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Cold weather's impact felt in southern Colorado
Subzero temperatures blamed for frozen hydrants, slick roads
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Area drivers dealt with cold weather during morning rush hour and heavy snow during the evening commute.
Temperatures hovered near zero in many areas of southern Colorado as a light snow fell and made some streets and roads icy. Fortunately, few crashes were reported.
Snow began falling at a faster rate in the afternoon, forcing the cancellation of many meetings and activities.
Colorado Springs firefighters said the cold froze water in several hydrants at the scene of a vacant house fire Wednesday, forcing them to alternate four hydrants to get enough water.
However, Steve Berry of Colorado Springs Utilities said the problem more likely was due to the hydrants being broken. Vehicle collisions and workers who use the wrong tools are possible reasons for it, he said.
"We do maintenance on the hydrants by taking them apart," said Berry. "We can't do it during winter. There's no foolproof method to guarantee that a hydrant will be working when it's needed."
Berry said the utility works with the Colorado Springs Fire Department to oversee the city's 13,000 hydrants.
Mike Waller of Woodland Park said he was prepared for cold weather.
"We have a pond in the back, we put a heater in," he said. "We've got all of our pipes off, we've got the firewood stocked up in the fireplace."
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Seven Hills Vineyard is now regarded as one of the "ten most important vineyards in the world" by Wine & Spirits Magazine. In addition to Seven Hills Vineyard, Casey crafts wines from several of the best, old vine vineyards in Walla Walla and on Red Mountain, including Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun, and McClellan Estate.
Casey' focus has always been on Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux varietal reds, complemented by limited production of Alsatian varietal white wines. His vision is to produce wines that reflect the terroir of these sites with intense structure and pure varietal fruit character capable of graceful ageing. View all Seven Hills Winery Wines
About Columbia ValleyView a map of Columbia Valley wineries
Columbia Valley is the largest of Washington State's wine growing regions, with almost 11 million acres. It encompasses a number of smaller regions, including Yakima Valley, Walla Walla Valley, Red Mountain and more. The vast area consists of a range of climates, allowing viticulturists to plant a diverse selection of grape varieties. Most wineries plant rows sparsely, which helps the vines survive the harsh winters.
Notable FactsMerlot is the most popular and most planted grape of the area, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Syrah and Riesling are also popular and continue to grow in acreage.
About Washington
So how does a state known for rain and coffee produce high quality wines? They plant their grapes on the east side of the Cascade mountains, away from that ever-present rain cloud that sits along the coast. Perhaps wine grapes do well since the sandy loam soils east of the Cascade range give way to an almost desert-like land, saved from drought only by the helpful rivers that run through the area – and the good irrigation systems.
Thinking that the state would do best with typical northern growing grapes like Riesling and Gewurtztraminer, turns out the apple state is well-suited for reds, namely Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and, more recently, Syrah. Of course, whites have not been forgotten - Washington State Rieslings range from bone-dry to sweet, are well-structured and high quality, and Chardonnay dominates most of the other white plantings, making a range of wines. But the reds of the region, Merlot in particular, have made Washington State a quality force to be reckoned with.

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VSI was founded in 1985 and in 1988 decided to specialize in developing recreation management software for recreation and parks departments following a successful bid at the City of New Britain, CT. The challenges leading up to this successful bid, together with the work that was required to complete the project, best illustrate what VSI is today. Since 1989, VSI has focused on providing a broad range of solutions for the recreation and parks market only.
In 1993, VSI opened a second related market when it signed a contract with the Air Force to provide recreation software for all bases worldwide. This contract; along with similar subsequent Army, Navy, and Marine contracts; provided a substantial boost to the growth of VSI.
Today VSI has over 1100 customers including over 900 municipal and county agencies, over 60 colleges/universities, several private organizations, and all U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine bases worldwide, as well as many Air Force bases.


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As a consequence, there are always two main factors to consider when combating mould growth: the room humidity must be reduced and the correct type of exterior wall insulation must be selected. The first can be achieved by regular ventilation, which unfortunately may lead to higher energy losses. Cold air can not retain as much vapour as warm air. Therefore periodic ventilation in which the warm room air is replaced by cold air from outside i.e. opening windows or doors for short periods, can lead to a reduction in the humidity level as this cold air warms up and absorbs the new moisture. Continually having to remember to ventilate the rooms is not however a sensible, permanent solution. A better approach is to use our highly vapour permeable wood-fibre insulation materials. These do not hinder the accumulated moisture from drying out and thereby actively counter the development of mould growth.
Many older buildings partially achieve this exchange of air independently: Warm air continuously flows out of the building through poorly sealed windows and is replaced by the cold exterior air. An air exchange through the walls is not however generally the rule – the wall must have holes in it! The amount of moisture that is transported via the walls is minimal in comparison to that which is transported in the air: 'walls that breathe' which supposedly transport large volumes of air moisture to the outside of the building simply do not exist. A wall can, at best, only absorb air moisture for a short period of time and therefore only serves as a 'climate buffer'.
It is a fallacy that an air-tight insulated building leads to mould growth development. One factor that has led to this widely-held mistaken belief is that in many older buildings the windows are replaced before the external insulation is installed (which is usually a far more expensive and involved process). These modern, air-tight windows prevent the previously available 'forced ventilation' and the humidity in these rooms can rise rapidly – if this is not counteracted by the occupants through regular manual ventilation – and moisture and mould can develop on the still poorly insulated exterior walls.
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Bears won
Sigh... we went from 6-3 to this... shameful.
I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.
God: Come on now, the can't-win Lions?? ROFL!!! Maybe next season.
Can't complain too much give that the Giants blew things, but boy that was one of the most pitiful pay in games ever.
Maybe they fire Schwartz and get Gilbride.
For a Giant fan that I personally knew: My mom. May she smile and be delighted whenever her favorite player - Victor Cruz - scores a touchdown and does his salsa dance.
Thank you mom for everything! Let's Go Giants!
Listen the Giants did this to them selves, I'm just glad they got a win today. I knew to much had to happen for the Giants to get in.
I'd already conceded defeat but still feel deflated.
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"Four score and seven years ago … " and "Ask not what you can do for your country … " were used by Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, respectively, to help gain American support of their political policies. We asked Department of Political Science Assistant Professor Dr. Julia R. Azari why both were right for the times and the people and how rhetoric helps shape how we think about political issues.
In a complex world of politics and policy, political rhetoric provides a crucial source of meaning. Few people care to keep up with the intricacies of insurance reform or international security. The words that politicians use to define these problems offer interpretations of what is at stake and guide the public conversation on the issues of the day. Think of "death panel," "affordable care," "axis of evil." Rhetoric shapes how we think about and discuss political issues.
The period after the presidential election is an especially important opportunity for politicians to use rhetoric to define issues and reorder the political landscape. Whether we are talking about a landslide like 1964 or an excruciatingly close contest like 2000, the questions that emerge are often similar: Was the result a mandate for a particular policy? How will the messages of the campaign translate into a coherent governing vision? Will the winner define the agenda in a way that accommodates the viewpoints of the losing side or will the newly elected leader simply tell the opposition as Obama did in 2009 "I won"?
Presidents have taken different approaches to the question of interpreting elections. After World War II, it was not common for presidents to emphasize the election result as an endorsement of a partisan policy agenda. Lyndon Johnson described his 1964 landslide victory as a "mandate for unity" and rarely connected the victory concretely to his extensive policy agenda. Similarly, Dwight Eisenhower spoke in his 1953 State of the Union Address about "summons to governmental responsibility issued last November by the American people" and outlined broad priorities, including national security, prosperity and efficient government.
In contrast, more recent presidents have been far more likely to define their electoral mandates in ways that exclude their opponents. Ronald Reagan framed the 1980 election as a mandate for conservative economic policy. George W. Bush claimed he was elected in 2000 to cut taxes and in 2004 to reform Social Security. After taking office in 2009, Obama asserted that the 2008 election had been a "rejection" of Republican economic ideas.
The framing of the November 6 results will reflect and shape politics. With a status quo in Congress a Republican House and a Democratic Senate the choice to frame the election as an inclusive mandate or a narrowly partisan one has the potential to set the tone for governance and to test whether, in fact, the two parties can eventually find some common ground.
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- "Big question: Why do we still have the Electoral College?"
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- "Marquette senior Miller camps out to cast Milwaukee's first vote"
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Inspected my 3 hives today (74, no clouds, but gusty) and all 3 are humming!! Even the one I thought might succumb to mites!! This is its 4th spring. No treatment except the first year. I'm jazzed!
One hive had a frame - the first brood frame I looked at - with a ton of drone on it. My heart sank but I continued, and found 3 or 4 more frames of worker brood. Yay! But I wondered... Is that typical? I don't recall seeing it before, but I've not been able to get in it this early. Wondered if they put on a lot of brood, proportionately, in the spring?


