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The curtain isn't going up until May, but the scaffolding on the new Mariinsky Theater in Russia's second city, St. Petersburg, is coming down, and the locals aren't happy. The outward appearance of the $700 million performance space -- known as Mariinsky 2 -- is coming under blistering criticism on blogs and across the social-media sphere. Amateur architecture critics have likened the theater to a drab department store or a giant toilet. Mariinsky 2 is hardly the first public building, monument, or performance space to elicit withering rebukes from those it was intended to serve. Here's a look at a few public buildings whose designs were widely ridiculed. In many cases, time has softened those opinions. (13 PHOTOS)
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, built as an entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, has become one of the world's iconic public monuments. Before its opening, however, the tower was criticized by many artists of the day, who objected to "this useless and monstrous" tower. It was an immediate hit with the public, however, and was allowed to remain standing, despite architect Gustav Eiffel only having a permit allowing the tower to stand for 20 years.
Prague's New Stage theater, an extension of the stately National Theater of 1881, was designed by Karel Prager, a top architect from the communist era. Completed in 1983, its exterior of opaque glass blocks has famously been described as resembling frozen urine.
The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, which opened in 1977, is notable for its inside-out design, with its exposed network of multicolored pipes, tubes, and ducts. With no real facade, the museum's design was trashed by many critics at the time. Art lovers, however, continue to flock to the building, with more than 150 million visitors logged since its opening.
Architect Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao wowed most of the world when it opened in the Spanish city in 1997. But it was not without its detractors. The Project for Public Spaces said it "fails miserably as a public space, missing a significant opportunity to celebrate and support the cultural and community life that is pulsating throughout the city." The museum is credited with helping to revive the city.
Now considered a landmark of modern architecture, New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959, was criticized at the time as overshadowing the art contained inside, which the design of the building often made difficult to hang. A letter of protest was written by more than 20 artists who objected to having their work displayed in the Guggenheim.
The Louvre Pyramid in Paris was designed by architect I.M. Pei and opened to the public in 1989. At the time, the design of the modern glass pyramid -- set smack dab amid the classical lines of the old Louvre building -- upset many critics and members of the public. It has ultimately become a tourist attraction in its own right and one of the must-sees for visitors to Paris now.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool, England, was designed by Frederick Gibberd and consecrated in 1967. It is derisively referred to as the "Mersey Funnel" by locals and almost immediately after its opening started exhibiting a number of design flaws, such as a leaky roof. CNN recently voted it one of the world's worst buildings.
The Experience Music Project in Seattle, which opened in 2000, was also designed by architect Frank Gehry. It was immediately criticized as ugly and an eyesore but has since grown on the locals. "The building is strange. We can agree on that," the "Seattle Times" wrote on the building's 10th anniversary. "But is it provocative-in-a-good-way strange or just too strange?"
The National Library of Belarus in Minsk opened in 2006, designed by Mikhail Vinogradov and Viktor Kramarenko. It is shaped like a rhombicuboctahedron -- that is, it has eight triangular and 18 square faces. Britain's "The Daily Telegraph" called it one of the 21 ugliest buildings ever designed and built.
The National University Library in Pristina, Kosovo, was designed by Andrija Mutnjakovic of Croatia and opened in 1982. It was also voted one of the world's ugliest buildings by "The Daily Telegraph." It features 73 small glass domes and is covered by a metal fishing net, of sorts. One travel guide describes it as "simultaneously gorgeous and absurd."
The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw opened in 1955 as a gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland. It has long engendered negative feelings, not only because of its imposing presence on the landscape but due to its obvious Soviet-style architecture. It's often referred to as "Stalin's Syringe." It currently houses an exhibition space and offices.
Czech architect Jan Kaplicky's design for a new Czech National Library in Prague was widely criticized when it was unveiled in 2007. Often called "The Blob" or "The Octopus," it was criticized by Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who was quoted as saying he would prevent the construction of the building with his own body if it came to that. The design was later dropped.
Bertrand Delanoe, the mayor of Paris, was among those opposed to the proposed design of the massive Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center along the banks of the Seine River. He dismissed the architecture as "pastiche," a "hodgepodge," and "mediocre." Because of all the objections, a building permit was not approved and the project has been sent back to the drawing board.
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Franny and Zooey
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Franny and Zooey Theme of Education
Title character Franny Glass has more than a few complaints about the college system. A student herself, Franny finds her professors to be egotistical, grad students to be condescending narcissists, and most of her peers conformist bores (including her boyfriend). The problem with college, she feels, is that it's about trying to amass knowledge for the sake of knowledge – which in her mind is no more noble than trying to amass wealth or fame. Knowledge ought to lead to wisdom – yet there's no discussion or even mention of wisdom on a college campus. This renders the entire system shallow and fruitless.
Questions About Education
- Is it fair for Zooey to blame so many of his problems (and Franny's problems) on the education Seymour and Buddy gave them when they were kids? How many of these issues really are the result of such an education?
- Zooey complains about the cons, but what were the pros, for Franny and Zooey, of the education given by their older brothers?
- What does Franny hate so much about the system of higher education? Are her complaints reasonable?
- When talking to his mother, Zooey says: "Phooey […] on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day" (Zooey.5.31). What does he mean by "honest"? How is it that a con man can be honest while a college boy is not?
- Franny's biggest complaint about college is that they amass all this knowledge without using it to attain wisdom. What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? How is wisdom gained? Is wisdom the same thing, or different from, the "no-knowledge" to which Buddy refers in his letter to Zooey?
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Franny gains the wisdom at home that she cannot find in college.

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NEWARK, N.J. – After seeming to continuously find a way despite the circumstances, the Tampa Bay Lightning stumbled Tuesday night and dropped a 2-1 decision to the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center.
"We've pulled out games where this has happened, but you're not going to pull them all out," head coach Jon Cooper said. "You're just limiting your chances to win hockey games by continuing to turn the puck over or by trying to make too cute of a play."
