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Ran a decent 5 miles this morning. Chilly, at 20 degrees, but beautiful, sunny and glittery-frosty. I realized why I had low energy in my last few runs; I'm cutting back again on carbs, trying to get below 20% body fat (nearly there). I already eat fairly low carb and Plaeo (no wheat, sugar or dairy). As I recall it took a while to adjust to low carb and "train" my body to burn fat instead of carbs. If that's the case, I just have to be patient and persevere if I want to trim up and slim down. This weeks goal: 4 runs back to back...two down!
Debm2011 Thanks, hun! Re: "Reserve tank" "Super strong 3.2 miles today" <~ I like the sound of that! I love the holiday lights here too, it is SO old world New England-y
Old Coyote "... I ninja'd up " <~ LOL! You and me, babe...suit up, Ninja up, and get 'er done!
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
4 miles 26 min. That hurt.
OC: YOU watch 'Desperate Housewives?!?" would never have guessed?!?! Thanks for the info on Nutella. I love Denver in winter. Can't remember the neighborhood we lived in (I will at 3 am!!) but it was 17th/Monaco area, about 4 miles east of the city park, so I ran to the park, around the park, and back. Didn't have a 'garmin' then but I would say it was about 9/10 miles?? I ran mostly 10ks and a few HMs then as I had less time due to a more hectic work schedule in comparison to the current one: travelling from CO to NM to AZ to ND to CA, and raising 2 kids, and working on my graduate degree, whew!! Makes my running a 'cake walk' now that I think about it, haha!!
Melody: you and OC are die-hards, hard-core to be running in such cold temps!! I have cold weather running gear but maybe if I get some NEW ones ........ been thinking about your gore-tex jacket you mentioned .......... we ride snowmobiles in ND (in storage at hubby's parents) so we are use to snow, cold conditions but I know running on snow covered trails takes extreme caution with every step. I had to when I was training for a January marathon, I was out there on the snow, icy, slush trails at 7,500 + elevation, in the wind but sunny days. I told myself then that I will be smarter on picking a date for my next marathon!!!! I give you both high fives for your determination and persistence, WOW!!
mkay: YAY!!! way to go!! glad you're feeling better!!
msab: wishing your wife a speedy recovery ........ and a successful operation .......and another speedy recovery. Impressive run on your part, helps to cope with life interruptions.
Was gonna run a 10 mile on trail but had to take my car in for a new starter, and wait for daughter to get back from work as I was also have babysitter duty, then had to get my car at 4:30 pm, got caught in traffic jam which turned out to be a 5 car collision by the exit to freeway!! By the time I got home, it was tooooo dark and I COULD NOT get my body and mind to run in the neighborhood on paved road, ugh!! and ouch!! and boring, and scary!! Too many people racing for the nearest take outs or shopping!!
So, definitely plan on running later today when daughter comes home ...............
Run safe everyone!!
Trail runner
My last run was rough. I am trying to get back into it, so I only got in 2 miles. Trying to get back in shape!!
I love being healthy and Lymphatonic Herbs Etc.!
Did the speed workout on the TM today, after an afternoon bike ride that I should have started earlier in the day. It was brisk, but I wanted to get at least one more ride in this year, so I did about 5 miles. Still getting used to the bike -- not enough riding yet.
Ran a full ladder (200, 400, 800, 1200, mile, 1200, 800, 400, 200), all 9.0 or above, including a 9.4 mph mile. I wanted to increase the mile pace each week, so I did it, although I was asking myself WHY I was doing it at the time.
NHLA..... Holy speed demon, NHLA Man, that was some 4-mile pace!!!
Jane1224.... Welcome!! When I was a teenager, my friend kept trying to quit smoking, and I laughed at his efforts one time at his house. His father looked at me and said," Well, the important thing is he keeps trying." He quit for good a while later.
Melody.... Nice 5 miles. Two down, two to go. Make it happen.
12/12/12 concert for Sandy Relief -- award from this judge goes to Roger Waters.
4 miles 27 min.
jinsab did you get a road bike or offroad?
Never increase speed and distance at the same time,
Welcome jane
Mel 20% is perty low. You will get there,
I got a used Scott road bike, a 2012 model. It's very light and goes faster than I remember bikes going when I was a kid. I haven't done a thing with a bike since 1974, I think. It's so light it's kind of shaky. Or I'm kind of shaky -- not sure which.
Melody .... I was rough-tested at a health fair in October. My BMI was 24.1, and my fat percentage was just above 18%. The health coach said bring the papers to my doctor when I go for my physical at the end of the year, and I said, "Damn straight I will!"
Mel, % body fat on men and women is not comparable. 25% sounds like a perfect goal. It can't be easy running without carbs. I can certainly feel it when my body is out of glycogen and it's not comfortable. "Suit up, Ninja up, and get 'er done!" <= sounds impressive!!
NHLA, you are at a 6+ mm pace? on trails? Just amazing!!!
JMsab, So sorry about DW's trials with surgery. Sounds so frustrating!! Hope her procedure is completely successful and receover swift! 18% body fat and a BMI of 24 is great!! You haven't been on a bike since 1974? That gives me hope. I was going to buy one and thought, "I haven't used a bike in 30 yrs so what makes me think I'll use it now?" and didn't. I've regretting it.
Deb, I can picture your run through the commons seeing the Christmas lights. Sounds dreamy! There are benefits to living near historic areas in the NE.
OC, thank you very much for your concern. I'd prefer to hydrate with water though and save the snot for the Kleenex. Love nutella and PB on whole wheat toast for breakfast! It's pretty, too. Why freeze it? It's not going to spoil in the heat?
Off to the gym for an easy 3 mi on the TM. I am coming back but still coughing a lot. Had two beers this afternoon for the first time since probably last New Years so this might be interersting. Splat! Ah, well. One thing I know is how to get back up. Poor friend pulled calf on R leg on Sat. This has been ongoing since Oct. 10th. Injure calf, heal, repeat on other calf. He finally agree to see my PT guy who is infinitely better than the others but guy could find nothing physiologically wrong with his frame or gait or musculature. I told him I thought he needed a sports psychologist a while back and he stopped talking to me for a couple of weeks. I firmly believe in the mind body link and this person seems to be in denial about some emotional stuff. It's so hard to watch someone you care about flounder when you know they are trying really hard to excel and can be successful.
Run fierce and (as Mel would say) finish strong!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
OldCoyote - mmmmmm Nutella. I'm with you on the tortilla vs. wrap front. We took Nutella and PB with crackers (with other items) as our trail lunch when we did the 6 hour hike in the White Mountains last Sept. The chipmunks were getting very crafty trying to steal it at the waterfall.
MelodyLea - good luck with the weight/fat loss! I'm back on Weight Watchers - it worked before, I fell off the wagon, and now I'm 10 ok 10+ lbs heavier than I want to be. More veggies fewer cookies. 2 more runs for your 4 run streak? Go girl go!
NHLA - wow just . . . wow
jmsab - I use the expresso bike at the Y a couple times a week. Riding a bike on the road makes me nervous in the suburbs so it sits in the garage. Fast workout on the TM!
az - oh I have days like that!
jane1224 - welcome! remember slow and steady is a great way to start. You will get there.
MaryKay - sounds like you're feeling a lot better! But I don't think I"d run after 2 beers. Nap, yes.
I don't think I want to know my fat percentage! Some things are better as mysteries.
Cold this morning - 28 degrees with glittery frost on everything. I needed the first half mile to warm up and get my lungs used to the cold again, and then stopped to stretch my calves for about a minute. Felt super strong after that! Mile 2 flew by, and mile 3 got off to a great start! And then . . . . SPLAT. I went to cross the street, decided on a driveway curb cut so I wouldn't have to go over the curb, and my foot must have caught some uneven pavement because down I went, face first into the street (no cars at 6:00 am). Right hand, right elbow, right knee, left knee. I heard the clunk. I'm surprised I didn't wake any one up with the shout I made. OUCH There might have been some swearing too. Sat on someone's steps for about 5 minutes and took stock. I decided to turn back for home. Walked for about 1/2 mile and decided there was no permanent damage and I was running very late so I carefully jogged the rest of the way. Total of 4.1 miles. Everything is good except a goose egg on my left knee that is fortunately getting smaller as the day goes on. Iced at work will continue tonight and reassess in the morning. Damn, I hate the dark.
