text: Riverside slips past GW 64-59 By Tommy R. Atkinson February 27, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some way, somehow, Riverside has been able to keep its team on the same page through all the turmoil that has swirled around the program, and the players were rewarded Wednesday night.Junior forward Tyus Wood poured in 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the visiting Warriors upset state-ranked George Washington 64-59 in the semifinals of the Class AAA Region 3 Section 1 tournament in front of a crowd of about 400.The third-seeded Warriors (9-14), whose head coach was suspended three weeks ago, face top-seeded and No. 3 South Charleston (21-2) in the section championship at 7 p.m. Friday at the SC Community Center. Riverside has already ensured itself of a spot in the regionals since both teams from the section finals move on.Second-seeded GW (18-5), No. 6 in the final Associated Press poll, had advanced the past two years to the state championship game, losing last year after winning it all in 2011. The Patriots shaded Riverside by three points during the regular season.Riverside never trailed Wednesday and was only tied twice while shooting 53.3 percent (24 of 45) and winning its biggest game of the year. The Warriors held a 30-19 advantage at halftime and saw their lead balloon to as many as 15 points (44-29) in the third quarter before withstanding a furious rally by GW.Riverside coach Dusty Herscher and his staff were suspended indefinitely and Principal Valery Harper has declined to elaborate why or how long the suspension will last. Harper did acknowledge that the Warriors' Jan. 30 home victory against Parkersburg was forfeited for use of an ineligible player.When Herscher and his staff were suspended, Scott Garretson, the current Riverside girls coach, and former Warriors boys coach Danny Hill stepped in for two games. Chad Metten was named the interim boys coach two weeks ago. Metten, who was part of Herscher's staff, played at Davis & Elkins from 2000-03. Metten's first game as head coach was Riverside's 60-59 loss at Nitro in the MSAC sixth-place game Friday. Garretson has remained as an assistant to Metten."We just tried to stay as a team,'' said Wood, who shot 9 of 17 from the field and converted all seven of his free-throw attempts. "Just a big family like we say we are. Just picking each other up when we were down.''Patriots senior guard and state player of the year candidate Luke Eddy scored seven of his 23 points in less than a minute at the end of the third period to cut the deficit to three points (44-41) heading into the final period.After GW senior guard Austin Breeden netted five straight points on a 3-pointer and layup to knot the game at 51-all, Riverside responded with a 6-0 run to go in front 57-51 behind a 3 from Tamar Lawson, Wood's two foul shots and Reed's free throw. "Give Coach Metten and Coach Garretson credit for getting that thing together and getting them to play like that,'' said GW coach Rick Greene. "They hit shots. I thought when we caught them maybe we had them on the ropes, and they answered. I thought our kids played really hard and did all they could do.''The Patriots pulled within two points (60-58) one last time on freshman post Cameron Hoston's three-point play on a putback and free throw. Wood then came right back, nailing both ends of a 1-plus-1 for a 62-58 edge with 26.7 seconds remaining.Breeden was fouled with 11.3 seconds to go and made the back end of a two-shot foul for a three-point deficit (62-59). The Patriots couldn't find anybody to foul on the inbound and Wood swooped in uncontested for a layup with 5.2 seconds left to set the final score. Eddy put up a 3 in vain just inside the half-court line, but missed.Eddy, who was hounded all night by Riverside freshman Quan Brock and sophomore Lawson and met a wall of players whenever he drove to the lane, made just 7 of 22 shots, including 1 of 8 from long range. "They've gone through a lot lately,'' said Metten of his players. "I know these kids are talented and I know they have heart. They've been hearing that their whole lives, but it's the Riverside that never makes it."They're playing for the name on that chest, Riverside. They're tired of hearing, 'Riverside full of talent, can't win the big one.' This is only step one, though. I had a feeling we were more athletic than [GW] so we tried to take advantage of it. The boys listened and played hard.''Riverside senior center Nick Light added 15 points and 10 rebounds while senior point guard Marcus Reed contributed eight points, five boards and four assists. Lawson chipped in nine points.Breeden finished with 15 points and seven boards for GW and Hoston contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds.Metten said he hasn't heard anything about the Riverside coaching situation."All I know is I'm interim head coach right now till further notice,'' he said. "I don't even know where they're at with all that. I have no idea. I came back for the kids. They needed somebody, so I came back for them.'' Reach Tommy R. Atkinson at email@example.com or 304-348-4811. 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Hi everyone,
I want to share with you some personal observations concerning meditation.and i am hoping someone can help me..
I really enjoy meditating but i find that if i do it constantly my sleep pattern becomes disturbed.It's not that i'm an insomniac i'm not actually and usually have no trouble going to sleep. But the same pattern has been repeating over and over again ever since i first started meditating.When i notice this happening i have to STOP meditating all together and stick to just reading dhamma books.Which is unfortunate if your determined to practice the dhamma and have your goals set on Nibbanna.
When i go to sleep it's like my brain refuses to shut down or lose consciousness i am constantly aware of my dreams which are lucid and some of you have advised me to just ignore as it is just "another phenomenon" as it arises and passes but..the thing is..sometimes i feel this light sensation almost like my ..i don't know what to call it.. about to lift out of my body..like i'm expanding out and up..getting larger..like a baloon... up into the ceiling sensation and this WILL ALWAYS scare me into waking up. it leaves me scared. when i try to go back to sleep, i have these micro sleeps and that disturbs and wakes me and leave me in a half sleep state all through out the night. it is affecting my lifestyle especially with work.i get very tired at work.And it doesn't look very good with my boss and all. I went to the doctors to seek help and they prescribed me sleeping pills and it helps a bit but am still a little conscious and a little aware.it's like when i meditate it's very hard to lose consciousness or awareness during sleep.
I know some of you have advised me not to meditate at night or before bed,but i tried just meditating in the early morning and keeping it short but that's enough to cause this phenomenon to happen at least for a good 4 days.Although its effect gradually lessen.The only way i can solve this problem is If i stop meditating all together, the lucid dreaming and sensations subsides until i sleep normally and lose awareness normally.But the downside is i'm not meditating any more.
