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Kaymer closes out wire-to-wire U.S. Open win
PINEHURST, N.C. -- Martin Kaymer returned to the elite in golf with a U.S. Open victory that ranks among the best.
A forgotten star for two years while building a complete game, Kaymer turned the toughest test of golf into a runaway at Pinehurst No. 2 on Sunday to become only the seventh wire-to-wire winner in 114 years of the U.S. Open.
Kaymer closed with a 1-under 69 -- the only player from the last eight groups to break par -- for an eight-shot victory (271, 9-under par) over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient and the only player who even remotely challenged Kaymer.
So dominant was Kaymer that no one got closer than four shots over the final 48 holes.
Only a late bogey kept Kaymer from joining Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy as the only players to finish a U.S. Open in double digits under par. He made a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole, dropping his putter as the ball fell into the center of the cup, just as so many other putts did this week.
"No one was catching Kaymer this week," said Compton, who closed with a 72 to earn earned a trip to the Masters next April. "I was playing for second. I think we all were playing for second."
This U.S. Open really ended on Friday.
Kaymer set the U.S. Open record with back-to-back rounds of 65 to set the pace at 10-under 130.
He began Sunday with a five-shot lead, and after a 10-foot par save on the second hole, Kaymer belted a driver on the 313-yard third hole.
The ball landed on the front of the green and rolled to the back, setting up a two-putt birdie.
"He kind of killed the event in the first two days," Henrik Stenson said. "He went out and shot two 65s and left everyone in the dust."
Kaymer joined Seve Ballesteros, Ernie Els, Woods and McIlroy as the only players to win two majors and be No. 1 in the world before turning 30 since the world ranking began in 1986.


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When one starts to develop shoulder problems which shoulder does it usually happen to archers.
I have an appointment this week. I am a right handed shooter and I can't hold my bow with my left hand. My left shoulder is the one bugging me.
Mine is my right and I'm a right handed shooter. Search for the article here on bowsite about shoulder injuries. It helped me realize why and offered some stretches and excercises.
Good luck, let us know the results.
I'm a lefthanded shooter and a few years back had issues with my right shoulder. My accuracy suffered. The problem eventually went away....well until I fell and tore my right shoulder to pieces. But, that's a different story.
I did some PT for a bit but time was the best healer. I will say I was shooting quite a bit and year round.
MB: Any little tips to share from PT? How do you measure your range of motion?
Not saying that it works for everyone, but when I start playing tennis, my shoulder actually feels better. I think it helps to work out the adhesions. Shooting regularly, in conjunction with playing tennis, seems to be what works best for me.
Then again, I am right handed, with a bum right shoulder.
Best of luck, Jeff
I'm going threw that problem right now..I'm a right hand shooter and for me it's my left shoulder thats giveing me fits, the problem is I don'nt even know how I injured it..About two months ago out of no where I felt a sharp pain right in the ball joint of my left shoulder and the pain went down threw the tricept to the elbow, I figured that it would just go away after a few days, but it never did so made an appointment to see the doctor. The x-ray showed nouthing and he set me up with a P.T. I'm about eight visits into it now and there is some improvement in my range of motion,at the start I could not reach behind my back and was difficult to hold my arm out 90 degrees from my side with out pain.
I always believed in the "No pain No gain" thing and decided one day that I was going to try to shoot once to see how it felt..this after two weeks of P.T. I shoot 68 pounds and managed to get it back and get the shot off...but big mistake..I just managed to set myself back and pissed of my P.T. I decieded to crank down the limbs to 60 pounds and case my bow intill this thing gets healed up.
To answer you question of when it starts to happen, it can happen any time..I mentioned that I did'nt know how I hurt mine but I'm guessing it was when I was crossing a tight barbed wire fence while looking for elk sheds this past April. I got hung up on the crossing and had to pull myself back up with my left arm while unhooking my pant leg with my left hand, which I remember put quite a strain on my shoulder. it just took a few days afterwards to show the effects. My doctor wants me to go threw 20 visits with the P.T. and if no improvement will then order a M.R.I.
tobinsghost...The best exercise my P.T. has given me that seems to help me the most is the "wall pushups" two sets of 10 first thing every morning.
Now that I've had both shoulders operated on I can say is listen to the DR. First time I did the PT, didn't help and it won't depending on the type of injury. 2nd time he said do PT, after 2 weeks it was called off and surgery was in order.
Be honest with yourself and how the injury will effect you, not only now but in the future. For me, I had to give up bowhunting for this season, but I aleast know I have next year to look forward too.
Each individual has different circumstances as it relates to the injury and rehab...my advice is to take it slow and don't rush it.
I had a problem with my left shoulder last year. I am right handed shooter and it was also my left arm. Had MRI doen and found I had what is called a shoulder impingment. It happened from years of weight training using the wrong exercises.
I tired PT, did not work. Tried cortisone shot did not work. Went with the surgery and PT after surgery and my shoulders have never felt better.
Big thing I learned was training certain back muscles mainly rear delts and the smaller muscles in the back. This makes a big deal with shoulder strength and can prevent further problems down the road. These muscles pull the shoulders back and prevent the impingment problems.
See a Dr and follow their advice. My PT was very helpful in giving me exercises to build these muscles and also warm up exercise prior to working out.
I also had to give up bow season last year, but it was worth it in the long run.
See a good orthopedic surgeon and get another MRI. I am no doctor but I would bet you have a SLAP tear. I tore my left shoulder(right handed shooter) 2 years ago and avoided surgery with PT. My brother in law has had both shoulders repaired in just under 6 months and is doing good.
Rick M
according to the Opthapedic Doctor he is calling it a Shoulder Tenditas. They did do xrays.
He perscribed me stronger Anti-Inflamatory drungs today and gace me a cotisone shot in shoulder.
He said give two weeks and if not better come back.
The weird thing is today before the appointment has been the best the shoulder felt since three weeks.
We will see. For sure no shooting this week. Will try back next week.
Be very careful and do what they tell you or you will end up like me. Had surgery on both sides left side was just tendonitist, but the right side was a torn bicep tendon. I use to practice everyday and just wore them out.
Lost, your MD diagnosed you with shoulder tendonitis. It simply means inflammation to a tendon.
If you don't recall falling or injuring the shoulder it would suggest an overuse and/or an impingement syndrome. When your left arm is fully extended and you are holding your bow out, your arm is perpendicular to gravity. This is taxing on the muscles/tendons that are required to perform this.
I would recommend PT for 4-6 visits to instruct you in a proper progressive Home Exercise Program to restore full mobility, improve stability and eliminate pain for prior level of function activities. I would recommend NOT sleeping on your side. I also stress to all of my patients that no strengthening exercise should be painful. Throw away no pain no gain. Slow controlled stresses to allow your tissues to attenuate to the stresses are needed. If you have a cut across your knuckle and keep splitting it open is it ever going to heal?? Listen to your body!!!
If you do not notice steady improvements in 3-4 weeks then go back to MD for further testing. If they do an MRI they are not 100% and many of my pt's will need surgery dispite a benign MRI. Best Of Luck!!
The shoulder is an extremely complicated joint. I have abused mine through years of baseball, power lifting, swimming, and some hard falls. Archery is typically not bad for your shoulders and has even been suggested to me by my orthopedist as a form of therapy for strengthening my shoulder stability/posture.
At different times I have torn my bicep tendon, my labrum, my AC joint, bone spurs, and had chronic tendonitis and hypertrophy of the bursa. You can have lots of different types of injuries to the shoulder and different degrees of injuries to the different parts of the shoulder. I say all that to say that even shoulder specialist orthopedist can have difficulty diagnosing certain shoulder ailements with a physcial examination. So make sure you go to someone who isn't knife happy and will take the time to get a good diagnosis and exhaust the different possibilities prior to cutting you.
The first orthopedist I went to after I tore my labrum in my right shoulder said I wouldn't be able to lift again with any substantial weight. He said let's give it 6 weeks of rehab and if it isn't bette let's fix it. I went and got a second opinion and he suggested 3 months of rehab. 8 months later I was lifting heavy again. I am finally getting ready to go under the knife for the first time for bone spurs, but that's a different story.
Make sure you get a second opinion prior to going to the operating table.
Bowbender: thx. Just did a set and I can see where you'd get a good stretch.
What if you have pain in the joint of ur shoulder?
I have been experiencing a shoulder impingment in my bow arm for 6 months now. It has gotten much better and is hardly noticable now.
The shoulder has a bursa (bag of lubricant) in between the ball on top of the upper arm and the top bone you can feel right on the top point of the whole shoulder. Poor posture, where your shoulders slump, squeezes the bursa. By pulling your shoulder blades down and in you straigheten your posture, open up the area between the bones and bursa and relieve the pressure on it.
