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"A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism" – An Adult with Autism's Take
Two Autism Speaks employees, Ali Dyer and Kerry Magro, recently read Laura Shumaker's book, "A Regular Guy: Growing up with Autism." Each wrote a response to the book, unique to his/her relationship with autism. Ali has an adult brother with autism; Kerry, an adult with autism, is a rising senior at Seton Hall University, majoring in Sports Management. Below is Kerry's response to the book.
This week I had the pleasure of reading Laura Shumaker's book "A Regular Guy: Growing Up with Autism." The book gives her perspective about her son Matthew's journey from early childhood into adulthood with autism.
Before going into the book, I just wanted to say I admire what Laura has been doing to help families with children on the spectrum. I first learned about Laura's book after she commented about one of my earlier blogs about the Autism Speaks 400 race. It was really great to see that all of this was able to come together.
The best way to describe the book would be a rollercoaster of good times and "learning" times for The Shumaker family. The one main thing that is clear, though, is the loving bond of a mother and family doing everything they can to make sure their son grows up to be okay. Whether it is early on where she is desperately looking for that special "Miracle Cure" or when Matthew gets older and it's more about accepting him as who he is. This book gives you the whole insight to a mother's struggle everyday with a child with autism.
Many parents look for answers and Laura's book is sure to connect with parents with children on the spectrum as it goes through different diagnoses of ASD, school placement, family life, money complications, stress levels, babysitting options, and unforeseen struggles that come often come out of nowhere.
Being diagnosed with autism, I gained a great respect for different individuals with ASD from reading this book. As a young adult on the spectrum it makes me want to learn more about how my early childhood compares to Matthew's. It also made me continue to understand that no one diagnosis is the same. Every diagnosis has a different rarity from individual to individual. There are thousands of treatments, yet not one cure.
What we can take from this book in the end, however, is that no one is alone and there is always someone to be there for you – whether it is Autism Speaks' Family Services, an autism helpline, or even a brilliant author like Laura. Growing up with autism should be an experience of understanding and learning.
(And hey, no one is really "regular" anyway, right?)
Did you read Ali's post yesterday? If you missed it, you can check it out here.
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STOCKTON - Officers from 10 law enforcement agencies in San Joaquin County arrested 60 people in the 10 days from 12:01 a.m. Aug. 16 and midnight Sunday for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The special focus is part of the Summer/Labor Day National Anti-DUI crackdown in the county, according to Stockton police Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the campaign.
During the same 10-day period in 2012, there were 101 DUI arrests in the county.
Through Labor Day, Stockton police will deploy extra DUI saturation patrols around the city. All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts.
Police, the Sheriff's Office and the California Highway Patrol encourage all motorists to help make the streets safer: Report drunken drivers by calling 911.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
WAYNESBORO, Ga. -- After news breaks that one city could hit taxpayers with quadruple tax hikes, families show up to a council meeting to speak out.
Some taxpayers say it's adding insult to injury in a city where about half of the people are living below the poverty line, but Waynesboro leaders say it's a cure for a crisis.
Leaders gave a first look at four tax increases for families during Monday's city council meeting.
They are talking about the 2013 budget. Waynesboro leaders are dealing with a bloated budget and the cure is reaching a little further in people's wallets.
Leon Bynes lives in Waynesboro. He told News 12, "Our citizens just cannot afford that. When you look at the budget for a city this size, of $8.2 million, I think it's out of control."
City leaders want to increase the amount families pay for water, sewer and garbage pickup and after more than 20 years, they want to raise property taxes.
Waynesboro City Administrator Jerry Coalson said, "We had a warm winter and we didn't sell very much natural gas. So therefore, we didn't bring in the revenues that we typically bring in and that we budgeted for."
Some, however, are asking how can so much burden be put on Waynesboro families in a town that hasn't seen growth.
"You haven't had a new subdivision built in the city of Waynesboro in over 20 years," Bynes said.
Alberta Anderson was born and raised in Waynesboro.
She said, "There's a lot of waste, there's a lot of waste with the cars, trucks, with the gas."
Many agree with this Waynesboro taxpayer, trimming some fat is a must. That is why they talked about taking a look at how much gas is being spent or wasted in city cars. Like the quadruple tax hike or not, all can agree someone has to cut back.
"If you are cold, we're just going to have to wrap up," Anderson said.
"Right now, I'm hoping that the citizens of Waynesboro will be able to work with the mayor and city council and we can come to a happy agreement on this," Bynes said.
Again, we are talking about the 2013 budget and this was only the first reading, so city leaders will revisit this topic again.
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LAKELAND | Longtime local businessman John Rodda, the owner of Rodda Construction Inc., was honored Thursday night with the Jere Annis Leadership Award.
The Leadership Lakeland Alumni Association presented the award at the Lakeland Yacht Club.
The award, named after Dr. Jere Annis, a founder of Watson Clinic, was established in 1989 and has been given since to 23 members of the Leadership Lakeland Alumni Association.
Former Lakeland Mayor Buddy Fletcher and Publix's Clayton Hollis are among past recipients of the award.
Rodda, 57, who also recently received the United Way's Outstanding Community Service Award, started Rodda Construction in 1979 and has donated his time and his business services all over Polk County ever since.
He followed his son from Little League to Florida Southern College as a baseball coach, restoring and building new facilities pro bono all along the way, and for these contributions he was awarded the Polk County School Board Superintendent's Partnership award.
Rodda also is involved in many other Polk County entities, including the YMCA, the SPCA, Carver House Ministries, St. Luke's Ministries and Miracle House.
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Roger won his first round in Basel today. He endured a tricky 6-3 6-7 (6) 6-3 win over Bobby Reynolds to reach the second round at the Swiss Indoors.
"I didn't really have so much time to get used to the conditions," Roger said after the match. "I was only able to hit here for two hours in practice. He served very well and it the corners, it was tough to read."
Our two-time defending champion took the first set but was taken to a tie-break in a tight second. He clawed his way back from 5-1 down before the American world number 86 clinched it 8-6 to force the decider, but Roger came through.
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Thanks Rogi, you are so kind !!!
what a fh into straight line!!!
and what a bh!!!!
Rogi, although I know you will triumph in this match, please get Mary-Jo the hell out of your box (she had this long face in the only shot I saw of her). She was dissing you and bigging-up Nada earlier this year, forgetting who signed her hubby's pay-cheq
The justintv/radiomix finally got its sound back and now is okay and I am so excited for Roger!!!! I know he is going to win in front of his home crowd. GO ROGER!!!!!
thanks again for the link....I skipped the first set... I was working!!!
Come on Rogi, win in 2 sets, I have plenty of work to do!
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thanks again for the link....I skipped the first set... I was working!!!
Come on Rogi, win in 2 sets, I have plenty of work to do!
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Gosh I don't know how Roger scrapped through that first set but thank god he did it....come on Roger!! Go for the 2nd set!!