It's just i feel like it's really inhibiting me.I feel very sad because i truly want to progress.But i don't want to deal with this phenomenon.It's not just the sleep patterns..but the dreams i have are very just not the usual types of dreams i have.Normally i don't even remember my dreams but now it's even hard to separate it from reality.which can be terrifying to be honest.it disturbs me through out the night..and leaves me drained when i wake up because of lack of sleep.
I just feel hypersenstive.i mean i'm a very sensitive person to begin with even before i became a Buddhist.But i never had sleep problems.I got no other word to describe it.I could almost SWEAR that meditation is making me ultra sensitive. which i don't know if it is normal or not.Is it possible that meditation could be giving me a different result.I feel inner peace and calmness and even bliss,and truly enjoy meditation.i do it when i'm happy or sad.Or even when i'm not in the mood or agitated.i just do it. when i'm awake i can feel the positive effects of meditation but when i go to bed it's like i have to note all these disturbing dreams and disturbing sleep patterns..i mean dreams are like everything in your subconscious..and there's Sooo many things going on...not to mention all the other unexplainable things..like past lives,dejavus etc and i could just note it arise and pass and ignore it all but that sensation of floating..that's what actually bothers me because i physically wake up scared and it disturbs my sleep.I really feel like i'm going through an important event as crazy as this may sound..i feel like i'm dying..like i am going through death.so i find it extremely hard to ignore or note.
so can anyone kindly advice me on this please..am i doing something wrong with my practice..is this normal...
Has anyone ever encountered the same problem..please inbox me at least...
i know i'm not making much sense and but i would really appreciate any help.
Thank You
I won't give up!
I also like to know...can meditation have negative results..I see this as a negative result..


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Texas Farm Bureau recently conducted a public opinion survey of Texans about food. Those surveyed readily told us that they didn't know much about how food was grown, didn't know much about GMOs, didn't know much about pesticides and herbicides or the use of other modern food production practices.
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It reminds me a bit of a parrot who will mimic whatever he is told and poops on everything else. These consumers search GMO or chemicals on the internet and find pages and pages of pseudo-science by agenda-driven people who have learned to manage Google better than agriculture has.
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PHOENIX -- Joe Panik has arrived in the Giants clubhouse, but his glove has not.
The 23-year-old infielder was called up from Triple-A Fresno early Saturday morning, and he joined the Giants in Phoenix for their game against the D-backs, but most of his baseball equipment is in a connecting city.
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To make room for Panik, the Giants optioned outfielder Juan Perez to Fresno and designated pitcher Jake Dunning for assignment.
Panik, the 29th overall pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, got the call that he would be joining the Giants at about 1:30 in the morning and quickly called his parents in New York.
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Panik was raking before the Giants called him up. At Fresno, he was hitting .321 in 74 games with a .829 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage).
"This year, I felt like this offseason I prepared myself well physically," he said.
"I didn't try to press this year; I didn't try to do too much because I knew if I played my game, everything would work out."
Panik, whom MLB.com ranked as the Giants' No. 14 prospect, said manager Bruce Bochy hadn't discussed what his role with the team would be, but Bochy did say that Panik will likely make his first start against the D-backs on Sunday. Panik pinch-hit in the eighth inning Saturday and earned a walk.
"He's doing a real nice job," Bochy said. "This is a promotion he's earned. ... And we think at this point we could use some help at second base."
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"Black Friday continues to be an important day in retail," said Bill Martin, ShopperTrak founder. "This year, though, more retailers than last year began their 'doorbuster' deals on Thursday, Thanksgiving itself. So while foot traffic did increase on Friday, those Thursday deals attracted some of the spending that is usually meant for Friday."
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I've read many things all different, and kind of confusing. When a light hit a surface, it is either reflected in part or in whole, or absorbed, to preserve and distibute the light energy without adding or removing from it (conservasion of energy), but is the following correct and true?... if frand(0..1) \< material.color.max(0..1) then reflect else absorb, and if reflect, then the reflected.light = incoming.light * material.color?
The part that's not reflected is absorbed. (Or, in the case of a transparent surface, the part that's not reflected is transmitted.)
So if you calculate reflected light = incoming * material color, then that's the reflected light, period. No need to do any randomization type of stuff.
This tends to create photons with a wide distribution of values. Some photons are directly from a light source and will be very bright while others have been bounced a few times and are dim. This is not wrong - you'll still get a correct rendering result - but my understanding is that the trouble with this is it tends to worsen the noise. You'll need more photons and/or more rendering time to get a high-quality image.
So in photon mapping, people often take some steps to try to keep all the photons at about the same power. One way to do this is, instead of multiplying each photon by the material color when it gets reflected, you randomly either absorb the photon or reflect it. If you forget about colors and think about monochrome rendering for a minute, you can see that if you have a surface that reflects 20% of the light, that it's equivalent to either reflect all the photons and multiply each one's power by 0.2, or reflect only 20% of the photons but keep the same power (the rest are absorbed, i.e. thrown away).
In full-color rendering you have three different color channels (or more) but you can only pick one probability to reflect the photon, so people usually pick the max of the three colors or the average of them. Then you have to multiply the photon by material color divided by whatever probability you used. That ensures the photon gets colored properly, but the amount of reflected light is correct overall.
Then you have to multiply the photon by material color divided by whatever probability you used
What do you mean by "divided by whatever probability you used"?
Um - the arithmetic operation of division. photon power * material color / probability.
:lol: Yes, but what probability? I mean, if I absorb it when frand(0..1) > color.max, and bounce it when not, isn't that probability of it's own?
I'm talking about the probability you'd use to choose whether to reflect it. As in "you can only pick one probability to reflect the photon, so people usually pick the max of the three colors or the average of them. Then you have to multiply the photon by material color divided by whatever probability you used".
ok, so if I have a probability of frand(0..1) say 0.8 and 0.8 > color.max then the reflectedColor = color * material / 0.8 ?
