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Great job!!! I am 45 and I am with you! I have been power walking for over 3 years but wanted to get more out of my workout so I have started this program.
I am in W2D1 had to take it easy today nursing an old back muscle injury but I did not let that stop me from at least walking today!
Couch to 5 K Graduation Day November 26, 2009
Dana Hills Turkey Trot Thanksgiving Day 2009 5 K.... Time 32:22 MY FIRST 5k
Jan 9 Irvine 5k Time 32:52
Feb 7 Super Bowl 10k 1:08:31 MY FIRST 10K
September 5 2010 DISNEYLAND HALF MARATHON: 2:41:00
this looks like a good group to join for me--------- I finish W1 tommorrow.
so far so good1
Age 47---235#--- have started running many times in the past---- but always pushed too hard too fast---- I would go from ZERO to runnin 3 miles in 2-3 weeks and injuries would shut me down.
totally commited to laying the proper base this time----and really like how the C25K program seems to be IDIOT proof----which is exactly what a numbskull like me needs!
so far--- no problems with aches or pains. I really feel like I could jump ahead a few weeks in the program--- but I am refusaing to let myself skip any steps
Best wishes to ALL
I have a question for everyone.
I finished Week 1 and am about to start Week 2
When I started, I set Sun, Tues, Thurs. as my running days. I was unable to run this past Sunday because I got home too late. Faced with the choice of waiting an extra day and started week 2 on Tues, or running on Monday instead, I decided to wait the extra dayto maintain my original schedule of days.
What does everyone else do when unable to run on a planned day?
Jim, Do whatever works best for you as far as doing your next workout. Going one extra day without c25k to stay on your schedule isn't going to be a huge problem.
Stephen: I know exactly what you mean about skipping ahead.. because I hike for hours I know I'm also tempted to skip ahead. BUT know as you stated it would result in injuries. No matter how active we are running puts stress on the knee and other parts in a different way so we need to do this gradual. I too have learned that from experience! Some years ago I did the LA marathon without proper training and my knee was in very bad shape for a long time after. I also got plantar facilitis from that. So this time.. working up gradually despite my temptations to jump ahead. 9 wks will be here quick enough!
Welcome to the group!
Couch to 5 K Graduation Day November 26, 2009
Dana Hills Turkey Trot Thanksgiving Day 2009 5 K.... Time 32:22 MY FIRST 5k
Jan 9 Irvine 5k Time 32:52
Feb 7 Super Bowl 10k 1:08:31 MY FIRST 10K
September 5 2010 DISNEYLAND HALF MARATHON: 2:41:00
I started on 9/27, so I hope I can squeeze into this forum. Tonight or tomorrow (depending when my partner is free), I'm going to do W2, D2. Week 2, Day 1 just about killed me, but I think I'll do better when I'm not on a treadmill.
Does anyone else run on a treadmill? Have a basis of comparison? I'm going to run around the track at my gym to try that method to see how it feels.
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My sympathies on the Plantar Faeciitis
about a decade ago----when my then 11 year old son was getting into running--- I ran in a couple of road races with him-----without nearly enough base------developed the heel pain----and it literally took me YEARS to get rid of it.
slow ans steady and complete controll this time!
I feel great today and am really eager to run again------but having done W1D2 yesterday----I am holding my self back and going to reward myself tomorrow morning with W1D3 outing
iIam in construction------and spend my work days out of doors---typically climbing 28 ft. ladders dozens of times a day--usually carryinbg 80-1000#'s of materials and gear at a time----- but running is a different thing entirely----- I am fit to work---- but not remotely in running shape
so-- I am babying my knees, my feet etc.----- running off pavement---- but looking forward to surprising my son when he comes home from college on winter break with a 5K run.
BTW--- I just wanted to mention----someone here mentioned not wanting to be embarrassed by being lapped by a 60 year old person who was running on the same track
do NOT be remotely embarrassed if that happens-- that 60 year old can probably help you and motivate you a lot.
2 winters ago-- I started running on an indoor track---and I fell into some "bad company"----- some older folks-- who I later found out were in their late 60's----anyhow-- we all went to the same track--and ran at about the same time--so we started running together.
my stupid pride didn't want to be out done by these folks who were obviously older,slimmer and fitter than I was--------- but they took me under their wing and really pushed me along----turns out ALL 3 of them(2 men,1 woman0 had run marathons many times. I would trot with them 3 days a week for 30 minutes---and then they would just blow me away
I was about 25 years younger----but also about 80#'s heavier than they were
fitter and faster is still fitter and faster no mattewr how old they are
respect them, learn from them and be motivated by them--- but don't be embarrassed
best wishes all,
Hi. I'll like to join you all, even though I am a week behind. I'm hoping by watching you all advance will keep my butt in gear. I did w1d1 today, and it was ok. I need to look at that prodcast, its tough trying to concentrate on running, and looking at the time. It does not help me at all. I've never been a runner but would like to give it a try. I walk over 20 miles a week, so Im hoping I've gain some muscle to help me run. My goal is to do this t th and saturday. Thanks for letting me join!
Hello All!
I would like to join as well, although I am a week behind like Drinkup! I did W1D1 today, and while I felt terrible on the treadmill, I feel great right now.
I started the c25k program last year in September, made it to week 5 and stopped. I've been disappointed in myself for a long time about giving up. I stopped right running right after I got engaged, and I don't know why... I suppose at the time I had a million excuses, I wanted to plan my wedding and have fun - not be at the gym. Looking back, it was the wrong decision to make. When I stopped running, I lost all the great energy I had found from running and just started being lazy - sleeping too late, eating too much and being lazy. My fiance lost his job, and you would think I would have jumped at the opportunity to hit the gym and get some alone time - but even then, I couldn't motivate myself to do anything! It's been just about a year since I quit the program, and I want to try again and at the very least complete the program! Has anyone else here tried and not made it before? Anything to motivate me would be great!
A little about me: I'm 27, 5'3 and 176lbs. I am the heaviest I've ever been in my life and I know crash dieting before a wedding is a bad idea. I want to make lasting changes to my lifestyle, which needs to include exercise. I eat right most of the time, but I work as a nurse at a busy hospital, where junk food lurks in every corner and it's hard to say no! When I started the c25k program last year, I remember that after a few weeks I didn't even want to look at junk food, my body just wanted food that would nourish me. I'm hoping that can happen again, along with the burst of energy I recall experiencing.
@ Drinkup - maybe we can encourage each other to keep the pace and stay motivated, since we are just a week behind the rest of the group!!
I joined this forum last year when I started the program, and I so enjoyed posting after each workout, encouraging my friends from the group and celebrating in their victories as they celebrated mine. Good luck to everyone who is running today!