Managing just 17 shots on net total in the contest, Cooper countlessly tried to reinvigorate the Bolts, which seemed to work initially. Yet soon after finishing the second period by outshooting the Devils 8-1, the momentum fizzled again, adding just four more shots in the final frame.
"We have a game plan in place and it gets a little frustrating when we don't execute our plan," Cooper said. "If you're going to get less than 20 shots in a hockey game, that's not very hard to play against."
After a quiet first period from both teams, the two clubs combined for three goals in the middle frame. The Devils struck first with back-to-back tallies, putting the Lightning in a 2-0 deficit by the midway point of the contest.
Adam Henrique stole the puck away from Bolts' blueliner Matt Carle in the defensive zone and carried the puck down the ice, passing to Patrick Elias. Elias sent the puck right back to Henrique, who finished for the opening marker, shorthanded, at 1:36 of the second.
New Jersey's next tally came nine minutes later when Martin St. Louis also suffered a turnover in the Devils' zone. Jaromir Jagr quickly converted with a breakaway deep into Tampa Bay territory, wristing a shot top shelf past netminder Ben Bishop to extend the Devils' lead to 2-0. The goal was unassisted.
"Enough was enough with being cute," Cooper said. "We had five shots on goal and you're not going to win against this goaltender with five shots on goal."
The Lightning responded immediately to Cooper's words, breaking New Jersey's shutout less than five minutes later. Stationed in front of the net, Stamkos tried to redirect a shot from Teddy Purcell. The Devils netminder came up with the intial save, but Stamkos managed to poke the rebound past him to cut New Jersey's lead in half with 4:37 remaining in the second period.
"We sustained pressure and got back into the game, we actually could have had the lead," Cooper said. "'Why couldn't we do that for more than six minutes in a game?' That's the frustrating part."
In the third period Valtteri Filppula had one of the biggest scoring chances of the game, but Brodeur came up with the stop for New Jersey. Fed a pass from St. Louis, Filppula shot a backhander at the Devils' net, but Brodeur made a quick reaction save with his leg pad to keep New Jersey in front.
UP NEXT – With two days between their next contest, the Lightning travel to Raleigh, North Carolina Tuesday evening. The Bolts have two scheduled practices before Friday's tilt with former Southeast Division rival, the Carolina Hurricanes. It is also the first of back-to-back games that features the St. Louis Blues at the Tampa Bay Times Forum Saturday, in addition to the Hurricanes.


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Looks like the coastal path's being a bit of a blighter. Charlotte had to turn back and retrace her steps at one point when only a couple of miles from meeting me in Immingham because the path had been closed without any kind of advanced warning. This put her well over her anticipated mileage, and due to the other problems down the line we were about an hour behind schedule. Because I decided to run the last few miles of her leg with her we were able to arrange the handover slightly earlier. I got hold of Barry officially, therefore, outside Lindsey Oil Refinery in South Killingholme.
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The benefit of this stretch is that it is pancake flat. However, it is leg-sappingly concrete and the wind was unhelpfully easterly. Still, this was marathon training for me, so I made my way along the North Wall at just under 8 minutes per mile. Constantly reasuring me in the distance were the twin Grimsby landmarks of the Dock Tower and the Tioxide Chimney. Gradually there was evidence of other people, a couple out cycling, a few fishermen, but mostly it was just me and Barry and the Humber estuary.
Gradually the landmarks passed. The Stallingborough power station came and went, then it was the food factories at Europarc. Finally I was on the sea wall behind Norvartis Chemical works, which I remembered from an old race that used to be run round there. I was struggling with the pace a little because of the wind and tired legs from this morning's bike ride, but was able to keep going.
Finally, I hit the A180 Westway into Grimsby. Spotted the buildings of the town centre and made it over the bridge, ten minutes earlier than my rearranged 4pm arrival, to meet Stu and send barry on his way.
Stu's taking Barry to Saltfleet today, so he'll be ahead of schedule when he arrives. It's been a long old day for him and he needs a rest...
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas --- The Georgia men's golf team stands first after the opening day of competition in the NCAA San Antonio Regional.
On Thursday, the top-seeded and third-ranked Bulldogs fired a 7-under-par 281 on Briggs Ranch Golf Course's par-72, 7,247-yard layout. Georgia holds a 4-shot lead over College of Charleston, which opened with a 3-under 285. Central Florida and SMU are tied for third at even-par 288.
The Bulldogs need a top-5 finish in the San Antonio Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held May 23-28 at Prairie Dunes Golf Club in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Freshman Greyson Sigg paced the Bulldogs on Thursday as he fired a 4-under 68. Senior Michael Cromie followed at 2-under 70, while sophomore Lee McCoy signed for a 1-under 71 and senior Joey Garber posted an even-par 72. Senior Keith Mitchell had the Bulldogs' non-counting score of 3-over 75.
Sigg stands third individually, one shot behind SMU's Bryson Dechambeau and TCU's Julien Brun. Cromie is sixth, while McCoy is 11th and Garber is 15th.
"It's hard to find much to complain about on this round," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "We got off to a good start on the front nine (5-under among the counting four golfers) and were steady for the most part coming in. The main thing was we had a solid first day in a tournament that pretty much demands that. We've just got to keep it going for a couple more days."


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Survey Finds Majority of Americans Look Online for Health Information
Are Physicians Becoming Sidelined In Our Health Care Conversations?
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Today, Americans can do almost everything online. With a few clicks, we can manage our bank accounts, order groceries and book vacations. We can even manage components of our health and health care by scheduling doctor appointments online, ordering prescription refills and comparing test results.
But when it comes to our health, are Americans turning to the Internet for more than just convenience?
According to PhRMA's Second Annual National Health Survey, 41 percent of Americans report they have not raised health concerns with their health care provider (this number includes 5 percent for Americans who report they do not even have a doctor), and a majority (78 percent) reports they seek sources outside of their doctor's office for health information:
- 57% - Use medical or health-related websites
- 30% - Turn to friends or family who are not medical professionals
- 24% - Refer to a pharmacist
- 15% - Refer to an alternative medicine practitioner, such as acupuncturist or chiropractor
Perhaps most shocking is that 1 in 4 Americans report they have done something different than what their doctor recommended. This was most common among younger adults (ages 18 – 34).
