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I hate to ask stupid questions but I'm lost. I'm a 35 years old, female, 5'8", and 208 lbs. Am I too big to run? Everyone keeps telling me to walk or do the ellipitical trainer first and then when I lose some weight, I can run. But I don't want to do that unless I have to. I've never been this big before but 6 years ago I used running and eating right to go from 178 lbs to 145 lbs and I would like to do it again. I hate too much structure so the 2 minute, 1 minute thing would drive me nuts. What I want to do is just get outside and exercise for 30 minutes, running when I can and walking when I can't. I would do that 3 times a week.
What do you think?
I was in much the same boat as you when I started back two years ago. Had some background in running but had dropped out and gained weight. I didn't know anything about C25K so I just did things my own way, building distance at my own pace. Things seem to have worked out really well for me. I've been running for almost two years, have a nice solid base, have done a handful of half marathons, one full one (getting ready to start training for my second) and a smattering of shorter races.
I was 6'1" at over 285 when I started so I'm thinking you're not too big by any standard, just make sure you get your doc's ok before getting started.
I was dubious about running too! I'm 33 and 5'7 and 221 (down from 244 in Jan) and it really has helped me lose weight more than any other exercise. If you've been checked by a doctor and it doesn't hurt, go fer it!
DO it, BUT DO it slowly.
the #1 anyone has with a "new' excercise program is too much too soon. What happens sooooo many times is people feel good, overdo it, end up injured, and then now you're stuck back on the couch and now you are bumming out because you can't do anything.
I very much agree w/ the walking and elliptical, they are excellent augments to the overall "plan". Weights would be good too (add muscle = adding calorie burning AT REST). Cycling, Swimming these are far better than running for big folk, because less impact.
I'm 229 down from 322. It took me 18months to get into serious, regular running. Now, 2-3 hour runs are no problem. Just take 'er slow
welcome back!
I got back into running a few years ago after a 5 year layoff and gaining 75 pounds (5-10, 175 to 250lbs). When I started back running it like starting from scratch and I could barely run a 100 yards. I hate structure too, so I just went out on the local trails and would do the run/walk but didn't care how soon I needed to slow down for the walk. I was surprised that within a few months I wasn't walking anymore and my runs were getting up in the 5 to 6 mile range.
The key is listening to your body and staying injury free.... keep your pace slow and use short strides until your body gets use to running again.
Thanks for the support everyone. It's nice to know that so many people were just where I was and look at everyone now - kicking butt and taking names. I bought a great pair of NB 1061 the other day so I'm ready to rumble. Friday I couldn't get myself to actually walk out the door but today I plan to go to the park after work. Wish me luck!
Originally posted by cerene:
Thanks for the support everyone. It's nice to know that so many people were just where I was and look at everyone now - kicking butt and taking names. I bought a great pair of NB 1061 the other day so I'm ready to rumble. Friday I couldn't get myself to actually walk out the door but today I plan to go to the park after work. Wish me luck!
How did it go?
I just want to encourage you a little more...
I ran two marathons as a clydesdale. One at 218. The second at the weight you are now. A year before I ran the first. I weighed 237 pounds, am 5'9" tall, and I smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. When I told the guys at work I wanted to run the LA Marathon next year. There was a roar of laughter in the room. One year later there was respect.
A few years later. My job became so demanding that it ruined any healthy lifestyle I could possibly practice. I gained weight. Left the job. Gained even more weight. Then found out I had diabetes because I was losing my eye sight. I had also been losing weight. Discovered the weight loss was uncontrollable. Again...taking care of myself in reality, cured the diabetes. I put a stop to the weight loss at 180 pounds. Then got lower controllaby. I did this through good rest, eating right, and running. I couldn't run at first. The diabetes had eaten up my legs too badly. So I walked. And ran a little....as much as I could. Just like you're doing now. Well...one morning I went to breakfast and saw on the TV that they were going to interview a guy who runs all night long. I ran at night. Lived at night. My breakfast was after working all night. Had three nights a week off work. Well...knowing that guy might be out there encouraged me. That night I left home at about 11pm. Started walking. Then, in the middle of that walk. I ran one mile for the first time in a long time. Then walked till I went into low blood sugar. I call it "white terror". I walked the 8/10's of a mile back to my apartment as effeceintly as I possibly could. I did around 7 miles total. I broke my diabetes that night. The doctor had to take me off medication completely. 14 months later I ran a 50K Ultra. The interview guy from above is a well known Ultra runner.
I also wanted to add. I remember seeing a guy who is the(?) world record masters holder for the marathon. Either way, he is really fast. a 3 hour marathon. He has no structure whatsoever to his workouts. He just spends a certain number of hours a day running. Doesn't keep track of mileage or anything. Just goes out and enjoys his run.
I hope this helped encourage you. You're fine not worrying about any structure to your workout. The important thing is like nike says: Just do it.
When being chased by a bear...You don't have to outrun the bear. You just have to outrun the other guy.
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I didn't realize I was a Clysesdale!!!
I started running five years ago. I ran a mile and was sore for most of the week. Little by little I've added mileage. I also run everyother day.
Now, I run five miles without stopping. I'm 6' 1". Five years ago I weighed 275. Now, I'm 230.
Picking up two jelly donuts and a coffee on the way to work everyday was the other thing I cut out.
Keep up the running.
I ran my first 5 marathons at 220, within the first 2 years of returning to running. No one dared tell me anything like that. They'd been talking to my hand, behind my back, coughing in the dust. 3:52 is not bad for a big boy either.
One more story here for you.
I was a two pack a day smoker, an alcoholic, depressed and topped the scale at 400lbs. I'll post a couple of pics, just for some credibility.
Anyway, I decided I had enough, it was time to do something or die trying. I've spent the first 27yrs. of my life as a fat kid, a fat teenager and a fat adult with all that comes with it. I did a little research, found coolrunning and the newbie forum and posted for some advice. I sh*t you not, the first day I tried to run, I could not jog 30 feet. But everyday I went back out and went just a little bit further.
My family told me I was going to have a heart attack. My friends told me I was going to blow out my knees. My doctor told me I was going to have back problems. My body told me everything hurt, I would bleed from the chaffeing and every morning it would take what seemed like an eternity to get out of bed due to the pain. Sometimes being stubborn pays off, I went out every day and ran around a little track in the park that was 5 and 1/3 laps for one mile. It took months to actually 'jog' that first mile but I did it. Everyday I went out there, people would stare, make comments, some would be supportive but many would look at me like they were watching a train wreck unfold in front of their eyes, which they were.
I kept at it, learned a few things on the way you'll need to learn. Proper shoes, hydration, hydration, hydration, dieting, resting, following a traning plan, cross training, associating with other runners (this was a big one as no one in my life ran) and listening to your body.
So at age 29 and almost 120lbs. lighter, I finished my first half and since have completed two more. Now at age 30 and almost 150lbs. lighter, I will attempt my first full marthon in Feb. I currently weigh in at 255lbs. but hope to be 250 by Feb., if I can make it through the holidays. !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!
Take heart, when you finally believe in yourself, you will do it.
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Friday, 20th May, 2005, 07:26 PM #121
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I enjoy creeping my players out with little details that have no obvious meaning. For example, while in a town where a murderer was causing a stir they were asked to help with the investigation. At each crime scene they examined with a body they noticed a small black beetle scurrying away. They could never catch the beetle as is always appeared out of the corner of the eye and was gone in a few seconds.
