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Posted on this forum in the past and received great advice so I am back again.
I have had a long time, nagging knee/hip pain which does not seem to go away no matter what I do.
Basically, about 1 hour ago I injured my leg on 2 long back to back runs. Felt a pulling pain around my bicep femoris insertion on my lateral, left knee. Had to pull up and kind of hobble/walk home.
Iced, rested a few days, stubborn me ran on it again always trying to fight through.
Finally, after 3 weeks or so I kind of gave it up and haven't had luck since.
It's hard to replicate my symptoms exactly which has made it difficult to diagnose.
Symptoms/ability to recreate pain are (stars by what I think are key ):
Lower leg (knee down) rotation irritates it slightly it seems
As I run, it appears as if I have a harder time now keeping my leg externally rotated. It always wants to rotate internally
***During squatting/any hip movement down to parallel or so, my sartorious, TFL become in pain. Very difficult
pulling pain by my bicep femoris insertion when running
***When I have my hips on a table or so and my legs are hanging off, off the ground, my left knee becomes in pain. Almost as if it being "pulled" downward
I am tested by a Postural Restoration as being always favoring my right side. I believe it i right hip centric...
I feel almost as if my hamstring has had some atrophy or seems to cramp up more easily??
Uncomfortable/pain when crossing my left leg over my right (left ankle on right knee bothers more then left knee on right knee)
Things I have tried:
ITB physical therapy
Peroneal Nerve nerve testings
Posterior tilting my hips and pelvic rotation via PRI therapy
glute/hip strengthening
Deep tissue massage on my bicep femoris/hamstring
Guided Cortisone shot in the knee
Popliteus muscle testing
MRI on my knee
has anyone else had anything like this?? I am not sure if I never explain it right, hard to replicate symptoms, It has been going on for a year now and driving me nuts!!
Individual doctor's haven't had much luck so I am hoping maybe the masses will have enough experience to help with any directions, keywords I can use to describe it, etc
These are my 2 other threads:
Ask your healthcare professionals to rule out or rule in a meniscial injury.
Damien Howell PT, DPT, OCS www.damienhowellpt.com
They have already ruled this out with the MRI.
Also, when I rotate my lower leg against force, there is no real pain. (they place my hand against calf and I must rotate against it)
Other reasons they've ruled it out for all doctor's I've talked to:
Wasn't generated by a twisting motion (soccer or something)
Associated with hip pain
They do all seem stumped that whatever it is has lasted so long however...
Since these injuries/conditions are not symmetrical, have you been checked/treated for leg-length discrepancy? Whether an actual bone-length difference, or functional LLD involving hip muscles, unbalanced unilateral injuries are a strong clue for LLD. Another possibility is below with arch height, so foot structure should not be ignored either. There is an explanation for everything. Only a lack of data. Are you an over-pronator?
Remember that a year ago, you posted similar problems after back-to-backs. I suspect there is something you train for, perhaps over-train for, this time of year.
Thanks James. I've been tackling this problem for awhile now but each time I've been treated for the exact area I've felt pain at that time. (knee, hip, etc all separate).
The latest diagnosis I have had from a PRI expert (basically checking my form/posture/body lineup) is that I am right hip centric. They've explain this to me that my entire body basically is rotated and favors my right side. This in turn rotates my left hips forward which, due to pelvic tilt, is forcing my left leg to become longer/shorter then my right, hip pain can occur which can lead to knee pain, and also why I overpronate (due to my left leg always being forward, my hips will move inward and my arch collapses with it).
Also, being a postural issue, this can explain the long/unrecovered state of the injury as basically, my body finally "snapped" and now it can't recover because it is always being injured.
Now, while all explained to me it sounds fine and logical but being a computer programmer, I think in logical terms and I have a hard time believing bad hips can affect neck pain, etc. My logic is...if the knee hurts, it is the knee
Does this PRI theory, logic make sense? I've been doing some of the mind/muscle exercises and to be honest, my knee has almost hurt "more". I'm attributing this to my body having to relearn and reuse muscles it has never had to. On the plus side, my collapsing arch has gone away as has my hip-popping syndrome.
Although I seem to have some more pain as of now, am I on the right path and just need to undo years of incorrect balance?
As a former programmer, I can relate to your need to find a logical explanation for these problems, something beyond mere theory. Study of the human body has given me a greater appreciation for its seemingly infinite complexity, its ability to adapt and repurpose according to environmental stress, as any successful organism should. Such a mechanism is the Holy Grail of programming. However, it follows that, since much of the physiology is beyond our current ability to completely understand it, it will, at times, seem illogical. When the logic does not seem to be there, theory serves to bridge the gaps in the data.
I will assume from your text that PRI refers to the Postural Restoration Institute, and the focus has been to identify and rework your body habitus and particularly, its symmetry or lack thereof. The theory is good. As it turns out, pains in the foot or knee can indeed be caused by anatomical features in your hips and back, and vice versa, because of the adaptation in the human organism I referred to earlier. Call it posture, as a snapshot in time. If we were machines, e.g. a car or truck, we might be fitted with a larger tire on the outside for racing a tight oval, as a mechanical adaptation that is easy to see. Physiological changes are often frustratingly insidious and less visible.
Continuing with the vehicle metaphor, an alignment problem might cause premature tire wear or bearing failure, proceeding logically from cause to effect (and eventually to a mechanic), but the body adapts and shifts burdens from one part of the anatomy to another in an effort to survive without a mechanic. This adaptation may work for a lifetime, or fail and cause further injury in the unlikeliest of places. Running tends to tease out even the subtlest of imbalances. It is all still logical, but greatly complicated by physical growth and change. Moreover, there is a special means the body uses to indicate dysfunction, beyond idiot lights to a predictive language. Learning to read these signs accurately is a lifetime pursuit.
So, being "right hip centric" has been a sign of physical imbalance somewhere, whether anatomical or functional. It is not at all unusual for a problem of this nature to be felt at the knee, even if there is no knee problem, especially if the knee is at risk for eventual failure. We are wired in such a way that we can feel pain in an area before is at risk, because other parts of our body are operating in such a way as to eventually jeopardize the health of that area. It's still logic, but highly advanced logic. At least, to the extent that we understand it now.
So far, it appears that what is working in theory for PRI is also working in practice, evidenced by improvement in your hip and arch. Basically, you've spent your life to this point developing poor biomechanics, for whatever reason, and though these problems will not disappear overnight, they are likely to disappear some day, if you have the patience to stick with the program. In your case, I would feel lucky, because what passes for healthcare these days is often more concerned with pain control and compensation than remediation and elimination of both cause and effect.
To summarize, your last question answers itself, if you reverse the "am" and the "I" and eliminate the question mark. Continued good luck to you, and may you enjoy years of happy running.
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The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team wraps up a four-game road swing with its first meeting against Abilene Christian in school history. The Islanders sit in fourth place in the Southland Conference, but have lost three of their last four.
• Freshman Rashawn Thomas had a career night his last time out, scoring 21 points at Incarnate Word to go along with six rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
• Junior John Jordan has entered the school's top 10 in points (917, 10th), rebounds (344, 9th), assists (408, 2nd) and steals (109, 9th). He is averaging 15.3 points and 5.3 assists in league play.
• The Islanders held Lamar to just 35 points on Saturday, the fewest points against the team in school history. It is the first time in Islanders lore that the team has not surrendered a three-pointer.
• During conference season, the Islanders have posted 40 double-digit scoring efforts across eight players.
• Redshirt sophomore Jake Kocher has 25 steals in conference season, including six against New Orleans. The six swipes were a career high and the second-most in a game in school history.