The survey underscores a paradigm shift that is transforming the fundamental relationships we have with our physicians. Doctors clearly remain an important source of professional advice, and the primary place we go for treatment, but they no longer hold an exclusive on health information and dissemination. Our "second opinions" – and sometimes our only opinions – are now coming from outside the doctor's office, increasingly from online sources and personal research. A new "empowered patient" –an e-patient – is changing the nature of health care delivery and the level of engagement. And, it's hard to argue that this change isn't a good thing.
After all, The Internet is making it possible for patients to assume more responsibility for their own health care, and in doing so, is challenging the traditional doctor‐patient dynamic. While this relationship was once confined to in-office visits where physicians advised patients on a best course of action, today, patients often arrive to appointments armed with information (found online, of course) and want to discuss various diagnoses and courses of treatment. Unquestionably, an informed and engaged patient will help promote wellness and preventive care, and save the health care system and consumers billions in costs.
On the other hand, without a physician at the center of health care decision-making, the proliferation of medical information – including new medicines and treatments – is subject to undisciplined interpretation. Junk science can too easily become accepted, and complex interactions requiring explanation and discussion are bypassed. Without a physician's guidance, tracking adherence to medications can become an afterthought and could leave millions vulnerable to hospitalizations, recurrence or overdose reactions.
There's no escaping our evolving health-care model, especially as an e-patient becomes more health savvy and motivated. In the new model, the physician's role has never been more important. Finding new ways of engaging their patients online, making an office or clinic visit more convenient and working with others in the health care ecosystem to distinguish fact from myth, will keep the physician-patient relationship where it needs to be – at the center of health care conversations – and not on the sidelines.


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Today's lithium-ion batteries are reaching an energy limit in terms of powering laptops, cell phones, and other gadgets. But according to New Scientist, some chemists in the UK believe there's a way to break through the looming capacity barrier--by letting the batteries "breathe" oxygen from the air.
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FICO scoring has never been more important, as banks are now taking the risk of lending money a bit more seriously. Let's review, as best we can, how this score is determined and what you can do to improve your score.
By the way, the above is from a PBS special, "Secret History of the Credit Card." Mrs. Taxpayer is still kidding me how a show with such a title can get my interest.
FICO formulas are still a bit of a secret, but the above is a good start. As I've read more about each of these criteria, I understand that 'amounts owed' are a 'percent available credit used' more than total dollars. So accepting a new card and instantly using the entire line may have a bit of an impact, but this is where unused credit on other cards actually helps bring down the total percent used. Of course, applying for too many cards in a short timespan also will impact your score.
Canceling cards can hurt you in two ways, raising the 'percent credit used', and reducing average age of accounts, so these are concerns. It may be a great feeling to cut up your paid off cards, but the better choice may be to check your score and act slowly. Keep the cards that have no annual fees, making a small charge now and then. If you plan to cancel the cards with fees, first calculate the total percent credit used, so you are sure that canceling those cards don't impact your score. In the long run, paying one more annual fee may save you by avoiding the rate bump you may see from a lowered score.
If you are in dire straights, still make every minimum payment. Even if this means charging the same amount you just paid off. Missed payments will quickly impact the interest rates on the card involved, and soon raise the rates on all your open accounts.
There are those (such as Dave Ramsey) who will tell you to avoid all credit cards. This is nonsense. Graduate college, get a good job, save for a house, and you'll find that without any credit history your options to get a mortgage will be limited despite the nice downpayment and low debt to income that new mortgage would cost you. Instead, find two no-fee (you'll pay in full so the rate doesn't much matter) cards, with a rebate or some perk, and use them for your routine purchases, even just gas if you wish. This will help build a real credit file and keep you from being financially invisible.
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Augustine Says:
July 27th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Since the credit card companies are having second thoughts, we're seeing unused cards canceled and limits reduced. Such actions have the potential to affect the history and debt ratio, or 45% of the credit score. And that without one doing anything on one's part.
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July 28th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Interestingly, I have no FICO score. Haven't had one in about 1 year ever since I paid off all my debt, cut up my cards, and pay everything with cash now. While I think your post is very informative, it would serve everyone better to get out of debt and not worry about FICO. If you can't pay for it, you can't afford it.
You'd be surprised at how many businesses out there prefer to deal with cash customers. You can actually negotiate the price on many items when its cash. You don't get that luxury when you put it on a card or apply for store credit. I just bought a washer/dryer at Sears that had a floor price of $2,500 (we went for the HE appliances) – once I started flashing the cash – we got them for $1,800. As long as you know the art of negotiation, have cash, and no debt – you don't need to worry about credit or FICO to get what you want.
BTW – I am a graduate of the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University. He's right. You don't need credit or credit cards.
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July 28th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
BoBo – I hear you. One question for the Dave students – how do you get a mortgage? And what kind of rate do you get?
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July 29th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Very informative post as it gives an in-depth discussion on credit cards and rating/score, etc. I still believe having a credit card is better than none at all, for two reasons: 1. it gives you the convenience and allows you not to carry huge amount of cash, thus preventing hold-ups and robbery, and 2. it provides "cash" when you do not have cash for emergency purchases. As to worrying about paying the credit, it is a manner of fiscal discipline and budgeting.
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June 21st, 2012 at 11:39 am
With regards to "Dave students" – the advocacy of eliminating all credit cards is directly related to living within your means and not using them if you've gotten into trouble in the past: not that having them at all is a Bad Thing (or, at least, so I understood when doing the class).
Another focus is to save as much as you can and use your personal assets as your credit worthiness report: if you have, say, $100 000 saved, and the house you want is $125 000, then when you go to the bank (preferably one that knows you well already), they can see your frugality and good budgeting, and you get a good mortgage.
Of course, having a credit score outside of just that is awesome – and useful if you want to use a bank (or credit union) which is new to you.
