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Oct 8/13| For Immediate Release
Dorinda Kruger Allen, Development & Admin. Coordinator
Lori Chalmers Morrison, Acting Director
WATERLOO Waterloo Lutheran Seminary and Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Office of Aboriginal Initiatives presents a speaker event titled, Day of Dialogue: We are All Treaty People, taking place Oct. 22 on Lauriers Waterloo campus.
The event features two speakers: Rev. Stan McKay, Canadas first Aboriginal Moderator of the United Church of Canada (UCC), and Phil Monture, a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River. They will share and discuss their perspectives and understandings of treaties as sacred agreements, which are significant for growing relations and respecting Aboriginal spiritual connection to the land and all creation.
McKay sought reconciliation and understanding both within and outside the UCC Canadas largest Protestant denomination and between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples. McKay comes from Fisher River, Manitoba, a Cree First Nation community. He is the former director of the Dr. Jessie Saulteaux Centre, a First Nations theological centre that prepares spiritual leaders for ministry and provides cross-cultural education for the larger community.
Monture was the director of the Land Claims Research Office at the Six Nations of the Grand River. In 2002, he established Nativelands Ltd. to study and develop land tenure and land rights for Aboriginal peoples in Canada, the United States and Central America. In 2006, Montures expertise was sought to assist with the Haudenosaunee Six Nations / Canada and Ontario negotiations during the confrontation at Caledonia Ontario and land encroachments throughout the Six Nations Tract.
The event is part of a speaker series titled A Day of Dialogue, now in its third year. The discussion takes place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Senate & Board Chamber, and will be moderated by Jean Becker, Lauriers senior advisor: Aboriginal initiatives.
The Day of Dialogue was envisioned as a way to continue in some small way the work of reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in this region, said Allen Jorgenson, assistant dean of the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. Stan will challenge us to live up to the reality that we are all participants in the treaties that are foundational to our life together, while Phil brings a particular expertise to the topic in the context of the traditional territory of the Six Nations of the Grand River Nation.
The event is free and open to the public.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The endangered whooping crane may be the state's most famous "winter Texan." This year as biologists and bird-watchers anticipate the arrival of another record population on the Texas coast, Texas Parks and Wildife Department is offering a new tool for sportsmen to help protect whooping cranes and other similar birds.
"Be Sure Before You Shoot" is a video training tool designed to help goose and sandhill crane hunters make correct identification in the field and avoid take of nongame birds.
Last winter, the Texas flock of whooping cranes, which is the only remaining natural wild flock of whooping cranes in the world, made headlines when it passed the 200 bird mark for the first time since counts began in the 1930s; however, the celebration was marred by an incident in Kansas where a group of sandhill crane hunters pled guilty recently to illegally taking two adult whooping cranes. The two birds later died in captivity.
Shooting deaths of whooping cranes are rare (seven whoopers from the Texas flock are known to have been shot since 1968), due in large part to efforts by state and federal agencies to make sportsmen and other citizens aware of the protected status of the whooping crane. While brochures and web sites have been used to educate hunters and the public in the past, "Be Sure Before You Shoot" is the first product to offer side-by-side identification tips for sportsmen in a video format.
This year biologists anticipate more than 230 whooping cranes, including up to 34 chicks, may reach their wintering grounds on the Texas coast. The Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock of whooping cranes, which nests in the Northwest Territories of Canada and winters on the mid-Texas coast in the Rockport-Seadrift area, once numbered as low as 15 birds in 1941.
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With the $397-million Nemours Children's Hospital opening Oct. 22, 2012, families in Florida and the Southeast have a new place to go for highly specialized medical care designed to meet the needs of their child's condition. The new children's hospital offers access to specialized pediatric care not previously provided in the area.
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- Richard Finkel, M.D., who is internationally known for his treatment and research of neuromuscular disorders. With his arrival, Nemours will offer a Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, not presently available in Orlando.
Nemours Children's Hospital's location in Lake Nona Medical City was chosen for its close proximity to the Orlando International Airport, providing easy access for families traveling to receive treatment at the new hospital.
"Many families travel hundreds of miles to seek the treatment their child needs for a chronic condition – we provide a new alternative closer to home," said Roger Oxendale, CEO of Nemours Children's Hospital. "Reducing travel reduces the chances of travel-related side-effects on a child's treatment, and creates better outcomes for the child."
The state-of-the-art, 630,000-square-foot hospital has 95 beds, all private rooms, a full-service pediatric emergency department, a NICU and PICU, and anchors a 60-acre, fully-integrated health campus that includes a new Nemours Children's Clinic, and extensive research and education facilities.
Located in the heart of Lake Nona Medical City, its neighbors include the University of Central Florida Health Sciences Campus, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, the University of Florida Research and Academic Center, and MD Anderson Cancer Research Institute.
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1 Tbsp Active Dry Yeast
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1 tsp Sugar
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2 Eggs
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McGrady is an interesting case. He was arguably the best player in the league, but never had the post season success, although in Orlando I think it was more due to a **** team around him. Houston though, him and Yao should have made a lot of noise in the playoffs. And then the injuries. Man, I would have loved to see more of Tmac in his prime. Amazing player. Really don't know if he will get in the HOF though. i'm leaning towards no.
