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"As Nazareth moves into 2014, we look forward to the financial leadership that Patrick will bring to the college," said Nazareth President Daan Braveman. He has years of experience in both higher education and community administration roles, and I welcome him to Nazareth's senior leadership team."
Richey previously worked as vice president for business and finance/treasurer at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. Prior to Canisius, Richey served as vice president for finance and operations at Genesee Community College in Batavia, N.Y. He spent more than 15 years in local government management positions in several New York state municipalities.
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The baby is Pamela Montella's grandson, Elliott Joseph Malloy, and there are four generations on both sides of his family. Clockwise from the baby are Joey Malloy, father, Edward Malloy, great-grandfather, Ed Malloy, grandfather, Pam Montella, grandmother, Gladys Mills, great grandmother, and Kristen Webb Malloy, mother. My mom Gladys and I live in Schererville, and the rest of the family reside in Hammond.
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If you think the only way to get rid of annoying body hair is to go through the physical pain of waxing (which can have side-effects) or the mental agony of shelling out a bomb on laser therapy, then you probably haven't yet discovered the virtues of spearmint tea and lemon-honey paste.
The problem of excessive hair growth in women starts around puberty and marks its territory across the face, neck, chest, back, toes and arms. It mostly traumatises the 18-45 age group. Scientifically, the condition is called hirsutism.
'The reason behind excess hair growth is the increased level of male hormones in the blood (androgens). Although all women produce androgens, increased levels could lead to hirsutism. Genes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, ovarian tumours and adrenal disorders are other reasons for excessive growth of hair,' Navin Taneja, director of the National Skin Centre, told IANS.
While shaving, waxing and bleaching are some of the temporary solutions to get rid of unwanted hair, there are some natural remedies – which may not offer permanent solutions – but help reduce hair growth.
'Taking spearmint tea twice a day for five days can reduce levels of male sex hormones. A paste of gram flour, curd and a pinch of turmeric powder can be used on a daily basis. One can use a pumice stone while bathing,' suggests Taneja.
Facial hair is particularly annoying for women. Beauty expert Shahnaaz Hussain has a few suggestions for them.
'Mix 30g of sugar with 10 ml of freshly squeezed lemon juice in 150 ml of water. Mix well and then apply it on the face in the direction of the hair growth. Leave it for 15 minutes, then rinse with cold water, rubbing the facial area gently. Repeat once every week,' the beauty expert says.
'Another remedy that can help in reducing hair growth is to squeeze 10 ml lemon juice into 40 ml honey and prepare a mixture. Take a cotton swab and rub this mixture in the direction of the hair growth. Rinse after 15 minutes. Repeat twice a week for two weeks.'
Ritika Manchanda, an HR professional, swears by the prowress of such home remedies.
'I had a major issue with hair on my upper lip area… it was almost like a light moustache… something I was always very conscious of being a woman. I used to get it waxed, but my skin used to get extremely red and dry and sometimes used to even peel off. But it was a relief after someone suggested home remedies to me.'
'I was also advised to undergo laser treatment, but since it was expensive, I chose to stick to home remedies. And they turned out to be quite effective. Of course, they can be a little messy because it is all do-it-yourself but it was totally worth it!' she added.
Vandana Chatrath, a dermatologist in Delhi, says women need to change their lifestyles to tackle hormonal imbalances.
'It is important to change one's lifestyle. Imbibing healthy eating habits and regular exercising help tackle the underlying problem of hormonal imbalance,' she said.
'Losing excessive weight also helps. Those suffering from this problem should avoid eating foods that have a high glycemic index and fatty foods,' she added.
Other than natural remedies, there are permanent solutions like laser therapy, says Swati Srivastava, a Mumbai-based dermatologist.
'Modern methods to treat the problem of hirsutism include different types of hair reduction lasers. Laser therapy gives permanent results. Currently, there are three types of laser devices: Diode Hair Reduction, ND-YAG and Intense Pulsed Light System,' she said.
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I take exception to attempts to villainize Armstrong Cable in the flap between Armstrong and the Big Ten.
The vast majority of Armstrong's basic cable subscribers want to keep the cost as low as their budget allows. There are certain broadcast services available in addition to "basic" that I want to see, and that I pay extra for. To me, it's worth it.
If I wanted BTN, I'd certainly be willing to pay for it. Armstrong could and would certainly make BTN available in a "plus" package. Mr. Silverman's allegation that "agreeing to Armstrong's terms would cause the network's agreements with other cable subscribers to fall apart" makes no sense at all, and as Judge Judy says, "If it doesn't make sense, then it's not true." It looks like posturing malarkey to me.
My household has subscribed to Armstrong cable TV since the 1970s, and we have subscribed to certain, but not all, of the "expanded" TV coverage. We use Armstrong for our internet service, and for our telephone landline service. We've been happy customers throughout.
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big ten network is overrated and would be a waste of money anyway. why pay extra money every month to watch ohio state beat up on some jobber school?
all the important games will end up being on abc or espn anyway.
if you want to see them play cupcake state that badly, go to a bar.
jrolley, do you have the Big Ten Network to be able to say it's overrated? I've had it since it's inception (through DirecTV) and it's not overated, and I expect other Conferences to follow the Big Ten's lead.
I agree that not everyone will watch it, just as if they wouldn't watch another sports network. But for any college sports fans, and it is a nice network that's here to stay.
During the basketball season, the Buckeyes are sometimes on ESPN or CBS, but the majority of the games are on the BTN.
But, considering the majority of folks in this area are not huge Ohio State fans, I wouldn't expect Armstrong to add the channel. I would say that you fall in the category of not a big Ohio State fan since your only concerned about watching the "big" games.
You have to wonder, if the University of Pittsburgh was invited to join the Big Ten, how quickly would Armstrong be to add the BTN.
yes, i do have big ten network.
Obviously your not a fan of college sports
i'll root for ohio state, but yeah, in general, i'm not really that into college sports.
but still, you don't really hear all the complaining regarding this until football season rolls around every year.
the only ohio state games btn really shows during football season are the throwaway games.
it would be like paying extra money to go see mooney play against jackson milton.
Big Ten is great for all the other sports: wrestling, softball, baseball, etc.
Please do not put the big ten on Armstrong we have enough stupid things now. Just watch home shopping and get your kicks :)
I'd like to set the record straight. 1st of all, Armstrong is not a monopoly. The company has a non-exclusive contract w/ communities it serves. If Time Warner wanted to come in and build its cable grid on Ohio Edison's utility poles, they are ALLOWED. However, it does not make much sense to invest millions of dollars to snatch up a small percentage of the customer base.
