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Topic: Roller Coaster Ride - No kidding
I read so many posts about this being a roller coaster ride and I had no idea. We had out first chemo on Friday - Gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (thought it was Cis but not). Things went awesome....no nausea, no fatigue, just some of the cold sensitivity from the ox and some horrific night sweats. I even felt happy enough that I went back to work and let him take our son to deal with the surgeon (he had a thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection for thyroid ca and then abscessed needing I and D of the wound). Things went really well, I got a full day in which was only my 5th day of work since May.
Got home and Mark was parked on the couch complaining of not feeling well. Took his temp and it was 102.7. So back in the car for the 2 hour drive to Seattle and 5 hours in the ER and they decided to admit him. I am beginning to see infection/elevated temp as probably the biggest part of our roller coaster.
Then I had to get really mean last night. They took us to the floor and were getting ready to put us in a semi-private room and the guy in the other part of the room was coughing and hacking and sounded like he was really sick. I said NO WAY. I put my foot down and insisted that they find a private room. I am tired of putting my husband who is already fighting some sort of infection in a room with some one who has who knows what. Took a bit of arguing and them telling me there were NO private rooms and me threatening to take him home and the night shift Resident Doc got involved and backed me up. Suffice to say we are in a private room now. Amazing that the floor we are on has a bunch open.
Still waiting to find out if he was septic this time again. White count was normal and so was all his liver functions so I am less worried now. But they are talking about taking out the chemo port as a possible source that will bum me as it will mean another surgery at some time to put another one in.


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Mid-Year Returns
This page provides information for students who were previously withdrawn from Middlebury or participating in off campus study programs.
2018 Mid-Year Return to Campus Move In Dates:
- Winter Term - Saturday, January 6th, 2018 at 9:00 a.m
- Spring Term - Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
First Step:
Review your future term status information posted on your BANNER/Personal Information/Future Status and Housing Overview page for accuracy. (Only the next term is displayed, i.e. in the Fall only the Winter Term status will be posted.) Contact the appropriate office (Off Campus Study or Commons) if updates need to be made.
Questionnaire Info:
If you are planning to return in either the Winter or Spring Terms after being away from campus during the Fall, you will receive an email message in October/November from Residential Systems Coordinator (RSC) Karin Hall-Kolts, with details about the housing process and a link to an on-line housing questionnaire.
At that time you should promptly complete your on-line Return to Campus Housing Questionnaire (submissions are not currently being accepted). The deadline for completing housing questionnaires is November 8. Students who miss this deadline will still be housed but will not have an opportunity to indicate preferences.
Commons Affiliations DO NOT have any bearing on Mid-Year Housing assignments. Assignments are made based on the consideration of individual requests weighed against each other as well as the needs of the College.
Students returning to campus mid-year are housed in beds that become available as other students depart from campus or complete moves from one location to another; it is not possible to provide an accurate list of those beds. Groups of students who hope to live together should complete End of Term Room Change forms (see further below), and when relevant briefly include details on their individual questionnaires. It is not possible to calculate the chance of being awarded a suite/house or group of rooms together as there are too many unknown factors that continue to change throughout the processes.
Winter Term Alternative Plans:
If you complete your Study Abroad program at the end of the Fall Term but do not plan to be on campus for the Winter Term (OPTING OUT, Internship, Temporarily Withdrawing), please indicate your decision on your questionnaire and be sure to register for the appropriate course option when Winter Term Registration takes place. (NOTE: Students who are waitlisted for a course are not official registered and will automatically be OPTED OUT and not approved to return to/be on campus for the Winter Term.)
Students who return for the Winter Term and have a bed set aside within a housing unit (i.e. Social or Interest House, Superblock, suite, etc.) which is not available for the Winter Term should indicate this on their questionnaire and will be housed in a temporary location for Winter Term only.
Hoping to take someone else's place?
It is not possible for students to make independent arrangements with other students who are leaving campus to take their rooms/suites/houses or blocks, (including Forest sink-mates).
EXCEPT, members of a suite or house (as long as 50% of the original Room Draw group is remaining), or a roommate left behind in a double when a student does leave campus CAN and SHOULD find an active student to fill that space.
In those cases, the Returning Student must have an active status for that term and needs to include that information on their questionnaire . . . AND a Student Rep for the suite/house/double, needs to send an email to Karin Hall-Kolts with the name, year and ID number of the student filling the spot by November 8.
Please Note: Individual rooms that are blocked for Room Draw purposes are not considered a unit as of the end of that process, (including Forest sink-mates); any such rooms that open up throughout the year are reassigned by the Residential Systems Coordinator.
Beds in suites, houses or doubles cannot be left empty during the Winter Term. Students will need to identify another active student to fill the bed temporarily if they have someone else in mind to take the space who is not returning to campus until the Spring Term. If a group is unable to fill a bed the RSC may temporarily assign the space to other students. In rare cases groups may be required to forfeit the housing unit and be rehoused for the remainder of the year, and the space would be awarded to another group. (See End of Term Room Change information posted on the Room Change Request website.)
Groups of students who wish to be considered for a suite/house should submit an End of Term Room Change request (even if all/some of the members are not currently housed on campus). For details about that process and to access the form see the Room Change Request website.
Questions about return to campus housing should be directed to RSC Karin Hall-Kolts at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please plan ahead as this is a busy time of year and a response may take some time.

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Photo Flash: First Look at Johanna Day and Daniel Gerroll in MISERY at Bucks County Playhouse
Written by two-time Academy Award-winner William Goldman (who also wrote the screenplay for Misery), based on the acclaimed novel by Stephen King and directed by Will Frears (Coach, Year Zero), MISERY will play a limited developmental engagement of 11 performances only, November 24th through December 8th.
Set design for MISERY is by David Korins (Motown, Annie), costume design is by Academy Award-winner Ann Roth (The English Patient, The Book of Mormon) lighting design is by David Weiner (Godspell, The Normal Heart) and sound design is by Tony Award-winner Darron West (Peter and the Starcatcher, Chinglish). MISERY will feature original music by Michael Freidman (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Saved), special effects by Gregory Meeh (Spamalot, Into the Woods) and fight direction by Rick Sordelet (A Streetcar Named Desire, Fences). Casting for MISERY is by Telsey + Company.
Tickets to MISERY are currently on sale to the general public. Ticket prices range from $39 – 54 and can be purchased by visiting www.BCPTheater.org or calling 215-862-2121.
Daniel Gerroll and JohAnna Day
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It has been a really long time since we last spoke to you. The Share team has been busy adding new features and improving performance of Share Beta. And today we released a new version of Share with a whole host of new features.
The first thing you will notice when you login to the Share Beta service is the new button bar at the top.
We have eliminated the Home tab which was in the previous version of the service to give more focus to your documents in the Share library. The three buttons are the primary tasks supported by the Share service: Uploading files, Sharing files and Converting Files to PDFs. Yes, creating PDFs!
Now you can convert documents to Adobe PDF using Share! Adobe PDF is the de facto standard for more secure, dependable electronic information exchange — recognized by industries and governments around the world. By converting your files to Adobe PDF you can ensure that recipients will be able to view your files regardless of platform and application availability. To convert a file to PDF simply select the file from your desktop or by dragging-and-dropping a file already in your Share library.
Once the PDF conversion is completed you can directly Share the converted file or copy the URL or copy the embed code for the file. Share supports converting to PDF all the popular formats including: Microsoft Office files, Open Office files, text files, images and postscript files.


