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If you are planning to embark on a weight loss journey, you may be wondering what method will work best for your goals.
N.B. This article will be updated during the winter.
While there are some people who swear by a weight training only routine, and others that only hit the treadmill or the elliptical (I'm a proud Sole E25 owner myself), experts recommend a combination of both in order to meet your weight loss goals.
Understand the Science
In order to determine whether focusing on cardio or strength training is better for weight loss, it is important to understand the processes that go into weight loss. Also you should review your fitness goals to get motivated.
When exercisers use cardiovascular workouts (running, elliptical machines, swimming, dancing) as their primary form of work out, they do lose weight (I believe that you should incorporate a daily training regime with treadmills, ellipticals or exercise bikes). The weight loss, however, includes the loss of muscle as well.
This is important to note because muscle plays a key role in weight loss. Muscle is heavy and it is hard for the body to maintain its weight when there are heavy muscles to support. It takes more energy to move 200 pounds of muscle than it does to move 200 pounds of fat.
Gaining just three pounds of muscle will result in burning 120 calories of fat.
When the body needs energy to support your new muscle growth, it will start drawing on your fat stores, slimming you down in the process.
Combination Workouts And The E25 Sole Elliptical
The key to losing the weight quickly is to blend a combination of cardio and strength training into your workouts.
This means strength training several days a week along with an exercise that gets your heart pumping. Dance, kickboxing, cycling and running are all popular cardio exercises.
Getting equipment that combines strength training and cardio will also help you to reach your goals faster. The E25 SOLE Elliptical is one of the many machines on the market for a blend of strength training and cardio. The 34 lb. flywheel is built to give you maximum resistance, allowing you to get the heart pumping and the legs working. The machine allows for a complete lower body workout, strengthening the calf muscles and tightening the glutes, hamstrings and calves.
An LCD readout allows you to keep track of your workout, calculating calories burned, time elapsed and heart rate. The machine allows you to select programs that are in line with your goals, whether you want to burn fat or increase endurance.
One of the many cross-trainers on the market is the Sole E25 elliptical. The E25 Sole Elliptical blends the best of cardio and resistance training for effective weight loss.
Creating an Effective Strength Training Routine
An effective strength training routine starts with the right equipment and schedule.
When you train is as important as how much you train. For maximum muscle growth, you need periods of rest between training days, so it is important to schedule these accordingly.
If you are working out at a health club, they will provide the weights you need to get started in strength training. Using heavy weights with few repetitions will allow you to start building muscle immediately. This will help you to lose weight quicker by making it harder for your body to retain fat.
When you start to build muscle through resistance training, your body will start to use stored fat for energy.
This means that you will lose weight faster than through cardio exercise alone.
Combining Strength Training, Cardio and Nutrition
Nutrition is a huge part of the equation when it comes to weight loss. I do daily workout on my Sole E25 elliptical but I still put a lot of effort in finding and eating nutritious foods.
Taking in fewer calories than you need to maintain your weight will result in weight loss. This caloric deficit will force your body to use stored fat to get the calories it needs to survive. The first thing you will need to do is to figure out how many calories your body needs in a day, and start cutting from there.
Cutting out 500 calories a day will result in a one pound weight loss. There are online calculators that will give you the correct formulas to figure out how much you need to cut from your diet for fat loss.
Eating the right foods will help you achieve weight loss quickly. A diet that is balanced with protein, fruit and vegetables is the first step in long-term weight loss. Avoid fad diets which cut out major food groups or restrict your eating habits to inconvenient routines. Simply making a few dietary changes can help you to shed the pounds for good. The key is to balance good nutrition with weight training and cardio exercise for maximum results.
When it comes to long term weight loss, a combination of strength training, proper nutrition and cardio exercise is key. The right elliptical machine can provide two out of three of these elements and help you to reach your goals faster.
Incorporating weight training into your routine will help you to shed pounds while improving your endurance and breathing.
Find the right balance, review your fitness goals and invest in an Sole E25 elliptical (or whatever brand you like) to get started on your weight loss goals.


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42 U.S. Code § 13891 - Authority to make grants
§ 13891.
Authority to make grants
(a) General authority
The Attorney General may make grants, on a competitive basis, to States to carry out in accordance with this part family unity demonstration projects that enable eligible offenders to live in community correctional facilities with their children.
(b) PreferencesFor the purpose of making grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to a State that includes in the application required by section 13892 of this title assurances that if the State receives a grant—
both the State corrections agency and the State health and human services agency will participate substantially in, and cooperate closely in all aspects of, the development and operation of the family unity demonstration project for which such a grant is requested;
boards made up of community members, including residents, local businesses, corrections officials, former prisoners, child development professionals, educators, and maternal and child health professionals will be established to advise the State regarding the operation of such project;
the State has in effect a policy that provides for the placement of all prisoners, whenever possible, in correctional facilities for which they qualify that are located closest to their respective family homes;
unless the Attorney General determines that a longer timeline is appropriate in a particular case, the State will implement the project not later than 180 days after receiving a grant under subsection (a) and will expend all of the grant during a 1-year period;
the State has the capacity to continue implementing a community correctional facility beyond the funding period to ensure the continuity of the work;
(6) unless the Attorney General determines that a different process for selecting participants in a project is desirable, the State will—
give written notice to a prisoner, not later than 30 days after the State first receives a grant under subsection (a) or 30 days after the prisoner is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 7 years (whichever is later), of the proposed or current operation of the project;
accept at any time at which the project is in operation an application by a prisoner to participate in the project if, at the time of application, the remainder of the prisoner's sentence exceeds 180 days;
review applications by prisoners in the sequence in which the State receives such applications; and
for the purposes of selecting eligible offenders to participate in such project, the State has authorized State courts to sentence an eligible offender directly to a community correctional facility, provided that the court gives assurances that the offender would have otherwise served a term of imprisonment.
(c) Selection of grantees
The Attorney General shall make grants under subsection (a) on a competitive basis, based on such criteria as the Attorney General shall issue by rule and taking into account the preferences described in subsection (b).
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31911, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1894.)
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Why You and Your Spouse Need a Date Night … NOW!
Overcoming my mommy guilt to ditch the kids for a night out.