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Constellation, Anheuser-Busch Rise After DOJ Deal Reported
Shares of Constellation Brands (STZ) and Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) are up 2% and 1.8%, respectively, this morning after news that the Justice Department has agreed to a reworked plan for the acquisition of Grupo Modelo:
The U.S. has been reviewing Constellation's plan to boost brewing capacity at the Piedras Negras plant by about 70 percent to ensure that Modelo-brand products remain viable competitors in the U.S. beer market, two people familiar with the matter said March 8.
Under the revised deal, AB InBev, which is based in Leuven, Belgium, also gave up an option to buy back a stake in Crown Imports LLC, the U.S. distributor of Corona and the other Modelo brands. As part of the plan, Crown, owned jointly by Mexico City-based Modelo and Victor, New York-based Constellation, would be entirely owned by Constellation.
Bloomberg cites two unnamed sources as saying a consent decree will be filed in court today. The original plan was blocked by the government on fears that AB InBev would have had too much control of the U.S. beer market.


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Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Onyx, through Ode Records)
5/5 stars
Joseph Calleja: Be My Love (Decca)
4/5 stars
Verdict: "Singers score in subtle Mahler and fulsome Mario Lanza."
Wolfgang Holzmair is a prince among baritones who, from his 1983 recording of Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin, revealed that his forte was in the field of German Lieder. His new CD of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn is an extraordinary achievement for the 60-year-old singer.
His voice has not lost its lustre in the opening Rheinlegendchen, in which he almost coaxes and caresses the humour out of this ironic little tale; in the next track, for the cutting satire of Revelge, Holzmair summons up the bite and bark of a seasoned cabaretmeister.
Only occasionally, in moments such as the florid turns of Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht is there even a hint of strain.
This disc offers Mahler's 20 Wunderhorn settings with the composer's own piano accompaniments - the better-known orchestral versions came later.
English pianist Charles Spencer (no relation to the late Princess Diana) takes us to a world in which orchestral finery is forgotten.
Listen to his exquisite tonal gradation in the inevitable chordal journey of Urlicht or his translucent backdrop for Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen, as Holzmair sings one of the most touching of all Mahler's songs.
The name of Ivan Paley in the production credits is significant - the executive producer and artistic director is a singer and pianist himself.
The result is a recording that offers you the presence and intimacy of a Liederabend trois.
Subtlety is not the order of the day with the juicy kitsch of Be My Love, Joseph Calleja's tribute to the late Mario Lanza. The Maltese tenor obliges with a handful of legit arias, including some sob-inducing verismo from Mascagni, but the real guilty pleasures lie elsewhere.
The album virtually bursts upon you with the hokum of Be My Love presented in the aural equivalent of Panavision splendour, concocted by the BBC Concert Orchestra and the New London Singers under Steven Mercurio.
The conductor is also responsible for some of the over-the-top arrangements, setting Calleja one of the greatest challenges of his career, competing with a forest of castanets in Granada. Calleja fans will be relieved to know that the tenor wins.


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I have 3 top bar hives.
I was out of country for a few weeks.
Neighbors let me know several swarms while I was away.
Last weekend, I opened one hive and saw brood and found the queen.
Just checked on them this afternoon.
Every bar in all three hives is full of honey. No brood. I did not spend time looking for the queens.
I added a few bars in each of the brood area today.
Do I need to more thoroughly look for queens?
Do I need to remove the comb that has honey in it in the brood section and replace with empty bars?
Any idea what is going on and what I need to do?


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Officials at the North Monterey County Unified School District have begun the process of changing how trustees are elected.
Like in most school districts in Monterey County, residents in Moss Landing, Prunedale, Royal Oaks and vicinity elect their trustees through an at-large election process — all voters cast their ballots for all representatives.
But many believe the at-large system disenfranchises Latinos and their preferred candidates. In North Monterey County Unified, where 54 percent of the population is Hispanic, there's no Latino on the board.
Facing this demographic, officials with North Monterey County Unified began the process of establishing districts so that it can go into effect starting 2013. The change will not affect the current terms of sitting trustees.
Superintendent Kari Yeater began reaching out to the community through meetings and brochures, asking for input and names of candidates who would want to serve on a re-districting task force.
"We have been following the guidelines set forth by the state and the county office committee and we have hired a demographer to develop a plan for trustee areas based upon the guidelines," Yeater said.
The task force is comprised of about 15 members of local groups, such as LULAC and the PTA, Yeater said. Their meetings will not be open to the public, and the members' recommendations will ultimately be approved by the trustees.
The process is moving rather quickly. If the new boundaries are to be ready for elections in 2013, the board will need to approve new boundaries by the end of January in order to meet state and federal review deadlines.
"I am sure we will be having several other meetings open to the public on this topic over the next several months," Yeater said.
The district is not moving forward with this new system under the threat of litigation or at the request of civil rights groups, Yeater said. Rather, it was the report that came back after the 2010 Census that gave district officials pause and pushed them toward seeking the change.
The North Monterey County Unified voting area is comprised of 26,000 residents, 54 percent of which have a Latino surname. The population of voting age is more than 9,000; 48 percent of which are Latino.
Diana Jimenez, former North Monterey County trustee and president of the local chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said she was pleasantly surprised to hear the district was taking redistricting steps.
LULAC didn't request the change, she said.
"I had voiced my concern when I was a trustee," she said, but the conversation did not go further. Jimenez raised her concerns after she lost her re-election bid in 2011, when three non-Latino candidates were elected.
Under the California Voting Rights Act, elections at-large are forbidden if they impair the ability of minority groups to elect candidates of their choice. The law and the Federal Voting Rights Act have been used repeatedly to force districts into area elections, and after the 2010 census, some jurisdictions believe it's only a matter of time before the lawyers come a-knocking if they have large concentrations of minorities and no representation on their boards.
Claudia Meléndez Salinas can be reached at 753-6755 or email@example.com.


