006-07 season. They improved to 2-5 all-time at SHSU. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi improved to 5-9 all-time against the Bearkats with the victory.
What was perhaps more surprising about the Islanders' victory was that they did it without the help of a strong shooting night. In fact, the Islanders went 0-for-11 from beyond the arc.
It marked the first time since Dec. 18, 2008, (a 47-42 loss at Savannah State) that Texas A&M - Corpus Christi went without a three pointer in a game, breaking a string of 102 straight contests with a three-ball. It also marked the first time since Dec. 2, 2004, (a 65-48 win over Prairie View) that the team went without a three and won the game.
The Islanders point guard may be one of the smallest players in the Southland Conference, but what he lacks in size he more than makes up for in athletic ability. Houston native Johnathan Jordan stands just 5-foot-10, but his extreme athleticism and basketball IQ are the aspects of his makeup that are far more important to the Islanders.
In the game at Sam Houston State, the point guard upped his scoring prowess, as he netted a career-best 14 points, using an 8-for-11 outing at the free-throw line to his advantage. He also added five assists to just one turnover, and has a 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio in conference action.
Against McNeese State, he dished out a career-high nine assists to just one turnover, and he matched that assist total against UTA. He now sits atop the league with his 4.4 assists per game and is the only freshman in the Southland's top 10 in apg.
He also is on pace for 131.7 assists this year, which puts him within range of Brian Evans' single-season record of 132. He currently needs 24 more to move into the team's single-season top 10.
Jordan, who has a 46-inch running vertical, won the Islanders slam-dunk contest in the preseason with a stellar two-handed jam.
The Islanders have shown a penchant for early slumps and late rallies the last couple games. In the game against SHSU, A&M - Corpus Christi rallied from a 16-point deficit to knock off the Bearkats. They used a 20-4 run, holding SHSU to 1-for-10 shooting with four turnovers. It was the largest deficit the Islanders have overcome since an 86-81, overtime win over Oral Roberts on Nov. 14, 2007.
When the Islanders fell behind 24-3 and later 33-8 on Wednesday against UT Arlington, things looked bleak. But the Islanders used a 39-14 run over a span of 15:43 to pull even at 47-47. During that span, they shot 15-of-23 (.652), and allowed UTA to go just 4-of-18 with 10 turnovers.
The Islanders have had quite a flair for the dramatic this year. In their three wins this season, A&M - Corpus Christi has won by a total of five points, and in every scenario the Islanders got the winning basket in the final 1:07 of game action. Hameed Ali has two winning shots (Utah State and SHSU) and Terence Jones has the other (UTSA).


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Just wondering if anyone out there knows of a way I can track watch and unwatched videos.
I have a PC and lapotp running MeidaPortal.
When ever I watch a movie or TV Episode it marks it as watched and syncs with follw.it so the other MediaPortal marks it as watched as well.
To save plugging in the laptop into the bedroom TV when ever the wife has the lounge TV, I setup PS3 Media server and use the PS3, this is working without a hitch.
My only issue PS3 Media Server does not support marking or displaying the TV episodes as watched.
Not a big issue, just means if a few episodes have been added, I usually spend a few minutes figuring out what the last one I watched was. ( Useless memory with episode names.... )
Anyone know if its possible or planned to add this kind of support?
I could look into developing a plugin myself, just didn't want to start if some one else is working on similar project


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BMW Developing Bobsled for U.S. Olympic Team
German luxury-car maker BMW's North America unit said it is developing a two-man bobsled for Team USA to use during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The new sled is part of a collaborative effort between BMW and the USA Bobsled & Skeleton Federation, or USBSF.
The car company said it plans to use its automotive engineering expertise "to completely re-engineer the two-man bobsled," which in the case of the U.S. team has fallen behind rival sleds in design, materials and technology.
The U.S. bobsled team gained fame at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics by winning a gold medal in the four-man event. But the two-man teams have not won gold since 1936. BMW said the USBSF asked for its help in improving the aerodynamics and chassis dynamics of its two-man sleds.
"By bringing BMW in to provide its expertise, we see an opportunity to close an equipment gap between Team USA and countries that have historically led Olympic two-man bobsled competition,"said Darrin Steele, chief executive officer of the USBSF.
The bobsled program is part of a broad partnership with the United States Olympic Committee that includes a velocity measurement system for long jumpers and a motion tracking system for swimmers. BMW's Team USA sponsorship continues through the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Bringing high-performance car technology to bobsled desing is not new. Longtime Nascar star Geoff Bodine has been using his racing experience to improve U.S. sleds and win medals for 20 years.


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Trans Guide @ UIS: Policy
UIS Preferred Name Policy – Currently, the University of Illinois (all three campuses) does not allow students to include a preferred name on any official internal campus documentation such as the I-Card or class rosters. This policy change has been proposed and is currently being advocated for.
UIS Nondiscrimination Policy – Currently, gender identity and expression are included in the University of Illinois nondiscrimination policy. Click here to view the campus nondiscrimination policy.
Illinois Nondiscrimination Policy – The Illinois Human Rights Act nondiscrimination policy includes sexual orientation, which is intended to cover gender identity, for employment, housing, and public accommodations. Click here to view the Illinois Human Rights Act. Click here to view Illinois Gender Advocates' explanation of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
Inclusive Language on all UIS Forms – Currently UIS does not include "Transgender" and/or "Other _________" as a gender designation on the application for Admission, Housing, or is it required on campus wide institutional assessments. However, intake forms in Health Services do allow for this.
UIS Gender Neutral Housing Policy – Gender Neutral Housing (GNH) option is being piloted within Residence Life to primarily upper-class or graduate students. This piloted community will provide a welcoming space for students to choose their roommates, regardless of gender, to promote a healthy and safe living and learning environment. GNH allows students to live in an environment where they can express their gender or sexual orientation in a way that is true to themselves in a safe and supported way. If you have questions about gender-identity, gender expression, or transgender student support, please contact Kerry Poynter in the LGBTQA Resource Office firstname.lastname@example.com. Click here to view the Residence Life Gender Neutral Housing webpage to learn more.
Residence Life Community Handbook – Transgender Inclusive Statement – The Department of Residence Life is committed to providing a safe and comfortable living environment for all students, including those whose gender identity and/or expression differs from the sex assigned to them at birth. For transgender students looking for a supportive living arrangement in the residence halls and apartments contact the Director of Residence Life (John Ringle, email@example.com, or 217-206-6190). Residence Life respects and affirms a student's gender identity and/or expression, prioritizes our student's physical and emotional safety, and will find the best match between the student's needs and the options available. Students seeking additional support in the University environment should contact the LGBTQA Resource Office.
Campus Pride Trans Policy Clearinghouse – Find out about policies at other colleges and universities.
Campus Pride Index – Compare the 51% "Gender Identity/Expression" UIS score to hundreds of schools around the country at campusprideindex.org.
*If you have any questions about relevant UIS, state or federal policies or you feel that you are being discriminated against due to your gender identity please contact Deanie Brown (Associate Chancellor, Access and Equal Opportunity, email@example.com, 217-206-6222) who will work with Kerry Poynter (Director, LGBTQA Resource Office) on request to address your concerns. You may also contact Kerry Poynter directly (firstname.lastname@example.com or 217-206-8316), who will then notify Deanie Brown.
Trans Guide @ UIS: Education – Facilities – Policy – Resources – Transitioning


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By guest blogger Tiana Bouma
Tiana is a senior at University of Oregon double majoring in Political Science and Journalism with a focus in magazine. Her hometown is now Bend, OR but she graduated from high school in Danville, CA. After graduating from UO, she plans on traveling and working for National Geographic. During her spare time, she enjoys music, reading, sports and movies.
