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A San Mateo legislator is crying foul over a last-minute motion filed by the California Public Utilities Commission to suspend hearings over PG&E's penalties and pipeline upgrade costs in the wake of the infamous 2010 San Bruno explosion.
State regulators and the energy giant, however, say they merely want to put the hearings on hold for a month so they can focus on finishing concurrent settlement negotiations also related to the gas pipeline blast that destroyed a San Bruno neighborhood, killing eight people and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill asserts that the PUC motion, filed with Administrative Law Judge Mark Wetzell just minutes before the close of business Friday, will have the effect of taking pipeline talks behind closed doors and away from public scrutiny.
Hill has scheduled a 9 a.m. news conference Monday morning along with San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane at the PUC's San Francisco office, where they will call on the judge to reject the request. The event will occur just before Wetzell is scheduled to discuss the motion with attorneys from the PUC, PG&E, and other stakeholders, such as the city of San Bruno.
The PUC filing asks the judge to postpone until Nov. 1 the ongoing evidentiary hearings pertaining to penalties levied against PG&E and the costs of upgrading and improving maintenance for the pipeline system that catastrophically failed two years ago.
The PUC says without "the distraction of ongoing litigation," the municipalities and parties involved in settlement negotiations might reach resolution soon. But the agency gave itself some wiggle room, saying that even with these focused talks, they might not come to an agreement.
"The requested suspension of all procedural dates and activities will provide time and space in the participants' schedules to allow negotiations to proceed unimpeded with the distraction of ongoing litigation," the filing states. "While there is no guarantee a negotiated solution will emerge, it is clear the effort would be worthwhile."
Hill's office is skeptical of the timing and purpose of the motion, saying not only would the ongoing hearings be postponed, but so would a decision on how much PG&E customers will be on the hook for regarding the $5 billion estimated cost of pipeline upgrades over the next four decades.
"We were fearful they were going to try and do this," said Aurelio Rojas, Hill's communications director. "They were trying to sneak this through."
Terrie Prosper, PUC spokeswoman, dismissed the idea of clandestine motives.
"Regardless of when the filing was made," Prosper wrote in an email, "parties will have the opportunity to provide input before a decision is made."


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A Dose of Product Management for Newbies
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IBM Reinvents the Patient Portal
IBM has announced the next evolution of the patient portal, significantly expanding the types of information, alerts, recommendations and interactive coaching healthcare providers can offer to their patients online.
The IBM Patient Empowerment System goes beyond simply allowing patients to schedule appointments online or access a personal health record. The portal is based on new technology developed by IBM Research in collaboration with physicians and administrators of the Gacheon University Gil Hospital in Korea. Among the largest medical centers in Korea with approximately one million patients, the hospital recently decided to provide physicians and patients with access to the portal as part of a pilot project to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
The IBM Patient Empowerment System is a standards-based platform, enabling patients to integrate and manage their healthcare data for all medical needs, receive personalized recommendations or alerts for safer medical treatment, and immediately access data from a vast range of sources including: third-party health portals, hospital electronic medical record systems, sensors, home devices for monitoring health conditions, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerts, medical sites like PubMed, and more. IBM is previewing the system this week at CeBIT in Hanover Germany.
"Today, patients want to be more involved in managing their clinical data, and are eager to discover relevant and useful medical information for their benefit," noted Dr. DongKyun Park from Gacheon University Gil Hospital in Korea. "By giving patients access to information that is relevant to them in an easy and understandable form, we can greatly improve patient safety during medical treatments."
The system's easy-to-use analytical services can reduce costs, increase safety and improve patient satisfaction. By integrating social and medical data from multiple sources, the system allows patients to take an active role in their treatment, bringing the interaction between patients and caregivers to a new level of collaborative teamwork.
The system is also designed to protect privacy at various levels of granularity, enabling members to exercise fine-grained control over the level of information in their profile that can be viewed by others and its usage.
"Most patients do not have the same access to information available to physicians, such as treatment updates or new warnings from the FDA," said Joseph Jasinski, IBM Research. "And physicians are not always privy to ongoing patient updates, such as eating habits or long-term monitoring of vital signs. These partial pictures limit the level of care that physicians can provide, as well as the care patients can provide for themselves. The IBM Patient Empowerment System merges these realms, bringing important data to both parties."
Although more public sources for medical information are becoming available on the Internet all the time, this onslaught often leaves patients more confused rather than more knowledgeable. Weeding out relevant and accurate information in this sea of data is difficult for the typical patient but the IBM Patient Empowerment System uses expert analytics to take into account a patient's personal medical history and offer decision support information that is appropriate for them.
One example where public knowledge could improve patient safety involves personalized alerts for adverse drug events (ADE) — incidents where different medications could be dangerous when taken together. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that there are 7,000 deaths per year due to medication errors alone — about 16 percent more deaths than those attributable to work-related injuries.
ADE contributes greatly to added expenses in hospitalization and insurance costs every year. This service uses the platform's knowledge-bases alongside public repositories for drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-food, and pharmacogenetics interactions; these are then analyzed together with the most current patient clinical and genetic data. The output is an alert that can be given at the point of care to avoid potential harm associated with various drug interactions.
For example, if a patient is already being treated with prescription medicines and wants to take an over-the-counter medication, she would log into the IBM Patient Empowerment System and add the name of the drug to her list of medications. The system immediately crawls through her medical data, performs deep analytics, and then issues a warning message with details about a potentially dangerous interaction between one of the drugs she's already taking and the new one.
Because the system incorporates the patient's genetic profile, it can also issue warnings to the patient and prescribing physician if certain dosages or drug combinations are problematic given her personal genetic variations. Such genetic variations can lead a person to metabolize certain drugs differently than the greater population, raising the risk of dangerous adverse drug reactions. This information might otherwise be unavailable or even unknown to her physician.
Other smart services developed as part of this healthcare portal include socio-medical search and personalized recommendation services. The system maintains a unique dataspace that represents social entities, such as patients and healthcare personnel, and their relationship with medical entities, such as medications, allergies and treatment plans. The IBM Patient Empowerment System also offers search capabilities and recommendations about patients who suffer from similar problems, potential treatment plans, expert physicians, and more. These features are built on IBM's Big Data Analytics platform, which can process structured and unstructured data at scale and speed not possible with traditional data warehouse technologies, allowing the system to discover relations hidden in the data and correlate with external information.
Because the system is designed as a standards-based clinical data warehouse and supports standard interoperability profiles, it can also immediately incorporate any medical information from sensors, home medical devices, monitoring systems, labs, or hospital information systems. Moreover, this interoperability makes it possible to add new data sources or services at any time.
This solution is just one example of how IBM researchers are helping transform the healthcare industry. IBM is also focused on the area of health analytics, which uses sophisticated software to analyze vast amounts of medical data from many different sources at once to quickly help doctors make more informed decisions. For example, IBM's Watson computing system has the ability to analyze the meaning and context of human language to provide physicians with helpful information for diagnosing and treating patients. Helping doctors unlock important knowledge buried within huge volumes of information, technologies like Watson pave the way for a more evidence-based healthcare system that offers more informed diagnosis and treatment for patients – at lower costs for providers, insurers and patients.
The IBM Patient Empowerment System is the result of collaboration among three IBM centers around the world: the IBM Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory in Korea, IBM Research – Haifa and IBM Research – China.
Nonin Medical, Inc. Launches New WristOx2™, Model 3150 in U.S. and Canada
Next-generation wrist-worn pulse oximeter provides SpO2 monitoring flexibility and accuracy in ambulatory, sleep-study settings.