Arm position is critical. The ball has a sharp hump on it and when you put your shoulder into certain positions it pushes the point right into the bursa, irritating it badly. Don't lift your arm above level or put it behind you for a while. Especially while excersizing.
PTs can give you great excersizes which strengthen the muscles that improve your posture.
I am right handed shooter. I messed my right shoulder many years ago and time healed it but PT would have done a better job. It has not been right since and caused other problems. Injured backpacking on an elk trip. Last Nov. I was dragging a buck out of a non-motorized area and injured left shoulder. It was a dislocated shoulder but thought RC. Let it go for almost two months until it got worse. I could not even lift my bow. Proper diagnosis and PT and now I am back shooting at previous weight and doing fine. Learned to drag deer a better way too.
I had surgery on 28 March on my right shoulder (right handed). The surgeon repaired a bunch of damage that I can pinpoint to the hour when it occurred while I was lifting weights -- back in 1998. This is based on my training logbook from that time.
Best advice that I can give is that you should go and speak with an ortho doc and not to take too much 'action' on the replies that you'd get on an archery forum. That said, prior to my surgery I searched every bow-related website that I could find to see what the recovery time was based on the repairs that I had done with my shoulder.
I have progressed far better than I originally anticipated and an very pleased that I had the procedure done.
Warning: It took me about two full months of recovery and aggressive physical therapy to realize that I was glad that I had the surgery. It can be quite painful. Good luck
Scott F....but remember it takes 16 weeks for tissue to fully heal, especially after surgery. IMO..give the problem proper time to fully heal. Just because it feels good does not mean everything is good to go.
I messed up my left shoulder on labor day last year. We left for the hills to hunt elk 3 days later without seeing the Dr.Thankfully, I did'nt get a chance at a bull which was a good thing as I probably would have tried & made things much worse.Got home & the Dr said it was a impingement. After a couple weeks of no improvement with the meds he prescribed, I went back in for a cortizone shot. That did gradually work & I was shooting a month later, altho with a bit of discomfort.I did'nt notice it this spring turkey hunting & it has'nt bothered me shooting a handful of arrows every nite.The entire week we were elk hunting, I could'nt hold my bow straight out without a little something running down my leg...Good luck & be patient!
Trophy8, different tissues, different healing time. Skin before muscle. Muscle before bone. Bone before tendon and tendon before lig's. Typically in this order, respectfully.
There are many bursa's in the body to reduce friction. A happy shoulder is a well placed scapula. The scapula is the foundation and socket for the Glenohumeral joint( your shoulder). There are more than one joint that requires full painfree mobilty. You have your A-C joint, SC joint, GH joint and scapulothoracic joint. This is where your scapula is attached via muscle to the posterior thoracic wall( your ribs). There are 15 muscles that are attached to your scapula. Many things can cause pain to the shoulder. Tendonitis, bursitis, impingement syndrome, cervical spine pathology, heart pathology, lung tumor, poor posture, muscle imbalance, etc...
Dream Catcher....I agree with you completly. Each case is different and require a different set of circumstances as it pertains to recovery with regards to PT.
Thats why one can't compare ones problem to another. Still and I think you would agree, just because one is feeling better does not mean its the right time to pick up right where one was before the injury.
Trophy8, I couldn't agree more. I tell all my patients slow and steady wins the race and listen to your body!
I went for the surgery route and was happy with that decision. Cut on May 1, was bowhunting that Sept 15th. One thing I remember him telling me was that the older you get the harder it is to ever get back full range of motion. I did the surgery at 45 and don't think I lost anything at all in the process. Was worried about waiting too long if the surgery was truly inevitable.
Hope that helps.
Exercise everyday.
Trophy 8
Taking your time is very important. I pushed myself after my surgery and it ended up pushing me back an extra 4 weeks. Thats what happens when you are stubborn.
BTW if you do workout, watch what exercises you use for shoulders as some are more prone to cause the shoulder impingment problem then others. That was a major cause of my problems along with my job.
My PT told me that if I cannot see the weights (or point of resistance) then don't do the excersize.
In other words, moves like a military press where the weights are out of sight above your head, (bad excersize for the shoulders) then don't do it.
It makes sense to me and has taken a lot of danger/injury out of my workouts.
Spike Bull, your PT would have flunked if he/she was one of my students. How can you not see a military press or a lat pull down?? All you have to do is look up or to the side!! We perform overhead activities daily and some professions require this.
Overhead or above shoulder exercises can augment shoulder pain and facilitate impingement issues. However, the goal is to restore full painfree functional stability and mobility. I avoid these exercises when injured but my goals with all of my patients is get them back so they can perform these exercises without pain.
What if you were a carpenter, painter, waiter or sheet rocker etc... and not be able to lift over your head or above your shoulders. You might have misinterperted your therapist! If not, you might want to find another, respectfully!!
I have a right shoulder that was impacted in a rollerblading accident. The shoulder surgeon told me the same thing that SB is saying. In my case, he made it even more clear: work out above your shoulders, like a military press, and you'll be bone on bone in a year.
Hence, I do a lot of push ups, and other shoulder exercises.
Bad, you had significant trauma to your shoulder and for you that might be prudent. There is no question that military and even bench presses can cause impingement and rotator cuff issues as I stated above. However, there are so many people that require military press-like movements to pay the bills and just because you injured your shoulder does not mean to stop overhead exercises. A healthy well positioned scapula with good stability and mobility should be able to perform presses. It all depends on the pathology, comorbidities and multiple variables.
I always felt that restricting movements only causes adaptive shortening and more dysfunction. Every exercise should be painfree and slow tissue attenuation needs to be stressed. It's easier sometimes to instruct the patient to limit full functional use instead of rehabing them to perform all prior level activities if possible.
Dream Catcher
Question for you, if you do not mind. It seems the normal grip one would use for military press, bench etc seems to cause a greater chance for shoulder impingment.
With bench and shoulder presses, I switched to Dumbells (DB) and switched to a palms rotated facing my body grip. Correct me if I am worng but this will put the shoulder better position and limit the chance of future impingment correct? Just curious as to my very limited knowledge of human anatomy it appears this is a much better option.
Thank You
Bg, for someone who doesn't know much about anatomy you have a keen insight. I always recommend dumbells for the simple fact that you can alter the position causing much less stress and chance of injury. Dumbells are more functional and excessive external rotation can be a major issue which is required with a bar compared to dumbells. Dumbells also activate the smaller intrinsic muscles of the shoulder and improves proprioception which is vital in rehabing and maintaining a healthy shoulder.
For a doctor or therapist to instruct a patient never to perform certain movement there should be a valid reason. I hope it's not because the surgery was not done correctly or the therapist didn't know how to progress rehab to provide prior level of function. For your typical shoulder surgery patients if the surgery and rehab was done correctly full prior level of function should be expected over time. Why did they elect to have the surgery in the first place. Of course there are patients that have major pathology that require modification. I treat all sorts of patients from dancers all the way up to construction workers that need to perform the very movements that many are instructed to avoid..
Thank You for the information. I have really revamped my work outs since my surgery. I have gone alot more to dumbells and lowered the weights I use especially with shoulder exercises. Funny part I have seen my best results since I have done this.
One thing I have learned is that most people do to much of the glamour muscles like chest and to not work the back muscles. This causes the shoulders to roll forward which can increase the impingment problem.
Thank you once again for all the information, I wish I would have had some of this knowledge before I ran into problems.
I am right handed and have been dealing with left handed shoulder issues.
Injury occured while holding a pole saw for about an hour in my left hand while bent over cutting wild rose along a trail to my stand several years ago. Sudden searing pain in left shoulder, injury done.
My symptoms were identical to you (by the sound of it) - Weakness in internal and external rotation (elbow at side rotating palm towards or away from belly button, respectively); weakness in adduction (rotating arm from your side pointed directly to your left).
I did do 6 months of PT which helped immensely, but eventually failed when I stopped doing 1 hour of exercise just from my shoulder 4 times/week. My arm got week, my accuracy tanked and I opted for surgery at the end of this past season. SLAP repair and bicep tendonesis on Feb 3, 2012.
I JUST got cleared to start pulling on a bow this past weekend. I took my bow into the shop asked them to turn it down all the way. Fortunately the bow shop owner had had the exact same injury and started me pulling on his kids bow at 18 lbs. I was able to easily get up to 45 lbs, so that's where I'm at right now.
It is a long road. I do my exercises religiously and work with my physical therapists to make sure the PT is balanced for maximum return with minimal risk of injury. So I push to get stronger, but in an approved way (not just jumping in).
It's a long road and one that you should definitely get a second opinion on.