Melissa Chapman, www.marriedmysugardaddy.com
I always thought taking our kids along with us and rarely leaving them with a sitter was proof of what great parents my husband and I were. Rather than leave them to LANGUISH in the care of a virtual stranger, and be relegated to watching TV while said STRANGER talked on her cell phone, let them pour their own apple juice and get their little hands into the secret stash of chocolate, we were good parents because we'd never allow such a scenario to take place. Yep — we were those parents who schlepped our kids with us to sushi restaurants, or we simply didn't go out. We couldn't bear the thought of leaving them to their own devices. I mean, how could a parent leave their kid with a babysitter?!
Of course, you know at this point that this whole fear of leaving my kids with a babysitter was influenced by my very strange experiences with babysitters as a child. As soon as my mom waved goodbye, said babysitter would spend the rest of night ignoring us, inviting her boyfriend over and literally sucking his face off on our couch while my sisters and I sat on our stairs and watched, both enthralled and slightly frightened all at once. Clearly my parents should have done a bit of a background check, but it was the eighties and how could they miss their weekly dancing to the Oldies at the Golden Gate Inn motor lodge with the free buffet and … well, times were oh so different.
So of course when I had my own kidlets I made a vow. I would be that parent who would never, if I could help it, escape the tedium of parenthood for a night out with my husband while my charges were left at the whims of a teenager heady with power.
But last night, after an impromptu decision to bring my kids over to my sister's house (they're just two more to add to her menagerie of little people roaming around, and I know she will lavish them with attention and love, in between shoveling food into my so-skinny-I-don't-know-how-he supports-his-head son), my husband and I dropped them off and proceeded to drive home under a clear blue sky with the convertible's top down, like two young lovers.
I know it sounds so sappy and yet … I could not stop BLASTING Journey's Open Arms, and we talked, and we gazed at each other, and then we went out for dinner by ourselves. There were no mouths to feed, no cranky wails of I'm hungry!, I don't want any more1, my belly hurts!, and no I'm bored! statements to contend with. It was just the two of us and well, it was GLORIOUS. And for that brief moment in time I felt almost transported back to the summer of 1997, when we first met and there was so much possibility and excitement in the air.
And I realized I need more of these moments in my life and in my marriage.
So readers, I beg of you, I implore you … run — don't walk — and get yourselves on a Date Night … NOW!
Melissa Chapman blogs about her marriage and everything in between at http://www.marriedmysugardaddy.com/. Her work has appeared in The Staten Island Advance, Care.com, ABC News, BlogHer, Baby Center, Momtourage, Lifetime Moms, Babble, The Washington Post, Time Out NY Kids and iVillage.


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To film "The Bible," Roma Downey traveled 6,000 miles to Morocco from her home in California.
"I found myself over there with sand in places I never knew existed," she said with a laugh. "When we got there, it was freezing cold. By the time we left, it was blazingly hot."
The staff of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Media Services Department doesn't have quite so far to go when they film New Testament-based stories. Instead, they travel 60 miles south from Salt Lake City to the church's Jerusalem movie set.
"Honestly, we looked at Morocco," said Scott Smiley, director of film and video for the LDS Church's publishing-services department. "We considered going there to film. And we ended up building the set down in Goshen."
The massive facility the size of two side-by-side football fields was completed in 2011. Since then, it has been used to film segments for the church's Bible Videos series; videos for the Sunday School curriculum; online Mormon Messages videos; and even a music video for the Piano Guys.
If you didn't know the Piano Guys were on a set in Utah County, you'd never guess.
"The whole goal was to build that thing so that people think, 'Where in the world is that?' " Smiley said. "And Goshen, Utah, is not the first thing people think of when they look at a set like that."
It wouldn't make sense for a Hollywood studio to go to the expense of creating a huge standing set of ancient Jerusalem; for the LDS Church, it made perfect sense.
"Typically, with a movie set, you build it, you film on it and then you tear it down," Smiley said. "But we have a standing set so that the expense isn't wrapped into a single shoot but spread out over, hopefully, 30 years or more; the cost savings are huge. It's a fantastic set that's all ready to go with just the finishing touches to worry about the set decoration as opposed to the set building."
And that's not counting all the money saved by not sending actors, directors and crew to Morocco. "It's not like there's three people on a film crew," Smiley said. "You have to put together quite a group, so the costs there are enormous."
Plus you avoid the extreme cold, extreme heat and the sand that crews encounter in Morocco.
Well, at least you avoid the sand.
"Hey, I was used to that weather," said Downey of Utah, who starred in the locally produced "Touched by an Angel" from 1994-2003. "I had my training almost 10 years in the Salt Lake City climate."
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|Ginormous Ted, possibly the world's largest black bear, lives at Ely's
North American Bear Center.
The tiny town of Orr, Minnesota, on the cusp of Voyageur National Park vacation territory, is home to the 360-acre Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary, a one-of-a-kind wildlife stop. The late Mr. Shute, a former logger, used to shoot scavenging bears before he finally decided to feed them and became known as "The Bear Man."
|The platform at Vince Shute Sanctuary.
A hub for hungry black bears
Up to 80 bears come here seasonally, with 15 of them featured on the web site with clues into their character and interesting individual histories. Schwinn, for example, has survived with just three legs and is a favorite for the way he sits Buddha-style in the meadow. Uuno, with his almost-comical woe-is-me look, was tracked covering 232 miles when he was 4 years old.
You can stay all evening to watch the bears and hear about them from volunteers, or keep it a short visit and hop the bus back. We saw a few adult black bears and a cub while we were there one June. Volunteers did a great job keeping younger kids busy with bear-themed coloring pages and naturalist activities. Newer programs include photography workshops, yoga workshops or spending the night and learning how to safely camp in bear territory.
You'll leave with a whole new appreciation--and affection--for these gentle giants of the woods.
|Playing at the North American Bear Center.
It's about a 45-minute drive to Ely, where the International Wolf Center and North American Bear Center bookend this chic outdoorsy town. It's an ideal place to learn more about bears and all about wolves.
The Bear Center, which opened in 2007, has displays and videos that demystify bear behavior and seating that faces the backyard where the resident bears hang out and tussle for fun. You can also stand outside on the deck to watch the bears in action.
Talk to staff, and they'll give you the affectionate low-down on the quirks of Ted, Honey and Lucky's personalities. Honey can be impatient with the boys and Ted's usually sweetheart, especially when Lucky wants to play.
While the bears hibernate in the winter, the center remains open. You may be able to watch at least one of the bears in hibernation. Last winter and spring the center's groundbreaking in-the-den webcam on Lily, as she gave birth to Hope and got the new cub used to the world.