I really got them when they went back to thier room at the in and saw a small black beetle scurrying away from thier room....Ninety percent of the time I'm a nice guy......
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Friday, 20th May, 2005, 10:49 PM #122
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Like everybody else, I love to tell game stories.
Our party was investigating an ancient ruined fortress/temple. We'd already been creeped out by a mural or relief on the wall depicting the ancient "evil gods" in battle with all sorts of weird creatures. Then we walked into a room where the floor was covered in blood. Not "The Shining" tidal waves of blood, but enough that it made sticky squishy noises underfoot. Mind you, this place had apparently been abandoned for centuries. There were several torture devices in the room. In a sort of giant thumbscrew we found an imp-like creature. It appeared to be gleefully torturing itself. It gave all the players the heebie-jeebies when the GM told us the imp crawled back into its device and starting turning the screws again after we found it.
In another campaign the party members had found a "black diamond" that radiated evil. One of the PCs had gone over to the dark side and inserted a shard of the gem in his body, giving him new powers (the GM was inspired by the Shikon jewel from the anime "Inu-Yasha"). One day as we were traveling along a flying centipede-like monster with a humanoid torso and head swooped down on us and started attacking the guy who had the shard. She managed to take him down to 0 HP. An NPC ran up and poured a healing potion on him (in our campaigns you don't have to drink them) while the centipede-monster was still holding him. Then the monster backed off, taking the PC with her, and started using her dagger-like limbs to literally dissect him while we watched. I was impressed that the GM was willing to go that far, since he usually doesn't like anything too grim or graphic.
The RuneQuest setting has plenty of creepiness, especially with its chaos gods and disease-spreading broos that will mate with anything. In one session our RQ party went to an island that was supposedly infected with Chaos. I don't know why, but I think we all found it intensely creepy when the GM described all the giant insects buzzing around, especially when we saw a huge mosquito go buzzing past with some other giant bug in its clutches. I guess bugs are just innately creepy to most people.
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I just bought Occult Lore a few days ago and one of the classes is very creepy- the gleaner. Very similar to the rpg Sorcerer, the gleaner has little magic of his own and must collect the reminants of memories that are left when a soul leaves a body. Using the reminants in 3 forms (spirit stone, reliquary and charm focus), they take these fragments of memories and cause selected ones to grow in power (which is why the chapter is called spirit cultivation) and become something like a spirit which then can evolve beyond that (possibly into demigods with time).
I see orders where they collect the fragments of the best (to cultivate) and worst (to imprison) of society. Society would be lead by the living and spirits of good people long dead. I like the idea a lot more than the orbs in Seven Civilizations as good people can remain good in deed.
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Monday, 23rd May, 2005, 02:23 AM #124
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A varient of the above would have several gleaners work together and kill each other, collect the memories, raise the dead person and allow him to "raise" his spirit clone (or several). How such a unbound spirit would react to their living counterpart could be interesting and very creepy.
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Tuesday, 30th May, 2006, 07:59 AM #125
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Well, I thought that the Master of the Shambles was lost completely, but Archive.org has a copy on the archived Dungeoncrafter website.
More importantly I found my notes for an Iron Kingdoms game that I was describing on their forums. I do not remember who I got the address for Archive.org from, but I do recall that it was here on E.N.World. Thank you, whomever you may be!
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*EDIT* Those who think that this is thread necromancy of a topic that I liked, well... maybe. It also got revived by someone else just before the Great Crash of '06, so....
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Ooo- thread necromancy! Creepy!
Sorry, somebody had to say it.
On topic, a couple of the creepiest games I've ever run involved what my campaign calls "true Dreams" or more commonly just "Dreams" (with the capital D). Now, off and on over the years, it's been the practice of my group to use Dreams as a sort of filler for when half or less of the usual player group actually shows up for a game- to give those who did show up something fun to do. Basically these Dreams work like being in Tel'Aran'Rhiod in the Wheel of Time, or other similar concepts; the idea is, the PCs are in the Region of Dreams and can use the Lucid Dreaming skill to influence things if they have it.
Waaaay back when, several years ago, one of my groups decided to travel with an expedition to an ancient ruin known as the "City of Death," which was expected to take months just to reach the place with all the supplies and people it was bringing along. Now, at one of the caravan's stops along its way, the party was going around town looking for something to do, and chanced upon a local cemetary haunted by a ghost. The ghost was specifically described as an elf with no eyes in his sockets, and he screamed a word at the party before he left. As an amusing side note, the party's Cleric PC (the only one able to Turn Undead) got a natural 1 on her Will save to avoid the ghost's fear, so she ran away screaming while the rest of the party just wondered what this ghost was about.
As it happened, that ghost encounter was at the end of a session, and the very next session several people didn't make it on time. So I ran a Dream. In this Dream, the Cleric and two other PCs found themselves in a cavern of ice, apparently part of an entire dungeon complex carved out of a glacier, or some such. I played up the weirdness and mystery of it all, and the players (appropriately awed and in wonder) set off to explore. But I had an echoing whisper suddenly come from one tunnel, saying the same word the ghost had screamed the night before (unfortunately the PCs all failed their INT checks, so none of them remembered this- and the players had forgotten during the week as well). The PCs decided to follow the voice, down into a strangely darkened tunnel on a lower level.
In that dark tunnel, they found a man, literally frozen in place, and when they went around to see who it was, they saw that it was the ghost- and why he had no eyes. The eyes had been frozen apparently at a different rate from the rest of him, and had burst out of his face creating little trails of (now frozen) goo down his cheeks. And his face was set forever in his dying expression, which I described as a "rictus of horror." That happy image drew some "Ewww"s from the players, as I had hoped.
The next step was to follow the whispering voices still further, into an even deeper and darker tunnel, past a door made of a strange metal that looked more grown or frozen into shape than forged. Beyond it was a long, straight passage that finally ended in a single bare room with three smooth walls (with a hint of something somehow carved into the ice below the actual surface) and one rough one. Since the room, as everything else on its level, was pitch black and the PCs were relying on Darkvision, one of them took out a regular light so they could get a better handle on things. When switched on, the light revealed several things which I rattled off matter-of-factly from a list:
One, the reason things were so dark down here was that the ice itself was somehow colored a thoroughly unnatural black.
Two, the rough wall was NOT black, but a stark pearly white, and yet bitterly cold to the touch- even more so than the other ice around it.
Three, those hinted-at "carvings" in the other three walls were in fact people- sacrifice victims literally frozen into the walls in their dying moments. (This caused one player to abruptly turn away in horror, as she'd apparently had a dream similar to this in real life once and it was now seriously freaking her out.)
As the players realized this, they took a few moments to discuss this latest finding and get over their shock. Which was when I dropped the next shock on them. The sacrifice victims started writhing and moving, within their tombs of ice, and it quickly became clear to the PCs that those mysterious voices whispering that mysterious word were in fact these very victims. And as the voices built upon themselves, calling out the word triumphantly over and over, getting louder and louder as they did, the fourth wall began to move of its own accord. After a few seconds of movement, a sudden horizontal gap appeared in the wall, and pulled itself open in both the vertical directions to reveal an enormous red eye staring balefully at the PCs. Who then woke up, as other players had arrived and it was time to start the game proper.
