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yeah... and how many are running BF because of it too. LOL
But the BF made ALLL the difference, just like the book said it would
Now that I can bear weight on my wrists again, the bike is coming back out for sure.
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And then I let it all go again. More "restarts" than I can count but I haven't given up hope or trying yet. So who knows what's possible.
wideguy, I just started C to 5k recently and just finished a month ago. I'm already down to about 305 from 325 (I'm 6'3.) I probably have an advantage in that I've run in the past (I ran the Boston Marathon 10 years ago weighing around 235) and that helps you to know how your body is responding but you're going to pick up on that quick.
Also, don't be stuck thinking you need to repeat a whole week. I did four days of week 2 because I wasn't happy with how I did w2d3 and just finished week 3. Week 4 seems rough, so it might take an extra run or so to get me up to speed.
Once you start running and start keeping an eye on your diet your body will start shedding pounds pretty quickly. Good luck!
yeah.. I let myself get derailed this fall... lost the daylight after work and that was an easy excuse. Time to kick my *** back into gear. I can have C25K behind me by spring.... there is a 5 miler in town in April... probably ambitious... but that would be a good goal... 5 miles in 14 weeks?
Complete 10/30/10
And then I let it all go again. More "restarts" than I can count but I haven't given up hope or trying yet. So who knows what's possible.
I misspoke above. I meant "just started" not "just finished."
My goal is a 5k race in March which should be more than enough time to both get used to the distance and do some work on running it faster too.
Most races have 200 lbs for men.
I stumbled on this thread by accident and am honestly shocked that races actually ask for weights to classify "larger" perople as clydedales...that is awful. I'm 5'7" and a size 10. Wish I could tell you my weight but I can't cause I don't care. I'm healthier than I've ever been (more fit) and could probably run a lot longer than many of my thinner sisters as my "normal" weekly miles range anywhere from 41-45 miles....its just disturbing. Sorry, just had to vent.
145-150 lb woman is considered a heavyweight runner??? Oh-my-gosh... I'm so depressed. I weighed 164 in September but still ran quite a lot. I knew if I lost weight I would run a lot better but I had no idea I would be considered "heavyweight". I've since lost about 25 lbs and my running is surely faster and more comfortable. Still... I'm surprised!
I have found that it is typically 200 lbs for the Clydesdale but sometimes it can be 190 lbs. I was down to around 195 or so last summer and up to about 205 now. Won two Clydesdale divisions races last year. It is kind of fun to be able to win but not always that easy for sure. I am currently running 5Ks around 21 to 23 minutes; 7:00 to 7:30 or so pace. Keep it up!
Athena (or Fillies) and Clydesdale division entries are all optional! I look at it as just another age category. So you don't need to tell folks your weight or sign up for the category if you don't want. My photo is actually from my 5K race down in Knoxville, Tennesee last year when I won the Clydesdale category with a 21:43 time (7:00 pace). Came in 27th overall out of 437 runners; Winning time was 17:04 or a 5:30 pace. I came in 7th place in the 40 year old age group out of 60 runners. Age groups can be really tough to win so having another catergory is fun; at least for me.
I agree with you that weight should not matter...some of us will always tend to be on the "heavier side" just due to our build. I was 180 lbs in high school when I was in great shape and would love to be down at that weight now but would never get down much below that....that's just me!
Just keep running....remember we only race the clock and our own PRs!!
What is BF??
My guess is barefoot???
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145-150 lb woman is considered a heavyweight runner??? Oh-my-gosh... I'm so depressed. I weighed 164 in September but still ran quite a lot. I knew if I lost weight I would run a lot better but I had no idea I would be considered "heavyweight". I've since lost about 25 lbs and my running is surely faster and more comfortable. Still... I'm surprised!
I just entered a Sprint Triathlon for August 2010. The weight for woman to be considered Athena is 165lbs. What the heck is an Athena anyway? I know Athena was the the Greek goddess of wisdom or something like that but come on, to classify a group of heavier runners as Athena's. Just doesn't make any sense to me. Anyway, I will be entering under that label though. You can check out my weight goal and progress in my signature line.
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Hi D.D Brown68,
I'm doing a race this month and they have 2 weight classes for Clydesdale. One is 185-211 and 212-whatever. So I guess it all depends on what the race director wants.
dltang, They call athena, Philly's up this way.
"Athena" isn't too bad, but I don't like being referred to as a horse. I can't imagine who would voluntarily sign up as a Filly or a Clydesdale. Not me, although I would qualify. Even if I won my category, I would be beyond mortified to step up and claim my award for winning the Filly catergory. (((((shudder)))))
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1Of high quality: this was a fine piece of filmmaking fine wines
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informal A1, top-notch, blue-ribbon, blue-chip, splendiferous
1.1(Of a person) worthy of or eliciting admiration: what a fine human being he is
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- The two lads are extremely fine musicians and go down really well at various pub and cabaret venues around the city and county.
- A fine musician, Eddie had been unable to hit the right notes with his golf until Sunday, when his dedication to the game paid off.
- A fine singer and musician, he also writes very good songs and is a record producer of considerable note.
worthy, admirable, praiseworthy, laudable, estimable, upright, upstanding, respectable
1.2Good; satisfactory: relations in the group were fine
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- It may be fine to say average rates have been lowered with the various rebates.
- In fact, just pressing my nose against the window and giving him a double thumbs up satisfies me fine.
- However, more is fine if you tolerate the higher carbohydrate amount and feel good consuming it.
all right, acceptable, suitable, good (enough), passable, satisfactory, adequate, reasonable, tolerable
informal OK
1.3Used to express one's agreement with or acquiescence to something: anything you want is fine by me, Linda he said such a solution would be fine
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- Frankly, if there are people on the left or the right that are not sure how he's going to rule on a case, that's fine by me.
- Any outcome from here on in is fine by me, and I mean that honestly.
- If you don't get HBO, you're missing a large part of that greatness, which is fine by me.
1.4In good health and feeling well: "I'm fine, just fine. And you?"
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- There is no update, he says, other than adding that his health is fine.
- I presume he's fine, in good health and that, but it's very unlike him to pop off.
in good health, well, healthy, all right, (fighting) fit, as fit as a fiddle, blooming, thriving, in good shape, in good condition, in fine fettle
informal OK, in the pink
1.5(Of the weather) bright and clear: it was another fine winter day
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- Mr Clarke said he walks to work when the weather is fine but in the winter he appreciates being able to call on a lift.
- Luckily, the weather was fine and some sunshine managed to peek through.
- The river is still coloured but this is expected to clear over the coming week, if the fine weather forecasted arrives.
1.6Of imposing and dignified appearance or size: a very fine Elizabethan mansion
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- A fine figure of a man, he radiates masculine self-assurance, a quality that interested her greatly.
- Hence it helps if the actor is a fine figure of a man, of noble countenance and with a beautiful speaking voice.
- He was a fine figure of a man, she thought and some woman must be missing him.
1.7(Of speech or writing) sounding impressive and grand but ultimately insincere: fine words seemed to produce few practical benefits
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- It is full of grand statements and fine sounding but vague promises to assist working people and the poor.
- It will be very gratifying indeed to see such a fine speech as that followed up by a vote that is in line with her own rhetoric.
