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Sunday service to focus on women
Published: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
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A women's day program is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 922 Goode St., Houma. Cynthia Taplett-Hartman from Plymouth Rock Baptist Church is the service's guest speaker.
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text: Absolutely! The A5 went through a design change awhile ago. This is the newer grip with a selector switch safety. This newer A5 is referred to as the 2011 A5. So, Yes. The A5 2011 Mechanical grip shown below is backwards compatible with the pre 2011 A5 markers. This exact grip shown will also accept the response trigger kits but it will NOT accept the electronic boards. This grip is the mechanical version and does not have the battery compartment built in.


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Hey everyone! Since I hurt my knee and get to wear this killer cool brace I've been walking my 3 mi X3/week and working the core hoping to stay the same and not gain any weight that I've faught so hard to lose. Got an email that I have an Dr appt and weigh in next week so I stepped on the scale and was shoked I've lost 9lbs this month woohooo! Happy Birthday to me! No if someone who doesn't know how hard I've been working would notice the 70+ lbs I've lost. Silly people!
Keep Moving! and run an extra bit for me 2 1/2 more weeks until the brace comes off!
Hi, My name is Maria and I'm going to lose 50 pounds!
I'm 49
current weight is 188
1st goal is lose 25 pounds by 4/30
2 nd goal is to lose 25 pounds by 7/30
almightyD - Wow, 9 lbs in a month! Congratulations.
How did you do it in addition to your regular walking?
Hi everyone!
Sorry for being absent for a brief while.
How is everyone doing on their weight loss goals? What new activities have you tried? What are you eating? What is your favorite healthy breakfast?
I have been doing some walking, and in part it has paid off. I am at 160.8.
9/6/2010-170 10/17/2010 -162 10/24/2010-158.75 10/28/2010-156 11/7/10-155 11/21/10-154.5 11/24/10 152.75 11/28/10-151 12/5/10 -151.5 12/11/10- 148 1/16/11-148 1/23/11-146.5 1/30/11- 145 2/20/11-144.5 1.1.13-163
Lost so far: 25.5 lbs
Hi everyone!
Count me in! I have a Tough Mudder in May I've been pushing toward since last year. I'm pretty sure it's gonna kick my butt, but it's a good motivator to get me to the gym everyday. My heaviest was 210 (I'm 23, 5'5", female) and from when I started in August last year I lost 15 lbs.
The holidays pushed me back up a bit but I'm at 193 now. I'm hoping for at least 180 by May, which should be easy enough since I've started using the Lose It! app to track my calories. I do weight training 3ish times a week with a trainer, run 2-3 (I use the Zombie Run app and it's great! Sorry if it seems that I'm promoting apps, they just really work for me) and swim/box/ellipticle/play volleyball in between to try and break up the monotony. I really don't like running most of the time, but Tough Mudder is 10 miles, yikes! The hardest part of this has just been learning to be patient, and keep pushing foward everyday, But watching the scale inch down and having my clothes fit differently has been really great
I have started walking during lunch at work and will check my weight every Thursday.
Today's weight - 184.4
Not Bon jovi -
My eating is very strict.
No starchy carbs that means No; flour, potatoes, rice, bread, crackers or cereals
Drink a full glass of water before each meal
30g carbs a day all before dinner
drink premier protein 30g protein , 5g carb at 10 and 3
No carbs at dinner other than vegetables
No white or brown sugar and no artificial sweeteners
Stopped drinking coffee
I walk/run 4 mi 3 times a week and do core work for 30-45 min 4 days a week
Since sept I have lost 73 lbs and 8 inches of belly fat.
first 3 weeks were hell !!!!!! But now i get sick when i try to eat those starchy things
During dec I lost the most I have the whole time 13lbs... yep during christmas.
Hi Everyone,
I would like to join! My journey really started in July 2012 when I set out to do a C25K in 8 weeks by running 30 minutes a day 3 days a week! In August I finished my first 5 k, ran it the whole time; and two weeks following I did a 10 k run; running the whole way. Then I started to work nights. I started out at 170; ;-- got to 160--- went back up to 167 am currently 160 ish and my goal is 140!
Time line: 10 lbs down by 4/13. Next 10 lbs by 8/8/13!
What I am doing: JUICING!!! Have lost 7 lbs since Christmas by juicing! Did a 3 day juice detox, Eating whole grains, fruits and veggies; avoiding a lot of red fatty fried meats! Loved "Fat, Sick, And Nearly Dead"--- my mom has also been juicing and has lost 8 lbs since Christmas as well!
Activities: Participating in the YMCA Ironman challenge; 2.5 miles swim; 112 mile bike; and 24.6 mile run by 2/28/13! Also 3/3/13 is my 15 K hot chocolate run! My goal is to work on training for a triatholon sprint in summer/fall of 2013! Running a half Marathon and gearing up for the full thing! I want to add in weight/cross fitness training and getting active with my family!
Hi all,
hope it's not too late to join!
1. My goal - lose between 10-15 lb (starting at 153, would like to be at 140 end April)
2. My motivation - to look good naked and run a faster marathon in May (first one, Philly, was good fun, but I had to walk more than expected.. Finished in 4:49, thereof approx. 30 min walking)
3. Keeping myself acountable - that's the toughts part! I try to keep track of food intake, workouts and weekly weigh-ins in a spreadsheet. But not on these bad or not-so-good days when I overate and didn´t exercise at all. Definitely have to become more accountable and not cheat on myself.
Hope this forum will help, looking forward to read and hear from all of you :-)
Hi all!
I have been out from running (consistently anyway) since October 2010 due to a closed head injury - I was running on average 5 days a week and covering 50 miles in total with other trianing at the gym, or swimming. Since that time I have gained 25 pounds, and I am ready to loose the fat. I am still awaiting some treatment for what might be an exposed nerve in either my neck or spine from the accident, and having difficulties and pain in my left arm, so I am doing exercise that doesn't trigger that too much!
I started on a smoothie/juicing combined with good food weight loss plan, I designed it myself from all the research I have done on clean foods and foods that can help you heal and trim down. I am into day 3 on that and feeling good about being back in control. I had been trying to loose the weight for about a year, but kept cheating or stressful life events became my get out. I am more than ready now. I am currently at 165 pounds and I would like to get back down to 140, even 130, but 140 is my first goal.
I have had a lot of neurological issues that have made it close to impossible to work-out the way I used too, but I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel, and so I am getting my body ready to kick some *** - slowly but surely.
I have loved reading all the posts here about people's stories, struggles and motivation. I sure could do with the encouragement and I am more than happy to cheer for others! Yay! :-)
Just wondering how you are doing. I'm 40 and in the worste shape of my life, prediabetic (if not full diabetic by now, not on medicine) anmd wanting to lose weight to get pregnant.
So, I've been unengaged for sometime, but doing well. Back to running 4 times a week and down about 9 pounds. My goal is to lose 15.6 pounds over the next 8 weeks. I'm scheduled to do a 5 mile run in march, 10 miler in April and the half in Cleveland in may. Ugh. Why couldn't I have been born thin.... I wasn't. And I run on..... I do yoga (p90x) on Mondays, run tues, wed and thurs, take Friday off, kickboxing on sat and a long run on Sunday. I suppose if I was better at portion control, I wouldn't have to commit so much time to this, but we all have our demons, right? I'm learning to work with mine. I guess. Anyway, it's fun, productive but my little ones are no longer little, which helps with scheduling. How can't his forum be more engaging? How cann we do more for one another?
I've been trying to keep the carbs down but it's hard when we have to eat all our meals at the chow halls and you can't really be sure what you're getting. For example, if they don't have anything that looks good my go-to would be a cheeseburger with no bun, but there is no way for me to know whether these are all beef or if they have a bunch of fillers in them. In the meantime I have been doing a good job sticking with the running. Right now I am up to 3.2 miles on Sun, Tue & Thur do 2 miles on Mon, Wed & Fri and take Sat off. It's probably about time to bump my distance up a little bit so if I'm still feeling good on Thur this week I may go ahead and add a little. I'm still hitting the gym at lunchtime most days to throw some weights around too.
No idea if I'm losing any lbs because there aren't many scales around and the ones we do have are pretty ragged so I don't think I'd trust them anyway. I must be doing something right because a few people have commented on how much better I look.
My goal right now is to just try and stick with a routine for the next few weeks until I get home where it's easier to have more control over our food (my wife is great at finding low carb recipes that are tasty).
almightyD - Great job! Wow, 73 lbs in 5 months is awesome. Really really impressed.
I'm slogging through the C25K program. Next run: W9, D1!!!! It's been going well until a recent chest cold/asthma has made the run a bit of a drag. I'm very excited to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I've done it all on a treadmill, since I live in Michigan and had a hip replacement last spring. I can't risk a fall. My goal is to run outside when the ice is gone & I am 20 lbs lighter. I know from my youth that running over 170lb is very hard on my body. I eat a really healthy diet, but lately my weight loss has stagnated due to a *new* habit of evening over-eating. It starts with (and often ends with) an extra helping of dinner. Other times, it continues from there. I have to derail this behavior before it becomes ingrained! Any suggestions? The thought of being a treadmill-only runner depresses me.
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It has been a stressful summer with a seemingly non-stop barrage of police shootings and shot police, terror attacks and terrible Trump. Even during the ride up to the Burl's Creek event grounds, there was the mass shooting in Munich. The world right now is a scary place, and WayHome provided refuge.
Today's ticket purchasing landscape is a classic example of how technology can disrupt business and create regulatory and ethical grey areas -- and decision-makers can't keep up with the disruption or implement solutions fast enough.
Canadian country singer/songwriter Rod Black is no neophyte to the country music scene. Black was born in Winnipeg with country music in his veins where he grew up listening to classic country stars such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
There's just something about successful women that we love to tear down, especially when they're revealed to not be as perfect as they present themselves to be. So, Taylor lied about discussing a few lyrics. Burn her to the ground. Chris Brown beat up Rihanna. Buy millions of his albums. Woody Allen allegedly molested his young daughter. Give him all the Oscars. The fact of the matter is, celebrities lie to protect themselves all the time. This isn't new. But when a successful woman lies? Oof. We better take her down a peg or two and try to ruin her career.
I didn't want to think about a Canada without Gord Downie. So when the texts and emails rolled in, I reverted to pragmatism. I thought instead about the band's last tour and how difficult it will be to snag tickets. I told co-workers that The Tragically Hip are magic in concert.
The night of the performance is one that will be etched in my mind forever. As Amanda, you always dreamed of being on a big stage surrounded by lights and music. In the performance piece called "My Name is Amanda Todd," that is what happened.
I love your music, your concerts mostly (such fun, wild shows) and man I never thought that you would become one of those spreaders of fear. Fox, Trump, all those guys.
"Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House" revolved around the central role of the coffee house in the worlds of both 18th Century Leipzig and Damascus, uncovering cross-cultural influences between two cities which sit 3000 km. apart.
Feel good sadness. Nostalgia music. Quintessentially Canadian. That's what the Tragically Hip was to us when we were in high school in the 90s. Gord Downie's voice was omnipresent, whether it was a bush party, a school dance, on the way to a buddy's cottage, or at the cottage having a few beers and sitting on the dock.
Wherefore art thou, then, Shoegazing? Well, despite innate protestations to the contrary, music requires pigeon holes. Music journos need pigeon holes as a convenient shorthand, record junkies crave pigeon holes, almost certainly more than pigeons do. So, what do we have?
Today's modern marriage is challenging enough without the added stress of a complete and total clash in musical tastes, and yet that's exactly what my husband and I have managed to endure during our union of over 32 years.
What truly sets Prince's estate apart from most deceased musicians is what he left behind: a personal vault of 2000 works of unreleased music. To put it in perspective, there is enough music to release one album every year for the next century. I know what you're thinking: What will happen to all of this music, and will we ever hear it?
Rihanna was once the world's preeminent pop star. And yes, I use past tense. Despite having her hit "Work" firmly ensconced at number one for the past two months, a stat that ties her with the Beatles as second only to Mariah Carey for most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Rihanna has recently transcended pop stardom.
Reggae pioneer bass player and singer Leroy Sibbles knows what it means to take that boomerang ride. Born and raised in Jamaica, he moved to Toronto in 1973, married and became a citizen. That was then, now he is back living in Jamaica and visits The Big Smoke whenever he can.
Where are our friends and fans of black music and black people when the partying stops and the subject turns to the reality of being black? When I attend concerts for some of these artists, non-blacks are the ones front and centre, filling more than half of the seats. Switch to a Black Lives Matter march... these folks are nowhere to be found
There has been a lot of praise across social media for Prince since the news of his death. Even as I write this, I can't quite come to terms with that phrase. As he would say, "something in the water does not compute."