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June 21st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
How's this? I agree that for those who have shown themselves to be irresponsible, avoiding cards is a good idea. A baby step toward responsibility is to use one card, and use it only for gas. Why gas? Because I view it as a need, and even one with poor self control can manage to pull up to the pump get gas, and go home to put the $40 in an envelop to pay the bill when it comes in.
In the current economy, I mean the day to day way our system works, zero card use is an outlier. If you wish to keep one card on ice, but take it on a trip to rent a car and hotel room, I take no issue. Last time I tried to put a room on a debit card at check-in I was refused. I did that just as an experiment, I had credit cards at the ready.
Who has $100K in the bank when they go to buy a $125K house? But I agree, a local bank might approve you under that scenario, I don't know for sure.


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PARKERSBURG - For the first time since Paul Jackson announced his retirement in March, Parkersburg South has a head wrestling coach.
By a 4-to-1 vote, members of the Wood County Board of Education approved the recommendation of South administrators to name Donna Dixon as the new leader of the Patriots.
Supporting the motion were board president Tim Yeater, John Marlow, Lawrence Hasbargen and Tad Wilson. The lone dissenting vote came from Jim Fox.
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Newly named Parkersburg South head wrestling coach Donna Dixon, right, is hugged by her mother, Emily Bargeloh, as the Wood County Board of Education recessed.
The vote came more than 2 hours after the start of Tuesday's meeting, which saw approximately 20 audience members address the board on various topics, with talk of the coaching position dominating the discussion.
"I am extremely relieved,''Dixon said following the vote. "I am ready to get South wrestling prepared to win that fifth straight state title."
Earlier, Dixon offered an impassioned plea of her candidacy for the position. Dixon reviewed both her academic background as well as all the time she has spent traveling to and attending wrestling matches as well as time spent in the wrestling room. She noted among other accomplishments she had attended a clinic by the legendary Dan Gable.
"I have run and organized many wrestling tournaments,'' she said. "I know wrestling. I have a clear vision for this program."
When Dixon completed her statement, she was greeted with a standing ovation by those who came to support her.
That included 11 members of the South wrestling team who took the podium together to voice their approval for Dixon. Jake Alexander spoke for the group, saying, "We are here to support the South administration and the choice they made."
Dixon was one of five persons to apply for the position, and one of four teachers who was granted an interview. Former coach Dan Clevenger, who wanted to return to the Patriot helm, talked to the wrestlers from the podium.
"I will coach you to the best of my ability," he said. "I understand you want to support your coaches. Is it OK if I stand up for myself?"
Once the school board voted, Clevenger stuck out his hand to Mrs. Dixon and told her, "No hard feelings."
Both candidates had passionate supporters speak to the board.
Jenny Sullivan, who serves as scorekeeper, publicity director and wears many other hats for the South program, voiced her support for Dixon.
"The legendary Rod Oldham was hired as the wrestling coach at Parkersburg South without ever wrestling a day in his life," she said. "Donna can handle the administrative duties and leave the technical aspects to the assistant coaches," she said.
South's assistants -who include Dixon's husband, Kevin, as well as Gary and Chad Porter, David Jeffrey and Dean Moore - played a major role in the debate. One of Dixon's selling points was she would attempt to keep coach Jackson's staff together while Clevenger said he would invite some of its members to join him.
Patrick Miller, a former wrestler under Clevenger, said the coach instilled in him the principals of respect, commitment and integrity. "I highly recommend Dan Clevenger," he said.
The two South administrators who were responsible for Dixon's appointment -Principal Tom Eschbacher and Athletics Director Rick Leach -were on hand to watch their recommendation be approved.
"The important thing," said Fox, "is to come together as a team and as a community. It is OK to disagree."
Marlow said he wished there was as much concern over the hiring of teachers as the wrestling position. Marlow said if the law allowed lay coaches to be hired over teachers he would have no problem naming Gary Porter as the new coach. Marlow had submitted a series of questions to South administrators regarding the hiring process they used. Satisfied with their responses, he supported the appointment.
Wilson said he appreciated the passion and the amount of the feedback board members received.
Hasbargen said he has lived in south Parkersburg for 44 years and knew both of the leading candidates, about whom he talked glowingly.
"I am hopeful and believe we are doing what is in the best interest of the students," he said.


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The volume of waste between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day generally increases by about 25 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That's about 1 million extra tons.
This percent increase is also true for McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility. Operations Manager James Cook said the last week of December and the first week of January is utility's busiest time of the year.
"It's just longer days for our drivers," he said, adding the trucks dump more frequently. Households may leave extra bags sitting beside their dumpster but are asked to call the dispatcher prior to pick up. Some spread out their trash over a number of weeks, while others dispose of it all at once.
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What about energy drinks…??? That's the Big Question I get asked by high school kids, coaches, parents and other active, under-thirty year olds. They want to know if guzzling drinks such as Red Bull and Full Throttle are OK for energy boosters.
My response to being asked "What about energy drinks?" is to reply, "Why are you lagging on energy? Did you consume an adequate sports diet earlier in the day?" Undoubtedly not.
Generally, the desire for an energy drink is the symptom of a bigger nutritional problem: skipping breakfast, barely eating lunch and now at 3:00 p.m. needing help to get through the afternoon, including a workout.
You're naïve to think that a can of caffeinated sugar-syrup will optimize performance. While it may stimulate you enough to make the workout seem easier, it will not replace a health-promoting, energy enhancing foundation of wholesome meals and pre-exercise snacks. No energy drink will compensate for poor nutrition.
Energy drinks should really be called "stimulant drinks." They are the equivalent of a small cup of coffee (energy drinks typically contain between 80 to 140 mg of caffeine) with two heaping tablespoons of sugar (or 7 packets of sugar @ 110 calories). That's enough to get anyone wired!
Many athletes also question if energy drinks are bad for their health. While I have less concern about the occasional energy drink, I am concerned about over-consumption, especially in small children. I read a medical report about a teenage basketball player who drank four cans of an energy drink and died, likely due to heart problems. The dose is the poison.
