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Posted by Elinor R. Aye on February 28, 1999 at 15:01:12:
James M. Aye was born December 22, 1927 in Manhattan, KS and died
November 26, 1985 in San Diego, CA of leukemia.ĀĀHe was a retired
teacher who resided in Collinsville, IL until just a few months prior
to his death.
He was married to Elinor Ressler Aye and had five children:
Jennifer Jean Aye, dob 1-15-67; dom 8-15-96 to Huston B. Killian, III.
She has a daughter, Gabrielle Marie Killian, dob 3-13-98.
Christopher Thomas Aye, dob 5-28-68; dom 7-98 to Shafron Nicholson.
Peter Neville Aye, dob 8-24-70.
Claudia Caroline Aye, dob 11-30-71 (twin).
Paulette Marie Aye, dob 11-30-71 (twin).ĀĀPlans to be married 3-11-99
to Timothy Ross Balderston.
Hope this will correct your data.
Elinor R. Aye
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Erwin Wrote:Great photos Phuman, thanks for posting.
teeveetee Wrote:superb photos. two of the best models for sure.
wishing you luck in securing a BP for yourself sometime soon.
Jon R Wrote:Very nice photos. I have two same two pair and am very happy with them. Best regards Jon
cinq Wrote:Wow, spectacular pictures! These two watches are a great pair indeed and I am sure that after these few days you will have a hard time giving the BP back to the rightful owner :-)
Kind regards,
Phuman Wrote: Or is this just me?
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Alan Ross Wrote in reply to:Phuman Wrote: Or is this just me?
No. If you frequent this Forum, all of those things you describe are part and parcel to the watch collecting experience.
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PN Wrote:Welcome back!
You've captured the beauty of the BP very nicely. I enjoyed looking at your photos ( and the subjects. ;-))
Hopefully you will have your own soon.


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Garmin announced that their G60 Nuvifone will be available on October 4 in AT&T stores. The price will be $299 after a $100 rebate. The new phone will come equipped like a high end GPS, with a very full featureset, allowing you to get turn by turn directions from preloaded maps, while searching millions of Points of Interest. The Nuvifone will come with a 30-day trial to Nuvifone Premium Connected Services which includes traffic updates, white pages, weather, movie, local events and fuel price content are available after the trial for $5.99/month.
One beautiful feature that seems enabled only due to the total integration of the GPS is the Location Link feature - "Garmin's location link, which parses addresses on the web with latitude and longitude information, allows customers to easily navigate to addresses they discover on the web by simply touching the address."
Full Press Release Follows....
TomTom has announced a new mid-range connected GPS - the TomTom XL 340S LIVE. This thing may sound like a mid-range, but the unit is packed with connected and regular features to keep most users well outfitted.
LIVE features include - high quality traffic updates, gas prices, weather, and google search capabilities. Its connectivity is being provided by AT&T; something that TomTom mentions in the Press Release and something that must play into the strategy somehow. Not sure if it distances itself from the existing models, or tries to position itself versus the Nuvifone that is working with AT&T. Interesting nonetheless.
The TomTom XL 340S LIVE also comes with IQ Routes for better trip duration accuracy, maps of North America, speaks road names, and advanced lane guidance.
The unit is list priced at $299, which is what the TomTom GO 740 LIVE is going for right now at Amazon. I am sure that once the TomTom XL 340S LIVE hits the street its price will come in line under its big brother. The GO 740 adds Bluetooth hands free among other features.
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Garmin has a version 3.0 software upgrade out that adds a few nice features to the capabilities of the Colorado series. I have the Colorado 400t, and welcome a couple of the additions:
I particularly like the waypoint averaging, where you are able to let the Colorado sit at a location (i.e. a Geocache that you are placing, or a particular trail waypoint), and let the Colorado average readings over time to get a more accurate assessment of the true location. With the advancement in the sensitivity of chipsets, some argue that this isn't needed, but I will take the capability and the added accuracy anytime, especially in dense tree cover or other challenging locations.
More at Garmin Updates and Downloads
We've been seeing quite a few navigation games using your iPhone GPS. Waze Inc. has come out with a totally free GPS game—and it even turns the driving experience into a fun time. In a nutshell, Waze maps are entirely user generated. Users can also relay a heads up to others about accidents and other hazardous driving conditions. It even plays a Pac-Man type of game with drivers who are exploring uncharted territory. Since the content is user generated - it does make the app rely on people actually mapping and using it - however - it's free and expect it to work in larger areas.
Via Gizmodo at Waze
Magellan has taken the high ground, launching this huge GPS - offering the folks in the back seat plenty of map details. I am wondering if you need to put sunscreen on to avoid a burn from this thing when it's on full brightness.
The 7-inch wonder offers you just about the whole stable of features that are on the Magellan brand - One Touch favorites menu for easy access to personalized favorite places, lane assist, highway Point of Interest search, spoken street names, as well as information from the AAA and Magellan partnership which offers the AAA TourBook information and special features that help you use your AAA Membership.
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Available at Amazon - Magellan RoadMate 1700
TomTom has announced the extra large screen TomTom XXL 530S and XXL 540S - two 5-inch screened wonders in the TomTom line. The units features a ton of TomTom features including MapsShare, IQ Routes to give you optimal routing on roads, full maps of North America, and an easy folding EasyPort mount that offers quick on, quick off mounting with easy storage. The "S" means that the units both feature Text to Speech - they say road names.
The TomTom XXL-540S adds Advanced Lane Guidance - which is a little graphic that pops up when approaching a complex intersection (mainly on highways) that shows you what lane to be in. The unit adds Mexican maps, and includes a black finish.
UPDATE: The TomTom XXL 530S and the TomTom XXL 540S are available at Amazon
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This week in his column, Walt takes a look at the GPS applications available for the iPhone. He took a look at Navigon, TomTom, AT&T's from TeleNav and MotionX. The column is worth a read, but his video is not great. See for yourself that the video is relatively low value, but is a decent companion to the column out this week where he offers a lot more details on the products. Classic Walt finds that GPS units are dumber than your average local for finding decent shortcuts.... don't know what to say about that one; is that really the threshold that people measure a GPS by? I will say that I was crawling through Wiscasset Maine the other weekend on RT1 with people backed up at the bridge and due to folks stopping by Red's Eats for a lobsta roll, and tapped the GPS for a detour. Bam, found a new shortcut through the neighborhood (Down Lee St, left on High St) cutting off 5-10 minutes of wait time. Seems like good intel to me for a tourist.
ReadMore from Walt on the four iPhone Navigation APPs at All Things D
I have to admit that I am a bit o a traffic junkie and am looking forward to the day when I can press a button and have the roads clear ahead of me as I drive to work. That will probably never happen, but short of that, I would settle for being overly informed about the status of the traffic, including accurate predictions of my arrival time, smart alternate routes and automatic re-routes when issues arise.
As connected GPS unit become more mainstream and their connections are made through higher and higher speed technologies, the potential to incorporate traffic cameras, becomes a reality. I am talking about the sometimes streaming camera shots of the traffic on major routes, not the red light cameras that try to catch people as they blow through red lights. The bandwidth needed is real, but the interface issues are easy to overcome. Imagine seeing red on your traffic route, then tap the Cam icon, and a window pops up with either a static image or a streaming image to give you a very good idea of the issue.
Some concerns: Driving off the road or into the back of another car as you look at the streaming traffic, the cost of the service would go up as downloaded content amount goes up, thus driving up the cost of the service beyond what people are interested in paying for, and clunky, unreliable serving of the webcam feeds - they aren't currently known for highly reliable shots of the roadway (glare, rain, mis-directed cameras pointing at the side of a building, etc.)
Despite all of that, I like the potential, and would like to see what a major could do with the idea.
TomTom announced the launch of the TomTom GO 550, 750 and 950 models that bring connected services to the entire line of GO units, further defining the future of the standalone GPS from TomTom. So, either everyone will want and buy high end devices that have connected services, making a step-change in the product line and future of Personal Navigation Devices, or TomTom just made their GO series structurally more expensive due to the inclusion of the cellular hardware and the associated trial of connected services. The eternal dreamer, I hope that people find the connected services compelling enough to drive adoption of the expanded capabilities.
The units are generally available with all kinds of gadgets and widgets that the top of the line would typically come with including Advanced Lane Guidance (images of which lane you need to be in - shown above), IQ Routes (calibrated expected speeds for better accuracy on arrival times), HD Traffic, Bluetooth Handsfree, and voice commands.
