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There are some sports writers and columnists who believe that one of the job's requisites is to put themselves in the shoes of a professional athlete. It's as if the power of the pen and computer grants these gatekeepers of the locker room the ability to read millionaire's minds or to step inside their bodies.
And that's when the real trouble ensues.
Media personnel like to fancy themselves as experts of the beat they are assigned to, but really aren't, unless they've suited up and played the game themselves. Their primary goal is to net enough material to satisfy the day's work requirements. They listen to what coaches and players say on a given subject before deciding how to go about crafting a story that properly captures the team's mood.
Sounds pretty straightforward, doesn't it? The media is spoon-fed information, which is then distributed via blog or Twitter. Rinse and repeat, but always make sure the point being conveyed is 140 characters or less.
There are those in the media biz who feel that it's their duty to venture beyond the meat and potatoes that are served up and fan the flames of controversy. Specifically, they like to pull out the "soft" card and throw it in the middle of the table when they see a situation where athlete has more Charmin than Iron Man qualities.
Athletes who go 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and leave runners on base are fair game for criticism. But when those same athletes miss time due to injuries, they shouldn't have their names dragged through the mud as if they're letting their teammates and fan base down.
Other than the athlete, and the team doctors and training staff, no one is in a position to make judgments on what's taking place behind closed doors. Guesswork on injuries is a downright messy business and a practice that potentially puts even more distance between athletes and those who cover them.
Unless a media member is privileged enough to obtain actual facts – too often injury information comes from an anonymous source who prefers to go by the alias "John Doe" rather than his or her actual name – it's best to let sleeping dogs lie. No room for speculation at this time.
There are a couple of reasons why this corner has been itching to say something on this subject matter. Somehow, the Chicago Bulls advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs against LeBron James & Co. despite not having the services of star point guard Derrick Rose, who has come under a wave of criticism for sitting out the entire season with a knee injury that was sustained one year ago.
The drumbeat of Rose letting down his teammates by not at least giving it the old college try only grows louder now that Chicago is involved in a high-stakes showdown with Miami. Those same people who are quick to pass judgment on Rose have probably never rehabbed from a torn ACL.
Paraphrasing from former NFL coach Jim Mora, the media doesn't know "diddly poo" about Rose's condition. To question his commitment seems more grist for the mill than actual reporting. If Rose comes back this round, great. If he doesn't and the Bulls end up falling to the Heat, chalk it up to the fact that injuries are part of sports.
The situation involving Rose is eerily similar to the fallout Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury had to deal with after fracturing his ribs during the 2010 season. It wasn't just that Ellsbury got hurt. It was that he had to go out of his way to defend why his recuperation time lasted longer than expected.
Last time I checked, the media's qualifications stem from undergraduate degrees in journalism, English, history or political science. You will be hard-pressed to find a doctor or a psychologist in your press-box travels. But that doesn't prevent some from circling around an injured athlete like a bird of prey looking for its next victim.
Speaking of psychology, some grabbed hold of the theory that the reason why PawSox shortstop Jose Iglesias wasn't in the lineup for the three straight days was the result of disciplinary measures taken by the parent club. Those same folks who chose to wave the accusatory finger haven't set foot inside McCoy Stadium this season or talked to manager Gary DiSarcina.
All DiSarcina said regarding Iglesias' absence was "manager's decision." In eyes of some, the answer was less than forthcoming, thus the reaction to throw mud against the wall and paint a picture that dramatizes the matter. Just like that, Iglesias is viewed as a problematic sort in need of a reality check.
Whatever happened to taking what is said from a reliable source and stamping "case closed" on the topic? The notion of reporters digging deeper is all well and good so long as it doesn't come at the expense of launching an undeserved assault on an athlete's reputation.
Alas, such a course of action is pure fantasy, hence no wonder that players and coaches view the media with so much skepticism.View more articles in:


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No I just quoted a random post.You read my paragraph I assume.
From Thank you America:Now give me examples of Americans running around acting snobbish. I'm not listening to any more people saying shit they can't prove. Thank you for your cooperation.
Of course there are no better governments, there are no other United States government.The United States government sucks, but there's nothing better. There hasn't been a decent government anywhere in about 100 years. Why do you think I'm going to Antarctica? It's still under control of various governments, but at least it's so scarcely populated that you can get away with a lot of stuff.