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The hot weather has (finally) come to Boston and most endurance athletes aren't use to it yet. Here are a few tips for managing the heat.
--Be sure to not only drink enough fluids during exercise but also add a little sodium to your pre-exercise stint in the heat if you plan to be outside for a a few hours. The sodium helps retain the fluids in your body (as opposed to have plain water go in one end and out the other). This can help delay dehydration and enhance your endurance.
While on a daily basis you might want to minimize your sodium intake, a little extra salt before hot weather exercise can be a wise choice.Some possible choices are chicken noodle soup (or any canned brothy soup), V-8 juice, salted pretzels, baked chips, olives, pickles, ham and cheese sandwich with mustard – or any salted/salty food, before you go. This might be a change in eating habits for health-conscious endurance athletes who cook their oatmeal without salt, rarely eat canned or processed foods, and have no salt shaker on the dinner table.
You might lose 500 to 800+ mg sodium per pound of sweat. (Weigh yourself pre and post exercise to figure our how many pounds of sweat you lose in an hour.) While you need not get obsessed about replacing sodium milligram for milligram, reading food labels can give you a frame of reference regarding how much you replace with your food choices. For example--
A can of chicken noodle soup offers 2,350 mg sodium
A quart of Gatorade offers 440 mg sodium
Eight ounces of orange juice has only 5 mg
Generally, if you crave salt, you should eat salt.
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Now I'm a huge fan of Nascar and go along as often as I can. But why do I prefer it over Formula 1?
The drivers
Unlike in Formula 1, you haven't got to be burn with a silver spoon in your mouth to be a Nascar driver, anyone with the skill to do it can become one. The feeder races leading up to the top races are full of regular guys racing on dirt tracks.
However most Formula 1 drivers were rich before they became successful and after they became successful they became completely obscenely rich, it's crazy what they get paid. It's certainly a very rich man's sport and I don't like the inequality of that. Even karting which is the first step towards becoming a F1 driver is expensive.
The cars
While Formula 1 cars are incredible pieces of machinery, and are much lighter than Nascar cars, they cost a huge amount to create and maintain. A Nascar is much cheaper to make and so more ordinary guys are able to get to drive one. And it's a fairer fight because all the cars are built on the same chassis, either a Chevy, a Toyota or a Ford. In Formula 1 the team that wins is the team that generally has the most money.
A more interesting race
In Nascar you can start at the back and still come through and win the race. In Formula 1 that's pretty much impossible, the tracks are just too narrow and it's too hard to do any overtaking.
I also love all the noise and smoke of the Nascar race.
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His scholarly interests are in the areas of early Hebrew poetry; ancient epic; theories of myth; Africana biblical interpretation; poetry as medium for theological expression; the use of religious traditions and sacred texts in identity construction within the Black community; and the role of mysticism and esoterism in Anglican, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Canadian spirituality.
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- Kenner officials are investigating reports that a code enforcement inspector released confidential information about residents' complaint, which led to one woman being confronted by her neighbor. The Advocate identifies the employee as Alan Howland.
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Here are quotes from Oakland A's players Eric Chavez, a third baseman, and Barry Zito, a lefthanded starting pitcher. They were teammates of Lidle in '01 and '02 with Oakland. Chavez and Zito spoke Wednesday prior to Game 2 of the American League Championship Series between Oakland and Detroit.
CHAVEZ: I was watching the TV with my dad at the house. Then you come to the field and you find out you know the person involved. Anybody in the baseball world, especially somebody you knew, we'd see each other every winter in Vegas for his poker tournament. We knew his wife Melanie pretty well and his son, too. It's kind of unbelievable at this point.
On playing Wednesday's game: It's going to be so hard, but you're going to have to. It's so funny. We're getting reminded how valuable life is constantly. I feel bad for Melanie and our family.
Definitely a free spirit
He was gutsy. He was very out-spoken. The thing with Arthur (Rhodes) and the Philadelphia Phillies… Arthur was pretty outspoken about Cory, but from what I hear Cory made a good imprint on the Yankees. I knew Cory for the good Cory and I don't think I'd ever have a bad thing to say about Cory.
When I first got here, I don't think we knew what was going on and they started popping up his picture and his name. At first I started kind of hoping that he just owned the plane and he wasn't in and then you find out he was in it. It's very disturbing.
We'll be fine. You feel more for him and his family and Melanie. This is just baseball. You've got to put it behind you and go through. It's definitely tough.
He pitched a couple of days ago in Detroit… It's pretty disheartening.
Cory's a funny guy. We got along great when he was here. We hung out a lot and went to a lot of finder with him and his wife and my wife. It's very disturbing.
ZITO: I just remember his playful spirit. He was kind of like a boy when he came out and played ball and he always had a good time.
Crazy stuff happens and this is just an indication how you can't take anything for granted. Baseball lost a very special person today. My heart goes out to his wife.
We were all kind of watching in shock on CNN today. There were a few of us that played with us in '01 and '02, but more than we're like a big family. Regardless of personal ties, everybody feels for him.
It just kind of shows you what the true things in life are: love and family and friends.
I know Lidle was into poker playing and wanted to be a pilot, and he accomplished it.
I'm sure it will be everyone's heads, especially the 50 guys in the dugouts and the coaching staffs. But we've just go to move on and I'm sure Lidle would want us to keep baseball in tact and keep going. I'm sure he'll be watching.
We used to call him "Snacks." He'd be eating Reese's between innings while he was pitching. He crush some M&Ms, crush some Whoppers, crush some ice cream. All the while throwing eight scoreless innings.
On Lidle being a replacement player: We had a few replacement players. From a union standpoint I know they don't get the respect, but from a player standpoint they're still just good guys trying to make a living for themselves. A lot of those guys who did cross the (picket) line were pressured by the organization in a major way and I think there's an individual story attached to every one of them. We shouldn't make an assumption about him or his character.
