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January 25, 2013
PARKERSBURG — A number of salary adjustments in the sheriff's tax office were submitted by Sheriff Ken Merritt and approved by Wood County commissioners on Thursday, including some raises, some cuts......
Hey Vortex- Do you live under a rock or with your head in the sand? THIS IS MERRITT.He just needs to hobble off somewhere and be with Sleepy the dwarf. Can you see him running to a crime scene! PLEASE-Sandy did not run a negative campaign but if all the truths would have come out before the election things would be different! Amazing the Commission wouldn't let Sandy purchase new vehicles to replace older high mileage ones for the safety of officers, but they shell out thousands to people who have been on the job for TEN days! Absurd-You are wrong THIS IS KEN MERRITT AND HIS CRONIES- Sandy is better off and he did good progressive things for the Sheriff's Dept-he had standards and expected the lazy Merritt Boys earn an honest paycheck-those who did not- did not last! Vortex do some homework about your buddy Ken Merritt. A person can only hide behind the religious cross for so long!
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Amazing the man fined by the Ethics Commission-letting his son steal from taxpayers-lied about his health till election time for sympathy got to make $125 mo.payments-still owes YOU CITIZENS MONEY!! Attorney has connections w/the Eth Comiss!--Hmmm. Merritt's cronies are running the show-your GREAT Christian sheriff abandoned his first wife/kids in Jackson Co.zero support-left them to starve! Pub knowledge there! A Christain-Interesting-I thought raises were granted on PERFORMANCE!Your figure head sheriff can't use a computer&obviously after 10 days in office doesn't understand legal practices!Reporting from the paper is biased,Tranquil's son works there-Tranquil gave his daughter-in-law a $7600 a yr raise-&bargained with Comm on his raise settled for over $4,000 Graham's raise wasn't even posted so don't expect the newspaper to print the truth about Merritt! Wood Co.lost a fair/honest/qualified sheriff couldn't be bought-WAKE UP-JUST THE BEGINNING OF BIG EMBARRASSMENT! STUPIDI
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The newspaper has only started to get the full story. Chief Shawn Graham got a $6,000 pay increase. Merritt fired 1 employee his first day in office. It just happens that this employee investigated Merritt for embezzlement. Then Merritt fired another tax office employee after the meeting Thursday before the Commission.
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how can the people who received the pay increases work with or even look those people in the face. This move certainly will create major distrust and hate within the office. Sad! Very sad.
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Thunderbolt I think you are correct. This is most distressing. Surely this can't be legal? It certainly looks like politica retribution.
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This article is most distressing; I can not understand Ken's approval in garnishing employee's wages to line the pockets of the Tranquill's, surly not a sound decision with the public. A pay increase is one thing, but to give four, seven and eight thousand dollars per person in raises is questionable at least. Can anyone spell law suit.
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HS. As much as I hate to say,need your caustic chit.Go to the grandstanding hog's article,read my comments and add some input since those cows are obtuse. Thanks.
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This is a classic Bob Tranquill, take money from an employee that makes $22,000.00 and give it to your self so you can make in excess of $58,000.00 a year. Tranquill has done this every time he has been appointed Chief Tax Deputy. By the way the employee that got $7,647.00 raise is Bob Tranquill's daughter in-law. Both of Bob's sons work for the Parkersburg News so you better read this quick before it gets removed. I can't believe Ken Merritt let this happen
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You people voted him back in!
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Just a start.Same guy they was going to hang is back as sheriff.Wait till we have to pay for a Humm A Round to get him to work.
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Bob Newell is a lot like Barack Obama, The Kardashians, and Honey-Boo-Boo: everyone claims to hate him, but the majority of the people LOVE him.
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The proposed changes were submitted to the county commissioners in a letter dated Jan. 4, but the commissioners did not take action on the request until Thursday... new news? hadn't seen this stated before
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Nepotism and cronyism have plagued county and city government in West Virginia from day one. We don't hire the 'best and brightest', we hire friends and relatives. Salaries, pensions, and benefits continue to climb far past those of the private sector with the only justification being 'we are trying to keep in line with other counties'. It is little wonder the only growth industries we have in Wood County are crime and government. Our citizens have little faith in our 'leaders' and rightfully so. They talk a good game but in the end they are just politicians, looking out for themselves and their good-ole-boy friends.
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Wow! I think Commissioner Dunn is on to something. This does not sound right. How can anyone go in a justify cutting salaries like that and then the only two that got pay raises have the same last name. Something stinks here. Could it be possible that those who took pay cuts voted for Mr. Sandy?
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Horrifying as the Taliban's shooting of Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old girls' education activist, and her two classmates in Pakistan was, nothing less horrifying could have shaken her country into facing its choice between civilization and barbarism.
Malala — brilliant, beautiful, and fearless or foolhardy — is now being treated in a British hospital and may be brain-damaged. She has become the daughter of her nation, the embodiment of its vast potential and its tortured present. Indeed, Malala may become the daughter of all nations infected with the medieval gangster sect of Islam represented by the Taliban, the mullahs of Iran, the clerical police of Saudi Arabia, and such. For this sect, oppression of women is the highest religious doctrine.
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MORAGA -- It was a repeat of last year's finish, as the top three teams at Contra Costa County's 2013 High School Academic Decathlon on Feb. 4 mirrored the winners of 2012's competition.
The "Red Team" from Campolindo High School in Moraga took first place and will advance to the state competition March 14 to 17 in Sacramento.
This year, as last, Campolindo's "Blue Team" placed second, and Acalanes High School of Lafayette placed third for the second straight year. Other teams competing in the county decathlon were Antioch High, California (San Ramon), Freedom (Brentwood), Las Lomas (Walnut Creek), Miramonte (Orinda), Pittsburg and Dublin.
California's Academic Decathlon pits nine-member teams drawn from about 500 schools statewide in a frenzy of tests, essays, speeches and interviews. Scrimmaging over art, economics, music, language and literature, mathematics, science and social science might sound like torture to many high schoolers, but not to students like Campolindo's Zach Scherer, this year's Top Overall Academic Decathlon Individual Award winner.
"I like decathlon (club) because it's not a regular class, with a teacher lecturing for 50 minutes," the 16-year-old said. "It's students, all interested in learning."
Paul Verbanszky, an advanced-placement psychology and government economics teacher at Campolindo since 2004, leads the school's decathlon club.
"I used to be able to barely field a team. Because we're winning, more students have signed up. Now I have 40 students at the start of a year," he said.
The club's increasing popularity has little to do with students aiming to shine on college applications, Verbanszky said. Rather, the biggest motivators are the chance to excel at something other than sports and "going above and beyond" academically.
Team co-captain Evelyn Steefel, 17, said it's just fun.
"The meetings are entertaining," she said, "and there's nothing like learning new, interesting facts."
Campolindo's two teams (schools with more than nine students participating can form multiple teams) met three times a week, beginning in September.
This year's theme was Russia. With a mix of newbies and veteran decathlon members, the students divvied up the study guides democratically.
"We just put it up for whatever each person wanted to do and made sure each section got done," Steefel said.
A dizzying array of approaches, from PowerPoint presentations to "Jeopardy"-style games to pop quizzes, staved off drudgery. Winning the decathlon is more than facts; it's analysis and skillful test-taking, Scherer and Steefel said.
Scherer remembers the interview section of the competition beginning with simple questions about his interests.