Run strong everyone and watch where you're going!
I ran a strong 3.5 mile run in the 20 degrees crystal-clear-glittery New England morning. My goal this week is to run 4 times back to back...three down one to go!
NHLA Zoom-zoom!! Thanks, re: 20%
az2mn Thanks, re running in the chill. Your day sounds like a "comedy" of errors and craziness! I hope today's run went well.
jane1224 Welcome and keep at it!
jmsab23 What a great ride. I'd be a little shakely, flying down the road on your bike at this point too! lol 18% *Whoot* High fivers, Mr.
mkayc I'm at 20% body fat now and would like to sneak down just a smidge to be in the "athlete" category. So glad to hear you coming back around after that nasty chest cold. Bummer about your friend.
Debm2011 We must be near each other on the globe, because you morning sounded just like mine: "...glittery frost on everything" Oh, man HUGE bummer about the fall. Glad there doesn't seem to be any permanent damage. Damn. I hope your next run is smooth sailing.
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
Ran a 5-mile progressive run tonight on the TM, 36:05. The first 3 miles were getting to me, but I did what Melody would've done -- Got 'er done!
Just came in from stargazing with the wife for about 3/4 hour, watching the meteor "shower." DW said it was more like a meteor "trickle," but we saw about 8 or 9. They're fast -- you have to be quick with the eyes to see them, but I still think NHLA could catch some of them.
Debm..... Sure hope that egg goes down. Bad things I don't like about your run: 6 a.m. (uh-uh!!) and 28 degrees. No way. WAAaaayy too early AND too cold for me. I'd have taken a few spills, too.
Melody.... nice roll you're on!!
mkayc.... Yeah, today's bikes aren't built the same. I think if I run over a small animal or something with my bike, with these tires I'd probably cut it in half. They're about 1/2 inch wide, it seems.
Old Coyote: nice photos of the white stuff. What's that word? [CONSULTS DICTIONARY]
[NEWSMAN VOICE] Day 285 of Snow: Held Hostage! [/NEWSMAN VOICE]
Not cold enough to really bundle up the way Old Coyote did. On the other hand, I didn't wear shorts when I ran 7.41 miles this evening.
10K race in Chicago's Perfect 10 back in November '11 1:03:26
Soldier Field 10 5/26/2012 1:46:25
Chicago Half Marathon 9/9/2012 2:17:53
10 mile race in Chicago's Perfect 10 on 11/10/2012: 1:37:21
MelodyLea - nice 5 in the glitter
NHLA - "Doc it hurts when I do this"
AZ2MN - A day I'm too busy to run is a day I'm too busy. Sigh. It happens.
Jane - Welcome! 2 miles is great
jmsab - you're a bit of a speedster y'self.
marykay - Glad you're recovering. I freeze the PB and nutella because it keeps its texture better. I'm a food snob
DebM - Ouch! best of luck with that goose egg!
degregorius - Good mileage, friend
Hey, kids! Who wants to run down a steep and rocky trail at night? That could be snowy or icy; we're not sure. Come on, it'll be a blast!
A steep and technical 55 or so minutes with a group after sunset tonight. We started at Red Rocks ampitheater and ran through Red Rocks park into Matthews-Winters Park and back. Or so I'm told, I'm unfamiliar with the trails. I spent the night chasing 2 people that are in the lottery for the Hardrock 100 this year, and they can really kick it in the dark. I did pretty good - had to walk a LOT of the uphills, but stayed close enough I could catch them again easily on the flats. Did about 4.5 miles, I guess.
Took a spill, landing on my right hand and knee and in daytime I would have stopped to investigate my injuries, but in the dark with the lights of my group disappearing ahead of me I just made sure there were no dangling limbs and took off .There was a group behind me, but I didn't want to wait for them. Within a couple of hundred yards my knee felt good again. Until, that is, I got out of the car after I got home and it wouldn't straighten. Ugh! Ice on it. I know it's not serious because I ran with zero pain, bit it looks nasty now!
Run fierce, fearless, and free!
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Morris Broadband 10K race set for April 19 at DuPont
Published: Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 11, 2014 at 9:58 p.m.
DuPont State Forest has hosted marathons and half marathons for the past 10 years, and Fletcher Park and Recreation's Greg Walker has been there for them all.
Since this is the 10th anniversary for holding runs there, Walker said he and his team wanted to do something different.
"With it being the 10th year of holding races at DuPont, we decided to organize a 10K trail race, which is much shorter than the marathons and half marathons we've held there before," Walker said.
This year's Morris Broadband 10K Trail Race, presented by Fletcher Parks and Recreation, will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Guion Farm at DuPont. There are still slots available. Registration is open at imathlete.com through Tuesday.
The distance of the race is 6.2 miles, which is much shorter than a marathon (26.2 miles) and half-marathon (13.1 miles). This means that instead of hours, this DuPont race will be finished by the top runners in about 30 minutes, Walker said.
"We're expecting the top runners to finish around 9:30 or so," he said.
Like all the other DuPont races Walker and his crew have organized, the most important people are their volunteers.
"We have more than 25 volunteers working everyting from course set, registration, communications, medical, water stations, refreshments and emergency response," Walker said. "The volunteers are the heart and soul of this event and the reason we've had 10 years of successful races at DuPont State Forest."
Walker said he's expecting more than 100 runners to compete on Saturday. Spectators will be allowed to view the race from the Guion Farm on Sky Valley road. Gates open at 7:30 a.m. and will close at 8:50 a.m. on race day.
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ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Community Concert Band isn't your typical competition-based band, but instead a group of members that range from young to old who come together every year to play music that they love.
Beautiful music echoed through the building as the first practice of the year was held Tuesday evening at the St. Marys Marina.
The community band has been around for about 15 years and was originally started by Bill Duer, according to Dave Burton, who is co-conductor along with Rocky Wiseman.
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The St. Marys Community Band practices for a performance.
"I played the first concert they had, but after that I was unable to continue with it for a while due to my work schedule," said Burton. "After I retired I was able to start playing with them again about five years ago."
The band originally started out playing one concert a year, but over the years has expanded that number to nine or 10 a year, according to Burton.
Burton and Wiseman took over as the conductors of the band after Duer retired three years ago.
"It works out well being co-conductors because there are times when Rocky (Wiseman) or myself can't be there," said Burton. "This way one of us is always able to make the practices."
Practices are held Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the marina located on 418 2nd Street St Marys.
The group is open to the public and there are no auditions in order to be eligible to play.
"It's completely free. The only requirements are that you know how to play and have your own instrument," said Burton.
The members of the community band encompass a very diverse group of individuals over a wide range of skill sets.
"The oldest member we have is in his 80s and we have had kids from high school play with us as well," said Burton. "We have people with minimal experience playing alongside with people who have been playing their instrument for years."
The instruments follow a standard concert band format and the group has a little bit of everything, according to Burton.
All instruments are welcome into the group and there is no limit to how many are allowed to perform.
However Burton did say there are some instruments that are always a blessing to encounter more of.
"We always can use more percussionists, oboes and bassoons," he said. "We have more trombones than any other instrument, but you can never have too many."
Jesse James, 77, is a St. Marys resident that has been performing with the group since the first concert.
James plays the trumpet, and has more than 30 years of experience playing the instrument.
"I started playing in the seventh grade and played all the way up until I went into the Navy," he said. "I started playing again when my wife suggested I play for the group after it was formed."
James said he remembers when the band was much smaller.