The last helpful touch, for those players who had been reading their game books? The word the sacrifice victims (and the ghost) were all saying was a name- "Xixecal."
That was the way I set up an Abomination from the ELH as a vaguely Lovecraftian BBEG in my world. In subsequent Dreams the PCs discovered more about it, but it also drove the same priestess quite insane in its efforts to get an agent to do its work for it (particularly, getting it released). I still haven't released it, and actually it's likely now that it never will be, but ever since that Dream my group's used "Xixecal!" as a catchphrase whenever somebody does something shocking or gets scared.
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One of my favorites from years ago (in college):
The party had been after the key to a door they couldn't seem to open, and had found that the key had been placed in a tomb. I had planned a "Tomb of Horrors"-ish adventure, with death-traps at every turn, but on the night when the adventure was supposed to take place, only two of seven players were able to play. Rather than put the adventure off for a week, I decided to take a different tack...
When my two players showed up, we started play in the inn where they'd been staying. They were approached by the man who'd given them the clue to the tomb, who told them he'd seen the minions of the BBEG heading in the direction of the tomb. The other characters being 'indisposed (read: absent),' the two characters (a human cleric and a half-elf thief), set out for the tomb themselves to try to stop the minions.
They caught up to the minions just as they smashed in the front door of the tomb, and swiftly dispatched them. The tomb was described as being smaller than they'd expected, and the two decided to have a look inside. At this point, I stooped play for a break. When they returned, they were told that the rest of the action would happen in real time, in a LARP-type situation.
I led them to the main hall of my apartment. I'd previously set up my bedroom as one of the adventure locales I'd had planned for them to go through (I was a theatre major, and had a good many requisite props). They made their way down the hall to a locked door, the thief picked the lock (I made them wait a few minutes to simulate the 'real-time' lockpicking while I suited up in the 'tomb.').
When they opened the door, they found a dark room, lit by a single candle (a burning candle in a tomb?). There was a sealed crypt door (the closet), a sarcophagus (the bed), and, seated in the corner, a robed figure holding a gnarled oak staff (me). In the figure's left hand was the key, and a golden ring.
Now...all they actually had to do was walk over and take the key from me. The ring and staff were additional 'treasures' they could acquire. The real-time atmosphere, however, probably augmented by the thunderstorm outside, made them extremely nervous about everything (though neither, to my knowledge, had ever done any type of LARP-stuff before, they took to it like ducks to water). As a result, the 'exploration' of the tomb took almost an hour and a half, as they debated (in character...I was proud of 'em) what to do and looked around the room.
During the 'looking,' one of the most 'creepy' moments occurred when the thief was having a look at the crypt door. A small spider (a real one, apparently with an excellent sense of timing) dropped down from the ceiling and landed on the back of her hand, resulting in a scream that could probably have been heard in the next county.
Eventually, they took the key and the ring from my hand, and left the tomb, deciding that the staff was something better left untouched. As they left, the rogue decided to blow out the candle. As it was extinguished, I let out a low moan; and both of them literally RAN out the door. When the full group met again the next week, the cleric and rogue presented the group with the key and the story of an odd adventure.
A follow-up...
Last year, I ran into the rogue's player at the museum where I was working. We started talking about our D&D group, and she told me that the 'tomb crawl' had been her favorite gaming experience. Pretty decent effect for about forty-five minutes planning.
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Hi im new to the forum but Iv been reading through the weird/creepy thread and loving it, I also have an idea to contribute, though not something thats actually been used. Before I start I just want to apologies in advance for the spelling mistakes of which I'm sure there will be several, I'm dyslexic and don't have a word processor with a spell check on my computer. The question I ask you is what has happened to deity's when one polytheistic society has conquered another? The answer is twofold one they take a subservient place in the pantheon as as either minor diety (see the plethora of minor Roman gods, as well as Vanir of Norse pantheon, or even many of the demons of the monotheistic religions), or they are killed (either in terms of a mythic battle or just by being forgotten). Now in a fantasy world where the gods intervene on a regular basis the battle would be going on simaltainously between the gods themselves and their followers.
I wish to look at the fate of those vanquished gods and give an example of what they may become. Now the gods COULD battle to the death, but I find it more likely that one would demand the serenader of the other or failing that that the vanquished god would serenader or run away rather then face the end of their immortal excistance. In the first two cases the god would take a subservient role to the conquerer based on their original purpose, though perhaps in a very specific form (again I say look at the plethora of minor deity's in the Roman pantheon), or they could be forced into a very different form (see the demons of the catholic pantheon).
With this in mind I would like to suggest a very creepy goddess and see if anyone has ideas for other such fallen divinities.
Cor'a'va was a fertility goddess like many others, she tended to the harvest of the fields and she tended to mysteries of motherhood. Cor'a'va had once been much more, she had ruled all of nature... well all of nature in her valley, but a centuries before her people had been conquered and she with them by Nak'thun a grate stag headed god of war and the hunt. When Nak'thun had first taken Cor'a'va as his bride she had wept bitter tears as he forced himself upon her, but she had grown to love him over the last century. Cor'a'va did not understand how she could come to love him but as her worshipers came to see their union as natural and then as blessed she too came to first to tolerate, then to accept, and then even finally to cherish their union. But that was a hundred years ago and now in the spring when her land, her people, and her belly were full of new life her people were also finely conquered after a brutal war.
As their people were subjugated Cor'a'va could do nothing and she wept bitter tears, as Nak'thun was castrated and then be-headed she could do nothing, and wept bitter tears, then the conquerers came to her as their worshipers chipped away at the inscriptions in her temple and she knew a fear far different then she had on her conquest by Nak'thun for Cor'a'va knew the conquers and knew that among their midsts was another god of fertility. Cor'a'va wondered if she would be spared and if so to what minor function she would have to degrade herself, she had herd of other fertility goddesses who had ended up as no more then patrons of midwives and prostitutes, or they could kill her as they had her love. But Cor'a'va had no idea what was in store for her, for as the conquerers had conquered they gained many patrons for their peoples lively-hoods, and both the god of war and his brother the god of fertility had wives that sated their desires. Rather then kill Cor'a'va right out she was given a choice to go to the underworld, she took if for to a goddess of life it was utter horror to be mired in the souls of the dead but still better then oblivion. As she was led off to her fate the god of fertility held up his hand and she stopped for even being nothing but a field in which he would plant his seed would be better then to be surrounded by death. The god of fertility then said "she plans to take one small life with her into the land of the dead, that can not be allowed and I shall brook no other to to be the sours of life" and with that he pulled forth a dagger and stabbed her in the womb, Cor'a'va was then cast into the underworld.
her clerics were raped or killed and her temples burned to the ground. But in defeat she changed and began to gather a cult to herself, of mothers like Cor'a'va herself who had lost a child while still in the womb, and as time passed she and her cult were warped beyond all recognition and came to exalt that which they had once taken to be their burden as one. However in the shadow of great city's she regained her strength, a new strength and in the shadows she endured while that civilization was conquered as well and she endured while it's goads were destroyed and their names erased from temple walls and the minds of people. The sisterhood forgot their names to but not the part they played in Cor'a'va 's tale.