The weather is getting colder. The fall season is long over and Thanksgiving has come and gone. Winter time means we are given little reprieve from classes and homework and tests and everything else professors throw our way. Winter break is almost here!
Winter break also means time with family, amazing food, and some seasonal winter movies. There is something irresistible about the aroma of warm spices and freshly baked goodies. Mixing up batches of dough and baking trays of cookies while listening to holiday music is a great activity you can do during your time off.
Holiday-shaped sugar cookies with frosting are classic, yet are also an easy fall back. In addition, there are so many more choices for a new baking adventure!
Here are 2 great recipes to get you rolling (pun intended!):
(Gathered from allrecipes.com and foodnetwork.com)
Frosted Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
- 3/4 cup butter flavored shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 drops any color food coloring
- In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cookies from baking sheets to cool on wire racks. Cool completely before frosting.
- In a small bowl, beat the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Mix in the milk one tablespoon at a time until a good spreading consistency is reached. Stir in food coloring to desired shade. Decorate cooled cookies, and set on waxed paper to harden.
Peppermint Candy Cane Twists
- 1 package (18-ounce) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, room temperature (recommended:
- Pillsbury), or home-made sugar cookie dough
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (recommended: McCormick)
- 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
Cut the roll of cookie dough in half. Put the halves in separate large mixing bowls. In 1 bowl, thoroughly mix 1/4 cup of the flour and the peppermint extract into cookie dough. In the second bowl, add the remaining 1/4 cup flour and enough food coloring to make a red dough. Mix well with gloved hands until the color is well blended.
Divide the white and red dough into 24 pieces each, (for a total of 48 pieces). Roll each piece into a rope 8 inches long and about 1/4-inch in diameter.
To shape candy canes, arrange 1 rope of each color side by side on parchment lined cookie sheets. Gently twist together and shape into a candy cane. Repeat with the remaining pieces, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart. Bake until edges are very lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest, about 5 minutes, before transferring the cookies to racks. Gently remove them from the cookie sheets with a long metal spatula and cool on cooling racks.
What are you looking forward to baking this holiday season?


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Show your Nevins pride with one of our cool MSPCA t-shirts or sweatshirts! Give as a gift or keep one for yourself – either way, you'll be making a difference in the lives of animals. 100% of the sales will go directly to caring for the animals in need at Nevins Farm.
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Shel Silverstein: Poetry Bundle
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Description: Runny Babbit:
Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own.
Don't Bump the Glump!:
You haven't? Well then, step inside-out only if you are ready to be amazed, tickled, astonished and entertained by this most unusual bestiary of silly and scary creatures.
Giraffe and a Half:
Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things--like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee--only to lose them again, one by one.
A Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back:
Now dressed in starched collars and fancy suits, and enjoying all the marshmallows he wants, Lafcadio is pampered and admired wherever he goes. But is a famous, successful, and admired lion a happy lion? Or is he a lion at all?
- Author: Shel Silverstein
- Format: Hardcover
- Age Range: 5-7 years
Material: Hardcover
Brand: HarperCollins
Origin: Imported


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BTN LiveBIG: An out of this world reunion at Purdue
Purdue University graduates have walked on the moon, worked in the Mir Space Station, and flown the Shuttle. They also have contributed many others who work at NASA or in the burgeoning private space programs. And eight of the Purdue astronauts came back on campus to talk about their careers and experiences.


text: Big Bear Lake, CA, January 21, 2014 - It's time for another Fourth Friday at The Gallery----and this month's featured artist is Jessica Sandek. Sandek uses pointillism, a painstaking style of applying paint in tiny dots instead of continuous lines. She also burns into wood, which is an example of pyrography, or "writing with fire", a technique … [Read more...]


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During the next seven or eight weeks, waves of fall color will roll across Minnesota's forests and prairies, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Parks and Trails Division encourages families to get out and enjoy them.
The statewide fall color report is updated every Thursday by staff at Minnesota state parks and recreation areas. These reports include percent of color change, peak color projections and three state park or trail destinations considered "hot picks" of the week.
"We're predicting it will be a brilliant fall color season," said Patricia Arndt, communications and outreach manager for the DNR's Division of Parks and Trails. "Although it's been dry lately, the trees got adequate rain earlier this season. Now we just need a combination of sunny days and cool nights in the weeks ahead to bring out the fall colors. We've timed many of our fall hiking, biking, geocaching and paddling programs at Minnesota state parks and trails to coincide with peak color, and we hope to see lots of people getting outdoors to enjoy this beautiful time of year."
Colors typically peak between mid-September and early October in northern third of the state, between late September and early October in central third and between late September and mid-October in southern third (which includes Twin Cities).
Fall color programs are listed in the free "Feel the 'Wow' of Fall" brochure at Minnesota state parks and recreation areas, Twin Cities libraries and REI stores and the Parks and Trails kiosk across from food court at Rosedale Center. The DNR Information Center will also mail the brochure to anyone who requests it.
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Recently MEncoder simply stopped working, I cant tie it to any update because it was working just fine after 1.90.1 came out, i was using it repeatedly and even used it when setting up the transcode settings which is why i can confidently say that MEncoder was playing my Hobbit file(MKV) without issue. However i had sound sync issues with another file which prompted me to switch over to tsMuxer, since the switch back i have not been able to watch anything (MKV) with mencoder, the files fail to load and i get the error message on my ps3.
I have tried loading up 1.90.0, still doesnt work, i cleared all of the files from PMS on my computer and did a fresh install of 1.90.1, still didnt work, and then i tried the 1.90.2 thats currently up for testing, and it still didnt work.
since i just recently cleared the computer and reinstalled 1.90.1, i dont have a debug file with a failure on it yet, i will upload the file once i get the failures again.
Without mencoder i have begun to use tsmuxer. It plays the mkv files alright but it does freeze and exit the file after about 35 minute, then again after a reload and ffwd to the part i left off at after another 35 minutes or so. this is an annoyance but only a minor one. but since it does happen i figure its worth mentioning.
I have thrown up FFmpeg as an engine and it plays the files fine, i havent left it on long to see if it freezes up after a while, but it definitely doesnt allow me to ffwd or rewind, so that might be something to look into.
I have learned a little information regarding the three engines which i figure i may as well pass on:
MEncoder - allows FFWD and REW, allows use of SQUARE on the PS3 (it lets you go forward and back on the file with a little thumbnail of the video at the time you go to)
tsMuxer - allows FFwd and REW, no SQUARE on the ps3
FFmpeg - NO FFWD or REW
im going to run a movie with mencoder to get that failure and one with tsmuxer to get that failure and then ill upload it or follow whatever instructions i get on this posting from a developer.


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Spartanburg celebrates Black History Month with a parade
Published: Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.
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Some spectators hid from the cold, damp weather in cars along the route, but Saturday's annual Heritage Parade drew a crowd.
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This year is the 10th anniversary of the celebration, and the theme was "A Salute to Our Children: They are Our Future." Many parade spectators and participants brought their children. The grand marshals of the parade were community centenarians. Their presence in a limousine symbolized the passing of heritage through the generations, according to the Community Heritage Committee that organized the parade.
Barbara Dawkins of Spartanburg said her children are long grown, but she brought her great-grandson to the parade in hopes of teaching him important lessons from an early age.
