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... I'm running long & slow and decide to make mile nine a minute faster then the first eight but my heart rate climbs a lot and breathing becomes difficult? This has happened twice. Immediately resuming my long/slow pace resolves the distress, but I'm confused about what's happening. I'm not asthmatic, but it feels like an asthma attack looks on TV and deeper breaths don't seem to provide the oxygen I need. The first time I experienced this I thought I might have been hyperventilating, but I don't think I was breathing that much faster.
Less than two weeks ago I ran ten miles with miles 5-9 at the pace I tried tonight. I did it then, so it's not beyond my fitness, but I couldn't do it tonight. What's happening to me?
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A) we're not machines. What may be easy one day, could be much more difficult on another day. Many factors to consider... how fatigued were you, how much sleep have you been getting, diet, weather, course,...
B) Try more gradually speeding up from 9 to 8 mpm. I've found that when I want to pick up the pace doing it gradually, and letting the faster pace come naturally, is less of a shock to my system.
C) What was different? Temperatures, wind, footing (ice, snow), what you did the day before, time of day, same route, ...?
As said many times, it's usually best to train by pace or by intensity. Mixing the two can be confusing.
I also agree about the gradual speedup. I usually can't hit above about 90% HRmax without almost hyperventilating. But under just the right conditions with enough warmup to the effort, I can sometimes get to about 92% (95%+ in races). (I do have an arrhythmia that kicks in there most of the time. That might be something to consider if it's a persistent issue.)
My question pertains to my respiratory distress while running. Is hyperventilation a common issue with inexperienced runners? I ran > 600 miles last year; I'm not brand-new, but I'm not experienced either.
I've had bad runs where I couldn't continue without taking a walk break, but those were different. I started the same ten-mile run two days ago and felt I had to walk a little after 4.5 miles (I took shortcuts home so the total was only 7.5 miles). The feeling that I needed to walk was just weakness/fatigue, not the distress I described in my first post. Yesterday, I was able to run the entire ten miles but had that odd episode toward the end.
For whatever reason (the million things that everyone else listed), your body was tired that day, and so you had to put in more effort to run at that faster pace than you had two weeks ago. More effort = higher heart rate. Higher heart rate = need more oxygen. Since you pushed along at a higher heart rate, your breathing got out of control. You slowed down, heart rate fell back down, breathing resumed as normal.
On Friday, I went through a full day of work after a sleep deprived week, was feeling run down from the cold that I have, and was still recovering from a tough tempo run on Wednesday. I did a 12 mile run that evening at a 10:45 pace, and felt like even that pace was a complete slog. Ended up cutting it a mile short because I was so miserable. Yesterday, I got up fresh in the morning, and ran 20 miles at a 10:02 pace. Different days are different.
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5k: 24:36 (10/20/12)
10k: 52:01 (4/28/12)
Marathon: 4:19:11 (10/2/2011)
Thanks for answering, folks. I half expected to hear that there was a name for what I described. I'm hearing that it's nothing to get worked up about.
I believe it's called Oxygen Debt. ... happens when you are running too hard for the day/moment. It happens often in short races and at the end of longer races :-)
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I would guess its actually your body adjusting. It takes a few minutes for your peripheral vascular system to dilate and allow greater blood flow and oxygen delivery. It also triggers your brain to tell your heart to increase cardiac output and it may over-reach target until you settle into pace. Try pushing through for 1-2 extra minutes or speeding up more gradually and you may find it suddenly gets easier.
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Loki's body is a message board of tattoos, another device created by Gyllenhaal. Yet the actor is careful not to pull back the shroud of mystery.
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Gyllenhaal had been filming the doppelganger thriller Enemy for Denis Villeneuve, who has since become a friend, when the French-Canadian director told him a role was open on his next film.
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If your ElvUI is in "PixelMode" (which i believe yours is) change the point values (-2, 2) and (2, -2) to (-1, 1) and (1, -1).
So after 2 expansions, after countless UI ideas, and some heavy thinking, I think I finally crafted a UI I can really call "My UI". I really grew away from my Dicate-Influenced VxtUI that I put on WoWInterface, and made most of my UI's available to friends and PM requests. But at the end of the day I never really had one that I was totally satisfied with. Until now. Below is a screen of what I have crafted, and I am 100% happy with it. Actionbars will be visible, but when I use it, all actionbars are hidden, as I use WeakAuras for just about everything that requires tracking. Anyways, enjoy, and I may upload this Ui for everyone to use, as I will be maintaining it.
Anyone know how I can get spells that require chi to activate properly? I want blackout kick, breath of fire, etc to act like the spells with cooldowns do and move left to right when I use them and I can't figure out what to set in weakauras to do that.
Dummy UI Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q4bSOEZFw0
The white number below my player frame is for elusive brew stacks, I don't know if I should have it there or just go with the icon above shuffle if I can get it to go away when I actually use it since it's in the bar above the player frame as well and I just need to see how many charges I have on it.
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Oh, and the "actual bad players" have better world rank than you do. Hell, our tank recently even was in the rank 1 guild around before joining ours.
http://i.imgur.com/opVRT.jpg for reference, bottom right corner, still takes a bit too much space due to my slackiness).
I guess you just don't burst too much when you pull bosses.
Not too long ago ; http://i.minus.com/iKEnpCSVvxD7l.jpg
Trying something different, inspired by you-know-who (perhaps?)
It's still pointless to have. Since you just told us 2 examples of when you can pull threat, is having Omen really goog to stop you from mashing your buttons and pull. I highly doubt it. Besides Blizzard default warnings on the screen would let you know you're about to gain aggro long before you would even notice on Omen.
You also admitted to not waiting a sec for the tank to run in. Maybe not dpsing like an asshole and let your tanks hit the boss or add first. >_<
Every example you gave are 100% your fault and Omen can't fix that.