"I discussed the clubs I'm in, model United Nations and math club, and how they have shaped who I am now," he said. "Then they asked, 'How has being in U.N. shaped your interest in diplomacy?' "
Steefel used the decathlon's speech portion to talk about hypocrisy in America.
"It's a country that promotes freedom and equality, but it goes against those principles in its actions. The major thing I talked about was slavery, but also affirmative action and discrimination against women. I talked about the current generation needing to stop hating, because we're not moving together as a country."
The Super Quiz -- during which teams work together, and a roaring crowd of supportive family and friends is allowed -- tested their knowledge of Sputnik 2. Another question challenged them to compare and contrast two Russian composers.
"First, you have to know about the specific facts," Scherer said. "Then, you have to know about the controversies involved, the worldwide movements, the complexities."
Verbanszky said it's not the two Campolindo teams' high scores or crafty mental gymnastics he's most proud of.
"They care about the program, but also each other," he said. "Freshmen to senior -- they help each other with homework and talk about their problems. They've become friends."


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LOS ANGELES - The NBC series "Community" will finish the season without Chevy Chase.
Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday that the actor is leaving the sitcom by mutual agreement with producers.
His immediate departure means he won't be included in the last episode or two of the show's 13-episode season, which is still in production.
Chase had a rocky tenure playing a bored and wealthy man who enrolls in community college. The actor publicly expressed unhappiness at working on a sitcom and feuded last year with the show's creator and former executive producer, Dan Harmon.
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About the Book
An eye-opening critique of the identity-based revolution that has transformed American campuses and its effect on politics and society today.
The 1960s and '70s were a time of dramatic upheaval in American universities as a new generation of scholar-activists rejected traditional humanism in favor of a radical ideology that denied esthetic merit and objective truth. In The Victims' Revolution, critic and scholar Bruce Bawer provides the first true history of this radical movement and a sweeping assessment of its intellectual and cultural fruits.
Once, Bawer argues, the purpose of higher education had been to introduce students to the legacy of Western civilization—"the best that has been thought and said." The new generation of radical educators sought instead to unmask the West as the perpetrator of global injustice. Age-old values of goodness, truth, and beauty were disparaged as mere weapons in an ongoing struggle of the powerful against the powerless. Shifting the focus of the humanities to the purported victims of Western colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism, the new politicized approach to the humanities gave rise to a series of identity-based programs, including Women's Studies, Black Studies, Queer Studies, and Chicano Studies. As a result, the serious and objective study of human civilization and culture was replaced by "theoretical" approaches emphasizing group identity, victimhood, and lockstep "progressive" politics.
What have the advocates of this new anti-Western ideology accomplished?
Twenty-five years ago, Allan Bloom warned against the corruption of the humanities in The Closing of the American Mind. Bawer's book presents compelling evidence that Bloom and other conservative critics were right to be alarmed. The Victims' Revolution describes how the new identity-based disciplines came into being, examines their major proponents and texts, and trenchantly critiques their underlying premises. Bawer concludes that the influence of these programs has impoverished our thought, confused our politics, and filled the minds of their impressionable students with politically correct mush. Bawer's book is must-reading for all those concerned not only about the declining quality of American higher education, but also about the fate of our society at large.
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"The developments described by Mr. Bawer will not surprise readers familiar with the campus wars that broke out in the 1980s, when entire departments devoted to these fields began to be established. Where the author's text shines is in explaining their root causes." — Wall Street Journal
"The book is terrific, exposing the academic criminality that those programs encourage — i.e., teaching naïve and impressionable students things that either are utterly false or are merely wild-eyed opinions as truth....I strongly recommend the book." — National Review
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Denmark, 2011, 99 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Comedy, Romance
Program: Contemporary World CinemaLanguage: Danish English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Ole Christian Madsen
Producer: Lars Bredo Rahbek, Signe Leick JensenEditor: Søren B. EbbeScreenwriter: Ole Christian Madsen, Anders Frithiof AugustCinematographer: Jørgen JohanssonPrincipal Cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Paprika Steen, Jamie Morton, Sebastian Estevanez, Adriana Mascialino, Miguel Dedovich, Dafne Schilling
With divorce papers lying unsigned on his desk, Christian wrestles with the depression and inertia that have overwhelmed him since his wife, Anna, left him and their 16-year-old son in Copenhagen to pursue a career as a sports agent in Buenos Aires. Christian decides to fly to Argentina to try to win her back. He and young Oskar, a budding existentialist, find Anna living in luxury with her buff younger lover, football star Juan Diaz. The couple plan to marry as soon as she's divorced. The city is in a fever of excitement in anticipation of the SuperClásico, the annual match between BA's rival football clubs.
The dramatic comedy, directed by Ole Christian ("OC") Madsen, is the first feature film that a Danish crew has shot in Argentina. It was the Danish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards earlier this year. The fast pace of the teeming city, quick shots of the photos that Oskar is constantly snapping, and a rousing musical score heavy on the tangos show a country whose Latin rhythms contrast jarringly with Christian's Danish lifestyle. He rants that Argentina is a country of clichés. Madsen said in a press interview that one experiences a "kind of liberation" in Argentina that he deftly conveys in a story about love that is simultaneously light, funny and deeply moving.
Madsen's actors, including Anders W. Berthelsen, who plays Christian, and Paprika Steen as Anna, have a raft of credits and awards in film, theater and TV. Argentine soap heartthrob Sebastián Estevanez makes an impressive film debut as the lovable Juan.
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I only have a couple of days until the big Halloween party, and I still haven't picked out my dress yet.
I mean ... my outfit.
It's kind of a go-to thing for a man to dress like a woman on Halloween if he can't think of anything else, especially if he has English blood. And with my size and general hairiness, I can easily be the most frightening woman at the party.
Right. Like a female Bigfoot.
I need to make a decision soon. I went to the costume store and decided I'm too old to dress up as a beer bong, I have too much self-respect to dress up as a banana (I'm won't even ponder that one), and I am too cheap to spend $125 to dress up like a "real" vampire -- which is really kind of funny, since I've been having serious debates with my 4-year-old over whether vampires are "real" (she says no).
As far as I'm concerned, Big Bird is already old. They have Obama and Romney masks, but I'd feel compelled to act the part, and nobody should be so bland at a Halloween party. I was thinking about movie and TV characters. I have a friend who once dressed up as Darrin's boss from "Bewitched." Of course it was hilarious. He didn't seem to care that no one else got the joke.
But I'm not that subtle.
Too late to train
I wouldn't mind being one of those epic warrior types from "Game of Thrones," but to go that route I would've had to start working out months ago while shutting down most general hygienic practices.
My wife is talking about going as Joan from "Mad Men," which, of course, is A-OK with me. She suggested I go as Joan's boss, Don Draper. I suggested that I'd have to sell the SUV to have enough money for one of those suits.
I could be Donald Trump, but I don't know where I'd rent the wind machine on such short notice.
I could go as one of "The Avengers." However, I don't know if I could squeeze into Scarlett Johansson's leather suit.
The Hulk might work. I could just paint myself green and wait for one of my kids to do something I just told them not to for the third time.
Abraham Lincoln would be a great costume this year -- especially now that the facts have finally come out to show that not only did he win the Civil War and end slavery, but he also killed vampires in his spare time.
I've always wanted to be Burt Reynolds ... in real life. But I suppose I could settle for the one night a year. Unfortunately, it's probably too late to find a black Trans-Am rental.