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum walked a season-high six batters, allowed five hits and uncorked two wild pitches against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
All this came in just six innings and over the course of 112 pitches. But, hey, the Giants will take it, given Lincecum limited the damage to two runs and the Giants emerged with a 6-2 victory at AT&T Park.
The Giants upped their lead in the National League West to four games over the Colorado Rockies and joined the A's as the only teams with 30 wins this season. The Giants didn't notch their 30th win last season until June 2.
"He battled," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of Lincecum, who improved to 4-3. "He really worked hard for this one. For him to complete six innings, that was pretty impressive because he was bobbing and weaving out there the whole game."
This wasn't vintage Lincecum from his Cy Young Award-winning days, when he overpowered batters and piled up strikeouts and victories.
No, this was the other vintage Lincecum, the one who throws a lot of pitches, darts in and out of trouble, yet still is standing long after many counted him out.
As he has done so often in recent years, Lincecum persevered through the rough patches and made just enough quality pitches to get out of tight situations.
"I can't remember the last start where I had more balls than strikes going into the sixth inning, and I had a win going," Lincecum said. "I can't really recall that. It's kind of an ugly win for me, but I'll take it."
The Twins had Lincecum on the ropes many times, most notably in the fifth when they loaded the bases with two outs.
After a mound visit, Lincecum induced Eduardo Escobar to ground out to first base. Lincecum then breezed through the sixth inning and called it a night.
"We knew he was battling," shortstop Brandon Crawford said. "He had (a lot) of guys on base, but he pitched his way out of it. That says a lot about him and his competitiveness."
OK, so it wasn't a dominant performance. It's still the kind of outing that shows Lincecum's mettle and why he remains a threat to win every time he takes the mound.
The Twins had at least two runners reach base in each of the first five innings off Lincecum. They scored only in the third inning on an RBI triple and a run-scoring groundout.
Entering the third, the Giants led 3-0 on the strength of a Pablo Sandoval three-run home run into the right-field seats in the first inning.
Sandoval now has five home runs, and he is batting .339 in his past 16 games. His resurgence comes at a good time, too, with first baseman Brandon Belt on the disabled list.
"We kept saying this: He's got the ability to get the good part of the bat on the ball, and he's done that consistently now," Bochy said. "And we need him. With Belt going down, you go and you pick it up somewhere. And he's picked it up, which has helped the cause here."
Sandoval said his approach hasn't changed. He is just waiting for a good pitch and pouncing when it arrives.
As for how he feels, now that his average is up to .225 and he is contributing on a regular basis?
"I feel better because we're winning," Sandoval said. "That's the most important thing I feel."
Bochy said he will decide Saturday or Sunday on how to proceed with Cain, who suffered his injury Wednesday against the Rockies.
"He's bouncing around pretty good," Bochy said, while Cain participated in exercise drills. He also was slated to play catch.
The options are pretty straightforward: Cain recovers in short order and makes his next start Monday; Cain misses one start, with Yusmeiro Petit making another spot start; or Cain misses two starts and goes on the disabled list.
The Rockies and Giants play a three-game series in Colorado from Sept. 1-3. Thursday's game in Colorado got called in the bottom of the sixth inning, with the score tied at 2.
"My guess is, we'll play that before we start the first game," Bochy said. "But I can't say that for sure."
"He has some general soreness from the PRP," Bochy said. "He's going to lay low for a week."
From there, Scutaro will return to Arizona for the next phase of his rehab. There is no timetable for his return.
Minnesota (Ricky Nolasco 2-4) at Giants (Ryan Vogelsong 2-2), 7:05 p.m., CSNBA