Pretty harmless but I won´t waste time searching through 16000 posts.
It shows what many people find irritating though. You say there are no better government than the United States´. No "I think" or a reason why you believe it is, you just write it like it is an obvious fact.
Yeah I know, it´s a pretty shitty example, but small things like that add up and give the impression that americans just assume they are the best.

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Daniels Floors is a family owned, veteran owned small business. We install, repair, recoat and refinish hardwood floors and staircases. Our Bona Kemi Dust Containment System will keep your home free of airbourne contaminants caused by sanding. We offer both oil based and water based polyurethanes. Please click on the Facebook link to see our most recent projects.
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Daniel has attended Bona Kemi floor finishing training courses. His professional training, along with over ten years experience in hardwood flooring installation, repairs, recoating and refinishing means our clients get professional results. Daniels Floors, LLC carries workers comp and general liability insurance. This is a family owned and operated business. We are members of the National Wood Flooring Association.
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Hardwood flooring lasts a lifetime. It can be renewed with refinishing. Most of the oak flooring installed in Atlanta homes comes from the Appalachian area.Daniels Floors uses the Bona Kemi Dust Containment System, the only system that is GreenGuard Certified for indoor air quality. Non-toxic water base finishes are available for fast-drying, fume-free finish.Daniels Floors only installs Forestry Stewardship Council, FSC certified hardwoods,grown using sustainable forestry management.
We just sold our house about 3 months agp, moving into a resale that had very light color/heavily scratched up hardwoods throughout. We had 1 week to find someone to refinish/stain before we had to... move in. I found Daniels Floor here on Kudzu with great reviews and called Laura on a Thurs and they were out the following Mon-Thurs on really short notice! Laura was great and Daniel/crew were awesome too. Despite the very short timeframe, they finished everything in 4 days and even came back to touch up some areas. Because we had to move in so quickly, Daniel even said to contact him down the road and he'd apply another topcoat for us :) We would HIGHLY recommend Laura/Daniel to anyone needing great hardwood work done! -NickVIEW MORE »VIEW LESS »
I have a problem with a laminate floor that was put down by someone else. It is making a creaking sound. Laura called me back and was very helpful. They sound like they care to take care of the... customer. I will use them when neededVIEW MORE »VIEW LESS »
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We had Daniels floors come and redo the finish on the floors in a house my Son bought in the Virginia Highlands. They gave us a very good price, and did the job at short notice. The floors had some damage that needed to be filled. We were called during the process to let us know that the stairs would be a different color if not sanded and finished and we asked them to complete that as well. The workmen did a great job, were professional and we would recommend them to anyone looking for quality workmanship.
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We just sold our house about 3 months agp, moving into a resale that had very light color/heavily scratched up hardwoods throughout. We had 1 week to find someone to refinish/stain before we had to move in. I found Daniels Floor here on Kudzu with great reviews and called Laura on a Thurs and they were out the following Mon-Thurs on really short notice! Laura was great and Daniel/crew were awesome too. Despite the very short timeframe, they finished everything in 4 days and even came back to touch up some areas. Because we had to move in so quickly, Daniel even said to contact him down the road and he'd apply another topcoat for us :) We would HIGHLY recommend Laura/Daniel to anyone needing great hardwood work done! -Nick
I have a problem with a laminate floor that was put down by someone else. It is making a creaking sound. Laura called me back and was very helpful. They sound like they care to take care of the customer. I will use them when needed
Thanks for the review! I am always available for a telephone consultation, and can often provide easy DIY solutions for issues with simple solutions. I also contribute to the National Wood Flooring Association's Hardwood Flooring forum under the name Daniels. We do take care of customers, and many non-customers as well. We love working on hardwood floors and can put you to sleep with all kinds of boring information about wood floors. Please feel free to call and let me know how the solution I recommended worked out for you. Thanks!
My wife and I contacted Daniels Floors about replacing our outdated and ugly stairway. They were very helpful, working with us on options, pricing, and scheduling. Their crew arrived on time, worked steadfastly throughout the project, kept the house clean and neat, and completed the job to the highest quality standards. We are DELIGHTED with the beautiful work they did and the very reasonable price we happily paid. It was a GREAT VALUE overall. We will wholly trust Daniels Floors with our next project! - Tom & Elaine
This client asked for recommendations on spindles for this staircase. The home is a traditional home with natural hardwood floors. I felt the best look would be spindles that had decorative features, without being too ornate. I recommended iron spindles with knuckles. We alternated 1 knuckle and 2 knuckle spindles. The result is definitely an upgrade from the builder grade spindles and carpeted pine treads we replaced. I am glad the client is pleased with the results. An upgrade on a staircase makes a tremendous difference in the entry to a home. Thanks so much for the great review! We are glad you selected Daniels Floors!