2ndly, Armstrong is one of the greatest companies you will ever see in our lifetime. Ive had Armstrong cable for 30+ years and dont have a negative remark about them. They will come to your house and correct a problem that the customer created. They will come to your house and replace cable that YOUR animal chewed. They will come to your house to replace batteries in YOUR remote control. They do all of this FREE OF CHARGE. Yes, you may spend a little more per month for their service, however, the local service and support is second to none. Try getting perks like that from a Satellite operator. My in-laws have a dish, and were having trouble with reception during inclement weather, his company had the nerve to ask an 80 yr old man to climb on his roof and brush the snow away. Another story that happened to my neighbor not too long ago. He rented a backhoe to dig for a new patio. in the process of doing so, he broke the fiberoptic line running underground. Armstrong had 2 technicians there within an hour at 7PM. These technicians were there for roughly 3 hours digging a new trench, running hundreds of feet of a new fiberoptic line, and splicing it back in to restore all services to this SINGLE household. This had to cost the company hundreds of dollars in materials&overtime. This problem was obviously customer negligence. Do you know what his bill from the company was? ZERO. See if you can get another company to perform those types of services at no cost to the consumer.
Lastly, in regards to the Big Ten Network, as you've read above in the article, Armstrong has done everything in its power to carry the network. They've offered to carry it on a digital tier, and even as a stand alone pay channel for those who want it, will pay for it. Those who do not, will not pay. The BTN wants it to be carried on the basic lineup. By doing so, everyone's bill will raise a substantial amount. As much as my buddies and I would like to see more football, my mother will be upset by an increase in her rates. She doesn't want it. Why should she have to pay for it? Believe it or not, more people DO NOT want it than those that DO
Whether consumers realize it or not, they are slitting their own throats. First it was NFL network, then NHL network, then MLB network, now BIG TEN network. Talks are already underway for a PAC-10 network. Sports as you and I have known it for 50 years has been free to watch on major networks. If this keeps up and these precedences continue, you will one day have to pay a special rate to watch the Indians and Orioles on a random night in June. And believe it or not, it is said within 10 years the SUPERBOWL will be PAY-PER-VIEW.
BTN wants more money to carry their channel than ESPN. How can that possibly be justified? What are you going to watch on BTN in May? Tennis, Badminton, & Synchronized swimming. THIS IS A FACT. No thank you, but I work hard for my money, and can afford to miss a Minnesota/Northwestern game. ITS NOT WORTH IT!! Thank you Armstrong for sticking to your guns and not carrying this silly network. Who does the BTN really think they are??
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When Kit Well's best friend, Marlene, is killed in a car accident, Kit heads to Chicago to tell Travis Callahan, in person, about his sister. That Travis was her first love is of no importance -- until she sees him again. Travis and Kit are godparents to his niece Libby, and Marlene's last request of Kit was to not give up on Travis. Will Kit show Travis there's more to life than CEO business while keeping her heart safe from the one man she loves? Daddy Daycare, by Laura Marie Altom (4), is an extremely
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The Blake Project, the brand consultancy behind Branding Strategy Insider, delivers interactive brand education workshops and keynote speeches designed to align marketers on essential concepts in brand management and empower them to release the full potential of the brands they manage.
Top 100 Brands Wield Power Over S&P 500by Mark Ritson
In the managerial pecking order within most firms, finance occupies a more central role than the flimsy business of marketing. Financial people use complex terms like 'derivatives' and 'collateralised debt obligations', and deal with multibillion-dollar/pound sums on a daily basis. Marketers are a simpler mob, occupying their time with more basic duties, such as brand building and customer satisfaction.
However, when you think about it, shouldn't it be the other way round? Shouldn't the marketer, who builds the brand and works with the consumers who pay for everything, have a more exalted position than the manager who simply accounts for and invests the resulting income? Given the corporate shenanigans in the financial sector that have emerged in the past 12 months, doesn't it make more sense to trust the marketers who generate value, rather than the incomprehensible financial markets that just seem to lose it?
This week's publication of the annual BrandZ Top 100 Global Brands provides empirical evidence that marketing does indeed beat finance. As you probably know, every year Millward Brown Optimor surveys more than 1m consumers across 30 countries to measure the equity of most of the major brands in the world. It uses this data to create the Top 100, detailed further on in this blog post.
Since 2006, it has also used its data to buy a portfolio of shares in the firms that own the best-performing brands. Each April, Millward Brown Optimor reinvests the money based on that year's survey results, rather than using complex financial data or expert assessments of company potential.
For the past three years, the BrandZ Top 100 portfolio has beaten the market. As you can see from the graph below, it has been enjoying a significant lead over the S&P 500 – the value weighted index of the 500 biggest companies listed on the US stock markets. During the good years, between April 2006 and April 2008, a $100,000 investment in the BrandZ portfolio would have generated almost $20,000 more in returns compared with the average.
Strong brands enable you to charge a price premium over competitors. They also engender loyalty, which, in turn, ensures repeat purchase and better financial performance. Then there are the indirect benefits, such as employer branding, which ensures better employees can be acquired for less. They will also work harder and stay longer. As we marketers have known for many years, a strong brand is the single most important asset in any business. That is why it makes financial sense to invest in companies with the strongest brands.
Interestingly, over the past 12 months, the BrandZ portfolio has continued to outperform the S&P 500. In April 2008, when the world officially began to enter recession, some might have expected it to falter. The fact that it did not illustrates another advantage of strong brands – they perform better than competitors in a downturn. Strong brands will also be best-placed to grow when the green shoots of recovery begin to appear.
So, please allow me to be the first writer in the 3-year history of Branding Strategy Insider to offer some stock tips. They do not come to you from a mate in the City, or some complex and highly unreliable financial measurement system. They draw instead on a far more reliable source: Millward Brown Optimor's empirical data on which companies have the strongest brand equity in 2009. They are Nintendo, Bradesco, Nivea, Visa, and DHL. Fill your boots.
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Winthrop is a wonderful area. The small town feel gives it a lot of charm. I've been there 5 or 6 times and plan to go again. Skiing is best at Sun Mountain and Base Camp. Plenty of trails and lots of diversity. Duck Brand Restaurant is a guaranteed good meal.
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If you love quiet, are fit, can entertain yourself and enjoy regular people, then you'll love Winthrop. There are any number of great places to stay where you can literally hit the trails from your doorstep. I've always found the food and atmosphere of all establishments to be very, very good...a bit funky, but that's the charm. Everyone in town is very friendly and very helpful. If you're looking for Vail or Aspen then don't bother with Winthrop. If you're looking for the pure joy of cross country or skate skiing with the best trail system ever, then don't miss it.
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Okanagan, BC, Canada, November 2nd, 2008 around supper time.
I filmed this right after a rainbow, which is why I had grabbed my camera to begin with. The rainbow was gone by the time I had my camera, but these countless orbs filled the sky. It was nearly impossible to capture a good shot. I did the best that I could do. The sighting lasted about 10 minutes, and they drifted off.
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Claypaff November 3, 2008 6:37:33 PM CET
My original is so much better, insanely better. At one point in the original video capture, about 20 of these things just take off in the opposite direction and then vanish into thin air. The rest remain on course. I didn\'t post that portion because it didn\'t translate well with the sites compression program, i.e. hard to see after uploaded. But its clear on my original vid, Insane!