I could be one of the characters from "Rock of Ages." Then again, that's a little too close to home.
Lots of people have said I remind them of Channing Tatum's character in "Magic Mike," so maybe I could ... Sorry. I couldn't even get through that one with a straight face.
No explosives, please
I'd love to be one of the guys from the "Expendables" movies. But it's pretty bad form to blow up a Halloween party.
The Olympics were a big deal this year, so I could get a Speedo and dress up as an Olympic swimmer. It would be a great way to clear a path to the snack table.
Right. The dress is sounding better and better.
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"Sir, what you had there was what we refer to as a Focused, Non-Terminal, Repeating Phantasm, or a Class 5 Full-Roaming Vapor... . a real nasty one too"
I am of course referring to the second set. This second set should absolutely be an official LivePhish release, get with the freakin program.... Star Lake 98 is cool (although Vernon Downs would've been way better).... But all of us are dying (albeit at different rates), and someone's going to pass away without hearing this Ghost>Free which, if I were a lawmaker, would carry federal charges and no jurisprudence sentencing discretion.
That night, there was NO Dana, only Zuul! Trey's Languedoc proton pack harnessed this demon into a containment unit (aka the best Free you'll ever hear, if anyone has another, please let me know)... in a way that Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler couldn't do, even crossing streams. All fans were covered in ectoplasm (aka rank humid midwest summer grime) that an end of show rainstorm took care of.. (Side note, grew up across the street from Rick Moranis' cousin, met him at his Bar Mitzvah)...
Remember it being pretty darn hot out. Slow out of the gates, HOWEVER.... from starting with Bowie... SWEET SASSY MOLASSY! The Possum sets the tone for the rest of the evening - our boys reach into the pouch of this deceased marsupial and bring out a jam that starts a bit slow, then becomes pure mayhem.... Each time you think the jam is peaking, it KEEPS going.. Trey gets BEND crazy and throws on his bridge pickup while piercing the venue on his 24th fret (I think I suffered permanent hearing damage from this one...) easily ranks in my top 5-10 ode to roadkill. Setbreak time... Hit the mist tents, I was a sweaty hot mess...
Ok.. now let's get to the REAL part of why this show is a 5/5 in my book... The house lights go down... Trey comes out, takes a big wipe of his nose with his sleeve... and the FUNK SIREN echoplex/delay glissando A note down an octave, thus alerting all of central Ohio to the presence of paranormal activity. A specter was loose in the venue. Who you gonna call? Peter Venkman this apparition was summoned from the netherworld of another dimension, a true wraith. Such an entity cannot be completely explained with words, one must hear it to "understand" it. Possibly one of the best second sets I've ever witnessed. The Ghost>Free is what dreams are made of. Trey was having some equipment issues during Ghost, which I think might have pissed him off a bit - to the benefit of everyone in attendance. This jam is a MUST HEAR. INCREDIBLY tight transitions, sinister jamming into lilty delays with a HUGE LONG D chord strumming buildup to the emancipation of the Poltergeist summoned by the band... the Ghost was then FREE... and 14 years later, BY FAR STILL the BEST Free I've EVER heard. Then Trey invites some wookettes to dance the Fleshpole, and announces Big Cypress. Joel (you tapers know him) and I look at each other knowing exactly where we'd be that December, without question. The Fire was ... well... FIRE. Trey basically owned this second set... Then the rain comes down, which brought thunderous applause from a sweaty, grimy yet blissed out packed house.
In summary, Ray Parker Jr. would be proud of this second set, as he would not be afraid of no Ghost. Who you gonna call? Trey Mother F*cking Anastasio (and possibly Ernie Hudson)


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Aiken County is starting to run low on flu shots. On Wednesday, News 12 was the first to tell you Richmond and Columbia Counties ran out of flu shots. Now local pharmacies are having to cancel their clinics, too. News 12 is on your side to explain why getting your flu shot right now may be harder to come by than you think.
Over at the Publix on Washington Road, Cassie's been getting calls left and right about their flu clinic on Friday.
"Some are worried they won't get it," said Cassie, pharmacy tech at Publix.
And that seems to be the problem all over the CSRA now including local pharmacies as well. The Publix pharmacy thought they'd have well over 500 doses for their flu clinic but now that number will be cut in half, on a first come first serve basis.
"Due to shortages we received notices this will be the last one Publix will do until further notice," said Jerry Sapp, store manager of Publix.
The CVS on Wrightsboro Road also planned to hold a clinic on Friday. All in one day they were on, then off and now back on again. Now they are only able to offer 100 shots and are also being forced to cancel the rest of their clinics.
Where you go to get your flu shot on Friday doesn't seem to matter whether it's the Publix or the CVS, they're all saying the same thing. They contract individual drug companies who drive up from out of town to set up the flu clinics at their stores and they determine how many they have to give.
The reason for the shortages remains unclear. Health experts say there is no shortage.
"Nobody should panic. Drug companies assure us we don't have a shortage, I think they just provided it to the highest risk and slow coming into public health," said Veleleta Rudnick, RN Aiken County Health Department.
While others may be being told otherwise.
"Wouldn't give me a solid answer but there's a shortage of shots now but I understand there won't be in a week or two but that's hearsay," Sapp said.
Barney's Pharmacy off of Peach Orchard Road says they have 600 flu shots left. All of the health departments in the CSRA expect to get their next shipment of vaccines in around the 9th and 10th of November.


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OshCat get well soon
Not a lot of light polution here. After the leaves fall the sky gets very clear at night. I miss the skys in the TX hill country.
Lunch time HIIT run of 3 miles. High Intensity Interval Training, that is. Today at lunch I'm running to the grocery store and back. Not Mariano's.
I take "running erands" literally now. :-)
10K race in Chicago's Perfect 10 back in November '11 1:03:26
Soldier Field 10 5/26/2012 1:46:25
Chicago Half Marathon 9/9/2012 2:17:53
10 mile race in Chicago's Perfect 10 on 11/10/2012: 1:37:21
Hey, all! I"ve been crazy busy and tired. So sorry I haven't caught up on your fabulous accomplishments yet but hope to get some time this evening to do it. Hope you are all doing well or getting there!!
Philadelphia was wonderful and I will definitely do it again! Probably the best organized of all but also has the most difficult prerace to navigate if you're not familiar. The Start is at Eakins Oval in front of the Art Museum and parking does not exist. Roads were closed, including the freeway exists more than an hour before race time. Cabs were warned and NONE showed up at the hotels. NONE. Most folks had to walk at least a mile to the Start. I led a group from the Omni to the subway. We were told it would be free with a bib but they were charging and only took cash. Cashier ran out of change for $20 after three runners so she let a bunch of us on for free. They had over 60 big UPS trucks for stowing bags with drivers actually handling them but the police had the course completely gated so that if you entered the course from the right, there was no way to get to the bag-check on the left. Well, I jumped five metal gates; the crowd pulled the gates apart at the last juncture. Everyone was pleasant, though. Things that were different: No one was in costume. Maybe it's a Quaker influence? Police were everywhere, like two posts per block. Things that were nice but normal: Folks were friendly. Course was very scenic with rolling hills, none daunting. It had good cheer spots, music, and live high fives from Mayor Nutter who for some reason didn't recognize me. What?? Wore my AF marathon hat and as I crossed the Start, announcer gave a shout out to the AF marathoners. I ran 3:1 for two miles, 2:1 for next 3 mi. and switched to 1:1s with a few 2 min. breaks. My gadgets all said my splits were under 12 min. which was faster than any race before so I thought I was cruising. Somewhere between 7 and 10, the one that was giving me notices jumped a mile and ended up recording the course as 14 mi. So, I started taking pix. Probably burned 5-10 min. but thought I had the time. Official time ended up being 1 min. slower than Columbus. RATS! Live and learn. Still loved the race, though.