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Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. —1 Corinthians 9:25
In the Olympics an athlete was subject to disqualification if he did not go through ten months of strict training. It is interesting that in those ten months the athlete had to do away with lawful pleasures. The Greek word that is used here is agnoidzo; it means "to agonize." It means self-control in all things, and so the implication is that if the athlete has to have self-control for ten months prior to the games, so this Christian race is to be run throughout a lifetime of self-control. This refers, of course, not merely to the body, but to the whole man—body, mind, spirit.
The prize won at the Olympics was a wreath, sometimes made of pine, and strangely enough, sometimes made of celery! That's right! Can you imagine wearing a wreath of pieces of celery? Perhaps if it is fresh and you give me some salt with it I could enjoy it.
The wreath was already beginning to wither when they put it on the winner's head. So when Paul says they do it to get a crown that will not last, that sounds like an understatement. But what it looked like was not the point. The winner had no thought of the composition of the crown. As with modern athletes, victory meant fame; it was for prestige and sometimes fortune, so that the crown was simply a symbol of victory.
Paul says that crown was nothing in the light of the believer's prize. Who knows what it will look like? Who knows whether it is a symbolic gold crown or if it is literal? Who knows? But just to hear the words of Jesus, "Well done!" will give to that person a self-consciousness that will last forever.
Excerpted from When God Says "Well Done!" (Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1993).
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I also tried sending a message to USB Modem (micromax modem with a docomo SIM). I used the following python code.
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import serial
import time
ser = serial.Serial('COM4', 9600)
while 1:
data = ser.read()
if (data):
print "data : ", data
The baud rate and all are correct.
When I used this, I checked for the output in cmd window. the output was just blank space.
Meaning that, the message was not being read by serial COM port.
Please help. Pls suggest any code in python or any other language in order to transfer messages from my mobile to computer, or transfer messages sent to the usb modem to a notepad or wordpad or anything else.
If this is not possible, is it possible to send the messages from mobile to any webpage or email,using some android application ?


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The Magic Pro Tour, Twitch, and YouThe Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour is about to have its most exciting year ever. …
August 26, 2016
Behind Hollywood's Closed Doors, A-List Stars Are Playing Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons boasts an array of players from some of the highest echelons of celeb society. The role-playing game that once defined geek suddenly is oh-so-chic, as everyone from Dwayne Johnson to Drew Barrymore roll multi-sided dice while pretending to be dwarves and wizards. Says Silicon Valley's Martin Starr: "There's a huge resurgence of nerd culture, and I'm excited about it." Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.


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Joe Kelly, Georgia, and Chris Coleman Look for You To Join Their Team
It's just like NBC's The Voice – except it's totally different. Cat Country hosts Joe Kelly, Georgia, and Chris Coleman all want you on their respective teams to help beat childhood cancer.
Joe, Georgia, and Chris are each team leaders for the upcoming St. Jude Give Thanks Walk. The event takes place Saturday, November 23rd on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, Participants will meet in front of Harry's Oyster Bar at Bally's beginning at 10am, with the walk starting at 10:45.
Registration for the family-friendly event is free. All participants are encouraged to raise money to help save kids abttling cancer and other deadly diseases.
You're invited to join the teams of Joe, Georgia, or Chris. The team captain of whichever team raises the most money will be ruled the winner.
Each team captain was asked to explain why you should join his or her team.
Joe Kelly: "I plan to shower my team members with continuous praise and support for the duration of the walk. If anyone forgets how to walk during the walk – I'll remind them to just keep putting one foot in front of the other. That's how I roll…."
Georgia: "I will keep a smile on my face at all times to motivate and encourage my team members until the finish line! And out of Joe, Chris and MYSELF.. I'm the pretty one."
Chris: "I'm Chris Coleman."
Be sure to sign up today, to help support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It's because of supporters like you that no family ever pays St. Jude for anything.
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Sometimes we have to source products directly from our manufacturers or stores, this can result in longer delivery times.
If you wish to cancel your order, please Contact Us us as soon as possible.
You can track your order by logging into your Account and clicking on order tracking. You'll be able to see a full order history, with a tracking number and a link to the carrier's website. Please note if your order has been packed that day, the tracking details won't appear on the carrier website until around 6pm that evening, when the carrier scans it in at their depot. If you order through a guest account you need to go directly to the carrier's website with the tracking number on your despatch email.
If you are having problems with tracking your parcel, please do not hesistate to get in contact with our Customer Service team.
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If you wish to return or exchange an item, please complete the details on the reverse side of your delivery note and send it back to us with the product's original packaging and labelling within 28 days.
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Summer's over, I suppose. It went by so fast. Suddenly it's a bit chilly in the evenings and no one's wearing white pants or eating watermelon anymore. Time to unpack your sweaters and start eating heartier food featuring fall vegetables — soups, pasta dishes, casseroles and gratins.
Egglpant's in season and the default vegetarian Italian dish is eggplant parmesan. On this Meatless Monday, take a break from the slab of fried eggplant doused with sauce and melted cheese (side of spaghetti or on a sub) and flip this dish on it's head. Serve the eggplant in the pasta, instead of next to it, and add some cream and melty, fresh mozzarella.
The best part about Aida Mollenkamp's Rigatoni With Creamy Eggplant and Mozzarella is that it's done in less than 20 minutes. And there's no deep frying, so it's a bit healthier and you won't stink up your kitchen with fry oil.
Aida's Rigatoni With Creamy Eggplant and Mozzarella
Serves: 4-6
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
4 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced (about 1 tablespoon)
2 medium Japanese eggplant, medium dice (about 4 cups)
1 (15-ounce) container crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup loosely packed thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
1 pound rigatoni or penne rigate
8 ounces buffalo mozzarella, small dice
Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil over high heat.Meanwhile, heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. When it shimmers, add the onion and garlic and cook until just softened. Add eggplant, stir to coat in oil, then let cook, stirring rarely, until softened and golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove half eggplant mixture and reserve.
Meanwhile, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook according to the package instructions. Reduce heat to medium-low, add the tomatoes, cream, and half the basil, and let simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors meld and sauce is slightly thickened, about 4 minutes.
Drain pasta and return to the pot off the heat. Pour sauce over top and stir until well coated. Add reserved eggplant, remaining basil, and mozzarella and mix until the cheese starts to soften. Serve immediately.
More Meatless Monday Recipes:
- Veggie Burgers That Aren't from a Box
- Grilled Squash Quesadillas
- Kelsey's Ratatouille Tart
- Zucchini-Pear Soup
- Tomato-Bread Salad (aka Panzanella)
Meatless Monday around the World
Who else is joining in the fun? See the top restaurants who're all featuring Meatless Monday menus, plus a special video from Michael Pollen explainining how your food choices impact the planet.