Vince Carter wasn't as dominate, but he had more post season success (not much more) and performed for a longer time. I'm leaning towards no here too.
Chris Webber probably wasn't mentioned cause he is already retired. I think I would put him in though. He was a legit 20 and 10 guy for his career. Great passer too. He is a 5 time All Star, made 5 All NBA teams (1 first, 3 seconds, 1 third), won a rebounding title, and while the Kings never won the West, Webber did lead them deep into the playoffs. That early 2000s Kings team was damn good. He did have his fair share of injuries, but even after his microfacture surgery he was still a damn good player.


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Dwyane Wade sells sitcom based on his life to FOX
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Because there is not enough Dwyane Wade on your television there is going to be a sitcom, too. Wade and partners have sold a sitcom based on his life to FOX, reports Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
The show, which is currently in development, will be called Three the Hard Way. It will feature a character named Daryl Wade, who is an NBA superstar responsible for raising his two sons as a single parent.
The show is described as Wade and his entourage of eccentric friends, find themselves parenting by committee, when he gets full custody of his two young sons. Its a recipe made for disaster, but no matter how misinformed, misguided, or unfit Team Wade may be, they have a trump card that cant lose. Its called love.
And zaniness ensues. Youll know if FOX really likes it by if they give it the slot after New Girl.
If this takes off Wade could make bank as he has opened his open production company (ZZ Productions, which according to the report is a partner with Mandalay Sports Media, Perfect Storm Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television in making this work).
Wade is working hard to expand his brand off the court. He wrote a book on parenthood. He just released a new line of ties and socks. Hes a renaissance man. He should be celebrated for that.
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It's New Year's Day, and my family and I are across the country at my mother-in-law's house. It's cold! The snowflakes are big and so are the houses and lots. For a fleeting moment, we imagine moving here, paying cash for a bigger house, building snowmen all winter long and living a much slower-paced life.
That fleeting moment quickly evaporated when I took my first sip of tea from Starbucks. I had ordered a tall Awake Tea in a Grande cup – I like to have room for milk – just as I do when I am at home. Everything looked the same: the cups, the signs, the furniture, the Boulanger case of small bites. But something in the taste of my tea set off alarms in my taste buds that could not be ignored. It was a flavor that was nearly unrecognizable, but I knew I had tasted it just the day before. After a few seconds of searching through my memories of flavors I had consumed over the past 24 hours since landing here, I finally realized it was the water.
I will be the first to admit that my taste buds and olfactory nerves are a little too sensitive. Coupled with the fact that I am a vegetarian, you can imagine it's a real treat to dine at restaurants with me. But while I can usually make do with limited vegetarian menu items, the one thing I must have is good-tasting water. Water to me is like wine is to others, and I rarely drink anything else. I don't need expensive, imported, fancy water; I just need water that has no offending odor or flavor. It can be filtered or bottled. To be fair, I'm not a fan of our tap water at home either, and I can tell when our filters need to be replaced.
The taste of the water isn't the only reminder that I'm not in the Bay Area. The beautiful and historical architecture in this part of the country is constructed mostly of brick and limestone because there is no concern for earthquakes. Grocery stores, Whole Foods included (ah, another comfort of home) expand along vast lots of land where traffic jams are nearly nonexistent. And while there are gently rolling hills, you can see for miles and miles across the open land without mountains to cradle small towns.
The newspaper articles tell stories of a different lifestyle that serves as a reminder that laws in one state can mean nothing in another state. If California law is meant to keep us safe, does that mean we are unsafe outside of California? In some situations, I would say yes, but then again, I am a native Bay Arean and I think like a Bay Arean.
We in the Bay Area may think a little differently from people in other parts of the country, but as I was soon reminded, there is something that ties us together that cannot be seen or tasted: hospitality and friendliness. The instinct to provide comfort resides within people, not places, and whether you agree with each other's views or understand someone else's lifestyle, the connection that levels any playing field can be a simple gesture to make someone happy.
After tasting my tea in Starbucks that morning, I considered my options and chose to make a bold request. I walked back to the counter and explained to the girl behind it that I could taste the flavor of the water and asked if I could get another tea made with bottled water. Expecting her to burst out laughing or worse, she smiled, grabbed a bottle of water and said, "Absolutely! No problem."
As I sat with my husband enjoying my tea, I wondered if a snowflake from here would look different from a snowflake from Tahoe under the microscope. Of course it wouldn't, unless it was made from the tap water.


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West Virginia State Police have arrested a man after he allegedly attacked a veteran news reporter with the man's camera tripod.
Howard Jeffery Lilly, 54, of Glen, is charged with felony destruction of property, grand larceny and malicious wounding, Lt. Michael Baylous, a spokesman for the State Police, said.
Bob Aaron, a reporter for WCHS Eye Witness News, was following up on an allegedly animal abuse story in Clay County when Lilly took his tripod and struck him in the arm and leg, Baylous said.
The man also struck Aaron's camera, he said.
Aaron was taken to a hospital as a precaution, but is doing well, according to a report from the news station.