I have injured both shoulders before but my left one is the most recent.I started using a BowFit last year at this time and used it too much and shortened it too much so I ended up with a compression and tendonitis.I have a friend who is a PT and he had me take antiinflamatory meds and using a theraband daily and it helped some but finally went to an orthopod he refered me to and had xrays but no MRI.The Dr. said inflamation and gave a prednisone for two weeks.Inflamation was gone but I still have issues holding my bow at shoulder height.I am using the theraband and doing light dumbell weights but am still not comfortable.Next step is a MRI to see if there is an impingement.I can do my daily work with no difficulty but shooting is out of the question.PT thinks it is an impingement but only the Dr. will know for sure.Would like to avoid surgery but also want to get better and not lose this season.Last season was rough but did manage to make a good shot and get a deer for the freezer.At 62 I am not ready to concede and go to a crossbow after using a regular bow for 55 years.I do warm up excercises before using the theraband and dumbells and have full range of movement--just painful holding an 8 lb. bow.Going to wait two more weeks and see the orthopod again and go from there.PT every day and see if I can shoot and then see what the Dr. says.Thank you for the good info in this thread.
I had impingment surgery last fall, it did ruin my hunting season, but overall I am much better off for it. Listen to what your Dr suggests or course and do what is best for you.
Prior to my surgery I tried PT, but with my schedule I almost never got in. Tried Cortisone did not work. I only had one shot as to many can cause damage. With a change in insurance I decided to have surgery. Glad I did it saved me a ton of money and was very successful.
One thing you might want to try is ice on it at night or after PT or a workout it can help. Also as others have said try not to sleep on the hurt side. Good tip is put the injured side up if you sleep on your side and use pillows to support the injured arm to rest on while you sleep. This will keep your arm elevated when you sleep and will keep it from pinching and being impinged when you sleep as it is the same height as your body.
Good Luck, hope all works out with you. Shawn
What you might try if you are not already is this: Do not sleep on that side if any pain. You need to watch your posture. Avoid anything that causes pain. This includes all ther-a band exercises. No exercise should be painful! If you have a cut across your knuckle and you keep splitting it open, is it ever going to heal?
Any MD or PT should be able to test you for impingement syndrome. You do not need an MRI. As a matter of fact if I had a nickle for every time the MRI's were wrong I would be a wealth man! Many treat the MRI's and CT scans and not the patients.
Remember, many things can cause shoulder pain. It could be cardiac, cancer, cervical spine pathology, postural faults, tendonitis, bursitis, spurs, impingement, tears, bankart lesions etc... or most likely a combo of many of the above!
FYI, too many injections can cause damage! I would typically see a patient that started to develope pain without any injury or trauma that worsens over time. A simple x-ray and PT ordered. I would evaluate and treat. However, I would expect progress within 6-8 visits max if the patient is using prudent judgement and following instructions. If no improved mobility, function or decreased pain I would be on the phone with the MD. I have patients with $50.00 copays coming 3xwk and it gets expensive. I have patients that I know have a rotator cuff tear despite a negative MRI. I have patients on workers comp that are screwed because if the MRI or CT scan is negative you don't have a problem.
Modern medicine has it's pluses but old school hands on testing is also needed, respectfully. Remember a healthy shoulder requires a well positioned scapula, adequate stability, mobility and proprioception. The rotator muscle keep the humerous from riding up causing implingement issue but scapulothoracic strengthening as well as core is vital. You need proximal stability for distal mobility. You can have a great looking roof but if the foundation is made of clay you are in trouble! Good Night!
Thanks bghunter and Dream Catcher for your time and info.I haven't any pain and do sleep on my sides.I can do all the PT exercises without pain or difficulty it's just holding my bow that I feel pain in the front of my bow(left)shoulder.From previous xrays I do have spurs and they cause some noise as I move through my PT exercises but no pain until I lift and hold 8 or more pounds at shoulder height laterally and always in the front part of the deltoid muscle.
Forgot to say I also feel tightness when I raise my left arm, again in the front deltoid, and then pain.Without any weight I just feel the tightness when my arm is horizontal or above and held there.This is why my PT thinks there is an impingement.
ranger, I have seen this complaint from customers who came in with thier draw lengths too short!
DC, I took my PTs advice to mean that some people, (me!), have shoulders that do not like certain movements and are prone to injury when they do them. With all due respect, I will continue to avoid certain excersizes while replacing them with others that are easier to control and safer for me.
As to the use of dumbells, for decades I used them exclusively thinking correctly that they engaged a wider range of muscles without realizing that a bench press with dumbells will work different muscles than the "same" excersize with a bar.
I never got anywhere near the pec development with dumbells but got great triceps and shoulders. The "same" excersize with a bar produced more pec development. Balanced development is my goal so I have to use different equipment/excersizes that seem to be the same to achieve it.
Spike, do what works for you my friend. If it ain't broken don't screw with it!! Best of Luck!
Ranger, under your anterior and antrolateral deltoid muscles all of your rotator cuff tendons are attached to the humerus. Holding your arm out puts great stress on your supraspinatus muscle. Go on line and you can see how it actually runs under the spine of the scapula called the Acromiom. Here is where the humerus rides up and pinches the tendon.
It sounds like you might have an impingement syndrome. What exercises were you given. Band exercise for the shoulder typically go like this: internal and ext rotation, flex, extension, adduction, abduction and ceiling punches. How about push up pluses, low and regular rows, horizontal abduction, seated presses, huggie bears (isolated scapula adduction). How about proprioception exercises like the body blade or rhythmic stabilization exercises and PNF patterns. Standing wall push-ups with both and single limb using a swiss ball. Core stabilization exercises and postural correction? Stretching those tight muscles like your ant pec's. work the core and scapula muscles. Not just the rot cuff muscles!!
Thanks for the info DC.My PT has me using therabands and doing a pulldown type and rowing where I pull the scapulas toward each other and pulling across by body with elbow on hip as well as standing wall pushups.By using the bowfit improperly I have compressed something and the MD and PT both think it is the infra and supraspinatus that have been inflamed as well as the bicep tendons.My exercises go well and shoulder feels so much better but am still unable to hold even 8 lbs at shoulder level without discomfort.Season is fast approaching and I have to decide to either get through the season or go for surgery if it is called for in hopes that afterwards things will be better for next season.I really miss shooting and after 55 years don't wish to give up and go to a xbow yet.I normally do stretching before using the bands and dumbells and wall pushups.I shortened the Bowfit and was holding it as long as I could thinking it would help me hold longer in case it was called for while hunting.I overdid it far too much as I had no such problems before hand.Hard lesson learned.I didn't shoot a lot of arrows per session,usually twenty but made them all good form shots.Sessions were three to four times weekly.I have dropped draw weight to 50 from 60 to hopefully help some when I start shooting again.Will give this until end of June and then will see Ortho again.Thanks DC for your help. Steve
ranger sgt....
The decision you may have to make could be tough. For me this time around it was a no brainer. In early 2009 I hurt my right shoulder, for months I hoped things would get better, after all I didn't want to give up the season, but by the end of Oct it was apparent it was not the case. And in my case the shoulder became worse. Jan 2010 I had surgery and was told by Dr I might be able to start shooting in 7-8 months. I had a elk hunt already planned for Sept so I really worked hard to recover and was shooting in July.
Looking back, yes I was able to shoot, but the reality of it I was not as strong as I thought, my shooting suffered somewhat... it was 3 months later that I began to really notice the strength gain.
2012 I injured my left shoulder, no waiting around this time, especially after my previous experience. The decision was easy, have the shoulder fixed and give up the 2012 season for the most part.
I have some hunts planned for 2013 and want to make sure this time around I will be 100% ready to go.
Everyone's injury is different, as is the recovery time frame. But when one is active and we look forward all off season in anticipation to the upcomming season, it as I have atleast learned can get in the way of better judgement.
I hope things work out, if not, do what must be done, recover fully....then maybe you won't need the x-bow.
Thanks Dream, you as well!
The problem you are describing was very much like my own. I had a hard time picking up a chair or putting my arm out straight without it hurting. I could not lift more then 10 lbs overhead.
To me the decision was very easy as I was in pain at work due to the problem. If I waited and my insurance changed it would go from costing me about 500 out of pocket to over $3,500 dollars. I was not able to lift heavy or the gym and workout as hard I as I liked so a few months of no bowhunting was the sacrafice I made.
I am making up for the lack of bowhunting last year this year though and should be going on hopefully 3 hunts out of state with one being my dream hunt for my 40th b-day, a bison hunt.
Listen to what your body is telling you, your Dr your PT and you will make the right decision. Impingiment surgery took all of about 6 hrs in the hospital with recovery etc and I was only in "real pain" for maybe a week at most after surgery. I quiet taking the pain pills after about 3 days.
Good Luck Shawn
Thanks bg and trophy8.Going to talk to PT again and the Dr. I can see the Dr. first week of July.If I opt for surgery I was told 6-12 weeks of my arm in a sling and I have to be able to mow the yard-3 acres.I am sure I can get someone to mow for me and I guess I can get by sleeping in a chair for a while.It doesn't hurt to sleep on either side now but certainly will after surgery.If I lose this year hopefully I will be back and ready for next year.Wanted to go to Africa in 2013 but won't book til I know I can shoot.Best to all of you.