"When we first started we had about 15 or 20 people," he said.
"Now we generally have around 50 or 55 people and sometimes more in the summer."
Since the group's first performance, they have increased members, attendance and the number of concerts they play each year.
"Generally we have around 100 or 110 people that attend each concert," said James. "Our Christmas concert is especially packed. People can hardly find a seat."
Concerts are free and open to the public though donations to the group are accepted, according to James.
The band performs monthly in areas that include St. Marys, Belpre and Williamstown.
Burton said plans are in the works to hold a concert in the Marietta area in the near future as well.
The performances are something that both the community and members of the band can enjoy, but the experience is what it's all about for James.
"We want people to know that anyone that can play is welcome," he said. "We really enjoy ourselves and the music we get to create. It's a good group of people."
James said he doesn't have any plans of quitting something that he loves, and he expects the group to continue to thrive and grow.
"This is something I enjoy doing like the rest of the musicians here," he said. "This is something I'm going to continue until I'm unable to do so."


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Homeless man arrested after allegedly exposing himself
Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 8:53 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 10:15 a.m.
A homeless man is in jail after police found him sleeping in a park with his genitals exposed, Houma Police said.
Police said they received several calls Saturday from people visiting Shady Oaks Park, in the 800 block of High Street near the Municipal Auditorium and responded about 2:30 p.m.
Police said they arrested Albert Lagarde, 48, as soon as they arrived at the park.
Lagarde is charged with obscenity, records show. He remained in the Terrebonne Parish jail this morning, where he is being held in lieu of a $30,000 bond.
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Maitjian and Todd Welke, of Saratoga, are a devoted married couple going hand-in-hand through life and face-to-face at work.
"Quite literally," Maitjian says, laughing. "We work in the same office and our desks face each other. So it's pretty important that we get along."
Luckily, they do. Married for 18 years, they divorced themselves from their individual high-powered tech jobs in 2009 and started the San Jose-based CMIT Solutions of Southwest Silicon Valley, an IT service provider for small and midsized businesses.
And they couldn't be happier, enamored with each other and with the entrepreneurial lifestyle.
"A lot of people ask us how we do it, how we can be together so much," Todd Welke says. "But when you're married, you go through a lot of changes in life, buying a house, having kids. I look at going into business as just another one of those things that you can work through together."
For better or worse
There are roughly 4 million family-owned business in the U.S., with more than 1.4 million of those being run by a husband-and-wife team, according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And while one might assume the love/work combo might be too much of a good thing, many couples find working with a shared professional passion can keep relationships vibrant as well -- if you do it right.
Relationship experts Gene and Julie Gates of the Working Couple Network website have made the national talk-show circuit and written numerous columns on the subject. They describe themselves as a "well-oiled couple machine" after working together for 17 years as on-air radio personalities -- they had an afternoon show on 101.3-FM in San Francisco in the early 2000s -- and are now in the restaurant business.
"The No. 1 question we get every day is, 'How on earth do you work together without killing each other?' " Gene Gates says. "Sure, there are days we step on each other's last nerve. But there's nothing better than working with the love of your life."
Julie Gates admits that things weren't so smooth at the beginning -- until they decided to bring work home.
"One of the crazy things we learned is that we were having arguments in our personal lives all the time back then -- just dumb stuff, like when to leave home for a meeting. But we realized that, at work, we never fought at all, and we really worked great as a team."
So they decided to apply some of their work skills to their home life. "We have an annual meeting," Julie Gates says. "We sit down every year around New Year's and actually do goal-setting together."
It may sound impersonal, Gene Gates adds, "but at work, people have meetings every week, to maintain focus. And when couples first fall in love, they do that -- they talk a lot about their dreams. Somewhere along the line, that (discussion) stops, but our dreams continue to change. So even at home, you need to ask yourselves things like, do you want to retire by a certain age, have a vacation home? It's important to be on the same page in every aspect of life."
Separate and equal
Most successful work/life couples have found it important to create a division of labor at the office and map out specific tasks. The Gateses even wrote down job descriptions for themselves, for work and home.
"At an office, you don't go into your co-worker's office and start doing his work," Julie Gates says. "So even at home, if I'm doing laundry, and he comes in and throws my jeans in with the whites and ruins everything -- that doesn't work. You need to know who does what."
Ragu and Gita Bhargava, owners of Global Upside, a Los-Altos based firm specializing in financing, accounting and human resources in the U.S. and India, have been married 30 years and agree on the notion of dividing labor.
"He is the CEO, and I'm very good with details, and I deal with customers in India," Gita Bhargava says. "But it's not about titles, it's about making it work."
The Bhargavas have an interesting perspective, because their marriage was arranged by their families. "Even after 30 years, we learn about each other every day anyway, there's always something new," Gita Bhargava says. "There are times when things are very stressful, but you learn how each other will react.
"My husband is very reserved, and I talk a lot, so he gets to know exactly what's on my mind," she says, chuckling. "And I know, if something's stressful and I say something to Ragu and then have to say it twice and I'm not getting an answer, I'll walk away and give him some time."
Debbie and David Shahvar were both employed in the restaurant industry when they married 31 years ago. They started the Bay Area's Buttercup Grill & Bar restaurant chain in 1988. Now all three of their grown children work in the family business, too.
"You can't be vague about roles," Debbie Shahvar says. "(David) runs the business side, and I develop the menu items. We sit down all together, have lunch together."
Adds David Shahvar :"We're all dedicated to the success of the business and the family -- it's a big part of what binds us together as a couple. Of course, it's not all rosy. Sometimes she makes me taste her new recipes, and that makes me gain some weight."
Me and you time
The Welkes have found it helpful to drive to work in separate cars, not only for some private time but because they often meet with clients in different place during the day. They also try to have a monthly date night.
"In many ways, (working together) has strengthened things at home," Todd Welke says. "When we had separate jobs, it was a time-demand thing, and we didn't have a much time together."
Every couple has to negotiate on the aspect of alone time, Julie Gates says. "Each relationship is different. Some people are like mashed potatoes, and can be together constantly and love it. Some, maybe it helps for one to take a walk in the evening. You have to work it out. Not one size fits all."
To be sure, couples with separate high-powered careers and family responsibilities often end up not seeing each other much at all. Gene Gates says it didn't used to be that way. "Humans lived in villages, saw everyone all the time, we lived together, hunted and gathered together.
"Part of the problem in society right now is that we're not together enough," he says.
Boundaries are needed, however, or work can overwhelm home, the Bhargavas say.
"It's very easy to get your personal life taken over by the work life," Ragu Bhargava says. "Before we all go out for dinner, our children will say, 'Mom, Dad. Stop. This is time for dinner, not work discussions, please.' "
In the same vein, the Shahvars try to keep home life from taking over work. "Like any couple, we fight, we argue, we shout. But not at work," David Shahvar says. "We don't allow it to carry over.
"We have this philosophy," he adds, "that where there's love, everything works out."
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Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) today announced that the Company has received a continued listing standards notice from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") because the average closing price of the Company's common stock was less than $1.00 per share over a period of 30 consecutive trading days.
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29.05.2012 - A positive recommendation by EMA's CHMP committee raises hope for patients with cystic fibrosis in Europe.
London – The EU agency recommended Kalydeco (ivacaftor) from the US-biotech Vertex for approval. The treatment targets patients from the age of six years on who have a G551D mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene.
Kalydeco was already approved by the FDA at the end of January this year. According to the European agency, Kalydeco offers an innovative therapeutic approach for patients with cystic fibrosis: it is the first treatment that targets the underlying mechanism of the disease, by restoring the function of the mutated CFTR protein.