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The San Anselmo Town Council has approved a $10,000 donation to the San Anselmo Community Foundation to help underwrite creation of Imagination Park, the town's new downtown park that will house bronze statues of the George Lucas characters Indiana Jones and Yoda.
So far the San Anselmo Community Foundation has raised about $105,000 of the $300,000 it hopes to raise to cover the costs of creating and maintaining the park. Filmmaker Lucas, a San Anselmo resident, donated the land for the park and razed a building to make room for it.
Officials have scheduled an unveiling of the statues for 5 p.m. Thursday.


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37 Years Ago: Pink Floyd's Giant Inflatable Pig Breaks Free
Whether it was an epic publicity stunt or a genuine mishap remains a topic of debate in some circles. Either way, the cover shoot for 1977's 'Animals' remains one of Pink Floyd's signature moments.
Artist Lucy Sparrow, co-founder of the art group Hipgnosis, came up with the concept (along with Floyd's Roger Waters) of an inflatable pig floating over Britain's iconic Battersea Power Station. But things didn't go as planned at the December 1976 photo shoot, as the 40-foot balloon broke from its moorings on one of Battersea's southern chimneys, rising directly into the path of planes landing at Heathrow Airport. All flights were grounded, and Sparrow was arrested, even as police helicopters and the Royal Air Force arrived to chase the pig. It eventually fell to the ground miles way in Kent.
At 9:30PM, a man rang up," Sparrow recalled in an interview with Time Out London. "He said, 'Are you the guy looking for a pig? It's scaring my cows to death in my field.' It was front-page news. Pink Floyd couldn't have got better publicity if they tried."
But they still didn't have a cover image. Sparrow and the band returned to Battersea later, this time with a sharpshooter in tow to take out any errant balloons, but the lighting had changed. (Sparrow still marvels over "the most incredible, Turner-esque sky" they had for the first shoot.) He ended up cutting and pasting an image of the pig onto one of his earlier pictures of the power station. "It's actually a completely faked photograph," Sparrow later said.
'Animals' would reach the Top 10 in both the U.S. and the U.K., selling more than four million copies. The pig, which Waters had named Algie, became a concert staple. Meanwhile, Battersea Power Station officials report that the main portion of visitors to the now-closed facility are still Pink Floyd fans.
"I'd always loved Battersea Power Station, just as a piece of architecture," Waters later told Rolling Stone. "And I thought it had some good symbolic connections with Pink Floyd as it was at that point. One, I thought it was a power station, that's pretty obvious. And two, that it had four legs. If you inverted it, it was like a table. And there were four bits to it, representing the four members of the band."
In 2011, a replica of the original pig floated again between the two iconic chimneys, in celebration of a massive reissue project from the band.


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Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is facing a class-action lawsuit from readers of his autobiography who want their money back after his doping confession.
The sports star spent years vehemently denying the cheating allegations which have blighted his career, but recently went public with his confession in a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey, during which he admitted taking illicit drugs to win cycling races.
Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and his Olympic bronze medal over the doping scandal, is now facing a lawsuit from fans who bought his 2000 book It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.
The lawsuit, filed at a federal court in California this week, names Armstrong and his book publishers as defendants and claims the plaintiffs were duped into buying the book, as well as 2003 follow-up, Every Second Counts.
The readers accuse Armstrong of fraud and false advertising for marketing the books as works of fact, rather than fiction, according to CNN.com.
Among the plaintiffs is Rob Stutzman, who worked as Arnold Schwarzenegger's deputy chief of staff while he was Governor of California, and claims to have met Armstrong before his doping confession and personally thanked him for writing the "inspiring'' book.
The plaintiffs are demanding "statutorily permissible damages, attorneys' fees, expenses and costs''.


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1948: A deadly explosion at German chemical conglomerate IG Farben's Ludwigshafen plant on the Rhine River kills more than 200 people and injures more than 3,800 — 500 of them seriously. It violently interrupts the closing phase of the Nazi corporate conspirator's post-war trial at Nuremberg. Two days later, the War Crimes Tribunal finds 13 […]
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Hi there - another new member jumping aboard and I thought I'd introduce myself. My name's Simmon and I know quite a few of you guys from some of the other prop boards. Nice to finally be a member (or a returning member ... never re-registered! :)).
Only have a few Fett things but hoping to change that pretty soon! ;)
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First Solar Rising: Q1 Rev Beats, EPS Misses; Affirms Year View
Solar energy technology provider First Solar (FSLR) this afternoon reported Q1 revenue that topped analysts' estimates, but missed on the bottom line.
Revenue in the three months ended in March rose 52%, year over year, and declined 30%, quarter over quarter, to $755 million, yielding EPS of 69 cents per share, excluding some costs.
Analysts had been modeling $726 million and 75 cents.
Including pre-tax restructuring charges of 3 cents per share, First Solar's 66-cents EPS was down from $1.74 in the prior quarter, but up from a $5.20-per-share loss a year earlier. As regards the quarter-over-quarter decline, First Solar said,
The sequential decrease in earnings was primarily due to higher revenue recognition for Topaz in the fourth quarter of 2012, temporary construction delays at the AVSR project, and previously planned lower manufacturing utilization as the Company accelerated efforts to upgrade production lines, which is expected to enable the Company to achieve near term targets on its module cost and efficiency improvement roadmaps.
CEO Jim Hughes remarked that "We demonstrated progress on several fronts during the first quarter, including continued strengthening of our balance sheet and additions to our pipeline."
First Solar reiterated its year outlook, offered back on April 9th at its analyst day event.
Cash and equivalents at quarter's end was unchanged from Q4's level at $1 billion, First Solar said.
Additional data about the quarter are available here, while further detail is available in a deck of slides.
First Solar management will host a conference call with analysts at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it on the company's investor relations site.
First Solar shares are down $1.92, or 4%, at $45.77 in late trading.
Update: The shares have recouped losses and are now up $1.30, or almost 3%, at $48.99.