The WristOx2, Model 3150 is a compact, wireless wrist-worn monitoring device that accurately monitors blood-oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels and pulse rate in patients undergoing ambulatory monitoring to screen for breathing disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea. Engineered with Nonin's PureSAT® SpO2 technology, the WristOx2, Model 3150 is proven clinically accurate in the widest range of clinical settings and challenging patient conditions such as motion and low perfusion. Featuring Bluetooth® wireless technology, a new ergonomic design and larger screen size, the WristOx2, Model 3150 is designed to increase patient comfort and ease of use.
"Nonin Medical's goal is to help clinicians improve patient outcomes through reliable noninvasive monitoring solutions," said Kevin McGowan, vice president of sales for Nonin Medical. "The WristOx2, Model 3150 delivers proven accuracy in the widest range of patient populations and clinical settings. For Nonin's OEM partners, numerous enhancements such as increased connectivity options provide easy integration for expedited time to market and reduced integration costs. For health care professionals, the simple design enables increased ambulatory monitoring capabilities while the advanced technology ensures reliable data collection on the first try."
The WristOx2, Model 3150 is built on a single platform to serve both stand-alone and OEM applications—replacing the WristOx® 3100 and 4100 modules. Performance upgrades to the WristOx2, Model 3150 include increased connectivity with USB and Continua™-certified Bluetooth technologies for real-time data transmission, enhanced non-volatile memory to ensure data won't be lost during battery change, and up to 48 hours of battery life on two AAA batteries for greater efficiency. Additionally, the WristOx2, Model 3150 comes standard with an exclusive new soft sensor for improved patient comfort during long-term use.
Practice Fusion Awarded as No. 1 EHR in Customer Satisfaction
Free, web-based EHR is named top vendor for customer satisfaction among primary care specialties by an independent survey of 30,000 ambulatory medical providers
Practice Fusion has been awarded as the No. 1 EHR vendor in customer satisfaction for primary care specialties by Brown-Wilson's annual Black Book Rankings. The free, web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) system earned top marks across criteria including overall performance, innovation, reliability, security and best of breed technology. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing EHR community in the US with 65,000 users serving 7 million patients.
Healthcare 2015: Win-win or lose-lose? – an IBM Report
This report from IBM Global business services provides a detailed description of the drivers that they believe will make today's healthcare environment fundamentally different from the past, the possible scenarios for healthcare in 2015, a tool to assess a country's ability to transform its healthcare system, a hierarchy of healthcare needs, principles to guide transformation, implications and recommendations for key stakeholders (e.g.,health plans, care delivery organizations, suppliers and consumers), and much more.
Please find the more details of the report here
Study Finds Widespread Use of e-Commerce Among U.S. Hospitals
While the healthcare industry is often accused of being slow to change, a new study conducted by HIMSS Analytics and sponsored by GHX found that there is widespread use of e-commerce by U.S. hospitals in the purchasing process, with 95 percent of acute-care hospitals with more than 150 beds purchasing at least some of their medical-surgical supplies electronically.
HIMSS Analytics surveyed hospital purchasing officers to understand the extent to which hospitals are automating various aspects of the purchasing process through the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction sets and the percentage of medical and surgical purchasing that is handled electronically. Researchers also asked where respondents believe automation provides the greatest value and what they believe to be the biggest barriers to increasing the use of e-commerce.

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Speculative fiction allows for infinitely diverse world building, but there is often a puzzling sameness about its human characters, an overwhelmingly Caucasian bunch. Nnedi Okorafor's award-winning youth novels offer a refreshing contrast: wildly imagined adventures rooted deeply in Africa and parallel worlds.
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In celebration of Book Links magazine's twentieth anniversary, we've asked our regular contributors to name the most groundbreaking books published in the last two decades. Their choices have appeared throughout the past year in Book Links, and we've collected all of them here in one celebratory list. Taken together, they represent some of the most exciting directions in books for children and young adults over the past 20 years. —Ed.
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Sunday, 10/07/1990
Club Bene, Sayreville, NJ
Set 1: DividedDivided Sky, Uncle Pen, Stash, LandladyThe Landlady, DestinyDestiny Unbound, Forbin'sColonel Forbin's Ascent > MockingbirdFly Famous Mockingbird > Asse FestivalThe Asse Festival, CoilThe Squirming Coil > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Magilla > La Grange
Set 2: Buried Alive > Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer, MSOMy Sweet One, IDKI Didn't Know > LizardsThe Lizards > GTBTGood Times Bad Times, GolgiGolgi Apparatus
Encore: Contact
· Buried Alive tease in Stash
· Buried Alive tease in La Grange
Noteworthy Jams: Weekapaug Groove
Average Song Gap: 3.35
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was Phish's first public gig in New Jersey and featured many references to the state. Trey started the show by saying he was born and raised in New Jersey. Before Uncle Pen, Trey said that this was sort of a dream come true for him and Page, who grew up in New Jersey, adding it was the first time they'd ever played in the state. Trey said "we'll do a little song here that brings us back to our New Jersey roots here... it's an old Bill Monroe song." Mike added that it was "a song about Pendleton Vandiver, Bill Monroe's uncle. It's true. He's dead." Stash was played by request for "Big Phil" Muller, and was preceded by Fish playing the Charlie Chan signal. Fish said "he wrote it," Trey said "probably because I wrote it," and Mike added "I think it sucks. Essentially." Regarding Stash, Trey said "I collaborated on this song writing the music end of it and the lyrics were written by another native New Jerseyian, Tom Marshall, who isn't here tonight, unfortunately, because he's gotta be at work tomorrow programming computers." Fish added "for his dad" and Trey responded "My dad, he works for my dad. Keeping it all in the family here." Stash and La Grange contained Buried Alive teases. Prior to Landlady, Trey said they were going to play it in honor of their first gig in New Jersey. Mike introduced Destiny Unbound as a song he wrote about his Uncle Pendleton Vandiver. Prior to Buried Alive, Trey asked for a show of hands from the sparse crowd as to how many people in the room were actually from New Jersey and said "we're going to play a song that we wrote that we think captures the spirit of New Jersey," calling it "New Jersey And You, Perfect Together," which is the state's tourism slogan (a joke he later referenced in Golgi and Contact). Trey encouraged the crowd to "sing along when the chorus comes, just like it's a big commercial, because we'll be filming this for the next New Jersey commercial." During I Didn't Know, Trey introduced Fish as "Zero Man" and the song's lyrics were changed to Pardon Me "Zero Man." Before Contact, Trey introduced his dog Marley as "the 5th member of the band who doesn't usually get as much recognition... and we're going to play Marley's favorite song -- at this moment in time."
Song Distribution:
4 A Picture of Nectar
3 Lawn Boy
3 Junta
3 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 Stash
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1990 Tour."


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The Kentucky Beef Council is bringing its "Get Your Grill On" tour to Campbellsville tomorrow.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kentucky Beef Council officials will be at Coppock Appliance & Electronics kicking off the grilling season by grilling lean beef on Holland grills. Those who stop by can taste samples, look at the latest Holland grills, win prizes and enter to win the grand prize - an Epic Holland grill valued at $799.
Coppock Appliance & Electronics is located on Hotchkiss Street.
Citizens Bank & Trust Co. President Mark Johnson recently presented a $10,000 check to Taylor County Elementary School to purchase technology. The money will be used to purchase wireless slates for use in the classroom.
In honor of its 20th anniversary, Bluegrass Cellular is asking the local community to go green and make a gift to the environment by recycling old cell phone devices through Flipswap, the company's cell phone recycling partner.
Flipswap reuses or recycles the phones in order to prevent congestion of landfills.