Currently available therapies for patients with cystic fibrosis only address the consequences of the disease, not the underlying defect. Clinical studies showed that Kalydeco improved pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis patients with the specific G551D-CFTR mutation. About half of the world's CF patients reside in Europe, where about 35,000 people have the disease. The European Commission will consider the CHMP's recommendation in its final decision on Kalydeco. According to PM live, the European recommendation comes almost four months after Kalydeco was cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the US agency taking just three months to review Vertex' marketing application. This backs outcomes from a recent report that described how the FDA had a faster approval process than the EMA.
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Clustered file systems (CFS) offer a practical way to respond to big storage problems such as the proliferation of low-cost servers, application data growth and the need to deliver better application performance. A CFS pulls together and shares the excess storage capacity that's often available but hidden on storage networks. In doing so, a CFS increases storage utilization rates, delivers performance typically found only in high-end arrays and gives users an economical way to scale their architectures.
There are three ways to deploy a CFS: on storage servers, NAS gateways and hosts. Any server in the cluster can access any block of storage managed by the cluster. Most CFS also integrate the volume manager with the file system. This allows the CFS to break large files into blocks called extents, and to stripe those extents across different storage arrays to improve I/O performance.
There are several key questions that need to be answered before selecting a CFS:
- Can the CFS make use of existing storage and network resources?
- How difficult is it to install and configure?
- How does the CFS manage data integrity?
- Can it scale performance and capacity linearly and independently?
- What problem is the CFS best suited to solve?
Clustered storage systems
Clustered storage systems are composed of bricks (servers preconfigured with set amounts of CPU, cache and storage) or blades. Each brick is loaded with the vendor's CFS software that controls and shares the processing memory and storage resources of the bricks in the cluster; blades are managed by an external server that contains the CFS.
Isilon Systems Inc.'s IQ storage clusters use storage bricks and its CFS called OneFS, which combines four layers of storage management software--file systems, volume management, data protection and high availability--into one logical file system. This integration allows OneFS to configure storage on any of the up to 88 bricks it supports in its clusters and to create volumes up to 528TB. Isilon also gives users the ability to choose between bricks of different sizes, ranging from 1.9TB to 6TB raw. While each brick supports only 12 serial ATA (SATA) disk drives, by offering bricks with different size disk drives, Isilon lets users select bricks that meet specific app performance requirements.
Terrascale Technologies Inc. also uses storage bricks, but places its TerraGrid Cluster File System (CFS) on the clients accessing the bricks. Terrascale built its TerraGrid CFS based on the open-source XFS file system; it's a parallel file system that allows apps running in parallel to simultaneously access the same files. TerraGrid CFS scales to support hundreds of nodes, and lets a server read or write data to any node. However, TerraGrid CFS is available only for Linux servers. Windows or other Unix servers that need to access the storage pool have to go through a Linux NAS gateway that contains TerraGrid CFS.
Panasas Inc.'s ActiveScale Storage Cluster is architected in a manner similar to that of TerraGrid CFS, but it also has some unique characteristics. Like Terrascale, Panasas places agents on all clients accessing its storage, directly supports only Linux servers and allows multiple clients to access back-end storage. But Panasas uses Panasas StorageBlades that hold two 400GB SATA drives each. These drives are virtualized by Panasas DirectorBlades that stripe the data across the StorageBlades. DirectorBlades cluster together to create one "virtual" NFS and CIFS server that can scale I/O at high performance levels.
But problems with the clustered storage systems architecture may surface as more bricks are added to the cluster. It's the responsibility of the CFS to manage each additional module's processor, cache and storage capacity. Failing to keep the cache coherent across the bricks can result in file corruption; however, keeping the cache coherent among all of the bricks generates a lot of chatter and degrades the overall performance of the cluster.
Isilon deals with this issue by designating two or more of its bricks as "owning" bricks for each specific file. Keeping the cache consistent in only a few bricks eliminates much of the chatter among bricks. If the request for a file is received by a brick other than the owning brick, the CFS redirects the request to the owning brick. Once the owning brick receives the request, it directs the CFS to distribute the data writes evenly across all of the storage bricks instead of just the disk drives in the owning bricks.
Isilon's approach meets most application requirements when just a few servers need to access large files sequentially, but this technique falters as the number of servers that need to access data concurrently on multiple bricks grows. In that scenario, the owning bricks wouldn't be able to expeditiously handle all of the redirects coming from the other bricks and performance would degrade.
To avoid this problem, Terrascale's TerraGrid CFS allows any server in the compute cluster to access any data block directly on any brick at any time. This approach eliminates the need for cache coherency among the bricks or for the CFS to add any meta data to the file because the file is locked while the server is directly accessing the blocks of the file.
But none of these products overcomes the two main problems of CFS platforms. First, although SATA drives are well suited for the sequential data access required by applications with large amounts of digital content (such as audio, video and graphics), when used in environments with large amounts of random reads and writes, SATA drive performance is significantly lower than that of higher performing Fibre Channel (FC) drives. The other problem is that these systems don't let users redeploy storage they already own. If you have installed storage you want to use in a cluster, CFS architectures that reside on NAS gateways or client servers should be considered.
Clustered NAS gateways
Clustered NAS gateways are servers that sit in the data path between client servers and the storage arrays they access; the gateway acts as one logical server. A CFS clusters together the different NAS gateway servers so that each gateway can access storage anywhere in the cluster. This configuration allows the use of installed storage resources and offers more options to independently scale storage capacity. How well each product does this largely depends on how the vendor has implemented its CFS to manage cache coherency among the different nodes.
The CFS that runs on Exanet Inc.'s ExaStore NAS Gateway uses a control node to minimize the amount of communication that needs to occur among servers in the cluster. When a file is created, one node in the NAS gateway cluster assumes responsibility for that file and breaks it into 1MB chunks called extents. The owning node stores a small amount of meta data in each extent that indicates it's that file's controlling node. When a request to read that file occurs, the node receiving the request reads the file's meta data and determines which node is the control node for that file. The request is then redirected to the control node, which then coordinates the processing of that request.
Exanet's architecture is similar to clustered storage systems that use a parallel file system. Because ExaStore stores the file in 1MB extents, this permits the controlling node to engage other nodes to read the 1MB file extents in parallel more quickly. The other nodes then send their reads to the controlling node, which aggregates all of the 1MB extents into the original file format. Once the file is assembled, it sends the file to the node that received the client request. This node then presents the file to the client.
The CFS on ONStor's Bobcat Series NAS Gateway seeks to avoid the whole problem of cache coherency by turning off the write cache in its clustered servers. Turning off the write cache forces all writes to go directly to back-end storage. This puts a lock on the file as writes occur, and prevents reads or writes on other clustered servers from taking place until the write is complete. This approach works reasonably well for computing environments where different files are accessed randomly by different clients. And because ONStor supports multiple storage arrays from different vendors, users can match each file's performance and availability characteristics to the back-end storage.
But clustered NAS gateway architectures can only be deployed in circumstances where clients will access files over Ethernet interfaces using NFS or CIFS protocols. Using these protocols introduces overhead on both the requesting server and the NAS gateway server processing the request. While additional servers can be added to the cluster to provide the additional cache and CPU needed to handle these requests, it still isn't likely to satisfy the most performance-intensive, random-read apps that need to share files among the same or different operating systems. In these circumstances, users will need to look to a CFS that operates at the host level.
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Not every vendor is choosing to cluster storage using clustered file systems. Here are some other ways vendors are clustering storage on the back end.
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Tagma-Store Universal Storage Platform. Hitachi's TagmaStore provides a common platform into which cards may be inserted to access a pool of shared storage. Card options include Fibre Channel, FICON and ESCON port cards, and iSCSI and NAS blades. This approach allows all storage to be managed at the block level through the same interface and with the same volume manager. HDS also gives users the flexibility to virtualize the storage pool. However, the NAS blades don't yet include any native method to share data at the file level, so third-party products that provide global name spaces are required.