Howl with the wolf pack
|Resident wolves at Ely's International Wolf Center.
And while the bears go into hibernation by late fall, winter is one of the more intriguing times to visit the wolf center. The wolf center has several excellent family learning vacations throughout the year. There's a Halloween-themed slumber party the weekend before trick-or-treating. Winter events may include dogsledding and listening for howls in the wild. There are even grandparent-grandchild programs, which is an excellent option for those once-in-a-lifetime vacation memories.
We were lucky enough to visit the International Wolf Center in 2008 when two new pups were being integrated into the pack. The adults were anxious and eager to meet the little ones, and started howling like that come-and-go sound of a tornado siren. It was both chilling and thrilling to hear primal howls up close. It's an experience that stays with you.


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A little camera trickery is helping Mumford & Sons look like much more than a quartet in the new video for their latest single, "Babel." The British folk-rockers debuted the clip on Monday.
It's made up of what looks like one continuous panning shot of the group performing inside a huge, run-down room in San Francisco. But as the camera continues to spin, the band members start multiplying and even picking up different instruments.
"Babel" is the fourth single and the title track from Mumford and Sons' Grammy-winning sophomore album. The record just returned to the number one spot on the U.K. album charts following their headlining set at Glastonbury.


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Reconstruction of the breast after mastectomy is performed in select patients who have very small tumors, or who undergo prophylactic (preventative) bilateral mastectomy. First, tissue from the lower abdomen, including skin, muscle, and blood vessels, is removed. This is called a TRAM flap.
The flap is then transferred under the skin between the two sites, and sutured into place.
Alternatively, a saline filled prosthesis can be implanted under the skin and muscle after mastectomy. Over the next few weeks and months, the prosthesis is slowly filled with increasing amounts of saline by injection, which expands the overlying skin and creates a breast mound.
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Distinguished broadcast journalist Marvin Kalb will visit the University of South Carolina Oct. 24 to speak as part of the Walker Institute's 50th anniversary.
A Harvard University professor and former CBS and NBC broadcast journalist for 30 years, Kalb will discuss how Vietnam continues to shape U.S. policy. His talk will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in Lumpkin Auditorium on the eighth floor of the Darla Moore School of Business. The event is free and open to the public.
Kalb is the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice (emeritus) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and founding director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. His career included stints as bureau chief in Moscow and host of NBC's Meet the Press.
After his talk Kalb will sign copies of his latest book, "Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama," which he co-wrote with his daughter, Deborah Kalb.
In December 2003, Kalb delivered the University of South Carolina's commencement address and was awarded an honorary degree from the university. His daughter Dr. Judith Kalb is a professor and director of the Russian Studies Program at USC.
For more information about Kalb's talk, call 803-777-8180 or visit the Walker Institute website.
About the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies
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What are your thoughts? I just can't imagine being both deaf and blind. Not sure I would have made the same decision for myself. The article doesn't mention a wife or kids?
Doctor assisted suicides? I think I can be understanding in certain situations, but what if there is a cure? I just don't know.


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Bean; I haven't been around the forums much lately, but word has it you're a big deal around these parts now? how come?
(NOTE: I'm not giving you shit or doubting you, I'm just wondering what it is you did to become the man you are)
685 Visits and still no messages?? Come on people show a brother some love.
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I often wonder, If I wasnt so awesome how would the world cope?
I am keeping my eye on you!!!!
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Always liked danny, cool teaching style as well. Kicks like a mule.
Always liked danny, cool teaching style as well. Kicks like a mule.
You know when you've been gripped
makes some good points. decent read that!
My offer still stands at the gym Danny, get ya self over one day
You may know me as The Cheesecake Assassin
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the kind words. Pretty overwhelmed to be honest
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good interview, having fought danny i have alot of respect for him and he seems like a good lad, just watched his fight with simon Neale and he looked good. all the best mate
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Danny's exactly what a journeyman should be and that really isn't an insult.
He's got very sound defensive skills stood up so he avoids the concussion 99% of the time.
The kicker with him is that, at the drop of a hat, he could ruin you stood up with something crazy.
I always enjoy watching him because you understand that if said ticket seller thinks he's gonna get a gimme, he's usually sadly mistaken.
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How much of a great story would that be? If Danny turned around his MMA record and became a ranked BW!
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Obama's amnesty plan is harming Latino kids, says adviser
The wave of illegals now flooding into the U.S will keep growing — and keep causing harm to Central American children — until the president starts leading a response, according to a White House immigration adviser.
"There's a lack of leadership here… [but eventually] the president will become involved because he can't avoid it," said Rev. Richard Ryscavage, who serves on the White House immigration advisory panel.
That wave is building fast, and is already likely to be 50 percent larger by October than officials predicted one week ago, according to a leaked administration memo.
Officials hid the fast-growing migration crisis from the media because they're still trying to pass a very unpopular immigration rewrite, said Ryscavage, who is a member of a new White House panel that was established last week by Obama to help deal with the wave of youth immigrants.
"That's the [administration's] priority — to get that Senate-type bill passed," said Ryscavage, who is the director of the Fairfield University's Center for Faith and Public Life.
"To be frank, they tried to hide this problem for a while" to minimize opposition to the Senate bill, he said. "They didn't do did anything in public about it, they didn't want to tell anyone about it… [and] they're now in stage where they're feeling 'We have to figure out a strategy.'"
"That's what the administration is most afraid of — that it will derail any discussion of reform of the immigration laws," he said.
But Obama's effort to hide the problem is endangering many Latino children as they travel northwards though Mexico, through gangs and corrupt cops, Ryscavage warned.


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Virginia is poised to pass a law banning the sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus, a major pollutant in the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers.
Lawns, parks, golf courses and other grass-covered areas cover 3.8 million acres of the Bay watershed. Most established lawns do not need phosphorus, but the majority of commonly used lawn fertilizers include phosphorus in their nutrient mix.
Once it goes into effect in 2013, the law will reduce an estimated 230,000 pounds of phosphorus pollution from reaching the Bay and Virginia rivers each year. This is 22 percent of Virginia's 2017 phosphorus reduction goal.
The law will also:
A variety of groups, including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, James River Association, Home Builders Association of Virginia and Virginia Association for Commercial Real Estate, supported the legislation.