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Schlage B62716 Aged Bronze Double Cylinder Grade 1 Deadbolt from the B-Series
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Technical Specs
|Installation Guide
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|2-3/4", 2-3/8", Adjustable 2-3/8" or 2-3/4"
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The Schlage B62 is pick and bump resistant.
Are the B62 bump, pick, and hammer proof?
A. The Schlage B62 is pick and bump resistant.
The Schlage B62 is not offered in split finishes.
Can the Schlage B62 deadbolt be ordered with a different finish on each side?
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A double cylinder dead bolt is usually removed by a set screw located on the interior.
how can a double deadbolt be removed ?
A. A double cylinder dead bolt is usually removed by a set screw located on the interior.
Yes, we can key the deadbolt to a specific key code if provided.
If I provide the five digit code off of a Schlage key I already have, can you sell me a double cylinder deadbolt made to open with that specific key?
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A double cylinder deadbolt requires a key on the interior as well as the exterior. A single cylinder (more common) only has the keyhole on the exterior, and a thumbturn to operate the latch on the interior.
What is the difference in single versus double cylinder deadbolts?
A. A double cylinder deadbolt requires a key on the interior as well as the exterior. A single cylinder (more common) only has the keyhole on the exterior, and a thumbturn to operate the latch on the interior.
If they are all the same brand then yes.
Can you key alike all entry knobs and deadbolts on the order? Same key for deadbolts and keyed entry knobs.
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The Schlage B62 can only be mounted unto up to 1 3/4" door. If you would like to mount this to a 2" thick door you will need to purchase an additional THICK DOOR KIT from Schlage.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of this warranty, Schlage extends a lifetime limited mechanical and finish warranty and a one-year limited electronics warranty to the original consumer user ("Original User') of our Schlage brand product ("Product") against defects in material and workmanship, as long as the Original User occupies the residential premises upon which the Product was originally installed. What Schlage will do: Upon return of the defective Product to Schlage, Schlage's sole obligation, at its option, is to either repair or replace the Product, or refund the original purchase price in exchange for the Product. Original User: This warranty only applies to the Original User of Products. This warranty is not transferable. What is not covered: The following costs, expenses and damages are not covered by the provisions of this limited Warranty: (i) labor costs including, but not limited to, such costs as the removal and reinstallation of Product; (in) shipping and freight expenses required to return Product to Schlage; and (iii) any other incidental, consequential, indirect, special and/or punitive damages, whether based on contract, warranty, tort (including, but not limited to, strict liability or negligence), patent infringement, or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Some local laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion or limitation may not apply to you. The provisions of this warranty do not apply to Products: (i) used in commercial applications; (ii) used in common area applications; (iii) used for purposes for which they are not designed or intended; (iv) which have been subjected to alteration, abuse, misuse, negligence or accident; (v) which have been improperly stored, installed, maintained or operated; (vi) which have been used in violation of written instructions provided by Schlage; (vii) which have been subjected to improper temperature, humidity or other environmental conditions; or (viii) which, based on Schlage's examination, do not disclose to Schlage's satisfaction non-conformance to the warranty. Additionally, this warranty DOES NOT COVER scratches, abrasions, or deterioration due to the use of paints, solvents or other chemicals. Exclusions: Oil Rubbed Bronze finish (613) is designed to improve over time and change in appearance, creating a living finish through daily use and thus, finish discoloration is not applicable to the above warranty. Additional terms: Schlage does not authorize any person to create for it any obligation or liability in connection with the Product. Schlage's maximum liability here under is limited to the original purchase price of the Product. No action arising out of any claimed breach of this warranty by Schlage may be brought by the Original User more than one (1) year after the cause of action has arisen. How local law applies: This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights as otherwise permitted by law. If this Product is considered a consumer product, please be advised that some local laws do not allow limitations on incidental or consequential damages or how long an implied warranty lasts, so that the above limitations may not fully apply. Refer to your local laws for your specific rights under this warranty. Guaranteed Fit Program: Schlage products are designed to fit standard residential door preparations and retrofit existing tubular locks. Note: Mortise locks and preparations are not considered standard and are not guaranteed under this program. During the initial installation, if there is a problem with the Product's performance, the Original User may simply contact Schlage Customer Service at 800-847-1864 in the U.S. and Canada or 800-506-7866 in Mexico for assistance. Program and warranty claims: If you encounter a residential door preparation or fit issue under the Guaranteed Fit Program or have a claim under this warranty, please contact Schlage Customer Service for repair, replacement or refund of the original purchase price in exchange for the return of the Product to Schlage.
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Katie Farms' owners to speak at Miss. State
Published: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 12:39 a.m.
The owners of a farm in Coker that raises registered Scottish Highland cattle will be among the guest speakers at this week's annual Nestle Purina Human Animal Bond Week activities at Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Jon Fleenor and Margaret Purcell of Katie Farms will speak at noon Wednesday at the Starkville campus. Their presentation, "Operating the Small Family Farm," will focus on how the human-
animal bond exists in many forms on their farming operation in Coker.
Each fall, MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine hosts a series of lectures to celebrate the unique relationship between animals and humans. This year the free noon lectures, which are open to the public, will be at the Wise Center. They will be held today through Thursday.
Katie Farms was started in 2007 and sells its produce to local restaurants. It also sells its jellies, jams and preserves in the Tuscaloosa Farmers Cooperative, four Piggly Wiggly stores in Tuscaloosa Countyand two Piggly Wiggly stores in Birmingham.
According to its website, Katie Farms started as a home garden and grew.
"Our main goal is to stay small and produce the very best crops that we can," Fleenor and Purcell wrote. "Among the in-season heirloom offerings at the farm are purple sweet potatoes, tomatoes, okra, onions, garlic, purple new potatoes, corn, peppers and summer squash. Among the other offerings at the farm are free range farm fresh eggs.
"In 2008, we planted around 50 blueberry bushes and 65 muscadine and blackberry vines. In November 2009, the farm started raising registered Scottish Highland cattle, the oldest registered breed of cattle, with a herd book published in 1885. We are members of American Highland Cattle Association and the Heartland Highland Association. Our goal is to become a quality, not quantity cow calf producer starting in 2012."
The farm's cow/calf operation produces and sells Scottish Highland cattle.
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The New Hampshire Food Bank is starting a new campaign to bring awareness about the more than 140,000 residents in the state who have problems putting food on their tables.
It's called the "Nothing" campaign.
Cans of "Nothing" will be sold at retailers across the state for $5, and can then be filled and returned with donations.
The Food Bank says the cans are sold empty to represent the reality that thousands of the state's residents experience daily.
Gov. Maggie Hassan is helping to kick off the campaign at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Harvest Market in Bedford.


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|The "faena," community-organized work project, to replace the roof.
It all revolved around a "faena" in which community members donate their time to work on a project that is for the good of the community. Posada Amazonas is managed by and co-owned by the native community of Infierno, and employs many individuals from the community, so this roof renovation was directed by the board of the community.
On the first day, the 100% of the dry leaves were removed and half of the newroof was installed. On the second day, the other half was installed. Edges and unions were sealed and finally, the third day was cleaning and preparation day, to leave everything ready.
From us at Rainforest Expeditions, a huge thank you to the Community of Infierno for their hard work in keeping the Posada Amazonas Lodge well maintained and beautiful!