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(July 21, 2008)--The student organization, UnityPR, recently partnered with Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA) to promote an annual 5K run in Olmos Park. The event raised $24,500 to help abused and neglected children. Sponsored by the Department of Communication, UnityPR is a new student-run firm of UTSA's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Steven R. Levitt Chapter.
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"On behalf of Child Advocates San Antonio, I would like to commend the members of UnityPR for their help in making this year's Speak Up for Kids CASA 5K a great success," said Rick Gonzales, CASA development director. "We nearly doubled the number of participants at this year's 5K from 300 in 2007 to 590 in 2008."
"Besides helping us gain more media coverage prior to the event, UnityPR did a wonderful job in promoting it on the UTSA campus and at local businesses," added Gonzales. "The group's help with logistics before and during the 5K was much appreciated. We are all impressed with the enthusiasm and desire of UTSA students to work toward the greater good of our community by helping CASA continue to speak up for abused and neglected children."
UnityPR's mission is to collaborate with San Antonio organizations to provide quality public relations services for clients and educational opportunities for members. The organization has two other clients, the Battle of Flowers Association and SA Indie, an independent artist music festival.
This year, UnityPR students assisted the Battle of Flowers Association with media relations. The group will conduct a long-term campaign to generate innovative ideas for future Battle of Flowers parades to ensure that the parade remains vital and relevant to the entire San Antonio community. UnityPR also will work to make the Sept. 26-28 SA Indie festival bigger and better than its first run last year. SA Indie organizers will collaborate with CASA and other nonprofits that will receive proceeds from festival profits.
UnityPR landed its first client in July 2006. Members teamed with the Med Center Rotary Club to publicize the 2007 Nightingale Gala, which successfully raised $47,000 for nursing scholarships.
For more information on UnityPR contact Steven Levitt, chair of the UTSA Department of Communication and PRSSA adviser, at (210) 458-5990.


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Random question - but I have noticed that my shoulders and neck are getting increasingly tense when I run. I have recently started increasing my mileage in preparation to start my marathon training schedule next month, and have noticed that by the end of my long runs, my arms, shoulders and neck are aching almost as much as my legs! I know I hold my hands in a fist when I'm running as it's been pointed out to me before, however it's so natural to me to run like that, I don't even know I'm doing it.I try not too, but then I think I concentrate on what my hands and arms to doing so much that I tense myself up even more!
I wondered if anyone had any tips or hints to keep my upper body more relaxed during a run as, the way I'm going at the moment, it'll be my upper body hampering my marathon training rather than my legs!
Loosen up. Improving upper body pose is quite important, as you're aware of. Wear loose fitting clothes, such as a vest. Also I use the treadmill at the gym, which have mirrors and run without a top, observing my movment, such as arms, shoulder positions, body roll, breathing, etc. I can improve my technique and run.
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Forget your speed for a little while and run slower. Concentrate only on running in a relaxed manner. Don't hunch up your shoulders'. Deliberately let your shoulders' drop if they rise. Concentrate on holding your arms' more loosely. Ideally elbows at 90 degrees or slightly lower. Since you are going longer let your arms swing a little over your abdomen. Keep your wrists limp.You may find it useful to pinch your thumb and middle finger on each hand to keep your hands from forming a fist.
Actually by running as tensely as you do you are slowing yourself down because your whole body will be tense. Once you actually feel you are running more relaxed you will find that your speed gets a natural boost. Don't be afraid to slow right down until you can achieve that cool easy running style, (of course you know you can run faster!).
Best of luck with your marathon training.
My first thought was that you might just need to work on some upper body strength, and the back in particular.
Thanks so much for the replies - I am doing a 10 mile run tomorrow morning so will try to take it slower and stretch out my neck and shoulders before I go and see if that helps. I am naturally small and slim so upper body strength isn't something I have any of - I presume incorporating some push ups or light weights etc into my training would be beneficial then? I am planning on introducing some core exercises as well.
There are lots of videos demonstrating stretches and basic exercises on the US site (www.runnersworld.com) that you can do at home, might be able to find something useful for yourself. For weights you could use 400g tins of beans if you dont have mini dumbells or a resistance band.
I've got a very small build, but do some gym work on my chest/shoulders. Does help, but during running, I make sure my chest/shoulders are loose, arms free and when going uphill, lean forward to avoid stiches. For normal level running, as said by Mr Puffy, keep the spine/back straight , looks better, letting the ribs expand and giving lungs space to work.