This was our second round with Daniels and it was just as good as the first experience. Almost our entire house is now hardwoods and we could not be happier. Quality product and expert installation. Good hardworking people doing good work. Cannot imagine anyone being better than them.
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We have developed a lot of long term relationships with our clients over the years. Lots of clients have had multiple projects over the years, or move and hire us for their new homes. We are truly grateful for our clients' loyalty and will continue to do our best to serve all of our clients to the best of our ability! Thanks for the kind words!
We needed a hardwood floor refinished after water damage. They came when they said they would, they did excellent work at a great price. Our floor has never looked this good.
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Posted on: 6/22/2014
Daniel's Floors refinished 1100 sqft of oak hardwood floor and installed 340 sqft of new floor to match. This was as two separate jobs. The quality of Daniel's work is outstanding. At one point I found him kneeling on the floor very carefully shaving one board to match the adjacent plank with a razor blade in an area that the sander could not reach. He also replaced transition moulding, installed stain matched quarter round, refastened some loose sections, and replaced a few water damaged boards. His attention to detail is fantastic. I am truly mystified at some of these reviews. Laura was very flexible when I had delays due to other contractors. Everyone was courteous and professional during both of our jobs.
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Daniel and the guys take pride in their craftsmanship. Even though I have seen hundreds of floors we have done over the years, I am still impressed by the high caliber of work I see each time we finish a project. Thanks again for selecting Daniels Floors! We appreciate the positive feedback.
We were very pleased with the job that Daniel and his crew did. We had a lot of square footage, multiple woods, and water damage but they made it all look brand new. They checked in with us all through the process to ensure we were happy with the result. They were professional in every respect and I am very comfortable recommending them. The price was very reasonable.
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Posted on: 3/11/2014
First, I find it EXTREMELY hard to believe that the negative reviews of Daniels Floors I just skimmed over here are real. Our experience with Daniel and Laura was excellent from the moment she picked up the phone. We were knee deep in a remodeling project and just spent thousands having our floors redone with a subcontractor who had a lousy attitude, no motivation (he actually said "I don't care" when we asked for his opinion on color) and shoddy work. We were just going to feel out the possibility of starting over with a new vendor, and after meeting with Laura we quickly decided it was worth the money to start over and work with them. She was friendly, motivated, interested in our home and lifestyle and floorplan and so on. When the team came to sand and put down samples, they were patient and helpful and couldn't have been nicer about putting down huge color swatches in multiple rooms and offering advice and guidance (and moral support) as we took the plunge into a very dark (Minwax Espresso) color that has absolutely TRANSFORMED our main floor. We are looking forward to working with Laura and Daniel again on our stair/railing/catwalk remodel next year, and our basement reflooring after that. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. I'd be more than happy to talk to any homeowner considering working with them (we've already met with a couple of their prospective clients to show off our floors), and to reiterate my assertion of "poppycock" on the weird, negative reviews here.
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I recall my initial conversation with this client. The original flooring contractor was rude and not interested in working with this client after the wrong color was applied to the floor. Basically, the original flooring contractor told the client that he was only doing floors until he can get into a better line of work. We consulted with the client and worked with him to get the look he wanted. We absolutely LOVE doing floors and stairs! We go into homes with old, worn hardwoods and make them beautiful. Or, we completely transform the look of a home by replacing carpet or rebuilding the staircase. It is very rewarding to do something that makes people happy. The reaction of our clients when they see the finished project is just like on TV, when homeowners see finished renovations. I am glad they called on us! Thanks for posting the review!