- I hesitate to interrupt my colleague, because he is giving a very fine speech.
1.8Denoting or displaying a state of good, though not excellent, preservation in stamps, books, coins, etc.
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- Despite the specimen's fine preservation, we are not sure to what species it belongs.
1.9(Of gold or silver) containing a specified high proportion of pure metal: the coin is struck in .986 fine gold
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- They have one of their fine Gold Dots of the same weight and also a 325 gr.
2(Of a thread, filament, or person's hair) thin: I have always had fine and dry hair
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- Once this is dry, fine threads of beeswax are tightly wound around it.
- At the mention of its name a thin dog with short fine hair came at attention beside Jen.
- In places the fine filaments run on top of the thicker filaments, and are thus closer to the plasma membrane.
diaphanous, filmy, gossamer, silky, transparent, translucent, see-through
2.1(Of a point) sharp: I sharpened the leads to a fine point
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- By the time I finished grade school, my sense of dark, black humor had been honed to a fine point.
- On the outer edges of the sword was shining steel, sharpened to a fine point.
sharp, keen, acute, sharpened, razor-sharp
2.2Consisting of small particles: the soils were all fine silt
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- This groundbait with its very fine particles was designed to catch the tiny little canal roach.
- The material can range from fine particles to large lumps.
- Dust and fine sand particles tend to cling to the surface of the skin, especially in the folds and in between the toes and fingers.
fine-grained, powdery, powdered, dusty, ground, crushed
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2.3Having or requiring an intricate delicacy of touch: exquisitely fine work
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- She fingered fine muslins and intricate laces, heavy crimson silks and tulle.
- The winning hybrids yielded breads with a fine crumb structure and a high overall number of cells.
- It looks like it is made up of an intricate fine lace expertly spun in glass fibers no thicker than human hair.
intricate, delicate, detailed, elaborate, dainty, meticulous
2.4(Of something abstract) subtle and therefore perceived only with difficulty and care: the fine distinctions between the new and old definitions of refugee
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- When the opportunity came I would be fine, I'd be okay because I like to think that I take care of the fine detail in football.
- Other hypotheses he puts forward also invoke this very fine, subtle matter.
- It's a fine distinction to be drawn, clearly - but we know that governments have more information than the general public.
subtle, ultra-fine, nice, hair-splitting, nitpicking
2.5(Of a physical faculty) sensitive and discriminating: he has a fine eye for the detail and texture of social scenery
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- It was a good lesson that the truth is more important than fine feelings.
- She begins to shrink from his lack of fine feeling and drunkenness; embittered, she turns their marriage into a battle.
- The reader will be curious to know where those fine feelings of moral repugnance were when you took the job.
Very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.
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- It raises dust, separating fines from aggregate.
- The clay minerals and copious fines reported suggest that blockfields were produced by chemical weathering in a Mediterranean-type climate.
- Eighteen stalls were randomly bedded with sand or granite fines.
In a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well: "And how's the job-hunting going?" "Oh, fine."
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- He was well liked and fine mannered young man who later secured work in the Bacon Factory where he spent some years.
- He had had trouble with TelePrompter in the past, he did just fine last night.
1 [with object] Clarify (beer or wine) by causing the precipitation of sediment during production.
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- We fine the wine with egg extracts, so are we to put that on the label?
- Fish extract is used to fine the wine - to take all the cloudy particles out of it.
- To ensure clarity and stability, wine often needs to be fined (wine-speak for clarified) and filtered.
1.1 [no object] (Of liquid) become clear: the ale hadn't had quite time to fine down
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- The heavy rains earlier in the week have added a much needed drop of extra water to our local rivers which should be fining down nicely by the weekend.
- Wood-matured ports, often called simply wood ports, are aged either in wooden casks or, sometimes, cement tanks, and are ready to drink straight after fining, filtration, and bottling.
2Make or become thinner: [with object]: it can be fined right down to the finished shape [no object]: she'd certainly fined down—her face was thinner
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- In a set of photographs at the end of the book, we see the twins fined down to skin and bone shortly after their release from Kolyma in 1942.
- He preserved a courtly oblivion towards the event, though it seems beyond reason that he could have not noticed his wife's girth had suddenly fined down.
- His face was fined down and lost most of its boyishness but his skin was still a dusky gold.
cut it (or things) fine
- Allow a very small margin of something, especially time: boys who have cut it rather fine are scuttling into chapelMore example sentences
- They're cutting things fine in Athens as the jackhammers around the main stadium mix with the sounds of rehearsals for the Opening Ceremony.
- The airport bus wasn't due to leave for 20 minutes, and it was already 6: 10, which was going to be cutting it fine for a 7pm flight.
- 'You're cutting it fine,' said a thin man with dry lips.
do fine
- Be entirely satisfactory: an omelet will do fineMore example sentences
- Francis says as long as the company's drugs continue to meet the needs of baby boomers, the company will do fine.
- 2.1Be healthy or well: the baby's doing fineMore example sentences
- Luckily, Michael, a trained first-aider knew exactly what to do, and baby Alfie is now doing fine.
- She needed three attempts at it but was successful and the baby did fine.
- She said Jake, originally due on August 20th and weighing in at a healthy 6 lbs 11 oz, was doing fine, despite his dramatic entrance into the world.
- 2.2Do something in a satisfactory manner: he was doing fine acquiring all the necessary disciplines in financeMore example sentences
- Some of the team did fine without gloves and acquired a few blisters and scrapes during the event.
- He will do fine, and the department will do fine.
- The economy is doing fine and, if left alone, will continue to do fine.
do someone fine
- Suit or be enough for someone.Example sentences
- So it looks like my theory that an 800 seater would do us fine with plenty of room for people who showed up on the day might have been a little over-optimistic.
- I still 'sleep fast '- 5-6 hours, but it seems to do me fine.'
- If we finish one place behind the European qualification places it would do me fine.
fine feathers make fine birds
- proverb Beautiful clothes or an eye-catching appearance make a person appear similarly beautiful or impressive.
the finer points of
- The more complex or detailed aspects of: he went on to discuss the finer points of his workMore example sentences
- I was discussing the finer points of impeachment, and votes of no confidence.
- Now their only problem might come from itinerant lawyers wanting to discuss the finer points of local corporate law.
- I doubt that he knows the finer points of what's proper or not proper.
——'s finest
- North American informal The police of a particular city: Moscow's finestMore example sentences
- I opened the door to one of our city's finest… the Vancouver Police Department.
- The inimitable Fish makes several pungent observations on the transgressions of our city 's finest this past holiday.
- Some of the city's finest were recognized Feb. 7 for their cool heads in the line of duty.
one's finer feelings
- One's feelings of honor, loyalty, or duty; one's conscience or sense of morality.Example sentences
- It was a period when middle-class fathers often withdrew behind taciturnity and rituals of manliness, when mothers stifled their finer feelings and aspirations behind domestic routines.
- More specifically addressing Freeman Dyson's essay, Freeman writes 'If we are partly analog, the downloading of a human consciousness into a digital computer may involve a certain loss of our finer feelings and qualities.'
- It addresses our finer feelings, and gives exercise to every mild and generous propensity '.
one's finest hour
- The time of one's greatest success.Example sentences
- They are nostalgic for their finest hour.