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You said that you raided with actual good players and because of that overaggro happens yet everything you listed is because of personal failures.
And when did world rank ever determine how good a player is? There are plenty of people in top guilds that are horrible.
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My point was that with omen I can actually check how much threat I'm doing and then loosen DPS if needed. Blizzard's default threat tracking wasn't working the last time I checked (in cata or even wrath, a long time ago nevertheless) and I find starting my DPS immediately and maybe pulling aggro more productive than standing idle for a second or two.
bOOURNS, "dpsing like an asshole." Where does all this hate sprout from? Thanks a lot...
Ariadne, ok. 1) I agree that omen wouldn't have helped in the add example but on pull? Most definitely it will. And in case of overaggro, I don't stop casting. I slow my DPS down. And if you didn't notice, the boss example was Un'sok, where our tank runs with the boss trying to follow him. He doesn't get all of the hits through while I do.
2) World rank doesn't determine player skill. I'd still say it gives a good estimate, especially as I play in a 10 man guild, where one player makes a bigger difference than in a 25 man guild.
PS. Sorry, I didn't really understand what your 2nd paragraph meant.
On topic: Any ideas to improve my UI? Besides removing Omen?
As far as your UI maybe add a icon pack to have all the icons skinned similarly. Half your icons have a skin while the other half are default. Also your castbar is too short on the left side compared to the raid frames.
Other than that, maybe try to align your addons. Your boss-unit frame could be resized to look similar to the DBM (?) bars and overall your Unitframes could be thinner while keeping the width.
That's just personal preference though.
My second paragraph:
You said that overaggro happens because you play with actual good players. That would imply that these players who are good are doing something more than normal players to get overaggro. But when you later gave examples, all of the examples were examples of bad play and had nothing to do with being good.
Regarding your UI: Do you like having the cast bar so far down? Where do you track your cooldowns? Is it the actionbar at the bottom?
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SOME bus services in Swindon will see changes from May 27 following feedback from the public received during Thamesdown's service consultation in March.
Over 60 members of the public responded to the proposed changes, which led Thamesdown to modify some of its plans.
Users welcomed the increase of buses on Service 2 to run every 12 minutes from 7.45am until 6pm as it was felt it would reduce crowding on the bus and improve timekeeping.
The plan to run Service 16 to the Great Western Hospital every 12 minutes but call at New College in place of Service 3 received a mixed response, with passengers welcoming the more frequent service to the hospital but raising concerns over the number of students who would be taking this route. As a result, Thamesdown will run extra Service 13 and 14 buses between Fleming Way and New College before 9am and after 4pm. The Monday to Friday daytime buses to and from the hospital will carry the service number 16X to signify that they call only at New College.
In response to demand, there will be two new Service 13 journeys at 4.05pm and 5.05pm from Dorcan Industrial Estate to Fleming Way and additional evening buses will be introduced on Service 15 to Haydon Wick.
Service 19B will run five minutes earlier and there will be minor timing changes on Services 19 and 19A to improve timekeeping.
Due to insufficient demand Service 20 will no longer run on Saturdays and minor changes will be made to the Monday to Friday timetable before 9am to assist punctuality.
A large number of comments were received about Thamesdown's proposal to withdraw Service 24 to Blunsdon because it was not commercially viable. These comments were passed onto Swindon Council for consideration and council funding was secured for a revised route and timetable. This sees off-peak buses running every two hours via Cirencester Way, Greenmeadow and Haydon Wick, with peak hour journeys via Cricklade Road and Groundwell Industrial Estate renumbered as Service 24A.
Swindon Council is also supporting additional journeys on Service 25 to Kingshill, the terminal point for which is changing from Rushy Platt to Mannington Roundabout.
Paul Jenkins, managing director of Thamesdown, said: "We felt it was important to seek our passengers' views on our proposals before they were finalised as we recognise that changes to a bus service can have a big impact on people's lives.
"The comments we received helped us in framing our final proposals, which are now being implemented. We were very grateful in particular for the feedback about Service 24, which helped make the case to the council about the social need for a bus route to Blunsdon."
All the changes are available on Thamesdown's website www.thamesdownbus.com and timetables will be available on the buses and from the Travel Shop on Fleming Way from May 23.


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Natalie Portman to Courteney Cox: Can Men Handle More Successful Wives?
In the case of Courteney Cox and David Arquette and so many others in Hollywood, I'm thinking NO!
-Melissa Chapman, marriedmysugardaddy.com
In the lead-up to the Oscars, there was an inevitable dredging up of the supposed "Oscars curse" — you know, the notion that winning a Best Actress Academy Award is a death knell to said performer's love life. And Sunday night, as a glowing, gorgeous Natalie Portman accepted her award, I couldn't help but wonder how her relationship with much less famous fiance / baby daddy Benjamin Millepied is going to ultimately fare. Because it sure seems like men in Hollywood at least have a reaaaallly hard time being married to women who out-shine them.
Case in point: Last week, along with so many other women, I watched with rapt attention as a clearly uncomfortable, fidgety David Arquette sat down with the great mama O (Oprah) to discuss his recent life implosion. I'll be honest, I felt this wave of compassion sweep over me as Arquette sat in what appeared to be a burning hot seat (judging from his inability to sit still) and got raked over the coals about his drug abuse, partying ways and of course the dissolution of his marriage to Courteney Cox.
While Arquette gave a Oprah a litany of excuses to rationalize and explain away his bad boy behavior — the drugging and drinking to be exact — he also candidly spoke about being in Courtney's shadow and how, to a certain extent, it emasculated him. In fact, he relayed an instance where he was called "Mr. Cox," and how incredibly uncomfortable it was for him.