• Junior Hameed Ali has upped his scoring as of late, averaging 8.2 points over the last five, including 11 at Incarnate Word.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi staged a frenetic late rally to cut a 16-point deficit to just two, but Incarnate Word converted its final six free throws to hold on for an 82-78 victory on Thursday night. The hot-shooting Cardinals went 31-for-51 from the floor (.608) in the win.
Rashawn Thomas scored a career-high 21 points to go with six rebounds, two blocks and two steals for the Islanders. Thomas led four players in double figures, with John Jordan (13 points, six assists), Hameed Ali (11 points, four assists) and Joy Williamson (11 points, five rebounds) all topping 10 points as well.
Freshman Rashawn Thomas was one of the most electrifying players for the Islanders over the summer, but the fates turned another direction for Thomas. The Oklahoma City native fractured his jaw on Nov. 7, the day before the Islanders' first game of the year against Huston-Tillotson. He missed the first nine games of the season.
Any doubts about the 6-foot-7 forward being tentative were instantly alleviated. Thomas missed his first two shots at Oklahoma, but converted his first career points at the 8:25 mark. By the time the dust had settled in the game, the freshman had 12 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two steals. He became the first Islander freshman with a double-double in his debut since Corey Lamkin had 16 points and 15 rebounds against Sul Ross State on Nov. 16, 2001.
He had his finest outing of his young career at UIW, going 7-for-10 from the floor for a career-best 21 points to go along with six rebounds, two blocks and two steals. He leads the team in points, rebounds and blocks over the last three games. In league play, Thomas is averaging 11.3 points per game, 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. He is 50-for-84 from the field for a .595 percentage. He is yet to post a start in his collegiate career.
Thomas was a McDonald's All-America nominee and was named City Player of the Year his senior season at Southeast HS.
John Jordan is only a junior for the Islanders basketball team, but he's the most experienced player on the roster and one of the front-runners for Southland Conference Player of the Year. The Houston native was named Preseason First Team All-Southland Conference by the league's coaches.
He leads the team and is ninth in the league with his 15.2 points per game, while his 4.8 assists are second. Despite his 5-foot-10 frame, he has also pulled in 4.6 boards per game. He has posted 20 points or more on seven occasions, five assists or more 13 times and at least five rebounds in 12 games this year.
But the Oral Roberts contest showed he may be at his best when not being the go-to scorer. He had just seven points, but dished out six assists and commanded the offense to the signature victory of the Willis Wilson era.
Jordan's place in Islanders lore is also reaching new heights. With his 20 points against New Orleans, he moved into the school's top 10 in points. He is also already in the Islanders career top-10 in rebounds, assists, minutes and steals. He is on pace to become the ninth player in school history to score 1,000 points in his career later this season. He needs to average 11.9 points the rest of the way to pass that milestone.
Jordan has done much of his scoring by getting to the free-throw line. On the year, he has gotten to the stripe 10+ times on 10 occasions and has hit at least 10 at the line five times. He is 145-for-208 on free throws this year, both of those numbers leading the Southland. His 145 makes are already fifth in school history and his 132 against Division I teams are 23rd nationally.
Jordan broke the school record with 138 assists as a freshman, then bested his own mark with 159 as a sophomore. With 408 career assists, he is second in school history and closing on Brian Evans' 493.
The Islanders have prided themselves on their defense all season, but the performance against Lamar goes down as one of the finest in school history. The Cardinals scored 35 points, which marked the fewest by the team in the shot-clock era. Lamar scored 11 points before halftime, shooting 4-for-28, which marked the second fewest in LU history and the lowest by the Cardinals since the 1958 season.
The 35 points allowed were the fewest surrendered by an Islanders team in program history, and in fact marked the first time A&M-Corpus Christi has ever held an opponent under 40. The previous low was 42 points against Texas State on Nov. 18, 2007. However, the 11 points allowed in the first half were not a new record for the Islanders. A&M-Corpus Christi surrendered just seven points before halftime to Savannah State on Dec. 29, 2005, but the Tigers went on to score 38 in the second half. In that opening stanza, SSU went 2-for-23, while Lamar logged a 4-for-28 half on Saturday night.
The Islanders' 7-4 start in league play can be attributed to a more efficient offense that is seeing a total team effort. In the 11 league games, the team has seen a total of 40 double-digit scoring efforts distributed over eight different players. (See chart on page 4 for more information.)
John Jordan is the only player with nine games in double figures, while Rashawn Thomas has seven. Jake Kocher (6), Zane Knowles (4) and Joy Williamson (4) have all hit 10 points on more than four occasions, while Brandon Pye, Hameed Ali and Jeff Beverly have done so three times. Six players are averaging at least 7.1 points per game on the season overall, and all eight are scoring at least 6.3 points per game in conference action.
Against Northwestern State, A&M-Corpus Christi put six players in double figures, led by John Jordan's 22. It marked the first time that the team has had six players finish with 10 points or more since Nov. 16, 2006, the season opener of the team's Southland Championship season.
Contrast that to last year in league play, when John Jordan and Will Nelson combined to average 28.4 points – 46.6 percent of the Islanders' offensive production. This year, Jordan and Rashawn Thomas are combining for 26.6, but that is just 35.8 percent of the offense.
In addition to the other newcomers, the Islanders have a welcome face back in the fold that was missing last season. Redshirt sophomore Jake Kocher, who sat out 2012-13 after double hip labrum surgery, was back in the lineup in the season opener.
His return to the court was a triumphant one, as Kocher poured in 10 points to go along with a career-high six rebounds and four steals against HTU. In the UTSA contest, he played 25 minutes, totaling 11 points, four rebounds and four steals. He went through a prolonged cold stretch in December, though.
The start of conference play saw Kocher bust out of his slump, going 4-for-7 from the floor for 14 points at UCA, nabbing eight rebounds and posting a career-high five steals. It marked the first five-steal game for the Islanders since Garland Judkins had five swipes against Central Arkansas in 2011.
Over the last six conference affairs, he has finished in double figures four times and is averaging 9.7 points to go with 3.7 rebounds and 2.8 steals.
He has seen a knack for steals, fast-break points and three-point plays as of late. At Nicholls he had 13 points – 10 in the paint – including a pair of three-point plays after notching steals. He scored a career-high 15 against Southeastern, earning two three-point play opportunities and scoring all six of the Islanders' fast-break points. And against New Orleans he had a career-best six steals – one off Kevin Palmer's school record. He is third in the league with 2.3 steals per game in Southland play.
In 2011-12, Kocher did most of his damage down the stretch, including a career-high 15 points in the season's penultimate game at UT Arlington. He is the city of Austin's all-time leading scorer from his days at St. Michael's Academy.
The Islanders have seen an improvement on the offensive end with the advent of conference play. A&M-Corpus Christi has topped 70 points in nine of its 11 conference contests and is currently seventh in the league with an average of 74.2 in league play. The Islanders are ninth overall with 69.2 points per game on the year. Those numbers were significantly harmed by the 58 points Saturday at Lamar.
Part of the offensive improvement can be attributed to efficiency. The Islanders are shooting .484 from the field in conference play, up from .430 in non-conference affairs.
With a 7-4 conference record, the Islanders are off to their best start in league play since starting 7-4 in the 2009-10 season. In the championship season of 2006-07, the Islanders started 11-1 en route to a 14-2 league mark.
On the road, the Islanders lost their first contest in conference affairs at Sam Houston State. It is the first time A&M-Corpus Christi has begun 5-2 on the road since 2006-07. That team started 6-0 away from Corpus Christi and went 7-1 on the season.