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Posted on: 3/5/2014
We hired Daniels Floors this past November. They are a really nice family owned business. They were one of the few companies that would actually allow us to purchase the floors that we wanted from Costco and then they would install them for us & warranty their installation. The price that they offered us was very competitive. They let us pick out our own underlayment, so that we could get the best that we could afford. They gave us their recommendation and we took it. We were also able to purchase the trim that we liked as well, so everything was very customized to suit our desires. They quickly moved all of the furniture out of the house, put down the floors, & then put all of the furniture back in place, all within one day. The installation team arrived on time and was very polite & professional. After the floors were installed, we had two boards coming up. When I called the company, one of the owners, Laura got back with me right away. As promised, she quickly came out & repaired the minor issues. We are very happy that we hired a company that actually honors its warranty. We would highly recommend Daniels Floors to anyone looking for an honest company that does good work.
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I wish we could review clients. This is such a nice young couple! We enjoyed working with them on their flooring project. They have a real eye for design. The flooring they selected is beautiful.
Reviews: 5
Posted on: 3/5/2014
My foundation moves a little. I had a board break loose and they fixed it for free...no questions. Great service!
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Thanks for posting! Our clients spend thousands on their floors. Sometimes things happen that are not related to the installation, but still need addressing. If it is a quick fix, we are happy to take care of it for our clients.
Laura & her team did a great job installing new hardwood and staining to match my existing wood. Highly recommend
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I enjoyed this project so much! This old house was soooo dated when our client purchased it. This client pulled out walls, cabinets and appliances and turned a drab, mid century ranch house into a sleek, modern, upscale home with an open floor plan. The living room had hardwoods, but the kitchen did not. We installed wood flooring in the kitchen. We installed flush mount floor registers in the middle of the floor, where the wall was removed. We sanded everything and finished the floor with a natural finish and water based polyurethane. Thanks so much for selecting us for this project and for publishing a great review!
Reviews: 6
Posted on: 12/3/2013
We thought we had a flooring problem, but Daniels Floors put our mind at ease. They came over and quickly identified our floor as not only laminate but also a "floating floor", which explained the problems we thought we were having. Turns out we had nothing to worry about. Will use Daniels floors when we decide to re-do our flooring. Great Company!
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This young couple called for an estimate on a flooring repair in their new home. They said their floor was separating in some areas. When I arrived I determined that the floor was actually a laminate, a very nice laminate with individual wide planks. Some of the planks had separated. I showed these guys how to scoot the planks back into place themselves and buy a $3 jar of putty to fill the cracks. Their flooring looks good and should last several years. Thanks for the posting! We will be here whenever you are ready.
I would highly recommend this company. They are highly professional and fairly priced. I already had hardwoods but they replaced my ugly metal floor air vents with beautiful wood vents matching my floors perfectly.
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Small details, like floor vents, make a huge difference. This client live in an upscale home with fabulous fixtures. Everything in the home is top of the line. Yet, the vents in the floor are the same beige, metal grates as found in most homes. When this client saw the flush mount vents we installed in a neighbor's house, she hired us to install the same vents in her house. Her hardwood floors are stained Ebony. Now, the vents are the same wood as the floors. Thanks for selecting us for this project!
My floor raised up months after installation. The company came back out and sanded and refinished and stain the floor again. We originally had water base stain and the changed the stain for us at no additional cost. The floor is now fixed. Thank you.
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We installed hardwood flooring where there was carpet in the middle of an open floor plan. The client called and said the sides of the new wood were raised and the old wood, which had been sanded before, remained flat. It was a mystery why these edges would raise when there was no exposure to moisture. The only possible source of moisture I could see was from cooking. Their mom lives there and cooks real meals where food simmers. My theory is, the wood swelled when the humidity in the room was raised by food simmering on the stove. We refinished the area where the edges of the planks were raised. Now, all of the wood is smooth. We appreciate being given the opportunity to sand the floor again. Thanks for posting the positive review! It was a pleasure working with this family.
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For the second time inside a week, poor weather in the Alps has forced Giro d'Italia organisers RCS Sport to reroute a stage of the race, with tomorrow's itinerary now missing out both the Passo Gavia and the Passo dello Stelvio - the latter was to have been the Cima Coppi, the highest summit in this year's race.
Instead, the race will hit the Passo del Tonale early on after the start in Ponte di Legno, and will then head over the Passo del Castrin at aorund the mid-point of what at 160km will be a longer stage than the 139km version originally envisaged, but which will miss out those two big climbs.
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(PD010) C225-induced enhancement of tumor radioresponse: Influence of timing of C225 administration.