On athletes feeling invincible off the field: We do this stuff and a lot of people see us out here as super heroes or cartoon characters. The reality is we're just normal people and we're on a baseball field like the rest of the kids in the world. It's just a little bigger with more fans and more media attention. We're just regular humans. Guys have to realize that. We can't start downhill skiing or jumping off cliffs with bungi cords and all that stuff, unless they really know what they knowing. Freak things occur as well. Even the most prepared people get in serious accidents.


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Saturday concludes a week of commencement celebrations for Washington State Community College, marking a time Waverly, W.Va., resident Scott Cale would have had trouble imagining three years ago.
That's when Cale, at age 35, enrolled at Washington State. He said walking in the front door for his first classes was the hardest part.
On the first day, he "got there an hour early and I sat in the car 45 minutes thinking to myself, 'What am I doing?'" Cale said.
It wasn't just that he hadn't been to school in so long. Even when he was attending elementary and high school, Cale faced challenges because he was a hemophiliac. His blood lacks a key protein to form blood clots.
"If I get cut, I'll bleed and bleed," said Cale, now 38.
That also led to bleeding in joints, which ate away at the cartilage in his knees. Treatment for the joint bleeds would often cause him to miss extended periods of time at school, with a tutor sent to his home to help him catch up.
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Washington State Community College's 41st annual Spring Commencement will take place on Saturday in the Harvey Graham Auditorium.
Associate degrees of arts and sciences, individualized studies and public service will be presented at 10 a.m., with state Sen. Lou Gentile serving as guest speaker.
Degrees for students in business technologies, engineering, industrial technologies and health and wellness will be conferred in the noon ceremony, with state Rep. Andy Thompson speaking.
Parking is available in the lower and upper lots.
A reception will follow each ceremony in the Student Commons of the Main Building.
"It seems my whole life in school, I was always trying to get caught up," he said.
"When I went to college, I found out I was a little bit smarter than I thought," Cale said.
Cale started out taking prerequisites to ease into the college experience. Although he participated in some online classes, most of Cale's courses were on campus.
"I liked interacting with the people more. I learned more that way," he said.
On Thursday, Cale marked completion of his associate's degree with a pinning ceremony with 10 other graduates of the medical lab technology program. He said he was interested in that area of study because of his hemophilia.
"It was always interesting to me just to learn more about how it works for my condition," he said.
Despite his initial nervousness, Cale said he had a wonderful experience at Washington State and greatly appreciated the staff there, especially medical laboratory technology program director Heather Kincaid and Associate Professor Julia Will.
"They really took their time. They're great people," Cale said. "There was always someone, if you had a question, you could go and they would help you."
Kincaid had praise for Cale's performance as a student.
"He's been very dedicated," she said. "He was very nervous when he first came to me, but he fell right back into ... sync with studying and participating in the classroom."
Cale's condition, primarily the severe pain in his knees, kept him from working after high school. But technology has improved, and now Cale receives regular blood infusions at home, rather than waiting until a problem arises to receive treatment. With his degree in hand, he wants to pursue a career.
"I'm ready to work. I've always wanted to work. I feel better about myself when I'm doing something," he said.
Pinning ceremonies for multiple health-related courses have been held this week, and spring commencement is taking place in two parts Saturday. More than 120 students are expected to participate, but Claudia Owens, executive director of public relations and marketing, said the actual class of 2013 numbers 404 when fall and summer graduates are included, as well as students who attended the pinning ceremonies.
Two state legislators will be guest speakers at the dual commencement ceremonies, Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, at 10 a.m. and Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta, at noon.
Last year, commencement was split into four Saturday ceremonies.
"Last year we had a lot more participating, and that was our largest graduating class," Owens said.
The graduation is also earlier this year, due to the college's state-mandated conversion from quarters to semesters.


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The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth Chapter 7 Summary
- The time is finally here. What time, you ask? Why, the time for Wang Lung's uncle to show us how he's going to mooch off of his nephew, of course.
- Remember how this uncle is a lazy good-for-nothing? Well, he goes to Wang Lung to ask for money since he knows that, according to the law of filial piety, Wang Lung can't refuse.
- So Wang Lung goes into his wall and takes out the silver to give to his uncle. To "borrow." Yeah, he's not seeing that money ever again.
- On top of everything else, O-lan has the nerve to give birth to a girl. Things are going downhill fast.
- After everything else is done, Wang Lung goes back to the farm to work, but there are a bunch of unlucky crows there. He tries to chase them away, but he can't even do that and they circle around him.


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Cisco adding iPhone app for voice-over-Wi-Fi
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to add voice-over-Wi-Fi capabilities to its existing iPhone app by April, part of a continuing effort to expand its unified communications technology into the mobile space.
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to add voice-over-Wi-Fi capabilities to its existing iPhone app by April, part of a continuing effort to expand its unified communications technology into the mobile space.
The official statement from AFACT on today's Federal Court ruling on online copyright infringement.
Facebook's data centers already need 100-Gigabit Ethernet and ideally could use 1-Terabit Ethernet, according to a senior network engineer at the company.
An Apple tablet computer, expected to be introduced next week, will run on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless 3G networks, but two industry sources warned today to not assume Verizon is on board.
With the economy in a downturn, it's no surprise that companies have been slashing travel budgets. But at MetLife, officials say the focus is also on employees' quality of life, keeping them home as much as possible.
A Siemens research project has recently broken the record for wirelessly transmitting data, by making use of white LEDs light-emitting diodes instead of radio waves.
Corporations and government agencies must IPv6-enable their public-facing Web sites in the next 24 months or risk upsetting a growing number of visitors with lower-grade connectivity.
Startup ViVu has released a software plug-in for Skype that allows the popular Internet calling service to be used for multipoint videoconferencing.
Mobile broadband comes in different flavors, and the options are growing. Users can connect to the Internet through 3G networks, but now WiMax capabilities are being added to many laptops. WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a ...
The long-awaited depletion of the Internet's primary address space came one step closer to reality on Tuesday with the announcement that fewer than 10% of IPv4 addresses remain unallocated.