- Others (the late, great Luis Bunuel for example), however, seem to enjoy their finest hour.
- And let us not forget their finest hour: the night of treachery 14 years ago that began this whole unhappy saga
fine words butter no parsnips
- proverb Nothing is achieved by empty promises or flattery.
not to put too fine a point on it
- To speak bluntly: not to put too fine a point on it, your Emily is a liarFiguratively, with reference to the sharpening of a weapon, tool, etc.More example sentences
- For short stories are wonderful in this respect: they are, as the name of the genre strongly suggests, short, unlike novels, which, in comparison with most typical short stories, are, not to put too fine a point on it, long.
- We are dealing here with people who are, not to put too fine a point on it, nuts.
- This is, not to put too fine a point on it, insane.
one fine day
- At some unspecified or unknown time: you want to be the Chancellor one fine dayMore example sentences
- And once we get down to improving our infrastructure, which includes good roads, uninterrupted power supply, a good international airport, which is going to happen one fine day, then we can say we are nearly there.
- Normal service resumes… oh, I don't know… one fine day.
- Then one fine day, a boy called Rocky almost proved me wrong.
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- The fineness of the mesh makes them completely watertight.
- He received the wool in huge bales and then graded it according to length and fineness, before despatching it to the cloth-maker or dealer.
- Rock salt is what the salt mined from underground is called, whether it is literally mined in solid form (a practice now rare) or pumped up to the surface and then evaporated, to be crystallized to the desired degree of fineness.
Middle English: from Old French fin, based on Latin finire 'to finish'(see finish).
Words that rhyme with finealign, assign, benign, brine, chine, cline, combine, condign, confine, consign, dine, divine, dyne, enshrine, entwine, frontline, hardline, interline, intertwine, kine, Klein, line, Main, malign, mine, moline, nine, on-line, opine, outshine, pine, Rhein, Rhine, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, spline, stein, Strine, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, Tyne, underline, undermine, vine, whine, wine
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fine 2
A sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authority: a parking fine
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- The question becomes, 'Are they penalties or fines imposed by a court'?
- The Supreme Court held these fines could, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, be imposed only if preceded by a criminal trial.
- The Court should have regard to any other fines or penalties suffered by the defendant for the misconduct in question.
(financial) penalty, sanction, fee, charge
verb[with object] (often be fined)
Punish (someone) by making them pay a sum of money, typically as a penalty for breaking the law: he was fined $600 and sentenced to one day in jail
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- The recent move to fine inconsiderate drivers from illegal parking is late in forthcoming.
- The magistrate convicted the applicant and fined him $400 with costs.
- In related news, the Taiwan High Court yesterday fined a man for illegally hiring a Chinese woman to work in his home.
penalize, impose a fine on, charge
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- Substantial areas in Scotland are now covered by these Orders which make it a fineable offence to fish without a written permit and/or by a method not prescribed on the permit.
- Not only is it a fineable offence, it's completely disrespectful.
- They declined to divulge any other examples of fineable offences.
Middle English: from Old French fin 'end, payment', from Latin finis 'end' (in medieval Latin denoting a sum paid on settling a lawsuit). The original sense was 'conclusion' (surviving in the phrase in fine); also used in the medieval Latin sense, the word came to denote a penalty of any kind, later specifically a monetary penalty.
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1.1 short for fine champagne.
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fine 4
(In musical directions) the place where a piece of music finishes (when this is not at the end of the score but at the end of an earlier section that is repeated at the end of the piece).
Italian, from Latin finis 'end'.
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Syllabification: fi·ne
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Dr Patel grew up in El Paso, Texas. He received his A.B. degree from Princeton University where he worked with Dr. Malcolm Steinberg. He obtained his Ph.D with Dr. Corey Goodman at Stanford University. From there he spent four years as an independent Staff Associate at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology, and then on to a faculty position at the University of Chicago. He is currently a Professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies, from a developmental perspective, the evolutionary changes responsible for generating the diversity of life, with a focus on the evolution of arthropod body patterning at the molecular and genetic level. Dr. Patel currently holds the Power Chair at UC Berkeley and is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has co-authored an undergraduate textbook on Evolution, taught in the Woods Hole Embryology course for over twelve years, and is an editor for the journal Development.
The Evolution of Developmental Diversity: Insights from Emerging Model Organisms
Organismal development is remarkably robust in the face of genetic and environmental variation, but at the same time quite amenable to change during evolution or in response to certain external cues. Studies in model species have revealed many of the genetic networks that guide development, and have opened the door to understanding how evolutionary changes in these networks lead to morphological and developmental diversity. I will describe our recent studies to understand developmental variation, focusing on the germline in the crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis, and structural coloration in butterflies. Parhyale derives its primordial germ cells from a single precursor cell at the eight-cell stage. If this cell is ablated, the animal hatches without a detectable germline, but remarkably these animals are fertile as adults. We have been able to determine the source and timing of this replacement. I will also describe the developmental basis of structural coloration in the Achillides swallowtails. The scales of these butterflies use a combination of multilayer reflection and scale geometry to create a range of colors. Developmentally, the scale geometry appears to be controlled by cytoskeletal reorganization, and evolutionary changes in geometry appear to contribute to variation between species, between populations, and between seasonal variants.
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An O'Fallon man was left with minor injuries following a one-vehicle mishap Monday in Pike County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol the crash happened at 9:37 a.m. on northbound U.S. 61 north of Route OO.
A 2004 Ford F250 was being driven by 49-year-old David A. Bauer of O'Fallon when it traveled off the right side of the road where it struck a ditch and overturned.
Bauer, who was wearing a safety device, was taken by ambulance to Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana.
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There weren't too many offensive fireworks in Sutton Gymnasium Friday night, but Marietta High used a 21-8 fourth quarter to rally for a 48-37 ECOL victory over River View on "Senior Night."
It was the second to the last home game for Tiger seniors Cameron Benson, Reid Chwalek, Ethan Strauss and Derek Amrine. Senior Jordan Satterfield (injured) did not play but was also recognized.
"It's really emotional," Benson said. "A lot of memories on this court."
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Marietta High's Braden Riley provides help on defense against River View at Sutton Gym Friday night. Riley scored a game-high 13-points to lead the Tigers to a 48-37 come-from-behind win.
Benson led the Tigers with four assists and also contributed seven points and four rebounds.
"We had shots all game," Benson said. "We always say we're still shooters, just keep shooting and they'll fall when they need to fall. They fell tonight late."
Hunter Winegar hit a 3-pointer to start the game, but Benson made it 3-2 on a mid-range jumper via an assist from Amrine. John Rice then scored four straight points for the Black Bears to stretch the lead to 7-2.
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Marietta 48, River View 37
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"Senior Night"
River View 10 10 9 8 - 37
Marietta 8 9 10 21 - 48
John Rice 1 3-4 5, Matt Brillhart 2 0-0 6, Hunter Winegar 4 0-0 12, Corey Miller 0 3-7 3, John Dart 2 3-3 7, Tyler Triplett 0 1-2 1, Taner Belagia 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 10-16 37.