Network Appliance (NetApp) Inc. Data Ontap GX. NetApp's Data Ontap GX allows users to create one logical group of NetApp filers. With Data Ontap GX, any filer can receive a client request for a file and redirect that request to the filer actually containing the file. This lets users add new filers to an existing NetApp filer installation, as well as share their resources without doing a forklift upgrade or introducing a NAS gateway. NetApp's optional FlexVol feature allows users to stripe data across all of the nodes to improve data performance and availability.
Pillar Data Systems Inc. Axiom Storage System. Pillar's Axiom architecture clusters its storage controllers, called Axiom Slammers, which serve as a gateway to its back-end disk and may be configured for SAN or NAS. Although each Axiom system supports only four Axiom Slammers, and each Axiom Slammer is configured in an active-active configuration, Pillar gives users the option to scale out the NAS Axiom Slammers by using their scalable file-system and global name space options.
Host-based clustered file systems
Clustered file systems that operate at the host level provide some distinct advantages over clustered storage systems and NAS gateway configurations:
- There's no need to purchase proprietary storage systems.
- They work in most mixed-vendor environments.
- There's no need to use a mix of file- and block-based protocols.
- The performance overhead associated with processing NFS and CIFS is minimized.
To control access to the files and maintain their integrity, SGI uses a meta data server for each CXFS file system. This requires each server in the cluster to communicate with the meta data server over a TCP/IP link. Even though the amount of meta data traffic sent over this TCP/IP link is minimal, users may not want to put this meta data server on the same physical network to help minimize network collisions and provide higher uptime. Users in highly available environments may want to consider building another physical network and clustering two meta data servers--an expensive and complicated configuration--so the failure of a single meta data server doesn't bring down the entire cluster (see "Alternative storage clustering methods," this page).
Benefits vs. complexity
A CFS gives users the option to cluster storage at the host, network or array level to share file access and maximize storage utilization. Each clustering architecture has its limitations (see "Clustered file-system architecture pros and cons," below), such as drive types or the need to install agents on hosts.
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Some of London's Shillington team recently attended 'The Brand Impact Awards' as a sponsor of the event. We sat amongst some of the most inspiring agencies in today's graphic design scene and watched amazing work presented in a variety of categories. In this post we celebrate some of the winners who each brought to the table truly awesome branding!
- Smets Department Store
Winner of the Retail Award - Branding Programmes
& Best of Show - Branding Programmes
- Action on Hearing Loss
Winner of the Social Impact Award
& Not For Pofit - Branded Campaigns
- Wimbledon
Joint winner of the Sport Award - Branding Programmes
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- Willie's Cacao
Winner of the FMCG Award - Branding Programmes
- Badger Ales: Welcome to the Countryside
Winner of the Beers, Wines & Spirits Award
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- Beats by Dr Dre
Winner of the Fashion Award - Branded Campaigns
- The Feed by Getty Images
Winner of the Collaboration Award
& Winner of the Publishing Award - Branding Campaigns
Jack Renwick Studio
- The Orchard
Winner of the Property Award - Branding Campaigns
- The Library
Joint winner of the Sport Award - Branding Programmes
Moving Brands
- Madefire
Winner of the Entertainment Award - Branding Programmes
Bond & Coyne
- Arts University Bournemouth
Joint winner of the Education Award - Branded Campaigns
- Mark Wallinger: Labrynth
Winner of the Public Sector Award - Branded Campaigns
& Best of Show - Branded Campaigns
Truth North
- Mind Bogglingly Big Bugs!
Winner of the Culture Award - Branded Campaigns
- Apprenticeships
Joint winner of Education Award - Branded Campaigns
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Golden lion tamarins are small orange-yellow monkeys, weighing 500 to 600 grams. They live in the heavily populated coastal region of Brazil, where less than two percent of the forest remains.
They are endangered because their habitat has been fragmented into small, unconnected areas, each area only capable of supporting a small number of groups. Without intervention by the National Zoo, other zoos, organizations, and the Brazilian government, inbreeding would soon lead to the local extinction of many of these small populations of tamarins, and eventually of the entire species.
About 1,500 golden lion tamarins (GLTs) live in the wild, most in or near the Reserva Biologica de Poço das Antas in the state of Rio de Janeiro. About 450 live in zoos worldwide.
Habitat and Range
Golden lion tamarins inhabit the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. In Poço ("POH-so") das Antas, they prefer swamp forest, which contains many vines and bromeliads, and has a high density of fruit and animal foods. Because all of this land has been logged in the past, we don't know what kind of habitat GLTs originally preferred. Presumably they preferred a humid, closed canopy forest with many vines, bromeliads, and other epiphytes. The closed canopy and tangles of vines provide easy arboreal pathways and protection from aerial predators. The bromeliads host many insects and small vertebrates that are important tamarin foods. They are also an important water source.
GLTs sleep in tree holes, which are used for heat conservation and protection from nocturnal predators.
Golden lion tamarins are omnivorous, feeding on fruits, insects, and small lizards. GLTs actively search crevices, bark, bromeliads, and other hiding places for their prey. They use their long, slender fingers and hands to probe into these areas, a behavior called "micromanipulation."
In zoos, GLTs are fed fruit (bananas, apples, and oranges), canned marmoset diet, mealworms, and crickets. They supplement their planned diet with cockroaches, mice, and other uninvited guests that aren't quick enough to escape.
Hawks and other raptors, cats, and large snakes are the main predators of GLTs. Data on predation are difficult to obtain. The tamarins give alarm calls in response to strange and/or threatening stimuli. They have a particular alarm call for large birds overhead. When that call is made, the animals head for the trunks of the trees or sometimes just let themselves fall to the ground. The alarm call and the response seem to be genetically "hard-wired." Zoo born animals that have always lived inside make the call and respond appropriately when birds fly over.
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In zoos, GLTs are kept in family groups. In the wild, groups are small (two to nine animals) and usually consist of one breeding adult of each sex and younger animals. The group members could be related (a family group), but transfer of animals between groups has been seen and may be quite common.
Tamarin groups actively defend a territory against other GLTs. Territories average 40 hectares (about 100 acres). The defense of a territory is accomplished through vocalizations and scent marking during ritualized group encounters. Actual fighting does not occur.
Occasionally more than one adult male (or, less commonly, more than one female) will breed in a group. Whether this represents a transitional situation, an alternate reproductive strategy based on cooperative rearing of infants, or just variation in tolerance between adults is unknown.
In captivity aggression occurs between animals of the same sex, especially between adult females. Mothers have been known to attack their older daughters, resulting in the death of one or more animals if they are not separated. Males appear to be more tolerant of each other, but will fight on occasion.
Births are usually twins. Infant care is cooperative. All members of the group will carry an infant, with the adult male commonly doing the largest share. The mother only takes the babies to nurse them. Since a set of twins might weigh as much as 15 to 20 percent of the mother's weight, she can use the help.
Young animals benefit from their experience with younger siblings. Males and females with previous caregiving experience as youngsters are much more likely to successfully raise their infants from the start. Pairs without prior infant experience often lose several sets of infants before they become competent parents.
Food is shared on occasion. Sharing is both passive (tolerated stealing) and active (offering food). Usually the food goes from older to younger animals. Often young animals will make a rasping noise (known as an infant rasp) as they try to take food from another animal.
GLTs retire at dusk and sleep until after sunrise. The adults are the first out of the holes in the morning and the last to enter at night. At zoos, they sleep in nestboxes. If nestboxes are provided in reserves or outdoor zoo exhibits, GLTs will always sleep in one.
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Gestation length: 126-130 days
Time to weaning: 90 days
Age at sexual maturity: 18 months
Life expectancy (in captivity): about 8 years for animals that survive past the infant stage—40 percent of infants die before 1 year.
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by Rory Boylen - January 15, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
To expect all hockey fans to hold a grudge against the NHL is a fool's game. Now that the NHL is back, all will be forgotten.