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FRESNO -- Campolindo High's Aidan Goltra had a question that kept entering his mind as he was attempting to hold off Myles Smith of St. John Bosco-Bellflower for first place in the final straightaway of Saturday's California Interscholastic Federation Division III boys state cross country championship race.
Can I give more?
Goltra gave enough. The junior held off Smith by less than a second to win the state title with an excellent time of 15 minutes, 18 seconds for the 3.1-mile Woodward Park course.
"That was quite the race," said Goltra, who transferred from Las Lomas to Campolindo before this school year. "The critical point was the turn with about 1,000 meters to go."
That's where Goltra took the lead for the first time, then battled Smith for it through the final 300 meters. Goltra was among a pack of four who passed through two miles at 9:54.
Goltra is the first Campolindo boys runner to win a state cross country title, according to coach Chuck Woolridge.
The St. Joseph Notre Dame boys showed their tremendous depth in winning the school's first team state cross country championship. The Pilots edged Flintridge Prep-La Canada Flintridge to win the Division V title by one point, 86-87.
"We all fought to the end," said the Pilots' Gabe Arias-Sheridan, who led his team with a fifth-place individual finish (15:58).
Other Pilots scorers were Michael Murphy (25th, 16:30), Louis Rodrigues (26th, 16:34), Matthew Murphy (28th, 16:35) and Sam Levy-Wendt (33rd, 16:43),
"I told all the kids, 'If you are the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh runners, they will be just as important as the top three,' " said St. Joseph Notre Dame coach Tony Fong, who pointed out that Pilots No. 6 runner James Lafollette (43rd, 16:57) beat Flintridge Prep's No. 5 runner.
Fong has experienced an extremely emotional last two weeks. His wife, Denise, died of breast cancer Nov. 13.
"We were trying to win (the state race) for Tony," Arias-Sheridan said.
Amador Valley's Jena Pianin ran an outstanding race to finish third in the Division I girls competition in 17:39.
That's the best placing by an East Bay girl in a Division I state championship cross country race since 1989.
"(Amador Valley coach Jason Oswalt) said to chase (the leaders) as long as you can and get in that good position if anything bad happens up front," said Pianin, who was fifth in 2011. "I'm pretty confident in my ability to really crush the last mile."
Pianin was in the fastest girls race of the day by far. Simi Valley's Sarah Baxter set a course record with a jaw-dropping time of 16:40, and defending champion Hagen Reedy of Buchanan-Clovis was second (17:10).
Other East Bay individual runners who achieved top-six finishes included Miramonte's Tyler Hanson (fourth in the Division III boys race, 15:32), and St. Joseph Notre Dame's Kimberly Avalos (sixth in the Division V girls race, 18:43).
Sixth-place team finishes were achieved by Campolindo's boys in Division III, Athenian's boys in Division V and College Prep's girls in Division V.


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—Programs throughout
February focus on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation and Honor distinguished Black graduates of the Seminary—
Princeton, NJ, January
25, 2013–Marking the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation and forty-seven years after the March on Selma, Princeton
Theological Seminary will celebrate Black History Month with festive and
commemorative events throughout February. The celebration kicks off on Friday,
February 1 at 7:00 p.m. with a Soul Food Café and students and artists from the
area sharing poetry, music, and art, in the Mackay Campus Center Auditorium. The month-long celebration is planned and
sponsored by the Seminary's Association of Black Seminarians (ABS), this year
in partnership with Princeton University, Princeton Public Library, and other
community organizations. Teddy Reeves, president of ABS and a senior at the
Seminary, said, "We want to commemorate this momentous anniversary in the
nation's history by teaming up with other community partners. Together we want
to celebrate and reflect on moments, people, and events during the past 150
years that have influenced the African American experience in the United
On February 4 at 8:00 p.m., Dr. Anthony
Pinn, professor of religious studies at Rice University, will give the
Seminary's annual Martin Luther King Lecture on "The Legacy of Martin Luther
King Jr. and the Changing Nature of U.S. Religiosity."
Other highlights of the celebration
include a worship service and concert on February 7 at 6:00 p.m., an all-night
prayer vigil at the Seminary on February 8–9, a conversation on morality and
the media on February 19, and performances of James Weldon Johnson's drama God's Trombones on February 22 and 23 at
7:00 p.m.
The month will also offer films and
discussion, including Broken on All Sides
on February 6 at the Princeton Public Library, Looking for Lincoln on February 13 at the Princeton Public Library,
documentaries House I Live In and Long Distance Revolutionary on February
16 at the Carl Fields Center at Princeton University, and Slavery by Another Name on February 22 at the Princeton Public
Elaine Pagels will give the James Baldwin
Lecture at Princeton University on February 12 on "Art, Music, and Politics in
the Book of Revelation."
On February 9 all of the sponsoring
organizations will host a Black History Month Gala, "Let Freedom Ring!" from
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Andoinger Center, Chancellor Green Rotunda at
Princeton University. This is a ticketed event.
The Seminary's Black History Month
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Chapel honoring Jane Molden, the first African American woman to graduate from
Princeton Seminary. She graduated in 1952. The month culminates on February 28
with Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and historians James McPherson and Douglas
Blackmon joining Princeton area high school students and community members at
the Princeton High School Performing Arts Center in an examination of the
historic significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Other early African American graduates of
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Class of 1878, a slave during the Civil War and later pastor of the Fifteenth
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become the majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, who was a
Philadelphia pastor and later president of the United Negro College Fund.
Another Seminary alumnus, James Reeb in
the Class of 1953, was killed in the March on Selma in 1965, taking a stand for
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Familiar faces abounded throughout the halls of Dillon Valley Elementary School Friday as county professionals made their way to presentation areas. Delicious smells emanated from the library where the chef was setting up. A group of firefighters marched by, carrying an impressive amount of gear. An artist leaned her paintings and sketches against a wall.
This was the scene for Dillon Valley Elementary's first ever Career Day. The school invited more than 40 experts and professionals from a variety of backgrounds to come and talk with the students. The jobs represented included firefighting, police work, lawyer, artist, writer, mechanic, athlete, paramedic, computer code writing and more. Because of the school's dual-language program, some of the presentations were conducted entirely in Spanish.
"We just thought, what a great way to make the things we're learning in class relevant," said principal Cathy Beck. "To expose them to different career opportunities and to learn about the career pathway."
Students were given the list of presenters and allowed to choose two to attend, one in each language. They then drew two more presentations at random to expose them to a variety of careers.
Each presenter came prepared. Some had slideshows, others had special equipment, clothing or demonstrations. Ian Buchanan, chef and culinary arts instructor at Colorado Mountain College, had a table set up in the library with ingredients laid out. He told the students about how he became a chef, and asked them about what they thought the job entailed.
"Being a chef isn't just about cooking food and eating food. The chef has to manage everybody too," he said. "What does teamwork mean to you guys?"
Hands shot up across the crowd. The very same thing was happening throughout the school. In his presentation, CAIC avalanche technician Tim Brown showed the students a slideshow with videos of live avalanches. The children crowded around the computer, asking questions and sharing stories. They discussed the current snow conditions and debunked a few snow myths.
When asked what skills he used that he learned from school, Brown said, "Science and writing. The most important thing for me is my science background. Without science, I wouldn't know enough about the snow to explain it." At the end of the presentation he concluded, "I would encourage you guys to work hard in school so you can learn the skills that you need in your job."
Finn Miles, a fourth grader who watched Brown's presentation, said he chose to come to it.