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Thanks for posting this :-) Myself and many others witnessed the same thing on the Island of Rhodes befor and after the earthquake this year! Would love to know what they are x


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May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., China's biggest pork producer, agreed to acquire Smithfield Foods Inc. for about $4.72 billion to boost supplies for the nation that's the biggest consumer of the meat.
Closely held Shuanghui, parent of Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co., will pay $34 a share for the Smithfield, Virginia-based producer, both companies said today in a statement. The offer is 31 percent more than yesterday's closing share price.
China's consumption of pork is rising with the expansion of its middle class while there questions are being asked about the safety of the country's food supply. Smithfield's livestock unit is the world's largest hog producer, bringing about 15.8 million of the animals to market a year, according to the company's website. It owns 460 farms and has contracts with 2,100 others across 12 U.S. states.
The takeover is valued at $7.1 billion including debt, which would make it the largest Chinese takeover of a U.S. company, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The deal is likely to face scrutiny by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., said two people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the information is private.
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Smithfield rose 24 percent to $32.31 at 9:36 a.m. before the start of regular trading in New York.
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Pope said on a conference call with analysts today that there had been a "growing relationship" between Smithfield and Shuanghui over the past four years.
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Once again, your point only serves to highlight why the achievement is so awful; the requirements specifically go against the cooperative nature of battlegrounds.
What ends up happening is that you've got most of the team on both sides ignoring the goals of the BG, ignoring the needs of the team, ignoring strategy, and just out to do what they need for the achievement. That's the reason that many hardcore PvP'ers hate this achievement too; for a whole week, any BG they go into could devolve into a complete, drawn out clusterf*ck with neither team actively trying to win; every time they queue, they have no idea how many people they're going to get on there side who not only have no idea how to win, they actually don't care AT ALL if they win or lose. Before WG was timed, you could end up with battles that just never ended that week because of how many people were just trading off flags, quitting the BG, and being replaced with people who also didn't want to end it; people who not only don't want to win, but would actively attack you for trying to.
I have no problem with an achievement that encourages people to try things they've never tried before; however, this does it in the worst way imaginable. Make the achievement to win each BG with the orphan out. Hell, make it win each one 5 times if that's too easy. But make the achievement into something where you're not actively ruining other people's gaming by persuing it.


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iHome Under Kitchen Cabinet Stereo
The under-cabinet concept isn't new, we grew up with one in our parent's kitchen. iHome's model, however, is way cooler than our parent's radio. We can play our iPods, listen to the TV, check out the weather, or god forbid, listen to the radio.
iHome's take on this classic has refined the under-the-counter radio to include what's become our modern day microwave, the iPod, no home can live without it. We like how it offers a space-saving solution, as well as bringing some life to our kitchen.
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We got one of these as a gift for our wedding in October. My wife loves it. The only drawback is that the iPod tray is not fully mechanized. While it does glide nicely up and into the player, to open as in the picture, the glider only goes so far and then gravity takes over, giving your player quite a jolt as the tray falls into place. While it hasn't caused any problems yet, I can't believe that that kind of rough and tumble is a good thing for the hard drive. But if you just hold onto the tray as it descends, this minor problem is easily solved, making this a great kitchen tunes solution.


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In a world dominated by magical thinking, superstition and misinformation, give yourself the benefit of doubt. This is one skeptic's view of the Universe; natural wonders and supernatural blunders.
"Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure."
-George Carlin
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed".
-Albert Einstein
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."
-Carl Sagan
The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species. It may be a long farewell, but it has begun and, like all farewells, should not be protracted.
-Christopher Hitchens
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US Is an Oligarchy Not a Democracy, says Scientific Study | Common Dreams
If we had a truly independent and adversarial press in my country, this would be a big news story, but they still haven't found that plane, so … whaddayagonnado right?(via wilwheaton)
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Earlier this week, Italian authorities banned electronic payments – including credit and debit cards – as well as most ATM withdrawals in the tiny city-state.
In recent years the Vatican has come under scrutiny for tax evasion and money laundering , prompting the inquiry that resulted in this ban. The privately-held Vatican bank, Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), located inside Vatican City, has been at the centre of several financial scandals in recent years, and has been under investigation since 2010 for allegedly omitting data in wire transfers from an Italian account.
I'm not a person who feels very friendly toward organized religion. I think people have been brainwashed through the centuries. The churches, particularly the Catholic Church, are patriarchal organizations that have been invested with power for the sake of the people in power, who happen to be men. It breeds corruption. I found going to church every Sunday and on holy days an exercise in extreme boredom… .
I've never felt that anyone who stands up and says 'Look, I have the answers' has the answers…
How can people still be superstitious, still believe in nonsense and astrology and grotesque demonic religions of every kind, every fundamentalist religion crowding us on all sides?
Joyce Carol Oates (1938-), interview, Playboy Magazine, November 1993 (Cited in Who's Who in Hell by Warren Allen Smith)
A blockbuster New York Times story published this weekend details how the Mexican subsidiary of retail giant Wal-Mart paid $24 million in bribes to Mexican officials — and subsequently top Wal-Mart officials allegedly decided to cover up these offenses.
The details of Wal-Mart's complicity in bribery are shocking, but there is one important element that the Times did not report.
While Wal-Mart's largest subsidiary spent millions of dollars systematically bribing Mexican officials, the company back home has been working, through big business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which renders it illegal for corporations to bribe officials in foreign countries.
The only ethic in big business is to increase profit margins.
The study, issued Monday by a consortium led by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, found that most states shy away from public scrutiny, fail to enact or enforce ethics laws, and allow corporations and the wealthy a dominant voice in elections and policy decisions. The study gave virtually every state a mediocre to poor grade on a wide range of government conduct, including ethics enforcement, transparency, auditing and campaign finance reform. No state got an A; five received B's, and the rest grades of C, D or F.
For all the reform talk by many governors and state lawmakers, very little has really changed in most capitals over the decades. Budgeting is still done behind closed doors, and spending decisions are revealed to the public at the last minute. Ethics panels do not bother to meet, or never enforce the conflict-of-interest laws that are on the books. Lobbyists have free access to elected officials, plying them with gifts or big campaign contributions. Open-records acts are shot through with loopholes.
And yet all the Republican presidential candidates think it would be a good idea to hand some of Washington's most important programs to state governments, which so often combine corruptibility with incompetence.
Emphasis added.
The Union of Concerned Scientists explains how they do it. To sum up:
Corporations suppress research. ("After pork producers contacted his supervisors, a USDA microbiologist was prevented from publishing research showing that emissions from industrial hog farms contained antibiotic-resistant bacteria.")
They ghostwrite articles. ("A 2011 analysis found evidence of corporate authorship in research articles on a variety of drugs, including Avandia, Paxil, Tylenol, and Vioxx.")