If you became numb to the mere mention of disclaimer, revenue sharing and contract term limits, you're not alone. If you turned to poker, junior hockey or the American League for post-work television or live-action entertainment, you're not alone.
by Rory Boylen - January 8, 2013 12:20 PM UTC
Think the shortened 2013 season should be considered tainted? Results from 1995 say otherwise.
When the expected 48-game NHL season kicks off Jan. 19, the margin for error will be slimmer than we're used to. Whereas a five-game losing skid could be just a blip on the radar for a playoff team in any other year, it could spell the end of its Stanley Cup hopes in a shortened season.
by Rory Boylen - December 18, 2012 4:55 PM UTC
So much ground has been made in the CBA negotiations is it really worth losing a season over? In the NHL, any outcome is possible.
I was a big-time pessimist from the beginning of this labor dispute, but I've (foolishly?) come over to the optimists' side in recent weeks.
by Rory Boylen - December 4, 2012 3:05 PM UTC
Lockout thoughts, from the big markets to Wednesday's board of governors meeting.
Thank goodness for the opening of the outdoor rinks in Toronto and the World Junior Championship at the end of the month. The lockout was starting to wear down my hockey soul, but those two pieces of entertainment will rejuvenate it some.
by Rory Boylen - November 28, 2012 9:45 AM UTC
The federal mediators are a welcome addition to the NHL labor negotiations, but will unlikely be able to break the deadlock.
There have been a few up and down moments during this NHL lockout. For one, the players' acceptance of a move to a 50-50 revenue split with honored contracts caused a bit of a buzz – only to be met with an out-of-hand dismissal from the nonsensical owners.
by Rory Boylen - November 6, 2012 3:54 PM UTC
Toronto has proven incapable of supporting major junior teams and that big-league hockey is all that sells.
The Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario League used to play games in Maple Leaf Gardens. I remember making the hour-plus journey with my dad and brothers into the city to catch one of those games in the afternoon.
by Rory Boylen - October 31, 2012 3:23 PM UTC
The NHL has talked about growing the game for the past two-plus decades, but each lockout derails those efforts.
A major struggle the NHL has faced in its history is transitioning from a niche sport to a big-league show that attracts fans from markets that can't sustain an outdoor rink.
by Rory Boylen - October 23, 2012 3:55 PM UTC
Nobody sticks in the NHL on skill alone - determined drive is what keeps them there. That's why scouts are closely watching the Kamloops Blazers scorer.
"He's paid his dues and got here with hard work and compete and a lot of teams respect that and appreciate guys like that." – Kamloops Blazers GM Craig Bonner on J.
by Rory Boylen - October 9, 2012 4:50 PM UTC
Doom and gloom clouds the ongoing NHL-NHLPA battle, but at some point the two sides have to get serious.
I'm not optimistic. The league I've loved since childhood and the players I follow haven't given me any reason to be. Two weeks of the season have already been cancelled and when the NHL and NHLPA met recently, it wasn't to discuss the core issues that are driving a wedge between them.
by Rory Boylen - October 2, 2012 1:37 PM UTC
The overager decided to not attend training camp after being informed he'd be traded, but five games in and he's still waiting at home.
Ontario Leaguer Gregg Sutch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The Barrie Colts right winger, who hasn't taken to the ice yet this season, is at home while the major junior squad tries to work out a trade to send him elsewhere.
by Rory Boylen - September 11, 2012 5:15 PM UTC
When parents let their emotions get the best of them and clash with coaches, it does nothing to help the children.
There's nothing quite like the start of a new season for a minor hockey player. It's like the first day of school, except you're eager to get it started.
by Rory Boylen - September 4, 2012 4:48 PM UTC
Fans, rightfully, are riled up because of the threat of another lockout, but beware of misleading information.
That the NHL is on the cusp of sinking into its second lockout in seven years is disgraceful and hockey fans are fed up with the business end of the sport.


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The concert will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Luby's Stage on Bagnell Dam Boulevard in Lake Ozark. Dinner will be enjoyed sometime during those hours at the Wok and Roll Thai Restaurant, next to Luby's Stage.
The concert is free, and is sponsored by the Bagnell Dam Outreach. The Glory Road Band and the Sanctified Blues Band will perform. Fun children's activities will also be provided at the concert.
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WOODRUFF, SC-- Donna Marie Pearson Mitcheltree, 52, of 160 Lonely Woods Lane, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012.
A native of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Andrew David and Barbara Stewart Pearson. She was a member of the Woodruff Church of God.
Surviving are three brothers, David Pearson of Talbott, TN, Jeff Pearson of Chesnee and Bruce Pearson of Simpsonville.
Memorial services will be held Friday, November 23, 2012, at 11:00 A.M. at Lanford-Gwinn Mortuary Chapel in Woodruff by Rev. Rand Bentley.
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It pains me to see you, once again, distributing free beer to virtually everyone on the East Coast except me. But, nonetheless, I'll set that aside and congratulate you on a fine performance.
3:30's just a number. You ran another great race and your RR, as usual, has some excellent photos. The one of PDR at the finish is priceless. Great job.
I'm curious about how you understand the "wall" at mile 19. Fuel? Pace? Something else? Was this a new issue for you? (I'm just looking for something else to worry about for the next month.)
Rest up, buddy.
Great race and an even better race report! Sounds like all of you had a wonderful time in Hartford.
Great report with pics, as expected. You forget to mention that in the parking garage, I had not "fallen and I can't get up". I was just a little tired of being on my feet.
It was a good race and I use the term in its strictest definition. You're coming up to race really made the day. Thank you.
I have not yet looked at my numbers, but will get to it soon.
What a great race and what a great day for you and Harriet. I wish schedules had allowed for more time with Boomer clan - sounds like I missed some excellent beer!!
Maybe, just maybe, the East Coast crowd can have as much, or more, fun than we do out West. We must do something about this.
Sans, do you know anything about making beer?
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NIce Job Lou,Congrats and thanks for the pics and RR.
That's Pro, collapsed on the pavement in a parking garage? Wow, you really know how to push your competition to exhaustion, Lou. Nice job!
Nice race and thanks for the suds - I only wish that my beer came out half as good as yours.
The editor in me kindly requests that you review what you put down as PDRs qualifying time - Unless she is older that she looks, you did the math wrong???
Not every race is going to be the race of a lifetime Lou and you have many more sub-3:30's in you. The key is that you and H. have a couple of Bostons ahead of you. thanks for the great photos. Spareribs
Congratulations on another BQ, one for 2009! You have 3:30 in you, just a bit slower at the start and avoid the bonk. This sounded like our Frederick Marathon where I bonked and you cruised right along. Marathons are a tricky beast! Best of all you were there for one of the most exciting Boomer events with such a great turnout, IRC and great comraderie! I like the Beer wagon But best of all, PDR falling in your arms after her BQ... priceless!
I just want to say, it must have been pretty embarrassing to have the Pro drink too much of your beer and pass out on the floor of the parking garage. I like the way you slip the photo into your race report without being judgmental, and let us draw our own conclusions.
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WTG, Lou. Thanks for the wonderful pics. I especially like the smiling PDR displaying the evidence. Have a great time in Boston.
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I love that photo of PDR showing the world the BQ finish time. I also loved the RR talking about your pacing experiences - something I'll have to watch closely as well. Excellent race even if you didn't make that silly 3:30 number.
Thanks for the good report and the pictures.
It sounds like your Hartford gathering has shown the west coasters that the Northeast knows how to throw a party too.
Congratulations on the additional year of BQ.
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They were picked for their awesomeness. Now, we want you to really get to know them. Lounge Magazine recently held a contest, 5 Under 35, the search for five people in the Augusta area making a difference in their community. News 12 introduces you to Dr. Griselda Wilson, a pharmacist in South Augusta who is giving people a dose of her heart.
A prescription packed with a little more than pills. Dr. Griselda Wilson makes it her job to fill more than bottles for clients. She fills their hearts.
"We do free delivery of medication, charge accounts for the elderly not able to pay, and we offer patient assistance," Dr. Wilson said.