The legislation was passed by the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. It now awaits Gov. Bob McDonnell's signature.
When passed, Virginia will become one of nine states that restrict the use or sale of phosphorus in lawn fertilizer. Maryland and Pennsylvania are considering similar legislation.
Our resident birder Peter Tango is back with his experience counting birds during last weekend's Great Backyard Bird Count. Read on to hear about some of the 58 different species of birds he counted around his hometown of Deale, Maryland. If you missed his two-part series on birding in the Chesapeake Bay region, check it out here: part one and part two.
The count started 12:01 a.m. last Friday. In years past I have stayed awake on Thursday nights to listen for owls. This winter however I have not seen or heard any owls, so I slept in until predawn.
Friday was a work day, and the coffee was hot just before daybreak. I was up and waiting with my wife at our windows watching the feeders, the yard, the creek and the sky for anything with feathers. Recall that Friday was a nearly 80-degree day with no wind – a fine day for any spring or summer month, but it was February after a long, cold winter.
On the water, we saw mallards (23), black ducks (3), ring-billed gulls (25), tundra swans (86), Canada geese (2) and belted kingfishers (2). At the feeders, birds flit in and out. There we saw Carolina wrens (2), starlings (2), Carolina chickadees (2) and blue jays (2). Within earshot we heard the calls of a robin (1), a downy woodpecker (1), American crows (2), a fish crow (1), a house finch (1), juncos (5) and goldfinches (2).
Day 2 – The Big Blow. The weatherman claimed we would experience 60 mile-per-hour winds. Little birds seemed to be hiding. The Great Backyard Bird Count allows you to do some roadside birding, office birding and farm birding. I consider Deale pretty much all mine, so I do some roadside birding to get some extra lists and represent our town for the other 800 or so folks that look at the birds but don't participate in the count. On the search for ducks on Rockhold Creek, the water looked empty. Oh – there they were, ducks and geese resting on docks, out of the wind. The surprise today was a green-winged teal, the last bird on a dock full of mallards.
Day 3. The winds were over. We did our coffee, breakfast and window birding to start the day. The Great Backyard Bird Count also allows you to do a little hiking. I usually spend one day walking for hours through the diverse habitats of my community – deciduous woodlands, conifer stands, creekside, Bayside, wetlands, beach, mudflats, yards with feeders, yards without. With binoculars and a spotting scope, I stretch the boundaries of Deale offshore a bit. The count continued…tundra swans (116), buffleheads (30), a surf scoter (1), great black-backed gulls (5), long-tailed ducks (7), mallards (4) and swamp sparrows (3).
A tiny, overgrown cemetery up the street had become home to an uncommon winter bird in Maryland: the brown thrasher. However, a group of people cleared all the wonderfully scrubby brush that my brown thrasher hid in. Still, I went there and tried my counting luck. I 'pished' at the cemetery, a common technique to attract the attention of birds hiding in the brush. For my effort, I counted a yellow-rumped warbler (1), white-throated sparrows (2) and Carolina wrens (2). It didn't look hopeful for the brown thrasher. But across the street, the scrubby growth had thickened in the last couple of years. I saw movement in the brush and brought my binoculars up. There was my bird…a brown thrasher (1). Ahhh, the counting is good. I follow calls of chickadees, tufted titmice and house sparrows nearby. On a lawn I count robins (7) and spot something else – much to my surprise, they were fox sparrows (2)! Way cool! Day 3 was excellent.
Final Day – Monday. Washington's birthday celebration means a day off from work. During a mile-long walk, I finally find the elusive mockingbird (1) I knew was in the neighborhood. Another pleasant surprise was cedar waxwings (25), then bluebirds (2), both excellent finds among the more common cardinals (6), cowbirds (13), mallards (34), tundra swans (52) and a few mute swans (3). Red-breasted mergansers (12) show up on the creek by our home; their displays are remarkable, with males' heads whipping about and males chasing other males at amazing speeds across the water as they attempt to impress the females. The calls, the displays – birding can be so much more than just counting. Watching their behaviors can also be amazing.
I spent Monday afternoon entering my lists into the phenomenal Great Backyard Bird Count database. I reported 57 total species. Since 2006 I've counted approximately 54 to 64 species each year. Deale usually ranks as one of the top 10 of some 300 towns in Maryland for species richness. I feel that reflects well on the quality and diversity of habitats here.
At dusk on Monday, I was putting laundry away and happened to glance out the window at the feeders one more time. Birds scattered and there was a puff of feathers floating in the air like dandelion seeds. I got closer to the window and there on the ground was a sharp-shinned hawk dining on a female cardinal! Sharp-shinned hawk (1), species number 58 for Deale in 2011. The final and unexpected bird of the 2011 Great Backyard Bird Count.
These counts contributed to the nearly 10 million birds and more than 580 species reported in North America this weekend. I encourage you to go to the GBBC website to explore bird counts in your area!
At this point in winter, we're all looking forward to spring. But until warmer weather arrives, why not enjoy the beauty of winter before it's gone for another nine months?
We've collected seven fantastic photographs from Flickr that showcase the best of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in winter. Those who venture out on winter's coldest days are often rewarded with beautiful and unique photographs. Take a look at the photos we chose, and leave us a link to your own winter Bay photos in the comments.
Taken along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, the photographer captures an interesting winter phenomenon. Not only have the waves that usually lap against the shore frozen solid, the ripples that they normally create look like they have been frozen in time. Having the picture in black and white just makes the image all the more interesting.
This photograph of the Potomac River in January is a great example of finding beauty during the darkest season. The sun's orange rays on the tree line bring color to a cold winter day, when the Potomac has almost completely frozen over.
Located on the site of the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Great Falls is where the Potomac River picks up speed and runs over steep and jagged rocks into Mather Gorge. The park has amazing views from three different trails around Great Falls, one of which is where this stunning photo was snapped.
M.V. Jantzen took this picture from Georgetown Waterfront Park, a former shipping port condemned for a new interstate highway that was never built. The land was reclaimed in 1968 and converted into a park for people to bike, walk, row and enjoy the Potomac waterfront. Looking out at Rosslyn, Virginia, and the Key Bridge, the bright blue sky above the frozen Potomac River makes this a perfect winter picture.