They create front organizations. ("The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit that targets dietary guidelines recommended by the FDA, other government agencies, medical associations, and consumer groups. It was founded with a $600,000 grant from Philip Morris, but has also received funding from Cargill, National Steak and Poultry, Monsanto, and Coca-Cola.")
They corrupt advisory panels. ("A few weeks before a CDC advisory panel met to discuss federal lead standards, two scientists with ties to the lead industry were added to the panel. The committee voted against tightening standards.")
Friedrich Nietzsche (via quotinggenius)
Rafic is an officer in one of the most feared security units in Iraq, one of the many commando anti-terrorism units which, at the height of the civil war, had a reputation for being a government-backed death squad.
Rafic looks like a nightclub bouncer: he is tall with a shaven head, a roll-neck sweater and slacks. He shouts into his phone, waves his hands theatrically to passing neighbours and when he laughs he exposes big yellow teeth.
Fellow residents in Rafic's Baghdad neighbourhood treat him with extreme caution. They know he has the power to detain their brothers or cousins for months if not years. But they also need him: he is their negotiator and mediator. They know that when someone is arrested they must go to him to seek help. He will arrange a visit, get a phone smuggled into the prison, reduce the level of torture and arrange for their release. Each service will come at a cost.
When we met him in December he was closing a $5,000 deal with the family of a detainee. He promised them he would send their son blankets and food and assured them the beating and torture would stop. The money was the first of many payments Rafic would receive before the man would be released.
"Corruption has reached the head," said the officer who introduced us to Rafic and who worked with him. "From top to bottom, everyone is rotten. Rafic loves money. His religion and his sect is money, which is very useful because it means at least there is someone to negotiate with, not like in the days of sectarianism when we paid money and they still killed our sons."
David Graeber (via theamericanbear)
It's only because they're not corporations, and corporations are people. When corporations love each other very much, they can bundle their money and make SuperPACs of DOOM!
Of course, when the people band together to fight corporate influence and exploitation, that's wrong. When their organization chooses to donate to a political cause or candidate, that's corrupt. Yeah, totally makes sense.
People organizing = unpatriotic, corrupt union
Businesses organizing = US Chamber of Commerce.


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Rich Brown Giblet Gravy
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 107
- Calories from fat: 17%
- Protein: 15g
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated fat: 0.6g
- Carbohydrate: 3.4g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Sodium: 106mg
- Cholesterol: 74mg
- Giblets and neck from a 10- to 24-pound turkey
- 2 onions (about 3/4 lb. total), peeled and quartered
- 2 carrots (about 1/2 lb. total), cut into chunks
- 3/4 cup sliced celery
- About 10 cups fat-skimmed chicken broth
- 1 dried bay leaf
- 1/2 cup port, sherry, or dry white wine
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2/3 cup cornstarch
- Fat-skimmed oven-roasted or barbecued turkey drippings (optional)
- Salt
- 1. Rinse giblets and neck. Wrap liver airtight and chill to add later, or save for other uses. Chop giblets and cut neck into 3 or 4 pieces.
- 2. In a 5- to 6-quart pan over high heat, combine chopped giblets, neck, onions, carrots, celery, and 1/2 cup broth. Boil and stir often until meat and vegetables are very well browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Add another 1/2 cup broth, scrape drippings free, and repeat step.
- 3. Add 9 cups broth, bay leaf, port, and pepper, stirring to scrape browned bits free. Cover and simmer until giblets are very tender when pierced, about 1 1/2 hours. If desired, add the liver and simmer 10 more minutes.
- 4. Pour broth through a fine strainer into a bowl. Discard vegetables. Measure broth. If you have more than 8 cups, boil to reduce; if you have less, add more chicken broth.
- 5. Pull meat off neck; discard bones. Finely chop meat and giblets (optional).
- 6. Smoothly blend cornstarch with 2/3 cup water. Add to broth in pan and stir over high heat until gravy is boiling, about 5 minutes. If desired, scrape turkey drippings into gravy and stir until boiling. Add giblets, if desired, and stir 1 to 2 minutes more. Pour into a bowl. Add salt to taste.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate, Low Saturated Fat
- OCCASION: Christmas, Thanksgiving
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Angrily put, but correct. Feint shouldn't be part of the normal rotation on fights without severe threat limitations.
That said, on fights like Leo, where your DPS is proportional to how well you manage threat, Feint can be extremely helpful. For such fights, I could see the utility of the Feint glyph.


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ST. LOUIS, MO - Juniors Andy Roy (Wall, NJ) and Rudy Medini (Colonia, NJ) and freshman Ramel Meekins (Westwood, NJ) each saw his run through the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships come to an end on Friday. All three advanced through the consolation brackets Thursday night and Friday afternoon, before losing their second match of the double-elimination tournament.
"I was proud of all three of our guys in this tournament," said Rutgers head coach John Sacchi. "Each guy fought hard and came close to advancing much further. We had a good showing at Nationals and, with all three guys coming back next season, we can use this as a building block for the future."
Roy, who entered the tournament ranked seventh in the country, advanced the furthest through the tournament, reaching the consolation quarterfinals. After losing his first round match on Thursday, he earned a 6-1 win over Cleveland State's Matt Kallai and a 5-2 victory over 11th-ranked Matt Herrington of UPenn in wrestlebacks. Roy's tournament came to an end in the consolation quarterfinals with a hard-fought, 7-5 loss in overtime to third-ranked Eric Hauan of Northern Iowa. Roy appeared to have the match won in regulation but was called for stalling with two seconds left on the clock, allowing Hauan to tie it up and force overtime. Hauan took advantage of the sudden change of momentum and sealed the match in the extra period. Roy falls one match short of placing among the top eight wrestlers in the country and earning All-America status. He ends his season with a team-best 30-4 record, including a 2-2 record at Nationals. Roy has competed in the NCAA Championships in each of his first three seasons with the Scarlet Knights.
Medini was eliminated from the tournament following a fall to Ohio State's Blake Kaplan in 46 seconds.
He ends the tournament with a 1-2 record, finishing with a 20-8 record for the season. The 2004 NCAA Championships marks his first appearance at Nationals.
Meekins won his first match of the day, beating eighth-ranked Clinton Walbeck of Fresno State, 5-3. He was finally eliminated from competition following an overtime loss to Oregon State's Jamie Rakevich. After both wrestlers lasted to the extra period, Meekins was in position for a take-down when Raekvich gained control and put Meekins on his back for the pin in 7:59 and subsequent sudden victory. Meekins finished his first season with the Scarlet Knights, 15-10, with a 2-2 record at Nationals.


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About 20 years ago, I worked with a fellow who proudly told me that he had once written a flawless piece of software. He kept its inch-thick line printer listing as a shrine in his cubicle. I never asked him for details, because he got angry when people questioned his judgement on computing. After all, he had once been in a panel discussion with Grace Hopper!
