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I've been super anxious for a while and I've noticed my legs (especially my knees) have really been bothering me. My back hurts as well. I was wondering if they could be related to stress or anxiety, and if so what I can do about it?READ MORE
Can anxiety and stress cause body aches?
Hi Lissamonkey,
I'm sure you've gotten an answer to your question by now, but yes, it's absolutely possible for stress and anxiety to cause body aches. On the other hand, anxiety can also be a symptom of other health problems that often include body aches! So you see why it's important to talk to a doctor about all of your symptoms. She or he can help you determine what you can do about your pain, or if it's a sign of another health problem.
I hope that's helpful. If you're looking for more information on anxiety-related things these links may be helpful.
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Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, has been appointed the Chair of India Advisory Council of British Asian Trust (BAT).
The Prince of Wales welcomed guests to Windsor Castle to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the British Asian Trust and was praised for his compassion, warmth and good sense of humour - by one of the country's top comedians.
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CHARLES TOWN - All Mark Hash ever wanted to do growing up in Charleston was to coach high school football.
Those feelings were fostered by his football coaches in high school and enhanced by his coach at Glenville.
He still wants to coach high school football - just not at Washington.
Hash, the only head football coach in 6-year-old Washington's history, resigned that position. Hash plans to continue on as the baseball coach. He's in his fourth season on the diamond.
"I didn't have my heart fully into being the head football coach, so I felt it was time to move on," Hash said.
In essence, Hash decided he no longer wanted to be hemmed down by issues not directly related to coaching the game of football and that, at times, administrative aspects of his position were getting in the way of game preparations and strategies.
"You have to deal with the administration," Hash said. "I didn't like that aspect of it. Washington's a tough place to coach; I didn't want to have to deal with that all the time.
"I'm a football coach; I want to coach football. I felt over the last six years there's so much stuff on the outside - administration, dealing with parents and different types of things. To me, it took away from the coaching aspect of it.
"I like coming up with defenses, scheming defenses against offenses, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that, but you still couldn't focus 100 percent of your energy on that as a head coach."
Hash's Patriots participated in their first postseason during the 2013 season, losing in the initial round of the Class AAA playoffs to finish with a 7-4 record.
In Hash's six seasons, Washington went 22-39.
"What we built in six years was a top 10-ranked team and playoff team in the state," Hash said.
The beginnings were humble as they held summer workouts and then preseason camp at Charles Town Middle School the first season, because their campus wasn't ready.
"The kids were getting dressed out of the backs on their cars for football practice," Hash recalled.
His first team won its debut game on the road at Hedgesville and finished with a 2-8 record.
Hash praised those who helped get the program started and the booster's group that provided the team "anything we wanted." He praised the players' determination over the years.
"We started something that was basically where the ground hadn't even been scratched," Hash said.
Washington's playoff appearance in November, though, didn't serve as any type of energy drink for Hash, however.
"After Christmas, I started thinking about what I wanted to do," Hash said. "I kept thinking, 'There will be a day next week when I'll know. Basically, it took four months for me to see if I wanted to continue. I never did get that feeling."
Washington athletic director Mark Murphy did not return a text message asking about the school's plans for replacing Hash.
Hash anticipates he'll be helping out a football program in the fall.
"I'm going to coach somewhere where I can coach the defense and help somebody out," Hash said. "We've got a couple of options. I'm going to coach football, just not at Washington. We'll stay there and (continue) to teach driver's ed and coach baseball. My heart as head football coach is not there.
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Even though the OpenSSH project emphasizes that the focus of 5.2 is bug fixes to the 5.1 version, 5.2 does contain some notable enhancements.
Security-wise the new OpenSSH version replaces cipher block chaining (CBC) mode as the default cipher order with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Counter (CTR) mode to remove the susceptibility to "Plaintext Recovery Attack Against SSH." The software also adds other countermeasures to these attacks, as reported in CPNI Vulnerability Advisory SSH 957037. Last November it became clear that many versions of OpenSSH exposed up to 32 bits of plaintext ciphertext to attackers when the default CBC mode was in use. The solution in 5.2 was to read the maximum supported packet length instead of terminating the connection, thereby eliminating the leaks that allowed the plaintext recovery attacks.
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SPOKANE — Two Spokane teenagers accused of killing a World War II veteran during a parking lot robbery may have been targeted by the Aryan Brotherhood, a California-based white supremacist prison gang.
Court documents indicate Spokane police learned the supremacist group placed a $10,000 bounty on the teens, both of whom are black. The details are part of a court filing explaining why a judge moved Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, to protective adult custody rather than returning him to juvenile detention before he and Demetruis Glenn, also 16, were formally charged in Spokane County Superior Court.


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AWFS Tool News: Put this amazing toggle clamp on all of your jigscomments (0) July 21st, 2011 in blogs
Sometimes a small tool is the next big thing. The FWW editors' favorite tool at the huge AWFS show in Vegas was the new Bessey toggle clamps, made for securing workpieces on shopmade jigs. Somehow, Bessey has come up with a De-Sta-Co-type clamp that self-adjusts for almost any workpiece! The horizontal version comes in two sizes, one that handles workpieces up to 2 in. thick, and another than can stretch to grab workpieces up to 2-3/4 in. thick!
We tried the smaller one at the show, and it applied the exact same amount of pressure on a piece of paper as it did on a 1-1/2-in.-thick block! Say goodbye to fussing with your jigs, screwing down different-sized riser blocks under the clamps for different workpieces, and fussing with the bolt above the clamp pad.
The Besseys also have bigger, more confortable handles than the De-Sta-Cos, and a built-in screw that adjusts clamping force. And they offer an inline version of the same clamp.
These clamps aren't cheap, at about $20 a pop, but I will buy just one pair of each and screw them on and off my jigs as needed. By the way, I love toggle clamps in general, and use them very often. They lock pieces down safely onto jigs, and at the same time act as handles for moving the whole jig past the bit or blade.
Just when you thought a toggle clamp was a toggle clamp! The Bessey Self-Adjusting Toggle Clamps are available now, and the Bessey reps say they can't keep them on the shelves. For more information, go to www.besseytools.com. For a cool video on how they work, go to http://www.besseytools.com/en/downloads_video.php.
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Common electrolytes include:
Electrolytes can be acids, bases, and salts.
They can be measured by laboratory studies of the blood in different ways. Each electrolyte can be ordered as a separate test, such as:
Note: Serum is the part of blood that doesn't contain cells.
Sodium, potassium, and chloride can also be ordered as part of an electrolyte panel, a basic metabolic panel or a comprehensive metabolic panel.
The electrolytes - urine test measures electrolytes in urine. It usually measures the levels of calcium, chloride, potassium, or sodium.
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A few weeks ago I had heard those awful words that you never ever want to hear from your daughter's mouth:
"I look fat in this."
I handled it like any experienced parent with a professional mental health background would.
I freaked the fuck out.