The canvasback is one of many waterfowl that maketheir winter home on the Chesapeake Bay. A diving duck, canvasbacks use their strong webbed feet to dive down and grab bay grasses, which make up the majority of their diet. In the 1950s, more than 500,000 canvasbacks wintered in the Bay, but due to the gradual decline in bay grass acreage, their population has dwindled. This canvasback, photographed on the Choptank River, looks like he must have just come up from a dive! Someone get that duck a tissue!
Who doesn't love a good sunset picture? This picture was taken in Crisfield, Maryland, looking out at the setting sun over Tangier Sound. The colors, clouds and shadows create a relaxing scene that makes you want to curl up with some hot chocolate and watch the sun go down.
Taken along the Turkey Hill trail, which winds along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, this picture shows everything about winter in the Bay's watershed. The bare tree branches, frozen river and snow cover highlighted in the light pink and purple sky look majestic. I would say this is a view worth putting layers on for!
Looking for more beautiful winter pictures of the Chesapeake Bay? Check out this post by local blogger Molly for some icy, snowy Bay pictures from the early 1930s through the 1970s.
The Magothy River in Anne Arundel County, Md., received a D-minus on its latest health report card, the same grade as last year but a significant decline from several years ago, according to the Magothy River Association's latest Magothy River Index.
The index assesses the river's health according to three indicators: water clarity, dissolved oxygen and bay grasses. Bay grass acreage in the river decreased in 2007 and water clarity diminished in 2008. Scores for both have remained low ever since.
Low dissolved oxygen at the surface of several creeks is also a problem in the river. Upper Mill and Dividing creeks had the worst surface dissolved oxygen, suggesting that pollution problems that lead to low oxygen levels are worse in those areas.
Despite the low scores, the Magothy River Association is looking to the future to help restore the river. The group is working with scientists to explore if any native species of bivalves other than oysters could be used to help clean up the river. Bivalves can help filter algae out of the water as they feed, but oysters can't live in many parts of the Magothy because the water is too fresh. One species that may help is dark false mussels, which helped improve water clarity and bay grass acreage in one Magothy River creek in 2005 when they were abundant.
The Magothy River Association also encourages its members and area residents to take small steps to help reduce pollution to the river. Planting more native trees and flowers, installing rain gardens, reducing use of lawn fertilizer and maintaining septic systems are a few of the tips the group suggests. These practices will help reduce pollution no matter where you live.
The Magothy River Index is an annual health report developed by Dr. Peter Bergstrom, a NOAA scientist and Magothy River Association member. The index uses scientific data from state agencies and volunteer water quality monitors. The Magothy River Association has released the index each year since 2003.
For more information, visit the Magothy River Association's website.


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The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship kicked off its Call for Entries for the 2011 Rice Business Plan Competition today by announcing the new $100,000 Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB) Prize for CleanTech Innovation. The KPCB prize is intended to encourage business and technology solutions for cleaner power, transportation and water.
Teams from 42 of the world's top graduate schools will participate this year in the overall business plan competition, which has a total prize pool of more than $1 million in prizes. Teams may apply to compete until February 18, 2011 at www.alliance.rice.edu/rbpc.
"As the world's largest and richest business plan competition, we are pleased to be working with KPCB, the preeminent venture capital firm, to support the commercialization of green technologies," said Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance, which hosts and organizes the Rice Business Plan Competition. "The faster we can advance technologies to provide clean, sustainable energy, the faster that we can eliminate the world's dependence on current energy sources that are limited in supply, becoming more costly to produce and creating harmful environmental emissions."
"Innovations in clean energy — demand, supply, storage, efficiency — are more compelling and valuable than ever before," said KPCB Partner John Doerr. "We're excited by the prospect of disruptive new technologies to change the game and meet enormous global energy needs."
In addition to KPCB, more than 100 corporate and private sponsors are on board this year to support the business plan competition. Venture capitalists and other investors from around the world volunteer their time to judge the competition, with most of the more than 250 judges coming from the investment sector. During the three days of competition, teams will square off in three different categories of investor pitches, including an elevator pitch, business plan presentation and TwitPitch. The Grand Prize is valued at more than $400,000.
The event will take place April 14-16, 2011, in Houston, Texas. KPCB Partner John Doerr will be in attendance on April 15 for the Finalists' Reception at the Jones Graduate School of Business. Winners of the competition will be announced on April 16 in front of more than 650 including a judging panel of more than 250 venture capitalists, investors and business executives at the InterContinental Houston Hotel.
The 2010 competition included teams from top graduate schools such as Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Dartmouth, Babson, Northwestern, University of Texas and Rice, as well as international teams from India, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Canada. Through mentoring and networking, more than 100 past competitors from the Rice Business Plan Competition have gone on to successfully launch their companies, raising more than $223 million in funding to build their businesses.
About the Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC)
The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world's largest and richest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship which is Rice University's flagship initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship.
This is the 11th year for the competition. In that time, it has grown from nine teams competing for $10,000 in prize money in 2001, to 42 teams from around the world competing for more than $1 million in cash and prizes in 2011.
In 2010, intents to compete increased to nearly 420 teams from around the world from 340 the previous year. More than 120 corporate and private sponsors support the business plan competition. More than 250 venture capitalists and other investors from around the country volunteer their time to judge the competition, with more than half of the judges coming from the investment sector. More than 100 past competitors have gone on to successfully launch their business, raising more than $223 million in funding.
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship (Rice Alliance) is Rice University's nationally-recognized initiative devoted to the support of technology commercialization, entrepreneurship education, and the launch of technology companies. It was formed as a strategic alliance of three schools: the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business in collaboration with the Vice Provost and the Office of Research.
Since inception, the Rice Alliance has assisted in the launch of more than 250 start-ups which have raised more than half-a-billion dollars in early-stage capital. More than 750 companies have presented at more than 125 programs hosted by the Rice Alliance.
If teams from India are participating in this years competition, Panchabuta would love to hear from you.


