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Davis, Sora (2004) Images of existential solitude : experience and expression in art therapy. Other thesis, Concordia University.
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Existential solitude is one of the inevitable experiences of human existence, and may be an element of the existential questioning that many individuals bring to therapy. This exploratory study investigates how the use of art therapy research interviews, and through extrapolation, art therapy sessions themselves, may offer to the image-maker new insights that inform and transform her experience of the phenomenon of being alone in the world. It also looks at common themes that emerge from the verbal and visual descriptions of the participants. Four women who were concurrently involved in different expressive therapy groups participated in the research. Based primarily on the phenomenological method while drawing on hermeneutic inquiry, individual semi-structured and phenomenological art therapy research interviews were conducted along with a follow-up interview with each participant. Data was analyzed using a combination of qualitative approaches in order to extract themes. The findings of this pilot study showed that the use of art-making in the presence of a therapeutic other produced new insights into the experience of existential solitude for the participants, and applications of this approach are discussed.
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Rep. Jack Kingston tells Newsmax that he is "cautiously optimistic" that Republicans can regain a majority in the House in the November elections -- and if they do they should make repeal of Obamacare their top priority.
The Georgia Republican also said the Obama White House has an "enemies list" -- and warns that the Democrats will likely try to impose a national sales tax in an effort to reduce the massive budget deficit.
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Last year, Michigan lost their NCAA tournament opener to 13th-seeded Ohio. It had been a sour way to finish a season in which Wolverines tied for its first Big 10 title since 1986, but when Burke decided to stay in school after considering an NBA jump, expectations were high for 2012-13.
The Michigan earned their first No. One ranking since the Fab 5 era, but after a 20-1 start, Wolverines stumbled a bit down the stretch in an extremely competitive Gigantic 10. Beilein never showed any public evidence of panic, stressing the fact that his team was younger and needed positive reinforcement.
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McClain's Mat Barton drives to the hoop while being defended by Lynchburg-Clay's Eric McLaughlin, Tuesday at McClain High School. Barton and McLaughlin each led their teams with 26 points. Also pictured is McClain's Jacob Starkey (back), who scored 21 points. (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
Lynchburg-Clay's Damin Pierson (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
McClain's Landree Gray (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
McClain's Jacob Starkey (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
McClain's Dalton Mischal (HCP Photo/Stephen Forsha)
McClain vs. Lynchburg-Clay
11 11 07 18 — 47
12 17 17 21 — 67
— D.Duncan 0 (0) 1-2 1, O.O'Connor 1 (0) 2-2 4, J.Starkey 10 (0) 1-2 21, M.Barton 4 (4) 6-6 26, D.Mischal 5 (1) 0-2 13, B.Rickman 1 (0) 0-0 2.
: 21 (5) 10-14 67.
E.McLaughlin 2 (6) 4-6 26, A.Hilt 0 (3) 0-0 9, B.Croy 0 (0) 1-2 1, T.Lindsey 0 (1) 0-0 3, B.Lampkin 0 (1) 3-3 6, A.Stroop 1 (0) 0-0 2.
: 3 (11) 8-11 47.
GREENFIELD — The McClain Tigers held the lead over visiting Lynchburg-Clay at the conclusion of every quarter, but the exclamation point in the showdown of Highland County on Tuesday night at McClain Gym was a one-handed slam by Jacob Starkey in the final minutes that left no doubt the Tigers were going to be the victors.
The dunk by Starkey with 4:56 left in the quarter put the Tigers ahead by their largest total of the night at 25 points. The play of Starkey and the 26-point team-leading effort of Mat Barton were more than enough to push the Tigers to a 67-47 non-league win over the Mustangs.
Not only did Barton finish with 26 points, but the Tigers had 21 points from Starkey, as the two seniors not only combined for 47 points, but they kept the Mustangs off their game with aggressive defense by forcing steals and scoring points in the paint.
In his 26-point effort, Barton totaled four 3-pointers, four two-point baskets and was 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. Starkey totaled 10 two-point baskets and one free throw.
"It is amazing how you talk defensively and it carries over," MHS head coach Jesse Mitchell said. "I credit coach (Brady) Streitenberger for that as he took the reins over on defense. We played well defensively in our last game at Massie but couldn't score.
"This week I talked to Mat, and I felt he deserved some votes for all-league. I told him to use that for motivation, and Mat knew what I was talking about and he did. He is doing a good job of being a vocal leader, and that goes a long ways. He's been working well with and helping Dalton. And Jacob Starkey … I hope he's getting that little mean streak in him. He's looking to take it to the glass, and he did. This was a good team win for us."
On the side of Lynchburg-Clay (15-6), they were not playing at a full 100-percent as leading scorer Joe Giordano was limited in playing time, but for the Mustangs, they had issues with the McClain defense for most of the game as the Tigers forced the Mustangs to play from outside the three-point line, plus MHS battled tough on the boards, not allowing many second chance opportunities.
For the game, LC totaled just two two-point baskets and 11 3-pointers. They were 8-of-11 from the free-throw line. MHS made five 3-pointers but scored 42 of their 60 points off two-point field goals. MHS was also 10-of-14 from the free-throw line.
"We didn't guard well, and I thought at times we didn't execute what we wanted to defensively," LC head coach Matt Carson said. "I thought we played hard in spurts, but we need to make better decisions at times.
"Credit McClain, they got on a roll and started to believe. They are an athletic ball team, and you catch them on a right night when they are playing well, and we caught them on a right night. Again, credit them, they came out and defended their home court and this is something we are going to have to learn from. We are going to have to learn to do a better job of handling adversity. We'll come back from it and work hard in practice."
McClain (7-14) led by a 12-11 score after the opening eight minutes ticked off the clock, but for most of the quarter LC had the leading score. McClain tied the score at 9-9 following a 3-pointer by Barton with 2:06 left in the opening quarter. LC's Eric McLaughlin put LC back in front with a layup. McLaughlin totaled 26 points for the Mustangs, making six 3-pointers in the loss.