Unfortunately I don't think Arquette is alone is his inability as a husband and a man to live "in the shadow" of a much more powerful woman, whose celebrity and financial status eclipses his. And yet, so many wives, especially in Hollywood, politics and the public eye, have done just that for so many years. Hence the phrase, "Behind every good man is a good woman."
So why is there such a s double standard when it comes to powerful women? What is it with their apparent inability to keep their relationships to less successful men intact? Cases in point: Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry, Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, Sandra Bullock and Jesse James … I could go on!
Is the weight of people assuming that these guys are "kept men" who can't pull their own weight what ultimately crushes their unions? Or, as in the case of David Arquette, what causes him to act out as a means of dealing with living in his wife's shadow — ultimately thus destroying the relationship.
Honestly, what's most interesting to me is that I'm married to a much older man, who before I met him had achieved his own measure of success, and 12 years into our union, he admits he'd be pleased as punch to let me take the reigns of our relationship financially and be the breadwinner. He's "assured me" if I ever make Courtney Cox money, he'd be basking in my shadow as opposed to running from it. Perhaps it's because he's older and more secure in his own person that my husband has this attitude.
So what do you think, can men handle being married to more successful women? Do you think there is such a thing as a "Ocsars curse" — and will Natalie Portman become its next victim?
Melissa Chapman blogs about her marriage and everything in between at www.marriedmysugardaddy.com. Her work has appeared in The Staten Island Advance, Care.com, ABC News, BlogHer, Baby Center, Momtourage, Lifetime Moms, Babble, The Washington Post, Time Out NY Kids and iVillage.


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Observations on the changes of the air, and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbadoes. To which is added, A treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called the yellow fever, and such other diseases as are indigenous or in the Torrid Zone. With notes, by Benjamin Rush.
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CLERMONT, Fla. - For the first time, Local 6 is hearing a 911 call made by vacationers staying at Summer Bay Resort.
[LISTEN: 911 call released after sinkhole opens]
Sunday night around 10:30 p.m., families in building 104 reported hearing cracking and popping sounds, and some people's windows began to break.
Lake County fire officials ruled the cause a sinkhole.
Everyone who was forced from the resort Sunday is now staying somewhere else on property or at a hotel. Some people decided to go home.
Those who survived said it's been a memorable vacation, but for the wrong reasons.
"We have a building that's potentially collapsing," a caller told a 911 dispatcher.
Faith Clark was on the third floor and told Local 6, "All I could think was (it was) an earthquake."
Others in building 104 at Summer Bay Resort were watching a movie, and some were sleeping, but Debbie Ward was in the shower.
Ward, who is visiting Orlando from New Hampshire., told Local 6, "All of a sudden we heard a big boom and the tub kind of lifted up and went down."
"I don't know if it's a sinkhole or what. They said the third floor was starting to shift and windows were popping out. They're thinking possible sinkhole, but they don't know," a caller told 911. "We've got people in the building. We're trying to get it evacuated, but they say it's collapsing so fast that they don't know if they can get to all these rooms."
The sinkhole is two-floors deep and 100 feet across, and it took dozens of people's belongings.
Instead of going to the theme parks, vacationers spent the day replacing everything from their toothbrushes to their socks.
As geologists evaluate the hole, families are weighing their options. For some, it means cutting their summer vacation short and going home.
"I don't think we fully comprehend everything that's happened," said Faith Clark, who is spending time with her sister, Debbie.
About 72 units have been affected by the sinkhole. People say they are in limbo trying to figure out what to do next, and if they can continue with their vacation.
Monday evening, the resort's geologists used some heavy equipment to look underground. From there they will decide when it's safe for some people to return to the surrounding buildings.
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Do you find yourself wondering about your driving skills? I am starting to question mine. Is it my driving skills, my lack of using those skills or my attention span that is at fault? I'm not totally sure.
It is said that children have trouble with their attention span, maybe I am becoming more like a child because I find my attention wandering a great deal when I am driving. I am not talking about "distracted" driving. You know what that is — driving while you are talking on the phone, driving and applying makeup, driving and searching for items in your purse or pockets, and of course the worst distracted driving of all, texting. As several of those things are now illegal, I try not to do most of those.
I am talking about just paying attention to what I am doing. I drove to Walnut from Wyanet one night recently and for several miles, I couldn't have told you where I was. I wasn't sure how many more miles it was to Walnut or what houses I had already passed. I have driven that road many times. You would think I would know exactly where I was. A little frightening — I could have gotten lost! Well, maybe not, it is a pretty straight road from Wyanet to Walnut. As long as I didn't drift off of the main road, I am thinking I was probably fine. A little strange to think that I was paying so little attention.
Last summer I was driving from my house to one of my popular destinations, Wyaton Hills Golf Course. Someone else also going to the same destination told me, upon arrival, that I had been following too closely along the way. I said, with shock in my voice, "Really?" I wasn't aware that I was that close. Moreover, even though I didn't admit it at the time, I had no idea who it was ahead of me, and I really had not paid enough attention to know that someone was ahead of me or that I was possibly that close to them. Now that's pretty scary.
So now I am left with trying to figure out what the problem is with my driving. In years gone by, I drove to work every day — for several years to Ottawa and also to LaSalle. I drove down Interstate 80 with a high level of focus and totally comfortable with my driving skills. After that period of time, I drove from Wyanet to Princeton on a daily basis, and I was also completely aware of what I was doing.
I also have observed that our winter weather this year has been more stressful to my driving than in years past. I made several trips to Bloomington recently, in some of our worst winter weather, and I was extremely nervous. Two days in a row it took me two and one-half hours to make what is usually a one and one-half hour trip. I was exhausted, and I wasn't sure that I could make the trip again. I felt like my hands were paralyzed; I was gripping the steering wheel so tightly.