The sisterhood of the un-dead womb is a cult comprised exclusively of women, and all of whom are priestesses in training or in actuality. They worship Cor'a'va and preform blasphomus rites to mimic her struggle to birth her dead child in the underworld. The priestess give birth to all manner of monsterositys (for less disturbing they grow them in tanks but for full on ewwww it's live birth).
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Awww, Zombies are quite intimidating for a 12 year old...Originally Posted by Goblyn
Anyways... I run Horror games (ala Heroes of Horror) So I've done some freakish things. Ummm... personal favorite... I'd have to say the "Big-Baddy" Called Visigin.
Visigin was an Elven Dread Necromancer(Heroes of Horror) with a few classes in Sorceror and a prestige class of two. What was annoying about him was that his combat strategy was the make you lose your class... in other words become "Ex"-whatever. For instance, he cast a Quickened Dimension Door, a Quickened Silent Image spell and summoned a charmed servant, a helpless woman, in his place, using the dimension door to hide in a nearby area and silent image to make the woman appear to be him. He failed his checks, so it looked like him. Paladin attacks, kills a young innocent woman... what do you think would happen? Ex-Paladin, anyone?
Also managed to get rid of two clerics, a ranger, and a guilt-crazed Fighter(great fun... nice RPing) in the same manner/with little modifications.
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"The Man who wasn't there."
I remember as a child hearing a silly bit of Shel Silverstein poetry...
Yesterday Upon the stair
I saw a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish I wish he'd go away
On this poem, I based The Man Who Wasn't There. BBEG, scared my party witless.
He existed as a negative. You didn't see him, but could discern exactly where he wasn't. He spoke in terrible silences and players understood every word that he didn't say. He forced near-constant SAN checks, as he was a monologue maker, and merely being in the same room as him was a violation of causality. I think what really set the players minds on edge was how he looked exactly like their uncle... if their uncle wasn't a person, but an uncle-shaped hole in reality.
We had a bard gibbering for three full days. It was a terrible sight.


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What is up with the weather?
That might sound like a frivolous question, but let's look at recent events in our area:
This week's see-sawing temperatures and wild weather extremes have kept residents glued to their computers and smart phones, checking the weather forecasts - which seemed to change constantly - and tracking the storms headed through our area. Still, the reality of the weather we've experienced this week has consistently been more severe than what forecasters predicted.
So, as we asked earlier, what's up with the weather? Is this a manifestation of the dreaded global warming issue that American politicians have argued about so violently during the last decade? Or is this just an example of a "perfect storm" of weather fronts colliding and creating a major storm? If so, that would make four "perfect storms" in our region during the last seven months.
Whatever the cause of the extreme weather, the biggest problem caused by these storms has been disruption of electrical service. Looking forward, do we have to accept extreme weather will cause major disruptions to service, or do we need to invest in improvements?
Since the derecho, area officials have worked hard to prepare for major weather events, but do we need to start thinking proactively, as opposed to just reacting to storms when they happen? Is there something we can do to make electrical outages less likely?
These are questions that we fear our region will have to address in the coming years.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval is denying a report that he has dropped 42 pounds this off-season.
In two tweets sent Wednesday morning, Sandoval wrote, "I just wanted to express my opinion about some media comment about me losing 42lbs, I haven't made any comment about how much weight...
"... I had lost so far. the day everyone will find out is the day before we report for ST 2014 - On a Mission - God Bless You all."
The Giants have spent years trying to convince Sandoval to get into better shape, and according to Rafael Rojas of Meridiano TV, the Panda told reporters in his native Venezuela that he has dropped 42 pounds this offseason.
Sandoval can be a free agent after this season, and he had a disappointing 2013 campaign, hitting just 14 homers while struggling with his range at third base.
Sandoval weighed more than 280 pounds at one point in the 2013 season, according to team sources, but he started slimming down during the summer after hiring his brother, Luis, as a full-time personal chef.
Another brother, Michael, has been documenting Pablo's offseason workouts on social media. The 27-year-old slugger has gone through two-a-day workouts while preparing for the upcoming season and will get back in the batter's box Friday, when he plays for Magallanes in the Venezuelan League semifinals.
The Giants left Sandoval's offseason conditioning in his hands, confident that his contract status would provide sufficient motivation. Despite the past weight issues and a history of trips to the disabled list, Sandoval figures to have a long line of suitors in a market devoid of impact bats. General manager Brian Sabean, anticipating a bidding war next winter, said the club could approach Sandoval with a contract extension sometime before opening day.
"Position players, especially a switch-hitter with run-producing capability, are hard to find," Sabean said at the winter meetings. "He's not going to be short on suitors, trust me, no matter what his weight is."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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POST GAME: Ducks 3, Blue Jackets 2
Corey Perry's power play goal is the difference as Columbus' late rally falls short
Tuesday, 02.19.2013 / 12:30 AM ET / News
By Rob Mixer - BlueJackets.com (@RobMixer)
The Blue Jackets started tonight's game with one of their better road periods of the season, but a 21-second stretch felled them tonight at the Honda Center.
Vinny Prospal capitalized on a fast start by the visitors and scored his fifth goal of the season early in the first period, giving Columbus a 1-0 lead with all four lines getting involved and dictating the pace against a Ducks team coming off a lengthy road trip. But the Blue Jackets, despite their strong start, committed a pair of costly turnovers that ended up in the back of their net, wiping out the early lead and putting them in a 2-1 deficit in the blink of an eye.
Nikita Nikitin jumped up into the play while the Blue Jackets were shorthanded and got caught up the ice with Derek Dorsett, which allowed Bobby Ryan to spring Peter Holland on a clear-cut breakaway out of the penalty box. Holland snapped a wrist shot stick side on Sergei Bobrovsky -- who was very good at times in this game -- to even the score at 1-1 and give some life to a Ducks team that was sluggish out of the gate.
Less than 30 seconds later, the Blue Jackets turned the puck over again inside their own zone and it ended up on Ryan Getzlaf's stick right in front of Bobrovsky. Getzlaf shielded the puck and slid it underneath a maze of bodies to give Anaheim its first lead at 2-1, and at the time, it seemed as if every mistake Columbus made would end it up in its net -- but the Blue Jackets bounced back with two solid periods in the second and third.
A questionable holding call on Nick Drazenovic was the only opportunity the Ducks needed early in the third period, and Corey Perry backhanded the puck off Bobrovsky and into the net for a 3-1 lead. The Blue Jackets answered that, as well, on a Derick Brassard goal that came on a delayed penalty to Anaheim. As the minutes ticked away in the third period, the Blue Jackets spent more time inside the Ducks' end but couldn't beat Jonas Hiller a third time.
Despite a late penalty to the Ducks and a 6-on-4 power play, the Blue Jackets were unable to convert and dropped their third straight game on this six-game road trip.
The Blue Jackets could have bent and broken after the Perry goal, but they didn't -- and though they ended up losing the game, I thought it was a crucial juncture for both sides. The Ducks could have taken off and put the game away, but they didn't, and Columbus recognized it. They kept coming and drew the Ducks into a late penalty, putting the pressure on until the final buzzer. Perry's goal kind of woke up the Blue Jackets and ignited a third-period push that nearly got the game tied up.
- Tonight was Sean Collins' NHL debut and the youngster played well alongside Derick Brassard and RJ Umberger. Todd Richards said post-game that he thought it was the best game of the season for Brassard and Umberger, and liked the big-body presence that Colllins provided.