The lead went on favor of MHS in the final 25 seconds of the first quarter with Starkey sinking a free throw and Dalton Mischal stealing the ball and making a layup with two seconds left in the quarter for a 12-11 lead.
The two-point basket by Mischal, who totaled 13 points, put MHS in the lead, and that was a lead they didn't lose for the remaining three quarters. In fact, the second frame didn't fare well for the Mustangs with them giving up 10 straight points in a span of 3:12, as McClain's one-point lead turned into a 22-11 lead with 4:48 left in the first half.
The 10 straight points to start the second for the Tigers began with a fast break layup by Mischal, as the assist and steal went to Barton less than a minute into the quarter. That play forced the Mustangs to call a timeout at the 7:07 mark. Following the break in play, Barton connected from beyond the arc at the 6:35 mark, and another steal and layup by Mischal put the Tigers out front by eight points at 19-11, forcing LC to use a second timeout in a span of less than a minute.
Mischal later sank a 3-pointer with 4:48 left on the clock for the aforementioned 11-point lead. Brian Lampkin broke up what was a 13-0 run dating back to the end of the first frame with a 3-pointer, cutting the MHS lead to eight points. As the game went on, Barton had a steal and layup, and with 2:54 remaining in the second quarter, Barton drilled a 3-pointer to push the Tigers ahead by 12 points at 27-15. The lead later increased to 14 points when Mischal connected with a put-back basket.
The Mustangs answered with a 3-pointer by Austin Hilt and a jumper from AJ Stroop, and following a technical foul on the Tigers to hitting the backboard, Lampkin ended the first half scoring with two converted free throws for a LC deficit of 29-22 at halftime.
The Tigers really broke away from the Mustangs in the third frame, outscoring their Highland County counterpart, 17-7 in the eight-minute quarter. This time, the Tigers in the first four minutes of the frame went on a 10-2 run that included points from Barton, Owen O'Connor, Starkey and Mischal, resulting in two steals for layups, another two points in the paint and a jumper for a 39-24 McClain advantage with 3:53 left in the third.
McLaughlin broke up the scoring with two points around the three-minute mark, but that didn't faze the Tigers with the home team wrapping up the third on a 6-2 scoring differential in the final 2:51 of the third. During that span, Barton sank two free throws, Starkey scored points in the paint and Barton connected with a jumper at the buzzer for a 46-29 lead. Also, in that span of scoring, O'Connor took a charge for the Tigers with 1:04 left in the quarter.
In the fourth, MHS outscored the Mustangs, 21-18 for the 20-point win.
McClan gradually built up their lead to the 20-point mark in the fourth and hit that plateau for the first time in the quarter off a steal and layup by Barton on a fast break with 5:53 left in the game. Later, the lead went to 23 points with Barton making two free throws, then came the one-handed slam by Starkey at the 4:56 mark for a 25-point lead.
McLaughlin put LC on his shoulders by scoring eight straight LC points, but it was too late for the Mustangs with McClain with seven more points on their side of the scoreboard as Dakotah Duncan, Starkey and Bryson Rickman all added to the MHS lead at the end of the game.
Not in the scoring sheet, but just as important for MHS in the win was the defensive output by Landree Gray.
In the fourth quarter, LC's Trevor Lindsey knocked down a 3-pointer, as did Hilt and McLaughlin. McLaughlin sank three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. As for Hilt, he finished the game with three 3-pointers for nine points.
Also scoring in the fourth for LC were Blake Croy and Lampkin.
MHS also won both the freshmen and JV games Tuesday night. MHS won the JV game by a 33-30 score with Dakota Irvin and Kobe Penwell each scoring eight points for MHS. Raymond Connor led LC with 15 points.
The freshman game saw MHS win by a 27-21 score. MHS was led by Preston Anderson with six points, and LC was led by Nicholas Bennington with 10 points.
The Tigers will play in a South Central Ohio League game on Friday, Feb. 18 when they host the Hillsboro Indians.
LC will have a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game on Friday, Feb. 18 when they host the Ripley Blue Jays.
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As technology advances, the process of finding criminals is getting faster. With wireless fingerprint scanners, images are captured instantaneously at the scene of a crime and results come back in roughly seven seconds.
Some of the new technology is being used halfway around the world with a device called the quick capture platform. With a laptop and portable scanner, FBI agents embedded with American troops overseas can quickly identify potential suspects.
According to the FBI, latent prints from improvised explosive devices are checked against tens of thousands of suspected or known terrorists in the database.
The equipment is also used at homeland borders across the U.S.
"We work closely with the U.S. Visit program and they're checking people as they cross at the ports of entry against our system," Pender said.
The technology continues to be developed. The FBI is now adding biometrics to its fingerprint database from iris scans to facial recognition, as part of the FBI's Next Generation Identification program.
Students at West Virginia in nearby Morgantown are helping to develop the NGI program.
"It's a big change," said Dr. Keith Morris of West Virginia University's forensics department. "With technology, it introduces new challenges as well."
According to Morris, one challenge is identifying a face from different angles. His students are now developing programs that would compensate for the various images taken when a criminal is caught on camera.
NGI will also create the first ever nationwide palm print system. Along with finger and palm prints, tattoos will also become searchable.
"I go home every day feeling like I'm making a difference," Pender said. "We're doing
things here improving the security of our country, both criminal types of issues as well as counter
terrorism issues."
The FBI CJIS center in Clarksburg also houses 600,000 fingerprints from unknown criminals who have yet to be found.
Any FBI background check performed on local teachers, counselors or day care workers are also checked through the 60 million print database, An reported.
Stay with 10TV News and 10TV.com for additional information.


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A DRUNK man punching a window and a woman who had fallen and possibly broken a leg are just some of the incidents in the town which led to a busy evening for paramedics on New Year's Eve.