"I'm bringing him so he knows his heritage," she said. "He's only 3, but he knows a lot. I don't know how long I'm going to be here to tell him."
The parade isn't about black or white, Dawkins said, it's about community and celebrating progress.
"We have to learn to get along with each other. We have to learn to love one another," she said.
Before departing from Carver Middle School and proceeding down Church Street to the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, colorful floats, sports cars and bands lined up for blocks. Hundreds of people from church groups, community organizations, government agencies and local schools participated in the parade. Featured bands included Dudley High School Marching Band from Greensboro, N.C. and Harding University High School Band of Gold from Charlotte, N.C.
Robin and Michelle Thompson of Roebuck said they have been coming to the parade since it started, and agreed with Dawkins it is a celebration of the community.
"A lot of the people who are in the parade are important parts of the community," Michelle Thompson said.
This year the couple's son was marching in the parade with the Boy Scouts. He is also a part of his church youth group and school band. The Thompson's said the parade was a good example to their son of community involvement, which they encourage.
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A federal judge on Friday rejected a last-ditch bid to halt the merger of AMR and US Airways Group, saying a group of customers challenging the deal failed to show how they would be harmed by it.
"There is nothing in the record from which I can make a finding that your clients are personally going to suffer irreparable harm," Chief U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan told Joseph M. Alioto, who represents the customers, at an afternoon hearing.
Judge Preska dismissed Mr. Alioto's argument that he only needed to show the merger would lessen competition in the air-travel market. The judge also denied the lawyer's request to delay the merger, which is expected to close Dec. 9, while he appeals her decision to the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Alioto had made the same argument before a bankruptcy judge, who brushed it aside and approved an antitrust settlement between the Justice Department and AMR and US Airways last week, clearing the way for the merger.
Judge Sean H. Lane of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan said Mr. Alioto "utterly failed to establish" that the tie up would harm his clients. And on Friday, Judge Preska said that "Judge Lane is correct in all respects."
Judge Lane originally signed off on AMR's plan to exit bankruptcy through the merger in September, but the Justice Department held it up with an antitrust lawsuit, arguing that the deal would stifle competition and hurt customers.
The airlines reached a settlement with the government last month, agreeing to give up space at major airports in the U.S., to retain big hubs and to continue service to certain smaller cities.
Under current market prices, the merger gives stakeholders more than $13.1 billion in value, according to AMR. In all, the proposal would give 72% of the combined airline to AMR shareholders, unsecured creditors, labor unions and some employees. The rest would go to US Airway's shareholders.
The new airline will be called American Airlines Group Inc.


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An ugly incident in the United States Hockey League last week in which B.C. native Dylan Chanter hit his bare head on the ice during a game. Chanter, playing for Dubuque and committed to the University of New Hampshire, immediately went into a horrifying seizure that lasted, according to reports, at least two minutes.
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Lants wrote: i'll be honest - it feels like you're concealing things still. none of it adds up.
lord soth wrote: Lants wrote: i'll be honest - it feels like you're concealing things still. none of it adds up.
from the get go it looked like he was posting here out of guilt or maybe he was just in dire need of high fives from internet brosephs. It also kind of seemed like he was trying to cover tracks by creating some sort of documented history of what he says happened. Call me conspiracy crazy but one thing is for sure: none of it adds up.
OM3N wrote: What the fuck just happened? I met a girl and we were digging eachother, we got back to my place, did what we did.
I woke up this morning to screaming in the bathroom, I went in to see what was wrong. FIST TO THE FACE.
DESKTOP+MONITOR thrown onto the floor.
Don't get me wrong I speak Thai very well, but when someone is screaming it in your face.... kinda a different story.
She literally attacked me full force, fists and hair pulling. I held back because I will never hit a woman of course. But shit I have 2 black eyes and a bunch of sore hair...
I told her to stop, or else I will call the police. It actually came down to that.
Fuck my mind is still racing.
WTF just happened????
OM3N wrote: I'll give you all the details I have....
I met her on Khao San Road (bad choice for anyone that knows)
We were talking in a circle at 3 AM (bad choice in retrospect)
The conversation ranged from the return of the fugitive Prime Minister to having a shack on a perfect surfing beach.
Nothing nefarious from the get go...
OM3N wrote: Details...
She was dressed when she was literally dragged away down the hallway past 20 other rooms kicking and screaming. It was not good.
Yes I did have a cockroach problem, I found out where it came from. My shoddy IKEAesque plastic drawers. I spent 6 hours cleaning my place from top to bottom yesterday. I had the awesome idea to slam all of the cockroaches out by slamming it on my balcony. I screamed and freaked out like a little girl. There was like 500 little cockroaches living in the legs of that thing.
Gahhh. It took 6 hours of flowing water down the hollow plastic legs of the thing to flush them out. Good news: I can now open my saran wrap without cockroaches.
As far as the craziness goes I have my girl friend (space between those words is important) here and we are enjoying ourselves.
Edit: She is obsessed with this guy Alex Honnold and insists I post it here,
OM3N wrote: So anyways, I went downstairs last night and she was literally waiting outside the lobby of my building. She threw my cell phone (which I had just realized was missing) at me. Her eye was all messed up (I'm assuming from when she was dragged out the night before) making her look all the more crazy. She started screaming obscenities again until the guards heard her and "guided" her to a taxi.
Looks like I have a psycho-bitch stalker now... Awesome...
redball wrote: Now, Om3n might be a psychopathic rapist. I definitely can't rule that out.
However, I think if you quickly scan the corpus of his posts here you'll find that whenever something wild, interesting, unbelievable happens he tends to post about it here. So, let's assume the best scenario here - that this woman woke up in the morning and something set her off and she went Jerry Springer on Om3n. In that case he would certainly post it here. It's a wild life-event, the kind that you'll be telling people about for years. So, it fits the mold. I'm just saying here that maybe we're not giving Om3n any credit when we jump straight to rape on this one.
Of course, I'm also not reading a lot of compassion or remorse for whatever might have set this girl off. It is possible that you unintentionally raped a woman who was intoxicated in some way and she flipped. It's also possible that she has horrible buyer's remorse and she consensually had sex with you but realized in the morning what a huge mistake for her life that was. I think around here people expect you to show compassion in such a scenario. Even if she's mentally deranged, one could argue that there's better reactions than calling her a psycho-bitch. Perhaps its not a good idea to bother with the character assassination because on this forum that will probably backfire. So, there's that.
I think it's a very fair question, and one you should think long and hard about Om3n, to ask whether there is a chance that you raped someone. I don't think it is a question that it is possible to resolve via public forum discussions. If there's any chance that you did then you will withhold information that might allow us to come to that conclusion. Even if you didn't, some people will assume that you have withheld information and that your lack of publicly disclosed evidence is evidence of your guilt. Trial by public opinion is almost always guilty until proven innocent. It's really hard to prove things like rape where there's no witnesses even when a proper investigation can be done. An Internet forum has no chance, so we'll just fill in the gaps as we please.
Then there is the psychopath rapist thing. That's where you'd rape a girl and kinda want to brag about it, or vent a bit when things don't go so well. So you log into a forum where you can anonymously tell a one-sided depiction of events and hopefully add some sympathy for the devil onto what you've done. Like I said, I don't think that's the case, but I think some people suspect that.
Suffice to say, I highly doubt anything of use will come out of this thread.


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Analysis of MySQL-based data warehouse appliance vendor Kickfire (formerly C2). Related subjects include:
Notes and links October 3 2010
Some notes, follow-up, and links before I head out to California: Read more
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Teradata's future product strategy
I think Teradata's future product strategy is coming into focus. I'll start by outlining some particular aspects, and then show how I think it all ties together.