Dr. Wilson was a young girl when she decided to be a pharmacist, she was sick in the hospital. Today, she's helping others get better. At 29 years old, she opened the first African-American owned pharmacy in the CSRA.
"And it's a lot of work, dedication, and commitment and time consuming. You lose out on a lot, but you gain a lot and the rewards of being able to help somebody if it's a passion for you," Dr. Wilson said.
Pharmacy is Dr. Wilson's passion. Pharmacy Tech Shewanda Harris has been behind this counter since the doors opened and she knows it.
"She's just good to people all around from her health screenings to being a wonderful caring person," Harris said.
Outside the Medicine Shoppe, Dr. Wilson stays active in her community. Working with a homeless organization as well as being part of her neighborhood association are just a couple of the things that keep her busy.
It all stacks up. You'll even find Dr. Wilson in schools and churches talking about her career and passing out healthcare information.
A rewarding career for Dr. Wilson, a woman looking to help others and add her own personal touch. Dr. Wilson's pharmacy opened in October of 2001. She's now 33 years old.


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Published: Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:21 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:21 p.m.
High school graduation exercises will be held Friday, June 7. Graduation was Thursday, May 9 for Henderson County Early College High students.
East Henderson High - 7:30 p.m. at E. L. Justus Field.
Hendersonville High - 6 p.m. at Jim Pardue Gymnasium.
North Henderson High - 7 p.m. at Glenn C. Marlow Stadium.
West Henderson High - 7:30 p.m. at Johnson Field.
Balfour Education Center - 5:30 p.m. at Bo Thomas Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College.
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Fans continue to share their thoughts on Floyd Mayweather Jr., Thomas Hauser and USADA; but also get Dougie's opinions on upcoming fights, including Matthysse-Postol, in this week's Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
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Referee Laurence Cole discussed his role in the very physical, action-packed fight during which Marcos Maidana unanimously decisioned Adrien Broner for the WBA's welterweight belt.
Robert Garcia on Marcos Maidana's win over Adrien Broner: "We were ready to throw 100 punches a round. We know that's the only way to beat somebody like Adrien Broner, or that's the way to beat somebody like Floyd Mayweather [Jr.,]. That's the way [Roberto] Duran beat Sugar Ray Leonard."
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer on Marcos Maidana-Adrien Broner: "I would like to see a rematch. I would like a rematch at the Alamodome. There is no rematch clause."
Most of the fighters involved in the Adrien Broner-Marcos Maidana, Leo Santa Cruz-Cesar Seda, Keith Thurman-Jesus Soto Karass and Beibut Shumenov-Tamas Kovacs matchups promised fireworks on Saturday at The Alamodome in San Antonio.
WBA welterweight titleholder Adrien Broner has a speedy boxing style that usually troubles challlenger Marcos Maidana, who may employ an aggressive strategy that once stymied Broner. RingTV.com polled 25 boxing insiders/fans about whose style will prevail on Saturday.
Marcos Maidana on challenging WBA welterweight beltholder Adrien Broner on Dec. 14: "… once he feels my punches and my power… Broner will either quit or end up getting knocked out because he has never been tested."
Former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor will face Juan Carlos Candelo on the undercard of the Dec. 14 main event featuring Adrien Broner against Marcos Maidana.
Bob Arum told RingTV.com that a return bout between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Bryan Vera could happen on March 1 in either Texas or Las Vegas. The Top Rank CEO also said that he woudl like to match Nonito Donaire with undefeated featherwieght puncher Nicholas Walters.
Jamaican featherweight contender Nicholas Walters stopped Alberto Garza in the fourth round, and featherweight Oscar Valdez came up with a fifth-round knockout over Jesus Lule Raya.
The weights are in for Saturday's card featuring Nonito Donaire-Vic Darchinyan, Roman Martinez-Mikey Garcia, and Demetrius Andrade-Vanes Martirosyan.
Puerto Rico's Roman "Rocky" Martinez will put his WBO junior lightweight belt on the line against RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia on Saturday.
Unbeaten U.S. Olympians Demetrius Andrade and Vanes Martirosyan will fight for the WBO's vacant junior middleweight belt on Saturday.
Vic Darchinyan on Nonito Donaire: "I'm going to come and expose him and show to all of the world that I can beat him, and not only just beat him, but I can beat him easily."
Nonito Donaire shared about his childhood and the fear he had during his early boxing experiences on an HBO-produced video for the Boxing After Dark series. "Walking into the ring," he said. "I literally pissed in my pants I was so scared."
Mikey Garcia discussed his techinical yet hard-hitting boxing style on an HBO-produced video for the Boxing After Dark series. "It's exciting for the fans to watch me… I'm a very technical fighter, but with a lot of power behind my punches."
Nonito Donaire's meteoric rise was interrupted by a boxing lesson from Guillermo Rigondeaux in April, but The Filipino Flash is looking to move forward again by returning to a man from his past: Vic Darchinyan.
Junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade on Saturday's bout with fellow contender Vanes Martirosyan: "I am going to beat him down for three minutes of every round. I am going to make a statement that I'm the best 154-pound fighter in the world."
Nonito Donaire at the Kingsway Gym in N.Y. ahead of his fight against Omar Narvaez. Photos by Chris Farina / Top Rank.
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The three judges hosted a status conference on the issue Friday in Jackson. During that, attorneys for all parties involved informed the panel about what they want to see happen.
According to lawmakers, the proposals being reviewed could lead to big changes for east Mississippi.
Unlike the current lines, which have some districts very spread out and divided, Representative Greg Snowden says the two House proposals that are being reviewed by federal judges have many districts, including his own, more compact.
Snowden said the proposed changes could pit Lauderdale County supervisor Craig Hitt, who qualified to run for the open seat in District 84, to have to run against an incumbent after all.
"Under the proposals, he and I would be in the same district in some of those plans, and in other plans he would be in a district that would go over into Newton County," Snowden said.
Arguably, the biggest change that is being proposed involves District 84. Both proposals from the House would literally move that district from the western side of Lauderdale County and Clarke County to the eastern side of Lauderdale County, where it would eliminate Clarke County and pick up portions of Kemper and Neshoba.
Shifting District 84 to the eastern side of Lauderdale County would create a second majority minority district within the county.
The first is District 82. It's a seat that was occupied for almost three decades by Charles Young, Sr. Under the proposals that are being reviewed by the judges, his son, Charles Young, Jr., would be left to seek the legislative seat within the newly established majority-minority district.
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Share your experiences with the Oshkosh Half Marathon, 5K, Relay & Lionhearted Kids' Run below Back to event details page.
I love this event!! I really enjoy that it goes through some of the scenic parks and trails as well as the smooth, flat, residential areas. I didn't know what to expect when I had heard that the last 2 turns had been removed from the course, but I wound up loving the straight shot to the finish chute. It is a great event, and a wonderful course for a first time Half Marathoner and and event I will be coming back to year after year, health permitting of course!
This event is always a fun time. It was my third time running it. My only gripe is that this event should be held on Saturday morning every year. Us out of towners don't want to drive back 4 hours away after the race. This also affects the individuals attending church on Sunday mornings. Myself and a number of other out of towners would appreciate if this was held on Saturday yearly. The course is very flat which is nice and the weather this year couldn't have been better
This was my first half marathon and it was excellent. The course was very flat the entire way and the ending ceremonies were great. Lots of food at the end of the race.
The event was good but I wished they had mile markers along the course.
They had plenty of mile markers on the course. They were all on the left hand side of the course attached to orange traffic cones.
I had a great time at this race. I do wish there had been a wave start; it was a bit congested
They didn't have them on the 5K course. I saw the cones you're referring to but the numbers were out of order and said things like mile 73 or mile 22 - I don't think that was accurate
I did see the ones you were referring to. Those I believe were there just to mark the course and turned backwards to not make a big deal of the numbers on them (I think those are used for the Race the Lake Bike race) The ones that were used to mark the miles for us as runners were all turned to face us. I did the half marathon and saw some of the markers for the 5K, I never saw mile 13 but I may have been a bit preoccupied with trying to get across the finish line and didn't really notice them.