Mike Burton has opened a family counseling practice in Taylor County.
New Beginnings Family Counseling is located at 109 Nancy Cox Drive and offers individual and family counseling, anger management, parenting education and domestic violence therapy.
Sheila Moore has joined Salon 121, which is located at 121 S. Central Ave. in Campbellsville.
Moore specializes in trendy cuts, color, highlights, waxing, manicures and pedicures.
She is available Monday through Saturday, except on Wednesdays. She welcomes new and existing clients.
Celebrating 60 years of service to members, Fort Knox Federal Credit Union will host its 60th annual membership meeting tomorrow at the Performing Arts Center at John Hardin High School, located at 384 W.A. Jenkins Road in Elizabethtown.
The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and doors to the PAC will open at 5 p.m.
The Ohio Valley Refinery & Roadshow made a stop in Campbellsville last week. Setting up shop at Holiday Inn Express, roadshow staff spent five days looking at local residents' treasures.
The United States Department of Agriculture Service Center in Columbia will host a retirement reception for Jean Dennison Grammer on Thursday beginning at 2 p.m.
Grammer began working for the federal government at the Department of the Army Armor Center in Fort Knox in 1972. She transferred to the Elizabethtown USDA office in 1979, making her way to Campbellsville's office in 1987. When that office closed in 1998, she went to the Columbia office. She retired on March 31.
Taylor Regional Hospital recently recognized new team members for their first 90 days of service with a breakfast in their honor.
SERC Reliability Corp. has awarded its inaugural "President's Award" to Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. for their ongoing commitment to electric reliability excellence.
SERC is a nonprofit corporation responsible for promoting and improving the reliability, adequacy and critical infrastructure of the bulk power supply system in all or portions of 16 central and southeastern states, including the areas served by LG&E and KU in Kentucky and Virginia.
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Pensacola, FL - Valdosta State continues to make its presence known in the team's inaugural season, securing a spot in the Gulf South Conference Championship with a win over West Florida Friday afternoon.
The Blazers came back from a one-goal deficit twice and fought through two overtime periods tied, 2-2, before winning the match on penalty kicks, 5-4.
In a battle between West Florida senior goalkeeper Lauren Byrd and Valdosta State freshman keeper Olivia Mills, Mills prevailed. She finished the match with seven saves, three more than Byrd, and made the lone save VSU would need during penalty kicks.
After that, Abbi Edwards and Arielle Sabina would clinch the match by making the final two penalty kicks for Valdosta State, securing a meeting with North Alabama at noon Sunday for the GSC Championship.
West Florida possessed the ball early, then an Argonaut was brought down in the box just under nine minutes into the match. Midfielder Jordan Stone shot the penalty kick and missed, but the officials gave the Argonauts another chance. On the second penalty kick Mills made the save.
With 14 minutes left in the half, it looked as if the Argonauts had taken the lead, but Tina Murray was off sides. A mere 30 seconds later, Aveann Douglas sent a through ball to Murray, who was able to sneak through for the first goal of the match.
Three minutes later, Valdosta State scored the first equalizer off a corner. The corner kick sailed into the box and touched a number of Blazers before Casey Ponder was able to put it in to tie the match.
West Florida had an excellent chance to take the lead with eight minutes left in the half, but Mills made a diving save. The Argonauts were awarded a corner kick off the save and did take the lead with a header from midfielder Tori Fish, 2-1. That would be the score at halftime.
Valdosta State looked to be the better team throughout much of the second half, possessing the ball most of the time. West Florida would make a few runs at the goal, but the Blazers held control of the ball most of the half.
With just 10:27 left in the match, Valdosta State tied it yet again off another corner kick. Leanne Bishop was able to head in VSU's second goal of the day off a corner kick from Sabina.
Tina Murray almost helped West Florida regain the lead directly after VSU's second goal, but she put the ball just right of the goal. Neither the Argonauts nor Valdosta State would see another great scoring chance before the end of regulation.
Valdosta State was clearly the aggressor to start the overtime period. The Blazers registered two shots on goal in the first three minutes of the period.
The best opportunity of the first overtime period belonged to Murray of West Florida. She had an open run down the right side and saw a one-on-one with Mills. Murray was wide right on her shot. Murray would get another opportunity later, but VSU's defenders supported Mills to stonewall Murray.
Four minutes into the second overtime period, Valdosta State had an excellent opportunity. Ponder pushed it ahead to draw the UWF goalkeeper out, and left the ball for Edwards. The ball passed the net just out of reach of Edwards.
West Florida would have multiple opportunities off a corner kick seconds later, but could not convert due to the suffocating VSU defense in front of the net.
With just over a minute left, Bishop pushed the ball down the middle and rifled a shot just wide of the goal for another missed opportunity. It would be the last opportunity for both teams before going to penalty kicks.
Valdosta State would make all five penalty kicks, four of which were to the left. Mills made the save on West Florida's third shot to give the Blazers a chance. After that, Edwards and Sabina made both of their penalty kicks to the left side to clinch the match for Valdosta State.
The Blazers will face North Alabama at noon Sunday for the Gulf South Conference Championship.


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Mom shouldn't have to do make breakfast for anyone on this special day. She should be treated to a royal breakfast in bed. Dad and the kids, why don't you show mommy that her cooking classes she gave you came in handy. Knowing what mom likes for breakfast is always the safe way to go, but if you want to be adventurous here are a few recipes so mom can enjoy wonderful breakfast in bed, or brunch if she feels like sleeping in.
Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict by Katherine Martinelli
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14 ounces frozen puff pastry, defrosted
8 eggs
6 ounces smoked salmon
Hollandaise Sauce
Finely chopped parsley or chives
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 3. Unroll the puff pastry (it should be about 1/4-inch thick). 4. Using a cookie cutter or large glass, cut out 8 (4-inch) circles. 5. If you don't have room for all 8 circles at once, roll up the extra puff pastry scraps in a ball and roll out to 1/4-inch thick and cut out the remaining circles. 6. Transfer the pastry circles to the prepared baking sheet. 7. Put in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until puffed up and golden brown. 8. Remove from the oven and set aside. 9. Meanwhile, poach the eggs. 10. Fill a small pot or shallow pan with 3 inches or so of water. 11. Heat over medium heat until just simmering (not boiling). 12. From just above the surface, crack an egg into the water (you can cook multiple at a time depending on the size of your pot or pan). 13. Poach for about 3 minutes, or until the eggs are set. 14. Using a slotted spoon, remove the eggs from the water and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. 15. Repeat with the remaining eggs. 16. Put two puff pastry disks on each of four plates. 17. Top with smoked salmon, then one poached egg per disk. 18. Drizzle hollandaise sauce over and garnish with chopped parsley or chives.
Beer Waffles With Bacon And Tomatoes from Seriouseats
For the Waffles
1 3/4 cups (about 8 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, separated
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (6 ounces), melted
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup porter ale
Cooking spray
Waffle iron
For the Sauce and Assembly
16 strips thick-cut bacon
12 scallions, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup porter ale
2 large egg yolks
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded extra-sharp yellow cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper
16 thick slices tomato from 4 large, ripe tomatoes
1. For the Waffles: Preheat oven to 300°F. Place a baking sheet on lower-middle rack. Heat waffle iron according to manufacturer's instructions. 2. In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together egg yolks, melted butter, buttermilk, and ale. 3. In clean, dry bowl, beat egg whites on medium speed until firm, but not dry, peaks form. 4. Whisk beer mixture into flour mixture until incorporated. With rubber spatula, fold in egg whites. 5. Lightly coat waffle iron with cooking spray. Cook waffles according to manufacturer's instructions, until crisp and golden. With tongs, carefully transfer to baking sheet in oven and repeat procedure until you run out of batter.