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Explains Why Bloody 'Hunger Games' Is Good For Kids
When the second installment in the "Hunger Games" films, "Catching Fire," is released on Nov. 22, it will introduce a new actor to the Capitol: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee.
Hoffman says he's a fan of Suzanne Collins's book trilogy, on which the films are based (the third book will be adapted into two films) .
"It's unbelievable what this woman has done," the actor said in an interview. "She literally tells our modern history of war and the awful things that have happened through these science-fiction novels. In the modern day, we send children off to die to protect our way of life, basically. It's very powerful the way she does it."
His amazement at Collins's books made him say, "I'm in. I want to be a part of that," he said. Despite the film's bloody premise, he said the full story gives a very different message than simply "kids who kill each other." According to him, if the films are done well, they are something kids should see.
Hoffman said since his role in the "Catching Fire" book isn't very big — Plutarch Heavensbee takes over from Seneca Crane as Head Gamekeeper. But the film's writers added more to his character. Then when he films "Mockingjay," everything changes.
"I'm looking forward to the next two [films], because his job becomes very different," Hoffman said of Plutarch's role. "The story becomes very different and everyone will see what happens."
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There is more to fruit than meets the eye. One man draws his inspiration from a citron.
The man had his whole life ahead of him. He wanted to travel. See the world, soak in all the different cultures and treasure the experience. It was in the Middle East where he discovered the perfect Citron. A ritual was to be performed before each harvest season, in which the fruit of the citron, or the "goodly trees" was received. Religious leaders were dispatched to scour the region for the perfect citron. It was at the harvest festival that the man met a most attractive young lady. The man fell in love with the woman and promised to return for her one day. It was several years before the man made it back. The two embraced one another, but the woman pulled back to ask the man what exactly took him so long. "I couldn't return without the perfect citron," said the man as he presented her with a Michael M Citrine diamond ring.
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STOCKTON - After 16 sessions spread over more than four months, the hearing over the 2012 firing of a Lincoln High School special-education teacher accused of operating pornographic websites on a district-owned laptop computer concluded Wednesday. A ruling by the three-member panel hearing the case could be weeks away.
Heidi Kaeslin, 37, is contesting her firing and seeking reinstatement by Lincoln Unified. The school district alleges she used a district-issued laptop to develop the websites over a span of at least 10 months beginning in fall 2010.
Kaeslin's attorney, Tom Driscoll, argued Wednesday that his client's involvement was short-lived, "minor and peripheral," and has been "blown out of proportion" by the school district. Lincoln Unified's attorney, Marleen Sacks, said Kaeslin damaged the school district's reputation, showed poor judgment and a lack of "common sense" and is "incapable of remediation or improvement."
The panel is expected to begin its deliberations today. Once a decision has been reached, it will have up to 30 days to release its written ruling. Regardless of the ruling, the losing side will have the option of appealing the case in San Joaquin County Superior Court.
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Couldn't blog for the last 2 weeks. Too busy with JavaOne 2008 stuff. Wanted to get a nice(?) picture to explain what is there in Java Card 3 Platform. I asked our Director/Manager Eran Davidov to get me a nice picture. This is what he gave me. If you don't like it it is all his fault. If you like it, all credit goes to me :).
This side picture is not an architecture diagram. Not even close to it. It just picturizes all new features of Java Card 3 Platform.
A little explanation. At the hardware level, Java Card stands on 32 bit processor and 24K of Volatile and 128K of No-Volatile. The strengths are JDK 6 and CLDC. The interfaces to and from the card are, USB, HTTP, SSL, Sockets .... all latest protocols. The application models are Servlets/Applets/SIOs ....
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Food, fun, family and lots and lots of foam.
That's the best way to describe the annual block party event hosted each year by The Right Path for Washington County. This year, photos can also be added to that list, according to Cathy Harper, director of The Right Path.
"Every year we try to mix it up and have something new. This year we're partnering with Andi Roberts and Roberts Family Photography in Belpre to bring their Silly Box photo booth to the event," Harper said.
"When we mentioned that we would have this, the kids just squealed. It's going to be a lot of fun and hopefully the beginning of a new partnership," she said.
The photo booth comes complete with props and costumes and allows those posing for photos to view their photos on the Roberts Family Photography Facebook page within a couple days time.
"The set-up allows users to control when they take the picture," explained Andi Roberts. "It usually unleashes a case of the sillies."
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- What: 7th annual Right Path block party.
- Where: The Marietta Aquatic Center.
- When: 6 to 11 p.m. Friday.
- Details: Inflatables, food, live disc jockey, swimming.
- Cost: $5 per person, all ages welcome. Permission slips are available at the aquatic center.
- For information: 374-6990 or search for Right Path for Washington County on Facebook.
Other activities include music from Mobile Jams Entertainment, inflatables from Time Well Wasted, swimming at the Marietta Aquatic Center and pizza from Little Caesar's.
"All of our media partners and support from the community are really what keep us going," Harper said, adding that the City of Marietta has been instrumental in making the event go off without a hitch and remain safe.
"There are a lot of little details and each year is a learning process," she said. "But fun and safety is what we always try to promise."
Devin Lindsey, 16, of Marietta, has been attending Right Path events for as long as he can remember. He plans to attend the block party on Friday.
"I'm looking forward to having fun and hanging out with my friends - and the foam pit," he said.
Lindsey's brothers, Jamie and Travis, have also been involved in Right Path events, making it a real family affair.
"It helps kids stay out of trouble and gives us something to do," he said.
People of all ages are welcome to attend the event and parents are definitely encouraged, according to Harper.
"We realize it's really difficult to have that family time but it really is important for kids to connect with the adults in their life. Kids are pulled in so many directions, we forget sometimes that they just want to have fun," she said.


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The Department of Biology and Earth Science at Otterbein University will provide you with a strong foundation for a variety of endeavors after graduation. Our small class sizes ensure that you will build strong relationships with our faculty. Otterbein's liberal arts tradition opens you to the world beyond the sciences. Field courses and service learning expand your experiences outside of the classroom. You may travel to a local metro park or such exotic locales as Africa, Costa Rica or Belize. Internships and research will give you real world experiences that put you head and shoulders above the competition. No matter what you choose to do after college, we'll make sure you are ready.
The Department of Biology and Earth Science also prepares you for careers in biology, plant science, molecular biology, environmental science, earth science, and various medical fields.
We offer majors in Biology and Environmental Science and minors in Biology, Earth Science and Sustainability Studies. Our department also supports course offerings in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major. You may also want to explore Otterbein's new Sustainability Studies major.
Otterbein has partnered with the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the Ohio Wildlife Center to offer a major in Zoo and Conservation Science. With both B.A. and B.S. degree options, this unique major will teach students the skills that zoos and other wildlife conservation organizations are looking for in an ideal employee.