If you meant "reflect if frand(0, 1) \< 0.8", then yes.
oh! do you mean that 0.8 is the reflection factor? In this case, 80% as in a slightly smoked mirror? If not, then I'm still confused! I thought that color.max is used with frand to know if it is to be reflected or not!
The material color is the reflection factor; they're the same thing. A material looks like a certain color because it reflects different fractions of R, G, and B light.
But you don't have separate R, G, and B photons (well, you could, but this isn't the way it's typically done); you just have a photon, and you must decide whether to reflect or absorb it. You must somehow condense three numbers, the RGB material color, down to one number, the probability for reflecting or absorbing.
A reasonable way to do this is to choose the max of the RGB components (although personally I would probably choose the weighted average by eye sensitivies to R, G, and B, rather than the max).
But when you reflect the photon it must pick up the material color. So you multiply the photon color by the material color. But now you've incorporated the material color twice - once to calculate the probability to reflect a photon, and once to modify the photon color. That's wrong, so you must compensate. You can do this by dividing the photon color by the probability. That way the photons still pick up the material color but the total amount of reflected light is correct.
In other words, you're splitting the material color into an overall intensity - which tells you the probability to reflect a photon - and the actual color part, which tells you how to change the color of a photon when it reflects. These two when multiplied together must give the original material color, so it follows that the "color part" = material color / probability.
ok, that make sense. So I have a function...
float Luminance(const vec3 clr) { return 0.212671f * clr.r + 0.71516f * clr.g + 0.072169f * clr.b; }
So the probability of reflection is...
bool p = frand(0..1) \< Luminance(materialColor);
if (p) { reflectedColor = photon * materialColor / Luminance(materialColor); }
Is that right?
Yep, that looks right.
Looking on the net for renders of the Cornell box (red and blue walls), I don't see any with strong color bleeding. Is that correct? I mean, if I were to paint my bedroom with a red and blue walls and turn on the light, wouldn't the white walls appear much more red and blue from what we see in renders? Maybe I got to try that :lol:
Color bleeding is kinda the whole point of the Cornell box. But color bleeding isn't always very strong; it depends on how saturated and intense the colors are.
True! But have you ever seen a photo of a room painted (red/blue) just like the Cornell box to see how the colors are bleeding? Ik now they have a small model they made. but it's not red/blue, and it's a model, not a real big room like a bedroom or bigger.
No, I haven't seen such a photo. But the size doesn't matter as long as everything is to scale, including the light source. And the colors don't matter either as long as the side walls are two different colors.
ok, thanks Reedbeta. But let me bug you some more :wub:
I've been trying to make my lights nice and I have a hard time. What I mean is, take the Cornell box for example, the light on the ceiling is square. When I render that, the light is not anti-aliased because it is so bright. So what I did is store the photon comming out of the light right where it leaves the light. Looks ok on large lights, but again, no anti-alias on small lights because the area is so small and packed with photons. So I dumped that and instead I read the light color at trace time, but the light is almost black! So I don't know how to handle this, and for glass for example, I like to have the light shinning on them, but it's eather very faint or too bright that it looks stupid! Any idea? you are the genius
I'm not sure I understand what the problem is. Of course, if you are raytracing and you hit a light source, it should return the color of the light. The light should get antialiased the same way everything else does, i.e. by shooting more rays per pixel. I didn't get what you were trying to do with storing the emitted photons at the light - that doesn't make sense because the photon map represents incoming light at a surface, not outgoing (reflected or emitted) light.
One thing to check is that the total photon power is scaled correctly. If you set the radiance of the light - that is, the color that rays return when they hit it - then you can calculate the total power as light color * pi * the area of the light's geometry. (The pi is to convert from radiance to irradiance, i.e. it's the integral of cos(theta) over the hemisphere.) This total power should equal the total power of all photons emitted from that light.
I was trying something new but like you said, it makes no sense. So I did whaty you said, and it works perfect for one light only. But when I have more than one light, each with different power and size, they come out dark gray!?
When you have multiple light sources, are you keeping the photon power scaled correctly, so the total power of all the photons emitted from each light equals light color * pi * area of that light? You'll have to increase the number of photons when you add more lights, or else increase the power on each photon, if you keep the same total number of photons.


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An Indiana attorney will ask the state's Supreme Court to reconsider a controversial decision that involves police entry into homes.
The original case started with the arrest of Richard Barnes in Evansville, a city in the far southwestern corner of the state.
In late 2007 Evansville police tried to enter Barnes' home after being called to quell a domestic disturbance between Barnes and his wife. According to court records, Barnes told officers that they were not needed. Barnes and his wife tried heading back to their apartment. Police followed and then asked to be allowed inside. Barnes refused and shoved an officer. The officer entered anyway and subdued Barnes. Police eventually charged Barnes and a court convicted him on a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest.
Barnes attorney Erin Berger challenged the conviction on the grounds that police didn't have a warrant. The Indiana Appeals Court agreed. But after a ruling last week, the Indiana Supreme Court says Hoosiers cannot resist police entry into their home, even if that entry is illegal.
In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David wrote, "the right to reasonably resist an unlawful police entry into a home is no longer recognized under Indiana law."
David added that a resident's refusal to allow an officer entry could lead to further violence. The court says a resident can challenge the entry in court at a later time. But Justice Richard Rucker, a Gary native, dissented.
"A citizen's right to resist unlawful entry into her home rests on a very different ground, namely, the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution," Rucker wrote. "In my view the majority sweeps with far too broad a brush by essentially telling Indiana citizens that government agents may now enter their homes illegally - that is, without the necessity of a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances."
Berger's taking the usual step in asking the court to reconsider its ruling.
"The breath of the decision would absolutely allow a police officer to enter a home for no reason, whether there's a warrant or not, whether there's extenuating circumstances or not," Berger said Wednesday. "Citizens no longer have the right to even tell the officer 'No,' and close the door against the officer's hand."
Following the ruling, threats have been made against the judges of the Indiana Supreme Court, and protesters have planned a march in Indianapolis for next week.
Indiana lawmakers are also considering amending the law so police within the state follow protections laid out in the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment.