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I just thought it was very inspritational to hear that someone who have been such a big help to new runners, at 65, qualified for the first time to run in Boston. He's always been a help, but now he's inspirational as well. It got me to thinking about Goals in general. We're way past New Years at this point. What are your goals for the year?
I would like to get to a point where I run abut 15 miles a week, get back into horse back riding and start volunteering somewhere.
While I am not going to be qualifying for Boston anytime soon it is great that a Coolrunning legend like NIck made Boston.
Myself I have had a long time goal of running a marathon in the spring of 09 but now I am wondering if I can do it this November. I think my training in the next three months will help make up my mind on when I will make the 26.2 mile challenge.
We were looking for you Nick and sharing your successes. Thought you would like to know.
25 - 30 mpw and 4 runs per week by the end of the year ( I`m up to 15 mpw as of this week alternating 3 and 4 runs - building slowly after a stress fracture )
run at least 2 half marthons this year - I have registered for Chicago and applied for NYC - if I don`t get in NYC I`ll run one of the NYRR halfs later in year
Run 9 NYRR races to qualify for entry to the 2009 NYC Marathon - I have 3 down !
chest press 3 sets of 10 reps at 100lbs without a spot - I can do 95 right now
Lose another 15 - 20lbs
Next year I plan to work on speed
run the 2009 NYC Marathon
NYC Marathon Nov 1 2009 - 4:03:13 ( 9:17 mm )
NYC Half Marathon Aug 16 2009 - 1:55:38 ( 8:49 mm )
1 mile - 7:07 10K - 52:58 ( 8:32 mm)
4 mile - 31:35 ( 7:53 mm) 8K - 42:28 ( 8:32 mm)
15K - 1:22:02 ( 8:49 mm)
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Spicegeek, we have some goals in common. My three main goals for this year and next year are:
Run the NYC half marathon (or another half if I don't get in)
Run 9 NYRR qualifying races so I can get into the 2009 NYC marathon (1 down so far... plan to do my next in April!)
Run the 2009 NYC marathon
My Goals??????
2008 Santa Clarita 1/2 Marathon (Nov)
2009 Los Angeles Marathon
Above all.....avoiding injury
First I have seen this thread. Thanks for posting. I love attention. To set the record straight
-I am ONLY 64(: and the qualifying time for Boston for 60-64 is sub 4 hrs. I will only mention for the 10,000 + times that I finished at 3:57:48----which was 12 seconds faster than my first marathon back in 1977(3:58:00) at age 34. Were I 65, (Sept '08), I could have "coasted" and got in under 4:15. I do appreciate your kind words.
My new goal is to run my first 50 miler since 1993. Back then could finish under 9 hrs. Hope to run the Tallahassee Ultra Distance Classic in December. Goal: finish smiling. Will train:run/walk and will do the same for the ultra. My PR for a 50 miler
road course was 8: 16 all the way back in 1983. Even back then I would run/walk my ultras. Rarely ran over 50 miles a week back then. Low heart rate training got me back to running 6 days a week and built my mileage up to 55-60 per week: I ran more miles in 2007:2,386 than I had run in a year since 1984!!then a spry lad of 41.
If all goes well I am considering a 100K Ultra (62.5 miles) in March of '09. I had a DNF(got to 53 miles
leg crampedbad) the last time I attempted the distance back in the early 90's. So yes, the sickness continues. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how greatful I am for my health and the ability to put one foot in front of the other. I honestly love running more now--because I appreciate the 3+ decades and all the wonderful people I have met and the great memories. Nick
hey newyorkchick ! Good luck with your goals ! I thought I was the only nut on the 2 year marathon training plan !!! I run race 4 this weekend - I`m trying to get them in before it gets hot and yucky !
If you want a training buddy for your longer runs let me know - I try and do a weekend run in central park - once the weather gets better I`ll move one or 2 of my mid week runs outside also - I trained a little with a friend last year and found the company enjoyable
NYC Marathon Nov 1 2009 - 4:03:13 ( 9:17 mm )
NYC Half Marathon Aug 16 2009 - 1:55:38 ( 8:49 mm )
1 mile - 7:07 10K - 52:58 ( 8:32 mm)
4 mile - 31:35 ( 7:53 mm) 8K - 42:28 ( 8:32 mm)
15K - 1:22:02 ( 8:49 mm)
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Thanks spicegeek! I have been thinking about doing some runs in Central Park sometime soon so if I do decide to, I will let you know. I live downtown and usually run along the path on the Hudson River.
BTW, did you see that there is now a requirement that in addition to running 9 races, you must also volunteer at one? Just thought I'd let you know in case you didn't already. It's on the NYRR website: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/entrantinfo/guaranteed_requirements.php
Not alone x 2! I'm also on the same path - race 4 this weekend (although race 2 for me was the un-timed snowflake run which I didn't actually show up for, even though I got the qualifiying point, so I feel like I have to do an extra race to maintain my honor...)
I have lots o' goals. =o) Some short and some long.
Finish C25K
Walk/run Arizona Distance Classic in a week (unsure of this since I have an injury at the moment).
Hike roundtrip to Plateau Point in Grand Canyon in May 08 (I know I can do this, but it has been a while).
I have a goal to run the Reggae Marathon in Jamaica in Decemer 2009.
Spend a night in the Ice Hotel in 2009 (maybe 2010).
I, too, would like to run NYC Marathon in 2010 - I used to volunteer for the race when I lived in NY (nothing nerve racking than standing on 4th Ave in Bklyn ready to note the lead men's bib numbers and times to call in). I have a friend that is a major player there so I think she can get me in (she roped me into volunteering).
Started C25K on 6/17/10
W4: Completed 7/13/10
Garmin: nosirrahm
I`ll be there Sunday too ! - don`t forget the clocks changed !!
I actualy ran the snowflake - they did a great job of clearing the course I glad I went out
NYC Marathon Nov 1 2009 - 4:03:13 ( 9:17 mm )
NYC Half Marathon Aug 16 2009 - 1:55:38 ( 8:49 mm )
1 mile - 7:07 10K - 52:58 ( 8:32 mm)
4 mile - 31:35 ( 7:53 mm) 8K - 42:28 ( 8:32 mm)
15K - 1:22:02 ( 8:49 mm)
Find the Half Marathon Team on FACEBOOK
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- Feb 22:
- Herhold: Mike Honda affected by changing of California's congressional guard
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- Mercury News editorial: Mike Honda should debate Ro Khanna
- Feb 3:
- Internal Affairs: Ro Khanna praises Mike Honda in 2012 video
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- Silicon Valley: Ro Khanna outraises Rep. Mike Honda again, has three times as much money banked
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- Ro Khanna: Congress members should live like the rest of us
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- Herhold: Let's hope for a debate between Mike Honda and Ro Khanna
Term limits have caused more problems than they've solved in California, but we can thank them for one thing: At least once every six or eight or 12 years, depending on the state or local office, most voters actually have a choice of candidates to represent them.
Otherwise, incumbents establish themselves as king of the political mountain and become invincible, short of an indictment or a tea party uprising. Serious people rarely challenge them. They wait until the seat is open and dive into the free-for-all, with multiple candidates stepping forward.
So it's exciting to think there might be an actual race for Congress next year in District 17, even though its incumbent, 12-year congressional veteran Mike Honda, shows no sign of retiring. The new district covers a wide swath of Silicon Valley, and an energized debate will be valuable for both the community and the winner. There's nothing like a real campaign to keep you in touch with constituents and their issues.
Honda, 71, is a former state assemblyman, county supervisor and longtime educator whose life and politics were shaped by childhood years in a Japanese-American internment camp.
Ro Khanna, 36, is a lawyer and Stanford lecturer fresh from two years as an Obama administration appointee in the Commerce Department. He isn't officially running, but he has more than a toe in the water. We'd say he's about chest deep at this point.
Despite sharing some core Democratic Party values, he would strike a contrast with Honda in many ways -- particularly in his focus on the tech industry and trade policy. Exports and innovation were his issues at Commerce.
Khanna obviously has been emboldened by newbie Eric Swalwell's November victory against longtime East Bay Rep. Pete Stark, whom Khanna had hoped to succeed but was unwilling to challenge.
As Stark did, Honda is using his incumbent clout to try to scare off the competition. He's rallying support in Washington, from President Barack Obama to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and various party leaders. This is formidable. These people need Honda's support in the House for the next two years and know he'll be difficult to topple. Likewise, financial supporters of his campaigns are unlikely to jump ship, having made an investment in his success.
As to being easy pickin's for a challenger -- Honda is no Pete Stark. Both over time have been stalwarts of liberal causes, but Stark went over the edge in recent years, falling out of touch with his constituents and saying outrageous and sometimes untruthful things. Honda remains, as ever, eminently likable and civil.
Term limits in state and local offices have a cost in experience and in the tendency to work for short-term victories more than long-range community goals. In Congress, rapid turnover of representatives would not be a good thing.
That said, every employee should be evaluated by the boss from time to time. In Honda's case, voters are the boss. We hope Khanna's in.


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Men, Women React Differently to Danger
Dec. 3, 2009 (Chicago) -- When faced with danger, men's and women's brains respond differently, say researchers who used MRI scans to look at how we respond to different stimuli.
"Men and women are wired differently, and this is one of the ways," says Andrew Zimmerman, MD, of the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, who is familiar with, but not involved in the research.
For the study, researchers analyzed the brain scans of 21 men and 19 women as they looked at a series of images designed to elicit positive or negative emotional states.
When viewing the negative images, men showed more pronounced activity in the area of the brain involved with involuntary functions, including sweating, heart rate, and digestion.
In other words, activation of this area evokes the so-called "fight or flight response," telling men to either face up to or run from danger, says study head Andrzej Urbanik, chair of radiology at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
Women, on the other hand, showed more pronounced activity in the left thalamus, which controls the pain and pleasure areas of the brain, meaning that they may react on a more emotional level, the research suggests.
The findings were presented here at the annual meeting of Radiological Society of North America.