There's really only so much you can prepare for as a parent, and no matter how many times you tell yourself "I will remain calm and address the issue with a level head and an understanding spirit" when you actually hear those words, particularly on little sleep and hormones, well, you just forget your stupid parenting mantra and start screaming ridiculous things like "Do you even know what that means? Where did you hear that? I don't ever want to hear you say that EVER again!"
Quite possibly the worst thing you could say to your kid as a parent.
Yay me! I win at parenting!
After I calmed down and sought the assistance of my sane, and highly-trained BFF, I was able to determine that she was, in fact, grabbing for a word to describe her frustration with her shirt not tucking in all the way.
But alas, it was a good teaching moment. For both of us.
While I never talk about feeling "fat" or complain about my own weight (I don't even own a scale), I still hate that it's in my head, a constant dialogue that started back when I left for college and has been with me ever since.
Growing up, I was extremely skinny (like my daughter) and didn't really gain weight until after I stopped dancing 4-5 hours a day and realized that I couldn't eat like I was when I was burning that many calories, which happened during my freshman year of college.
So I got the freshman 30 (instead of 15) and without the knowledge or resources on how to lose weight and eat well, since I never really had to do it before, I decided I just wouldn't eat at all.
And I lost all the weight fast.
From then on, I lived in a state of regular exercise and closely monitored eating, through various diets like veganism and macrobioticism, resorting to drastic calorie cutting when my pants started to get too tight.
The last time I did that was before I met my husband.
Gaining weight for pregnancy never bothered me, but the challenge of taking it off, particularly after Margot (and now Bridget), has been a thorn on my side.
Or a love handle.
And so, for the last two and a half years, I've worked out almost daily and focused on my diet, mostly relying on common sense and good practices (mostly water, no eating after a certain hour) to help get me back to my pre-pregnancy weight.
But lately, I've felt burned out, unable to even bring myself to work-out, grabbing what I want, when I want it, which puts a damper on losing that last 5-10 lbs of baby weight.
In a way, I'd resigned myself to just being 5-10 lbs bigger because well, I'm busy, and who am I really trying to impress anyway?
How are losing those 5-10lbs going to make my life better?
And for the first time in my life, I wasn't thinking about diet and exercise.
Well, sort of.
But just last week, Meagan introduced me to a post by Tsh at Simple Mom about how perfection can really get in the way of "good enough" which is exactly what my brain does to me.
Since I can't do it all, I just won't do anything.
How many of us have that motto with at least one or many things in our lives?
And with that, I decided I can do 20 minutes a day of exercise. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I can just drink water and coffee. And not eat after 8pm.
If I lose the weight, then awesome. If I don't, that will be okay too.
I know I'll be "me" at any size. Now I just need to adjust exactly what that size looks like in my head, change the conversation once and for all, and give myself a big fucking break.
We all need to. Not just for us. But for our daughters.


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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 file photo, Debbie Coluter, a certified nursing assistant, holds the hand of an elderly inmate with Alzheimer's disease, as she helps him to his cell at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Wanda Huls said she couldn't have gotten through her mother's death a year ago without them.
"My very first support group actually taught me what Alzheimer's was and how to describe it so that I understood because everyone needs a different definition," Huls said.
Art with a Heart is helping raise money for the Great Plains chapter of the Alzheimer's Association so they can spread the word about a disease that affects 37,000 Nebraskans.
People throughout Lincoln, without a close, personal connection to the disease, are making Art with a Heart possible.
Nate Blum is a financial analyst by day and Art with a Heart creator by night. Two years ago, he decided he wanted to start doing more to help organizations like the Alzheimer's Association.
"The mission of the Alzheimer's Association is one that I think we can all support. A lot of us are affected by Alzheimer's or know someone whose been affected by it. It's hard to go very far and find someone who hasn't been," Blum said.
Blum said creating events that make a difference, like Art with a Heart, are simple.
"I really want to encourage people to take the initiative and make a difference in their community. It doesn't take much more than time and talent to be able to do that. The rest kind of tends to come together with a little bit of work," Blum said.
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Mystery helicopter fuels Dr Kelly conspiracy theories
'If the purpose of the helicopter flight was innocent, one has to ask why it was kept secret', says doctor
The revelation that a mystery helicopter landed at the site where the body of Dr David Kelly was found has breathed new life into conspiracy theories surrounding the apparent suicide of the UN weapons inspector who apparently committed suicide in 2003 after being unmasked as the whistleblower behind claims that the Tony Blair government lied in order to make the case for war in Iraq.
The Daily Mail reports that flight logs for the helicopter, obtained under a Freedom of Information request, are heavily redacted - to the extent that the purpose of the flight and who was aboard has been totally obscured.
What is clear is that the helicopter was hired by Thames Valley police and landed 90 minutes after Dr Kelly's body was found on Harrowdown Hill in Oxfordshire on the morning of July 18, 2003.
The existence of the helicopter was not mentioned in the Hutton Inquiry into Dr Kelly's death, which concluded in 2004 that the government was not guilty of any wrongdoing. The report was widely criticised at the time as a "whitewash".
Dr Andrew Watt, a clinical pharmacologist who has previously raised doubts over the official version of events, said: "If the purpose of the helicopter flight was innocent, one has to ask why it was kept secret." He has written to the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, who is currently considering whether an inquest should be held into Dr Kelly's death.
The release of the Dr Kelly's post-mortem files last year - which confirm that his wounds were self-inflicted - was supposed to have put to bed conspiracy theories surrounding the whistleblower's death.
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Social Action Club at Muirlands Middle School celebrates a fund-raising success story
The Social Action Club at Muirlands Middle School recently raised more than $4,500 for the Uganda Education Project to aid 20 primary, secondary, and university-level student orphans in the war-torn region. The SAC's two-week fundraising campaign kicked off in mid-April.
The club's 12 members, under the direction of teacher/advisor Susan Minnicks, presented its goals at assemblies and classrooms, urging fellow students to help them raise the needed $400 per orphan student to cover the cost of one school year in Uganda.
The money raised would be used for tuition fees, school uniforms, pencils, composition books, food, boarding and transportation.
The response was bountiful.
Acknowledging the club's donation, Deb Plotkin, executive director of U-Touch, which oversees the Uganda Education Project, said, "I am extraordinarily touched by this incredible precocious, motivated, kind-hearted group of SAC student members guided by Mrs. Minnicks. Their commitment will fulfill the dreams of the children of Northern Uganda.
"U-Touch will ensure that the sponsored students receive a year of education and have access to the U-Touch Digital Library Centers for academic advancement and communication with Muirlands students, teachers and parents."
At a lunch on May 20, Plotkin presented the 50 students who made donations of $35 or more with hand-made wristbands and necklaces created by a women's entrepreneurship in Uganda as tokens of appreciation for their extraordinary efforts.
She also read an e-mail from Ugandan student Topaco Stephen, so the Muirlands SAC members could know the fruits of their labors.
"Hi Everyone, How are you and how are you doing? Hopefully, you're all good. I'm doing great and everything is still OK. I got done with my end-of-semester exams last Sunday and right now I'm into holidays.