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text: I've just received my ACE certification exam study materials and I'm getting started in ACE's Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals. There is so much information that I am feeling overwhelmed! Help! Sound familiar? Don't worry. This is a common feeling among many individuals who are getting started with this book, but it doesn't have to be! In this post, I will answer the question you're most interested in: What do I really need to know from the Essentials of Exercise Science book? First and foremost, starting off as a fitness professional requires you to gain a foundation in the human body and its systems. This book is designed not only as a study guide, but also as a resource tool for the future. You are being introduced to the human body and let's face it, it's interesting how much we don't know about our own systems! Before we break down the five chapters, my favorite tip is, while working through the material, picture how you would apply the information to a personal training setting. If it is a topic that is in great detail such as the structure of a nerve cell, recognize how this is not necessarily something you would directly use in personal training. Therefore, it serves more as reference material. Continue to apply the information in this way and it will become clearer which information is most important. Here are the most important elements of each chapter: Chapter 1: The most important aspects of this chapter are the anatomical positions and planes of motion; the segmental movements in the three planes; and the muscles and their actions. You need to have a general understanding of the systems introduced in this chapter (cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, nervous, and muscular), but you do not need to be able to reproduce all the information. Remember, this is a personal training application-based exam, not a science or anatomy exam. This chapter is a good time to introduce the Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Human Movement textbook to gain the best understanding of each muscle and how it produces movement. Quick tip! You do not need to know the origins, insertions or blood or nerve supply of the muscles. You do need thorough knowledge in movement analysis, understanding how each muscle contraction creates the movement as well as understanding the actions of the muscles. This will also come later in Chapter 3 in more detail. If you are more of a visual learner, this is a great time to view the ACE Essentials of Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology DVD that is included inside the back cover of your Essentials book. Chapter 2: Within this chapter, you do need to take away some of the key points in exercise physiology. This includes the fitness components, when each energy system is used, ventilatory threshold, exercising in the heat and cold, and an understanding of the environmental considerations. You do not need to be able to reproduce the structure of the energy components, the Kreb cycle, RER values or the food consumption diagram. Chapter 3: Understand the fundamental movements, the main function of different muscles, the key aspects of human motion terminology (agonist, antagonist, synergist and co-contraction), open and closed chain activity, and the muscle analysis and movement of the lower and upper extremity. This chapter is important for helping you understand movement analysis. Here's a great tip: While you are learning the muscles and their actions, get up and perform the actions! Picture the muscle, where it is located, how it is contracting, and what movement will result. It's also a good idea to continue with muscle and movement analysis throughout your studies. Each week, work on one body segment. For example, work on the leg during week 2, the arm during week 3, etc. Chapter 4: This chapter is the only segment of your studies that focuses on nutrition. It is important to understand calories per gram of the macronutrients, the main source of the key micronutrients, and weight management calorie deficit. Gather an understanding of the digestion pathway and the aspects of the MyPyramid. You will need to know hydration recommendations, and the nutrition needs — amount of carbohydrates, protein and fat — for adults. You also need to make yourself familiar with doing a calculation for the nutrition label sample. You do not need to know how to calculate RMR or the RDAs of the micronutrients and minerals. Chapter 5: The core aspects you need to take away from this chapter are the fuels used during exercise, thermoregulation during exercise, fluid intake, general training principles and the types of flexibility training. 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Players come and go on the Free Agency Merry-Go-Round, but the N.Y. Giants will always be here!
Can we can this sticky already? Pretty much run it's course, no?
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A good board section that could actually attract some decent attention would be one in which each player, particularly new players coming to the Giants, would be the original heading. No new threads could be started, except by the moderator naming an incoming player, and each thread would be there to highlight information about the player and to discuss past play, where the player is from, how he got to the Giants, etc.
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The Pequot Lakes School Board hired numerous new teachers at its regular meeting Monday night, July 15.
Kevin Furst was hired as technology integration coordinator, replacing Brian Kazmierczak. This will be the second year the position has existed.
Jason Bradley was hired as English/language arts instructor, replacing Meghan Kazmierczak. Catherine Stampe was also hired as English/language arts instructor, replacing Lindsey Kaiser.
Nathaniel Novak was hired as special education/FOCUS instructor.
At the elementary level, Suzanne Hurin was hired to teach first grade and Kayla Reed was hired to teach kindergarten.
Coaching changes were also made. High school principal Chip Rankin will replace Jacob Box as assistant football coach. Ben Starns will replace Gary Grewe has head boys' basketball coach, and Alex Kunesh will replace Brian Lempola as assistant boys' basketball coach.
Jana Lueck will move from assistant girls' track coach to head coach, leaving the assistant position vacant.
The middle level boys' golf, national honor society and assistant volleyball positions are also open.
Abbie Schramm will be the new high school student council advisor.
Resignations Monday included Shawn Hill, speech/language pathologist; Joyce Olson, school nurse; and Courtney Barnett, paraprofessional.
Board member Kim Bolz-Andolshek attended the meeting via Skype.
In other business Monday, the board:
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• Approved a contract for a school liaison police officer. The contract is the same as last year; the district will pay $3,333.33 a month for the officer.
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Additive manufacturing can be challenging to understand because of how many processes the term includes. Here is a list of officially recognized terms recognized by two major standards organizations.
Additive manufacturing can be challenging to understand because of how many processes the term includes. While every machining center mills parts the same way, every additive manufacturing machine certainly does not build parts the same way. The number of processes is large enough and number of equipment OEMs small enough that it can seem as though every additive manufacturing machine maker employs its own distinctly different process. In fact, that view is not too far off—but there are still some important groupings that can be used to generalize these processes.
Tim Shinbara, technical direction at AMT—the Association For Manufacturing Technology—recently reported on additive manufacturing terminology agreed to by two major standards organizations. From Mr. Shinbara's post, here are those officially recognized additive manufacturing terms:
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- Directed Energy Deposition, in which focused thermal energy (via laser, electron beam, plasma arc) is used to fuse materials by melting as they are being deposited.
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You've got 2 weeks and a private jet, where do we go ? Around the world — Melbourne, Paris, Jordan, Monte Carlo, Dubai.
Top 3 reasons to wake-up every morning ? 1) To Practice — I love being on court. 2) To Win 3) To spend time with my younger brother — he is 10.
How do you relax ? Play billiards, go bowling, or see a movie, and if I really have time. I love to go to the mountains !
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A Hawke's Bay woman with terminal cancer was among those vying for a shot at the big time at X Factor New Zealand pre-auditions in Napier yesterday.
Nearly 200 hopefuls flocked to East Pier in Napier to sing their hearts out to a judging panel seeking the country's Next Big Thing.
Hastings woman Ira Edwards, 35, was among those trying to impress but her motivation was different.
The mother of two has bone and liver cancer, for which there is no cure, and has taken up singing because she can no longer dance.
"When I sing the pain goes away," she told her mother Frances Smiler-Edwards.
"When you're in my position, anything that you have to look forward to makes you stronger."
Ms Edwards sang a Lauren Hill song and has yet to hear if she made it through to the next round of auditions.
It was rare that someone would get a definite "yes" on the spot, said TV3 publicist Rose Swale. But that was no sweat for Napier woman Jo Vrijs.
The 33-year-old sang her own song, Sister Soul, and Little Red Corvette by Prince, and was the only person told to pack her bags for the next stage in Auckland.
"It was awesome and I'm really rapt I got through," Ms Vrijs said. "I have entered quite a lot of these competitions before and, because I am into house [music], the stuff I sing no one has ever heard of, but I am prepared to stick to my roots and stayed true to me.
"I've just graduated the musical school at EIT and that definitely gave me the ability to get in there and perform ... now being on the stage is second nature."
Other contestants were not so lucky in the cut-throat competition, due to air on New Zealand television this year.
Napier boy George Foreman, 17, said although he initially received a yes, he was not called forward when the successful numbers were read out.
"But it's fine," he said. "I'll have to make it the old-fashioned way."
Ms Swale said the bar was very high for those getting through.
"It's called the X Factor because we are looking for someone that really does have the X factor," she said. "There has been lots of really good singers turn up, and we would love to have them, but there can only be one winner and the bar has been so high that you have to be exceptional to impress the producers."
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The black blogs are a buzz about this ad.
Um…so a black man's uncivilized self = Questlove. AKA. a guy with a big afro and facial hair? Really, Nivea? I read about this on Tumblr and was cracking up at people noting that the lotion company's name sounds like the name of an Atlanta stripper. LOL
Apparently, Questlove thought that was some bulls*** and took to Facebook and Twitter about it.
What do you guys think?
(I'm going to go looking for a Caucasian version with a guy with long shaggy hair and a beard. Wish me luck.)
UPDATE: Nivea agrees with me.
The company apologized on Facebook: "Thank you for caring enough to give us your feedback about the recent "Re-civilized" NIVEA FOR MEN ad. This ad was inappropriate and offensive. It was never our intention to offend anyone, and for this we are deeply sorry. This ad will never be used again. Diversity and equal opportunity are crucial values of our company." (source: Clutch/MTV)