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The best zombie films of all time – in no particular order – are:
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The godfather of gore-fests, George A Romero's sequel to Night of the Living Dead traps two SWAT policemen, a helicopter pilot and his reporter girlfriend in a zombie-infested shopping mall. Before the zombies get in though, they have a whale of a time rampaging through the shops – one of the earliest (and best) examples of the zombie film as social satire. A zombie film with, er, brains.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
A surprisingly intelligent, lyrical variation on the zombie theme from Spanish director Jorge Grau, made in England with a Spanish/Italian cast and crew. Contains one of the more novel means of revivification – ultra-sonic waves used by farmers as a new kind of pesticide create undead pests instead. Sound is fundamental to the movie – the 70s score mixes synths with heartbeats, howls and ghastly death-rattle noises – though the attention to sonic detail didn't stretch to the frankly hilarious attempts at British accents.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George Romero invented the modern zombie with this micro-budget chiller, in which armies of flesh-eating 'ghouls' rise from the dead. It laid down the 'rules' of the zombie film, from the shuffling, cannibal undead that could only be killed by "removing the head or destroying the brain" to the social satire underpinning the genre – the film was inspired by the social unrest caused by the Vietnam War. Horror cinema would never be the same again.
28 Days Later (2002)
Alright, alright… it's (technically) not a zombie flick, but Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later has all the ingredients: a deserted London, an bite-borne disease (Rage), and the Infected (said disease's zombie-like afflicted). Cue lots of breathy scenes, much biting and the collapse of society. Ace. And largely responsible for the modern trend towards zombies that run instead of shuffling.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
The first – and best – film of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy (comprising Shaun, Hot Fuzz and the yet-to-be-produced The World's End) pits store worker Shaun (Pegg) against the zombie horde as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend and his flatmate. This zom-rom-com's scares are thin on the ground, but laughs willingly take their place.
Pontypool (2009)
This ingenious thriller is set in a small-town Canadian radio station, where the staff find themselves covering the outbreak of a virus that turns its victims into bloodthirsty cannibals. The film's creators insist that it isn't a zombie film, but like 28 Days Later it has enough similarities with the genre to warrant inclusion in this list. And it has a killer twist: the virus is memetic – it's spread by language, not by biting.
Zombi 2 (1979)
Zombie. Versus. Shark. That scene alone would justify Zombi 2's inclusion in any top 10. Variously titled Zombi 2, Zombie and Zombie Flesh Eaters, Lucio Fulci's Dawn of the Dead sequel/knock-off is a little light on plot and character development, but conjured up some of the most arresting, surreal imagery in the zombie genre – from the aforementioned aquatic battle to the infamous "video nasty" sequence in which an eyeball and a wooden splinter interact with predictably gruesome consequences.
Braindead (1992)
Long before Peter Jackson brought The Lord of the Rings from page to screen, he directed Braindead, a zombie comedy horror film which is regarded as one of the goriest films of all time. The final scene sees a man being stuffed in to the womb of his gargantuan zombie mother before cutting his way out. One to add to the 'do not watch while eating' list.
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
"Let's head on down into that cellar and carve ourselves a witch." That's just one of the many great lines from Bruce Campbell's Ash, the chainsaw-for-an-arm hero that takes on the dead after the Necronomicon (Book of the Dead) unleashes hell. Groovy.
Zombieland (2009)
Blood spewing zombies and wise cracking turns from Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson put this squarely in the zom-com genre. Two loner guys, one in search of his family and the other in search of the last surviving Twinkie, meet up with two sisters hoping to reach an amusement park haven in the midst of the United States of Zombieland. And colour us easily pleased, but there's a great actor-zombie cameo.
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CANBERRA, Australia • A government investigation has found widespread use of banned drugs in elite Australian sports facilitated by organized crime gangs that may also have led to match fixing and the manipulation of betting markets.
The Australian Crime Commission's yearlong probe identified the use of substances including peptides, hormones and illicit drugs across a number of sports, Justice Minister Jason Clare said Thursday. Doping has been facilitated by sports scientists, coaches and doctors, while criminal networks have been identified in the distribution of illegal substances, he added.
The findings come amid increased international scrutiny of sports after Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout his cycling career and European police said as many as 680 soccer matches may have been the target of attempted fixing. The commission's report ends Australia's reputation as a predominantly drugs-free sporting nation.
"Australian sport has been protected from the major scandals like the Armstrong case, but now it's lost its innocence," Michael Burke, senior lecturer at Victoria University's School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, said in an interview. "Every professional sports team in the world is trying to get an edge, so something like this was always bound to eventually happen in Australia."
Legal constraints prevented the identification of any particular sport, team or athlete, though Clare said at a news conference in Canberra that no competition was immune.
As a result of crime gangs providing banned drugs, the commission found that there is increasing evidence of "personal relationships of concern" between athletes and organized criminal identities and groups that may have resulted in match fixing and betting fraud.
"The findings are shocking and will disgust Australian sports fans," Clare told reporters. "It's cheating but it's worse than that, it's cheating with the help of criminals."
Suspected criminal activity has been referred to the relevant law-enforcement agencies including the Australian Federal Police, according to a statement issued by Clare and Australian Sports Minister Kate Lundy. Under new legislation introduced this week, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority will get new powers to conduct a "full and unhindered investigation," Lundy said.
"Based on the report's findings, ASADA will investigate many individuals, across a range of sports," the authority's Chief Executive Aurora Andruska said in a statement. "I cannot say how long it will take, but I can assure everyone that we will be taking the steps necessary to undertake a comprehensive and timely investigation."
Illicit drug use by professional athletes was more prevalent than had been indicated by drug testing programs, the commission said in its report. In some cases, athletes were being administered substances that have not yet been approved for human use, Clare added.
"This isn't a black day for Australian sport, this is the blackest day," former ASADA Chairman Richard Ings said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "This is a big case with potentially lots of athletes involved."
The Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports, which represents the common interests of seven sports governing bodies in Australia, said the individual organizations will cooperate with ASADA and law enforcement agencies in a joint-investigation and strengthen their integrity units to deal with doping, betting and ethical issues.
The release of the commission's report comes two days after Australian Football League club Essendon separately referred itself to the league and ASADA because of concerns about supplements given to players as part of a fitness program.
While the chief executives of the nation's cricket, soccer and rugby union bodies said there was no specific evidence in the report relating to their sports, players and teams in the National Rugby League were implicated, CEO Dave Smith said.
"We've worked with the crime commission in the last week or so and information has come forward for NRL specifically that affects more than one player and more than one club," Smith told reporters in Canberra.
AFL Chief Executive Andrew Demetriou said at a later news conference in Melbourne that his sport would boost its integrity unit by hiring more investigators and instigate an audit of every club's use of supplements and treatments.
"We sit here knowing full well that our sport is not immune and is one of two codes in particular with the NRL that needs to do more," Demetriou said. "Today is a wake-up call for everyone."