Of course I could be just a little biased. DD and I had a wonderful visit and ate/drank every good food neighborhood from Broad and Market Streets south. No sammys for us. *Kids* in their 30s have gentrified the area and the food scene is A-Mazing. If you go, be sure to see East Passyunk and Hawthorne and the Italian Market. DD was fantastically generous with time and pleasantries but she's clearly stressed beyond her personal limits. She promised to run me in AND actually showed up. That was a moment to remember and certainly made my last miles a lot easier. No cry face for me! but I did leave it all on the course. Whole left leg was threatening to give out, hip to ankle. If she hadn't been there, I definitely would have walked that last mile. Slowly. Mayor Nutter was still high fiving at the Finish. I always liked his civic pride.
Left leg pain disappeared the next day but right leg is now screaming. Strange. I am very very tired but still high on the trip/race. Got some decent pix. You're welcome to view on fb: Mary Kay Chuey. They are public so friend request is not required but totally welcome. Hope to catch up on your fantabulous progress tonight.
Run strong and fierce, my friends!!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Congratulations, Mary Kay! It sounds like you had a wonderful time. Your pic's are great, and the weather looked like it was lovely!
New Year's Color Run (5k) - 01/01/13
Oshkosh Half-Marathon - 04/21/13
Awesome Job, Mary Kay! You owned that half! Hope your soreness is very brief. I love Philly. I got to high five Mayor Nutter when I did Broad St Run in May!
I am definitely considering this race for 2013.
Today ran 3.89 in 34 minutes which is under 9 minute/mile! Weather was sunny and 45. I didn't even need gloves.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
6/11/2011 - Warrior Dash Pennsylvania - 52:26
8/7/2011 - Danskin Sherox Triathlon Philadelphia - 1:54:16
11/5/2011 - Penn Homecoming 5K - 28:46
11/13/11 - Media Mud Stain 5 mile - 53:39
05/06/2012 - Broad Street Run 10 Mile - 1:36:11
06/03/12 - See Chicks Run 10 K - 54:23
09/16/12 - Rock & Roll Half Marathon Philadelphia - 2:03:07
I ran a strong 4.5 mile run today. The cold (35-ish) did bother my lungs a bit. It was just warm enough to remove my balaclava but cold enough to aggravate my chest. Still, quite happy with the run. My favorite running buddy/best pal/dog finally got to go running with me after two weeks of post surgery recovery. She was one happy pooch!
az1414 Lose dogs are scary. I carry peeper spray with me just in case. Hoping it would help with bear also!! Glad you get to keep your running schedule.
jmsab23 Nice quote!
Old Coyote Nice score on the shoes!! Yay.
OshCat I am SO sorry about the cold!! Bummer. Just ride it out I guess. ((Hugs))
NHLA "Just could not get going." <~ A rest maybe?
degregorius Nice multi-tasking with your "running errands"!!
Francessmom Awesome strong and fast run!!
mkayc GREAT race report and awesome pics!! SO so proud of you.
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
Ive been running about 3x a week. Part of the reason Im at about 80mp month, not 80mpw like nhla. That being said, I normally get 2 days off once a week, but with the tendon tender, I gave it another day or two. Thanks nhla on the "knot" advice. I'll still have to look up what a friction-release is, probably not what I was doing when I was 18 and single. After my long break, I had to get a quick run in, so I dropped down from my expanding distances of 8+ miles to 6.25. But I was able to do it faster than ever, in 1:02. Today I pushed a little harder and got 7.3 done with 9:42min/mi. I've already planned to do a run out at sister-in-laws on Turkey day. Not sure if I'll go for 7 miles low intensity or push it. See how it goes, I'll try to map out a route with Nike+ tonight. degregorius I am glad Map My Run is working for you. With the upgrade, you can take photos and stuff, but I am too busy running to snap photography or take videos. Maybe someday I'll figure out how to do that.
DebM, congrats on keeping your Friday run.
NHLA so you run at night too? Looking for meteor showers? I am afraid to trip over a bump in the road still!
jmsab23 yeah, I am west of West Hartford. Sounds like the wife left you to fend for yourself on bird-day.
old coyote you are right - if you dont run faster, you'll never get faster. I had a good run today - Ran fast out of the gate, and that seems to encourage me to keep up the pace and see if I can stay under 10min/mi the entire run. But then around mile 5, I noticed I had some fatigue. Not exactly my muscles, not my chest or heart - I just felt it was hard to go fast. Congrats on your 8:47/mi
I tightened up my laces a little better today, I think that helped my tendon. Need to watch what I eat, keeping weight off my joints will be good for keeping my injuries low. Had some chocolate milk after running today. Need to figure out a post-run routine. I get really bad indigetstion / reflux. Could be worse, but milk helps. Also NHLA, I was running with a 8oz bottle for a 3 mile run and since the cold weather, I have been doing 6, 7 & 8 miles without any fluids. I drink about 15 minutes before the run, and immediately after. I probably should do something different, but I dont really want to start carrying a drink again.
2012 Aug 19, 2012 - Canton PTO LobsterLoop 5K 35:09 Oct 13, 2012 - ING Hartford 5K 31:34
January 1, 2013 - 10K PR 59:08
Sun Jan 27th 10am Penguin Plunge.
Sun April 28, - Simsbury River Run (unable to register yet)
Sun May 26, 2013 - Memorial Day Marathon (26.2 REGISTERED)
Sun June 2 Amica Iron Horse 1/2 Marathon - (unable to register yet)
Sun Aug 18? 2013 - Canton PTO Lobster Loop 5K (VOLUNTEER)
Sat Sept 28 2013 - 5K Rugged Maniac (REGISTERED)
Sat Oct 12, 2013 - 26.2 (plan is to beat May Time)
justrundan - sounds like a fun Thanksgiving race - good times, good cause
NHLA - it is an odd distance - it's just the distance from the Y, past the pond, up the hill, and back.
Francesmom - RIP fav running shoes. Last weekend was raking the grounds of the sponsor church for my son's scout troop. I'm looking forward to raking my own leaves this weekend for a repeat core workout.
az1414 - no snow and temps in the 40s sounds like great Thanksgiving (and running) weather
jmsab23 - "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy. I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." <== Love that!
degregorius - too mugh light pollution here to - but I love heading up to the White Mountains and just staring at all the stars in the sky! Why am I stuck on italics!
Old Coyote - score! enjoy the new gear.
OshCat - feel better!
MaryKay - YAY! Loved the pics. Now take it easy for a few days and bask in your glory. I might even consider the Philly Half for next year - a trip home to my old stomping grounds and a race sounds like fun.
MelodyLea - congrats on the strong run with your running partner. give her a pat from me.
dilljeffrey - thanks; and take care of that tendon - there's nothing more aggravting than being sidelined by injury.
3.2 miles this morning. 30 degrees but somehow it felt colder - frost glistened on everything from lawns to lamp posts. I wish I could wear a balaclava, but my glasses just fog up and I can't see where I'm going. Thanks goodness for my smartwool ski socks - feet and calves were quite happy.