"I really like the outdoors and skiing," he said. "I never knew there was a job like this."
While the kids were clearly enjoying themselves, those giving the presentations said that they had a good time as well.
"They had a lot of good questions, a lot of interest," said Matthew Dayton, who competed in Nordic combined in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. "I was honored to have a good group of kids."
Bonnie Norling Wakeman, who painted the mural on the wall near the library, showed a group of young artists her sketch board for the project and described her methods.
"It was great to talk about this piece because they see it every day," Norling Wakeman said. "It was wonderful."
Fourth-graders Maia Fishman and Mackenzie Westenskow said they both enjoyed the artist presentation. They said they learned a lot about planning sketches and creating motion in a picture. When she chose to attend the artist presentation, Maia wrote her reason on an index card:
"I want to be an artist so I can express myself through color and pictures."
The purpose of Career Day, said organizer and literary resource/reading recovery teacher Kendra Carpenter, is to present the students with a live person as a model.
"I think it makes it seem real, an attainable goal. They see it right in front of them," she said.
With a live person, the students can see demonstrations, ask questions and get immediate answers, which gives a much more powerful impression than just reading from a book, Carpenter said. It was also important to offer both English and Spanish language experiences. "We want all of our students to see what they can do," she said.
Teachers are always telling students that "someday" they will use the skills they're learning, but the Career Day is meant to change that, Carpenter said. "We're trying to make 'someday' today."


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China's economy is slowing down, but a soft landing is still a possibility, thanks to various measures undertaken by the government that are helping to offset economic headwinds from Europe. Just the same, the country is experiencing an abundance of bad news. In September, for example, HSBC and Markit published a purchasing manager's index that suggests that Chinese manufacturing was in negative territory for the 11th consecutive month. The PMI was 47.9 in September compared to 47.6 in August; a reading below 50.0 indicates a decline in activity. The weakness was largely related to poor export performance. The sub-index for export orders reached its lowest level in 42 months, and the sub-index for employment was also in negative territory.
Exports are the primary culprit. China's government reported that total exports were up a very modest 2.7 percent in August from a year earlier. Exports to the EU were down 12.7 percent from a year earlier, and Chinese imports fell 2.6 percent in August to their weakest performance since 2009. This was partly due to declining commodity prices, but it also reflected weakening demand in China. Industrial production was up a relatively modest 8.9 percent in August. Automobile sales were up 8.3 percent in August, far slower than the pace of the last few years. All of this news suggests that China's economy is weaker than expected, and the anticipated rebound is not yet here. It also boosts expectations that the Chinese authorities will engage in further measures to stimulate the economy.
Meanwhile, weakness in the industrial sector is having a negative impact on investment into China. In August, China experienced a net outflow of capital for the third time in 2012. This means that investors are moving money out of China, perhaps as a result of the declining profitability of Chinese companies and pessimism about the Chinese economy. To facilitate the outflow and prevent a drop in the value of the currency, the central bank sold foreign currency. The central bank is boosting domestic credit in order to offset the negative impact on the money supply of sales of foreign currency. When a country experiences a net outflow of capital, it either leads to a decline in the value of the currency or a decline in the money supply if the central bank intervenes to hold the currency steady. Evidently, China's authorities are averse to allowing currency depreciation as it would likely draw criticism from foreign governments. Given this political climate, China's central bank has been intervening to keep the currency steady by trying to mitigate rising inflation and declining currency that could kindle political unrest. Yet at the same time, it is assuring that money supply growth continues at a moderate and rising pace.
One effect of the weakening industrial sector is a decline in Chinese company profitability. The profits of China's industrial companies fell in August for the fifth consecutive month. Profits were down 6.2 percent from a year ago, the fastest rate of decline this year. Corporate revenue continues to increase, but export-oriented companies are struggling to maintain sales by cutting prices, resulting in weaker profitability.
To deal with the slowdown in economic activity, the government has taken a variety of actions. The central bank cut the benchmark interest rate and reduced banks' required reserves, thereby boosting bank lending. In addition, the government has increased public investment in infrastructure.
The result of these measures has been positive. China's government announced that new local currency lending increased by $111 billion in August, the biggest August increase on record. This is very likely due to the recent cuts in interest rates and the reduction in banks' required reserves. Indeed, the broad money supply increased 13.5 percent in August from a year ago. Increased lending is welcome, given that several indicators have lately been disappointing. The question now is whether the government will choose to take further actions aimed at stimulating the economy. With a change of leadership about to take place in Beijing, major decisions may be put on hold until the new leaders have time to assess the situation.


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Hello, my name is Toni! Thought I would introduce myself. I'm going to be 40 in 2012 and I'm setting a goal to be able to run three miles in thirty minutes by my birthday(4/20)!!
Hoping to find motivation here! Looking forward to sharing experiences!
Welcome Toni, always nice to have a goal.Im sure you will find plenty of support here.looking forward to following your progress.. Bob
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Hi Toni! I'm Melissa and your post caught my eye because I am turning 40 myself on Feb. 8! There is a 5k I'd like to do in April, so that's my motivation. It's on 4/15, right around your birthday. Have you started jogging yet? I've done the workout from Week 1 a few times, very spread-out though, not all in 1 week. I don't think it hurts to start even slower if you're really coming right off the 'couch' like I was -- like maybe half of the first workout the very first time, 10 mins instead of 20, if your body hasn't run in years. Mine certainly hadn't. Keep us posted on how you're doing and I'm going to try to remember to stop back here!
I'm not really coming off the couch per say. I've been working out six days a week consistently since May, but I've never run before. I just started P90X2, so right now I only have two days a week to run. I wasn't able to find a C25K that only trained two days a week, so I'm making up my own schedule.
I ran two days this week. I am able to do walk/run intervals for 35 minutes, which is like 3.1 miles. I rest at a 4.0 mile an hour pace and I run at a 6.0 mile an hour pace. My longest interval at this point is only 2.5 minutes with 1.5 minutes of rest between intervals. I just plan to extend my run intervals as I feel stronger.
I don't really have a set plan, so this will be interesting.
Oh goodness, you are definitely not coming right off the couch then! You sound very active and fit already. If you're going about 3.1 miles in 35 minutes, does that mean you just need to shave off 5 minutes to meet your goal? Sounds like you're easily on the way to doing that.
I haven't regularly exercised since college, so about 17 years. I ran for fun back then with friends, and it came easy because of being in the marching band there (Univ. of Michigan). But it's been many years and my body needs to start this up slowly -- I can tell. Week 1 workouts are feeling fine and I'll just keep working up gradually.
Good job on your workouts so far!
Shaving five minutes sounds like no big deal, but I can tell you that those 2.5 minute stretches are a challenge!! Running is the most intense workout I've done!!
Good luck to both of us!!
I am a first time runner. I have been doing Zumba for about a year on a pretty regular basis. It is a pretty intense workout. The most intense I have ever done until I started this. I did W1D2 today. I thought this was going to be a challenge but I figured it wouldn't be too bad because of all my Zumba hours. I was wrong. My friend asked how I felt after day one and my response was winded, wobbly and wet with sweat (the 3 W's I'm calling it). Running is the most intense workout I've done as well. I am a little slower than you are. I am resting at 3.5 and jogging at 5 on the treadmill my goal is to make it through the first 9 weeks keeping this pace and then consider starting over and picking it up. I am training for 150 mile bike ride this August. It takes place over 2 days and I really don't want to be the person that they have to send the truck out to get because they couldn't finish. I'm trying to find a variety of workouts to keep me moving until the weather breaks in the Sping and I can get on my bike. This one seems like it varies enough that it could keep me from getting board and quitting. I love Zumba but after a year sometimes it is hard to keep up my motivation. I need some variety.