If it is impingment surgery, I was out of my sling in about a week. I was also able to sleep in bed on my non surgery side. Trick was to basically surrond yourself with pillows to prevent you from rolling over and stack pillows under you arm you had surgery on. Honestly I slept really well that way. Or maybe it was the drugs
For you guys that are having pain. I do not want to tell you anything that might hurt you. However, if you are hunting from a treestand your bow arm is not directly out in front of you!! It's facing the ground and you might get away with shooting from an elevated postion because it simply puts less stress on the shoulder. Get your bow and pretend that you are in your stand and see what happens. If this works practice from an elevated position!!
Shoot just enough so you know you can close the deal and stop to avoid over use and if should always be painfree! Be safe climbing and dragging!! Best Of Luck To All!!!
Whenever exercising I instruct my patients in a few simple rules. 1)No exercise should ever be painful. When they say no pain, no gain, they mean a burning fatigue feeling not dicomfort or pain.
2)You want to always put controlled stresses on your tissues! Find a program that is comfortable and stay with it for 2 weeks. Start off slowly! Then only progress it 10-15% max and only one variable. This means you don't increase weight and rep's together. You must choose one and I would recommend more reps and less wt or tension from bands whenever dealing with the shoulder. Now stay with this for at least 2 week and advance only if tolerated well and repeat the 10-15% rule. This allows your tissues to attenuate to the stresses you are placing on them. We can't forget that it takes 6 weeks for the body to physiologically get stronger. It does not happen over night so slow and steady wins the race or you will increase your risk of injury.
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These rules and way of treating has worked for me for almost 2 decades. My way might be so much different from what you are used to. It doesn't mean one is better, just different. I do believe that using prudent judgment, listening to your body and allowing your body to get stronger in a safe controlled fashion can never be wrong. Sometimes less is more! I didn't spell check!
I hope this might help someone. Much Peace and Happiness, Dennis
Thanks DC.Peace and happiness is sitting in my treestand enjoying what I love most and all of God's creation.At 62 I have been blessed to be able to still do just that and do not wish to give it up.I love shooting a bow so am determined to work this out even if surgery is called for.Hopefully I can make it through this season by shooting just enough to feel confident and then opt for surgery if called for.Thank you your help for all of us in this situation.Best of luck and be safe. Steve

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The days of shopping online without paying sales taxes may be ending. States are cracking down, and a nationwide system for collecting sales tax on online sales may be coming soon.
BACKGROUND: The landscape is changing on what has long been an important but elusive goal for states: collecting sales tax from online retailers. States and localities could reap as much as $11 billion a year, according to one study. Internet shoppers are already supposed to pay the money on their own, but few do.
RECENT ACTION: State officials and local retailers cheered when New York state's "Amazon tax," designed to collect taxes on purchases at Amazon.com and similar sites, survived a challenge in March in the state's highest court.
And Amazon itself is backing efforts to set up a national system for collecting online sales taxes, which could simplify the process for the company and ensure its competitors have to collect the taxes, too. In March, the U.S. Senate, in an advisory vote, backed a plan that would set up a national system for collecting online sales taxes. States would choose whether they wanted to join.
PRO, CON: Joshua Baca, of Alliance for Main Street Fairness, said that even if more Amazon customers pay sales taxes, customers for other online sellers may not be. Brick-and-mortar stores have no choice but to collect the taxes.
"If you're going to have taxes, all retailers should be treated equally," he said.
But Joseph Henchman, of the Tax Foundation, said he worries about the lack of details in the federal plan, which does not include a way to enforce the law and is short on specifics for the definition of key terms.
"What one state calls clothing, another state has to call clothing. What one state calls food, another state has to call food. This is a lot harder than it sounds," Henchman said.
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Turning Points in the Civil War: Views from the Greenback Market
Kristen Willard
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Harvey S. Rosen
Princeton University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)
December 1995
NBER Working Paper No. w5381
In early 1862, the United States government began issuing Greenbacks, a legal tender currency that was not convertible into gold. The government promised to redeem the Greenbacks in gold eventually, but speculators understood that the probability of redemption depended on Union Army military fortunes and political developments that affected the total cost of the war. To serve the speculative interest in gold, a market emerged for the purpose of trading Greenbacks for gold dollars. Because the market price of a Greenback reflected the public's perceptions of future war costs, the movement of these prices provides unique insights into how people at the time perceived various events. We use daily quotations of the gold price of Greenbacks to identify a set of dates during the Civil War that market participants regarded as turning points. In some cases, these dates coincide with events familiar from conventional historical accounts of the war. In other instances, however, market participants reacted strongly to events that historians have not viewed as very significant.
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Congregation Mikveh Israel
|Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel
|Basic information
|44 North Fourth Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States
|Geographic coordinates
|39°56′57″N 75°08′51″W / 39.949224°N 75.14750°WCoordinates: 39°56′57″N 75°08′51″W / 39.949224°N 75.14750°W
|Spanish & Portuguese
|Lewis Berry, President
Congregation Mikveh Israel, Mikveh Israel synagogue, officially called Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel (Hebrew: קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל), which translates as "Holy Community of the Hope of Israel", is a synagogue founded in the 1740s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Established by Spanish and Portuguese Jews, the congregation practices according to the Spanish and Portuguese rite. The congregation conducts daily, Sabbath, and Jewish holy day services. The congregation is also responsible for Mikveh Israel Cemetery, the second oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in the United States.
Among the oldest Jewish congregations in Philadelphia, Mikveh Israel has counted among its members prominent revolutionary patriots, such as Jonas Phillips, the Gratz family, and Haym Solomon, who financed the war. Congregant Rebecca Gratz founded and managed philanthropic and educational institutions devoted to the needs of women and children, Jewish and gentile; she is reputed to be the model for Rebecca of York, heroine of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.
Early history[edit]
The congregation traces its history to 1740 when a number of Jews organized themselves for services meeting in private homes. The congregation came to acquire a Torah scroll in 1761 and met in a private residence on Sterling Alley. The congregation moved to a building on Cherry Street in 1771, chartered itself as an organization in 1773,[2] and dedicated its first building in 1782. It is estimated that in 1775, the city of Philadelphia had a population of approximately 35,000 of whom 300 were Jewish.[3] Benjamin Franklin was an earlier contributor to its building fund.
In 1829, Isaac Leeser became the leader of the synagogue and held that position until 1850. Another prominent hazzan, Sabato Morais, succeeded Leeser. Morais served as minister for forty-six years and was an outspoken opponent of slavery prior to and during the Civil War. Dr. Abraham Neuman was rabbi from 1927 to 1943.[4] Dr. Neuman was succeeded by David Jessurun Cardozo.[5] Rabbi Albert E. Gabbai has served as congregation minister since 1988. Gibraltarian Shalom Garson served as Hazzan from 2010 through 2014.
The congregation that became Mikveh Israel first gathered for services at a private home on Stirling Alley, which was then between Cherry and Race Streets and Third and Fourth Streets.[6] When Mikveh Israel built its first synagogue in 1782, its location was moved because of protest that its proposed site next to a church would offend the Dutch Reform Protestant congregants. Prominent Philadelphians such as Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris contributed to its building fund.[7] In September 1782, the congregation dedicated the new building on Cherry Street near Third Street. The building seated 200 persons and had accommodations for the clergy adjoining it.[8]
The congregation laid the cornerstone for its second building on September 26, 1822 on Cherry Street.[9] It completed the Egyptian Revival synagogue in 1829. William Strickland designed the building which was the first Egyptian Revival in the United States.[10][11] The Cherry Street synagogue was replaced in 1860 by a building at Seventh and Arch Streets.
The Congregation announced in 1961 that it would return to Center City, where it would construct a new building.[12] Dr. Bernard J. Alpers, vice-president of the synagogue, persuaded his friend the Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn to engage in the planning of the new synagogue building. Kahn produced ten designs for the building between 1961 and 1972.[13] However, the Congregation decided that construction and maintenance costs were too high, and the synagogue was never built. A more modest building, shared with the Museum of Jewish History, was dedicated and opened in August 1976.[14] The museum moved to a new building at 5th and Market streets on November 15, 2010.[15] The synagogue is located at 44 North Fourth Street in the Old City neighborhood, just north of Market Street and in close proximity to Christ Church.[16]
Relationship with Christ Church[edit]
Mikveh Israel and Christ Church have a long-standing relationship dating from the founding of the synagogue to the present day. The present location of Mikveh Israel places the two congregations as close neighbors.