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|Categories: Business intelligence, Data warehouse appliances, Data warehousing, Kickfire, MicroStrategy, Solid-state memory, Storage, Teradata
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Links and observations
I'm back from a trip to the SF Bay area, with a lot of writing ahead of me. I'll dive in with some quick comments here, then write at greater length about some of these points when I can. From my trip: Read more
|Categories: Analytic technologies, Aster Data, Calpont, Cassandra, Couchbase, Data warehouse appliances, Data warehousing, EMC, Exadata, Facebook, Greenplum, HP and Neoview, Kickfire, NoSQL, OLTP, ParAccel, Sybase, XtremeData
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Kickfire unlikely to survive
Following up on a previous report of Kickfire's troubles — a Kickfire customer tipped me off that Kickfire told him they're selling their IP and engineers, and the Kickfire products will be discontinued.
At this time, I have no idea who the lucky buyer is.
Edit: We now know it's Teradata.
|Categories: Data warehouse appliances, Kickfire, Teradata
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Kickfire update
A Kickfire competitor tipped me off that he got 3 Kickfire salesmen's resumes in 24 hours. I ran this by Kickfire CEO Bruce Armstrong, who confirmed that Kickfire has had a layoff, but gave me no further details.
Bruce also told me that Kickfire is now up to 10 paying customers, and that there are repeat deals.
|Categories: Data warehouse appliances, Data warehousing, Kickfire, Market share and customer counts
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XtremeData update
I talked with Geno Valente of XtremeData tonight. Highlights included:
- XtremeData still hasn't sold any dbX stuff (they've had a side business in generic FPGA-based boards paying the bills for years). Well, there may have been some paid POCs (proofs of concept) or something, but real sales haven't come through yet.
- XtremeData does have three prospects who have said "Yes", and expects one order to come through this month.
- XtremeData continues to believe it shines when:
- Data models are complex
- In particular, there are complex joins
- In particular, two large tables have to be joined with each other, under circumstances where no product can avoid doing vast data redistribution
- XtremeData insists that all the nice things Bill Inmon – including in webinars — has said about it has not been for pay or other similar business compensation. That's quite unusual.
- XtremeData is coming out with a new product, codenamed the Personal Data Warehouse (PDW), which:
- Is ready to go into beta test
- Should be launched in a month and a half or so
- Will have a different name when it is launched
Naming aside, Read more
|Categories: Analytic technologies, Benchmarks and POCs, Data warehouse appliances, Data warehousing, Database compression, Kickfire, Market share and customer counts, Netezza, Pricing, XtremeData
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Comments on a fabricated press release quote
My clients at Kickfire put out a press release last week quoting me as saying things I neither said nor believe. The press release is about a "Queen For A Day" kind of contest announced way back in April, in which users were invited to submit stories of their data warehouse problems, with the biggest sob stories winning free Kickfire appliances. The fabricated "quote" reads: Read more
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Reports of perfectly-balanced hardware configurations are greatly exaggerated
Data warehouse appliance and software appliance vendors like to claim that they've worked out just the right hardware configuration(s), and that a single configuration is correct for a fairly broad range of workloads. But there are a lot of reasons to be dubious about that. Specific vendor evidence includes:
- Teradata ascribes considerable importance to a Virtual Storage technology whose main purpose is to allow mixing of heterogeneous storage devices in a single system. And the discussion rarely suggests that these parts will be in a rigid fixed relationship.
- Netezza — as Teradata keeps reminding me — often sells boxes with the expectation that they won't be filled with data, so as to increase spindle count and hence performance.
- Oracle/Sun have dropped some comments about Exadata being more flexibly configured going forward.
- Kickfire's new "high-end" appliance lets you attach fairly arbitrary amounts of external storage.
- And of course, software-only analytic DBMS vendors run their software in all sorts of hardware and storage environments.
What's more, the claim never made a lot of sense anyway. With the rarest of exceptions, even a single data warehouse's workload will contain different queries that strain different parts of the system in different ratios. Calculating the "ideal" hardware configuration for that single workload would be forbiddingly difficult. And even if one could calculate it, it almost surely would be different than another user's "ideal" configuration. How a single hardware configuration can be "ideally balanced" for a broad class of use cases boggles the imagination.
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Kickfire capacity and pricing
Kickfire's marketing communication efforts are still a work in progress. Kickfire did finally relax its secrecy about FPGA-vs.-custom-silicon – not coincidentally during Netezza's recent publicity cycle. That wise choice helped Kickfire get some favorable attention recently for its technical and market strategy, e.g. from Daniel Abadi, Merv Adrian and, kicking things off — as it were — me. Weeks after a recent Kickfire product release, there's finally a fairly accurate data sheet up, although there's still one self-defeatingly misleading line I'll comment on below. Pricing is a whole other area of confusion, although it seems that current list prices have been inadvertently* leaked in Merv's post linked above, with only one inaccuracy that I can detect.**
*I gather from the company that they forgot to tell Merv pricing was NDA.
** Merv cited a price as "starting" that I believe to be top-of-the-line. No criticism of Merv is implied in that; Kickfire has not been very clear in communicating hard numbers.
All that said, if one takes Kickfire's marketing statements literally, Kickfire list pricing is around $20-50K per terabyte for a few small, fixed, high-performance configurations. That's all-in, for plug-and-play appliances. What's more, that range is based on the actual published user data capacity numbers for various Kickfire models, which I think are low for several reasons:
- Kickfire doesn't officially admit that its model with 14.4 terabytes of disk can manage more than 6 terabytes of data, even though it clearly can.
- Actually, those 14.4 terabytes of disk can be increased or lowered as you choose.
- The basic compression figures implied in those calculations seem conservative.
- Compression figures are a lot more conservative yet, in that Kickfire assumes you'll have a lot of actual indexes on your data. I'm not sure that's necessary for most workloads.
|Categories: Columnar database management, Data warehouse appliances, Data warehousing, Database compression, Kickfire, Pricing
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Infobright notes
I had lunch w/ Bob Zurek and Susan Davis of Infobright today. This wasn't primarily a briefing, but a few takeaways are:
- Infobright now has >100 paying customers.
- Typical database size is from the low 100s of gigabytes to the low single-digit number of terabytes.
- Agile development is at or approaching two-week release cycles.
- Like Kickfire, Infobright has a multi-year deal with MySQL that insulates it against many potential Oracle/MySQL shenanigans.
- From an industry perspective, Infobright's customer base sounds a lot like other vendors':
- Data mart outsourcing/online analytics
- Log files for websites
- Telecommunications
- Financial services
- OEM, especially in the markets cited above
- "Hey, we're beginning to see the occasional energy deal"
- A few random others
- Infobright is seeing some household-name customers, who surely have big-name analytic DBMS products, but who also have a policy that open source is the default choice, and if open source can get the job done then the favorite closed-source choices aren't used.
- Infobright has the usual open-source community story — lots of involvement and engagement in the forums, but contributions are limited mainly to connectivity, utility scripts, etc. (Maybe some national language translation too; I'm not sure.)
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Friday, 09/27/1985
Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Set 1: Low Rider Jam > Big Leg Emma, Wild Child, Bluegrass, Camel Walk, Possum[1], Fire, SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light, In the Midnight Hour
Set 2: Melt the Guns[2] > T.V. Theme[3], Sneakin' SallySneakin' Sally Through the Alley[4], Prep School Hippie[5]
Set 3: Mike'sMike's Song > DEGDave's Energy Guide, McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Cities, Anarchy, Revolution, Anarchy[6], Revolution[7], MakisupaMakisupa Policeman
[1] First known version.