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SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras County Clerk-Recorder's Office will be open on a Saturday, March 9, in observance of Passport Day in the USA.
The national event is sponsored by the Department of State and is intended to help residents who wish to apply for a passport. U.S. citizens entering or re-entering the United States need to show a passport or other travel documents approved by the government.
The office is at 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas. The office will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 9. Only the entry on the east side of the Administrative Building will be open. Information: clerk.calaverasgov.us, travel.state.gov or (209) 754-6371.
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ASPEN - Diehard skiers who went in search of snow atop Independence Pass on Friday morning got more than they bargained for.
An hour after the pass gates opened, snow was blowing sideways at the summit, where skiers and boarders from the Aspen side and mountain towns to the north and west converged in search of spring turns on the Continental Divide.
Perhaps a half-dozen carloads of skiers were lined up at the gate southeast of Aspen, waiting for Colorado Department of Transportation officials to unlock the barrier at 9 a.m. They were about 5 minutes late.
Outside of Twin Lakes, the gates on the opposite side also swung open Friday morning.
CDOT generally shoots for a pass reopening on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, but this year's rapidly disappearing snowpack allowed highway crews to get the road cleared and repaired early. Friday's opening is among the earliest in recent memory, but the pass did open May 13 in 1988, a CDOT spokesman said.
Last year, plows left huge walls of snow along the upper reaches of the pass, and skiers were still making tracks in July. The skiing faithful queued up at the gate Friday weren't sure what they'd find but were confident they'd find something.
"I just can't wait to be on snow," said Jonathan Love of Carbondale. "Any spot of snow we can ski on, it's going to be great."
Aspen native Matt Lanning, now a Breckenridge resident, was going to scan the higher reaches of the pass before deciding where to ski.
"I wouldn't have driven over here if I didn't think it was going to be good," he said, choosing to stay with friends and head up the pass from the Aspen side.
"We're just going to kind of see what looks good," said Paul McKay of Aspen, as he strapped skis to a pack while he and Snowmass Village resident Will Hollister waited for the gate to open.
"We'll probably go to the top unless we see something that's really looking good," Hollister added.
Along the highway, there is little evidence of winter. Weller Campground is devoid of snow, as is the ghost town of Independence. Even at the summit and on the peaks, plenty of patches of bare ground have emerged.
Traditional ski spots at the summit still held crunchy snow, however, and Vail resident Corey Seemann was among those who came over from the Interstate 70 resort towns to check out conditions.
"This is the only place that has any snow left. We're just here for the nipple-deep powder," he joked.
Jack Rossman of Vail made a solo sojourn to the pass and was prepared to camp out and ski for several days. It's an annual ritual, said Rossman, who's been skiing the high country closer to home, at places like Loveland Pass.
"The snow's better over here," he said.
Independence Pass, closed during the winter months, offers a scenic shortcut between Aspen and Denver during the summer and fall. It's scheduled to close Nov. 7 each year, though wintery weather often forces an earlier closure. Last fall, the pass was closed Nov. 1 in advance of an approaching storm.


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As a fundraiser for The Keystone Center and the Keystone Science School, The Dercum Center for the Arts is hosting "Big Adventures for the Small Screen" with director Nicolas Brown.
On June 24 at 7 p.m. at the Robert W. Craig Education and Consensus Building in Keystone, critically-acclaimed Brown will talk with the crowd about modern documentary filmmaking.
Because the center is young, only a year old, this is the first fundraiser the Dercum Center has held for another organization, according to general manager Karina Wetherbee.
All proceeds from the event will go directly back to The Keystone Center and the Keystone Science School, "not for specific programs, just for the greatness that they are in general," Wetherbee said.
A Vail native, Brown is acclaimed after working on multiple projects as a producer and director for BBC, Discovery, PBS, TLC and National Geographic. Most recently, he worked closely on two episodes of BBC's Human Planet. The show chronicles people living in the world's most extreme climates. Brown's episodes featured the Arctic and the mountain climates.
At the event, Brown will show clips of the episodes and talk with the audience about the difficulties that came with filming the show. "These are a really dramatic set of stories," Wetherbee said.
The audience will also get to see some of Brown's behind the scenes footage from filming the people living in the rough Arctic conditions and mountainous ranges.
"We are so lucky to have one of our own, a Coloradan, who has gone on to do such high caliber work," Wetherbee said about hosting Brown for the event. "It is a privilege to have Nick back here in this capacity, with his amazing resume and his stellar library of work."
In addition to Brown's presentation, the event will feature a raffle drawing and prizes. Some of the prizes include a Brown-signed copy of the Human Planet book, which holds pictures and stories from the show's filming, and another of Brown's DVDs, also signed by him.
Tickets for the event are $20 for adults and $15 for children. With a ticket, guests gain entry to the event and also an appetizer and wine reception before the show, where they can talk with Brown about his work.
Seating is limited in the Dercum Center, so reservations are recommended. To reserve a spot, contact Karina Wetherbee at email@example.com or call (970) 513-6556. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.


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The Bay Street Theater on Long Island has posted an obituary for Christopher on its website. The New York Times has reported she died Thursday in New York City.
The Welsh-born Christopher was Sybil Burton when Richard Burton, her first husband, left her for Taylor in 1963.
She left California for New York where she opened a nightclub in 1965 with backing from famous friends like Julie Andrews and Leonard Bernstein.
The club, called Arthur, became a celebrity hangout and turned Christopher into a post-divorce success story.
She married Jordan Christopher, the lead singer of the club's house band, in 1966.
Christopher founded the Bay Street Theater in 1991 with two partners and was its artistic director for 22 years.
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LivingSocial Sales Slip Further
LivingSocial reported a 40% drop in first-quarter revenue as the company works through a cost-cutting restructuring to counter tepid demand for daily deals.
Once on a fast track to an initial public offering, LivingSocial has pared back on ambitious projects like producing live events and has closed office space in its home city of Washington and elsewhere. In January, co-founder and CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy said he was stepping down once a replacement was found.
LivingSocial said sales fell to $77 million from $108 million a year earlier. It reported a $177 million profit, compared to a loss of $45 million a year earlier, but that came largely from the $260 million sale of its Ticket Monster subsidiary to Groupon.
Amazon.com, which owns a 31% stake in LivingSocial, edged up its book valuation of the company from zero at the end of last year to $100 million.
LivingSocial's more frugal approach did show some positive results. Operating expenses fell to $98 million in the quarter from $107 million in 2013. But operating losses, not including TicketMonster, grew to $36 million from $26 million.
In a blog post, LivingSocial said it will focus more on smartphone and tablet customers through refreshed apps and it highlighted a more flexible returns policy.


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Houston Ballet II Invited to Perform Throughout the US
Oct. 8
Degenstein Center Theater
Selinsgrove, PA
Ticketing Information
Oct. 24
Staples Auditorium
Conway, AR
Nov. 6
Schine Student Center
Syracuse, NY
March 27, 2014
Townsend Performing Arts Center
Carrollton, GA
March 29, 2014
Grand Prairie Center
Stuttgart, AR
April 11, 2013
Moores Opera House,University of Houston
University of Houston Moores School of Music Collaboration
Friday, April 25, 2014 and Saturday, April 26, 2014
Cullen Theater, Wortham Center
1;30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Margaret Alkek Williams Dance Lab
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Houston Ballet II End of Year Performance
Call Houston Ballet Box Office at 713-227-2787, Monday - Friday ; 9 am - 5 p.m. to purchase tickets.
From October 2013 through March 2014, Houston Ballet II will be taking various mixed programs such as The Sleeping Beauty Act III, Ma Cong's Calling, Ilya Kozadayev's Molto Espressivo, and Stanton Welch's A Dance in the Garden of Mirth on tour around the US. Houston Ballet II's 2013-2014 touring season includes performances in Degensetein Center Theater in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania on October 8; Staples Auditorium in Conway, Arkansas on October 24; and in Syracuse, New York at the Schine Student Center on November 6. Houston Ballet II will continue its touring in the Spring of 2014 performing at Townsend Performing Arts Center in Carrolton, Georgia on March 27, 2014; and Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas on March 29, 2014.
The dancers of Houston Ballet II are coached by the internationally recognized Claudio Munoz, ballet master for Houston Ballet II; Sabrina Lenzi, ballet mistress for Houston Ballet II; Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch; and Houston Ballet's artistic staff. In recent seasons, Houston Ballet II has toured to the Organizacion Para Las Artes in Guatemala City, Guatemala in October 2010; Budapest (International Youth Festival in October 2008 and 2011); New York's prestigious City Center for Music & Dance (in January 2007); and Switzerland (Prix de Lausanne Ballet Competition in February 2013).