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The hands sculpted by Auguste Rodin are among the late 19th century's most expressive works of art.
They are also in desperate need of a good doctor.
On display at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center, one has several broken fingers. Another seems to suffer from a cyst on a nerve. A third may have symptoms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A fourth is missing a thumb.
We know this because we can share in the science -- through art -- of medical diagnosis, on display at the exhibit "Inside Rodin's Hands," which runs through Sunday.
The internal anatomy of 10 different Rodin hands are re-created in a high-quality 3-D virtual model built by a Stanford team, using CT scans of modern hands with similar ailments.
Visitors can view the underlying structures -- bones, nerves and blood vessels -- from every angle, via an iPad. It's like seeing Rodin's hands through the eyes of a surgeon.
A diagnosis for each hand has been prepared by Dr. James Chang, a Stanford hand surgeon, and students in his undergraduate course Surgical Anatomy of the Hand: From Rodin to Reconstruction, which studies the anatomy and aesthetics of human structure.
They propose surgical solutions: Bones rejoined. Connective tissue removed. Enzymes injected. Nerves and tendons transferred. Joints replaced.
The new exhibit is part of a time-honored intersection of art and anatomy dating back to the Renaissance.
But the hands in this room aren't idealized images, such as those drawn by Michelangelo or da Vinci. Rather, they are large and grotesque, gnarled by the often cruel nature of 19th century Parisian life and labor.
They illustrate the ordinary motions of long-gone, everyday lives -- a grasp, a clench, an extended reach. Rodin believed that the hand was among the most powerful vehicles for communicating emotion through art.
Gazing at the hands was a revelation for museum visitor John Ryan. "I knew he had so many live models," the Sausalito resident said, "but it never occurred to me that they would actually be, in many cases, showing deformation."
The exhibit was inspired by Chang, in collaboration with the university's arts and sciences faculty in the Cantor Arts Center, the School of Medicine's Division of Clinical Anatomy and the Lane Medical Library.
Chang became enchanted by the Rodin sculptures during his surgical residency 15 years ago, when his family would visit the museum on Thursday evenings. The Cantor Arts Center's collection of Rodin bronzes is among the largest in the world.
While his wife, Harriet, also a physician, settled in at the cafe with a quiet cup of coffee, he strolled the sculpture garden while his two daughters played. (One now-grown daughter, Julia, is attending Brown University in an eight-year program that combines art history and medical school.)
"We were on call every other night and wanted a place to relax," he said. "I looked at the sculpture, and I would see, almost exactly, a patient or operation I had just done."
"To me, anatomy is art. And art is anatomy," he said.
His Stanford class, years later, attracts students with deep interests in both art and human anatomy. They have ranged from an organist to a baseball pitcher to an amateur magician to a butcher's daughter.
Rodin's sculptures could serve as a teaching tool, he thought: "It is fun, educational and very engaging for students."
He consulted with Stanford's Division of Clinical Anatomy, where researchers are creating a library of 3-D scans of diseased human bodies. The scans are used for research, surgical training and analysis of biomechanical motion.
Chang gave them CT scans of his patients who had the same conditions Rodin had sculpted. They superimposed his patients' CT scans onto scans of Rodin's hands.
Technology's linkage of art and anatomy "allows new ways of knowing, learning, experimenting and discovery," said Dr. Amy Ladd, chief of Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center, Stanford University School of Medicine.
The diagnoses are speculative, of course. For more accuracy, it would be necessary to know the intimate details of a patient's life, as well as how much artistic license Rodin took with his sculpting.
But one life story -- an aging European man who used his hands tirelessly -- is well known. It is Rodin's.
A sculpture of his own hand shows a flexed position of the ring and small fingers, dimpling of the flesh and knots under the skin.
The diagnosis: Rodin had Dupuytren's contracture, a disease that thickened his hand muscles.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Tuesday was night one of the Citizens Police Academy with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. Fifteen people began the class and will spend the next 12 weeks learning the ins and outs of every division.
The first group to go through the class was handpicked by the commission, the mayor, the chamber and the board of education. The group includes a student, a realtor, neighborhood association presidents and former law enforcement officers, all of whom are considered to be leaders within the community.
"In the past, there's been segments of the community that have been left out or not had any type of involvement with the Sheriff's Office," said Brian Tucker, a firefighter, reserve police officer and business owner in Richmond County who was picked to represent District 8.
Sheriff Richard Roundtree says the issue Tucker brought up is something he's noticed for years. He says he's hoping the new Citizens Police Academy can help change that fact.
"This is one of the first things I said I wanted to do to get the people back involved in this office, and for it to come, it's a very proud day for us," Roundtree said.
Tucker and 14 others went through the first class.
"This Sheriff's Office belongs to the people, and they need to know it belongs to them," Roundtree said. "So I wanted to give it back to them, and by doing that, I wanted to bring them in and say, there are no secrets, this is your office."
On Tuesday night, they loaded up a bus to tour all the precincts and the law enforcement center.
"We're not gonna hold anything back," Roundtree said. "We're gonna show them some of the basic law enforcement functions that our deputies go through."
They'll have classes on the operations and history of the Sheriff's Office, but it's in the field where Roundtree says they'll learn the most.
"They're gonna have a ride along, we're gonna do a range day we're gonna let them experience some of the police driving and the shooting tactics that officers learn," he said.
It's all to get a better understanding of what goes on inside the RCSO.
"When they see us out in the community, when they call the police, then they will have a better understanding of why we do what we do," said Capt. Wendy George with the Community Service Division.
"We want them to see both sides of it, we don't want them to see just a person in a patrol car that pulls up, we want them to see a human being," Roundtree said.
Thirteen members of the first group will also make up the Citizens Advisory board. They'll give input to the Sheriff's Office to help them work better within their communities.
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Recently, my youngest son was organizing his books, separating them into stacks to donate, stacks to keep for now and stacks to keep forever. The stack to keep forever was a small tower of Junie B. Jones books, the New York Times best-selling and controversial young reader series by author Barbara Park. Park died at age 66 last month, bringing a premature end to the beloved Junie B. Jones series. Our family was saddened at the loss of this talented writer. The 30 titles in the series were some of the first chapter books that my son and his friends read, and still among my favorite books to read aloud to him.
The stories chronicle the hilarious kindergarten and first-grade adventures of the opinionated and exasperating Junie Beatrice Jones, who dislikes her middle name, insisting on "just B, and that's all." Junie B narrates the story in first person using endearingly creative grammar and words like "beautifuller." Junie B's poor grammar and misbehavior have led some parents and teachers to ban Park's books, claiming they set a bad example. But others find the bad example a great teaching opportunity. My sons would often spot Junie B's mistakes, both grammar and otherwise, suggesting ways she could have avoided the trouble she often brings on herself.
In memory of Park, we've started rereading the Junie B Jones stories, and following are a few of our family's favorites.
"Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus." This is the first book in the series. The plucky heroine is just about to start kindergarten, which, she points out, "is where you go to meet new friends and not watch TV." She's also a bit freaked out by the idea of riding the school bus. Junie B makes friends, meets her teacher, causes an astounding amount of chaos, and then meets the school principal. Junie B's irrational fears and quirky observations are laughable, but since she is such a believable 5-year old girl, they are also understandable.
"Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying." Junie B decides she wants to become a spy. She's pretty sure she'll be good at it because she has sneaky feet, and her nose doesn't whistle when she breathes. Junie can't pass up the chance to spy on her teacher when sees her in the grocery store. When she witnesses the teacher sampling some grapes without paying, she's shocked to learn that grown-ups aren't perfect. It's a sweet story for kids and adults, with the comforting message that everyone makes mistakes.
"Junie B. Jones Toothless Wonder." Junie B is the first person in class to lose a front baby tooth and she's not exactly thrilled about it. She's concerned that she'll look like her friend's toothless Uncle Lou, and has some serious misgivings about the tooth fairy. She convinces herself and her friends that the tooth fairy is a witch who steals teeth to eat. My son loves the part where Junie B's mother challenges her spooky description of the tooth fairy and Junie B gets annoyed with her, "I rolled my eyes way up to the ceiling. 'Cause sometimes I have to explain everything to that woman."
The young boys and girls I know, love the Junie B. Jones stories. They can relate to the struggles of a person with only 5 years of life experience trying to make sense of an often confusing world. Park perfectly captures that innocence through Junie B's unfiltered thoughts and dialogue. Her character is good at heart and refreshingly honest, sometimes talking back to adults, but she's not overly sophisticated or smart-alecky. She's a regular, flawed person, at times egocentric and bratty, but her intentions are good and the lessons she learns along the way are positive.
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SAN JOSE -- As the fire department continues to investigate a string of arsons, the city made it through a second consecutive night with no suspicious fires.
The San Jose Fire Department said no fires occurred early Tuesday morning, specifically in the neighborhood around downtown San Jose where at least 12 suspicious fires occurred between Wednesday and Sunday. The fires, believed to be the work of an arsonist, occurred between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Firefighters have said at least eight of the fires were started intentionally.
As of Tuesday morning, the investigation continued with no suspects in custody.
"We're actively and aggressively investigating, using all the resources that we have," San Jose fire Capt. Cleo Doss said Monday. "Through our efforts and the community's vigilance, we hope we can get this guy off the street."
The San Jose Police Department is assisting in the investigation and on Saturday released a sketch of the suspect, whose image has been detected by surveillance cameras and an eyewitness.
Doss emphasized that people should be extra cognizant of suspicious activity in their neighborhoods and should call 911 if they see any suspicious activity.
"Do not attempt to confront anyone that seems suspicious," Doss said. "We don't know what this person is capable of."
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Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday that if Washington leaders really want to work together, they could take a page from Habitat for Humanity.
Wielding a power drill alongside other Habitat volunteers, Carter portrayed the long-abandoned home they were rehabilitating as a two-story lesson for all those in charge of a stymied federal government.
"You can't put the boards down on a deck without cooperating with each other," he said in an interview with The Associated Press and other news outlets. "There's a shared commitment and a realization that we all have one goal to achieve ... and we respond to leadership."
"If Washington would just do that," he added, and his wife, Rosalynn, finished the thought: "it becomes a community."
The Carters were marking the 30th anniversary of their volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity, the Americus, Ga.-based Christian housing organization that harnesses volunteer labor to build and refurbish houses for families that can't otherwise afford them. The homes are sold to at no profit to the families, who must also help construct or rehabilitate them.
The former first couple has spent a week each year banging nails, drilling boards and shining a presidential-wattage spotlight on Habitat's work. This year's project spans from San Jose, Calif., to New York City.
Friday found the Carters helping build a deck behind a three-bedroom house. It went into foreclosure 14 years ago and became a boarded-up blight on its otherwise tidy Queens neighborhood, said Neil Hetherington, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity New York City. The roof fell into disrepair, allowing leaks that caused structural damage; raccoons moved in.
By the end of the year, it should be home to Donette Dixon and her children. A city school health worker originally from Trelawny, Jamaica, Dixon said she has looked for five years for a home she could afford, and now the friend with whom her family is living has to move.
Situations like Dixon's were on the Democratic former president's mind as he took a break from drilling to talk about Habitat, housing policy, his frustration with the nation's campaign finance system and his concern about its growing income inequality in the more than three decades since his presidency. Income growth for the top 5 percent of households has greatly outstripped growth for the median household since 1967, U.S. Census Bureau data released last month showed.
"American society has gone downward in its system of equity among different groups, and in ability to move upward, and in the ability of a working family to pay for its expenses," Carter said.
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TRI-VALLEY -- Local churches, community members and businesses are working together to make sure everyone is welcome and full of good food this Thanksgiving.
The Livermore Community Thanksgiving Dinner and a new community dinner to be held in Dublin are free and open to all. Scores of volunteers have been working for months on plans, and hundreds more will be cooking, baking, serving meals and decorating the halls for the big day.
The dinners are open to anyone who wants to share a meal on Thanksgiving Day.
In Dublin, the meal will be served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Raymond Catholic Church.
A group of Tri-Valley churches, businesses and individuals are hosting the traditional sit-down meal, billed as the first Tri-Valley community outreach Thanksgiving dinner.
Families, seniors and singles are invited to attend.
Volunteers will provide the meal, entertainment and children's activities.
People who wish to contribute money to support the dinner may write checks payable to St. Raymond's with a notation that it is for the Thanksgiving dinner. Checks can be mailed or dropped off at the church, 11555 Shannon Ave., Dublin, 94568.
In Livermore, for the 30th straight year, Randy and Lurline Moore are busy with the annual Livermore Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Bothwell Center.
"It's a big milestone," Randy Moore said. "It's the only Thanksgiving we know anymore ... It's amazing that it's still going strong."
The event began with a small group of friends who wanted to provide free Thanksgiving meals to people with nowhere else to go. At the first, organizers served about 250 people, and over the years, it has expanded to provide turkey, mashed potatoes, and all the trimmings to about 1,000, including veterans, seniors, families and singles. Meals are also delivered to hundreds more who can't attend.
"From millionaires to homeless people, we don't discriminate," Moore said.
More than 500 volunteers are expected to assist with the dinner, which runs this year from 1 to 5 p.m. The volunteers will take part in decorating on Thanksgiving morning, and can sign up for jobs as cooks, hospital helpers, escorts and servers.
"Our big thing is we don't turn away help," from volunteers or donations, Moore said. "We're just getting started, so we need just about everything."
For those interested in volunteering, the event's planning committee will hold an informational meeting at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 at Bothwell Center, 2466 Eighth St. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their desserts to the meeting or the following morning. The Moore's are looking for about 50 items to be donated; from turkeys and cranberry sauce to cooking pans. The entire wish list can be found at www.lctd.org.