Cameron Benson 2 2-4 7, Reid Chwalek 3 2-2 8, Derek Amrine 0 0-0 0, Adam Gearhart 0 0-0 0, Billy Weekly 0 0-0 0, Adam McKnight 0 0-0 0, Ethan Strauss 0 0-0 0, Braden Riley 6 1-3 13, John Henry 2 0-1 5, Corey Hill 3 0-1 9, Jonathon Wood 2 2-3 6. Totals 18 7-14 48.
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River View: Shooting: 10-37 (27 percent); 3-point goals: 7 (Winegar 4, Brillhart 2, Belagia 1); Rebounds: 31 (Rice 8, Dart 8); Assists: 5 (Winegar 2); Steals: 1; Turnovers: 15.
Marietta: Shooting: 18-55 (33 percent); 3-point goals: 5 (Hill 3, Henry 1, Benson 1); Rebounds: 25 (Wood 8, Hill 6); Assists: 9 (Benson 4, Chwalek 3); Steals: 4; Turnovers: 8.
Next game: Marietta at Athens at 6:30 p.m. today
Junior Braden Riley, who had a game-high 13 points, scored three consecutive baskets to give the Tigers their first lead of the game at 8-7.
Winegar hit a triple to put River View up 10-8 at the end of the first quarter.
Marietta opened the second period with four straight points on a Riley basket and a put back by sophomore Jonathan Wood to take a 12-10 lead.
River View fired back with a bucket by John Dart and a free throw from Tyler Triplett to retake the lead. Freshman John Henry drained a 3-pointer, but Matt Brillhart responded with back-to-back 3s of his own to put River View up 19-15. After a freebie from Dart, Riley connected on a shot to make the score 20-17 at the half, in favor of the Black Bears.
Midway through the third period, a pair of foul shots by Dart put the Black Bears up 23-19 before a 3-ball by Benson and a jump shot by Chwalek gave the Tigers a 24-23 advantage.
Winegar then struck for back-to-back treys to match River View's largest lead of the game at 29-24. With three seconds left in the quarter, Benson found Hill open in the left corner on an inbound pass and Hill nailed the 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the deficit to 29-27 going into the final period.
Benson assisted Hill on another 3-point basket to open the third quarter and then Riley made a free throw to give the Tigers a 31-29 lead. River View quickly retook the lead, but Chwalek hit two buckets in a row to make it 35-33 in favor of Marietta. Taner Belagia made a 3-pointer to give River View the lead for the final time.
After a free throw by Benson tied it at 36-36, Chwalek handed out back-to-back assists on a 3-pointer by Hill and a layup by Henry to stretch Marietta's lead to 41-36. The Tigers then scored seven of the game's final eight points to secure the victory.
"It's a good win for our guys," said Marietta head coach J.D. Secrest. "It's been awhile since we've had one. We needed something. We've got some tough games coming up down the road."
Marietta was 18-for-55 (33 percent) from the floor while River View shot 10-37 (27 percent). The Black Bears turned the ball over 15 times compared to eight times for the Tigers.
River View was led by Winegar's 12 points. Winegar was the only Black Bear in double figures.
To go along with Riley's 13 and Benson's seven, Hill added nine points and Chwalek had eight.
"It took Corey (Hill) awhile but he finally hit a couple there in a row," Secrest said. "I thought Reid (Chwalek) played real well coming off the bench. We needed somebody to come off the bench and give us a spark. Tonight Reid stepped up and made some key plays."
The Tigers, now 7-11, face a tough stretch ahead, as they travel to Athens today to play the Bulldogs and then go up against Warren Tuesday in Vincent.


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Vail official report" 0" new snow; 21" mid-mountain base; 111" total this season
Liftline status: Nothing at Gondola One.
Weather: Sunny and getting warmer.
Run of the day: Riva was groomed top to bottom.
Breakdown: Vail has received 6 inches of new snow in the last week, and, if you've been here or you've been following the thermometer readings, then you know it's been cold. That means those 6 inches have stayed fresh and powdery — venture to the far corners of the resort to find it. But get it now while you can, there'sabundantsunshine and it's starting to warm up out here, and if that snow gets too much sun then it will turn to crust like a pie in the oven. It's actually warmer on top of the mountain than in the valley today as an inversion has things about 20 degrees cooler on the valley floor. Today's Friday conditions were classic Colorado, not a cloud in the sky.
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After months of smooth running with my PS3, I'm all of a sudden suffering some fairly major issues.
I can't play video files on my PS3. I can see them, but when I try to open them, I get the error "Media Server Error - An HTTP error (500) has occurred". Music files seem to work ok.
I've removed and reinstalled the program a few times, and have rebuilt the media library. Occasionally the reinstallation works for a short time, but then begin throwing the above error soon afterwards.
The only things that have happened since losing access is:
1) Kaspersky shat istelf and crashed a couple of times. I have since reinstalled and it seems to be running ok.
2) I installed Adobe Premiere Elements and had to give a directory under 'Users' read/write access to complete the install. After doing this I had a few issues with Kaspersky etc - may have also broken something else... I can't recall the name of the folder/file unfortunately.
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Intel i5 750
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PS3 Media Server 1.81.0, Build 5b9f782ef
Kaspersky Internet Security 2013
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THOMASTON -- To the winners go the spoils. Um, check that, the sweets. Are you an iced coffee fanatic? How about a Maggie Eberhardt apple strudel concoction? Or an Abby Hurlbert almond joy? Maybe a Sydney Keith peaches and cream will wet your whistle. How about a Morgan Graham cracker sweet?
The Thomaston girls basketball team touched a town with its Run to the Sun, the Class S championship game at Mohegan Sun, where the Bears lost to Capital Prep, 84-55, on Saturday. They also touched the heart of Tony Turina, and that is always a good thing.
The former Torrington boys coach, who guided the Red Raiders to two state title game appearances and the Class L championship in 2006, owns Tony's Coffee Shop in Thomaston and was so impressed by the Bears that he is naming a collection of iced coffees after them.
There are 180 flavors, and the Bears will get to pick out the one they want their name on. Profits will go to either the Thomaston High girls basketball team or the THS athletics department. Turina also plans on contacting girls coach Bob McMahon and holding an open house meet-and-greet so townspeople can get to know this special group a bit better.
Hey, the Bears were big-time this season and keep on getting bigger.
Turina's connection goes back a few years with the Bears. He became a follower during the 2009-10 campaign, when Thomaston stormed through the season with an undefeated 20-0 mark. Two members of that team, Sciarra and Brittany Brandt, worked at Turina's place, dispensing smiles and goodies.
But the Bears also caught his attention this season while he was helping out then-Shepaug coach Rico Brogna. Turina watched the Bears overwhelm the Spartans in the first game of the season and something caught his eye. Well, several things caught his eye.
"I was totally impressed with their attitude, spirit and they were well-disciplined," said Turina. "They were cohesive and thoroughly enjoyed one another."
McMahon also reached out to Turina for some advice before going to Mohegan Sun. Turina also has great respect for McMahon
"Bobby is a great coach," he said. "How many can coach a baseball team and a basketball team to a state final (the Bears won the 2008 Class S baseball title)? We all ride on the coattails of the kids."
Is there some business here? Sure. But if you know Turina, that is low on the priority totem pole. He has been where the Bears have been, and he knows how this team has given the school and the town something to cling to well into the future.
Along the way, he was drawn into it all.