Had another great run tonight on the TM. Was going to be 5 miles, maybe 6, but when I got closer and was figuring the finish time, I thought about a full 10K and a possible best time, even though I was inside and on the TM. The incline was, after all, set on 1% the whole time. So, as I got past 5 miles, and still felt great and running faster, I turned it up some more in hopes of breaking 44 minutes. Started the full speed finish too late, though, and ended with a 44:08 time. I'm still pumped. I've been doing more and still feeling strong on my last week or so.
Dilljeffrey.... No, the wife came home Sunday. She'll be here for Turkeyday. I don't usually run with water any more, unless I'm going to be pushing myself and for an hour or so or more. I also hydrate about 15-30 minutes before I go out, and a few sips just before starting. Then, as soon as I'm done.
Melody.... How did the running partner feel Or look?
Francessmom..... Great job on the sub-9 run!!!
Maryk.... You are getting to be one race-savvy, challenge-searching, goal-chasing young woman!!!!!!! Hip, hip, hooray for you!! And a good finish with your daughter, too. Be happy!!
Coyote... It doesn't get any darker than 5:10 a.m. around my house in the woods. The sky was clear, too, but I didn't see any meteors in the 2 minutes I was out getting my newspaper and searching the sky. I wasn't about to give it much more of a chance than that when it was all of 24 degrees out.
Oshcat... I was bummed just reading about your cold and your not being able to run the Jingle Bell run. You put a lot into your preparation for it.
NHLA..... Still a pretty good run. Was it too cold? Or maybe tired from last week?
Run safely, people, and have nice days.
booked 7 miles here in Kuwait. Went out thinking, "it's windy so i'll keep it around 9-10 min/mile"...actually went out and kept a 8:19 min/mile pace for 7 miles straight. I was actually surprised at how good i felt, especially with lack of food. I'm excited to see what i can do if i actually eat some carbs and get out there before the wind kicks in... *looking for friends*
nobody's ever drowned in sweat!!
4 miles 31 min 17 out & 14 back. 6 hours yard work.
MK great race. I don't see link to pics.
85 welcome leave with the wind in your face and come home with the wind at your back.
jimsab you are improving and that's exciting.
dill friction release is sort of like rubbing one out. You grab the knot and rub it out. Gets the scare tissue out. There is little blood flow in tendon so it needs help
Deb try a silk scarf like the cowboys wear. It will trap heat and will not fog glasses.
Almost died on the big hill route this morning with my son's buddy. Slight wind in our face when we turned onto the incline stretch (3/4 mile), and a bit chilly - about 35 degrees. But we made it. Actually finished in 34:08, a little faster than last week.
Today's quote:
"I never hear someone say I'm not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner." (I like this last line.)
- Bart Yasso
85oneone..... Are you in the military?
NHLA..... Yes, I've been on a nice string of workouts lately.
Enjoy turkey and naps, runners.
I ran a nice 4 miles this afternoon. I rarely run in the afternoon, and I didn't gage the amount of fuel needed. I was trying to balance that fine line between eating so you don't have stomach upset later on during your run, or not eating enough! Luckily I always carry a Hammer Gel with me, so I was all set. Gorgeous Nov. afternoon! My running buddy/dog/best friend is doing well and feeling strong after her surgery. Its so good to have her back running with me!
dilljeffrey I hope the tendon issue clears up...remember, easy does it. You certainly don't want to get sidelined with an injury!! Regarding post run choices, I personally have 1/2 cup Choco Soy milk (I'm actose intolerant) and a splash of pasteurized egg whites. That gives me the protein and the carbs needed to repair muscles.
Debm2011 Meant to tell you! If you wear your glasses OVER the balaclava you'll have no fogging up. You'll look like a scary Ninja, but your lungs will appreciate it!
jmsab23 Super nice treadmill run AND uphill into the headwind!
85oneone Nice 7 mile run!
NHLA 6 hours of yard work!?!?! Woah.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Age: 53
1980 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon
Best 5K time: 31 minutes
Best 10K time: 1:12
First 1/2 Marathon: 2:43
Raised $4491 for animal charity through running
For 2013:
Memorial Day 5/26 10K- I hope to raise $3000 for animal charity in my "Run For The Critters"
Maine Marathon 9/29- I hope to finish 2:30
Sounds like you had a great race!
I was out traveling last week - I rarely check e-mail etc these days when traveling - very liberating - I did not even fire up PC when at hotel. IPhone was all I needed to keep in touch with Wife back home. I did get one 5+ mile walk in -- hotel to Main river, upriver for a bit, crossed river, back down, back to hotel This was in Frankfurt, Germany.
On this past Sunday managed 6.22 Km in 44 min - tried a new route around the neighborhood that actually included a class 5 rated climb -- lowest of the ratings but still long enough to qualify. getting prepped to do local 5K tomorrow with my wife - she is shooting for post Chemo PR for 5K. This will be her second timed event since treatment - She will be 3 yrs post chemo for Stage 3 Ovarian this jan. Makes for easy day for me however I find it tough to stay slowed down to her pace - I will be carrying cup of coffee to help me slow down -- not that I am fast normally -- in any case we are looking forward to a nice walk in the morning,
Hope everyone has wonderful thanksgiving.
races in 2013 - Always trying to keep moving
31 Dec 2012: Fairfax 4 miler: 49:34
10 Feb 2013 Run your heart 2013 35:30
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Got my toe socks and Accel Gel in the mail today...i'm even more excited to run now!! **Happy Thanksgiving all**
NHLA: thank you! 4 miles in 31 mins was your warm-up for the 6 hours of yardwork.... Nice!!
jmsab23: yes sir, forward deployed right now. Gotta get my runs in no matter where i go... Great Quote of the Day btw
MelodyLea: what kind of dog do you have? I have a French Mastiff and he can't go much further than a mile. Sometimes he's so tired i have to lift him into the truck (not easy with a dog that weighs 130lbs).
nobody's ever drowned in sweat!!
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Good morning!! Today is a schedule rest day for me!! I am taking DD#2 to the track very soon so she can run her mile, it is getting easier for her finally.
suds..........hope you are having a good day at work.
tripacer........lately many run have been runs from hell in this heat!! Take it easy out there.
TY...........I am of no help, just sending many healing vibes!!!!!!!
batmomm.........you are probably still running your 14, hope its going good.
Alemma.............good morning!!!! Have a super friday!!
LEEMBO............sounds like you had a rough night, hope you are feeling some what better now!!!
fit.........funny story about the library books!! Glad it had a good ending or it could have been expensive.
Abb...........wow 48 laps, swimming is just something I never really have liked to do!! I admire people that can swim like that. A tri, wow thats ambitious!!! My DH used to do them many moons ago.
Andi........nice bike ride!! I know its had to hold back!!!
sisu..........good morning!! Hope your kiddo is ok!! Enjoy the rest today!
MFarr............I feel your pain, I have to go to the grocery today also. I don't mind the shopping its the putting away when I get back home. I know that sounds lazy!!
NBJunkie...........thats a bummer about the computer!! Take care of your back, that kind of pain is no fun!!
Jeane............so sorry about the tummy and foot. Sounds like a vacation is what you need. Hope you are feeling better this morning. Where are you going on vacation?
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Not sure if I'll run or rest today... I'm just too tired right now to figure it out.