I have my own Grace Hopper stories, but today's interesting panel discussion took place earlier in December at the 2013 ACSAC in New Orleans. Roger Schell, a luminary in the annals of cyber security, declared that 1980s techniques had indeed created "bug-free software."
Roger Schell is wrong.
So-called "bug-free software" is simply "too hard to patch" software. Instead of being bulletproof, the software is like a fragile gift padded for shipment. We protect such things by adjusting the world outside: physical security, connection facilities, procedures, and so on. We use boxes, bubble wrap, and duct tape to secure the software.
Last week I participated in a very geeky panel discussion about a now-defunct standard for computer system security: the TCSEC. I showed some charts and diagrams about costs, error rates, and adoption of government-sponsored programs for evaluating computer security. During the panel, some audience members made the following claim:
"After its evaluation, Multics never needed a security patch."
I admit I find this hard to believe, and it's not consistent with my own Multics experience. However, most of my Multics experience predated the evaluation. So I ask: does anyone know if Multics had a security patch after its B2 TCSEC evaluation?
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologist
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Medical Special Procedures Technologists operate and monitor diagnostic imaging equipment during the examination of patients by physicians in hospitals, clinics or other medical facilities.
General duties of Cardiac Catherization Special Procedures Technologists may include:
Position/immobilize the patient on the examining table following the physician's instructions
Enter technical factors, such as the amount and quality of the radiation beam and film sequence, into the computer
Activate the fluoroscope and 35mm motion picture camera (cinefluoro-graphy) to produce images that assist the physician in guiding the catheter (thin wire) through the patient's cardiovascular system
Observe gauges, recorders, and video screens of the multi-channel data analysis system and alerting the physician to changes in the patient responses
Assist the physician in instilling enzymes or inserting a small balloon in the patient's blood vessels to remove plaque or other blockage
General duties of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Special Procedures Technologists may include:
Interview the patient and positioning the patient on the examining table
Place the specified coil (receiver), such as the head coil or knee coil, close to the body area of interest
Enter data into a computer such as the patient's history and the patient's entry position into the aperture (opening) of the magnetic resonance imaging equipment (head or feet first)
Input commands to specify the scan sequences, and adjust transmitters and receivers into the computer
Observe the patient through the window of the control room and on the closed circuit TV screen
View the images of the body area being scanned on a video display screen and inputting data on the keyboard of the camera to photograph the images
General duties of CT (Computer Tomography) Scan Special Procedures Technologists may include:
Positioning/immobilizing the patient on the examining table
Administering the contrast media orally to the patient or assisting the physician in intravenous injection
Entering data, such as the type of scan requested, slice thickness, scan time, and other technical data, into the computer
Starting the CT scanner, viewing images of organs or tissue on the video display screen, and starting the camera to produce radiographs
Evaluating the radiographs, video tape and computer generated information for technical quality
General duties of Angiogram Special Procedures Technologists may include:
Positioning the patient for examination, using head and/or shoulder braces
Operating a fluoroscope to aid the physician to view and guide the wire or catheter through the blood vessels to the body area of interest
Filling the automatic injector with the contrast media, setting the flow rate, and activating the injection of the contrast media, into the vessels
Monitoring the video display of the body area and adjusting the density and contrast to obtain the best exposure
Starting the filming sequence
Reviewing the developed x-rays for accuracy of positioning and quality
The equipment used may include:
Medical Special Procedures Technologists may specialize in these areas:
078.362-050 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGISTS operate diagnostic imaging
equipment (during cardiac catheterization) to produce contrast enhanced radiographs of a patient's heart and cardiovascular system to aid physicians in diagnostic evaluation and treatment.
078.362-058 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGISTS operate magnetic resonance imaging equipment to produce cross-sectional images (photographs) of a patient's body for diagnostic purposes.
078.362-054 COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY SCAN SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGISTS operate a CT scanner to produce cross-sectional radiographs of the patient's body for diagnostic purposes. (Computerized tomography is a diagnostic technique using x-ray photographs in which the shadows of structures "before" and "behind" the body section under observation do not show).
078.362-046 ANGIOGRAM SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGISTS operate diagnostic imaging equipment to produce contrast enhanced radiographs of a patient's blood vessels to aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. (Angiography involves injecting substances opaque to radiation into blood vessels so that diagnostic x-rays of those vessels may be made).
In addition to learning about these specialties, you may also find it helpful to explore the following Career Exploration Scripts
Medical Special Procedures Technologists work under the direct supervision of a physician, radiologist, or surgeon. Most Technologists work in the radiology/diagnostic imaging or surgical services department of hospitals or in free-standing (out-patient) diagnostic offices. Work areas are clean, sanitary, well lighted, and ventilated. The hazards of working with radiation are minimized by following rigid safety procedures.
Technologists work an 8-hour day, 40-hour week. They usually work between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. However, some Technologists may work an evening or night shift in some hospitals. Some Technologists may travel in mobile vans equipped with magnetic resonance imaging equipment to nearby rural communities. Most Special Procedures Technologists must purchase their lab coats or uniforms.
Special Procedures Technologists may belong to such professional associations as the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, the Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions:
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Math Problem You Should Be Able to Solve:
How many radiation dosage units are in 1 kilogram of material that has 2 Joules of energy?
Reading Example You Should Be Able to Read and Comprehend:
The biological effects of radiation are directly related to the rate at which energy is deposited in living tissue.
Writing Example You Should Be Able to Produce:
You should be able to write a report explaining how a patient reacted to a specific amount of radiation.
Thinking Skill You Should Be Able to Demonstrate:
You should be able to look at a patient and then decide how much radiation to apply to them.
Many employers require that the Special Procedures Technologist be registered as a radiologic technologist with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT ) and have an additional 12 months of specialized courses. To be registered, the radiologic technologist must complete formal training in an American Medical Association (AMA) approved school or hospital.
NOTE: An additional 12 months of specialized course work is the minimum required by most employers. An Associate Degree (two years of study beyond High School) or a Bachelor's Degree (four years of study beyond High School) may qualify a person for this occupation.
The following education and preparation opportunities are helpful in preparing for occupations in this Career Exploration Script
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Students should obtain the local Education & Training Opportunities for information on what happens to students who successfully complete a program. This information is available at each high school or career/technical center.
Radiologic Technology programs provide opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills needed for employment in hospitals and clinics taking and processing X-ray photographs of patients for doctors and other medical specialists.
Courses vary from school to school but may include:
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There are no Apprenticeships related to this Career Exploration Script***MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMS***
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Medical records are important for health care delivery. To provide proper treatment, doctors need complete and accurate information about patient symptoms, test results, illnesses, and prior treatments. Medical record technicians prepare and maintain patient records, reports, and correspondence.
What They Do
Medical record technicians in the military perform some or all of the following duties:
Work Environment
Medical record technicians work in admissions or medical records sections of hospitals and clinics. They work in land-based facilities and aboard ships.