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McDonald's Multicultural Approach to Social Media
November 8, 2010
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Engaging with multicultural audiences has long been a key ingredient in McDonald's marketing. Rick Wion, director of social media at McDonald's Corporation, shared observations from the company's four-year history in social media as related to connecting with various consumer segments. Insights included how to be culturally relevant to different audiences, connecting online and offline social engagement efforts, and the importance of authenticity and brand reputation management.
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"McDonald's Multicultural Approach to Social Media." Rick Wion, Director of Social Media, McDonald's Corporation. ANA Multicultural Marketing and Diversity Conference, 11/8/10.
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Top 10 Reads: THE HOBBIT Rises to 2nd Place Following Movie Release; Week Ending 12/16/2012
Amazon.com has just released their list of top selling books for the online marketplace this week: J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT made a push for the top spot following the release of its film adaptation, but finished in second place. Once again, the seventh book in the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series continues its reign on the best seller list. Check out the full list below!
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Dairy will not be on the plate Thursday when the USDA unveils a new image to replace the iconic food pyramid.
Instead, dairy will occupy a satellite position to the side of the plate.
According to one dairy industry spokesperson, the new image in no way diminishes the importance of dairy in a healthy diet.
"We think the new graphic really draws attention to dairy," says Ann Marie Krautheim, registered dietitian and senior vice president of nutrition affairs for the National Dairy Council. "It does not get lost with the other food groups," she adds. "The location on the graphic really draws the eye, and dairy does stand out as an essential part of a healthy eating plan."
Krautheim says the graphic also emphasizes the versatility of dairy foods. "Dairy can be a glass of milk, it can be a cup of yogurt, and it also can be cheese," she says. "It's very versatile and can be worked into a healthy meal in a variety of ways."
On Jan. 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services, issued a new set of dietary guidelines which reaffirmed earlier guidelines for dairy foods. In fact, for one age group — children aged 4-8 — the recommendation was increased from two servings of low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products to 2.5 servings.
Yet, many Americans are not meeting the current guidelines.
The USDA won't officially reveal its new "dinner plate" image until Thursday. But some news outlets, including CNN, have shown what they believe will be the image — a plate divided into four quadrants: fruits, vegetables, grains and protein (meat and beans). Dairy occupies a circle to the upper right of the plate.
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"Safe place" has little to do with physical surroundings alone. Yet for many a woman, the home in which she resides, feels loved and secure, has prepared for her baby and "nested" most clearly defines that place. "Safe place" also has to do with the people with whom the woman feels most secure and comfortable. The interaction of the several personalities which may be involved during labor and birth may either positively or adversely affect the laboring woman's sense of "safe place." As we come to understand the importance of how these personalities impact the birth environment, we, as caregivers, become more sensitive to the needs of the mother as she approaches the time of labor and birth.
Traditionally, birth has been a very private affair in which only the most intimate of a woman's relations would attend the laboring woman. Grandmothers, aunts and wise women of the village whom the woman most trusted were the ones to be called. In today's society, women have been taught to place their trust in the medical model of childbirth and in medical professionals rather than in persons with whom they are most familiar. They are taught to accept the place of birth that the medical professional chooses (because it is the medical professional's "safe place"?). For many women this is a difficult and sometimes impossible transition, one which so impacts the sense of the familiar that patterns of labor are changed and the sensation of birth pain intensified. Outcome is made less predictable, and birth comes to be regarded as a difficult and painful ordeal, fraught with danger. Moreover, if the woman is confronted with an unfamiliar and therefore "not safe place," a survival mechanism will kick in. She will protect her baby by preventing it from being born by ceasing to contract, keeping her cervix closed and in general "failing to progress."
Those of us who are certain that a woman's home is the most suitable environment for her to give birth in must be particularly aware of the influence we may have on the woman's sense of safety. The most well-meaning midwife may nonetheless be a "stranger" to the mother and a threat to her need for privacy if she has not become at one in trust with the woman well before labor ensues.
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Q: My 21-year-old daughter has been advised to have a LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure) for moderate dysplasia due to HPV. I know this may leave scarring on the cervix or possibly pose a small risk of preterm labor when she becomes pregnant. My midwife said she would be put on a preterm labor protocol. What experiences have midwives had with this situation?
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A: I have had a LEEP procedure because of "Moderate cellular changes." I had an abnormal Pap smear at age 20 and had to have biopsies and cryosurgery to remove the outer layer of cervical tissue. At 41, when this happened again, the cellular changes were more severe and complicated by HPV. I was surprised at the lack of information about HPV. Out of the many different varieties, only five are known to be associated with cervical cancer. I had one of those five, but I was never told WHICH one of the five. There was no information on how LONG I would be infected, how long I HAD been infected, how many OTHERS I had infected or how to get RID of the infection, but the fact remained that my cervix was damaged. It was explained to me that although HPV infection can just "happen," it most likely was transmitted by an infected partner. With virtually no information as to incubation period and having had multiple partners in the previous 20 years, the chances of tracking down the culprit were nil.