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Tulo, Cuddyer double up to take down Astros
Rockies split two in Houston before teams reconvene at Coors Field
HOUSTON -- Rockies right fielder Michael Cuddyer could barely grip a bat a few days ago, much less rip a go-ahead single.
Not even 48 hours after he was plunked on his right wrist against the Giants, Cuddyer did just that, breaking a stalemate in the ninth inning of a pitchers' duel as the Rockies edged the Astros, 2-1, on Tuesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.
"It doesn't surprise me with Cuddy," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He's always looking to answer the bell. I'd say maybe a little more than 24 hours ago, I didn't think he'd be playing this early. He's just tough."
The Rockies improved to 7-8 in one-run games this season, while snapping a three-game skid as they head home for two more games against the Astros on Wednesday and Thursday before the Dodgers come to Coors Field for a weekend series.
With the score deadlocked at 1, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki opened the ninth inning with a double off Houston closer Jose Veras. A wild pitch moved him over to third and Cuddyer delivered the heroics, lining a hit just out of the reach of Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez that prevented a third extra-inning game in four days for Colorado.
"I know Veras loves his curveball, and his first three pitches were that," Cuddyer said. "I was sitting 1-2 with a man on third. I had a good feeling another one was coming. I was fortunate enough to get good wood on it over the third baseman's head."
Cuddyer didn't start Monday's game, pinch-hitting in extra innings as he rested his wrist, which swelled overnight on Sunday. Weiss wasn't even sure he wanted to play Cuddyer until the veteran convinced him when they arrived at the ballpark on Tuesday.
"It's sore and swollen," Cuddyer said of his injured forearm. "Fortunately, where I got hit, the one thing that doesn't bother me too much is swinging. Everything else isn't too great, but I got lucky there. It was good enough for me to come through."
Cuddyer finished 3-for-4 with the all-important RBI.
Looking for his fifth consecutive win, Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa completed a spectacular month on the mound by striking out four and spreading five hits over seven innings of one-run ball.
"We were thin in the bullpen after a few extra-inning games, and Jorge gave us exactly what we needed," Weiss said. "We needed some length from him, and he kept those guys in check. That was huge."
De La Rosa threw 110 pitches, the most by any Rockies pitcher this season, and enticed the Astros into 10 ground-ball outs.
"I was feeling pretty good. The velocity stayed there all game long," De La Rosa said. "Every pitch was working good and staying low in the zone. I wasn't tired."
The lefty finished May with an ERA of 2.09 (30 1/3 innings, seven earned runs) and a 4-0 record in five starts.
The early innings resembled Monday's discouraging 12-inning loss, when the Rockies left 15 runners on base.
Colorado nabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning for the second straight day after a Tulowitzki infield single ricocheted off the foot of Astros starter Jordan Lyles and past first base, scoring Dexter Fowler from second. Tulowitzki went 2-for-4 and has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games against Houston, while compiling 16 RBIs.
The Rockies had several chances to extend the lead on a struggling Lyles, starting in the third inning.
Fowler led off with a walk, while Nolan Arenado replaced him at first after a fielder's choice and ended up on third when Carlos Gonzalez singled him over. Tulowitzki popped up to shallow left and Astros shortstop Ronny Cedeno made an over-the-shoulder catch before throwing out Arenado at home plate.
The fourth brought more frustration, as the Rockies loaded the bases with none out off two hits and a walk. But catcher Yorvit Torrealba struck out swinging and second baseman DJ LeMahieu grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. It was the second straight game that Colorado had loaded the bases with none out and failed to score.
"Even though were definitely frustrated again, the bottom line is we found a way to win," Weiss said. "You never like leaving the bases loaded, but it was rewarding to struggle and still battle to pull a close game out."
The Astros evened things in the bottom of the fourth. De La Rosa hit the first two batters -- Jose Altuve was caught stealing at second -- and J.D. Martinez's double put runners at second and third.
Chris Carter followed with a sharp grounder at Arenado, who spun and airmailed a throw over the head of Torrealba at home. De La Rosa induced a double play to quell the Houston threat.
"I just made a mistake on that double and left a ball on the plate," De La Rosa said. "I got a little mad and then found some better pitches."
Lyles settled down after that, needing only 31 pitches to retire the Rockies in the next three innings. The Rockies scored a mere four runs during the two games in Houston despite putting 29 runners on base and pounding out 21 hits.
The teams combined to hit into five double plays during the finale. Houston leads the American League in double plays turned with 67, while Colorado has turned 47.
Chris Abshire is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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An interesting trade appears to be close for the Mets.
New York would send Angel Pagan to the San Francisco Giants for outfielder Andres Torres and reliever Ramon Ramirez.
The trade makes a ton of sense for the Mets.
In Torres, they are getting a hitter just a year removed from posting an OPS+ of 122 while playing an extremely good center field. His offense dropped precipitously in 2011, just like Pagan's, but Torres' defense remained stellar. And after making just $2.2 million last year, he'll probably check in around $3 million in arbitration; Pagan will get more like $5 million.
So it isn't clear that Pagan is a better bet than Torres in 2012, both come with one-year commitments, and Torres is much cheaper.
But wait; there's more.
Ramon Ramirez is a very good relief pitcher. He struck out nearly a batter an inning in 2011, walked a reasonable 3.4 per nine, and made just $1.65 million last year, putting his salary around $2.5 million in arbitration this year. He'll instantly become the best relief pitcher on the Mets, which says a great deal about current inventory, to be sure, but reiterates that Ramirez is a help for this team.
No, they didn't just win the pennant, for those who want to dismiss any minor move. But this is a good move for the Mets.


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text: The Squamish 50 is one TOUGH RACE and a truly unforgettable trail ultra experience. With over 85% singletrack and over 11,000 feet of climbing and descent, topped off by stunning sweeping vistas across glaciated snow capped peaks that jut straight out of the Pacific Ocean, this course may just take your breath away (get it).Let us put it this way, the first six miles and the final mile are relatively flat. Then there is over 11,000 feet / 3350 meters of climbing jammed into approximately 43 miles of terrain. Your largest individual climb is 2500 feet / 750 meters. This is an exceptionally difficult course made tougher still by the technical nature of a majority of the terrain. Throw in the fact that the back half runs much more difficult than the front half and you have yourself a nice little day of suffering in the mountains. Thankfully we've made every effort to distract you with incredible scenery at every possible turn.


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Randy Moss is obviously a man with a refined palette.
- John Wall went for 29 points, 13 assists, and 9 steals in his home debut for the Wizards. This kid will be a total bust, right?
- It turns out Randy Moss was waived by the Vikings for complaining about the catering. The real question is, why the hell is Randy Moss' dog so uppity? He should just be thankful he's not Mike Vick's dog.
- George Washington has a male member of the women's basketball team. Is a manufactured dong considered a performance enhancing drug?
- It's rare to see a head coach cause a turnover for his team, but Lane Kiffin is an innovator.
- A new scam victimizes the elderly by convincing them they're dead.
- A heart-warming tale of shooting kittens with frickin' lasers.
- A man in a KKK costume leading a man in blackface around in a noose wins a Halloween contest. And before you rail on the south, this happened in Canada, aye.
- Does an old lady on a cell phone in a Charlie Chaplin film prove the existence of time travel? My gut tells me it's a scam, but my eyes disagree.