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Genre: RTS: Real Time Strategy
Players: 1 or 2 to 8 over Lan or Online
Petroglyph's next project; Universe at War: Earth Assault, is an epic sci-fi RTS set on near-future Earth. Terrible and potent alien forces have brought their galaxy-spanning war to our planet's doorstep.
Save the world or destroy it as you take charge of several unique factions with awesome powers and spectacular units. Control massive-scale alien war machines that are fully customizable. With on-the-fly tactical customization, you can dynamically swap out weaponry, rework your tech tree, and retrain units in the middle of combat to thwart your foe and seize the advantage. This advance on the traditional rock-paper-scissors model of balance gives players even more control over how they respond and adapt to their opponent's strategies.
Universe at War: Earth Assault features large-scale environmental destruction in a persistent world – level a city and when you come back, the area will still be a smoking ruin. Here, though, the environments you are fighting for are close to home, as you wage war across familiar Earth landmarks and cities.
The entire globe is at your command, as you manage resources, armies, and territories in the real-time strategic mode. As your heroes lead your forces into enemy territory, you will be taken into fast-paced tactical battles where the emphasis is on combat and action. A seamless integration of both the strategic and tactical mode allows you to call in reinforcements from other territories while engaged in ground warfare and take tactical troops back to the strategic level when you win so you can use them in later battles.
Universe at War: Earth Assault features innovative new multiplayer features inspired by today's top MMOs and competitive online environments, giving players achievements, rewards, and medals but in a balanced environment. Each of the game's factions will have unique paths to victory with completely different styles of play, allowing players from across the globe to battle it out in persistent-style online "campaigns" for ultimate faction supremacy.
· On-the-fly customization lets you adapt dynamically to your opponent, raising the stakes of battle
· Unique multiplayer achievements and modes that are new to the RTS genre
· Environmental destruction and manipulation in a persistent world
· Dual-layer of tactical and global gameplay
· Special hero units
· Massive-scale units that dwarf conventional RTS units
· Real-world, modern-day environments
· Three unique factions, not including the introductory military faction, which players can control as they learn the game
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Child left on school bus by driver for 7 hours
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Safety checks at a Colorado Springs school failed a first grader who was left on a bus for seven hours this week.
Kamari Durham, 7, goes to Scholars To Leaders Academy. On Wednesday, his father, Lonnie, said he fell asleep on the bus, which picked him up around 6:15 a.m.
Kamari was locked in the bus and could not get off once he awoke. The boy remained on the bus until around 1:30 pm. That's when he heard schoolmates playing basketball nearby.
"My son kept screaming and hollering and jumped up and down until eventually an older kid saw my son," said Durham.
Kamari's father said his boy was dehydrated after spending all that time on the bus with no water and no food. He also said the bus had no heat while it sat idle. Instead of calling an ambulance, though, school leaders called Durham to pick up his son.
"Lord forbid -- my son could have died on that bus, from freezing to death," said Durham.
Durham said school leaders apologized and told him the driver and other staff could face disciplinary action as early as Tuesday, but he's not satisfied.
"This school needs more attention and they need to be disciplined," said Durham.
Durham said Kamari has gone through two other traumatic incidents in his two years at the school. Both involved a bus driver leaving the boy behind away from the school.
"My son is psychologically damaged to the point where he doesn't even want to get on the bus," said Durham.
Scholars To Leaders Academy administrators were asked for a comment on the story.
"I have no comment about that at this time," said Alex Malone, director of operations. Malone would not say anything about an open investigation into the matter.
Durham was told the incident is under review and disciplinary action could come Tuesday.
Durham said he contacted about one dozen lawyers since the incident but has not found anyone willing to represent his son.


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Current, former council members welcome city attorney's resignation
Chris Melcher will leave in January
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - After two years of problems between Colorado Springs city council and the city attorney , current and former council members say they're glad to see Chris Melcher go.
Melcher announced he will resign at the end of January, saying in a statement: "When I accepted Mayor Bach's request to serve, I agreed to a commitment of two years - and I have enjoyed every day. Now that we have accomplished so many of our goals, it is time for me to return to the private sector."
It's welcome news to those on city council who've accused Melcher of being neglectful of council's requests for legal opinions and biased toward the mayor in opinions he did give them.
"It's no surprise that council has been less than satisfied with service we've received from him," said council member Don Knight. "I think his resignation will remove a major hurdle in council and the mayor working together."
In September, council voted to cut Melcher's pay by $4,000 and council president Keith King even said he would fire Melcher if he had the authority. Knight said he doesn't think Melcher leaving had anything to do with that.
"I think he has thicker skin that that," Knight said.
Former council member Lisa Czelatdko said problems with Melcher began soon after Bach appointed him two years ago.
"Things like agenda deadlines not being met," said Czelatdko. "Then, a lot of times when we would give direction for policy or ordinances, which is part of our legislative role, Chris would come back with the absolute opposite things we would ask for."
Czelatdko said if she knew that Melcher planned to leave in two years she would have fought his appointment from the get-go.
"It really takes time to build up knowledge of city procedures," she said.
Mayor Steve Bach has defended Melcher. In a statement Bach called Melcher "an outstanding leader, attorney and adviser for many working in the City," and said he would be greatly missed.
City communications said neither Melcher nor Bach would agree to an interview Thursday.
Since Bach took office in June of 2011, dozens of city leaders have been fired or resigned from their posts. As of this past June, the city had paid more than $1.6 million severance packages. It's unknown whether Melcher will get a golden parachute when he leaves or if he'll continue getting paid as a "consultant," as did Former Fire Chief and Economic Vitality Chief Steve Cox, former Airport Director Mark Earle and former Fire Chief Richard Brown.
Knight says he would oppose either arrangement.
Council president Keith King released a statement on Melcher's resignation saying in part, "Council is willing to work with the Mayor to help find a new City Attorney. Public service is very demanding and I understand why someone would want to limit their service."
Knight said city council could be involved with vetting and confirming a new city attorney, but only if Bach chooses to include them in the process.


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great story, can't tell you how much him and Blackburn moved up my list of Top 5 current Giants this season.
great story, can't tell you how much him and Blackburn moved up my list of Top 5 current Giants this season.
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The fullback is an underrated and often overlooked position in today's high-powered offensive NFL. I think with Hynoski we have a throwback to the Rathman days and before. Plus, you know you don't have a real fullback unless your fullback's name ends in -ski.
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
***Stat provided by "Schloss22"***
I'm happy he got his first TD. Heck, even Jaworksi praises Hynoski.