Christ Church was supportive of Mikveh Israel's first plan to construct a building in the 18th-century. When Mikveh Israel's synagogue burned in 1872, Christ Church contributed funds to the construction of the new building. The congregations have a long-standing custom of sharing a fellowship-dinner once a year which alternates between the buildings of the two congregations.[17]
See also[edit]
- American Jews
- History of the Jews in the United States
- History of the Jews in Pennsylvania
- List of the oldest synagogues in the United States
- ^ Sarna, Jonathan, American Judaism, Yale University Press, 2004, p. 19.
- ^ Olitsky, Kerry M. The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Hirschfeld, Fritz (2005). George Washington and the Jews. Published by University of Delaware Press. p. 50. ISBN 0-87413-927-9. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Dr. Abraham A. Neuman, Jewish Historian, Dies". New York Times. 1970-11-21. p. 33.
- ^ "RABBI CARDOZO DIES; A SEPHARDIC LEADER". New York Times. 1972-09-05. p. 40.
- ^ Dubin, Murray (1996). South Philadelphia: Mummers, Memories, and the Melrose Diner. Temple University Press. p. 143. ISBN 1-56639-429-5. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Hannah Lee (12 October 2011). "An Odyssey From Amsterdam to Philadelphia". Philadelphia Jewish Voice. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Markens, Isaac (1888). The Hebrews in America: A Series of Historical and Biographical Sketches. New York: Isaac Markens. p. 63. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "The Jews are building a new synagogue at Philadelphia". Niles' Weekly Register. Baltimore, Maryland. January 4, 1823.
- ^ Diana Muir Appelbaum, "Jewish Identity and Egyptian Revival Architecture", Journal of Jewish Identities, 2012 (5(2) p. 7.
- ^ Thomas U. Walter's Crown Street Synagogue, 1848-49, by Rachel Wischnitzer, The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Dec., 1954), pp. 29-31
- ^ "Synagogue Moves Philadelphia Site". New York Times. 1961-11-12. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ There is a drawing of the proposed building in the New York Museum of Modern Art, and a reproduction of this drawing in Encyclopaedia Judaica, volume 10, column 691. Kahn's form concept for the synagogue is quoted in Encyclopaedia Judaica, volume 15, column 624.
- ^ Shenker, Israel (1976-07-19). "Jewish Museum Opening Has a Colonial Theme". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20101115_Biden_among_notables_attending_opening_ceremony_of_National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.html
- ^ Gast, Klaus-Peter; Louis I. Kahn (1999). Louis I. Kahn. Birkhäuser. p. 88. ISBN 3-7643-5964-1. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "CATHOLICS OPENING FIRST BIBLE WEEK; Daily Scriptural Readings to Be Instituted -- Approval of Popes, Is Recalled". New York Times. 1952-02-09. p. 14. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
Further reading
- Sabato Morais (1892). "Mickve Israel Congregation of Philadelphia". Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society (1): 13–24.
- Marvin D. Schwartz (1976). The Role of the Jew in the Forging of the Nation: the Inaugural Exhibition of the Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Museum of American Jewish History.
- Susan G. Solomon (2009). Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture: Mikveh Israel and the Midcentury American Synagogue. UPNE.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Congregation Mikveh Israel.


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Resort ceremony unites Breaux and Mallet
Sandals Grande Saint Lucian Resort was the setting for the wedding nuptials between Hollie Elizabeth Breaux and Bobby D. Mallet Jr. Their wedding was celebrated on September 25, 2008 in a 10:00 a.m. ceremony.
Hollie is the daughter of Melanie Breaux of Pierre Part and Lynn Breaux of Pierre Part. Her grandparents include Janette Landry and the late Alge Landry Sr. of Pierre Part, and Anice Breaux and the late Clinis Breaux, also of Pierre Part.
Bobby D. Mallet Jr. is the son of Alvin P. and Deborah Richard of Abbeville and Bobby D. Mallet, Sr., of Abbeville. He is the grandson of Mavis T. Mallet and the late Sidney Mallet of Abbeville and Edward Gaspard and the late Gladiola T. Gaspard of Abbeville.


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STOCKTON — State Park Police of the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection are the lead investigators on the possible drowning of a 21-year-old man from Philadelphia who died on Sunday after being rescued from the water in Stockton.
Peguy Junior Charles, 21, was on a tubing excursion in the Delaware River and was reported not to have come out of the water at 5:30 p.m., according to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.
DEP officials said that Lambertville's search-and-rescue team was notified, and found Charles near the Byram boat launch near Stockton and took him to shore at 6:10 p.m., where CPR and other lifesaving actions were taken.
Charles was transported to Hunterdon County Medical Center, and was pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said.
DEP had no information today on Charles' condition once on shore and could not comment on his swimming abilities or whether or not he was wearing a life jacket. It was also not immediately clear where Charles began tubing.
The cause of his death is undetermined, pending the medical examiner's report.
DEP spokesman Larry Ragonese initially said State Police were leading the investigation, but confirmed today that State Park Police are taking the lead.
Officials have had a busy summer responding to incidents on the Delaware.
A body was found in the Delaware in Frenchtown on July 2. Gary West of Summit had been tubing with his 14-year-old daughter in Knowlton when their inflatable tubes overturned.
A retired state trooper recently persuaded a family about to enter the river with what he called "pool toys" to reconsider.
One weekend last month, a Frenchtown police officer stopped more than 100 people from going into the rain-swollen Delaware River.
A Frenchtown river outfitter is hoping to establish a system for warning boaters and tubists away from the river when it is high and fast.
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The award removed a culvert that hinders fish passage on Little Bear Creek. The creek supports chinook, coho, sockeye, kokanee, steelhead, Dolly Varden, and cutthroat species. The Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team contributed $15,000 toward the award.
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And it sells for less than $50.
Consisting of not much more than a circuit board and some USB ports encased in a clear plastic box, the Raspberry Pi comes with no programs or apps. Instead, the user has to do some old fashioned tinkering, what they used to call programming, to make the machine do his bidding.
In fact, the tiny computer was designed to encourage a programming renaissance. The machine was created by a bunch of aging English computer geeks hoping to create a new generation of young computer geeks.
Hailing from the University of Cambridge, the Raspberry Pi team noticed that new applicants to the university's computer science program had less and less programming experience year after year. The problem, as described on the group's web site, "computers had become so expensive and arcane that programming experimentation on them had to be forbidden by parents."
"Their solution was to create a computer so inexpensive it could be given as a stocking stuffer," Thompson-Yates said. "Doesn't come with a keyboard, or a mouse. But most people have those lying around these days. Just plug them in to the USB ports. You can use an HDMI cable to plug it in to your television, so you don't need a monitor."
The computers are catching on.
"Developing countries are interested in the Raspberry Pi as productivity devices in areas that simply can't afford the power and hardware needed to run a traditional desktop PC; hospitals and museums have contacted us to find out about using the Raspberry Pi to drive display devices. Parents of severely disabled kids have talked to us about monitoring and accessibility applications; and there seem to be a million and one people out there with hot soldering irons who want to make a robot," reads the company's website.
Instead of an operating system like Windows, the Raspberry Pi runs on Linux, an open computer coding system. Users can create their own operating system using various downloads found on the internet. That's what intrigued Yates. He said using it was like taking a trip back to his youth, when he spent hours writing simple programs on an early computer known as a Sinclair ZX81.
"The operating system, that's the most difficult part for the average person to figure out. But Raspberry Pi will sell you an operating system on a flash drive if you want to get started that way," Thompson-Yates said. You can program different operating systems to allow the computer to perform various functions, from web surfing to doing your taxes.
Thompson-Yates fired his Raspberry Pi up Tuesday afternoon and popped in his "media center" operating system. Within a few minutes, the latest James Bond thriller was playing in full 1080p high definition.
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In addition to his work as a technology consultant, Thompson-Yates said he plans to start offering to set up Raspberry Pi systems for whatever application customers are interested in. He can be reached via email at email@example.com.
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Desmond Barrit
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19 October 1944
Morriston, Swansea, Wales, U.K.
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1997 A Midsummer Night's Dream – Bottom
Desmond Barrit (born 19 October 1944) is a Laurence Olivier Award winning, Welsh actor, best known for his stage work.
Barrit was born on 19 October 1944 in Morriston, Swansea, Wales.
For some years he was a regular in repertory at the Grand Theatre, Swansea.
He has also starred in productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has appeared at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre. More recently he appeared in The History Boys at Wyndham's Theatre portraying the general studies teacher, Hector, made famous by Richard Griffiths in the film version.[1]
On 7 July 2008, he took over the role of The Wizard from Nigel Planer in the West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Originally set to begin 9 June, his performance had to be postponed to undergo an operation.[2] He played his last performance on 9 May 2009 and was replaced by Sam Kelly. Barrit returned to the role for select performances in July and August 2009 while Kelly was out on medical leave. He shared the part with understudy Sean Needham.