Is driving one of those skills that you have to use on a daily basis in order to remain comfortable and good at it? I'm not sure. But now, I'm retired, and my driving is a little more casual. The sense of purpose in my driving extends to getting to my daughter's house, arriving at coffee with the girls on Monday mornings, and to shop at the local stores. Maybe that is the cause of my attention lapses. There is no urgency in my driving, no timeclock for my driving to get me to on time.
Where do I go from here? Is there some test I can take to check my attention span? I don't know. I guess I need to have a talk with myself and impress upon me that I need to pay more attention — that I need to think about my driving when I am driving. I need to remind myself that I am capable and that I do know what I am doing. I need to be aware of my surroundings when I drive. In other words I need to wake up when I drive. I am not sure that all of that will make me more comfortable driving in the horrible winter weather we have been having, but that's a whole different story.
Don't be afraid if you see me coming in front or behind you — I vow to be more with it when I drive. I vow to see my surroundings and keep my attention as it should be, on my driving.
Nita Wyatt of Wyanet can be reached at email@example.com.


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AN open day will usher in the new visitor season at Stourport's historic canal basins.
Enjoy a wide range of activities on Easter Monday, April 21, including the town costume guided walk at 12.30pm which will teach people about the history of Stourport and the canal basins or stroll around the features of the canal basins at 3.30pm.
Both walks start at the Tontine Stable Heritage Room, next to the Windlass Cafe Restaurant.
The Old Ticket Office Heritage Room, at York Street, and the Tontine Stable Heritage Room will be open noon to 4pm.
A free water safety session in the Tontine Garden will teach children aged five to 11 how to be safe around rivers, canals and basins at 2.30pm.
Prior to all this, on Easter Saturday, April 19, Canal and River Trust volunteers will be available at the canal basins to allow visitors to step back in time when they enter the living quarters of an authentic historic working canal boat 11am to 4pm.
For more information, call Tim Ellis on 01299 822827 or e-mail email@example.com.


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The Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation is within the Institute for Family Violence Studies, and serves as a resource for supervised visitation centers throughout the State of Florida and nationally. The Clearinghouse is a recipient of a TA grantee from OVW which allowed the Clearinghouse to assist with training Safe Havens grantees and conduct a TA Roundtable on Child Maltreatment.
Links:[1] http://ilearning.ci.fsu.edu/familyvio/


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By Fjordman
This text was posted on a large Swedish Muslim forum in February 2005: "Wallahi I pray that Allah will severely punish all those who are involved in this war against Islam. And that Sweden will feel the punishment of the Mujahdiin that the USA and Spain and other countries have done for their involvement in Iraq. May Allah punish this hypocrite government, Ameen. Please give me evidence that kuffar (infidels) should NOT be allowed to kill. Why should you not be allowed to call Sweden Darul Harb (the House of War)? Ulama have stated many times that every state that does not judge according to sharia, and does not have a pact with the Muslims or is paying the Jiziya is a part of Dar ul-Harb, which is allowed to attack and their wealth permitted for all Muslims. Why not follow the example of what our Mujahid brother in Holland did with that pig Theo van Gogh? That brother's action really made a difference in the world, and because of it the Muslims now enjoy some respect and eminence among the kuffar. Sure, Muslims enjoy "protection" in Sweden as citizens. So what? There are Muslims in the USA and Israel, too, getting "protection". What difference does it make? Allah made Jihad compulsory. A Muslim has to enter fully into Islam, not just ignore issues as he feels like. This is Islam, not a lunch buffet."
The threats against Sweden should serve as a lesson to those who still claim that Islamic terrorism is caused by "Israeli aggression" or "American foreign policy". Sweden, a retirement home for foreign war criminals and reputedly where Iraqi ex-dictator Saddam Hussein wants to spend his last years
Native Swedes are leaving the city [Malmö] in droves, as crime is rampant and the police publicly admit they don't control all parts of the city.
The number of ghettos, a phenomenon that until recently was unheard of in wealthy and egalitarian Scandinavian nations, has been increasing explosively. 14 years ago, there were only 3 such areas in all of Sweden. Today, there are 136.
The newly arrived are largely unemployed, and this costs the welfare state much money. The welfare state is based on a closed system, it can handle a limited group of people. It can't in any way deal with an open society, but this kind of insight is too much for politicians in general.
Using an old trick beloved of authoritarian states such as Cuba, the Administration told unemployed construction workers that if they did not attend a demonstration in favour of collective agreements, it would assume they were in gainful employment and their benefits would be duly withdrawn. "Attendance at the meeting is compulsory. If you do not attend, I will take it for granted that you are fully occupied and no longer seeking employment through the Labour Market Administration. You will be removed from the unemployment register and your unemployment benefits will cease."
A significant number of the problems we are witnessing now have their roots in the ideology of the all-encompassing state, the generous welfare system and the long period of Socialist dominance that has crippled a genuine political debate. Education teaches people to respect the consensus, and not sabotage it. As Roland Huntford demonstrated in the book The New Totalitarians, Sweden is a "peaceful utopia" totally controlled by a bureaucracy which actively discourages all signs of individuality and dissent.
The paper reported that the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) would only admit to the presence of one member of Saddam's clan, but Expressen was sticking to its story, claiming that the pair was being interrogated "on behalf of the Americans."
"This is not unusual," said Margareta Linderoth from Säpo. "Lots of people who come here from Iraq are investigated in this way."
But even if immigrants from Iraq are impressed by the slickness of Sweden's interrogation techniques,
Does anyone know what Swedish Interrogation Techniques are and why they have "slickness?"