- Bobrovsky made several key stops tonight, but none was more memorable than a sprawling glove save on Kyle Palmieri in the waning minutes of the opening period. Palmieri was set up behind the net and had a point-blank chance, but Bobrovsky slid over and made a highlight-reel grab.
- In his return to the lineup following the birth of his daughter, James Wisniewski's skill set was noticeable on the point, and in particular on the power play. He was split up from usual partner Jack Johnson at even strength and it gave the pairings some balance, Richards said, and it's something we could see more of in the future. Wisniewski picked up an assist on the Brassard goal and his one-timer is a big weapon that the Blue Jackets missed.
at Detroit Red Wings
Joe Louis Arena
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.


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VAIL - With a cold, dry start to 2013, weather forecasts show a snowier pattern in sight for the Vail area beginning Thursday evening.
Between now and Thursday, however, weather models show blue skies. Scott Toepfer, of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, reports that a low pressure trough is moving into the Pacific Northwest, which "will elongate down the West Coast and split off a closed low." That system will have limited impacts on Colorado, Toepfer reported in his Saturday afternoon forecast.
Meteorologist and powder forecaster Joel Gratz, of www.opensnow.com, reports that weather models are now generally in agreement that the Monday system will split and miss Colorado, meaning the next major storm will arrive Thursday evening and last through Saturday morning.
"The best powder days of the next week should be Friday and Saturday morning," Gratz forecasted Saturday. "As the storm crosses Colorado, the flow will switch from southwest to northwest, and central and northern areas should see the best snow from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. Of course the timing could change a bit, but this looks pretty good right now."
Long-term weather model forecasts, which are less accurate, agree on a cold and snowy trough for the Rockies next weekend and into the middle of January, according to Gratz.
"What I do know is that both the American GFS and European model show a cold and snowy trough over the Rockies from Saturday through Monday (Jan. 14), and while this doesn't mean it'll snow that entire time, it does mean the pattern is favorable for cold air and off-and-on snow," Gratz reported. "Remember, it only takes a week or two of consistent snow for the slopes to ski very well, and I think this will happen through the middle of January."
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Lindsey Stirling is an absolute sensation.
The artist, widely known as the "Hip-Hop Violinist," made a ton of fans on the fifth season of "America's Got Talent."
She didn't win that TV talent competition -- but she certainly seems to be winning over the Internet. Notably, her YouTube channel, dubbed Lindseystomp, has over 4 million subscribers.
Now, she hopes her success on the web will translate to the concert stage.
Stirling performs Friday and Saturday at the Warfield in San Francisco. Dia Frampton opens. Show times are 8 p.m. and tickets are $30-$40, www.axs.com.
Charles Bradley is one of the best R&B vocalists on the scene.
He sings old-school soul and funk -- circa 1960s -- and does so in a way that honors the mighty legacies of James Brown, Otis Redding and other classic crooners.
Bradley is currently touring in support of his sophomore effort, "Victim of Love," which has drawn rave reviews from critics.
Bradley and His Extraordinaires perform Thursday at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $25, www.axs.com.
Follow Jim Harrington at http://twitter.com/jimthecritic and www.facebook.com/jim.bayareanews.


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There were 60 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. At that time, there were 1,399 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Robbery: A boy was riding his scooter near West 8th Street and Lever Boulevard about 7 p.m. Tuesday when a vehicle pulled up and a passenger got out armed with a handgun. The armed man demanded the victim's headphones before getting back into the vehicle, which drove away west on West 8th Street, police reported. The robber was described as a Latino man 18 to 20 years old standing 5 feet 8 inches tall with a muscular build and black hair.
Robbery: A 53-year-old man told police he was near East Main Street and Rendon Avenue about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday when someone grabbed his cellphone and fled on foot. The thief was described as a Latino man 20 to 30 years old standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds with black hair, a tan hooded sweatshirt, brown and red shorts, and dark socks.
The California Highway Patrol responded to 14 noninjury accidents and two injury accidents in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. CHP officers also recovered four stolen vehicles.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 93 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday, including five vehicle accidents, 60 medical calls and three structure fires.
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Definición de tension en inglés:
sustantivo[mass noun]
1The state of being stretched tight: the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- The competing forces of gravity at the lower end and outward centripetal acceleration at the farther end keep the cable under tension.
- In string theory, as in guitar playing, the string must be stretched under tension in order to become excited.
- I then dial in the cable tension so it lets the chain drop easily to the inner ring and not rub on the cage when on the largest cog.
tightness, tautness, tenseness, rigidity;
pull, traction, stress, strain, straining, stretching
rare tensity
1.1The state of having the muscles stretched tight, especially as causing strain or discomfort: the elimination of neck tension can relieve headaches
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Participants were taught to perform the techniques independently from the fifth week and to avoid unnecessary tension in the neck muscles.
- One-minute breaks every 20 minutes or so can help relieve tension and loosen stiff muscles.
- During a massage, your practitioner kneads your skin, muscles and tendons in an effort to relieve muscle tension and stress and promote relaxation.
1.2A strained state or condition resulting from forces acting in opposition to each other: enormous tension can build up along the margin of the two plates and occasionally explodes into immense earthquakes
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- The water going down your plughole, the planets going around the sun, the electrons spinning around a nucleus, they all reflect the same dynamic tension between opposing forces.
- An answer was provided by inflation: the idea that the universe was born in a state of tension, forcing it to expand enormously fast.
- Controlling the oil in the crankcase significantly reduces ring tension to unlock even more power by minimizing friction.
1.3The degree of tightness of stitches in knitting and machine sewing.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Test on fabric scraps for the best tension and stitch length.
- Uneven stitches usually indicate the tension is out of balance.
- Observe the stitch, adjusting the tension until the stitch is formed correctly.
1.4Electromotive force.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Tsagas found that the magnetic tension in bent magnetic field lines tends to flatten the surrounding space.
- Researchers believe this tension results in stripes that are stable under magnetic fields of a certain strength.
- It's the electromagnetic tension field, not the power that stand for the interdimensional interaction.
2Mental or emotional strain: a mind which is affected by stress or tension cannot think as clearly
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Mental tension and physical stress are not needed when you are vulnerable and sensitive to pressures of any kind.
- Motherwort is reputed to release tension caused by emotional and mental stress.
- You need to avoid mental tension and stress as they can manifest health problems.
mental/emotional strain, stress, anxiety, anxiousness, pressure;
worry, apprehensiveness, apprehension, agitation, nerves, nervousness, jumpiness, edginess, restlessness;
suspense, uncertainty, anticipation, excitement
informal butterflies (in one's stomach), collywobbles, jitteriness, twitchiness, the jitters, the willies, the heebie-jeebies, the shakes, the jumps, jim-jams, the yips
British informal the (screaming) abdabs/habdabs
Australian rhyming slang Joe Blakes
2.1A strained political or social state or relationship: the coup followed months of tension between the military and the government [count noun]: racial tensions
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- When food and fuel subsidies go, people riot and social tensions stoke the flames.
- This has already had the effect of increasing tensions and is fomenting political hatred.