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) recorded 1,993 emergency calls across the region between midnight on New Year's Eve and 6am on New Year's Day with 503 serious and/or immediately life-threatening related-incidents.
Phone lines were so busy that at 3am 999 operators had on average taken one emergency call every 9 seconds from midnight as New Year's Eve revellers partied into the early hours.
Incidents ranged from crews dealing with dog attacks, assaults and firework-related injuries while three crew members were also assaulted while on duty in other areas of the north west.
In Warrington, ambulances were also called to a man who had fallen in the street, a diabetic who had fallen unwell, a man who had fallen in a pub and another man who had fallen and hit his head.
Derek Cartwright, director of emergency service at NWAS, said: "The service always expects a high increase in demand during this time; however we anticipate this surge and managed it appropriately by increasing resources.
"All staff members worked extremely hard both in control rooms managing emergency calls, deploying vehicles, and frontline crews tending to patients.
"It is their dedication and commitment that enables us to continue to deliver excellent service to the people of the North West – a fact that I am sure the general public will recognise.
"I would like to thank everyone involved for their hard work and commitment. " During New Year celebrations at the start of 2013, NWAS dealt with 2,353 calls between 6pm and 6am on New Year's Day.
It meant crews were dealing with 71 per cent more 999 calls on the first day of the year than an average day in 2013.


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Shanti Aboobaker
Political Bureau
THE DEATH of Public Service and Administration Minister Radhakrishna Lutchman "Roy" Padayachie is an untimely loss to SA.
So says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in a tribute to his cabinet colleague and former comrade.
Padayachie was found dead in his hotel room on Friday in Addis Ababa, where he was representing SA on government business.
He turned 62 on May 1.
"Despite his ill-health in recent times, his dedication and approach to public service still drove him to go to Ethiopia. It is this remarkable example that… all of us in public service should strive to emulate," Gordhan said.
He described Padayachie's involvement as part of a "pioneering group of activists and supporters of the Freedom Charter and the congress movement, during a revival in politics in SA, about 10 years after the banning of the ANC and some six years after the Rivonia Trial.
After matriculating from Tagore High School in Clairwood, Padayachie earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the segregated University College for Indians on Salisbury Island in Durban bay.
He later won a scholarship to University College London, where he earned his Master's degree.
Along with fellow student activists like Gordhan, Padayachie helped lead a campaign for the right to be represented by a students' representative council.
He was active in the 1971 revival of the Natal Indian Congress, a forerunner of the United Democratic Front, which he served as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal executive, and helped set up the Chatsworth Housing Action Committee.
"This launched Roy and his generation of activists on a path of unshakeable commitment to non-racialism and democracy and the vision of the Freedom Charter," Gordhan said.
"I am sure Roy would say that he was privileged to be a part of a generation that both defeated apartheid and contributed to building a democratic state and a non-racial, non-sexist society…" Gordhan said.
"Both in his contribution to our historic Struggle and during his service in government, Roy demonstrated his patriotism, his courage to make personal sacrifices and a remarkable commitment and resilience.
"He worked hard, commanded the detail and applied his vast political experience to the challenges of the democratic era."
The ANC provincial secretary in KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala, said the funeral service would begin at 11am at Durban's Sahara Kingsmead Stadium on Wednesday.


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Samsung brands its flexible AMOLED screens as "YOUM"
Samsung recently filed for a trademark on "YOUM" and has now updated its website referring to its flexible AMOLED technology as YOUM. Samsung also filed for trademarks on WAMOLED, FAMOLED, PAMOLED, and TAMOLED.
Samsung's display does not consist of any glass; rather it is comprised of TFT Film, an Organic Layer, an Encap Film, and a Polariser. Samsung describes YOUM as "thinner, lighter, and unbreakable."
While we're sure the "unbreakable" part could probably be challenged, it is still a product that will be very interesting see come to market. Now that Samsung has finally named its creation, we hope that it is close to integrating YOUM into some upcoming gadgets.
source: OLED-Display
14 Comments
1. JSern (Posts: 282; Member since: 22 May 2011)
What if this is used on the coming Google Glass project, you know, just saying
5. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
talk about burning your eyes off... they would be constantly focusing on something that close which would strain them and make for a horrible experience if worn for long durations... idk what the googlasses do but they dont have a screen
and what is the point of flexible displays for smartphones? i know for a lot of other stuff its great.. but i dont want my phone bending all the time..
8. Bangthering_007 (Posts: 36; Member since: 21 Feb 2012)
The whole point of flexible AMOLEDS is not bendable screens but thinner, lighter and more durable OLED screens!! As these screens dont use the traditional glass substrates they can be made more thinner with polymer substrates. ofcourse you get an additional benefit of flexibility but thats not the reason behind the research of these flexible OLEDs.
11. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
ah that makes sense!-- they could also make for some really cool large billboard things on objects
12. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
Billboard things on objects? That would be so futuristic man!
But do you remember the "chameleon phone" project? Where the phone's body changes color and matches it's surroundings? I think they can also use the glass for the body and they'll have the entire phone as a screen (there still should be a main screen though). That way it would trully b a chameleon phone!
14. KIANO (Posts: 82; Member since: 13 Feb 2011)
Speaking of flexibility of screens. Probably no more worries of phone in back pocket when seating.
2. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
9. Walter.D.DROID (Posts: 25; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Well BattleBrat i think I want the same and in 2013 we'll see that come true +.+
3. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
i think Super AMOLED Flex continued with Super AMOLED Flex+ would've been better.
what if the Galaxy S III uses one of these displays? Samsung will be so ahead of the curb! o:
6. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
...for about a month lol
10. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wheb it comes to display tech no one is close to Samsung .. the only way the competition keeps up is through espionage.