Sweden 'violated' torture treaty


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The Crap We Missed – Wednesday 6.18.14
Welcome to Wednesday's The Crap We Missed where black guys saying it all with their eyes has gone from an innocent meme to something I'm now terrified I'm actually making happen with my mind. What else am I capable of? Quick, Hugh Jackman, touch your wife's hand! OH JESUS, THIS SHIT'S FOR REAL!! Um, uh…ok, just relax, everybody be cool. I will use my powers only for goo– *makes Robert Pattinson's brain only capable of reciting dialogue from 'Twilight' for the rest of his life*
This is going to be really bad,
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Sacre Bling!by Food Network Kitchen in View All Posts, January 15th, 2009
I'm willing to grant that the recession might be causing a re-assessment of values, habits, etc, especially when it comes to food. And I'm told there have been whole books written with the aim of making luxury ingredients relatively accessible. But nothing justifies the following quote, from the director general of La Grande Épicerie, the gourmet-food department of Paris' legendary store Le Bon Marché, on people's paté-purchasing habits:
"Luxury products that have savoir faire — rather than bling-bling — offered a sense of refuge…"
Yes, fair. Sure, people might buy duck paté instead of foie, or they might buy a few slices of foie instead of a whole block. But the idea of "bling" paired with "liver" gives me serious pause. It's hard not to imagine a gavage Bedazzler.
Rupa Bhattacharya, Culinary Writer


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Player InformationFlames Home > Baseball Home > Baseball Roster > Roster Detail
Kyle McKelveyClass: Freshman
Position: RHP
Height: 5-11
Weight: 205
Previous School: St. Michaels
Hometown: St. Michaels, Md.
2012 (Fr.)
• Received medical redshirt
• Graduate of St. Michaels High School
• 2011 Preseason and Postseason Under Armour All-American
• Helped lead the Saints to state titles in 2008, 2010 and 2011
• Four-time first team all-conference member
• Also played third base and outfield, along with pitching
• Team MVP as both a junior and senior
• Teammate of current Liberty pitcher Adam Parks at St. Michaels
• Also played soccer, earning all-conference first team honors three times
• Honor roll member
• Son of Scott McKelvey and Andrea Croyle
• Undecided on major
• Birthday is July 18


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The Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze - Van Cortlandt Manor
Hours: Timed admission - varies
Ages: All
Price: $16; $12 children ages 3-17 (Saturdays: $20; $16); free children age 2 and younger
525 S. Riverside Ave. - 914-631-8200
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
Description: The tri-state area's biggest Halloween event returns for 22 nights. Meander through an 18th-Century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display - more than 5,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated Jack O' Lanterns! Tens of thousands of visitors saw last year's sold out Blaze. The elaborate walk-through event features original, atmospheric music, sound effects, and synchronized lighting. Stroll through the Tunnel O' Pumpkin Love, and emerge to the incredible sight of a gourd-filled Jack-in-the-Box springing up and bouncing around. Flying pumpkin ghosts soar above the lantern-lit path. All admissions are by timed ticket only, which must be purchased in advance at hudsonvalley.org or by calling 914-366-6900 (phone prices include $2/ticket surcharge).


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COMMUNITY groups in Worcestershire have been urged to try for a slice of a £75,000 funding pot.
Yorkshire Bank will make donations to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations as part of its Yorkshire Bank Spirit of the Community Awards.
Groups can enter the scheme under the categories of education, employability and environment.
This could include groups promoting access to financial education, helping to upskill people for the workplace or aiming to improve and protect the environment.
Those who win could get £10,000 of funding while three highly commended organisations will be awarded £5,000.
Yorkshire Bank's sister organisation, Clydesdale Bank, will also award £75,000 to local organisations as part of the programme.
More information about the scheme is available at ybonline.co.uk/foundation.
The closing date for applications is Monday, March 31 and the winners will be announced in summer 2014.


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ampersand it outputs &. I have tried wrapping it in code tags and pre. Neither worked. I have searched but only thing I could find is everyone asking the opposite.
You cannot in normal flow as ampersand character ("&") declares the beginning of an entity reference so you'd use NCR, i.e.: & and that would render the following: &
Awesome thank you much!
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ampersand it outputs &. I have tried wrapping it in code tags and pre. Neither worked. I have searched but only thing I could find is everyone asking the opposite.[/quote]
The easiest way I find is to put an empty tag in the middle, along the lines of &[b][/b]amp;. That breaks up the entity and then the forum software doesn't recognise it and shows it intact.
Off Topic:Moved to 'forum support' section.
What I do is similar to Stevie. I wrap part of the entity with the color black.
Thanks but no need to move it. As this was not for BBcode. It was for some code output on my site. AKA html code.
Gotcha. Even easier than Robert 's way, because it saves you remembering the hex code, is &, which does exactly the same but with named entities.
cool cool good to know. Thanks
NCRs (numeric character references) and 'character entity references' are types of character escape used in markup. Getting back to the question NCR is the preferable choice over the entities, entities are limited to a subset of Unicode characters, NCR can specify any character and theoretically Hexadecimal has less ambiguity. NCR for the win.
NCR as explained are more functional. HTML 4.01 has 252 Character entity references: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html For X(HT)ML an application of XML, we have the XML specification that defines five "predefined entities" only: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-predefined-ent hence NCR should only be used if authoring XHTML and not using one of those 5 and HTML 4.01 only has 4 of those.
Numeric character references, both decimal and hexadecimal, can be safely used in (X)HTML and XML, but you need to be careful that you're referencing the character's code point from the Unicode character repertoire, not Windows-1252.


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Brentford boss Uwe Rosler faces a battle to keep hold of his top stars this January, and he fears a profitable Christmas and reaching the FA Cup fourth round could prove a double-edged sword for the squad's future.