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April 6– Cretaceous Dinosaurs: The last time period of the Age of Dinosaurs!The Cretaceous Period has preserved the most popular dinosaurfossils of the Tyrannosaurus rex.Learn about T. rex and other dinosaurs that lived together. Makea plaster cast of a T. rex tooth.
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>Racing>Frankenthon race report (10/20/2012)
Log Short version:
sub4 PR 3:59:04. Learned a good lesson in following advises on how to manage and pace myself. Very small event with only 130 runners but well organized and supported. Nice swag bag with long sleeve shirt and socks and no junk. 3 loops scenic course, mostly flat except for crossing a small dam, with water station every couple of miles. Crowd support minimal, mainly at the start/stop area. Pizza and soft/energy drinks at the end, free massage with short wait. Nice and unique blink. If one doesn't care for giant crowds, this is a great small-town event!
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This is my 2nd marathon. My first one was Austin 8 months ago. In retrospect, I wasn't really ready for that one and had a miserable last 6 miles. I survived, but I didn't feel like I had actually "run" it. Frankenthon is my 2nd attempt, and I chose this one for a couple of reasons: 1) I have been doing my long runs (halves) along the same trail almost every weekend this year because it is close to where I live, so convenience and familiarity are really the deciding factors, and 2) I think this course is easier (relative to other races I can choose to enter this season) because it is fairly flat and thus provides me with the best chance for a PR.
The course consists of 3 out-and-back loops. With only about 130 runners, it is a hugely different experience than running Austin which had about 18k(?) runners. There was no other distance option so everyone there were running 26.2. I didn't feel the kind of party atmosphere and adrenaline rush I got from the larger Austin race, but on the plus side I felt less stressed and nervous before the race started. The course starts in a park near a lake, and it is a fairly scenic run/bike trail that is open to the public (no closed roads). The trail is about 60% concrete and 40% crush granite/compact dirt. There're water/gatorade stations every couple of miles. I'm not too sure about availability of porta-potty (because I didn't look for or use one) but the actual park restrooms at the start line were quite popular, and there are enough bush and trees along the trail to provide emergency relief. The course is mostly flat, with minor rolling speed-bumps along the way (I don't think they qualify to be called rolling hills), except for a dam. It's a pretty small dam (maybe 2 to 3 stories high), and the climb is gradual, aside for a small S-shaped section of about 500 ft long that goes up about 20 ft (4% grade?). It's normally not a big concern except for where it is located. The climb on easier side of the dam happens at around mile 6, 15, and 23.5; and the harder side is at around mile 8, 16.5, and 25.5.
I had some goals in mind for this marathon. First, I hope to run this properly and not end up in a death march at the end; negative split will be nice, but I'm not confident about that. Second, a PR (4:07x) which I believe is do-able. And last, I'll attempt sub-4 (9:10/mi pace). I really had no idea how easy/difficult that would be, since I didn't race or train enough to find any reasonable predictions from the running calculators. My plan was to try to hold 9:00/mi to 9:10/mi pace for the first lap (try to keep myself from starting too fast, which was my big mistake the last time), and then for the 2nd lap just try to cruise along at an easy pace which I expected to be close to 9:00/mi, and play it by ear on the last lap and try not to fall behind 9:10/mi.
I arrived at the park at around 6:40AM, and walked around the parking lot as warmup (the park and trail was too dark to venture into). When the run started at 7, the timing was just right that the trail was visible as the sun began to rise. Less than half a mile in there was no longer a need to weave through human traffic, and I was holding a very easy pace. I had to consciously keep myself from running by feel because I felt I could run quite a bit faster. After about 6 miles I reached the dam. My urge was to maintain pace going up because I felt strong, but I decided to stick to advises I have read in RA over time and not push for it. I took it easy and slowed down while going up, and gained the time back coming down. I did the same every time I reached the dam throughout the race. It was hard not to worry about being too slow on the way up. I found that the first two laps were mostly a mental challenge of keeping myself running conservatively, and I'm sure that saved me from breaking down in the last lap. It was very tempting at times to try to keep up with someone in front of me, but memories of my first race convinced me to stick to my target pace. I finished lap 1 slightly ahead of target in 1:18:24, a nice 1.5 minutes of buffer. So far I had been noticing that my garmin was not matching up with the mile markers (suggested course was longer than gps measurement), but I had not really cared too much about it. However, by the time I reached mile 10, the discrepancy was getting quite noticeable. After the garmin logged mile 10, I hit the lap button later when I actually reached the mile 10 marker on the road, and saw over 50 seconds of difference. That means my garmin is off by more than 5 seconds per mile. This troubled me because I used my garmin as my pacer, and I was running very close to my target pace and now my target is no longer 9:10 but "something" faster. In lap 2, my pace fell naturally within my target range, and I didn't feel hurried going through water stops (I took only water because I had been eating gels slowly between them). I used 4 packs of gels throughout the race, not sure if they helped but surely didn't hurt. I was pretty much on target for lap 2 (1:20:04). Near mile 19 I could feel my quads starting to get to work. It got worse fairly quickly as expected and they were burning and hurting by mile 21. It was almost like a repeat of my first marathon, but this time I felt confident that my legs wouldn't cramp and seize up if I just hang on to my pace. I'm not sure if that's because I'm stronger in this race or if I just have a better feel for where my limit is. I started counting from 1 to 10 repeatedly in my head as a metronome until the end of the run, it also helped keep me focused instead of worrying. Once I reached the dam (last 3 miles), I started passing some runners (had not done so since beginning of lap 1). Going down the dam and trying to gain back some time was the hardest part. I really had no idea if I was going to make sub-4 or not at this point but I knew it would be close, as my garmin showed an overall pace of 9:03 or so, but the course/gps discrepancy worried me as that could be more than 5s. About 20 to 30 meters before the finish I saw the clock, 3:59x. I sprinted it as best I could and made it under 4 on clock time (last lap was 1:20:36). The aftermath of the race was not too bad. My quads really hurt but not as destroyed as the last time. It's 2 days after the race now and I feel that I can do a slow recovery jog tonight. Unlike my recent 5k race where I felt my whole body was totally spent at the end, I think my quads were my only bottleneck in the marathon. I don't know if that implies lack of strength or endurance or whatever, but it's a noticeable weakness (do I need more training in long runs or intervals or hills or what...?). My breathing and heartrate felt fairly comfortable at the end, and my calves weren't even sore, but my quads were killing me. I don't think I'll plan anymore goal races in the near future. Mentally I'm not quite ready to switch over from the easy hobby-jogging mindset to race-training, it just seems kind of stressful, and not very fun. I agree with Jeff's advise in a previous thread, I just need to run more and do some races for fun before I take this more seriously.
Wing, great job of pacing,and great report! Congratulations!
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Wing, that was an excellent race report. Really happy to hear you hit your goal. Also, thanks for the reminder about the inaccuracy of the Garmin GPS. Glad it didn't screw you over.
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Great report, Wing. Great race, too. Congrats on hitting the sub-four mark.
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Great report. I might use your 1-10 counting technique at the end of my marathon if I get to where I need something to focus on!
December will be my second marathon and your report was helpful as I try to decide pace/plan/etc.
I didn't know you lived in Texas... Frankenthon is one of those races I've wanted to do, but haven't. The year I was looking seriously at it, they had a flood and a "maybe maybe not" vibe regarding the race. Turned out, they did.
Congrats on the PR and sub 4! Very cool.
I didn't know you lived in Texas... Frankenthon is one of those races I've wanted to do, but haven't. The year I was looking seriously at it, they had a flood and a "maybe maybe not" vibe regarding the race. Turned out, they did.
Congrats on the PR and sub 4! Very cool.
Yes, that trail runs right alongside the steam, I can see rain and flash flood being an issue. We can still see large dead toppled trees along the path from last year's flood.
Sounds like a great race. Congrats on the sub 4 hours!
Thanks for the reminder to add about 5 seconds per mile to the GPS pace .
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Current PR's: Mara 3:14:36* (2017); HM 1:36:13 (2017); 10K 43:59 (2014); 5K 21:12 (2016)
Thanks for the reminder to add about 5 seconds per mile to the GPS pace .
Don't put too much faith in that number. It just so happens to be about 5s for me on this course against my garmin at my target pace, it will be different for someone else depending on, well, pretty much everything......
Good luck on your upcoming race
Thanks, I'll need all the luck I can get. Trying to knock a full minute off a 5K just two weeks apart (my stated goal is 24:00, but I really want to go sub 23:00) means I either ran the last race very poorly, or I will have to run this one very well or actually a lot of both probably!
True about the 5 seconds not being a hard and fast number, but I think it is actually a fairly good guide. I kind of did some extrapolation on my logged miles on some races to the certified race distances and it ended up anywhere from 2 to 7 seconds per mile difference for me. The closest was on an out and back course with 1 turn and the fartherest was on a course with a bunch of turns and loops and curves. I wouldn't expect 5 seconds to be dead on accurate on every race, but it's probably going to be a lot closer than if you didn't take it into account at all.