13. a_tumiwa (Posts: 378; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Amoled > Super Amoled (sgs1) > Super Amoled Plus (sgs2) > Super Amoled Plus HD (sgs3) > Super Amoled Plus HD Flex/Youm (sgs4)
10 years later...
Hyper Super Duper Amoled Plus HD Extra Flex Core
4. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) (Posts: 535; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
Looking forward to this!


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By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog
MIAMI — A 15-year truce between the city of Miami and the city's homeless could be over.
Miami's commissioners are petitioning the courts to modify the historic consent decree, or settlement, known as Pottinger v. City of Miami, where about 6,000 homeless people, along with the support of American Civil Liberties Union, sued the city claiming that the police had criminalized homelessness. The courts found that criminalization of essential acts performed in public violated various plaintiffs' rights under the Fourth, 14th and Eighth Amendments.
Under the consent decree, the city agreed not to arrest the homeless for such things as sleeping, eating and congregating in public, and pledged not to confiscate and destroy their belongings.
But that may change.
"As you all know things have changed in Miami," said Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who proposed the modifications and described the homeless situation as a "chronic problem" in the city.
"We have exactly 351 homeless people, which represents 40 percent of the total homeless in the county," he said.
City commissioners are considering the hiring the same law firm that fought the landmark case in 1998. They want to modify the definition of "life-sustaining activities" to exclude starting fires to cook meals in public areas, blocking sidewalks, littering, relieving themselves in public and lewd conduct.
The city also wants to give police authority to arrest people who refuse to go to a shelter on three occasions within a 180 day period and to confiscate their belongings. The city also asked the judge to exclude sexual predators from the provisions of the Pottinger settlement.
But before the commissioners can change the decree, they will first have to battle the ACLU.
"We are here to explain to people what the Pottinger lawsuit is about and why this settlement is important for protecting the underprivileged," said Benjamin Waxman, a volunteer lawyer for the ACLU, during a talk with a group of youths in downtown Miami.
"I think what bothers them (the city) is their presence, because they are trying to project the image of Miami as a center of international travel and business, and they see the homeless as interfering with their intentions," said Waxman.
But according to police, commerce and image have little to do with it. They maintain that homeless people scare passersby with aggressive and less-than-civilized behavior, like defecating and urinating in public.
He noted that during the 1998 trial, the judge didn't buy the city's proposal to relegate the homeless to "safe areas."
"The judge found that the 'safe areas' could become 'ghettos' then ruled in our favor," Waxman said.
The ACLU lawyer said he has met with the city's attorney, but has not yet reached an agreement on their request to modify the settlement.
According to Sarnoff, since the 1998 decree, the number of people living on the streets of Miami has dropped dramatically. The homeless population went from 6,000 to around 351, thanks to more shelters and programs dedicated to getting folks off the streets.
But there are still some who are holding out and refuse to accept help. They are referred to by the authorities as "chronic cases.".
One such case involved Ronald Poppo, a homeless man who gained notoriety for being the victim of the horrific "cannibal' attack" on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami. Poppo had lived under the bridge for several years and refused to go to a shelter, until one night when he was attacked by a man who beat him and bit off most of his face above his beard and his left eye, leaving him blind.
The case struck a chord with the public. After the attack it was learned that Poppo had been an outstanding student in school and his family had lost contact with him long ago, but at some point his addictions won the battle and he ended up living on the street.
Waxman and other homeless advocates like Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, said that "nothing good can come from putting (the homeless) in prison."
Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust has $52 million and provides homes and services to those without resources. Miami also is discussing funding of 15 new beds for the homeless, with the county anteing up the cost for another 85.
In other counties like Lee in southwest Florida, homelessness is on the rise. From 2008 to 2011, the number increased by 30 percent. County officials attribute the increase to state funding cuts to mental health and substance abuse programs.
So, in April 2008 the county decided to create a pilot program called Bob Janes Triage Center. The center aims to be an alternative to jail for people living on the street or who are at risk of committing minor, non-violent crimes.
In 2008 the center opened with 22 beds, which grew to 58 by 2010.
The facility is operated as a multi‐agency collaborative effort between Lee County Human Services, the Salvation Army, Lee Mental Health, Lee Memorial Health System, Southwest Florida Addiction Services, the United Way of Lee County, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Lee County and local law enforcement.
But despite that Bob Janes Triage Center receives national recognition—it loses state funding.
None of the city of Miami commissioners were available for comment. Florida Watchdog also tried to contact Sarnoff's press agent by phone and email, and they asked to received the questions by email. They have yet to respond to that email.
Watch the interview with ACLU lawyer Benjamin Waxman.
Contact Marianela Toledo at [email protected] twitter @mtoledoreporter


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Finally got around to finishing my Jemez 50 mile race report. We forgot our camera at home, so unfortunately the pictures are limited. But I put in plenty of extra words to make up for it... It would have been nice to have a camera along as the scenery and course were awesome. This was my first 50 miler and I am pretty happy with how it turned out, no real low points(besides the crazy weather) and ended up 7th overall.
Great race with tough conditions.
Le professeur de trail
Great report until I got to the end. You ran this with only 1800 calories from tailwind??? Is that a typo? If not, that is amazing and you might just have a gift.
Pictures would have been nice but understandable about the camera.
Thanks for sharing.
The incarnation of peacefulness and patience
Awesome run. You had a great first 50 on a tough course and those conditions sound miserable at the end. I guess they decided the blizzard was too much for the rest of the field. Very cool that you were fast enough to get through.
So you went with all liquid calories? I could not do that but then again I am an old slowpoke.
In dog beers, I've only had one.
Yeah, ~1800 calories of Tailwind was my only "food". It has been working great for me. I had planned for closer to 2200 calories, but continue to find that I have a hard time taking in much more than about 150 calories per hour. I was worried I would start to get behind on calories in the 50 mile, but my energy level felt good.
Thanks for reading!
Great run on your 50 mile debut. Hope recovery goes smoothly for you.