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Kinship Partners: Time spent together is what makes partnerships work
Kinship Partners honors Keith and Debbie Sunnarborg and Selena and Kyle Johnson as its Match of the Month.
One could say the Sunnarborgs are "seeing double" these days. Debbie and Keith, of Brainerd, are Kinship Partners mentors with brother and sister, Selena and Kyle, also of Brainerd.
Living in the country, Debbie has taught Selena to horseback ride and collect eggs in the chicken coop. Keith and Kyle also enjoy the outside fun Minnesota has to offer: fishing, hunting, building bird houses, flying kites and gathering sap for maple syrup.
But like Debbie and Selena, it's not the activities that make the partnership, it's the time spent together.
Both Debbie and Keith entered mentoring for what they could provide and have since learned mentoring is a two-way relationship. The Sunnarborgs will attest that mentoring can have a challenge or two, but, more important, they receive as much joy from the pair as they provide.
"We are all better off from these friendships," Keith said.
Mentoring can help kids learn, feel safe and have fun, Debbie added.
Kyle and Selena's mother would echo those words. She, too, is happy with the relationships and appreciates the Sunnaborgs "seeing double."
For more information about Kinship Partners, call 218-829-4606 or 877-730-5437. Visit www.kinshippartners.org.


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Making Sustainability Happen
Come along and find out mayoral candidates' long term view for Otautahi-Christchurch and how they see their responsibilities to future generations.
Making Sustainability Happen
Come along and find out mayoral candidates' long term view for Otautahi-Christchurch and how they see their responsibilities to future generations.
This Friday - 30 October - it is hands up for learning - Kia Mau Ki Te Whakaako - World Teachers' Day. To celebrate, the Teachers' Union - NZEI Te Riu Roa - is bringing a bus load of around 80 or so members from around the South Island, to our school at around 12.15. At 12.30 there will be a countdown and everyone will raise their hands up to show support for learning.
On October 12th funding cuts to ACCs sexual abuse counseling will require survivors of abuse to be diagnosed with a mental injury under the US Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Version 4 (DSM-IV) in order to obtain ACC covered counselling.
This new rule will seriously limit the ways that survivors seek support. Many counsellors who already oppose the rule say they will refuse to do ACC funded counseling if the new rule goes ahead.
The Centre for Documentary Practice invites you to logon and join the world's first online journalism and documentary conference on October 15th 2009, starting 12:01am (GMT).
This month's theme is 'Islam in Power', and below is some information about Islam associations in Aotearoa/New Zealand
We invite you to bring banners and join the Christchurch walk in support of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. The March will begin on Saturday 3 October at 1pm at the Tautahi Pa site on Barbadoes Street near Oxford Terrace
On Saturday 12th September, communities nationwide will protest the government decision to cut funding for night classes through schools. The decision by the government to cut 80% funding to school based ACE in 2010 has met widespread criticism with all funding withdrawn and 20% (approximately $3 million) "reinvested" into Numeracy, Literacy, Foundation skills and Sign language - schools are required to compete for funding.
This is for anyone who wishes to participate in the opening blessing ceremony for the World March for Peace and Nonviolence, which will take place at Kopinga marae, on Rekohu / Chatham Islands.
Explosive Expression - Creative Resistance to the State Terror Raids of October '07. Art Exhibition and Auction
We are having a FREEZE for Global Poverty to raise awareness about the cause and the upcoming event '1.4 Billion Reasons'
Every programme features a discussion on a topic to do with conservation, environment or peace with justice.


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McNeese State head baseball coach Terry Burrows. ( American Press Archives)
Last Modified: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:58 PM
By Alex Hickey / American Press
The final game of McNeese State's baseball season ended up being the final game of Terry Burrows' career as the Cowboys coach.
Burrows stepped down following a 10-3 elimination-round loss to Lamar in the Southland Conference tournament that wrapped up a 23-31 season. He finished with one winning season in six years.
"I know in my heart that now is the right time for me to move on," Burrows said in a school release. "The game of baseball, as well as McNeese, have been a huge part of my life and always will be. I'll always be thankful and appreciative for the opportunities and lifelong friendships both have given me."
The school will hold a formal news conference this morning at Jack Doland Field House.
Athletic Director Tommy McClelland indicated in a statement released by the school that Burrows was not forced out.
"From the day Terry Burrows was hired as our head baseball coach, we have been 100 percent supportive of him," McClelland said. "That same level of support still exists today. Terry has done so many things that have improved our baseball program during his tenure, including APR (Academic Progress Rate), facilities and finances."
Unfortunately for Burrows and McNeese, his ability to transform the program off the field did not translate to the diamond. McNeese reached the conference tournament three times in his tenure, going two-and-out the last two years. The Cowboys never placed higher than sixth in the league under Burrows.
Burrows did help mentor several players to achieve individual success, though. Former Cowboys Jace Peterson and Lee Orr are both starting for high Class-A Lake Elsinore in the San Diego Padres organization, and current pitcher Bryce Kingsley was named the Southland's freshman of the year this week.
The season began with promise as McNeese got off to a 17-9 start in the opening half of the year. But the Cowboys plummeted in April with an ugly 3-17 stretch sinking any illusion that McNeese could contend for the conference title.
McNeese saved face by finishing 3-3 to reach the conference tournament, but it still required a loss by Nicholls State on the final day of the regular season as the Cowboys failed to clinch the spot themselves.
Burrows was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2009 for his feats as a pitcher. He was named the SLC Pitcher of the Year in 1990 before being drafted by the Texas Rangers and embarking on an 11-year professional career.
He served as a pitching coach under Todd Butler in 2002 and '03 before taking over the program as head coach in 2008.


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Marguerite "Peg" Stelzig
Marguerite "Peg" Stelzig
Marguerite "Peg" Stelzig, 98, of Crosslake, Minn, formerly of Clearwater, St. Cloud, Brainerd, and St. Paul, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at Golden Horizon's Assisted Living in Crosslake.
Peg was born and raised in Clearwater and St. Cloud, Minn. She graduated from St. Cloud State University where she met her husband, Roy. She was active in dramatics, college yearbook and newspaper staffs, and student council. She was a dedicated kindergarten teacher in the St. Paul School System from 25 years. After retirement, Peg and Roy spent their winters in Phoenix, San Antonio, and Tucson and their summers at their home on White Fish Lake.
She was a member of the Town Trotters Dance Club in Minneapolis. She enjoyed her family, a host of friends, golf, bridge, gardening, crafts, birds and her home. She was a member of Crosslake Lutheran Church. Having a contagious optimism and zest for life, Peg always lived in the present. She loved everyone.
Peg is survived by daughter-in-law, Joyce; cherished grandchildren, Kimberly, Scott, Mia, and Nyia; great-grandchildren, Sammy, Benjamin, and Michael; several nephews and nieces; and special friend, Twila Danzig, of Los Angeles, CA. She was preceded in death by her husband; son, Sam; parents; sister; brother; and a grandchild.
Services for Peg will be held in the spring at Crosslake Lutheran Church with burial at Roselawn Cemetery in St. Paul, Minn. Memorials are preferred to Gift of Life Transplant House at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Please visit www.brenny.com to leave a message of comfort and support for Peg's family.
Arrangements with Brenny Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services


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i recently decided to get into bee keeping in a most unusual way.
first off, i have many hobbies as I would rather learn to do something myself than to have to buy or pay someone else to do it for me. self-sufficiency is my objective.
a few years back i got into reloading my own ammo, which got me interested in making gunpowder, which lead me to extracting sodium nitrate from manure and guano and so on. later i started casting my own lead bullets and as lead bullets need a lubricant, i've played around with different recipes for wax which i found beeswax a must have component, so with the price of beeswax i thought why not look into my own hives, after all, i've got 20 acres and i don't know of any other beekeepers in the area so they may do well. i researched the various types of hives (Lang, Warre, etc) and decided on the KTBH as it is simple to make and should be easier to manage. I don't have any bees yet, but i've seen a few hundred bees down at the edge of the pond getting loaded up on water so yesterday i built an 8 bar nuc to see if they'll take up residence.
besides the potential for harvest of honey and wax, i've done considerable reading about honey bees and i've become quite enthralled with these little 'work-a-holics' so i registered to this site to learn even more.