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Shippers of Georgia fall vegetables expect normal seasonal shipments of bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, sweet corn, green beans, eggplant and cabbage.
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Brian Rayfield, vice president of sales and marketing for J&J Produce Inc., Loxahatchee, Fla., called late summer prices low.
Rayfield said No. 1 jumbos sold for $5-6 in late July and early August but increased to $8-10 in mid-August.
Prices later strengthened, however, and in late August the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported 1 1/9 bushel cartons of jumbos and extra larges from western North Carolina selling for $10-12.35.
Rayfield said he hopes an early flood of product could play out early and strengthen prices when Georgia begins.
"The summer deals have been putting a lot on the market," he said in mid-August. "I think this heat caused a glut of peppers and caused more product to come on at once. This will hopefully in turn cause a more favorable market for us when Georgia starts because all the product scheduled to come on up north over a period of time came on fast and furious."
Lake Park, Ga.-based Fresh Link Consolidation LLC, the sales agent for Coggins Farm and Produce Inc., plans to begin squash harvesting on time Sept. 15.
Harry Sheaffer, Fresh Link's vice president, characterized the spring deal as fair, saying it had its peaks and valleys but overall wasn't a disappointing season.
"The squash looks good," he said in mid-August. "I think we'll have decent volume and pretty good quality as long as this weather stays off us."
In mid-August, Sheaffer said prices were strong and quoted $12 for green and $14 for yellow.
He said the market normally perks up a little as the northern deals decline.
Sheaffer said prices aren't normally that strong.
In late August, the USDA reported these prices for Michigan squash:
- half-bushel cartons and crates of small zucchini were $14-16.85 and mediums were $12-14.85;
- half-bushel cartons of small yellow straightneck were $14-16.85, mediums were $12-14.85.
- 3/4-bushel cartons and crates of yellow crookneck from western North Carolina sold for $19-19.35 for small, with medium fetching $15-15.35.
Jon Schwalls, director of operations for Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Inc., Norman Park, Ga., said the spring brought a strong deal.
"This past spring, we had an absolutely outstanding crop on cucumbers, the best crop we have ever had on cucumbers," he said. "We had such good quality and high yields, it was fantastic.
We had good sound prices through the spring."
In mid-August, Schwalls said prices were low.
Schwalls quoted $8-10 from Michigan.
According to the USDA, 1 1/9 bushel cartons of waxed medium cucumbers from Michigan in late August sold for $18-18.85.
Georgia cucumbers normally start in early to mid-September.
Sweet corn, green beans
Hugh H. Branch Inc., Pahokee, Fla., was planting its corn and beans in mid-August.
Gary Stafford, salesman and green beans manager, said his company planned to begin corn harvesting in early October and start beans in the middle of the month.
Stafford said he expects Branch's corn acreage in Bainbridge, Ga., and bean plantings in Poulan, Ga., to remain consistent with last year.
He said growers tell him plantings are going well.
Stafford said the late summer corn deal was seeing strong prices.
"Demand has been very good," he said in mid-August. "Supply has been shorter than normal the last couple of weeks because warm weather has everything ahead of schedule."
In late August, the USDA reported wirebound crates of 4-4½ dozen yellow and white corn from Hudson Valley New York selling for $10.35-11.35, with bicolor fetching $9.35-10.85.
On beans, the USDA in mid-August reported $13.35-14 for bushel cartons/crates of round green beans from western North Carolina.
Calvert Cullen, president of Northampton Growers Produce Sales Inc., Cheriton, Va., which also grows and ships from Virginia, North Carolina and Florida, said buyers should expect higher prices.
He said Michigan could produce less volume.
"The heat has had an effect on some of these guys, plus there isn't as much acreage planted," Cullen said in mid-August. "There's less production, particularly in Michigan."
Cullen said late summer prices were strong.
According to the USDA, 1 1/9-bushel cartons of medium-sized eggplant, including wrapped, from Michigan in late August sold for $7-8.85.
Quality is strong, Schwalls said.
Cabbage growers were planting in mid- and late August.
Georgia normally plans to begin cabbage harvesting Nov. 1.
Citing $5 for 50-pound cartons of medium green cabbage from western and central New York, Northampton's Cullen in mid-August said prices were low.
In late August, the USDA reported prices increasing to $7-9 for the same quantities in the same producing regions.
Georgia's cabbage production typically runs through early January.


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Mauer, Perkins return to Twins camp after Classic
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Joe Mauer arrived back at Twins camp on Sunday after playing for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, but he didn't make the 90-mile trip to Ed Smith Stadium for Minnesota's game against the Orioles.
Mauer, though, said he expects to be back in the lineup on Monday against the Marlins and said he enjoyed representing his country even though Team USA was knocked out of the Classic with a loss to Puerto Rico on Friday.
"It didn't end up the way we liked, but it was a great experience," Mauer said. "But it's nice to be back here with the guys."
Mauer compared the atmosphere at the games to the playoffs and said he has no regrets about playing in the tournament. He was also one of Team USA's better hitters, as he batted .429/.538/.619 with two doubles and two RBIs in six games.
"I feel pretty good," Mauer said. "Obviously, there is some work to do be done, so I'm glad we have a couple more weeks before we get going. But I was able to square some balls up and was seeing a lot of pitches. So it was good.'
Twins closer Glen Perkins also arrived back at the Lee County Sports Complex after pitching for Team USA in relief. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he expects to get Perkins into a game soon, as he last pitched on March 10 against Team Canada.
Perkins gave up a hit to his teammate, Justin Morneau, that game with Mauer behind the plate in Team USA's victory.
"It was a little different, but it was pretty neat," Mauer said. "A lot of guys commented on that and said it must've been a little awkward. But it probably ended up turning out all right. Justin got a little base hit. Perk had him down 1-2, but I was telling Perk if that ball's down, it would've been a strikeout. So I think there will be a lot of talk about that at-bat in this clubhouse for a while."
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Left fielder doubles in go-ahead run; Gimenez adds important sac fly
TORONTO -- It took the White Sox until the late innings to finally break through against the Blue Jays after struggling at the plate for much of the night.