[2] First known version; with a macaroni and cheese vocal jam. Audience shook boxes of macaroni and cheese.
[3] First known version. Audience shook boxes of macaroni and cheese.
[4] Audience shook boxes of macaroni and cheese.
[5] First known public performance.
[6] Sung as "Sex Mob"
[7] Sung as "Dead Cops"
Average Song Gap: 6.56
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Jeff Holdsworth
Notes: This show was performed on the Redstone campus, is likely incomplete based on song and tape cuts, and may have been two sets instead of three. This show featured the first known performances of Possum, Melt the Guns, and T.V. Theme and the first known public performance of Prep School Hippie. Boxes of macaroni and cheese were passed out to the audience to shake along with the band during Melt the Guns, T.V. Theme, and Sneakin' Sally. Melt the Guns included a macaroni and cheese vocal jam. Anarchy and Revolution were performed twice with the second versions being sung as "Sex Mob" and "Dead Cops" respectively. Trey jokingly introduced McGrupp as "Love the One You're With." The segue between McGrupp and Cities included a jam that would eventually become the end of David Bowie. The band handed out boxes of macaroni and cheese during Melt the Guns for the audience to use as shakers. The source of this setlist is phish.com.
Song Distribution:
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 The White Tape
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Much of Spielberg's "Lincoln" occurs in Lincoln's office, a location recreated in every detail, including its wallpaper and the tick of Lincoln's pocket watch. The director, accustomed to dressing comfortably on set, came to work each day wearing a suit in order to better help his actors stay in character.
Based in part on "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the film focuses on the months that followed Lincoln's re-election - a period when the Civil War seemed near its end, prompting the president to seek the passage of the 13th Amendment that would abolish slavery. Lincoln believed that those opposed to its passage could only be persuaded to vote in its favor as a means to end the Civil War. Should the war end without passing the amendment, then the country would remain so divided that neither the union, nor the peace, would stand. To achieve his goal, Lincoln undertook a campaign of lies, bribery and threats, that included the delay of a negotiated peace, prior to passing the amendment.
The script and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance depict Lincoln's tough-mindedness. This quality quietly materializes from the president's sidelong glances, or arises from a folksy anecdote used by Lincoln to make his point.
The president's unconditional love is mainly reserved for his young son Tad, a boy Lincoln indulges without apology.
Mary Todd Lincoln, referred to as Molly by her husband, is sympathetically portrayed by Sally Field, who lobbied Spielberg for the role, claiming she felt a connection to Lincoln's wife. Field's bond with the character exceeds that felt by Lincoln, a figure uncomfortable with intimate relationships. Lincoln fails to confide his political intentions to his wife and is loath to incur her wrath or to confront her raw, powerful emotions.
Tommy Lee Jones makes an unexpectedly welcome choice for Thaddeus Stevens, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee whose wig was shaped the same way all around so that he need not pay attention to how it was placed upon his head. Passionate on the subject of equality for all races, Stevens admonishes Lincoln, "I lead. You should try it some time." Lincoln prefers to cajole and threaten, but when it comes to securing a favorable vote for abolition, Stevens humorously misrepresents his true feelings, in order to make the amendment more palatable to his fellow congressmen.
Lincoln's subterfuge even extends to his loyal secretary of state, William Seward. Portrayed with both deference and indignation by David Strathairn, rather than struggle with the ethics of Lincoln's omissions, Seward fears that Lincoln's maneuvering will be exposed, and therefore prevent the amendment from passing.
Director Spielberg makes plentiful use of conjecture in an effort to prove that our 16th and most beloved president, was a saint despite his unethical practices. So what happened to our right to examine the facts and draw our own conclusions? Has Mr. Spielberg forgotten that "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time?"


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News 12 First at Five / Friday, April 12, 2013
Augusta, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Hepzibah High School student who died during practice for a beauty pageant at Paine College was laid to rest Friday.
The clouds covered the skies as friends and family walked into the Paine College Chapel, but as the service began the sun broke through and the celebration began for family and friends of the 17 year old.
"She was an angel present here on earth and she would always give,"
said, Wiochelle Jordan who is Fredricia Rouse's older sister. The 17 year old passed away last week after collapsing in the Paine College Chapel, but today that very same chapel was a place to celebrate her life.
Rouse's classmates at Hephzibah High School sang songs and brought Friday night's prom, that she was suppose to attend, to her celebration. Her high school friends were not the only ones at the service. Hundreds filled the chapel, including some who didn't even know her personally.
The family says today's service maybe called something else to others but for the them it's a home going celebration. The celebration and remembrance of life won't end at Friday's services. Rouse's sister says the family has a lot more planned.
"My mother and I decided to do a scholarship for the Upward Bound Program at Paine College; and also a scholarship for the Hephzibah High School," said Jordan.
However, the scholarship has already received it's first donor.
"Fredricia actually has money in an account that we are going to put towards that because that's something we know Fredricia would want to do," said her sister.
Even though she's gone, Rouse will help others for a long time to come.
The family tells News12 they still have not received the autopsy results, but are hoping to get them soon.
If you're interested in donating to Fredricia's scholarship contact Mrs. Carlyle, at Paine College.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Kurt Busch grew up glued to the TV, watching the Indianapolis 500 with his father, and he remembered the fervor caused in 1993 when Emerson Fittipaldi bypassed the usual celebratory post-race beverage for a swig of orange juice instead of milk.
"Oh, dad, I didn't know you had a choice. I'd drink OJ over milk," Busch said.
Tom Busch quickly set him straight: "No, son. You drink milk."
It was a crash course for a young Busch on a meaningful Indy lesson: Don't mess with tradition when everyone is watching.
"It just goes to show how much people care about what you do at Indy," Busch said.
Fans certainly care this weekend about Kurt Busch, and so do his fellow drivers. On Sunday, Busch will try to conquer the Mount Everest of motor sports by finishing all 1,110 miles of the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in Concord, North Carolina, a race against the clock as much as the one to the checkered flags.
"I can't wait to watch and pull for him," NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "He's representing the entire sport. Whether he knows it or not, he's got a lot of people, drivers, crew and just about everyone on the infield pulling for him to do well because he is representing all of us."
Busch has been auto racing's cover boy for more than a month, and the networks are ready to roll for the first attempt at The Double since 2004. Fox plans to have a camera in place for his made-for-TV landing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, said Steve Craddock, Fox senior vice president of NASCAR Production.
"We'll take his story and see how far it goes," he said.
Whether it translates to the bank for the two series or the networks is an open question.
The Indy 500 is easily the most-watched race in IndyCar, and the Coca-Cola 600 is traditionally a big Memorial Day weekend draw. Busch could likely put more eyes on the NASCAR race with a strong finish at Indy, which starts at noon Eastern and will be shown on ABC. An early wreck in the 500, and the Busch buzz will fade before the green flag drops at Charlotte six hours later.
CMS President and CEO Marcus Smith said there were "special things" planned for Busch at CMS should he complete all 1,100 miles. Busch's arrival by helicopter at Charlotte, just past the start/finish line, will surely make highlight reels. Fox will use a blimp to track Busch on his way to CMS.
NBC will air an all-access look into Busch's doubleheader in a special June 8. NBC has good reason to be in the Busch business: NASCAR and NBC Sports Group reached a 10-year agreement that grants NBCUniversal exclusive rights to the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and other live content beginning in 2015.