I'm sending this to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, for all your efforts and the great job you are doing for our benefits. … At first I thought I wouldn't even reach the level where I'm right now (university), considering all the difficulties I've been through, but for all your help, I've been able to move farther with my studies. I've got two more years left to graduate with my bachelor degree. My whole life has changed. I wish you all the best and good luck always! Talk again soon. Stay blessed. Love you all! Sincerely, Topaco Stephen."
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We've seen it again and again. Everybody and their dog at one time or another seems to have toyed with an alternative to CGI.pm. If you think it's too bloated, try CGI::Lite, but don't go rolling your own. This node and (hopefully) the resulting thread, is just something convenient to toss to newbies who aren't aware of the issues involved.
Not only is that a terrible regex (alternation on single characters, dot star, breaks with multiple comments or SSI's), it has no place in a form processing routine. Two complaints about it:$value =~s/<!--(.|\n)*-->//g;
This person is using CGI.pm but still (incorrectly) hand-parsing the data.use CGI qw/:standard/; read(STDIN, $formdata, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'}); @pairs = split(/\&/, $formdata); foreach $pair (@pairs){ ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair); $value =~ tr/+/ /; $value =~ s/%0D%0A/\n/g; $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg; $FORM{$name} = $value; }
My apologies, but if you can't figure that out, maybe you should check out VB.use CGI qw/:standard/; my @sports = param( 'sports' );
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The class of 1900 at Delaware College was typical in nearly every way. All but three of its eighteen members were Delawareans. Most came from small country towns; six were from Wilmington, the State's only city. Among the eighteen was a young man named Hugh Rodney Sharp, the son of a Sussex County farmer who had become deputy collector of the Port of Lewes.
|Hugh Rodney Sharp had relished the opportunity to attend college and had loved much of what he found in Newark, but even as an undergraduate, he must have recognized the schools limitations. Having trained neither to become a farmer nor an engineer but rather in the traditional liberal arts, upon graduating, he accepted the position of school master in the village of Odessa, Delaware. Rodney Sharp was entranced by the little community that had changed hardly at all in a hundred years. As was the case in much of rural Delaware, progress had passed Odessa by, leaving undisturbed, the plain but dignified structures from an earlier age. In 1903, when Sharp left the village to accept a position in the Treasurers Office at the Du Pont Company, he did not forget the little town nor his love of Delawares Colonial architecture.
In 1903, the Du Pont Company was in the midst of a major transformation. Following the death of its president, Eugene du Pont, the previous year, three young du PontsT. Coleman, Pierre S., and Alfred I.had assumed control of the venerable powder company. As the companys new president, T. Coleman aggressively absorbed rival explosives manufacturers. Pierre, meanwhile, applied his business acumen as company treasurer to restructure the administration of the expanded company to achieve maximum efficiency and to provide the companys leaders with the information needed to make sound decisions. The road to rational consolidation was not without serious obstacles. In 1912, the federal government successfully sued the company for antitrust violations. More painful still, an interfamily legal battle ensued over the disposition of T. Colemans stock when the president left the company to pursue other political and business interests. But, in spite of those troubles, the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company grew and prospered. When world war erupted in Europe in 1914, the company was able to expand rapidly to meet the unprecedented and highly lucrative demand for military powder.
As an employee of the Treasurers Department, Hugh Rodney Sharp met its head, Pierre S. du Pont. Sharp became acquainted with Pierres family and, in 1908, married Pierres sister, Isabella. In 1913, Pierre was increasingly assuming the duties of leadership in the company of which he was soon to become President. Needing more staff, he invited his brother-in-law to become his personal secretary. From a desk in Pierres office, Hugh Rodney Sharp handled both company and personal business for his employer. The position gave Sharp opportunities to discuss mutual interests, including gardening and education. Pierre was appalled at the low quality of public education that existed in most of Delaware outside the city of Wilmington. He was determined to use his newly earned wealth for reform. His principal instrument was an organization called Service Citizens of Delaware, through which Pierre funded a dramatic transformation in public education in the First State that included the construction of modern school buildings, the imposition of a higher standard of preparation for teachers, and the enactment of a new school code. Pierre du Ponts involvement in educational reform set the stage for his subsequent interest in Delaware College.
By 1912, increased enrollment by non-tuition paying Delawareans had strained the resources of Delaware College to the breaking point. George A. Harter, a long-time Professor of Mathematics and Acting President, turned to P. S. du Pont for help. He wrote the industrialist a letter in the hope that du Pont "might be interested in the work that we are doing at Delaware College with resources so slender as to make us feel much discouraged . . . ." President Harter pointed out that most of the Colleges 160 students were Delaware residents who attended the tuition-free institution because they could not afford more expensive colleges.[4] The College "should offer training to our citizens in every line that may prove useful and enjoyable in life," but that goal was impossible to achieve with the resources at hand. To illustrate the problem, Harter described in particular the scientific laboratory, a dark, subterranean space with a low ceiling and ventilation so inadequate that the room gave off "intolerable" vapors. Pierre du Ponts response disappointed President Harter. "I have read very carefully your letter . . . and appreciate fully the needs of Delaware College as well as the advantages to be gained by the community through enlargement of the schools facilities. However, at this time I am not in a position to consider making a donation, nor of organizing an effort to finance the College. In the future should I be able to do anything, I should be very glad . . . as it would be a great pleasure to be of service and I am sure the effort would be well repaid."[5]


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Should You Write Short or Long Blog Posts?
Blogging used to have all sorts of rules, but they've fallen to the wayside. We're early adopters of blogs, shaping them into what we want to be and evolving them continually. There are blogs with informal voices and formal voices, blogs about personal things and work things, blogs that have long posts and blogs that have short posts.
The title may have tipped you off as to today's discussion.
The Length Debate
Short posts versus long posts has always been part of the debate of what we should post on blogs, even while other aspects have been thrown to the winds. The rules on every element of your blog go pretty much as follows: if other people like it and continue to come visit, it's all good.
Not so for length.
People have strong opinions about the proper length for a blog post. Some say it should be no longer than 300 words. Some think the length should be even shorter and say it should be less than 200 words. To give you an idea of just how short that is, by the time I get to the end of this sentence, I will have written approximately 200 words. Pretty short, right?
Other people insist there's no way you can get useful information into a post that short, and that all blog posts should run at least 500-600 words so as to get some real meat into the topic of the day.
As in all debates, there are good points and bad points to each side. Let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of short and long posts.
Short Posts
- Good example of a popular short-post blog: Seth Godin. You don't get much more popular than Seth, and most of his posts are in the 200-word range.
- You can be pithy, funny, and witty in a short post just as easily as in a long post. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am could be a short-post motto.
- You can't really tackle all sides of an argument in a short blog posts, but . . .
- You can tackle each side of an argument on separate days, thus lengthening the number of posts you get out of each idea.
- Readers are less inclined to have conversations in the comment section of short posts, because you don't seem to be starting a discussion.