((((((((((((TY)))))))))))) Hope you get some info fast... That suck bigtime... sorry.
okay that's all I can remember... I was out very late at band practice... it's sounding pretty darn good... we're almost ready for some 4hr gigs. Got a 3 hr one next sunday anyway.
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Ty- I'm so gald they're fitting you in!!!!
Karla- we're going to Rehoboth Beach De. It's our first vacation without friends or family since our honeymoon.
Okay off to get ready for the kids dentist appts.
Jeane.........wow then it is a well deserved vacation. Have tons of fun!!!
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I am in for 3:15. I wish I had some sleeping pills to sleep until then. I am so nervous and scared. I can't stop crying just to think that it might be bad... I really hope I am overreacting...
My doc is off today, so I am seeing the Hurricane's doc. His assistant just called me to get my description of the problem in addition to the chart they have.
I think I am going to the book store across the street to find an ultra book...
Sisu - I posted both my e-mail addresses. I prefer the yahoo one. Let me know how your foot/shoe ordeal is going...
Ooops. I meant 48 LENGTHS. That's only 24 laps. Still, I swam for 45 minutes, so that's good.
I would never be ready for a tri this fall. I just started riding a bike outside last week and I still suck at swimming, It would be next year sometime.
Amber - Take care of yourself!!!
Hey, hey Karla!
I'm in The Local again (it's our coffee shop and by far the coolest hang out in this town) waiting for my meeting to start. It's about 2 blocks away. I should be in the office right now... but screw it. This is more fun.
Later, peeps!!!!
Eeek! I over slept this morning and I'm not sure I'll get a run in at all I have so much to do! We are leaving later today and will be gone for a week.
Ty, I'm so sorry for your pain but I'm so glad they were able to fit you in!!
Have a good weekend!
(((((((((Ty))))))))))) Sorry about your injuries.......
Morning everyone.
Hey Batmom, you're probably done with your 14 and lounging right now. Hope it went well
Jeanne, enjoy your vacation!
Abb, you are becoming a regular multi-sport athlete!
Last night it was almost, dare I say it, cool here, only about 70 degrees with light rain. I headed out with DD10s on their bikes to the HS track. 1.4 miles there and back for warm up/cooldown. I did 12 laps which I used as a MAF test. Ran near max for the 12 and averaged 10:55 for each 4 laps. The girls were great. I had checked the radar before we left and it looked like the rain was pretty much gone, but of course it started sprinkling right as we left the house and rained the whole time. They hid under the bleachers, read their books and played house. About 2 laps into my run they are both out on the track, Molly with blood streaming down an old wound below her knee. I assessed the situation with my vast medical experience and determined she would live. It was raining and I wasn't going to sacrifice a nice head sweat for her leg, so I just wiped off the blood with a wet hand, they laughed about it, and I sent them back to their bleacher hideout. I find it remarkable that they seem to enjoy themselves while most kids would be bored stiff, especially in the rain. But they had a good time and I got my 5.8 miles in. Of course they drank 3/4 of my gatorade but its all good. They're the best kids a dad could ask for.
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Good morning!
DH is at Cubscout camp with ds8, so I am in major slacker mode today! Kids are running wild and still in pj's. It's hot and muggy still, so maybe it is for the best that I can't run outside today. We'll have to get out to the gym at some point today for me to run 4 miles. Maybe later
I'm enjoying my coffee extra strong this morning (DH says my coffee will take the enamel off his teeth. sissy. )

gm Sudshave a good day at work
wtg on your 6m scorcher.

((((Ty)))) I am so sorry to hear you are hurting again! Let us know how your appt. goes today. LOL a little about the irony of picking up a book on ultras to read while waiting for your appt. I'd do the same thing! Did you see that there is a new Badwater movie coming out in Sept? I think it's called "The Distance of Truth" www.thedistanceoftruth.com[/URL" target="_blank">

Batmommhope you had a great 14
gm Alemma!
hope you are feeling better now. I think we've all been there, done that with the mileage increase and can sympathize. ((lee))

fitwtg on the fast Maf run! I loved your story yesterday, too.
gm Andi
Yay for 2 running days in a row!

Abbwtg on the swimming!
good luck with your run and shopping. I need to do both of those today, too!

SisuI hope you can get something arranged for the kids so you can run. I think I have to postpone my run until Sunday when DH is back. I really hate messing with my schedule!
Amber!!!! Quit hurting yourself! Have a nice and gentle 4 today!
sorry about the swollen foot! Good luck with all you need to do today and have a wonderful vacation!

Karlaenjoy the rest day!
you know you want to run!

Amandamomhave a good vacation! Where are you guys going?
CJ--I love reading your run reports. Sounds like you have great (and thirsty) kids!
hope I didn't miss anyone! Better go get ready for the gym. sigh
jeans - yeah... I think dreaming is always a good way to cope with injuries... I did see the trailer and it looks like it will be a must have. I need to buy Badwater... haven't done it yet...
Hey Ron, look what I found. The qualifying process follows pretty much the same standards required for Badwater. The nice thing is that either racing/pacing/crewing at one of them will help in the application process for the other. I guess 5 years is plenty of time to build up a nice resume...
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Ty - My Spanish is rusty and I never learned Portuguese - but holy $h1t that sounds difficult. 135 miles - 10km of elevation - WOW!!!
Everybody tks for the good wishes and healing vibes.
CJ - you are too funny. tks for the laugh. I needed it.
You can click on "english" right below the logo on the top left hand side of the page...
yup, doesn't it look fun? now try to do that in the desert...lol 130F That's Badwater...
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The Brookfield Bulldogs wrestling team hosted Mexico and Cameron in a tri-meet late last week at the BHS gym. The Dogs split with these Class Two teams in this marathon series of duals.
Against Mexico, the Dogs won 41-19. The evening started with a JV bout at 120 pounds with Blaine Sportsman winning by pinfall in 46 seconds.
The varsity dual began at 160, with Jacob McLaughlin losing by pinfall in 1:16. JJ Abongo won at 170 by pinfall in 1:13. Reed McBroom won a 10-6 decision at 189. At 195, John Furstenwerth lost a 7-4 decision.
Trevor White won by pinfall in 1:26 at 220. Dexter Carmichael won by pinfall in 25 seconds at heavyweight. Both teams were open at 106. Matt Jackman lost by a 13-3 major decision at 113. Garrett Zahner won by pinfall in 1:03 at 120.
At 126, Cody Niemeier won a 2-1 decision. Gage maxwell won by pinfall in 5:46 at 132. Anthony Cupp won by pinfall in 35 seconds at 138. The Dogs lost in an open at 145. Micah Blakely ended the dual with a 15-0 technical fall at 152.
"I though we wrestled really well," said Head Coach Ben Jackson. "We controlled the pace of the matches. We knew we had to be physical and aggressive with them. We did that, and got a nice win."
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Eating from our yard has been a wee bit controversial. Some folks report they love it; most others seem to have an aversion to the idea. Honestly, the violet salad and the dandelion-aka "daisylion"-dishes have been some of the best eats to come out of our yard/kitchen YET. My experience with the whole concept made me feel pretty lonely.
I began to wonder if Kay Young and I were in a major minority! I was utterly delighted to discover, through my network of peeps, there is a man in Maryland who is totally on the same page! His story has been found on the pages of the news in Fulton, Maryland!