His next stage appearance was in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of The Fairy-Queen, where he combined the singing role of the drunken poet with the spoken role of Bottom - a part he has also played in its Shakespearian original.
In 2009 he directed a version of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at Sheringham Little Theatre, which he patronises, featuring his former Wicked co-star Caroline Keiff in the title role.
Beginning 12 December 2011, he returned to Wicked, reprising his role of the Wizard, taking over from Clive Carter. He ended his third return engagement with the show on 7 July 2012 (four years after his debut), and was replaced three weeks later by Keith Bartlett.[3]
In November 2012 starred as Falstaff in the RSC production of The Merry Wives of Windsor at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Selected theatre credits[edit]
The Habit of Art The Fairy Queen (Glyndebourne/Paris/New York); Wicked (West End); The History Boys; Stuff Happens; A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; Mountain Giants; The Recruiting Officer; The Wind in the Willows; Three Men on a Horse; Jacobowsky and the Colonel; The Magistrate (National Theatre); 'Falstaff' in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (Olivier nomination); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helen Hayes Award); The Comedy of Errors (Olivier Award); King Lear; The Man Who Came to Dinner; The Tempest (Clarence Derwent Award); Twelfth Night; Macbeth; The Constant Couple (RSC); The History Boys; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Real Inspector Hound/Black Comedy; Dubarry; The Scarlett Pimpernel; Eurydice; Three Men on a Horse; The Lair; A View from the Bridge; This is a Chair; Then Again; The Chinese Wolf; The Three Musketeers; HMS Pinafore; Twelfth Night (London); The Merchant of Venice; On the Razzle; Fortune's Fool (Chichester Festival Theatre); My Fair Lady (Hollywood Bowl); She Stoops to Conquer (Royal Exchange, Manchester), The Birthday Party (Royal Exchange, Manchester) and Therese Raquin (Helen Edmundson's adaptation, Theatre Royal, Bath).
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|Ghost of Christmas Present
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|Jonathan Eckersley-Hyde
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- ^ Rees, Jasper (2007-12-31). "The History Boys: The school trip of a lifetime". London: The Telegraph online. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ "Desmond Barrit to Join Wicked in June". Broadway.com. 2008-03-24. Archived from the original on 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/166400-Londons-Wicked-Will-Welcome-a-New-Wizard-This-Summer


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Sophomore QB gives McDowell lift
McDowell coach Mark Soboleski anticipated that Jake Tarasovitch would be the team's starting quarterback at some point. He just didn't anticipate it would be during his sophomore season.
Three ailing quarterbacks later, though, Tarasovitch has found himself as the Trojans' acknowledged starter for most of the season. He's expected to be back under center for Saturday afternoon's PIAA Class AAAA first-round game against State College.
"To be down to our No. 4 quarterback, and to be down to the final 16 in the state, you're expecting a lot for this kid to play against these high-end teams," Soboleski said about Tarasovitch. "But he has handled it mightily so far. We didn't start him against (Cathedral) Prep because of the stage, but he's gotten better every week. I said after Friday's game (against Perry) that he's as good as we've had here at reading the option."
Look for Tarasovitch to run McDowell's run-first offense throughout the team's 1 p.m. game at Slippery Rock University's Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. The Trojans take a 6-5 record into their first state playoff appearance as a District 10 representative since 2009.
State College (9-3) was the team that ended McDowell's season that year. The Little Lions of District 6 also eliminated the Trojans from the 2008 PIAA Class AAAA playoffs.
Tarasovitch wasn't around for those playoff games.
Back then, he was still learning football from his father, whose name is well known to local football fans.
Joe Tarasovitch, now the principal at Erie County Technical School, preceded Soboleski as McDowell's coach (2005-07). Before that, he also was on the sideline when Central Tech won the District 10 AAAA title in 1994, the first of his four seasons there.
As a youth, Jake Tarasovitch also played for his father at St. John in the Parochial League. He said that kind of background probably helped sway older McDowell teammates who might begrudge having offensive orders barked at them from a sophomore.
"This experience has been nice," Jake Tarasovitch said. "They accepted me as the quarterback, which is a major role in our offense. I've had a lot of support from the coaches, and even Jarrett Koper has helped me out."
Koper was supposed to be McDowell's starting quarterback this season, but he fractured his right tibia during a preseason practice. It began the Trojans' run of bad luck at that position.
Early-season injuries to senior Sean Gallagher and junior Jamie Szymczak forced Soboleski to call upon Tarasovitch in late September. In an offensive system that doesn't call for the quarterback to pass much, Tarasovitch completed half of his attempts (24-of-45) for 316 yards, with only one interception.
"His biggest struggle has been reading defenses at times, and being sure of what he's seeing," Soboleski said. "But that's normal as a 10th grader. He's seeing a different defense every week, so he's learning about looking across the line and getting us out of bad plays, which was a big problem for us early in the season."
As for respect, Tarasovitch gained a lot from the other side of the line of scrimmage.
"He basically showed up at camp and knocked a few kids around (on defense)," Soboleski said. "That was all that needed to be done. Jake already had their respect as our starting free safety and is the hardest hitter on the team with the exception of maybe James (Conner)."
Khrye Drayer, Tyree Spearman and Conner are the prime running backs Tarasovitch has handed off to since taking over. Drayer saw no drop off in confidence when Tarasovitch took over at quarterback.
"I've known Jake since he was a freshman," he said, "and he came in here with a take-charge (attitude) like the seniors. He's a hard worker and he runs to the ball trying to make tackles (on defense). He's just a great player all the way around."
Tarasovitch was aware that some of his senior teammates were freshmen when State College eliminated McDowell 16-7 in 2009. Helping them get back at the Little Lions would be great, but not as much as assuring the Trojans at least another week of practice.
"We're playing to win the game," Tarasovitch said. "It's not just about payback."
MIKE COPPER can be reached at 870-1614 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/etncopper. Read the Varsity blog at GoErie.com/blogs/varsity and post comments.


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Marisa Osga was 2-for-2 with a triple, three RBIs, and two runs scored to lead Class 6A No. 5 Spain Park to a 6-2 win over West End-Walnut Grove in five innings at the Gulf Shores Classic.
Mary Kathryn Bonamy and Mary Katherine Tedder each had two hits with a triple and scored twice for the Jaguars (25-4), and Bonamy added two RBIs.
Haleigh Sisson (4-1) struck out seven and gave up one run, none earned, on one hit in four innings. Caroline Parker earned the save with two strikeouts and one earned run allowed on two hits in one inning.
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A person in Warwick who fastens books together and puts covers on them is generally known as a bookbinder. The origination of book binding was in India. In the ancient era the holy sutras were copied with a metallic stylus on the palm leaves which were cut laterally into two pieces. Then the leaf was dried and ink was rubbed in the same. This would create a tint in the space. The completed leaves were named with numbers, and two long strings were threaded through each end through wooden boards. However, from the 5th century onwards the Western books were bound between hard covers, and the pages were prepared from parchment crumpled and stitched with strong cords. These cords were attached to the wooden boards and were protected with leather. Earlier the books were entirely handwritten using handmade tools, hence the sizes and styles varied significantly. As a result, each book was a unique creation. People who live their livelihoods by printing books are known as Book Printers in Warwick. This profession has been now extended to print-press also. Book printing includes hard cover or soft cover books consuming a wide variety of binding categories. Apart from this, publishing software applications or some version of book printing software is often used also.
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fermentation allows glycolysis to continue by providing the _nadph_ needed to accept high-energy electrons
most organisms perform fermentation using a chemical reaction that converts pyruvic avid to _lactic acid_
what are three main sources of ATP available for human muscle cells
ATP already in muscles
ATP made by lactic acid fermentation
ATP produced by cellular respiration
during a race how do your muscle cells produce ATP after the store of ATP in muscles is used
lactic acid fermentation
why does a sprinter have an oxygen debt to repay after the race is over
lactic acid fermentation produces lactic acid to get rid of lactic acid buildup.
a runner needs more energy for a longer race. how does the body generate the necessary ATP
first they use it in muscles, then cellular respiration, then lactic acid fermentation


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So how many of you have started thinking about your New Year's Resolutions for 2013? Isn't it about time you got a move on this? Aren't you ready to proudly broadcast to your family and friends that you are gong to lose weight, work out more, read more, or just be a "better" person? But let me ask you the all important question:
Have you really ever stuck to these resolutions? Come on be honest!
Resolutions are basically a silly cultural ritual we go through each year. As if this year is really going to be any different and you will actually lose that 10 pounds, or workout 4 days a week, or read a new book every month. Give it up.
Don't Mistake the 'Talking' for the 'Doing'
This reminds me of a great TED Talk by Derek Sivers where he says we need to "shut up and keep our goals to ourselves."