- Sometimes readers are more inclined to start their own conversation, because you haven't started one for them and haven't completed the discussion in your post. Readers are very hard to manage that way. They have their quirks.
- It's sometimes quite hard to be brief in a blog post, especially if you are passionate about the subject at hand.
- Learning to be brief in your blog posts is excellent practice for concise, well-written prose that you can use in other types of writing. Full of passion, low on words. Awesome.
Long Posts
- Good example of a popular long-post blog: Copyblogger. Brian Clark often farms out his posts to his team of writers these days, but they all adhere to about the same length, often upwards of 600 words.
- While you can be pithy and funny in a long post, you can't exactly make a single statement and then crack jokes about it for the next 600 words. You're writing an essay, not a statement.
- You can tackle every side of any argument, going on as long as you need to.
Sometimes "as long as you need to" means your posts get too wild and cover too many topics. In short, it's a rant and not a well-reasoned argument.
- Readers are in general far more inclined to comment on long posts. We don't know why, it's just true. Short posts have the "maybe-maybe not" thing going on as far as commenting, but long posts almost invariably have lots of comments.
- Habitual long posters sometimes get so attached to the idea of writing an essay every time they blog that they run out of ideas quickly, since they used up all their ideas in one long post.
- Learning to keep your readers' attention in a long post is actually quite difficult, but that gives you practice for other types of writing. You'll need to learn to make every word shine so your reader doesn't get bored and leave. Mark Twain would have been great at long posts.
Of course, the length of your blog posts depends on the kind of thinker you are, and what kind of blogger you intend to be.
If you want to have a thought of the day and let your commentators take it where they will, that's totally fine, just so long as you make it a real insight and not the quote you read off the tea box this morning. If you'd rather write long posts that guide your reader through your train of thought and encourage them at the end to add their own insight, that's okay too.
What is the one necessary quality for all blog posts, of any length, any topic, anywhere?
They must be well written. And for both short and long posts, finding out what "well-written" means to your readers is often a trial-and-error process.
What's your experience been with post length? What do you like to read most? What kind of post-length blogger are you? Short or long?
James Chartrand is the Top Ten Blog pro writing great articles that teach you everything he knows about blogging. Check out his work over at Men with Pens, or be risqué and grab the Men with Pens RSS feed.


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brown dwarf
A celestial object intermediate in size between a giant planet and a small star, believed to emit mainly infrared radiation.
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- The red object appears to be a planet orbiting the brighter brown dwarf star, seen here as blue-white.
- Almost the size of a brown dwarf star, it was a gas giant planet that had been wandering loose in interstellar space, and our star had attracted it.
- In February and March of this year, the astronomers took new images of the young brown dwarf and its giant planet companion with the NACO instrument on European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.
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Emergency Disaster Home Kit
Living in Los Angeles means living with earthquakes. And it's sure been awhile since we had an earthquake of notable magnitude [knocking on wood]. ATLA has already mentioned some precautionary financial preparation, via earthquake insurance. But how about preparing for basic necessities in case of an emergency disaster?
An emergency disaster kit should be mandatory in any home. And the best time to prepare one is in advance, meaning, now. So what should be included in an emergency disaster kit? Here's a short list of "must haves":
- Food (high calorie meal replacement bars are a good choice) and water for one week
- Personal hygiene items
- First Aid Kit
- Utensils and utility knife
- Sleeping bag and extra blankets
- Flashlight and Portable Radio with extra batteries
- Poncho
- Extra cash
- Sleeping bag and extra blankets
- Solar or windup cell phone battery charger
- Duct tape and plastic tarp
Or if you want a one stop, presorted solution, you can always order from a variety of home disaster kit retailers. In either case, it's money and time well spent.


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Cuban Record
A group from the Martinez Senior Center, including from left, Bill Brown, Kathi Curry, Cynthia Baker and Emogene Thomas, took a moment to catch up on the community news in the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record during a whirlwind tour of Cuba in June. There were visits to a professional ballet school, horse farm, tobacco farm to learn the process of cigar making, art studios, culinary academy ... and whew! one of the local senior centers, which are called "houses of memories." Additionally, dinner one night was at the famous Hotel Nacional de Cuba, built in 1930, where sports and Hollywood personalities "of the day" stayed as guests, including Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire. Another bonus was seeing the 1950s cars, many used as cabs. It was like a step back in time, noted Curry.
It doesn't matter if your time away is spent across San Francisco Bay or across the country -- remember to pack the Record to keep up with news of the community, and then show your neighbors where you have been. Email in .jpg format to firstname.lastname@example.com or send to Record on the Road, c/o the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record, 2640 Shadelands Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.


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Everyone enjoyed themselves at the Ava Lounge in East Liberty with Paradise Gray.
It was all about family and friends this weekend in the Hill District.
Poopsie congratulates Vaughn Hurt at his wedding over the weekend.
All of the fellas came out to enjoy a great time with the one and only Vaughn Hurt at his bachelor party held at the Red Onion in the Hill District.
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National Parks of the Golden West Tour
Tour Starts: Las Vegas, NV
Tour Ends: Las Vegas, NV
Day 1
(Tuesday) - Las Vegas
Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas! The night is yours to enjoy this city of plentiful entertainment. Guests who book their air through YMT will be greeted by a YMT representative and transferred to their hotel.
Hotel: Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino*
Day 2
(Wednesday) - Grand Canyon
As a befitting start of the tour today the grandest of all parks in the West awaits— the Grand Canyon! Your route takes you via the I-40, crossing the historic Route 66 in Kingman before you see the spectacular Grand Canyon. You will stop at the first viewpoints driving into the park before we end the day by the South Rim, where we will stay for the night inside the park. The night and the sunset is yours to enjoy. There are ample dining opportunities inside the park and a convenient shuttle bus takes you to them. Perhaps visit the famous El Tovar were several presidents have dined and rustic elegance awaits. This overnight location will afford early risers to witness the sunrise by the rim. A once in a lifetime experience that should not be missed!
Hotel: Yavapai Lodge West*
Day 3
(Thursday) - Page/Lake Powell via Monument Valley
Rise early to see a spectacular sunrise over the canyon. Then head to Monument Valley, boasting natural sandstone masterpieces that tower at heights of 400 to 1,000 feet. This sacred valley is a National Park of sorts, however not federally managed, as it is owned and operated by the Navajo Nation. After an opportunity for a guided ground tour here, we will continue to Page/Lake Powell or Kanab for an overnight stay.
Hotel: Super 8 Lake Powell*
Day 4
(Friday) - Bryce Canyon via Zion National Park
This morning head west to Zion National Park. Carved by the Virgin River 225 million years ago, the park boasts steep color-splashed walls, waterfalls, geologic formations, domes, and rock needles that assume the shape of cathedrals, statues, and monuments. The half-mile deep park floor is lush with foliage, as well as mule deer, wild turkeys, gray foxes and the occasional porcupine. After lunch, continue to Bryce Canyon. Despite its name, Bryce is not a canyon but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters. Its distinctive geological structures, called hoodoos, are formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. Standing at the rim, you are offered spectacular views in red, orange and white that will be spellbinding. We overnight just outside the park.