Dr. James Duke, is a former USDA researcher and expert on edible weeds. The crumbling US economy has inspired him to identify 70 edible kinds of weeds on his property in Maryland, which is 6 acres in size. Duke admonishes folks that they need expert advice when grazing. He recommends you have someone with his expertise because there are poisonous plants that look like edible plants. He warns that mistaking one for the other could be a lethal error.
Dr. Duke advises that weeds are higher in nutrients and lower in water content, proportionately, than what we grow as veggies. He complains that people spray every single dandelion and then rush to a store to purchase expensive bottles of vitamins. He is perplexed that people don't recognize that by spraying, they just kill off some of the richest sources of vitamins A and C, as well as the minerals present in weeds.
The whole idea of weeds as food has caught on. People have been willing to pay up to $9.00 per bunch for the gourmet delicacy. People have begun to grow weeds for their livelihood and are making displays at Farmer's Markets around the country! Is it possible that this is a silver lining in this crippled economy?
Not every weed is delicious. Some are bitter, which is indicative of anti-inflammatory or antiseptic properties.
Dr. James Duke and Kay Young, who wrote "Wild Seasons" can speak the same language. Oh, how I would love to have BOTH of these authors tour our virgin prairie and timber land in Southeast Nebraska! "Guide to Healing Foods" is the book Dr. Duke recently published. It presents natural remedies to treat 80 ailments. He is planning to offer tours of his property to people who want to learn more about eating from nature's bounty.
Anyone who depends on SNAP-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or food commodities or food pantries would be very wise to access this food source. I can promise you it would increase your health and lower the cost of medical care over time.
Here is an interesting, LOW COST, HIGH NUTRITION recipe from Dr. James Duke:
Recipe for Dandelion Greens with Balsamic Vinegar and Almonds
2 large bunches dandelion greens
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, sliced
1/3 cup unsalted toasted almonds, roughly chopped
1-2 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 T butter
hot sauce to taste
fish sauce to taste
Remove the roots of the greens. Wash the greens thoroughly. Cut the stems in pieces roughly 1-1/2″ – 2″ long and leave the leaf-ends about 5″ – 6″ long.
Sweat the garlic and onions with a little olive oil until tender but not browned, around 10 minutes. Set aside.
Cook the greens in water just sufficient to cover. Maintain a moderate simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes — until the stems are cooked but still slightly crunchy. Drain and return to the pot. (If you want you can reserve the cooking liquid to make broth for another use. Otherwise, discard it.) Mix in the sautéed onions and garlic, season to taste with balsamic vinegar, fish sauce and hot sauce. Mix in half the chopped almonds.
To serve, mound in a shallow bowl and top with the remaining chopped almonds.
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Caravaggio and the Painters of the North
From 21 June to 18 September 2016
Agostino Brunias was an accomplished painter and architectural draftsman who worked for Robert Adam, but today he is best remembered for his West Indian views and colorful accounts of 18th century Caribbean civilization and culture. This pair of paintings is characteristic of his mature art in their charmingly varied and detailed account of the people, customs and costumes, as well as the landscape of the West Indies. Brunias painted pure landscapes (see, for example, his large River Valley on the Island of Dominica, in the Art Institute of Chicago), but most of his paintings include prominent figures. These often are arrayed in a frieze-like design to permit a thorough account of their appearance, activities and dress. In the first of the two paintings here under discussion he depicts elegantly dressed ladies promenading before a tropical landscape with a stream, washerwomen and bathers. Brunias takes obvious pains to record the brilliant white linens and striped dresses, jaunty headgear, and even a red umbrella, as the ladies parade in their finery. The second painting depicts a West Indian village with figures dancing and socializing before a panoramic view of a bay with a distant walled fort. The scene is bracketed on either side by trees, huts and stalls. Once again the brilliant linens and costumes are of special interest; note, for example, the richly attired black man with fashionable frock coat and striped vest, and his lady friend's pretty dress and what appears to be a powdered wig. He also makes much of the festive gaiety of the gathering and the dancers' energetic movements. Brunias not only recorded the customs and habits of the inhabitant but also the rich mix of races (European, African, Carib and Mulatto) who populated the islands. Although the present site has not been identified, Brunias painted actual towns and villages and their marketplaces, including The Linen Market in Santo Domingo, also preserved in the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. He favored series of paintings of different local people and professions, including a series of six paintings formerly owned by the Earl of Rosebery. Like the theme of women in their Sunday finery, the subject of washerwomen and bathers appealed to the artist and he treated it repeatedly; see, for example, Three Washerwomen, and its companion, Two West Indian Women Returning from Market, both also in the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.
Although Brunias' art is sometimes mistakenly and anachronistically regarded as "primitive" or naïve his images have long been prized by ethnographers and anthropologists for their probity and for their fidelity of observation.
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In share setting there is the option to scan all folders in your shared folder list. But this can take a lot of time as the popup also says.
Please can you make it so that you can right click one of the folders and just scan that selected folder.
I have one folder in which I keep all the latest downloads before sorting them out, would be helpful to just scan that folder rather than the entire drive.


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ANTIOCH -- A city that has endured its share of racial tension in recent years reached a political milestone this week: the swearing-in of the first black mayor in Antioch's 162-year history.
The significance of Wade Harper's elevation to the city's top elected post is also reflected in his position as a career police officer who ran on a "zero tolerance for crime" platform.
Public safety has emerged as the top political issue in Antioch as crime has grown more worrisome in recent years. It has also played a role in some of the friction involving minority groups, including allegations by civil rights organizations of racial profiling and police misconduct. The city's police chief has recently reached out to minority populations in an effort to build trust and make the police force more diverse.
That diversity has already come to Antioch's City Council, where two of the city's four elected leaders are black. Monica Wilson also took the oath of office Tuesday as Antioch's first black councilwoman.
The council will appoint someone to serve the remaining two years of the council seat Harper won in 2010.
It's a big change in the city of 104,000 that before 2006 had never elected a black council member, and it reflects Antioch's changing demographics, with the black population growing from 2 to 17 percent in the past two decades.
"It's a statement. It tells me the city is moving forward," said Willie Mims, a member of the local chapters of the Black Political Association and NAACP, addressing the newly seated council at Tuesday night's meeting. Harper said he's "humbled" to be Antioch's first black mayor. The City Council consisted of five white men when Harper moved his family to Antioch in 2001.
"This is a great responsibility that I do not take lightly," said Harper, 48, who is retiring as a police lieutenant in Tracy in January to devote himself full time to the mayoral position.
"It's time to go to work and put my money where my mouth is."
Harper did not dwell on his win Tuesday, instead laying out some immediate goals, including tasking the council with devising a strategic plan in January to reduce crime, promote economic development and improve quality of life.
He also wants to create and lead a committee to improve the notoriously crime-ridden area off Sycamore Drive and have the Police Department create an operational plan to "make a dent" in crime.
While Harper's election represents a watershed moment, it also illustrates that the city's black community is not necessarily uniform in its political views. While the city's first black council member, Reggie Moore, was at times critical of the Police Department, Harper's law enforcement background places him squarely in the corner of the city's tough-on-crime contingent.
Regardless of where they stand on policy issues, Moore, who served one term on the council, from 2006 to 2010, sees Harper's election as a "historic event."
"A council should reflect the diversity of the community, and I think Antioch has achieved that goal," Moore said. "To go from not having any (black council members) in its first 150 years to now having its second and third, it shows that Antioch has truly grown as a city that's diverse in nature."