Helpful Attributes
Helpful school subjects include general science and business administration. Helpful attributes include:
Training Provided
Job training consists of 6 to 18 weeks of classroom instruction. Training length varies depending on specialty. Course content typically includes:
Civilian Counterparts
Civilian medical record technicians usually work for hospitals, clinics, and government health agencies. They perform duties similar to military medical record technicians. However, civilian medical record technicians tend to specialize in areas such as admissions, ward, or outpatient records. Those working in admission or discharge units are called admitting or discharge clerks.
The number of medical record technicians in the military is unknown.. After training, new technicians each are assigned to hospitals or clinics, where they work under close supervision. With experience, they may assume supervisory positions and may manage medical record units or admission or discharge units.
E-Learning Courses and Programs
High school courses such as biology, physiology, and chemistry as well as amateur photography are helpful in preparing for this field of work. Volunteer work in hospitals and with the Red Cross may serve to introduce you to the general area of health services. Reading the bi-monthly journals "Magnetic Resonance Imaging" and "Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics" will also inform you of trends and related topics. Postsecondary programs in radiologic technology may provide experience opportunities.
School-to-Work opportunities include:
Informal apprenticeships
Job shadowing experiences
Touring a local Medical Special Records Technologist employer
Volunteer work with a Medical Special Records Technologist employer
Community service work with an agency
The most common method of entry is direct application to employers. Assistance may be available from school placement offices, as well as a local office of Michigan Works!. Job openings may be located by consulting newspaper want ads. In addition, you should access and search the Internet's on-line employment services sites such as:
You should also enter an electronic resume on these on-line services.
The earnings of Medical Special Procedures Technologists depend on their education, experience, area of specialization, and geographic location of the employer.
Nationally, the hourly wages (mid 2009) of Medical Special Procedures Technologists employed by hospitals and related institutions were:
The median hourly earnings of "all" workers in the U.S. were $18.05 in 2008.
In Michigan hospitals, the hourly wages (early 2009 of Medical Special Procedures Technologists were:
Depending on the employer, fringe benefits usually include paid vacations; sick leave; hospitalization, disability, and life insurance; retirement plans; tuition assistance; and parking. These benefits are usually paid for, at least in part, by the employer.
A career ladder for a Medical Special Procedures Technologist may begin as a radiologic technician and proceeds to Medical Special Procedures Technologist, supervisor, and Chief of Diagnostic Imaging. Experienced Special Procedures Technologists with additional education may advance to supervisory or administrative positions.
Nationally, there were about 45,400 Medical Special Procedures Technologists employed in 2006. Employment is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2016. The industry distribution for Medical Special Procedures Technologists looked like this:
To find employers, click Employer/Business Locator.
Physicians and surgeons are increasing their use of cardiac catheterization, computed tomography scanning, and magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. An overall growing and aging population (which has a higher risk to such diseases) should result in a continuing demand for diagnostic imaging services and likewise for Special Procedures Technologists. There is a current shortage of these Technologists.
There are more than 2,375 Medical Special Procedures Technologists employed in Michigan. These Technologists worked in hospitals, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's), outpatient health facilities, and diagnostic imaging centers. A few also worked in office-based group practices of radiologists.
Employment of Medical Special Procedures Technologists in Michigan is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2016.An average of 90 annual openings is expected, with 60 due to growth and 30 due to replacement of those who retire, die, or leave the labor force for other reasons. About two-thirds of the Special Procedures Technologists are employed in Detroit area hospitals. The demand for these Technologists will increase as more Michigan hospitals establish cardiac catheterization, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography scanning diagnostic units.
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I hate this. Every single day, people on Facebook are always writing their problems that are happening at school, as their status. NO ONE GIVES A FUCK! All i see is "OMGG ! I Fucking Hatee Himm ! We're Done!" and "I'm Gonna Wreckk Her Gorilla Ass Up Like Foreall ! She's Fucking Annoying !". And then a bunch of other bitches start commenting on that shit. Then, when you go to school all this shit starts happening and then all those people who commented get into it and end up in a fight or non-existant. If you have some shit going on don't bring other people into it. And if you want to deal with it over FACEBOOK, message them. That's what it's for.
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Already marrieds: inspire us!
I know that there have been several posts about getting overwhelmed in the planning process. Personally, I need to do *a lot* this weekend. I have fun doing my DIY projects, it is just very time consuming. Let's hear a few words of inspiration from those of you who have already had your "big day" to keep us going! Let's hear some "it was all worth it in the end" stories : )


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This page is an overview listing of all of my articles on myths, urban legends and other rumors in WoW. It's an attempt to collect and investigate the various mystifying stories that have emerged over time.
Articles are added along the way as I write them:
I tried to make a distinction between myths, urban legends and rumors at first, but in some cases I couldn't tell the difference and ended up using these concept interchangeably anyways. When researching, I would find people talking about these stories as either, so I'm letting it be up to the reader under what definition a particular story belongs.


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Although South Dakota did not produce a jackpot winner in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, a group from Sioux Falls did win a $10,000 prize.
The 14-member group's winning ticket was purchased at Casey's General Store on Benson Road in Sioux Falls. Group member John Larsen claimed the ticket, which matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the game's third prize.
According to the South Dakota Department of Revenue, South Dakota players set ticket-buying records by purchasing $1,329,503 million in Powerball tickets on Wednesday. The day's sales eclipsed the previous one-day sale of $774,800 for a Mega Millions drawing in 2012.
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Care for and nurture a tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. Grow a small village in your iPad: your little villagers have food needs, housing needs, technologies to research and diseases to fight! As the tribe grows and prospers, the villagers become curious about the ruined city they have discovered and the secrets it holds.
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Did SAP & Oracle cut loose staff?There have been a number of web sites reporting planned or executed layoffs at various software firms.
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Could PWC, SEC and others help me out here?When I read the resignation letter of Satyam's CEO, it triggered a number of questions for me.
The Enron of India (Probably!)The news today re: Satyam is really bad.
Overheard at the electronic water cooler....Check out the Alliance@IBM website for some interesting reading.
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Unofficial Meat Grinder 50K++
Saturday and Sunday's weather report called for 97 degrees, with a heat index of over 100 degrees. The news anchors were recommending that people stay indoors, in air conditioning, and even limit pets to no more than 30 minutes outside.
In heat like that, what in the heck are a bunch of crazy ultrarunners supposed do?
That's easy – create a new brutal running challenge, of course.
"If it a'int rough, it a'int me" – Eazy-E, NWA
Since I started running, I've always been intrigued by difficult challenges – be it a difficult course or difficult conditions or difficult qualifications – or a combination of all three.
Races like Spider Tynes' Hot 2 Trot race where runners loop a 1.1 mile trail, over and over, for eight hours in sweltering Georgia August heat, or Claude Sinclair's Laurel Valley self-supported, somewhere-around-35-miles, brutal beatdown on the South Carolina foothills trail; the relentless SCAR run that traverses difficult peak after peak after peak deep within the Smokies; The two loop run on Coosa Backcountry trail crawling 7000 feet of elevation in 26 miles; and of course the hardest thing ever for me, the Superior Sawtooth 100-mile race on Minnesota's super-rugged Superior Hiking Trail.