6. For the Sauce: Cook bacon in 2 to 3 batches in large skillet over medium heat until crisp and golden. Reserve 2 tablespoons fat, and discard any additional rendered fat accumulated between batches. With slotted spoon, transfer cooked bacon paper towel-lined plate. Alternatively, line dinner plate with 2 layers paper towels. Arrange 4 bacon slices on top, then cover with 2 more layers paper towels. Microwave 4 to 6 minutes until crisp. Repeat with remaining bacon and fresh paper towels. 7. Cook scallions over medium heat in rendered bacon fat (if you microwaved the bacon, cook the scallions in 2 tablespoons butter) until softened, about 3 minutes. Reserve. 8. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in large heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until pale golden, about 2 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire, dry mustard, and cayenne and cook 30 seconds. In a slow, steady stream add cream and ale, whisking constantly and vigorously to avoid lumps. Whisk in egg yolks. Add cheese, cook, and stir until completely melted. Season to taste with salt and pepper. 9. For the Assembly: Transfer waffles on tray to cooling rack and increase oven heat to broil. Break each bacon strip in half. Top each waffle with 4 pieces bacon and 2 slices tomato, then sprinkle with the cooked scallions. Spoon about 1/4 cup sauce over each and broil on top rack until bubbling and brown at the edges.
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It would be a crime to say that there is nothing to do in NYC for Mother's Day. You may not want to say that out loud. It's not that there is nothing to do rather what you should choose from those everlasting lists. The Botkier team has a list that can help you with the break down. If you're looking for a special and unique way to celebrate your Mama, check out our top 5 ideas for Mother's Day 2012 in NYC. Every mother has a different personality so choose what suit her best. Remember it's her day but also your day to show appreciation with your gestures of love.
Glamourfied on the Rooftop: Kick-start Mother's Day Weekend with high fashion at the premier Empire Hotel. Mom can mingle with the A-list crowd of industry elites. Fashion Show will feature celebrity designers showcasing new collections.
Date: May 11th, doors open @ 9pm. Fashion Show at 11pm. After Party to 4am
Location: The Empire Hotel Rooftop
Price: free admission!
Age Suitability: 21 and up
For complimentary entry-say HERBERT FOX at door
More info: Email: firstname.lastname@example.com / email@example.com
Mother's Day Flower Workshop and Tea: The Peninsula Hotel is hosting a floral arrangement workshop partnered with Flowers of the World on Saturday, May 12, from 2 to 5PM. Spend some bonding time with Mom over flowers and linger over the Peninsula's afternoon tea and champagne.
Location: 700 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10019
Cost: $165 *Includes Workshop and Afternoon Tea*
Mother's Day Cruise Aboard World Yacht: World Yacht is setting sail on Mother's Day cruises for the whole family. Choose from a brunch cruise (boarding 11:30AM) with a special buffet (tickets start at $50) or a dinner cruise (boarding at 6PM) with a four-course dinner and dancing (tickets start at $70).
Departure: Pier 81 (West 41st Street and the Hudson River)
Mother's Day Unbelievable Cupcake Decorating at Ripley's Believe It or Not!: On Mother's Day, Ripley's Times Square is offering free admission for moms and cupcake decorating at this the one-of-a-kind attraction. Ripley's Times Square has partnered with Sonii Cakes and Catering to create the ultimate cupcake decorating workshop for Mother's Day. Design unbelievable creations with over-sized cupcakes, colorful frosting and unusual toppings, from chocolate covered insects to Pop Rocks.
Time: 12:00pm-5:00pm
Price: Free admission for mothers. All moms must be accompanied by at least one paid full-price child admission. Cupcake decorating included in price.
Sushi Samba: They will be offering a selection of tasty Japanese, Peruvian and Brazilian inspired dishes in addition to their regular à la carte dishes. Specials include Housemade Quinoa Waffles, Lobster Eggs Benedict and Snow Crab Frittata. There will be live music from a Bossa Nova band which moms can enjoy as they sip on their Mother's Day cocktail made of freshly muddled orange, triple sec, orange juice and fresh guava.
Date: May 13th from 11:00 am to 4 pm
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- A release from the Pennsylvania State Police in Blooming Grove states they are investigating the homicide of Peter Wislotski, 29, of Sussex, New Jersey.
Police responded to a call from a residence located on Rowlands Road in Greeley on May 22 at approximately 2 a.m.
Troopers discovered Wislotski "deceased in the garage of the residence" along with Steven Saski, 27, also from Sussex, New Jersey. Saski was subsequently taken into custody.
At around 4:33 a.m. that morning, the Pike County Coroner Kevin Stroyan pronounced Wislotski dead "of an apparent gunshot wound." As a result, Saski was charged with criminal homicide.
Trooper Connie Devens said that Saski was arraigned and is currently being held in jail. There was no further information available on the case.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police in Blooming Grove at 570-226-5718.
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This Saturday, May 18th the season finale of the Live at the Library music series features Tim Kapeluck and Blind Mice (Joe Veillette, Dorraine Scofield and David Laks). Tim Kapeluck can be found most Thursdays nights playing fiddle and mandolin with the Saturday Night Bluegrass Band at the Harmony Cafe. He'll be solo for this show. Blind Mice performs an unusual mix of the original and the obscure with luscious three part harmony. According to Joe Veillette, they have been described as "not boring." The show starts at 7:00pm at the Woodstock Library. Admission is free.


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Grand Glaize Beach, which was closed last weekend due to high E. coli levels in testing, has reopened in time for weekend swimming. Public Beach number 1 in Miller County remains open.
Only two beaches in the Missouri State Park system remain closed. The day use beach at Harry S. Truman State Park in Benton County is closed due to high bacteria levels, while the beach at Mark Twain State Park in Monroe County is closed due to high waters.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources closes beaches when single samples exceed the EPA recommended maximum of 235 E. coli colonies per 100 milliliters of water (235 mpn/100ml) or when the geometric mean -- a rolling average of sample data -- exceeds 126 E. coli colonies per 100 milliliters of water (126 mpn/100ml).
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The three-story, slopeside Huntley Lodge hotel designed after the late NBC newsbroadcaster Chet Huntley's vision for an incredible ski resort accommodation. Recently undergoing renovations, the well-appointed rooms offer guests a wet bar, coffee maker, refrigerator, TV, sitting area and the convenience of being just steps from the lifts. The Huntley Lodge also offers guests world-class, onsite restaurants and a host of other amenities and services. After a full day on the slopes belly up at Chet's Bar & Grill for some cold brews and good food. For a hearty dinner head to the convenient and stellar Huntley Dining Room. Other guest amenities include an espresso bar, concierge, shops, ski storage, meeting rooms, the Solace Spa, fitness center, sauna, an outdoor heated pool and hot tubs. Kids age 10 and under stay and eat breakfast at the Huntley Breakfast Buffet for free when accompanied by their parents. Complimentary breakfast for adults, too.
This deluxe slopeside facility combines the convenience of a hotel with the amenities of a condominium. Flexible lock-offs allow for many sleeping configurations. The Summit melds European sophistication with Western style. The elegant Euro-Western Summit at Big Sky made its debut in March 2000 and features eight residential levels, two public levels with reception, concierge, meeting rooms, Provisions resort wear gift shop and an espresso cart. There are also three levels of underground parking. Combine these deluxe appointments with three high capacity lifts within 100 yards of the entry and you have one of the finest properties in the Rockies.