Christina great idea on keeping us motivated together. I'm also 53 and 175 and a year older. I want to be in the best shape of my life before I hit 30 which is 15 months away but whose counting haha. I know what you mean about working, I stay home now, but I can remember all the eatting out when I use to work. I also want to make this change for life.
Ok so I could google this but... How the heck to I download prodcast? onto my mp3player? I never added anything to it, I usually listen to the radio. If anyone wants to give me a recap if you have a sec... I spent over an hour and nothing.
Welcome everyone to the group!
I did W1D3 on Sunday, and I'm looking forward to W2D1 on Wednesday. For whoever asked about the difference between the treadmill and actually being on a track/road/whatever, it's quite a difference. I did the first 2 days in a park, and the third day on a treadmill, and the third day was much harder for me. I think you'll find if the weather cooperates and you can be outdoors, it'll be easier on you, and you'll feel better after the session.
I realize I didn't really tell you guys about myself when I joined. I'll be 39 later this month, I'm 6' 7" and 210 pounds. I've been up as high as 265, but 210 is a good weight for me. I just need to get in better shape. I work from home, and so it's easy to just sit on the couch all day and eat chips. I also started South Beach, Phase 1 on 9/10, and that along with the daily exercise has really helped my blood sugar go WAY down (I'm type 2 diabetic as well, recently diagnosed which brought on this need for change). The exercise helps me with the cravings for things I can't have any more, and I'm learning to eat right and snack on healthy foods every couple of hours.
For getting the podcasts, we'll need to know what brand of mp3 player you have, and whether you have a connection cable to your PC for it. Then we can give you instructions. It should be pretty easy.
Every time I'm on the treadmill, I'm thinking of what new workout songs I want to get when I get home. Pretty soon, I'll have a great workout collection that will help get rid of the boredom.
Keep up the great work! See you on Wednesday night!
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Lindsay's Legacy 5k 11/14/09 - 34:10 (11:00/mi)
Turkey Trot 8k 11/26/09 - 57:24 (11:33/mi)
Reindeer Run 5k 12/5/09 - 32:10 (10:22/mi)
Shamrock Run 8k 3/06/10 - 47:32 (9:29/mi)
Bengal Run 5k 3/20/10 - 27:30 (8:52/mi)
350.org Green Run 4.35mi 10/09/10 - 41:22 (9:31/mi)
Sarkin Memorial 5k 10/16/10 - 27:02 (8:42/mi)
Welcome Drinkup and Christina! You can do it.. and as far as stopping at week 5 before no problem! Just keep reporting in here and soon you'll be doing week 6!
Stephen, I have college kids as well. We all did the Disney half marathon in September. I walked most of it. I'm hoping they will be home for Thanksgiving and do the 5k Turkey trot with me. I will surprise them as well.
I love when older people (keep in mind I'm 53) pass me when hiking or running. I tease them with, "I want to be like you when I grow up!" I play in several tennis leagues as well. I find it very inspiring that "older" people who are active are in such great shape. Let it inspire us to do the same so we can remain healthy and active.
There are so many benefits to this.
Okay off to hike..cross training day.
Couch to 5 K Graduation Day November 26, 2009
Dana Hills Turkey Trot Thanksgiving Day 2009 5 K.... Time 32:22 MY FIRST 5k
Jan 9 Irvine 5k Time 32:52
Feb 7 Super Bowl 10k 1:08:31 MY FIRST 10K
September 5 2010 DISNEYLAND HALF MARATHON: 2:41:00
I did W2D1 tonight. I was doing okay until I hit the fourth interval. I was feeling good and was on a downhill grade, so I started to run a little too fast. I did okay for that interval, but it made the fifth and sixth intervals more of a struggle than they should have. I just was not able to recover during the walks between intervals.
I need to be more conscious of my pace on Thiursday.
Just got back from W2D2 -- we ended up running outside because the night was beautiful. Perfect temperature, perfect time of day (no traffic near us). It was a fantastic run...and the first one I've ever done outside! So much better than the treadmill! By not knowing how much time was spent, it all seemed to go faster. I loved it. And I wasn't dying at the end (or near the end, ha). We're proud of ourselves out here in Colorado! But snow is coming, so we might end up indoors for Friday's run. We shall see.
So much better than W2D1. Better than all of the other runs, really.
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They have established a Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) headed by Dr. Steven Alberts - head of the GI oncology department for the Mayo Clinic, he is joined by Dr. Nicholas Vauthey - at MD Anderson as well as others well established and well respected in the field of GI oncology.
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A car that never causes an accident. That's the lofty dream that all auto makers have.
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I am becoming a woman who wears hats, but it wasn't my idea.
Don't get me wrong. I love hats. I've bought dozens of them, convincing myself that I could be a woman who wears hats. Then I'd put one on in preparation of venturing beyond my doorstep, and I'd chicken out. The hat would go back on the shelf or the hall tree.
I've purchased cowboy hats, a deerstalker's cap, a Billy the Kid stovepipe, a bowler, a skimmer, a floppy gardening hat, a couple of fedoras, an assortment of brimmed hats and dozens of baseball caps. When I was in Salt Lake City reporting on the Olympic Games, I even stood in line for an hour to buy an extremely popular beret that the Canadian team had made popular.
I think I was pretty close to being like Bartholomew Cubbins and his 500 hats, except while he struggled to get them all off, I couldn't manage to put one on.
With the exception of the baseball caps, which I wear to mow the lawn or walk the dog when my hair is having "a day," I've only worn two of the hats outside of the house, and only on one occasion each.
I think I look good in hats and I love wearing them, but I'm just not brave enough to wear them in public. I imagine people looking at me and thinking, "Nice hat, but who's the doofus wearing it?"
Hats seem to also require a wardrobe that I do not own, and a certain outgoing personality, which I do not possess either. Still, I want to be a woman who wears hats. I almost died with envy at the amazing topper Aretha Franklin wore to President Barack Obama's first inauguration. All the hats and so-called "fascinators" on display at William and Kate's royal wedding had me pondering a move to England, where wearing a hat, even a weird one, seems routine.
But I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So one day while cleaning my closet -- it was a rare day, admittedly -- I decided to face reality. I would never be a hat person. I got rid of the lot, except the cowboy hat, which had been expensive; the beret, which is a collector's item; and a fedora, because I'm a reporter and every reporter needs a fedora with a "press" card stuck in the hatband, whether they wear it or not.
Now I'm regretting my decluttering impulse, because I have acquired something that I lacked before when it came to hat-wearing: a reason.
Last month, I had a basal cell skin cancer removed from my face. If you are going to have cancer, the dermatologist said, basal cell is the best kind to have. If left unchecked, it will disfigure, but not kill you, and removal means cure.
The only lasting effect of my surgery is a quickly fading scar -- and the need to wear sunscreen and a hat.