This was my first time running this 5K. The course was great. However, my only suggestions for next year are that the course has mile markers along the way and that the event isn't held quite so early in the morning. Those who had to drive from out-of-town to the event (like myself) had to get up really early. I was ready for a nap before the race even started! Other than that, it was a great time : )
Jen McElroy - I only saw the 2-mile cone on the 5k course, it was on the sidewalk along the outside of a building. It would perhaps be nice if they had an elevated sign of some sort at each mile.
I loved the changes to the finish-line approach; it was perfect for a final sprint into the chute.
The weather this year was fantastic.
Changing packet pickup/expo from the hotel to the convention center was a good thing. Too bad they had to be out in the hallway on Sunday morning.
Race volunteers were awesome! The course and water stations were well-manned and there was a dedicated group of people continuously refilling the post-race munchies.
Beer at 8 am, is there anything more to be said?
I also didn't like that the race was run on Sunday. It's my guess that the day and start time of the race were changed with the city residents in mind, since there is less car traffic on Sunday's and the race courses do cross most of the streets which go over the river, tying up traffic.
They ran out of shirts, mine will be mailed to me.
I agree with another poster who said they wished for wave starts. Yes it was crowded until the courses split off. Again this was likely due to traffic concerns, both car and race; most of the 5k participants were off their course before the half-marathon runners started coming in.
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Overall, a great race. Only real issue was having to stay on the sidewalk going over the Main St. bridge at the end of the course. The sidewalk is narrow with a steep drop and passing 1 person was difficult, passing 2 people running abreast was impossible. Made for a frustrating finish for those of us who save a bit of energy for the end. Suggest being able to run on the road going over the bridge next year as that will make passing easier.
Very good event and well organized which is the norm for Midwest Sports Events! Plenty of aid stations, good control at intersections and fantastic volunteers.
This was my first time doing this particular race. It was fantastic. However, if we could ask all walkers to stay on the right or left hand side of the road that would be wonderful. There was way too much maneuvering and congestion, especially in the beginning part of the race.
Last year I had such a great time at this event. This year we had some problems right away! We were very disappointed that although we pre-registered we did not receive a gift bag or shirt. We were so proud last year wearing the shirt and getting those products it was a pretty big disappointment for my friend and I. I'm unsure if we will return next year.
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SAN JOSE -- Mayday! Mayday! April's proverbial showers are expected to turn into a sweat storm Wednesday, leaving the Bay Area a sodden mess of wilted May flowers and maypoles drooping in the heat.
The National Weather Service forecast near-record highs in the 90s Wednesday and Thursday in some Bay Area cities -- the result of a freakish dome of high pressure and hot air that meteorologists call an "Omega Block" -- turning the last day of April and the first day of May into the alpha-dog days of summer.
Demonstrating a hitherto undiscovered flair for classical symbology, the Weather Service declares an Omega Block when a mass of high pressure -- this one rising about 20,000 feet above the California coast -- arranges itself in the shape of the last letter in the Greek alphabet. At the top of the dome, it can get as chilly as 12 degrees, while hot air is forced down to ground level. This block began forming Monday, when forecasters issued a hazardous weather outlook, warning of a 20-degree spike in the heat on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by an equally quick plummet back to the low 70s Saturday -- a six-day swing of 40 degrees.
"The high pressure overhead acts kind of like a roadblock," said Matt Mehle, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Monterey, "so the cold air is staying north of the West Coast." He likened an Omega Block to the furrow of high pressure that so obstinately fended off rainstorms over California this winter that it became known as the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge. The current weather pattern won't be particularly resilient, but the Omega Block will bring mega-heat.
In addition to the high pressure and warm air hovering overhead, another factor will contribute to the first major warm-up of the year: Winds that customarily blow in from the ocean have reversed themselves temporarily, bringing parbroiled breezes from the east. That increased the danger of fire, especially in local hills, although wind gusts weren't expected to pose the same threat here as in Southern California, where gusts of 55 mph were forecast through Thursday.
In San Jose's Brokaw Commons shopping center, where the temperature reached 86 degrees Tuesday, Amanda Rodriguez was already rolling up her sleeves as she left work.
"I have tattoos, so I usually have to wear long sleeves, and in the summertime it's just horrendous," she said. "So I do enjoy the heat, but not this early in the year. I still want that nice 70s weather, to enjoy the springtime before we get this huge heat wave."
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Landry, No. 8 LSU hold off Arkansas 20-13
Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 7:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 7:17 p.m.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Jarvis Landry made a spectacular one-handed touchdown catch and No. 8 LSU kept its BCS hopes alive with a 20-13 win over Arkansas on Friday.
Zach Mettenberger passed for 217 yards and hooked up with Landry for the play of the day with 1:12 left in the first half to put LSU up 10-0. The Tigers (10-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) reached double-digit wins for the sixth time in eight seasons under coach Les Miles.
LSU must now hope for an Alabama loss to Auburn and Texas A&M victory on Saturday in order to reach next weekend's SEC championship game. Even without a division crown, the Tigers could still get an at-large bid to the BCS.
Tyler Wilson was 31 of 52 passing for the Razorbacks (4-8, 2-6), whose fall from preseason top 10 is now complete. The senior set the school record for career passing yards in the loss.
Arkansas' Cobi Hamilton set the school record for receptions in a career with 175.
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SAN JOSE -- The statistic is double-edged: Over the past 16 games, the Sharks have scored twice as often short-handed as on the power play.
And while the penalty kill can take pride in its four goals over that stretch, coach Todd McLellan is more focused on his team's woeful 2-for-48 performance with a man advantage and would like to see things improve Tuesday night when the Toronto Maple Leafs close out San Jose's four-game homestand.
"It's frustrating with that type of talent you put on the ice that's been together that long," McLellan said of his team's power play. "I'm not pulling any punches or candy-coating it. It has to be better."
The cold streak has dropped the Sharks power play to 21st overall in the NHL with a 16.2 percent success rate. On the other hand, San Jose is now tied for sixth in the NHL this season with seven short-handed goals; the penalty kill is tied for sixth overall as well at 84 percent.
The only thing consistent about the Sharks power play these days is the lack of goals.
In going 0 for 4 in Thursday night's 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose had no trouble setting up in the offensive zone, moved the puck well and got 17 shots on net. In going 0 for 5 two nights later against Montreal, nothing clicked and the Sharks registered only three shots on net.
Even the top teams only score on one in every four power plays, but McLellan does want to see his team gain momentum with an opponent sitting in the penalty box. Even that has been a problem.
"The ragged games are going to happen, but too many of them," he said. "It has to be better over the next few months for us to have success."
Part of that depends on whether his Maple Leafs counterpart, Colton Orr, is healthy enough to go against the Sharks. Orr has missed the last eight games with an undisclosed injury but could be close to returning.
"Brownie is ready to go. He's worked hard," McLellan said. "We choose our lineup nightly based on what we think we need, and what the other team has, how the lines have performed."
This is Brown's fifth NHL team, and he is knows the drill well.
"This has been part of my life for seven years in the NHL and a couple in the minors. It's nothing new to me," he said. "You've got to stay positive. Just be ready when your time is called."
"We're trying to shut him down to get him built up so that he can play," the coach said.
"He's working on his strength and flexibility on the nights he's not playing."
Havlat had played in the 10 games before those against Pittsburgh and Montreal, scoring two goals. He referred all questions on his status to McLellan.
"Skating on his own, hasn't been involved in contact," McLellan said of Stuart. "So the conditioning part we're trying to maintain. The banging, the plays, the read of the game hasn't happened yet, so it'll be a little while yet."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.