The slopeside Shoshone is conveniently located in the heart of the Village at the base of the Big Sky Ski Area; just steps away from the lifts and other slopeside amenities. Each one bedroom or loft condominium-suite, offers a full kitchen, gas fireplace, living area and balcony with village or mountain views. Just a few of the amenities found at the property include a fully equipped health club, steam room, sauna, indoor/outdoor hot tub, and an outdoor swimming pool.
This complex is located in the Meadow Village, right on the Arnold Palmer golf course (summer), or cross-country ski trails (winter), and six miles from the lifts. Condos that range from 1 bedroom plus a loft to 3 bedrooms with a gorgeous view! Each has a rock fireplace, is furnished with a rustic theme. Additional amenities include on ski shuttle route, near restaurants, mountain views, free parking, small deck and housekeeping is available.
These spacious, secluded and quiet townhomes are located just past Meadow Village, 6 miles from the lifts, near the cross-country trails, and 1 mile from the Town Center. Amenities include a fully equipped kitchen, expansive mountain and wooded views, one car garage parking, large deck, and so much more.
Located at the Foot of Andesite and Flat Iron Mountains, these Big Sky condos are slopeside to Lone Moose Triple Chair and the Middle Fork cross-country trail. Located approximately 2 miles from the Big Sky Ski Area. Private vehicles required. All of these Big Sky condos have full kitchens, living, dining areas, decks and so much more. Access to Huntley fitness center and swimming pool is available. Lone Moose Meadows is a great choice for your Big Sky ski vacation.
Park Condominiums, noted for their unparalleled views of Lone Mountain, are located in Meadow Village at the edge of cross-country ski trails. Take advantage of the many amenities available within the village, including a full-service spa, Timbers Restaurant, Bar and Deli, the Willow Boutique, steam room and high-speed Internet access. Various recreational activities are available within the resort, including golfing, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, dog sled rides, sleigh rides, and ice skating. Ski storage is available.Park Condominiums are decorated with exceptional care and attention to detail. These condos feature fully equipped kitchens so eating out become an option not a necessity. Loft units feature two-car private garages. Other amenities include satellite television with video or DVD player, telephones with voicemail and high-speed Internet access. A midweek cleaning is included for stays of eight nights or more. Daily maid service is available for a fee. All units are non-smoking.
Nestled at the base of Lone Mountain and one-quarter mile from the base of the Big Sky Resort. Each Powder Ridge Cabin offers a balcony with a private hot tub and a wooded view. There are full kitchens, a fireplace, and washer-dryer in all the cabins. ,br>Truly a cabin in the woods!
Located on the Moonlight Basin side of the resort, Saddle Ridge Townhomes are a three-story complex that is cozy, yet elegant. Guests at Saddle Ridge enjoy peace and quiet with Lone Mountain rising up in the west and the Spanish Peaks glistening to the north.The property is ski-in/ski-out or slopeside to both Moonlight Basin and Big Sky Resort via the Iron Horse Chairlift, which is in front of the Moonlight Lodge.
Amenities include:
Private outdoor hot tubs, washer-dryer, a full kitchen, living,and dining areas. A private 4x4 vehicle is suggested for transportation.
Silverbow condominiums are conveniently located along the golf course and cross-country ski trail system, yet only six miles to the ski lifts. These condos are also on the free shuttle route in the winter and are located right next to the pro shop and just a short walk to restaurants, shops, and the local market. Accommodations vary and are they are able to accommodate your group whether large or small. With several amenities and a great convenient location, this property is an ideal choice for your summer or winter vacation.


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ALBANY -- Mt. Eden High running back Tookey Stevenson bulled his way for 157 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Monarchs to a season opening win over Albany.
The Cougars (0-1) played tough in the first half, as they trailed just 6-0 after two quarters.
But just as in previous years, the small numbers took its toll on Albany's two way players, and fatigue quickly set in as the second half began.
Mt. Eden scored on their first play of the third quarter on a 29-yard run by Stevenson to extend the lead to 13-0. Following a tipped pass that was intercepted on Albany's next possession, the Monarchs scored moments later on an 18-yard run by Giovanni Remmen.
Albany's best drive of the night then took place as they went 76 yards on 13 plays but after having a touchdown pass called back, quarterback Nick Sternad threw an interception in the end zone to end the threat.
Mt. Eden's final score of the night followed the interception. A 82-yard, nine play drive ended with an 18-yard touchdown run by Dominic Williams.
Albany's only scored came on the last play of the game when Sternad's pass was tipped in the air and landed in the arms of Krishan Chada, who then ran the final 30 yards for the score.
Sternad was 13-for-26 on the night for 206 yards while receiver Rio Root caught 6 passes for 79 yards. Mt. Eden quarterback Joanthan Sturholm completed six passes for 98 yards.
Mt. Eden 26, Albany 6
Mt. Eden 0 6 14 6-- 26
Albany 0 0 0 6-- 6
ME -- Stevenson 3 run (kick failed)
ME -- Stevenson 29 run (Williams kick)
ME -- Remmen 18 run (Williams kick)
ME -- D. Williams 4 run (kick failed)
A -- Chada 58 pass from Sternad (no kick attempted)
Rushing: ME -- Stevenson 19-157, Soriano 13-55, Remmen 2-16, Williams 1-4, Sturholm 1-(-1). Totals 36-231. A -- Johnson 18-63, Sternad 7-36, Siriyarn 1-12. Totals 26-11. Passing: ME -- Sturholm 6-15-1 98. A -- Sternad 13-26-2 206. Receiving: ME -- Williams 5-93, Prasad 1-5. A -- Root 6-29, Chada 1-58, Athanasiou 3-37, Herbert 2-17, Johnson 1-15. Fumbles/lost: Mt. Eden -- 1/1, Albany -- 3-2. Records: Mt. Eden 1-0, Albany 0-1.


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|Authentic Mexican tacos made with a shredded, well seasoned beef roast, stuffed into a folded tortilla shell and deep fried.
Authentic Mexican Shredded Beef TacosUntil I started reading up on them, I never knew that authentic Mexican tacos were made using shredded beef, rather than the Americanized version of Tex-Mex style ground beef tacos we are all accustomed to in the United States, and yes, even in our Mexican restaurants. The other day I was at the grocery store and it happened to be one of the days that they reduce meat, because I noticed lots of yellow stickers from across the aisle in the meat case. So, I wandered over to see what they had and found a great chuck roast for just a couple bucks.
When I decided I wanted a good authentic recipe for Mexican shredded beef, I stumbled upon this great blog belonging to David - check him out sometime because he's got some great recipes there. I made some adaptations to his recipe and I have to tell you, this meat is incredible, and well, I had never heard of stuffing the taco and then frying it either, so that was also a totally new experience for me! Of course, you can always buy the corn taco shells to bake and stuff.
While you may not want to eat fried tacos on a daily basis, these tacos were totally over the top good - it may be hard to go back to tacos made with ground beef again.
Recipe: Authentic Mexican Shredded Beef Tacos©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 3 hour | Yield: About 12-15 tacos
- 1 (3 to 4 pound) chuck roast, cut into chunks, fat trimmed
- 1/2 tablespoon of kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon of freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon of cumin
- 1-1/2 tablespoons of chili powder
- 1 tablespoon of garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon of onion powder
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 small white or yellow onions, chopped fine
- Oil for frying
- Tortillas or taco shells
Put the chunks of meat into a stockpot and add all of the remaining seasoning ingredients, except for the onions. Cover with water plus about an inch and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 2 hours. Add the chopped onion and continue simmering, covered, for an additional hour. Uncover, stir to begin breaking up meat and continue simmering until liquid begins to reduce and meat fully shreds, about 1 more hour. Let cool.