Hotel: Best Western Plus Ruby's Inn*
Day 5 & 6
(Saturday and Sunday) - Arches & Canyonlands
Traveling northeast you will first pass through Capitol Reef National Park, which was named for a line of white domes and cliffs, each of which looks somewhat like the United States Capitol building. Then head to Moab, the ideal gateway for a visit to both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. For the past 150 million years, the more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches of Arches National Park have been sculpted by the natural erosion of wind, water, sun, and frost — creating an unmistakably unique landscape. You look with wonder at the red rock canyons, balancing rocks and unusual formations including Landscape Arch, Park Avenue Corridor, the Three Gossips, and elegant Delicate Arch. In the afternoon, we explore Canyonlands National Park, an outdoor wonderland of enchanting vistas carved by the Colorado and Green rivers. See spires, arches, and canyons and learn the history and geology of this mystical region at the park Visitors Center.
Hotel: Days Inn Moab*
Day 7
(Monday) - Salt Lake City
A day of leisurely driving through beautiful mountain ranges awaits on your way to Salt Lake City, Utah's capital and home of the spectacular Temple and Mormon Tabernacle. Upon arrival you continue to the state capitol and tour the city in a panoramic city tour. See Temple Square, the historic Bee Hive House, the State Capitol building and much more.
Hotel: Red Lion downtown*
Day 8
(Tuesday) - Wendover
As you exit the city westbound you will stop at the Great Salt Lake, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere though its size can vary dramatically by several thousand square miles year on year based on weather conditions. The entire area of the Great Basin was formerly Lake Bonneville and that is now composed of the Bonneville Flats and the Great Salt Lake which gave Utah's Capitol its name. The Salt Flats were formed when prehistoric Lake Bonneville dried up. It was vast, filling much of the Great Basin but overtime shrank below its outlet and as a result its water became salty. As water continued to evaporate, salt deposits were left in many areas. Today you see a vast flat land where you seem to see the curvature of the planet, so barren not even the simplest of life forms can exist. Further west, you will see evidence in Bonneville Salt Flats. Famous as a site for land speed records this barren white area is fascinating especially when considering that it also was once a lake.
Hotel: Montego Bay Resort*
Day 9 & 10
(Wednesday and Thursday) - Lake Tahoe Area
This morning enter Humboldt County. You will stop in Winnemucca, a Cowboy Country town that also has a rich Basque heritage, then continue to Reno. Thursday morning we drive up into the mountains to visit majestic Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in the USA, with 72 miles of pristine shoreline. Explore some of the serene hiking trails, the quaint shops or perhaps try your luck in one of the casinos. In the afternoon we visit historic Virginia City, a town that appeared almost overnight with the discovery of silver at the Comstock Lodge in 1859. Hosting one of the country's largest historical districts there is much to explore — Stroll along the authentic board sidewalks to visit the 19th century homes, museums and of course the 'Bucket of Blood Saloon.
Hotel: John Ascuaga's Nugget*
Day 11
(Friday) - Yosemite National Park
Entering California, you will spend most of the day visiting what is considered one of the crown jewels in the National Park system: Yosemite. You will be in awe seeing the rock formations and waterfalls! Enjoy the day marveling at the magnificent scenery as you learn about the history of the park. This diverse land, with elevations ranging from 2,000 to over 13,000 feet, abounds with spectacular granite cliffs, giant waterfalls, towering trees, clear running streams and wildlife including mule deer, bighorn sheep, golden eagles, the great gray owl and coyotes. See Yosemite Falls (at 2425 feet, the tallest in North America) and famed Half Dome and other internationally recognized landmarks such as El Capitan where you will likely be able to observe mountain climbers trying their luck in an ascend.
Hotel: Radisson Hotel Fresno downtown*
Day 12
(Saturday) - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
Enjoy the panoramic vistas as you take the short drive south to explore the jointly managed sister parks of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park. See the ancient giant Sequoia redwood trees, the largest trees in the world — with heights above 300 feet and diameters of more than 20 feet! Overnight in Bakersfield.
Hotel: Hampton Inn Bakersfield*
Day 13 & 14
(Sunday and Monday) - Las Vegas via Death Valley/Depart Home
Heading back to Nevada you will drive through ever changing landscapes from farmlands of central California to desert landscapes of Nevada. If the temperature permits, your tour will head through Death Valley, the lowest point of elevation in North America and home to fantastic rock formations, a befitting end to the truly great collection of National Parks visited on this tour. On Monday it is time to bid farewell to newfound friends and depart for home.
Hotel: Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino*
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ecampus | Work at WITT
WITT comes alive for another year on Monday March 4 and once again students can look forward to an Orientation Week with a difference!
There's something for everyone during the first few frenetic days of the new academic year, starting with the powhiri put on by WITT's Te Wananga Maori Department at 9am on Monday.
Livewire event co-ordinator Veronica Andrews, from WITT's marketing department, says it's all about getting involved.
"Students are welcome to attend. In fact we'd love it if all of the students were there,'' she says.
"After the powhiri there's free morning tea provided for everyone and by 10am students will make their way to their first class of the year. There are plenty of people in the cafeteria who can help if anyone is unsure of where to go.''
And that's the whole point about Orientation Week. It's a blend of celebrations, fun and information; everything anyone needs to know about the WITT and the campus is readily available.
Each department also has their own specific orientation programme as well, Veronica says, "just so they can find out the ins and outs of their programmes.''
The fun starts at lunchtime on Monday. "We're having a carnival theme and there is a free barbecue, ice creams and some fun activities and information stalls between 12 noon and 1pm.''
At Tuesday lunchtime the cafeteria comes alive from 12-1pm with a "speed friendship' innovation .
"It's a bit like speed dating without the dating,'' laughs Veronica. "It's just an opportunity for students to get to know other students on campus. It's all about friendship, - and at the same time we've got some great prizes on offer.''
Orientation finishes with a bang on Friday night, March 8 with 'A Night on the Town', from 4pm-10pm at the Mayfair Bar & Café in New Plymouth.
"The WITT community, family and friends are all invited to join staff for drinks, nibbles, some fun games including a pub quiz.
"Then there is some great live music provided by The Dirty Kings. Best of all It's free for all WITT students, their partners and the community, everyone's invited.''


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Top: I Wear Sin, Skirt: Styles for Less, Shoes: ShoeDazzle
I should stop apologizing for not posting that often,
because really, how many of you are reading?
and this blog is more for me, than it is for anyone.
my quest is only for happiness,
and to make enough money to buy some shoes.
last week, I turned 25!
naturally, at a quarter century I freaked tha f* out.
not because I'm "old" or anything like that,
but cause holy crap, I have a great life.
I am so fortunate for everything we have
everything we've been through,
it was all worth it.
be thankful for the process,
enjoy your progress,
and remember that there has to be rain to enjoy a rainbow.