The Australian Olympic Committee welcomed the new powers compelling athletes, coaches, doctors and officials to cooperate with investigators, saying that the "gloves are now off" in the fight against doping and match fixing.
"We can now start the process of weeding out the cheats and ensuring the integrity of our sporting codes," AOC President John Coates said in a statement.
Baynes reported from Sydney.


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Stags Leap Manor, as it was called in the 1920s, was known as one of the prominent country retreats in the Napa Valley at a time when resort and spa business was big. In addition to lodging and dining, amenities included lawn tennis, swimming, horseback riding, children's activities, golf, music, cards, a library, and Napa Valley wines and liquors (prior to and after Prohibition).
An intimate valley within the greater Napa Valley, Stags Leap is a place of natural beauty, storied buildings and gardens, a lively history, and a reputation for elegant wines showing finesse and intensity. View all Stags' Leap Winery Wines
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It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just granted an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About California
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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Friday, March 25, 2011
Shutter Love
40 comments:
- AmieAnn said...
This is sooo adorable! Loving the bunny thing!
- March 25, 2011 at 5:39 AM
- Pandora's Cottage said...
Love this! Stopping by from Boost your Blog Friday and so glad I found you! Now following - can't wait to see more of your creations.....
- March 25, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- April said...
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- March 25, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- ghornets70 said...
Nice Bunny........... Hunny............
- March 25, 2011 at 2:05 PM
- 3rdpigkid said...
Just ADORABLE! Stopping by from Sassy Sites' FFA FRIDAY...I'm a new blogger and now definitely a follower of yours!
Stop by Pig Brain at Work sometime, would LOVE to see you!
- March 25, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- Anna said...
I agree so adorable! What a neat idea! :)
- March 25, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Kelly H. said...
Great blog! New follower here, hope that you will follow back!
- March 25, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Rachel said...
Love your bunny shutters so cute!
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- March 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- Frenchy said...
Super cute ! I would never think of this ! Cool !
I love your crafts. You are very talented :)
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Happy week end !
- March 25, 2011 at 11:20 PM
- Mommy LaDy Club said...
Very cool idea! Found you on the blog boost;)
- March 25, 2011 at 11:52 PM
- Megan said...
this is very cute. what a great idea!
- March 27, 2011 at 8:26 PM
- ⚜ ↁℯℬℬᴵℰ⚜ said...
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- March 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- Tamara said...
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- March 27, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- Cozy Home Scenes said...
That's really cute! Everyone has a shutter laying around someplace and could make one for themselves for any occassion. Thanks for sharing your idea!
- March 28, 2011 at 12:39 AM
- emilysnan said...
hiya again , what a really cute project i love it x tfs xmaggiex
- March 28, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Krafty Max Originals said...
I can't find the post for the blog hop, so I am leaving my little note here!! THANKS!!
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- March 28, 2011 at 6:31 AM
- Coffee and a Mop said...
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- March 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Purple Froggie Clay Stuff said...
That bunny is cute and very creative!
I'm following you from Meet me Monday blog hop. Hope you can stop by sometime and return the follow.
- March 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- the cape on the corner said...
that is the cutest thing! great idea!
- March 28, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Allison Nicole said...
omg, too cute!! :)
- March 28, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Jodi said...
How clever! I really need to do some decorating for Easter...
I am your newest follower!
- March 28, 2011 at 2:31 PM
- Mimi said...
I love bunnies and this is one of my favorites1 Thanks so much for sharing! I'm a new fan
- March 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM
- WheelchairDecor said...
You've got imagination girl! How fun!
Thanks, Becky Jane
- March 28, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- Amanda said...
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- March 29, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Tammy @ she wears flowers said...
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- March 30, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- CraftySix said...
Such a fabulous idea! LOVE it!
- March 30, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- Meg said...
Really cute and very inventive!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Jessica said...
WAY adorable!!
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- March 31, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- radn said...
so adorable! very creative!
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- March 31, 2011 at 2:23 PM
- Lindsey @ Inspiring Creations said...
What a fun idea! Thanks for stopping by and linking. :) Have a wonderful weekend!
- March 31, 2011 at 9:18 PM
- HOMEmomMADE said...
we have 4 of these doors just hanging out, great idea!
Feel free to stop by and link up to my Make & Share 1st edition today and come back every friday thru saturday!
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- April 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Ladybird Ln said...
Oh, so cute, I love it! Do you have a new header? Maybe I haven't stopped by your blog recently, it looks great!
- April 1, 2011 at 7:52 PM
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- April 6, 2011 at 12:18 PM
- tinkeranniebelle said...
OMG that is the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
- April 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- Amy (naptimecrafters) said...
too cute! Thanks for auditioning for American Crafter- good luck:)
- April 18, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- Alison@Oopsey Daisy said...
So stinkin' cute--love that lil' tail!!
- April 29, 2011 at 6:17 PM
- Waseem said...
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- July 2, 2013 at 4:44 AM
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TRACK / FIELD - The Sheridan high school track teams will compete at the Billings invitational scheduled for Saturday.
SOCCER - The Sheridan high school soccer teams host matches with Gillette Friday the boys varsity match will open the at 4:00 with the girls to go at 6:00.
GOLF - The Sheridan high school golfers are scheduled to host their spring invitational Friday at Kendrick golf course play begins at 11:00.
COWGIRL BASKETBALL - Fallon Lewis will be a senior this coming season for the Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team.
(Milwaukee, WI) – The Sheridan College Generals picked up their first commitment for the 2013-2014 season from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Riverside stand-out RaVonn Posey. The 6'8, 290 lb senior averaged 9.6 points per game, including a 28 point season best, while shooting 58% from the floor, and pulled down 9 rebounds a game.
Posey has most recently been honored being named Milwaukee City All-Conference 2nd team for his efforts this season on the floor.
Sheridan Lady Bronc Head basketball coach and SHS teacher Sean Yeager has resigned. He will be relocating to a new job in Utah.
TRACK AND FIELD - The Sheridan high school track teams will not compete at a meet in Billings today the event has been canceled. The Billings invitational scheduled for Saturday is the next meet on the schedule.
SOCCER - The Sheridan high school soccer teams host matches with Gillette Friday the boys varsity match will open the action at Homer Scott stadium at 4:00 with the girls to follow at 6:00.
GOLF - The Sheridan high school golfers are scheduled to host their spring invitational tournament Friday at Kendrick golf course play begins at 11:00.