Stuff meat into flour tortillas for soft tacos, or fold, pin with wooden toothpicks and fry in a skillet with about one inch of oil or deep fry. Alternatively, you can buy taco shells, bake them and then stuff them.
Note: Besides tacos, use this recipe for chalupas, flautas, taquitos, enchiladas, burritos, Mexican pizza and many of your favorite Tex-Mex recipes.
Crockpot: Add 3 cups of water to the slow cooker and whisk in the seasonings and onion. Add the meat, cover and let cook on low for 8 to 10 hours (depending on size of roast), or until meat is tender and falling apart.
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A recent story on CBS New York, explains how the neighborhood surrounding the beautiful, historic Tarrytown House Estate on the Hudson is gaining popularity, due in part by a new TV show series called Sleepy Hollow, based in the nearby village of Sleepy Hollow.
See the printed story, Village of Sleepy Hollow Seeing Boost in Tourism.
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My use case: "low memory" usage of PMS for my Intel Atom N270/1Gb server (with other tasks to do in the 1Gb), to serve videos from the plugin UitzendingGemist to my media player (WD TV live).
Result: Everything works fine with less than 40M total memory used for Java.
But: My version needed a bit of hacking on the source code. I did not file anything as bug/issue, because on the issue list and forum the devs are generally not working to optimize PMS for low memory type usage. That is a fine choice, but I wanted to use PMS for this type of usage anyhow . I post my result on the help/support forum, so other people who are interested in "low memory" usage of PMS can use/enhance my notes.
Warning: only tested with UitzendingGemist.jar and a few output profiles. Uitzending Gemist contains broadcast shows with low resolution WMV video/audio. I did test with vlc,mencoder (transcoding) and mplayer (just dump), all work fine. I did not test stuff like sending local 1080p uncompressed video, but I am (almost) sure that will not work in this setup....
Actually PMS is not very demanding of memory to start with. With mentioned plugin loaded, but without the videobuffer (more on that later), PMS typically uses around 4M on the heap without and 8M with the GUI. Besides the (dynamic) heap, PMS uses around 20M 'PermGen' memory. Java uses this type of memory to load the classes/jvm and static data. This is somewhat high, (presumably) because of the usage of a lot of 3rd party libs.
So if we can keep the buffer low, memory usage is low. Now you can actually configure PMS in the Gui on the Trancoding tab, or in PMS.conf to set a maximum buffer size. I set it to 4M an monitored the program with jvisualm and TRACE logging. No succes yet, after setting the max buffer the actually assigned buffer started with 50M (the hardcoded initial buffer size) and shortly after that raised to 100M.
This is because 100M is the hardcoded lower limit for the maximum buffer, so we need to remove this barrier. In OutputParams.java, remove these lines:
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if (maxBufferSize < 100) {
maxBufferSize = 100;
This is not enough for Mplayer, which looks at a different configuration key for the max buffer, so in MplayerWebVideoDump.java remove these lines:
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params.minBufferSize = params.minFileSize;
params.secondread_minsize = 100000;
params.waitbeforestart = 6000;
params.maxBufferSize = PMS.getConfiguration().getMaxAudioBuffer();
Add the following settings (on linux in ~/.config/PMS/PMS.conf) for a 4MB buffer:
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minvideobuffer = 1
maxvideobuffer = 4
key_videotranscode_start_delay = 1
And you are done: a lower memory usage for PMS! I use two more tweaks. As said before, the permgen mem is 20MB, which can be lowered a bit (by 5Mb or so) if you are starting the server in headless/console mode anyway. To do this you need to remove from PMS.java:
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import java.awt.Toolkit;
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try {
if (GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()) {
if (System.getProperty(NOCONSOLE) == null) {
System.setProperty(CONSOLE, Boolean.toString(true));
} else {
headless = false;
} catch (Throwable t) {
System.err.println("Toolkit error: " + t.getMessage());
if (System.getProperty(NOCONSOLE) == null) {
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if (System.getProperty(CONSOLE) == null) {
frame = new LooksFrame(autoUpdater, configuration);
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frame = new DummyFrame();
and recompile. Now you have a console only PMS build.
The last thing I did is I hardcode a memory limit for Java, because I dislike the kernel killing other (more critical) processes on my server. This is not needed per se: Java gives back unused memory to the OS anyway. And the downside of these limit is that the streams can crash and that you cannot serve more than one stream simultaneously (with this limit). Of course you can change these values to something a little bit more sane and/or just lower the default memory size (-Xms).
In PMS.sh (on linux) add/replace after line with exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS
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VENICE - A historical society that is restoring the Lord-Higel House, one of the region's oldest homes, will get its building permit fees reimbursed by the city of Venice.
At the urging of Mayor John Holic, the City Council this week authorized that the nonprofit Venice Heritage Inc. get back $2,464 it paid for the permits last year.
Legally, the city cannot waive building permit fees. So, the city will pay Venice Heritage (formed when Friends of the Lord-Higel House and the Triangle Inn Association merged last year) out of its general fund.
Holic argued that the restoration effort is being paid for by volunteers and that the city owns the property.
Joseph H. Lord had the home built in 1896 as the centerpiece of his 90-acre citrus grove in the area north of downtown now known as Bay Shore Estates. In 1905, it became the residence of grove manager George Higel.
The house was donated to the city in 2005 and moved to a lot across Granada Avenue from City Hall. Venice Heritage intends to convert it into a museum.
For more information, go to VeniceHeritage.org.
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I've somehow lost my mojo.
Here's my story. I never ran a step till about five-six years ago. I caught the bug and since ran several 5 and 10K's. Four marathon's and maybe a dozen halves. I'm a dedicated 50+, slow, 'back of the back' type runner, but enjoy it nevertheless. All of a sudden I did not start on some races I had paid for, lost the will to train and struggle to get out once a week now where a minimum of three a week was my norm. I'm gourging on ice cream when I used to feast on reading Runners World. What the hell is going on I'm wondering.
I don't think it is burn-out, but who knows. I tried the normal tricks- sign up for a race (see above), try to find running buddies to keep me on schedule, lay out my running stuff the night before, nothing is helping me catch the fire again. I even tried starting the C25K program again. That lasted about two sessions.
Any help, tips or suggestions????
I wish I had an answer for you but all I can do commiserate since I have also "lost my mojo" big time and I don't know how to get it back either. I hope we both find an answer.....good luck!
I'm a newer runner so I haven't experienced this with running per say, but I have had it happen with other sports that I've been very involved with. The first question I always ask myself is, how do I feel after I'm done? In the case of running, when you do go out, do you come back with that, "I feel good, why don't I do this more often?" glow, or do you come back feeling tired and discouraged? If you come back feeling good, it might help to find a way to remind yourself of that feeling, whether it's posting on here in the "My last run was...." forum or somewhere else (a blog, Facebook status, anything). By actually writing down how you feel after a good run you process the thoughts in a stronger way that your brain remembers. But, if you get back from running feeling discouraged or apathetic about the whole thing, that's another problem entirely. Then the question becomes, "what did you used to get from running that you don't get anymore?" Maybe you got burned out from the regularity of the runs or the route, or maybe the endorphins that used to pump kind of leveled out. If that's the case, maybe you need to find a new angle, for example trail running rather than road running (or vice versa) or looking at some of those "race up the sides of mountains" events that take a totally different kind of training.
One of the real challenges of running is that it's such a mental sport that things that might not affect you in other sports can be mojo killers; at least this is what I'm finding so far in my limited experience. As I said, I'm new to this world, so take what I say as you will. I hope you get your mojo back soon.