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Intel E8400 4.02 GHz OC, 4GB RAM, Win7 64-bit running PMS 1.54.0 Build: 37c80caa1 (2012-06-25)
Renderer is a PS3 connected via wire through a ubee DDW3611 integrated cable modem/router, transcoding through MEncoder
Hey, I've been poking around here for a couple hours, and the only issue I've seen that resembles my issue is this one, PMS 1.53.0 Playback Stopping Near End of File, but the issues there seem different from mine. I'm also seeing playback freeze near the end of some files, with a concurrent spike in CPU usage. It will bump along for most of the show at 5-25%, and then about 5-6 minutes from the end, it will jump to a solid and steady 50%, and then almost exactly 4 minutes from the end (+/- ~5 seconds in every case), the CPU will jump to 100% and stay there for the rest of the file, even staying at 100% after I exit back to my directory listing. It will stay at 100% until I select and start a different file or until 2-4 minutes have elapsed.
On the files where this happens, occasionally the playback will pause and resume once or twice in that last 4 minutes, but much more often, it will play normally until 10-20 seconds from the end, then freeze. The behavior at this point varies. Sometimes it just stays frozen, sometimes it will restart for a few seconds and stop again, and sometimes it will jump backwards by some random interval (I've seen anywhere from 5 seconds to 4 minutes) and play from there. The one thing they all have in common is playback will not continue automatically to the next file in the directory when this occurs, neither is using the "next" button effective. You must exit back to the directory list manually.
The only other detail I can add is it is not necessary to "play through" to see this CPU usage behavior. If I jump ahead to 5-6 minutes from EOF, the usage goes to the 50% mark, and if I jump ahead to <4 minutes from EOF, the usage immediately goes to and remains at the 100% level.
For the attached file, my actions and observations were as follows:
23:16:29 Start Fringe.S04E17 (running time 43:14)
23:17:19 Jump to 38:00 in file
23:17:34 CPU usage to ~50% and steady
23:18:32 CPU usage to 100% (39:12 running time)
23:22:21 Playback freeze (42:59 running time)
23:22:42 Playback started, played for 1 second, stopped again
23:23:08 Exit S04E17 to directory listing
23:25:13 Return to normal idle CPU (has maintained 100% cycle since 23:18:32)
23:25:50 Start Fringe.S04E18
23:26:50 Exit S04E18 to directory listing
23:26:55 Shut down PS3 Media Server
I ran mencoder into an mpg as per the instructions in the thread linked above, and both the original mkv and the output mpg played correctly all the way to the end in VLC on my PC. I can copy the output text here if you'd like, but this post is already way too long. Sorry about that.


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Billy Dee Williams says he's in too.
If the new "Star Wars" comes calling, Williams told TMZ he's ready to take on the role of Lando Calrissian again.
You old smoothie.
A TMZ staffer encountered Williams at a Hollywood gas station Thursday, and asked him the big question: Would he do another "Star Wars" film?
"I suppose so," said Williams.
That's good enough for me.
As you know, George Lucas announced he's selling his company to Disney for more money than you can imagine. Disney immediately announced it will produce three new "Star Wars" films, with the first slated for 2015.
Williams' former castmates Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher have all expressed interest in returning to their old roles.
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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement officers gather at a command post in the desert near Naco, Ariz., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after a Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the U.S.-Mexico line. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gabriel Guerrero)
PHOENIX (AP) -- The FBI says a preliminary investigation has found friendly fire is likely to blame in the shootings of two border agents along the Arizona-Mexico border.
The shootings occurred Tuesday in a rugged area about five miles north of the border near Bisbee, Ariz.
Agent Nicholas Ivie and two others responded to an alarm triggered by a sensor aimed at detecting smugglers and others entering the U.S. illegally. Ivie was fatally shot. The wounded agent was struck in the ankle and buttocks and released from the hospital after surgery. The third agent wasn't injured.
Ivie's death marked the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly firefight with Mexican bandits that killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010 and spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation.
Twenty-six border agents have died in the line of duty since 2002.


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2010-11 NBA Blogosphere Previews: Sacramento Kings
Posted by Neil Paine on October 26, 2010
Welcome to our 2010-11 NBA Blogosphere Previews, in which we contact the finest team bloggers on the web and ask them to contribute their thoughts on the squad they cover. What follows is their take, along with the team's depth chart (courtesy of ESPN.com), projected 2011 stats via our Simple Projection System, and polls where you get to have your say. Enjoy!
Sacramento Kings
Coach: Paul Westphal
2010 Summary:
Record: 25-57, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division
SRS: -4.06 (25th of 30) ▪ Pace: 94.0 (7th of 30)
Off Rtg: 105.3 (22nd of 30) ▪ Def Rtg: 109.9 (20th of 30)
Expected W-L: 29-53 (25th of 30)
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Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 1:03 p.m.
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GREENVILLE – The Furman Jazz Ensemble will present its winter concert at 8 p.m. Friday in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman campus.
Tickets are available at the door and are $5 for adults and $3 for students.
The performance is conducted by Matt Olson, Furman associate professor of saxophone and director of jazz studies.
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DUBLIN -- There's a new guy in charge, but very little has changed for the De La Salle High football team.
The Spartans entered Saturday night's North Coast Section Division I championship game undefeated under first-year coach Justin Alumbaugh and left with a resounding 49-17 victory over California at Dublin High to secure another section trophy.
De La Salle (13-0) had no trouble keeping its NCS title streak alive under its new coach, whose first title was the program's 22nd straight. That streak began in 1992, before the 33-year-old Alumbaugh began his own high school career at De La Salle and a few years before any of the current players were born.
"It doesn't really matter if you're an assistant or head (coach), you're all working toward the same thing," Alumbaugh said. "Don't get me wrong, it's a great feeling, but I wouldn't say it's starkly different."
John Velasco rushed for 176 of his career-high 231 yards in the first half as the Spartans made their case for a spot in the Open Division of the Northern Regional championships.
De La Salle, which has won four straight state titles and is riding a 39-game win streak, is a near lock for the premier regional game where it'll likely face Folsom.
Matchups will be announced Sunday, and the Spartans are hoping for a more local game after having to travel to Sacramento State last year. They have submitted paperwork to host at Cal's Memorial Stadium and Diablo Valley College, and NCS commissioner Gil Lemmon said he will suggest the Spartans play at DVC.
As usual, a superb ground game that rolled up 561 yards powered De La Salle to victory against Cal (11-3).
"The key to success was our line, again," Velasco said. "That's the key to my success all the time. I can't do it without them."
Though the Spartans earned a decisive victory, there were some areas of concern heading into next weekend. Their passing game sputtered (two completions for 7 yards), and their pass defense struggled at times, allowing Cal quarterback Matt Lorenz to throw for 213 yards and a third-quarter score to Ryan Groleau.
"I was really happy with the way our line blocked, Chris (Williams) ran the offense really well, our runners ran really hard, but we've got to be able to complete some passes," Alumbaugh said.
De La Salle's defense bent but didn't break for the most part. Cal came away with only a field goal on two early trips to the red zone to fall behind 28-3 at halftime.
Jevari Anderson had a couple of impressive plays for the Spartans. He broke several tackles on his way to a 57-yard touchdown run in the first half and intercepted Lorenz in the end zone in the fourth quarter.
NCS Playoffs Division I championship De La Salle 49, California 17
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DLS -- Velasco 28 run (Duncan kick)
DLS -- Custer 21 run (Duncan kick)
C -- Thompson-Meyers 23 FG
DLS -- Anderson 57 run (Duncan kick)
DLS -- Williams 7 run (Duncan kick)
DLS -- Custer 67 punt return (Duncan kick)
C -- Groleau 16 pass from Lorenz (Thompson-Meyers kick)
DLS -- Hernandez 6 run (Macy kick)
DLS -- Talaugon 48 run (Macy kick)
C -- Bierwith 2 run (Thompson-Meyers kick)
Rushing: C -- Bierwith 24-119, Locklear 3-24, Lorenz 6-9, Aninipot 1-3, Hingano 2-1. Totals 36-156. DLS -- Velasco 14-231, Williams 6-93, Custer 7-80, Anderson 1-57, Talaugon 2-56, Hernandez 5-44. Totals 35-561. Passing: C -- Lorenz 13-18-2-213, Bierwith 0-1-0-0. Totals 13-19-2-213. DLS -- Williams 2-8-0-7. Receiving: C -- Cornwell 6-57, Groleau 3-112, Bierwith 2-7, Hingano 1-41, Snyder 1-(-4). DLS -- Custer 1-4, Leahy 1-3. Fumbles/lost: Cal 0/0; DLS 0/0. Records: California 11-3; De La Salle 13-0.