I have been waiting to read this report. I am glad you had a great run. Congratulations. I am glad to hear the Tailwind is still working well.
running under the BigSky
congratulations on what sounds like a very tough race! I run in N2's as well, but just not as fast
I had a friend that was running in the 50 mile, he made it in ~ 40 miles before they called him off- he definitely thought it was the right call (he's had to perform RD duties before-obviously not an easy call)
I noticed you wearing a vest in the last pic, looks like an ultraspire. Which one is it? How do you like the vest plus handhelds?
I've been trying that on a few runs here and there lately and I'm trying to decide if I think it could work out for a longer race.
Trail and Ultra Running User Group
AT - Thanks! Recovery is going well. I am really surprised how good I have felt since the race, hardly any soreness.
LB2 - Yep, Tailwind didn't let me down. Good to hear it's working for you as well!
Warden - Love my N2's. I'm excited to see what's next for PI, I've heard rumors of some pretty sweet models coming soon! It was definitely the right choice to call the race. I consider myself pretty backcountry savvy and it got scary out there.
Birdwell - Vest is an Ultraspire surge. I had it in my drop bag with my rain shell loaded inside, just in case I wanted to carry it with. Turns out I didn't need to carry the pack as I should have just put my jacket on at the aid station. So I pretty much just wore an empty pack to the finish. I think it could work well to use a pack to carry food, etc and use handhelds for fluids. I find the handhelds easier to fill and I usually drink more when using them.
Endless trails
What an awesome 50 debut, congrats.
That's one hardcore pre-race breakfast!
Tough race, tough conditions, and you ran an awesome race for your first 50 miler, congratulations!
Thanks guys!
That's one hardcore pre-race breakfast!
That breakfast was not the most enjoyable, but it seemed to do the trick! Next time hopefully I'll remember some salt and pepper.
Excellent RR! Congrats on the high placing and great race in tough conditions on a tough course.
Mark O.
Rocklin, CA
Follower of Forrest
Thats a great debut...Congrats! The race report was a good read too!
6/21 - Manitou's Revenge 54mi
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The cold weather hasn't stopped us from doing anything but I must confess that I have been dreaming about warmer weather and my very favourite season of the year...
Spring! by natashainoz featuring a star necklace
I guess I've been thinking about the warmer weather because many of my American friends shared posts about Summer fun at last week's Say G'day Saturday Linky Party. If you haven't checked out the amazing links from last week yet please just click here!
Here are a few of my favourite summery links:
Sylvia from Sylvia's Simple Life shared some of her thoughts about the simple pleasures of a summer's day. Her post is so beautiful and her photographs are stunning!
Niki from the blog Hello paper Moon repurposed an old attic window into a
wonderful wall feature for her home. I love this idea!
Katie from Team Skelley shared her tips on what to pack for a summer vacation as part of her series on her amazing Disney cruise! If you are planning on going on a Disney Cruise you must visit Katie
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The Happiest Mom on the Blog shared this simple yet brilliant idea for an iPhone Protector for the beach or pool! I will have to remember this for my next beach vacation!
I really love this idea for a Seascape Photo Shadowbox from Pocketful of Dreams which is made with acrylic craft water, something I've never heard of before!
Melissa from Mama Miss shared her instructions for a patriotic pinwheel and a free printable. I love pinwheels and Melissa's red, white and blue version is fabulous!
Finally, Deana from Country Momma Cooks shared her recipe for Berry and Melon Salad. This looks like summer on a plate Deana-YUM!
Thank you so much to every single one of my sweet bloggy friends who joined in. Please feel free to grab an
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Please come back tomorrow to join me for another Say G'Day Saturday Linky party, a weekly link up for recipes, tutorials, DIY projects, gardening tips, instagram pics, Pinterest Round Up Posts, your linky parties...anything at all!
Also, if you haven't already heard about my Let's Get Social {Media} linky party on July 14th please click the button below! This linky party will take the place instead of the Say G'Day Saturday party on July 14 and it will be an opportunity for us to to do a bit of bloggy networking! I hope you will be able to join in!
Today I will be linking up to the following memes:
I hope to see you Saturday so until then, best wishes for a happy Friday!
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AT-TUWANI: Israeli soldiers stop villagers from plowing, assault internationals
30 November 2005
AT-TUWANI: Israeli soldiers stop villagers from plowing, assault
On Monday, 28 November 2005 Palestinians from At-Tuwani plowed and planted
land in Khoruba valley. Before beginning work, Palestinians arranged for an
officer from the Israeli military District Coordinating Office (DCO) to be
present on the land--which lies close to the Israeli settlement outpost of
Havot Ma'on (Hill 833)--during plowing.
The DCO officer failed to show up at the appointed time and did not answer
phone calls from Palestinians inquiring about his presence. After waiting
an hour and a half, the Palestinians began working without the presence of
the military. Diane Janzen, Kristin Anderson, and Amy Knickrehm from CPT
arrived with Operation Dove members to accompany the villagers.
Ten minutes after Palestinians began plowing and planting, settler security
from Ma'on, along with three settler men, arrived and observed from the hill
above. Israeli soldiers arrived forty-five minutes later. After speaking
with the settlers, the soldiers ordered Palestinians to cease work until the
DCO arrived. The Palestinians agreed to wait.
Fifteen minutes later, four Israeli soldiers arrived in a silver truck and
walked down to where the Palestinians were waiting. CPTers and Doves
remained with the Palestinians, documenting the soldiers' orders with
photographs and videotape. Immediately, soldiers demanded that the
Palestinians move up the hill, further away from the settlement. As CPTers
and Doves photographed the incident, soldiers began to shove, grab, and
chase the internationals who were holding cameras. Soldiers confiscated two
digital cameras and one video camera, and detained one member of Operation
Shortly afterwards, members of the Israeli peace groups Ta'ayush and Rabbis
for Human Rights arrived to document the situation, and act as advocates for
the Palestinians attempting to work their land. One hour later, after the
Israeli advocates negotiated with the soldiers, soldiers released the Dove
and returned the cameras.