As he says, by simply telling others about our goals we feel great and that great feeling makes it far less likely that we will actually do it! When you tell someone your goal and they acknowledge it, the mind is basically tricked into feeling it is already done. By feeling this satisfaction we are simply less motivated to do the actual work to achieve the goal.
10 Real Actions – Not Empty Resolutions!
Rather than going through the ritualistic motions of making empty resolutions, how about taking 10 immediate actions to update your personal brand for 2013? (Just don't tell anyone you are going to do them. Get out and DO them and let the doing speak for itself!)
1. Refresh Your Headshot
Start off with the New Year with a new 'look'. Keep it professional and stay 'on-brand', but change it up a bit. For example, if your headshot in 2012 was more formal with a tie and jacket, think about being a bit more casual for 2013. Simply changing the color of your shirt, your hair style, even the glasses you wear helps to refresh your brand. Just make sure to upload this new headshot to Gravatar and change out your old photo across all your touch points across the web.
2. Makeover Your LinkedIn Profile
In addition to a headshot makeover, revamp your LinkedIn profile. Recently LinkedIn has completely updated the look and feel of your profile. Changes include
- a larger profile photo
- a more prominent headline
- profile sections that stand out and are easier to read
- new sections to further promote yourself (volunteer experience, publications, project, patents, test scores)
- rich media capability to add photos, videos, presentations directly into your summary and experience sections enhancing your visual story
- being endorsed for your individual skills
- the ability to now directly search for specific contacts within your 1st level connections
An awesome resource for updating your LinkedIn profile for 2013 is Donna Serdula's blog on LinkedIn-Makeover.com. Donna recently posted a great article on how to take advantage of LinkedIn's new design with tips you can immediately apply to your profile.
3. Assess Your Online Identity
Do you know how the world sees you? Are you digitally distant or digitally disguised? Your first page of search results is what people are using to make critical and even life-changing decisions about you. Assess your current online identity and the strategize how to improve, adjust, and even clean-up for the New Year. The best resource for this is a free tool called the 'Online ID Calculator' from Reach Personal Branding. Go to this tool and learn where your are on the 'digital scale'.
4. 'Ego-Surf' and Manage Your Online Reputation
Once you know your digital identity, be pro-active throughout the year and manage your online reputation. Take the necessary steps to manage the 5 key areas of your brand online:
- Volume: How much information exists online about you?
- Relevance: How consistent is the information with who you are?
- Diversity: How diverse is the content and does it include text, video, images, photos, etc.?
- Purity: How much is purely about you and not someone with the same or similar name?
- Validation: What are other people saying about you in testimonials, endorsements, recommendations, etc.?
Three great tools (and yes they are FREE) to manage your reputation are BrandYourself.com, Vizibility.com, and Profiled.com. Also, set up Google Alerts for your name so that anytime your name does show up on Google, you will get an email informing you of this new search result. The key here is to take ownership in managing your online presence throughout the year. Make it a regular habit to even 'ego surf' – googling your own name – to see how the world sees you!
5. Set up Your Google Authorship
This is one of the simplest and most overlooked ways to build your visibility and credibility. If you are an active contributor of content / thought leadership online, are you verifying your "authorship" to these posts that show up on Google search? Essentially what this does is link your content that shows up in Google search to your Google+ Profile. This means that your profile photo appears alongside search results attributed to you as well as a link to more content from you as the author.
Some people have no interest in using Google+ and that is fine. Simply set up a Google+ profile and link it to the content you create and enjoy a higher click-through rate for your content. To learn how to set up Google authorship click here.
6. Build "Me to the Power of We"
Your personal branding success is ultimately determined by both your ability to communicate your unique promise of value AND your communities capability to magnify your brand. Your brand grows exponentially by others touting your value. Make it a goal to build the 'we' that will support your brand. Join LinkedIn groups related to your expertise, search for opportunities to be a guest blogger, comment on blogs in your niche, sponsor a 'blogathon' on your own blog, start an interview series and introduce thought leaders to your community. The opportunities are endless to build a community that will in turn grow your brand.
7. Focus on Your Real Clout, not Klout!
Your online community and tribe is very important but do not forget about the "real world". We often get lost in the virtual world of socializing and connecting. Make it a habit to schedule at least 1 in-person networking event per month in 2013. Ideally once a week is best. Find "meetup" groups in your area to connect with like-minded folks. This is the true essence of your clout, not the ridiculous Klout score that people seem to think measure your value and engagement.
8. Create Your Compelling Bio (video and text)
One of my favorite quotes is from Michael Margolis of Getstoried.com. Michael says "character trumps credentials" and he is absolutely right.
Credentials are your 'outer-self' and while they are important to get your foot in the door, your character communicates your 'inner-self'. This is what people are attracted to. This is what determines if people will decided to hire you, do business with you, or simply connect with you.
Create a bio in both video and text that demonstrates your character. Video continues to be a game changer so find ways to communicate your character on video by using such platforms as videoBIO or ViewYou. Upload this video to your LinkedIn profile!
9. Set up Your Personal 'Portals'
I have always been a huge fan of About.me and Flavors.me where you can set up your own 1-page portal on the web. They are totally FREE so if you have not set one up this year then do it now for 2013. A very cool new tool (also FREE) that let's viewers 'interact' with your portal is Vizify. It is a new kind of personal website based on the best of your social media content. What I love about Vizify is that it collects and transforms all the fragmented data across your social media platforms into a unified, visual profile. TechCrunch has called it the "slick new way to present your personal brand."
10. Build Your 'Communication Wheel'
Once you have reflected on the successes and challenges of the past year, create your plan for 2013 to clearly, consistently, and constantly put our brand into motion. Visualize your plan as the wheels on a bicycle. Without wheels you cannot move! Your brand communication plan allows you to move forward and continue your ride to success.
The center of a wheel, the hub, keeps the spokes together. Likewise the center of your plan, the 'content theme,' is the core message you want to communicate to your target audience. Your communication vehicles, or spokes, radiate out of your content theme and provide the support to keep your plan together. These may include presenting at conferences, joining professional organizations, using social media, creating a blog, writing an article or book for publication, etc.
Select a mix of vehicles that you will enjoy doing and will actually reach your target audience. If you dread public speaking then you may want to avoid this. Remember, a broken spoke makes a wheel wobble and lose its strength. Select vehicles that you are strong at, or at least ones you are happy to make stronger. Schedule these 'spokes' into your 2013 calendar and commit to executing and repeating them. By keeping your wheel straight you remain visible and by fixing a broken spoke you remain credible. Click here to learn more about creating your communication wheel.
If you have any other tips to help build your personal brand for 2013, please share below. I would love to hear what you have to say!


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How to Get Higher Payouts or How I Stopped Worrying and Beat my Affiliate Manager with a Stick
I commonly hear from affiliates the same thing: that they need better payouts and more importantly, why they aren't getting a better payout. In this industry affiliates have become damn smart and with that a little more demanding than say 12 years ago when I started in this industry. Let me tell you a little secret then that many affiliate networks don't want you to know: despite all their complaining about how their margins are very little, most of them are not completely honest and they have a lot more room for payouts than they are telling you. With that in mind, and armed with some knowledge about what other networks are paying, plus the following tips, you can approach affiliate networks and increase your payouts.
Ask for Tiered Pricing. Most of the newer software platforms such as Cake Marketing have the ability to price the leads or sales based on quantity made. If your affiliate manager is not giving you the best price, then ask them what they can do for more leads per month IF you hit that goal. While this can be a little risky, it shows the affiliate manager that you are interested in being a partner, producing more, not just asking for more money.
Find where the Network is getting the offer. If you haven't figured out by now, many networks just get offers from other networks. While its great to use stuff like OfferVault (yes, a little plug here) to find better pricing, it doesn't always mean that you can get a better price. If you can find where your current affiliate network is getting their offer from, you can often approach the other network with wanting to run the offer. Use HttpWatch http://www.httpwatch.com/ for tracking the clicks and seeing where it goes – it will show you ever jump from your click on an advertisement, to what network it is going to and then to the end advertiser. One of the great methods about this technique is that you can often approach networks, tell them that you are running "so many" leads for another network that they work with, and it's more likely that you'll be accepted into that network.
Tell your Affiliate Manager that you will rotate similar offers from another network into the mix (and do it!). If you haven't learned already about rotating similar offers to find what works better, then you need to learn about this. It's also a very, very effective method of making networks pay you more money, causing them to bid for your best traffic. Also there is a factor where for whatever reason (well, there are actually lots of reason) sometimes offers don't always consistently perform and rotating offers gives time for the "other" offer to refresh and perform better. Frankly, it's also a good "don't put your eggs in one basket" method, for the "just incase" times when an affiliate network might have an "issue" about not paying.