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As described in the preceding section, the antichrist will conceal his true face by portraying truth as falsehood and falsehood as truth, and will thus hinder the recognition of the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). According to signs in the hadiths of our Prophet Muhammad (saas), the antichrist will pretend that he is trying to keep people from harm and to protect them from danger. Many people who do not live by Qur'anic moral values but who hold their own personal interests above all else will be taken in by this deception of the antichrist's. As a result of this trickery, a great many people will believe that it is actually the antichrist who will lead them to salvation and will turn their backs on the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
The fact is however that it is revealed in the Qur'an how unbelievers used just such a method to attract people to their side and distance them from believers. For example, despite all his ruthlessness and all his cruelty against an innocent people, Pharaoh still pretended to be concerned for their welfare and to wish to protect them. To that end he suggested that the path to which the Prophet Moses (as) called them would be harmful to them and that he wanted to protect them from that harm. Pharaoh's words and the lies he told the people are revealed as follows in verses of the Qur'an:
Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord! I am afraid that he may change your religion and bring about corruption in the land." (Surah Ghafir, 26)
… Pharaoh said, "I only show you what I see myself and I only guide you to the path of rectitude." (Surah Ghafir, 29)
They said, "These two magicians desire by their magic to expel you from your land and abolish your most excellent way of life…" (Surah Ta Ha, 63)
According to the hadiths of our Prophet (saas), the antichrist will also say that he is attempting to lead people to the true path, in exactly the same way that Pharaoh attempted to mislead society. He will deceive the great majority of people by claiming that he is actually attempting to protect them against catastrophe.
However, there can be no doubt that the path to which the antichrist calls people is actually a dead-end, and will lead them to disaster and suffering rather than to salvation. The things the antichrist depicts as loss and harm are actually a great benefit for believers, and, by Allah's leave, very auspicious.
The end awaiting Pharaoh, his court, his followers and those who displayed similar attitudes in the past should be a deterrent for those who struggle against Qur'anic moral values:
Such was the case with Pharaoh's people and those before them. They rejected Allah's signs so Allah seized them for their wrong actions. Allah is Strong, Severe in Retribution. (Surat al-Anfal, 52)
The Antichrist Will Influence People by Addressing Their Worldly Desires, and Thus Prevent the Recognition of the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as)
Another of the techniques employed by the antichrist in order to deceive people is that of "addressing their lower selves and worldly desires." Allah has revealed in the Qur'an that lower self leads people to evil and has commanded them to act in accordance with their consciences:
"… The self indeed commands to evil acts – except for those my Lord has mercy on. My Lord, He is Forgiving, Merciful." (Surah Yusuf, 53)
And [I swear by] the self and what proportioned it and inspired it with depravity or sense of duty, he who purifies it has succeeded, he who covers it up has failed. (Surat ash-Shams, 7-10)
Therefore, believers always act in accordance with the voice of their consciences and seek to purify their selves. On the other hand, people who lack the proper fear of Allah have no hesitations over behaving in line with the desires of their lower selves. Yet earthly desires lead to troubles and difficulties because such desires may encourage lying, selfishness, ruthlessness, jealousy, arrogance, injustice, lovelessness, idolatry and even denial. That is the reason why many people failed to obey the prophets in the past, because the path to which the prophets called them conflicted with their lower selves. Allah reveals this fact as follows in the Qur'an:
Or do they say, "He is a man possessed," when he has brought the truth to them? But most of them hate the truth. (Surat al-Muminun, 70)
According to the signs in the hadiths of our Prophet (saas), the antichrist will make use of this side of human nature in the End Times and thus seek to attract supporters. By addressing people's lower selves he will be able to direct them as he so chooses. Bearing in mind the fact that the great majority of people will also have turned away from religious moral values in the End Times, one can form a better idea of the consequences of the antichrist's behaving in line with people's lower selves. The antichrist will give rise to environments in which people think only of their own interests, act unjustly for the sake of their own gain, lie, oppress the weak as they choose, and greedily consume the beauties of this world. In addition, he will tell various lies to give people the impression that all this is legitimate and justified. He will be able to direct people who are prone to immorality by encouraging irregular relationships, alcohol, drugs and a degenerate lifestyle. People far removed from religious moral values will thus chase after the evils to which the antichrist directs them, rather than following the true path to which they are called by the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
The fact is, however, that people acting solely in the light of their lower selves brings with it a system that will lead all of mankind to terrible troubles and disaster. In the Qur'an our Lord has revealed that everything will be corrupted in the event that people follow their whims and earthly desires:
If the truth were to follow their whims and desires, the heavens and the earth and everyone in them would have been brought to ruin. No indeed! We have given them their Reminder, but they have turned away from it. (Surat al-Muminun, 71)
All the messengers ever sent have called on people to avoid whims and desires and to adopt only the proper behavior that will meet with Allah's approval. He reveals in a verse how the prophets have not complied with the desires of society:
Say: "I am forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allah." Say: "I do not follow your whims and desires. If I did I would go astray and not be among the guided." (Surat al-An'am, 56)
When the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as) appear they will act solely in line with the approval of Allah, not with the wishes, aims and demands of human beings who are far removed from religious moral values. As revealed in the Qur'an "You are calling them to a straight path. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter recoil from the path." (Surat al-Muminun, 73-74), the path to which these blessed individuals call people is the true path. Yet although the majority of people grasp the superior virtues of these righteous personages with their consciences, they will still ignore this state of affairs under the influence of their earthly desires and will follow the interests to which the antichrist calls them. They will shelter behind various excuses in order not to accept the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as), not to support them, and to keep their distance from them. The antichrist will help these people who look for excuses not to follow the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). The antichrist will offer these people the ready-made excuses they are looking for, thus making matters easier for them. Since the antichrist will behave in line with their desires, lower selves will feel love for the antichrist and willingly go along with the excuses he offers them. Since they love the antichrist out of their earthly desires they will feel no need for moral love and will turn their backs on those they should love, the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as).