This is a European announcement, and I would expect a follow-up announcement about US pricing and availability. The GO 550 is a regional unit for a single Euro country, the GO 750 has Pan-Euro coverage and the GO 950 has European and North American coverage for maps as well as enhanced positioning technology that includes the ability to detect your location while you are in tunnels through an onboard accelerometer (Originally launched as EPT on the GO 920).
I expect that the US versions would have the appropriate maps - the GO 750 with North American maps and the GO 950 with North American and Euro maps. These should be available in time for the holiday buying season on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Last week, Nokia/NAVTEQ took a big step forward on the development of their traffic network globally. The basis is the Traffic.com acquisition by NAVTEQ with road sensors, GPS probes and now the very broad network of the Nokia GPS enabled phones. Last week I joked along with Rich over at GPSTracklog.com on my Twitter feed that this move would expand coverage by dozens of miles in the US, but that if course is a little limited. We may have been a little harsh in that assessment. The reality is that this move should have been well anticipated, and should provide the framework for them to start amping up the coverage and feeds of both North America and Europe.
If the aggregation of the datafeeds and subsequent timely reporting out of that information is done well, you can't underplay the importance of adding millions of smart phones as anonymous GPS probes in the understanding of traffic situations and how you can make better decisions about your drive. They clearly have a scale here to make a difference. Should be interesting to see how this comes to life.
-- Google Search, Traffic, Gas Prices, and more; No Monthly Fee for 2 Years --
Garmin is moving into the connected GPS space with a bang, delivering the Nuvi 1690 connected GPS that comes packed with some standard, some pretty innovative. The connected capabilities come free for two years, as the up-front price of the unit appears to be elevated ($499) allowing you to walk away free of a subscription price. Interesting departure form the model that Dash looked at by offering the service with a monthly fee. With the Nuvi 1690, the subscription fee is $5/mo after two years. Pretty manageable.
The Nuvi 1690 (With nuLink connected services) comes with gas prices, traffic from Navteq/Traffic.com, movie times, flight status (would have loved this on my last business trip), Google Search, and Ciao! a social networking feature allowing you to share your whereabouts with other friends on two social networks (for now); uLocate's Beacon Buddy, and GyPSii. More networks are to be added expected later. The capability will also allow you to see other friends' locations and navigate to them too.
White Pages - The search also includes a white pages search, allowing you to look up a person by name, and pull up address and phone number information.
Predefined Searches - Tired of punching through menus for POI information? There are high level searches pre-defined, allowing you to quickly access Food, Lodging and Fuel with the touch of a button. I like the fast search capability, and this ties into the pre-loaded POI set, so you won't wait for a search result to come back from Google.
The maps are pre-loaded North American maps, and the unit comes with Bluetooth handsfree capabilities, and ecoRoute - the onboard application that helps you drive more economically.
Full Press Release Below......
This powerful widescreen unit is a pretty good buy at $149. The model has been out for about two years, but ships with updated maps. The TomTom GO 720 includes text to speech, Bluetooth Handsfree, a high quality user interface, the Help me interface and of course the MapShare capability that allows you to note mapping changes and communicate them to TomTom as well as share them with others in the MapShare community.
I thought that the GO 720 was a very solid feeling GPS that performed well when I first reviewed it.
The TomTom GO 720 is available at Amazon
Garmin has announced a new low profile bike GPS that will be targeted at performance minded cyclists, with data galore, and no on screen mapping. The unit tracks speed, distance, time, GPS position, elevation, calories burned, climb and descent; the latter is facilitated by a barometric altimeter in the Edge 500. Like the Edge 705, the Edge 500 will have ANT+ wireless technology which syncs with third party power meters and Garmin's heart rate monitor and cadence meters. In the cool department, the Edge 500 also changes time zones automatically, and shows temperature readings. A quarter turn mounts and dismounts the unit on the handlebars. No doubt this will be on the Team Garmin-Slipstream's handlebars in the coming months.
The Garmin Edge 500 has a suggested retail price of $249.99. When bundled with a heart rate monitor and speed/cadence sensor, Edge 500 has a suggested retail price of $349.99. It will be out around the ed of the year.
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On May 26, 2012 at UFC 146, you can add one more heavyweight fight to the list as Mark Hunt will take on the UFC's tallest man Stefan Struve. Hunt is coming off a TKO win over Cheick Kongo, while Struve is on a two fight win streak over Pat Barry and Dave "Pee Wee" Herman. The Hunt vs. Struve matchup completes the all heavyweight main card of UFC 146.
While heavyweights take up the main card, two 145 fighters found there way on the prelims. Former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will take on rising star Daniel Pineda. After two decision losses, Mike Brown earned a victory against opponent Nam Phan at UFC 133. Pinda is 7-0 in his last seven fight and 2-0 in his UFC career. UFC President Dana White has even referred to Pinda has an "up and comer" in the 145 pound division.
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- Frank Mir vs. Cain Velasquez
- Roy Nelson vs. Antonio Silva
- Shane Del Rosario vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
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Updated from 10:17 a.m. EST to provide comments from company spokesman in the fourth paragraph and analyst comments in fifth paragraph.NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The mobile payments war is white hot, with PayPal firing a shot at Square in the race for counter space. PayPal, owned by eBay ( EBAY), announced a deal with Discover Financial Services ( DFS) to bring PayPal access to the 7 million merchants across the country who take Discover, starting in the second quarter of 2013. This comes just two weeks after Square announced a deal with Starbucks ( SBUX) to let customers pay with Square's app at the coffee behemoth's 7,000 U.S. locations. Discover Payment Services President Diane Offereins noted that the PayPal deal will bring innovation to the space. "This initiative will result in real change and innovation for the industry by bringing new technologies to the point of sale that benefit merchants and PayPal customers," she said in a press release. The Digital Wallet's Future Is Now Consumers will be able to pay with PayPal's wide variety of services, including credit cards or PayPal's app. With more than 50 million users in the United States, PayPal has signaled it's not going down in the mobile payments war without a fight. Adding Discover's merchant network is another sign that mobile payments are coming, and they're coming soon. PayPal is giving out PayPal-branded credit cards to consumers to quickly drive adoption, explained a company spokesman, in an email to TheStreet. Over time, however, PayPal anticipates that people will move to the card-less model. In a research note, Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente explained that the Discover deal will continue to drive PayPal's ubiquity on the more than 40 million payment terminals across the globe. He rates shares "equal-weight" with a $44 price target. PayPal already has deals with well-known retailers, most notably Home Depot ( HD), Abercrombie & Fitch ( ANF) and a host of others, as the San Jose-based payments provider continues to drive adoption of its services. Signing a deal with Discover further proves this point.
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Need further proof? Here's me, Doug, Rodger Johnson, and Jason at BlogIndiana 2009.
One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same.
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Step back in time for the missing chapter in Resident Evil history - Operation Raccoon City.
Set during the events of Resident Evil 2 & 3, the Umbrella Corporation is trying a spot of damage control by destroying all evidence of the T-Virus within Raccoon City. As an Umbrella agent, your mission isn't just to take out the zombies, but any survivors or Special Ops troops that cross your path.
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There's also online multiplayer modes - including the chance to play as the legendary Resident Evil heroes - and fully 3D versions of some classic series locations, plus B.O.W.s appear alongside zombies for the first time!
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Sir Roy McNulty, chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), has said that management and financial problems at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) could compromise safety standards. However, Sir Roy added that he does not expect EASA's performance to deteriorate to such an extent without the agency's taking corrective action.
The CAA chairman, himself a member of the EASA board of directors, also told the transportation committee of the British parliament that the agency is not currently fit to discharge its existing responsibilities even as it prepares to have its remit widened to include regulation of operations, flight crew licensing and oversight of third-country (i.e. non-European) airlines. His strident criticism of EASA surfaced during last month's hearings by the House of Commons' select committee on transport, which is conducting its own investigation into the running of the CAA itself.
Sir Roy also suggested that EASA is causing unacceptable delays to type certification programs and that its recently agreed budget for this year will leave it short of funds necessary to complete its existing work within just a few months. This echoed a warning issued by Europe's Aerospace and Defence Industries Association (ASD) in December that EASA will not be able to handle its widening portfolio of responsibilities unless the agency receives significantly higher levels of funding.
Officially, EASA's top management has so far declined to respond publicly to Sir Roy's allegations. However, it has submitted its own written evidence to the UK parliamentary committee, reminding it that EASA was created in September 2002 with the full backing of both the European parliament and of all European Union member states, including the UK.
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Privately, EASA officials have indicated disappointment about what they see as "misdirected and unconstructive" criticism leveled by Sir Roy. They insist that they have admitted that there are teething problems with the agency's procedures, which they say are being addressed. In their view, it would be more useful for Sir Roy to work through the UK government and the EASA management board to initiate the necessary changes to the regulatory constraints on the agency, rather than seeking to publicly undermine its credibility.