"At the end of the (championship) game, the spirit and camaraderie Thomaston showed, you don't see that," said Turina. "They didn't lose. They carried their players off the floor. If you watched Capital Prep, they walked off like they lost. I was tearing up more than the team was. I've been there. It's more fun to win, but they made it. "
As one person remarked Saturday, Thomaston had a Super Bowl week prior to the game. Well-wishers galore, a pep rally, fire trucks and an ambulance, along with one high-powered group of young Thomaston Trotters to wish them well as they pulled out of the Thomaston High parking lot Friday afternoon.
They got flowers, and one citizen stepped forward to pay for the hotel rooms so they could leave Friday and not make the early trip Saturday for the 11:30 a.m. game. There was a trip to Aqua Turf for the CIAC luncheon and a kind of media frenzy everywhere they went.
Turina has tasted it all and knows what happens when the morning after rolls around.
"They might have a little withdrawal," he said. "In the store, that is all the people talked about. They were always asking, how did the girls make out? All of Thomaston was involved. People talked about them like they were their daughters or granddaughters. I looked in the stands at the game Saturday and couldn't believe how many Thomaston people were there."
So Turina feels like this will help the trip back to earth. A chance for the team and town to get together one more time.
You do something special; you get treated special.
Who is up for a Maggie Eberhardt apple crumb cake? It's delicious, just like the season.
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I thought a long time on your comments you made here trying to find something to refute your points. I am generally someone who thinks that people need to understand the "why" behind what they do. So someone that uses free software should understand that the point in do doing so is for freedom. Stallman has said that if no one was told about freedom that in ten years we probably wouldn't have it anymore. I tend to agree with that sentiment.
However all that being considered you are right that they are still part of the community. They still need to be treated and respected the same amount as the advocates are. Of course later on down the line they may learn about freedom from bumping into an advocate and that is a very good thing.
I guess I just wish that more people would learn about the Freedoms up front when they started using Gnu/Linux. That is why I always try to give out advocacy materials when I do an install for someone or talk to someone about it. In the end I just hope that more users will mean more people fighting for freedom. More people against Software Patents. More people to resist DRM.
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Stocks to Watch: FedEx, Adobe, Alliance Fiber Optic
Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Wednesday's session are FedEx, Adobe Systems and Alliance Fiber Optic Products
FedEx reported its fiscal first-quarter earnings increased 6.5% as the shipping company posted an increase in ground-shipping revenue and improved margins. Shares jumped 2.7% to $113.65 premarket as results beat analyst expectations.
Adobe Systems's fiscal third-quarter profit dropped 59% as the software company reported falling product sales and a jump in operating expenses. But Adobe added more "Creative Cloud" subscribers than many Wall Street observers anticipated, news that sent shares 5.9% higher, to $51, premarket.
Alliance Fiber Optic expects third-quarter sales to exceed the previous outlook thanks to stronger-than-expected customer orders. Shares of the company, which makes high-performance fiber-optic components and integrated modules used by communications-equipment manufacturers, rose 13% to $22.96 premarket.
Five Below said existing holders intend to offer 7.1 million of its shares. The discount retailers won't receive any proceeds from the offering. Shares dropped 3.4% to $46.85 premarket.
Apache will sell some oil- and gas-producing operations in Canada in two separate transactions valued at a combined $112 million, a move that comes weeks after the firm struck a deal to sell a stake in its Egypt business. Apache has announced divestitures totaling nearly $7.2 billion in recent months.
Camelot Information Systems Inc. has agreed to be taken private by a group led by its chairman and chief executive for $98.2 million, an increased offer from the group's initial proposal in March. The buyout offer of $2.05 per American depositary share represents a 37% premium over Camelot's closing price on March 11, the last trading day prior to the group's initial going-private proposal.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 1.1% as revenue declined due to one less week of sales than a year earlier, masking stronger-than expected growth in same-store restaurant sales. Results beat expectations, but the company gave a cautious forecast for the current quarter.
Dollar Tree Inc. said its board has authorized the repurchase of up to $2 billion in shares, including a $1 billion variable maturity accelerated share repurchase.
EnerSys Inc. agreed to acquire Purcell Systems Inc. for $115 million, a move the industrial battery maker expects will ease the deployment of equipment for its customers.
General Mills Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 16% as special items boosted the packaged-food maker's year-ago results, though gains from new businesses continued to boost sales in the latest period. Still, the top line missed expectations.
Two financial executives at Health Management Associates agreed to leave the hospital operator, departures that follow the recent retirement of former President and Chief Executive Gary D. Newsome. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Health Management said Chief Financial Officer Kelly Curry and senior vice president of finance Kerrin Gillespie separately agreed to leave the company, effective Sept. 13.
Manchester United PLC swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit as the British soccer team reported a double-digit gain in commercial revenue, as well as increased match-day sales. However, the company gave a cautious outlook for the new fiscal year.
Pandora Media Inc. said a federal court has ruled in its favor in its rate-proceeding case with the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers, upholding the Internet radio company's right to perform all compositions in the Ascap repertory.
Steel Dynamics Inc. provided a third-quarter earnings outlook, with the top of the range in line with Wall Street expectations, as the steelmaker said it expects profitability from steel operations to increase from the second quarter.


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The star closest to the sun hosts a planet that may be very much like Earth, a new study reports.
On St. Patrick's Day 2015, astrophotographer Shawn Malone stumbled upon something unlike anything she had ever seen before.
A panoramic view from the surface of Mars shows brown and copper-colored plateaus and buttes, reminiscent of desert regions in the southwest United States.
Aug. 21, 2017, is a red-letter day for eclipse enthusiasts.
Venus may have once been habitable, with a shallow ocean of liquid water, cooler surface temperatures and a thinner, Earthlike atmosphere.
A group of scientists has delved more than a half-mile (1.1 kilometers) beneath the Earth's surface to study nearby environments that resemble those of the Red Planet.
If all goes according to plan, the touchdown of NASA's next Mars rover will be the most documented planetary landing in history.
Twenty years ago, NASA scientists and their colleagues announced they had spotted possible signs of Mars life in a meteorite. The claim ignited a scientific controversy that lingers to this day.
Dec 7, 2012; 7:08 AM ET A new lab-created meat is waiting for FDA approval that is at once very different and just the same as your favorite fish dinner.


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...there is something larger that's looming out there. A force that remains patient and silent. An entity that waits to teach a lesson that we have yet to grasp. It is much better to just lie there and let it roll over you like some immense army of unquestionable wonder.
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CHILDREN as young as nine and 10 of age are being subjected to bullying in local schools, a seminar on bullying held in Longford town heard.
Vicky McEnery, 22, from Co. Westmeath, spoke eloquently about how bullying made her secondary school years a misery. She told a story of consistent verbal harassment that sometimes veered into physical bullying.
She also outlined how the bullying had affected her personally and of how it continued even after she spoke out on national television. A second year student at university, McEnery now travels the length and breadth of the country to speak about her experience in the hope of helping others.
From the floor on the night, two local parents outlined how bullying had a serious effect on their children. In both cases, they felt that their children's schools had not done enough to tackle the issue. In both cases, the expert panel said these were typical stories they are hearing all over the country.
One of the most disturbing contributions on the night was from a local youth worker who told the meeting that girls from fifth and sixth class (grade) in local schools are posting pictures of themselves in their underwear online.