Milas, Luka1, Koto, Masashi*,1, Valdecanas, David1, Mason, Kathy1, Hunter, Nancy1, Fan, Zhen2, Fang, Fu-Min1, Ang, Kian3, 1 Experimental Radiation Oncology and Division of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX, USA2 Experimental Therapeutics, Houston, TX, USA3 Division of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX, USA
ABSTRACT- Background: Our earlier studies showed that the C225 anti-EGFR antibody strongly enhances single dose radiation-induced growth delay and cure of A431 human tumor xenografts (Clin Cancer Res, 6:701-708, 2000 and Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 51(2): 474-477, 2001). The present study tested whether this effect of C225 depends on timing of C225 in relation to single dose or fractionated irradiation. Materials and Methods: A431 tumor xenografts growing in the leg of nude mice were exposed to single dose or fractionated irradiation when 8 mm in diameter. Single or multiple injections of 1mg/mouse were given ip at different times before, during or following tumor irradiation. The endpoints of the treatments were tumor growth delay or tumor cure (TCD50 = radiation dose yielding 50% tumor cure). Results: A single dose of C225 given between 6 days before and 7 days after 18 Gy single dose irradiation enhanced tumor radioresponse to a similar extent, with enhancement factors (EF) 2.36 to 3.63. A TCD50 study, where tumors were given a range of single doses (10 to 70 Gy) provided similar results. C225 administered 3 h before plus 3 and 6 days after radiation reduced the control TCD50 value of 49.4 (44.9-55.9) Gy to 23.6 (20.8-26.2) Gy (EF = 2.09), and C225 administered 1, 4 and 5 days after radiation reduced it to 16.9 (9.9-20.3) Gy. (EF = 2.92). In the study with fractionated irradiation (20 Gy given in 2 Gy fractions twice daily for 5 days), C225 was administered (a) before and during, (b) before, during and after, (c) only after fractionated radiotherapy. All three schedules enhanced tumor radioresponse; however, while schedules a and c were similarly effective (EFs = 3.91 and 4.74, respectively), the schedule b was the most effective, EF being 6.62. Conclusions: C225 was highly effective in enhancing A431 tumor radioresponse to both single and fractionated irradiation. The effect appears to be the strongest when C225 is given before, during and after radiotherapy. [Supported by NIH Research Grant PO1 CA06294]
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I'm a fairly practical person so I'll keep trying to provide very practical, useful information in regards to shoes. I know we're coming around to the end of winter but high-heeled shoes are hard to walk in all year long. I dug up a really cheap home remedy to give your slippery shoes some much needed traction. All you need are two bathtub appliques, a pencil, and scissors. Check it out and don't ever slip up again. =)
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How-To Guide: How To Fix Broken High Heels
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I recently took a gander at my sister's shoes and they were in terrible shape. The uppers only had minor scuffs but the heels were absolutely mangled and I wondered how she could ever walk in them around the linoleum floors of her classroom (she's a middle school teacher, by the way) all day long.
So for my sister, I've researched how to replace those damaged heel tips to enable smooth comfort again. I hope this helps you as much as it's helped her!
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How-to Guide: How To Stretch Your Shoes
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So I've had this pair of boat shoes sitting in my closet for the longest time. I bought them from Marshall's years ago when I was still at college. I'd tried them on and knew they were a little bit small but I figured that they'd stretch naturally once I started wearing them. Ouch! I was wrong. Walking a few miles a day to campus and back and forth between classes was excruciating! I put them in the closet and have barely touched them since.
I was debating whether or not to add them to the collection of shoes that I'd donated to Soles4Souls. But I couldn't quite part with them before I tried stretching them myself. Hence, this guide to teach you how to stretch your shoes:
I tried the freezing-water method this week and it actually worked for me! I'm just thrilled! Hopefully, you experience equal or greater success than me.
And as a heads up, Shoe Metro is offering a special discount to all of our fans on Facebook and followers on Twitter. Check out our pages for the coupon code to get 15% off your entire order!
How-to Guide: How To Care For Your Shoes in the Winter
By: Quan | January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
Hey, I've posted another how-to guide at the Shoe Metro Resource Center. This one focuses on how to keep your shoes from getting damaged during the winter season. I know, I know. I'm so so late on this. But I live in San Diego and winter only now seems to be hitting us this week (we were this close to a tornado warning, seriously). Anyways, learn how to remove damaging salt stains from your shoes and the best method of waterproofing your shoes as well. Check it out.