Sir Roy insisted to the parliamentary committee that he has discussed EASA's alleged problems with the UK government and that it shares his concerns. However, he also maintained that the European Commission has refused to accept his assessment of the magnitude of the problem.
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TOP PERFORMER: Southwestern's Nadia Moore spashes down in the sand pit after one of her attempts Tuesday in the long jump. Moore, a junior, won the long jump with a 14-2 effort — one of four wins she scored as the Rebels won at home on Senior Night. (Staff photo by Mark Campbell)
BIG THROWS: Southwestern senior Bethani Kleopfer accounted for a win and a school record in the throwing events at Tuesday's senior night track meet in Hanover. Kleopfer, already the school record holder in the shot, bettered her mark in that event (pictured) with a throw of 39-4.5 that was good enough for second place behind Louisville signee Megan Brooks of Charlestown. Kleopfer won the discus at 93-9.75. (Staff photo by Mark Campbell)
Southwestern's girls track and field team finished first and the boys placed second in a four-way meet with Charlestown, Christian Academy and Rock Creek on Tuesday in Hanover.
Competing on Senior Night, Southwestern's girls team scored 68 points to edge runner-up Charlestown by 11 points. Christian was a distant third with 39 points and Rock Creek scored 24.
Nadia Moore, a junior, collected four of the Rebels' five first place finishes. She won the high jump and long jump with jumps of 4 feet, 10 inches and 14 feet, two inches, respectively, the 400-meter dash in 1:06 and the 200-meter dash in 27.5 seconds.
Bethani Kleopfer, a senior, picked up the other first place finish, winning the discus with a throw of 93 feet, 9.75 inches. Kleopfer also finished second in the shot put and once again broke her own school record in the event with a record-setting throw of 39 feet, 4.5 inches.
Second and third place finishers for the Rebels were: Savannah Rueda, second, long jump, 13-9, second, 400 dash, 1:11, second, 1600 run, 6:20 and second, 800 run, 2:46; Jordyn McNally, second, 100 dash, 13.87 and second, 200 dash, 29.31 seconds; Rebekah Anderson, second, 3200 run, 14:04; Jayla Watson, third, 1600 run, 6:42; and Kleopfer, Beth Reno, Sabrina Reno and Liz Bramer, third, 400 relay, 1:12.
Southwestern scored 42 points en route a runner-up finish in the boys meet. Charlestown won with 92 points. Christian was third with 41 and Rock Creek scored 39.5.
The Rebels had three first place finishes, all in running events. Austin Spray won the 1600-meter run in 5:19 and the 800-meter run in 2:16. Ryan Furnish won the 3200-meter run in 12:30.
Third place finishers in the boys meet were: Tristan Embs, long jump, 16-7 and 200 dash, 25.22; Austin Mikesell, discus, 109-9.5; Spray, Michael Hedges, Walden and Austin Wilson, 3200 relay, 11:02; Webster, Embs, Hedges and Markel Goikolea, 400 relay, 49.03; and Goikolea, Spray, Wilson and Hedges, 1600 relay, 4:17.
Southwestern competes in the Rising Sun Invitational on Thursday.
Switzerland boys, girls easily sweep quad-meet
Switzerland County's boys and girls track and field teams swept Ohio River Valley Conference foes South Ripley, Jac-Cen-Del and Shawe in a four-way meet on Tuesday in Vevay.
The Pacers topped South Ripley by 14 points in the boys meet, scoring 85 to the Raiders' 71. Jac-Cen-Del was third with 46 points and Shawe placed fourth with 17.
Ben Curran led Switzerland County with three individual first place finishes. Curran won the high jump at 6-feet-even and the 110 high hurdles and 300 hurdles in 17.24 seconds and 46.81 seconds, respectively.
Brody Splain won the 100- and 200-meter dashes in times of 12.18 seconds and 25.27 seconds, respectively. Braden Burk won the 1600-meter run in 4:48 and Talen Taylor won the 3200-meter run in 10:58.
The Pacers also won a pair of relay events. Burk, Talon Taylor, Cameron Papucci and Jordan Lay won the 3200-meter relay in 9:46 and Justin Powell, Dakota Taylor, Burk and Splain won the 1600 relay in 4:01.
Second and third place finishers for the Pacers were: Curran, second, long jump, 18-0; Bradley Cox, second, shot put, 36-8.75; Talon Taylor, second, 1600 run, 4:59; Powell, Christian Stogsdill, Cory Proffit and Splain, second, 400 relay, 49.15; Dakota Taylor, third, 110 high hurdles, 18.95 and third, 300 hurdles, 48.63.
"There are some very talented kids on this team and can make a good run to a possible state berth," Pacers boys head coach Tyson Skinner said. "But as a team we have a ways to go to be able to compete with the big dogs."
In the girls meet, Switzerland County scored 100 points to cruise to the win 40 points ahead of runner-up Jac-Cen-Del. South Ripley was third with 47 points and Shawe was fourth with 19.
Freshman Whitley Schirmer picked up two individual wins for the Pacers - the 1600-meter run in 5:58.9 and the 3200-meter run in 13:08.21.
McKayli Scudder won the high jump with5-foot-even jump and Megan Dasis placed first in the 200-meter dash in 28.27.
The Pacers also won the 3200- and 400-meter relays in times of 11:39.73 and 55.13 seconds, respectively. Names of relay participants were not available.
Second and third place finishers in the girls meet were: Eve Galbreath, second, shot put, 31-3.25 and third, 100 hurdles, 17.89; Dasis, second, long jump, 15-0.5; Susie Reyes, second, discus, 84-3.5 and third, shot put, 29-9; Bre Ricketts, second, 100 hurdles, 17.26; Mariah Northcutt, second, 300 hurdles, 55.26; MacKenzie Covington, second, 800 run, 2:57.83 and second, 400 dash, 1:09.53; Scudder, third, long jump, 13-7; Robin Furnish, third, 400 dash, 1:12; Cameron Ray, third, 800 run, 2:59.25; and Audrey Kinne, third, 200 dash, 30.57.
Sarelia Rios-Garcia scored Shawe's lone win with a top finish in the 400-meter dash in 1:06.78. She also was second in the 200-meter dash in 30.20 and third in the 100-meter dash in 14.45.
Alexis Wolf was second in the 100-meter dash in 14.27.
Switzerland County competes in the Rising Sun Invitational on Thursday.
Shawe is off until the ORVC championships on Thursday, May 15.
Cub boys 2nd, girls 3rd at Jennings Co. tri-meet
Madison's boys track and field team finished second and the girls third in a three-way meet with Hoosier Hills Conference opponents New Albany and Jennings County on Tuesday in North Vernon.
Madison scored 51 points in the boys meet while Jennings County won easily with 87 points and New Albany took third with 29.
"This was a very good meet for us tonight," boys head coach Scott Holcroft said. "We rested a lot of the guys at last Friday's meet to get them ready for tonight and later on. They showed us that the rest helped and performed very well."
Madison won six events and had several personal-bests in the meet led by two individual first place finishes by Jordan Partee.
Partee won the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 9.5 inches and took the 200-meter dash in a personal-best time of 23.1.
Quenton White won the 3200-meter run in a personal-best time of 10:21 and Nick Palmer won the pole vault at 12-feet, 6-inches.
The Cubs also picked up a pair of relay wins as White, Patrick Knight, Justin Robertson and Kirkland Royalty won the 3200-meter relay in 9:05 and Palmer, Partee, Nathan Riley and Curry Morgan won the 400-meter relay in a season-best time of 45.1 seconds.
Second and third place finishers for the Cubs were: Partee, Robertson, David Gibson and White, second, 1600 relay, 3:50.7; Palmer, second, 100 dash, 11.3 seconds; White, second, 1600 run; Robertson, second, 400 dash, 54.7; Gibson, third, 400 dash, 55.3; Hunter Sego, pole vault, 11-0; Daegon Branham, third, 110 high hurdles, 19.22; and Riley, third, shot put, 44-11.75.
Just 11 points separated the three girls teams with the Lady Cubs finishing in third with 49 to Jennings County's 60 and New Albany's 58.
"It was a really competitive meet and we had several girls set personal records," girls head coach Stephanie Nussbaum said. "The girls did a great job. We are gearing up for conference and sectionals."
Madison scored four wins as Macky Hecox won the discus with a throw of 116-feet-even, Emily Ward took the pole vault at 10-feet-even, Carmen Velasco won the high jump with a leap of 4-feet, 10-inches and Ashlee Allen won the 400-meter dash in 1:03.3.