Voters also re-elected longtime Councilwoman Mary Rocha, a member of Antioch's sizable Latino population. Latinos represent about one-third of Antioch's residents.
Antioch's election results show more progressive-minded voters are moving here, said Iris Archuleta, an African-American and founder of the Youth Intervention Network, which has worked closely with police to help troubled youths.
"I think there's a different type of mindset in the population. There's a lot more inclusion and acceptance for who people really are," she said.
Racial tension in the city peaked in the mid 2000s when black residents and civil rights groups said African-Americans in the federal Section 8 housing program were being targeted by police, resulting in several high-profile lawsuits, all of which have been settled or won in court by the city. A lawsuit claiming police misconduct was filed after a melee involving several black teenagers at a gas station in 2007; the suit was later settled.
And some say the racial tension that has occasionally surfaced in Antioch neighborhoods also manifested itself when black residents sought positions of leadership.
Back in 2002, Moore said he was told by some that Antioch voters would never elect a black candidate.
While on the city's Crime Prevention Commission in 2006 and 2007, Archuleta said she would receive "at least two to three" calls after commission meetings from people using racial slurs.
Harper doesn't dismiss the racial tension that has affected the city, but he said his focus is moving Antioch forward.
"I know all that exists, and I recognize (Antioch's) history and the challenges. But, for me personally, I come in looking for the best in people," Harper said.
Harper said he will work for all Antioch residents and "champion diversity," including in appointments on city commissions.
Mainly, Harper said he sees the election as a mandate from the community to fix Antioch's growing crime problem.
During the campaign, Harper said he heard from people of all races and ages in grocery store parking lots and during church visits about their experiences with crime.
"The people have given me a mandate, saying who better to understand how to get a hold on crime," Harper said. "Now, we have to go do it and get it done."
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Mirionx, on 23 March 2013 - 11:23 AM, said:
not the case in challenge modes which will, i assume, carry over into arena
i really hope they don't overlook this - they need to make sure that PvP power on gear outweighs any kind of sockets / trinkets.
on a side note i don't like how low the ilevel (496) will be compared to heroic pve (549?) gear for general use such as old raids/dailies etc.
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The Reagan Family at their California Ranch
To fund the Civil War — the Northern side, anyway — Abraham Lincoln signs the Revenue Act of 1861, introducing America's first individual income tax. The act levies a 3 percent tax on incomes above $800, a rate to which many in the Tea Party might still object.
Samuel Tilden, the Democratic nominee, is accused of income tax fraud by Zachariah Chandler, secretary of the Interior (and chairman of the Republican National Committee). The Democrats request returns from Tilden's opponent, Rutherford B. Hayes but Chandler prevents their release. Although the scandal causes a stir, Tilden handily wins the popular vote — and loses the election.
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[ Fundraiser to Help Feed Hungry ]
Bowls for Charity: Artists, Others Decorate Bowls for Agape Benefit
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:57 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:57 p.m.
LAKELAND | When local artist Rick Olivo set about to design a ceramic bowl for charity, his muse fancied something ethereal rather than macho.
Look for bowls by Food Network's Paula Deen, L.A. Angels' Albert Pujols and "Seinfeld's" Soup Nazi Larry Thomas.
So the finished design sports a fairy theme. And it can be yours for the right price, along with a panoply of other designer bowls from the famous to nearly famous, folks like restaurateur and TV personality Paula Deen, tennis great Chris Evert and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
In all, nearly 60 bowls — signed and painted by the artists themselves — will be sold during a Feb. 1 dinner and auction to benefit Agape Food Bank.
Catered by Terrie Lobb of Bartow, the chicken-or-beef affair begins at 6 p.m. at Lakeland's Magnolia Building on Lake Mirror.
Tickets are $75 and available in advance at www.cflcc.org/emptybowls.
Olivo jumped at the chance to take part in this first-ever "Empty Bowls" event, and even solicited his daughter, the stage and television actress Karen Olivo, to take the plunge.
"It's a good idea, a good cause," the elder Olivo said, referring to Agape, a project of Catholic Charities. The food bank provides fresh produce, meats, canned goods and other staples at a discount to local nonprofits that feed the needy.
Catholic Charities enlisted the help of PicassoZ Art Cafe in Lakeland to send unfinished ceramic bowls, paints and brushes to celebrities like Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, a Lakeland native, who agreed in advance to participate.
A few, like Olivo and James Denmark, a folk artist and Winter Haven native whose works adorn some of the nation's most prestigious museums, preferred to design a bowl from scratch.
"I couldn't make it from a copy, it had to be done by me," Olivo said.
And the fairy theme?
"I was a military boxer and here I am in my old age, I love fairies, what can I say? That's who I am. It kind of softens me, and if you knew me you'd know I need a lot of softening."
Among the luminaries whose works will be sold at auction are actor Larry Thomas, who played the "Soup Nazi" character on television's "Seinfeld," Los Angeles Angels' first baseman Albert Pujols, and the Food Network's Deen.
"She (Deen) wrote, 'Love and best dishes, y'all'?" said Mike Gordon, a spokesman for Catholic Charities of Central Florida. "It's painted in green with apples."
The bowls are meant to evoke Agape's mission of helping feed the poor and homeless.
Each bowl is one-of-a-kind, said Gordon, who hopes to raise as much as $20,000.
"It's a unique fundraiser," he said.
"It's the first year, and there was a learning process. We'll tweak it in future years, but a lot of people said it was a lot of fun," Gordon said.
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Just a Show Radio Ep#9 – Doing What While Eating Sandwiches?
"Family" is the theme for the episode, as Keith has family in town and Shawn is about to go on a family vacation. Shawn's wife has her 20 year class reunion coming up, and he wonders what fun he can play with people who don't know him. Keith doesn't quite get Twitter, but is looking for a reason to start tweeting. Weekly Rant: Asylum Studios. Guest: Special projects producer at FOX 9 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, photographer, and director of the "Just a Show with Keith King" television show, John Michael. Hug Plug: Red Bull.
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10 New Weight Loss and Diet Myths and Facts
Is it a no-no to eat after 8 PM? Discover the real answer to this question and more
There is zero correlation between perspiration and weight loss. The only thing sweat signifies is that the body is working to cool itself off. Everyone sweats differently. And, anyway, it is not clear that working out for a shorter period at a higher intensity is better than working out for a longer duration at a lower intensity.
Capitalize on the facts: In terms of weight loss, what works best for your lifestyle and your schedule is what is going to work best -- because you'll stick with it. Your muscles will continue to burn calories after both aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
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Of course there were some tips I've heard before, but hearing them again helped refresh my initiative to use them! The new tips I read about were quite easy to implement and will be quite useful!
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Good information. Back to the basics.
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helpful dieting tips. thank you!
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I always thought eating red meat during a diet was a no-no. Thanks for clarifying that myth.
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Glad to be reminded of these tips. Thanks!
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Basic info, but great stuff!
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This article is full of the basics of a healthy diet and lifestyle that is conducive to losing weight - thanks for clearing up the myths and drilling in the facts! I am definitely guilty of nighttime binging
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Under Armour Define PIP Tote Bag
There's power in pink! The Women's Under Armour PIP Define Tote is equal parts charitable and charming. The UA Power in Pink collection pays homage to powerful women who live active lifestyles to combat breast cancer. Under Armour will even donate a minimum of $500,000 to various breast cancer related charities and centers.
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