Offer to test other offers. Don't be a one-hit wonder, ever. Ask your AMs what is doing well, and then tell them that you'll start testing that offer if they raise the other one. If you are an emailer especially, this is a very particular and great strategy. Many AMs know what offers will work on your email list, but it makes sense that you want incentivize to try something new. Many times an AM will give in a little if you give a little back.
Ask Networks about their "Discrepancy Account." It's called by many other networks other names, but it exists in almost every single ad network and is probably one of the biggest secrets that affiliates don't know about and that Affiliate Networks don't want you to know about. You know when they tell you that you are getting paid a certain amount per sale or lead? That is based on their numbers and almost half of the time, campaigns on their system will underreport compared to their advertisers. Instead of crediting it to their affiliates, many of the networks will keep that money. Ask your AM if there are any unreported leads and if they can give you a boost from that account.
Be Nice. Seriously. Affiliate Managers would rather deal with a nice guy than a jerk. While there are a few people out there who might take the abuse, you'd be amazed how many networks and managers would rather turn off your account than deal with a total putz. Do things like add your AMs to Facebook, send them cards on their birthdays, and in general keep in touch. Don't depend on conferences for the only time that you really engage the AMs! AMs spend their entire time in front of a computer, often only getting up once in a while to drink shitloads of diet-coke and then return for hours at a time. Asking them about their life and offers will make you a friend and a business partner.
2013-06-07 at 03:03
Using httpwatch to track where a link actually goes is a good advice. It can give you many good insights and also help you finding a better offer.
2013-06-08 at 19:36
how to get better payouts = work legit people
2013-06-12 at 11:51
One is not better than the other. Clickbank is great for digital products, the Google affiliate program (like CJ, Shareasale, etc.) is good for physical products and CPA offers. It really depends on your niche. I find that I get more sales from physical products, but the payout from digital products is generally higher. (Last month, I made three times the money from Amazon sales of physical products – even though their commission rate is shameful – than from all other venues combined. Of course, that was due to the holiday season.) There are a lot of B.S. products on Clickbank, so my advice would be, if you go with Clickbank, only promote products you actually use and like. Try some products yourself, and share your experience with them. If they aren't all that they promise, ask for a refund! I ask for refunds for probably 90% of the products I try from Clickbank. Lots of people are making money promoting Clickbank products for "one click" software that is supposed to fill your bank account with affiliate commissions. My experience with these is they are crap software not nearly as good as straightforward products like Micro Niche Finder, Article Marketing Robot, Aweber, SENuke, a few domain names and a hosting account, and accounts on free web 2.0 sites – really the only tools you'll ever need to make money on the Internet. Maybe a price comparison script. That's it. There's no magic to it.
thnaxx for the above.
2013-06-12 at 16:53
This is very sound advice. There's so much rubbish on Clickbank you could go mad if you started promoting it all. That being said, there is the odd jewel there that's actually a useful product and worth getting stuck into.


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WASHINGTON - A transit operator on the job about three months in the nation's capital had just started her shift and took over an older train that federal safety officials had warned years earlier should be replaced.
About eight miles down the red line track, another train was stopped. In the blink of an eye, the trailing train, under automated control, slammed into the stopped one and jackknifed violently into the air, falling atop the first. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured in Monday's crash.
"It was only a split second," said 20-year-old Jamie Jiao of Vienna, Va., who was aboard the moving train, sitting just a few feet from where the car was smashed. "We were probably traveling pretty fast. No one had time to react."
Now investigators are trying to find out why the train didn't stop, even though officials say the emergency brake control was pushed down and there was evidence that the operator tried to slow her car before impact.
"That train was never supposed to get closer than 1,200 feet, period," said Jackie Jeter, president of a union that represents Metro workers.
Emergency brake controls are referred to as "mushrooms" on transit trains, protruding from the operator's console so they can be slammed down with a swift slap of the palm.
Debbie Hersman, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said Tuesday it wasn't clear when the button was pressed or how it got that way. Much on the train, including toggle switches and other controls, could have been disturbed in the crash, she said.
Safety officials also are investigating a passenger's statement that the train had stopped briefly then started again before the accident.
The horror of the worst disaster in the system's 33-year history shocked the Washington region, where the Metro system is an integral part of the economic and social fabric.
As is typical of rush-hour trains, the moving train had been operating under automatic control, but the computerized system failed to avert the approaching crash. The transit agency tried to assure riders their trains were still safe and all were running on manual control Tuesday as a precaution against computer malfunction.
When the train is in automatic mode, the operator's main job is to open and close the doors and respond to emergencies.
The crash occurred near the D.C. and Maryland border, in an area where higher train speeds are common because there is a longer distance between stops. Trains can go 55 to 59 mph, though it was not clear how fast the train that crashed was traveling.
The cars in the moving train were some of the oldest in the transit network, dating to the founding of the system in 1976.
Federal officials had sought to phase out the aging fleet because of safety concerns, but the transit system kept the old trains running, saying it lacked money for new cars.
Hersman told The Associated Press that the NTSB had warned in 2006 that the old fleet should be replaced or retrofitted to make it better able to survive a crash.
Neither was done, she said, which the NTSB considered "unacceptable."
Metro General Manager John Catoe said the agency expected to receive proposals "over the next month or so" to replace the old cars, but new trains were still years away from being installed. He insisted the existing cars were safe.
This isn't the first time that Metro's automated system has been questioned. There was a close call in 2005 because of signal troubles in a tunnel under the Potomac River. Signal relays that control trains were replaced after a serious safety warning in May 2000 by the Federal Railroad Administration. The only other fatal crash was in 1982, when three people died in a derailment.
The operator of the train that barreled into the stopped cars was Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va., who was hired in January 2007 as a bus driver. She was tapped to become a train operator in January 2009, the NTSB said. McMillan completed training and began working as an operator in March.
Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith said there has been no indication that McMillan was sending text messages or talking on a cell phone, which contributed to passenger train crashes in other cities, though federal investigators were checking her phone records.
McMillan occasionally slept at the office if she couldn't catch a ride home after her shift ended, said Iyesha Thomas, a Metro employee who worked with her, and she was finishing up her work week. While investigators have not suggested fatigue played a part in the crash, they were reviewing McMillan's schedule in the days leading up to the crash.
"There is no evidence whatsoever that this driver has done anything to cause this accident," Catoe said Tuesday.
He described the aftermath as "one that no one should have to see. It was unbelievable destruction."
Later Tuesday, his voice choked with emotion as he addressed hundreds of employees at a prayer vigil, said his agency would find out what happened and solve whatever problem caused it.
"We cannot afford to lose any more of our own, or any more of our customers."
Associated Press writers Brian Witte, Brett Zongker, Matthew Barakat, Gillian Gaynair, Alex Dominguez and Sagar Meghani contributed to this report.
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PELLA — North Central College (Ill.) seized on some early Central College defensive lapses and never relinquished control, advancing with a 5-0 victory over the Dutch in the first round of the NCAA Division III Pella Regional Friday.
That sends Cental (30-11) into an elimination-bracket contest Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with Iowa Conference rival Luther College (30-7). The top-seeded Norse were surprised by Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.), 7-2 earlier Friday.
Washington-St. Louis (31-15) meets North Central (30-11) at 11 a.m. The Luther-Central winner then takes on the Washington-St. Louis and North Central loser at 4 p.m. to set up Sunday's championship round.
A bunt single and a pair of errors was all it took for North Central to grab a 1-0 first-inning lead. The Cardinals took advantage of another defensive lapse for a second-inning run and added single tallies again in the third, fifth and sixth innings.
Meanwhile, pitcher Andrea Starr limited Central to five hits, including two by third baseman Whitney Sowers (junior, Marshalltown). The Dutch put runners on second and third in the fourth and sixth innings, but came up empty.
"As always, give credit to the team that beat you," coach George Wares said. "North Central came in much more ready, much more prepared and they just played better than we did.
"Part of it was them and part of it—I hate to use the word flat, but that's just what it seemed like. We just couldn't get anything going offensively and obviously defensively we did not play well."
Trisha Smith (sophomore, New Hampton) took the loss, dropping to 13-3. She gave up two earned runs on five hits with three walks—all intentional—and three strikeouts in four innings. Brie Haycraft (senior, Eldridge, North Scott HS) gave up a run on two hits with three strikeouts in two innings and Mallory Schulenberg (junior, Kansas City, Mo., St. Pius X HS) pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
The keys to victory Saturday do not change, Wares said.
"It's nothing different," he said. "You've got to pitch well and you've got to defend well. And obviously you have to do more offensively than we did today."
Staying in the winner's bracket is the simplest path to regional tourney success, but Wares said the title is not out of reach.
"I said going in that any of the four teams could win it and I said any team could come back from a loss in the first game and win the whole thing," he said. "It's not like you need to win six or seven games. You've just got to get two tomorrow and then hope for the best on Sunday. But obviously the first one tomorrow is important."


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