Completed Races:
3/19/11 Holy Grail 5K 36:20 (First 5K)
4/10/11 Wellness 5K 30:48
4/23/11 Stonyfield 5K 30:28
5/7/11 Dover 5K: 29:39
5/23/11 Get Fit in May 5K 29:44
5/29/11 Redhook 5K 29:32 (PR)
6/11/11 Market Square 10K 1:08:40 (First 10K)
8/18/11 Saunders 10K 1:07:35.49
9/5/11 St. Charles Childrens' Run: 29:54
9/10 Fox Point 5 Mile: 49:03
9/25 Holy Grail 5K: 32:33 (with bronchitis)
10/9 Great Island 5K 32:54.23 (still with bronchitis)
11/13 Seacoast 1/2 Marathon: 2:31:39 (1st 1/2 Marathon)
1/1/12 First Run 10K 1:4:45 (PR)
2012 Races:
2/19/12 Half at the Hamptons 2:28:18 PR
3/24/12 Holy Grail 5K 28:17 PR
4/21/12Whale of a 5K (first trail race) 30:24
3/30/12April Fools 4 Miler 36:39 (9:10mm)
6/12/12 Margaritas 5K 27:52 (9mm) PR
Great suggestions emiss. Thanks for all the ideas.
I had the same problem a while back. I look at it like a relationship. They'll be peaks and valley's and sometimes you just won't feel it. Try something new like biking or paddling for awhile. I switched to biking after getting bored with running but came back to running. Then because I had gotten proficient at biking ended up doing a few triathlons! You don't HAVE to run (but you should). Also, perhaps try running or racing with a group of people. Sometimes having other people to be accountable to helps as well.
My best advice is to mix up your runs, change speeds, courses, time of day something to make it different. Try music if you run with music try running without music. I run with a group and that helps me a lot we change where we run every day but Wed which is always a track day. I also find my running is very much connected to my life, so if I am having issues with my life it also effects my running. Good luck lifetime goals are what we all need!
My story is very similar to yours, I also have had battles with losing my running mojo in the past. The thing that has always gotten me back on track is that over time I've learn to love training. I love learning about new ways to train, I love that in my advanced age (53) I've become much more patient and thus am accepting that it takes time to improve (stay patient stay committed see results), I love the feeling of a super hard workout and that I'm now able to recover and do another the next day. In a nut shell I started running nearly 5 yrs ago and at that time I "trained to race" now I've become more of a "race to train" kind of guy. Still love the races but have broken it down to a day to day kind of enjoyable hobby. 5 years ago I didn't think it possible but today, I just love to train and in every race I get to celebrate that commitment to training. What a gas!!!
Good luck,
Hope you get your mojo back soon and feel the joy again!!
Quote from Bob Moawad " You can't make footprints in the sands of time if you are sitting on your butt. And who wants to make buttprints in the sands of time"
2008 - Grandma's marathon - 4:51 2011 - Get in Gear 1/2 marathon - 1:46
2009 - Get in Gear 1/2 marathon - 1:49 2011 - Green Bay marathon - 3:51
2009 - Grandma's marathon - 4:13 2011 - Grandma's marathon - 3:45
2009 - Twin Cities marathon - 4:02 2011 - Minneapolis Pride 5k - 21:31
2010 - Grandma's marathon - 3:58 ya hoo!
2010 - Twin Cities marathhon - 3:55
Kegan, I'm one of those people who tend to get bored with something fairly quickly which is why I've never stuck by any one sport for more than 6 months. I've since tried multi-sport training and it has done a world of good for me.
I would suggest enhancing your runs by adding another sport that you enjoy. It could be anything, swimming, biking, tennis, kayaking. Whatever gets you out and about and keeps your body moving.
I wouldn't give up running entirely, but you could modify your runs. Rather than signing up for a basic road race, you might consider giving trail runs a try. Or if your really into something completely different, look into signing up for a mud run. I just signed up for my first mud run today and quite frankly, I'm really excited about it.
Good luck to you.
I have had the same issue this year and I think mine is due to weather. .. sounds hokie, but I am pretty connected to weather. . I am an "early riser" in the spring/summer time, rising at 4 or 5am with the birds/sun. This year though, we've had such a cool and wet spring that there is nothing to perk me up. In the last week or so though, the birds are chirping at 5am and I am finding myself getting energized then too.
It doesn't help that there has been a 'low" over Iowa for about a month--cloudy, cool, weather that just makes one want to make chili and veg!
My mom had a heart attack around Easter and then a massive stroke a few weeks later. Unfortunate, but this has actually MADE me exercise more--I have to do something I have control over and mom is very proud that I started exercisign/running given my medical issues i have, and likes to brag about my husband and me (he's a cyclist). . . my other siblings, one does some running, all have the grandkids and we don't. Giving mom updates on how we do at races and in training is helping to motivate her some, which helps to motivate me and my husband too.
adult running life commenced: March 2009
2014: Rural Route 13.1 (Esbon, KS)
Wabash Trace half marathon (IA)
Hartford CT (October)
Newport RI (next day)
Tufts 10K (MA)
Santa Fund Run (NH)
2013: Running with the Cows (Lenexa KS)
Wabash Trace half marathon
Detroit Free Press Marathon (AWESOME event!, not an awesome finish time).
2012 Rock n Roll USA Marathon 5:28:53 unseasonably hot day, full sunshine, sunburned and dehydrated during race
Omaha Maraton 5:17: __ yeah, new PR! Too bad the brain got in the way and slowed me down! ---recycled glass finisher medals.
April Fools 5K 32:13.7 age division: 28/71
7th half: Kansas City Hospital Hill 1/2--this thing is tough, but the heat/humidity were tougher: 2:45:43
8th half: Park 2 Park 1/2-New PR 2:21 and change
St. Louis FULL Marathon (my first!!!) Hilly, hilly, course full of turns 5:24
Sullivan Bros. Veterans' 5K 30:10 New 5K PR
4th half (5/1/10) --ran injured, DUMB move.
Sullivan Bros. Veteran's 5K/10K (11/2010) 1:07:17.7
6th half: Vegas half (12/2010) New PR! woot woot. 02:27:58
St. Patricks 8K (Wash. D.C.) (3/2009)
1st half 3:04 (5/2009)
10K 1:17 (10/31/09) HOT, humid, Kaua'i
3rd half: Vegas 1/2 (2:34:48) (12/2009)
I will live my life; life lived in fear is not living. ~~me
I've been running for a little more than 2 years now, and luckily have not lost my mojo yet. But I have recently taken on swimming and biking to start training for triathlons and it is making me want to run more than ever. I feel like I don't have enough time to do each one, so my time with running I savor the most. I would try adding cross training of any kind to mix up your workouts. Maybe you will be wanting your running days to come faster! Good luck!
I don't know if you have any toys you like to use to run. If you don't have one, consider getting a Garmin or other watch that will tell you your times and distance you run. This will let you look back at your runs and it always gives me a sense of accomplishment that maybe I took for granted. Or maybe go get new shoes like some Vibram five fingers or a hydration belt.
I'm not a shopper at all. I like to go in and pick up what I want and not spend time in stores, but toys are fun to get and if you don't want to spend money, think of something to do that is different than normal. Just mix things up
Hmmmm. Interesting. The combination of ice cream and lack of motivation seems to point to some other problem. Also the "slow back of the pack" runner seems kind of telling. You are only 50+, and you seem to be giving up and accepting your level of fittness. Therefore, why keep running? Consider that everything you do has trade offs. If you train a little, you can be a lot healthier and a lot faster. The faster you get, the "funner" the running becomes. The more in shape you are, the more you feel like running. I am not really a runner, but I decided to train hard one year, and I was able to qualify and run Boston at the age of 56. What was even more interesting is that I ran my fastest marathon (to date) and it was also my easiest because I was in so much better shape. Find a running group to work out with that does some speed workout: where you have to pay a little for the coaching. If you would like to be in better shape and able to do what you want when you want to do it, set a goal of training for better strength and health. If you have children, make sure you are a parent your kids can be proud of. See you at Boston. Good luck -Dave
Soooo....you don't think it's burn-out?