Following the incident, Israeli police arrived on scene to investigate,
speaking with the settlers and taking a statement from Ma'on settler
security. When the internationals requested that police take their
statements regarding the soldiers assaulting them, a policeman told them,
"If you file complaints against the soldiers they will file complaints
against you, charging you with holding onto soldiers' weapons, and you will
be arrested."
An Israeli military commander for the At-Tuwani area arrived, saying
although "the civil administration doesn't have any decision on the
[ownership of] the land," the military was declaring it a closed military
zone, effectively preventing Palestinian access to the land. The commander
also told the internationals that the soldiers had behaved inappropriately.
"You have a right to take photos as you like," he told them.
At 4:30 p.m. the Palestinians, Israeli peace activists and internationals
left the area. Several military personnel remained in the area for the
closed military zone order to arrive. Palestinians from At Tuwani told
internationals that they would continue to work their land, aided by their
Israeli lawyer, who has documents proving both Palestinian ownership and the
illegality of military interfering with Palestinian access to their fields.
Photos of the incident are available at:


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The main storyline of the Phoenix Suns' 2013-14 season has been beaten like a dead horse.
Like a broken record, we've heard over and over: no one saw this coming. The whole thing, from beginning to end, was a drawn out surprise.
And, reflecting on the out-of-nowhere season that ended with 48 wins, the team's owner placed himself among the throng of surprised.
"I didn't think it was going to be as bad as most people thought, but I didn't think we'd win 48 games," Suns owner Robert Sarver told Burns and Gambo on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM on Friday. "But I remember sitting during the first game and watching Miles Plumlee and my 14-year-old was looking at me like, 'Holy smokes! Where'd we get these guys?'"
For Sarver — the man signing the checks and presiding over the entire organizational rebuild — the plan was never to lose. But to win at the rate his team did — that threw even him for a loop.
"The idea was to try to have players who could be a part of the next (great) Suns team, not trying to intentionally get bad," he explained.
Prior to the season, most pundits branded the Suns as prime candidates to "tank" — intentionally selling off their best talent in order to position themselves for a high draft pick. Sarver, president of basketball operations Lon Babby and general manager Ryan McDonough bucked against that philosophy, though.
"We wanted to play with young players, but we wanted to play good with young players. We also wanted to see what some of our younger guys could really do," he said.
"I wouldn't call it tanking, but we were playing with youth in the rebuilding process."
The Suns explored the idea of tanking by studying past teams in similar situations to theirs who chose that route for their rebuild, as the owner described to the show.
"We went back and did a study (of) the last 24 years of all teams who went through what we call the tanking process — defined as really trying to get bad — and the average team took seven to eight years to get back into the playoffs," he said. "So we didn't really think that was a good option.
"There's no guarantees you're going to win the lottery. There's no guarantees you're going to draft the right people. You may end up with a bunch of young players but you still may not be good."
The Suns, on the other hand, proved that they already were good. Their 48 wins were the second most ever by a team that didn't qualify for the playoffs. Only the 1971-72 Suns, who won 49 games, had more victories without clinching a playoff berth.
And although Sarver was surprised by the final win tally, he says he knew his young team would be good after seeing them play just three games.
8-18-17 The Sports Kabob with Jarrett Carlen
Friday August 18
Topics include Chick Fil A, Taylor Swift + guy getting hit in groin. It's sports news skewered.
8-11-17 The Sports Kabob with Jarrett Carlen
Friday August 11
Topics include North Korea, Jay Cutler, and the Rally Granny. It's sports news skewered.
Big Deal...or No Deal?
Thursday August 10
A new playcaller, reclassification and Bill Murray watches the Groundhog Day Musical...again
Yay or Nay?
Wednesday August 9
There is no one you'd trade DJ for, Dodgeball is the best Ben Stiller movie + more.
Mock My World - Most Entertaining Personalities in Sports
Tuesday August 8
Vince, Dan, Erin and Jarrett draft the most entertaining sports personalities of all-time.


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Iraq war aims
Coalition commanders are anxious to stress that the fighting in Iraq isn't finished yet - but it does seem that with most of the country now in British and US hands, the war has effectively been won.
But: has the coalition achieved what it set out to do?
For Parris, the ends have not justified the means: the war has not been worth it.
But, for William Shawcross, the victory over Saddam has imposed order on a country suffering from chaos and genocide.
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This is response to the proposed new Rules for Representation of Others Before the USPTO.
Several suggested Rules, namely Sections 11.19(c)(1)(ii) and (iii), 11.24, 11.25 and 11.803(f)(4) are in clear violation of the authority granted the Director under 35 U.S.C. § 32, and thus should be deleted, or modified.
Under 35 U.S.C. § 32, Suspension or Exclusion From Practice,
The Director may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or exclude, either generally or in any particular case, from further practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, any person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent or disreputable, or guilty of gross misconduct ..The Director shall have the discretion to designate any attorney who is an officer or employee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to conduct the hearing required by this section.
Sections 11.19(c)(1) and 11.804(f)(4)
Proposed Section 11.19, Disciplinary Jurisdiction, Section (c) Misconduct—grounds for discipline. (1) Practitioners, reads as follows:
Acts or omissions by a practitioner.constituting gross misconductshall constitute misconduct and shall be grounds for discipline Grounds for discipline include:
(ii) Conviction of a crime (see §§ 11.24,
11.803(d) and 11.804(b));
(iii) Discipline imposed by another jurisdiction (see §§ 11.24, 11.803(e)(1) and (f)(4));
35 U.S.C. § 32 requires that the practitioner to be disciplined be guilty of gross misconduct, which means that the practioner must have committed whatever conduct the practitioner is to be found guilty of.