A Marcello Trotta brace, plus goals from Clayton Donaldson and Harry Forrester, saw the Bees beat Bradford City at the second attempt to set-up an FA Cup third round trip to Southend on January 5.
First, the Bees host Stevenage on Saturday before facing Colchester United, Shrewsbury Town and AFC Bournemouth over the festive period, before the clash with the League Two Shrimpers.
Coming out of the other side of that run in a positive framce of mind will give a clear indication of how realistic the club's promotion ambitions are.
Rosler admitted that could be key to securing the futureof talented midfielder Forrester beyond the summer, while at the same time attracting more attention to his star players.
But that would not affect his desire to continue a run of form that sees his side having only lost twice in their past 21 league and cup games.
"We have offered three or four players new contracts and hopefully they will sign," said Rosler on Tuesday night.
"The better you do as a team the more recognition you get as individuals. Bigger clubs come trying to pinch players and pinch staff. We have to hold on to them.
"If we get through to mid-January well – not winning every game, but well – then we will definitely be where we want to be.
"The game against Southend will be tough, but there is a massive reward for us. When you are going through a run like we are, you want to give everything to make it count.
"The lads have been terrific. In terms of how much they have invested in keeping fit, coming in for treatment, coming in for light training and resting, they are top professionals.
"That is the only way to keep this run going. You can't go into a comfort zone you have to go to the max."
Trotta's penalty on the stroke of half-time ensured Tuesday's clash went to extra-time, in which ex-Bees Alan Connell gave his side the lead again before Trotta, Donaldson and Forrester struck to secure Brentford's safe passage.
"Football wise I was very happy with the way we played. We created in the first 30 mintues four or five one-on-one chances," he added.
"I wish we had showed a bit more will power to score and the finishes were too casual.
"Our three substitutes (Toumani Diagouraga, Donaldson, Forrester) decided the game. Overall I'm happy, but irritated we had to play 120 minutes."


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CrownGate Shopping Centre reopened their car park this week after water levels fell and is now offering people the chance to park for £1 all day until Tuesday, February 25.
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"It was unfortunate that we had to close the car park during the recent floods, and despite the fact that the businesses in the centre and the city remained open throughout, we are sure the car park re-opening and this fantastic deal to park for just £1 all day will encourage many people back into Worcester."
After Tuesday, February 25, customers will be able to park for £1 all day on Sundays, bank holidays and after 5pm each day.
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After assisting various photographers in Paris, her first project was for the French Foreign Legion in Paris 2000–2001 (her most prestigious assignment, according to her). Soon after that she turned to portraits and fashion.
Her current editorial clients include French, Russian and German Vogue, Harper's Bazaar UK, French and Russian Elle, Bon, Upstreet, Stiletto, Icon and Livraison. She also shoots for commercial clients as Louis Vuitton, H&M and Bon marché. Elisabeth divides her time between Stockholm and Paris and gets her inspiration from books, films and everyday life in order to try to tell a story with pictures.
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My wife and I had a big cookout for our Moms which turned into a mini family reunion by the time everyone heard about it.
I cooked 3-6lb boston butts, 3 full slabs of ribs, 2 cans of sliced grilled pineapples, stuffed bell peppers and Chili-Lime Chicken.
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There is something about the combination of fruit and cheese that I just can't resist. Think of figs and goat cheese, quince paste on a cheese platter, pear and blue cheese, cherries and feta... they all seem to compliment each other so perfectly. This simple grilled peaches and haloumi salad is celebrating summer and of what is officially left of it here in Sydney.
I go crazy for the stone fruit when they hit the markets, and love snacking on them as they are or occasionally making a salad like this one. Haloumi is a long time favourite of mine and I can't resist myself buying some every now and then. Lets celebrate the seasons!
Grilled Peaches and Haloumi Salad
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2 peaches, cut in half and stones removed
1 tbsp olive oil
200g fat-reduced haloumi cheese, cut into slices
handful of rocket
few sprigs of lemon thyme
2 tbsp pomegranate balsamic
3 tbsp pine nuts, toasted
Heat a grill pan on high. Brush the peaches with a little olive oil and place cut side down on the grill. Leave on the grill for a few minutes, but be careful not to burn them! Grill the haloumi slices on both sides until just soft. Arrange the rocket on a platter, scatter with slices of the grilled peaches and haloumi. Sprinkle with lemon thyme and toasted pine nuts and finish off by a generous drizzle of pomegranate balsamic. Serve as a light meal.
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Reliever Wade released by Triple-A Omaha
CLEVELAND -- Reliever Cory Wade was released on Wednesday by the Royals' Triple-A club at Omaha.
Wade, who was in Major League Spring Training with Kansas City, had no record and a 6.57 ERA in seven relief appearances for the Storm Chasers. He gave up 17 hits including two homers in 12 1/3 innings.
Wade pitched two years each in the Majors for the Dodgers and the Yankees, compiling an 11-6 record and 3.65 ERA in 161 relief outings.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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First Signs of Spring Arrive at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS—The first signs of spring have arrived at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, and they are not what you might expect.
The redbuds are not blooming.
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But a harbinger of the changing seasons just as reliable landed in Zoe Ann Stinchcomb's mailbox this week: the first batch of entries in the Texas division of the Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest.
The carefully wrapped envelope came from Del Rio Middle School in Del Rio, and its contents were as precious and welcome as any traditional sign of spring: 18 original pieces of art drawn by eighth-grade students of teacher Allyn Germany.
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DKNY Spring 2012
Donna Karan has allied herself with New York in such an unshakeable way that after 23 years the city's initials in her DKNY label are almost unnecessary. So it was of little surprise to see Karan was particularly sensitive to presenting her DKNY spring collection on the tenth anniversary of September 11. Yet she managed the delicate task of paying tribute in a manner that felt hopeful and upbeat—starting with having her models enter Cedar Lake from the street, a bright yellow taxi parked in the background and and Cobson's "I Won't Let You Go" blaring over the sound system.