Then, it was up to closer Addison Reed to contain a Blue Jays lineup that came roaring back in the final frame.
Dayan Viciedo came through with a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning, Paul Konerko scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly and Reed held off a Blue Jays rally to help propel the White Sox to a 4-3, come-from-behind win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Tuesday.
"It was a gritty win, it was one of those games that could have gone either way," said Konerko, who scored on a fly ball hit to right by Hector Gimenez.
"I'm never really confident when it comes to me trying to outrun a ball," Konerko added. "I don't have too much confidence in my speed, and rightfully so. All I can do is run as hard as I can."
The White Sox put the first two men on in the ninth after Blue Jays reliever Steve Delabar issued back-to-back walks to Adam Dunn and Konerko. Then with one out, Viciedo smacked a 3-2 slider on a rope to center to break open a tie before Konerko came around to score and make it a 4-2 game.
It wasn't easy sailing from there, though.
Reed had to work around some trouble -- including a sacrifice fly that cut Chicago's lead to 4-3 -- to close the game out in the bottom half of the ninth and record his fifth save of the season. He got Maicer Izturis to line out with the tying run on first to end the game.
Reed followed up Hector Santiago and Matt Lindstrom, who once again proved their worth, combining to throw two scoreless innings of relief. Lindstrom picked up the win after retiring the only hitter he faced. He and Santiago have yet to allow a run this season.
"When they come in it's always close, it's always tight. They are the ones doing the job," manager Robin Ventura said.
Chicago's pitching came up big again in what was the club's eighth game decided by one run this season. Konerko, besides scoring the game-winner, came up big in another spot late in the contest.
Blue Jays starter Josh Johnson was having his way with the White Sox lineup for the majority of the night and had retired 10 consecutive batters before he ran into Konerko, who led off the seventh.
With Chicago trailing 2-1, Konerko had the green light on a 3-0 count and tied things up with one swing by putting a 93-mph fastball from Johnson in the seats in left for his third home run of the season.
"He has earned that, if he's feeling it, to be able to do that. There are some times you don't always let go," Ventura said about Konerko swinging at the 3-0 pitch.
Konerko said Johnson is a difficult matchup despite collecting two of Chicago's four hits off him.
"His stuff was really good tonight. I got lucky to get a couple fastballs that didn't have a lot of movement on them and put some good swings on them," Konerko said.
"He was throwing 93-95 mph with two different breaking balls that were very good. Exceptional, his stuff was well-above average tonight. To get a win against a guy like that … we feel like we got away with one."
Chicago was unable to make good contact against Johnson for the majority of the night. The right-hander lasted a season-high seven innings and held the White Sox to two runs on four hits while striking out eight.
"He just had command of different pitches. He was able to locate the fastball in and out when he needed to. He threw a great game," Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia said about Johnson's performance.
Johnson was engaged in a duel with White Sox starter Dylan Axelrod for much of the night. Axelrod fell victim to the long ball in what was otherwise a solid outing.
The right-hander gave up a pair of solo homers -- one to Colby Rasmus in the second and another to Arencibia in the sixth -- but recorded his first quality start of the year over a season-high six innings.
Axelrod said he barely missed his spots on the home run balls and felt he had a good curveball that he was able to throw for strikes. He allowed two runs, struck out four, threw 64 of his 94 pitches for strikes and lowered his ERA to 4.70.
"They've been lights-out," Axelrod said about the bullpen. "I just wanted to have a quality start, have us in it and then I figured we were going to keep it there."
With the win, the White Sox improved to 2-6 on their 10-game road trip.
Chris Toman is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Well folks, as we look back on our trip to Mayo in Rochester in April, we chuckle..."You have 2 months if not less to live." It has now been a little over 2 months and have returned from an awesome beach stay in San Diego. Lee even got on a big ol' motorcycle and took it for a little spin! We started the 2nd cycle of Gemzar yesterday with 17 more treatments to go. Dr. said he is delighted with Lee's progress. His bili count is normal as well as alkaline...red blood cell down...so painful shot given again...he gained one more pound...going from 87lbs. to 105 now...Dr. Mathern claimed that most people don't respond as well as Lee is...I can only atest to the power that the Lord has...Dr. Mathern even said he thought that that must be the case...after the last round with chemo a CT scan will be done...aside from Sunday being his absolute worst day, extreme diarreha and vomiting...he is now on a regimn of ativan, prochlorper and amzemet which pretty much keeps him in a coma for most of the day...he has some gum problems and hand infection losing some of his nails on the left side....we have absolutely nothing and I mean nothing to complain about. I simply cannot believe that a Dr. even has the ethical right to tell a patient that he has "so long to live." Maybe it's to make a patient more determined than ever to fight...we don't know....but we do know that our faith in God has given us a testimony that is truly amazing...my daughter still has her daddy and I still have the love of my life...we are proof positive that 2nd and 3rd opinions from doctors are imparative, trust in the Lord is a must and don't always believe what the "big guns" tell ya!


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In addition, there are bank layoffs, a poor ADP employment number and other worrisome economic signs. With the endless political sniping, there isn't any reason to rush in and buy right now.
I've been complaining lately about how dead the action is, but I'm feeling better about my cash holdings as I watch this action. There is no place to hide and the leadership is very inconsistent.
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Yankees sending seven to Arizona Fall League
DETROIT -- Seven Yankees prospects have been added to the preliminary rosters for this year's Arizona Fall League, which were released on Tuesday.
Right-handers Caleb Cotham, Branden Pinder and Alex Smith, infielders Greg Bird and Eric Jagielo, and outfielders Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge have all been selected to play this fall with the Scottsdale Scorpions.
Four of the seven players are currently ranked among the club's Top 20 prospects, according to MLB.com: Jagielo (No. 3), Judge (No. 5), Bird (No. 11) and Austin (No. 15). Jagielo and Judge were first-round selections by the Yankees in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
In addition, the Yankees will be sending Class A Advanced Tampa hitting coach P.J. Pilittere to Scottsdale, where he will serve in the same capacity. There is also a roster spot reserved for a Yankees catcher to be announced.