Couple all that with a new running buddy who likes crazy as much as me, and other friends willing to tag along for the training, and you've got the recipe for some fun, challenging stuff.
Introducing the Inaugural and Unofficial Meat Grinder 50K++
If you've know me, you know that one of my favorite training spots is the Appalachian Trail [AT]. The approach trail to the Southern Terminus of the AT is a beautiful, and brutal, stretch that makes 8 miles seem like 18. We call it Meat Grinder, and a trip to Meat Grinder, out-n-back, will definitely be a 17-miler you won't soon forget.
There's a handful of us here in north Georgia training for the White River 50-mile race at Crystal Mountain in Washington state, and we are seeking as many hard, hilly training runs as we can fit into our schedule – but still nearby.
Naturally, the Meat Grinder had to fit in the plan somewhere and seeing as how we love to try new things, planning be damned, we did just that.
Sunday morning, June 28, 2009, three numb-skulls, "too-fast-Matt", "three-kids-Tony", and "phat-mouth-Christian" headed out self-supported, to complete a 34.2-mile run from the stone arch at Amicalola Falls Visitor Center to Hightower Gap, and back again, on 100% single-track along the Appalachian Trail.
The Unofficial Meat Grinder 50K++ was underway.
Section 1: the approach
Hehe. This is just flat-out tough. It's no exaggeration when I say that the very first step onto the trail is a climb, and that climb continues for 1.25 very steep miles, to the parking area of Amicalola Falls.
Matt runs the whole mile up.
Tony and I run a third of it, opting to power-hike the steep gravel hill
The approach to Springer Mountain, and thus, the AT, sorta rolls like this:
Ascend steeply…
…descend steeply.
Ascend steeply…
…descend steeply.
Ascend steeply…
…descend steeply.
Three evident and distinct mountain climbs, with some rolling in between.
I've said this before, but I swear I can "feel" the spirits on this trail – the spirits of journeys started and dreams realized. So much history on the Appalachian Trail.
The trail is very rugged with root gardens, sharp chunky rocks and dense overgrowth. From a "challenging run" perspective, this is a great way to start a long event since it will most likely send the uninitiated back towards lodge after 8+ miles of this kind of stuff, knowing that an entire marathon distance still lies up ahead.
Section 2: headed to Hightower
I have never run past Springer Mountain and was shocked at the technical descent from the top, to the small gravel parking area at the bottom. Having communicated with Lane and Jenn Vogel (female winner of the Keys 100 race) the day before the run, they offered to leave us some water jugs at the base of Springer Mountain and run around until they found us as they were also training out there that same day.
This proved to be key as it was HOT and water was scarce. "Thanks guys!"
After we refilled our emptying water bottles at the base of the mountain, we made our way towards Hightower Gap, about 8 miles away.
Now, if you want to try this run, it's helpful to know that this is where you can really open up if you have it in you after the approach section. The first half of this section is literally 4.1 miles of solid downhill.
Just remember, what goes down, must come back up {wink}
Of course, too-fast-Matt was way ahead, but Tony and I stayed close together through this section, both of us already hurting a little – yes, I know, only 10-12 miles in and already hurting – but, that's the AT for ya.
All we could say was, "Duuuuude, we gotta come back up this thing".
It was amazing. We just kept going down, down, down, finally hitting bottom at Three Forks.
After Three Forks, there are some light rolling climbs and descents, and a BEAUTIFUL fern garden that was super immense and blindingly green. I swear, like the Celestine Prophecy, I get energy from plants that just scream energy. I believe in the energy of living plants. This is also where we bumped into Lane and Jenn, and all of us, at various points along the way, got some quality miles in with the uber-fit couple.
But, this beautiful, rather easy running is pretty short lived – maybe 2 miles-ish – before starting yet another very long descent, which eventually turns into a drastic descent, finally dumping us out into the gravel parking area of Hightower Gap.
I might also add that this is where Tony and I bumped into too-fast-Matt Kahrs, already on his way back. The kid was 4 miles ahead of us! …and looking cool as a cucumber.
Not us.
Only halfway done …and dead freakin tired!
Section 3: the climb back out of Hightower
Oh man, this is where the beatdown was coming together.
It was now rolling into the hot part of the day. We both were almost completely out of water, tired, and facing 17 more miles – six of which were about to be all uphill, followed by the return from Springer Mountain back down the approach trail.
"Oh man, Tony, what was I thinking with this run idea?"
We started making our way up the first sharp ascent, fueling up while trying to conserve water. We reached a sign for a hiker shelter and decided to brave the extra mileage in search of water. Geeez, in the Smokies, the shelters are right there along the trail – but not at Hightower – we had to hike about a .25 mile before we found the water.
Nothing like bonus miles, right?
Fueled up with plenty of water, we started a series of run a little, power hike a little, run a little… and of course, because it's my duty in this sport, I fell over and over and over again, but we finally made it to the top of the sharp ascent, and began running through that beautiful fern garden section again, making our way back to Three Forks.
I fell one more time, looked up, saw Tony's blue shirt in the distance, heard him yell, "YOU OK?!", and I never saw him again…
I made my way to Three Forks, plopped my sweaty, stinkin' butt is the rushing creek, and soaked in the cold water liked an African hippo.
Remember that 4.1 mile descent that started off section 2 on the way to Hightower Gap?
Welp, time to go back up that…
and up…
and up…
Made it to the Stover Creek Shelter sign, but chose to try to make it back to Springer Mountain where water jugs were {hopefully} stashed for us.
Big mistake.
I seem to always do this. Like I am trying to deprive myself of what I need in order to conserve for when I might start feeling like complete death. This is a terrible strategy as it really only sets me up for complete death – not prevents it.
I only had 1.6 miles more to go to get to the base of Springer, but ran out of water with a mile to go. Any other time, who cares right? It's just a mile…
…but at that time, it was the longest, dry-mouthed, dizzy mile I have endured in awhile …not to mention the anxiety that follows when one is waterless, tired, loopy and having difficulty thinking as clearly as one should.
But all drama aside I made it to the base of Springer where Lane and Jenn had left the water stashed behind a tree. I filled my bottles, poured the rest over my head, and started the steep, technical backside climb to the top of Springer Mountain.
Section 4: bringing it home
This is where the story turns emotional.
This return stretch from Springer Mountain to the Amicalola Visitor's Center touched me many times in that 8+ mile stretch, in various ways.
Check this out…
So, I summit Springer to find two ladies, and a golden retriever, looking tired and spacey. I grunted a greeting and sat down to clean out my soggy wet shoes.
I made some small talk with one of the women about the heat, the climb, etc… when I noticed she had been crying – and her friend was over by a tree REALLY crying it up.