Monetary donations can also be dropped off at the U.S. Bank at 2125 Second St. in Livermore.
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HENDERSONVILLE - Frances Aileen Kintner Boozer, 90, died peacefully on December 1, 2012 at the Carolina Village Medical Center with her family by her side. Born in Wilmore, Kentucky on June 1, 1922 to the late Olis and Pauline (Cook) Kintner, she married Howard Boozer in 1946 and raised four daughters. The Boozers lived in many places during their lifetime, most notably Raleigh, NC during the 60's, West Columbia, SC during the 70's and 80's, and then retired to Hendersonville in 1991. After Howard's death in 1999, Frances moved to the Carolina Village retirement community, where she resided until her death.
Frances received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology in 1946 from the University of Redlands in California. She was an independent woman of her generation and enjoyed both raising her daughters and being active outside the home. She worked in the secretarial and administrative field for many businesses and organizations, including the League of Women Voters and the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. She was also an active volunteer with the PTA, Girl Scouts, Red Cross Blood Bank, Unitarian Universalist Church, Meals on Wheels, and Interfaith Assistance Ministry. She was an avid reader, a life-long learner in programs such as Elderhostel, and loved to travel, hike, and cook. She was also a member of the Unitarian Universalist Churches of Columbia, SC and Hendersonville.
Frances was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Howard Boozer; brother Wilbur Kintner; sisters, Margaret Anderson and Dorothy Kintner; and son-in-law George Blasco, Jr. Surviving her are her daughters, Claudia Boozer-Blasco of Litchfield, NH, Margaret Patton (Jeff) of Greensboro , Catherine Cuddington (Terry) of Apex, NC, and Barbara Windham (Mark) of Lexington, SC; grandchildren, Matthew and Chase Cuddington, Laura Windham, and Elena and Calvin Patton; brothers Paul (Vivian) Kintner, George (Carolyn) Kinter, Jim (Doris) Kintner, and Robert (Sallie) Kintner; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday December 29, 2012 at 1:00 PM at the Carolina Village Hall, 600 Carolina Village Road, Hendersonville, NC 28792. A private graveside service will be held at Shepherd Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Carolina village Residents In Need Endowment Fund, 600 Carolina Village Road, Hendersonille, NC 28792.
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The chairman of a Vermont Senate committee says there's no guarantee that a bill will pass out of committee in the coming weeks that would allow immigrant farmworkers in the country illegally to get driver's licenses.
Sen. Transportation Committee Chairman Dick Mazza said Thursday that the bill has a lot of issues that need to be resolved before it can be voted on by the committee and then the full Senate.
The committee took testimony from advocates, and the commissioners of the Vermont Department of Public Safety and the Motor Vehicles Department.
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The 52-foot "Big Tex" statue that has welcomed visitors to the State Fair of Texas with a booming, "Howdy, folks!" for the past 60 years was completely destroyed in a terrifying burst of flames today.
Fair President Sue Gooding told Houston's KTRK News that the structure burned very quickly and was rendered unsalvageable within ten minutes. Early speculation suggests the damage was caused by an electrical fire.
Because everything, including tragedy, is bigger in Texas, natives are taking the news extremely hard. Many on Twitter are comparing the destruction of the statue to 9/11.
A major difference between the events is that no injuries were reported as a result of the the novelty statue's fire, and 9/11 proved the single largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil in the nation's history.
Only Tex's wire framework and hands, jutting out in friendly welcome from his charred corpse, remain.
Gooding promises the statue will be rebuilt before next year's fair.
For a lovingly detailed account of Big Tex's origins and history, check out his heavily biased Wikipedia entry.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A local woman found herself on not one but two websites promoting weight loss products. Now she is warning you not to believe everything you read.
Heather Fearneyhough knows what it takes to get into shape. She lost nearly 145 pounds and did it the good old-fashioned way.
"You can't achieve results by any other way except good old-fashion hard work," Fearneyhough said.
You can only imagine how angry she was when she found her before and after pictures on a website promoting products she never used.
"I pulled up the website and I was like oh my gosh! There was a picture of me," she said.
A friend sent her a link to a juicing website. The website had her before and after pictures and her testimony.
"There is an entire story written and they had said I had lost 145 pounds and come off of insulin using their product," Fearneyhough said.
Not only has she never been on insulin, but she has also never used the product.
Fearneyhough did a Web search and again she found pictures of herself promoting yet another weight loss tool.
"My name is 'Laura' on this website they said I was 36 years old," the 24-year-old woman said.
Fearneyhough is angry strangers stole her story and her image, most likely from Facebook, to create lies.
She wrote an email to the juicing company.
"All I got in response is, 'Oh, sorry about that. Someone sent in your weight loss story," she said.
However, the juicing company did remove her pictures from the website.
She's had no luck so far getting her image removed from the other website which appears to be international.
"It's just con artists looking to steal your money," Fearneyhough warned. "People need to be careful. You can't believe things you read on the Internet -- and if it seems to good to be true, it really is too good to be true."


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While my internship with the great folks behind Weewar has ended, I am happy to announced that I am now officially here to watch over the community and make sure the site runs smoothly.
In the coming weeks, we will be rolling out a new upgrade page as well as a couple other small changes. The test server will be re-launched again for you to test some new balancing changes to unit stats and gameplay. I will post more details of these changes as we introduce them. We've been a bit too silent on our end for the last few weeks, and I apologize and plan on remedying that. Look forward to more posts and communication soon, both here on the blog and in the forums.


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Hi there folks...
I recently discovered this program and have now used it, mostly succesfully for 4 weeks. One of the reasons I changed from what I used previously was the ability to display covers for movies (I have other programs and hardware taking care of the music part, eg. SqueezeCenter).
My collection is placed on a networked harddrive that all connected hardware can see. The file structure is something like this:
|- TV Series - Show - Season
|- Movies - Action
I have thus tried the following:
1. folder.jpg in a folder containing more than one video, eg under "Show" and "Season".
2. folder.jpg under "Action"
3. moviename.extension.cover.jpg for each movie in "Action".
I have very varied results. Here are some of the things I experience.
1. The folder "Show" does not get cover art (on the folder itself).
2. The folder "Season" does not get cover art (on the folder itself).
3. The movies in "Season" all get the same cover art as defined by "folder.jpg" in that folder.
4. The movies in "Action" all get the same cover art as defined by "folder.jpg" in that folder.
5. (I removed the folder.jpg) Some, but not all movies in "Action" get the cover art defined by moviename.extension.cover.jpg.
I've searched the forums here and tried a few things but can't really seem to get it to work as it should. I really want this work and that leads me to these questions:
1. Does the "Generate Thumbnails from xx seconds" impact on the cover art. Should it be turned on or off, and if on, what should xx be? 0 seconds? 10 seconds?