Players from the Yankees, Mets, Phillies, Pirates and Giants organizations will comprise the Scorpions' roster, and the 32-game Arizona Fall League schedule begins on Oct. 7.
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December 7, 2012
As the days get shorter approaching the winter solstice, we count on the holiday gatherings and the Christmas lights in our community to brighten up our lives. For many people, the parties and celebrations in this season are a poignant reminder of what has changed in the past year. Some of the people that have been part of our traditions are no longer here. What we think should be the "happiest time of the year" just seems all wrong.In order to give voice to the dissonance that people who are grieving feel, Barton Hospice hosted an Interfaith Outdoor ceremony Thursday evening called "Light up a Life." This service was intended for anyone who is feeling the loss of a loved one, not just those who were served by hospice. This year the event was held at Inn by the Lake. Friends, families and loved ones gathered for music, mutual comfort and a time of remembrance. Rebecca Phillipsen, hospice social worker and counselor, reminded us that our individual stories have been enriched and informed by the people we have lost. Their influence continues. Chaplain Al Vacek gave a blessing for all the hands that cared for and held those who have died. Each participant spoke the name of their loved one as they lit a candle that represented the light those individuals shared. The lighting ceremony culminated with the illumination of a large Christmas tree to fill the last void of darkness. The mournful yet triumphant bagpipe music of Sean Cummings led the procession into the Inn for warming up with refreshments and shared stories.Hospice nurses and volunteers look forward to reminiscing with family members at this event, having shared intense and rich experiences together. One daughter wanted to express thanks to the nurse who had helped her understand the process of dying, thereby giving her the perspective and courage to be really present at the end of her mother's life. She acknowledged that she had been dealing with the details of her mother's estate and was now, months later, realizing her own loss and dealing with strong feelings. Knowing that hospice bereavement services are available for an extended time after the actual death gave this participant reassurance. She was also appreciative of the hospice newsletters that encourage her to take her grieving seriously and give it space.Barton Hospice has been serving South Lake Tahoe and the surrounding communities for over 35 years and considers itself privileged to have served literally thousands of individuals and families. Barton Hospice served close to 100 patients and their families in Tahoe area families this year. For, information, call 530-543-5581.


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Economic and Medical Evaluation of the Whole Mitochondrial DNA Screening by Surveyor and Mitochips Techniques
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Mitochondrial diseases are the most frequent metabolic diseases (2.5 persons among 10 000) and are clinically heterogeneous making diagnosis particularly challenging for clinicians.
Molecular analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a critical step in diagnosis and genetic counselling of respiratory chain defects. DNA sequencing remains the gold standard but it is time-consuming and fails to detect mutations that may be present at a low heteroplasmic level (20% or below); therefore the diagnosis is yet based on the detection of a few number of pathogenic mutations.
The present study aims to evaluate the benefit and the cost of a diagnosis strategy based on the combined use of 2 techniques named "Surveyor Nuclease" and "Mitochip". Surveyor nuclease is a mismatch-specific DNA endonuclease that will be used for screening the entire mtDNA in order to identify heteroplasmic mutations. In absence of any identified mutation, another technique based on the use an oligonucleotide sequencing microarray (MitoChip) will be performed for the identification of homoplasmic mutations. Mitochip is an array-based sequencing platform for rapid and high-throughput analysis of mitochondrial DNA.
The economical study will compare the cost of these techniques to the standard diagnosis method in term of direct and indirect costs
|Mitochondrial Disease
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Economic and Medical Evaluation of the Whole Mitochondrial DNA Screening by Surveyor and Mitochips Techniques.
- Evaluation of the benefit and the cost of a mitochondrial disease diagnosis strategy based on the combined use of 2 techniques named "Surveyor Nuclease" and "Mitochip" [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Evaluation of the benefit of the studiad strategy in comparison with standard diagnosis method in term of indirect costs [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Study Start Date:
|March 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|mitochondrial diseases diagnosis
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients without deletion of mitochondrial disease and/or 3243, 8344 and 8993 mutation
- patient with health insurance
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients with deletion of mitochondrial disease and/or 3243, 8344 and 8993 mutation
- absence of patient consent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00829270
|CHU de Nice - Medical genetics laboratory
|Nice, France, 06100
|Principal Investigator:
|Véronique PAQUIS-FLUCKINGER, Pr
|CHU de Nice
|Responsible Party:
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00829270 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
PSTIC Mitochips
|Study First Received:
|January 26, 2009
|Last Updated:
|December 17, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mitochondrial Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
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Acupuncture for Post-tonsillectomy Pain Control in Children
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A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study comparing conventional postoperative analgesia with paracetamol-on-demand with the same regime plus acupuncture.
The hypothesis is that postoperative treatment of children undergoing tonsillectomy with acupuncture will reduce pain with minimal unwanted effects.
|Tonsillectomy Post-Operative Pain Acupuncture
|Device: acupuncture
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Acupuncture for Post-tonsillectomy Pain Control in Children: a Single-blinded, Randomized, Controlled Study
- Post-Operative Pain [ Time Frame: 48 hours post-surgery ]
- Analgesic Drug Consumption [ Time Frame: 48 hours post-surgery ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|No Intervention: Standard Analgesic Treatment
Experimental: Standard Analgesic Treatment with Acupuncture
Patients will receive standard analgesic treatment and in addition acupuncture.
Device: acupuncture
Sterile, disposable, FDA-approved acupuncture needles will be used. Acupuncture will be performed bilaterally. The needles will penetrate the skin to a depth of 5-10mm and will be kept in place for no more than 5 minutes. The acupuncture points will be: Li 4, Li 11, St 44, according to Chinese acupuncture mapping. Treatment will be repeated at least 3 times during the hospital stay. Treatment will start in the pediatrics department approximately two hours after discharge from the postoperative unit. The 2nd treatment will be given on the same evening, approximately 4-8 hours after the 1st treatment and the 3rd treatment will be given the following morning, approximately 12-18 hours after the 2nd treatment. Exact treatment times will be recorded in the patient's file.