But it has really been Busch and his team spearheading the publicity. The Double wasn't promoted much at either speedway. No banners, no ads, no "Home of the Double" signs. The races in different series air on different networks, and Busch will drive for different manufacturers (IndyCar, Honda; NASCAR, Chevrolet) which has complicated a cross promotional blowout of the feat.
If Busch is successful, say, a pair of top-10 finishes, he may open the door for other drivers to give the doubleheader a go.
"Maybe one day, one of us will get that opportunity to see what it really is like," defending IndyCar champion Scott Dixon said.


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CASTRO VALLEY -- Golfers are fretting that Castro Valley's sole public course may shut down when its lease expires later this year.
The regional park district has told golfers for more than two years that it wants to keep Willow Park Golf Course running, but no operator has been chosen, said the president of a golfers club.
"Here we are at the eleventh hour with no confirmation. We are skeptical and disappointed by the lack of progress and communication," said Steve Falzone, president of Willow Park Golf Club.
The 18-hole golf course will remain open, said Bob Doyle, East Bay Regional Park District's general manager.
"Believe you me, one way or another, we'll keep it open," Doyle said. "We know we have a facility people want to keep running. It's a very beautiful little site, in a secluded area surrounded by parks."
Willow Park is on the east side of Chabot Regional Park. "There's always deer, turkeys and geese on the course," Falzone said. "It's a lovely course."
Willow Park Golf Course opened in 1966, and its 50-year lease runs out at the end of November. The regional park district is just beginning to seek a new vendor. Golfers question whether there's enough time to get an operator before the lease expires.
Bid solicitation has been pushed back repeatedly, and lack of information has hampered the park district, Doyle said.
A preliminary request for bids is being reviewed and may be posted this week.
According to the district document, the course logged 40,000 rounds in 2013, up from 37,000 rounds the previous year but down from the late 1990s and early 2000s, when annual play was close to 50,000 rounds.
The new operator would have to upgrade the irrigation system and make other improvements that will cost more than $2 million, according to the district document.
Many public golf courses have struggled during the economic downtown. Antioch's Lone Tree Golf Course receives a $276,000 city subsidy, and Pittsburg outsourced its public course in 2009 to help trim a general fund deficit.
Alameda's city-owned Chuck Corica Golf Complex is bringing in less money and fewer rounds, and the city recently brought in a company to manage it.
The Hayward park district's two public courses are beginning to see a slight increase in players, said its golf supervisor. But estimated revenues are not expected to cover costs this year, said Dan Giammona, manager of golf operations in Hayward.
"Golf's a very competitive industry. A lot of golf courses were built in the 1980s and '90s, and some of those haven't been able to sustain themselves," he said. "The older courses have to do a lot of things to compete and always make improvements."
Regional park officials also have been delayed in soliciting bids for Willow Park because they are dealing with other challenges, including trying to keep as many recreation facilities as possible open during the drought, Doyle said.
"We're a very big agency, and we've been very busy. We manage 113,000 acres in 65 parks," Doyle said.
Falzone's club usually conducts its membership drive and schedules its annual tournaments for the year in September. "We can't do anything until we know if the course will be open," he said. "If golfers leave, they're gone. It's like retail; trying to get them back is twice as hard."
The current Willow Park vendor does not plan to bid for a new contract, according to a letter sent earlier this year by general manager Rene Viviani to golfers. Viviani declined to comment for this story, saying an attorney had advised him not to.
Viviani and the district are in a legal dispute over flooding at the course several years ago, Doyle said.
The golf course is on watershed land owned by the East Bay Municipal Utility District, which leases the range to the park district.
An East Bay MUD director expressed frustration at the delay.
"I'm doing everything I can to get the ball rolling," said Frank Mellon, Ward No. 7 director who golfs at Willow Park. "But in the end, it's up to East Bay Parks."
The district will find a temporary operator, Doyle said.
"If there's any lapse, it will be tiny," he said. "It is certainly our goal to keep it open."
Contact Rebecca Parr at 510-293-2473 or follow her at Twitter.com/rdparr1.


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SAN JOSE -- Electric guitars wailed and saxophones grooved, and barbecue smoke wafted over music lovers, as dozens of musicians jammed as they have every summer for three decades at an automotive junkyard.
"Anyone is welcome, but the whole idea is to unite musicians, young and old," said Jimmy "J.D." de Leon, a 64-year-old, soft-spoken, retired county transit worker and Army veteran who still plays guitar in his newest rhythm and blues band, Stone Cold.
The jam session and picnic are known affectionately as "Day on the Dirt." That's because it's held on the gravel and dirt grounds of a salvage yard owned by De Leon's brother, who dismantles old vehicles for proper recycling. Longtime participants said they used to kick up clouds of dust, but now they have a temporary wooden dance floor. Still, the yard is on a gritty street south of downtown lined with repair shops and other salvage yards.
On a warm midsummer weekend, not a smidgen of dust managed to settle on the beige, thinly pinstriped pants and vest that De Leon wore over a pink, long-sleeve shirt with a pointy collar. The dashing gentleman wore black and white wingtip shoes and a black fedora and sported dark sunglasses.
"Lots of people tell me I'm the only Mexican who can out-dress a black man," he teased with a barrio homeboy's smart smile.
Tradition continues
De Leon started organizing the jams in the early to mid-1980s when his brother's auto yard was in southeast San Jose. As much as it now is a gathering of musicians he's come to know, the event also pays homage to his late father, Vicente de Leon. A trumpet player in swing and Mexican bands, the elder De Leon also used to gather his musician pals to play at a place in East San Jose nicknamed "The Hole."
De Leon figures he's just continuing the tradition. The first band to play Sunday blasted his ears out with heavy metal.
"The genre of the music here is wide open," he said. "My dad and my grandfather did the same thing. It's like a rite of passage, picking up the next generation."
De Leon has played with more than a few R&B bands, but if he had a brush with fame, it was when he was in the eighth grade. Back then, the young guitar player could perfectly perform Chuck Berry riffs, skip across stage just like the rock 'n' roll legend, and then top it off by doing a back flip while playing the guitar behind his back.
When promoters from music television shows heard about him, De Leon told them his whole band had to come along. But the promoters wanted only him, he said, and never called back.
After high school, De Leon served in the Army in Germany during the early 1970s before settling back in San Jose. He said he has no regrets about missing his big chance in showbiz.
"If I had gone that way I'd be a washed up musician," he said. "At my age now, I'm fresh."
Every year, the jam session gets a little bigger and a bit more organized. Several dozen amateur and professional musicians took turns playing '70s rock, R&B, Latin cumbia, Tejano, Ladance tunes and heavy metal.
The audience was a mix of fellow musicians and longtime friends, who brought their own folding chairs and beverage coolers. Dress was informal. More than a dozen Harley-Davidson motorcycles were parked by the front gate, including a sleek, blue beauty owned by De Leon.
"A lot of us have played together in different bands, but it's great when we get to play for each other," said Marti Gutierrez, vocalist for the band Graywolf, who said she met De Leon several years ago when they both played at a benefit honoring a fellow musician who had died.
Motion music
Many of the musicians were older, too. Some said they've known De Leon since they were students at local high schools in the 1960s. Like De Leon, several said they have been performing on and off for decades at local clubs, festivals and parties.
"There's so much good music here in San Jose, but sometimes it's hard to find the right combination of talent," said Ramon Jordan, a drummer and retired carpenter with a graying ponytail.