- As a result there were tensions in the relationship, which involved regular arguments.
strained relations, strain, unease;
ill feeling, friction, antagonism, antipathy, hostility, enmity
2.2A relationship between ideas or qualities with conflicting demands or implications: the basic tension between freedom and control
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- There has often been tension between conflicting ideas about the scope of EU competence and the policy-making process.
- There is a basic tension between the idea of the rule of law and other aspects of the Constitution which still reflect an alternative principle that the law must serve the party state.
- Herein lies the primary tension between the two conflicting and apparently contradictory trends regarding immigration throughout the west.
verbo[with object]
Apply a force to (something) which tends to stretch it: it is best to insert the battens before the outhaul is tensioned (as noun tensioning) the final part of assembly is the bow tensioning
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Concrete can be prestressed in a factory by tensioning the steel reinforcement first and then placing concrete around it - 'pre-tensioned' reinforcement.
- This is so the tendons pick up the deflection caused by the weight of the concrete when they are tensioned.
- Gable end facade hanger cables are tensioned against the main roof cables, above top left.
tensional adjetivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- The potential energy of an uplift produces tensional stresses which can lead to gravity-driven extensional collapse.
- It may be that incorrect or confusing early experiences have interfered with their ability to recognize hunger and satiation, resulting in their inability to differentiate hunger from other tensional states.
- The spindle fiber organs determine the resting tensional length of the muscle, acting as a 'thermostat' for tension within the muscle.
tensionally adverbio
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- The Leonardo sketch of one of his hang gliders had a tensionally hung standing pilot with a triangle control bar.
- The harness member can be tensionally adjusted to the height and girth of the user.
- It should be noted, however, that Fielder and I only concluded that the lunar surface was tensionally stressed at the time when certain lunar craters were formed.
tensioner sustantivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- If the vehicle rolls, the car triggers the side airbags and seat belt tensioners to help protect occupants.
- When his Fiat's cam-belt tensioner began giving problems he solved it - for a time - with the help of an old shopping trolley wheel.
- In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
tensionless adjetivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- While getting tensionless, deep and well relaxed sleep, the individual can produce more and feel great doing it.
- After the formation of the bilayer we allowed the bilayer to adopt a tensionless configuration by applying both DPD and Monte Carlo, in which the area of the bilayer is changed.
Mid 16th century (as a medical term denoting a condition or feeling of being physically stretched or strained): from French, or from Latin tensio(n-), from tendere 'stretch'.
Palabras que riman con tensionabstention, apprehension, ascension, attention, circumvention, comprehension, condescension, contention, contravention, convention, declension, detention, dimension, dissension, extension, gentian, hypertension, hypotension, intention, intervention, invention, mention, misapprehension, obtention, pension, prehension, prevention, recension, retention, subvention, supervention, suspension
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Mythology of economic health
In the waning days of the 2012 presidential campaign, the vast left-wing journalism conspiracy hammered home the message to voters that happy economic days are here again because of their humble leader, Barack Obama. A minuscule sampling:
"There's a giant secret that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been keeping from you: the economy is actually looking pretty great. ... What doesn't make as much sense is why (President) Obama has basically kept mum on the economic goodness." — Atlantic magazine "journalist" Alexander Abad-Santos, "news" article, "Don't look now but a strong recovery is finally here," Oct. 22
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Winter and summer plus canine mischief
We commiserated, and I managed to hold it together to ride home. Such sadness. Yet, my friend agreed with me that the love that we have with our dogs more than offsets the inevitable end-of-life grief.
I checked two trail cameras at the end of my ride. Remember that I had incredibly good photos at the cameras that I checked yesterday. I got so much footage of a mountain lion that I'm going to have to take an afternoon to collate it all. Here's one more photo - I'm not sure what the lion was doing with that front paw up in the air.
First the coyote. This is the male in the breeding pair, as you can tell by the scar under his left eye. He peed first.
33 comments:
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
They all knew you needed a few smiles TWO cheer you?
Khyra will continue to live vicariously through her pals in CO!
- April 16, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Nola said...
They know you need a laugh!
Dachshund Nola
- April 16, 2012 at 7:06 PM
- Mango said...
Well, poop happens. My goodness. I think they know the camera is there and they are all disrespecting you. Little miscreants.
Mango Momma
- April 16, 2012 at 7:07 PM
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
We have to agree they wanted to make you laugh.
K looks so good, it is hard to believe so much evil resides in her. Hope the new treatment is doing her lots of good.
- April 16, 2012 at 7:49 PM
- Jo's World said...
As my mother would have said, "They were giving you presents!"
You know, after all, dogs love their poops and think everybody else should too.
Jo, Stella and Zkhat
- April 16, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- Two French Bulldogs said...
It's like they knew they were on camera, BOL
Benny & Lily
- April 16, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- NCmountainwoman said...
K looks so great. Here's hoping the new treatment is working for her.
The poop reminds me of the last time we ran the girls off lead. They ran down the hill side by side so my husband wanted me to take a picture. As soon as I focused, both dogs stopped and pooped. I didn't take the picture but we laughed at the idea that they even poop in tandem.
- April 16, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- rottrover said...
K looks like the healthiest girl around. Such a beautiful girl!
- April 16, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- Mr. Pip said...
K looks amazing! What a beautiful girl!
Who knew coyotes had such a good sense of humor!
Your pal, Pip
- April 16, 2012 at 8:27 PM
- Faith Shen said...
yes, he know how to post on the camera like K, K is doing great with you :D
Dog Shock Collar | Puppy & Human Bond
- April 16, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- Siku Marie, White Dog said...
Those ball cactus just prove the lfe lesson: the tougher the situation, the more spectacular the bloom! So,bloom in all your vivid splendor, my amazing friends.
- April 16, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- houndstooth said...
Well, maybe those ornery canines knew it would give you a giggle today if they played their pranks on you!
I love that cactus shot. It's so vivid! Wow!
- April 16, 2012 at 9:46 PM
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
K is so happy and loved.
It shows as she does what she likes to do. I want to be like K.
We are with you in hoping the medication is doing what it is supposed to do.
It was nice of the visitors to leave gifts!
- April 16, 2012 at 10:33 PM
- Hiking Hounds said...
LOL! The last photo is hilarious! Definitely gave me a laugh.
- April 16, 2012 at 11:41 PM
- Eileen said...
Laughter is good for the soul :-)
- April 17, 2012 at 12:01 AM
- Jed and Abby in MerryLand said...
Looks like a branch of the canine post office moved to your camera location. Maybe they were all leaving messages of support for K. We're happily pooping all over our yard to lend our support, too.
Jed & Abby
- April 17, 2012 at 12:17 AM
- Lindsjö taxar said...
The last picture gave a good laugh!
Great trail camera pictures of the coyote. K looks happy and seems not to bother much about the snow.
I was at the vet yesterday with Ayla. She has a ear infection. So treatment for a week and then we hope it´s away, it happens sometimes with dogs with ear hanging down.
- April 17, 2012 at 12:22 AM
- Bassetmomma said...
Now that is comical relief at it's best! Hahaha!!
- April 17, 2012 at 12:56 AM
- Angus said...
This post could have been entitled 'The opening line of a Tale of Two Cities .
- April 17, 2012 at 1:09 AM
- bichonpawz said...
Comic relief indeed!!! K looks positively amazing!!! She looks like she is really enjoying her romps in the woods!!
- April 17, 2012 at 2:00 AM
- Mitch said...