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A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study comparing conventional postoperative analgesia with paracetamol-on-demand with the same regime plus acupuncture.
The study will be conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration and has been approved by the Human Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Ziv Medical Center and the Ministry of Health.
Patients will be recruited through the preoperative clinic conducted on the day before surgery. All parents and children will be given a full explanation of the study by an experienced member of the research team before randomization. The explanation will include the nature of acupuncture and the proposed treatment. Parents will sign an informed consent. Patients randomized to the acupuncture group will have a "trial run" at the time of consenting with a member of the research team experienced with performing acupuncture in children , in order to familiarize the child and family with the procedure.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Years to 12 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
• children aged 3-12 years undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy for tonsillar hypertrophy with suspected sleep disordered breathing and for recurrent tonsillar infections.
Exclusion Criteria:
- lack of parental consent
- skin lesions near acupuncture sites
- relevant psychiatric disorder
- coagulopathy
- drug allergies to regular analgesic treatment
- intake of medications possibly affecting postoperative pain
- any child who has received acupuncture treatment in the past or the parents or siblings have received such treatment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01285687
|Ziv Medical Center
|Safed, Israel, 13100
|Responsible Party:
|Ziv Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01285687 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 23, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2015
Keywords provided by Ziv Hospital:
Post-Operative Pain
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pain, Postoperative
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Postoperative Complications
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Specific Tips on Milk Allergy at School
- Request water and fruit/vegetable snacks if possible. Added bonus: less mess and more nutritious.
- Firmly request a "no-sharing" policy. Our daughter decorated a plastic container as her treat "jar", which holds single servings of safe candy and small toys. The problem was getting the teacher to remember if unsafe food was served. Let your child know he or she is helping the teacher by reminding her.
- Get the school behind: a hand-washing policy. Pupils with food allergies should wash their hands before eating and everyone should wash afterward. Problem: With limited time and few washrooms, my daughter had no time to eat her snacks. Solution? I now send wipes. We invented a two-Baggie technique: one is marked clean, and one dirty (use color-coded stickers for JK/SK).
- Discuss the dairy-at-school issue with your allergist. Get that advice in writing. A note from a medical specialist will carry weight.
- Work with the teacher; act as a resource. When the principal asks about dairy issues, don't get defensive. Sometimes he or she just needs more information to help explain to other parents.
- Join the parent council; volunteer for events. You will be able to offer safe solutions to allergy issues that others fail to notice.
- The more dangerous times are non-routine days, including: substitute teacher days, outings, celebrations, snow days and guests in the classroom. Have a plan for these occurrences.
- Field trip awareness: What is the planned activity? Where will it happen? Who will be there? Will there be food present? If so, what is it – and who's responsible for it? Will there be supervision by someone who is trained on symptoms and how to administer the auto-injector?
- Don't discuss food issues with irate parents; remind them that changes are at the discretion of the principal.
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Consumer group Which? has awarded top slot in its annual energy company satisfaction survey to Chippenham-based Good Energy for the third year in a row.
The Which? survey covered customers' views on customer service, value for money, accuracy and clarity of bills, complaints and energy saving – and Good Energy scored a five star rating in each category.
Good Energy achieved an overall customer score of 82 per cent, putting it in joint first place with another green energy company, Ecotricity.
"We're obviously over the moon with this news as it shows how consistent we've been at delivering good customer service having been top over the last three years," said Good Energy chief executive and founder, Juliet Davenport OBE
"This is good news for us, but more importantly, for our customers.
"It is also great to see that we're sharing first place with another independent green energy provider, demonstrating that it is possible to be small and still deliver green energy and an excellent customer experience.
"We know that one of the big reasons why customers are loathe to switch providers is that they think all energy companies are the same – this survey proves that this isn't necessarily the case.
"It also demonstrates the value of having real competition in the energy market and shows there's a place for smaller players. It's the smaller companies like us who are leading the way!"
While Chippenham-based Good Energy has welcomed the news that its customers have scored it so highly, Juliet says she is not complacent about customer service.
"We think we can do even better and we've a number of ideas that we're implementing this year that we hope will help raise the stakes even higher. These include developing and improving our on-line customer service."
Ms Davenport said: "It's worth noting that while Good Energy is not the cheapest energy supplier, we're by no means the most expensive.
"We've frozen our prices until the end of March and Which? has scored us as delivering great value for money.
"We match every unit of electricity we buy with 100 per cent renewable electricity, and we reckon it takes the average customer no more the five minutes to switch to us. And we offer simple, easy to understand tariffs.
"Given our latest top rating from Which? we think these factors add up to a compelling reason to make 2014 the year to switch for good."
Good Energy Group plc is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and all its electricity is 100 per cent matched with electricity sourced from renewable energy, backed by Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin certificates (REGOs), over the course of 12 months.


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TIM BRESNAN delivered a timely innings to help guide Yorkshire towards a competitive total against Warwickshire and remind England's selectors of his all-round abilities.
The 29-year-old has been restricted in the number of games he has played for Yorkshire in recent years because of England commitments and played only 11 championship matches since last scoring a half-century, an 87 against Hampshire at Headingley three years ago.
But, watched by national selector James Whitaker, Bresnan responded to the challenge and hit a determined 61, sharing in a crucial 113-run seventh-wicket partnership with Kane Williamson, to help Yorkshire reach 310-8 at the close of the opening day against the championship leaders.
Knowing his international place may be under threat for this summer's exchanges with Sri Lanka and India, Bresnan could not have chosen a better moment to deliver against a quality attack that included England seamer Chris Woakes, Keith Barker, Chris Wright and the off-spin of Jeetan Patel.
"It felt good to spend some time at the crease and I feel as though I've been in good nick in the nets so it was good to get out there and score a few runs," said Bresnan.
"I don't really listen to any England talk so I don't really know what's been said so all I can do is get a few runs and get a few wickets and throw my name in the hat and see what happens."