Today's CIOs may get blindsided by a technology they don't often think about: video, specifically high-definition video in the enterprise, according to CIO coach and consultant Jim Anderson, head of Blue Elephant Consulting in Tampa, Fla.
Sony will launch the first laptop containing the new TransferJet short-range wireless system on Saturday. Sony hopes TransferJet will replace cables for shifting data between gadgets, but the technology's success will depend on its use in products fr...
Router manufacturer D-Link admitted Friday that some of its routers have a vulnerability that could allow hackers access to a device's administrative settings, but it has issued patches.
Cisco Systems Inc. today announced a new network line card based on a services-oriented architecture (SOA) that offers four different functions for storage area networks (SANs) that can be licensed separately and deployed regardless of the back-end s...
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Prof. Renee Bergland
Prof. Frinde Maher
Fall 2012
This course investigates theories and practices of feminist inquiry across a range of disciplines. Feminist research involves rethinking disciplinary assumptions and methodologies, developing new understandings of what counts as knowledge, seeking alternative ways of understanding the origins of problems/issues, formulating new ways of asking questions and redefining the relationship between subjects and objects of study.
What makes research distinctively feminist lies in the complex connections between epistemologies, methodologies and research methods. This course explores how these connections are formed in the traditional disciplines and raise questions about why they are inadequate and/or problematic for feminist inquiry and what, specifically, are the feminist critiques of these intersections.
This course is part of the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies at MIT.
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App Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Trick-Or-Treating Kids
If you've got kids who'll be trick-or-treating Thursday night and you won't be going with them, you might want to check out some apps that will help you keep tabs on where they are because face it- we all know that even if they're told to stay in a certain area, the temptation of finding even better candy toys with every kid.
Track n Treat– this is a free iPhone app that allows kids to send a time link of their location and then you can track the kids on your computer.
Family GPS Tracker– this app is free for both iPhone and Android users. You can set it up so that you'll get an alert if/when your kids venture outside certain areas.
Life360– this app is also free for both iPhone and Android users. With this app, your whole family can stay connected and view where each other is on a map.


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A homeowner shot an intruder during a burglary early Wednesday, Independence police said.
It happened in the 1300 block of McHenry Street.
Investigators said the homeowner woke up about 4 a.m. after hearing a noise in the house and discovered someone else was in the house. Police said the homeowner grabbed a gun and shot the intruder.
The intruder ran out of the house. A person in the neighborhood took the injured person to a hospital.
The investigation continues.
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Franz-Benno Delonge
Winsome Games
Year: 2001
Players: 2 - 6
Time: 10 - 30 minutes
Ages: 8 and up
Weight: 146 grams
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Average Rating: 1.5 in 2 reviews
I usually enjoy a good train game. Based on the Counter review, Iron Road sounded like it might be a fun little game to play while waiting for the rest of the group to show up for larger games or just to kill a little time. When I received the game, I was disappointed by the quality of the components when compared to the price of the game. If you don't like simple components, I would not recommend this game to you. The city cards are printed on unlamented, thin card stock and the train tracks appear to have been hand assembled by gluing a laser printed page to card stock. The game board itself is at least laminated to protect it. The rules cover about one page and take about five minutes to understand. To my first reading it seemed that the game would appeal more to those in the 8 12 age category than to teens or adults. To be honest I was not very happy with the game or the game components.
I've seen the game played twice since then. The learning curve is very low, with everyone picking the game up very quickly. The decision-making is limited though. One of the players that enjoy a more complex game did not seem too satisfied. Also, there is no way to interfere with any other players plans. Basically, to prevent someone else from winning you will need to win first, and that's usually accomplished not by building your own separate track but by connecting to other existing tracks on the board. Once everyone discovered this most rounds only went a few turns before most of the players were connected together. The game then became a race to see who could finish first.
Everyone did seem to enjoy the game as they played. Even when one player scored an overwhelming lead on the first turn of one game, there was some doubt over his ability to actually win the game that kept everyone playing. When most rounds were scored nearly everyone had connected to about the same number of cities, which made most scores fairly even.
I felt a little better about my purchase after these games. The overall opinion of all seemed to be that the premise of the game was ok but the components kind of distract a little from the game. I was very pleased to see that although the game mechanics are quite simple, choosing a strategy that actually increases your chance to win is a bit complex. I have since learned of Trans America from the same game designer but a different manufacturer, which uses a nearly identical game mechanism on a hex board rather than a square board and includes better quality components for the same price as Iron Road. If you're seeking a simple game that is easy to learn, plays quickly, and can withstand multiple plays, then that might be a better game for you. As for Iron Road, I'd like to give it three stars but due to the quality of the components and price, I'm forced to drop it to two stars.
I understand that this is the same game as TransAmerica. Buy that instead, save yourself $3 and get a real game with real components! This version is just a laminated color-copy board with plain cardstock cards. The components really are on the same level as a Cheapass Game, but the price is definitely NOT Cheapass!
Games from Winsome are usually about trains, are strategy games and have playing times around the 2 hour mark. This one is a departure. It is still about trains, but it is primarily tactical and is both short and very simple. Indeed, so simple is it that when you first read the rules your reaction is likely to be that there isn't a game here at all. You'd be wrong, as you will realise once you start to play. You aren't going to have an easier game to learn all year, but the play turns out to be a lot more subtle than you are expecting.
Iron Road is played on what is basically a map of the States, though the geographical purists at Winsome have insisted that all the cities be renamed on the grounds that the real versions aren't always in the places that the designer has put them. His reason for shifting them is that the map is covered by a square grid and the game play requires that all cities should lie at a vertex. There are 30 cities in all and they are split into five regions: eastern seaboard, western seaboard, north central, south-east central and south-west central. 6 cities in each. The other geographical features are the Mississippi-Missouri river and a couple of mountain ranges, which run north-south for almost the whole length of the map and which separate the two seaboards from the interior.