Being in the sun has always been where I am. As a kid, I played outside at every opportunity, watching my skin turn a lovely golden brown. In college, I joined the rest of my dormitory in slathering baby oil on my skin and baking in the sun in order to get a browner brown.
When I began to garden in earnest, I shunned protection, proudly sporting my farmer's tan (bronze face, neck and arms from the elbow down), convinced that I was in no danger.
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i ran a 4:58. i run 5:00 consistently
Last track season was my first season ever, and was the first time I ever ran really. My fastest time was a 7:15. Which I thought was good for someone who had just begun running.
Proud dad of an eight year old who just ran a 6:15 mile. He likes to run and play soccer. At the start of the track season he was around 7:00.
5:28 mile 11:28 2 mile
Just finished my freshman year. I mainly run the 2 mile, but I also ran the mile.
My mile PR: 4:59.3 (just under the 5 minute boundry!)
That was the last mile I ran on May 24th
my 2mile PR: 10:32 at the confrence championship.
male, 15 years old
A 7:15 mile (or whatever the time was) is good for a begginer, I suppose. When I started to keep time, my PR was 8:14. Then I got it to 8:00, then 7:44 in a race, and 7:20 on a dec 31 race. It was my 2nd year of running... I didn't run that much the first year and got times in the 9-10 minute area.
And to whoever asked, I just finished my freshman year and my PR was 5:47... with terrible shin splints meaning racing on them, training badly, and no weight training for the legs.
Even with the injury, I was still keeping up with our sophmores, who got down to 5:20 by the end of the season (doctor said to take 3 weeks off for them... didn't help though.)
So as a freshman, I could have gotten 5:25 while running with a bad injury. I'm really hoping the shin splints GO AWAY soon so I can get back to running. It looks like my summer training is going to be a joke due to them, they're back just 2 weeks in.
I guess I shouldn't even be posting but mine is 8:11,
freshman female but only been running for a month or so.
I have a question. I am an 8th grader, or was an 8th garder it is summer now and well at track I ran a 4:54 mile. I know this is very good, but how good really is it? Like does anyone know of some times of the big time national runners as an 8th grader? I'm from PA so I know how Craig Miller holds the freshman mile record but what were his times like as an 8th grader can anyone venture a guess for me. My goal is to get down in the 4:20's and maybe even teens if I try hard enough for next spring's State meets. This sounds really unlikely but this will be the first time I actually trained I never really practiced much in Midddle School now however I run XC/winter track and all that for this coming year so I expect a big drop off in time.
FYI: mile-4:54, 5k-17.22, 800-2:08, 400-56.7. Those are my times all as an 8th grader without much coaching now of course I'm doing like 10 miles a day 6 days a week so these times should be much lower.
Any help would be great
I've Been Running For A Month With School And I am 12 And Did 5:57
I'm a high school senior that specializes in mid-distance sprints but I've had my fair share of miles with the distance runners. I've never ran the mile or 2 mile in a race but I consistantly run around a 4:58 mile and a 2:14-2:16 800 meter run. Put me over the mile marker and my time signifigantly drops I run around 23:45 minute 3.2 mile races.
i am 14 yr. old girl, as an 8th grader my best time was 5:15
Only think of two things - the gun and the tape. When you hear the one, just run like heck until you break the other. ~Sam Mussabini
you all put me to shame. i'm a sprinter so my best mile time is 9:05. I don't really try on the mile.
I did the first mile of a 4 mile race this year in 5:39.
Im 33 years, so im happy with that
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012
MARTINEZ, Ga. -- When a fire consumes a home, it leaves little behind. Clothes, pictures -- all gone.
For Fire Department Chaplain Richard Thigpen, the loss of his mother-in-law will leave the biggest hole in his heart.
"She was a mother/grandmother to my kids, but she was my best friend," Thigpen said.
A devastating loss for fireman Richard Thigpen.
The fire that took his home and belongings also took his 79-year-old mother-in-law Agatha Murphy.
"Right now she's in heaven and got them wings on her. Special lady," Thigpen said.
"She'd call you up and say what's going on turkey-buzzard? Or what's going on bird? And ya know, she was a cut-up and that was just the way she was," recalled grandson Sean Murphy.
Thigpen's house on Sir Galahad drive went up in flames Thursday afternoon.
Murphy had to be rescued from the house and taken to the hospital. She died Friday night from smoke inhalation.
As a chaplain for the fire department, Thigpen says he's not used to being on this side of a tragedy.
"Been on the other side many times, but when I pulled up to my yard and seen what I seen, it hit home, and I was just to the point, what do I do?" he asked.
People are already stepping into action.
The Martinez Fire Department has started a donation collection at their headquarters.
"As the brotherhood of the fire service, we are standing with him as well. It's to help him get back on his feet, essentially starting over at this point," Battalion Chief Brent Willis said.
"I lost everything. I lost everything," Thigpen said.
Murphy's grandson remembers taking her to doctor's appointments.
"She would introduce me. We'd walk into the doctor's appointment, and she'd always say this is my grandson and my best friend. She lost a daughter in 2001, and she's always said I can't wait until I get to see her again, so she went to heaven to be with her," he said.
As this family starts to heal, they hope other families will appreciate time with their loved ones.
"Every day you wake up, before you go to bed, tell your family members you love them. Give them a hug. Tell them you love them because you just don't ever know," Thigpen said.
The Martinez Fire Department is taking up monetary donations, but one of Richard's neighbors, 18-year-old Allyson Coghlan, is collecting donations, too.
She is also collecting things like clothes, canned food and toiletry items. If you want to help out, contact Coghlan through her email address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
As for what caused the fire, investigators are still working on that.


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I sure hope noone believes that malarky.
No way man ,,I only believe the main stream media.I sure hope noone believes that malarky.
Religion is like a guy in church thinking about fishing
Christianity is a guy out fishing thinking about God
That is good. Here is the web page for the guy who made your documentary. http://www.worldpublicunion.org/ . BTW I really liked the PSA on the floride in the water.
Yea that earthling video is kinda new age / his interpretation of life,,,,,and wierd to me.
But the Libor scandal is right on and His investigative work on Sandy Hook is pretty dam good and one can walk away with only one conclusion.. To bad he is not the main stream media,,,because he sure makes sence. My money is with Opra and Dan rather,,,and Al Frankin. What they tell me is what I believe. OOPs sorry Opra would like that earthling video,,so would Dan Rather and Al Frankin. Now what do I do.? Nancy Pelosi she'll tell piers Morgan what to tell me is true. He's my favorite and I trust what he says.
PS floride is really bad for you and your teeth and bones. Read the caution label on the tube. Why do they refer to poison control if swallowed?