My $0.02. It's burn out. And if you really don't think so, then check the rest of what's going on in your life. Maybe it's not running related at ALL.
My thought is that if you can keep on trucking and think of it as your life style, and a healthy one to boot. Then give yourself a break!
How about instead of running in an event, donate your time and give back to the community that you have enjoyed so much. Be one of the volunteer's at an aid station. Get a taste of what it takes to put on an event. It's very refreshing and rewarding. You get to see so many runners having a great time and you get to be the one to encourage them
Hang in there, you've done so much already!
Thanks for your honest post! At the very least, it's a cautionary tale for those of us starting out on the path you've trod (well, run). Please keep us posted on your progress, if any.
In case it helps, I've recently gotten into running after many years (one could say decades) of doing what you're doing now, and I'm very happy with the results. So I want to keep improving, keep up the training, and never lose my mojo -- a real risk considering that I used to really hate it for the longest time, but found it to be a good way to help come back from a bad knee injury I sustained about 10 years ago.
Only last year did I begin to get "serious" about (in my case) jogging, going beyond the 1.5-mile course in my neighborhood (which I'd done, off and on, for several years) to about a 3-mile one at first, and keeping track of my times as well. Late last year I added a "trail" run (around a reservoir in town), 3.5 miles, and had a blast, it was so beautiful. It was almost like being a kid again, just running through the woods, up and down hills, scrambling over rocks and roots, and encountering people being walked by their (mostly-friendly) dogs.
A couple of months ago I ran my first race, a 5K, and did better than I expected, probably because I was trying to keep up with the friend who had told me she was going to run it last fall (and I did keep up until about the last mile or so, finishing maybe 20-30 seconds after she did -- she's about 20 years younger and a ballet teacher). Having planned this well in advance, I had started "training" for that 5K a couple of months earlier, meaning I figured out what would be about a 5K in my neighborhood (using online software) and started jogging that once I got comfy with my usual 1.5-mile jog. My actual 5K time was around 27:30 (just under a 9-minute pace), which I think meant I was finally running rather than just jogging. Since I (barely) didn't come in last in my age group (51-60) and nobody older, nor any females in the same group, beat me, I felt good about it. (Of course there were parents running with kids in strollers who beat both of us; but that's okay!)
We talked about signing up for another 5K in a nearby town in late September, so I decided to find or come up with a training plan. I was particularly inspired by the fact that the winner of the 5K, running it in well under 18:00 (at a pace that is about as fast as I can sprint for, say, 200 yards), was in his late 40s -- so maybe I won't have to kill myself just to get under 24:00 (out of "Beginner" and into "Intermediate" level, according to about.com, FWIW), although I'm still overweight (BMI of 25%, just into the "Unacceptable" range, and that's after losing over 30 pounds over the past 10 or so years).
This has led to my using an Intermediate training program that I've now used for several weeks, only last week adding the Thursday "tempo" run (to my other Thursday workouts).
Also, my use of online software "graduated" to using the corresponding app for my smartphone, which (sorta) tracks my routes via GPS and gives me 5-minute updates, helping me pace. (I'm getting pretty good at monitoring my breathing, but need more experience with 2+-mile runs to really pace myself without help.) Over the past couple of days, I entered my years' worth of running data into a spreadsheet that uses a magical formula I invented to "normalize" the total and pace times to a constant temperature, to give me some idea of my actual progress -- it does seem to smooth out the deltas a bit. Looks like I'm now speeding up by about :06/mile/week, after experiencing greater gains earlier on in the training. (Today I got even more geeky and added a clickable icon that runs a macro to add a new row for "today"...and reported the fact that clicking the icon sometimes crashes the spreadsheet program.)
Besides my other forms of exercise that I'd been doing for years, I think the regular running schedule has given me something else to focus on rather than my old habits, going back many years, that were similar to what you're dealing with now -- little mojo and eating too much "comfort food". Instead of my traditional cereal-and-protein-bar breakfast, I'm now starting the day with a protein shake, and having another one within 30 minutes of finishing that day's run. Between that and sticking with the schedule early on, I've been delighted with how much more quickly I recover now than I used to after tough workouts (and it wasn't long ago that a 1.5 jog was a tough workout for me) -- no headaches, no deep soreness lasting days, no feeling a desperate need for ice cream and/or a nap. Instead of feeling like an athlete some of the time, I now feel like one most of the time -- and don't think I've yet hit any sort of wall in terms of making further improvements, as everything I'm doing now seems, so far, to be sustainable.
I like how much more energized I am for many hours after my runs. Since I also get kinda bored with things and want to keep this higher-energy lifestyle (still not able to keep up with my wife, she's the energizer bunny personified, but I'm getting there), I've been posting my runs on my Facebook wall (surprised that a few of my friends Like these on occasion, and a couple have told me in person they enjoy seeing them), varying my runs (occasionally doing the Long run around the reservoir -- slower pace but really beautiful and fun to discover how much faster and longer I can go), and finding other ways (like learning how to create not-just-basic spreadsheets) to keep things interesting.
So I'm considering investigating a "CrossFit" program that just opened up in the area, as a way to add variety to my workouts and maybe increase my speed of improvement in a sustainable way. I saw an online video interview about this; it looks intriguing, and you might want to check out whether there's a "CrossFit" program in your area, because (after the initial "Foundations" program, a two-week, 6-session introduction) each day's workout is different and varied, also intense but (I hope) scalable, safe, and sustainable, as well as fun.
It also seems that I'm able to think more clearly and keep track of more things at once in my head. I've read recent research articles supporting the notion that vigorous exercise helps stimulate bloodflow and other healthy things in the brain. In my case at least, it seems to be working. And I can't afford, in my field, to be anything less than 100% mentally.
In any case, always try to do some movement every day. Years ago, to deal with my post-op knee-flexibility issues and, later, back issues, I got into the "habit" of doing dynamic/ballistic stretching every day. For awhile, these "lightweight" sessions were the only workouts I'd do on many days, and would feel like actual workouts. (Now they're just warmups.) But they did a lot for me in terms of keeping my body at least somewhat flexible and comfortable with movement of any sort. That's important for office-bound workers like myself -- even if we don't feel it consciously, our bodies "know" they're getting less flexible and strong and so will usually tell us to not move or push them when we try to do something new. Worse, we might get all macho and override those impulses, especially partway through a workout, and overdo it, leading to soreness or injury and, in any case, feeling somewhat apprehensive about workouts going forward. That apprehensiveness helped prevent me from doing reasonable workouts for too long -- now it's gone and good riddance!
Finally, please be patient with yourself when (not if!) you decide to go for a run or jog again. Take into account your time off. If you find yourself pushing too hard (you might realize this only well after your run), it might partly explain your attitude change -- you might feel you've "Done" running, almost like getting a degree, and have graduated, but it's really something you have to keep up with, like shaving. Instead, be willing to jog like a beginner out for fun, enjoying the scenery if at all possible, and see how that goes. Others have made excellent recommendations about how to vary your workouts and approach.
Listen to your body and mind both before and after you work out; ask them whether they want to be fit.
Good luck!
Run a Ragnar Relay... THAT is soooooo much fun and will get your joy back!
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