The clothes Karan presented were consistent with her commitment to providing the New York woman with a uniform. But they also work for women in Berlin, Beijing, and beyond as the street style of New York influences the way women dress across the globe.
The opening black and white looks were the strongest in their simplicity and incorporated two of spring's developing trends: loose, flowy fabrics and an asymmetrical hem with bits of trailing material that draws interest to the leg. The Barbie-doll pink and poppy print didn't quite hit the mark, but that's the great thing about New York: If there's something not to like, you just move on.
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The Comox Valley hospital project received the official go-ahead from Courtenay council Monday.
Council unanimously voted in favour applications to amend Courtenay's Official Community Plan and rezone the land slated for the new Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) hospital at Ryan and Lerwick roads.
Mayor Larry Jangula said he appreciated concerns brought up at the public hearing last week, and the City will do its best to address those concerns, such as traffic. But he also said some people would likely be unhappy about any location chosen for the new hospital.
"I firmly know that there will be no perfect location without somebody being concerned about it and somebody not wanting it in their area," said Jangula. "I think that it's also very clear in listening to the public that the community wants and needs a hospital, and we can probably argue forever whether this is the best location, whether it's the best model, whether we should have one hospital or two."
The land slated for the new hospital includes a 2.37-acre playing field site owned by the City facing Lerwick Road and an 11.17-acre portion of the North Island College campus.
The land sales are expected to go through now that the applications have been approved, and the money from the City-owned playing field will be dedicated towards new or improved playing field space somewhere else in the Valley.
The 153-bed facility is expected to cost about $334 million — with the Province chipping in 60 per cent and the Comox-Strathcona Regional Hospital District covering 40 per cent. The NIC land is set to be cleared early next year with an estimated move-in date of 2017.
Coun. Jon Ambler said his wife works at St. Joseph's General Hospital, and while she is not a VIHA employee, he did not want even a "perceived" conflict of interest so he left council chambers.
Coun. Starr Winchester noted 79 people attended the public hearing and 26 people spoke. She pointed out the concerns from the surrounding neighbourhood in particular, like noise, traffic, safety and parking, and said she's assured they will be dealt with.
"I think that's our main responsibility as mayor and council to ensure that these people's concerns, that we hear them, and that we deal with them respectfully, and I'm confident that will happen and I'm confident that we can work together with VIHA to do that," she said, adding she wants to start pushing for the completion of the north connector to the Inland Island Highway as soon as possible to help alleviate potential traffic issues.
Coun. Manno Theos said there would be some issues at any location and "there's not going to be a perfect location." He added VIHA says the site is a "good solid location for many reasons" and he sees the area's growth potential as a big plus.
"It's a magnet now for a lot of activity that's going to help our community, and it's going to be services we really, really desperately need in this community," said Theos.
Coun. Doug Hillian said he's a long-standing member of the soccer community and he hasn't heard much opposition to the loss of the playing field for the purpose of a new hospital. He also said he considers the debate over one or two hospitals for here and Campbell River settled.
"There's no guarantee that if we turn this proposal down that we're going back on that issue," he said. "The message that I've heard from people in the community is to move forward on this."
Coun. Bill Anglin said the community seemed well-informed on the project and VIHA brought a "very solid project to the table." He added all the information provided in the studies shows the site is "the right site for them."
Coun. Ronna-Rae Leonard pointed out a big feature of the one-hospital model proposed years ago was its ability to attract specialists with a state-of-the-art facility.
"However, we must remember that every hospital probably began as a state-of-the-art facility and what is exciting about this subject location is being on the cutting edge will be an ongoing state, not just when the building is new," she said. "VIHA has recognized that having a connection with continuing education will provide a synergy both for health care as well as for education and research."
She also said change is a necessity in any community, noting when she moved here 22 years ago, NIC was based out of retail space on Fifth Street, and Muir Road was gravel with one farmhouse on it, thus the houses near the chosen hospital location were not there.
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I argue that the Court should and will claim jurisdiction over both suits.
As always, Linda Greenhouse is worth reading on the subject as well.
Leaving aside what the Court should do, what will they do? My guess is that, because the lower court rulings both resulted in the anti-LBGT law in question being struck down, the votes to deny standing won't be there.
This is about where I am too. I've never been a fan of the argument that we should take a big whack at standing because for once it's advantageous to do so, and I can't see that argument gaining traction with the liberal wing of the Court, either.
Also, finally got around to reading the Greenhouse piece, and it's an interesting theory, as well as being a great explanation of standing that I'll definitely point to next time someone asks me to explain it.
Hard to say, but the Court certainly didn't have to demand briefing on standing.
I can easily imagine Scalia-Thomas-Alito voting to uphold Prop 8 & DOMA, the four "liberals" voting to strike, and Kennedy-Roberts voting there's no standing, which would effectively give a "win" while the issue of gay marriage percolates a while longer.
From a conservative, as opposed to radical-reactionary, p.o.v., the Court does best when it majestically affirms what the rest of the country has come to believe anyway.
That seems reasonable.
I've been curious how the conservative justices are going to find standing for the Prop. 8 appeal (that looks tougher than the DOMA case to me; YMMV). They can do it, of course, but they'll have to ignore basically everything they've ever written. I could see Scalia ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing out of spite so that he can get another chance to whine about how the 9th Circuit just keeps ignoring precedent.
but they'll have to ignore basically everything they've ever written
This presents a problem for them how?
It's a problem for a couple reasons.
Most importantly, District Court judges can't boot plaintiffs out as easily for lack of standing because the plaintiffs will cite this new ruling. They'll say, "See? Even Scalia thinks that a guy who isn't even hurt by a law has standing to challenge it." That's not good (if you agree with the conservative standing jurisprudence). It'd be basically up to the judge whether to hear the case or not.