Cubs setting personal bests times included: Grace Spencer, 1600 run, 6:19; Daija O'Banion, 200 dash, 30.0; Maddie Holland, pole vault, 8-6; Kendra Black, long jump, 12-7.5; and Tristen Smolarzsky, long jump, 12-5.5.
Madison competes in the Faulkner Relays in Clarksville on Thursday.
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Published: January 25, 2012 at 8:55 AMSo when are they closing spiderman?
Published: January 25, 2012 at 9:21 AMI believe they are going to upgrade Spiderman outside of opening hours to avoid a closure
Published: January 25, 2012 at 9:29 AMI can't wait to see the lagoon show!
Published: January 25, 2012 at 9:33 AMAny Chance the Despicable Me Ride is open by June 1st?
Published: January 25, 2012 at 10:34 AMSpider-man is my favorite Universal attraction, so I am very excited to see the experience getting an upgrade (and I am sure Disney will continue to enjoy the free publicity and the merchandise sales!). Despicable Me was a very good flick, but the attraction seems kind of "meh". The new "Block Party Bash" parade and cut rate "World of Color" show seem like nice touches but I am not sure there is anyone who goes to Universal for parades and goodnight kisses, is there? I am not a minature golf fan so that is "meh" too. As for Blue Man, never been. So all in all, I think I can wait another year and head to Cars Land this Fall instead.
Question: Will Universal be extending USF hours for this new nighttime show, or will it be a seasonal offering only during the peak times of the year?
Published: January 25, 2012 at 11:15 AMObviously, the lagoon show can't run on days when USF closes before sundown. But if the show drives attendance during the summer, it's not unheard of for a park to extend its operating hours in order to run the lagoon show. That's what happened with California Adventure and World of Color.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 11:28 AMDuncan: Earlier this month I checked the Universal Studio's & Islands hours for May 2012 since we'll be at Universal * Disney for vacation. Both parks were scheduled to be usually open apx. 2 to 3 hours later than the same days we vacationed in May 2011. That's very welcome news since Universal's early closings in the spring were always a bit of a let down. Evidently this is in response to the new night show & higher attendance.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 11:31 AMThat should have been an "&" instead of an asterik between Universal & Disney. Bad typo day.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 11:34 AMSpiderman closes Feb. 8 and will be closed through late Feb. The parade sounds pretty bad (loving the Spongebob floats though), but the new Lagoon show sounds amazing. As for Despicable Me, let's hope it doesn't open in July. I need to renew my AP.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 11:44 AMBleh. Not a fan of WoC, so that Lagoon show doesn't interest me. If it were more like Fantasmic! then I'd be all over that. So on a good note, that's one less person to take up space for the people who do enjoy it!
Published: January 25, 2012 at 12:15 PM"A rolling "street show" with four show themed show stages"
Light Magic, anyone?
Published: January 25, 2012 at 12:55 PMgood call Rob pastor. i never thought to check may for the park hours i know they were usually similar to sept cause they're the two months i usually travel to orlando (good weather,shorter lines only downside is you usually get those flying love bugs ) hopefully the show does bring the bigger crowds and like robert said they might extend the hours.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 1:35 PMI called Guest Services today and they said Spiderman would be down Feb. 8th through the 28th, and that guest services has known about that since December. The woman I talked to also said some media outlets had known about it since then, but would not say which media outlets, but they had not otherwise released the information (!?)
This is the first I had heard of this closure. When I called Guest Services a couple of weeks ago, they said they did not know if there would be a closure.
Letting the public know two weeks before a closure for enhancements is very disappointing. Even more disappointing is withholding closure information from the public and the evasive approach to answering customer's questions.
As you can probably tell, I had planned to visit (all the way from Washington State), and my 5 and 9 year olds will be very disappointed to hear that they can't see their favorite character on their first trip to Universal.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 2:19 PMThey wont be using screen its a waterfall effect that they will use on those metal stands that are present in the lagoon
Published: January 25, 2012 at 2:21 PMIs it water screens or real screens? The picture suggests real screens. The picture makes it look disappointing. I'm not sure it is trying to break any records or expectations. So it will be an after thought and will probably be ignored by most people.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 2:49 PM'Sees screens' Well, my expectations are lower now. A WoC style show would of been amazing.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 4:06 PMMan that's a mouthful. 7 new(somewhat) attractions. It's great to see Spiderman get attention(though that's been in the works for a while now). I've never been a big fan of the Blue man group, but I'm sure it will attract more people. Despicable Me seems like a decent C-ticket, but dance thing at the end worries me. I was really hoping the night show would be a high quality show like World of Color, but it seems just as invading as the Globes(if not more so) and it seems like projections on a screen, some pyrotechnics, and some nice fountains thrown in. The new Wet'n'Wild addition looks great for kids. When I first heard of the parade and its characters, I was let down, but the floats look amazing. Then, I saw the announcement part of the video with the Despicable Me dance. REALLY? That looks really lame now despite the nice floats. Then there's the mini golf. I've been watching construction updates on this for quite some time and am really excited! This seems to rival(maybe surpass?) Disney's mini golf courses. I love the themes and the course looks amazing with the House, Monsters, aliens, grounded saucers, and more! Overall, Universal is using its $ wisely. Using these 7 "new" attractions(though minor) will be a great way to entice more families. I expect the Harry Potter announcement to come in the fall so everyone who had a great time over the summer will be even more likely to come again, and soon. Great move by universal.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 4:31 PMI don't think it is very professional of Universal to steal Disney's idea. Their "new" lagoon show is way too much like the World of Color. Universal should create their own ideas, they are a big enough company to have a creative team to come up with new ideas.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 5:35 PMThis all sounds pretty cool. I always liked the 360 show and I am hoping the new lagoon projection is in HD. Seeing that everything will be up and running by the time we visit, it should make for a great trip.
IOA has been the attention hog for a while, which is why I would think the new HP expansion should be at Universal, but I could be wrong.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 5:47 PM"I don't think it is very professional of Universal to steal Disney's idea" - I think you need to look up the history of MGM / Hollywood Studios and Universal....
Here is the most relevant excerpt: In the planning stages for the park, Universal sought out a partner to help minimize its financial risk – one of the company's it approached was Paramount Studios, and one its most promising executives – Michael Eisner. While Eisner passed on the project, he remembered what he saw. Once Eisner took over the reins at Disney, he was determined to beat Universal to the punch. Plans for the Disney-MGM Studios were hurriedly assembled, and despite Universal's year long head start – the Disney MGM Studios opened before Universal was able to open its gates. How you ask? Easy – it's called the Reedy Creek Improvement District – a quasi-governmental agency that Disney controls that issues all the building and zoning permits that Disney requires when it undertakes any kind of new construction. Not having to go thru the usual channels for permits, it was able to open up its movie-inspired theme park ahead of Universal.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 8:51 PMDuplicating ideas is okay, but you should at least try to improve upon them!
Regardless, these announcements are all just placeholders for the next iteration of Harry Potter, anyway. No one is going to plan a trip to Orlando to see the things Universal announced today.
But after many years of stagnation at USO it warms my heart to see them at least trying to keep things fresh while the Harry Potter coffers burst at the seams.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 9:14 PMNB, DHS wasn't a copy of US. The Great Movie Ride would of been at Epcot, but Michael thought a whole park would be better.
Published: January 25, 2012 at 9:35 PMClarification of movie screen or waterfall screen...For what it's worth, Universal's Orlando website has a description of the screens. Universal states "...multi-media nightime show that projects legendary movie clips onto cutting-edge waterfall screens". So, they are saying they will be waterfall screens...Interesting enough is that the promo screen example includes a scene from ET at the same time that we have another discussion thread rumoring a far fetched ET closure.
Published: January 26, 2012 at 12:33 AMDominick, MGM was a copy of the original plans for Universal in Florida. Yes, The Great Movie Ride was already designed, but most of everything else was a bit ripped-off. The current version of Universal was a redesign after Eisner showed the plans for MGM. Jim Hill has a great article detailing the behind-the-scenes events.
Published: January 26, 2012 at 7:36 AMDHS was most certainly built to compete with Universal Studios. It is by no means a 'copy' but it definitely wanted to prevent Disney vacationers from venturing off-site.
Anyway, I'm happy to hear these announcements even if they are minor. Theme parks should engage with their fans - such as ourselves. I think BGT has had the best approach for that in recent years though.
Published: January 26, 2012 at 2:18 PMSPOILER ALERT! Stan Lee is at the beginning of Scene 1 in the backround!