2. Is there a size-limit for the folder.jpg or the moviename.extension.cover.jpg?
3. Is there a way to get cover art for the folder itself? eg "Action" or "Show"?
4. Same as number 3, but also without all movies in that folder getting the same cover as folder.jpg. Eg that moviename.extension.cover.jpg has higher priority than folder.jpg.
5. Why does "Action" have both movies that show the cover art and movies that don't? All files have cover art files.
6. Last dumb question: Why such a long and complicated name as moviename.extension.cover.jpg? Why not just moviename.jpg/png?
Hope someone is able to help out here Thanks in advance gyus and/or gals.


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There are many Native American stories regarding the stunning red, orange and white hoodoos in Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park. The Paiute Indians call the park Unka-timpe-wa-wince-pockich — which means "red rocks standing like men in a bowl-shaped canyon." According to one of their myths, a long time ago a group of people moved into the area and made Coyote angry with their bad behavior. Coyote put a curse on the people, turning them to stone. The canyon's hoodoos are these Legend People.


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Winners of 67 Races Earn Automatic Berths, Travel and Entry Fees Paid Into World Championships
The Breeders' Cup announced Monday that the 2013 Breeders' Cup Challenge series will consist of 67 automatic qualifying races into the Breeders' Cup World Championships. This year's series will be conducted in 10 countries and will feature 48 Grade or Group 1 events, and nine new races. Breeders' Cup will pay entry fees and provide travel allowances for the connections of the Challenge winners into the Championships.
Belmont Park will host ten races during the 2013 Breeders' Cup Challenge series beginning on September 28 with the Beldame Invitational Stakes. (The complete 2013 schedule is available at https://members.breederscup.com/challenge/schedule.aspx).
Horses around the globe will be qualifying for the 30th Breeders' Cup World Championships, which will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on November 1, 2, and will be televised live on the NBC Sports Network. The Breeders' Cup Classic will be shown live in primetime on NBC from 8-9 p.m. ET on Nov. 2.
The Breeders' Cup Challenge series, now in its seventh year, will be held at many of the world's premier racetracks in the US, Canada, Argentina, Australia, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan and South Africa. This year's series began in January in South Africa, when the 5-year-old Variety Club (SAF) won the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate (G1) at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town and qualified for an automatic starting position in the Breeders' Cup Mile (GI). The first North American race of the series will be the Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) at Churchill Downs June 15, for an automatic berth in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (GI).
As part of the enhanced benefits program for Breeders' Cup Challenge winners, the Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for winners of all Challenge winners starting in the Championships. For this year's World Championships, Breeders' Cup will also provide a travel allowance for all starters, including Challenge winners. Breeders' Cup will provide a $40,000 travel stipend to the winning connections of each Challenge winner from outside of North America and a $10,000 travel allowance for winners of North American races held outside of California. The Challenge winner must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program by the Championships' pre-entry deadline of October 21 to receive the rewards.
Belmont will host the following Breeders' Cup Challenge races:
Sept. 28 Beldame Invitational Stakes (GI) Ladies' Classic
Sept. 28 Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (GI) Filly & Mare Turf
Sept. 28 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes (GI) Classic
Sept. 28 Vosburgh Invitational Stakes (GI) Sprint
Sept. 28 Kelso Handicap (GII) Dirt Mile
Sept. 28 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (GI) Turf
Oct. 5 Foxwoods Champagne Stakes (GI) Juvenile
Oct. 5 Frizette Stakes (GI) Juvenile Fillies
Oct. 6 Miss Grillo S. (GIII) Juvenile Fillies Turf
Oct. 6 Pilgrim S. (GIII) Juvenile Turf
Last year, a record 45 winners of Breeders' Cup Challenge races participated in the World Championships. Of those, seven horses, Fort Larned (Classic), Wise Dan (Mile), Groupie Doll (Filly & Mare Sprint), Royal Delta (Ladies' Classic), Shanghai Bobby (Juvenile), Little Mike (Turf) and Calidoscopio (Marathon) won Breeders' Cup World Championships races.
"We are very encouraged that horsemen from around the world continue to take advantage of the Challenge series benefits of a guaranteed starting berth, free entry fees, and travel allowances as a way to secure a place into the Championships," said Breeders' Cup President and CEO Craig Fravel.
There will be five automatic berths for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. The Classic qualifiers, all Grade I races, begin with the Stephen Foster Handicap. The Whitney Handicap from Saratoga on August 3, won last year by Fort Larned, will be the next Classic qualifier, followed by the TVG Pacific Classic from Del Mar on August 25 and the Jockey Club Gold Cup from Belmont Park and the Awesome Again Stakes from Santa Anita Park, both on September 28.
The 2013 series will include 9 new races: the Triple Bend Handicap (GI) on June 29 at Betfair Hollywood Park for an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile; the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) (Turf Sprint) from Del Mar on July 28; the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (G1) (Filly & Mare Turf) and the Connally's Red Mills Lowther Stakes (G2) (Juvenile Fillies Turf) at York in England, both on August 22; the Pat O'Brien Stakes (Dirt Mile) at Del Mar on August 25; the ICON Juvenile Trial (G3) (Juvenile Turf) on September 7 at Leopardstown in Ireland; the Pocahontas Stakes (GII) (Juvenile Fillies) and the Iroquois Stakes (GIII) (Juvenile), both from Churchill Downs on Sept. 7, and the Canadian Stakes (GII) (Filly & Mare Turf) on September 15 at Woodbine.
For the third consecutive year, the Breeders' Cup will pay foal nominators of Challenge winners a $10,000 award.
About Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup administers the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing's year-end Championships. The Breeders' Cup also administers the Breeders' Cup Challenge qualifying series, which provides automatic starting positions into the Championships races. The 2013 World Championships will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Nov. 1-2, and will be televised live on the NBC Sports Network and NBC. The $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic will be shown live and in primetime on NBC. Breeders' Cup press releases appear on the Breeders' Cup Web site, www.breederscup.com. You can also follow the Breeders' Cup on social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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Prescription medicines improve and save lives, turning many deadly diseases into manageable conditions and helping people who suffer from chronic diseases live healthier more productive lives.
Access to these medicines is critically important and, in the U.S., patients can gain access through various channels, including private health coverage such as employer-sponsored insurance, and government programs, such as the Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D). For financially struggling, uninsured Americans, help is available through the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. And in times of disaster, patients can turn to Rx Response, which helps ensure patients living in areas struck by natural disasters, pandemics, or terrorist attacks have continued access to medicine.
Medicines are vital to helping solve rising healthcare costs in America and with optimal use, they can improve health outcomes and help avoid the need for costly healthcare services, such as emergency room admissions, hospital stays, surgeries, and long-term care.
To help appreciate the vital role that medicines play in American healthcare—both in terms of patient health and healthcare costs—it's important to understand the biopharmaceutical marketplace.