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Religion is like a guy in church thinking about fishing
Christianity is a guy out fishing thinking about God
This is for you Henlee. You can watch the words come straight out of the executive,legislative and judicial sides of governments mouth and of course their advisers both foreign and domestic. I doubt the guy who documented this video dubbed all the words of these politicians. wonderful history also.
enjoy or not. Then you can tell me I'm full of shit. I'm glad there are people out there who put this info together over a time line.,,,because I forget what they say from day to they. Watching their plan unfold in condensed time is so revealing.
Religion is like a guy in church thinking about fishing
Christianity is a guy out fishing thinking about God
It also seems to lower your IQ according to research.
But we is getin dumber all around i supose...
My Father,My Friend,My teacher,and now My Angel~ 04/21/1956-03/21/2011 You will always be missed. I hope to learn half of the stuff you knew.
~Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted~
The label says "seek immediate help if swallowed and call poison control,,,now this covers their ass.High amounts of fluoride are dangerous if swallowed. The amounts in toothpaste are very low and the amount in the water supply is even lower. Fluoride saves millions of people each year dollars and pain from tooth decay. Trust me, if I was unethical I would tell folks to stay away from fluoride so I would have a steady stream of tooth decay to fix. But I am ethical, and tell folks it's benefits. If you want to keep it out of your diet, that's fine, but when you need dental work don't be surprised
Did you do the study yourself? Or is this data from a government study. I was in your camp for 54 years. Now I read a lot. Autism, Alzheimer's,cancers and other genetic disorders are through the roof. For the most part we are being poisoned from GMO's,, chem trials and what ever else the government deems good for us or non toxic.
I don't trust anything government,,,sorry. which is wierd because I really want to believe they have our best interests in mind . But they don't
Religion is like a guy in church thinking about fishing
Christianity is a guy out fishing thinking about God
That article is a poor excuse for a scientific study. Everybody is trying to blame something for the decrease in intellectual ability. No one wants to say the real issues of lack of moral character, not being able to problem solve(multiple choice, not essay tests), lack of study into existential work ( thanks post modernism). You can't blame that on fluoride and processed food. Many great thinkers probably ingested exponentially more fluoride than we do now depending on the well they got their water from. Folks need to stop blaming someone else for their kids lack of intellect
Pete it is a cya! An adult could eat a whole bottle and toothpaste and be fine, the kids are who you have to worry about Due to fluoride toxicity. I don't trust the government, but what I do trust is science


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SYDNEY (AP) -- Police in Papua New Guinea have charged two people with the grisly killing of a woman who was accused of witchcraft and burned alive in front of hundreds of people.
Police on Monday charged Janet Ware and Andrew Watea with murder in the death of Kepari Leniata. Leniata was stripped, tortured with a hot iron rod, doused in gasoline and set alight on a pile of car tires and trash by a mob earlier this month.
Leniata had been accused of sorcery by relatives of a 6-year-old boy who had recently died in a hospital. Police said Ware and Watea are believed to be the boy's mother and uncle.
The brutal killing sparked outrage across the South Pacific island nation.
Murder in punishable by death in Papua New Guinea.


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'Homage' nudes exhibit through Jan. 26
With "Homage to the Nude in Art," at the aRt Cottage in downtown Concord from Jan. 2-26, several Contra Costa County artists (including representatives from Walnut Creek and Lafayette) aim to show that capturing the essence of the human form is akin to artistically recording the beauty of nature.
The exhibition will feature drawings and paintings -- from realistic to abstract -- representing the beauty of the human form. Artwork includes quick gestural drawings and long studies, some in pencil and pastel, others in watercolor, oils and acrylics.
There will be an artists' reception Saturday, Dec. 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the aRt Cottage, 2238 Mt. Diablo St., Concord. Call 925-381-9584, or go to aRtCottage.com.
Lafayette Studio open house now Jan. 4
Lafayette Studio will start the New Year in a great way, officially opening our new studio space at 1136F Saranap Ave. in Walnut Creek with an open house Friday, Jan. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. (rescheduled to folks can attend the above-mentioned aRt Cottage event Jan. 5) For more information, go to http://lafayettestudio.org/
'Shellies' performing arts award dinner Jan. 12
The 34th annual Shellie Awards dinner, where outstanding achievement in the performing arts in Central Contra Costa and the Diablo Valley will be recognized, will be held Jan. 12 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek.
Patterned after the Tony Awards on Broadway, the work of 11 regional theater companies and their individual actors, writers, musicians and support personnel will be featured.
Nominees are selected by each participating organization, and winners are chosen by members of the Shellie Committee who attend every local production Sept. 1, 2011 through Aug. 31, 2012.
Tickets for the Jan. 12 event are $30. For more information, go to http://www.lesherartscenter.org
A night of 'Petty Theft' at Town Hall Jan. 26
Petty Theft, a Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers tribute band, makes its return to Town Hall Theatre for one night only, Jan. 26, for a show of Petty music ranging from his revered classics to his most current material.
Tickets range from $10 to $30. Doors open at 7, music begins at 8. To buy tickets, go to Thttp://www.townhalltheatre.com; to learn more about the band, go to http://www.pettytheftrocks.com
Next installment in 'Showcase' series
"Shun Li and the Poet," directed by Andrea Segre, is the next film in the International Film Showcase series at the Orinda Theatre, set to run Jan. 11-17.
There will be several showings each day. For more information, go to www.lfef.org or www.orindatheatre.com
'Princess and the Pea' for the kids in January
The Saint Mary's College Performing Arts Department will present a stage adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen story "The Princess and the Pea" Jan. 30-31 at the college's LeFevre Theatre, 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga.
Performances are:Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. All tickets are $8; call 925-631-4670 or go to brownpapertickets.com for more info.


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GDP's Good Looks Are Deceiving
When all's said and done, growth in the third quarter was overall better than initially reported. But the breakdown of that growth raises a couple of red flags, and given what's going on down in Washington with the fiscal-cliff negotiations, one of the biggest contributors to that growth may see its wings clipped.
First, the headline: third-quarter GDP rose 2.7%, according to the latest estimate from the Commerce Department. That's up from the initial stab, which came in at 2%, although it was a tick below Street consensus that the revision would come in at 2.8%.
That's about where the good news ends, because while the numbers of course add up to 2.7%, the parts here actually fall short of the whole, and augur poorly for the fourth quarter.
To a large extent, the market doesn't care about all this. The third-quarter is history. Traders are gearing up for their annual Santa Claus rally and hanging on every word from the DC pols. But if you're concerned about the fundamental state of the economy, and we'll wager at least a few of you are, it's worth digging into the guts of this report.