Buffalo High School Athletic/Activities Director Shad Spilski has confirmed that sports contests scheduled for Tuesday have been canceled.
This past weekend the Sheridan College Rodeo team competed in Torrington, WY.
The men's team finished 8th this weekend, with 250 points, not where we wanted to finish, it was a tough weekend. All 5 of our bullriders bucked off their bulls as did all 30 bullriders entered, so that really hurt us, not gaining any points in that event.
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So there was some brouhaha over comments Elizabeth Banks made about now she is now "really a mom" since she had a second child. That's irking enough, but I can see that it was meant probably as an offhanded remark.Here is the article.
But what really, really irked me was one of the comments someone made on a FB post about it.
"Finally someone said it that wasn't me. I always said that people with one kid are like people who think their dog is just like having a kid. It's sorta like that, but not really. I'm with her. Sorry."
For debates sake, does anyone feel that parenting one child is comparable to having a pet?


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Sorry, wasn't sure where to put this. Figured this section might have the most fighters in it. Looking for equipment advice on the Hayabusa Ikusa as I can't find any online..
Thinking of getting these http://www.mmafactory.co.uk/hayabusa...ite-4407-p.asp for sparring.
I've tried my friend's Tokushu gloves and really liked the wrist support and foam, as well as how compact it is, but it was hurting my thumb. The Ikusa is meant to have the same padding and wrist support but the thumb looks different to me. Has anyone tried both gloves and do they know if that's the case? I'd want these for sparring as right now I have some nice 16s but they don't offer enough wrist support really, even laced up. The description mentions bagwork, pads and competition, but no sparring - are they soft enough for sparring? I remember people said the original Hayabusa 16oz gloves were too hard
Any other compact gloves with top wrist support at this price range?
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Hermosa Beach City Treasurer David Cohn denied in court Monday that he engaged in sexual activity with a Craigslist masseuse last month, although he acknowledged both were nude in his guest room.
Cohn's story of what happened in his guest room Nov. 3 came during a preliminary hearing in Torrance court that concluded with a judge ordering the masseuse and her boyfriend to stand trial for allegedly trying to extort $6,000 from the treasurer after taking his iPad. It was the first time Cohn has spoken publicly about the encounter.
Cohn's account, under questioning by Deputy District Attorney Erica Jerez and two deputy public defenders, also differed from the story Yuritsi Garcia told the Daily Breeze in an interview Nov. 27. Garcia said the 72-year-old elected official requested sex from her during the massage and grew angry when she refused his advances.
Cohn, wearing a dark suit and walking with a cane, testified that he responded Oct. 26 to an ad on Craigslist for a masseuse named "Diane" who offered her services for $65 for an hour. Cohn said he drove to Garcia's Maywood home, where he disrobed and lay down naked on a massage table. Garcia, fully clothed in blue tights and a top, performed the massage. Cohn said he needed treatment for his back, and denied asking for anything sexual from her.
"She told me I was cute and she'd like to see me again," Cohn said.
Cohn called the masseuse again on Nov. 3. This time, he said he agreed to pay $100 for an hour. When she arrived at his home, Cohn said he led her into his guest room, where he took off his clothes and laid face down on the floor. He was not covered with a towel.
Cohn testified that Garcia removed her clothes at the same time, but also said he did not realize she was naked because he was facing the floor. About 20 minutes into the massage, "I realized she was totally nude." She asked him to turn over.
He said she also was using a sex "apparatus" on herself.
"At that point, I said, `I'm afraid. I don't like where this is going,"' Cohn said. He offered to pay her $65 and she agreed. Cohn said no sexual act occurred.
Garcia then texted someone to come pick her up. Cohn believed a woman was to arrive, but Gustavo Ceron, 29, knocked at the door, alarming him. Cohn said he asked Garcia about scheduling another appointment, something "under a more professional environment."
About 10 minutes after Garcia and Ceron left, Cohn noticed his iPad was no longer on his Parsons table near his front door.
Cohn said he immediately called Garcia, but she didn't answer. He texted her, asking her to return it. She responded, "What iPad?"
During several texts back and forth, Cohn received one that said, "Mr. Treasurer, I don't know what you are talking about."
"They knew who I was," he said.
Cohn said he received another text that said, "You are a public servant. Shame on you," and another that "claimed I insisted on sex."
Cohn said he called Apple and asked that his iCloud content storage system be erased. He did not tell police about the theft until he received text messages demanding $5,000 for the iPad's return. The price soon went up to $6,000 in cash, he said. Cohn said he reported the theft directly to interim Hermosa Beach Police Chief Steve Johnson.
Cohn, who is not married, said his iPad contained photographs of his family and the texts he was receiving threatened to expose them.
"She would release pictures of my family to city staff," he said. "We are a private family and those pictures don't go out to anybody."
Cohn testified that he was told that if he did not respond quickly, the price was to rise to $10,000.
Cohn said he arranged to meet the woman at a Chase bank branch in Bell. Police detectives met Garcia and Ceron instead, and arrested them. Each has been charged with attempted extortion.
Hermosa Beach Detective Joe Poelstra testified that the recovered tablet's contents had been erased.
Under questioning, Poelstra said Garcia told him following her arrest that she wore a "baby doll outfit" to Cohn's home and said her massages were indeed sexual. He said said she allowed men to touch her during massages and performed a sex act on them.
Garcia told Poelstra that she performed the sex act during the first massage at her Maywood home, and attempted to do it again Cohn's residence. Poelstra said she told him the massage ended because Cohn became frustrated when he was unable to perform.
In an interview outside court, Garcia, who is free on bail, said Cohn lied on the witness stand about what happened. In a previous interview with the Daily Breeze, Garcia said Cohn had sent her an explicit video and they had exchanged graphic phone calls.
Garcia said Monday that she looks forward to the trial, when the video can be played in court.
Deputy Public Defenders Ernestine Odom and Gregg Hayata, who represent Garcia and Ceron, respectively, both said following the court proceeding that they did not believe Cohn had been truthful.
Cohn's attorney, John Sweeney, attended the proceeding, but declined to answer questions.
"He is the victim and we will let the process take its course," Sweeney said.
Last week, Cohn appeared at the Hermosa Beach City Council meeting and said he would continue to "fulfill my obligation to the residents of Hermosa Beach."
Judge Hector Guzman scheduled a Dec. 31 arraignment date for Ceron and Garcia.
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