As I had to have other work done the procedure was done under a general anesthetic, although I understand that it is usually performed in the physician's office with a simple sedative. Let me say here and now that to have the outside of my cervix and a cone from the os removed with a red-hot wire while AWAKE was a procedure that must have been invented by someone who never owned a cervix.
I was informed that it was "a good thing I was done having kids" because after the removal of that tissue, it was likely that my cervix would be incompetent. All follow-up tests have been clear, although I have not been retested for the continued presence of HPV. It is wise to seek a second opinion or to request a retest, but please, please DO follow up. To ignore cervical dysplasia is to court disaster.
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A: I had a LEEP procedure done when I was 21 years old and was pregnant by 23. I have since had one other child and am expecting my third, and have had absolutely no problems dilating or had any other stalls in labor. As a matter of fact, my pregnancies tend to be very uneventful—which is great—and I have never shown any signs of preterm labor. I might have minimal scarring, but I'm not sure because nobody has ever mentioned seeing any scarring. As far as a long labor, I think first labors tend to be more strenuous for everyone since their body hasn't ever experienced it before, so I think it's natural that they would take longer anyway. Also, I am using a midwife for my third pregnancy, so midwives will take people who have had LEEP procedures and, from what they tell me, the risk of preterm labor and pregnancy complications due to a LEEP procedure is very small. Your doctor just has to tell you that because there is a small percentage of women who could probably suffer from these risks and he or she wants to avoid a lawsuit.
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What is the soul of homebirth? How do you describe the action of choosing homebirth? For me, that action was a "Kriya," something one does on purpose, a purposeful action. Another way is to liken the soul of birth to a holy feeling, a "Darshan," or spiritual audience.
And how can one explain childbirth? Birth is truly that which cannot be explained, or "Wakan," the "great mystery." The difficulty and work of labor leading to the pleasure of birth and nursing is "Evam," the joining of negative and positive energies.
With the birth of my first child I realized that the event of birth needed to be in the familiarity of home. With the birth of each of my other three babies, this notion was only strengthened. During this time, my life as a homebirth midwife was born and grew. Now my babies are nearly grown and on their own, and that notion still holds true—birth needs to be in the familiarity of the home if at all possible, and in the event of being elsewhere, the soul of birth can be maintained by those present. I guess that is what we midwives are supposed to be doing when we assist someone with her birth, no matter where we are.
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It's so annoying, I feel like I only run with my calves because during and afterwards it is just my calves, achilles and feet that hurt never anything else!! Is this normal
I feel like I only engage my calves when I run?
It is very annoying,
I think this is normal for lots of people new to running, coming back after a long time off or in a phase of building mileage in general. Don't worry though, after you get fitter other stuff will be similarly challenged. Be patient and somewhat cautious as all the things you mention are interrelated by muscles and tendons and a real injury could pop up anywhere.
Sounds normal, if by "hurt" you mean "ache that goes away in a day or two". If you keep at it, the achy bits will get stronger and something else may become the weak link.
There is a toughening up phase that every newer runner has to go through. Precisely what will hurt varies based on any number of factors. For me, it was my hips and my ankles. For others, it's their knees. I'm not sure there is any way to avoid those aches and pains unless you are just extremely conservative in your development.
In many cases, if only certain muscles get sore, it can be an indication of muscle weakness and imbalance. That is, either the calves or the shins may be too weak for the other muscle group. While it's always smart to proceed carefully as you start, strength exercises are an effective (and relatively quick) way to address these weaknesses and imbalances.
For many people, (like me), it can almost seem impossible to run at all because of the muscle weakness/imbalances. This is more likely to be the case if you have been sedentary for years (because of office work, school and/or by choice) and you've never had much of an athletic (or military) background.
I struggled quite a bit with injuries, as do many beginners (and veteran runners too!). But once I became serious about incorporating functional strength training (which is NOT the same thing as bodybuilding, something I have to keep pointing out on the forum), all of my overuse injury problems went away. I had almost non-stop injuries my first year, from runner's knee in the first month (could not even bend the knee at all by the end of the 2nd month), ITBS and lower back tightness, sore knees in long runs, very sore spot on top of one foot. I also experienced exercise-induced compartment syndrome in my shins early in my 2nd year.
But after addressing these problems with strength work (primarily over the winter) and a smarter annual approach (no sudden increases in mileage or intensity, adequate rest/recovery each week/month/half-year, and other general training principles), all of the overuse injury problems disappeared completely. None of these issues for nearly 4 years now.
It doesn't take a great deal of time to add strength work. And even if it did, if you can't run at all because of the muscle imbalance problems and injuries, then it's something that you should think about doing. Does every runner need to add strength work to start running? No. But many sure do. (I also keep running into people who talk about my running and triathlon training and tell me that they tried running or triathlon and quit because of the constant injuries. That's in addition to all the people who kept up with it and keep getting injured every year. So I think that the survey results that can show as many as two-thirds of runners getting injured each year may even be too low. That doesn't count all the people who quit because of injuries. I don't know the exact numbers, but there are a LOT of those people out there.)