Published: January 27, 2012 at 8:37 AMThe Universal Orlando website says that it will be closed on 8th Feb for the upgrade until March no to keep checking back as they will announce when it will re-open. I go there 15th Feb from UK, really disappointed Jaws has gone, Jimmy Neutron has gone, Spiderman closed and Dudley Do-Right probably closed as always when I go,yet I still have to pay full price for admittance despite half the park being closed......what a rip off won't be coming again, far too expensive
Published: January 29, 2012 at 2:46 PMCinematic Spectacular may turn out to be a good show, but why such a blatant copy of World of Color? This looks like it's going to be WOC with Universal movies/characters instead of Disney ones.
P.S.: the only people who are excited about this show are the ones who've never been to Disneyland Resort.


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Snow: What You Need To Know - Tuesday
The following roads are closed -
North Island:
State Highway 58 (Haywards) between State Highway 2 to Moonshine Road, Lower Hutt.
The Rimutaka Hill Road
Paekakariki Hill Road
Blue Mountains Road, Upper Hutt
Wainuiomata Hill Road in Lower Hutt
Earlier today:
SH49 Ohakune to Waiouru
SH4 Whanganui to National Park
SH46 Tongariro to Rangipo
SH47 National Park to Turangi
SH2 Rimutaka Hill
SH2 Te Marua to Pakuratahi
SH2 Morere to Bartletts
SH2 Mount Bruce
SH1 Waiouru to Vinegar Hill
SH1 Desert Road - Rangipo to Waiouru
SH2 Eketahuna To Mount Bruce
Some other roads were closed due to adverse weather and repairs. To find out more visit here http://www.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/current-conditions/highway-info/index.html
South Island:
SH6 Kingston to Five Rivers
SH7 Springs Junction - Reefton
SH7 Hanmer Junction to Springs Junction ( Lewis Pass)
SH73 Arthurs to Otira
SH73 Springfield to Arthurs Pass
SH6 Queenstown to Kingston
SH 96 Mataura to Te Tipua
SH 1 Kaikoura to Waipara
SH65 Osullivans Bridge to Springs Junction ( Shenandoah)
SH79 Geraldine to Fairlie
SH63 Wairau Valley to Kawatiri
SH8 Fairlie to Tekapo
SH8 Omarama to Tarras ( Lindis Pass)
SH85 Kyeburn to Palmerston
SH87 Outram to Kyeburn
SH93 Clinton to Mataura
SH94 Te Anau to Milford Sound
Only vehicles with chains can use the following roads:
SH97 Five Rivers to Mossburn
SH6 Makarora Hawea
SH94 Te Anau to Milford Sound
SH83 Kurow to Omarama
SH94 Mossburn to Te Anau
SH6 Haast to Makarora
SH8 Raes Junction to Milton
SH85 Ranfurly to Omakau
SH75 Cooptown to Barrys Bay
Hazardous driving conditions:
Newlands, Wainuiomata, and Karori are among the most hazardous zones in Wellington this morning, with police advising residents not to drive unless absolutely necessary.
The Transport Agency are liaising with police to get the slush swept off roads, and grit poured over the worst-hit places to give more traction.
These include the Ngauranga Gorge, State Highway One near Otaki, Levin and Manakau, and State Highway 56 near the Longburn overbridge where numerous cars are reported to have slid off the road.
The black ice has already seen one car slide off the road on the southbound lane near the Tawa offramp this morning.
How to drive
Use chains or four-wheel-drive vehicles if snow and ice is heavy.
Slow down. Reduce speeds significantly, particularly on steep hills, and watch following distances.
Go easy on the accelerator and brake. Drive gently.
If you start skidding on ice, press lightly on the brake, then stop.
Take extra care in the mornings when roads are more likely to be icy.
How to de-ice your windscreen
Pour cold water over an iced windscreen. Hot water can cause it to crack.
Airports: Christchurch Airport is open. An airport spokesperson said flights would begin to depart after 10am at the airlines' discretion, but warned passengers to expect disruptions to flights and to check with airlines for the latest schedules.
Queenstown airport has re-opened but advises passengers to check with their airline whether their flights are operating.
Flights have been operating out of Dunedin airport however there have been some cancellations and delays.
Wellington Airport's runway was open but an airport spokeswoman said it was at the airlines' discretion whether they flew or not.
Invercargill airport is open.
Trains/Buses: All bus services in Christchurch have been cancelled.
Some Wellington bus services have also been cancelled. They included routes 3, 8, 20 and 21 to Karori, Kowhai Park, between Highbury and Mt Victoria and Wrights Hill and Vogeltown. Valley Flyer services to Emerald Hill, Valley Heights and Newlands route 53 have also been cancelled.
Other services have been affected, with many having to take alternate routes and abandon driving on certain roads.
Buses were replacing trains on the Kapiti line.
More information on what services have been affected can be found here.
Ferries: The Interislander and Blue Bridge Cook Strait ferries are running.
All kindergartens from Pukerua Bay south (including Pukerua Bay Kindergarten and Pre School) are closed today.
Wellington's closed schools:
Wadestown School
Karori Normal School
Makara Model School
Clifton Terrace School
Clyde Quay School in Mt Victoria
Ridgway School
Karori West Normal School
Khandallah School
St Benedict's School
Onslow College
Otari School in Winton
Oxford Crescent Primary School in Upper Hutt
Normandale School in Lower Hutt
Cashmere Avenue School in Khandallah
Heretaunga College in Upper Hutt
Northland School
Newlands College
Eastern Hutt School
Johnsonville School
Schools in Southland are closed.
A spokesperson for The Ministry of Education said he expected most schools in affected areas would be closed today. He said the schools that were closed yesterday would probably remain closed today. He said it was up to schools whether they were open or not and advised parents to contact their children's school.
Cashmere High School and Christchurch Boys' High School were both closed for the day.
The University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, and Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology are both closed for the day.
The University of Otago's Dunedin campus is open.
Power: Close to 1000 Christchurch homes are without power. The most affected areas included Rakaia, West Melton, Leeston and Greendale. An Orion spokeswoman said crews were working on repairing the network but access to the affected areas could be difficult.
About 50 homes remain without power outside Wellington, and Powerco was reporting 300 homes without power in South Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu and Wairarapa.
Powerco Network Coordination Manager Dean Stevenson said field staff would continue working throughout the day and expected to repair the network today, weather permitting.
Power company Orion said there have been 13 outages in Canterbury affecting Lincoln, Dunsandel and Rakaia, Canterbury.
Medical: The Canterbury District Health Board said all elective surgery and outpatient clinics at its Christchurch, Christchurch Women's, Burwood and Ashburton Hospitals would be cancelled again today. Emergency and urgent surgery, such as cancer surgery, would go ahead.
Those booked in for surgery at St Georges or Southern Cross Hospitals were urged to phone the hospital to confirm whether their surgery would go ahead.
Mental Health outpaitent clinics st Hillmorton Hospital were also cancelled.
Dunedin and Wakari hospitals have resumed elective surgery and outpatient clinics.
The Southern District Health Board said due to the improved road conditions all services are running normally.
Meals on Wheels: Canterbury DHB said it was working with Red Cross and the four wheel drive club to deliver Meals on Wheels today, and expects the meals to be delievered as usual.
Mail: NZ Post has cancelled many deliveries around the country for a second day.
Spokesman Michael Tull said postal staff "pulled out all the stops to resume mail deliveries where possible - but road closures and icy conditions created some unavoidable delays."
Mail could not be sent to Eltham, Palmerston North, Levin, Feilding, Masterton, Featherston, Greytown, Carterton, Martinborough, Eketahuna, Dannevirke, Ohakune, Raetihi, Waiouru, Taihape, Picton, Havelock, Christchurch, Asburton, Alexandra, Queenstown, Wanaka, Gore, and parts of Dunedin.
In Nelson, Richmond, Takaka, Motueka, and Blenheim only local mail as well as yesterday's mail was delivered. Only local post was distributed in Timaru and Greymouth.
In Wellington, mail couldn't be dropped off to Wellington City, Hutt Valley, Porirua, and the Kapiti Coast.
Courts: Christchurch, Rangiora, Ashburton, Queenstown and Upper Hutt courts are closed today. The Christchurch High Court is also closed.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said urgent High Court matters could be filed at the Wellington registry and all other court business would continue as usual.
Look after pets
All pets must by law have access to shelter at all times and deserve to be warm.
If they must remain outside, ensure they have proper shelter and extra bedding.
If you notice an animal being neglected or without proper shelter, call the SPCA on 04 389 8044.
How to keep warm
Ensure your power bill is topped up and you have adequate wood or fuel supplies.
Wear thermal underwear and multiple layers of warm clothing.
Plug draughts and ensure your home is properly insulated.
Eat hot meals and drink plenty of warm drinks.
If you don't have to go out, stay indoors.
What about my heat pump?