Innovation and affordability
Unlike other sectors in the U.S. healthcare system, the framework for prescription drugs is a delicate balance of innovation and affordability. This balance, often referred to as the prescription drug lifecycle, produces long-term savings as a result of the initial investments and research by innovator companies.
Generic medicines represent the final stage of the lifecycle. Prior to the introduction of a generic to the market, an innovator biopharmaceutical research company has taken a brand-name medicine through the long journey from idea to discovery, early-stage research and development to clinical trials, regulatory review and finally to patients. Over time, these innovative new medicines lead to generic copies that patients use at low cost for many years.
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Today is the last day to get in on the group buy. Again I want to thank everyone who already ordered.
We will start shipping the first of the orders out tomorrow. International orders will ship first because they have the longest travel times. All customers will receive tracking information when their orders are shipped.
wow looks like a bunch of peeps took advantage of this group buy. Gratz everyone.
Chewie's the man.
why couldn't i have found you guys a month earlier??
Loving the stones. I've been using my Naniwas for years now, no complaints. But these just have a much better feel, more mojo, Fahrvergnügen if you will. Earlier this year I jumped on to 2 Shaptons that kind of turned me on to thinking about broadening my wet stone horizon, which in turn got me to consider this group buy. The naniwas are now kept in the kitchen for my staff to use and learn on. They all have watched and learned as I demo'd how to get hair popping razor sharpness off the those and they are jumping all over them now. My new stones are kept in my office, stashed with the printer paper.. By the way, that picture of all the wet stones up above- would that lone Takenoko 8000x be mine? Kind of chuckled when I saw that pic. Thanks again for the good deal
Hi Marc,
There was 2 Takenokos ordered, you can them both if you real close.
I'm glad to hear that you like your new stones and how cool is it that you passed along your old stones to the crew?
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Julia66 Oh, hubby is NOT racing, lol. Maybe he'll race to a bar while I'm running the 1/2 and then race to the finish to cheer me on! Great job on the speed work! Did you ever get those Yoga strecthes I promised to share with you??
Terranss Good to "see" you buddy! It sounds like a full and happy running/swimming/dancing schedule.
linuscatch and Debm2011 Thanks and AlfNinerX welcome back!
OshCat Nice job getting back to your old self! Yay.
I ran a little 3.5 miler this morning. My quads were sore from yesterday's push, but I still felt strong and got a 9MM uphill for the last mile (thats good for me)!
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
MarathonDream Thanks for the great info.!
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
MD: A wise man told me for every minute you save on the front end of a marathon it will cost you 2 on the back end. Never bank time on a marathon, these are not easy words to live by. I have neg split 2, but my best was by far when I ran a even split. Worst no question was when the 1st 1/2 was well let's just say to fast and I BONKED! Good luck with your ultra.
I did my 5 mile route in the wind and rain yesterday evening, froze my rear end off. But I needed to run, two days off then it's down to Madison for the Crazylegs on Saturday......
Madison forecast shows rain and cold on Saturday........ AWESOME! <sarcasm> But I'm going anyway.
5k - 24:26
5k Trail - 24:57
5 Mile - 39:52
10k - 51:19
10k Trail - 53:15
Snerb Way to tough it out in the rain! I hope the forecast for Saturday is wrong, or that you'll get a break in the weather for your run.
I ran 3.5 miles in the beautiful Berkshires (Mass.) this morning. I was a little fatigued since this was the first set of 3 consecutive running days for me in a while, but still "got 'er done"! I also got to see a herd of deer and a cottontail bunny up close while I was out, so it was pretty dreamy!
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
9 miles 1 hr 15 min. Got caught in a hail storm. That hurt.
snerb: BRRRRR!
melodylea: bet rest tomorrow will feel good after 3 stright days...enjoy!
M: Thanks for all the helpful info on marathon. WIll try to incorporate some of this into next race.
THis morning did 1.5 miles paved to a trail along river in Waco, TX. 4 miles on relatively easy trail through woods along the river... it was beautiful. No music, just listened to birds, water flowing, squirrels jumping back and forth, watched sun rise through the woods. Finished with 1.5 miles paved back to hotel. Never looked at watch, didn't care how long it took...just enjoyed the easy 7 mile run today.
Off tomorrow and Back to LR's starting this weekend but has been fun easing up for last two weeks after HM.
Hope you all had good ones too!
NHLA - ouch!
linus and Melody - bucolic runs -herd of deer, cottontail bunnies, squirrels jumping. water flowing. Sounds nice. <contented sigh>
Snerb - you'll have so much fun at Crazylegs you won't even notice the weather (how's that for positive thinking?)
4 slooooow miles today. Calves were back to being uncooperative. And it was a chilly 40 degrees. I'm thinking I wasn't well hydrated yesterday - I even woke up thirsty and feeling dry. Ran into a friend walking his dog at mile 3.5 and we stopped to chat for 5 minutes or so (I didn't know he ran Boston!). After that little break, the last 1/2 mile home was a piece of cake. After a very, very, very long day at work, I splurged on a Burger and Fries with a vanilla shake for dinner. Sometimes being bad can feel very good.
I felt really bad at my track meet today, so I just fudged a 4:56 mile.....totally kidding....4:56 MILE! I'M SO EXITED! PR BY 3 SECONDS!!!
RunBetter - W00t! You're lots faster than me...
Debm - Way to tough it out. I did a small Wendy's burger and frosty the other day myself
NHLA - I'm NOT a fan of hail. That's the only really damaging weather we have in this area.
linuscatch and Melodylea - It's great to get off the roads, init?
I did a group run last night at Lair O' The Bear Park, up the hill, down the hill. Turn around, and go up the hill, down the hill. What an evening! It had just rained lightly, so the scents of the forest were prominent. Ever run through a Ponderosa pine forest? They smell like butterscotch. Some folks claim it's vanilla, but they're obviously impaired. We passed several mountain bikers on the uphills. Total was about 5.25 miles, in 75 minutes. Single track, not too steep, elevation between 6900 and 7300 feet. I was able to run the uphills successfully. Slowly, but I didn't have to walk. Downhills were a blast. I probably ran them too fast, but it sure was fun! Rest day today.
NHLA - I hope you didn't get too bruised up in that hail - ow!
Linuscatch - that run sounds ideal, I second Deb's <contented sigh>
RunBetter - congrats on the PR!
Oldplodder - butterscotch eh? Sounds like another run to add to the <contented sigh> list.
Last night I did two miles on the indoor track, my equivalent of the treadmill. There was a Fit For Life class going on so I had some good music to listen to, and had fun watching the people. Then I did a half hour of weights and walked home. My legs were tired but most importantly I'm in no pain.
I'm looking forward to doing a long run this weekend, I'm going to try 4 miles. Also looking forward to running with my frield Lori on Wednesday. I think we're going to try out the multi-use trail on the northwest side of town.