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Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 12:03 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES — Olympic champion swimmer Ryan Lochte is diving into the world of reality television with a six-episode series debuting in April.
Airing on E!, "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" will follow the 28-year-old swimmer as he prepares for the 2016 Rio Olympics while developing his fashion line, making media appearances, dealing with his family and friends, and searching for a girlfriend.
"Ryan Lochte captured everyone's attention at the Summer Olympics with his athletic prowess and his utterly unique and unaffected approach to life," E! Entertainment President Suzanne Kolb said Monday.
"He is an incredibly endearing personality who is sexy, entertaining and fun. Watching this show, I believe people will fall into three categories: they want to be him, sleep with him or mother him."
The show will include Lochte's family — his mother, Ike, his older married sisters Kristen and Megan, his younger brother and roommate Devon, and his nephews. Viewers will get to see the swimmer's eclectic collection of shoes that top out at more than 150 and the blinged-out accessories he favors.
Lochte, whose signature catch phrase is the made-up word "Jeah!", will be seen hitting the clubs in Gainesville, Fla., where he lives, and training with coach Gregg Troy.
He won five medals, including two golds, at the London Olympics. In the post-Olympic whirlwind, Lochte guested on the CW series "90210" and swam against Prince Harry in an impromptu race in a Las Vegas hotel pool.
Lochte's agent, Erika Wright, serves as executive producer of the show.
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WOTTON are celebrating the news that one of their younger players has been selected to train with the England under-15 age group at Lilleshall.
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School pupil Michael Buist, 14, has played at the club for several years and in the last year has progressed on to being a regular starter in the men's first team.
In line with the family atmosphere at Wotton, Buist's older sisters both play for the club, while mother Moira has been involved in various fundraising and behind the scenes roles.
Chairman Stuart Emms said: "Mike is an outstanding talent. We are very proud that he has become our first home grown player to be recognised at national level; another nice landmark in the year we celebrate the club's 25th anniversary.
"We have a lot of junior talent coming through the ranks at the club so we hope this will be the first of many."
As well as Buist's national recognition, three of his club contemporaries have also been selected for upcoming under-16s Junior Regional Performance Centres (JRPCs).
Henry Patteson, Dan Jones and goalkeeper Charlie Thomas were regulars in the men's second team league campaign last season.
In addition, ladies first-team midfielders Eilidh Rogers and Beccy Chalmers were selected for the under-17s JRPC girls training groups.
At the other end of the age spectrum, Wotton's Bruce Dunham was recently part of the West of England over-50s team, which finished runners-up in the Regional Championships so it has been a successful couple of weeks for the club in terms of representative honours.
Emms added: "Being part of England Hockey's player pathway from grassroots to elite hockey is a key part of the club's philosophy but we are equally proud of our commitment to provide an outlet for all ages and abilities to play the game.
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CORSHAM'S bowlers came up with the goods as they stunned reigning Wadworth 6X West of England Premier League champions Bath by 42 runs.
Electing to bat, Pete Dennett's men lost early wickets and were 61-4 at one stage until a fifth-wicket partnership of 64 between Sam Collier (27) and Paul Robbins (45) steadied the ship.
Dennett chipped in with 31, as had opener Toby Davies earlier, as Corsham made it to 188-9 from their 50 overs.
Sam Mount took 3-35 for the home side, with Adam Kelly and Simon Marchant added a couple of victims each.
Bath's reply started solidly with openers Alex Barrow (18) and Robin Lett (12), but wickets started to fall as James Amey (2-21), Ashur Morrison (2-36) and Robbins (2-15) made inroads.
Bath number three Tom Rouse made 49, but only one other batsman reached double figures as they were dismissed for 146, Jon Parker wrapping up the tail with 3-11 in seven overs.
There was nothing to separate the top two in Premier Two as Potterne's clash at Clevedon ended in a tie.
Potterne's batsmen were in good form, posting 253-3 in their 50 overs.
Number three Sahan Wijerathne finished unbeaten on 74, with skipper Neil Clark doing likewise with 78.
Clevedon's reply started well, but Wijerathne and Ed Young (both 2-36) started eating into the order, despite 59 from Masoor Khan, 51 from Conner Crane and knocks of 46 and 44 from Will Carpenter and wicketkeeper Will Plummer respectively.
Potterne fell two wickets short of outright victory as Clevedon finished on 253-8.
Goatacre slipped to a four-wicket defeat at the hands of promotion-chasing Keynsham.
Knocks of 42 from Jack Haines and 45 from wicketkeeper Toby Horton helped home side Goatacre to 209 all out in 48 overs, Giorgio Rigali adding 32.
Sam Wheller led the bowling effort with 5-49, Tom Bryan taking 4-35.
An opening partnership of 96 between Russ Wakefield (64) and Tom Bancroft (34) got the Keynsham reply off to a good start.
Wickus Germishuizen's 37 continued the good work and although Rob Murphy (2-30) and Kevin Iles (2-42) made inroads, Keynsham got home in the 47th over.
In the Glos/Wilts Division, Chippenham were comprehensively put to the sword by Gloucester City Winget, who compiled 327-7 in their 50 overs.
Richard Howell clubbed 123 and Scott Montgomery 118 as Chippenham's bowlers were made to toil.
Chippenham were never in the hunt in their reply, subsiding to 131 all out by the 34th over.
Skipper Tom Cullen's century helped Westbury to an 81-run victory over visitors Chipping Sodbury.
Cullen's 128-ball unbeaten 102 formed the backbone of his side's 212-6, Jared McDonald adding 24, before Sudbury were dismissed for 131.
Desmond Kruger's 127 off 130 balls could not prevent Warminster from slipping to a two-wicket defeat at Tewkesbury.
Kruger smashed 13 fours and three sixes, but only late hitting from Rory Cullinan (38 not out) offered much assistance as Warminster closed on 254-9.
Tewkesbury opener Stuart Tame hit an unbeaten 100 in the reply, Ben Gwillam's 32 helping the home side across the line, despite 3-49 from Thomas Davie.
Biddestone put themselves in the thick of the hunt for the title as they lowered the colours of leaders Rockhampton by 26 runs.
Partnerships of 66 between Martin Swayer (47) and Niel BredenKamp (36) and 60 between Sawyer and Dwaine Perry (60) set Biddestone on the way to 226-8 from their 50 overs.
Andy Flynn added 30 for the visitors as Rockhampton's William Cartlidge, Guy Brothwood and James Hancox took two wickets each.
Opener William Tyler made 46 and Brothwood 76 for the home side, who fell victim to six leg before decisions as Biddestone raced through their lower and middle order.
Perry finished with 4-26 and there were two wickets each for Naeem Khan and Bredenkamp.
Burbage & Easton Royal closed right up behind leaders Great Bedwyn as they inflicted a first defeat of the Wiltshire Division season on their local rivals.
Burbage's 215-6 was compiled with the help of 58 from wicketkeeper/opener Sourish Mukherjee, 60 from Dan Wootton and 25 from Thilina Batangala.
John Palmer took 3-12 in just three overs for Bedwyn, while their were wickets for Robert Palmer, Max Andrews and Richard Bosson.
Bowlers Darran Freegard (4-25) and Adam Lavis (3-37) rattled through the Bedwyn line-up, the only highlights being 47 from opener John Palmer and 57 from namesake Robert as the visitors finished on 161 all out.
Marlborough's league ambitions were dented as visitors Calne claimed their second victory of the season.
Opener Nick Crabbe, recalled to the first team after a knock of 63 not out for the second team the previous week, continued his fine form with a well-paced 69 But only Peter Day with 35 and a quickfire 30 from James Richardson added further significant contributions, Sean Adams taking 4-29.
Adams then scored a vital 66 not out with crucial support from Matt Richards (36) as Calne reached their victory target with eight wickets down ensuring a two-wicket win despite Marlborough's Paul Smith recording career-best figures of 4-20.
Marshfield maintained their bid for honours as they saw off Purton by seven wickets.
Hosts Purton elected to bat but were dismissed for 164 inside 46 overs, Deepak Ramani top-scoring with 34.
Thomas Lamb and Calum Burnstone took three wickets each, with Tom Bright also taking two.
Opener William Pascall scored an unbeaten 57 to lead the reply, James Williams adding 35 and Russell Lodge 41 as they got home in the 34th over for the loss of three wickets.
Overseas star Wesley Marshall smashed yet another century as Trowbridge piled on the runs in their victory with Nationwide House.
Marshall's 137 included 12 fours and five sixes and set Trowbridge on their way to a score of 305-4 before they declared after 43 overs.
Skipper Alex Hart added 89 for the home side but House made a good fist of the reply, scoring 256-7 in their 50 overs.
Jonathan Clarke scored 92 for the visitors, Marshall taking 3-50.
Jeremy Smith blasted a superb 160 from 153 balls as Winsley clinched a 67-run triumph over Devizes.
Opener Smith struck 20 fours and three sixes and shared a 209-run partnership with Tim Gibson (81) as Winsley amassed 310-6, James Dunford taking 3-70.
Devizes were all out for 243 in the 46th over, despite 97 from Jonathan Skull and James Langan's 48.
Winsley skipper Simon Orchard took 3-38 and there were two wickets each for Benjamin Strange, Neil Harris and Kevin Hendy.