"On its face, this is a positive development but the composition of the adjustment is hardly encouraging," BTIG's Chief Global Strategist Dan Greenhaus wrote this morning. He noted that the shift in inventories, from a modest drag in the first estimate to a boost of 0.77 percentage points in the revision, were the primary driver of the higher number.
Additionally, consumer spending was revised lower, to 1.4% from 2% in the first estimate; that's the third weakest number of the recovery, he pointed out.
"We see absolutely no reason whatsoever that growth – and by extension jobs – should surprise to the upside in 4Q and quite frankly, with the fiscal cliff debate likely to drag out through much of if not all of next year, no reason to think growth surprises to the upside next year either," Greenhaus says.
He thinks fourth-quarter GDP will come in at about 1%.
"Inventory growth was strong enough that it is likely to slow in Q4," FTN Financial's chief economist Chris Low wrote, "so the second biggest contribution to growth in third quarter after consumption is likely to swing to detracting from growth in Q4."
The result will likely be that GDP in the second half is about 2%, he said.
Now, given what's going on in Washington with the budget debate, it's interesting that one of the biggest drivers of the third-quarter numbers, as noted by East Shore Partners' strategist Joan McCullough, was government spending.
Real federal spending, including expenditures and gross investment, rose 9.5% in the third-quarter, after falling 0.2% in the second. The biggest component of that splurge was defense spending, which rose nearly 13%. This comes after more than a year of government spending being a drag on GDP.
Federal spending added 0.71 percentage points to the 2.7% total. The change in nonfarm inventories added 1.16 points, she noted.
"We are totally reliant on inventories and federal spending which are dicey, unsustainable and at this rate, won't create jobs," McCullough wrote.
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Top brands: Diovan/Co-Diovan ($2.3B); Gleevec ($1.5B); Zometa ($642M); Sandostatin ($574M)
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Novartis is bracing for some ugly patent exclusivity losses, with blockbuster Femara having gone off patent and $2.3-billion Diovan, the company's top seller, facing generic competition in September. Next year, $642-million Zometa goes over the patent cliff, and in 2015, $1.5-billion Gleevec loses exclusivity. But the Swiss giant has cobbled together an Alpine portfolio from steadily-performing smaller brands while diversifying its business into generics (Sandoz), vaccines and diagnostics and, most recently, vision care with its acquisition of Alcon in 2010. The company boasts a muscular R&D operation, as evidenced by MS drug Gilenya, a likely blockbuster approved in 2010, and Arcapta Neohaler for COPD, approved in July, along with a robust late-stage pipeline. However, Novartis has been plagued by manufacturing issues at plants in Quebec and Nebraska. Other potential pitfalls include safety concerns about Gilenya that could hamper that key product's potential, and FDA delays on approvals of the Menveo vaccine and Seebri Breezhaler (NVA237).
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Condition Some customers may comment on an inoperative or intermittent Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) blower motor. Others may comment that the blower motor speed may momentarily drop or that the blower motor continues to run after the key is turned off. Cause This condition may be caused by a voltage spike from the wiper motor. The voltage spike may cause a logic lock up in the blower motor control module that may be either momentary or permanent. Correction DO THIS DON'T DO THIS Install a Capacitor at the Blower Motor Control Module Connector Technicians are to install a capacitor, P/N 25073556, at the blower motor control module connector using the following procedure: 1. Disconnect the negative cable from the battery. Refer to the Battery Negative Cable Disconnect/Connect procedure in the Engine Electrical section of SI. 2. Remove the right closeout/insulator panel. Refer to the Closeout/Insulator Panel Replacement-Right procedure in the Instrument Panel, Gages and Console section of SI. DO NOT replace the Blower Motor Control Module, Blower Motor or the HVAC Control Head


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I don't diet. I think the word is evil! I'm good 90% of the time but I give myself that 10% to goof every now and then. I do try to eat healthy. I eat only lean meats, fish, grilled chicken, etc. I make sure I get plenty of fresh fruits and veggies. I don't drink soda's and I watch my intake. My problem is my food is getting dull. I'm looking for some healthy new ideas for food. I run a design studio plus I have two kids. This doesn't leave me much time for cooking. I normally prep my meals the day before. I'm looking for meals that are fast and that will give me energy. Anyone have any ideas?
Did you try the easiest thing of all? For me it's Spaghetti or other noodles with tomato and ground beef sauce! It's realy good for making a big pot of it and then freeze it away! You can than easily pep it up with fresh vegie's like red bell pepper, squash, mushrooms, beans etc. and make a salad with it! That's fast and healthy!
Or chinese style cooking! Fresh vegie's in a pan and season it with curry and soy sauce.
Maybe that helped you a little bit!
When I find myself in a rut, culinarily speaking, I try some grilled sandwiches to change things up. The beauty of grilling is clean up is almost none, cook time is low, and the marinade does most of the work for you. For example: I'll throw a portabella mushroom cap in a ziplock bag with some balsamic vinegar, wortceshire (sp) and fresh herbs the night before and place in the fridge. To prepare, thinly slice some onion ,tomato (sundried is wonderful as well as fresh) and bell pepper (red is sweetest), throw my bun on the grill, rub the mushroom with a little olive oil and grill very lightly both sides. While the mushroom grills (2-3 min) I dress my bun with a little cream cheese (tapanade + cream cheese is great) and the veggies, I make a bed of alfalfa on the bottom bun and place the mushroom on it, assemble and eat. There are a million different ways to make a grilled sandwich, this just illustrates the basic concept. Total time for this is under 15 min. If you use meat in place of the portabella, start grilling the meat first and prep while it cooks and you should still be able to do it in 15 min.
Baked casseroles are great as well because they can be made in advance and reheated as needed, and the possibilities are endless.
Fish is super fast to cook, and often only needs some roasted veggies and a roll or cornbread to accompany. Try cutting carrots into slices on a bias, broccoli and cauliflower into florets, and some peppers into medium rings and place into a very hot, dry cast iron skillet. As carmelization begins to occur, place a lid over for a few min until tender crisp. The flavors that pan roasting brings out are suprising.
go to http://whfoods.com/.
it's a great whole foods source and has many recipes also.
Another fun meal is a wrap. You can do basically anything with a wrap. Just make sure you have some "glue" (mayo, dressing, melted cheese, cream cheese, pesto, etc.) in it to hold everything together. They're a great way to use up that leftover breast of chicken that's in the fridge even though you know the kids won't touch it.
throw 6 or so chicken breasts in a crock pot with whatever it is you want for taste.
you can put the chicken in wiht about 3 cut up peppers and a cup of water
you can put the chicken in with a can of cream of chicken (or mushroom, or celery) soup and some potatoes
you can put the chcicken in with squash and zuccini.
put it in the crock pot before you go to work - come home, eat! or if you're single, you can just eat it for several days -- and it's healthy
Try satays!