Good Luck.
I ran today. This is officially my second week. I was able to run 3 minutes stretches today!! Last week I was completely wiped out after my run, but today was not bad at all. I recovered within about an hour. I'm really excited and encouraged by today.
Keep up the good work everyone!
Hey Toni,
Last year was my first year of running at age 45-46, I ran 4 5K's and each one of them I was able to do 2 minutes better than the one before! It got me addicted! I am trying to eat better, I am trianing harder and better than I have ever before! I never was one for working out, I would try it modivated to get in shape and stronger but fizzled out in a month or so! But running is so different I am geeked to do better each time, to learn a better way of running of traing to get a better time, to feel ALIVE! and healthy and in Good Spirits! Running is my life now, well God, My wife & family comes first but I am all about RUNNING! This year I am moving up from the 5K and have signed up for 2 possibly 3 half-marathons ! I wish My wife shared my passion of running but physical exercise is not something she enjoys! But we have plenty of things we share together!
Keep Running!
Phillipians 2:16
Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ i may be proud that I di not RUN in vain or labor in vain.
My run today was awesome! I ran 3miles in 31 min 15 sec!! And I felt really strong! So excited!!
Toni, you are doing great! Did you jump from week 2 on Jan. 3rd with 3 minute stretches to week 9 on Jan. 10th to 3 miles? If you did that is awesome!
- Kathy
Harvest Hustle 5K - 27:28 11/17/12 PR
Run to Live 5K - 30:25 9/29/12
Started C25K on 10/20/11
Graduated C25K on 12/17/11
Each week I stay on the treadmill for three miles no matter how long it takes me. I'm doing walk run intervals, where each week I try to lengthen the time of my run intervals. Tuesday I was able to do a ten minute interval!! I'll just keep extending them until I can run the full 3 miles in 30 minutes.
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The opening 15-20 minutes were pretty good. Width again. Balls at all heights going into the box. Daws trying to be T'Hudd and pinging the ball all over the show.
Congratulations to Daffy on his hat-trick - and I know this will sound like sour grapes - but I don't think he played as well as Ade.
Carroll did well and T'Hudd seemed a bit off with his passing for a while, but then picked up - luckily.
The Haribo goal was a nonsense eh? The ball from Lloris wasn't what Naughton wanted, and then Naughton returned the favour. Put it down to the lack of experience on behalf of Naughton and over-confidence in his own abilities in Lloris.
Lemmon and Bale playing wide like that are a handful for any team - so I can only assume it has been the 'plan' to play narrow so far.
Which makes you wonder what AVB will do on Saturday. It gives him a problem as picking Ade over Daffy would seem counter-intuitive, but if Daffy starts alone, will we end up playing narrow again? He won't start both away will he?
I think that the result last night has obviously helped AVB - as I think that if we go out of the Europa in the group stage, Levy will have problems judging if we're making 'progress' under AVB.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
AVB plays 4-4-2 at home and although it was against a weaker opposition than we might normally find in the PL,it was great to see Lennon and Bale getting down the wide areas and doing what thier best at.
Bale looked like he was really enjoying himself and VERT looked like he was having an easy night with OUR CAPTAIN Daws along side him doing what he does best,and that is playing true grit football and not worrying if he's got some sh1t haircut or parading about in super alluminus boots that obviously makes you a star in the EPL.(PHEW).
Anyway,thoroughly enjoyed the game and was pleased to see Daffy get his hatrick,with goals taken with sublime skill.
Thought Ade looked a bit frustrated at times,but would have liked to see him score to prove that he and Daffy can definately become a duo that would scare the pants off most.
Sadly Dempsey brought nothing to the game IMO and maybe would have been better off at LIVERPOOL or even staying at fulham,but you can't blame him for not trying to better himself.
I think AVB will revert back to 4-5-1 for the MC game as they have too many attacking midfielders,though this is one which the THUDD should be on the bench for(too slow).
Anyway fingers crossed and all that.
I think he will play both again against MC. We started of 442 but changed as the game went on with Ade roaming from MF to out wide to link play and the players seemed more connected with Bale and Lennon not having to drop to deep to help out defensively, as often as usual, so the tempo was that much more higher. Seeing Bale stick mainly out wide and flying is a sight to behold, and his crosses deserved more, so I would like to see Daffy and Ade to attack the six yard box more and get on the end of them more often than they do. If Sandro's fit, then I think both will start, but if not he might go for Dempsey as he might be seen as more solid from MF. At the back, I would be happy to keep Vertongen and Daws at CB and keep Knaughton at LB, who apart from his back pass looked ok.
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Formations are a funny thing,
In my experience there is very little difference in playing a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-5-1 or sometimes a 4-4-2. The instructions that the players are given and their natural tendencies often override a set formations as players react to what is happening around them, maybe that's just the teams and players I have played for and with.
I was really happy to see Ade and Defoe start together and how well they complimented each other, I'm sure I saw Defoe passing the ball, maybe I'm mistaken, but the interplay between Bale, Ade, Defoe and Lennon was wonderful. And despite being much maligned (including by yours truly) Hudds pass to set up Defoe's final goal was lovely, in fact the build up play for that goal was beautiful to watch.
Obviously Defoe played really well and took his goals superbly, return of the flying Weshman! how many times could Maribors rightback have been booked? I counted at least 5 fouls on Bale alone. Ade looked a real handful, right on cue, when you consider we have the Citeh and the Goons, neither of whom are in great form! I bet he's raring to go!
I was particularly impressed with Carroll, he looks like he will become a really good player, obviously I'm biased, but he looked calm and controlled at all times and was linking the play so well! really encouraging!
I think with the injuries we have to our CM options then Ade and Defoe should and will start. None of our fit CM options are in the same form or IMO of the same quality as Daffy or Ade.
For Citeh I'd start:
Walker Dawson Caulker/Gallas Naughton
Lennon Sandro Vertonghen Bale
Ade Defoe
IMO this way we utilise the best 11 player we have at our disposal and we we don't ask Hudds to try and perform any kind of defensive duties against some of the best attackers/creative players in the league.
No Sandro and I'd start Vertonghen and Hudds in CM, maybe with Ade on the pitch Hudds pasing would be more effective and Defoe can play off Ade.
I thought his pre match comments showed a real reluctance to try 4 - 4 - 2 but that he had been talked into trying it. This would indicate to me that he now has to either admit we play better with that formation or he sticks to his guns and reverts back to 4-5-1 at the weekend. It will be a shame if he does that as it will show that his ego is bigger than his abilty to see what is in front of his face.
By playing two up front he made the whole back 4 work hard to try and hold us back whilst with little Defoe on his own it allows at least one defender to support the attacking midfielders thus putting our MF and defence under more pressure.
Bale and Lennon played well and I was particular glad to see how well Lennon tracked back - a side of his game that he has been criticised for previously.
I thought Carroll was a bit lightweight but once again I saw nothing at all from Hudd that made me change my mind about him. I lost count of the number of long passes that got cut out and I also lost count of the number of times he was lumbering around inbetween Dawson and Vertoghen passing the ball 5 yards sideways or backwards. The only thing he did right all night was the one final pass to release Bale for the third goal. Not exactly a great return for a whole games play.
Dawson hit several very long crossed field passes which against a PL side would have got cut out but against this poor side they found their man. Hudd was not quite as successful, and thats supposed to be his strong point, and even Vertoghen hit a couple that succeeded.
Naughton is a good player but what happened showed why you shouldn't play a right footed player at left back.