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1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 small sweet onion
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WASKADA -- Jason Wickham was a hockey coach talking about three lost players, and how his team of young boys will persevere.
"We're just going to try and do it together," Wickham said. "I've never woken up to something like this before. So we're just going to have to learn together."
Wickham could have been speaking about a community, not just a hockey team. A week ago Sunday, this southwestern Manitoba hamlet of 200 residents was rocked by the deaths of four residents -- Darren Spence and his two sons, nine-year-old Logan and 10-year-old Gage, and their nine-year-old friend Dawson Pentecost -- in a plane crash.
Despite dangerous road conditions in parts of southern Manitoba Monday, more than 1,300 mourners packed into a construction company hangar that volunteers had spent days emptying to make room for the funeral services. Bulldozers and semi-trailers had been replaced by three framed gold-and-green jerseys of the Atom Canucks, which belonged to the boys, and a head table filled with flowers and photo albums.
Darren Spence, 37, was an experienced crop-dusting pilot who took his two sons for a plane ride. They asked their good friend, Dawson, who had never flown before, to join them.
The six-seater Cessna 210 was scheduled to fly to Brandon. It was spotted around 7 p.m. Sunday after crashing in a field about 10 kilometres north of Waskada, which is 300 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.
Volunteers set out 850 chairs in the main hangar Monday, along with 300 chairs in an adjacent room. It was standing-room -only when the service began. That didn't include the squadron of volunteers who arranged the hall and served sandwiches and dainties after the families returned from the private interment at the Waskada Cemetery.
The 90-minute service included poems in remembrance of Darren Spence from his mother, Lorna, and sister, Deb Spence Wiltshire, followed by the recording, I'm Gonna Fly by country artist Paul Brandt.
"Flight is freedom in its purest form, to dance with the clouds which follow a storm, to roll and glide, to wheel and spin, to feel the joy that wells within," read Spence-Wiltshire.
"Should my end come while I'm in flight, whether brightest day, or darkest night, spare me your pity and shrug off the pain secure in the knowledge that I'd do it again."
For the boys, both team coaches Wickham and Jason Reddin offered short eulogies. The songs were the kids' favourites, Bangarang by Skrillex and Ho Hey by the Lumineers.
Padre Steve Neil offered the opening prayer in a multi-denominational service that was also conducted by Rev. Heather Sandilands and Pastor Glen Whetter.
Wickham described the presence of the three boys on what had been an 11-member team: Gage had the shot and could score on a blast from the blue-line; Logan was the comic, who once came back to the bench after one shift and announced he had "taken his game to another level"; Dawson was the "quiet leader" who never gave up. The coach sometimes wondered if Dawson sometimes gave the puck up on purpose just to chase it down again.
"Boys, thank you for representing your town," Wickham said. "You did it with hard work, determination and class. You'll always be part of our team."
Wickham had known Darren Spence since grade school. "I just tell people he (Spence) was a lot of fun. He was just Darren. He didn't try to be anybody else."
Hockey was the theme of the memorial service. Members of the regional high school team wore their team jackets and escorted family members into the hall. Many mourners wore tricoloured ribbons of navy blue for Dawson (Jets colours), teal for Gage, who sometimes had it streaked in his hair, and orange for Logan, the colour of his favourite hoodie. The ribbons were made by local school children.
News of the tragedy had spread far from Waskada. The crash and its traumatic effect in the community -- the four deaths in a plane crash matched the provincial total for all of 2012 -- became national news. During a CBC broadcast of the Winnipeg Jets-Boston Bruins game Friday, Ron MacLean and Don Cherry paid tribute to the boys.
"The support we've gotten... has been absolutely amazing," said Denise Benton, principal of the Waskada K-12 school. "It's really what's helped to pull everybody through."
However, not only did three of the boys play on the same hockey team, two of them came from a class of 20 and another was from a class of nine.
Said Benton: "It's been tough. We're like a big, extended family. (But) we're at the point where we are ready to move forward and remember the boys; celebrate their lives instead of mourning their death."
Waskada Mayor Gary Williams agreed the morning after Monday's funeral "is going to be a big day."
"This place (the construction building) is going to be returned to what it's usually used for," the mayor explained. "That's going to complete the initial stages (of mourning). Then it's going to be the little things that are going to come up... "
For example, Williams said, residents will pay close attention to the atom boys team. After all, they were the oldest hockey team left in Waskada, which 30 years ago had its own senior team.
"They were the show," Williams said. "That was it."
It was not uncommon for the parking lot around the Waskada arena to be full when the 10-year-olds played.
The community will also have to recover from the enormity of the tragedy, Williams said.
"Just the magnitude of it drew us into the attention of the whole country," the mayor said. "Young families having to answer questions... that there's not a lot of answers for," he added.
"You see these little kids riding their bikes around. That's what you want. (Kids) playing hide-and-seek. And this was the kind of a town where a kid could thrive in that. We'll really miss watching those little guys," he said.
The community has set up a fund to help cover funeral costs for the Pentecost family -- cheques can be made out to the Village of Waskada, R0M 2E0. There is also a fund in honour of the boys to send local kids to hockey camp.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State University plans to install a larger high-definition scoreboard screen and improved audio equipment as part of $7 million in upgrades at its football stadium.
The school said Tuesday that the new 42-by-124-foot scoreboard at Ohio Stadium will replace an 11-year-old board that measures 30 feet by 90 feet. Ohio State also plans to replace older speakers, upgrade televisions throughout the stadium and install new ribbon boards to display scores and statistics.
The project beginning April 23 is expected to be finished by early August, before the Buckeyes' first game of the season.


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Black Widow Spiders
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Latin Name
Latrodectus spp.
Black widows are identified by red hourglass marking on the underside of their abdomens. Black widows are shiny black in color. Most black widow spiders' bodies are 3 to 10 mm in size. Females are larger than males and can measure 13 mm in body length. These spiders are members of the genus Latrodectus.
Behavior, Diet & Habits
Where Are Black Widow Spiders Found?
Black widow spiders favor dark, secluded areas such as crevices and woodpiles. Inside the home, black widows typically hide in sheltered, dimly lit locations such as garages, dark corners, basements, closets and cluttered areas. They thrive primarily in temperate zones and are known to be abundant in the American South.
Several species of Latrodectus or "widow" spiders are present in North America. The most common are: the southern widow (Latrodectus mactans) found in the American South and Northeast; Latrodectus hesperus found in the west; the brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus) found in the South; and the northern widow (Latrodectus variolus) found in the Northeast.
An important characteristic of the black widow spider is its comb foot. This row of strong, curved bristles is located upon the hind pair of legs and is used to pitch silk over captured prey.
Black widows are shy in nature. They are solitary, socializing only during copulation. Black widows are nocturnal and spin webs during daytime. They can sometimes be seen hanging upside down in their web, exposing a telltale hourglass abdominal marking. This marking is bright red and signals danger to predators and attackers.
Male vs. Female
On average, male black widow spiders are smaller than females, reaching only about half their size in length. However, the legs of the male black widow are considerably longer in proportion to the female's and are marked by orange and brown at the joints. Males may exhibit red and white stripes on the abdomen depending on the species and are more colorful and finely patterned than females.
Diet / Prey: What Do Black Widows Eat?
Like most spiders, the food source of the black widow spider includes a variety of arthropods, including ants, caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles, cockroaches and scorpions, among others.
Black widows process their food outside of their bodies. After prey is caught in the web, it is injected with digestive enzymes. They consume the prey after it has softened and liquefied. Following feeding, the abdomen of the spider's body expands as its stomach fills. Like most spiders, the black widow is capable of living for several months without food. Some specimens have been known to survive almost one year in the absence of prey.
Black Widow Webs
Black widows spin a large web where the female suspends a cocoon that can contain hundreds of eggs. These spiders also use their webs to capture their prey, which includes insects such as flies, grasshoppers, beetles, etc.Read more about the black widow's web.
Life Cycle / Reproduction
Black widow mating occurs in springtime into early summer. In some cases, black widow females consume males after mating, feeding on them as sources of nutrients needed for egg fertilization. Female black widow spiders can produce several egg sacs in summer months. These sacs are tightly woven, silken cups and are protected fiercely by the female until they hatch.
Egg sacs are white, tan or gray in color, have a paper-like texture, and measure 12 to 15 mm in diameter. They may be pear-shaped or globular. Each egg sac contains hundreds of eggs, from which hundreds of spiderlings emerge. However, only a handful of these young survive, as black widows are cannibalistic during the early stages of their lives.
Black widow spider eggs can be found in dark crevices beneath stones and in natural debris such as woodpiles. Barns and other secondary buildings are likely to host these spiders, as well. Black widow spider eggs may also be deposited within neglected materials or animal and rodent nests.
Spiderlings (Babies)
Surviving spiderlings undergo molting stages known as instars. Many spiderlings overwinter as immatures, and then they mature fully the following spring. Spiderlings are white and orange in color and resemble adult black widow males. Females turn black as they grow older. Black widow spiderlings are cannibalistic and consume other spiderlings from their brood for nutrients.
Surviving hatchlings leave the web within a few days, at which point they experience ballooning. During the ballooning process, black widow spiderlings release strands of silk into the air and are carried to new locations. Black widow spiderlings then begin to spin their own webs and capture their own food. Spiderlings find a hiding place to survive in the winter. When warm weather returns, they finish developing into adults.
Although the expected lifespan of black widow spiders is one year, some specimens have been known to live up three years. These spiders live longest in captivity.
Signs of a Black Widow
Black widows produce messy, irregular webs. Webs usually are located near ground level and under a protected ledge such as under lawn furniture or wood piles. The female with the iconic red hourglass marking also indicates their presence.
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In North America, black widows are most common in the southern United States. These areas are more suitable for their life cycles and activities. Black widows prefer dry and dark locations and will seek warm dwellings in winter. However, specimens have been found as far north as Canada. Worldwide, widow species can be found on almost every continent.
Northern Black Widow
As designated by its name, the northern black widow spider (Latrodectus various) is found primarily in the Northeast United States. They may live as far south as Florida, as far north as Canada and as far west as Texas.
Species of widow spiders are also occasionally transported in shipments of household goods to states outside of their natural range. Northern black widows are primarily found in marginal land habitats with sparse vegetation, stumps, hollow logs and piles of debris. Northern black widow spiders are rarely found indoors. However, they may enter human dwellings on piles of firewood or other items brought inside. Most adult female northern black widow spiders are shiny black in color, with rows of red spots atop the abdomen. Crosswise bars that resemble a red hourglass appear on the underside of the abdomen.
Southern Black Widow
The weather in the American South is extremely conducive to the development of black widow spiders, and several species can be found. A great example is the southern black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans). They are one of the most common black widow species in the Southern United States. Females spin irregular and nonsymmetrical webs. They do not prefer to venture indoors but can be found in garages or basements near openings to the outdoors such as around garage doors.
Like the northern black widow, the female southern black widow spider is jet-black in color and is shiny. They also have a red hourglass-shaped mark on the underside which serves to identify it.
How the Black Widow Spider Received its Name
The black widow spider received its name due to a story about its mating behaviors. Courtship begins when males go out in search of receptive females. Upon approaching a web-spinning female, the male spider will wait for an indication of her willingness: females interested in mating remain still, allowing males to inseminate them.
As the story goes, following insemination, female black widow spiders kill and feed upon their mates. This story led to the black widow's name. However, it is a misconception that all female black widows kill and consume their mates. Rather, this behavior is typically only observed in captivity.
The black widow contributes to the balance of the ecosystem by consuming insects such as flies and mosquitoes. It also controls crop pest populations, feeding on pests that defoliate plants, including locusts, grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars.