Also, as another heads up for any customers in San Diego, we've decided to up the ante on our partnership with Soles4Souls. If you donate a pair of shoes to Soles4Souls at our retail store, you'll get a small discount off at Shoe Metro (click here for details). I know it's raining but victims in Haiti are suffering much worse. Please just brave a little bit of rain and donate your shoes. Non-San Diegans, refer back this previous post to learn how to contribute to the relief efforts.
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Tags: salt stains, shoe care, waterproof, winter
How-To Guides are Up!
By: Quan | January 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Hey everyone! I've been working on some shoe-related How-To Guides for the Resource Center on the Shoe Metro website. They're up now and I'll be adding another one each week (don't worry, I'll give you a heads up). I'd like to think that they are very informative and helpful but of course, I'm a little biased. =)
If they help you in the least, let me know. My ego is fragile and needs constant affirmation of awesomeness. Here's a list of what I've worked on so far:
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Marathon Training: Choosing the Right Running Shoes
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Is it me or does everyone seem to be training for a race these days?
For the past 4 months, I've been training for the Silverstrand Half-Marathon taking place this weekend in San Diego. This is my first race ever. And it's the weirdest thing that as I started training, it seemed like everyone I bumped into was training for a marathon run of some sort. I've discovered no less than four friends who are in-training just like me. I don't know if marathon-running is becoming more popular now or if I just notice it more now that I'm doing it or if maybe our water supply has been contaminated with Gatorade without our knowledge, turning us into fitness addicts.


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The driver of a vehicle wanted in connection with a sexual assault investigation has been found.
Officials with the Bakersfield Police Department was trying to find a vehicle that was observed on Oct. 14 in connection with a sexual assault case.
Bakersfield police detectives have since arrested 32-year-old Devon Steen, of Bakersfield.
Steen was arrested on charges of rape by force, unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and false imprisonment.
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Nationally recognized scholar and author Dick Allington offers easy-to-understand interpretations of research that support three important principles of effective instructional design and shows teachers how to use a variety of best practices with children who are struggling readers.
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POWASSAN – After a local child drowned while trying to cross the South River, the Lions Club committed to making sure the area's children were properly trained.
"I was the president of the Lions Club in 1955 when we decided to build the pool," said Joe Giesler, a 65-year club member.
Giesler said the tragic loss of a young life greatly impacted the tight-knit community.
"That's why we decided to build the pool. To teach kids to swim," he said. "We had a bit of money in the bank at that time and the contractor was very good to us."
According to Giesler, the town was putting in the waterworks at the same time, so the club hired the same contractor to build the outdoor pool at a cost of about $10,000.
"The town supplied the instructors and life guards, but the Lions Club built the pool itself," he explained.
Opened in 1956, the pool was a local hotspot and still is.
This and Giesler's many other contributions to the community and the Lions Club were celebrated on Jan. 14 when he was presented with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, an honour that his family and friends went to painstaking efforts to keep concealed until the ceremony.
"They had me fooled," said Giesler. "It was totally out of this world."
Even Giesler's wife Bernadette was able to keep the medal a secret.
On the pool, Powassan Mayor Peter McIsaac was very certain of the positive impact the project had on the community.
"It has been said that pool has saved a lot of lives," said McIsaac to the packed Lions Den in the Glendale Community Centre. "I believe it. A lot of people learned to swim at that pool – myself, my sister and my daughters. It is a real jewel for this community."
Giesler was also the chair of the building committee in charge of the construction of the Sportsplex in 1978.
"I was pretty proud of that because by the time we had the rink complete, we also had it paid for," he said. "We raised $500,000."
"I'm proud to have received this award because there are a lot of people here that have done a lot more than I have," he said. "We have a really good town in Powassan. You can't live here for 87 years and not be involved."
Both having been raised in Powassan, Giesler and Bernadette married 63 years ago at St. Josephs Church in Powassan. The same place where they met while singing in the church choir.
Even at age 87, Giesler is still hard at work at the family business.
"I started building boats in 1940 and I'm still here," he said of Giesler Boat Builders. "We've built close to 20,000 boats."
According to Giesler, his dad began building boats in 1926. Now, Giesler's nephew Gerry, who also holds a seat on Powassan's council, operates the business.