BUT, lets get this in perspective - Maribor were bloody poor really. The silly goal got their hopes and chins up whilst at the same time deflated our passion and made us nervous but still, we should have beaten them 5 or 6 nil IMO.
Still, the good news is we won and we played 4-4-2 which clearly suits us better, the team like it, the fans prefer it and it worked. My only hope now is that AVB is man enough to admit his tactics and formation is not right for us. Not holding my breath on that one.
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Hi John I enjoyed the game and AVB pre-match comments. He actually said we were going to try 4-4-2 as the team played it so well last season.
Thaough apart from that big error for their goal the whole team stepped up to the mark.
Can't really pick a player of the match but would think Daffy would get it because of his hat-trick. HR wouldn't play Ade and Daffy as a pair that often but last night says they could be a handful, for any team,with Bale and Lennon playing as they did. Thought Ade's control and pass to set up the 3rd goal was sublime!
Overall very promising for the future: A) because the TEAM played so well but B) because AVB was willing to play 4-4-2!!! That really bodes well for the rest of the season. IMHO of course.


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Zeppelin return to America and play in front of their largest audiences yet.
The first Atlanta International Pop Festival was held more than a month before Woodstock. It was organized by Alex Cooley, who later went on to organize the Texas International Pop Festival. The crowd numbered in the high tens of thousands, perhaps close to one hundred thousand. With temperatures nearing a hundred degrees, local fire departments used fire hoses to create "sprinklers" for the crowd to play in and cool off. It was a peaceful, energetic, hot and loud festival with few (if any) problems other than heat related.
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Led Zeppelin received several standing ovations and was called back to do more Janis and her new band tore everybody's minds.
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A water hose provided free refreshment and a good dousing, and a few johnny -on-the- spot closets added a touch of reality to the festival. A menagerie of sorts inhabited. The grounds: straight cats, Haight cats, teeny hoppers, Pinkerton coppers, vegetarians, and Aquarians, all were grooving or seemingly so. Consider Atlanta ZAPPED! [C.Zarco, July 11, 1969]
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a film
Either Land Before Time or Rookie of the Year. The original. Not this ripoff with li'l bow wow.
Sun Jun 30, 2002 11:22 am
Sage Francis
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Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21790
where do you live?
get it off
they are good supporters
I just watched Donnie Darko. Heh...maybe it would be Donnie Darko, if the coincidence control panel is on point today.
Sun Jun 30, 2002 4:17 pm
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 23
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
I watched A Beautiful Mind last night....
Not saying Personal Journals would be that movie, but I felt like announcing it.
Sun Jun 30, 2002 4:19 pm
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Posts: 22
Location: your mans room
if personal journals were a film it would be...
all nude. raw and up close. rated xxx.
Sun Jun 30, 2002 5:12 pm
what movie is personal journals?
definitely............"Henry Fool" by Hal Hartly
Mon Jul 01, 2002 12:44 am
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Location: MPLS / ST. PAUL
if PJ was a film
I think if Personal Journal's was a film ...it's be Boondock Saint's ...if anyone's seen it, they should somewhat know what I mean ...
Mon Jul 01, 2002 12:55 am
hell yeah about watching donnie darko...what did you think??
Mon Jul 01, 2002 7:32 am
coma emilio
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 1115
re: donde esta?
i'm from the land of heart disease and alcoholism.
could be anywhere i guess.
but my home is glasgow. and trying to find any decent hip hop can be pretty
yeah i never actually thought about trying to get it online.
and sitting at your computer listening to an album just isnt the same as lying down with headphones on.
i WILL get it somehow though. and hope to report back on likeness to films!
it'd be good if it was like the big lebowski. truly one of the funniest films i've seen. only perhaps trumped by spinal tap. mighty ducks three is also funny, but for different reasons.
Mon Jul 01, 2002 7:57 am
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 5766
Location: Queens, NYC
I'm thinking that
Personal Journals
is a mix between
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Requiem for a Dream.
Or maybe
Bloodsucking Freaks
directed by Steven Spielberg.
Everyone knows most of the album is culled from the plot to
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:23 am
p00ny tang
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 6413
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Donnie Darko?..
A Beautiful Mind?..
I'm jealous..
I wish I would've picked something good..
We rented Gosford Park this weekend..
I've never been so bored..
But, I stuck through it..
All 2 hours and 16 minutes of it..
And it wasn't worth it..
Can I order P.J. through you?..
It's 13.50, plus 6% Michigan tax (0.81), plus S&H..
It's $18.81 at HHI..
I'm sure I get get a better deal through you..
Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:22 am
kung-pwn master
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 11292
Location: ann arbor
i loved gosford park.
i liked it as much as
donnie darko
and better than
a beautiful mind
Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:37 am
Sage Francis
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if you want it through me then wait for my upcoming newsletter, which will explain the process and all the other product I have available.
If you can't wait then send $15 in the form of CASH...concealed...to:
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Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:54 am
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Posts: 120
if it was a film
it would be gummo.
Mon Jul 01, 2002 11:23 pm
Sage > what did you think of Donnie Darko... its not evne out in the UK yet, but ive heard good things and seen the trailer...
Tue Jul 02, 2002 4:28 am
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- While you're untying, remove any labels or tags that are still attached.
- Three groups of 20 calves found with suspect identifications or without tags over the past three days are the focus of the investigation.
- He reached into the box and held up a braided metal necklace with a tag attached to it.
- You never know, maybe our house arrest electronic tags will have sequential serial numbers!
- The most worthy community penalty is the curfew order, monitored by an electronic tag attached to the defendant's ankle, which requires him to be at home for up to twelve hours a day.
- But instead of custody the two will be confined to their homes in the evenings and at night, their compliance monitored using electronic tags.
- Everyone spoken to for this story agrees - the politically correct tag has stuck and is damaging.
- Make the appointment on the basis that every pound spent on sport is a contribution to the health of the nation and part of the effort to lose our tag as the sick man of Europe.
- Wild Child was a phrase created to describe her beloved twin, but Callie's lips curved slightly as she realised that Stacie was right, bookworm would be a better tag.
- The tags, writing and art style are all collected so in the event of a sprayer being caught, officers may be able to use a portfolio of evidence of other offences.
- The police believe that one group of people is responsible for the graffiti across West Swindon as the same graffiti tags keep appearing.
- Hundreds of new graffiti tags are appearing all over Haydon Wick and Greenmeadow.
- HTML was invented with the specific purpose of providing a universal set of tags for displaying of information.
- As anyone with a collection of songs on their computer knows, the information contained in the information tags isn't always perfect.
- While you're rewriting your title and description tags, don't forget the keywords meta tag.
- In this case, the defendant was driving a car with stolen tags and the license plate light out.
- She drove more slowly now, careful to look in the parked cars for anyone who might be watching, checking the tags for a government plate.
- Tail numbers, which start with the letter 'N' are to aircraft what license tags are to automobiles.
- Dangling on the end of a plastic tag hung the key to the room next door.
- A steaming mug sat in front of him, a tea bag tag dangling down the side.
- I have never doubted what he was referring to whenever he barked out his slithery tag phrase.
- And what a stupid tag line: Are you thinking what we're thinking?
- Indeed, it is difficult to embody what we do in a tag line.
- Another possibility is for the tag to agree with a subordinate clause: I don't think they'll come now, will they?; That's a nice mess you've got us into, haven't you?
- However, such uses in quotative tags are fairly common.
- These tags litter our own speech, oiling the wheels of conversation, organising turn-taking and clearing up misunderstanding.
verb (tags, tagging, tagged)[with object]
- The bear was tagged before it was released, to show that it had been causing trouble.