Heat pumps can appear to switch off in very cold weather.
This happens when the temperature falls to about 4 degrees Celsius and frost forms on outer coils.
Don't touch your system. It will kick back into action once it has auto-defrosted.
Watch for signs of hypothermia
Hypothermia results from excessive cooling of the body.
Generally it occurs in cold conditions where clothing is inadequate. It is more rapid if a person is wet or exposed to cold wind.
Prevent hypothermia by dressing warmly and keeping dry.
Hypothermia is mild if the person is awake, talking and able to walk.
Seek medical assistance if hypothermia is severe; ie the person is very sleepy, unable to walk with assistance, or unconscious.
Look out for the elderly
Check regularly on elderly relatives or friends.
Make sure they have adequate food and warm clothing.
Ensure they have enough fuel to power fires or burners, and that power accounts are topped up.
What should I do if my water pipes freeze?
Pipes can freeze and burst from about 4C or lower. Often you won't know till water starts to flood the house.
Disconnect your water mains.
Turn on the cold water bath tap and run to drain pipes.


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In an effort to better explain the pre-approval steps that a scientist undertakes before conducting research at this containment level, we have devised a "stickman" slide set to briefly detail the process.
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz, having rankled fellow Republicans by working with the Senate Conservatives Fund -- which has tried to unseat some of them -- is starring in an ad for the group in Oklahoma.
In a new statewide TV spot, Cruz urges voters to support T.W. Shannon, a former state House Speaker hoping to succeed Sen. Tom Coburn.
Last fall, fellow Republican senators took Cruz to the woodshed after the government shutdown he helped precipitate. One olive branch he offered was a promise that he would not help the SCF raise money to unseat incumbent Republicans.
He also promised that, in general, he would steer clear of contested primaries.
He has made two exceptions so far: in Oklahoma and Nebraska.
The fact that he continues to work with SCF as that group targets incumbents is an ongoing source of irritation to Republican leaders and operatives.
The same group is currently pounding Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran (ad here). And it worked hard, but unsuccessfully, to unseat Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell ended up prevailing handily against tea party challenger Matt Bevin in his primary last month.
The group – founded by Cruz's patron in the 2012 Texas primary, then-Sen. Jim DeMint, who now leads the Heritage Foundation –has moved beyond Senate races. It notched a victory in a Texas congressional race last month, backing lawyer John Ratcliffe, who ousted 91-year-old Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall in the GOP primary runoff.
Cruz has endorsed and campaigned for only two Senate candidates this year. In April, he endorsed Shannon. A week later, he endorsed Ben Sasse, who went on to win an open-seat primary in Nebraska on May 13.
The endorsements came a few weeks after Cruz acknowledged that he had effectively taken a leave of absence from his leadership post at the party's Senate campaign arm. At McConnell's invitation, the Texas freshman– after his Nov. 2012 election and before his swearing-in – had agreed to serve as vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The NRSC is, above all, an incumbent protection organization. McConnell's hope was that he would be a liaison to tea partiers. But Cruz never embraced that central element of NRSC strategy: to maximize the ranks of Senate Republicans, start by supporting the ones already in office.
"I disagree with the approach they've taken, and so I don't intend to facilitate that approach," Cruz told National Journal in March.
Cruz never even endorsed his fellow Texan, deputy Senate leader John Cornyn, in the March primary, though he did send $2,500 to Cornyn's campaign.
In Oklahoma, SCF is spending $163,429 to air the 30-second Cruz/Shannon ad statewide, today through primary day on Tuesday.
"Liberty is under assault," Cruz says into the camera. "In Oklahoma there are a number of good Senate candidates, but T.W. Shannon is a conservative fighter. He has the courage to look Washington insiders in the eye and say, I don't work for you… On June 24th, let's make DC listen and vote T.W. Shannon for U.S. Senate."
"Make DC listen" is Cruz's personal slogan and favored hashtag.
Shannon's toughest opponent is two-term U.S. Rep. James Lankford, also a conservative. The winner would replace Coburn, who is resigning at the end of the year.


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Coffee Won't Give You Super-Vision, But It Might Be Good For Your Eyes
Ooh, I have some potentially good news for coffee drinkers. According to a new study out of Cornell, coffee might be good for your eyeball health. Well, an antioxidant component of coffee at least.
Cornell scientists studied the effect of an antioxidant in coffee called chlorogenic acid (CLA) on mice and found that it "staves off retinal degeneration." Even after exposing the mice treated with CLA to nitric oxide, which makes retinas generate more rapidly, they showed no sign of retinal damage. That might be great news for human retinas!
The results of the study do not necessarily mean that drinking coffee will protect human eyeballs from deteriorating, obviously. According to Fox News, science still has to determine whether coffee even "delivers CLA directly to the retina." If it does, scientists could possibly mix up a brew that specifically benefits eyes.
Coffee is undeniably popular as a beverage, a drug and a commodity. Whether or not it's good for humans will be hotly debated and researched until the Sun burns out. Though it would be awesome if coffee turned out to be a life-enhancing elixir, it's so beloved that it would be pretty irrelevant. Any avid coffee lover can tell you that it doesn't matter what studies say: it's delicious and it feels good and I need it. When research says coffee is unhealthy and killing our organs, I couldn't care less–when other research indicates it might have health benefits, I care for about the same amount of time it takes to give myself a high five and move on.
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hey everyone. i dont know about you but i am finding this holiday season very depressing. i am sad all the time and even doing a RAK isnt making me smile. i have been working so hard and not getting ahead at all. there will be no christmas in my house this year, i dont look forward to the disappointed looks on my kids faces this year again. i just want to sleep through the whole season. thanks for letting me vent. sorry if i depressed anyone .
No, I think there is a lot going on in everybody's life, (I know ours is crazy) and sometimes it is hard to get that feeling....I put Christmas carols on the stereo...especially Dolly and Kenny's Christmas, seems to get me out of a funk!
you are NOT alone trust me! I am digging as much as I can to at least put a facade on that I'm not depressed (don't want the kids to see) BUT I live in SHEAR panic that today is the day my hubby is going to get layed off. His job has already done 2 layoffs and I know more are to come.
This is just very frightening for everyone and w/ how the world is right now kinda difficult to be excited about christmas! BUT maybe this will just let us be grateful for what we do have and appreciate our families even more....
how old are your kids? Maybe we can come up with some fun ideas that you can make/get for free or very very inexpensively.
You are definitely not alone! I haven't even decorated yet, not even a tree! AND I have 5 kids! The will be getting alot less this year, but I have talked to them about it. I tried to tell them that is is bad for most families right now, but you don't have to look very far to always find those who have less than us.
We have a roof over our heads, food, clothes and our health.......we are blessed.
I get depressed thinking how we have missed the mark on the real meaning of the season.
It will be hard hearing about all the cool things their friends got when they return to school!
I understand how you feel. I dont have a lot either but I'm lucky that my kids are young. They really dont know too much about what is going on. My daughter wrote a letter to santa and I was so glad that she just had a yo yo a bouncy ball and a barbie doll on there. She also had a bike. I know for sure that we can get the ball and yo yo so that will brighten her day. I am trying to find a nice barbie for cheep and my aunt is buying her a cabbage patch doll. As for the bike she is going to have to wait until her birthday. My son is 2 so he doesnt have a clue. I have to take this lean season as a lesson for my children. I have to teach them the real meaning of christmas and maybe we will make a gift for Jesus. I'm just thankfull that we have a roof over our head and that the gas company just sent us our bill and they pushed the date to Dec. 31. I'm thankful for the little things. And buying things isnt what christmas is all about. I hope you feel better.
We're "okay", but the hard times in the economy have hurt us, too. My dh is an executive recruiter, and his job is to find people jobs, then the co. pays him 25% of their first yr's salary. Last month he had 2 different people hired at companies, then the co withdrew their offers because the employees had bad credit.
Then, he totaled his car.
Then, he broke his laptop, which is an absolute necessity for his job.
If I hadn't done all my shopping in October, nobody would get anything.
You are not alone!!! I don't have the Christmas tree up either. We did put up the outside decorations, but have not done the lights yet. My husband is self-employeed (concrete finisher) and not many people have wanted or could afford concrete in about 4 months. I do work full time and was extremely thankful my boss gave us our Christmas bonus early...I was able to pay the oral surgeon yesterday to extract my dd tooth (no insurance) cause a big portion of my check went to my doctor on Sunday for my UTI. This year, on my inlaw side of the family, we are just getting together for a pot-luck dinner. But I think I am more excited with the idea of just getting all of my inlaws together. My daughters have been told this will not be a big Christmas and luckily, my grandson is only 2 so he will be happy with a little something. And there is no way we can travel to my oldest sister's this year so guess I will need to just be happy to talk to them on the phone. With all that said, for some reason, I am excited instead of stressed out this year.