"I work there in the parts department," explained Giesler. "I saw all the lumber and make all the parts for the boats."
Giesler said the business operates with about eight employees.
"We've got a good crew," he said.
When asked if he had any plans of retirement, Giesler responded with a laugh, "It's too late."
None of Giesler's three children, Jo-Anne, Jennifer, and Jim, chose to follow in his career footsteps. Although, he said his son, who works as a mechanic, is much needed on his personal pit crew.
"Jim keeps all of my toys going," he said with a laugh, listing his extensive fleet of recreational vehicles.
With a hunt camp near Restoule and a cottage on Lake Nipissing, Giesler likes to spend his free time hunting deer and moose, and fishing.
"I fish every chance I get," he said. "I like to fish for Great Northern Pike, but they seem to be disappearing. There aren't as many out there as there used to be."
Giesler's family was on hand at the presentation, where it was also evident his close ties to the Oshell family after Giesler served for 17 years on council as deputy-mayor to the late Merv Oshell.
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"He is a man of exceptional common sense. That's a trait that is all too often overlooked these days," said Oshell. "…I cannot think of a more deserving individual for this sort of recognition in our municipality."
Oshell also joked that Giesler is more than deserving of the Jubilee medal serving five years longer with the Lions Club than Queen Elizabeth has been in the throne.
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Will the five different polls that took place on 5 May 2011 prove to be a watershed for politics in Britain? It depends where you see the axis for change and the key tipping points, says Simon Barrow. There are at least two distinct ways of narrating differential outcomes.
The Christian charity Housing Justice have said that Westminster Council are pushing ahead with preparing a by-law to ban rough sleeping and soup runs.
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The tit-for-tat pre-election game of 'what's your poison?' has got off to a rattling start, says Simon Barrow. From the lobby correspondent system to the domination of the big parties, politics needs fixing - not yet another 'fix'.
These days it isn't just anxious looking MPs and peers, lobbyists, civil servants, journalists and security officials you'll find wandering near Westminster, says Simon Barrow. Among other unexpected visitors have been Batman, a troupe of clowns, Basil Brush and his foxy friends, a group of zombies and a super-sized duck home
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With benefits of Cloud Computing widely acknowledged more and more public and private Cloud deployed. Virtualization is one of the most important supporting technologies for Cloud. While main stream CPUs are marching to many-core architecture the performance improvement of virtualization on many-core processor platform is critical for future Cloud. This paper presents an approach to implement network virtualization on many-core processor platform. The approach uses processor core to control all network interfaces and handle all packets from the interfaces. The core reschedules packets to corresponding operating system or other processor cores.


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Has Arch lost its Way?
A few years back, as I wanted to switch OS and enter the world of Linux, I needed to pick a distribution (or first, figure out what makes a distribution, what sets one apart from another).
Did some research, downloaded and tried a few ISOs, but quite honestly this wasn't a deciding factor in the end. No, what really helped me make up my mind was doing a bunch of reading, learning the "principles" of a distribution.
And the reason I eventually went with Arch Linux, was what's known to Archers as The Arch Way, which is said to "illustrate the principles and philosophy of Arch Linux."
kalu 3.0.0 released
A new version of pacman (4.2) has been released, introducing some API changes to ALPM. To go along with it, version 3.0.0 of kalu has been released, with the usual few fixes as well as some new features.
If you've been using branch
pacman-next you're already familiar with said
changes, mainly the fact, using kalu's updater, it can now keep track of any
.pacnew and
.pacorig file created during a sysupgrade, and will made such
information available as variable
$PACFILES in the post-sysupgrade
This can be used to e.g. perform 3-way merge of .pacnew files. See man page for more, as well as this post for an example of use.
Use tool of your choice to perform IO operations in donnatella
A few changes have just been pushed to branch
next of donnatella, introducing
some changes when it comes to IO operations (i.e. copy/move/delete files).
Starting at the top: donnatella doesn't perform any such IO operations itself. This isn't a not-yet-implemented feature but a design choice: there are plenty of tools which specialized in such things, no need to re-invent the wheel, let's use the existing ones instead!
donnatella 0.3.1 released
A new version of donnatella, your GTK3 file manager, is available. A few fixes
since 0.3.0,
as well as the addition of option
cancel_childless for terminals.
Enabled by default, it will cancel the running task on Enter/Esc if the running process (i.e. terminal emulator) has no children.