- Then there was the long task of unpacking, labeling, tagging, and re-packing every single can of pickles.
- About four days before, Rose had left her larger suitcases, tagged and labeled with her name, waiting out on her front porch to be picked up and transported to camp ahead of her.
- I was amazed by the Green Party members during question time today when they were complaining about the Minister of Conservation tagging dolphins with an electronic tag that was to be picked up by satellite.
- She will be electronically tagged for the first six months, to stop her leaving her home between 8pm and 6pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
- Hardcore teenage criminals will be electronically tagged or subjected to intensive surveillance under a tough new penalty being launched in South Yorkshire today.
- When they stopped making their case to the broader community, they were tagged with the special-interest label.
- Economists with radical views often run the risk of being tagged with political labels.
- And anyone who hasn't won a Stanley Cup is often tagged by harsh labels in this fast-paced, hard-checking and passionate game.
- Since very few trains circulated, graffiti artists started tagging and painting entire subway trains.
- I'm entirely on the side of graffiti artists who tag places that have a political resonance.
- Nothing looks worse than a fire which appears to be a transparent pyramid tagged by graffiti vandals.
- Audio could be tagged, but not downloaded easily.
- The S-bit is applied to code that needs to be secure, and a separate portion of an ARM processor monitors and identifies data tagged with an S-bit.
- If tagging works well for VoIP then expect the same for video and audio, too.
- Initially we wrote our applications on the assumption that we would do the work the conventional way, using radioactive labels to tag the DNA fragments and film to record the sequence from the gels.
- The stem cell was tagged with a fluorescent dye, allowing investigators to track and recover the cells descended from single cell transplanted into female mice.
- Genotypes were obtained by automated sizing of fluorescently tagged polymerase chain reaction amplification products.
- He forced his way over in the corner and Barnes tagged on a touchline conversion.
- He tagged on two conversions but the highlight was keeping a clean sheet.
- The flirtation with danger was worth it, however, as Harvey tagged on the extra two points.
- It wouldn't hurt to tag along and shadow her in her endeavors.
- I would tag along, listening, a small shadow absorbing a vision of a much better land beyond.
- The only unanswerable anti-war argument was the generally conservative, Little England case that it is no longer in Britain's interests to tag along behind the United States.
Late Middle English (denoting a narrow hanging section of a decoratively slashed garment): of unknown origin; compare with dag. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
When first recorded, this word referred to a narrow hanging section of a skirt slashed as a decorative feature. It is of unknown origin but may be related to late Middle English dag. Use of tag for a label indicating ownership began in US English in the mid 19th century. Tab (Late Middle English) may be related. It originally described a small flap or strip. In American English in the late 19th century it developed the sense 'an account', commonly reflected in the idiom keep tabs on meaning 'keep a regular check on' someone. This is the same word used to mean 'bill' in a restaurant.
Words that rhyme with tagbag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, wag, zag
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noun[mass noun]
- Speed frequently determines who is safe or out, who is caught during games of tag, or who will win the race.
- The girls stopped spinning and began chasing each other in an impromptu game of freeze tag.
- There were children running around, laughing and chasing each other in a game that looked like tag.
- Baseball does have an arm extension interpretation when a runner tries to avoid a fielder's tag.
- Members of the defensive team need to be aware of an inadvertent or accidental tag of home plate by the catcher in such situations.
- I strongly believe that the language of the rule needs to be amended to explain the necessity of a tag when runners advance at their own risk after an Infield Fly is called.
verb (tags, tagging, tagged)[with object]
- Freeze tag is a game where one person is selected to chase and tag the others.
- He couldn't let himself be tagged, then he would have to chase, instead of being chased.
- He tags her, and she then dances back across to tap a boy.
- As the pitcher straddles the rubber and the runner takes his lead, the first baseman tags the runner.
- The boy ran to home base and tagged a runner running in.
- If Jeter says he tagged the runner, he tagged the runner.
Mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of tig.
When first recorded, this word referred to a narrow hanging section of a skirt slashed as a decorative feature. It is of unknown origin but may be related to late Middle English dag. Use of tag for a label indicating ownership began in US English in the mid 19th century. Tab (Late Middle English) may be related. It originally described a small flap or strip. In American English in the late 19th century it developed the sense 'an account', commonly reflected in the idiom keep tabs on meaning 'keep a regular check on' someone. This is the same word used to mean 'bill' in a restaurant.
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LONDON -- British lawmakers on Monday accused major multinational companies of aggressive tax avoidance, amid calls by the U.K. government for a global crackdown on firms which seek to evade tax.
In sometimes bitter exchanges at a parliamentary committee hearing, legislators questioned Starbucks, Google (GOOG) and Amazon about the amount they pay to the U.K. government in taxation.
Lawmakers scoffed as Troy Alstead, Starbucks global chief financial officer, claimed that the fact the coffee giant had reported losses for all but one of the 15 years it has operated in the U.K. was down to poor performance -- and not an attempt minimize its taxes in Britain.
"You have run the business for 15 years and are losing money and you are carrying on investing here. It just doesn't ring true," said Margaret Hodge, head of parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
Alstead acknowledged to the panel that its taxable profits in the U.K. are calculated after royalties paid to its European headquarters in the Netherlands have been deducted. He said that Starbucks had a special tax arrangement with the Dutch government covering its headquarters, but declined to give details.
"Respectfully I can assure you there is no tax avoidance here," Alstead told the panel.
Companies operating in Europe can base themselves in any of the 27 EU nations, allowing them to take advantage of a particular country's low tax rates.
Alstead insisted that Starbucks was not seeking to mislead investors or tax authorities about its performance in Britain.
"We are not at all pleased about our financial performance here. It is fundamentally true everything we are saying and everything we have said historically," he told the committee.
Last week, Britain and Germany called for the world's largest economies to do more to collaborate to fight tax evasion, particularly in online commerce.
Hodge told witness Andrew Cecil, public policy director at Amazon, that many people in Britain are angered over the low tax rates paid by the retailer.
"Your entire activity is here yet you pay no tax here and that really riles us," she said. Cecil declined several times to tell the committee the level of Amazon's sales in the U.K.
"We have not disclosed those figures ever publicly," he said.
However, Amazon's annual reports do disclose this figure. The most recent regulatory filing gave U.K. revenues as 11-15 percent of total sales in 2011, an amount equal to $5.3 to $7.2 billion.
Amazon did not respond to emails or calls asking for explanations about the discrepancy.
"It's just not acceptable ... It's outrageous," the committee's chairman, Margaret Hodge MP, said of Cecil's inability to answer questions about Amazon's UK sales and corporate structure.
Amazon's main U.K. unit paid less than 1 million pounds in income tax last year.
Amazon avoids U.K. taxes by reporting European sales through a Luxembourg-based unit. This structure allowed it to pay a tax rate of 11 percent on foreign profits last year -- less than half the average corporate income tax rate in its major markets.
Matt Brittin, Google Vice President for Sales and Operations in Northern and Central Europe, acknowledged the company did cut its tax bill by channelling profits from European sales through Bermuda but said this was perfectly legal.
Google's filings show it had $4 billion of sales in the U.K. last year, but despite having a group-wide profit margin of 33 percent, its main U.K. unit reported a loss in 2011 and 2010.
It had a tax charge of just 3.4 million pounds in 2011.
The search engine provider books European sales via an Irish unit, an arrangement that allowed it to pay taxes at a rate of 3.2 percent on non-U.S. profits last year.