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There were 66 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At that time, there were 1,432 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Burglary arrest: Two men, Michael Bates, 38, and Ricky Silva, 25, were arrested Sunday morning trying to steal merchandise from Tracy Power Equipment in the 2300 block of S. Chrisman Road. An alarm activation system alerted sheriff deputies, who found the suspects leaving the business with $20,000 worth of equipment, including an ATV loaded with power tools and lawn-care equipment. They also hot wired a forklift belonging to the business to force open a roll-up door to gain access.
Weapons arrest: AB109 Taskforce and probation officers arrested Bryan Armstrong, 27, at 3 p.m. Saturday after conducting a compliance check on him in the 2000 block of Oxford Way. When they arrived, Armstrong fled the residence and was captured after a short chase. Two pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun were found in the home.
Robbery: Burron Roberts was booked on robbery charges just after 4 p.m. Saturday after a 56-year-old woman working in a shop in the 100 block of N. Hunter Street reported a man leaving the store without paying for a bracelet. When she attempted to stop him, he punched her and knocked her to the ground. Officers caught him at San Joaquin and Lindsey streets and made the arrest.
Residential robbery: Two women, Emily Pixley, 26, and 27-year-old known only as Pacience - a white female described as 5-foot-1, 110 pounds last seen in a black hooded sweatshirt - are wanted for robbery after being identified by a 25-year-old woman who was robbed in her home. The victim was home alone at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in the 500 block of W. Scotts Street when the two suspects reportedly knocked on her door, forced their way in, punched her and stole her purse and other small items.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 109 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on Sunday. One of those calls was a structure fire, 11 were vehicle accidents and one was a vehicle fire.
The California Highway Patrol did not report incidents for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday.
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(WEAU) - A recent report from the CDC addresses the prevalence of binge drinking among women and teenage girls.
More than 14 million women binge drink about 3 times a month.
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AA: For a woman, it is defined as 4 or more drinks per occasion, or 5 or more drinks for a man. The women reported to be binge drinking consumed an average of 6 drinks per occasion. An occasion is generally considered to be about two or three hours.
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AA: Women aged 18-34 and high school girls. Whites and Hispanics. Women with household incomes over $75,000. Most binge drinkers are not alcoholics. About 1 in 8 women and 1 in 5 high school girls are reported to be binge drinking.
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AA: Yes, of high school students who report alcohol use, 45 percent of 9th graders report binge drinking. That increases each year to 12th grade when 62 percent of students who use alcohol report binge drinking. Individuals who begin drinking before age 15 have been shown to be about 7 times more likely to have problems with alcohol than those who start drinking after age 21.
CE: Can you remind us of some of the health consequences of drinking too much?
AA: 23,000 women and girls die every year as a result of excess alcohol. There are many increased risks of health problems, including breast cancer, liver disease, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, injuries, violence, and unintended pregnancies.
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AA: Binge drinking is an under-recognized women's health issue. Alcohol can affect women more quickly because of their size and the way they process alcohol. Women who don't know that they are pregnant and binge drink can bring significant risks to the baby during early development.
CE: How is moderate drinking defined?
AA: The U.S. Dietary guidelines for Americans recommend that if you choose to drink alcohol, women drink up to 1 drink a day and men drink up to 2 drinks a day. And of course, no alcohol at all for pregnant women and underage youth.
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The huddled masses yearning to visit the Statue of Liberty will have to wait a while longer.
The New York Harbor landmark will remain closed indefinitely as workers repair the damage wreaked on Liberty Island by Hurricane Sandy, federal parks officials said Friday (11/30).
Word of the continued closing was a huge blow to businesses connected to Lady Liberty.
National Park Service Supervisor David Luchsinger, who lives on the island, led reporters on a tour of the heavily damaged 12-acre property.
The island's docks were reduced to splinters, and thousands of red bricks from the paths outside the statue were torn up and scattered around the grounds.
Several buildings on the back of the island were destroyed, including storage garages, staff offices, the park police barracks and the superintendent's house.
After a 30 million dollar refurbishing, the statue had just reopened on October 28, the day before the storm hit. Access to Lady Liberty was denied for a year while the work was completed.
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Mary Lou (Dugger) Doughty passed away on November 3, 2012 at her home in Biggs, surrounded by her family.
Mary Lou was born on November 4, 1929 to Luther and Ethel Dugger in Tuskegee, Oklahoma. In 1949 she married Harry J. Doughty. Mary Lou was a beautician by trade but spent most of her life keeping a home and raising her seven children. She worked seasonally at Del Monte Cannery, in Yuba City. Over the years she also worked for different farmers in the kiwis, walnuts and almonds.
Mary Lou was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 55 years, daughter, Anna May Guevara Discoe and grandson, Michael Robertson.
She is survived by daughters, Irene Perkins (Charlie), Evelyn Davis (Larry), Maple Girdler (Robb), Julie Robertson (Roger Lakey), and Ethel Byers (Allen); her son, Edward Doughty (Marcy) and son-in-law, Bruce Robertson. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren; thirty-three great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at the home of Ethel Byers at 66 Hastings Avenue, Biggs on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 2 p.m., reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers donations are requested by the family to the Alzheimer's Association, in care of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home.
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London - David Cameron plans to come to the rescue of Britain's embattled biopharmaceutical industry. The conservative prime minister has earmarked £180m (€210 million) to support a "biomedical catalyst fund" to back early-stage academic and biotech R&D at small and medium-sized development outfits. The fund is a package of reforms designed to make the country more attractive to big pharmaceuticals companies, Cameron said in a speech delivered on Monday. Apart from the money the package will include two main measures. The first one is a quicker use of experimental drugs in the patient. In an "early access scheme", seriously ill patients could use new drugs up to a year before they are fully licensed. The second measure has the opposition up in arms. In an unprecedented move, biopharma companies are planned to have access to patient records and other information from the database of the National Health Service. Sarah Chan, deputy director of Manchester University's Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovations, said to Reuters that "the wealth of data collected by the NHS represents a vast and potentially very valuable resource that could be used to facilitate highly beneficial research. The concerns over privacy and confidentiality...are perhaps overblown." The government acted because the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry in Britain has been increasingly under fire. In the heaviest blow yet, US-pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced in February 2011 to close its research and development site in Sandwich, which means the loss of more than 2,000 jobs.