Wishing everyone good races and great runs this weekend!
New Year's Color Run (5k) - 01/01/13
Oshkosh Half-Marathon - 04/21/13
Hi Everyone!!
Been keeping up with the posts but havent' posted in quite awhile.
I have been running, REALLY!!
Due to my business travels, it doesn't seem like I will be running a race in April .......... boo hoo ......... but I did run 2 in March, haha!
My next race is on May 5th, a HM, in NM.
Ran 10 miles trail with hill repeats on MONDAY.
Ran 10 miles intervals on treadmill, weights and rowing this past WEDNESDAY. Feeling it today.
Running a minimum of 6 miles and have run a maximum of 12 miles. Been running every other day, getting plenty of REST the next day.
You all have been my inspiration as I have an ongoing self-dialogue going when running my trails ................ quite the motivator, 'hearing those voices', haha!!
Trail runner
12 miles 1 hr 38 min. Little warm today.
It's been an easy week for me:
Monday 4 miles
Tuesday 5 miles
Thursday 4 miles
Today 3 miles
Tomorrow I have 8 miles planned. I wish I could swap this weekend's weather (partly cloudy and high of 60 degrees) for the weather predicted on my race the following weekend (showers and high of 70). I haven't really had a chance to acclimate to the higher temps yet so those 10 degrees might make a big difference. I guess I'll just wear extra layers of clothes on the remainder of my runs to get some practice running while overly warm.
Upcoming Events
Eau Claire Marathon-May 6
Ellsworth Cheese Curd 10k-June 23
Red Wing 4th of July Road Race-July 4
River Falls Days 10k-July 14
Ronde des Cyclamens-Aug 5 (First Int'l Race!)
Whistlestop 1/2 Marathon-Oct 13
14th Annual Turkey Trot-TBD
5k - 27:50
10k - 58:41
10 mi- 1:39:58
1/2 - 2:16:38
Full - 4:56:50
OshCat - That's great, that you have no pain!
az1414 - Better to run and not post than to post and not run.
I did 8.6 on the multi use path this morning. Sunny, breezy, and 45. Not a bad day overall. My goal today was running economy and a 10 m/m pace. The out was an overall uphill into the wind, and the back was obviously the easier portion of the run . I tried to run at equal effort more than time.
A local shoe store had a marathon training group run today, so I saw a lot of runners. I'm afraid some of them thought "You're doing it WRONG!" when I came around a curve singing along with Axl "Wake up late, honey put on your clothes Take your credit card to the liquor store." What can I say? I had the wind at my back!
Checked my watch at the end of the run and hit 10:02 pace overall. Drank some chocolate milk and I'm posting and icing. A great Saturday morning.
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Haven't had an issue yet stop good and don't seem to be tearing anything up
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One name always comes to mind when talking about the best in off-road riders and our old friend and long-time EBC outlet in his shops Malcolm Smith is an avid supporter of the EBC Brakes Carbon X Brakes range and has used them for years in Trail and Enduro riding. Also, multi-time champ Randy Hawkins has been a long-time user of EBC carbon based X pads for years.
Although the Carbon X Brakes will not outlast a sintered copper brake pad, it has the unique benefit of lower heat generation and transfer. When riding off-road in fast and dry conditions such a feature is a major benefit. In EBS's years of listening to the faster riders, we have seen cases where the rear brake rotor can be glowing red in night rides which shows just how hot trail braking can get a rotor. Stopping this getting to the bike's hydraulics is greatly assisted by using a carbon-based pad such as the X pad.
- EBC "X" Series carbon brake pads have been the choice of top enduro riders around the world for several years.
- "X" Series brake pads utilize a carbon-graphite formula which reduces heat generation and conduction, helping to keep both the rotor and caliper cool.
- Ideal for hot dry conditions and have been R 90 approved for street use on dual sport motorcycles.
- Includes two brake pads, enough for one caliper.
EBC Carbon X Brakes are coded red in paint finish and are equally happy on an ATV or a MX or Enduro bike and are also used in ATV Sport riding. However, EBC cautions riders using these pads for ATV use, especially on rear rotors, as wear life may be shorter than sintered pads originally installed in the original unit build. With the lower price point compared to sintered, millions of riders still choose the carbon pads. For Street Enduro use, such as the "Paris-Dakar" style adventure bikes for road use, EBC Carbon X Brakes are an ideal choice, it has been R 90 approved on many of such models in Europe and is safe for road use because of its ability to work effectively when hot.
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Goog brand I love motosport
Bought these a couple weeks ago. I'm an avid woods rider and I'm always on the back brakes. They show no wear yet and the red shoes look nice in the caliper. Real easy to install and seem to be holding up well
got these for my 02 warrior 350. They're great so far. Good stopping power even when they get tortured. i would buy them again for sure. Thanks motosport.con
Good quality, Easy installation, Great performance, A great buy for the buck.
If you go fast off road or mx and need the best front brake pads you can get, these are it. They're typically red, not black as commonly shown, not as durable as sintered metallic pads, but much better feel and don't grind down your rotors.
I'm not the pro-rider, but these pads get the job done for the sunday trail rider like me. very affordable and nice quality.
awesome quality. Impressed by the performance and behavior that is greatly noticeable. The predictability of how they respond while under heavy breaking is what I'm most impressed with. Like all carbon pads they need to heat up quite a bit before they act accordingly, and when they do they are perfect. Most noticeably under heavy breaking is how the brakes will bind on the rotor and not lock up unpredictably. They give you a nice heavy drag when you need it and they still bite hard and quick when you want them to, but any good pads do that, the heavy drag is the ticket man, the heavy drag...
Used them before and never had any trouble they are good pads
Seem to work just fine....
Pads installed easy and fit well. Seem to lack stopping power of the oem pads. Also, being an auto technician I was unpleasantly surprised to find I needed two sets to complete the front brake job. Im used to getting enough pads to do one axle.
These brake pads are the bomb for enduro. They aren't grabby like sintered metal pads. So your suspension doesn't get upset when you come in hard to turns and hammer the brakes. Much more progressive then stock KTM metal pads.
These pads are great for the rear because they do not get hot. Don't use on the front because the stopping power isn't good. For the rear they are great though!
Great product and wheeler stops on a dime!
Awesome pads for extreme heat. Fixing rear brake loss on KTM. Only downside to me is they don't last long enough, but they are worth it not to loss the rear brake in a race.
As the title suggests, these are brake pads. They fit, and they do their job.
Can't really comment on durability yet, but they seem to work quite well in slowing me down.
Also, mine were red, not black like the photo.
The absolute best break pads that are available on the market. I wouldnt use any other pads besides EBC
bike stops on a dime... so far so good, only have a couple of rides on them, but they are great so far...
My only problem with the product isI that they came in red not black. Good brakes otherwise.
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