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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have used these poles for the past 2 season with about 10 days inbounds skiing and 15 backcountry days. The poles have held up great. The flip locks hold firm and I have never had a pole collapse. The only problem I have had is when the lock come unclipped on the lift and the bottom half of the pole fell out. I did not notice until I got off the lift and had the ski the pole line till I found it. The only other negative thing about these poles is that they do have some flex and are not quite and stiff as a traditional ski pole.
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I LOVE these poles for splitboarding. They are very durable and I love that they break down into three sections so that you can put them inside your backpack while you are riding down. They are very easy to expand and pack away. I am 5'4 and I got size 105cm-125cm.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These poles are awesome for splitboarding. Super compact for ease to store inside your backcountry backpack. These are some solid poles definitely a brand you can trust. Very easy to use and adjust, I highly recommend these for skinning up the mountain with.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Yup, these are The poles to get if you're a splitboarder. If you have the extra money, you can get the carbon version instead. I had the BD Expedition Pole before, which got the job done, but these poles will give you quite a bit of extra room in your pack. You'll be stoked on this purchase.
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Quick and easy pole to use. They are great for splitboarding!
Light weight but one big design flaw
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These are super lightweight (not that I've ever really had heavy poles) and they pack away super well. One huge design flaw though is the baskets spin. I guess is bc of the way they collapse but it's a huge pain to bust out my yoga moves in sketchy spots. Not a big enough deal I would return them but some sort of locking mechanism for the lower portion would be nice #splitboardproblems
Splitboarders rejoice. Skiers maybe not.
These are great poles for splitboarders who pack up their poles on the way down. They pack smaller than any collapsible pole I've seen, and they are easy and fast, but that comes with some minor tradeoffs.
I agree wholeheartedly with the review here titled "Great For Splitboarding! Some Caveats." I also had a tiny bend on the upper part of the pole that made collapsing stick a bit, but I happily kept using the pole without major issue. Occasionally, the lower sections would ice together which would require a little twitst to free them.
After a few seasons, I had one of the joint sections come loose which collapsed the pole. Black diamond replaced it. Thank you Black Diamond for standing behind your products.
The z-pole mechanism is convenient for packing, but if you're a skier, I'd suggest a different Black Diamond pole. if don't need pack your poles on the way down, other options are probably simpler and more stout. For splitboarders, I think the easy packability makes it super convenient.
Great for splitboarding!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I wanted a new pair of poles for splitboarding that easily fit inside my pack. My previous pair of poles were a little too long and had to be attached on the outside of the bag, but I wanted something that could tuck inside to make everything more streamlined. These poles have been perfect for that. They assemble very quickly, and then when you get to the top of the hill and are ready to snowboard, they fold up quickly and tuck away. I find that they are much lighter than other poles I looked in to, especially for splitboarders.
great functionality -could be better
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
this is my 2nd pair - have used for skiing on piste and backcountry and glacier-approaches. The quality and functionality is tops. They are a TAD heavy, and when skiing they can sometimes rattle - i.e. the aluminum joints dont always connect like a glove - this is annoying and maybe engineers can figure out a way to make it feel more snug... a touch lighter. Still best on the market. IMHO
Awesome poles for splitboarding
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
The days of strapping poles to your pack are over! These poles are pack down super small to easily fit inside your pack. They are also pretty light, and extremely easy to assemble and take down saving you time when you should be shredding pow. Highly recommend to all splitboarders!
Perfect for small packs
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These poles are killer for the splitboarder, they fold up very small and compact so you can easily throw them in your pack without much effort. As well as they assemble and break down quick and easy. I'm very impressed and satisfied with these poles!
Not the lightest but ...
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Not the lightest set of poles but they have some good features that I like. I had the earlier model and bent both of them in a fall but liked the that they pack down so small so I purchased another pair. For touring I also like that the baskets are big but with a cut out which is more comfortable against the snow. The strap design is also nicer than most being that it is a tad easier to insert a gloved hand that a strap that is one piece that goes in a loop with both ends at the handle. I was previously using poles that screw lock to adjust the length and they kept collapsing on me unintentionally which drove me crazy. The only peeve I have is that the cool basket design swivels around from the pole twisting (not the basket) - maybe tightening of the set up will rectify this. I used the earlier model extensively but this newer one just once. I don't see any major design differences between the 2 - maybe these newer ones are a little heavier.
This poles are great!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I don't really use them to hike, I just bought them because of their great colorway and folding features. I've ski'd with them about 4 times and their great. Very strong, no need to worry about them being lose, or flimsy.
Great for splitboarding! some caveats.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The packable collapsed pole make them great for splitboarding despite minor drawbacks. If you're a skier who never needs to pack away your poles, simpler poles may be more bomber.
One of my poles has become more difficult to collapse because a top section is bent slightly. You have to push one section into another to create slack for the "z" cable ,and a bent section causes resistance. If the top doesn't collapse completely first, it can cause a lot of tension on the cable because of insufficient slack. If the cable snaps, you lose the tension that holds the pole together. (That hasn't happened to me so far.)
Sometimes freezing makes the bottom sections hard to separate.
Despite these drawbacks, I still recommend the poles to splitboarders. They pack up small!
Splitboard Perfection!!!
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
These are a great trekking pole for splitboarders. They fold up nice and small so you can stash them in your pack when your making some powder turns.
They are really easy to build and tear down. So far so good. they do feel like they might break if you put a ton of pressure on them but as of now they are pretty awesome.
good not great
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I used these heavily for a few seasons. I really enjoyed them for the most part.
good grip, nice basket and the z folding system is fast and rad.
really flexible always felt like I was going to snap one, and I did.
Once the pole snapped(lower section) there was not fast way to repair and when bushwhacking at 3:30am in the Tetons I was not a happy camper, or overly excited about having to MacGyver a fix for the upcoming 5,000 vertical feet I still had to climb.
great until shit hits the fan.
just wanted to update. Took my abortion of a ski pole into BD headquarters here in SLC and within 24hours I had a brand new set of poles on my doorstep. Black Diamond is the shit. So awesome to see a company stand by their products and replace no questions asked.
Shouldn't a quality product just not break in the first place regardless...
I find these and their more expensive counterpart ill-suited to the demands of serious mountaineering (ive gone through 3 pairs in one season)
agreed, however poles are one of those products that take a tremendous amount of abuse and I generally plan on breaking at least one every 1-2 seasons. After another season on these I think i'm done with them. They are super sloppy and I can already identify a few weak points on them.
really really good poles although...
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Poles are great, have been designed, developed and tested seems to be.
So, the z shape concept which scarred me first, they look like are very tuff and durable. Ive studied industrial design and product design and analized them over and over.
Ill add the opinion of which should be improved to help somebody hopefully, either you buyers or some product developer or reviewer.
I think the top part of the grip where you tend to put your palm shouldnt have any edges as it has and be more rounded to increase its ergonomy of usage when you grab it from there. you can check many leki ergonomic poles to see what i mean with that, they are very more comfortable.