Conviction of a crime (ii above), or Discipline imposed in another jurisdiction (iii above) is not conduct of a practitioner, but is conduct of another. Only the conduct of the practitioner resulting in the conviction or discipline can reasonably be considered conduct of the practitioner. While a conviction or discipline may be a result of acts of misconduct of the practitioner, and may be evidence, perhaps even conclusive evidence, of misconduct, they are not, per se, "conduct of a practitioner". The same analysis is applicable to Section 11.803(f)(4).
Therefore, these Sections should either be deleted, or alternatively, recite what is currently inherent therein, namely the phrase "Conduct which results in" before the term "Conviction" or "Discipline", respectively. Otherwise, they would be inconsistent with the intent of the regulation, and of the statute which gives authority for the regulation.
The reason these corrections are suggested is that otherwise, the director would be given an apparent, and in violation of the statute, authority to discipline an attorney who had commited misconduct more than five years before disciplinary proceedings were brought against him by the Director. These proceedings are barred by the Statute of Limitations, see Johnson v. SEC, 87 F.3d, 484 (D.C.Cir. 1996); 3M Company v. Browner, 17 F.3d 1453 (D.C. Cir. 1994). However, if these improper words were incorrectly literally interpreted by the Director as authorizing him to bring disciplinary proceedings within five years of the disbarment, the attorney would have to defend himself as to the improper interpretation above.
The proposed regulation is contrary to the position the
USPTO itself espoused in an Action Paper prepared for the
USPTO 21st Century Strategic Plan, entitled Monitor
Practitioner Adherence to Rules of Practice, Disciplinary
Proceedings, found at the following USPTO web site,
In this paper, the USPTO is concerned with how it can
discipline practitioners violating the disclosure
requirements of 37 CFR §1.56, when in practice,
knowledge of such misconduct would not be obtained until
after the five-year statute of limitations had expired. The
Action paper includes the following:
? The current Disciplinary Rules prohibit a practitioner from knowingly violating or causing to be violated the requirements of 37 CFR 1.56. Final decisions by courts that a practitioner has engaged in inequitable conduct in obtaining a patent, e.g., by withholding material information, usually occur more than five years after the conduct first occurred. By statute, 28 U.S.C. 2462, a disciplinary action cannot be brought against such practitioners unless the action is taken within five years from the date when the event first occurred. See Johnson v. SEC, 87 F.3d 484 (D.C. Cir. 1996); 3M Company v. Browner, 17 F.3rd 1453 (D.C. Cir. 1994). (Emphasis added).
? A new section for the Patent Statute has been drafted to codify the doctrine of inequitable conduct and narrow the scope of conduct constituting inequitable conduct by requiring intent. The number of cases involving inequitable conduct by registered practitioners is expected to be few. However, those few cases should be subject to investigation and, where appropriate, disciplinary action. The draft provides an opportunity to set a new statute of limitations for addressing court decisions containing a factual finding that a practitioner engaged in inequitable conduct in obtaining a patent. (Emphasis added).
? Option 1: Provide in the new statutory section that final decisions containing findings that a practitioner engaged in inequitable conduct be referred to the OED. Further provide in the statutory section that no disciplinary action can be brought against a practitioner unless the action is taken within five years from the date of when a final decision is entered by a court of record, and the decision holds a patent unenforceable for inequitable conduct and contains a factual finding of inequitable conduct by the practitioner. (Emphasis added).
Section 11.24 and 11.25
Section 11.24 Interim Suspension and Discipline based on
Reciprocal Discipline should be deleted in its entirety since
it would be in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 32.
Section 11.24 (b) reads as follows:
Notice to Show Cause and Interim Suspension. (1) Following receipt of a certified copy of the record, the USPTO Director shall enter an order suspending the practitioner from practice before the Office and afford the practitioner an opportunity to show cause, within 40 days, why an order for identical disciplinary action should not be entered.
Such suspension is in direct contravention of 35 U.S.C. § 32 that allows suspension only after a hearing before a Hearing Officer.
Section 11.24 also raises the likelihood of unequal treatment of attorneys in different jurisdictions, as well as between registered practitioners attorneys and agents, to wit:
1. An agent, not being a member of a Bar, cannot be disbarred or suspended. An attorney can be suspended or disbarred. If the misconduct occurred more than five years before the USPTO brings a Complaint, the agent cannot be accused of misconduct by OED since the five-year statute of limitation period within which formal action must be taken to discipline a practitioner has expired. See Johnson v. SEC, 87 F.3d, 484 (D.C.Cir. 1996); 3M Company v. Browner, 17 F.3d 1453 (D.C. Cir. 1994).
However, if the language in Section 11.19 is not corrected as suggested above, and the USPTO considers the bar suspension or disbarment to be the misconduct of the attorney which starts the five-year statute of limitations anew, the attorney would be able to be disciplined by OED, while jurisdiction could not be had over the agent.
Such a result would also be contrary to the fundamental
premise underlying the statute of limitations as enunciated
by the court in the 3M v. Browner decision -- that it is
inappropriate for a government regulator to wield such an
open-ended penalty, and that the purpose of the statute of
limitation is to impose on the initiator of the action the
obligation to take the action within a sufficiently short
time to afford the respondent of that action reasonable
opportunity to defend his conduct before memories fade,
witnesses disappear and evidence lost.
2. An attorney may be disciplined in one State for certain conduct not deemed subject to discipline by another State. By making the suspension or disbarment the criteria justifying identical reciprocal action by the USPTO, without allowing a Hearing Officer to make a decision based on the nature of the conduct, the Section subjects the process to a charge of being arbitrary and capricious.
The same illegalities are found in Section 11.25, since suspension occurs before a hearing.
Respectfully submitted,
Sol Sheinbein
Registration No. 25,457


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Pakistan ditches privatisation plan
Pakistan has been forced to abandon plans for a $1bn privatisation programme this year.