For example after running
df -h in an embedded terminal that doesn't autoclose
when the running process is done (e.g. urxvt has an option
-hold), so that you
get a chance to see the ourput, a simple Enter will close the terminal.
How to simply create a "media pool" on Linux?
Ever since I switched to (Arch) Linux, I've always loved the command line. It can often be quite amazing, I find. Back in the Windows world, you're pretty much expected to forget that such a thing even exists.
Things are different over here (particularly with Arch, I guess), and that's all for the better. Many reasons for that, one being the fantastic simplicity and power that it offers you.
donnatella 0.3.0 released
A new version of donnatella, your GTK3 file manager, is available. A bunch of fixes and improvments/optimizations since 0.2.0, some new things as well, the most "important" ones being the addition of custom properties, and facilities for scripting
Sicne day one, things have been quite configurable in donna, but there was no scripting support. Instead, donna uses commands and lets you combine them as you want, assign them a click or key, etc And when that's not enough? Well, then you script.
donnatella, filters, MRUs, scripts, and GTK+ 3.14!
Yes, GTK+ 3.14 has been out for some time now, and it's even been available in Arch's official repos for a little while as well. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find enough time to work on donna as of late, and I didn't follow GTK's developement closely, so when 3.14 was released I had a few patches to rebase, and some to rewrite completely (think rubber band handling, since the internals are now full of gestures).
But I have some (good) news for you, finally.
kalu, GTK+ 3.14, KDE and pacman 4.2
A quick update regarding all things kalu; As you might have noticed since GTK+
3.14 hit the official repos, there might be "glitches" due to the latest
breakage changes in GTK, notably some icons in menus/buttons
being quite oversized.
This, and a few other bugs, has been fixed, however no new version is available yet. This is mainly because the next version is planned to come alongside the next version of pacman (as it introduces API changes, thus requires an upgrade of kalu at the same time).
Worry not, you can simply switch to kalu-git (in the
AUR) to benefit
from all the fixes, already pushed to branch
next since a few days now.
Better pacnew handling with the next kalu
If you've been following development of the next version of pacman, and are
pacman-git, then you weren't able to use kalu; Let's fix that today.
Also, you might already know that some new events have been added into ALPM,
notably events when
.pac* files are
This will make it possible/much easier for frontends (such as pacman, or kalu)
to know when such files are created.
From a user perspective, it might not change anything as it's all internal
changes. However, the next version of kalu will actually take advantage of this,
and can thus make your handling of those
.pacnew files quite easier.
Now you can script donnatella!
Finally pushed to the branch
next on donnatella's
github are a few commits,
focusing on one thing: allow you to script donnatella!
Since day one, customization has been a big thing in donna, with columns you can create and customize fully, or click modes & key modes that let you decide exactly which commands to trigger and when.
And while you could combine commands, either using the return value of a command
as argument for another one, or via special command
void(), there was no
scripting: no conditions, loops, or the likes.
This was on purpose, because this is Linux, there are already plenty of scripting languages out there, fast, powerful, and known; No need to add one more.
Instead, the plan was always to allow you to "script" donnatella using the language of your choice, and this would be done via a socket to communicate with donnatella.


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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia further tightened its control of the Internet on Friday, requiring people using public Wifi hotspots provide identification, a policy that prompted anger from bloggers and confusion among telecom operators on how it would work.
The decree, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on July 31 but published online on Friday, also requires companies to declare who is using their web networks. The legislation caught many in the industry by surprise and companies said it was not clear how it would be enforced.
A flurry of new laws regulating Russia's once freewheeling Internet has been condemned by President Vladimir Putin's critics as a crackdown on dissent, after the websites of two of his prominent foes were blocked this year.
Putin, who alarmed industry leaders in April by saying the Internet is "a CIA project", says the laws are needed to fight "extremism" and "terrorism."
Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov said that demanding ID from Internet users was normal. "Identification of users (via bank cards, cell phone numbers, etc.) with access to public Wifi is a worldwide practice," he tweeted.
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In the cohort model, you will work through lectures and be required to participate in online forums on a week-by-week basis during the term dates (September to December / January to April / May to August). All assignments are due six months from the course start date unless otherwise indicated.
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- BIBL 502 New Testament Foundations
- BIBL 543 The New Testament's Use of the Old Testament
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