On the other side, i would reduce the width of the wrist strap, sometimes to take em off and on with or without gloves it doesnt come off quickly.
I would try to reduce the size of the plastic buckles of the handswrists as well, think they are too big unnecesarily and bother a little bit to carry the pole with your wrists with or without gloves.
Finally maybe other details i would add, which ive seen in many black diamond products is that night reflecting paint or stamp they use when using them at night.
Thats all!
Im wondering, are these poles good for trekking/hiking as well???
Raffy, these would work great as a hiking or trekking pole. The only thing to consider is some National Parks require you to use a rubber tip on the end to not trash the pristine rock. Not many places require that though, if you did need them BD sells them direct. http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en/trekking-poles/trekking-pole-tip-protector-BD1120690000ALL1.html
If you have anymore questions feel free to send me an email or call!
Bill Porreca
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In a very energetic and contrasting match, the Harrison County Thorobreds soccer team fell by a 2-1 margin at Montgomery County on Thursday.
The first half was all Montgomery County on offense as the Indians ran their action plan well and were constantly putting heat on the Thorobreds' defense.
A couple of defensive lapses by the Breds, and the Indians took a 2-0 lead into the half.
The contrast came in the second half as the Thorobreds took over with the ball and had the home team back on its heels the entire period.
Harrison County's Thorobred golfers continued with four matches last week in all of which they played very competitively.
The Fillies too had one match where they were edged by Montgomery County last Tuesday by a 162-174 score. In this match, senior Katelin Martin led the way with 54 with Kristen Aubrey shooting a 56 and Sarah Holland 64.
The Fillies next match is Wednesday at Pendleton County followed by a match at Nicholas on Thursday.
When a football team is in the huddle, the quarterback is the one who calls the play whether he makes the decision or it is sent in from the sidelines.
When the team gets to the line of scrimmage, he then decides whether the play call will be successful against the defensive formation or an audible needs to be called.
If you are a fan or a member of the team you hope that the quarterback's judgment is sound and the decisions he makes will be the right ones.
Coach Danny Simpson liked what he saw in the first week of competition for the 2011 Harrison County High School and Middle School cross country teams.
They opened the week with a dual meet in Frankfort with Scott County where first place was taken by Harrison County in both the boys and girls races and finished the week with a good showing in a large meet in Covington.
Tuesday was to be an all comers meet and several middle school teams were there, but Scott County and Harrison County had the only varsity teams.
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The Harrison County Middle School volleyball girls opened the season at home Monday night with a victory over West Jessamine in both the varsity and junior varsity matches. The young Fillies, who are coached by Whitney Criswell and Lonnie Tolson, defeated a very tough experienced program in West Jessamine.
Harrison County was 8-0 in its football win column against Grant County going into Saturday night's Hometown Pharmacy/Thorobred Bowl tussle with the Braves.
That record can now be 9-0 as the Breds rolled up 455 yards of total offense in a thorough 33-14 whipping of the neighbors to the northwest.
Senior quarterback Joe Korona was named player of the game for the Breds as he threw for 164 yards and ran for another 118 to lead the way for the Harrison County squad.
Coach Nick Hill was upbeat yet philosophical after the Thorobreds won their first match of the season in three tries on Saturday night.
"We could have been three wins and no losses if we would have played like we did tonight," he said. "The players realized that the modified kickball they were playing was not going to win anything."
The Harrison County Fillies traveled to Boone County last Wednesday and lost a 2-0 battle with the Lady Rebels.
Boone County scored early and the Fillies battled back with several near misses on goal during the match. Boone County scored again with four minutes to play with their second goal to pull out the victory.
The Lady Rebels stand at 3-1 for the year after Monday night's 6-0 defeat of Fillies' region rival Montgomery County.
Monday night the Fillies played host to the undefeated Lady Jaguars of East Jessamine.
I want to cover several different areas in this column and will start with the cheerleader camp held last week that culminated with the little ones getting to cheer at halftime of the Harrison County/Grant County football game.
My granddaughter, Cecilia, attended and participated in the camp and I believe was the youngest one there at just barely 4. She had a great time and was following along with the varsity cheerleaders pretty well the best I could tell.
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Feb. 22, 2013
Washington – Attacker Claire Petersen and midfielder Demmianne Cook, two of the most prolific scorers in Stony Brook women's lacrosse history, have been named to the 2013 Tewaaraton watch list, The Tewaaraton Foundation announced this morning. The list includes the elite women's lacrosse players in the nation and highlights the early contenders for the 2013 award.
"This is a great honor for our players to be considered for such a prestigious award," Stony Brook women's lacrosse head coach Joe Spallina said. "It is a testament to their commitment to be the best and is a great honor for Stony Brook."
After dominating at the Division II level at Adelphi, both Petersen and Cook followed Spallina to Stony Brook and have made seamless transitions to Division I, shattering school records in the process.
Petersen, a 2012 IWLCA All-American and 2013 ILWomen.com preseason All-American, leads Stony Brook this season in points and assists with 14 and seven, respectively, after breaking single-season program marks in both categories last year. On Feb. 16 against Bucknell, she tied her own school record for points in a contest by tallying 10 on four goals and a game-high six assists. A senior captain and the 2012 America East Player of the Year, Petersen sits third all-time in Seawolves Country in career assists with 66 and seventh in points with 115 despite only playing one full season at SBU.
Many of Petersen's assists have been dished to Cook, who paces the Seawolves with nine goals this season. She notched a game-high of seven goals in the season opener against Bucknell and tallied two against No. 3/3 Florida to help Stony Brook mount a comeback against the 2012 national semifinalists. Last season, the Nesconset, N.Y., native registered 68 goals, a new single-season school record. Although she is beginning just her second year at Stony Brook, Cook, a senior captain, is 10th all-time in program history in career goals (77) and draw controls (66).
The Tewaaraton Award is given annually to the top male and female lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are made up of top collegiate coaches and are appointed each year by The Tewaaraton Foundation. Both lists will be narrowed to 25 men's and women's nominees in late April, and five finalists will be announced in mid-May.
The winner will be revealed at the 13th annual Tewaaraton Award Ceremony on May 30 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
No. 18/19 Stony Brook (1-1) returns to the field to square off with Central Connecticut Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. in its third-straight road contest to open the 2013 season.


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Over the past couple of years, it has been possible to find good real estate deals by focusing on foreclosures. Indeed, in some markets it's more expensive to rent than it is to buy a home. However, the foreclosure situation may be about to get worse. So, if you have been thinking that you have largely missed the foreclosure boat, you might have some opportunities coming up.
Foreclosures in Limbo about to be Released
According to CNN Money, there are thousands of foreclosures in limbo right now. These foreclosures are mostly in states that require some sort of judicial review before the process is completed. Because of the robo-signing scandal, many lenders feared that their processes wouldn't hold up under scrutiny. In order to avoid legal issues, many halted foreclosures in order to sort out the problems in the system.