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I received my PhD in clinical psychology in 2009 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and completed postdoctoral training at Yale through a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) T32 Fellowship, where I worked with Dr. Kathleen Carroll in the Division of Substance Abuse. My work has focused on three major areas: (1) evaluating and refining outcomes of randomized clinical trials, (2) understanding the mechanisms of action of empirically supported therapies for substance use disorders, and (3) development and dissemination of computer-based interventions. I was one of the first to statistically demonstrate coping skills as a mediator of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for substance use disorders, and have evaluated factors that affect the acquisition of coping skills, such as cognitive function. I also participate in various activities, including the Clinical Trials Network (CTN) as a member of a special interest group on Design & Analysis and the publications committee, as well as serving as an expert consultant in CBT and Motivational Interviewing for a multisite clinical trial. I'm currently leading a program of research on technology-based interventions in the Division of Substance Abuse.
Education & Training
|University of Maryland at Baltimore (2009)
|University of Maryland at Baltimore (2006)
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|Yale School of Medicine
Honors & Recognition
Early Career Investigator Travel AwardCollege of Problems on Drug Dependence (CPDD) (2012)
NIDA Early Career Travel AwardAmerican Psychological Association (APA) Division 28 & 50 (2011)
NIDA Director's Travel AwardCollege on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) (2011)
CBT ingredients and mechanisms in AUD/SUD treatment: What we've learned in the past 10 years and what's still missing. United States (2014 - 2014)


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BUDDING film-makers can start submitting their entries for a returning festival.
Worcestershire Film Festival has once again been organised to raise the profile of film in the county and to provide local film-makers with a means of showing their work on a big screen with a diverse audience.
Organisers are now seeking locally produced films that tell interesting, captivating stories over a variety of genres to be screened during the festival which runs from Thursday to Sunday, November 13 to 16 as well as at roadshow events to be held between June and September.
All submissions should be made digitally by Sunday, September 14 and include the length and genre of the film, and whether it is family-friendly.
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Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall admitted his side were "well below their best" as they were beaten 15-9 by Munster in the Heineken Cup.
The match became a battle of the boots as Ronan O'Gara kicked five out five penalties for the hosts while Owen Farrell was less precise, missing four out of his seven efforts.
McCall though lamented his team's display and is looking for a better performance for the return fixture next weekend.
"We were well below our best tonight. It was a disappointing performance, overall," said the Sarries boss.
"We got off to a poor start and Munster were obviously very motivated. We lost a couple of set-pieces during that time. It gave them a lot of momentum.
"It was a frustrating kind of game because when we did have possession they were quite happy to give penalties away.
"The penalty count was huge against them. It was some consolation that we got a bonus point at the end.
"Your fundamentals and your foundations have to be good to come to a place like this. When one part of your set-piece doesn't function that well it is difficult to have the foundations right."
The two sides are now level at the top of Pool One on ten points each with the crucial second fixture to come.
McCall said: "It is not often in sport that you get a chance to rectify what's gone wrong a week later against the same opposition. That is the beauty of these back-to-back matches.
"We are confident we can play a lot better than we did tonight and we will need to. We have a lot of respect for Munster."


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City Chat: Manner of defeats at Brentford and Wolves has been disappointing
12:00pm Friday 31st January 2014
By Will Collins
12:00pm Friday 31st January 2014
By Will Collins
IT'S been another disappointing week for City.
Two away games and two 3-1 defeats, albeit to a couple of the best sides in the league in Wolves and Brentford.
But still the manner of defeat in both games has been disappointing with the players continuing the trend of this season by beating themselves through making errors as opposed to the opposition playing really well to beat us.
The defence was looking a lot more settled to the end of O'Driscoll's reign and at the start of Cotterill's, however since Cotterill brought in experienced defender El-Abd from Brighton we have began conceding goals at a rate of knots again. El-Abd's first three games have seen us concede eight goals, whereas the previous four league games had seen us concede just three goals. Although he has maybe only been directly at fault for one goal, I feel he has unsettled the defence as Cotterill has shifted players out of position (or out of the team) to accommodate him.
Cotterill needs to quickly settle on a back three or four and keep playing them together. Scoring goals has not been a problem for us this season, keeping them out has.
We are now faced with two home games in the space of four days, starting with a six pointer against Carlisle United on Saturday (3pm) followed by the visit of Coventry City on Tuesday (7.45pm). In my opinion we simply have to take a minimum of four points from these games – ideally six if I'm honest. We beat Carlisle 4-2 earlier in the season and could go three points behind the Cumbrian club – who currently lie 17th in the table - with a win on Saturday.
Tuesday's game against Coventry, meanwhile, could be a cracker as both teams score goals and concede them as demonstrated by the nine-goal thriller between the two teams earlier in the season. The real possibility of a second successive relegation is beginning to dawn on City fans and we must win our home games if we are to stand a chance of survival.
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