The other equipment is a set of cards -- one for each city and colour-coded by region -- and some track markers for each player. At the start of each round each player is dealt one city card for each of the five regions. The deal is done with the cards face down so that only you know what cards have been dealt. Your object is to connect all five of the cities on your cards. The first player to complete this task will score points; the others won't. What makes this a game rather than a very simple-minded race is that the connections can involve other players' track and so the aim is to exploit the work that the others have done.
Each turn you will have 2 "building points", which you can use either to lay 2 pieces of track on 'normal' segments of the grid or 1 piece of track on a 'difficult terrain' segment. The latter are the segments that either cross a river or are in the mountains. Your first piece of track can be anywhere on the board. All the subsequent ones must be connected to this first, but the connecting route does not have to be totally, or even partly, along your 'own track'. Once track is laid on the board it belongs to everybody.
As soon as one player has connected all five of their cities, the round ends and the successful player scores points according to how far each of the others is away from completion. Each of the unsuccessful players counts up to see how many building points they would have to spend in order to complete their network, assuming no help from any other player. The sum of these totals for all the unsuccessful players is the successful player's score. You then start a new round with a new starting player. The game ends after each player has been the starting player once and the one with the most points wins.
It is an elegant little system, but though giving a complete description of it is easy, you will find that you find that you have a fair amount to think about when you are playing and that each round is likely to offer you a different challenge, one that requires you to figure out where the others are trying to reach and then to try and exploit the work they are putting in. How best to set about this will depend on the cards you have drawn for this round.
It all makes for a most enjoyable game and one that doesn't last too long for what it is, though that last statement would be still true in the 2 and 3 player versions if the job of starting player did the rounds more than once and that is how I'd play it with either of those numbers. My only reservation about the game is that I'd like the scoring system to be more finely differentiated. When we played at Essen I had one spectacularly successful round where, in a 4-player game, I scored between 25 and 30 points. That was virtually "game over" after two rounds, though since I won the fourth one as well the others couldn't complain too much. One way to tackle this if you feel the same way would be to allow players other than the winning one to score points. The round would still end at the same point and the winner of it would score as before, but you could let the others score points for the players they finish ahead of. For example, suppose that when John completes his network, Alan still needs 2 building points to finish, Peter 3 and David 5. Then John scores 10, as per the proper rules. However, Alan would get 1 for his lead over Peter and 3 for his lead over David for a total of 4 and Peter would get 2 for his lead over David. David would score 0.


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Definition of tortrix in English:
(also tortrix moth)
noun (plural tortrices /-trisēz/)
A small moth with typically green caterpillars that live inside rolled leaves and can be a serious pest of fruit and other trees.
- Family Tortricidae: many species.
Example sentences
- MLEs were detected in the summer fruit tortrix Adoxophyes orana fasciata and the tea tortrix Homona magnanima, but no MLEs were detected in the parasitoid wasp Ascogaster quadridentata.
- Sugar pine tortrix larva with ivory colored spots, easily confused with western spruce budworm.
- The natural enemies can play an essential role in the regulation of the tortrix moths population dynamics.
tortricidnoun& adjective
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- This complex of pest species includes tortricid leafrollers, noctuid fruitworms and cutworms, and gracillarid leafminers.
- Among the species responsible for such early spring herbivory were 6 species of tortricid leaf-roller caterpillars, primarily Clepsis melaleucana, and a European slug, Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud).
- Our studies have demonstrated it is possible to simultaneously disrupt pheromone communication and mating in sympatric tortricid moths by releasing an incomplete mixture of their individual pheromone components.
Late 18th century: modern Latin, feminine of Latin tortor 'twister', from torquere 'to twist'.
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- Published Apr 16, 2012
- Updated Oct 31, 2014 at 4:37 PM UTC
It seems people like to read about hilarious/crazy/disturbing failures of others, so here are some stories from the med tent.
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- By Samantha McGlone
- Published Feb 24, 2012
- Updated Oct 31, 2014 at 4:37 PM UTC
How do you do mentally prepare for a race?
Ask A Pro: Fitting In To New Training Groups
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- Published Feb 4, 2012
- Updated Jan 24, 2013 at 5:11 PM UTC
Samantha McGlone provides tips on fitting in when joining a new triathlon training group.
Where In The World Is Samantha McGlone?
- By Julia Polloreno
- Published Aug 12, 2011
A prolific racer who competes in everything from the Olympic distance to Ironman, pro Sam McGlone, 32, has been a popular fixture on the
Mauna Lani Announces Partnership With Top Triathletes
- By Liz Hichens
- Published Feb 3, 2011
The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii, just outside of Kona, is announcing a partnership with several of the
2011 Pro Preview With Triathlon Coach Matt Dixon
- By Julia Polloreno
- Published Jan 20, 2011
What can we expect in 2011 from top pros like Chris Lieto, Linsey Corbin, Samantha McGlone, Meredith Kessler, Rachel Joyce and Luke Bell?
Look Back On The 2009 Ironman Arizona Race
- By Triathlete.com
- Published Nov 17, 2010
- Updated Jul 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM UTC
Go back to the 2009 Ironman Arizona race with this photo gallery.
Samantha McGlone To Be Coached By Matt Dixon
- By Liz Hichens
- Published Nov 5, 2010
Purplepatch Fitness coach Matt Dixon has announced that Canada's Samantha McGlone is the latest athlete to join the Purplepatch pro lineup.
Images Of The 2010 Triathlete Magazine November Cover Shoot
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- Published Sep 20, 2010
- Updated Jul 1, 2011 at 11:51 AM UTC
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- Published Sep 19, 2010
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Submitted by Bud Conrad of Casey Research, How can we explain gold dropping into the $1,300 level in less than a week? Here are some of the factors: George Soros cut his fund holdings in the biggest gold ETF by 55% in the fourth quarter of 2012. He was not alone: the gold holdings of GLD have contracted all year, down about 12.2% at present. On April 9, the FOMC minutes were leaked a day early and revealed that some members were discussing slowing the Fed $85 billion per month buying of Treasuries and MBS. If the money stimulus might not last as long as thought before, the "printing" may
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