This comment drew gasps of shock from the floor as the youth worker went on to explain how he tries to warn young people about this behavior and its implications, particularly in terms of attracting predators.
Monica Monaghan founded the Anti-Bullying Coalition as a response to her own experience at the hands of bullies as a young teacher.
She spoke at length about the role in schools in dealing with bullying. She told the audience that she felt the current guidelines in place for schools were "unsafe" as they were 20 years old, and she welcomed the fact that new guidelines are being introduced in schools for the coming school year.
"It is costing the country a fortune to mop up after this," she said of the bullying problem, adding that there had been a "lack of joined-up thinking" on the issue.
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Don't Knock Marriage
LOVE is in the air, particularly around Knock, where the country's oldest marriage introduction service facilitated 11 weddings last year.
Clearly Cupid remains smitten by the traditional-style service, which has increasingly attracted young professional women – including teachers, doctors and nurses – aged in their thirties.
Recently renamed Knock Marriage Introductions, the Catholic Church service was founded by the late Father Michael Keane in 1968, leading to 910 marriages over its 45-year history.
Figures just released from the service's 45th annual report reveal that in 2012 they received 1,000 telephone inquiries and 580 written queries. The applicant breakdown by gender and age showed 69 men (aged 25-45), 29 men (46-75); 66 women (aged 25-45), 23 women (46-75).
Canon Joseph Cooney, director of the group, said the service's "proven track record" ensured consistent levels of interest year-on-year.
"I believe that a significant part of our success is that our clients feel secure throughout the introduction procedure. After we process the questionnaires we try to match them based on age, location and educational level," he said.
"We also look at height too. Certainly women don't want to be with smaller men but we have to take into account the height of their heels!" He explained the process requires that a client must accept one of any three matches suggested, and mobile phone numbers are only exchanged when agreement is reached.
Cooney said that while he hoped all the applicants were practicing Catholics, clients are not asked a direct question about this.
Confirming the upsurge in thirty-something professional women signing up to the site, Cooney said the largest number of recent applicants were from Dublin, with Mayo, Galway, Cork and Waterford following.
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New Dublin Mosque
DUBLIN City Council has given the green light for a massive €40 million development on the Northside which will see the construction of one of Europe's largest mosques.
As well as a three-storey domed mosque, the development at Clongriffin will also include the construction of a primary and secondary school, a 600-seater conference center, mortuary, library and fitness center.
Permission for the development was approved subject to a number of conditions.
The mosque, a key element of the plans submitted by the Dublin Welfare Society, will cater for the growing number of Muslims living in Dublin.
The mosque element of the development will include a main prayer hall, prayer rooms, meeting rooms, general purpose room, crèche, bookshop, library and mortuary.
The two-story conference centre part of the development includes a reception foyer, 600-seat conference room, 130 seat-restaurant and 200-seat banquet hall.
A 16-classroom primary school and 12-classroom secondary school will also be built, as well as a fitness center with swimming pool, gym and 11 two-bedroom apartments.


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Surgical and other procedures may be used to treat severe CAD and CAD that is causing angina when other treatment methods fail.
is more commonly known as open-heart or bypass surgery.
It is the most common type of heart surgery in the United States.
During this operation, a healthy blood vessel is removed from the leg or another area of the body. The healthy blood vessel is connected to the damaged artery just above and just below the blocked or partially blocked area. This allows some blood to bypass the damaged area by moving through the new blood vessel. If more than one area is blocked, a bypass can be done for each area (referred to as a double, triple, or quadruple bypass).
Types of CABG include:
Several studies indicate that traditional and off-pump CABG have similar short- and long-term results. Talk to your doctor about which option is better for you. Although CABG may relieve symptoms, it does not cure heart disease. You still must maintain a healthy lifestyle that includes achieving a healthy weight, eating a heart healthy diet, not smoking, and taking medications.
TMR is generally used in people who have inoperable CAD with severe angina. A laser is used through small incisions on the left side of the chest to create small channels in the affected part of the heart. These channels improve blood flow to the heart muscle. TMR can be done with or without CABG. A computer is used to pulse the laser at a specific time in the least active part of the heart beat cycle.
Other procedures are used to open blocked arteries include:
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Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 2, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2014.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated January 7, 2014. Accessed January 28, 2014.
Revascularization for coronary artery disease (CAD). EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 7, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2014.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey would never admit that he wore down in the second half last season, when his numbers tailed off as the Giants fell out of the race. But Posey didn't have to say anything on Friday.
The catcher looked noticeably more muscular at a media session at AT&T Park, and coaches and members of the training staff couldn't hide their excitement as the former MVP walked past.
"He looks like he's been getting after it pretty good," manager Bruce Bochy said, smiling.
For the first time as a full-time big leaguer, Posey had a regular offseason. The Giants played deep into the fall while winning titles in 2010 and 2012, and Posey spent the months after the 2011 season rehabbing a devastating ankle injury. He said this winter felt long, and it's not one he wants to repeat, but it allowed Posey and strength coach Carl Kochan to work on a more stringent program. Posey said he has put on about 10 pounds of muscle since the end of the 2013 season.
"I didn't have to skip any parts," Posey said. "I feel like I added some good weight. That's the goal, to be an explosive, powerful player and be able to maintain that during the course of the year."
That wasn't the case a year ago. Posey hit .325 with 13 homers, 56 RBIs and a .931 OPS in the first half last season, but after the break he hit just .244 with two homers, 16 RBIs and an OPS of .643.
"I think at times he was tired," Bochy said, pointing out that Posey caught plenty of long games last summer when the pitching staff struggled. "He wanted a little gas in the tank. Hopefully he can push on that pedal in the second half this year."
Posey refuses to connect the slump at the plate to all the time spent behind it, but he conceded last September that he needed to do more strength work. Regardless of how he gets through the grind this time around, Posey needs to be more of a force if the Giants are to return to the postseason.
"I feel like no matter how you feel physically or mentally, you should be able to find a way to get the job done," he said. "I didn't do that in the second half, and I look forward to this year. You learn from last year and hopefully be a better player."
"It was one of those things where I felt I couldn't say no," Lincecum said. "This team wants you and wants you bad."
Morse said he's fully healthy after playing just 88 games last season, and trainer Dave Groeschner said Scutaro (finger, back) and Hudson (ankle) are coming along well after injury-marred seasons. Still, Bochy plans on giving all three extra time off during spring training.
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Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse $10 Gold Coin
First Lady, 1817–1825
Elizabeth Kortright was born in New York City in 1768 and married James Monroe at age 17. The family made their home in Virginia, but spent several years overseas while James Madison served as U.S. Foreign Minister to Great Britain, France, and Spain. She became a popular figure in France, where she was affectionately called la belle Americane because of her beauty and style.
Her time spent in European diplomatic circles influenced her sense of proper protocol for the White House, to which she brought a European stateliness and formality. Their youngest daughter, Maria, was the first presidential child to be married in the White House, in a small, private ceremony. When Elizabeth and James Monroe left the White House, they returned to Oak Hill, the family estate in Virginia, where she lived for the remainder of her life.