Poop happens! Thank you for the smiles.
Love ya lots,
- April 17, 2012 at 3:28 AM
- Lovable Lily said...
Wow, that's a lot of poop! I think that they are all getting together in support of K and saying "poop on cancer."
We are happy to see another wonderful day with K.
Lily Belle
- April 17, 2012 at 5:48 AM
- Bigdogzola said...
Wow - your camera must pop from the contrast of colours taken in one day! Stunning.
I think your trail camera marks the spot for a toilet stop..heehee!
- April 17, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- GOOSE said...
poopin' for the camera. BOL! Maybe that's their way of smilin'. It sure made me smile and giggle.
- April 17, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- Bert said...
Oh, I have missed reading everyones blogs so much over the last few weeks.
I am just catching up today, but of course we had to start with yours.
I love that you had snow and mountain lions and bears and spring and winter and wow, I have missed so much.
as usual K looks wonderful.
bert and my vickie
- April 17, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- Corbin said...
Could have been worse... they could have pooped ON the camera! BOL! K looks most beautiful, as she does every day!
- April 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Snowcatcher said...
I'm feeling so sad for your friend who lost his dog, and yet, those final photos did me in. You made me smile in spite of the sadness.
Your coyote shot reminded me we saw two foxes in our neighborhood this morning, after not seeing any for more than a year. I think it's high time Pierce goes into hiding again!!!
- April 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- STELLA and RORY from Down Under said...
Hehehe, nothing like a little toilet humour to make us all laugh. As usual your photos are billiant, even the last one hehe. No worries, and love, Stella and Rory
- April 17, 2012 at 4:23 PM
- Ms. ~K said...
What can I say? Poop happens!
Thanks for the smile!
- April 17, 2012 at 6:34 PM
- zeeFM said...
the last shot made me go off in fits of laughter XD
K looks like a puppy in the second photo!
- April 17, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- Scout and Freyja said...
Dropping by to visit and to let you know that someone at the tip of the Mitten State is thinking about you and your sweet dogs.
- April 18, 2012 at 9:44 AM
- Siku Marie, White Dog said...
K will have a tribute on our Cancer Heroes Wall whether she is in Colorado or over the Bridge. She is, in every sense and definition, one of the most amazing heroes we have known...as is her family because we know that no hero fights alone. Someday, soon if the Universe hears our prayers, cancer will touch no one!
- April 18, 2012 at 5:52 PM
- browndogcbr said...
Hi Y'all!
Too funny! BOL!
We can sit in our house and watch it rain or snow on the other side of the creek. At the shore we sometimes watch it rain across the river from us. Or the sun is out there and it's rainin' on us.
In these mountains storms run around and around the mountain ridges and we can be enjoying a sunny day.
Y'all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
- April 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM


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Bodega is, although true to it's sworn purpose of being a Mac-App-Store, an easy way for crappy developers to scam the public without anyone seeing...
Of course, I did find quite a few good apps here, I wouldn't suggest wasting your time on Bodega that you can do in five seconds on a blog or article hunt.
@marcus its good for updating, but I'd love a nice delicious monster type view of all my apps, and to be able to organize them on a shelf.
Somewhat stupid maybe, but I think it could be cool :-)
@anamanaman I thought appfresh does that? :)
I like the look of this app. Would be cool to import my iusethis profile. I see where its going as more of an app store type thing, but it would be cool to use it to catalog the apps I currently use.
Delicious Monster for mac apps. Why hasn't someone built this yet?
Yeah I agree with that logic, @bitnix . Bodega causes two problems for me that make it feel 'in the way.' First, the awning isn't really attached to the window, and so the whole thing feels very loose and clumsy when the window gets moved around. Second, and probably more importantly, the awning is wider than the window just for the sake of looking nice. But this, in turn, limits my ability to click-through, to see my windows underneath, etc.
I think that playing with the limits of the Human Interaction Guidelines can be a good thing, and that eye-candy can be practical and often actually help a user out. But in this case, I think it's detrimental to what would otherwise be a pleasant experience.
I'm inclined to both agree and disagree with @brh below. I think, if it adds to the general theme of an application's purpose, it doesn't necessarily have to be wrong to top it off with a little well-designed eye candy on rare occasions, as long as it doesn't interfere with the intended use.
On the contrary, though, if such bonus whistles adds sluggishness to my system, I'd steer clear of it all the same (which is the major reason I almost never use Java applications).
One great example of another app that implements some really non HUD-standard "feats", but all of which goes hand in hand with the whole concept of the app, is Times.
Just to clarify, I was in no way trying to be trollish. Just giving a very honest opinion - the devs tried to do something cute, add some fancy eye-candy. It's nice and all, but in the end it makes for a very un-Mac-like experience. I'd rather an app behave like every other piece of Cocoa on my machine rather than trying to out-beautify them. That's all.
That awning needs to go. It's cute and all, but it's janky⦠Nonstandard window shapes make me shudder and think of my Windows days when everything was skinned and shaped like some ridiculous real life object. My screen isn't real life, and this Deliciousesque gimmick gets in the way of my use of the software. Also, it seems to just be a bit of hackery, appears to be a second window that follows the main window around. Drag it back and forth really quickly and the awning will seem detached and jittery (again, reminiscent of my Windows days⦠Or like how everything looks if you turn off Quartz Extreme and offload all window tasks onto the CPU)â¦
Anyway, it's a pretty solid start for the app⦠I just hate when this gimmicky eye candy gets in the way of something that's otherwise quite golden.


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Before declaring independence in 1776, the American colonists were considered British subjects. They paid taxes to Great Britain and had fines levied against them. Although the colonists paid taxes to a government nearly 3,000 miles away, they did not have representatives in Parliament. Soon, the battle cry across the thirteen colonies became "no taxation without representation."
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WASHINGTON - The United States Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing - the sole producers of our Nation's legal tender coins and paper currency - are pleased to announce the release of the Making American History Coin and Currency Set on August 7 at noon Eastern Time (ET). The set, which marks the United States Mint's 220th anniversary and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's 150th anniversary, includes one 2012 American Eagle Silver Proof Coin and one Series 2009 $5 note.
The 2012 American Eagle Silver Proof Coin honors the artistry and design of our Nation's coins and the heritage of coin production at the United States Mint at San Francisco. The coin's obverse (heads side) features a modern rendition of sculptor Adolph Weinman's "Walking Liberty" design, originally prepared for the circulating half-dollar in 1916. The coin's reverse (tails side), by former United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver John Mercanti, features a design reminiscent of the heraldic eagle as it appeared on earlier coins. It bears the "S" mint mark, representing its minting at the United States Mint at San Francisco.
The Series 2009 $5 note commemorates the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's century-and-a-half of service with a serial number beginning with "150." It bears the signatures of Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, and the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank designation. The face of the Series 2009 $5 note features the portrait of President Lincoln engraved in 1998 by William Fleishell III and Thomas Hipschen. The back of the note features a vignette of the east façade of the Lincoln Memorial, also engraved by Hipschen in 1998.
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"The leaders of the Legislature have worked very hard to build a solid and sustainable budget that pays down debts, brings stability to the teachers' pension system and builds at long last a reliable Rainy Day Fund," Brown said in a news release.