Tapping his right foot as he listened to a hard rock band called Jurimiko, Jordan said he met several musicians on Saturday with whom he hoped to play in the future. Shortly before taking the stage himself, with a group called Under Pressure, Jordan admitted they hadn't played together in several months.
"We're going to go up there and wing it, and I'm pretty sure it's going to feel good," he vowed.
De Leon doesn't charge admission; he said the event relies on donations and volunteers. He's launching a nonprofit, called Music in Motion, with hopes of creating a video archive of interviews with local musicians.
"Doing all this takes a lot of work," said David Rosas, a 58-year-old contractor and part-time musician who was sitting with friends about 30 feet from the stage. Earlier, Rosas had pointed to De Leon and said, "This guy's a giver. He's got a big heart."
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francessmom: I use a Garmin watch with HRM that I bought at Costco. They have a similar one on their website www.costco.com for $159 including HRM. Wirelessly downloads all the data from your run to their website and then you can analyze all the data you could ever imagine. At first it is daunting because their is so much info but you can quickly figure out what you want to see. They also have an app for your phone that synchronizes with your account.
Francesmom - i love mapmyrun because sometimes my smartphone app is,well, wrong. I used to log my workouts on Active but they discontinued that feature so I moved my log to Runners World. It's a free log and I actually like it better.
OldCoyote - why don't people ever accept what's offered graciously? Because you know if he'd fallen through the ice, he would have complained "nobody warned me" Still, I'm glad you didn't have to kick his @$$ in self-defense.
We got several inches of snow last night - it came up over my hiking boots (4-5 inches maybe?). Walked to church and back (about 1/2 mile each way) then spent 1.5 hours shoveling wet, heavy snow. I was going to head to the Y but might just let all that shoveling count as "cross-training".
So I managed to run outside this morning on black ice and snow without falling. Came home and posted on this forum. Then fell down the basement steps!
My feet slipped out from under me and I landed on my left glute and my left wrist. Nice big ugly bruises and I feel pretty sore. It hurts to sit!
Deb - I love MapMy Run - I use it to log all my workouts - yoga, zumba, dog walks, etc. They have a nice way of calcualting calories burned. And everything is listed on the My Workouts Calender with weekly totals. I just worry that if they redo the site again all my data will be lost again.
Melody - Sounds like snow removal is the cross training workout of the week! I used to use a spreadsheet to track mileage, but I got a new computer and didn't move over the file. I will try the glasses over the scarf. Our temps here are nothing compared to 2 degrees! Yikes! Stay warm!
Linus - I've looked at gps type devices. I am not a huge tech person. But I may consider something like that. I have a birthday in febuary.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
6/11/2011 - Warrior Dash Pennsylvania - 52:26
8/7/2011 - Danskin Sherox Triathlon Philadelphia - 1:54:16
11/5/2011 - Penn Homecoming 5K - 28:46
11/13/11 - Media Mud Stain 5 mile - 53:39
05/06/2012 - Broad Street Run 10 Mile - 1:36:11
06/03/12 - See Chicks Run 10 K - 54:23
09/16/12 - Rock & Roll Half Marathon Philadelphia - 2:03:07
7.2 miles 60 min. Cold.
I fell on the ice thurs. and back is still stiff. Not much pain I'm just not flexible.
GPS doesn't work here. You lose signal.
NHLA - In Australia the tracks go clockwise
Francessmom - I use Runner's World's log, too. It is exportable to a spreadsheet. Yikes! Careful on the stairs
melodylea - Stay warm!
DebM - I'd say that counts as a workout
Linuscatch - I just today realized QQ is on a Saturday. I was thisclose to being a day late for the race...
By the way, everyone - Coyotes avoid conflict with other, larger predators by running. Although if it came down to it, I can kick pretty hard!
Plan today was park the car at the rec center, go run 30 minutes, and then hit the hot tub. When I got there the wind had picked up and I wimped out so I did a TM run. Sweated like a racehorse. I SHOULD have run in the wind! Anyway, 3.6 miles 33:30. 2% grade setting to simulate wind resistance.Then I showered and made the circuit of steam room, sauna, and spa. Nice...
Tomorrow I plan to hit the trail about 11:15 pm and be on top of Castle Rock by midnight, count down, and run back home. I may need to take a nap, as I''m really night a night person
Run Free!
FranMom, i swear by my Iphone so not much help. I also use a Motoactv but a Garmin or Timex can do the same, keep track of each run and upload. It's great time to start! I just checked the stats and I am five miles short of 700 m for the year. It couldn't be something harder like 25. I feel like crap but I've got give this a try. You are Sooo fast!! I am impressed!!
You guys' talk about meeting up at the Philly RnR made me spend the last 24 hrs mapping races onto my calendar bc the AF HM registration opens Tues and guess what? It's 6 days after the Philly RnR. But, I think I can do it and running Philly in September will free up the Nov. 24th weekend for the Route 66 HM. My original plan was to run the MCM bc I really want a medal from the Marine Corps Marathon but Scott advised against running two fulls in one year and I'm going to train for the full pig. Ew, that makes me nervous just writing it. But, realistically if I don't make the full this spring, I will still have Detroit, Columbus or Chicago in the fall. The MCM will sell out.
Linus - Bengals just keep getting lucky. At least they aren't the Iigles!
OC - re: your invite to the dunce, I don't understand men. I'd have been happy knowing he could fall in once I'd warned him if he talked to me that way. Glad he wasn't crazy enough to come after you. Are you still trying to run every day? My Dad used to wrap his feet in bread bags before putting on his boots and I never understood. It seemed to me like the plastic would make his feet sweat and he'd be slip sliding around in his own cold wet sweat. Re: attire, do you find you "feel" colder at the same temp when the sun is not out
Julie, you are fast, no?
Mel, your memorial sounds wonderful! So glad the weather didn't interfere!!
Jm, great runs as usual!
Dan, a practice run at 15 degrees? Good for you planning ahead!
Az, your post made me laugh. It started out sounding like a traditional Catholic confession. They taught us to start by saying, "Bless me Father, for I have sinned and it has been ___days since my last confession."
You are logging some great trail runs!!
NHLA- steady Freddy. Sorry about your fall! Was wondering about lock laces as I stopped twice on last run. Thanks for that! when is the snow too deep to run in sneakers? I bought Yaktrax but am thinking the shoes are still going to get really wet.
Hoping to hear from everyone else sooner or later.
Run Strong and fierce!!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
When the snow gets deep (8" or more) I wear my Lowa's and waterproof socks. Football field is a good place to run in the snow.
No run for me today. I kind of ache all over.
I have used lock laces while doing triathlons for the easy-on aspect. But I love them for running too. You can order online or the New Balance Store near me has them or a similar version a bit less expensive. They also work well in kids shoes.
Mary Kay - Where do you live? AF HM is in Dayton. I would love to meet up with you and Linus or anyone who races in/ near Philly. I am definitely going to do the RNR HM provided I remain injury free. I hope you were able to get in the last 5 miles today.
Coyote - What a fantastic way to welcome the new year. But, PLEASE, don't fall off any fiscal cliffs!
NHLA - I googled Lowa's, they look like hikers. Are they waterproof and good for running in?
Happy New Year, Runners!