Privatisation minister Altaf Saleem said the plans could no longer proceed in their entirety because the threat of military action against neighbouring Afghanistan was discouraging potential foreign investors.
Many foreign companies are pulling their expatriate staff out of Pakistan, or are stopping them from travelling there, because of the risk of unrest.
Renewed tension in Kashmir - territory which is claimed by both India and Pakistan - could exacerbate the situation, analysts have said.
That, said Mr Saleem, means that the due diligence necessary to assess whether an investment is financially worthwhile has become impossible.
The government will postpone the sale of nine oil and gas fields and a 26% shareholding in state telephone firm Pakistan Telecommunications.
In total, Pakistan planned to raise $3bn from asset sales in the next 12 months.
Some progress
Mr Saleem told the BBC's World Business Report that the part of the programme which local business was interested in would still go ahead.
"We are making some tactical adjustments but we are not shelving the privatisation programme," he insisted.
"As for the programme which involves foreign investment, there are naturally right now some travel restrictions," he said.
Of the planned $1bn tranche hoped for between October and December 2001, Mr Saleem said 30% would be raised as planned.
He emphasised that as soon as travel restrictions were eased, then foreign investors would return to the country.
Asked whether Pakistan might be tarnished by its association with Afghanistan, Mr Saleem said: "We are with the world community in the fight against terrorism."
Export troubles
The news comes amid a mixed outlook for Pakistan's economy in the wake of the 11 September attacks on the US and the growing prospect of military action in Afghanistan.
Officials in Pakistan are warning that exporters, especially of textiles, are seeing orders for the US and Europe collapse or, at best, get put on hold.
That could mean a shortfall of as much as $1bn-1.5bn on Pakistan's export target for this year of $10.1bn.
If exports do slow, the damage to Pakistan's economy - already burdened by more than $80bn in debt, hit by recent drought and now having to support more than two million Afghan refugees - could be serious.
But the lifting of sanctions, imposed after the tit-for-tat nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, could help, as could the rescheduling of over $800m in debt by Japan and the US.
And the finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, is now predicting 4% growth for the year ending in June 2002, thanks to rapidly-improving harvests of both food and cotton.
Last year, the economy grew by 2.8%. Economists' forecasts see growth of between 3% and 3.5% this year.
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Rocker Phil Collins has to tape drumsticks to his hands when he's on stage or in the studio - because nerve damage in his hands means he can no longer grip them. The Genesis' star, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with his bandmates in early March, had to stop playing altogether in 2009 because of pain to his spinal cord.
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Herrin is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,501 at the 2010 census. It is home to country music star David Lee Murphy, the hometown of baseball's Ray Chapman, and the hometown of San Diego State University men's basketball coach Steve Fisher, as well as Medal of Honor recipient Joseph William Ozbourn.
The city is part of the Marion-Herrin Micropolitan Area and is a part of the Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, Illinois Combined Statistical Area with 123,272 residents, the sixth most populous Combined statistical area in Illinois. The city is also part of the Metro Lakeland area.
The settlement of Herrin started out as scattered settlers on Herring's Prairie named for the first permanent settler Isaac Herring, a Baptist preacher. Later, his son-in-law David Herrin arrived and the similarity in names led to the eventual shortening of the name to just Herrin's Prairie. The trails from Jordan's fort to Humphreys' ford on the Big Muddy River intersected the old trail from Lusk's ferry at modern-day Golconda to Kaskaskia.
Isaac Herring entered the first land in what became Herrin on 4 November 1816, two years before Illinois became a state. He paid $2 an acre for the . At the time he lived to the west in Jackson County, the land entry was the northeast quarter off Section 30, Township 8 South, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian. Today that area runs between 17th and 27th Streets, and from West Cherry Street on the north to West Stotlar Street on the south.
David Ruffin Harrison started storekeeping on the prairie in 1858. During the Civil War, he built a frame store building and secured a fourth class post office that opened on 26 May 1864. After coal was discovered and mining began in nearby Carterville, Harrison, and his cousins Ephraim Snyder Herrin and Mrs. Williams in 1892 prospected for coal beginning at the southwest corner of Williams' farm, identified in 1939 as the corner of Legion Boulevard and East Herrin St. (Legion Blvd no longer appears on the maps, but the reference indicates the intersection was the North and North East public roads. The 1908 county atlas shows North East Public Road two blocks east of Park Avenue which would make it North 13th Street). "The men put up the cash, Mrs. Williams boarded the workers. A fine vein of coal was found at 185 feet."
In 1895, the Chicago and Carbondale Railroad organized the purpose of laying tracks between the Illinois Central railroad at Carbondale with the new Chicago, Paducah and Memphis Railroad that had opened up in 1894 going through the central part of the county. (This one later became the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad). Herrin convinced the developers to take their line between Carbondale and Johnston City through Herrin. Soon after it opened, the line was sold to the Chicago and Texas railroad in the fall of 1895. The following spring on 8 May 1896, the post office changed to Herrin post office and cousins Harrison and Herrin, great-grandsons of Isaac Herring made plans for a new town. They platted a 40-acre site divided by the line between Sections 19 and 30 of the township. They filed the plat 4 December 1896. The community incorporated as a village on 21 March 1898, and as a city two years later on 17 April 1900.
Herrin was the site of the 1922 Herrin massacre, during which two union miners and 19 strike-breakers were killed.
Herrin also had a recreational park, White City Park. It had a salt water swimming pool, rides and a theater. It also had the big bands play at the time. The Dorsey Brothers and Frank Sinatra played bocce ball and performed there. White City Park opened on Memorial Day 1924 with 5000 in attendance. President Harry S Truman came to Herrin in September 1948. Three future presidents came to Herrin: Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Gerald Ford came to the Herrin-Marion airport in the 1970s.
At one time Herrin had 10 hotels, many clothing stores, grocery stores as well as department stores. Of the grocery stores Herrin has had over the years, only Louie's P&R is still open.
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