For the lower legs, you could add targeted exercises: toe raises for the shins, bent-knee calf raises and straight-leg calf raises for the two calf muscles. (You should probably do compound total-body exercises too, for general fitness, exercises like squats, lunges, push-ups, pull-ups or bodyweight rows.) When I transitioned to very light zero-drop running shoes a couple years ago (Saucony Hattori), I experienced the typical calf soreness that many do in zero-drop shoes. But I went back to a couple weeks of the lower leg strength exercises and the calf soreness went away, permanently.
You can also look through the video section of the Runner's World website for other strength training tips that are appropriate for runners and endurance athletes. RW and coaches know that there is a problem with too many runners having weak hips, core muscles, glutes and thighs. Dr. Metzl's videos can be funny, but they are informative.
A few posts have touched on strength work. I'm wondering about your running form. Ever notice if you "bounce" while running?
Try watching your shadow during a run on a sunny day. Watch your head and see if you notice it "bobbing" or "bouncing" up and down.
Just wondering if your push-off is causing your calves and achilles to hurt. Or another thought, is the pain actually more of a cramp? Could it be lack of potassium is another guess.
I've noticed my calves are more achy and tired since I switched to a more minimal shoe. It takes a while to get used to them apparently. So your lower leg soreness could be something as simple as worn out shoes or shoes with less cushioning.
This is all great info, appreciate the responses! A lot to consider yes will definitely be looking at some strength exercises I think! I also did recently switch to a more minimal shoe, a nike 4.0, from a conventional cross trainer so that could also be contributing I assume. Ah got a long road ahead of me :\
I think it is probably just something you will get over. As others have said, it's normal to have some soreness when you start and it will be in different places for different people.
Just in case though I'll throw this out there: when I started running it was always my calves that hurt as well. It stopped happening when I stopped wearing high heels during the day - any chance your regular footwear is the problem rather than anything you are doing running?
Try Pose running and Chi running methods.......Running form means everything to me!!!
I also did recently switch to a more minimal shoe, a nike 4.0, from a conventional cross trainer so that could also be contributing I assume.
I'm just a newbie at this, but I recently switched to a more minimal shoe, and the employee at the running store said that it would likely cause calf pain if I did not cut back on my mileage. She said that I needed to allow my body to strengthen those muscles. You might try cutting back on your mileage and then working back up as your body gets more comfortable.
Try Pose running and Chi running methods.......Running form means everything to me!!!
Pose and Chi are unscientific garbage. Just keep running and you'll get stronger.
The core elements of Pose and Chi running are the same:
1. maintain good posture;
2. don't overstride.
This may be "unscientific garbage", but it works.
stand up
lead with the sternum
crown held high
breath / run / smooth is fast
Yeh I feel like it's a combination of things but I've got a 12k to run in 3 weeks so don't really want to cut back on mileage right now Gonna try some calf strengthening and maybe think about form. Only started like 5 weeks ago and doing 17km/week so eh
Try Pose running and Chi running methods.......Running form means everything to me!!!
Pose and Chi are unscientific garbage. Just keep running and you'll get stronger.


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Dawn reveals Sandy's devastation in New Jersey, Delaware, region
As daylight arrived Tuesday, millions of homes remained without power in the region, search and rescue efforts got underway in New Jersey, and officials began to assess the devastation, with early estimates putting damage in the tens of billions of dollars.
This morning on the Today show, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reported that at least three people died in the Garden State as Sandy ravaged the Jersey Shore from end to end.
Television images showed that beaches and dunes had been destroyed in many areas, with beach sand washed across the streets in many shore towns.
Search and rescue crews are working in Atlantic City to get people out who stayed their overnight.
Christie described the losses as "incalculable."
PSE&G said at least 1.2 million of its customers had lost power as of this morning.
WHYY/NewsWorks Tom McDonald was on the dawn patrol in Atlantic City, Ventor, Margate, Longport and Somers Point today. Here's his report:
"For the most part the casinos in Atlantic City seem fine from what I can see. They used sandbags heavily. there's some wind damage in the casinos area. Some bus shelters were blown down.
"Flooding in the south end of Atlantic City was minimal. On the north end, it was much worse, near Revel and where the boardwalk was washed away.
"Heading through Ventnor, Margate, and Longport, the wind damage is heavy.
"One woman on a beach block whom I talked to said she experienced 10 feet of water. She said it was up to within two feete of her deck, and her deck has to be 12 feet up in the air.
"There is no beach in Ventnor; water laps all the way up to the boardwalk. In Ventnor, and it's just the same in Margart and Longport, the ocean carried beach sand right over the boardwalks onto the streets. Any street parallel to the board walk is covered in 3-to-6 inches of sand.
"At Anchorage Point, a paddle wheel boat was lifted right out of the water and is sitting on the beach.
"The road between Longport and Ocean City is not passable; telephone poles are down.
"The bridge to Ocean City is impassable. The storm lifted the rocks in the seawall right onto the highway going to the bridge. We're talking about 500-pound boulders sitting right in the road. .
"And this is something! At Somers Point, the fishing pier off of New Jersey Avenue, it's just sitting in the bay.
"Generally, the area is not totally deserted. There are people milling about, looking at the damage."