Hubby and I are not buying for each other (something I usually try to get him to do every year anyway). Pretty much we are buying for my 16 year old daughter and our 2 grandchildren (6-1/2 and 18 months). I will get token gifts for my 2 older children and son-in-law .... gloves, socks, stuff like that. No big gifts for anyone.
And all of us .... hubby&me, and our grown kids.... are all on board with this. We believe folks overdo Christmas anyway and kids are getting too spoiled with all the "spoils" of the season. So we are celebrating the good this year and not stressing over the diminished incomes, the economy, and whatever "might" be bad.
My grandchildren are healthy ... my son isn't in Iraq this year .... hubby works in the auto industry and still has a job .... God bless us, every one!
You're not alone! I don't even have a christmas tree yet or any decorations. I'm not even sure if I can buy presents for my 3 daughters this year...they're too young to know anyways, a 3 1/2, 2 year old, and 4 month. I'm just thankful that we are able to pay our bills, have foods on the table, and are in good health.
Ok, so we are all on the same boat this year. Last year was tough too because one of my kids flushed a bunch of washcloths down the toilet and we ended up having to use the Christmas $ to pay a plumber.
This year is just downright bad. I had to explain to my kids about this Christmas being a difficult one. I think they understood. I have to say, dollar stores have been such a blessing.
Speaking of Dollar Stores-when my son wanted something and I told him we didn't have any money, he asked if we could go to the Dollar Store and buy some dollars. If only it were that easy.
Speaking of Dollar Stores-when my son wanted something and I told him we didn't have any money, he asked if we could go to the Dollar Store and buy some dollars. If only it were that easy.
oh that's a classic!
There is much joy to be found, even if you don't have any money to spend. The meaning of Christmas brings me more joy than any "thing" ever could.
I like to make Christmas special in many fun ways that don't cost too much. Candles are special and don't cost much to burn. A friend of mine on a tight budget used a single taper as an advent candle. She painted stripes on it as a count down to Christmas and they burned it each night, just down to the next stripe.
Have you discovered www.pandora.com ? Free Christmas music!
Christmas traditions have always been one of my favorite parts of the season. Now that gas prices have come down, a short trip around the neighborhood to look at the lights while singing favorite carols is a great thing!! And then maybe a mug of hot chocolate.
Another friend has the tradition of wrapping up the family Bible and putting it under the tree. On Christmas morning, they unwrap it and read the Christmas story.
A favorite meal served on special dishes can be very special.
If you can't afford a tree, if you already have some decorations, you can use those, maybe in extra special ways. Can you cut some cedar branches or nandina twigs or some boxwood and tie a ribbon around it?
Can you make an edible wreath?
You can have special movie nights and watch your favorite Christmas movies or even old TV shows (remember the Walton Christmas episode that was the pilot for the series? I think they string popcorn to decorate their tree...you could imitate them!). Dim the lights, snuggle up in blankets, and maybe pop some pop corn.
Do you have old Christmas cards you could use to make some decorations or recycle into your own notes?
Spend some special time with your kids doing things they really enjoy...a walk around the block, a trip to the park or an indoor playground, coloring together, playing "house", playing dress up, etc. Fun times!
Bring in the special smells of the season! Scented candles. Hot cider with mulling spices. Just a pot of water with some cinnamon and cloves will do.
One of the best presents I can receive are beautiful photographs. Do you have some really nice pictures suitable for enlarging and gift giving? Ritz Camera, for example, does beautiful work. I believe a 5 x 7 is $1.00. Or do you have some old pictures you could scan and copy? Do you have a photoshop type program where you could revive an old picture? I think you could make a lot of people smile for a dollar a piece. Or, you could take nice 4x6 photographs and glue them with rubber cement on the front of plain large notecards. Beautiful handmade stationery!
Write letters. Send notes of encouragement or thankfulness or memories. Embellish them or put them on beautiful stationery, or...whatever you wish! Many people could use and would like nothing better!
We are blessed that this isn't our leanest Christmas. There have been years when we have made do with much less. But remembering the real joy of the season, creating special traditions, creating something beautiful or tasty or great smelling, and finding ways to give to others means a lot.
Sending you a little encouragement, I hope.
One thing you can do for next year is start saving a dollar a day in a wallet, jar or whatever. You have to be dilligent in doing this. Make sure you save the money everyday at the same time. Don't try to do it weekly, you won't want to part with $7 at shot if you are strapped for cash.
I like the other ideas that the OP suggested. Also try to get together with some of your friends, kids friends or neighbors to share in the holiday. I am sure you are not the only one in this boat called "bad economy".
This can become your new tradition. If you start something new now the kids will always come to expect it and not remember the old days.
Enjoy your holiday and believe good things are in store for you and your family.
Remember you have your family and your kids think that you can do anything. Use this as your strength to get thru the holidays.
Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you and your family.
I think a lot of families are going thru such hardship right now. I almost didn't put up the Christmas tree because I got soo down about it. I explained to my kids how tight things are right now. I also let my extended family know I would not be handing out gifts this year. We're all still getting together for Christmas and right now I'm thankful for that.
I really wasnt planning on celebrating Christmas this year but I have so much to be thankful for. My brother is out here with us, my family from up North is heading down as well. I have my precious goddaughter/niece with me.
I was a little down and out because of the economy but it was worse because I found out that my husband is getting recalled and deployed to Iraq in April for a year and a half so I was very sad. Then I closed my eyes and prayed and even though im still sad, I am happy that at least he gets to spend the holiday season with me. I bought a couple of gifts earlier this year and money is extremly tight but I am healthy and I am with my family and that is the most important thing to me right now. As for christmas, there is much more involved than gift giving in my house.
This year i'm making cookies with my nephew and we will be celebrating with hot chocolate and cookies. I think it is going to be more emotional this year for everyone and although times are hard, it's really nice to see people being a little more understanding because everyone is having a hard time. I believe that we will all be able to appreciate the more important things in life and that would be ourselves and our families.
Hugs to all who are having a hard time and I really hope that things do get better, not just finances, but everything else. I love you all and I think that being able to come on cc and share all of our thoughts and feelings at this time is the best gift ever. Happy holidays!!!
We too have tightened our belts dramatically this year. A lot of sadness around too, my brother-in-law is waiting for results of tests for the extent of damage to his lungs from a turmour. My son and daughter-in-law have been trying for a family for 13 years, thought they had cracked it but she has just lost the baby at 3 months into the pregnancy, my daughter lost a baby in really bad circumstances at this time some years ago so we always have a sad edge to the build up to christmas. Despite all the worry and sadness it makes you appreciate your health and your family. As long as there is a roof over our heads and food on the table we have cause to celebrate. Family and sharing what we have is what Christmas is about, and within our own family I feel we had somehow lost track of that as Christmas has become more and more commercial. This Christmas might be more frugal for us and with a lot of underlying worries but I hope it makes us more appreciative of what we have got. For every downside there is an upside
I am trying very hard this season not to get so "busy" that I forget to enjoy the real meaning of the season. I am trying not to be sad as well. My husband did lose his job the first week of November. We will be ok, I know we will. God has always met our needs and then exceeded them! My human self though, gets a little sad.
I enjoy the sounds, smells and decorations of Christmas so much. So that is where my focus has been. I already had the decorations, and all it costs me is my time to put them out. I had stocked up on my baking supplies, so I will still make cookies and fudge. Not as much as I usually do, but that's ok!
Ziggytarheel gave some great ideas of things to do at low cost or for free.
Christmas Hugs for all
It is going to be lean at my home also but the saddest part is this will be the first year BIL is not there. He's now in nursing home but in a coma. We fixed him a pretty tree though and that made us feel better and we will go see him often. I guess we should just be glad that everyone else is healthy and doing good. God Bless you all.
Hey guys, I wanted to mention an easy and cheap little Christmas gift, if you are crafty at all. This weekend, I made hand warmers, a "bed buddy" and a "back buddy".
I made 4 pairs of handwarmers out of a 1/4 yard of team mascot fabric from Walmart. I filled them with a bag of flaxseed I'd forgotten about in the back of my pantry. Total cost was about $4. I'm not much of a seamstress, so my mom cut them out and sewed them and I stuffed them.. It took me longer to stuff them than for my mom to cut and sew.