All you have to do is get anything you want, including meats, veggies, fruit (?, I guess you could) and mix them all in a big frying pan for 15 minutes top (depending on what you're using) The key to satays are what spices you use, but you can find a whole bunch of variations on tons of website. Then you can just freeze them and eat them for a long time. You can do anything with satays, so you don't have to worry about eating the same thing over and over again!
Have fun!
Me and my crockpot are best friends..lol. It isn't that hard to make some quick meals that will be ready when you get home and all sorts of healthy ingridents can be added.
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Definición de that en inglés:
pronoun (plural those /T͟Hōz/)
- That's a hawk atop the big rock.
- That's a nice necklace.
- Who's that in the corner?
- This one is bigger than that.
- I like this better than that.
- Ivy mentioned going with the flow; I realised that only recently?
- We were having a little understeer in the beginning and then we were working that out.
- That's the sort of thing you paid your money to hear, and those are just two adjacent songs from one album.
- The steps which are imperative are those that would wipe out the disease completely.
- The underlying theme of the works is dreams, in particular those that have been lost.
- If you are a beginner, as we all were at some point, ask and learn from those that have lifted for a while.
- We all hear about things that go on and generally it is the same people involved over and over.
- After a few hours of working in silence I heard a sound that immediately awoke my mind.
- This was also the year that he began teaching both privately and as an occasional guest teacher at the Creative Music Studio.
- You started writing this column about the time that I was diagnosed with cancer.
- April 3rd 1996 changed our lives for ever, it is the day that we lost our son.
determinante (plural those)
- Next time you're looking at those pretty penguins, make sure you keep your distance.
- All I could hear were the birds, a stream and the distant sounds of those sheep.
- Every single one of those hornets is frenziedly furious and you're the cause of their ire.
- You'll know that only one of those two groups mentioned Glasgow in their lyrics.
- She couldn't say this was less significant than those incidents, because this was a new kind of pain too.
- You want to take another look at the game and in particular those incidents.
- The conversion was a formality in line with much of that which had gone before.
- You never had a single advocate other than those paid for through legal aid.
- If they don't fall asleep themselves, then those observing them certainly would.
- This is the seat that he lost in one of those beautiful moments from previous elections.
- She could feel those strong hands shifting her body so that she was facing him.
- Had he been born with those strong muscles of his or had he somehow developed them when he was growing up?
adverbio[as submodifier]
- Over the last week Katharine and I would have done anything to hear snoring that loud again.
- He does not even think he is that much better in the saddle than previously.
- Then he heard that bigger prawns were to be found in Libya, and set out immediately.
- Someone observed that there is never any singing at the funeral of an atheist.
- My observation is that only a small number of cars move from their spaces during the working day.
- The reason for this is that getting a phone line installed in this area can take up to two years.
- One of the major reasons for this is that I have been upset by a number of occurrences.
- The reason given is that this area already contains a high proportion of affordable housing.
- The result is that you pay too much tax in the months before your birthday and too little in the months after.
- It's all over and above contract, but the result is that kids here tend to be a bit more respectful.
- The result is that he resolves to return to his true calling: the writing of fiction.
- They quickly offer their apologies, and hope and pray that their careers are not ruined.
- We can only hope and pray that all troops are indeed home by Christmas.
- It is hoped that those with plots at the graveyard will do a bit of cleaning up before the Mass.
1 The word that can be omitted in standard English where it introduces a subordinate clause, as in she said (that) she was satisfied. That can also be dropped in a relative clause where it is the object of the clause, as in the book (that) I've just written. That, however, is obligatory when it is the subject of the relative clause, as in the company that employs Jack. 2 It is sometimes argued that, in relative clauses, that should be used for nonhuman references and who should be used for human references: a house that overlooks the park, but the woman who lives next door. In practice, while it is true to say that who is restricted to human references, the function of that is flexible. It has been used for both human and nonhuman references since at least the 11th century. In standard English, it is interchangeable with who in this context. 3 Is there any difference between the use of that and which in sentences such as any book that gets children reading is worth having, and any book which gets children reading is worth having? The general rule is that, in restrictive relative clauses, where the relative clause serves to define or restrict the reference to the particular one described, that is the preferred relative pronoun. However, in nonrestrictive relative clauses, where the relative clause serves only to give additional information, which must be used: this book, which is set in the last century, is very popular with teenagers, but not this book, that is set in the last century, is very popular with teenagers. For more details, see restrictive (usage).
and all that
- informal And that sort of thing; and so on: other people depend on them for food and clothing and all thatMás ejemplos en oraciones
- My perception is that you really got into the protests and all that on that day when you tried to protect your mother and the film you had in your camera.
- Sure people say that protests and all that are ineffective.
at that
- see at1.
like that
- If my mom was here she wouldn't let them talk to me like that, but since she isn't I have to deal with it.
- I think she was being totally disrespectful and that it's not okay for her to talk to me like that.
- It is an amazing thing, a man you have thought might be dead suddenly speaking to you just like that.
- The statement was allowed to go just like that and no one even asked why the case was so.
not all that ——
- Not very ——: it was not all that long agoMás ejemplos en oraciones
- First of all, I am not all that familiar with these ceremonial practices as I have never been involved in Indian religion.
- So you get the idea that it was not all that simple.
- Perhaps, he was not all that serious about it after all!
that is (or that is to say)
- Used to introduce or follow a clarification, interpretation, or correction of something already said: androcentric—that is to say, male-dominated—concepts He was a long-haired kid with freckles. Last time I saw him, that isMás ejemplos en oraciones
- He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.
- Recent web typography articles stress that good typography requires a vertical grid, that is to say a solid vertical rhythm achieved with a consistent, measured line-height.
that said
- Even so (introducing a concessive statement): It's just a gimmick. That said, I'd love to do itMás ejemplos en oraciones
- All that said, I love your work and maybe I'll see you in San Diego next year.
- Of course, that said, I would wholeheartedly support and help direct a gaming forum were it to be created.
- All that said, the changes are much more sweeping than has been generally understood.
that's it
- see it1.
that's that
- There is nothing more to do or say about the matter.Oraciones de ejemplo
- You can't just throw out your cigarettes one day, wipe your hands and say that's that.
- We're doing this because we were ordered to and that's that!
- I have developed certain habits and that's that.
—— that was
- As the specified person or thing was formerly known: General Dunstaple had married Miss Hughes that wasMás ejemplos en oraciones
- The popular history of Chennai that was Madras is just over 350 years old.
that will do
- No more is needed or desirable.Oraciones de ejemplo
- I'm happy to wait, because he has given me his word and that will do for me.
- He seems to think that as long as you pile on the songs, splatter the screen in bright colours and have lots of men with fluorescent white teeth gyrating with pretty women, that will do.