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Discussion in 'BUILD OFF 2 BIKES' started by giggles13, Sep 28, 2007.
Here is it done.
A close up of it.
How does it look on Lil' Pixie?
Here it is.
Okay now to tackle that problem with the kickstand.
I have to extend the kickstand a little.
After welding on an extension piece I had to clean up the weld.
Here is what it looks like.
Okay now to figure out how to make it look more interesting.
This is the metal I am using.
Well I had to call it a day.
I used the wrong table to cut these out on and the angle I was cutting at was making my back and neck really sore. So the rest for another day.
You REALLY need a plasma cutter!!! But it's lookin awesome!
Boy would that be nice to have a plasma cutter!!!
Well I have to take the rest of the build slow.
My neck is still giving me problems. They have me doing rehabilitation on it. I start tomarrow on that.
I'm also back on leave from work.
The snow has started to fly the last couple of days. So I might have to put in my back up plan to get this bike done. (storage has no heat)
I will get this bike done in time for the deadline!!!!
Well the build on this has slowed down soo much that I will be unable to finish it in time for the deadline.
Maybe some other time.
Good luck everyone.
thanks for all the comments and checking in on this build.
It was great.
Re: Lil' Pixie (updated 10-31)
Gigs I wondered what happened to you and how you were doing. Sorry time and circumstances didn't allow you to finish on time. Please finish the bike as soon as you can and show us all! This was one I really wanted to see. May you heal quickly and fully.
Re: Lil' Pixie (updated 10-31)
I totally unsterstand your situation , Take care of your health as the bike will wait but I am sure most here were looking forward to your build.
Re: Lil' Pixie (updated 10-31)
Hey guys.
I have been working on Lil' Pixie.
I entered Lil Pixie in the Detroit autorama.
Here are some pics of me working on her.
Those handle bars I finally got to weld together.
Also got all them flames cut out and welded onto the kickstand.
Re: Lil' Pixie (updated 10-31)
Got some cool accesories.
Some grips You cant see in this pic but the grips have flames on them.
Decided that the grips needed something so I took these.
And made streamers for Lil' pixie. I will have to post this picture later.
Some valve caps
a Bell Which I took my sticker for the bike scanned it into the computer downsized it.
I then cut it out in a circle and put that on a black background. Cut that circle out and put it on the bell.
Re: Lil' Pixie (updated 10-31)
painted the frame. several times. :?
Found out that the almond that I had picked out has to be the top coat of any paint.
Painted them handlebars.
Because of running out of time for this show I actually changed the color scheme from that brown to primer red. I think that I like this a whole lot better.
the frame
painted the handle bars black. Took the sticker and attatched it to the head tube.
You can see in this pic the new fork color too.
Re: Lil' Pixie (updated 10-31)
Here lil pixie is at the Autorama.
As you can see there is still way more that I have to do.
The luggage rack I have to finish and the saddle bags to put on. You can also see since the pictures were taken of the new paint job that I did redo it.
If you look in the picture and the black bike that is behind the caution sign. That is one of the ones that I am going against.
For the Autorama I created a scrapbook so that they could see the work that I did myself. Here is a picture of the scrapbook. :lol: It was really easy to do since I already had everything written out on here. :lol:
Everyone seems to like it at the show.
Have even seen the judges looking thru my book.
nice job gigs !!! that pic of the frame hangin in primer looks like its flyin thru the air with those dropouts, turned out great !!!
Woooowa. Just wow.
I had a blast doing this bike. I also had fun entering it in the Detroit 2008 Autorama.
Here is how Lil' pixie did.
I took two trophies.
1st place in the chix chopper class.
and a cool award.
I was so excited getting the second award :shock: that I didn't hear exactly the wording for it. I know that it had to do with the flame job I did on the kickstand.
Congratulations! Well done. (y'all asleep, I get to say it first eheh)
I love the overlapping flames on the stand.
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Gait and Alzheimer Interaction Tracking (GAIT) Study (GAIT)
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Gait Apraxia
Alzheimer Disease
Impaired Cognition
Cerebral Atrophy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Maladie d'Alzheimer et Troubles Locomoteurs : Caracterisation Des Anomalies Temporelles de la Marche et Etude Des Correlats Anatomo-cognitifs
- Stride-to-stride variability of stride time [ Time Frame: baseline ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Group 1
Healthy subjects
Group 2
Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Group 3
Patients with Mild AD
Group 4
Patients with Moderate AD
Detailed Description:
Although gait disorders are frequently associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), few studies have focused on their characterization and mechanism. Exploring the associations of the gait characteristics - more particularly the gait variability - with the cognitive performance of AD patients on one hand, and with the morphological brain abnormalities on the other hand, could be useful to understanding the mechanisms of gait disorders in AD.
The main objective of this study is to examine and to compare gait characteristics under single- and dual-task conditions among healthy subjects together with AD patients at different stages of disease (i.e., pre-dementia, mild and moderate dementia stages).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 60 years
- Able to walk without walking aid on 15 metres
- Score of Mini-Mental Examination (MMSE) > 10
- Written informed consent to participate in the study (or trustworthy person)
- Being affiliated to a social security regime
- Near visual acuity ≥ 2/10
- Absence of severe depression (score in the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale ≤ 10)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Score of Mini-Mental Examination (MMSE) ≤ 10
- Subject suffering from pre-existing impellent disturbances
- History of cerebrovascular accident or other cerebro-spinal pathology
- Poor workmanship of the written or oral French language
- Refusal of subject to be informed on possible hanging bare anomaly during study
- Use of walking aid
- Acute medical or surgical disease in the past 3 months
- Refusal to participate (or trustworthy person)
- Contra-indication to the achievement of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Near visual acuity < 2/10
- Presence of severe depression (score in the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale > 10)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01315717
|Angers University Hospital
|Angers, France, 49933
|Principal Investigator:
|Olivier Beauchet, MD, PhD
|Angers University Hospital
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|University Hospital, Angers
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01315717 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 10, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 21, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Gait Apraxia
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Psychomotor Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Gait Disorders, Neurologic
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017


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