Arriving at the crease with Yorkshire in some difficulty at 181-6, having lost 5-70 in the afternoon session, Bresnan drew on the calm composure of New Zealand Williamson to help mount a significant recovery.
Their stand was only broken after Warwickshire took the second new ball with Barker winning an lbw appeal against Williamson for 75 and seven balls later Bresnan was bowled attempting to drive Woakes.
The day had begun well for Yorkshire, who made a flying start despite losing the toss and being put into bat in cloudy conditions, but none of Warwickshire's attack were able to bowl with any consistency, allowing Root and Adam Lyth to forge a 91-run stand in only 22 overs.
Their stand was broken when Lyth mis-timed an attempted pull and allowed Woakes to claim a return catch shortly before lunch, which gave Warwickshire the momentum to launch their own fightback after the interval.
Root fell five overs into the afternoon session when he played on to Barker for 69 attempting a late cut, which sparked a collapse that left Yorkshire fearing they miss out on batting bonus points altogether.
Captain Andrew Gale was bowled by Woakes with a full-length ball that kept low, the first evidence of the inconsistent bounce that was exploited from the Kirkstall Lane End, and may have contributed to Ballance being hit on the right elbow a few balls later, when he apparently played no shot.
Ballance was treated for several minutes by physio Kunwar Bansil but fell in the next over when he was given lbw to Barker. Wright claimed two further wickets with Jonny Bairstow bowled attempting to drive down the ground while Adil Rashid was caught by Will Porterfield at second slip.
But Williamson and Bresnan teamed up to guide Yorkshire towards their competitive target and frustrate Warwickshire's hopes of taking control.
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Yorkshire v Warwickshire
at Headingley Carnegie
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Yorkshire First Innings
A Lyth c & b Woakes 32
J E Root b Barker 69
K S Williamson lbw b Barker 75
A W Gale b Woakes 5
G S Ballance lbw b Barker 4
J M Bairstow b Wright 15
A U Rashid c Porterfield b Wright 10
T T Bresnan b Woakes 61
L E Plunkett not out 4
S A Patterson not out 12
Extras (b8 lb11 nb4) 23
Total 8 wkts (96 overs) 310
Fall: 1-91 2-111 3-128 4-137 5-159 6-181 7-294 8-294.
Bowling: Barker 26-8-69-3, Wright 23-3-88-2, Jones 13-0-53-0, Woakes 19-5-43-3, Patel 13-3-35-0, Javid 2-0-3-0.


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Name of Exercise —Step-up
Type of Exercise —Multi-joint
Muscles used —Quadriceps, hamstrings and buttocks
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Remember to keep your whole foot on the bench or step rather than just the front or the heel. The natural tendency in this exercise is to lean forward as you begin the upward movement, but don't do it! Keep your back straight.
The number of repetitions (reps) and sets you should do depends on your strength goals. In general, muscle strength works to increase the basic function of the muscle and is the typical workout goal. Muscle endurance is important to people who participate in endurance activities, such as running or biking. Muscle power is beneficial for athletes who need to use sudden quick movements for activities like sprinting and football. Beginners should start with a basic routine and gradually move toward a strength, endurance, or power routine.
Beginner : 1 set of 8 to 10 reps
Muscle Strength : 1 to 3 sets of 5 to 8 reps
Muscle Endurance : 1 to 3 sets of 15 to 20 reps
Muscle Power : 1 to 3 sets of 3 to 5 reps
Use a weight that is heavy enough to perform the desired number of reps and sets for your skill level using good form. After you are able to perform more reps and sets than is outlined in your category, try to increase the weight you lift by 5% to 10%. Your strength goals may change as you progress.
Selecting and effectively using free weights. American College of Sports Medicine website. Available at: http://www.acsm.org/docs/brochures/selecting-and-effectively-using-free-weights.pdf. Accessed January 30, 2014.
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Weddings can bring forth feelings of love, times of celebration and acts of complete debauchery.
At least that's the case in "Tony n' Tina's Wedding," a hit that's been performing its notorious nuptials since 1988.
This year, three SUNY Plattsburgh alumni are rejoining the Proctor's Theatre cast for the Schenectady, N.Y., performances, Jan. 12-15.
| Photo: Kenneth Klapp on stage in the role of Mickey
The show features improvisation as audience members become guests at the satirical Italian-American wedding that comes with plenty of family drama.
Nik Gatzendorfer '07 plays the bride's closeted gay brother, Joey, who disguises his over-the-top significant other as the videographer.
"It's an insane wedding," said Gatzendorfer, who majored in communications, minored in theater and is in the show for the second time.
All of the improvisation ensures that no show is really ever the same, Gatzendorfer said. "Certain songs are cues, but, other than that, you're just out talking to people, mingling …"
… and watching as events spin out of control.
Like when the divorced father brings an exotic dancer as his date just to get back at his ex-wife.
"Interact, be natural, be in the moment, laugh and have a great time," Gatzendorfer said. "It's unlike anything I've ever done before."
Kenneth Klapp agrees.
The '72 education graduate is again playing Mickey Black, the foolish caterer's assistant.
"I was given flexibility in creating my own version of Mickey. Apparently, the director liked what I did because I have been asked back for the fourth time. This type of play allows the actors to bring the audience into the show, and this is what is the most fun and keeps me coming back."
For her second time with the show, Nikki Plyem '09 plays Connie, the boisterous, gum-chewing and very pregnant maid of honor.
"If all of this were happening at a real wedding, it'd be the wedding you tell everyone about for years," she said.
Plyem is no stranger to the stage. After earning her degree in theater, she moved to New York City, where she works in an improvisation company called Freestyle Repertory, takes classes at People's Improv Theater (The Pit), tends bar and works to make a name for herself.
"I live off coffee and bananas, and I love my life," she said.
For her, "Tony 'n Tina" is not only another line on her résumé.
"It's such an awesome production to be part of," she said. "You get thrown into being around these people. From the time you wake up to when you go to bed, the bonds that you create are just crazy. It's great on my résumé; it's fun; and it's a show people have heard of."
Learn more about the show at www.tonylovestina.com.
- Michelle Besaw '08
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