The Philly scene
In Philadelphia, the city is quiet and perhaps a bit relieved, with damages so far light compared to the Shore and New York City.
Major highways are reopened, but all mass transit remains out of service. The Delaware River Port Authority reopened its spans across the Delaware to auto traffic at 4 a.m., but flooding on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden is making the Ben Franklin Bridge functionally useless.
The Scudder Falls Bridge on I-95 between Bucks County in Pa. and Mercer County in N.J., which had been closed due to downed power lines, is open again, but the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission urges extreme caution in using all of its bridges.
Landfall in New Jersey
With sustained winds of more than 80 m.p.h., Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore south of Atlantic City around dinnertime last night.
All day, up and down the Jersey Shore, pounding surf surged across beaches and into the streeets of shore towns. Parts of the Atlantic City and Ocean City boardwalks have broken up. According to NewsWorks partner NBC10, in many towns on the barrier islands water from the ocean has met water from the bay.
All day Monday, Christie repeatedly admonished residents who have not evacuated coastal areas. "I'm very disappointed some decided to ignore my order [to evacuate]," he said.
The governor also blamed Atlantic City's mayor Lorenzo Langford for encouraging hundreds of people to stay in shelters on the barrier island rather than moving inland.
Outages, shelters, transit
PECO reports a record number of outages in its service territory: 585,000 customers.
Hardest hit was Bucks County, with 185,000 outages. Montgomery County has about 175,000; Delaware Couny, 86,000; Chester County, 74,000, and Philadelphia with 65,000.
The Red Cross reports that 619 people and 53 pets were in its shelters around the Philadelphia region as of midnight. The biggest group is at West Philadelphia High School, where 243 people sought shelter. Avon Grove High School in Chester County has a big group, with 58 people.
SEPTA is not sure exactly when its various servcies will be restored.
General Manager Joe Casey says the agency has a plan for what will start running first:
"it is anticipated that full service will resume on the Broad Street and Market Frankford lines first followed by bus and city trolley service. Other modes of service, regional rail, high speed line the route 100, 101 and 102 lines will be slower to return to service."
The river drives in the city remain closed, as the Schuylkill flood watch continues.
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As a jury awaits to hear the murder trial of a young man accused of helping beat his father to death in their Farmington Hills home, reports indicate he may plead guilty to first-degree murder charges.
WDIV-TV, Channel 4, first reported that Tucker Cipriano, 20, is expected to plead guilty to a charge that will lead to him being imprisoned for life without chance for parole. WXYZ-TV also reports that now, also like WDIV, citing a source, despite Oakland County Circuit Judge Shalina Kumar's gag order. The gag order was made after much was said publicly regarding calls for a plea.
A hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. today and a live blog from court reporter Dave Phillips is here.
Meanwhile, efforts to seat a jury to hear co-defendant Mitchell Young's trial continued throughout the morning, a slow process due to the intense media scrutiny in this case. Police and prosecutors say Tucker Cipriano and Young broke into the Farmington Hills home of Tucker's family, intending to steal items and a car. Confronted by his father, authorities say the pair beat father Robert Cipriano, 52, to death with baseball bats. Tucker's mother and brother were also badly beaten, barely surviving.
Mother, Rose, and the brother, Salvatore, required intensive and lengthy treatment. A young child in the home called police, leading to the immediate arrest of Young.�Tucker Cipriano was arrested later a friend's home in Keego Harbor.
The case received intensive media attention because the pair were alleged to have ingested much Spice, a synthetic marijuana, which was later banned by the state.
In recent weeks, relatives of Cipriano pressured the Oakland County�Prosecutor's Office to allow Tucker to plead to a lesser charge, reasoning that the emotional testimony and trial would be too much for the family members, especially the youngest child. They accused Oakland County�Prosecutor Jessica Cooper of not relenting due to media pressure; however, the prosecutor said that public safety was the key motivator in her decision-making process.
"We're on the eve of a trial for two individuals that we allege have committed a brutal and heinous attack on a family," Cooper said recently in a statement.
"This is a crime not only against a family, but against the peace and dignity of the people of Michigan."
She said she understood the concerns about testifying.
"No victim of violence and horror wants to testify in an open court and recount their experiences, but countless people take the witness stand every day to testify against dangerous people, not only because they are compelled to by court order, but because they want to make sure that no one else suffers as they did," Cooper said.
"It is also my job as the Oakland County prosecutor to do my best to make sure that no one else suffers at the hands of such individuals in the future."
While asking for a plea deal, the Cipriano family did not publicly discuss Tucker Cipriano pleading as charged.
First-degree murder, which can be charged in two manners, carries a mandatory life without parole upon conviction. The pair is charged in two ways, first with premediated murder and with felony murder. Felony murder is first-degree murder, too, used when someone commits a felony crime and someone dies, removing the intent or plan to kill.
Reports indicate that Cipriano will plead to first-degree felony murder, a rare event in Oakland County Circuit Court. A hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today, though lawyers have been mum due to the gag order.