Now, though, many lenders feel more confident about their processes, and foreclosures are about to ramp up again. "Foreclosure squatters," who have been living in their homes for up to almost three years without paying their mortgages, could soon be evicted. According to the CNN Money article, that means that we could see quite a few more foreclosures in the housing market.
As more foreclosures hit the market, this could be a chance for you to buy a home relatively inexpensively — if you're ready to buy.
Tips for Buying a Foreclosure
If you are interested in buying a foreclosure it's important that you understand the process, and that you understand what you are getting. As always, it helps to be informed. Research the foreclosure market in the area you plan to buy. You can also check for a real estate agent who has experience with transactions involving foreclosures. The right person on your side can be a real asset. Other things to keep in mind as you buy a foreclosure include:
- Get your financing lined up first: You have to move fast on many foreclosures. For best results, visit a lender for pre-approval. Get, in writing, how much you are pre-approved for so that it is clear you are serious and able to buy. You can also have the cash together.
- Expect the home to be "as is": Most foreclosed homes are sold "as is." This means that you aren't going to get many concessions from the bank that owns the home. You could be missing something as trivial as fixtures, or you may find the wiring has been pulled out. Some previous homeowners trash properties on their way out. You need to be prepared to make necessary repairs.
- Make sure you are comfortable with the location: Determine your requirements for location. Do you like the neighborhood? Is it close to the amenities you want? Visit the foreclosed home and size it up for yourself, and make sure that the most important points are covered.
Buying a foreclosure can represent an opportunity if you have the ability to fix problems with the home, and if it is what you want. And, if the analysts are right, there should be plenty more foreclosed properties on the market soon.
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A one-time tax change related to U.S. companies' overseas earnings is the most feasible way to provide the additional funding needed to rebuild aging highways and mass transit systems, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.
Other ideas being considered are falling flat and time is running out to replenish the Highway Trust Fund this year, Foxx said at a Bloomberg Government event in Washington today. Proposals to increase the 18.4-cent-per-gallon gas tax or other fees on drivers can't clear Congress anytime soon, Foxx said, Bloomberg reported.
According to a DOT spokesman, President Barack Obama's proposed four-year, $302 billion bill would include "addressing the $1 trillion to $2 trillion of untaxed foreign earnings that U.S. companies have accumulated overseas" and reforming "accelerated depreciation," among other things.
He told The Trucker that the president's 2015 budget will include "a $150 billion allowance for these one-time savings, which it proposes to use to fill the Highway Trust Fund shortfall and help pay for this four-year transportation proposal."
The "one-time savings" are not a long-term fix, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says even if the president's plan is approved highway funds will come up short again in a few years.
The CBO says Obama's plan is at least $100 billion short of where it needs to be.
And, the above-mentioned business tax reforms on "trillions" accumulated overseas have not been approved, or even voted on.
Seeking to accelerate the debate, Obama is scheduled to travel tomorrow to New York to discuss U.S. infrastructure needs near the 58-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge, which was designed to last just 50 years and is scheduled for a $3.9 billion replacement.
A Senate panel yesterday unveiled bipartisan legislation that would authorize six years of U.S. highway programs, acting with construction projects at risk of slowing months before the November congressional elections.
The bill drafted by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer and other members would provide the same amount of money each year as in the current two-year, $105 billion legislation expiring in September, plus inflation.
It has no funding, however, leaving it up to the Senate Finance Committee.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, has yet to advance a companion proposal in that chamber. The Senate committee plans to complete work on its measure this week.
Companies including Caterpillar Inc., United Parcel Service Inc. and Honeywell International Inc. are pushing for a long-term bill, after a 2012 drive on legislation collapsed in a dispute over funding and resulted in the current two-year law that expires at the end of September, according to Bloomberg.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican, joins Obama in advocating overseas earnings as a source of revenue to fund infrastructure. Yet his counterpart in the Senate, Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said he favors a gas-tax increase and also wants to examine ideas that include resurrecting the Build America Bonds program created under Obama's 2009 economic stimulus measure.
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the finance committee's top Republican, said he wants to see a method of financing that retains the current user-pays approach and said he also wants to
The Transportation Department has said the Highway Trust Fund is projected to dip below the critical level of $4 billion as soon as July. That could cause a slowdown in reimbursements to states and a halt in some construction work. It's on track to fall below $1 billion by October, he has said.
As many as 700,000 jobs would be lost over a year as the trust fund starts to reach the point where it can't pay its bills, and that about 112,000 roadway projects and 5,600 transit projects could be delayed or halted, according to the Obama administration.
"The moment is dire," Foxx said. The trust fund "is quickly running toward insolvency."
Both Wyden and Camp say they're seeking a long-term funding solution, while also considering some kind of stopgap patch to buy more time this year. In the past, that's been accomplished with a short-term infusion from the government's general fund.
Business groups and labor unions are stepping up their own efforts starting this week, Bloomberg reported. Most of those organizations favor a boost in the gasoline tax to finance a long-term highway bill, even though lawmakers in both chambers say that can't clear Congress in an election year.
The Laborers International Union of North America yesterday announced a $1 million expenditure on billboards and radio and online ads in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. All three states have some of the nation's oldest, crumbling roads and bridges, said Terry O'Sullivan, LIUNA's general president.
"Another short-term patch simply duct-taping the roads and bridges we drive on must be off the table," O'Sullivan said at a news conference yesterday.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers will bring small-business owners to Washington in early June to lobby for a long-term measure, said Janet Kavinoky, the chamber's top transportation lobbyist.
Another group, Building America's Future, has developed a mobile-phone application that allows people stuck in traffic to choose a message of complaint from a drop-down menu to send to their lawmakers as they wait for the gridlock to clear. The app, "I'm Stuck," will be expanded as an offering to more users in coming months, said Marcia Hale, the president of the group that is led by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
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The Magic of the Olympics
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Love your post and congratulations to your daughter! Our granddaughter Jo's favorite event was the vault also and next year will be her final year on her college gymnastic team before she graduates in the spring. I love the excitement of the Olympics and my personal favorites are the Equestrian Events and,of course, the Gymnastic. Thanks for a great post!ReplyDelete
That's cool that your daughter did it at college -- and puts her in an elite group. Which college?ReplyDelete
Ursinus in Pennsylvania--I know, no one's ever heard of it, including her high school counselor. We read about it in a book called Colleges That Change Lives and were immediately attracted to it. Then when she visited the campus, that pretty much sealed he deal. Love your blog!ReplyDeleteReplies
Good post Lorilyn. You have a gift of comparing everyday things with our spirituality. You are amazing with all you do. It makes me tired thinking about it. LOLDelete
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This is a wonderful post.ReplyDelete
What a blessed opportunity that has been given to you to be part of the team of captioners.May you be blessed as you can learn spiritual lessons from the Olympic Games.And I know how proud you are of your daughter's accomplishments of achieving level eight as a competitive gymnast.Congratulations!!!
It is so good to know that we will all have the opportunity to win Gold Crowns when we reach the finish line.


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