Google is under audit by the French tax authority regarding its structure. The company denied a newspaper report last month that it had received a back tax claim for 1 billion euros.
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- Jul 18:
- Defendants found guilty in Richmond High School gang rape trial
- Richmond High gang rape case: The verdicts are in, will be read on Thursday
- Jul 12:
- Defense attorney asks jury to convict man of lesser charge than gang rape in high school assault case
- Jul 1:
- Richmond High gang rape defendants left DNA at crime scene, scientist testifies
- Jun 25:
- Pinole man admitted to touching Richmond High gang rape victim, police interrogation video shows
- Jun 17:
- Richmond High gang rape victim takes the stand
- Jun 13:
- Man convicted in Richmond High gang rape testifies about former co-defendant's role in attack
- Jun 12:
- Richmond High gang rape recalled by witness and convicted attacker
- Jun 6:
- Witness: Defendants "laughed and joked" about Richmond High School gang rape
- Jun 5:
- First responders detail arriving to scene of Richmond gang rape
- Jun 4:
- Father of Richmond High gang rape victim: "It was a horror."
- Jun 3:
- Defense: Wind could have transferred defendant's DNA to used condom in Richmond gang rape
MARTINEZ -- Closing arguments in the Richmond High School gang rape trial are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The prosecution and both defense attorneys rested Monday in the case against 20-year-old Marcelles Peter and 22-year-old Jose Montano, who each face life if convicted as charged in the Oct. 24, 2009, attack on a 16-year-old girl on the Richmond High campus during a homecoming dance.
Two former co-defendants have been convicted of gang rape in the case. Another two are awaiting trial on lesser sexual assault charges.
Peter's attorney called no witnesses to the stand. Montano's attorney called one, a forensic pathologist who testified for less than a half-hour about the victim's medical records.
The attorneys will give closing arguments to Peter's jury on Wednesday, and to Montano's on Thursday.
The juries will deliberate separately beginning sometime next week, after the conclusion of jury instructions.
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Taco Bell fans erupted on social media Wednesday when they couldn't find the much-anticipated new Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos.
"I've never been more angry in my life," Shawn Oliver wrote on Taco Bell's Facebook page, one of more than 3,000 comments posted by early Wednesday afternoon.
Added Kevin Kinney: "You lied to me!! I thought we had a better relationship than this!!"
The fast-food chain announced Monday that the eagerly awaited sequel to the Doritos Nacho Cheese taco shell -- released last year to great fanfare-- would be in restaurants starting Wednesday. That's a day earlier than the original advertised launch date.
The announcement, posted on the company's Facebook page, read "You told us you can't wait. Now you don't have to."
The message, however, that didn't reach loyal Taco Bell patrons is that only select restaurants would offer the special taco a day early. A spokeswoman for the Irvine-based company told The Associated Press that the early release was only at participating restaurants.
"We're humbled by the overwhelming response to Fan Day," a Taco Bell representative said Wednesday. "We apologize to those fans who couldn't buy it a day early." The tacos will be available nationwide Thursday, the representative added.
Restaurants around Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco were among the select Taco Bell locations serving up Cool Ranch tacos Wednesday, and the mood among Bay Area taco aficionados was much more upbeat.
Jeff Cole wrote in an email to this newspaper: "Me and some friends went today to a San Jose location and did get the Cool Ranch tacos!"
At just after 1 p.m., the Taco Bell on North Main Street in Walnut Creek had already sold about 100 of the new tacos, said manager Olivia Jijon. A regular size taco sells at $1.49, while the supreme goes for $1.89.
"We're supposed to be starting tomorrow," Jijon said. "But I got everything ready early, so I say, 'Why are we wasting time?'"
An employee at the Taco Bell on Duboce Avenue in San Francisco said he started his shift by sampling a few himself: "They're amazing. I had three today."
The social media eruption over the Cool Ranch tacos is only the latest in fast-food embarrassments on the blogosphere. Burger King's Twitter account was hacked last month by users who changed its photo to the McDonald's logo and posted a series of raunchy and racist tweets.
Bay Area residents didn't appear too upset over the Taco Bell confusion.
"First world problems," Alex Yee wrote on the Mercury News Facebook page. Garrick Roshau echoed others' sentiment with: "Who cares!!"
And for those whose Cool Ranch Doritos taco dream went unsatisfied, well, there's always Thursday.
Contact Heather Somerville at 925-977-8418. Follow her at Twitter.com/heathersomervil.


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"Fireproof" will be shown at Campbellsville Christian Church on Sunday evening at 6 in the sanctuary and again on Friday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in the Family Life Center.
"Fireproof" is the story of a firefighter who lives by the code to never leave a partner behind - except in his marriage. Through a challenge by his father, the firefighter begins a 40-day love dare to win his wife's affection back.
In the newsroom we have a counter where people put doughnuts and cookies for everyone to share.
Today someone set out a container of humungous cookies. Each cookie is 480 calories with 23 grams of fat. For those keeping score, one cookie is 12 Weight Watchers points, which is more than half my daily allotment.
What do the Jewish Passover and Jesus' Last Supper have in common?
Efrain Goldstein, speaking on behalf of Jews for Jesus, will answer that question in a presentation called "Christ in the Passover" at South Campbellsville Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m.
Remember this name: Mordecai Ham. I'll tell you at the end who he is.
Meanwhile, let me tell you about Phil Munsey, a guy I heard on the radio the other day. He wrote a book last year called "Legacy Now: Why Everything About You Matters."
The point of his book is that big or small, everything in our lives matters and everything we do has eternal consequences.
Celebrate Recovery will begin a new session today at First United Methodist Church, located on Main Street in Campbellsville.
The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., and childcare is available.
Celebrate Recovery is a biblical based 12-step program for people older than 18 who have hurts, habits or hang-ups.
For more information, call 465-5951 or 465-2818.
"The theme of this year's Baptist Campus Ministry is love, truth and action. Because so many great people came to support this year's dinner theater, CU students can now live out the theme through various missions trips this spring break," said Emily Bryant, a junior from Louisville.
Bryant is fundraising coordinator for BCM. She spoke during Campbellsville University's 15th annual Baptist Campus Ministry dinner theater Friday, Feb. 6.
Barry Bertram entertained at Good Hope Baptist Church's Valentine banquet on Saturday, Feb. 14. He sang love songs and closed with a devotional time. He is pictured with his wife, Margaret.
Pickett's Chapel United Methodist Church will host a spring youth revival from Sunday, March 9 through Friday, March 13.
Services will begin nightly at 7:30 ET.
The evangelist will be Pastor Eric Gilbert, and special music and drama is planned. A line-up of performances follows.
- Monday, March 9 - Benson Sexton and St. Andrew's youth team.
- Tuesday, March 10 - Behind the Cross and 20/20 from Elk Horn Baptist.
- Wednesday, March 11 - First Service Band and Columbia Baptist Creative Ministry team.
A few years ago I wrote about seeing a pig fly. What I meant by that was seeing the surprising answer to a prayer, something I thought I'd only see "when pigs fly." In other words, never.
But God seems to delight in never and impossible. A woman who called the newsroom last week reminded me of that.
She didn't want her name in the paper, but she wanted to tell someone her story. Someone who would believe her and not laugh at her. Someone who believes that God can and does do strange and wonderful and impossibly improbable things.
Kentucky Baptist high school students seeking to refine their musical talents can audition for the Kentucky Baptist All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra on March 7 or 14.
Auditions will take place at six locations across Kentucky on both dates. High school students who have completed grades 9-12 and are active members of a Kentucky Baptist Convention church are eligible to participate.
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