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On January 1, 1818, Elizabeth and James Monroe held a grand New Year's Day reception marking the reopening of the White House, which was rebuilt after its burning at the hands of the British in 1814. The couple supplied some of their own furniture to the government because the White House was almost empty when they moved in. This French Empire style furniture imparted the feeling of formality that they considered appropriate for the Executive Mansion. Nine pieces remain in the White House today.
Obverse: ELIZABETH MONROE, IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY, 2008, 5th and 1817–1825.
Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $10, 1/2 OZ., .9999 FINE GOLD and REOPENING OF THE WHITE HOUSE 1818.


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Q& A with Cassidy Megan M., 12, Halifax, NS – 2011 Huggable Hero
Four years ago, Cassidy Megan founded Purple Day for Epilepsy to promote epilepsy awareness. Purple day has partnered with the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia and the Anita Kaufmann Foundation in the USA. Purple Day is now recognized internationally with supporters in Spain, Iran, Australia, Madrid, England, Africa, Cyprus and other countries worldwide.
What inspired you to start Purple Day for Epilepsy?
When I found out I had epilepsy I thought I was the only kid with it. After the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia came and did a presentation and I saw that my friends were really interested, I decided to tell them I had it. During the presentation I found out that lavender can represent feeling alone which is how I felt. The next year I started Purple Day because I wanted other people with epilepsy to know that they were not alone.
Purple Day is coming up. What are your plans for March 26, 2012?
I want to make it even bigger and better than last year. I am working with our partners and ambassadors all over the world to get more people involved and spread the word.
What is your mission for Purple Day?
My dream is that one day everyone will know about Purple Day and epilepsy and no one will feel alone.
You've accomplished so much. What are you going to do next?
I'm going to keep working on Purple Day and keep helping people be aware of epilepsy. I also want to keep letting people with epilepsy know that they can do anything they want and to never give up.
What advice do you have for kids who want to make a difference in the world?
Keep believing that you can do it, when things seem hard to change it's important to keep working hard. Every little bit counts, never give up and always follow your dreams, you can do it!


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SAN ANDREAS - Mitchell S. Dion has been hired as general manager of the Calaveras County Water District.
Dion was recently general manager of Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District near Escondido. While there, he was chairman of the water planning committee for the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors.
Dion is originally from the Sacramento area. He served 30 years in the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserves, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Dion replaces former General Manager Joone Lopez, who left after two years on the job.
Dion will be paid an annual salary of $165,000.
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Nicholls volleyball falls to SFA
Published: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 10:02 a.m.
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas. — The Nicholls State volleyball team opened a three-match Southland Conference road stretch on Thursday in Texas, falling in four sets to Stephen F. Austin 16-25, 17-25, 25-22, 16-25 at Shelton Gym.
The loss drops snaps the Colonels' three-match winning streak, dropping the team to 8-11 overall and 3-5 in Southland play.
Sarah Terry led the Colonels with ten kills, followed by Jennifer Brandt's six.
Behind the two seniors were three other players with five kills, as Jasmine Harris hit .556, Nancy Taylor hit .455 and Kathryn Stock tallied eight digs as well.
Taylor led the team in assists with 28, while Brandt led in digs with 14.
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Using our PROVA Power Analyzer WM-01 or "Power Thingy" as it has become quickly known as to our readers, we are now able to find out what kind of power is being used by our test system and the associated graphics cards installed. Keep in mind; it tests the complete system (minus LCD monitor, which is plugged directly into AC wall socket).
There are a few important notes to remember though; while our maximum power is taken in 3DMark06 at the same exact point, we have seen in particular tests the power being drawn as much as 10% more. We test at the exact same stage every time; therefore tests should be very consistent and accurate.
The other thing to remember is that our test system is bare minimum - only a SSD hard drive is used with a single CD ROM and minimal cooling fans.
So while the system might draw 400 watts in our test system, placing it into your own PC with a number of other items, the draw is going to be higher.
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WHAT IT DOES: The temperature of this curling iron can be adjusted from 140 – 450 degrees depending on thickness of the hair. The curling iron also features a 360 degree swivel cord for easy styling, a fast heat up time to minimize wait time, and an anti-scratch, chemical resistant plate to prolonging the life of the iron. Keep your hair healthy and shiny with negative ions that neutralizes harmful positive ions.
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The reigning heavy-weight BitTorrent champion. There are smaller and prettier Bittorrent clients out there, but none are as feature-complete, and none have Azureus's library of available plugins. The Firefox of BitTorrent clients.
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I would suggest merging Azureus and Vuze iusthis pages.
It can get confusing since Vuze is the new Azureus.
Vuze is an excellent torrent client for mac users.
uTorrent is the best torrent app for Windows. It's lite and fast. For Mac we have Azureus and Transmission. The first one is JAVA, so it's bloated and consumes lots of RAM. Downloads are a little faster than Transmission, but keep in mind torrents are more seeds-dependent .
Transmission has the best GUI of all, lacking the speed of uTorrent for PC.
quit using it ever since this Vuze BS came along the program has been on a downhill slope the latest update was just the straw that broke the camels back write good software that's functional not a clunky bombardment of my personal media collection that spews crap media at me every time i launch it.
new version is too slowww...
I was looking for a better alternative for Azureus, that still had the convenience of the RSS Feed Scanner for automatic TV show downloading and the ip-blocking of SafePeer, and now finally there is a combo that can do this without the java-bloat of Azureus:
Azureus => Transmission http://osx.iusethis.com/app/transmission
SafePeer => PeerGuardian http://osx.iusethis.com/app/peerguardian (background process)
RSS Feed Scanner => TVShows http://osx.iusethis.com/app/tvshows (background process)
That's the thing with Azureus all summed up: it's feature packed and cross platform, but it's a real bruiser for a torrent app. I'm looking forward to more of its features and plugins being integrated into native Mac clients to get the best of both worlds.
But Azureus is always there in case you need what only it can give, and for free too, so I'm thankful for that.
It's in Java because unlike other programming languages, Java is the easiest to port from Windows to Linux to Unix to OSX
3.0 is the ugliest thing i've ever seen
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - I had made up my mind not to tell this story. The judge, who knew I was a newspaper man, encouraged me to write it up after she had heard enough to dismiss the case against us. The Snowmass Wildcat Fire Protection District proved only that they were bullies; relying on nothing but fear and intimidation to settle the case. It was disgusting.
But, I'd decided the stress, anger and frustration they'd put us through was too much already. They prevailed in that regard, anyway. It was time to move on. And so we did, until recently when what happened to our necks in the aggressive grip of our domineering local fire department became pertinent to the community.
There is internal strife within the department. Employees feel oppressed. Turnover is far beyond acceptable for a unit upon which public safety is dependent. Advanced training cannot take place when a continual flow of new members are being trained on the basics. Morale is swirling the drain.
Pay and the lack of affordable housing are not the primary concerns, as management would like us to believe. Lack of respect for the frontline workers, one-way communication and general heavy-handedness by those in charge are what I have been told are the problems. My recent experience with the district leads me to believe this is most likely true.
What turned out to be a simply resolved billing issue was maneuvered into a nightmare of harrying, harassment, and non-cooperation that stretched out for more than a year. At stake was all of $1,300. Sure, we should have just paid it and been done with it. And, that was their sole strategy in "working things out."