Earlier this week, Brown and the legislative leaders struck key deals that will expand low-income children's access to preschool, help finance the bullet train and allow in-home care workers for the elderly and disabled to collect overtime pay.
"This budget proves once again that negotiation and cooperation can achieve a great outcome," said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, who applauded the spending plan's "clear focus on children."
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The Beatles' 87th evening show at the Cavern Club took place on this date. It was also the 36th occasion on which they performed both lunchtime and evening shows at the venue.
Overall this was their 208th appearance at the underground Mathew Street venue, including the lunchtime shows.
The precise number of The Beatles' Cavern performances is not known, although they played at least 155 lunchtime and 125 evening shows between 9 February 1961 and 3 August 1963.


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Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and David Grann's The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff's masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII.
In 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and women boarded a plane to see "Shangri-La," a beautiful valley deep within Dutch New Guinea. But when the plane crashed, only three pulled through to battle for survival.
Emotionally devastated and badly injured, the trio faced certain death. Caught between spear-carrying tribesmen and enemy Japanese, they trekked down the jungle-covered mountainside and straight into superstitious natives rumored to be cannibals.
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The American Red Cross blood mobile made its way into town July 8 and July 9 in two very successful days of blood donations.
Their Monday goal was to have 75 donations throughout the day. They had 88 donations. Tuesday they were expecting about 32 donations and ended the day with 45.
Coordinator for the blood drive, Diane Dannen said a major part of the increase in numbers was in part to the wonderful volunteers who did more calling for reservations than they have recently.
They received a few first time donors and many return donors. Blood supplies are at an all-time low, so the need for blood is at an all-time high.
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Digital presentation - Revenge, honor and disgrace collide when a samurai's request to commit ritual suicide leads to a tense showdown with his feudal lord.
From visionary auteur Takashi Miike (13 ASSASSINS) comes the story of a mysterious samurai who arrives at the doorstep of his feudal lord, requesting an honorable death by ritual suicide in his courtyard. The lord threatens him with the brutal tale of Motome, a desperate young ronin who made a similar request with ulterior motives, only to meet a grisly end. Undaunted, the samurai begins to tell a story of his own, with an ending no one could see coming. With stunning cinematography and gripping performances, HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI is a thrilling exploration of revenge, honor, and individuality in the face of oppressive power.
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IRVINE -- Archbishop Mitty returned to the top of the volleyball world Saturday with a 25-19, 25-22, 25-18 sweep of Martin Luther King-Riverside in the CIF Division II state championship. The victory capped a 38-0 season, and the ninth state title ties the Monarchs with St. Francis-Mountain View for the most in the state.
After a two-year absence from the CCS finals, NorCal and state stages, Mitty won the state title, was unbeaten, lost just eight sets all year and was pushed to five sets just once. The last two statistics exactly match that of the national champion 2009 Mitty team.
Allie Wheeler led Mitty with 14 kills and Clare Powers added 11. The Monarchs were strong at the net with Alexa Dreyer, Wheeler and setter Kelsey Crawford leading the block and the defense continually dug shots the Wolves had scored on in past weeks.
Upstart King, led by Kalei Greeley with eight kills, was making its first appearance in a title match, and its raucous fans filled three-fourths of the arena at Concordia College. But like most teams, they couldn't break through against Mitty.
"In this match, we did our jobs," Mitty coach Bret Almazan-Cesar said. "We made sure our offense is spread about and we served and passed well. We passed for one of our highest percentages of the year and that gave Kelsey a lot of opportunities."
"It's amazing," Powers said. "Unbelievable. I'm so proud of everyone and I couldn't ask for a better season. Everyone just did what needed to be done."
The first set was tight, with Mitty leading 18-17. At that point, Mitty pulled away with Wheeler smashing three kills and the Monarchs collecting two of their six blocks of the set. The Wolves had their best shot in the second set but with the scored tied at 20, tough Mitty serving kept them from running their offense. Powers had a kill, Dreyer blasted a ball through a double block and Wheeler hit a cross to take the set.
The Wolves hung in during the third set, but at 16-16, Mitty began to pull away. Shirin Tooloee scored on a tip and Powers delivered on a roll shot and then scored on a tight tip shot. Dreyer and Crawford stuffed the Wolves with back-to-back blocks and the Monarchs were in control.
"We've seen big blocks before but this was a big block that was technically sound," King coach Gene Krieger said.
"I was super shocked," King's Rachel Brown said. We'd cheer for a kill but then it would come back."
The defense was led by libero Anne Marie Schmidt, with Powers, Alyssa Jones and others making major contributions.
"It's been my dream," Powers said. "I've been watching Mitty since I was a little kid. It's crazy to be here out here doing it."
Division IV: A monumental comeback from Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton fell inches short as Francis Parker-San Diego prevailed 25-22, 28-26, 22-25, 22-25, 15-13 in the CIF State Division IV championship game. The Gators lost the first two sets but then overcame deficits in the next two sets to stay alive. However, they could not hold early fifth-set leads as the big-swinging Lancers roared back.
Ellie Shannon led the Gators, in their ninth state finals appearance, with 17 kills, Victoria Garrick added 16, Payton Smith contributed 11 with five blocks and Sonia Abuel-Saud had 10 kills. Sacred Heart Prep finished 33-6. Michaela Dews led Parker to their seventh state title with a match-high 20 kills.


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I am developing an application similar to the Windows Search. It performs a recursive search, looks for some items inside the DXF file and proceeds to the next. There may be hundreds or even thousands of files, so expediency is a must.
My problem is that when confronted with an in invalid DXF file, the library -like the Energizer bunny- keeps going and going and going:
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Barbara Pulliam with the Richmond County Board of Education is doing damage control after initially refusing to comment, saying she was planning a fish fry. (WRDW-TV / April 27, 2012)
News 12 First at Five / Friday, April 27, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- We first showed you the disturbing video of a local middle school student being attacked on school property. A local board of education member refused to respond, saying she was planning for a fish fry. She is talking now, and she is boiling mad.
"I thought it was awful. It was very awful," said Barbara Pulliam with the Richmond County Board of Education. "That should never, never happen to anybody."
The episode at Morgan Road Middle School left Octavia Brown in the emergency room and two girls facing assault charges. Pulliam is doing damage control after initially refusing to comment, saying she was planning a fish fry.
"But we were in the process of raising money for a student to get an education," Pulliam said.
Pulliam says she and volunteers were preparing fish for the annual Robbie Robinson scholarship fund.
She is fighting mad with News 12.
"Because it made it sound like I was going to a backyard fish fry, and I didn't have time to talk with anybody," she said.
Augusta Commissioner Alvin Mason said the real problem here is that black-on-black crime is out of control.
"Nobody has a silver bullet, but if we all do a little bit, then nobody has to do a lot," said Mason, who is planning a Stop the Violence rally.
Pulliam agrees and insists she may have been in the kitchen, but she wasn't trying to dodge the heat.
"It wasn't because I didn't want to talk to them or didn't care about students being bullied," Pulliam said. "That's not the fact. Richmond County -- and definitely me -- ... we don't condone bullying."
The fish fry helps raise about $1,500 for one lucky student each year. Pulliam says she plans to look into exactly what happened.
Mason will host a Stop the Violence Rally on Saturday. It will be at Sug Wright's Bar-B-Que at 2364 Barton Chapel Road from noon until 3 p.m.