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I had an insane hankering for chocolate chip cookies the other day, so I decided to bust out my copy of Dorie Greenspan's Baking and make a batch. But something caught my eye: a sidenote about how she prefers to chop chocolate from a block instead of buying premade chips.
I remembered seeing a similar note on David Lebovitz's blog a while back, and was a little surprised I hadn't tried it before. Clearly the only option was a head-to-head cookie comparison.
Note: This tasting was less about the quality of chocolate, and more the chocolate distribution. If you want to know what brands we prefer baking with, check out our taste test results.
Once the dough was mixed, I divided it equally into three bowls and devoted each to a different variety: the chips, chunks, and chopped bits.
One difference was readily apparent: the much more even distribution of chocolate in the "chopped" bowl. All the little slivers and bits reminded me of stracciatella gelato (which is made by drizzling chocolate into the churning ice cream, as opposed to folding in chunks at the end, and results in a much more even chocolate distribution). I could already see where my vote was probably going. But onward in the name of science!
I distributed each of the cookie types on the baking sheet, so none would have a convectionary* advantage.
*Sure, it's a word. It must be if it's in this column, right? Right?
This one tastes like, well, childhood. This recipe is really similar to my mom's, and I got a little nostalgic. If you go with chips, definitely spring for a nicer brand of semi-sweet (between 45 and 60% cocoa is a good range) to cut through the sugar. And there are always those couple of cookies you bite into, which end up being a veritable chocolate chip desert.
The chunks themselves tasted nicer, but to me, chunks are just too much chocolate in the middle of my cookie. I like a little more cookie in my bite. The chunk-heavy bites are more like chomping on a chocolate bar. Which is fine, except, you know. I want a cookie.
The Winner: Chopped
The clear winner for me was the chopped! Completely aside from the difference in quality of the chocolate itself, the even distribution made for a more interesting cookie. Chip-less bites tasted richer, though not quite chocolatey, and the punctuation of the larger pieces was perfect.
Greenspan describes their look as "tweedy," which I find delightful.
Dear readers, I want your opinions too! Chips vs. chunks vs. chopped: which do you prefer?
About the author: Liz Gutman co-owns the Brooklyn-based candy business Liddabit Sweets, which means she spends a lot of time around chocolate (and a lot of time eating it). She moved to New York in 2001 to go to, wait for it, acting school. But when the acting life wasn't for her, she wound up in the French Culinary Institute's pastry program while working at Roni-Sue's Chocolates in Manhattan's Lower East Side. She befriended Jen King, aka the other half of Liddabit, at FCI and founded Liddabit in May of 2009.


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KANSAS CITY. - Olivia Nash scored 16 points to lead three players in double figures for Oakland (8-10, 2-4) in a 55-46 Summit League road win over Kansas City (5-13, 1-4) on Thursday at the Swinney Recreation Center.
"We showed really good mental toughness at key moments," said Oakland head coach Beckie Francis. "Kansas City made some runs at us, but our team got critical stops, forced turnovers and made some big shots. It was a great team victory."
Nash scored 14 of her 16 points after halftime, as the Golden Grizzlies pulled away by shooting 48.1 percent from the field in the second half. Victoria Lipscomb added 15 points and eight rebounds to go with a career-high four blocks. Elena Popkey scored 14 points and had a career-best four steals.
The defense keyed the win for Oakland, holding the Kangaroos to 35.3 percent shooting from the field and 12.5 percent from beyond the arc. Oakland forced 18 turnovers and came away with 10 steals. The Black and Gold scored 14 points off of Kansas City turnovers.
Oakland led 25-21 at the half before the Kangaroos cut the lead to 31-29 at the 12:09 mark. Sinclair Russell drained a jumper that sparked Oakland on an 11-4 run. The Golden Grizzlies led by as many as 12 points in the second half.
Eilise O'Connor finished with 26 points to lead Kansas City. She was the only UMKC player to score more than four points.
The Golden Grizzlies shot 43.4 percent from the field in the game.
With the win, Francis moved into a tie for third most career wins as a Summit League coach with 192. That equals former Western Illinois coach Leslie Crane.
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The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is planning to hold frequent surgeries across Craven in the lead up to the Tour de France this summer.
Station manager Dave Winspear said: "The Tour de France for us is a very big event and, from a fire safety point of view, we'd like to provide the public with a chance to meet us so we can provide relevant advice and guidance."
Mr Winspear said that people interested in arranging Tour-related events, renting out their homes as a bed and breakfast, setting up mobile food outlets or using their land for temporary campsites or parking were among those who could benefit from the surgeries.
"We're expecting quite a lot of people to let out bedrooms for the Tour de France, but when you do so you become a commercial premises and have to meet fire safety requirements," said Mr Winspear. "Rather than trawl through all the guidance, people can visit these surgeries."
The first two surgeries will be held at Skipton Fire Station from noon to 5pm tomorrow and again next Friday, January 31.
Alternatively, people can ring the fire safety hotline on 01423 857840 or visit northyorksfire.gov.uk and click on "Ask us a question".