It also makes a mess of their precedent. We all "know" the court is making substantive decisions with its "procedural" standing decisions. This would put a big neon sign on it. Roberts and Thomas, at least, kind of care about the Court looking consistent.
Which doesn't mean they won't just go ahead and find standing because, damn it. Teh Gay. You know?
I was being snarky, but okay, yeah, you raise a couple of good points.
But I do think you underestimate Scalia's ability to craft a rationale (for Prop 8) that makes it very specifically about the language of the California initiative statute. I'm scanning part III of Perry again and I see how it could give him enough ammo to do so.
They can probably contrive something narrowly tailored to the relatively unusual facts, if they're hankering to find standing.
Yeah, I mean I do find it puzzling that they took up the standing question, and I think your scenario is plausible, but I just don't see it happening.
Whatever, tea leaves, etc. etc.
The mere fact that standing is even an issue in these cases highlights just what a ridiculous, a-constitutional invention standing doctrine really is. Does anyone doubt for a second that there's a case or controversy here?
I wonder when Democrats will claim jurisdiction over the Pentagon:
"Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel is the Obama administration's top candidate to become defense secretary, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. According to the report, the President could nominate Hagel for the post sometime this month."
You know you are a serious party when the most important job below President in your administration goes routinely to folks from the other party because your team either doesn't have the balls or the smarts or the experience to do it.
And they wonder why even unserious people, i.e. the Villagers, don't give them respect.
The half life on good trends driven by the Democrats is about 90 days.
Yah, that is so old. But from our Eisenhower Republican in the White House, I'm not too surprised.
On the other hand, at least they stood up to Republicans on the Secretary of State job.
Oh, guess not
You know, picking a Secretary of State shouldn't really be done just to stick it to the other side. Is there any reason to believe that Rice would be better than Kerry in this job (assuming that Kerry is now the front runner)? (Plus the fact that Rice's ownership of stock in the company building the pipeline from Canada created a conflict of interest and has garnered opposition from the environmental left in the last week)
What on earth makes you think Rice was considered in order to "stick it to the other side"?
She wasn't. I'm sure she was considered because she's a good nominee and Obama likes her. But LosGatosCA is clearly making the claim that the President should have made her the nominee in order to stand up to the Republicans and that her withdrawal is a capitulation.
"Clearly"? I took it as, standing up by Obama's not changing his mind about Rice for State.
Thats the way I read it. Criticizing Obama for allowing her to bow out and therefore not standing up to the Republicans. He "clearly" wanted Obama to nominate her and stand up to them. Its seems to me this is a slightly silly position unless you can make the argument that Rice is better than Kerrey.
Nominating Rice doesn't lose a Senate seat. There. She's better.
That's a decent argument for Rice. Is there any argument she would be a better Secretary of State?
It's not that complicated –
SoD – Hagel would be the 3rd Republican appointed in 4 Democratic presidential terms
SoS – At the same time, Obama considers Rice and the Republicans yell, 'Benghazi' followed by a gutless fold.
Consider how the Republicans went to the mat for someone as transparently worthless as John Bolton.
It's not about 'sticking it' to any one, it's about having a credible brand, having a credible bench, and preparing people for important responsibilities for the time when you will be governing.
Apparently, that;s not the Democratic playbook when it comes to national security issues. Apparently what you see (Republicans in charge, de facto and in facto) is what Democratic leadership is comfortable with.
It's wrong, it's lazy, and it's self-defeating.
Secretary of Defense is "the most important job below President"?
Can't they stop with this bipartisan bullshit and just keep appointing Clinton scrubs?
You mean like William Cohen?
The ninth circuit ruled that you can't take away same-sex marriage rights once you have granted them,
and the ruling was even narrower than this rough summary at that though from some of the reporting, you would think that "SSM" full stop was at issue in these cases.
Language usage nitpick:
In both the the DOMA and Prop. 8 cases, the executive branch—either the White House or the California governor's office—whose law has been held unconstitutional by lower courts has refused to defend it,
Emphasis mine.
If you're going to assign metaphorical possession of the law to someone, it should be to the legislative branch. Executive branches don't make laws; if laws can be said to "belong" to anyone it is the legislature.
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To mark Valentine's Day this year, Dallas Voice reached out to some longtime local same-sex couples to talk about the secrets to a lasting relationship. Among the couples that responded was Mark Hefner and Gregory Motsch of Arlington, who'll celebrate their 25th anniversary on Oct. 31. Below are their answers to our questions. Happy Valentine's Day!
DV: Where, when and how did you meet?
Mark and Gregory: We met in Ohio the spring of 1986 on a double date to our high school prom my senior year. Greg had graduated the previous year, but we had never really known each other before that night. I took my girlfriend, and Greg took a mutual friend of ours, Melissa. Coincidentally, she also now lives in the Metroplex with her husband who also went to our high school; they met later that that same year. (Apparently there's something in the water up in Ohio that spawns long-term relationships!)
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MG: Well, not sure either of us knew what it was at the time, but there were definitely sparks! (He looks damn good in a tux.) There certainly was enough there to keep a couple confused teenagers interested all summer until we finally hooked up that fall when we started going to college together. By Halloween we were officially in love, and that's the day we chose as our anniversary date.


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This beautiful 17th-century barn situated next to a farm, is set in the peaceful surroundings of the Rusland Valley and the entrance into the holiday property is through the original great barn doorway. The sitting room has valley views from the balcony and the layout on the second floor is quite unusual.
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Icy Bling for your drink. I think it would be fun to make the ice cubes with different colors of fruit juice to add a little color and flavor to a drink.
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