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
6/11/2011 - Warrior Dash Pennsylvania - 52:26
8/7/2011 - Danskin Sherox Triathlon Philadelphia - 1:54:16
11/5/2011 - Penn Homecoming 5K - 28:46
11/13/11 - Media Mud Stain 5 mile - 53:39
05/06/2012 - Broad Street Run 10 Mile - 1:36:11
06/03/12 - See Chicks Run 10 K - 54:23
09/16/12 - Rock & Roll Half Marathon Philadelphia - 2:03:07
Hello my friends! I've been off the board for a while now, but not off the pavement. I did have to take a 2 week break after a minor surgery in early December, but I've been back and getting some runs in. I was in northern California last week, celebrating Christmas with my family. It was an awesome time. I even got a couple of runs in, one with my eldest sister who is doing the C25K program. I told her I'd come back to run her first 5k with her. She actually did over 5 miles on the treadmill and was so proud when I told her she'd practically run a 10k, twice the distance she's training for! I'm so proud of her.
I haven't read through the pages and know I've missed a lot, but I wanted to stop by to wish you all a Happy New Year. For all of the good and bad I've personally experienced this year, 2012 was a truly amazing year. I'm so thankful to God for this board, as being a part of this; having your encouragement, motivation and inspiration was a big part of my running success. I really appreciate each of you and look forward to sharing more about my running successes/failures/frustrations and reading about and encouraging you through yours. May 2013 be your best year yet. Virtual hugs to each of you. Cheers!
Oh and Happy running.
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This morning was my coldest run this season! It was about 7 degrees with the wind-chill, but I was dressed for it and was comfortable. My little dog had her red coat and "Musher's Wax" ointment on her feet since the roads were so salty-slushy. It was a good 3 miles, but my legs felt a little sluggish in the cold. My arms and shoulder are wonderfully sore from wrangling the snow-blower yesterday.
Francessmom Bummer about the fall! Dang. You're hurting from the fall, or getting sick??
Old Coyote That's so cool that you're doing a midnight run, what great way to greet the new year!!
mkayc Hi girl! Wow, just thinking about two full marathons in one year is SO impressive. I love that you've mapped out your year with races.
NHLA Watch that ice and keep flying across the snow like you do.
NRDgirl **Waves** Your visit to Cali. sounds super. That's my old stomping grounds...I ran my only marathon in the redwoods about 30+ years ago. Kudos to your sis and good on you for supporting her!
Happy New year, team!
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
melodylea: You are braver than me...no way am I running outdoors if it's 7 degrees no matter how many layers I have on! I admire your commitment!
nrdgirl: good to hear from you...and way to be there for your sis!
francessmom: ouch! Hope you feel better soon.
nhla: see my comment to melody above...no way am I running in 8" of snow no matter what kind of gear I have!
mkayc: 700 miles for the year...very impressive especially considering some of the down time you have had this year. Lucky or not, it's good to have the Bengals in the post season again. Now if they can only win a postseason game...
coyote: you are more clever than me with the idiot on the ice...wonder if he made it home or not? Sounds like a good day at the gym yesterday. Have a great run tonight. Think it is a full moon, or close to it so should be very cool!
debm: I think shoveling snow can be a better workout overall than running sometimes...as long as you don't get hurt.
90 minute massage on Saturday was awesome! Think I will do that more often. Went out for a short run yesterday morning but had no plan. Given how badly my planned "slow" run went on Saturday, I decided to run fast - not nhla fast, or jmsab fast, or francessmom fast, but fast for me. Ran 2 miles at 10k effort in a little over 18 minutes. Then went to corepower yoga with DW and got a really good workout. Was only my second time doing yoga, but I plan to make it a regular part of my routine in 2013.
Rest day today. Happy New Years, all!
Hello and Holiday Greetings to everyone! I have been off of my usual schedule the last 2 weeks with all of the holiday visiting/running around etc but managed to get in a couple of treadmill runs so I know I'm not completely turning into a fluffball. I'm participating in the "Dashing All the Weigh" challenge at my Y, which encourages participants to at a minimum maintain, but preferably lose, weight over the holidays. Weigh out is the end of this week, I think I'll be ok. I got on the scale when I got home from a long Christmas weekend at my parents' and had only gained 1.5 lbs, whew!
I'll be starting the New Year off with a fun 5k Color Run. I bet I'm going to want to get through with it pretty quickly, the temps are going to be around 10 degrees with a 5-10 mph wind - BRR!! I've planned some layers but don't want my 'good' running gear turned into a multi-colored mess. The cold does not sound like any fun at all but I bet everything else will be fun, hopefully enough to make up for freezing!
Best Wishes to Everyone for a happy, healthy New Year!
New Year's Color Run (5k) - 01/01/13
Oshkosh Half-Marathon - 04/21/13
linuscatch - from Boulder Trail Runners email:
Hey friends!
It's New Year's Eve! Some of us will run anyway...
For this week's Monday Mellow Run we'll meet at the Marshall Mesa trail head at 6:30 p.m. for an easy-going, rolling run of about an hour.
The Marshall Mesa parking lot is near the corner of Eldorado Springs Rd. & CO93:
MaryK - I decided running every day is not good for this 49 year old man! But I have been getting in consistent 35-40 mile weeks. So far my wool socks have kept me warm enough. Wool stays warm when it's wet, and if the moisture gets bothersome I may line my shoes with duct tape. And yes, it is much colder when the sun is not out, but I've been out in the cold so much lately I'm getting well acclimated. Night runs help.
Francessmom - Don't worry, I won't get close to the edge. I'm mildly acrophobic. I do OK as long as I don't...look...down.
melodylea - Way to go in the frozen tundra! Getting ready for the Iditarod?
NRDGirl and OshCat - Good to hear from you!
Have a great New Year's Eve, all, and I'll report in tomorrow.
10.5 miles 1 hr 30 min
Fran Lowa's are hikers but I can run in them. They make them with or without goretex. I choose without. The cabelas waterproof socks keep feet dry and I have gators.
Mel that's cold.
NHLA - Gotta love Gore-Tex
Got out of the house a bit later than I'd hoped, but it turned out to be just in time. 34 minutes to the top of the Castle, arriving at 11:59. I saw the fireworks in Denver and Thornton, and reflections from a show west of Lookout Mountain. I shouted good riddance to 2012, had a little nip of Yukon Jack (appropriate for the weather!) and ran back. 6.33 miles, 68 minutes. It turns out there is a weather station pretty much at the trailhead, so I can say with confidence that it was 15 degrees, 93% humidity, and wind at 2 to 3 mph. The moon was 82% full, and the rocky trails were softened with snow. For a majority of the run I turned off my headlamp and just ran in the moonlight. THAT'S what being a coyote is all about! The first living creatures I saw this year were about a dozen mule deer, which is a much better way to start a year than surrounded by drunken humans . Happy New Year, runners, and Run Free!
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BRCC early registration begins Monday
Published: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.
Early registration at Blue Ridge Community College begins Monday. Students who complete the application process early, including pre-enrollment placement testing, will receive an invitation to register Monday through Aug. 8. The fall semester begins Aug. 15.
BRCC is seeking approval from the State Board of Community Colleges to launch an associate degree in brewing, fermentation and distillation in August. After final approval, the college will begin accepting enrollment applications on July 22.
A new diploma program in alternative transportation technology will also begin next month, as well as expanded offerings in collision repair, office administration, engineering and welding. Broad offerings in online classes are available, including the criminal justice/latent evidence associate degree program, which is available online only.
A wide range of new continuing education courses in culinary and 3D printing will also be offered in the fall.
Students in need of financial aid are encouraged to complete the application process now. Information about the financial aid process is also available for prospective students at www.blueridge.edu. Students who register early may enroll in the college's payment plan program.
Prospective students with questions should call Student Services at BRCC at 828-694-1800 or 883-2520 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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