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Great Recession's Impact on Process Automation Professionals
Feeling It: The Effects of the 2008-9 Economic Implosion Ripple Through Our Latest Salary Survey
By Nancy Bartels
This year's salary survey tells the tale of the Great Recession's impact on process automation professionals. If last year's story (2009 Salary Survey) was one of rising anxiety in the light of bad news on the horizon, this year's reflects the reality that had yet to become completely apparent in early 2009. While not an unmitigated disaster, 2009 was a tough year for folks in process automation, according to the 1500 readers who responded to our salary survey this year.
Payday: Not Bad, But Not as Good as It Was
Figure 1. Process automation still pays well. More than 70% of those surveyed make more than $60,000 a year, up from 50% last year. Twenty-seven percent make more than $100,000, but that number is down from 36% a year ago.
Figure 2. Raises have taken a real hit. This year, 54% of respondents report a raise in the zero to $1000 range, a mirror image of last year's percentage, when that same number got raises between $2000 and $4000. Only 34% got those kinds of raises this year. Last year, 16% reported raises in the $5000 to $7000 range. This year, that number is down to 7%, down 9%.
Figure 3. Bonuses are down too, from 68% last year to 57% this year—and a quarter of those reporting say their bonus was between 0% and 2%. Forty-nine percent of the bonuses were between 2% and 10%. But a surprising 16% got more than a 15% bonus.
The Numbers Don't Tell All—Stretched to the Limits and Not Liking It
In our surveys, we provide a place for respondents to add additional comments about their work. The same themes usually appear: bad bosses, stingy employers, long hours, office politics, cuts in salary and benefits, and, on the other hand, the contented souls who love their work and companies.
However, this year, two themes took center stage, probably because of the cutbacks caused by the shaky economy and the rolling demographic bomb of retirements—too much to do and not enough resources to do it, and concern over who is going to step up to fill the jobs that are being vacated by the seniors.
- "There's more work to be done by fewer people."
- "Workers are not being replaced, forcing us to run short-handed. Everyone must work harder, smarter and cover areas outside their expertise."
- "I feel driven/pushed/pressured to deliver more and faster innovations and new products, while not being given any new resources."
- "We made some cuts 12 to 18 months ago, and combined with near-term retirements, we're getting stretched to the breaking point. We're going to need time to hire, but without sufficient turnover time from retirees to the new hires."
- "Too much knowledge is walking out the door due to retirement, layoffs and open positions not being filled, thus forcing the ones left to carry more burden without added financial gain. Most new help is naïve and inexperienced."
- "Like all companies, we all do more and more work with less and less people."
- "No one in upper management seems to be planning for training the next generation of engineers. The gap is getting huge."
- "No trained people coming up through the ranks.
- "[We have] issues with finding personnel with the background needed and the lack of apprenticeships for people coming into the market."
- "I'm always worried about too much outsourcing and not enough new engineers being hired by the refinery."
- "We have a noticeably aging work force for which no replacement bench strength is being developed."
- "Training is very often seen as 'pure costs/good times for employees' by most employers, rather than as good investment in employees."
- "A lack of training is a serious problem for me. I work in a shrinking company that serves a shrinking industry. I do not have the time to get training, and my employer doesn't have the money. At the same time, my lack of training slows me down. It's an infuriating Catch-22. Operators at my customer's factories never have time for training either, so I have to create systems that one can operate without training."
Job Insecurity
Figure 4. Job anxiety is up a little this year, with 53% saying they're worried about it, up only 1% from last year, surprising in light of 35% who say their companies are laying people off, and only 19% are hiring. Last year, these two numbers were nearly equal at 37% laying people off and 38% hiring. Eighteen percent say raises and promotions have been affected by the economic downturn, down from 25% last year, although that drop may indicate that some companies took action early in the crisis instead of waiting until this year.
Why They Do It
Figure 5. In spite of anxiety over job and frustration about what cutbacks have meant, most process automation specialists aren't in it just for the money. One chart that remains remarkably unchanged is the one that ranks what gives our respondents the most job satisfaction. What they want, more than job security (12%), a chance for advancement (13%), appreciation (14%) or a decent salary and benefits (19%), is challenging work (42%). And in response to a question in our Basic Skills Survey, in spite of all the difficulties, 73% of respondents said they are happy in the automation profession, and another 25% said they were happy at least some of the time. That same 73% said they'd encourage their children to enter the profession.
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Seattle, Starbucks expects to spend more than $200 million this year for health care for its 80,000 U.S. employees, more than the total amount it spends on the raw materials or green coffee it buys from Africa, Indonesia, and other countries, according to a report in the Thursday edition of The Seattle Times. Starbucks has been widely heralded for its policy of providing health-care coverage to employees who work at least 20 hours a week.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz made the comments in a meeting with Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Adam Smith in Washington, D.C. He and other executives, including Costco CEO Jim Sinegal, were in the nation's capital to attend a health-care summit. Schultz said his company has faced double-digit increases in insurance costs each of the past four years.
"It's completely nonsustainable," he said, in remarks quoted in the newspaper.
Schultz and the other executives are looking to bring attention to what they believe is a growing crisis threatening U.S. businesses. The Starbucks chief executive did not endorse any specific legislation, but he reaffirmed his belief that every American should have access to health insurance.


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