- Listen to me Mac, two on the look-out posts, one guard and one criminal makes four, that will do!
Old English thæt, nominative and accusative singular neuter of se 'the', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dat and German das.
Palabras que riman con thatat, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat
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text: Today the Boy Scouts of America officially lifted its ban on openly gay youths. According to the BSA, "while people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting." But don't get too excited: the ban on openly gay leaders will remain.


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Energy Department, NREL Launch New Research Center for Grid Integration
June 26, 2013
The new Energy Systems Integration Facility at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is the only Energy Department user facility focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration.
The Energy Department and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced on June 20 the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only facility in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration. The facility's first industry partner—Colorado-based Advanced Energy Industries—has already signed on to start work at ESIF, developing lower-cost, better-performing solar power inverters.
Located on NREL's campus, the 182,500-square-foot ESIF is the nation's first facility to help both public- and private-sector researchers scale-up promising clean energy technologies—from solar modules and wind turbines to electric vehicles and efficient, interactive home appliances—and test how they interact with each other and the grid at the utility scale. The ESIF will house more than 15 experimental laboratories and several outdoor test beds, including an interactive hardware-in-the-loop system that lets researchers and manufacturers test their products at full power and real grid load levels. The facility also features a petascale supercomputer that can support large-scale modeling and simulation at one quadrillion operations per second.
As the first industry partner to use ESIF, Advanced Energy Industries is testing its new solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter technology with the facility's utility-scale grid simulators and hardware-in-the-loop systems. Solar inverters are responsible for a number of critical functions within a solar PV system, including converting the direct current output into alternating current for the grid. Advanced Energy's inverter will help support a smarter grid that can handle two-way flows of power and communication while reducing hardware costs. See the Energy Department press release.


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OAKLAND -- Whatever momentum the Warriors had from beating the Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento came to town and took it away.
The Kings improved to 3-1 against Golden State this season with a 105-98 victory at Oracle Arena on Wednesday night. The Warriors, who had won four of five, put together a performance that betrayed their talk of finishing strong.
They got outplayed and outworked by the worst road team in the NBA. The Kings had been 6-30 and had not beaten a winning team away from home all season.
On top of that, the Warriors missed a chance to put some distance between themselves and Houston for the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference. The Rockets fell at home to Indiana, which meant the Warriors missed a chance to move two games up on Houston. As it stands now, they are still tied with the Rockets in the loss column.
"We did not play well from top to bottom," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "Just glad we don't have to face them in a seven-game series right now."
The Warriors may not face the Sacramento Kings ever again. The franchise could be in Seattle by next season after the Maloof family agreed to sale the Kings to a Seattle-based ownership group.
In a last-ditch effort to keep the team in Sacramento, a new ownership group -- featuring 24-Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and Warriors minority owner Vivek Ranadive -- submitted a bid to the league. The NBA Board of Governors will decide next month which group will be awarded the franchise.
So the 26th consecutive sellout crowd at Oracle perhaps witnessed the end of an era between Northern California rivals. And it wasn't a pretty end for Golden State.
The Warriors failed to crack 100 points against the worst defense in the league. Sacramento came into the game allowing up a league-high 104.7 points on 46.9 percent shooting. But the Kings shut down the Warriors' sharp-shooting backcourt.
Stephen Curry needed 18 shots to get 17 points. He had 12 assists, five rebounds and four steals. But he also got torched for 31 points by Kings point guard Isaiah Thomas, who knocked down seven 3-pointers and added seven assists.
"Steph was not good today," Jackson said. "This was the first time in a long time that he hasn't been good. He was bad. It's going to happen. ... We're not going to overreact."
Curry's backcourt mate Klay Thompson might've been worse. He totaled four points on 1-of-13 shooting, missing 7-of-8 3-point attempts.
What's more, the Warriors let their offensive struggles affect their defense. The Warriors allowed 16 offensive rebounds, and Sacramento, at key moments, had its way against Golden State's defense.
"It seems when we got into those lulls offensively, we didn't have the same energy we've had the past couple games defensively," the Warriors' Andrew Bogut said. "It kind of felt like when we missed shots we dropped our heads, we weren't guarding. ... They just outworked us. There's no excuse for it, especially this late in the season."
The Warriors trailed 91-79 with just under seven minutes remaining. But after a Curry 3-pointer and a layup by David Lee, the deficit was down to seven.
Golden State's reliance on the jump shot squandered a stretch of good defense. Five straight stops by the Warriors yielded four missed jumpers -- three of them from behind the arc.
The Warriors didn't score until rookie Harrison Barnes came up with a steal and a fast-break layup, cutting the deficit to 93-88 with 3:29 left.
Golden State gave up its 16th offensive rebound on the ensuing possession, and Thomas drilled a 3-pointer to push the Warriors' hole to eight points.
A runner by Jarrett Jack cut the deficit to 96-90. After a stop, Curry's attempt to draw a foul resulted in another missed jumper, giving the Kings the ball with a minute left. Sacramento's Tyreke Evans iced the game with a jumper over Thompson, putting the Warriors behind 98-90 with 42.1 seconds left.
"Just disappointing," Jackson said. "Disappointing."
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Kathryn Ma clearly remembers the day she started her new novel, "The Year She Left Us." It was 1999, and she was on a family trip to China.
At her hotel's breakfast buffet one morning, she noticed a large group of Western parents with Chinese babies -- an adoption group of the kind that has made the journey to China many times over the past two decades.
"For the first time, the reality of what was happening with international adoption was made visible to me," says Ma, who lives in San Francisco with her husband and three daughters. She instantly saw the situation "as a lens, through which I could look at race, immigration, assimilation, and identity." Those themes come together movingly in "The Year She Left Us," which tells the story of Ariadne Bettina Yun-li Rose Kong -- Ari for short -- a Chinese girl adopted by Charlie, an unmarried Chinese-American woman living in San Francisco.
Ari's a teenager in turmoil; as the book begins, she travels with a group to the orphanage where she was adopted, experiencing a trauma that sends her in search of her true identity.
Such orphanage visits are common for adoptive families, said Ma, who did extensive research into the subject.
China enacted its international adoption law in 1992, opening the floodgates for families in the United States and other countries to adopt Chinese children. "I was amazed to learn there are over 70,000 Chinese children who have been adopted by American parents since 1992," Ma said. "But what was interesting to me was that the oldest of those children are now becoming adults."
The subject was rich with possibility, she adds. "Identity is a theme I'm very obsessed with -- for myself, and because I've raised three daughters," Ma said. "I'm very interested in the lives of young women and how they come into lives of their own while keeping family ties." Ma acknowledges that adoption experience varies widely; many adoptees are happy and well-adjusted, she says.