My daughter had acutally asked for an "herbal bed buddy for my back." So, again, a small amount of fabric and this time rice. I didn't like the smell of the cooking lavender I had in my pantry and I didn't want to pay for some dried lemon or orange peel. So, I took some peppermint oil, dabbed it on a cotton ball, let the cotton ball dry. And then to be extra safe, I surrounded that cotton ball with other cotton balls and put it in the rice for a period of time. Removed and stitched the rice up in the fabric. I just wanted to be certain that no moisture got in the rice, since cooked rice would not do!
My grandmother lives with severe and chronic pain. I made her a bed buddy with rice to drape across her knees.
Just thought I would share a very inexpensive and easy idea. It was fun too! If you've never used a "bed buddy", you generally microwave it for 2 minutes at the most, depending on your microwave. I need to experiment with the handwarmers to see how long they take. Just like anything else, if it gets too hot, it could catch on fire, so use with care!
Maybe this site could give you some ideas for things you could make as gifts. I get this magazine and they always have lots of cute ideas.
My husband has been laid off from Chrysler since last spring; thankfully, at least for the moment, he's in the jobs' bank, so he still gets more than he would on straight unemployment, but still less than we're used to living on. We're very nervous about the jobs banks being eliminated though, as we have five children of our own.....
It's too bad someone didn't know of your circumstances earlier and could have included you on an Angel tree. Just yesterday my sweetheart 9 yr. old son took his $25 birthday money from his grandparents and bought gifts for a 10 yr. old little boy on our church's Angel tree. We don't know who the family is, or if they even go to our church, it's all kept very private, but the families are able to list both "wants" and "needs". I'm sure it's too late now to be added, but at least for next year if things don't improve for you maybe you could look into it? At least that way your kids will get something. It may not be a toy that they want, but it could be new jammies, underwear, clothing, etc. And I think they're less inclined to care WHAT they get as long as they get to open something. At least mine are!


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Americans were forced to tighten their belts eight years ago. Douglas County teachers agreed to absorb monetary losses too, taking lowered pay and retirement contributions, most naively believing that once the economy rebounded and funding improved, they'd be compensated for their sacrifices. This hasn't been the case. There is a glaring difference between what the district and school board says about valuing teachers and what they do. For example, DCSD ranks third highest for high school graduation rates in the state. The district however hesitates to share its recent 10.6 percent per student increase with its teachers, currently at approximately $500 per student. The cost of living in Douglas County increased by 11.2 percent the past six years, but teachers haven't seen a raise during that time, recently offered 3⁄8 of a percent. In 1990, Douglas County teachers were the second highest paid in the state and are now at 14th.
These teachers aren't asking for a windfall — just a fair, reasonable, and compensatory contract. Three-eighths of a percent is an insulting and embarrassing offer.
No teacher I know teaches because it's a lucrative profession. They are passionate, dedicated, and principled. They understand the significance of their role in a young person's life. They're on the front lines of education every day. Unfortunately, the erosion and value of teaching nationally is now reflected locally. Quality teachers are an investment in the future of your children and grandchildren. Please speak up on behalf of these dedicated professionals.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Unless you're a market timer with exceptional day-trading skills, your chances of making money with Tesla ( TSLA) are diminishing faster than a Wisconsin State Trooper can say, "Impressive car, but I'm issuing you a speeding violation."You can see my last two Tesla articles here and here. The main takeaway is that Tesla isn't making money selling electric cars. The little money the company has made is through unsustainable tax credits with little hope of a repeat performance anytime soon. In other words, don't count on Tesla's profits keeping pace with its stock price. Tesla isn't alone in building electric cars, but it is alone in the relative valuation. General Motors ( GM) and Nissan ( NSANY) build electric cars, and, like Tesla, selling electric cars isn't a profit center. Some of the money is already spent, and there is no putting the toothpaste back into the tube. But other money is subject to the whims of state and federal legislators. Without changes, the federal $7,500 tax credit should phase out beginning with 200,000 vehicles sold. Tesla has a long way to go before it sells 200,000 vehicles, but the fact of diminishing returns shouldn't be lost on investors, especially longer-term investors. In the book "Market Wizards" by Jack Schwager, commodities trader Ed Seykota is interviewed and makes one of the most insightful and salient observations in investing. Seykota said that investors and traders get what they genuinely want out of the markets.
If you are seeking excitement, like a passenger on a flight to Vegas, you will surely find it with Tesla. But if you're a serious long-term investor, you're probably more interested in Ford Motor ( F), or GM. The choice is yours, and as an active day trader I understand money can be made long or short with Tesla as a day trade and/or swing trade. My investor caution isn't directed at short-term "hit and run" traders because they rely on up-to-the-second market information to coordinate their positions. The person who needs to take a step back and watch the share price momentum is the investor. Unless you have seen this movie before you may not fully understand the dynamics of a short squeeze. Momentum traders recognize that euphoria can switch to panic in a split second. It's the primary reason Tesla whipsaws so quickly.


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A Corte Madera woman was in critical condition Friday — and though the circumstances of severe injuries were uncertain — she may have fallen and hit her head while trying to find her cat.
Authorities, alerted by a man on Lakeside Drive that his wife had been gone for several hours looking for a pet cat, found her early Friday slumped near shelving and a table in a side passageway at a neighbor's home.
Although it was unclear what had happened, with an initial report indicating she had fallen from a roof, an official later said it appeared she may have toppled from a bucket while trying to look at or reach a rooftop area.
She was taken to Marin General Hospital for treatment.
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its a good chapter u kind of changed ur writing style you kind of jus tell things now instead of explainng them with details
This was a great chapter; I'm so excited. I can't wait to see the rescue of the Thompsons, and I really hope more of the (good) witches and wizards can get their powers back. I still wonder what Harry has to do, though, and what Snape has to do, for that matter.
Keep up the good work, and please update soon.
Awesome chapter! It was worth the wait. I like the idea of adding a vampire to the story now. That's one thing the Harry Potter saga was missing. I can't wait to see more.
Yay! You're back! I like this chapter. I've been waiting for it for sooo long! It's really good! Scrim a vampire? What the...?! I'm sure it's a little early to say, but how are the others gonna get to Merlin's land and get their powers back? Or do they need to? Peter...I should've seen it coming, actually, but I didn't. That's awesome! Bravo! Bravo! I can't wait for more!
exciting chapter! i have to wonder though how anyone else is going to be able to get into merlin's world and get their powers back? i'm getting a bit ahead of myself there...i can't wait to find out what happens next though
Well done! Oh wow, Rufus Scrim a vampire? How cool is that?? I hope things improve at work. This was just as enjoyable as the rest of the story. I'm looking forward to being able to read the whole story from beginning to end.
YAY!!! you're back, with more story! and its good too. hopefully the next chapter will be quick in coming so we can find out how ginny does in her recovery without any medicine wizard or muggle...
Wow!! Another grerat chappie, by the way have you ever seen the show 24 this chapter was a lot like it
Brilliant, agian. This story could never happen in Canon, but you make it sound as if it could. Simply brilliant.
Wow! What an amazing resuce! Poor Ginny! All she wanted to do was save herself and Rebecca. Ooh that horrible Scrimgeour-can't stand him even more now! I hope things are better now and you'll be able to update quicker. Great job!
Wow! I am so happy! I have been wating for this story to be updated! This is my favorite story, and i was sooo tickled to have recived an e-mail saying that another chapter was added!! Thanks for making my day!!! Can't wait to see whats gonna happen next!!
Evil Scrimgeour! Ginny may well have save Rebecca's life. I wonder how she'll save her own... Great chapter!
Very good
I am really enjoying this story
Very good i am enjoying the suspence
Wow, I've read this story in about three days now and it was really hard to stop reading. It's fantastic! I can't wait for the next chapter!
jeez her parents are the biggest jerks ( for a lack of a better word) to ever exist in the planet! good chapter though hope hermionie can get her act together.
40 chapters? this is the longest fanfic i've ever read. it had taken me 4 days to finish reading. and i thought 32 chapters was alot. everything is in complete chaos! how come scimgeor can still do magic? this fanfic is really good but a bit weird that people are all concerned about the loss of magic and not voldy. keep up the wonderful story!
Author's Response: Remember, Voldy is already gone... this is all post-war. Thanks for the R&R. S.


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Grammy-nominated, Massachusetts-based hard rockers, Killswitch Engage have released a video clip featuring a taster of what's to come from forthcoming album, 'Disarm The Descent', which is set to hit stores on 1st April. The clip reveals the album sleeve artwork and a taster of brand new music at the following link.
'Disarm The Descent' is the band's first album with original singer Jesse Leach back at the vocal helm since 2002's seminal 'Alive Or Just Breathing'. Leach returned to the band in January 2012 after a decade-long absence. The album is being produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, mixed by Andy Sneap, and first single, 'In Due Time,' will be made available digitally on 3rd February.