More than two years after I took an ambulance ride to the hospital, we received our first notice from the Snowmass Wildcat Fire Protection District that our account hadn't been paid. Collection proceedings would begin if we did not immediately pay. We had assumed that our insurance paid the bill, as they had with all the other charges related to the incident.
We inquired with our insurance company about the unpaid balance. It told us the bill was denied because it was submitted by Snowmass Wildcat two years after the services had been rendered and the case had been closed. Snowmass Wildcat maintained this was not true and that the bill had been submitted in a timely manner.
Our insurance company told us that if Snowmass Wildcat could provide proof that the bill had been submitted within the prescribed time limit, it would pay the amount due. Perfect. It was an easy issue to resolve.
Unfortunately, courtesy, cooperation or even simple common sense did not carry the day. When we asked Snowmass Wildcat to provide us with the necessary documentation, it informed us that the case had been turned over to collections and that it was no longer the district's concern. Two more pleas over the course of what turned into a months-long battle were met with similar arrogant and dispassionate responses. They claimed to possess information that could get them paid, but refused to give it to us. Why?
A good reason was never discovered. They got lawyers involved. They harassed us almost nightly through a collection agency. They verbally disparaged us and called us deadbeats. They basically did everything to intimidate us into paying what they thought was due to them ... except help us. This was our neighborhood fire department? This was a cornerstone of our community? These were supposed to be the people we needed to trust in time of need?
After months of legal fighting, we came to the point when each side has to turn over all evidence they intended to present at the trial. Near the top of their 6-inch thick stack of paperwork, we found the piece of paper we had requested over and over again to no avail. We gave a copy to our insurance company and the bill was paid within days. Case dismissed by an incredulous judge.
This is my experience, and I had believed, because it is so unbelievably ridiculous, that it was an isolated incident that somehow got blown out of reason. Now, I don't think so. Something is malfunctioning in the management of Snowmass Wildcat Fire Protection District. Call it a poisonous attitude or a power play at the top. I know they went out of their way to make my life miserable when mutual respect and cooperation could have easily solved the problem. I'm a customer who was abused despite being right. My sympathies are with the Snowmass Wildcat employees.
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WALNUT CREEK -- Get ready, shoppers and diners -- Walnut Creek downtown parking rates soon will shoot up to $2 an hour, Sunday parking no longer will be free and meter hours will stretch well into the night.
The City Council passed the new parking ordinance Tuesday. The changes will take effect in the spring and are expected to bump parking revenue, after expenses, from $1 million to $3.1 million annually.
Besides enforcement on Sundays, new for Walnut Creek, there also will be a move to change enforcement times from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. To help guide drivers into the underutilized downtown parking garages, the city will make the first hour free in its structures, but parking rates in the busy South Locust Street garage will rise from 50 cents to $1 an hour.
Some meters will charge $1 an hour -- those are outside the "core downtown" north of Civic Drive, east of Broadway and west of California Boulevard.
All the changes are aimed at reaching a standard parking occupancy rate of 85 percent -- 15 percent availability -- of parking at all times downtown.
Mayor Cindy Silva said the parking-rate and enforcement-hour changes are just one element of an overall parking plan that also includes way-finding signs and parking technology.
"All of which is designed to make parking easier in Walnut Creek," she said.
Jay Hoyer, president of the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday that the plan does not deal with one of the biggest problems -- employee parking downtown.
"We hear about how 'we are going to offer incentives (for employees)'; it sounds kind of hollow," Hoyer said. "What are we going to do about these folks that have to work down here and a parking plan for them?"
He also questioned whether business owners understand the changes about to take place.
Mayor Pro Tem Kristina Lawson took issue with any suggestion that the community didn't have plenty of opportunities to weigh in on the proposed changes.
"The downtown parking task force completed its work in 2011," she said, also noting council meetings and a retreat where time was spent on the parking plan. "A tremendous amount of work has been done on making this right."
Former Councilman Gary Skrel, who now sits on the Walnut Creek Downtown board, said his group supports the changes 100 percent.
Updated parking studies have shown that even after previous rate hikes -- the last one in 2007 when on-street parking went from 50 cents to $1 an hour -- demand for on-street parking continues to climb. The parking on street during Friday and Saturday nights has at times reached over 100 percent occupancy, which means some drivers are double-parking. And Sunday is one of the busiest days of the week, according to transportation officials.
Council members said it is important to keep the rates and hours consistent, which makes it easier for downtown parkers to understand.
While many have spoken out on social media against the parking changes, there were few speakers at Tuesday's meeting. In fact, most spoke in support of the changes. Members of the bicycle community felt the plan didn't go far enough to deter people from driving.
The additional revenue from the parking changes will be spent on saving for future parking structures, downtown police officers and other downtown programs, which could include the Lesher Center.
Contact Elisabeth Nardi at 925-952-2617. Follow her at Twitter.com/enardi10.


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Greg Howard, spokesman for the Beede group, said he was surprised the town was appealing. �I just hope they have their lawyer on retainer,� he said. �We feel the court spoke very clearly on this.�
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Duke has no trouble with UNC in finale
Published: Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 11:02 p.m.
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CHAPEL HILL — Seth Curry hit his first seven shots during No. 3 Duke's torrid start, helping the Blue Devils jump to a big lead and beat rival North Carolina 69-53 on Saturday night.
Curry finished with 20 points, while Mason Plumlee turned in his best performance in a month with 23 points and 13 rebounds. That duo provided Duke (27-4, 14-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) all the punch it needed to earn a season sweep of the Tar Heels.
Duke scored the game's first 14 points, never let UNC (22-9, 12-6) closer than nine and led by 25 points after halftime. The Blue Devils shot 55 percent, including 18 for 26 (69 percent) in a first half that silenced a once-rowdy Smith Center crowd.
UNC had gone 6-1 since going to a four-guard lineup in the first meeting, but the Tar Heels looked rattled once the Blue Devils charged in front, and never recovered.
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In the past, the Vail Valley Young Life group has hosted a few banquets to raise funds for the Christian-based group, but this Sunday the group will host its biggest benefit to date. Grammy-nominated and Dove Award recipient Brandon Heath and Nashville star Matt Wertz will perform at the Ford Hall in Beaver Creek.
"Both Brandon and Matt grew up in Young Life, and are big supporters of it, which is great," said organizer Jennifer Baker. "They happen to be friends with our area director and so it was an easy sell to invite them out to the Vail Valley to support Young Life."
Baker said the music will appeal to "all audiences."
"Brandon is more of a Christian music artist, while Matt Wertz is an underground sort of artist from Nashville. The two of them have been roommates and played together for years so the dynamic they bring to the stage will be great," she said.
Most concerts Heath puts on are "big sold-out praise and worship type of concerts," Baker said. "In this setting you're going to see him doing more of an acoustic performance; you're going to get something way more intimate."
The evening will also include a silent and live auction with items from around the world. The Park Hyatt will serve heavy appetizers and drinks.
Proceeds from the event benefit Young Life, whose mission is as follows: "We are committed to introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grown in their faith. Young Life also aims to establish and maintain a presence at all high schools and middle schools in the local area."
The group recently took 65 local kids on a camping trip and hope to take 300 kids from Eagle County on similar outings over the next three years.
Tickets are $75 per person and are available online at www.lightupthenight.net or by phone at 970-445-0606.


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