Ari, however, is unable to adjust. "People tell her 'you're lucky -- because you're in a Chinese-American family, no one has to know you're adopted. It will be easy for you,' " says Ma. "In fact, everything is harder for her. She's confused and very curious about why she feels so much sorrow and grief."
In alternating chapters, Ma explores conflicts among the other Kong women. Charlie, a public defender, and her sister, Les, a judge, struggle to balance their personal and professional lives. Their mother, Ari's Gran, faces memories of her own early traumas.
It's a remarkably assured debut novel, and Ma, whose volume of short stories, "All That Work and Still No Boys," won the Iowa Short Fiction award, says she spent three years finishing it. "I spent a lot of time on the architecture of the book -- I wanted it to be seamless," she says. Ari and Gran, she notes, speak directly to the reader; Charlie and Les are written in the third person.
Ma, who was born and raised in Pennsylvania, has roots in China. Her great-grandfather was born there and emigrated to the United States in the 1860s; after working as a servant in Oakland, he became a minister, married a Dutch-American woman and established the first Chinese Christian church in New York City. Her parents were born in China; that 1999 trip marked the first time in 50 years her father had been back to his hometown.
Ma settled in the Bay Area with her family when she was in seventh grade. She studied history at Stanford and law at UC Berkeley, then established a career as a civil litigation attorney that spanned 13 years.
Still, fiction always beckoned. An avid reader -- she lists John Updike, E.L. Doctorow, Margaret Drabble and Edna O'Brien as favorite authors -- Ma was always curious about whether she could write.
"There was that idea buried someplace deep, and as I got older, that idea grew until it became a kind of urgency," she says. "Finally, I thought, it's time to try." She gave up her law career, rented an office and started writing.
Now that "The Year She Left Us" is out, she's glad she made that choice.
"I have a bit of sadness that I didn't start writing at an earlier age," says Ma, who is now 57. "I wonder -- where would I be as a writer if I'd started sooner?
"At the same time, I'm enormously grateful that I took my time. I feel like it's a book of substance, and I'm not sure I could have written it when I was younger. All the living that has gone into my life is reflected in those pages. I hope it has a gravity and a maturity to it. And people seem to be resonating with that."


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Poverty is on the rise in suburban areas, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. report a nationwide increase in the number of distressed neighborhoods between 2000 and 2012. The number of poor residents in those areas is up 140 percent.
The study claims poverty is actually growing faster in the suburbs than in urban areas. Suburbs in the south and southwest saw the biggest spike in poverty.
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Canal Boulevard widening to start this year
Published: Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 12:29 a.m.
A multimillion dollar project that would widen Thibodaux's main commercial artery will go to bid in September and is expected to be complete by 2015.
The $8.5 million project to widen North Canal Boulevard will go to bid Sept. 10, with construction beginning shortly after, said Luci Sposito, city grants and economic development director.
City Council members recently amended an agreement with the state Office of Facility Planning and Control to allocate an additional $250,000 from state construction money.
"That's for the total cost of the project. We now have all of the money we're requesting from capital outlay," Sposito said.
North Canal Boulevard goes through a lane transformation. Heading north past the Canal Boulevard Bridge, the four-lane road narrows to two lanes at the Wal-Mart intersection before expanding to four lanes just before Chackbay.
Besides bringing the road up to four lanes from Wal-Mart to the north, traffic signals are to be synchronized, and bike lanes will be added.
During construction, North Canal Boulevard will remain open with at least one lane going northbound and southbound open to traffic. St. Patrick Highway, which runs parallel to North Canal, is suggested as an alternate route.
The widening will make the commercial section of the roadway safer, Mayor Tommy Eschete said.
The traffic lights on North Canal, from Glenwild Drive through La. 1, will be synchronized. The portion of North Canal that doesn't need to be widened will be milled and overlaid, and the shoulders will be converted into bike lanes.
Earlier this year, the city completed a pedestrian walkway on the Canal Boulevard Bridge. In 2013, a traffic study was done at Canal Boulevard and Seventh Street. The city is also planning to convert a section of the roadway that intersects with Jackson Street and Gerald T. Peltier Drive into a roundabout.
The widening project, which has been in the works since 2010, will be paid for with state and federal money. The city, Eschete said, was originally scheduled to match 20 percent but will now only pay for a traffic engineering study to help the state with the final design.
Eschete credits state legislators, including Rep. Dee Richard, a Thibodaux independent, for helping the city locate money for the project.
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When I was in Phoenix, Arizona with my friends, I tried to do push-ups. The problem is, I have upper-body problems. Like, I am unrealistically weak. I remember when I was forced to do weight lifting sessions for Football in High School (shocking! I did play) and I could barely lift the bar during bench press exercises.
Yup, painfully weak. So over this past year I focused a lot on my lower body but little on my upper body. A stroke a genius ensued and my February Challenge was born.
I will do at least 10 push-ups a day. Each day I will gain 1 pushup.
Feb 1st - 10
Feb 2nd - 11
and so on…
I got the idea from a coworker who tried to persuade me do a 'squat challenge' in December. Same format as above but instead of push-ups a person squats throughout the month.
Okay, I know I posted this a little late but who is on board with me?
Lets Push(up) through this month so we can March to April.
On April 20th, WDBJ7 is hosting the Blue Ridge Marathon. You can run a whole marathon, half-marathon or join a 5 person team. I hope to see some of you guys out there. Details HERE!
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Children's Health
Understanding Muscular Dystrophy -- the Basics
In this article
What Are the Causes of Muscular Dystrophy?
Muscular dystrophy is caused by defects in certain genes, with type determined by the abnormal gene. In 1986, researchers discovered the gene that, when defective or flawed, causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In 1987, the muscle protein associated with this gene was named dystrophin. Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs when that gene fails to make dystrophin. Becker muscular dystrophy occurs when a different mutation in the same gene results in some dystrophin, but it's either not enough or it's poor in quality. Scientists have discovered and continue to search for the genetic defects that cause other forms of muscular dystrophy.
Most of the muscular dystrophies are a form of inherited disease called X-linked disorders or genetic diseases that mothers can transmit to their sons even though the mothers themselves are unaffected by the disease.
Men carry one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Females carry two X chromosomes. Thus, in order for a girl to become affected by muscular dystrophy, both of her X chromosomes would have to carry the defective gene -- an extremely rare occurrence, since her mother would have to be a carrier (one defective X chromosome) and her father would have to have muscular dystrophy (since men carry just one X chromosome, the other is a Y chromosome).
A female who carries the defective X chromosome can pass the disease to her son (whose other chromosome is a Y, from the father).
A few muscular dystrophies aren't inherited at all and occur because of a new gene abnormality or mutation.
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