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During this morning's Apple iPad Event, the company announced that its game-changing mobile payment service, Apple Pay, will launch on Monday, October 20th. Since being announced during last month's iPhone event, Apple has signed up an additional 500 banks and financial institutions as well as a multitude of additional retail stores. The service will work with VISA, MAsterCard, and American Express at the start. Apple Pay is compatible with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and will be enabled by the iOS 8.1 update. The service takes advantage of Touch ID and NFC to make mobile payments both secure and and quick.
Apple seeds OS X Yosemite Golden Master to developers
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While Microsoft was busy introducing Windows 10 to the world, Apple released the first OS X Yosemite golden master candidate. Developers and beta testers were seeded with the update today through the Mac App Store, and the golden master designation means that the company is confident that this could be the exact same version that it ships to the general public when Yosemite is released later this fall, barring any last-minute bugs (hence the word "candidate.") OS X Yosemite was originally introduced back in June during the 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference, where it was shown to have a radical redesign from the current OS X Mavericks, along with much tighter optional integration with iOS 8.
It's rumored that Apple will ship OS X 10.10 Yosemite next month, alongside an update to the Mac lineup that would include the first iMac with Retina display at 5K resolution.
Windows 10: Microsoft previews the next iteration of Windows
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Today, Microsoft officially announced the next version of Windows: Windows 10. If you're confused, you're not alone. The currently-available version of Windows is 8.1, which means that Microsoft has inexplicably decided to forego version 9 altogether. Rumors that the next version would be called Windows TH, Windows One, or Windows 9 have now been dashed—Windows 10 is the future of Microsoft's desktop operating system. It's also still technically the 9th release of Windows.
At an unveiling event earlier today, the company called Windows 10 the "most comprehensive platform ever," as it will run on all displays, from 4-inches and up. That means Windows 10 will run on phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, servers, and high definition television screens. "Windows 10 will deliver the right experience on the right device at the right time," said Microsoft's Terry Myerson. "Windows 10 will run on the broadest types of devices ever."
Optimists will say that Microsoft is listening to all of the negative backlash that was met with the release of Windows 8, taking in that feedback, and reverting a bunch of changes to give customers what they want. Others will point out that Windows 10 looks like a mashup of the beloved Windows 7 and the polarizing Windows 8, with a bunch of Mac OS X features (like Expose and Mission Control) thrown in, and is an obvious step backwards. We see both sides of the argument, but it's also very early to tell, as Windows 10 won't ship until late 2015.
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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sell 10 million units during launch weekend
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If you were curious just how well Apple would do with selling larger iPhones, it turns out that the answer is, better than ever. The company has announced that it sold over 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in the first weekend of sales. This would include the previously announced 4 million pre-orders of the device that were sold in the first 24 hours of availability. This makes it the best-selling smartphone launch of all time, beating the record of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c last year, which sold 9 million units in the first weekend. Also impressive?? Last year the iPhone 5s launched on day one in China, while this year China isn't included in the sales figures due to a delayed launch.
Due to the massive demand, it may be tough finding an iPhone 6 Plus, as supply of this model is constrained, with the Apple Store showing a 3-4 week backorder on the 5.5-inch device.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, shared this statement:
"Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn't be happier," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We would like to thank all of our customers for making this our best launch ever, shattering all previous sell-through records by a large margin. While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible."
In three days the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus go on sales in 20 additional countries. You can pick up the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus from Apple.
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We've received a few emails over the last few days from readers asking about switching to AT&T Next so that they can get the new iPhone 6 on Friday for no money down. AT&T has been notifying some customers who are mid-contract that they can switch to a Next plan at no charge, doing away with contracts going forward. Of course, there are those who are still under AT&T's grandfathered "unlimited" data plan, but others simply want to know if programs like AT&T Next and Verizon Edge are worth it, or if they're rip-offs. The thing is, early upgrade plans like Next and Edge basically allow you to divorce the act of owning and paying for a phone, from paying for cellular service. If you play your cards right, you'll actually come out ahead financially, and you'll be able to upgrade to a new device whenever you want. Let's walk through a scenario of buying a phone with AT&T Next.
All currently available mainstream plans feature two components: a data charge, and a line charge. We will ignore the data charge aspect from here on out, because it's the same regardless of what plan you choose.
AT&T Next offers you a lower monthly line charge ($15 less for data plans under 10GB, $25 less for 10GB and over) in exchange for them not giving you a large subsidy when you buy your phone. Next plans never involve a contract, and you can get out of them at any time, penalty free, by paying off the balance you owe on your phone.
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Microsoft will reveal Windows 9 on September 30th
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Microsoft has started sending out invitation to select press to its Windows 9 reveal event that will take place in San Francisco, California on September 30th. Microsoft execs Joe Belfiore and Terry Myerson will both be on hand to talk about "what's next for Windows and the enterprise." At the end of the event, we expect the company to release a Windows 9 Technical Preview that will allow developers and enterprise users to take the new software for a test drive to get apps updated and deployment scenarios tested. New features for Windows 9 include Cortana integration, virtual desktops, a new Start menu, Notification Center, and a refreshed UI that will see flatter icons (similar to Apple's OS X Yosemite.)
Apple shatters record with 4 million iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders in first 24 hours
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Silencing critics who said it was late to the party with larger smartphones, Apple announced that it sold over 4 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units in the first 24 hours of pre-order availability. Apple hasn't specified how many people pre-ordered the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 versus the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus (and we don't expect them to, as evidenced by iPod and iPad sales numbers never being broken down by model,) but it is clear to see that many people didn't just want a bigger phone—they wanted a bigger iPhone.
The 4 million figured is mind-blowing, as it equates to about 166,667 iPhone 6 smartphones sold per hour. To put it into even clearer context, prior to the iPhone 6, the biggest pre-order period for Apple was last year's iPhone 5s and 5c, which saw "just" 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours. A year later, Apple doubled that number with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. With the iPhone 5s and 5c, Apple later announced that is sold 9 million units in the first three days. It will be interesting to see what the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus end up selling in the first weekend of availability in comparison.
Since the devices went on pre-order, the iPhone 6 is now sold out, showing a 7-10 day backorder. Meanwhile, the larger iPhone 6 Plus is showing a 3-4 week wait. If you want to get your hands on either of these new Apple smartphones sooner, you'll need to wait in line at an Apple Store or carrier store and hope there's enough stock this Friday morning.
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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be released September 19, pre-order September 12
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Excited about the announcements of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus from today's We Wish We Could Say More event? If you are wondering when you can get your hands on one, you won't have to wait long. As we reported a couple months ago, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will both go on sale on September 19th in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Singapore. That's the day you'll be able to go to an Apple Store, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or your local wireless service carrier and buy an iPhone 6 (as long as it's in stock.) If you'd rather have it sent to you so that you can avoid the lines, you can pre-order the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus starting this Friday, September 12th. It may be an exercise in patience though, as iPhone pre-orders in the past have resulted in crashed Web sites, lost orders mid-checkout, and other frustrations.
iPhone 6 Plus: 5.5-inch Retina HD display, optical image stabilization, bigger battery for $299
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The iPhone 6 wasn't the only larger smartphone that Apple announced today at the We Wish We Could Say More event—meet the iPhone 6 Plus. Featuring a 5.5-inch 1080p Retina HD display, the iPhone 6 Plus is the biggest smartphone that Apple has released to date. It's got a display that's a full 1.5-inches larger than that of the iPhone 5s. Be sure to check out the details on the iPhone 6, since the iPhone 6 Plus has a fairly similar feature set. However, there are a few key differences other than size.
The iPhone 6 Plus display has the same 16x9 aspect ratio as the iPhone 6, 5s, and 5c, but packs in more pixels due to the 1920x1080 resolution. The result is a 401 pixel-per-inch density, resulting in 185% more pixels than the iPhone 5s. That means it'll be a lot sharper. It's also thinner at 7.1 millimeters, compared to 7.6 for the iPhone 5s.
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Apple Watch announced, available early 2015 for $349
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After months of rumors, the iWatch has been made official, and it's called the Apple Watch. For the first time since the death of Steve Jobs, Tim Cook mentioned that he had "One more thing…" to talk about after unveiling the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Introducing the device as a precise and customizable timepiece that is also a comprehensive health and fitness device, the Apple Watch was unveiled with pride.
A video, narrated by Jony Ive, explained how the watch works. Users navigate using the touch display, as well as a Digital Crown on the side (similar to dials you find on analog watches) that allows you to navigate, zoom, and scroll without covering up the display with your fingers. The Apple Watch display can sense touch and swipes, as well as force.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - When it comes to color, most people have discovered, planning a color scheme is a carefully thought out process.
Try following these 5 easy steps in assessing your space for a new color scheme.
First, decide where your best opportunities are for using color! Will painting one wall in an accent color give your room the spark you desire? Or perhaps, a soft blending of similar color hues will give your new room it's desired "feeling or mood."
Then, take a critical look at your room's architectural features. Do you want them to stand out - take center stage - or be minimized? For instance, perhaps you have painted bookshelves flanking a room's fireplace. Adding an accent color to the back walls of your bookshelves, might add just a bit of much needed color flair to the entire wall scheme.
Thirdly, try to definite how your space is being used. Reading, relaxing, game playing, watching TV? An important consideration in selecting your new color scheme is how you actually use and enjoy the space.
Next, analyze your room's lighting. How much natural light does your room have? A room with a lot of artificial light will definitely call for a different color plan than one with a lot of natural light.
And last, but not least, it's critical that you take into account your "new" room's relationship to the other rooms in your home. Color continuity is key to creating the overall look most people desire for their homes.
- Kristen Fencl, CID, is an interior decorator and owner of Decorating Den Interiors. Learn more at www.decdens.com/kristenf, or call 775-832-8012.


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Galaxy is a modern and elegant design, perfect for any occasion. It is made of 100% Cotton with Green-Sweet sta in-resistant technology for easy care, except napk ins. Green Sweet is a unique technology, used exclusively by Garnier-Thiebaut on damask fabrics to protect them from easy sta ining. This design is a part of the Phantasy collection, drawing inspiration from the world of dreams, wonders and imag ination. It is designed by Garnier-Thiebauts own designer's team and made in our factory in Gerardmer, France. Galaxy is a swirl of cosmic elements, light explosions, flower petals and prisms.
Garnier-Thiebaut is a French manufacturer of luxury damask tableLinen, bed and bathLinens for your home and business. With roots dating back to 1833 in France, Garnier-Thiebaut has grown to become the designer and producer of the highest quality table, bed and bathLinens for the finest hotels, restaurants and retail stores around the world. Garnier-Thiebaut has pioneered many of the textile industry's design and technology, inventions for the production of fineLinens. Renowned for its luxurious damask designs, the company is best known for its tableLinens, bedLinens, and other textile accessories for the hospitality industry and the home.
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Ann Marie's 414 Oneida St, Minocqua, WI 54548 1.800.706.9993
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With blistering speed, superb finishing and fierce determination Sanchez made a name for himself in the Italian Serie A and will be sure to bring that same level of dedication to Camp Nou and the Spanish La Liga!
The classic vertical stripes have been stylized. There is also a new red round collar design and solid blue sleeves. The inner collar has "mes que un club" printed inside and the Catalon flag with "FCB" is applied below the back collar.
The official Dri-Fiit Nike FC Barcelona home jersey is engineered with NikeFit technology for comfort. Lightweight jersey has an embroidered Nike Swoosh logo over the right chest and the FC Barcelona team badge embroidered on the left.
100% recycled polyester. Imported.
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