"yikes, is your friend having a difficult time on the trail today?", I asked.
She smiled, "nope, those are tears of joy." — "we just completed our thru-hike."
I was shocked.
Here I was, dopey ol' sweaty-ass me, sittin' up here cleaning out my shoes in the middle of these two awesome hikers celebrating a MASSIVE accomplishment!
I was so stoked.
I started congratulating them, sharing my water with their dog, and talking a mile a minute. I was so impressed with these ladies and so happy for them. They hiked every square inch of the Appalachian Trail, my dream goal.
I sat up there with them for 15 minutes, taking photos for them with their individual cameras, talking story and sharing in their joy, …and it was just killer.
Man, I just can't express how cool that moment was. I left Springer with a grin from ear to ear.
Way to go ladies!!!!!!!!
However, once that stoke started to taper off, I once again came to the realization that I was struggling a bit in the 95+ heat, was almost out of water AGAIN, and had no more calories.
I started noticing I was swerving like a drunk. I was slouching and must have looked pretty bad to random hikers I would see here and there.
Just then – a butterfly swooped by my face, then came back again, almost hitting me in the forehead.
At first I was annoyed.
…but then, I realized it was my grandmother.
Yep, I'm that weird and wacko that I truly believe that my grandmother, who passed away in 2005, visits me on the trail when times get tough. Whether it's real or not isn't really relevant – I believe it – and that's all that matters. If it gives me inspiration, it's real.
I was so excited, I started laughing out loud all by myself. I thanked her for showing up …for always being there for me – alive or dead.
I clenched my fist, punched up towards the trees and yelled, "life is great!"
And I started running harder and with better form.
"Time to get back and put this one in the books."
I ran the last 4 miles like I had just started the run – upright, positive, happy, fast feet…
…and there it was – the stone arch – the icon representing the start to the Appalachian approach trail – and the sign that reads, "2,108 miles to Katahdin, Maine."
The finish
Just as I passed under the arch, I heard, "Beast!", and saw too-fast-Matt standing there with a Coke, a Powerade and two bottles of water for me.
Good kid that Matt Kahrs.
Tony had finished about 15 minutes before me and was puking and resting in the AC of his car, much to Matt's delight. We all hopped in the cold creek to soak the legs, sharing stories of our individual experiences on the trail, and laughing and smiling, all the while shaking our heads in disbelief.
If your an ultrarunner, you know what I mean.
On the ride home, Matt and I sounded like a couple of little kids, both proud of our accomplishments, but also already planning the next difficult run to take on next.
This is our fun.
We do these things because we love to run. We love the highs and lows and being out in the nature, challenging ourselves by overcoming mental, physical and emotional anguish.
I feel like I grow as a man with every single finish. I feed on the stoke. I learn more about myself and others and I become more aware of others and their emotional experiences too.
My life seems to be evolving quite a bit, and while my wife probably deserves most of the credit, running is a major contributor.
I am an ultrarunner.
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Ditto on the "Nice one!". One thing I've learned from your reports is to never pass up water when I've got the chance.
Nice one! I ran from Springer Mt. to Dick's Creek Gap with a 14 pound pack in 3 days 2 weeks ago. All but 2 miles of that was with a cracked rib & crushed lung. Ouch.
Good luck at White River!
Great run and a great day. What a blessing to feel your grandmother with you when times get tough. Congrats on continuously upping the ante! Jessica
Another great run report… Keep on writin' and runnin' I always get inspired to do the runs you write about.
Question…Do you have to purify the water outta the creeks up there? Thanks Dan
Rob …you must live right smack dab in the center of Mountain Mist – no wonder you slay it like the big dog.
If you gleamed that 7:40 from these comments, that's how long it took me to complete a double-Coosa, not this 50K++ associated with this report. It took my about 9:40 for this Meat Grinder deal. –wasted a few minutes on top of Springer and chasing water, but that's part of the experience.
My buddy Matt did it in 7:19, and he's a waaaay sub-5 50Ker. Watch this kid Matt Kahrs – he's blowin' up the 50Ks and I can't wait to see what he does at White River.
Thanks for writing – perhaps you can run me out on your 50K loop deal someday?! I'd love that.
Great job Christian! I too did an "unofficial" 50km of my own on June 20th. Right out of my back gate I've got a kick-ass course I call the Dismal 50km. It's actually 8 repeats of a 4 mile out and back that includes some of the steepest trails in Monte Sano State Park. The verified total elevation gain is ~11,500 feet (pretty easy to verify as in one "loop" you have two big drops and two big climbs) over the 32 mile course. This day was 97 degrees F with heat index well into the 100′s. It took me 11h 35m to get through this sucker! The other thing with the Dismal 50km is that the trails are all very technical and steep making even the downhills difficult to "run." So your 7:40 was either smoken' fast or there really isn't as much climb as you think; probably the lower end of your elevation change prediction. Really can't trust a GPS w/o barometric calibration. Regardless, great job on a tough training run. These are the kind of runs I'm into as well, unfortunately I had to stay close to home…
Sounds like a good time was had by all.
I love that run. You can also make it a loop of sorts by incorporating the BMT between three forks and Springer.
Ya know you can get water our of those small creeks and springs.
NICE write-up. I'm happy to hear that Tony was puking. It's good to cleanse the soul every now and again.
This weekend should be just as great. Bring your suntan lotion.
@Steve: The Garmin, at least my 405, is well known for being waaaaay off on elevation.
The rangers at Vogel told me one loop is 5200 (10,400 for a double), and others have told 3500 feet (7000 for a double), of total elevation gain in a loop. I never really know for sure, so opted to write the most conservative number …but yea, I'm like you, the Double Coosa is a BEAST, and 7000 just doesn't seem possible.
But I almost 100% sure your number is off because 20,000 would be too much.
My Garmin 405 read Meat Grinder alone, last summer when I had a Garmin, at 12,000+ and we all know that while hard, it's not 12,000.
Whatever the case may be, your double Coosa is strong brutha' – I heard you guys came in just a little over seven hours. I was 7:40! ….nasty, nasty run
…but I hear we're all headed back next weekend, right?
Great writing. I've always wondered what lay past Springer. I did the double helping of coosa on Sunday and also ran dangerously low on water. A stash at wolf pen gap would have been nice.
I'm wondering how you got 7k in gain for 2 loops at coosa? Garminconnect had 20k, which must inflated, but by 13k? They need to fix that if 7k is correct for both loops.
Loved It! And your Grandmother too!
I want to recommend a book "The real world of fairies" By Dora Kunz, Dora Van Gelder Kunz. More people to watch for on your runs. And also I enjoy the indigenous runners thinking "My Sister the Wind and My Brother the Water" so rain, wind, streams forded or dry my relatives and fairies are on the trail with me.
Congratulations on such a strong finish. Also appriciate the thanks to your wife and family for sharing you with the trails.
Yes you are. And I humbly bow in your general direction once again. You rock. Kudos on another job well done!


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